Chapter Fifty-Three: The Inertia of History

  "Human cannonball, ready for launch!"

  Just as everyone was on tenterhooks, a line of dialogue appeared out of nowhere that shouldn't have been there.

  "It's too cheap to only say such cool lines when you're about to launch your ultimate move! Isn't that just too despicable?! No, now is not the time for your chuuni disease to act up, this is the main point!!" Just in time at this tense moment, Kamijou Touma fulfilled his duty as a tsukkomi role once again.

  There is a saying that goes 'only the governor can set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps', also known as 'lenient with oneself, strict with others'. As a humble traveler who has crossed over into this great dynasty, I too have a good understanding of this positive and uplifting socialist spirit. So, using the tone of 'lamenting their misfortune, angry at their lack of struggle', I advised the previous poster.

  "Die, you piece of junk! Is this the time for joking?! Luckily it's shooting upwards! If that Dragon King... uh, thing had shot askew and hit the sacred object in my room, the consequences would be catastrophic enough to drive someone to destroy the world!"

  "Shut up, all of you!"

  Kamijou Touma hadn't even had time to retort about how much of a chuuni it took to get reimbursed for figurines, Blu-rays, and limited edition games before he set off on the path of destruction. Accelerator, who had already jumped onto the rooftop of the crumbling building where Index was, loudly shouted at the two: "You can't just play around with magic like 'Dragon's Breath'! That's a spell that has the same significance as Saint George's strike against the dragon in legend! Even if it's just the residual 'Feathers of Light', if you get hit by it, it'll be dangerous! You two, hurry to Index's side!"

  "Even if you say that, as a Marxist believer, I don't know how bad this thing is! By the way, does it have a move as powerful as Altoria's?!" Touma Kamijou stood still on the spot, watching Accelerator run towards Index with clumsy feet, showing his spiritual support.

  Kidding, with this kind of thing, even if it's just Upperclassman Doma alone, he can handle it, why bother going out of his way to stick his neck out? Moreover, behind him now is a 'treasure' that must be protected at the cost of one's life! At such a critical moment, how can he just abandon 'them' like this.

  "Soul's faint, you come with me too, and whose is that inexplicable name anyway?" Kamijou Touma couldn't help but complain to Hyodo Kazakiri even when he was in the middle of something serious; why could this guy still be so calm at a time like this? Did he still have some hidden trump card for turning things around?

  Kamijou Touma is clearly bewildered by Index's usual behavior, but what he doesn't know is that the 'trump card' of Index he has been expecting all along is his own identity as the main protagonist in this story and that right hand which erases every illusion.

  "O ignorant youth, this is the great King Arthur's name! Quickly brand it on your heart with a hot iron and carve it into your cerebral cortex with a chisel!" I, Kanzaki Hideri, am ashamed that you, Aizawa Ichika, don't even know our king's name. Am I really friends with someone so lacking in common sense? Guanyin Bodhisattva above, have I fallen that far?!

  "That's gonna be the death of you! Who would do something like that for no good reason?!"

  As soon as Kamijou Touma's words fell, the crowd heard a mechanical voice like before coming from Index.

  "Confirming the emergence of a new enemy, switching combat thinking mode, starting battlefield sweep..."

  "Under the current circumstances, destroying ' Joumou' is top priority..."

  As Indecisive Titiksha finished speaking in a mechanical tone, two magical circles appeared on either side of Kamijou Touma, summoning the "Witch of the Hunting King" and the middle school student's fire magic. Accelerator silently thanked his lucky stars that this boy, who had been slacking off since the start of the battle, was finally making a move. Although the summoned creature only served as a meat shield, it could be useful in critical moments. It was necessary to give credit where credit was due for the boy's positioning and awareness.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, just like in the original storyline, the large fire man who was summoned and had a powerful appearance fulfilled his duty as a meat shield and stepped forward to block the attack from Intetsu, using the fearless spirit of Qiu Shaoyun and the posture of Dong Cunrui blasting the bunker.

  Intiksis's attack was just blocked by Dahuo Ren, and then a mechanical voice came out of Intiksis's mouth again.

  "Flame magic spell analysis successful..."

  "It is certain that the doctrine of the Cross is a misinterpretation of scripture..."

  "Constructing a counter-orthodox ritual formula 'Oh God, why hast thou forsaken me'..."

  "Until full mobilization... there is still a distance of..."

  “10……”

  “9……”

  At that moment, the upper classmate, Miao Tian, rushed to Inti's side while analyzing and counting down, stretched out his right hand and pressed it on Inti's neck. The onlooker, Jie Lü Chu Ye, thought to himself: Indeed, during battles, one can't afford to waste words, look, another bloody counterexample is happening right before our eyes.

  Collar...

  "Suffered fatal damage..."

  "...... Warning ...... "

  "Finally eliminated..."

  As Touma Kamijou's right hand pressed against Index's neck, the mechanical voice in her mouth let out its final swan song, and then her small body slowly fell over as she exited her status.

  "Intikus!"

  Kamijou Touma saw Index collapse and knelt down beside her, holding up her small body in his arms. The second-year student, Hyōdō, made a displeased sound at the sight, causing the nearby Tsuchimikado Motumi to stifle a laugh. Ahahahaha! One less couple of young lovers in this world, hahahahahaha!

  Then Intetsu didn't know what he said to Kamado Tanji, but Kaito Hatsuno just heard Kamado Tanji ask a question: "Eh? What did you say?" Then he saw a piece of Ryūjin's sighing residual wave causing 'Feathers of Light' slowly falling from Kamado Tanji's head.

  "Be careful!"

  "Watch out behind!"

  "Last move, swing your right hand quickly behind you!"

  Three people who were passing by saw this unexpected situation and immediately shouted at Togata Mirai.

  Damn it! Too late! Intuitively, Izuku Midoriya blamed himself for forgetting this important event and quickly pulled out the aluminum card from his pocket and shot it at the "Feather of Light", but unfortunately, he was one step too slow. At this time, Katsuki Bakugo's right hand also couldn't stop the stray "Feather of Light" in time, and just as it was about to land on Intellektos' body, without thinking, he leaned forward and used his own head to block the "Feather of Light" that should have landed on Intellektos.