Accel World Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4

The battle field was again the late night ruin and burning «End of Century» stage

Haruyuki shrunk his ss[1]

He did not notice it in the previous battle since he was panicking tootiuide cursor displaying the general direction of the enemy

The triangle pointed straight north at the wide road, shaking slightly Thatstill so closer in a direct line in a hurry The cursor did not show him the distance

Haruyuki reviewed the the attack strategy mail that Kuroyukihime sent him in his brain

[The result fro weak points First, when he moves, he makes a lot of loud noises]

That is true The previous tis, he would have heard the ruine from far away

This tiain He held his breath and listened intently And -

He’s co!

The cursor was shaking slightly like usual, but an un In the Seven Rings e around with engine on full throttle He must be really happy, if he rode a bike in the real world, he would be going slowly daily in that congestion in a loer electric scooter And his challenger, was again his perfect win newbie fro

‘But this time, at the very least it won’t be a perfect win Since the first attack will be mine’

Haruyuki ground his inner teeth and stared at the water colored cursor

It was pointed straight south like usual, he could tell the eneine sound But, it’s not the sah speed approach, the only tie direction, is at the instant when they cross

While laying on his stomach on the floor of the overhead ay, Haruyuki intently looked down at the direction of Kouenji station The explosive sound became louder, to the point that he could even feel the vibrations in his body -

Saw it

Ash Roller had his headlights off of course, but Haruyuki for sure saw the red flames reflect off the chrome The time that they will cross is 15 - no, 10 seconds

There is only one chance for a surprise attack However, Haruyuki’s weapons are only the normal skills Punch and Kick That is, he can only jump down from the overhead ay and hit with his body

‘Scary This is not so I can do’

To the self that thought that for an instant, he cursed in his heart

‘Don’t say stupid things Right now I aht 13 year old Arita Haruyuki, I am the Burst Linker «Silver Crow» And then this is not the real world but the virtual ga most of my time and passion thus far Rather, it can be said that this is my real world’

‘Then, I won’t be defeated Instead - this tiainst this skeleton person!’

“Uwaaaa!”

With that shout, Haruyuki stood up, in one breath cli, and jumped

For a biker approaching at over 100kph, to be able to land a kick on hih above drop, is probably a perforht it would be

However, for Haruyuki who can continually hit virtual squash balls that are even harder to see, Ash Roller’s skeletal hel in the air, stabilizing his path with both hands extended, and fleard like a silver arrow

“Owa!?”

He noticed that cry leaked frouard

However at that time, the heel covered by silver armor scored a direct hit at the center of the skeleton

Bakyaaaan!! With that treuard cracked radially The rider’s head bend back with a crunch sound, Haruyuki slid past above that face, fell to the asphalt road and tumbled around

His eyes were spinning for a moment, but he soon raised his head to check behind him

The bike, with sparks flying out the front and rear brake rotors, flew off to the right side, it stopped when it crashed into the pile of rubble at the side of the road The rider’s body, from reaction to the kick, hit his face on the tank, at the saine stopped with a sad sound

“Di, did it”

While whispering and holding his right hand in a fist, Haruyuki checked both of their HP gauges

For Silver Croith his fall dah place, he had lost about 5 HP As for Ash Roller, he had suffered large dae, his gauge lost about 20, and it becaht purple color

It can be said that his first attack was a perfect success But in detail, it was not a critical hit that can kill

Haruyuki stood up, his eyes found a five story building to the left side of the road and he started running that way Froe's ht area is on the road, so you cannot enter the buildings However, the outside of the buildings was not limited by this

On the building’s as a half collapsed eht Haruyuki ju in one go

[As for Ash Roller’s 2nd weakness That is, his duel avatar’s potential isability should be ale hi that the bike cannot climb to]

That was the battle plan Kuroyukihiave him

As long as his opponent is daed more than himself after he climbed to the top, all he has to do is wait for tiot off the bike to climb to the top, he can just use Punch or Kick to easily pummel him

Froht be said to be a cowardly battle plan However, Haruyuki actually loves this kind of clever ith attacking weak points It can be said to be his nature in games

For now from the top of the roof, Haruyuki wanted to return Ash Roller’s laughter froe

Looking down, he can see that the crashed bike’s engine has finally been re-ignited With the idling sound like so, the body of the bike was pulled out of the rubble

While he was thinking about how to provoke hi sound

“Ah, that small kid did well”

“A big difference fro Wonder who the «Parent» is”

Looking that way, fro a little aere silhouettes sitting on top of a huge water tank looking down this way The «Gallery»

Since a Burst Linker «Duel» is only a h tiht starts So, for interested Burst Linkers and friends who registered the naht, he will also automatically accelerate and dive into the battle field to watch, there seems to be that function For that purpose, no Burst Points are expended

Looking around, Haruyuki can see shadows here and there on rooftops and roads They should not haveout Ash Roller

However, one person in that gallery should have registered Silver Crow Of course, it would be Kuroyukihime’s «Black Lotus»

Nohere is she? While he was looking around, one of the two sitting on top of the water tank waved to him

“If you win this duel, I will register you too Good luck, boy”

“Well, it won’t be this easy I think”

To the other one’s speech, Haruyuki replied in his mind

‘Unfortunately, it won’t be too exciting development from here on, it will probably time up’

He shrugged a bit with that feeling, and looked back to the road

Then, he froze in consternation

Far down looking like a pea, Ash Roller’s bike’s front wheel stood against the building’s wall

Wai hat are you trying to do?

