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The invention of the printing press

is considered the third great invention of the Renaissance, Information revolution

following the compass and gunpowder.

revolution Newspaper, Magazines PC, Internet Neuro Linker You've got mail

To understand the historical importance of this invention...

That's right.

Let's consider the three great inventions of the 21st century.

One of them would certainly be the quantum terminal, the Neuro Linker.

It is an invention of especially great importance.

The Neuro Linker brought an information revolution that affected everyone's lives.

Bring two noodle sandwiches, a melon cream bread,

and a strawberry yogurt to the roof during lunch.

Your ass is grass if you're late.

Don't be so scared.

We're in the blind spot of the social camera, so no reason to worry at all.

The hell? You only brought one noodle sandwich!

They were all sold out...

Come on, you can't even complete one errand?

Listen well, Piggy.

Tomorrow you're bringing two melon cream breads and five strawberry yogurts.

If you forget, your ass is really grass!

This is your final last chance!

Come on, "final last chance"?

Those two words mean the same thing!

Stupid, stupid, stupid!

But still...

Direct link.

It's the vice president!

So beautiful!

Snow Black, is there some secret to avatar design?

I really can't get the hang of it!

It's really hard to make it personal!

How could I make it more original?

She's looking this way!

Snow Black!

What was I thinking?

She would never care about someone like me.

This is where I belong.

I can fly like a bird here! Who cares about reality?!

Why do we need real classrooms in this day and age?!

The accelerated world is more than enough!

Dammit!

Faster! Gotta go faster!

So fast that I could get rid of

the accel world, and reality too.

I'll go where no one else can!

Faster!

So this is where you've been hiding?

You were gone all lunch break, so I've been looking for you!

Whoa, what's this?!

Level 152? Amazing!

2.6 million points?! Are you...

Are you mental?!

What are you doing?!

Log out right away!

This is none of your business! Just leave me alone!

Is that how you're gonna be?

Link out!

Ouch!

You! What?!

Special move: force quit!

I win.

Hey, this is the guys' bathroom!

Are you crazy?

You're the crazy one!

How did you know I was here?

I saw what happened.

Haru, you should show the teachers the messages they send you.

They'd get suspended, but what then?

Then why not talk to Taku? He might—

You can't tell Taku about this!

It's okay.

I've already given up on my school life, so please, just drop it.

Then at least take this!

It's potato salad with ham and cheese!

I know you'll like it!

Just leave me alone!

I don't want it!

I have to apologize, but I can't!

Just how spineless can I be?

Chiyuri was crying...

Direct link.

Level 166?!

Who else could've gotten the high score?!

I had nothing else...

I thought... I thought I'd never lose

as long as it was in the virtual world...

You were the one who obtained the previous high scores?

Don't you want to accelerate even further,

boy?

Come to the lounge tomorrow during lunch.

That had to be...

Hello. Hey.

Are you looking for something?

Um...

Who's that fattie?

He doesn't know this is a place for upperclassmen?

Um...

So you've arrived, boy?

He's looking for me.

Please let him through.

Don't tell me... No way!

Um, what are you doing?

Obviously, I'm sticking it in your neck.

But that's what lovers—

Sorry for asking this of you, Arita Haruyuki.

You can use mental communication, right?

Yeah, but...

What's going on?

Is this some elaborate prank?

That's one way to put it, yes.

Now I'm going to send an application

to your Neuro Linker.

If you accept it, your reality will fall apart.

It will be rebuilt in a form you can't even dream of.

Reality...

My reality...

That's exactly what I want.

If reality will really fall apart...

What's this Brain Burst program?

I'll tell you if you can install it without any problems.

What problems?

There's a chance it will fail.

Accelerated... The accel world?

I thought you could handle it, and I was right.

Although, even I hesitated for almost two minutes whether to accept it.

And here I even prepared some good lines to convince you.

We found you, pig!

Don't think you can just hide!

Our melon cream bread and the strawberry yogurts! And...

You're Araya, am I right?

I've heard about you from Arita.

I heard about how you were accidentally sent to this school

instead of the zoo.

What are you saying?!

What?!

You little

pig!

