# A Certain Magical Index
Kamijo is a student in Academy City, where people use science to develop supernatural abilities. The guy’s got a lot of heart – luckily for a young nun named Index. She’s on the run from a sorcery society that covets the astonishing 103,000 volumes of magical knowledge stored in her memory. When Index stumbles into Kamijo’s life, she find a faithful friend and protector, and while Kamijo’s easily the weakest kid in Academy City, he’s got something else going for him: the Imagine Breaker, an unexplainable power stored in his right hand that negates the powers of others.
# Season 1
# 1 - Academy City
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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Just my luck!\n
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Hey, you! Hold up, you punk!\n
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Freeze, you master of escape!\n
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I, Kamijo Toma,\n
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was living out what\nI could only believe as being\n
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an adolescence filled with rotten luck.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*From the reason why I live here *
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*to everything I encounter in this place, *
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*though we may be worlds apart *
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*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
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*I'll turn my back to the pain *
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*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
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*of those lucky people who look on *
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*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
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*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
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*...with conviction *
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*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
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*and unreliable power *
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*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
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"#01 Academy City"\n
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"#01 Academy City"\nYes, it was July 19th.\n
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"#01 Academy City"\nUpon entering a restaurant,\n
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\n--giddy that summer vacation began the next day,\n
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--What do you say, sweetheart?\n--giddy that summer vacation began the next day,\n
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--Wanna go somewhere with us for some fun?\n--giddy that summer vacation began the next day,\n
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--Wanna go somewhere with us for some fun? --and ordering *goya* melon and escargot lasagna,
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--It'll be a blast.\n--and ordering goya melon and escargot lasagna,\n
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it happened.\n
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Seeing a delinquent starting trouble with a girl,\n
**[02:50] ---**
and thinking that maybe I should\nstep in to help, my luck ran out.\n
**[02:54] ---**
So? Sounds good, right?\n
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Excuse me...\n
**[03:00] ---**
You're bothering her, aren't you?\n
**[03:02] ---**
--Ah, that's much better.\n
**[03:04] ---**
--Yeah, sure is.\n--Ah, that's much better.\n
**[03:07] ---**
Who's this guy?\n
**[03:09] ---**
You want something from us?\n
**[03:12] ---**
Ah, geez... What is with this rotten luck?!\n
**[03:27] ---**
Damn... They finally gave up, huh?\n
**[03:30] ---**
Sheesh...\n
**[03:32] ---**
What are you doing?\n
**[03:34] ---**
Playing Mr. Goody-Goody\nby protecting those delinquents?\n
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Are you some dashing teacher?\n
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So the reason they stopped coming after me...\n
**[03:43] ---**
Mm-hmm. They were a pain,\nso I let them have it.\n
**[03:48] ---**
Sure enough...\n
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Hey, you know what a railgun is?\n
**[03:54] ---**
Rail... gun...?\n
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Also known as a\nsuper-electromagnetic gun.\n
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By making use of\nFleming's kinetic momentum,\n
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one is able to launch projectiles...\n
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...in a manner such as this!\n
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Even a coin like that\nhas a fair amount of force\n
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when launched at\nthree times the speed of sound.\n
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You don't mean, you used\nthat to take care of that crowd?\n
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Don't take me for an idiot.\n
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I do at least know how to\ndeal with powerless Level 0s.\n
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Yes.\n
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It wasn't her that I was trying to save.\n
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I was trying to save the\nfellows who were careless enough\n
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to get too close to her.\n
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I'm well aware that there are only seven\n
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of you Level 5 espers here in Academy City.\n
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You really should stop\ntalking down to other people.\n
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For Pete's sake, that's something\nsomeone powerful would say.\n
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Hey, now, I'm a Level 0, here!\n
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So, if you're a Level 0,\n
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how come you don't have a scratch on you?\n
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What can I tell you?\n
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Call it ill fortune, or running out of luck,\n
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but this really isn't your lucky day.\n
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"Kamijo"\n
**[05:57] ---**
Thanks to the power outage\nfrom last night's lightning,\n
**[06:00] ---**
a sweltering heat wave\nhad taken hold of my place.\n
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So hot...\n
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It also meant that everything in\nmy refrigerator had gone belly-up.\n
**[06:16] ---**
I tossed my emergency supply of *yakisoba* noodle cups into the sink,
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crushing my cash card\nunderfoot as I looked for my wallet,\n
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and took a call, telling me,\n
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"Kamijo, you're an idiot, so\nyou've got remedial class."\n
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Rotten luck.\n
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All right, it's a nice day. \n
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I think I'll hang out my futon;\nthat will change my mood.\n
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As blue as the sky is... \n
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...my future is as dark as night.\n
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Then again, I hope it\ndoesn't suddenly start raining.\n
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Huh?\n
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I've already hung it out?\n
**[07:03] ---**
Wait...\n
**[07:13] ---**
It's... a girl...? What is she doing here?\n
**[07:18] ---**
Those clothes-- she's a Sister?\n
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She's a foreigner, isn't she?\n
**[07:27] ---**
I'm...\n
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I'm so... hungry...\n
**[07:32] ---**
I'm so hungry.\n
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Excuse me...\n
**[07:35] ---**
I'm so hungry.\n
**[07:38] ---**
She speaks Japanese.\n
**[07:42] ---**
I told you, I'm hungry.\n
**[07:44] ---**
Um, by any chance, are you going\nto tell me, under the circumstances,\n
**[07:49] ---**
that you've fallen by the wayside here?\n
**[07:52] ---**
It's also known as curb-croaking.\n
**[07:55] ---**
Say,\n
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I sure would be glad if you would\nfeed me until my tummy is full.\n
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I'm going to see that\nshe finds herself better off\n
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someplace far away from here.\n
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If you don't mind something like this...\n
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Thank you! I'll do just that!\n
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Delicious. This is really delicious.\n
**[08:24] ---**
I-It is?\n
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It's just a bowl of mock stir-fry\nthat I made from tossing together\n
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the ingredients in the dead refrigerator.\n
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I know what you did! You casually\nadded some sour seasonings\n
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so as to reinvigorate me,\nas exhausted as I am, huh?\n
**[08:38] ---**
Ew, it's sour?\n
**[08:40] ---**
You don't have to force yourself to eat that.\n
**[08:42] ---**
It's just unappetizing bachelor cooking.\n
**[08:44] ---**
It's not unappetizing. \n
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It's food that you valiantly prepared for me.\n
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There's no way it could taste bad!\n
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I won't drag you down to hell with me!\n
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So tell me, why were\nyou out hanging on my veranda?\n
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I fell. I was actually trying\nto leap from one roof to the next.\n
**[09:19] ---**
Huh? This is an 8-story building.\n
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I didn't have much choice.\nI was being pursued.\n
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But never mind that,\nI should introduce myself, huh?\n
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My name is Index.\n
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Index?\n
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That sounds for all the\nworld like an alias, you know?\n
**[09:35] ---**
What index?\nLike a table of contents?\n
**[09:38] ---**
It's actually from\n"Index Librorum Prohibitorum."\n
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Oh, my magic name is "Dedicatus 545."\n
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It means that a lamb\nwho has been consecrated\n
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keeps the wisdom of the mighty.\n
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So, Miss Index,\nwhy are you being chased?\n
**[09:53] ---**
I believe they are after the\n103,000 grimoires that I carry.\n
**[09:57] ---**
Huh? Grimoires?\n
**[09:59] ---**
Mm-hmm. *The Book of Eibon*. *The Lemegeton*. *The Book of the Dead*.
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Those are some typical examples.\n
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Whatever you've got\non you notwithstanding,\n
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you look pretty empty-handed to me.\n
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I am carrying them! 103,000 volumes!\n
**[10:15] ---**
103,000 volumes? What, do you have\na key to some warehouse somewhere?\n
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Mm-mm.\n
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You're not going to\ntell me that they're books\n
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that stupid people aren't able\nto see, or something, are you?\n
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It's not just stupid people who can't see them.\n
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There wouldn't be any point if you *could* see them.
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So, who is it that's after you?\n
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A sorcery society.\n
**[10:35] ---**
Eh? Sorcery?\n
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Huh? Did I use the wrong Japanese?\nI mean magic. A magic cabal.\n
**[10:42] ---**
Is this some new religion, or something?\n
**[10:45] ---**
You're not-so-subtly making fun of me, huh?\n
**[10:48] ---**
You're not-so-subtly making fun of me, huh?!\n
**[10:51] ---**
Sorry. This is too much.\n
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I know about many different\nkinds of unusual powers, \n
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but magic is too much.\n
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Supernatural abilities aren't anything unusual\n
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in this Academy City, here.\n
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Anybody can develop them,\nusing the power of science.\n
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It's odd that you believe\nin supernatural powers,\n
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but not sorcery.\n
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Well, what is sorcery?\nWhy don't you show me?\n
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I can't use it,\nsince I don't have any magical power.\n
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If you can't use it,\n
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you don't know if there really is\nsuch a thing as sorcery, do you?!\n
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There is!\n
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There is such thing as sorcery.\n
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Well, I was born with a\nstrange kind of power, myself.\n
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A strange power?\n
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When I touch something with my right hand,\n
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be it electrical shocks,\nor railguns, or any unusual ability--\n
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probably even divine\nmiracles, all get canceled out.\n
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What's with that reaction?! \n
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It's like you're listening\nto some shady pitchman!\n
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I mean...\n
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Someone who I doubt even believes in God\n
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is telling me he can cancel out divine miracles...\n
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It's revolting to be made fun\nof by a fake magical girl like you.\n
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I am not a fake!\n
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Then show me something! \n
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Once you see my right hand negate it,\n
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you'll have no choice but to believe, huh?\n
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Okay, fine! I'll show you!\n
**[12:17] ---**
Here! These clothes!\n
**[12:19] ---**
These are a first-class protective barrier,\n
**[12:21] ---**
known as "The Walking Church."\n
**[12:23] ---**
Meaning what? \n
**[12:24] ---**
You keep laying these ridiculous\nspecialized terms on me,\n
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and I don't know what they mean.\n
**[12:34] ---**
In that case, seeing is believing!\n
**[12:36] ---**
Try stabbing me in the\nstomach with this kitchen knife!\n
**[12:38] ---**
W-What are you getting at?\n
**[12:40] ---**
This is a church, in the shape of clothing,\n
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with the minimum required\ncomponents needed to call it a church.\n
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You can thrust at me with\nthis knife, and it won't hurt me!\n
**[12:51] ---**
Well, there's no way I'm dumb\nenough to say I'll take a stab at it.\n
**[12:55] ---**
You keep taking me too lightly! \n
**[12:56] ---**
This is an exact copy of the Shroud of Turin,\n
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so its strength is absolute!\n
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It wards off any attack, whether\nphysical or magical, absorbing them!\n
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Hmm, so I get it. \n
**[13:09] ---**
You're saying that if it really\ndoes have supernatural powers, \n
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then once I touch it with my right hand,\n
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it will be blown to smithereens, right?\n
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Mm-hmm, assuming your power is real.\n
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Okay, fine with me!\n
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You asked for it, \n
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and now you're gonna get it!\n
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Huh...?\n
**[13:39] ---**
I don't see anything happening.\n
**[13:50] ---**
What?\n
**[13:51] ---**
N-Nothing...\n
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Geez, you bit me all over.\n
**[14:13] ---**
What are you, a mosquito from a camping trip?\n
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What happened earlier was my fault, so--\n
**[14:23] ---**
After something like that happened,\n
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how can you speak to me like it was nothing?\n
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Well... I suppose I'm\nawfully embarrassed about it, too,\n
**[14:33] ---**
and I'm at a loss for words.\n
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You're making fun of me. Hmph!\n
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That habit...\n
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If it reacted like that to my right hand,\n
**[14:45] ---**
then there's no doubt that she\nis involved with supernatural powers.\n
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All done!\n
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What's up with the iron maiden?\n
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In Japanese, it's called a "mat of pins."\n
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Oh, right, my remedial class!\n
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I have to go to school now.\nWhat are you going to do?\n
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If you want to stay here,\nI'll give you a key.\n
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That's okay. I'll leave.\n
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If I stay here for too long,\nthat bunch will come here.\n
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And you don't want your\nplace to blow up, either, right?\n
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H-Hey!\n
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Hold on!\n
**[15:34] ---**
That right hand of yours...\n
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I think that it cancels out\ngood luck, the grace of God,\n
**[15:38] ---**
and everything else that goes along with it.\n
**[15:42] ---**
Huh?\n
**[15:42] ---**
Just by having that hand come in\ncontact with the air,\n
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you're going to keep\nencountering bad luck.\n
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"Bad Luck"\n
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Rotten luck...\n
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If you want to know what's rotten,\n
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your luck in being born with\nthat kind of power is what's rotten.\n
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Do you...\n
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Do you have anywhere\nto go once you leave here?\n
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If I stay, the enemy will come here, so...\n
**[16:06] ---**
The enemy?\n
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These clothes work by magic, you see.\n
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There's a search being\ncarried out based on that.\n
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But it's okay. \n
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As long as I make it to the church,\nthey'll give me sanctuary.\n
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Just a second. How can\nI send you away, knowing that?\n
**[16:22] ---**
Well then, will you accompany\nme into the depths of hell?\n
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Well, bye.\n
**[16:34] ---**
If you have any more trouble,\nyou're welcome to come back here!\n
**[16:36] ---**
Mm-hmm! When I get\nhungry again, I'll be back--\n
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What are these?! Agathions?\n
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Oh, crap, my remedial class!\n
**[16:51] ---**
Academy City-- a city of schools,\n
**[16:51] ---**
"An ultraviolet advisory has\nbeen issued for these districts:"\n
**[16:54] ---**
packed with dozens of colleges,\nelementary, and middle schools.\n
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It's as big as a third of Tokyo,\nwith a population of 2.3 million.\n
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About 80% of us are\nstudents, most of us living here.\n
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It's an unusual city,\nfeaturing those cleaning robots earlier\n
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and other things roaming about.\n
**[17:15] ---**
Okay, it's time for remedial class to begin.\n
**[17:19] ---**
I've gotten fired up\nand prepared a quiz for you,\n
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so I'll hand that out right away.\n
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If your grades come back poor,\n
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we'll play the "see-through\ngame" as a punishment.\n
**[17:31] ---**
Is the "see-through game" \n
**[17:32] ---**
the one where you wear\na blindfold and play poker?\n
**[17:35] ---**
With the nasty catch that you\nhave to win ten hands in a row \n
**[17:37] ---**
before you can leave.\n
**[17:39] ---**
Good grief. The other day,\nwe were stuck here until morning.\n
**[17:44] ---**
"Quiz"\n
**[17:45] ---**
"Quiz"\nKamijo, you don't have enough development points,\n
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"Quiz"\nso you'll be doing the "see-through game" in any case.\n
**[17:51] ---**
Komoe is so sweet on you,\nKamijo, there's no helping her.\n
**[17:55] ---**
Aogami, can't you sense any\nspite coming from her?\n
**[17:59] ---**
For you to take a verbal\nlashing from a little girl like that...\n
**[18:02] ---**
Kamijo, you're gonna score major EXP.\n
**[18:04] ---**
You've got a Lolita complex *and* you're a masochist?
**[18:06] ---**
You're beyond redemption.\n
**[18:09] ---**
It's not that I go for lolis, it's that I go for lolis, *too*!
**[18:14] ---**
Now, look...\n
**[18:15] ---**
Okay, you there, if you say one more word,\n
**[18:19] ---**
and you'll get "Columbus' Egg."\n
**[18:21] ---**
Okay then.\n
**[18:26] ---**
Rotten luck.\n
**[18:28] ---**
I wonder how she's doing.\n
**[18:31] ---**
She forgot her hood at my place, and all.\n
**[18:34] ---**
But what was all that about\n103,000 volumes of grimoires?\n
**[18:39] ---**
Where were all of those?\n
**[18:42] ---**
She said they were "right here," but...\n
**[18:51] ---**
I'll bet she comes back\nfor her stuff before long.\n
**[18:54] ---**
Teacher!\n
**[18:55] ---**
Kamijo is preoccupied with the\ngirls tennis club fluttering about.\n
**[19:04] ---**
--You made her cry.\n--You made her cry.\n
**[19:07] ---**
"Hostile stares"\n--You made her cry.\n
**[19:12] ---**
It is now past curfew.\n
**[19:15] ---**
All students,\nplease return home at once.\n
**[19:18] ---**
--It is now well past curfew.\n
**[19:20] ---**
--I ended up staying after this late?\n--It is now well past curfew.\n
**[19:21] ---**
--I ended up staying after this late?\n--All students, please return home at once.\n
**[19:23] ---**
--Lousy luck.\n--All students, please return home at once.\n
**[19:24] ---**
Ah! There he is!\n
**[19:26] ---**
I found you, and this time...!\n
**[19:29] ---**
Hey! You there! You!\n
**[19:33] ---**
Stop walking, will you?!\n
**[19:35] ---**
Ah, it's the bug-zapper middle-schooler.\n
**[19:38] ---**
Don't call me a bug-zapper!\n
**[19:40] ---**
I have a proper name-- Misaka Mikoto!\n
**[19:45] ---**
You've been calling me a\nzapper ever since we first met, huh?\n
**[19:49] ---**
So, Zapper, you get remedial classes, too?\n
**[19:53] ---**
You be quiet! Today's the day\nI reduce you to a twitching mass,\n
**[19:56] ---**
like a frog with an electrode in its leg,\n
**[19:58] ---**
so get your last words\nand affairs in order, you hear me?!\n
**[20:01] ---**
--Nah.\n
**[20:02] ---**
--What was that?!\n--Nah.\n
**[20:11] ---**
Well? Did that flip the switch\nin that cowardly head of yours?\n
**[20:14] ---**
You can't be serious! \n
**[20:16] ---**
Thanks to all of that lightning\nyou unleashed yesterday, \n
**[20:19] ---**
all of the electrical appliances,\n
**[20:20] ---**
not to mention the contents\nof my fridge, have bit the dust!\n
**[20:22] ---**
It's your own fault for pissing me off!\n
**[20:24] ---**
I-I don't even know what set you off.\n
**[20:27] ---**
I never so much as laid a finger on you!\n
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That's right. You haven't even hit me once.\n
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Which makes this a draw, for the both of us.\n
**[20:36] ---**
Huh?\n
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Okay, fine, you win.\n
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Hey, you! Take this seriously!\n
**[20:43] ---**
Oh, you want me to\ntake this seriously, do you?\n
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A fake sorceress in the morning,\nand a zappy esper in the evening.\n
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Sorceress?\n
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Message... Message...\n
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Aggressive EM discharge in\nviolation of the Radio Law detected.\n
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System malfunction identified.\n
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You dumbass!\nDon't zap anything around there!\n
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You keep quiet! \n
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Hurry up and get out of here!\n
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The cleaning robots? \n
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Geez, what are they cleaning\nup out in front of my place?\n
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What can I say? Just my luck.\n
**[21:48] ---**
Hey, Index, what are you doing out here?\n
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You can't lie down here--\n
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What is this?\n
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Stay with me here, Index!\n
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What happened?! Just who did this to you?!\n
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Oh, it was us sorcerers. \n
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*Hey, do you hear that? *
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*You're wandering through memories *
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*Hey, if you can live your lives *
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*believing in your own hearts, *
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*then even though *
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*you may live in different worlds, *
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*as long as you have something to preserve... *
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*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
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*The mana of thousands of lives released *
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*Their motions and their gazes *
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*are heart wrenching *
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*I won't let go *
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nStiyl Magnus. That's the name of that sorcerer bastard.\n
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\nStiyl Magnus. That's the name of that sorcerer bastard.\n
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Take charge of Index?\nWho exactly are these guys?\n
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Next time, "Innocentius."\n
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When science and\nmagic cross paths, the story begins.\n
# 2 - Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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It was the first day of summer vacation.\n
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A Sister, who had collapsed at my place,\nsaid that her name was Index.\n
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Apparently, she was being\npursued by a sorcery society.\n
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But give me a break.\nThis is Academy City, a town of science.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo *
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*kono basho de deau subete mo *
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*tatoe chigau sekai demo *
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*doko ni ite mo kono omoi wa yuruganai *
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*Mune wo chikuri to sasu itami *
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*sore wo warau shiawase na monotachi e *
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*se wo mukeyuku *
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*Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou *
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*Furuedasu ashi ga oboete'ru *
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*kakushin ni *
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*Yume dake ja mamorenai *
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*tayoranai chikara *
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*Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai *
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"#02 Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)"\n
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What is this?\n
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Stay with me here, Index!\n
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What happened?!\nJust who did this to you?!\n
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Hmm? It was us sorcerers. \n
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Hmm, they've gone and done\nanother really ugly number on her.\n
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Why?\n
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What was her reason for\ncoming back here? Who knows?\n
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Maybe she left something here.\n
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She was wearing a hood yesterday.\nNow where could she have dropped it?\n
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They searched out the magical\npower in her hood, and came here?\n
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Well then, will you accompany\nme into the depths of hell?\n
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She deliberately risked\nher safety to come back here\n
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to keep me, a total stranger,\nfrom getting caught up in all of this.\n
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The stupid fool!\n
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Oh, dear, I can't have\nyou looking at me like that.\n
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I'm not the one who carved her up.\n
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And I'm sure Kanzaki didn't\nmean to bloody her up like that.\n
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Her habit, a Walking Church,\nprovides an absolute defense.\n
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But for some reason, it got torn up.\n
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Why?\n
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I don't believe in magic, or fairy tales,\n
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and I can't fathom\ncreatures like you sorcerers.\n
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But...\n
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...even you people do have the\nconcept of right and wrong, don't you?\n
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This little girl comes by here, \n
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and you chase her down and bloody her...\n
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Faced with the reality of this,\n
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are you still incapable\nof saying this is wrong?!\n
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If you're done saying your piece,\nI wish you would step aside.\n
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I need to recover that.\n
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Re... cover...?\n
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Yes. Recover, recover. The 103,000\ngrimoires she has, to be precise.\n
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Ah, do be careful. \n
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If a human such as yourself\nwere to look over just one volume,\n
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you're sure to be left a cripple.\n
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D-Don't screw with me! Tell me,\nwhere exactly are these things?!\n
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They're there. Inside her head.\n
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She has the ability to see something\nonce, instantly memorize it,\n
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and remember it word for word, forever.\n
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In other words, her head is\na library that houses grimoires\n
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which she has seen and memorized\nfrom volumes that are locked,\n
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and cannot be taken from\ntheir places around the world.\n
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But, she doesn't herself\nhave the power to conjure magic,\n
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so she is harmless.\n
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Then again, those 103,000\nvolumes are a bit dangerous.\n
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That's why we have\ncome to take charge of them,\n
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before those who can\nuse magic take them away.\n
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Take... charge...?\n
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That's right, yes. Take charge, take charge.\n
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No matter how decent\nand principled she may be,\n
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I doubt that she can\nwithstand torture and drugs.\n
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When you think of the girl's body\nbeing turned over to that crowd,\n
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it pains the heart, doesn't it?\n
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Why, you...!\n
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Who do you think you are?!\n
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Stiyl Magnus...\nis how I'd like to identify myself,\n
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but for now, I'll just say I'm "Fortis 931."\n
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In Japanese, it means "mighty person,"\n
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but its etymology doesn't matter.\n
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It's my magic name.\n
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Does that sound familiar?\n
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Creatures like us sorcerers are\nnot allowed to give our magic names\n
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when we are using our magic.\n
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Though it's an old convention,\nand I can't understand why.\n
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What's important is that\nI gave you my magic name.\n
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Which, among us, could also be called\n
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my killer name.\n
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Flames.\n
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Is this... magic?\n
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Will this work on something\nunknown, like magic?\n
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My right hand can cancel out\nunusual powers, but...\n
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I've never encountered any strange\npowers except for esper powers.\n
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To the giant, a gift of pain!\n
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Hmm, perhaps I overdid it. That's a shame.\n
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But at that level, he couldn't\nwin once in a thousand tries.\n
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Who couldn't?\n
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Who couldn't win,\nno matter how many times he tried?\n
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Impossible!\n
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Sheesh, yeah, right.\nWhat am I so scared for?\n
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My right hand is what destroyed\nher habit, after all, isn't it?\n
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Why, you...!\n
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So that's it. I finally understand...\n
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...who it was that destroyed the Walking Church.\n
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One of the five elements\nthat make up the world,\n
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the great original flame...\n
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The light that\nbrings the blessing of life,\n
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and the light of judgment that\nbrings punishment to the wicked.\n
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While it instills gentle blessings,\n
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it is also the chilling touch of misfortune\nthat destroys the cold darkness.\n
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Its name is Flame,\nand its function is as a sword.\n
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Manifest thyself!\nFeed upon me to give thee power!\n
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"Kamijo"\n
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This is the Witch Hunter King, Innocentius.\n
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It means "certain death."\n
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Out of my way!\n
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Why is my right hand not working?\n
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These flames... keep coming back\nas soon as they're snuffed out!\n
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Runes.\n
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Magical words used by Germanic\ntribes since the second century\n
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comprised of twenty-four letters\nsignifying arcane mysticism and secrets,\n
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which are the roots of old English.\n
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Attacking Innocentius will have no effect.\n
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The walls, the floor, the ceiling--\n
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He will continue to regenerate\nfor as long as the rune seals \n
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that are engraved nearby are not eliminated.\n
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Index, that's you, right?\n
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Yes. I am the grimoire\nlibrary belonging to Necessarius,\n
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the 0th parish of the English Puritan Church.\n
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My formal name is Index Librorum Prohibitorum,\n
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but you may shorten that\nand just address me as Index.\n
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I am currently invoking the\nautomatic writing of John's Pen--\n
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You can't do it.\n
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Eliminating all of the runes \n
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that have been\nengraved upon this building...\n
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...is something you can't possibly do.\n
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Ashes to ashes...\n
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Dust to dust!\n
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Squeamish...\n
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...Blood Rood!\n
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Yikes!\n
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I'm gonna die. I really am gonna die!\n
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I really thought I was gonna die.\n
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What are these?\n
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Are these the rune engravings?\n
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Crap!\n
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Damn!\n
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Why isn't it coming after me?\n
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I get it. This dorm is the only\nplace where the runes are posted.\n
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I-I have to report this to someone.\n
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P-Pay phone...\n
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I'm not doing this so\nI can run away. Not to run away.\n
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Will you accompany\nme into the depths of hell?\n
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To choose to go to hell with\na perfect stranger who I just met...\n
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What am I thinking?!\n
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Don't tell me this is to\nextinguish Innocentius’ flames.\n
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*That's* the ridiculous reason why I'm soaking wet now?
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What happened to Innocentius?\n
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Man, you really got me. You're amazing.\n
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Honestly, if you had carved those\nrunes with a knife or something,\n
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I'd have had zero chance of winning.\n
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Absurd. Innocentius is a mass of\n3000-degree Celsius flame!\n
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You think just this will extinguish him?!\n
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Dimwit. It's not for the flames.\n
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Where do you get off plastering\nstuff on other people's houses?\n
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Incredible!\n
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But perhaps you're too under-experienced.\n
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Copier paper is not the same as toilet paper.\n
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It's not so delicate that a little water\n
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will make it completely come apart.\n
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Kill him.\n
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I-Impossible.\nMy runes should still be working.\n
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The ink.\n
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The copier paper may not be ruined,\n
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but when it gets wet,\nthe ink is going to run, you know.\n
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Innocentius... Innocentius!\n
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Now then...\n
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Ashes to ashes...\n
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Dust to dust...\n
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Squeamish Blood Rood!\n
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Damn it, yeah.\n
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If I don't want to go\ninto the depths of hell with you,\n
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then I've got no other choice...\n
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...but to drag you back\nup out of the depths of hell!\n
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Sissy!\n
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Oh, Sissy! Oh, Sissy!\n
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I knew that having remedial\nclasses didn't sound right for you,\n
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and sure enough, it was an excuse\nfor you to go out for some nightlife.\n
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Listen, Kuroko...\n
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Exactly what is it about what you see\n
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that makes you think I'm enjoying any nightlife?\n
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That's obvious.\nIf you're passing through here\n
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on your way home from school to the dorms,\n
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then any way you slice it,\nyou're taking the long way.\n
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I-I just had an errand to run. And for that matter, why are *you*...
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That's right, Sissy.\nI'm here on Judgment business.\n
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The cause of that fire appears\nto be the work of someone's abilities.\n
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That should cancel out whatever\nwas making it act like a beacon.\n
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In any case, I need to\nget her to a hospital, right away.\n
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But I doubt she has any form\nof ID from around here,\n
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and if I just up and\nadmit her into the hospital,\n
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word will get out about her in no time.\n
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But I can't just leave her alone like this, either.\n
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Toma...\n
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Is something wrong? You look pale.\n
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Is this any time to be worried about me?!\n
**[17:52] ---**
We have to do something about your injuries, fast!\n
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I will be all right.\nIf we can just get the bleeding stopped...\n
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H-Hey!\n
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Is there any magic within\nthose 103,000 volumes you carry\n
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that deals with healing injuries?\n
**[18:09] ---**
Yes, but...\n
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--So then...\n
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--You couldn't perform it.\n--So then...\n
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Even if I were to teach you the spell,\n
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and you were able to act it out perfectly,\n
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I'm sure that your power would interfere.\n
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Damn it, not again.\nMy right hand is at fault again?!\n
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It isn't your right hand. It's the\nesper power itself that won't work.\n
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Magic isn't something\nfor those who have a talent,\n
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like you people have, to use.\n
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Magic is something born of\npeople who don't have that talent,\n
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but want to do the same things\nthat people who have the talent do.\n
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You mean, the students who live in this city,\n
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undergoing a curriculum\nto develop their abilities...\n
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Mm-hmm. They can't use magic.\n
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Damn it, how is that fair?!\n
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What is this? How can that be?\n
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This is a whole city of students,\nand yet students can't...\n
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...students can't...\n
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Hey, you said that anyone\nwho doesn't have any talent\n
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is able to use magic, right?\n
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I suppose you're gonna tell me \n
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that she's already gone to\nsleep at this hour. All right, then...\n
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Yes, yes, yes! The door is a sturdy one,\n
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built to counter paper carriers.\nI'm opening it now.\n
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Ah, Kamijo!\n
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Did you start working a job as a paper carrier?\n
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What kind of paperboy goes around\nsoliciting with a Sister on his back?\n
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We've gotten into all sorts of trouble,\n
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so we need to come inside, Teacher.\nPardon the intrusion.\n
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J-J-Just a moment! You can't do this to me!\n
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I hate to have to ask, given the circumstances,\n
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but do you mind it if a woman smokes?\n
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W-What happened here?\n
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Teacher, as it happens--\n
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Index!\n
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Warnings, Chapter 2, Verse 6.\n
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Due to having more than a\ncertain amount of life force drained\n
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as a result of loss of blood, \n
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mandatory awakening of\nJohn's Pen has been invoked.\n
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If current status holds, \n
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then converting from\ninternational standard time, \n
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as displayed on the clock tower of\nLondon, in roughly fifteen more minutes,\n
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my body will lose the minimum\nlife force it requires, and I will perish.\n
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I would appreciate it if you would\nfollow the instructions I will give,\n
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and perform the appropriate measures.\n
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Teacher, I'm going to go call an ambulance.\n
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You listen to what she\ntells you, and do as she asks.\n
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Just make sure she doesn't lose consciousness.\n
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She is a religious person,\nas you can see. If you please...\n
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Say, Index, is there anything I can do?\n
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No, there isn't.\nThe best option under the circumstances\n
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is for you to leave this place.\n
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Just by having you in this room,\nthe recovery magic will be canceled.\n
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K-Kamijo, did the Sister\njust say something about magic?\n
**[21:41] ---**
Teacher,\n
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please take care of her.\n
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Kamijo! There's a telephone right there!\n
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The best option under the circumstances\n
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is for you to leave this place.\n
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Just by having you in this room,\n
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the recovery magic will be canceled.\n
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*Nee kikoeru? *
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*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
**[22:43] ---**
*Nee kokoro wo *
**[22:46] ---**
*shinjite ikite yukereba *
**[22:50] ---**
*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[22:53] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:58] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
**[23:05] ---**
*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
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*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
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*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
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*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
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*Tebanasanai *
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nCall down an angel using magic? \n
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\nCall down an angel using magic? \n
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Hold on a second. Will doing\nthat heal Index's injuries?\n
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Next time, "Necessarius."\n
**[24:04] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 3 - Necessarius (The Church of Necessary Evil)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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Index says that she has\n103,000 volumes of grimoires\n
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memorized inside her head.\n
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I somehow managed to avoid the sorcerer,\n
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but Index's injuries are severe.\n
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She says that they can\nbe treated by using magic,\n
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but the students in this city\nare unable to use this magic stuff.\n
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Which is why I've asked\nMiss Komoe for her help.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:04] ---**
*From the reason why I live here *
**[01:08] ---**
*to everything I encounter in this place, *
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*though we may be worlds apart *
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*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
**[01:26] ---**
*I'll turn my back to the pain *
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*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
**[01:37] ---**
*of those lucky people who look on *
**[01:42] ---**
*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
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*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
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*...with conviction *
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*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
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*and unreliable power *
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*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
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"#03 Necessarius (The Church of Necessary Evil)"\n
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"#03 Necessarius (The Church of Necessary Evil)"\nWhat is the current time?\n
**[02:23] ---**
"#03 Necessarius (The Church of Necessary Evil)"\nWhat time is it, Japan Standard Time? Also, the date, please?\n
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\nWhat time is it, Japan Standard Time? Also, the date, please?\n
**[02:29] ---**
July 20th, half past 8 p.m.\n
**[02:34] ---**
You didn't appear to look\nat a clock. Is that time precise?\n
**[02:39] ---**
There aren't any clocks\nin my place to begin with.\n
**[02:42] ---**
My internal clock is\naccurate to the second,\n
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so that's not an issue. \n
**[02:48] ---**
My eating habits and\nexercise rhythms are fixed,\n
**[02:50] ---**
so I can regulate my internal clock.\n
**[02:55] ---**
Judging by the stars' positions\nand the phase of the moon,\n
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it is consistent with Sirius' position\n
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to within a 0.038 margin of error.\n
**[03:02] ---**
I can thereby confirm it.\nThe current time, Japan Standard Time,\n
**[03:07] ---**
is July 20th, 8:30 p.m., is that right?\n
**[03:10] ---**
Yes. To be precise,\nwe just passed the 53 second mark.\n
**[03:16] ---**
N-No, you mustn't get up!\n
**[03:18] ---**
It is no matter. I can regenerate.\n
**[03:31] ---**
The cusp of Cancer.\n
**[03:33] ---**
The hours between 8 p.m. and 12\nmidnight. The direction facing west.\n
**[03:37] ---**
The protection of Undine,\nthe angel as cherub...\n
**[03:41] ---**
What is that you're doing?\n
**[03:42] ---**
Magic.\n
**[03:44] ---**
From this point on, I will need\nto borrow your hands and your body.\n
**[03:49] ---**
If you will do as I instruct you,\n
**[03:51] ---**
we will get through\nthis with no one getting hurt,\n
**[03:53] ---**
and no one will end up\nholding anything against you.\n
**[03:55] ---**
Whatever, just lie down.\nWe'll wait for the ambulance. Let's see...\n
**[03:59] ---**
Bandages... bandages...\n
**[04:01] ---**
It will be impossible to\ncompletely close up my wound \n
**[04:05] ---**
with those measures. I do not\nunderstand the word "ambulance,"\n
**[04:08] ---**
but will it be able to\ncompletely close up my wound,\n
**[04:11] ---**
as well as restore the life\nforce, mana, to necessary levels\n
**[04:14] ---**
within my body in the next several minutes?\n
**[04:19] ---**
So, what should I do? I am not a magical girl.\n
**[04:25] ---**
I am grateful for your cooperation.\n
**[04:30] ---**
First...\n
**[04:32] ---**
What is that black item over there?\n
**[04:37] ---**
This is a game memory card.\n
**[04:41] ---**
Please place it in the center of the table.\n
**[04:44] ---**
It's a tea table, actually.\n
**[04:49] ---**
Is this a miniature of the room?\n
**[04:53] ---**
The materials have no bearing. \n
**[04:54] ---**
As long as the forms\nand functions are the same,\n
**[04:56] ---**
the ceremony is possible.\n
**[05:07] ---**
What are those?\n
**[05:08] ---**
The placement of the beer cans. \n
**[05:10] ---**
But more importantly,\nI'd be most appreciative\n
**[05:12] ---**
if you follow my instructions precisely.\n
**[05:14] ---**
If there are any missteps in the process,\n
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there is a risk of your neural\nnetwork and pathways burning out.\n
**[05:22] ---**
Failure would mean the\ndestruction of your body, and death.\n
**[05:26] ---**
That is what I'm telling you.\n
**[05:29] ---**
We will call down an angel,\nand create a temple.\n
**[05:31] ---**
Please follow after me, and chant.\n
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Link established.\n
**[06:12] ---**
Link?\n
**[06:14] ---**
The temple we created on\nthis table is linked with this room.\n
**[06:18] ---**
Whatever happens in this\nroom will also happen on the table.\n
**[06:22] ---**
Whatever happens on the table\nwill also happen inside the room.\n
**[06:27] ---**
Now, visualize!\n
**[06:29] ---**
H-Huh?\n
**[06:30] ---**
A golden angel, with the\nbody of a child, and two wings--\n
**[06:34] ---**
the form of a beautiful angel!\n
**[06:37] ---**
An angel...\n
**[06:45] ---**
You can't tell me to\nsuddenly create an angel...\n
**[06:49] ---**
H-Huh...?\n
**[06:56] ---**
You are not actually summoning an angel.\n
**[06:58] ---**
As the spellcaster, you create\nthe form of an angel by your will.\n
**[07:03] ---**
R-Right.\n
**[07:04] ---**
A cute angel... A cute angel... \n
**[07:08] ---**
A cute angel... A cute angel...\nA cute angel... \n
**[07:14] ---**
A cute angel... A cute angel...\n
**[07:29] ---**
Huh?\n
**[07:30] ---**
I'm not really summoning an angel, you say?\n
**[07:38] ---**
Form stabilization has failed.\n
**[07:40] ---**
So long as the temple is protected\nby the minimum blue color Undine,\n
**[07:44] ---**
it is no matter. We will continue.\n
**[07:49] ---**
A cute angel... A cute angel...\nA cute angel... A cute angel... \n
**[07:56] ---**
A cute angel... A cute angel... \n
**[08:00] ---**
A cute angel... A cute angel...\nA cute angel... \n
**[08:56] ---**
Mana replenishment being achieved,\naversion of mortal danger confirmed.\n
**[09:00] ---**
John's Pen returning to dormancy.\n
**[09:07] ---**
Are you all right?\n
**[09:09] ---**
I just need my own strength to recover now.\n
**[09:13] ---**
The wound itself has closed up, so I'll be fine.\n
**[09:17] ---**
Thank goodness I didn't\nbring anything down on him.\n
**[09:21] ---**
Bring anything down on him?\n
**[09:24] ---**
If I had died here, it may\nhave weighed heavily on him.\n
**[09:30] ---**
You are more concerned about\nKamijo than you are about yourself?\n
**[09:37] ---**
I don't know.\n
**[09:39] ---**
Somehow, I don't really know... but...\n
**[09:55] ---**
For that matter,\n
**[09:57] ---**
how is it that the beer-loving, chain-smoking,\n
**[09:59] ---**
grown-up Miss Komoe's pajamas\nare such a perfect match for you?\n
**[10:03] ---**
Geez, what is the difference in your ages?\n
**[10:08] ---**
I wish you wouldn't talk down to us.\n
**[10:10] ---**
I think that these pajamas might be\n
**[10:12] ---**
a bit too tight in the chest, even for me.\n
**[10:14] ---**
Y-You're making fun of me!\n
**[10:17] ---**
Huh? But...\n
**[10:19] ---**
But what?\n
**[10:20] ---**
Nothing.\n
**[10:22] ---**
I am an adult.\n
**[10:25] ---**
By the way, Kamijo,\njust who is this girl to you?\n
**[10:32] ---**
Younger sister.\n
**[10:35] ---**
-- You've taken your lies too far!\n-- Ah, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!\n
**[10:36] ---**
-- She's a silver-haired, blue-eyed foreign national!\n-- I'm sorry I lied! Forgive me!\n
**[10:40] ---**
Kamijo!\n
**[10:43] ---**
Teacher, can I ask one question?\n
**[10:46] ---**
Yes?\n
**[10:48] ---**
Are you asking for this information\n
**[10:50] ---**
so that you can report all of this\nto Academy City's governing board?\n
**[10:53] ---**
Yes. I don't really know what kind of trouble\n
**[10:56] ---**
you've gotten yourselves wrapped up in, Kamijo,\n
**[10:59] ---**
but now that it has taken\nplace within Academy City,\n
**[11:01] ---**
it is the instructors' place\nand grown-ups' duty to resolve it.\n
**[11:08] ---**
Kamijo, now that I know\nyou're crossing a perilous bridge,\n
**[11:11] ---**
I'm not such a child\nthat I won't say anything.\n
**[11:15] ---**
Teacher, if you were a perfect stranger,\n
**[11:17] ---**
I'd involve you without a second thought,\n
**[11:19] ---**
but since I'm in your debt,\nI don't want to involve you.\n
**[11:24] ---**
I'm not going to let you get\naway with trying to brush this aside\n
**[11:27] ---**
with a few well-spoken words.\n
**[11:30] ---**
Huh? Where are you going?\n
**[11:33] ---**
I'm putting you on probation.\nI'm going to the supermarket\n
**[11:36] ---**
to buy some groceries. \n
**[11:39] ---**
You're going to think long and\nhard about what you're going to say\n
**[11:42] ---**
until I get back, Kamijo. Also...\n
**[11:46] ---**
Also...?\n
**[11:47] ---**
I might forget while\nI'm caught up in my shopping.\n
**[11:52] ---**
Once I get back,\nyou're going to have to speak to me,\n
**[11:54] ---**
and not try to weasel\nyour way around it, okay?\n
**[12:17] ---**
She's a nice person, huh? \n
**[12:20] ---**
You mean Miss Komoe?\n
**[12:22] ---**
Mm-hmm.\n
**[12:23] ---**
We can't involve my teacher any further, huh?\n
**[12:26] ---**
No. She shouldn’t use any more magic.\n
**[12:30] ---**
These grimoires are dangerous.\n
**[12:33] ---**
They have unconventional\nideas and altered laws written in them.\n
**[12:37] ---**
That "different world" is toxic to "this world,"\n
**[12:40] ---**
when faced with good and evil. \n
**[12:42] ---**
Toxic?\n
**[12:44] ---**
Mm-hmm. Sorcerers aside,\nwhen people of "this world"\n
**[12:49] ---**
learn the knowledge of the "different world,"\n
**[12:51] ---**
it damages their brains just that much.\n
**[12:54] ---**
Damages? Is that what magic is?\n
**[12:58] ---**
Do you want to know?\n
**[13:00] ---**
Do you really want to know what I carry?\n
**[13:07] ---**
What can I say? You make\nme sound like I'm your priest.\n
**[13:13] ---**
You're right. You're like\na priest, hearing confessions.\n
**[13:20] ---**
There used to be\nonly one Church of the Cross,\n
**[13:23] ---**
so why do you think\nthere are so many divisions now?\n
**[13:27] ---**
Hmm... well...\n
**[13:30] ---**
It's because politics got mixed in with religion.\n
**[13:33] ---**
They fractured, opposed each other,\n
**[13:35] ---**
and ended up walking separate paths.\n
**[13:38] ---**
Even though they all believe in the same God.\n
**[13:40] ---**
They each evolved in their own way,\nand gained their own character.\n
**[13:45] ---**
Yeah, character.\n
**[13:46] ---**
The English Puritan Church that I'm in...\n
**[13:51] ---**
England is a country of magic, \n
**[13:54] ---**
so things like witch hunting,\nand inquisitions,\n
**[13:56] ---**
and other anti-sorcery cultural elements\n
**[13:58] ---**
became exceptionally developed.\n
**[14:00] ---**
That's why English Puritanism\nhas a special unit.\n
**[14:04] ---**
One to counter sorcerers, investigate magic,\n
**[14:07] ---**
and come up with countermeasures--\n
**[14:08] ---**
The Church of Necessary Evil, Necessarius.\n
**[14:11] ---**
Necessarius?\n
**[14:12] ---**
But when understanding the unclean enemy,\nthe mind becomes unclean,\n
**[14:16] ---**
and when contacting the unclean enemy,\nthe body becomes unclean.\n
**[14:19] ---**
The unit single-handedly takes\non this "uncleanness," \n
**[14:22] ---**
the worst of which is... \n
**[14:26] ---**
Those 103,000 volumes?\n
**[14:28] ---**
Mm-hmm. Magic is something like a formula,\n
**[14:33] ---**
so if you work it backwards well enough,\n
**[14:34] ---**
you can even neutralize your opponent's attack.\n
**[14:38] ---**
By knowing all of the magic in the world,\n
**[14:40] ---**
you should be able to neutralize\nall of the magic in the world,\n
**[14:43] ---**
which is why I had the 103,000 grimoires...\n
**[14:47] ---**
...drilled into you.\n
**[14:50] ---**
Hmph, if they're that dangerous,\n
**[14:52] ---**
you could just burn them\nwithout reading them, couldn't you?\n
**[14:55] ---**
It's not the books that are important,\nit's what's inside them.\n
**[14:58] ---**
So even if the original texts are gone,\n
**[14:59] ---**
if they've been passed\non to someone, there's no point.\n
**[15:02] ---**
Besides, humans wouldn't\nbe able to dispose of the originals.\n
**[15:05] ---**
Or more accurately, the human mind cannot.\n
**[15:09] ---**
And it's because they couldn't \n
**[15:10] ---**
that they had no\nother choice but to seal them up.\n
**[15:14] ---**
So what you're saying is that they\nwant to get their hands on the bomb\n
**[15:16] ---**
that's inside your head, right?\n
**[15:21] ---**
If they could use all\nof the 103,000 volumes,\n
**[15:23] ---**
they could warp the world thoroughly.\n
**[15:29] ---**
Why, you little...\n
**[15:31] ---**
Why did you wait until now\nto tell me something so important?!\n
**[15:35] ---**
Well, I didn't think you would believe me,\n
**[15:38] ---**
and I didn't want to scare you.\nWhat's more, you know...\n
**[15:43] ---**
...I didn't want you to not to like me.\n
**[15:45] ---**
Don't give me that!\nHow dare you treat me like that!\n
**[15:49] ---**
Church of Necessary Evil?! \n
**[15:50] ---**
Necessarius?!\n
**[15:51] ---**
103,000 grimoires?!\n
**[15:54] ---**
It was an outrageous tale,\nthat I still can't believe even now,\n
**[15:58] ---**
but even so,\nthat's all there is to it, right?\n
**[16:05] ---**
Don't look down your nose at me.\n
**[16:07] ---**
You think I would say you're icky,\n
**[16:10] ---**
just because you'd\nmemorized 103,000 books?\n
**[16:14] ---**
Have a little faith in me.\nDon't go measuring up people on your own.\n
**[16:29] ---**
Come on, I've got my right hand,\n
**[16:32] ---**
so sorcerers are no match for me.\n
**[16:34] ---**
But you said you had to go to\nthe school for remedial classes, so...\n
**[16:39] ---**
I said that?\n
**[16:40] ---**
You certainly did.\n
**[16:44] ---**
Well never mind about school.\n
**[16:46] ---**
Then, why did you say\nyou had to go to school?\n
**[16:50] ---**
That you had something to do?\n
**[16:52] ---**
Is my being around cramping your style?\n
**[16:55] ---**
Well, I'm sorry.\n
**[17:08] ---**
How is Index?\n
**[17:09] ---**
Still alive.\n
**[17:11] ---**
I searched for the identity\nof the boy who is with her.\n
**[17:15] ---**
So, what is with his right hand?\n
**[17:18] ---**
At the very least, he appears to be\n
**[17:20] ---**
something other than an esper or a sorcerer.\n
**[17:23] ---**
What is he? You mean to tell me\nhe's just an ordinary high-schooler?\n
**[17:29] ---**
Come off it. The world is not\nso forgiving that a rank amateur\n
**[17:33] ---**
with no power at all could repel Innocentius.\n
**[17:37] ---**
You're right. In fact, the problem is,\n
**[17:40] ---**
he fits in the category of a hopeless\nstudent who's quick to fight.\n
**[17:46] ---**
Could his information be deliberately blocked?\n
**[17:49] ---**
What's more, Index's wounds\nwere healed by magic.\n
**[17:54] ---**
Kanzaki, is there some other magic\ncabal here in the far east?\n
**[18:00] ---**
If they're working in Academy City,\n
**[18:02] ---**
the governing board's antennas\nshould have picked them up.\n
**[18:06] ---**
The number of the enemy forces is unknown,\n
**[18:08] ---**
and we have no reinforcements to face them.\n
**[18:10] ---**
She seems to be having fun, huh?\n
**[18:13] ---**
She really seems to be having fun.\n
**[18:16] ---**
She always seems to enjoy how she lives her life.\n
**[18:19] ---**
I wonder, just how long do we\nhave to keep tearing that apart?\n
**[18:24] ---**
Having mixed feelings? As someone\nwho was once in that position?\n
**[18:30] ---**
Same old same old.\n
**[18:34] ---**
As it turned out, once Miss Komoe\ncame back from the supermarket,\n
**[18:38] ---**
she let us stay at her apartment\nwithout asking for any more information.\n
**[18:42] ---**
Whether she got distracted by\nher shopping and forgot,\n
**[18:45] ---**
or just pretended to forget the whole thing,\n
**[18:48] ---**
I didn't ask.\n
**[18:52] ---**
♪ Bath time! Bath time! ♪\n
**[18:54] ---**
♪ Bath time! ♪\n
**[18:56] ---**
♪ Bath time! Bath time! Bath time! ♪\n
**[19:05] ---**
Toma! Toma!\n
**[19:07] ---**
Toma!\n
**[19:09] ---**
Nothing! It seems kind of\nfunny to call someone's name,\n
**[19:12] ---**
when you don't want anything.\n
**[19:14] ---**
Huh, Toma?\n
**[19:15] ---**
There is something I want to ask you.\n
**[19:18] ---**
Komoe mentioned something.\n
**[19:20] ---**
Japanese bathhouses\nhave something called coffee milk.\n
**[19:24] ---**
You do this...\n
**[19:26] ---**
...and this...\n
**[19:27] ---**
...and drink it with one hand on your hip.\n
**[19:32] ---**
What is coffee milk?\nIs it like a cappuccino?\n
**[19:36] ---**
You won't find anything\nthat elegant at a bathhouse.\n
**[19:39] ---**
Still, a huge bathtub\nmight be pretty shocking for you.\n
**[19:42] ---**
The majority in England\nare the tight, narrow baths, right?\n
**[19:47] ---**
I'm not sure I can really say.\n
**[19:49] ---**
Why not?\n
**[19:50] ---**
Because the first thing\nI remember is being here in Japan.\n
**[19:54] ---**
I don't really know about things back there.\n
**[19:57] ---**
Hmm... No wonder your Japanese is so good.\n
**[20:01] ---**
Mm-mm, I don't mean\nit like that. I was born in London,\n
**[20:05] ---**
and as I understand it,\nI was raised in St. George's Cathedral.\n
**[20:09] ---**
I only came here about\na year ago, or so I'm told.\n
**[20:14] ---**
--So you're told?\n
**[20:15] ---**
--Mm-hmm. I lost my memory, you see.\n--So you're told?\n
**[20:19] ---**
When I first opened my eyes,\nI wasn't even sure who I was.\n
**[20:24] ---**
I couldn't even remember\nwhat I had for supper the night before,\n
**[20:27] ---**
but I had knowledge\nabout sorcerers, and the Index,\n
**[20:29] ---**
and Necessarius,\nand so on spinning around in my head,\n
**[20:33] ---**
so I was really scared. \n
**[20:36] ---**
You mean, you don't even\nknow why you lost your memories?\n
**[20:41] ---**
Mm-mm.\n
**[20:47] ---**
Toma, are you upset?\n
**[20:50] ---**
No, I'm not.\n
**[20:51] ---**
If I've done anything\nto offend you, I'll apologize.\n
**[20:54] ---**
Toma, what's set you off?\nIs it just that awkward age?\n
**[20:58] ---**
Hearing about awkward\nages is really the last thing I need\n
**[21:01] ---**
from someone whose\nbody is as undeveloped as yours.\n
**[21:03] ---**
Hmm, what do you mean by that?\n
**[21:05] ---**
You really *do* look like you're mad.
**[21:08] ---**
Or is it that other thing, \n
**[21:09] ---**
where you just pretend to be mad to annoy me?\n
**[21:13] ---**
That's something I don't think I like about you.\n
**[21:15] ---**
Now, look, don't go giving me that business\n
**[21:18] ---**
when you never liked me to begin with.\n
**[21:20] ---**
Think what you want,\nbut I'm not expecting some fancy\n
**[21:23] ---**
love-comedy-esque\nevent to come up with you, okay?\n
**[21:28] ---**
Huh...?\n
**[21:29] ---**
Why are you giving me\nthat up-from-under look, princess?\n
**[21:35] ---**
Toma...\n
**[21:38] ---**
I hate you!\n
**[21:47] ---**
Geez, she bit me as much as she could,\nand then took off on her own.\n
**[21:57] ---**
Huh...?\n
**[22:04] ---**
There's no one... here...\n
**[22:10] ---**
Runes.\n
**[22:14] ---**
I've engraved some runes\nto keep people away, that’s all.\n
**[22:18] ---**
Who are you?\n
**[22:20] ---**
My name is Kanzaki Kaori.\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
**[22:43] ---**
*Hey, if you can live your lives *
**[22:46] ---**
*believing in your own hearts, *
**[22:50] ---**
*then even though *
**[22:53] ---**
*you may live in different worlds, *
**[22:58] ---**
*as long as you have something to preserve... *
**[23:05] ---**
*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
**[23:11] ---**
*The mana of thousands of lives released *
**[23:17] ---**
*Their motions and their gazes *
**[23:23] ---**
*are heart wrenching *
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*I won't let go *
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nThere's another sorcerer, who says her name is Kanzaki Kaori.\n
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Is she the one who stabbed Index?\n
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How could she do that without even flinching?\n
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Next time, "Perfect Memory Ability."\n
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When science and\nmagic cross paths, the story begins.\n
# 4 - Perfect Memory Ability
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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I'd heard that Index really had\nmemorized 103,000 grimoire volumes.\n
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That that's why she's being pursued.\n
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And yet, she never\nonce asked me to help her.\n
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I... I...\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo *
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*kono basho de deau subete mo *
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*tatoe chigau sekai demo *
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*doko ni ite mo kono omoi wa yuruganai *
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*Mune wo chikuri to sasu itami *
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*sore wo warau shiawase na monotachi e *
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*se wo mukeyuku *
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*Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou *
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*Furuedasu ashi ga oboete'ru *
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*kakushin ni *
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*Yume dake ja mamorenai *
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*tayoranai chikara *
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*Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai *
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"#04 Perfect Memory Ability"\n
**[02:25] ---**
Huh...?\n
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There's no one... here...\n
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Runes.\n
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I've engraved some runes\nto keep people away, that’s all.\n
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Who are you?\n
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My name is Kanzaki Kaori.\n
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I would like to keep from telling\nyou my other name, if possible.\n
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Your other...?\n
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My magic name.\n
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You're like him--\nfrom the sorcery society.\n
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I'll come right to the point. \n
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I'd like to take charge of her,\nbefore I give out my magic name.\n
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And if I say no?\n
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I'll have no choice.\n
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I'll take charge of her *after *I give out my name.
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I'll ask once again.\n
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I'd like to take charge of her,\nbefore I give out my magic name.\n
**[03:42] ---**
W-What the hell are you talking about?\n
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For what reason should I surrender,\n
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to someone like you?\n
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I will ask as many times as it takes.\n
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The slashing speed of the Seven Flashes\n
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woven by my *Shichiten Shichito* sword
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is at the level where it\ncould kill you seven times\n
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in what you'd call an instant.\n
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It would not be wrong to call it certain death.\n
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Damn, I didn't even see one of them. Even so...\n
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...with my right hand...\n
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I've gotten reports from Stiyl. \n
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For some reason, your right hand\nrenders magic ineffective.\n
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But it does not work, \n
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if you cannot touch it\nwith your right hand, am I right?\n
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What do I do?\nCharge at her as fast as I can?\n
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Seven Flashes.\n
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I will ask as many times as it takes.\n
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I don't know what it is that\nspurs you on so much, but...\n
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Seven Flashes.\n
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Damn it!\n
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It's not vanishing...?\n
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Ultra-thin wires?\n
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She's been keeping them from my\neye with the movement of her katana.\n
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You're... not a sorceress?\n
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Like I said, I heard about you from Stiyl.\n
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Then, your long katana...\n
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My *Shichiten Shichito* is not just for show.
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After you get through the Seven Flashes,\n
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The true form, Single Flash, awaits you.\n
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And moreover, I haven't\nyet told you my magic name.\n
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Please do not make me say it, boy.\n
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I don't ever want to have to give it out again.\n
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How can I...\n
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...surrender?\n
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What was that? I couldn't hear you.\n
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Shut up.\n
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I said to shut up, you unfeeling jerk!\n
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Seven Flashes.\n
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Had enough yet?\n
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You don't have any\nreason to protect her so much.\n
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Why?\n
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Why don't you kill me?\n
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You definitely could have killed\nme at any time, if you'd wanted to.\n
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But you're still a human,\n
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with the gumption to stand there,\nholding back, right?\n
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Then you must get it, right? \n
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A girl comes along,\nand you chase her down,\n
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Then cut her back with your sword.\n
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I can't let you get away with that.\n
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Did you know that because of you\npeople, she has lost her memories?\n
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How badly did you hound her to\nmake something like that happen?\n
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I fought like hell,\n
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but I'm still a loser who\ncan't even defend a single girl.\n
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A wimp, who can only look on\nwoefully as she is taken away by you.\n
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But you're not like that, are you?\n
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With your power, you could\nprotect anyone, or anything!\n
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You could save anything, or anyone!\n
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So why is that all you can do?!\n
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It's not like I...\n
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It's not like I... am doing this\nbecause I want to.\n
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The name of the organization\nI am with... is Necessarius.\n
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You mean, the same English Puritan\nChurch that Index is from?\n
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She is one of my companions,\nand a dear friend.\n
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I didn't mean to cut her back like that!\n
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I didn't know that her\nWalking Church had been torn.\n
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I only cut her because there shouldn't\nhave been any way for her to get hurt.\n
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But then...\n
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H-Hold on. Why did you\ncut your best friend's back?\n
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If I don't protect her like that,\nthen she can't go on living.\n
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It’s her perfect memorization ability.\n
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Perfect memorization ability?\n
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That is the reason for all of this.\n
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Perfect memorization ability?\n
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You mean, that 103,000 volumes thing?\n
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She said they were all inside her head.\n
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The capacity of a human brain\nis surprisingly small.\n
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However, by forgetting\nmemories you don't need,\n
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your brain adjusts before you know it.\n
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That's why humans can keep on living.\n
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However, she is unable to do that.\n
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From the number of leaves along\na tree-lined street,\n
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to the swarm of faces of each\nand every person at rush hour,\n
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to the shape of every\ndrop of water in the rain,\n
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her head becomes buried\nunder the weight of trivial memories,\n
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in no time at all.\n
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Wait, hold on a second.\n
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If you two are in the same organization,\n
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why does Index call you people evil sorcerers?\n
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Or are you trying to say that\nIndex isn't being upfront with me?\n
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She is not lying to you.\n
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She does not know that we\nare all in Necessarius together,\n
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nor the real reason\nwhy she is being pursued.\n
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She doesn't remember any of it.\n
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That's why she has to use her best judgment.\n
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It is valid for her to think\nthat the sorcerers pursuing her\n
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are from the magic cabal, out to\nget the 103,000 volumes from her.\n
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But Index has that perfect\nmemorization ability, right?\n
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Why did she lose her memories\nof everything from before a year ago?\n
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She did not lose them. To put it\nmore precisely, we erased them.\n
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You erased them? But how? \n
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With magic. But why?\n
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You're one of Index's friends, right?!\n
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Index, the one you did this to, is one\nof your dear friends, isn't she?!\n
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So why did you do it?!\n
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Because I had to do it!\n
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Because if I don't do it, she will die.\n
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85% of her brain is used to keep\nthe 103,000 volumes memorized.\n
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As a result, she can\nonly use 15% of the brain\n
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that an ordinary person can use.\n
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If she continually remembers\nwithin that 15%, her brain will...\n
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Oh, man...\n
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Isn't there any other way,\nother than to erase memories?\n
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No. \n
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How long?\n
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Memory erasure is conducted\nat precise yearly intervals.\n
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If we don't do it right at that time,\nwe cannot erase her memory.\n
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There are three days left.\n
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Three days.\n
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We have no intention of hurting her.\n
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On the contrary, without us,\nthere is no way to save her.\n
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Would you turn her over to us,\nbefore I give out my magic name?\n
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Besides, once we erase her memory,\nshe will no longer remember you.\n
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No matter how deep your feelings for her are.\n
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Helping her doesn't gain you anything at all.\n
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Screw you!\n
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It doesn't have anything to do\nwith whether she remembers me or not.\n
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If you don't get it, then let me tell you one thing.\n
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I am Index's friend!\n
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I've made up my mind that as of now,\n
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and from here on,\nI'm going to keep taking her side!\n
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It may not be written in the Bible,\nbut it's the absolute truth!\n
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I thought there was something strange here.\n
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If she had just forgotten,\nthen you could have explained everything,\n
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and alleviated her\nmisunderstanding, right?\n
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Why do you keep\nmaintaining that misunderstanding?\n
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Why do you keep chasing her\naround, as an enemy?\n
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How can you just punk out on her like that?\n
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What do you take her feelings for?!\n
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Would you shut up,\nyou know-nothing amateur!\n
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Don't come off like you\nknow what you're talking about!\n
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How do you think we feel, \n
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having to steal her\nmemories from her all this time?\n
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You've taken a hostile attitude toward Stiyl,\n
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but just how do you think he\nfeels when he looks at you and her?!\n
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Do you know the kind of resolve\nit took to confront you as an enemy?!\n
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How can you understand\nwhat Stiyl is going through,\n
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being dragged through the\nmud for the sake of his dear friend?!\n
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I’ve really tried...\n
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I’ve tried!\n
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Spending the spring, spending the summer,\n
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spending the fall, spending the winter,\n
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collecting memories,\nand then making just one promise,\n
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to keep her from forgetting them all,\n
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by letting her take a diary or album to heart...\n
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And even at that, it didn't work.\n
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Having to start over again\nfrom nothing, creating memories,\n
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over and over again,\nincluding family, friends, lovers--\n
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all of them returning back to zero.\n
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We can't take it anymore.\n
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It's no longer possible for\nus to look at her smiling face!\n
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Don't give me that crap.\n
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That's all just your side of the argument.\n
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You haven't thought for one\nmoment about Index, have you?\n
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Don't take that tab of\ncowardice you're running up\n
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and put it all on Index!\n
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If she realizes that she's\nafraid of losing one year's memories,\n
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then as long as we give her\neven better memories the next year--\n
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As long as she knows that\nenough happiness awaits her\n
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that she doesn't have to be\nafraid of losing her memories...\n
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...there won't be any need\nfor anyone to run away anymore.\n
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That's all there is to it.\n
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Do you have no choice but to protect her,\njust because you have the power to?\n
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That's not it, is it? It's not true!\n
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You went and obtained power \n
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because there was\nsomething you wanted to protect.\n
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For what reason have\nyou made yourself powerful?\n
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Who was it that you wanted to protect?\n
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Then what are you doing here?!\nIf you've got that kind of power--\n
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if you've got this kind of\nuniversal power, then how...\n
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...how can you be so... incap-... able...\n
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Are we done here?\n
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Please wait up, Sissy.\nYou don't have to be in such a hurry.\n
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Kuroko, listen to you. You're the\none going on about "Curfew, curfew,"\n
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and then take me with you all over.\nIt's not my fault if we're late.\n
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S-Sissy!\n
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What's going on?\n
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Is that...?\n
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With an end cut as sharp as\nthat, could this be some prank \n
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from someone with\na pneumatic control ability?\n
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Right, a prank.\n
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This is a job for Judgment!\n
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Hold on! Kuroko!\n
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What am I supposed to do\nwith all these bags? Oh, brother...\n
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Is something the matter, Sissy?\n
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Nothing at all.\n
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Toma...\n
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Where am I? Owww...\n
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Toma, you mustn't get up yet.\n
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The sun is up. Which means the\nnight has passed. What time is it?\n
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Not just one night.\n
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Three days.\n
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Three days?\nWhy have I been asleep so long?\n
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Three days...\n
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Memory erasure is conducted\nat precise yearly intervals.\n
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There are three days left.\n
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Toma, what's wrong? Are you in pain?\n
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No.\n
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If Index still remembers me, \n
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it means that her memory\nhasn't been erased yet.\n
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Also, Index doesn't seem\nto be acting any differently.\n
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That's great.\n
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No it isn't.\n
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I didn't know anything.\n
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Toma, Komoe said that you\ncollapsed in the middle of the road.\n
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Komoe was also the one who\ncarried you, battered and bruised,\n
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back here to the apartment.\n
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I didn't realize what had happened.\n
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I didn't have any inkling that\nyou were fighting another sorcerer.\n
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I...\n
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I... couldn't help you, Toma.\n
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What's the big idea, wrapping\nme up in all of these bandages?\n
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That's going a bit too far, isn't it?\n
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I had to do that, so you'd get better.\n
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It won't be as fast as magic, though.\n
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I guess not, huh? It should be fine,\nthough, even without magic.\n
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Toma!\n
**[19:45] ---**
Toma! Even after all this,\nyou still don't believe in magic!\n
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You're as stubborn as someone with a crush!\n
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I didn't mean it like that.\n
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I don't want to see the look on your face\n
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whenever you're\ntalking magic, if at all possible.\n
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Oh yeah. I awoke again.\n
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Awoke?\n
**[20:06] ---**
Mm-hmm. But I don't want you\nto talk about me when I'm like that.\n
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When I lose consciousness, \n
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my voice sounds like I'm talking\nin my sleep, you know? Besides,\n
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it's like I quickly become this\ncold machine, and it scares me.\n
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I'm sorry.\n
**[20:32] ---**
It's okay, dummy.\n
**[20:36] ---**
Want to eat something?\n
**[20:40] ---**
Um... is that you, Index?\n
**[20:44] ---**
Mm-hmm. I am a Sister,\nso I can at least look after the sick.\n
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E-Er, no, please just give me\nsome time to think deeply to myself, God.\n
**[20:55] ---**
Why? No appetite?\n
**[21:17] ---**
Yes?\n
**[21:19] ---**
I wonder if that's Komoe.\n
**[21:20] ---**
Huh? What are you doing in front of my door?\n
**[21:24] ---**
Kamijo! I don't know what's going on,\nbut we seem to have visitors.\n
**[21:36] ---**
You! What are you here for now?!\n
**[21:38] ---**
Hmm... in the shape that you're in,\n
**[21:41] ---**
it doesn't look like you'll\nbe running away too easily.\n
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That's right. Up to now, Index has\nalways run from them all on her own.\n
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But now that she's strapped with\nan injured person, it's another story.\n
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They did this to me to make\nsure they could take charge of Index\n
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more safely.\n
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Go away!\n
**[22:04] ---**
I'm begging you.\nI'll go anywhere you want.\n
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I'll do anything you want.\n
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Index!\n
**[22:11] ---**
I'm really, really begging you!\n
**[22:15] ---**
I'm begging you!\n
**[22:17] ---**
Don't hurt Toma anymore!\n
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*Nee kikoeru? *
**[22:40] ---**
*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
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*Nee kokoro wo *
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*shinjite ikite yukereba *
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*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[22:53] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:58] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
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*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
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*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
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*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
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*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
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*Tebanasanai *
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nTonight at 12 o'clock,\n
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"Preview"\nthe ceremony to erase Index's memories will begin.\n
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\nthe ceremony to erase Index's memories will begin.\n
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But I'm not giving up.\nI swear, I'll save you somehow!\n
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Next time, "Limit."\n
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When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n
# 5 - Limit (12 o'clock)
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The perfect memory ability--\nIndex apparently uses 85% of her brain\n
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to remember 103,000 volumes of books.\n
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Only being able to use the\nremaining 15% of her brain,\n
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the sorcerers say that she has to\nhave her memory erased every year,\n
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or else she will die.\nThree days remain until then...\n
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Except, I've been out for three days?!\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"
**[01:04] ---**
*From the reason why I live here *
**[01:08] ---**
*to everything I encounter in this place, *
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*though we may be worlds apart *
**[01:15] ---**
*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
**[01:26] ---**
*I'll turn my back to the pain *
**[01:31] ---**
*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
**[01:38] ---**
*of those lucky people who look on *
**[01:42] ---**
*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
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*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
**[01:54] ---**
*...with conviction *
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*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
**[02:00] ---**
*and unreliable power *
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*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
**[02:22] ---**
Okay, Kamijo, I'm heading out.\nI won't be back until late,\n
**[02:22] ---**
"#05 Limit (12 o'clock)"
**[02:27] ---**
so keep an eye on things here for me.\n
**[03:09] ---**
I'm begging you!\n
**[03:10] ---**
Don't hurt Toma anymore!\n
**[03:19] ---**
There are twelve hours and thirty-eight\nminutes until the limit is reached.\n
**[03:23] ---**
We wanted to see if\nthe shackles were working,\n
**[03:25] ---**
and whether or not you would run,\nbut this is better than we imagined.\n
**[03:29] ---**
Shackles?\n
**[03:30] ---**
If you don't want your\ntoy taken away from you,\n
**[03:33] ---**
you'd best abandon any possibility\nof running away. Understood?\n
**[03:46] ---**
It's all right.\n
**[03:48] ---**
If I work out a deal with them, Toma,\n
**[03:51] ---**
your daily life won't be upset any further.\n
**[03:54] ---**
There's no way I'll let them\nintrude any further... so no prob--\n
**[04:01] ---**
Index!\n
**[04:21] ---**
It's me.\n
**[04:24] ---**
Do you read me?\n
**[04:27] ---**
Kanzaki, was it?\n
**[04:30] ---**
There's no need for us\nto know each other's names.\n
**[04:34] ---**
Is she-- is Index there?\n
**[04:38] ---**
Do I have to wake her?\n
**[04:40] ---**
No, that's perfect.\nPlease listen to what I have to say.\n
**[04:44] ---**
Her limit is tonight at midnight.\n
**[04:48] ---**
We have worked up a schedule \n
**[04:49] ---**
to bring everything to an end at that hour.\n
**[04:53] ---**
Why would you go out of your way to tell me that?\n
**[04:56] ---**
Now that you've told me, \n
**[04:58] ---**
I'm going to want to resist\nyou to the death, you know!\n
**[05:00] ---**
Don't you need some time to say goodbye?\n
**[05:04] ---**
This is neither a dialogue,\nnor a negotiation. This is an order.\n
**[05:08] ---**
Say your farewells to her\nbefore we arrive, and leave that place.\n
**[05:14] ---**
You're both just dumping\nyour own incompetence onto Index.\n
**[05:18] ---**
You guys are sorcerers, right? \n
**[05:20] ---**
Can you not do anything with your magic?\n
**[05:23] ---**
Isn't there anything you can do,\nusing Index's 103,000 volumes?\n
**[05:28] ---**
The church is more afraid of Index\nturning on them than anything else.\n
**[05:32] ---**
What are you talking about?\n
**[05:34] ---**
It's possible that the\n103,000 volumes may be slanted.\n
**[05:38] ---**
They said that they would not let her\n
**[05:40] ---**
remember the grimoires that deal\nwith manipulating her memories.\n
**[05:42] ---**
Then, can't you do anything with your own magic?\n
**[05:45] ---**
There was a concern of allowing\nsorcerers outside of Necessarius\n
**[05:49] ---**
to dispel them in a\nmagically created environment.\n
**[05:52] ---**
There is no way the church would\nallow such a possibility to remain.\n
**[05:56] ---**
And most importantly,\nthe act of memorizing the grimoires\n
**[06:00] ---**
means defilement of the brain.\n
**[06:03] ---**
You guys knew that, and still allowed Index to...\n
**[06:06] ---**
We were told after the fact.\nThere isn't anything we can do with magic.\n
**[06:14] ---**
In that case, what about us?\n
**[06:17] ---**
"Us"?\n
**[06:18] ---**
I mean science.\nThere are any number of ways\n
**[06:21] ---**
to take someone's memories through science.\n
**[06:24] ---**
There may be a way for us\nto dig out those 103,000 volumes\n
**[06:27] ---**
where you couldn't.\nBesides, this is Academy City.\n
**[06:31] ---**
There are lots of espers\nhere who can manipulate the mind.\n
**[06:34] ---**
It's still too early to abandon hope.\n
**[06:37] ---**
Even so, are you telling me\nthat you're going to give up trying,\n
**[06:39] ---**
and taking on the challenge,\nand go for the quick-fix\n
**[06:42] ---**
while placing this\nperson's life in the balance?\n
**[06:45] ---**
Your talk is too cheap\nto convince your opponent.\n
**[06:50] ---**
To put it another way,\nwe have achieved actual results\n
**[06:53] ---**
saving her with the "quick-fix."\n
**[06:56] ---**
We cannot rely on your gamble,\nwhen it's shown no actual merit.\n
**[07:00] ---**
It is neither trying,\nnor taking on a challenge.\n
**[07:03] ---**
Can you describe it as\nanything other than reckless?\n
**[07:07] ---**
Right.\n
**[07:09] ---**
I guess in the end,\nwe just can't see eye-to-eye.\n
**[07:14] ---**
Fine, then.\n
**[07:16] ---**
In that case,\nI'll crush you, my archenemy!\n
**[07:18] ---**
I'll save her, and steal\nthe whole spotlight from you.\n
**[07:22] ---**
If anything else happens to\nher to bring her down,\n
**[07:25] ---**
please consider yourself in danger.\n
**[07:27] ---**
I will see you tonight, at midnight.\n
**[07:29] ---**
While there is only a short time left,\n
**[07:33] ---**
do struggle gloriously\nin vain, right up to the end.\n
**[08:00] ---**
"Memory loss."\n
**[08:02] ---**
"Missing memory due to old age\nor alcohol is one form of memory loss.\n
**[08:06] ---**
Memories lost after a stoppage\nof blood flow to the brain are also..."\n
**[08:12] ---**
"The side effects of general\nanesthesia, such as halothane \n
**[08:16] ---**
and isoflurane, as well as\ndrugs such as benzodiazepine\n
**[08:18] ---**
can also cause memories to be lost..."\n
**[08:21] ---**
You know, this isn't getting us anywhere.\n
**[08:24] ---**
A cell phone statement?\n
**[08:29] ---**
That's it!\n
**[08:31] ---**
If I can get Miss Komoe\nto refer me to a research lab\n
**[08:33] ---**
that deals with neurology\nor mental abilities...\n
**[08:43] ---**
What are you doing, Miss Komoe?!\n
**[08:47] ---**
All I can do now is dial\nthese places up at random.\n
**[08:51] ---**
"...mura General Hospital"
**[08:54] ---**
"Initial Consultation Reception"
**[08:59] ---**
Next!\n
**[09:14] ---**
Damn!\n
**[09:34] ---**
H-Hello?\n
**[09:36] ---**
Perfect memory ability?\n
**[09:39] ---**
Yes, I do know. \n
**[09:43] ---**
Well, if you could tell me the symptoms...\n
**[09:47] ---**
Huh? Magic?\n
**[09:49] ---**
Just what time do you think it\nis, anyway? It's nearly 12 o'clock.\n
**[09:57] ---**
Hello? Hello?\n
**[10:00] ---**
Hello? For crying out loud...\n
**[10:20] ---**
Index...\n
**[10:54] ---**
Out of the way.\n
**[11:04] ---**
Refer to the Book of Crowley.\nWe'll call down an angel,\n
**[11:07] ---**
and raise a temple in this room.\n
**[11:10] ---**
We're going to root out her memory.\n
**[11:13] ---**
H-Hold on. Hold on a second.\n
**[11:16] ---**
There are 1.8 million\nespers here in Academy City.\n
**[11:20] ---**
There are over a thousand\nresearch organizations.\n
**[11:22] ---**
If we turn to one of those outfits,\n
**[11:24] ---**
we may not have to\nrely on these awful measures.\n
**[11:28] ---**
You guys don't want\nto have to do this either, right?\n
**[11:31] ---**
Deep down in your hearts, \n
**[11:32] ---**
you're praying that there's\nsome other way, aren't you?\n
**[11:35] ---**
Well then, just wait a little longer.\n
**[11:38] ---**
I swear, I'll find a way to resolve this\n
**[11:41] ---**
that leaves everyone smiling,\nand everyone happy.\n
**[11:43] ---**
Is that all you've got to say?\n
**[11:49] ---**
Look at her!\n
**[11:50] ---**
Could you say the same\nthing you just said in front of her?\n
**[11:54] ---**
Can you tell someone who\nhas endured this for so long,\n
**[11:56] ---**
someone so sick, she can't even\nopen her eyes because of the pain,\n
**[11:59] ---**
that there's something\nyou want to try, so just sit tight?\n
**[12:02] ---**
You'd let doctors whose faces\nand names you don't even know\n
**[12:05] ---**
poke around in this\ngirl's body however they please,\n
**[12:07] ---**
and approve of them pumping her full of drugs?\n
**[12:10] ---**
That is not the thinking of a human being.\n
**[12:12] ---**
Answer me! Are you still a human?!\n
**[12:15] ---**
Or are you a monster,\nwho has abandoned your humanity?!\n
**[12:20] ---**
This is an implement that is\nnecessary for taking her memories.\n
**[12:23] ---**
It's a magical adornment.\n
**[12:25] ---**
If you were to touch it with your right hand,\n
**[12:26] ---**
that's all it would take for it to lose its power.\n
**[12:31] ---**
All we are taking are her memories.\nHer life will be spared.\n
**[12:35] ---**
But if your attempt fails, she is going to die.\n
**[12:40] ---**
Given that, can you still do it?\nCan you sit here,\n
**[12:43] ---**
in front of this girl who is suffering\nso much, and consider it?!\n
**[12:47] ---**
If you're so sure of your\nown abilities, then give it a shot!\n
**[12:50] ---**
Go ahead and play the hero, you mutant!\n
**[12:53] ---**
My name is Index.\n
**[12:56] ---**
I sure would be glad if you would\nfeed me until my tummy is full.\n
**[13:02] ---**
The ceremony will commence at 12:15 a.m.\n
**[13:06] ---**
We'll use the power\nof Leo to take her memories.\n
**[13:09] ---**
Right.\n
**[13:16] ---**
Hey, sorcerer...\n
**[13:19] ---**
What do you think I should\nsay to her, by way of farewell?\n
**[13:23] ---**
There isn't any time to be\nwasted on anything so trivial.\n
**[13:26] ---**
Would you mind getting\nout of here, you monster?\n
**[13:30] ---**
Your right hand extinguished my flames.\n
**[13:32] ---**
I still can't comprehend\nthe principles at work there,\n
**[13:36] ---**
but I don't want it to have any influence\n
**[13:38] ---**
on the ceremony we're\nabout to perform, no matter how minor.\n
**[13:43] ---**
Why...? \n
**[13:45] ---**
Why can't I help save\na single girl who is suffering?\n
**[13:56] ---**
We have about ten minutes\nbefore the start of the ceremony.\n
**[14:02] ---**
The first night that we swore\nwe would erase her memories,\n
**[14:06] ---**
we spent the whole\nnight at her side, sobbing.\n
**[14:11] ---**
B-But there's no telling\nwhat this guy is going to do now!\n
**[14:15] ---**
What if we take our eyes off of him,\nand he kills the both of them?!\n
**[14:19] ---**
If that were true, \n
**[14:20] ---**
don't you think he would have\ntouched the cross in a second?\n
**[14:23] ---**
It's because you were\nsure that he was still human\n
**[14:27] ---**
that you tested him, didn't you?\n
**[14:28] ---**
Yeah, but...\n
**[14:30] ---**
Either way, we cannot perform\nthe ceremony until the time is at hand.\n
**[14:34] ---**
If we allow him to have\nany lingering attachment to her,\n
**[14:36] ---**
the risk of him interrupting\nthe ceremony will remain, Stiyl.\n
**[14:46] ---**
Ten minutes. Got it?\n
**[15:04] ---**
Toma...?\n
**[15:08] ---**
Index...\n
**[15:11] ---**
I'm sorry.\n
**[15:13] ---**
Toma...\n
**[15:15] ---**
There's some kind of array here in the room.\n
**[15:18] ---**
They said it was recovery magic.\n
**[15:20] ---**
Magic? But who?\n
**[15:24] ---**
Those sorcerers came back again, didn't they?\n
**[15:27] ---**
Toma,\n
**[15:27] ---**
you have to get out of here!\n
**[15:31] ---**
It's all right, Index.\n
**[15:33] ---**
-- Toma!\n
**[15:34] ---**
-- It's all over now.\n-- Toma!\n
**[15:37] ---**
It's all done.\n
**[15:39] ---**
Toma...\n
**[15:41] ---**
I'm sorry. I'll get stronger,\nso this won't get the best of me again.\n
**[15:46] ---**
I'll grow strong enough to smack around\n
**[15:48] ---**
each and every last person\nwho treated you like this.\n
**[15:54] ---**
Just you wait. Next time... \n
**[15:57] ---**
Next time, I swear I'll save you, without fail.\n
**[16:01] ---**
All right. I'll be waiting.\n
**[16:15] ---**
Damn it.\n
**[16:17] ---**
It doesn't have to end in this terrible way, does it?\n
**[16:21] ---**
I ended up not being able to do anything.\n
**[16:25] ---**
I couldn't do anything about the 103,000 volumes\n
**[16:28] ---**
that occupy 85% of Index's brain,\n
**[16:30] ---**
nor could I preserve\nthe year's worth of memories\n
**[16:33] ---**
crammed into the remaining 15%.\n
**[16:38] ---**
Huh?\n
**[16:40] ---**
85% of her brain is used to keep\nthe 103,000 volumes memorized.\n
**[16:45] ---**
As a result, she can only use 15% of the\nbrain that an ordinary person can use.\n
**[16:50] ---**
Memory erasure is conducted\nat precise yearly intervals.\n
**[16:55] ---**
Hang on a second.\n
**[16:57] ---**
How is it that she can only\nfit one year's worth of memories\n
**[17:01] ---**
into that 15%?\n
**[17:03] ---**
Furthermore, how exactly did Kanzaki\n
**[17:07] ---**
derive those 85% and 15% figures earlier?\n
**[17:14] ---**
Yes?\n
**[17:15] ---**
Ah, I know that voice. Is this Kamijo?\n
**[17:18] ---**
You shouldn't be using\nmy telephone without asking.\n
**[17:22] ---**
Huh? Perfect memorization ability?\n
**[17:25] ---**
Y-Yes, there are indeed rare instances of it,\n
**[17:29] ---**
but the condition itself is a natural one.\n
**[17:32] ---**
Is it true that one year's worth of memories\n
**[17:34] ---**
would take up 15% of the brain? \n
**[17:37] ---**
That would mean that a person\nwould be hopelessly predisposed\n
**[17:41] ---**
to blowing out their brain\nwhen they hit 6 or 7 years old, right?\n
**[17:44] ---**
It's true that with a\nperfect memorization ability,\n
**[17:46] ---**
a person is unable to forget\neven the most worthless of memories,\n
**[17:50] ---**
but by no means is it possible\nfor the brain to suffer a blowout.\n
**[17:55] ---**
It's possible for the human brain\nto keep up to 140 years of memories.\n
**[18:01] ---**
It's not possible for\nmemories to cause a blowout.\n
**[18:08] ---**
People have more than\none kind of memory, anyway.\n
**[18:11] ---**
"Semantic Memory" "Manages language and knowledge"
**[18:12] ---**
There's semantic memory, which\nhandles language and knowledge,\n
**[18:15] ---**
procedural memory, which handles\nmotor skills that are practiced,\n
**[18:15] ---**
"Procedural Memory" "Manages acquired motor skills "
**[18:18] ---**
and episodic memory, which\nhandles memories of past events.\n
**[18:18] ---**
"Episodic Memory" "Manages recollection"
**[18:23] ---**
There's all sorts of them. All sorts.\n
**[18:26] ---**
So um, Teacher, I'm not\nsure what you're telling me.\n
**[18:30] ---**
Well, in other words, no matter\nhow much knowledge one acquires,\n
**[18:34] ---**
there is absolutely no way,\nneurologically speaking,\n
**[18:36] ---**
for one's memories to overwhelm them.\n
**[18:44] ---**
Index's perfect memory ability \n
**[18:47] ---**
is not the sort of thing that is life-threatening.\n
**[18:51] ---**
If that's true, it means\nthat the church is lying to Kanzaki.\n
**[18:55] ---**
So then, why is Index suffering?\n
**[19:00] ---**
The church has tampered with Index's head,\n
**[19:02] ---**
and rigged it so that if\nher memories aren't erased\n
**[19:05] ---**
on an annual basis, she will die.\n
**[19:07] ---**
To ensure that Index, the possessor\nof the 103,000 volumes,\n
**[19:10] ---**
will never turn against them.\n
**[19:13] ---**
To ensure that Index's friends\n
**[19:15] ---**
choke back their\ntears, and remain loyal.\n
**[19:19] ---**
But what exactly did the church rig?\n
**[19:25] ---**
If you're so sure of your\nown abilities, then give it a shot!\n
**[19:29] ---**
Go ahead and play the hero, you mutant!\n
**[19:33] ---**
I won't just play the hero.\n
**[19:36] ---**
I will *be* the hero!
**[20:04] ---**
So, huh?\n
**[20:10] ---**
There's no change.\nI haven't touched any unusual powers?\n
**[20:15] ---**
Which means that there must\nbe someplace I haven't touched.\n
**[20:29] ---**
They wouldn't...\n
**[21:14] ---**
Warnings, Chapter 3, Verse 2.\n
**[21:18] ---**
Rupture in all barriers,\nfrom first to third, detected.\n
**[21:22] ---**
Regeneration provisions failing.\nAuto-regeneration not possible.\n
**[21:26] ---**
Current status: In order to\npreserve the 103,000-volume library,\n
**[21:30] ---**
assigning priority to intercepting the intruder.\n
**[21:33] ---**
Reverse-calculating the magic formula\n
**[21:35] ---**
that penetrated the barriers\nfrom within the 103,000-volume library...\n
**[21:39] ---**
Failure. Unable to locate relevant magic.\n
**[21:43] ---**
Breaking down formula composition\n
**[21:45] ---**
to develop counter-intruder local weapon.\n
**[21:49] ---**
Combination of most effective magic\n
**[21:51] ---**
against intruder successfully attained.\n
**[21:55] ---**
Now deploying specified magic,\nSaint George's Holy Sanctuary,\n
**[22:00] ---**
to destroy the intruder.\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
**[22:43] ---**
*Hey, if you can live your lives *
**[22:46] ---**
*believing in your own hearts, *
**[22:50] ---**
*then even though *
**[22:53] ---**
*you may live in different worlds, *
**[22:58] ---**
*as long as you have something to preserve... *
**[23:05] ---**
*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
**[23:11] ---**
*The mana of thousands of lives released *
**[23:17] ---**
*Their motions and their gazes *
**[23:23] ---**
*are heart wrenching *
**[23:29] ---**
*I won't let go *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nSaint George's Holy Sanctuary\n
**[23:56] ---**
"Preview"\ncreates an endless distance between Index and me.\n
**[23:58] ---**
\ncreates an endless distance between Index and me.\n
**[23:59] ---**
But I'm just one step away. One more step,\n
**[24:02] ---**
and I'm sure I can reach her.\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Imagine Breaker."\n
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n
# 6 - Imagine Breaker
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**[00:30] ---**
Index's perfect memorization ability\n
**[00:32] ---**
wasn't the sort of thing that\nwould lead to her death \n
**[00:34] ---**
if her memories weren't erased\non a yearly basis.\n
**[00:37] ---**
Does that mean that the church\nhas been lying to Stiyl and Kanzaki?\n
**[00:43] ---**
Combination of most effective magic\nagainst intruder successfully attained.\n
**[00:50] ---**
Now deploying specified magic,\nSaint George's Holy Sanctuary,\n
**[00:55] ---**
to destroy the intruder.\n
**[01:07] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:14] ---**
*Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo *
**[01:18] ---**
*kono basho de deau subete mo *
**[01:22] ---**
*tatoe chigau sekai demo *
**[01:25] ---**
*doko ni ite mo kono omoi wa yuruganai *
**[01:36] ---**
*Mune wo chikuri to sasu itami *
**[01:41] ---**
*sore wo warau shiawase na monotachi e *
**[01:47] ---**
*se wo mukeyuku *
**[01:52] ---**
*Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou *
**[01:58] ---**
*Furuedasu ashi ga oboete'ru *
**[02:04] ---**
*kakushin ni *
**[02:06] ---**
*Yume dake ja mamorenai *
**[02:10] ---**
*tayoranai chikara *
**[02:13] ---**
*Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai *
**[02:31] ---**
"#06 Imagine Breaker"\n
**[02:34] ---**
"#06 Imagine Breaker"\nCome to think of it, there was one thing I neglected to ask, huh?\n
**[02:35] ---**
\nCome to think of it, there was one thing I neglected to ask, huh?\n
**[02:38] ---**
If you're not an esper,\n
**[02:41] ---**
how is it that you’re unable to use magic?\n
**[03:13] ---**
It can't be...\n
**[03:14] ---**
How can she be using magic?\n
**[03:17] ---**
Isn't that obvious?!\n
**[03:19] ---**
The church was just lying to you\n
**[03:22] ---**
about Index not being able to use magic!\n
**[03:26] ---**
Yeah, that's right. That business\nabout Index not being able to live\n
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unless her memories are erased\nonce a year is another whopper.\n
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Her head was just overcome\nby the church's magic.\n
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If we can get rid of it, \n
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there won't be any more\nneed to erase her memory!\n
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Think about it matter-of-factly.\n
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Do you think that the cruel people\nwho put her in the role of Index\n
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would good-naturedly tell you\nbottom-rungers the whole truth?!\n
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If you like, you can\nask Index yourselves directly.\n
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Saint George's Holy Sanctuary\n
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is not showing any\neffect against the intruder.\n
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Switching to another spell,\nand continuing to destroy the intruder.\n
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Fortis 931!\n
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I'm not looking for any\nambiguous possibilities.\n
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If we erase her memories,\nwe can save her life for the time being.\n
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I will kill anyone to see to that.\nI will destroy as much as it takes.\n
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That's what I resolved\nto do, long, long ago.\n
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For the time being, you say?\n
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Don't be ridiculous.\nThat kind of nonsense doesn't matter.\n
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Just answer me one thing, sorcerer!\n
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Don't you want to help Index?!\n
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You guys have been waiting\na long time, haven't you?!\n
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For a happy ending, where you\ndon't have to take Index's memories,\n
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and you don't have to be Index's enemy,\n
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where everyone can laugh, and it's the\nbest outcome you can hope for!\n
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You've been yearning for this\ndevelopment, all this time, right?!\n
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Why else have you been\ngritting your teeth to get here?!\n
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You swore that you would\npersonally save this one girl, right?!\n
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You guys want to be the stars, don't you?!\n
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Don't content yourselves with\nbeing part of the supporting cast!\n
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You wanted to risk your lives \n
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in order to protect\nthis one girl, didn't you?!\n
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If so, then it's not even close to being over!\n
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It hasn't even begun yet!\n
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Don't go losing hope because the\nprologue is a little on the long side!\n
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If you stretch out your hand,\nyou can reach her! \n
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Now let's get this\nstarted already, sorcerers!\n
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Salvare 000!\n
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What are these?\n
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That is Dragon Breath. \n
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It's equivalent to the legendary\ndragon strike of Saint George!\n
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If even one of those touches you,\nit will spell big trouble!\n
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Innocentius!\n
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Go, esper!\n
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Warnings, Chapter 6, Verse 13.\n
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New opponent identified.\nAltering combat strategy.\n
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Beginning search of battle location.\n
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Completed. Setting the\ndestruction of the opponent \n
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with the highest difficulty rating,\n
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Kamijo Toma, as first priority. \n
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Warnings, Chapter 22, Verse 1.\n
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Successfully reverse-calculated\nspell for flame magic.\n
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Distortion of Church of the Cross motif\n
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exhibited by runes has been made evident.\n
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Formulating counter-Church\nof the Cross spell.\n
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Moving to Saint George's\nHoly Sanctuary stage two.\n
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*Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani. *
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Innocentius!\n
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God, if the world operates\nunder the system that you created,\n
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then I will first lay waste to this fantasy!\n
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Warnings... Final... Chapter...\n
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Zeroth...\n
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Collar... has sustained critical... damage...\n
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Regeneration... imposs--\n
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Word is that a mysterious flash of light\n
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blasted through one\nof our observation satellites.\n
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Apparently, you and\nthose other two people with no ID\n
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have set foot into the city.\n
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Does that have anything to do with it?\n
**[10:05] ---**
I don't know.\n
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By the way, that letter\n
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was sent here by those other two, right?\n
**[10:18] ---**
W-W-Whoa! I don't think\nthat's meant for you, it's for that boy.\n
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That's okay.\n
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"There wouldn't be any point\nto a salutation, so I will omit it.\n
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Damn, that was a fine job you did, you rascal.\n
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That's what I'd like to tell you,\n
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but if I tried to put into words\neverything that I feel personally,\n
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then even if every last\ntree in the world were cut down,\n
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there wouldn't be\nenough paper, so I will refrain.\n
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As a minimum token of gratitude,\nin return for your help,\n
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I will tell you more about the girl\n
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and the circumstances she is caught up in.\n
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The English Puritan Church wanted\nus to bring her back immediately,\n
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but when we sought an explanation\nas to why they had deceived us,\n
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they rather quickly told\nus to maintain the status quo.\n
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Or perhaps it's more correct to\nactually say 'wait and see.'\n
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Personally, I can't stand to have\nyou at her side for even a moment.\n
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Incidentally, this does\nnot mean that I am giving up,\n
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and turning her over to you.\n
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We will be gathering data, \n
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and once we have all the\noutfitting we require in order, \n
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we intend to come back to reclaim her.\n
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It is not my style to\nattack when you least suspect it,\n
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so just sit tight until that time comes."\n
**[11:44] ---**
Quite the radical friend you have there.\n
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I'll bet that must have\nbeen dipped in a liquid explosive.\n
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The quickest course of action\n
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would be for you to see the\nboy yourself, and check on him,\n
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and I'd like to suggest that,\n
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but, it would be impolite to\nappear shocked in front of him,\n
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so let me give you\nsome lesson-one guidelines.\n
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Yes?\n
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Toma...\n
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Um...\n
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Are you sure you don't have the wrong room?\n
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It's more than just memory loss--\nit's memory obliteration.\n
**[13:22] ---**
Memory... obliteration?\n
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He hasn't just forgotten his memories,\n
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his brain cells have been physically destroyed.\n
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He'll hardly be able to\nremember anything like that.\n
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My word, did he have his skull cracked open\n
**[13:36] ---**
and a stun gun shoved inside?\n
**[13:45] ---**
Um...\n
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Are you all right? You look like\nyou've been through an awful lot.\n
**[13:55] ---**
Mm-mm, I'm fine.\n
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I'm fine, of course.\n
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Um, by any chance, do we know each other?\n
**[14:07] ---**
Toma, don't you remember?\nWe met on the veranda of your student dorm.\n
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I lived in a student dorm?\n
**[14:19] ---**
Toma, don't you remember? \n
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You destroyed my Walking Church\nwith your right hand.\n
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What's a Walking Church?\nIs it like a club that goes on walks?\n
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Toma... You don't remember?\nYou fought against those sorcerers for me.\n
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Toma? Whose name is that?\n
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Toma... you don't remember.\n
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I... I, Index, loved you, Toma.\n
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I'm sorry.\n
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What's an Index?\nIt doesn't sound like a person's name.\n
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Do you have a dog, or a cat?\n
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I gotcha!\n
**[15:17] ---**
You fell for it!\n
**[15:22] ---**
Huh?\n
**[15:26] ---**
Why are you getting all\nchoked up, after being called a pet?\n
**[15:29] ---**
Or are you one of those types?\nThe sort with a collar fetish?\n
**[15:32] ---**
By any chance, are you inviting\nme to join you for some of that?\n
**[15:37] ---**
Huh...?\n
**[15:40] ---**
Toma, I thought your\nbrain cells had been blown out,\n
**[15:44] ---**
and you'd forgotten everything.\n
**[15:46] ---**
Hey, you make it sound like you wish I *had* forgotten.
**[15:51] ---**
Huh? But...\n
**[15:53] ---**
According to that frog-faced doctor,\n
**[15:55] ---**
my brain cells have been destroyed, right?\n
**[15:58] ---**
In which case,\nI should have lost my memories.\n
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Should... have...?\n
**[16:05] ---**
I mean, that damage is\ncaused by magic powers, right?\n
**[16:09] ---**
That makes things simple.\nI put my right hand on your head,\n
**[16:14] ---**
and by hitting you with that\nImagine Breaker, there was no problem.\n
**[16:19] ---**
Imagine Breaker?\n
**[16:21] ---**
This thing, here.\nThat's what the doctor called it, anyway.\n
**[16:25] ---**
In short, so long as I canceled\nout the magical damage\n
**[16:28] ---**
before it reached my brain, I'd be fine, right?\n
**[16:36] ---**
I have to say, though,\n
**[16:38] ---**
you're usually the one\nwho is stirring everyone else up.\n
**[16:41] ---**
This time around, you got a chance\n
**[16:43] ---**
to think twice about yourself, didn't you?\n
**[16:50] ---**
U-Uh oh...\n
**[17:13] ---**
Oh, dear. What a terrible sight.\n
**[17:15] ---**
I'm dead. I really am dead.\n
**[17:23] ---**
Listen, are you sure about this?\n
**[17:28] ---**
You really don't remember anything, do you?\n
**[17:32] ---**
Sure, I did tell you\neverything about the incident\n
**[17:34] ---**
that those other two told me, but still...\n
**[17:39] ---**
For some reason, I thought,\nI don't want that girl, at least, to cry.\n
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That's how I felt.\n
**[17:50] ---**
I'm not sure what this feeling is, exactly,\n
**[17:53] ---**
and I'm pretty sure\nI won't be able to remember.\n
**[17:59] ---**
But I was definitely able to feel that.\n
**[18:02] ---**
Surprisingly enough,\nI might still remember something, huh?\n
**[18:08] ---**
Your memories died along with your brain cells.\n
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That information is no longer within your brain.\n
**[18:16] ---**
So, where exactly are you telling\nme those memories remain?\n
**[18:22] ---**
Well, isn't that obvious?\n
**[18:28] ---**
In my heart, wouldn't you say?\n
**[18:43] ---**
Two weeks have now passed\n
**[18:45] ---**
"13:00-15:00 Today's Topics"\n
**[18:45] ---**
"13:00-15:00 Today's Topics"\nsince contact with the satellite Orihime I has been lost.\n
**[18:46] ---**
"Two weeks have passed since losing contact with Orihime I"\nsince contact with the satellite Orihime I has been lost.\n
**[18:48] ---**
\nsince contact with the satellite Orihime I has been lost.\n
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Up to now, efforts to\nreestablish contact have failed,\n
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and the governing board has\nconvened emergency hearings\n
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to deal with any further\nresponses, and rule on them.\n
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Stiyl Magnus...\n
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Every person who comes here\n
**[19:19] ---**
has the same reaction when\nthey first observe my appearance.\n
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But there is no need\nfor a human to do something\n
**[19:28] ---**
that a machine is able to, right?\n
**[19:31] ---**
Yes, Director-general Aleister.\n
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I believe you already know why you\nhave been called back from England.\n
**[19:41] ---**
Something bad has come up.\n
**[19:44] ---**
You mean Deep Blood?\n
**[19:47] ---**
We have detained a young\ngirl who possesses the ability\n
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to kill a certain creature,\nwhich we are not even sure exists.\n
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The problem is that a sorcerer, \n
**[19:58] ---**
who ordinarily would not\nbe allowed to enter the city,\n
**[20:01] ---**
is involved in this.\n
**[20:03] ---**
A sorcerer?\n
**[20:05] ---**
It is a simple matter\nto crush a sorcerer or two.\n
**[20:10] ---**
The problem is not that;\nit lies in the fact that those of us\n
**[20:15] ---**
on the scientific side would\nbe bringing down a sorcerer.\n
**[20:20] ---**
The scientific side and the magical side--\n
**[20:22] ---**
it is because each side has\ntheir own exclusive techniques\n
**[20:26] ---**
that the world is currently in balance.\n
**[20:29] ---**
Supposing that a sorcerer were\nto be brought down in Academy City,\n
**[20:32] ---**
which is chock full of espers,\nit is clear what would happen, right?\n
**[20:39] ---**
Indeed.\n
**[20:41] ---**
So you are saying that it\nis no problem for me, a sorcerer,\n
**[20:45] ---**
to crush a person on\nthe side of magic, is that it?\n
**[20:49] ---**
Mm-hmm. Further, I am in possession\n
**[20:53] ---**
of one of the natural enemies of the sorcerer.\n
**[20:57] ---**
The Imagine Breaker.\n
**[21:01] ---**
But it would be out of line\nto use an esper, would it not?\n
**[21:05] ---**
Not a problem.\nHe is a Level 0, with no abilities.\n
**[21:11] ---**
He possesses no information of any value.\n
**[21:14] ---**
By you working together with him,\n
**[21:17] ---**
there is no risk of any\nof our information leaking out.\n
**[21:20] ---**
Are you telling me to team up with that boy?\n
**[21:25] ---**
He has neither the\nbrains to understand your skills,\n
**[21:27] ---**
nor to recreate them.\n
**[21:30] ---**
As such, your information will not be revealed.\n
**[21:35] ---**
As you wish.\n
**[21:42] ---**
But...\n
**[21:44] ---**
...does such a thing as\nDeep Blood really exist?\n
**[21:49] ---**
If we were to assume it exists, it would...\n
**[21:53] ---**
It would also prove that there\nis a creature that should be killed.\n
**[21:59] ---**
Vampires.\n
**[22:01] ---**
Mm-hmm. I believe the\noccult is your domain, not ours.\n
**[22:09] ---**
Now then,\n
**[22:10] ---**
if Deep Blood proves the existence of vampires,\n
**[22:16] ---**
what exactly does the Imagine Breaker prove?\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Nee kikoeru? *
**[22:40] ---**
*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
**[22:43] ---**
*Nee kokoro wo *
**[22:46] ---**
*shinjite ikite yukereba *
**[22:50] ---**
*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[22:53] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:58] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
**[23:05] ---**
*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
**[23:11] ---**
*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
**[23:17] ---**
*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
**[23:23] ---**
*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
**[23:29] ---**
*Tebanasanai *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nThe alchemist Aureolus Izzard seeks after Deep Blood.\n
**[23:58] ---**
\nThe alchemist Aureolus Izzard seeks after Deep Blood.\n
**[23:59] ---**
It, which is being held\nby the Misawa Cram School, is...\n
**[24:01] ---**
Huh? A magician?\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "The Science Cult."\n
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n
# 7 - The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)
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I...\n
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I... killed again, didn't I?\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*From the reason why I live here *
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*to everything I encounter in this place, *
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*though we may be worlds apart *
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*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
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*I'll turn my back to the pain *
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*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
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*of those lucky people who look on *
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*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
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*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
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*...with conviction *
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*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
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*and unreliable power *
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*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
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"#07 The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)"\n
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Just my luck.\n
**[02:39] ---**
Who'd have thought that a reference\nmanual would run me ¥3600?\n
**[02:43] ---**
Toma...\n
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What could you have done with that ¥3600?\n
**[02:49] ---**
Don't ask.\n
**[02:50] ---**
Hey, Toma,\n
**[02:53] ---**
what could you have done?\n
**[02:55] ---**
Ah, geez, I get it, already! \n
**[02:57] ---**
If I'd been studying regularly,\nthis wouldn't have happened--\n
**[03:05] ---**
Hey, what are you looking at?\n
**[03:10] ---**
No...\n
**[03:11] ---**
You can't eat ¥3600 worth\nof ice cream. Not normally.\n
**[03:14] ---**
Hmph. Toma,\nI haven't said so much as a peep\n
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about being hot, put out, or worn out!\n
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Nor have I thought about\nusing other people's money!\n
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In conclusion, I have not had\nso much as a shadow of a thought\n
**[03:27] ---**
about wanting to eat ice cream.\n
**[03:29] ---**
All right.\n
**[03:31] ---**
You could have just said you\nwanted to have some ice cream\n
**[03:33] ---**
while sitting in an air-conditioned shop.\n
**[03:35] ---**
Toma, these clothes are a\nvisualization of the Lord's protection.\n
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Not once have I ever considered\nthem to be too unwieldy, too stuffy,\n
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or thought, what a pain! \n
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--This talkative Sister and I apparently knew each other before.\n--Can't they tell summer clothes from winter clothes?!\n
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There's a reason why I say "apparently."\n
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I don't have any memories before two weeks ago.\n
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And, for other reasons, I've been\nkeeping that a secret from others.\n
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I especially can't allow this\nSister to catch on to the fact.\n
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After all, she directed her\ntears and her smiles at me\n
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before I lost my memories.\n
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Toma! What are you looking the other way for?!\n
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I should mention that since\nI am living a life of abstinence,\n
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I am forbidden from\npartaking of any luxury foods!\n
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Well, never mind, then.\nThere's no sense in forcing you to eat it.\n
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Sure, I may be forbidden,\nbut since I am purely in training,\n
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there is still some level\nof difficulty (or not)\n
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in conducting\nmyself perfectly.\n
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As such, it suggests the possibility\nthat under the circumstances,\n
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ice cream might accidentally\nbe shoveled into my mouth, Toma!\n
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Woo-hoo!\n
**[04:50] ---**
Quite the fancy discussion\nyou're having there, Kami.\n
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By the way, who is this?\n
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Huh...?\n
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What gives with the brain attack?\n
**[05:00] ---**
Did the heat get to you,\nand chase your memories away?\n
**[05:03] ---**
I'm kidding! Memory loss is the\nspecial purview of crazy vibe girls.\n
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So, really, who is the little one there?\n
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Let me guess, is it a\ndude dressed up as a chick?\n
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Kind of flat-chested for a girl, huh?\n
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G-Guys, there are some things you just don't say!\n
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Just because she's a bit pee-wee sized...\n
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Toma...\n
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I am a nun, with the English Puritan Church.\n
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If you have anything to repent of,\nI will hear you out now.\n
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"Closed for Remodeling"\n
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"MacRonall Hamburgers Drive-thru"\n
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♪ Shakes! Shakes! ♪\n
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♪ I've got three shakes! ♪\n
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--♪ Chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry! ♪\n
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--Hate to impose, Kami.\n--♪ Chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry! ♪\n
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Thanks, man.\n
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And it ends up all being my treat.\nJust my luck.\n
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Toma! Over here!\n
**[06:01] ---**
Wow, way to find an empty--\n
**[06:08] ---**
This doesn't look right.\nThis does not look right.\n
**[06:14] ---**
I-Is something the matter?\n
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Ugh...\n
**[06:18] ---**
Ugh? Are you in some kind of pain?\n
**[06:21] ---**
I ate myself to ruin.\n
**[06:25] ---**
Start with rock! Rock paper\nscissors! Rock paper scissors!\n
**[06:28] ---**
All right!\n
**[06:32] ---**
Um, how do you mean, you ate yourself to ruin?\n
**[06:38] ---**
Hamburgers, ¥100 each.\n
**[06:41] ---**
I had a lot of bargain coupons.\n
**[06:44] ---**
Mm-hmm.\n
**[06:46] ---**
In no time, I'd ordered thirty of them.\n
**[06:50] ---**
A bit too much of a bargain, huh, dummy?\n
**[06:55] ---**
Er, that is, I didn't mean it like that, I...\n
**[06:58] ---**
--I comfort-binged.\n
**[06:59] ---**
--Huh?\n--I comfort-binged.\n
**[07:01] ---**
Return train fare is ¥600.\n
**[07:04] ---**
Yeah, and...?\n
**[07:06] ---**
All I have is ¥500.\n
**[07:09] ---**
Which means...?\n
**[07:11] ---**
I was reckless, and bought too much...\n
**[07:15] ---**
...which is why I comfort-binged.\n
**[07:18] ---**
Couldn't you have borrowed your\ntrain fare before this all started?\n
**[07:23] ---**
Oh...! That's a fine idea.\n
**[07:28] ---**
She's a hottie!\n
**[07:29] ---**
Let me snap some.\n
**[07:33] ---**
W-Why are you looking at me?\n
**[07:35] ---**
I mean, don't use that expectant look on me!\n
**[07:38] ---**
Can't you spare ¥100?\n
**[07:42] ---**
No. I can't lend what I can't lend.\n
**[07:45] ---**
Tch, can't even loan me ¥100...\n
**[07:49] ---**
Well, hey, who's the dummy\nwho doesn't even have ¥100?!\n
**[07:52] ---**
A natural response to a\npriestess as beautiful as she is.\n
**[07:55] ---**
You've grown up, Kami.\n
**[07:58] ---**
Beautiful?\n
**[08:00] ---**
I need ¥100, on account of my beauty.\n
**[08:02] ---**
Cut that out! Shut up! \n
**[08:04] ---**
These guys have\nalready taken me to the cleaners.\n
**[08:06] ---**
I can't afford any more!\n
**[08:08] ---**
¥100?\n
**[08:09] ---**
Ah! She's asking me!\n
**[08:11] ---**
¥100!\n
**[08:12] ---**
Why is she asking me, too?\n
**[08:14] ---**
You took my picture.\n
**[08:15] ---**
Whoa, you're charging me?\nYou're going to take my money for that?\n
**[08:19] ---**
Hmm, the priestesses in\nthis town are in it for the publicity.\n
**[08:23] ---**
I'm not a priestess.\n
**[08:26] ---**
Huh? Anyone looking at you would\nsay you're a full-blown priestess.\n
**[08:31] ---**
I am a magician.\n
**[08:34] ---**
A magician?!\nWhat do you mean, magician?!\n
**[08:38] ---**
Don't dance around it,\ngive me your specialty, your sect,\n
**[08:41] ---**
your magic name, and\nyour order name, you dummy!\n
**[08:45] ---**
And in the getup you're in,\n
**[08:48] ---**
you'd better at least pass yourself\noff as an eastern astrologist!\n
**[08:54] ---**
Okay, that.\n
**[08:57] ---**
We all get that the priestess is\na former priestess turned magician,\n
**[09:01] ---**
so take it easy.\n
**[09:04] ---**
Toma, your attitude is completely\ndifferent from when you met me.\n
**[09:08] ---**
Huh? That's all she's saying.\nWhere's the harm in that?\n
**[09:12] ---**
With me, you stripped off all of my clothes\n
**[09:14] ---**
in order to prove that I was the real thing.\n
**[09:16] ---**
Huh? What's she talking about, Kami?\n
**[09:22] ---**
Hey, who are these guys?\n
**[09:24] ---**
And when did they get here?\n
**[09:31] ---**
I need ¥100.\n
**[09:35] ---**
Are these people acquaintances of yours?\n
**[09:38] ---**
Mm-hmm, they're my cram school teachers.\n
**[09:40] ---**
Cram school teachers?\n
**[09:52] ---**
Yeah, well why are cram school\nteachers looking after a student?\n
**[10:04] ---**
Toma, is something wrong?\n
**[10:07] ---**
You went and mentioned me stripping you down.\n
**[10:10] ---**
If it gets out that we live together...\n
**[10:13] ---**
Yeah, but...\n
**[10:15] ---**
Then again, who knew that Kamijo\nToma had such awful friends?\n
**[10:18] ---**
Toma!\n
**[10:20] ---**
Here, looky here!\n
**[10:23] ---**
"Someone please take me home"\n
**[10:25] ---**
An abandoned cat, huh?\n
**[10:27] ---**
Toma, listen...\n
**[10:30] ---**
No.\n
**[10:31] ---**
Toma, I haven't even said anything.\n
**[10:34] ---**
We can't keep it.\n
**[10:36] ---**
Why not? Why can't we keep Sphinx?\n
**[10:40] ---**
Pets aren't allowed in\nthe student dorms, so Sphinx...\n
**[10:44] ---**
Hey, don't go naming it already!\n
**[10:46] ---**
--No way! I'm keeping him!\nI'm keeping him! I'm keeping him!\n
**[10:49] ---**
--I said no, and I mean it.\n--No way! I'm keeping him! I'm keeping him! I'm keeping him!\n
**[10:50] ---**
--I said no, and I mean it.\n--I'm keeping him!\n
**[10:54] ---**
You see? You scared him,\nand he ran away, didn't he?\n
**[10:57] ---**
It's your fault, Toma!\n
**[10:59] ---**
Who, me?\n
**[11:01] ---**
Japanese *shamisens* have skins from cats stretched over them, right?
