Season 4

1 - Unrest

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    Academy City--a city of science, said
    to have a total population of 2.3 million.
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    I, Kamijo Toma, attend school there,
[00:10] ---
    and I'm a Level 0,
    someone who is absolutely powerless.
[00:13] ---
    Or so they say, but apparently,
    I have a mysterious ability in my right hand,
[00:18] ---
    which can cancel out any
    other extraordinary powers.
[00:21] ---
    As a result, any and all happiness and
    divine favor keep their distance from me.
[00:28] ---
    What is this, some kind of penalty game?!
[00:30] ---
    Aren't we over-stacking
    the deck a little bit?
[00:34] ---
    One day, an enigmatic Sister
    dressed in white named Index,
[00:38] ---
    who has memorized
    103,000 books, fell out of the sky.
[00:41] ---
    After that happened, I was attacked
    by a flame-producing sorcerer;
[00:45] ---
    got chased around by a katana-wielding lady;
[00:49] ---
    mixed it up with the city's strongest esper,
    who can manipulate vectors;
[00:53] ---
    was dogged by the
    Level 5 Zapper, Misaka Mikoto;
[00:57] ---
    and had a whole bunch of girls who
    look just like Zapper turn up around me.
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    Given all of the crisscrossing between
    science and magic I've been through,
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    it seems like there's
    a lot of restlessness in the world.
[01:06] ---
    Ah, I just don't get it!
[01:09] ---
    The Roman Orthodox Church and its
    Right Seat of God are going worldwide.
[01:13] ---
    What is actually going on here?!
[01:16] ---
    Hey, Tsuchimikado,
    you know something, don't you?
[01:20] ---
    I'm begging you to tell me,
    what is happening in the world,
[01:24] ---
    and who is going after what?
[01:40] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:00] ---
    "#01 Unrest"
[03:01] ---
    ♪ Bath time! Bath time! Bath time!
    Bath time! Bath time! Bath time! ♪
[03:10] ---
    ♪ Bubbly, bubbly, showery,
    showery, bath time! ♪
[03:15] ---
    Come on, no running away, Sphinx!
[03:21] ---
    Just a little while longer,
    and Toma will buy us some delicious supper.
[03:29] ---
    Wow... They can dry
    things off without using magic?
[03:32] ---
    The science in Academy City is amazing.
[03:39] ---
    Ah! Welcome back, Toma!
[03:41] ---
    Jeez, you sure are late. We got worried,
    thinking you might never come home.
[03:49] ---
    Oh, sorry, sorry.
[03:51] ---
    So, Toma, what's for supper?
[03:54] ---
    Uh, as it happens...
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    I appear to have lost my wallet somewhere.
[04:00] ---
    I, um, couldn't go shopping...
[04:03] ---
    So, what's for supper?
[04:05] ---
    Well, see, like they say,
    skipping one meal won't kill anyone.
[04:10] ---
    I'll bet that going without will make
    food taste even better, too. Besides...
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    Toma...!
[04:21] ---
    Just my luck!!
[04:29] ---
    Okay, listen here.
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    I won't get angry,
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    so I want you to explain to me
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    why you would do such a thing.
[04:39] ---
    Can't you explain yourselves?
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    Well...
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    Well, Aogami Pierce and I were debating
    "Red or black: Which bunny girl is best,"
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    when Tsuchimikado butts in and
    blurts out, "When it comes to bunny girls,
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    white is best, of course,"
    which is total nonsense.
[04:57] ---
    Miss Fukiyose, don't tell
    me you were a part of this.
[05:01] ---
    No, I wasn't! I was just trying to
    get these idiots to put a sock in it!
[05:06] ---
    Hmm. Even so,
[05:08] ---
    what you did... went
    a little too far, don't you think?
[05:13] ---
    Thanks to her, our debate got
    put on hold without getting anywhere.
[05:17] ---
    My position remains unchanged.
[05:20] ---
    Hail the A-cup white bunnies!
[05:23] ---
    There you go again!
    You just like anything that's loli, right?
[05:28] ---
    Ah, come on! Enough of this, already!
[05:32] ---
    You four are going to pull weeds
    behind the gym after school.
[05:39] ---
    Is that clear?
[05:41] ---
    Yes.
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    Aw, I'm screwed.
[05:46] ---
    Now I won't make it to the mark-down
    sale at the supermarket in time.
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    This is all Tsuchimikado's fault.
[05:52] ---
    Isn't that the truth! Because of him,
    I got mixed up in this, too-- Huh?
[05:58] ---
    Tsuchimikado?
[05:59] ---
    Got it.
[06:00] ---
    No, I'll do it.
[06:03] ---
    Yeah, you clean up afterward.
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    For heaven's sake, those kids never change.
[06:10] ---
    You're right about that. Hmm?
[06:14] ---
    By the way, Miss Oyafune,
    are those gloves you're knitting a present?
[06:21] ---
    N-No. It's not as though
    I'm knitting these now
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    because I doubt I'll make it
    in time for Christmas, or anything.
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    Late last night in Toulouse,
    an industrial area in the south of France,
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    a large-scale protest movement
    by a religious group began taking place.
[06:36] ---
    "Large-scale protests in the south of France"
[06:39] ---
    It is currently having a serious effect
    on traffic and other infrastructure.
[06:45] ---
    This series of demonstrations
    against Academy City,
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    as well as the reprisals
    toward these demonstrations,
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    is fueling concerns that the conflict
    between the Roman Orthodoxy
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    --and Academy City is beginning to escalate.
    --Whoo! It's hot in here.
[06:58] ---
    Right. Thanks for doing this.
[07:01] ---
    Why are there so many people flocking here
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    for an interception weapons show
    being held on a weekday afternoon?
[07:08] ---
    Today's a business day,
    so it could be worse.
[07:11] ---
    When it opens up to the public tomorrow,
    it will probably be hellish.
[07:17] ---
    Look at that, Miss Shirai!
[07:19] ---
    That's a 5th-generation tank!
[07:22] ---
    Ah, and over there is an independent
    shoulder-launched missile system!
[07:25] ---
    Ooh, and they have state-of-the-art
    powered suits, too!
[07:29] ---
    This is incredible!
[07:32] ---
    You are the one who is incredible, Uiharu.
[07:36] ---
    Sheesh, why hasn't he sent me a single text?
[07:42] ---
    Sissy!
[07:44] ---
    Is something the matter, Sissy?
    You seem to be fidgety.
[07:49] ---
    Huh? Mm-mm, there's just so many people here.
[07:53] ---
    Well, that is true. Not only is
    it more elaborate than usual,
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    it is also quite ostentatious.
[07:59] ---
    They've never called up those of us
    in Judgment to work security, either.
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    It's probably over those
    ridiculous demonstrations.
[08:09] ---
    It seems like they've been
    itching for a chance like this.
[08:11] ---
    Itching?
[08:12] ---
    You're making too much of it.
[08:14] ---
    Though you are right;
    things are smoldering here and there.
[08:18] ---
    It is just about time. We need to go, Uiharu.
[08:22] ---
    R-Right.
[08:24] ---
    See you later, Sissy.
[08:26] ---
    Excuse us.
[08:27] ---
    Yeah. Work hard.
[08:36] ---
    "Bargain sale goods"
[08:39] ---
    This really is ridiculous.
[08:43] ---
    Damn it.
[08:45] ---
    They really did bail on us.
[08:48] ---
    Some friends you've got there.
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    Hey, Fukiyose, while I'm thinking of it,
    with our October midterms canceled,
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    why do you still spend your
    free time devoted to studying for tests?
[09:00] ---
    Now that the midterms have been dropped,
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    our entire 2nd-term grade will be
    determined by the final exam, right?
[09:07] ---
    If anything, we can't
    afford to relax, can we?
[09:10] ---
    Oh, right...
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    And incidentally,
    you can't look at my notes.
[09:15] ---
    H-Ha! High school studies
    aren't everything!
[09:19] ---
    You almost make it sound like
    studying is the only thing I can do.
[09:26] ---
    Can you do anything else?
[09:28] ---
    Don't let my looks fool you;
    I can throw a forkball.
[09:32] ---
    I'm not interested in
    playing baseball, though.
[09:34] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[09:35] ---
    If you want, I'll show you, with this ball!
[09:39] ---
    Look alive over there!
[09:40] ---
    Huh? Are you serious?
[09:42] ---
    I'm dead serious. I'm always deadly serious!
[09:46] ---
    Y-Yeah.
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    Okay, go ahead.
[09:50] ---
    All right, don't wimp out on me
    when you see my 150kph smoke!
[10:05] ---
    S-Stop, Fukiyose!
[10:07] ---
    What for?
[10:08] ---
    Your skirt!
[10:14] ---
    A-Are you okay, Kamijo?
[10:18] ---
    Th-That was just a regular fastball...
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    Jeez...
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    I wish you'd get over it already, Sphinx.
[10:32] ---
    I'm sorry for forcing you
    to take a shower with me, okay?
[10:40] ---
    Oh, it's you, Maika.
[10:42] ---
    I'll be living next door again
    for a while, so I came to say hello.
[10:46] ---
    I'm also going to be cooking a whole lot,
    so you're free to come over and eat.
[10:50] ---
    Really?!
[10:52] ---
    Ah, Sphinx! Wait up!
[10:55] ---
    Hey!
[10:56] ---
    Would you keep an eye on the place for me?
[11:04] ---
    Wait up!
[11:05] ---
    Wait up, Sphinx!
[11:08] ---
    Wait up!
[11:14] ---
    Oh, my. What's wrong?
[11:16] ---
    Are you lost? Come here.
[11:20] ---
    That's a good kitty. There you go.
[11:23] ---
    Sphinx!
[11:29] ---
    Is this your cat?
[11:30] ---
    His name is Sphinx.
[11:33] ---
    Let's go home, Sphinx.
[11:36] ---
    Oh my word.
[11:38] ---
    I got into a bit of a fight with him.
    Then he ran away from me.
[11:42] ---
    Is that right?
[11:44] ---
    I came all the way here without supper,
    so now I'm famished.
[11:49] ---
    Oh, dear, that's awful!
[11:52] ---
    Thank you for food!
[11:56] ---
    It's delicious!
    Sphinx, would you like some, too?
[12:01] ---
    Looks like you've patched things up.
[12:03] ---
    Mm-hmm. Thanks.
[12:07] ---
    That scarf looks very warm.
[12:11] ---
    Yes, it is. You know what?
[12:13] ---
    My daughter knitted it for me.
[12:16] ---
    After this, knit two
    stitches on the next row...
[12:20] ---
    Aw man, knitting gloves
    is more trouble than I thought.
[12:25] ---
    Let's see...
[12:27] ---
    Ah! Oh, shoot!
[12:33] ---
    Excuse me!
[12:35] ---
    Um, is it okay if I... leave... now...?
[12:48] ---
    I beg your pardon!
[12:51] ---
    I-I thought I was dead.
[13:04] ---
    Good grief.
[13:06] ---
    I really thought I was dead.
[13:09] ---
    Index is probably hungry and waiting for me.
[13:13] ---
    I'll stop at the supermarket
    on the way home...
[13:18] ---
    Chaser!
[13:21] ---
    Huh?
[13:23] ---
    Are the vending machines here not working?
[13:26] ---
    Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
[13:28] ---
    Let sleeping Zappers lie.
[13:31] ---
    Hey!
[13:32] ---
    Don't ignore me and try to run away!
[13:35] ---
    I beg your forgiveness!
[13:37] ---
    Mr. Kamijo is all worn out from his
    weed-pulling and bean-balling troubles.
[13:42] ---
    Please do not add any more to his problems.
[13:46] ---
    Hold it, you!
[13:47] ---
    Where's my reply from that
    text message I sent you earlier?!
[13:51] ---
    Text?
[13:52] ---
    Did I even get one?
[13:55] ---
    Let me see that!
[13:57] ---
    Hey, don't look through that!
[13:59] ---
    That's my private information!
[14:01] ---
    Huh?
[14:03] ---
    H-Hey, you...
[14:07] ---
    Why did you take a two-shot
    selfie with my mom?
[14:12] ---
    W-Well, I...
[14:13] ---
    Whoa! You even have
    her email address stored here!
[14:17] ---
    I don't know anything about that!
[14:20] ---
    What is this? Are you
    trying to play innocent?
[14:22] ---
    No, I really didn't know about it.
[14:25] ---
    At the time, Ms. Misuzu
    was pretty hammered, so...
[14:27] ---
    "Ms. Misuzu"?!
[14:30] ---
    Just meeting her by itself
    is a big enough problem...
[14:35] ---
    Miss Misaka, y-you misunderstand...
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    You jerkwad!
[14:45] ---
    You're as contemptible as ever!
[14:47] ---
    At the time, she was just on
    a drunken rampage, that's all!
[14:51] ---
    I had Index with me, too.
    If you want to, ask her about it yourself.
[14:58] ---
    And anyway, the sun is almost down.
    Don't you have a curfew or something?
[15:03] ---
    Hmph, I can take care of that.
[15:06] ---
    Although, the checks have
    been getting stricter lately.
[15:11] ---
    All kinds of trouble is brewing.
[15:13] ---
    You know, you should be careful, too.
[15:16] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[15:20] ---
    What's going on? I don't know
    what happened on September 30th,
[15:25] ---
    but we're duking it out
    and getting each other hurt,
[15:30] ---
    and whoever's behind it
    isn't showing their faces.
[15:32] ---
    Hey, do you--
[15:36] ---
    Why, that rotten...!
[15:43] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[15:44] ---
    So this boy cooks
    your meals for you every day?
[15:49] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[15:50] ---
    Toma's meals are always really tasty!
[15:53] ---
    Toma?
[15:55] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[15:57] ---
    Is this Toma a nice boy?
[16:00] ---
    Hmm, that's a good question.
    What do you think, Sphinx?
[16:05] ---
    He says he's probably nice.
[16:07] ---
    Oh? That's good.
[16:11] ---
    Ah, excuse me a moment.
[16:14] ---
    Yes?
[16:16] ---
    Yes.
[16:17] ---
    Understood.
[16:19] ---
    Thank you.
[16:22] ---
    I have to be going now.
    Thanks for chatting with me.
[16:27] ---
    No, thank you,
[16:29] ---
    for treating me to
    so much to eat. Right, Sphinx?
[16:34] ---
    Well then, bye-bye.
[16:39] ---
    I'm sorry.
[16:49] ---
    It's true,
[16:50] ---
    "Roman Orthodox protests
    of Academy City escalate"
[16:51] ---
    ever since the Kazakiri incident,
    trouble has been stirring all over.
[16:56] ---
    Maybe I should visit Tsuchimikado's
    apartment when I get home.
[17:02] ---
    Oh, excuse me.
[17:04] ---
    Not at all.
[17:05] ---
    I'm the one who should be apologizing.
[17:07] ---
    Nonsense. I'm the one
    who bumped into you.
[17:10] ---
    No, not for that.
[17:14] ---
    I mean for the trouble
    that you're about to go through.
[17:19] ---
    Let's have a chat,
[17:21] ---
    about the huge unrest taking place
    all around the world right now.
[17:28] ---
    When you say you want to have a chat,
[17:31] ---
    I don't have anything I can say about it.
[17:34] ---
    Your input will be necessary
    in order to solve this problem.
[17:39] ---
    Who exactly are you?
[17:42] ---
    If I say I'm Oyafune Monaka, a member
    of the Academy City Governing Board,
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    does that mean anything to you?
[17:50] ---
    The governing board?
[17:51] ---
    You?
[17:52] ---
    You don't believe me?
[17:54] ---
    It's that scarf around your neck.
    If you're on the governing board,
[17:58] ---
    wouldn't you be using
    something better than that?
[18:01] ---
    This is a handmade scarf
    that my daughter made for me!
[18:05] ---
    I won't have you insulting it!
[18:07] ---
    O-Okay! I won't mention it again.
[18:10] ---
    But as far as solving the problem,
[18:14] ---
    there aren't any straightforward
    reasons or causes for it,
[18:17] ---
    so nobody can take any action, right?
[18:20] ---
    Yes.
[18:21] ---
    However, if some reason for it did exist...
[18:25] ---
    Which is why I'm talking to you in the hopes
[18:29] ---
    that you alone have something
[18:32] ---
    that the state heads and
    the United Nations don't have.
[18:36] ---
    What are you talking about?
[18:38] ---
    Your right hand.
[18:40] ---
    You don't mean...
[18:41] ---
    Yes, I do.
[18:44] ---
    My... Imagine Breaker?
[18:48] ---
    Then, there's some extraordinary
    power behind all this unrest?
[18:53] ---
    Yes.
[18:54] ---
    What's happening right now
    isn't a result of September 30th;
[18:58] ---
    it's a matter that is still ongoing.
[19:01] ---
    Whether the frequent
    demonstrations around the world
[19:04] ---
    are part of the
    Roman Orthodoxy's agenda aside,
[19:07] ---
    they are using the confusion as a booster
[19:10] ---
    to try to attack the world, which has
    solidified its base via Academy City.
[19:17] ---
    Even assuming the
    Roman Orthodoxy is on the move,
[19:20] ---
    I can't tell on my own where they
    would be or what kind of tricks they use.
[19:28] ---
    If they pull something,
    then at the very least...
[19:31] ---
    Yes. As far as that goes,
[19:33] ---
    I'm sure he can explain it to you.
[19:36] ---
    Tsuchimikado?!
[19:38] ---
    Have you finished your chat?
[19:41] ---
    We're not quite done yet,
    but it should be enough.
[19:45] ---
    I'll let you take it from here.
[19:47] ---
    I see.
[19:51] ---
    Tsuchimikado!
[19:54] ---
    Tsuchimikado! What the hell?!
[20:01] ---
    You bastard!
[20:04] ---
    Tsuchimikado... you...!
[20:06] ---
    Please...
[20:09] ---
    Please, don't hold this against him...
[20:13] ---
    My... My actions differ from the agenda
    of the governing board as a whole.
[20:21] ---
    Huh?
[20:22] ---
    They want to step up hostilities
    and to destroy the other side of science,
[20:27] ---
    religion, as represented by
    the Roman Orthodox Church...
[20:33] ---
    You have to put a stop to that insanity.
[20:36] ---
    That's why it was necessary
    for me to contact you--
[20:39] ---
    someone who could
    actually defuse the situation.
[20:43] ---
    Our contact is sure to get out.
[20:46] ---
    If I were to flee,
[20:48] ---
    the brunt of the punishment
    would probably fall upon my family.
[20:52] ---
    I am the one who requested this
    of him, as my own punishment.
[20:58] ---
    Don't talk anymore. I'll
    take care of the rest.
[21:02] ---
    You have carried out your role perfectly.
[21:05] ---
    So don't worry.
[21:07] ---
    That's all you need to remember.
[21:13] ---
    Are you ready to go right now, Kami?
[21:16] ---
    Yeah, all right.
[21:17] ---
    First, we head to the 23rd School District.
[21:20] ---
    From there, we have to fly to France.
[21:23] ---
    Our objective is a
    Roman Orthodox magical item,
[21:26] ---
    the Document of Constantine,
    or Document of C for short.
[21:31] ---
    That is the key to this case.
[23:08] ---
    Hmph, here we go, Kami!
[23:11] ---
    F-For real?
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    After dropping into a foreign city,
    I'm reunited with Itsuwa.
[23:29] ---
    Magical items? Geoducts?
    Do you even really need my right hand?
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "The Right Seat of God."
[23:36] ---
    When science and
    magic cross paths, the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
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2 - The Right Seat of God

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    Now,
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    you already know what we're going to ask you,
[00:10] ---
    Biagio Buzoni, Lidvia Lorenzetti.
[00:15] ---
    If you wish to have the Roman
    Orthodox Church lecture you on the Bible,
[00:21] ---
    ask us on Sunday.
[00:24] ---
    Acting tough is pointless.
[00:26] ---
    If necessary, we will use
    whatever means we have to
[00:29] ---
    to extract the information inside your heads.
[00:33] ---
    Don't take Necessarius too lightly.
[00:37] ---
    Tell us what you know
    about the Right Seat of God.
[00:43] ---
    Before we do, I'd like you to tell us one thing:
[00:48] ---
    What is going on outside right now?
[00:53] ---
    You can pretty well guess, can't you?
[00:56] ---
    It's either that, or it's even worse.
[01:03] ---
    "Saint Pietro slips through the evil
    clutches of the emperor and sorcerer."
[01:08] ---
    Oh, no--
[01:14] ---
    Lidvia!
[01:17] ---
    Let's hear it.
[01:18] ---
    Oriana Thompson.
    I request that you release her,
[01:23] ---
    and let her lead away those
    who are caught up in this unrest.
[01:29] ---
    So that's it. Even now,
    you insist on relief for the weak.
[01:35] ---
    Still, are you in any position to demand that?
[01:39] ---
    Oriana has currently entered
    a temporary partnership
[01:42] ---
    with the English Puritan Church.
[01:46] ---
    One condition of this partnership
[01:49] ---
    is for protection of the weak
    by her leader, Lidvia Lorenzetti.
[01:54] ---
    Even if you order her to be released,
    Oriana herself would never agree to it.
[02:01] ---
    Don't let her resolve be for nothing.
[02:04] ---
    If this unrest has been drummed up
    by the Roman Orthodoxy--
[02:07] ---
    or rather, the Right Seat of God,
[02:10] ---
    then it's in bringing them down
    that the key to resolving this lies.
[02:14] ---
    Am I wrong?
[02:19] ---
    What is it that you want?
[02:22] ---
    Our objective is clear--
[02:25] ---
    to rescue the lost sheep
    who have been swallowed up
[02:28] ---
    by the overwhelming power of magic.
[02:30] ---
    That remains the same, now as in times past.
[02:35] ---
    I have never personally met them,
[02:39] ---
    but I have had occasion to
    hear bits and pieces about them.
[02:44] ---
    According to that, the Right Seat of God is...
[03:01] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[04:21] ---
    "#02 The Right Seat of God"
[04:31] ---
    I-I'm being strangled...!
[04:44] ---
    Huh?
[04:59] ---
    Um, are you all right?
[05:01] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[05:03] ---
    And you're the Amakusa's... Itsuwa, was it?
[05:08] ---
    Oh, yes. It has been too long.
[05:11] ---
    Hmm? Did Tsuchimikado call
    you over here? Where is he?
[05:17] ---
    Huh?
[05:18] ---
    You know, the demonstrations
    that are popping up all over
[05:22] ---
    supposedly involve the Document of C.
[05:25] ---
    H-How do you know about that?!
[05:32] ---
    Listen here, Kami.
[05:34] ---
    Originally, the Document of C, you see,
[05:36] ---
    was kind of like a deed,
    which said that the land rights
[05:42] ---
    to all of the vast territories of Europe
    that Emperor Constantine controlled
[05:45] ---
    were given over to the Roman pope.
[05:49] ---
    In fact, if you use the
    Document of C, its seal emerges,
[05:52] ---
    which is said to prove that the
    land belongs to the Roman pope, see?
[05:58] ---
    However, as a magical item,
[06:01] ---
    the Document of C has an
    even more off-the-wall power.
[06:05] ---
    That would be that everything
    that the Roman pope declares
[06:08] ---
    ends up becoming "accurate information."
[06:12] ---
    Uh-huh?
[06:13] ---
    Like, say, if the pope declares something
[06:17] ---
    even though there isn't any basis for it,
[06:19] ---
    for followers of Roman Orthodoxy,
    it ends up being correct.
[06:23] ---
    B-But that's...
[06:25] ---
    ...too good to be true? All it can
    actually do is make people believe,
[06:31] ---
    so it isn't able to alter
    any of the laws of physics,
[06:34] ---
    and it has to be set up in the heart
    of the Vatican for it to be used.
[06:41] ---
    Anyhow, the Roman Orthodox Church
    is currently using the Document of C
[06:46] ---
    to make everyone blindly believe
    that Academy City are the bad guys.
[06:52] ---
    And that's what's causing the demonstrations?
[06:54] ---
    Could be.
[06:56] ---
    Didn't anyone contact you about this, Itsuwa?
[07:00] ---
    No. Those of us in the Amakusa Church
[07:04] ---
    received a request from
    the English Puritan Church
[07:07] ---
    to survey the magical merit of the
    geoducts and geography of France...
[07:13] ---
    France?!
[07:16] ---
    Yes. This is Avignon, a city in southern France.
[07:20] ---
    Huh? But if the Document of C
    can only be used in the Vatican...
[07:25] ---
    Um...
[07:27] ---
    Is it okay if I go get my bag?
    I left it up there on the bridge.
[07:33] ---
    Then, you jumped off of there to save me?
[07:36] ---
    I sort of lost my head.
[07:38] ---
    Oh, yeah? If you hadn't helped me,
    I would have been done for. Thanks.
[07:43] ---
    O-Oh, no! It was nothing, really!
[07:47] ---
    By the way, do you have
    a change of clothes in your bag?
[07:50] ---
    Yes, just in case I need a disguise.
[07:53] ---
    You do? That's good.
[08:01] ---
    I-I'm sorry you had to
    see something so unsightly!
[08:09] ---
    Hmm, I'd feel less anxious
    if she'd at least go "Gah!" or something.
[08:21] ---
    "Tsuchimikado Motoharu"
[08:21] ---
    It doesn't seem to be broken.
[08:24] ---
    Th-Thanks for waiting.
[08:28] ---
    Um, Miss Itsuwa?
[08:31] ---
    Th-This is supposed to be
    a disguise worn over my tank top
[08:34] ---
    to create a different impression,
    so I can't help it!
[08:37] ---
    Please don't say anything!
    Please don't say anything!
[08:40] ---
    W-Well,
[08:41] ---
    that's sort of the way Kanzaki dresses, so...
[08:44] ---
    The priestess wouldn't wear
    such a slutty outfit as this!
[08:47] ---
    H-Huh?
[08:49] ---
    So, um, if you're after the Document of C, too,
[08:53] ---
    would you join me until you
    meet up with Mr. Tsuchimikado?
[08:57] ---
    I'd appreciate that, too, but are you sure?
[09:02] ---
    Yes!
[09:11] ---
    These are big-name shops;
    we even have them in Japan.
[09:14] ---
    Aren't there any well-established,
    out-of-the-way shops?
[09:17] ---
    We'd stick out in those kinds of stores.
[09:19] ---
    Oh, is that the issue?
[09:21] ---
    Come on, let's go inside.
[09:23] ---
    Hold on, let me contact Tsuchimikado.
[09:25] ---
    "New message"
    "To: Tsuchimikado Motoharu"
    "Sub: No subject"
[09:26] ---
    "Sending message"
[09:28] ---
    Could he be from Academy City?
[09:34] ---
    Are they some of the demonstrators?
[09:35] ---
    Yes.
[09:37] ---
    So, why Avignon and not the Vatican?
[09:42] ---
    Are you familiar with an incident
    in the late 13th century,
[09:47] ---
    known as the Avignon Papacy?
[09:49] ---
    Hmm?
[09:51] ---
    There was a dispute between
    France and the Roman Orthodoxy,
[09:55] ---
    and when the king of France won,
[09:57] ---
    he incarcerated the
    Roman pope here in Avignon.
[10:02] ---
    For the next 68 years,
    the functions of the Roman Holy See
[10:07] ---
    were moved to the Papal Palace in Avignon.
[10:12] ---
    But then...
[10:16] ---
    Oh, just a moment, please.
[10:19] ---
    I'll get you a wipe right away...
[10:23] ---
    Thank you. I mean, merci.
[10:30] ---
    Sorry for interrupting your story.
[10:34] ---
    Hmm? What's wrong?
[10:36] ---
    N-Nothing. It's nothing, really.
[10:44] ---
    Tell me, is the pope's work something
    that can be done easily anywhere
[10:48] ---
    and not just at the Vatican?
[10:51] ---
    No. There are a number of things
    that couldn't be done away from home.
[10:56] ---
    The best example would have been
    using the various magical items
[11:00] ---
    that are within the Papal domain.
[11:03] ---
    Using geoducts between
    the Vatican and Avignon,
[11:07] ---
    they established an enchanted pipeline,
[11:09] ---
    making it possible to control the
    facilities in the Papal domain remotely.
[11:13] ---
    That makes sense.
[11:15] ---
    Then you're saying that they can
    use the magical items here in Avignon?
[11:19] ---
    That's right.
[11:20] ---
    Still, that's a hell of a
    roundabout way to go about it.
[11:24] ---
    Why not just use them from the Vatican directly?
[11:27] ---
    It's because they can abridge
    or just ignore some arrangements
[11:32] ---
    that are required to use them at the Vatican,
[11:33] ---
    --so the pope can use them
    at his own discretion, maybe.
    --Hey...
[11:36] ---
    --so the pope can use them
    at his own discretion, maybe.
    --Wha--?
[11:38] ---
    However, the trade-off is that it seems
    to take some time before it can activate,
[11:43] ---
    so we may still be able to stop
    them from using the Document of C.
[11:47] ---
    May still be able to, huh?
[11:50] ---
    I'm sorry! This is all just supposition.
[11:53] ---
    Say, Itsuwa, is there
    anything I can do to help--
[11:56] ---
    There's one of them! Him!
[11:58] ---
    --Where?!
    --Grab him!
[12:04] ---
    Hey, we can't have this!
[12:05] ---
    There's a guy from Academy City over there!
[12:09] ---
    Academy City?
[12:10] ---
    Who, him?
[12:12] ---
    This way!
[12:13] ---
    Don't just stand around, get him!
[12:15] ---
    Hey, that little boy!
[12:18] ---
    It's all right. The way they were moving,
    no one will get killed.
[12:21] ---
    Come on, quickly!
[12:28] ---
    Damn it! The ones who are really
    suffering are those caught in the middle!
[12:36] ---
    I'm going to put an end
    to this insanity as fast as I can.
[12:47] ---
    Hey, Itsuwa, have you ever been
    caught up in a riot like this here before?
[12:53] ---
    No. If I ever sensed anything like this coming,
    I always got away from there.
[12:59] ---
    I figured. This timing is too convenient.
[13:04] ---
    I'll just bet that this
    violence is an enemy ambush.
[13:08] ---
    Could it be?
[13:10] ---
    It doesn't look like we have time
    to wait for Tsuchimikado to contact us.
[13:14] ---
    We'll have to head for
    the Papal Palace on our own.
[13:19] ---
    Those horrible people
    can still use the Document of C
[13:22] ---
    if they return to the Vatican.
[13:24] ---
    We have to quash this thing here,
    while we have the chance.
[13:29] ---
    When we charge through there,
    please, keep your head down.
[13:32] ---
    All right, let's take off.
[13:47] ---
    The Right Seat of God
[13:49] ---
    is said to be an organization for
    the purpose of overcoming original sin.
[13:54] ---
    The sin that Adam and Eve took
    on by eating the fruit of knowledge?
[13:58] ---
    The story is that their children,
    all of mankind, also carry the same sin.
[14:03] ---
    However, there is also
    an exception to that story.
[14:07] ---
    The Holy Mother Mary?
    The Immaculate Conception--
[14:11] ---
    That sin was removed from the Holy Mother,
    who would bear the Son of God.
[14:16] ---
    What that shows is that normally,
[14:18] ---
    there is no other way to wash away original sin,
[14:20] ---
    except through having
    a firm faith in the Son of God,
[14:24] ---
    and yet, there is a loophole.
[14:26] ---
    Are you saying they've
    obtained the means to do so?
[14:29] ---
    Word is that they have successfully
    diluted their sin as much as is possible,
[14:34] ---
    and though it is incomplete,
    with their sin removed,
[14:37] ---
    it's said that they can use even
    the techniques of the angels or the Lord,
[14:42] ---
    which are normally unavailable to humanity.
[14:46] ---
    If they've done that,
    then their very essence as humans
[14:49] ---
    would transform into
    something approaching angels.
[14:53] ---
    Which would mean the ultimate goal
    of the Right Seat of God
[14:56] ---
    is to rid themselves of what
    little original sin remains within them.
[15:03] ---
    That is but a single avenue
    that is open to them.
[15:07] ---
    Their true objective has
    always been broadly laid out.
[15:11] ---
    What's that?
[15:13] ---
    The literal "Right Seat of God."
    That is where they aspire to reach.
[15:21] ---
    It would have to be like this.
[15:23] ---
    Yes. We must get through
    that group to get to the Papal Palace.
[15:28] ---
    Then, we have to go through them!
[15:32] ---
    Hey, Kami, you made it okay?
[15:35] ---
    Tsuchimikado! Where are you?!
[15:37] ---
    Ah, I'm on my way to the Papal Palace.
[15:40] ---
    --I knew it.
    --Hmm?
[15:42] ---
    I don't remember explaining
    that part of it to you.
[15:45] ---
    Itsuwa from the Amakusa told me.
[15:47] ---
    But the rioting is too
    severe for us to get through.
[15:50] ---
    Is this due to the Document of C's power, too?
[15:53] ---
    Bingo! Well deduced.
[15:56] ---
    So no matter how long you wait,
    the situation will never improve.
[15:59] ---
    Isn't there anything else we can do?
[16:01] ---
    Yes.
[16:03] ---
    Here's a question:
[16:05] ---
    Why is the Papal Palace of Avignon
    regarded as being so important?
[16:10] ---
    Because they can remotely control
    the facilities in the Vatican, right?
[16:13] ---
    Bingo!
[16:14] ---
    That's it! The geoduct pipeline!
[16:17] ---
    Bingo, bingo!
[16:19] ---
    Yes, if we sever the geoduct
    connecting Avignon and the Vatican...
[16:24] ---
    ...then even if it's too hard
    to reach the Papal Palace,
[16:27] ---
    we can get close enough
    to the pipeline on the way there.
[16:33] ---
    And then all I have to do
    is wreck it with my right hand.
[16:36] ---
    It would be safer if you avoided doing that.
[16:38] ---
    Hmm? But geoducts are a
    magical sort of thing, right? So then...
[16:43] ---
    "Connected"
[16:44] ---
    It's awfully hard to identify
    what exactly your right hand does.
[16:48] ---
    It's supposed to cancel out magic,
    supernatural, and all other powers,
[16:52] ---
    but there are probably some exceptions.
[16:55] ---
    Itsuwa, was it?
[16:58] ---
    Do you know how to demolish the pipeline?
[17:00] ---
    Y-Yes.
[17:02] ---
    If the Amakusa way of doing things will work...
[17:04] ---
    That will suffice.
    I'm going to make my move now,
[17:08] ---
    but if you discover the pipeline,
    you guys take care of it.
[17:34] ---
    "Closed"
[17:34] ---
    A museum?
[17:36] ---
    It looks like the rioting
    spooked them into closing early.
[17:40] ---
    Poking around in there is fine
    and all, but how do we get in?
[17:51] ---
    Hyah!
[17:53] ---
    Come on, quickly!
[17:54] ---
    O-Okay...
[18:03] ---
    H-Hey!
[18:05] ---
    It looks like this is the place.
[18:07] ---
    This power has been processed
    in the Roman Orthodox style.
[18:11] ---
    This duct is distinctly for western
    church-of-the-cross societies.
[18:14] ---
    It doesn't look like anything to me.
[18:17] ---
    That's because it's fairly cleverly concealed.
[18:20] ---
    Let's take care of it before
    the enemy realizes we're here.
[18:26] ---
    So the Amakusa use those kinds
    of household items to make their spells?
[18:31] ---
    Yes.
[18:32] ---
    The pamphlet, the mineral water,
    and the white pan--
[18:37] ---
    What's the matter, Itsuwa?
[18:39] ---
    It's...
[18:41] ---
    The framework of this
    spell absolutely requires these.
[18:45] ---
    O-Oh...
[18:48] ---
    It's impossible to sever the geoduct outright,
[18:51] ---
    but I can manage to make
    the pipeline unusable.
[18:59] ---
    Here goes.
[19:12] ---
    Get away from there, Itsuwa!
[19:18] ---
    --Itsuwa!
    --Don't! Stay there!
[19:24] ---
    Outside, quickly!
[19:28] ---
    Well, well...
[19:30] ---
    I guess accuracy really does drop off
    when not launched from short distances.
[19:39] ---
    Magic? You're Roman Orthodox?
[19:43] ---
    You're not wrong about that,
    but if you call me anything,
[19:47] ---
    I really wish that you'd
    call me Right Seat of God.
[19:54] ---
    My name is Terra of the Left.
[19:57] ---
    It looks like my time has finally arrived.
[20:00] ---
    You see, we can't use the regular
    sort of magic that humans use.
[20:06] ---
    Enacting the Document of C
    must be left to other spellcasters.
[20:11] ---
    With that in mind, perhaps you
    would indulge me in killing some time.
[20:16] ---
    I would certainly appreciate it
    if you entertain me for a little while!
[20:24] ---
    That's a ridiculous amount of force.
    But with my right hand...
[20:29] ---
    Ordinarily, that attack should have killed you.
[20:33] ---
    I see, so that's Imagine Breaker.
[20:36] ---
    I heard that you tormented Vento of the Front.
[20:40] ---
    Itsuwa...
[20:47] ---
    Let me apologize in advance.
[20:52] ---
    Seven Teachings Seven Blades!
[20:55] ---
    Precedence.
[21:01] ---
    Precedence.
[21:03] ---
    Outer wall lower; physical body higher.
[21:08] ---
    Precedence.
[21:10] ---
    --Outer wall lower; blade motion higher.
    --Itsuwa!
[21:29] ---
    I'd heard tales of the
    Imagine Breaker beforehand,
[21:33] ---
    so I did have expectations
    of you, to some degree,
[21:36] ---
    but honestly, I am disappointed.
[21:39] ---
    If Vento had been at her best,
    she would have had no trouble against you.
[21:47] ---
    So this is...
[21:50] ---
    This is... the Right Seat of God...
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Unrest breeds more unrest, and the city
    is enveloped in the flames of science.
[23:30] ---
    What is the secret of
    my right hand as told by Terra?
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "The Document of C."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:40] ---
    
[23:42] ---
    

3 - The Document of C

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    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[01:30] ---
    "#03 The Document of C"
[01:33] ---
    Well, well, is something the matter?
[01:37] ---
    Please, amuse me some more.
[01:49] ---
    Precedence.
[01:51] ---
    Spear motion lower; air higher!
[02:00] ---
    Crap!
[02:08] ---
    I'm alive?
[02:12] ---
    But how?
[02:14] ---
    Was that attack different
    from the one before?
[02:17] ---
    Flour?
[02:19] ---
    You mean, that weapon
    signifies the flesh of God?
[02:23] ---
    Oh? Even an easterner like you can tell that?
[02:27] ---
    By any common reckoning,
[02:28] ---
    there is no way a mere mortal man
    could kill the Son of God.
[02:32] ---
    However, the Son of God had
    no other choice but to be killed,
[02:37] ---
    in order to take the original sin
    of mankind upon Him.
[02:40] ---
    To that end, there was an alteration
    performed to the order of precedence
[02:44] ---
    between a traveler and the Son of God.
[02:46] ---
    Yes, this very esoteric procedure,
[02:49] ---
    which was employed to allow
    the Son of God to fulfill mythology,
[02:52] ---
    is my technique--
[02:54] ---
    the Light's Execution.
[02:57] ---
    So that's it.
[02:59] ---
    A spear that was made of flour
    took precedence over the outer wall,
[03:02] ---
    which is why it had such destructive force.
[03:05] ---
    And it was because the air
    had precedence over the spear
[03:07] ---
    that Itsuwa's attack was stopped.
    Is this the power of the Right Seat of God?
[03:15] ---
    All strengths and weaknesses become
    irrelevant in the face of that technique.
[03:23] ---
    Oh, is something the matter?
[03:25] ---
    Either defeat me or run away,
    but please do something.
[03:30] ---
    I will give you ten seconds. Use that time
    to come up with your plan of attack.
[03:37] ---
    That is, assuming one exists!
[03:41] ---
    In ten seconds,
[03:42] ---
    I can come up with three plans.
[03:45] ---
    Precedence. Magic lower; skin higher.
[03:51] ---
    Tsuchimikado!
[03:53] ---
    Sorry to keep you, Kami.
[03:56] ---
    I hope you're not going to tell me
    that that was your breakout strategy.
[04:00] ---
    Unfortunately for you,
    I just backed you into a corner.
[04:04] ---
    This next one will spell checkmate.
[04:08] ---
    Do you really think you can
    fight me with that toy?
[04:11] ---
    Precedence.
[04:12] ---
    Bullets lower; skin higher.
[04:19] ---
    Heh, like I said, "checkmate."
[04:36] ---
    Tch, I didn't need this.
[04:39] ---
    I see, so that's how it's
    going to be, Aleister.
[04:42] ---
    There's just a regular spellcaster using
    the Document of C in the Papal Palace.
[04:48] ---
    It would be somewhat bothersome
    to have them come under attack
[04:51] ---
    by a large-scale military force.
    Ha-ha, you leave me little other choice.
[04:56] ---
    Hold it!
[04:59] ---
    Are you all right?!
[05:01] ---
    Kami, we're going to the Papal Palace, too.
[05:04] ---
    Those powered suits are made
    in Academy City, right?
[05:08] ---
    I thought they weren't going to make a move.
[05:11] ---
    Right now, going after Terra comes first.
[05:15] ---
    At this point, the Right Seat of God
    will begin waging all-out war.
[05:20] ---
    It's now or never if we're going
    to thwart the Document of C--
[05:24] ---
    Don't they care who they target?
[05:26] ---
    Kami, you go on ahead. I'm going
    to stop these Academy City idiots.
[05:31] ---
    Tsuchimikado...
[05:32] ---
    It's not as though they're entrenched enemies;
    I'll find some room to negotiate.
[05:38] ---
    Now, get going!
[05:39] ---
    Damn it!
[05:50] ---
    It looks like they're
    knocking out the rioters
[05:52] ---
    and removing them
    from town in those balloons.
[05:56] ---
    Tsuchimikado wouldn't
    pull something like this.
[05:59] ---
    Are we just supposed to accept this
    underhanded way of doing things?!
[06:15] ---
    It doesn't look like there's anyone here.
[06:18] ---
    I have to wonder, where did
    those powered suits come from?
[06:22] ---
    What the hell is Academy City planning to do?
[06:31] ---
    Misaka? Is this a good time?
[06:33] ---
    Wh-What's the idea?!
    You haven't even sent me a single text,
[06:36] ---
    --and now you're calling me out of the blue--
    --Can you watch the news?
[06:39] ---
    Either on TV or on the net.
[06:41] ---
    I need you to see if anything's
    happening in a city called Avignon.
[06:45] ---
    Huh?
[06:47] ---
    They're showing nothing but news
    bulletins on every TV channel.
[06:49] ---
    This city of Avignon
    is all they're talking about.
[06:52] ---
    "Military force enters Avignon, France,
    suppresses demonstrators"
[06:53] ---
    Some religious group or other has
    built a weapon of special destruction
[06:56] ---
    in violation of international law,
[06:58] ---
    and Academy City is helping to
    carry out a mopping-up operation.
[07:03] ---
    Wait, where are you right now?
[07:06] ---
    Huh? Oh, uh... What?
[07:09] ---
    Hey, are you listening to me?
[07:12] ---
    --Tell me, where are you? Hello?
    --The sound--it's gone now?
[07:16] ---
    --Hey!
    --Itsuwa, is this--?
[07:30] ---
    This is a fine mess.
[07:31] ---
    While trying to control
    the violent disturbance,
[07:34] ---
    you create an even larger
    disturbance and get caught up in it.
[07:39] ---
    Is this how serious Academy
    City is about this?
[07:43] ---
    That's the Document of C!
[07:46] ---
    The ordinary spellcaster who was
    enacting the spell was targeted, you see,
[07:51] ---
    so I came and recovered it first.
[07:54] ---
    I cannot perform mere mortal spells,
[07:58] ---
    so cutting things short here
    would be the wise course of action.
[08:02] ---
    You think I'm going to sit by
    and let you walk away?
[08:04] ---
    What can I say? As far as I'm concerned,
[08:07] ---
    I find such a development more
    enjoyable and would love it!
[08:32] ---
    All right, you blockheads,
    you can at least act as shields...
[08:36] ---
    ...and make yourselves useful!
[08:41] ---
    That's as infernal a side effect as ever.
[08:44] ---
    All right, wake up, you sons of bitches!
[08:47] ---
    Smash everything and laugh it up!
[08:57] ---
    I surrender. Do whatever
    it is you're gonna do with me.
[09:01] ---
    That is,
[09:02] ---
    if you're capable.
[09:10] ---
    Wondering how I did that?
[09:12] ---
    Those HsPS-15s have the new
    stand-alone auxiliary drive units equipped.
[09:19] ---
    But those are prototypes
    that are still full of bugs.
[09:23] ---
    When you hammer them with
    contradictory conditional input,
[09:27] ---
    their autonomous program freezes.
[09:30] ---
    Moreover, the onboard databank
    functions are also overdeveloped.
[09:35] ---
    As a result, they're only too eager
    to transmit those bugs, as well.
[09:39] ---
    Now, I've stopped you in
    your tracks, but now...
[09:45] ---
    Those are Academy City-built
    supersonic stealth bombers, HsB-02s.
[09:52] ---
    What are you thinking, Aleister?
[09:55] ---
    It will take more than that
    to eliminate the Document of C...
[10:00] ---
    He still has a trick up his sleeve?!
[10:03] ---
    Operation A objective accomplished.
    Proceeding with B.
[10:07] ---
    Get your parachute ready.
[10:10] ---
    No need.
[10:12] ---
    Tch, now they're opening fire
    on the outside, too.
[10:23] ---
    Commencing Operation B.
[10:37] ---
    Heh, with a mere three
    kilograms of iron sand,
[10:41] ---
    you could carve up the Eurasian
    continent with these Earth Blades.
[10:45] ---
    You've cooked up quite a neat little item.
[10:48] ---
    Operational area sequestration confirmed.
[10:50] ---
    Switching to aerial bombardment
    of the entire quarantined area.
[10:53] ---
    Change that.
[10:54] ---
    Huh?
[10:54] ---
    The target is the Papal Palace, right?
    Concentrate your attack there first.
[11:00] ---
    B-But...
[11:01] ---
    Change it!
[11:03] ---
    When people use the word "evil,"
    it has different varieties and degrees.
[11:08] ---
    A world-class villain doesn't go
    after the lives of respectable people.
[11:13] ---
    You have no intention of handing
    over the Document of C nicely, right?
[11:16] ---
    Precedence. The air lower; flour higher!
[11:26] ---
    Precedence. The blade lower;
[11:29] ---
    skin higher!
[11:37] ---
    Precedence.
[11:39] ---
    Flesh lower; flour higher!
[11:43] ---
    Is that all you have? It looks like
    I have a leg up on you, literally.
[11:48] ---
    Even so, you've finally exposed yourself.
[11:52] ---
    There was definitely something
    unnatural about your actions just now.
[11:56] ---
    You don't say. However, you won't
    have any time to make use of it!
[12:05] ---
    Precedence. Ceiling lower; flour higher.
[12:18] ---
    Itsuwa!
[12:21] ---
    Well, I suppose that's to be expected.
[12:24] ---
    Why, you...!
[12:25] ---
    Imagine Breaker...
    I was expecting something more,
[12:29] ---
    but I never counted on it
    being this rough-hewn.
[12:33] ---
    If you had recovered its true capability,
[12:35] ---
    you could have at least
    defended that sorceress.
[12:39] ---
    Its true capability?
[12:41] ---
    Oh, you mean you don't know?
[12:43] ---
    But that couldn't be true.
    By all rights... Hmm?
[12:48] ---
    You haven't, by any chance, forgotten
    things you ought to know, have you?
[12:51] ---
    Why, you!
[12:52] ---
    You mean I'm right?!
    What, have you been hiding it?
[12:58] ---
    But for what reason? It might be
    interesting to look into the cause
[13:01] ---
    "Mikoto Misaka"
[13:02] ---
    for why you have lost your memory.
[13:06] ---
    Damn it...
[13:08] ---
    For her sake,
[13:10] ---
    I've made it this far,
    determined not to tell anyone!
[13:14] ---
    It doesn't really matter.
    After all, you're going to die here.
[13:18] ---
    Don't let him get to you. Precedence--
[13:21] ---
    If I can figure out his power's weakness...
[13:24] ---
    Oh, you aren't going to take a run at me?
[13:28] ---
    In that case...!
[13:30] ---
    Precedence.
[13:31] ---
    Stone lower; skin higher!
[13:39] ---
    How could that be?
[13:42] ---
    You deflected Itsuwa's spear
    and Tsuchimikado's magic,
[13:45] ---
    so why couldn't you defend against
    a simple wallet with your "precedence"?
[13:53] ---
    Now that I think about it, it's strange.
[13:55] ---
    Even after taking a direct
    hit from that white blade,
[13:58] ---
    Itsuwa and I are still alive.
[14:01] ---
    You weren't obligated to hold back
    against us, or let us get off easy.
[14:06] ---
    Which makes this all simple.
[14:09] ---
    It's not that you didn't kill us;
    you couldn't kill us!
[14:14] ---
    You can't use it against more
    than one target at a time!
[14:17] ---
    Or am I wrong?!
[14:20] ---
    This still has some kinks in it, you see.
[14:22] ---
    But what does knowing that gain you?
[14:25] ---
    It will take more than that
    to defeat Terra of the Left!
[14:30] ---
    Terra!
[14:31] ---
    Precedence. The floor lower; flour higher.
[14:38] ---
    What's your reason for going this far?
[14:41] ---
    Is it worth dragging a whole city into this?
[14:46] ---
    Ha, I believe that Academy City is to
    blame for the majority of the commotion.
[14:52] ---
    There's something I have to know:
[14:55] ---
    whether mankind is currently worthy
[14:57] ---
    of the ultimate goal for church of
    the cross followers--the Holy Kingdom!
[15:03] ---
    Is that the extent of your salvation?
[15:07] ---
    I don't think the God of Roman Orthodoxy
[15:09] ---
    spread his teachings in order
    to give rise to this conflict!
[15:15] ---
    If you're going to create
    your own definition of salvation,
[15:17] ---
    just to gratify yourself,
[15:20] ---
    then I'll take that
    ridiculous fantasy of yours
[15:23] ---
    and lay it to rest right here and now!
[15:26] ---
    Precedence!
[15:29] ---
    You're too slow!
[15:36] ---
    Why, you...
[15:37] ---
    ...damned heathen monkey!!
[15:40] ---
    Precedence! Body lower; flour higher!
[15:49] ---
    You can cut the body,
[15:52] ---
    but apparently, you couldn't cut the shotgun.
[15:58] ---
    It really is... an unaccommodating power!
[16:09] ---
    You aren't at all strong.
[16:12] ---
    Some jerk who only
    masquerades as being strong
[16:14] ---
    and hides himself inside a safe zone,
[16:17] ---
    while Itsuwa and myself stand
    on our own on the battlefield?
[16:20] ---
    There's no way in hell he's stronger!
[16:28] ---
    Ha-ha, look at that.
[16:30] ---
    It's true that your Imagine Breaker
    and ourselves may be incompatible.
[16:35] ---
    It almost seems as though
    our efforts are being rejected.
[16:40] ---
    Aren't you going to ask?
[16:43] ---
    About your Imagine Breaker?
[16:46] ---
    You know about it?
[16:49] ---
    If you're asking for confirmation,
[16:52] ---
    then it would seem that
    you really have lost your memory.
[16:56] ---
    It's pretty simple.
[16:58] ---
    Your Imagine Breaker is actually...
[17:06] ---
    Wh-What was that?
[17:10] ---
    Terra!
[17:37] ---
    Jeez,
[17:39] ---
    if I don't find anything in the next
    ten minutes, I'm out of here.
[17:44] ---
    You guys can do it,
    after things cool down around here.
[17:53] ---
    Now that they have eliminated
    the original sin that binds humanity,
[17:59] ---
    they are seeking
    a method to become angels.
[18:02] ---
    What does that have to do
    with the name "Right Seat of God"?
[18:07] ---
    Even among the angels, Lucifer,
[18:09] ---
    and Michael, who was brought
    about as his counterpart,
[18:13] ---
    had the power that allowed them
    to sit on the right side of God,
[18:16] ---
    which carried with it
    the meaning of "equivalency."
[18:20] ---
    In other words, you're saying
    that their ultimate goal
[18:23] ---
    is to attain the place of Michael?
[18:26] ---
    No. Once they attain the Right Seat of God,
[18:31] ---
    they can use their power to evolve
    into beings different from even angels.
[18:36] ---
    That is what they believe.
[18:38] ---
    La persona superiore a Dio...
[18:44] ---
    ...or "Kami jo."
    
