Looking at the scene in front of her, Misaka Mikoto was completely stunned.

She knew who the person lying on the ground covered in blood was. There were only a handful of people in Academy City who could perfectly block and reflect her full-strength attack, and there was only one person who could do this.

That was the first of the seven Level 5s in Academy City—Accelerator.

But now, he was lying on the ground, unconscious, and looked like he was dead... Wait.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, you won't kill him, will you?"

"Half dead, leave him alone."

Fang Zheng glanced at her, answered casually, and then turned and left. Misaka Mikoto hesitated for a second, then retracted her gaze and hurriedly ran towards the girl not far behind her.

However, when she rushed to the other person, Misaka Mikoto was stunned.

"Are you okay?"

Misaka Mikoto was quite surprised to see the girl in front of her who was covered in blood but intact. She remembered clearly that just before, the girl had a broken leg and could only lie on the ground. But now the girl was standing on the ground. Although she looked a little tired and the blood on her body was shocking, she at least looked much better than before.

"Yes."

The girl nodded and then looked at Fang Zheng.

"This gentleman used a very strange method to help Misaka heal her injuries. Misaka replied to her elder sister in a very surprised and incomprehensible tone."

Very weird?

Although she was confused by the girl's answer, Misaka Mikoto couldn't think of any good solution at the moment. She turned her head blankly and looked at Fang Zheng. The corners of her mouth trembled, and she was almost about to cry.

"Mr. Fang Zheng...what should I do?"

At this moment, Misaka Mikoto really felt that she was isolated and helpless. Not long ago, she learned that in addition to the frozen "Mass Production Plan", there was actually a crazy "Absolute Esper Evolution Plan", and this plan was to let Accelerator, the first Lv5 in Academy City, kill 20,000 of his own clones...

Just now, she almost witnessed one of her clones being brutally killed by the other party. This kind of thing was completely beyond Misaka Mikoto's imagination and tolerance. She had no idea what to do. She was just an ordinary girl, although she was Lv5 and a lady, but for Misaka Mikoto, everything at the moment still made her feel at a loss.

"Now?"

However, Fang Zheng did not answer her question immediately. Instead, he just looked at Misaka Mikoto and handed her the phone.

"You should tell Shirai Kuroko first. She's going crazy in the dormitory."

"ah……"

Misaka Mikoto took the phone blankly, and soon heard Kuroko's voice.

"Hello, is this onee-sama? Are you okay?"

"Heizi, um, I'm fine..."

Perhaps it was because she heard Kuroko's voice, Misaka Mikoto felt herself gradually regaining consciousness. At least compared to the state just now when she seemed to be trapped in a bottomless swamp, she now seemed to be pulled to the surface, breathing fresh air, and had a sense of "being saved".

"It's okay. I just have some personal matters to take care of. Yes, I probably won't be going back tonight."

"You won't come back?!"

Hearing this, Kuroko's voice suddenly rose, and then he lowered it as if he was afraid of being heard by the monitor.

"Sister, if you don't go back to the dormitory, where are you going to live?!"

"Research institute, probably."

"Hey?! Sister, are you going to live under the same roof with Mr. Fang Zheng? A single man and a single woman? Two people?"

"What do you mean a man and a woman alone? Aren't Ram and Rem here too?"

"Onee-sama, can you even accept three people together?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about but it really annoys me so I'm hanging up!"

As Kuroko's words became more and more outrageous, Misaka Mikoto hung up the phone in anger. Then she looked at the dark screen of her phone and smiled bitterly. Then Misaka Mikoto shook her head and returned the phone to Fang Zheng.

"Thank you, Mr. Fang Zheng."

"You're welcome. Anyway, let's go back to the institute first."

Fang Zheng put away his phone and spoke. Hearing this, Misaka Mikoto turned her head and glanced at the first person who was covered in blood and unconscious not far away.

"What about him?"

"Since he won't die, just leave him there. Let's go back first and talk about it later."

To Fang Zheng, Accelerator is nothing to worry about.

On the way back, Misaka Mikoto finally told Fang Zheng everything she had investigated.

Twenty thousand clones, twenty thousand of my own sisters, but they were created and then killed because of this unreasonable plan...

What else can I do?

Misaka Mikoto really had no idea about this.

"Why do you blame yourself for this, onee-sama?"

And at this moment, Misaka, who was sitting in the back seat, spoke.

"This is not onee-sama's responsibility, this is our mission, Misaka asked in a puzzled tone."

"But you will be killed! This kind of thing... is totally inexplicable! You are obviously alive, don't you want to live?!"

“…”

However, in response to Misaka Mikoto's question, the other Misaka answered calmly.

"Misaka is an item created for the plan. An artificial body, an artificial mind. She is an experimental animal with a unit price of 180,000 yuan. Misaka explained to Onee-sama truthfully."

"you--!!"

"Don't get excited."

Seeing that Misaka Mikoto was about to flirt again, Fang Zheng held her head down.

"She's a clone, she didn't grow up like you, so it's normal for her to lack common sense. Don't get excited."