**[11:05] ---**
This whole country does\nnothing but terrible things to cats!\n
**[11:08] ---**
If you want to go there, \nyour country chases foxes around, don't they?\n
**[11:12] ---**
Foxhunts are a proud and fabled...\n
**[11:15] ---**
What is that?\n
**[11:18] ---**
The flow of magic is\nbeing drawn together nearby.\n
**[11:21] ---**
--Huh?\n
**[11:21] ---**
--Its attribute is Earth,\n--Huh?\n
**[11:22] ---**
and its coloration is green...\nIs it a runic formula?\n
**[11:27] ---**
Hey, Index!\n
**[11:28] ---**
It feels like someone is setting up a magic circle.\n
**[11:31] ---**
Toma, you go on home without me.\n
**[11:36] ---**
Go on home, she tells me...\n
**[11:41] ---**
What is this?\n
**[11:43] ---**
You should know that.\nThey're runes. Runes to keep people away.\n
**[11:49] ---**
Long time no see, Kamijo Toma.\n
**[12:00] ---**
Long time no see, Kamijo Toma.\n
**[12:03] ---**
Who is this guy?\n
**[12:06] ---**
Hmph, not even a hello? Mm-hmm,\nthat's how our relationship should be.\n
**[12:13] ---**
Index!\n
**[12:14] ---**
You don't have to worry about her.\n
**[12:16] ---**
She just discovered a flow of magical force,\n
**[12:18] ---**
and went off to investigate, right?\n
**[12:20] ---**
What the hell sort of world did I live in?\n
**[12:23] ---**
Every day, I was mixed up\nin unusual stuff like sorcery.\n
**[12:29] ---**
So, what do you want from me?\n
**[12:34] ---**
Don't you laugh me off. I'll kill you!\n
**[12:52] ---**
Imagine... Breaker...\n
**[12:54] ---**
That's it. That's the look.\n
**[12:56] ---**
That is the relationship we have, right?\n
**[12:59] ---**
We can't have ourselves getting all chummy,\njust because we fought on the same side once.\n
**[13:07] ---**
What do you think you're doing?\n
**[13:10] ---**
It's a confidential matter.\n
**[13:13] ---**
Huh?!\n
**[13:15] ---**
Catch.\n
**[13:20] ---**
Have you ever heard of Misawa\nCram School, the college prep school?\n
**[13:24] ---**
Misawa Cram School?\n
**[13:26] ---**
There's a girl being held captive there.\n
**[13:29] ---**
Captive?!\n
**[13:31] ---**
Apparently, Misawa Cram School has now become\n
**[13:34] ---**
a pseudo-religion that centers\naround the worship of science.\n
**[13:38] ---**
Their teachings notwithstanding,\n
**[13:40] ---**
Misawa Cram School has been taken over.\n
**[13:43] ---**
This time, by a bona-fide,\nhonest-to-goodness sorcerer-- \n
**[13:46] ---**
or rather, more precisely, \n
**[13:48] ---**
an alchemist of the Zurich school of alchemy.\n
**[13:50] ---**
The real deal?\n
**[13:51] ---**
Yeah. It sounds like a bunch of\ndubious hot air to me, too.\n
**[13:57] ---**
Hang on a second...\n
**[13:58] ---**
You seem to be more than\ntaking this in stride, aren't you?\n
**[14:02] ---**
This is bad. If he realizes\nI don't have my memories...\n
**[14:10] ---**
I actually listen to what you\nsay for once, and this is what I get?\n
**[14:13] ---**
Are you the type who is never satisfied\n
**[14:15] ---**
unless you get interrupted in\nthe middle of your conversation?\n
**[14:19] ---**
Well, whatever.\n
**[14:20] ---**
I have no problem with this\nmatter progressing smoothly.\n
**[14:24] ---**
The alchemist's name is Aureolus Izzard.\n
**[14:28] ---**
He dropped out of sight about three years ago.\n
**[14:31] ---**
Wherever and whatever he\nwas doing for these last three years,\n
**[14:34] ---**
he has all of a sudden sprung back up.\n
**[14:37] ---**
For what reason?\n
**[14:39] ---**
Yes. The reason for that is what's important.\n
**[14:46] ---**
His objective is the Deep Blood \n
**[14:47] ---**
being held captive in Misawa Cram School.\n
**[14:51] ---**
Deep Blood?\n
**[14:53] ---**
The ability that she possesses\nto kill "a certain creature."\n
**[14:58] ---**
What do you mean, a certain creature?\n
**[15:01] ---**
They go by many names.\nTo put it simply, I mean vampires.\n
**[15:07] ---**
Vampires?!\n
**[15:09] ---**
Do those things really exist?\n
**[15:13] ---**
Not even we sorcerers know all of the details.\n
**[15:16] ---**
However, Deep Blood is what is\nknown as the power to kill vampires.\n
**[15:22] ---**
Which means that first,\none must come into contact with vampires.\n
**[15:25] ---**
For that to happen,\nnothing is more important\n
**[15:27] ---**
than to be in possession\nof this Deep Blood, am I right?\n
**[15:31] ---**
So what are you trying to tell me?\n
**[15:34] ---**
I am in a bad situation,\nwhere I have to launch a commando raid\n
**[15:38] ---**
on Misawa Cram School,\nand bring the Deep Blood out with me.\n
**[15:44] ---**
I wish you wouldn't nod so easily.\nYou're coming with me, after all.\n
**[15:48] ---**
Huh?!\n
**[15:49] ---**
I don't think you can say no, either.\nIf you don't obey,\n
**[15:54] ---**
then I will have to start considering\nretrieving Index from you.\n
**[15:59] ---**
The role that Necessarius has\nbestowed on you is that of "shackles,"\n
**[16:02] ---**
to ensure that Index does not betray them.\n
**[16:05] ---**
But if you do not obey, it does not work.\n
**[16:08] ---**
Are you serious about what you're saying?\n
**[16:13] ---**
Hmph, you can do as you please.\n
**[16:15] ---**
It is your choice.\n
**[16:29] ---**
We're home!\n
**[16:35] ---**
--Listen, Index...\n--Say, Toma...\n
**[16:40] ---**
G-Go ahead.\n
**[16:42] ---**
Mm-hmm, as it happens...\n
**[16:46] ---**
Um, your tummy is...\n
**[16:49] ---**
Mm-hmm. I think I'm stuffed. \n
**[16:58] ---**
My, how much you've grown\nsince last I saw you, Miss Index.\n
**[17:02] ---**
I am a growing young lady, after all.\n
**[17:07] ---**
All right, you!\nWhat are you hiding under there?\n
**[17:09] ---**
I-I'm not hiding anything.\n
**[17:12] ---**
I-I swear on our Father, who art in\nHeaven, that a Sister would not lie.\n
**[17:21] ---**
Is that how deep your\nreligious devotion runs, then?\n
**[17:23] ---**
Get that stray cat out of here, right now!\n
**[17:27] ---**
Sphinx!\n
**[17:29] ---**
Hey!\n
**[17:32] ---**
Toma, these clothes are called a "Walking Church."\n
**[17:35] ---**
So what if they are?\n
**[17:37] ---**
A church freely extends a\nhand of salvation to the lost sheep.\n
**[17:42] ---**
As such, this church has taken in Sphinx here,\n
**[17:45] ---**
who was out wandering in the streets. Amen.\n
**[17:48] ---**
So, what, are you going to just\npour kitty litter out of your sleeves?\n
**[17:53] ---**
Never you mind! I've decided that\nthe church is sheltering Sphinx!\n
**[17:57] ---**
You've got no sense of planning ahead!\nDon't just decide that!\n
**[17:59] ---**
It will be fine!\n
**[18:01] ---**
Why, you...!\n
**[18:15] ---**
What choice do I have?\nYou can keep him.\n
**[18:18] ---**
Ah, our Father, who art in Heaven,\n
**[18:21] ---**
it appears that Your light\nof warmth has finally reached\n
**[18:24] ---**
the savage, unfeeling, cold-blooded Toma.\n
**[18:28] ---**
Now, look...\n
**[18:29] ---**
Oh, come to think of it, Toma,\nweren't you going to say something?\n
**[18:33] ---**
Oh, right. I guess I must have\nleft my reference manual somewhere.\n
**[18:40] ---**
I'm going out to look for it,\nso will you keep an eye on things here?\n
**[18:43] ---**
Mm-hmm, sure. \n
**[18:46] ---**
There we go.\n
**[18:51] ---**
Do not let the cat go out.\n
**[18:54] ---**
Uh-huh.\n
**[18:56] ---**
Sphinx, there you go, that's a good kitty.\n
**[19:08] ---**
What are you doing?\n
**[19:10] ---**
I thought I would leave\nInnocentus here, to protect her.\n
**[19:14] ---**
There's no guarantee that while\nwe're off at Misawa Cram School,\n
**[19:17] ---**
some other sorcerers won't come\nto take Index away with them.\n
**[19:22] ---**
She's such a handful to take care of.\n
**[19:25] ---**
Do you... have a thing for Index?\n
**[19:28] ---**
Wha-- Of all the things to come out and ask!\n
**[19:31] ---**
Sh-She's just the object of my protection,\n
**[19:34] ---**
not at all the object of my affection!\n
**[19:36] ---**
So, I, um...\n
**[19:39] ---**
Okay then.\n
**[19:48] ---**
I don't know how I felt about Index,\n
**[19:51] ---**
or how I treated her before I lost my memories.\n
**[19:53] ---**
I have no choice but\nto desperately keep up the act\n
**[19:56] ---**
of just being myself.\n
**[19:58] ---**
I guess you might call it just my luck, huh?\n
**[20:01] ---**
Almost like there are two of me.\n
**[20:09] ---**
This is Misawa Cram School?\n
**[20:11] ---**
It doesn't look especially sinister.\n
**[20:14] ---**
It doesn't look sinister, does it?\n
**[20:16] ---**
Huh?\n
**[20:17] ---**
However, the building itself\nforms the alchemist's powerful barrier.\n
**[20:23] ---**
He's strong, is he?\n
**[20:25] ---**
Aureolus Izzard... He's a\ndescendent of Paracelsus himself.\n
**[20:30] ---**
What do you know about alchemists?\n
**[20:33] ---**
They turn lead into gold, and\nbrew elixirs of immortality, and stuff.\n
**[20:39] ---**
Yeah, that's about right. \n
**[20:41] ---**
But alchemists have\nalways had one, ultimate goal.\n
**[20:48] ---**
To simulate the entire world.\n
**[20:51] ---**
What does that mean?\n
**[20:53] ---**
If you could take whatever\nyou could imagine in your head\n
**[20:56] ---**
and bring it out into the real world,\nwhat do you think would happen?\n
**[20:59] ---**
Huh? You mean,\nI could bring out anything I wanted to?\n
**[21:04] ---**
There's no way you could beat something like that.\n
**[21:06] ---**
So, what will you do?\nStay here and keep watch?\n
**[21:11] ---**
If you're going to help me, \n
**[21:12] ---**
you need to know the Deep Blood's\nname and face now, ahead of time.\n
**[21:17] ---**
Here. To be honest, I have a hard\ntime telling easterners' faces apart.\n
**[21:24] ---**
Apparently, her name is Himegami Aisa.\n
**[21:29] ---**
You're kidding, right?\n
**[21:37] ---**
It's surprisingly normal in here, huh?\n
**[21:39] ---**
Well, sure. On the surface, they are\ndoing business as a prep school.\n
**[21:45] ---**
Huh? What's that over there?\n
**[21:52] ---**
A robot? Is it broken?\n
**[21:54] ---**
What do you mean? There's nothing here.\n
**[21:57] ---**
I do think it's a good\nidea to move along, though.\n
**[22:00] ---**
O-Okay...\n
**[22:02] ---**
But then, I suppose to you,\nit would be something unusual.\n
**[22:07] ---**
Robots would fall under\nthe domain of science, right?\n
**[22:10] ---**
What are you talking about?\n
**[22:12] ---**
This is just a dead body.\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
**[22:43] ---**
*Hey, if you can live your lives *
**[22:46] ---**
*believing in your own hearts, *
**[22:50] ---**
*then even though *
**[22:53] ---**
*you may live in different worlds, *
**[22:58] ---**
*as long as you have something to preserve... *
**[23:05] ---**
*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
**[23:11] ---**
*The mana of thousands of lives released *
**[23:17] ---**
*Their motions and their gazes *
**[23:23] ---**
*are heart wrenching *
**[23:29] ---**
*I won't let go *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nOn the other side of the coin lurks the alchemist's scheme.\n
**[23:57] ---**
The Thirteen Knights stand to oppose him.\n
**[23:59] ---**
What is the true objective of Himegami Aisa,\nthe one who is being held captive?\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Ars Magna."\n
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic cross paths,\nthe story begins.\n
# 8 - Ars Magna (Golden Transmutation)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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I, Kamijo Toma, met a\ndown-on-her-luck priestess--\n
**[00:34] ---**
parenthesis, self-proclaimed\nmagician, close parenthesis.\n
**[00:38] ---**
I headed off to a dangerous place,\n
**[00:40] ---**
together with a sorcerer named Stiyl,\nto rescue the priestess being held captive,\n
**[00:43] ---**
and there I saw...\n
**[00:46] ---**
This is just a dead body.\n
**[00:57] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:04] ---**
*Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo *
**[01:08] ---**
*kono basho de deau subete mo *
**[01:12] ---**
*tatoe chigau sekai demo *
**[01:15] ---**
*doko ni ite mo kono omoi wa yuruganai *
**[01:26] ---**
*Mune wo chikuri to sasu itami *
**[01:31] ---**
*sore wo warau shiawase na monotachi e *
**[01:38] ---**
*se wo mukeyuku *
**[01:42] ---**
*Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou *
**[01:48] ---**
*Furuedasu ashi ga oboete'ru *
**[01:55] ---**
*kakushin ni *
**[01:56] ---**
*Yume dake ja mamorenai *
**[02:00] ---**
*tayoranai chikara *
**[02:03] ---**
*Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai *
**[02:22] ---**
"#08 Ars Magna (Golden Transmutation)"\n
**[02:26] ---**
A dead body?\n
**[02:27] ---**
Probably one of the Order of\nthe 13 Roman Orthodox Knights.\n
**[02:31] ---**
Judging by this,\nit looks like they were wiped out.\n
**[02:34] ---**
Why?\n
**[02:35] ---**
This is a battlefield.\nIt shouldn't be the least bit surprising\n
**[02:38] ---**
to have a body or two lying around.\n
**[02:41] ---**
Why isn't anyone making a scene?\n
**[02:44] ---**
Megumi! Had a long day?\n
**[02:48] ---**
What just happened?\n
**[02:51] ---**
That was all heads and tails.\n
**[02:53] ---**
--Huh?\n
**[02:53] ---**
--These students, who live on the heads side of the coin...\n--Huh?\n
**[02:58] ---**
...are unable to see us foreign enemies,\nwho live on the tails side.\n
**[03:03] ---**
And we are also unable to\ninterfere with them in any way.\n
**[03:10] ---**
Don’t bother.\n
**[03:11] ---**
Unless you eliminate the core of this sorcery,\n
**[03:13] ---**
you will be unable to bring down this barrier.\n
**[03:16] ---**
I'll bet the core itself is\nsomewhere outside the barrier.\n
**[03:25] ---**
It looks like we've got\nyet another reason to fight.\n
**[03:37] ---**
Hey, couldn't we have taken the elevator?\n
**[03:40] ---**
We, on the tails side of the coin,\n
**[03:42] ---**
cannot press the button on the heads side.\n
**[03:45] ---**
Hmm... Well, how about the phones, then?\n
**[03:49] ---**
Huh?\n
**[03:50] ---**
Oh, nothing. I was just wondering\nif a call from the tails side\n
**[03:52] ---**
would get through to the heads side.\n
**[03:55] ---**
Hmph, go ahead and try it.\n
**[03:58] ---**
Mm-hmm, I will.\n
**[04:07] ---**
Eep! This is, um, Index Libror--\nI mean, Kamijo residence. Um. yes?\n
**[04:13] ---**
Is this the first time\nyou've ever answered a phone?\n
**[04:19] ---**
Huh? That voice is Toma's!\n
**[04:21] ---**
Toma, what happened that you\nhad to use something so overdramatic,\n
**[04:25] ---**
so ostentatiously bothersome\nand bad for the heart as the telephone?\n
**[04:29] ---**
Oh, no reason. \n
**[04:30] ---**
Ah, there were two servings of\nlasagna in the refrigerator.\n
**[04:34] ---**
Was one of them yours?\n
**[04:35] ---**
You ate them?!\n
**[04:36] ---**
Oh, and there was some\npudding in the refrigerator, too.\n
**[04:40] ---**
What? Don't tell me you ate that, too?!\n
**[04:43] ---**
You ate it, huh? You ate it, didn't you?!\n
**[04:46] ---**
It's okay.\n
**[04:48] ---**
Anyhow, as long as my call\ngot through, never mind. Gotta go.\n
**[04:53] ---**
Oh, yeah. I've heard that for\nevery minute you talk on the phone,\n
**[04:56] ---**
your lifespan decreases by one day.\n
**[05:04] ---**
W-What?\n
**[05:06] ---**
Nothing. I was just thinking that\nyou're lacking a sense of tension.\n
**[05:10] ---**
This is a battlefield, and here\nyou are, chatting it up with a girl.\n
**[05:15] ---**
If that ego ends up being\nthe ruin of you, it's not like I mind.\n
**[05:19] ---**
Knock yourself out, for all I care.\n
**[05:21] ---**
But I won't have you dragging me down with you.\n
**[05:25] ---**
You're jealous?\n
**[05:29] ---**
Don't be mistaken. It's not like\nI see her as an object of affection.\n
**[05:34] ---**
You yourself know, right?\n
**[05:37] ---**
Up to now, her body\nwas such that she couldn't live\n
**[05:40] ---**
unless all of her memories\nwere erased on an annual basis.\n
**[05:44] ---**
There have been a number of\npeople in the past who were in your place.\n
**[05:49] ---**
Fathers, brothers, good friends, teachers...\n
**[05:53] ---**
they all tried to be various things to her.\n
**[05:57] ---**
Once, I failed where you succeeded.\n
**[06:02] ---**
That's all. \n
**[06:05] ---**
That's the only difference there is between us.\n
**[06:10] ---**
That's true. I'm not the\none who saved Index anymore.\n
**[06:15] ---**
The one Index wants...\n
**[06:19] ---**
...is me, before I lost my memories.\n
**[06:23] ---**
--Be careful.\n
**[06:24] ---**
--Mm-hmm.\n--Be careful.\n
**[06:27] ---**
No way, really?\n
**[06:30] ---**
That's just awful.\n
**[06:31] ---**
Yeah, really.\n
**[06:39] ---**
Hmm... This is my first\ntime seeing a scientific religion,\n
**[06:43] ---**
but it seems pretty normal, huh?\n
**[06:44] ---**
--So, wanna stop there on the way home?\n
**[06:45] ---**
--I was sure there would be photos of the founder on display.\n--So, wanna stop there on the way home?\n
**[06:50] ---**
The danger level does indeed seem low.\n
**[06:56] ---**
This can't be good.\n
**[07:00] ---**
Don't lose your grip.\nThere's no way for those people\n
**[07:03] ---**
on the heads side of the coin\nto see those of us on the tails side.\n
**[07:05] ---**
The shining light of the seraph's wings.\n
**[07:08] ---**
The shining light is the\nwhiteness that exposes guilt.\n
**[07:12] ---**
The whiteness is testament to purification;\n
**[07:14] ---**
the testament is the outcome of action;\n
**[07:16] ---**
outcome is the future; the future is time;\n
**[07:19] ---**
--time is uniformity; uniformity\nis all; all is created by the past;\n
**[07:20] ---**
--An automatic alarm?\n--time is uniformity; uniformity is all; all is created by the past;\n
**[07:22] ---**
--Huh?\n--time is uniformity; uniformity is all; all is created by the past;\n
**[07:23] ---**
--The students who should be on the heads side of the coin\n--time is uniformity; uniformity is all; all is created by the past;\n
**[07:25] ---**
--the past is the cause; the cause is one;\n
**[07:26] ---**
--are being brought over to the tails side.\n--the past is the cause; the cause is one;\n
**[07:28] ---**
one is guilt; guilt is people; \n
**[07:31] ---**
people fear guilt, while fearing is sin.\n
**[07:34] ---**
Sin is within the self.\n
**[07:37] ---**
If there is any despicable thing within oneself,\n
**[07:41] ---**
the guilt shall be exposed\nby the seraph's wings,\n
**[07:44] ---**
and expelled from within.\n
**[07:50] ---**
Okay then, Imagine Breaker...\n
**[07:52] ---**
...you're on!\n
**[07:54] ---**
H-Hey!\n
**[07:56] ---**
For the love of...\n
**[08:05] ---**
Hey, stop running away!\n
**[08:07] ---**
Your right hand protected you\nfrom even a blast of Dragon Breath!\n
**[08:10] ---**
And yet, you turn your unprotected\nback to them! What's wrong with you?!\n
**[08:13] ---**
You're a fine one to talk,\nusing me as a shield like this!\n
**[08:16] ---**
There's a hopeless number of them!\n
**[08:17] ---**
How can I counter all of\nthat with just my right hand?!\n
**[08:22] ---**
Yeah, but...\n
**[08:23] ---**
for him to create a\nGregorian Choir, albeit a replica, is still...\n
**[08:26] ---**
What was that about a\nGregorian something-or-other?\n
**[08:30] ---**
Essentially,\n
**[08:31] ---**
it's a grand spell, formed by the prayer voices\n
**[08:34] ---**
of 3,333 monks, assembled in a holy shrine.\n
**[08:37] ---**
Ha! There's no way doing something\nlike that can beat anything, can it?\n
**[08:40] ---**
Yes, but it doesn't work if the\nmany people in the Gregorian Choir\n
**[08:44] ---**
cannot all be controlled at the same time.\n
**[08:46] ---**
If one can destroy the key to their synchronicity...\n
**[08:57] ---**
There is one thing\nI've got up my sleeve, though.\n
**[09:00] ---**
If you've got it, then use it, already!\n
**[09:02] ---**
You're sure?\n
**[09:06] ---**
What the hell are you doing?!\n
**[09:08] ---**
Bad luck, scarecrow!\n
**[09:19] ---**
Flame punishes guilt.\nPurgatory governs flame.\n
**[09:24] ---**
Purgatory is created to burn sinners.\n
**[09:27] ---**
The one form of violence acknowledged by God.\n
**[09:31] ---**
Violence is the affirmation of death.\n
**[09:34] ---**
Affirmation is recognition.\n
**[09:36] ---**
Stop!\n
**[09:37] ---**
--You have to know that your body is in danger!\n--Recognition is inside oneself.\n
**[09:41] ---**
The inner aspect of the self\n
**[09:42] ---**
and the outer aspect\nof the world are joined--\n
**[10:02] ---**
W-What the...?\n
**[10:25] ---**
What in the world...?\n
**[10:54] ---**
I have to hand it to him.\n
**[10:56] ---**
That alchemist is warped.\nYou're supposed to carve your own way out,\n
**[11:00] ---**
not have others do it for you.\n
**[11:03] ---**
Naturally...\n
**[11:05] ---**
I figured that by using a Gregorian replica,\n
**[11:07] ---**
I could lure you to the core,\nregardless of where you were hiding.\n
**[11:12] ---**
Obviously,\n
**[11:14] ---**
there were supposed\nto be two of you intruders.\n
**[11:16] ---**
Clearly, your familiar spirit \n
**[11:18] ---**
has been swallowed up by the Gregorian replica.\n
**[11:20] ---**
Hmph, unfortunately for you,\nhe's tougher than you can imagine.\n
**[11:25] ---**
So then, what was\nyour intent in luring me here,\n
**[11:30] ---**
Alchemist Aureolus Izzard?\n
**[11:36] ---**
A little first aid, and she'll be fine.\n
**[11:39] ---**
But...\n
**[11:40] ---**
Her skin has just been peeled,\nand her capillaries injured.\n
**[11:44] ---**
There'd be more to it\nif her arteries had been cut.\n
**[11:47] ---**
You're not even a doctor.\n
**[11:50] ---**
When it comes to the flow of blood,\nI know more than others.\n
**[11:53] ---**
Give me a hand.\n
**[12:02] ---**
Oh, whoa!\n
**[12:03] ---**
Do not lose your head.\n
**[12:05] ---**
It is disrespectful to the injured.\n
**[12:11] ---**
Say, Sphinx, where could Toma have gone?\n
**[12:15] ---**
There was some pudding in the refrigerator, too.\n
**[12:18] ---**
What? Don't tell me... \n
**[12:21] ---**
...you ate that, too?!\nYou ate it, huh? You ate it, didn't you?!\n
**[12:25] ---**
It's okay.\n
**[12:27] ---**
Something's wrong.\n
**[12:28] ---**
Toma wouldn't shrug off me\neating his pudding without his permission\n
**[12:31] ---**
with just an "It's okay."\n
**[12:46] ---**
Rune seals?!\n
**[12:51] ---**
All done, for now.\n
**[12:54] ---**
Your skills are incredible, you know?\n
**[12:56] ---**
You're not an unlicensed\ndoctor or anything, are you?\n
**[12:59] ---**
I'm no doctor.\n
**[13:01] ---**
Huh? Then...\n
**[13:03] ---**
I am a magician.\n
**[13:06] ---**
Um, how were you being a magician?\n
**[13:10] ---**
I do have something I can show you.\n
**[13:15] ---**
Here.\n
**[13:17] ---**
My magic wand.\n
**[13:19] ---**
Hey, that's a police baton, isn't it?!\n
**[13:22] ---**
--The latest model.\n
**[13:22] ---**
--Stop screwing around!\n--The latest model.\n
**[13:25] ---**
We need to call an ambulance.\n
**[13:27] ---**
You should do that.\n
**[13:29] ---**
Don't talk about it like you're not involved.\n
**[13:31] ---**
You're leaving too, after all.\n
**[13:36] ---**
I mean, don't just stay cooped\nup in this place, let's go outside.\n
**[13:41] ---**
I have an objective, as well.\nIt's not to get out of this place;\n
**[13:46] ---**
it's an objective that I cannot\nachieve unless I am here.\n
**[13:48] ---**
No, it's more correct to say\nthat it's a goal that I cannot reach\n
**[13:52] ---**
without there being the alchemist.\n
**[13:55] ---**
But if they were your friend,\nthey wouldn't keep you trapped here, right?\n
**[13:59] ---**
That was before they were taken over by Aureolus.\n
**[14:03] ---**
I only stay inside because\nI don't feel the need to go out.\n
**[14:08] ---**
If I go out too casually, I will end up attracting *them*.
**[14:11] ---**
So then, you're telling me\nyou're going to stay in here forever,\n
**[14:15] ---**
because you don't want\nthe vampires to detect you?\n
**[14:19] ---**
Do you know what kind\nof creatures vampires are?\n
**[14:24] ---**
No different.\n
**[14:26] ---**
They're no different from us.\n
**[14:29] ---**
They're people who can laugh, and act for others.\n
**[14:34] ---**
My blood has a sweet aroma,\nwhich attracts such people.\n
**[14:39] ---**
Attracts them, gathers them,\nand kills them... for no reason.\n
**[14:45] ---**
It kills them all, without exception, ever.\n
**[14:51] ---**
Academy City is a place\nwhere powers are dealt with,\n
**[14:54] ---**
so I thought that they\nwould understand my secret.\n
**[14:56] ---**
And once they understood it,\nthere might be a way to remove it.\n
**[15:02] ---**
But there wasn't anything like that here.\n
**[15:05] ---**
I don't want to kill anymore. \n
**[15:07] ---**
I've decided that I would\nrather kill myself than anyone else.\n
**[15:13] ---**
Tell me one thing...\n
**[15:16] ---**
If you don't want to\ndraw any vampires to you,\n
**[15:18] ---**
why did you go out and comfort-binge?\n
**[15:21] ---**
Simple. \n
**[15:22] ---**
The reason why Aureolus needs\nme is because he wants the vampires.\n
**[15:28] ---**
I cannot attract\nvampires if I stay inside the barrier.\n
**[15:33] ---**
But doesn't that work completely\ncounter to your objective?\n
**[15:37] ---**
Aureolus promised me that\nhe would not harm the vampires.\n
**[15:42] ---**
Aureolus said that there\nwas someone he wanted to help,\n
**[15:45] ---**
and that he needed the vampires' power.\n
**[15:48] ---**
That's why I made a promise,\n
**[15:50] ---**
that I would use my\npower to help, rather than to kill.\n
**[15:56] ---**
That's not going to work.\n
**[15:58] ---**
If he's the kind of person you say he is,\n
**[16:02] ---**
then this is a mistake that we can’t allow to go on.\n
**[16:06] ---**
If you keep letting this continue,\n
**[16:08] ---**
there really will be no turning back.\n
**[16:13] ---**
Inevitably, how will\nthere be no turning back for me?\n
**[16:18] ---**
He's been...\n
**[16:21] ---**
Boldly may I say,\nit is no matter. I will be right there.\n
**[16:27] ---**
Naturally, some doubts may arise,\n
**[16:29] ---**
but I'm under no obligation to respond.\n
**[16:32] ---**
Damn you!\n
**[16:34] ---**
You will not come any closer.\n
**[16:40] ---**
Why, you...!\n
**[16:43] ---**
H-How...?\n
**[16:45] ---**
Sadly, you are a trivial young man.\nAway with you!\n
**[16:49] ---**
Wait!\n
**[16:51] ---**
Y-You idiot!\n
**[16:55] ---**
Deep Blood has power enough to\nkill vampires. Which means...\n
**[17:00] ---**
Ultimately, right at the very end,\nyou clung to, relied upon,\n
**[17:03] ---**
and placed your hopes on your Deep Blood.\n
**[17:06] ---**
How then are you any different from me?\n
**[17:10] ---**
That is not true.\n
**[17:11] ---**
This person did not know what Deep Blood means.\n
**[17:14] ---**
He came here to help a\nstranger who he just barely met today.\n
**[17:18] ---**
Aureolus Izzard, what is your objective?\n
**[17:23] ---**
Is your objective to kill this\nregular person to satisfy yourself?\n
**[17:28] ---**
If such a worthless pursuit\nis your goal, then I'm backing out.\n
**[17:33] ---**
I have the option of biting my\ntongue and ending my own life.\n
**[17:39] ---**
Inescapably, I cannot afford\nto spend any more time here.\n
**[17:45] ---**
Young man, do not worry. I will not kill you.\n
**[17:53] ---**
You will forget everything that happened here.\n
**[18:03] ---**
This is it.\n
**[18:04] ---**
The magical power being sent\nto the runes over at Toma's place\n
**[18:07] ---**
ends abruptly right here.\n
**[18:13] ---**
Where am I?\n
**[18:14] ---**
If you're here with me,\nthen this is no doubt Japan, right?\n
**[18:19] ---**
It feels like we've forgotten\nsomething important. Don’t you agree?\n
**[18:27] ---**
Well, it's probably nothing so\nimportant that we need to remember it.\n
**[18:33] ---**
You think so?\n
**[18:36] ---**
You will forget everything.\n
**[18:51] ---**
Let me show you a ritual\nthat will dispel that doubt of yours.\n
**[18:56] ---**
Eastern rituals are Kanzaki's specialty. I'll ask her.\n
**[19:00] ---**
Just close your eyes\nand stick out your tongue.\n
**[19:03] ---**
Go "bleeh."\n
**[19:08] ---**
This is for using me as a decoy\nso you could get away!\n
**[19:25] ---**
There's a barrier in place here \n
**[19:26] ---**
to keep enemies who enter from getting away.\n
**[19:29] ---**
Hmm, long time no see.\n
**[19:32] ---**
Who are you?\n
**[19:33] ---**
You don't remember?\nInevitably, I doubt you have any memory\n
**[19:37] ---**
of the name Aureolus Izzard.\n
**[19:39] ---**
No, this is something\nI must count as good fortune.\n
**[19:43] ---**
Sleep.\n
**[19:52] ---**
Hey, those guys were in the entrance.\n
**[19:55] ---**
The survivors of the Thirteen Knights.\n
**[19:58] ---**
Commencing the attack!\n
**[20:02] ---**
A Gregorian Choir.\n
**[20:04] ---**
Huh?\n
**[20:05] ---**
An honest-to-goodness Gregorian Choir.\n
**[20:09] ---**
But you said it took a lot of people\nto make a Gregorian whatever.\n
**[20:15] ---**
Right now, at the Vatican basilica,\n
**[20:17] ---**
there are probably 3,333\ncongregants, offering up prayers.\n
**[20:22] ---**
Huh?\n
**[20:24] ---**
Extracting from the Book of\nRevelation, Chapter 8, Verse 7, \n
**[20:28] ---**
we hereby reproduce the\nsound of the trump of destruction,\n
**[20:31] ---**
held by the first angel!\n
**[20:36] ---**
What do they think they're doing?!\n
**[20:38] ---**
A holy hex bombardment.\n
**[20:40] ---**
Bombardment?!\n
**[20:41] ---**
Himegami is in there,\nalong with all those innocent students!\n
**[21:02] ---**
It's coming down!\n
**[21:13] ---**
It's rewinding?\n
**[21:17] ---**
Ars Magna.\n
**[21:19] ---**
Ars Magna?\n
**[21:22] ---**
That is our foe, Aureolus's true power.\n
**[21:47] ---**
Sphinx?!\n
**[21:50] ---**
Don't tell me...\n
**[21:51] ---**
This is Index's.\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Nee kikoeru? *
**[22:40] ---**
*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
**[22:43] ---**
*Nee kokoro wo *
**[22:46] ---**
*shinjite ikite yukereba *
**[22:50] ---**
*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[22:53] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:58] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
**[23:05] ---**
*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
**[23:11] ---**
*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
**[23:17] ---**
*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
**[23:23] ---**
*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
**[23:29] ---**
*Tebanasanai *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nThere are all sorts of feuds that revolve around Index.\n
**[23:57] ---**
\nThere are all sorts of feuds that revolve around Index.\n
**[23:58] ---**
When the alchemist who fights\nagainst destiny bares his teeth,\n
**[24:01] ---**
a howl echoes\nthroughout Misawa Cram School.\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Deep Blood."\n
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n
# 9 - Deep Blood (Vampire Killer)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:30] ---**
In order to rescue Himegami Aisa,\notherwise referred to as Deep Blood,\n
**[00:32] ---**
I, Kamijo Toma,\nand another guy with long hair\n
**[00:35] ---**
embarked on a raid\nof Misawa Cram School,\n
**[00:38] ---**
but what awaited us there was\na challenge beyond our imaginations\n
**[00:41] ---**
from the alchemist Aureolus Izzard--\n
**[00:44] ---**
Hold on a second.\nWhat do you mean, Index might be here?!\n
**[00:57] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:04] ---**
*From the reason why I live here *
**[01:08] ---**
*to everything I encounter in this place, *
**[01:12] ---**
*though we may be worlds apart *
**[01:15] ---**
*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
**[01:26] ---**
*I'll turn my back to the pain *
**[01:31] ---**
*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
**[01:38] ---**
*of those lucky people who look on *
**[01:42] ---**
*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
**[01:48] ---**
*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
**[01:55] ---**
*...with conviction *
**[01:56] ---**
*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
**[02:00] ---**
*and unreliable power *
**[02:03] ---**
*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
**[02:22] ---**
"#09 Deep Blood (Vampire Killer)"\n
**[02:22] ---**
"#09 Deep Blood (Vampire Killer)"\nYou're sure?\n
**[02:24] ---**
"#09 Deep Blood (Vampire Killer)"\nYou're sure you've got a line on where that bastard is?\n
**[02:26] ---**
Did you think I strolled throughout\nthis building for no reason?\n
**[02:31] ---**
I have to admit, \n
**[02:33] ---**
being able to make anything\nhappen with just a word is...\n
**[02:36] ---**
Damn, how are we going to\nget Himegami away from that jerk?\n
**[02:39] ---**
What's more, it looks like Index is here, too.\n
**[02:42] ---**
Even supposing that she wandered in here,\n
**[02:44] ---**
he's not going to hurt her\nright away, like he did with us.\n
**[02:48] ---**
The reason being...\n
**[02:49] ---**
Hold on!\n
**[02:51] ---**
What?!\n
**[02:52] ---**
Tch, so that's it. I get it now.\n
**[02:57] ---**
When you're in hiding for three years,\n
**[02:59] ---**
you lose track of\nwhat's going on in the world.\n
**[03:04] ---**
Necessarily, even with all of the\nfaiths and techniques of the world,\n
**[03:07] ---**
if there are still unrectified injustices,\n
**[03:10] ---**
why would one hesitate to\ndepart from the reason of man?\n
**[03:19] ---**
Who, her?\n
**[03:22] ---**
Naturally, in time, you, too,\nwill be released from your sorrow.\n
**[03:26] ---**
Very soon, now.\n
**[03:29] ---**
Solemnly, you must now call\nwith the sweet aroma of your blood...\n
**[03:33] ---**
the vampires, from out\nof the faraway darkness.\n
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No one will have to get hurt.\nNot any longer.\n
**[03:44] ---**
Himegami!\n
**[03:47] ---**
Index! Damn it!\n
**[03:51] ---**
Unfortunately for you, you will\nnot be able to accomplish your goal.\n
**[03:57] ---**
Hmph, you've finally\ncaught on to my true intent?\n
**[04:00] ---**
In that case, you may howl at\nyour impotence and burn with jealousy\n
**[04:04] ---**
in the face of my accomplishment.\n
**[04:06] ---**
It would be worth a little\nburning if it would work out,\n
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but I'll tell you once again,\nyou will be unable to save her.\n
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You cannot save Index.\n
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Index?\n
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All it means is that you failed.\nWhereas I...\n
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...I will take her...\n
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...this girl, who has taken the weight\nof 103,000 grimoires upon herself,\n
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and can never escape\nfrom the spell she is under...\n
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And yet, though she has accepted her fate,\n
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that her own misfortune\nmight be a blessing to others...\n
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You mean he knew Index?\n
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Yes. He was once Index's partner, as well.\n
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This year, it's you; last year, it was me;\n
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and three years ago, her partner\nwas this man--Aureolus Izzard.\n
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The Index has had to have her\nmemories erased once per year,\n
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or she would be unable to go on living.\n
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It has been inescapable; \n
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a destiny the human body\ncould not fight against. However...\n
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On the other hand,\nshe could get by with an inhuman body?\n
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Vampires are those who possess unlimited life.\n
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They continually store up their endless memories\n
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in the same brain that a human has.\n
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A vampire has the means to\nnever lose sight of their own self,\n
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no matter how many memories they obtain!\n
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I see. And you are\ntrying to get the vampires\n
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to teach you what that method is.\n
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Just for the record, \n
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what if that method doesn't work on people?\n
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Obviously, I'll have to\nremove the Index from her body.\n
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You're going to make her a vampire.\n
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Who, Index?\n
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Casting magic on espers...\n
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and simply using Himegami...\n
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and even after all that, \n
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he's planning to turn Index into a vampire?!\n
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Inevitably,\n
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it will not change the fact that\nthe Index will have been saved.\n
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You must realize that as well.\n
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You, who have seen the end that\nis visited upon this girl every year!\n
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When it happened, she told\nme that she did not want to forget.\n
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That even if it meant violating\nthe teachings and dying,\n
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she did not want the\nmemories in her heart to vanish.\n
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As she was unable to even lift a finger,\n
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she smiled and said that to me!\n
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So you won't change your\nthinking, no matter what, huh?\n
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In that case, go ahead\nand tell him, current partner.\n
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Tell this critically flawed\nalchemist who stands before us.\n
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Just when the hell are you talking about?\n
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--What?\n
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--That's right.\n--What?\n
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Index has long since been saved.\nNot by you, but by Kamijo Toma here.\n
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He has already accomplished\nwhat you could not do.\n
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You, who turned your back\non the Roman Orthodox Church,\n
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and spent three years hiding\nunderground, couldn't have known that.\n
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That's impossible.\nIt can't be. Not in her human body...\n
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And not by someone who\nis neither sorcerer nor alchemist.\n
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Just what is it that he could do?!\n
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It is beneath the dignity of Necessarius--\n
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the English Puritan Church,\nso I won't speak at length about it,\n
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but yes, his right hand is\nwhat is called an Imagine Breaker.\n
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In other words, he possesses\nan ability beyond his merits.\n
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Hold on. If that's so...\n
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Yes, all of your efforts have\nbeen completely for naught.\n
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But do not fret.\nIndex is now together with her partner\n
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and living very happily, just as you desired.\n
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Toma...\n
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Toma...\n
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Index!\n
**[08:21] ---**
Toma...\n
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I'm hungry.\n
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Apples...\n
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Apples are from Aomori...\n
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This is great.\n
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Fall to the floor, intruders!\n
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You trample on my feelings,\n
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and sneer at my travails?\n
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Very well. Let this humiliation...\n
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...be paid for with your deaths!\n
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Wait!\n
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Himegami! Don't do this!\n
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I know how you feel.\n
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He... no longer...\n
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But this is wrong. Right now, you...\n
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--...needs... you...\n
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--I know. The real...\n--...needs... you...\n
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The real you...\n
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Die.\n
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Himegami!\n
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I wanted magic.\n
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I attracted them.\n
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I'm sorry, Aisa. I'm sorry.\n
**[10:12] ---**
And then they all...\n
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...all, before my eyes...\n
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I... killed again, didn't I?\n
**[10:31] ---**
I didn't want to hurt anyone anymore.\n
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Really?\n
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Can you really save someone with my blood?\n
**[10:42] ---**
Can I really not have\nto hurt anyone anymore?\n
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There wasn't even a\nhint of falseness in his smile.\n
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All there was was a single wish--\n
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he wanted to save someone that he loved.\n
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And so... I...\n
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Himegami!\n
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Deep Blood is now unnecessary!\n
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Serenely, I kept my promise. \n
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Now, the girl has been set free\nfrom the misfortune of her blood!\n
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Wha-- You've canceled my Ars Magna?!\n
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Impossible. The death of\nHimegami Aisa was made certain.\n
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Is there some sacred hidden\ntechnique embedded in your right hand?\n
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Would you cram a sock in it?\nIt doesn't really matter now.\n
**[11:40] ---**
Fine, then. \n
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If you can make anything you want happen,\n
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then I'll start by bursting your bubble!\n
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Ah... The floor is so cold.\n
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Death by choking.\n
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Death by electrocution.\n
**[12:38] ---**
Death by crushing.\n
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I can nullify his attacks with my right hand!\n
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Indeed. Your right hand is the genuine article.\n
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It is consistently able\nto cancel out my Ars Magna.\n
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Which is why, if I use an attack\nthat your right hand cannot touch,\n
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it will be impossible for you to cancel it.\n
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A gun in my hand,\n
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loaded with magic bullets to be shot,\n
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numbering one will be more than plenty!\n
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At a speed faster than the human eye can see,\n
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commence shooting!\n
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Hmph, I will not kill you so easily.\n
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You will entertain me a little longer.\n
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Mass-produce the last order. \n
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Ten pistols, simultaneous fire!\n
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I told you, I won't kill you so easily.\n
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Damn...\n
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All is ready. Ten pistols, simultaneous fire...\n
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Hmph, what do you call that?\n
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You really do seem to be bending reality\nwith just your words, don't you?\n
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Obviously. Ars Magna is the high\nwatermark of alchemy.\n
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--Right now, the world is--\n
**[14:06] ---**
--If that's true...\n--Right now, the world is--\n
**[14:07] ---**
...why did you need Deep Blood?\n
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Why did you need to attract any vampires?\n
**[14:17] ---**
You could just make vampires, couldn't you?\n
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At your command, with just a word...\n
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Why didn't you, alchemist?\n
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Why didn't you create vampires\nwith this Ars Magna of yours?\n
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In fact, even before that,\nwhy did you take the roundabout route of--\n
**[14:31] ---**
Into the air, priest of London!\n
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Stiyl!\n
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If you can make everything\nbend according to your word...\n
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Shed, rune sorcerer!\n
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He's right. His objective was to...\n
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If he can make everything\nbend according to his word...\n
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...why didn't he command that Index be saved?\n
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My fun has been spoiled.\nI'll hold off on shooting you.\n
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He didn't think that he could save her?\n
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I'll instead attack you with the blade of a sword.\n
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That's why he couldn't say the words?\n
**[15:20] ---**
Now then, the source of your\nself-assurance appears to be \n
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that mysterious right hand of yours.\n
**[15:25] ---**
So that's how it is.\n
**[15:27] ---**
In that case, I think I'll start\nby chopping off your right arm.\n
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His power isn't the ability\nto bend reality to his word...\n
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Spinning sword blade-shooting\npistol, now fire!\n
**[15:53] ---**
W-What...?\n
**[16:03] ---**
W-What is this?\n
**[16:13] ---**
Who is this guy?\n
**[16:16] ---**
P-Pistol, a duplicate of last time!\n
**[16:20] ---**
Shoot this time to\nremove the head of my prey!\n
**[16:26] ---**
S-Same as before, multiplied! \n
**[16:28] ---**
Shoot a volley of ten blades!\n
**[16:32] ---**
Lay out a countless number\nof executioner's blades!\n
**[16:34] ---**
Dismember his body immediately!\n
**[16:38] ---**
I-Impossible! How can a\nmere human, not even a sorcerer...?\n
**[16:43] ---**
Hey, alchemist...\n
**[16:46] ---**
don't tell me you thought you\ncould defeat my Imagine Breaker\n
**[16:51] ---**
with just that, did you?\n
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You can't go getting\nhigh without those, huh?\n
**[17:06] ---**
You can't drown out\nany idle thoughts, huh?\n
**[17:10] ---**
What's the matter? Use your words.\n
**[17:13] ---**
S-Stay back!\n
**[17:15] ---**
Go ahead and bend me to your word.\n
**[17:18] ---**
S-Stay back!!\n
**[17:23] ---**
This cannot be! My Ars\nMagna cannot lose its efficacy!\n
**[17:28] ---**
Wait, don't think that!\nYou must not think that!\n
**[17:37] ---**
Stop! Don't think! Believe! \n
**[17:40] ---**
With the power I have,\nthese people can't...\n
**[17:43] ---**
You're no match for me, huh?\n
**[17:48] ---**
The reason being that your power\n
**[17:50] ---**
is not being able to bend\nreality to your word...\n
**[17:54] ---**
He's... a monst--\n
**[17:56] ---**
It's the power to make what you *think* into reality!
**[18:11] ---**
I'm impressed that it\nmanaged to attach so easily.\n
**[18:14] ---**
Your body must be unexpectedly fantastical.\n
**[18:17] ---**
Hey, Doc, you're the one who reattached it.\n
**[18:19] ---**
To think that you'd be admitted\ntwice in the space of ten days...\n
**[18:23] ---**
By any chance, are you in it for the nurses?\n
**[18:25] ---**
What do you mean?\n
**[18:27] ---**
Would I intentionally\ncut off my arm just for that?\n
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Oh, then we're not birds of\na feather, huh? That's less fun.\n
**[18:35] ---**
Hey...\n
**[18:38] ---**
Don't tell me he became\na doctor because of the nurses.\n
**[18:42] ---**
Hmm, he's a much better doctor\nthan you'd expect from looking at him.\n
**[18:46] ---**
I guess.\n
**[18:51] ---**
I don't mean to get all buddy-buddy,\n
**[18:53] ---**
but I did want to come see how you were.\n
**[18:56] ---**
Oh, okay.\n
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What is it?\n
**[19:05] ---**
That dragon?\n
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That must have been the form of \n
**[19:14] ---**
the last-minute desperation that Aureolus felt.\n
**[19:17] ---**
What happened to Aureolus?\n
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He's lost all of his memories,\nas well as his magic-using abilities.\n
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I didn't want finishing\nhim off on my conscience,\n
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so I changed his appearance,\nand turned him loose in the wilderness.\n
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It was a little trouble getting him out\nwithout the Thirteen Knights seeing him, though.\n
**[19:37] ---**
I see.\n
**[19:38] ---**
Word is that Misawa Cram School\nhas been shut down.\n
**[19:42] ---**
I meant to offer my thanks for this,\n
**[19:45] ---**
but it kind of seems absurd, you know?\n
**[19:47] ---**
For all that you did, \n
**[19:49] ---**
you just ended up getting\nAureolus to bring ruin upon himself.\n
**[19:53] ---**
You can be grateful for\nKamijo Toma's fine acting skills.\n
**[19:57] ---**
After all, I endured the\npain of having my arm cut off,\n
**[20:01] ---**
while holding my bluff long\nenough to make him tremble like that.\n
**[20:05] ---**
Your senses were probably\nnumbed by the intense pain.\n
**[20:08] ---**
Like riding a high\nfrom the shock, or something.\n
**[20:10] ---**
Kind of like what Aureolus\nused his needles to produce.\n
**[20:14] ---**
Don't you lump me in with that bastard!\n
**[20:16] ---**
Acquiring that weird sorcery,\nsaying he wanted to save a girl...\n
**[20:21] ---**
pinning his hopes on vampires,\nwho we're not sure even exist...\n
**[20:32] ---**
He was her partner, three years ago, huh?\n
**[20:35] ---**
Toma!\n
**[20:41] ---**
Toma!\n
**[20:46] ---**
--Toma, I heard.\n
**[20:47] ---**
--What?\n--Toma, I heard.\n
**[20:49] ---**
That you fought for Aisa this time around.\n
**[20:52] ---**
Aisa? Ah, you mean that\nvibey pseudo-magician, right?\n
**[20:56] ---**
But who did you hear that from?\n
**[20:59] ---**
Isn't that obvious?\n
**[21:01] ---**
I'm not a vibe.\n
**[21:03] ---**
H-Himegami?!\nW-What are you and Index doing here?\n
**[21:07] ---**
It's not as though we wanted\nto come here together to visit you.\n
**[21:10] ---**
It's just that Aisa said that she\nwanted desperately to say thanks.\n
**[21:14] ---**
Why?\n
**[21:17] ---**
Why did you help me? Why, for my sake...?\n
**[21:22] ---**
We just met that one time,\nat a fast food restaurant.\n
**[21:27] ---**
I don't need a reason to help someone, do I?\n
**[21:33] ---**
So anyway, Toma...\n
**[21:35] ---**
Don't talk with your mouth full.\n
**[21:36] ---**
And get down from there already, will you?\n
**[21:40] ---**
You know what?\n
**[21:40] ---**
After a lot of talking it over, \nit looks like the church will be taking in Aisa.\n
**[21:45] ---**
The church? Hey, this isn't some joke\n
**[21:48] ---**
where your "Walking Church"\nis a church, too, right?\n
**[21:58] ---**
Sphinx, where are you going?!\n
**[22:00] ---**
You don't bring a cat to a hospital!\n
**[22:02] ---**
I told you, you should\nleave it back at the apartment.\n
**[22:05] ---**
What do you mean?! It sounds\nlike you've already been to my place!\n
**[22:08] ---**
Wait! Wait up, Sphinx!\n
**[22:11] ---**
Don't make a scene in my hospital room!\n
**[22:12] ---**
--Ah! No, don't claw the wall!\n
**[22:14] ---**
--Ah, geez, what are you doing?! Oh, the wall...\n--Ah! No, don't claw the wall!\n
**[22:20] ---**
Ah, man, this is just my luck!\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
**[22:43] ---**
*Hey, if you can live your lives *
**[22:46] ---**
*believing in your own hearts, *
**[22:50] ---**
*then even though *
**[22:53] ---**
*you may live in different worlds, *
**[22:58] ---**
*as long as you have something to preserve... *
**[23:05] ---**
*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
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*The mana of thousands of lives released *
**[23:17] ---**
*Their motions and their gazes *
**[23:23] ---**
*are heart wrenching *
**[23:29] ---**
*I won't let go *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nMisaka and her carbon-copy sister show up.\n
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And for some reason or other,\nit seems like something is going on.\n
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Then there's the white-haired\nyoung man following her.\n
**[24:01] ---**
Eh? A Level 5, the highest on campus?!\n
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Mikoto Misaka."\n
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n
# 10 - Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)
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Strong crosswind.\nCorrecting sights three clicks to the left.\n
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Building winds. Vortices from three sides.\n
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Correcting sights one click to the right.\n
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Target code: Accelerator.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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"#10 Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)"\n
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"#10 Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)"\nOrdinarily, summer vacation remedial classes are held in July,\n
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\nOrdinarily, summer vacation remedial classes are held in July,\n
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and apparently they\nactually were held in late July.\n
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But I, Kamijo Toma, am now\nretaking them today, on August 20th.\n
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Apparently, I skipped\nthe first remedial classes.\n
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That ambiguous "apparently"\nis a result of me losing my memories.\n
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I don't have any memories before July 28th.\n
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As such, before I knew it,\nI had been made to pay the bill\n
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for skipping something I don't\neven remember,\n
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and that's where I'm at now.\n
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¥2000.\n
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Just my luck.\n
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Hey, there!\n
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Don't just stand there like an idiot.\n
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If you're not buying anything,\nthen stand aside!\n
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That's a Tokiwadai Middle School uniform.\nWho is she?\n
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So, what's with you, pal?\n
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I do have...\n
**[04:26] ---**
...a name--Mikoto Misaka!\nRemember it already, you idiot!\n
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I do know her, all right.\n
**[04:39] ---**
That vending machine\nis just gonna take your money.\n
**[04:43] ---**
I know.\n
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There's a trick to it. \n
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A trick that will make it give\ndrinks without using any money.\n
**[04:50] ---**
A trick?\n
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Shorts...\n
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This vending machine is worse for wear,\n
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so the springs that keep\nthe drinks in place are loose.\n
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The catch is,\nyou can't choose what comes out.\n
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So what's the matter with you?\n
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Does every young lady\nfrom Tokiwadai do stuff like this?\n
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That's what it's like at a girls' school.\n
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Don't go dreaming too hard about us girls.\n
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It's because people like\nyou come around and do this\n
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that the vending machine\ngets broken, you know.\n
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What are you so upset about?\nIt's not like it does you any harm--\n
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Did you get yoinked?\n
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How much did you get taken for?\n
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¥2000.\n
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--¥2000?! You mean you used\na ¥2000 bill?! So they still exist!\n
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--I didn't have any choice! It was the only cash I had!\n--¥2000?! You mean you used a ¥2000 bill?! So they still exist!\n
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--I didn't have any choice! It was the only cash I had!\n--Of course the vending machine is gonna gobble that up!\n
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Here, I'll get it back for you. \n
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How?\n
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Like this.\n
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Huh? There are so many coming out...\n
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You didn't get the ¥2000 bill back,\n
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but I'm sure that more than\n¥2000 worth of drinks came out. \n
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You okay with that?\n
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Hey, why are you running\naway as fast as you can?!\n
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Hey!\n
**[06:21] ---**
"Today's Topics:"\n
**[06:22] ---**
"The Mizuho Institute, which was\ndoing research on the pathology"\n
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"of intractable diseases, such as\nmuscular dystrophy,"\n
**[06:26] ---**
"announces it is discontinuing operations."\n
**[06:30] ---**
Here.\n
**[06:36] ---**
Don't go gleefully escaping from reality,\n
**[06:38] ---**
start carrying these drinks.\nThis is your portion of them, after all.\n
**[06:43] ---**
I'm a little fearful,\nsince the instant I accept these,\n
**[06:46] ---**
I feel like I'm graduating from\ninnocent bystander to accomplice--\n
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Ow, hot!\n
**[06:52] ---**
"Strawberry Oden"\n
**[06:53] ---**
"Strawberry Oden"\nAh, if you don't want the coconut cider, I'll take it.\n
**[06:55] ---**
\nAh, if you don't want the coconut cider, I'll take it.\n
**[07:00] ---**
What are you so on edge for? \n
**[07:02] ---**
It's like, you really are strong,\nbut you think you're weak,\n
**[07:06] ---**
so you're making a fool of yourself.\n
**[07:07] ---**
You're the one who bested Misaka Mikoto.\n
**[07:11] ---**
So now, at the very least,\nyou have to accept the responsibility\n
**[07:14] ---**
of being the victor over me.\n
**[07:16] ---**
--Bested? I beat her? In sports?\n--Such that I, one of only seven\n
**[07:19] ---**
--In some game? When a girl says,\n--Level 5s in all of Academy City,\n
**[07:23] ---**
--you've got to take responsibility,\n--can hold my head high and declare,\n
**[07:25] ---**
--it sure has an ominous ring to it.\n--this is the boy that I lost to!\n
**[07:29] ---**
What gives with the teething fever?\n
**[07:31] ---**
Here, just drink your soda.\nMy underclassmen would swoon\n
**[07:35] ---**
if they were to get a present\nstraight from Master Mikoto.\n
**[07:39] ---**
Swoon? I doubt we're\ntalking about a girl's manga here.\n
**[07:42] ---**
Heh, it would be endearing\nif it were just a girl's manga.\n
**[07:47] ---**
--Do you know what they call me\naround Tokiwadai Middle School?\n
**[07:49] ---**
--Sissy?\n--Do you know what they call me around Tokiwadai Middle School?\n
**[07:51] ---**
Oh, it is you, Sissy.\nOh, my, it's you, Sissy.\n
**[07:55] ---**
Here I thought it wasn't like you,\ntaking remedial lessons,\n
**[07:58] ---**
but it was just a\npretense for this, wasn't it?\n
**[08:02] ---**
J-Just for the record, let me ask you,\nwhat do you mean by "for this"?\n
**[08:07] ---**
It's obvious. So you can\nmeet that gentleman in secret.\n
**[08:12] ---**
Pleased to meet you. I'm Shirai Kuroko,\n
**[08:15] ---**
and I kind of ride shotgun for Sissy.\n
**[08:19] ---**
If you intend to put the moves\non Sissy, please go through me first.\n
**[08:25] ---**
Now, look, you...\n
**[08:29] ---**
Does this geekwad look like my boyfriend?!\n
**[08:36] ---**
No, of course.\n
**[08:39] ---**
Not when it comes to my Sissy.\n
**[08:41] ---**
Well then, please take care not\nto make any missteps, okay, Sissy?\n
**[08:47] ---**
Kuroko!\n
**[08:49] ---**
If you go spreading any funny stories,\nyou'll answer to me!\n
**[08:52] ---**
Teleportation...\n
**[08:54] ---**
Sissy...\n
**[08:55] ---**
Again?!\n
**[08:58] ---**
There's more of you?\n
**[09:00] ---**
Misaka No. 2?!\n
**[09:02] ---**
"I'm her younger sister,"\nis what Misaka is quick to reply.\n
**[09:06] ---**
Younger sister? \n
**[09:08] ---**
But why would Misaka whoever use\n"Misaka" in the first person?\n
**[09:11] ---**
Wouldn't you usually refer\nto yourself by your first name?\n
**[09:14] ---**
It would get confusing\naround the house, right?\n
**[09:16] ---**
"Misaka's name is Misaka,"\nis Misaka's swift reponse.\n
**[09:20] ---**
And just what are you doing,\nwandering around here for?!\n
**[09:24] ---**
"Why, you ask me? I am doing training,"\nis Misaka's brief answer.\n
**[09:32] ---**
Ah, training?\n
**[09:35] ---**
Hey, little sister,\ncould you come here for a second?\n
**[09:38] ---**
We've got a bit of\ncatching up to do. Quite a bit.\n
**[09:42] ---**
"No, Misaka has a schedule to keep,"\nis what Misaka--\n
**[09:45] ---**
It's okay!\n
**[09:48] ---**
Come with me.\n
**[09:50] ---**
Okay, well, we're headed this way.\nBe mindful of your dorm's curfew.\n
**[09:57] ---**
Maybe they're just... a complex family.\n
**[10:08] ---**
So hot...\n
**[10:10] ---**
So cold...\n
**[10:12] ---**
So heavy...\n
**[10:25] ---**
That was a close one.\n
**[10:33] ---**
W-Whoa, hold on! Hey!\n
**[10:40] ---**
D-Damn it, what did I ever do?\n
**[10:47] ---**
Didn't you...\n
**[10:50] ---**
...take your sister and go off\nsomewhere a little while ago?\n
**[10:55] ---**
Huh?\n
**[10:56] ---**
I thought she was wearing shorts earlier.\n
**[10:59] ---**
"I can lend you a hand, if you need it,"\n
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is what Misaka suggests with a sigh.\n
**[11:08] ---**
Oh, you’re her younger sister.\nYou really do look like Mikoto.\n
**[11:13] ---**
"Mikoto?" is what Misaka asks back.\nAhh, you mean Sissy.\n
**[11:20] ---**
What's with the heavy-duty military goggles?\n
**[11:23] ---**
"Unlike Sissy,\nMisaka doesn't have the skills to follow\n
**[11:26] ---**
electron beams and\nmagnetic field lines by eyesight,\n
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so she needs this device\nto make them visible,"\n
**[11:32] ---**
is what Misaka explains with care.\n
**[11:35] ---**
Ah. But didn't your sister\ntake you away somewhere earlier?\n
**[11:44] ---**
"Misaka just came from there,"\nshe says, pointing.\n
**[11:53] ---**
"Where should we carry these drinks to,"\n
**[11:56] ---**
asks Misaka, with both\nof her hands filled with drinks.\n
**[12:00] ---**
Oh, uh, that's okay.\nI can carry them by myself.\n
**[12:06] ---**
"Where should we carry these drinks to,"\n
**[12:09] ---**
Misaka prods.\n
**[12:11] ---**
Huh? L-Like I said,\nthat's okay, that's okay.\n
**[12:14] ---**
You're under no obligation to carry them.\n
**[12:16] ---**
Quickly, now.\n
**[12:19] ---**
Right.\n
**[12:27] ---**
Hey! Kamijo Toma!\n
**[12:33] ---**
My air conditioning is out,\nso I'm staying over here.\n
**[12:35] ---**
It's gonna get noisy with my\nbrother tonight, so forgive us.\n
**[12:39] ---**
Is Tsuchimikado home?\n
**[12:41] ---**
Nope. I have no idea where he went.\n
**[12:45] ---**
This is Maika, the stepsister\nof my classmate Tsuchimikado,\n
**[12:48] ---**
who lives next door.\nApparently, she goes to maid school.\n
**[12:53] ---**
Maid school sure must be rough.\nYou don't get summers off, right?\n
**[12:57] ---**
Mm-mm.\n
**[12:58] ---**
Our school motto is that a\ntrue maid doesn't need time off.\n
**[13:03] ---**
By the way, Kamijo Toma,\ndid you win those trophies in your arms\n
**[13:07] ---**
in some lottery caper?\n
**[13:08] ---**
I paid for them fair and square.\n
**[13:10] ---**
They're not the tidiest drinks around,\n
**[13:12] ---**
but you can have one if you want.\n
**[13:14] ---**
Okay, this one.\n
**[13:19] ---**
Lastly, the first secret of hiding runaway girls--\n
**[13:23] ---**
In the city, have them wander\naround town at the usual times,\n
**[13:26] ---**
and then call them back in the evening.\n
**[13:28] ---**
That's the easiest feeding method.\n
**[13:30] ---**
How did you know?!\n
**[13:32] ---**
The Sister tramps noisily\naround the place, you know?\n
**[13:40] ---**
"Is that what you're into?"\nasks Misaka, somewhat earnestly.\n
**[13:46] ---**
Don't be too serious. \n
**[13:52] ---**
Hmm? What are they doing?\n
**[13:58] ---**
Hey, what's up? Did you\nlose your key, and get locked out?\n
**[14:03] ---**
Ah, it's Toma! No, we didn't.\n
**[14:05] ---**
And what's this?! Toma,\ndid you bring home another stranger?!\n
**[14:09] ---**
What is this?\n
**[14:11] ---**
At this point, maybe you\nwere born under that sort of star.\n
**[14:14] ---**
The kind where you trigger those flags,\n
**[14:16] ---**
and run down various other routes.\n
**[14:20] ---**
So, what is it you're doing?\n
**[14:23] ---**
Sphinx is covered with fleas,\nso we're removing them.\n
**[14:28] ---**
Eh? You mean, the apartment\nis covered with fleas, too?!\n
**[14:31] ---**
Damn it, I *thought* I was feeling itchy lately.
**[14:34] ---**
It's okay, Toma.\n
**[14:38] ---**
What is that?\n
**[14:40] ---**
It's a medicinal herb called sage.\n
**[14:42] ---**
I'm going to set fire to this, \n
**[14:43] ---**
and smoke out the fleas on Sphinx's body.\n
**[14:47] ---**
Smoke out? What are you,\nmaking savory steamed cat?\n
**[14:52] ---**
Wait, Himegami.\nWhat are you pulling out over there?\n
**[14:56] ---**
All I can say is that it's magic spray.\n
**[14:59] ---**
What are you doing with it?\n
**[15:01] ---**
I'm just aiming the magic\nspray at the fleas, and spraying them.\n
**[15:05] ---**
It looks like ordinary pesticide to me!\n
**[15:08] ---**
Are you planning to\nspray that directly onto the cat?!\n
**[15:11] ---**
"As far as dealing with the cat goes...\n
**[15:14] ---**
...you simply want to remove the fleas\n
**[15:16] ---**
from the surface of the cat's body,\nwithout using drugs, right?"\n
**[15:20] ---**
Misaka asks, seeking confirmation.\n
**[15:22] ---**
Well, sure. How would you do it?\n
**[15:26] ---**
"Like this," Misaka swiftly replies.\n
**[15:33] ---**
"I have exterminated just the\nfleas, using a specific frequency,"\n
**[15:36] ---**
reports Misaka.\n
**[15:38] ---**
"I believe you can easily\nexterminate inside the apartment\n
**[15:41] ---**
using an insecticide of\nthe type that emits smoke,"\n
**[15:44] ---**
offers Misaka by way of advice.\n
**[15:47] ---**
S-Sure...\n
**[15:50] ---**
"Soup Curry"\n
**[15:51] ---**
"Soup Curry"\nWell then,\n
**[15:52] ---**
\nWell then,\n
**[15:53] ---**
as my errand is complete...\n
**[16:03] ---**
As far as the necessary conditions\nof the ESP card experiment,\n
**[16:06] ---**
reinstituted in America in 1992,\n
**[16:10] ---**
the material was changed to ABS resin.\n
**[16:13] ---**
\nThis was because of a trick that was used, whereby the type of card\n
**[16:13] ---**
"ESP Cards"\nThis was because of a trick that was used, whereby the type of card\n
**[16:16] ---**
"ESP Cards"\nwas identified by fingerprints on the card's surface...\n
**[16:19] ---**
"ESP Cards"\nHey, Kamijo! Are you listening to me?!\n
**[16:25] ---**
Yes, I'm listening. \n
**[16:27] ---**
But listening to this isn't going\nto increase my power, right?\n
**[16:30] ---**
Kami is a Level 0, and all.\n
**[16:33] ---**
You can't grow something\nthat isn't gonna grow.\n
**[16:35] ---**
Yes, but if you give up because\nyou don't have any power,\n
**[16:38] ---**
then what *could* grow won't grow, either.
**[16:41] ---**
Miss Misaka, of Tokiwadai Middle School,\n
**[16:44] ---**
who is ranked 3rd in\nAcademy City, was originally a Level 1,\n
**[16:47] ---**
but she worked and worked\nuntil she reached Level 5.\n
**[16:52] ---**
Ranked 3rd? Who, *her*?
**[16:54] ---**
Hmm? Kamijo, do you know Miss Misaka?\n
**[16:59] ---**
No, not really.\n
**[17:15] ---**
Hey there! Are you on your way\nhome from remedial lessons, too?\n
**[17:25] ---**
Oh, it's you.\n
**[17:29] ---**
"Today's Topics:"\n
**[17:30] ---**
"Three research centers whose work"\n
**[17:31] ---**
"Three research centers whose work"\nI sure do hate those airships, you know?\n
**[17:32] ---**
"centered around muscular dystrophy"\nI sure do hate those airships, you know?\n
**[17:33] ---**
"announced their closures in rapid"\nI sure do hate those airships, you know?\n
**[17:35] ---**
"succession during the last two weeks."\n
**[17:36] ---**
"succession during the last two weeks."\nWhy's that?\n
**[17:37] ---**
\nWhy's that?\n
**[17:38] ---**
Because the machine sets the policy,\nand the humans follow it.\n
**[17:42] ---**
The machine?\nAh, what was it again? Let's see...\n
**[17:46] ---**
Tree Diagram, wasn't it?\n
**[17:49] ---**
Tree Diagram.\nThe greatest supercomputer in the world,\n
**[17:53] ---**
loaded aboard the satellite Orihime I,\n
**[17:56] ---**
which was launched by\nAcademy City under the pretense\n
**[17:58] ---**
that it would be analyzing climate data...\n
**[18:02] ---**
or so we're told, \n
**[18:04] ---**
but do you think such a\nridiculous thing actually exists?\n
**[18:08] ---**
Huh?\n
**[18:11] ---**
Ow! What the hell did you do that for?!\n
**[18:15] ---**
Ah, I was just waxing a little poetic.\n
**[18:20] ---**
Huh?\n
**[18:22] ---**
Well, I'm headed this way, so...\n
**[18:41] ---**
That's Mikoto, right?\n
**[18:46] ---**
It's her younger sister.\nYou know, if you lose the goggles,\n
**[18:49] ---**
there really is no way to tell them apart.\n
**[18:54] ---**
Hey there. Thanks for your help\nwith the drinks and fleas yesterday.\n
**[18:58] ---**
"Your words of gratitude were\nnot my objective," replies Misaka.\n
**[19:06] ---**
What's wrong? Aren't you giving that to him?\n
**[19:11] ---**
"It is not possible for Misaka\nto feed this cat," she concludes.\n
**[19:17] ---**
"That's because Misaka has one critical defect,"\n
**[19:21] ---**
she additionally explains.\n
**[19:23] ---**
Defect?\n
**[19:24] ---**
"Misaka's body constantly\nemits a weak magnetic field around it,"\n
**[19:27] ---**
explains Misaka. \n
**[19:29] ---**
It is not strong enough\nfor people to detect,\n
**[19:32] ---**
but it's another matter for other animals.\n
**[19:37] ---**
"Unless something is done,\nthere is a risk of the Health Department\n
**[19:39] ---**
taking him in," Misaka points out.\n
**[19:42] ---**
Well, yeah, I guess so.\n
**[19:45] ---**
"Do you know how animals\ntaken in by the Health Department\n
**[19:49] ---**
are treated?" presses Misaka.\n
**[19:57] ---**
You're the one who found him,\n
**[19:59] ---**
so you should at least\nbe the one to name him.\n
**[20:03] ---**
--"Dog."\n
**[20:04] ---**
--Huh?\n--"Dog."\n
**[20:04] ---**
"The black cat is 'Dog',"\nas named by Misaka.\n
**[20:09] ---**
He is a cat, and yet, "Dog."\n
**[20:13] ---**
Yeah, but I mean, seriously,\nhow about a more dignified name?\n
**[20:19] ---**
"Okay, 'Tokugawa Ieyasu'," reconsiders Misaka.\n
**[20:23] ---**
That's a bit *too* dignified!
**[20:25] ---**
In that case, how about "Schrödinger"?\n
**[20:27] ---**
That name is taboo when it comes to cats.\n
**[20:31] ---**
I'll just be a second in here.\n
**[20:33] ---**
Just hang out here for a moment, okay?\n
**[20:35] ---**
"Do you want a book on how to take care of cats?"\n
**[20:39] ---**
Misaka asks, seeking confirmation.\n
**[20:41] ---**
I'd say more knowledge than a book.\n
**[20:43] ---**
You saw the nun's habit\nand the priestess's robes, right?\n
**[20:49] ---**
"I must say, just for the record,\nthat the improper treatment of cats\n
**[20:54] ---**
is a crime against animal\nprotection laws," warns Misaka.\n
**[20:59] ---**
Huh? What? Are you angry?\n
**[21:02] ---**
"I am not angry. Though I do\nnot mean that everything is fine\n
**[21:06] ---**
as long as you are not directly involved,"\n
**[21:09] ---**
says Misaka, calling your attention.\n
**[21:11] ---**
Sorry.\n
**[21:15] ---**
Come to think of it, \n
**[21:15] ---**
is it okay for me to be\ngoing into the store carrying a cat?\n
**[21:20] ---**
"I do not mean to sound\nlike I'm endlessly lecturing,\n
**[21:23] ---**
but please refrain from\ngiving him to me," says Misaka--\n
**[21:31] ---**
You say cats don't like you\nbecause of your magnetic field?\n
**[21:34] ---**
Then getting over that very barrier\n
**[21:37] ---**
is what will bring about true friendship, right?\n
**[21:41] ---**
"My goodness, what nerve he has,\n
**[21:43] ---**
thinking it is okay to just toss a kitten,"\n
**[21:46] ---**
Misaka whispers to herself.\n
**[22:15] ---**
Now, the question is,\n
**[22:18] ---**
who is the strongest Level 5 in Academy City?\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nButchery carried out over and over in the name of experimentation.\n
**[23:57] ---**
The object of which are called "Sisters."\n
**[24:00] ---**
Hey, Misaka, how much do you know about this?\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Sisters."\n
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n
# 11 - Sisters (Sisters)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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The 3rd-ranked esper in all of Academy City\n
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is Zapper, otherwise known as Misaka Mikoto.\n
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Apparently, we were acquaintances\nbefore I lost my memory.\n
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Additionally, her look-alike\nyounger sister suddenly showed up.\n
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The two of them have me,\nKamijo Toma, at their mercy.\n
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When it happened, I still hadn't realized\n
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what the existence of this\n"younger sister" really meant.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*From the reason why I live here *
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*to everything I encounter in this place, *
**[01:12] ---**
*though we may be worlds apart *
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*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
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*I'll turn my back to the pain *
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*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
**[01:37] ---**
*of those lucky people who look on *
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*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
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*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
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*...with conviction *
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*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
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*and unreliable power *
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*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
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"#11 Sisters (Sisters)"\n
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What are you running away like that for? \n
**[02:35] ---**
Beguilingly shaking your ass like that.\n
**[02:38] ---**
Is that an invitation?\n
**[02:50] ---**
Here's the question:\n
**[02:52] ---**
What am I, Accelerator...\n
**[02:57] ---**
...doing here, exactly?\n
**[03:29] ---**
Reflection...\n
**[03:31] ---**
Oh, too bad. You're close,\nbut that's not the principle I use.\n
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The answer is vector transformation.\n
**[03:39] ---**
Whether kinetic energy,\namount of heat, electrical charge,\n
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or any other vector,\nall it has to do is touch my skin,\n
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and I can transform it. \n
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I do have my default setting on reflect, though.\n
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Now then, on to the\nmatter of the consolation match...\n
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Right now, I am touching your "blood flow."\n
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If I were to reverse the flow, \n
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what do you suppose\nwould happen to a person's body?\n
**[04:05] ---**
The correct response wins rest... in peace.\n
**[04:18] ---**
Huh?\n
**[04:31] ---**
There, there. \n
**[04:34] ---**
I have to wonder, where could she have gone?\n
**[05:49] ---**
Misaka...?\n
**[06:22] ---**
You there... Excuse me...\n
**[06:27] ---**
If you're up to it, we'd like you\nto take us to where you found her.\n
**[06:31] ---**
Can you do that for us?\n
**[06:34] ---**
Let's go.\n
**[07:04] ---**
Hey, kid!\n
**[07:08] ---**
Is something the matter?\n
**[07:09] ---**
Er, no. Her body was\nsupposed to be... right here...\n
**[07:14] ---**
Huh? Hey...\n
**[07:16] ---**
Yeah.\n
**[07:23] ---**
Kid, there's nothing here.\n
**[07:25] ---**
There really...\n
**[07:27] ---**
There really was someone who died.\n
**[07:34] ---**
What's going on?\n
**[07:36] ---**
What's going on here, damn it?!\n
**[07:43] ---**
Hey, kid!\n
**[08:29] ---**
What is going on?\n
**[08:32] ---**
"I'm awfully sorry.\n
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After I finished the op, I was\nplanning to come back to you,"\n
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apologizes Misaka upfront.\n
**[08:39] ---**
H-Hey, hold on a second.\nYou're Misaka's younger sister, right?\n
**[08:45] ---**
Damn, man, what was all that?\n
**[08:48] ---**
Sorry. Up until right now,\nI thought that you might be dead.\n
**[08:54] ---**
Thank goodness.\nIt looks like it was nothing at all.\n
**[08:58] ---**
"Misaka unmistakably did die,"\nreports Misaka.\n
**[09:09] ---**
W-What is that... you're holding, exactly?\n
**[09:15] ---**
"I must verify your password,\njust to be sure,"\n
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says Misaka, carrying out her word.\n
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"ZXC741ASD852QWE963,"\nsays Misaka, testing you.\n
**[09:30] ---**
Uh, what?\n
**[09:31] ---**
"Since you are unable to\ndecode this password at this time,\n
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you do not appear to be part of the experiment,"\n
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confirms Misaka.\n
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Then, what you've\ngot in the sleeping bag is...\n
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"Sisters,"\n
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answers Misaka.\n
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"I apologize for leaving the black cat behind,"\n
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expresses Misaka.\n
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"But I felt uncomfortable involving\nan animal in a pointless battle,"\n
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justifies Misaka.\n
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"Apparently, I caused you some\nundue concern over this experiment,"\n
**[10:08] ---**
apologizes Misaka.\n
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But you needn't have worried.\n
**[10:12] ---**
I am here... \n
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...to inform you...\n
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...that all of the Misakas here are Misaka.\n
**[10:27] ---**
What is this?\n
**[10:43] ---**
"The Misaka that you have\nhad contact with up through today\n
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is serial number 10032, \n
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which is to say, this Misaka.\n
**[10:51] ---**
The Misakas all utilize\nthe ability to control electricity,\n
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and our brainwaves\nare all linked to each other.\n
**[10:56] ---**
The other Misakas no more than\nshare the memories of No. 10032,"\n
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Misaka continues to explain.\n
**[11:04] ---**
Who are you?\n
**[11:06] ---**
"Cellular clones created as\nmass-produced military models\n
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of Sissy Misaka Mikoto, one of only\nseven Level 5s in Academy City,\n
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the Sisters," answers Misaka.\n
**[11:19] ---**
What are you doing, then?\n
**[11:22] ---**
"Just an experiment," answers Misaka.\n
**[11:26] ---**
"The details are classified top-secret,\nso I cannot explain further,\n
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but this is not a serious incident,"\n
**[11:32] ---**
explains Misaka.\n
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"I would like to apologize again\n
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for involving you in this experiment,"\n
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says Misaka, with bowed head.\n
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Now then, if you would look after the cat...\n
**[12:05] ---**
*Experiment? Military? *
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And just what are you doing,\nwandering around here for?!\n
**[12:12] ---**
--Misaka...\n
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--It's okay!\n--Misaka...\n
**[12:15] ---**
Come with me.\n
**[12:18] ---**
Is it possible that\nshe knew about all of this?\n
**[12:25] ---**
Thank you for providing this dinner.\n
**[12:27] ---**
Me too.\n
**[12:28] ---**
Himegami, since you're\ncrashing in, you'll start with this.\n
**[12:37] ---**
Okay, please hop to it,\nand cook some meat for the teacher.\n
**[12:41] ---**
Mm-hmm... but,\n
**[12:44] ---**
before I do,\n
**[12:46] ---**
I'll tell you a scary story\nthat happened in Academy City.\n
**[12:51] ---**
I won't be bursting out into tears\nover any of the seven wonders.\n
**[12:56] ---**
The contents of the charred *yakiniku* portions...
**[12:59] ---**
...are actually carcinogenic.\n
**[13:02] ---**
Whoa! A truly scary story like that one\n
**[13:04] ---**
is not one of my summer traditions!\n
**[13:07] ---**
Are you planning to whittle away my appetite\n
**[13:08] ---**
and monopolize all of\nthe meat for yourself, Himegami?\n
**[13:14] ---**
We have company.\n
**[13:15] ---**
I think it's probably\na house-to-house notice,\n
**[13:17] ---**
so Himegami, could you\nplease handle it politely for me?\n
**[13:21] ---**
In the mean time,\nI'm going to cook my own meat...\n
**[13:25] ---**
...and eat it by myself.\n
**[13:39] ---**
I-I'm starvi--\n
**[13:43] ---**
Huh? Who was it?\n
**[13:46] ---**
Oh, it was nothing at all.\n
**[13:54] ---**
At least... At least feed him.\nAt least feed Sphinx.\n
**[14:07] ---**
Toma insists on not coming home,\n
**[14:09] ---**
so I thought I was going to starve to death.\n
**[14:15] ---**
That's okay. One or two more people won't matter.\n
**[14:20] ---**
The extra-deluxe *yakiniku* set, enough to satisfy everyone, it's *not*.
**[14:25] ---**
Yay! Meat! Meat! Meat!\n
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"Summertime Interim Schedule"\n
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Next stop, School District 7,\nTokiwadai Middle School Student Dorms.\n
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"208 Misaka - Shirai"\n
**[15:19] ---**
Room 208.\n
**[15:22] ---**
Let's see...\n
**[15:26] ---**
What are you going\nto do once you see her?\n
**[15:30] ---**
Are you going to ask her\nabout this ghoulish "experiment,"\n
**[15:33] ---**
that thinks nothing of killing someone?\n
**[15:45] ---**
Yes?\n
**[15:47] ---**
Uh, um, Misaka? It's Kamijo.\n
**[15:52] ---**
Ah, Kamijo, is it?\n
**[15:57] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry,\nI must have the wrong room number.\n
**[16:01] ---**
No, no, it's all right. \n
**[16:04] ---**
I share the room with Sissy.\n
**[16:06] ---**
Oh, you do?\n
**[16:08] ---**
Yes, I do.\n
**[16:12] ---**
Hang on, I've heard\nthat voice somewhere before.\n
**[16:15] ---**
Now, it sounds like I've heard\nyour voice somewhere before.\n
**[16:21] ---**
You! You're the gentleman that\nSissy was secretly seeing yesterday!\n
**[16:26] ---**
What do you need with Sissy?!\n
**[16:28] ---**
Oh, uh, it's nothing that important.\n
**[16:30] ---**
If it's not that important, \n
**[16:32] ---**
it seems fishy that you\nwould come all the way here.\n
**[16:35] ---**
Yeah, well, if she's not there, never mind.\n
**[16:41] ---**
Sissy has still not returned.\n
**[16:44] ---**
If you need to see her,\n
**[16:45] ---**
I recommend that you come in and wait for her.\n
**[16:56] ---**
Room 208...\n
**[16:59] ---**
This is it.\n
**[17:04] ---**
Come in. It's not locked.\n
**[17:09] ---**
Pardon the intrusion.\n
**[17:13] ---**
It's you, all right.\n
**[17:16] ---**
Y-You're...\n
**[17:17] ---**
Don't tell me that after I left,\nyou had an indiscretion with Sissy.\n
**[17:22] ---**
No, no! No! \n
**[17:24] ---**
I see. Moreover,\nyou don't seem to have come here\n
**[17:27] ---**
to discuss such an amorous tale.\n
**[17:31] ---**
If you're going to wait\nfor Sissy, please sit on that bed.\n
**[17:35] ---**
Er, no, I couldn't do that.\nNot without her permission.\n
**[17:40] ---**
You needn't worry. That's my bed.\n
**[17:45] ---**
Then that one is Misaka's?\n
**[17:47] ---**
What are you doing on someone else's bed?\n
**[17:50] ---**
You're not, by any chance,\na deviant, are you?\n
**[17:52] ---**
I won't have you calling me a deviant.\n
**[17:56] ---**
People have things that\nthey won't tell anyone else,\n
**[17:58] ---**
but in their minds,\nthey find to be perfectly okay.\n
**[18:02] ---**
You know, how you will put\nyour mouth on the girl you like's flute,\n
**[18:05] ---**
or steal her bicycle seat.\n
**[18:08] ---**
No I don't!\n
**[18:09] ---**
Geez, is this really\nwhat it's like at a girls' school?\n
**[18:15] ---**
Come to think of it,\nif you're sharing a room with Misaka,\n
**[18:18] ---**
are you classmates?\nSince you always call her "Sissy,"\n
**[18:21] ---**
I figured she was your upperclassman.\n
**[18:23] ---**
Oh, no, I really am Sissy's underclassman.\n
**[18:28] ---**
I'm also a year behind her.\n
**[18:30] ---**
So then, why...\n
**[18:32] ---**
I had the previous roommate leave,\nand I took her place here.\n
**[18:38] ---**
And it was absolutely lawful.\n
**[18:43] ---**
Sissy has many enemies, after all.\n
**[18:46] ---**
Maybe that's what she\ngets for being so powerful,\n
**[18:48] ---**
but having someone who sleeps\nin the same room turning on her\n
**[18:51] ---**
is a bit too much to bear, don't you think?\n
**[18:55] ---**
So then, can I assume\nthat you are a gentleman\n
**[18:57] ---**
who frequently gets into quarrels with Sissy?\n
**[19:03] ---**
If not, then that's quite all right.\n
**[19:06] ---**
I just wanted to have even\na glimpse of the face of someone\n
**[19:09] ---**
who was supportive of Sissy.\n
**[19:12] ---**
Supportive?\n
**[19:20] ---**
Is she back?\n
**[19:21] ---**
Those footsteps... This is bad!\n
**[19:25] ---**
It looks like the head resident is doing a check!\n
**[19:28] ---**
What do we do? If they find out that there's a boy\n
**[19:31] ---**
in the Tokiwadai Girls' Dorms,\nthere'll be huge trouble!\n
**[19:35] ---**
I'm going to have to\nteleport you outside for a bit.\n
**[19:43] ---**
Why doesn't my power work on you?\n
**[19:46] ---**
Well, you see...\n
**[19:48] ---**
...it must be my right hand.\n
**[19:52] ---**
We don't have much choice.\nPlease, hide underneath the bed here.\n
**[19:59] ---**
Hey, I can't! There's not enough...\n
**[20:01] ---**
Just get under there!\n
**[20:08] ---**
...room under here.\n
**[20:11] ---**
Shirai, it's time for supper.\nGather at the dining hall.\n
**[20:15] ---**
Hmm? Where's Misaka?\n
**[20:17] ---**
Sissy is at her remedial lesson.\nPerhaps it went long.\n
**[20:21] ---**
I haven't heard anything\nabout that. If she is breaking curfew,\n
**[20:25] ---**
she and her roommate will jointly\nreceive one demerit. Understood?\n
**[20:30] ---**
Yes, of course.\n
**[20:41] ---**
A zipper?\n
**[20:46] ---**
"Radio Noise 'Sisters'..."\n
**[20:49] ---**
Sisters...\n
**[20:52] ---**
"How to elevate 'Accelerator' to Level 6"\n
**[20:53] ---**
"through the use of Radio Noise 'Sisters'."\nLevel 6?\n
**[20:57] ---**
"As a result of using Tree\nDiagram predictive calculations,\n
**[21:00] ---**
it is ascertained that there is only one person\n
**[21:02] ---**
who is able to reach the\nabsolute ability status of Level 6."\n
**[21:06] ---**
"Specific battlegrounds will be prepared,\n
**[21:08] ---**
and by moving forward\nwith battles according to plan,\n
**[21:11] ---**
development will be\nstimulated through actual combat..."\n
**[21:20] ---**
She's been playing me.\n
**[21:25] ---**
Where is she? Where did she go?\n
**[21:41] ---**
The propellers are turning,\neven though the wind isn't blowing.\n
**[21:46] ---**
In wind-powered electricity,\nit's the turning of the propellers\n
**[21:49] ---**
that generates the electricity. \n
**[21:52] ---**
And contrarily, the propellers\nrotate when bathed in electricity.\n
**[21:58] ---**
There are electromagnetic\nwaves constantly emanating from her.\n
**[22:05] ---**
Which means, if I were to follow them...\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
**[22:43] ---**
*Hey, if you can live your lives *
**[22:46] ---**
*believing in your own hearts, *
**[22:50] ---**
*then even though *
**[22:53] ---**
*you may live in different worlds, *
**[22:58] ---**
*as long as you have something to preserve... *
**[23:05] ---**
*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
**[23:11] ---**
*The mana of thousands of lives released *
**[23:17] ---**
*Their motions and their gazes *
**[23:23] ---**
*are heart wrenching *
**[23:29] ---**
*I won't let go *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nThe shocking truth is written in that report.\n
**[23:57] ---**
As Misaka is weighed down to\nthe point of being crushed\n
**[24:00] ---**
by the cruel fate\nawaiting her younger sisters, I...\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Level 6."\n
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When science and magic cross paths,\nthe story begins.\n
# 12 - Level 6 (Absolute Ability)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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Misaka's sister died... or so I thought,\n
**[00:33] ---**
when one after another,\nmore of her sisters appeared.\n
**[00:36] ---**
Just how many sisters does she have?\n
**[00:38] ---**
That aside, "Sisters"? An experiment?\n
**[00:42] ---**
There's something outrageous\nhappening here in Academy City.\n
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What's going on here, Zapper?\nDo you know anything about this?\n
**[00:57] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:04] ---**
*Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo *
**[01:08] ---**
*kono basho de deau subete mo *
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*tatoe chigau sekai demo *
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*doko ni ite mo kono omoi wa yuruganai *
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*Mune wo chikuri to sasu itami *
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*sore wo warau shiawase na monotachi e *
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*se wo mukeyuku *
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*Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou *
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*Furuedasu ashi ga oboete'ru *
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*kakushin ni *
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*Yume dake ja mamorenai *
**[02:00] ---**
*tayoranai chikara *
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*Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai *
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"#12 Level 6 (Absolute Ability)"\n
**[02:24] ---**
What is ESP, you ask?\n
**[02:28] ---**
Mm-hmm.\n
**[02:29] ---**
To put it simply, it's Schrödinger's theory.\n
**[02:32] ---**
Schrödinger?\n
**[02:34] ---**
He was a professor of quantum mechanics,\n
**[02:36] ---**
who left us with the\nstory of Schrödinger's cat.\n
**[02:39] ---**
It's an interminably cruel story,\nso I'll rearrange it a bit.\n
**[02:43] ---**
I have a box here.\n
**[02:46] ---**
What do you think might be in here?\n
**[02:50] ---**
There's chocolate inside, of course.\n
**[02:52] ---**
After all, it's a chocolate box.\n
**[02:54] ---**
Ah, too bad. There are hard candies inside.\n
**[02:58] ---**
Huh? What gives?\n
**[03:00] ---**
It's done.\n
**[03:01] ---**
Okay, Sister, what do\nyou think might be in this box?\n
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You yourself said there\nwere hard candies in it, right?\n
**[03:09] ---**
That's right. But there's\na possibility that I'm lying.\n
**[03:16] ---**
It's 50% chocolate, 50% hard candy.\n
**[03:19] ---**
We'll never know unless we open it and see.\n
**[03:21] ---**
There, go ahead.\n
**[03:24] ---**
Not really chock full of chocolate.\n
**[03:26] ---**
No pun intended.\n
**[03:29] ---**
Okay, Sister, what do\nyou think might be in this box?\n
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I already saw that there was chocolate inside.\n
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Indeed, regular people\nwould think it's chocolate, 100%,\n
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after having just seen it.\n
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But what if there was someone\nwho thought it was hard candy?\n
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What if they believed in that possibility,\nand got that, instead?\n
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People who can split off from normal reality\n
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and obtain a reality just for\nthemselves, are who we call espers.\n
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Why...?\n
**[04:16] ---**
Why did it turn out like this?\n
**[04:26] ---**
Excuse me.\n
**[04:28] ---**
Are you Misaka Mikoto?\n
**[04:34] ---**
There are a lot of people\nin the world who are suffering\n
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because they are unable to\nfreely move their arms and legs.\n
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What we call commands from the brain\n
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are sent to the muscles through electrical signals.\n
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If we had the power to control bioelectricity,\n
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we might be able to\noffer them the light of salvation.\n
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By making use of your ability,\nwe might be able to help save them all.\n
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Hey, did you hear?\n
**[05:00] ---**
Word is that somewhere in Academy City,\nthey're making military clones.\n
**[05:04] ---**
That story about them\nusing a Level 5's DNA map, right?\n
**[05:08] ---**
You don't suppose it's\nthe one in our class, do you?\n
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Well, phooey on you.\n
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Help...\n
**[05:43] ---**
Help us...\n
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A cat?\n
**[06:04] ---**
Hey...\n
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What are you doing?\n
**[06:14] ---**
It's up to me what\nI do and where I do it, right?\n
**[06:17] ---**
I am the Level 5 Railgun. \n
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Any punk who comes around,\nfor the sake of a little night life,\n
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is no danger to me.\n
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And you don't have any\nbusiness asking me in the first place.\n
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Cut it out.\n
**[06:32] ---**
Cut what out?\nIf you're looking to get Mikoto,\n
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the girl who kicked the\nvending machine and got some drinks,\n
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--in trouble for a little night stroll--\n
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--"As a result of using Tree Diagram calculations...\n--in trouble for a little night stroll--\n
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128 different types of\nbattlefields will be prepared,\n
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and by killing Railgun 128 times,\n
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it is ascertained that\nAccelerator will progress to Level 6.\n
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Since 128 Railguns cannot be prepared,\n
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and as a result of recalculations\nfocusing on the mass production\n
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of the Level 5 "Sisters,"\nplanned for the same period, \n
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by preparing 20,000 battlefields,\nand killing 20,000 Sisters,\n
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it is understood that the same\nresults can be obtained."\n
**[07:10] ---**
In other words, \n
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your younger sisters were\ncreated in order to be killed \n
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in an experiment to produce a Level 6, right?\n
**[07:19] ---**
Aww, why would you go and do such a thing?\n
**[07:24] ---**
If you're holding that, \n
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it means that you went into\nmy room without my say-so, right?\n
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Ordinarily, you'd die for that.\n
**[07:34] ---**
So, having seen that,\nare you ultimately concerned for me?\n
**[07:38] ---**
Or did you think it was inexcusable?\n
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I was concerned, of course.\n
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Well, I'd rather there was\nsomeone who says so, even if it's not true.\n
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I'm telling the truth.\n
**[07:50] ---**
What?\n
**[07:51] ---**
I said I'm telling the truth!\n
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I apologize for going into\nyour room without your permission.\n
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You can zap me with all\nthe electricity you want later.\n
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So, what are you doing?\n
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I doubt you obtained this\nby legitimate means, either.\n
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What are these marks over\nwhere these laboratories are?\n
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Those almost look like... \n
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...kill marks, don't they?\n
**[08:18] ---**
And you'd be right about that.\n
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But to be perfectly honest,\nI didn't use my railgun on them.\n
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A laboratory costs hundreds\nof millions to equip, right?\n
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I can blow the crap out of\nthem over the net with my powers.\n
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As a result, the laboratory shuts down,\nand the project gets tied up.\n
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At least, that's what\nwas supposed to happen.\n
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Supposed to?\n
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But no matter how much I wreck, \n
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the experiment is immediately\npicked up by some other laboratory.\n
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The scholars must be salivating\nto create an unprecedented Level 6.\n
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As for the others, they call\nthemselves laboratory animals.\n
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They understand precisely\nwhat that means for them.\n
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Human cloning is against\ninternational law, right?\n
**[09:10] ---**
If you expose it,\nthen even the governing board...\n
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This city is under the watchful\neye of the Tree Diagram satellite.\n
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That means that they have\nthe governing board's tacit approval.\n
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This is a problem that I brought about myself.\n
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So I should be the one to help them out of this.\n
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It's pretty simple,\nwhen you think about it, huh?\n
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This experiment is all\nabout making Accelerator stronger.\n
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If Accelerator, the experiment's mainstay,\n
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were to disappear,\nit would disintegrate in midair.\n
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That's not true.\n
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You can't defeat Accelerator.\n
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If you could, you would have done it first thing.\n
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Which means that even though\nyou might want to, you can't, right?\n
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You're no match for Accelerator,\nright out of the gate.\n
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Why didn't you ask for help?\n
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Once you knew you couldn't solve this yourself,\n
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you could have gone\nto others seeking help, right?\n
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Why did they prepare 20,000 Sisters?\n
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Because they couldn't prepare 128 Railguns.\n
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And why did they need 128 Railguns?\n
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Because by killing 128 Railguns,\nAccelerator will advance to Level 6.\n
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What if...\n
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...I wasn't even worth that much?\n
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Kill me 128 times,\nand he still doesn't reach Level 6?\n
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What if the researchers\nwere able to be convinced of that?\n
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In fact, Tree Diagram worked\nout that if Accelerator and I fight,\n
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I would end up dying in 185 moves.\n
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But what if I were unceremoniously\nbeaten in the first move?\n
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I'm sure the researchers who\nsaw that would think,\n
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there's some mistake in\nwhat the machine is doing, all right.\n
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But even if you manage to fool them once,\n
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after some recalculations, the experiment\nwould be restarted, wouldn't it?\n
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Not so. Tree Diagram, you see, \n
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was actually attacked from the\nground and shot down a few weeks ago.\n
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The cause is apparently unknown.\n
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That's why they can't recompute it.\n
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Regardless of how much data they had,\nunless they could analyze it,\n
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there'd be no choice but\nto stop the whole experiment.\n
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I get it. You...\n
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...want to die, huh?\n
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Yeah.\n
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You seriously believe that by your death,\n
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the remaining 10,000 Sisters will be saved?\n
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That's right.\n
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I'm on my way to go see Accelerator.\n
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I'm going to barge in, and bring\nthe whole experiment to an end.\n
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--Stand aside.\n
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--I'm not moving.\n--Stand aside.\n
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Do you realize what you're saying?\n
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Those 10,000 Sisters are\ngoing to be killed unless I die!\n
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Don't tell me you think\nthat just because they're clones,\n
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it's okay for them to die, do you?!\n
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No, I don't think it's okay for them to die.\n
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It doesn't mean that\nthere's some other way, either.\n
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Even so, I won't have it.\n
**[12:27] ---**
I see.\n
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Then you mean to stop me, right?\n
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The lives of those\n10,000 Sisters don't matter, right?\n
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I can't bear to watch them get hurt.\n
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That's why I'm going to save them myself.\n
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This is my last warning. Get out of my way!\n
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I'm still not sure what\nkind of power you've got,\n
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but I can't afford to be beaten by you today!\n
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So you'd better clench your\nfist like your life depends on it!\n
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Otherwise...\n
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...you really will die!\n
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Hey, what are you doing?\n
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Are you saying you're\ngoing to stop me by force?\n
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Fine, then.\nIn that case, I won't hold back, either.\n
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I'm going to shoot through you,\neven if you are passive about it!\n
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I won't fight you.\n
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I won't... fight you.\n
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What are you, dense? I don't have\nany other route besides this one!\n
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This is not the daily\nlife that you're familiar with.\n
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It's the hell you don't see every day,\n
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where over 10,000 people are easily killed.\n
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There's no way your wait-and-see views,\n
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like refusing to fight, apply, you know!\n
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Even so...\n
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Even so, I don't want to fight you.\n
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And I'm telling you to fight...\n
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And I'm telling you...\n
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...to fight!\n
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Next time, I really will blast through you.\n
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If you plan on fighting me, clench your fists.\n
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If you don't plan to fight me,\nthen stop standing in my way!\n
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But don't go trampling\non my wishes half-heartedly!\n
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Ah, man...\n
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W-Why...?\n
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Why... won't you fight?\n
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I don't... know...\n
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I don't know the reason...\nwhy I don't want to fight.\n
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I don't know if there are\nany other bright ideas, either.\n
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But... I won't have this.\n
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I don't want to see you... getting hurt.\n
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Why should you have to die?\n
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Why does anyone have to be killed?\n
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There's no way you can convince me of that!\n
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Help...\n
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Help me...\n
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Shut up.\n
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I don't have any right to have\nanyone tell me that. Not now.\n
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Supposing there is some happy world,\n
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that everyone wants,\nand where everyone is smiling,\n
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I wouldn't have any place in it!\n
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You must have realized it, right?\n
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That nobody can be saved by doing this!\n
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Even if you were to die,\nand the 10,000 Sisters' lives are spared,\n
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if they are spared like that,\ndo you think they would be grateful?\n
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Shut up.\n
**[17:39] ---**
Shut up and fight me, already. \n
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I'm not the saint that you take me for!\n
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I've already killed more than 10,000 people.\n
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There's no reason to let a criminal like that live.\n
**[18:13] ---**
Not in this world.\n
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Just why are you\nsticking up for a criminal like that?\n
**[18:19] ---**
You're not a criminal.\n
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I mean, why am I still alive?\n
**[18:25] ---**
After taking that much current, \n
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there's no way a normal\nperson would still be alive, right?\n
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Are you sure you weren't\nunconsciously holding back?\n
**[18:34] ---**
Holding back?\n
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I couldn't have been. I was trying to kill you.\n
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I knew that you were going\nto stay passive, but even so...\n
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But even so, you couldn't kill me.\n
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Maybe for you,\nsaving your sisters with your own life\n
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might have been your supreme dream,\n
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but ultimately, you were a good enough person\nthat you couldn't even kill the one man\n
**[19:03] ---**
who would take that dream away, weren't you?\n
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The only way to save\nthose girls now is for me to die!\n
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That's good enough, isn't it?!\n
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If my death means everyone else will be spared,\n
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then that's a wonderful thing, isn't it?!\n
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If you think so, too, then step aside!\n
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I'm not moving.\n
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Then you'll die.\n
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If you take this next attack head-on,\n
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you definitely won't live through it.\n
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So, unless you want to die, stand aside!\n
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I'm not moving.\n
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Stop it.\n
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Just stop, already.\n
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Just stop it, already.\n
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*Nee kikoeru? *
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*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
**[21:47] ---**
*Nee kokoro wo *
**[21:50] ---**
*shinjite ikite yukereba *
**[21:54] ---**
*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[21:57] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:02] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
**[22:09] ---**
*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
**[22:15] ---**
*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
**[22:21] ---**
*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
**[22:27] ---**
*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
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*Tebanasanai *
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She said she had no choice but to die.\n
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Not that she wanted to die,\nor that she should die,\n
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that she had no choice but to die.\n
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Is there no other option for her?\n
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Think. A new... A new option...\n
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The great scholars \n
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must be salivating to\ncreate an unprecedented Level 6.\n
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To stop the experiment,\nwe have to make them think\n
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that the experiment won't return\nanything of value in the first place.\n
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Huh...?\n
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nSeeking for the faintest miracle,\n
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"Preview"\nMisaka's sister heads to the testing grounds.\n
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\nMisaka's sister heads to the testing grounds.\n
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What is the power of the\nmightiest Level 5 in Academy City,\n
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which awaits her there?\n
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Next time, "Accelerator."\n
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When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 13 - Accelerator (One Way)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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I wanted to help her. Not fight, just help her.\n
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That's all there was to it.\n
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Then you'll die.\n
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If you take this next attack head-on,\n
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you definitely won't live through it.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*From the reason why I live here *
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*to everything I encounter in this place, *
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*though we may be worlds apart *
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*wherever I am, my feelings won't budge *
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*I'll turn my back to the pain *
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*that stabs at my heart, and the sneering *
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*of those lucky people who look on *
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*My fate invites the inevitable suffering *
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*My legs, starting to shake, remember... *
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*...with conviction *
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*Protecting requires more than just dreams *
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*and unreliable power *
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*My hand now knows that, so I won't waver *
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"#13 Accelerator (One Way)"\n
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Utilization terrain at absolute\ncoordinates X-228561, Y-568714.\n
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Commencement time at exactly\n8:30 p.m. Japan Standard time.\n
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Test subject No. 10032.\n
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Application: How to cope in\ncombat when reflection is inapplicable.\n
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Who are you?\n
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What are you doing?\n
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"I don't know.\n
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I cannot comprehend it," replies Misaka,\n
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skeptical about the young man's state of mind.\n
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So then, why did that\nyoung man's face come to mind?\n
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RSPK Syndrome,\nor in layman's terms, poltergeisting,\n
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is something that "children who\ncan no longer correctly view reality"\n
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bring about due to emotional\ntrauma or excessive stress.\n
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In the experiments we\nuse to develop one's abilities,\n
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there are various other methods we use\n
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to separate one from ordinary reality.\n
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"Espers" who have been\nseparated from conventional reality\n
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obtain a "reality unto themselves,"\n
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which is different from ours.\n
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As a result, they are able to obtain a "power,"\n
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and by using principles\ndifferent from the rest of us,\n
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they can warp their own micro-world,\n
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destroying things without touching them,\n
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predicting a year into the future\nby just closing their eyes, and so on.\n
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The ability development that\nis carried out in Academy City\n
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is meant to artificially create\nthat "reality unto themselves."\n
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Put simply, we use drugs or suggestions\n
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to help bring about a certain\nsort of change inside the brain.\n
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So, by assimilating a certain curriculum,\n
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anyone can be certain to\nachieve an awakening. Nonetheless...\n
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...there are some people\nwho don't have that awakening.\n
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Like Kamijo Toma.\n
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Well, in fact, it's the types like Kamijo\nthat are more significant.\n
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Oh, you know about Toma's power?\n
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Oh, Kamijo has been a\nnaughty boy ever since he enrolled.\n
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We've been through a lot. An awful lot.\n
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Again?\n
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That jerk.\n
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The fact that Level 0s exist means that\n
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there are still principles\nthat are not fully explained.\n
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Those may in fact be the\nkey that leads us to SYSTEM.\n
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Meaning, "One who arrives at\nthe celestial will without being divine."\n
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We humans do not\nunderstand all of the world's truth.\n
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It would be simpler if someone\nwith a status beyond human appeared,\n
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who naturally would be\nable to fathom God's answers.\n
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God's answers, huh?\n
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My... hand...?\n
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Did I pass out?\n
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Did something happen?\n
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Ah... right.\n
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What are you doing?\n
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Getting worn as ragged as you are,\nand falling onto the filthy ground...\n
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Your heart may have even stopped there.\n
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How? How can you smile like that?\n
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I've got it.\n
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I've got the way that\nwe can stop the experiment.\n
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When you think about it,\nit's simple, you know?\n
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Tree Diagram, of course, \n
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programmed the experiment\nwith the presupposition\n
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that Accelerator is the strongest\nman in Academy City, right?\n
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Yeah, what if, say, Accelerator,\n
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who is proclaimed to\nbe the mightiest around,\n
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is easily defeated in some two-bit dustup?\n
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No one is going to continue an experiment\n
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when the prerequisite conditions fall apart, right?\n
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So then, all we have to do is\nconvince the researchers of this:\n
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Accelerator is actually incredibly weak.\n
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That's not going to be possible.\n
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I only came face-to-face\nwith that Accelerator guy once,\n
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but I can tell.\n
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A fight with him will not be\na contest of winning or losing.\n
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To him, fighting is just dishing out\n
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a one-sided slaughter of his opponent.\n
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Besides, I'm a Level 5, just like he is.\n
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Even if, by some miracle, I win,\n
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the researchers will write it\noff as within the margin of error.\n
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They won't go thinking that\nAccelerator is actually weaker.\n
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In that case,\n
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I could fight him, right?\n
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What if Academy City's mightiest Level 5...\n
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...were to easily be beaten by\nAcademy City's weakest Level 0?\n
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What are you doing?\n
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That's impossible.\nYou don't know Accelerator's power.\n
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You're crazy if you think you can fight toe-to-toe\n
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against a guy who would think nothing of it\n
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if the world's armies were to be turned on him.\n
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He's able to control kinetic\nmomentum, thermal quantity,\n
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electrical charge, and any\nother kind of vector, with just a touch!\n
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Not only will any attack be unable to reach him,\n
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they'll all be bounced back at you!\n
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If you take on someone like that,\n
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who's unsporting enough to begin with...\n
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...not to mention how frazzled you are!\n
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There's no way you can beat that\nmonster under the circumstances!\n
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Why?\n
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You were about to head\noff toward Accelerator, right?\n
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Tell me.\n
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Where is he?\n
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The time is 8:25, is it?\n
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Then, you've got no issue with being\n
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my next experimental target, right?\n
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"No. I am Misaka, serial number 10032,"\n
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replies Misaka.\n
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"Before we continue,\nwouldn't it be reasonable for you\n
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to check my password, to verify\nthat I am part of the experiment?"\n
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advises Misaka.\n
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Well, far be it from me to\nsay anything about someone\n
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working side by side with me in\nan experiment to make me stronger,\n
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but I'm impressed that you're\nso calm, under the circumstances.\n
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Are you sure your mind\nisn't dwelling on something else?\n
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"'Something,' is too vague\nan expression for me to grasp,"\n
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responds Misaka. \n
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"Three minutes and twenty seconds\nremain until the experiment starts.\n
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Are you sure you're ready?"\nasks Misaka, seeking confirmation.\n
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I can't understand\nwhy you'd throw your life away.\n
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My life is more important than anything.\n
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Which is precisely why\nthere's no limit to my desire for power.\n
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To that end, it doesn't matter to me\nhow many hundreds, thousands,\n
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or tens of thousands of you die,\nI can still snicker it away.\n
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"Misaka cannot understand some\nof your words and behaviors, as well,"\n
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replies Misaka.\n
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"You are already the\nstrongest Level 5 in Academy City.\n
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If you are in a position\nwhere no one else can reach you,\n
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then there is no need to\ndesire any further power, is there?"\n
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estimates Misaka.\n
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The strongest, huh?\n
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So, how is it that those\naround us are aware of that?\n
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It's because they actually\nfought me, and lost, isn't it?\n
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Or, put the opposite way,\nmy strength, to their thinking,\n
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is nothing more than "let me try\npicking a fight with that guy;\n
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it might be fun," right?\n
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That's not good enough. \n
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That's not at all good enough. \n
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That sort of "strongest" is completely pointless.\n
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What I'm after is what's\npast that. One where even thinking\n
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"let's challenge him" is a ridiculous idea,\n
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and even thinking\n"let me fight him" is beyond the pale.\n
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That's the sort of unrivaled existence I want!\n
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"One minute and thirty seconds\nremain until the experiment starts.\n
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Are you sure you're ready?"\nreconfirms Misaka.\n
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Sheesh, I thought I might\nbe able to kill a little time here,\n
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but this is hopeless.\n
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I just can't hold a conversation with you.\n
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Okay then, are you ready?\nIt's almost time for you to die,\n
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you overproduced, substandard factory reject.\n
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"8:29:45 p.m.\n
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We will now commence trial number 10032.\n
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Will test subject\nAccelerator please take his position,"\n
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instructs Misaka.\n
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The industrial district on the western outskirts.\n
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The train yard there\nis the 10032nd testing site.\n
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The Misaka that you have\nhad contact with up through today\n
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is serial number 10032, \n
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which is to say, this Misaka.\n
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What's the matter?\n
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Oh, yeah. The electromagnetic\nwaves from my body...\n
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It's so ridiculous.\n
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If you want to help them,\nthen let me take care of this.\n
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The important thing is for me, \n
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a Level 0, to defeat\nAccelerator by myself, right?\n
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If you, a Level 5, were to fight\nalongside me, it won't mean anything.\n
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No matter what...\n
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No matter what, I'll bring her back with me.\n
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I get it.\n
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Sure, if I were to go there,\nI couldn't do anything.\n
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But...\n
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Does he really think I can do that?!\n
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What is this? What? What are you doing?\n
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No matter how much time you try to buy...\n
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...there's no way some\nmiracle is gonna happen!\n
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Tonight...\n
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Tonight, there isn't any wind, huh?\n
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That smell...\n
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Ha... So that's it.\n
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You're breaking down\nthe oxygen with electricity,\n
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and turning it into ozone, are you?\n
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You're trying to put me in\nan oxygen-deprived state, huh?\n
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Good! Good! This is great!\n
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You really are giving me\na run for the money, aren't you?\n
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Never a dull moment.\nI guess if 10,000 of you get killed,\n
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you might start getting a little crafty, huh?\n
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There is one shortcoming, though.\n
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Once I catch you, this tactic is gonna fail.\n
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There's no reason to be surprised, is there?\n
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All I did was change the vector\nof the kinetic momentum under my feet.\n
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Hey...\n
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Do you know a way to hit your opponent\n
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without doing any harm to your own hands?\n
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All you have to do is direct \n
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the kinetic momentum vector at\nher the moment you touch her body.\n
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The damage she takes\nincreases by a factor of that, though.\n
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Hey...\n
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What happens to the\nexperiment in a situation like this?\n
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You get away from her.\n
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Get away from the Misaka Sister, right now.\n
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Hey, come on, now.\n
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Don't go bringing the general\npublic into our testing site.\n
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Damn it, this is a sour note.\nDo we have to do the bit\n
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where I silence the outsider\nwho finds out about our secret?\n
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Shut up.\n
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Huh?\n
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Don't just stand there nattering,\nI told you to get away from her,\n
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third-string!\n
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Who do you think you are?\n
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You're calling me, said to be the top dog\n
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among even the seven\nLevel 5 espers, third-string?\n
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Heh, not funny.\n
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You're intriguing.\n
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"What are...\n
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What are you doing?"\n
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asks Misaka.\n
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Oh, you’re her younger sister.\nYou really do look like Mikoto.\n
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Hey there. Thanks for your help\nwith the drinks and fleas yesterday.\n
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You're the one who found him,\n
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so you should at\nleast be the one to name him.\n
**[18:23] ---**
"Misaka is unsure about your state of mind.\n
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What are you trying to do,\nfor the sake of someone\n
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for whom any number\nof reproductions can be made?"\n
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asks Misaka, repeating herself.\n
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"Any number of Misakas\ncan be automatically manufactured\n
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with the push of a single button.\n
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Fabricated bodies,\nstocked with borrowed minds. 9968--"\n
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Shut up.\n
**[18:50] ---**
I couldn't care less about the little things.\n
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I'm standing here in order to rescue you.\n
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There's only one of *you* in the whole world, right?