[18:48] ---
    I hear that Avignon has been torn up,
[18:51] ---
    but you seem to be all right, Terra.
[18:56] ---
    My precedence can fend off
    any number of attacks,
[18:59] ---
    as long as they come one at a time.
[19:03] ---
    I heard that the Document of C was lost.
[19:05] ---
    You seem to be in good spirits, considering.
[19:09] ---
    Acqua, I'm sure word
    has reached you, too, right?
[19:13] ---
    The Russian Church has
    formally decided to partner with us.
[19:18] ---
    Our foothold for the invasion of Japan
    is about to get a lot stronger.
[19:24] ---
    We should consult with Fiamma of the Right,
[19:26] ---
    to decide on how to deploy our forces.
[19:29] ---
    Very well.
[19:31] ---
    But before we do, I need to speak with you.
[19:34] ---
    Are the reports that you used children
    and tourists in the environs of Rome
[19:41] ---
    in order to fine-tune the alignment
    of your Light's Execution true?
[19:44] ---
    Oh, yes. Is that really something
    worth raising a fuss over?
[19:50] ---
    I thought you were supposed to be
    conducting yourself for the salvation
[19:54] ---
    of all the people of the world equally.
[19:57] ---
    I'll have you know, I only used
    heathens as my test subjects.
[20:02] ---
    Now, I found some other improvements
    that my Light's Execution needs,
[20:06] ---
    so I will have to further realign it.
[20:09] ---
    Actually, there is one other thing
    that needs to be done beforehand.
[20:23] ---
    Just so you know, there is absolutely
    no way you will be chosen by God.
[20:28] ---
    God knows everything. You can ask Him
    all about it yourself at Final Judgment.
[20:38] ---
    This is the Basilica of San Pietro.
[20:41] ---
    I would appreciate it
    if you didn't destroy it so handily
[20:45] ---
    while in the presence of
    me, as the Roman pope.
[20:50] ---
    Sorry.
[20:52] ---
    So, what is your next move?
[20:55] ---
    Vento is out of action.
    Terra has been purged.
[21:00] ---
    That leaves only one course of action.
[21:02] ---
    You're planning to attack Japan
    by way of Russia, as Terra said?
[21:09] ---
    This incident has taught us a lesson--
[21:12] ---
    that only soldiers should
    cross swords on the battlefield.
[21:17] ---
    I see. So you, as one
    of the Right Seat of God
[21:20] ---
    and bearing the qualities
    of a saint, will be stepping up,
[21:25] ---
    Acqua of the Rear?
[21:33] ---
    You know about it?
[21:37] ---
    If you're asking for confirmation,
[21:39] ---
    then it would seem that
    you really have lost your memory.
[21:43] ---
    What's going on here?!
[21:47] ---
    Amnesia?
[21:52] ---
    Him?
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    In a city on the verge of its law collapsing,
[23:27] ---
    an organization skulks in the darkness.
[23:29] ---
    Who will slip through the tangle
    of outcry and bullets to survive?
[23:33] ---
    Next time, "The Dark Side of Academy City"
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:40] ---
    
[23:42] ---
    

4 - The Dark Side of Academy City

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[00:00] ---
    Getting Last Order back and demolishing
    that Kihara bastard was fine and all,
[00:05] ---
    but now I've ended up involved
    in an organization called GROUP.
[00:09] ---
    We take on the riffraff that lurks
    in the dark corners of Academy City.
[00:14] ---
    Damn, what a hassle.
    What do I care about orders?
[00:17] ---
    I'm going to do things however I want to.
[00:30] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[01:50] ---
    "#04 The Dark Side of Academy City"
[01:51] ---
    Come on in!
[01:53] ---
    Lately, most of my orders
    have come in via the net or email,
[01:56] ---
    "Janitorial"
[01:56] ---
    so I don't get too many customers
    like you who come in person.
[02:01] ---
    Right now, lock picking
    sensor blockers are your best deal.
[02:04] ---
    Yeah, these things spell
    trouble for money launderers.
[02:09] ---
    So, what are you in the market for?
[02:13] ---
    Sorry, but that's not what I'm here for,
[02:16] ---
    Mr. spells-his-name "Temporary Staffing"
    but-pronounces-it "Management."
[02:20] ---
    I'm not a customer; I'm a capturer.
[02:34] ---
    You bastard!
[02:35] ---
    Damn!
[02:40] ---
    He's empty.
[02:41] ---
    "Solvent thinner"
[02:49] ---
    Huh?
[03:08] ---
    H-Hold on! Hold on, hold on! I won't resist!
[03:16] ---
    D-Damn you... I said I wouldn't resist...
[03:26] ---
    I've got a retrieval.
    Contact the subsidiary organization.
[03:30] ---
    No, no ambulance; a transport van will do.
[03:33] ---
    Now, where's Accelerator?
[03:36] ---
    Not there?
[03:38] ---
    Tch, oh well.
[03:40] ---
    I'll send Unabara to Management's base.
[03:44] ---
    Musujime, you keep providing backup.
[03:47] ---
    Copy.
[03:49] ---
    Jeez, where is our newest member
    off goofing around?
[04:04] ---
    Back from Avignon already?
[04:07] ---
    Tch, where the hell did you
    manage to hear about that?
[04:11] ---
    This is a fine how-do-you-do.
[04:14] ---
    I want some information.
    The schematics for my electrode.
[04:17] ---
    If your choker isn't working right,
    do you want me to fix it?
[04:21] ---
    I have no intention of letting anyone else
    hold the on-off switch to my lifeline.
[04:25] ---
    Neither the higher-ups nor you.
[04:30] ---
    I see.
[04:34] ---
    Well, aren't you prepared?
[04:36] ---
    Having what my patients need ready is my job.
[04:40] ---
    By the way, Last Order was hoping to see you.
[04:44] ---
    I wish you could have
    shown up a little sooner.
[04:56] ---
    "It seems like we're going the wrong way,"
    Misaka Misaka protests.
[05:01] ---
    No, this is correct.
[05:03] ---
    "I'd like to go to the
    School District 6 amusement park,"
[05:05] ---
    says Misaka Misaka,
    once again expressing her fond wish.
[05:09] ---
    And I'm paying no attention to you
    repeating yourself and taking you home.
[05:14] ---
    I'm under orders from your doctor.
[05:42] ---
    Ah, damn...
[05:49] ---
    Oh, it's you? Sorry, I screwed up.
[05:53] ---
    Could you cut through
    these handcuffs for me, too?
[06:00] ---
    I have to wonder, what kind of job
    assistance did Management provide?
[06:05] ---
    A few dozen hours ago, he set up
    some kind of criminal organization.
[06:10] ---
    One to make up for a lack of manpower.
[06:16] ---
    One that deliberately paid money
    for ready muscle from the outside.
[06:20] ---
    They're definitely going
    to create a scene sometime soon.
[06:23] ---
    It's our job to look into them
    and put a stop to them first.
[06:27] ---
    Since when did GROUP become
    heroes of justice? Hmm...?
[06:32] ---
    Listen, collect any bit of data
    that might give us any leads.
[06:37] ---
    Copy that.
[06:51] ---
    Okay, what do I do now?
[07:01] ---
    I wish people would take care
    of their own jobs by themselves.
[07:23] ---
    So this is the place where
    that idiot Unabara went missing?
[07:27] ---
    Look at this.
[07:29] ---
    This is Aztec magic.
[07:30] ---
    Huh?
[07:31] ---
    Unabara has a special technique
[07:34] ---
    that allows him to change into
    other people using human skin.
[07:38] ---
    I don't know anything about that,
    but you're saying he's this guy now?
[07:42] ---
    Yeah. He's probably blended in with the guys
[07:45] ---
    who attacked this place to destroy
    any leads, waiting for the right moment.
[07:58] ---
    Found something. Call it a gift from Unabara.
[08:03] ---
    As I remember, Japanese yen
    issued by Academy City's mint
[08:07] ---
    have IC chips embedded in them.
[08:14] ---
    There it is.
[08:16] ---
    It looks like a list of wares from
    Management. He traded them to...
[08:21] ---
    ...a professional sniper.
[08:24] ---
    His name is Sunazara Chimitsu.
[08:27] ---
    Uh-oh. This data is a
    contract for a shooting.
[08:31] ---
    The location is School District 7
    at an open-air concert venue.
[08:36] ---
    The target is...
[08:42] ---
    Huh? What's wrong?
[08:44] ---
    The target is Oyafune Monaka,
    member of the governing board.
[08:49] ---
    This says the topic of her speech
    is voting rights for the students
[08:53] ---
    who make up 80 percent
    of the city's population.
[08:57] ---
    Oh, this isn't good.
    The speech is about to begin.
[09:07] ---
    Musujime, Move Point time.
[09:09] ---
    Huh?
[09:10] ---
    Hold on, we don't even know
    where the sniper's nest is--
[09:12] ---
    Hmph, you're putting me to sleep!
[09:27] ---
    What was that?!
[09:27] ---
    An explosion!
[09:28] ---
    Get out of here!
[09:32] ---
    Heh-heh, breaking up the speech
    with one of those is all it takes. Right?
[09:45] ---
    You're pulling out.
[09:46] ---
    Not yet. The job isn't over.
[09:49] ---
    You're pulling out.
    Don't make me repeat myself, Sunazara.
[10:03] ---
    Ugh, that was uneventful. Is it over already?
[10:11] ---
    I found out the name of
    the group that hired Sunazara.
[10:14] ---
    SCHOOL. They're probably a
    small-scale informal outfit, much like us.
[10:20] ---
    An organization lurking in
    the underworld of Academy City.
[10:23] ---
    SCHOOL?
[10:25] ---
    There's more, too.
[10:26] ---
    Huh?
[10:28] ---
    I'm not sure yet how they
    figure into this case,
[10:31] ---
    but while investigating, several other
    similar organization names came up.
[10:36] ---
    MEMBER, BLOCK,
[10:38] ---
    as well as ITEM.
[10:49] ---
    Huh?
[10:50] ---
    Today's salmon lunch tastes different
    from yesterday's salmon lunch.
[10:55] ---
    Huh?
[10:56] ---
    All told, I'm getting
    tired of canned mackerel.
[11:01] ---
    Curry though--curry is the best!
[11:05] ---
    "Hong Kong Red Dragon Movie Co."
[11:06] ---
    The ultra-troubled C-grade
    movie being put out
[11:08] ---
    by the Hong Kong Red Dragon
    Movie Company... ultra-has my attention.
[11:12] ---
    Takitsubo, what do you think about it?
[11:17] ---
    Incoming signal from the south-southwest.
[11:30] ---
    So, there was that incident this
    afternoon where Oyafune Monaka,
[11:34] ---
    member of the governing board,
    was shot at, right?
[11:37] ---
    Not even a single thank-you?
[11:39] ---
    Hamazura, forward the details
    of the incident to everyone's cell.
[11:44] ---
    Okay, okay.
[11:51] ---
    N-No! Wait! Let me re-send it!
[11:54] ---
    That was some kind of mistake!
[11:56] ---
    --Let's see, now...
    --Hamazura...
[11:59] ---
    All told, Hamazura, you're just disgusting.
[12:01] ---
    So in Hamazura's world,
    bunny girls are an ultra-hit?
[12:05] ---
    It's all right, Hamazura. If that's how
    you are, I'm behind you all the way.
[12:15] ---
    Oh, this is that thing that
    SCHOOL bunch was ultra-planning.
[12:19] ---
    But I seem to remember getting rid
    of the sniper in their outfit three days ago.
[12:26] ---
    They probably hired a new one.
[12:28] ---
    Well, I guess that just means
    they ignored our little "warning."
[12:33] ---
    Oyafune is a member of the governing board,
[12:36] ---
    but all told, she isn't good for much.
[12:38] ---
    She has hardly any influence,
    so she's not even worth killing.
[12:42] ---
    And yet...
[12:44] ---
    SCHOOL still carried out the operation.
[12:48] ---
    The question is, why?
[12:50] ---
    Go ahead, Hamazura!
[12:51] ---
    Huh?! Oh, uh, let's see...
[12:55] ---
    Just a moment. It's right on the tip
    of my tongue. I'll have it in a second!
[13:01] ---
    Yeah, Hamazura...
[13:04] ---
    All told, the way you
    get flustered is just gross.
[13:07] ---
    "Gross" comes in so ultra-many types, though.
[13:10] ---
    In Hamazura's case,
    it's the worst kind of gross.
[13:14] ---
    It's all right, Hamazura.
[13:16] ---
    I'm behind you all the way,
    after being called "gross" so many times.
[13:21] ---
    Damn it! I was a leader
    of over 100 men in Skill Out!
[13:26] ---
    Uh-huh. So what?
[13:30] ---
    Hamazura, get the check.
[13:32] ---
    Huh? Hey, where are you going?
[13:35] ---
    To go kill off all of the scumbags in SCHOOL.
[13:40] ---
    After a VIP assassination,
    or even a near assassination,
[13:44] ---
    what do you think will happen?
[13:46] ---
    Outside personnel are called in
    to cover the treatment facilities,
[13:50] ---
    and all the specialized
    researchers and materials,
[13:53] ---
    and whatever else they
    need are all rounded up.
[13:56] ---
    Oh, yeah. It throws the
    security arrangements into upheaval.
[14:00] ---
    That's what SCHOOL is after.
    They're using the chaos to pull something.
[14:06] ---
    Oyafune was chosen as a
    low-security VIP.
[14:09] ---
    That's the answer.
[14:11] ---
    The only place that got thrown into
    disarray over the Oyafune commotion
[14:14] ---
    is the particle engineering laboratory.
[14:17] ---
    Meaning that SCHOOL
    is going to show up there.
[14:46] ---
    Whoa...
[14:47] ---
    Mugino really is awesome.
    She's always the full-blast Level 5.
[14:54] ---
    Hamazura?
[14:56] ---
    Huh? It is you, Hamazura!
[14:59] ---
    I'd heard you got taken into custody.
[15:01] ---
    Wh-What are you doing here, you old bag?!
[15:05] ---
    I could ask you the same question.
    I must be mistaken,
[15:09] ---
    because you wouldn't be
    mixed up in that, right?
[15:13] ---
    So, tell me about this truck. Is it stolen?
[15:16] ---
    I-I bought it on a loan! A loan!
[15:19] ---
    And a license?
[15:20] ---
    Yeah, I have one!
[15:26] ---
    Hey, watch it!
[15:27] ---
    That car was...
[15:28] ---
    Hamazura!
[15:30] ---
    Don't just stand there
    striking out with her, start driving!
[15:32] ---
    I-I wasn't flirting!
[15:34] ---
    We're going after that wagon! Hurry!
[15:38] ---
    Hey! What's going on here?!
[15:41] ---
    Jeez, I'm getting it from all sides.
[15:43] ---
    Hamazura, speed up!
[15:45] ---
    Damn it!
[15:50] ---
    What happened to Kinuhata and Frenda?
[15:53] ---
    It will take more than that to kill them.
[15:56] ---
    How did things end up like this?
    You're ranked fourth, right?
[16:01] ---
    They had a Level 5, too.
[16:03] ---
    Kakine Teitoku--
[16:05] ---
    Academy City's number-two son of a bitch.
[16:09] ---
    Hmph. Still, I got my licks in, too.
[16:15] ---
    What's that?! Huh?!
[16:18] ---
    Be that as it may, if they get away
    with the truck's cargo, we lose.
[16:22] ---
    We can't afford to let them escape.
[16:23] ---
    It's all right. My AIM Stalker
    will carefully track the bearer
[16:29] ---
    of any AIM diffusion field,
    once I've got it logged.
[16:33] ---
    Even if they were to go
    outside of the solar system,
[16:35] ---
    I can still search and
    acquire them at any time.
[16:49] ---
    Damn it!
[17:01] ---
    Takitsubo!
[17:06] ---
    Tch, split up!
[17:07] ---
    We're not going to fight?
[17:09] ---
    The cargo is what I'm after.
[17:12] ---
    Besides,
[17:13] ---
    that woman's power is damn pesky.
[17:22] ---
    Damn it!
[17:30] ---
    You're after me?!
[17:53] ---
    Take that!
[17:55] ---
    Nyah! Nyah! Nyah!
[18:00] ---
    Yikes!
[18:19] ---
    H-Here's to the losers!
[18:25] ---
    Are you hungry?
[18:29] ---
    U-Um...
[18:31] ---
    I'm a heroine that swoops
    down out of the sky!
[18:33] ---
    This area is dangerous.
    Please get away from here at once!
[18:36] ---
    Ow...
[18:43] ---
    I've lost sight of the target.
[18:46] ---
    Do you think it's possible that
    the man could have disguised himself
[18:50] ---
    as either a young mother or a baby?
[18:52] ---
    Die, you idiot.
[19:04] ---
    Laying all of the groundwork was a real pain,
[19:07] ---
    but I have the nanoparticle object
    interference adsorption manipulator,
[19:11] ---
    better known as the tweezers.
[19:14] ---
    The breakthrough that
    will get me to Aleister.
[19:23] ---
    Kakine...!
[19:28] ---
    Someone is cracking the 5th School
    District Computer Virus Archive Center.
[19:33] ---
    In addition to storing unanalyzed viruses,
[19:36] ---
    the facility also houses
    multiple experimental viruses
[19:39] ---
    deliberately created by
    Academy City's research institutes.
[19:43] ---
    If they get to the outside,
    their infrastructure will collapse.
[19:46] ---
    You know, there'll be a huge panic.
[19:48] ---
    Just how far outside might that "outside" be?
[19:52] ---
    Ha, they say that Academy City's
    security's safeguarding priorities
[19:57] ---
    are more directed "inside-outward"
    than "outside-inward," don't they?
[20:01] ---
    If true, they must be equipped for this.
[20:05] ---
    An externally-connected terminal?
[20:08] ---
    Commencing emergency shutdown
    of externally-connected terminals.
[20:11] ---
    3rd School District north terminal shut down.
[20:14] ---
    2nd School District south terminal shut down.
[20:18] ---
    What is it?
[20:19] ---
    The 13th School District's
    west terminal isn't responding.
[20:22] ---
    I can't confirm shutdown.
[20:24] ---
    Ha-ha, yet another transparent scheme.
[20:28] ---
    More than likely,
    they're trying to lure us there.
[20:32] ---
    I don't know who they are, but it
    sounds like they want to get scrapped.
[20:36] ---
    What do we do about
    Oyafune Monaka's attempted assassination?
[20:39] ---
    We'll come back to that.
[20:42] ---
    Then, what about Mr. Unabara?
[20:44] ---
    I was never planning
    to rescue him in the first place.
[20:51] ---
    This is Unabara.
[20:52] ---
    Where are you off goofing around?
[20:54] ---
    SCHOOL?
[20:55] ---
    No, BLOCK.
[20:57] ---
    As I'm sure you're aware,
[20:59] ---
    the hacking from the
    externally-connected terminal
[21:01] ---
    is a decoy--a diversion.
[21:04] ---
    What they're really after
[21:06] ---
    is the aerospace engineering
    research institute's
[21:08] ---
    auxiliary satellite control center.
[21:11] ---
    I'll let you deal with that. Goodbye.
[21:17] ---
    He says it's the satellite control center.
[21:19] ---
    Makes sense. I can see it happening.
[21:22] ---
    The satellite Hikoboshi II is equipped
    with a high-caliber surface-attack laser.
[21:28] ---
    That being said, we can't just
    disregard the virus leak, either--
[21:34] ---
    Playing along with those scumbags'
    decoy goes against my nature.
[21:43] ---
    Wh-Who are you?
[21:45] ---
    The satellite control center.
[21:47] ---
    R-Right.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Those struggling to escape control.
[23:28] ---
    Those who voluntarily
    leap into the framework.
[23:30] ---
    Their motives cross, provoking a new battle.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Dark Matter"
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

5 - Dark Matter

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[00:10] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[01:30] ---
    "#05 Dark Matter"
[01:33] ---
    "Jeez,
[01:34] ---
    I asked you to let me out here,
    so why won't you let me go?"
[01:38] ---
    asks Misaka Misaka, hands on her hips,
    protesting as hard as she can.
[01:42] ---
    I have already been paid to take you
    to your destination, so no stopping off.
[01:47] ---
    Misaka steals this chance to run away!
[01:49] ---
    M-Miss!
[01:59] ---
    Excuse me, are you having
    some sort of trouble?
[02:09] ---
    Let's see, what was her name again?
[02:15] ---
    Crazy-haired girl!
[02:16] ---
    "Hey! Misaka's alias is 'Last Order'!"
    says Misaka Misaka--
[02:24] ---
    "Lost child?
[02:25] ---
    I think there's one over there,"
    says Misaka Misaka, making a prediction.
[02:30] ---
    "I feel a kind of tickle
    in this part of my head,"
[02:33] ---
    says Misaka Misaka,
    adding some sensory information.
[02:36] ---
    So, um, who might this lost child be?
[02:43] ---
    End of the line, huh?
[02:45] ---
    Good enough. Get lost.
[02:54] ---
    It's still a few more kilometers to
    the satellite antenna. From here on, I'll--
[02:59] ---
    Well, now...
[03:07] ---
    This is your weakness. If I keep you
    from your switch, you can't use your ability.
[03:13] ---
    Who are you, BLOCK?
[03:15] ---
    No.
[03:23] ---
    I'm MEMBER.
[03:36] ---
    It would be a shame
    if we lost one of our Level 5s.
[03:39] ---
    Heh, GROUP? Or are you ITEM?
[03:44] ---
    I'm MEMBER.
[03:52] ---
    Kakine Teitoku and Accelerator, both.
[03:54] ---
    Two Level 5s at once!
    MEMBER is quite possibly the greatest!
[04:03] ---
    So you're a teleportation-type esper,
[04:06] ---
    but you can only move behind your target?
[04:09] ---
    What a piss-ant ability to have.
[04:15] ---
    You have to augment your arithmetic
    based on the positions of others,
[04:18] ---
    or you can't activate your ability.
[04:20] ---
    It's outrageous that you have such power.
[04:23] ---
    You're a fine one to talk,
    having to rely on your electrode.
[04:27] ---
    Hey, what are you doing?
[04:32] ---
    You're sorely lacking.
[04:34] ---
    Sorely lacking in the aesthetic of evil.
[04:41] ---
    The precision of my power is
    a far cry better than the sights on a gun.
[04:46] ---
    No matter where you run, my next move
    will obliterate you, no matter what.
[04:51] ---
    Go ahead and run, swine.
    Take that to heart and tremble in fear.
[04:55] ---
    You don't have the aesthetic,
    so I'm gonna show you
[04:57] ---
    that this is how you act like a
    super-world-class villain, you son of a bitch.
[05:02] ---
    I call this modest little invention "mimosa."
[05:07] ---
    They're ultra-tiny-sized
    grains of reflective alloy
[05:09] ---
    that react to specific frequencies.
[05:13] ---
    By manipulating this,
    it's possible to slice through concrete,
[05:16] ---
    or I could even pluck out
    human cells, one at a time.
[05:21] ---
    When I was 12, during the winter,
    I gave up hope on art.
[05:25] ---
    I had a yen for European architecture.
[05:28] ---
    But it was hard to simultaneously
    wrap my head around
[05:31] ---
    the scale it took to erect
    one of them, and their beauty.
[05:35] ---
    I much prefer mathematical formulas.
[05:37] ---
    They are truly functional, without any waste.
[05:40] ---
    They have the poetic beauty of a haiku--
[05:56] ---
    Go ahead and give up hope here again.
[06:00] ---
    D-Damn it!
[06:02] ---
    What's the matter?
[06:03] ---
    The Doctor and Saraku have locked me in!
[06:06] ---
    What am I supposed to do?!
[06:08] ---
    I'm going after my opponent.
    I don't have time to clean up your mess.
[06:13] ---
    Hold on!
[06:19] ---
    What is this?! Hey! Let me out!
[06:22] ---
    Hey! Help me!
[06:29] ---
    So,
[06:30] ---
    all I really need to do
    is destroy that computer.
[06:33] ---
    It looks like there's been some
    activity in the 23rd School District.
[06:36] ---
    Several Antiskill officers
    at the site have been taken down.
[06:39] ---
    The subject appears to be headed
    for the ground antenna. What do we do?
[06:43] ---
    Heh, just hope that they're successful.
[06:47] ---
    These guys aren't after...
[06:50] ---
    ...control of the optical
    weapon mounted on Hikoboshi II.
[06:57] ---
    They want to paralyze
    Academy City's surveillance capability?
[07:02] ---
    Let's go.
[07:03] ---
    There are 5,000 mercenaries outside
    the wall waiting for the order to charge in.
[07:27] ---
    It's pretty heavily guarded.
[07:29] ---
    Can't we just muscle our way in?
[07:31] ---
    No. If anything happens,
    unmanned attack helicopters move in quickly.
[07:35] ---
    The latest six-wing model.
    If they spot us, we'll be up a creek.
[07:39] ---
    In another ten minutes,
    the patrol rotation switches.
[07:43] ---
    Now, while the aerial surveillance
    is suspended, is a critical gap time.
[07:48] ---
    What is it, Yamate? Worried?
[07:51] ---
    5,000 mercenaries.
[07:54] ---
    Where exactly are they planning to attack?
[07:57] ---
    There's no point in holding back now.
[08:03] ---
    What?!
[08:06] ---
    Yamate!
[08:53] ---
    Damn!
[08:54] ---
    Scatter!
[09:05] ---
    We have to pick the mercenaries up
    and get away from here.
[09:07] ---
    We brought in 5,000 of them,
    and it still wasn't enough?!
[09:24] ---
    I guess it wasn't possible
    to stop all of them.
[09:33] ---
    The angle of Venus and
    my obsidian knife is perfectly aligned.
[10:07] ---
    Accelerator!
[10:09] ---
    You let the intruders just waltz right on in.
[10:11] ---
    You're a completely useless bastard.
[10:14] ---
    I did manage to use my
    Spear of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
[10:17] ---
    to hold the number of intruders
    down to about 100, though.
[10:21] ---
    There's an expression
    I'm going to leave with you--
[10:25] ---
    "A miss is as good as a mile."
[10:43] ---
    After all this, we can't stop the operation.
[10:54] ---
    Now then, a question.
[10:56] ---
    Where is BLOCK headed?
[11:00] ---
    A juvie hall in the 10th School District.
[11:05] ---
    Why were you going to attack there?!
[11:08] ---
    Our objective is Move Point.
[11:13] ---
    We got some intelligence that some
    of her friends were being held there.
[11:18] ---
    We're supposed to grab them up
    and use them to bargain with Move Point.
[11:22] ---
    To lead you into the
    building without windows.
[11:26] ---
    Yes. BLOCK came upon the secret
    that Move Point was the guide.
[11:32] ---
    We're supposed to learn the
    building's supply entrance from her,
[11:36] ---
    then blow it up from the inside
    with synchronous composite bombs.
[11:40] ---
    Is that right? Do you even know
    who's standing in front of you?
[11:46] ---
    Y-You can't be--
[11:54] ---
    Let's go. We have work to do.
[11:58] ---
    This is the world's one and
    only esper internment facility.
[12:03] ---
    There are wall-to-wall
    AIM jammers installed in there.
[12:06] ---
    Which means we won't
    be able to use our abilities.
[12:11] ---
    It's not that you can't use them,
[12:13] ---
    but there's the possibility
    of them going out of control.
[12:15] ---
    Well, sounds like it's best
    to refrain from using ability mode.
[12:22] ---
    So that's the deal.
[12:24] ---
    It's no wonder things seemed so quiet.
[12:28] ---
    These guys all killed themselves
    with their own weapons.
[12:31] ---
    Found you.
[12:34] ---
    If you're here,
[12:36] ---
    that makes you BLOCK.
[12:37] ---
    No. I'm MEMBER. Though I was just using them.
[12:43] ---
    Etzali!
[12:44] ---
    I did it to find out where you are.
[12:48] ---
    This is Xóchitl. She's an Aztecan sorceress,
[12:53] ---
    who is in the same organization I once was.
[12:55] ---
    A sorceress?
[12:57] ---
    You traitor. I abandoned everything
    to come here and dispose of you.
[13:03] ---
    I'll take care of this.
    The rest of you, please go on ahead.
[13:13] ---
    Tch, while we're here caught up
    in this, BLOCK is inside...
[13:17] ---
    You guys hurry up and get going.
    I'm the slowest; I'll hold them here.
[13:23] ---
    Tsuchimikado, you've got Musujime's back.
[13:28] ---
    Let's go.
[13:34] ---
    Are we going to get ourselves
    hurt in the blast?
[13:37] ---
    Not to worry.
[13:39] ---
    It's rigged so the blast
    is directed into the door.
[13:43] ---
    There are 38 of them.
[13:46] ---
    Losing one or two of them
    won't make a difference.
[13:50] ---
    You never said anything about that!
[13:52] ---
    Ha! What, you have a soft
    spot for these kids?
[14:00] ---
    Tch, what a useless bunch.
[14:07] ---
    Hmph, stop! Thanks to your interference,
[14:12] ---
    I'm not finished packing this.
[14:15] ---
    I can't guarantee the kids' safety.
[14:23] ---
    Don't touch that detonator.
[14:26] ---
    Musujime Awaki, "Move Point," right?
    This saves us some trouble.
[14:31] ---
    Tell me, GROUP,
[14:33] ---
    what have you learned after going
    through the September 30th Incident?
[14:38] ---
    What was that?
[14:39] ---
    I thought that Aleister was
    in control of the whole world,
[14:45] ---
    but the truth is, there's
    a way to escape his control,
[14:48] ---
    and places where his control does not reach.
[14:51] ---
    So you're traveling to the
    new world on the backs of others?
[14:53] ---
    That's not something I would brag about.
[14:57] ---
    Hoping for a heaven or
    a paradise not immediately available
[15:01] ---
    --is something all humanity has in common--
    --Enough.
[15:03] ---
    Huh?
[15:07] ---
    Don't move!
[15:10] ---
    What are you trying to pull?
[15:11] ---
    I have my own reasons for killing Aleister.
    But I don't take hostages!
[15:19] ---
    I will keep roughing you up personally,
[15:21] ---
    until I have the information I need!
[15:29] ---
    A pro doesn't need fancy abilities
    or little one-liners to operate.
[15:35] ---
    It just takes years of
    building up fundamental tactics
[15:39] ---
    to rationally take down her enemy.
[15:45] ---
    Etzali, what is it you've
    been looking at all this time?
[15:51] ---
    She possesses the weapon,
[15:52] ---
    and uses its deadliness to keep from
    dirtying her own hands killing her enemy.
[15:57] ---
    A suicide spell, I guess you'd call it.
[16:07] ---
    You dropped something.
    Aren't you going to pick it up?
[16:11] ---
    How? You shouldn't know a spell like this.
[16:15] ---
    And I thought you took the
    position of never doing any dirty work.
[16:20] ---
    What has happened?! No, what is
    happening in the organization right now?!
[16:36] ---
    A macuahuitl?
[16:45] ---
    A weapon like that does not become you.
[16:47] ---
    Then what about you?
    Does this become you?
[16:51] ---
    You, who slipped away from the organization,
[16:52] ---
    and are now hiding your
    face to undermine the peace?!
[16:57] ---
    Crap!
[16:58] ---
    You're through!
[17:00] ---
    Wha--?!
[17:15] ---
    You lured me in...
[17:16] ---
    Aztecs don't have the technical process
    to make weapons made of metal,
[17:21] ---
    so your sword isn't too terribly sharp.
[17:25] ---
    Which means that if I'm willing
    to take one to the bone, I can stop it.
[17:29] ---
    Like I said, weapons do not become you.
[17:36] ---
    I do not wish to take your life.
[17:39] ---
    Please disappear somewhere.
[17:48] ---
    Are you ready to tell me the service route
[17:50] ---
    for the building without windows yet?
[17:53] ---
    Why are you so intent
    on going after Aleister's head?
[17:57] ---
    Because I've experienced
    a serious enough tragedy in this city.
[18:01] ---
    I wanted to ask Aleister
    if he was involved in it.
[18:05] ---
    That's all.
[18:06] ---
    I've been fixated
    on finding the "truth," myself.
[18:11] ---
    But even chasing it down
    doesn't restore peace of mind.
[18:17] ---
    Really? So what are you doing about it?
[18:21] ---
    The trauma I've sustained is
    keeping me from transporting myself.
[18:25] ---
    I can't shoot her or
    fight her hand to hand, either.
[18:30] ---
    Right. It's because I always think this way
[18:34] ---
    that I'll never be able to protect anyone.
[18:39] ---
    You're planning to use yours?
[18:40] ---
    Yeah. You'll have to excuse me,
    but I'm going all-out.
[19:01] ---
    I'll overcome...
[19:03] ---
    I can overcome...
[19:06] ---
    everything about these damnable scars!
[19:13] ---
    Pretty bold of you...
[19:20] ---
    Unfortunately, this is the
    kind of leadership expected of me.
[19:30] ---
    Xóchitl, what on earth...?
[19:33] ---
    When one tries to make up
    for a lack of abilities using grimoires,
[19:37] ---
    it leads to this sort of outcome.
[19:39] ---
    Have you learned anything?
[19:42] ---
    You read one?
[19:44] ---
    No, worse than that.
[19:47] ---
    Y-You don't mean...!
[19:51] ---
    You've fused with the original grimoire text?
[19:53] ---
    Rather, you tried to gain more
    power by making it a part of you?
[19:58] ---
    Trying something like
    that will break down in no time!
[20:01] ---
    You had to know that much!
[20:03] ---
    As long as I could kill you
    while it was consuming me...
[20:08] ---
    ...the organization's objectives
    would be accomplished...
[20:13] ---
    The organization that I
    know was awful enough,
[20:17] ---
    but what the hell has been
    happening while I've been away?
[20:21] ---
    I'm not going to let you die.
[20:25] ---
    The original text displays
    its knowledge to those who desire it.
[20:30] ---
    By assuming it onto myself,
[20:32] ---
    I should be able to draw
    the original text out of her.
[20:36] ---
    There is no precedent.
    If I fail, it will kill me.
[20:47] ---
    I believed in you.
[20:48] ---
    I knew trusting you was the right call.
[20:51] ---
    Thanks for coming.
[20:52] ---
    That's enough by itself.
[20:54] ---
    Okay, go on.
[20:55] ---
    Get going.
[21:01] ---
    You're sure about this?
[21:02] ---
    Yeah.
[21:04] ---
    It's for the best.
[21:11] ---
    Damn you're slow.
[21:13] ---
    Well then, back into the darkness.
[21:28] ---
    Come on.
[21:29] ---
    You're pretty tight-lipped for
    someone with nothing to do here.
[21:33] ---
    I might just have to clean a little house.
[21:36] ---
    All right, I'll tell you everything.
[21:49] ---
    Wow...
[21:50] ---
    Pretty cushy base you've got, isn't it?
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Those who have power survive.
[23:28] ---
    White wings spit upon
    conventional principles,
[23:31] ---
    and sneer at common knowledge.
[23:32] ---
    Next time, "Super-espers."
[23:35] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:40] ---
    
[23:42] ---
    

6 - Super-espers

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[00:05] ---
    Hamazura is working too slow.
[00:07] ---
    Work?
[00:09] ---
    Yeah. I sent him out on a garbage run.
[00:13] ---
    Then, after he finishes that,
    I told him to go buy a salmon lunch.
[00:16] ---
    Huh? Hamazura, what kept you?!
[00:19] ---
    Ah, so this is where you are.
[00:22] ---
    It's you--Dark Matter.
[00:24] ---
    I wish you'd use my name. I do have
    the name Kakine Teitoku, you know.
[00:29] ---
    Now then, I've come to declare victory.
[00:34] ---
    I don't know who you are,
[00:37] ---
    but I'm sorry to be the one to send you off.
[00:43] ---
    In this city,
[00:45] ---
    those without any power
    are the same as trash.
[00:48] ---
    Nobody helps them.
[00:50] ---
    I'm sure I'm one of them.
[00:55] ---
    "Incoming call: Kinuhata Saiai"
[00:55] ---
    Kinuhata?
[00:57] ---
    I just finished the job.
[00:58] ---
    Hamazura, secure us a vehicle
    as fast as you can, please.
[01:03] ---
    We're under fire from SCHOOL.
[01:06] ---
    Huh?!
[01:06] ---
    One of their objectives is Takitsubo.
[01:10] ---
    They probably learned
    about Takitsubo's AIM Stalker,
[01:13] ---
    and are here to get rid of her.
[01:14] ---
    As long as Takitsubo is safe,
    we can still turn the situation around.
[01:18] ---
    You have to take her and get--
[01:27] ---
    Kinuhata!
[01:29] ---
    I'm ultra-fine.
[01:30] ---
    I'm fighting, too.
[01:31] ---
    That's okay, you just stay put.
[01:34] ---
    There you are!
[01:46] ---
    Huh? What is this?
[01:48] ---
    Oh, that was awesome.
[01:50] ---
    That punk Sunazara snuffed it,
    along with the magneto-sniper rifle?
[01:55] ---
    You'll have to face me.
[01:57] ---
    You can't beat me with Level 4 Offense Armor.
[02:00] ---
    I'm well beyond the level
    that you can scheme your way out of.
[02:06] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:13] ---
    "#06 Super-espers"
[02:17] ---
    Either I go up there and get killed,
[02:19] ---
    or I run away and wind up in the incinerator.
[02:24] ---
    Damn it!
[02:27] ---
    Kinuhata?!
[02:30] ---
    Huh?
[02:31] ---
    Let her go!
[02:33] ---
    Who are you? Don't tell me you want
    to go up against me with that toy.
[02:37] ---
    Oh, I see, you're a sacrificial pawn.
[02:40] ---
    Your big boss Mugino has long since fled.
[02:42] ---
    Damn that woman...
[02:44] ---
    Don't.
[02:46] ---
    Run, Hamazura.
[02:49] ---
    I'm a Level 4, and you're
    a Level 0, so I'll protect you.
[02:55] ---
    Takitsubo...
[02:58] ---
    What is that?
[03:04] ---
    Why, you!
[03:05] ---
    Are you trying to disrupt
    my AIM diffusion field
[03:08] ---
    and take over my ability?!
[03:10] ---
    Hurry, Hamazura!
[03:19] ---
    I didn't ask for any help.
[03:22] ---
    Why, long time no see.
[03:23] ---
    You're that girl from before!
[03:25] ---
    Hmm? So that's what happened.
[03:28] ---
    Yeah. Imagine, using an ability crystal.
[03:31] ---
    What's an ability crystal?
[03:33] ---
    A chemical that triggers an adverse reaction,
[03:36] ---
    deliberately making
    one's ability run out of control.
[03:39] ---
    In most cases, though,
    it's nothing but detrimental.
[03:42] ---
    Even if it does produce favorable results,
    if you keep using it...
[03:53] ---
    Takitsubo!
[03:54] ---
    If she uses her power another
    time or two, she'll destroy herself.
[03:58] ---
    We won't even have to finish the job.
[04:06] ---
    Heart Measure.
[04:08] ---
    I just shrank the emotional
    distance between you and me.
[04:12] ---
    The closeness we now feel is,
    I don't know, that of friends?
[04:15] ---
    You can't shoot your friend, can you?
[04:19] ---
    Applied telepathy...?
[04:26] ---
    Damn it!
[04:28] ---
    Takitsubo!
[04:31] ---
    "Incoming call: Mugino Shizuri"
[04:32] ---
    It's Mugino.
[04:34] ---
    Hamazura, is Takitsubo there?
[04:37] ---
    Damn you,
[04:38] ---
    running away by yourself!
[04:41] ---
    Oh, pipe down, would you?
[04:43] ---
    Our counterattack begins now.
[04:45] ---
    We're going to use Takitsubo's
    power and pursue SCHOOL.
[04:48] ---
    That's crazy! You're going
    to get everyone killed!
[04:51] ---
    Besides, Takitsubo is in no shape to do so.
[04:53] ---
    Ah, so she's alive? Thank goodness.
[04:57] ---
    I really need her to
    provide results, even if it kills her.
[05:01] ---
    Now then...
[05:05] ---
    Run, Hamazura. I don't
    want to get you killed.
[05:11] ---
    Well, have you extended
    a hand to anyone asking for help?
[05:16] ---
    The reason you've been looked down
    on has nothing to do with power.
[05:21] ---
    Figure out what to do about that
    good-for-nothing illusion yourself,
[05:25] ---
    you filthy bastard!
[05:29] ---
    Yeah, I get it.
[05:32] ---
    He's right, damn it!
[05:36] ---
    Look, Hamazura,
[05:38] ---
    do you know what I do for a living?
[05:40] ---
    I'll explain as much as you want afterward.
[05:43] ---
    But right now, take her
    someplace safe for me.
[05:47] ---
    She could fall apart anytime,
    thanks to something called an ability crystal.
[05:51] ---
    Ability crystal?!
[05:53] ---
    Hey, Hamazura,
    did you just say "ability crystal"?!
[05:56] ---
    Yeah, which is why--
[05:58] ---
    Hamazura!
[06:00] ---
    I've been looking all over for you, you know,
[06:03] ---
    lugging around this baggage with me.
[06:06] ---
    You don't need to be liquidated, too, do you?
[06:12] ---
    Hey, what's going on--
[06:13] ---
    Get going!
[06:15] ---
    Wait, I can't hide behind
    a child in this situation!
[06:18] ---
    Just get going!
[06:21] ---
    Please! I don't want to let her die.
[06:26] ---
    I've been doing nothing
    but spinning my wheels fretting,
[06:28] ---
    but I've finally realized
    that this is what I want to do!
[06:31] ---
    So get going! I can't protect her by myself!
[06:35] ---
    Without your help,
    everything goes up in smoke, right here!
[06:52] ---
    Electrifying, isn't it, Hamazura?
[06:56] ---
    How did you get that?!
[06:58] ---
    Without this,
[07:00] ---
    you can't make Takitsubo
    use her ability, can you?!
[07:09] ---
    Take that, you damn woman!
[07:21] ---
    Hamazura...
[07:23] ---
    ...make no mistake, I'm going to kill you.
[07:53] ---
    Nice place, huh? You've got good taste,
    picking an unmanned facility.
[08:01] ---
    Indeed, it's definitely better to die alone.
[08:04] ---
    Isn't that right, Hamazura?!
[08:19] ---
    Hamazura, would you stop being so obstructive
[08:24] ---
    and hand over the ability crystals already?
[08:30] ---
    I'm not going to rest until
    I've killed all the members of SCHOOL.
[08:35] ---
    Here, give me the ability crystals.
[08:37] ---
    No way! I won't let Takitsubo
    use ability crystals anymore!
[08:41] ---
    Huh?
[08:42] ---
    She's already at her limit.
[08:44] ---
    So what if she is? Once she's spent,
    I'll just recruit another esper.
[08:50] ---
    Then again, she is the only one
    who can search AIM diffusion fields.
[08:56] ---
    As long as I know where those SCHOOL
    sons of bitches are, I'm fine, though.
[09:01] ---
    I'm sorry, but I can't work with you anymore.
[09:04] ---
    You can't beat that Kakine bastard.
[09:07] ---
    You've already run away from him twice, now.
[09:11] ---
    Hold on, you seem to have
    a screw loose inside your head.
[09:14] ---
    You want me to tighten it for you?
[09:16] ---
    She said--Takitsubo said she didn't
    want a selfish guy like me to die...
[09:23] ---
    I have to let someone
    like her... find happiness!
[09:31] ---
    A Level 0 ear...
[09:33] ---
    in exchange for a Level 5 eyeball...
    That's a bargain, huh?
[09:38] ---
    Hamazura!!
[09:42] ---
    It doesn't matter!
[09:44] ---
    You could tear off my arms and legs
    or bust up my internal organs,
[09:47] ---
    but it wouldn't change
    how outclassed you are!
[09:49] ---
    I could kill a hundred of you Level 0s
    without even having to lift a finger!
[10:04] ---
    I'm no idiot, myself.
[10:08] ---
    I beat you easily, Level 5.
[10:11] ---
    Damn, it really was a bargain.
[10:16] ---
    Hamazura...
[10:19] ---
    Hamazura!!
[10:46] ---
    It's Hamazura. I don't need
    Antiskill's help anymore.
[10:50] ---
    Yeah, it's all over.
[10:59] ---
    So, is there any progress on the
    analysis of the data on the tweezers?
[11:03] ---
    Yeah.
[11:04] ---
    But it's no use.
[11:06] ---
    This data alone still won't be enough
    to put me on equal footing with Aleister.
[11:12] ---
    We'll need to make another push.
[11:14] ---
    Then you're going to do it, aren't you?
[11:17] ---
    Kill the top-ranked guy in Academy City.
[11:29] ---
    Yeah?
[11:30] ---
    The assassination plot by BLOCK to kill
    the governing board chairman has failed.
[11:36] ---
    I'm pleased to have such
    outstanding subordinates.
[11:39] ---
    Tch, sounds like you
    wanna get killed pretty badly.
[11:43] ---
    Not at all. I really am grateful for this.
[11:47] ---
    Which is why I'm offering some
    valuable information as a personal reward.
[11:52] ---
    Information regarding the threat to
    the life of Serial Number 20001, Last Order.
[12:00] ---
    By the way, what has
    happened to the lost child?
[12:03] ---
    Has the tickle in your crazy hair gone away?
[12:07] ---
    "Misaka does not have crazy hair,"
[12:09] ---
    answers Misaka Misaka while she withers up.
[12:13] ---
    "Hmm, I'm sure they were
    wandering around here earlier,"
[12:18] ---
    says Misaka Misaka,
    all tired out from all that wasted effort.
[12:24] ---
    "M-Misaka wants one of those, too!"
[12:26] ---
    says Misaka Misaka, not carrying a wallet,
[12:29] ---
    and then turning toward
    Miss Uiharu with a sparkle in her eyes.
[12:38] ---
    Here.
[12:41] ---
    Be sure to come back right away, okay?
[12:45] ---
    Okay, in the meantime,
    I think I'll enjoy some of this.
[12:49] ---
    Excuse me, miss.
[12:52] ---
    I'm looking for someone.
[12:56] ---
    I haven't seen her. I think you'd
    better file a report at an Antiskill station.
[13:02] ---
    You're right. Thanks.
[13:04] ---
    Oh, and miss,
[13:06] ---
    there's something I forgot to mention.
[13:09] ---
    I know Last Order was
    just with you, you damn airhead.
[13:15] ---
    Where is Last Order?
[13:17] ---
    Tell me, and I'll let you go.
[13:20] ---
    You'll never find her...
[13:21] ---
    Huh?
[13:23] ---
    Didn't you hear me?
[13:25] ---
    I said she was someplace
    where you'll never find her.
[13:29] ---
    Ha, very well.
[13:31] ---
    This is farewell, then.
[13:37] ---
    Ha-ha, you showed up sooner than I expected.
[13:41] ---
    Damn, man, you shouldn't get your jollies
    playing such sucky games, third-string!
[13:50] ---
    Huh?
[13:56] ---
    That's not a good look on you, fairy-tale.
[13:59] ---
    Don't you worry. I know what it looks like.
[14:01] ---
    Let's get things going
    with something more interesting.
[14:05] ---
    I'll teach you how to
    act more like a villain.
[14:15] ---
    Did you know everything in the world
    is made up of elementary particles?
[14:20] ---
    But the normal rules don't
    apply to my Dark Matter.
[14:25] ---
    The Dark Matter that I produce
[14:27] ---
    is a substance that doesn't
    exist in this world.
[14:31] ---
    I don't mean it hasn't been discovered,
    but that it should theoretically exist;
[14:36] ---
    I mean, it actually does not exist.
[14:44] ---
    Matter that doesn't exist
    operates under laws which don't exist.
[14:50] ---
    Like, say, turning the light from
    the sun into rays that can kill a man.
[14:59] ---
    I'm done reverse calculating.
[15:06] ---
    Accelerator,
[15:08] ---
    you say that you can reflect anything,
[15:11] ---
    but that's not accurate, is it?
[15:13] ---
    You unconsciously work up
    "harmful" and "non-harmful" filters,
[15:17] ---
    and choose to reflect
    only what's nonessential.
[15:20] ---
    Between the sunlight and wind gust earlier,
[15:23] ---
    I included 25,000 vectors within them.
[15:27] ---
    Based on how those were reflected,
[15:30] ---
    I just have to attack you using vector fronts
    from among those that you unconsciously accept.
[15:37] ---
    This is Dark Matter.
    A space with foreign matter in the mix.
[15:41] ---
    This is a place unknown to you!
[15:48] ---
    I'm going to gain the right
    to deal directly with Aleister!
[15:52] ---
    That's what the tweezers were for,
[15:55] ---
    but killing you, the top-ranked guy,
    looks like it will be quicker!
[15:59] ---
    At this stage, is the order of
    our numbers really that important?
[16:03] ---
    Aleister moves multiple
    plans forward concurrently.
[16:10] ---
    Each one of them contains
    a "second plan" within them.
[16:13] ---
    I am your second plan!
[16:23] ---
    So by killing me, you move
    to the top of his plan totem pole?
[16:28] ---
    That's right. By doing so,
    Aleister can no longer ignore me.
[16:32] ---
    Tch, you, too? I don't know what tragedy
    you got saddled with that broke you,
[16:39] ---
    but by thinking that because
    you have some grand reason,
[16:43] ---
    you're free to kill civilians,
    your villainy is much too cheap.
[16:46] ---
    You went ahead and smashed up
    plenty of civilians fighting me earlier!
[16:52] ---
    You're lacking in aesthetic,
    so that's the only thing you can say.
[16:55] ---
    For that matter, do you even
    know why you and I are divided
[16:59] ---
    into first and second ranks?
[17:01] ---
    It's because there's a complete
    and total wall in between us.
[17:06] ---
    D-Don't tell me...
[17:08] ---
    you were defending those
    people while we were fighting?
[17:12] ---
    Screw you! How much of
    that did you have under control?!
[17:17] ---
    Did that get under your skin, punk?
    That's what being a villain is.
[17:21] ---
    This is my world!
[17:24] ---
    No it isn't. I'm redefining this world
    as being made up of elementary particles,
[17:28] ---
    including your Dark Matter,
[17:30] ---
    and once I crack your formula,
    it's checkmate for you.
[17:33] ---
    You think you have a handle
    on me all the way to my core?!
[17:35] ---
    Your core's not that deep.
    I don't need to have a handle on it.
[18:00] ---
    Later, third-string.
[18:02] ---
    Hey, at least it's not as pitiful
    as being beaten by the good guys.
[18:06] ---
    Hold on, there!
[18:08] ---
    Hand that gun over here.
    You don't need one of those, do you?
[18:14] ---
    I'm a villain.
[18:16] ---
    In that case, I'll stop you.
[18:18] ---
    Do you really mean that?
[18:20] ---
    I don't have any other
    choice but to stop you.
[18:23] ---
    I will never give up on you.
    I'm going to drag you up out of there.
[18:29] ---
    That's why I'm here standing in your way.
    For the children I have to protect.
[18:33] ---
    For the peace that I love so much.
[18:36] ---
    It's a place where you
    are, and Last Order is,
[18:39] ---
    and we're all living together in laughter.
[18:42] ---
    The gun you're holding is
    extraneous to that future, isn't it?
[18:48] ---
    You aren't that big of a villain!
[19:02] ---
    It turns out you're the same as me.
[19:05] ---
    You can't protect anyone. Isn't that right?
[19:09] ---
    You've already sent a whole horde
    of people to their deaths like this!
[19:36] ---
    Awesome. Such awesome evil.
    You really can pull it off if you try, villain.
[19:43] ---
    Seeing this, Dark Matter
    certainly would be the Spare Plan.
[19:48] ---
    However, it still doesn't
    necessarily mean....
[19:51] ---
    ...we have to fight to the finish, do we?
[20:06] ---
    Wh-What did you--?!
[20:08] ---
    This is what a villain is.
[20:11] ---
    Is that what you are?! Your role is...!
[20:31] ---
    Lower your weapons!
[20:35] ---
    The only way to stop him is...
[20:36] ---
    "I found...
[20:41] ---
    ...my lost child,"
[20:42] ---
    says Misaka Misaka,
    insisting on speaking to you.
[20:58] ---
    "It's all right," says Misaka Misaka,
    stretching out her hand.
[21:07] ---
    Accelerator... are you...?
[21:11] ---
    F-Fire!
[21:15] ---
    Stop!
[21:23] ---
    "It's okay, you don't
    have to do this anymore,"
[21:26] ---
    says Misaka Misaka, stating what's right.
[21:51] ---
    "Thank goodness," says Misaka Misaka.
[22:11] ---
    Apparently, that SCHOOL bunch
    needed the tweezers
[22:16] ---
    to recover a certain nanodevice.
[22:18] ---
    Nanodevice?
[22:20] ---
    Yeah. A roughly 50-million-unit
    surveillance nanodevice,
[22:25] ---
    dispersed by Aleister
    throughout the air of Academy City.
[22:30] ---
    "The Underline." That's what it's called.
[22:34] ---
    The Underline is a nexus that
    makes up an intelligence network
[22:36] ---
    that directly connects to
    Aleister regarding Academy City.
[22:40] ---
    You can guess the level of
    information that each unit holds.
[22:45] ---
    Oh, here it is.
[22:46] ---
    The secret codes of the city's darker side.
[22:48] ---
    GROUP, SCHOOL, ITEM, MEMBER, BLOCK...
[22:53] ---
    Organization names?
[22:54] ---
    Seems a bit after-the-fact now.
[22:58] ---
    No, there's more than just that.
[23:01] ---
    The last one to come up... is "DRAGON."
[23:12] ---
    I swear, I'm gonna get the better of them...
[23:15] ---
    ...on everything.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    An underground complex
    extends beneath Academy City.
[23:29] ---
    A momentary peace
    is torn apart when he appears.
[23:33] ---
    Next time, "The Third Level"
[23:35] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:40] ---
    
[23:42] ---
    

7 - The Third Level

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[00:04] ---
    Bad news! The school store
    is all sold out of bread!
[00:07] ---
    And the cafeteria is packed!
[00:09] ---
    We are positively too late.
[00:11] ---
    I'm sorry. It's my fault for asking
    the teacher a dumb question.
[00:15] ---
    If we don't do something,
[00:17] ---
    we'll plunge into afternoon
    classes on empty stomachs.
[00:20] ---
    We can't! We're still growing
    boys and girls who must eat!
[00:23] ---
    We can't possibly wait until after school!
[00:26] ---
    What do we do?
[00:27] ---
    If there's nothing inside,
    we have to go outside.
[00:28] ---
    But...
[00:29] ---
    Do we dare?
[00:31] ---
    We have no choice.
[00:33] ---
    All right, make a break for it!
[00:34] ---
    Make a break for the convenience store!
[00:36] ---
    Yeah!
[00:38] ---
    Let's keep our numbers down.
[00:40] ---
    If all of us leave school at once,
[00:42] ---
    the teachers are sure to notice.
[00:45] ---
    This operation is a race against the clock.
[00:50] ---
    That's for sure.
[00:51] ---
    If they're sold out of lunches when
    we get there, it'll be all for nothing.
[00:57] ---
    A Team has failed to escape.
[00:59] ---
    B Team is eliminated. That leaves... come on!
[01:02] ---
    Damn it!
[01:03] ---
    We're the only ones left!
[01:08] ---
    Saigo!
[01:09] ---
    He's going out by himself
    for a fancy meal out?!
[01:11] ---
    Don't engage him, Kami!
[01:13] ---
    If he catches us now,
    it will mean everyone's lunches!
[01:16] ---
    Oh, no!
[01:19] ---
    Forgive me, I'm going on ahead.
[01:20] ---
    Huh? Hey!
[01:22] ---
    What are you doing, Tsuchimikado?!
[01:30] ---
    Kami, we should split up.
[01:33] ---
    Y-Yeah!
[01:39] ---
    Sure, he comes after me!
[01:48] ---
    Huh?!
[01:49] ---
    Oh no you don't!
[01:51] ---
    H-Hold on a second, Itsuwa!
[02:05] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:25] ---
    "#07 The Third Level"
[03:25] ---
    I really am sorry!
[03:27] ---
    I was sure it was a Roman Orthodox set-up.
[03:29] ---
    I-It's all right.
[03:31] ---
    Saigo is a really strong teacher,
[03:33] ---
    who they say once caught
    a giant boulder with just his hands.
[03:35] ---
    He'll be back on his feet in no time.
[03:38] ---
    B-But still, could I have
    been any more useless?
[03:42] ---
    Oh, no, you were absolutely useful.
[03:44] ---
    Hmm?
[03:46] ---
    So, Itsuwa, what brings you here?
[03:48] ---
    Huh? Oh...
[03:53] ---
    Wh-What is it?
[03:55] ---
    Um, do you remember the
    name Acqua of the Rear?
[03:59] ---
    Yeah, one of the Right Seat of God, right?
[04:03] ---
    I met him when I was tangling
    with that Vento lady.
[04:06] ---
    This Acqua has issued a challenge
[04:09] ---
    to both the English Puritan
    Church and Academy City.
[04:12] ---
    A challenge?
[04:14] ---
    It says that in the next few days,
    he was going to pulveri--
[04:16] ---
    I mean, stage an attack on Kamijo Toma.
[04:18] ---
    Huh? Why me?
[04:20] ---
    Why wouldn't he?!
[04:22] ---
    It's because you keep thwarting
[04:24] ---
    the Roman Orthodox Church's
    darkest schemes, over and over again!
[04:28] ---
    You're making it sound bigger than it is.
    I'm just a high-school kid.
[04:34] ---
    On the other hand,
[04:35] ---
    there was the front, the
    left, and now the rear?
[04:38] ---
    Everything is just non-stop, isn't it?
[04:40] ---
    Then again, if they're targeting me,
    maybe they have too much free time.
[04:45] ---
    According to the report,
    Acqua of the Rear also has saintly powers.
[04:50] ---
    Saintly?
[04:52] ---
    But please don't worry.
[04:54] ---
    Even if Acqua does try to attack,
    we will be sure to protect you.
[04:58] ---
    So, Itsuwa, what are you doing here?
[05:01] ---
    Isn't it obvious? I'm here as your bodyguard.
    One who lives with you!
[05:06] ---
    Damn it, Itsuwa.
[05:07] ---
    She keeps going on about nothing but business
[05:09] ---
    and doesn't go on the attack at all.
[05:11] ---
    Quite right. It looks like she's not
    even aware of the weapons she's packing.
[05:16] ---
    What do you mean, weapons?
[05:18] ---
    Why, I'm referring to...
[05:20] ---
    ...the "Itsuwa Undercover
    Bra Busters Theory"!
[05:24] ---
    Is there any basis to that
    hypothesis, Your Holiness?
[05:28] ---
    Don't you dare talk out of turn, like
    with that horse racing scratch sheet before.
[05:34] ---
    According to the research findings obtained
[05:35] ---
    from the "Itsuwa Massage
    Operation" that I conducted,
[05:39] ---
    she had a shoulder stiffness index of 40.
[05:42] ---
    However, factoring in
    Itsuwa's clothing and gear,
[05:44] ---
    and calculating the load on her shoulders,
[05:47] ---
    a shoulder stiffness index of more
    than 37 at the most makes no sense.
[05:51] ---
    Th-Then that means...
[05:53] ---
    Yes, that much error proves my
    "Itsuwa Undercover Bra Buster Theory."
[05:58] ---
    Yeah...?
[06:02] ---
    But to explore this theory to the fullest,
[06:05] ---
    I will need a new tactic.
[06:08] ---
    But Itsuwa is an inveterate slow-starter.
[06:11] ---
    Which is why I have a secret plan in place.
[06:15] ---
    I call it "Operation Field
    Sharpshooter Free Kick"!
[06:25] ---
    I can't believe he has amnesia.
[06:28] ---
    For how long, now?
[06:36] ---
    What is this?
[06:43] ---
    --Oh yeah!
    --Nicely executed!
[06:44] ---
    Now, see here...
[06:46] ---
    I already have enough on my mind right now,
[06:50] ---
    so don't go adding anything
    else crazy on top of it!
[06:55] ---
    Huh? They're gone?
[06:57] ---
    A-Are you all right?
[07:01] ---
    Yeah, more or less...
[07:04] ---
    O-Oh, you...
[07:06] ---
    Ah, Misaka...
[07:08] ---
    How long were you going to indulge
    yourself in that mass of womanhood?!
[07:12] ---
    She's hostile!
[07:13] ---
    No, stop! In fact, let's get out of here!
[07:15] ---
    Hey! Hold it right there!
[07:20] ---
    Toma...
[07:22] ---
    ...why is Itsuwa from
    the Amakusa next to you?
[07:26] ---
    O-Oh, well, you see...
[07:28] ---
    What's the best way to explain this?
[07:30] ---
    The thing of it is,
[07:31] ---
    the Right Seat of God is after--
[07:34] ---
    Look, I seem to be Acqua's target, right?
[07:37] ---
    Could you not say anything
    about that to Index for me?
[07:40] ---
    Itsuwa?
[07:41] ---
    I-I heard you! L-L-Loud and clear!
[07:44] ---
    Oh, sorry. Was that uncomfortable?
[07:47] ---
    N-No...
[07:49] ---
    It's fine.
[07:59] ---
    What is going on here, exactly?
[08:01] ---
    Is there some kind of incredible power
[08:03] ---
    trying to raise Index's anger
    to the critical point?
[08:07] ---
    U-Um, Miss Index?
[08:11] ---
    I'm not sure what's happening,
[08:14] ---
    but would you please bite me
    before you completely explode?
[08:18] ---
    If you bleed off some of
    your anger power little by little,
[08:21] ---
    I believe I can get through it
    without you biting my skull to bits.
[08:24] ---
    Oh, I know! I have just
    the thing for your kitty cat.
[08:29] ---
    "Namaribushi bonito"
[08:30] ---
    Premium-grade bonito!
[08:37] ---
    Hmm? Did you go shopping? When was that?
[08:40] ---
    Yes, I may be here as your bodyguard,
[08:43] ---
    but I'd feel self-conscious
    being a freeloader.
[08:46] ---
    I'll do anything I can to help out.
[08:50] ---
    Wh-What's wrong, Toma?
    Why has the airflow suddenly shifted?
[08:55] ---
    Why don't you ask yourself that question?
[08:57] ---
    Who is it that has left
    Mr. Kamijo to do everything,
[09:00] ---
    and has not ever pitched in
    to do anything around here?
[09:04] ---
    M-Mm-hmm, I'm sorry about that, and...
[09:07] ---
    Ah! Saying that doesn't
    change the situation one bit--
[09:09] ---
    The pots and frypans are here,
    and the seasonings are here.
[09:14] ---
    Right.
[09:15] ---
    I don't know what has her all fired up,
[09:17] ---
    but whatever the case,
    all I can say is thank you, Itsuwa!
[09:21] ---
    Come to think of it, I also got away
    without Index chasing and biting me!
[09:25] ---
    This is a banner day--
[09:35] ---
    The sight of a girl doing the cooking...
[09:37] ---
    Hmm? Toma, why do you have the look
    of a lamb who just witnessed a miracle?
[09:47] ---
    Oh, no, you mustn't!
[09:49] ---
    The chikuwa isn't ready yet!
[09:51] ---
    I hear what you're saying,
    but I can't stop my mouth from eating!
[09:57] ---
    Don't undermine... every man's dream!
[10:05] ---
    Look! That is the proper way
    to crash at someone's place.
[10:08] ---
    Index, why are you always in charge
    of sleeping, eating, and watching TV?
[10:14] ---
    Hmph! Ah, just a second!
[10:16] ---
    It's time for the "Magical Powered
    Kanamin Integral" rerun to start!
[10:22] ---
    You go and clean the bathroom, right now!
[10:27] ---
    Okay.
[10:36] ---
    I smell something. I smell something!
[10:39] ---
    Hey, you! I don't need any more weirdos!
[10:42] ---
    That miso soup of yours...!
[10:45] ---
    You're using dried scallop powder
    as the secret ingredient, aren't you?
[10:49] ---
    H-How did you know that?! Not even
    my mother knows my secret ingredient!
[10:55] ---
    Hmm, now to give it a try.
[10:59] ---
    What flavor!
[11:00] ---
    I can't stay over here!
[11:03] ---
    H-Huh? Why are you
    throwing out my white cream stew?
[11:06] ---
    I'm about to make us some
    honest-to-goodness miso soup!
[11:11] ---
    Eh? But there was nothing wrong that stew.
[11:14] ---
    Huh? Haven't I heard
    that voice somewhere before?
[11:17] ---
    O-Oh, yeah...
[11:18] ---
    Hey, Itsuwa, you don't have
    to pay any mind to those nutjobs.
[11:22] ---
    Oh...
[11:26] ---
    Tell me something--
[11:27] ---
    how did you break the tub
    with just a sponge and cleanser?
[11:31] ---
    I just scrubbed it hard,
    like you told me to, Toma.
[11:34] ---
    No you didn't.
[11:36] ---
    "Pipe Clean"
[11:36] ---
    You poured all of that concentrated
    cleanser into the hot water inlet!
[11:40] ---
    Huh? Doesn't it clean stuff
    if you put the cleanser in it?
[11:44] ---
    Now it's scorched the inside of the
    hot water heater, and almost caused a fire!
[11:49] ---
    E-Excuse me, but for a nice change of pace,
[11:53] ---
    couldn't we go use a bathhouse outside?
[11:56] ---
    Outside?
[12:10] ---
    Sorry to have to make you pay
    the rental fee for the bike.
[12:13] ---
    Not at all. I have plenty of funds to use.
[12:17] ---
    Toma,
[12:18] ---
    I kind of have a sense that
    this arrangement was deliberate.
[12:22] ---
    Huh? That's not true at all.
[12:24] ---
    Mr. Kamijo just let you have
    that seat in the spirit of "Ladies first."
[12:33] ---
    Academy City at night is pretty empty, huh?
[12:36] ---
    The road conditions are just right, too,
[12:38] ---
    so I might inadvertently pour
    on some extra speed.
[12:40] ---
    Whoa, you dummy, Itsuwa!
    You really are pouring on extra speed!
[12:44] ---
    Ah! Toma, look!
[12:47] ---
    There's a huge jungle gym!
[12:49] ---
    The 22nd School District
    is developed out underground,
[12:53] ---
    so the power stations
    are all concentrated up on top.
[12:56] ---
    And besides that, the underground city
    seems to use a lot of electricity,
[12:59] ---
    so there are power generating provisions
    laid out all over the district.
[13:08] ---
    Come to think of it,
    what level is this spa resort on?
[13:12] ---
    Let's see... It's supposed
    to be on the third level.
[13:16] ---
    Toma, what's a kaisou? Is that seaweed?
    
