Looking at the two Aleisters who seemed to have reached an agreement in some way, Shen He felt like he had encountered the strangest scene of his life.
Even with the tough worldview of a modern online youth, there was a sense of absurdity that he couldn't understand or accept. Aleister was constantly splitting into subsequent, brand new versions of himself, and the first two that appeared had established a community of interests, determined to keep the control of the split-off Aleisters in their own hands.
If they were left unchecked, what would the world become?
An Aleister collective? Eventually, countless Aleisters would form an entire civilization, then develop step by step, climb the Technology Tree, break through the stars, and finally become the dominant civilization in the multiverse?
There was no way to let that happen.
If Aleister ruled the world, the hope for the Misaka Sisters to live happily would be extremely slim. This represented the wishes of two entire Servants.
"I can only give it my all."
Shen He slowly closed his eyes, then opened them again, he had made a decision.
The Angel that had flown away, and Aleister, who was out of the life support chamber and constantly splitting, had completely exceeded their ability to handle the situation. Frankly, at their current Servant level, even dealing with one Aleister and one Angel was extremely difficult. If they delayed any further, they might even have to face an unknown number of Aleisters.
At the same time, Mikoto Misaka Alter, who was left in the Building Without Windows, finally couldn't bear being stuck in the void.
She directly took out her custom-made marble. Dark lightning flashed around her, and a fiery red Laser Cannon roared, cutting through the dark space as if it had sucked the darkness in. The scenery began to twist, and the coin seemed to break through the space itself, causing large pieces of it to fall away, revealing its true appearance.
This was a place filled with dense mechanical creations.
There was a large hole in the ceiling, pierced by the Laser Cannon. Broken wires flashed with electricity there, and the liquid chamber where Aleister should have been was empty.
Aleister had run away.
This was the only fact in Mikoto Misaka Alter's mind.
This caused the suppressed hatred in her heart to gradually accumulate, and even her expression became somewhat distorted. She was already on the verge of exploding.
"You're not Mikoto Misaka, after all."
A cold, quiet voice made Mikoto Misaka Alter turn her head sharply.
It was a girl with honey-colored hair, a slender waist, and a full figure. Mikoto Misaka Alter had memories of this person, Misaki Shokuhou, who had always been at odds with her, and Touma Kamijou was standing beside her.
Although she didn't know why Misaki Shokuhou had come here, that wasn't something she needed to consider.
"I'm in a very bad mood right now." Mikoto Misaka Alter's voice was almost a snarl. "It wouldn't be a big deal to crush a few ants, so if you don't want to die, get out of here!"
The special marbles reappeared between her fingers, surrounded by terrifying, inky-black lightning, as if to show she meant what she said.
Mikoto Misaka Alter wanted to destroy the entire building.
"She said that," Misaki Shokuhou looked at Touma Kamijou beside her. "Let's leave quickly. It's fine to just leave someone like this here."
"No."
Touma Kamijou clenched his fists and strode forward, unable to contain his emotions any longer, shouting loudly.
"Your hatred isn't your own. It's just an emotion forced upon you by something called the Holy Grail. You don't need to let yourself be consumed by hatred. Once you understand this, once you realize that your memories aren't your own, all the pain will lessen."
"What on earth are you talking about?"
Mikoto Misaka Alter felt an immense irritation well up inside her. Why did everyone think she was a fake? Couldn't they accept her changes and growth?
"Forget it." Mikoto Misaka Alter gritted her teeth, ultimately letting hatred overcome everything. "If you want to die, don't blame me!"
Several beams of light, like Laser Cannons, erupted from her palms, piercing through the entire Building Without Windows from the inside. The building, having lost its support, began to shake and crumble. At the last moment, a space ability user, controlled by Misaki Shokuhou, suddenly appeared and brought her and Touma Kamijou away from the scene. However, the building, which symbolized Aleister's authority, had already collapsed.
The last intact building in Academy City was no more.
"It's all over, Academy City."
Misaki Shokuhou sighed. The only reason she'd stayed until now was because it held the most precious memories of her life.
Her first friend, the first person she liked.
Touma Kamijou opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but then, suddenly,
the world stopped.
His right hand seemed to be emitting some strange power, preserving his entire body, but the entire world, everything except for her, was completely still.
