"Hurry up, Index!"

Catching Index, Leizi desperately ran towards the research institute. She now regretted that she shouldn't have left the research institute so early. If she had been there, Fang Zheng would have been able to protect Index. Perhaps it was because she was too nervous that she encountered such a thing.

By the way, who was that person? I originally thought it was a delinquent from the Armed Powerless Group, but was that person just now... a power user?

So why attack Index?

At this moment, Ruizi's mind was full of questions, but she still ran forward with Index. However, just as the two turned the intersection, the tall figure in front of them forced them to stop.

"Oh, sorry."

The two-meter-tall red-haired man with a cigarette in his mouth looked at Ruiko and Index with a cruel smile, then he extended his hand.

"Can you hand her over to us? It's our job to recover that thing."

"Recycle...you said recycle?!"

Hearing this, Lei Zi immediately looked at the red-haired man in front of her angrily.

"This child is not an item! I will never let you take her away!"

"Really..."

Hearing Saten's answer, the red-haired man closed his eyes, then opened them again.

"Although I don't want to conflict with the people on the scientific side, but... it seems there is no other way."

As he spoke, the red-haired man raised his hand.

"Stiyl Magnus, Fortis931."

"Why?"

Faced with the opponent's actions, Lei Zi was a little confused, not knowing why he suddenly gave his name. However, at this moment, Index hurriedly spoke.

"Be careful, Saten. For a magician, telling the name of your magic is like starting a war!"

"boom--!!!"

Before Index finished her words, she saw a huge flame bursting out from the red-haired man's hands. Seeing this scene, Rui Zi was also shocked.

Is this magic? No? Or is it someone who can manipulate fire? But no matter which one it is...

I will never retreat!

Thinking of this, Lei Zi took out an iron rod from the pocket of her skirt and swung it hard. The next moment, the iron rod immediately stretched out quickly and turned into a long sword.

This was also specially designed by Fang Zheng for Lei Zi. After all, a young girl walking on the street with a sword is too conspicuous, and Japan also has troublesome things like the "Sword and Gun Control Law", so it was made into a retractable weapon. In this way, it can be used as a fruit knife on weekdays, and when encountering danger, it can be turned into a weapon by simply unfolding it.

"I won't let you hurt even a hair on that child!"

As she spoke, Lei Zi raised the sword in her hand. Thanks to the memories in her mind and the training she had received over this period of time, she had some idea of ​​how to fight.

Thinking of this, Ruizi closed her eyes.

"I will follow the wind..."

"call……"

A gentle breeze quietly emerged along Leizi's body, swirling and spreading. Then Leizi opened her eyes and stared at the red-haired man in front of her. Then she lowered her body, held the long sword in her hand, and rushed forward suddenly!

At this moment, Lei Zi seemed to have turned into a gust of wind, quickly closing the distance between her and the red-haired man. Seeing this, the red-haired man sneered and then suddenly clenched his right hand.

"Give the Giant the gift of pain!"

Along with the red-haired man's roar, a huge flaming sword several meters long chopped directly at Lei Zi, and Lei Zi was also shocked when she saw this scene.

not good!

Facing the huge flaming sword that fell from the sky, Lei Zi hurriedly stopped, raised her sword and swung it forward. As she moved, a rolling wind rose from the ground and turned into a wind wall that appeared in front of Lei Zi, blocking the flaming blade that fell from the sky.

"interesting."

Seeing that Lei Zi blocked his attack, the red-haired man showed a smug smile, then he clenched his right hand again and summoned a ball of fire.

"Well, how about this!"

As the wind wall disappeared, the red-haired man waved his hand forward again, and with his movement, flames shot out and rushed towards Lei Zi. Lei Zi held the sword tightly and swung it forward again. Soon, the airflow turned into a vortex and flew out, facing the flames in front of him. The two collided heavily and then suddenly exploded!

"boom!!!"

Facing the scattered flames and air currents, both parties could not help but take a step back. The red-haired man looked a little gloomy, while Lei Zi looked quite excited.

I can do it!

