As soon as he entered the atmosphere and was surrounded by oxygen, his incredible amount of heat would set him on fire. As soon as he crashed into District 23 at top speed, a giant dome shaped explosion would fill the entirety of Academy City. Still, that was just more entertainment.
He intended for this to reach beyond what Kamijou Touma’s Imagine Breaker could handle.
But because of that…
“Ho hohhhhh!! It wells up inside you because it is impossible! It is only worth sending your way because it is an unreasonable demand! Kamijou Touma! Mankind!! This isn’t the extent of your possibilities, is it!? Now show me the hidden power that has allowed you to keep history running until this day!!!!!”
[...]
“Now come, Imagine Breaker!! No, the One who Purifies Gods and Slays Demons!! Show me your resolve by literally leaving everything up to your right haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddddddddddddd!!”
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There was nothing they could do.
They could only watch as the orange light ignored its trajectory and dropped straight down.
Its speed may have been Mach 10, Mach 20, or even Mach 30.
Mikoto could only fire an arcade coin at three times the speed of sound, so this was beyond anything she could handle. She could only wait to be crushed and turned into a portion of a giant crater.
But…
“…”
Kamijou had been unsteady on his feet after the previous battle, but she felt him moving slightly while still resting on her shoulder. He silently reached up as if to grab the giant falling comet with his right hand.
She could not tell what meaning there was in that.
The boy himself probably could not explain what was hidden there.
“You…?”
She asked a pure question.
She was answered by an ominous cracking sound. It came from the body of the boy who was right next to her yet seemed impossibly far away.
—It honestly doesn’t matter to me who the hero is.
After everything that had happened, it was only now that Mikoto truly felt fear.
—As long as everything’s been resolved, I couldn’t ask for anything more.
She felt fear rising from the pit of her stomach.
—So… So Misaka, this didn’t need a hero.
All the while, she heard the intermittent sound of cracks running through something.
—It ended without losing anyone and that’s all that matters.
Specifically, it came from the boy’s right arm.
And…
And…
And…