Kanzaki and Stiyl were filled with immense guilt. After thanking Kaito, they were too ashamed to stay any longer. Knowing that Kaito and Misuzu had taken Index in and didn't fear the church, they temporarily entrusted her to their care, then left together.
Naturally, Kanzaki gave Kaito her contact information.
If anything happened to Index, or if Kaito ever needed help with anything, she could be reached.
After all, she was among the top five magicians in Britain, and one of fewer than twenty saints in the world.
At just eighteen years old, she possessed exceptional talent.
Naturally, her exceptional talent wasn't just in her abilities, but also in her physique and appearance.
Just like Misaki, both were precociously developed.
"Kaito, there's a package for you. Did you buy something?"
"Package?"
The next day, as he was about to take Index out to talk with Kanzaki, Misuzu returned from outside, holding a rectangular box in her hand.
Seeing this box, Kaito's first reaction was that something was off.
First, he hadn't bought anything else. Even the things he bought at the mall or supermarket were delivered by a truck all at once; there was no single package.
Who sent this package?
"Was the delivery person just wearing a regular work uniform?"
"Yes, I was curious too, but it does have your name on it! The address is correct too."
"..."
Kaito lowered his head in thought for a moment, then took the package directly outside and opened it.
Inside was a rectangular safe, protected by multiple layers of magical barriers.
After breaking the magical barriers and opening the safe...
"Imagine Breaker..."
To be precise, [Blythe Road's Treasure].
From the outside, it looked like a bone arm shaped like an arrow. It could also be understood as a conceptual Noble Phantasm similar to Avalon, the scabbard.
So the question was, shouldn't this be inside Touma's body? How did it end up here?
And it was even delivered via package.
Soon, Kaito noticed several words condensed from magical power on the lid of the safe — [A gift for you, Otherworlder].
Upon seeing this, Kaito instantly thought of something. The hair on his body stood on end as he released his Conqueror's Haki, which immediately enveloped the entire enormous Academy City!
He also drew the Holy Spear, Rhongomyniad!
...
The man hanging upside down, Aleister, revealed a sinister smile.
Through these past days, he had already discerned Kaito's identity, and also learned about Accelerator and Index.
However...
He was also wary of Kaito's abilities.
It wasn't that Kaito could kill him, but rather that he saw no possibility of killing Kaito himself!
Meaning, how strong was Kaito's true strength?
Aleister didn't know, but...
He could test it.
So, the Imagine Breaker appeared before Kaito.
Since he dared to recklessly tamper with causality (altering the plot, etc.), then Kaito should also receive his due punishment.
Did he really think that every world's plot could be casually modified?
Leaving aside ordinary worlds, the world of A Certain Magical Index was not as simple as Kaito imagined!
Well, this was also because Kaito hadn't finished reading the entire novel series, so he only knew about the existence of Magic Gods, and that several of them were beautiful women, like Othinus.
Yeah, they were quite something!
But he had only seen pictures, pictures of them with Touma. How could he know the specifics?
After all, the author's writing became increasingly chaotic, and with novels like Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World and No Game No Life emerging, Kaito decisively dropped this series and started following others.
But now...
Kaito's eyes were twitching uncontrollably, an immense pressure bearing down on him like a mountain crushing an ordinary person.
He was, after all, going to pay the price for his underestimation.
"It seems I've come a little early."
His expression was somewhat bitter, but his fighting spirit remained unwavering.
His current strength had reached SSS-class, enough to easily destroy a planet with a single strike. Now, facing the unknown Magic God, he wondered if he could match them.
Now, he also wanted to know the answer.
"Come on, I know you want to attack me."
"Yes, that's right, I am indeed from another world. Not only that, I also altered the course that should have run normally."
"Causality? Who cares about that. As long as I am strong enough, I can trample it underfoot!"
"!!!"
Rhongomyniad spun with golden radiance.
As a phantom image appeared behind Kaito, also looking up at the distorted black hole gradually forming in the sky, she began to unseal the restraints on the Holy Spear.
[First Seal, Released]
[Second Seal, Released]
[Third Seal, Released]
[Fourth Seal, Released]
[Fifth Seal, Released]
[Sixth Seal, Released]
[Seventh Seal, Released]
Click—!
The Holy Spear emitted the sound of chains breaking, and the light on the spear's body was bright enough to shine back upon the sky!
[Eighth Seal, Released!]
[Ninth Seal, Released!]
[Tenth Seal, Released!!!]
Hum—
Crack—!!!!!
The Holy Spear once again emitted the sound of chains breaking. As Kaito pointed the spear directly at the distorted black hole in the sky——
[Eleventh Seal, Released———!]
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
The Holy Spear began to tremble violently, the golden radiance around it starting to distort space.
However, to avoid endangering others, Kaito leaped up and flew to an altitude of three thousand meters!
Apparently, this distorted black hole wasn't located at this position.
In fact... it wasn't even ten thousand meters up in the sky; it wasn't even on this planet!
It came from outside the planet!!
"Hmm? I see. So that Imagine Breaker was a fake."
Just as he was about to release the Twelfth Seal, Kaito also noticed the Imagine Breaker he had thrown to the ground earlier beginning to disappear.
Impressive, really...
He didn't know who possessed such methods, even able to fool Kaito.
But this was also Kaito's fault for still being inexperienced. He had only learned a few dozen convenient spells; he hadn't mastered many more.
Or perhaps there were means at work here that Kaito was unaware of!
Ultimately, it was due to a lack of experience!
"Heh, really, it makes me want to destroy this entire world!!"