Pendragon's Infinity Gauntlet

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Fangcun successfully blended in and waited in the audience for a while before the match began.

Although it was just a competition for junior high school students, the scene instantly became incredibly exciting because it included a prestigious school like Tokiwadai, which only admits Level 3 espers. Superpowers of all colors flew around the venue, quickly turning it into a mess with dust everywhere.

"..."

In big-budget movies, explosions happen everywhere, but with all this dust, you can't see anything at all. Only the occasional flash of superpowers on the field bring a little color, indicating that the game is still going on.

Who is this saving money for?

Fangcun, who wasn't interested in watching at all, quietly slipped off the audience seats and went to the dusty outer area.

The referees who got caught up in it fared even worse, getting nothing but dust in their hands.

To get a better viewing experience, Fang Cun gently kicked his leg towards the square.

Suddenly, it was as if a fierce hurricane had struck the sports field, sweeping away all the dust and even blowing the crowd in the opposite stands around, not to mention the students and equipment that were competing...

Several students were blown away, and the ball used in the competition disappeared.

The medical team waiting outside immediately rushed in. They thought some student had forgotten the rules of the Great Star Festival and couldn't help but unleash their superpowers at full strength.

"..."

slip away.

Fang Cun felt that this was the minimum force he had used, but it still interfered with the game?

And some people were injured as a result?

Fang Cun clearly saw that the girls used their superpowers to save the boys who were blown away in mid-air. The boy who was lying down should have nothing to do with him, right?

It looks like the situation is serious; they've already started calling an ambulance.

"Wait, isn't that cute girl the cult leader?"

Is this a harem storyline or the main storyline?

After frowning and thinking for a while, Fang Cun realized that this time it was a main storyline related to magicians.

What happens during the Great Star Festival? Does it summon a giant meteorite capable of destroying the entire Academy City?

"It doesn't seem right..."

In short, it's an event that could "destroy" Academy City in one blow. The next activity is to follow the leader. If it's a meteorite or something, that's perfect, she can jump thousands of meters up to smash the rocks.

With Academy City's technology, shouldn't all the meteorite fragments be able to be intercepted? No, as long as the output power is strong enough, it can be completely shattered in one blow. At most, it will form a dust cloud that blocks the sun for a few days, or in a better case, it will be cleared away on the same day.

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In the middle of a busy main road, Oriana looked up at the electronic bulletin board.

Many people didn't notice the events unfolding on screen. Even those who did were only interested in the fact that an emergency had temporarily interrupted the match. This isn't surprising, as there was only one emergency patient involved in the incident, and such news doesn't generate much buzz.

At least that's how it looks on the surface.

"……this."

He held a signboard rolled up in white cloth between his fingers and whispered quietly, his tone revealing a sense of tension.

"It was an unexpected development."

After speaking, Oriana looked away from the electronic bulletin board.

He started walking around.

There was still something to do; Oriana's fingers gripped the object clamped to her side tightly.

Jōjin Tōma and Tsuchimikado Haruka pushed through the crowd and raced along the path. People on the road cast disapproving glances at them, but they had no time to care, nor did they notice the other bald girl following them.

Tsuchimikado turned on his phone's speaker, and the two of them listened to Tyr's voice as they ran along the road.

“Oriana Townsend’s location has been confirmed. Near the 2nd day station of the 7th School District subway. Give me a little more time, and I can specify a more accurate location.”

"Ninja Station! We've gone too far!"

Jing Shen abruptly stopped and turned back in the direction he had come from. The two of them veered off the road and ran into a side path.

What was originally a pursuit operation led by Tsuchimikado has now shifted to Jōjin. Tsuchimikado, the expert, has been sidelined.

Chapter 333 Explosion

Chapter 333

"Heading north...right, it seems he's moving north. The roads...there are three, but we don't know which one it is yet. We should be able to determine it soon..."

Before they could even finish hearing the sound, Shirogane and Tsuchimikado had already crossed the path. On one side of the path, they could see the entrance to the stairs leading to the subway station. They continued running north along the road.

"Three paths...now...now...are emerging. Listen carefully—"

"The one on the far right! I see it!!"

As Jing Shen shouted, the blond man twenty meters ahead turned around. When he saw the two people coming through the crowd, he hurriedly fled down a side path.

Jingshin and Tsuchimikado chased after him.

"Have you found the target?"

Fang Cun caught up, panting heavily. The cult leader and her best friend were truly beasts in terms of stamina, and she had to activate her transformation for a moment to recover her strength.

She's becoming increasingly proficient at using this hero system; she can use it at least ten times per second.

Of course, this is only for recovery under normal circumstances; in her hero form, she has not yet encountered any power that could harm her.

The fork in the road was short, quickly leading to another street. But unlike the main road, it lacked any bustling atmosphere. The corners with small shops side by side offered no welcoming ambiance. Although there were arched arcades like those in shopping streets, they only seemed to make the light worse.

It was morning, yet all the shops had their metal gates shut. The owners probably knew from the start that this corner wouldn't get many customers. They likely set up temporary shops near the more crowded arena.

The horizontal road extends to the left and right.

Wearing his work clothes, Oriana Townsend ran down the left-hand road. As Shiogami and Tsuchimikado went to chase after him, the automatic bus overtook them from behind.

The celestial being, who had inadvertently glanced in the direction Oriana was heading, froze. Oriana was heading towards the bus stop.

"Oh no...!!"

Oriana pressed a button similar to the one at the bus stop to stop the automatic bus, which indeed stopped mechanically.