The reply, was a high pitched furious shout

“Don’t be so full of yourself, baldy!! You dare to step on my V-twin sound!!”

Bogaaaan!! The engine roared, and the chrome exhaust put out flames

Right after, the huge A pace

“Aaa”

Haruyuki’s eyes bulged out under his silver face plate, he retreated back a step - just two seconds after that Within the span of an ar stench, the steel frame appeared

Baruoooon! With that high pitched engine sound, the bike that flew about two ht in front of Haruyuki’s eyes

“Ua!!”

He hurriedly back dashed a few more steps

With a loud crashi+ng sound, the grey rear tire hit the rooftop concrete The concrete cracked radially, and soments hit Haruyuki’s are lost about one dot, he was surprised again

For nore is only dealt with system-set auish from reality, and this detailed realism

The key to winning fights in this world, must be in there

While he engraved that in his mind, Haruyuki looked up at his far more experienced enemy

While he skillfully steadied his bike, Ash Roller stared down at Haruyuki, and began speaking in a h pitched voice

“Actually, fro, I finally reached 300 points, and became level 2”

The gunuard was mostly broken, and a part of his face was visible It did not see, what is there lookedman’s face

Duel Avatars are a manifestation of one's inferiority complex, that speech from Kuroyukihime faintly passed by in his mind

Ash Roller, s the throttle handle once

“I was super stumped on what to use the level up bonus on, it had special attack,Ah, I made the ultra ~ correct ~ choice ~”

He reers at Haruyuki

“And so you are giga unlucky~”

‘I knoithout you saying so’

While he gru quietly He desperately look around the surroundings, and tried to ree to try to find a way out of this situation

[If the first attack, or the retreat fails, and you have to fight Ash Roller still on his bike head on, unfortunately the chance of your winning will become very low Because - ]

Continuing, Kuroyukihime had written about Duel Avatar’s «affinity»

For a Burst Linker’s autolish name, it always include a color word

That color determines the Duel Avatar’s affinity

«Blue» is short range direct attack, «Red» is long range direct attack, and «Yellow» is indirect attack For middle colors like Purple and Green, can have two types of affinity Also, for color that is away from the the color circle, the metallic names «Metal Color», instead of attack, these are best at defense affinity

[Your «Silver» included, thecolor type It has resistance against cutting, piercing, heat and poison attacks, and attack strength using it’s hard metallic body for close combat are not low But of course it has weaknesses Corrosion attacks are it’s natural eneainst blunt attacks]

That was how Kuroyukihi, she also said the details of the supposedly never before seen Ash Roller

[On the other hand, Ash Roller’s «Ash», in the color circle, it is closer to blue than green The low color saturation means its attacks are special type It is hard to tell if the tires are weapons or not, but I ae blunt attack type That ainst Ash Roller’s charge In that case, there is only one way against hiht]

- For all the ree

Even though she said that

While Haruyuki was in despair, he checked out the size of the building rooftop

The length and width was under 20 e battle plan was probablyin the eht that the bike could climb walls The end result was, Haruyuki fled to a place where he was at a disadvantage

With the bike’s charge, it’s probably iency stairs How about jue? However, if that ed than Ash Roller is now, there would be no turning back

To Haruyuki who stood there without a fighting plan, the rider on the h

“Hyahahaha! No way to fight back huh, you bald shi+ny boy! Then I will start!!”

Dorooo!! The internal co rear tire put out blue smoke

The front tire hit the ground with a thuht at Haruyuki

“Uwaaa!!”

With a screaht, but the distance ay too short The tip of his foot was scratched by the tire, and his health gauge decreased At the sa hit, an instant of pain rushed through Haruyuki’s nerves

In virtual gao forbidden by law This really isn’t just a gaht

After the bike e skid sound then did a spin turn, putting it again in a charge position

Is there anything? A secrethim -

That’s right, the special attack!

Even though the name is just «Head butt», maybe it has the power to crush rocks

Ga on this one chance, Haruyuki followed the install silhouette's display, and crossed both arms in front Next, he leaned his upper body forward, and opened his arms

With a hu sound effect, he noticed that his bald and shi+ny head was starting to be surrounded by a white aura The people in the surrounding gallery put out a surprised sound

This can work!!