[13:20] ---
    No, not that kind. The "level" kind.
[13:23] ---
    The 22nd School District is
    divided into ten underground levels.
[13:27] ---
    Ho...
[13:29] ---
    The third level is up ahead.
[13:39] ---
    The roof of the third level is
    made up of one big screen.
[13:43] ---
    It's showing the night sky in real time.
[13:46] ---
    Is this place really underground?
[13:49] ---
    It looks like there's
    a river, and even a forest.
[13:53] ---
    Academy City really is awesome, huh?
[13:56] ---
    I can see it now.
[13:58] ---
    That's it.
[14:02] ---
    Ah, man, this is aggravating.
[14:05] ---
    "Collect stamps to get
    your after-bath Gekota strap!"
[14:05] ---
    Here I was worried about him,
    but what does that idiot do?
[14:08] ---
    One adult.
[14:12] ---
    Hold on, how many times are
    they going to make me come here?
[14:20] ---
    I have to say, I'm not collecting
    a whole lot of stamps.
[14:25] ---
    If I bring Kuroko, that
    would get me two stamps.
[14:28] ---
    Sissy!!
[14:32] ---
    No, no, no, no, no! On second thought,
    I'll collect them alone.
[14:44] ---
    H-Huh?! What are you doing here?!
[14:47] ---
    Shh! Be quiet when in the baths.
[14:52] ---
    You don't need your towel in the water.
[14:54] ---
    Right...
[15:02] ---
    Ah! You! You're the woman that
    idiot clung to because of the soccer ball!
[15:07] ---
    N-No, I-I-I...
[15:12] ---
    Th-That was an accident, you see,
[15:15] ---
    and it was just lucky that my breasts
    happened to be there. It wasn't...
[15:20] ---
    --What do you mean,
    it was an accident,
[15:21] ---
    --I wonder if those girls know
    about that idiot's amnesia.
    --What do you mean, it was an accident,
[15:22] ---
    --I wonder if those girls know
    about that idiot's amnesia.
    --and it was lucky that your breasts happened to be there?!
[15:25] ---
    --Did Toma do something to you?!
[15:25] ---
    --For that matter, I'm a complete outsider, right?
    --Did Toma do something to you?!
[15:26] ---
    --For that matter, I'm a complete outsider, right?
    --N-N-No, he...
[15:28] ---
    --For that matter, I'm a complete outsider, right?
    --Toma did do something, huh?!
[15:30] ---
    --Ah, why am I so upset about
    what happens to that idiot, for Pete's sake?!
    --Were you scared? Are you all right?
[15:31] ---
    --Ah, why am I so upset about
    what happens to that idiot, for Pete's sake?!
    --N-No, it was just a matter of bad timing...
[15:33] ---
    --Ah, why am I so upset about
    what happens to that idiot, for Pete's sake?!
    --He's always going around grabbing onto girls!
[15:37] ---
    --N-No, we actually get along quite well!
[15:37] ---
    --Could anything be more of a nuisance?
    --N-No, we actually get along quite well!
[15:40] ---
    Huh? Short-hair is sinking under.
[15:43] ---
    We have to save her!
[15:44] ---
    "Please hold up your guest key"
[15:57] ---
    Too hot. Maybe I should
    have gone with iced coffee.
[16:01] ---
    Are you out here for the evening breeze?
[16:04] ---
    I completely forgot that we're underground.
[16:07] ---
    In that case, care to take a little stroll?
[16:09] ---
    Sure. Oh, but what about Index?
[16:12] ---
    She was dashing around
    the all-you-can-eat food stall corner.
[16:16] ---
    She was? Well, she won't
    be getting lost, then.
[16:25] ---
    This is her big chance.
[16:26] ---
    There's quite a nice mood going on.
[16:29] ---
    What do you think, Your Holiness?
[16:32] ---
    Huh? About the evening date operation?
[16:36] ---
    About Acqua of the Rear.
[16:39] ---
    We've received reports about
    him from Academy City, but...
[16:43] ---
    It really is hard to believe, huh?
[16:46] ---
    It would be odd for all three factions
[16:49] ---
    to each be scrambling over one boy,
    Kamijo Toma, in any case.
[16:52] ---
    I get the feeling there's still some
    hidden information that we're unaware of.
[16:57] ---
    In other words, if we're seriously
    going to protect Kamijo Toma...
[17:01] ---
    Yeah, we might need to
    keep investigating, including them.
[17:07] ---
    The streets have been cleared.
[17:09] ---
    How could I let this happen? We've been had.
[17:18] ---
    I was wondering, where are
    the rest of the Amakusa folks?
[17:21] ---
    Well, let's see. Even now,
    I think they're watching over us from a distance.
[17:27] ---
    Though if the priestess could be here,
    she'd be a one-person army.
[17:32] ---
    Is Kanzaki really that incredible?
[17:35] ---
    Y-Yes, she is! She's one of not
    even 20 saints in the whole world!
[17:39] ---
    The priestess can resolve any
    trouble that arises, just like that!
[17:43] ---
    Yeah? You don't say.
[17:45] ---
    Well, she was capable of fighting
    that archangel, the Power of God.
[17:49] ---
    F-Fighting an archangel?!
[17:58] ---
    I know that I'm not supposed
    to let my guard down, but...
[18:04] ---
    Itsuwa? Is something the matter?
[18:06] ---
    N-No! It's nothing, it's nothing!
[18:09] ---
    I-I was just thinking, there aren't
    many other people around, are there?
[18:13] ---
    It's such a pretty view, too.
[18:15] ---
    Yeah, that's true. This is what
    nighttime in Academy City is like.
[18:19] ---
    Huh? Now that I think about it,
    I haven't seen any cars or people in a while...
[18:24] ---
    --Itsuwa!
    --Huh?
[18:26] ---
    I gave you a warning.
[18:29] ---
    You had a number of options before you.
[18:33] ---
    Is this the choice you determined
    was worthy to commit your life to?
[18:41] ---
    That's...
[18:43] ---
    Tatemiya's...
[18:45] ---
    I'll come right to it.
[18:47] ---
    Did you not have any better alternatives?
[18:51] ---
    Acqua!
[18:56] ---
    Itsuwa!
[18:57] ---
    I've come to eliminate the main cause
[18:59] ---
    of the disturbance that
    is disrupting our world.
[19:02] ---
    Is now the time for you to
    be concerned about others?
[19:14] ---
    Do you think you can challenge
    me all alone and defeat me,
[19:19] ---
    when the entire organization
    combined could not?
[19:23] ---
    I still have my pride!
[19:29] ---
    Itsuwa!
[19:30] ---
    Your right arm.
[19:32] ---
    Give it to me, and I will
    let you leave with your life.
[19:37] ---
    Screw that...!
[19:39] ---
    I see. In that case...
[19:42] ---
    I will give you a little more insight
[19:44] ---
    into the reality of things.
[20:00] ---
    Mr. Kamijo!
[20:06] ---
    Please stay with me!
[20:08] ---
    I'll heal you with
    my restoration magic right away!
[20:24] ---
    It didn't work.
[20:37] ---
    Are you done yet?
[20:42] ---
    Hmph, all right,
    I'll just crush you both together.
[20:50] ---
    Thanks, Itsuwa...
[20:52] ---
    Because of your restoration magic...
[20:56] ---
    I feel a little better...
[20:59] ---
    Wait!
[21:02] ---
    I admire your courage.
[21:08] ---
    I'll wait one day.
[21:10] ---
    If you cut off your own arm
    and give it to us within that time,
[21:16] ---
    I will let you go with your life.
[21:32] ---
    I'll wait one day.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Saintly power shakes the earth's surface,
    thundering to the lower levels.
[23:29] ---
    After everything is plucked
    apart and strength is used up,
[23:31] ---
    what sort of strike does Itsuwa make?
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Saint Breakout.â
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

8 - Saint Breakout

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[00:07] ---
    Damn it all.
[00:10] ---
    So, what are you doing,
    huddling down over there?
[00:15] ---
    I... wasn't any use at all,
    and he still said thanks to me.
[00:22] ---
    I couldn't protect him one bit,
    and he says thanks.
[00:27] ---
    I was thinking, what amazing
    power this guy possesses.
[00:34] ---
    But I was wrong. He can't rely
    on any kind of defensive spells.
[00:41] ---
    No kind of restoration spell
    can heal even a single scratch.
[00:45] ---
    He actually fights with just his physical body;
[00:48] ---
    I just watched as he got beaten.
[00:51] ---
    How does such a person
    go on living like it's nothing?
[00:55] ---
    Why doesn't divine punishment rain down on me?
[00:58] ---
    It isn't right!
[01:01] ---
    Is this the kind of girl
    he stuck his neck out to protect?
[01:05] ---
    The man you owe your life to is
    black and blue, and you don't lift a finger.
[01:09] ---
    Are you saying he threw
    his life away for such a girl as you?
[01:14] ---
    If so, he gave up his life for nothing.
[01:17] ---
    Absolutely nothing!
[01:21] ---
    Acqua of the Rear will definitely return.
[01:24] ---
    While you're sitting around doing nothing,
    the clock is running down.
[01:28] ---
    Are you going to throw it away
    over useless regret and guilt
[01:31] ---
    while there's still any
    possible action remaining?
[01:35] ---
    Don't throw other people's
    lives away over your own troubles!
[01:40] ---
    I...
[01:41] ---
    You want to apologize to him?
[01:44] ---
    After what you did to the
    one you're supposed to protect,
[01:47] ---
    do you want to send him back
    home into the light of day?
[01:50] ---
    If so, fight.
[01:52] ---
    Prove to him that you're a fantastic girl,
[01:56] ---
    and convince him that he was
    right to risk his life for you.
[02:00] ---
    Unless you want to lament it from
    in front of his grave, we have to fight.
[02:07] ---
    Sheesh, it's not right to have
    someone doomed, right in front of us,
[02:10] ---
    and not be able to even extend
    a helping hand to him, is it?
[02:14] ---
    So there's only one thing for us to do.
[02:30] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:50] ---
    "#08 Saint Breakout"
[03:51] ---
    So you're not going to kill him,
    but have settled on taking his right arm?
[03:56] ---
    I'd heard that the Right Seat of God
    never deviated from their policies.
[04:01] ---
    The boy's uniqueness
    is focused in his right arm.
[04:05] ---
    If we take it from him,
    the threat he poses will be removed.
[04:09] ---
    I've heard that the boy does not yet know God.
[04:12] ---
    I am honestly opposed to just killing him.
[04:17] ---
    Though Vento laughed at me for that.
[04:19] ---
    I don't know what it is you're expecting of me,
[04:22] ---
    but I am not as virtuous
    or philanthropic as you are.
[04:26] ---
    If the time comes to kill him,
    then I'll kill him. That's all there is to it.
[04:35] ---
    Dispersing particulates into the air,
    then breaking down its matter?
[04:41] ---
    "Attention: A low-oxygen alert has been issued.
    Everyone please take shelter in your
    designated building quickly and stay inside."
[04:41] ---
    A low-oxygen alert has been
    issued for all of the third level.
[04:46] ---
    Everyone please take shelter in
    your designated building, and stay inside.
[04:52] ---
    Repeat, a low-oxygen alert has
    been issued for all of the third level.
[04:59] ---
    Have things taken a wrong turn?
[05:00] ---
    Probably more of a trial run
    to probe my combat abilities.
[05:04] ---
    However, I don't sense
    any human presence from them.
[05:07] ---
    These are likely unmanned drones,
[05:09] ---
    which is the only reason
    why they have gotten so close.
[05:17] ---
    I am the Right Seat of God,
[05:19] ---
    and a saint in whom dwells the Power of God.
[05:22] ---
    If you stand in my way,
    brace yourselves accordingly.
[05:34] ---
    Oh my, am I speaking to you, Miss Sherry?
[05:38] ---
    Huh?
[05:40] ---
    Oh, it's you, Orsola.
[05:42] ---
    Now, bulk waste is picked up
    on Mondays and Fridays.
[05:48] ---
    Never mind that, get to the point.
[05:50] ---
    All right.
[05:51] ---
    I have been investigating Acqua of the Rear.
[05:55] ---
    I already heard about that this morning.
    What did you find?
[05:59] ---
    There is evidence that before
    he was known as Acqua of the Rear,
[06:03] ---
    he was an English knight.
[06:06] ---
    Huh?
[06:10] ---
    Acqua and a squad of powered suits
    have engaged on the third level.
[06:16] ---
    If he could be stopped by mass-produced units,
    we'd have it too easy.
[06:21] ---
    Are we heading out?
[06:22] ---
    No. If we charge in there blindly,
    the outcome would be pretty obvious.
[06:29] ---
    Now is not the ideal time.
[06:32] ---
    Right now, all we can do is
    prepare ourselves the best we can.
[06:38] ---
    Please wait another three hours.
[06:42] ---
    It takes a little time to re-sharpen
    a blade to use against a monster.
[06:47] ---
    What are we going to do?
    This is what you get for lighting a fire under her.
[06:51] ---
    Yeah, but she was acting
    like just an empty shell.
[06:55] ---
    Mr. Tatemiya...
[06:56] ---
    I'm fine. Can I ask you
    to let me focus for a bit?
[07:02] ---
    --S-Sure.
    --S-Sure.
[07:07] ---
    Oh, my, is this Mr. Tatemiya?
[07:11] ---
    Wow! Hearing your voice is so comforting!
[07:15] ---
    I am terribly sorry, but I seem
    to have the wrong person. Goodbye.
[07:19] ---
    Ah! Don't hang up!
[07:23] ---
    Acqua of the Rear's past
    has come to light to some extent.
[07:29] ---
    His real name is William Orwell.
[07:32] ---
    He has no mercenary
    affiliation in the England region.
[07:35] ---
    His principal combat record
    involves astrological brigade support,
[07:39] ---
    the mission to terminate the Orleans Order,
[07:42] ---
    and the Third Princess
    of Britain rescue mission.
[07:45] ---
    Hmm, all of them battlefields
    that compare to nightmares.
[07:50] ---
    Owing to his achievements,
    he was on track to receive British knighthood,
[07:55] ---
    but one week before his investment,
    he dropped off the face of the earth.
[08:00] ---
    And when he resurfaced,
    he had become an enemy of England.
[08:04] ---
    In addition to fighting,
[08:06] ---
    he has supplied knowledge of
    medicinal herbs to impoverished regions,
[08:10] ---
    and is regarded as a sage among some people.
[08:14] ---
    In other words, he's a brilliant beast,
    tough in body and soft in thought.
[08:25] ---
    They've fallen back, then?
[08:27] ---
    They seem surprisingly smart.
[08:31] ---
    Now then,
[08:33] ---
    there are still 19 hours until the deadline.
[08:37] ---
    Have you come to a decision?
[08:45] ---
    Oh, when a demand as impossible
    as this one is forced upon us,
[08:48] ---
    it eliminates the need to be troubled over it.
[08:51] ---
    You can get out of having two billion
    Roman Orthodox as your enemies
[08:55] ---
    for the price of a single arm.
[08:59] ---
    I would think that to be a bargain.
[09:02] ---
    Our enemy isn't Roman Orthodoxy.
[09:05] ---
    It's people like you, who exploit
    those who earnestly believe in God.
[09:11] ---
    Does this mean that
    negotiations have broken down?
[09:14] ---
    What else could it possibly mean?
[09:17] ---
    I am a saint. I also possess power
    as the Right Seat of God.
[09:24] ---
    If, after properly understanding that,
    you still want to fight me,
[09:28] ---
    then I will demonstrate something to you--
[09:30] ---
    that a conflict is not won or lost by
    good or evil, but by strength and weakness.
[09:36] ---
    At least try to make me use
    one of my trump cards--
[09:44] ---
    I-Itsuwa...?
[09:47] ---
    Can't you wait until a person
    finishes their sentence?
[09:51] ---
    I'll listen to what you have to say later.
[09:54] ---
    Assuming, that is,
    your jaw hasn't been shattered
[09:58] ---
    after I've pounded you to a
    thoroughly, thoroughly bloody pulp.
[10:03] ---
    It sounds like Itsuwa has completely snapped.
[10:06] ---
    This is because of your
    ill-considered remarks, Deputy Pope.
[10:09] ---
    Don't be silly. A girl in love
    can go to war against even God.
[10:15] ---
    Hmm. You are extraordinarily gallant,
[10:18] ---
    but I would like to see you back up
    your words with bona fide actions.
[10:23] ---
    You need not worry.
[10:24] ---
    Even if we end up being beaten
    to a single shred of flesh,
[10:27] ---
    we will still absolutely beat
    the ever-loving crap out of you,
[10:31] ---
    and make you regret what you have done.
[10:34] ---
    Huh?! We're taking it that far?
[10:43] ---
    You appear to have prepared
    yourself substantially for this.
[10:46] ---
    This spear has been treated
    with 1,500 coats of resin.
[10:50] ---
    It symbolizes the rings of a tree.
[10:53] ---
    The form of its hidden spell
    is the fertility of plant life.
[10:58] ---
    You've done well to ready that in such
    a short amount of time. However...
[11:04] ---
    what is even more surprising
    is that you, slow though you are,
[11:08] ---
    are still able to keep up with my speed.
[11:14] ---
    So you are augmenting
    each other's motor skills, are you?
[11:18] ---
    It's as though you knew
    how to fight against a saint.
[11:23] ---
    But you are still too slow!
[11:44] ---
    --You killed me.
    --You're a killer.
[11:47] ---
    --You killed me, didn't you?
    --You killed me.
[11:51] ---
    I see, so that's what this is.
[11:59] ---
    The form of this hidden spell
    is a murderer's punishment.
[12:04] ---
    Each wire is a redefinition
    of an individual's lifeline,
[12:07] ---
    and the spell penalizes whoever breaks them.
[12:13] ---
    No defensive spell from
    any cultural region can stop this.
[12:18] ---
    It denotes negative resentment.
[12:26] ---
    My attribute is Gabriel.
[12:29] ---
    I am able to perform the esoteric rites
    of Holy Mother veneration to an extent.
[12:34] ---
    All restrictive actions, such as penal
    provisions dealing with sin and evil,
[12:38] ---
    become meaningless against me.
[12:43] ---
    Hmm?
[12:44] ---
    Can't you wait until a
    person finishes their sentence?
[12:49] ---
    Well, this just adds to the thrill of the chase.
[13:14] ---
    He's here already?
[13:16] ---
    The bodies of the Right Seat
    of God are nigh-angelic
[13:19] ---
    and cannot perform magic used by normal humans.
[13:23] ---
    However, the Holy Mother
    veneration spells that I possess
[13:26] ---
    effectively waive those conditions.
[13:30] ---
    I am both saint and Right Seat of God.
[13:33] ---
    In addition, I can command
    both human and angelic spells.
[13:36] ---
    Do not esteem me, Acqua of the Rear,
[13:38] ---
    on the same level as the
    rest of the Right Seat of God.
[13:46] ---
    Where's Acqua?
[13:47] ---
    Here.
[13:56] ---
    Now,
[13:58] ---
    time to bring an end to the warm-ups.
[14:01] ---
    If we are both taking up
    arms against each other,
[14:03] ---
    there is no reason for us not to exchange blows.
[14:07] ---
    That's true.
[14:09] ---
    However, I'm not necessarily alone.
[14:17] ---
    Hmph, no matter. Bring it on.
[14:29] ---
    You have fine moves.
[14:31] ---
    You're lagging more and more
    behind my rhythm, though.
[14:37] ---
    Now, how many more seconds
    will you be able to last?
[14:47] ---
    Hmm?
[14:51] ---
    The Amakusa Church
[14:53] ---
    collects magical notation from everyday items,
[14:56] ---
    reconstructs it, and creates spells from it.
[14:59] ---
    The pattern at your feet has
    blocked your movement magic.
[15:07] ---
    Mr. Tatemiya, as well as the rest of you!
[15:10] ---
    Now is the time for our sure bet!
[15:12] ---
    Here goes.
[15:18] ---
    Take this!
[15:23] ---
    Saint Breakout!
[15:36] ---
    Since saints have physical
    characteristics similar to the Son of God,
[15:41] ---
    they have the ability to generate
    the same kind of powers as the Son of God.
[15:45] ---
    Saint Breakout disrupts the balance
    of those physical characteristics.
[15:50] ---
    Once a saint loses that balance,
[15:52] ---
    they are unable to control those
    powers and can no longer move.
[15:57] ---
    The Amakusa Church once lost a saint.
[16:02] ---
    When that happened, we all took a pledge.
[16:05] ---
    After our grueling efforts
    to not just support her as a saint
[16:08] ---
    but to confront problems that
    she considered to be a threat,
[16:12] ---
    what we attained was the Saint Breakout.
[16:17] ---
    A specialized attack
    spell specifically for saints.
[16:21] ---
    And a fine spell it is.
[16:25] ---
    If I were an ordinary saint,
[16:28] ---
    I might have been finished right here.
[16:32] ---
    But unfortunately for you,
[16:34] ---
    in addition to being a saint,
[16:36] ---
    I am also the Right Seat of God.
[17:02] ---
    This is pointless.
[17:04] ---
    Even after combining your forces
    and hatching this strategy,
[17:07] ---
    this is all you have?
[17:09] ---
    There is still a short time left
    before your deadline.
[17:13] ---
    I will give you a choice.
[17:15] ---
    Either give me the young man's arm,
[17:18] ---
    or become a stain on the road, right here.
[17:22] ---
    Then you leave me no alternative.
[17:38] ---
    I see.
[17:41] ---
    It looks like you get to live.
[17:59] ---
    It appears that William Orwell
    has used an explosive amount of power,
[18:03] ---
    as a "saint," since his days as a mercenary.
[18:07] ---
    Currently, he wields power in
    Roman Orthodoxy's Right Seat of God,
[18:12] ---
    but as a sorcerer, it appears
    he had the name "Flere210," as well.
[18:18] ---
    "Flere" is a Latin word that means "tears."
[18:22] ---
    His style of fighting seems to be self-taught,
[18:25] ---
    but his method of moving around during
    combat uses a spell employing water.
[18:31] ---
    If the name "Acqua of the Rear"
    is associated with the four archangels,
[18:35] ---
    it would fall under Gabriel,
    and its attribute would be water, so that fits.
[18:40] ---
    Heh, so he's at a height
    no regular human could reach,
[18:43] ---
    no matter how hard they try.
[18:47] ---
    Word is that the Amakusa Church
    once had a saint among them
[18:51] ---
    whose credo it was to kill
    with a single strike of the sword.
[18:56] ---
    However, I'd heard that this saint's
    disposition was that she hated fighting.
[19:01] ---
    Do you have the nerve it takes to fight me?
[19:06] ---
    Apparently, I'm a much more childish person
    than I thought myself to be.
[19:12] ---
    I know I was taught that
    anger was one of the seven sins.
[19:18] ---
    But I will quit losing any sleep over it.
[19:21] ---
    I'm not going to let his resolve be for nothing.
[19:24] ---
    That alone will be good enough.
[19:32] ---
    Single Flash!
[19:54] ---
    Talent is a profoundly cruel thing.
[19:57] ---
    While we both use the same method,
    it still differs as much as this.
[20:01] ---
    No.
[20:03] ---
    My foundation is entirely Amakusan,
    and my teachers are my friends.
[20:10] ---
    I cannot permit you to denigrate them.
[20:14] ---
    Moreover, anyone who is conscious
    of how much power they possess,
[20:17] ---
    yet still ruthlessly brings it to bear
    against an ordinary high-schooler,
[20:22] ---
    even if they are a saint,
[20:25] ---
    has no right to look down
    on others, no matter who they are.
[20:28] ---
    I'm unimpressed. A foot soldier
    will unwittingly encounter a tank.
[20:33] ---
    That is the way of the battlefield.
[20:35] ---
    The foot soldier is simply
    fired upon and blown away.
[20:38] ---
    That is your reasoning.
[20:40] ---
    But you are the ones
    who set foot into my territory.
[20:44] ---
    Or rather, perhaps the boy was dragged
    into this by someone somewhere.
[20:52] ---
    If you know that, why did you
    hit him with your saintly power?
[20:56] ---
    What is the point of telling
    you my reason for fighting?
[21:02] ---
    Show me yours, saint of the far east!
[21:04] ---
    Don't give me nothing but talk;
    offer me your reason, through your sword.
[21:09] ---
    Show me what it is without words!
[22:50] ---
    Where am I?
[22:57] ---
    What happened to me? Ow...
[23:05] ---
    Oh yeah.
[23:08] ---
    The fight is probably still going on.
[23:11] ---
    I'm sorry, Index.
[23:13] ---
    I'll apologize to you
    within an inch of my life later.
[23:16] ---
    But right now,
[23:18] ---
    let me do what must be done.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    A shot exerted by the
    chosen one dashes dignity to bits.
[23:30] ---
    After all the despair,
    will the Priestess's cries get through?
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Holy Mother Veneration"
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.

9 - Holy Mother Veneration

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[00:16] ---
    Hmph, hacking by way of magic, huh?
[00:22] ---
    You're something else.
[00:24] ---
    But your body is screaming
    from this high-speed combat, isn't it?
[00:30] ---
    The power of Gabriel
    dwelt within Misha Kruezhev.
[00:35] ---
    That incarnation seems
    to have been incomplete,
[00:38] ---
    but I'm sensing something
    even greater from Acqua.
[00:41] ---
    Still, can a human really
    possess this much power?
[00:47] ---
    I haven't had this much
    of a workout in a long while.
[00:51] ---
    However, it's about time to finish this.
[00:57] ---
    THMIMSSP!
[00:57] ---
    "The Holy Mother is merciful
    and softens severe punishment"
[01:04] ---
    What is this?!
[01:06] ---
    TCTCDBPTT...
[01:06] ---
    "Be wrapped in mercy and ascend to Heaven!!"
[01:08] ---
    ROGBWIMAATH!
[01:40] ---
    Where is Imagine Breaker?
[01:42] ---
    Or if I keep breaking through each level,
    will I eventually run into him?
[01:48] ---
    Acqua!
[01:57] ---
    You are in no shape to fight me any longer.
[02:02] ---
    I won't let the reason that boy demonstrated
[02:05] ---
    or the conviction he showed
    by risking his life
[02:08] ---
    be trampled underfoot by this coward
    with nothing but his talent!
[02:10] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:15] ---
    "#09 Holy Mother Veneration"
[02:31] ---
    What in the world was I doing?
    I was putting in grueling effort,
[02:37] ---
    but compared to those saints,
    it's like I was playing a game.
[02:41] ---
    Ah, damn.
[02:43] ---
    I don't know if the system
    is glitching or what,
[02:46] ---
    but this low-oxygen alert
    has left me stranded,
[02:49] ---
    and to top it off, the
    gate is malfunctioning,
[02:51] ---
    and I can't get back to ground level! Man!
[02:58] ---
    Hey, what are you doing?
[03:02] ---
    Is that you, Misaka?
[03:06] ---
    I have to go.
[03:07] ---
    Huh? H-Hold on.
[03:11] ---
    You dummy. What happened to you?
[03:14] ---
    Don't tell me you just
    snuck out of the hospital.
[03:16] ---
    I have to go.
[03:19] ---
    They're probably still fighting... so...
[03:24] ---
    ...I have to go, too...
[03:29] ---
    Why won't you say it?
[03:31] ---
    --Huh?
    --That you want my help!
[03:34] ---
    That you need me to lend a hand!
    Uh-uh, that you're scared or anxious.
[03:39] ---
    Say something like that!
[03:41] ---
    Misaka, what are you talking about?
[03:44] ---
    I do know that you have amnesia.
[03:49] ---
    I know that you're carrying
    the weight of something huge.
[03:53] ---
    But is it something that
    you have to carry all by yourself?
[03:57] ---
    You look like you've been through
    the wringer and even lost your memory,
[04:01] ---
    so what's the reason why you still have
    to keep carrying it by yourself?
[04:05] ---
    I can fight, too. I can be of help to you.
[04:10] ---
    So tell me, where are you going,
    and who are you about to fight?
[04:15] ---
    I'm fighting too this time.
    I'm going to make this easier for you!
[04:19] ---
    Misaka...
[04:23] ---
    Anyway, let's go. You won't listen
    to what I'm saying anyhow,
[04:27] ---
    so I'm going to keep my eye on you
    until you're back in the hospital--
[04:30] ---
    So... you found out about that.
[04:33] ---
    But you've got it wrong.
[04:36] ---
    I can't remember who I was before,
[04:39] ---
    but I probably didn't stick
    my neck out to say stuff like that.
[04:44] ---
    The me from when I can't
    remember is driving who I am now.
[04:49] ---
    He's still there.
[04:50] ---
    Not up here,
[04:52] ---
    but here.
[04:53] ---
    So I'm probably in here.
    I know for sure what I have to do.
[05:02] ---
    I'm sorry, Misaka,
[05:04] ---
    but you should hurry and leave.
[05:08] ---
    Ultimately nothing's changed.
    Even if my gears hadn't slipped,
[05:13] ---
    and I hadn't lost my memories,
[05:16] ---
    what I have to do would have
    remained the same. Kamijo Toma...
[05:21] ---
    ...is not someone who is shaken
    by whether or not he has his memories.
[05:26] ---
    I'm not wrong about what I said.
    He has to get back to the hospital, right away.
[05:32] ---
    Not to mention, I also have the option
    of heading with him to the fight.
[05:37] ---
    But right now, there's probably
    some special significance
[05:40] ---
    in letting him stand on
    his own two feet here like this.
[05:45] ---
    I mean, I couldn't stop something like that.
[05:49] ---
    The right thing to do
    is to see him off from here.
[05:54] ---
    What do I do?
[05:56] ---
    I'm not at all satisfied by that.
[06:06] ---
    Oh... that's why...
[06:23] ---
    Are you finished already,
    saint of the far east?
[06:27] ---
    How can he wield such power?
[06:30] ---
    Drawing forth that much power
[06:32] ---
    should instantly disintegrate a person's body,
    both physically and magically.
[06:37] ---
    Not to mention Acqua having
    his power as the Right Seat of God.
[06:42] ---
    It shouldn't be possible.
[06:44] ---
    This goes beyond the realm
    of potential and natural talent.
[06:47] ---
    There is no way he can
    condense two extraordinary aptitudes
[06:52] ---
    into a single body like this.
[06:56] ---
    There's something to it.
[06:57] ---
    There must be some sort of trick
    somewhere that is allowing
[07:01] ---
    both his saintly powers and his
    Right Seat of God powers to coexist.
[07:18] ---
    You still intend to fight?!
[07:21] ---
    Right now, you're probably fuming,
[07:23] ---
    telling yourself not to drag civilians
    and Amakusa Church members
[07:26] ---
    into a fight between saints
    when our powers are so vastly different.
[07:30] ---
    But this is the battlefield.
    Differences in abilities,
[07:32] ---
    the quality of weapons,
    the strength of numbers--
[07:36] ---
    attacking others with such marked
    disparities is the rule here.
[07:41] ---
    If you don't like that, then don't
    even set foot here in the first place!
[07:52] ---
    There is no reason at all to make
    those who have no power fight.
[07:56] ---
    Only true soldiers should
    be the ones to take up swords!
[08:02] ---
    What an arrogant way of thinking.
    I'm such an idiot.
[08:07] ---
    What choice should I make?
    What choice will save my friends?
[08:13] ---
    What choice will correct
    Acqua of the Rear's mistake?
[08:18] ---
    What choice will uncover his secret
[08:19] ---
    and counteract his overwhelming power?
[08:24] ---
    Please give me strength.
[08:27] ---
    Your strength!
[08:33] ---
    Let's move! Off to where
    the Amakusa Church needs to be!
[08:39] ---
    What?!
[08:41] ---
    You're seeking salvation from the weak?
    Is this how badly you fear death?
[08:48] ---
    Is that how it looks?
[08:49] ---
    Certainly, I have friends who have
    been hurt by sticking to my side.
[08:55] ---
    I left the Amakusa Church as a result.
[09:00] ---
    However, this tragedy did not
    happen because they were weak.
[09:04] ---
    I judged them as weak
    and didn't trust in their abilities.
[09:08] ---
    Somewhere inside me, I looked down on them
[09:11] ---
    and wouldn't let them have my back.
[09:13] ---
    This arrogance, this feeling of superiority,
    that I would protect them,
[09:16] ---
    was the real tragedy!
[09:20] ---
    That's why I'm going to overcome it.
[09:22] ---
    I'll trust them to have my back,
[09:24] ---
    and by each of us giving our
    maximum mutual support,
[09:27] ---
    I will bring my Amakusa Church back around!
[09:32] ---
    Your baseless hope is simply a delusion.
[09:34] ---
    Did you think you could
    surpass me by doing this?!
[09:43] ---
    Saints, as a result of having been born
[09:45] ---
    with physical characteristics
    similar to the Son of God,
[09:48] ---
    have a portion of the
    power of God on loan to them.
[09:53] ---
    Be that as it may, they cannot wield
    the kind of power that you have.
[09:58] ---
    You clearly have a power greater than mine.
[10:01] ---
    Why is that? The answer is simple.
[10:04] ---
    It's obviously your Holy Mother veneration.
[10:12] ---
    You have physical characteristics
    similar to the Holy Mother, as well.
[10:15] ---
    That's why you've obtained
    that power, as well.
[10:18] ---
    By stacking the attributes
    of both saint and Holy Mother,
[10:21] ---
    you've successfully taken the kind of power
[10:24] ---
    that would normally run out of
    control and forcibly integrated it.
[10:26] ---
    So what if I have?
[10:28] ---
    On the other hand, you do have a weakness.
[10:31] ---
    Compared to all the other
    saints in the world,
[10:33] ---
    you have an even greater
    vulnerability to counter-saint spells!
[10:40] ---
    Saint Breakout...
[10:43] ---
    Saint Breakout...
[10:45] ---
    ...is a technique forcibly collapsing
    the balance of physical characteristics
[10:48] ---
    similar to the Son of God, causing
    one's power to run uncontrolled within them.
[10:52] ---
    If you, who possesses both the facets
    of saint and Holy Mother, are hit with it...
[10:56] ---
    Spontaneous discharge...
[10:58] ---
    Earlier, when he used exclusively
    magical means to go on the defensive,
[11:02] ---
    that was the reason why?
[11:09] ---
    I see, so that's your play.
[11:27] ---
    The symbols of the Son of God's crucifixion?
[11:30] ---
    Longinus,
[11:32] ---
    now is the time for
    the final key to his execution!
[11:39] ---
    This should be good. The Amakusa Church--
[11:44] ---
    such is a name worthy to
    be engraved upon my heart.
[11:52] ---
    "The Holy Mother is merciful
    and softens severe punishment"
[11:52] ---
    THMIMSSP, TCTCDBPT, TROGBWIMAATH!
[11:54] ---
    "This capacity for tenderness constituting a
    direct benevolent plea to the righteousness of God"
[11:56] ---
    "Be wrapped in mercy and ascend to Heaven!!"
[12:16] ---
    Now!
[12:26] ---
    Leave him to me!
[12:30] ---
    Saint Breakout!
[13:04] ---
    Sir William, you're safe!
[13:06] ---
    That's William Orwell for you!
[13:13] ---
    That's for tricking me
    and saving the best part for yourself.
[13:17] ---
    So, are you really planning
    on leaving England?
[13:21] ---
    Yeah.
[13:25] ---
    You're not cut out to be a mercenary.
[13:28] ---
    I pulled all kinds of strings to
    finally welcome you in as a knight,
[13:33] ---
    and you just brush it away.
    What are you going after?
[13:37] ---
    I'm not planning to do anything special.
[13:40] ---
    Knights and mercenaries
    both play an indispensable role.
[13:44] ---
    You know that, I'm sure.
[13:47] ---
    You mean...
[13:48] ---
    I will safeguard things from without.
    You safeguard them from within.
[13:54] ---
    Doing so will give us greater latitude.
[13:57] ---
    So there's no stopping you, then?
[14:00] ---
    Oh, another thing--
[14:01] ---
    there's an order placed with a
    craftsman outside London for an escutcheon.
[14:06] ---
    Cancel that for me, would you?
[14:10] ---
    As though he could lay it aside...
[14:13] ---
    As though it could be laid aside...
[14:15] ---
    Damn it.
[14:33] ---
    Ah, you're coming around!
[14:36] ---
    Yeah...
[14:38] ---
    Here, take this.
[14:42] ---
    Oh, please don't strain yourself!
[14:44] ---
    Not after the battle you've been through.
[14:47] ---
    Hmm, I don't remember much
    of anything after I left the hospital.
[14:52] ---
    You don't? We took down a saint--
    one of not even 20 in the whole world!
[14:58] ---
    That by itself is miraculous,
[15:00] ---
    a huge bonanza, like Santa tripping
    and scattering presents everywhere!
[15:05] ---
    And, um...
[15:06] ---
    Hmm?
[15:08] ---
    So is it okay to say that we beat Acqua,
    and you and the Amakusa are awesome?
[15:13] ---
    Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that.
    Although it is true,
[15:18] ---
    b-but that isn't for me to say, so...
[15:21] ---
    Huh? Wait, what day is it today?
[15:24] ---
    My attendance numbers are still safe, right?
[15:27] ---
    There have been so many incidents lately...
[15:29] ---
    Oh, you shouldn't be getting up!
[15:33] ---
    Um, I mean... that is...
[15:36] ---
    Toma...
[15:40] ---
    I'm the one who was sitting
    there for most of this time.
[15:44] ---
    We were just...!
[15:46] ---
    I haven't heard an apology
    for sneaking out of the hospital yet.
[15:50] ---
    Yes, she's right!
[15:52] ---
    Huh?
[15:53] ---
    How could you think of fighting
    Acqua in your condition?!
[15:56] ---
    Acqua?! As in the Right Seat of God?!
[15:59] ---
    Why wouldn't you turn to me for
    help against a foe that strong, Toma?!
[16:02] ---
    Huh? Well...
[16:04] ---
    When did Itsuwa start
    taking Index's position?
[16:07] ---
    Is this the Amakusa's
    environmental adaptation ability?
[16:16] ---
    Hey there, sweetie.
[16:18] ---
    While you're standing around,
    the sun is setting.
[16:23] ---
    You need to thank Kami for the help
    he gave the Amakusa, don't you?
[16:28] ---
    I-I'm aware of that, but...
[16:31] ---
    So you brought your
    fallen angel maid set, right?
[16:36] ---
    O-Of course I didn't bring that!
[16:39] ---
    I couldn't do that with others around anyway,
[16:43] ---
    but knowing how potent that girl's
    perfect memory ability is...
[16:45] ---
    I figured you'd be too uptight,
    sweetie, so... ta-da!
[16:49] ---
    I brought you an improved
    fallen angel maid set.
[16:54] ---
    See? Check out how open that décolletage is,
    and how sheer the skirt are!
[16:59] ---
    Wah! W-Wah!
[17:01] ---
    Huh? Then, what are you going to do?
[17:03] ---
    Honestly, what do you plan to do, sweetie?
[17:06] ---
    You aren't seriously thinking,
    after dragging it out this far,
[17:09] ---
    of tilting your head to the side
    and saying "I'm so grateful,"
[17:11] ---
    and just leaving it at that?!
[17:14] ---
    Th-Then what should I do?
[17:17] ---
    About all I can do is wholeheartedly...
[17:19] ---
    Man, are you on a high horse!
[17:22] ---
    Hey, I have a question!
    Sweetie, what do you think those are there for?
[17:26] ---
    Those testaments to mammality,
    which is to say, boobs!
[17:30] ---
    My question is,
    why do you think those are there?!
[17:33] ---
    H-Huh?
[17:35] ---
    Sweetie, in all seriousness,
    are you sure about this slow pace of yours?
[17:39] ---
    Wh-What do you mean?
[17:41] ---
    I mean Itsuwa.
[17:44] ---
    I'm saying that she wouldn't think
    twice about playing the fallen angel sexy maid.
[17:49] ---
    No! She wouldn't.
[17:50] ---
    In other words, you're falling behind Itsuwa!
[17:54] ---
    On a feminine level!
[17:56] ---
    Jeez, all you women are is full of pride,
[17:59] ---
    and you don't know the first
    thing about having a rough time.
[18:02] ---
    You can't say that to me!
[18:04] ---
    Can you lead your little
    lost sheep like this?
[18:09] ---
    So, what will it be?
[18:11] ---
    What will it be?
    What will it be?! What will it be?!
[18:15] ---
    I'm black and blue from head to toe,
[18:18] ---
    and yet you still bite me
    without mercy, Miss Index.
[18:21] ---
    Hmph! It's your own fault, Toma.
[18:24] ---
    Pardon me.
[18:35] ---
    How in the world has Acqua been beaten?
[18:38] ---
    It just means that their group
    has been progressing quickly.
[18:42] ---
    So then, you've come out of there,
[18:45] ---
    Fiamma of the Right?
[18:47] ---
    That sort of reaction won't do.
[18:50] ---
    It makes you look like
    you're not up to being the pope.
[18:53] ---
    What are you planning to do?
[18:55] ---
    First, we strike England.
[18:57] ---
    What?
[18:58] ---
    Don't you get it?
    We have just about all of Europe,
[19:02] ---
    aside from England, under our control.
[19:04] ---
    We're going to contact the
    other nations to dry England up.
[19:08] ---
    I doubt that will do any
    damage to Academy City.
[19:12] ---
    I'm not interested in Academy City.
[19:15] ---
    It is in England.
[19:18] ---
    What do you mean, it?
[19:20] ---
    Hmph, we're going to have to exert
    a lot of power to get our hands on it.
[19:27] ---
    You can't mean...
[19:30] ---
    Are you really a church
    of the cross follower?
[19:33] ---
    Well, what do you think?
[19:35] ---
    Damn.
[19:36] ---
    Now, now. We can't have
    you speaking like that.
[19:40] ---
    Do you really expect me
    to sit by and do nothing?!
[19:43] ---
    Do you want to take on me,
    the one who leads the Right Seat of God?
[19:48] ---
    Don't underestimate me.
[19:50] ---
    I call on the Apostles from 1 to 12!
    I beseech the infinite Lord!
[19:55] ---
    May thy power be overflowing!
    I am one who knows its proper meaning.
[20:00] ---
    I implore thee that by this power,
    my enemy be defeated!
[20:05] ---
    For the next 40 years,
    you will remain here idle.
[20:09] ---
    Experience this extended
    lonesomeness unto yourself,
[20:12] ---
    and sharpen up your mental immaturity.
[20:27] ---
    Th-That power wouldn't be...!
[20:29] ---
    Yes. The right hand symbolizes miracles.
[20:34] ---
    In Michael's right arm
    is the mightiest of weapons.
[20:38] ---
    With my right arm I hold
    the very quintessence of miracles,
[20:43] ---
    but I do not have the right output
    terminals to collect and control it.
[20:48] ---
    The power I wield in this state is peanuts.
[20:52] ---
    Tell me, wouldn't you want
    the symbol of all miracles,
[20:58] ---
    the Holy Right?
[21:00] ---
    You wouldn't...
[21:01] ---
    I would be able to control it.
[21:03] ---
    It takes overwhelming knowledge,
    beyond the domain of mankind,
[21:06] ---
    in order to control overwhelming power.
[21:10] ---
    I-Index Librorum Prohibitorum!
[21:12] ---
    Hmph, the English folks have
    provided quite the delightful package.
[21:18] ---
    I won't let you!
[21:20] ---
    A contest as devastating as this
    may be absurd, but still, it's fun.
[21:47] ---
    Hmm, he took all of that by himself?
[21:51] ---
    Heh, formidable bastard.
[22:01] ---
    Ha! Took all of that by yourself, huh?
[22:05] ---
    You wouldn't have had
    to if you'd forsaken the city.
[22:08] ---
    Fiamma's target is in England. Go.
[22:11] ---
    You do not give orders to me.
[22:14] ---
    However, if it coincides
    with killing that rat bastard,
[22:18] ---
    I'd be willing to let it slide.
[22:27] ---
    I have a report.
[22:28] ---
    It appears that an internal dispute
    has arisen within the Roman Orthodoxy.
[22:32] ---
    The Roman pope was caught up in it
    and is seriously injured.
[22:36] ---
    From the amount of
    magical force that was detected,
[22:38] ---
    damage to Vatican City should be
    enormous but is still being figured.
[22:42] ---
    Hmph, do-good rascal.
[22:45] ---
    Huh?
[22:46] ---
    However, you must have
    been smiling, you do-good rascal.
[22:52] ---
    It will take another several hours
    to restore the Underline information net.
[22:58] ---
    Process the data collected
    just before shutdown.
[23:02] ---
    Use the neural operational status
    and AIM diffusion field offset data
[23:07] ---
    to derive the right arm's
    power quality and quantity.
[23:12] ---
    --Point Central 0 maintaining stability level 3.
    --Central axis idling at
    critical frequency verified.
[23:16] ---
    --Sample designation Imagine Breaker
    influence coefficient: 98%.
    --Pivotal main plan power on par
[23:20] ---
    with Academy City's first-ranked
    operating as according to schedule.
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Under the archbishop's orders,
    Index and I head for England.
[23:30] ---
    An underhanded in-flight plot
    spurs sorcerers into action.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Sky Bus 365"
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