“…”

"Okay, anyway, let's go back to the institute. Hey, the one in the back, what's your name?"

"Misaka's code name is 9982. Misaka kindly introduced herself to the unknown man in front of her."

"9982... why not 8848... never mind, that means you still have more than 10,000 people, right?"

"This is a forbidden matter, Misaka cannot answer it."

"That's about it. It doesn't matter whether you reply or not."

Fang Zheng released the hand that was pressing on Misaka Mikoto's head.

"How about this, Misaka? You take your sister to the research institute to stay for one night. I'll bring the rest of the sisters back. Then we'll talk about what to do next."

"But...what are you going to do?"

Although Fang Zheng said it was simple, Misaka Mikoto knew it was not an easy task. After all, there were more than 10,000 people, and those who could support such a plan must be the top of the academy. She couldn't imagine how Fang Zheng was going to handle all this.

"Don't worry, I have my own way."

Fang Zheng naturally did not tell Misaka Mikoto about his thoughts. In fact, after dropping Misaka Mikoto and Misaka Sisters off at the research institute and handing them over to Ram and Rem, he drove directly to another place.

That is the Seventh District Center, the heart of the entire Academy City.

Collectively referred to as "buildings without windows".

For Fang Zheng, this is a place that he will have to go to sooner or later.

It's time to come now.

He parked the car on the side of the road and came to the front of the building. Then Fang Zheng took a look at the building in front of him, stretched out his hand, and gently knocked on the flat wall in front of him.

“——!!!”

The whole world trembled at this moment.

The huge crack extended from the bottom to the top floor, splitting the building in half. Fang Zheng hummed softly, put his hands behind his back, and walked into the crack while humming a little tune.

The entire space was pitch black. It seemed as if the concept of space had been lost. The stars, the earth, and everything seemed to be passers-by, quietly emerging from the darkness and then disappearing.

"Get out of here, Aleister."

Fang Zheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the darkness before him.

"You came to trouble me, and now I am here."

"I still don't understand who you are."

Just at this moment, a voice rang out.

Neither male nor female, like a child but also like an old man.

"I don't know who you are, and I don't understand why you came here. This is Academy City, the city of science..."

"Shut up."

Fang Zheng snorted coldly, interrupting the other party.

"That's the thing I can't stand about you. Stop nagging about science all the time. What does science have to do with you? You can only stand here because of that damn angel Edwards. But science? You are an illiterate magician, how dare you talk about science in front of me? You are just using science as a cover to take revenge on your so-called enemies."

“…”

"Why are you silent? Do you know? I have always wanted to kill you. The reason is very simple. You are trying to destroy this world and the future of this civilization. What is science? Science is a means to correctly understand the world, to know the world, and to explore the world. It is not the Crusades, not the idiots in the Vatican, and not some new religion that you use as the enemy of magic. You have made science into a religion, a belief, and you are trying to stereotype it... Hehe, I don't care how your daughter died, after all, it has nothing to do with me. But since you are willing to hinder the progress of human civilization for your own hatred..."

Having said this, Fang Zheng spread out his hands.

"Well, I'm sorry. Anyway, I've killed a lot of idiots like you. I don't mind killing one more."

“…”

Aleister did not speak again. Instead, a golden figure suddenly emerged and appeared in front of Fang Zheng.

However, Fang Zheng just glanced at it.

"roll."

Just a word.

The next moment, the golden figure quickly retreated as if shot by a slingshot, and disappeared into the darkness at a speed almost exceeding the speed of light.

“…Who are you?”

At this moment, Aleister's voice finally changed.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Fang Zheng, and I am currently considered a god... Well, I won't tell you what my specific job title is."

"god?"

Aleister's voice began to distort.

"You said... you are a god? Hahaha, a god who believes in science?"

"I say again, science is a method, not a belief or truth."

Fang Zheng nodded.

"What does scientific view and scientific cognition mean? Reason, objectivity, and research. Science is not faith. Faith is eternal, but science is not. Scientific theories are falsifiable and have not been falsified. Take magic for example. People doubt the existence of magic because they have never witnessed it with their own eyes, experienced it personally, or investigated it personally. Therefore, magic is considered to be non-existent.

But once they experience it for themselves, go through it for themselves, investigate it for themselves, and see it for themselves, they will admit that magic exists.

That’s science.”

Having said this, Fang Zheng folded his arms and looked into the darkness.

"But what about you? Aleister, for your own selfish reasons, you have made science the opposite of magic, haha... But it's no wonder. After all, you are just an illiterate magician, a barbarian who grew up under the influence of the stupid dualism of Anglo-Saxon culture. Angels, demons, you, us. Justice, evil... Well, dualism is indeed quite useful without having to use your brain. You see, I don't even have to use my brain when I want to kill you."

"…What exactly do you want to say?"

Aleister's voice became louder and louder, but Fang Zheng just shrugged.

"It's simple. Hand me the remaining ten thousand or so Misaka sisters that you are trying to build an artificial angel network with, and I will spare your life."

Then he spoke.

"Otherwise, you'll be put on the firewood list."