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Don't go dying as you please. \n
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You've still got a mountain\nof accounts left to settle.\n
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I'm going to help you out of this now.\n
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You just keep quiet and watch.\n
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What's this? Such heroic\nwords for you to be blabbing out.\n
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Don't tell me you've forgotten\nabout me being here.\n
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You're so slow. \n
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If that's your speed, \n
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you couldn't beat me in a hundred years!\n
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Come on! Come on!\n
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So slow...\n
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Far too slow!\n
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If you want to entertain the\nhunter, you should become a fox!\n
**[20:19] ---**
Don't just stand around there\nlike a slaughterhouse pig, third-string!\n
**[20:31] ---**
Now then...\n
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It's about time...\n
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...to put an end to this.\n
**[20:53] ---**
Huh?!\n
**[21:28] ---**
So there was flour inside that one, huh?\n
**[21:32] ---**
And there's no wind tonight.\n
**[21:34] ---**
That just might make\nthis a dangerous situation.\n
**[21:38] ---**
After all, if there were to be a fire\n
**[21:41] ---**
with all of this powder floating in the air,\n
**[21:45] ---**
the rate of combustion of the\noxygen would be ridiculously fast.\n
**[21:49] ---**
Say, you've at least heard the expression\n
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"dust explosion" before, right?\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
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*Hey, if you can live your lives *
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*believing in your own hearts, *
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*then even though *
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*you may live in different worlds, *
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*as long as you have something to preserve... *
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*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
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*The mana of thousands of lives released *
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*Their motions and their gazes *
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*are heart wrenching *
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*I won't let go *
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nThere's only one of you in the world, but what can I do for you?\n
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\nThere's only one of you in the world, but what can I do for you?\n
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Me, someone so weak,\nI can't even get near him?\n
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Next time, "Weakest vs. Strongest."\n
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When science and magic cross paths,\nthe story begins.\n
# 14 - Weakest vs. Strongest (Strongest vs. Weakest)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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If the strongest Level 5 in Academy City\n
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can be easily beaten by the\nweakest Level 0 in Academy City,\n
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then this absurd experiment will\nprobably be suspended.\n
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It's easier said than done, but\nit's still worth a try.\n
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Isn't that right, Misaka?\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo *
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*kono basho de deau subete mo *
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*tatoe chigau sekai demo *
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*doko ni ite mo kono omoi wa yuruganai *
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*Mune wo chikuri to sasu itami *
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*sore wo warau shiawase na monotachi e *
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*se wo mukeyuku *
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*Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou *
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*Furuedasu ashi ga oboete'ru *
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*kakushin ni *
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*Yume dake ja mamorenai *
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*tayoranai chikara *
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*Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai *
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"#14 Weakest vs. Strongest\n(Strongest vs. Weakest)"\n
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So there was flour inside that one, huh?\n
**[02:47] ---**
Say, you've at least heard the expression\n
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"dust explosion" before, right?\n
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For Pete's sake,\n
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you just got done\nexperiencing it yourself, didn't you?\n
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When you take all the oxygen away,\nit's hard on yourself, too.\n
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Ah, I thought I was gonna die there.\n
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You should be thrilled. You might\njust be a world first, you know?\n
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Imagine, you, driving me to the\npoint where I could have died.\n
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Try as frantically as you like,\nyou can't get one step closer.\n
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But then, even supposing you\ncould get closer, what would you do?\n
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I can control the vector of anything that I touch.\n
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If I touch you, you will end\nup with all of your blood vessels\n
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and internal organs bursting out of your body.\n
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Are you sure you understand that correctly?\n
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But then again, the very\nfact that you're standing there,\n
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still breathing, before\nAccelerator is a miracle by itself.\n
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It would be asking for too much\nto hope for anything more, wouldn't it?\n
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So rest in peace, already!\n
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Damn it!\n
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Sheesh...\n
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Interesting. Damn it. Good... the best!\n
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You pleasantly, fantastically nailed me there.\n
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And now, you...!\n
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The power of my right hand is working!\n
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D-Damn...!\n
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Damn it...\n
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What the hell is going on here?\n
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Ha, you've never lost, huh?\n
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You defeat all of your opponents in one shot,\n
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and bounce back every attack you take.\n
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There's no way a person\nlike you would know how to fight.\n
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I wouldn't be boasting, third-string!\n
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What?!\n
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The rest of them...\n
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...lived as best they could.\n
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Those people used all of their\nstrength, fighting for dear life,\n
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giving everything that they had...\n
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Why should they have to end\nup as fodder for someone like you?!\n
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They lived as best they could?\n
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They used all of their strength, for dear life?\n
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What are you talking about?\n
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Kill!\n
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What?! What?! What’s the matter with you?!\n
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In the end, you're just a lot\nof big talk, and nothing special!\n
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Here, I'm gonna hit you again with it,\n
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so go ahead and make a\nheroic run for the runner-up slot!\n
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Compress... compress... compress that air!\n
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Compress...? Ha, nice, I just\nthought of something exhilarating!\n
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Hey, what happened to all\nthat spunk you had a moment ago?!\n
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You've got to stick\nwith me a bit longer, here,\n
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or this won't be worth the effort!\n
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Accelerator!\n
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Don't move!\n
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--n't do it...\n
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Don't do it... Misaka!\n
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I'm sorry.\n
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You wanted everyone to come back smiling,\nwithout anything being lost,\n
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but that's just not possible. \n
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So, I'm sorry.\n
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And though this might\nbe selfish of me, even so...\n
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...even so, I'm sure that I want you to live.\n
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Don't do it!\n
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Plasma...?\n
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He's controlling the direction of\nthe wind, gathering it into one spot,\n
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and forming that plasma...\n
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That's something I can't do\nanything about with my power.\n
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If I could manipulate the wind...\n
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But I don't have that kind of power.\n
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Wind...?\n
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That plasma is probably being\nmade by condensing the wind around him.\n
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Accelerator is taking into\naccount the flow of the wind \n
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to control the plasma. If that's the case...\n
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Please, wake up!\nThere's something I need you to do!\n
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Uh-uh, there's something\nthat only you can do!\n
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I know I'm asking a lot of you,\nbut just this once, wake up!\n
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Just this one time,\ndo what I ask you to do!\n
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I'm sure I can't protect everyone.\n
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No matter how much\nI struggle, there's no way.\n
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So, I'm begging you...\n
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I'm begging you. I need you to\nuse your power to preserve his dream!\n
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"I'm not sure I understand\nwhat you're saying,\n
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but for some reason,\nyour words have resounded with me,"\n
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Misaka states in all honesty.\n
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Wha--?\n
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Have I miscalculated the wind?\n
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What? What's happening?\n
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There shouldn't be any\nglitches in my calculations.\n
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This irregular movement is not\nfrom natural wind, by any stretch.\n
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It couldn't be...\n
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Hold on. I've heard about this.\n
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If I remember, it had something\nto do with dynamo motors,\n
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turning on their own when hit\nwith particular electromagnetic waves.\n
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Why, you little punk...\n
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I'll kill you!\n
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You think I'll let you?!\n
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Ha! Don't push your luck, downgrade.\nYou can't get through to me.\n
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Visual acuity can only be measured\nto 20/10, right? It's like that.\n
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Level 5 is the highest rating\nthere is in Academy City,\n
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so I have no choice but to be\ncontent with that level, that's all.\n
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Leave them alone.\n
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You leave them alone!\n
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Ha! Well, this is intriguing.\n
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As intriguing as all get-out!\n
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Clench your teeth, strongest guy!\n
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The weakest guy...\n
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...is about to ring out!\n
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H-Huh...?\n
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M-M-Misaka?!\n
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Huh? Why is such a\nhappy event as this taking place?\n
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I have absolutely no memory\nof triggering any of the right flags.\n
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"Just for the record,\nyou're the one who reached out,"\n
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Misaka relates.\n
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Y-You're kidding!\n
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The anesthetic is still\nworking from the neck downward,\n
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but even so, for me to be so frustrated\n
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that my hand would head for a girl's chest...\n
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You've gotta be kidding me!\n
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"Reaching out for Misaka's hand\nwas the extent of what you did,"\n
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Misaka further notes.\n
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"Bringing your hand up to this position\n
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was something Misaka did of her own will,\n
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so you have not done\nanything wrong," Misaka responds.\n
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"Misaka was simply\nusing the flow of bioelectricity\n
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to monitor your brainwaves and\npulse," Misaka replies.\n
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Huh? So you mean...\n
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Is my hand now touching you?\n
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I can't feel anything, thanks to the anesthetic.\n
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I can't move even a single finger.\nTh-This is just my luck!\n
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"Is there some abnormality in\nyour speech center?"\n
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Misaka asks, expressing worry.\n
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Well, looks like we all\nmanaged to come back safely.\n
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"About that..." Misaka replies.\n
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"Misaka cannot return to\nthe same world as you just yet,"\n
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Misaka candidly states.\n
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You don't mean, the experiment is still...\n
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"No, it's not that. \n
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It seems that the experiment is\nheaded for cancellation \n
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with the defeat of Accelerator,"\nMisaka reports with care.\n
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"The issue with Misaka has to do\nwith Misaka's body," Misaka explains.\n
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Your body?\n
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"Yes. Misaka's bodies are clones,\n
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originally created from Sissy's cells,\n
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and with the administration of additional drugs,\n
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our bodies have been stimulated\nfor rapid growth," Misaka explains.\n
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"As such, we cellular clones,\nwhose lives are already short,\n
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have had our lives cut even shorter.\nDoes that make sense?"\n
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Misaka asks.\n
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"Which is why it is necessary\nfor the research facility \n
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to take us in temporarily,\nand adjust each of us individually.\n
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Are you listening?" Misaka asks, glowering.\n
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Adjust you?\n
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"Yes. By performing a hormone\nbalance for our rapid growth, \n
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and adjusting the\nmitotic rate of our cellular nuclei,\n
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they will be able to restore\nour life spans to some degree,"\n
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Misaka answers.\n
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Well then...\n
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H-Hey, hold on!\n
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By "adjusting," do you mean a cure?\n
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"It's all right. I will see you\nagain soon," Misaka declares.\n
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Well, there don't seem to be any major problems.\n
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But it does appear that you've\ngrown quite fond of this room, huh?\n
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Well, get some rest for the time being.\n
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I'll come see you later.\n
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Yes, Doctor.\n
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Ah, you're awake?\n
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Misaka, is that you...?\n
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Are you--\n
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Here. Get well soon.\n
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O-Oh...\n
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I picked out something expensive\nfrom the department store basement.\n
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Now, I think those\ncookies taste passably good.\n
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When it comes to cookies,\naren't homemade the best?\n
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Just what kind of\npersonality do you expect from me?\n
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Oh, it's not like that. I'd venture\nthat someone as ham-handed as you\n
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would fumble in your own way\nto make crummy, misshapen cookies.\n
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You see what I mean?\n
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Like I said, what do you expect from me?!\n
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Stop! Seriously, stop!\n
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Good grief. \n
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Oh, yeah. This morning\nlittle sister Misaka came by here.\n
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You don't say.\n
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Well, I'm heading home.\n
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Listen...\n
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...if you hadn't offered your DNA map,\n
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none of the Sisters would ever\nhave been born in the first place.\n
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That experiment was wrong in a lot of ways,\n
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but I sure do think\nthat you can at least take pride\n
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in the fact that they were born.\n
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Even though, because of me,\nover 10,000 of the Sisters were killed?\n
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Yes, even so.\n
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I'm sure that none of them blame you.\n
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If they hadn't been born, \n
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they could never have\nbeen happy or sad, after all.\n
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So it's okay for you to smile. \n
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The people you wanted to protect...\n
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...are not the sort of small-minded\nfolk who would take their own pain\n
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and thrust it onto others\nto gratify themselves, right?\n
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Okay...\n
**[20:46] ---**
Toma, what do you have to say?\n
**[20:50] ---**
Um...\n
**[20:52] ---**
Good morning?\n
**[20:56] ---**
Wait! Wait! I got hurt worse than\nI can just laugh off this time!\n
**[21:01] ---**
And don't you at least have a\nlittle concern for your landlord?\n
**[21:04] ---**
I was concerned!\n
**[21:07] ---**
I was... concerned.\n
**[21:11] ---**
I'm sorry.\n
**[21:12] ---**
Toma, you keep taking\nthese problems on alone,\n
**[21:16] ---**
again and again and again.\n
**[21:19] ---**
If you don't turn to others for help a little,\n
**[21:22] ---**
then I might have to finally\nstart lecturing you in earnest.\n
**[21:28] ---**
But then, it wouldn't do much good\nto keep dwelling on it, so it's okay.\n
**[21:32] ---**
So Toma, what did you\nend up fighting for, after all?\n
**[21:40] ---**
For myself.\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Nee kikoeru? *
**[22:40] ---**
*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
**[22:43] ---**
*Nee kokoro wo *
**[22:46] ---**
*shinjite ikite yukereba *
**[22:50] ---**
*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[22:53] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:58] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
**[23:05] ---**
*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
**[23:11] ---**
*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
**[23:17] ---**
*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
**[23:23] ---**
*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
**[23:29] ---**
*Tebanasanai *
**[23:54] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nIt’s a touching reunion with my parents on a summer's beach--\n
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\nor it was supposed to be, \n
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but then there's an incredible\nmagical disturbance and panic?!\n
**[24:01] ---**
Th-This is my mother?\n
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Angel Fall."\n
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross paths,\nthe story begins.\n
# 15 - Angel Fall (Angel Fall)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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"Owarai Swimming Beach"\n
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Toma!\n
**[01:08] ---**
Toma!\n
**[01:15] ---**
I am currently away from Academy City,\n
**[01:18] ---**
and here alone at the beach with Index.\n
**[01:21] ---**
This is not something I wanted to do, of course.\n
**[01:24] ---**
Get out of the city immediately?!\n
**[01:26] ---**
There's been quite an\nuproar among the higher-ups.\n
**[01:30] ---**
The way things are going,\nKamijo, your standing is in jeopardy,\n
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so until all the heat blows over,\na few of the bigwigs said so.\n
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Also, the place that will\nbe taking you in is... let's see...\n
**[01:43] ---**
Here it is! It looks like a nice place.\n
**[01:47] ---**
"Owarai Springs"\n
**[01:47] ---**
We're going!\n
**[01:48] ---**
I'm coming together with you, Toma!\n
**[01:50] ---**
I've never been to the sea to swim before!\n
**[01:53] ---**
I said no, and I mean it!\n
**[01:55] ---**
For one thing, you're still an illegal immigrant,\n
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who hasn't been issued any ID.\nIf I brought you along,\n
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we'd end up being arrested\nat the gate by Antiskill!\n
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Go ahead.\n
**[02:12] ---**
How did we get through so smoothly?!\n
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And well, just like that,\nhere I am without really knowing why.\n
**[02:23] ---**
I also have a somewhat bad feeling\n
**[02:25] ---**
about why they intentionally chose this beach.\n
**[02:28] ---**
Toma...\n
**[02:30] ---**
I found a cute hat,\nso I'm giving it to you as a present.\n
**[02:35] ---**
O-Okay...\n
**[02:37] ---**
Here it is!\n
**[02:39] ---**
"Caution -- Giant jellyfish outbreak"\nEe-yow!\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[02:58] ---**
*Some day-to-day is a parallel world *
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*A masterpiece of thousands of timelines, *
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*no two of which are the same, *
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*interwoven into a new time and space *
**[03:09] ---**
*The tip of a pen scribbling out a script on blank paper freezes *
**[03:15] ---**
*Strive for originality, since you're going down this road anyway *
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*(Believe) Race along (far away) *
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*(Feel) Kick off from the ground (kick the ground) *
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*The sensation of living your life ablaze for something *
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*is sure to be power enough to rival anyone *
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*I likely know what happiness is at this moment (when I believed it) *
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*This feeling marks a new page for me (I can go to the next stage) *
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*It's only my thing *
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*Highest masterpiece *
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"Wadatsumi"\n
**[04:12] ---**
"Wadatsumi"\nSuch bad luck, so soon after you got here.\n
**[04:12] ---**
#15 Angel Fall (Angel Fall)"\nSuch bad luck, so soon after you got here.\n
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It's still early in the season\nfor jellyfish, but this year...\n
**[04:19] ---**
Business has really fallen off as a result.\n
**[04:22] ---**
I'm sorry, Toma.\n
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This really is the first\ntime I've ever seen a jellyfish.\n
**[04:28] ---**
Well then, I'll be back later for the first aid kit.\n
**[04:31] ---**
Oh, sure. Thanks.\n
**[04:33] ---**
Begging your pardon...\n
**[04:38] ---**
There was a call from the party joining you...\n
**[04:42] ---**
They said that their arrival will be delayed,\n
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and that they will\nbe here tomorrow morning...\n
**[04:47] ---**
Huh?! But I thought\nI was about to meet Toma's--\n
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Understood. Thank you very much.\n
**[04:53] ---**
Excuse me.\n
**[04:54] ---**
Excuse us.\n
**[04:59] ---**
That's disappointing!\n
**[05:03] ---**
Yeah, this is where\nI'm going to end up meeting...\n
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...Kamijo Toya and Kamijo Shina.\n
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Which is to say, my parents.\n
**[05:16] ---**
Toma!\n
**[05:17] ---**
"Game Corner"\n
**[05:19] ---**
Let's go to the baths.\n
**[05:26] ---**
Since we don't often see each other,\n
**[05:27] ---**
Miss Komoe must have\ngrown a little concerned about us.\n
**[05:30] ---**
My kid cousin is supposedly with them, too.\n
**[05:36] ---**
Say, Toma...\n
**[05:38] ---**
Yeah?\n
**[05:39] ---**
What are your parents like?\n
**[05:41] ---**
W-What are they like?\n
**[05:43] ---**
I can't wait to meet your mother and father.\n
**[05:50] ---**
Hey, Toma, are you listening?\n
**[05:52] ---**
Yes, I'm listening.\nYou'll find out tomorrow, right?\n
**[05:55] ---**
Hmph! Ah, there you go, teasing me again!\n
**[05:59] ---**
It's not going to hurt to tell me, is it?\n
**[06:01] ---**
Toma, you're always, always so cold,\n
**[06:03] ---**
heartless, inhospitable, brusque, gruff,\n
**[06:06] ---**
\n--indifferent, curt, offhanded, and off-putting with me!\n
**[06:09] ---**
--Yes, we'll find out tomorrow.\n--indifferent, curt, offhanded, and off-putting with me!\n
**[06:14] ---**
Having lost my memories,\nnaturally, I don't remember my parents.\n
**[06:21] ---**
What were they like,\nand what kind of son am I?\n
**[06:25] ---**
Would I be able to play it off naturally?\n
**[06:28] ---**
Yes!!\n
**[06:30] ---**
And now, the extremely popular Hitotsui Hajime!\n
**[06:35] ---**
Good evening!\n
**[06:38] ---**
All things considered,\n
**[06:40] ---**
to tell the truth, I was finding\nmyself uncharacteristically uneasy.\n
**[06:45] ---**
Would they all find out\nthat I'd lost my memories?\n
**[06:50] ---**
Well, I guess worrying\nabout it isn't going to help.\n
**[06:53] ---**
I'll just have to wait until tomorrow.\n
**[07:07] ---**
Yes...?\n
**[07:09] ---**
May I ask if you are awake? \n
**[07:12] ---**
The party who is joining you just called...\n
**[07:14] ---**
...and they say they will be arriving shortly.\n
**[07:18] ---**
Oh, uh, right!\n
**[07:57] ---**
Toma!\n
**[08:03] ---**
You're looking well. Anything new?\n
**[08:05] ---**
Y-Yeah, you too, Dad.\n
**[08:08] ---**
Oh yeah, there's something I want to give you.\n
**[08:11] ---**
I went to India on business not too long ago.\n
**[08:14] ---**
I got this as a souvenir while I was there.\n
**[08:16] ---**
It's some god or other that they have there.\n
**[08:21] ---**
Thanks.\n
**[08:22] ---**
Hmm? What's the matter? \n
**[08:24] ---**
It's like you're meeting someone for the first time.\n
**[08:26] ---**
Oh, uh, no, I... Ah, let me get your bag.\n
**[08:30] ---**
Get your mother's and Otohime's.\n
**[08:32] ---**
They should be getting here about now.\nI'll wait for you here.\n
**[08:40] ---**
This man is my dad...\n
**[08:42] ---**
Hey, sorry about all this. We were\nsupposed to get here yesterday,\n
**[08:47] ---**
but you know, we just moved in,\nand don't know where anything is.\n
**[08:50] ---**
You moved?\n
**[08:52] ---**
I told you, right? Last month, when I called.\n
**[08:54] ---**
Oh, yeah...\n
**[08:57] ---**
Okay, I guess I won't be\nable to see the house I grew up in.\n
**[09:02] ---**
Oh well, no biggie.\n
**[09:04] ---**
Big Brother!\n
**[09:06] ---**
Oh, they're here.\n
**[09:07] ---**
Big Brother!\n
**[09:10] ---**
So that's my cousin...\n
**[09:12] ---**
Big Brother!\n
**[09:15] ---**
Big Brother!\n
**[09:21] ---**
Ah, Big Brother Toma! I missed you!\n
**[09:26] ---**
Hey, Big Brother, take me\nto the beach later! The beach!\n
**[09:30] ---**
You can do that, right?\n
**[09:32] ---**
H-Hey, slow down, would you!\n
**[09:34] ---**
Hmm? What's wrong, Big Brother?\n
**[09:36] ---**
Don't "What's wrong?" me!\nWhat are you doing here?!\n
**[09:39] ---**
And what's with the icky younger sister act?\n
**[09:42] ---**
"Sister or stepsister, that is the question."\n
**[09:43] ---**
--What do you mean?\n
**[09:44] ---**
--Dad, what's the big idea, bringing this girl here?\n--What do you mean?\n
**[09:47] ---**
For that matter,\nhow long have you known each other?\n
**[09:49] ---**
What do you mean, "this girl"?\nAnd how long I've known her?\n
**[09:52] ---**
This is your cousin Otohime, isn't it?\n
**[09:58] ---**
You dummy! Cut it out! That's not right!\nNot on my back! Not my back!\n
**[10:02] ---**
My, my...\n
**[10:04] ---**
Toma, are you that embarrassed to be hugged\n
**[10:06] ---**
by Otohime, whom you haven't seen in so long?\n
**[10:10] ---**
What the hell are you doing here?\n
**[10:12] ---**
Oh, my, Toma, you--\n
**[10:15] ---**
You were sleeping soundly back\nin the room just a short while ago!\n
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Suddenly you're dressed, and teleported here!\n
**[10:19] ---**
Who are you, Shirai Kuroko?!\n
**[10:21] ---**
And what's with the "Missus"\nand "Madam" and "Señora" talk?!\n
**[10:25] ---**
See here, Toma!\n
**[10:27] ---**
What is it with *you*, speaking to your mom that way?!
**[10:33] ---**
I asked you what the big idea was,\nspeaking to your mom that way!\n
**[10:46] ---**
Dad, are you telling me that this girl,\n
**[10:49] ---**
who looks like she'd be\nkicked out of a rated R-15 movie,\n
**[10:52] ---**
is my mom?\n
**[10:54] ---**
Oh, my, Toma, do you think\nyour mom looks younger than her age?\n
**[10:59] ---**
And her-- this electricity-zapping\ngirl is my cousin?\n
**[11:04] ---**
What do you mean, "zapping"?\n
**[11:06] ---**
Indeed, this *is* your mom and Otohime.
**[11:09] ---**
What on Earth has come over you, Toma?\n
**[11:20] ---**
What on Earth *hasn't* come over me?!
**[11:23] ---**
What am I, being punked?!\n
**[11:25] ---**
--Where is the "Mission Accomplished" panel?!\n--You've been punked! Waah!\n
**[11:27] ---**
Play mind games on some\ninnocent kid walking by, will you?!\n
**[11:31] ---**
Just what is it that you\npeople have against me, huh?!\n
**[11:34] ---**
W-Wait! Calm down, Toma!\n
**[11:36] ---**
Here, look at this! \n
**[11:38] ---**
When you turn the pen\nupside-down, the swimsuit girl on it--\n
**[11:42] ---**
Later!\n
**[11:43] ---**
W-Wait, Toma! Where are you going?!\nWe're not done talking!\n
**[11:45] ---**
Wait up, Big Brother!\n
**[11:47] ---**
Toma!\n
**[11:49] ---**
Mess with me, will he?! I didn't think\nmy old man was this outrageous!\n
**[11:53] ---**
Welcome to our inn.\n
**[11:56] ---**
We've been expecting you. Please, come on in.\n
**[12:01] ---**
Ah, thanks for having us.\n
**[12:03] ---**
Huh? What's the matter, Toma?\n
**[12:04] ---**
A-Are you in on this too, little sister Misaka?\n
**[12:08] ---**
How the hell long have you been hiding?!\n
**[12:11] ---**
Huh?\n
**[12:12] ---**
Oh, no, please, pay him no mind.\n
**[12:15] ---**
He hasn't seen us in a long time,\nand his emotions are running high.\n
**[12:18] ---**
I'm so glad to welcome you to our inn.\n
**[12:22] ---**
Allow me to show you to your rooms.\n
**[12:27] ---**
Come now, right this way.\n
**[12:31] ---**
Oh, it looks like the rest\nof your party has awakened.\n
**[12:41] ---**
Ah, good morning, Toma!\nLet's hurry and go get some breakfast!\n
**[12:53] ---**
"Owarai Swimming Beach"\n
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"Tatsugami"\n
**[13:06] ---**
"Tatsugami"\nBig Brother!\n
**[13:08] ---**
\nBig Brother!\n
**[13:08] ---**
Big Brother!\n
**[13:13] ---**
I am currently at the beach,\nwith Misaka Mikoto,\n
**[13:16] ---**
who is dressed in a school swimsuit,\nacting like a little sister.\n
**[13:19] ---**
This is not something\nI wanted to do, of course.\n
**[13:22] ---**
Oh, come on!\n
**[13:24] ---**
I can't breathe! Stop, Toma!\n
**[13:27] ---**
--Hold on! Take it easy, Toma!\n--Damn it, let me go!\n
**[13:28] ---**
Miss, are you all right?\n
**[13:30] ---**
You should go for a swim,\nto cool your head off, Big Brother.\n
**[13:34] ---**
We'll be along to join you later, okay?\n
**[13:37] ---**
(blows)\n
**[13:42] ---**
Lousy luck.\n
**[13:43] ---**
Then again, just how\nlong can this farce go on?\n
**[13:47] ---**
This has gone beyond just being punked.\n
**[13:49] ---**
Have you calmed down, Toma?\n
**[13:52] ---**
I don't know what's been troubling you...\n
**[13:56] ---**
...but here, you can have this.\n
**[13:57] ---**
It's a souvenir I got on a trip to Russia.\n
**[14:00] ---**
See? See? See?\n
**[14:04] ---**
Yeah? Pretty neat, huh?\n
**[14:05] ---**
It's nothing of the sort.\n
**[14:07] ---**
Oh, my...\n
**[14:11] ---**
I guess you don't share\nthe same tastes as your father.\n
**[14:15] ---**
Whoa! W-What the...!?\n
**[14:16] ---**
Hey, Mom, that looks pretty good on you.\n
**[14:19] ---**
--Oh, my.\n--It was worth Dad splurging on it.\n
**[14:23] ---**
*You're* the one who bought that swimsuit?!
**[14:25] ---**
Is this your "taste," as well?!\n
**[14:26] ---**
Mm-hmm. After having\ntraveled around the world on business,\n
**[14:29] ---**
Japanese women seem to\nbe lacking a little sophistication...\n
**[14:33] ---**
What do you think you're doing, Toma?!\n
**[14:34] ---**
I've just become convinced\nthat my old man is a good-for-nothing!\n
**[14:38] ---**
Nothing but a dirty old man with a Lolita complex!\n
**[14:49] ---**
Oh, there she is-- your friend.\n
**[14:52] ---**
Toma!\n
**[14:56] ---**
Toma!\n
**[14:58] ---**
Big Brother, what's wrong with you?!\n
**[15:00] ---**
Toma!\n
**[15:01] ---**
Shut up!\n
**[15:06] ---**
Now for more news. The president\nwill be holding a press conference\n
**[15:09] ---**
shortly at the White House,\nwhich has been rocked by scandal.\n
**[15:10] ---**
"President to plead his case at press conference"\n
**[15:14] ---**
What are you doing, Doc?\n
**[15:16] ---**
This is Komori in Washington.\n
**[15:19] ---**
The attention of all of America\nis on the president today,\n
**[15:23] ---**
to see what stance he will take\nregarding these latest allegations.\n
**[15:25] ---**
What are you doing, Teacher?!\n
**[15:27] ---**
--Excuse me, we can't see.\n--Ah, here is the president now.\n
**[15:30] ---**
He is flashing a confident smile.\n
**[15:32] ---**
Yes! We! Can!\n
**[15:35] ---**
W-What are you doing, Shirai Kuroko?!\n
**[15:38] ---**
Hold on a second! \n
**[15:39] ---**
--This is strange, by any measure!\n--Excuse me, we can't see.\n
**[15:41] ---**
--This is too involved for a punk.\n--That's all from Washington.\n
**[15:43] ---**
--And it isn't possible for them\n--Excuse me, we can't see.\n
**[15:45] ---**
to have gone overseas to do all this.\n
**[15:47] ---**
If I'm not being punked...\n
**[15:50] ---**
Thank you for your patronage.\n
**[15:51] ---**
Thank you for your patronage.\n
**[15:53] ---**
Okay, well, you go all the way up that hill...\n
**[15:56] ---**
Shana is so cute.\n
**[15:58] ---**
This is so lame.\n
**[15:59] ---**
Maybe we should block his number.\n
**[16:01] ---**
What is this? What the hell is going on?\n
**[16:04] ---**
Big Brother!\n
**[16:06] ---**
Hey...\n
**[16:07] ---**
Here, look!\n
**[16:09] ---**
Here's a picture of us from last year's New Year's.\n
**[16:11] ---**
Do you remember me now,\nBig Brother Toma?\n
**[16:15] ---**
Hey, are you okay?\nYou're really acting weird today, Big Brother.\n
**[16:20] ---**
So you mean, the girl you're\nshowing me here is my cousin?\n
**[16:23] ---**
Yep, that's me! Tatsugami Otohime!\n
**[16:27] ---**
Doesn't she realize that\nthis isn't what she looks like?\n
**[16:34] ---**
What's going on?\nIt's almost like the inside of everyone\n
**[16:36] ---**
has been put into a\ndifferent outward appearance.\n
**[16:39] ---**
What's more, no one realizes it.\nHow on Earth...?\n
**[16:53] ---**
Hmph, Kamijo Toma knows.\nHe knows from experience.\n
**[16:58] ---**
Even if I have no memory of it,\n
**[16:59] ---**
whenever someone doing this\nkind of ridiculous cosplay appears,\n
**[17:01] ---**
they're usually someone who knows me.\n
**[17:04] ---**
Which means, in this situation,\nthe attitude I should take is...\n
**[17:08] ---**
Yo, long time no see--\n
**[17:10] ---**
Question one: Are you the caster?\n
**[17:14] ---**
I'll ask question one again.\n
**[17:15] ---**
Are you the caster?\n
**[17:19] ---**
Hold on, please.\n
**[17:20] ---**
It's too hasty to\nconclude that that boy is the one.\n
**[17:23] ---**
Whew, thank goodness we made it in time.\n
**[17:27] ---**
Tsuchimikado?!\n
**[17:28] ---**
What's more, I look like\nTsuchimikado Motoharu to him.\n
**[17:32] ---**
Yes. However, if he could\ncorrectly identify you, then...\n
**[17:37] ---**
Oh, no, sweetie, do you see\nany traces of that on Kami's body?\n
**[17:42] ---**
It appears that he,\nlike us, has eluded the problem.\n
**[17:46] ---**
I am a sorcerer of the\nEnglish Puritan Church's Necessarius,\n
**[17:49] ---**
Kanzaki Kaori.\n
**[17:51] ---**
Our purpose in coming\nhere is the same as yours--\n
**[17:53] ---**
to gauge the center of the distortion.\n
**[17:56] ---**
However, to think that the boy\nis the caster is beyond consideration.\n
**[18:03] ---**
Sorcerer of the Russian Orthodox\nChurch's Annihilation Survey, \n
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Misha Kruezhev.\n
**[18:07] ---**
Oh, wow! Imagine, meeting a member\nof the Annihilation Survey here!\n
**[18:12] ---**
Question one: Where is\nyour proof that he is not the caster?\n
**[18:15] ---**
Question two: If he is\nnot the caster, then who is?\n
**[18:19] ---**
Whoa, I don't understand\nanything you're saying!\n
**[18:22] ---**
And for that matter, Tsuchimikado,\nwhat are you doing here?!\n
**[18:25] ---**
This boy is not a sorcerer;\nhe is an esper.\n
**[18:28] ---**
And even so, his level is...\n
**[18:29] ---**
Hey, you guys!\nAre you just going to skip over\n
**[18:31] ---**
how I was nearly killed?!\nAre you ignoring me?!\n
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Ugh, how annoying. \n
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Your rude, ignoble demeanor shows\nyou haven't grown up one bit.\n
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So she's one of my acquaintances, too.\n
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Hmph, let's see if I can\ntrick her into telling me more.\n
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You could at least tell me\nwhat's going on, couldn't you?\n
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Eh, Kanzaki?\n
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Very well. We can't move forward\n
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until the central players\nunderstand the situation.\n
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Central player? Me?\n
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At the moment, there is\na spell at work on a global scale.\n
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Its format and formula are unknown.\n
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For the sake of convenience,\nwe have named this spell "Angel Fall."\n
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Angel Fall?\n
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Do you know the term "Sephirotic Tree"?\n
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You might also call\nit a class-ranking chart,\n
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showing the souls of God,\nthe angels, and humans.\n
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Ordinarily, humans cannot\nrise to the rank of angel.\n
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Naturally, the opposite is true, as well.\n
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Each ranking is already filled to capacity.\n
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However, one of those\nangels has fallen to the human level--\n
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Time out!\n
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T-Time out a second. \n
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To no one's surprise,\ndo you not understand this?\n
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No... but, I mean, come on, angels?\n
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The effects of this spell should\nalready be before your eyes, Kami.\n
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Effects?\n
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Like, people's appearances being switched\n
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leading to the outbreak of this\nscrewed-up world.\n
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The impetus of the angel falling\nhere has made the human world's\n
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physical appearances and\ninner workings get all messed up.\n
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And in a game of musical chairs,\nthe fastest ones win.\n
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Our "appearances" have to scramble\nto sit down on our "inner selves."\n
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As a result...\n
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You mean, that's why\neveryone's looks have switched?\n
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It's not clear who put this spell\ninto motion, or for what reason,\n
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but the critical thing is that you, Kami,\n
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are at the center of this distortion.\n
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You are Angel Fall's prime suspect.\n
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You narrowly escaped the spell's effects,\n
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and stand to have your\nlife threatened by sorcerers\n
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who are trying to halt its progress.\n
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Which is why it's hard to believe\nthat Kamijo Toma here is the culprit.\n
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For one, he has no magical knowledge;\n
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for another, the traces\nthat are left on an esper's body\n
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whenever they use magic\nare nowhere to be found on him.\n
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Counterargument one: He is\nnot suffering the effects of the spell.\n
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That's because Kami's got the Imagine Breaker,\n
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which can cancel out any extraordinary power,\n
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residing in his right hand.\n
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Oh, yeah. So that's why...\n
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Tsuchimikado, how do you know about that?!\n
**[21:07] ---**
Valence 40... 9... 30... 7...\nput together, that's 86.\n
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Accordance. Water, form a\nserpent and strike like a sword.\n
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Correct response. \n
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Means of proof that he be\ncleared of suspicion accepted. \n
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Young man, \n
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I hereby apologize for\nmistakenly turning my blade on you.\n
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Now then,\n
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though you're\nsuspicion-free, the fact remains\n
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that Angel Fall is centered\naround you, and growing, Kami.\n
**[21:42] ---**
There's a good chance that the\ncaster is someone near you.\n
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It's hard to believe that a single caster\n
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is responsible for a spell of this degree.\n
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It's probable that there\nis a ritual site somewhere\n
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behind a barrier or magic circle.\n
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So either destroy the ritual site,\nor the casters themselves.\n
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There are only two ways\nto bring an end to Angel Fall.\n
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Hold on, now.\n
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What is with you, Tsuchimikado?!\nWhat are you doing in this world?!\n
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How do you know about my right hand?!\n
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Answer me, Tsuchimikado!\n
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Well, you see, Kami,\n
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I, too, am a member of Necessarius.\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
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*You're wandering through memories *
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*Hey, if you can live your lives *
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*believing in your own hearts, *
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*then even though *
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*you may live in different worlds, *
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*as long as you have something to preserve... *
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*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
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*The mana of thousands of lives released *
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*Their motions and their gazes *
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*are heart wrenching *
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*I won't let go *
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nTo find the caster responsible for Angel Fall,\n
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\nTsuchimikado and I head to my dad's house.\n
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There, we discover a disquieting truth.\n
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Next time, "Toya Kamijo."\n
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When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n
# 16 - Toya Kamijo (Father)
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At the summer beach away from Academy City,\n
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I, Kamijo Toma, am reunited with my family.\n
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There we are stricken by\na magic spell named Angel Fall.\n
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Along with Misha Kruezhev, \n
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of the Russian Orthodox Church,\nand Kanzaki Kaori,\n
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Tsuchimikado Motoharu also showed up.\n
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As it turns out, he is a member of Necessarius.\n
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Wait, what?!\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*To aru nichijou wa parallel world *
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*ikusen mo no jikan ni *
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*onaji mono nado nai *
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*masutaapiisu de orinasu jikuu e *
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*Kakinagutte hakushi no shinario ni pensaki ga kooru *
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*originality mezase! Douse kono michi wo yuku n' dakara *
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*(Shinjite) Kakenukete (tooku made) *
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*(Kanjiru) Daichi wo kette (daichi kette) *
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*Nanika no tame ni kogare ikite'ru kanshoku wa kitto *
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*dare nimo makenai chikara ni naru *
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*Shiawase tte tabun kono shunkan onore ga shiru (when I believed it) *
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*Kono kandou wo atarashii peeji ni kizamu (I can go to the next stage) *
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*It's only my thing *
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"#16 Toya Kamijo (Father)"\n
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Well, you see, Kami,\n
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I, too, am a member of Necessarius.\n
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Necessarius? Then, you, too...?\n
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--Yeah, I'm a sorcerer.\n
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--But...\n--Yeah, I'm a sorcerer.\n
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There are no sorcerers in\nAcademy City? Think about it, Kami.\n
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Science is the enemy of magic. Which means,\n
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you shouldn't be surprised if an agent or two\n
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sneaks their way into enemy territory, right?\n
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An agent?\n
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In other words, I'm a spy. \n
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I know just about everything about you, Kami.\n
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Including, of course, your Imagine Breaker.\n
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Although, since I've taken\ntoo much of the esper curriculum,\n
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I can't use my magic anymore.\n
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In any event,\n
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there's a good chance that the caster\n
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who put Angel Fall into\nmotion has gotten in close to you.\n
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The same goes for the ritual site.\n
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We'll work together for a little while,\n
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to find out what the\nenemy's purpose and plans are.\n
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Do you have any objections, Misha Kruezhev?\n
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Response one: I believe that\nto be the smartest course of action.\n
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J-Just hold on a second here! \n
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I am currently with my family,\nfor the first time in a long time!\n
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My parents and cousin are in that inn.\n
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Do your parents and cousin\nappear to you as they should?\n
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Just my luck.\n
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Good luck charm my foot! Get real!\n
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Their power dwells within replicas, as well.\n
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That's the basis of idol worship.\n
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Imagine, you being a sorcerer.\n
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More accurately, I *was* a sorcerer. Past tense.
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I, once the best Onmyo\ndoctor specializing in Feng Shui\n
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in all of Necessarius,\nam now just a normal person.\n
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Aren't you going to go in with the others?\n
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I couldn't go if I wanted to.\nWhen Angel Fall first went into effect,\n
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Kanzaki and I put up a barrier right away,\n
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but we weren't able to avoid it completely.\n
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Judging by the people who did get swapped out,\n
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I apparently look like Hitotsui Hajime.\n
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Hitotsui Hajime? You mean that ditzy idol guy?\n
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If so, what about Kanzaki?\n
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Wow, Toma's friends sure\nare a unique bunch of people.\n
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More than that, you are so cool, mister!\n
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I mean, bright red hair and a cigarette!\n
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Not to mention the barcode on your cheek.\n
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What's the word I'm looking for?\n
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You're trying to say "rad," right, Aunt Shina?\n
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--Oh, my...\n--Oh, that's right!\n
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I have some Egyptian\nsouvenir good luck charms.\n
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Geez, enough with the scarabs, Uncle Toya.\n
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Ah, by the way, what was your name?\n
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It's Kanzaki.\n
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Stiyl?! Oh, that's rich.\n
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Wait, didn't you just say you raised a barrier?\n
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I thought espers couldn't use magic.\n
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Yeah. That's why I'm all torn up.\n
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I used my magic again,\nand boom, my blood vessels burst.\n
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It’ll be the death of me.\n
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Oh, yeah, Kami, you know how\nyou're always saying "just my luck"?\n
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Would you mind biting\nyour tongue in front of Kanzaki?\n
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With her, it's not bad fortune, \n
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but her own good fortune that she can't stand.\n
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She can't stand her good fortune?\n
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There is an organization\nin Japan, called the Amakusa,\n
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which was created by\nthe Church of the Cross in hiding.\n
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Kanzaki was set up as its top--\nits priestess when she was born.\n
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She's a saint and a stigma-user,\none of only a handful in the world.\n
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A saint, which is to say, a human\nin whom the power of God dwells.\n
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When her stigma is released, \n
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she is able to use power\nbeyond humankind for a short while.\n
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She says she can't stand the good fortune\n
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of having been born\nunder such an awesome star.\n
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Aw, geez, not God again.\n
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So, why is it that\nsomething like that bothers her?\n
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That's one thing that only she knows for sure.\n
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But Kami, how must it\nfeel to be someone so blessed?\n
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When you always win\nthe lottery on the very first draw,\n
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it means that everyone around\nyou has to forfeit their own draws.\n
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I can't endure this any longer.\n
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"Men"\n
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As it happens, I...\n
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that is, because of Angel Fall...\n
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I heard. You look like Stiyl, right?\n
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That's right. I'd like to take a\nbath to soak away my fatigue,\n
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but if I use the women's baths,\nand someone were to come in,\n
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there'd be a scene.\n
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And you can't have anyone\ncome into the men's baths, either?\n
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Which is why I want you to stand watch out here.\n
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To keep everyone else out.\n
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Understood? I'll be counting on you.\n
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Just my luck.\n
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Whoops, that's taboo\nto say around Kanzaki, huh?\n
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Toma, is this where you went?\n
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Dad?!\n
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This works out perfectly. \n
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It's been so long; what do you say\n
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we take a father-son bath\ntogether, for old time's sake?\n
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W-Whoa, hold on a second! We can't\nright now! There's someone in there!\n
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So what if there is? It's a\nhot spring, so of course there'd be.\n
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No, well, you see...\n
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Heh, you're acting like such a stranger.\n
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We're both men.\nWhat is there to be embarrassed about?\n
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No, really, see, this isn't right!\n
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Uh...\n
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Hey, if it isn't the red-haired,\ncigarette-smoking, barcoded Kanzaki!\n
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Sheesh...\n
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You'd forget your indebtedness to him,\nover being seen naked?\n
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You owe Kami for having saved Index's life.\n
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Losing sight of your gratitude\n
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and driving him out of\nthe baths like that is a bit much.\n
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Yes, I know that.\n
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I know that, but...\n
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Man, your friends are all so utterly unique.\n
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I mean, becoming that worked\nup into a frenzy, when we're all men.\n
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There's kind of a long story about that.\n
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A story? You don't mean, he's *that* way,
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and now that I've seen him naked,\nwe have to get married?\n
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Don't jump to such silly\nconclusions. It's not like that.\n
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That's right. If everyone's appearance is different\n
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because of Angel Fall,\n
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then Dad's appearance might be \n
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that of some old codger\nthat I don't really even know.\n
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Hmm? You suddenly\nlook down. What's wrong?\n
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It's nothing.\n
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That face you're making\nis just like your mom’s.\n
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Before we got married,\nand we were dating,\n
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when the time was coming to say goodnight,\n
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your mom would always make that look.\n
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It was hard to see her do that.\n
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And yet, lovely, too.\n
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You sure do take after your mom, all right.\n
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Oh, yeah! I have this souvenir from Mexico--\n
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I don't want it!\n
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Hmm? Is that...?\n
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Misha...\n
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Hmm, such a troubled look\nfor such a young, innocent face.\n
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It's almost like she's begging\nfor someone to call out to her.\n
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Toma, good luck!\n
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Hey! For the love of...\n
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What are you up to?\n
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Uh, are you longing for faraway Russia,\n
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great land of the frozen *tuna*, and feeling homesick?
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That joke didn't play with her.\n
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She has no idea how lame the\npun that went over her head really was.\n
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Want some?\n
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Did you find out anything about Angel Fall?\n
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Listen...\n
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I'm not so sure about all this angel stuff,\n
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but why would the culprit\nput a spell like Angel Fall into play?\n
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Opinion one: To gain the\nenormous power of an angel,\n
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or perhaps, to take upon\nthemselves the rank of angel.\n
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Angel Fall is incomplete.\n
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Huh? Is that right?\n
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The power of an angel is great enough\n
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that a single person could bring down the Vatican.\n
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Once Angel Fall has been completed,\n
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the world will face\ncalamities of biblical proportion.\n
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We have to identify the caster, \n
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and prevent them from\nfinishing before that happens.\n
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R-Right. I guess this is no time\nto be standing around chewing gum.\n
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Sorry.\n
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The world is in danger?\n
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Oh, my, Toya...\n
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Whoa...! Goodness, Toya,\nwhat could have made you so energetic?\n
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After looking into Toma's face,\nit reminded me of the past.\n
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Yeah, and he always said he\nwanted a younger brother or sister.\n
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Oh, my, is that right?\n
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Sorry, Misha. I've got a more\nurgent crisis than the world right now!\n
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Whoa, stop! Stop! Stop!\n
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Ah, Toma! Of all the times...!\n
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Oh, my, it's been so long, \n
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and Toma just wants\nto sleep together as a family.\n
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Fine, the three of us will\nsleep snuggled up together tonight.\n
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Toma! Toma! Toma isn't in our room!\n
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It doesn't look like he's\nbeen back since last night!\n
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Toma!\n
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Oh, no! This is terrible!\n
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What's the matter, Mom?\n
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What is this? It's too early.\n
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It's gonna be a hectic one.\n
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Toma...!\n
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What are you in such a hurry over?\n
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I forgot to lock the front door.\nI'm going to go and lock up.\n
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It's going to take most of\nthe day, there and back, by train.\n
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I will be back this evening.\n
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Question one:\n
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Do you mind if I accompany you?\n
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Misha...?\n
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I'll ask my question again.\nDo you mind if I accompany you?\n
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Oh, my, Misha, you're going\nto give me someone to talk to?\n
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Sure. Let's go together.\n
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How is it that Misha\nis going with Inde-- Mom?\n
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I knew this would happen, Toma.\n
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That you were her first.\n
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She now has no choice but to marry you,\n
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so to avoid any\nmother-daughter-in-law conflict later...\n
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What kind of nonsense\nare you going on about?!\n
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You had a pretty good mood\ngoing on last night, didn't you?\n
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What, did you spy on us,\nyou perverted old man?!\n
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And if you had watched, you should know!\n
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I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Still,\n
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it's rare to see a girl that refined nowadays.\n
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I mean, she didn't even try to hold your hand.\n
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My hand?\n
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My... right hand...\n
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Angel Fall is incomplete.\n
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Once complete, the world will\nface calamities of biblical proportion.\n
**[15:42] ---**
Misha really said that?\n
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Say, we're not really clear on\nthe story behind Angel Fall, right?\n
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Right.\n
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It's an unknown phenomenon.\nNot even the British Library\n
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has anything on it.\n
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Supposing it's not complete yet,\nhow would she know?\n
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How can Misha be so\nsure that once it's complete,\n
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there would be any disasters?\n
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Why didn't Misha touch my right hand?\n
**[16:15] ---**
Simply because she's shy?\nOr something else?\n
**[16:19] ---**
She's the one who's driving it...?\n
**[16:22] ---**
She didn't want to neutralize\nAngel Fall while it's still in progress?\n
**[16:29] ---**
Kami, take us to the house!\n
**[16:31] ---**
Yeah!\n
**[16:34] ---**
Hmm? A map to the house?\n
**[16:36] ---**
You moved, right?\nDraw me a map to the new house!\n
**[16:39] ---**
Why the sudden interest?\nYou don't have to go after your mom.\n
**[16:45] ---**
--I've got it, Toma!\n
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--You don't have to get anything!\n--I've got it, Toma!\n
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You're going to steal Misha away from your mom--\n
**[16:51] ---**
Enough jumping to conclusions! Hurry!\n
**[16:54] ---**
All right, all right.\n
**[16:59] ---**
Assuming that Misha is\nthe one moving Angel Fall along,\n
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Why did she go with Index--I mean, my mom?\n
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Who knows? That's something\nwe'll just have to ask Misha personally.\n
**[17:20] ---**
So this is my house?\n
**[17:25] ---**
Mom! Misha!\n
**[17:30] ---**
Well then, let's wait here for them to arrive.\n
**[17:34] ---**
Hey, Kami!\n
**[17:52] ---**
Geez,\n
**[17:54] ---**
the old man sure is\na hard-core souvenir collector.\n
**[18:05] ---**
In here, too?\n
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"Kamijo Toma"\n
**[18:14] ---**
My... name?\n
**[18:18] ---**
Nope, I can't remember a thing.\n
**[18:24] ---**
What's wrong, Tsuchimikado?\n
**[18:27] ---**
So that's it. Imagine,\nit being something like that.\n
**[18:31] ---**
Is there something the matter with these?\n
**[18:33] ---**
Don't touch them!\n
**[18:39] ---**
Hey, what's going on, Tsuchimikado?!\n
**[18:41] ---**
Come on!\n
**[18:52] ---**
This...\n
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...is my mom...\n
**[18:56] ---**
Huh? Dad?\n
**[18:58] ---**
Here's a picture of\nus from last year's New Year's.\n
**[19:01] ---**
Do you remember me now,\nBig Brother Toma?\n
**[19:07] ---**
Here, too. \n
**[19:10] ---**
And here, too.\n
**[19:12] ---**
Dad... didn't get switched out?\n
**[19:17] ---**
Tsuchimikado, does this mean...\n
**[19:20] ---**
There's only one person,\nnot counting exceptions like you,\n
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who isn't affected by Angel Fall--\n
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the caster who is working the spell.\n
**[19:31] ---**
Oh, dear!\n
**[19:33] ---**
My, this is awful!\n
**[19:44] ---**
My, it's Hitotsui Hajime!\n
**[19:47] ---**
I don't know what you're doing here,\n
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but I am one of your biggest fans!\n
**[19:53] ---**
Kami, after her!\n
**[19:55] ---**
Did you forget what Misha was going to do\n
**[19:57] ---**
when she thought you were the culprit?!\n
**[20:05] ---**
How come, Dad?\n
**[20:08] ---**
How are you able to do something like this?\n
**[20:11] ---**
Why are you involved in the occult?\n
**[20:21] ---**
Hey, watch out, will ya?!\nYou trying to get killed?!\n
**[20:24] ---**
H-Himegami...?\n
**[20:25] ---**
Out of the way, already,\nor I'm gonna run you over!\n
**[20:30] ---**
Hey, what're you doing?!\n
**[20:32] ---**
Please let me ride along. I'm begging you!\n
**[20:34] ---**
What'd you say?!\nDo I look like I'm driving a taxi?!\n
**[20:38] ---**
My old man's--my dad's life is in danger!\n
**[20:42] ---**
What?\n
**[20:43] ---**
I want to save my dad! I have to save him.\n
**[20:49] ---**
Please!\n
**[20:51] ---**
You sure know how to make me cry, don't you?!\n
**[20:54] ---**
Such a dutiful son, in this day and age!\n
**[20:57] ---**
All right, hurry up and\nget your seat belt fastened!\n
**[21:00] ---**
Don't blame me if you get thrown out!\n
**[21:02] ---**
Come on, come on, come on!\n
**[21:04] ---**
Move it! Move it! Move it! Move it!\n
**[21:23] ---**
--Where's Misha?\n--Where's my dad?\n
**[21:24] ---**
Hey, where is my dad? Where's Misha?\n
**[21:28] ---**
I thought you were off chasing her down.\n
**[21:31] ---**
Mr. Toya is at the beach.\n
**[21:34] ---**
What exactly is going on?\n
**[21:40] ---**
I see.\n
**[21:43] ---**
I want you to please wait here.\n
**[21:46] ---**
From this point forward, it is my task.\n
**[21:49] ---**
--I will take Mr. Toya into my--\n
**[21:51] ---**
--Nothing doing.\n--I will take Mr. Toya into my--\n
**[21:53] ---**
I'm going to take care of this.\n
**[21:56] ---**
But...\n
**[21:56] ---**
No buts!\n
**[21:58] ---**
Kamijo Toya is my dad!\n
**[22:02] ---**
He's the only dad I have.\n
**[22:11] ---**
Dad...\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Nee kikoeru? *
**[22:40] ---**
*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
**[22:43] ---**
*Nee kokoro wo *
**[22:46] ---**
*shinjite ikite yukereba *
**[22:50] ---**
*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[22:53] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:58] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
**[23:05] ---**
*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
**[23:11] ---**
*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
**[23:17] ---**
*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
**[23:23] ---**
*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
**[23:29] ---**
*Tebanasanai *
**[23:54] ---**
"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nA fearsome being beyond human understanding appears.\n
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\nKanzaki steps forward to challenge its power,\n
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as it tries to destroy the world.\nAnd as for Tsuchimikado...\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "The Power of God."\n
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When science and\nmagic cross paths, the story begins.\n
# 17 - The Power of God (Archangel)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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In order to stop Angel Fall,\nthe only options we have\n
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are to defeat the caster,\nor destroy the ritual ground.\n
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After Misha makes some questionable moves,\n
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Tsuchimikado and I follow her to\nthe recently moved-into Kamijo home,\n
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which is to say, my new actual home.\n
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However, something else was\nwaiting for us when we got there...\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*Some day-to-day is a parallel world *
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*A masterpiece of thousands of timelines, *
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*no two of which are the same, *
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*interwoven into a new time and space *
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*The tip of a pen scribbling out a script on blank paper freezes *
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*Strive for originality, since you're going down this road anyway *
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*(Believe) Race along (far away) *
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*(Feel) Kick off from the ground (kick the ground) *
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*The sensation of living your life ablaze for something *
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*is sure to be power enough to rival anyone *
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*I likely know what happiness is at this moment (when I believed it) *
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*This feeling marks a new page for me (I can go to the next stage) *
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*It's only my thing *
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"#17 The Power of God (Archangel)"\n
**[02:23] ---**
Dad...\n
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You're back, are you?\nIs your mom with you?\n
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How do you like the new house?\n
**[02:35] ---**
--Hmm? What? Why the stern face? Did you and Mom get into a fight?\n
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--Why?\n--Hmm? What? Why the stern face? Did you and Mom get into a fight?\n
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Why did you get involved in the occult?\n
**[02:45] ---**
Hey, now, what are--\n
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Don't play innocent! \n
**[02:48] ---**
I asked you why you're\nplaying at being a sorcerer!\n
**[02:56] ---**
Oh, I see. Well, where do I begin?\n
**[03:01] ---**
Toma, do you remember\nwhat everyone around called you\n
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when you were a little kid?\n
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They called you a jinx.\n
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For whatever reason, \n
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one unlucky thing after\nanother happened around you.\n
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In time, it wasn't just your friends,\n
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but even the adults\nstarted giving you a wide berth.\n
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That was the reason why\nI sent you to Academy City.\n
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You were terrifying to people\nwho are driven by superstitions.\n
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And so, I sent you into a\nworld without such superstitions.\n
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However, even in that city of science,\n
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you began to be treated like an ill-fortuned wretch.\n
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If not even science\ncould eliminate your bad luck,\n
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then how exactly *could* you get rid of it?
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And so, I decided to turn to the occult.\n
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Ludicrous, isn't it? Clinging to superstitions,\n
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in the hopes of eliminating other superstitions.\n
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You stupid idiot.\n
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Yeah, I may have rotten luck, but still,\n
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did I ever once say that I regretted it?\n
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You've gotta be kidding me!\n
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No matter what happens to me,\nI will walk down my own path!\n
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You were happy with it?\n
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I'm such a fool.\n
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So you're telling me that I tried\nto take that happiness from you.\n
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But then, I did know that\ncollecting all of those souvenirs\n
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wasn't going to change anything.\n
**[04:46] ---**
Souvenirs?\n
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Yeah. I'm going to give up my souvenir hunting.\n
**[04:51] ---**
J-Just a second. Dad, aren't you\nthe one who brought on Angel Fall?\n
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Angel Fall? What country\ndoes that souvenir come from?\n
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Let me ask you something.\nDo you know where Mom is right now?\n
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You went after your mom. \n
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You're the one who ought to know, aren't you?\n
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He isn't aware of the switch? \n
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Which would mean he's\nunder the influence of Angel Fall.\n
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Hey, Misha!\n
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Thanks for taking the trouble to accompany Mom.\n
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Hold on, Misha.\n
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It's true, Dad has\nnot switched with anyone else.\n
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But he hasn't noticed any\nof the changes around him, either.\n
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Couldn't that mean...\n
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Response one: Self-explanatory.\n
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Target acquisition complete.\n
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Opinion one:\nIt was a very trivial solution.\n
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Misha...\n
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You're not supposed to kill\nanyone without divine orders.\n
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Have you even forgotten that?\n
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I will take over from here.\nPlease take Mr. Toya away from here,\n
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as quickly as you can.\n
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Misha has it all wrong. Dad isn't...\n
**[06:06] ---**
Her name is not Misha.\n
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I made an inquiry to\nthe Russian Orthodox Church.\n
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They were only able to confirm\na person named Sasha Kruezhev.\n
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This is probably an\nassumed form that she switched into.\n
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What do you mean? If Misha isn't\nwith the Russian Orthodox Church...\n
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There are beings in this\nworld without a fixed gender,\n
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who are always portrayed in\nmythology as having dual gender.\n
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For them, a name is the objective\nthey have in being created by God.\n
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There is no way they would\nbe swapping with others at random.\n
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Hold on, I'm not following.\n
**[06:44] ---**
Have you forgotten the name\nby which this grand spell is called?\n
**[06:58] ---**
What is this?\n
**[07:00] ---**
I see. Make it night, in order\nto strengthen her own attributes.\n
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Controlling the blue, symbolic of the water,\n
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guardian of the moon, and protector of the rear,\n
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her name is "The Power of God."\n
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A sweep--a deluge of\nflaming arrows that has previously\n
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burned out entire corrupted civilizations.\n
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For the sake of a single order,\nthat you return to Heaven,\n
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you would destroy this entire world?\n
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You can't be serious.\n
**[07:40] ---**
What do you think you're doing?\n
**[07:43] ---**
She didn't touch my right hand.\n
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That means that my Imagine\nBreaker works on angels, too, right?\n
**[07:50] ---**
No.\n
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From here forward is not man's fight.\n
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There is something else that you must do.\n
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You and Mr. Toya together must stop Angel Fall.\n
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By doing so, it will no longer\nbe necessary for The Power of God\n
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to come after Mr. Toya, or unleash the sweep.\n
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There isn't any time.\n
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Hurry, before the formula is complete!\n
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Kanzaki...\n
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I don't intend to throw away my life here.\n
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Just as you once saved that girl in front of me,\n
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I would be most grateful if this time, you would save *my* life.
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Toma, what on Earth...?\n
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I'll leave you to it, Kanzaki!\n
**[08:36] ---**
H-Hey!\n
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You will now have to face me!\n
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Now then, as I employ my\nSingle Flash, I reveal my name--\n
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Salvare000!\n
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Well, now, this is not turning out well.\n
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Sorry about this, Kami,\n
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but it looks like we're going to\nhave to offer someone as a sacrifice\n
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if we're going to get this\nsituation under control.\n
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When you think about it, this is so reckless.\n
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Myself being with the Church of the Cross,\n
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there's no way I can defeat an\nangel with the Church of the Cross.\n
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Nonetheless...!\n
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Nonetheless, I am not any ordinary\nmember of the Church of the Cross.\n
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My form is of Amakusa Puritanism,\n
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the independent form of\nthe Church of the Cross in Japan,\n
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born of the flock during\nthe Edo period crackdown!\n
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Its essence is a fusion of diverse religions.\n
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In order to escape the crackdown,\n
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It is a so-called original form,\n
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merged together with Shinto and Buddhism.\n
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Meaning that while a Church of\nthe Cross member cannot defeat an angel,\n
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one of a Japanese Shinto form can!\n
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The polytheism of Japanese Shinto\neven has forms to counter gods.\n
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Among its commandments are\n"Thou shalt not harm a god,"\n
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but then, why was there a\nneed to come up with a law like that?\n
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There's no reason why\nI should still be safe and sound\n
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while going head-to-head against The Power of God.\n
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If this keeps up, it will end up\na ceaseless battle of wear and tear.\n
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And meanwhile, the sweep will be carried out.\n
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Please, Kamijo Toma,\n
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put a stop to Angel Fall as soon as possible!\n
**[11:26] ---**
What's the matter? Wake up!\n
**[11:30] ---**
Has she been put to\nsleep with drugs or something?\n
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Who on Earth would do such a thing?\n
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Toma!\n
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Explain it to me.\nTell me what exactly is going on!\n
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Listen, Dad, as things stand,\na lot of people will die.\n
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The only way to stop it from\nhappening is to cancel out Angel Fall.\n
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And what is this "Angel--\n
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Stop playing dumb! \n
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At least show me where the ritual ground is!\n
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Leave him alone, Kami.\n
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Tsuchimikado...\n
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Haven't you figured out the truth yet?\n
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Well, I can't blame you.\n
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You are a novice to all this magic stuff, after all.\n
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What do you mean, the truth?\n
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You mean, my dad isn't\nthe one who activated Angel Fall?\n
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No, the culprit\nis without a doubt Kamijo Toya.\n
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Although, he seems\nabsolutely unaware of it himself.\n
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What do you mean?\n
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I thought you needed a large-scale\nritual ground to invoke Angel Fall.\n
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Yes.\n
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We found the ritual ground,\nKami. Your new house.\n
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The good luck charms,\nthe folk art, the occult goods--\n
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individually, they don't mean a thing.\n
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However, when all placed in the correct *feng shui* arrangement,
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they create a synergistic effect,\nand become a single great power.\n
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There was that red post\nbox in the foyer, remember?\n
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Red is an attribute of the south.\n
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There was a water\nguardian turtle in the bathroom,\n
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and metal guardian white tigers in the kitchen.\n
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With the additional three thousand\ngood luck charms there,\n
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the whole house becomes a temple.\n
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When your parents\nleft the house empty to come here,\n
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the ritual ground was complete,\nand must have activated.\n
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Just by accident?\n
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Yes, by accident.\n
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Angel Fall is no more than a\nspell that was invoked by chance.\n
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If we had interfered carelessly,\n
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there was even the possibility\nof a more serious spell.\n
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In order to cancel out that magic circle,\n
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we'll have to destroy the\nwhole thing in one shot. Otherwise...\n
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...we have no choice\nbut to bring down the caster?\n
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But what can we do?\nAfter all, I can't use magic anymore.\n
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I have to say, at times like this,\n
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the church gives out\nsome very interesting work orders.\n
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I won't let you! \n
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Back off, Kami. You'll just get hurt.\n
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Toma!\n
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Keep back!\n
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I don't accept this! If there's\nsome cruel law that demands \n
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that there be a sacrifice, \n
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then I'm gonna cut through that illusion first!\n
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Toma!\n
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Stay down, rookie!\n
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If you want something with me,\nthen have at it!\n
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Just don't do anything else to Toma!\n
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Oh, yeah?\n
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I absolutely will not stand\nfor you hurting Toma any further!\n
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Don't make me laugh. You don't\nthink that you can take me, do you?\n
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No, I don't. But still,\nif you hurt Toma any further,\n
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I will make you pay!\n
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And do you know why?\nBecause I am Kamijo Toma's father!\n
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Dad...\n
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Don't, Toma! If you protect me,\nthen no one will be spared!\n
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Don't be ridiculous. \n
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There will be someone spared, right here.\n
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I am Kamijo Toya's son!\n
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Toma...\n
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Hmph, you've finally come around.\nFine, I'll acknowledge it.\n
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As of this moment, Kamijo Toma\nand Tsuchimikado Motoharu are enemies.\n
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Well, well, finished already?\n
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Toma!\n
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Dad...\n
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Now then...\n
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All right, everyone...\n
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...time to enjoy a little\nnothing-up-my-sleeves magic.\n
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Our stage today will be right here.\n
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We'll start with a little\nbothersome stage-setting.\n
**[16:05] ---**
Now then, allow me\nto introduce my magic troupe.\n
**[16:10] ---**
Time to work, you fools.\n
**[16:11] ---**
Suzaku...\n
**[16:14] ---**
Seiryu...\n
**[16:16] ---**
Genbu...\n
**[16:19] ---**
Byakko...\n
**[16:23] ---**
The pistol is complete. Now, to load it.\n
**[16:29] ---**
Magic...?\n
**[16:31] ---**
For the bullet, an extremely violent,\neven ridiculous thing;\n
**[16:36] ---**
for the pistol, a barrier.\n
**[16:38] ---**
For the bullet, a *shikigami* spirit...
**[16:40] ---**
Hold on. I thought Tsuchimikado\ncouldn't use magic anymore.\n
**[16:45] ---**
For the trigger, my own hand...\n
**[16:54] ---**
Didn't I tell you, Kami?\n
**[16:58] ---**
There are two ways to stop Angel Fall--\n
**[17:02] ---**
killing the caster,\nor destroying the magic circle.\n
**[17:06] ---**
Stop...!\n
**[17:07] ---**
Heh, Kami, you remind me a lot of Kanzaki.\n
**[17:12] ---**
If she knew I was using this method,\n
**[17:14] ---**
she undoubtedly would have\ndone everything in her power to stop it.\n
**[17:17] ---**
Isn't that right? Otherwise,\nthere'd be no sense in protecting us.\n
**[17:21] ---**
I am sorry to have beat you up so much.\n
**[17:24] ---**
With my forms, I can blow\nthat whole ritual ground away...\n
**[17:30] ---**
Stop, Tsuchimikado!\n
**[17:32] ---**
I'm afraid I can't grant that request.\n
**[17:37] ---**
Kami, I am actually... a liar.\n
**[18:31] ---**
It looks like I owe\nyou another one, Kamijo Toma.\n
**[18:52] ---**
Dad! Wake up, Dad!\n
**[19:01] ---**
Tsuchimikado...\n
**[19:08] ---**
"First of all, welcome\nhome, right? Kamijo Toma?"\n
**[19:21] ---**
What was it for, damn it? \n
**[19:23] ---**
It doesn't do any good to\nnot have you around, does it?!\n
**[19:27] ---**
Long time no see, Kami.\n
**[19:30] ---**
How have you been?\n
**[19:32] ---**
Huh? What? You look like you've seen a ghost.\n
**[19:37] ---**
B-But I was sure you used\nmagic back there, and died, didn't you?\n
**[19:40] ---**
Ah, that was a lie.\n
**[19:43] ---**
Huh?!\n
**[19:44] ---**
My ability may be a meager one,\nbut I can regenerate my body.\n
**[19:49] ---**
Between you and me, I can use\nmagic at least a few more times.\n
**[19:53] ---**
It's just a pain to have to spell it all out.\n
**[19:56] ---**
A pain?\n
**[19:57] ---**
Tsuchimikado is basically a big liar.\n
**[20:01] ---**
That part about sneaking into\nAcademy City as a spy was a lie.\n
**[20:05] ---**
Actually, I'm a counterspy, \n
**[20:06] ---**
only pretending to be on the\nEnglish Puritan Church's side.\n
**[20:09] ---**
What's worse,\nto tell the truth, that's a lie, too.\n
**[20:12] ---**
In fact, I'm a multiple-spy,\nhired by all sorts of agencies.\n
**[20:16] ---**
Now, look...\n
**[20:18] ---**
And, all's well that ends well.\n
**[20:21] ---**
As a small token of good faith,\nI brought someone here with me.\n
**[20:24] ---**
It's true. Hitotsui Hajime was really there.\n
**[20:29] ---**
Mom...?\n
**[20:34] ---**
How are you feeling, Toma?\n
**[20:36] ---**
Oh, uh, well...\nI'm finally getting accustomed to it.\n
**[20:42] ---**
Oh, my, I can't have\nyou becoming accustomed\n
**[20:45] ---**
to being hurt and hospitalized.\n
**[20:47] ---**
Toma, I'm glad you're looking well.\n
**[20:51] ---**
Yeah, you too, Dad.\n
**[20:54] ---**
Our house is gone now,\nbut compared to your safety, it's nothing.\n
**[20:59] ---**
Huh? Your house is what, now?\n
**[21:02] ---**
The new house that we had built \n
**[21:04] ---**
was blown to bits by a mysterious explosion.\n
**[21:11] ---**
Tsuchimikado...?\n
**[21:13] ---**
Well, what can you do?\nWe'll have to stay in the old house again\n
**[21:16] ---**
until we can rebuild it.\n
**[21:19] ---**
The old house?\n
**[21:21] ---**
Yeah, that old rental unit.\nThere are still places available.\n
**[21:26] ---**
The same place we lived, ever\nsince we got married and had you,\n
**[21:30] ---**
up until we moved.\n
**[21:32] ---**
The one that you\ngroaned about being too cramped.\n
**[21:36] ---**
Oh, yeah.\n
**[21:38] ---**
Toma...\n
**[21:44] ---**
W-What's wrong, Index?\nWhy are you just standing over there?\n
**[21:50] ---**
Toma, you strangled me.\n
**[21:58] ---**
Toma, you buried me up to my neck.\n
**[22:01] ---**
Oh, you see, there's a good reason for that...\n
**[22:03] ---**
Toma, you smooshed me behind a door!\n
**[22:06] ---**
That one wasn't me!\n
**[22:07] ---**
I was on the floor, and you just ignored me!\n
**[22:10] ---**
Ah... that was me. I mean...!\n
**[22:13] ---**
Er, you see...\n
**[22:18] ---**
Just my luck!\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
**[22:43] ---**
*Hey, if you can live your lives *
**[22:46] ---**
*believing in your own hearts, *
**[22:50] ---**
*then even though *
**[22:53] ---**
*you may live in different worlds, *
**[22:58] ---**
*as long as you have something to preserve... *
**[23:05] ---**
*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
**[23:11] ---**
*The mana of thousands of lives released *
**[23:17] ---**
*Their motions and their gazes *
**[23:23] ---**
*are heart wrenching *
**[23:29] ---**
*I won't let go *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nUnabara Mitsuki starts hovering around Misaka Mikoto.\n
**[23:57] ---**
To keep him from doing so,\nshe and I pretend to be involved.\n
**[24:01] ---**
Wait, me and Zapper, on a date?!\n
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Replica."\n
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 18 - Replica (Impostor)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:41] ---**
Uh-oh, nosebleed.\n
**[00:43] ---**
There's a reason why I've been\nsleeping here every night.\n
**[00:47] ---**
Ow!\n
**[00:52] ---**
Tissue... tissue...\n
**[00:53] ---**
My bed, where I should be sleeping,\n
**[00:56] ---**
is currently being occupied\nby an odd houseguest.\n
**[01:02] ---**
I get the feeling that\nsomeone's place is available,\n
**[01:05] ---**
but I try not to think about it.\n
**[01:17] ---**
Toma...?\n
**[01:18] ---**
Oh, sorry. Did I wake you?\n
**[01:26] ---**
Um, Toma, just so I know, what did\nyou come all the way over here for?\n
**[01:32] ---**
What did I come for? \n
**[01:34] ---**
I just had... a nosebleed...\n
**[01:41] ---**
D-Don't go getting the wrong idea!\n
**[01:43] ---**
Nosebleeds = excitement is\nsomething out of comic books--\n
**[01:45] ---**
Toma!\n
**[01:47] ---**
Do you swear it to our Father,\nwho art in Heaven?\n
**[01:51] ---**
That you didn't feel a thing\nwhen you saw my sleeping face?\n
**[01:53] ---**
What are you talking about?\nSeeing your sleeping face,\n
**[01:57] ---**
of course I don't feel anything--\n
**[01:58] ---**
Nothing?! What do you mean, you feel nothing?!\n
**[02:01] ---**
I am, after all, still a girl, so if you don't embrace *any* feelings,
**[02:06] ---**
--that comes as a shock to me!\n
**[02:07] ---**
--Oh, that?! To tell the truth,\n--that comes as a shock to me!\n
**[02:08] ---**
I, Kamijo Toma, did see you and\nfeel my heart pound, despite myself!\n
**[02:12] ---**
I'm afraid it's impossible for\nme believe you now, \n
**[02:15] ---**
after going back on what you said before!\n
**[02:20] ---**
"Mathematics Workbook"\n
**[02:22] ---**
Mathematics workbook?\n
**[02:29] ---**
There's only twenty-four hours until\nthe end of summer vacation.\n
**[02:32] ---**
Come to think of it,\nas far as me doing any of my\n
**[02:34] ---**
summer vacation homework,\nthat huge millstone around my neck,\n
**[02:37] ---**
I don't think... I ever... did... any...\n
**[02:44] ---**
Rotten luck.\n
**[02:58] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[03:03] ---**
*To aru nichijou wa parallel world *
**[03:06] ---**
*ikusen mo no jikan ni *
**[03:09] ---**
*onaji mono nado nai *
**[03:10] ---**
*masutaapiisu de orinasu jikuu e *
**[03:14] ---**
*Kakinagutte hakushi no shinario ni pensaki ga kooru *
**[03:20] ---**
*originality mezase! Douse kono michi wo yuku n' dakara *
**[03:26] ---**
*(Shinjite) Kakenukete (tooku made) *
**[03:32] ---**
*(Kanjiru) Daichi wo kette (daichi kette) *
**[03:40] ---**
*Nanika no tame ni kogare ikite'ru kanshoku wa kitto *
**[03:47] ---**
*dare nimo makenai chikara ni naru *
**[03:52] ---**
*Shiawase tte tabun kono shunkan onore ga shiru (when I believed it) *
**[03:58] ---**
*Kono kandou wo atarashii peeji ni kizamu (I can go to the next stage) *
**[04:06] ---**
*It's only my thing *
**[04:17] ---**
"#18 Replica (Impostor)"\n
**[04:22] ---**
Today's the last day of summer vacation, huh?\n
**[04:26] ---**
Misaka! Misaka!\n
**[04:28] ---**
You seem unoccupied, as usual.\n
**[04:30] ---**
Well, yeah. And you're\nsupposed to be a probationary maid.\n
**[04:34] ---**
Aren't you not supposed to chit-chat?\n
**[04:35] ---**
If you're going to the convenience\nstore, could you pick me up a manga?\n
**[04:39] ---**
One that's unusually passionate,\nwithout being R-rated?\n
**[04:45] ---**
Are you into "Boys Love," or something?\n
**[04:48] ---**
I go for the kind where, you know,\n
**[04:50] ---**
the older brother falls for the\nyounger sister, and it gets murky.\n
**[04:54] ---**
Okay, okay.\n
**[05:01] ---**
Good morning.\n
**[05:03] ---**
If it isn't Miss Misaka. Where are you headed?\n
**[05:07] ---**
If it's all right, would you mind\nif I walked you part of the way?\n
**[05:11] ---**
Unabara... Mitsuki...\n
**[05:15] ---**
Huh? By any chance,\nare you not feeling well?\n
**[05:18] ---**
Oh... no.\n
**[05:21] ---**
He's been at it every single day this week.\n
**[05:25] ---**
If it's all right, I know of\nthis delicious fish restaurant nearby.\n
**[05:30] ---**
You're inviting me out to eat,\nright after breakfast?\n
**[05:34] ---**
Oh... I'm glad for the invitation, but I *do* have things to do...
**[05:40] ---**
I'll come with you.\n
**[05:43] ---**
Right! I'm off to the underwear\nsection at the department store.\n
**[05:46] ---**
You know, it's an uncomfortable\nplace for boys to go, right?\n
**[05:48] ---**
I'll come with you.\n
**[05:57] ---**
I can't say it. I can't tell him\n
**[05:59] ---**
that I'm going to the convenience\nstore to browse magazines.\n
**[06:02] ---**
Please! I'm begging you!\n
**[06:03] ---**
No way, Kami. Miss Komoe always\ndoes private lessons after school.\n
**[06:09] ---**
Kami, if helping with your homework\n
**[06:11] ---**
meant that girls would rain out of the sky,\n
**[06:13] ---**
I'd be thrilled to assist you.\n
**[06:16] ---**
--What, are the girls you guys like\n
**[06:17] ---**
*--*That's it. I'll pretend I was waiting for another boy. --attached to an airborne division?
**[06:23] ---**
Sorry! Been waiting long?\n
**[06:27] ---**
What are you talking about, Kami?\n
**[06:29] ---**
I'll take not only falling heroines,\n
**[06:31] ---**
but soldiers, maids priestesses, cops,\n
**[06:32] ---**
*shotacons*, *tsunderes*, cheerleaders,
**[06:34] ---**
*yanderes*, clutzes, robot girls,
**[06:36] ---**
--idiot-hairs, cat-eared girls, girls with tails...\n--I said, been waiting long?! Stop ignoring me!\n
**[06:46] ---**
D-Damn, who is it?\n
**[06:48] ---**
Wait, Zapper?!\n
**[06:50] ---**
Please,\n
**[06:51] ---**
just play along.\n
**[06:56] ---**
Sorry, I'm so late. I'll get us something,\nmy treat, to apologize.\n
**[07:00] ---**
Forgive me. Okay?\n
**[07:04] ---**
Huh?\n
**[07:10] ---**
Interesting. It takes some\nnerve to have a secret date\n
**[07:13] ---**
in full view of the dorms.\n
**[07:14] ---**
Hey! What are you doing without\ntelling me first, Sissy?!\n
**[07:31] ---**
Where did *that* come from? Dragging me around as fast as you--
**[07:34] ---**
Shut up!\n
**[07:35] ---**
Huh?\n
**[07:36] ---**
Quiet! Please, let me get my\nhead back together for a minute!\n
**[07:42] ---**
So you're saying that for this whole week,\n
**[07:44] ---**
this Unabara guy has\nbeen clinging to you every day?\n
**[07:47] ---**
You got it. He says he's the\ngrandson of our school's director,\n
**[07:51] ---**
so I can't just tell him no.\n
**[07:53] ---**
And you needed someone to play\nyour boyfriend to get away from him,\n
**[07:56] ---**
and you didn't care who it was?\n
**[07:58] ---**
I didn't have any choice, did I?\nYou just happened to be passing by.\n
**[08:04] ---**
Well, you've gotten away\nfrom him for the time being, right?\n
**[08:07] ---**
So there's no need\nto keep up the act, is there?\n
**[08:10] ---**
Hmm, now that I've gotten the opportunity,\n
**[08:13] ---**
I'd like to fix it so he\nnever clings to me again, but...\n
**[08:17] ---**
You'd like to, but...?\n
**[08:20] ---**
I'm going to have you\ndo everything with me today,\n
**[08:22] ---**
and have as many people as\npossible see us, so that Unabara...\n
**[08:27] ---**
What's wrong with you?\n
**[08:29] ---**
Just my luck.\n
**[08:32] ---**
So, you have any questions or feedback?\n
**[08:36] ---**
Feedback, eh? You can start by\nwiping that mustard off your nose.\n
**[08:47] ---**
Excuse me...\n
**[08:51] ---**
Are you okay?\n
**[08:54] ---**
I-I'm fine. Isn't that obvious?\n
**[08:59] ---**
Huh?\n
**[09:00] ---**
Which one is yours, again?\n
**[09:04] ---**
Beats me.\n
**[09:05] ---**
It's probably this one--\n
**[09:08] ---**
Let me see that!\n
**[09:10] ---**
Huh?\n
**[09:16] ---**
Figured it out?\n
**[09:20] ---**
--Figured it--\n--Ah, geez, I can't tell!\n
**[09:23] ---**
Here, you take this one, and I'll take this one!\n
**[09:26] ---**
Sheesh, pay a little more attention, you idiot!\n
**[09:31] ---**
You ordered the same thing for both of us, right?\n
**[09:38] ---**
Huh? What's wrong with you?\nYou're as meek as a kitten.\n
**[09:43] ---**
It's nothing.\n
**[09:47] ---**
So, what do we do next?\n
**[09:49] ---**
Huh? What do we do?\n
**[09:51] ---**
Yeah, you know. How do we look\nlike we're in love with each other?\n
**[09:59] ---**
It turns out that after the\n"experiment," \n
**[10:02] ---**
there are fewer than ten\nSisters still in Academy City.\n
**[10:06] ---**
It looks like most of them are\nin an institution outside the city,\n
**[10:08] ---**
having their bodies readjusted.\n
**[10:11] ---**
Then it sounds like\nthey're all more or less doing okay.\n
**[10:14] ---**
Terrific, terrific.\n
**[10:17] ---**
I wonder if this is what people in love talk about.\n
**[10:21] ---**
Hmm, well, maybe...\n
**[10:27] ---**
Now, look, how does\nignoring your girl and studying\n
**[10:30] ---**
make us look like we're in love?\n
**[10:33] ---**
I have unfinished homework.\n
**[10:35] ---**
I've got less than twenty-four hours before it's due.\n
**[10:38] ---**
Homework? Ah, I've heard of that.\n
**[10:42] ---**
Wait, they don't have it at Tokiwadai?!\n
**[10:44] ---**
Let me see what you're doing here.\n
**[10:47] ---**
H-Hey...\n
**[10:49] ---**
So this is just a simple review, right?\n
**[10:55] ---**
Uh, how can you solve these?\n
**[10:58] ---**
How come you can't solve these?\n
**[11:02] ---**
Well, now, how about we\ntake a breather and get a soda?\n
**[11:07] ---**
I'll go buy some.\n
**[11:09] ---**
No, I'll go.\n
**[11:11] ---**
I said I was going, so I'll go.\nIt's gonna bug me if you say no.\n
**[11:54] ---**
Pleased to meet you, um...\n
**[11:56] ---**
It's Kamijo Toma.\n
**[11:58] ---**
And my name is Unabara Mitsuki. \n
**[12:01] ---**
So, what can I do for you?\n
**[12:04] ---**
Uh...\n
**[12:05] ---**
...are you a friend of Miss Misaka's?\n
**[12:08] ---**
Does that bother you?\n
**[12:10] ---**
Yes. When it comes to boys being\nwith the girl that I like, of course.\n
**[12:16] ---**
So, I think that Miss Misaka\nshould be more clear\n
**[12:19] ---**
about whether she\n"likes" or "dislikes" someone.\n
**[12:22] ---**
Oh, the answer to that problem is "3."\n
**[12:25] ---**
Is that so? I happen to think\n
**[12:26] ---**
that she's pretty upfront with her feelings.\n
**[12:29] ---**
To be honest, I get the feeling \n
**[12:31] ---**
that I've never once\nheard what her true feelings are.\n
**[12:34] ---**
Oh, the answer to that one is "4."\n"2" is there to trick you.\n
**[12:38] ---**
Hmm, now that you\nmention it, you might be right.\n
**[12:41] ---**
Yes, absolutely.\n
**[12:45] ---**
What's the matter with you?\n
**[12:48] ---**
Come with me for a minute.\n
**[12:53] ---**
There's no point if you start\ngetting chummy with him, you know!\n
**[12:57] ---**
Remember, right now, you're my bo--\n
**[13:02] ---**
...you're playing my boyfriend!\nWe're doing this to make Unabara Mitsuki\n
**[13:05] ---**
give up on hanging around with me!\nDon't forget that basic fact!\n
**[13:09] ---**
I can't.\n
**[13:10] ---**
Eh?\n
**[13:12] ---**
He's a pretty nice guy.\nHe's serious about you, too.\n
**[13:16] ---**
What do you mean?\n
**[13:19] ---**
What don't you like about him? \n
**[13:21] ---**
I mean, you don't have to go\nout with someone you don't like.\n
**[13:25] ---**
You...\n
**[13:29] ---**
You're right. Never mind.\n
**[13:33] ---**
So, what do we do? Keep this up?\n
**[13:36] ---**
--Or instead--\n--Okay, then...\n
**[13:38] ---**
You can be done pretending to be my boyfriend.\n
**[13:40] ---**
Let me treat you to one last thing.\nWhat are you hungry for?\n
**[13:44] ---**
We're still eating?\n
**[13:47] ---**
Every place is full.\n
**[13:53] ---**
How about there? That's okay, right?\nI'll go get us something.\n
**[13:57] ---**
Hey, Misaka!\n
**[14:07] ---**
Huh? Are you by yourself?\n
**[14:10] ---**
Did you finish whatever you were doing?\n
**[14:12] ---**
Yeah. If you're looking for Misaka,\nshe's in fighting her way...\n
**[14:18] ---**
Is something wrong?\n
**[14:20] ---**
Say, do you have any brothers?\n
**[14:23] ---**
No, I'm an only child.\n
**[14:25] ---**
Someone who looks a\nlot like you just went in there.\n
**[14:31] ---**
--Hey, just a minute!\n--Whoa, no cuts!\n
**[14:32] ---**
--Whew, it's so hot.\n--Whoa, no cuts!\n
**[14:39] ---**
Hold on, what are you--\n
**[14:40] ---**
Please, run away!\n
**[14:43] ---**
You say that someone who looks\nlike me went into the restaurant?\n
**[14:46] ---**
Not just "looked like you,"\nhe was a dead ringer.\n
**[14:50] ---**
There are espers who can alter\ntheir appearances to look like others.\n
**[14:54] ---**
One could have changed himself into me,\nto get close to Miss Misaka.\n
**[14:58] ---**
Well, she is something of a celebrity, huh?\n
**[15:01] ---**
Could I ask you to go see? \n
**[15:03] ---**
I seem to have gotten\nMiss Misaka upset at me earlier.\n
**[15:06] ---**
O-Okay, wait here.\n
**[15:15] ---**
Things can go so wrong when\nyou undertake to deceive others.\n
**[15:20] ---**
Imagine, the real one getting away like this.\n
**[15:22] ---**
You're not Unabara?!\n
**[15:29] ---**
Magic...\n
**[15:32] ---**
Damn!\n
**[15:42] ---**
I get it. So this Magical Powered Kanamin\n
**[15:45] ---**
is able to fool the vaunted Roman\nOrthodox Witch Hunter Crusaders,\n
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by usually posing as a student.\n
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But what is with the wand that\nglows rainbow colors?\n
**[15:56] ---**
Y-Yes?\n
**[15:57] ---**
Are you all right there?!\nIt looks there's a magician in town!\n
**[16:01] ---**
Toma? By any chance, is someone chasing you?\n
**[16:03] ---**
Yeah!\n
**[16:04] ---**
Describe them. Like their clothes,\nand weapons, and behavior.\n
**[16:09] ---**
The black stone knife is obsidian.\n
**[16:11] ---**
I think it might be the\nSpear of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli.\n
**[16:14] ---**
Tla-- what?\n
**[16:16] ---**
It was originally the name of an Aztec god.\n
**[16:19] ---**
The spear is said to kill anyone\n
**[16:20] ---**
who is bathed in the light of Venus.\n
**[16:23] ---**
Never mind, just tell me what\nI should do now, and make it quick!\n
**[16:27] ---**
I'm begging you, please, give me\na hint on how to turn the tables!\n
**[16:30] ---**
Tell me now!\n
**[16:32] ---**
The sorcerer's spear is a\nreplica. It's probably a mirror.\n
**[16:36] ---**
I think it attacks by\nreflecting the light from Venus\n
**[16:38] ---**
in the obsidian blade of the knife.\n
**[16:40] ---**
I think you could block it with\nyour right hand if you tried, Toma.\n
**[16:45] ---**
Damn!\n
**[16:47] ---**
Has he disguised himself as\nUnabara with this same Aztec magic?\n
**[16:51] ---**
Aztec priests had an art where\nthey flayed the skin of a sacrifice\n
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and then wore it.\nI think this is analogous.\n
**[16:58] ---**
They do what with the skin?\n
**[17:00] ---**
They wear it.\nAfter they strip it off with a knife.\n
**[17:03] ---**
If it's just for a disguise,\nthey might cut off just a little skin\n
**[17:06] ---**
and make a charm of it,\nand that could mimic the right form.\n
**[17:10] ---**
Criminy, these sorcerers...!\n
**[17:12] ---**
Hmph, Toma--\n
**[17:40] ---**
Say your prayers, if you please!\n
**[17:44] ---**
Impossible! The position of Venus\n
**[17:46] ---**
and the angle of\nthe knife should be perfect!\n
**[17:48] ---**
Cement dust? Damn!\n
**[17:58] ---**
Now then, answer me this...\n
**[18:02] ---**
What made you think to turn\nyourself into Unabara?\n
**[18:05] ---**
Was it to get near Misaka?\nShe has nothing to do with magic.\n
**[18:09] ---**
Ha, you really don't get it, do you?\n
**[18:12] ---**
What?\n
**[18:14] ---**
You are in possession\nof the 103,000 grimoires.\n
**[18:17] ---**
Beyond that, you have become\nfriends with many kinds of people,\n
**[18:21] ---**
including sorcerers and\nLevel 5 espers, haven't you?\n
**[18:25] ---**
You might even say that you\nare in the process of forming a group\n
**[18:28] ---**
known as "the Kamijo forces."\n
**[18:30] ---**
The Kamijo forces?\n
**[18:33] ---**
Yes. A tremendous power,\nwhich threatens to destabilize\n
**[18:37] ---**
the power balance between the two worlds.\n
**[18:39] ---**
My target is not just you, personally,\n
**[18:42] ---**
but all the members of the Kamijo forces.\n
**[18:45] ---**
I use the faces of people familiar\nto you to destroy your trust,\n
**[18:48] ---**
and bring down the forces from the inside out.\n
**[18:51] ---**
Why, you...\n
**[18:53] ---**
Unfortunately, Unabara Mitsuki's\nidentity has been cracked.\n
**[18:57] ---**
I will have to move on\nand obtain the next "face."\n
**[19:00] ---**
You don't mean... Misaka's face?!\n
**[19:05] ---**
--You've gotta be--\n
**[19:05] ---**
--Now then,\n--You've gotta be--\n
**[19:06] ---**
I think I might take your "face" next!\n
**[19:34] ---**
I thought that you and I could be friends.\n
**[19:37] ---**
I never once had any such thought.\n
**[19:42] ---**
That's too bad. When you\nwere talking to me about Misaka,\n
**[19:46] ---**
that was all just fake, too, right?\n
**[19:48] ---**
Is there something wrong with being fake?\n
**[19:51] ---**
Is it wrong for a fake to want\nto protect Miss Misaka?\n
**[19:55] ---**
I didn't want to go through with this stunt, either!\n
**[19:58] ---**
But the higher-ups determined\nthat the Kamijo forces were too dangerous!\n
**[20:04] ---**
Then you...\n
**[20:04] ---**
If you had just been more amicable!\n
**[20:07] ---**
If you would have just let me report no problem,\n
**[20:09] ---**
I could have quietly backed away.\n
**[20:11] ---**
I wouldn't have had to trick Miss Misaka, either!\n
**[20:15] ---**
Are you really in love with Misaka?\n
**[20:19] ---**
Yeah. But now, I've gone and become your enemy.\n
**[20:25] ---**
Then there isn't much choice.\n
**[20:27] ---**
I will kill-- that illusion of yours!\n
**[20:49] ---**
Get out of there!\n
**[21:23] ---**
Have I... lost, then...?\n
**[21:26] ---**
I'm afraid so.\n
**[21:27] ---**
The attacks probably won't stop after just this.\n
**[21:31] ---**
You and Miss Misaka\nwill continue to be targeted.\n
**[21:35] ---**
Will you protect Miss Misaka for me?\n
**[21:40] ---**
Will you promise me that at all times,\n
**[21:42] ---**
and in all places, you will come running,\n
**[21:45] ---**
and protect her for me?\n
**[21:55] ---**
For crying out loud,\n
**[21:57] ---**
that's the worst possible answer.\n
**[22:03] ---**
He's the kind of person\n
**[22:04] ---**
who would say something like\nthat without thinking. \n
**[22:07] ---**
It's not like I'm special, or anything!\n
**[22:14] ---**
I realize that I'm taking it the wrong way,\n
**[22:17] ---**
but he makes it so misleading, the idiot!\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Nee kikoeru? *
**[22:40] ---**
*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
**[22:43] ---**
*Nee kokoro wo *
**[22:46] ---**
*shinjite ikite yukereba *
**[22:50] ---**
*Ikiru sekai ga *
**[22:53] ---**
*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
**[22:58] ---**
*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
**[23:05] ---**
*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
**[23:11] ---**
*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
**[23:17] ---**
*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
**[23:23] ---**
*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
**[23:29] ---**
*Tebanasanai *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nA mysterious girl shows up before Accelerator.\n
**[23:57] ---**
\nA mysterious girl shows up before Accelerator.\n
**[23:58] ---**
When she relays a shocking truth\nto him, what choice does he make?\n
**[24:02] ---**
Next time, "Last Order."\n
**[24:04] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 19 - Last Order (The End)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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Having spent a dramatic, as well\nas acrobatic summer vacation,\n
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I, Kamijo Toma, did not do a single bit\n
**[00:35] ---**
of my summer vacation homework.\n
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Nonetheless, I posed as Zapper's boyfriend\n
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and got into a fight with a sorcerer,\n
**[00:43] ---**
but something I never expected \n
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happened on August 31st,\njust after midnight.\n
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That's when he had a certain encounter.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*Some day-to-day is a parallel world *
**[01:10] ---**
*A masterpiece of thousands of timelines, *
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*no two of which are the same, *
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*interwoven into a new time and space *
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*The tip of a pen scribbling out a script on blank paper freezes *
**[01:24] ---**
*Strive for originality, since you're going down this road anyway *
**[01:30] ---**
*(Believe) Race along (far away) *
**[01:36] ---**
*(Feel) Kick off from the ground (kick the ground) *
**[01:44] ---**
*The sensation of living your life ablaze for something *
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*is sure to be power enough to rival anyone *
**[01:57] ---**
*I likely know what happiness is at this moment (when I believed it) *
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*This feeling marks a new page for me (I can go to the next stage) *
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*It's only my thing *
**[02:21] ---**
"#19 Last Order (The End)"\n
**[02:51] ---**
Ever since my fight with that Kamijo guy,\n
**[02:54] ---**
it seems that I am no longer\nthe strongest guy in Academy City.\n
**[02:59] ---**
Despite the fact that I'm still a Level 5,\n
**[03:03] ---**
and that there's been no change in my ability,\n
**[03:08] ---**
no matter how many times I prove myself,\n
**[03:10] ---**
these fools can't peel off\nthe label that's been stuck to me.\n
**[03:20] ---**
Exactly what about me has changed?\n
**[03:29] ---**
There's something different, huh?\n
**[03:32] ---**
Something really has changed. \n
**[03:35] ---**
--But *what* has changed? What could that be?
**[03:37] ---**
--I am, after all, still a girl, --But *what* has changed? What could that be?
**[03:41] ---**
--so if you don't embrace *any* feelings, that comes as a shock to me!
**[03:44] ---**
--Think I'll reflect all that pointless noise away. --so if you don't embrace *any* feelings, that comes as a shock to me!
**[04:30] ---**
Huh? What's this tiny walking blanket saying?\n
**[04:35] ---**
Oh, whoops.\n
**[04:37] ---**
Wow, what do you know?\nFor you to be so completely unresponsive\n
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is actually rather refreshing, you might say.\n
**[04:43] ---**
But for someone who's ignoring me out of spite,\n
**[04:45] ---**
your walking pace is normal enough.\n
**[04:47] ---**
Could you be the ultimate space cadet?\n
**[04:50] ---**
That's what Misaka Misaka says,\ntilting her head to the side.\n
**[04:53] ---**
This is bullcrap.\n
**[04:55] ---**
Misaka Misaka has been trying vehemently\n
**[04:57] ---**
to assert her own existence.\nAre you flatly denying it?\n
**[05:00] ---**
Huh?\n
**[05:04] ---**
Wait, did you say Misaka?\n
**[05:06] ---**
Oh, Misaka's existence has\nfinally been acknowledged! Yay!\n
**[05:10] ---**
Misaka Misaka congratulates herself!\n
**[05:13] ---**
Hey...\n
**[05:14] ---**
Take off that blanket and show me your face.\n
**[05:20] ---**
Wait, telling a girl to take off her clothes\n
**[05:23] ---**
in the middle of the road\nis a bit bold, even crazy, to ask.\n
**[05:38] ---**
Huh?\n
**[05:50] ---**
Misaka's serial number is 20001,\n
**[05:54] ---**
and was built as the final lot of the Sisters,\n
**[05:58] ---**
but her code has all but become Last Order,\n
**[06:00] ---**
and though she was supposed to\nbe used in the experiment,\n
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Misaka Misaka has a bone to pick.\n
**[06:06] ---**
Oh, you don't say.\n
**[06:07] ---**
But, the experiment was canceled,\n
**[06:10] ---**
and being released from the incubator early,\n
**[06:12] ---**
all tiny and compact, Misaka Misaka is--\n
**[06:16] ---**
Hey, are you listening?\n
**[06:18] ---**
What do you want me to do about it?\n
**[06:20] ---**
You've got connections with the researchers,\n
**[06:23] ---**
so Misaka Misaka was thinking\nmaybe you could contact them for her.\n
**[06:28] ---**
Ask someone else.\n
**[06:29] ---**
Yay! A straight, immediate refusal!\n
**[06:32] ---**
That's what Misaka Misaka shouts in desperation.\n
**[06:38] ---**
But there's no where else for her to go,\n
**[06:40] ---**
so Misaka Misaka can't afford to give up.\n
**[06:47] ---**
Thanks for all of your help!\n
**[06:49] ---**
Is what Misaka Misaka says,\nearly-birding the worm!\n
**[06:51] ---**
Misaka Misaka asks which one is your apartment?\n
**[06:56] ---**
Number 304.\n
**[07:01] ---**
Pardon the intrusion!\nMisaka Misaka displays her manners.\n
**[07:05] ---**
Hey, what do you want?\n
**[07:10] ---**
That seemed to be\nsomeone else's apartment entirely!\n
**[07:13] ---**
Misaka Misaka is angry!\n
**[07:16] ---**
This time, tell me for real\nwhich apartment number is yours,\n
**[07:18] ---**
is what Misaka Misaka asks.\n
**[07:20] ---**
Number 307.\n
**[07:25] ---**
Pardon the intrusion!\n
**[07:27] ---**
We didn't order any delivery.\n
**[07:32] ---**
How can you be so mean?\nThat's what Misaka Misaka asks, slouching.\n
**[07:42] ---**
Hey, what happened here?\n
**[07:45] ---**
Whoa, what an awful thing to happen.\nMisaka Misaka is speechless.\n
**[08:00] ---**
This is bullcrap.\n
**[08:07] ---**
Um, are you sure you don't\nwant to contact Antiskill or Judgment,\n
**[08:13] ---**
Misaka Misaka asks, sticking her nose in.\n
**[08:16] ---**
What are you going to do? It might\nbe safer to sleep on the streets\n
**[08:20] ---**
than it would be to stay here.\n
**[08:22] ---**
Hmm, even so, Misaka\nthinks she'd rather stay here,\n
**[08:26] ---**
which Misaka Misaka entreats earnestly.\n
**[08:29] ---**
Huh? Why?\n
**[08:32] ---**
Because she'd rather be with someone.\nThat's what Misaka Misaka says...\n
**[08:40] ---**
Suit yourself.\n
**[08:47] ---**
She should warn you right now, \n
**[08:49] ---**
sneaking into bed with her is\nout of the question, says Misaka--\n
**[08:52] ---**
Go to sleep!\n
**[09:06] ---**
"People's faces shorely do reveal\ntheir honest expressions, huh?"\n
**[09:10] ---**
Misaka Misaka says, using a Kyoto accent.\n
**[09:16] ---**
Are you still here?\n
**[09:18] ---**
Good morning! Or rather,\nit's "good afternoon" time already.\n
**[09:22] ---**
She's hungry, so could you cook something?\nMisaka Misaka asks,\n
**[09:27] ---**
happy raised up to the 30th power.\n
**[09:30] ---**
Hey, she doesn't think the kitchen is that way.\n
**[09:34] ---**
Do I look like the sort of\nperson who would do that?\n
**[09:37] ---**
She was hoping for an apron-wearing,\ndomestic-looking Accelerator,\n
**[09:41] ---**
to catch her by surprise.\nMisaka Misaka grumbles.\n
**[09:46] ---**
Hey, wait!\n
**[09:49] ---**
Is that your natural hair color?\nMisaka Misaka wants to know.\n
**[09:55] ---**
I'm not sure how it all works, myself,\n
**[09:58] ---**
but the body's pigmentation \n
**[09:59] ---**
is supposed to protect it from ultraviolet rays.\n
**[10:02] ---**
Since I reflect all those\nunwanted ultraviolet rays anyway,\n
**[10:06] ---**
my body doesn't need to have any pigmentation.\n
**[10:09] ---**
Oh? So there is a kind of logic to it.\nMisaka Misaka is surprised.\n
**[10:16] ---**
--Good grief.\n--Wonder what she should get.\n
**[10:20] ---**
There's pizza, and hamburgers,\nand spaghetti, and even curry.\n
**[10:25] ---**
Is that...\n
**[10:26] ---**
...Amai Ao?\n
**[10:32] ---**
That bastard. What is he doing here?\n
**[10:35] ---**
What are you looking at?\nMisaka Misaka wants to know.\n
**[10:39] ---**
Remember what your most\nimportant objective is right now!\n
**[10:42] ---**
Eh? It's getting something to eat.\nMisaka Misaka responds promptly.\n
**[11:07] ---**
Thank you for waiting.\n
**[11:11] ---**
This is the first time\nshe's ever had a hot meal.\n
**[11:15] ---**
Misaka Misaka brims with glee.\n
**[11:18] ---**
This is bullcrap.\n
**[11:22] ---**
What's wrong? Aren't you eating?\n
**[11:24] ---**
She'd like to offer thanks for the food.\n
**[11:27] ---**
Misaka Misaka expresses her hope.\n
**[11:31] ---**
Oh, okay. Feel free.\n
**[11:34] ---**
Thank you for this food!\n
**[11:42] ---**
It's off-the-charts delicious! \n
**[11:43] ---**
Misaka Misaka offers her opinion.\n
**[11:46] ---**
Huh? This stuff is a cavalcade\nof thawed-out freeze-dried junk.\n
**[11:51] ---**
What's good is good, and\neating food together with someone\n
**[11:54] ---**
somehow makes it feel so\nmuch different. Misaka Misaka tries\n
**[11:57] ---**
explaining her spiritual philosophy.\n
**[11:59] ---**
I can't believe the kind of nerve you've got.\n
**[12:02] ---**
It's not like you don't\nknow what I did to you all, right?\n
**[12:07] ---**
Misaka has a brainwave\nlink to all the other Misakas,\n
**[12:10] ---**
so of course she knows,\nsays Misaka Misaka.\n
**[12:14] ---**
Then how can you be so calm?\n
**[12:17] ---**
Misaka asserts that she had\nthe worth of Misaka told to her.\n
**[12:21] ---**
Huh?\n
**[12:23] ---**
Even if one of the individual Misaka units dies,\n
**[12:26] ---**
it's not possible for the\nMisaka Network to be eliminated.\n
**[12:29] ---**
However, the life of each\nMisaka unit also has worth.\n
**[12:33] ---**
There's only one of *you* in the whole world, right?
**[12:39] ---**
She was told that there\nare people who shed tears\n
**[12:41] ---**
when one of the Misakas dies. \n
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That's why Misaka doesn't die anymore.\n
**[12:47] ---**
Not even a single one\nof us can die for others anymore.\n
**[12:50] ---**
That's what Misaka Misaka thinks.\n
**[12:55] ---**
If it weren't for you,\n
**[12:56] ---**
the experiment wouldn't have been devised,\n
**[12:59] ---**
and souls wouldn't have\nbeen put into the lifeless Misakas,\n
**[13:02] ---**
so Misaka Misaka is grateful.\n
**[13:05] ---**
You're *grateful*?
**[13:07] ---**
What do you mean?\nIt doesn't change the fact\n
**[13:09] ---**
that I enjoyed killing all of you, right?\n
**[13:13] ---**
That's not true.\n
**[13:15] ---**
That's what Misaka Misaka has concluded.\n
**[13:19] ---**
You didn't really want to\ngo through with the experiment.\n
**[13:22] ---**
That's what Misaka Misaka guesses.\n
**[13:25] ---**
Exactly how are you\nspinning things to be able to say that?\n
**[13:29] ---**
As long as the experiment would go on,\n
**[13:31] ---**
I didn't care a single bit about your lives.\n
**[13:34] ---**
That's all there was to it, you know.\n
**[13:36] ---**
You spoke to Misaka\nmany times during the experiment.\n
**[13:41] ---**
So, what was the point of that?\n
**[13:44] ---**
Misaka Misaka is asking the obvious question.\n
**[13:48] ---**
What are you running away like that for?\n
**[13:50] ---**
Beguilingly shaking your ass like that.\nIs that an invitation?\n
**[13:55] ---**
Well, far be it from me to\nsay anything about someone\n
**[13:57] ---**
working side by side with me in\nan experiment to make me stronger,\n
**[14:01] ---**
but I'm impressed that you're\nso calm, under the circumstances.\n
**[14:05] ---**
Sheesh, I thought I might\nbe able to kill a little time here,\n
**[14:09] ---**
but this is hopeless.\nI just can't hold a conversation with you.\n
**[14:14] ---**
They were all weird conversations\nto have, by Misaka Misaka's analysis.\n
**[14:19] ---**
The communication principle\nof wanting to speak to someone\n
**[14:23] ---**
is grounded in the desire to make contact;\n
**[14:26] ---**
if you just wanted to facilitate\nthe success of the experiment,\n
**[14:29] ---**
there wouldn't be any need to converse,\nreasons Misaka Misaka.\n
**[14:34] ---**
How does all that trash talk\nlead to me wanting to make "contact"?\n
**[14:38] ---**
Yes, that's the second weird thing about it.\n
**[14:41] ---**
Misaka Misaka says so, raising two fingers.\n
**[14:45] ---**
All of the words you said were incorrigible,\n
**[14:48] ---**
and they were all abusive toward Misaka.\n
**[14:51] ---**
That makes them something other \n
**[14:52] ---**
than being grounded in wanting to make contact.\n
**[14:55] ---**
However, supposing you were to deny it,\n
**[14:57] ---**
and you said those\nthings because you wanted to...\n
**[15:01] ---**
Everything that you said\nwas said before the experiment,\n
**[15:03] ---**
which is to say, before the battle started.\n
**[15:06] ---**
That's what Misaka Misaka recalls.\n
**[15:09] ---**
It was like you were trying to menace Misaka,\n
**[15:12] ---**
like you were trying to get Misaka\nto say she was sick of fighting.\n
**[15:15] ---**
Misaka Misaka says so.\n
**[15:18] ---**
The Misakas couldn't pick up on your signals.\n
**[15:22] ---**
What if Misaka said she didn't want to fight?\n
**[15:27] ---**
Misaka Misaka talks about the ending choice.\n
**[15:35] ---**
I can't take you anymore.\n
**[15:45] ---**
Hey...\n
**[15:50] ---**
Misaka’s physical condition is still incomplete.\n
**[15:54] ---**
Normally, she wouldn't have\nbeen taken out of the incubator yet.\n
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Misaka Misaka gives out a sigh.\n
**[16:03] ---**
Up to now, she has been able to\nget by, so she thought she'd be okay,\n
**[16:07] ---**
Misaka Misaka...\n
**[16:11] ---**
Hey...\n
**[16:16] ---**
Huh? Are you going somewhere?\n
**[16:20] ---**
Misaka Misaka wants to know...\n
**[16:23] ---**
There's still some food left...\n
**[16:26] ---**
Yeah, I've lost my appetite.\n
**[16:29] ---**
Oh... she wanted to say\n"that was delicious," too...\n
**[16:34] ---**
Misaka Misaka says with a sigh...\n
**[16:40] ---**
Oh, yeah?\n
**[16:42] ---**
That's a shame.\n
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What brings me to this place?\n
**[17:32] ---**
Yo.\n
**[17:34] ---**
Oh, welcome back.\n
**[17:36] ---**
You don't have to break the door down.\n
**[17:38] ---**
Your ID is still good for ninety days.\n
**[17:42] ---**
It's already done.\n
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Right.\n
**[17:46] ---**
Having fun spending your whole\nday in this room, going over data?\n
**[17:50] ---**
It's not that fun. If possible,\nI'd even like to have your help.\n
**[17:56] ---**
Hah, no way.\n
**[17:58] ---**
Say, Yoshikawa, \n
**[18:00] ---**
where is the manual for\nadjusting the Sisters units?\n
**[18:05] ---**
I also need to borrow some\nof your conditioning equipment.\n
**[18:08] ---**
Don't ask why.\n
**[18:11] ---**
Consider it an outstanding contract fee\nfor freezing the experiment.\n
**[18:15] ---**
What's going on? I just noticed\nit couple of hours ago.\n
**[18:19] ---**
I was just about to start purging\nthe bugs in their personality data.\n
**[18:24] ---**
How do you know about it?\n
**[18:26] ---**
Huh?\n
**[18:27] ---**
Strictly speaking, it should be called a virus.\n
**[18:31] ---**
Wait. What are you talking about?\n
**[18:36] ---**
I never explained to you about the special unit\n
**[18:40] ---**
we call Last Order, did I?\n
**[18:42] ---**
That one's... special?\n
**[18:46] ---**
Yes, "that one."\n
**[18:48] ---**
She was never created for\nuse in the experiment to begin with.\n
**[18:52] ---**
You're saying, they weren't\nall created to be killed by me?\n
**[18:57] ---**
Yes, I am. But I wonder,\nhow many battles would it have taken\n
**[19:00] ---**
before the experiment came to a conclusion.\n
**[19:04] ---**
Exactly 20,000, right?\n
**[19:07] ---**
Misaka's serial number is 20001,\n
**[19:10] ---**
and was built as the final lot of the Sisters.\n
**[19:15] ---**
Yes, she was a unit that the\nexperiment scenario didn't call for.\n
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Last Order is the "control tower"\nfor the Misaka Network.\n
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As such, she was held to an\nincomplete developmental state.\n
**[19:28] ---**
After the experiment ended,\nshe was still kept in secrecy,\n
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but someone overwrote the code\nin her head with an illegal program.\n
**[19:37] ---**
Her escape from here was an attempt to prevent it.\n
**[19:41] ---**
That was seven days ago.\n
**[19:43] ---**
The virus that I've isolated is set to trigger\n
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at midnight tonight, September 1st.\n
**[19:49] ---**
If it does start to activate, it will run rampant,\n
**[19:52] ---**
spreading through the entire Misaka Network,\n
**[19:54] ---**
and infecting all the Sisters.\nIf that happens, there's no stopping it.\n
**[19:58] ---**
So, what does this virus contain?\n
**[20:01] ---**
Quite possibly an\nindiscriminate attack on humanity.\n
**[20:06] ---**
Ha, that's intriguing.\n
**[20:08] ---**
Are warmongers or defense\nindustries the culprits?\n
**[20:12] ---**
Amai Ao.\n
**[20:17] ---**
One of the former Radio Noise Project researchers.\n
**[20:20] ---**
No one understands the\nSisters' personality data better.\n
**[20:25] ---**
I happened to see him earlier.\n
**[20:27] ---**
You what?\n
**[20:29] ---**
If that's true, how do we\nstop the virus inside her head?\n
**[20:34] ---**
I'm looking into that now. \n
**[20:36] ---**
But if I can't find a solution before time is up...\n
**[20:41] ---**
You mean, that kid...\n
**[20:43] ---**
Yes. We'll have no choice but to dispose of her.\n
**[20:46] ---**
I *am* working to ensure that that doesn't happen.
**[20:49] ---**
Of course, there is something that *you* can do.
**[20:52] ---**
Ha, I'm the one who has killed 10,000 Sisters.\n
**[20:57] ---**
And you want such a fiend to save *who*?
**[21:00] ---**
I will answer by saying that we're\nthe ones who directed you to do it.\n
**[21:05] ---**
If we had been able to find\nsome way to advance you to Level 6\n
**[21:07] ---**
without having to resort to using the Sisters,\n
**[21:12] ---**
you wouldn't have had to kill anyone.\n
**[21:15] ---**
You want me to trust and\nfollow you over that one statement?\n
**[21:19] ---**
If you don't want to, I won't force you.\n
**[21:22] ---**
Right now, there are two things you can do:\n
**[21:24] ---**
One, you can solve the\nproblem by tracking down Amai Ao\n
**[21:27] ---**
and getting him to give up how the virus works;\n
**[21:31] ---**
the other one is to secure Last Order, with the virus,\n
**[21:34] ---**
before it activates,\nand return her to her incubator.\n
**[21:41] ---**
You appear to be familiar with both of them.\n
**[21:44] ---**
I don't need to go on any further.\n
**[21:47] ---**
Here's the data and material on both of them.\n
**[21:50] ---**
Choose whichever one you like.\n
**[21:53] ---**
But then, I know you're bigger\non destroying than on protecting.\n
**[21:59] ---**
Well, you're right about that.\n
**[22:01] ---**
Anyone can see which\none of those I should take.\n
**[22:37] ---**
*Hey, do you hear that? *
**[22:40] ---**
*You're wandering through memories *
**[22:43] ---**
*Hey, if you can live your lives *
**[22:46] ---**
*believing in your own hearts, *
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*then even though *
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*you may live in different worlds, *
**[22:58] ---**
*as long as you have something to preserve... *
**[23:05] ---**
*For whose sake is the helping hand that you extend? *
**[23:11] ---**
*The mana of thousands of lives released *
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*Their motions and their gazes *
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*are heart wrenching *
**[23:29] ---**
*I won't let go *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nOnly a short time remains before the virus triggers.\n
**[23:57] ---**
Desperate measures surface\nwithin Accelerator's mind.\n
**[24:00] ---**
Can he work a miracle\nas he fights against destiny?\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Virus Code."\n
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 20 - Virus Code (Final Signal)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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Accelerator runs into Misaka No. 20001.\n
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Nicknamed "Last Order," she has an\nunauthorized program in her head,\n
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which had been encoded there by\na researcher named Amai Ao.\n
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If it triggers, then an indiscriminate attack\n
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by the nearly ten thousand\nSisters will be carried out.\n
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What will you do, Accelerator?\n
**[00:46] ---**
Wait, I don't appear in this one, either?!\n
**[01:02] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:07] ---**
*Some day-to-day is a parallel world *
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*A masterpiece of thousands of timelines, *
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*no two of which are the same, *
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*interwoven into a new time and space *
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*The tip of a pen scribbling out a script on blank paper freezes *
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*Strive for originality, since you're going down this road anyway *
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*(Believe) Race along (far away) *
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*(Feel) Kick off from the ground (kick the ground) *
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*The sensation of living your life ablaze for something *
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*is sure to be power enough to rival anyone *
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*I likely know what happiness is at this moment (when I believed it) *
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*This feeling marks a new page for me (I can go to the next stage) *
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*It's only my thing *
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"#20 Virus Code (Final Signal)"\n
**[02:28] ---**
I used to have a name like other people, too.\n
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My family name had two characters,\nand my given name had three.\n
**[02:51] ---**
It wasn't a particularly unusual name.\n
**[03:05] ---**
This is bullcrap.\n
**[03:08] ---**
The virus that I've isolated is set to trigger\n
**[03:11] ---**
at midnight tonight, September 1st.\n
**[03:14] ---**
If it does start to activate, it will run rampant,\n
**[03:17] ---**
spreading through the entire Misaka Network,\n
**[03:19] ---**
and infecting all the Sisters.\nIf that happens, there's no stopping it.\n
**[03:25] ---**
Huh? A man in a lab coat?\n
**[03:28] ---**
Y-Yes. He said he was the girl's relative,\n
**[03:32] ---**
so we turned her over to him.\n
**[03:35] ---**
Um, do you have any idea who he is?\n
**[03:44] ---**
Distastefully so.\n
**[03:46] ---**
He what?!\n
**[03:47] ---**
Hey, left to itself, the virus is\ngonna activate on its own, right?\n
**[03:51] ---**
If so, why would he make a move on the kid?\n
**[03:55] ---**
I don't know the answer to that, either.\n
**[03:58] ---**
It's possible that he's already out of here, isn't it?\n
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There are any number\nof organization that would hide him.\n
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Word is that someone from the outside\n
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broke through the security\nnet and slipped into Academy City.\n
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The Security Code was orange this afternoon;\n
**[04:16] ---**
right now, it has reached red.\n
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Passage in and out of\nAcademy City is completely forbidden.\n
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Amai should still be in the city.\n
**[04:24] ---**
I'll bet he's crashing at some acquaintance's place.\n
**[04:28] ---**
I'm curious whether there's anyone\nhe could call an acquaintance\n
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in the first place.\n
**[04:32] ---**
You mean the guy is scum, like me.\n
**[04:36] ---**
With the closure of the laboratory,\n
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he's incurred quite a bit of debt.\n
**[04:41] ---**
I'm guessing his friendships\nlast as long as his money holds out.\n
**[04:46] ---**
Hmm... Well, that means he\nshould still be prowling around town.\n
**[04:51] ---**
People's actions quickly tend to become simpler\n
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the more breathing room they lose.\n
**[04:57] ---**
Hold on just a minute. You're not--\n
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"Keep Out"\n
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Damn it! The way things are going...\n
**[05:28] ---**
Please, just a little longer.\n
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Hang in there until the virus activates!\n
**[06:18] ---**
Now then, what to do?\n
**[06:28] ---**
Take it easy, middle-ager.\nYou're embarrassing yourself.\n
**[06:33] ---**
You there, Yoshikawa?\nYeah, I've secured the kid.\n
**[06:37] ---**
Huh?\n
**[06:39] ---**
Hey, the kid's got what\nlook like electrodes on her face.\n
**[06:42] ---**
That's probably a Sisters' physical exam kit.\n
**[06:47] ---**
What's a BC operating ratio?\n
**[06:49] ---**
That's her brain cell operating\nrate. "BC" stands for "brain cell."\n
**[06:54] ---**
Brain cell operating rate?\n
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Hey, can I use this device to get rid of the virus?\n
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It'd take quite a bit of time\nto bring her back from here.\n
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No way. We need a specialized\nincubator and a learning apparatus\n
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to overwrite her mind.\n
**[07:16] ---**
Huh? Hey, are you...\n
**[07:19] ---**
Yes. I'm in my car now, driving toward you.\n
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I thought this would save us some time\n
**[07:27] ---**
over having you come back to the lab.\n
**[07:29] ---**
Are you done analyzing the virus code?\n
**[07:32] ---**
I'd say I'm about eighty percent there.\n
**[07:35] ---**
I'll be finished before midnight arrives.\n
**[07:37] ---**
Geez, how much trouble is\nthis kid planning to put me through?\n
**[07:45] ---**
Mi... sa...\n
**[07:49] ---**
Misa... ka Misa... ka Misa...\nka! Misaka! Misaka! Misaka! \n
**[07:52] ---**
Misa-Misa-Misa-Misa-Misa-Misa...\n
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Hey, Yoshikawa, what's going on here?\n
**[08:06] ---**
Keep quiet a minute.\n
**[08:12] ---**
That's it, all right.\n
**[08:14] ---**
What is? What's happening?\n
**[08:17] ---**
It's the virus code.\nIt's getting ready to execute.\n
**[08:22] ---**
There are still four more hours until time is up.\n
**[08:27] ---**
Could that have been dummy information?\n
**[08:36] ---**
Listen up, Accelerator!\n
**[08:39] ---**
It's too soon to despair just yet.\nYou've got to take action.\n
**[08:43] ---**
Action? There's still something I can do?\n
**[08:46] ---**
Before the virus is\ndistributed over the Misaka Network,\n
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it's being converted into a "host command,"\n
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which none of the Sisters will\nbe able to go against.\n
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That will take about ten minutes to complete.\n
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You do know that there's only\none thing you can do now, right?\n
**[09:03] ---**
Dispose of Last Order.\n
**[09:05] ---**
Save the world by killing her.\n
**[09:22] ---**
Damn it all!\n
**[09:24] ---**
I may be the strongest guy around,\n
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but my ability consists of only\naltering the direction of power.\n
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And it's only used to kill people,\nat that. All I can think of to do\n
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is to touch someone's skin, \n
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and reverse the flow of\ntheir blood and bioelectricity.\n
**[09:42] ---**
Wait, what was that?\nWhat did I stumble upon there? Think.\n
**[09:51] ---**
Reverse the bioelectricity...\n
**[09:57] ---**
The contents of this datastick\n
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are the kid's-- Last Order's\npre-infection personality data.\n
**[10:05] ---**
Hey, if I can get control\nof the electrical signals in her brain,\n
**[10:10] ---**
couldn't we mess around with her personality data?\n
**[10:14] ---**
What are you talking-- You don't mean,\n
**[10:17] ---**
you would take the place of\nthe learning apparatus? You can't.\n
**[10:21] ---**
It's not like I can't do it.\nIf I can master "reflection,"\n
**[10:25] ---**
it shouldn't be any surprise if\nI can take the next step...\n
**[10:27] ---**
to "controlling."\n
**[10:30] ---**
Even assuming that you can\nget control of Last Order's brain,\n
**[10:35] ---**
it won't be possible for you\nto completely eliminate the virus!\n
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If you fail, it won't just be the Sisters,\n
**[10:42] ---**
it will mean many more casualties.\n
**[10:45] ---**
The only way to avoid\nthat is to give up on Last Order.\n
**[10:49] ---**
Or are you telling me you can prepare a vaccine?\n
**[10:55] ---**
Excuse me, are you listening?\n
**[10:57] ---**
I can do this.\nWho the hell does she think I am?\n
**[11:02] ---**
If I collate the pre-infection data,\n
**[11:04] ---**
all I have to do is erase\nall of the excess data, right?\n
**[11:10] ---**
That's simple enough.\n
**[11:15] ---**
Here goes.\n
**[11:20] ---**
Geez, after all that\neveryone has done to this kid,\n
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I won't let them get away\nwith "Sorry, we couldn't save her."\n
**[11:31] ---**
Collating the pre-infection data...\n
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Object code count: 357081.\n
**[11:43] ---**
So if I erase all of this virus code,\n
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the kid will go back to the\nstate she was in one week ago.\n
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Before she ever met me.\n
**[11:53] ---**
Execute command... Delete!\n
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Delete! Delete! Delete! Delete!\n
**[12:05] ---**
Code CIIEB... Resist MA...\n
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From route A to W, V7E8... \n
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--Waveform red from\ncode 08 through code 72 via route C...\n
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--Remaining code count: 173542.\n--Waveform red from code 08 through code 72 via route C...\n
**[12:17] ---**
--Remaining code count: 173542.\n--2... B... A... I... 9... M...C... O... R... E...\n
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--D... O... I... 8... 9... 0...R... 4... 5... O... \n
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--I wonder what I'm erasing along with the virus.\n--D... O... I... 8... 9... 0...R... 4... 5... O... \n
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--I wonder what I'm erasing along with the virus.\n--5... M... R... E... X... N... I... O...\n
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--So what if I am? The kid is better off forgetting it all.\n--5... M... R... E... X... N... I... O...\n
**[12:31] ---**
--So what if I am? The kid is better off forgetting it all.\n--Assignment area D at point A8 blocked...\n
**[12:34] ---**
--So what if I am? The kid is better off forgetting it all.\n--Bypassing code 56 to route S... \n
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--Remaining code count: 23891.\n--X... M... N... Q... T... P...\n
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Ten seconds to go. This is no sweat!\n
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Do not... interfere...!\n
**[12:49] ---**
You've gotta be kidding me! \n
**[12:51] ---**
I'm doing electron\nmicroscope-level precision work here!\n
**[12:55] ---**
I don't have the operational power\nremaining to divert to reflection.\n
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If I take my hand off of\nthis kid and go back to "reflect,"\n
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then even if a nuclear bomb were\nto drop on me, I won't get a scratch.\n
**[13:15] ---**
For crying out loud, what wishful thinking.\n
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That by saving someone,\n
**[13:21] ---**
I might be able to get a second chance myself...\n
**[13:34] ---**
He's dead?\n
**[13:36] ---**
He's dead, huh?\n
**[13:46] ---**
How am I still alive?\n
**[13:50] ---**
Error... Break code 000001 to 357081...\n
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Host command has been\ncanceled due to illegal process.\n
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Delivery terminated.\nSubject No. 20001 restarting.\n
**[14:09] ---**
Canceled?\n
**[14:11] ---**
Restarting? You mean...\n
**[14:14] ---**
...it failed?\n
**[14:27] ---**
H-How?! \n
**[14:29] ---**
S-So that's it. Just before\nthe bullet penetrated your brain,\n
**[14:34] ---**
you managed to reflect it, huh?\n
**[14:36] ---**
Isn't that right?!\n
**[14:39] ---**
What are you planning to do now?\nIt's too late for someone like you.\n
**[14:43] ---**
Hmph, I know. It's ridiculous to believe\n
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that someone would save\nhuman scum like me at this point.\n
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Flat out wishful thinking.\n
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It even makes me sick. But even so,\n
**[15:01] ---**
that has nothing to do with this kid.\n
**[15:04] ---**
Sure, I may have\nslaughtered over ten thousand Sisters,\n
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but that doesn't make it okay\nfor me to watch the other ten thousand die.\n
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Yeah, I know, it's just lip service.\n
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But it isn't. No matter\nwhat kind of scum we are,\n
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or what reasons we trot out,\n
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it doesn't make it all right for her to get killed!\n
**[15:49] ---**
His reflection... isn't working...?\n
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So you didn't have the strength\nto settle things like a hero after all.\n
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It's no wonder.\nPeople like us are all like that.\n
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That's just how it is.\n
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Y-Yoshikawa... \n
**[16:26] ---**
Kikyo...\n
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I'm sorry.\n
**[16:42] ---**
I never seem to carry\nanything all the way through.\n
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Not that I'm kind, just soft. \n
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While I didn't have the nerve to\nshoot you anywhere vital,\n
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I guess I can't let you get away, either.\n
**[16:57] ---**
Perhaps allowing your suffering\nto be drawn out needlessly \n
**[17:01] ---**
may have been a decision so\nsoft as to be cruel, huh?\n
**[17:06] ---**
I don't know what happened here\n
**[17:08] ---**
except what I gleaned\nfrom what I heard over the phone,\n
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but there isn't any sign of trouble\nerupting "outside," at least.\n
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Oh, you don't have to worry about him.\n
**[17:20] ---**
I have a friend who's this unusual little doctor.\n
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He's got a face like a frog,\nso he's somewhat lacking in presence,\n
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but he's good enough to be\nnicknamed "Heaven Canceller." \n
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Knowing his skill, he should\npull him through somehow.\n
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Why?! I can't understand this! \n
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As someone who always\nweighs risk and chance in the balance,\n
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this is an impossible decision\nfor a personality like yours to reach!\n
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The thing is, I didn't actually\nwant to be a researcher like this.\n
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I wanted to be a schoolteacher.\n
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Not in a rigid capacity,\nlike an instructor or a lecturer,\n
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I wanted to be... a nice teacher.\n
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One who remembered\neach of her students' faces,\n
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who they could come to,\nno matter what problems they had,\n
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who could smile broadly,\nwithout expecting anything in return,\n
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who would be seen crying\nat graduation, and be teased about it--\n
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that's the kind of nice teacher I wanted to be.\n
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I'm sure some of that\nmust still be lingering with me.\n
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I've always wanted to try doing\nsomething, not because I was being soft,\n
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but because I was being nice.\n
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I wanted to try acting like a\nteacher who would do anything\n
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for just one of her students. \n
**[18:41] ---**
It's over, Amai Ao.\n
**[18:45] ---**
It must be frightening for you to die alone.\n
**[18:49] ---**
If you're going to take\nsomeone with you, choose me.\n
**[18:52] ---**
The last thing I'm going to do\nis to let you take a child with you.\n
**[18:57] ---**
On the one act of kindness\nthis body has performed.\n
**[19:02] ---**
Heh, sure enough,\n"kindness" doesn't suit you.\n
**[19:07] ---**
It has turned to strength, instead.\n
**[19:27] ---**
I survived, then?\n
**[19:30] ---**
Of course you did.\nWho do you think operated on you?\n
**[19:35] ---**
But I thought I was shot\nthrough the heart at point-blank range.\n
**[19:40] ---**
More accurately, the coronary\nartery extending from the heart.\n
**[19:45] ---**
But either way, you were\nas good as dead on the spot.\n
**[19:49] ---**
If you want to thank someone, thank that boy.\n
**[19:53] ---**
It looks like he had the\nability to manipulate your blood flow.\n
**[19:57] ---**
He passed the blood from one\nopening in your ruptured artery \n
**[20:00] ---**
to the other, almost like\nthere was some invisible hose,\n
**[20:04] ---**
without spilling a single drop.\n
**[20:06] ---**
Even unconscious,\nhe still must have kept using his power\n
**[20:10] ---**
until you went into the operating room.\n
**[20:16] ---**
And he's not out of the woods yet, either.\n
**[20:20] ---**
He seems to have taken a lot of damage,\ncentered around his frontal cortex.\n
**[20:24] ---**
His verbal function\nand computational abilities\n
**[20:27] ---**
will both likely be affected.\n
**[20:29] ---**
Computational abilities? Then, his powers are...\n
**[20:33] ---**
Oh, it shouldn't be a problem.\n
**[20:37] ---**
When something is unworkable,\nwork something out-- that's my creedo.\n
**[20:42] ---**
No matter what, I'll restore his verbal\nfunctions and computational abilities.\n
**[20:47] ---**
No matter what.\n
**[20:49] ---**
It looks like you've created quite the monster,\n
**[20:51] ---**
and I'm going to make use of it.\n
**[20:54] ---**
With ten thousand brains all linked together,\n
**[20:56] ---**
I think they can safely spare some of it\n
**[20:59] ---**
to offset one person's\nspeaking and calculating skills.\n
**[21:02] ---**
The Misaka Network-- Where is Last Order?\n
**[21:05] ---**
If you mean that girl, you needn't worry.\n
**[21:08] ---**
We have a girl very much like her in our charge.\n
**[21:11] ---**
Now, I need to get going.\nWhat are you going to do?\n
**[21:17] ---**
What am I going to do?\n
**[21:19] ---**
It looks like your little incident\nhas been found out by the higher-ups.\n
**[21:23] ---**
The laboratory has been dissolved,\n
**[21:25] ---**
and the experiment completely terminated.\n
**[21:28] ---**
In other words, you've been laid off.\n
**[21:31] ---**
Oh. Then I can't go on\nliving as a researcher, huh?\n
**[21:40] ---**
There are other paths you\ncould take. Any number of them.\n
**[21:43] ---**
Listen, please, help that boy.\n
**[21:47] ---**
If you don't, I'll never forgive you.\n
**[21:50] ---**
Who do you think you're talking to?\n
**[21:53] ---**
That is my battlefield,\n
**[21:56] ---**
and I will definitely come\nhome from the battlefield, you'll see.\n
**[22:00] ---**
And I'll bring back with me a patient\nwho has been fighting alone all this time.\n
**[22:09] ---**
Ha, I'm the one who has killed\nten thousand Sisters.\n
**[22:13] ---**
And you want such a fiend to save *who*?