10 - Sky Bus 365

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[00:09] ---
    "The key to a long-distance relationship
[00:10] ---
    lies in whether or not the couple
    remains in each other's memory."
[00:14] ---
    "Steal-his-love Special"?
[00:15] ---
    "Steal-his-love Special"
[00:16] ---
    "A stronger woman's charms
    will overwrite his memory"?!
[00:20] ---
    Th-The fallen angel sexy maid outfit!
[00:23] ---
    Then that was an all-out mental,
    technical, and physical boob tactic?
[00:29] ---
    The Priestess is a force to be reckoned with.
[00:31] ---
    I need a chance to turn things around--
[00:34] ---
    It's that new product I've heard about!
    The Great Fairy Revealing Maid outfit!
[00:47] ---
    I couldn't wear something like that!
[00:54] ---
    Touching on October functions,
[00:57] ---
    I think the optimal one
    will be the ball at Queen House.
[01:00] ---
    The social class of the guests
    may be a bit more rough...
[01:03] ---
    Excuse me, Knight Leader,
    but those kinds of soirees and balls
[01:07] ---
    carry the implication that this is a date.
[01:10] ---
    You're the one who asked me
    to instruct you in English behavior.
[01:15] ---
    I thought you were starting
    to explore how to live like a lady.
[01:18] ---
    Wherever did you hear an idea like that?
[01:22] ---
    Hmm, that's curious. The bit about
    the fallen angel sexy maid was untrue?
[01:31] ---
    W-W-W-W--
[01:32] ---
    I would not consider
    such conduct to be ladylike.
[01:35] ---
    Ahem! Putting that aside,
    what is happening with the Eurotunnel?
[01:40] ---
    Those no telling for certain
    when it will be restored.
[01:42] ---
    I heard that tensions with
    France have been heightened.
[01:46] ---
    They seem to be having trouble trying
    to convince the hawks in Parliament
[01:49] ---
    to forgo the anti-French
    pre-emptive strike they keep proposing.
[01:53] ---
    We also have a number of
    domestic organizations
[01:56] ---
    who are hinting at taking advantage
    of the chaos to stir up unrest.
[02:00] ---
    Enemies without and within.
[02:02] ---
    Leaving us both with
    an abundance of things to see to.
[02:16] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:36] ---
    "#10 Sky Bus 365"
[03:41] ---
    Th-That was a completely
    ridiculous thing for me to say.
[03:44] ---
    I do know that you have amnesia.
[03:49] ---
    I can fight, too. I can be of help to you.
[03:58] ---
    Huh? Oh, it's you, Zapper.
[04:04] ---
    What are you up to here?
[04:06] ---
    I-It doesn't matter what I'm up to!
    Just the usual, the usual! Hmph!
[04:11] ---
    Yeah, uh...
[04:14] ---
    So, um, are you... over
    your injuries already?
[04:18] ---
    Yeah, close enough. But then, yeah...
    You really did find out, huh?
[04:27] ---
    I'd appreciate it
    if you didn't tell anyone else.
[04:31] ---
    O-Okay.
[04:33] ---
    And as for the vending machine,
[04:37] ---
    maybe be more discreet about doing
    high kicks in a skirt in front of others?
[04:40] ---
    Mm-hmm...
[04:43] ---
    Huh? You're being awfully quiet.
[04:45] ---
    Wh-What's happening here?
    Why is my heart getting so cozy?
[04:53] ---
    H-Hey...
[04:55] ---
    Gaah!!
[04:59] ---
    Don't "Gaah!!" me!!
[05:08] ---
    Ugh, what is up with Misaka?
[05:12] ---
    I-I hope Index isn't
    acting out of sorts, too.
[05:20] ---
    The fallout from the
    explosion in the Eurotunnel,
[05:22] ---
    --Index is the same as always.
[05:22] ---
    --which connects Britain and France,
    has extended to the airways, as well.
[05:26] ---
    This has--
[05:30] ---
    "Yakisoba"
[05:37] ---
    Toma, what's for supper tonight?
[05:40] ---
    A lot happened today, so it's cup yakisoba.
[05:43] ---
    A lot happened?
[05:44] ---
    Hang on a minute. It'll be ready soon.
[05:47] ---
    Wh-What was that sound?
[05:49] ---
    Oh, that's...
[05:53] ---
    Toma...
[05:57] ---
    You're such a klutz. Here, this is yours.
[06:01] ---
    Huh?!!
[06:07] ---
    Wh-What is it, Tsuchimikado?
[06:09] ---
    Hey, Kami. This is going to take a while.
    Is now a good time?
[06:14] ---
    A miracle just happened.
    Keep it short, would you?
[06:18] ---
    Hmm? Okay, I'll keep it short.
    Get yourselves to Britain, now.
[06:24] ---
    Huh?
[06:32] ---
    What is this, knockout... gas...?
[06:45] ---
    Beef or fish! Beef or fish! Beef or fish!
[06:50] ---
    Beef or fish!
[06:52] ---
    We know you're looking forward
    to your inflight meal,
[06:54] ---
    so could you keep it down, Index?
[06:56] ---
    Hmm! And why do we have to go
    to England right now, anyway?
[07:01] ---
    Well, they said that there was
    some huge magical trouble in England,
[07:06] ---
    so they wanted to
    call you in as a state official.
[07:09] ---
    And there was something about me
    having to come with you, too.
[07:12] ---
    Hmm. By the way, Toma,
    when will the airplane meal get here?
[07:18] ---
    After 9:00, I'd guess. We got the
    late meal ticket, because it was cheaper.
[07:23] ---
    Huh?!
[07:24] ---
    Better than getting on that plane
    that Tsuchimikado had waiting for us!
[07:34] ---
    Due to the impact of the
    Eurotunnel explosion,
[07:36] ---
    --This isn't England?
    --this flight is assisting the
    Anglo-French relief material transport service.
[07:39] ---
    They said it was France.
    They mentioned it on the news on TV, too.
[07:43] ---
    Ah! That man over there in the
    work uniform is eating a sandwich!
[07:48] ---
    --No fair! I want to eat something, too!
    --H-Hey, you...
[07:56] ---
    Sir?
[07:56] ---
    Yes?!
[07:59] ---
    What seems to be the trouble?
[08:00] ---
    W-W-We're fine!
[08:04] ---
    I have to wonder, though, is it worth it
    to transport daily necessities on a plane?
[08:09] ---
    These are items coming
    from overseas countries,
[08:12] ---
    so apparently there are a lot of
    things they cannot procure in Britain.
[08:16] ---
    I got the impression that this flight's
    container included liquid foods.
[08:21] ---
    Liquid foods?
[08:23] ---
    I do not know what the disease is called,
[08:25] ---
    but apparently, it is nutrition provided
    to those cannot eat regular food.
[08:31] ---
    Nutrition. Food. Airplane
    food. Inflight meal.
[08:37] ---
    Beef or fish!
[08:39] ---
    --Beef or fish! Beef or fish!
    --I told you, it's one or the other!
[08:42] ---
    I-I will bring you something right away.
[08:45] ---
    Damn, the seat was taken
    by someone on the waiting list.
[08:49] ---
    What do I do?
[08:54] ---
    Is it ready yet?
[08:56] ---
    Hmm, it is taking a while, huh?
[09:03] ---
    Huh?
[09:06] ---
    Is this supposed to be closed?
[09:12] ---
    Wha--?!
[09:13] ---
    You saw it, then?
[09:20] ---
    Captain, emergency.
[09:24] ---
    A terrorist?
[09:26] ---
    We received word from the control tower that
    a member of a French anti-English organization
[09:31] ---
    had gotten aboard the plane.
[09:33] ---
    If certain demands aren't met,
    the plane will crash and burn.
[09:38] ---
    For real?
[09:39] ---
    The terrorists demand
[09:41] ---
    that the major airlines' customer
    management systems be destroyed.
[09:45] ---
    They're going to completely
    eliminate the air routes into England.
[09:48] ---
    The blood spatter you saw
    came from one of my colleagues.
[09:51] ---
    Most likely another act
    perpetrated by the terrorist.
[09:54] ---
    You're not thinking that
    I'm the culprit, are you?
[09:57] ---
    No, no one was thinking that.
[10:00] ---
    Can just the two of you
    really find the criminal?
[10:03] ---
    You could use as many people
    as you can get, right? So let me help.
[10:07] ---
    Tch. I'm too nervous about
    letting this chaos spread.
[10:10] ---
    I don't need an amateur
    milling around on his own.
[10:14] ---
    Can you take responsibility
    for the lives of 500 passengers?
[10:21] ---
    Toss him in there.
[10:32] ---
    Damn!
[10:50] ---
    How far could Toma have gone?
[11:00] ---
    Damn it, how did the connector get broken?
[11:04] ---
    --I can't feed the crash
    stabilizer the disrupt program--
[11:06] ---
    --Crash?
    --I can't feed the crash
    stabilizer the disrupt program--
[11:12] ---
    What are you doing?
[11:16] ---
    This is a knife carved out of animal bone.
[11:19] ---
    It's not picked up by
    airport metal detectors.
[11:23] ---
    Get up. Give me any trouble
    and I'll stab you.
[11:36] ---
    Get in there, unless you want to get stabbed.
[11:39] ---
    Index!
[11:42] ---
    Damn it!
[12:06] ---
    Hold it!
[12:09] ---
    Index!
[12:18] ---
    You!
[12:19] ---
    Hey, what the hell happened in here?!
[12:25] ---
    He's even attacking the passengers now.
[12:27] ---
    Damn it, what is the terrorist trying to do?
[12:31] ---
    The crash stabilization device.
[12:33] ---
    What?
[12:34] ---
    Index may have heard the culprit say it.
[12:37] ---
    This aircraft has a device installed
[12:39] ---
    whose sensors can auto-detect
    the shock of a belly landing,
[12:42] ---
    and automatically shut down all the engines.
[12:46] ---
    So, if that were to malfunction...
[12:49] ---
    The aircraft would crash.
[12:53] ---
    I get the general picture of what happened.
[12:56] ---
    I'm sorry we weren't of any help,
    but I'm glad it didn't end up much worse.
[13:02] ---
    I hate having to do this,
    but I still need to keep you sequestered.
[13:07] ---
    I have a duty to the lives of the passengers.
[13:10] ---
    You've gotta be kidding me!
    Lives of the passengers my ass.
[13:15] ---
    I stayed put and did like you asked,
    and look what happened!
[13:19] ---
    I had my friend assaulted!
    You expect me to wait until he comes back?!
[13:24] ---
    Witnesses are the ones in the most danger!
[13:35] ---
    Where is he?
[13:39] ---
    Where did he go?
[13:42] ---
    Damn it.
[13:44] ---
    If he'd just do something to act suspiciously,
    I could spot him right away.
[13:53] ---
    All right...
[13:58] ---
    What is it? What's wrong?
[14:00] ---
    What's happened? Have we lost altitude?
[14:03] ---
    N-No, that alarm is from
    a manual button in the cabin.
[14:08] ---
    E-Emergency, Captain!
[14:09] ---
    Now what is it?!
[14:10] ---
    I don't know! Damn it, what's going on?!
    What's going on here?!
[14:15] ---
    Th-The fuel gauge!
    It shouldn't be dropping like that!
[14:18] ---
    I can only guess there's a hole in the tank!
[14:21] ---
    We won't make it to the airport at this rate.
[14:23] ---
    Worst case, we need to prepare for
    an emergency landing on a main highway!
[14:28] ---
    Captain, instructions?!
[14:29] ---
    Damn it, I'll be right there!
[14:37] ---
    It sounds like the illusion you've
    set up is starting to have an effect.
[14:42] ---
    Fudging the gauge readings
    with illusions is a simple matter.
[14:47] ---
    You're forcing a landing not at the airport,
[14:49] ---
    but on a country highway
    with few buildings around?
[14:53] ---
    My, would you prefer to have it explode
    in the city, or over a residential area?
[14:59] ---
    What roads can they use
    for an emergency landing?
[15:01] ---
    Of the major highways
    that lead from London to Scotland,
[15:05] ---
    they are likely to come down
    between Kendal and Carlisle.
[15:08] ---
    Block the pertinent highway,
    and shut down all the roads that feed it.
[15:16] ---
    I don't mind you speeding things along,
[15:19] ---
    but what are you going to do if
    that airliner breaks up in midair?
[15:22] ---
    If that happens,
[15:23] ---
    we'll have to at least recover the
    List of Prohibited Books, who is aboard.
[15:27] ---
    We can catch at least one
    person on the ground.
[15:29] ---
    Speaking from the bottom of my heart,
    I hope you die an early death.
[15:38] ---
    What's going on?
[15:42] ---
    We're losing altitude? This is bad!
[15:48] ---
    Increase our altitude!
[15:50] ---
    Unless you want me killing your passengers,
[15:52] ---
    you'll regain altitude immediately!
[15:53] ---
    --I can't.
    --Wha--?
[15:55] ---
    At this rate, we won't
    make it to Edinburgh Airport!
[15:58] ---
    In fact, the engines
    themselves might explode!
[16:01] ---
    Damn it! I'll kill you!
[16:04] ---
    Listen to me. Three minutes.
    If you don't regain altitude in three minutes,
[16:08] ---
    I will kill every passenger, one by one!
[16:16] ---
    This is unusual.
[16:17] ---
    What is?
[16:19] ---
    The airliner has gained altitude.
[16:21] ---
    I can only assume they
    have aborted their landing.
[16:25] ---
    Archbishop, emergency!
    We've identified a large-scale obstruction
[16:28] ---
    coming from the direction of Scotland.
[16:31] ---
    What kind of obstruction?
[16:32] ---
    Our illusion is being
    intercepted by a third party.
[16:37] ---
    Being obstructed from
    within Britain of all places?
[16:40] ---
    This oversight is on you, Archbishop.
[16:43] ---
    I am aware.
[16:50] ---
    Just to be safe, I'd like to put
    things in place with Air Bus 365.
[16:55] ---
    Is everything we need ready?
[16:59] ---
    All right, I'll need a transport.
[17:04] ---
    Our altitude has been restored?
[17:07] ---
    So here's where you are!
[17:20] ---
    You have a problem with that?
[17:22] ---
    Our flight is safely headed
    for Edinburgh Airport.
[17:27] ---
    We are terribly sorry for any
    inconvenience this has caused you.
[17:36] ---
    What's the matter, Toma?
[17:38] ---
    Why would he have picked
    this moment to commit his terrorism?
[17:42] ---
    Wouldn't it be because he wished
    to create a problem over British skies?
[17:47] ---
    If he had just done it right away,
    he would have had time to negotiate
[17:51] ---
    and might have been able to shake up Britain.
[17:53] ---
    Either way, the terrorist is out of the way.
[17:56] ---
    There's no reason to
    worry about it, is there?
[17:59] ---
    Why would he wait until the
    end of the flight to cause an incident?
[18:07] ---
    There's still another one!
[18:09] ---
    The cargo hold! He was waiting
    until after the plane was loaded in Paris
[18:13] ---
    to commit his terrorism.
[18:15] ---
    That's because he was waiting for
    his buddy, who was in with the cargo.
[18:20] ---
    He was waiting for insurance.
[18:22] ---
    Is there only the one way in?
[18:24] ---
    Y-Yes.
[18:26] ---
    The terrorist's buddy is probably armed.
[18:29] ---
    The riskiest moment in charging him
    would be right after opening the door.
[18:33] ---
    But there aren't any other ways in or out.
[18:37] ---
    Could we use that duct?
[18:39] ---
    No way. This isn't like in the movies.
[18:42] ---
    There's not enough space
    for a person to get through.
[18:44] ---
    No, it's just right.
[18:46] ---
    What do you mean, Toma?
[18:48] ---
    There was coffee and bottles of tea
    among the free drinks, right?
[18:51] ---
    Go bring me some of those.
    Something as hot as you can make it.
[18:58] ---
    Negotiations must have failed.
[19:03] ---
    Even if it comes to this,
    I'm bringing this plane down.
[19:23] ---
    Tea?
[19:24] ---
    Yo, terrorist!
[19:25] ---
    You know what thermal expansion is?
[19:27] ---
    Wha--?!
[19:37] ---
    I'll take this plane down!
[19:39] ---
    Thanks to the Eurotunnel blast,
    France has sustained huge losses!
[19:45] ---
    Which is why we're going to make
    sure they suffer at least the same damage!
[19:49] ---
    By blocking not just their land routes,
    but their air routes, too!
[19:52] ---
    Whether Britain or France is at fault,
[19:55] ---
    is there really any reason
    to fight with each other?!
[19:58] ---
    There's liquid food inside there, right?
[20:00] ---
    This is cargo that France
    is sending Britain as relief!
[20:04] ---
    Isn't that the kind of relationship
    Britain and France have?!
[20:07] ---
    There are idiots everywhere!
    Just because they're in with good people
[20:12] ---
    doesn't mean I'm willing
    to let them get away with it!
[20:14] ---
    Don't!
[20:17] ---
    For crying out loud,
    ever the amateur, aren't you?
[20:49] ---
    It's ten more minutes to Edinburgh Airport.
[20:51] ---
    He should be able to survive for that long.
[20:58] ---
    For heaven's sake, you're supposed
    to be watching over her in some fashion.
[21:02] ---
    I wish you'd at least show that much resolve.
[21:13] ---
    Hang in there.
[21:15] ---
    Now this update. The jumbo jet
    Air Bus 365 has landed at Edinburgh Airport.
[21:21] ---
    Sounds like the plane made it down safely.
[21:25] ---
    Yeah, but that's only
    because the stealth transport,
[21:28] ---
    using Academy City technology, was sent in.
[21:32] ---
    I think Britain may be
    stretched to the limit.
[21:35] ---
    Wh-Whenever I channel any magic,
    my body gets tingly all over!
[21:41] ---
    Time to put on your game faces.
[21:43] ---
    We're about to break up
    the very paradigm that is Britain.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Multiple threads intertwine
    around ceremonial accouterments.
[23:29] ---
    The true purpose of the sorcerers
    known as "New Light" is revealed.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "British Labyrinth."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

11 - British Labyrinth

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[00:05] ---
    Let's see, take the domestic flight
    to London once we reach Edinburgh...
[00:11] ---
    Toma...
[00:15] ---
    You never answered the beef-or-fish
    question, and we didn't eat anything!
[00:18] ---
    I'm so hungry right now, I could collapse!
[00:21] ---
    If I don't eat something,
    I really am going to die!
[00:26] ---
    I-It has been too long.
[00:28] ---
    Wh-What is the fallen
    angel sexy maid doing here?
[00:44] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:04] ---
    "#11 British Labyrinth"
[02:06] ---
    I see.
[02:07] ---
    Being right after a terrorist incident,
[02:09] ---
    I would think that they'd have to investigate.
[02:12] ---
    Please see that the liquid food
    is distributed to each household
[02:16] ---
    as quickly as possible.
[02:21] ---
    Princess Vilian?
[02:23] ---
    The heads of the knights and the puritans,
[02:26] ---
    as well as our young guests,
    have arrived at the palace.
[02:30] ---
    It is nearly time for their audience.
    Please get ready.
[02:33] ---
    Very well.
[02:58] ---
    William...
[03:01] ---
    Whoa...
[03:03] ---
    So, why were we even
    called here in the first place?
[03:07] ---
    Tsuchimikado was supposed to
    do your orientation. He didn't tell you?
[03:11] ---
    He gassed us without warning
    and left us at the airport--
[03:15] ---
    You're here.
[03:17] ---
    Knight Leader...
[03:19] ---
    What we're about to hold
    here at Buckingham Palace
[03:22] ---
    is a sort of strategy meeting.
[03:25] ---
    Officially, it will be called an audience.
[03:27] ---
    As such, I was hoping you'd
    be wearing something formal.
[03:31] ---
    Formal?
[03:39] ---
    When you say strategy meeting,
    what strategy are we discussing?
[03:44] ---
    The possibility that magic was involved
    in the Eurotunnel blast has surfaced.
[03:49] ---
    Beyond that, you'll have to ask Her Majesty.
[03:52] ---
    Her Majesty?
[03:55] ---
    Aww, this dress is such a pain.
    Can't I wear a track suit?
[04:02] ---
    Please wait just a moment.
[04:07] ---
    Wah! Can't you at least knock when entering?!
[04:10] ---
    I do apologize, but first and foremost...
[04:12] ---
    This is official business,
[04:14] ---
    and you were about to show up in
    a track suit again, you gormless prat?!
[04:17] ---
    Now that my tummy is full,
    I'm starting to get sleepy.
[04:20] ---
    Huh?! But the main event is about to start!
[04:25] ---
    We're ready for you now.
    Queen Elizard has seen the light.
[04:38] ---
    A sword?
[04:40] ---
    This is a royal sword, known as "Curtana."
[04:44] ---
    Thank you for coming. Please, come on over.
[04:49] ---
    Is that some kind of big-deal sword?
[04:52] ---
    The one who possesses that
    sword can obtain, virtually at least,
[04:55] ---
    the same quality of power
    as held by the archangel Michael.
[04:58] ---
    Archangel?
[05:00] ---
    The greatest and strongest
    being among all the angels.
[05:05] ---
    O-Oh, yeah...?
[05:07] ---
    If, by some ill fortune,
    this were to be destroyed,
[05:11] ---
    no one would hold it against you.
[05:13] ---
    You see, this is actually Curtana Second.
[05:16] ---
    Um, I'm afraid that just telling me
    its name doesn't explain anything.
[05:20] ---
    It means it's the second one.
    The Curtana Original, which appeared first,
[05:25] ---
    disappeared somewhere.
[05:27] ---
    So even if this Curtana were to be broken,
    a new Curtana would emerge.
[05:31] ---
    For goodness sake, that's not true.
[05:34] ---
    Curtana Second is a second sword
    that was crafted with great precision,
[05:39] ---
    but the method of forging such a
    second sword has been lost in this age.
[05:44] ---
    This is First Princess Riméa.
[05:46] ---
    If you would have asked, one of my men--
[05:49] ---
    or rather, I would have come to get you.
[05:52] ---
    Oh, we can't have that, we can't have that.
[05:54] ---
    What good is it to walk right into greater
    peril of being stabbed in the back?
[05:58] ---
    I have no intention of placing my trust
    in the hands of those who know me.
[06:05] ---
    Gloomy again, are we, sister?
[06:09] ---
    If you can't have faith
    in anything in the world,
[06:11] ---
    then go ahead and die right now,
    and we'll all be better off.
[06:14] ---
    Sister?
[06:17] ---
    Second Princess Carissa.
    You should study your history, young man.
[06:23] ---
    Vilian, you're here, too?
[06:27] ---
    My younger sister, the third princess.
[06:30] ---
    Hmph, not a barrel of laughs, is she?
[06:33] ---
    Now then, it's about time
    the others were gathering.
[06:37] ---
    I guess we should be toddling off.
[06:40] ---
    Huh?
[06:43] ---
    There are occasions when fewer
    people in a shorter amount of time
[06:47] ---
    can be more effective
    in carrying out discussions.
[06:50] ---
    So why am I here,
    like a fish out of water, anyhow?
[06:56] ---
    We have the queen and the princesses.
[06:58] ---
    So many famous people,
    I can't help but feel like taking a picture.
[07:04] ---
    What are you doing?
[07:06] ---
    I thought you were taking a photo.
[07:09] ---
    Huh?
[07:15] ---
    I won't allow you to leave me out.
[07:18] ---
    I'll just squeeze in a little closer...
[07:19] ---
    Oh, as long as we're taking pictures,
    I'd like to take control.
[07:24] ---
    I-I wouldn't mind...
[07:30] ---
    How dare you start taking pictures
    without me, the headliner!
[07:45] ---
    The topic of discussion is France.
[07:47] ---
    France, you say?
[07:48] ---
    Mm-hmm. We'll begin with
    the matter of the Eurotunnel blast.
[07:53] ---
    I have decided that it was an act of
    subversion by the French government.
[07:58] ---
    Do you...
[08:00] ---
    ...have any ev-i-dence?
[08:02] ---
    That is the reason why I summoned
    the List of Prohibited Books.
[08:06] ---
    If a French Roman Orthodox sorcerer,
    in particular, was used,
[08:10] ---
    she should be able to correctly analyze that.
[08:13] ---
    We should think of this not as a
    quarrel between Britain and France,
[08:17] ---
    but as a power struggle
    between Britain and Academy City,
[08:20] ---
    and Rome and Russia.
[08:23] ---
    Presently, Britain is being isolated.
[08:26] ---
    Yeah. But that is not the only issue.
[08:30] ---
    In the thick of this latest hijacking incident,
[08:32] ---
    I came across a fact that was quite concerning.
[08:35] ---
    Concerning how?
[08:37] ---
    We enlisted Necessarius's help
    to solve the matter,
[08:42] ---
    and there were traces that something
    had remotely jammed their illusion.
[08:47] ---
    The problem is, the source of
    that jamming came from Scotland,
[08:51] ---
    right here in the United Kingdom.
[08:54] ---
    So we have more than just outside enemies.
[08:56] ---
    It's a big enough headache that
    Britain and France are squabbling,
[09:01] ---
    and now you're saying we have
    independent domestic terrorists, too?
[09:05] ---
    The identity of the terrorists
    appears to have gotten out.
[09:08] ---
    Their organization's name is "New Light."
    It's comprised of four members.
[09:12] ---
    They also appear to have just
    completed an archaeological dig.
[09:16] ---
    I wonder if they're out to bring
    whatever they dug up back to London,
[09:19] ---
    and carry on some sort of subversive activities.
[09:23] ---
    If so, there are two things we must do.
[09:26] ---
    Investigate the cause of the Eurotunnel blast,
[09:28] ---
    to deal with the external threat of France;
[09:32] ---
    and determine the affiliation and goal
    of the sorcerer who is the internal threat,
[09:35] ---
    and eliminate them if necessary.
[09:38] ---
    Heading up the Eurotunnel investigation
    for the external French threat
[09:41] ---
    will be the knights.
[09:43] ---
    As for the internal threat,
    the puritans will take the lead
[09:46] ---
    in looking into British sorcerer societies.
[09:50] ---
    However, the List of Prohibited Books
    will be acting separately,
[09:53] ---
    to work with the investigation here.
[09:57] ---
    So, if I may ask, what am I supposed to do?
[10:01] ---
    Toma, you have a bad habit
    of wanting to get into it
[10:04] ---
    whenever something happens.
[10:06] ---
    No, I don't see why not.
    Necessarius is shorthanded, right?
[10:11] ---
    N-No. I don't think it is advisable
    to expose civilians to danger.
[10:17] ---
    Oh, yes, there is that.
    There's no need to force civilians to help us.
[10:23] ---
    Hmm? Lucky me!
    Well, maybe I'll just kick back here.
[10:27] ---
    Hmm. The living expenses for those not
    serving the national interest, however,
[10:33] ---
    will be requested separately at a later date.
[10:36] ---
    You don't mind, do you?
[10:37] ---
    Huh?
[10:39] ---
    Oh, if you'll just think of it
    as two or three suites at a gaudy,
[10:43] ---
    five-star hotel, it's quite a bargain.
[10:48] ---
    It will be my honor to work together
    for the sake of British peace.
[10:54] ---
    Well now, does it feel like the game is on yet?
[10:58] ---
    Lancis, you're our goalkeeper.
[11:00] ---
    Heh, I'm all ready!
[11:02] ---
    This magic is tickling me.
[11:05] ---
    Whatever, our half will strike hard and fast,
[11:08] ---
    and finish this quickly.
[11:12] ---
    Hey, Lessar,
[11:14] ---
    you haven't forgotten that
    you're part of that half, right?
[11:17] ---
    If you screw this up, you'll answer to me.
[11:19] ---
    I won't. But since we're picking positions,
    I want to be a forward.
[11:24] ---
    Are you done getting the Skídbladnirs ready?
[11:27] ---
    After all it took to dig it up,
    we need to be careful with its container, too.
[11:32] ---
    Yes, I know. We're transforming
    Britain today, isn't that right?
[11:37] ---
    All of us in "New Light."
[11:42] ---
    You know, I didn't think I'd run into you.
[11:45] ---
    Well, a lot has happened to me,
    as well. I made a little deal,
[11:50] ---
    and now, I use my skills for Britain, you see?
[12:08] ---
    All right,
[12:10] ---
    once I carry the case into position,
    I just wait for the signal.
[12:16] ---
    Whoops...
[12:22] ---
    Huh?
[12:29] ---
    Th-This one is mine. Your case is that one.
[12:33] ---
    Hmm? Oh, okay, okay.
[12:36] ---
    Th-That was close.
[12:40] ---
    Huh?!
[12:42] ---
    Wh-Which one is the real one?
[12:47] ---
    N-Nobody move!
[12:53] ---
    ...fleeing down Regent Street.
[12:54] ---
    Sounds like one of them has screwed up.
[12:57] ---
    Hmm? What's going on there?
[12:59] ---
    A blatantly obvious explosion of suspiciousness.
[13:04] ---
    Let's see, which one is it? Is it this one?
[13:07] ---
    It's this one!
[13:08] ---
    First, we clear the area.
[13:10] ---
    Then, the other thing.
[13:19] ---
    That was overdoing it a little, wasn't it?
[13:21] ---
    On the contrary, this could be bad.
[13:24] ---
    Hey!
[13:25] ---
    You don't mind, do you?!
[13:31] ---
    Wha--?!
[13:35] ---
    You're kidding me, right?
[13:46] ---
    Wah! Now I've done it!
[13:48] ---
    I used the most important thing to hide behind!
[13:50] ---
    Hey, Oriana, that rectangular case
    seems to be an all-important item.
[13:55] ---
    It sure does. If that's the magical item,
[13:58] ---
    it should prove interesting to have
    you hit it with your right hand.
[14:01] ---
    Yeah, you're right.
[14:03] ---
    But I can't afford to be outdone at this point!
[14:09] ---
    Damn it.
[14:10] ---
    We're supposed to chase that?
[14:11] ---
    Not necessarily, no.
[14:13] ---
    Help! Help me!
[14:17] ---
    Worst-case scenario, I'll make sure
    at least one of these activates.
[14:25] ---
    English Puritan Church 0th Parish, Necessarius.
[14:29] ---
    You're coming with us to the Tower of London.
[14:32] ---
    Just in case, would you like
    to know the charges?
[14:35] ---
    No, that's all right.
[14:36] ---
    I have no intention of being caught
    until this case activates!
[14:43] ---
    Itsuwa!
[14:44] ---
    Got it!
[14:55] ---
    Your spear--from its magical glyph,
    I'm sensing it's of the thunder god Thor.
[15:00] ---
    Don't be so naively simple
    as to think it's Mjöllnir.
[15:03] ---
    The thunder god has once
    used other weapons before.
[15:08] ---
    After dissecting the accounts,
    we unearthed these magical items,
[15:12] ---
    the Steel Gloves.
[15:14] ---
    These kinds of weapons are
    much easier for women to use!
[15:19] ---
    It's grasping something?
[15:21] ---
    Wind from the air?
[15:26] ---
    Dust particles?!
[15:31] ---
    Had enough, have you?
    I'd be willing to keep going.
[15:35] ---
    I'll be using Gjallarhorn next.
[15:38] ---
    Unless you want to end up as cinders,
    just stay down right where you are.
[15:43] ---
    This is going to alter
    the course of British history.
[15:46] ---
    You can expect all sorts
    of changes to come about.
[15:51] ---
    Under whose orders are you doing this?!
[15:52] ---
    Is it France? Is it the Roman Orthodoxy?!
[16:03] ---
    France or the Roman Orthodoxy? Right...
[16:10] ---
    As it turns out, our sister didn't come.
[16:12] ---
    What is Riméa up to?
[16:14] ---
    Sister has some difficulty trusting others.
[16:19] ---
    Although France has been
    involved in a series of incidents,
[16:23] ---
    the influence of the Roman Orthodoxy
    must be behind them somehow.
[16:27] ---
    Is seeking military action against
    France the only dialogue we can have?
[16:32] ---
    If you seriously want otherwise,
    you'd better come up with something specific.
[16:37] ---
    Our sister specializes in brains;
    myself, in war; and you, in virtue.
[16:43] ---
    You might be able to find a more
    effective method of dealing with this.
[16:48] ---
    Sister...
[16:49] ---
    Brace yourselves up. We're nearly to Folkestone.
[16:54] ---
    For crying out loud, that Lessar
    idiot has messed everything up.
[17:03] ---
    This is supposed to be a direct line.
    Why is it curving?
[17:07] ---
    There are many magical
    training grounds within London.
[17:11] ---
    It can't be...
[17:21] ---
    According to our intel,
    New Light is made up of four people.
[17:24] ---
    If there are still three more of them,
    this could be a bit of a problem.
[17:28] ---
    I have some good news on that front.
[17:36] ---
    Two to go.
[17:44] ---
    Man, you play it fast and loose, don't you?!
[17:47] ---
    By all appearances,
    you aren't a sorcerer, nor are you British.
[17:51] ---
    For what reason are you pursuing me?
[17:55] ---
    Whatever the case, not being British,
    you're out. You have no stake in this.
[18:00] ---
    No stake?!
[18:02] ---
    You don't need to know. All I can tell you is,
[18:05] ---
    we just want to change the direction
    of Britain to the breaking point.
[18:11] ---
    Damn it!
[18:17] ---
    Don't tell me this is tempered glass.
[18:20] ---
    A fall from this height would kill me.
[18:22] ---
    Ha-ha-ha! Dead or apprehended!
[18:30] ---
    Apprehended it is! Huh?
[18:31] ---
    I'm dead! I'm dead!
[18:33] ---
    If you don't catch me, I'm dead!
[18:41] ---
    Major point deduction!
[18:43] ---
    I just have to go after her, right?!
[18:47] ---
    "Skídbladnir"?
[18:48] ---
    Yes. The cases that they're using right now.
[18:52] ---
    Its effect as a magical item is
    to take whatever is in Case A,
[18:56] ---
    and teleport it to Case B, Case C, Case D--
[18:59] ---
    any other magical item
    of the same kind, at will.
[19:03] ---
    So they can pass around an important item
    like they were playing lacrosse?
[19:07] ---
    By all rights,
[19:09] ---
    it could be a bomb or some other weapon.
[19:13] ---
    That sucks.
[19:14] ---
    New Light is made up of four members.
[19:17] ---
    Two of them have already been brought down.
[19:19] ---
    The main item must be in one of
    the two remaining members' cases.
[19:23] ---
    Hurry.
[19:38] ---
    Are you kidding me?!
[19:42] ---
    Why, you--!
[19:51] ---
    We know what it is you're after.
[19:53] ---
    We've already caught the others.
[19:56] ---
    But you don't know where Lancis is, do you?
[20:01] ---
    The three of us are acting as relays.
[20:04] ---
    No matter which of us it goes through,
    this mission is going to succeed.
[20:08] ---
    Relays?
[20:10] ---
    Why didn't you realize it when you
    found out these were mass-produced?
[20:14] ---
    The possibility of there
    being a fifth Skídbladnir!
[20:18] ---
    Who did you just send the contents to?!
[20:21] ---
    Who is carrying the fifth case?!
[20:25] ---
    The objective has been achieved,
    but the fact remains, I lost the race.
[20:29] ---
    I accept that. If you're going
    to shut me up, now is the best time.
[20:36] ---
    A sniper?!
[20:38] ---
    Damn it! Call an ambulance, Oriana!
[20:42] ---
    Robin Hood?
[20:43] ---
    What was that?
[20:45] ---
    A magical item used by the knights
    for long-range sharpshooting.
[20:48] ---
    It was developed by a
    unit directly under Carissa,
[20:51] ---
    and well known among the military.
[20:53] ---
    If that unit is involved in
    silencing New Light, it means...
[21:00] ---
    The thing we were transporting
    was Curtana Original.
[21:05] ---
    The ceremonial sword used in
    coronations, once lost to history,
[21:10] ---
    far superior to Curtana Second.
[21:13] ---
    The greatest magical item in the United Kingdom.
[21:17] ---
    A sword that is truly worthy
    of transforming Britain.
[21:26] ---
    Alert every knight secreted throughout the land!
[21:29] ---
    Commence the invasion!
    Curtana Original is in our hands!
[21:34] ---
    Those who do not wish
    their country to be befouled
[21:37] ---
    are invited to rise up with me,
    Carissa, the new head of state!
[21:42] ---
    At the start of a new United Kingdom,
[21:44] ---
    we will level whatever may be necessary,
[21:47] ---
    and destroy whatever may be necessary!
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    An invasion by the knights?
[23:27] ---
    The chaos brought about by this fighting
    will be slashed by one man's sword.
[23:31] ---
    His name, William Orwell.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Mercenaries."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

12 - Mercenary

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[00:01] ---
    Alert every knight secreted
    throughout the land!
[00:04] ---
    Commence the invasion!
    Curtana Original is in our hands!
[00:09] ---
    Those who do not wish
    their country to be befouled
[00:12] ---
    are invited to rise up with me,
    Carissa, the new head of state!
[00:17] ---
    At the start of a new United Kingdom,
[00:20] ---
    we will level whatever may be necessary,
[00:23] ---
    and destroy whatever may be necessary!
[00:30] ---
    The knights are even coming
    after those of us in Necessarius.
[00:33] ---
    In any event, I need to rendezvous
    with the sisters in the other fortress,
[00:36] ---
    and regroup...
[00:39] ---
    Oh, no!
[00:45] ---
    Three through 20 and 30
    through 35 ready to fire.
[00:51] ---
    Designated witches will
    please accelerate in sequence
[00:53] ---
    and attend to intercepting the knights.
[01:01] ---
    How about it, Smartvery?
    We can't be sure that our attacks
[01:05] ---
    will have any effect
    against those knight monsters.
[01:08] ---
    I guess we'll have to tough it out until
    Coven Compass crosses the border.
[01:12] ---
    So we're the decoys.
[01:14] ---
    Knights do love to chase after witch tail,
    no matter what year it is.
[01:21] ---
    Here they come!
[01:39] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:59] ---
    "#12 Mercenary"
[03:00] ---
    We have instructions not
    to kill as much as possible,
[03:03] ---
    but with this many of us mixing it up,
[03:06] ---
    I can't guarantee that will be possible.
[03:08] ---
    So you're telling us to surrender
    before we get hurt? How bighearted of you.
[03:15] ---
    You don't care if anyone gets killed?
[03:26] ---
    What?!
[03:29] ---
    Begin searching the area!
    They couldn't have gotten too far away.
[03:33] ---
    --Sir!
    --Sir!
[03:40] ---
    Wow, that worked surprisingly well.
[03:44] ---
    What do we do now?
[03:50] ---
    My goodness,
[03:52] ---
    I was planning to call the
    List of Prohibited Books in
[03:55] ---
    and have her analyze whether the
    First, Second, and Third Princesses
[03:58] ---
    posed a threat before
    things ended up like this.
[04:02] ---
    If there are this many
    knights grouped together,
[04:05] ---
    that points to the militaristic
    Second Princess.
[04:07] ---
    Mm-hmm, good show,
    her locating the Original like that.
[04:12] ---
    As a result, Curtana Second
    here is all but useless.
[04:15] ---
    Daughter or not, this speedy
    invasion has been outstanding.
[04:19] ---
    Perhaps her fool of a mother could stick
    her head in the noose right now for her.
[04:28] ---
    Offer no resistance, and you needn't
    come to any undue harm.
[04:32] ---
    Please, choose wisely.
[04:34] ---
    This must be rough for you.
    That isn't the way Carissa operates.
[04:39] ---
    If I know my daughter,
    these must have been your orders:
[04:43] ---
    "If she doesn't obey you,
    kill her without hesitation;
[04:46] ---
    once you decide to kill her, show no mercy."
[04:50] ---
    So then, what will it be?
[04:54] ---
    A Roman Orthodox spell,
    based on the lore of the House of Loreto,
[04:59] ---
    was used as a destruction glyph.
[05:01] ---
    Hmm.
[05:02] ---
    The original House of Loreto is
    famous for having Louis IX visit it.
[05:08] ---
    It's possible that the magical item
    theory he brought back with him
[05:11] ---
    was updated by someone and
    used to cause the blast in this tunnel.
[05:16] ---
    That is terrific news.
    Both for me, and for you.
[05:21] ---
    Your statement is definitive proof
    that France was involved in this blast.
[05:27] ---
    If you had denied France's involvement,
[05:30] ---
    I would have had to slay you, right here.
[05:36] ---
    Issue the ultimatum to France.
    Then mobilize the military,
[05:40] ---
    and deploy the destroyers to Dover,
[05:42] ---
    such that they're ready to send
    missiles into Versailles at any time,
[05:45] ---
    depending on their response.
[05:47] ---
    Should we consider Academy City?
[05:49] ---
    Ignore them. It should be our own nation
[05:51] ---
    that holds the reins
    to our nation's military might.
[05:54] ---
    To hell with this war between the
    English Puritans and Academy City,
[05:57] ---
    and Roman Orthodoxy and the Russian Church.
[06:01] ---
    Whether the magic side wins,
    or the science side wins this fight,
[06:05] ---
    Britain will go down, having gotten
    mixed up in both magic and science.
[06:10] ---
    If we're going to avoid that,
    we can't wage a war of just two powers;
[06:15] ---
    we must make it a three-sided war
    for British independence.
[06:20] ---
    Mother's way is not aggressive enough.
[06:23] ---
    For the sake of our nation's future,
    we need to win this war on our own,
[06:29] ---
    without any help or
    interference from anyone else.
[06:33] ---
    Well, that leaves the matter
    of Mother and my sisters.
[06:38] ---
    To secure my claim to the usage of Curtana,
[06:41] ---
    we'll have to kill them at once.
[06:44] ---
    Right.
[06:55] ---
    Damn, those knights are everywhere.
[07:00] ---
    We need to meet up with Necessarius
    in a hurry, or she won't make it.
[07:07] ---
    Are you kidding me?!
[07:11] ---
    Golem Ellis?!
[07:13] ---
    Sherry is making a move?!
[07:23] ---
    That sorceress is bad news.
[07:26] ---
    That's right. Her good friend was
    killed by a knight way back when.
[07:31] ---
    You take advantage of this chaos
    to deliver her to Necessarius's dorms.
[07:36] ---
    I'm going to knock out these knights
    while they're occupied with the golem,
[07:40] ---
    and wait for my chance to bring
    that sorceress back to her senses.
[07:43] ---
    Can you do that by yourself?
[07:45] ---
    What I wanted you to ask was,
    "Can I leave this to you?"
[07:49] ---
    Or would you rather abandon
    the girl and tag along with me?
[07:54] ---
    Once you deliver the girl,
    head to Waterloo station
[07:57] ---
    and blend your way aboard the Eurostar train.
[08:00] ---
    The knights will be using it
    to move people and goods around.
[08:04] ---
    Why would I do that?
[08:06] ---
    That train will take you to Folkestone.
[08:10] ---
    The List of Prohibited Books
    and Carissa will be there.
[08:15] ---
    Can I leave this to you, Oriana?
[08:17] ---
    There, that's better. I've got things here.
[08:23] ---
    I was wondering how she sensed
    the danger, and now I know--
[08:27] ---
    the servants let her escape.
[08:29] ---
    The virtuous third daughter
    lives up to her reputation.
[08:35] ---
    Princess Vilian's carriage
[08:37] ---
    appears to have headed toward
    Canterbury by way of Dover.
[08:40] ---
    That's where the English Puritans
    ostensibly have their main cathedral.
[08:45] ---
    Slow-witted sister or not,
    she made quite the quick getaway.
[08:53] ---
    Let's go. There's not a moment
    to waste on my incompetent sister.
[08:56] ---
    We'll kill Vilian with all haste,
    then go after my older sister in hiding.
[09:01] ---
    An aircraft.
[09:02] ---
    What?
[09:06] ---
    Is it hostile?
[09:07] ---
    Likely so. We haven't received
    any word of reinforcements.
[09:11] ---
    I'll bring it down.
[09:12] ---
    Too late. It's already here.
[09:24] ---
    I doubt that all of this
    commotion will subside too easily,
[09:28] ---
    but I'll start by defeating the ringleader.
[09:31] ---
    I don't have time for this.
[09:33] ---
    Allow me to take care of her.
[09:39] ---
    So the reason you were
    so persistent in your invitation
[09:42] ---
    was because you knew it
    would end up like this?
[09:44] ---
    My hope in having you put in
    some time as a lady was unfeigned.
[09:48] ---
    However, it seems too late for that now.
[10:00] ---
    Wha--?
[10:01] ---
    Why do you look so surprised?
[10:03] ---
    Our United Kingdom was forged
    around Curtana and our four cultures,
[10:07] ---
    and that itself binds us under
    unique church-of-the-cross rules.
[10:11] ---
    Within our realm, the king is
    the archangel, and knights are angels!
[10:22] ---
    I don't care if you are a saint,
    as long as we are in this land,
[10:26] ---
    the amount of power I have
    is on an entirely different level.
[10:31] ---
    To the Canterbury Cathedral...
[10:33] ---
    If there are still any puritans remaining,
[10:36] ---
    then I have to at least have them
    rescue the servants who let me escape.
[10:48] ---
    Give up, already. Whether you come
    out quietly, or hole up inside there,
[10:52] ---
    you're going to die either way.
[10:56] ---
    Three... two... one...
[11:04] ---
    If you're counting on
    Canterbury Cathedral, don't bother.
[11:08] ---
    You understand what I mean?
[11:09] ---
    The reason your carriage lost
    control was none of our doing.
[11:14] ---
    It's thanks to some autopilot magical item
    jamming on the Canterbury end.
[11:19] ---
    The puritans have forsaken you.
[11:23] ---
    That can't be! No, that can't be!
[11:25] ---
    Looks like that settles that.
    You have no one left on your side.
[11:31] ---
    Not even a single one.
[11:35] ---
    I took care of the saint.
[11:38] ---
    Nothing stands in our way.
[11:40] ---
    Hmm. Then would you do one more task for me?
[11:46] ---
    Using a sword would
    just ruin the cutting surface.
[11:49] ---
    The axe used for executing
    the aristocracy is the better choice.
[11:59] ---
    You're free to beg for help.
    I'm sure there are those who are listening.
[12:04] ---
    But don't go thinking
    that anyone will answer you.
[12:07] ---
    There's no one... no one there...
[12:10] ---
    There isn't anyone who will help me...
[12:15] ---
    This is farewell.
    Let me promise you one last thing.
[12:19] ---
    I will take all measures that I can
    to ensure that your head will remain
[12:23] ---
    as beautiful as it was in life.
[12:26] ---
    That those who see it may honor your memory.
[12:43] ---
    He came back...
[12:46] ---
    You've come back.
[12:48] ---
    You came back?!
[12:51] ---
    --William Orwell!
    --William Orwell!
[12:54] ---
    Are you all right, princess of the realm?
[12:59] ---
    You're late.
[13:01] ---
    You're late, you has-been
    mercenary scoundrel!
[13:18] ---
    Bring me both of their heads.
[13:20] ---
    As you wish.
[13:31] ---
    Bayard?
[13:33] ---
    Necessarius's safe house has been input.
    Princess, you're leaving now.
[13:38] ---
    William, what about you?
[13:41] ---
    I'll catch up soon.
[13:42] ---
    I'll take measures to minimize their
    ability to follow you, so do not worry.
[13:47] ---
    You're going to go up
    against the knights alone?
[13:50] ---
    Against Carissa, who is
    now effectively the state?
[13:57] ---
    Never mind. Cast me aside.
[14:02] ---
    There isn't even one other person
    who would have saved me.
[14:07] ---
    That's just the sort of person I am.
[14:10] ---
    Cast me aside and be off.
    Then at least you can...
[14:22] ---
    William, what are you...?
[14:24] ---
    Even if you don't believe in my strength,
[14:27] ---
    the reason why I fight
    for you remains unshaken.
[14:31] ---
    Wait!
[14:38] ---
    You idiot! That isn't what
    I wanted to hear from you!
[14:44] ---
    Why do you stand here against me?
[14:47] ---
    There is no reason for you,
    the onetime mercenary,
[14:51] ---
    and now Acqua of the Rear,
    of the Right Seat of God,
[14:54] ---
    to risk your life for our nation's
    Third Princess, is there?
[15:05] ---
    I see. No matter who you are,
    or who you are with,
[15:09] ---
    it doesn't change what you must do, does it?
[15:12] ---
    That truly is your way of thinking.
[15:22] ---
    Is that Hrunting?
[15:24] ---
    The ten years since you left are right here.
[15:28] ---
    I am no longer the same man
    you knocked out in Dover.
[15:32] ---
    I'll stake my ten years to assess what
    you've accomplished in your ten years!
[15:50] ---
    I left Lessar with them and managed
    to sneak aboard the train and all...
[15:55] ---
    A patrolman?!
[15:57] ---
    They're checking in here?
[16:03] ---
    Hey.
[16:04] ---
    Are you Japanese?
    You don't look like you're with the knights.
[16:09] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[16:10] ---
    Huh? Seems like I've seen that outfit
    somewhere before. Is that a style now?
[16:15] ---
    Then you can help me.
[16:16] ---
    Huh?
[16:17] ---
    I'm Floris. I dabble in
    a minor little sorcery society.
[16:22] ---
    Now, don't just sit there, move it.
    We're almost to the end of the line.
[16:27] ---
    A sorcery society? Wait, if you've
    been stuck in something that sturdy,
[16:32] ---
    what exactly did you do?
[16:34] ---
    Oh, I don't think I did
    anything that was too wrong.
[16:38] ---
    Ah, and these are magical items,
[16:40] ---
    so you'll never get them off
    without the keys over by the door.
[16:45] ---
    Wha--?!
[16:45] ---
    Oh, see, my right hand
    is called Imagine Breaker,
[16:49] ---
    and it does this to all
    kinds of magical objects.
[16:53] ---
    Spare me the blather!
[16:54] ---
    If you break these off
    so roughly, you're gonna--
[16:59] ---
    Now what do we do?!
    We'll hit a dead end in about ten minutes!
[17:03] ---
    Nah, it's too soon to give up just yet.
[17:05] ---
    Huh?
[17:14] ---
    Wait, you're not thinking...
[17:16] ---
    That's exactly what I'm thinking.
[17:17] ---
    What are you, an idiot?!
    If you want to commit suicide, do it alone!
[17:20] ---
    There's a tailor-made river just ahead.
    If you want to escape, it's now or never.
[17:24] ---
    Let's go!
[17:28] ---
    I'm telling you, we're gonna die for real!
[17:31] ---
    It's fine! The water's
    surface will cushion us!
[17:34] ---
    This river is no more than a meter deep!
[17:37] ---
    Huh?
[17:42] ---
    Whoa, watch my right hand!
[17:49] ---
    Heh, with each blow,
    I can tell that your wounds are aching.
[17:55] ---
    Are you suffering the aftereffects
    of your defeat in Academy City?
[17:59] ---
    You talk too much, my friend.
    Can you no longer take up your sword and fight
[18:05] ---
    without making excuses,
    both to yourself and to everyone else?
[18:17] ---
    It's such a pity.
    If this is the fight of our lives,
[18:20] ---
    then I would have preferred
    to fight you at your best!
[18:26] ---
    That was not Hrunting.
[18:33] ---
    You're manipulating your attack pattern?!
[18:35] ---
    I'm impressed that you
    realized it so quickly.
[18:41] ---
    I was hoping that we could settle things
    without me having to use this...
[18:47] ---
    This isn't like you. Holding back
    against the sign of the evil dragon?
[18:53] ---
    Here I come!
[18:54] ---
    Bring it on!
[19:01] ---
    Wha--?!
[19:03] ---
    Movement Speed!
[19:07] ---
    Weapon Weight!
[19:14] ---
    Slicing Power!
[19:17] ---
    Attack Range!
[19:20] ---
    That's all you have. You cannot
    overcome my blade in your condition.
[19:25] ---
    I will give you a choice.
[19:27] ---
    You can lay down your sword
    and leave the United Kingdom,
[19:30] ---
    or you and your sword can become
    one with the United Kingdom's soil.
[19:33] ---
    Which would you prefer?
[19:35] ---
    Before I choose, I have a question for you.
[19:39] ---
    If you support the Second Princess,
    and kill the Third Princess,
[19:44] ---
    do you truly believe
    that this nation will be saved?
[19:47] ---
    I cannot say it is the ideal course.
    However, history is already in motion.
[19:53] ---
    As such, I have no choice but to take a side.
[19:56] ---
    The side which will bring
    the most benefit to this nation.
[20:01] ---
    I see.
[20:06] ---
    To flee, or to die--have
    you made your decision?
[20:10] ---
    No, I have but two choices.
    It's a question of whether I kill you, or I don't.
[20:16] ---
    Indeed. It seems I have
    my answer, then. Very well...
[20:22] ---
    This is where you die!
[20:34] ---
    How about that? I managed
    to get us out of our restraints.
[20:38] ---
    What are you talking about?!
    That wasn't setting us free,
[20:41] ---
    that was just an explosion!
[20:44] ---
    As long as the outcome is the same,
    who cares about the process?
[20:48] ---
    Still, the carriage is an awful mess.
[20:51] ---
    Won't getting around now be a huge problem?
[20:55] ---
    I-I have a terrific idea about that!
[21:02] ---
    Y-You're not thinking of doing
    that fabled whatever-it's-called!
[21:05] ---
    Ta-da! The hitchhiking gambit!
[21:08] ---
    Hey there, driver of that wretched lorry!
[21:11] ---
    How would you fancy a drive
    with this beautiful little lady?
[21:19] ---
    Should I get him for that?
[21:21] ---
    You moron, the driver
    made the right decision.
[21:34] ---
    All right, let's go. We're off to London.
[21:37] ---
    Huh? I don't know anything about
    such savagery as riding horses.
[21:41] ---
    Hi-yo!
[21:44] ---
    Wait, are you planning to
    leave me behind?! Just a moment!
[21:49] ---
    I can't hitchhike, you know!
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    The sword rips apart dimensions,
    and engulfs Britain in a sea of flames.
[23:30] ---
    Will the sorcerers succumb
    to such overwhelming power?
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Curtana Original."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

13 - Curtana Original

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[00:12] ---
    Looks like we managed to
    successfully get away from them.
[00:18] ---
    Huh? Successfully?
[00:21] ---
    Despite plunging into the water and
    bouncing around at least seven times,
[00:23] ---
    while spinning around?!
[00:25] ---
    Yeah, but see?
    We're both still alive. Safe, safe!
[00:30] ---
    Huh? Safe?!
[00:32] ---
    That isn't at all the issue, here!
[00:36] ---
    Huh? Hoofbeats?
[00:40] ---
    Someone's after us!
[00:48] ---
    Oh, aren't you...?
[00:50] ---
    Third Princess?
[00:52] ---
    I've located the Third Princess.
[00:54] ---
    Outstanding.
[00:55] ---
    Hurry and escort her here.
[00:57] ---
    The thing is...
[00:58] ---
    Imagine Breaker is with her?!
[01:01] ---
    What on earth is going on?
[01:16] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:36] ---
    "#13 Curtana Original"
[02:46] ---
    Have you ever heard of the
    Norse warrior named Thororm?
[02:50] ---
    This warrior used magic
    and allegedly had the power
[02:53] ---
    to cancel out the sharpness
    of his enemy's swords.
[02:56] ---
    You... can't mean...
[02:59] ---
    Taking a page from the legend,
    I have formulated a spell
[03:02] ---
    that zeroes out the attack force
    of anything I recognize as a weapon.
[03:08] ---
    After I took a brutal sneak attack
    at Dover long ago, that is.
[03:20] ---
    Zero out!
[03:27] ---
    Zero out!
[03:31] ---
    Zero out!
[03:35] ---
    Zero out!
[03:39] ---
    Zero out!
[03:43] ---
    Zero out!
[03:45] ---
    That again?!
[03:46] ---
    I zeroed that out earlier!
    Are you out of tricks?!
[03:50] ---
    History is already on the move.
    Unless you can turn back time,
[03:54] ---
    it is clear who will do the most
    good for the country as its head!
[03:59] ---
    So why do you cling so tenaciously
    to that powerless Third Princess?!
[04:03] ---
    Do you still not get it?
[04:07] ---
    It can't be...
[04:12] ---
    It can't be! The three animals
    on the coat of arms--
[04:16] ---
    the royalty, the knights, and the puritans...
[04:19] ---
    The fields of blue symbolizing England,
    Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland--
[04:25] ---
    the entirety of Great Britain...
[04:28] ---
    Are you serious?!
[04:29] ---
    Are you seriously thinking that?!
[04:33] ---
    Of striving for a perfect harmony within
    the body of the United Kingdom itself,
[04:37] ---
    with the three sisters and the queen,
    and no one else's support?!
[04:40] ---
    As I said before, there is
    no point in speaking it aloud.
[04:45] ---
    There is only carrying out the
    unspoken actions of one's beliefs!
[04:59] ---
    Zero out--
[05:08] ---
    He launched that?
[05:10] ---
    But once I've noticed it,
    and recognize it as a weapon, it's over!
[05:14] ---
    Zero out--
[05:18] ---
    Is there enough time? Zero out!
[05:30] ---
    Yet another, hidden blade?
    Imagine, meeting the same fate as Thororm...
[05:35] ---
    This has turned out the
    same as ten years ago--
[05:37] ---
    bested by a sneak attack...
[05:40] ---
    I am, after all, a shameless,
    has-been mercenary scoundrel.
[05:44] ---
    One who can fight with wild abandon,
    compared to you stiff knights.
[05:48] ---
    But as fate would have it, I don't have
    a blade with which to kill an old friend.
[06:03] ---
    Th-The captain! Fall back!
[06:09] ---
    I've got a nasty feeling that won't quit,
[06:12] ---
    but I won't get anywhere
    unless I keep moving.
[06:14] ---
    Luckily though, the Amakusa
    are now guarding the Third Princess.
[06:25] ---
    A devil of a face to come across once again.
[06:28] ---
    Acqua of the Rear...?
[06:31] ---
    He's alive?
[06:37] ---
    Index!
[06:39] ---
    If recovering her is your goal,
    get it done quickly.
[06:42] ---
    In a certain sense, the danger here
    is higher than it is in conquered London.
[06:47] ---
    Hmph, Knight Leader has
    been vanquished, has he?
[06:52] ---
    You're causing me so much grief,
    and without my vanguard,
[06:56] ---
    it means that I'll have to deal
    with you bottom feeders myself.
[07:00] ---
    Your grief will soon be over,
[07:03] ---
    because your coup d'état is
    about to come to an end, right here.
[07:06] ---
    Don't take me so lightly.
[07:09] ---
    I'm standing here with
    Curtana Original in my hand.
[07:12] ---
    Don't forget that!
[07:28] ---
    Ordinarily, this is something
    that separates the territory
[07:31] ---
    of the United Kingdom from
    the rest of the planet Earth,
[07:34] ---
    manages it, and governs it,
[07:36] ---
    but by applying its special attributes,
    it can do this, as well.
[07:40] ---
    Huh?!
[07:41] ---
    When you cut through
    three-dimensional matter,
[07:43] ---
    its cross-section becomes two-dimensional.
[07:46] ---
    And if two-dimensional,
    the cross-section becomes one-dimensional.
[07:50] ---
    In the same way, if you cut
    through a dimension of space
[07:53] ---
    higher than three dimensions,
[07:54] ---
    its cross-section is put out into
    the world in three-dimensional form.
[07:59] ---
    In other words, I can produce
    this sort of cross-sectional wreckage.
[08:05] ---
    A pandimensional fragmentation spell.
[08:08] ---
    If it has one drawback, it makes it
    too easy to put an end to things,
[08:12] ---
    so it isn't as fun as it could be.
[08:15] ---
    Damn.
[08:17] ---
    I just need a moment.
    Can you keep her occupied?
[08:19] ---
    I'll smash that magical item
    with my right hand while you do.
[08:24] ---
    Oh, how frightful. Your patented move
    was called Imagine Breaker, wasn't it?
[08:31] ---
    In that case, allow me to show you
    an applied technique just right for it!
[08:55] ---
    Damn it! What do I do?!
[09:00] ---
    Index!
[09:06] ---
    Unless you'd rather die, grab on.
[09:21] ---
    Ow-w-w...
[09:23] ---
    Here, catch.
[09:29] ---
    Why did you save us?
[09:31] ---
    The one who has brought
    together the current union
[09:34] ---
    between Roman Orthodoxy
    and the Russian Church
[09:36] ---
    is a man named Fiamma of the Right.
[09:39] ---
    Fiamma of the Right?
[09:42] ---
    It is your right arm, and the wisdom
    from the List of Prohibited Books
[09:46] ---
    needed to fully exploit it,
    that Fiamma is after.
[09:52] ---
    As such, if I had let
    the both of you fall just now,
[09:56] ---
    Fiamma would have lost the
    keys to his plan, and panicked.
[10:00] ---
    Which would carry the risk of even
    more senseless destruction spreading.
[10:05] ---
    Consequently, there is no other choice
    but to destroy the scourge within the scourge.
[10:11] ---
    However, the need arose
    to put a stop to this petty quarrel
[10:15] ---
    which spun off from the actual
    scourge before I could, you see.
[10:22] ---
    Petty? You mean the coup d'état?
[10:27] ---
    Is there a way... to stop it?
[10:32] ---
    Carissa and the knights' new order
    is centered around Curtana Original,
[10:37] ---
    incorporating its own vulnerability.
[10:40] ---
    But it is not my way to strike at that.
[10:44] ---
    I do not use tricks. I only challenge
    others upfront, out in the open.
[10:53] ---
    Acqua of the Rear...
[11:00] ---
    Index! Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?
[11:06] ---
    Toma, did you save me from the knights?
[11:10] ---
    You'd probably think so, right?
[11:11] ---
    And yet, things did not
    work out as handily as that.
[11:14] ---
    Hmm! Then I bet you came here
    with yet another girl you don't know!
[11:19] ---
    You'd probably think so, right?
[11:20] ---
    But it didn't go as easily as that!
[11:24] ---
    Still, I'm glad to see
    you're still your usual self.
[11:32] ---
    Toma, I could use some supper.
[11:37] ---
    That's a little too much your usual self.
[11:58] ---
    Prevent Curtana Original from functioning?
[12:01] ---
    We received a report that the Second Princess
[12:03] ---
    has returned to Buckingham Palace.
    It can be assumed the reason for this
[12:07] ---
    is because Curtana Original's
    power is unstable,
[12:10] ---
    as a result of being too great,
    and needs fine tuning.
[12:13] ---
    The Second Princess and
    the knights were always united
[12:15] ---
    by nothing but a mutual interest.
    If Knight Leader has been defeated,
[12:20] ---
    then now is our chance.
[12:21] ---
    If we can eliminate Curtana,
    this coup d'état will fall apart.
[12:25] ---
    Come to think of it,
    Acqua also said that the framework
[12:28] ---
    of Carissa and the knights was
    centered around Curtana, and fragile.
[12:31] ---
    Is it really possible to shut Curtana down?
[12:35] ---
    There's a subway under Buckingham Palace.
[12:38] ---
    There is a system using an
    underground branch line not usually in use,
[12:42] ---
    with a special car with
    magic cast on it standing by
[12:45] ---
    which will activate should
    Curtana ever get out of control.
[12:50] ---
    It's something of a safety
    device put in place.
[12:53] ---
    Which is why we believe Carissa
    has returned to Buckingham Palace.
[12:58] ---
    We're going to use that against her,
[13:00] ---
    by expending a tremendous amount
    of magic power from Coven Compass,
[13:03] ---
    the English Puritans' aerial fortress,
    to cast a large-scale flash spell,
[13:06] ---
    which, if we can forcibly disrupt
    Curtana Original via the subway,
[13:10] ---
    should stimulate it to run away with itself.
[13:13] ---
    I see. I mean, I don't really
    get the exact theory behind it,
[13:17] ---
    but if it works, let's do it right away.
[13:23] ---
    It's a little bit of a relief
    to hear you say that.
[13:28] ---
    The truth is, there are very few people
    who can carry out this mission.
[13:43] ---
    I have to wonder...
[13:44] ---
    what is the deal with this restaurant?
[13:47] ---
    I just happened to come here
    for the first time today, and...
[13:52] ---
    What is this, big-boob country?!
[13:55] ---
    Hold on! If everyone in
    here is like this, then maybe,
[13:59] ---
    there's something in their
    cooking that makes you...!
[14:10] ---
    "Kamijo Toma"
[14:14] ---
    Wh-Why?! What does he want?!
[14:17] ---
    Why would that idiot be calling me?
[14:31] ---
    Hello?
[14:32] ---
    Sorry to ask, Misaka,
    but I need to sneak into a subway.
[14:36] ---
    Do you know how to open
    an electronic shutter door lock?
[14:38] ---
    Ugh...
[14:40] ---
    Sorry to ask, Misaka,
    but I need to sneak into a subway!
[14:42] ---
    I heard you, and I was ignoring you!
    Get a clue, you idiot!
[14:47] ---
    Besides, why do you need
    to sneak into a train station?
[14:50] ---
    Where are you, anyway?
[14:51] ---
    London.
[14:52] ---
    Huh?! Do you know the kind
    of hoops you have to go through
[14:56] ---
    to get out of Academy City...?
[15:00] ---
    Then again, didn't he say
    he went to France earlier?
[15:03] ---
    I really am in London, though.
[15:07] ---
    And I'm serious about this shutter door
    in front of me that I need to get through.
[15:12] ---
    Tell me what kind of lock it is.
[15:16] ---
    You know, the fact that
    we made it this far so smoothly
[15:19] ---
    confirms that the strength
    of London's security network
[15:22] ---
    is stacked toward the magic end of things.
[15:24] ---
    So it would seem.
[15:26] ---
    But, while Index and I are disconnected
    from magic, and won't set off anything,
[15:31] ---
    you're a British princess, right?
[15:34] ---
    I have acquired a certain level
    of education, as a member of royalty,
[15:39] ---
    but in matters of magic, I objected
    to learning any knowledge or skills
[15:44] ---
    that could be applied toward
    violence, so I'm afraid... I'm sorry.
[15:48] ---
    Oh, no, all you have to do
    is open the subway partition,
[15:50] ---
    which has to be done by
    a member of the royal family.
[15:53] ---
    I'll do my best! With Index's assistance,
    even a beginner like me can help!
[15:59] ---
    I-I appreciate it.
[16:03] ---
    Hey, Toma,
[16:04] ---
    there's some marking using
    magic put in place in this area.
[16:09] ---
    It's probably so sorcerers
    who have to maintain a magical item
[16:12] ---
    won't lose track of where this location is.
[16:15] ---
    Huh?
[16:22] ---
    What are those?!
[16:24] ---
    Toma!
[16:28] ---
    Toma, stay back! That's a magical item
    based on Mökkurkálfi construction.
[16:34] ---
    It's a fabricated giant from Norse mythology!
[16:40] ---
    Damn it, did I get him?
[16:44] ---
    You're kidding, right?!
[16:48] ---
    This is bad! I can't move or get away!
[16:51] ---
    Toma!
[17:06] ---
    This trap is probably child's
    play that Sister could set
[17:09] ---
    with even less than
    the magic in her pinky finger.
[17:13] ---
    But still, even with that tiny bit of force,
[17:16] ---
    if it is going to hurt those
    who are trying to support me...
[17:21] ---
    I will resist it! I will resist it to
    the bitter end, whatever it takes!
[17:28] ---
    CAO! MARATTR!
[17:28] ---
    "Change angle of orientation!
    Move your right arm to the right!"
[17:32] ---
    Obey the one bearing the
    proper blood, and open up at once!
[17:47] ---
    Thanks.
[17:49] ---
    You saved me, Vilian.
[17:50] ---
    Let me take it from here.
    I'll stop him for good this time!
[18:03] ---
    We did it.
[18:08] ---
    Ah, thank goodness I got through!
[18:10] ---
    Is that you, Itsuwa?
[18:12] ---
    The mission was a success!
[18:14] ---
    Thanks to Princess Vilian releasing
    the lock on the magic partition,
[18:18] ---
    we were able to access the special car's
    power source! I should therefore say...
[18:23] ---
    ...please get out of there right away!
[18:42] ---
    I somehow managed to contain it...
[18:45] ---
    P-Princess Carissa!
[18:48] ---
    No problem. It was an
    attack from Coven Compass.
[18:51] ---
    Recover the special railway
    car and reseal it.
[18:54] ---
    Yes, Highness!
[19:01] ---
    It looks like things went well.
[19:04] ---
    Curtana's power has now been dampened.
[19:07] ---
    Now we just wait for the countercoup
    forces we called in to assemble,
[19:11] ---
    and charge Buckingham Palace.
[19:13] ---
    Once we have Carissa under control,
    the coup d'état will fall apart.
[19:17] ---
    This is the homestretch. Which means...
[19:20] ---
    What?
[19:26] ---
    Y-You just ate mine! You ate my meatball!
[19:30] ---
    No I didn't.
[19:31] ---
    A light salad is out of
    the question at this point!
[19:34] ---
    E-Everyone, we do have
    a fight coming up, so--
[19:37] ---
    More, please! I demand more food,
    no questions asked!
[19:41] ---
    One thing that has to
    be done before a big battle...
[19:43] ---
    is to fortify our bellies, of course.
[19:49] ---
    Aren't you going to eat?
[19:50] ---
    Oh, I was caught in the wake of the
    others' intensity, and got a late start.
[19:58] ---
    Oh, come on!
    I'll take over for you, so off you go!
[20:01] ---
    No, I, er, th-that's okay.
[20:04] ---
    We just got done fighting,
    and I'm smelly, and in this outfit...
[20:08] ---
    I have just the Cinderella
    mission for you, Itsuwa!
[20:11] ---
    Huh?
[20:12] ---
    Ta-da!
[20:13] ---
    It's pre-sale opening night for
    the Great Fairy Revealing Maid outfit!
[20:17] ---
    M-Mr. Tatemiya, why did you
    bring that doomsday weapon?!
[20:21] ---
    Incidentally, Priestess, I also carefully
    saved your precious bridal outfit.
[20:26] ---
    Wh-Who asked you to?! I
    don't need that thing!
[20:29] ---
    Don't need it? Don't tell me you have
    a hyper-fallen-angel sexy maid outfit
[20:33] ---
    that goes beyond even this.
[20:35] ---
    Y-You really spare no effort, do you?
[20:37] ---
    That's not true!
[20:38] ---
    Sister Agnese, it looks like
    the far east denomination
[20:41] ---
    is saying something interesting
    about letting ample breasts go to waste.
[20:44] ---
    Hmm, so who among our camp
    would be most effective
[20:47] ---
    to serve as a counterargument?
[20:50] ---
    Count me out, okay?
    There's no way I'm doing that.
[20:53] ---
    Huh?
[20:54] ---
    I thought this would look good on you,
    so I brought it, along with that pedestal.
[20:59] ---
    I never asked for either one of them!
    Don't look down on goth outfits!
[21:02] ---
    Then that leaves me little choice.
[21:04] ---
    --I will wear it, so that it does not go to waste.
    --Whoa, you idiot, stop!
[21:09] ---
    It appears that Curtana Original
    was overloaded. Was that your doing?
[21:13] ---
    No, it was probably the work of
    magical specialists within the country.
[21:18] ---
    I see. As a result, the knights
    are on the verge of collapsing.
[21:22] ---
    Even if that's true, it can be set
    aside with your return, can it not?
[21:28] ---
    Are you having second thoughts?
[21:30] ---
    A word of warning before
    you go into the jaws of death.
[21:34] ---
    In our earlier fight, I could only
    control one fighting pattern at a time,
[21:39] ---
    and as a result, I was defeated by you.
[21:42] ---
    Second Princess Carissa and Curtana Original
[21:45] ---
    are equipped with each one of them.
[21:47] ---
    She can produce an attack that cannot
    be avoided, blocked, or countered.
[21:52] ---
    If you really mean to
    bring her down, be prepared.
[21:56] ---
    Deputy Pope!
[21:57] ---
    Coven Compass has arrived
    at the designated coordinates!
[22:03] ---
    The time has come at last.
[22:08] ---
    Let's go.
[22:10] ---
    Yeah!
[22:15] ---
    Oh dear, it appears we
    didn't make it in time.
[22:18] ---
    They left us behind? Damn it.
[22:20] ---
    And here I bump into
    my calculating oldest daughter,
[22:23] ---
    whom I didn't want to see anyway, too.
[22:25] ---
    How mean to call me calculating.
[22:27] ---
    I'd prefer that you call it an
    intelligent, level-headed decision
[22:33] ---
    in the event that Carissa completely
    released Curtana Original's power.
[22:37] ---
    That's what "calculating" means.
[22:41] ---
    Can you keep going, horsie?
    I have to get back to London in a big hurry.
[22:47] ---
    Hey, are things with that flag
    in the British Museum ready to go?
[22:52] ---
    I would say we're about halfway there.
[22:55] ---
    Not many would realize it is a magical item,
[22:58] ---
    having been mixed in
    with the other general artifacts.
[23:01] ---
    If Charles Conder with the museum
    does as I expect him to,
[23:06] ---
    then it should prove to be useful to us.
[23:08] ---
    My word, with the fate of
    the United Kingdom on the line,
[23:12] ---
    they're charging into the final showdown
[23:14] ---
    without so much as a decent trump card,
    just their pluck and their guts.
[23:16] ---
    Bloody fools.
[23:19] ---
    You seem pretty pleased,
    considering your tone,
[23:22] ---
    Mother.
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    Are men powerless in the
    face of overwhelming military might?
[23:29] ---
    No, they're not. Everyone fights
    for the United Kingdom tonight.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Heroes."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

