BNHA: Accelerator The Strongest Hero

The masked man looked down at the panicked guests and continued speaking. 

"All of you would be better off giving up your useless resistance, just like All Might." 

Among the crowd, David Shield frowned as he watched everything unfold. When he saw All Might's questioning look, he shook his head with a complicated expression. 

Then, the masked man followed the script and strode toward David's assistant. 

"You're one of the researchers here, right?" 

The assistant, playing his part perfectly, replied with a trembling voice, 

"Y-Yes!" 

The masked man turned to his subordinates and ordered, 

"Take him away now." 

At this moment, David suddenly shouted, 

"Stop! He's my assistant. What do you want to do with him?" 

The masked man responded with a sly smile, 

"Well, if it isn't David Shield. Perfect timing—take him along too." 

David, the scientist, glared angrily and asked with a frown, 

"And what if I refuse?" 

The masked man turned his head, his mocking smile deepening, and said, 

"The price will be a corner of this island wailing in pain." 

Under the weight of that threatening gaze, David had no choice but to comply, though a trace of unease flashed through his mind. 

(These "villains" are way too committed. It feels too real.) 

What none of them realized was that the true control of the central tower's event hall—and even the entire artificial island—was in the hands of the AI girl, Ene. 

In fact, the entire situation was under the secret control of Accelerator. 

Even the injured ninja-like pro hero at the event hall, who had been heavily wounded by the enemy leader, was within Accelerator's monitoring range, including their vital signs and general injuries. 

Judging by his usual style, he would've stepped in already under such dire circumstances. 

But he didn't choose to make his move yet. 

It wasn't due to a lack of information, nor was it out of fear—those reasons would be laughable. It was because a more dangerous third-party force was present on this "I-Island," which was under Ene's surveillance. 

In this alternate world, legal citizens have personal ID numbers. Heroes, through their professional authority, have the right to check IDs during special situations. 

To put it simply, based on the current population of "I-Island," which mainly consisted of researchers' families and tourists, anyone without an ID could be identified as an enemy. 

Among the tens of thousands of people on the island, apart from the obvious lowlifes causing trouble in the central tower's event hall, there were three others without personal IDs. 

They were a blonde man in a white suit, a mink coat-wearing woman, and a white child—a trio. 

This group was what Accelerator was fully focused on and most wary of. 

In reality, the masked man's seemingly flawless plan was unfolding entirely under Ene's observation. 

Of course, part of the masked man's success was due to the fact that he hadn't issued orders to kill the island's security personnel—something no one else was aware of—temporarily sparing his team's lives. 

Frankly, compared to the blonde man's small team, the masked man's large group was a joke. The difference between the two was as stark as night and day. 

If one were to describe it, the masked man's group resembled small-time street thugs, while the blonde man's team was like a deadly organization of professional assassins. 

Why did Accelerator find the trio so suspicious? 

It was because, besides himself, the blonde man seemed to be monitoring the masked man's team whenever Ene could observe them. 

Even more telling, during the later stages, the white child in the trio seemed to notice Ene's presence. 

The proof? The trio, who had occasionally used communication devices before, stopped using them entirely after the child likely discovered Ene. 

Ene's surveillance covered everything from satellites in the sky to security cameras in every corner of the island. 

Despite that, the trio appeared in the "monitored" areas less and less, yet their movements grew increasingly erratic and distant.

Completely unrealistic. 

Accelerator had considered the possibility that one of the trio's quirks might involve teleportation. However, at first, they acted cautiously, avoiding early exposure of such a capability. It wasn't until their ally discovered ENE's existence that they were forced to reveal one of their trump cards. 

The issue is, that wasn't the case. 

When someone anticipated this possibility, they requested Ene to enhance surveillance and detection precision. At the same time, they didn't let their guard down, extending vector detection across the entire island and gradually expanding the range to hundreds of nautical miles. 

(Note: Teleportation quirks or teleportation-based superpowers generate massive vector information streams, making them highly conspicuous targets.) 

If the enemy had truly used teleportation, Accelerator—capable of moving at dozens of times the speed of sound—would have identified their movements and calculated their trajectory in advance. He could have reached the teleportation coordinates first, lying in wait. He was even confident enough to reverse-engineer their calculations and block or outright neutralize them during the coordinate setup phase. 

But none of these strategies came to pass. 

Accelerator's high-profile use of vector detection didn't pick up a single trace of teleportation-related coordinate information—not even the faintest signal of activation. 

Moreover, the trio's appearances within surveillance range continued to decrease. 

It was clear that they were still probing Ene's blind spots—or perhaps exploiting residual blind spots in "I-Island's" original defense system. 

Under these circumstances, even as the masked mercenary team openly flaunted their presence, Accelerator couldn't act rashly. 

To avoid being caught off guard, Accelerator had to hold back. Whether it was All Might or the ninja-like professional heroes, the heroes from the other world had never disappointed him. 

Even when he was angry, humiliated, or seriously injured, he believed those heroes—his role models—wouldn't give up so easily. 

Thus, in this situation, he could only silently apologize to his predecessors and trust in their abilities. 

As for the safety of innocent civilians, while it was also important to Accelerator, he wasn't overly concerned about a small number of frightened guests at the event. 

Right now, Accelerator felt like a chess player engaged in a match against another equally skilled, scheming opponent. 

Although the current situation put him slightly at a disadvantage, he wasn't about to sit idly by. Compared to the masked mercenary team, the trio representing a third-party force posed the greatest threat within "I-Island." 

As the saying goes, "An open attack is easy to dodge; a hidden strike is hard to defend against." 

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