Inside the pitch-black Windowless Building—
A corner lit up with dazzling light, subsequently illuminating the entire building.
Golden long hair, a tall figure shining with light, and loose white cloth wrapping the limbs and torso—a vague, angel-like figure walked out.
That was the Holy Guardian Angel summoned by Aleister using his beloved wife's body, the true form of Academy City's top secret Dragon: the Holy Guardian Angel, Aiwass.
Aleister felt this Holy Guardian Angel's extremely intense emotional fluctuations, but he was not surprised in the slightest!
Aiwass only followed him because it found things interesting—but that was as far as it went.
Because compared to Kamijou Touma, Accelerator, or even Othinus, the events that had occurred from beginning to end were all within their infinite possibilities of speculation.
It was normal for Aiwass, an existence without emotions, to not have the slightest fluctuation even after seeing it.
But this was different. Once Aiwass answered the question correctly, she would receive an unprecedented unknown.
This was enough to make this so-called Archangel nearly insane.
And the facts were exactly as such; Aiwass frantically flipped through everything Aleister had ever said and lined up infinite possibilities!
In the end, she hesitated between two sentences, and this most rational of Archangels had to use her almost non-existent intuition to choose.
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〜Mato Seihei no Slave World〜
Yamashiro Ren, Captain of the 10th Unit of the Demon Defense Force and concurrent General Captain, looked at the question in front of her with a headache.
How many languages are there in the world? How many characters does each language include, and what meanings would those characters form?
Even though she possessed the Blessing of the Peach and could shine upon all things in the world and the entirety of the infinite universe, she didn't know Aleister at all, let alone what the other party would say.
The only thing she knew was that Aleister was the Chairman of Academy City, and seemingly the first among the Magic Gods.
Perhaps it's the same answer as mine… Yamashiro Ren raised an eyebrow.
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〜One Punch Man World〜
"Genos, don't look at me for this kind of thing,"
The Egghead felt the gaze behind him and said with full helplessness.
As for what classic quotes Aleister might say, he couldn't think of it even if he racked his brain. Even with a hint, he might not be able to guess it.
Making him fight monsters was fine, but this kind of thing was simply making it difficult for him, a C-Class hero who was just doing this for a hobby.
"Besides, Genos, aren't you a robot? Your brain must turn faster than mine, right? But since Aleister is human, what he says must still be within the realm of humanity."
Genos nodded thoughtfully.
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Everyone also tried to think of the answer, but they couldn't even come up with a clue, so they had no idea.
Although Aleister had appeared before and had the record of fighting all the Magic Gods alone, this was too far-fetched as a clue.
If they could state Aleister's life story, then perhaps they could have guessed it.
Soon, the countdown ended, and the three people's answers appeared on the screen.
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Aiwass (A Certain Magical Index): "I will… eliminate… all magic, I will shatter all Phases, and end all mysteries!" ]
[ Yamashiro Ren (Mato Seihei no Slave): "I, the answer to the universe" ]
[ Genos (One Punch Man): "Humans possess infinite possibilities" ]
[ Ding, all three answered incorrectly. The correct answer is: Those who are called human are all stars! ]
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Regarding the three of them answering incorrectly, no one was surprised. When you don't have the script, it's basically impossible to guess this right!
What truly interested everyone was the correct answer—the classic quote Aleister had said: "Those who are called human, are all stars?"
Just from this one sentence, everyone already knew Aleister's philosophy.
Is this another hero who yearns for a beautiful world and fights for humanity?
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〜A Certain Magical Index World〜
Academy City—
Countless espers didn't care at all about what their Academy Chairman Aleister had said right now; they just wanted to see with their own eyes what the other party actually looked like…
And what was the purpose of the other party establishing Academy City?
Was their status as espers really so insignificant in Aleister's heart!
Could it be that they weren't even worth one-thousandth of Kamijou Touma!
Within the school organization, Kakine Teitoku's eyes were red as he stared fixedly at the screen.
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『 The safest place in the world—Academy City.
In a rented apartment, Kamijou Touma held his head, looking at a breakdown of the delinquent-like blonde, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, in front of him.
"What are you doing! Why are you eating my food without asking?"
That was Kamijou Touma-san's dinner, damn it!
Tsuchimikado Motoharu waved his hand nonchalantly, "Hey, Kami-yan, that guy Aleister got headshot by me. Can you help me escape?"
Touma blinked in confusion. For a split second, a brainstorm swept through the boy's mind. Was this guy Tsuchimikado speaking human language?!
Seeing this, Tsuchimikado knew Touma had misunderstood and immediately explained: Aleister was dead, but it was just one of the infinite possibilities that died.
He explained that he had an agreement with Aleister Crowley; he would help the other party handle underground work, and Aleister would ensure the safety of his sister, Maika. After all, this was Academy City, the safest place in the world.