14 - Heroes

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[00:11] ---
    We've broken through the designated point!
    Target within firing range!
[00:18] ---
    Now commencing large-scale flash shelling!
[00:21] ---
    All witches, withdraw from the line of fire!
[00:23] ---
    Repeat, withdraw from the line of fire!
[00:26] ---
    Here it comes! Here it comes!
[00:28] ---
    Targeting Buckingham Palace!
    Commencing shelling!
[00:39] ---
    Hey! That's an awesome bombardment,
[00:41] ---
    but is the damage to
    the area around it all right?!
[00:45] ---
    The area around the palace is a large park,
[00:47] ---
    so any stray shots should be okay.
[00:50] ---
    More importantly, we should consider
    that even with this much bombardment,
[00:53] ---
    it might not bring down Carissa.
[00:55] ---
    I'm a rank amateur, charging into
    this battlefield with only my fist.
[00:59] ---
    Pretty reckless, if I do say so myself.
[01:03] ---
    Why...
[01:04] ---
    ...do you head into such extreme danger,
[01:07] ---
    when you have no obligation
    to risk your life for the British state?
[01:12] ---
    No special reason.
[01:17] ---
    And if the people who are caught
    in the middle of this coup d'état
[01:20] ---
    were nothing more than nameless characters,
[01:22] ---
    born to be shot at in some shooting game,
[01:25] ---
    I'd have already gone back
    home to Academy City.
[01:30] ---
    But they aren't, are they?
[01:33] ---
    They're all running around for their lives,
[01:36] ---
    desperately clinging to whatever is
    important to them, trying not to lose it.
[01:39] ---
    How am I supposed to
    just abandon them so easily?
[01:43] ---
    You're a different sort of mercenary
    than William is, aren't you?
[01:52] ---
    That's wreckage from Curtana Original's
    pandimensional fragmentation!
[01:56] ---
    Hold on tight!
[02:09] ---
    D-Damn... Index...?
[02:13] ---
    Kanzaki! Itsuwa! Damn it, where are you?!
[02:20] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:27] ---
    "#14 Heroes"
[02:37] ---
    Please, stop this!
[02:39] ---
    Ho...
[02:40] ---
    How unexpected for you to be the
    first to arrive, my mindless little sister.
[02:46] ---
    But unless you notch the bolt and
    draw back the string, you can't kill me.
[02:50] ---
    It's pointless if you can't use your weapon.
[02:53] ---
    Like this, for example!
[03:00] ---
    Carissa!
[03:02] ---
    Congratulations, that was
    an award-winning fine play.
[03:06] ---
    Up against the final boss, right off the bat.
[03:09] ---
    I have no idea how many knights
    there are lying in wait, either.
[03:13] ---
    You needn't be so watchful;
    this isn't an ambush.
[03:16] ---
    I used them for a little live broadcast.
[03:20] ---
    Don't tell me you killed them.
[03:24] ---
    But they were allies who fought
    on your side, such that it was!
[03:27] ---
    --And you--
    --Enough.
[03:29] ---
    Their lofty positions and
    rewards they get from their family lines
[03:32] ---
    are given because they work
    like mad to serve their country.
[03:36] ---
    So being expended for the sake
    of their country is a knight's dream.
[03:40] ---
    As a result, their firm
    solidarity has been reborn.
[03:44] ---
    If the coup d'état is unsuccessful,
    both they and the country will perish,
[03:47] ---
    in terror!
[03:49] ---
    Wha--?!
[03:50] ---
    These are mobile attack
    fortresses, Griffon Skies.
[03:53] ---
    They are unmanned magical items, but as such,
[03:56] ---
    they are second to none
    in coordinated attacks,
[03:59] ---
    even among the nation's other fortresses.
[04:12] ---
    Tch, they're too powerful
    against human targets,
[04:14] ---
    so the magical items'
    auto-discriminators must be thrown off.
[04:18] ---
    Ordinarily, that would have cut you in two.
[04:21] ---
    Second Princess Carissa...
[04:24] ---
    Die!
[04:30] ---
    I'm alive?
[04:33] ---
    At last, I've managed to
    properly pay back my huge debt.
[04:37] ---
    Kanzaki!
[04:38] ---
    It's not just me.
[04:42] ---
    Index, assess that magic, if you please.
[04:46] ---
    Reanalyze the spellcraft related to Curtana.
[04:49] ---
    You mean how to control
    it or contain it, right?
[04:52] ---
    I'll give it a try.
[04:53] ---
    You, the do-nothing soldier who could
    not even make it to the main battle,
[04:57] ---
    now plan on becoming
    the central figure in the fight?
[05:00] ---
    I do not intend to settle
    everything by myself.
[05:04] ---
    I am joined by allies now,
    who all have my back!
[05:08] ---
    You mean you've been holding
    back against me?! For that you'll die!
[05:18] ---
    What speed!
[05:20] ---
    But if I can distract
    Carissa even a little bit...!
[05:26] ---
    Heh, you're a brave one to come this far.
[05:29] ---
    But I'll see you in hell!
[05:30] ---
    Kamijo Toma!
[05:31] ---
    Don't mind me! Press on!
[05:44] ---
    Guys...
[05:45] ---
    Damned if you aren't
    incurring an inordinate cost!
[06:05] ---
    It looks like we're going
    to need your right hand after all.
[06:10] ---
    I'll go ahead and try what I can,
    but I make no promises.
[06:13] ---
    There's a delay between the moment
    when Curtana cuts through an object
[06:17] ---
    and when the wreckage material appears.
[06:20] ---
    Even if you can cancel out the
    slice itself with your right hand,
[06:24] ---
    it may not have any effect against
    the wreckage material created.
[06:28] ---
    Then if we can get close
    to her after she slashes,
[06:31] ---
    but before the wreckage material appears...
[06:45] ---
    You can't even use any decent magic.
    Is this the best you can do,
[06:51] ---
    Princess of Virtue?
[06:53] ---
    No, I can't stand to grovel any longer!
[06:57] ---
    For the sake of those who are
    risking their lives to save me,
[07:01] ---
    I have made up my mind to take
    a stand as this nation's princess!
[07:04] ---
    Sod off!
[07:17] ---
    What?!
[07:19] ---
    A blast from Coven Compass?
    Is this a coordinated attack?
[07:23] ---
    Damn it, what a cheeky trick!
[07:27] ---
    This is the pinnacle of
    relying on others, my sister!
[07:34] ---
    That trajectory won't...
[07:36] ---
    BAO...
[07:39] ---
    "Bend attack trajectory! Change downward"
[07:39] ---
    CD...
[08:02] ---
    Seriously? A direct hit like that,
    and she ends up with just scratches?!
[08:07] ---
    Actually, I was planning to
    drum up a greater sense of danger,
[08:10] ---
    and only use this once I'd baited
    my mother, Elizard, in closer.
[08:16] ---
    Calling the destroyer Wimbledon,
    on patrol at Dover.
[08:20] ---
    Launch a bunker cluster cruise missile.
[08:23] ---
    Target Buckingham Palace.
[08:28] ---
    Bunker cluster?
[08:30] ---
    You know what that is? They can blow away
    everything in a 3-kilometer radius.
[08:35] ---
    We won't let that happen.
[08:38] ---
    We'll put a defensive barrier up
    in the air to intercept it.
[08:42] ---
    Assuming you can make it in time
    for a Mach 5 cruise missile.
[08:51] ---
    You're vulnerable, just as I anticipated!
[08:55] ---
    Kanzaki!
[09:05] ---
    Oh my goodness.
[09:07] ---
    The sorcerers of this nation
    should definitely have known
[09:09] ---
    how fearsome the head of state
    wielding Curtana Original would be.
[09:17] ---
    Hey, miss, it's just as you thought.
[09:20] ---
    It's a tomb, all right, fit for
    the king of a whole civilization.
[09:24] ---
    I'll send you the material.
[09:27] ---
    Indeed.
[09:29] ---
    There's a rational explanation
    why she hasn't killed them.
[09:33] ---
    Now, my sister, rushing through life,
    I pretty well know what you're after.
[09:39] ---
    Listen up. This is First Princess Riméa.
[09:44] ---
    Her out-of-control behavior has been entirely
[09:46] ---
    for the sake of the nation of Great Britain.
[09:58] ---
    We have been under pressure from
    the forces of France, Roman Orthodoxy,
[10:01] ---
    and the Russian Church,
    which have used the EU as their pawns,
[10:05] ---
    as well as violations
    of our national dignity.
[10:07] ---
    Amidst this humiliation,
    she made the determination
[10:09] ---
    to personally wield Curtana Original,
    to overcome these external pressures.
[10:16] ---
    While at the same time, she resolved
[10:19] ---
    to lock away such a
    doomsday weapon forevermore,
[10:22] ---
    so that it could never be misused again.
[10:24] ---
    Once the fighting was over,
[10:26] ---
    she planned to take the
    destroyed Curtana Original,
[10:28] ---
    along with the shards of Curtana Second,
    spending the rest of her life
[10:31] ---
    down in a hole in the ground that was
    destined to be her grave, until she died.
[10:36] ---
    Calling Destroyer Wimbledon.
    Launch another bunker cluster.
[10:42] ---
    She is trying to take upon
    herself alone the offense
[10:46] ---
    of wielding the abominable weapon
    Curtana, acting as a tyrant,
[10:49] ---
    to wipe out all the enemies of the nation,
    both foreign and domestic.
[10:53] ---
    If there are any who
    would take pity on my sister--
[10:56] ---
    some knight who would like
    to save this young woman--
[11:00] ---
    would you now take up your sword once again?
[11:07] ---
    I'm not about to give up.
[11:11] ---
    But what can you do?
    The second bunker cluster
[11:14] ---
    is already nearly here.
[11:18] ---
    You'll be blown apart, ignorant fool!
    This is what our military is made of!
[11:22] ---
    Zero out!
[11:32] ---
    It's you!
[11:36] ---
    You can have my head if you like
    once this coup d'état is over.
[11:40] ---
    However, let us at least pave
    the way for that first.
[11:44] ---
    I would ask you who are royalty
    to once again work together,
[11:48] ---
    and properly confront France
    and the Roman Orthodoxy.
[11:53] ---
    I beg your pardon for leaving the fate of
    my country and princess in your hands.
[11:59] ---
    Yeah. Now we're going
    to work together to stop her.
[12:03] ---
    Knight Leader? Were you manipulated
    by my sister's cunning performance?
[12:08] ---
    If you're asking what moved me
    to want to save you,
[12:12] ---
    then that was a part of it.
[12:14] ---
    I hate having to do this, but it looks like
    I'll have to use all the bunker clusters.
[12:19] ---
    My Thororm spell may not be
    able to stand up against Curtana,
[12:23] ---
    but it can zero out
    the attack of bunker clusters.
[12:27] ---
    Are you still planning on wasting them?
[12:29] ---
    I've factored that in, of course.
[12:32] ---
    The Wimbledon has 24 missiles,
    the King Henry VII has 26,
[12:37] ---
    and the Sherwood has 15.
    If I hide one of those behind an illusion,
[12:41] ---
    your spell is useless to defend against it,
    since you can't identify your target.
[12:47] ---
    Calling all destroyers on standby.
    Launch all of your cruise missiles!
[12:56] ---
    Wha--?! An antenna?
[12:58] ---
    You won't be able to issue
    rash orders to the military now.
[13:02] ---
    I see. You're sticking your nose
    into my business, now.
[13:07] ---
    Acqua!
[13:08] ---
    Am I late? I'm not very good with science.
[13:11] ---
    It took me a while to destroy
    every military antenna in the area.
[13:18] ---
    Who would have guessed
    the time would ever come again
[13:20] ---
    for you to have my back in this lifetime?
[13:23] ---
    Do try your best not to slow me down.
[13:26] ---
    Rubbish.
[13:27] ---
    Come on! Let's put to the test what
    we've both learned in the last ten years!
[13:36] ---
    I'll cut off your head!
[13:41] ---
    Don't think that the two of you
    are the only ones fighting!
[13:46] ---
    Single Flash!
[14:01] ---
    How awesome...
[14:13] ---
    Looks like you've finally beaten me
    at this game of hot potato.
[14:16] ---
    Taking on three of you saint-level
    monsters is too much trouble.
[14:19] ---
    Don't believe that only
    "special people" can accomplish anything.
[14:24] ---
    The whole reason we're
    able to use such strength
[14:26] ---
    is because we have others supporting us.
[14:29] ---
    Perhaps. But didn't it occur to you
[14:31] ---
    that it also gives me the chance to beat you?
[14:54] ---
    The greater your numbers, the more
    openings there are to rip you apart!
[14:59] ---
    I don't care if there are 1,000,
    or even 10,000 of you, it won't sway me!
[15:07] ---
    You show your face at last,
    Mother, the cause of all of this!
[15:11] ---
    If you're going to do as you like,
[15:13] ---
    you're going to have to come up
    with a better plan than mine. But then,
[15:16] ---
    since this looks like it's going to end up
    worse than mine, I'm here to stop you.
[15:20] ---
    Nonsense. Is this how
    badly you want the throne?
[15:23] ---
    Oh, no, I'm just appalled
    at how small you think.
[15:27] ---
    My daughter, if you truly wish
    to change this nation...!
[15:34] ---
    What are you thinking?
[15:37] ---
    Revolution.
[15:42] ---
    Among all the state-level Royal
    Household magic, there is also this!
[15:48] ---
    Union Jack, I command you,
[15:50] ---
    take the tremendous power
    of the British Empire,
[15:53] ---
    made up of the four cultures
    from which it is comprised,
[15:56] ---
    release it all, and redistribute it
    equally to all of the British people!
[16:03] ---
    The power that had been
    infused into Curtana Original...!
[16:07] ---
    Queen Regnant Elizard
    to all the people in the land--
[16:11] ---
    I realize there are many of you
    who have come to harm
[16:14] ---
    since this coup d'état first started,
    without knowing why. However,
[16:17] ---
    you now have the power to fight back.
[16:20] ---
    Tonight, for one night, at least,
    you can all become heroes equally.
[16:25] ---
    As such, I want you to make a choice
    for whom and with whom you will fight!
[16:30] ---
    Weigh everything within your own minds,
[16:32] ---
    and whatever justice, courage,
    and nerve remains, heed it! Now!
[16:37] ---
    This marks the start of the nationwide
    general election of rival champions!
[16:41] ---
    Who, me?
[16:42] ---
    A hero?
[16:44] ---
    Can we really fight?
[16:47] ---
    To Buckingham!
[16:49] ---
    --Buckingham Palace!
    --Yeah!
[16:51] ---
    --Everyone, to Buckingham!
    --To Buckingham!
[16:53] ---
    On your feet, Itsuwa.
[16:56] ---
    Miss Tsushima?
[16:58] ---
    Curtana!
[17:00] ---
    See for yourself.
[17:02] ---
    This was the ace up Queen Elizard's sleeve.
[17:05] ---
    You can feel it, can't you?
    The power shared to all the people?
[17:11] ---
    Come on, let's go, too.
[17:17] ---
    Don't think for a moment that's all it
    takes to turn aside Curtana Original.
[17:21] ---
    Still, it's a 90-million-to-one tug of war.
[17:24] ---
    If your concentration
    breaks for even a moment,
[17:26] ---
    all of that power will be pared away.
[17:31] ---
    This is awesome. There
    are so many main players
[17:35] ---
    that myself, Index, Kanzaki, and Acqua
    are kind of blending into the background.
[17:40] ---
    What is the deal with this country?
    How is everyone a key figure?
[17:45] ---
    She must have known this.
    That's why she set herself aside for the country.
[17:50] ---
    I'm going to defend her.
[17:52] ---
    I'll make sure I drag her out of
    this ridiculous chain of negativity!
[17:57] ---
    CTOOCU. SAARTST.
SIGN    "Change the trajectory of Curtana upward! Stop the attack and redistribute the surplus Telesma!"
[18:05] ---
    Acqua!
[18:25] ---
    Is it over?
[18:37] ---
    We really made a loud show of it,
    if I do say so myself.
[18:41] ---
    It may be presumptuous of me to say so,
    but it was too loud, Your Majesty.
[18:46] ---
    Was it?
[18:47] ---
    I rather think that everyone will try
    to fathom last night's events to no avail,
[18:52] ---
    and will end up interpreting them as
    they like, looking back fondly on them.
[18:55] ---
    Still, there is the possibility
    that some may realize it was magic.
[19:00] ---
    Well, if they do, we can just admit it.
[19:03] ---
    There's no law that says that
    magic can't be out in the public eye.
[19:10] ---
    Incidentally, where did that
    admirable young lad go off to?
[19:19] ---
    This is incredible.
    A more delightful sight than I had imagined.
[19:24] ---
    Wh-Who are you?
[19:27] ---
    If I said I was Fiamma of the Right,
    would you know who I am?
[19:32] ---
    I'm grateful. It was worth it to
    harass France via Roman Orthodoxy,
[19:36] ---
    and apply all that stress to Britain.
[19:40] ---
    Thanks to all of it,
    I got my hands on what I was after.
[19:44] ---
    What was so important for you
    to steal that you'd go and start a war?
[19:49] ---
    I don't know if you haven't been told
    or just haven't realized,
[19:54] ---
    but your part in this is at an end.
[19:56] ---
    Time to die.
[20:04] ---
    There's the extraordinary
    right hand that I'm after!
[20:07] ---
    Who are you?!
[20:08] ---
    Fiamma of the Right. He's the
    de facto leader of the Right Seat of God.
[20:14] ---
    I think we'll leave it at that for today.
[20:17] ---
    I can't have the magical item
    I worked so hard for being destroyed.
[20:21] ---
    What magical item?
[20:22] ---
    Something incredible. Want to see it?
[20:30] ---
    Index?!
[20:31] ---
    Yes... I am the magic library
    affiliated with Necessarius,
[20:38] ---
    the 0th parish of the
    English Puritan Church...
[20:43] ---
    --My formal name is Ind-- Lib--
[20:48] ---
    --Index!
    --My formal name is Ind-- Lib--
[20:51] ---
    Uh-oh, maybe she needs to go into the shop.
[20:54] ---
    Why, you...! What have you done to Index?!
[20:56] ---
    I don't know. If you want to find out,
    ask the people responsible for creating her.
[21:02] ---
    Now, I need to pop off to Russia
[21:05] ---
    and salvage the material
    I need to bring down an angel.
[21:09] ---
    In the meantime, I'll leave you
    in charge of Librorum Prohibitorum
[21:12] ---
    and your own right hand.
[22:49] ---
    The magical item that was
    stolen was a safety device.
[22:52] ---
    One that allows her to live a daily life,
[22:56] ---
    even after memorizing 103,000 grimoires.
[22:59] ---
    We mucked this up.
[23:01] ---
    We will take care of the
    List of Forbidden Books.
[23:05] ---
    Unless we can defeat Fiamma,
    we will never be able to guarantee her safety.
[23:13] ---
    Russia, huh?
[23:15] ---
    Stiyl, can I leave Index
    with you for a little while?
[23:19] ---
    I'm going to go slug that
    Fiamma bastard with this fist!
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    A momentary tranquility?
    There is no such thing.
[23:28] ---
    All there are are empty casings,
    anguished cries, and the smell of gunpowder.
[23:31] ---
    Yet another darkness goes into motion.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Spark Signal."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

15 - Spark Signal

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[00:00] ---
    What sort of merchandise would you like?
    A getaway car? A safe house?
[00:04] ---
    Or perhaps some monetary exchange?
[00:07] ---
    I won't inquire into your business.
    You just tell me what you need.
[00:11] ---
    Mr. spells-his-name "General Goods"
    but-pronounces-it Department,
[00:15] ---
    is that some of your merchandise?
[00:16] ---
    Hmm, is that what you're interested in?
[00:20] ---
    Well I'm sorry to say this, but she's
    not an option. She's more a punching bag--
[00:26] ---
    Hey, now...
[00:27] ---
    Cash upfront. I got stuck with
    a sucky job, and now I'm pissed off.
[00:32] ---
    Tch, I'm telling you now,
    if you kill her, that's 7 million.
[00:36] ---
    But what made you take
    an interest in the kid?
[00:39] ---
    Oh, I get it now. Apparently,
    I must have given you the wrong impression.
[00:44] ---
    The one I just purchased...
[00:48] ---
    ...is you.
[01:01] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:21] ---
    "#15 Spark Signal"
[02:22] ---
    The job's done.
[02:23] ---
    A job this crappy had me bored to tears.
[02:27] ---
    Huh? What do I need?
[02:29] ---
    A team to collect this pile of flesh who
    makes me wanna puke, just by inhaling,
[02:33] ---
    and a change of clothes for a girl.
[02:37] ---
    What size? Hell if I know.
[02:39] ---
    Make sure the recovery
    team is made up of women.
[02:43] ---
    If there's even one man among them,
    I'll kick his balls in.
[02:48] ---
    Live how you want now.
[02:50] ---
    Whether you succeed or fail for
    the rest of your life is up to you.
[02:55] ---
    Who are you?
[02:57] ---
    A villain.
[02:59] ---
    A punk-ass villain.
[03:02] ---
    "So anyway, today's supper
    is going to be hamburger stew,"
[03:06] ---
    says Misaka Misaka, delivering
    the results of her scouting report.
[03:10] ---
    So that Yomikawa jerk finally figured out
[03:13] ---
    how to work that wonder in the rice cooker.
[03:18] ---
    "You said we would see
    each other this weekend, right?"
[03:20] ---
    asks Misaka Misaka, getting confirmation.
[03:23] ---
    Unless my plans change, yeah.
[03:26] ---
    "Oh! Yomikawa is bringing
    the hamburger stew!"
[03:29] ---
    says Misaka Misaka,
    giving a priority-one report!
[03:32] ---
    Oh, yeah? Your life is just
    one pit-stop after another, isn't it?
[03:40] ---
    "Is something the matter?"
[03:42] ---
    asks Misaka Misaka, cocking
    her head at the sound of the phone.
[03:46] ---
    It's nothing.
[03:47] ---
    Just room service checking back.
[03:50] ---
    "Are you okay?
    I don't like you getting into danger,"
[03:53] ---
    says Misaka Misaka, pleading.
[03:56] ---
    No need to be so concerned about
    a dude you can't even kill with a nuke.
[04:06] ---
    The times really have
    taken a turn for the better.
[04:11] ---
    You can't call someone
    like that a professional maid!
[04:14] ---
    M-Maika?
[04:15] ---
    What I'm saying is, I get leering
    looks just because I wear this outfit.
[04:20] ---
    Say what?! What reason does an
    unsexy maid have for even existing?!
[04:26] ---
    Looks like I'm going to have to show you
[04:28] ---
    what a professional maid
    really is, you lousy brother.
[04:35] ---
    I need to stop in there to get
    more leads for my mechanical pencil.
[04:38] ---
    Hmm? Then I'll come, too.
[04:40] ---
    Oh! You're going to help with
    your beloved brother's homework?!
[04:44] ---
    Working together, we should
    be able to finish by morning!
[04:46] ---
    Ah, maybe I'll skip going
    over to your place tonight.
[04:51] ---
    Adieu!
[04:52] ---
    How heartless!
[05:02] ---
    So, what's our homework for today?
[05:07] ---
    Someday, I'm getting out of this city.
[05:10] ---
    I'm going to beat the game
    that has no way to win it.
[05:16] ---
    Miss Musujime, today is
    the day we're going to work
[05:19] ---
    until you can make stir-fry vegetables,
[05:22] ---
    and I'm here waiting for you with
    an empty tummy! Stir-fry vegetables!
[05:30] ---
    Not to be too blunt,
[05:31] ---
    but something urgent came up,
    so I can't do stir-fry today.
[05:34] ---
    Huh?! Not today, too! Then, what
    about all these vegetables I bought?!
[05:39] ---
    Sounds terrific. Vegetarians
    live longer anyway.
[05:49] ---
    I seem to remember this
    RV having a kitchen, right?
[05:54] ---
    I see you're still favoring
    that face, aren't you, Etzali?
[05:59] ---
    And you're still as cranky as ever, Xóchitl.
[06:03] ---
    You have the original
    grimoire text someplace safe, right?
[06:07] ---
    Right here.
[06:10] ---
    What happened?
[06:12] ---
    I screwed up. Then I had my own
    body meddled with to make it right.
[06:17] ---
    Didn't anyone try to stop you?
    What about Tochtli? You were friends, right?
[06:22] ---
    Friends, huh? When you say friends now,
    the first thing you probably think of
[06:27] ---
    are the faces of people I don't even know.
[06:32] ---
    Don't tell me I'm wrong.
    Your reasons notwithstanding,
[06:34] ---
    you switched camps from Azteca to
    Academy City, and then took me down.
[06:38] ---
    Isn't that true,
[06:40] ---
    Big Brother Etzali?
[06:42] ---
    Damn it, Unabara!
[06:44] ---
    What was that all about?!
[06:46] ---
    Etzali, get back! He's probably
    after us from the organization!
[06:49] ---
    No. He may be perverted, but he's on my side.
[06:52] ---
    Are you telling me you had
    a little sister back home,
[06:54] ---
    and you still went and lost your head
    over a Level 5 middle-school girl here?!
[07:01] ---
    A middle-school girl?
[07:03] ---
    No, I mean-- What are you talking about?!
[07:05] ---
    Etzali, is that the reason
    why you betrayed the organization?!
[07:09] ---
    Take it easy!
[07:10] ---
    If anything, our being siblings is
    more of a mentoring relationship!
[07:14] ---
    You mean it's not by blood?
    Well, that's fantastic, isn't it?!
[07:17] ---
    Getting your head turned by a
    younger kid is a course every person takes.
[07:23] ---
    Oh, no. Am I the only one
    in GROUP that isn't a lolicon?
[07:28] ---
    I don't appreciate being treated like a lolicon
    by someone who's clearly a shotacon.
[07:33] ---
    It's true.
[07:34] ---
    Indeed.
[07:35] ---
    Wh-Wh-What basis do you have
    for c-c-calling me a sh-sh-shotacon?!
[07:40] ---
    So, what is this job that
    requires GROUP to be called in?
[07:45] ---
    Oh, just your run-of-the-mill request.
[07:47] ---
    We're supposed to find
    an outfit named "Spark Signal,"
[07:50] ---
    who took hostages and barricaded
    themselves up, and kill them all.
[07:53] ---
    Looks like I'm okay. They said
    I was about ready to be discharged.
[07:57] ---
    Really? You won't ever be
    able to use ability crystals again,
[08:01] ---
    but even so, I'm just
    relieved it wasn't too serious.
[08:04] ---
    Still, I'm surprised you brought
    an ultra-flower arrangement for her.
[08:08] ---
    I was sure it'd be an ultra-bunny suit.
[08:10] ---
    That again?! I'm not especially--
[08:12] ---
    Ta-da! Here's our star attraction,
    ultra-bunny Rikou!
[08:20] ---
    Hamazura, are you really
    that ultra-hot for bunny girls?
[08:24] ---
    Th-This is from your foot massage, Kinuhata!
[08:27] ---
    It's okay, Hamazura. We're in a hospital,
    so nosebleeds are no trouble.
[08:32] ---
    Y-You're the only one who cares about me...!
[08:35] ---
    It's okay, Hamazura. This hospital
    also offers care for mental disorders.
[08:45] ---
    Once Takitsubo gets discharged,
    what are you ultra-going to do, Hamazura?
[08:50] ---
    Hmm, I'm not sure.
[08:52] ---
    ITEM has ultra-disbanded,
    for all intents and purposes.
[08:55] ---
    I'm waiting for a new team to be organized,
[08:58] ---
    but there's ultra-no benefit to pairing
    with Takitsubo, since she can't fight,
[09:01] ---
    and there's no need for you
    to work with them either.
[09:07] ---
    I don't know what I can do right now,
[09:10] ---
    but I've got to do something to get
    Takitsubo back out in the real world.
[09:15] ---
    In other words, you're trying to say
    that you're ultra-devoting all your passion
[09:20] ---
    into figuring out how to get
    Takitsubo to wear a bunny suit.
[09:23] ---
    Look, is that who you take me for?!
    Are you fixated?!
[09:26] ---
    Ugh, please stop ultra-looking at me
[09:29] ---
    with that lewd look you
    give bunny girls, Hamazura!
[09:32] ---
    Hey, come on! If I may be so blunt,
    you couldn't pull off a bunny suit!
[09:37] ---
    Then I'm going to be ultra-blunt, myself!
[09:40] ---
    I've got a far better figure
    as a middle-schooler
[09:42] ---
    than Takitsubo has as a high-schooler!
[09:45] ---
    No, that's where you're wrong!
[09:47] ---
    In fact, I know that when Takitsubo
    gets undressed, she's a knockout!
[09:50] ---
    I also know that if you got undressed,
    there's nothing too stunning.
[09:54] ---
    I'll ultra-kill you! Is that what you want?!
[09:55] ---
    Is that what you want?! I'll ultra-kill you!
[10:06] ---
    That was an ultra-close
    call! I came this close
[10:10] ---
    to ultra-sharing today's goodies with you.
[10:13] ---
    That sentence is one of the five
    worst things I've ever heard in my life.
[10:18] ---
    As if you showing your panties
    even counts as "goodies"...
[10:24] ---
    Check it out, Hamazura! Ultra-skirt-flirt!
[10:26] ---
    Wah! Ah, I-I see... n-nothing...?
[10:29] ---
    Some more skirt-flirt...!
[10:31] ---
    --S-Still, I can't see anything!
    I want to see, but I can't.
    --You don't get to. See? Skirt-flirt!
[10:38] ---
    Wah! Takitsubo, give me strength!
[10:55] ---
    No fair!
[10:56] ---
    Hamazura, I'll ultra-kill you!
[10:59] ---
    You show no mercy, you fiendish devil!
[11:03] ---
    By placing this giant particle accelerator
    in a state where it could explode,
[11:08] ---
    we can keep the governing board's
    over-the-top behavior in check.
[11:12] ---
    And this deep underground,
    nobody can touch us.
[11:20] ---
    It's time.
[11:29] ---
    Show the boy a little mercy.
    Give him a blindfold.
[11:37] ---
    You think this plan of
    yours is going to work?
[11:40] ---
    Huh?
[11:41] ---
    There's no way you bad guys
    are going to get away with this!
[11:45] ---
    I believe there's a hero out there
    who will make sure to catch you guys!
[11:50] ---
    He'll save us all! I'm sure there's
    someone out there who will save us!
[11:55] ---
    Is that right?
[11:57] ---
    Even if there were such a hero,
[11:59] ---
    he'll never make it
    100 meters underground in time.
[12:02] ---
    I believe...
[12:04] ---
    How did you get here?!
[12:05] ---
    Look up Move Point sometime, you scumbag.
[12:16] ---
    H-Hero...?
[12:18] ---
    Villain. A punk-ass villain.
[12:38] ---
    Good work. That was quite the exploit.
[12:43] ---
    There's just one thing that bothers me.
[12:45] ---
    It's what those damn terrorists
    were demanding from the higher-ups.
[12:49] ---
    You mean they let slip
    the substance of their demands?
[12:54] ---
    "DRAGON."
[12:57] ---
    "Disclose your information
    concerning DRAGON at once."
[13:00] ---
    That was the terrorists' only demand.
[13:03] ---
    The higher-ups gave us a snow job,
[13:06] ---
    and we walked right in and
    killed our only lead concerning this.
[13:10] ---
    How is Sunazara Chimitsu doing,
[13:14] ---
    Stephanie Gorgeouspalace?
[13:16] ---
    He's recovering nicely.
    He hasn't regained consciousness yet,
[13:20] ---
    but his life isn't in any danger.
[13:22] ---
    Thanks to you.
[13:24] ---
    Oh, not at all. I just
    feel so guilty about it.
[13:28] ---
    So, who is the target you want taken out?
[13:31] ---
    Academy City's number-one, Accelerator.
    Can you do it?
[13:36] ---
    If you tell me to.
[13:37] ---
    You don't need to give consideration
    to anyone else getting hurt
[13:40] ---
    during the process of shooting your target.
[13:42] ---
    Indeed, I wouldn't mind
    if you took Kinuhata Saiai
[13:46] ---
    and the other former members of ITEM,
    who did this to Sunazara,
[13:49] ---
    and filled them full of lead, as well.
[13:51] ---
    Well, well. Then would you
    like me to plug the gentleman
[13:55] ---
    who put a tiny transmitter inside
    Sunazara's body while I'm at it?
[13:59] ---
    Just a moment!
[14:09] ---
    You can have it back.
[14:13] ---
    All you had to do was turn
    over Sunazara nicely,
[14:16] ---
    and I would have been happy to be your pawn.
[14:19] ---
    If you'd just cooperated
    with me like an adult...
[14:22] ---
    ...you could have had your
    revenge against Sunazara...
[14:26] ---
    Ah, I guess I forgot to mention.
[14:29] ---
    The object of my revenge
    is all of Academy City.
[14:49] ---
    Huh? I thought we were about to get
    Takitsubo from the hospital. A job?
[14:54] ---
    They're finally organizing the new team,
    so we gotta ultra-get together,
[14:57] ---
    and ultra-kill all the remaining
    members of a terrorist group.
[15:01] ---
    Huh? What kind of game are they playing?
    Takitsubo is waiting for us.
[15:05] ---
    We're gathering at the
    private room in School District 3, then?
[15:11] ---
    That bothers you, then?
[15:13] ---
    If you want to be free of misfortune
    that arrives without warning,
[15:16] ---
    you just have to always have your guard up.
[15:18] ---
    Which is also the reason
    why we don't meet in person.
[15:20] ---
    You're probably hiding away in
    a nuclear-fallout-shelter-grade facility.
[15:24] ---
    To those who have powers
    like the one Musujime possesses,
[15:27] ---
    the thickness of walls mean nothing.
[15:29] ---
    Mr. Shiokishi, for what reason did you,
    a member of the governing board,
[15:32] ---
    go out of your way to contact us directly?
[15:35] ---
    I want you to take down
    the remainder of Spark Signal,
[15:38] ---
    those terrorists from earlier.
[15:41] ---
    Does the name "DRAGON" mean anything to you?
[15:44] ---
    Sure. I've even seen it in video game titles.
[15:49] ---
    Hurry up and settle this trivial business,
    and get back to your daily lives.
[15:58] ---
    There are 20 members still left.
[16:00] ---
    Killing them would be easy,
    but are we going to just submissively do
[16:04] ---
    whatever the damned
    governing board orders us to do?
[16:07] ---
    This could be our chance to get
    a glimpse into what DRAGON is.
[16:11] ---
    So are you saying you want to
    take up the cause with the terrorists?
[16:15] ---
    Make no mistake. If it means innocent
    civilians will be caught in the middle,
[16:19] ---
    the four of us will be
    spitting up right here and now.
[16:24] ---
    Hey, I thought you were joining
    a new team to go fight terrorists.
[16:28] ---
    I was. But five minutes later,
    I got fed up and came back.
[16:33] ---
    They took the survivors of the defunct
    ITEM, SCHOOL, BLOCK, and MEMBER
[16:36] ---
    and created a new team from them.
    Then they told everyone to like,
[16:40] ---
    "get along with the others you were
    trying to kill before, you rascals."
[16:44] ---
    Hey, hold on a second, that's hinky!
[16:46] ---
    Oh yeah, and the Heart
    Measure lady in the dress
[16:49] ---
    said to ultra-give you her regards.
[16:51] ---
    That woman?
[16:53] ---
    But are you sure about this?
    Blowing off an order from the higher-ups?
[16:58] ---
    I'm probably ultra-screwed, huh?
[17:00] ---
    So Hamazura, could you please give me a hand?
[17:02] ---
    Huh?
[17:03] ---
    All I have to do is completely
    take out the remaining terrorists alone
[17:06] ---
    before they drag me back into the new team.
[17:08] ---
    Huh?!
[17:11] ---
    I gotta say, you really are the type
    who mooches off her friends, huh?
[17:15] ---
    Did you just ultra-say anything,
    bottom-shelf Hamazura?
[17:22] ---
    Hey! We've got some major
    bad news coming up behind us!
[17:48] ---
    You dumbass! What good is
    taking away our avenues of attack?!
[17:56] ---
    They got away.
[17:58] ---
    This is what you get from cramming
    a busload of villains together,
[18:01] ---
    and these are the ones who shake loose?
[18:04] ---
    If you want, I could blast through them
    while I'm doing Spark Signal.
[18:09] ---
    Wait! Just a minute!
[18:12] ---
    Stop! Don't use that drug!
[18:14] ---
    But if I don't, she won't last
    until she reaches the hospital!
[18:17] ---
    Our teacher is pregnant.
[18:21] ---
    You have to save them both!
[18:23] ---
    I'm begging you! I'm begging you!
[18:25] ---
    Stand aside.
[18:34] ---
    Sex, female; weight,
    244 grams; heart rate, 60bpm;
[18:40] ---
    stimulus response ratio, 5.52...
[18:43] ---
    She needs a stimulant. 2.5 grams of ectrin.
[18:47] ---
    Apply a topical patch to the carotid artery,
[18:49] ---
    diffusing it in five times for
    ten seconds on, 20 seconds off.
[18:54] ---
    That will save her.
[18:58] ---
    Hold on! What will happen
    to the baby if they do that?!
[19:01] ---
    That's the whole reason
    I did those calculations.
[19:10] ---
    Hey, wait up! Hey!
[19:14] ---
    Thanks. It's all because of you.
[19:17] ---
    Get lost, already.
[19:18] ---
    I'll never forget what you did,
    for the rest of my life.
[19:22] ---
    Someday, I'd like to be
    able to return the favor. So--
[19:28] ---
    Get lost.
[19:43] ---
    It's a six-winger.
[19:44] ---
    Why is that after us?
[19:46] ---
    Don't tell me you ignored your orders
    on the phone and came back!
[19:50] ---
    Mm, that's an ultra-short-sighted view of it.
[19:56] ---
    Oh, they're shooting at us!
[20:03] ---
    The six-wingers' missiles
    use infrared sensors.
[20:07] ---
    That was an ultra-so-called flare.
[20:09] ---
    Superb!
[20:14] ---
    Hamazura, steer us ultra-straight;
    don't turn the wheel!
[20:16] ---
    No way! They'll shoot us! We'll die!
[20:22] ---
    Keep your eyes ultra-straight
    ahead and keep driving.
[20:25] ---
    Yes! But your panties...!
[20:27] ---
    Kinuhata, there's no way!
[20:28] ---
    How can you shoot through
    a military helicopter's armor?!
[20:31] ---
    Who said I was shooting through the armor?
[20:39] ---
    There, I ultra-did it. I figured
    clay-based bullets would ultra-shatter,
[20:43] ---
    and the fragments would enter the intakes.
[20:45] ---
    Nice, panties!
[20:48] ---
    Damn it! Kinuhata, use your Offense Armor!
[20:52] ---
    Whoa, Hamazura!
[21:00] ---
    I've gotta get Kinuhata back
    and go to Takitsubo.
[21:06] ---
    "Number unknown"
[21:09] ---
    It's been too long. If I say I'm
    Heart Measure, formerly of SCHOOL,
[21:13] ---
    would you remember who I am?
[21:16] ---
    How do you know my number?
[21:18] ---
    More importantly, is Kinuhata Saiai with you?
[21:21] ---
    So you're the ones behind this!
[21:24] ---
    Hmm. If you hear from
    her, tell her something.
[21:28] ---
    Those terrorists that
    she said she'd deal with herself?
[21:31] ---
    They've seized a private room
    in School District 3.
[21:35] ---
    A private room in School District 3?!
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    Even if I have to become the villain...
[23:27] ---
    Even if I have to get down on all fours...
[23:29] ---
    Even if someone has to be sacrificed...
[23:31] ---
    I will protect her, at least.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "The Governing Board."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

16 - The Governing Board

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[00:10] ---
    Ah, damn it! Why, of all buildings,
    would they go after this one?!
[00:20] ---
    I hate to do this, but we're taking off, now!
[00:22] ---
    We're going to the building
    with those private rooms.
[00:25] ---
    Unluckily for you, I used to be a
    member of Academy City's air defense.
[00:30] ---
    Did you think that a pilot
    wouldn't be skilled with weapons?
[00:37] ---
    What's wrong? Aren't you going to answer that?
[00:43] ---
    Hamazura...
[00:46] ---
    Takitsubo, are you all right?!
    Where are you right now?!
[00:48] ---
    Our meetup place... The private room...
[00:54] ---
    I heard what happened. Are you okay?
[00:58] ---
    I'm fine...
[01:01] ---
    Takitsubo!
[01:02] ---
    I'm okay. I'm taking shelter right now.
[01:07] ---
    They don't seem to have noticed me yet.
[01:10] ---
    Hold on. Then why do you
    sound like you're so exhausted?
[01:13] ---
    I'm just feeling a little worse now.
    It's nothing you need to worry over.
[01:22] ---
    Got it. It's all right.
    I'll be right over there.
[01:26] ---
    I swear I'm coming to save you.
    So hang in there a little while longer.
[01:30] ---
    No! You've got it wrong.
[01:33] ---
    Hamazura, keep away. There are ten terrorists.
[01:36] ---
    They're armed with submachine guns and grenades.
[01:40] ---
    If you come barging in haphazardly,
    you won't be able to deal with them.
[01:44] ---
    So keep away!
[01:47] ---
    Don't be ridiculous! I'm coming!
[01:49] ---
    You better believe I'm coming!
[01:55] ---
    Please...
[01:57] ---
    You can charge me with anything you want.
[01:59] ---
    I wouldn't mind if you
    dropped me into the bottom of hell.
[02:02] ---
    Just help me so I can rescue her. Please.
[02:07] ---
    Why didn't you say so sooner?
[02:14] ---
    There's been a hijacking.
[02:16] ---
    The culprit has a gun and a
    small metal drum filled with liquid.
[02:20] ---
    Out of regard for the
    lives of the local residents,
[02:22] ---
    I'm going to do what he says.
[02:25] ---
    Why did you...?
[02:26] ---
    It's not as simple as just taking off
    because some kid insisted.
[02:30] ---
    And I should warn you,
    they're not going to let us land.
[02:33] ---
    I know.
[02:37] ---
    What's that?
[02:38] ---
    An imitation tree, of course.
[02:41] ---
    Having a real tree up here
    would hamper takeoffs and landings.
[02:44] ---
    That's good to hear.
[03:00] ---
    Ow!
[03:11] ---
    I'm coming, partner. Down into
    the depths of hell if I have to.
[03:16] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:23] ---
    "#16 The Governing Board"
[03:23] ---
    When are we joining up with Stephanie?
    Depending on how she acts...
[03:29] ---
    Is that B Team, up on the roof?
[03:38] ---
    Th-This is the 28th floor!
[03:41] ---
    Makes no difference.
[03:53] ---
    Who are you?
[03:56] ---
    Doesn't matter, does it?
[04:05] ---
    If you really want to keep the city safe,
[04:07] ---
    take this much care in doing it.
[04:09] ---
    I asked you who you are.
[04:11] ---
    Or do you want to die here?
[04:14] ---
    I'm Sugitani.
[04:18] ---
    I pray we never have to meet again.
[04:21] ---
    Make every effort to see that we don't.
[04:29] ---
    Tsuchimikado? I cleaned house on Spark Signal.
[04:33] ---
    Come on up now and check for
    any injured or if there are any traps.
[04:37] ---
    Huh?
[04:42] ---
    Are you an acute case or something?
[04:45] ---
    I hope you're not going
    to tell me you're pregnant, too.
[04:49] ---
    Hey!
[04:50] ---
    What are you doing?!
[04:53] ---
    I asked you what you're
    doing to Takitsubo, Level 5!
[04:57] ---
    Damn you, sneaking around in the darkness,
    doing all kinds of dirty work!
[05:01] ---
    If you're planning to take
    something else precious from me,
[05:05] ---
    then prepare to meet your doom, tough guy!!
[05:11] ---
    I like you.
[05:13] ---
    You're a good villain.
[05:20] ---
    It's over. You stay down,
    and I'll leave you alone.
[05:24] ---
    But if you try to get up,
    I'll blow right through you.
[05:31] ---
    This is your life.
    Choose what you want to do with it.
[05:35] ---
    Isn't it obvious?
[05:37] ---
    What about you? You don't have
    any reason to back down, do you?
[05:42] ---
    I would have no problem later
    on if I killed you right here.
[05:46] ---
    But then, wouldn't that be against the rules?
[05:51] ---
    Takitsubo...
[05:53] ---
    What will it be? If you want to keep going,
    I'll smash you to a bloody pulp.
[05:58] ---
    But, if that kid is going to stand
    in the way, we'll go back to square one.
[06:02] ---
    That's what a villainous aesthetic is.
[06:05] ---
    Huh? It couldn't be...
    Have I gotten the wrong idea...?
[06:17] ---
    Hamazura...
[06:19] ---
    I'm pathetic, huh? I say I'm coming
    to save you, then end up like this.
[06:28] ---
    Not to mention snarling at the guy
    you probably owe your life to.
[06:35] ---
    That's not true...
[06:37] ---
    Hamazura, you came here all on your own.
    That's anything but pathetic.
[06:44] ---
    It's... not...?
[06:47] ---
    Then why are you crying?
[06:51] ---
    Nothing has really changed.
[06:53] ---
    I'm still the same Hamazura Shiage
    I've always been.
[06:58] ---
    I'm fine with being a third-string punk.
    So at the very least,
[07:03] ---
    I want to be the kind of man
    who can preserve her smile.
[07:10] ---
    Looks like they're tearing it
    up ultra-wild in there.
[07:13] ---
    I'm too late to join in, so I'll
    ultra-help with letting them escape...
[07:24] ---
    Something like a shotgun
    should be ultra-no-problem, but...
[07:30] ---
    An automatic shotgun?!
[07:32] ---
    Yoo-hoo.
[07:34] ---
    You're Kinuhata Saiai, right?
[07:37] ---
    I was right to use irrelevant former
    Spark Signal members as bait.
[07:42] ---
    My name is Stephanie Gorgeouspalace.
[07:44] ---
    I'm a sniper, here to avenge Sunazara.
[07:49] ---
    Shouldn't you be making your peace?
[07:57] ---
    Every last person who tries to find out
    anything about DRAGON is eliminated.
[08:02] ---
    Heh, just the way Shiokishi wants it.
[08:05] ---
    What is this "DRAGON" business anyway, I wonder.
[08:09] ---
    If I may offer an opinion from the magic side,
[08:11] ---
    the word "dragon" evokes
    the imagery of religious metaphors.
[08:16] ---
    Such as, for example, angels.
[08:19] ---
    Angels?
[08:21] ---
    On September 30th, the day
    angel wings appeared in Academy City,
[08:26] ---
    the name of the virus that bastard
    Kihara was using was "Angel."
[08:30] ---
    Supposing that Angel and
    DRAGON are somehow tied together...
[08:36] ---
    Last Order and DRAGON are connected!
[08:40] ---
    Hey, does that mean there's something else
    going on with that experiment?
[08:45] ---
    Is this all part of someone's plan?
[08:53] ---
    Tch, it's that Shiokishi bastard after all.
[08:56] ---
    Which means that we've become a target now.
[09:00] ---
    Well, on the plus side,
    the enemy has been revealed.
[09:04] ---
    First thing to do is find out
    what the enemy lineup is...
[09:09] ---
    The electricity has been cut?
[09:15] ---
    This is bad. I can't collect my thoughts.
[09:34] ---
    You...
[09:35] ---
    In a pinch, the body will work on its own.
[09:39] ---
    Which means that the man who saved
    my teacher's life didn't have to die.
[09:43] ---
    Who put you up to this?
    Is this another trap set by Shiokishi?
[09:48] ---
    It's true, you and I
    both reek of the same profession.
[09:52] ---
    It's just, regardless of how dirty I may be,
[09:56] ---
    the fact remains that you saved
    someone dearer to me than life itself.
[10:01] ---
    I owed you this. Now I'm paying you back.
[10:04] ---
    Tch, just keep driving.
[10:09] ---
    Where are you planning to go?
[10:11] ---
    I have to kill that bastard Shiokishi.
[10:15] ---
    When he finds out he didn't finish me,
[10:17] ---
    he's going to exploit the
    most available weakness I have.
[10:23] ---
    She's not the only one I have to protect.
[10:26] ---
    I have to protect everything
    to fight him. Either that, or...
[10:32] ---
    That would be easier.
[10:34] ---
    The early bird gets the worm.
    For someone as drenched in blood as I am,
[10:37] ---
    doing it that way would be so appropriate.
[10:47] ---
    Okay, Accelerator,
[10:49] ---
    head straight for the
    observatory in School District 21.
[10:53] ---
    Huh? Is that where Shiokishi's shelter is?
[10:57] ---
    No.
[10:58] ---
    This fight with Shiokishi
[11:00] ---
    is going to require some
    political preparation of its own kind.
[11:03] ---
    Someone with some juice who's at
    the same level as the governing board.
[11:07] ---
    Is there anybody like that?
[11:09] ---
    Oyafune Monaka. She's hosting a stargazing party
[11:14] ---
    for the children who were
    being held by those terrorists.
[11:16] ---
    She's the most goodhearted person
    on the governing board.
[11:20] ---
    I don't like doing things this way,
    but she owes us one.
[11:27] ---
    Please leave.
[11:29] ---
    Ms. Oyafune is no longer living a life
    that takes her into both light and darkness.
[11:33] ---
    Someone like you,
    who lives in the world of darkness,
[11:35] ---
    should know just how difficult that can be.
[11:39] ---
    Yeah, I guess.
[11:41] ---
    Sorry to bother you.
[11:44] ---
    I do have one question, though.
    What happened to Oyafune, anyway?
[11:50] ---
    Her daughter.
[11:52] ---
    Huh?
[11:53] ---
    While she was promoting regulations
    controlling the export of weapons,
[11:57] ---
    a photo of Ms. Oyafune's daughter
[12:00] ---
    and an unfired pistol arrived addressed to her.
[12:03] ---
    Nothing ultimately came from it,
[12:05] ---
    but I suspect that Shiokishi,
    who is quite the war hawk, was behind it.
[12:10] ---
    After that, Ms. Oyafune left the front lines.
[12:14] ---
    If she gets involved with you,
    then once again...
[12:16] ---
    I get it.
[12:19] ---
    Excuse me...
[12:22] ---
    Who is this gentleman?
[12:23] ---
    I'm nobody. I was just asking for directions.
[12:28] ---
    You must have expected that this
    would happen. And yet you still came.
[12:33] ---
    What's happened?
[12:35] ---
    Suppose I tell you, then what?
[12:37] ---
    Whatever trouble I may have
    with that son of a bitch Shiokishi,
[12:41] ---
    you're better off not knowing about it.
[12:45] ---
    I'm sorry.
[12:47] ---
    It's my problem.
[12:49] ---
    I should have just gone it alone to begin with.
[12:54] ---
    After I finish this fight with Shiokishi,
    I'll be treated as a terrorist.
[12:58] ---
    So what? It's what I've made up my mind to do.
[13:02] ---
    Even if I turn the kid
    I'm trying to protect against me,
[13:06] ---
    I'm going to keep fighting to keep her safe.
[13:09] ---
    It doesn't change what I have to do.
[13:12] ---
    What are you doing?
[13:14] ---
    You're that hero from earlier, right?
    What are you doing here?
[13:19] ---
    Nothing at all.
[13:20] ---
    You're off to go fight again, aren't you?
[13:23] ---
    To save other people,
    like you did for me back then.
[13:28] ---
    Then I'm going with you!
[13:31] ---
    I'll fight with you!
[13:32] ---
    You gotta be kidding me, you little brat.
    Do you know what you're saying?
[13:37] ---
    I know that you're going
    someplace that's awfully dangerous.
[13:41] ---
    If there are people there
    who are in trouble, like I was,
[13:44] ---
    then I want to fight, too!
[13:47] ---
    You don't need to.
[13:49] ---
    I'm an almighty Level 5.
[13:52] ---
    No way! I don't want to turn
    Academy City over to those cowards!
[14:01] ---
    --Come on.
    --Let's go.
[14:10] ---
    It's true, then.
[14:11] ---
    Hmm?
[14:12] ---
    You're planning to fight him, aren't you?
[14:15] ---
    Ms. Oyafune!
[14:16] ---
    Who were the "cowards"
    that young boy was speaking of?
[14:20] ---
    The darkness that lurks in the city,
[14:22] ---
    or those who know of the darkness,
    but give up the fight?
[14:27] ---
    What am I supposed to do now?
[14:29] ---
    Who cares?
[14:31] ---
    It's your life. You decide.
[14:38] ---
    M-Ms. Oyafune?
[14:41] ---
    My eyes have been opened at last.
[14:44] ---
    Let's go march over to Shiokishi's place.
[14:47] ---
    That's the best course of action.
[14:58] ---
    Have you reached Kinuhata yet?
[15:01] ---
    No. It's not going through.
[15:03] ---
    She didn't come after we waited
    for her, so we left, instead.
[15:06] ---
    I wonder if something happened.
[15:08] ---
    Hamazura, what are we going to do now?
[15:11] ---
    She's a Level 4 and a lot tougher than us.
[15:15] ---
    It will take something
    pretty substantial to kill her.
[15:20] ---
    Now what is it?!
[15:22] ---
    Something pretty substantial
    is happening, isn't it?!
[15:25] ---
    Look, Hamazura.
[15:28] ---
    She could be in the underground mall.
[15:36] ---
    This is a mess.
[15:39] ---
    What do we do? Keep going, or turn back?
[15:41] ---
    Hamazura!
[15:46] ---
    Kinuhata!
[15:48] ---
    Ultra-hit the deck!
[15:54] ---
    I thought that since your ability used nitrogen,
[15:57] ---
    I might do something about the air.
[16:00] ---
    That in the vacuum momentarily
    created by the blast,
[16:03] ---
    I could pump you full of lead.
[16:07] ---
    Hamazura! Ultra-get out of here, now!
[16:12] ---
    Kinuhata!
[16:17] ---
    The peer authorization system
    has been activated?!
[16:20] ---
    So she's using that here, is she?
[16:24] ---
    What would you like me to do?
[16:26] ---
    Her activation has neutralized
    the political defense functionality here.
[16:30] ---
    Moreover...
[16:32] ---
    GROUP?! Why, that vixen!
[16:35] ---
    But will she actually resort
    to using hardline measures?
[16:39] ---
    It does have to do with DRAGON, after all.
[16:43] ---
    They're certain to be coming.
    So we'll engage them here. This is all-out war.
[16:49] ---
    Yes, sir.
[16:56] ---
    That deal up on top is an AIM jammer.
[17:01] ---
    Control over our abilities
    will be pretty restricted.
[17:04] ---
    Ha, which means he's
    covered his bases against us.
[17:08] ---
    So then, what do we do?
[17:10] ---
    That's a given.
[17:12] ---
    We break straight on through.
[17:18] ---
    Let's go. Tsuchimikado,
    you stand guard out here.
[17:23] ---
    Speaking to Shiokishi
    one-on-one will be your job.
[17:28] ---
    We'll stay ahead of you and
    break down the walls as we go,
[17:33] ---
    but you'll have to stand in
    the line of fire at the very end.
[17:40] ---
    Musujime!
[17:42] ---
    No response. Something else must have
    happened on the other side of the wall.
[17:47] ---
    Tch, you're useless.
[17:48] ---
    Might I challenge you to a fight?
[17:53] ---
    I thought I told you I was
    praying we'd never meet again.
[17:58] ---
    You're the one who's coming to us, aren't you?
[18:01] ---
    I also told you to make
    every effort to see that we don't.
[18:05] ---
    Do you know about DRAGON?
[18:13] ---
    Huh?
[18:14] ---
    Poison. Stopping Musujime,
    who is able to pass through walls,
[18:19] ---
    has a higher priority than you do.
[18:22] ---
    Who are you?
[18:24] ---
    Koga. I'm a descendent of the Koga.
[18:28] ---
    We're a band of dastardly sneaks,
[18:31] ---
    who have done this sort of thing
    from times of old in the name of justice.
[18:36] ---
    Oyafune is finished.
    Once she has been eliminated,
[18:39] ---
    the rest of Academy City's
    collective power can be mobilized
[18:42] ---
    and drive you out, Accelerator.
[18:45] ---
    And, once we have Last Order
    secured as our trump card,
[18:49] ---
    it's all over.
[18:52] ---
    What I'd like to request from you is simple.
[18:56] ---
    Henceforth, I want you to permanently
    remove the provisions in your plans
[19:00] ---
    allowing you to incorporate
    and consume the lives of others at will.
[19:06] ---
    That's all.
[19:08] ---
    It's something everyone else
    observes as a matter of course.
[19:13] ---
    Oh yes, would you also
    tell me more about DRAGON?
[19:16] ---
    Is that something you need to know about?
[19:19] ---
    The fellows in GROUP requested I ask you.
[19:23] ---
    I am doing nothing more than
    carrying out matters point by point
[19:28] ---
    that are necessary to keep Academy City safe.
[19:31] ---
    "DRAGON" is just a word that has
    the virtue of sounding dangerous.
[19:36] ---
    You may call it barbaric,
[19:38] ---
    but that's because you don't know about DRAGON.
[19:41] ---
    I am the same, you know.
[19:44] ---
    I carry out actions that could
    be called barbaric, when needed.
[19:49] ---
    Are we at an impasse?
[19:51] ---
    The "Academy City" that we both wish to protect
[19:53] ---
    must mean two different things to us.
[19:57] ---
    I see.
[20:03] ---
    Did you not take a moment to think?
[20:06] ---
    About the possibility that, like you,
[20:09] ---
    Oyafune Monaka might
    take steps to defend her own life?
[20:14] ---
    Wh-What?!
[20:19] ---
    Unabara Mitsuki!
[20:21] ---
    Oh, are you sure that's
    the name you want to go with?
[20:24] ---
    I was sure you were going to call me "Etzali."
[20:29] ---
    Then Oyafune is...
[20:31] ---
    That coward is actually watching
    from a safe distance, is she?
[20:36] ---
    A good question. The talisman I use
    uses human skin as its material,
[20:42] ---
    but Ms. Oyafune didn't hesitate for a moment.
[20:46] ---
    Peeling off ten centimeters of
    her skin must have been pretty painful,
[20:50] ---
    even if it was from her arm.
[20:53] ---
    Now, why don't you tell me about DRAGON? Or...
[20:57] ---
    ...would you like to experience
    the kind of pain that Ms. Oyafune,
[21:03] ---
    the woman you called a coward, endured?
[21:06] ---
    Minobe!
[21:11] ---
    I always have two security outfits on hand
[21:14] ---
    in case someone close to me betrays me.
[21:17] ---
    If it comes to it, they can
    always end up killing each other.
[21:25] ---
    Why? Why have all of the other
    security guards besides you been killed?!
[21:38] ---
    It can't be!
[21:40] ---
    Did you never consider the possibility
[21:41] ---
    that others might have infiltrated
    the darker side of Academy City,
[21:45] ---
    much as you have done?
[21:48] ---
    Técpatl! And Tochtli!
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    It appears in the form of Fuse=KAZAKIRI.
[23:28] ---
    The aeon passes from Osiris to Horus.
[23:30] ---
    Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "DRAGON."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