Now! Shout, "Burst link!"

Burst link!

What's going on?

Don't stare at my legs so much.

We're still in range of the social cameras.

What's going on?

We're accelerated thanks to the Brain Burst program.

Accelerated?

Yes. This is the accel world, the world of Burst Linkers!

Burst Linker?

Accel world?

At the first sight, it might seem that your surroundings are frozen,

but that's not true.

This blue world is just a three-dimensional replica of the lounge

based on the recordings of the social cameras.

Your accelerated brain is seeing it in the Neuro Linker environment.

My brain is accelerated?

You're thinking 1,000 times faster than normal.

That means every second feels like 1,000,

which is equal to 16 minutes and 40 seconds.

So...

That means, even though you're about to get badly hit,

you have enough time to calmly think and analyze this situation,

I see. I thought I had no way to avoid it.

You shouldn't avoid it.

This is a good chance to be beaten to pulp, Haruyuki.

I don't want that!

It'll hurt!

This is your chance.

They avoided punishment by staying out of range of the social cameras.

But now they're surrounded by cameras and onlookers,

and they flared up at my provocation.

You won't get another chance like this to get back at them.

Um, could I win against him using the Brain Burst?

You could.

After all, you are now a Burst Linker with extraordinary powers.

No, I won't. I'll just let him beat me up.

This is my only chance, after all.

Wise decision.

We should maximize the effects.

Excuse me?

After the acceleration is gone, you should jump backward by yourself.

But you're there...

I just said we're maximizing the effects.

I've considered it all. Don't worry.

Don't mess it up!

Burst out!

Burst out!

Oh no...

Teacher! Teacher!

Are you... Don't do anything!

But you're bleeding!

Don't worry! It's just a small cut.

I told you, we were maximizing the effects.

Araya won't bully you anymore.

Ever.

You did well.

I'll be counting on you from now,

Haruyuki.

I forgot to mention this,

but you mustn't turn on your Neuro Linker until tomorrow.

You don't connect to the global net for even a moment.

Absolutely not. Under no circumstances.

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Disconnect from the global net

Chiyu...

I heard what happened during lunch.

What? Oh...

I heard he knocked you off your feet.

Yeah.

Is that how you got that?

Huh?

That wound. Are you okay?

It's just a flesh wound.

Oh, that's good.

Is it true you made a direct link with Snow Black?

Yeah.

But more importantly, about yesterday...

Hey, Haru! Chi!

Taku!

What a coincidence! Are you going home?

I've seen the videos from your kendo tournament fights, Taku!

You're amazing! You won in your first year!

I was just lucky.

And Chi came to cheer for me and even brought me lunch.

So you got your power from the food she brought?

I guess. But you tasted her lunch yesterday too, didn't you?

How does he know?

Was it Taku's idea?

But why would he do that?

Did she tell him about Araya? Is that why?

Hey, Haru!

Sorry, I just remembered I wanted to watch something!

We'll catch up later, Taku!

Taku found out!

Now that Araya is out of the picture...

Of course this is how it has to be.

I don't need reality!

Don't look at me like that!

I hate this! Take me with you!

I want to fly! Fly far away!

Is that what you want?

I had the weirdest dream.

What could it mean?

Mom, lunch money, please!

Haruyuki, your link is off!

Goodbye!

I accelerated...

3D graphics? But...

Huh?

What's this?

It's been a while since I got a post-apocalyptic stage! Lucky!

And my opponent is a total newbie!

Mega lucky!

And you're...

giga unlucky!

All my eyes will ever behold is you, in all your radiance

I will awaken and tread

through this world

I wallow in self-pity and insignificance

and all that I look out on

is a lie, a fabrication

I realize that, looking from where I stand, practically alone

The future ahead of myself, so much brighter, promises me beauty

We ask for a place where we can all be ourselves, develop as we want

All my eyes will ever behold is you, in all your radiance

Now for the first time I can go faster than the others

and will go farther and higher than I used to

I want to tell you my feelings

I will awaken, walk through this world

and chase it

Next time, "Transformation."

Haruyuki's world is transformed when he gets

a new avatar and is challenged to a fight!