Isn't it completely unsurprising that he died at some point?
But now Aleister had violated his agreement, so Tsuchimikado, who could no longer tolerate it, chose to break with Aleister!
"Damn it!" Kamijou Touma shouted, but then immediately headed towards the exit of Academy City with Othinus, Index, and Maika. 』
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〜A Certain Magical Index World〜
Touma looked at Tsuchimikado Motoharu on the side with the expression of an old man looking at a smartphone on the subway.
My high school friend is an enemy spy…?
Seeing this, Tsuchimikado Motoharu immediately performed a standard dogeza, then confessed everything, and begged Kamijou Touma to protect his sister.
His sister was his everything!
Kamijou Touma sighed, then gave him a flick to the forehead,
"Idiot, you're a friend recognized by Kamijou-san, how could I ignore you! But there must be compensation."
Kamijou Touma looked around, and then his eyes lit up—it was a super-discount egg sale!
"Here,"
The boy pointed.
Tsuchimikado Motoharu immediately agreed,
"Discount eggs? Kami-yan, are you looking down on me? I'll get sterile eggs!"
"…?! The kind you can eat raw?! That's too extravagant!"
The boy swallowed his saliva.
"Look at how little ambition you have, it's my treat!"
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Everyone looked at Kamijou Touma's figure, and interest rose in their hearts, simply because he appeared.
This boy with infinite possibilities, naturally, could not fail to appear on this screen.
Even if this was Aleister's personal chapter.
And Kamijou Touma was indeed consistent from beginning to end; he was still the hero who acted whenever he wanted to save someone.
Everyone looked forward even more to the confrontation between Kamijou Touma and Aleister.
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『 Just as everyone was about to cross the walls of Academy City, Touma saw a spike suddenly pierce out of Maika's chest!
Othinus warned Touma that if he touched it with Imagine Breaker, Maika would be in danger.
Everyone fell silent, then quickly understood that this was Aleister's goal; he was luring them to go, and they had no choice but to go!
If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cub. Tsuchimikado pleaded with Touma, and no matter what the danger was, Touma would not refuse!
Everyone soon sneaked into the inside of the Windowless Building, looking for the possibility of saving Maika.
But just as they arrived near the building, they were attacked by countless magic spells, and Touma and the others had no choice but to flee in a panic.
The gasping Touma just wanted to lean on the railing to rest, but the moment he made contact, the railing shattered, and then Touma fell downwards.
When Touma woke up, a strange world came into view. This was a foggy world where he couldn't see clearly. Touma frowned, trying to touch it with his right hand, but at that moment, a strange voice echoed in Touma's ear.
"It's about to start~"
Touma immediately started in shock, but soon the sound of children coming from all around made him pause. A great sense of unease rose in his heart because, although it was the sound of children, that stale aura made Touma feel extremely uncomfortable.
And although it was a different language, Touma accepted the words around him without any obstacles.
Through their conversation, Touma learned that they were accusing a boy.
Edward faced the accusations of the crowd without the slightest stage fright, and he said loudly, "Believe in God! You are simply stupid to the extreme!"
But the crowd thought he was a freak for not believing in God, and someone lifted a wooden chair to smash it at him!
Touma hurried forward to stop it, and at this moment, the silver-haired boy beside Touma spoke, his ruthless eyes looking coldly at everything around him.
"By blindly following the teachings of ancestors and abandoning one's own thinking, all one gets is that ugliness."
"In that case, I will find the truth myself and find the correct path." 』
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〜Jujutsu Kaisen World〜
"This should be Aleister, right? Oh my, he already had such enlightenment when he was so young~"
Kenjaku understood; what they were seeing should be the life of Aleister.
Of course, this wasn't intended for them to see; Aleister only wanted the boy who carried his hopes to see it~
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『 Touma came back to his senses, the fog in front of him dissipated, and he returned to the stairs again. Everything he had seen before was like a dream.
But only a moment later, a terrifying shockwave struck, and Touma passed out again.
"Do you understand now?" The strange female voice sounded again. She stated directly that what Touma was in was an illusion, and what he had seen before was indeed Aleister's past.
The black-clad nun with cat ears leaned in front of Touma's face and whispered.
"Who are you?" Touma glanced at the other person's appearance and said vigilantly.
The cat-eared nun didn't hide it, stating directly that she was created by Aleister for the sake of purity, to permanently preserve his psychological trauma.
The nun didn't care about the confused Touma; she smiled, "Aleister destroyed the world's largest magic cabal, the Golden Dawn, you know."
As the words fell, Touma's vision flashed, and he arrived on the streets of London in the 20th century. And it was here that Aleister declared war on the Golden organization!