With deep belief, Haruyuki stared at the huge bike in front of him

“Uoooo!”

With that shout, he aied -

Long before his head hit, he was run over by the front tire and fell backward, ht on his head dispersed into space, and his special attack gauge emptied and disappeared

The gallery’s roar of laughter shook the stage Mixed in that, one person’s whisper reached his ears

“Unfortunately, it looks like the end”

Haruyuki’s whole body was covered by a familiar heat of humiliation

‘daames, I should be the hero My character is way too weak What is this special attack Head butt that won’t even hit, I can’t take this’

He stood up, but in a rotten mood sat back down, in Haruyuki’s vieas -

Far away, on top of a tall building, a lonely standing silhouette was there

The rolled hair waving in the night wind The softly s

The shape srain, it’s expression can not be seen However, it’s stern look going his way, Haruyuki felt it fully

Can’t - can’t give up

Even if losing, stand up again and again, lose ungracefully If he can't do at least that, he can’t even be a pawn for that person

Pushi+ng down his huht about his various knowledge and experiences

Virtual but real That is this ga detail and reality Then, that Ash Roller’s bike too, should not be just polygons made for looks Delicately recreated means it should have weakness too

Bike - that is the previous era gasoline engine type’s feature, what is it?

Noisy Stinks of gas Those are weaknesses beforeit, so they don’t matter to the current situation

It can’t asoline Then make a hole in the tank - no, this kind of pinpoint attack is impossible

Is there anything else Anything -

With its rear tire ht yellow eye faced Haruyuki for the 3rd time

At that instant, Haruyuki sed a sharp breath

There is That Internal combustion bike’s feature, and its weakness

“Hya - hahahhaa!! Dance more - !!”

With that shout, the iron horse galloped

Just once is fine Move, Silver Crow Faster than that person

Biting his teeth, Haruyuki stared at the bike rushi+ng at him

That’s right - even though that person is fast, it’s not beyond his vision Instead of a showy dodge, a bare minimum of movement should avoid it

“!!”

Taking his full concentration, just before he was bashed flying, Haruyuki slid only 50cht

The tip of the handle brushed his body a bit, then Ash Roller passed by his eyes

At that instant, Haruyuki extended both hands, knowing that he would get dae of the black fender above the rear tire With shock that alers off, sparks flew off frohtly dropped

The bike’s speed dropped slightly Not round hard, and leaned his body back as far as possible Crackle, the steel feet broke the concrete, and his gauge continue to drop

“Hyaahaa - !!”

Ash Roller looked back and released a high pitched laughter

“Idi - ot!! A gully small fry like you wants to try and stop my monster machine!!”

The rider boots stepped on the foot pedal with a crunch Black leather gloves opened the throttle

The engine roared, and the ht after, the Aain while pulling Haruyuki

Crackle crackle!! He heard his feet release an incredible friction sound - at the same time

“Oucccchhhh - !!”

It’s like his feet are being scraped away, no, the heat and pain of that hit him, Haruyuki screamed

“Kihyahyahya! If you don’t let go in a hurry, you will get shorter - !!”

Ash Roller’s sure win voice was s becae dropped at a fearful speed

However, Haruyuki did not let go of his hands He bit his teeth under the silver mask, frantically endured the heat and pain, and si behind the bike

If this was the Seven Road under them, then Silver Crow’s sht eventually beco roof top has li forward

The low fence slowly approached, the skeletal rider e ‘Hyoo-’ sound and started to bend his bike for a spin turn The brake rotors spewed out sparks, and white se tire

“Kuuuu!”

Haruyuki desperately resisted being bloay by the centripetal force

Soon In half a second, the first and last chance will come

The engine rotation dropped, the bike finished its turn, it was going to start its violent dash again -

Just before that For one instant, Silver Crow’s feet was firround

“- Ooooo!!”

Haruyuki shouted

At the sath, he raised the fender in his two hands straight up Sparks flew from his knee, elbow and shoulder, he lost another 10 of his res endured the huge weight, standing straight

01 second after, the huge tire fiercely spun But that e to forward round

“Ooo?”

Right in front of Haruyuki’s eyes, Ash Roller yelled while still sitting facing forward He frantically moved his hand two or three times more

With that the engine roared, and the rear tire spun like crazy However, the steel bike body did not move at all

This is the «Weakness» that Haruyuki noticed Different from the in wheel front and back electric ine links to the rear tire with a chain for movement It’s absolutely impossible to lift the whole bike, but with the steel robot avatar, even with reality details, he can keep it up for one hour

“damn you! Hey!! Let me down, baldy!!”