Mikoto Misaka Alter was also in this frozen state.
She was still conscious, and her vision still allowed her to see things, but she couldn't move an inch, as if she'd lost control of her body.
This stillness lasted only an instant.
Then, as if in rapid motion, the surrounding scenery changed at a speed that was hard to discern. Buildings that had become ruins were rebuilt, the Angels that had been rushing away in the distance retreated, and an invisible force surged into everyone's minds, including ordinary people, espers, and even magicians. Their memories began to be altered. The war never happened, the presence of the deceased gradually disappeared, and the feeling of unease from the altered memories was slowly smoothed over.
A global temporal reversal, and a manipulation of thought at the level of the rules.
This was the great power possessed by Saiki Kusuo, who had undergone high-level enhancements and was displaying his full strength.
He couldn't bring the dead back to life, but he could erase their presence. He couldn't cause those born to die, but he could give them new identities. Existence is reasonable, and the unreasonable would also become reasonable. An absolute reversal of time; no one could resist. All the survivors returned to the positions they should have been in months ago.
Except for a very small number of people whose memories remained unchanged, the entire world had started anew.
Everything took only ten minutes.
Shen He and the others stood quietly in the Building Without Windows, looking at Aleister in the life support chamber, as well as the other two silent Aleisters in front of them. They had a feeling as if they had been through a lifetime.
"Can you distort the memories of those three?" Shen He's voice had a slight tremor.
Even though he knew of Saiki's power, seeing the strength from a gag manga appear before his eyes still gave a feeling of logical collapse.
"It's a little difficult."
Saiki Kusuo rubbed his forehead. He had just violently distorted the rules of the entire world, and had inadvertently affected too many things.
After all, some things that couldn't be hidden were full of flaws in front of anyone with logic, and they could even detect the confusion of their own memories in the first instance. Aleister was undoubtedly one of these people, so he deliberately avoided mind control over the three people in front of him. It was as if the entire change of the world was clearly displayed before them.
And the three of them had their own expressions.
The original Aleister was inverted in the cultivation pod, silent. His artificial Heavenly Realm had completely disappeared, and he couldn't find a new plan to deal with the bizarre scene in front of him in a short time.
Even a God didn't have such unbelievable power.
Old Aleister fell into an indescribable state of madness, muttering things like "Incredible," "Unbelievable," and "How is this even possible?" For him, who had abandoned everything to pursue the unknown, he had encountered the greatest unknown of his life, something that surpassed the truths of this world.
As for the girl Aleister, she seemed unaffected by everything, simply standing there with her Staff.
Shen He observed the changes in all three of them.
Saiki Kusuo's invincibility had a time limit, so he quickly made a decision.
"Exile the original Aleister to the infinite universe, along with this Building Without Windows," Shen He's mind conjured up a clear plan. "Let the old Aleister replace him as the Chairman of Academy City, with the girl Aleister as his daughter, and then instill the subconscious thought 'the Misaka Sisters have the rights of normal people' into the minds of everyone in the world, negate the conflict between magic and science, and instill the concept of cooperation and the common development of a civilized future."
Shen He was using Saiki Kusuo's abilities to gradually reshape the entire world.
Meanwhile, Mikoto Misaka Alter found herself in an indescribable situation.
She had arrived at that place.
That place where she witnessed the Misaka Sisters being harmed, this was her beginning of change, the start of her hatred.
But, there was no "then."
Everything around her was still flowing backward, everything was still changing, only she remained here.
Why?
Mikoto Misaka Alter didn't understand. If time was reversing, shouldn't she have left this place, gone to her school, to Kuroko Shirai's side, to her past life?
Why was she still here?
"You are not Mikoto Misaka."
A certain voice suddenly appeared in her mind, a voice that she had always rejected in the past.
Mikoto Misaka Alter's form suddenly began to move rapidly. She went inside the nearest telephone booth and used her electronic abilities to gather all the information she needed. Everything had returned to normal. Although she could keenly sense the differences, she could clearly see through the surveillance that another Mikoto Misaka had arrived at the school and was on the street with Kuroko Shirai and others.
She remembered this day. She was shopping on the street with Kuroko Shirai and others, and also with Uiharu and the others she had recently met.
Even the feeling of fun was still fresh in her memory.
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