Mash-up Anime World: Creating the SCP Foundation to Contain Anomalies-Chapter 297 - 291: Misaka Is Cute, So She’s Worth It!

"You can joke about yourself all you want, but if someone else takes it seriously, that's on them."

Accelerator hadn't completely gone off the rails yet.

After all, this Misakawas Misaka No. 1.

The timing was just right.

Given that Accelerator was lucky enough to meet her at this moment, Haruto decided to educate this chuunibyou teen (girl?).

In the original storyline, Accelerator took part in the plan and killed the Misaka Sisters.

A major reason was that both the planning organization and the Misaka Sisters themselves repeatedly emphasized one thing:

That the Misaka Sisters were just cheap dolls—one could be made for just 180,000 yen. They had no hearts, no emotions.

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But how could anyone take those words at face value?

It was obvious.

When Haruto first broke into this facility—

Misaka had urgently warned him, trying to get him to leave immediately. And that line—she hadn't even used her usual robotic speech pattern.

It wasn't a planned warning, but genuine concern for someone else's life.

Misaka didn't want anyone else to get dragged into this plan and die because of it.

A girl so vivid and kind—how could she possibly be a heartless doll?

It was unclear if Accelerator had truly heard those words—or if he'd just been beaten so badly by Haruto that he didn't dare move anymore.

Either way, he stayed silent.

So, Haruto just went ahead and sat right on top of him.

The number one Level 5 in Academy City, due to his esper power, had never trained his body—he relied entirely on his ability.

As a result, his physical body was incredibly weak.

If he couldn't use his ability, even a bit of weight was enough to keep him pinned to the ground.

"You've got time, so maybe work out a little. Otherwise, you're not gonna last when someone hits you with a 'friendship punch' to the face."

Haruto threw out another jab.

Accelerator repeatedly tried to activate his powers but failed, and when he heard that line, he ground his teeth in frustration.

Meanwhile, after being injected with the Ghoul-3 solution and a short round of cellular treatment, Misakahad recovered.

Her injuries had actually come from Accelerator's vector manipulation reflecting bullets when she'd fired at him.

It was their first experimental encounter, after all.

Accelerator hadn't been able to bring himself to fully commit.

It was actually Misaka—who had been brainwashed during mass production—who insisted on carrying out the plan.

"Why would you go out of your way to save Misaka? Misaka doesn't deserve it. Misaka asks in confusion."

Now standing once more, Misaka said this in her usual flat tone.

Since she couldn't make expressions easily, she conveyed her emotions through her speech patterns.

Megumi Kato patted Misaka's brown hair with a bit of pity.

Even Misaki sighed sadly.

At that moment, Haruto grinned and said,

"Misaka is cute, so she's worth it."

Misaka blinked, stunned for a moment, then said,

"A mass-produced body, an artificial mind—if anything's cute, it's only Onee-sama. Misaka doesn't understand what makes her worth it."

The "Onee-sama" she referred to, of course, was her original body, Misaka Mikoto.

But Haruto just shook his head, offering no further answer.

"Hey, Yuriko, give up on the plan. You're not gonna complete it anyway."

Haruto casually tossed out the comment.

"Who the hell is Yuriko?! I'm Accelerator, you bastard!"

Still putting up a tough front. But that only piqued the curiosity of the three girls present. Especially Misaka.

"You said it was impossible to complete the plan. What do you mean by that? Misaka asks in shock."

Haruto simply spread his hands, helplessly.

The so-called Level 6 Shift Project was just a cover.

A smokescreen put up by the powers that controlled the city.

Reaching "Level 6"—true "Absolute Power"—was not something that could be achieved by killing 20,000 Misaka Sisters.

Even the calculations backing the project were provided by the city's supercomputer. But who's to say those results weren't tampered with by some old pervert behind the scenes?

Level 6 wasn't just a higher tier of espers—it was an entirely different species.

It represented a divine realm.

Also known as Containment Level 5.9.

The strongest concept just below absolute divinity. Reaching it was no simple feat. That much was obvious.

But explaining all this would be a huge pain.

"So I'll just say this—because I said so."

Haruto gave an utterly unreasonable answer.

After a brief silence...

"Misaka understands. Onii-san, you're the 'scoundrel' mentioned in the database. Misaka believes she's found the correct answer."

Haruto twitched at that.

"Yuriko, give me a straight answer. Otherwise, you're sleeping on the ground tonight."

Veins popped on Accelerator's forehead.

"I told you, I'm Accelerator! Not some Yuriko!"

Still spouting nonsense, but then he paused and said,

"If you let me go and tell me how you broke through my ability, I'll agree to give up on the plan."

It was obvious—Accelerator was looking for a way out.

Honestly, if he just took a moment to calmly talk with Misaka...

He'd quickly realize she wasn't some emotionless doll.

Even without Haruto saying a word, he'd already started having second thoughts.

Haruto got up and stepped aside.

Accelerator scrambled to his feet, took two steps back, and rubbed his waist.

Haruto had nearly crushed his spine.

Just then, Misaki crept closer with a mischievous smile.

She, too, was curious about how Haruto had bypassed vector manipulation. Clearly, Haruto was an esper—but no one knew what his ability was.

Haruto casually replied,

"It's simple. I temporarily killed your ability, that's all."

Everyone froze at that statement.

"Killed... my ability? Are you talking nonsense?!"

Accelerator was convinced this guy was messing with him. If you don't want to answer, just say so—no need to troll me.

But Haruto shook his head.

"I have many abilities. Just now, I simply killed your power for a short time. In my understanding, death is not a process or a state—but a concept. When I apply death to any object, lifeform, existence, or even idea—it dies."

As he spoke, Haruto picked up a pebble from the ground.

In front of everyone, he lightly traced his finger across it.

Crack—

The pebble instantly shattered into dust and vanished into the air.

Everyone stared in stunned silence.

Haruto casually waved the dust away.

"By the way, just to give you an idea—if a true Level 6 existed, they could probably apply the concept of 'death' to the world itself. To someone like that, the world would appear fragile and breakable. They'd have to restrain themselves just to avoid destroying it by accident."

Upon hearing this, Accelerator completely shut up.

No matter how arrogant he was, even he understood just how far he was from destroying the world with a sneeze.

Without saying a word, Accelerator turned and left.

"Oh right, gather up all the people behind this plan. I want to take them back as D-class test subjects. And another thing! Since you're an esper, just focus on being a good mage. Stop dreaming about being a melee fighter. Otherwise, even a regular guy could beat the crap out of you. I'm not joking."

Accelerator hadn't reacted much at first.

He was going to scrap the plan anyway.

And rounding up some shady researchers wasn't a problem.

But... saying a normal person could beat him down? That he couldn't stand!

He was the Number One Level 5, damn it!

How could he have no prestige left?!

But just as he turned around, he saw Haruto make a motion—

He threw a punch, then retracted it just as it reached a certain point.

Accelerator's face turned green.

He instantly realized:

If a normal person made that motion—fist out, then suddenly pulled back—

And if his vector calculation didn't keep up—

His vector reflection would reverse the retraction, and slam the punch into his own face.

It'd be like punching himself.

Without saying anything more, Accelerator lowered his head and left again.

Meanwhile, Misaki looked a bit worried.

"Will those organizations really give up the plan that easily?"

Haruto nodded.

"They will."

After all, he hadn't just shown his power to the people in this room tonight...

He'd shown it to someone else too.