Chapter 332: The Boy Chasing a Fallen Angel

District 7 and District 10 of Academy City are adjacent. In fact, the dormitories of Tokiwadai Middle School are very close to District 10.

Academy City is a circular urban area. From space, it looks like a perfect circle, but the naming of its 23 districts isn't sequential—it seems more random.

This is why Li Mo was able to quickly move from District 10 to District 7. Similarly, returning from District 7 to District 10 is also a short journey.

The "Medicine of God" is still in District 10. Its body is composed of AIM Diffusion Fields, a distortion of Academy City's Artificial Heaven.

Interestingly, the "fuse" of the Artificial Heaven—Kazakiri Hyouka—has not appeared. She hasn't shown up, let alone the "Dragon" that follows the artificial angel.

And secondly…

Why is Aleister helping me?

It can't just be because my magic name is similar to his, right?

**Beast444**.

This is Li Mo's magic name, meaning "The One Who Becomes the Beast."

Aleister's magic name, **Beast666**, is only different in the numbers.

Li Mo quickly dismissed this joke-like thought. Earlier, when he fled to District 7, his goal was the Windowless Building. In fact, after obtaining the Grimoires from Index's mind that day, he had mastered the short-distance spatial movement magic that Medea used. He had used this magic to escape with Frenda from Stiyl and Kamijou Touma.

—If he had entered the building, he would have had to face the cold and calculating Aleister. But at least, since Aleister still saw value in him, he wouldn't have killed him immediately.

As for Ollerus, the "Good Emperor," upon seeing Li Mo's nature as "Human Evil," he chose to act. Isn't this the guy who lost his chance to become a Magic God because he stopped to save a cat?

Li Mo actually wanted to say that "Human Evil" is also "Human Love," but he quickly gave up on the idea. Just look at what the previous Beasts have done: **Beast I, Goetia**, burned all of human history to remake humanity; **Beast II, Tiamat**, merely existing would reshape the entire ecosystem; the two **Beast IIIs**, one of whom, Kiara Sessyoin, only cared about saving herself, was a complete demon Buddha; **Kama**—let's not even go there; the two **Beast IVs**, one of whom, Primate Murder, didn't do much, and the other, Koyanskaya, existed to deny human history.

Look at these predecessors—none of them did anything good. Even if "Human Evil" is "Human Love," when love becomes too obsessive, it's not a good thing! Who likes yanderes these days?

The essence of "Human Evil" is love for humanity taken to an extreme. It's like a mother who spoils her child too much—it always leads to problems.

On the way back, the streets were empty. Li Mo walked openly, unlike when he had moved through District 7 like a ghost, hiding his presence. Now, he was like a demon from legends, his overflowing mana forming a thick fog around him.

After activating **End of Four Nights**, Li Mo lost his precise control. Now, the only thing he could do was unleash indiscriminate attacks.

Then, after seeing the angel, he saw an unexpected person.

"Why are you here, Kamijou Touma?"

The iconic spiky hair made it clear who it was. The Imagine Breaker. Why was he here?

Could it be…

When Kamijou Touma first arrived at this place, he was shocked. He and Stiyl had heard the loud noises coming from District 10. At the same time, they saw streets that looked like they had been hit by a mudslide, with concrete and soil piled up everywhere. The surrounding buildings had been cut in half, exposing their steel skeletons.

—The sheer destructive power was terrifying. But Kamijou Touma knew who was fighting the angel.

But coming here…

The culprit behind all this destruction. The unknown angel was there—unlike a month or two ago, the angel wasn't using a human form. As Stiyl explained, this was one of the angel's manifested forms.

But the angel was lying in the ruins, motionless. It wasn't dead, but it had been severely injured and sealed.

Who had done this?

Although he hadn't investigated, Kamijou already had an answer.

He saw a figure emerging from the black fog, and a slightly familiar voice came from within.

That young magician.

"That's… mana. Damn it. What kind of monster is this?"

Stiyl, standing beside him, explained what the black fog was.

Mana is the product of refined life force. Even Kamijou Touma, a novice in magic, understood what such a dense fog of mana represented…

"Are you the magician who kidnapped Index the other day?"

"It's me."

Kamijou Touma saw the fog part, revealing the figure inside. Four pure white tails swayed behind him, and atop his head were a pair of white ears. But his eyes were like those of a beast—golden vertical pupils.

This person wasn't human.

But his face was the same as before.

"You're the one behind Angel Fall."

"It's me."

Kamijou Touma saw the figure take a step forward. In the next moment, his instincts told him to stand his ground and throw a punch.

When facing thugs, Kamijou could take on two or three at a time, relying on this almost prophetic intuition.

He had a premonition that the figure's claws were about to strike his head.

Only by using his right hand could he negate this attack.

"What…?"

The moment they made contact, his intuition changed. The sense of danger vanished, replaced by Stiyl collapsing to the ground.

Looking up again, he saw that the figure had already appeared behind him, standing next to the angel.

In an instant.

Kamijou Touma saw the figure sever the angel's arm and then retreat again.

"Are you trying to steal the angel's authority?"

"Who would want to become an angel? To become a being under that one's control?"

The youkai sneered, as if mocking the very concept of angels: "Angels may seem noble, but they are the least free beings in the world. And yet, what I love most is doing what I want to do."

"Then what is your goal?"

"Kamijou Touma, do you know about the **Kihara Punch**?"

"Huh?"

"Academy City's #1, Accelerator, is a monster among monsters. His immense computational power combined with his vector control ability makes him an invincible combination. When those in power face unstable factors, they always seek to balance things. Out of this idea of balancing Accelerator, the concept of the **Kihara Punch** was born.

No matter how strong Accelerator is, he relies on calculations. Kihara researchers studied Accelerator's calculations and found a way to counter him—by stopping their attack the moment it hits Accelerator. At that instant, Accelerator's passive reflection would cause the attack to rebound and hit the attacker.

Kamijou Touma, your **Precognition** can also be countered in the same way."

Kamijou Touma fell silent. He watched as the figure took the angel's severed arm and, after being obscured by the black fog, the arm disappeared.

"Now, we can talk."

Li Mo looked at the silent Kamijou Touma and spoke.