Ash Roller looked back at Haruyuki while shouting Seeing that, he grinned even though his opponent could not see it

“No way, if you don’t like it, try turning the front wheel”

After returning froe breath of the afternoon sunlight, and blew out a long breath

The fight concluded at the count of 600, that is about one second of real ti cold

His tense finger reached for the Neuro Linker’s Global Net disconnect button, suddenly his back was hit with a Bam!

“Oh, you did it, Silver Crow! I truly thought you would lose like that”

Turning around, he saw Kuroyukihime’s small face with a rare real sround, this is of course why she is here, but inside the stage with her viewing the battle froave him some confusion

‘That, is the real distance between her and me Don’t be mistaken’

Listening to his oords, Haruyuki returned an aard smile

“I I too thought I was going to lose”

“Don’t be so huht about Ash Roller’s bike’s internal makeup It’s a weakness that your avatar’s instantaneous strength can handle Anyway, you took back your points”

“No, more than that It was 20 points added, that person became level 2”

Kuroyukihie sain

“Hahaha, I see, that was the reason he can climb walls”

“It’s no laughing matter, I was shocked”

“Fufufu, ah sorry Due to that, it was an interesting way to win, right? I heard froht Ash Roller that way A splendid victory”

“Ah, ha”

With the o anywhere, Ash Roller stubbornly continued to rev the bike for 5 ot off it

For Haruyuki as just running away or getting bloay, he was just waiting for a fistfight, of course he won easily with steel fists

“Even your «Punch» and «Kick» becaht be fine with orthodox fighting type opponent Ah, we can’t just stand here and talk”

Hearing Kuroyukihiht in front of the school gate, the students leaving school while they walked, or just stood there staring at them with obvious curiosity

Haruyuki shrunk himself to make him look smaller, and his breath stopped when he saw Chiyuri’s face in the crowd He turned his face away in reaction

Yesterday, hi away to escape in front of Chiyuri and Takuized for the sandwich incident either, then he did that, now he does not knohere to start repairing their relationshi+p

‘No - it’s not my fault I had told herTakuroup I don’t want to be shown mercy and pity’

To Haruyuki as hunching down like a rock, Kuroyukihime sort of asked him

“What happened, if we are changing locations, how about that shop there Hmm? You are”

“What are you trying to do with Haru?”

Chiyuri’s sudden close range voice made Haruyuki jump

Looking up, he saw his childhood friend’s slender body stiffen up fully to go against Kuroyukihime

Only Haruyuki understood, that was Chiyuri’s biggest not-wanting-to-lose pose, she stiffened her big eyebrows, and again spoke in a low tone

“The violence on Haru yesterday was due to soain, what are you trying to do? Are you getting enjoyment from this?”

Hiii -

What is this what is this situation what should I do

Completely over his capacity, while his body is fully shrunk down, he soed to move his tense mouth

“H, hey, Chiyu”

“Haru, you shut up!!”

Having been hit with the stare that was carved in him while he was still a kid, all he could do was stand still and be quiet

While being hit with that super powered Chiyuri Beanity, with a cool smile and small tilt of her head, said

“HmArita-kun's will somehow?”

“Isn’t that right? Haru hates this kind of thing, standing out and being stared at Hasn’t he been really troubled since earlier? Although senpai would not understand”

“Ah It is true that I ht have put Arita-kun in a situation that he is uncomfortable with However, I think it is his choice to accept it or not Do you have any right to say it?”

“I have In this school, I've been friends with Haru for the longest time”

“Oh, friend huh”

Upon hearing Chiyuri’s announcement, on the white beautiful face, a super cold Kuroyukihime smile appeared

“Then, I have higher priority You have heard the ru for a reply We are going on a small date”

Gyaaa -

Oh no this is it the world is ending I have to transfer schools tomorrow

It was like when he was accelerating, Chiyuri and the surrounding people froze instantly Haruyuki too froze in an unnatural pose, only sweat continued to pour from his face

In the silence, Kuroyukihime took out a pure white handkerchief from her uniform’s pocket

“It’s ale person”

While wiping off Haruyuki’s sweat, she took his right arm in her own

“See you later then, friend-kun”

Then, going in the center of the ay lined by students on the left and right, Kuroyukihi as she moved forward

While being pulled forward, he looked back and saw his childhood friend’s face, changing frory explosion

“G, going back to before What were you thinking!!”

After entering the brick paved ally from the main road, Haruyuki finally pulled his arm from Kuroyukihime and shouted

“I, I have to say it, in this world there are things that can not be solved with «Acceleration»!!”

“Ahahahaha”

Kuroyukihihed from the bottom of her heart

“Hahaha You reach this reat”

“That is not great at all! It is senpai’s fault if I can’t go to school tomorrow!”

“Hey, your face did not look altogether bad this time either I took a field of view screen shot this time too, want to see?”