17 - DRAGON

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[00:03] ---
    With you being a part of
    this dark outfit called "GROUP,"
[00:06] ---
    the usual intelligence networks
    could not pin down your location.
[00:10] ---
    So we used Shiokishi, here at the
    core of Academy City, instead. Etzali,
[00:15] ---
    we're here to kill you.
[00:18] ---
    It can't be...!
[00:20] ---
    Yes. The original text of the grimoire.
[00:38] ---
    Normally, that blast would have
    directly struck celestial bodies,
[00:43] ---
    but apparently, the rabbit bones
    that were used to fuel it were poor.
[00:47] ---
    What did you do?
    What have you done to Tochtli?!
[00:51] ---
    Rabbit bones.
[00:53] ---
    Do I have to draw you
    a picture for you to understand?
[00:58] ---
    Watching this is entertaining, isn't it?
[01:00] ---
    I'll bet she doesn't
    even have half her bones left.
[01:04] ---
    Técpatl...
[01:07] ---
    Técpatl!!
[01:10] ---
    Nice. This is the way our fight should be.
[01:14] ---
    Let's expend all of our knowledge
    in seizing Aztec control.
[01:42] ---
    K-K-Kinuhata!!
[01:51] ---
    I'll kill you now. You don't mind, do you?
[01:54] ---
    No, I don't. I'm not so petty as to take
    offense at other people's drivel, after all.
[02:11] ---
    "#17 DRAGON"
[02:21] ---
    I know that Kihara Amata was able
    to break through your "Reflection" barrier
[02:25] ---
    by pulling his punch back just before impact.
[02:28] ---
    Also,
[02:30] ---
    Kakine Teitoku used matter
    that doesn't exist in our world.
[02:38] ---
    I see.
[02:40] ---
    I can't exactly take a page from their
    exceptional methods and duplicate them.
[02:44] ---
    What a third-stringer.
    Even with your modest skills,
[02:48] ---
    all you can do is follow
    that black-hearted old man's orders.
[02:51] ---
    A dude like you says he's the heir of
    those who fought in the name of justice?
[02:56] ---
    Does that bastard Shiokishi
    seem like a good guy to you?
[03:00] ---
    Are you in the right for following him?
    Don't make me laugh.
[03:06] ---
    It's true, the word "good"
    is always exploited by those in power.
[03:11] ---
    However, if you relegate everything to evil,
[03:13] ---
    is that going to make every
    last one of the world's problems better?
[03:17] ---
    All your kind of evil is doing
[03:20] ---
    is scavenging the scraps
    that drop from good's table.
[03:23] ---
    You scumbag. The moment you
    consider them to be table scraps,
[03:27] ---
    it shows that your good isn't really genuine.
[03:30] ---
    Are you saying that a villain like
    you knows someone who's good?
[03:33] ---
    Damn straight. So much that it
    pisses me off just thinking back about it.
[03:38] ---
    I see.
[03:40] ---
    But you will never see this good person again,
    because you're going to die here.
[03:50] ---
    Your electrode has been modified,
    so it can be controlled remotely.
[03:55] ---
    Once you are isolated
    from the Misaka Network,
[03:58] ---
    your fighting strength drops to zero.
[04:06] ---
    This is the good I'm talking about.
[04:08] ---
    What it takes for a man
    to keep on struggling to be good,
[04:12] ---
    while living in a world full of miscreants.
[04:19] ---
    What...?
[04:20] ---
    You were ultra-familiar
    with fighting against espers,
[04:24] ---
    and had the ability to
    determine our weaknesses.
[04:27] ---
    On the other hand, you didn't seem
    to understand that I am a person,
[04:32] ---
    who has ultra-fought hard to stay alive.
[04:36] ---
    Ah, I almost forgot.
[04:38] ---
    The most dangerous thing for me,
[04:39] ---
    being virtually unbeatable
    in close-quarters fighting,
[04:43] ---
    is taking an ultra-precise attack
    from someplace out of my reach.
[04:47] ---
    With the way you spam your firepower,
[04:49] ---
    Sunazara Chimitsu was a
    much deadlier shot than you are.
[04:55] ---
    You had supplementary... liquid nitrogen...?
[05:21] ---
    The original text is streaming
    inside my head. But it doesn't matter.
[05:25] ---
    Even if this ends up ruining me...
[05:34] ---
    It's a matter of experience, Etzali.
[05:37] ---
    If you're going to use this as a weapon,
[05:40] ---
    taking steps to prevent the backflow
    of knowledge is fundamental.
[05:44] ---
    So then,
[05:46] ---
    you haven't actually read
    the original text, have you?
[05:55] ---
    Huh...?
[06:00] ---
    How...?
[06:02] ---
    Did you know that the
    original texts of grimoires
[06:05] ---
    favor those who can spread
    their knowledge the most...?
[06:10] ---
    You transcribed the stone tablet...?
[06:13] ---
    You've never come face to face
    with the original text's knowledge...
[06:19] ---
    Did you think the original text
    would let you get away with that...?
[06:29] ---
    H-How...?
[06:32] ---
    This is a jamming device.
[06:36] ---
    What?
[06:37] ---
    Simple electronic jamming would
    also affect the Misaka Network.
[06:43] ---
    I analyzed the EM waves from before
    and calculated their inverse.
[06:48] ---
    This is how evil works. There isn't
    a lick of difference between you and me.
[06:54] ---
    And the last thing I am is good.
[06:57] ---
    Which makes you a prize-winning villain
    for using the same methods.
[07:04] ---
    You kind of overdid it, there.
[07:07] ---
    You might have ultra-gotten
    the gun on your own,
[07:09] ---
    but how did you get your hands
    on a six-winger attack helicopter?
[07:13] ---
    What are you talking about?
[07:14] ---
    Huh?
[07:15] ---
    If I could get my hands
    on an attack helicopter,
[07:18] ---
    then I'd have obviously hit you
    from beyond your range, wouldn't I?
[07:22] ---
    Then, who did, exactly?
    Is there someone else ultra-out to get us?
[07:28] ---
    It couldn't be!
[07:32] ---
    Hamazura!
[07:33] ---
    Ultra-get out of here!
    They're probably here after you!
[07:37] ---
    Huh?
[07:38] ---
    Let's go, Hamazura.
[07:40] ---
    B-But what about Kinuhata?
[07:43] ---
    Hurry!
[07:44] ---
    Damn it!
[07:55] ---
    Ultra-what do you think you're doing?
[07:57] ---
    Did you know that Aleister is devising
    and carrying out some kind of plan?
[08:03] ---
    Kamijo Toma and Accelerator
    are two of the irregular factors
[08:07] ---
    that fall within the
    tolerance levels of that plan.
[08:11] ---
    That's why they can be situated
    at the center of that plan
[08:15] ---
    and made use of as much
    as needed to benefit it.
[08:19] ---
    On the other hand,
    that isn't true of Hamazura Shiage.
[08:23] ---
    That Level 0 is a factor that
    was supposed to have been killed
[08:26] ---
    during the conflict among our dark subgroups.
[08:30] ---
    Hamazura Shiage, a Level 0
    without any power or role to play,
[08:35] ---
    is trying to achieve
    something all on his own.
[08:39] ---
    Some new value, which not even
    Aleister himself is aware of.
[08:43] ---
    Depending on what that is,
    it can potentially damage Aleister's plan.
[08:49] ---
    Academy City is marshalling all
    of its forces to kill Hamazura Shiage.
[08:54] ---
    What do you think? Does
    he have that much value?
[09:07] ---
    DRAGON...?
[09:09] ---
    You must have your suppositions...
[09:11] ---
    You're not going to try to tell us you
    don't know anything about it, are you?
[09:15] ---
    It would be easier for me if I didn't,
[09:18] ---
    but unfortunately, I did learn about it...
[09:21] ---
    It's something that no one
    should ever lay eyes on...
[09:24] ---
    What is DRAGON? Where is DRAGON, exactly?
[09:29] ---
    What are you talking about?
    DRAGON is everywhere...
[09:34] ---
    Look, DRAGON is there
    behind you, right now...
[09:38] ---
    Huh?
[09:46] ---
    DRAGON? The name is not wrong.
    The title of "Angel" also applies.
[09:54] ---
    However, if you want to
    more precisely express who I am,
[09:59] ---
    you should choose the following name--
[10:03] ---
    the one who once gave
    the eccentric sorcerer named Crowley
[10:08] ---
    the necessary knowledge
    in the necessary amount,
[10:14] ---
    "Aiwass."
[10:33] ---
    Takitsubo!
[10:36] ---
    Hamazura... run...
[10:40] ---
    The way we're going, we'll both be caught.
[10:43] ---
    S-So...
[10:47] ---
    Hamazura...
[10:48] ---
    Be quiet.
[10:53] ---
    Somebody...
[10:56] ---
    Somebody...
[11:04] ---
    It's all right, Hamazura.
    I'll buy you some time.
[11:09] ---
    You can't be serious!
[11:18] ---
    Please, somebody come along. Some hero,
[11:22] ---
    who shows up out of nowhere to save her life.
[11:26] ---
    Please!
[11:41] ---
    Hey, we made it, Takitsubo!
    I don't know who stepped in to help,
[11:46] ---
    but we made it through!
[11:49] ---
    Hamazura...
[12:00] ---
    It can't be...
[12:02] ---
    Don't let these two-bit bastards
    come and take your life.
[12:08] ---
    I've decided that I'm the one
    who gets to tear you limb from limb.
[12:16] ---
    You look like you're mystified.
[12:19] ---
    Is my sudden appearance really
    that incomprehensible to you?
[12:24] ---
    What are you, then?
[12:26] ---
    And why the hell did you wrap yourself
    in the codename "DRAGON"?
[12:30] ---
    That's where I'm going
    to have to begin explaining, is it?
[12:34] ---
    My identity is not that big a deal.
[12:37] ---
    I'm just an insignificant
    little hboiebeingab.
[12:41] ---
    Huh?
[12:42] ---
    Oh, dear. I can't even express
    that degree of meaning in this world?
[12:48] ---
    Are you familiar with
    the phrase "Fuse=KAZAKIRI"?
[12:52] ---
    Huh?
[12:53] ---
    Hmm... It is a being known
    as an artificial angel.
[12:59] ---
    A mass of AIM dispersion fields.
[13:02] ---
    It is also something of a production line
    used to give me, Aiwass, form.
[13:08] ---
    Now, appearing for the fun of it is
    fine and all, but now what do I do?
[13:14] ---
    What would you like to do?
    Would you like to upset Aleister's aspirations
[13:18] ---
    based on information you receive from me?
[13:22] ---
    Are you just jerking my chain?
[13:24] ---
    I won't be the one upset
    if Aleister's plan is derailed.
[13:29] ---
    Whether it takes 10,000
    years, or even 100,000,
[13:33] ---
    I'll just wait for another opportunity
    for me to asbumanifestoagbv--
[13:36] ---
    make that "emerge."
[13:39] ---
    And just so you know,
    the plan that Aleister is undertaking
[13:43] ---
    is already starting to come apart.
[13:46] ---
    What?
[13:47] ---
    The fractures are slowly starting to widen.
[13:51] ---
    If it keeps up, Last Order,
    the keystone of his plan,
[13:55] ---
    is certain to disintegrate sooner or later.
[14:02] ---
    Bring it on.
[14:05] ---
    I don't care if you're a mass of AIM
    dispersion fields or an angel or whatever,
[14:10] ---
    but if you maliciously mean to do harm
    to that kid, I'll give you no mercy!
[14:24] ---
    Oh, no, that was my mistake.
[14:28] ---
    Oh, Aleister, you messed with
    the snstructuralbozl virus, didn't you?
[14:33] ---
    Goodness, I'm sorry.
    If you want to sbgpkillnapedv me,
[14:37] ---
    you'll have to do something
    about these nspidhglowingwingsgprws.
[14:40] ---
    They have a mind of their own.
[14:42] ---
    abeohougbaokillwoweuferya!
[14:45] ---
    "Do what thou wilt shall be
    the whole of the Law," eh?
[15:05] ---
    Is that all you have?
[15:07] ---
    I tried drawing you out by
    explicitly mentioning Last Order, but...
[15:14] ---
    Hmm?
[15:16] ---
    I remember you saying you appeared
    by using AIM diffusion fields, right?
[15:25] ---
    And to let you control them,
    that kid was infected with the virus,
[15:31] ---
    to create that Fuse=KAZAKIRI business.
[15:36] ---
    If that's the case...
[15:38] ---
    That's using your head.
[15:40] ---
    You've reset it to work
    on the whole Misaka Network.
[15:44] ---
    But do you realize that in doing so,
[15:49] ---
    you've personally cut
    the lifeline keeping you alive?
[15:53] ---
    Shut up!
[15:55] ---
    I see. Then go ahead and show me...
[15:59] ---
    ...thy "Law."
[16:13] ---
    How is she still alive?!
[16:16] ---
    Hamazura!
[16:18] ---
    I see you make as quick an escape as ever,
    but are you sure you should?
[16:23] ---
    What will happen to your beloved Takitsubo?
[16:30] ---
    Oh, what should I start burning first?
[16:33] ---
    Maybe I'll torch this
    little face until it sizzles.
[16:39] ---
    What are you playing the tragic heroine for?
[16:43] ---
    You're not simply a helpless
    princess, are you?
[16:45] ---
    I thought you had the
    strength to fight, don't you?
[16:51] ---
    If you're too scared to take
    the ability crystal, you can run.
[16:53] ---
    But Hamazura will be charred
    to death if you do,
[16:57] ---
    because you left him here to die.
[17:01] ---
    That's it, that's it! Hurry up and
    swallow your ace-in-the-hole ability crystal!
[17:07] ---
    Hamazura...
[17:08] ---
    Mugino!!
[17:15] ---
    What was that, Hamazura?
[17:18] ---
    Who was it you were trying to protect?
[17:21] ---
    I can't help it if you
    finish her off yourself!
[17:26] ---
    Huh?
[17:28] ---
    Mugino Shizuri!
[17:30] ---
    It looks like killing you once wasn't enough!
[17:34] ---
    No, not enough. Not enough at all!
[17:41] ---
    Are you mocking me, Hamazura?!
[17:44] ---
    What kind of ninja do you think you are,
    using a smokescreen?! Come on!
[18:08] ---
    I did it!
[18:10] ---
    Hamazura...
[18:13] ---
    Did you think common mass-produced
    weapons would be enough
[18:18] ---
    to take down the 4th-ranked Meltdowner,
[18:21] ---
    Hamazura?
[18:31] ---
    Is this an endurance
    testing room for air drag?
[18:35] ---
    Come on, this is ridiculous.
[18:38] ---
    Neither I nor Kakine Teitoku
    have been allowed to even die.
[18:42] ---
    It seems that the governing
    board chairman wants to use us--
[18:46] ---
    to use our Level 5 abilities so badly,
    he even did this to our bodies.
[18:50] ---
    Tell me, Hamazura,
[18:52] ---
    how did I become such a hideous monster?
[18:57] ---
    Mugino...
[18:58] ---
    Is that what you want me to say, Hamazura?!
[19:05] ---
    Why are you shaking like a leaf?
[19:08] ---
    As long as you're at it, why don't
    you let out a rare and amusing scream?!
[19:14] ---
    I'm going to coat you
    in melted iron and let it cool,
[19:17] ---
    to turn you into a fascinating work of art!
[19:25] ---
    Huh?
[19:28] ---
    Warning, experiment commencing.
[19:31] ---
    Hamazura!
[19:42] ---
    Is it... over?
[19:44] ---
    Aleister is such a worrywart.
[19:47] ---
    It seems that he put up more
    robust barriers against me than I thought.
[19:56] ---
    Damn you...
[19:58] ---
    I hate to do this,
    after you fought so hard already,
[20:02] ---
    but apparently, I have
    the ability to change my form.
[20:13] ---
    Hamazura... Hamazura!
[20:21] ---
    Hamazura,
[20:22] ---
    listen to me. Get ultra-away
    from there, right this instant.
[20:26] ---
    Kinuhata?
[20:27] ---
    There's a detached force
    from Academy City on its way to you.
[20:30] ---
    Take Takitsubo and ultra-run away, fast!
[20:33] ---
    R-Run away where?
[20:39] ---
    Aleister, you wouldn't happen
    to admire them, would you?
[20:45] ---
    Those who follow the feelings
    that spring up within them
[20:48] ---
    without having to be told by anyone to do so,
[20:50] ---
    and try to keep going straight forward?
[20:53] ---
    Those who have committed
    great mistakes in the past,
[20:55] ---
    and even while struggling with their sins,
[20:57] ---
    "I swear I will save the kid's life"
[20:58] ---
    try to keep moving down the right path?
[21:01] ---
    Those who, without being chosen by anyone,
[21:03] ---
    and without having anything
    even close to qualifications,
[21:07] ---
    can become a hero for
    the sake of someone they love?
[21:12] ---
    Each of them are people who,
    no matter how often they're beaten down,
[21:16] ---
    still get back up on their feet.
[21:20] ---
    They seem to be equipped
    with something you don't have.
[21:25] ---
    As such, it's only natural
    for you to want to be like them.
[21:28] ---
    After all, at the time, all you
    could do was slump down and lament.
[21:35] ---
    Aiwass, I will make use of anything I can.
[21:40] ---
    Even if that means using you.
[21:44] ---
    Allow me to say something, as well.
[21:47] ---
    That there is no guarantee anywhere
[21:50] ---
    that the absolute advantage
    you have will last forever.
[21:58] ---
    The girl is a difficult matter.
    She will most definitely perish at some point.
[22:05] ---
    If you don't want to mourn later,
[22:07] ---
    you should proceed down a path
    other than the one you're already on.
[22:12] ---
    Go to Russia. Specifically,
    the Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations.
[22:19] ---
    Remember the term "Index
    Librorum Prohibitorum."
[22:24] ---
    There will be an
    important item pertaining to it.
[22:34] ---
    Russia...
[22:43] ---
    Hamazura, what is it?
[22:45] ---
    It's nothing.
[22:52] ---
    Don't leave me.
[22:55] ---
    All right.
[22:56] ---
    As if I'd leave you.
[22:59] ---
    Damn it, I'll never leave you, understand?
[23:20] ---
    Just you wait.
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Academy City and Russia.
    Everything becomes embroiled and it begins.
[23:29] ---
    What begins?
    That much is obvious. World War III.
[23:33] ---
    Next time, "The Alliance
    of Independent Nations."
[23:35] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:40] ---
    
[23:42] ---
    

18 - The Alliance of Independent Nations

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[00:00] ---
    This is a fight to defend the world
    and all the people who live in it.
[00:05] ---
    "Russian president declares
    war on Academy City"
[00:06] ---
    All of the environmental destruction
    that is happening today all over the world,
[00:09] ---
    and the problems of petroleum
    and other fossil fuel shortages,
[00:14] ---
    have Academy City's peculiar brand
    of science and technology as their cause.
[00:18] ---
    Unless we stem the sedition
    of their unregulated technology,
[00:23] ---
    every living thing on
    this planet will be exterminated.
[00:28] ---
    Academy City needs to enact a total freeze
[00:30] ---
    to all projects they are carrying out
    throughout the world immediately.
[00:35] ---
    Also, they must disclose their
    state-of-the-art technology to us!
[00:41] ---
    Are you kidding me?
[00:42] ---
    If they reject our proposal,
    as we seek for peace,
[00:46] ---
    we will consider Academy City
    to be an evil entity,
[00:50] ---
    concerned not with
    integrating with the world,
[00:52] ---
    but instead only with their own interests,
[00:55] ---
    exposing all other creatures
    living in the world to danger.
[00:59] ---
    We will await Academy City's answer
[01:02] ---
    by midnight on October 19th,
    Moscow Standard Time.
[01:09] ---
    If no response is received by that time,
[01:12] ---
    we will take their intent to be hostile,
    and will commence an invasion,
[01:17] ---
    with the use of intercontinental
    ballistic missiles on the table!
[01:44] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:55] ---
    "#18 The Alliance of Independent Nations"
[03:10] ---
    We have no other choice.
[03:25] ---
    I'm absolutely... absolutely
    not going to hurt the cashier.
[03:31] ---
    The only thing I need is inside the register.
    The gun is just for pointing.
[03:36] ---
    This is a stick-up! Get your hands up...
[03:40] ---
    This is a stick-up. Get your hands...
[03:49] ---
    Hamazura...
[03:52] ---
    Actually, the cashier was so grateful,
    she gave me lots of gifts.
[04:07] ---
    "Where are we?" asks Misaka Misaka,
    looking around.
[04:12] ---
    We're inside a train.
[04:16] ---
    I finally get to see
    your face again after so long.
[04:23] ---
    How did this happen? Why does
    the kid have to go through all this?
[04:34] ---
    They're coming after us?
[04:36] ---
    "Don't fight again like
    you did before, okay?"
[04:39] ---
    asks Misaka Misaka.
[04:42] ---
    Yeah, I promise.
[04:51] ---
    You pieces of trash,
[04:53] ---
    stop getting on my nerves!
[05:00] ---
    Yes... I am the magic library
    affiliated with Necessarius,
[05:06] ---
    the 0th parish of the
    English Puritan Church...
[05:12] ---
    My formal name is Index...
[05:16] ---
    I have to destroy that remote
    control magical item as soon as possible.
[05:21] ---
    But that aside,
[05:23] ---
    what are you doing here, Lessar?
[05:25] ---
    Hmm?
[05:27] ---
    It's not as though I'm under
    orders from the British royal family,
[05:31] ---
    or have a grudge against
    this Fiamma of the Right guy,
[05:34] ---
    or any sort of agenda like that.
[05:37] ---
    I was just thinking that
    if you dying out here
[05:39] ---
    wouldn't be in the best interests
    of Britain, as a whole,
[05:42] ---
    then maybe it would be best
    for me to lend you some support.
[05:55] ---
    Besides, things would be a
    lot easier if you had someone along
[05:58] ---
    who spoke Russian,
    and could interpret for you, right?
[06:01] ---
    What I meant was, as a basic premise,
[06:04] ---
    how did you come by word that
    I was sneaking into Russia, anyway?
[06:10] ---
    Uh-huh... You don't think
    it's not fair to Index,
[06:13] ---
    who's currently lying in
    the cathedral in London, do you?
[06:17] ---
    That you had a rendezvous with
    the very first woman you had a chance with?
[06:22] ---
    Then I have some welcome news for you.
[06:25] ---
    I, Lessar, am not wearing leggings
    under my skirt; just my panties.
[06:31] ---
    That information does me absolutely no good.
[06:34] ---
    What am I supposed to do with it?
[06:37] ---
    Swing around behind me and flip my skirt up!
[06:40] ---
    Forget all about your previous woman!
[06:43] ---
    No one would blame me if I slugged
    you for what you just said to me.
[06:55] ---
    Follow what's out of place,
    and we'll end up where Fiamma is.
[06:58] ---
    Out of place?
[07:00] ---
    Take the map, for example.
[07:02] ---
    It has military information on it,
    but I could buy it like anything.
[07:05] ---
    Oh, so you're saying...
[07:08] ---
    Yeah. They don't want
    anyone to think it's important.
[07:11] ---
    So is it inconceivable that they'd
    deliberately lower their security level?
[07:16] ---
    Oh...
[07:30] ---
    We've finished deploying a mixed force
    with both puritans and knights.
[07:35] ---
    I'd like to avoid any
    engagements wherever possible.
[07:38] ---
    France remaining passive under
    these circumstances is not a possibility.
[07:43] ---
    Whether it's as the
    Roman Orthodoxy's advance force,
[07:46] ---
    or to bring an end to their historical
    and magical animosity with Britain,
[07:53] ---
    it's impossible to say.
[07:54] ---
    Interference from France confirmed.
    They're coming.
[07:58] ---
    Please be on the lookout.
[08:22] ---
    If they get through here,
    they'll have a straight shot to London.
[08:39] ---
    We're at a disadvantage
    aboard ships that are stuck in place.
[08:42] ---
    And down here in the salt...
[08:45] ---
    What good will it do to lose your cool here?
[08:48] ---
    You people are the fighting force
    defending Britain, you know!
[09:07] ---
    S-Second Princess Carissa!
[09:26] ---
    Fiamma must have created a secret route
[09:29] ---
    to bring his magical materials into the base.
[09:32] ---
    Just as I predicted. Hmm?
[09:35] ---
    What's wrong?
[09:36] ---
    Aren't you hot?
[09:37] ---
    No. Aren't you cold?
[09:40] ---
    Ugh, this is hopeless.
[09:42] ---
    I'll have to undo the buttons on my shirt,
[09:45] ---
    and flap my skirt!
[09:48] ---
    What is with you? I don't get
    your out-of-the-blue behavior!
[09:52] ---
    I'm trying to seduce you,
    so respond, will you?!
[09:54] ---
    Just bowl me over and get the deed done,
[09:57] ---
    and just like that, the British
    will have another advance force!
[10:01] ---
    Uh-huh... So she's a girl who
    just blurts stuff out with a smile,
[10:04] ---
    not actually knowing what
    any of her sexy talk means.
[10:08] ---
    If I, as someone a little bit older
    than you, might have a word here,
[10:12] ---
    what you're saying is really very
    dangerous, okay? Be more careful.
[10:16] ---
    Okay! I read you!
[10:18] ---
    Now, allow me to explicitly
    demonstrate just how serious I am!
[10:28] ---
    We need to have a
    serious talk after this is over.
[10:39] ---
    Russian soldiers--or no, sorcerers?
[10:42] ---
    Yes, they're probably
    with the Russian Church.
[10:45] ---
    They'll spot us sooner or later
    if we stay here. Let's go.
[10:53] ---
    Crap!
[11:05] ---
    He's not dead, right?
[11:07] ---
    Killing him would have been easier.
[11:16] ---
    It's necessary.
[11:18] ---
    This is a "space."
    Both coordinates and volume are crucial.
[11:24] ---
    To me, this is even more
    important than Moscow.
[11:28] ---
    You have to look at it from
    Project B'Tselem's perspective.
[11:33] ---
    That's--!
[11:37] ---
    I want the results of the survey at once.
[11:40] ---
    You don't want things to end
    with you as a bishop, do you?
[11:45] ---
    What do you think you're doing?!
[11:46] ---
    If you make a scene, all the soldiers
    on the base will come running.
[11:50] ---
    If you charge straight in from here,
    you'll never reach Fiamma.
[11:55] ---
    Yes, yes, that's a good boy.
    The Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations.
[12:01] ---
    That definitely explains why
    I couldn't find Sasha Kruezhev,
[12:05] ---
    even after searching all over Russia for her.
[12:18] ---
    We were so close!
[12:20] ---
    Let's hurry. If we can catch Sasha first,
[12:23] ---
    we can spend the time and effort
    to set up a surprise attack on Fiamma.
[12:28] ---
    The Elizalina Alliance
    of Independent Nations...
[12:43] ---
    It's no problem...
[12:45] ---
    I'm fine... So Hamazura,
    let's hurry up and get moving...
[12:51] ---
    No problem? I don't care
    who you ask, that's not normal.
[12:55] ---
    An adverse effect of the ability crystal.
[12:57] ---
    What do I do?
[13:05] ---
    She looks like she needs a doctor.
[13:08] ---
    You speak Japanese?
[13:10] ---
    Who are you?
[13:11] ---
    "Give and take."
    My village is out of fuel for our generator.
[13:17] ---
    If you share some of yours with me,
    I'll show the girl to our doctor.
[13:23] ---
    How about it?
[13:31] ---
    We will not impose any coercion
    upon the Japanese government.
[13:32] ---
    "Academy City intercepts
    ballistic missiles in outer space"
[13:35] ---
    However, we are also under no obligation
    to defend anyone other than allies.
[13:40] ---
    You're saying that if the
    government pressures Academy City,
[13:42] ---
    you will remove the rest of the country
[13:44] ---
    from the protective umbrella
    of the satellite missile interceptors?
[13:47] ---
    Is that supposed to be a threat?!
[13:59] ---
    I've been wondering about this for a while,
[14:01] ---
    but what's up with that strap there?
[14:03] ---
    Hmm? His name is "Gekota."
    I don't know much about him, myself, though.
[14:08] ---
    A fancy mascot like that,
    and you don't know any details?
[14:11] ---
    Hmm, sounds like there's a girl involved.
[14:15] ---
    Listen here.
[14:17] ---
    Do you understand the situation we're in?
[14:27] ---
    So this is the Elizalina
    Alliance of Independent Nations.
[14:40] ---
    That's the woman the Elizalina Alliance
    of Independent Nations is named for.
[14:45] ---
    She's the holy woman who worked
[14:48] ---
    to make several states within
    Russia independent, and integrated them.
[14:52] ---
    I understand that Fiamma
    of the Right is coming here.
[14:55] ---
    Yeah, probably. Wait, do you know
    what Fiamma of the Right refers to?
[15:02] ---
    I may not be very skilled at it,
    but I am a sorceress.
[15:07] ---
    Fiamma of the Right is a primary
    figure behind this war--or rather,
[15:10] ---
    behind an invasion into my land.
[15:14] ---
    I'd like to take this opportunity
    to defeat him. However...
[15:18] ---
    I will by no means have the lives of
    Alliance of Independent Nations citizens
[15:23] ---
    lost as a result of any fighting.
[15:25] ---
    Are you saying we can do as we like?
[15:28] ---
    No. Your objective, as well
    as Fiamma's, is Sasha Kruezhev.
[15:34] ---
    Which is to say...
[15:36] ---
    You're going to send us,
    along with Sasha, out of the country,
[15:39] ---
    and once there, carry out an
    operation against Fiamma, right?
[15:45] ---
    It won't bother me if you consider me
    to be a cold-hearted person.
[15:49] ---
    Nope. I mean, we're trying to use
    you to find out where Sasha is.
[15:55] ---
    In fact, we can be grateful that you
    didn't handcuff us, no questions asked.
[16:00] ---
    We may be operating on different scales,
[16:02] ---
    but you also have those
    you're trying to protect, don't you?
[16:06] ---
    And I almost had her taken from me
    because it took so long to realize it.
[16:12] ---
    There still might be time if I act now.
[16:15] ---
    So, how do we act?
[16:17] ---
    A strategy session, at this stage?
[16:21] ---
    It's too late for that now.
[16:32] ---
    Incoming!
[16:47] ---
    Hmm. It's hard to take aim
    when dealing with sizes this great.
[16:58] ---
    What kind of off-the-charts attack was that?!
[17:01] ---
    Fiamma...
[17:03] ---
    The real attack is just starting!
[17:14] ---
    Imagine Breaker!
[17:22] ---
    Oh, I thought you might have learned
    something from Britain the Halloween.
[17:46] ---
    I see.
[17:47] ---
    Apparently, your wall was a bit
    too hard for me to easily break it.
[17:52] ---
    Bellagi! Rongier! Stay back!
[17:55] ---
    Don't sell me so short.
[18:00] ---
    Fiamma!
[18:01] ---
    You're the main dish. One that needs
    to be prepared before eating.
[18:07] ---
    With my right hand, I could...
[18:10] ---
    But can I really guard
    against every last attack?
[18:15] ---
    Just take up a defensive posture
    and guard, and still help Index?
[18:24] ---
    Stay out of this.
[18:37] ---
    Take me on! You know the reason
    why I'm fighting, don't you?!
[18:40] ---
    What's this? I thought I told you
    you were the main dish.
[18:44] ---
    You're offering yourself up first?
[18:58] ---
    Did you know...
[19:00] ---
    that modern sorcerers,
    as established in the 19th century,
[19:04] ---
    dislike taking collective
    action as a basic principle?
[19:06] ---
    What are you getting at?
[19:08] ---
    I'm just saying, there's someone here
    about to be killed right before their eyes.
[19:12] ---
    There are also hundreds,
    if not thousands of innocent civilians
[19:17] ---
    who will soon be killed by the
    invasion that's taking place soon.
[19:21] ---
    Do you think that under these circumstances,
[19:23] ---
    a powerful sorcerer could
    just sit idly by in hiding?
[19:29] ---
    Sasha Kruezhev!
[19:31] ---
    Today must be my lucky day.
[19:38] ---
    I never would have dreamed that
    I'd achieve two of my objectives so easily.
[19:49] ---
    There's an old familiar face.
[19:53] ---
    I'm not particularly obliged
    to give these people any help,
[19:58] ---
    but I can't stand watching you disrupting
    the Roman Orthodox Church anymore!
[20:04] ---
    I've heard that you can't use
    your trademark Divine Retribution.
[20:08] ---
    Did you think that's all
    it would take for me to quit?
[20:26] ---
    Tch, they went and got attacked
    before I got here.
[20:29] ---
    Who could so thoroughly level
    a Russian military base like this?
[20:34] ---
    Heh, that's an easy riddle.
    The culprit is Academy City.
[20:39] ---
    Is this what they were after?
[20:45] ---
    Huh? What are they clinging so carefully to?
[20:51] ---
    Interesting. An operation on the
    same level as my recovery mission, eh?
[20:57] ---
    I'm not seeing a lot of results yet,
[20:59] ---
    but maybe this is connected
    to the "other set of laws"
[21:02] ---
    that son of a bitch Aiwass was talking about.
[21:07] ---
    That's what I was thinking when
    we rode the train to the last stop.
[21:11] ---
    Freeze!
[21:12] ---
    Huh?
[21:14] ---
    Are you from Academy City?!
[21:15] ---
    What about all of you?
    Are you the ones who attacked the base?
[21:24] ---
    I don't have time for this.
    I'm going to take care of you quickly.
[21:28] ---
    You don't mind, do you?
[21:34] ---
    Now approaching the slated assault zone,
    Russian Airbase 740.
[21:38] ---
    Copy.
[21:40] ---
    What's your drop status?
[21:41] ---
    Ready to release.
[21:49] ---
    Yoo-hoo, I'm here to kill you, 1st-ranked.
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    The Third Season has been unleashed.
[23:28] ---
    An expression of 10,031 people's
    vengeance, condemnation, and hatred.
[23:32] ---
    Retribution arrives in the worst of forms.
[23:35] ---
    Next time, "Misaka Worst."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

19 - Misaka Worst

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[00:33] ---
    What's going on with their power?
    It didn't reflect, it just decomposed.
[00:38] ---
    And not into water, ice,
    or steam, either; into light.
[00:43] ---
    Is this what that son of a bitch Aiwass
    was talking about when he mentioned
[00:47] ---
    "a completely different set of rules
    unlike you've ever seen before"?
[00:52] ---
    Tch, what a pain in the ass.
    I guess I could beat it out of them.
[01:10] ---
    Huh?
[01:29] ---
    Electricity?
[01:32] ---
    Who are you?
[01:34] ---
    If I told you "Third Season,"
    would you recognize Misaka?
[01:37] ---
    What?!
[01:39] ---
    Misaka doesn't care about
    the outcome of the war.
[01:42] ---
    No orders concerning that have been input.
[01:46] ---
    Misaka's only objective is
    to slaughter the 1st-ranked.
[01:49] ---
    That is the reason--
[01:51] ---
    the only reason why Misaka
    was taken out of her culture solution.
[02:19] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:30] ---
    "#19 Misaka Worst"
[03:46] ---
    I thought your magical item was destroyed.
[03:49] ---
    Nonetheless, I doubt you've
    successfully restored Divine Retribution.
[03:54] ---
    And even supposing you have,
[03:56] ---
    you will not be able
    to defeat me with its methodology.
[04:01] ---
    Ha! You, as Michael, cannot wield
    your full power in your current state.
[04:06] ---
    That's true. Which is why I need
    Sasha Kruezhev and Imagine Breaker.
[04:11] ---
    That right arm of yours
    has restrictions on its use.
[04:16] ---
    Since you were playing
    around with those nobodies,
[04:19] ---
    it's already disintegrating
    into the air, isn't it?
[04:22] ---
    Are you suggesting that you can make up
    the gap between us over just that?
[04:27] ---
    This is where things start
    getting interesting.
[04:50] ---
    Are you aware that Biagio Buzoni
    commanded the Queen of the Adriatic
[04:55] ---
    and the Queen's Fleet
    escort at Chioggia, in Italy?
[05:00] ---
    I am the one who calibrated
    one of the Ten Holy Spirit Spells
[05:04] ---
    to a practical level.
[05:06] ---
    Controlling the entire Queen of the
    Adriatic might have been impossible,
[05:10] ---
    but I do have the affinity to
    control at least a part of the fleet.
[05:17] ---
    Not to mention, I can do this.
[05:29] ---
    You've wasted too many
    of your shots, you idiot!
[05:32] ---
    Then again, you probably
    can't hear me anymore.
[05:35] ---
    Is that right?
[05:37] ---
    I take better care of my things
    than you give me credit for.
[05:48] ---
    I may not be able to avoid it
    disintegrating into the air,
[05:51] ---
    but I have succeeded
    in securing it in that state.
[05:55] ---
    To be frank, I no longer
    have any limitations as such.
[06:01] ---
    Fiamma!!
[06:06] ---
    I don't need destructive force.
[06:15] ---
    I can finish someone with a touch,
[06:17] ---
    so I have no need to exert myself
    to demolish my opponent.
[06:20] ---
    Vento! What happened?!
[06:24] ---
    Keep quiet!
[06:25] ---
    I don't need speed.
[06:28] ---
    I can hit someone with a wave,
[06:29] ---
    so I have no need to exert myself
    to hit my opponent.
[06:39] ---
    Vento!
[06:41] ---
    No!
[06:48] ---
    It's not as though I yanked out
    your whole tongue.
[06:51] ---
    I just tore it a little.
    Don't make so much of it.
[06:55] ---
    What kind of freak are we going up against?
    He's beyond overwhelming!
[07:04] ---
    What did you...?
[07:05] ---
    It's simple.
[07:07] ---
    What I possess isn't the right arm itself,
[07:11] ---
    but the power that comes with the right arm.
[07:14] ---
    Meaning that I have full command
[07:16] ---
    over all the church of the
    cross's supernatural phenomena.
[07:21] ---
    I'll let you imagine the rest.
    You're not too inept to do that, right?
[07:26] ---
    Impossible...
[07:28] ---
    You're right. It's incomplete.
    Still, I can use it like this.
[07:33] ---
    That's because the whole world
    is in such a state of flux.
[07:38] ---
    Are you aware that the four great attributes
[07:41] ---
    have slowly started going awry as a result?
[07:44] ---
    You don't mean...
[07:47] ---
    The aftershocks of Angel
    Fall were that serious?
[07:52] ---
    On the contrary.
[07:53] ---
    It's the distortions in the great laws
    that were there to begin with
[07:57] ---
    that created the opening for such an
    out-of-this-world spell to be invoked.
[08:02] ---
    Do you see that? Are we good, then?
[08:19] ---
    How many people have you
    taken a stand for now?
[08:23] ---
    You really are a delightful fellow.
    The most delightful thing about you
[08:27] ---
    is how, while you're inspired by so many
    others to willingly leap into danger,
[08:32] ---
    you end up earning all of the results
    and rewards that come from doing so
[08:36] ---
    and taking them all for yourself.
[08:39] ---
    What are you trying to say?
[08:42] ---
    Are you really convinced that
    your actions are entirely in the right?
[08:48] ---
    I exercise my right arm to
    sort out whatever problems I have;
[08:53] ---
    you exercise your right arm to sort out
    whatever incidents arise around you.
[08:58] ---
    And we both do it in a way
    that shatters with one blow
[09:01] ---
    something that someone else
    has taken desperate pains to build up.
[09:05] ---
    There's no difference in our methods.
[09:07] ---
    I have a firm conviction in myself...
[09:11] ---
    ...that my actions will pave
    the way for the absolute good.
[09:18] ---
    And you expect me to just let
    Index lie there in agony because of that?!
[09:23] ---
    Well screw that!
[09:24] ---
    In that case, are you saying
    you're good for putting a stop to it?
[09:28] ---
    Whether I'm good or not isn't
    the issue! Index is suffering!
[09:33] ---
    Do you have any idea how many
    people have been driven to tears
[09:36] ---
    because of this good-for-nothing
    war that you started?!
[09:39] ---
    Is fighting for a girl who can't even
    wake up really such a bad thing?!
[09:44] ---
    How delightful. Could you say
    the same thing in front of the sister
[09:49] ---
    who you've been lying to all this time?
[09:52] ---
    Via this remote control magical item,
[09:54] ---
    there are times when our
    two consciousnesses become linked.
[09:58] ---
    Sometimes, the things that I see
    and hear get conveyed to her, as well.
[10:03] ---
    He's not saying...
[10:07] ---
    So then, can you still say
    the same thing in this situation?
[10:11] ---
    Why do you keep carrying on
    that shameless act in front her?
[10:17] ---
    You seem to want to shelter her
    for your own self-satisfaction.
[10:22] ---
    But I can't wait for the
    judgment to come down
[10:25] ---
    as to whether it actually works out
    to be her salvation or not.
[10:30] ---
    This is one down.
[10:33] ---
    Fiamma!
[10:34] ---
    I'd like to take you, too, but carrying
    you both at once would be difficult.
[10:39] ---
    Your right arm would inhibit me
    from transporting you.
[10:43] ---
    Don't let yourself get killed.
    I'm going to need your right arm, after all.
[10:48] ---
    Hold it!
[10:53] ---
    Damn it.
[11:06] ---
    But I can't wait for the
    judgment to come down
[11:09] ---
    as to whether it actually works out
    to be her salvation or not.
[11:37] ---
    How is Takitsubo?!
[11:45] ---
    It's the effects of an
    Academy City-made drug.
[11:48] ---
    A small care facility like this doesn't
    have the essential means to treat it.
[11:53] ---
    I suppose not. Even so, all this time,
[11:57] ---
    I couldn't even get her
    a decent bed to sleep in.
[12:17] ---
    I guess the Russian people
    see me as the foe of foes.
[12:22] ---
    Your fuel is helping us.
    Don't let it bother you.
[12:26] ---
    Besides, this place has
    been a questionable area
[12:29] ---
    even since before World War III started.
[12:32] ---
    The Elizalina Alliance of Independent
    Nations' border is nearby, right?
[12:37] ---
    The Russian army wants to raze our homes
    and build a frontline base here.
[12:42] ---
    They're even scattering a ton of
    landmines all over out of transports
[12:47] ---
    under the pretext of preventing
    an invasion from the alliance.
[12:51] ---
    You're kidding!
[12:52] ---
    Hey, they're kind of like
    loyalty card stickers.
[12:55] ---
    We collect them and give them to an NGO,
[12:57] ---
    and they exchange them
    for food and other goods.
[13:01] ---
    What exactly am I trying
    to find in the middle of this war?
[13:13] ---
    It looks like things have taken a bad turn.
[13:15] ---
    Huh?
[13:16] ---
    Privateers.
[13:18] ---
    Pri--?
[13:19] ---
    They're kind of like
    officially recognized bandits.
[13:22] ---
    Blank units that exist
    within the Russian military,
[13:25] ---
    with zero official members.
    They take in thug wannabe soldiers,
[13:30] ---
    who specialize in doing the dirty work.
[13:33] ---
    Why is an outfit like that--
    Hey, are you saying...?
[13:37] ---
    Yeah. They're planning to exploit
    this war as a chance to level our land.
[13:42] ---
    We have to get out of here, right now!
[13:44] ---
    We don't have the fuel to run our cars.
[13:47] ---
    What do we do?
    Where are we supposed to run?
[13:51] ---
    That's what I'm thinking of right now.
[14:02] ---
    This one is an irregular unit,
[14:05] ---
    created to draw out and focus
    the animosity of the entire Misaka Network.
[14:35] ---
    Damn it. I made up my mind not
    to hurt any of them ever again.
[14:41] ---
    I can't use my "Reflection."
[14:44] ---
    This is ridiculous. "Third
    Season," did she say?
[14:48] ---
    Did the Academy City folks
    produce her to create this situation--
[14:52] ---
    for the sole purpose of
    mentally tearing me down?
[14:55] ---
    Don't tell me you're thinking
    about protecting Misaka.
[15:01] ---
    Nobody asked you to do that.
[15:03] ---
    Huh? Hold on. All of the Sisters
    connected to the Misaka Network
[15:09] ---
    can have their actions shut down
    with a single order from Last Order.
[15:13] ---
    They're sending one of those
    units against me? Not possible.
[15:17] ---
    Which means she's...
[15:19] ---
    ...a fake!
[15:33] ---
    She's not a fake...?!
[15:37] ---
    Inside Misaka's body
[15:39] ---
    there is a device installed to reject
    a shutdown order from Last Order.
[15:45] ---
    Relying on her won't do
    anything to stop this Misaka.
[15:51] ---
    If you want to stop this Misaka,
[15:53] ---
    you'll have to go all-out,
    like you mean to kill her.
[15:57] ---
    But you can't do that, can you?
[15:59] ---
    If you do that, all your other efforts up
    to now will go down the drain.
[16:05] ---
    So then, how about doing nothing
    while you get beaten black and blue?
[16:12] ---
    "I'm scared. Help me."
[16:19] ---
    Misaka will toy with you
    until your identity comes apart,
[16:22] ---
    so have yourself a blast!
[16:26] ---
    Run away some more! You killed over
    10,000 Misakas over 10,000 times, right?!
[16:35] ---
    You have to have your human rights
    trampled at least 10,000 times over
[16:38] ---
    or it doesn't balance out!
[16:40] ---
    And if you factor in interest,
    not even triple that will be enough!
[16:47] ---
    Here! Have another!
[17:07] ---
    Why do you think the other Misakas,
    including Last Order,
[17:12] ---
    haven't called you out up to now?
[17:16] ---
    The answer is simple!
[17:19] ---
    It's not because they chose
    for themselves not to hate you!
[17:22] ---
    They just couldn't exhibit it outwardly
[17:24] ---
    because their own means
    of processing human emotions
[17:29] ---
    made it impossible for them
    to understand or express them!
[17:36] ---
    The Misakas are becoming
    more human, little by little!
[17:39] ---
    Soon, many Misakas will realize their hatred!
[17:43] ---
    They will end up considering
    their legitimate right to vindication!
[17:54] ---
    Ah, maybe Misaka will take care
    of the damaged goods over there first.
[17:57] ---
    That would be more effective, anyway.
[18:00] ---
    The Misakas will be
    overhauled under Third Season,
[18:04] ---
    and as the network is
    expanded and redeployed,
[18:07] ---
    it will achieve even greater performance
    enhancements and breakthroughs.
[18:11] ---
    The older-generation Last Order will
    no longer be needed to call the shots!
[18:22] ---
    Ah, so that's the way this plays out.
[18:26] ---
    We're not going to get out of
    this situation without somebody...
[18:30] ---
    ...dying, are we?
[19:01] ---
    You're done for. But this
    isn't the end, is it?
[19:06] ---
    One of the other Sisters will be coming next.
[19:10] ---
    Or maybe they'll use Yomikawa
    or Yoshikawa, instead.
[19:14] ---
    And some completely irrelevant village
    or town gets wiped out.
[19:20] ---
    Well, enough. I can't put up with it anymore.
[19:27] ---
    Help...
[19:32] ---
    Somebody... help...
[20:11] ---
    It's your... fault...
[20:27] ---
    Screw that!
[20:31] ---
    Screw it! Screw it! Screw it!
[20:36] ---
    You're saying she was created
    and killed just for my sake?!
[20:41] ---
    This is all part of that
    Academy City scum's plan, right?!
[20:45] ---
    No matter how hard we struggled,
    this kid has to die,
[20:48] ---
    and my mind has to go to pieces,
[20:51] ---
    while somebody is nice and warm
    in some room, having a drink and smiling!
[20:56] ---
    This whole business was
    put together by those guys!
[21:02] ---
    So I'm just gonna turn it
    all upside-down on them!
[21:08] ---
    If their plan doesn't succeed
    unless this kid dies,
[21:12] ---
    then I will personally save her
    and make it fail!
[21:18] ---
    Just you watch, you filthy sons of bitches.
[21:22] ---
    I'm gonna obliterate your
    smug expressions, starting right now!
[21:28] ---
    You punk-ass, scum-sucking sons of bitches!
[21:32] ---
    Rotten-to-the-core bastards who
    look down on me, thinking all I can do is kill!
[21:41] ---
    I'm gonna show you right now that I have
    what it takes to protect something, too!
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Black wings cast a hue over the snowy plain.
[23:28] ---
    Blood-soaked fists clench tightly.
[23:31] ---
    The mightiest and the
    lowliest now once again clash.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "A Reason to Protect."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