**[22:18] ---**
What do you know? He can do it if he just tries.\n
**[22:35] ---**
*In the casual present *
**[22:39] ---**
*and even the unseen morrow, *
**[22:44] ---**
*my unwavering feelings, at least *
**[22:48] ---**
*remain hidden within my heart *
**[22:52] ---**
*I press through the voices, *
**[22:57] ---**
*laughing it off as a coincidence, *
**[23:00] ---**
*to make it all the way across *
**[23:05] ---**
*I believe in myself *
**[23:10] ---**
*What comes back to my mind is that *
**[23:13] ---**
*for the wishes I wanted to come true, I always said *
**[23:17] ---**
*"one more time, just one more time," *
**[23:22] ---**
*and kept on pushing *
**[23:25] ---**
*(just a little bit) *
**[23:27] ---**
*Sure, the feelings that I've lost *
**[23:30] ---**
*may change form, but still, *
**[23:34] ---**
*until the day comes when I get them back, *
**[23:39] ---**
*I am sure I'll keep looking for them *
**[23:42] ---**
*(Just a little bit, one more time) *
**[23:54] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nIt's the second term opening ceremony,\n
**[23:56] ---**
and Academy City is rocked\nby sorcerers who have snuck in.\n
**[23:59] ---**
There's also one other,\nmysterious transfer student.\n
**[24:02] ---**
Imaginary-numbered school districts?\nWhat are those?\n
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Counter Stop."\n
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 21 - Counter Stop (Identity Unknown)
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**[00:37] ---**
Say, Toma,\n
**[00:39] ---**
do you really have\nto go back to school today?\n
**[00:42] ---**
Hmm? Oh, right. You'll be\nhere by yourself the whole time.\n
**[00:48] ---**
I'm not saying that I'm lonesome,\n
**[00:50] ---**
or that I hate being alone, or anything!\n
**[00:54] ---**
We have to sit down and think\nhard sometime about what to do, huh?\n
**[00:57] ---**
Sorry, but for today, stay here, okay?\n
**[01:01] ---**
Toma, will you come right home?\n
**[01:08] ---**
Yeah, okay. And when I get back,\nwant to go do something fun?\n
**[01:13] ---**
Mm-hmm!\n
**[01:15] ---**
Okay, I'm off. \n
**[01:16] ---**
Mm-hmm. Come home soon!\n
**[01:26] ---**
So then, what shall we amuse ourselves with?\n
**[01:33] ---**
Huh? Toma, what about lunch?\n
**[01:37] ---**
What do I do? This is an unprecedented crisis!\n
**[01:54] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:59] ---**
*To aru nichijou wa parallel world *
**[02:02] ---**
*ikusen mo no jikan ni *
**[02:05] ---**
*onaji mono nado nai *
**[02:06] ---**
*masutaapiisu de orinasu jikuu e *
**[02:10] ---**
*Kakinagutte hakushi no shinario ni pensaki ga kooru *
**[02:16] ---**
*originality mezase! Douse kono michi wo yuku n' dakara *
**[02:22] ---**
*(Shinjite) Kakenukete (tooku made) *
**[02:28] ---**
*(Kanjiru) Daichi wo kette (daichi kette) *
**[02:36] ---**
*Nanika no tame ni kogare ikite'ru kanshoku wa kitto *
**[02:43] ---**
*dare nimo makenai chikara ni naru *
**[02:49] ---**
*Shiawase tte tabun kono shunkan onore ga shiru (when I believed it) *
**[02:54] ---**
*Kono kandou wo atarashii peeji ni kizamu (I can go to the next stage) *
**[03:02] ---**
*It's only my thing *
**[03:13] ---**
"#21 Counter Stop (Identity Unknown)"\n
**[03:26] ---**
Zapper...\n
**[03:28] ---**
Heya!\n
**[03:32] ---**
You sure are full of spunk so early in the morning.\n
**[03:35] ---**
And you sure are taking things easy.\n
**[03:37] ---**
I guess. A lot's been\ngoing on, and I'm worn out.\n
**[03:40] ---**
W-What, you mean yesterday's boyfriend act\n
**[03:43] ---**
was such an exhausting chore?!\n
**[03:47] ---**
Well, it wasn't just that one thing.\n
**[03:50] ---**
Not just one thing? You mean,\n
**[03:52] ---**
you've been carrying on\nthe same thing with another girl?!\n
**[03:55] ---**
Huh?\n
**[03:56] ---**
Y-You're the only one who would ever ask me\n
**[03:59] ---**
to do anything so embarrassing\nwithout batting an eye!\n
**[04:02] ---**
Without batting an eye? That's not true!\n
**[04:05] ---**
I had a real struggle with it, too.\n
**[04:07] ---**
But even so, there was no other way to cope,\n
**[04:09] ---**
so I had no choice but to\nswallow my pride and ask you!\n
**[04:13] ---**
Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm sure you're right.\n
**[04:16] ---**
Hey! Listen to me seriously!\n
**[04:22] ---**
September 1st,\nthe 2nd term opening ceremony.\n
**[04:25] ---**
But for me, having lost my\nmemory over summer vacation,\n
**[04:29] ---**
I felt the same subtle nervousness\n
**[04:30] ---**
that a transfer student does on their first day.\n
**[04:37] ---**
Miss Komoe...\n
**[04:39] ---**
Wait, can her feet even reach the brakes?\n
**[04:46] ---**
I can drive, even if my\nfeet don't reach the brakes!\n
**[04:53] ---**
My word,\n
**[04:54] ---**
I don't think that that's the\nway I raised you to talk, Kamijo.\n
**[04:58] ---**
Teacher, that's not a pop quiz, is it?\n
**[05:03] ---**
I wouldn't do anything\nthat I hated having done to me\n
**[05:06] ---**
when I was a student.\n
**[05:08] ---**
A friend of mine asked\nme to collect some information.\n
**[05:11] ---**
These are papers dealing with\nAIM diffusion fields.\n
**[05:14] ---**
And what is an...?\n
**[05:16] ---**
"An Involuntary Movement,"\nmeaning unmindful actions.\n
**[05:21] ---**
Put simply, they are power\nfields that epsers emit, \n
**[05:25] ---**
kind of like body heat.\n
**[05:27] ---**
But then, they are so\nslight as to be immeasurable.\n
**[05:32] ---**
So then, if there were an\nesper who could read those fields,\n
**[05:35] ---**
they could go,\n"Hmm, I'm sensing an esper nearby,"\n
**[05:38] ---**
is that what you're saying?\n
**[05:40] ---**
Yes. And to take it even further,\n
**[05:42] ---**
they may even be able to tell\nthe kind of ability and how strong it is.\n
**[05:46] ---**
"Hmm, he has a battle power\nof 70,000 points."\n
**[05:49] ---**
"Faculty Room"\n
**[05:50] ---**
"Faculty Room"\nSomething like that. You see, there are people in the world\n
**[05:53] ---**
"Faculty Room"\nwho are quite passionate about that sort of thing.\n
**[06:04] ---**
Thanks again for always helping me.\n
**[06:09] ---**
Hey, what's going on?\n
**[06:11] ---**
Why are sorcerers being allowed\nto sneak in so easily?\n
**[06:13] ---**
It is no matter.\n
**[06:15] ---**
We are tracking down the\nintruders' whereabouts.\n
**[06:21] ---**
Sherry Cromwell.\nShe's not a wandering sorcerer,\n
**[06:24] ---**
she's a member of the\nEnglish Puritan Church's Necessarius.\n
**[06:27] ---**
If she is brought down sloppily,\n
**[06:29] ---**
it will cause a rift between\nthe church and Academy City.\n
**[06:32] ---**
For neighbors who love each\nother to be at odds with each other...\n
**[06:36] ---**
Anyhow, I'm going after Sherry.\n
**[06:38] ---**
If someone from the same magic side does it,\n
**[06:40] ---**
the waves it makes won't be as big.\n
**[06:43] ---**
You don't have to get involved.\n
**[06:46] ---**
You don't mean... Kamijo Toma again?!\n
**[06:49] ---**
We can condense plans 2082 through 2377.\n
**[06:54] ---**
The Imaginary Number School District's\nFive-Elemental control method?\n
**[06:58] ---**
After all, this wild stallion\ncould tear the world apart.\n
**[07:01] ---**
Safest to take hold of the reins\nagain as soon as possible.\n
**[07:07] ---**
Huh? \n
**[07:08] ---**
Hmm? What's wrong, Kami?\n
**[07:10] ---**
Where's Tsuchimikado?\n
**[07:12] ---**
Oh, now that you\nmention it, I haven't seen him.\n
**[07:14] ---**
Don't tell me his homework isn't finished yet.\n
**[07:17] ---**
I, on the other hand, forgot all of it,\n
**[07:20] ---**
just to get Miss Komoe upset at me.\n
**[07:23] ---**
Now, look...\n
**[07:26] ---**
Okay, let's get homeroom started.\n
**[07:29] ---**
I have some big news for\neveryone before the opening ceremony.\n
**[07:32] ---**
Surprise! We're adding\na new transfer student today!\n
**[07:38] ---**
She's a girl, by the way.\nCongratulations, all you dudes.\n
**[07:42] ---**
Better luck next time, my little kittens.\n
**[07:46] ---**
Okay,\n
**[07:46] ---**
will the transfer student please come in.\n
**[07:53] ---**
Index!\n
**[07:54] ---**
Ah, it's Toma! This *is* the school you come to, all right.
**[07:59] ---**
How did you get in here?\n
**[08:01] ---**
--You are not the transfer student.\n--Oh, but...\n
**[08:04] ---**
Out you go, out you go.\n
**[08:07] ---**
Gee whiz, Sister,\n
**[08:09] ---**
What are you doing, coming here?\n
**[08:13] ---**
Here...\n
**[08:14] ---**
Please find a taxi, and go straight home.\n
**[08:18] ---**
Also, whatever you do,\ndon't go with any strangers, okay?\n
**[08:25] ---**
Incidentally, the real transfer student is me...\n
**[08:27] ---**
"Himegami Aisa"\n
**[08:29] ---**
Himegami Aisa.\n
**[08:34] ---**
I'm so hungry...\n
**[08:38] ---**
"Cafeteria"\n
**[08:45] ---**
"Lunch Vouchers"\n
**[08:48] ---**
I've heard about these. \n
**[08:49] ---**
If memory serves, food exchange\ntickets come out of them.\n
**[08:55] ---**
Toma makes fun of me for my antique ways,\n
**[08:58] ---**
but this much is easy. You put the money in...\n
**[09:02] ---**
...and just push the button.\n
**[09:05] ---**
Huh?\n
**[09:07] ---**
The buttons! There are no buttons!\n
**[09:10] ---**
What do I do?\nIt's taken my money from me.\n
**[09:14] ---**
Excuse me...\n
**[09:16] ---**
You have to push the button.\n
**[09:19] ---**
But there aren't any buttons anywhere.\n
**[09:21] ---**
You see, you just touch the monitor.\n
**[09:24] ---**
\nBut you can't touch the people inside the TV.\n
**[09:27] ---**
"Cancel"\nBut you can't touch the people inside the TV.\n
**[09:27] ---**
"Cancel"\n
**[09:30] ---**
Then this TV connects with the inside, huh?\n
**[09:33] ---**
Well, you see...\n
**[09:36] ---**
Thank you. What's your name?\n
**[09:40] ---**
I'm Kazakiri Hyoka.\n
**[09:44] ---**
So then, I called out Toma's name,\n
**[09:47] ---**
and not only did he not answer,\nhe looked away from me!\n
**[09:50] ---**
Hmm, but still, only students\nand staff are allowed in the school.\n
**[09:56] ---**
But what about you, Hyoka?\n
**[09:58] ---**
Oh, I'm a transfer student.\n
**[10:00] ---**
Then I'll be a transfer student, too!\n
**[10:03] ---**
Um...\n
**[10:04] ---**
I don't want to just leave without doing anything.\n
**[10:06] ---**
And more than anything,\nI have to ask him what's up with lunch.\n
**[10:10] ---**
Yes, but, in that outfit,\nyou draw too much attention.\n
**[10:15] ---**
Then, what should I do?\n
**[10:16] ---**
Um...\n
**[10:18] ---**
...if we were to go over *there*, then maybe...
**[10:22] ---**
I hate to say it,\n
**[10:24] ---**
but she sure does have a way\nof getting caught up in trouble fast.\n
**[10:28] ---**
It stretches well,\nand the fabric washes clean easily.\n
**[10:32] ---**
Amazing! This is what's called "hi-tech," right?\n
**[10:36] ---**
Why that dumb little Sister...\n
**[10:39] ---**
Hey, Index!\n
**[10:40] ---**
What do you think\nyou're doing... in... here...?\n
**[10:48] ---**
M-My mistake...\n
**[10:50] ---**
Toma...!!\n
**[11:06] ---**
Today's the opening ceremony,\nso I'll be home by noon.\n
**[11:10] ---**
You don't know that for sure.\n
**[11:12] ---**
Everybody knows that much.\n
**[11:15] ---**
Then do you know something, Toma?\n
**[11:17] ---**
Like in the English-style Church of the Cross,\n
**[11:18] ---**
when performing ceremonies for\nmaking idols incorporating telesma,\n
**[11:21] ---**
what the direction and the\nposition the caster is standing in\n
**[11:24] ---**
has to do with it?\nIf you're off by even a little bit,\n
**[11:26] ---**
it doesn't take effect. Do *you* know what the golden ratio is?
**[11:30] ---**
You know, everyone knows that.\n
**[11:33] ---**
Okay, Index, who is this?\n
**[11:37] ---**
I don't really know, but she's my friend.\n
**[11:39] ---**
You don't really know?\n
**[11:42] ---**
I may not know her too well,\nbut Hyoka is my friend!\n
**[11:45] ---**
M-My name is Kazakiri Hyoka.\n
**[11:50] ---**
I'm Kamijo Toma.\n
**[11:51] ---**
You're a transfer student?\n
**[11:53] ---**
Y-Yes.\n
**[11:54] ---**
Toma! Don't make Hyoka nervous!\n
**[11:57] ---**
It's all right, Hyoka. \n
**[11:59] ---**
Toma may be a rare\nsort of hormonally-challenged,\n
**[12:01] ---**
indecisive teenager, who involves\nhimself with one girl after another,\n
**[12:05] ---**
but he's a good person.\n
**[12:06] ---**
Here, you can hold Sphinx. \n
**[12:08] ---**
When you hold a cat,\nit helps to relieve your tension.\n
**[12:11] ---**
His name is Sphinx?\n
**[12:31] ---**
I wonder what's wrong.\n
**[12:32] ---**
Animals have sharper senses than humans.\n
**[12:35] ---**
Maybe he can tell the difference in our smells.\n
**[12:40] ---**
Kamijo!\n
**[12:42] ---**
You've got some nerve,\non the first day of 2nd term!\n
**[12:44] ---**
Huh? Teacher, isn't the\nopening ceremony happening...?\n
**[12:47] ---**
I'm here because I got worried\nwhen I didn't see you in the gym!\n
**[12:52] ---**
And yet here you are, Kamijo...\n
**[12:54] ---**
Yeah, well, uh...\n
**[12:56] ---**
Why is it that girls are\nalways falling into your lap, Kamijo?!\n
**[13:00] ---**
Are you producing some strange\nAIM diffusion field, or something?\n
**[13:04] ---**
How do you figure that? \n
**[13:06] ---**
Say, Kazakiri, say something here...\n
**[13:10] ---**
Huh?\n
**[13:13] ---**
Did she get fed up and leave?\n
**[13:24] ---**
Um...\n
**[13:26] ---**
Hyoka!\n
**[13:27] ---**
That was something else, huh?\n
**[13:29] ---**
It kind of took me by surprise.\n
**[13:32] ---**
Komoe wasn't mad at us back there.\n
**[13:34] ---**
There's nothing to be concerned about.\n
**[13:38] ---**
You have kind of a\nsad look on your face, though.\n
**[13:45] ---**
Toma was mad at me.\n
**[13:48] ---**
He doesn't listen to anything I say,\nor smile even a little bit.\n
**[13:55] ---**
Maybe Toma doesn't like me anymore.\n
**[14:02] ---**
Friends who can have arguments\nare actually very close to each other.\n
**[14:07] ---**
How come?\n
**[14:09] ---**
If you're able to have an argument,\n
**[14:11] ---**
it means you're able to make up afterward.\n
**[14:13] ---**
I think he believes that you're\ninseparable, despite the arguments.\n
**[14:18] ---**
Really?\n
**[14:20] ---**
He's the kind of person who\ncares enough to get mad at you.\n
**[14:23] ---**
I'm sure it's all right.\n
**[14:26] ---**
Though he did talk to us with a straight face,\n
**[14:28] ---**
even after seeing us undressed.\n
**[14:31] ---**
Hey!\n
**[14:32] ---**
Toma!\n
**[14:35] ---**
Okay, wanna go get something to eat?\n
**[14:37] ---**
We're not eating at home today?\n
**[14:39] ---**
We're going someplace\nfun after we eat anyway, so...\n
**[14:41] ---**
Care to join us, Kazakiri?\n
**[14:47] ---**
Yeah! Hyoka, want to go together with us?\n
**[14:49] ---**
--You're sure?\n
**[14:50] ---**
--Let's go! Let's go!\n--You're sure?\n
**[14:51] ---**
Well...\n
**[14:54] ---**
Thanks.\n
**[14:57] ---**
Hmm... Huh? I'm going to\ngo withdraw some money first.\n
**[15:09] ---**
Himegami?\n
**[15:10] ---**
I've just transferred in.\nWhy the watered-down reception?\n
**[15:17] ---**
It's true, I am a girl who's\neasily overshadowed, huh?\n
**[15:21] ---**
No, I, uh... I know! We're off\nto go have some fun. Care to join us?\n
**[15:28] ---**
Komoe, you dummy...\n
**[15:30] ---**
Huh?\n
**[15:31] ---**
It's nothing. I've been asked to\ndo something, so I can't go.\n
**[15:35] ---**
But never mind me, who is that?\n
**[15:37] ---**
Kazakiri Hyoka, wasn't it?\n
**[15:40] ---**
You're sure that's Kazakiri Hyoka?\n
**[15:43] ---**
Yeah. That's what she and\nIndex both say. You know her?\n
**[15:48] ---**
Kirigaoka Girls' School.\n
**[15:50] ---**
The high school I went to earlier.\n
**[15:53] ---**
I saw the name "Kazakiri Hyoka" there, too.\n
**[15:56] ---**
Then, does she have a\nrare ability, too, like you do?\n
**[16:00] ---**
I don't know.\n
**[16:02] ---**
Her name was always posted at\nthe top of the test rankings,\n
**[16:07] ---**
but no one had ever actually seen her.\n
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Nobody even knew what\nclass she was supposed to be in.\n
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What's up with that?\n
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It bothered me, so I looked\ninto it. That's how I found out.\n
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She is known as "Counter Stop."\n
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But that's not the most important part.\n
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Kazakiri Hyoka is the key to learning more about\n
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the Imaginary Number School\nDistrict's Five-Element Agency.\n
**[16:31] ---**
Five-Element Agency? That really exists?\n
**[16:35] ---**
Word is that they control the administration\n
**[16:37] ---**
of Academy City from the shadows.\n
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I heard that she had her own special class,\n
**[16:42] ---**
to investigate her own personal ability.\n
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It's said to be a lab, to find the true nature\n
**[16:48] ---**
of the Imaginary Number School\nDistrict's Five-Element Agency.\n
**[16:51] ---**
Why would she be here?\n
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She says she's a transfer student.\n
**[16:57] ---**
But I should be the only transfer student.\n
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Be careful, okay?\n
**[17:12] ---**
So this is the "underground world" I've heard about!\n
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Underground *mall*, underground *mall*.
**[17:18] ---**
Index, is there anything you want to eat?\n
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Expensive places and places with long lines are out.\n
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I want a place with cheap,\nyummy food, and lots of it,\n
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that hardly anyone knows about!\n
**[17:28] ---**
Okay, okay. Kazakiri, how about you?\n
**[17:34] ---**
Have I done something?\n
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Oh, no... It's not that I'm scared, or anything...\n
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...but you have seen me undressed.\n
**[17:43] ---**
Oh, nothing!\n
**[17:51] ---**
A secret get-together with\na girl from outside the school?\n
**[17:55] ---**
If only the honor students from\nmy class would do something so crazy.\n
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Geez, you people in\nAntiskill have a problem, too!\n
**[18:04] ---**
What would you do if the\nintruder is someone dangerous?\n
**[18:08] ---**
Yeah, yeah. So, the story\nis that there are two intruders.\n
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There's one thing I want to verify.\n
**[18:18] ---**
Are there really... two of them?\n
**[18:27] ---**
Yes, Yomikawa.\n
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I'll be right there.\n
**[18:32] ---**
Is it some Antiskill work?\n
**[18:34] ---**
Sounds like there's a huge catch\nout there. I need to go. See you!\n
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I brought the book you asked for.\n
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"Easy-to-Understand AIM Diffusion Fields"\n
**[18:51] ---**
"Easy-to-Understand AIM Diffusion Fields"\nGood work, Himegami.\n
**[18:55] ---**
Miss Komoe...\n
**[18:56] ---**
Yes?\n
**[18:58] ---**
Is there a student at this\nschool named Kazakiri Hyoka?\n
**[19:09] ---**
There you are.\n
**[19:15] ---**
--An evacuation order! \n--Run!\n
**[19:20] ---**
Could I please ask you not to move?\n
**[19:24] ---**
I am Shirai Kuroko, with Judgment,\n
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charged with maintaining the safety of this city.\n
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I don't suppose I need to spell out the reason\n
**[19:33] ---**
why you're being taken into custody.\n
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Search suspended.\nMake trouble for me, will you?\n
**[19:40] ---**
I asked you kindly not to move.\n
**[19:52] ---**
Does Japanese not get through to you?\n
**[20:06] ---**
What is this?!\n
**[20:11] ---**
It couldn't be! An outsider,\nwho's also an esper?\n
**[20:14] ---**
This is not good! I have to regroup--\n
**[20:22] ---**
I don't know what all the commotion is,\n
**[20:25] ---**
but don't you dare lay a hand on my friend!\n
**[20:40] ---**
You're all right now.\n
**[20:43] ---**
It looks like that big guy was just a decoy.\n
**[20:47] ---**
If you're after someone, then that means...\n
**[20:50] ---**
Yes, it appears that she was a criminal trespasser.\n
**[20:54] ---**
Sissy...!\n
**[20:56] ---**
Hey...\n
**[20:58] ---**
Good grief.\n
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Kuroko, it's all right to\ncount on me a little more, okay?\n
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Don't go thinking that\nyou don't want to put me out.\n
**[21:11] ---**
This is indeed a one-in-a-million chance!\n
**[21:14] ---**
Once I get this close to you, Sissy,\n
**[21:15] ---**
I can snuggle within the\nvalley of your breasts all I want!\n
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E-Easy, now...! Kuroko, that's not what I meant!\n
**[21:24] ---**
As was widespread before the\ntime of Noah's Ark,\n
**[21:26] ---**
and even now, in fragments\nof knowledge being spread\n
**[21:30] ---**
from the chief Grigori in a different manner...\n
**[21:34] ---**
First, there was the primordial earth.\n
**[21:36] ---**
God gave form to the dust of the earth,\n
**[21:38] ---**
breathed life into it, and called it man.\n
**[21:42] ---**
In time, this secret process was revealed to\nman, by fallen beings who came to earth.\n
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However, it was a work that\ncould not be performed by human hands.\n
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As such, the life that\nwas brought forth by my hand\n
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was no more than a corrupt mud man.\n
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The begrimed Golem Ellis,\nworking himself weary for my sake.\n
**[22:18] ---**
Don't keep me waiting too long, Ellis.\n
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*Nanigenai ima mo *
**[22:39] ---**
*mada minu ashita de sae mo *
**[22:44] ---**
*yuzurenai omoi dake wa *
**[22:48] ---**
*mune ni himete'ru *
**[22:52] ---**
*Guuzen to warau *
**[22:57] ---**
*koe kakiwake *
**[23:00] ---**
*tadoritsuku mukougawa *
**[23:05] ---**
*jibun wo shinjite'ru *
**[23:10] ---**
*Omoidasareru koto wa *
**[23:13] ---**
*kanaetai negai wa itsumo *
**[23:17] ---**
*mou ichido mou ichido dake to *
**[23:22] ---**
*idomitsuzukete'ta *
**[23:25] ---**
*(Sukoshi dake) *
**[23:27] ---**
*Nakushita omoi wa sou *
**[23:30] ---**
*katachi wo kaete demo kitto *
**[23:34] ---**
*torimodosu sono hi ga kuru made *
**[23:39] ---**
*sagashitsuzukete'ku *
**[23:42] ---**
*(Sukoshi dake mou ichido) *
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nThe sorceress Sherry Cromwell controls the monster Ellis.\n
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As we are confined\nin the underground mall,\n
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we get caught up in an intense battle.\n
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Kazakiri, what is your secret?\n
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Golem."\n
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 22 - Golem (Stone Figure)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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September 1st marked the\nend of a turbulent summer vacation.\n
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The new transfer student\nwho showed up was Index...\n
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No it wasn't, it was Himegami.\n
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Index, along with a girl named who\nwas with her, named Kazakiri Hyoka,\n
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joined me in a little amusement\nat the underground mall.\n
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Of course,\n
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we had no way of knowing that\nsomething like this would happen.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*Some day-to-day is a parallel world *
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*A masterpiece of thousands of timelines, *
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*no two of which are the same, *
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*interwoven into a new time and space *
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*The tip of a pen scribbling out a script on blank paper freezes *
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*Strive for originality, since you're going down this road anyway *
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*(Believe) Race along (far away) *
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*(Feel) Kick off from the ground (kick the ground) *
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*The sensation of living your life ablaze for something *
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*is sure to be power enough to rival anyone *
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*I likely know what happiness is at this moment (when I believed it) *
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*This feeling marks a new page for me (I can go to the next stage) *
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*It's only my thing *
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"#22 Golem (Stone Figure)"\n
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"#22 Golem (Stone Figure)"\nThank you very much.\n
**[02:23] ---**
Ah, that was delicious.\nMy tummy is all full-full-full up!\n
**[02:31] ---**
Oh? What's this? Looks like\nthere are all sorts of TVs here.\n
**[02:39] ---**
I've never seen a TV like this before.\n
**[02:42] ---**
Um, that's not a TV...\n
**[02:49] ---**
Huh? A phone call?\n
**[02:52] ---**
Go ahead on inside.\n
**[02:53] ---**
Mm-hmm! Let's go, let's go, Hyoka!\n
**[02:57] ---**
Yes?\n
**[02:59] ---**
It's... gami... areful... Ka... ri...\n
**[03:10] ---**
Well, it *is* the underground mall.
**[03:15] ---**
These are so cute.\n
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So cute, so cute, so cute!\n
**[03:22] ---**
Say, aren't these cute, Hyoka?\n
**[03:25] ---**
M-Mm-hmm.\n
**[03:27] ---**
Hmm? Oh, what's that?!\n
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It's great that there are so many\nkinds of clothes to choose from.\n
**[03:36] ---**
Mm-hmm. That maid outfit was cute, too.\n
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"Cosplay Print Club"\nMm-hmm. That maid outfit was cute, too.\n
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"Cosplay Print Club"\n
**[03:48] ---**
Look, over there.\n
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"Cosplay Costumes" "Free Rentals"\nI think they're running a clothes-lending service,\n
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"Transform yourself now, for free!"\nfor people to take photo-seal pictures.\n
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Oh, that sounds like fun!\n
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--Come on, let's do it!\n--B-But I...!\n
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Index, where are you?\n
**[04:05] ---**
Wow, amazing!\n
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They have a Magical\nPowered Kanamin dress suit!\n
**[04:11] ---**
Um, are you going to wear that?\n
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I am! I am!\n
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In here, huh?\n
**[04:17] ---**
Hey, Index...\n
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Yikes! T-T-Toma!\n
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Um, please don't open the curtain right now.\n
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Hmm, Kamijo will not\nmake the same mistake twice.\n
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Ah, easy, don't push!\n
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Here, Hyoka. Half for you.\n
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So this is the life of a student,\nhuh? Terrific, terrific!\n
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Actually, there are boring classes\nand hellish tests that go with it.\n
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Huh?\n
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Did you hear that?\n
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Mm-hmm.\n
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What's the matter, you two?\n
**[05:09] ---**
There was a voice from somewhere just now.\n
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A voice? \n
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It felt like there was a voice\nspeaking directly inside our heads.\n
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Inside your heads? Well, that's just--\n
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You, there!\n
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After all the warning you've been given,\n
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how can you still be taking it so easy?\n
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Judgment?\n
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So, what now?\n
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Now, look! That telepathy! Telepathy!\n
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You heard it, didn't you?! Listen!\n
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There, you understand the situation now, right?\n
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No, not one bit.\n
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That's strange. I wonder\nwhy it's not getting through to you.\n
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I'll explain it out loud.\n
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A terrorist has slipped\ninto the underground mall here.\n
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A terrorist?\n
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Mm-hmm. We're about\nto lower the confinement walls\n
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and seal off the underground mall.\nPlease evacuate immediately.\n
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Understood?\n
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This doesn't sound good.\nWe should get out of here.\n
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Found you.\n
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What's that?\n
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An idol of man, from out of the earth.\n
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A golem, protector of the temple,\n
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has been forcibly made to\nserve as an English guardian angel.\n
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Are you saying the terrorist is a sorcerer?!\n
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Now, let's get the party started.\n
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Howl as much as you like,\ndown in this earthy, mud-stained grave.\n
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What?\n
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Hey, let us out of here!\n
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Hold on, what is this?\n
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Open up!\n
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Index, take Kazakiri and go hide somewhere.\n
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Toma, *you* go hide with Hyoka.
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If the enemy is a sorcerer, then this is my job.\n
**[07:19] ---**
How are you going to\nfight with your spindly arms?\n
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Toma, do you think you've been\nthis lucky up to now on your own?\n
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You're an amateur when it comes to magic.\n
**[07:29] ---**
Ha! Why, whatever do you mean?\n
**[07:32] ---**
There's no way that Kamijo,\nthe mass of misfortune, has been "lucky."\n
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It pains me to say it myself.\n
**[07:41] ---**
U-Um, I'm not sure what's going on here,\n
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but is there anything I can do to help?\n
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--No!\n--No!\n
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--Hide, Index!\n--Toma, run!\n
**[08:01] ---**
Huh? Did you just hear a cat meow?\n
**[08:04] ---**
Yeah.\n
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Ow-w-w...\n
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Hey...\n
**[08:13] ---**
What are you doing down here?\n
**[08:17] ---**
Oh, my. How forward, now, of all times.\n
**[08:21] ---**
What is this, Toma?\nWho on earth are these uncouth girls?\n
**[08:25] ---**
Friends of yours?\n
**[08:27] ---**
Hey, you, where do you get off \n
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calling someone you've\nnever met before "uncouth"?\n
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Then you *do* know Toma, after all!
**[08:36] ---**
Exactly what is your relationship with Toma?\n
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R-Relationship...?\n
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Tell me, who are *you* to him?!
**[08:43] ---**
Hmm? Uh, I owe my life to him, and stuff.\n
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Huh? Did he come to your rescue,\nwithout you asking, too?\n
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--Toma!\n--Hey, you!\n
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Yes?!\n
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--Would you care to explain this?\n--Why don't you explain this?\n
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W-Well...\n
**[09:06] ---**
So that's it. I thought it\nsounded awfully suspicious,\n
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but I see that Sissy has left me out,\n
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and exposed herself,\nbody and soul, to Mr. Kamijo here.\n
**[09:19] ---**
I haven't exposed anything!\n
**[09:21] ---**
So, what kind of trouble\nare you caught up in this time?\n
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How should I know?\n
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Shirai, what exactly is the situation?\n
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There is a terrorist operating\ndown here in the underground mall.\n
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There is a possibility of a\nlarge-scale battle breaking out,\n
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so I have to get everyone\ntrapped down here evacuated.\n
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I *am* a master of teleportation, and all.
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You get these people out of here.\nMeanwhile, I'll buy you some time--\n
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--You're getting out of here first!\n--Toma, you're getting out first!\n
**[09:54] ---**
Yeah, but...\n
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My right hand renders all powers ineffective.\n
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That's why I have no choice but to stay.\n
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My power has its limitations, as well.\n
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At most, I can carry two people at a time.\n
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Okay then, please take Index and Kazakiri first.\n
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Toma, you mean you want to\nstay with the short-haired girl, right?\n
**[10:17] ---**
Okay then, take Misaka and Kazakiri.\n
**[10:22] ---**
Oh, so you want to stay\nbehind with short-stuff, here.\n
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Rotten luck.\n
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Okay then, you two.\n
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Now, hold on!\n
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Sorry about getting you left behind.\n
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Mm-mm, I'm fine.\nNever mind me, what about you?\n
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It's starting.\n
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I hate to do this, Kazakiri,\nbut wait here for Shirai to get back.\n
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Huh? B-But what about you?\n
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I'm gonna go stop the sorcerer!\n
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This isn't working at all.\n
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The students' evacuation isn't complete yet.\n
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Your strength is considerable,\nbut you have no style, huh?\n
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Ellis!\n
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Are you all right?!\n
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Young man, what are you doing here?\n
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Um, I'm...\n
**[12:04] ---**
You're that miscreant from\nMiss Tsukuyomi's class.\n
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Where do you think you're going, young man?!\n
**[12:32] ---**
Good day to you.\nOh, you’re the Imagine Breaker?\n
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Then you're not with the key to\nthe Imaginary Number School District.\n
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What was that brat's name again?\n
**[12:43] ---**
Well, it's not as though that\nbrat has to be the one that I kill.\n
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I have no problem with killing you, either!\n
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The earth is my power.\n
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No one can stand upon\nthe earth when faced with Ellis.\n
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Why, you...!\n
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No, not "you." It's Sherry Cromwell.\n
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Although, since you're going to die here,\n
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there's no need to name\nthe English Puritan Church, too.\n
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English Puritan Church?\n
**[13:16] ---**
Why would someone in the\nsame organization as Index do this?\n
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To start a war. I want this to be a flashpoint.\n
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That's why I want many people to know\n
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that I'm one of the\nEnglish Puritan Church's pawns!\n
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Damn. If I can just touch\nthat thing, even for a moment...\n
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U-Um...\n
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Kazakiri!\n
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You idiot! Why didn't you wait for Shirai?!\n
**[13:48] ---**
W-Well... I mean...\n
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Never mind, just get down, quick!\n
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Kazakiri!\n
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What is this?\n
**[14:29] ---**
Huh? My glasses...\n
**[14:34] ---**
What... is this...?\n
**[14:41] ---**
It can't be...! W-What is this...?\n
**[14:47] ---**
Kazakiri...\n
**[14:49] ---**
No!\n
**[14:52] ---**
Kazakiri!\n
**[14:52] ---**
Hey, not that way!\n
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Ellis!\n
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Kazakiri!\n
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Come along, Ellis. Let's hunt\ndown that bumbling clown of a fox.\n
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Geez, I wonder where they went.\n
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What do I do about them?\n
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Open up!\n
**[15:51] ---**
I'm concerned about those two, \n
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but I can't leave these people behind, either.\n
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Kazakiri...\n
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Damn. What is going on here?\n
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Hello?\n
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Ah, is that you, Kamijo?\n
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I've finally gotten through! \n
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Himegami has been trying to reach you,\n
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and called again and again.\n
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Himegami was calling me?\n
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I have something important to tell you, too.\n
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Sorry, but this isn't the best time, so...\n
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It wouldn't have to do\nwith Kazakiri Hyoka, would it?\n
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Please listen closely. For some\nreason which we don't understand,\n
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Kazakiri Hyoka does not show up at all\n
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on the security cameras around the school.\n
**[16:47] ---**
From where exactly did the girl\nwho was beside you enter the school?\n
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J-Just a moment, please! What are you telling me?\n
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We believe that Kazakiri Hyoka\n
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and AIM diffusion fields are deeply involved.\n
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What do they have to do with Kazakiri?\n
**[17:08] ---**
This is all just supposition,\nbut it's the emission of bioelectricity\n
**[17:11] ---**
and the magnetic fields that form with them;\n
**[17:14] ---**
oxygen consumption and\ncarbon dioxide expulsion, yadda yadda.\n
**[17:18] ---**
If all of the data that makes\nup the human form comes together,\n
**[17:22] ---**
doesn't that mean that\nthere would be a "person" there?\n
**[17:27] ---**
There are all kinds of epsers in Academy City,\n
**[17:30] ---**
always emitting a slight force\nwithout even being aware of it.\n
**[17:34] ---**
What if, with so many of them overlapping,\n
**[17:36] ---**
they start to have a single meaning?\n
**[17:38] ---**
And what if they create\nwhat we know as Kazakiri Hyoka?\n
**[17:43] ---**
I don't care what you say, that's...\n
**[17:45] ---**
Apparently, there have been sightings\n
**[17:47] ---**
of Kazakiri Hyoka going way back.\n
**[17:49] ---**
I believe that at the time,\n
**[17:51] ---**
she was a more indistinct being, like a ghost.\n
**[17:59] ---**
But it doesn't appear that\nKazakiri herself is aware of it.\n
**[18:04] ---**
Assuming that she believed\nthat she's been human all this time,\n
**[18:08] ---**
she wouldn't have had\nany doubts to the contrary.\n
**[18:12] ---**
The bottom line is,\nKazakiri Hyoka is not human.\n
**[18:17] ---**
Which would mean that\nshe's a physical manifestation,\n
**[18:20] ---**
produced by AIM diffusion fields.\n
**[18:24] ---**
What is this? How awful for her.\n
**[18:28] ---**
Awful, you say?\n
**[18:30] ---**
Listen to me, Kamijo. \n
**[18:32] ---**
Even if she has all of the\ncomponents she needs to be a person,\n
**[18:36] ---**
it still does not make\nKazakiri Hyoka a real human.\n
**[18:40] ---**
But then, for what reason\n
**[18:42] ---**
does she have to be a person in the first place?\n
**[18:45] ---**
Kamijo, in your eyes, what do you think of her?\n
**[18:50] ---**
Is Kazakiri Hyoka anything more than an illusion,\n
**[18:53] ---**
without life or soul, just standing there?\n
**[18:57] ---**
Is her presence so insubstantial\nthat she can be easily lost?\n
**[19:01] ---**
No! Of course she isn't. \n
**[19:04] ---**
But even if she were nothing more\n
**[19:06] ---**
than a phantom that vanishes with a touch,\n
**[19:08] ---**
I wouldn't stand for that being a reason why she *should* vanish.
**[19:14] ---**
That's good! I love it when one\nof my little lambs grows up right!\n
**[19:22] ---**
Please be sure to keep it up,\nand not bring your dear friends to tears.\n
**[19:26] ---**
Okay then, goodbye.\n
**[20:10] ---**
What have we here?\n
**[20:12] ---**
You're said to be the key to the\nImaginary Number School District,\n
**[20:15] ---**
but take a look at you.\n
**[20:17] ---**
This is who you are?\n
**[20:20] ---**
Science-types must be out of their minds\n
**[20:22] ---**
to so carefully hold on to someone like you.\n
**[20:25] ---**
Why? How could you do something so awful?\n
**[20:28] ---**
Eh? What's this? By any chance, \n
**[20:32] ---**
are you one of those people\nwho say they are afraid to die?\n
**[20:35] ---**
Hey, come on, figure it out, already.\n
**[20:39] ---**
There's no way you can be a legitimate human.\n
**[20:44] ---**
Why does your face look so pale?\n
**[20:46] ---**
Here...\n
**[20:54] ---**
This is the extent of\nwhat I'm doing to you, right?\n
**[21:11] ---**
Now do you understand?\n
**[21:12] ---**
You are like Ellis-- a monster.\n
**[21:15] ---**
There is no place for you here,\nor anywhere else.\n
**[21:23] ---**
I don't really know, but Hyoka is my friend.\n
**[21:26] ---**
I know! Hyoka, care to join us?\n
**[21:30] ---**
Here, Hyoka. Half for you.\n
**[21:35] ---**
Don't cry, monster.\n
**[21:38] ---**
Your crying merely disgusts me!\n
**[22:13] ---**
Looks like I've kept you waiting.\n
**[22:15] ---**
It's all right now.\n
**[22:35] ---**
*In the casual present *
**[22:39] ---**
*and even the unseen morrow, *
**[22:44] ---**
*my unwavering feelings, at least *
**[22:48] ---**
*remain hidden within my heart *
**[22:52] ---**
*I press through the voices, *
**[22:57] ---**
*laughing it off as a coincidence, *
**[23:00] ---**
*to make it all the way across *
**[23:05] ---**
*I believe in myself *
**[23:10] ---**
*What comes back to my mind is that *
**[23:13] ---**
*for the wishes I wanted to come true, I always said *
**[23:17] ---**
*"one more time, just one more time," *
**[23:22] ---**
*and kept on pushing *
**[23:25] ---**
*(just a little bit) *
**[23:27] ---**
*Sure, the feelings that I've lost *
**[23:30] ---**
*may change form, but still, *
**[23:34] ---**
*until the day comes when I get them back, *
**[23:39] ---**
*I am sure I'll keep looking for them *
**[23:42] ---**
*(Just a little bit, one more time) *
**[23:54] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nListen to me, Kazakiri.\n
**[23:56] ---**
"Preview"\nThe touch of your kindness was no illusion.\n
**[23:58] ---**
\nThe touch of your kindness was no illusion.\n
**[23:59] ---**
Even if you're not human,\nwe will be sure to save you!\n
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Friends."\n
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 23 - Friends (Hyoka Kazakiri)
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**[00:31] ---**
The mysterious transfer student,\nKazakiri Hyoka, was not human.\n
**[00:36] ---**
She was a physical manifestation,\nproduced by AIM diffusion fields.\n
**[00:42] ---**
Still, so what if she is?\n
**[00:45] ---**
She is our friend.\n
**[00:49] ---**
Don't cry, monster.\n
**[00:52] ---**
Your crying merely disgusts me!\n
**[01:19] ---**
Looks like I've kept you waiting.\n
**[01:21] ---**
It's all right now.\n
**[01:39] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[02:57] ---**
"#23 Friends (Kazakiri Hyoka)"\n
**[03:02] ---**
Geez, how embarrassing.\n
**[03:06] ---**
Don't go crying over every\nlittle insignificant thing like this.\n
**[03:25] ---**
Ellis!\n
**[03:48] ---**
Rejoice, monster!\nThe world has not forsaken you.\n
**[03:52] ---**
There will always be at least\none fool like him around, after all.\n
**[03:56] ---**
Not just one.\n
**[04:08] ---**
But why?\n
**[04:10] ---**
Don't be absurd.\nWe don't need a reason, do we?\n
**[04:14] ---**
I just told them one thing.\n
**[04:17] ---**
"I want you to help my friend."\n
**[04:21] ---**
I'm about to show you something.\n
**[04:24] ---**
That there is still redemption\n
**[04:26] ---**
in this world in which you live!\n
**[04:29] ---**
And I will also let you know...\n
**[04:31] ---**
...that your place here will not\nbe destroyed as easily as this!\n
**[04:37] ---**
Ellis! Kill them! Every last one of them!\n
**[04:42] ---**
Configuration B! The safety\nof the civilians has top priority!\n
**[04:49] ---**
Fire!\n
**[05:05] ---**
Michael!\n
**[05:06] ---**
Raphael!\n
**[05:07] ---**
Gabriel! Uriel!\n
**[05:10] ---**
The symbols of the four quarters of Heaven!\n
**[05:13] ---**
Righteous power in the right direction!\n
**[05:15] ---**
Rightly arranged, rightly guide!\n
**[05:26] ---**
It can't be...!\n
**[05:27] ---**
Everything has been going as anticipated so far.\n
**[05:30] ---**
Not that I like having poor expectations.\n
**[05:36] ---**
Young man, are you sure about this?\n
**[05:38] ---**
No one is going to\nblame you if you lose your nerve.\n
**[05:41] ---**
You saw the power of my right hand, right?\n
**[05:44] ---**
It is true that I have to do this, though.\n
**[05:47] ---**
Wait! Please, wait a second.\nWhat do you mean, "do this"?\n
**[05:53] ---**
Isn't that obvious?\n
**[05:54] ---**
I'm going to go stop that monster!\n
**[05:59] ---**
That's a tall order. \n
**[06:02] ---**
Miss Tsukuyomi really does\nhave herself a fine student after all.\n
**[06:05] ---**
Preparation!\n
**[06:07] ---**
Count 5!\n
**[06:15] ---**
Count 3!\n
**[06:19] ---**
You can't! There's no way you'll survive this!\n
**[06:23] ---**
I couldn't stand that! I...\n
**[06:26] ---**
Don't do it, Kazakiri.\n
**[06:29] ---**
My right hand will cancel\nout any irregular power there is,\n
**[06:33] ---**
whether it's good or evil.\n
**[06:35] ---**
I'm sure you'd be no exception.\n
**[06:38] ---**
Count 1!\n
**[06:40] ---**
Even though we can't touch each other,\n
**[06:42] ---**
it doesn't change the\nfact that we're friends, right?\n
**[06:47] ---**
I swear, I'll come back.\n
**[06:49] ---**
Got it? I swear it.\n
**[06:51] ---**
You'll come... back...?\n
**[06:53] ---**
Yeah. We'll get Index again,\n
**[06:56] ---**
and the three of us will go\nsomeplace to have some fun.\n
**[07:01] ---**
Count 0!\n
**[07:08] ---**
Ellis!\n
**[07:35] ---**
Fire!\n
**[07:43] ---**
Now then...\n
**[07:45] ---**
Huh?\n
**[07:47] ---**
What is this? Now you\ncan't run away, either, can you?\n
**[07:51] ---**
I have no need to run away.\n
**[07:54] ---**
I have no need to run away!\n
**[07:57] ---**
You lie down and shut up!\n
**[08:06] ---**
Now for this thing...\n
**[08:11] ---**
You're gonna make a second one?!\n
**[08:13] ---**
I can't sustain two of them at once. However...\n
**[08:19] ---**
...if I use that one just right, I can do *this*!
**[08:32] ---**
Cease fire!\n
**[08:59] ---**
Damn, she got away, did she?\n
**[09:05] ---**
What's going on here?\n
**[09:07] ---**
Her target was right in front of her,\nbut she ran away that easily.\n
**[09:12] ---**
You're overlooking something.\nRemember...\n
**[09:16] ---**
English Puritan Church?\n
**[09:18] ---**
Why would someone in the\nsame organization as Index do this?\n
**[09:21] ---**
To start a war. I want this to be a flashpoint.\n
**[09:25] ---**
That's why I want many people to know\n
**[09:27] ---**
that I'm one of the\nEnglish Puritan Church's pawns!\n
**[09:32] ---**
What was that brat's name again?\n
**[09:35] ---**
Well, it's not as though that\nbrat has to be the one that I kill.\n
**[09:39] ---**
I have no problem with killing you, either!\n
**[09:43] ---**
Index?!\n
**[09:51] ---**
Sure is hot, huh?\n
**[09:53] ---**
Yeah.\n
**[09:54] ---**
And hey, what's with those clothes of yours?\n
**[09:58] ---**
You're wearing that in this awful heat?\n
**[10:01] ---**
It's never really bothered me. \n
**[10:03] ---**
The breeze that blows\nthrough it now is nice, though.\n
**[10:08] ---**
Oh, safety pins are all that\nare holding it together, aren't they?\n
**[10:13] ---**
How did this outfit\nend up getting so wrecked?\n
**[10:22] ---**
It dredges up a number of old scars,\n
**[10:25] ---**
so I'd appreciate it if you didn't mention it.\n
**[10:29] ---**
I've gotta say, this is taking a while.\n
**[10:33] ---**
It sort of seemed like the\nsorcerer was going after Hyoka,\n
**[10:37] ---**
and the forms being used\nhad an air of the London style.\n
**[10:40] ---**
I sure hope nothing has happened.\n
**[10:45] ---**
Is Hyoka that other girl who was with you?\n
**[10:48] ---**
Mm-hmm. Oh, and this time, \n
**[10:51] ---**
Toma wasn't the one who drew her into this.\n
**[10:53] ---**
I'm the one who met her first.\n
**[10:56] ---**
*This* time, eh? Oho...
**[10:59] ---**
Ooh, I'm getting worried, I'm getting worried.\n
**[11:02] ---**
I'm worried about there being a\ngirl left behind down there,\n
**[11:06] ---**
but I'm also worried about\nToma being all alone with a girl\n
**[11:08] ---**
--in such a dimly-lit place.\n
**[11:10] ---**
--Not that it matters to me,\n--in such a dimly-lit place.\n
**[11:12] ---**
but aren't you worried about his safety, too?\n
**[11:15] ---**
Hmm? About Toma? I'm not worried.\n
**[11:18] ---**
Toma will come back home\nsafely, no matter what happens.\n
**[11:24] ---**
What does she mean, come back home?\n
**[11:27] ---**
Don't tell me he and this girl are...?\n
**[11:30] ---**
Ah! Hey, Sphinx!\n
**[11:34] ---**
It's okay. I'll stay here. \n
**[11:38] ---**
You go ahead and catch your cat, then come back.\n
**[11:41] ---**
I tend to rub cats the wrong way,\n
**[11:44] ---**
so me chasing him wouldn't do any good.\n
**[11:45] ---**
Sorry. I appreciate you doing this!\n
**[11:48] ---**
Sphinx! Hey, wait up!\n
**[12:06] ---**
Why haven't the doors to the\nunderground mall been released?!\n
**[12:10] ---**
The mall's administration is under\na different jurisdiction than ours.\n
**[12:13] ---**
It's going to take a little bit\nmore time to get them unlocked.\n
**[12:17] ---**
Damn it!\n
**[12:24] ---**
U-Um...\n
**[12:29] ---**
Thank you for what you did back there.\n
**[12:32] ---**
Yeah. Never mind me, though,\nare you all right, physically?\n
**[12:36] ---**
Y-Yes. I think I'm most likely okay.\n
**[12:41] ---**
That stone creature isn't\ncoming after us anymore, right?\n
**[12:45] ---**
That grimy, Gothic Lolita\nchick wasn't running away.\n
**[12:49] ---**
She's started going after her next target.\n
**[12:53] ---**
Her objective isn't to kill you or me, Kazakiri;\n
**[12:56] ---**
anyone will do, as long as\nthe specific conditions are met.\n
**[12:59] ---**
Anyone?\n
**[13:01] ---**
Yeah. And one of those targets is Index.\n
**[13:07] ---**
Oh, no! But if that's the case,\n
**[13:09] ---**
we could ask those people to protect her.\n
**[13:12] ---**
Index is not a resident of the city.\n
**[13:15] ---**
If Antiskill finds her, she might be arrested.\n
**[13:18] ---**
We can't be too quick\nabout asking them for protection.\n
**[13:22] ---**
I guess if I'm going,\nit'll have to be through here.\n
**[13:26] ---**
Damn.\n
**[13:27] ---**
If they would just open the confinement doors,\n
**[13:29] ---**
I could easily get ahead of her!\n
**[13:33] ---**
Why do I have to be behind the curve like this?!\n
**[13:37] ---**
How will I get down?\n
**[14:00] ---**
W-Wait.\n
**[14:02] ---**
Are you really going by yourself?\n
**[14:05] ---**
Index is in danger.\n
**[14:07] ---**
It's... okay. You don't have to go.\nThere's a way to save her.\n
**[14:16] ---**
What do you mean?\n
**[14:17] ---**
To face a monster,\nyou should send a monster.\n
**[14:24] ---**
I don't think that I'll be\nable to beat that stone monster,\n
**[14:29] ---**
but I can at least act as a decoy.\n
**[14:32] ---**
While I'm getting pounded on,\nshe will be able to get away.\n
**[14:36] ---**
I'm a monster, though,\nso that's about all I can do.\n
**[14:41] ---**
Are you still carrying on about that?\n
**[14:46] ---**
You're not any kind of monster!\n
**[14:48] ---**
Did you think I'd be pleased\nfor you to do that for me?!\n
**[14:51] ---**
But, it's for the best.\n
**[14:54] ---**
I'm okay with being a monster.\n
**[14:57] ---**
It's because I'm a monster that I didn't die,\n
**[14:59] ---**
even after all the pounding\nthat stone creature gave me.\n
**[15:02] ---**
It's because I'm a monster that\nI can stand up to that stone creature.\n
**[15:08] ---**
I will protect those who\nare dear to me with my power.\n
**[15:13] ---**
That's why I'm... glad to be a monster.\n
**[15:24] ---**
Kazaki--\n
**[15:31] ---**
Kazakiri!!\n
**[15:51] ---**
You see? I'm okay.\n
**[16:34] ---**
"Kazakiri... Hyoka..."\n
**[16:40] ---**
There's no weight here, nor any air currents.\n
**[16:43] ---**
It is made by the AIM diffusion\nfields emitted by the espers.\n
**[16:49] ---**
An ephemeral city--\n
**[16:52] ---**
an unseen place that exists in the same location...\n
**[16:56] ---**
...as Academy City.\n
**[17:00] ---**
I was afraid of this ephemeral city...\n
**[17:05] ---**
where I would provide a role\nfor someone just by looking at them;\n
**[17:10] ---**
...where I would turn a person's\nlife upside-down with just a thought.\n
**[17:15] ---**
My role was to be a mainspring.\n
**[17:20] ---**
My part in this gigantic\nwind-up machine called society\n
**[17:22] ---**
was to be the mainspring\nthat breathed life into it.\n
**[17:28] ---**
I couldn't go outside.\n
**[17:31] ---**
While I could see the\nthings and people outside,\n
**[17:33] ---**
I was unable to touch them, or talk to them.\n
**[17:38] ---**
But then, at that moment, for the first time...\n
**[17:49] ---**
...I went into the outside world.\n
**[17:52] ---**
Excuse me...\n
**[17:56] ---**
You have to push the button.\n
**[17:59] ---**
Today, for the first time, I spoke.\n
**[18:02] ---**
For the first time, I put on gym clothes.\n
**[18:04] ---**
For the first time, a boy saw me undressed.\n
**[18:07] ---**
For the first time, I went into a game center...\n
**[18:09] ---**
...where I was seen undressed again.\n
**[18:12] ---**
Today, for the first time, I made friends.\n
**[18:19] ---**
Now that I realize the monster that I am,\n
**[18:22] ---**
she may not be my friend anymore.\n
**[18:25] ---**
But even so... I...\n
**[18:30] ---**
I...\n
**[18:40] ---**
Hey, Sphinx!\n
**[18:44] ---**
If you don't stop being difficult,\nI really will have to punish you.\n
**[18:48] ---**
Come on, back to the waiting spot.\nDo you understand?\n
**[19:07] ---**
Are footsteps causing this shaking?\n
**[19:36] ---**
The basic theory is from Kabbalah.\n
**[19:38] ---**
Primary application is\ndefense and elimination of hostiles;\n
**[19:41] ---**
first derived in the 16th century,\nit has wide application.\n
**[19:45] ---**
English Puritan formula\ncombined with the original;\n
**[19:48] ---**
linguistic derivation\nchanged from Hebrew to English.\n
**[19:51] ---**
Judging by formulaic construct, \n
**[19:53] ---**
not self-controlled,\nbut rather remote controlled.\n
**[19:55] ---**
In which case...\n
**[20:00] ---**
\nTTTR!\n
**[20:00] ---**
"Turn to the right"\nTTTR!\n
**[20:09] ---**
\nCFA.\n
**[20:09] ---**
"Change for above"\nCFA.\n
**[20:12] ---**
\nPIOBTLL.\n
**[20:12] ---**
"Put in order back the left leg"\nPIOBTLL.\n
**[20:20] ---**
I'm not able to use magic,\nbut I am able to disrupt the spell.\n
**[20:26] ---**
"Spell Intercept."\n
**[20:27] ---**
By using these imposition chants\nto cut off the caster's control...\n
**[20:36] ---**
\nCR, BBF, TTNATWITOD\n
**[20:36] ---**
"Change right; bind both feet;\nCR, BBF, TTNATWITOD\n
**[20:38] ---**
turn the neck and waist in the opposite direction"\nCR, BBF, TTNATWITOD\n
**[20:47] ---**
Manipulating him isn't enough.\n
**[20:50] ---**
I'll backtrack his self-repair operations,\n
**[20:52] ---**
which cycle through about every three seconds.\n
**[20:59] ---**
If I can use it against him...\n
**[21:07] ---**
There!\n
**[21:21] ---**
This just might work.\n
**[21:32] ---**
CR...\n
**[21:47] ---**
\nMBFPADCOG!\n
**[21:47] ---**
"Make both feet parallel and destroy center of gravity"\nMBFPADCOG!\n
**[21:56] ---**
This isn't good. He switched\nfrom remote control to self-control!\n
**[21:59] ---**
I can't intercept anymore!\n
**[22:12] ---**
Toma...\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\n
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"\nAs feelings become crossed, a new flashpoint is created.\n
**[23:58] ---**
\nAs feelings become crossed, a new flashpoint is created.\n
**[23:59] ---**
No matter what happens\nnow, we will always be...\n
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Imaginary Number\nSchool District - Five-Element Agency."\n
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n
# 24 - Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency
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**[00:39] ---**
I'm okay with being a monster.\n
**[00:41] ---**
It's because I'm a monster that I didn't die,\n
**[00:44] ---**
even after all the pounding\nthat stone creature gave me.\n
**[00:47] ---**
It's because I'm a monster that\nI can stand up to that stone creature.\n
**[00:53] ---**
I will protect those who\nare dear to me with my power.\n
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That's why I'm... glad to be a monster.\n
**[01:02] ---**
Damn! I'm not about to let it end!\n
**[01:05] ---**
Kazaki--\n
**[01:06] ---**
Kazakiri!!\n
**[01:09] ---**
I'm not going to let it end\nin such a senseless outcome!\n
**[01:25] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index"\n
**[01:30] ---**
*Some day-to-day is a parallel world *
**[01:33] ---**
*A masterpiece of thousands of timelines, *
**[01:36] ---**
*no two of which are the same, *
**[01:37] ---**
*interwoven into a new time and space *
**[01:41] ---**
*The tip of a pen scribbling out a script on blank paper freezes *
**[01:47] ---**
*Strive for originality, since you're going down this road anyway *
**[01:54] ---**
*(Believe) Race along (far away) *
**[01:59] ---**
*(Feel) Kick off from the ground (kick the ground) *
**[02:07] ---**
*The sensation of living your life ablaze for something *
**[02:14] ---**
*is sure to be power enough to rival anyone *
**[02:20] ---**
*I likely know what happiness is at this moment (when I believed it) *
**[02:26] ---**
*This feeling marks a new page for me (I can go to the next stage) *
**[02:33] ---**
*It's only my thing *
**[02:44] ---**
"#24 Imaginary Number School\nDistrict - Five-Element Agency"\n
**[03:05] ---**
If you're looking for Ellis, I sent him on ahead.\n
**[03:07] ---**
I'll bet he's arriving\nat his target right about now.\n
**[03:12] ---**
Or maybe, he's turned into flesh and blood by now.\n
**[03:17] ---**
Why, you...!\n
**[03:19] ---**
That's good. You stay here and face me.\n
**[03:23] ---**
I let that girl go by.\n
**[03:25] ---**
Do you mean Kazakiri?!\n
**[03:27] ---**
You seem to be able to bring down Ellis, and all.\n
**[03:30] ---**
To start a war.\n
**[03:32] ---**
What the hell are you thinking?\n
**[03:36] ---**
Right now, science and magic\nare both evenly balanced, right?\n
**[03:39] ---**
So why are you doing this?!\n
**[03:41] ---**
When espers use magic,\nit destroys their bodies.\n
**[03:46] ---**
I wonder if you've ever heard that.\n
**[03:48] ---**
What?\n
**[03:49] ---**
Didn't you think it was strange,\nhow anyone would know about that?\n
**[03:55] ---**
They attempted it. About twenty years ago,\n
**[03:59] ---**
a movement was born among one of our posts\n
**[04:02] ---**
to have science and magic join hands.\n
**[04:05] ---**
It tried to give rise to a new crafter,\n
**[04:07] ---**
one who combine their abilities with magic.\n
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The result...\n
**[04:14] ---**
Ellis was my friend.\n
**[04:17] ---**
Ellis was an esper who\nhad been brought to Academy City\n
**[04:20] ---**
by one of the factions at the time.\n
**[04:25] ---**
Thanks to the spells that I taught\nhim, Ellis became a bloody mess.\n
**[04:30] ---**
While trying to allow me\nto escape from the knights\n
**[04:33] ---**
who came to bring down the facility,\n
**[04:35] ---**
Ellis was struck by a mace, and died.\n
**[04:39] ---**
We should remain segregated!\n
**[04:42] ---**
Magicians with magicians,\nand scientists with scientists.\n
**[04:46] ---**
If we each don't establish our own domains,\n
**[04:48] ---**
the same thing will happen, again and again!\n
**[04:51] ---**
Damn it, it sounds like we're\nnot talking about the same thing.\n
**[04:54] ---**
If the point is to protect one other,\nwhat good is starting a war?!\n
**[04:58] ---**
No, you don't actually want to, do you?\n
**[05:03] ---**
For you to accomplish your objective,\n
**[05:05] ---**
just causing a situation where war *almost* breaks out is good enough.
**[05:09] ---**
Don't give yourself too much credit, you little punk!\n
**[05:12] ---**
How dare you give me that "poor you" look!\n
**[05:17] ---**
The ground is my ally.\n
**[05:19] ---**
As such, down here in the darkness,\nenclosed under the ground,\n
**[05:22] ---**
is my territory!\n
**[05:24] ---**
It can't be!\n
**[05:25] ---**
Is she planning to bring the whole tunnel down?!\n
**[05:26] ---**
Let it all crumble!\nJust like a man made of mud!\n
**[05:29] ---**
Damn, what do I do?!\n
**[05:31] ---**
Then do you know something, Toma?\n
**[05:33] ---**
When performing a spell,\nif the direction and position of the caster\n
**[05:37] ---**
are off by even a little bit, it doesn't take effect.\n
**[05:40] ---**
Do *you* know what the golden ratio is?
**[05:43] ---**
--That's it!\n
**[05:44] ---**
--Swallow up the fool! Mix him in under the mud!\n--That's it!\n
**[05:47] ---**
The magic circles on the walls\nand ceiling are there to bury me alive.\n
**[05:51] ---**
And I will flesh out your body!\n
**[05:55] ---**
If so, there's no need to\ndraw magic circles on the ground!\n
**[05:59] ---**
If that's true, then this magic circle\n
**[06:01] ---**
is there to protect her!\n
**[06:04] ---**
What?!\n
**[06:08] ---**
It's stopped?\n
**[06:24] ---**
Damn.\n
**[06:26] ---**
Damn it all.\n
**[06:30] ---**
I have to... create a flashpoint... for a war...\n
**[06:35] ---**
Academy City's guard has grown lax.\n
**[06:39] ---**
Even the English Puritan Church\nhas been presumptuous enough \n
**[06:42] ---**
to allow their grimoire index be kept elsewhere.\n
**[06:45] ---**
The situation is the\nsame as it was with Ellis.\n
**[06:49] ---**
Such tragedy came out of that incident.\n
**[06:53] ---**
If this happens on a scale\ninvolving all of Academy City\n
**[06:55] ---**
and the English Puritan Church...\n
**[06:57] ---**
What rubbish.\n
**[07:00] ---**
It's okay to be angry. Even sorrowful.\n
**[07:03] ---**
But even so,\n
**[07:04] ---**
what has Kazakiri done?!\nDid Index do anything to you?!\n
**[07:09] ---**
Once you turn the\nbrunt of this onto someone else,\n
**[07:11] ---**
that's when the real conflict erupts!\n
**[07:14] ---**
You don't get it.\n
**[07:16] ---**
Damn it, I'd like to kill all of\nthe sorcerers and the scientists.\n
**[07:21] ---**
But it's more than just that!\nI also don't really want to make\n
**[07:24] ---**
the sorcerers and the\nespers fight with each other!\n
**[07:29] ---**
My head has been screwed up\nabout this from the start.\n
**[07:34] ---**
I don't just have one conviction here;\n
**[07:36] ---**
They're as numerous as the stars.\n
**[07:40] ---**
Why haven't you figured it out?\n
**[07:42] ---**
That conviction you have inside you\n
**[07:44] ---**
has always been a single one,\nright from the start?\n
**[07:47] ---**
Ultimately, you just wanted\nnot to lose your dear friend, right?\n
**[07:54] ---**
Did it look to you\n
**[07:56] ---**
like I was reluctantly\nforced into being stuck with Index?\n
**[07:59] ---**
Did it look like we would break out in fighting\n
**[08:02] ---**
if we weren't segregated into our own territories?\n
**[08:04] ---**
We could go on being together forever\n
**[08:06] ---**
without doing anything like that!\n
**[08:09] ---**
So don't take my dear friend away from me!\n
**[08:13] ---**
Intimus 115!\n
**[08:15] ---**
What?!\n
**[08:20] ---**
Oh, so that's it.\n
**[08:22] ---**
Saying you having convictions\nthat number as the stars...\n
**[08:25] ---**
Die, you esper!\n
**[08:27] ---**
...means that you're aware...\n
**[08:31] ---**
...that somewhere inside you, you feel...\n
**[08:38] ---**
That you want to be stopped!\n
**[08:49] ---**
This isn't good. He switched\nfrom remote control to self-control!\n
**[08:53] ---**
I can't intercept anymore!\n
**[08:55] ---**
Nothing... can reach... Ellis... anymore...\n
**[09:03] ---**
Ellis...\n
**[09:07] ---**
Kazakiri... Index...!\n
**[09:15] ---**
Toma...\n
**[09:35] ---**
Hyoka?!\n
**[09:43] ---**
Hyoka...\n
**[09:45] ---**
Run.\n
**[09:47] ---**
Hurry and run away.\nIt's still too dangerous here.\n
**[10:12] ---**
The golem is out of control. \n
**[10:14] ---**
He may not be able to\ncontrol his regenerative functions.\n
**[10:22] ---**
Hyoka, let's hurry and get out of here!\n
**[10:24] ---**
You hurry up and go.\n
**[10:26] ---**
"*You* hurry up"? What are you doing, Hyoka?
**[10:29] ---**
I... have to stop that monster.\n
**[10:32] ---**
You can't! You can't think\nthat you can fight that monster!\n
**[10:37] ---**
If you do that, Hyoka,\nthere's no way you'll survive!\n
**[10:41] ---**
It's all right. I'm not human, either.\n
**[10:47] ---**
I'm sorry to have kept it from you up to now.\n
**[10:52] ---**
Hyoka!\n
**[11:13] ---**
To fight a monster, you need another monster.\n
**[11:17] ---**
I can't ever go back there anymore.\n
**[11:20] ---**
That time will never return.\n
**[11:27] ---**
Which is why...\n
**[11:28] ---**
Which is why there's no way I can cast it aside!\n
**[11:32] ---**
Hyoka!\n
**[11:35] ---**
After all, you're my friend!\n
**[11:37] ---**
Kazakiri!!\n
**[11:43] ---**
Toma!\n
**[11:45] ---**
I told you,\n
**[11:47] ---**
I was going to show you\nthat there is still redemption\n
**[11:51] ---**
in this world in which you live!\n
**[12:04] ---**
It's over.\n
**[12:06] ---**
And now, my fond illusion comes to an end.\n
**[12:28] ---**
Whew, what a mess.\n
**[12:31] ---**
What is all this?\n
**[12:35] ---**
Don't tell me this is your doing, too.\n
**[12:38] ---**
I know this happens every time,\n
**[12:41] ---**
but just how much trouble are you caught up in?\n
**[12:57] ---**
What's wrong?\n
**[12:59] ---**
Oh, Sissy, here's where you are-- eh?!\n
**[13:04] ---**
Don't tell me *you* did this, Sissy!
**[13:08] ---**
Eh? N-No, I didn't!\n
**[13:11] ---**
Before too long,\nAntiskill or Judgment will show up here.\n
**[13:15] ---**
Let's get out of here before there's any trouble.\n
**[13:18] ---**
I told you, it's not like that--\n
**[13:43] ---**
I knew what would happen from the beginning.\n
**[13:46] ---**
Anyone would have known, wouldn't they?\n
**[13:49] ---**
What would happen once it\nwas found out that I was a monster?\n
**[13:56] ---**
I didn't want this, either, you know.\n
**[13:59] ---**
But I didn't have any choice, did I?\n
**[14:02] ---**
She's my friend-- the first person\nin my life who called me her friend,\n
**[14:07] ---**
and I wanted to save her.\n
**[14:13] ---**
Why do I have to lose her now?\n
**[14:18] ---**
Why does she have to be afraid of me?\n
**[14:23] ---**
I-I... I... just couldn't bear\nto have my dear friend get hurt!\n
**[14:33] ---**
So all I did was stand up to that thing!\n
**[14:36] ---**
I wanted us to be together always!\n
**[14:39] ---**
I was sure that we would get along! But...\n
**[14:44] ---**
obviously, that's impossible now, isn't it?\n
**[14:47] ---**
Even if she would be\nafraid of me, and dislike me,\n
**[14:50] ---**
there's no way I could have\nstood by and let her die, right?\n
**[14:58] ---**
Does it hurt?\n
**[15:01] ---**
Are you sad?\n
**[15:06] ---**
If that's how you feel, then you are no monster.\n
**[15:15] ---**
It may be a hackneyed, clichéd thing to say,\n
**[15:18] ---**
but you are human. I guarantee it.\n
**[15:22] ---**
And another thing,\n
**[15:24] ---**
your illusion is not over yet.\n
**[15:33] ---**
Huh?\n
**[15:40] ---**
But why? This isn’t normal, is it?\n
**[15:48] ---**
I-I'm not human. \n
**[15:52] ---**
So why is she looking at me,\n
**[15:55] ---**
and making the kind of\nface a friend would make?\n
**[16:01] ---**
Sure, your body may be \n
**[16:03] ---**
put together a little\ndifferently from other people, \n
**[16:06] ---**
and you can do things that\nother people can't, but even so...\n
**[16:11] ---**
Hyoka!\n
**[16:17] ---**
...it doesn't change the fact\nthat you are Index's friend, does it?\n
**[16:26] ---**
Are you happy now?\n
**[16:29] ---**
You are now even closer to\nthe completion of a key to controlling\n
**[16:32] ---**
the Imaginary Number School\nDistrict's Five-Element Agency.\n
**[16:37] ---**
Honestly, you look like a monster to me.\n
**[16:40] ---**
Who would dream that the\nImaginary Number School District\n
**[16:43] ---**
is actually an AIM diffusion field?\nNo one would ever think that.\n
**[16:48] ---**
And to plant a sense of self\ninto it and help it to materialize\n
**[16:52] ---**
is not what I'd consider a sane act.\n
**[16:55] ---**
What are you thinking, Aleister?!\n
**[16:59] ---**
Hold on.\nThe Imaginary Number School District\n
**[17:01] ---**
is an aggregation of a kind of power\n
**[17:04] ---**
that exists in a different phase from humanity.\n
**[17:06] ---**
A life form that is formed as a result of it...\n
**[17:10] ---**
I know what such a being is...\n
**[17:15] ---**
An angel.\n
**[17:17] ---**
If residents of the Imaginary Number School District,\n
**[17:19] ---**
like Kazakiri, are described as angels,\n
**[17:22] ---**
then the city where they reside would then be...\n
**[17:27] ---**
Don't tell me you're trying\nto create an artificial heaven!\n
**[17:32] ---**
I don't know what to say\nabout angels and heaven and such.\n
**[17:36] ---**
Don't give me that. \n
**[17:37] ---**
There isn't anyone who\nknows more about it than you do,\n
**[17:41] ---**
Aleister Crowley, the Sorcerer.\n
**[17:46] ---**
This incident has gradually started\nto send the world off the rails.\n
**[17:50] ---**
You've intentionally lured a member\n
**[17:52] ---**
of the English Puritan Church to\nthe city, then got rid of her.\n
**[17:59] ---**
I don't get whatever it\nis you're thinking. However,\n
**[18:03] ---**
if you're going to keep using\nthe Imagine Breaker, be prepared.\n
**[18:08] ---**
If you go up against him\nwith half-hearted conviction,\n
**[18:10] ---**
that right hand of\nhis will devour your world.\n
**[18:16] ---**
The world that I believed\nin fell apart a very long time ago.\n
**[18:25] ---**
Here, look at me!\n
**[18:27] ---**
This time, I didn't even\nhave to be admitted, did I?\n
**[18:29] ---**
Wow, am I awesome! That's a\nmark of a little bit of progress, huh?\n
**[18:34] ---**
Isn't that right?\n
**[18:36] ---**
Kamijo, you know something,\nyou really, really, really...!\n
**[18:40] ---**
Don't you have any idea of\nthe trouble you cause for others?!\n
**[18:44] ---**
For heaven's sake, for you to\nhave to have Antiskill look after you...\n
**[18:49] ---**
Like I said, watch out for Kazakiri Hyoka.\n
**[18:52] ---**
After all the warning I gave you, too...\n
**[18:55] ---**
You should really have that personality,\nwhich makes you reckless\n
**[18:58] ---**
when you get to know girls,\nthoroughly remedied sometime.\n
**[19:02] ---**
Um, I'm sort of terrified\nby the two people behind me.\n
**[19:05] ---**
Are you sure I can't check myself in?\n
**[19:07] ---**
Perhaps with doctor's orders for\npeace and quiet, with no visitors?\n
**[19:12] ---**
U-Um, your skirt...\n
**[19:16] ---**
Aren't you going to fix it?\n
**[19:18] ---**
Is it that weird?\n
**[19:20] ---**
I-It is weird. It's very weird.\n
**[19:25] ---**
It was strange enough as it was,\nbut now, it's even more strange.\n
**[19:30] ---**
As it *was*?
**[19:35] ---**
Hyoka, are you...?\n
**[19:38] ---**
M-Mm-hmm. My body is\nlike a big mass of psychic energy.\n
**[19:45] ---**
No matter what I do,\n
**[19:47] ---**
it won't change the fact\nthat I'm an unstable being.\n
**[19:51] ---**
Does that, by any chance,\nhave to do with Toma's right hand?\n
**[19:54] ---**
Mm-mm.\n
**[19:56] ---**
If I had received some of his power,\n
**[19:58] ---**
I'd have already vanished without a trace.\n
**[20:04] ---**
Oh, yeah...\n
**[20:05] ---**
About his power-- I don't\nunderstand it too well myself,\n
**[20:12] ---**
but it can't be explained as just esper ability.\n
**[20:18] ---**
Now then...\n
**[20:21] ---**
Hyoka...?\n
**[20:26] ---**
I have to go back now.\n
**[20:30] ---**
Hyoka!\n
**[20:39] ---**
It's okay, don't worry. My body is\nmade up of the powers of many people.\n
**[20:47] ---**
Even if I do disappear for a time,\n
**[20:49] ---**
it's not as though I am dying. \n
**[20:52] ---**
It just means you won't be able to see me.\n
**[20:55] ---**
And even though you might not\nknow it, I will always be by your side.\n
**[21:04] ---**
Hyoka...\n
**[21:09] ---**
We'll play together again, right?\n
**[21:13] ---**
Of course.\n
**[21:22] ---**
"Good luck getting ready for the Daihasei Festival!"\n
**[21:23] ---**
"Good luck getting ready for the Daihasei Festival!"\nWell you see, I'm really busy during the second term.\n
**[21:24] ---**
\nWell you see, I'm really busy during the second term.\n
**[21:25] ---**
*In the casual present *Well you see, I'm really busy during the second term.
**[21:27] ---**
*In the casual present *But I've got nothing to do, and I'm bored!
**[21:29] ---**
*and even the unseen morrow, *But I've got nothing to do, and I'm bored!
**[21:30] ---**
*and even the unseen morrow, *Toma doesn't pay any attention, and won't play with me.
**[21:33] ---**
*and even the unseen morrow, *"Kanamin"
**[21:34] ---**
*my unwavering feelings, at least *"Kanamin"
**[21:35] ---**
*my unwavering feelings, at least *So you see, this is what's known as a magician.
**[21:38] ---**
*remain hidden within my heart *
**[21:38] ---**
*remain hidden within my heart *What do you think? Pretty moe, huh?
**[21:40] ---**
*remain hidden within my heart *Come on, Hime, you, too! Come on! Come on!
**[21:42] ---**
*I press through the voices, *Come on, Hime, you, too! Come on! Come on!
**[21:43] ---**
*I press through the voices, *Is this moe, too?
**[21:44] ---**
*I press through the voices, *Okay,
**[21:46] ---**
*I press through the voices, *let's get homeroom started right away.
**[21:47] ---**
*laughing it off as a coincidence, *let's get homeroom started right away.
**[21:49] ---**
*laughing it off as a coincidence, *
**[21:50] ---**
*to make it all the way across *
**[21:51] ---**
*to make it all the way across *Huh? Where's Tsuchimikado?
**[21:55] ---**
*I believe in myself *
**[21:57] ---**
*I believe in myself *Yeah, I'm already on the job.
**[21:59] ---**
\nYeah, I'm already on the job.\n
**[22:00] ---**
*What comes back to my mind is that *
**[22:03] ---**
*for the wishes I wanted to come true, I always said *
**[22:07] ---**
*"one more time, just one more time," *
**[22:11] ---**
*"one more time, just one more time," *So I'm going to look after those two?
**[22:12] ---**
*and kept on pushing *So I'm going to look after those two?
**[22:13] ---**
*and kept on pushing *Yes, if you please.
**[22:15] ---**
*(just a little bit) *Yes, if you please.
**[22:15] ---**
*(just a little bit) *
**[22:17] ---**
*Sure, the feelings that I've lost *
**[22:20] ---**
*may change form, but still, *
**[22:24] ---**
*until the day comes when I get them back, *
**[22:26] ---**
*until the day comes when I get them back, *Ah, how careless of me!
**[22:28] ---**
*until the day comes when I get them back, *My ribbon has drifted into Sissy's forbidden area!
**[22:29] ---**
*I am sure I'll keep looking for them *My ribbon has drifted into Sissy's forbidden area!
**[22:32] ---**
*(Just a little bit, one more time) *Kuroko!
**[22:34] ---**
*(Just a little bit, one more time) *
**[22:49] ---**
There is a situation which requires\n
**[22:51] ---**
the assistance of the grimoire index.\n
**[22:55] ---**
Have her "manager" come, as well.\n
**[22:57] ---**
Her "manager," huh? As you wish.\n
**[23:01] ---**
I will leave with Kanzaki for Japan at once.\n
**[23:04] ---**
About that. We have been unable to reach Kanzaki.\n
**[23:08] ---**
What do you mean, Archbishop?\n
**[23:11] ---**
Mm, since I have chosen my low-key attire,\n
**[23:14] ---**
you shouldn't address me\nin such an ostentatious manner.\n
**[23:18] ---**
Laura Stuart. That is how you shall address me.\n
**[23:23] ---**
"Go for broke in the Daihasei\nFestival, Academy City!"\n
**[23:33] ---**
U-Um, Index...?\n
**[23:36] ---**
Toma, you forgot that the\nrefrigerator was empty, didn't you?\n
**[23:43] ---**
Toma, you're eating that\ntasty food all by yourself, huh?\n
**[23:46] ---**
Oh, no, this is a leftover from lunch...\n
**[23:49] ---**
Toma, you're the only one who ate lunch, huh?!\n
**[23:54] ---**
I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I'm hungry!\n
**[24:01] ---**
Just my luck!\n
# Season 2
# 25 - The Last Day (August 31)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:50] ---**
Ah, damn it, already!
**[00:54] ---**
Prerequisites for the
ESP Card experiment?
**[00:57] ---**
Don't go thinking that Level 0
Kamijo knows something like that.
**[01:08] ---**
Imagine Breaker--the marvelous
power that resides in my right hand.
**[01:13] ---**
Apparently, it is able to cancel
out any other extraordinary power
**[01:16] ---**
with a single touch.
**[01:19] ---**
But a fantastic power like this
**[01:21] ---**
doesn't have any effect on my
summer vacation homework problems.
**[01:26] ---**
What's more, on this day, of all days,
**[01:29] ---**
Misaka Mikoto pressured me
into pretending to be her boyfriend,
**[01:32] ---**
not to mention, I was chased
around by an Aztecan magician,
**[01:35] ---**
as one crazy incident
after another piled up on me.
**[01:39] ---**
The practical upshot of all of this being...
**[01:42] ---**
...that I haven't finished
most of my homework.
**[01:48] ---**
I get it. Magical Powered
Kanamin takes the Parts of Ether
**[01:51] ---**
the lotus staff for the Elementals,
**[01:54] ---**
and reproduces them in plastic, right?
**[01:57] ---**
--How wonderfully Japanese-styled that is!
**[01:58] ---**
--Listen, Miss Index...
--How wonderfully Japanese-styled that is!
**[02:00] ---**
I'm not going to tell you not to watch TV,
**[02:04] ---**
but as for the volume, at least...
**[02:05] ---**
Toma, you never do anything fun with me.
**[02:09] ---**
That's why I'm escaping
into the world of television!
**[02:19] ---**
Ow...
**[02:20] ---**
Ah, man! Why is it that now,
when I have no time,
**[02:23] ---**
you come up with more things
for me to do?! Huh? Hold on...
**[02:26] ---**
Where's that worksheet that
I was only half-way done with?
**[02:28] ---**
Or Classical Japanese problem set?
Or my math reference book?
**[02:32] ---**
Ah, Toma!
**[02:33] ---**
Oh, did you find something?
**[02:35] ---**
It's after 3 o'clock.
**[02:37] ---**
Huh?
**[02:41] ---**
I'd sure like a snack.
**[02:45] ---**
Just my luck.
**[02:51] ---**
Index Librorum Prohibitorum...
**[02:56] ---**
The List of Prohibited Books, huh?
**[03:16] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[03:20] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[03:25] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[03:29] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[03:35] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[03:40] ---**
*But the angel continued to smile in discernment*
**[03:51] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[03:56] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[04:01] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[04:07] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[04:14] ---**
*No buts!*
**[04:32] ---**
Wow, it sure was a lot of trouble,
**[04:34] ---**
locating this worksheet
among the pile of manga it was in.
**[04:38] ---**
Tell me, Toma, am I great, or am I great?
**[04:42] ---**
Don't you have anything
to say to me? Well? Well?
**[04:46] ---**
So, what is it you're
trying to say to me?
**[04:49] ---**
I did a lot of work for you,
so I want a reward deserving of it.
**[04:53] ---**
Meaning that I want to eat something.
**[04:54] ---**
You just finished *my* half
of the pudding, too, didn't you?!
**[04:57] ---**
Oh, maybe that would be good.
**[04:59] ---**
"Hirayama Rami's 5-hour Cooking!"
"How to Make Tofu Hamburger"
**[04:59] ---**
Today we'll cover "How to Make 5-hour Tofu Hamburger."
**[05:02] ---**
I told you, I don't have time
to make something like that!
**[05:05] ---**
It's just after 5:00 pm now,
**[05:07] ---**
leaving about seven
hours before the date changes,
**[05:09] ---**
so even if I'm ready
to work through the night,
**[05:11] ---**
there's less than fifteen more
hours before I have to go to school!
**[05:13] ---**
--And in just that much time...
--Toma...
**[05:16] ---**
It's not good to push yourself so hard.
**[05:19] ---**
Your brain has to work even
harder when you're so on-edge.
**[05:23] ---**
Don't overexert yourself.
**[05:24] ---**
You're the *last* person
I want to hear that from!
**[05:31] ---**
This is it.
**[05:39] ---**
Wind Magic Bowstring!
**[05:53] ---**
Striking Bowstring!
**[06:08] ---**
Not here?
**[06:10] ---**
I just had a nasty feeling...
**[06:13] ---**
Toma! Toma!
**[06:14] ---**
Can I order anything from here?
**[06:17] ---**
What? What do you want?
**[06:19] ---**
Okay, then...
The most expensive thing!
**[06:23] ---**
All right, ¥2000 worth of raw eggs...
**[06:26] ---**
Toma!
**[06:28] ---**
I, Kamijo Toma, together with Index,
**[06:30] ---**
decided to go to a family
restaurant for a change of pace.
**[06:33] ---**
I was busy plugging away
**[06:35] ---**
at what was left of my
summer vacation homework.
**[06:43] ---**
Thank you for waiting--
**[06:54] ---**
There you are.
**[06:57] ---**
And now, to battle.
**[07:01] ---**
My survey report on
the development of abilities...
**[07:04] ---**
Excuse me! I will bring something
to wipe this up with right away!
**[07:07] ---**
--Th-Then again, Toma,
you can still make out the letters,
**[07:08] ---**
--Three pages.
--Th-Then again, Toma, you can still make out the letters,
**[07:10] ---**
--I'd already written three pages.
--so if you copy it down exactly to a new manuscript sheet,
**[07:13] ---**
you can still use it.
**[07:15] ---**
When you consider that you don't
have to think everything up again,
**[07:18] ---**
just think of all the trouble you'll save!
**[07:27] ---**
The starting shot to war is raised!
**[07:29] ---**
Sunder Magic Bowstring!
**[07:43] ---**
Why, you...!
**[07:44] ---**
What the hell are you--
**[07:47] ---**
Over here.
**[07:49] ---**
I did not anticipate this outcome.
**[07:52] ---**
It would please me if we
can limit any wanton loss of life.
**[07:55] ---**
If you will surrender yourself,
I will take no action against you.
**[07:58] ---**
So long as I obtain my objective...
**[08:03] ---**
M-My...
**[08:04] ---**
My homework has turned into confetti...
**[08:07] ---**
Hey! You there! You did this,
so you have to make it right!
**[08:12] ---**
You have to do my homework again!
**[08:14] ---**
None of my concern.
**[08:20] ---**
Okay, Kamijo is feeling
just a little bit violent today.
**[08:25] ---**
Wait, huh?
**[08:28] ---**
I will be brief.
**[08:30] ---**
I am not interested in childish games.
**[08:33] ---**
What do you think you're doing?
What are you going to do to Index?!
**[08:36] ---**
I'm sure you know,
**[08:38] ---**
if you are aware that this
is the List of Prohibited Books
**[08:41] ---**
who has memorized the 103,000 volumes...
**[08:44] ---**
Are you a magician?
**[08:46] ---**
Indeed I am.
**[08:48] ---**
Transparent Magic Bowstring!
**[08:50] ---**
Hold it, you bastard!
**[08:54] ---**
There's something small and soft right here!
**[08:56] ---**
Is that you there, Index?
**[09:02] ---**
W-What...?
**[09:08] ---**
Damn, he got me!
**[09:10] ---**
Excuse me, sir...
**[09:18] ---**
I didn't make her carry a cell phone
with her for times like this, but...
**[09:21] ---**
No reason why she would answer. Damn!
**[09:24] ---**
Just where am I supposed to look for her?
**[09:28] ---**
Hey!
**[09:30] ---**
Hey! Where are you going, Sphinx?!
**[09:32] ---**
Wait up!
**[09:36] ---**
A hotel?
**[09:37] ---**
Don't tell me Index is in there!
**[09:40] ---**
Is that where she is, Sphinx?!
**[09:47] ---**
In there?!
**[09:49] ---**
Index!
**[09:52] ---**
Hey, you! Don't you have any
sense of obligation to your master?!
**[09:56] ---**
Index *is* the one who took you in,
you know, if only temporarily!
**[10:00] ---**
Come on, let's go
look for her, right away!
**[10:29] ---**
I'm surprised.
**[10:31] ---**
In just this short time,
you've already untied two knots.
**[10:35] ---**
Japan may have given rise to its
own unique culture of rope tortures,
**[10:38] ---**
but I will not talk
under such rough measures.
**[10:42] ---**
I told you, torturing
you is not my objective.
**[10:47] ---**
I wish to obtain one of
the grimoires that is inside you.
**[10:56] ---**
Now...
**[10:58] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[10:58] ---**
I must first raise a magical field for amplification purposes...
**[11:06] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:10] ---**
What is that magician
planning to do to Index?
**[11:14] ---**
Damn it! Where am
I supposed to look?!
**[11:18] ---**
Whoa-oa-oa...
**[11:20] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[11:31] ---**
Hey, you! What are you doing here?!
**[11:35] ---**
Geez, it seems like you're
always running around somewhere.
**[11:39] ---**
If everything's all right,
then call me and say it's all right!
**[11:43] ---**
Oh, come to think of it,
you don't know my number, do you?
**[11:48] ---**
H-Huh? Eh?!
**[11:58] ---**
For Pete's sake!
**[11:59] ---**
You're *always* doing this!
Stop messing around with me! Huh?
**[12:04] ---**
How come you look like
you're about to cry, for real?
**[12:07] ---**
I'm in a hurry here, as much as I can be!
**[12:09] ---**
What with the homework,
the kidnapping
**[12:10] ---**
and the commotion
at the family restaurant...!
**[12:11] ---**
So tell me, what do *you* want?!
**[12:14] ---**
Eh? W-What do...
**[12:15] ---**
Oh, well... I was simply upset
that you didn't spend time with me,
**[12:21] ---**
but I don't have anything
that I *want* from you, especially...
**[12:25] ---**
Not that there *would* be...
**[12:28] ---**
Sorry!
**[12:30] ---**
Hey, hold on! Are you seriously
going to leave me here?!
**[12:34] ---**
Hey, I said!
**[12:39] ---**
Is this a Kagura stage?
**[12:41] ---**
Nothing so elaborate as that.
At the end of the day,
**[12:44] ---**
it's closer to a Bon
festival dance grounds.
**[12:48] ---**
And you prepared this to
have me possessed by something?
**[12:53] ---**
Oh, the real reason
I raised the magical field
**[12:56] ---**
was to try to increase the
force of this thing.
**[13:00] ---**
Your Azusa Yumi bow? A ceremonial
item used in Japanese Shinto?
**[13:04] ---**
Magnificent. So your
magical library also covers
**[13:09] ---**
my cultural background, does it?
**[13:11] ---**
--This thing's normal power is, at most,
--Index? Index!
**[13:13] ---**
--only enough to shock the mind,
or to rectify any imbalances.
**[13:13] ---**
--Hey, you hear me? Where are you?!
**[13:18] ---**
However, with all the
right conditions in place,
**[13:21] ---**
it can read the details
within another's mind.
**[13:25] ---**
Yes, even reveal the 103,000 volumes
**[13:29] ---**
that you are hiding so
desperately within your heart.
**[13:33] ---**
N-No!
**[13:34] ---**
Even you must know what would
happen if anyone other than me
**[13:37] ---**
were to touch the grimoires!
**[13:40] ---**
Of course.
**[13:41] ---**
I am well aware.
**[13:46] ---**
What was that?
**[13:57] ---**
That's the hotel from earlier, isn't it?!
**[14:00] ---**
Damn!
**[14:42] ---**
That's the Baopiaozi--
**[14:44] ---**
the grimoire dealing with immortal youth
**[14:46] ---**
and becoming a sage in Chinese culture.
**[14:48] ---**
It contains alchemy to create an elixir
**[14:50] ---**
that can cure any
manner of disease or curse.
**[14:58] ---**
I thought I could do anything
once I became a magician.
**[15:02] ---**
It is because I didn't
want any more setbacks
**[15:06] ---**
that I took the oath
to become a magician.
**[15:10] ---**
At the very least, it was not for this.
**[15:17] ---**
There was a woman who
was dying from some kind of curse.
**[15:22] ---**
A powerless, nobody of a person,
who could do nothing but smile
**[15:27] ---**
while she watched
death close in around her.
**[15:32] ---**
If I couldn't even
help this nobody of a person,
**[15:35] ---**
then there was no "can do
anything" or "not want any setbacks."
**[15:42] ---**
So for this nobody of a woman,
how could I bring any harm to the dream
**[15:46] ---**
that I had been so
carefully fostering up until now?
**[15:58] ---**
Surely it was not for
that nobody of a woman.
**[16:01] ---**
By no means was it because
of that nobody of a woman!
**[16:05] ---**
You're wrong.
**[16:07] ---**
I can tell. Your Azusa Yumi bow's
power has been amplified too much,
**[16:12] ---**
and your mind is
slipping back within me.
**[16:15] ---**
That's why I know.
**[16:17] ---**
You were simply
in love with that woman.
**[16:21] ---**
That's precisely why you
risked your life to save her.
**[16:25] ---**
You hurt others and had to commit
that sin in order to save her.
**[16:30] ---**
That's why you didn't want
to put the blame on that woman.
**[16:34] ---**
That's why you
must not meet this fate!
**[16:37] ---**
Relying on some
grimy grimoire is not the way!
**[16:46] ---**
Toma!
**[16:57] ---**
Toma! Toma!
**[16:59] ---**
Geez, you really had me worried.
**[17:01] ---**
Toma, I'm hungry!
**[17:03] ---**
I'll feed you until you're full later on.
**[17:05] ---**
Toma!
**[17:06] ---**
Is this wrong?
**[17:08] ---**
Is wanting to protect someone,
even in exchange for my own life,
**[17:14] ---**
something that is wrong?!
**[17:24] ---**
Well of course it's wrong.
**[17:32] ---**
You know, don't you,
**[17:34] ---**
how painful it is to have
someone dear to you die on you?
**[17:38] ---**
To have someone suffer,
and be in pain, right before your eyes,
**[17:42] ---**
but there's nothing you can do.
**[17:46] ---**
You know the grief of being
powerless to do anything, don't you?
**[17:51] ---**
You had to have panicked.
It had to have pained you.
**[17:54] ---**
It had to have grieved you.
It had to have hurt you.
**[17:56] ---**
It had to have scared you.
It had to have shaken you.
**[17:58] ---**
It had to have made you scream.
It had to have made you shed tears.
**[18:01] ---**
Which is why it's wrong!
**[18:02] ---**
An intense shock like that
**[18:04] ---**
is not something you
can push on someone else!
**[18:19] ---**
Of all the...
**[18:22] ---**
After reading just
one volume, look at me...
**[18:25] ---**
It's no wonder that a tiny vessel
such as myself found it impossible
**[18:29] ---**
to obtain even a single
volume of the original text.
**[18:36] ---**
My life has been nothing but
a series of setbacks.
**[18:39] ---**
Three times now,
I've given up on my life.
**[18:44] ---**
But even so, there was
something I couldn't give up on.
**[18:49] ---**
It was all for the sake of one thing...
**[19:11] ---**
Ow! Ow!
**[19:12] ---**
What makes you think you can
bring a tidy end to the matter like that?
**[19:16] ---**
That's for my summer vacation homework.
**[19:19] ---**
Sheesh, thanks to you,
my homework is beyond hope now!
**[19:23] ---**
Now then, where is this
person who's so dear to you?
**[19:29] ---**
What?
**[19:30] ---**
We can manage something without
using the List of Prohibited Books.
**[19:36] ---**
Huh?
**[19:37] ---**
You saw my right hand, didn't you?
**[19:39] ---**
I'm not a magician,
so I don't know how bad a curse is,
**[19:44] ---**
but by using this, that curse
will vanish in one shot, won't it?
**[19:49] ---**
Th-That's... ridiculous...
**[19:52] ---**
I'm not so sure, myself,
but that's the way my right hand is.
**[19:59] ---**
Now then, why don't you show us the way?
**[20:03] ---**
I promise you,
we'll help this person you love.
**[20:06] ---**
For that to happen,
we'll need your cooperation.
**[20:09] ---**
So whatever it takes,
you're going to help us.
**[20:12] ---**
You want to help her, don't you?
With your own two hands?
**[20:22] ---**
For crying out loud, now I'm
at the mercy of a magical curse,
**[20:25] ---**
something I don't know anything about.
**[20:28] ---**
Let's all go there together,
**[20:31] ---**
and kill that good-for-nothing fantasy!
**[20:34] ---**
*I can change even the
destiny that entwines me*
**[20:41] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[20:58] ---**
*If I lack the power to
not be outdone by anyone*
**[21:05] ---**
*I can always destroy that illusion*
**[21:10] ---**
*The laid out system
backup install is okay*
**[21:16] ---**
*Fields unknown even
to God become opened*
**[21:22] ---**
*It's a "living form" that not even data*
**[21:27] ---**
*from 100,000 memories
in a moment's miracle can infer*
**[21:34] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[21:40] ---**
*I want the power it
takes to protect somebody*
**[21:45] ---**
*I can change even
the destiny that entwines me*
**[21:53] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[22:38] ---**
"little sister"
**[22:45] ---**
Do you even know...
**[22:48] ---**
...just who it is... that you attacked...?
**[22:56] ---**
For Pete's sake...
**[22:57] ---**
Imagine, England's vaunted knighthood,
**[23:00] ---**
brought down like this.
**[23:03] ---**
Did you come to stop me?
**[23:05] ---**
I was never told to stop you, personally,
**[23:09] ---**
and I have my own task to take care of.
**[23:11] ---**
That would be on whose orders,
**[23:13] ---**
the English Puritan Church,
or Academy City?
**[23:16] ---**
Good question.
**[23:18] ---**
Well, if you use your common sense,
I think you'd know right away.
**[23:21] ---**
That is, if you consider whose spy I am,
you'd know right away.
**[23:30] ---**
I'm leaving now. If you wish to
report to your superiors, feel free.
**[23:35] ---**
Oh, yeah? Ah, I'll just retrieve this bunch.
**[23:38] ---**
I owe you one.
**[23:41] ---**
So anyway, what did you come
all the way here from England for?
**[23:49] ---**
Good question.
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
Index is suddenly taken away.
**[23:57] ---**
A giant conspiracy is being
carried on outside Academy City.
**[24:00] ---**
What is the true purpose of
the group targeting Orsola Aquinas?
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "The Book of the Law."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 26 - The Book of Law
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:34] ---**
Archbishop!
**[00:36] ---**
I told you...
**[00:37] ---**
...call me not by that name.
**[00:41] ---**
In a place like this, without an escort?
**[00:44] ---**
If you wish to speak, can we
not do it at St. George's Cathedral?
**[00:48] ---**
I shall not e'er be confined
within that old minster.
**[00:53] ---**
We shall speak as we walk.
**[00:56] ---**
Well, I suppose that will do.
**[00:59] ---**
Such a wee lad, are you, Stiyl?
**[01:01] ---**
Or perchance you cannot indulge
yourself to walk alongside me?
**[01:07] ---**
Laura Stuart, may I ask you a question?
**[01:10] ---**
How rigid of you. What is it?
**[01:12] ---**
Why is it that you speak in
such a ridiculous manner as you do?
**[01:18] ---**
Eh?
**[01:20] ---**
Uh, huh? Is it strange?
**[01:23] ---**
I even went and checked
with an actual Japanese person!
**[01:26] ---**
And who exactly would that be?
**[01:29] ---**
Someone named Tsuchimikado Motoharu.
**[01:32] ---**
Please, don't take him to
be a standard Japanese person.
**[01:43] ---**
A communications talisman?
**[01:45] ---**
You know of the name
"The Book of the Law" right?
**[01:48] ---**
The grimoire name?
Its author, as I recall,
**[01:52] ---**
is Edward Alexander.
The original text is said to be
**[01:55] ---**
in the Roman Orthodox
Church's Vatican Library.
**[01:59] ---**
However, it is said
that no one can decipher it.
**[02:02] ---**
Not even the List of Prohibited Books,
**[02:05] ---**
who has memorized the 103,000 volumes.
**[02:08] ---**
What if someone who can decipher
"The Book of the Law" came forward?
**[02:12] ---**
What?!
**[02:16] ---**
Shh!
**[02:18] ---**
This person is said to be a Roman
Orthodox nun, named Orsola Aquinas.
**[02:24] ---**
You mean, "The Book of the Law"
**[02:26] ---**
has become an instrument
in the power struggle?
**[02:27] ---**
It's all right. Not yet, at least.
**[02:33] ---**
"The Book of the Law" and Orsola Aquinas--
**[02:36] ---**
the two of them have reportedly
been made off with together.
**[02:40] ---**
Shall we discuss the matter
in greater detail inside?
**[03:03] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[03:07] ---**
*Yubi de hajiku koin mitsumeta*
**[03:12] ---**
*Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY*
**[03:16] ---**
*Mazu kotae wo kikasete*
**[03:22] ---**
*"Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"*
**[03:27] ---**
*Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama*
**[03:38] ---**
*Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai*
**[03:43] ---**
*Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta*
**[03:48] ---**
*Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono*
**[03:54] ---**
*Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[04:01] ---**
*No buts!*
**[04:16] ---**
"#02 The Book of the Law"
**[04:19] ---**
Second term is a busy one.
**[04:22] ---**
With the Daihasei Festival,
the Ichihanaran Festival,
**[04:25] ---**
the Arts Appreciation Festival,
and the Field Trip Festival,
**[04:27] ---**
it's a festival-apalooza, you know?
**[04:31] ---**
Ah! Sphinx, are you okay?
**[04:34] ---**
Still, I've got nothing to do!
I'm bored! It's no fun!
**[04:37] ---**
Toma doesn't ever play with me!
**[04:40] ---**
Kamijo Toma must have
Kamijo Toma's own reasons.
**[04:44] ---**
It's not as though he's tied up
with school because he wants to be.
**[04:49] ---**
Maika, how come *you're
*not tied up with school?
**[04:54] ---**
I'm the exception.
**[04:56] ---**
The fundamentals of a maid's
studies are practical, after all.
**[05:00] ---**
Well, I'll become a maid, too!
**[05:03] ---**
Then maybe I'll go visit Toma's class.
**[05:07] ---**
Hmm... a maid has a tough road to follow.
**[05:10] ---**
It's too hard for a girl who
has zero housekeeping skills.
**[05:15] ---**
Ah! Then, I'll make Toma a maid!
**[05:20] ---**
Then, maybe I'll have Toma come visit!
**[05:23] ---**
You'd be kind not to say
what you just said to Kamijo Toma.
**[05:30] ---**
Mm-hmm, you're right.
**[05:36] ---**
I'm sorry,
**[05:39] ---**
but there's no time
for you to become a maid,
**[05:41] ---**
nor for you to make him a maid.
**[05:47] ---**
"The Daihasei Festival is coming soon"
**[05:49] ---**
"The Daihasei Festival--
**[05:51] ---**
a giant field day that all of
Academy City's schools take part in.
**[05:55] ---**
Its purpose is to observe the
large-scale interaction of espers.
**[06:00] ---**
It is the one day that the
full-strength use of abilities is urged."
**[06:12] ---**
I, Kamijo Toma,
**[06:14] ---**
have lost my memories
due to certain circumstances...
**[06:18] ---**
...and I do not even remember
an event as big as this one.
**[06:35] ---**
Now then,
**[06:36] ---**
what should we have for dinner?
**[06:38] ---**
K-K-Kamijo Toma!
**[06:46] ---**
It's an emergency!
**[06:48] ---**
The silver-haired Sister
has been taken away by someone!
**[06:52] ---**
Huh?
**[06:52] ---**
I'm telling you, kidnapping! Abduction!
**[06:56] ---**
Just a second. What do you mean?
**[06:58] ---**
The kidnapper gave me
this for when you came home.
**[07:05] ---**
"Kamijo Toma...
**[07:07] ---**
...If you value her life,
**[07:10] ---**
come to the site of the abandoned
playhouse "Twilight Theater"
**[07:12] ---**
outside of Academy City
tonight at 7:00. Come alone."
**[07:17] ---**
So then, tell me what
this dumbass looked like.
**[07:20] ---**
Uh... first of all,
he was over 180cm tall.
**[07:24] ---**
His hair was a deep red, and he
had a barcode under his right eye.
**[07:29] ---**
He had a cigarette in his mouth,
and lots of piercings in his ears.
**[07:32] ---**
Uh, it's okay, Maika.
**[07:34] ---**
This criminal is someone
Index and I both know.
**[07:36] ---**
The criminal is someone you know?!
**[07:38] ---**
Is love gone wrong the motive?!
**[07:41] ---**
Uh, no... not the way you mean.
**[07:46] ---**
"Exit Pass"
**[07:48] ---**
An exit... pass?
**[07:53] ---**
I believe you understand
the situation now.
**[07:57] ---**
Mm-hmm. "The Book of the Law"
has been taken away by someone,
**[08:01] ---**
and the one who can decipher it,
Orsola Aquinas, has been taken, too.
**[08:06] ---**
The culprit appears
to be the Amakusa Church.
**[08:12] ---**
How did they get it out of
the drum-tight Vatican Library?
**[08:17] ---**
The Roman Orthodox Church
was moving the Book of the Law
**[08:20] ---**
to a museum in Japan.
**[08:22] ---**
This is absurd!
Something as dangerous as that?!
**[08:26] ---**
So, is the Roman Orthodox
Church sounding out
**[08:29] ---**
the English Puritan Church for assistance?
**[08:32] ---**
No. More importantly,
something unpleasant has come up.
**[08:36] ---**
What is it?
**[08:39] ---**
We cannot reach Kanzaki Kaori.
**[08:43] ---**
Kanzaki was once the
head of the Amakusa Church.
**[08:47] ---**
If she finds out that Amakusa
**[08:48] ---**
is at odds with the
Roman Orthodox Church...
**[08:51] ---**
I would like to have this resolved
before Kanzaki steps in it.
**[08:57] ---**
I do not care what methods you use.
**[09:01] ---**
Kanzaki is one of not even
twenty saints in the whole world.
**[09:07] ---**
You don't mean,
**[09:08] ---**
you want me to fight Kanzaki?
**[09:10] ---**
If the situation calls for it.
**[09:13] ---**
Go contact Academy City for me.
**[09:18] ---**
Stiyl, take this with you.
**[09:26] ---**
What is this?
**[09:27] ---**
I suppose you might call it
a modest little gift for Orsola.
**[09:34] ---**
The List of Prohibited Books...
**[09:37] ---**
We're going to need a specialist, right?
**[09:44] ---**
Why are you dragging Toma into this?
**[09:47] ---**
I don't know. Why should
I have to deal with that guy?
**[09:51] ---**
So then, are we going to
the Amakusa's main headquarters?
**[09:54] ---**
No, the situation has changed somewhat.
**[10:08] ---**
Damn...
**[10:10] ---**
Where is this "Twilight Theater"?
**[10:15] ---**
I don't know anywhere
outside of Academy City.
**[10:24] ---**
A Sister...?
**[10:27] ---**
She couldn't be someone
who knows Index, could she?
**[10:32] ---**
Pardon me...
**[10:34] ---**
Yes? What is it?
**[10:36] ---**
Is this the right bus to get
on if I'm headed to Academy City?
**[10:42] ---**
Academy City?
**[10:43] ---**
No, there are no buses
going to Academy City.
**[10:47] ---**
Huh?
**[10:48] ---**
And not just buses.
**[10:50] ---**
All modes of transportation
from outside have been discontinued.
**[10:52] ---**
There's a gate over there,
so if you'll walk over to it...
**[10:59] ---**
Thank you for taking
the trouble to help me out.
**[11:02] ---**
I said not to get on the bus!
**[11:04] ---**
Oh, right. So you did.
**[11:08] ---**
Like I said, walk over there
and go in through the gate. Got it?
**[11:13] ---**
I am sorry to have bothered you.
**[11:16] ---**
Y-Yeah... Huh?
**[11:19] ---**
Hey, you! You just smiled at
me and pretended to listen, huh?!
**[11:29] ---**
You look like there
is something upsetting you.
**[11:33] ---**
Oh, no, it's nothing.
**[11:38] ---**
Pardon me for saying so,
but you are sweating an awful lot.
**[11:43] ---**
Th-Thank you! B-By the way,
why do you want to go to Academy City?
**[11:51] ---**
Well, as it happens, I...
**[11:55] ---**
...am being pursued.
**[11:57] ---**
Huh? Pursued?
**[12:01] ---**
The situation is a mess.
**[12:04] ---**
Our information is
becoming snarled, too.
**[12:06] ---**
We don't even know whether or
not the Book of the Law is secure.
**[12:10] ---**
I should introduce myself first.
**[12:12] ---**
I am Agnese Sanctis,
of the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[12:17] ---**
Indeed. So, how is the
Amakusa group proceeding?
**[12:23] ---**
Actually, we haven't
precisely analyzed it ourselves.
**[12:27] ---**
One of Amakusa's distinctive
features is their secrecy.
**[12:31] ---**
Amakusa doesn't use overt
incantations or magical arrays.
**[12:35] ---**
All of their rituals and processes
**[12:37] ---**
are concealed within
normal mannerisms or behaviors,
**[12:41] ---**
so not even a professional
magician can tell who they are.
**[12:47] ---**
Hmph, troublesome bunch.
**[12:49] ---**
Ah, it's Toma!
**[12:55] ---**
Orsola Aquinas?!
**[12:55] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:00] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:04] ---**
What's the big idea?!
**[13:05] ---**
Why did you pretend to kidnap her?
**[13:08] ---**
Oh, the secret's out?
**[13:11] ---**
You see, we needed your help to
find someone who has gone missing.
**[13:15] ---**
Find someone?
**[13:16] ---**
Yeah, it's all right, it's all right.
**[13:19] ---**
If you'll just turn the Sister
standing next to you over to us...
**[13:23] ---**
Huh?
**[13:24] ---**
You see...
**[13:26] ---**
...that Sister there is our
missing person, Orsola Aquinas.
**[13:31] ---**
Right then, good work.
You're free to go now.
**[13:36] ---**
Um, what do I get for
walking around out in the sun?
**[13:41] ---**
I told you, you did good work, didn't I?
**[13:43] ---**
What, do you want me to buy
you a shaved ice, or something?
**[13:47] ---**
Look, up to now,
**[13:49] ---**
I've tried to get along with you,
even knowing we don't hit it off.
**[13:54] ---**
Yeah, right up until this moment!
**[13:58] ---**
By any chance, are you
asking for more attention?
**[14:01] ---**
Unfortunately, I can't soothe
your loneliness, nor do I want to.
**[14:06] ---**
Now turn over Orsola to Agnese at once.
**[14:10] ---**
Come to think of it, you said you
were being pursued by someone.
**[14:14] ---**
What's the matter, Orsola?
**[14:16] ---**
Oh, no, I can't have you
handing her over so easily.
**[14:21] ---**
Orsola Aquinas,
**[14:23] ---**
rather than returning to
the Roman Orthodox Church,
**[14:26] ---**
you will live a more meaningful
life with us among the Amakusa.
**[14:31] ---**
Amakusa?!
**[14:35] ---**
Orsola!
**[14:37] ---**
You can't, Toma!
**[14:41] ---**
In my hand, flame.
**[14:44] ---**
Its form, a sword. Its purpose...
**[14:49] ---**
Looks like I'm too late.
**[14:57] ---**
Hey, Stiyl, you're going to
explain all this from the top, right?
**[15:01] ---**
An explanation?
**[15:03] ---**
That's something I wish *I* had.
**[15:10] ---**
"Theater of the Arts"
"Twilight Theater"
**[15:11] ---**
The Book of the Law
**[15:13] ---**
is a grimoire written in a code
that no one in the world can break.
**[15:17] ---**
It's said that if it ever were deciphered,
**[15:20] ---**
one could obtain absolute power.
**[15:23] ---**
Tell me...
**[15:25] ---**
...is it really all that valuable?
**[15:27] ---**
They even say that if it is ever used,
**[15:29] ---**
it would mean the end of the world
**[15:32] ---**
ruled by the church of the cross as it is now.
**[15:34] ---**
Why not just burn the book?
**[15:36] ---**
Grimoires are books that cannot be burned.
**[15:39] ---**
It's all that can be done
just to keep them sealed.
**[15:48] ---**
Oh, um... I'd like to
explain what is going on,
**[15:53] ---**
so if you're ready--
**[15:57] ---**
Toma!
**[16:13] ---**
Hey! No! Stop! Get away!
**[16:16] ---**
Toma!
**[16:17] ---**
I think that goes beyond mere teasing!
**[16:21] ---**
Stop getting frisky while we're working!
**[16:26] ---**
At present, Orsola Aquinas
is definitely in Amakusa hands.
**[16:33] ---**
It is estimated that the number
of Amakusa involved in this incident
**[16:36] ---**
is less than fifty.
**[16:38] ---**
There is also the possibility
that they are now above ground.
**[16:41] ---**
In other words,
we don't know anything, do we?
**[16:44] ---**
Going from the traces of
magical power left,
**[16:46] ---**
we are tracking
Amakusa's tendencies...
**[16:49] ---**
Amakusa is a group that
specializes in hiding and fleeing.
**[16:53] ---**
It will not be easy to catch them.
**[16:55] ---**
Still, there is no way
they can break out of our net.
**[16:59] ---**
Their specialized transfer technique,
**[17:01] ---**
"Microcosmic Pilgrimage."
**[17:04] ---**
It's a process that is limited
to use within Japan, though.
**[17:07] ---**
Put simply, using map magic,
**[17:09] ---**
there are forty-seven specialized
vortices across Japan,
**[17:12] ---**
and they can freely
come and go between them.
**[17:16] ---**
If they send her through
a vortex, it's all over.
**[17:19] ---**
What are we just standing around for?!
**[17:21] ---**
Because there is no need to hurry.
**[17:23] ---**
Huh?
**[17:24] ---**
Microcosmic Pilgrimages are greatly
affected by the movement of stars.
