What feels like it's happening?

What does it feel like is going to happen?

I don't understand, I don't understand.

The earth trembled, the platform collapsed.

You can't control yourself, but you can't let go. Nothing can be grasped, but why can't I see it? Can't see the colors you see, can't see the dreams you see?

The enemy is invisible, just as he is invisible.

No.

or he is invisible, just as the enemy is invisible.

Why do I seem to be switching so fast? I saw everything, and I saw nothing. The information of this world is coming into the mind in pure form. No color, no feeling. Bits run through the mind and burst out of the mind.

I saw it, I saw it.

I saw it, I saw it.

The heterogeneous bits turn black and white and diffuse into the air.

Black and white.

Pros and cons.

Light and dark.

Inside and out.

Moving, static.

Front, back.

On, off.

There is no longer anything that the world understands, and there is only pure information, pure bits, that exist in the world.

Even time seems to stop here, turning into pure bits.

The bits dormant in their minds are constantly copying themselves, like springs. Like a rushing river, it rushes through in the blink of an eye. However, you can see it. You can see what they mean, you can see the impact they make.

The earthquake trembled, and the man-made support made a sound that should not be made under the power of nature.

"The platform is collapsing!"

I don't know who shouted.

The message contained in this simple sentence eventually became the fuse.

The crowd was confused. The sound of shattering mingled with the screams of the crowd, drowning out the voices of almost any individual. In this case, there is such a voice coming.

It was at this moment that the heterogeneous bits infected the crowd.

Why is there such a large number of people on such a platform? This is the simplest question that no one will think about at this time. The screams of the fleeing crowd were the only sounds. The so-called order, at this time, is just something that no one cares about.

In this earthquake-prone country, why is there still panic and confusion about earthquakes? This is a simpler question, and no one is paying attention to it at this time.

Only she could see the bits pouring out of her mind, dyeing everyone black and white. It's black, it's white. Everyone switches as fast as the opposite. Neither can control oneself nor let oneself go.

Bits become memes, things with a clear purpose, things that determine people's hearts. It spreads in everybody and infects everybody. It's changing everybody, it's occupying everybody.

The dream of a girl who blooms like a flower, the dream of a girl who becomes a "seedbed", and the dream of a girl who is pregnant with a "virus".

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"Wait a minute! Don't panic! Everyone, stay in order! ”

Shirai's loud shouts could be heard overhead, but judging by the crowd of people crowded at the top of the stairs and unable to move at all, it was clear that it had no effect at all.

Dome herself was trying to calm down the chaotic crowd at the corner of the stairs, but since no one even listened to Shirai, who was a member of the Wind Discipline Commission, she would naturally not be an exception.

Misaka-san should also be on the upper floor. But in this case, what can even LV.5 do? Is it possible to stun everyone at once with an electric shock? Just kidding, what is needed now is an orderly evacuation.

There's something outside of human power that's working – how many people are noticing that? At least, Dome was aware of it.

Of course, nothing actually changes, neither any other sound nor any visible light. It's an atmosphere, a change in feeling.

Qiong Nai only felt as if his body had been captured by something cold, and it sent chills down his spine. It's not a temperature difference felt through the skin, it's a visceral fear.

No one realizes this at all, people are crowded together. No one listens to what is said, and no one pays attention to what others are saying. All the Dome could do was to hug Harugami tightly and not let the two of them be overwhelmed by the whirlpool of human flow.

After the second shock, the chaotic crowd began to change unusually.

In places with a lot of foot traffic, disorder is very dangerous. Gakuen City is a consortium of schools with the purpose of science education, and there has never been a shortage of education in disaster prevention. Naturally, I have never relaxed on this. Almost every student in the school city,Knowing the importance of maintaining order in crowded places。

But at this moment, they seem to have completely forgotten this common sense of escape.

The entrance of the staircase is designed to be not narrow at all, taking into account the crowded flow of people. But when the crowd flocked to the crossing in unison, the not narrow crossing was immediately blocked. The people in front couldn't move because they were squeezing each other, and the people in the back couldn't figure out the situation in front of them, so some people kept cursing loudly and squeezing forward.

Everyone's expressions were contorted with fear, and everyone was scrambling for their lives, some grabbing the person in front of them and dragging them backwards, others pushing down those who were trying to get in their way. Everyone, you push me, you push me, pull each other. There are even fists and kicks, kicks and hits. The hair of the person in front was grabbed by the person behind him, and he pulled desperately to the side.

It was no longer just screams that were heard, but also cries and wails, mingling with mutual curses, accusations, and quarrels, which became the main theme at this time.

No way! Something is going to happen if it goes on like this!

No, it's right to say that something has happened! Because once someone falls, they will not hesitate to step on the person who has fallen to the ground.

Even Dome didn't understand why it was the way it was. But at this point, she had to do something.

The movement of the crowd is the root of everything, so what is needed is a way to disperse the crowd. It is no longer possible on a flat surface, so the space required must be in the third dimension.

Holding Harugami tightly, Dome began to calculate at high speed.

It can be done. It's a little more careful, but it's not too difficult. It only takes about a third of the population to float to make a radical difference, and it's easier than it was at the time of the stadium incident......

Suddenly, there was a "bump" on the ground, and the body was straightened by something, and a sharp pain immediately came from the shoulders and elbows. Because he was defenseless, his elbow was dislocated and his shoulder was hit. Dome couldn't help but let out a scream, and a thin cold sweat covered his forehead.