20 - A Reason to Protect

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[00:09] ---
    The bleeding has been stopped...?
[00:12] ---
    But why? Misaka shouldn't have survived.
[00:19] ---
    It couldn't be! He saved Misaka?!
[00:26] ---
    What is this?!
[00:29] ---
    Why did you save this Misaka?!
[01:12] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:23] ---
    "#20 A Reason to Protect"
[02:41] ---
    Vento...
[02:42] ---
    I don't like the way
    Fiamma does things, that's all.
[02:46] ---
    Do you know where Fiamma of the Right went?
[02:50] ---
    Yeah.
[02:52] ---
    I have a pretty good guess.
[03:06] ---
    You seem to want to shelter her
    for your own self-satisfaction.
[03:10] ---
    But I can't wait for the
    judgment to come down
[03:13] ---
    as to whether it actually works out
    to be her salvation or not.
[03:19] ---
    Whatever you might be hiding,
[03:22] ---
    it's not like you stopped dead in
    your tracks where you were, right?
[03:26] ---
    You kept moving forward for all you
    were worth despite it all, didn't you?
[03:31] ---
    And as a result of that,
    you've saved a number of people's lives,
[03:34] ---
    and I'm including stopping
    the coup d'état in Britain, as well.
[03:39] ---
    In short, I think your
    life is one to be proud of.
[03:44] ---
    All the same... All the same,
[03:48] ---
    it isn't up to me to decide if
    the actions I've taken up to now...
[03:55] ---
    ...were in Index's best
    interests or not, is it?
[04:07] ---
    Keep on running!
[04:33] ---
    Run!
[04:37] ---
    Sorry to end up dragging
    you into all of this.
[04:40] ---
    Now is not the time to be apologizing!
[04:42] ---
    Besides, you're providing Takitsubo
    with some underground shelter.
[04:46] ---
    That's reason enough!
[05:07] ---
    Did it jam up?
[05:09] ---
    No.
[05:23] ---
    They're enjoying killing people.
[05:26] ---
    They're planning to
    kill everyone in the village.
[05:30] ---
    We won't let them.
[05:34] ---
    Weapons... Don't you have
    anything in the way of weapons?
[05:38] ---
    Nothing that would penetrate
    that kind of armor.
[05:42] ---
    Your loyalty stickers!
[05:43] ---
    Huh?
[05:44] ---
    I remember you saying you were
    saving up the landmines you dug up
[05:48] ---
    to turn over to an NGO, right?
[05:54] ---
    Can we really hold the line?
[05:57] ---
    This is not a defensive war of attrition.
[06:00] ---
    This is a mop-up battle
    to prepare for our attack.
[06:08] ---
    The mobile fortress Glastonbury...
[06:13] ---
    By defining the area around
    the fortress as British territory by force,
[06:18] ---
    we're dramatically extending
    Curtana's usage range.
[06:26] ---
    It truly is a large-scale
    magical item for invasions,
[06:30] ---
    regardless of the intent
    of the enemy, don't you think?
[06:34] ---
    Yes.
[06:36] ---
    One more thing, just to make sure.
[06:39] ---
    Wah! If this keeps up, those
    French dumbasses will capture me,
[06:44] ---
    and they'll all rape me to death!!
[06:50] ---
    --Keep Princess Carissa safe!!
    --Keep Princess Carissa safe!!
[06:53] ---
    You should have been fighting
    with that kind of enthusiasm from the start.
[06:57] ---
    That's right.
[06:58] ---
    Put me in touch with Queen Elizard.
    On the double.
[07:02] ---
    I want permission to spank Princess Carissa.
[07:05] ---
    Hey, stop that!
[07:06] ---
    If I know Mother, she can't help herself
[07:09] ---
    but focus all of Curtana Second's
    power on you, just to let you do that!
[07:13] ---
    I wish you wouldn't insult me so.
[07:22] ---
    Hmph, the Holy Maiden of Versailles.
[07:28] ---
    Your body has undergone
    conditioning at the visceral level
[07:33] ---
    to prevent you from being able
    to live outside of Versailles.
[07:36] ---
    Performed by the idiotic French
    heavyweights who are afraid of you.
[07:41] ---
    Victory is ours! If you had been
    able to come out here directly,
[07:45] ---
    the battle may have gone differently.
[07:58] ---
    Actually, I am able to move about.
[08:01] ---
    That was France's mightiest move to make.
[08:14] ---
    What?!
[08:16] ---
    It couldn't be! A fragment
    of Curtana Second?!
[08:19] ---
    In the course of fighting with my mother,
[08:21] ---
    Curtana Original and
    Curtana Second came to blows.
[08:26] ---
    This is a byproduct of that.
[08:28] ---
    Actually, I am able to move about.
    That is Britain's greatest move to make.
[08:38] ---
    Hey!
[08:39] ---
    O-Over there!
[08:43] ---
    Wha--?!
[08:48] ---
    I can't hold it anymore! It will take
    more than that kid's smile to stop it!
[09:01] ---
    I wanna destroy all of it!
[09:05] ---
    I wanna mow down everything there is!
[09:09] ---
    The kind of people who would
    gladly create such a thing!
[09:13] ---
    And the guys who are finding
    happiness by benefiting from it!
[09:17] ---
    Every last one of them!
    Every last one of them!
[09:22] ---
    Accelerator!
[09:28] ---
    Why are you here...?
[09:32] ---
    Why...? Why...? Why are you here?!
[09:46] ---
    You're the hero who saved all the Sisters!
[09:50] ---
    What are you talking about?
[09:53] ---
    But what about that kid?
[09:55] ---
    She hasn't done anything wrong,
[10:00] ---
    but she has to suffer as much as she is!
[10:46] ---
    Where are you hiding
    yourselves, little kitties?
[11:18] ---
    We don't know which
    route they'll be coming in on,
[11:20] ---
    and we don't have time
    to dilly-dally setting these things.
[11:26] ---
    There's not much choice but to toss them
    like grenades when they get close.
[11:44] ---
    So you're coming my way, huh? Bring it on!
[11:49] ---
    Okay...
[11:50] ---
    ...come at me any way you like!
[12:07] ---
    Did that finish him?
[12:14] ---
    Damn it, move!
[12:18] ---
    It's chilly out today, huh?
[12:20] ---
    Just the right kind of
    weather for a barbecue.
[12:33] ---
    Heh, it's not over yet.
[12:44] ---
    I'll fill you full of holes!
[12:48] ---
    Damn!
[14:05] ---
    You're supposed to be a hero, right?!
    If you can do things nobody else can do,
[14:10] ---
    then turn some of it toward that kid there!
[14:17] ---
    It's crazy that a villainous bastard like me
[14:19] ---
    has stuck up for her all this time!
[14:23] ---
    I can't possibly be a hero!
[14:26] ---
    Come no matter what, I can only
    choose bloody methods of fixing things!
[14:33] ---
    Why should I have to go through this?!
[14:36] ---
    If a hero like you would come
    dashing to the rescue instead...
[14:46] ---
    If a hero like you would come
    dashing to the rescue instead,
[14:50] ---
    a mistake like this would never
    have happened in the first place.
[14:54] ---
    And that kid wouldn't
    have had to suffer like this!
[15:17] ---
    Why? Why didn't you die from that, hero?!
[15:22] ---
    You don't need a hero.
    Does an average Level 0 like me
[15:27] ---
    really look like that big a deal to you?
[15:31] ---
    Good guy? Bad guy?
    You've got to be kidding me.
[15:35] ---
    Is that the position a person
    has to be in to help someone?
[15:40] ---
    Someone right in front of you is crying,
    and you wish they weren't.
[15:43] ---
    Someone who can't even ask
    for help is there, struggling to hold on.
[15:48] ---
    That's enough, isn't it?
[15:51] ---
    You can step up, can't you?!
    You don't need any special position or reason!
[15:56] ---
    It's no skin off your nose
    to stand in the way to shield them!
[16:05] ---
    I don't know what you want to protect
    or how it is you've gotten hurt,
[16:10] ---
    but if you wanted to protect that kid,
    then do it with your head held high!
[16:15] ---
    Be proud that right now,
    you're able to try to keep her safe!
[16:40] ---
    You have to choose.
    Are you going to keep protecting her yourself,
[16:45] ---
    or are you going to leave everything up
    to someone else and run away?
[16:47] ---
    Or do you want my help,
    and we can do this together?
[16:51] ---
    I...
[16:52] ---
    What do you, yourself, want to do?!
    Call it arrogance or whatever,
[16:57] ---
    you have to decide for yourself
    what you can take pride in!
[17:08] ---
    I wanted to defend her, no matter what.
[17:12] ---
    So I rushed headlong down the path
    I could choose--the path of evil--
[17:20] ---
    and got very good at being evil...
[17:25] ---
    But...
[17:41] ---
    The guy who never even considered
    whether he was good or evil
[17:47] ---
    turns out to be the strongest one.
[17:51] ---
    I can't protect her with just plain evil.
[18:01] ---
    To fight to protect others
    from inexcusable savagery
[18:04] ---
    and to give your all to stop
    unnecessary tears from being shed
[18:07] ---
    is something to be admired.
[18:30] ---
    If I, Acqua of the Rear may be so
    presumptuous, could I lend you a hand?
[18:38] ---
    What did you say?
[18:40] ---
    The Kremlin Report.
[18:42] ---
    Russia's first-priority
    national defense manual.
[18:46] ---
    If the mainland is invaded by force,
[18:48] ---
    and the nuclear launch facilities
    are about to be taken over,
[18:51] ---
    what means will they adopt
    to prevent that from happening?
[18:55] ---
    They'll disperse a microbial
    wall--an airborne killer virus!
[19:01] ---
    There won't be any evacuation order issued
[19:04] ---
    for the Russian soldiers
    who work at the facility,
[19:06] ---
    or for the civilians living in the area.
[19:08] ---
    The manual's priority is only to secure
    the safety of the nuclear launch sites.
[19:13] ---
    However much you tout how just your cause is,
[19:16] ---
    the fact is that you're using French soil
    as a springboard to intervene in Russia.
[19:21] ---
    And France, which has enjoyed much growth
[19:23] ---
    under the protection of
    the Roman Orthodox Church,
[19:26] ---
    cannot now afford to cast
    aside their orders--
[19:28] ---
    Actually, everyone is aware that
    this war isn't courtesy of Roman Orthodoxy,
[19:33] ---
    but because of Fiamma, instead.
[19:36] ---
    Right now, we can avoid the
    worst case scenario.
[19:40] ---
    So, what will it be?
[19:42] ---
    Is the France that I took to be my
    archenemy really this good-for-nothing?
[19:53] ---
    Sissy!
[19:57] ---
    Look!
[20:02] ---
    Sissy?
[20:06] ---
    What are you planning to do?
[20:09] ---
    Do not tell me...!
[20:13] ---
    It is a war zone!
    How do you intend to get there?
[20:16] ---
    Oh, um, well, you know...
[20:27] ---
    I can't wait, Hamazura.
[20:50] ---
    "Index Librorum Prohibitorum..."
[20:56] ---
    Welcome to the Elizalina
    Alliance of Independent Nations.
[21:01] ---
    Maybe it is all connected.
[21:07] ---
    Did I have any room to come off
    so high-and-mighty to Accelerator?
[21:10] ---
    I'm not shuffling my feet
    looking for any logical reasons.
[21:14] ---
    I'm not protecting her because it's right.
[21:16] ---
    I just want to help her, that's all.
[21:19] ---
    Ha-ha! First you stress out,
    then you bounce back.
[21:23] ---
    You're pretty busy, aren't you?
[21:27] ---
    Sure, I'm a real lowlife.
[21:30] ---
    A no-account jerk who's been deceiving Index.
[21:34] ---
    But even if I am, it's not
    Fiamma that I should be bowing to.
[21:44] ---
    Well now, it's time for
    the delightful Project B'Tselem.
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    The project kicks off at last.
[23:27] ---
    The earth shakes, the skies turn
    pitch-black, and strange objects rise.
[23:31] ---
    The light of destruction descends.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "The Star of B'Tselem."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

21 - The Star of B'Tselem

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[00:01] ---
    Y-Your Holiness, what are you doing?
[00:04] ---
    Have to hurry...
[00:06] ---
    The citizens have been
    seized upon by their anxiety,
[00:09] ---
    and are starting to march on the Vatican.
[00:13] ---
    I know. You need not say anything.
[00:17] ---
    Hi there, my dandy gentleman.
[00:20] ---
    Can I assume your position
    is still the Pope of Rome?
[00:24] ---
    Is that you, Vasilissa? The cardinals
    are about to convene a papal conclave.
[00:30] ---
    They must have decided that
    my authority is already lost.
[00:35] ---
    It will take more than
    my words to put a stop to this war.
[00:41] ---
    Nonetheless, you have stood forward.
[00:45] ---
    Oh, sorry about that. I'm in the
    middle of bringing the dissenters,
[00:49] ---
    who were trying to sell out
    our beloved Sasha, to tears.
[00:52] ---
    Go easy on them. They are our brethren.
[00:55] ---
    I knew you would say that. So, how are
    you planning to bring this war to an end?
[01:02] ---
    To do what must be done.
    But not as the pope over a flock of two billion.
[01:09] ---
    I just have to do what I should
    as an adherent of Roman Orthodoxy.
[01:15] ---
    I made a promise to that
    mercenary, after all.
[01:21] ---
    It appears that the Lord still
    intends to give me more trials.
[01:31] ---
    So, what to do? A being like yourself
    has been identified within Russia.
[01:38] ---
    The Archangel "Power of God," Misha Kruezhev.
[01:42] ---
    Once the encroachment begins,
    tragedy will befall everyone in that area.
[01:49] ---
    What will you do?
[01:52] ---
    Nothing. I only undertake
    that which interests me.
[01:59] ---
    I don't mind going. But
    I do have one condition.
[02:03] ---
    Please don't take any
    action against my friends.
[02:06] ---
    As long as they arouse no interest,
    it will be my pleasure.
[02:09] ---
    If you do hurt them,
    then I will become your enemy,
[02:13] ---
    even if it means destroying us all.
[02:17] ---
    How naive of you to threaten me.
[02:20] ---
    You might instead attract
    my interest by saying that.
[02:33] ---
    Wh-What was that?!
[02:37] ---
    An angel...?
[02:42] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:49] ---
    "#21 The Star of B'Tselem"
[02:52] ---
    Imagine, coming all the way to Russia
    and still savoring something like this.
[02:57] ---
    Yeah, it's handy that some things taste
    the same all over the world.
[03:04] ---
    We got this far by blending in
    with the human smuggling brokers,
[03:07] ---
    but this is probably
    as far as we're getting by car.
[03:11] ---
    Let's take a different route to sneak
    into the Russian base where Fiamma is.
[03:20] ---
    What'sa madder?
[03:22] ---
    Oh... Are there really
    this many people fleeing
[03:27] ---
    to the Elizalina Alliance
    of Independent Nations?
[03:29] ---
    The opposite might be true, too.
[03:31] ---
    Nobody wants to be a citizen
    of a vanquished nation.
[03:37] ---
    Let's hurry and put a stop
    to this war as soon as we can.
[03:40] ---
    Huh?
[03:41] ---
    I mean, Fiamma is the one pulling
    the strings behind the scenes, right?
[03:44] ---
    Let's kick that bastard's ass,
    bring a quick end to the war,
[03:48] ---
    and return peace to the world!
[03:52] ---
    Right. Let's slug Fiamma good,
    and rescue Index from him.
[03:57] ---
    Now that that's decided,
    let's get a move on and finish eating!
[04:05] ---
    Now's my chance!
[04:07] ---
    Let me pay for that with my body!
[04:09] ---
    Why are you licking your lips
    with stars twinkling in your eyes?
[04:19] ---
    What is this?
[04:21] ---
    The privateer base has
    been wiped out in no time flat.
[04:24] ---
    Is he of one of those
    Academy City esper folks?
[04:28] ---
    No, he isn't.
[04:33] ---
    That takes care of that for now, I'd say.
[04:37] ---
    Let me ask you again, who exactly are you?
[04:41] ---
    Acqua of the Rear, has-been
    mercenary miscreant.
[04:46] ---
    Hmm? Something's coming this way.
[04:51] ---
    They're Academy City forces.
[04:53] ---
    It appears they're here
    to occupy this territory.
[04:57] ---
    What should we do? Drive them off?
[04:59] ---
    No. If they're just defending the village,
    we're better off not resisting.
[05:05] ---
    I'm not sure exactly
    who you're supposed to be,
[05:08] ---
    but you can't just keep shoring up
    the defenses in one spot forever, right?
[05:12] ---
    Mm-hmm...
[05:13] ---
    Then it's better to let Academy City's
    forces establish themselves here.
[05:19] ---
    The place will be occupied for now,
[05:21] ---
    but these guys will be able to
    defend the place for several months.
[05:24] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[05:26] ---
    But Hamazura, I thought you were
    on the run from Academy City.
[05:31] ---
    That can't be helped.
    This is to protect the village.
[05:34] ---
    Okay, we're getting out of here.
    Oh, I almost forgot...
[05:40] ---
    Thanks. Because of your arrival,
    myself, the villagers,
[05:45] ---
    and the girl I have a crush on
    all came away with our lives.
[05:50] ---
    I'll thank you properly someday.
[06:03] ---
    It looks like an instruction manual.
[06:05] ---
    It is?
[06:06] ---
    Do you understand it?
[06:08] ---
    N-No, just that it looks like
[06:10] ---
    a list of what appear to be
    magical conversion provisions.
[06:14] ---
    What to do to make a Roman Orthodox
    spell work in the Russian Church style.
[06:19] ---
    Huh?!
[06:20] ---
    Unlike Madam Elizalina,
    I don't know much about magical things.
[06:25] ---
    Magic? What the hell is he talking about?
[06:32] ---
    Does this mean something exists
    that I can't understand? If so,
[06:38] ---
    it could end up being the key.
[06:42] ---
    Who's this Elizalina?
[06:44] ---
    A sorceress--or was she a magician?
[06:47] ---
    Either way, this Elizalina twerp
    can decipher this parchment, right?
[06:54] ---
    Mm-hmm. If she can speak, that is.
[06:57] ---
    Right now, she's in a
    bed at a field hospital.
[07:01] ---
    I don't plan on staying here long,
    nor on doing any killing.
[07:05] ---
    When will Sleeping Beauty be up?
[07:08] ---
    If things go smoothly, one to three hours.
[07:11] ---
    All right.
[07:18] ---
    They're spies.
[07:19] ---
    If I'm going to leave the kid here,
[07:21] ---
    I have to make sure to arrange
    a nice, clean environment for her.
[07:27] ---
    The place where you guys
    stand isn't the only hell.
[07:33] ---
    This level of darkness
    is still pretty weak sauce.
[07:38] ---
    Pathetic, isn't it?
[07:40] ---
    It turns out that bailing on them
    halfway through was the best choice.
[07:45] ---
    It's all right. Right now,
    you're still fighting to keep me safe.
[07:51] ---
    So it's not pathetic at all.
[07:56] ---
    What's this?
[07:58] ---
    He says it's the key
    to the car parked up ahead.
[08:01] ---
    No, I couldn't.
[08:02] ---
    If I accept this, it will mean
    you aided us in escaping.
[08:12] ---
    He says you can start the engine
    without using the key, then.
[08:17] ---
    You don't say.
[08:27] ---
    Hamazura, they're coming!
[08:30] ---
    It's 500 meters to the border!
[08:44] ---
    W-We made it.
[08:49] ---
    You're kidding, right?!
[08:52] ---
    Is this the end?
[09:04] ---
    Accelerator?
[09:06] ---
    Tch, I'm in the middle
    of searching for spies,
[09:09] ---
    and you have to drag
    in outside problems I don't need.
[09:13] ---
    Tell me everything. I want to hear it all.
[09:24] ---
    I don't know what to say.
[09:26] ---
    I'd like to do anything I can,
[09:28] ---
    as far as restorative magic goes,
    if I wasn't so mentally exhausted.
[09:32] ---
    Restoration... magic...?
[09:35] ---
    Here's the bottom line. I can probably
    handle the girl in the track suit.
[09:41] ---
    The little girl over here
    will be more difficult.
[09:43] ---
    That's all.
[09:45] ---
    Huh? How do you mean?
[09:48] ---
    The two of them each have their
    own separate toxins built up.
[09:52] ---
    The smaller girl has toxins continuously
    injected into her on a permanent basis,
[09:57] ---
    so even if they're removed temporarily,
    they'll be replenished in no time.
[10:01] ---
    But once they're removed from
    the track suit girl, she should do better.
[10:06] ---
    S-So then, you're saying
    Takitsubo will get better?!
[10:13] ---
    She will?
[10:15] ---
    That's terrific, Takitsubo!
[10:16] ---
    Hamazura, I can't breathe.
[10:18] ---
    Sorry. But I'm... I'm...
[10:23] ---
    I'm neither surprised, rattled, nor angry.
[10:26] ---
    I could stamp my feet on the ground,
    screaming at the top of my lungs,
[10:30] ---
    but that won't change
    this situation for the better.
[10:34] ---
    Either way, I know that time is short,
    so I just have to do what must be done.
[10:40] ---
    I don't care what course
    of treatment you plan for them,
[10:44] ---
    but answer my question before
    you get to them. Can you read this?
[10:50] ---
    I'd say I could possibly read it
    if you gave me enough time.
[10:54] ---
    Want me to hold onto it?
[10:56] ---
    Nope. All I need to know is
    that you can decipher it.
[11:00] ---
    You concentrate on treating them.
[11:03] ---
    Uh...
[11:04] ---
    I don't have time to waste, either.
    I'm taking off now.
[11:08] ---
    Do you have any clues?
[11:10] ---
    If I don't, I'll find one.
[11:21] ---
    Where are the spies that I flushed out?
[11:23] ---
    They're being interrogated,
    but it isn't going very well.
[11:27] ---
    You don't say.
[11:28] ---
    Would you care to see?
[11:30] ---
    Nah, I'm going to run down
    a more reliable source of information.
[11:40] ---
    Is there something I can help you with?
[11:43] ---
    Cooperate with me.
[11:44] ---
    With what? Why? How?
[11:47] ---
    I found and recovered a number of bugs.
[11:50] ---
    They're yielding bits and pieces
    from the small timers.
[11:54] ---
    You're going to sort
    through that information.
[11:57] ---
    On what grounds does
    Misaka have to cooperate?
[12:00] ---
    Ugh... The folks back in Academy City
[12:03] ---
    are going to use the
    Misaka Network to do something.
[12:07] ---
    As they were replacing the network
    that started causing trouble for them,
[12:12] ---
    you came after the lives
    of myself and the kid.
[12:16] ---
    But yours is going to end up
    the same way--at a dead end.
[12:21] ---
    That's the way the people
    who applaud as successful
[12:24] ---
    the killing of 20,000 puppets see the world.
[12:28] ---
    You have to know it won't be used
    for any respectable purpose.
[12:33] ---
    So Misaka must work with you?
[12:35] ---
    Join forces with the most
    malicious partner there is, of all people?
[12:39] ---
    Okay then, negotiation time.
[12:42] ---
    The Dark May Project.
[12:45] ---
    You mean...
[12:47] ---
    The project that tried to enhance
    other espers' Personal Realities
[12:50] ---
    by applying the method
    I use to control my ability.
[12:55] ---
    For you to become an irreplaceable resource,
[12:58] ---
    you had to obtain a capacity
    that the other Sisters didn't have.
[13:02] ---
    What are you going to do?
    If you analyze the way I fight,
[13:06] ---
    you might find a way out of this.
[13:10] ---
    Indeed. That truly does
    sound like this Misaka.
[13:15] ---
    I'll find a lead to eliminating
    the kid's symptoms.
[13:20] ---
    You'll stumble upon a route other
    than the one where you'll only get used up.
[13:25] ---
    That's why we'll fight Academy City.
    Why we'll outwit them.
[13:30] ---
    We now have a mutual interest.
[13:32] ---
    Now that that's clear,
    stop being a baby and get going.
[13:36] ---
    This Misaka must admit,
[13:37] ---
    after being tuned solely
    to kill Academy City's 1st-ranked,
[13:40] ---
    and with everything she's been put through,
[13:43] ---
    she never imagined the day would come
    when she'd have to force a smile.
[13:47] ---
    Sorry about that. That was my mistake,
    for falling for their bullcrap.
[13:58] ---
    What was that?! When the villain
    makes a face that sheepish,
[14:03] ---
    it makes this Misaka's reason
    for being seem so much less important!
[14:08] ---
    Who are you calling a villain?
    Even after perfecting it like I did,
[14:11] ---
    I still wasn't able to keep the kid safe!
[14:14] ---
    There's not a single reason
    for me to stick with it anymore.
[14:18] ---
    Simply taking the most
    easy-to-grasp side isn't good enough.
[14:22] ---
    You and I are both monsters,
    deliberately set to evil by Academy City.
[14:29] ---
    Far from opposing them,
    mastering the ways of evil
[14:33] ---
    was simply chugging right
    on down their rails, wasn't it?
[14:37] ---
    Which is why now, I'm going to
    hit back at them in the true sense.
[14:41] ---
    So I don't care if I wind up doing
    stuff out of character for me to that end.
[14:48] ---
    Please.
[14:53] ---
    What are you, dense?! Incredible!
    That stupid deadpan look is incredible!
[15:04] ---
    I know it's Misaka's,
[15:07] ---
    but it's also your first time gripping
    someone's hand like this, right?
[15:12] ---
    No.
[15:13] ---
    Huh?
[15:14] ---
    I've done it plenty of times before.
[15:18] ---
    With a really awful kid
    who looks a lot like you.
[15:33] ---
    An attack by Academy City?
[15:35] ---
    The Russian army has also
    started attacking. This is our chance!
[15:39] ---
    We can take advantage of the
    chaos to sneak onto Fiamma's base!
[15:47] ---
    Why do you think the Russian army
    is coming to the base's defense?
[15:51] ---
    It's because Fiamma doesn't want to move.
[15:54] ---
    Either he doesn't want it
    known that he's in hiding here,
[15:57] ---
    or he's conducting some kind
    of magical operation.
[16:00] ---
    So what do we do, exactly?
[16:02] ---
    We steal a powered suit!
[16:04] ---
    If you want to applaud me, I'll listen
    to you in bed as you stroke my head.
[16:10] ---
    Hey, wait up!
[16:11] ---
    Damn it.
[16:14] ---
    Still, it's strange.
[16:16] ---
    When we snuck in earlier, there were
    a bunch of Russian Church sorcerers.
[16:20] ---
    Why wouldn't they be placed here?
[16:23] ---
    Why would they act like they're
    intentionally luring Academy City in?
[16:28] ---
    Hmm? Isn't it obvious? To invite you
    and your all-important right arm along.
[16:35] ---
    I can't have you getting caught
    in the attack and losing your right arm.
[16:40] ---
    I intentionally left a gap open
    to recover you nice and quickly.
[16:49] ---
    I always thought he got out
    of there all too readily before,
[16:52] ---
    and it turns out he was
    just letting me get away?
[16:57] ---
    Those crybaby spies sure weren't
    much of a challenge, huh?
[17:02] ---
    That was no fun!
[17:04] ---
    Deceptive practices
    are still the same as always.
[17:08] ---
    Deprive them of any chance
    they have to make sound judgments.
[17:13] ---
    What do you think of what
    that weepy bastard had to say?
[17:16] ---
    Everything about it sounded contrived.
[17:18] ---
    The Russian army was always going
    to take advantage of this war
[17:22] ---
    to invade the Elizalina Alliance
    of Independent Nations,
[17:25] ---
    which they were out for anyway.
[17:28] ---
    It's strange that they would send
    spies at all, under the circumstances.
[17:31] ---
    The circumstances were exactly
    why there was a mission.
[17:35] ---
    They had to deliver classified
    documents to designated points
[17:38] ---
    before any full-scale aerial bombing.
[17:42] ---
    Once they got there, they'd meet
    with someone who needed this.
[17:46] ---
    By which I mean someone who
    knew how to decode and use this.
[17:51] ---
    Misaka is getting puffy all over
    at such a self-serving development!
[17:56] ---
    Shut up! The designated point
[17:59] ---
    was the Russian army's frontline base,
    near the border, right?
[18:03] ---
    I'm going to go raid it.
    You can do whatever you want.
[18:08] ---
    What are you doing with Last Order?
[18:10] ---
    What would happen
    if I left you in charge of her?
[18:13] ---
    Probably stuff you couldn't bear
    to see, to ward off boredom.
[18:18] ---
    There were two remote
    control magical items for her.
[18:22] ---
    Fiamma took the one from the royal family,
[18:24] ---
    but the puritans' item is still here.
[18:26] ---
    Also, it's clear who was in possession of it.
[18:32] ---
    You're trying to use the puritans'
    magical item to keep Fiamma
[18:35] ---
    from misusing the knowledge
    in the 103,000 grimoires
[18:38] ---
    by interrupting his item, aren't you?
[18:42] ---
    Deliberately messing around with her body.
[18:46] ---
    Supposing your delusion is actually true,
[18:50] ---
    I am the head of this organization.
[18:54] ---
    How far do you think you could deal
    with this on your own?
[18:59] ---
    If that were the case,
[19:01] ---
    then at minimum,
    I would destroy the leader, right here.
[19:04] ---
    I see, I see. That's something else.
[19:09] ---
    But will circumstances stand by
    and wait for that to happen?
[19:12] ---
    What?
[19:17] ---
    Caution... Chapter 4...
    Connection by remote user confirmed...
[19:26] ---
    Automatic purge of
    risk factors now commencing...
[19:38] ---
    Don't hold back.
[19:40] ---
    If you've secured Sasha Kruezhev,
    then commit, already!
[19:44] ---
    I have finished readying the attack.
[19:46] ---
    You will not be able to
    observe the military situation.
[19:50] ---
    Academy City's trademark control
    will no longer work.
[19:54] ---
    This will become a true war.
[19:56] ---
    Whatever the case, as long as
    I achieve my goal, it will not be a problem.
[20:02] ---
    Patriarch of the Russian Church.
    You'd go to these lengths to become that?
[20:07] ---
    Never mind about me, where are you right now?
    Not on that base, I'm sure.
[20:12] ---
    Your signal has disappeared
    from those coordinates.
[20:17] ---
    You will find out very soon.
[20:19] ---
    Like it or not.
[20:33] ---
    What is this?!
[20:37] ---
    What?!
[20:45] ---
    What I was getting ready was not
    some giant magical item or facility;
[20:49] ---
    it was the space to scoop this up.
[21:12] ---
    Y-You do realize...
[21:14] ---
    just how much of a risk
    you're taking by doing this, right?
[21:17] ---
    The question of how risky
    it is doesn't matter.
[21:21] ---
    Between those who are doing their
    best to kill a run-of-the-mill high-schooler
[21:25] ---
    and those who are doing their best
    to save a run-of-the-mill high-schooler,
[21:29] ---
    which side would you want to take?
[21:31] ---
    Which side would you feel proud to take?
[21:36] ---
    Ugh, this just isn't my style.
[21:43] ---
    What is that?!
[21:53] ---
    No way. Why is he...?
[22:00] ---
    Are you kidding me?!
[22:06] ---
    The pilot is safe.
[22:35] ---
    Well now...
[22:37] ---
    ...how am I going to get up into the clouds?
[22:44] ---
    Are you...?
[22:46] ---
    "Misaka's serial number is 10777,"
[22:50] ---
    says Misaka, kindly answering Big Sister,
    who doesn't know what to say.
[22:57] ---
    I'm guessing you're with one of
    Academy City's Russian co-op outfits?
[23:01] ---
    "Since the withdrawal there is complete,
[23:04] ---
    the choice was made
    to spend some private time,"
[23:07] ---
    says Misaka, reporting her leisure-time mood
    while holding a dangerous rifle.
[23:13] ---
    Private...?
[23:15] ---
    "Big Sister, are you not on private time?"
[23:17] ---
    asks Misaka, seeking confirmation.
[23:21] ---
    Well, I'm not here on business...
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Wings of ice spread across the night sky.
    A giant aerial fortress.
[23:29] ---
    Divine punishment meted out.
    What tidings do the angels and stars bid?
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Gabriel."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

22 - Angel Power (Gabriel)

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[00:04] ---
    What's the matter, Stiyl?
[00:07] ---
    I'm giving you a chance, so do something.
    Because if you can't, I will.
[00:12] ---
    You don't have to tell me.
[00:14] ---
    You don't have to tell me...
[00:17] ---
    ...because this is the job
    I've been doing a long time.
[00:19] ---
    Hostile identified. Now conducting analysis
[00:24] ---
    of available spells and
    construction of suitable local weapons.
[00:34] ---
    He went out of his way to get this ready.
[00:37] ---
    For Fiamma to accomplish
    what he's set out to do,
[00:39] ---
    he must need this "Star of B'Tselem" here.
[00:47] ---
    Which means that by destroying it,
    I can do damage to Fiamma, as well.
[00:57] ---
    Sasha Kruezhev, the angel medium;
[01:00] ---
    the magical item to remotely
    control the 103,000 grimoires;
[01:04] ---
    the Star of B'Tselem, the ceremonial site;
[01:07] ---
    and your right arm, fit to wield my power...
[01:12] ---
    I have acquired everything that I need.
[01:15] ---
    It is high time to ask the
    supporting players to leave the stage.
[01:19] ---
    Sally forth, Archangel Gabriel.
[01:22] ---
    Blow everything away.
[01:29] ---
    You're kidding, right?
[02:09] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:20] ---
    "#22 Angel Power (Gabriel)"
[03:23] ---
    The reason he abducted Sasha was
    to enlist the power of an archangel.
[03:28] ---
    Then I'll just have to thoroughly smash up
    that angel until she's immobilized!
[03:40] ---
    Sasha Kruezhev?
[03:44] ---
    The Star of B'Tselem is not yet complete,
[03:47] ---
    but the moment I set
    Sasha Kruezhev in motion,
[03:50] ---
    my victory became incontrovertible.
[03:53] ---
    All I'm missing is that parchment.
[03:56] ---
    So then, why don't you go retrieve it?
[04:00] ---
    There's no reason to show mercy
    to them just because they're weak.
[04:04] ---
    Go take it back with everything you have,
    and don't hold back.
[04:11] ---
    The treatment is complete.
[04:13] ---
    The toxins that were
    within her have now been removed.
[04:17] ---
    Huh?
[04:18] ---
    Scientific efficiency is repugnant,
    and it always will be.
[04:24] ---
    Hey, have you checked outside?
[04:26] ---
    What the hell is going on out there, damn it?
[04:29] ---
    It's Fiamma.
[04:30] ---
    I wasn't expecting him
    to shake up the four elements.
[04:39] ---
    Takitsubo!
[04:42] ---
    You're lighter...
[04:43] ---
    Hamazura, you're awful.
[04:50] ---
    Hamazura...?
[04:52] ---
    I'll fill you in on everything later,
    so right now, let me just say this--
[04:59] ---
    It's all right now.
[05:09] ---
    What do we do now?
[05:11] ---
    Our goal is to negotiate with Academy City.
[05:15] ---
    We're going back into Russia
    to search for what we need. But...
[05:21] ---
    ...you're just getting over being sick.
    You can wait here if you want.
[05:25] ---
    Hamazura,
[05:26] ---
    which will it take to
    wake you up, a kiss or a slap?
[05:30] ---
    When you put it like that,
[05:32] ---
    it actually makes me want
    to leave you behind more.
[05:38] ---
    What's that?
[05:40] ---
    This is bad, Hamazura.
[05:42] ---
    The Russian army might be planning to use
[05:44] ---
    a bacteriological weapon near that village.
[05:46] ---
    They're what?!
[05:48] ---
    There's a secret nuclear
    missile launch silo near there
[05:51] ---
    that was abandoned during cold war.
[05:53] ---
    There's a manual to keep it from falling
    into enemy hands--the Kremlin Report.
[05:58] ---
    The Kremlin Report?
[06:00] ---
    The Elizalina Alliance of
    Independent Nations will be suspected
[06:05] ---
    of assisting the villagers and trying
    to acquire the nuclear facility's knowhow.
[06:09] ---
    So the orders are to stay away.
[06:12] ---
    They can't be serious.
[06:15] ---
    I hate to do this, Takitsubo,
[06:17] ---
    but I can't leave Digurv
    and the others in the lurch.
[06:21] ---
    I don't want to abandon them.
[06:23] ---
    I get it. I'm coming, too.
[06:25] ---
    Takitsubo...
[06:26] ---
    I remember everything
    those people did for me.
[06:30] ---
    I want to fight for them, myself.
[06:35] ---
    You won't have any second thoughts?
[06:36] ---
    Will you?
[06:39] ---
    How can this be? Is that... an angel?!
[06:43] ---
    That's the core of the mystery
[06:45] ---
    that me and the kid were
    forced into being involved with.
[06:48] ---
    If there is a way to control it,
[06:51] ---
    it will be the breakthrough
    to saving the kid.
[06:54] ---
    Get out of here. They'll be coming.
[06:56] ---
    Huh? "They"?
[06:58] ---
    What reason do they have to come after me?
[07:01] ---
    The castle isn't quite complete.
[07:03] ---
    The parchment that you have is proof of that.
[07:07] ---
    If you're holding a critical document
[07:10] ---
    that Fiamma used even the army
    to try to get his hands on...
[07:13] ---
    Oh, I get it. Since it's still here,
[07:16] ---
    that proves he hasn't gotten
    all of the pieces together yet.
[07:21] ---
    It's probably something to bridge
    the gap of whatever information is missing.
[07:27] ---
    By pairing it with Index's 103,000 grimoires,
[07:30] ---
    he will achieve his maximum effect.
[07:33] ---
    Index?
[07:34] ---
    There's yet another connection...
    to some unknown set of laws,
[07:38] ---
    that not even I or the dark organizations
    of the world know the full scope of.
[07:42] ---
    Just how many steps ahead
    of me is that Level 0 bastard?
[07:49] ---
    That's why you're in danger here.
[07:51] ---
    Even if you were to turn over
    the parchment right now,
[07:53] ---
    you could be captured
    to find out where they have gone.
[07:56] ---
    Like I'd turn them over.
[07:58] ---
    They could be the final key
    to liberating the kid.
[08:04] ---
    Okay, Misaka will go retrieve Last Order.
[08:07] ---
    But she could use a weapon.
[08:09] ---
    Huh?
[08:10] ---
    You were generous enough to help Misaka.
[08:14] ---
    You're obviously thinking of giving
    the Russian army a wide berth now.
[08:19] ---
    Wh-What does she mean by that?
    That is far too foolhardy!
[08:24] ---
    No extra charge, damn it.
[08:29] ---
    Sasha Kruezhev?
[08:32] ---
    Question one, if I may:
    Why do you know my name?
[08:38] ---
    Hmm... Where should I even start?
[08:45] ---
    My first answer:
[08:47] ---
    I have determined that I did not
    receive a favorable response from you.
[08:51] ---
    By way of further explanation,
    I suspect that you are here to capture me,
[08:55] ---
    seeing as how I fled from
    the ceremonial site.
[08:57] ---
    I'm not! I'm really not!
[08:59] ---
    Who is that angel? I thought
    she was you, but you're right here.
[09:05] ---
    Has Fiamma used you
    to summon another angel?
[09:09] ---
    Tell me. I want to stop him.
[09:12] ---
    My second answer:
[09:14] ---
    By the time I had awakened,
    the ceremony was already over.
[09:19] ---
    The ceremonial site was built
    with an odd focus on the element of fire.
[09:25] ---
    This angel isn't dwelling within Sasha's body,
    like what happened at Angel Fall,
[09:30] ---
    but is completely exposed.
[09:32] ---
    However, if he used Sasha to summon Misha,
[09:36] ---
    the two of them may be connected.
[09:41] ---
    Which means...
[09:43] ---
    By way of further explanation,
[09:44] ---
    the angel represented by fire is Michael,
[09:48] ---
    but the angel waiting on
    the battlefield now is Gabriel.
[09:51] ---
    Which is to say, the one representing water--
[09:54] ---
    Nope. Not here, either.
[09:58] ---
    Damn it.
[10:00] ---
    There's no change in Misha.
[10:02] ---
    I guess this way isn't going to work.
[10:08] ---
    Question two, if I may:
[10:10] ---
    Do you possess the same soul as Vasilissa?
[10:13] ---
    V-Vasilissa?
[10:16] ---
    My third answer: I do not
    believe that ceremony alone
[10:19] ---
    could control a being
    as powerful as an angel.
[10:23] ---
    However, to explain further, there was
    one magical item I'd never seen before.
[10:29] ---
    Magical item?
[10:30] ---
    Specifically a staff.
    One with a cylindrical magical item,
[10:34] ---
    small enough to hold in
    your hand, at the top.
[10:38] ---
    The magical item he had earlier,
    that was remotely controlling Index?
[10:43] ---
    Don't tell me he's utilizing
    that to control Misha Kruezhev.
[10:56] ---
    Gabriel...
[10:58] ---
    The archangel who heralded
    the Annunciation of the Son of God,
[11:01] ---
    and who also exacted divine punishment
    upon the city of wickedness.
[11:06] ---
    Indeed. It makes sense that
    Fiamma's head would get so swollen.
[11:11] ---
    But has he forgotten what
    I preside over in the Right Seat of God?
[11:25] ---
    Oh, what divine power!
[11:32] ---
    The victory of the
    Roman Orthodox Church is now assured.
[11:36] ---
    The papal conclave will be convened,
    and I will become the next pope!
[11:41] ---
    Cardinal Pietro Yogdis!
    The public is advancing on us!
[11:46] ---
    We will postpone the
    papal conclave temporarily.
[11:49] ---
    The conclave will proceed as scheduled!
[11:52] ---
    But Your Eminence...!
[11:53] ---
    Mobilize some Roman Orthodox
    units to put them down!
[11:57] ---
    Impossible! We cannot turn
    our arms against those people!
[12:03] ---
    It's the Roman pope.
[12:05] ---
    Our own Roman pope has
    calmed down the rampaging citizenry!
[12:11] ---
    They are now on their way into the Vatican.
[12:14] ---
    We have no way of stopping their march.
[12:25] ---
    We can't... Not this man...
    Not the course this man is leading...
[12:31] ---
    There's no way we can let it be stopped.
[12:41] ---
    No... No... No...!
[12:45] ---
    I-I'm going to be the next pope...
[12:48] ---
    Kill him!
[12:49] ---
    Kill him!!
[12:51] ---
    Do not worry.
[12:53] ---
    I am no longer the Roman pope.
[12:57] ---
    I am here as Matthai Reese,
    ordinary believer, to put an end to this war.
[13:04] ---
    What...?
[13:05] ---
    Beneath the Basilica of San Pietro,
    there is a vast library
[13:09] ---
    that the English Index Librorum
    Prohibitorum was once directed to.
[13:15] ---
    You're going to give me access to it.
[13:19] ---
    The means to counter
    Fiamma may be resting there.
[13:25] ---
    You've done well to keep
    the flock of two billion together
[13:29] ---
    during these trying times.
[13:32] ---
    I will vote for you in the papal conclave.
[13:37] ---
    Let me support you,
    however meagerly, in your path forward.
[13:44] ---
    Remember, this is a fight
    to ensure your survival.
[13:49] ---
    So no matter what, don't get yourself killed.
[14:08] ---
    anhwrnextnxdp
[14:27] ---
    My, my, even one of God's dogsbodies
    is no better than a monster like this.
[14:35] ---
    You're supposed to be
    one of your nation's princesses.
[14:37] ---
    How about being a little more circumspect?
[14:41] ---
    That being said, I'm here,
    so I don't have much room to talk.
[14:46] ---
    This is a grave situation.
    The enemy has armed itself with an individual
[14:51] ---
    boasting a level of refinement
    comparable to Curtana, if not more so.
[14:57] ---
    Can't you use your weapon-nullifying spell?
[15:00] ---
    I'm afraid this is out of my league.
[15:03] ---
    Tch.
[15:04] ---
    What is Necessarius waiting for?
    Can't their saint engage her?
[15:10] ---
    She appears to be treating
    the injured as her first priority.
[15:13] ---
    For her, combat is nothing more than
    a way for her to come to people's aid.
[15:19] ---
    Isn't that, in fact,
    the normal response for a puritan?
[15:23] ---
    You don't have to remind me.
[15:27] ---
    Ready to go in, Frenchy?
[15:30] ---
    After funneling all of the nation
    of France's power into Durandal,
[15:34] ---
    I am more than ready to put it to use.
[15:45] ---
    Bring it on, monster.
[15:48] ---
    I'll show you that I have the
    same level of power as an archangel
[15:52] ---
    concentrated right here in my hand.
[15:55] ---
    The manifestation of
    Misha Kruezhev has been confirmed.
[15:59] ---
    Now you're going to help us
    crush Academy City's forces.
[16:05] ---
    First we'll destroy the
    unmanned units' command center...
[16:10] ---
    You have the archangel
    of water at your disposal,
[16:14] ---
    and that's all you can come up with?
[16:17] ---
    What are you talking about?
[16:18] ---
    It makes sense now why
    you got no further than bishop.
[16:22] ---
    Did you think that I would use my own
    resources for the sake of you Russians?
[16:29] ---
    Why, you...
[16:31] ---
    Fiamma, you are fundamentally
    mistaken about something.
[16:36] ---
    The Right Seat of God cannot use
    spells that regular sorcerers can.
[16:42] ---
    Isn't that why you used
    200 sorcerers for that floating fortress?
[16:47] ---
    However, they are all my pawns.
[16:51] ---
    With one word from me,
    your fortress will disintegrate.
[16:54] ---
    Now what will you do, Fiamma?
[16:59] ---
    If that's the best you could do
    after giving it serious thought,
[17:02] ---
    it's a wonder you even made bishop.
[17:06] ---
    Why do you think I acquired
    the remote control magical item
[17:09] ---
    for the 103,000 grimoires?
[17:12] ---
    You mean... you can use them?
[17:15] ---
    You can use powers other
    than those of the Right Seat of God?
[17:19] ---
    They do have to be separated for me
    to become the Person Superior to God.
[17:24] ---
    And so, while I hate to do this,
    your usefulness to me is at an end.
[17:28] ---
    I will now be disposing
    of your 200 sorcerers.
[17:32] ---
    Don't bother concerning yourself.
    Feel free to go down to glorious defeat.
[17:40] ---
    Damn it!
[18:02] ---
    nriosgnprecedenceiorseog
[18:08] ---
    nriosgnprecedenceiorseog
[18:20] ---
    What was that? I couldn't even make it out.
[18:23] ---
    Gabriel is a message bearer.
    She's diverting our instincts and foresight.
[18:29] ---
    Rely purely on your five senses.
[18:31] ---
    Using your sixth sense
    will throw your timing off.
[18:34] ---
    hbwioraeffecnbsitbgtiveoargwerge
[18:37] ---
    This can't be good.
    It sounds like she's gotten a taste for it.
[18:40] ---
    You're the one who
    encouraged her, you barbarian.
[18:56] ---
    What's the matter, barbarian?
    Isn't your Curtana supposed to be chock full
[19:00] ---
    of the same amount of
    archangel power as the enemy?
[19:03] ---
    Tch, in terms of simple volume,
    we seem to barely have the upper hand,
[19:08] ---
    but it's not power, it's technique
    where she's getting the better of us.
[19:16] ---
    No, you dumbass!
[19:20] ---
    So that's it. This is a military campaign
    employing archangelic force.
[19:27] ---
    The true reason for the revolution
    I pressed the people into
[19:30] ---
    was something as ridiculous as this.
[19:49] ---
    Sure, it stands to reason that if
    my Curtana Second fragment is destroyed,
[19:53] ---
    my power would be diminished. However...
[19:59] ---
    ...I never said there was only one fragment!
[20:09] ---
    I'm a princess who put
    her whole country on the line.
[20:13] ---
    Did you really think
    I was going to peg out so easily?
[20:16] ---
    hdtrndambagegurconfirmedhtb
[20:20] ---
    How long do you think
    this will take before it's over?
[20:25] ---
    That depends on how far they have
    to run before they're considered safe.
[20:29] ---
    If the other side of the world
    isn't far enough, then that's that.
[20:33] ---
    You're pretty confident.
[20:35] ---
    Is that how I appear?
[20:37] ---
    bauopressgrlnatjjtacktrrhgssmashyr
[20:43] ---
    Well now,
[20:44] ---
    I think it's about time for the backup plan.
[20:47] ---
    Could you not pull it out of there?
[20:50] ---
    Speaking as a fellow woman,
    it raises eyebrows.
[20:53] ---
    Hmm? Attention all military
    forces on standby!
[20:57] ---
    Launch surface-to-air missiles immediately!
[21:11] ---
    I doubt they'll be brought down by just that.
[21:14] ---
    I'm buying time.
[21:16] ---
    Get the wounded as far away
    as you can, while we can.
[21:25] ---
    Sure, it's a handy way to get around,
[21:28] ---
    but why is there a monorail here, exactly?
[21:31] ---
    My fourth answer:
[21:33] ---
    I do not know why you are asking me.
[21:36] ---
    The Star of B'Tselem
[21:39] ---
    is the star that signaled
    the arrival of the Son of God.
[21:42] ---
    Could this Fiamma person be trying
    to recreate it with only artificial means?
[21:47] ---
    Hmm...
[21:51] ---
    What was that?!
[21:58] ---
    Misha Kruezhev!
[22:05] ---
    Not good!
[22:10] ---
    Q-Question three, if I may:
    What exactly is going on?
[22:17] ---
    Kazakiri... Hyoka?!
[22:21] ---
    There's no way I'm not getting
    involved after coming this far.
[22:25] ---
    I have to come up with
    a way to somehow get closer.
[22:30] ---
    "Big Sister,
[22:31] ---
    what is that frog strap there?"
[22:35] ---
    asks Misaka, filled with curiosity.
[22:39] ---
    Huh? Oh...
[22:41] ---
    His name is Gekota.
    I got him during a cell phone promotion
[22:45] ---
    that I dragged that idiot to.
[22:49] ---
    "Intercepting a Russian transmission,"
    reports Misaka.
[22:54] ---
    "It indicates that a large-scale attack
    is being carried out against that fortress,"
[22:59] ---
    Misaka further explains.
[23:02] ---
    That won't be good.
[23:03] ---
    "NU-AD1967."
[23:06] ---
    What's that?
[23:08] ---
    "The name of the weapon
    being used to attack the fortress,"
[23:11] ---
    explains Misaka.
[23:13] ---
    Yes, but what is it?
[23:16] ---
    "A former Soviet tactical nuclear warhead,"
[23:19] ---
    reports Misaka.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    Kazakiri and Accelerator
    face off against the archangel.
[23:28] ---
    But not even they can stop her.
[23:30] ---
    At that moment, he steps forward,
    ready to do or die.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Fuse=KAZAKIRI."
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