Looking at the red-haired man in front of her, Ruizi once again grasped the long sword in her hand. It's not like she hasn't trained with others before. Fang Zheng, Kuroko, and Misaka Mikoto have all practiced against Ruizi before. But at that time, Ruizi felt that she had no way to win. No matter who she faced, she would lose after a few moves. It was simply horrible.

There were times when Ruizi even doubted whether she had any talent and was almost becoming autistic because of being bullied.

But now, she was surprised to find that she could actually fight back and forth with the red-haired man opposite?

It seems... he doesn't seem that powerful?

interesting.

Looking at Lei Zi in front of him, the red-haired man looked solemn. The way this girl fought was different from the superpowers he imagined, but it was not like the style of a magician either, which always gave people an indescribable strange feeling. However, the red-haired man could see that this girl had obvious combat experience, otherwise, she would not have been able to block his attack so easily.

In that case...

"One of the five elements that built the world, the great Ancestral Flame..."

"Why?"

Hearing the other party suddenly start to chant a strange spell, Lei Zi was also stunned. However, at this moment, Index did not freeze, but shouted.

"Stop him! Tears! That's Pope-level magic!!"

“Ah, oh!!”

Although she didn't know what the Pope-level magic Index was talking about, from the flames that appeared around the red-haired man, Leizi knew that he was obviously preparing to attack. So she no longer hesitated, nodded hurriedly, raised her sword, and slashed at the red-haired man again. Soon, a whirlwind whistled out and rushed towards the red-haired man.

Just as the tornado reached the red-haired man, the red-haired man had finished chanting the spell.

"Show yourself, devour my body, and transform it into power! Hunt down the Witch King!!"

"boom--!!"

The scorching flames surged up from under the red-haired man's feet and transformed into a huge flaming humanoid. It stretched out its hand, condensed a long sword out of thin air, and swung it hard at the whirlwind released by Lei Zi, swallowing it up easily.

"Wow, is this real magic?"

Looking at the flaming giant in front of her that seemed to have life, Lei Zi was also shocked. You know, even in the previous battle, she treated the other party as a person with the ability to manipulate fire. After all, the previous ones could be done with just the ability. As for what the red-haired man was muttering, Lei Zi just thought he was a middle school student.

But this fire giant that looks like it has life cannot be created by ability alone!

If it were someone with special abilities, they would probably be doubting their lives at this moment, but it was different for Lei Zi. Not long ago, she was a person without special abilities. To her at that time, both magic and superpowers were as far away as floating clouds in the sky. Now that she had special abilities, it seemed that the existence of magic in this world was not impossible.

"drink!!!"

Thinking of this, Lei Zi swung the sword again and released several whirlwinds, but they were all blocked by the huge fire giant.

"It seems you have run out of options."

Looking at Lei Zi in front of him, the red-haired man sneered and spoke.

“Woo…”

"Be careful, Leizi! Attacking the Witch King will not work. You must remove the rune engravings on the walls, the ground, etc."

"Hey? Runes? Sigils? Where are they? Where are they?"

Hearing Index's instructions, Lei Zi also looked around hurriedly, but in the dark night, except for the flaming giant in front of her, she couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly. However, at this moment, the flaming giant had already roared and rushed towards Lei Zi.

not good!

"Wind Wall!"

Ruizi quickly pushed back and called forth a wall of wind once again to block the Fire Giant's advance, but at the same time, she noticed that the red-haired man standing behind the Fire Giant raised his hands and summoned forth new flames.

"From dust to dust, from ashes to ashes..."

not good!

"Bloodsucking and hunting the Red Cross!!"

With a roar from the red-haired man, the flames in his hands suddenly turned into two sharp blades that crossed and slashed towards Lei Zi. Before Lei Zi could escape, the two swords hit the body of the fire giant and then exploded like a bomb.

"boom--!!"

Flames erupted.

Leizi fell heavily to the ground, and after rolling several times, she finally stopped. At this moment, she was already unconscious, with scars all over her body. Seeing this scene, Index was also shocked, and hurriedly ran to Leizi's side and shook her hard.