It was a metal "bandage" worn in the clothes inside, embedded in the sensor. The device that was supposed to be used to monitor the state of the body during this period when it could not use its abilities was overloaded due to the power of LV.5 and made a completely wrong move, and the overload beyond the design instantly stretched the soft bandage into a hard metal strip.

What's more, screams came from the side.

The strip of hard metal that protruded from his clothes was like a spear piercing the thigh of the person next to him in the crowd.

It was a momentary accident, but it interrupted Doni's calculations. And......

In an instant, it was as if everyone was stunned. But time didn't stop there.

From the side, from every corner, there is a fairly consistent line of sight.

incomprehension, confusion, confusion, exaltation, disgust, hatred......

Countless feelings are mixed in the uncountable sight, and it is really difficult to say that it is "unanimous". But at this time, the dome really felt that these eyes containing different feelings were the same. Because there is a unified and consistent repression in them.

It's called "malicious".

Pure, even the air seems to be infected with a thick "malice".

Dome was speechless, only feeling suffocated and depressed. A creepy feeling gripped her firmly, and she even had the illusion that she and Harugami would be torn apart by this "malice".

No, it shouldn't be like this! What the hell is wrong with everyone?

What's going on? What's going on?

Invaded by this terrifying "malice", Qiongnai's thinking was blank for a while. So much so that she didn't even notice the action of Harugami, who had been curled up in her arms, to quietly take out a piece of something from her yukata and throw it into her mouth.

This brief void stalled the rescue operation that Qiongno had originally intended. It was at this time that a third, more powerful tremor began.

More violent than the sum of the previous two tremors, the artificial support of the platform broke in the shaking and the fill slid down the mountain. Having lost the support, half of the western side of the platform slid to the left. The tension caused the entire platform to break in two from the middle, and the platform, which was carrying half of the crowd, slid down the mountain.

"No, you can't! No!! ”

The dome shouted loudly, but to no avail. Right in front of her gravitational envoy, the other end of the platform seemed to be within reach of her reach, sliding down according to the principle of gravity.

"Ahh!!h

Above the head, there was also the screams of early spring.

It's obviously in time, it's obviously within my ability, if it wasn't interrupted by these people......

Before I knew it, anger came up. The "malice" as if the consciousness had been blackened,For the first time, it burrowed into the mind of the dome.。

"No......"

Someone whispered to her at close range.

Just this soft whisper, "malice" melted and faded away like ice and snow melting in the sun.

"Jin ...... Clothing? ”

This thin whisper could only come from one person. But......

Before the mind could return to normal, the world seemed to have changed entirely.

The platform, which was sliding downward, abruptly stopped in the process of sliding.

A pillar inexplicably "grows" out of the cliff and holds it in place after penetrating the entire platform horizontally.

The pillar was not metal, nor was it rock or wood. Rather, it is made of a whole bunch of metal, rocks, wood, and even wires, tires, anchors, cars, tankers' bows, gears, clockwork...... And so on and so forth, and so on, It's as if they were "teleported" here in an instant, and then "spliced" together in an instant. In an impossible situation, he appeared in an impossible place in an impossible way, and accomplished an impossible thing.

(Could it be...... Is it a garment? ）

Qiong's eyes widened in disbelief.

She didn't remember that Haru had such an ability, and she never knew it. But what is happening now, is there still a possibility that someone else will do it?

Harukami slowly raised his head, meeting the sight of the dome. Although her eyes were open, Qiongno always had the illusion that Harukami was not looking at anything at all.

"But that's not enough."

Harugami muttered to himself and left the embrace of the dome.

This is undoubtedly a clear indication that it is she who has done all this.

Not enough?

Indeed, it is not enough.

It was just a pillar, and although it temporarily stopped the platform from sliding, it could not prevent the platform on the pillar from disintegrating due to its own gravity.

More and more support is needed.

Under the gaze of the dome no, Harumami's body floated slightly.

In the sky, snowflakes fell like they had seen in the dormitory in early spring, and they appeared in violation of the rules of the seasons. As an omen, let us know in advance what is going to happen.

Second, third, fourth, fifth......

A total of nine pillars made of a clutter of things kneaded together pierces the platform from all directions. It seems to have a huge impact, but it does not destroy the structure of the platform in the slightest, as if it is fused together, forming a solid support.

No one sees the process of these pillars appearing, and the only thing one can see is the result, just the result.

There is no need to understand, and there is no need to reason. These pillars seem to have existed there in the first place, and the half-section of the platform that is fixed to the cliff body also seems to have been there.

It's all one, so strong that it's like they're one and can't be separated.

Undoubtedly, this is a miracle. No one knows exactly where this miracle came from, but that's how it happened.

The crowd seemed to have suddenly woken up from the "malice", some sat on the ground and wept silently, and some wept with joy and cheered loudly.

But at this time, the dome was completely attracted by the changes in the spring.

From behind the spring, something faintly visible, looming. That's a myriad, complex, disordered, changing bits. Like a messy strip of paper snapping together, it slowly operates. Faintly "seeing" looming gears, cables, cement blocks, steel bars, gears, turbine impellers, springs, springs, turntables, transmission shafts...... All sorts of weird things. These looming things are not combined into a concrete appearance, but seem to be scattered together, chaotic and abnormal.

It's chaotic, but it's something that can be instantly recognized. After repeating the shape that composes itself, it evolves into a coordinated circuit behind the spring.

It was a pair of "wings", a pair of "wings" made up of entities represented by bits.