23 - Fuse=KAZAKIRI

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[00:01] ---
    Chapter 8, verse 25--
[00:04] ---
    commencing purge of persons who
    may hinder remote access operations.
[00:18] ---
    Innocentius!
[00:36] ---
    Chapter 10, verse 3--
[00:39] ---
    confirming currently
    executing spells' effectiveness.
[00:42] ---
    Determining that halting
    hostile element vital activity
[00:46] ---
    is the most effective solution.
[00:57] ---
    Chapter 11, verse 2--
[01:00] ---
    identifying effective destructive force.
[01:03] ---
    Determining that a rapid-fire
    chain of attacks,
[01:06] ---
    without allowing time to recover,
    is the best strategy.
[01:30] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:42] ---
    "#23 Fuse=KAZAKIRI"
[02:42] ---
    Not good!
[02:48] ---
    Q-Question three, if I may:
    What exactly is going on?
[02:54] ---
    Kazakiri... Hyoka?!
[03:24] ---
    What's she doing here?
[03:26] ---
    Q-Question four, if I may:
    What exactly is that?
[03:31] ---
    Ah, that's Kazakiri Hyoka.
[03:34] ---
    She's a friend.
[03:36] ---
    A friend?
[03:38] ---
    Well, I don't know why she's here, but...
[03:44] ---
    ...there's only one thing to do.
[04:02] ---
    hboreturnfbyuo
[04:06] ---
    returnfrlocation.correctcoordujheaven
[04:11] ---
    originalproperqeplace
[04:15] ---
    A separate power format
    is being forcibly interlaced in?
[04:19] ---
    Return. Necessary. Perform... operation.
[04:22] ---
    Fiamma. Utilize. Interests.
    Contact. Plan. Collaboration.
[04:27] ---
    If you're going to hurt my dear
    friends over something like this,
[04:32] ---
    then I will use all the strength
    I have to stop you!
[04:36] ---
    Damage. Disregard. Priority.
    Return. Correct. Location.
[04:41] ---
    Obstacle. Evil. Synonymous. Judgment. All.
[04:50] ---
    Capture.
[04:52] ---
    Huh?
[04:52] ---
    Necessary. Information. Parchment. Obtain.
[05:12] ---
    They've caught the scent
    of the parchment, have they?
[05:16] ---
    What do we do, what do we do?
[05:18] ---
    This could be worse than
    an incoming hurricane.
[05:23] ---
    The difference between natural
    and manmade disasters is simple--
[05:26] ---
    whether or not there's an enemy to kill.
[05:29] ---
    I'm far happier to have a clear target.
[05:33] ---
    It means I'm not hamstrung by
    annoyances like anger I can't channel.
[05:40] ---
    You've got the kid in the back.
    Be delicate with her.
[05:44] ---
    Well, shucks! That's what Misaka is worst at!
[05:50] ---
    It's lucky for you you're useful to me.
[05:53] ---
    You still have a chance not to be
    killed after a stupid joke like that.
[05:58] ---
    Mm-hmm, Misaka likes it that way.
[06:01] ---
    Tch.
[06:09] ---
    A Russian army bacteriological weapon?
[06:11] ---
    Are you sure about that, Hamazura?
[06:14] ---
    Yeah, to keep Academy City
    from taking the nuclear launch silo.
[06:20] ---
    So it's too dangerous here.
[06:22] ---
    What do we do? Call the Academy City
    folks who are stationed here?
[06:27] ---
    No. If they make any big moves,
[06:30] ---
    the Russian army might
    speed up the operation.
[06:33] ---
    We'll have to go alone.
[06:36] ---
    In that case, I'm coming too.
[06:37] ---
    Who's going to protect the villagers
    if anything happens to me?
[06:44] ---
    Let's go, Hamazura.
[06:46] ---
    Yeah.
[06:52] ---
    Hamazura!
[06:56] ---
    Don't get yourself killed.
[06:58] ---
    Right.
[07:02] ---
    Bye.
[07:05] ---
    Come back safely.
[07:07] ---
    Yeah!
[07:17] ---
    Huh? Looks like this is working.
[07:29] ---
    You're controlling wings constructed
    from aggregated AIM diffusion fields.
[07:34] ---
    Who are you?
[07:35] ---
    I'm surprised that a monster
    like you has the mental capacity
[07:39] ---
    to manage a Q&A session with me.
[07:42] ---
    Were you lured here by
    the scent of this, too?
[07:45] ---
    Huh?
[07:58] ---
    Tch, in-your-face bastard, huh?
    Are you trying to introduce yourself?
[08:02] ---
    Um...
[08:03] ---
    I'll deal with you later.
[08:05] ---
    I get the sense that the key
    I need to save the kid
[08:08] ---
    is in the hands of that monster.
[08:12] ---
    You guys are indeed monsters,
[08:15] ---
    but not like Aiwass is.
[08:17] ---
    iuebrVIYhasiuGBUGZx
[08:21] ---
    sergvrangehvset
[08:24] ---
    zxdpreparationssjkucomplete
[08:29] ---
    Command, "Sweep."
[08:31] ---
    Drop.
[09:04] ---
    Damn you...
[09:07] ---
    What the hell was...?
[09:12] ---
    You're not finished after just
    one blast, huh? Well, screw you.
[09:17] ---
    I can't afford to die here.
    Not until I've torn apart
[09:22] ---
    every last injustice
    that's holding that kid down.
[09:25] ---
    It doesn't matter whether
    or not I can defeat you!
[09:28] ---
    As long as I have a reason to
    smash you up, that's good enough!
[09:33] ---
    Secondwaveattacknoiwready
[09:36] ---
    thirtysecondshowqSweepwbeweredrop
[09:40] ---
    Secondwavekoattackger
[09:48] ---
    Is that all you've got?
[09:50] ---
    If none of you can stop me,
[09:53] ---
    then my Sweeps will blanket the world.
[10:00] ---
    Long time no see, Acqua.
[10:02] ---
    Do you still claim to be a
    corner of the Right Seat of God?
[10:06] ---
    Or have you gone back to
    making your way as a mercenary?
[10:12] ---
    It doesn't matter to me either way.
[10:15] ---
    Not as long as I'm in a position
    to put an end to your tyranny.
[10:19] ---
    How? You can't be ignorant
    as to why this war got started.
[10:26] ---
    I'm the one who pulled the trigger.
[10:29] ---
    But the bullet wouldn't have fired
    unless there was some gunpowder.
[10:32] ---
    Is that reason enough to turn
    loose an archangel on the people?
[10:37] ---
    Are you going to stop me? Then your
    solution, ultimately, is to resort to force?
[10:42] ---
    However, you cannot stop
    an archangel with your power.
[10:47] ---
    You have my blessing
    to continue trying to fight back,
[10:51] ---
    but watching on in awe
    would be more advisable.
[10:54] ---
    Hmph, is that right?
[10:59] ---
    In that case...
[11:01] ---
    ...allow me to present a method
    that doesn't rely on force.
[11:13] ---
    What did you do? Wait, is this...?
[11:17] ---
    Have you forgotten?
[11:19] ---
    I am Acqua of the Rear.
    Member of the Right Seat of God,
[11:23] ---
    darkest organization within Roman Orthodoxy.
[11:25] ---
    As well as he who presides
    over the archangel Gabriel.
[11:30] ---
    You wouldn't!
[11:33] ---
    You took the telesma inside your body?
[11:36] ---
    In the event that I siphon out the
    water element telesma into myself,
[11:40] ---
    you need not even consider
    what would happen to the amount
[11:44] ---
    possessed by Gabriel,
    the source of its power.
[11:46] ---
    You must be out of your mind.
[11:49] ---
    Still, it's not impossible.
[11:52] ---
    After all, the Russian church nun
    that you tried to use was able to.
[11:57] ---
    You idiot.
[11:58] ---
    That's only because she had the grounding
    and tolerance to begin with.
[12:03] ---
    That's not what I mean.
    If someone else can do it, then so can I.
[12:09] ---
    That's all there is to it.
[12:11] ---
    I see. Then go ahead and try.
[12:16] ---
    But are you aware that your actions
    will only destroy yourself?
[12:45] ---
    Huh?
[12:57] ---
    Roughly half of her telesma has been taken,
[13:00] ---
    but there's still plenty for me to prevail.
    Your life will be lost for nothing.
[13:06] ---
    Kill him, Misha Kruezhev.
[13:22] ---
    That bastard...
[13:35] ---
    Misha Kruezhev's appearance came
    after the Star of B'Tselem popped up.
[13:41] ---
    If he can utilize archangel power,
[13:43] ---
    he could have done all of this
    without needing to start World War III,
[13:47] ---
    but Fiamma didn't do that.
[13:49] ---
    Not until this appeared.
[13:53] ---
    He needed the Star of B'Tselem
    to summon and sustain the archangel.
[13:58] ---
    That makes things a lot simpler.
[14:01] ---
    There's probably something here
    that's supporting Misha.
[14:06] ---
    And once I smash whatever
    it is with my right hand...!
[14:28] ---
    There's still something I've gotta do!
[14:40] ---
    Haa!!
[14:44] ---
    A mass of energy... No, you'll explode!
[14:49] ---
    Whether I'm out of place
    here or not, that's not the issue!
[14:53] ---
    What do you, yourself, want to do?!
    Call it arrogance or whatever--
[14:59] ---
    you have to decide for yourself
    what you can take pride in!
[15:08] ---
    Yeah, he's right! I want to protect her!
    I don't want to lose her!
[15:12] ---
    I don't even want to think about that!
[15:16] ---
    And to keep making sure that
    single fantasy is safe and sound,
[15:20] ---
    I will face any reality I have to!
[15:29] ---
    Hold me here!
[15:57] ---
    That's good enough.
[16:00] ---
    As long as we eliminate
    the archangel Gabriel,
[16:03] ---
    the war will shift dramatically.
[16:06] ---
    Fiamma, you placed too much
    confidence in your own strength.
[16:12] ---
    As a result, you've forgotten that people
    will join hands to fight a great enemy.
[16:20] ---
    You cannot recognize
    that the choice can be made
[16:22] ---
    to hand off the war to those
    who share a common goal.
[16:28] ---
    Indeed, much as I once did.
[16:32] ---
    I will die, and take the archangel down with me.
    That's good enough.
[16:38] ---
    As long as the others will
    be smiling long into the future...
[16:42] ---
    Damn it!
[16:45] ---
    Stay with us! What happened here?!
[16:49] ---
    Takitsubo, start first aid!
[16:53] ---
    Don't bother. I won't survive in any case.
[16:57] ---
    You shut your mouth!
[16:59] ---
    Leave me here and get going.
[17:03] ---
    I have accomplished my goal.
    Anything more would just slow you down.
[17:10] ---
    Then what do I do about the people
    who are waiting for you?!
[17:16] ---
    This is the way you've
    lived all this time, haven't you?!
[17:19] ---
    That's the kind of man who always
    has many others following behind!
[17:24] ---
    Is your reason for fighting
[17:26] ---
    something as lame as seeing the
    tearful faces of those who are waiting for you
[17:29] ---
    and putting smiles on their faces?!
[17:32] ---
    Get up, hero!
[17:35] ---
    Get up!!
[18:00] ---
    I see. I see, I see.
[18:03] ---
    Screw you, you piece of crap!
[18:08] ---
    I've acquired the knowledge on the
    parchment via Gabriel's perceptive skills.
[18:14] ---
    That just leaves...
[18:29] ---
    Sasha!
[18:36] ---
    You're really causing
    me problems, aren't you?
[18:38] ---
    Now I'm going to have to
    complete the ritual ahead of time.
[18:42] ---
    You think I'm going
    to let you proceed so easily?
[18:44] ---
    The people beat your archangel!
    No matter how you slice it,
[18:48] ---
    the scales have tipped in our favor!
[18:50] ---
    There's no cause for alarm.
[18:55] ---
    The angel's role came to an end
[18:56] ---
    the moment she changed
    the night sky to my liking.
[19:01] ---
    The reason the Star of
    B'Tselem now flies alone
[19:04] ---
    in the telesma-filled, incomplete sky
[19:06] ---
    is a ceremony to reconfigure
    the four elements.
[19:10] ---
    What? What are you trying to do?
[19:13] ---
    This is just a means to an end.
[19:15] ---
    What really counts is my right arm.
    Everything comes down to this.
[19:19] ---
    Fire, water, wind, and earth--by
    controlling all four elements,
[19:25] ---
    I would be gaining a
    tremendous amount of power...
[19:29] ---
    ...if only it weren't for the distortion
    of the elements in the world at large.
[19:35] ---
    Proper power is something to
    be exercised fully in a proper world.
[19:46] ---
    Now, it's time for you to learn
    for yourself what proper power is!
[20:11] ---
    Damn. There are too many of them.
[20:13] ---
    Hamazura, I think they're spreading
    the microbes using a timer.
[20:17] ---
    We should wait for them to leave.
[20:19] ---
    That makes sense.
[20:21] ---
    Hamazura, don't do anything crazy.
[20:25] ---
    I know.
[20:28] ---
    Crap! We've been spotted!
[20:31] ---
    But what do we do?
[20:34] ---
    An Academy City plane?
[20:41] ---
    Hey! I know someone's down there.
[20:44] ---
    If you're a goodwill volunteer,
    I'd like to shake your hand.
[20:47] ---
    I'm something similar, myself.
[20:50] ---
    Why would Academy City attack?
[20:51] ---
    We got wind of the Kremlin Report ourselves.
[20:54] ---
    We're here to thoroughly incinerate
    any nasty biological weapons!
[21:14] ---
    Takitsubo! Where are you?! Answer me!
[21:18] ---
    Takitsubo!
[22:55] ---
    "Have you regained your
    composure?" asks Misaka.
[22:59] ---
    Yeah. This is so far beyond bad.
[23:03] ---
    If they use nuclear weapons
    on something that high up...
[23:07] ---
    Do you know where the nuke launch site is?
[23:09] ---
    "According to the transmission,
[23:11] ---
    it is a location roughly 70 kilometers
    from our current position,"
[23:14] ---
    answers Misaka.
[23:17] ---
    Hmm... Guess we'll have to steal some wheels.
[23:21] ---
    Remind me, can you drive a car?
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    Right arm power and List
    of Forbidden Books knowledge--
[23:28] ---
    after Fiamma masters both,
    his attacks won't allow me to strike back.
[23:32] ---
    Is the power to save the
    world what he is really after?
[23:35] ---
    Next time, "Index."
[23:37] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

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    You might just pull it off somehow.
[00:14] ---
    What the hell?
[00:19] ---
    September 30...
[00:26] ---
    Index, a friend of mine,
[00:29] ---
    removed the virus that was inside her mind
[00:33] ---
    by having her listen to a specific song.
[00:37] ---
    The content of that song
    is within my mind, as well.
[00:42] ---
    Once you transcribe its parameters,
    I'm sure she'll be okay.
[00:48] ---
    If you want to treat her with the song,
[00:51] ---
    I'm sure you know the
    parameters outlined within her mind--
[01:06] ---
    You alive?
[01:09] ---
    Unfortunately.
[01:11] ---
    Then you heard that, right?
[01:14] ---
    The data from the song
    used to purge the virus
[01:18] ---
    is still there in Last Order's memory space.
[01:21] ---
    If you can extract it,
    it may be helpful in treating her.
[01:24] ---
    Yeah.
[01:27] ---
    And now, there's a tiny sliver
    of a way out of this in sight.
[01:31] ---
    You should be able to burrow
    into the Sisters Network,
[01:35] ---
    where her memories are backed up.
[01:38] ---
    But even supposing I can find the song,
[01:41] ---
    where are you planning to get
    the additional parameters to modify it?
[01:50] ---
    Academy City and the other
    techniques that exist outside of it.
[01:55] ---
    If I combine the two,
    there's a chance it will lead to a solution.
[02:00] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:07] ---
    "#24 List of Prohibited Books (Index)"
[02:08] ---
    Takitsubo!
[02:10] ---
    Takitsubo! Where are you?!
[02:12] ---
    Hamazura...
[02:16] ---
    Hamazura...
[02:22] ---
    Long time no see, Hamazura!
[02:32] ---
    Mugino... Shizuri?
[02:53] ---
    Ability crystals?
[02:54] ---
    After everything that's happened,
    you're still gonna make Takitsubo--
[03:04] ---
    Takitsubo?
[03:09] ---
    Why should I be concerned
    about that small-timer's business?
[03:26] ---
    Tell me, Hamazura...
[03:31] ---
    if the 4th-ranked Level 5 were to
    start running hopelessly out of control,
[03:36] ---
    how much greater do you think
    the damage she does would be?
[03:59] ---
    I can't even get close to her.
[04:02] ---
    Damn it. It's like she's a blast furnace,
    or the sun, or something.
[04:16] ---
    Hamazura, I've already given up this much.
[04:21] ---
    I've paid a considerable price,
[04:24] ---
    and now here I am, standing before you.
[04:26] ---
    You can't possibly think that
    you're getting out of this situation
[04:31] ---
    without giving up something, too.
[04:40] ---
    Hamazura...
[04:48] ---
    Hama...
[04:50] ---
    ...zura!!
[05:33] ---
    That's right.
[05:35] ---
    Earlier, it was all Mugino
    could do just to stay standing.
[05:39] ---
    How... come...? How come...? Damn it...
[05:47] ---
    Where the hell did the ability crystal go...?
[05:51] ---
    I just needed another ten seconds...
[05:53] ---
    and it would have all
    been over, nice and tidy...
[06:02] ---
    Don't look down on me, damn it!
[06:04] ---
    No matter what it takes,
    I'll kill you myself!
[06:07] ---
    Ever since you shot me at that
    plant--that's when it all went downhill!
[06:14] ---
    How did I become such a hideous monster?
[06:33] ---
    Mugino...
[06:37] ---
    Mugino!!
[06:50] ---
    What do you think you're doing...?
[06:55] ---
    I've had enough. Why do we have
    to be out for each other's blood like this?
[07:00] ---
    You, Takitsubo, Kinuhata, and even Frenda--
[07:04] ---
    we all got along so well, didn't we?
[07:07] ---
    It's not just you blowing your top
    and killing Frenda, either.
[07:11] ---
    If the higher-ups in Academy City
    really were in control of all that fighting,
[07:17] ---
    then weren't we set up to kill each other
    when we got backed into a corner?
[07:23] ---
    If you want to see me miserable,
    you can see that all you want.
[07:27] ---
    If that's what will stop us from fighting,
    I'll do whatever it takes!
[07:32] ---
    So...
[07:34] ---
    ...let's stop this, already.
    Let's stop trying to kill each other.
[07:48] ---
    What are you talking about, Hamazura?
[07:53] ---
    You chose Takitsubo, didn't you?
[07:57] ---
    You've already shot me twice
    to save her, haven't you?
[08:03] ---
    And after all that, now
    you want to let me live?
[08:08] ---
    You're right. I did choose Takitsubo.
    I swore on my life to protect her.
[08:15] ---
    Nothing has changed about that.
    I abandoned you to protect Takitsubo.
[08:21] ---
    Self-centered bastard, aren't you?
    I killed Frenda.
[08:26] ---
    I tried to kill Takitsubo again and again.
    How are you going to save me--
[08:32] ---
    I don't think you're going to get off easy.
    That goes for you and me both, though.
[08:37] ---
    So you apologize to
    Kinuhata for all you're worth,
[08:41] ---
    show Takitsubo you're sorry,
[08:43] ---
    and shed tears before Frenda's grave,
    begging for forgiveness, and then...
[08:48] ---
    ...and then, we can be ITEM once again.
    I know we can!
[08:56] ---
    In the meantime, I'll safeguard your life.
[09:00] ---
    I'd risk my life to get us all back in ITEM!
    So get up, Mugino!
[09:07] ---
    Rise up on your own one more time! Mugino!
[09:12] ---
    You, a Level 0, are going
    to keep me, a Level 5, safe?
[09:27] ---
    Are you kidding me?
    Don't disparage me like that.
[09:50] ---
    I guess I was always meant to be expendable.
[09:53] ---
    That "second plan" is falling into place.
[09:58] ---
    What will you do, Hamazura?
[10:01] ---
    I already told you. Risk my life.
[10:04] ---
    Hmph, that's gutsy.
[10:17] ---
    Is she suffering ill effects
    from the remote magical item?
[10:19] ---
    Because of the superfluous
    intrusion into her mind,
[10:22] ---
    her accuracy and speed are
    coming up short. Which means...!
[10:27] ---
    Chapter 32, verse 44--
[10:30] ---
    counterattack measures are in place.
[10:33] ---
    In my humble opinion,
    there is a good possibility
[10:37] ---
    that Fiamma and the Star of B'Tselem
    are magically linked.
[10:40] ---
    If I can attack this star indirectly...
[10:43] ---
    Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun!
[10:46] ---
    You're the lady from the
    Russian church, right?
[10:49] ---
    You seem to be up a creek,
    so I'm here to explain the payment plan.
[10:58] ---
    There are something like
    emergency escape pods over there.
[11:01] ---
    Since it looked to me like Fiamma
[11:04] ---
    was going to cut loose
    the Russian church sorcerers
[11:06] ---
    as soon as he was done with them,
    I thought I'd show them the way there.
[11:11] ---
    Question one, if I may:
    What payment plan do you mean?
[11:14] ---
    It won't be money.
[11:16] ---
    If you pledge to help Britain out
    the next time they're in a tight spot,
[11:20] ---
    I'll call that okay.
[11:22] ---
    My first answer:
[11:25] ---
    Get everyone who wishes to leave
    the war's front lines away at once.
[11:29] ---
    I have no intention of leaving here
    until I get back at Fiamma--
[11:34] ---
    Heh-heh-heh, very well!
[11:38] ---
    So, what do you mean
    by getting back at Fiamma?
[11:41] ---
    My second answer:
    I don't really have to respond to you.
[12:05] ---
    The Star of B'Tselem is aloft.
[12:08] ---
    I've completed manipulating
    the celestial bodies via Gabriel.
[12:11] ---
    The four elements have all
    returned to their proper positions.
[12:15] ---
    The arrangements have all been made.
[12:17] ---
    I think it's about time
    I claimed your right arm.
[12:20] ---
    Then Project B'Tselem will be complete.
[12:25] ---
    This is how badly you want
    the Roman Orthodox Church to win?
[12:30] ---
    I don't care about the Roman Orthodox Church.
[12:32] ---
    My actions have all been essentially...
[12:36] ---
    for my own benefit.
[12:39] ---
    Can I cancel him out? No!
[12:43] ---
    Ho, you've learned how to not just
    zero out an attack, but to fend it off, too.
[12:54] ---
    An Academy City optical weapon, huh?
[13:11] ---
    I believe I've demonstrated it before.
    My right arm optimizes its output
[13:15] ---
    to match the level of trial
    or difficulty I'm undergoing.
[13:19] ---
    So optical weapons,
    and anything else they have,
[13:22] ---
    are no match for me.
[13:27] ---
    This is crazy.
[13:29] ---
    On the other hand, you should be proud.
[13:31] ---
    It appears that my fist
    is at something of a loss...
[13:36] ---
    as to how hard to hit you.
[13:45] ---
    Warning, chapter 22, verse 1--
[13:49] ---
    designation "Eli Eli Lama
    Sabachthani," now activating.
[13:59] ---
    It does have its disadvantages
    as a straightforward spell.
[14:12] ---
    Warning, chapter 29, verse 33 now activating.
[14:25] ---
    He's using Index's knowledge,
    in addition to his Right Seat of God skills.
[14:32] ---
    Warning, chapter 35, verse 18--
[14:35] ---
    "Brimstone Rain Shall Burn the Earth,"
    now activating.
[14:47] ---
    That won't do. What a terrible
    deviation from its theoretical value.
[14:52] ---
    I'd feel bad using it on any adversary
    who was dragged out into the open.
[14:59] ---
    Adversary, you say?
[15:04] ---
    This world is twisted.
[15:07] ---
    Almost as though the world
    itself has grown old and rickety.
[15:13] ---
    Despite God supposedly
    having arranged all the gears
[15:15] ---
    so that everything turns correctly,
[15:20] ---
    how did things become this bent out of shape?
    The answer is simple.
[15:25] ---
    It's because a number of the gears
    have already reached their limits.
[15:32] ---
    So I'm restoring them to the way they were.
[15:41] ---
    Altering the mechanisms, exchanging the gears,
    and eradicating the contamination as needed.
[15:47] ---
    Re-applying the lubrication of the
    church of the cross again afterward,
[15:50] ---
    restoring its former graceful motion.
[15:53] ---
    You're going to use magic to
    alter people's minds as you see fit?
[16:01] ---
    It's simpler than that.
    I'm going to teach them a lesson.
[16:06] ---
    Look, I just need to wield
    my perfect arm once,
[16:11] ---
    and humanity will know how
    hopelessly outmatched they are.
[16:15] ---
    Then they will know...
[16:16] ---
    ...that all they have to do is obey,
[16:18] ---
    and they will witness the moment
    when I save all of the world's people.
[16:24] ---
    As soon as the Star of B'Tselem
    lights up the night sky,
[16:28] ---
    they will know that a
    new age has already begun!
[16:35] ---
    Save the people of the world, eh?
[16:40] ---
    Have you ever actually gone out
    and had a look at the world?
[16:44] ---
    Have you seen just how
    many of the people are smiling?
[16:49] ---
    Indeed. That is a fascinating view.
[16:52] ---
    But that's something I'll think about
    after the world has been saved.
[17:14] ---
    Got it.
[17:19] ---
    Imagine Breaker may have
    been a type of purification
[17:22] ---
    naturally instilled within
    the sacred right arm,
[17:25] ---
    but by taking on my power,
    one of its original components,
[17:28] ---
    that unnecessary function's
    role comes to an end.
[17:32] ---
    My right arm will now be complete.
[17:35] ---
    All I need to do now is wield the full power
    that rightfully resides within me,
[17:40] ---
    and the salvation of all
    will be accomplished.
[17:42] ---
    People may refer to me as Kamijo,
    the "Person Superior to God,"
[17:46] ---
    but none of that matters to me.
[17:48] ---
    As long as I can muster all of my power
    to save the world, I will succeed.
[18:14] ---
    I...
[18:16] ---
    ...will save the world.
    You should be honored, fleshwad!
[18:20] ---
    You've safely managed to reap
    some degree of worth in your life!
[18:31] ---
    Wha--?
[18:39] ---
    What the...?
[18:46] ---
    I've assimilated your right arm.
[18:48] ---
    So why do you still have any power?
[18:58] ---
    There's something... something...
[19:01] ---
    ...invisible there...
[19:14] ---
    You...
[19:16] ---
    I don't know who you are supposed to be.
[19:19] ---
    It's none of my concern what you
    were trying to do, either. But...
[19:25] ---
    ...you keep out of this!
    I'll take care of it!
[19:42] ---
    You renounced it?
    You deliberately gave up that much power,
[19:46] ---
    and recovered your Imagine Breaker?
[19:50] ---
    I'm finally starting to
    understand some of this.
[19:52] ---
    Understand what?
[19:55] ---
    Why did you have to make
    the Star of B'Tselem this gigantic?
[19:59] ---
    If you really are some almighty being,
    Fiamma of the Right,
[20:02] ---
    you wouldn't have had
    to scrounge up different parts
[20:05] ---
    from churches and cathedrals and
    whatnot around the world, would you?
[20:09] ---
    Why did you cause World War III to happen?
[20:13] ---
    Your power changes to match
    the difficulty level of your opponent.
[20:16] ---
    Meaning that the stronger they are,
    the more power you can force out.
[20:21] ---
    But what reason did you have
    to force that much power out?
[20:28] ---
    Why did you want power so badly
    that you teamed up with other sects?
[20:31] ---
    If you really were that invincible,
[20:33] ---
    was there ever any need for you
    to have anyone working for you?
[20:37] ---
    In other words,
[20:38] ---
    you were afraid, weren't you?
[20:41] ---
    Because you don't know if you
    really have enough power in you
[20:45] ---
    to save the world.
[20:52] ---
    The world has never come to an end.
[20:54] ---
    At least, I haven't heard of the
    world falling apart in modern times.
[21:01] ---
    And so,
[21:02] ---
    you've never been
    privileged with the opportunity
[21:04] ---
    to exhibit enough power to save the world.
[21:06] ---
    Just like it wouldn't appear that
    my Imagine Breaker had any power,
[21:10] ---
    unless I'd been surrounded
    by espers and sorcerers...
[21:14] ---
    Yeah...
[21:16] ---
    There's no way someone
    who has never saved the world
[21:19] ---
    has any way of knowing whether or not
    they have enough power to save it.
[21:23] ---
    That's why you had to take things this far.
[21:35] ---
    So what if I did?
[21:37] ---
    Do you have any right to condemn me?
[21:40] ---
    Have you ever experienced the kind
    of power it takes to save the world?!
[21:44] ---
    Of course I have. Maybe it was
    something tiny and unimportant.
[21:52] ---
    But I have saved others.
[21:54] ---
    And unimportant or not,
[21:56] ---
    I have witnessed the moment when
    a single individual's "world" was saved.
[22:01] ---
    Someone who thinks they're going
    to save the world can't preserve it.
[22:10] ---
    Our world isn't so fragile that it has
    to be saved by any such bastard!
[22:26] ---
    Well, I guess that's that.
[22:29] ---
    Lucky for me, tanks are
    a lot faster than I expected.
[22:34] ---
    "Seeing you singlehandedly
    run roughshod over them,
[22:36] ---
    even Misaka can't help but feel inferior,"
[22:40] ---
    says Misaka, somewhat dejectedly.
[22:42] ---
    What are you talking about?
    All of you put together could--
[22:45] ---
    "That is, at the end of the day,
    our collective strength,
[22:48] ---
    so this much individuality
    is something Misaka would want.
[22:51] ---
    You could not understand how that feels,"
[22:54] ---
    says Misaka, mumbling under her breath.
[22:56] ---
    So anyway, you have knowledge of
    how to operate weapons installed, right?
[23:01] ---
    If needed, it is possible to access
    extra information from the Misaka Network.
[23:06] ---
    I'm not sure if they were using this
    for aerial combat or transportation or what,
[23:10] ---
    but there's a VTOL fighter over there, right?
[23:14] ---
    If we use that...
[23:20] ---
    ...we could fly up to that fortress
    in the sky, can't we?
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    People don't just have malice;
    they have benevolence, too.
[23:28] ---
    They fight, pray, and stand up
    for those they wish to protect.
[23:32] ---
    They don't need any other reason.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Wings"
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

25 - Wings

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[00:01] ---
    Damn it, where are you, Takitsubo?
    Where are you?!
[00:06] ---
    Come on, Mugino, help me look!
[00:08] ---
    We have to find her before the enemy arrives!
[00:10] ---
    Why do I have to?
[00:11] ---
    Takitsubo is still a long
    way from being 100%!
[00:15] ---
    We have to hurry and get her warmed up!
[00:16] ---
    Tch. Hamazura, I've had enough of you!
[00:29] ---
    Oh, whoops. My head is spinning.
[00:32] ---
    It could be the effects
    of the ability crystals.
[00:36] ---
    Hey, Mugino! I told you,
    we don't know where she's been buried!
[00:40] ---
    Jeez, what a pain you are.
    I just got done helping you dig, didn't I?
[00:45] ---
    This is hopeless! I really do need
    someone who's a gentle pussycat!
[00:51] ---
    Huh? Look, she's quietly coming this way.
[00:59] ---
    Takitsubo!!
[01:03] ---
    Save it for later. That comes first.
[01:06] ---
    Huh?
[01:32] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:43] ---
    "#25 Wings"
[03:12] ---
    Dark Matter?!
[03:30] ---
    No, that isn't Dark Matter,
    nor are those Academy City espers!
[03:55] ---
    Esper powers are a lot like flames.
[03:58] ---
    People are the only ones
    who can control flames.
[04:01] ---
    But simply brandishing them is no better
    than being a caveman with a torch.
[04:06] ---
    Civilized people use flame to forge iron.
    This is the same thing.
[04:11] ---
    So that's it.
[04:13] ---
    They failed to fashion Mugino into a weapon,
    so they're here to retrieve her.
[04:17] ---
    What are you going to do now,
[04:19] ---
    use some kind of new material and
    turn her into a blast furnace or something?
[04:26] ---
    Do you realize what you've just done?!
[04:28] ---
    That was our last hope
    for negotiating with Academy City!
[04:33] ---
    It's the biological package that Russia
    was going to use in the Kremlin Report!
[04:38] ---
    Now you've infected us, too!
[04:41] ---
    Damn it!
[04:45] ---
    Only kidding. That was
    just a bottle of club soda!
[04:50] ---
    Sneaky bastard!
[05:04] ---
    Aren't you forgetting
    something pretty important?
[05:07] ---
    Mugino can still manage
    to fire off two or three blasts.
[05:13] ---
    You're bluffing. Don't think
    we're going to fall for that again.
[05:17] ---
    Oh, no? Well, that's a shame.
[05:19] ---
    Then go ahead and get blasted through
    while gloating over your success.
[05:26] ---
    What...?
[05:28] ---
    Mugino... Shizuri...?
[05:31] ---
    The 4th-ranked accepted help
    from someone else to aim for her...?
[05:38] ---
    You mean you were waiting
    for this to happen...?
[05:42] ---
    Yeah. Thanks for walking right into it.
[05:45] ---
    So this is Hamazura Shiage...
[05:48] ---
    No, you're wrong about that.
[05:51] ---
    This is ITEM!
[05:54] ---
    Don't forget it once you reach hell.
[06:03] ---
    Damn it, this is nuts.
[06:06] ---
    It's so far beyond abnormal,
    even analyzing it is ridiculous.
[06:11] ---
    Does this mean the very makeup
    of the world is being transformed?
[06:16] ---
    Tch, what do I care?
[06:19] ---
    Misaka Worst, have you
    gotten the data from the song
[06:23] ---
    that purged Kihara Amata's virus yet?
[06:25] ---
    Yeah, in a fairly shallow end
    of the Misaka Network.
[06:29] ---
    Misaka has the song
    but can't render it with her specs.
[06:34] ---
    The breathing technique and
    internal resonance it requires are not normal.
[06:39] ---
    It would be quicker
    to output it as electronic signals.
[06:43] ---
    Musical notes, pseudo-audio data,
    or surround amplitude graphs--
[06:47] ---
    which is your preference?
[06:49] ---
    Give me all of them.
    Being stingy is something a third-stringer does.
[06:53] ---
    You really are repugnant.
[06:55] ---
    Then again, you're more charming that way.
[06:59] ---
    It's going to take more than
    just this song to get anywhere, right?
[07:02] ---
    Something about converting
    the specialized parameters, or something?
[07:05] ---
    I'll manage.
[07:07] ---
    As long as I have this.
[07:09] ---
    Are you making fun of Misaka?
[07:12] ---
    You're saying that occult-reeking
    contract with the devil
[07:15] ---
    has the necessary parameters
    hidden within it?
[07:18] ---
    No, I'm not.
[07:19] ---
    Here, as far-removed
    from Academy City as we are,
[07:22] ---
    there just happens to be a handbook
    lying around with the solution in it?
[07:25] ---
    It's like hunting for a quest item
    in a game or something, isn't it?
[07:29] ---
    I told you, it's not that.
[07:31] ---
    Whether it's high-level security encryption
    or a secret code embedded in an ancient diagram,
[07:36] ---
    it all boils down to the world of numbers.
    The roots remain the same.
[07:41] ---
    I've digitized all the data and
    put together the puzzle inside my head.
[07:47] ---
    I should have solved it that way.
[07:49] ---
    That "should have" bit
[07:51] ---
    gives Misaka a whiff of the displeasure
    and frustration that she likes.
[07:55] ---
    I can't solve the puzzle.
[07:58] ---
    There's still a piece
    missing in the math by itself.
[08:00] ---
    Some other form of law has been mixed in.
[08:04] ---
    Which is why I've been dredging up
    every last bit of knowledge inside me,
[08:09] ---
    and dredging, and dredging some more.
[08:12] ---
    That's when I suddenly realized something.
[08:14] ---
    I've already had something input
    within me that I didn't comprehend.
[08:21] ---
    It came about a little while ago,
[08:23] ---
    during the battle between
    the water angel and the science angel.
[08:27] ---
    But I must have understood
    it all on my own, long before--
[08:32] ---
    that there was some
    unidentified law in effect.
[08:35] ---
    Establish an imaginary vector grid
    that can process these incongruities.
[08:39] ---
    Backtrace from the vectors right
    in front of you, to highlight these laws.
[08:44] ---
    Once a single line of this
    unique physical law had been input,
[08:47] ---
    the substance of the
    parchment would stand out.
[08:51] ---
    But that's not what was important.
[08:54] ---
    As soon as I solved the puzzle using
    the rules I've put together myself,
[08:58] ---
    the Aiwass vectors within me
    would have been able to chip away
[09:01] ---
    at this as-close-as-possible-
    to-realistic deduction,
[09:05] ---
    something which is on the
    same level as the big bang theory.
[09:10] ---
    In other words,
[09:11] ---
    I've acquired the parameters
    I need to save the kid.
[09:16] ---
    From here on, it's my
    turn to turn the tables.
[09:19] ---
    I swore to become
    the ultimate villain to save her.
[09:25] ---
    I kept fighting lots of
    sons of bitches to the finish
[09:28] ---
    and got swallowed up into
    even greater darkness.
[09:31] ---
    But this fight is different.
[09:34] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[09:37] ---
    There's no longer any need
    for me to be a villain.
[09:43] ---
    Heh, let's get started.
[10:48] ---
    What am I?
[10:54] ---
    Am I good or evil?
[10:57] ---
    Man or monster?
[10:59] ---
    Science or magic?
[11:08] ---
    That's obvious.
[11:12] ---
    I am... something that can't be expressed...
[11:16] ---
    ...by any word other than "me."
[11:43] ---
    How? How can you stop me?
[11:46] ---
    You only have the power
    to neutralize other powers, right?
[11:49] ---
    You're just an adapter,
[11:50] ---
    a mere anchor for that flesh-and-blood
    arm until the designated time.
[11:54] ---
    Nothing more than a potato vine
    that falls back to the earth after the harvest.
[12:07] ---
    Do you still not get it?
[12:09] ---
    You said yourself
[12:11] ---
    that your right arm's power varies
    according to your opponent's strength.
[12:16] ---
    And, in order to get the
    maximum power out of your arm,
[12:20] ---
    you brought about World War III
    and stoked the people's hatred.
[12:25] ---
    All to clearly define the enemy
    to be defeated and set everything up.
[12:31] ---
    But you could also say this about that:
[12:34] ---
    What if there isn't as much hatred
    in everyone's hearts as you think?
[12:39] ---
    You wouldn't be able to summon up
    the amount of power you're imagining.
[12:44] ---
    You're operating under the wrong assumption.
[12:47] ---
    The four fundamental elements would
    have been disrupted once and for all
[12:51] ---
    if I hadn't stepped in and restored them.
[12:54] ---
    The war that I caused is ongoing.
[12:58] ---
    The larger conflict springs from
    all the smaller thorns in people's sides
[13:03] ---
    spreading out into the world
    until there is nothing left.
[13:07] ---
    Resource shortages,
[13:08] ---
    racial conflicts,
[13:10] ---
    religious differences,
[13:11] ---
    food shortages,
[13:13] ---
    international conflicts,
[13:14] ---
    environmental destruction--
[13:16] ---
    they are all products of the evil of men!
[13:19] ---
    Sure, man's true nature
    may be something dark and murky!
[13:24] ---
    There may be malice within me
    that I don't want to believe is there.
[13:28] ---
    Even so,
[13:29] ---
    there's more to human nature than just that!
[13:32] ---
    What?
[13:34] ---
    How can you say flat out that people's
    inner workings are only one-sided?
[13:38] ---
    Even if there really is
    the darkest evil deep down,
[13:41] ---
    how can you declare that's all there is?
[13:45] ---
    We don't need a reason!
[13:48] ---
    People don't need any other reason
    to fight for those they love.
[13:53] ---
    I've been saved by that power!
[13:57] ---
    Without any reason? That's the
    kind of logic that only applies to us.
[14:03] ---
    If there were a nuclear missile about
    to be launched right in front of you,
[14:07] ---
    there's nothing anyone
    without a key could do to stop it.
[14:12] ---
    They don't need a key!
    That's only one means of resolving the situation!
[14:17] ---
    Anyone can fight! Even if they turn
    the rest of the world against them!
[14:22] ---
    If it's for someone they admit they're
    willing to stake their life to protect...
[14:29] ---
    I'm going to get Index back from you.
    And that's not all.
[14:33] ---
    I'm going to put a stop to
    science and magic fighting each other,
[14:35] ---
    and to the nations of the world
    destroying each other over World War III!
[14:39] ---
    It's all going to end right now!
[14:42] ---
    Do you think you can emerge victorious,
[14:45] ---
    in the middle of this large-scale conflict,
    without losing anything?
[14:49] ---
    I sure can!
[14:50] ---
    Unlike you, I believe in
    the strength of humanity!
[15:16] ---
    This isn't just a war anymore!
    What's happening to the world?!
[15:25] ---
    Damn!
[15:38] ---
    Y-You saved me.
[15:41] ---
    We're on opposing sides.
[15:43] ---
    You saw it, right?
    This is no time to quibble about the war.
[15:48] ---
    Help us, Academy City.
    We're going to need your firepower.
[15:52] ---
    All right.
[16:00] ---
    I don't care if you're British,
    French, Academy City, or Russian--
[16:05] ---
    all able-bodied soldiers, pitch in!
[16:08] ---
    We're going to launch an
    all-out support strike!
[16:11] ---
    Come on! It's time for an attack of
    the people, by the people, for the people!
[16:17] ---
    Let's blow the roof off this place, baby!
[16:19] ---
    W-Wha-- Who exactly are you?
[16:23] ---
    A sorcery society. "Dawn-colored Sunlight."
[16:34] ---
    This is foolish of you, Fiamma.
[16:50] ---
    Cannibal old lady of the one-legged house,
[16:52] ---
    please grant this sincere
    yet frail young girl your strength.
[16:56] ---
    Ugh!
[16:57] ---
    Enough of your overwhelming
    witch's power to smash this treacherous,
[17:00] ---
    ugly adult to a pulp
    and provide a happy ending.
[17:10] ---
    Hi there, head of the Russian Church.
[17:14] ---
    I'm here to rescue you
    from the devil's castle.
[17:18] ---
    I didn't expect there was anyone left
    who would call me "Patriarch."
[17:23] ---
    Not when I have no power.
[17:27] ---
    There's still something left for you to do.
[17:30] ---
    That fortress was cobbled
    together from the requisite parts
[17:34] ---
    of cathedrals and churches
    of the cross from around the world.
[17:37] ---
    But it's not like they
    could come cleanly together
[17:40] ---
    just because they were
    brought together into one spot.
[17:43] ---
    Spells from both the Russian Church
    and the Roman Orthodox Church
[17:47] ---
    are being used to hold it together.
    If we could break them down...
[17:51] ---
    I get it. You want me to release it.
[17:54] ---
    Do you think you can do that?
[17:56] ---
    But then, the joints
    that are holding it together
[17:59] ---
    are using not just Russian Church,
    but Roman Orthodox magic too, aren't they?
[18:04] ---
    Everything's okay, as far as that goes.
[18:07] ---
    That group is not as corrupt
    as everyone thinks.
[18:13] ---
    So, if you would be so kind,
    my dandy gentleman...
[18:18] ---
    I am not the pope anymore, though.
[18:22] ---
    I am speaking to the person whom I believe
    is the head of the Roman Orthodox Church,
[18:26] ---
    both in name and in fact.
[18:29] ---
    Very well. If it's to save the people,
[18:32] ---
    I will help stop Fiamma, even if it means
    committing Roman Orthodox power to bear.
[18:37] ---
    However, the spells in use
    on the Star of B'Tselem
[18:41] ---
    are likely not just those of
    Roman Orthodoxy and the Russian Church.
[18:46] ---
    I know that. Yes, the last key...
[18:50] ---
    ...is the English Puritan archbishop.
[18:53] ---
    Say, can we do rock-paper-scissors
    to decide which one of us
[18:56] ---
    will contact that vixen?
[19:03] ---
    Your wounds are not life-threatening.
    Keep yourself together.
[19:07] ---
    Who are you...?
[19:10] ---
    If we had to say, our only purpose
    is to alleviate the harm done by war,
[19:15] ---
    if only for one soldier at a time.
[19:48] ---
    That was just a mirage.
[19:51] ---
    A pretty common trick.
[19:55] ---
    Warning, chapter 47, verse 80--
[19:59] ---
    physical and mental restraint due
    to psychological effect detected.
[20:04] ---
    Redirecting spell effect into dummy location,
[20:07] ---
    and prioritizing security
    of back-calculation abilities.
[20:13] ---
    Compromised or not,
    you're still a library of 103,000 grimoires.
[20:17] ---
    I didn't expect that
    would be able to contain you.
[20:19] ---
    But even so, it doesn't matter.
[20:21] ---
    If that confounded boy can
    bring an end to this in the meantime,
[20:24] ---
    it will still mean a win for us!
[20:28] ---
    As you wish.
[20:31] ---
    You'll have your reward.
    Our quota seems to have been filled,
[20:35] ---
    and I will do what I can to
    help retrieve the grimoire library.
[20:55] ---
    Why?
[20:56] ---
    Why isn't this going the way I wanted?
[21:07] ---
    The English Puritans, the Roman Orthodox,
    and the Russian Church
[21:10] ---
    have begun bringing down
    the Star of B'Tselem's joint spell.
[21:14] ---
    We're getting into an escape
    container over here, ourselves.
[21:17] ---
    There aren't very many
    of them left. Please hurry.
[21:21] ---
    It's over, Fiamma!
    Your right arm, and your ceremonial site,
[21:24] ---
    the Star of B'Tselem, are losing power.
[21:28] ---
    If you really want to save
    the world more than anything,
[21:31] ---
    you'd have to be glad that people's
    good will is winning out over the evil!
[21:36] ---
    If you can't do that,
    then your fantasy is already shattered!
[21:40] ---
    This situation has me at
    a disadvantage, to be sure.
[21:43] ---
    As things stand, I probably
    won't be able to continue my plan.
[21:49] ---
    No, not as things stand...
[21:55] ---
    This is the outcome that you've invited.
[21:58] ---
    What?
[22:00] ---
    Originally, the earth was supposed
    to be transformed in stages.
[22:05] ---
    However, as a result of all the
    good will you speak of preventing that,
[22:11] ---
    an unnatural distortion has developed
    between heaven and earth,
[22:14] ---
    and the accumulated telesma will
    now plunge down from heaven to earth.
[22:21] ---
    Honestly, while it's not
    the route that I anticipated,
[22:25] ---
    as long as the earth ends up
    being inundated with light,
[22:28] ---
    the outcome is all the same.
[22:29] ---
    You know what's going to happen?!
[22:32] ---
    If that tremendous amount of power
    starts running amok uncontrollably,
[22:35] ---
    then all of human civilization
    is likely to be destroyed!
[22:39] ---
    You're right. That would be
    quite a shame, for you, anyway.
[22:44] ---
    Despite how much good will may
    be burgeoning forth amidst this war,
[22:49] ---
    this overwhelming power
    will crush it from above.
[22:53] ---
    This overwhelming divine punishment
    will easily level the fruits of mankind.
[22:59] ---
    Just as the destruction of the Tower of Babel
    divided the ties of humanity,
[23:05] ---
    through the animosity brought about by this,
[23:08] ---
    I will once again be able
    to draw upon tremendous power!
[23:15] ---
    Fiamma!
[23:16] ---
    Your way of saving the world is too late.
    I have now won.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:25] ---
    There is still something I have to do.
[23:29] ---
    I'm sorry. I promise,
[23:32] ---
    I will return.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Son of God"
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    

26 - Son of God

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[00:10] ---
    "Are you okay?"
[00:12] ---
    asks Misaka Misaka.
[00:38] ---
    Thank goodness...
[00:40] ---
    Damn it... thank goodness...
[00:45] ---
    Thank goodness, for real...
[00:48] ---
    This world is cold and harsh, to be sure,
[00:53] ---
    and filled with malice beyond all hope.
[00:56] ---
    However, if you make
    the decision to stretch out your hand,
[01:00] ---
    and struggle, and struggle,
    and struggle some more,
[01:02] ---
    there will definitely be light up ahead.
[01:05] ---
    Which means that the world
    is not so desperate a place
[01:09] ---
    that one cannot reach out
    and snatch a ray of that light.
[01:14] ---
    Misaka hates to be a wet blanket
    while you're having your touching reunion,
[01:21] ---
    but this doesn't look like the war
    is going to have such a happy ending.
[01:28] ---
    The light is converging
    around that giant heap.
[01:32] ---
    If it discharges toward the ground,
    the outcome won't be good for anyone.
[01:37] ---
    Screw that.
[01:44] ---
    Whoa--
[01:44] ---
    Misaka Worst...
[01:47] ---
    I'm going to go stop that.
    Can you keep the kid safe?
[01:51] ---
    Well, nothing's changed, has it?
[01:55] ---
    "Where are you going?"
    says Misaka Misaka, posing a question.
[02:00] ---
    "You aren't going anywhere, right?"
    asks Misaka Misaka, seeking confirmation.
[02:07] ---
    You don't have to worry.
[02:09] ---
    I'll put an end to this in no time.
[02:11] ---
    "No...
[02:12] ---
    I want us to be together forever,"
    says Misaka Misaka, begging.
[02:18] ---
    You're right.
[02:23] ---
    I wanted us to be together forever, too.
[03:23] ---
    I see...
[03:26] ---
    This... is what it's like
    to fight to protect something...
[03:34] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:40] ---
    "#26 Son of God"
[03:44] ---
    There's another light?
[03:46] ---
    What in the world is going on?
[03:49] ---
    Kamijo Toma, are you up there?
[03:55] ---
    What is this?
[03:57] ---
    The necessary output
    should have been achieved.
[04:01] ---
    There should have been enough
    destruction taking place on the ground
[04:05] ---
    to meet the strategic conditions,
    and drive me to victory.
[04:09] ---
    Are you done yet?
[04:11] ---
    It's high time for you...
[04:14] ---
    ...to give up this fantasy of yours!
[04:23] ---
    What...?
[04:28] ---
    The animosity that's been
    encompassing the earth is decreasing?!
[04:32] ---
    Why?!
[04:33] ---
    Tch!
[04:35] ---
    Warning, chapter 88, verse 1--
[04:39] ---
    irregularity in main body
    during search operation.
[04:42] ---
    Gravely negative effect on
    operational efficiency developing
[04:46] ---
    due to over-susceptibility
    to external stimulus.
[04:51] ---
    The English Puritan sorcerers?!
[04:58] ---
    What lousy luck.
[05:00] ---
    I only need to buy five to ten seconds.
[05:03] ---
    In that time, I'll forcibly
    reset the grimoire library.
[05:07] ---
    I don't care if the high load
    burns out all 103,000 volumes!
[05:12] ---
    I'm going to flush away the enemy before me!
[05:17] ---
    Here I am, trying to maximize the
    miracles and blessings of the Son of God
[05:21] ---
    to bring this phenomenon about,
    and this bastard shows no regard!
[05:27] ---
    Good luck or bad luck
    doesn't factor into this.
[05:29] ---
    He has the power to trample such
    blurry distinctions under his foot!
[05:35] ---
    If you think yours is
    the only way to save anyone,
[05:41] ---
    then I'll start by
    laying waste to that delusion!
[06:03] ---
    Excuse me! Sasha and I have
    already escaped in the container.
[06:10] ---
    Please hurry, yourself.
    The Star of B'Tselem is about to start falling.
[06:18] ---
    This is it, then.
[06:22] ---
    Hey, let's go.
[06:27] ---
    The remaining escape containers
    probably won't be of any use now.
[06:32] ---
    At best, it's a question of finding
    an individual-sized one that will work.
[06:36] ---
    Only one of us is going to survive this.
[06:40] ---
    Looks like.
[06:46] ---
    Are you sure?
[06:47] ---
    I'm someone who doesn't really know
    just how big a place the world is.
[06:54] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[06:55] ---
    In that case, go and find
    out for yourself now.
[07:19] ---
    Misaka?!
[07:25] ---
    Hey, can't you set down anywhere?
[07:28] ---
    "Shaking incident to
    the fortress's fall will be too intense,
[07:31] ---
    so we cannot get any
    closer," explains Misaka.
[07:36] ---
    "Even if we did set down, our chances
    of escape would be remote," says--
[07:40] ---
    Okay, fine.
[07:42] ---
    Keep us as level as you can.
    I'm going to drag that idiot over myself.
[07:48] ---
    Don't do it! Stay back, Misaka!
[07:49] ---
    Shut up, will you?! There's
    no turning back now!
[08:08] ---
    Not yet.
[08:13] ---
    "The fortress's shaking
    has exceeded the designated value,"
[08:15] ---
    reports Misaka.
[08:18] ---
    "If we get any closer, we could collide."
[08:21] ---
    Let him have buttons, or a belt, or whatever,
[08:24] ---
    anything to let me reel
    him in with magnetism!
[08:30] ---
    Huh?
[08:49] ---
    Toma?
[08:54] ---
    Index...
[08:57] ---
    Why didn't you escape?
[09:00] ---
    Same reason as your magical item.
[09:02] ---
    It's because I have to take care
    of the whole fortress, too.
[09:12] ---
    I'm sorry.
[09:15] ---
    I'd kept it hidden this whole time.
[09:18] ---
    But I wasn't sure whether
    it was really the right thing to do.
[09:24] ---
    I've done something terrible to you.
    I've been tricking you all this time.
[09:31] ---
    There's no guarantee I'll ever come
    back from the Star of B'Tselem.
[09:36] ---
    So I'm going to tell you now,
    while I still can. I've...
[09:42] ---
    I've lost my...
[09:53] ---
    That's okay.
[09:55] ---
    It doesn't matter now.
[09:58] ---
    Nothing matters, as long as
    you come back your usual self.
[10:05] ---
    I swear I'll be back.
    And once I get back, I promise,
[10:10] ---
    I'll bow down and apologize in person,
    not just via this magical item.
[10:16] ---
    50.9 megahertz.
[10:19] ---
    You'll be able to connect with the
    speakers here. Tell the English Puritans.
[10:25] ---
    I need their advice as to how to bring
    down the Star of B'Tselem more safely.
[10:32] ---
    I can't do that. I can't
    go back of my own will.
[10:37] ---
    I guess not, huh?
[10:44] ---
    Head on back ahead of me, okay?
[10:47] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[11:06] ---
    Toma...
[11:18] ---
    So, if I destroy the elevating magical items
    that are keeping the Star aloft,
[11:22] ---
    I can change the location
    where it will fall, right?
[11:25] ---
    The items are in 20 different places in all.
[11:27] ---
    If you destroy three of
    them--numbers three, nine, and 13--
[11:32] ---
    it should come down in the Arctic Ocean.
[11:34] ---
    Got it.
[11:36] ---
    You know, her consciousness was
    there on the Star of B'Tselem earlier.
[11:41] ---
    Couldn't you have resolved this
    situation by using her knowledge then?
[11:46] ---
    You think I could let Index suffer
    like that for one minute longer?
[11:56] ---
    Third magical item confirmed destroyed.
[12:00] ---
    This is strange.
    There's something huge out there...
[12:02] ---
    Telesma? What would it be doing there?
[12:06] ---
    Misha Kruezhev is advancing
    toward the Arctic Ocean!
[12:10] ---
    Reading a line of telesma between the two.
[12:13] ---
    Reciprocal interference
    is clearly being generated.
[12:16] ---
    What?
[12:17] ---
    It couldn't be some new power...
    No, is she trying to restore herself physically?
[12:23] ---
    What do you mean?
[12:25] ---
    Misha Kruezhev presides over water.
[12:28] ---
    If she uses the polar ice cap,
    including special symbols and emblems,
[12:31] ---
    her power will become even greater.
[12:34] ---
    But there's a possibility that
    if she tries to elicit too much power,
[12:37] ---
    the very body that Misha
    is composed of will explode,
[12:41] ---
    and a great deal of telesma will be released.
[12:49] ---
    How do we stop her?
[12:52] ---
    We weren't sure we could stop even
    the old Misha with an organized response.
[12:58] ---
    The Star of B'Tselem has deviated
    from its earlier course.
[13:02] ---
    What?!
[13:05] ---
    Don't tell me he's...
[13:43] ---
    Sure, this world may perish someday.
[13:48] ---
    But it doesn't have to be
    a tragic ending, like this.
[13:53] ---
    It has to be okay to fight
    to keep that from happening.
[14:30] ---
    Damn it, I can't find anything!
[14:33] ---
    I have to find something, doesn't matter what,
    that will let me negotiate with Academy City.
[14:37] ---
    Hamazura, we have to get out of here, now.
    They'll be coming for us.
[14:42] ---
    I know. Just a few more minutes.
[14:45] ---
    Use my blood as an insurance policy.
[14:49] ---
    The 4th-ranked DNA map.
    If all three of us are carrying it,
[14:54] ---
    we can keep them in check.
[14:57] ---
    Mugino...
[14:58] ---
    Honestly...
[15:00] ---
    You are so much trouble, aren't you?
[15:04] ---
    Who are you?
[15:05] ---
    Your ally. Perhaps you recognize me
    from my work up the chain of command?
[15:11] ---
    What is it she always says?
[15:13] ---
    "It's always like this with you."
[15:16] ---
    It's a relief to secure Takitsubo Riko,
    my top-priority objective.
[15:21] ---
    Takitsubo is your top priority?
[15:23] ---
    You didn't notice?
    When you attacked those masked units,
[15:28] ---
    Takitsubo Riko affected
    Mugino Shizuri's Personal Reality.
[15:34] ---
    Are you saying...?
[15:35] ---
    She is already indicated
    as such on the Parameter List,
[15:39] ---
    but she has the extraordinary
    potential to become the "8th."
[15:44] ---
    If her evolution continues,
[15:46] ---
    she could become someone capable of providing
[15:49] ---
    all of Academy City's
    functionality all by herself--
[15:51] ---
    a so-called "Academy Individual."
[15:55] ---
    Hold on.
[15:57] ---
    You're saying you knew this beforehand?!
[16:00] ---
    That no matter how hard we try,
[16:02] ---
    those who succeed, succeed,
    and those who fail, fail?
[16:06] ---
    Takitsubo and I have gone down
    this road on our own. But if Hamazura
[16:13] ---
    had been given a fair and equal shake...
[16:17] ---
    Mugino...
[16:18] ---
    Not the reaction I'd expect from you.
[16:21] ---
    Have you gotten so you can sympathize
    with the feelings of weaklings?
[16:25] ---
    Shut up.
[16:28] ---
    It's okay.
[16:30] ---
    We're ITEM. That's not something I regret.
[16:35] ---
    So it's okay!
[16:45] ---
    You still alive, Hamazura?
[16:47] ---
    Thanks, Digurv!
    We're still alive because of you.
[16:50] ---
    Why?
[16:53] ---
    This isn't Academy City.
[16:55] ---
    Even a Level 0 like me was able
    to rely on the help of others,
[16:59] ---
    and managed to survive.
[17:03] ---
    Reinforcements will be here soon.
[17:06] ---
    Nothing about the situation has changed.
[17:08] ---
    I know.
[17:14] ---
    You said something interesting a moment ago.
    "Parameter List," was it?
[17:21] ---
    You're going to tell me
    everything you know about it.
[17:24] ---
    I'll show you just how cruel a person can be
[17:28] ---
    so long as they can excuse it
    as protecting the ones they love.
[17:35] ---
    This is the recovery team. Target secured.
[17:39] ---
    Now heading to the
    rendezvous point with the main unit.
[17:43] ---
    Where are those kids?
[17:45] ---
    Another unit has them.
[17:47] ---
    Hmph, then promise me something--
[17:51] ---
    From now on, you won't hide behind
    the kid or the Sisters to issue orders.
[17:56] ---
    Do not toy around with a
    single one of their lives any further.
[18:01] ---
    I won't permit you to force people like me
[18:04] ---
    to do dirty jobs for the underworld, either.
[18:09] ---
    You don't seem to get it, do you?
[18:11] ---
    Huh? No, you're the one
    who doesn't seem to get it.
[18:16] ---
    H-His switch is turned off, right?
[18:19] ---
    Yeah, it should be.
[18:21] ---
    Double-check it.
[18:30] ---
    This isn't a negotiation,
    a suggestion, or a trade.
[18:36] ---
    It's a triumphant return,
    you sons of bitches.
[19:10] ---
    I-It can't be...!
[19:13] ---
    Aleister Crowley?
[19:17] ---
    Sure enough, I'm well recognized
    even outside of my tank.
[19:22] ---
    But why?
[19:24] ---
    Though you may not realize
    the value of things,
[19:26] ---
    you did go after that
    right hand a bit too hard.
[19:30] ---
    If only you had recognized it
[19:32] ---
    simply as a right hand that
    could negate extraordinary powers.
[19:36] ---
    But you got a peek as
    to what's inside, didn't you?
[19:39] ---
    That is something I cannot
    allow to be left unattended.
[19:42] ---
    What was inside...?
[19:44] ---
    I'm sure you know what it is.
[19:46] ---
    Though it was an unsuccessful, outdated plan,
[19:49] ---
    how is it any different from Academy City,
[19:52] ---
    which is a world with a certain
    sort of power enclosed within it?
[19:55] ---
    I see... so in my own way,
    I've gotten close to the truth of the world.
[20:02] ---
    Looking at your face, I can sense
    the futility of what I've done.
[20:08] ---
    Someone who could truly save
    the world wouldn't make that face.
[20:12] ---
    At the time, at that place, he stood
    where no one else could reach him.
[20:25] ---
    I don't think it's going to work.
[20:29] ---
    It was never a question
    of whether or not it will work!
[20:33] ---
    I can't allow you to trample all over it!
[20:44] ---
    That fact that you thought
    you could explain that right hand,
[20:48] ---
    and Kamijo, the Purifier of God,
    with no more than the church of the cross,
[20:53] ---
    is where your failure really lies.
[20:58] ---
    I'm reading something!
[21:00] ---
    This wavelength is that of the
    Golden Sorcerer, Aleister Crowley!
[21:05] ---
    So, he is alive.
[21:09] ---
    Well then, things are just
    starting to get interesting.
[21:14] ---
    Aleister, chairman of the governing board...
[21:23] ---
    You seem to be enjoying this.
[21:26] ---
    Yes. I find it quite pleasant.
[21:28] ---
    Or more precisely, I'm delighted that
    this pleasant time will be prolonged.
[21:33] ---
    He has done well. It was
    less about purging me,
[21:38] ---
    and more like a shift
    into a different domain.
[21:42] ---
    I think you should learn
    a little more about humans.
[21:48] ---
    If you underestimate them, you may
    end up stabbed through the heart in no time.
[21:54] ---
    What are you saying?
[21:56] ---
    If those delicate humans
    could actually do such a thing,
[22:01] ---
    then wouldn't you find that
    to be an extremely fascinating case?
[22:28] ---
    Hmm. Looks like he's still alive, anyway.
[22:33] ---
    You don't want this to end like this,
    after he mopped the floor with you, do you?
[22:38] ---
    I want you to tell me what you saw and heard.
[22:41] ---
    Who are you?
[22:43] ---
    Ollerus.
[22:45] ---
    Someone who once should
    have been a Magic God,
[22:48] ---
    but was then unseated
    by the One-Eyed Othinus.
[22:53] ---
    A wretched sorcerer.
[22:57] ---
    We have looked over the conditions
    presented to us by Academy City,
[23:02] ---
    and have agreed to a seat
    at the conference table.
[23:06] ---
    As of this moment,
    I declare all hostilities at an end.
[23:13] ---
    It is my sincere wish that this decision,
    which we all reached together,
[23:18] ---
    will be recorded in the history
    of a future world at peace
[23:21] ---
    as having been correct.
[23:29] ---
    Hmm...
[23:31] ---
    For someone who's always
    claiming "Just my luck,"
[23:33] ---
    you have some pretty strong mojo, don't you,
[23:36] ---
    Kamijo Toma?
[23:40] ---
    
[23:42] ---