**[17:29] ---**
They can only use their
specialized movement at certain times.
**[17:33] ---**
The restriction on their
use of the transport technique
**[17:36] ---**
won't be lifted until just after midnight,
**[17:38] ---**
so we still have about four
and a half hours to work with.
**[17:41] ---**
Also... Toma, can I borrow
your gizmo with the map?
**[17:45] ---**
Oh, sure...
**[17:50] ---**
There.
**[17:52] ---**
There is only one vortex
they can use within our network.
**[17:57] ---**
Right here.
**[18:04] ---**
Well then...
**[18:06] ---**
...is there anything I can do to help?
**[18:09] ---**
And after I deliberately told you
**[18:12] ---**
to check and double-check!
**[18:14] ---**
Right, I'm sorry.
**[18:16] ---**
Looks like Sisters
have their troubles, too.
**[18:23] ---**
This must be Index's tent.
**[18:27] ---**
Huh? She's not here.
**[18:29] ---**
Geez, where did she go--
**[18:33] ---**
Over there?!
**[18:35] ---**
Damn it!
**[18:37] ---**
Index!
**[18:39] ---**
The Amakusa!
**[18:46] ---**
H-Hang on...
**[18:48] ---**
Over there, over there...
**[18:53] ---**
Oh, it's just a slug, isn't it?
**[18:57] ---**
A-A slug...?
**[18:59] ---**
H-Hey!
**[19:00] ---**
Get hold of yourself!
**[19:02] ---**
Toma?
**[19:12] ---**
N-No, I... was sure that the
Amakusa were attacking... and...
**[19:24] ---**
Eh?
**[19:25] ---**
H-Hold on! Take it easy, Index!
**[19:32] ---**
This isn't like you!
**[19:35] ---**
Normally, this isn't
what you'd do, right?
**[19:38] ---**
You usually just go ahead and...
**[19:46] ---**
Hey, Stiyl...
**[19:49] ---**
What? I'm extremely irritated right now.
**[19:53] ---**
Got any girls that you like?
**[19:56] ---**
Well, Stiyl?
**[19:59] ---**
I have respect
for Queen Elizabeth I,
**[20:02] ---**
and my taste in women
is along the lines of St. Martha.
**[20:07] ---**
The Amakusa Church is that one, right?
**[20:10] ---**
The one Kanzaki Kaori was in before?
**[20:12] ---**
Who told you that? Tsuchimikado?
**[20:15] ---**
If that's so, then the
Amakusa are friends of Kanzaki's right?
**[20:20] ---**
Even so, you're gonna fight them?
**[20:24] ---**
Yes, I am.
**[20:26] ---**
You see, I've made up my mind
to do anything to protect that girl.
**[20:31] ---**
As such, I will kill
anyone. I'll burn them alive.
**[20:35] ---**
And I'll keep burning up their corpse.
**[20:38] ---**
I swore that a long time ago.
**[20:41] ---**
Even supposing she
has forgotten everything,
**[20:44] ---**
I haven't forgotten a single thing.
**[20:46] ---**
"I will live and die for you."
**[20:52] ---**
Go to sleep now.
**[21:02] ---**
Stiyl?
**[21:04] ---**
No, it isn't, which means...
**[21:07] ---**
H-Hey, hold on, Index...!
**[21:11] ---**
What, Toma?
**[21:14] ---**
Huh? Agnese?!
**[21:17] ---**
Papa...
**[21:18] ---**
Papa?
**[21:25] ---**
It's a dream...
**[21:27] ---**
This is a dream, so no matter
how much I bite Toma, it's okay...
**[21:32] ---**
I can work out all of the
day's displeasures, and it's okay...!
**[21:37] ---**
J-Just a minute, Index.
This is without any doubt real life!
**[21:42] ---**
Just my luck!
**[21:59] ---**
Your Holiness...
**[22:02] ---**
All preparations for the
Microcosmic Pilgrimage are complete.
**[22:06] ---**
Now then...
**[22:10] ---**
Kanzaki Kaori,
let me show you something--
**[22:14] ---**
the current shape of
the multilateral compound
**[22:19] ---**
integrated church of
the cross, the Amakusa Church!
**[22:25] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[22:32] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[22:49] ---**
*Dare nimo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara*
**[22:55] ---**
*imajin nante kowashite shimaeba ii*
**[23:01] ---**
*Harimeguru shisutemu bakkappu insutooru wa OK*
**[23:07] ---**
*Kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku*
**[23:13] ---**
*Juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae*
**[23:18] ---**
*suisoku fukanou na "ikite'ru katachi" dakara*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:30] ---**
*Dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii*
**[23:36] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[23:44] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
We head to the vortex, together with the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[23:58] ---**
After a fierce fight,
Tatemiya Saiji reveals a bombshell truth.
**[24:02] ---**
And as for Orsola...
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "The Amakusa Church."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 27 - The Amakusa Church
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:35] ---**
We located the main Amakusa
force in Parallel Sweets Park.
**[00:40] ---**
However, we were unable to find
the Book of the Law, or Orsola.
**[00:44] ---**
You don't think that Orsola has been...
**[00:48] ---**
The Amakusa's first objective
**[00:50] ---**
is to have Orsola tell them how
to decipher the Book of the Law.
**[00:53] ---**
As long as they are fixated
on the Book of the Law,
**[00:56] ---**
Orsola will conversely be safe.
**[00:58] ---**
Okay.
**[01:00] ---**
We will act as a decoy,
and charge the Amakusa head-on.
**[01:04] ---**
Meanwhile, you will
search inside the park,
**[01:07] ---**
and if you're able to identify
the Book of the Law or Orsola,
**[01:10] ---**
please take them into custody.
**[01:12] ---**
Unless we destroy the vortex
for their special transport method,
**[01:15] ---**
they may be able
to get away with Orsola.
**[01:17] ---**
We cannot destroy the vortex
itself until it opens at 00:00 hours.
**[01:22] ---**
The vortex's effective time,
which is to say, our time limit,
**[01:25] ---**
is only five minutes, right?
**[01:27] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[01:28] ---**
If 00:05 hours passes,
and you haven't found them,
**[01:31] ---**
please get out of there.
**[01:33] ---**
After we have neutralized the Amakusa,
**[01:36] ---**
we will personally search the park ourselves.
**[01:39] ---**
Searching for the Book of the Law,
Orsola, and destroying the vortex...
**[01:44] ---**
Sounds like we'll be
on quite a tight schedule.
**[02:01] ---**
This is unforgivable.
**[02:03] ---**
The church of the
cross's original purpose
**[02:06] ---**
was to help others,
and that is how it spread.
**[02:09] ---**
But to turn that around, and use
force to do something like this...
**[02:34] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:38] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[02:43] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[02:47] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[02:53] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[02:58] ---**
*But the angel continued to smile in discernment*
**[03:09] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[03:14] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[03:19] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[03:25] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[03:32] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:52] ---**
Hey, Stiyl...
**[03:54] ---**
What?
**[03:55] ---**
Do you think we can really finish
our whole job in the time we have?
**[04:00] ---**
Honestly, it will be tight.
**[04:04] ---**
The truth is, there's one piece
of information that I did not give
**[04:06] ---**
to the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[04:08] ---**
Huh?
**[04:10] ---**
Kanzaki Kaori is supposed to
be in England, but she vanished.
**[04:13] ---**
Kanzaki?
**[04:15] ---**
She's probably acting out of concern
**[04:17] ---**
for her one-time subordinates--
I mean, colleagues.
**[04:20] ---**
If Amakusa is trying
to inflict critical damage,
**[04:24] ---**
that saint of theirs
may come attacking.
**[04:27] ---**
So don't go believing we will
successfully finish our whole job.
**[04:30] ---**
Then...
**[04:33] ---**
Then, Orsola is our top priority?
**[04:37] ---**
It doesn't make any difference.
Without someone to decode it,
**[04:41] ---**
the Book of the Law
is of no worldly use.
**[04:44] ---**
I think that works, too.
**[04:46] ---**
I've decided to barge in, too,
even if you say I can't come, Toma.
**[04:50] ---**
There's already so few of us as it is,
**[04:52] ---**
so we're going to
have to stick together, huh?
**[04:55] ---**
All right.
**[04:57] ---**
Thanks, man.
**[04:59] ---**
Don't say anything
so disgustingly dispiriting
**[05:01] ---**
just before we charge in there!
**[05:05] ---**
The diversion has begun.
**[05:06] ---**
Let's go.
**[05:19] ---**
Get down!
**[05:27] ---**
Kamijo Toma!
**[05:29] ---**
Take this!
**[05:31] ---**
What is it?
**[05:32] ---**
If you want to stay alive,
carry that on your person!
**[05:34] ---**
Huh? Whoa!
**[05:36] ---**
Toma!
**[05:44] ---**
Stiyl! Index!
**[05:46] ---**
Wait, if we're running away,
**[05:48] ---**
don't we usually need
to decide on a signal first?
**[05:51] ---**
What, have I ended
up as the decoy again?!
**[06:12] ---**
Why would Stiyl give me this?
**[06:49] ---**
Are Index and Stiyl all right?
**[06:52] ---**
Where on earth is Orsola?
**[07:07] ---**
Orsola?
**[07:14] ---**
Ah! You are the one
I met at the bus stop.
**[07:18] ---**
Why are you someplace
as dangerous as this?
**[07:21] ---**
Because I came
to rescue you, of course.
**[07:23] ---**
Huh? Um, are you really here to
rescue a complete stranger like me?
**[07:29] ---**
Yeah.
**[07:31] ---**
Without any regard
for the Book of the Law?
**[07:33] ---**
I don't care what happens
to that information.
**[07:36] ---**
That is, do I look like
the sort of curiosity seeker
**[07:39] ---**
who would come to a place
like this for some old book?
**[07:42] ---**
Oh... then thank you for your kindness.
**[07:47] ---**
Be that as it may,
what are *you* doing here?
**[07:50] ---**
Oh, yes...
**[07:52] ---**
I took advantage of the confusion
and managed to slip out somehow.
**[07:57] ---**
Hmm...
**[08:05] ---**
Th-Thank you very much.
But how did you do that?
**[08:11] ---**
Hmm, that's just
the sort of ability I have...
**[08:16] ---**
It will just complicate things,
so I'll skip the awkward explanation.
**[08:23] ---**
She couldn't have gotten far. Find her.
**[08:31] ---**
It sounds like they're looking for you.
**[08:33] ---**
Uh-huh.
**[08:35] ---**
Word is that they can't use
their special transport method
**[08:38] ---**
before 12:05, so I guess we
can hang out here until time is up.
**[08:42] ---**
Oh my...
**[08:47] ---**
You could catch
yourself a summer cold.
**[08:51] ---**
Oh, yeah...
**[08:54] ---**
Incidentally, are you involved
with the Roman Orthodox Church?
**[08:58] ---**
Well, I do have a
friend who's English Puritan.
**[09:02] ---**
Then you are saying that
you are not Roman Orthodox,
**[09:05] ---**
but are tied to the
English Puritans instead?
**[09:08] ---**
N-No, I wouldn't say that.
**[09:14] ---**
Yes, indeed. A gentleman such
as yourself is obviously better off
**[09:21] ---**
not being involved in
the church world, like we are.
**[09:25] ---**
Hmm... I guess I couldn't help
but carry something like this, though.
**[09:31] ---**
My! Did you get that
from your English Puritan friend?
**[09:35] ---**
Mm-hmm. You can
hold onto it, if you'd like.
**[09:38] ---**
I don't know what it's worth, myself.
**[09:41] ---**
Are you sure about this?
**[09:43] ---**
Yeah.
**[09:46] ---**
I have just one favor to ask of you!
**[09:48] ---**
W-What?
**[09:50] ---**
Would you mind personally
placing this around my neck?
**[09:55] ---**
N-No, I don't mind.
**[10:10] ---**
Whatever is the matter?
**[10:12] ---**
N-Nothing at all.
**[10:33] ---**
Come to think of it, I hear you know
how to read the Book of the Law.
**[10:38] ---**
Not so much how to read it as
how to decipher its cryptography--
**[10:43] ---**
Huh? Oh, no, no!
**[10:45] ---**
I was just wondering why you
were investigating the Book of the Law.
**[10:49] ---**
It's a pretty dangerous book, right?
**[10:53] ---**
It is because I wanted power.
That much is without a doubt.
**[10:58] ---**
But the power of a grimoire
brings happiness to no one.
**[11:03] ---**
The only thing it gives rise
to is the conflict concerning it.
**[11:10] ---**
As such, I wanted to investigate
the grimoire's workings,
**[11:13] ---**
so that I would know how to destroy it.
**[11:23] ---**
Stiyl!
**[11:25] ---**
What are you... doing...?
**[11:27] ---**
Hurry... and get out of here...!
**[11:33] ---**
What are you doing,
English Puritan priest?
**[11:38] ---**
Well? Where has your
British gentleman's pride gone?
**[11:42] ---**
Let me, Tatemiya Saiji, see it.
**[11:44] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:50] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:53] ---**
That won't do. The way you fight,
**[11:56] ---**
you can't even defend a single girl.
**[12:06] ---**
You were protecting Index?
**[12:08] ---**
Don't make too much out of it.
**[12:11] ---**
Orsola Aquinas is
in custody. And, like always,
**[12:15] ---**
it's hard to judge whether
your luck is a blessing or not.
**[12:19] ---**
Like I've explained
to you again and again,
**[12:22] ---**
Orsola Aquinas, we have no
intention of bringing harm to you.
**[12:27] ---**
Indeed, I am aware that
your words were filled with hope.
**[12:33] ---**
I do not believe in
a peace that is professed
**[12:37] ---**
while weapons are being brandished.
**[12:39] ---**
What a shame.
**[12:41] ---**
You have little choice but to return
to the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[12:47] ---**
Hmph, unarmed, are you?
**[12:50] ---**
Did you take that sword from Uragami?
**[12:54] ---**
If you mean your subordinate,
she's lying over there.
**[12:57] ---**
The back of her head was
protected, so she's not dead.
**[13:00] ---**
Merely not being dead isn't enough.
Are you mocking me?!
**[13:06] ---**
If you're the sort of person who
is still there fighting for someone,
**[13:10] ---**
then would you put your sword away?
**[13:12] ---**
If possible, I don't want to
have to fight someone like you.
**[13:16] ---**
I wish like crazy that I could do that.
**[13:19] ---**
Our enemy is the Roman Orthodox
Church, but if you have ties to them,
**[13:25] ---**
then I cannot turn a blind
eye to the English Puritans!
**[13:28] ---**
Don't think it will be that easy.
**[13:30] ---**
You're gonna make me unhappy,
looking down at me like that, you know.
**[13:34] ---**
But if we must fight,
there's no other choice.
**[13:38] ---**
Today is your last day to live!
**[13:52] ---**
He vanished?!
**[13:58] ---**
Magic, huh? In that case...
**[13:59] ---**
No! You're wrong,
Toma! It's not magic--
**[14:03] ---**
Stay back, Index!
**[14:05] ---**
Primordial flame, whose meaning
is light, give me your sword,
**[14:08] ---**
whose gentle warmth protects,
and who bestows fierce judgment!
**[14:15] ---**
He moved?! Then it is magic!
**[14:20] ---**
Toma!
**[14:25] ---**
Do it!
**[14:27] ---**
Do it with me here, Stiyl!
**[14:37] ---**
My basic antishock
methods are already in place.
**[14:40] ---**
All I need to be
wary of is the flame sword.
**[14:43] ---**
Now to compose my technique...
**[15:26] ---**
Toma, Toma, are you all right?
**[15:28] ---**
You're not hurt anywhere?
Do you feel pain anywhere?
**[15:31] ---**
No, not really.
**[15:34] ---**
Really? Is it really nothing serious?
**[15:36] ---**
I'm fine. I'm fine, I say!
**[15:41] ---**
Okay, good.
**[15:43] ---**
That means...
**[15:44] ---**
Eh?
**[15:45] ---**
Now I can bite your
head as much as I like.
**[15:52] ---**
--Just who do you think you are, Toma?!
--Wait! Wait! All right!
**[15:54] ---**
--Going after a genuine magician with a huge sword...
--This time, I admit that I, Kamijo Toma,
**[15:57] ---**
--Going after a genuine magician with a huge sword...
--was wrong on all counts! Ee-yow!
**[16:04] ---**
Toma, you idiot. You daredevil.
**[16:06] ---**
U-Um, Miss Index...?
**[16:10] ---**
It's quiet, huh?
**[16:13] ---**
It's hard to believe that so many
people are running wild, isn't it?
**[16:17] ---**
You're right.
**[16:18] ---**
Hey...
**[16:19] ---**
I hate to ask, but could you take these off?
**[16:23] ---**
I can't just leave her by herself like this.
**[16:27] ---**
Huh? What are you saying?
**[16:29] ---**
Tell me, do you know what kind of treatment
**[16:32] ---**
she is going to get
from them after this is over?
**[16:35] ---**
Huh?
**[16:36] ---**
No, Toma, don't listen to him.
This man uses words as weapons.
**[16:41] ---**
She's gonna be killed!
**[16:45] ---**
Listen, do not turn her over
to the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[16:49] ---**
The Roman Orthodox Church's
true purpose is to kill her, you know.
**[16:53] ---**
You're the ones
who carried Orsola off, right?
**[16:56] ---**
Not to mention stole the Book of the Law!
**[16:58] ---**
We did not steal the Book of the Law.
**[17:01] ---**
Huh?
**[17:03] ---**
If the power of the
Book of the Law is used,
**[17:05] ---**
the age of the church of the
cross's rule will end that very day.
**[17:10] ---**
As such, do you think
we of the Amakusa church,
**[17:14] ---**
who are specialists in remaining hidden,
**[17:15] ---**
would want to obtain
such a conspicuous power?
**[17:19] ---**
The Roman Orthodox Church would.
**[17:21] ---**
You wouldn't think that they,
**[17:22] ---**
the largest sect of
the church of the cross,
**[17:24] ---**
would want the church of the
cross to come to an end, would you?
**[17:28] ---**
They have secretly decided
to eliminate Orsola Aquinas.
**[17:32] ---**
She also became aware of that,
and came to the Amakusa for help.
**[17:37] ---**
In other words,
the Book of the Law being stolen
**[17:40] ---**
is all just an act being put
on by the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[17:44] ---**
No. I still don't believe you.
**[17:47] ---**
Why not?
**[17:49] ---**
Supposing that everything
you told me is true,
**[17:52] ---**
then why did Orsola
run away from you?
**[18:01] ---**
You're the same.
**[18:02] ---**
The same?
**[18:04] ---**
Right up to the very end,
she wasn't able to believe us, either.
**[18:10] ---**
She said that we would seek the method
**[18:12] ---**
of decoding the Book
of the Law as a quid pro quo.
**[18:15] ---**
Then, for what reason
would you help Orsola?
**[18:18] ---**
There is no reason.
**[18:20] ---**
There was never one to begin with.
**[18:23] ---**
There was no reason?
**[18:26] ---**
We've gazed at the Priestess--
at *her* for a long time now.
**[18:32] ---**
Which is precisely why
we haven't strayed from the path,
**[18:35] ---**
haven't been mistaken in
the use of our force,
**[18:38] ---**
and have been led in the right direction.
**[18:42] ---**
Priestess? You mean Kanzaki?
**[18:44] ---**
Yeah. However,
**[18:47] ---**
we have destroyed all of her ways.
**[19:05] ---**
Our deaths--our immaturity
grieved the Priestess.
**[19:11] ---**
We must offer her a return to her place.
**[19:17] ---**
That is why we extended our hand
to Orsola Aquinas as she sought help.
**[19:25] ---**
Or... sola...
**[19:28] ---**
Did you say that
you were entrusting her
**[19:30] ---**
to the Roman Orthodox Church?
**[19:32] ---**
Not being Roman Orthodox,
she put her trust in you, didn't she?
**[19:38] ---**
Damn!
**[19:39] ---**
Don't be hasty!
**[19:42] ---**
The Roman Orthodox Church
cannot kill Orsola here and now.
**[19:47] ---**
What?
**[19:48] ---**
Given our situation,
I will no longer ask
**[19:52] ---**
whether or not you believe us.
**[19:54] ---**
Promise me that you
will take Orsola Aquinas
**[19:57] ---**
back from the Roman Orthodox Church,
**[19:59] ---**
and lead her someplace where
neither they nor we can reach her.
**[20:12] ---**
We are here to take charge of
the heretic mastermind.
**[20:16] ---**
Are you the enemy of God?
**[20:19] ---**
Hey, just a second.
**[20:22] ---**
What is it?
**[20:23] ---**
I want to see Orsola's face one more time.
**[20:27] ---**
Unfortunately, I must decline.
**[20:30] ---**
That scream a moment ago--that
was Orsola's voice, wasn't it?
**[20:33] ---**
Where's Agnese? She's over there, right?
**[20:38] ---**
Toma!
**[20:46] ---**
S-Sister Lucia!
**[20:48] ---**
We were told not to have
any casual contact with the guests!
**[20:51] ---**
Keep quiet, Sister Angelene!
**[20:53] ---**
Damn you heathen, placing your
festering hand on my shoulder...
**[20:56] ---**
my shoulder... my shoulder...
my shoulder!
**[20:59] ---**
Nothing feels worse!
Shall I say the Amakusa there resisted,
**[21:03] ---**
and have him
end up killing the rest of you?
**[21:05] ---**
In the meantime, once
we silence the other Amakusa...
**[21:11] ---**
Toma!
**[21:14] ---**
Sister Angelene...
**[21:16] ---**
R-Right!
**[21:18] ---**
Come forth, one
of the twelve Apostles,
**[21:20] ---**
publican, smiter of magicians,
and humble servant!
**[21:28] ---**
Index!
**[21:30] ---**
Damn!
**[21:31] ---**
You should worry more about yourself!
**[21:34] ---**
Worry that you will be
called home without any pain!
**[21:39] ---**
Sister Angelene! Are you...
**[21:42] ---**
N-No! It wasn't me!
**[21:45] ---**
CTRTTOP, AO!
**[21:55] ---**
Pretty sloppy! You don't
pay any mind to external matters,
**[21:59] ---**
which makes it easy to take control!
**[22:01] ---**
Spell Intercept?!
**[22:04] ---**
The order to retreat?
**[22:06] ---**
Sister Angelene!
**[22:09] ---**
R-Right!
**[22:14] ---**
Now you see, right?
**[22:16] ---**
This is how the greatest sect
in the church of the cross,
**[22:19] ---**
the Roman Orthodox Church,
acts behind the scenes!
**[22:25] ---**
*I can change even the
destiny that entwines me*
**[22:32] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[22:49] ---**
*If I lack the power to
not be outdone by anyone*
**[22:55] ---**
*I can always destroy that illusion*
**[23:01] ---**
*The laid out system
backup install is okay*
**[23:07] ---**
*Fields unknown even
to God become opened*
**[23:13] ---**
*It's a "living form" that not even data*
**[23:18] ---**
*from 100,000 memories
in a moment's miracle can infer*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*I want the power it
takes to protect somebody*
**[23:36] ---**
*I can change even
the destiny that entwines me*
**[23:44] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
Enemy of God? Magicians' issues?
**[23:58] ---**
Are those any reasons to give up?
**[24:00] ---**
No matter what--no matter what,
I will help Orsola out.
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Sheol Fear."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 28 - Sheol Fear (Voice of the Magicbane)
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**[00:30] ---**
Toma!
**[00:33] ---**
Come forth, one of the twelve Apostles,
**[00:35] ---**
publican, smiter of magicians,
and humble servant!
**[00:42] ---**
Index!
**[00:44] ---**
Damn!
**[00:49] ---**
Sister Angelene! Are you...
**[00:51] ---**
N-No! It wasn't me!
**[00:54] ---**
CTRTTOP, AO!
**[01:04] ---**
Pretty sloppy! You don't
pay any mind to external matters,
**[01:08] ---**
which makes it easy to take control!
**[01:10] ---**
Spell Intercept?!
**[01:13] ---**
The order to retreat?
**[01:16] ---**
Sister Angelene!
**[01:18] ---**
R-Right!
**[01:23] ---**
Now you see, right?
**[01:25] ---**
This is how the greatest sect
in the church of the cross,
**[01:28] ---**
the Roman Orthodox Church,
acts behind the scenes!
**[01:48] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:52] ---**
*Yubi de hajiku koin mitsumeta*
**[01:57] ---**
*Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY*
**[02:01] ---**
*Mazu kotae wo kikasete*
**[02:07] ---**
*"Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"*
**[02:12] ---**
*Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama*
**[02:23] ---**
*Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai*
**[02:28] ---**
*Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta*
**[02:33] ---**
*Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono*
**[02:39] ---**
*Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:46] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:01] ---**
"#04 Sheol Fear (Voice of the Magicbane)"
**[03:04] ---**
Even if everything the man says is true,
**[03:08] ---**
they are unlikely to kill
Orsola Aquinas right away.
**[03:12] ---**
They have their own
circumstances to deal with.
**[03:15] ---**
Circumstances such as what?
**[03:17] ---**
The deciphering
of the Book of the Law
**[03:19] ---**
poses a threat to
the Roman Orthodox Church,
**[03:21] ---**
but Orsola Aquinas
is not guilty of anything.
**[03:24] ---**
"Thou shalt not kill those
who believe the teachings of God."
**[03:28] ---**
Then, why were the Amakusa trying
to prevent Orsola's assassination?
**[03:33] ---**
Because there is an exception.
**[03:35] ---**
"Thou shalt not kill those
who believe the teachings of God."
**[03:39] ---**
If they conform to this rule,
**[03:41] ---**
it becomes okay to kill a person
who is expelled from the church,
**[03:45] ---**
as someone who does not
believe the teachings of God.
**[03:49] ---**
In other words, she's going to
be labeled as an enemy of God.
**[03:56] ---**
The power of a grimoire
brings happiness to no one.
**[04:01] ---**
The only thing it gives rise
to is the conflict concerning it.
**[04:08] ---**
Screw that!
**[04:09] ---**
Unfortunately, it's already over.
There's nothing more we can do.
**[04:15] ---**
What does that mean?!
What do you take a person's life for?!
**[04:19] ---**
This is nothing more than
the Roman Orthodox Church
**[04:22] ---**
trying a case that happened
among them by their own rules.
**[04:25] ---**
Or would you like to start
a war in order to save her?
**[04:32] ---**
Well...
**[04:34] ---**
Ah, young man,
don't be so depressed.
**[04:38] ---**
Even if the English Puritans have
no reason to fight, we have plenty.
**[04:43] ---**
I'll just drop on
over at those guys' base,
**[04:46] ---**
and as long as I'm
rescuing my own numbskulls,
**[04:48] ---**
I can save Sister Orsola, as well.
**[04:50] ---**
Don't tell me you're thinking of going alone.
**[04:55] ---**
If that's my only choice,
then that's what I'll do.
**[05:08] ---**
I guess that settles that.
**[05:11] ---**
Let's split up and go into hiding, too.
**[05:14] ---**
You take Index with you back to Academy City.
**[05:17] ---**
All right.
**[05:18] ---**
Oh...
**[05:20] ---**
Also, there's one
thing I wanted to ask you.
**[05:23] ---**
What's that?
**[05:24] ---**
That crucifix that I gave you before--
**[05:27] ---**
you don't appear to have it now, do you?
**[05:30] ---**
Oh, sorry. I let Orsola
hold it, and she still has it.
**[05:34] ---**
I hope it wasn't too expensive.
**[05:38] ---**
No, its value was
in having you carry it.
**[05:42] ---**
But it's okay. After all,
it's nothing you need right now.
**[05:49] ---**
Let's go.
**[05:50] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[06:04] ---**
What am I supposed to do now?
**[06:07] ---**
Wasn't there anything
that I could have done, too?
**[06:12] ---**
These are all magicians' issues,
**[06:14] ---**
so you don't have to
impose yourself into them, Toma.
**[06:17] ---**
Maybe.
**[06:18] ---**
Everything else up to
now has been exceptional.
**[06:21] ---**
Nobody can solve every problem
**[06:23] ---**
that happens to occur in
front of them by themselves.
**[06:29] ---**
I guess.
**[06:43] ---**
Oh, right...
**[06:45] ---**
Our refrigerator is empty.
**[06:48] ---**
I'll go find a convenience store,
and buy us something or other.
**[06:51] ---**
If you're going to the store,
maybe we should all go together.
**[06:55] ---**
Do you know where it is?
**[06:57] ---**
Not really. If I run around there,
I should find it, though.
**[07:20] ---**
Orsola's Church?
**[07:21] ---**
Yes. Orsola Aquinas was successful
in spreading God's teachings
**[07:25] ---**
in three different heathen lands,
**[07:28] ---**
so she received special permission
to build a church bearing her name.
**[07:33] ---**
I'm sure it's around here someplace.
**[07:49] ---**
Sheesh. You know you
shouldn't make this difficult for us.
**[07:54] ---**
Unfortunately, we don't
have time for your fun and games.
**[07:58] ---**
Understand that, and take
your punishment without any trouble--
**[08:02] ---**
Are you listening to me?!
I said, are you listening to me?! Hey!
**[08:11] ---**
I must say, you don't have
many friends you can rely on, do you?
**[08:16] ---**
Imagine, seeking the
cooperation of the Amakusa
**[08:19] ---**
just as soon as you met with them!
**[08:22] ---**
The Amakusa, the English Puritans--
**[08:24] ---**
it's presumptuous for them to
even claim to be the church of the cross.
**[08:29] ---**
This is what you get for
trying to turn over your precious life
**[08:33] ---**
to the likes of them.
After just a little conciliation,
**[08:36] ---**
they were easily taken in, and good
enough to bring us our quarry.
**[08:40] ---**
Taken... in...?
**[08:43] ---**
You mean...
that you deceived... the others...?
**[08:49] ---**
Yeah.
**[08:50] ---**
Then it is not that... they worked
with you... You tricked them?
**[08:56] ---**
It doesn't matter either way, does it?!
**[08:59] ---**
When you personally deliver
the one you're supposed to protect
**[09:01] ---**
into the hands of the enemy,
you're beyond any hope!
**[09:08] ---**
Is that a fact?
**[09:10] ---**
W-What are you smiling about?!
**[09:13] ---**
Is that right? Right now, I...
**[09:19] ---**
...am smiling, aren't I?
**[09:22] ---**
I have more or less learned my lesson...
**[09:26] ---**
...about what the true nature
of the Roman Orthodox Church is.
**[09:31] ---**
Huh?
**[09:33] ---**
They act as a result
of what they believe.
**[09:38] ---**
By believing a person,
believing a thought, believing a feeling,
**[09:43] ---**
they will come flocking
to you anywhere you go.
**[09:48] ---**
By contrast, all we can do
is act based on what we doubt.
**[09:54] ---**
And what an ugly thing that is.
**[09:59] ---**
If you want to die so badly,
then please, do whatever you like!
**[10:05] ---**
You can go ahead and die,
**[10:08] ---**
thoroughly blaming the
fools who put you through this!
**[10:12] ---**
And just...
**[10:13] ---**
...what should I blame them for?
**[10:17] ---**
What?
**[10:18] ---**
They never... had any
reason to fight in the first place.
**[10:25] ---**
But even so, they came rushing
to help me, a complete stranger.
**[10:34] ---**
Tell me, can there be any
more alluring a gift than this,
**[10:38] ---**
anywhere in the entire world?
**[10:42] ---**
For what reason am
I to blame the people...
**[10:47] ---**
...who gave me...
such a magnificent gift as this?
**[11:01] ---**
Don't tell me our
barrier has been breached!
**[11:03] ---**
Damn! What organization is it?
**[11:21] ---**
Hmph, how could a mere
amateur do that... or so I wondered.
**[11:27] ---**
But you possess something
**[11:28] ---**
with an absolute power
against our barrier, is that it?
**[11:33] ---**
Just so I know, tell me,
are you planning to hoodwink me anymore?
**[11:37] ---**
Hoodwink? How so? After seeing
what is going on, can you not tell?
**[11:42] ---**
Geez, it would seem that
the English Puritans have run away,
**[11:47] ---**
but what exactly is it that you want?
**[11:49] ---**
Come now, this is your last chance.
**[11:52] ---**
You must know what it is
that you ought to be doing, right?
**[11:57] ---**
Yeah, you're right.
**[11:58] ---**
This is indeed my last chance.
**[12:01] ---**
I know that quite well.
**[12:03] ---**
In that case...
**[12:11] ---**
W-Why, you...!
What do you think you're doing?!
**[12:15] ---**
What I ought to be doing, you say?
I'll teach you to mess with me!
**[12:20] ---**
I'm here to save her, of course!
**[12:23] ---**
You are a fascinating one.
**[12:26] ---**
How much do you think you alone can do,
under these circumstances?
**[12:30] ---**
Why don't you go ahead and show us?!
**[12:43] ---**
For crying out loud.
**[12:45] ---**
I wish you wouldn't start without me.
**[12:47] ---**
Stiyl!
**[12:48] ---**
Th-The English Puritans!
**[12:50] ---**
Impossible! This is a matter for
the Roman Orthodox Church alone!
**[12:54] ---**
Don't you see that you are
interfering in our internal affairs?!
**[12:58] ---**
Yeah. Unfortunately,
that does not apply here.
**[13:02] ---**
Look at Orsola Aquinas' chest.
**[13:05] ---**
There is an English Puritan
crucifix hanging there, right?
**[13:10] ---**
The act itself of having it
placed there by someone means
**[13:13] ---**
the acceptance of English Puritan
protection. In other words,
**[13:18] ---**
Orsola Aquinas
is not Roman Orthodox,
**[13:21] ---**
but a member of the
English Puritan Church now.
**[13:26] ---**
I see. So then...
**[13:29] ---**
Do you really think that
sophistry is going to work here?!
**[13:32] ---**
No, I don't. However, if you
Roman Orthodox are going to submit her
**[13:37] ---**
to your own exclusive inquisition...
**[13:43] ---**
...then the English Puritan Church
cannot stand by and say nothing.
**[13:49] ---**
As such, how dare you
turn your blades against her.
**[13:54] ---**
Do you really think I am
such a sweet, kindhearted man
**[13:57] ---**
that I would just look on and do nothing?
**[14:00] ---**
So what if just one of
you has now become two?
**[14:02] ---**
Don't go thinking
it's just the two of them.
**[14:08] ---**
You don't have to bother asking
**[14:10] ---**
what my reason for
having to fight is, do you?
**[14:14] ---**
Tatemiya...
**[14:16] ---**
And here I thought I had discussed
this with the English Puritans,
**[14:20] ---**
and arranged to settle this before
you could make your move...
**[14:26] ---**
You're an even bigger fool than I imagined.
**[14:29] ---**
But then, who can dislike
a fool that's fun to watch?
**[14:33] ---**
You know...
**[14:34] ---**
I said I would take care of this, Toma,
**[14:37] ---**
so you didn't have to concern yourself.
**[14:40] ---**
Index...
**[14:41] ---**
However, now that it's come
to this, I guess there's no choice.
**[14:45] ---**
Toma, let's save Orsola Aquinas,
**[14:48] ---**
and do it together.
**[14:50] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[14:52] ---**
Yeah!
**[14:56] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[15:12] ---**
Kill them!
**[15:19] ---**
Orsola, are you all right?
**[15:21] ---**
Yes. This is no problem whatsoever.
**[15:28] ---**
What is this?
**[15:29] ---**
If I needed a reason to fight,
**[15:31] ---**
I've got one right here,
plain as day, don't I?
**[15:50] ---**
Th-Thank you.
**[15:58] ---**
Nya-ha! Is this a lofty
elevation of appreciation,
**[16:01] ---**
inspiration, and exhilaration,
Miss Kanzaki?
**[16:04] ---**
Tsuchimikado...
**[16:06] ---**
Ah, thank goodness--finding
out that my one-time pals
**[16:09] ---**
didn't kidnap Orsola to
use the Book of the Law
**[16:11] ---**
for their own personal interests, am I right?
**[16:15] ---**
Are you finished?
**[16:18] ---**
More than likely, you were
contriving to use this opportunity
**[16:21] ---**
to snatch the original Book of
the Law text out from under them.
**[16:26] ---**
You pretty much know
all the particulars, right?
**[16:29] ---**
The Amakusa did not
steal the Book of the Law.
**[16:33] ---**
It was a false charge fabricated by
the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[16:36] ---**
Which means, there was never
any need to bring the Book of the Law
**[16:40] ---**
all the way here to Japan.
**[16:42] ---**
The Book of the Law
brought into Japan is a fake,
**[16:45] ---**
while the original text is, even
now, deep in the Vatican Library.
**[16:50] ---**
So, are you satisfied now?
**[16:55] ---**
Yes. As long as he's here,
**[16:57] ---**
then the Amakusa will follow
the right path, even without me.
**[17:39] ---**
A-Are you all right?
**[17:41] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[17:52] ---**
Damn!
**[18:20] ---**
Huh?
**[18:30] ---**
Don't go showing me such
a no-account sight as that!
**[18:34] ---**
Stop!
**[18:38] ---**
Don't get too close to
her so indiscreetly right now.
**[18:41] ---**
If we get too close, we'll be taking
her strength away from her.
**[18:52] ---**
W-What was that?
**[19:02] ---**
That is a song which
uses all the knowledge
**[19:05] ---**
from the 103,000 volumes,
and thoroughly denounces
**[19:08] ---**
the contradictions in
those doctrines-- "Sheol Fear."
**[19:13] ---**
For people who act on and
follow doctrines as their own OS,
**[19:16] ---**
it is indeed fair to call
it their "natural enemy."
**[19:19] ---**
Upon hearing it,
**[19:20] ---**
their personalities collapse
like a puzzle, albeit temporarily.
**[19:25] ---**
Grimoires are not
simply things to be read.
**[19:28] ---**
Even without any magical power,
she has mastered the grimoires.
**[19:34] ---**
I doubt there is
any better person than her
**[19:36] ---**
to serve as the grimoires' librarian.
**[19:40] ---**
Then again, if she had
that kind of trick up her sleeve,
**[19:43] ---**
why didn't she use it to begin with?
**[19:47] ---**
This attack...
**[19:48] ---**
...works on what's
called the "group mind,"
**[19:51] ---**
and breaks down the mental barriers.
**[19:53] ---**
As such, the purity of
that group mind is an issue.
**[20:02] ---**
When we were fighting you guys,
Kamijo Toma and I were in the way,
**[20:06] ---**
and the purity was diminished,
so it would have performed poorly.
**[20:09] ---**
If we'd run into that, it would
have been no laughing matter.
**[20:17] ---**
--This could be bad.
--What do we do?
**[20:20] ---**
--Can we run away?
--Y-Y-Yes!
**[20:22] ---**
Stop making such a fuss!
**[20:25] ---**
It makes you look like fools!
**[20:27] ---**
Especially you, Sister Angelene!
**[20:29] ---**
B-But Sister Agnese,
**[20:32] ---**
it has been more than ten minutes
since the fighting started.
**[20:35] ---**
Even counting Orsola, there
is such a great difference in numbers.
**[20:39] ---**
This is not normal.
**[20:42] ---**
Y-You see?
**[20:44] ---**
Which side caused
that explosion just now?
**[20:47] ---**
There is a chance that they
have started taking the offensive!
**[20:51] ---**
W-We should act, too!
They can use all the help they can get!
**[20:58] ---**
In that case, I release
you from my bodyguard detail.
**[21:02] ---**
Go ahead and join the battle lines.
**[21:04] ---**
R-Right! There is no
way we will let them get away!
**[21:16] ---**
They can't get away.
**[21:18] ---**
There is no way they can escape.
**[21:21] ---**
Such is the way this filthy,
cursed world has been put together.
**[21:41] ---**
Focus on attack!
**[21:42] ---**
Forget about defense!
**[21:44] ---**
Do the honorable thing, as we
annihilate the enemies of the Lord!
**[21:54] ---**
Some kind of magical attack?
**[22:09] ---**
Th-They wouldn't...
**[22:12] ---**
Just to avoid the Sheol Fear...?
**[22:25] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[22:32] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[22:49] ---**
*Dare nimo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara*
**[22:56] ---**
*imajin nante kowashite shimaeba ii*
**[23:01] ---**
*Harimeguru shisutemu bakkappu insutooru wa OK*
**[23:07] ---**
*Kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku*
**[23:13] ---**
*Juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae*
**[23:18] ---**
*suisoku fukanou na "ikite'ru katachi" dakara*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*Dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii*
**[23:36] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[23:44] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:56] ---**
The final battle has begun.
**[23:58] ---**
We are boxed in by the
continuous stream of attacks.
**[24:01] ---**
Is there any way for us to prevail?
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Lotus Wand."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:08] ---**
# 29 - Lotus Wand
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**[00:30] ---**
I'd gone to save Orsola,
**[00:31] ---**
who had been captured by the
Roman Orthodox Church, by myself...
**[00:35] ---**
...or so I thought I had, but Stiyl?
**[00:38] ---**
Tatemiya?
**[00:39] ---**
And even Index?!
**[00:41] ---**
Then I guess that means that none of us
**[00:45] ---**
meant to allow this incident to
end with such a lousy outcome, huh?
**[01:07] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:11] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[01:16] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[01:20] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[01:26] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[01:31] ---**
*But the angel continued to smile in discernment*
**[01:42] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[01:47] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[01:52] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[01:58] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:05] ---**
*No buts!*
**[02:20] ---**
Focus on attack!
**[02:20] ---**
"#05 Lotus Wand"
**[02:22] ---**
Forget about defense!
**[02:23] ---**
Do the honorable thing, as we annihilate the enemies of the Lord!
**[02:39] ---**
Th-They wouldn't...
**[02:41] ---**
Just to avoid the Sheol Fear...?
**[02:44] ---**
Damn!
**[03:03] ---**
Damn...
**[03:04] ---**
Is there no end to them?
**[03:05] ---**
This way!
**[03:08] ---**
Toma!
**[03:10] ---**
Hurry!
**[03:21] ---**
For the moment,
it looks like we're all safe.
**[03:24] ---**
Can you walk, Orsola?
**[03:28] ---**
You are the worrying type, aren't you?
**[03:31] ---**
I have not been injured that severely.
**[03:37] ---**
W-What do we do?
**[03:38] ---**
I-I don't think my Sheol Fear
will have any effect on them
**[03:42] ---**
with their ears punctured like that.
**[03:44] ---**
And I can only use Spell Intercept
against one person at a time.
**[03:49] ---**
My men seem to be holding their own,
**[03:51] ---**
but when people start
launching suicide attacks like this,
**[03:54] ---**
nothing scares me more.
**[03:58] ---**
If...
**[04:01] ---**
If I had the Book of the Law here,
**[04:04] ---**
I might be able to find us a way out of this.
**[04:08] ---**
Indeed, just by declaring
that the seal had been broken
**[04:12] ---**
on the Book of the Law's angel techniques,
**[04:14] ---**
we could use it to negotiate.
**[04:16] ---**
However, the Book of the
Law supposedly being stolen
**[04:19] ---**
was a ruse on
their part to ensnare us.
**[04:22] ---**
Thus, even having the text
here in Japan at all would be strange.
**[04:26] ---**
--Oh, it is!
--Oh, it is!
**[04:28] ---**
It's true that not even you
can decipher the Book of the Law.
**[04:32] ---**
Meaning you had to at least
view it, in order to have read it.
**[04:37] ---**
And if so, it would be odd if
the Book of the Law's original text
**[04:39] ---**
were not stored intact somewhere
within your memory, right?
**[04:42] ---**
Mm-hmm. It's in there, left alone,
without me deciphering its code--
**[04:46] ---**
No way! If you do that,
**[04:49] ---**
she will remember the
content of the Book of the Law!
**[04:52] ---**
If that happens, she'll be
stuck with even more magicians
**[04:54] ---**
coming after her than there already are!
**[04:57] ---**
Huh? Are you worried about me?
**[05:03] ---**
Kamijo Toma!
**[05:04] ---**
W-What?!
**[05:05] ---**
You have to become stronger!
If this incident carries over
**[05:08] ---**
and she gets done in,
I'll burn you, body and soul,
**[05:10] ---**
until there aren't even any ashes left!
**[05:15] ---**
Damn...
**[05:19] ---**
So, tell me, what does
the decryption process
**[05:22] ---**
for the Book of the Law involve?
**[05:24] ---**
Oh, right...
**[05:25] ---**
Well then, I will now tell you.
**[05:30] ---**
We will not actually make any
use of the Book of the Law's power.
**[05:35] ---**
We just have to indicate our
willingness to use it at any time.
**[05:40] ---**
It is based upon Temurah,
which is to say, letter substitution,
**[05:44] ---**
but there is an irregular rule
**[05:46] ---**
that is deeply connected
to the number of lines.
**[05:48] ---**
First, the twenty-two Hebrew letters
are placed into two lines.
**[05:53] ---**
taking note of the line number above them...
**[05:55] ---**
Huh?
**[05:56] ---**
It's all right.
I pretty much get all of it now.
**[05:59] ---**
Um, what is it that you have "gotten"?
**[06:03] ---**
This is not the correct way to decipher it.
**[06:06] ---**
It is a dummy solution,
set up as a trap.
**[06:09] ---**
The frightening thing
about the Book of the Law
**[06:11] ---**
is that there are more than
100 methods of decoding it.
**[06:14] ---**
What's more, for every method,
it forms different sentences,
**[06:18] ---**
each of which are also dummies.
**[06:20] ---**
It's not that nobody can
read the Book of the Law--
**[06:23] ---**
it is a grimoire that everyone can read,
**[06:24] ---**
but everyone is induced
into deciphering incorrectly.
**[06:28] ---**
It can't be...
**[06:30] ---**
Depending on how you think of it,
you might have just been saved.
**[06:34] ---**
Say, if we tell them now that we
really don't know how to decode it,
**[06:39] ---**
do you think they'll let us off the hook?
**[06:41] ---**
Probably not, huh?
**[06:43] ---**
Now that they've seen this much
of the darkness, they can't back down.
**[06:52] ---**
There must be a back door somewhere!
**[07:22] ---**
No matter how I look at it,
**[07:24] ---**
I doubt that while taking
on that great a number,
**[07:26] ---**
you could move freely about the premises.
**[07:30] ---**
I've come up with
a bit of strategy, you see.
**[07:34] ---**
Strategy? Ah, I see.
So that's what this is.
**[07:39] ---**
Oh... so after you came
strutting in here like the hero,
**[07:44] ---**
you're now using your friends
as decoys to get this far, are you?
**[07:49] ---**
Orsola Aquinas said something
about you acting based on trust,
**[07:53] ---**
not because of any deception.
**[07:57] ---**
That is absolutely laughable, isn't it?
**[07:59] ---**
Here the reason you're still breathing
**[08:02] ---**
is because you tricked
someone into being your decoy.
**[08:05] ---**
No...
**[08:06] ---**
I do trust them. If possible,
I'd be glad if they would trust me--
**[08:12] ---**
that I can settle my problems myself.
**[08:16] ---**
You think that by
eliminating me, the commander,
**[08:18] ---**
you can stop all the attacks?
**[08:20] ---**
Well, all right. I was just
starting to grow bored myself.
**[08:25] ---**
I think I'll just occupy myself
by shattering your fantasy!
**[08:30] ---**
All things in harmony.
Fifth of the Five Elements,
**[08:33] ---**
symbolizing peace and order...
**[08:35] ---**
...deploy this crosier!
**[08:36] ---**
Icon one, in accordance with the laws
of the Son of God and the cross,
**[08:40] ---**
join that which is at odds
with he who is at odds!
**[08:54] ---**
A coordinate attack?
Teleportation?
**[09:04] ---**
That staff...!
**[09:06] ---**
I see you finally figured it out.
**[09:09] ---**
When you do harm to this, it in
turn does harm to something else.
**[09:13] ---**
Kind of like this!
**[09:17] ---**
D-Damn!
**[09:19] ---**
Just where are
those attacks coming from?
**[09:24] ---**
Yikes!
**[09:48] ---**
Don't think you can evade
me forever in the same fashion.
**[09:51] ---**
Once I anticipate your move
and set up the space to attack from,
**[09:55] ---**
you charge into it all on your own.
**[10:01] ---**
This is unforgivable.
**[10:04] ---**
The church of the cross's original purpose
**[10:05] ---**
was to help others,
and that is how it spread.
**[10:09] ---**
But to turn that around,
and use force to do something like this...
**[10:20] ---**
You're "using force to do something
like this" to bash away at me.
**[10:25] ---**
Do you take offense at being beaten?
**[10:28] ---**
The bishop's crosier
is an alteration of the mace,
**[10:31] ---**
once used to smash
through an enemy's armor.
**[10:34] ---**
What is wrong with using something
for beating to beat something with?
**[10:41] ---**
Modern western magic
has had a dimension
**[10:44] ---**
of church-of-the-cross trickery
about it from the start.
**[10:48] ---**
The fact that anyone besides us
uses it is what is unusual.
**[10:53] ---**
Ultimately, dogma outside of Roman Orthodoxy
**[10:55] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[10:56] ---**
is no dogma at all!
**[11:01] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:04] ---**
Anyhow, you're in my way!
**[11:06] ---**
No more whining,
**[11:08] ---**
just die in our assembly
line already, if you please!
**[11:15] ---**
That's the attack
I've been waiting for!
**[11:52] ---**
It can't be...
**[11:53] ---**
I'm going back...
**[11:55] ---**
...to that place... once again?
**[11:59] ---**
No!
**[12:03] ---**
I'm not about to go back!
**[12:06] ---**
I'm not about to go back!
**[12:08] ---**
No way!
**[12:23] ---**
I hate to do this to you
while you're trying so hard,
**[12:27] ---**
but it looks like it's all over.
**[12:31] ---**
It's gone quiet outside.
**[12:33] ---**
It sounds like your plan was
to defeat me and make some deal
**[12:36] ---**
while they were holding
their own outside as decoys,
**[12:40] ---**
but all too easily, the fantasy
appears to have come to an end.
**[12:46] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:47] ---**
Exactly right.
**[12:51] ---**
Your fantasy is over,
Agnese Sanctis!
**[12:55] ---**
Huh?
**[13:06] ---**
I used 4300 cards for this.
**[13:09] ---**
We may not be much in
the way of numbers, but still...
**[13:11] ---**
...the Amakusa are not
a bunch to be trifled with.
**[13:16] ---**
I mean, by using the
placement of the rune cards,
**[13:18] ---**
to construct an even greater figure,
**[13:20] ---**
thereby turning the entire church
itself into a giant magic array...
**[13:25] ---**
...they employed everything around
us to form multicomponent magic arrays.
**[13:29] ---**
It's a sneaky trick
I couldn't have come up with.
**[13:36] ---**
I told you, we had a strategy.
**[13:40] ---**
These guys weren't
running around to act as decoys;
**[13:43] ---**
they were just placing
these cards around the premises.
**[13:46] ---**
Hmph! We still have
you beaten in sheer numbers.
**[13:50] ---**
If we all come crushing down
on you at once...
**[13:55] ---**
What are you all waiting for?! Go at once!
**[13:59] ---**
Th-They're wavering...
**[14:02] ---**
Even though if we push
en masse, we can beat them.
**[14:06] ---**
They act as a result
of what they believe.
**[14:12] ---**
This should be good, shouldn't it?
**[14:16] ---**
What do I do?
**[14:18] ---**
What am I supposed to do?
**[14:20] ---**
What method?
**[14:21] ---**
What timing?
**[14:22] ---**
What weapon?
**[14:24] ---**
How do I choose?
**[14:26] ---**
It's over, Agnese.
**[14:30] ---**
You must realize it yourself by now.
**[14:33] ---**
Your illusion of self-confidence
died a long time ago.
**[15:29] ---**
Toma!
**[15:32] ---**
Toma! Wake up! Toma!
**[15:53] ---**
A-Are you awake?
**[15:56] ---**
Kanzaki?
**[15:58] ---**
I had planned on leaving directly, but...
**[16:02] ---**
What's that?
**[16:03] ---**
A note card?
**[16:07] ---**
I-It was nothing, really.
**[16:09] ---**
After all, I have the chance
to speak to you directly.
**[16:12] ---**
There is no need for this note.
**[16:17] ---**
Call it an after-action report--
**[16:18] ---**
I came to keep you
updated on Orsola Aquinas.
**[16:23] ---**
Should I have left
you alone, instead?
**[16:26] ---**
I'm listening! Please!
**[16:29] ---**
Orsola Aquinas,
as well as the Amakusa,
**[16:32] ---**
have arranged to become
affiliated with the English Puritans.
**[16:36] ---**
Avoiding Roman Orthodox
retaliation and assassination
**[16:39] ---**
appears to have
played a large role in this.
**[16:41] ---**
Which means that Orsola being
in danger remains unchanged?
**[16:47] ---**
No. The English Puritan
Church disclosed
**[16:49] ---**
the false decryption
method that Orsola possessed.
**[16:53] ---**
They figure that if her
erroneous interpretation is known,
**[16:55] ---**
any concerns about her regarding
the Book of the Law will disappear.
**[16:58] ---**
Hmm? But you said the
Amakusa were affiliating themselves
**[17:02] ---**
with the English Puritans, too, right?
**[17:04] ---**
Yes. It seems there
was a segment of them
**[17:06] ---**
that had been hoping
for this development.
**[17:09] ---**
And after I gave them a strict
order not to follow after me, too.
**[17:14] ---**
Oh, right. You're a member
of the English Puritans too, huh?
**[17:18] ---**
Of all the...
**[17:27] ---**
So um, I mean...
I apologize, for all of this!
**[17:30] ---**
Huh? For what?
**[17:32] ---**
You know, how um... that is,
for my own personal reasons,
**[17:37] ---**
I put you to all sorts of trouble
over all of this, you could say...
**[17:40] ---**
Yo, Kami!
**[17:42] ---**
I came to see you!
**[17:44] ---**
I brought you some deluxe
convenience store pudding
**[17:46] ---**
topped with melon to snack on!
Huh? What's up, missy?
**[17:50] ---**
Looks like the time has finally
come for you to apologize to Kami.
**[17:54] ---**
And doing it all clichéd
and royal at that, like,
**[17:56] ---**
"I will pay you back for all
the trouble I caused you," or,
**[17:59] ---**
"please, ask anything
you want of me," I'll bet,
**[18:01] ---**
with you offering suggestions!
**[18:06] ---**
Man, it's like
"The Grateful Yet Horny Crane."
**[18:09] ---**
I-It is not!
**[18:10] ---**
Then again, missy, you were
gonna strip down eventually, right?
**[18:12] ---**
I-I was not! And what
do you mean, "eventually"?!
**[18:16] ---**
Huh? Then,
you were gonna apologize
**[18:18] ---**
by wearing whatever
he wanted you to?
**[18:20] ---**
Aren't you the service-minded one!
**[18:22] ---**
Just shut up and get out of here!
**[18:28] ---**
Okay, okay.
Third wheel getting out of the way.
**[18:31] ---**
Who are you calling a third wheel?!
**[18:33] ---**
U-Um...
**[18:35] ---**
I-I know I must have this straight, but...
**[18:38] ---**
...you paying me back, or owing me,
or anything as ridiculous as that
**[18:41] ---**
is only something that
Tsuchimikado is joking about, right?
**[18:46] ---**
Well, I ask you, what else
would you have me do?
**[18:49] ---**
I am always placing such an
unbearable weight upon your shoulders.
**[18:54] ---**
And this time,
the matter was ours, to boot.
**[18:57] ---**
We are way past the point
where I can just bow down
**[19:00] ---**
and have you forgive me.
**[19:01] ---**
Hmm... There's really nothing
to worry about, is there?
**[19:05] ---**
We've gotten through our
problems safely for the time being.
**[19:09] ---**
"Our"?
**[19:10] ---**
Huh? Me and the Amakusa. Ah, and the
English Puritans, too, I guess.
**[19:16] ---**
Not to mention Orsola, Index, Stiyl...
**[19:20] ---**
...as well as yourself.
**[19:22] ---**
As of now, that's who "we" are, right?
**[19:26] ---**
As far as the English and the Romans,
**[19:28] ---**
things must be pretty tangled up for you,
**[19:30] ---**
but for an amateur like me,
honestly, I can't tell them apart.
**[19:34] ---**
It's not really as
though I've taken the side
**[19:37] ---**
of the English Puritans,
which Index is a part of.
**[19:40] ---**
For now, I'm just taking
the side of the English Puritans
**[19:43] ---**
*Because* Index is a part of them.
**[19:47] ---**
It's likely that if Agnese came
asking for my help, I'd go help her.
**[19:52] ---**
She may have been on the
wrong side of things this time,
**[19:55] ---**
but there's no rule anywhere
saying that she has to *stay*
**[19:58] ---**
on the wrong side, you know.
**[20:04] ---**
The Roman Orthodox Church
intends to settle this up
**[20:08] ---**
as a case of a rogue militant
faction led by Agnese Sanctis.
**[20:14] ---**
The Roman Orthodox Church
itself wishes to explain themselves
**[20:17] ---**
by saying that they never
meant to assassinate Orsola.
**[20:20] ---**
They still have to answer for
not keeping a tight rein on their men,
**[20:23] ---**
if they want bygones to be bygones.
**[20:26] ---**
Looking back,
you seemed to be fully aware
**[20:28] ---**
of the Roman Orthodoxy's true intentions.
**[20:30] ---**
So then, why didn't you tell
me to save Orsola from the start?
**[20:36] ---**
It's so complicated.
**[20:37] ---**
No, not fully.
**[20:39] ---**
Who knew that Orsola's
decryption method was incorrect?
**[20:43] ---**
But for my part,
it worked out either way.
**[20:48] ---**
Let's suppose, Stiyl...
**[20:50] ---**
...that if we had failed to
rescue Orsola in this instance,
**[20:54] ---**
would anything,
in fact, have changed?
**[20:57] ---**
If she had been taken back
to the Roman Orthodox Church,
**[21:00] ---**
her subsequent execution
would be waiting for her regardless.
**[21:04] ---**
Either way, the Book of the Law
would never have been deciphered.
**[21:08] ---**
In that case, Archbishop,
why did you personally request
**[21:11] ---**
that the crucifix got to Orsola?
**[21:13] ---**
Say what you will,
**[21:15] ---**
but you fully meant to save
her from the start, did you not?
**[21:18] ---**
I-I did not! The only
reason I ever butted in
**[21:22] ---**
was in the interest of
the English Puritan Church!
**[21:26] ---**
And that interest would be...?
**[21:28] ---**
Kanzaki Kaori.
**[21:31] ---**
Becausae Kanzaki
possesses tremendous power,
**[21:33] ---**
and a well-developed sense of justice,
**[21:35] ---**
she is someone who
is likely to act on her own.
**[21:38] ---**
She ventured awfully close
to peril in this instance.
**[21:43] ---**
You've received the
reports on what happened
**[21:45] ---**
to those fools in
the knight's order, right?
**[21:48] ---**
Yes.
**[21:49] ---**
Henceforth, we're going to require
some new leg-irons for her.
**[21:53] ---**
Not some negative leg-irons, like,
**[21:55] ---**
"We will do harm unless
you do as you are told,"
**[21:58] ---**
but more like "do as you are told,
**[22:00] ---**
and we will protect the Amakusa
from the Roman Orthodox Church."
**[22:06] ---**
See? There is no finer interest, is there?
**[22:19] ---**
Why, that little vixen...
**[22:25] ---**
*I can change even the
destiny that entwines me*
**[22:32] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[22:49] ---**
*If I lack the power to
not be outdone by anyone*
**[22:55] ---**
*I can always destroy that illusion*
**[23:01] ---**
*The laid out system
backup install is okay*
**[23:07] ---**
*Fields unknown even
to God become opened*
**[23:13] ---**
*It's a "living form" that not even data*
**[23:18] ---**
*from 100,000 memories
in a moment's miracle can infer*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:30] ---**
*I want the power it
takes to protect somebody*
**[23:36] ---**
*I can change even
the destiny that entwines me*
**[23:44] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
A stolen travel case lies hidden in the darkness of Academy City.
**[23:59] ---**
When Shirai Kuroko comes
into contact with a part of it,
**[24:01] ---**
she learns a terrifying truth.
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Remnant."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 30 - Remnant (Wreckage)
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**[00:32] ---**
And now, the weather
**[00:33] ---**
for tomorrow, September 14th.
**[00:36] ---**
Things look clear across
the country tomorrow,
**[00:39] ---**
but expect increasing rain on
and off in the evening and overnight.
**[00:43] ---**
--Toma! Toma!
**[00:43] ---**
--Clouds will accompany a front
approaching from the Sea of Japan,
**[00:45] ---**
--Huh? What is it?
**[00:46] ---**
It looks like growth rings
have been drawn on this map,
**[00:49] ---**
but how does that show
what tomorrow's weather will be?
**[00:52] ---**
Oh, those are isobaric lines.
**[00:54] ---**
I guess they look at the peaks
and valleys of pressure to determine it.
**[01:01] ---**
Oh! Do you mean, Academy City
is now using artificial means
**[01:04] ---**
to make feng shui readings come true?
**[01:06] ---**
Okay, time for a taste test.
**[01:08] ---**
It's right off the stove,
so it will be hot. Be careful--
**[01:16] ---**
Toma!!
**[01:22] ---**
No fair! No fair, Toma! You always
get mad when I snitch food early!
**[01:27] ---**
If I take my eyes off of you,
you'll eat everything there!
**[01:30] ---**
Hmm? But Toma...
**[01:32] ---**
Huh?
**[01:33] ---**
The weather girl sometimes
says the wrong things.
**[01:39] ---**
Is being scatterbrained
a selling point?
**[01:41] ---**
It just means that weather
forecasts aren't perfect.
**[01:44] ---**
Though they were perfect
until a little while ago...
**[01:50] ---**
This is Shuttle 258.
**[01:52] ---**
Now retrieving the Remnant.
**[02:14] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:17] ---**
*Yubi de hajiku koin mitsumeta*
**[02:22] ---**
*Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY*
**[02:26] ---**
*Mazu kotae wo kikasete*
**[02:32] ---**
*"Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"*
**[02:38] ---**
*Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama*
**[02:48] ---**
*Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai*
**[02:53] ---**
*Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta*
**[02:58] ---**
*Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono*
**[03:04] ---**
*Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[03:11] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:26] ---**
"#06 Remnant (Wreckage)"
**[03:28] ---**
Geez, I can't put up with this, you know?
**[03:32] ---**
I don't care if the Daihasei
Festival *is* coming up,
**[03:34] ---**
they can't have the whole school
doing gym all the time like this.
**[03:38] ---**
What else can they do?
**[03:40] ---**
Huh?
**[03:40] ---**
At last year's Daihasei Festival,
**[03:42] ---**
Tokiwadai Middle School
took a humiliating 2nd place.
**[03:45] ---**
They are eager to ensure
that this is our year.
**[03:48] ---**
By the way, Sissy,
**[03:49] ---**
do you have any
plans after school today?
**[03:52] ---**
Why?
**[03:53] ---**
Oh, just that once in a while,
I would like to go shopping with you,
**[03:58] ---**
or get something
sweet to eat with you.
**[04:01] ---**
We seem to be passing
each other by a lot lately.
**[04:05] ---**
I am busy with
Judgment, and Sissy,
**[04:08] ---**
you have your accessories that
you are always looking for all over.
**[04:11] ---**
To be honest, I have been
a bit lonesome recently.
**[04:16] ---**
Kuroko...
**[04:19] ---**
How commendable!
Today I am laying on the admirableness!
**[04:22] ---**
And, while she will deny it, in fact,
**[04:25] ---**
Sissy is debating whether
or not to welcome me
**[04:28] ---**
into her wide-open,
protective arms to snuggle me!
**[04:33] ---**
Something sweet?
**[04:34] ---**
You keep stuffing your face with
sweets after your Judgment work,
**[04:38] ---**
so you never end up
feeling hungry, do you--
**[04:43] ---**
Sissy!!
**[04:54] ---**
"US Space Shuttle
successfully launches"
**[04:59] ---**
Sissy? There have
been a lot lately, huh?
**[05:03] ---**
As I recall, France, Russia,
and last week, Spain, also launched.
**[05:07] ---**
Sissy, is something the matter?
**[05:09] ---**
Huh?
**[05:11] ---**
You seem to be
upset about something.
**[05:14] ---**
O-Of course I am!
**[05:15] ---**
You did a buck-naked
drop-kick on me out of nowhere,
**[05:17] ---**
exposing me to the most
absurd sight, right before my eyes!
**[05:20] ---**
So hurry up and
finish doing your shopping!
**[05:23] ---**
It's pretty embarrassing hanging
around with you, given your tastes.
**[05:26] ---**
Sissy, you should take this
chance to find something to wear
**[05:28] ---**
worthy of Tokiwadai's Ace!
**[05:31] ---**
Like this...
**[05:32] ---**
...or this...
**[05:34] ---**
...or something like this...
**[05:40] ---**
A bra pad?! Sissy, I never knew
you were interested in these!
**[05:45] ---**
Do not tell me you have a
boyfriend in mind.
**[05:47] ---**
I-It's not that!
**[05:49] ---**
No, of course not. Sissy, you would
not get carried away with a boy--
**[05:56] ---**
Come to think of it,
the last day of summer vacation...
**[06:01] ---**
No, that would be the
last thing you would do...
**[06:04] ---**
Right, Sissy--?
**[06:08] ---**
What sort of fumbling reaction is this?!
**[06:12] ---**
Sissy could not be--could not
really be with that troglodyte!
**[06:17] ---**
I-It's not like that!
I'm not interested!
**[06:20] ---**
After all, when you wear them,
**[06:22] ---**
you eventually get found
out when you take them off.
**[06:27] ---**
Sissy... you already have future
plans that far ahead in mind...!
**[06:31] ---**
No, not like that! I meant gym!
When changing for gym class!
**[06:37] ---**
Hey, your cell is ringing.
**[06:39] ---**
Geez, this is not the time!
**[06:43] ---**
Hello? Uiharu?
**[06:46] ---**
A robbery?
Let Antiskill take care of it...
**[06:50] ---**
School District 23? The one dealing
with aerospace development?
**[06:58] ---**
I am so sorry, Sissy.
**[07:00] ---**
And after you were kind
enough to come with me, too...
**[07:02] ---**
It's okay, it's okay.
**[07:03] ---**
But just be sure to
come back early tonight.
**[07:06] ---**
The weather might turn
bad come evening, after all.
**[07:09] ---**
Oh... okay...
**[07:16] ---**
Ah, Miss Shirai!
**[07:18] ---**
Is it just you, Uiharu?
**[07:20] ---**
Everyone else just went out.
Oh, I'll put on some tea.
**[07:24] ---**
I appreciate it,
but I will pass right now.
**[07:28] ---**
Oh, no! I just wanted
to feel a little ladylike.
**[07:33] ---**
If you would like to
practice feminine etiquette,
**[07:35] ---**
I can show you some other time.
**[07:37] ---**
Right now, give me
an overview of this case.
**[07:40] ---**
This is it.
**[07:43] ---**
What is this?
**[07:52] ---**
That is not a cell; it is a radio.
**[07:55] ---**
The victims seem
fairly suspect, as well.
**[07:58] ---**
What's more, there's this...
**[08:01] ---**
School District 23's emblem.
**[08:04] ---**
I've isolated the model number.
**[08:06] ---**
This travel case is specially
made to be highly airtight,
**[08:10] ---**
as well as to counter all
kinds of cosmic radiation.
**[08:13] ---**
You do not suppose they
were taking it into space, do you?
**[08:16] ---**
Or instead,
they were bringing it back.
**[08:19] ---**
Hmph, the quickest way to find
out seems to be to secure the robbers.
**[08:24] ---**
What was their escape route?
**[08:25] ---**
They abandoned the
car and went underground.
**[08:28] ---**
Huh?
**[08:28] ---**
There was a traffic jam
due to some signal trouble.
**[08:32] ---**
This doesn't happen too often, either.
**[08:35] ---**
Actually, it works to our favor.
**[08:36] ---**
Huh?
**[08:37] ---**
Uiharu, you run
down the men who ran away.
**[08:39] ---**
Miss Shirai!
**[08:43] ---**
Hurry!
**[08:48] ---**
I beg your pardon.
**[08:52] ---**
What?!
**[08:54] ---**
A teleporter!
**[08:55] ---**
Over here!
**[08:57] ---**
Judgment! Do I have to
explain to you why I am here?
**[09:16] ---**
Damn!
**[09:21] ---**
A low-tech handgun...
Are they outsiders?
**[09:29] ---**
Hello, Uiharu?
**[09:31] ---**
Uh, Kuroko...
**[09:32] ---**
Sissy!
**[09:33] ---**
I need a little favor
from you. Where are you?
**[09:37] ---**
Oh, well...
**[09:38] ---**
Oh, you're still at work?
Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to bother you.
**[09:42] ---**
Oh, no. So what is the favor?
**[09:45] ---**
Mm, I heard from
one of the underclassmen
**[09:49] ---**
that there's going to be
a surprise room inspection.
**[09:50] ---**
I was hoping you could
hide some of my personal things.
**[09:54] ---**
Sissy, you are still out, too?
**[09:56] ---**
Well, that's okay.
I'll try asking someone else.
**[09:59] ---**
You should get back soon, too.
**[10:02] ---**
Word is it's supposed to rain starting
tonight and all day tomorrow. Bye!
**[10:06] ---**
S-Sissy!
**[10:09] ---**
I will not allow Sissy to turn
to anyone other than me for a favor!
**[10:14] ---**
This calls for me to teleport
right back to the student dorms--
**[10:23] ---**
Huh?
**[10:35] ---**
Who are you?
**[10:45] ---**
A teleporter?
**[10:46] ---**
My, you figured that out already?
**[10:48] ---**
Leave it to the same type of
esper to understand so quickly.
**[10:52] ---**
My power is Move Point.
Unlike you, who can't do so,
**[10:56] ---**
I do not need to touch
the objects with my hands.
**[10:59] ---**
Well? Don't you think that's amazing,
**[11:02] ---**
Judgment Branch 177's
Miss Shirai Kuroko?
**[11:09] ---**
It will take more than that!
**[11:19] ---**
Like I said,
it will take more than that!
**[11:34] ---**
I told you.
**[11:35] ---**
I don't need to put my hands
on the objects.
**[11:39] ---**
It's too bad.
**[11:41] ---**
Even if she is backed into a corner,
**[11:43] ---**
I did not think her to be
someone to drag an underclassman
**[11:45] ---**
into one of her personal affairs--
**[11:48] ---**
Misaka Mikoto, that is.
**[11:51] ---**
Why would you bring up Sissy's name just now?
**[11:54] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[12:00] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[12:03] ---**
Why would you bring
up Sissy's name just now?
**[12:06] ---**
Oh, you didn't know?
**[12:09] ---**
But then, it doesn't seem like she
would use you without you knowing.
**[12:13] ---**
The Railgun of Tokiwadai
is quite noble-minded, and all.
**[12:17] ---**
You didn't think it was awfully convenient
**[12:20] ---**
that my people were
caught up in that traffic jam?
**[12:23] ---**
You can't tell me that you
don't know what kind of esper
**[12:26] ---**
that Tokiwadai's Ace is,
now can you?
**[12:29] ---**
What are you going on about?
**[12:31] ---**
The Remnant--though you wouldn't
know what that means, huh?
**[12:35] ---**
Is "silicorundum" too much for you, too?
**[12:38] ---**
I know. You'd understand if I said the
wreckage of Tree Diagram, right?
**[12:43] ---**
The supercomputer that's said
to be the brains of Academy City?
**[12:47] ---**
And though derelict,
its computational core
**[12:50] ---**
still has tremendous
potential remaining within it.
**[12:52] ---**
Ridiculous.
It is still in its satellite orbit.
**[12:57] ---**
This is an attachment to the
report about it being shot down.
**[13:01] ---**
Quite rare, you know.
**[13:02] ---**
Tree Diagram was
destroyed quite some time ago.
**[13:07] ---**
That is why the whole world
wants its wreckage--the Remnant.
**[13:12] ---**
It must be rough for Misaka Mikoto.
**[13:14] ---**
Thanks to someone destroying
Tree Diagram for her,
**[13:18] ---**
her nightmare would have been over.
**[13:20] ---**
If it can be restored,
the experiments will be held again.
**[13:25] ---**
I can understand why she
would be trying to resist that.
**[13:28] ---**
Experiments?
**[13:30] ---**
You still don't get it?
You really are out of the loop, huh?
**[13:34] ---**
August 21st.
**[13:37] ---**
If you've managed to make it this far,
**[13:40] ---**
you and I might have become friends.
**[13:45] ---**
Splash!
**[13:47] ---**
...goes Misaka Misaka,
jumping into the bathtub!
**[13:50] ---**
Then, splashy splashy splashy,
**[13:52] ---**
kicks her feet with
a sense of freedom!
**[13:55] ---**
You know,
**[13:56] ---**
just because you're small,
don't go indulging yourself
**[13:59] ---**
by acting like this cramped
bathroom is spacious--
**[14:03] ---**
"Must be inconvenient,
not being able to use your Reflection,"
**[14:06] ---**
says Misaka Misaka with a look of pity.
**[14:09] ---**
"Also, what's the deal with an
esper brought to tears by shampoo,"
**[14:14] ---**
wonders Misaka Misaka in shock!
**[14:16] ---**
These aren't tears!
**[14:17] ---**
And if I could use your network
to calculate my Reflection, I'd--
**[14:22] ---**
Yomikawa! Why do I have to
take care of this dirty little brat?!
**[14:26] ---**
What choice is there?
**[14:28] ---**
Man, that Kikyo! Dumping
her problems on me yet again...
**[14:33] ---**
Well, these kids don't seem to
require *that* much care, though.
**[14:38] ---**
Yomikawa!!
**[14:41] ---**
I've determined the name of
the esper you fought, Miss Shirai.
**[14:45] ---**
Musujime Awaki. She's a 2nd-Year from
Kirigaoka Girls' School, and a Level 4.
**[14:50] ---**
Her ability is called Move Point,
**[14:53] ---**
and as you reported, she is able
to relocate objects at a distance--
**[14:57] ---**
or in other words, spatial
replacement from coordinate A to B.
**[15:01] ---**
Did you... find anything else out?
**[15:04] ---**
Well, she flunked blocking
other espers of the same type.
**[15:08] ---**
Also, she seems to have second
thoughts about teleporting herself.
**[15:12] ---**
Presumably because she was
badly injured doing so two years ago.
**[15:15] ---**
And another thing,
though this is unconfirmed--
**[15:18] ---**
she is supposed to be one of the "Guides."
**[15:20] ---**
Guides?
**[15:22] ---**
To the building without doors or windows.
**[15:25] ---**
The Academy City Governing
Board Director's home office?
**[15:28] ---**
But that is just an urban legend--
**[15:32] ---**
Miss Shirai? Are you all right?
**[15:34] ---**
Never mind, just keep going.
**[15:37] ---**
Right. According to Antiskill's intel,
**[15:40] ---**
the black-suited men
who were attacked are secure.
**[15:42] ---**
As for their identity,
**[15:43] ---**
it says they are couriers who
were hired by School District 23.
**[15:47] ---**
A psychometrist read their memories,
**[15:50] ---**
but they knew nothing
about what was inside the case.
**[15:53] ---**
So in short, while School District 23
was delivering the contents
**[15:57] ---**
of that travel case to
some other research facility,
**[16:00] ---**
they had it stolen from
them by Musujime's group.
**[16:04] ---**
Remnant... Tree Diagram...
**[16:09] ---**
It must be rough for Misaka Mikoto.
**[16:12] ---**
Her nightmare would have been over.
**[16:13] ---**
But just be sure to come back early tonight.
**[16:16] ---**
The weather might turn
bad come evening, after all.
**[16:21] ---**
Miss Shirai?
**[16:23] ---**
Um, why don't you let
Antiskill take over this case already?
**[16:28] ---**
Somehow, it seems like
it's more than we can handle.
**[16:34] ---**
I have to go.
**[16:35] ---**
Huh?
**[16:43] ---**
Kuroko?
**[16:44] ---**
What is it, Sissy?
**[16:48] ---**
You're in the bathroom? If you're home,
at least turn the room light on.
**[16:53] ---**
J-Just conserving energy.
**[16:57] ---**
I am a girl who is kind to the earth.
**[17:01] ---**
Hmm... But Academy City is
mainly powered by wind energy,
**[17:06] ---**
and CO2 isn't even a factor, is it?
**[17:08] ---**
Oh, Sissy, you tease.
**[17:12] ---**
I was thinking of using it as a pretext to
invite you into some lowered mood lighting.
**[17:19] ---**
What's the big idea?
**[17:21] ---**
Sissy, where have you been?
**[17:24] ---**
Oh, I guess you could say
I've been out collecting accessories
**[17:27] ---**
that I haven't been
able to buy up to now.
**[17:29] ---**
I just can't seem to find them.
**[17:32] ---**
I just came back to
get something I'd forgotten.
**[17:35] ---**
I'll be heading out for a bit again.
**[17:40] ---**
I hope you do not get rained on.
**[17:43] ---**
You cannot rely on the
weather forecasts these days.
**[17:49] ---**
Yeah. Thanks for worrying about me.
**[17:52] ---**
I'll try to be home
again as soon as I can.
**[18:01] ---**
Sissy...
**[18:05] ---**
August 21st...
**[18:08] ---**
That evening, an unexplained
windstorm swept through,
**[18:12] ---**
a rail switchyard in
School District 17 was devastated,
**[18:16] ---**
and the next day...
**[18:36] ---**
Uiharu...
**[18:37] ---**
Musujime's group is mixed up with an
organization outside of Academy City.
**[18:43] ---**
Can you run a simulation
of the escape route?
**[18:46] ---**
I am sorry, Sissy.
**[18:50] ---**
You bear a distress deeper
than the rest of us can only imagine.
**[18:57] ---**
You are trying to keep us
from becoming involved in it.
**[19:00] ---**
That is why I will
apologize now, upfront...
**[19:03] ---**
...for putting a stop to the
nightmare that Musujime mentioned
**[19:06] ---**
by sticking my nose into your
business in my own humble way!
**[19:13] ---**
Sissy!
**[19:26] ---**
Come on out of there, you coward!
**[19:29] ---**
How long do you plan to sneak around?!
**[19:43] ---**
Sissy...
**[19:46] ---**
You're in quite the
hurry today, aren't you?
**[19:49] ---**
Are you that afraid of the
Remnant being reintegrated?
**[19:52] ---**
Or is it that the experiments
will be restarted, I wonder.
**[19:55] ---**
You be quiet!
**[19:57] ---**
Hmph, you could just leave them alone.
**[19:59] ---**
They were created for
the experiments to begin with.
**[20:03] ---**
Why not let them be destroyed,
like they were meant to be?
**[20:05] ---**
Do you really mean that?
**[20:06] ---**
In the end, you're fighting
for your sake, aren't you?
**[20:11] ---**
Your regrets,
your misery, and your anger...
**[20:15] ---**
All for your own petty self-satisfaction.
**[20:18] ---**
You're right...
**[20:20] ---**
I *am* aggravated.
**[20:22] ---**
So aggravated that I could
burst the veins in my head.
**[20:26] ---**
That idiot...!
**[20:28] ---**
Did she really think
I wouldn't notice?
**[20:31] ---**
Just hearing her voice
through the door was so...
**[20:35] ---**
...was so terrible...
**[20:37] ---**
Yeah, I am aggravated.
**[20:40] ---**
At my over-perfect,
ridiculous underclassman,
**[20:43] ---**
the scum sitting in front of me,
**[20:44] ---**
and more than anything,
the one who created this situation--
**[20:47] ---**
which would be me!
**[20:49] ---**
You're so bighearted,
it's sickeningly sweet.
**[20:52] ---**
If you had complained that you were the
victim, we wouldn't have to fight now.
**[20:57] ---**
In any case, I cannot allow
myself to be caught right now.
**[21:00] ---**
I am going to make my way out
of here, no matter what I have to do.
**[21:03] ---**
Do you really think you can get away?
**[21:05] ---**
I already know everything
you've got up your sleeve!
**[21:11] ---**
Your shield is too flimsy!
**[21:13] ---**
A question for you--
**[21:16] ---**
How many ordinary people
who have nothing to do with this
**[21:19] ---**
are mixed up in here?
**[21:32] ---**
It looks like it is now my turn.
**[21:38] ---**
Well, here you go, Shirai Kuroko.
**[21:43] ---**
Into the very heart of the battlefield,
**[21:45] ---**
to make sure you make it back.
**[21:53] ---**
"If this is true, then I must hurry,"
**[21:57] ---**
says Misaka, tipping
up her own set of priorities.
**[22:02] ---**
"It is already past curfew,
but I cannot just remain here,"
**[22:07] ---**
says Misaka, invoking her
emergency excuse on herself.
**[22:15] ---**
"Even at this very moment,
matters are rapidly going downhill,"
**[22:21] ---**
says Misaka...
**[22:25] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[22:32] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[22:50] ---**
*Dare nimo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara*
**[22:56] ---**
*imajin nante kowashite shimaeba ii*
**[23:01] ---**
*Harimeguru shisutemu bakkappu insutooru wa OK*
**[23:07] ---**
*Kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku*
**[23:13] ---**
*Juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae*
**[23:18] ---**
*suisoku fukanou na "ikite'ru katachi" dakara*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*Dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii*
**[23:36] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[23:44] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
Shirai Kuroko and Musujime Awaki--
**[23:57] ---**
a battle between teleporters has begun.
**[23:59] ---**
The Sisters also set
out after the Remnant.
**[24:02] ---**
And also, *her*...
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Move Point."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 31 - Move Point (Coordinate Relocation)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:31] ---**
Just as tranquility had supposedly
returned to Misaka Mikoto's life,
**[00:34] ---**
darkness once again looms over her.
**[00:36] ---**
A mysterious organization operates in secret
**[00:37] ---**
concerning the wreckage of Tree Diagram.
**[00:39] ---**
A Level 4 esper, Musujime Awaki,
uses the technique Move Point.
**[00:43] ---**
And as for Shirai Kuroko,
**[00:45] ---**
who has caught a glimpse of
Misaka as she continues to
**[00:47] ---**
wage her lone secret battle...
**[01:08] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:11] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[01:16] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[01:20] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[01:27] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[01:32] ---**
*But the angel continued
to smile in discernment*
**[01:42] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[01:47] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[01:53] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[01:58] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:05] ---**
*No buts!*
**[02:20] ---**
"#07 Move Point (Coordinate Relocation)"
**[02:30] ---**
What is this?
**[02:32] ---**
There aren't any civilians
in here, are there?
**[02:52] ---**
It looks like you might
have underestimated me,
**[02:55] ---**
assuming I wouldn't
teleport myself, huh?
**[03:01] ---**
I can do it anytime, if I want to.
**[03:03] ---**
As long as I really want to,
the trauma isn't...
**[03:13] ---**
Do they not call it "trauma" because
it is not so easy to overcome?
**[03:18] ---**
Two years ago, you teleported
yourself, and were seriously injured.
**[03:24] ---**
You probably miscalculated
your coordinates,
**[03:26] ---**
and ran into a wall
or something, did you not?
**[03:28] ---**
Oh, my, what a poor show.
**[03:35] ---**
There is no need to panic.
I avoided anything vital.
**[03:40] ---**
Although, all I have done is
pay you back for where you got me.
**[03:45] ---**
Here is some styptic gel.
It works quite well.
**[03:51] ---**
Now, please, go ahead
and crawl around on the floor
**[03:54] ---**
while you treat your injuries.
**[03:56] ---**
Do that, and we will finally be even.
**[04:01] ---**
You are quite concerned about
your Tokiwadai Ace, aren't you?
**[04:05] ---**
But is she really worth
doing all this to protect?
**[04:08] ---**
The selfish, sentimental, fantasy
world that only Railgun dreams of?
**[04:15] ---**
Well of course I want to protect it.
**[04:18] ---**
However selfish she may be,
Sissy desires something--
**[04:23] ---**
the circumstances where
you and I do not have to do this.
**[04:28] ---**
If she wanted to, with a single coin,
**[04:30] ---**
she could blow everything to little pieces.
**[04:33] ---**
Even so, Sissy is someone
who can say with a serious face,
**[04:37] ---**
amid any amount of despair,
that she does not wish us to fight.
**[04:40] ---**
Do you think that I am going
to give the boot to such a wish?!
**[04:45] ---**
I am now going to have you
return her to her day-to-day life.
**[04:49] ---**
Just as somebody somewhere wishes,
and to which I am sympathetic.
**[04:54] ---**
In that case,
**[04:55] ---**
what if I trample on those wishes?
**[04:58] ---**
I guess I would win, huh?
**[05:11] ---**
I don't fall for the same trick twice!
**[05:33] ---**
I can't teleport!
**[05:49] ---**
What's the matter? In so much
pain that you couldn't teleport?
**[05:55] ---**
Tell me, have you heard this story?
**[05:59] ---**
Once upon a time, in some place,
**[06:01] ---**
there was a powerful esper and organization.
**[06:07] ---**
The organization thought that
by increasing their number of espers,
**[06:11] ---**
they could obtain a great deal of power,
**[06:14] ---**
so they manufactured many clones.
**[06:17] ---**
However, they ended up with a real mess.
**[06:19] ---**
The poor little sheep that they got
**[06:22] ---**
were colossal failures,
not even 1% as adequate as the Original.
**[06:29] ---**
"Okay then,
**[06:31] ---**
we will organize all the
information we have so far,"
**[06:33] ---**
asks Misaka 10032 over the Network
to an unspecified number of units.
**[06:40] ---**
"Currently, the only Remnant that
can possibly re-establish Tree Diagram
**[06:44] ---**
is somewhere in Academy City.
**[06:46] ---**
The name of the organization
that is after it is the Science Society.
**[06:50] ---**
There is no question about that, right?"
**[06:52] ---**
confirms Misaka 10032 once again.
**[06:58] ---**
"There is no question," affirms Misaka 10044.
**[07:04] ---**
"However, 10032,
**[07:06] ---**
you, of all the units out there,
suffered especially severe damage,
**[07:10] ---**
so shouldn't you concentrate on healing?"
**[07:12] ---**
says Misaka 10744, expressing apprehension.
**[07:21] ---**
"It doesn't matter,"
replies Misaka 10032 immediately.
**[07:27] ---**
"The reintegration of Tree Diagram
**[07:29] ---**
is something that
absolutely must be stopped,"
**[07:31] ---**
says Misaka 10032,
remembering the faces of that boy and girl,
**[07:36] ---**
renewing her determination.
**[07:39] ---**
"Acknowledged.
We will leave it to you,"
**[07:42] ---**
says Misaka 14458, nodding her head.
**[07:47] ---**
"If you would be so kind,"
says Misaka 19002 in support.
**[07:53] ---**
"Misaka asks you as well,"
says Misaka Misaka by way of request.
**[07:58] ---**
In fact, Misaka wants to do something, too!
**[08:00] ---**
Sitting around doing nothing is
not something Misaka Misaka can--
**[08:03] ---**
Hey!
**[08:05] ---**
Pipe down. What are
you babbling about over there?
**[08:11] ---**
"Nothing at all," says Misaka
Misaka, hands over her mouth.
**[08:21] ---**
Tell me, Miss Shirai,
**[08:23] ---**
despite having a perfect copy
of the genetics of the Original,
**[08:26] ---**
as well as the undergoing
the exact same ability development,
**[08:29] ---**
how is it that the clones can't
reach the same level as the Original?
**[08:34] ---**
Could it be...
**[08:35] ---**
...that there is something else
involved besides brain composition?
**[08:39] ---**
Once that gets identified,
do you think that non-humans
**[08:42] ---**
will be able to master abilities, as well?
**[08:44] ---**
Something with a brain comparable
to or even superior to people?
**[08:48] ---**
They could be a lot closer than you'd expect.
**[08:51] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[08:54] ---**
You cannot mean machines
that possess abilities!
**[08:58] ---**
A machine is just a machine.
However, they can make predictions.
**[09:02] ---**
If there were a machine that
could perfectly simulate any phenomenon...
**[09:08] ---**
I could ask it about any possibility.
**[09:11] ---**
Whether or not there are things
**[09:13] ---**
that could use abilities
in place of humans.
**[09:17] ---**
For example, dolphins
are called humans of the sea,
**[09:21] ---**
and ant societies have
strict rules of order and discipline.
**[09:24] ---**
Esper abilities cannot just
be the privilege of mankind.
**[09:28] ---**
But if so, why don't any
non-humans have them?
**[09:32] ---**
That... is what I want to know.
**[09:35] ---**
And to that end, I...
**[09:38] ---**
...will build a new Tree Diagram
from this Remnant!
**[09:43] ---**
Ee-yow!
**[09:45] ---**
Why would you suddenly do
that for no reason?! Come on! Let go!
**[09:49] ---**
I mean... I'm sorry.
Please let go, Miss Index!
**[09:57] ---**
You're so mean, Toma!
**[09:59] ---**
Eh?
**[10:01] ---**
After I took the trouble to think
up a neat tongue-twister for you!
**[10:06] ---**
Now, look, how does "Toma takes
in tofu too far away, the tomfool,"
**[10:11] ---**
not make fun of me,
no matter how you look at it?!
**[10:15] ---**
Er, I didn't mean that.
**[10:24] ---**
Misaka...?
**[10:26] ---**
"I have a favor to ask..."
**[10:29] ---**
says Misaka looking
directly at your face,
**[10:32] ---**
while pouring out her heart.
**[10:35] ---**
Please come save Misaka
and Misaka's sisters' lives.
**[10:43] ---**
I won't allow it.
**[10:48] ---**
Not those experiments.
**[10:54] ---**
I can't let them start them up
again, no matter what.
**[11:00] ---**
"Antiskill Case Response Record"
**[11:02] ---**
"Property damage to an Area F restaurant,
**[11:04] ---**
in what appears to be
a skirmish between espers."
**[11:09] ---**
That idiot!
**[11:18] ---**
I've been looking for you, Zapper.
**[11:22] ---**
Been looking for me? Why?
**[11:27] ---**
Why are you doing this again?
**[11:29] ---**
Hey...
**[11:32] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:33] ---**
Let's go, Zapper.
**[11:38] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:42] ---**
That is why you collaborated
with an outside organization?
**[11:45] ---**
Yes.
**[11:46] ---**
Even if I do possess
this valuable Remnant,
**[11:49] ---**
I can't restore the thing by myself.
**[11:52] ---**
That's why I needed an outfit
**[11:54] ---**
with technical skill, intelligence,
as well as a purpose.
**[11:57] ---**
Miss Shirai, tell me, how did it feel?
**[12:01] ---**
When you first obtained *your* ability?
**[12:04] ---**
To be honest, I was afraid.
**[12:07] ---**
Possessing this kind of
power was scarier than anything.
**[12:12] ---**
If it didn't have to be a person--
If it didn't have to be me,
**[12:17] ---**
then why is it that
I have this kind of power?
**[12:20] ---**
The ones I am with
also bear the same concerns.
**[12:25] ---**
They all curse their own abilities,
and have been seeking answers.
**[12:30] ---**
That is why they're working with me,
**[12:32] ---**
and were even willing to shield me.
**[12:35] ---**
It's happened to you, too, right?
**[12:37] ---**
You used your ability,
and ended up hurting someone?
**[12:42] ---**
I know what it's like.
You are a lot like me.
**[12:46] ---**
How about it, Miss Shirai?
**[12:48] ---**
If you'd like to learn the truth together,
**[12:51] ---**
then I would be glad to invite you in.
**[12:57] ---**
I must decline.
**[12:59] ---**
Did you think that you could
win over me, Shirai Kuroko,
**[13:02] ---**
with your own self-fascinated prose?
**[13:05] ---**
I guess villains really
are full of empty talk after all.
**[13:08] ---**
Don't you get it? We espers may
have avoided becoming monsters!
**[13:14] ---**
--These dangerous abilities are--
--Ridiculous!
**[13:16] ---**
Abilities are just abilities,
no matter how far they are carried.
**[13:19] ---**
How the power is
used depends on the person.
**[13:22] ---**
You are a fool if you have not
realized something so obvious!
**[13:28] ---**
You are afraid of power?
**[13:30] ---**
You don't want it because it hurts others?
**[13:33] ---**
Please, do not make me laugh.
**[13:36] ---**
Whether or not you have power,
**[13:38] ---**
it does not change the fact that
you are someone who hurts others!
**[13:43] ---**
It turns out that your way of
talking is nothing more
**[13:45] ---**
than a sneaky evasion of
your openly condescending attitude,
**[13:49] ---**
in which you think you are special,
and those around you are average!
**[13:53] ---**
And right now, I am going
to take that cankered nature...
**[13:57] ---**
...and beat it out of you!
**[14:00] ---**
No...
**[14:02] ---**
No, stay back...!
**[15:14] ---**
I'll kill you.
**[15:16] ---**
How dare you make me crack like that.
**[15:19] ---**
If it weren't for you...
**[15:21] ---**
I still could have been somebody!
**[15:28] ---**
My Move Point can move
a maximum of 4520 kilograms.
**[15:33] ---**
I can hit this place,
even from far away.
**[15:36] ---**
You, to say nothing of
this building, will be destroyed!
**[15:40] ---**
Oh, did you still need that case?
**[15:47] ---**
I'm gonna destroy you!
**[15:50] ---**
Because you're the
one who destroyed me.
**[15:52] ---**
I have to get you back in full for that!
**[16:02] ---**
Sissy...
**[16:18] ---**
4520... kilograms...
**[16:31] ---**
That light!
**[16:33] ---**
Sissy!
**[16:36] ---**
You must not come up here, Sissy!
**[16:40] ---**
Kuroko!
**[17:20] ---**
Just who... are you...?
**[17:36] ---**
This is A001 calling M000.
**[17:39] ---**
Status report to follow code confirmation...
**[17:44] ---**
You've got some nerve, swindling a kid,
**[17:48] ---**
then watching from a safe distance!
**[17:55] ---**
What do I do?
**[17:57] ---**
What do I do now?
**[18:10] ---**
I gotta say...
**[18:11] ---**
...here I am, going to more
than a bit of trouble to get out...
**[18:16] ---**
...and what do I find but
some foolhardy third-string?
**[18:20] ---**
It can't be...
**[18:22] ---**
Accelerator? The one not
even Railgun could deal with?
**[18:26] ---**
The greatest Level 5
in all of Academy City?
**[18:30] ---**
He's too much!
**[18:31] ---**
There's no way...
**[18:33] ---**
There's no way I can
go up against someone like--
**[18:39] ---**
I know!
**[18:40] ---**
Huh?
**[18:41] ---**
I know you lost your power on August 31st!
**[18:45] ---**
Yeah... You don't have
the ability to calculate anymore!
**[18:50] ---**
You no longer have the power you once did!
**[18:55] ---**
I feel bad for you.
**[18:57] ---**
If you actually
mean what you're saying,
**[18:59] ---**
then I feel so bad for
you I could just hug you.
**[19:02] ---**
It's true enough that on that day,
I suffered some brain damage.
**[19:06] ---**
Nowadays, I outsource my calculating.
**[19:09] ---**
However, while I may have become weaker,
**[19:13] ---**
it doesn't necessarily mean
you've gotten any stronger, does it?
**[19:18] ---**
Huh?!
**[19:37] ---**
Sorry,
**[19:38] ---**
but the way ahead goes only "One-Way!"
**[19:41] ---**
Now tearfully tuck tail like a good girl,
**[19:43] ---**
and go on back to wherever
you came from in disgrace!
**[20:01] ---**
But then,
**[20:04] ---**
it's true, in the shape I'm in,
**[20:06] ---**
I may have to step down
as Academy City's top dog.
**[20:10] ---**
But even so...
**[20:14] ---**
I've decided to keep acting
the top dog in front of that kid.
**[20:20] ---**
Damn it all.
**[20:26] ---**
Look, look, Toma! I finally mastered
the method of buying drinks!
**[20:32] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:33] ---**
Hmm? What's the matter, Toma?
**[20:36] ---**
Tell me what *isn't* the matter!
**[20:39] ---**
I came to pay my respects to Shirai...
**[20:44] ---**
There was nothing I could do,
**[20:46] ---**
so I went to visit Misaka's sister, when...
**[20:53] ---**
It's just my luck.
**[20:54] ---**
So, what did the Remnant turn out to be?
**[20:57] ---**
You heroically walked
out with that naked girl,
**[21:00] ---**
but after that,
you didn't yield anything, right?
**[21:02] ---**
Yeah. The girl behind it all
had been beaten up by someone,
**[21:07] ---**
and the contents of
the case were strewn all over.
**[21:09] ---**
Man, there's no telling
who might have gotten to her.
**[21:13] ---**
So as it turns out,
**[21:14] ---**
Yomikawa says she was off
smashing up the "Science Society."
**[21:18] ---**
"Word is that they also
had contact with Amai Ao,"
**[21:21] ---**
reports Misaka Misaka.
**[21:24] ---**
Oh, yeah?
**[21:25] ---**
"Hey, why are you blowing
it off like it's nothing?!"
**[21:29] ---**
--asks Misaka Misaka--
--Put a sock in it!
**[21:31] ---**
Show me a little gratitude by
just sitting there quietly for a bit.
**[21:39] ---**
The weather forecast
did not get it right, did it?
**[21:43] ---**
Hmm, you're right.
**[21:45] ---**
Sissy, I found something out.
**[21:49] ---**
That place is the world in which you fight.
**[21:53] ---**
Kuroko...
**[21:56] ---**
Everything that happened
was due to my inexperience.
**[22:01] ---**
As such, Sissy, please smile, okay?
**[22:06] ---**
I will look to that smile to
get me back on my feet again.
**[22:13] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[22:19] ---**
Thanks... Kuroko.
**[22:25] ---**
*I can change even the
destiny that entwines me*
**[22:32] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[22:49] ---**
*If I lack the power to
not be outdone by anyone*
**[22:55] ---**
*I can always destroy that illusion*
**[23:01] ---**
*The laid out system
backup install is okay*
**[23:07] ---**
*Fields unknown even
to God become opened*
**[23:13] ---**
*It's a "living form" that not even data*
**[23:18] ---**
*from 100,000 memories
in a moment's miracle can infer*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*I want the power it
takes to protect somebody*
**[23:36] ---**
*I can change even
the destiny that entwines me*
**[23:44] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
The Daihasei Festival, Academy
City's greatest event,
**[23:58] ---**
that all of students get fired up for.
**[23:59] ---**
A new magician uses the occasion
to sneak in. But what is her aim?
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "The Daihasei Festival."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 32 - The Daihasei Festival
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:32] ---**
In just a few minutes,
**[00:34] ---**
the Daihasei Festival's
opening ceremony will begin.
**[00:37] ---**
Here in Academy City,
**[00:38] ---**
the place is filled with
students' families and spectators!
**[00:42] ---**
Get your Maid Bento lunches!
**[00:44] ---**
Who wants one of Academy City's
famous Maid Bento lunches?
**[00:48] ---**
Get your Ryoran Household Arts
School's Maid Bento lunches--
**[00:51] ---**
or more precisely,
Probationary Maid Lunches here!
**[00:55] ---**
My, my, Academy City sure
does have a lot of schools, doesn't it?
**[00:59] ---**
Y-Yeah. It's a place where
educational organizations
**[01:03] ---**
from around the world are all
concentrated into one location.
**[01:06] ---**
E-Excuse me!
**[01:07] ---**
No, I should apologize.
**[01:10] ---**
Um, would you happen to know
where Tokiwadai Middle School is?
**[01:15] ---**
Huh? Oh, just a moment, please.
**[01:18] ---**
Tokiwadai... Tokiwadai...
**[01:21] ---**
It's not here.
Perhaps it's not open to the public?
**[01:25] ---**
Huh? Are you sure?
Then where could Mikoto be?!
**[01:29] ---**
I-Is this Mikoto your
younger sister, or someone?
**[01:33] ---**
My, my...
**[01:35] ---**
Not again, Toya.
**[01:38] ---**
--Gah! It really isn't on here! What do I do?
--Again, you say, Mom?
**[01:42] ---**
Oh, isn't that Toma over there?
**[01:44] ---**
Yeah, okay! If I happen to lose
to you, I'll play your penalty game.
**[01:49] ---**
I'll do whatever you tell me to do.
**[01:52] ---**
All right, I'm in.
Anything I say, right? Anything.
**[01:55] ---**
In return, if you lose,
you get the penalty game, too.
**[01:59] ---**
Wha--? S-So then, you mean,
a-anything *you* say...?
**[02:04] ---**
Oh, dear, given the way you were
shooting your mouth off just now,
**[02:08] ---**
is that really all the
confidence you've got?
**[02:11] ---**
Okay, fine. Let's do this, why don't we?
**[02:14] ---**
But don't come crying to me later!
**[02:17] ---**
My, my...
**[02:20] ---**
Looks like Mikoto is doing well.
**[02:40] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:43] ---**
*Yubi de hajiku koin mitsumeta*
**[02:48] ---**
*Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY*
**[02:52] ---**
*Mazu kotae wo kikasete*
**[02:58] ---**
*"Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"*
**[03:03] ---**
*Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama*
**[03:14] ---**
*Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai*
**[03:19] ---**
*Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta*
**[03:24] ---**
*Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono*
**[03:30] ---**
*Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[03:37] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:54] ---**
The Daihasei Festival opening
ceremony is about to start, right?
**[03:58] ---**
I would think a word of greeting
would be necessary, would it not?
**[04:02] ---**
Do you think that I go
out in public looking like I do?
**[04:06] ---**
Then let us proceed
with our discussion unabated.
**[04:08] ---**
Concerning the magician who
has made her way inside Academy City?
**[04:13] ---**
Through security measures
that have become lax.
**[04:16] ---**
There are two of them that
we have identified as of right now.
**[04:19] ---**
An officer of the Roman Orthodox
Church, and a courier in her employ.
**[04:24] ---**
Their objective is said to be
a transaction for a certain item.
**[04:28] ---**
A certain item?
**[04:31] ---**
Up you go...
**[04:33] ---**
A sword?
**[04:35] ---**
This is a replica,
**[04:37] ---**
but it's the "Stab Sword."
**[04:39] ---**
It is even claimed to be the sword that
pierced a dragon, binding it to the ground.
**[04:43] ---**
If it were to end up in the wrong hands,
the English Puritan Church
**[04:46] ---**
could find itself quickly
placed in a dire predicament.
**[04:49] ---**
Then you might call it a
tactical weapon among your world.
**[04:53] ---**
Our greatest problem is that
the transaction for the Stab Sword
**[04:57] ---**
is being held there
within Academy City.
**[05:01] ---**
Which would mean that that young man
**[05:04] ---**
must be appointed as a traveling guide.
**[05:10] ---**
Toma! Toma!
**[05:11] ---**
I think I might be hungry!
**[05:13] ---**
Huh? You just barely
ate breakfast, didn't you?
**[05:15] ---**
But the most indescribable aromas
are floating around me everywhere,
**[05:19] ---**
and it doesn't make any difference!
**[05:21] ---**
Ah, Japanese cuisine may be a
mass of temptation called appetite!
**[05:26] ---**
Yeah, all right, all right.
I'll take you around later on.
**[05:30] ---**
Later on?
**[05:31] ---**
Yeah. The first event is about to start.
**[05:34] ---**
The events that I'm taking
part in today are marked in there.
**[05:38] ---**
Let's go, Index.
**[05:40] ---**
T-Toma seems like he's
incredibly no-nonsense today.
**[05:51] ---**
Ugh... I *so* don't wanna do this.
**[05:54] ---**
Guys, what's with all this
down-and-out spirit, on the first day?
**[05:57] ---**
We've been arguing over how
we're going to beat the other schools,
**[06:01] ---**
and our already limited strength has
been reduced to near zero. What of it?
**[06:05] ---**
You put the cart before
the horse, you know!
**[06:07] ---**
That's just how competition
between students is.
**[06:10] ---**
Just my luck.
**[06:12] ---**
What's the deal with this lack of energy?!
**[06:18] ---**
Let me guess, Kamijo!
You're so inappropriately lazy,
**[06:21] ---**
now it's spreading to all the others!
**[06:23] ---**
I just barely got here, myself!
**[06:25] ---**
So in other words, you showed up late,
**[06:27] ---**
sucking out the enthusiasm from the others!
**[06:29] ---**
Fukiyose, *you* got here later than I did!
**[06:32] ---**
I was on steering
committee business, you idiot!
**[06:35] ---**
Just leave me alone.
**[06:36] ---**
Kamijo, face-to-face
with his unfortunate reality,
**[06:39] ---**
is finding it difficult
to rise to his feet.
**[06:42] ---**
That's just a little anemia.
**[06:44] ---**
Here, top yourself
off with this sports drink!
**[06:47] ---**
I happen to not like folks
who use bad luck or misfortune
**[06:50] ---**
as an excuse to cut corners
as they live their lives!
**[06:53] ---**
When you slack off, the enthusiasm
of those around you also dries up!
**[06:55] ---**
So snap to, already, snap to!
**[07:03] ---**
U-Um...
**[07:06] ---**
Th-That is...
**[07:11] ---**
Have you got something to say?
**[07:13] ---**
N-No, I do not! No!
**[07:22] ---**
This is no time for
anyone to be tower toppling.
**[07:25] ---**
It really could be hopeless.
**[07:26] ---**
Like I said,
you have to acknowledge
**[07:28] ---**
that there are deficiencies
in our facilities!
**[07:30] ---**
But that is in no way a
reflection on the students!
**[07:33] ---**
It's because your students
are of such poor quality
**[07:35] ---**
that you don't receive more money
from the governing board, right?
**[07:38] ---**
Ha! It must make work extra hard,
being saddled with rejects, huh?
**[07:43] ---**
Th-The students are neither
successes nor failures!
**[07:47] ---**
The only thing they
are is their own individuals!
**[07:49] ---**
That's quite the dreamlike
opinion you have of them,
**[07:52] ---**
but I will see your
left-behinds crushed to pieces
**[07:55] ---**
in the tower topple
that is about to start.
**[08:02] ---**
No you won't.
**[08:04] ---**
They are not all left-behinds,
after all, are they?
**[08:13] ---**
Hey, guys... I'm gonna
ask you one more time...
**[08:19] ---**
Are you really not up for this?!
**[08:21] ---**
The first event is the tower topple.
**[08:23] ---**
The schools are now taking the field.
**[08:26] ---**
He's so reckless. There's no
way they're going to beat our school.
**[08:30] ---**
Oh...
**[08:32] ---**
I'm so hungry...
**[08:36] ---**
She doesn't have
heatstroke or anything, right?
**[08:44] ---**
You really are
just hungry, aren't you?
**[08:47] ---**
What are you doing here,
short-hair? Cheering on Toma?
**[08:51] ---**
W-Why would I have
to be cheering that guy on?
**[08:55] ---**
I mean, we've got a bet as
to which team is going to win.
**[08:58] ---**
And I'm obviously
the one who's going to win...
**[09:01] ---**
Huh? What do I do when I win?
**[09:05] ---**
He said he would
do whatever I tell him to...
**[09:06] ---**
Ah! It's Toma!
**[09:15] ---**
What on earth is he ready for?
**[09:17] ---**
D-Don't tell me he
seriously means to win this!
**[09:20] ---**
What is he planning
to demand of me if he wins?!
**[09:23] ---**
Ready... begin!
**[09:42] ---**
W-What's going on, everyone,
to make you try that hard out there?
**[09:47] ---**
Even if you won,
**[09:49] ---**
seeing you worn ragged
like that makes me... makes me...
**[09:56] ---**
Hey, Index!
**[10:00] ---**
Geez, what am
I going to do with her?
**[10:02] ---**
Ah, my cell... is in my bag.
**[10:35] ---**
I-I'm just here to get my cell phone,
**[10:37] ---**
so I can meet up with a lost child.
**[10:40] ---**
In no way did I mean
anything improper by this...
**[10:47] ---**
Huh?
**[10:50] ---**
There you are! Toma!
**[10:52] ---**
Huh? Toma,
why are your eyes watering?
**[10:56] ---**
Where is your cell phone?
**[10:58] ---**
It's right here!
**[10:59] ---**
Then why don't you answer it?!
**[11:02] ---**
The battery's dead.
**[11:04] ---**
Never mind that, I'm hungry.
Give me something to eat, Toma.
**[11:09] ---**
Ugh... If we go to the booth area,
they'll have tons of food there.
**[11:13] ---**
Tons of it!
**[11:14] ---**
"Notice-- No thoroughfare"
**[11:17] ---**
Oh, sorry. The parade
through here is starting soon.
**[11:22] ---**
Um, we'd like to cross over to there.
**[11:25] ---**
There's an underground mall
about three kilometers
**[11:27] ---**
to the west where you can get across.
**[11:29] ---**
Three kilometers?
**[11:30] ---**
I can almost reach out and touch it, but...
**[11:33] ---**
Yeah... Just tough it out
until the giant ball roll is over.
**[11:38] ---**
To... ma...
**[11:40] ---**
Huh? Why are you...
**[11:43] ---**
Hold on!
**[11:48] ---**
Yeah! I caught you!
You're going to ensure my victory!
**[11:56] ---**
First place in the scavenger hunt
goes to Tokiwadai Middle School
**[11:59] ---**
contestant Misaka Mikoto!
**[12:03] ---**
The scavenger hunt?
**[12:04] ---**
Yep. "A high school student
who competed in the first event."
**[12:08] ---**
You happen to fit that bill, right?
**[12:11] ---**
Ah... There are any number of
other guys who meet that condition--
**[12:17] ---**
Hey, what are you doing!
**[12:24] ---**
Oh, geez. Here, drink some of this.
**[12:30] ---**
In fact, what the heck, you can have it!
**[12:39] ---**
Wow...
**[12:41] ---**
While the rest of us were
out toiling under the blazing sun
**[12:44] ---**
and I thought about how
you have to rest, Miss Shirai,
**[12:47] ---**
I just couldn't stand it anymore,
**[12:50] ---**
so I wanted you to
come give us a hand at work.
**[12:55] ---**
Thanks for the overly
charming sense of friendship.
**[12:58] ---**
So, have any problems come up?
**[13:01] ---**
Not at the moment.
**[13:02] ---**
Securing first prize,
contestant Misaka Mikoto
**[13:05] ---**
maintains her posture
even after reaching the goal,
**[13:07] ---**
and shows off how
much energy she still has to spare.
**[13:10] ---**
"Live" "Z Studio"
"Daihasei Festival Digest"
**[13:11] ---**
Sissy! Ah, my beautiful Sissy!
**[13:15] ---**
The sight of her caring for the
fellow contributor who ran with her
**[13:18] ---**
was also impressive.
**[13:21] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:23] ---**
I'll kill him!
**[13:27] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:30] ---**
"Marching band parade now in progress!!"
**[13:37] ---**
She's been out of my sight for
a while now. I hope Index is okay.
**[13:48] ---**
What's he...
**[13:57] ---**
Security around Academy City
has been softened these days,
**[14:00] ---**
to be more welcoming to
general public spectators, right?
**[14:02] ---**
Some magicians have taken
advantage of that fact to sneak in.
**[14:07] ---**
At present, we have
identified two of them.
**[14:10] ---**
Lidvia Lorenzetti,
of the Roman Orthodox Church,
**[14:13] ---**
and the courier she
has hired, Oriana Thomson.
**[14:16] ---**
Courier?
**[14:17] ---**
They are here in the city attempting
to conduct a transaction
**[14:19] ---**
for a relic that has been
handed down through the church.
**[14:22] ---**
Why would they do that here?
**[14:24] ---**
Academy City is the place that
has the least to do with the occult.
**[14:26] ---**
All the more reason.
**[14:29] ---**
This is where the Academy City
side and the magic side
**[14:31] ---**
will both have
trouble interfering with them.
**[14:34] ---**
The only one who can act is your
acquaintance, who has come to Academy City.
**[14:39] ---**
Well, what about Kanzaki?
She's a saint or something, as I recall.
**[14:43] ---**
Kanzaki cannot be used. Especially for this.
**[14:47] ---**
After all, the relic being
traded is this relic.
**[14:49] ---**
Huh? What does that mean?
**[14:52] ---**
Kami, this relic's name is the "Stab Sword."
**[14:57] ---**
Word is, it's something that
can spell instant death for any saint.
**[15:01] ---**
Look out!
**[15:03] ---**
Yikes!
**[15:03] ---**
Huh? What for?
**[15:08] ---**
What do you think
you're doing, Kamijo Toma?!
**[15:14] ---**
Do you know how the
"Son of God" who was crucified
**[15:18] ---**
was actually killed, Kami?
**[15:20] ---**
I believe... he died on the cross.
**[15:23] ---**
He was speared to death.
**[15:25] ---**
The Stab Sword is a
**[15:27] ---**
relic that distills the
religious significance of the
**[15:30] ---**
execution and spearing, and amplifies,
condenses, and focuses it to the extreme.
**[15:35] ---**
It has no effect on a regular person,
**[15:37] ---**
but if a saint is involved, it boasts
the power to kill them in one strike.
**[15:41] ---**
What are the magicians planning,
dealing for something like that?
**[15:46] ---**
A war, of course. In the world of magic,
**[15:49] ---**
saints amount to the same
thing as tactical weapons.
**[15:52] ---**
But there are still plenty of
magicians who aren't saints, right?
**[15:56] ---**
I get the feeling that you
could fight even without Kanzaki.
**[15:59] ---**
That's not what the problem is.
**[16:03] ---**
It's not about whether
or not one can actually win,
**[16:06] ---**
it's when the illusion is provided
that one might be able to win
**[16:09] ---**
that wars tend to break out.
**[16:13] ---**
But, if the problem is that serious,
**[16:15] ---**
shouldn't we be enlisting
Index's cooperation?
**[16:18] ---**
No can do. We can't use the
List of Prohibited Books for this one.
**[16:23] ---**
We can't let her get
anywhere near the site,
**[16:25] ---**
nor can we tell her any
information about this incident.
**[16:30] ---**
Why not?
**[16:31] ---**
Because outside magicians
will concentrate their search on her,
**[16:34] ---**
thinking that if anything happens,
she'll be at the center of it.
**[16:38] ---**
If she makes any moves,
any magicians who take notice
**[16:41] ---**
will unanimously come swarming in on her.
**[16:45] ---**
"S-71 Central Gymnasium Rear"
**[16:45] ---**
In other words, you're saying
we have to do everything we can
**[16:49] ---**
to keep Index from noticing any magic.
**[16:55] ---**
When I came running
after Miss Yomikawa called me,
**[16:58] ---**
you were as limp as
unsold vegetables still on the shelf,
**[17:00] ---**
so I really was shocked.
**[17:06] ---**
Thank you, that was delicious!
**[17:09] ---**
I have to wonder, though,
where did Toma go off to?
**[17:12] ---**
It's almost time for lunch.
**[17:15] ---**
U-Um, wasn't this just lunch?
**[17:18] ---**
I...
**[17:21] ---**
...have been like this all day.
**[17:23] ---**
Am I growing apart from Toma?
**[17:27] ---**
Hmm... Yes, you're right.
I'm sure you would like to enjoy
**[17:31] ---**
the Daihasei Festival
together with Kamijo, Sister.
**[17:35] ---**
It's all right!
**[17:37] ---**
There is something that
you can participate in, too, Sister!
**[17:40] ---**
Huh?
**[17:43] ---**
She's not here.
Has she really become a lost child?
**[17:48] ---**
Why have you
had that look on your face,
**[17:51] ---**
like you're about to
begin a final boss battle?
**[17:54] ---**
You look like you're ready to
die at any moment.
**[17:57] ---**
If you're hungry,
how about eating a Bento lunch?
**[17:59] ---**
Never mind me, have you seen
Index around anywhere?
**[18:04] ---**
If you mean the Sister,
she was walking around over there.
**[18:06] ---**
Thanks!
**[18:08] ---**
It looked like she was being
led by the hand, by that famous
**[18:12] ---**
mini-sized teacher from your school.
**[18:19] ---**
Index?
**[18:26] ---**
It's just you, huh? Where's Index?
**[18:31] ---**
I'm so sorry.
**[18:33] ---**
I really hate to have to
make you change clothes here.
**[18:46] ---**
Toma! Maybe you should
count how many times this makes!
**[18:54] ---**
I-In--
**[18:54] ---**
W-Wah!
**[18:59] ---**
Er, um, Miss Index...?
**[19:02] ---**
It's all right. It was just an accident.
**[19:04] ---**
You don't have to take it so seriously.
**[19:08] ---**
--Uh-oh...
--Kamijo!
**[19:09] ---**
Here I am, on steering committee
business, looking for Miss Tsukuyomi,
**[19:12] ---**
and what do I see?
**[19:23] ---**
...you big traitor!
**[19:28] ---**
For crying out loud,
can't you put a little effort
**[19:31] ---**
into making the tournament a success?
**[19:33] ---**
Just which event is
our school competing in now?
**[19:36] ---**
Why can't you even remember that much?!
**[19:39] ---**
I get it! You aren't getting
enough nutrients to the brain,
**[19:41] ---**
so start ingesting a little more sugar!
**[19:43] ---**
D-Doing so won't do
anything to fix Kamijo's stupidity!
**[19:47] ---**
Doesn't it even pain you to say it yourself?
**[19:50] ---**
It's the 2nd-Year girls' tug of war
**[19:51] ---**
and the 3rd-Year boys' all-star triathlon.
**[19:54] ---**
Which should you be rooting for?
It's gotta be the girls.
**[19:57] ---**
Yeah, of course, you are Kamijo, after all.
**[19:59] ---**
Just don't grab the collar anymore!
**[20:02] ---**
Okay, here.
**[20:05] ---**
Come on, hurry up!
**[20:13] ---**
Hey, Kamijo, do you find
the Daihasei Festival boring?
**[20:16] ---**
Huh?
**[20:17] ---**
You seem a little erratic,
like your mind is on something else.
**[20:23] ---**
And if you feel like today has been boring,
**[20:26] ---**
it means that as a member
of the steering committee,
**[20:29] ---**
who got all of this ready,
something I did was inadequate.
**[20:32] ---**
No, I don't particularly think it's boring.