"Tear, are you okay, Tears..."

“Woo…”

Hearing Index's voice, Ruizi slowly opened her eyes and then slowly crawled up.

"I'm fine, don't worry, Index... Go quickly, I'll stop this guy, you go to Mr. Fang Zheng, he will definitely have a way..."

"But……"

"I'll find a way to hold on here."

Leizi stood up again, holding the sword tightly in her hand. Seeing this scene, Index hurriedly grabbed her.

"Tear, stop fighting. This isn't your fight."

"No, this is my fight."

After taking a breath, Lei Zi stood up again and looked at the fire giant in front of her.

"Index, I was just an ordinary person without abilities not long ago. At that time, I encountered some problems, and I used to think that maybe with abilities, things would be different. But that's not the case. In fact, it's not a question of whether I have abilities or not, but a question of what I want to do."

As she spoke, Lei Zi raised her sword again.

"To be honest, you and I have only known each other for a day, so I don't know much about you. But I only know that if I let you choose to go with these people for me, I will regret it for the rest of my life!"

Having said that, Lei Zi clenched her sword.

"This hard-earned power exists for this very purpose!"

Before she finished speaking, Lei Zi rushed out again and rushed towards the Fire Giant. The Fire Giant also raised the sword in his hand and swung it at Lei Zi.

"Hah! Ha!!"

Facing the attack of the Fire Giant, Lei Zi showed no weakness, swinging her sword again and again to create a whirlwind, but perhaps because of her previous injury, the whirlwind she created was not very powerful and was easily dispersed by the Fire Giant. Finally, as if she could no longer hold on, Lei Zi suddenly bent over and fell to the ground, and at the same time, the long sword in the Fire Giant's hand swung down again.

"boom!!!"

The roaring flames completely engulfed the ground where Ruiko was standing. Seeing this, Index couldn't help but scream.

“Tear——!!”

"snort."

Seeing this, the red-haired man snorted coldly, then took out a cigarette and put it to his mouth.

"But that's all. It seems that people with special abilities aren't that powerful."

"That's not necessarily true."

However, what the red-haired man did not expect was that at this moment, Lei Zi's figure suddenly rushed out from the flames. She didn't even care about the flames on her body, and she gripped the sword tightly and swung it down at the red-haired man again!

"call--!"

This time, a whirlwind stronger than before suddenly rose from the ground, directly engulfing the red-haired man and throwing him into the air. At the same time, Lei Zi tightly grasped the long sword, and the violent airflow spun and spread around her. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a roaring tornado.

Please, it must succeed this time!

"Wild Wind Slash!"

The girl's body suddenly jumped up under the blowing of the violent wind and almost instantly came to the side of the red-haired man.

The sword rises! The sword falls!

A shining sword blade emerged, and Lei Zi and her sword quickly penetrated and bounced in the vortex transformed from the hurricane. Several sword lights crossed each other, and the next moment, Lei Zi fell heavily to the ground, and at the same time, the red-haired man also fell from the sky with a "bang" and fell to the ground.

"Tear, Tears! Cheer up!"

At this moment, Index also hurriedly ran to the side of Ruiko, but this time, Ruiko couldn't get up no matter how hard she tried.

“Woo…”

At this time, the red-haired man slowly stood up. He reached out his hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Lei Zi with eyes full of anger.

"Hunting the Witch King!!"

Following the red-haired man's roar, the flaming giant condensed again and appeared in front of the two girls.

However……

"Give me all of them..."

"boom!!"

However, before the red-haired man could finish his words, suddenly, a huge iron ball flew from behind him and hit him directly, knocking him out.

At the same time, a voice that was very familiar to Ruizi sounded.

"Al-Shuma!"

Along with this sound, a huge icicle fell from the sky and completely pierced through the body of the fire giant.

This time, the fire giant finally couldn't hold on any longer. It let out an angry howl and then disappeared in the cold air.

“Ka la la la…”

At this moment, the sound of chains slowly came from the depths of the alley.