As dusk fell, Touma looked at this peaceful street. The next moment, a light pillar that destroyed the world descended from far away. Someone was roaring, and someone was answering calmly.
Just as the terrifying shockwave was about to swallow him, Touma woke up again.
But there was only the cat-eared nun beside him. He was silent for a moment and asked her about Aleister.
The nun made a thoughtful gesture, then said, "He is a person who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals."
"But unlike those Magic Gods, he didn't pursue those kinds of things, but instead retained the framework of a human being on himself."
"Although the failure of Coronzon made him give up the thought of transcending the Abyss, he is still proud to be a human, right?"
Touma was confused. What exactly were they talking about…
Just as he was puzzled, his vision blurred again. 』
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〜A Certain Magical Index World〜
Puritan Church—
Laura, or rather Coronzon, sneered.
Human, human. Aleister, have you not seen that humans have already abandoned thinking and have become a group of low-level creatures that only know how to eat and reproduce!
She was even bored with dragging humans into hell, a thing that should have been extremely interesting!
It was like… a human teasing a pig, and then longing for the other party to show some extremely interesting reaction.
Too boring, humans!
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『 In a warm room, two middle-aged men were chatting while playing chess. They were going to decide the fate of Aleister, the newcomer who had joined the Golden Dawn, through the game of chess.
The scene changed, and Touma saw Mathers and Westcott beside him discussing their understanding of magic.
They held their own opinions. One side believed that magic should conform to principles, but Mathers felt that current magic was too rotten!
And Aleister was standing on Mathers' side.
The scene changed again, and Touma saw Aleister meet his wife, Rose, and Aleister soon had a daughter.
Lilith. Aleister loved his daughter deeply; this was his happiest moment, but not long after, his daughter died…
…
Touma was stunned, and the scene in front of him flickered again.
In a dimly lit room, a figure said earnestly to Aleister.
"The collision between Phases affects the world."
"Flipping a coin, encounters, and partings are all affected by the Phases. If you can't see the direct cause of your daughter's death, then you can assume that it was the effect of a phase collision."
The old man, Allan, said in a deep voice. 』
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〜Puella Magi Madoka Magica World〜
So, what exactly is a Phase?
Homura was thoughtful. Phases, the layers superimposed on the world, can they be understood as energy layers?
Just like water will vaporize at a certain temperature, if these conditions are met, some energy will accumulate in the vaporized water, and this concept is the prototype of a Phase.
And the process of abnormal energy flow is the basis of a Phase, and the corresponding condition is caused by magic. The more it accumulates, the greater the energy, and the greater the Phase.
Simply put, is it a cycle of accumulation of distorted laws?
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Everyone saw this and was thoughtful. This was like karma.
Everything in the world has karma, and death is controlled by karma.
And the reason why people die is that they cannot see karma, they cannot change karma, and they cannot control karma, so life dies.
Birth, old age, sickness, and death; natural disasters and man-made disasters; even the explosion of the universe—everything cannot escape karma.
To give an example, it is like when Madoka became a god, the entire universe was rebooted in that instant, but apart from Madoka, Homura, and the others, who knew about it?
The so-called Phase is the oppression of the weak by the strong; it is the sorrow of the weak.
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『 Phase… After knowing everything, Aleister was silent for a long time.
The oppressive atmosphere in the room was suffocating. Watching this scene, Touma also felt the madness and collapse overflowing from the silver-haired man's heart.
"You mean… Are there no spontaneous accidents or diseases in the world?"
"What accumulates on people is the problem of Phase collision, and my daughter died because of the Phases?"
Allan shook his head. The Phases treat everyone equally, and the Phase sparks caused by the gathering of Phases might be the real culprit.
Phase sparks… Aleister was silent, murmuring this word in his mouth.
The sparks of Phase collision have caused suffering to so many people.
Allan seemed to feel the other party's thoughts and asked in a deep voice, "Are you going?"
Aleister raised his head, his eyes revealing a calmness like the Dead Sea, and he asked back, "If the sparks of collision will not end, then what reason do I have to sit idly by?"
He was going to… end the Phase sparks! 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Camearra (Ultraman): "Why do such meaningless things? Aleister, since you have such talent and possess such power, you should do what you ought to do! Becoming a Magic God, or even transcending a Magic God, is what you should do!" ]
[ Shijie Xian Niang-Niang (A Certain Magical Index): "Not only does he not become a Magic God, Aleister-chan even actively resists becoming one~ Truly amazing." ]
[ Gintoki Sakata (Gintama): "Everyone has their own thoughts. In short, the reason for this kind of thing might be for protection, or it might be for salvation. Who can say for sure?" ]
[ Chaotic Evil Gudako (Type-Moon): "Do I even need to ask the reason? Because Aleister, he is good!" ]
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