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“Also, call Komaba over here. I have some things to discuss with him.”

...

Time passed quickly.

The lights in Haramura Makoto’s office stayed on from the first half of the night to the second half.

With seven months' worth of accumulated work, even with high efficiency, it couldn't be handled quickly.

“Boss, it’s very late today. Should you rest here?”

“I have someone clean your room every day.”

Komaba Rito's physique was very tall and strong, but at this moment, he was like a secretary, standing respectfully beside Haramura Makoto, holding a pile of documents, giving a strong sense of contrast.

“Is it already two o’clock?”

Haramura Makoto also looked up and glanced at the clock on the wall, preparing to agree.

But...

The next second.

“Forget it, I remembered I have other things to do.”

“I should go back and rest.”

Haramura Makoto's eyes narrowed, and a glimmer of light flickered in the slightly opened slit.

Accompanied by that dark gap connecting, Haramura Makoto, who was still in the office the previous moment, appeared on the street outside the next moment.

But then, Haramura Makoto didn't intend to leave.

Instead, he stood there, as if waiting for someone.

After a little while.

Suddenly, his tightly closed eyes slowly opened, his expression stern, and his eyes revealed a hint of coldness.

He saw a wave of fluctuations in the space in front of him, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Space-based movement ability.

Haramura Makoto's eyes became sharp.

This kind of spatial ability is a sign.

Because in Academy City, if a space-based ability user wants to achieve long-distance transfer of humans, they need at least Level 4, a Great Ability User.

Coincidentally, he had seen the 'Library' of Academy City once.

It records the information of all the ability users in Academy City.

For him at the time, he carefully looked at the space-based ability users who were very troublesome and very interesting.

The one in front of him was a girl, about a high school student, with a pretty face.

A head of fiery red hair was tied into pigtails behind her head, a winter uniform was draped over her shoulders, her upper body was almost completely naked, only her chest was wrapped in bandages, and her lower body was a mini skirt that barely covered her buttocks, with a belt hanging around her waist that only served as decoration.

Confirmed.

Although the girl in the Library wasn't dressed so revealingly, this face and this ability were undoubtedly that woman.

“Kirioka Girls' Academy, Kihara Yumi?”

“Or the 'Guide' in the urban legend?”

A playful smile appeared on the corner of Haramura Makoto's mouth, and his sharp eyes scanned the woman in front of him.

It seemed that Haramura Makoto's gaze was too blatant, causing a hint of anger to appear on the face of the woman named Kihara Yumi.

Her right hand was also naturally placed behind her mini skirt.

“'Guide', a big shot wants to see you.”

Kihara Yumi said in a low voice, her eyes also staring closely at Haramura Makoto.

Looking at her tense muscles, ready to go, it seemed that if Haramura Makoto refused, she would directly attack.

“I came here to wait for you, let’s go.”

“I’m also very interested in the person behind you.”

Haramura Makoto took a step forward and came directly to Kihara Yumi's side. Kihara Yumi's body paused slightly, and then she inconspicuously released the military flashlight on her lower back and put her hand on Haramura Makoto's shoulder.

The next moment, the two of them disappeared directly on this dark road.

...

Urban legends!

They exist in this highly developed technological world, passed down by students from mouth to mouth, like folklore about monsters.

However, most people think that the so-called urban legends are just a joke.

Only a few people who are extremely curious and have a deep obsession with this aspect will firmly believe in these urban legends.

However, Haramura Makoto is different.

As someone who controls a part of the underground forces of Academy City, he knows very well that these urban legends are definitely not groundless.

Many things are traceable.

Just like him, he has personally witnessed the Imagine Breaker who can eliminate all abilities.

Although it sounds outrageous, when that man raised his right hand, it did indeed negate the superpowers of the pyrokinetic and electrokinetic ability users at the time.

And the woman in front of him, when he was in the 'Library' at the time, he used his imagination to connect this woman with one of the urban legends.

——『The Building Without Windows』.

This is a building located in the seventh school district.

In Academy City, although this building is not the largest in scale, it is definitely the most peculiar existence.