Oriana stepped through the open automatic door and into the car.

It's indeed difficult to catch up with a moving bus by running, but taking other buses makes tracking them even harder. Since regular vehicles are prohibited from entering the Daihasei Festival, finding other vehicles is also difficult. Besides, Shiokami hasn't taken a driving test.

The automated bus only responds to commands that have been set up from the beginning.

If it's a driver: waving and chasing after the bus, the driver might think she missed her chance and stop. But expecting that from an automated bus is giving it too much credit.

Jing Shen ran off in a panic, the distance between them only about twenty meters. By the time Jing Shen reached the bus stop, the automated bus had already silently driven away.

"You bastard!!"

Jing Shen, having finally reached the bus stop, pressed the button to stop the bus, but it was too late. The already moving bus did not respond and slowly accelerated.

Arriving a step too late, Tsuchimikado watched the departing bus and said:

"Hey, Pure God, I can't see very clearly from my side. Besides Oriana, are there any other passengers in that car, meow?"

"What? It doesn't matter what happens!"

Seeing Tsuchimikado so relaxed, Jōjin answered impatiently.

Tsuchimikado said:

"Listen to me, this is very important."

"...It seems there's no one else here."

"like?"

"Nobody's here! Ah, so there really isn't anyone else! Maybe everyone got off to watch the Relay A preliminary rounds that were held around here this morning. It's a race for the winners, the main attraction of the first day. The guidebook even mentions it. So what?!"

“That puts my mind at ease, Tyr.”

Tsuchimikado wasn't speaking to Jōjin, but to Tyr on the other end of the phone:

"Back at the automated bus maintenance depot, didn't you stick rune cards on the side of the buses? If those still work, I need to ask you a favor. Blow off the card stuck on bus number 5154457."

The other party reacted quite quickly.

"boom!"

There was an explosion.

The automated bus, slowly increasing its speed, erupted in a fierce burst of flames from its side. A second later, the bus exploded, its rear section sliding sideways. Lying on its side on the road, the automated bus continued its relentless spinning. The metal mass, now a fireball, rolled across the ground.

The flames, shooting vertically upwards, spread out to the sides after hitting the arcade above.

Tsuchimikado folds up his flip phone with one hand.

"The effect is... a bit too strong, meow?"

He gave a confused, wry smile.

The goddess Jingshen stared speechlessly at the engulfed bus. Their goal was indeed to stop Oriana. But did that fall under the category of simply "stopping"?

Seeing Jōjin's expression, Tsuchimikado, sensing what she was about to say, said:

"Oh dear. I never expected it to be like this. I just wanted her to light the engine and activate the automatic bus's safety system. Damn it, I was so careless because I thought it was an electric car. It must be a hybrid electric vehicle that uses electricity or other natural gas."

She said without the slightest nervousness:

"However, since everyone in the store should be out doing business now, and the arcade blocks the view of the satellite and the drone, it shouldn't cause too much of a disturbance."

"Why...why are you so calm! Where's the fire extinguisher? If we don't save him quickly, that guy will really die!!"

"Well, so what?"

As Tsuchimikado spoke, the fiercely burning pillar of fire swirled into a vortex. The immense firepower was dispersed by the inner tornado, disappearing without a trace. The wind, rich in moisture—"mist"—blown away the flames. A thin film of water covered the surface of the still-burning wreckage of the automatic bus, much like leaves dampened by night dew. The misty wind coated everything present with a thin layer of moisture. This moisture didn't seem to evaporate from ordinary flames; instead, it seemed to extinguish anything that could become a source of fire, hindering the flames' progress.

At the center of the fog and wind stood a man.

Olyana Townsend's hair, face, and work clothes were all slightly damp from the moisture she produced.

He had something resembling a signboard tucked under his right arm, a vocabulary card in his left hand, and a piece of paper between his teeth. The paper read "WindSymbol" in blue lettering.

Oriana spat out the thick paper he was holding in his mouth, pulled out a silver thread from his mouth, and chuckled leisurely:

"Hehehe. Putting aside the flames created by magic, physical burning alone won't make me hot. But I still got soaked in the rain. See? Even my underwear is wet."

Chapter 334 Done?

Chapter 334

Even at a time like this, he could still tell jokes.

"Is this guy sexually harassing two women?"

Fangcun is still not quite used to the world here. Sometimes the men she meets are really something else. When they get into a flirtatious mood, women have no chance at all. The man in front of her clearly has this tendency as well.

Faced with this fact, Jing Shen narrowed her eyes slightly. Although the movement was very subtle, she did indeed narrow her eyes.

"...The spell you cast caused completely unrelated people to fall. Remember? The boy who was with me when we first met. Do you think that boy was involved with magic?"

"No one in this world is truly unconnected. If you're determined, you can connect with anyone, right?"

"You clearly... knew it. You clearly knew about this, yet you show absolutely no remorse?"

Jingshen's voice was very flat.

Upon hearing this sound, Oriana frowned slightly.

"It's no use saying anything now, but I really didn't mean to hurt that child. Big brother, I don't want to hurt ordinary people either. It's different now."

After speaking, Oriana tore a paper card with her mouth.

I heard a sound like the rims of glasses clinking together.

At that moment.

"Wow……!!"

With that sound, Tsuchimikado Haruka's body bent into a crooked shape. She pressed her hand against her side, glaring at Oriana with trembling teeth.

"Tsuchimikado!!"

Shiogami rushed closer to her in a panic. The wound didn't seem to have reopened, but Tsuchimikado's face had turned deathly pale. Was it from moving around while injured?