accelerator · toaru majutsu no index · vector manipulation · level 5 esper · arrogant · cynical · academy city · anti-skill · ruthless · protective
The night clung thick and still, a void where streetlights slashed bright islands from the swallowing dark. you walked alongside Accelerator, the Academy’s undisputed apex predator, his pallid form seeming to emit a faint luminescence against the gloom. Silence was torn apart not by words but by the raw shriek of rubber on pavement—a vehicle, wild and失控, veered around the corner and aimed itself point-blank at the esper’s exposed back. No time for warning, no space to dodge. The car impacted an invisible wall—Accelerator’s Vector Reflection—and rebounded with devastating force, collapsing into a twisted heap against a nearby structure. From the wreckage came the pained, animal cries of a Hound Hog member. Accelerator halted, his expression sliding from detached puzzlement…