As its name suggests.

This is a building without windows, without doors, without stairs, as if it completely isolates the inside and outside into two worlds. It is impossible to go out from the inside, and it is impossible to enter the building from the outside.

Almost all the students in Academy City have visited this building.

Therefore, there is such an urban legend about this building.

There is a very special existence in this building. When he wants to meet someone, a 'Guide' will find you and take you into this building.

This is easy to infer.

The abilities of the ability users in Academy City are indeed strange and varied.

But if you want to enter this building without windows or doors, there is no doubt that spatial ability is the most convenient.

However, currently, the only ones in Academy City who can do this are Level 4 Great Ability Users.

By associating them together like this, you can get the answer.

“The ability is not bad, but why do you hesitate for so long every time you move?”

After continuous space movement, Haramura Makoto did not feel any discomfort.

The surrounding environment was very dim, the floor was covered with mechanical lines, and the ceiling was the same.

The light in this space was very dim, and only in the center would it emit a faint light.

That's right, he was already in the building without windows or doors.

But Kihara Yumi, who was beside Haramura Makoto, did not respond to Haramura Makoto's words, and released the hand that was on Haramura Makoto's shoulder with a pale face, and used her ability to leave directly.

Haramura Makoto did not stand there anymore, but walked towards the light source.

Then, he saw it.

The surroundings were full of cables and instruments.

In front of him was a test tube filled with red liquid, like a pillar.

Haramura Makoto stared at the existence inside the test tube.

That was a person wearing green surgical clothes, floating upside down in the red liquid.

“……”

Looking at this person, Haramura Makoto couldn't help but fall into silence.

This was not because the gender of the person in front of him caused him cognitive impairment.

In fact, he didn't care what the person's gender was at all.

The reason he fell into silence was because he felt unimaginable pressure.

Since he began to awaken his own power, he had not felt the trembling from his soul for a long time.

The strength between himself and the existence in front of him was vastly different.

If he really fought, he would be defeated in an instant.

(Byakuya, is this the magician hiding in this city that you mentioned?)

The answer was obvious.

Before seeing this man, he had thought that perhaps the one who existed in this building and was received by the rumored 'Guide' might be a high-level member of Academy City.

But after he had seen this man, he could be sure that this man could not be anyone else.

This man could only be the very strong magician that Byakuya had said.

After all, there could not be a stronger individual than him in this academy now.

Even the strongest esper in Academy City would not be taken seriously by him.

(It's him, no mistake.)

Byakuya's voice also sounded in Haramura Makoto's mind at the same time.

Or rather, from the moment Haramura Makoto said he wanted to expose himself, Byakuya had not broken the connection with Haramura Makoto, and had been maintaining vigilance.

After all, once that magician found Haramura Makoto and tried to harm Haramura Makoto, she needed to transfer Haramura Makoto to this world as soon as possible.

(Then I'll have to trouble you next.)

Haramura Makoto's eyes flickered, and he circulated his magic power throughout his body, stabilizing his slightly uneasy emotions.

He knew very well.

Now that he had chosen this way, the next step was a gamble.

“Is it you who wants to see me?”

He took a step forward from the shadows, completely exposing himself to the green-clothed man's sight.

“Yes, that’s right.”

The green-clothed man's voice was very calm, and the calmness did not contain any emotions.

The only thing Haramura Makoto could feel was extreme indifference, indifference to everything, indifferent indifference.

“It seems that you don’t recognize me.”

“In that case, I still need to introduce myself.”

The green-clothed man was still talking to himself.

Of course, his gaze was still fixed on Haramura Makoto, without moving away.

“Aleister Crowley!”

“If I have to say my identity, I am the founder of this Academy City, and also the chairman of the Academy City Board of Directors.”

Shock, quite shocking.

I believe it is the same for Haramura Makoto and others.

Basically, everyone who lives in this city knows that the highest leader of this city is the Board of Directors.

They control the various cutting-edge technology fields of Academy City.

Their position in the world is pivotal, and the students of Academy City also know them.

After all, these people have appeared on TV many times.