**[20:34] ---**
Sure, as someone
who put together the planning
**[20:36] ---**
and worked hard on it up to today,
**[20:38] ---**
I'm going to want to make sure
everyone has a good time, you know?
**[20:43] ---**
Maybe that's a little selfish of me.
**[20:50] ---**
It looks like it's no use,
since your mind is elsewhere, huh?!
**[20:53] ---**
No, it's not!
**[20:54] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry!
**[21:01] ---**
Get away from me, Kamijo Toma!
**[21:06] ---**
Oh, my...
**[21:10] ---**
Sorry. I'm not quite accustomed
to having so many people around.
**[21:13] ---**
--Not at all...
--Whoa...
**[21:15] ---**
Are you all right? Does it hurt anywhere?
**[21:18] ---**
Your forehead is turning red.
**[21:21] ---**
No, I...
**[21:23] ---**
To apologize for running into you.
**[21:26] ---**
Or would you prefer a kiss?
**[21:27] ---**
Yes! A kiss would be--
**[21:29] ---**
Ee-yow...
**[21:32] ---**
Well then...
**[21:37] ---**
I have to be getting back to work. Bye, now.
**[21:51] ---**
Hello? This is Oriana Thomson.
**[21:54] ---**
Can you hear me?
**[21:55] ---**
Refrain from using your real name.
**[21:57] ---**
Everyone around you
can hear your voice, can't they?
**[22:00] ---**
Never mind about that,
I've run into a little trouble.
**[22:03] ---**
It looks like that spell
you used on me has been broken.
**[22:07] ---**
What was the cause?
**[22:08] ---**
I don't know.
**[22:11] ---**
It's kind of a turn-on.
**[22:13] ---**
Watch those indecent expressions.
Can you take any countermeasures?
**[22:17] ---**
Let's see... First of all,
**[22:19] ---**
I'll have to give this
boy behind me the slip.
**[22:25] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[22:32] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[22:49] ---**
*Dare nimo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara*
**[22:55] ---**
*imajin nante kowashite shimaeba ii*
**[23:01] ---**
*Harimeguru shisutemu bakkappu insutooru wa OK*
**[23:07] ---**
*Kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku*
**[23:13] ---**
*Juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae*
**[23:18] ---**
*suisoku fukanou na "ikite'ru katachi" dakara*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*Dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii*
**[23:36] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[23:44] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
We are made fools of as
Oriana runs away from us.
**[23:57] ---**
Stiyl risks his life to
research the spell that she casts.
**[24:01] ---**
And then, the place that we locate...
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Route Disturb."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and
magic cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:08] ---**
# 33 - Route Disturb (Pursuit Inhibited)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:31] ---**
Academy City is bustling over
the Daihasei Festival.
**[00:34] ---**
Taking advantage of that fact,
a transaction for the Stab Sword,
**[00:37] ---**
a relic capable of killing a
saint in one blow, is to be held.
**[00:40] ---**
Their courier's name
is Oriana Thomson.
**[00:44] ---**
And by chance, I just came in contact
with someone who might be her.
**[01:08] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:11] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[01:16] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[01:20] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[01:26] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[01:32] ---**
*But the angel continued
to smile in discernment*
**[01:42] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[01:47] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[01:53] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[01:58] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:05] ---**
*No buts!*
**[02:30] ---**
Hey there, Kami.
**[02:33] ---**
I've currently got eyes on a spot
**[02:34] ---**
that Oriana is likely to use for the deal--
**[02:36] ---**
Tsuchimikado...
**[02:37] ---**
I just shook hands with
someone, and at that moment,
**[02:40] ---**
my Imagine Breaker
broke something down.
**[02:43] ---**
I don't know what it is, exactly,
**[02:45] ---**
but she doesn't strike me
as a student, you might say.
**[02:48] ---**
Did she happen to be
carrying a large package?
**[02:51] ---**
Yeah. She's carrying
what looks to be a signboard.
**[02:53] ---**
Kami, where are you right now?
**[02:57] ---**
Right now, I'm following her.
**[02:59] ---**
I'm sending you my GPS codes,
so you can search for me that way.
**[03:08] ---**
She spotted me!
**[03:22] ---**
Whoa!
**[03:30] ---**
Which one, Kami?
**[03:31] ---**
The blond woman wearing the work uniform.
**[03:42] ---**
Those two are pros, huh?
**[03:44] ---**
My instructions were
not to engage anyone in town,
**[03:47] ---**
but they won't make it easy.
**[04:00] ---**
Something's off about
her pattern of behavior.
**[04:03] ---**
Has she changed her mind?
**[04:09] ---**
A bus terminal?
**[04:11] ---**
A servicing station for the auto-buses.
**[04:19] ---**
A trap?! Get down, Kami!
**[04:20] ---**
You're up.
**[04:26] ---**
Stop screwing around!
**[04:28] ---**
No, that was some nice
team play, if I do say so myself.
**[04:31] ---**
Having a clear division of
labor will make it easier for us to act.
**[04:36] ---**
Look, you...
**[04:37] ---**
So go ahead and complete your job.
**[04:43] ---**
Like I said, hold on!
**[04:46] ---**
Hey!
**[04:53] ---**
Stiyl, you post your runes
around and stand by here.
**[04:57] ---**
I'll pin down the courier.
**[04:59] ---**
Roger that.
**[05:01] ---**
So, Kami, what are you gonna do?
**[05:04] ---**
I think it's safer for you to stay here.
**[05:07] ---**
I'll...
**[05:08] ---**
I also think it's safer
for you to remain here.
**[05:12] ---**
I'm talking my safety, though, not yours.
**[05:25] ---**
These are decoys, meant to buy time!
**[05:27] ---**
If you take every last one of
them on, she's gonna get away!
**[05:30] ---**
That's easy for you to say!
**[05:39] ---**
There she is!
**[05:45] ---**
Kami, if you would!
**[05:46] ---**
Huh? If I would what?!
**[06:26] ---**
Oriana "Route Disturb" Thomson, huh?
Now she's messing with us!
**[06:35] ---**
E-Excuse me!
**[06:37] ---**
Are you all right--
**[06:39] ---**
Oh, no, I should be
the one to say I'm sorry.
**[06:44] ---**
This spell is called
"Four Ways to Truth."
**[06:47] ---**
Using this, we will
search out Oriana's location.
**[06:50] ---**
You shouldn't be using magic, should you?
**[06:53] ---**
Which is why I'm going to get some help.
**[07:03] ---**
Traveling on the wind, conveying
not air, but will to the location.
**[07:32] ---**
"Traveling on the wind, conveying
not air, but will to the location."
**[07:37] ---**
Right?
**[07:44] ---**
Stiyl!
**[07:45] ---**
Kami!
**[07:46] ---**
Go give Stiyl a slug!
**[07:58] ---**
What was that just now?
**[08:00] ---**
Some form of trace
prevention spell, or something?
**[08:05] ---**
Nope, there's no sign of that.
**[08:08] ---**
There's probably some kind
of interception spell set up
**[08:11] ---**
that is triggered to react automatically
to Stiyl's magic individually.
**[08:16] ---**
What do you mean?
**[08:17] ---**
That Stiyl can no longer
use any magic directed at Oriana?
**[08:21] ---**
Oh, man, that's a devil
of a thing to have in there.
**[08:26] ---**
For one person to be able
to pull off detecting a life force,
**[08:30] ---**
analyze it, trace it back,
and then apply a counterattack...
**[08:34] ---**
I guess that's Route Disturb for you.
**[08:37] ---**
Route Disturb?
**[08:39] ---**
Oriana Thomson's other name.
**[08:42] ---**
Be that as it may, there's something
about her impersonal methods
**[08:45] ---**
that strikes me as being
familiar. But it couldn't be.
**[08:49] ---**
I can't believe that she
would be in possession of one.
**[08:52] ---**
Well, Stiyl, I was thinking
the exact same thing.
**[08:57] ---**
Are you serious? But if that's true,
**[08:59] ---**
that wouldn't make her
a magician, but a sorceress.
**[09:03] ---**
What are you
talking about? What is it she has?
**[09:06] ---**
Something that is packed with
magical knowledge,
**[09:09] ---**
itself activating as its own
magical array,
**[09:12] ---**
independent of the magician's will--
**[09:15] ---**
an original grimoire text.
**[09:16] ---**
But to create a grimoire to fit
these circumstances would be...
**[09:21] ---**
The original text could be
just a scribbled note.
**[09:24] ---**
It would have a limited
effectiveness,
**[09:26] ---**
and should break down soon.
**[09:29] ---**
"Shorthand," you might call it.
**[09:31] ---**
So then, what does
that mean we should do?
**[09:34] ---**
First, we take out the
automatic intercept spell,
**[09:38] ---**
so we can use Stiyl's magic.
**[09:40] ---**
What are the chances of her fleeing
the search area while we do so?
**[09:45] ---**
If she was sure she
could get away clean,
**[09:48] ---**
I don't think she would take the trouble
**[09:49] ---**
to set up an intercept spell, do you?
**[09:51] ---**
Hmm...
**[09:52] ---**
Stiyl, use your magic, on anything you like.
**[09:59] ---**
A divination circle.
**[10:01] ---**
A yet-unused magical array,
which doesn't employ anyone's magic.
**[10:05] ---**
This will activate in response
to the magic of the intercept spell,
**[10:08] ---**
providing us with
direction and distance.
**[10:11] ---**
Now then...
**[10:12] ---**
Hey, Tsuchimikado,
**[10:14] ---**
in order to make that work,
won't Stiyl have to once again...?
**[10:17] ---**
*Once* again?
**[10:19] ---**
Who said anything about that?
**[10:21] ---**
If we don't find the
location of the Shorthand,
**[10:23] ---**
we'll have no choice but
to keep trying over and over.
**[10:26] ---**
Why, you...
**[10:27] ---**
Kami, you seem to have forgotten,
so let me remind you of something.
**[10:31] ---**
Lives are at stake in this battle.
**[10:33] ---**
Enough so that it could steer
nations or the world into decline.
**[10:38] ---**
Let's do it.
**[10:40] ---**
But you'll...!
**[10:41] ---**
Don't get so chummy, Kamijo Toma.
**[10:44] ---**
If it will bring an end to all of this,
then there is no problem.
**[10:47] ---**
In return, you pinpoint the location
of the intercept spell, no matter what.
**[10:51] ---**
Okay. We will make
certain to preserve the life
**[10:54] ---**
that Index leads for
herself in Academy City.
**[10:56] ---**
That was your condition, right?
**[11:02] ---**
Kamijo Toma...
**[11:03] ---**
I do not appreciate the
fact that you are here right now.
**[11:08] ---**
Why are you not at her side?
**[11:10] ---**
If her face grows somber because of this,
**[11:13] ---**
it will all be your fault.
**[11:19] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:34] ---**
Here I wanted to change
clothes to show off to Toma,
**[11:38] ---**
but it looks like he took
off somewhere on his own.
**[11:41] ---**
S-Sister, don't be
so disheartened about it.
**[11:45] ---**
I'm sure that Kamijo had
some important reason for doing so.
**[11:54] ---**
Ooh, that Kamijo Toma...
**[11:55] ---**
Geez, I take my eyes off of him
for a second, and he disappears.
**[12:00] ---**
Teacher!
**[12:02] ---**
Fukiyose!
**[12:04] ---**
What are you doing
out here, in the public view?
**[12:08] ---**
If she's feeling a little delirious,
**[12:10] ---**
a stimulant like this capsicum
will turn her thoughts back outward.
**[12:14] ---**
N-No...
**[12:15] ---**
That's all right.
Everything is all right, Fukiyose.
**[12:19] ---**
It is?
**[12:22] ---**
Where's Toma?
**[12:24] ---**
Where could Toma have gone?
**[12:30] ---**
Here it comes.
**[12:32] ---**
The divination circle
is responding. Hey, Kami!
**[12:35] ---**
You have a map, don't you?
**[12:38] ---**
Yeah, you've got that
GPS map on your cell phone.
**[12:41] ---**
In that case, bring it here.
**[12:43] ---**
Tsuchimikado!
**[12:45] ---**
How can you be so coldhearted?!
**[12:48] ---**
Who do you think Stiyl
has deliberately gotten hurt for?!
**[12:51] ---**
Kami, he *is* a professional magician.
**[12:54] ---**
He has at least enough attack
resistance to handle this spell.
**[12:59] ---**
Tsuchimikado, are you...?
**[13:02] ---**
The divination circle responds
to the magic power of incoming spells
**[13:06] ---**
to tell us their distance and direction.
**[13:08] ---**
There's no way such a handy little item
**[13:11] ---**
can be activated without
using some magic power, right?
**[13:16] ---**
If I were able to
use more decent magic,
**[13:19] ---**
Stiyl wouldn't have
had to go through this.
**[13:21] ---**
I'll admit that. So go ahead and
blame me as much as you want.
**[13:25] ---**
However, I will make sure that
I find that Shorthand and destroy it.
**[13:30] ---**
Then, I will catch Oriana,
**[13:32] ---**
and personally see to it that
the Stab Sword deal is off for good.
**[13:36] ---**
Kami, your map.
**[13:39] ---**
I want to know what
there is at the position
**[13:41] ---**
302 meters northwest of here.
I'm sure that's where the Shorthand is.
**[13:45] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[13:52] ---**
It's...
**[13:55] ---**
A middle school?!
**[13:57] ---**
"10 minutes until the middle
school ball toss competition"
**[14:00] ---**
It's at an event grounds?
**[14:02] ---**
And it's about to start, too.
**[14:04] ---**
The spectators and
cameras are already there.
**[14:07] ---**
We can't just sneak
our way around this time.
**[14:09] ---**
Then, what do we do?
We can't just not do anything, right?
**[14:13] ---**
All we can do is
slip in there as contestants.
**[14:15] ---**
Are you serious?
We're high-schoolers!
**[14:19] ---**
Blending in as middle-schoolers won't work--
**[14:23] ---**
Damn!
**[14:25] ---**
There's a risk that the intercept
spell might turn on others, too.
**[14:30] ---**
Huh?
**[14:31] ---**
Do you know what the simplest
magic ritual in the world is?
**[14:35] ---**
It's touching.
**[14:37] ---**
A regular person with
no knowledge of magic
**[14:39] ---**
still has a chance of activating
the intercept spell by touching it.
**[14:42] ---**
If that happens, not having
the kind of defenses a magician has,
**[14:46] ---**
they will be in quite a bit of danger.
**[14:48] ---**
At any rate, Kami,
**[14:50] ---**
we're going to handle that
intercept spell before it hurts anyone.
**[14:53] ---**
All right!
**[14:54] ---**
And with that in mind...!
**[15:04] ---**
Kami!
**[15:09] ---**
Excuse me...
**[15:11] ---**
We have to compete in this event,
**[15:13] ---**
but do we really have
to enter, looking like *this*?
**[15:17] ---**
There will be cameras,
and everything...
**[15:19] ---**
You take the cake.
**[15:21] ---**
I don't suppose you
have a change of gym clothes?
**[15:23] ---**
Ah, yes we do!
But they're in the club room.
**[15:27] ---**
Uh-huh. Well, hurry up and change.
**[15:30] ---**
Rules are still rules,
though, so I need to check your IDs.
**[15:36] ---**
--Tsuchimika--
--Okay, okay!
**[15:38] ---**
I'll slap that right down!
**[15:41] ---**
Gah! Hey! Can't you wipe
your hand off before using it?!
**[15:45] ---**
Never mind, go ahead.
They don't allow late entrants.
**[15:49] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[15:54] ---**
Hey, we can't blend into
the competition looking like this!
**[15:57] ---**
Oh, I'm guessing there
are some changes of clothes
**[16:00] ---**
in the nurse's office.
**[16:03] ---**
The next event will be 200 students
from Minamizawa Middle School
**[16:08] ---**
versus 20 students from
Tokiwadai Middle School,
**[16:09] ---**
"Five minutes until the middle
school ball toss competition"
**[16:12] ---**
in the ball toss competition.
**[16:26] ---**
The smell of defeat on
them is strong. Ah, stinky, stinky!
**[16:34] ---**
Just what is the meaning of this?
**[16:37] ---**
What are you doing over there?! Huh?!
**[16:43] ---**
Eh? Tokiwadai Middle School?!
**[16:45] ---**
They have some
fearsome espers over there.
**[16:48] ---**
Yeah, well, let's watch
out for stray shots then, Kami.
**[16:54] ---**
If the Shorthand is
set up here, then where is it?
**[16:57] ---**
The baskets are the most likely place.
**[16:59] ---**
There are probably baskets
that are borrowed from elsewhere,
**[17:01] ---**
so they could have been
rigged outside beforehand.
**[17:05] ---**
I'll check out each pole basket in order.
**[17:08] ---**
Kami, your work begins
once I find the Shorthand.
**[17:16] ---**
"Daihasei Festival Steering Committee"
**[17:16] ---**
Take your positions, get set...
**[17:19] ---**
...and begin!
**[17:26] ---**
Don't flinch at that! Charge in, Kami!
**[17:29] ---**
Y-Yeah!
**[17:44] ---**
Tsuchimikado?
**[17:45] ---**
Not this one, Kami. Onto the next one!
**[17:56] ---**
Kami, not this one either!
**[17:58] ---**
--Come on!
--A little more!
**[18:00] ---**
--Don't let them get you!
--Hang in there!
**[18:03] ---**
--Hey, don't push!
--Ow! Stop it!
**[18:05] ---**
--Yikes!
--It's falling over!
**[18:14] ---**
Watch out!
**[18:16] ---**
Kami, use my back!
**[18:25] ---**
Hurry and get out of here!
**[18:47] ---**
I can't believe you...
**[18:49] ---**
You'd go this far...
**[18:52] ---**
...just to make me play
your penalty game, will you?!
**[19:04] ---**
Sheesh!
**[19:05] ---**
I didn't have much choice,
what with you being in danger, did I?
**[19:10] ---**
Misaka!
**[19:12] ---**
Wait, Misaka!
**[19:14] ---**
W-What?
**[19:17] ---**
Listen to me, Misaka.
I'll explain everything later,
**[19:20] ---**
but move away from there!
**[19:22] ---**
Huh? What are you talking about now?
**[19:25] ---**
And what are you even doing here?
You explain yourself first, or I--
**[19:34] ---**
You stay out of this!
**[19:38] ---**
Misaka, don't argue, just come over here.
**[19:41] ---**
Huh?
**[19:42] ---**
You're in danger there!
**[19:46] ---**
D-Don't be silly! I didn't need
to have you helping me like that,
**[19:52] ---**
I could have done it myself!
**[19:54] ---**
And what is it you want to tell me?
**[19:56] ---**
I told you, I'll tell you later!
**[19:58] ---**
That spot is dangerous!
**[20:00] ---**
I don't want you to get hurt!
**[20:05] ---**
What are you, dumb?
**[20:07] ---**
Y-You don't have to worry about me...
**[20:09] ---**
...over a competition such as this...
**[20:15] ---**
Geez, don't go startling me,
and making me blurt stuff out...
**[20:21] ---**
Huh? What?!
**[20:30] ---**
Keep quiet, and hold still for a second.
**[20:33] ---**
Huh? U-Um...
**[20:38] ---**
It can't be!
**[20:40] ---**
Damn! Does it hurt that much,
Misaka? Do you have a fever?
**[20:44] ---**
I-It's nothing at all, really!
**[20:47] ---**
Tsuchimikado! Over on this pole!
**[20:50] ---**
"Property of Nogi Middle School"
**[20:51] ---**
I was wrong?
**[20:55] ---**
Kamijo Toma! What are you doing here?!
**[20:59] ---**
I was wondering why you
ran off in such a hurry earlier,
**[21:01] ---**
but what are you doing *here*?
**[21:03] ---**
In any case, we have to
start the whole event over!
**[21:14] ---**
Fukiyose!
**[21:16] ---**
W-What?
**[21:21] ---**
Kami, go hit Fukiyose! She's not a magician!
**[21:24] ---**
She won't be able to take any more of this!
**[21:35] ---**
Fukiyose, are you okay?
**[21:38] ---**
Fukiyose!
**[22:00] ---**
Okay, fine, Oriana Thomson...
**[22:06] ---**
If this is the way you're going to play it...
**[22:09] ---**
After you so ruthlessly
drag innocent bystanders in,
**[22:12] ---**
if you're just going to watch
on and feel nothing about it...
**[22:17] ---**
...then I'll take your screwed-up fantasy...
**[22:20] ---**
...and personally dispatch
it until there's nothing left!
**[22:25] ---**
*I can change even the
destiny that entwines me*
**[22:32] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[22:49] ---**
*If I lack the power to
not be outdone by anyone*
**[22:55] ---**
*I can always destroy that illusion*
**[23:01] ---**
*The laid out system
backup install is okay*
**[23:06] ---**
*Fields unknown even
to God become opened*
**[23:13] ---**
*It's a "living form" that not even data*
**[23:18] ---**
*from 100,000 memories
in a moment's miracle can infer*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:30] ---**
*I want the power it
takes to protect somebody*
**[23:36] ---**
*I can change even
the destiny that entwines me*
**[23:44] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
Fukiyose has collapsed.
**[23:56] ---**
Plus there's Stiyl and Tsuchimikado.
**[23:59] ---**
If the reason behind this
whole conflict is the Stab Sword,
**[24:02] ---**
then I swear I will smash the thing!
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Shorthand."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 34 - Shorthand (Stenographic Sourcebook)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:31] ---**
How is the critical-care patient?
**[00:32] ---**
She still hasn't regained consciousness.
**[00:34] ---**
Could it be heat stroke?
**[00:37] ---**
Heat stroke?
**[00:39] ---**
Oh, right, I collapsed.
**[00:42] ---**
Why is that? I made sure to
hydrate, and got plenty of sleep...
**[00:50] ---**
It seems ridiculous.
**[00:52] ---**
Fukiyose, are you okay?
**[00:55] ---**
Fukiyose!
**[00:58] ---**
Is he going to look at
me like that from now on?
**[01:04] ---**
I hope not.
**[01:05] ---**
And I worked so hard to make sure
that everyone had an enjoyable time.
**[01:20] ---**
Am I... going to live...?
**[01:27] ---**
Who do you take me for?
**[01:48] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:56] ---**
*Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY*
**[02:00] ---**
*Mazu kotae wo kikasete*
**[02:07] ---**
*"Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"*
**[02:12] ---**
*Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama*
**[02:22] ---**
*Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai*
**[02:27] ---**
*Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta*
**[02:33] ---**
*Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono*
**[02:38] ---**
*Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:45] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:00] ---**
"#10 Shorthand (Stenographic Sourcebook)"
**[03:10] ---**
I lose just a bit of my edge,
and this is what happens to me?
**[03:18] ---**
Kami has destroyed Oriana's Shorthand.
**[03:22] ---**
Notice any difference
in the shape you're in?
**[03:27] ---**
I'm in business.
There doesn't seem to be any problem.
**[03:30] ---**
Oh, yeah?
**[03:31] ---**
In that case, could you cast the
"Four Ways to Truth" search spell?
**[03:35] ---**
It should still be where I set it up before.
**[03:38] ---**
You know how to use it, right?
**[03:40] ---**
Give me a little credit.
**[03:42] ---**
Are you okay on your end?
**[03:44] ---**
Oriana's intercept spell was
supposed to be on an event ground.
**[03:48] ---**
Not a problem.
**[03:50] ---**
But one of the students did get taken out.
**[03:53] ---**
We took advantage of the commotion
to make our way out of there.
**[03:57] ---**
I see.
**[04:01] ---**
Is Kamijo Toma keeping it together?
**[04:03] ---**
If you're squared away, get to it.
**[04:06] ---**
Otherwise, we'll never make
it up to the student who collapsed.
**[04:15] ---**
It's not as though anyone is perfect.
**[04:17] ---**
Which is precisely why I regret
being so unseasoned... I guess.
**[04:27] ---**
"Ball toss event has been delayed"
**[04:30] ---**
This is an unexpected turn of events.
**[04:35] ---**
I've identified Oriana Thomson's location.
**[04:37] ---**
School District 7, near
Futsuka Subway Station.
**[04:40] ---**
Kami, Futsuka Station!
**[04:42] ---**
Futsuka Station? We've gone too far!
**[04:48] ---**
She's moving northward.
**[04:50] ---**
The street divides three ways...
**[04:53] ---**
There she is. You ready? She's up ahead...
**[04:57] ---**
We've spotted her!
**[05:16] ---**
--Tch!
--A bus?!
**[05:23] ---**
Damn!
**[05:24] ---**
Hey, Kami, did the bus have
any passengers besides Oriana?
**[05:29] ---**
It doesn't really matter, does it?!
**[05:30] ---**
Kami!
**[05:32] ---**
No, there weren't!
No passengers or driver!
**[05:35] ---**
In that case, that's a relief.
**[05:36] ---**
Stiyl, number 514457.
**[05:48] ---**
It still had the rune that Stiyl
stuck on it at the service center.
**[06:03] ---**
You can't warm this young
lady up using physical flames.
**[06:10] ---**
But then, I have gotten a bit
damp from the rushing around.
**[06:14] ---**
Want to see?
**[06:16] ---**
Even my undies are soaking.
**[06:19] ---**
A completely uninvolved person collapsed
**[06:21] ---**
because of the spell that you cast.
**[06:23] ---**
In your view, did it look like
she had anything to do with magic?
**[06:28] ---**
There are no uninvolved people in the world.
**[06:32] ---**
If I want to, I can involve anyone.
**[06:36] ---**
Then you do know about her.
**[06:38] ---**
I truly did not want for
that girl to be hurt.
**[06:41] ---**
Which makes that unlike this.
**[06:48] ---**
Tsuchimikado!
**[06:50] ---**
Oh, my...
**[06:52] ---**
Then you weren't the
one who was hurt, were you?
**[06:55] ---**
There sure are some unusual
kids assembled here in Academy City.
**[07:00] ---**
What did you do to Tsuchimikado?!
**[07:03] ---**
I just cancelled out his flame attribute,
**[07:05] ---**
the symbol of regeneration
and restoration, with blue lettering.
**[07:09] ---**
It's a spell that knocks out a person
**[07:10] ---**
who has been injured any
more than a certain amount.
**[07:14] ---**
Tsuchimikado!
**[07:16] ---**
Damn!
**[07:18] ---**
I guess I have to destroy that card.
**[07:22] ---**
If you want to save him,
**[07:24] ---**
you'll have to defeat
me as quick as you can.
**[07:28] ---**
But will he be able
to hold out that long?
**[07:31] ---**
His time may be surprisingly short.
**[07:34] ---**
Why, you...
**[07:37] ---**
I don't know what that
Stab Sword thing is worth.
**[07:40] ---**
I don't know whether it can
alter the course of history that much...
**[07:44] ---**
...or how it might influence the
rest of the world, but...
**[07:49] ---**
...it's wrong for anyone to
get hurt over something so stupid!
**[07:54] ---**
If it only brings
about results as lousy as this...
**[07:58] ---**
...then I'm going to smash
it to pieces with my own hands!
**[08:02] ---**
Saying I had no choice because it's my job
**[08:05] ---**
would be unmannerly to my employer, right?
**[08:07] ---**
It was left up to me how
I should carry this out, after all.
**[08:12] ---**
Stop toying with peoples' lives!
**[08:24] ---**
Where are you?!
**[08:30] ---**
This is bad! If she uses
that earlier spell on me...!
**[08:33] ---**
Next will be the Shadow Sword.
**[08:36] ---**
I don't want you getting bored.
**[08:45] ---**
Why doesn't she
ever use the same attack?
**[08:49] ---**
I don't lean toward using the
same spell over and over again.
**[09:06] ---**
You're a real mess, huh?
**[09:08] ---**
This is just a little foreplay;
have you already had enough?
**[09:13] ---**
Damn...
**[09:27] ---**
Once she uses a spell,
she doesn't use it again,
**[09:31] ---**
so how does she
have so many combinations?
**[09:34] ---**
Next will be Blade Crater.
**[09:36] ---**
Sweetie...
**[09:38] ---**
...if you move from there, you will die.
**[09:48] ---**
If I move, I die...
**[09:54] ---**
So what's the big deal?
**[09:57] ---**
The Daihasei Festival,
**[09:58] ---**
which Fukiyose worked her
butt off getting ready for today,
**[10:01] ---**
looks like it might
be completely ruined.
**[10:05] ---**
Are you just going to let that happen?
**[10:08] ---**
There's no way you can be happy
with that, can you, Kamijo Toma?!
**[10:10] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[10:16] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[10:37] ---**
Y-You fool!
**[10:46] ---**
His right hand...
It's *that* powerful? Then...
**[10:50] ---**
Drop Rest!
**[11:20] ---**
Tsuchimikado!
**[11:23] ---**
Are you okay, Tsuchimikado?
**[11:30] ---**
You're so violent...
**[11:33] ---**
Look, my button came off.
**[11:37] ---**
That was well done, for an
amateur punch, I suppose I could say.
**[11:43] ---**
However, I am accustomed
to having my attacks countered
**[11:47] ---**
and then being struck back at...
**[11:49] ---**
...though not at this
increasingly frustrating level...
**[11:57] ---**
But, as for now...
**[11:59] ---**
I'll leave that with
you for the time being.
**[12:04] ---**
But don't think
the game is over just yet.
**[12:07] ---**
Things are just starting to heat up.
**[12:11] ---**
Wait! What about Tsuchimikado?!
**[12:13] ---**
The spell only works for
twenty minutes. It will be over soon,
**[12:16] ---**
my anxious little esper.
**[12:26] ---**
All right,
**[12:27] ---**
then destroy the Stab Sword.
**[12:30] ---**
Your right hand should be
able to handle it with no problem.
**[12:33] ---**
But are you
sure I should destroy it?
**[12:36] ---**
If Academy City gets attacked by them...
**[12:39] ---**
If they do, it will be the
women who are surrounded.
**[12:44] ---**
This is Academy City.
**[12:47] ---**
For all magical forces, this is
the center of enemy territory.
**[12:50] ---**
They will likely pull out, and then come up
with a rational strategy to deal with it.
**[12:54] ---**
All right.
**[12:55] ---**
Hurry it up.
**[12:57] ---**
I'll see about figuring out our next move.
**[13:00] ---**
Okay.
**[13:02] ---**
Well, then...
**[13:12] ---**
What is this?
**[13:15] ---**
What's going on?
**[13:17] ---**
What the hell is going on?!
**[13:21] ---**
Well, there were some hiccups,
**[13:24] ---**
but for now, all the necessary
checkpoints have been cleared,
**[13:27] ---**
so please rest at ease.
**[13:30] ---**
What kind of hiccups?
**[13:32] ---**
Oh, you just let me worry about that.
**[13:36] ---**
Oh, right--they have
retrieved the signboard,
**[13:40] ---**
so they've probably found out
about the Stab Sword, as well.
**[13:47] ---**
Oh, it's all right!
This isn't anything serious enough
**[13:51] ---**
to influence the deal itself.
**[13:53] ---**
I won't let anyone interfere,
and nobody *can* interfere.
**[13:59] ---**
Especially not if this deal
will make everyone happy, right?
**[14:07] ---**
"The original Stab Sword doesn't exist,
**[14:10] ---**
and only peoples' speculations
concerning it remain, as folklore."
**[14:15] ---**
Ho...
**[14:17] ---**
Could what is written
here be true, Charles Conder?
**[14:22] ---**
I am terribly sorry.
**[14:23] ---**
Even the British Museum
was unaware of this until just today.
**[14:28] ---**
Then what exactly is it?
**[14:32] ---**
Ma'am, as a result of the lore
crisscrossing and snowballing,
**[14:36] ---**
there is no conclusive evidence...
**[14:39] ---**
...but this is not a sword.
**[14:42] ---**
What?
**[14:44] ---**
Called "Croce di Pietro" locally,
**[14:47] ---**
the item is called in our
language the "Cross of Peter."
**[14:52] ---**
The Cross of Peter?!
**[14:56] ---**
In that case, the reason for
the "deal" they are negotiating
**[14:59] ---**
has become something entirely different.
**[15:03] ---**
The conclusion of this "deal"
will be the demise of Academy City.
**[15:08] ---**
No--it could be something
even more serious.
**[15:13] ---**
Man, what a number this is!
**[15:15] ---**
So I guess it must be
something dangerous, right?
**[15:19] ---**
"Croce di Pietero,"
the Cross of Peter, they said.
**[15:25] ---**
Long ago, the Vatican, which is the main
basilica of the Roman Orthodox Church,
**[15:28] ---**
is said to have been built
where the body of Peter was buried,
**[15:31] ---**
and a crucifix erected,
over a vast expanse of land.
**[15:34] ---**
But the reverse is also true.
**[15:36] ---**
The reverse?
**[15:37] ---**
Any space where the
Croce di Pietero is planted
**[15:40] ---**
comes under exclusive
Roman Orthodox control.
**[15:43] ---**
Even if that place is Academy City.
**[15:46] ---**
Control?
**[15:46] ---**
Everything will play out in a way
**[15:48] ---**
that serves the Roman Orthodox Church,
**[15:51] ---**
and everyone will go along,
not sensing anything out of place.
**[15:55] ---**
It means that no matter
how outrageous the demand,
**[15:58] ---**
or how unreasonable
the load one is made to carry,
**[16:01] ---**
the world will be such that no
one feels anything but happiness.
**[16:05] ---**
Oh, man...
**[16:06] ---**
If Academy City fortuitously slips
under Roman Orthodox control,
**[16:11] ---**
then the world as we now know it,
**[16:14] ---**
with science and magical
sides kept in a 50-50 balance,
**[16:17] ---**
would tip to an overconcentration
of the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[16:20] ---**
Then, this whole transaction is...
**[16:22] ---**
Yeah, for dominion over Academy City,
and the rest of the world.
**[16:38] ---**
We're going to stop this deal.
**[16:41] ---**
Otherwise, the world will face
a state more dire than just collapse.
**[16:54] ---**
Toma!
**[16:56] ---**
--A world where everyone
can only feel happiness?
**[16:57] ---**
--Toma! Toma!
**[17:00] ---**
Toma!
**[17:06] ---**
Ungh, even thinking
about it, I don't get it.
**[17:09] ---**
Toma!
**[17:15] ---**
Nuh-uh, there's no way
Index could be wearing that outfit.
**[17:18] ---**
Toma!
**[17:22] ---**
Why wouldn't you even look at me?!
**[17:27] ---**
I've got to ask, what's with that getup?
**[17:30] ---**
Come to think of it...
**[17:35] ---**
Toma, Toma,
**[17:37] ---**
you were just trying to remember
some off-color scene, weren't you?
**[17:41] ---**
It looks to me like you have
a very pleased look on your face.
**[17:46] ---**
I do not, I do not!
**[17:49] ---**
I mean, where is your usual nun's habit?
**[17:52] ---**
Hmph, I'm letting Komoe hang onto it.
**[17:55] ---**
U-Um, what are you so upset about?
**[18:00] ---**
Oh, I know! You're hungry, right?
**[18:03] ---**
We're about to meet up with
my mom and dad to have lunch,
**[18:07] ---**
so just hold on a bit longer, and...
**[18:11] ---**
Um... Miss Index...?
**[18:14] ---**
Ow!
**[18:15] ---**
It's not that, Toma, you dummy!
**[18:17] ---**
Then what is it?
**[18:19] ---**
I specifically changed clothes
so I could cheer for you,
**[18:23] ---**
so where were you when I was going to?!
**[18:26] ---**
Oh, uh, you see...
**[18:29] ---**
I tried so hard, thinking I could
be together with you, Toma...
**[18:33] ---**
...but then you went off
on your own somewhere.
**[18:36] ---**
What was I supposed to do then?
**[18:39] ---**
Oh, sorry.
**[18:41] ---**
I just thought you were cranky
from being hungry, like always--
**[18:45] ---**
--I am not! I'm angry because
you never pay attention to me!
**[18:46] ---**
--Ow! Ow! Ow!
**[18:49] ---**
--And as for being cranky because I'm hungry,
**[18:49] ---**
--Ow! Index!
**[18:52] ---**
--as a Sister, I am free
of such feelings, Toma!
**[18:52] ---**
--What happened to biting me, like always?
**[18:55] ---**
Er, I mean, you don't
need to go out of your way to...
**[19:03] ---**
Toma, you sicko.
**[19:04] ---**
Wha--?!
**[19:05] ---**
No! Up to now, you were
always the one who bit *me*!
**[19:09] ---**
So if anyone's a sicko, it's you--
**[19:11] ---**
Ee-yow!
**[19:15] ---**
It seems to me like we haven't
seen very much of Toma around.
**[19:20] ---**
Well, with all of the people here,
there are times when you won't see him.
**[19:24] ---**
Ah!
**[19:28] ---**
Hello. We meet again, huh?
**[19:31] ---**
Ah, from this morning...
**[19:33] ---**
Yes. Thank you very much for this morning.
**[19:36] ---**
Thanks to you, as you can see...
**[19:42] ---**
Who are they? Someone you know?
**[19:46] ---**
They're the parents of that
boy you're interested in, Mikoto.
**[19:52] ---**
Nice to meet you. The name's Kamijo.
**[19:54] ---**
Hello.
**[19:57] ---**
Er, that is...
**[19:58] ---**
Come on, charm them, charm them.
**[20:01] ---**
I-It's not like that!
What are you talking about?!
**[20:03] ---**
Ah, come to think of it,
have you had lunch yet?
**[20:06] ---**
No, not yet.
**[20:08] ---**
If you'd care to,
would you like to join us?
**[20:11] ---**
I know a great spot.
**[20:13] ---**
Are you sure? We would be glad to.
**[20:16] ---**
A-Are you all right?
**[20:19] ---**
Oh, no...
**[20:21] ---**
Sorry. I'm not quite accustomed
to having so many people around.
**[20:24] ---**
N-No, I was too inattentive...
**[20:27] ---**
Well, if you'll excuse me...
**[20:29] ---**
S-Sure...
**[20:31] ---**
My, my...
**[20:32] ---**
Not again, Toya...
**[20:34] ---**
No, Mom, it's not like that!
**[20:37] ---**
I wasn't staring or anything,
I was just, you know...
**[20:41] ---**
I am so sorry!
**[20:44] ---**
That's his father, all right.
**[20:49] ---**
Hey, Toma!
**[20:51] ---**
Over here! Over here!
**[20:54] ---**
I'm surprised you found this place.
**[20:57] ---**
Oh, well, she's the one who showed us.
**[21:00] ---**
The name's Misaka.
**[21:01] ---**
Is that right? Thank you very much.
**[21:05] ---**
Ah, I am starving!
**[21:08] ---**
Hey, you...
**[21:09] ---**
Why is it I'm the only one who
never gets any search hits from you?
**[21:14] ---**
Well, I figured we'd naturally
end up stuck like this somehow.
**[21:17] ---**
We're not "stuck" like anything!
**[21:19] ---**
As if there's anything natural
about what flows anywhere near you!
**[21:22] ---**
And who is this girl who's always
with you and where does she live?
**[21:27] ---**
Hm?
**[21:28] ---**
Who is she? Well...
**[21:30] ---**
She's right, Toma.
Come to mention it, who is that girl?
**[21:35] ---**
When we took that overnight trip
to the beach, she was with you, too.
**[21:38] ---**
Th-The beach?!
**[21:40] ---**
O-Overnight trip to the beach...?
**[21:43] ---**
What about you, short-hair?
Who are you and where do *you* live?
**[21:46] ---**
Are you Toma's girlfriend, or something?
**[21:48] ---**
Huh? N-No, I'm not really...
**[21:53] ---**
You came to cheer on
Toma's school, didn't you?
**[21:56] ---**
The tower topple, as I remember.
**[21:59] ---**
I did not!
**[22:00] ---**
Look, you be quiet!
**[22:03] ---**
Now, now. Why don't
we all get something to eat?
**[22:07] ---**
So um, Kamijo Toma, is it?
**[22:10] ---**
Yes, it is, but... Are you Misaka's
older sister, or something?
**[22:15] ---**
Mm-mm.
**[22:17] ---**
I'm Misaka Misuzu,
Mikoto's mother. Nice to meet you.
**[22:21] ---**
Mother?!
**[22:25] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[22:32] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[22:50] ---**
*Dare nimo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara*
**[22:55] ---**
*imajin nante kowashite shimaeba ii*
**[23:01] ---**
*Harimeguru shisutemu bakkappu insutooru wa OK*
**[23:07] ---**
*Kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku*
**[23:13] ---**
*Juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae*
**[23:18] ---**
*suisoku fukanou na "ikite'ru katachi" dakara*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*Dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii*
**[23:36] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[23:44] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
Solving hidden riddles, one step at a time,
**[23:58] ---**
we draw closer to their objective.
**[24:00] ---**
But then, something happens
when by chance, we run into Himegami...
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Stab Sword."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 35 - Stab Sword
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:31] ---**
Her mother?
**[00:33] ---**
Didn't you say something
about college earlier?
**[00:35] ---**
Yes. I've gone back to school.
It's all kinds of stimulating.
**[00:41] ---**
What do you think, Toma?
**[00:44] ---**
What do I think?
Well, it's nothing we couldn't...
**[00:47] ---**
Hmm?
**[00:49] ---**
Obviously, there's
something not right here!
**[00:51] ---**
There are so many unnaturally
young adults all around Toma!
**[00:55] ---**
Ordinarily, this sort of
thing would be unthinkable!
**[00:57] ---**
Let's put that aside and eat something.
**[00:59] ---**
I brought along some lunch,
just like a mother would.
**[01:03] ---**
Ta-da!
**[01:05] ---**
On today's menu is cheese fondue!
**[01:07] ---**
Stop sneaking hazardous
materials into Academy City!
**[01:10] ---**
Oh, but...
**[01:12] ---**
...nibbling away on a tiny box lunch
**[01:14] ---**
won't deliver the nourishment
to the places that need developing.
**[01:20] ---**
What are you talking about, "develop"?!
**[01:21] ---**
Oh, yes, what *could* I be talking about?
**[01:27] ---**
My, my...
**[01:28] ---**
Are we at it again, Toya?
**[01:31] ---**
Huh? N-No...
**[01:34] ---**
Eat lots to grow bigger, huh?
**[01:38] ---**
Toma!
**[01:43] ---**
Toma!
**[01:52] ---**
I may hate being bitten,
but this is painful, too, in its own way.
**[02:15] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:18] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[02:23] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[02:27] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[02:33] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[02:38] ---**
*But the angel continued
to smile in discernment*
**[02:49] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[02:54] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[02:59] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[03:05] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[03:12] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:27] ---**
Stab Sword
**[03:33] ---**
Here.
**[03:35] ---**
Thank you!
**[03:37] ---**
Bye!
**[03:40] ---**
I thought I told you...
**[03:42] ---**
...to avoid contact with private
citizens as much as possible.
**[03:49] ---**
And I *am* avoiding it,
as much as possible, aren't I?
**[03:53] ---**
How are things on your end?
**[03:54] ---**
No one has found you yet, right?
**[03:56] ---**
Rest at ease.
**[03:58] ---**
Right now, I am sitting perfectly still.
**[04:00] ---**
How comfortable for you.
**[04:02] ---**
I'd sure like to take it easy.
A hotel workout would be nice, too.
**[04:07] ---**
I've asked you to refrain
from such indecent expressions.
**[04:09] ---**
Oh, my, you're reading too much into that.
**[04:13] ---**
Whoo, Lidvia's got a dirty mind!
**[04:21] ---**
I have to admit, though,
**[04:23] ---**
I do understand that
the waiting can be tough, too.
**[04:28] ---**
Toma! Toma! I think I'd like to try
**[04:31] ---**
some of the fruit juice
they're selling over there!
**[04:33] ---**
Look, you,
**[04:35] ---**
we just barely got
done eating lunch, right?
**[04:37] ---**
If you keep eating and drinking
like this, you're going to get fat.
**[04:40] ---**
I-I will not!
**[04:42] ---**
Oh, no? I'll bet you've
upped your armor class,
**[04:45] ---**
and you're just not aware of it.
**[04:48] ---**
If you don't believe me, then you
can always measure my stomach!
**[04:53] ---**
It's not like I walk around
with a measuring tape, right?
**[04:55] ---**
You don't need one!
**[04:57] ---**
Huh?
**[04:59] ---**
Sissy!
**[05:03] ---**
Sissy!
**[05:10] ---**
I-It is not nice to step
aside at the last moment.
**[05:13] ---**
Sorry, sorry. I'm in a hurry right now.
**[05:16] ---**
W-W-What is the matter, Sissy?!
**[05:20] ---**
Do not tell me you are
going to that gentleman--
**[05:22] ---**
I mean, troglodyte, to cheer him on!
**[05:24] ---**
N-No way! I forgot to tell my
mom about a change to the program.
**[05:29] ---**
Is that right? Even though
he is, in fact, right there...?
**[05:33] ---**
Eh?!
**[05:41] ---**
Do you suppose they are expecting?
**[05:44] ---**
Can they already tell
that the baby is kicking?
**[05:46] ---**
Why, that...
**[05:50] ---**
Drop dead, you sick creep!
**[06:00] ---**
Huh...?
**[06:09] ---**
J--
**[06:11] ---**
Just my luck!
**[06:15] ---**
Orsola! I told you, you can't
eat muffins inside the library!
**[06:19] ---**
But these were made by the Amakusa for me.
**[06:24] ---**
Stop getting crumbs everywhere!
**[06:26] ---**
You two are well acquainted
with the current situation, aren't you?
**[06:30] ---**
Thanks to you, yes.
**[06:33] ---**
I am, after all, a cryptology specialist.
**[06:37] ---**
Dealing with large amounts
of data is a piece of cake for me.
**[06:40] ---**
Miss Sherry, I am quite
adept at decoding, myself.
**[06:45] ---**
Anyhow, we'll get to the report data later--
**[06:47] ---**
You idiot! I told you,
stop spilling crumbs!
**[06:51] ---**
Geez... When did Necessarius
get to be so mellow?
**[06:58] ---**
Hey, you!
**[07:00] ---**
The walkways of Academy City
are no-smoking areas at all times!
**[07:04] ---**
Have you never heard of
the term "secondhand smoke"?
**[07:08] ---**
Of course I have.
**[07:11] ---**
Then why are you lighting
up another cigarette?!
**[07:15] ---**
Hey! Please, listen to me! Look at me!
**[07:19] ---**
Miss Komoe?
**[07:26] ---**
Whoo, I guess I managed
to get away somehow.
**[07:28] ---**
I found you.
**[07:31] ---**
And just in time.
**[07:32] ---**
Himegami?
**[07:34] ---**
We've got a bit of a problem.
**[07:37] ---**
Come on.
**[07:37] ---**
O-Okay...
**[07:43] ---**
U-Um...
**[07:45] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[07:46] ---**
Er, well, Himegami...
**[07:48] ---**
I guess it doesn't bother you too much, huh?
**[07:59] ---**
Come on! I have to confiscate those!
**[08:03] ---**
Please give them to
me and don't make trouble!
**[08:06] ---**
--I said give them to me, please! Come on!
**[08:07] ---**
--There's no need to stop that.
**[08:09] ---**
--But...
**[08:11] ---**
Hello?
**[08:12] ---**
Kami, she's on the move.
**[08:14] ---**
About three minutes ago,
I spotted Oriana
**[08:16] ---**
at the Seibusan subway station,
in School District 5.
**[08:20] ---**
Where's Stiyl?
**[08:21] ---**
Yeah, he's right here.
**[08:23] ---**
Then bring him with
you and come to the station.
**[08:26] ---**
All right.
**[08:31] ---**
Ah! Hold on!
I'm not done talking to you!
**[08:35] ---**
Himegami, you take it from here!
**[08:37] ---**
Yoink.
**[08:38] ---**
Hey! What do you think
you're doing, Himegami?!
**[08:49] ---**
Have to avoid any frivolous holdups.
**[08:52] ---**
Hurry it up, Stiyl!
**[08:58] ---**
Two more stops.
**[09:01] ---**
Hmm? What are you looking at?
**[09:03] ---**
Material from the British Library
about the Croce di Pietro.
**[09:07] ---**
Have you found out anything?
**[09:09] ---**
It'd be too much trouble
to tell you verbally.
**[09:11] ---**
I'll forward the data to your cell.
**[09:14] ---**
O-Okay.
**[09:18] ---**
How am I supposed to read this?!
**[09:24] ---**
Where's Tsuchimikado?
**[09:27] ---**
Where are you now?
**[09:28] ---**
Yeah, sorry.
**[09:30] ---**
The autobus I'm on has been held up.
**[09:33] ---**
How far away are you?
**[09:34] ---**
I could probably run there in ten minutes.
**[09:36] ---**
If he's that far away,
she could get out of the search perimeter.
**[09:40] ---**
I know.
**[09:41] ---**
Stiyl, if I send instructions to
draw a Four Ways
**[09:44] ---**
to Truth pattern to your
cell phone, could you do it?
**[09:46] ---**
No way. I don't know
anything about eastern spells.
**[09:50] ---**
Then, can you do a
search with a western one?
**[09:53] ---**
If I could, would I be asking you?
It's completely out of my expertise.
**[09:57] ---**
All right. I'll invoke a
Four Ways to Truth array here.
**[10:01] ---**
I'll send the results to your cell,
so you take it from there.
**[10:04] ---**
Hold on!
**[10:05] ---**
Are you going to be okay
if you use any more magic?
**[10:11] ---**
You're sure?
**[10:13] ---**
I am a magician. A specialist is
only as good as the magic he uses.
**[10:29] ---**
Oh, you really want to
know where I am that badly, huh?
**[10:34] ---**
Well, then...
**[10:36] ---**
...what should my next move be?
**[10:36] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[10:42] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[10:52] ---**
Himegami?
**[10:54] ---**
Is there something that's troubling you?
**[10:57] ---**
No, it's not that.
**[10:59] ---**
I was just thinking,
Kamijo was acting strangely.
**[11:03] ---**
Mm-hmm, he may have
simply been feeling the pressure
**[11:06] ---**
of the next competition
bearing down on him.
**[11:09] ---**
But he seemed a little odd.
**[11:11] ---**
He seemed to be on edge...
**[11:15] ---**
...like that one time...
**[11:18] ---**
But I don't think he would
get that way over a competition.
**[11:23] ---**
So what you're saying, Himegami,
**[11:25] ---**
is that you have an interest in Kamijo?
**[11:29] ---**
I think I'd prefer if
you didn't say it like that.
**[11:32] ---**
Kamijo and I aren't even that close,
**[11:36] ---**
and if there is any misunderstanding,
**[11:37] ---**
Kamijo will be the one put out by it.
**[11:40] ---**
Himegami, please have a look at this.
**[11:45] ---**
The night parade?
**[11:47] ---**
The nighttime Academy City will be lit up
**[11:49] ---**
with lighting and laser beams,
and it will be very, very pretty.
**[11:54] ---**
What if you were to invite Kamijo to it?
**[11:57] ---**
I couldn't.
**[11:59] ---**
Even if I were to
invite him out of the blue,
**[12:03] ---**
I'm sure that Kamijo
would just be taken aback.
**[12:06] ---**
It's not his style.
**[12:08] ---**
Th-That's not true!
**[12:10] ---**
Himegami, if you invite
Kamijo to something you think is fun,
**[12:14] ---**
I'm sure he will be delighted.
**[12:16] ---**
That's the kind of boy Kamijo is.
**[12:24] ---**
I said I wouldn't invite him,
and there's no way I will.
**[12:26] ---**
Hmph, why are you being so obstinate?
**[12:30] ---**
I'm just not going to invite him.
**[12:33] ---**
She's caught on to us.
**[12:35] ---**
She suddenly changed direction.
Now she's heading northwest.
**[12:39] ---**
You can't use your Red Spell?
**[12:42] ---**
No, I can't.
**[12:43] ---**
I'd have to interrupt the
Four Ways to Truth spell to do that.
**[12:46] ---**
If I do that, I couldn't
track Oriana's location anymore.
**[12:50] ---**
She's still heading northwest.
**[12:52] ---**
It looks like she's trying
to shake us off linearly.
**[12:55] ---**
Hurry. It's only 1700 meters
until she's out of our effective range.
**[12:59] ---**
You don't have to remind me.
**[13:01] ---**
Wait, she suddenly changed direction!
**[13:03] ---**
What is this? She sped up all of a sudden!
**[13:07] ---**
Tsuchimikado!
**[13:11] ---**
He's had it.
**[13:12] ---**
From what?
**[13:13] ---**
Oriana wouldn't know
how far she would have to go
**[13:17] ---**
to escape the effective range
of the Four Ways to Truth spell.
**[13:19] ---**
So what would she do?
**[13:21] ---**
You don't mean...
**[13:22] ---**
Yes, she would take out Tsuchimikado, the
one at the exact center of the spell.
**[13:27] ---**
We have to hurry, too!
**[13:28] ---**
Where to?
**[13:29] ---**
To wherever Tsuchimikado is, of course!
**[13:31] ---**
And I'm asking you, where is that?!
**[13:36] ---**
We do not know where he is.
**[13:46] ---**
You have to give me all you've got.
**[13:49] ---**
When you sense out wherever my location is,
**[13:52] ---**
it means that I can sense you, too.
**[13:55] ---**
You're the most resourceful
and dangerous one,
**[13:58] ---**
so I came to put you down.
**[14:01] ---**
"Fallere 825." Remember that.
It's my magic name.
**[14:06] ---**
Hmph. My name is "Basis 104."
**[14:10] ---**
And now that I've stated it,
I'll make sure that I win.
**[14:38] ---**
I don't find that violent
youthfulness to be unlikeable.
**[14:48] ---**
Is your style to use your
magic as little as possible?
**[14:53] ---**
If so, you're going to die.
**[14:57] ---**
I do have means such that
I raised a barrier around us.
**[15:02] ---**
You don't have any help coming.
**[15:10] ---**
You rotten fools who
have grown lazy in peacetime,
**[15:12] ---**
unless you wanna die, time to wake up!
**[15:14] ---**
You're too late.
**[15:28] ---**
It's all over, huh?
**[15:34] ---**
It can't be...
**[15:35] ---**
The barrier has been disrupted?
**[15:37] ---**
It looks like even *I* was able
to bring down your barrier, huh?
**[15:42] ---**
I guess you can handle a tougher
workout than your looks let on.
**[15:46] ---**
I have to make sure word of
what's happening here gets out, you see.
**[15:50] ---**
Hmph, silly boy. Even if those
two who were chasing me get here...
**[15:54] ---**
I don't mean them.
**[15:56] ---**
What did you say?
**[15:58] ---**
What are you, dense?
**[16:00] ---**
How many members of
Necessarius do you think there are?
**[16:04] ---**
Do you expect me to believe you?
**[16:08] ---**
Tsukebumi Tamazusa--
**[16:10] ---**
originally an accessory used
to make its target see illusions,
**[16:13] ---**
but depending on how it's used...
**[16:15] ---**
A communications spell?
**[16:17] ---**
Now that we know you
don't have the Stab Sword,
**[16:20] ---**
there's no reason for us
to have her sit out anymore.
**[16:25] ---**
Yes--Kanzaki Kaori!
**[16:28] ---**
Did you not consider the possibility
that there'd be a saint in Japan?
**[16:31] ---**
Moreover, Kanzaki has some personal
friends here in Academy City.
**[16:36] ---**
Even if, by chance, word gets out,
it won't be any big deal.
**[16:45] ---**
Why won't you go quietly?
**[16:49] ---**
Well, for the moment,
I've destroyed your search spell.
**[16:54] ---**
It would be foolish
to stay here any longer,
**[16:56] ---**
letting myself get hurt
by a wounded little boy like you.
**[17:05] ---**
Damn it all...
**[17:07] ---**
Kanzaki Kaori's grand entrance...
**[17:10] ---**
It would have been great
if it had actually happened. Still,
**[17:15] ---**
this Tsukebumi Tamazusa was a fakeout.
**[17:17] ---**
I'm surprised she believed it.
**[17:20] ---**
Now then...
**[17:24] ---**
Looks like using the Four Ways
to Truth is out of the question.
**[17:32] ---**
Tsuchimikado?
**[17:33] ---**
Oriana should be trying to
get herself away from here now.
**[17:37] ---**
That's because I made a teeny little bluff.
**[17:41] ---**
The closest thing to the underground
mall where Tsuchimikado is would be the subway.
**[17:53] ---**
I don't seem to have any tails.
**[17:56] ---**
The Croce di Pietro
preparations are still a ways off.
**[17:59] ---**
Whatever shall I do?
**[18:02] ---**
Planning some spells to
use against a saint might be fun.
**[18:07] ---**
Himegami, we have to take
a shortcut, or we'll miss the next--
**[18:13] ---**
Oh, Miss Komoe...
**[18:15] ---**
Now you've gone and done it.
**[18:18] ---**
I-I am so sorry!
**[18:20] ---**
Ah, and are you all right over here?
**[18:23] ---**
Y-Yes, I'm fine.
**[18:25] ---**
I'd be more concerned about her.
**[18:30] ---**
Ah! Himegami, you're all
soaking wet and showing through!
**[18:34] ---**
Miss Komoe, you're getting
pointy around the chest, yourself.
**[18:39] ---**
A Celtic cross... Necessarius?!
**[18:49] ---**
Himegami?
**[18:50] ---**
What's the matter, Himegami?
**[19:00] ---**
The closest transfer point from here is...
**[19:02] ---**
...an autobus stop 300 meters north.
**[19:05] ---**
300, huh?
**[19:12] ---**
That smell...
**[19:17] ---**
Miss Komoe!
**[19:18] ---**
K-Kamijo!
**[19:20] ---**
Teacher, what exactly is...
**[19:26] ---**
Teacher, what happened here?
**[19:28] ---**
We bumped into this woman...
**[19:31] ---**
Suddenly, she made
this scary face, and then...
**[19:36] ---**
Oriana.
**[19:37] ---**
Why would she? What's her
reason for attacking Himegami?
**[19:40] ---**
Right there.
**[19:42] ---**
That "Walking Church"
accessory is a special item.
**[19:46] ---**
She took her to be a
List-of-Prohibited-Books-class magician,
**[19:50] ---**
and concluded that she was chasing her.
**[19:52] ---**
It was a mistake?
**[19:53] ---**
She did all this to Himegami,
just because of a simple mistake?
**[20:02] ---**
T-P-I-M-I-M-S-P-F-T.
**[20:10] ---**
An ambulance has been called, yes?
**[20:12] ---**
You should wait for
them at the path entrance.
**[20:14] ---**
They won't be able to spot you here.
**[20:18] ---**
Hold on!
**[20:19] ---**
What?
**[20:20] ---**
She got caught up in this because of us!
**[20:22] ---**
You're just going to
leave her here like this?!
**[20:24] ---**
What else can you do for her?
**[20:28] ---**
Don't get too full
of yourself, ride-along!
**[20:30] ---**
There isn't a thing
you can do for this injured girl.
**[20:34] ---**
Right now, the only thing
we can do is go after Oriana.
**[20:41] ---**
If you really intend to defend
anyone, then clench your fists.
**[20:44] ---**
The only power that right hand
of yours has is to destroy illusions.
**[20:48] ---**
Tell me, where is there
any power to protect illusions?!
**[20:54] ---**
Son of a bitch!
**[20:56] ---**
Don't go thinking that
anger belongs to you alone.
**[21:04] ---**
What are you doing?
**[21:06] ---**
When I was with the
Sister, doing this helped somehow.
**[21:10] ---**
No way! Are you...
**[21:20] ---**
Why isn't Himegami getting better?
**[21:24] ---**
We were just talking about
the night parade a few moments ago.
**[21:28] ---**
And now...
**[21:29] ---**
No, you've got it wrong.
**[21:32] ---**
Just like scooping up seawater in a bucket,
**[21:34] ---**
you first have to mark off the
area of your miniature landscape.
**[21:38] ---**
Kamijo Toma, you go after Oriana.
**[21:41] ---**
Hold on a second. Don't tell me you're...
**[21:43] ---**
Don't expect much. This is
outside my area of expertise, too.
**[21:47] ---**
Making use of the knowledge from
the List of Prohibited Books she has,
**[21:51] ---**
we're just going to do some first aid.
**[21:53] ---**
If you want this to
be resolved in its entirety,
**[21:55] ---**
then leave us behind and go, Kamijo Toma.
**[21:59] ---**
All right.
**[22:00] ---**
Stiyl, take care of Himegami.
**[22:04] ---**
I'm sorry, Himegami.
I'll come back to your hospital room
**[22:08] ---**
before the night parade begins.
**[22:10] ---**
So make sure to sit tight for me.
**[22:25] ---**
*I can change even the
destiny that entwines me*
**[22:32] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[22:50] ---**
*If I lack the power to
not be outdone by anyone*
**[22:55] ---**
*I can always destroy that illusion*
**[23:01] ---**
*The laid out system
backup install is okay*
**[23:07] ---**
*Fields unknown even
to God become opened*
**[23:13] ---**
*It's a "living form" that not even data*
**[23:18] ---**
*from 100,000 memories
in a moment's miracle can infer*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*I want the power it
takes to protect somebody*
**[23:36] ---**
*I can change even
the destiny that entwines me*
**[23:44] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
I've found out the secret
of the Croce di Pietro.
**[23:57] ---**
The place where it will be
used must be where Oriana is, too.
**[24:01] ---**
But where exactly is that?!
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Belvedere."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:08] ---**
# 36 - Belvedere (The Observatory)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:31] ---**
In the midst of
the Daihasei Festival,
**[00:32] ---**
Oriana Thomson continues her
flight across Academy City.
**[00:35] ---**
As myself and Stiyl give chase,
we're shown up by her,
**[00:38] ---**
while Tsuchimikado is picked off.
**[00:41] ---**
Even Himegami, who just happened
to be standing there, was set upon.
**[00:45] ---**
Damn it! Oriana,
I swear, you'll pay for this!
**[01:08] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:16] ---**
*Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY*
**[01:20] ---**
*Mazu kotae wo kikasete*
**[01:27] ---**
*"Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"*
**[01:32] ---**
*Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama*
**[01:42] ---**
*Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai*
**[01:47] ---**
*Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta*
**[01:53] ---**
*Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono*
**[01:58] ---**
*Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:05] ---**
*No buts!*
**[02:20] ---**
Belvedere (The Observatory)
**[02:29] ---**
Damn it!
**[02:35] ---**
Tsuchimikado? Sorry,
but I lost sight of Oriana.
**[02:38] ---**
Do you have any idea where
she might have been headed?
**[02:43] ---**
This bus appears to circle
around School District 7,
**[02:46] ---**
but where she might
get off is... hold on a sec.
**[02:49] ---**
What is it, Kami?
**[02:53] ---**
Say, why is Oriana
walking around town?
**[02:57] ---**
Huh? Well, because
we keep chasing after her--
**[02:59] ---**
No, before that.
**[03:01] ---**
If there's no deal for the Croce di Pietro,
**[03:04] ---**
then it isn't to meet anyone, right?
**[03:06] ---**
So then, her strolling around the city
**[03:08] ---**
is just going to increase her risk, isn't it?
**[03:10] ---**
If that's the case,
**[03:12] ---**
it means that there's a reason
why Oriana is acting all by herself.
**[03:16] ---**
What reason?
**[03:17] ---**
I don't know that much,
but she may have been searching
**[03:21] ---**
for the conditions they
need to use the Croce di Pietro.
**[03:24] ---**
Conditions?
**[03:25] ---**
There has to be some special
circumstance, or they can't use it?
**[03:28] ---**
I asked Stiyl to check into that for us.
**[03:31] ---**
Now that you mention it,
he forwarded me an email from Orsola.
**[03:34] ---**
I'll send it to you, too.
**[03:48] ---**
I read it, Kami. It appears
to be a record dealing with
**[03:53] ---**
the cleaning of the vault
the Croce di Pietro was in.
**[03:55] ---**
So, what did it say?
**[03:58] ---**
When the Croce di Pietro was stored,
**[04:00] ---**
they were neurotically sensitive
about not letting any light hit it.
**[04:04] ---**
Light?
**[04:05] ---**
They must have been trying to
keep it from inadvertently activating.
**[04:09] ---**
Which would mean that
it activates when the sun hits it?
**[04:11] ---**
If that's true, then she
would have already done so.
**[04:15] ---**
Also, it says to finish the
cleaning during the daytime.
**[04:19] ---**
So then, time doesn't enter into it.
**[04:21] ---**
Nope.
**[04:22] ---**
However, there was apparently a
problem with the caretakers.
**[04:26] ---**
They would use horoscopes to
do astrology while on duty.
**[04:31] ---**
Astrology? If they did their
cleaning during the daytime,
**[04:35] ---**
it was nighttime light they were wary of.
**[04:37] ---**
In other words, it was the stars.
**[04:40] ---**
Indeed. By enlisting the figures
in the night sky into magical arrays,
**[04:45] ---**
they could obtain an
enormous amount of power.
**[05:04] ---**
If the Croce di Pietro acts like an antenna
to collect the light of the night sky,
**[05:10] ---**
that would mean Oriana is
out looking for the optimum spot
**[05:13] ---**
in which to set up an antenna.
**[05:15] ---**
But Peter died on June 29th.
**[05:20] ---**
Moreover, Japan's latitude and longitude
**[05:22] ---**
isn't the same as the Vatican's.
**[05:24] ---**
If they can't overcome those problems,
**[05:26] ---**
it rules out the constellation use theory.
**[05:29] ---**
But, we don't have any
more time to think about it.
**[05:33] ---**
Let's just get moving.
**[05:35] ---**
If we work under the assumption
that they *are* using constellations,
**[05:37] ---**
then our time limit would have to be...
**[05:39] ---**
Sundown? Well, what should I do?
**[05:43] ---**
Toma!
**[05:48] ---**
What are you doing up here?
**[05:51] ---**
I-Index?!
**[06:01] ---**
It looks like Kanzaki Kaori
isn't here after all.
**[06:15] ---**
Lidvia...
**[06:16] ---**
I know what you're going to say.
**[06:18] ---**
The girl that you engaged
was an ordinary civilian.
**[06:23] ---**
Her name is Himegami Aisa.
**[06:26] ---**
Despite possessing an
extremely significant power,
**[06:29] ---**
she is not particularly a magician.
**[06:32] ---**
That Celtic cross was nothing more
**[06:33] ---**
than an accessory to keep
her power under wraps,
**[06:36] ---**
and she is not the least bit aggressive.
**[06:40] ---**
How awful...
**[06:42] ---**
Truly awful, indeed.
**[06:44] ---**
We have struck out at a civilian
**[06:46] ---**
who had nothing to do with this operation.
**[06:48] ---**
And this makes it twice.
**[06:50] ---**
They are sinners who stray,
do wrong, and seek salvation,
**[06:54] ---**
who we are to protect.
**[06:57] ---**
We must not make any more mistakes.
**[07:00] ---**
For her sake, we must
use the Croce di Pietro,
**[07:05] ---**
and bring Academy City under our control.
**[07:09] ---**
I'm not so sure everything
is going to work out.
**[07:12] ---**
By placing Academy City
within our hands,
**[07:15] ---**
will all of everyone's problems
really be solved?
**[07:19] ---**
Toma, why aren't you
with everyone else in your class?
**[07:23] ---**
You haven't competed in any
events all afternoon, huh? Why not?
**[07:26] ---**
O-Oh, I was helping out
with the steering committee.
**[07:30] ---**
That's weird. I sent a text
out to the guys in my class.
**[07:34] ---**
A text?
**[07:35] ---**
Maybe I didn't have any service.
**[07:37] ---**
Or maybe the signal
didn't reach the service center.
**[07:41] ---**
I-In any case, Index,
you go back to where the others are.
**[07:45] ---**
Toma, Toma, they said
next up is group gymnastics.
**[07:49] ---**
Will you be there?
**[07:51] ---**
Yes, I will. I'll finish up my
assistance as quick as I can.
**[07:55] ---**
I'm gonna be there. So will
you wait for me there, Index?
**[08:02] ---**
Mm-hmm!
**[08:08] ---**
Sorry about that, Kami.
**[08:13] ---**
Let's finish up our assistance quick.
**[08:19] ---**
On the other hand,
**[08:20] ---**
with this many people around...
**[08:22] ---**
"Wait up!"
**[08:24] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, catching up.
**[08:27] ---**
Hmm?
**[08:28] ---**
"What's the problem? Misaka was
only looking at the souvenirs!"
**[08:32] ---**
says Misaka Misaka by way of protest.
**[08:35] ---**
Misaka?
**[08:39] ---**
Hello? Stiyl?
**[08:42] ---**
I've finished treating the schoolgirl.
**[08:44] ---**
How is Himegami?!
**[08:45] ---**
I don't even want to
have to use that spell again.
**[08:49] ---**
For the time being,
we've kept her from going into shock.
**[08:52] ---**
It's the doctor's job from here on, though.
**[08:55] ---**
Hey, man...
**[08:56] ---**
Huh? What's with the wussified voice?
**[08:59] ---**
I have no intention
of getting chummy with--
**[09:03] ---**
I still haven't told you thank you.
**[09:07] ---**
If you hadn't been here, Himegami
would've... Himegami would've...
**[09:14] ---**
Stop that. We're still not certain
that she's going to survive.
**[09:17] ---**
Even so, I... I...
**[09:20] ---**
Sounds like you're busy,
so I'll catch you later.
**[09:22] ---**
Call Tsuchimikado!
**[09:25] ---**
It sounds like he's onto something.
I'm heading there, too,
**[09:28] ---**
once I can get away from this lady!
**[09:39] ---**
Looks like I was right after all.
**[09:42] ---**
In which case, what do
we do with this discrepancy?
**[09:52] ---**
Ah, Fukiyose?
**[09:54] ---**
Are you feeling any better?
**[09:56] ---**
I'm doing fine.
**[09:58] ---**
But never mind me, are there
any problems at the Daihasei Festival?
**[10:01] ---**
As it happens, Himegami is in a real fix.
**[10:04] ---**
Don't tell me those idiots
did something again!
**[10:07] ---**
Actually, she was attacked
by someone, and taken to the hospital.
**[10:11] ---**
Attacked?!
**[10:13] ---**
If Kamijo and his
friend hadn't been there,
**[10:15] ---**
things may have turned out a lot worse.
**[10:19] ---**
Ah, the priest just went by!
**[10:21] ---**
Mr. Priest!
**[10:23] ---**
Huh? A priest?
**[10:29] ---**
What exactly is going on in this city?
**[10:34] ---**
Okay...
**[10:35] ---**
So sure enough, the constellations
hold the key to activating it.
**[10:39] ---**
Yeah, but, it was summer when
the Croce di Pietro was used before.
**[10:44] ---**
I doubt they can substitute the
autumn constellations.
**[10:48] ---**
There's something else here.
Some gimmick that we haven't figured out.
**[10:53] ---**
But we don't have any
more time to kick it around.
**[11:00] ---**
The English Puritan Church?
**[11:02] ---**
Am I reaching the cell phone
of Mr. Stiyl Magnus?
**[11:06] ---**
A wrong number?!
**[11:07] ---**
I am so terribly sorry!
**[11:09] ---**
Wait, that voice--is that you, Orsola?
**[11:12] ---**
Oh, my, then you must be...
**[11:15] ---**
Thank you for all your help earlier.
**[11:17] ---**
Thanks to you, I am fitting
right in around here--
**[11:20] ---**
Say, if you have something
to report, could you hurry it up?
**[11:25] ---**
Why, yes, the other day,
**[11:26] ---**
Miss Kanzaki showed me where
this delicious Japanese restaurant is--
**[11:30] ---**
I mean, tell us whatever
information you've discovered already!
**[11:33] ---**
Right. I have learned more
about the conditions needed
**[11:37] ---**
to use the Croce di Pietro.
**[11:40] ---**
It is said to be some
kind of large-scale fixture
**[11:43] ---**
for using the power of the constellations.
**[11:45] ---**
Sorry, but we already knew that.
**[11:48] ---**
Oh, is that right?
**[11:50] ---**
Well then, you must also know that
**[11:52] ---**
it can freely activate anywhere
in the world, regardless of season.
**[11:58] ---**
When I found that together with Miss Sherry,
**[12:01] ---**
I thought we at long last had something.
**[12:02] ---**
Just a second.
What are you talking about?
**[12:06] ---**
In order to use the Croce di Pietro,
**[12:08] ---**
one must have a firm grasp of
the area where it will be employed,
**[12:11] ---**
and then select the most fitting
of eighty-eight constellations for that area,
**[12:16] ---**
before the conditions
to activate it can be achieved.
**[12:20] ---**
Which would mean...
**[12:22] ---**
Yes, while there are various restrictions,
**[12:26] ---**
practically speaking, control by the
**[12:29] ---**
Roman Orthodox Church is possible
anywhere in the entire world.
**[12:32] ---**
Wha--?
**[12:33] ---**
We're starting to get it. You mean
that Peter allows a lot of latitude
**[12:37] ---**
in the location of his martyrdom.
**[12:39] ---**
But even if they chose a location,
what about the time?
**[12:43] ---**
St. Peter was put to death on June 29th.
**[12:47] ---**
That is the precise
date when the Croce di Pietro
**[12:49] ---**
was used at the Vatican.
**[12:52] ---**
You mean they intentionally
took it on that date?
**[12:55] ---**
They were prepared to die for it.
**[12:57] ---**
It's not such an impossible tale.
**[12:59] ---**
So, Orsola, have you found
out at what location they would use
**[13:03] ---**
the Croce di Pietro in
Japan today, September 19th?
**[13:08] ---**
Yes.
**[13:08] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:09] ---**
But of course I have found that out.
**[13:14] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:18] ---**
Wow! Look, look, Mikoto!
**[13:20] ---**
A quasi-five-dimensional kaleidoscope!
**[13:23] ---**
Heh, how fascinating!
**[13:25] ---**
Stay away from those shady goods.
**[13:27] ---**
Pick something that will be more memorable.
**[13:30] ---**
Oh, you are being so girly.
**[13:33] ---**
Y-You be quiet, you dumb mother!
**[13:37] ---**
I-I know the clammy feel of that gaze...
**[13:41] ---**
S-Sissy, is that lady
a member of your family?
**[13:49] ---**
Wow! What is this...?
**[13:51] ---**
This... hyperinflated version
of Sissy's aura...?
**[13:56] ---**
D-Damn it, if that is how it is,
then I will psych myself up,
**[14:01] ---**
and have the both of you bring it on!
**[14:05] ---**
Whoa, Kuroko, are you...?
**[14:08] ---**
Mikoto, does your girliness
swing that way, as well?
**[14:11] ---**
Huh? N-No!
**[14:14] ---**
Come on, Kuroko! Hurry and
snap back to reality!
**[14:18] ---**
--Geez, wake up, you!
--S-Sissy!
**[14:20] ---**
Good morning! Good morning!
**[14:25] ---**
Oh, that boy...
**[14:27] ---**
So, the reason why
Oriana was walking around
**[14:30] ---**
was because she was seeing
whether that location would work?
**[14:33] ---**
Yeah. Everywhere we've been up to now
**[14:36] ---**
has had buildings or roadside
trees blocking out the sky.
**[14:39] ---**
That leaves only one point.
**[14:41] ---**
I'm sure she will be going there.
**[14:44] ---**
The experimental airport
in School District 23?
**[14:46] ---**
There won't be anything to
obscure the sky there.
**[14:51] ---**
Sorry to take so long.
**[14:53] ---**
Man, what is the deal with that lady?
**[14:56] ---**
Every time I used a repel spell,
as soon as I left the affected area,
**[14:59] ---**
she would catch up to me again.
**[15:02] ---**
Forget about that, what do we do?
**[15:03] ---**
School District 23 is
under incredibly tight security.
**[15:07] ---**
Are we going to be able to get in?
**[15:10] ---**
That's no problem.
**[15:11] ---**
I'll just use the "Just-this-once"
prerogative that only I have.
**[15:16] ---**
Prerogative?
**[15:23] ---**
This is strange.
**[15:26] ---**
It's about time for final preparations.
**[15:28] ---**
Isn't there still a short
while before the appointed time?
**[15:30] ---**
The security situation is changing strangely.
**[15:33] ---**
It looks like they've
caught on that I'm nearby.
**[15:36] ---**
In that case, the location
of our belvedere...
**[15:40] ---**
Probably. But it seems
to be the most practical place.
**[15:44] ---**
We won't involve any
more civilians here, either.
**[15:48] ---**
In that case...
**[15:49] ---**
Yes. You get ready, as well.
**[15:53] ---**
Let's now bring Academy City
under our control.
**[15:58] ---**
Just like pushing a maiden of light,
**[16:00] ---**
unaware of anything
before now, into the mud.
**[16:06] ---**
I had them alter the security
status of School District 23 a bit.
**[16:09] ---**
We'll take advantage of that confusion.
**[16:12] ---**
The Croce di Pietro will
be activated just after sundown.
**[16:15] ---**
Probably between the hours of 6 and 7.
**[16:17] ---**
It's ten minutes to the
District 23 terminal station.
**[16:20] ---**
That means once we get there,
**[16:21] ---**
we'll only have twenty-five
minutes before time is up.
**[16:25] ---**
Just to be clear on the matter,
**[16:27] ---**
you intend to face
Oriana in your condition?
**[16:31] ---**
I wish like crazy I could get some rest.
**[16:34] ---**
But District 23's security is not so lax
**[16:36] ---**
that the two of you can break in alone.
**[16:39] ---**
All right.
**[16:55] ---**
Once we get on this train,
there's no turning back.
**[16:58] ---**
Killing will be all that awaits us.
**[17:01] ---**
Are you ready for this, Kamijo Toma?
**[17:05] ---**
Yeah. We're going to
put a stop to all of this.
**[17:09] ---**
And one other thing...
**[17:10] ---**
What?
**[17:12] ---**
Remember this: I have no
intention of ending this with killing.
**[17:25] ---**
Toma isn't here?
**[17:26] ---**
U-Um...
**[17:28] ---**
Um, how do you mean...
**[17:30] ---**
I am terribly sorry.
**[17:31] ---**
Here you have entrusted
your precious son to me,
**[17:34] ---**
and I cannot account for his actions.
**[17:38] ---**
There is just one
thing we'd like to ask you.
**[17:40] ---**
Yes, what is it?
**[17:42] ---**
Toma is acting voluntarily, right?
**[17:45] ---**
He isn't being dragged
around by someone else?
**[17:48] ---**
Oh, yes. That is correct.
**[17:54] ---**
Then, it's something that means
more to Toma than competing.
**[18:00] ---**
I can't come up with any
reason to stop him, can you?
**[18:04] ---**
No.
**[18:23] ---**
Turning the skies of
heaven to our housetop,
**[18:26] ---**
in order to establish
peace in this land,
**[18:29] ---**
I now call on the blessing
of the Holy 12 Apostles.
**[18:36] ---**
The security around
here is focused on the skies.
**[18:39] ---**
There aren't that many
places to hide here, after all.
**[18:42] ---**
Then, how is Oriana
getting into the airport?
**[18:45] ---**
She must have
already done whatever it is.
**[18:47] ---**
Tsuchimikado, we're running out of time.
**[18:50] ---**
Ah, we'll just use that.
**[18:56] ---**
We're near the public airport.
The skies are crowded with both
**[19:00] ---**
passenger planes
and experimental craft.
**[19:02] ---**
The monitoring crafts have
to alter their patrol routes regularly,
**[19:07] ---**
to prevent mid-air collisions.
**[19:09] ---**
If we sneak in under their blind spots,
we should be able to manage.
**[19:27] ---**
Wait! Tsuchimikado!
**[19:28] ---**
What, Kami?
**[19:31] ---**
Tsuchimikado!
**[19:32] ---**
Are you okay, Tsuchimikado?!
**[19:34] ---**
Go on... Kami...!
**[19:37] ---**
Destroy that page...
and the two of you go on...!
**[19:40] ---**
What about you?!
**[19:42] ---**
Stiyl, can't you
heal him with your magic?
**[19:46] ---**
You think she's going to wait for that?!
**[19:50] ---**
Kamijo Toma!
**[20:08] ---**
Flame to my hand!
**[20:10] ---**
Its form, a sword;
its purpose, conviction!
**[20:17] ---**
Hurry!
**[20:19] ---**
So the saint isn't
coming after all, huh?
**[20:22] ---**
Which means,
I guess it's just the three of you.
**[20:28] ---**
A barrier?
She's cut off all communication.
**[20:36] ---**
Stiyl!
**[20:42] ---**
Oh, my!
**[20:43] ---**
I'm not so responsive that
I can get my satisfaction on the side.
**[20:50] ---**
Break apart!
**[20:58] ---**
I see you guys still cave all too quickly.
**[21:02] ---**
I will stop you, right here.
**[21:04] ---**
I am not letting you
use the Croce di Pietro.
**[21:07] ---**
If you mean to mess up Academy City,
and ruin the Daihasei Festival,
**[21:11] ---**
then I swear, I will stop you!
**[21:15] ---**
How unkind to call it "messing up."
**[21:17] ---**
The Croce di Pietro removes
the wall between magic and science,
**[21:21] ---**
and might just lead the
people of the world to happiness.
**[21:25] ---**
Happiness?
**[21:28] ---**
How nice. I can kind of see
how those words might sound nice.
**[21:34] ---**
However, the problem I have with it
**[21:37] ---**
is that by you using the
Croce di Pietro right here and now,
**[21:41] ---**
you're going to wreck the Daihasei Festival!
**[21:45] ---**
So many people treasure
the Daihasei Festival.
**[21:50] ---**
I don't care how great the religion
that you settle down with is,
**[21:53] ---**
there's no way you have the
right to deprive them of those feelings!
**[21:58] ---**
Do you think that much of
an emotionally-charged argument
**[22:00] ---**
is going to sway me?
**[22:03] ---**
If that's all it takes to hurt you,
**[22:05] ---**
then you're out of order to begin with.
**[22:07] ---**
Can you say the same thing
**[22:09] ---**
in front of Fukiyose and
Himegami, the ones you injured?
**[22:14] ---**
Ultimately, that's all I
wanted to say. Except...
**[22:18] ---**
If you're still thinking of
doing anything in my town,
**[22:20] ---**
I will wipe out any illusions of it,
till there are no traces left!
**[22:25] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[22:32] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[22:50] ---**
*Dare nimo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara*
**[22:56] ---**
*imajin nante kowashite shimaeba ii*
**[23:01] ---**
*Harimeguru shisutemu bakkappu insutooru wa OK*
**[23:07] ---**
*Kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku*
**[23:13] ---**
*Juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae*
**[23:18] ---**
*suisoku fukanou na "ikite'ru katachi" dakara*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:31] ---**
*Dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii*
**[23:36] ---**
*Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara*
**[23:44] ---**
*subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
I don't care how lofty your goal is--
**[23:57] ---**
I don't care how admirable your cause is--
**[23:59] ---**
by no means will I let you do as you please!
**[24:01] ---**
I won't let it end like this!
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Croce di Pietro."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
**[24:09] ---**
# 37 - Croce di Pietro (Apostolic Cross)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:34] ---**
The Croce di Pietro
is a nasty piece of work
**[00:36] ---**
that can be used without
regard to location or season.
**[00:39] ---**
Unless we do something,
**[00:41] ---**
Academy City will fall under
Roman Orthodox control at sundown.
**[00:45] ---**
There's no way I'm letting that happen!
**[01:07] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:11] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[01:16] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[01:20] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[01:26] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[01:31] ---**
*But the angel continued
to smile in discernment*
**[01:42] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[01:47] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[01:52] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[01:58] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:05] ---**
*No buts!*
**[02:21] ---**
"#13 Croce di Pietro (Apostolic Cross)"
**[02:35] ---**
Oh, my, what a fine
place for your head to be!
**[02:47] ---**
Damn...
**[03:00] ---**
It's starting to get dark around here.
**[03:03] ---**
Tell me, isn't it about
time you were getting home?
**[03:06] ---**
Or would you rather spend a
somewhat stimulating evening with me?
**[03:13] ---**
One more...
**[03:17] ---**
If there was just one
more thing... One more...
**[03:34] ---**
Its name is flame; its purpose, a sword...
**[03:38] ---**
Manifest! Feed on my
body to gain your power...
**[03:42] ---**
Innocentius!
**[03:56] ---**
Let's go, Innocentius. Fortis 931.
**[04:01] ---**
Prove to us now the reason
why my name is the greatest!
**[04:08] ---**
Die with me!
**[04:11] ---**
Watch out, you idiot!
**[04:15] ---**
Whoops--
**[04:18] ---**
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust!
**[04:21] ---**
Vampire Killer Crimson Cross!
**[04:22] ---**
Oh, no!
**[04:28] ---**
Go home, you klutzy magician!
**[04:30] ---**
You shut up, ride-along!
**[04:40] ---**
Innocentius!
**[04:46] ---**
Out of my way, you idiot!
**[04:47] ---**
You stay out of *my* way!
**[04:49] ---**
What's going on here? I can't
predict their next move like this.
**[05:05] ---**
A reference point...
I need an absolute reference point...
**[05:11] ---**
A clear rule...
whereby everyone is happy,
**[05:15] ---**
and nobody gets
dragged into any tragedies
**[05:17] ---**
brought about by
conflicting sets of values...
**[05:20] ---**
The ultimate world...
**[05:23] ---**
That is why I will win. I will win,
and create my own answer.
**[05:28] ---**
I am... My name is Basis 104!
**[05:34] ---**
Get down, ride-along!
**[05:46] ---**
Stiyl!
**[05:47] ---**
Where are you going?
**[05:49] ---**
You're taking *me* on, aren't you?
**[05:55] ---**
That's enough out of you.
**[05:57] ---**
How many people are you going
to hurt before you've had enough?
**[06:00] ---**
I don't want to hurt anyone, myself.
**[06:04] ---**
But I have my objective.
**[06:07] ---**
Now, get over here. Once I crush you,
my purpose will be at an end.
**[06:13] ---**
All that's left will be
for the Croce di Pietro--
**[06:15] ---**
for the Roman Orthodox Church to
create the world that I desire.
**[06:20] ---**
Objective my eye. Stop talking
like you're such a bigshot,
**[06:25] ---**
when you're allowing others
to determine what your future is.
**[06:27] ---**
Letting others determine?
**[06:30] ---**
Yes, and I don't even care who they are.
**[06:35] ---**
As long as they're
someone who can bring into line
**[06:37] ---**
all the principles and policies
scattered about the world.
**[06:40] ---**
And I will categorically
defend that reference point.
**[06:45] ---**
That's your objective, is it?
**[06:48] ---**
I don't get all the
little details. However,
**[06:52] ---**
I cannot accept the ridiculous proposal
**[06:54] ---**
that we turn over everyone
who lives in Academy City.
**[06:59] ---**
You can talk like that
because you don't understand.
**[07:03] ---**
You've never seen the expression
of someone who could do nothing
**[07:07] ---**
but stand there transfixed by
the circumstances they fell victim to.
**[07:10] ---**
You've simply never
heard the word "frustrated."
**[07:14] ---**
Even if I haven't,
that doesn't make it right for you
**[07:16] ---**
to attack Academy City as you like.
**[07:19] ---**
You can't use the pretext that
it's okay to do good for someone
**[07:23] ---**
if it's on the back of someone else.
**[07:26] ---**
No way!
**[07:31] ---**
The problems you're confronting
are something felt by everyone.
**[07:36] ---**
Everyone stumbles
and makes mistakes at times.
**[07:39] ---**
However, when you
fall down, you get back up.
**[07:42] ---**
No matter how awkward and
badly things turn out, you get back up!
**[07:47] ---**
You don't go tossing aside
other peoples' lives along the way!
**[07:51] ---**
Which do you choose, Oriana Thomson--
**[07:55] ---**
To leave everything up to someone else,
**[07:57] ---**
just because you messed up once?
**[07:59] ---**
Or to extend a hand to those
who have failed, despite those failures?
**[08:12] ---**
This is how we'll settle this.
**[08:16] ---**
I call upon all the ability
dwelling within me.
**[08:20] ---**
Unleash my whole soul,
and strike the foe before me.
**[08:51] ---**
Damn it...
**[08:53] ---**
For crying out loud,
can't you put a little effort
**[08:56] ---**
into making the tournament a success?
**[08:59] ---**
We've got a bit of a problem.
**[09:02] ---**
Come on.
**[09:05] ---**
Don't expect much. This is
outside my area of expertise, too.
**[09:09] ---**
Go on... Kami...!
**[09:11] ---**
Guys... you who tried
to preserve the present...
**[09:16] ---**
I'll come back to your hospital
room before the night parade begins.
**[09:19] ---**
So make sure to sit tight for me.
**[09:21] ---**
That was an expression of my readiness...
**[09:26] ---**
I am not... about to let that
be for nothing... at this point!
**[09:46] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[09:52] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[09:58] ---**
Stiyl!
**[10:00] ---**
Never mind me,
worry about the Croce di Pietro...!
**[10:05] ---**
Get Oriana to tell you where it is.
**[10:08] ---**
We have to keep that relic from activating...
**[10:11] ---**
There is no need for concern.
It will all be over soon.
**[10:16] ---**
Lidvia Lorenzetti...
**[10:21] ---**
Shortly, the Croce di Pietro
will initiate its effects,
**[10:25] ---**
and Academy City will be
converted to Roman Orthodoxy.
**[10:30] ---**
Are you saying that those who
get in the way, like us, will be purged?
**[10:35] ---**
I am just declaring that
we will care for your injuries,
**[10:37] ---**
and see that you are healed.
That is, of course, if it can be judged
**[10:42] ---**
to be beneficial to the
Roman Orthodox Church.
**[10:45] ---**
What?!
**[10:46] ---**
Don't listen to what
she says, Kamijo Toma...
**[10:50] ---**
Lidvia must be
around here somewhere...
**[10:53] ---**
The relic will be with her, too...
**[10:54] ---**
To avoid any misunderstanding,
allow me to say,
**[10:57] ---**
the Croce di Pietro is
not currently in Academy City.
**[11:01] ---**
What...?
**[11:03] ---**
The Roman Apostolic State that
was created by the Croce di Pietro
**[11:07] ---**
was, at its peak,
47,000 square kilometers.
**[11:11] ---**
Even if I release it
outside of Academy City,
**[11:13] ---**
it will easily cover
the entirety of the city.
**[11:17] ---**
We've been had... Oriana was a decoy...
**[11:20] ---**
It is a shame that she was defeated,
**[11:24] ---**
but the Croce di Pietro will
turn even that to a proper outcome.
**[11:29] ---**
The only thing that is important to us
**[11:31] ---**
is the fact that science
will bow to religion.
**[11:34] ---**
By denying science
and showing off our power,
**[11:38] ---**
we can restore the Lord's authority.
**[11:42] ---**
Seek and destroy...
**[11:44] ---**
It's too much to ask Tsuchimikado
to use magic twice at this point.
**[11:48] ---**
Damn! Then what are we supposed to do?!
**[11:51] ---**
We are not conducting
the destruction of Academy City.
**[11:54] ---**
Once we have you renounce
the heresy of science,
**[11:57] ---**
we will embrace you
as our beloved comrades.
**[11:59] ---**
Call Tsuchimikado.
**[12:01] ---**
If we can use a divination
circle to derive Lidvia's location,
**[12:04] ---**
then use my communication
magic to reach our outside forces...
**[12:09] ---**
That won't be possible.
**[12:10] ---**
The world will be converted
by the Croce di Pietro...
**[12:15] ---**
...in another 107 seconds.
**[12:17] ---**
Checkmate.
**[12:20] ---**
Don't we have anything?
**[12:22] ---**
Some final trump card that
will turn the situation around?
**[12:26] ---**
Magic that uses the
constellations in the night sky...
**[12:29] ---**
...whose starlight is
collected here on the ground...
**[12:38] ---**
Tsuchimikado, how many places
outside of Academy City are there
**[12:41] ---**
that could still draw
all of Academy City in
**[12:43] ---**
if the Croce di Pietro were used there?
**[12:45] ---**
What did you say?
**[12:46] ---**
Just shut up and answer me!
**[12:48] ---**
With those conditions,
what would the farthest point be?
**[12:51] ---**
Academy City's northern
perimeter, by about 1,700 meters.
**[12:55] ---**
What about it?
**[13:02] ---**
"Daihasei Festival Schedule"
**[13:05] ---**
There's only...
**[13:06] ---**
Twenty seconds left.
**[13:13] ---**
It is all over.
**[13:19] ---**
It is indeed over, all right.
**[13:22] ---**
And with things finishing like this,
it's definitely the end for me.
**[13:28] ---**
That *is* what you think, isn't it, Lidvia?
**[13:31] ---**
I don't care how much I could
have laid waste to your fantasies,
**[13:35] ---**
if I can't even keep a promise
to one of my classmates...
**[13:37] ---**
Huh? What is this?
**[13:57] ---**
W-What...?
**[13:59] ---**
The time is now exactly
6:30 p.m. Didn't you know?
**[14:06] ---**
That's the time when
the night parade starts.
**[14:09] ---**
With this much light,
it should blot out the stars well enough.
**[14:14] ---**
No matter where you might be.
**[14:19] ---**
You've been beaten by the light created
**[14:22] ---**
by everyone observing the Daihasei Festival.
**[14:25] ---**
You should have looked into who
the stars of the Daihasei Festival are.
**[14:30] ---**
What will it be? If you agree
to destroy the Croce di Pietro,
**[14:35] ---**
and to never again
mess with Academy City,
**[14:39] ---**
that's good enough for me.
**[14:41] ---**
Are you serious? Have you forgotten
**[14:44] ---**
that I am a devout believer
of the Roman Orthodox Church?
**[14:48] ---**
I see.
**[14:54] ---**
In that case,
**[14:56] ---**
let's keep playing tag with one
another, like the field day this is,
**[14:59] ---**
Lidvia Lorenzetti.
**[15:11] ---**
So, without saying a word to me,
Toma, you ended up getting pounded
**[15:14] ---**
by participating in a magic battle
for the fate of Academy City
**[15:19] ---**
and the whole world, and had to
be taken to the hospital, is that it?
**[15:22] ---**
Yeah, but Miss Index,
whenever magic comes up,
**[15:25] ---**
you come traipsing right
into the middle of the incident.
**[15:29] ---**
Toma! The way you say that
very much makes me sound foolish!
**[15:33] ---**
Bzzt! The fact that you
haven't figured it out before
**[15:36] ---**
means that you really are--
**[15:40] ---**
Oh, dear, what a pleasant sight, yet again.
**[15:47] ---**
We were just having a serious talk,
so don't butt in, short-hair!
**[15:52] ---**
Kuroko...
**[15:54] ---**
It's okay for the general public
**[15:57] ---**
to assist in Judgment's
security duties, right?
**[16:01] ---**
Sissy, not inside
a hospital, of all places.
**[16:05] ---**
Damn.
**[16:07] ---**
Okay, fine. Did you
see today's final results?
**[16:10] ---**
Our school slipped easily past
your school to come out on top!
**[16:15] ---**
Don't you go forgetting
about the penalty game.
**[16:18] ---**
W-Well, as far as the penalty game,
**[16:20] ---**
I can't participate in
anything in my condition, so...
**[16:22] ---**
Hmm? Well...
**[16:25] ---**
...what if your life depended on it?
**[16:36] ---**
Ah, that poor Oriana Thomson.
**[16:40] ---**
I must save all those lost,
captive sinners, personally.
**[16:45] ---**
♪ Ah-ah ♪ Attention, please.
**[16:49] ---**
This is Laura Stuart, archbishop
of the English Puritan Church--
**[16:53] ---**
but you're not going
to say something cold,
**[16:56] ---**
like I have to identify myself,
are you, Miss Lidvia?
**[17:00] ---**
Why, here in this private jet...?
**[17:04] ---**
When you stopped at Haneda,
**[17:06] ---**
I had something pasted
to the wall of your fuselage.
**[17:10] ---**
As creepy as ever, I see.
**[17:12] ---**
The more backed into a corner you get,
the more apt you are to cackle.
**[17:17] ---**
I wonder if there's anything
to be done about that.
**[17:20] ---**
The more difficult the situation is,
**[17:22] ---**
the greater the joy I feel
when I break free of it.
**[17:25] ---**
I must give thanks to the Lord.
**[17:33] ---**
What is it?
**[17:34] ---**
The higher the obstacle is,
**[17:36] ---**
the greater the thrill at the
moment you overcome it, you say?
**[17:42] ---**
I was just thinking,
there is some truth to that,
**[17:46] ---**
you swine facing a steep cliff.
**[18:09] ---**
Lidvia, if you renounce the Roman
teachings and come kiss at my feet,
**[18:14] ---**
I would be willing to save you.
**[18:16] ---**
What an absurd thing to say!
**[18:18] ---**
I see.
**[18:19] ---**
In that case, go ahead and make
a crater, together with that thing.
**[18:24] ---**
The Croce di Pietro!
**[18:27] ---**
I won't allow it!
**[18:31] ---**
At this speed, I can make it.
No, I *must* make it!
**[18:35] ---**
It will be right down to the wire,
**[18:37] ---**
which makes it all the more thrilling!
**[18:43] ---**
Well now, Lidvia, which will you choose?
**[18:47] ---**
The world's greatest relic,
or a poor, lost lamb?
**[19:01] ---**
The greater the difficulty,
**[19:04] ---**
the greater your joy
will be when you overcome it,
**[19:08] ---**
for getting to walk all over me,
the one who placed you in it, right?
**[19:12] ---**
Walk all over you?
**[19:14] ---**
To rub your proud face in it...
as much as I like...?
**[19:37] ---**
We are reeling quite thoroughly
after this, aren't we?
**[19:42] ---**
The development of the Imagine Breaker,
**[19:44] ---**
who is to be our key, is as yet unstable.
**[19:48] ---**
I am unsure whether
or not this will be feasible.
**[19:52] ---**
I may have to consider the possibility
**[19:55] ---**
that I myself will have to go forth.
**[20:11] ---**
What are you doing here?
**[20:14] ---**
I was sleeping on the
bench in the waiting room,
**[20:17] ---**
but come morning,
they said I couldn't stay there,
**[20:21] ---**
so I came to your comfortable bed.
**[20:25] ---**
Are you all better now?
**[20:27] ---**
Mm-hmm. From what
the frog doctor told me,
**[20:30] ---**
I should be able to
get out today or tomorrow.
**[20:33] ---**
Aisa, you seem a little
bit lonely to me. How come?
**[20:41] ---**
Did he go and do something
crazy again this time?
**[20:45] ---**
Mm-hmm, that's right.
**[20:47] ---**
Oh, yeah. I haven't
heard all the details yet,
**[20:51] ---**
but apparently, some
Roman Orthodox magicians
**[20:54] ---**
were using the "Daihasei Festival"
thing to launch an attack.
**[20:57] ---**
So then, Toma once again went
off without saying anything to me,
**[21:02] ---**
and after running off
helter-skelter by himself,
**[21:05] ---**
only told me about it like he
was making an after-incident report!
**[21:10] ---**
Oh... Then it could have been anyone.
**[21:14] ---**
He helps anyone who
is in trouble, and not just me.
**[21:21] ---**
Perhaps I really shouldn't
have had him help me.
**[21:27] ---**
I may be nothing more than
a bother to everyone else, huh?
**[21:31] ---**
No, that's not true!
**[21:33] ---**
Huh?
**[21:36] ---**
I mean, Toma seems to enjoy
himself when he's with you, Aisa.
**[21:42] ---**
Hey, Fukiyose, what's the big idea,
**[21:45] ---**
coming into my
hospital room and slapping me?
**[21:47] ---**
You hush! Anyone would be startled
when they suddenly see a guy naked!
**[21:52] ---**
You're the one who came in while
I was changing my clothes, right?
**[21:54] ---**
What did you say?!
**[21:55] ---**
Say, do you know why
he fights like he does?
**[22:00] ---**
Nah.
**[22:01] ---**
When I asked him once,
he said it was for himself.
**[22:05] ---**
Maybe for Toma,
it's what makes him happy.
**[22:10] ---**
Huh?
**[22:25] ---**
*I can change even the
destiny that entwines me*
**[22:32] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[22:49] ---**
*If I lack the power to
not be outdone by anyone*
**[22:55] ---**
*I can always destroy that illusion*
**[23:01] ---**
*The laid out system
backup install is okay*
**[23:06] ---**
*Fields unknown even
to God become opened*
**[23:13] ---**
*It's a "living form" that not even data*
**[23:18] ---**
*from 100,000 memories
in a moment's miracle can infer*
**[23:25] ---**
*In a Magic∞world exciting
time or space there's no limit*
**[23:30] ---**
*I want the power it
takes to protect somebody*
**[23:36] ---**
*I can change even
the destiny that entwines me*
**[23:44] ---**
*so I have everything in my hand!*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
For good or ill, Index and
I are suddenly off to Italy.
**[23:58] ---**
And now that we're here,
let's relax and do some sightseeing!
**[24:01] ---**
Wait, Orsola? And the Amakusa?
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "City of Water."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
# 38 - City of Water
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:31] ---**
I, Kamijo Toma,
am an unlucky person.
**[00:36] ---**
Just look back over the last seven
days of the Daihasei Festival,
**[00:39] ---**
and you'll be able to tell.
**[00:41] ---**
Even having cleared up the
outrageous problem from the first day,
**[00:44] ---**
from the second day onward,
**[00:46] ---**
I accidentally witnessed
Miss Komoe changing...
**[00:50] ---**
...immediately got head-butted by a
completely recovered Fukiyose Seiri...
**[00:55] ---**
...was hit by a gumball from the
wheelchair Himegami Aisa was in...
**[00:59] ---**
...and right as I was being forced
to do a folk dance with Misaka Mikoto...
**[01:04] ---**
I took a dropkick to the back of
the head from Shirai Kuroko.
**[01:07] ---**
For some reason,
I feel run pretty ragged now.
**[01:13] ---**
To repeat, I, Kamijo Toma,
am an unlucky--
**[01:18] ---**
Congratulations!
**[01:19] ---**
In the Spectator Numbers game,
held on the last day of the Daihasei Festival,
**[01:23] ---**
the number you
selected took first place!
**[01:26] ---**
Your prize is... a 7-day, 5-night
trip for two to Northern Italy!
**[01:27] ---**
"1st Place: Northern Italy
(7-day, 5-night trip for two)"
**[01:31] ---**
"Spectator Numbers"
**[01:34] ---**
Huh? A trip to Italy?
**[01:55] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:59] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[02:04] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[02:08] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[02:14] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[02:19] ---**
*But the angel continued
to smile in discernment*
**[02:30] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[02:35] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[02:40] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[02:46] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[02:53] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:08] ---**
#14 City of Water
**[03:09] ---**
Not to keep harping on it, but I,
Kamijo Toma, am an unlucky person.
**[03:14] ---**
I don't have a passport, do I?!
**[03:16] ---**
Hmm? What's a passport?
**[03:20] ---**
I knew it, all right. I knew
this would happen from the start.
**[03:24] ---**
And it's only two days to the trip.
**[03:26] ---**
Even if I requested
a passport today-- Huh?
**[03:35] ---**
Well if it isn't my passport!
**[03:38] ---**
What do you know?
Have I ever gone overseas?
**[03:41] ---**
Toma! Toma!
I've got something a lot like that!
**[03:50] ---**
Hey, you don't have any
stamps or writing in here, you know!
**[03:55] ---**
Just how did you manage to
get all the way here?
**[03:58] ---**
So anyway, Toma,
**[03:59] ---**
if I've got one of those,
**[04:01] ---**
does that mean I can go
on your trip together with you?
**[04:06] ---**
Er... Huh?
**[04:08] ---**
Right now, I get the
feeling it would be okay.
**[04:10] ---**
Despite the fact that
I'm an unlucky person.
**[04:13] ---**
"International Airport"
**[04:14] ---**
You haven't forgotten anything, right?
**[04:16] ---**
Your wallet, your passport,
your plane ticket,
**[04:19] ---**
your necessary documents,
something to change into...
**[04:21] ---**
Eh, what else?
**[04:22] ---**
Toma! Toma! Why are you
being such a worrywart over this?
**[04:26] ---**
Y-Yeah, you're right.
Yeah, it's okay to enjoy this, isn't it?
**[04:31] ---**
Okay! For these seven days
and five nights in Northern Italy,
**[04:34] ---**
I'm going to relish some happiness
**[04:35] ---**
for the first time in a long, long while!
**[04:38] ---**
Yeah!
**[04:44] ---**
U-Uh, is something wrong?
**[04:46] ---**
What is this?
**[04:47] ---**
Huh?
**[04:50] ---**
Damn! We have to run, Index!
You need something more proper to wear,
**[04:53] ---**
or they won't let us on the plane!
**[04:55] ---**
Huh? What, Toma?
You're going to buy me some clothes?
**[04:58] ---**
The shopping area is
another 1.5 kilometers ahead.
**[05:00] ---**
We only have twenty-eight minutes
before the plane takes off!
**[05:03] ---**
Damn it! I knew this would be my luck!
**[05:19] ---**
Man, we sure are close to the sea, huh?
**[05:21] ---**
It would be more accurate
to say the sea surrounds us
**[05:24] ---**
than to say we're close to it.
The center of Chioggia here
**[05:27] ---**
is an island city in the Adriatic Sea.
**[05:30] ---**
Oh, yeah?
**[05:43] ---**
Whoo... after running around
buying a ton of safety pins
**[05:46] ---**
after getting to the airport and
having our guide leave us behind,
**[05:50] ---**
I was worried there for a
second what would happen,
**[05:53] ---**
but we finally made it here.
**[05:54] ---**
For you to survive in an
international society nowadays, Toma,
**[05:58] ---**
you should speak
at least three languages.
**[06:00] ---**
Ungh, having a crazy Sister
like you talking to me about
**[06:03] ---**
"nowadays" and "at leasts" is too much.
**[06:13] ---**
We can eat after we
drop off our luggage at the hotel.
**[06:16] ---**
I know! You don't have
to come out and say so!
**[06:22] ---**
Listen, the food is fine and all,
**[06:22] ---**
Is that authentic squid ink gelato?
**[06:24] ---**
but once we finish checking in,
**[06:25] ---**
let's go into Venice!
**[06:27] ---**
I've always wanted to ride in a gondola!
**[06:32] ---**
Huh?
**[06:34] ---**
Hey! Index!
**[06:38] ---**
Index!
**[06:40] ---**
Hey! Index!
**[06:44] ---**
If I keep this up,
*I'm* the one who'll end up lost.
**[06:47] ---**
[speaking Italian]
**[06:51] ---**
Huh?
**[06:52] ---**
[speaking Italian]
**[06:59] ---**
"H-Hallo." No, that's not it. What is it?
**[07:03] ---**
[speaking Italian]
**[07:11] ---**
[speaking Italian]
**[07:15] ---**
Oh, should I not
have done that just now?
**[07:19] ---**
It looked to me like you
were at a loss as to what to do.
**[07:23] ---**
O-Orsola?
**[07:26] ---**
Yes.
**[07:28] ---**
What are you doing in a place like this?
**[07:31] ---**
Oh, I kind of won a 7-day,
5-night trip to Northern Italy.
**[07:35] ---**
For that matter, Orsola,
why are you here?
**[07:37] ---**
I thought you were in London.
**[07:39] ---**
I still kept a residence
here until just the other day.
**[07:43] ---**
When I, you know, moved
from the Roman Orthodox Church
**[07:46] ---**
to the English Puritan Church,
it was a bit of a commotion.
**[07:50] ---**
I still have some
things remaining here,
**[07:53] ---**
but the Amakusa are kind enough
to help out, just like movers.
**[07:58] ---**
Wait, the Amakusa?
You mean *those* Amakusa?
**[08:03] ---**
By the way, were you out shopping?
**[08:06] ---**
Huh? Oh, no, actually,
**[08:08] ---**
while I'm glad to have come
here together with Index,
**[08:11] ---**
she up and disappeared somewhere.
**[08:13] ---**
Then our meeting
here is a turn of fate.
**[08:16] ---**
This works out perfectly. Can I ask
you to help me move my things?
**[08:22] ---**
Huh?
**[08:22] ---**
Well, like I said,
I have to find Index, so...
**[08:26] ---**
Oh, if you are looking for Miss Index...
**[08:29] ---**
Huh?
**[08:30] ---**
Toma! Toma! Toma!
**[08:32] ---**
Toma! As delicious as the gelato is here,
**[08:36] ---**
this is still the discount,
economy size!
**[08:40] ---**
Yum!
**[08:43] ---**
...I saw her pressed up against
the window of a storefront
**[08:46] ---**
specializing in gelato
a short while ago,
**[08:49] ---**
so I asked a friend of mine to
invite her back to my residence.
**[08:55] ---**
And you left me behind...
**[08:58] ---**
Ah, Orsola, is lunch ready yet?
**[09:01] ---**
Yes, it is almost time.
**[09:03] ---**
Hooray!
**[09:05] ---**
Just my luck.
**[09:07] ---**
That is the man who is a
respected colleague of His Holiness?
**[09:10] ---**
But then, how powerful can he be?
**[09:13] ---**
You only question as much
**[09:14] ---**
because you did not assist
in rescuing Sister Orsola.
**[09:18] ---**
That is the gentleman
who went up against
**[09:20] ---**
the Roman Orthodox
Warrior Sisters unarmed,
**[09:22] ---**
and declared war
against them all by himself.
**[09:26] ---**
He has also witnessed
the Priestess in the altogether,
**[09:28] ---**
and despite being belted by
her Shichiten Shichito sword's sheath,
**[09:31] ---**
he did not even
need bandaging afterward.
**[09:35] ---**
He's a monster.
**[09:37] ---**
What kind of screwed-up
appraisal is that?
**[09:42] ---**
Wow! This looks delicious!
**[09:42] ---**
Wow! This looks delicious!
**[09:45] ---**
But are you sure? We haven't
helped out with moving at all yet.
**[09:50] ---**
The offering of my hospitality
to you two comes first.
**[09:55] ---**
Well, don't mind if we do.
**[10:01] ---**
Would you like to use this?
**[10:06] ---**
Thanks.
**[10:07] ---**
Not at all.
**[10:11] ---**
Itsuwa, how do you feel your
wet towel operation went?
**[10:14] ---**
You dummy, it's too
soon to see any results.
**[10:17] ---**
Let things run their course.
**[10:19] ---**
Isn't this kind of taking the long way?
**[10:20] ---**
Aren't they going to eat with us?
**[10:23] ---**
They said that they
are in training or something,
**[10:25] ---**
and that they must
observe a set meal etiquette.
**[10:27] ---**
Toma!
**[10:29] ---**
Go ahead, please,
before your food becomes cold.
**[10:33] ---**
Okay, then--
**[10:34] ---**
Thank you for this meal!
**[10:34] ---**
Thank you for this meal!
**[10:42] ---**
Yum!
**[10:42] ---**
Yum!
**[10:43] ---**
What is this? Can pasta
really be this delicious?
**[10:46] ---**
This tastes about 500 times better
than what you always make, Toma.
**[10:49] ---**
You've got no right to complain,
**[10:51] ---**
but this really is good,
so who cares? Yum!
**[10:54] ---**
Yum! Yum!
**[10:55] ---**
By the way, is the purpose
of your trip to see Venice?
**[11:00] ---**
Well, yeah it is, but we
can't seem to reach our tour guide.
**[11:05] ---**
I would love for you to see Venice.
**[11:09] ---**
"The City of Water,"
"The Queen of the Adriatic,"
**[11:12] ---**
it is expressed in many
ways, so beautiful the city is.
**[11:17] ---**
Well then, I guess
we'll go have a look. Index...
**[11:19] ---**
(As long as I have this food,
I could stay here forever)
**[11:24] ---**
What are you even saying?
**[11:32] ---**
All righty...
**[11:47] ---**
I guess packing the dishes is next.
**[11:50] ---**
Orsola! Where did you say
your stock of newspaper is?
**[11:54] ---**
It is right over here.
**[12:08] ---**
The pairing of that voice
and the sound of water means...
**[12:11] ---**
Wah! Toma!
**[12:13] ---**
I'm starting to get all dirty.
**[12:16] ---**
If you like, you are
welcome to take a shower.
**[12:19] ---**
You must be worn
out from your long trip.
**[12:22] ---**
Whoa-ho! It's the
old bathroom trap, is it?
**[12:26] ---**
Whew, I almost fell for it, too--
**[12:31] ---**
A voice coming from here, too?
**[12:33] ---**
What is this?
What the hell is going on?
**[12:44] ---**
It's a fundamental premise
that there are not two bathrooms.
**[12:47] ---**
One of them will be,
the other one won't be.
**[12:50] ---**
Damn, what kind of choice
between two extremes is this?!
**[12:53] ---**
Right... no, left... No, wait!
**[12:56] ---**
The shower sounds
are only coming from the left,
**[12:58] ---**
so the correct answer is... the right!
**[13:01] ---**
I figured it out!
**[13:05] ---**
At that moment, I wondered to myself,
**[13:08] ---**
why didn't I think of the simple solution
**[13:10] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:11] ---**
of knocking first to make
sure what was inside?
**[13:16] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:23] ---**
Huh?
**[13:35] ---**
U-Um...
**[13:37] ---**
Wah! This way's the bathroom?!
**[13:39] ---**
I-I'm sorry, Orsola!
**[13:41] ---**
Gah!
**[13:42] ---**
Th-There's a stifling breeze coming
out of this stick with a roar--!
**[13:55] ---**
Wait, a bathroom
on the right *and* the left?!
**[13:58] ---**
There are *two* bathrooms in this house?!
**[14:00] ---**
Y-Yes. One for daily use,
**[14:04] ---**
and the second one
was put in for religious use.
**[14:09] ---**
Now, because of the move,
**[14:10] ---**
its function as a baptistery
has been discontinued.
**[14:13] ---**
This is outrageous! I call foul!
**[14:16] ---**
Toma...
**[14:18] ---**
Why are you here to begin with, Toma?
**[14:21] ---**
And why, after seeing us naked,
do I not hear you saying you're sorry?
**[14:25] ---**
W-Well, you see, Miss Index,
I needed some newspaper, so--
**[14:31] ---**
Just my luck!
**[14:34] ---**
Oh, my goodness.
**[14:41] ---**
All right, if you would be so kind...
**[14:50] ---**
Thank you for all
you have done, both of you.
**[14:54] ---**
I am so sorry to keep
you occupied for so long.
**[14:58] ---**
What are you going to do now, Orsola?
**[15:00] ---**
Would you like to go around
seeing the sights with us?
**[15:03] ---**
Oh, no, not at all. Are you asking
me to follow along after you,
**[15:07] ---**
with the two of you heading to your hotel?
**[15:10] ---**
I mean, three's a crowd...
**[15:14] ---**
What? Three's a crowd?
**[15:15] ---**
No need to ask, and no need
to know what she means, Index!
**[15:20] ---**
Besides, I would like to go around
Chioggia and say my goodbyes.
**[15:26] ---**
I have lived in the city
for a long time, after all.
**[15:31] ---**
That is something
I don't exactly want you to see.
**[15:35] ---**
I may develop a
less-than-dignified look on my face.
**[15:39] ---**
Okay.
**[15:43] ---**
Well, I will be leaving.
If you ever get the chance,
**[15:47] ---**
I will invite you to my
apartment in London, as well.
**[15:50] ---**
Yeah, same here.
If you ever get to Japan again...
**[15:54] ---**
But before that happens,
Toma may need to clean the place up.
**[15:59] ---**
No, this can't be...
**[16:01] ---**
Everyone, get down!
**[16:03] ---**
AATR.
**[16:10] ---**
Orsola!
**[16:11] ---**
Huh?
**[16:12] ---**
If Index was disturbed
by this, it means...
**[16:15] ---**
Magic!
**[16:16] ---**
Huh?
**[16:23] ---**
Where's it coming from?
Who's doing it?
**[16:30] ---**
Toma!
**[16:39] ---**
ISICBI.
**[17:06] ---**
What about the sniper?!
**[17:07] ---**
It's all right. It's already dealt with.
**[17:10] ---**
Dealt with? What did you do?
**[17:12] ---**
If they are aiming at us from a distance,
**[17:15] ---**
then the situation here is being
carefully relayed to the enemy.
**[17:19] ---**
Which means that no matter where they are,
**[17:21] ---**
they have to be taking
in my spell intercept.
**[17:32] ---**
Is that the sniper?!
**[17:44] ---**
W-What the...?
**[18:32] ---**
Damn, this is crazy!
**[18:34] ---**
How can something like
this pop up out of the canal?
**[18:38] ---**
Orsola, let's just get in the boat!
**[18:40] ---**
R-Right.
**[18:46] ---**
This is glass... no, is it ice?
**[18:59] ---**
Toma! Are you okay?! Toma!
**[19:03] ---**
Why is a huge ship like
this going down the canal?
**[19:29] ---**
It looks like we are headed away from land.
**[19:32] ---**
Yeah. Just where are
they planning on heading?
**[19:44] ---**
What should we do?
They appear to be searching for us.
**[19:49] ---**
I know. But...
**[19:52] ---**
...we can't really jump off to get away.
**[19:55] ---**
Let's just hide for now,
and wait for our chance to escape.
**[20:07] ---**
Toma...
**[20:14] ---**
Damn, what is going on here?
**[20:22] ---**
Let's go.
**[20:30] ---**
Please excuse the intrusion.
**[20:46] ---**
Why would they go so far as to
use something as outrageous as this
**[20:49] ---**
to come and attack me?
**[20:51] ---**
The robes they were wearing
looked a lot like your habit, Orsola.
**[20:55] ---**
Yes, it is reasonable that
you would take them to be members
**[20:59] ---**
of the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[21:01] ---**
Which means that this must
concern the Book of the Law, all right.
**[21:05] ---**
That whole incident
should have been settled
**[21:08] ---**
by my going over to
the English Puritan Church.
**[21:36] ---**
This ship is not the enemy's stronghold;
**[21:39] ---**
one might say that it is
just one part of the larger whole.
**[21:42] ---**
I guess Chioggia is too small
a place for all of them to deploy.
**[21:47] ---**
Do you think Index is okay?
**[21:50] ---**
I can still use my cell phone,
**[21:52] ---**
but damn it, sure enough,
she didn't charge hers.
**[21:55] ---**
Then again, will the signal
reach out at sea?
**[21:58] ---**
I am not sure.
**[22:02] ---**
Th-The door!
**[22:05] ---**
This is bad! Hide someplace, Orsola!
**[22:07] ---**
But where, exactly?
**[22:10] ---**
Hell, right here!
**[22:12] ---**
First thing to do is to close the door--
**[22:22] ---**
Agnese...?
**[22:47] ---**
*At a certain world's center,*
**[22:50] ---**
*I whispered that it
was okay to be alone*
**[22:53] ---**
*I bent back the hands on the clock*
**[22:55] ---**
*and kept my eyes closed*
**[23:03] ---**
*You can't turn back time that has passed*
**[23:09] ---**
*but on that day, you showed me*
**[23:12] ---**
*that that's how it should be*
**[23:17] ---**
*The miracle of you being
there as the seasons roll around*
**[23:22] ---**
*makes even the
broken clock start up again*
**[23:28] ---**
*Right now, yeah, I may
be a helpless piece of junk*
**[23:34] ---**
*but it's funny how
I feel like I can change that*
**[23:39] ---**
*All because your voice is still here*
**[23:44] ---**
*for me, even now*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
An outrageous operation
that involves Agnese...
**[23:58] ---**
A secret organization,
called the Queen of the Adriatic...
**[24:00] ---**
And Tatemiya?!
You and the Amakusa, too?!
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Queen's Fleet."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
# 39 - Queen's Fleet
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:35] ---**
Agnese...?
**[00:39] ---**
Wait!
**[00:40] ---**
I wish you would wait just a moment!
**[00:43] ---**
What are you two doing around
the Queen of the Adriatic Sea?
**[00:47] ---**
Oh... we just happened to
end up on the ship by chance.
**[00:51] ---**
Is the "Queen of the Adriatic Sea"
the name of this ice fleet?
**[00:57] ---**
The fleet's name
is the "Queen's Fleet."
**[00:59] ---**
This ship is one
of the escort vessels.
**[01:02] ---**
Apparently, you really
don't know anything, do you?
**[01:04] ---**
What exactly are you doing here?
**[01:08] ---**
I'm helping to
search for intruders.
**[01:11] ---**
However, I never imagined the
intruders would be you two.
**[01:16] ---**
I might be able to take
advantage of this.
**[01:18] ---**
We just barely got roped into all of this.
**[01:20] ---**
If you're going to keep
yammering like that, I'll scream.
**[01:23] ---**
You'd best not get on my bad
side if you want to get out of here.
**[01:30] ---**
For now, we have
no choice but to obey her.
**[01:33] ---**
Just what is in it for you
if you allow us to escape?
**[01:38] ---**
Compensation. As long
as I get that, we'll be fine.
**[02:03] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:07] ---**
*Yubi de hajiku koin mitsumeta*
**[02:12] ---**
*Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY*
**[02:16] ---**
*Mazu kotae wo kikasete*
**[02:22] ---**
*"Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"*
**[02:27] ---**
*Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama*
**[02:38] ---**
*Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai*
**[02:43] ---**
*Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta*
**[02:48] ---**
*Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono*
**[02:54] ---**
*Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[03:01] ---**
*No buts!*
**[03:16] ---**
#15 Queen's Fleet
**[03:17] ---**
What exactly is this "Queen's
Fleet" in the first place?
**[03:21] ---**
Well, it's a fleet built to
patrol the Adriatic Sea.
**[03:27] ---**
I had never heard of it before.
**[03:30] ---**
There are only a very few
departments that do know about it.
**[03:35] ---**
We were attacked out of nowhere
by the guys on this boat.
**[03:39] ---**
Are you sure this fleet
was instituted just for patrolling?
**[03:42] ---**
Maybe you literally got
caught by one of the patrols.
**[03:46] ---**
Hmm?
**[03:47] ---**
You are the people who ruined
the Roman Orthodox Church's project.
**[03:51] ---**
Moreover, one of you is here
from Japan, and the other from London.
**[03:56] ---**
Well, all pretense aside,
this is actually a kind of labor camp.
**[04:01] ---**
It's where they gather offenders like me,
**[04:04] ---**
and have us work off the
losses that we have incurred.
**[04:07] ---**
That's why about the only ones
on this ship are my squad--
**[04:09] ---**
or rather, my former
squad of Sisters.
**[04:13] ---**
Anyway, to get to the point,
**[04:15] ---**
in return for letting you two get away,
**[04:18] ---**
I want you to find
Sister Lucia and Sister Angelene,
**[04:20] ---**
and rescue the two
of them from this place.
**[04:23] ---**
By rescue, you mean...
**[04:25] ---**
Those two used a
magic spell to outfox the scouts,
**[04:29] ---**
and broke out of the lockup.
**[04:31] ---**
The two of them were
apparently planning to rescue us,
**[04:34] ---**
once they had
their preparations in place.
**[04:43] ---**
So, the two of them were brought back,
**[04:46] ---**
and had the book thrown at them?
**[04:48] ---**
Preventing their
breakout spell must come first.
**[04:51] ---**
They'll probably be processed to
keep them from using the spell again.
**[04:55] ---**
Processed?
**[04:56] ---**
Are you talking about having
their powers of thought taken from them?
**[05:00] ---**
Meaning, the violation
of their brain structure?
**[05:04] ---**
I want you to rescue them before
that happens. That's my request.
**[05:09] ---**
Doing so will also give
you the spell to escape, right?
**[05:12] ---**
Yes, but isn't the spell already
known to the Roman Orthodoxy?
**[05:17] ---**
The Queen's Fleet has a
major operation ahead of them.
**[05:20] ---**
They can't afford to be distracted
by a couple of people breaking out.
**[05:24] ---**
I will head to the
flagship as a diversion.
**[05:28] ---**
While I'm gone,
please come up with something.
**[05:30] ---**
Are you saying you're helping us?
**[05:32] ---**
Not helping you, just using you.
**[05:34] ---**
But you're caught too, right?
Run away with us.
**[05:38] ---**
What the overseers are afraid
of is an uprising by the laborers.
**[05:42] ---**
I'm something of a mental safety
device to guard against that,
**[05:46] ---**
if you can call it that.
**[05:47] ---**
I have the authority to walk
around freely aboard the ship,
**[05:50] ---**
and am also exempt from the labor.
**[05:53] ---**
It's surprisingly comfortable
living aboard here.
**[05:56] ---**
Sisters Lucia and Angelene have
nowhere to go, though.
**[06:00] ---**
They should have just gotten away themselves.
**[06:05] ---**
If you are lucky enough to get out of here,
**[06:06] ---**
be sure not to get involved with
the Roman Orthodox Church again.
**[06:10] ---**
I know. But now that
we're so vastly outnumbered,
**[06:13] ---**
I'm not so sure
we're getting out of this.
**[06:15] ---**
Oh? Is that something the
guy who earlier went up against
**[06:18] ---**
so many Sisters
singlehandedly would say?
**[06:24] ---**
Th-Thanks.
**[06:34] ---**
Your habit--
**[06:36] ---**
it was specially adorned to provide
**[06:39] ---**
a magical restraining effect, was it?
**[06:44] ---**
Shh!
**[06:47] ---**
If that is the Queen's Fleet,
**[06:50] ---**
then it won't do any
good for me to go alone.
**[06:56] ---**
There is no one here, is there?
**[06:58] ---**
No. Agnese did say
it was mostly unmanned.
**[07:03] ---**
That's the room where
Lucia and Angelene are.
**[07:08] ---**
What's that?
**[07:09] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[07:13] ---**
Stand back, Orsola!
**[07:24] ---**
This suit of armor is like a
robot that runs on magic, is it?
**[07:28] ---**
Yes. It appears to be part
of this ship, in an altered form.
**[07:40] ---**
Don't move!
**[07:43] ---**
How do you think we destroyed that?
**[07:46] ---**
Whoops, I spoke in
Japanese without thinking,
**[07:50] ---**
but you still understand me, right?
**[07:51] ---**
If you choose not to heed my warning,
**[07:53] ---**
I will just have to use this.
**[07:58] ---**
We have come to rescue you.
**[08:00] ---**
Do you really think we
will believe what you say?
**[08:04] ---**
Well, you see...
**[08:06] ---**
As far as what Agnese told us,
**[08:08] ---**
you guys can perform the magic
we need to get us out of here.
**[08:11] ---**
So she told us to rescue you
and get you to cooperate with us.
**[08:14] ---**
S-Sister Agnese, you say?
**[08:17] ---**
Consider for a moment
the possibility that this is a trap!
**[08:20] ---**
This is the enemy stronghold.
**[08:22] ---**
I cannot imagine any
reason why we would go so far
**[08:25] ---**
as to even use Sister Agnese's
name just to rescue you.
**[08:30] ---**
Sister Lucia...
**[08:35] ---**
All right. There is some
logic to what you're saying.
**[08:40] ---**
By the way, how is it that we escape?
**[08:43] ---**
It would take too long to explain.
**[08:44] ---**
Sister Angelene...
**[08:46] ---**
Oh, um...
**[08:54] ---**
Awesome!
**[08:56] ---**
A subclass of the magic
that uses ice to build ships
**[08:58] ---**
can open up voids within them.
**[09:00] ---**
By taking advantage of this,
we can solidify seawater
**[09:03] ---**
to create seabed coasters.
**[09:07] ---**
What's wrong?!
**[09:08] ---**
I-It looks like our restraint
clothing is also equipped
**[09:11] ---**
with a kind of
countermeasure spell.
**[09:14] ---**
If we follow the right procedure
and break apart the seams,
**[09:16] ---**
we can disrupt part of
the restraint functionality.
**[09:18] ---**
Disrupt?
**[09:21] ---**
Then look, there's a
quicker way for me to--
**[09:25] ---**
Now, now, don't tell me you
mean to strip *them* bare naked, too.
**[09:50] ---**
What's going to happen to us now?
**[09:53] ---**
More importantly...
**[09:55] ---**
...there's something about
tonight's supper that bothers me.
**[09:58] ---**
What do you mean?
**[10:00] ---**
Nothing in this world is
more important than the Lord.
**[10:02] ---**
I-It bothered me, too.
**[10:05] ---**
Three days in a row now,
they used olives as the secret ingredient.
**[10:08] ---**
Oh, and the baths
are a little too hot, too, huh?
**[10:11] ---**
Secret ingredients
don't make any difference!
**[10:13] ---**
And also, the baths
are lukewarm, if anything!
**[10:16] ---**
Y-You think so?
**[10:18] ---**
It's true, the grown-ups do not
seem to pay it too much mind...
**[10:22] ---**
Which would mean...
**[10:26] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[10:27] ---**
I-If you're going to have a word
with them, I'll come with you.
**[10:31] ---**
Yes, indeed...
**[10:32] ---**
That might not be a bad idea.
**[10:38] ---**
When can we join
up with Sister Agnese?
**[10:42] ---**
Sorry.
**[10:44] ---**
Agnese probably won't be coming.
**[10:47] ---**
She said she would act as a
diversion so you could be rescued.
**[10:51] ---**
It sounds like she went
to the Queen's Fleet's flagship.
**[10:54] ---**
You've got to be kidding!
**[10:55] ---**
The Queen's Fleet
has some large-scale magic,
**[10:58] ---**
meant to protect the Queen
of the Adriatic Sea ritual grounds!
**[11:01] ---**
Queen of the Adriatic Sea?
**[11:02] ---**
All I know is, it's held on
the flagship of the same name.
**[11:06] ---**
The key to activating it involves
a spell of a different name,
**[11:10] ---**
known as the Rosary
of the Appointed Time.
**[11:12] ---**
Also, Sister Agnese is used for
the Rosary of the Appointed Time.
**[11:17] ---**
W-What's going to happen to Agnese?
**[11:21] ---**
Not even we know all the details.
**[11:23] ---**
However, at the least,
her brain will certainly be destroyed,
**[11:27] ---**
and she will be left so
that only her heart is beating.
**[11:32] ---**
The Queen's Fleet has a
major operation ahead of them.
**[11:35] ---**
They can't afford to be distracted
by a couple of people breaking out.
**[11:42] ---**
A-An attack! But from where?
**[11:47] ---**
It can't be.
From one of their own ships?
**[11:57] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[12:03] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[12:09] ---**
The holy cannon fire of Saint Barbara?
**[12:11] ---**
Just what are they aiming at?
**[12:13] ---**
You don't know, Sister Agnese?
**[12:18] ---**
Bishop Biagio...
**[12:21] ---**
Ship number 37 has been sunk.
**[12:24] ---**
Any further fire may
be interference from land.
**[12:27] ---**
Let another department
deal with any public attention.
**[12:30] ---**
That is beyond my purview.
**[12:34] ---**
If anything were to happen to you,
there would be no undoing the harm.
**[12:38] ---**
How ironic.
**[12:40] ---**
The Rosary of the Appointed Time...
**[12:42] ---**
Imagine, an apostate like you,
**[12:44] ---**
being the only
one appropriate for this spell.
**[12:49] ---**
Bishop Biagio,
we have an emergency!
**[12:51] ---**
What?
**[12:52] ---**
We are reading a giant
structure underneath Ship number 37!
**[12:56] ---**
It appears to be retrieving the wreckage!
**[12:59] ---**
A submersible spell...
**[13:09] ---**
Orsola and the others...
**[13:12] ---**
This isn't good...
**[13:16] ---**
I really... could die here...
**[13:26] ---**
Toma!
**[13:29] ---**
Index...
**[13:30] ---**
Do you feel okay, Toma?
**[13:33] ---**
Yeah...
**[13:41] ---**
T-Tatemiya Saiji?
**[13:43] ---**
Yeah, deputy pope
of the Amakusa Church.
**[13:47] ---**
Although nowadays, we tack
on "of the English Puritan Church."
**[13:51] ---**
Here.
**[13:54] ---**
Oh, thanks.
**[13:55] ---**
Not at all.
**[14:01] ---**
Wait, what am I doing here?!
Where are Orsola and the others?!
**[14:04] ---**
Oh, we managed to take all of you in.
**[14:07] ---**
We're speaking with the
men elsewhere, however.
**[14:11] ---**
I see. So, is this something
like an Amakusa secret base?
**[14:17] ---**
This isn't a building.
**[14:19] ---**
Huh? You don't mean...!
**[14:24] ---**
I'd like to say you're aboard a submarine,
**[14:28] ---**
but it's not quite as
high-performance as that.
**[14:30] ---**
At best, you could say
it's close to being a wooden ship
**[14:32] ---**
that is equipped with submersible
capability. It's a diving boat.
**[14:36] ---**
You bring along something
like this to help with a move?
**[14:41] ---**
It's only natural that we'd
have a weapon close at hand.
**[14:44] ---**
Besides, naval warfare
is what we excel at most.
**[14:48] ---**
Paper is made from wood,
and wood is what boats are made from, too.
**[14:57] ---**
Agnese...
**[14:59] ---**
W-What?
**[15:00] ---**
Nothing. Whatever you're going to do next,
**[15:02] ---**
you first have to
tell me what it is, in detail.
**[15:05] ---**
In that case, shouldn't you
be talking to Lucia and Angelene?
**[15:09] ---**
Huh...?
**[15:14] ---**
Looks like you made
it out safely, too. Hmm?
**[15:17] ---**
Oh, you do not
have to embarrass them so.
**[15:21] ---**
Huh?
**[15:22] ---**
The habits these two were
wearing were restraint clothing,
**[15:24] ---**
provided by the
Roman Orthodox Church, you see.
**[15:27] ---**
Yeah?
**[15:27] ---**
In order to destroy them,
**[15:29] ---**
they had to use your right
hand while you were unconscious.
**[15:33] ---**
Eh?
**[15:37] ---**
So you're saying...
**[15:39] ---**
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
**[15:44] ---**
Toma...!
**[15:46] ---**
F-For you to be upset by that...
**[15:49] ---**
...isn't reasonable!
**[15:51] ---**
Oh, that's right! This is
no time to just be standing around!
**[15:55] ---**
U-Um, Sister Agnese is still--
**[15:57] ---**
We still have an objective to carry out.
**[16:13] ---**
Itsuwa, now's your chance! Do it!
**[16:15] ---**
Give him a smooch right on the earlobe!
**[16:17] ---**
Could you tell them what's going on?!
**[16:19] ---**
Oh, my...
**[16:19] ---**
This is starting to get interesting.
**[16:21] ---**
Please, just listen to me!
**[16:25] ---**
Pay attention!
**[16:36] ---**
S-Sister Angelene...!
**[16:38] ---**
I-It was always like
this in our squad, wasn't it?
**[16:42] ---**
So, um, I did what I always do.
**[16:46] ---**
Always?
**[16:48] ---**
Rather than coffee or tea,
I'd like to have *cioccolata con panna*.
**[16:53] ---**
What's that?
**[16:54] ---**
You pour lots of fresh
cream over a chocolate drink--
**[16:58] ---**
Sister Angelene, a follower of
the cross does not obsess about food.
**[17:01] ---**
Now, now...
**[17:02] ---**
Um... here.
**[17:06] ---**
Oh, thanks.
**[17:08] ---**
Not at all.
**[17:12] ---**
Again with the wet
towel operation, Itsuwa?
**[17:14] ---**
Wow, you're sure taking your time.
**[17:15] ---**
No, not making too much headway
is one of Itsuwa's charms, isn't it?
**[17:21] ---**
So then, how did the Queen of
the Adriatic become the spell's name?
**[17:25] ---**
Long ago, Venice and
the Roman Orthodox Church
**[17:28] ---**
were on fairly poor terms.
**[17:32] ---**
The Queen of the Adriatic
was the thing that they prepared
**[17:36] ---**
to bury Venice with one strike.
**[17:39] ---**
Bury? Is it like a bomb or something?
**[17:42] ---**
It doesn't just destroy;
**[17:44] ---**
it even steals all of the town's
culture and history, as well.
**[17:48] ---**
All of it?
**[17:49] ---**
I'm sure Sister Agnese
doesn't know any of this.
**[17:53] ---**
If she knew, there's no way she
would just stand by doing nothing.
**[17:56] ---**
So in short, we're saying
to bring back Agnese Sanctis
**[18:00] ---**
before this magic can be activated.
**[18:03] ---**
Anyhow, it's an awful can of worms.
**[18:07] ---**
Even so, we have to go.
**[18:09] ---**
Unless we do something,
Sister Agnese will be crippled.
**[18:13] ---**
Would you have us just
sit back and watch it happen?!
**[18:15] ---**
I was always being helped
out by Sister Agnese,
**[18:20] ---**
so there is no way I can say
goodbye to her without paying her back!
**[18:23] ---**
But our enemy is a real problem.
**[18:25] ---**
If we surround them with seabed coasters,
**[18:27] ---**
we might be able to stop the fleet!
**[18:29] ---**
You don't think that all
it takes to deal with them
**[18:31] ---**
is to stop them from moving, do you?
**[18:33] ---**
W-Well, I...
**[18:36] ---**
Look, Tatemiya,
you've said enough, haven't you?
**[18:40] ---**
Huh?
**[18:41] ---**
What we should be arguing over
**[18:43] ---**
isn't just about whether or not
we want to rescue Agnese, is it?
**[18:49] ---**
She deliberately threw
away her own chance to be saved,
**[18:52] ---**
to let her friends get away instead.
**[18:54] ---**
If we don't do something,
her mind is going to be destroyed
**[18:57] ---**
with her feelings still exploited.
**[18:59] ---**
The question is,
why wouldn't we rescue her?
**[19:01] ---**
Doing so would
prevent the destruction of Venice,
**[19:03] ---**
and everything else, right?
**[19:06] ---**
In that case, there's
only one thing to do, isn't there?
**[19:09] ---**
Don't you want to rescue her?
**[19:11] ---**
If not, I'm going there alone!
**[19:15] ---**
Geez, for our part,
we were past that from the word go.
**[19:19] ---**
We've had a plan ready to go to begin with.
**[19:22] ---**
Eh?
**[19:22] ---**
I just wanted to hear if
you were ready for this or not.
**[19:27] ---**
Tatemiya...
**[19:29] ---**
Listen up!
**[19:30] ---**
Now that we're heading
off to the battlefield,
**[19:32] ---**
let's be sure to come back alive!
**[19:34] ---**
What teaching did we
receive from the Priestess?
**[19:37] ---**
The hand of redemption
to the irredeemable!
**[19:45] ---**
Here, for you.
**[19:47] ---**
Oh, my.
**[19:48] ---**
I can't use it,
so maybe you'd better hold onto it.
**[19:54] ---**
W-What is it, Index?
**[19:57] ---**
Nothing.
**[20:00] ---**
All right, let's get started.
**[20:06] ---**
Bishop Biagio!
**[20:08] ---**
Reading between
thirty and fourty craft approaching!
**[20:11] ---**
They're just under fifty seconds
from the ship's coordinates.
**[20:13] ---**
Can you sink them?
**[20:15] ---**
Acknowledged.
**[20:24] ---**
They haven't fired a
single shot. You don't mean...
**[20:27] ---**
All hands, defensive positions!
**[20:31] ---**
What's happening?
**[20:32] ---**
They're fire ships!
**[20:33] ---**
It's an unmanned fleet,
designed to self-destruct!
**[20:40] ---**
Giant structure at
a depth of forty meters!
**[20:42] ---**
Probably a submarine!
**[20:48] ---**
Confirmed hit on the submarine!
**[20:50] ---**
Enemy forces on Ship number 29!
**[20:52] ---**
It's the Amakusa!
**[20:53] ---**
It couldn't be!
The submarine was a decoy?!
**[20:56] ---**
Don't think about taking over each ship!
**[20:58] ---**
All you have to do is think
about crushing their main force!
**[21:01] ---**
You guys head toward
the Queen of the Adriatic Sea.
**[21:04] ---**
Yeah!
**[21:08] ---**
Hurry!
**[21:10] ---**
Index!
**[21:27] ---**
This way!
**[21:28] ---**
All right!
**[21:30] ---**
You idiots!
**[21:31] ---**
Why aren't you helping
to rescue Sister Agnese?!
**[21:40] ---**
They're starting to shoot!
**[21:41] ---**
They are planning to
sink us along with the ship!
**[21:44] ---**
They're aiming directly at us!
**[21:46] ---**
They wouldn't!
**[21:47] ---**
Come forth, one of the 12 Apostles,
**[21:49] ---**
publican, smiter of magicians,
and humble servant!
**[22:00] ---**
Not good!
**[22:06] ---**
Come forth, one of the 12 Apostles--
**[22:10] ---**
Look out!
**[22:18] ---**
Sister Angelene!
**[22:19] ---**
Sister Angelene!
**[22:47] ---**
*Hitori de ii to tsubuyaita*
**[22:50] ---**
*to aru sekai no chuushin de*
**[22:53] ---**
*Tokei no hari wo orimagete*
**[22:55] ---**
*hitomi tojite'ta*
**[23:03] ---**
*Sugisatta toki wa modosenai kedo*
**[23:09] ---**
*ano hi oshiete kureta yo ne*
**[23:12] ---**
*sore de ii n' da to*
**[23:17] ---**
*Megurimeguru kisetsu ni kimi ga ita kiseki*
**[23:22] ---**
*kowarete'ta tokei sae ugokidasu kara*
**[23:28] ---**
*Ima wa sou muryoku na garakuta da kedo*
**[23:34] ---**
*fushigi da ne kaerareru sonna ki ga suru*
**[23:39] ---**
*Kimi no koe ga ima mo mada*
**[23:44] ---**
*koko ni aru kara*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
To keep the Queen of the Adriatic Sea from activating,
**[23:58] ---**
we storm the flagship.
**[24:00] ---**
As more and more new mysteries
are revealed, Index steps up.
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Rosary of the
Appointed Time."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
# 40 - Rosary of the Appointed Time
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[00:51] ---**
*I gazed at the coin I had flipped*
**[00:56] ---**
*If it's heads I go, tails I stay*
**[01:00] ---**
*Let me know your answer first*
**[01:06] ---**
*"Please, won't you tell me?"*
**[01:11] ---**
*But the angel continued
to smile in discernment*
**[01:22] ---**
*Wander on! There's nobody
to lead you by the hand*
**[01:27] ---**
*The answer handed down
from God is one of woe*
**[01:32] ---**
*Yes, that is what your gift from God is*
**[01:38] ---**
*Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now...
(Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)*
**[01:45] ---**
*No buts!*
**[02:01] ---**
Come forth,
one of the 12 Apostles--
**[02:06] ---**
Look out!
**[02:13] ---**
Sister Angelene!
**[02:15] ---**
Sister Angelene!
**[02:19] ---**
Sheesh...
**[02:20] ---**
Don't go showing the depths
of your heart to be so worthless!
**[02:25] ---**
Here, use this.
**[02:28] ---**
What is it?
**[02:29] ---**
It's a getaway dive boat.
**[02:31] ---**
It beats being right in the
middle of enemy territory, right?
**[02:37] ---**
Sister Lucia...
your hand is trembling...
**[02:41] ---**
Well of course it is.
**[02:43] ---**
Oh, no... There's no way
I'm going to die here...
**[02:47] ---**
We're all going
back together, right...?
**[02:50] ---**
With Sister Agnese... and
the people over there fighting...
**[02:56] ---**
We're all together,
in the true sense...
**[02:59] ---**
And so, I will not die...
**[03:02] ---**
So please...
**[03:04] ---**
...will you fight together with
them, to protect everyone...?
**[03:17] ---**
Say something to her, Lucia.
**[03:19] ---**
If I can be of help,
**[03:21] ---**
I'll smash any number of these
damned two-bit illusions for you.
**[03:25] ---**
So go ahead and tell
her whatever will assure her
**[03:28] ---**
that she ought
to have been here!
**[03:31] ---**
Whatever will make her believe
that it was worth gritting her teeth!
**[03:36] ---**
Right.
**[03:37] ---**
I swear,
I will protect the others.
**[03:40] ---**
So please,
you fight with yourself.
**[03:54] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[03:59] ---**
#16 Rosary of the Appointed Time
**[04:01] ---**
They still haven't sunk them yet?
**[04:03] ---**
For Heaven's sake,
we can reduce a whole city to rubble,
**[04:06] ---**
and they're giving
us this much trouble?
**[04:10] ---**
Hmph, that face...
**[04:13] ---**
I can't take it. After everything
that's happened,
**[04:16] ---**
you still have the impudent look
of one who is expecting another.
**[04:19] ---**
What did you
say I was relying on?!
**[04:21] ---**
Ha. I'm about
to shatter your hopes.
**[04:26] ---**
There's no need for
spare parts to have feelings.
**[04:31] ---**
Go!
**[04:32] ---**
No matter what happens,
bring that girl back here!
**[04:36] ---**
Let's go, Index and Orsola!
**[04:46] ---**
There does not seem
to be anyone here.
**[04:48] ---**
This ship is probably the
magical centralized control
**[04:52] ---**
for all of the other ships.
**[04:53] ---**
Is that why the other
Sisters aren't pursuing us?
**[04:56] ---**
Hold on a minute.
I'm going to try to unlock it.
**[05:01] ---**
I'm starting to feel like thinking
about everything is becoming a pain!
**[05:08] ---**
What is this?
**[05:10] ---**
It's constructed in blocks.
Maybe, unlike the escort craft,
**[05:13] ---**
it's possible that the whole
ship has magical significance.
**[05:19] ---**
Those suits of
armor from before.
**[05:21] ---**
Damn!
**[05:22] ---**
Inside!
**[05:22] ---**
Huh? H-Hey, hold on!
**[05:31] ---**
You two go on ahead!
**[05:34] ---**
Toma!
**[05:40] ---**
Sister Angelene, are you okay?
**[05:43] ---**
Yes, I am all right.
**[05:46] ---**
Now, how do I get past them?
**[05:50] ---**
Sheesh!
**[05:51] ---**
How petty!
**[05:54] ---**
Don't go messing
around with the wounded.
**[05:57] ---**
Damn, a dead end?!
**[06:09] ---**
What is this place?
**[06:13] ---**
Whoa, here they come again!
**[06:23] ---**
Is that all of them?
**[06:28] ---**
I have gotten through!
**[06:30] ---**
Orsola?
**[06:31] ---**
Toma, is it true that
one of the conditions
**[06:33] ---**
to activate the Queen of the
Adriatic Sea is that another spell,
**[06:36] ---**
called the Rosary of the
Appointed Time, is required?
**[06:38] ---**
That's what they said.
**[06:40] ---**
There isn't a single description in
any of my 103,000 volumes
**[06:43] ---**
that says it's necessary.
**[06:45] ---**
Then, just what
kind of spell is it?
**[06:48] ---**
I think it's the
name of an operation
**[06:50] ---**
used only within the
Roman Orthodox Church.
**[07:05] ---**
That right hand of yours...
**[07:10] ---**
Ha, are you jealous of it?
**[07:12] ---**
It is unacceptable.
**[07:15] ---**
It rejects the Lord's blessings.
**[07:17] ---**
And even more than its nature,
the way you brandish it like a weapon
**[07:22] ---**
is beyond the pale.
**[07:24] ---**
If you have even
once heard the good word,
**[07:28] ---**
you would make the
effort to receive His blessings,
**[07:30] ---**
even if it meant tearing off
that arm forthwith,
**[07:34] ---**
but then, I guess my words will
not get through to a heathen monkey.
**[07:39] ---**
In which case, I, Biagio Buzoni,
**[07:41] ---**
will bring the final word
to this enemy of the Lord.
**[07:45] ---**
You're Biagio, are you? Then you
know where Agnese is, don't you?
**[07:49] ---**
Knowing and telling you are
two completely different things.
**[07:55] ---**
The cross demonstrates
the denial of the evil nature.
**[08:08] ---**
Oof...
**[08:09] ---**
Abolishing outward enemies, and
creating an inner safe zone,
**[08:14] ---**
is the purpose
held by the cross.
**[08:16] ---**
Kind of like this.
**[08:22] ---**
On the other hand,
it is the nature of the cross,
**[08:24] ---**
via the weight thereof,
that corrects one's haughtiness.
**[08:28] ---**
Once again, kind of like this.
**[08:38] ---**
What is this place?
**[08:40] ---**
Hey, now, stop
destroying things so much.
**[08:43] ---**
It affects the degree of
completion on the other end.
**[08:47] ---**
The other end?
**[08:48] ---**
The Rosary of
the Appointed Time.
**[08:50] ---**
At this point, you can't tell
me you don't know about it.
**[08:54] ---**
In any case, once I crush you
**[08:56] ---**
and pull Agnese
out of here, it's all over.
**[08:59] ---**
Demonstrating the will to
defy the intentions of the Lord
**[09:02] ---**
are words of evil. And my
crosses deny your evil nature!
**[09:11] ---**
Damn it all!
**[09:12] ---**
Do you really think
you have the authority
**[09:16] ---**
to do anything to Venice?
**[09:17] ---**
That is not what I am after.
**[09:20] ---**
What was that?
**[09:21] ---**
It is far more interesting than
whatever you are thinking, at least.
**[09:27] ---**
To the church of the cross, what do
you think is the most important,
**[09:30] ---**
oldest application there is?
**[09:33] ---**
Huh?
**[09:35] ---**
The instrument of execution.
**[09:38] ---**
Simon bears the
cross of the Son of God.
**[09:43] ---**
What the...?
**[09:45] ---**
The cross demonstrates
the denial of the evil nature.
**[10:00] ---**
What is this?
**[10:02] ---**
There is a defensive
spell set up here.
**[10:11] ---**
CAH.
**[10:14] ---**
You go find Agnese.
**[10:16] ---**
I'll lead them away from here!
**[10:18] ---**
Miss Index!
**[10:33] ---**
Orsola Aquinas?
**[10:35] ---**
Thank goodness you are all right.
**[10:37] ---**
But why?!
**[10:38] ---**
You wanted so badly to get away
from the Queen's Fleet, didn't you?!
**[10:42] ---**
You know all about what the
current situation is, don't you?!
**[10:47] ---**
Once we did find out, no one
said that they wanted to run away.
**[10:52] ---**
They refused
to leave you behind,
**[10:53] ---**
when you held your tongue to
allow them to be rescued.
**[10:58] ---**
It's not right.
**[10:59] ---**
You remember what I did concerning
the Book of the Law, right?
**[11:03] ---**
As badly as they were hurt, how can
it all be water under the bridge?!
**[11:07] ---**
I do not have the answer to that.
**[11:10] ---**
However, at the very least,
**[11:12] ---**
Sisters Lucia and Angelene
declared that they wanted to rescue you.
**[11:17] ---**
No matter how desperate
a situation they would face,
**[11:21] ---**
or the countless blades
that would be thrust their way,
**[11:24] ---**
when they said that they wanted
to all smile together once again,
**[11:29] ---**
do you still think it is not enough?
**[11:34] ---**
We cannot have this, Sister Agnese.
**[11:38] ---**
Even if you were to die here,
the project will not be interrupted.
**[11:42] ---**
However, finding another suitable
candidate would be such a nuisance.
**[11:48] ---**
And I do so hate nuisances.
**[11:49] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:55] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:58] ---**
That blood...
**[12:00] ---**
I did say I hated nuisances, didn't I?
**[12:02] ---**
So I crushed one
of them with all haste.
**[12:07] ---**
I hope we can avoid that here.
**[12:10] ---**
We cannot have you
being injured so easily, you see.
**[12:14] ---**
This large-scale
anti-Venetian spell of yours--
**[12:17] ---**
why make use of it *now*?
**[12:19] ---**
What we are about to perform here
**[12:21] ---**
is not the use of an attack
spell against a state.
**[12:25] ---**
It is what comes next.
**[12:28] ---**
The Queen of the
Adriatic Sea is a spell
**[12:30] ---**
created solely
for use against Venice.
**[12:33] ---**
However charming the
power it may boast, it is moot,
**[12:36] ---**
so as long as the targeting
restrictions are in place.
**[12:40] ---**
Then why--
**[12:42] ---**
Yes, you've figured it out.
**[12:45] ---**
Freeing the Queen of the
Adriatic Sea's targeting restrictions--
**[12:49] ---**
*That* is what the Rosary
of the Appointed Time is for.
**[12:52] ---**
Are you telling me
**[12:54] ---**
that you are going to destroy
a city that you feel is in your way?
**[12:58] ---**
The Queen of the
Adriatic Sea will destroy
**[13:01] ---**
*everything* that involves that city!
**[13:04] ---**
If we unleashed the same thing
against a city that controls
**[13:08] ---**
a whole world that is hostile to us,
what do you think will happen?
**[13:11] ---**
You don't mean Academy City!
**[13:14] ---**
All science and technology
are influenced by Academy City.
**[13:19] ---**
If all of that were destroyed,
then damnable though it might be,
**[13:24] ---**
we could root out the
side that encompasses
**[13:27] ---**
half of the world, overnight.
**[13:31] ---**
And you think that will bring
happiness to everyone?
**[13:34] ---**
I do not! There are those who
do harm on the magical side, as well.
**[13:39] ---**
However, they may continue.
In time, the impure will be purged.
**[13:43] ---**
You are saying...!
**[13:44] ---**
Such is the earnest wish
of the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[13:49] ---**
The cross demonstrates
the denial of the evil nature!
**[13:57] ---**
Ha-ha, give it up, Sister Orsola.
**[14:00] ---**
The cross, via the weight thereof,
corrects one's haughtiness!
**[14:08] ---**
Now then, it is a little early,
but let's begin, Sister Agnese.
**[14:13] ---**
Rejoice! You will receive the honor
**[14:15] ---**
of killing the greatest number of enemies
**[14:17] ---**
in the history of the church of the cross!
**[14:22] ---**
Among these... enemies that you speak of,
**[14:26] ---**
Sister Agnese is included, is she not?
**[14:29] ---**
You truly are a member of the
English Puritan Church now, huh?
**[14:33] ---**
That's why you are panicking.
**[14:35] ---**
You really do only act according
to your skepticism, don't you?
**[14:40] ---**
You cannot understand
people acting on their feelings.
**[14:44] ---**
No--you can understand it,
but you cannot believe it.
**[14:47] ---**
Please, stand aside.
**[14:49] ---**
Whatever you do, you cannot stop Biagio.
**[14:53] ---**
As long as you do not resist,
I'm sure you will make it through alive.
**[14:56] ---**
There is no way I could do that, you know!
**[14:59] ---**
It's over, Sister Orsola.
**[15:02] ---**
Smile, Sister Agnese.
Watch on as your dream is shattered.
**[15:15] ---**
What are you trying to pull?
**[15:17] ---**
All things in harmony.
Fifth of the Five Elements,
**[15:20] ---**
symbolizing peace
and order, deploy this crosier!
**[15:25] ---**
Sister Agnese! I asked
you what you're trying to pull!
**[15:30] ---**
Ha! It's just as you suspected!
**[15:33] ---**
If you believe that
I still think I'd like to look after
**[15:36] ---**
Sister Lucia and Sister Angelene,
then you're mistaken.
**[15:42] ---**
When I think about you
sending those Sisters off to fight
**[15:45] ---**
with your grimy orders,
it enrages me!
**[15:51] ---**
Don't you mouth
off to me, you sinner!
**[15:55] ---**
Simon bears the
cross of the Son of God!
**[16:12] ---**
As I recall, the Son of God...
**[16:14] ---**
...did not have enough physical
strength left to bear the cross.
**[16:17] ---**
Instead, Simon carried his cross
to the hill where he was crucified.
**[16:22] ---**
Am I wrong?
**[16:24] ---**
You noticed that?
**[16:25] ---**
Making someone else shoulder
the weight of the equipment...
**[16:29] ---**
That's what this attack really is!
**[16:32] ---**
Most likely, you collected
the weight of the equipment
**[16:34] ---**
of everyone working here,
and turned it into an attack.
**[16:39] ---**
Is that about the size of it?
**[16:42] ---**
Your hands are so weak.
**[16:44] ---**
If you're going to go against me,
you'll need more sturdy arms.
**[16:48] ---**
Is that right?
**[16:51] ---**
Then, will my right hand do?
**[16:55] ---**
Why, you... You heathen monkey!
**[17:00] ---**
At least check the body, you idiot.
**[17:03] ---**
My right hand is not as
feeble as you seem to think!
**[17:11] ---**
Too slow!
**[17:15] ---**
I won't fall for that again!
**[17:27] ---**
Agnese...
**[17:28] ---**
Y-Yes?
**[17:31] ---**
Thanks.
**[17:33] ---**
If you hadn't protected Orsola for me,
**[17:35] ---**
I'm sure something terrible
would have happened.
**[17:39] ---**
Aw, geez...
**[17:43] ---**
So...
**[17:45] ---**
...what do I have to do to destroy
the whole Queen of the Adriatic Sea?
**[17:49] ---**
Well, he said that this room,
at least, was irreplaceable.
**[17:53] ---**
If you completely demolish
the function of this place,
**[17:55] ---**
they can never again--
**[17:58] ---**
Agnese!
**[18:05] ---**
Agnese! What's the matter?!
**[18:11] ---**
The Rosary of the Appointed Time!
**[18:13] ---**
You mean, this is it?!
**[18:14] ---**
You are doing something
to Agnese through that charm!
**[18:19] ---**
No, I can't. Not until
it has been adjusted.
**[18:23] ---**
But as far as power goes,
I already have it right here.
**[18:27] ---**
The Roman Orthodox Church
feared that someone would steal this
**[18:30] ---**
and turn it back against them,
so they took all sorts of measures.
**[18:36] ---**
And so, what do you think
they prepared as a final measure,
**[18:40] ---**
in case it were to fall into enemy hands?
**[18:43] ---**
A self-destruct?!
**[18:57] ---**
This is a large-scale magical device,
**[19:01] ---**
supplied hermetically
by the sinners among the fleet.
**[19:06] ---**
Don't go thinking you can stop
it by breaking the walls or the floor.
**[19:11] ---**
Once the spell is activated,
the explosive force alone
**[19:13] ---**
will devastate anything
within a 10-kilometer radius!
**[19:15] ---**
If that happens, there will
be casualties beyond the lagoon!
**[19:19] ---**
Agnese!
**[19:23] ---**
Orsola, take Agnese and go on without me.
**[19:26] ---**
Take the Amakusa group
and withdraw from here.
**[19:28] ---**
But what about you?
**[19:30] ---**
I've got to stop him, right?
**[19:32] ---**
I'll be sure to join up with
you later. So get going, Orsola!
**[19:36] ---**
But...!
**[19:42] ---**
You make sure.
**[19:43] ---**
You make absolutely sure!
**[19:49] ---**
Those bastards...
**[19:51] ---**
A noble cause that will go down
in Roman Orthodox history, they said.
**[19:55] ---**
I told them, it was too soon for this.
**[20:00] ---**
I'm done for now.
**[20:02] ---**
Is that why you're dragging
everyone else down with you?
**[20:05] ---**
Ultimately, you're just
seeking solace, aren't you?
**[20:08] ---**
Nobody gets into things this deep
and doesn't feel a sense of doom.
**[20:12] ---**
This is the menace of
the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[20:15] ---**
Anyone would go along with my decision.
**[20:19] ---**
This is just the final icing on the cake.
**[20:22] ---**
To this end, they can have the Adriatic Sea.
**[20:26] ---**
Biagio...!
**[20:27] ---**
That's the face! It's that
tenacity that is our menace!
**[20:31] ---**
Which is why I must be
sure to stamp it out right here!
**[20:35] ---**
Such is the final attack that
I offer the Roman Orthodox Church!
**[20:40] ---**
Biagio!
**[20:43] ---**
The cross demonstrates
the denial of the evil nature!
**[20:49] ---**
The cross, via the weight thereof,
corrects one's haughtiness!
**[20:55] ---**
The cross demonstrates
the denial of the evil nature!
**[21:02] ---**
Is Sister Agnese by herself
really that meaningful a reward to you?
**[21:07] ---**
There is no longer any place
around that will welcome her.
**[21:11] ---**
Why can't you understand that,
you heathen monkey?!
**[21:16] ---**
Like I *could* understand that!
**[21:18] ---**
You dirty bastard!
**[21:19] ---**
The cross demonstrates
the denial of the evil nature!
**[21:22] ---**
Biagio!
**[21:26] ---**
Your left hand?!
**[21:29] ---**
You're using my attack against me!
**[21:39] ---**
I'll fight you.
**[21:42] ---**
If you come after
Agnese and the others again,
**[21:46] ---**
then I'll stand against you,
again and again.
**[22:21] ---**
Toma! Toma!
**[22:22] ---**
Huh?
**[22:23] ---**
Are you coming around?
The Adriatic Sea isn't that cold, huh?
**[22:29] ---**
What are you so happy about?
**[22:32] ---**
Don't tell me it's because I didn't
leave you behind this time.
**[22:36] ---**
I-I'm not in that great a mood!
**[22:40] ---**
Toma, you have a phone call.
**[22:43] ---**
Hey there, come back
to Academy City at once.
**[22:47] ---**
Huh?
**[22:48] ---**
Having an outside hospital
checking over that body of yours
**[22:50] ---**
may not be a good idea, you know.
**[22:52] ---**
There should be an Academy City-built
**[22:54] ---**
supersonic passenger
plane at the airport there.
**[22:57] ---**
I-I haven't even been
in Italy for a whole day yet--
**[22:59] ---**
Oh, yes...
**[23:00] ---**
I have a message from
a girl who asked to see you
**[23:03] ---**
that she wanted
very much for me to pass on.
**[23:06] ---**
She said "Make sure
you're ready for the penalty game
**[23:08] ---**
from the Daihasei
Festival when you get back."
**[23:11] ---**
Misaka Mikoto?!
**[23:13] ---**
Hey, let me go!
I don't want to go back!
**[23:17] ---**
I see. Good work.
**[23:20] ---**
Yeah, you know, if you
wanted a debriefing report,
**[23:23] ---**
*At a certain world's center,*
**[23:23] ---**
you should ask the Amakusa.
**[23:25] ---**
I'm not a member of the Amakusa anymore.
**[23:25] ---**
*I whispered that it was okay to be alone
*
**[23:29] ---**
Be that as it may, you once again
caused Kami a lot of trouble, yeah?
**[23:29] ---**
*I bent back the hands on the clock
*
**[23:31] ---**
*and kept my eyes closed
*
**[23:34] ---**
You're at the point now
where even a whole day
**[23:36] ---**
waiting on him in a maid outfit
still wouldn't cover it.
**[23:39] ---**
*but on that day, you showed me
*
**[23:39] ---**
I know! I could lend you the fallen
angel maid set that I have!
**[23:43] ---**
You could go all-out in that!
**[23:44] ---**
*that that's how it should be
*
**[23:45] ---**
H-How far are you going
to carry this nonsense?!
**[23:47] ---**
And do you really own something like that?!
**[23:48] ---**
*The miracle of you being there as the seasons roll around
*
**[23:50] ---**
Huh? Even as someone who is one of
less than twenty saints in the world,
**[23:52] ---**
*makes even the broken clock start up again*
**[23:55] ---**
you still have to be
ready to meet your fate--
**[23:58] ---**
*Right now, yeah, I may be
a helpless piece of junk*
**[24:04] ---**
*but it's funny how I feel
like I can change that*
**[24:09] ---**
*All because your voice is still here*
**[24:14] ---**
...and that's that, Toma.
**[24:15] ---**
*for me, even now*
**[24:21] ---**
I-I am home now.
**[24:24] ---**
Uh-huh...
**[24:25] ---**
As it happens, I picked up some
extra baggage along the way.
**[24:37] ---**
I must say,
that was a little too hasty.
**[24:41] ---**
Who do you think you're talking to?
**[24:44] ---**
And you--are you aware of
with whom you are taking that tone?
**[24:49] ---**
The Roman pope, right?
So what if you are?
**[24:53] ---**
If you direct any
ill will at me, you will die!
**[24:57] ---**
The Right Seat of God...
Not even a pope rattles you, huh?
**[25:03] ---**
Look this over and sign it.
**[25:05] ---**
Are you giving me an order?
**[25:09] ---**
Wait, this document is...
**[25:10] ---**
You were thinking of ordering
it yourself, in time, right?
**[25:25] ---**
"Preview"
**[25:26] ---**
Academy City calmly enters autumn.
**[25:28] ---**
But one promise tears through
the otherwise peaceful days.
**[25:31] ---**
Just what is about to happen?
**[25:34] ---**
Next time, "Penalty Game."
**[25:35] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
# 41 - Penalty Game
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:44] ---**
It's a penalty game,
so you have to do whatever I say...
**[00:48] ---**
Ngah! This is bugging me!
**[00:51] ---**
She has been like this day and
night since the Daihasei Festival!
**[00:54] ---**
Sissy, just who
is it you are talking to
**[00:57] ---**
in such a sweet, enticing voice?
**[01:01] ---**
What should I have you do first...?
**[01:05] ---**
A-A cheek rub?
Sissy, who is... who is...
**[01:10] ---**
...just who is that fluffy
pillow standing in for?!
**[01:17] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[01:22] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:22] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[01:23] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:23] ---**
*You are my ideal*
**[01:27] ---**
*You are me*
**[01:30] ---**
*There was a bird that could
not fly any farther than this*
**[01:35] ---**
*It rebuked the blue skies
on fine, flawless wings*
**[01:41] ---**
*This place is not that bad*
**[01:43] ---**
*That sky is not that high*
**[01:46] ---**
*This place is not that good*
**[01:53] ---**
*Afraid of the speed
it would feel in its body*
**[01:58] ---**
*Everybody has a chance,*
**[02:01] ---**
*but they cannot go any farther*
**[02:04] ---**
*The truth is they
cannot take flight*
**[02:07] ---**
*The truth is they
want to take flight*
**[02:10] ---**
*Right now, beyond the wish
I want to make come true*
**[02:16] ---**
*you shine*
**[02:17] ---**
*In my eyes I picture you*
**[02:23] ---**
*"Standing in the future,
always strong,"*
**[02:26] ---**
*and that "you" is me*
**[02:29] ---**
*You are still blindingly bright*
**[02:35] ---**
*but in the same spirit,
I reach out my hand*
**[02:38] ---**
*and the "I" who I am will
someday grab hold to become*
**[02:42] ---**
*the you that I will be*
**[02:47] ---**
#17 Penalty Game
**[02:55] ---**
"Look! Look!
**[02:56] ---**
While Misaka was in the hospital,
everyone's clothes changed,"
**[03:00] ---**
says Misaka Misaka--waah!
**[03:03] ---**
Your clothes keep
you too cool, dummy.
**[03:06] ---**
For that matter, don't go
crawling over the lap of someone
**[03:08] ---**
who still isn't well,
and just got discharged
**[03:10] ---**
to look outside, you dirty little brat.
**[03:11] ---**
"How mean! Misaka
still isn't well, either, you know,"
**[03:15] ---**
--says Misaka Misaka--
**[03:15] ---**
Okay, okay, that's enough!
**[03:18] ---**
You can finish your
heartwarming squabble
**[03:20] ---**
once we arrive at our
new residence, if you please.
**[03:22] ---**
So, where is this new residence?
**[03:25] ---**
For the time being,
it's with a friend of mine.
**[03:29] ---**
You're dropping out of
the school you're in now, right?
**[03:32] ---**
I'm through with anything having
to do with that Level 6 business.
**[03:37] ---**
The person I'm setting you
up with is not in the research field.
**[03:40] ---**
I'm sure she's someone who
will take your side.
**[03:44] ---**
Hmph...
**[03:45] ---**
So now there's one
more of these idiots, huh?
**[03:51] ---**
I want to meet someone...
**[03:56] ---**
What did you do that for?!
**[03:57] ---**
Oh, when you say it,
Kami, it just sounds sarcastic.
**[04:01] ---**
When you set off a request like that,
**[04:03] ---**
all the weird girls in
the area start popping up.
**[04:07] ---**
Oh, yeah. Knowing you, Kami,
**[04:10] ---**
we'll have everything
from super-computer robot girls
**[04:12] ---**
to hot spring fairy girls who
end up doing heaven only knows what.
**[04:16] ---**
That being said, take a look at this.
**[04:19] ---**
"Stiff shoulder holder."
**[04:20] ---**
Appearances to the contrary,
my shoulders are terribly stiff.
**[04:24] ---**
I'm absolutely sure this will help,
but what do you think, Kami?
**[04:28] ---**
Ha! That thing
is obviously a scam!
**[04:31] ---**
You'll call later to complain, and...
**[04:32] ---**
That's why having a pretty
girl rub my shoulders would be best.
**[04:36] ---**
And I know exactly what you're gonna say!
**[04:38] ---**
In that case, try coming up
with anything better than a pretty girl
**[04:41] ---**
to treat your stiff shoulders.
**[04:42] ---**
How many times do I have to
tell you, the "stiff shoulder holder"?!
**[04:45] ---**
You know, I know just the right person.
**[04:49] ---**
Someone who is always
suffering from being tense,
**[04:51] ---**
and yet is a sucker for
these kinds of mail order products.
**[04:55] ---**
What I'm saying is
that world peace, you see...
**[04:58] ---**
Mm-hmm...
**[05:00] ---**
Fukiyose, are you here?!
**[05:02] ---**
Huh?
**[05:05] ---**
It's our life's wish!
Let us massage you, Fukiyose?!
**[05:17] ---**
Now then, everyone,
next up is our chemistry class.
**[05:23] ---**
My relaxed classroom has turned into
**[05:26] ---**
a lawless battle arena for delinquents!
**[05:29] ---**
It's for the sake of world peace.
**[05:31] ---**
All right, starting today,
**[05:33] ---**
you will all begin a little
rehab therapy of your own.
**[05:36] ---**
Is everyone okay with wearing
Tokiwadai Middle School's
**[05:39] ---**
winter uniform for your street clothes?
**[05:40] ---**
"No problem," replies Misaka 10032.
**[05:45] ---**
The four of you are the same size.
**[05:47] ---**
"We are all identical; you
need not even measure us,"
**[05:50] ---**
replies Misaka 13577 swiftly.
**[05:54] ---**
"There has been no time to
allow for any difference in sizes,"
**[05:57] ---**
adds Misaka 10039.
**[06:01] ---**
"Mi..."
**[06:03] ---**
"Misaka..."
**[06:04] ---**
"Is something the matter,
19090?" asks Misaka... Huh?
**[06:11] ---**
"There is enough room for
me to fit two fingers in here!"
**[06:13] ---**
reports Misaka 10032 immediately.
**[06:17] ---**
"But all of us Misakas are
supposed to be the same,"
**[06:19] ---**
says Misaka 13577,
registering her dismay.
**[06:24] ---**
"What about
her bust, and elsewhere?"
**[06:27] ---**
asks Misaka 10039,
proposing a thorough physical.
**[06:30] ---**
Now, individual differences
will arise, due to diet and exercise.
**[06:34] ---**
"In other words, without
telling the other Misakas,
**[06:37] ---**
have you been engaging
in what is popularly called a diet?"
**[06:40] ---**
says Misaka 10032,
continuing the cross-examination.
**[06:43] ---**
"Now that you mention it, I have seen 19090
**[06:46] ---**
with her nose buried in a
weekly women's magazine before,"
**[06:49] ---**
Misaka 13577 suddenly remembers.
**[06:53] ---**
"At that time, she obtained
top-secret information
**[06:56] ---**
that if one places a ring
received from a boy one likes
**[06:59] ---**
on the left ring finger,
one is a winner,"
**[07:02] ---**
says Misaka 10039, seizing
the opportunity to spill the beans.
**[07:06] ---**
Ring... Winner...
**[07:08] ---**
M-Misaka was...
**[07:11] ---**
If you all do the same
thing that Miss 19090 here did,
**[07:15] ---**
you can undergo the same
change that she did, can't you?
**[07:19] ---**
"M-Misaka will follow her crisis
management functions and flee!"
**[07:23] ---**
says Misaka--
**[07:26] ---**
There, there, there you are!
**[07:29] ---**
Hmm?
**[07:31] ---**
This calls for, yeah, *that*.
**[07:34] ---**
"Just my luck."
**[07:36] ---**
What's the big idea, responding
like that after seeing me?!
**[07:39] ---**
So, did you need something
from me, Zapper?
**[07:42] ---**
Are you sure you can take that
kind of attitude with me right now?
**[07:46] ---**
Huh?
**[07:47] ---**
The penalty game!
**[07:49] ---**
Huh? Oh...
**[07:52] ---**
You mean I'm still on the hook for that?
**[07:54] ---**
Don't go thinking you
can blow it off on your own!
**[07:57] ---**
Anyhow, you still have
to do anything I tell you.
**[08:01] ---**
But then, I know that anything
an average Joe like you can do
**[08:04] ---**
won't amount to very much.
Though as far as that goes,
**[08:07] ---**
how about you still give me your best?
**[08:12] ---**
Huh?
**[08:14] ---**
All right.
**[08:16] ---**
Very well! In that case,
you may ask anything you wish of me!
**[08:20] ---**
Huh?
**[08:23] ---**
Milady, let me first provide
a comfortable environment.
**[08:26] ---**
I, Kamijo Toma, incompetent as I am,
**[08:30] ---**
beg you to please
forgive my shortcomings!
**[08:33] ---**
Hey, you dummy! Stop blowing up
my skirt as hard as you can!
**[08:36] ---**
Sissy...?
**[08:38] ---**
K-Kuroko!
**[08:42] ---**
W-What a well-tempered
hardball posture of servitude!
**[08:46] ---**
This troglodyte is not to
be underestimated. However...
**[08:51] ---**
That role is supposed to be mine!
**[08:53] ---**
Stop that, you idiots!
What kind of ritual is this?!
**[08:57] ---**
What am I, some kind of cult leader?!
**[09:00] ---**
This is the woman who
will be looking after you now.
**[09:06] ---**
What the hell?
**[09:07] ---**
Hey, now, you haven't forgotten
my face already, have you?
**[09:11] ---**
I don't mean you! What I meant was,
**[09:13] ---**
this unexplainable little creature, here!
**[09:16] ---**
W-What do you mean, unexplainable?!
**[09:19] ---**
Despite how I might look, I am a teacher!
**[09:22] ---**
Tch! So the research to
control the effects of cell aging
**[09:25] ---**
has already been perfected, has it?
**[09:27] ---**
U-Um... It isn't like that.
**[09:31] ---**
"You poor thing!
**[09:32] ---**
Huh?
**[09:33] ---**
I'm sure you've been
through nothing but experiments,
**[09:35] ---**
and haven't had
any free time for yourself,"
**[09:38] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, softly dabbing
her eyes with a handkerchief.
**[09:41] ---**
Please, listen to what I'm saying!
**[09:44] ---**
Ha-ha! Wow, they've
really got your number, huh?
**[09:47] ---**
Geez, did you bring
them here to get "my number"?!
**[09:50] ---**
I'll show you up to my apartment right away.
**[09:54] ---**
I'll just go bring the car around.
**[09:58] ---**
Are you sure about this?
**[09:59] ---**
Letting me crash at your place?
**[10:02] ---**
"No problem." I've got
an extra room, so it's no--
**[10:05] ---**
I don't mean that.
**[10:07] ---**
I mean sheltering me like
this is like you're asking to take on
**[10:10] ---**
the whole damn ugly
Academy City underworld.
**[10:14] ---**
Which is why I'm doing it.
**[10:16] ---**
Have you forgotten my line of work?
**[10:19] ---**
I don't think there are many
folks who would openly come out
**[10:21] ---**
and attack the residence
of an Antiskill officer.
**[10:26] ---**
Don't say I didn't
warn you, after you're dead.
**[10:28] ---**
It's all right.
**[10:29] ---**
Your name could be written
on one of those crowds' lists!
**[10:34] ---**
And it's my job to revise those lists.
**[10:39] ---**
If it's all the same, I'm glad.
**[10:41] ---**
It looks like helping you
will be a lot simpler than I'd heard.
**[10:46] ---**
Do you really mean that?
**[10:47] ---**
I mean, won't it?
Say whatever you will,
**[10:51] ---**
but you're trying to eliminate
your landlady's risks.
**[10:53] ---**
Which is to say, you're trying
your hardest to protect us, right?
**[11:03] ---**
Tch, this is why idiots like
her are so hard to manage.
**[11:03] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:09] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:17] ---**
He's late! What is he up to?!
**[11:20] ---**
Seventh Mist at exactly 1:00!
**[11:22] ---**
If you're even one second late,
you know what will happen!
**[11:26] ---**
Sheesh.
**[11:29] ---**
He's making me
look like an idiot, isn't he?
**[11:32] ---**
Somen noodles again today.
**[11:33] ---**
No way! Why are we
having nothing but this lately?!
**[11:38] ---**
What is this? Some sort of
magic to regulate our insides,
**[11:41] ---**
using the culture of cuisine?
**[11:43] ---**
We just happen to have been
given a lot of it as a present!
**[11:45] ---**
Try putting yourself in my shoes,
**[11:47] ---**
having to come up with
original ideas day after day,
**[11:49] ---**
like salad-style, pasta-style,
and *udon*-noodle-style!
**[11:58] ---**
Tsuchimikado Maika...
**[12:00] ---**
I have to share
this joy with somebody!
**[12:03] ---**
Huh?
**[12:03] ---**
Huh?
**[12:04] ---**
These! These! Maids generally
aren't allowed to stand out too much.
**[12:09] ---**
But by fussing around
with my sleeves and collar,
**[12:12] ---**
I can secretly express my individuality.
**[12:14] ---**
I am in a very good mood right now,
**[12:17] ---**
so if you have anything on your mind,
I'd be willing to hear about it.
**[12:22] ---**
We'd like to learn some new
ways to eat somen noodles!
**[12:29] ---**
I thought the salaries of public servants
**[12:31] ---**
were supposed to
be getting trimmed back.
**[12:33] ---**
This building also serves
**[12:35] ---**
as a structural
engineering field test site,
**[12:37] ---**
so part of the rent is
paid for by the university.
**[12:40] ---**
Ah, I see.
**[12:42] ---**
"Amazing! Amazing!
There isn't a speck of dust,"
**[12:44] ---**
says Misaka Misaka offering
her praise while jumping on the sofa!
**[12:48] ---**
You had to write
another formal apology, huh?
**[12:50] ---**
A-Ah-ha... Whatever do you mean?
**[12:53] ---**
Huh?
**[12:54] ---**
She has a habit of
straightening up her room
**[12:56] ---**
whenever she has
a problem come up.
**[12:59] ---**
She does it without
thinking of the consequences,
**[13:01] ---**
so she often loses
her keys and whatnot.
**[13:03] ---**
I-Is that any way to talk about someone
**[13:06] ---**
who is looking for your
next job together with you?
**[13:09] ---**
Which means that the kitchen
will be the same as always, right?
**[13:12] ---**
Hey, now! Kikyo,
you eat the food I cook
**[13:14] ---**
as if it tastes
good enough, don't you?
**[13:16] ---**
As long as I don't know how it's made.
**[13:18] ---**
"Wow! Why are there so many rice cookers?"
**[13:22] ---**
asks Misaka Misaka, counting them all.
**[13:24] ---**
A rice cooker is a miracle
appliance that can do anything.
**[13:28] ---**
He's not coming.
**[13:31] ---**
Miss Misaka!
**[13:33] ---**
Oh, Miss Uiharu.
**[13:34] ---**
Um, I think Miss Shirai will be
coming by to pick up some things.
**[13:39] ---**
Oh, mm-hmm.
**[13:40] ---**
Miss Shirai offloaded her
Judgment workload onto me--
**[13:44] ---**
I-I mean, she is awfully busy at work,
**[13:48] ---**
so I've come in her place.
**[13:49] ---**
Oh, you don't say.
**[13:51] ---**
I guess that's Tokiwadai
Middle School for you.
**[13:54] ---**
It's amazing you can
learn the violin in class, huh?
**[13:57] ---**
You're overblowing things.
Do you want to give it a try?
**[14:00] ---**
That's it, support the instrument
with your collarbone and jaw.
**[14:04] ---**
Gently hold the
neck with your left hand.
**[14:07] ---**
Hold the bow so the strings
are perpendicular, and then slowly...
**[14:13] ---**
See? Simple, right?
**[14:15] ---**
Miss Misaka,
it's almost like I'm in a dream!
**[14:21] ---**
What's the matter?
**[14:24] ---**
U... i... ha... ru!!
**[14:30] ---**
What are you wasting time around here for?
**[14:34] ---**
Hey, sorry, sorry.
**[14:36] ---**
Now, listen,
**[14:37] ---**
*I'm* the one who won the contest
with a penalty game at stake!
**[14:41] ---**
So why should *I* have to be kept
waiting here for over an hour?!
**[14:45] ---**
W-Well, it's nothing too profound...
**[14:49] ---**
H-Huh? I'm sure
we agreed on 1:00, right?
**[14:53] ---**
Were you here thirty minutes before that?
**[14:55] ---**
Well then, I am sorry.
**[14:57] ---**
I-It's not as though I started
waiting *exactly* an hour ago...
**[15:02] ---**
Misaka, did you...
**[15:04] ---**
So... that is...
**[15:07] ---**
Did you want to make me suffer
through this penalty game *that* badly?
**[15:10] ---**
Eh?
**[15:10] ---**
You really are pretty insidious.
**[15:16] ---**
Bulls-eye?
**[15:18] ---**
Stop being so defiant!
*You're* the one that lost back there!
**[15:22] ---**
You're going to do whatever I say, right?!
**[15:24] ---**
W-When you say "whatever,"
within the bounds of possibility...
**[15:27] ---**
You. Will. Do. It. Right?
**[15:30] ---**
Come with me!
**[15:31] ---**
Wait, where?!
**[15:32] ---**
I'm telling you to
shut up and come with me!
**[15:34] ---**
That is the first penalty!
**[15:35] ---**
You mean there's not just one?!
**[15:40] ---**
"Handy Antenna Campaign"
**[15:41] ---**
Handy Antenna service?
**[15:44] ---**
Ah, something to replace the
antenna base on your cell phone.
**[15:49] ---**
Yes. Subscribers can construct
their own network with them.
**[15:52] ---**
Also, if you sign a pair contract,
the calling rate becomes cheaper.
**[15:57] ---**
Pair contract?
**[15:58] ---**
And, right now, everyone
who agrees to a set contract
**[16:01] ---**
will receive a
Lovely Mitten Gekota strap!
**[16:04] ---**
Eh?
**[16:05] ---**
Which is why you're signing up with me.
**[16:09] ---**
So you're just after the strap, then?
**[16:11] ---**
And as far as frogs go, you've already got--
**[16:13] ---**
You're. Signing. Up. With. Me.
**[16:17] ---**
Yeah, but, pair contracts
are what boyfriends and girlfriends
**[16:21] ---**
sign up for together, aren't they?
**[16:22] ---**
Y-You dummy!
What conclusion are you jumping to?!
**[16:26] ---**
It says it's limited to male-female,
**[16:27] ---**
but i-it doesn't have to
be boyfriend-girlfriend, right?!
**[16:30] ---**
Like, say, a married
couple would be fine, too.
**[16:33] ---**
Hello in there.
**[16:34] ---**
You've gotten far more serious
than boyfriend-girlfriend, Miss Misaka.
**[16:36] ---**
Huh? I-It's a penalty game, so don't
say anything and come with me!
**[16:44] ---**
Now, we'll need a photo
to complete the paperwork.
**[16:48] ---**
Like a picture ID?
**[16:50] ---**
No, something that
lets us know you two are a pair.
**[16:53] ---**
You can even use your cell phone
to take a two-shot of both of you.
**[16:56] ---**
A two-shot?!
**[16:59] ---**
How about it? Want to make do
with my cell phone camera right off?
**[17:03] ---**
Y-Yeah, okay...
**[17:05] ---**
Okay, here it goes.
**[17:08] ---**
Let me just make sure, here.
You told me you wanted this, right?
**[17:13] ---**
I-I know I did!
**[17:19] ---**
Just you wait, Gekota!
**[17:22] ---**
H-Here goes.
**[17:24] ---**
Okay! Whenever you're ready!
**[17:28] ---**
It looks like you're pulling a face, Misaka.
**[17:31] ---**
Why are you looking the other way?
**[17:33] ---**
I don't think this
is what a pair looks like.
**[17:35] ---**
L-Let's try taking it again.
**[17:40] ---**
What's with the forced
expression again, Misaka?!
**[17:43] ---**
Why are you distancing yourself from me?!
**[17:46] ---**
Look, for this two-shot,
**[17:48] ---**
we just have to make
it look like we're in love, right?
**[17:50] ---**
Come on, do it like this!
**[17:52] ---**
Smile, Misaka! This photo is
for the paperwork, right?
**[17:55] ---**
As long as we think of it in
that way, this won't be a problem.
**[17:58] ---**
Y-Yeah... Well, you're right.
**[18:01] ---**
We're just taking a picture that
makes it *look* that way, aren't we?
**[18:04] ---**
Yeah, yeah, we're just taking a picture!
**[18:05] ---**
Here goes!
**[18:06] ---**
Yes!
**[18:14] ---**
Good grief. It was a mistake for
me to underestimate him
**[18:17] ---**
as just a Johnny-come-lately thrall of yours.
**[18:20] ---**
Sissy, you've been going around
everywhere splurging with him.
**[18:23] ---**
D-Don't go getting the wrong idea!
**[18:26] ---**
I just wanted to get a Gekota strap...
**[18:29] ---**
...so I needed a photo for a pair contract...
**[18:33] ---**
In that case, you need not
have lowered yourself to this boy;
**[18:35] ---**
if you and I had become a pair,
there would not be any problem!
**[18:40] ---**
Now, let us take some pictures.
We will just slam them through.
**[18:40] ---**
Wait... Hey! Kuroko!
**[18:43] ---**
We will make memories to last a lifetime!
**[18:45] ---**
Hey, where are you taking me, Kuroko?!
**[18:48] ---**
If everything's okay,
then can I go home now?
**[18:52] ---**
I told you,
it has to be male-female!
**[18:56] ---**
Hitotsui Hajime, you are
primarily busy with your concerts,
**[19:00] ---**
but recently, you announced
you would be appearing in a movie.
**[19:04] ---**
Moreover, it's a Hollywood
picture, of all things.
**[19:04] ---**
I fell asleep, huh?
**[19:07] ---**
Did you have anything
especially trying happen to you?
**[19:08] ---**
Tch, you're letting yourself
become sloppy, you idiot.
**[19:11] ---**
Even with this thing on, it's all
you can do to fight for fifteen minutes.
**[19:16] ---**
"Hitotsui Hajime to star in his
first Hollywood production!!"
**[19:17] ---**
The direction I got was just
right for me, being Japanese.
**[19:20] ---**
Did he not have any pretense?
**[19:23] ---**
As for the others, did they show
a particularly suitable understanding
**[19:27] ---**
of me as being a
contemporary Japanese man?
**[19:30] ---**
The words themselves
are spoken in native US English,
**[19:34] ---**
so using just gestures,
manners, and attitude,
**[19:36] ---**
Nobody's here, huh?
**[19:36] ---**
being told to show us that this
guy is Japanese was something--
**[19:38] ---**
Oh well, guess I'll grab a shower.
**[19:43] ---**
Oh my.
**[19:45] ---**
"W-Why are you just barging in
here without any advance warning,"
**[19:50] ---**
asks Misaka Misaka, reaching for
a bath towel after it's too late!
**[19:53] ---**
Why didn't you lock the door?
**[19:55] ---**
Sorry, sorry. I've lived by
myself up to now, and I just forgot.
**[19:59] ---**
Aiho, hurry and
wrap yourself up in this.
**[20:01] ---**
"You two don't care that
you've been seen naked, huh?"
**[20:04] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
asking a simple question.
**[20:07] ---**
Hmm, it's not really anything
to make a fuss over, is it?
**[20:10] ---**
He's a child, and we're adults.
**[20:13] ---**
"I would say more like biddies
than adults," says Misaka--
**[20:17] ---**
Ow-w-w-w! Now they're suddenly
both giving Misaka's head noogies!
**[20:18] ---**
I'm just saying, be more wary.
**[20:23] ---**
"And that's what happened,"
**[20:25] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
giving an incident report.
**[20:27] ---**
"In that case, it has already
gone out over the network,
**[20:31] ---**
so there is no reason to repeat
it all again verbally, is there?"
**[20:34] ---**
Misaka rationally points out.
**[20:37] ---**
"I want to say it verbally
as much as it takes,"
**[20:39] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, finding
the outrageousness inexcusable!
**[20:42] ---**
"And now, being shut out
due to the apartment's auto-lock
**[20:45] ---**
makes your situation
seem even foolish, huh?
**[20:48] ---**
If Misaka hadn't been passing by,
**[20:50] ---**
you would have been
all alone for a long time,"
**[20:52] ---**
says Misaka,
secretly laughing on the inside.
**[20:56] ---**
"It isn't Misaka's fault!
It's the auto-lock's!"
**[20:59] ---**
says Misaka Misaka in exasperation!
**[21:03] ---**
Hmm?
**[21:04] ---**
Hey, where did that little brat go?
**[21:08] ---**
Now that you mention it...
**[21:10] ---**
"You mean this?" asks Misaka,
to verify the unexpected question.
**[21:15] ---**
"All of the other Misakas have those,
**[21:17] ---**
but Misaka is the only one who doesn't,"
**[21:20] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, gazing enviously at it.
**[21:22] ---**
"That Misaka is that Misaka,
while this Misaka is this Misaka."
**[21:27] ---**
says Misaka, intimating
that you should give up.
**[21:30] ---**
"Aww! Misaka wants one, too!"
**[21:33] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
using her small appearance to its fullest,
**[21:37] ---**
to exercise some
spoiled-brat negotiation skills.
**[21:39] ---**
"You may be going for endearing antics,
**[21:43] ---**
but it's upsetting when used on
those of the same sex, and backfires,"
**[21:46] ---**
says Misaka, offering a kindly explanation.
**[21:52] ---**
"Say, 10032, would you bow for me?"
**[21:56] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, asking a favor.
**[22:00] ---**
"You fell for it!"
**[22:01] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
her mugging plan a success!
**[22:05] ---**
"Nyah! If you want them
back, try and take them!"
**[22:07] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
basking in the afterglow of victory
**[22:10] ---**
while making a mad dash!
**[22:18] ---**
"The time for revolution has come,"
**[22:21] ---**
Misaka 10032 hereby declares.
**[22:47] ---**
*At a certain world's center,*
**[22:50] ---**
*I whispered that it
was okay to be alone*
**[22:52] ---**
*I bent back the hands on the clock*
**[22:55] ---**
*and kept my eyes closed*
**[23:03] ---**
*You can't turn back time that has passed*
**[23:09] ---**
*but on that day, you showed me*
**[23:12] ---**
*that that's how it should be*
**[23:17] ---**
*The miracle of you being
there as the seasons roll around*
**[23:22] ---**
*makes even the
broken clock start up again*
**[23:28] ---**
*Right now, yeah, I may
be a helpless piece of junk*
**[23:34] ---**
*but it's funny how
I feel like I can change that*
**[23:39] ---**
*All because your voice is still here*
**[23:44] ---**
*for me, even now*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
First Misaka Mikoto, now Misaka's Sister?!
**[23:57] ---**
And now there's
even a pint-sized Misaka.
**[23:59] ---**
Hey, don't go running amok here!
**[24:01] ---**
Wait, Index,
if you're with them, then...
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Serial Number."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
# 42 - Serial Number (Specimen Number)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:43] ---**
Archbishop!
**[00:46] ---**
W-What?!
**[00:49] ---**
Ow-w-w...
**[00:52] ---**
Is the item written in this report true?
**[00:56] ---**
They do say that the
world moves at your word.
**[01:01] ---**
How dare you suddenly set
foot into a lady's bathroom, Stiyl!
**[01:06] ---**
It's most inappropriate
for a clergyman!
**[01:09] ---**
Whatever, just answer me!
**[01:18] ---**
Now,
**[01:20] ---**
please fill in the details. Now!
**[01:25] ---**
My vestments are clinging to me,
**[01:27] ---**
immodestly revealing my extremities...
**[01:29] ---**
This is wrong! Look away, Stiyl!
**[01:33] ---**
I do not mean to let anyone
who pleases see my body!
**[01:39] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[01:44] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:44] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[01:45] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:45] ---**
*You are my ideal*
**[01:49] ---**
*You are me*
**[01:51] ---**
*Kore ijou tooku made
tobenai tori ga ita*
**[01:57] ---**
*Kizu mo nai rippa na
hane de aozora wo najitta*
**[02:03] ---**
*Kono basho mo warukunai*
**[02:05] ---**
*Ano sora wa takakunai*
**[02:08] ---**
*Kono basho mo yoku wa nai*
**[02:15] ---**
*Karada de kanjiru sokudo wo osorete'ru*
**[02:21] ---**
*Dare ni demo chansu wa moteru*
**[02:23] ---**
*sono saki e yukenai*
**[02:26] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitatenai*
**[02:29] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitachitai*
**[02:32] ---**
*Ima kanaetai negai
no mukou de kagayaku*
**[02:38] ---**
*kimi ga iru*
**[02:39] ---**
*Hitomi ni utsusu*
**[02:45] ---**
*"Mirai ni tatte itsumo tsuyokute"*
**[02:48] ---**
*sonna kimi ga boku sa*
**[02:51] ---**
*Kimi wa mada mabushii kedo*
**[02:57] ---**
*onaji kimochi de kono te nobashite*
**[03:00] ---**
*itsuka tsukamu genjitsu no boku ga*
**[03:04] ---**
*kimi ni naru yo*
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#18 Serial Number (Specimen Number)
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Why would the archbishop
buy us such a complicated,
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problematic device as this?
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For Pete's sake,
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you can just do your laundry
down at the river, right?
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The river would be
going too far.
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Mm-hmm, apparently, you are
supposed to press this button.
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Are you sure you won't
give in and wash by hand?
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Let's try to press on a little longer.
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Our dream fully-automated
washing machine is right in front of us.
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Didn't you already
finish today's wash this evening?
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That's right. Since
we don't have any laundry...
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No...
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We have laundry right here.
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You don't need to take your
clothes off to make more laundry!
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And don't you two copy her!
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I do have to say, a Japanese *yukata*
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seems put together to
make it very easy to take off.
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H-Hey!
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Oh... Miss Kanzaki, you are
one of those who forgoes underwear.
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This is the way
you wear a *yukata*!
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It really is quiet.
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I only wanted to see one work.
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Hey, Far East denomination...
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I am a retired
ninja now, but what is it?
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In the manual here,
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it says "please separate
non-colorfast items."
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Is that dyed sash
of yours gonna be all right?
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C-Cancel! Where
is the cancel button?!
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You really are not
wearing underwear, huh?
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Oh...! Gekota!
Gekota! Gekota! Gekota!
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Ugh, good grief.
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Did you finish the paperwork?
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Wait, huh?
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Eh?! I can get a Pyonko
together with my Gekota?!
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All right!!
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I guess that means...
you're Misaka's sister?
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"Yes," affirms Misaka,
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including her serial number,
10032, just in case.
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I didn't recognize you
without your goggles on.
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"Have you seen a
Misaka about this height?"
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asks Misaka, indicating a level
slightly lower than her chest.
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Have you guys come up
with a way to change your sizes?
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"Judging by your response,
you apparently have not,"
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says Misaka, disappointed
by your failure to be of any help.
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"Misaka had her
goggles stolen from her.
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They must be recovered at once,"
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says Misaka, implicitly appealing
for help through upturned eyes.
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N-Now, it's kind of
hard for me to tell you apart.
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Maybe you could start by
taking off your blazer, or something.
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Hey, what are you
pulling your skirt down for?!
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Forget it, forget it!
Don't take anything off!
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I know. If you wore some kind
of accessory, I could tell you apart.
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Accessory?
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Like, say, a ring maybe.
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A ring?
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"At that time, she obtained
top-secret information
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that if one places a ring
received from a boy one likes
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on the left ring finger,
one is a winner."
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Nah, a ring wouldn't work.
It doesn't stand out enough.
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Something I can tell at a glance...
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"Right now, Misaka is playing
tag with one of the lower-number units,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
offering a status report.
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"I can't come home right now,
but I hope you'll make me dinner,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
placing her order.
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Why that dirty brat!
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Maybe I shouldn't have opened
my home to all three of you.
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If only she had called my cell phone,
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I could have found out where she is.
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Hey, let go of me! Let me go!
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Whoa...!
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Well, Kikyo,
it's your turn to stay here.
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We're going out to look for her, right?
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If I can analyze the
sounds in the background,
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I can narrow her location down.
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Now, you just let
Big Sister Yomikawa handle that.
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Isn't that abusing your authority?
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Finding lost children is *part* of my job!
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Okay, let's go.
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A ring...
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...on Misaka's left ring finger...
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Listen, if you don't like that one,
should we take it back?
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"Please, do not take anything
else away from Misaka,"
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says Misaka in an
earnest, lowered voice.
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"Animal Donuts"?
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Oh, these look yummy!
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Don't mind if I do!
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Tweet-tweet-tweet-tweet-tweet...
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"These chicks are smart, not to bite,"
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utters Misaka in a voice of wonder.
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They said there were still in
the experimental prototype phase,
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but these are pretty good.
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They may be experimental...
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...but Misaka respects
the lives of these chicks...
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W-What are you sparking for?
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Hey, you guys, what are you doing?
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M-Misaka...
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"M-Misaka just came here
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to get back the goggles that
were taken from me," says Misaka...
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"And there was more,
but now, I am fixated on these frogs,"
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says Misaka, changing the subject.
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Hey, now!
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Explain yourself better!
I mean, if you're down here...
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What are those? Let me see them!
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"Sissy, you can just
stay engrossed in your frogs,"
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states Misaka with cold assertion.
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It won't hurt to look, will it?
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"If you want them so badly,
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you can have him buy them from
that person over there, like Misaka did,"
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says Misaka, pointing out the right man.
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The right man?
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Remember how you lost our bet,
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and have to do whatever
I say as part of our penalty game?
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Yet here we are, in the
middle of our penalty game...
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and you're trying to
make time with everyone else!
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You really like the sound of
my sister that much?!
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"Incidentally, what
are you doing here, Sissy?"
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asks Misaka, beginning to
collect information.
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Well, we had a contest over
the Daihasei Festival, you see.
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Anyhow, I won the bet,
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and as part of the penalty game,
I get to drag him around, that's all.
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So, like, you see...
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"In other words, Sissy,
you cannot be honest with him?"
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asks Misaka, analyzing the data.
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Huh?!
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W-What are you analyzing to figure *that*?!
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I don't have anything
to hide! For one thing,
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what's the point of being
honest with a guy like this?!
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You don't say.
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Well then, Misaka will take
a different route than the Original.
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Huh?
**[10:26] ---**
"Check this,"
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says Misaka, casually
showing off to the Original
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the accessory that he bought for her.
**[10:33] ---**
"Misaka also hugs him from the other side!"
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says Misaka Misaka,
blending herself in with the amusement!
**[10:40] ---**
"Misaka"? You mean, this sister's sister?!
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Serial number 20001.
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"You have some nerve,
strolling up beside Misaka like this,"
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says Misaka, switching to
serious mode before she realizes it.
**[10:54] ---**
"Misaka is tired of playing that game now,"
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says Misaka Misaka, embarking
on her next spot of entertainment.
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"Do you think you're
getting away from me?"
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says Misaka, pulling a rifle out of her bag.
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"If that's what you
call serious, it's laughable!"
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says Misaka Misaka, poking fun.
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"The real fun is just getting started,"
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says Misaka, making the
final transition to Misaka Full Boost.
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
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What the...?
**[11:25] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
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The underground mall?
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We detected some low
frequencies from the call we traced
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from the message
on the answering machine.
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So, she's in Area U, which
is to say, the underground mall.
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Then, you're telling me to go there?
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For now, yeah.
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Then again, there's no telling
whether a girl as quick as she is
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will still be in the same place now.
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Listen, Accelerator...
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What?
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Are you that afraid to
direct any good will toward others?
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What'd you say?
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You seem to accept the good
will shown to you by Last Order,
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but you refuse to show any
good will from yourself toward her.
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It's because you're afraid
it will backfire on you,
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and there will be no undoing it.
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You're lecturing me?
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Well, I don't think someone like
me could understand your gloom.
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Not considering
the place you used to be in.
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X-S Institute, right?
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Exceptional Esper Multi-Modification
Technical Research Institute.
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I was dumped in that place until I was 9.
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The place was a trash heap
where they'd dispose of living people.
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You must have at
least heard the stories, right?
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It was my squad that
neutralized and dismantled them.
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Thanks for that.
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I saw it, too--what was lying on
the other side of those heavy doors.
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And I was a monster that not
even the X-S Institute could handle.
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You heard about
it from Yoshikawa, right?
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About what I did
in those "experiments"?
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It's impossible for
me to express good will.
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Even so, you still hate
yourself for that. Am I wrong?
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There's a little rule
that I impose on myself.
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I will not turn a weapon on a child.
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Even if they are an esper.
Do you know why?
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Yeah, that's why. Sure, maybe
it doesn't compare to your situation.
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But it doesn't change the
fact that we are both indebted.
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Which means that no matter
how flat-footed it leaves us,
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we have to keep paying it back.
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Besides, unlike me, you have power.
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There are any number of
ways you can do it.
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What if I had used my
power to stop the experiments...?
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What if I could have held them back
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from pushing their way
down a path to their deaths...?
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What if even now, it's not too late...?
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What if...?
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This is bullcrap.
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It's by socking away this bullcrap
that we pay back our debts.
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Damn it all.
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This is what was in the report, is it?
**[14:23] ---**
It's a well-made 3D image, huh?
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For heaven's sake,
what a complicated bit of mischief.
**[14:29] ---**
Let's contact headquarters
and start checking out
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the espers who could do this.
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Geez...
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What was all that, exactly?
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That stupid jerk!
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What does he think
the promise he made *me* is?!
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"1st place today" "1st place all-time"
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I don't get it. I don't get it, but...
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...it's just my luck.
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"How come your shoulders are
drooping like you're worn out?"
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asks Misaka Misaka...
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...grabbing you from behind
like a soothing mascot.
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Hey...!
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Are you that Mini-Misaka from earlier?
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Toma...
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Huh?
**[15:25] ---**
What do we have here?
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So anyway, I'm out looking for Toma,
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but along the way, I got hungry, and then...
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You can eat, or you can talk; pick one.
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Now then, didn't you have
something you wanted to tell me?
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Mm-hmm. Thanks.
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Just one word, huh?
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You know what? My name is Index.
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Don't introduce yourself
when your face is dirty.
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Have you ever seen this kid?
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Nope.
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Take your time, would you?
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I never forget the faces of people I see.
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Ah, this is great!
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Now I can look for Toma
without worrying about my stomach.
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Though now that my stomach is full,
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I don't think my reason
for finding Toma is as pressing.
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Yeah, you don't say. I'm not
helping you look. Ask someone else.
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Are you busy?
**[16:27] ---**
Yeah, unfortunately, I'm very busy.
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So what you're saying is,
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you're like a host computer
with all the Sisters tied into you?
**[16:37] ---**
"Probably closer to a console than a host,"
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says Misaka Misaka by way of correction.
**[16:43] ---**
"The Misakas have
no central point anywhere,
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so it doesn't really mean anything
for there to be a specific individual
**[16:49] ---**
acting as the network's 'core,'"
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brags Misaka Misaka,
head held high while lecturing!
**[16:54] ---**
Huh...
**[16:56] ---**
Huh?
**[16:57] ---**
"Listen, you helped out
Misaka during the 'experiments,'
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so I came to say thank you,"
**[17:02] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, citing
a Grateful Crane-like development!
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So, what is it you're really up to?
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"You don't believe me for an instant!"
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says Misaka Misaka, stamping her feet,
**[17:16] ---**
and swinging her arms as hard as she can!
**[17:18] ---**
Sorry! Sorry! My bad! Look...
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I'll buy you some of that
if you'll forgive me! Okay?
**[17:24] ---**
"D-Do you think you can
sway a girl's delicate feelings
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by buying her food?"
**[17:29] ---**
says Misaka Misaka indignantly.
**[17:34] ---**
So anyway, Toma is always
going off somewhere, leaving me behind.
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It could be a kind of wanderlust--
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like he's someone who goes
off on a journey before he realizes it.
**[17:46] ---**
By the way, what are you doing down here?
**[17:49] ---**
Looking for someone.
**[17:50] ---**
The girl on your cell phone?
**[17:52] ---**
What if I am?
**[17:53] ---**
You know, I still
haven't thanked you, huh?
**[17:55] ---**
It's okay, just be quiet and go away, kid.
**[17:58] ---**
I still haven't thanked you, huh?
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Hey, don't just ignore what I'm saying!
**[18:02] ---**
It's that one girl, right?
**[18:05] ---**
I can help look for her
together with you until I find Toma.
**[18:08] ---**
Huh?
**[18:10] ---**
'kay?
**[18:12] ---**
Damn it all...
**[18:18] ---**
You know what?
**[18:21] ---**
"Misaka snatched these from someone,"
**[18:23] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
bragging about her trophy.
**[18:26] ---**
What's this? I'm just
starting to feel relieved,
**[18:29] ---**
and now you're
declaring yourself to be a bandit?
**[18:31] ---**
Wait, those goggles...
**[18:33] ---**
Misaka's sister was looking for those.
**[18:35] ---**
"But these weren't made to fit Misaka,
so she can't wear them right,"
**[18:42] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, a little ruefully.
**[18:45] ---**
You know, you could just
adjust the length of the band, right?
**[18:54] ---**
Huh...?
**[18:58] ---**
A-Are you okay?
**[19:03] ---**
It seems like I've seen her before,
**[19:05] ---**
but she's too small to have been her.
**[19:08] ---**
Uh-uh, I don't recognize her, all right.
**[19:11] ---**
Then give that back!
You good-for-nothing little brat!
**[19:17] ---**
There, all done.
**[19:20] ---**
"Now Misaka can see perfectly, too!"
**[19:22] ---**
says Misaka Misaka delightedly!
**[19:25] ---**
"But what it cost me is
by no means a small price,"
**[19:28] ---**
remembers Misaka Misaka,
**[19:30] ---**
while nonetheless demonstrating
her joy throughout her whole body!
**[19:34] ---**
Yeah, yeah.
**[19:37] ---**
"Listen, Misaka has
to be going home soon,"
**[19:41] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
delivering some bad news.
**[19:45] ---**
Yeah, it is getting late, after all.
**[19:50] ---**
"I really do wish we
could stay together longer,"
**[19:52] ---**
says Misaka Misaka... despondently.
**[19:57] ---**
"Our meeting like this
was just a coincidence,
**[19:59] ---**
but the part about wanting
to thank you was the truth,"
**[20:02] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
pouring out her heart.
**[20:06] ---**
But I think he's going to be worried.
**[20:09] ---**
"He"?
**[20:11] ---**
"If Misaka is too late,
he may come looking for her.
**[20:15] ---**
Misaka doesn't want
to be a bother or anything,"
**[20:18] ---**
says Misaka Misaka with a smile.
**[20:21] ---**
Hmm, sounds like a nice guy, doesn't he?
**[20:26] ---**
"He's weak. He's been hurt an awful lot,
**[20:30] ---**
since not only could he
not protect what he had in hand,
**[20:33] ---**
but now the same hands that
scooped them up are in shambles.
**[20:37] ---**
So she doesn't want
to burden him any further.
**[20:40] ---**
Now Misaka is going to protect him!"
**[20:43] ---**
says Misaka Misaka unburdening herself.
**[20:46] ---**
Okay.
**[20:53] ---**
Ah, it's Toma!
**[20:56] ---**
The guy you're looking for?
**[20:58] ---**
Mm-hmm!
**[21:03] ---**
Tch... Go ahead.
**[21:05] ---**
Huh? But what about your friend?
**[21:08] ---**
Don't worry. I just found mine, too.
**[21:12] ---**
Okay then, I'll be going. Thanks.
**[21:18] ---**
Last Order!
**[21:26] ---**
Toma!
**[21:30] ---**
"I'm back!"
**[21:31] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
offering the standard greeting--
**[21:34] ---**
Ow!
**[21:35] ---**
"Hey, why do you keep chopping
me without saying anything?"
**[21:38] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
holding her head and faking crying.
**[21:42] ---**
For that matter, what
have you been doing up to now?
**[21:47] ---**
"Playing with someone,"
**[21:48] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, answering honestly.
**[21:52] ---**
Huh?!
**[21:53] ---**
Toma! Toma! I finally found you!
**[21:57] ---**
What are you doing down here?
**[21:59] ---**
You know what? You know what?
I had that man help me out of a jam.
**[22:05] ---**
Wait, which man?
**[22:08] ---**
Accelerator!
**[22:10] ---**
Come quick, or you'll be left behind!
**[22:13] ---**
Tch, pipe down, you dirty brat.
**[22:47] ---**
*Hitori de ii to tsubuyaita*
**[22:50] ---**
*to aru sekai no chuushin de*
**[22:53] ---**
*Tokei no hari wo orimagete*
**[22:55] ---**
*hitomi tojite'ta*
**[23:03] ---**
*Sugisatta toki wa modosenai kedo*
**[23:09] ---**
*ano hi oshiete kureta yo ne*
**[23:12] ---**
*sore de ii n' da to*
**[23:17] ---**
*Megurimeguru kisetsu ni kimi ga ita kiseki*
**[23:22] ---**
*kowarete'ta tokei sae ugokidasu kara*
**[23:28] ---**
*Ima wa sou muryoku na garakuta da kedo*
**[23:34] ---**
*fushigi da ne kaerareru sonna ki ga suru*
**[23:39] ---**
*Kimi no koe ga ima mo mada*
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*koko ni aru kara*
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"Preview"
**[23:56] ---**
A man in a white coat appears.
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The city is suddenly
awash in the scent of danger.
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And then, even someone
from the Right Seat of God shows up.
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "The Researcher."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
# 43 - The Researcher (Amata Kihara)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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"Precautions for when angels
descend into human form.
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The greatest incident of
telesma habitation in this world
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was, needless to say,
at the time of the Annunciation.
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To pass the total volume
of the Son of God, which is to say,
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enough telesma to support
and guide the world, into the womb,
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took an unmistakably--"
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Sasha!
**[00:53] ---**
Oh, are you reading
these musty old books again?
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Have you still not identified
what went wrong with your body?
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If not, I could give
you a physical exam--
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Sasha, I see you still
don't know your own strength, huh?
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Question one, if I may:
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Which do you prefer,
hammers or screwdrivers?
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That's not the kind of question you
ask after hitting someone.
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Sasha, the telesma dwelling
within you is that of Gabriel, right?
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Normally, that would be unthinkable.
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If things go wrong, the amount
could be greater than the 12 Apostles'.
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Question two: So what if it is?
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This power of God comes from
the angel who saw to the Annunciation.
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Moreover, having a power
greater than that of the 12 Apostles
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squeezed into the body of one girl means...
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There's a chance
that your tummy will swell up--
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Sorry, sorry. You're right.
**[01:52] ---**
Wearing such heavy, restrictive
clothing on a regular basis, Sasha,
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you couldn't endure
breeding without the fun of it, huh?
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Question three:
Stop sullying even a single page
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of the holy New Testament, you filthy jerk.
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You know that I was forcibly
made to wear these restrictive clothes
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by you, as my superior,
as an abuse of your power.
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Oh, you really
dislike them that much? Then,
**[02:16] ---**
let's change your outfit.
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I've been looking into
Academy City lately, you know?
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They have their
own particular culture there.
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Tell me, Sasha,
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have you ever heard of
Magical Powered Kanamin?
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Ah, come on, Sasha...
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*I'm always running after you*
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
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*You are my ideal*
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
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*You are me*
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*There was a bird that could
not fly any farther than this*
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*It rebuked the blue skies
on fine, flawless wings*
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*This place is not that bad*
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*That sky is not that high*
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*This place is not that good*
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*Afraid of the speed
it would feel in its body*
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*Everybody has a chance,*
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*but they cannot go any farther*
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*The truth is they
cannot take flight*
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*The truth is they
want to take flight*
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*Right now, beyond the wish
I want to make come true*
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*you shine*
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*In my eyes I picture you*
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*"Standing in the future,
always strong,"*
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*and that "you" is me*
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*You are still blindingly bright*
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*but in the same spirit,
I reach out my hand*
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*and the "I" who I am will
someday grab hold to become*
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*the you that I will be*
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#19 The Researcher (Amata Kihara)
**[04:16] ---**
"It's raining!" says Misaka
Misaka, looking up at the night sky!
**[04:20] ---**
Sheesh, you're bugging me.
Hold still where you are.
**[04:24] ---**
"Misaka wanted to
see the moon, though,"
**[04:27] ---**
she says, dancing but
still somewhat despondent.
**[04:29] ---**
Hey!
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I told you to stop scampering
around, right? You dirty brat.
**[04:34] ---**
"Misaka came this far without
being overprotected, and she's fine,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
seeking freedom and liberation.
**[04:41] ---**
What kind of frontier-spirit
nonsense are you going on about?
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And I'm not being protective.
**[04:47] ---**
"There you go again.
You don't have to be so bashful,"
**[04:51] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
jabbing with her index finger.
**[04:54] ---**
"Why are you making
such a tight fist now?"
**[04:58] ---**
asks Misaka Misaka, putting on
a temper-alleviating bright smile!
**[05:08] ---**
"Rain, rain, fall down,
fall down, and fall down some more!"
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calls out Misaka Misaka to the night sky!
**[05:16] ---**
Are you that afraid to
direct any good will toward others?
**[05:19] ---**
You seem to accept the good
will shown to you by Last Order,
**[05:23] ---**
but you refuse to show any
good will from yourself toward her.
**[05:27] ---**
It's because you're
afraid it will backfire on you,
**[05:29] ---**
and there will be no undoing it.
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Ee-yow!
**[05:34] ---**
"She fell down," reports
Misaka Misaka, sitting on the ground.
**[05:39] ---**
Sheesh, I told you so.
**[05:41] ---**
"I may need some disinfectant,"
**[05:44] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
her eyes welling up a little.
**[05:50] ---**
Rub some saliva into it.
**[05:52] ---**
"I may need some disinfectant,"
**[05:55] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
repeating the last thing she said.
**[05:58] ---**
Look, let's just get
back to Yomikawa's place.
**[06:03] ---**
"All right,"
**[06:04] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
accepting the situation.
**[06:08] ---**
"It hurts now,
but I'll try to put up with it,"
**[06:10] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
plodding along, following after you.
**[06:34] ---**
"Wah!"
**[06:36] ---**
says Misaka Misaka--
**[06:39] ---**
Wait right here. If you move
without permission, I'll squash you.
**[06:54] ---**
This is just stupid.
**[07:10] ---**
It's by socking away this bullcrap
that we pay back our debts.
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Tch, damn it all.
**[07:29] ---**
Huh?
**[07:31] ---**
You know, I thought some idiots
like you would be coming along.
**[07:35] ---**
I don't know whether you're here
because you have a beef with me,
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or you're just trying to use me,
**[07:42] ---**
but I'm gonna kill you.
**[07:57] ---**
Ah, this is fun!
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You're up the creek!
**[08:02] ---**
You've got me off my
chain now, you son of a bitch!
**[08:14] ---**
Huh?
**[08:19] ---**
Ugh, this is tedious.
**[08:29] ---**
Thanks for the show!
**[08:31] ---**
Be grateful I'm laying
waste to you so spectacularly!
**[08:35] ---**
I told them so, didn't I?
**[08:39] ---**
You can't bring the kid down in
such a watered-down fashion as this.
**[08:43] ---**
It's gonna take me, all right.
**[08:48] ---**
Hey, Kihara!
**[08:51] ---**
What kind of a coy entrance is that?
**[08:54] ---**
I can't believe you're
the same intellectual-type
**[08:57] ---**
who was too spooked
to look a person in the eye.
**[09:01] ---**
I was against meeting
up with you again, myself.
**[09:05] ---**
Higher-ups' orders.
What can you do?
**[09:08] ---**
They said it was an emergency,
**[09:10] ---**
and didn't have the luxury of
being choosy about their methods.
**[09:13] ---**
So you see, I hate to ask,
but would you let me destroy you here?
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After all, who do you think it is
that developed that power of yours?
**[09:21] ---**
Huh? What? What did you say?
Are we brimming with duty and sentiment?
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You're not, by chance, expecting
me to return the favor, are you?
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Man, you're hopeless. But then,
**[09:34] ---**
if you're gonna go crazy, do it alone.
**[09:37] ---**
It would take more than both my hands
**[09:39] ---**
to count the researchers
who monkeyed around with my body.
**[09:43] ---**
Do you think I'm gonna keep
around every last memory of you guys?!
**[09:48] ---**
You know, you really
are a galling little punk.
**[09:52] ---**
Yeah, I'd love to kill you.
I'd love to kill you so bad.
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I knew I should have killed
you way back then. My goof, my goof.
**[10:01] ---**
What did I think I was doing?
**[10:04] ---**
That's why I'm gonna
kill you, you little punk!
**[10:10] ---**
What are you thinking,
you idiot? Now, how should I--
**[10:19] ---**
My reflection... didn't work?!
**[10:21] ---**
Hey, little punk, I'll ask it again.
**[10:25] ---**
Who do you think it was that
gave you that two-bit power of yours?
**[10:30] ---**
Come on, do you remember now?!
**[10:37] ---**
Huh?
**[10:41] ---**
That ain't like you.
**[10:43] ---**
Well, we're gonna
keep her in our care,
**[10:47] ---**
so don't you worry about her.
**[10:48] ---**
You can get beat here and become
a stain on the wall, or whatever.
**[10:52] ---**
That'd be more like you, anyway.
**[10:58] ---**
Don't you... mock me... you...
**[11:02] ---**
...third-string!
**[11:05] ---**
This ain't gonna do it.
**[11:17] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:23] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:29] ---**
Don't tell me... you... developed
an esper power... in yourself...!
**[11:36] ---**
Huh?
**[11:40] ---**
No, no, that's not it.
**[11:43] ---**
That's a job for lab rats, you know.
**[11:46] ---**
I won't have any trouble crushing you
**[11:49] ---**
without having to resort to
using that kind of ridiculous power.
**[11:53] ---**
These guys are
really in the zone tonight.
**[12:00] ---**
Time for you to become
a corpse, you son of a bitch!
**[12:05] ---**
I get it, I get it,
**[12:06] ---**
you thought the secret to my
power is in these gloves, did you?
**[12:10] ---**
But actually, it's not!
**[12:16] ---**
How long are you gonna
pretend you're the strongest,
**[12:18] ---**
you piece of scrap!
**[12:24] ---**
Your reflection is not some kind
of absolute wall, you know.
**[12:28] ---**
It only alters the vectors of
power directed at it the other way.
**[12:32] ---**
Which makes it simple.
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All I have to do is yank back
my fist a second before a direct hit.
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Call it knowing how to stop short.
**[12:41] ---**
In other words, you end
up purposely slugging yourself.
**[12:46] ---**
You understand now,
my little masochist?
**[12:50] ---**
Maybe that's too hard
for a little kid to understand.
**[12:55] ---**
It's like that wind you made earlier.
**[12:58] ---**
Your ability comes about
as a result of vector formulas.
**[13:02] ---**
So all I have to do is disrupt them.
**[13:06] ---**
I can jam everything using
special sound waves and whatnot!
**[13:10] ---**
I've got a firm handle on
your characteristics, your formulas,
**[13:13] ---**
even your own Personal Reality!
**[13:17] ---**
I didn't develop this
power of yours for nothing!
**[13:23] ---**
Tell me, Accelerator,
do you understand what she means?
**[13:28] ---**
I mean, for Project Radio Noise,
the 3rd-ranked Railgun was used.
**[13:32] ---**
Why wasn't it you, when you're 1st-ranked?
**[13:36] ---**
There's something there.
Something you don't have the first clue about.
**[13:41] ---**
Damn you...
**[13:43] ---**
How poignant. Look.
She's quite thrilled about it herself.
**[13:53] ---**
Recovery complete,
I guess you would say.
**[13:55] ---**
Aww, they made it clear
that we were to take the prize alive,
**[13:59] ---**
but can she really be, like that?
**[14:01] ---**
No way am *I* writing
an apology letter for this.
**[14:05] ---**
She's still alive.
**[14:07] ---**
If she were dead, my sister's
proxy calculations would be affected.
**[14:12] ---**
I've got no positive proof... but...
**[14:16] ---**
...if I don't do something,
I'll never see her again...
**[14:21] ---**
Last Order!
**[14:39] ---**
Aww, man...
She's not a golf ball, you know.
**[14:43] ---**
Don't go blasting people away
for distances best measured in yards.
**[14:46] ---**
Sheesh, just who does he
think is gonna recover her now?
**[14:49] ---**
Because it's not gonna be me.
**[14:51] ---**
What should we do?
**[14:53] ---**
Oh, you know what?
Split up into three squads.
**[14:56] ---**
One of you, go after the prize.
**[14:58] ---**
The other two, stay with me.
**[15:00] ---**
But our first priority
is to recover Last Order.
**[15:03] ---**
Oh?
**[15:05] ---**
You're the one who was
recently assigned to Hound Dog, right?
**[15:09] ---**
Er, no, I...
**[15:10] ---**
Oh, it's okay, it's okay. It's not
like I'm doing a background check.
**[15:15] ---**
But you don't seem to know
the rules, so let me educate you.
**[15:18] ---**
You guys are a collection of scum.
You've got no human rights.
**[15:23] ---**
And scum can be
replaced as often as it takes.
**[15:26] ---**
If you interfere with
my precious, precious mission,
**[15:29] ---**
then I have no qualms about
killing you. You understand me?
**[15:33] ---**
You're already dead once over.
**[15:35] ---**
Just to confirm, do you understand?
**[15:40] ---**
All right, then we're clear.
**[15:42] ---**
Search the rivers, reservoirs,
and any other waterfronts out there.
**[15:47] ---**
He wouldn't have blown the kid away
**[15:50] ---**
without calculating where she would land.
**[15:52] ---**
What are we going to do? Recover him?
**[15:55] ---**
No, kill him. There's no
reason to capture him.
**[15:59] ---**
Looking at this guy, after all
the effort he went to, is irritating me.
**[16:03] ---**
Safer to kill the moody,
self-satisfied punk right here.
**[16:08] ---**
Shut up.
**[16:11] ---**
Damn you... You'll never
get it as long as you live.
**[16:15] ---**
Ha, oh yeah?
**[16:18] ---**
Well, I'm killing you now.
**[16:20] ---**
You're okay with those
being your last words, right?
**[16:23] ---**
Damn it, somebody...
**[16:26] ---**
It's time for some luck.
If you want the credit, it's yours.
**[16:30] ---**
I don't even care if you trample
on me and laugh while you do it.
**[16:34] ---**
Somebody... anybody...
**[16:37] ---**
...save the kid...
**[16:40] ---**
What are you doing over there?
**[16:52] ---**
Good grief, Index...
**[16:54] ---**
No sooner do I run into you than
you disappear again immediately.
**[16:57] ---**
Toma, you're lacking in consideration.
**[17:00] ---**
The white-haired boy I met before
I got here bought me a hamburger
**[17:03] ---**
without even asking
what my circumstances were.
**[17:06] ---**
Toma, you have to
be more like that nice boy.
**[17:10] ---**
Yeah, yeah. It's not like I've
got nothing at all to do with this guy.
**[17:15] ---**
For that matter, did you remember
to say thank you to him?
**[17:18] ---**
I'm someone who
makes sure to thank others! Oh...
**[17:21] ---**
Hmm? What's wrong?
**[17:23] ---**
Come to think of it...
**[17:25] ---**
...he let me borrow these.
**[17:26] ---**
They're just pocket tissues.
**[17:28] ---**
Oh, but if he doesn't have
this cutting-edge, daily use product,
**[17:32] ---**
won't he be bothered if he needs them?
**[17:34] ---**
Toma, I have to go return these to him now.
**[17:38] ---**
He'll be bothered if you do
return them, won't he?
**[17:41] ---**
H-Hey!
**[17:44] ---**
Sheesh, she's always, always like this.
**[17:50] ---**
Uh-oh, it's raining.
**[17:52] ---**
Come to think of it,
Index didn't have an umbrella.
**[18:02] ---**
Seems to be more Antiskill
out than there normally is.
**[18:05] ---**
I hope I can find Index quick,
before there's any trouble--
**[18:16] ---**
I-Is something the matter?
Excuse me! Excuse me!
**[18:27] ---**
Whoa...
**[18:29] ---**
What's going on here?
**[18:36] ---**
It doesn't seem to be life-threatening.
**[18:38] ---**
But what just happened here?
**[18:44] ---**
...in the metro area. Repeat,
**[18:46] ---**
gate destruction confirmed.
Intruders in the metro area.
**[18:50] ---**
We're under attack
of an unknown nature--
**[18:54] ---**
Intruders?
**[18:56] ---**
Index!
**[19:02] ---**
Y-You...
**[19:04] ---**
"Help!
**[19:05] ---**
Please, you've got to help him,"
**[19:09] ---**
asks Misaka Misaka, begging!
**[19:26] ---**
Hi! Aleister?
**[19:29] ---**
I know you secretly listen in
on regular lines like this one, right?
**[19:35] ---**
It sure would delight me if
you'd hurry up and engage me.
**[19:41] ---**
What do you want?
**[19:44] ---**
I just got done disgracing three
members of the governing board.
**[19:49] ---**
Yet you still put up with it?
**[19:51] ---**
They can be replaced,
as often as it takes.
**[19:55] ---**
Ha, I'd guessed
that you were hiding
**[19:58] ---**
the entire governing board's
consensus behind your views,
**[20:02] ---**
but it looks like my
expectations were off. Oh well.
**[20:05] ---**
You know my identity, don't you?
**[20:08] ---**
I'm afraid not.
**[20:10] ---**
The Right Seat of God.
**[20:12] ---**
If you want to play
dumb, that's okay, too.
**[20:15] ---**
Just so there are no regrets later.
**[20:18] ---**
Aren't you underestimating this city?
**[20:21] ---**
Oh, imagine that. You don't
even know the status of your own city.
**[20:26] ---**
Antiskill and Judgment, was it?
**[20:29] ---**
You've ended up with
your head in a noose so easily
**[20:31] ---**
because you relied on those
rinky-dink outfits to protect you.
**[20:33] ---**
You have to at least know
that you are finished, right?
**[20:39] ---**
If you think that's all it takes
**[20:40] ---**
to bring down Academy City's
defense network,
**[20:44] ---**
then you are a hopeless idiot.
**[20:47] ---**
You have absolutely no
idea what this city's true form is.
**[20:52] ---**
Oh, yeah?
**[20:53] ---**
I'm saying, you aren't the only
one with tricks up your sleeves.
**[20:57] ---**
But then, you will likely be brought
down before you realize that.
**[21:02] ---**
Whatever you say, I will
crush anything that opposes me.
**[21:07] ---**
This has been written in stone
from the moment I was born.
**[21:12] ---**
I am Vento of the Front,
the final weapon from among
**[21:16] ---**
the Roman Orthodox
Church's two billion faithful!
**[21:19] ---**
I will crush everything in one night!
**[21:22] ---**
That goes for you, Academy City,
**[21:24] ---**
Imagine Breaker, the List of
Prohibited Books--all of you!
**[21:32] ---**
Interesting.
**[21:34] ---**
It looks like a chance to
finally use *that* has come along.
**[21:39] ---**
It may be too soon, but with
the situation being tied to the plan,
**[21:43] ---**
irregularities are
the greatest amusement.
**[21:47] ---**
Hound Dog, Kihara Amata...
**[21:51] ---**
This is Kihara.
**[21:53] ---**
Imaginary Number School
District, Five-Element Agency,
**[21:55] ---**
the AIM diffusion field.
It may be a bit early,
**[21:59] ---**
but we will crush
them using Fuse=KAZAKIRI.
**[22:03] ---**
Once you have captured
the escaped #20001,
**[22:06] ---**
bring her to the designated point.
**[22:10] ---**
Do it swiftly, but courteously.
**[22:13] ---**
Acknowledged.
**[22:16] ---**
Now then...
**[22:18] ---**
...for a long-awaited enjoyable showtime...
**[22:47] ---**
*At a certain world's center,*
**[22:50] ---**
*I whispered that it
was okay to be alone*
**[22:52] ---**
*I bent back the hands on the clock*
**[22:55] ---**
*and kept my eyes closed*
**[23:03] ---**
*You can't turn back time that has passed*
**[23:09] ---**
*but on that day, you showed me*
**[23:12] ---**
*that that's how it should be*
**[23:17] ---**
*The miracle of you being
there as the seasons roll around*
**[23:22] ---**
*makes even the
broken clock start up again*
**[23:28] ---**
*Right now, yeah, I may
be a helpless piece of junk*
**[23:34] ---**
*but it's funny how
I feel like I can change that*
**[23:39] ---**
*All because your voice is still here*
**[23:44] ---**
*for me, even now*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:56] ---**
A running battle for Last Order had begun.
**[23:58] ---**
One will stand alone against
them, all to protect one girl.
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Hound Dog."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
# 44 - Hound Dog (Hound Squad)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:30] ---**
Kihara Amata of Hound Dog
overpowers Accelerator.
**[00:34] ---**
However, his objective is the
recovery of Last Order.
**[00:37] ---**
Accelerator allows
Last Order to escape,
**[00:39] ---**
but has no means
of fighting back. And then...
**[00:42] ---**
What are you doing over there?
**[00:43] ---**
Huh?
**[00:50] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[00:55] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[00:56] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[00:56] ---**
*You are my ideal*
**[00:59] ---**
*You are me*
**[01:02] ---**
*Kore ijou tooku made
tobenai tori ga ita*
**[01:08] ---**
*Kizu mo nai rippa na
hane de aozora wo najitta*
**[01:14] ---**
*Kono basho mo warukunai*
**[01:16] ---**
*Ano sora wa takakunai*
**[01:19] ---**
*Kono basho mo yoku wa nai*
**[01:26] ---**
*Karada de kanjiru sokudo wo osorete'ru*
**[01:31] ---**
*Dare ni demo chansu wa moteru*
**[01:34] ---**
*sono saki e yukenai*
**[01:37] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitatenai*
**[01:40] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitachitai*
**[01:43] ---**
*Ima kanaetai negai
no mukou de kagayaku*
**[01:49] ---**
*kimi ga iru*
**[01:50] ---**
*Hitomi ni utsusu*
**[01:56] ---**
*"Mirai ni tatte itsumo tsuyokute"*
**[01:59] ---**
*sonna kimi ga boku sa*
**[02:02] ---**
*Kimi wa mada mabushii kedo*
**[02:08] ---**
*onaji kimochi de kono te nobashite*
**[02:11] ---**
*itsuka tsukamu genjitsu no boku ga*
**[02:15] ---**
*kimi ni naru yo*
**[02:20] ---**
#20 Hound Dog (Hound Squad)
**[02:26] ---**
Huh?
**[02:30] ---**
What do we do?
**[02:32] ---**
Huh?
**[02:33] ---**
You wanna know what to do?
**[02:35] ---**
We've gotta eliminate her, right?
**[02:50] ---**
Get going. If you don't
get to a hospital right away,
**[02:53] ---**
it'll be too late.
**[02:58] ---**
Hey, what are you waiting for!?
Hurry up and shoot!
**[03:00] ---**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[03:06] ---**
Don't make a fuss.
**[03:08] ---**
Just keep going forward.
**[03:09] ---**
Time is running out
for the both of us, right?
**[03:12] ---**
W-Where to?
**[03:14] ---**
I know a good doctor.
**[03:16] ---**
Aww... That one thing!
Bring me that thing!
**[03:22] ---**
Wishful thinking.
**[03:23] ---**
If you use a car,
you're all but telling me
**[03:26] ---**
that you can't use
your wind control, aren't you?
**[03:29] ---**
Adios, scumbag.
**[03:32] ---**
Huh?
**[03:35] ---**
Geez...
**[03:50] ---**
Nice city, huh?
**[03:52] ---**
I was sure the erosion
would be a lot further along, though.
**[03:56] ---**
Who are you?
**[03:58] ---**
A rival of yours in the killing trade.
**[04:02] ---**
Kill her.
**[04:06] ---**
You... bear no hostility, huh?
**[04:08] ---**
If that's what you want,
try being more adequate.
**[04:17] ---**
Well now, he really
turned up his nose at me.
**[04:20] ---**
I wonder if you'll
be of any use, though.
**[04:35] ---**
"These are the people
who attacked him,"
**[04:37] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, telling the truth.
**[04:40] ---**
Yeah, but is this
what your friend did to them?
**[04:44] ---**
"I don't think so.
**[04:46] ---**
He is short-tempered, and quick to fight,
**[04:49] ---**
so it seems unthinkable that
his retaliation would be so minor,"
**[04:52] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
making a simple assumption.
**[04:56] ---**
In any case, we have to report this.
**[05:00] ---**
"They are here!"
**[05:02] ---**
reports Misaka Misaka
while taking cover behind the car.
**[05:07] ---**
"They"?
**[05:27] ---**
Oh, what have we here?
**[05:30] ---**
Oh, that's an osmatic sensor.
**[05:32] ---**
We use them to track down targets.
**[05:35] ---**
So it's a mechanical police dog, is it?
**[05:38] ---**
You know, there's
something about this quietness.
**[05:41] ---**
This wouldn't be more of
Kihara's big production, would it?
**[05:47] ---**
What the hell were
you doing back there?
**[05:50] ---**
Hmm? I came to give back
something I borrowed from you.
**[05:54] ---**
Here! This cutting-edge
daily-use product.
**[05:57] ---**
What are you, dense?
Those things are disposable.
**[06:05] ---**
Mm-hmm... "And so the ugly duck,
who had been told she was no good,
**[06:10] ---**
turned out to actually
be a super sexy-hot swan.
**[06:13] ---**
The end."
**[06:14] ---**
Say, what does "sexy-hot" mean?
**[06:17] ---**
That's not what
"The Ugly Duckling" is about.
**[06:20] ---**
Then, what *is* it about?
**[06:21] ---**
Huh? What was it again...?
**[06:25] ---**
From what the kid said, the swan
who wanted to get along with the ducks,
**[06:31] ---**
was actually happy to
be confronted with the fact,
**[06:35] ---**
that she wasn't part
of their circle, or something.
**[06:39] ---**
By "the kid," do you mean
the lost girl you were looking for?
**[06:43] ---**
In fact, as circumstances would
have it, I'm still looking for her.
**[06:46] ---**
You got separated again?
**[06:48] ---**
Yeah, that's right. That's why
we have to part ways here.
**[06:52] ---**
I'll look with you!
**[06:54] ---**
I mean, I can tell that
you're bothered by this.
**[06:57] ---**
I think if it were Toma,
he'd say the same thing.
**[07:02] ---**
Pull over somewhere around here.
**[07:06] ---**
There's a huge hospital in this area.
**[07:08] ---**
Go there, and find a doctor
whose face looks a lot like a frog.
**[07:13] ---**
When you find the doctor,
tell him to get a battery ready
**[07:16] ---**
for the Misaka Network connection
electrode. He'll know what it means.
**[07:20] ---**
Mm-hmm, all right.
**[07:22] ---**
"A Misaka Network connection
electrode battery," right?
**[07:29] ---**
You sit tight.
**[07:31] ---**
Huh?
**[07:31] ---**
You have to wait
right here until I get back.
**[07:36] ---**
All right. Just get going, already.
**[07:42] ---**
Start driving.
**[07:44] ---**
Aren't you going to let me go yet?
**[07:47] ---**
Live or die, you decide.
**[08:01] ---**
You still alive, Last Order?!
**[08:14] ---**
No good. It's locked.
**[08:16] ---**
There may be a way to unlock it.
**[08:27] ---**
Let's just go someplace
with a lot of people.
**[08:30] ---**
They're not going
to want to make a scene.
**[08:34] ---**
"Are we really going to
be able to help him like this?"
**[08:38] ---**
asks Misaka Misaka,
lamenting over how powerless she is.
**[08:42] ---**
Who can say? Still,
**[08:45] ---**
there's no way we can
help him if we don't survive this.
**[08:48] ---**
If you want to save him,
make sure you don't die first.
**[08:52] ---**
"Mm-hmm," says Misaka Misaka,
nodding her head forward.
**[08:56] ---**
Okay, let's stay alive.
**[09:08] ---**
What's going on here?
**[09:10] ---**
Let's just get outside--
**[09:29] ---**
What do you need at this hour?
**[09:32] ---**
There's trouble. Major trouble.
**[09:35] ---**
I heard the general situation
from one of the Misaka sisters.
**[09:40] ---**
They perform a kind
of information exchange
**[09:43] ---**
across their electrical network, you see.
**[09:46] ---**
That speeds things up.
What's happened to the kid?
**[09:51] ---**
It appears that she is being pursued
by a separate Hound Dog unit.
**[09:56] ---**
Word is that she is with a bystander
who happened to be with her.
**[10:00] ---**
Tch, where are they?
**[10:01] ---**
She does not know that, herself.
**[10:04] ---**
Did a kid wearing a
white nun's habit arrive there yet?
**[10:08] ---**
How does she know
about your proxy calculator?
**[10:12] ---**
That's none of your concern.
**[10:15] ---**
Just keep her there with you.
**[10:17] ---**
Hmm... Good grief.
How far are you planning to take this?
**[10:23] ---**
I'm killing Kihara.
**[10:24] ---**
I'm bringing down Hound Dog, too.
**[10:26] ---**
Then, I'm saving the kid, unharmed.
**[10:29] ---**
Not possible.
Under the circumstances,
**[10:33] ---**
you are undertaking
too many courses of action.
**[10:37] ---**
There is no way you
will accomplish them all.
**[10:39] ---**
Don't be such a know-it-all!
Since when do doctors--
**[10:42] ---**
I've seen hells
that were worse than yours.
**[10:45] ---**
Which is why I can
say this to you. Accelerator,
**[10:48] ---**
do not bite off more than you can chew;
**[10:52] ---**
make saving Last Order's
life your only priority.
**[10:56] ---**
If you bring her back to me alive,
I will definitely heal her.
**[10:59] ---**
Measuring up to those
expectations is what a doctor does.
**[11:04] ---**
That's fine with me.
**[11:09] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[11:15] ---**
The Right Seat of God, huh?
**[11:18] ---**
I didn't think they'd go this far.
**[11:36] ---**
This is Yomikawa calling Headquarters.
**[11:39] ---**
Requesting details on call 334.
**[11:46] ---**
This girl...
**[11:49] ---**
W-What the...?
**[12:02] ---**
Renewable Resource
Treatment Plant #3, huh?
**[12:04] ---**
The target's scent
continues on into there.
**[12:07] ---**
You're absolutely sure of that, right?
**[12:14] ---**
If you want to get out of here safely,
**[12:16] ---**
you'll just sit still there.
**[12:19] ---**
A cleaning agent. That'll do it.
**[12:23] ---**
Now to wash away my smell,
and get myself out of here. Hmm?
**[12:28] ---**
Damn them. They're here earlier
than expected, aren't they?
**[12:34] ---**
All they have are the small ones, huh?
**[12:39] ---**
Sissy!
**[12:42] ---**
What do you want, Kuroko?
**[12:43] ---**
I cannot get back home
because of my Judgment work,
**[12:46] ---**
so I need you to get in touch
with our nagging head resident
**[12:49] ---**
to ask for a curfew extension.
I know it is already past curfew--
**[12:52] ---**
Um...
**[12:53] ---**
I'm at the convenience
store right now, so...
**[12:55] ---**
Gah?!
**[12:58] ---**
How can Sissy still be out, as well?
**[13:01] ---**
We are going to get some
demerits, no questions asked.
**[13:05] ---**
Why would Miss Misaka
be breaking curfew today?
**[13:10] ---**
I-It cannot be!
**[13:12] ---**
My Sissy, on an evening
date with that rotten troglodyte?!
**[13:16] ---**
Why that lousy jerk!
Enjoying the evening view in the rain!
**[13:20] ---**
That is a rather elegant choice!
**[13:22] ---**
I cannot just stand around here.
**[13:24] ---**
I, Shirai Kuroko, have a
duty to preserve Sissy's virtue!
**[13:27] ---**
No, you can't.
**[13:28] ---**
Look, this mountain of paperwork
**[13:31] ---**
and accounting documents
is nowhere near being done, right?
**[13:40] ---**
What's happening out there?
**[13:42] ---**
Why aren't they coming in?
**[13:45] ---**
Hi!!
**[13:48] ---**
Did I startle you?
**[13:50] ---**
Don't be scared; come on out.
I have my own issues to deal with.
**[13:56] ---**
If you won't do as I say,
**[13:59] ---**
I'll turn you into a lump of goo.
**[14:06] ---**
Who are you?
**[14:09] ---**
One of the Right Seat
of God, Vento of the Front.
**[14:14] ---**
Target located.
And with that out of the way,
**[14:17] ---**
it's time to get
yourself killed, Kamijo Toma!
**[14:28] ---**
Rod, what does
the osmatic sensor say?
**[14:30] ---**
Hang on, it's just finishing.
**[14:57] ---**
You don't have to be so nervous.
**[14:59] ---**
You won't have
enough time to feel any pain.
**[15:04] ---**
Hide somewhere, Last Order!
**[15:10] ---**
Ha-ha! There's the right hand
I've heard so much about!
**[15:13] ---**
Way to keep up with me here!
**[15:16] ---**
From above!
**[15:20] ---**
What fun! I see, I see!
**[15:24] ---**
It looks like your right
hand is extremely effective,
**[15:26] ---**
just like it said in the report!
**[15:28] ---**
My favorite attack,
striking from every which way,
**[15:31] ---**
has absolutely no effect!
**[15:33] ---**
Your favorite?
**[15:34] ---**
Then again,
I don't really understand it.
**[15:37] ---**
All right, let's try this.
**[15:38] ---**
Why, you...!
**[15:41] ---**
Ha, so that does *that*, huh?
Sorry 'bout that.
**[15:46] ---**
Seems as though
there not being enough time
**[15:48] ---**
to feel any pain is too much to ask.
**[15:51] ---**
So, if you want to find happiness,
you'll have to become a masochist.
**[15:56] ---**
These attacks haven't been
following the movement of her hammer.
**[16:00] ---**
You mean, it's the cross?!
**[16:03] ---**
Oh, my secret's out, is it?
**[16:05] ---**
Damn!
**[16:06] ---**
Uh-oh. This is kind of starting
to become a nuisance. Here!
**[16:14] ---**
Run!
**[16:19] ---**
Go on! Please, call for help!
**[16:25] ---**
Leave it!
**[16:29] ---**
You're pretty cruel, huh?
How can you make that little girl
**[16:33] ---**
keep running away
into the darkness like that?
**[16:36] ---**
Wouldn't she be happier
if she were killed alongside you?
**[16:40] ---**
As long as I go pick
her up, there's no problem.
**[16:43] ---**
That's why I won't die.
**[16:44] ---**
Oh, how fun. On the other hand,
will you be able to say the same,
**[16:49] ---**
once I turn your
internal organs to fleshy juice?
**[16:52] ---**
Well, *you* are my target, after all.
**[16:55] ---**
So long as you don't run,
that will really help me out!
**[17:14] ---**
Y-You're joking, right...?
**[17:16] ---**
Joking? Yeah, of course.
**[17:19] ---**
Trying out some new material.
**[17:26] ---**
Sorry about that. Do you even
know who you've made an enemy of?
**[17:41] ---**
Isn't that nice of you?
**[17:43] ---**
Are you sure you shouldn't
be worrying about yourself?
**[17:47] ---**
Why, you...
**[17:50] ---**
What's the point of
getting all heated up *now*?
**[17:53] ---**
You *do* know what's going
on in Academy City now, right?
**[17:56] ---**
Get a clue as
to how valuable you are!
**[17:59] ---**
My only objective is you,
Kamijo Toma.
**[18:02] ---**
Anything else is icing on the cake.
**[18:04] ---**
Even the List of Prohibited Books
is insignificant compared to you.
**[18:09] ---**
You are without a doubt an enemy
of the Roman Orthodox Church now.
**[18:12] ---**
And we use whatever means
are necessary to defeat our enemies.
**[18:16] ---**
Even if it means wiping
out the entire nation of Japan.
**[18:20] ---**
As you can see, it is personally
signed by the Roman pope himself.
**[18:24] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[18:25] ---**
Did it sound like
I was kidding? Well then,
**[18:28] ---**
I will now kill every
single person in this shop!
**[18:32] ---**
Stop!
**[18:33] ---**
And away it goes!
**[18:37] ---**
This is Vera.
**[18:38] ---**
Status report, over.
**[18:43] ---**
Damn.
**[18:53] ---**
Nancy!
**[19:09] ---**
Damn...
**[19:14] ---**
What's that?
A side effect of the magic?
**[19:27] ---**
Miss Shirai!
**[19:28] ---**
Which bento box do you want?
**[19:31] ---**
There's Chinese *donburi* or fish here.
**[19:32] ---**
Right about now, Sissy and that rotten troglodyte
**[19:36] ---**
are enjoying the
city nightlife together...
**[19:39] ---**
Oh! It's time for
"Sudden Variety." The TV, the TV...
**[19:44] ---**
Who cares?!
**[19:45] ---**
"Intruder Disturbance in Academy City"
**[19:46] ---**
Currently, there is word of an intruder disturbance in Academy City.
**[19:50] ---**
Accompanying this is word
**[19:50] ---**
"Intruder Disturbance in Academy City"
**[19:51] ---**
that there has been damage extending all across Academy City.
**[19:55] ---**
Ah, we are receiving footage now.
**[19:55] ---**
"Intruder Disturbance Strikes Academy City"
**[19:59] ---**
"One moment please"
**[20:00] ---**
Did we get any reports
about what we just saw?
**[20:04] ---**
Then again, if one person really
did overpower Antiskill,
**[20:08] ---**
that intruder has a
considerable risk factor.
**[20:12] ---**
If it really does get out of hand,
Antiskill will request backup.
**[20:16] ---**
Until then, we'll work
on as much paperwork as--
**[20:20] ---**
Uiharu?
**[20:27] ---**
That ought to shake
off their sense of smell.
**[20:47] ---**
Him, huh?
**[20:52] ---**
Help me! Take me into protective custody!
**[20:56] ---**
In your face! I'm saved!
**[20:59] ---**
If you try anything, your relationship
**[21:01] ---**
with that brat you tried so
hard to protect will be through!
**[21:14] ---**
W-What?!
**[21:17] ---**
Wait! Wait a second, Accelerator!
**[21:20] ---**
Spare me--
**[21:24] ---**
G-Get away from that man!
**[21:38] ---**
This is a real scene of carnage.
**[21:45] ---**
So that's it.
**[21:46] ---**
This is how they were planning
to attack Academy City, is it?
**[21:51] ---**
They're going to impale each
and every incapacitated person.
**[22:01] ---**
That's no good, huh?
**[22:06] ---**
Aiho!
**[22:08] ---**
School District 5,
**[22:10] ---**
based on testimony at the
scene and databank cross-referencing,
**[22:14] ---**
the following person is wanted
as the primary person of interest
**[22:16] ---**
in a case of attempted murder.
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
People are collapsing left and right.
**[23:57] ---**
Accelerator roars at the unrest
spreading through Academy City.
**[24:00] ---**
And then, giant wings
dance across the skies.
**[24:02] ---**
Could those actually be...?
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Testament."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
# 45 - Testament (Learning Device)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:30] ---**
Three is for heaven, four is for earth,
**[00:33] ---**
and twelve represents the whole world.
**[00:36] ---**
By attaching meaning to specific numbers,
**[00:38] ---**
you yield units on
a grand scale, is that it?
**[00:42] ---**
It's a clever procedure, but it
is not from the church of the cross.
**[00:46] ---**
The theory is from ancient Greece,
BCE, from the Pythagorean order.
**[00:50] ---**
Since when did
you guys ever acknowledge
**[00:52] ---**
the world before
the Son of God was born?
**[01:06] ---**
A drawn-out battle
is not to my advantage.
**[01:18] ---**
It's such a shame!
**[01:20] ---**
Whenever I see such a fine-spun spell,
**[01:23] ---**
I hate to have to destroy it!
**[01:29] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[01:35] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:35] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[01:35] ---**
*You are my ideal*
**[01:38] ---**
*You are me*
**[01:42] ---**
*There was a bird that could
not fly any farther than this*
**[01:47] ---**
*It rebuked the blue skies
on fine, flawless wings*
**[01:53] ---**
*This place is not that bad*
**[01:55] ---**
*That sky is not that high*
**[01:58] ---**
*This place is not that good*
**[02:05] ---**
*Afraid of the speed
it would feel in its body*
**[02:10] ---**
*Everybody has a chance,*
**[02:13] ---**
*but they cannot go any farther*
**[02:16] ---**
*The truth is they
cannot take flight*
**[02:19] ---**
*The truth is they
want to take flight*
**[02:22] ---**
*Right now, beyond the wish
I want to make come true*
**[02:28] ---**
*you shine*
**[02:29] ---**
*In my eyes I picture you*
**[02:35] ---**
*"Standing in the future,
always strong,"*
**[02:38] ---**
*and that "you" is me*
**[02:41] ---**
*You are still blindingly bright*
**[02:47] ---**
*but in the same spirit,
I reach out my hand*
**[02:50] ---**
*and the "I" who I am will
someday grab hold to become*
**[02:54] ---**
*the you that I will be*
**[02:59] ---**
#21 Testament (Learning Device)
**[03:05] ---**
If those guys show up again...
**[03:10] ---**
I have less than four
minutes of ability mode left.
**[03:22] ---**
I'm at least gonna bring
that kid out of the darkness.
**[03:30] ---**
The whole building is clear.
There's nobody here.
**[03:34] ---**
According to the report,
due to the threat of terrorist activity,
**[03:37] ---**
they had the staff and
patients temporarily evacuate.
**[03:41] ---**
They're onto us, huh?
**[03:43] ---**
That's not good.
**[03:49] ---**
Any chance it's a trap?
**[03:51] ---**
No, I can't spot any wires or infrared.
**[04:02] ---**
Took you long enough, didn't it?
**[04:05] ---**
Heaven Canceller?
**[04:07] ---**
There's no time, so I'll keep this brief.
**[04:09] ---**
Leave Kihara behind,
and get yourselves out of there.
**[04:12] ---**
Otherwise,
your lives will be in danger.
**[04:15] ---**
Are you serious?
**[04:17] ---**
Accelerator is
going to come down on you.
**[04:20] ---**
Right now, he is
not holding back one bit.
**[04:23] ---**
You must not run
into Accelerator. That is all.
**[04:27] ---**
Ha, you're talking nonsense.
**[04:31] ---**
I see. Then, don't get killed.
**[04:34] ---**
As long as you
don't die, I'll save you.
**[04:46] ---**
Currently, we are receiving
reports from all over the country
**[04:50] ---**
of people suddenly
losing consciousness.
**[04:52] ---**
According to police,
they are hurrying to identify the cause,
**[04:56] ---**
but this is not just happening in Japan,
as there are reports of cases overseas, as well.
**[04:59] ---**
Which means it's spreading
over there, as well.
**[05:02] ---**
As long as Academy City came under
our control, that's all we needed.
**[05:14] ---**
Last Order?! No, is it Kihara?
**[05:20] ---**
Thank goodness! I finally got through!
**[05:23] ---**
I've heard this voice before somewhere.
**[05:25] ---**
I've just been dialing all of the
numbers in Last Order's cell phone.
**[05:30] ---**
You're the only one who answered.
**[05:32] ---**
Maybe you don't know what
the situation is, but I need your help.
**[05:35] ---**
She's in danger!
**[05:38] ---**
What *is* the situation?
**[05:41] ---**
You got split up
at the restaurant, right?
**[05:43] ---**
I'll take over recovering her now.
You get rid of that cell phone,
**[05:47] ---**
and go back to being a regular guy.
**[05:49] ---**
What are you talking about?!
I'm helping out with this, of course!
**[05:54] ---**
You go to that huge
bridge in School District 7.
**[05:57] ---**
We set that up as a rendezvous
point in case anything happened.
**[06:01] ---**
If she's still on
the run, she'll go there.
**[06:03] ---**
Yeah, all right!
**[06:05] ---**
Things are kind of off
here in Academy City today.
**[06:08] ---**
We've got weirdos
coming in from outside the city,
**[06:11] ---**
while Antiskill and others in
the city are dropping like flies.
**[06:15] ---**
This attack is fairly indiscriminate,
so you watch out, too!
**[06:19] ---**
Tch, what a pain.
**[06:23] ---**
Sorry about this.
**[06:25] ---**
I never should have let her go alone.
**[06:29] ---**
I could say the same.
I left the kid alone, myself.
**[06:34] ---**
We've lost contact
with multiple other squads.
**[06:37] ---**
It's possible that...
**[06:38] ---**
They either ran away,
or they're dead.
**[06:41] ---**
Either way, I'll have to
collect their hearts afterward.
**[06:44] ---**
Have you recovered the
group we sent out as decoys
**[06:47] ---**
when that woman got in our way?
**[06:49] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[06:50] ---**
There was some kind of power at work,
**[06:52] ---**
and the oxygen levels inside
their bodies had dropped extremely low.
**[06:55] ---**
Artificially-induced asphyxia?
Tsk, this is that woman's doing.
**[07:02] ---**
Damn it, it's because of her that our...
**[07:08] ---**
Hey!
**[07:09] ---**
It can't be!
**[07:11] ---**
That creep. How the hell is she targeting?
**[07:15] ---**
No, it couldn't be. Unscientifically?
**[07:19] ---**
Enough! We're still
gonna do what we're gonna do.
**[07:23] ---**
Is the Testament rig ready?
**[07:25] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[07:28] ---**
Right here.
**[07:38] ---**
That... belongs to her...!
**[07:48] ---**
How you doing, Accelerator?
**[07:52] ---**
What do you want, Kihara?
**[07:56] ---**
Tell me, did a snippet of
the kid's shirt drop around there?
**[08:00] ---**
If not, keep looking for it.
I left it there on purpose.
**[08:05] ---**
I've gotta say, though,
Testament is really something else, huh?
**[08:09] ---**
It ain't normal to cram a
virus right into a person's head.
**[08:16] ---**
So, what kind of reaction
are you expecting from me?
**[08:19] ---**
Huh?
**[08:20] ---**
Is holding my sides
and laughing the right answer,
**[08:23] ---**
my little masochist?
**[08:25] ---**
Hey, you, have you lost the
capacity to evaluate the situation?
**[08:29] ---**
What about you?
Why don't you kill the kid?
**[08:33] ---**
I mean, the folks who
hired you didn't give you some
**[08:37] ---**
tear-jerking line about
recovering her unharmed, right?
**[08:41] ---**
And yet all the same,
what is it with you quaking in your boots,
**[08:44] ---**
unable to lay a finger on her?
**[08:47] ---**
I'll kill her.
**[08:49] ---**
Yeah, sure.
**[08:52] ---**
Given that bastard's personality,
after everything I said to him,
**[08:55] ---**
he'd have plucked one
of her eyes out, at least.
**[08:59] ---**
But since he hasn't, that means...
**[09:02] ---**
Well, well, that clinches
it--he's a full-fledged errand boy.
**[09:07] ---**
A backer powerful enough
to keep even Kihara in check.
**[09:10] ---**
It couldn't be...
Academy City itself?
**[09:13] ---**
If so, it's the governing board.
If I look into them... Ha!
**[09:18] ---**
Hey, now, this is awesome.
Just like that, I'm making headway.
**[09:26] ---**
Don't you screw with me!
**[09:29] ---**
Take *me* lightly, will you?!
**[10:07] ---**
Hmm... There seems to be
some kind of commotion out front.
**[10:12] ---**
The deployment of the
Imaginary Number School District,
**[10:15] ---**
Five-Element Agency, employing
AIM diffusion fields, is complete.
**[10:19] ---**
If any magic is invoked
here within Academy City,
**[10:23] ---**
that magician will run
out of control and self-destruct.
**[10:27] ---**
Vento of the Front, was it?
You are no exception to that.
**[10:33] ---**
At our current output, we are
unable to envelop the whole world.
**[10:38] ---**
But, with the inclusion
of Fuse=KAZAKIRI,
**[10:41] ---**
the shoe will soon be on the other foot.
**[10:55] ---**
What exactly is this?
**[10:57] ---**
I've started sensing
some unidentified presence.
**[11:00] ---**
And it's still expanding.
**[11:07] ---**
Why, you...
**[11:08] ---**
What are you doing here?!
**[11:10] ---**
Have you come
here just so I could kill you?
**[11:20] ---**
What have you done with Last Order?!
**[11:22] ---**
Last Order, you say?
I don't know what you're talking about!
**[11:28] ---**
What?
**[11:35] ---**
Vento, are you...?
**[11:35] ---**
I get it. This is the Imaginary
Number School District,
**[11:38] ---**
Five-Element Agency in full view.
**[11:40] ---**
I'll deal with small potatoes like you later.
**[11:43] ---**
Mess with us, will you?
**[11:45] ---**
You have such a low opinion of
us that you'd go this far?!
**[11:55] ---**
She disappeared.
**[11:59] ---**
What is it that she saw?
**[12:06] ---**
You're kidding... right?
**[12:08] ---**
Deployment of Imaginary Number
School District, Five-Element Agency
**[12:12] ---**
commencing. Authenticating code
for host individual, Last Order.
**[12:16] ---**
Fuse=KAZAKIRI will now emerge.
**[12:20] ---**
All personnel, please be
ready for unexpected shocks.
**[12:37] ---**
It couldn't be...
**[12:39] ---**
An angel?!
**[12:40] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[12:46] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[13:00] ---**
It's too dangerous to stay here.
But then, where is Last Order?
**[13:06] ---**
Damn it!
**[13:11] ---**
Listen, I'm at the bridge,
but Last Order isn't here. Any luck?
**[13:17] ---**
What are you, an idiot?
**[13:19] ---**
Don't believe the lie I told you.
**[13:23] ---**
I should have the kid's
location pinned down soon.
**[13:26] ---**
At the very least, she's nowhere
you can find running around.
**[13:29] ---**
I'll take it from here.
You go on home now.
**[13:34] ---**
You see those
wings of light too, right?
**[13:39] ---**
I have to go stop that angel.
**[13:42] ---**
So it really will be hard
for me to work with you now.
**[13:46] ---**
I don't care.
**[13:49] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[13:51] ---**
Don't get yourself killed.
**[13:52] ---**
Right back at you.
**[14:02] ---**
So he's finally gone
and used it, huh? That bastard.
**[14:06] ---**
Does he really mean
to exterminate the enemy?
**[14:10] ---**
Signal confirmed
from host individual #20001.
**[14:13] ---**
Danger level 5 estimated.
Misaka 10032 rejects.
**[14:18] ---**
Rejection denied.
Accepting signal on channels R, V, and Y.
**[14:22] ---**
Heavy load on thought functions.
**[14:25] ---**
Rejection denied.
**[14:27] ---**
We will do all we can
without opposing the order.
**[14:31] ---**
If, as a result, it leads to us
dispelling this critical situation...
**[14:40] ---**
Thomas Platinaburg...
**[14:43] ---**
One of the twelve members
of the governing board...
**[14:48] ---**
Operation code name "Angel."
In order to quell an unknown threat,
**[14:53] ---**
Last Order will be recovered,
and a virus overwritten to counter it.
**[14:58] ---**
They can't be serious.
**[15:01] ---**
Which means, the kid must still be alive.
**[15:06] ---**
Kihara, you bastard,
where are you hiding?
**[15:13] ---**
What's going on here?
**[15:16] ---**
Hey!
**[15:17] ---**
What are you doing out here?!
**[15:19] ---**
Let me go!
**[15:20] ---**
I have to go! Hyoka is over there!
**[15:23] ---**
Hyoka?
**[15:28] ---**
No, you can't Toma!
**[15:30] ---**
Don't kill Hyoka!
**[15:33] ---**
Index? Misaka?
**[15:38] ---**
This way!
**[15:39] ---**
Huh?!
**[15:41] ---**
Please, Toma! Don't go over there!
**[15:45] ---**
I'm sure the angel
over there has to be Hyoka!
**[15:49] ---**
That's... Kazakiri?
**[15:51] ---**
I don't understand
the theory behind it myself,
**[15:54] ---**
but Toma, you're the
last one who can get involved!
**[15:57] ---**
If you touch Hyoka, she'll vanish!
**[16:00] ---**
I'll figure out what to do
about Hyoka, so you stay out of this!
**[16:04] ---**
I can't.
**[16:07] ---**
I'm going to stop her.
Besides, she's not the only matter at hand.
**[16:11] ---**
But Toma, if you use
your right hand, Hyoka will die!
**[16:15] ---**
I won't let her!
**[16:17] ---**
I'm going in there
to save her, not to kill her.
**[16:21] ---**
Does that look like Kazakiri
normally does? No, of course not!
**[16:25] ---**
So we have to go help her, don't we?!
**[16:28] ---**
Let's go, Index. I'm going to
need your help to save Kazakiri.
**[16:36] ---**
I don't know what this is about,
**[16:39] ---**
but you've gotten yourself caught
up in a huge problem again, huh?
**[16:43] ---**
So, there's an acquaintance
of yours at the center of that thing?
**[16:47] ---**
Not an acquaintance. A friend.
**[16:51] ---**
I just want to confirm one thing--
they're not evil, right?
**[16:55] ---**
Absolutely not. Like Index said,
that's our friend in there.
**[17:02] ---**
Your friend, huh?
**[17:04] ---**
So, that means *they're* the bad guys, right?
**[17:07] ---**
Well, so it goes.
**[17:08] ---**
I'll do what I can.
**[17:11] ---**
You're...
**[17:12] ---**
Sorry, sorry.
**[17:13] ---**
I'm starting without giving
you the chance to stop me!
**[17:20] ---**
W-What the...?
**[17:24] ---**
Misaka!
**[17:25] ---**
The penalty game!
**[17:27] ---**
It's still in effect for the rest of the day.
**[17:30] ---**
You have to go rescue your
friend and come back here. Got it?
**[17:35] ---**
We'll save her, all right!
So don't you go getting killed, either!
**[17:42] ---**
Right now, I am in an extremely foul mood!
**[17:45] ---**
Say, Toma,
**[17:47] ---**
you've been quiet this last
while because of that magician, right?
**[17:51] ---**
That's right. I want to know
how that attack of hers works.
**[17:55] ---**
And if there's a
way to reverse it, that too.
**[17:57] ---**
It's probably Divine Retribution.
**[18:00] ---**
What did you say?
**[18:01] ---**
A certain emotion is the key.
Those who experience this emotion
**[18:05] ---**
bring others down,
regardless of location or range.
**[18:08] ---**
That's why it's Divine Retribution.
**[18:10] ---**
Toma, did this magician
give any indications of that?
**[18:14] ---**
Like she was inducing a specific
emotion more than was necessary?
**[18:18] ---**
Specific emotion?
**[18:20] ---**
Disgust... No, hostility, or animosity.
**[18:24] ---**
You mean, that's the key
to making her magic work?
**[18:28] ---**
Mm-hmm. No matter what stage it's at,
**[18:30] ---**
I don't think they can ever
recover until the magician decides
**[18:33] ---**
that the Divine Retribution
is no longer needed.
**[18:35] ---**
Then, what about the
way Kazakiri's angel works?
**[18:39] ---**
Hey, she'll be all right, won't she?
**[18:40] ---**
I don't know! There is some
magic that appears to be similar,
**[18:44] ---**
but all the parts she's using
are crazy stuff I've never seen before.
**[18:49] ---**
At the very least, I do know
that the angel that's over there
**[18:52] ---**
and the core that is directing
it are in two different places.
**[18:57] ---**
Kazakiri is on the
side of science, after all.
**[19:03] ---**
What is it, Toma?
**[19:05] ---**
Damn, she's not answering.
**[19:08] ---**
Is there anyone besides
Miss Komoe that would understand this?
**[19:14] ---**
Misaka!
**[19:16] ---**
W-What?!
**[19:18] ---**
I want to stop that angel somehow.
You're the only one who can help!
**[19:23] ---**
Hey, Misaka, did you get shot?!
**[19:25] ---**
N-No, I didn't.
**[19:27] ---**
You know, having me think
about something else while fighting--
**[19:30] ---**
you really are ruthless.
**[19:32] ---**
All right, Index, anything
you don't understand, ask her.
**[19:36] ---**
Huh?
**[19:38] ---**
Ha-ha, hey, this is awesome.
What the hell is it?
**[19:42] ---**
Damn, you are off your rocker, Aleister.
**[19:45] ---**
Does the man even know what reason is?
**[19:48] ---**
What kind of scientist is
it that calls themselves a scientist,
**[19:51] ---**
and then disavows science?
**[19:53] ---**
Look, you guys!
**[19:54] ---**
Since when was
the Bible a pop-up book--
**[19:56] ---**
Huh?
**[20:02] ---**
Ki-ha-ra!!
**[20:08] ---**
Go on, shoot straight.
**[20:11] ---**
Otherwise,
you're just wasting everyone's time!
**[20:21] ---**
D-Don't move!
**[20:34] ---**
That was so cool!
I think I'm falling in love, Accelerator!
**[20:40] ---**
Now then,
**[20:41] ---**
it's time to scrap you,
**[20:44] ---**
you son of a bitch!
**[21:02] ---**
Kazakiri...
**[21:03] ---**
Kazakiri!!
**[21:07] ---**
Kazakiri!
**[21:13] ---**
Kaza--
**[21:17] ---**
Damn it!
**[21:20] ---**
Well, well...
**[21:22] ---**
Were the two heinous sinners
about to lick each other's wounds?
**[21:27] ---**
And here I was planning
to save you until afterward,
**[21:31] ---**
but you show up
here just to be killed.
**[21:36] ---**
You don't want
to witness any more misery,
**[21:38] ---**
so you want to be
the first one I crush, is that it?
**[21:41] ---**
I won't let you hurt Kazakiri.
**[21:42] ---**
As a member of the Right Seat of God,
**[21:46] ---**
I cannot turn a blind eye to that monster.
**[21:49] ---**
That thing is a mass of sacrilege,
brought about by science,
**[21:53] ---**
sneering at everyone
who holds up the cross!
**[21:56] ---**
You take that back!
**[21:59] ---**
Okay, fine. I'll be nice and kill you.
**[22:02] ---**
Together with that fallen angel there!
**[22:05] ---**
Like I'd let you. She's already
going through all this as it is,
**[22:09] ---**
and now, you want her to die
at the hands of someone like you,
**[22:13] ---**
who treats her like she's a monster?
**[22:15] ---**
You can kiss my ass!
**[22:18] ---**
What the hell do you take my friend for?!
**[22:47] ---**
*At a certain world's center,*
**[22:50] ---**
*I whispered that it
was okay to be alone*
**[22:52] ---**
*I bent back the hands on the clock*
**[22:55] ---**
*and kept my eyes closed*
**[23:03] ---**
*You can't turn back time that has passed*
**[23:09] ---**
*but on that day, you showed me*
**[23:12] ---**
*that that's how it should be*
**[23:17] ---**
*The miracle of you being
there as the seasons roll around*
**[23:22] ---**
*makes even the
broken clock start up again*
**[23:28] ---**
*Right now, yeah, I may
be a helpless piece of junk*
**[23:34] ---**
*but it's funny how
I feel like I can change that*
**[23:39] ---**
*All because your voice is still here*
**[23:44] ---**
*for me, even now*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
The fight on every front intensifies.
**[23:59] ---**
What is the answer
Index derives amidst the chaos
**[24:01] ---**
created by magic and science?
**[24:03] ---**
Next time,
"The Divine Retribution Spell."
**[24:05] ---**
When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
# 46 - The Divine Retribution Spell
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:30] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[00:35] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[00:36] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[00:36] ---**
*You are my ideal*
**[00:39] ---**
*You are me*
**[00:42] ---**
*Kore ijou tooku made
tobenai tori ga ita*
**[00:48] ---**
*Kizu mo nai rippa na
hane de aozora wo najitta*
**[00:54] ---**
*Kono basho mo warukunai*
**[00:56] ---**
*Ano sora wa takakunai*
**[00:59] ---**
*Kono basho mo yoku wa nai*
**[01:06] ---**
*Karada de kanjiru sokudo wo osorete'ru*
**[01:11] ---**
*Dare ni demo chansu wa moteru*
**[01:14] ---**
*sono saki e yukenai*
**[01:17] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitatenai*
**[01:20] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitachitai*
**[01:23] ---**
*Ima kanaetai negai
no mukou de kagayaku*
**[01:29] ---**
*kimi ga iru*
**[01:30] ---**
*Hitomi ni utsusu*
**[01:36] ---**
*"Mirai ni tatte itsumo tsuyokute"*
**[01:39] ---**
*sonna kimi ga boku sa*
**[01:42] ---**
*Kimi wa mada mabushii kedo*
**[01:48] ---**
*onaji kimochi de kono te nobashite*
**[01:51] ---**
*itsuka tsukamu genjitsu no boku ga*
**[01:55] ---**
*kimi ni naru yo*
**[02:01] ---**
#22 The Divine Retribution Spell
**[02:04] ---**
I'm down to sixty
seconds of control time.
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As long as I kill this guy,
it will all be over.
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I can't go back
down the path of light now.
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So just think about taking Kihara
down to hell with you now!
**[02:23] ---**
You dirty punk,
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how dare you come
stand before me like this!
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What's the matter, kid?
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I thought you were
here to save the girl.
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Damn you...
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Tell me, do you think you're
super cool to be doing this?
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Facing off all alone
against some giant evil,
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dashing in to rescue
the pitiful, captive little girl?
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Do you think that makes
up for everything else
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you've done in your life?
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You'll wallow in
mud your whole life.
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Damn it all,
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I know that.
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I know I'm stuck in
the mud my whole life.
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That's not what I'm after.
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You and I are the only
ones who have to go to hell.
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Don't go dragging
the kid down along with us!
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You filthy bastard!
**[04:00] ---**
You're starting to become a pain.
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Swinging around
that vile right hand of yours,
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protecting that nauseating
angel like you are.
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How much are you going to crack
me up before you're happy?!
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Oh, come off it!
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What, you think your point of
view is the only one in the world?
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Why won't you accept that there
are others who aren't like you?!
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I hate science!
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I detest science!
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I hate this sort of science!
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I detest the kind of science
that just let my brother die!
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Someone's there?
**[04:53] ---**
Hold on!
**[04:55] ---**
What?
**[05:03] ---**
Kazakiri!
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This is all science is!
And you're one of them!
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You don't find that disgusting?!
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Ha! When your battery dies,
you're just an immobile piece of junk.
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What do you think about how
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you fought back that squad of--
**[05:45] ---**
Why, you...!
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What... the...?
**[06:18] ---**
Kazakiri...
**[06:32] ---**
Y-You hypocrite!
What do you think you're doing?!
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This is too much!
**[06:43] ---**
Day after day, I keep
saying it's "just my luck,"
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but given all this,
I'm plenty fortunate, you know?
**[06:49] ---**
Yeah?
**[06:51] ---**
W-What are...
What are you even talking about?
**[06:55] ---**
Just you wait, Kazakiri. Index is
taking action right now to save you.
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She is, after all, your friend.
She is going to come through.
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Just relax.
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In the meantime, I'll make sure...
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...to keep things in check here!
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Don't you screw with me,
you gimpy bastard!
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Wha--? Damn!
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You filthy little punk!
**[08:01] ---**
Mess with me, will you?!
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Damn it, let go!
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Damn, that's right.
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If he can't use his ability,
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then that means my
"countermeasure" doesn't work anymore.
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Damn. Just killing him isn't enough.
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I have to take the meaning
of his death away from him.
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But how do I do that?
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Look at this!
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It's the original script of the
virus that was input into her brain!
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Without this, there's not
a chance of saving the girl!
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In your face! Kick yourself
over that, you filthy punk!
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I've destroyed everything
that is most important to you!
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There isn't anything
you can make right anymore!
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And now, it's your turn.
**[09:08] ---**
Start questioning whether
or not there's a heaven,
**[09:10] ---**
or whatever other drivel
you want to now!
**[09:16] ---**
Huh?
**[09:18] ---**
There she is!
**[09:21] ---**
It's her!
**[09:26] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
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I've got her.
**[09:51] ---**
Vento avoided letting me grab
onto her hammer with my right hand.
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Which means that
it can cancel the thing out.
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So then...
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It looks like letting you get too
close doesn't gain me anything.
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As long as I don't have to
worry about anything around me,
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I can go all-out, too.
**[10:11] ---**
Ha! You almost make it sound
like that monster is helping you out!
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Not "sound like,"
she really *is* helping me out!
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Dream on!
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This is the best you can do!
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Don't go selling the
Right Seat of God short!
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Damn!
**[10:49] ---**
Vento!
**[10:53] ---**
What's the idiotic outcry for?
**[10:57] ---**
You've thrown in with
the side of science, right?
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With the appearance of that angel,
**[11:03] ---**
a coercive spell pressure
took effect over this whole region.
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It's causing what might be
called a magic circulatory failure.
**[11:11] ---**
Aleister sure came
up with a repulsive trick!
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You dumbass!
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What possible reason could
you have to fight through all this?!
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Don't feed me that hollow line!
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Yikes... I couldn't dodge that...
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Ha, now you need rescuing, don't you?
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Forgive me, but I'm pressed for time, too.
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I'll see to it that you
get sent to the hospital!
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Shut up! I'll never again
turn myself over to science!
**[11:45] ---**
My younger brother
was killed through science.
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What?
**[11:50] ---**
It was because of a glitch
at an amusement park attraction.
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They said that scientifically,
there was no chance of any trouble.
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It had multiple layers of safety devices,
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and a fully-automated
speed control program.
**[12:04] ---**
They laid out all these
reassuring words for us,
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but the truth is,
they didn't do any good at all!
**[12:10] ---**
You mean...
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The same was true when we
were taken to the hospital afterward.
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They were unable to find
enough blood for two transfusions,
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so the doctors said they
could only save one of our lives.
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My brother said, "Please save my sister."
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And so, only I survived.
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Surprised?
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How can a member of the Right
Seat of God fight over such a reason?
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But you see, I despise science
so much that I will even use
**[12:40] ---**
the Right Seat
of God to bring it down.
**[12:44] ---**
Science not only
deprives us of our way,
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it even takes the Bible, which we
take to be the means of salvation,
**[12:50] ---**
and tries to smear it
with blasphemy such as this.
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This is what the essence of science is!
All it does is hamper us!
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That's why I hate and detest science!
**[13:02] ---**
If science is as cold as that,
then I'll smash it all to pieces,
**[13:07] ---**
and fill the world
with a warmer set of laws!
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That's my duty, for having
squandered my brother's future!
**[13:16] ---**
You've got to be kidding me.
**[13:17] ---**
What?
**[13:19] ---**
The hell science killed your brother.
**[13:21] ---**
Of course those doctors never
wanted your brother to die to begin with.
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Of course they wanted to save both of you!
**[13:29] ---**
That goes for the attraction
where you had the accident, too.
**[13:32] ---**
It's not like they were
running it to hurt people.
**[13:35] ---**
They wanted to bring
smiles to people's faces!
**[13:37] ---**
Shut up!
**[13:39] ---**
Your brother knew exactly the
situation he had been placed in,
**[13:43] ---**
but he still wanted
you to survive, didn't he?
**[13:47] ---**
Do you think someone
like that would say
**[13:50] ---**
that he wanted to
take revenge against science?
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Someone who wanted more
than anyone else for you to be happy?!
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I told you to shut up!
**[14:02] ---**
You think the view of a
little child on the verge of death
**[14:04] ---**
carries any value?!
**[14:06] ---**
If there wasn't enough blood,
they should have given it to my brother!
**[14:10] ---**
If they had to,
they could have used *my* blood, too!
**[14:13] ---**
Yes, it did have value.
**[14:16] ---**
It's precisely because
your brother made his decision
**[14:19] ---**
that you are here, alive, now, right?
**[14:21] ---**
So then it *did* have value!
**[14:24] ---**
You're the one who has
to understand the value it had
**[14:27] ---**
more than anyone, aren't you?
**[14:30] ---**
Don't be ridiculous!
You think that's any comfort?!
**[14:33] ---**
I consumed his whole future!
**[14:35] ---**
Could you shout out the same thing
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to someone else in
the exact same situation?!
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Because I couldn't!
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That's why I refute it!
The life you're living is wrong!
**[14:46] ---**
Your brother did the most amazing
thing in the world back there.
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And you're here disgracing that?!
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Are you going to waste what
he said by going to your grave,
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hating science the whole time?!
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Hmph, that's a laugh.
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I'm the one who chose this path.
**[15:05] ---**
There's no way that you,
who just heard the story right here,
**[15:08] ---**
can twist what happened so easily!
**[15:25] ---**
The crisis that both
Academy City and Kazakiri are in...
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...as well as the hatred for
science that holds Vento captive...
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...are illusions that I'm now
going to smash all at once!
**[15:37] ---**
Compared to what your brother did,
this may not be any big deal,
**[15:41] ---**
but it will save you just a little bit.
Now go back and start over!
**[15:46] ---**
You big dumbass!
**[16:07] ---**
Those men from before.
Do they have something to do with her?
**[16:12] ---**
Huh? Heh...
**[16:17] ---**
Hey!
**[16:19] ---**
Hey, what do you want?
I'm working here.
**[16:26] ---**
Hey, just a minute!
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Don't go trying anything with her!
**[16:31] ---**
This girl is at the
core of everything, all right.
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Based on angel architecture,
but made of formless telesma,
**[16:37] ---**
all tucked away inside
a human-shaped pouch.
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But I don't know how
to move forward from here.
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Short-hair, a question!
**[16:47] ---**
You call me Miss Mikoto!
**[16:49] ---**
So, what's your question?
**[16:53] ---**
What's an electronic network
that utilizes brainwaves?
**[16:57] ---**
Huh? Let's see...
Electricity-generating espers
**[17:01] ---**
can use identical brainwaves
to construct an EM network, I guess.
**[17:05] ---**
Then, what does it mean
that there's an AIM diffusion field
**[17:10] ---**
spread out across Academy City?
**[17:12] ---**
It's the power field naturally
generated by Academy City's espers.
**[17:18] ---**
So she's saying that there's
a special power that fills the city,
**[17:21] ---**
and that it's this girl that administers it.
**[17:24] ---**
By restricting her mind,
they're just twisting that special power
**[17:28] ---**
to create the "angel." In that case...
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All we have to do is
untie the "knot" inside her head.
**[17:35] ---**
But to turn that idea into
a specific measure will take...
**[17:42] ---**
...a song.
**[17:44] ---**
It conveys things
better than simply words.
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You filthy punk! I'll show you!
**[17:47] ---**
Using rhythm and tone,
we can communicate on multiple levels.
**[17:51] ---**
Hold on, you mean you can do
something in such an analog way?
**[17:54] ---**
Yes I can. A prayer will get through.
**[17:58] ---**
Our prayer is going to save them all.
**[18:01] ---**
This girl,
**[18:03] ---**
and Hyoka, and Academy City.
**[18:09] ---**
What's with you, you bastard?!
**[18:11] ---**
Suddenly starting to move on me!
**[18:43] ---**
Ki... hara...
**[18:51] ---**
Kihara!!
**[18:57] ---**
Ha, this should be good.
**[18:59] ---**
Yeah, of course. If you
were to go down as easily as that,
**[19:03] ---**
it wouldn't be any fun.
**[19:05] ---**
I'm glad you're being so
service-minded, Accelerator.
**[19:09] ---**
I've been pissed off at
you this whole time, as well.
**[19:13] ---**
I'm gonna flatten you good
with my fists before killing you!
**[19:22] ---**
That doesn't hurt me, kid!
**[19:26] ---**
All right, I've found my groove.
**[19:28] ---**
Ha-ha! I'm gonna make
this a little more interesting,
**[19:32] ---**
so show me a little more spunk!
**[19:56] ---**
What's happening?
**[19:57] ---**
What are those black
wings growing out of your back?
**[20:04] ---**
You bastard... Where
are you getting this strength?
**[20:08] ---**
You've acquired a new clearance...
**[20:10] ---**
What value did you enter
in for your Personal Reality?
**[20:15] ---**
Hey, don't tell me that power...
is of the angel variety!
**[20:22] ---**
Do you realize...
**[20:24] ---**
...what's behind you, you monster?
**[20:27] ---**
"Kill..."
**[20:27] ---**
Kill...
**[21:04] ---**
*Hitori de ii to tsubuyaita*
**[21:07] ---**
*to aru sekai no chuushin de*
**[21:10] ---**
*Tokei no hari wo orimagete*
**[21:12] ---**
*hitomi tojite'ta*
**[21:20] ---**
*Sugisatta toki wa modosenai kedo*
**[21:26] ---**
*ano hi oshiete kureta yo ne*
**[21:29] ---**
*sore de ii n' da to*
**[21:34] ---**
*Megurimeguru kisetsu ni kimi ga ita kiseki*
**[21:39] ---**
*kowarete'ta tokei sae ugokidasu kara*
**[21:45] ---**
*Ima wa sou muryoku na garakuta da kedo*
**[21:51] ---**
*fushigi da ne kaerareru sonna ki ga suru*
**[21:56] ---**
*Kimi no koe ga ima mo mada*
**[22:01] ---**
*koko ni aru kara*
**[22:19] ---**
What about Kazakiri?!
**[22:22] ---**
Kazakiri!
**[22:26] ---**
If I touch Kazakiri now, it might
obliterate the real Kazakiri, too.
**[22:42] ---**
Who are you?
**[22:43] ---**
Excuse me.
I have business with the girl here.
**[22:47] ---**
I asked you who you are!
**[22:49] ---**
Acqua of the Rear.
**[22:52] ---**
Like Vento, I am one
of the Right Seat of God.
**[22:57] ---**
Hmph, you need not worry.
This is all for today; I'm heading back.
**[23:02] ---**
Let Vento go!
**[23:04] ---**
Hmph, if I were to let Vento go now,
**[23:08] ---**
and she were captured
by the side of science,
**[23:10] ---**
she would undoubtedly be executed.
**[23:14] ---**
You can have that.
**[23:17] ---**
It is already destroyed by
your right hand. It is just junk now.
**[23:22] ---**
Vento can no longer use divine retribution.
**[23:24] ---**
The people she neutralized
should recover soon.
**[23:28] ---**
Rest easy now,
**[23:29] ---**
knowing that you have preserved
the tranquility of Academy City.
**[23:33] ---**
You think I'm just going to accept that?!
**[23:36] ---**
I'm going to let you in on one thing.
**[23:40] ---**
I am a saint. If you
rush in blindly to fight me,
**[23:44] ---**
you will shorten your life.
**[23:46] ---**
Hey, wait!
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:56] ---**
One battle ends.
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But the footfalls of another,
unprecedented battle
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can clearly be heard
closing in--those of a war.
**[24:03] ---**
Next time, "Prewar."
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When science and magic
cross paths, the story begins.
# 47 - Prewar
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:30] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[00:36] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
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*You are my ideal*
**[00:39] ---**
*You are me*
**[00:42] ---**
*There was a bird that could
not fly any farther than this*
**[00:48] ---**
*It rebuked the blue skies
on fine, flawless wings*
**[00:54] ---**
*This place is not that bad*
**[00:57] ---**
*That sky is not that high*
**[00:59] ---**
*This place is not that good*
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*Afraid of the speed
it would feel in its body*
**[01:12] ---**
*Everybody has a chance,*
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*but they cannot go any farther*
**[01:17] ---**
*The truth is they
cannot take flight*
**[01:20] ---**
*The truth is they
want to take flight*
**[01:23] ---**
*Right now, beyond the wish
I want to make come true*
**[01:29] ---**
*you shine*
**[01:30] ---**
*In my eyes I picture you*
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*"Standing in the future,
always strong,"*
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*and that "you" is me*
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*You are still blindingly bright*
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*but in the same spirit,
I reach out my hand*
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*and the "I" who I am will
someday grab hold to become*
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*the you that I will be*
**[02:00] ---**
"#23 Prewar"
**[02:06] ---**
Kazakiri!
**[02:14] ---**
Kazakiri!
**[02:16] ---**
Kazakiri!
**[02:17] ---**
*We used to take the smiles we always shared for granted*
**[02:22] ---**
Are you coming around?
**[02:25] ---**
Thank goodness. Are you all right?
**[02:25] ---**
*as we walked together in the sunlight shining through the trees*
**[02:28] ---**
This... isn't right...
**[02:34] ---**
How did things end up like this?
**[02:37] ---**
*Just hearing the sound of the word "friends,"*
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This is all because of me, and yet, why am I the only one unhurt?
**[02:42] ---**
If I can't stay with everyone else, then why was I even born?
**[02:45] ---**
*I thought you would be at my side forever*
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Thanks to the power of the espers, I can finally exist as a freak,
**[02:52] ---**
*no matter what happened*
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and now that that girl was nice enough to call me her friend,
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*Because the feelings we always shared*
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I thought I had become at least a little bit more human...
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...but I can't take it anymore!
**[03:04] ---**
Please hit me, and put an end to all of this!
**[03:06] ---**
*are still alive here, I believe in you*
**[03:11] ---**
Why...
**[03:13] ---**
Why are you making that face?
**[03:15] ---**
Because I'm relieved.
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I don't know why I have this power within my right hand.
**[03:19] ---**
*It's my desire to see you again that makes me stronger*
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But if it means obliterating one of my friends,
**[03:27] ---**
I'd rather chop off my right hand right here.
**[03:29] ---**
*through whatever darkness or persistent rains that may come*
**[03:31] ---**
Why...?
**[03:34] ---**
You protected the others, right? You tried to keep everyone safe.
**[03:39] ---**
Is that any different from the person you picture yourself as?
**[03:39] ---**
*If my voice will be carried on*
**[03:43] ---**
Hold your head high, and look ahead.
**[03:44] ---**
*the wind and my prayer will get through*
**[03:46] ---**
After fighting like you did for the sake of complete strangers,
**[03:48] ---**
and managing to pull everyone through,
**[03:50] ---**
*then I'll pray until I am able to get you back*
**[03:52] ---**
there isn't a single reason to hang your head down.
**[03:58] ---**
I'm going to go check around to see if anyone needs any first aid.
**[04:02] ---**
After that, let's head home.
**[04:05] ---**
There's no telling when
you're going to vanish on us.
**[04:08] ---**
Before that happens, we need to
let you and Index meet up.
**[04:13] ---**
And don't go asking why.
**[04:16] ---**
It's because we're friends, of course.
**[04:19] ---**
A-Are you all right?!
**[04:21] ---**
That stuff from your back was
a lot like telesma, but what was it?
**[04:26] ---**
Hey! What ended
up happening over there?!
**[04:29] ---**
It looks like those huge
wings have disappeared, too.
**[04:31] ---**
If you need any help,
I'll head over there.
**[04:34] ---**
I'm going to go call a doctor.
**[04:35] ---**
Hey, hold on!
**[04:42] ---**
Accelerator, I would
like a word. Is that all right?
**[04:46] ---**
Huh?
**[04:47] ---**
Telepathy? And I have a small
amount of computing power back, too.
**[04:52] ---**
That's correct. I made arrangements
for several telepathic espers.
**[04:56] ---**
What do you want?
**[04:58] ---**
I would like to speak to you
about the series of disturbances you made,
**[05:00] ---**
as well as concerning the damage
that Academy City has suffered.
**[05:05] ---**
Are you going to slice me
to pieces for research material?
**[05:09] ---**
That is one path we could take.
**[05:12] ---**
But how would you like
to work together with us?
**[05:16] ---**
Is Academy City trying
to start a war or something?
**[05:19] ---**
I cannot answer that.
**[05:20] ---**
I see. Then there's
only one thing I can say.
**[05:25] ---**
Get bent.
**[05:27] ---**
This is a critical moment
for Academy City.
**[05:30] ---**
We want to try to oppose it,
and we want you to work with us.
**[05:35] ---**
Supposing that Academy City
is completely wiped out,
**[05:38] ---**
is there any other place for us espers?
**[05:41] ---**
And, just as with other skills...
**[05:43] ---**
Tch, just tell me one thing.
**[05:46] ---**
What is that?
**[05:47] ---**
The name of your current ringleader.
**[05:50] ---**
I'm taking the head of the person
who treated the kid like this.
**[05:54] ---**
It doesn't matter to me,
but he will just be a scapegoat.
**[05:58] ---**
You don't say.
**[06:00] ---**
So, what will it be?
**[06:04] ---**
Suit yourself.
**[06:06] ---**
A fine answer.
**[06:08] ---**
I look forward to
working with you, new guy.
**[06:16] ---**
Terra?
**[06:17] ---**
Yes, that's right. Terra of
the Left. Are you finished there?
**[06:21] ---**
Vento has had it.
I just recovered her,
**[06:25] ---**
and had the detached squad in
Academy City's outskirts stand down.
**[06:28] ---**
Good work.
**[06:30] ---**
What's our next move? If you like,
**[06:32] ---**
I've got no problem with
lopping off the target's head.
**[06:37] ---**
Let's not do that.
**[06:38] ---**
I think it's better to wait
until after we hear your full story,
**[06:41] ---**
then reconsider how we're
going to bring down Academy City.
**[06:45] ---**
How we'll bring down Academy City?
**[06:48] ---**
You don't like that idea?
**[06:50] ---**
Cheap tricks aren't my thing.
**[06:52] ---**
Defeating a foe head-on is
obviously the easier way to do it.
**[06:57] ---**
Do you think they
might still have some use?
**[07:00] ---**
Like, say, that fallen angel.
**[07:02] ---**
I do not approve of
plundering the battlefield.
**[07:05] ---**
Leave it to a knight to
say one thing and do another.
**[07:08] ---**
I'm no knight. I'm a
has-been mercenary miscreant.
**[07:13] ---**
Well, whatever, please
bring Vento back here at once.
**[07:17] ---**
Those are the instructions
from Fiamma of the Right.
**[07:22] ---**
Acknowledged.
**[07:24] ---**
Well then, I wonder if
Academy City really is as frail
**[07:27] ---**
as you think it is, Terra of the Left.
**[07:33] ---**
Good morning, Aleister.
There's something I have to say to you.
**[07:38] ---**
What is it?
**[07:40] ---**
I want you to stop treating my
patients as your toys.
**[07:44] ---**
Hmm... And if I don't, what will you do?
**[07:47] ---**
Those are my patients.
And I am their doctor. Do you follow me?
**[07:54] ---**
Having had your life saved by me once...
**[07:57] ---**
Do you regret doing that?
**[07:59] ---**
Is that a serious question?
**[08:02] ---**
I'm not going to stop.
I am already past that point.
**[08:08] ---**
This is goodbye, my kind, kind enemy.
**[08:16] ---**
Lunchtime!
**[08:17] ---**
Let's buy something, quick!
**[08:19] ---**
I'm getting a *yakisoba* sandwich!
**[08:23] ---**
Now see here! No running in the hallways!
**[08:28] ---**
Heh...
**[08:28] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[08:30] ---**
This is an out-of-the-usual day.
**[08:32] ---**
It looks like you brought
something yummy today, too.
**[08:35] ---**
I'm not sharing anything for free.
If you want some, let's trade.
**[08:39] ---**
Himegami, I'm impressed at
how you can still fix a bento lunch
**[08:42] ---**
day in and day out.
**[08:44] ---**
Oh, your broth is
leaking into your rice zone.
**[08:50] ---**
H-Having the broth seep in
like this makes it surprisingly good.
**[08:56] ---**
Sour grapes?
**[08:59] ---**
No! And if you're going to
pull that face, try some taro root!
**[09:08] ---**
Hmm, I guess it's not bad.
**[09:15] ---**
A-Are you all right, Himegami?!
**[09:18] ---**
Huh? What? You want me to rub your back?
**[09:24] ---**
How's that, Himegami?
**[09:27] ---**
Okay, should I do it harder?
**[09:40] ---**
What are you up to?
**[09:42] ---**
Fukiyose...
**[09:46] ---**
Why do you always eat that
bland-looking bread, anyway?
**[09:50] ---**
Hey! It tastes just fine!
**[09:53] ---**
"Ability-boosting bread, with twelve
nutrients for energizing the brain."
**[10:01] ---**
Want some of my taro root?
**[10:05] ---**
Just so you know, I'm wearing
a front-hooking bra today.
**[10:10] ---**
Seriously?
**[10:12] ---**
Once the city's entrance
controls are tightened,
**[10:15] ---**
they said we might
not get any more field trips.
**[10:16] ---**
I wonder if this affects
the Ichihanaran Festival, too.
**[10:19] ---**
Oh, yeah, the Antiskill teachers
are working on the precautions,
**[10:23] ---**
so they say we may not
have to take any midterms.
**[10:25] ---**
Really?
**[10:26] ---**
A war, huh?
**[10:28] ---**
It's just too much,
you know? I mean, if a war starts,
**[10:33] ---**
the price of meats
and vegetables will go up, right?
**[10:36] ---**
Not to mention conventional oil.
**[10:42] ---**
Hey, Kamijo!
**[10:44] ---**
What are you being so quiet about?
**[10:47] ---**
O-Oh, nothing! I was just thinking,
**[10:49] ---**
best if we have some stew pot
or whatever now, while we still can.
**[10:52] ---**
Just so we won't regret
not having eaten it later on.
**[10:55] ---**
Y-Yeah, maybe...
**[10:58] ---**
Huh? Kami, are you
having a stew pot tonight?
**[11:01] ---**
Yeah! If it's *sukiyaki* you want,
I know this great, cheap place!
**[11:05] ---**
What's this? You guys
going someplace tonight?
**[11:07] ---**
We can't let you go hogging
this tasty restaurant all to yourselves.
**[11:10] ---**
Wait, why are we suddenly going out?
**[11:12] ---**
Warming up for the Ichihanaran Festival?
**[11:15] ---**
Majority rule! Majority rule!
**[11:16] ---**
Huh? When did the class decide
we were all going out for supper? Huh?
**[11:20] ---**
M-Miss Fukiyose?
**[11:22] ---**
Good grief!
**[11:28] ---**
Fukiyose with a deluxe forehead?!
**[11:31] ---**
"Tonight's stew pot"
**[11:31] ---**
Okay, I'll look after this for us, so everyone cast your vote!
**[11:37] ---**
Miss Tsukuyomi, I heard you
had taken in yet another runaway girl.
**[11:42] ---**
I've been kind of lonesome
since Himegami moved into the dorms.
**[11:46] ---**
but now that Musujime
is here, everything is fine.
**[11:50] ---**
The ones who were staying
with me just heartlessly moved out.
**[11:57] ---**
It's decided!
**[11:58] ---**
Tonight, it's decided that
we're all going out for *sukiyaki*!
**[12:02] ---**
I'm going to go bring things under control!
**[12:06] ---**
See here! What is all this commotion?!
**[12:09] ---**
Ah, Miss Komoe! Want to eat with us?
**[12:10] ---**
Nice. Always some nuttiness going on.
**[12:16] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[12:19] ---**
Okay then...
**[12:21] ---**
Let's eat!
**[12:34] ---**
We're getting more
**[12:36] ---**
"If war breaks out, Academy
City is not safe, so return my child"
**[12:40] ---**
requests from a lot of the parents.
**[12:43] ---**
Huh? So things have gotten that far?
**[12:46] ---**
Kamijo! What are you
beating that egg so slowly for?!
**[12:50] ---**
Huh?
**[12:51] ---**
Gah! I can't stand it anymore!
Let me have that!
**[12:54] ---**
Wah! What a control freak!
**[12:56] ---**
Kami...
**[12:58] ---**
From what I saw on the menu,
the prices still haven't changed yet.
**[13:02] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[13:04] ---**
Here!
**[13:05] ---**
Oh, thank you.
**[13:07] ---**
But then, the price for them
to stock up could be increasing.
**[13:10] ---**
So you're saying,
eat up while we can, right? Yoink!
**[13:15] ---**
Ah! You're just taking all the meat!
**[13:17] ---**
Toma! I need more meat!
**[13:20] ---**
♪ Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! ♪
**[13:20] ---**
Huh? I haven't eaten a single bite, and you've already...
**[13:30] ---**
War, huh?
**[13:33] ---**
I've got to do something.
**[13:35] ---**
Kami...
**[13:41] ---**
If you think the war that's about
to break out is all because of you,
**[13:45] ---**
you're way off.
**[13:48] ---**
All this time, you've been
protecting those around you.
**[13:52] ---**
I guess, maybe.
**[13:54] ---**
The war is happening because
those behind the scenes screwed up.
**[14:00] ---**
It's starting.
**[14:02] ---**
Yeah.
**[14:03] ---**
The scale of fighting
will change. From now on,
**[14:07] ---**
passing through each phase the
way we've done up to now will be hard.
**[14:11] ---**
Yeah, right. Or more like,
**[14:14] ---**
the fact that we've made it
through up to now is miraculous.
**[14:19] ---**
Everyone has been carrying me up to now.
**[14:22] ---**
I've left everything dealing
with a world I know nothing about
**[14:24] ---**
up to someone else.
But I can't do that anymore.
**[14:30] ---**
I'm going to have to step inside
a new world I've never seen before.
**[14:37] ---**
Tsuchimikado, I've made a decision.
**[14:41] ---**
Kami...
**[14:43] ---**
Yeah. I'm...
**[14:47] ---**
I'm going to start studying English!
**[14:50] ---**
I've tried up as high
as daily conversation level 3,
**[14:54] ---**
but English is just so hard, you know?
**[14:57] ---**
Why does his next phase have to be English?
**[15:00] ---**
Everyone else has been
using Japanese with me up to now,
**[15:03] ---**
but I can't let them
keep coddling me like this.
**[15:06] ---**
So, what it comes down to is...
**[15:14] ---**
W-What was that for...?
**[15:21] ---**
Drill number 42, begin.
**[15:27] ---**
Drill number 43, begin.
**[15:34] ---**
What do you want, Mr. Dress-up?
**[15:38] ---**
I was trying to cover up my
presence, in my own little way.
**[15:42] ---**
But it looks like
I still have much to learn.
**[15:46] ---**
Unabara Mitsuki, was it?
**[15:49] ---**
Yes, though both the name and face are fakes.
**[15:53] ---**
Have you settled on a weapon?
**[15:54] ---**
None of them feels quite right.
**[15:57] ---**
You can bring in guns from all over the world,
**[15:59] ---**
and I still may not find one.
**[16:01] ---**
What if you made a list of
gear you can use your ability with?
**[16:05] ---**
Stop trying to be such a know-it-all.
**[16:08] ---**
You can't rely on this thing.
**[16:10] ---**
According to GROUP's engineering report,
**[16:12] ---**
they have extended your
ability usage time to thirty minutes.
**[16:17] ---**
GROUP, huh?
**[16:19] ---**
You're dissatisfied with
their tuning on your electrode?
**[16:21] ---**
Ha! Whether it's thirty minutes or three days,
**[16:25] ---**
once some glitch comes up, it's all over.
**[16:27] ---**
If you can't fight because of
a malfunction, you don't survive.
**[16:33] ---**
Is that all you wanted?
**[16:35] ---**
GROUP has received a work
order from the governing board.
**[16:41] ---**
Academy City...
**[16:43] ---**
...is about to line up against
the Roman Orthodox Church.
**[16:46] ---**
As a result, the truth of the matter
**[16:48] ---**
is that the city's internal
defenses are thinning out.
**[16:51] ---**
We are going to mop up one
force who would take advantage of that.
**[16:57] ---**
I heard that I was going to
have to fill in for that bastard Kihara,
**[17:01] ---**
but I never imagined this kind
of two-bit job would come to me.
**[17:05] ---**
While it may fall on you, you *are
*the one who came here on your own.
**[17:11] ---**
Listen here, kid! Let me tell you one thing!
**[17:14] ---**
A human life is frail!
**[17:17] ---**
Frail enough that one touch
of my fingertip could destroy it!
**[17:21] ---**
So be a little more considerate.
**[17:23] ---**
Otherwise, I might break
something you don't want broken.
**[17:27] ---**
I will be more mindful.
**[17:30] ---**
May I continue now?
**[17:33] ---**
Suit yourself.
**[17:34] ---**
Your target will be Skill Out.
**[17:38] ---**
You may be more
familiar with them than I am.
**[17:40] ---**
Yeah. They're an armed gang
made up of a bunch of Level 0s.
**[17:45] ---**
Yes. They currently appear
to be putting together some toys.
**[17:49] ---**
Toys?
**[17:50] ---**
Rockets, made up of hollowed-out
wood packed with explosives.
**[17:54] ---**
Much like the *bo-hiya* fire arrows
tested during the Edo period.
**[17:58] ---**
They've been conducting operations
all over for the past few days.
**[18:03] ---**
Taking abandoned bikes and
placing them along emergency routes,
**[18:08] ---**
and blocking up sewage drains
around VIP facilities with garbage.
**[18:13] ---**
Not the kinds of things that
rise to the level of security problems.
**[18:17] ---**
What, does GROUP now take
contracts to deal with kids' pranks, too?
**[18:23] ---**
However, there have
now been over 20,000 incidents.
**[18:27] ---**
When there is an orange or red alert,
**[18:29] ---**
they will be detected as errors.
**[18:32] ---**
Is that what the fire arrows are for?
**[18:34] ---**
If the server goes down due
to a large number of error reports,
**[18:38] ---**
Skill Out can run wild without
Antiskill coming after them.
**[18:41] ---**
Well, they could always
cancel the alert, right?
**[18:44] ---**
If we weren't currently
in the middle of a war, maybe.
**[18:47] ---**
Nothing but enemies,
both within and without, huh?
**[18:51] ---**
Sounds like quite a few people
have a beef with Academy City.
**[18:56] ---**
It is our job to somehow
deal with such people.
**[19:00] ---**
Your target's name is Komaba Ritoku.
**[19:04] ---**
He is currently the leader
in charge of Skill Out,
**[19:07] ---**
as well as the brains.
**[19:09] ---**
Dispose of him quickly, and we
can nip Skill Out's plans in the bud.
**[19:22] ---**
Why a garbage truck?
**[19:24] ---**
They are all sorts of handy.
**[19:26] ---**
You can even use
it to dispose of the body.
**[19:28] ---**
A garbage truck trolling around
for the bodies of scumbags?
**[19:32] ---**
There's nothing funny about that.
**[19:39] ---**
He will return for recovery in
twenty minutes, as planned. Be careful.
**[19:47] ---**
Ugh, win or lose, I've still
gotta ride around in that thing?
**[19:52] ---**
Alive or dead being
a whole separate matter...
**[19:56] ---**
Little tricks for the security robots,
**[19:58] ---**
as well as to block the
observation satellites, huh?
**[20:03] ---**
There's that old familiar atmosphere.
**[20:09] ---**
Tsuchimikado?
**[20:11] ---**
I figured your first mission
would be starting soon.
**[20:13] ---**
I just wanted to have
a little word in your ear.
**[20:16] ---**
You're warning me, now?
So, what have you got for the new guy?
**[20:22] ---**
Do not trust us.
**[20:24] ---**
Huh?
**[20:26] ---**
We're all a bunch of guys
who would create a huge problem
**[20:30] ---**
just by having word
of our existence get out.
**[20:33] ---**
GROUP, which is made up of
nothing but hand-picked people like us
**[20:36] ---**
has no goals.
**[20:38] ---**
Are you trying to say that I'm
expecting some kind of reward?
**[20:42] ---**
I'm saying that if
you only follow the rules
**[20:44] ---**
established by the governing board,
you'll never outwit them.
**[20:49] ---**
As such, be sure to recognize
what it is you need to do to win.
**[20:54] ---**
You and I both have something
we want to keep safe, after all.
**[20:58] ---**
Is that all you wanted?
**[21:01] ---**
Finish up quick and get back.
**[21:03] ---**
Musujime will be starting
a job there pretty soon, as well.
**[21:07] ---**
Did you say a job?
**[21:13] ---**
I didn't hear anything
about this being a contest.
**[21:16] ---**
It's not a person she's after; it's money.
**[21:19] ---**
So you mean,
she's still good for something?
**[21:23] ---**
She's the same as you.
She's been upgraded.
**[21:26] ---**
Oh, she has? That's great.
**[21:30] ---**
Well then...
**[21:32] ---**
...why don't I get started?
**[21:38] ---**
Cleanup time.
**[21:39] ---**
I'll have this finished in ten minutes.
**[22:02] ---**
That makes nine places.
These guys just aren't tough enough.
**[22:08] ---**
I wish you would go
a little easier on us, esper.
**[22:14] ---**
Komaba Ritoku.
**[22:16] ---**
Oh, my...
**[22:18] ---**
It looks like I've run into the target first.
**[22:47] ---**
*At a certain world's center,*
**[22:50] ---**
*I whispered that it
was okay to be alone*
**[22:52] ---**
*I bent back the hands on the clock*
**[22:55] ---**
*and kept my eyes closed*
**[23:03] ---**
*You can't turn back time that has passed*
**[23:09] ---**
*but on that day, you showed me*
**[23:12] ---**
*that that's how it should be*
**[23:17] ---**
*The miracle of you being
there as the seasons roll around*
**[23:22] ---**
*makes even the
broken clock start up again*
**[23:28] ---**
*Right now, yeah, I may
be a helpless piece of junk*
**[23:34] ---**
*but it's funny how
I feel like I can change that*
**[23:39] ---**
*All because your voice is still here*
**[23:44] ---**
*for me, even now*
**[23:55] ---**
"Preview"
**[23:55] ---**
GROUP and the non-espers clash.
**[23:58] ---**
Misaka Misuzu is caught in
the middle of the chaos.
**[24:01] ---**
And Accelerator and I meet once again.
**[24:04] ---**
Next time, "Skill Out."
**[24:06] ---**
When science and
magic cross paths, the story begins.
# 48 - Skill Out (Armed Gang)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:31] ---**
I wish you would go a
little easier on us, esper.
**[00:36] ---**
Komaba Ritoku.
**[00:38] ---**
It looks like I've
run into the target first.
**[00:42] ---**
To think that you
would try to make off with funds
**[00:44] ---**
that we had distributed, all at once.
**[00:47] ---**
I find that to be somewhat childish.
**[00:50] ---**
I'm just making sure to hit
all of my targets for destruction.
**[00:54] ---**
The fact that it's your war
chest is none of my concern.
**[00:57] ---**
Move Point, huh? That's a pesky power.
**[01:01] ---**
Do you think "pesky" is enough to cover it?
**[01:04] ---**
Yeah. Maybe you're right.
It's more despicable than just "pesky."
**[01:09] ---**
I'll end this by driving
this right between your eyes!
**[01:15] ---**
You're too slow!
**[01:22] ---**
I can knuckle down, myself.
**[01:34] ---**
I *am* fighting a monster like you.
**[01:38] ---**
Letting me have this
much of a handicap is fair, right?
**[01:42] ---**
You can't hit me!
**[01:48] ---**
You've got some moves.
**[01:50] ---**
You must have some springy
hard taping under your clothes.
**[01:55] ---**
It's actually special
military sonic elastic taping.
**[01:59] ---**
It took quite some doing to acquire it.
**[02:01] ---**
You don't think you're going
to pay for using that defective stuff
**[02:04] ---**
on your own body like that?
**[02:06] ---**
It's how far I'm prepared to go.
**[02:09] ---**
Let's hurry and finish this.
**[02:14] ---**
I have a mountain of
things ahead of me to do, after all.
**[02:26] ---**
Too weak!
**[02:28] ---**
It will take more than a
thin film like that to stop me!
**[02:42] ---**
That was a letdown.
**[02:48] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:53] ---**
*I'm always running after you*
**[02:58] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:59] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[02:59] ---**
*You are my ideal*
**[03:02] ---**
*You are me*
**[03:05] ---**
*Kore ijou tooku made
tobenai tori ga ita*
**[03:11] ---**
*Kizu mo nai rippa na
hane de aozora wo najitta*
**[03:16] ---**
*Kono basho mo warukunai*
**[03:19] ---**
*Ano sora wa takakunai*
**[03:22] ---**
*Kono basho mo yoku wa nai*
**[03:29] ---**
*Karada de kanjiru sokudo wo osorete'ru*
**[03:34] ---**
*Dare ni demo chansu wa moteru*
**[03:37] ---**
*sono saki e yukenai*
**[03:40] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitatenai*
**[03:43] ---**
*Hontou wa tobitachitai*
**[03:46] ---**
*Ima kanaetai negai
no mukou de kagayaku*
**[03:52] ---**
*kimi ga iru*
**[03:53] ---**
*Hitomi ni utsusu*
**[03:59] ---**
*"Mirai ni tatte itsumo tsuyokute"*
**[04:02] ---**
*sonna kimi ga boku sa*
**[04:05] ---**
*Kimi wa mada mabushii kedo*
**[04:11] ---**
*onaji kimochi de kono te nobashite*
**[04:14] ---**
*itsuka tsukamu genjitsu no boku ga*
**[04:18] ---**
*kimi ni naru yo*
**[04:23] ---**
#24 Skill Out (Armed Gang)
**[04:25] ---**
Now then...
**[04:27] ---**
...it sounds like she's
met her quota, too. I'll tell you,
**[04:32] ---**
working overtime by yourself is--
**[04:33] ---**
In that case, why don't you take it off?
**[04:37] ---**
Huh?
**[04:38] ---**
Accelerator, huh?
**[04:40] ---**
You're Komaba Ritoku, right?
Let me ask you why you're doing this.
**[04:45] ---**
The reason Skill Out pounds
on espers is... not an interesting tale.
**[04:50] ---**
Ha! So not only are
you throwing the city into chaos,
**[04:53] ---**
you're doing it
indiscriminately, too?
**[04:55] ---**
Not indiscriminately.
We pick our targets, at least.
**[04:59] ---**
You seem pretty sure of yourself.
Are you aware of your situation?
**[05:05] ---**
I killed her.
**[05:08] ---**
You're different
from the stories I've heard.
**[05:11] ---**
Outcasts like you typically
don't hesitate at this point.
**[05:14] ---**
Is that right?
**[05:16] ---**
You know what? Scumbags
that stand in front of me
**[05:19] ---**
typically get turned into mincemeat.
**[05:22] ---**
That electrode of yours is a transmitter
**[05:24] ---**
for some kind of
electrical information, right?
**[05:37] ---**
What's this?
**[05:39] ---**
Chaff Seed.
A sort of EM disruption device.
**[05:49] ---**
You bastard!
**[05:54] ---**
I'll blow a crimson hole through you!
**[06:10] ---**
Checkmate.
**[06:13] ---**
I'll give you a final choice.
**[06:15] ---**
Where do you want
me to shoot you to kill you?
**[06:21] ---**
Is this how you plan on making
innocent people miserable in turn?
**[06:27] ---**
Screw that, you dirty bastard!
**[06:37] ---**
How... come...
**[06:40] ---**
How come your Reflection...
**[06:43] ---**
...has returned...?
**[06:45] ---**
What are you, an idiot?
**[06:47] ---**
The way chaff works is by having
metal foil scattered through the air
**[06:51] ---**
creating EM interference.
Which makes it simple.
**[06:55] ---**
You just have to get
the floating foil out of the way.
**[06:58] ---**
Like, say, by venting it.
**[07:03] ---**
Now then...
**[07:06] ---**
...why don't you show me the guts
it takes for a Level 0 to challenge
**[07:11] ---**
a Level 5 to a fight once again?
**[07:14] ---**
You're too slow!
**[07:22] ---**
"Checkmate," all right.
**[07:25] ---**
The fact that you're a
Level 0 doesn't make you evil.
**[07:29] ---**
The whole reason
they're all treated like nuisances
**[07:32] ---**
is because of you guys in
Skill Out gallivanting around.
**[07:36] ---**
Securing rights?
Guaranteeing safety? Ridiculous.
**[07:41] ---**
Haven't you realized
**[07:42] ---**
that these actions are putting
a noose around your necks?
**[07:47] ---**
You want to talk hypothetically?
**[07:50] ---**
The personality issues of a
person aren't taken into consideration
**[07:53] ---**
when it comes to the
merits of being an esper.
**[07:55] ---**
That includes some really
ugly examples of humanity
**[07:58] ---**
who wield tremendous power.
**[08:00] ---**
If a game where such guys
competed to attack Level 0s
**[08:04] ---**
who weren't in an organized
Skill Out group became popular,
**[08:08] ---**
what would you do?
**[08:10] ---**
Hmph, I knew the consequences
would be coming for me in time...
**[08:18] ---**
You bastard...
**[08:21] ---**
Apparently,
**[08:23] ---**
you and I are currently in
the same set of circumstances.
**[08:29] ---**
Here's a gift. Burn this
pathetic sight into your mind.
**[08:47] ---**
Good work.
**[08:49] ---**
We will see to carrying away the
body, and destroying the evidence.
**[08:54] ---**
I will send the garbage truck,
so please hop into it.
**[08:58] ---**
Nah.
**[08:59] ---**
I'll come back on my own.
**[09:01] ---**
It makes no difference to me, but please
avoid seeing anyone you know.
**[09:05] ---**
It's important that we remain--
**[09:08] ---**
I know you're alive, Musujime Awaki.
**[09:12] ---**
I started watching halfway through.
**[09:14] ---**
When did you notice me?
**[09:16] ---**
Ha, it was all too obvious.
A sorry stunt like that?
**[09:21] ---**
Heh, are you sure
you want to talk like that
**[09:24] ---**
to the person who saved your life?
**[09:26] ---**
The person who saved my life, huh?
Just go on telling yourself that.
**[09:29] ---**
Oh, are you headed somewhere?
**[09:32] ---**
Nowhere important.
Just some overtime.
**[09:36] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[09:37] ---**
Unpaid overtime.
**[09:42] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index II"
**[09:46] ---**
Aww... that overtime
has kept me pretty late, huh?
**[09:52] ---**
I think I'll stop at a
convenience store for some coffee.
**[09:58] ---**
I-I feel awful...
**[10:06] ---**
Hmm? That face...
**[10:08] ---**
Seems like I've seen
it before somewhere.
**[10:16] ---**
What's her story?
**[10:19] ---**
Hi there!
I'm Ms. Misaka Misuzu... ugh...
**[10:26] ---**
H-Hey, you...
**[10:29] ---**
My hobbies are studying number theory,
**[10:31] ---**
my special talent is swimming,
and my bust measurement is 91 cm!
**[10:35] ---**
Oh, whoops. I'm married.
**[10:39] ---**
Come on, don't paw at me,
'cause Papa won't like it.
**[10:43] ---**
Huh? Where is Dangai University's
Database Center again?
**[10:48] ---**
Hey, white-hair, do you know?
**[10:50] ---**
Ah, don't ignore me, white-hair!
**[10:55] ---**
You see... that's where
Ms. Misuzu has to go study now.
**[11:04] ---**
How should I know, idiot?!
Try flagging down a taxi or something!
**[11:07] ---**
I kiss those younger than me,
whether they're boys or girls!
**[11:14] ---**
Would you stop saying
all this meaningless nonsense!
**[11:18] ---**
If I had to say, I think even
croquettes count as a stew pot dish.
**[11:23] ---**
I mean, you take breaded patties
**[11:25] ---**
and stick them in the oil in front of you.
**[11:27] ---**
You may be right about
them tasting best freshly cooked.
**[11:30] ---**
Ah! In that case,
when you cook in front of me, Toma,
**[11:31] ---**
We can't go until I close the door.
**[11:33] ---**
What did you say?
**[11:34] ---**
and I eat all of it, it tastes
better than anything, doesn't it?
**[11:38] ---**
Hey, I know you!
**[11:40] ---**
M-Ms. Misaka?
**[11:41] ---**
Ms. Misuzu doesn't need anything else.
**[11:46] ---**
Uh-oh, I haven't stretched out,
or put on my lotion.
**[11:50] ---**
Damn it, if I stop making an effort,
my skin shows it in no time.
**[11:54] ---**
Ugh, I'm gonna puke...
**[11:56] ---**
U-Um... Huh?
**[11:59] ---**
All right! Scored me a younger boy!
**[12:02] ---**
If you're wandering around at
this hour, what's become of Mikoto?
**[12:09] ---**
H-Help me, Index!
**[12:12] ---**
Come to think of it, who's that girl again?
**[12:15] ---**
Ha! I'm not going to give
my name to someone like you.
**[12:19] ---**
Why, you little...
**[12:22] ---**
Wah! It's Index! I'm Index!
**[12:25] ---**
Tell me, where is Dangai
University's Database Center?
**[12:29] ---**
Huh?
**[12:30] ---**
Word is that the material
I need to write my college report
**[12:33] ---**
is only located in Academy City,
**[12:35] ---**
so I had no choice but
to come all the way here.
**[12:39] ---**
Ah, I see.
**[12:40] ---**
Oh, I've got an idea! Let's swap
phone numbers and email addresses!
**[12:44] ---**
Too soon!
**[12:46] ---**
I'll record your number
under my "friends" category!
**[12:53] ---**
Misaka? Just a coincidence? No,
**[12:57] ---**
could she have something to do with the kid?
**[13:03] ---**
"Contact 3"
**[13:07] ---**
Accelerator? Did you need something?
**[13:10] ---**
Tch, they've tapped in, huh?
**[13:13] ---**
You're a tacky bastard.
Is this GROUP's superior?
**[13:17] ---**
Tell me what your question is.
**[13:19] ---**
It's nothing.
I'll do what I have to do myself.
**[13:23] ---**
What you have to do?
I don't know what to say.
**[13:27] ---**
I do have a matter I wanted
to discuss with you, though.
**[13:29] ---**
Huh?
**[13:30] ---**
This works out perfectly.
It just barely started.
**[13:33] ---**
What?
**[13:36] ---**
That woman, Ms. Misaka Misuzu,
**[13:38] ---**
submitted a request to use the
Dangai University Database Center,
**[13:43] ---**
so that's where the attack was made.
**[13:45] ---**
Attack?
**[13:46] ---**
Yes.
**[13:47] ---**
And who is this Misaka woman?
**[13:49] ---**
Ms. Misaka Misuzu is
the mother of Misaka Mikoto.
**[13:54] ---**
Are you familiar with
the term "retrieval campaign"?
**[13:57] ---**
It's where parents
are taking back their kids,
**[13:59] ---**
and moving them to another
area before the war starts.
**[14:02] ---**
If too many students leave Academy City,
**[14:05] ---**
it will create all sorts of problems.
**[14:07] ---**
Misaka Misuzu is now in something
**[14:10] ---**
of a representative position
among the parents.
**[14:12] ---**
So, it was decided to remove her.
**[14:15] ---**
Will you take part in this, Accelerator?
**[14:18] ---**
What did you say?
**[14:19] ---**
Skill Out has been
requested to carry this out,
**[14:23] ---**
but they lack finesse.
**[14:25] ---**
If I could ask for your assistance...
**[14:27] ---**
I'm afraid not.
**[14:29] ---**
My life belongs to me.
**[14:32] ---**
I've got nothing to
do with your ulterior motives.
**[14:35] ---**
I see. In that case,
please hurry home.
**[14:39] ---**
We will keep your
ability secure until you do.
**[14:43] ---**
Wha--? Did you tamper with my electrode?
**[14:46] ---**
Well then, I must be going.
Good night, Accelerator.
**[14:55] ---**
Misaka Misuzu, was it?
I'm sure my superior will grind his teeth
**[14:59] ---**
if I end up saving her, huh?
**[15:09] ---**
That bastard!
**[15:13] ---**
Tch, now's not the time.
**[15:16] ---**
Well now, time to go save her in the goriest,
**[15:20] ---**
most far-from-saving way that I can.
**[15:27] ---**
Damn it, who was it
that forgot the security key?!
**[15:30] ---**
Whatever, we're out of time!
Let's just find the woman.
**[15:35] ---**
What's going on here?
**[15:37] ---**
I know I dialed Antiskill.
**[15:42] ---**
"Mikoto"
**[15:48] ---**
They're probably Skill Out.
**[15:50] ---**
Skill Out?
**[15:50] ---**
They're like a gang,
made up of armed Level 0s.
**[15:54] ---**
Why would they be after me?
**[15:56] ---**
That I don't know.
**[15:58] ---**
Ms. Misaka,
have you called your daughter?
**[16:01] ---**
Huh?
**[16:02] ---**
She's one of only seven Level 5s
in Academy City. If she's still--
**[16:06] ---**
Hold on!
**[16:07] ---**
Keep Mikoto out of this!
If I drag her into my problems,
**[16:12] ---**
I'll never be able to face her again.
**[16:15] ---**
All right.
**[16:16] ---**
In that case, I'm coming.
**[16:18] ---**
Eh? I couldn't ask you to do that--
**[16:25] ---**
Hasn't anyone found the woman yet?
**[16:27] ---**
I asked if you've
found the woman yet, damn it!
**[16:32] ---**
Damn, Komaba, you bastard,
dying and getting off easy.
**[16:36] ---**
What are those of us
left behind supposed to do?
**[16:44] ---**
This is Hamazura. Target located.
We'll take care of her. You guys--
**[16:49] ---**
Why, you...!
**[16:51] ---**
Antiskill?
**[16:52] ---**
Hi, you scumbags!
**[16:54] ---**
I've got some day-tripper
presents to heaven for you guys.
**[16:58] ---**
It's such a great place, you may
not feel like coming back, though.
**[17:11] ---**
Five of them. And they all have guns.
**[17:17] ---**
This is bulletproof, right?
**[17:22] ---**
Huh?
**[17:24] ---**
What is she, stupid?!
**[17:28] ---**
Damn... If I can just dash
over to the bag with the gun in it
**[17:31] ---**
before those guys have a chance to regroup...
**[17:44] ---**
Hey!
**[17:44] ---**
You're kidding, right?!
**[17:47] ---**
Crazy dumbass!
**[17:55] ---**
Why, you...!
**[18:01] ---**
You bastard!
**[18:03] ---**
Ms. Misaka, we're getting out of here!
**[18:04] ---**
Ms. Misaka!
**[18:06] ---**
Hurry!
**[18:07] ---**
Damn it!
**[18:12] ---**
Interesting. You've got some nerve,
**[18:15] ---**
still carrying out your job, don't you?
**[18:18] ---**
This way!
**[18:23] ---**
Back door, huh? Whatever,
let's go someplace with a lot of people!
**[18:27] ---**
What is this?
**[18:29] ---**
Why would you pick now to come here?
**[18:31] ---**
Was the job itself a sham,
and we got set up?
**[18:34] ---**
Did you say job?
**[18:36] ---**
That bastard Komaba got killed,
**[18:38] ---**
and the only way to avoid their
back-alley suppression operation
**[18:42] ---**
was to ingratiate ourselves to them.
**[18:44] ---**
Damn it, they were planning
to abandon us from the start!
**[18:47] ---**
I'm just here because she called me.
**[18:53] ---**
You mean, it's like *that*?
**[18:55] ---**
The life of Hamazura Shiage is hereby over,
**[18:58] ---**
but I can't pass it off as being
caught up in some grand conspiracy,
**[19:02] ---**
or fallen victim to some miracle strategist?!
**[19:07] ---**
I can't take it! I won't
rest unless I get beaten to death!
**[19:11] ---**
Keep back!
**[19:17] ---**
Aw, but that means, if you
don't have anything to do with them,
**[19:23] ---**
then the job is still valid.
If I bring the target's body in...
**[19:30] ---**
Go ahead and say that again, you...!
**[19:42] ---**
Screw you. What the hell
do you take a person's life to be?!
**[19:45] ---**
What choice do I have?!
**[19:47] ---**
If we Level 0s don't do
this, we can't survive!
**[19:51] ---**
Don't group me in with you.
**[19:53] ---**
What?
**[19:54] ---**
Don't lump all of us Level 0s
in with bastards like you!
**[19:59] ---**
That's right. You never
once used any ability.
**[20:02] ---**
Academy City is full
of people who are Level 0.
**[20:06] ---**
They go to school normally,
make friends normally,
**[20:11] ---**
and live their lives normally.
**[20:13] ---**
You're the one who's making
Level 0s look most like fools, you know!
**[20:17] ---**
You're the same as me.
**[20:19] ---**
No I'm not. Sure, I might be a Level 0,
**[20:23] ---**
but I have no intention
of turning so negative
**[20:26] ---**
as to take joy in
dragging other people down.
**[20:28] ---**
Negative?
You're calling us negative?
**[20:31] ---**
Compared to those who have power,
but won't give anything to us,
**[20:35] ---**
those of us in Skill Out
are a hundred times better!
**[20:38] ---**
Well, have *you* extended a
hand to anyone asking for help?
**[20:44] ---**
If you had used as much energy
extending a hand to those in need
**[20:47] ---**
as you have fighting against espers,
**[20:50] ---**
you would have been accepted by
the people of Academy City!
**[20:55] ---**
Shut up! Our Level 0
leader, Komaba Ritoku,
**[20:59] ---**
lived that way, and he got killed!
**[21:02] ---**
He stuck out like a sore
thumb trying to protect the weak!
**[21:05] ---**
But he must have
had something that you don't!
**[21:09] ---**
That's why he stayed
and fought until the end, didn't he?
**[21:12] ---**
To protect his friends,
and not call them the weak!
**[21:15] ---**
Get real! You're just a
Level 0. You don't have any power!
**[21:22] ---**
Don't you look down on us!
**[21:24] ---**
The reason you've been looked
down on has nothing to do with power.
**[21:29] ---**
Figure out what to do about
that good-for-nothing illusion yourself,
**[21:33] ---**
you filthy bastard!
**[21:46] ---**
The truth of the matter is,
**[21:48] ---**
I came to take Mikoto back with me.
**[21:52] ---**
But I can rest easy now.
As long as there are boys like you guys
**[21:55] ---**
who are watching out for Mikoto,
then there's no problem at all.
**[21:59] ---**
"You... guys"?
**[22:08] ---**
Did our superior order you
to come here and punish me?
**[22:12] ---**
Don't be silly.
**[22:14] ---**
As far as Misaka Misuzu goes,
she appears to have lost her desire
**[22:18] ---**
to remove her
daughter from Academy City.
**[22:21] ---**
As such, her killing has been canceled.
**[22:22] ---**
Does our superior accept
such wishy-washy conclusions?
**[22:26] ---**
He probably will. Mainly because
dumb Unabara here worked so hard.
**[22:30] ---**
Oh, it just seems that the young
man has kept his promise to me
**[22:36] ---**
to protect the one I care for,
and the world around her.
**[22:41] ---**
I thought that I should
try a little harder, too.
**[22:44] ---**
I just got a little too uptight about it.
**[22:48] ---**
He keeps maintaining that tone,
and avoids any specific answers.
**[22:53] ---**
He probably made use
of some particularly ugly tricks.
**[22:55] ---**
In any case, good work on your
first assignment, overtime and all.
**[23:00] ---**
Damn it all.
**[23:02] ---**
If you only follow the rules,
you'll never outwit them.
**[23:07] ---**
That means you
can't use normal methods.
**[23:10] ---**
Apparently, you're considered
a fairly precious commodity upstairs.
**[23:15] ---**
Let's partner up, Accelerator.
**[23:17] ---**
Sounds interesting.
But if you guys slow me down,
**[23:20] ---**
I'll write you off
without a second thought.
**[23:22] ---**
Ha, you're a feisty kid. Come on.
**[23:26] ---**
It's about time we struck
back at the guys upstairs.
**[23:31] ---**
How fun. Having an objective really is fun.
**[23:43] ---**
What is this?
**[23:45] ---**
After I take the trouble to send a text...
**[23:48] ---**
...why don't I get an answer?
**[23:50] ---**
Work though we might, the mountain
of paperwork never goes away.
**[23:53] ---**
*Hitori de ii to tsubuyaita*
**[23:54] ---**
What else can we do? Everyone
else was knocked out.
**[23:56] ---**
*to aru sekai no chuushin de*
**[23:58] ---**
Please brace yourself for another
three days of this, easy.
**[23:59] ---**
*Tokei no hari wo orimagete*
**[24:02] ---**
*hitomi tojite'ta*
**[24:09] ---**
*Sugisatta toki wa modosenai kedo*
**[24:15] ---**
Oh, yeah?
**[24:15] ---**
*ano hi oshiete kureta yo ne*
**[24:16] ---**
A booth bunny at a
counteroffensive weapons show?
**[24:18] ---**
*sore de ii n' da to*
**[24:19] ---**
Yeah, but they're just doing
powered suits demonstrations.
**[24:23] ---**
*Megurimeguru kisetsu ni kimi ga ita kiseki*
**[24:23] ---**
So what you're saying is, you're
dressing up as a mascot.
**[24:26] ---**
Th-That might be overstating things.
**[24:29] ---**
*kowarete'ta tokei sae ugokidasu kara*
**[24:32] ---**
This pudding tastes amazing,
**[24:33] ---**
considering it's from a convenience store.
**[24:34] ---**
*Ima wa sou muryoku na garakuta da kedo*
**[24:36] ---**
If you eat sweets at night, you'll get fat.
**[24:40] ---**
*fushigi da ne kaerareru sonna ki ga suru*
**[24:43] ---**
"Where did he go?" Misaka Misaka asks.
**[24:46] ---**
*Kimi no koe ga ima mo mada*
**[24:48] ---**
He will be back, very soon.
**[24:50] ---**
*koko ni aru kara*
**[24:51] ---**
"Mm-hmm. Misaka can't wait to see him,"
**[24:54] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, nodding.
**[25:01] ---**
Good night.
**[25:08] ---**
Ah! Toma!
**[25:14] ---**
Geez! How can you go out again
by yourself, and get badly hurt?
**[25:18] ---**
Toma, your behavior
makes as little sense as ever!
**[25:22] ---**
Uh, yeah, well...
**[25:23] ---**
I was actually kind of lucky this time.
**[25:31] ---**
Then again...
**[25:33] ---**
...sure enough, this is just my luck!
# Movie
# 1 - The Miracle of Endymion
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:44] ---**
"Ascii Media Works 20th
Anniversary Commemoration"
***SIGN*** "PROJECT-INDEX MOVIE" "Geneon Universal Entertainment" "Warner Home Video & Digital Distribution"
***SIGN*** "Ascii Media Works"
"SQUARE ENIX"
"AT-X"
"J.C. STAFF"
**[01:07] ---**
The left engine block
has fallen away. I-It's hopeless!
**[01:11] ---**
Don't give up! There's
still something we can do!
**[01:15] ---**
--Are we okay?
- -Oh, God...
**[01:38] ---**
The space plane Orion crash landed
**[01:41] ---**
in the 23rd School District of Academy City.
**[01:44] ---**
The Orion came in contact
with some debris in the stratosphere
**[01:46] ---**
just before making re-entry,
**[01:48] ---**
and ended up crash landing
due to engine failure and other trouble.
**[01:53] ---**
Luckily, all eighty-eight passengers
aboard are confirmed to have survived.
**[01:59] ---**
Repeat, all eighty-eight passengers aboard
**[02:03] ---**
are confirmed to have survived.
**[02:25] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index" "--The Movie--"
**[02:31] ---**
"A Certain Magical Index" "--The Movie--"
"The Miracle of Endymion"
**[02:35] ---**
Come on,
**[02:36] ---**
you're not going to settle for
a hamburger, Index?
**[02:39] ---**
No, I'm not, Toma.
**[02:41] ---**
I was absolutely, *positively
*starving last night, after all.
**[02:45] ---**
I couldn't help it.
**[02:46] ---**
Hmm. To forget about supper...
**[02:50] ---**
it feels like you've forgotten
about existence itself.
**[02:54] ---**
Right, Sphinx?
**[02:57] ---**
Huh. Aw, geez, all right, all right.
**[03:01] ---**
Eat as much as you want, for Pete's sake.
**[03:03] ---**
You mean that, Toma?
**[03:07] ---**
Yeah. A Kamijo doesn't go back on his word.
**[03:09] ---**
"Orbit Portal CEO" "Ladylee Tangleroad"
**[03:10] ---**
"Space Elevator"
**[03:13] ---**
Hmm? Say, Toma,
what's a space elevator--
**[03:17] ---**
Hey, Toma!
**[03:19] ---**
Miss Index... If you have a
perfect memory, why are you asking?
**[03:24] ---**
Huh?
**[03:25] ---**
It's that over there!
**[03:26] ---**
That is the space elevator!
**[03:31] ---**
Say, Toma,
has that always been there?
**[03:35] ---**
Yes, it has! You really are
lost when it comes to science, huh?
**[03:39] ---**
It was there then...
**[03:41] ---**
...and then...
**[03:42] ---**
...and then, too!
**[03:43] ---**
It's there, plain as day!
**[03:46] ---**
Wow, I had no idea.
**[03:49] ---**
They just recently announced it,
but they say its speed
**[03:52] ---**
would definitely be impossible
outside of Academy City.
**[03:55] ---**
Hmm... I can tell that its speed
is incredible. So tell me, Toma...
**[04:01] ---**
What?
**[04:02] ---**
What is a "space elevator"?
**[04:04] ---**
Well, you see, something
that doesn't use a rocket or shuttle,
**[04:08] ---**
but can lift stuff directly
into space is a space elevator.
**[04:12] ---**
Oh! The side of science is trying to make
**[04:15] ---**
even the Tower of Babel a reality, huh?
**[04:31] ---**
Here, Index, you can see better from here.
**[04:34] ---**
♪ Pegasus, far away in the sky, ♪
**[04:41] ---**
♪ may Gloria reach you ♪
**[04:49] ---**
"Gloria"
**[04:49] ---**
*The footprints that you left behind*
**[04:56] ---**
*Your familiar voice and kindness
will someday turn into stars*
**[05:04] ---**
*In a moment's beat, summer marks the time*
**[05:05] ---**
The Miracle of the Eighty-Eight?
**[05:08] ---**
Ah, now that you mention
it, that did happen, huh?
**[05:09] ---**
*"I am born!"
*
**[05:11] ---**
It was three years ago.
**[05:13] ---**
After the Orion accident, the
space plane program was frozen,
**[05:16] ---**
*Pegasus, your passion looked
like a ring of light*
**[05:18] ---**
and the construction of the space
elevator went into full swing.
**[05:22] ---**
Oh, yeah?
**[05:23] ---**
I just mean, it's the first space
elevator in the world, you know?
**[05:25] ---**
*My loneliness was carried off by the wings on your back
*
**[05:27] ---**
What's more, the difficulty and pains it took
**[05:30] ---**
*An effervescent cloud reflux
*
**[05:30] ---**
to build it here in Academy
City is several times--
**[05:33] ---**
no, several dozen times greater
than building it at the equator.
**[05:33] ---**
*and a rising current blowhole
*
**[05:36] ---**
And in the face of all of that,
what has finally been completed...
**[05:37] ---**
*Dive into the universe circling around you and through the present, you'll soar!
*
**[05:39] ---**
...is Endymion there! Its form truly is that
**[05:43] ---**
*You'll soar!*
**[05:44] ---**
of a bridge to heaven, rising into the sky.
**[05:46] ---**
It's so beautiful, huh?
**[05:49] ---**
Yeah, sure it is.
**[05:52] ---**
Ah, hey, what's that you're
listening to, Miss Saten?
**[05:56] ---**
*Heroes never go to worlds
where there is no conflict*
**[05:58] ---**
Oh...
**[06:01] ---**
It's Arisa. She's an artist
who appears on the net
**[06:04] ---**
*They aren't even ready to follow in your footprints
*
**[06:04] ---**
and does a lot of street concerts.
**[06:06] ---**
She's incredibly popular right now.
**[06:08] ---**
I downloaded her stuff to give her a try,
**[06:10] ---**
and all of her songs are great.
**[06:11] ---**
*Wings flapping, they fell,
struggled, then flew off again*
**[06:12] ---**
This is just a rumor, but they say
if you listen to Arisa's songs,
**[06:17] ---**
good things will happen to you.
**[06:17] ---**
*"I am born!"*
**[06:18] ---**
Uh, listen...
**[06:20] ---**
Here, please, just listen for yourself.
**[06:23] ---**
*Pegasus, you tossed your bouquet
of pride into the future*
**[06:24] ---**
Oh, mm-hmm...
**[06:31] ---**
Huh?
**[06:32] ---**
*taking a breath, you heard the tune of the stars
*
**[06:33] ---**
This song...
**[06:35] ---**
Ah, this is her, right?
**[06:37] ---**
*A flash of sound sparked out,*
**[06:41] ---**
*a resonant world's vibe*
**[06:42] ---**
Yeah, this is her, all right.
**[06:44] ---**
*Catch the spacetime spinning around you
*
**[06:45] ---**
Huh? Misaka, don't tell me
you happen to know Arisa!
**[06:48] ---**
*and through the present, you'll sing!*
**[06:50] ---**
Oh, uh, well...
**[06:51] ---**
*You'll sing!*
**[06:55] ---**
Eep!
**[07:00] ---**
Sissy...!
**[07:09] ---**
K-Kuroko...
**[07:12] ---**
What do you think
you are doing in here, Sissy?!
**[07:16] ---**
M-Miss Shirai, you're supposed
to be in the hospital still.
**[07:21] ---**
It is because of things like this
that I cannot stay in the hospital!
**[07:24] ---**
I was going to surprise
you by receiving permission
**[07:26] ---**
to be discharged a half-day early,
**[07:28] ---**
but imagine, *me* being the
one taken by surprise instead!
**[07:32] ---**
If this is how it must be,
then I will also zoom...
**[07:34] ---**
...in right next to Sissy!
**[07:41] ---**
Ah... Shirai... calm down!
**[07:41] ---**
I will take my fill of your sweet
breath at extremely close range!
**[07:44] ---**
Please, calm down!
**[07:47] ---**
Shirai!
**[07:50] ---**
Oh, Sissy!
**[07:51] ---**
Dah! Stay back!
**[08:04] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[08:07] ---**
"Gloria"
"Also available for download!"
**[08:18] ---**
Thank you. I'm Meigo Arisa.
**[08:29] ---**
Ee-yow-w-w...
**[08:36] ---**
I-I'm sorry.
**[08:41] ---**
Toma...
**[08:52] ---**
Man, that really was amazing.
**[08:54] ---**
It was touching! Right, Toma?
**[08:57] ---**
Huh?
**[08:59] ---**
I don't listen to a lot of music,
**[09:03] ---**
but even so,
I could tell it was incredible.
**[09:07] ---**
Mm-hmm! Mm-hmm!
**[09:09] ---**
Look. I downloaded
all of your songs onto here.
**[09:13] ---**
Thank you. I'm so glad you like them.
**[09:17] ---**
Mm-hmm. I'm kind of
picky when it comes to music.
**[09:22] ---**
But Arisa, your stuff is the real deal.
**[09:25] ---**
You're not even casting
any spells over your music,
**[09:27] ---**
and yet it can still charm
everyone like it does. Mm-hmm.
**[09:30] ---**
Spells?
**[09:34] ---**
O-Oh, you know... Like a
scene that is clearly portrayed...
**[09:39] ---**
Yeah, for a moment,
it seemed like telepathy or something.
**[09:42] ---**
But apparently, not, huh?
**[09:46] ---**
No, I don't think so. I'm a Level 0.
**[09:51] ---**
Oh, you don't say.
**[09:53] ---**
Mm-hmm. I was troubled by it before,
**[09:57] ---**
but now, I'm kind of grateful, I think.
**[10:00] ---**
Hmm? Grateful?
**[10:02] ---**
I mean, if I had an ability,
I'm sure I would have turned to it.
**[10:09] ---**
In fact, I don't think I would
have ever sung in the first place.
**[10:12] ---**
--Oh?
- -Is that right?
**[10:14] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[10:19] ---**
I was never any
good at my studies, either.
**[10:21] ---**
The only thing
I could do was sing songs.
**[10:26] ---**
So I decided I would
do whatever it took to sing!
**[10:32] ---**
I hope that someday,
I'll be able to sing in a large place,
**[10:36] ---**
in front of a lot of people.
**[10:39] ---**
I guess that's what my dream is now.
**[10:44] ---**
T-Toma! It's shining
so brightly, I'm being blinded!
**[10:47] ---**
This is much too blinding!
**[10:57] ---**
Um, would you mind?
**[11:03] ---**
Yes?
**[11:05] ---**
Yes, that's right.
**[11:07] ---**
Yes.
**[11:10] ---**
Eh? You mean it?!
**[11:13] ---**
Th-Thank you very much!
**[11:16] ---**
Y-Yes! All right!
**[11:24] ---**
My audition...
**[11:28] ---**
I passed... my audition.
**[11:33] ---**
I'm going to get my debut!
**[11:36] ---**
--Hooray! Hooray!
--That means, how awesome! You'll be a pro!
**[11:39] ---**
Will you be on TV?
**[11:41] ---**
Huh? TV?
**[11:45] ---**
Then, you'll be just like Kanamin?
That's amazing!
**[11:48] ---**
Kanamin?
**[11:49] ---**
This is something we
definitely have to celebrate!
**[11:51] ---**
Oh, mm-hmm.
**[11:52] ---**
I know! We'll go and
have a fancy dinner, right now!
**[11:57] ---**
Arisa, come with us!
**[11:59] ---**
Huh? But...
**[12:01] ---**
That's okay, right, Toma?
**[12:20] ---**
Huh? Your audition--
**[12:22] ---**
does it have anything to
do with that Endymion thing?
**[12:25] ---**
Mm-hmm. My song
has been chosen to be used
**[12:28] ---**
as the theme song for their campaign.
**[12:29] ---**
I know what it is! It's the
elevator that goes to space, right?
**[12:33] ---**
So then, Arisa, are you going to space?
**[12:35] ---**
I'm still not sure about that.
**[12:37] ---**
It sounds like there's
going to be an opening ceremony.
**[12:44] ---**
--Give me a break, already!
--Excuse me! Some fried oysters and... Hmm?
**[12:50] ---**
Arisa, your wish has reached God, huh?
**[12:53] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[12:56] ---**
You see, I seem to have good luck.
**[13:00] ---**
This thing now is
really thanks to my good luck.
**[13:06] ---**
No it isn't.
**[13:08] ---**
Huh?
**[13:09] ---**
Success is something...
**[13:12] ---**
...that only comes to those
unafraid to stand in the batter's box...
**[13:15] ---**
...and swing the bat as hard
as they can, hoping to get a hit!
**[13:19] ---**
Whoops.
**[13:24] ---**
You're not convincing us at all, Toma.
**[13:28] ---**
Well, my bad luck
is pretty hardcore, after all.
**[13:32] ---**
But you were chosen
because of your ability.
**[13:35] ---**
I think that's something
you can be proud of.
**[13:38] ---**
Toma...
**[13:41] ---**
The next one's coming!
**[13:58] ---**
Ah, it's been a long
time since I've had so much fun.
**[14:03] ---**
Thank you very
much for hanging out with me.
**[14:10] ---**
I-I'm a Level 0, too, you know.
**[14:13] ---**
When I think of someone trying
to make their dreams come true,
**[14:16] ---**
it's kind of inspiring.
**[14:18] ---**
Oh, Toma.
**[14:20] ---**
Yeah, yeah! When I see someone
working hard toward their future,
**[14:23] ---**
it cheers me up!
**[14:25] ---**
It means that you have to
try hard, too, Miss Index, huh?
**[14:28] ---**
Mm-hmm. Wait, that sounded rude.
**[14:31] ---**
I'm already working in the
fine profession of being a Sister!
**[14:35] ---**
Do you want me to
take that as you picking a fight
**[14:37] ---**
with the entire
English Puritan Church, Toma?!
**[14:40] ---**
Why are you suddenly
blowing this out of proportion?
**[14:42] ---**
This is a personal matter, isn't it?
**[14:44] ---**
You could help out with
the housework once in a while.
**[14:46] ---**
Be quiet! Eating is my job!
**[14:48] ---**
Stop acting like you're all that!
**[14:50] ---**
Do you even consider
yourself to be a Sister?!
**[14:52] ---**
What?
**[15:33] ---**
That was a pretty melody.
I really like it.
**[15:36] ---**
That was in one of
the songs I downloaded.
**[15:40] ---**
Does it have any lyrics?
**[15:43] ---**
I'm still making them up.
**[15:45] ---**
Thank you so much for today.
**[15:48] ---**
I'll be sure to let you know
when my debut concert is, okay?
**[15:51] ---**
Yeah.
**[15:52] ---**
We're looking forward to it.
**[16:02] ---**
Undine, by the symbol of the chalice,
**[16:05] ---**
that which is distilled from all things...
**[16:13] ---**
W-What the...?
**[16:21] ---**
Is that...?
**[16:22] ---**
Watch yourself, Toma!
**[16:25] ---**
It's a spell that uses a water element!
**[16:39] ---**
Which means, they must be magicians!
**[16:48] ---**
Keep back, both of you!
**[16:51] ---**
Mallybath, slow him down!
**[16:57] ---**
The ground!
**[16:58] ---**
Jane!
**[17:13] ---**
Who are you people?
What do you think you're doing?!
**[17:22] ---**
Was that...
**[17:24] ---**
Spell Intercept!
**[17:37] ---**
That's...
**[17:43] ---**
Master...
**[17:44] ---**
Why did you act on your own?
I told you to wait for my order.
**[17:53] ---**
Hey, Stiyl!
**[17:55] ---**
What's the big idea here?!
**[17:59] ---**
Fortis 931!
**[18:02] ---**
Your magic name?!
**[18:07] ---**
Are you serious?!
**[18:23] ---**
What are you
waiting for?! Seize her!
**[18:27] ---**
Arisa!
**[18:36] ---**
Your right hand can't eliminate matter.
**[18:40] ---**
Toma!
**[18:41] ---**
No!
**[18:43] ---**
Stop!!
**[18:50] ---**
What just happened?
**[19:03] ---**
What?!
**[19:54] ---**
Evade them!
**[20:22] ---**
What is that?
**[20:24] ---**
We are the Civil Conflict
Resolution and Relief Patrol,
**[20:27] ---**
under authorization from
Academy City's governing board.
**[20:30] ---**
We are now commencing
a special intervention.
**[21:28] ---**
Stiyl! If this disturbance
gets any larger,
**[21:30] ---**
there's going to
be trouble. Fall back!
**[21:34] ---**
Marie! Mallybath! Jane!
**[21:37] ---**
Right!
**[21:49] ---**
Not bad.
**[22:05] ---**
Hey, wait!
**[22:06] ---**
Why are you after Arisa?!
**[22:12] ---**
She has the potential to start
a war between our side of magic,
**[22:16] ---**
and the side of science.
**[22:19] ---**
A war?
**[22:24] ---**
Hey, what do you mean by--
**[22:49] ---**
W-Who are you people?
**[22:51] ---**
We are engaged
in specialized activities,
**[22:55] ---**
in order to maintain
order in Academy City.
**[22:57] ---**
That doesn't tell me anything!
Are you foes of that girl,
**[23:00] ---**
or are you on her side?
**[23:02] ---**
The combat we just went through
is part of our commissioned duty.
**[23:06] ---**
That doesn't answer my question!
**[23:09] ---**
I'm warning you,
do not get involved with her.
**[23:12] ---**
If you become too friendly with her,
**[23:14] ---**
you will die.
**[23:43] ---**
Arisa?
**[23:45] ---**
Oh, are you awake?
**[23:49] ---**
Where am I?
**[23:50] ---**
At home. This is Toma's home.
**[23:53] ---**
This isn't my home!
**[23:55] ---**
Uh, I mean, more precisely,
it's the school's dorm.
**[24:00] ---**
Dorm?
**[24:01] ---**
By the way, was there
anything familiar about them?
**[24:04] ---**
Like who those people were?
**[24:08] ---**
Mm-hmm! It's only natural
that she wouldn't know.
**[24:12] ---**
After all, that was magi--
**[24:14] ---**
Yeah, ma-ma-major power from something
**[24:17] ---**
not entirely explainable with
just science, huh? That's for sure.
**[24:21] ---**
Toma, do you believe in it, too?
**[24:23] ---**
Huh? I-In what?
**[24:26] ---**
Hmm...
**[24:28] ---**
That there's a mysterious...
**[24:30] ---**
power-like thing not
understood by science.
**[24:34] ---**
Well, esper abilities
can be mysterious powers,
**[24:36] ---**
as far as that goes.
**[24:41] ---**
Yeah, um... Sorry.
**[24:45] ---**
Arisa, do you wish
there was such a power?
**[24:49] ---**
The truth of the matter is, I have it.
**[24:52] ---**
--Huh?
- -Huh?
**[24:55] ---**
It's only when I'm singing songs,
**[24:58] ---**
but it appears I have some
kind of unquantifiable power.
**[25:03] ---**
Even now, I get examined
regularly at Kirigaoka,
**[25:07] ---**
but as it turns out,
they aren't sure what it is.
**[25:11] ---**
I wonder, is the fact
that people listen to my songs
**[25:16] ---**
because of this power, maybe?
**[25:18] ---**
No!
**[25:20] ---**
If it were like that, then
my right hand would-- I mean...
**[25:23] ---**
He's right! Arisa,
your songs are for real!
**[25:33] ---**
Thank you.
**[25:45] ---**
You know what? I wanted to
make everyone happy with my songs.
**[25:49] ---**
I figured that by singing,
I would become happy, myself.
**[25:55] ---**
But...
**[25:56] ---**
...if someone were to get
hurt because of them, then...
**[25:59] ---**
Hey, don't tell me that
despite passing your audition,
**[26:02] ---**
you're thinking of backing out?
**[26:05] ---**
I just mean, wanting to sing
is ultimately a selfish wish of mine.
**[26:10] ---**
And if something like
what happened earlier comes up...
**[26:13] ---**
...and if anything happens
to those around me as a result...
**[26:17] ---**
So you're just going to give up?
**[26:20] ---**
You're going to cave in to
those who come at you with force,
**[26:22] ---**
and give up on your dream?
**[26:25] ---**
Tell me, what do you really want to do?
**[26:29] ---**
I want to sing.
**[26:31] ---**
After all, that's all I have.
**[26:41] ---**
Then go ahead and sing.
**[26:43] ---**
If there's something you want to do,
and you have the power to do it,
**[26:46] ---**
then you have to do it.
**[26:49] ---**
So let's think of some
way to let you sing safely.
**[26:57] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[26:59] ---**
In that case, Arisa,
you can stay here for a while.
**[27:02] ---**
Huh?!
**[27:02] ---**
The magicians aren't likely
to make any moves in public.
**[27:06] ---**
Besides, if it comes to it,
you and I are both here, Toma.
**[27:09] ---**
Okay? Will you do that?
**[27:11] ---**
Magic?
**[27:12] ---**
Aah! She means the enemy!
As long as you're here, they won't attack!
**[27:18] ---**
You don't mind?
**[27:22] ---**
It does seem to be the best solution.
**[27:25] ---**
All right! What's a
houseguest or two, plus a cat?
**[27:29] ---**
I, as a Kamijo,
am glad to welcome you in!
**[27:37] ---**
Yes. The enemy
used indeterminate abilities.
**[27:42] ---**
Abilities, huh? Still, these days,
**[27:45] ---**
they can come up with any
number of different abilities, right?
**[27:48] ---**
Especially in this city.
**[27:51] ---**
I believe these enemies to
have power of a quite unusual variety.
**[27:56] ---**
I would think your
ability to control rare earth
**[28:00] ---**
is plenty unusual as it is,
**[28:03] ---**
Shutaura.
**[28:04] ---**
I don't mean unusual simply
in terms of being few in number.
**[28:08] ---**
Meigo Arisa was attacked,
exactly as you said.
**[28:12] ---**
Just who am I dealing with?
**[28:15] ---**
Oh, are you unable
to fight unless you know?
**[28:20] ---**
By the way, are you sure this line is safe?
**[28:24] ---**
I'm sensing some noise.
**[28:26] ---**
Noise?
**[28:28] ---**
Oh, yes of course.
**[28:39] ---**
How's that? Is the noise gone?
**[28:43] ---**
Yes.
**[28:44] ---**
It is? That's good.
**[28:46] ---**
All right, if you would
escort her again tomorrow, please.
**[28:49] ---**
Right.
**[28:56] ---**
Listen here, Kami!
**[28:58] ---**
The best part about getting behind an idol
**[29:01] ---**
is getting in on the
ground floor ahead of time!
**[29:03] ---**
Especially these days,
with girls like Arisa suddenly getting hot!
**[29:07] ---**
You take your eyes
off of her for an instant,
**[29:10] ---**
and just like that,
she becomes a major deal!
**[29:12] ---**
In this world, you really can't
get distracted for even a second!
**[29:15] ---**
Is that a fact?
**[29:17] ---**
Hmm? Kami, you seem
to be in exhausted mode today.
**[29:22] ---**
I didn't get enough sleep.
**[29:24] ---**
I've got another houseguest
staying with me since yesterday.
**[29:27] ---**
All of my pillows and blankets
have been taken from me.
**[29:31] ---**
Not enough sleep...
**[29:33] ---**
...pillows...
**[29:35] ---**
...all taken away...
**[29:37] ---**
Hmm? What's the matter?
**[29:38] ---**
Okay, everyone, take your seats!
**[29:42] ---**
Class is starting. Hmm?
**[29:45] ---**
Kamijo, you are not looking well at all.
**[29:49] ---**
Skimping out on sleep will not do.
**[29:53] ---**
Then, is it okay if I sleep?
**[29:55] ---**
Anyone who asks that
**[29:57] ---**
gets to start remedial classes today.
**[30:01] ---**
Let's get through them together, okay,
**[30:03] ---**
Kamijo?
**[30:07] ---**
So you see,
Toma always treats me like a child.
**[30:15] ---**
Couldn't that be
because you're so cute, Index?
**[30:19] ---**
Huh? Did you say something?
**[30:24] ---**
Listen, under the
circumstances, I have to ask--
**[30:27] ---**
Index, your relationship with Toma...
**[30:31] ---**
...what is it?
**[30:34] ---**
Toma makes the
food for me, and I eat it.
**[30:40] ---**
Also, whenever I get into trouble,
he always helps me out, I guess.
**[30:45] ---**
Appearances aside, Toma is
actually pretty incredible. Mm-hmm.
**[30:53] ---**
You sure are a strange pair.
**[30:57] ---**
Still, you're kind of neat, too.
**[31:06] ---**
Arisa?
**[31:10] ---**
Arisa?
**[31:14] ---**
What's the matter?
**[31:16] ---**
Just a second.
I thought of some lyrics.
**[31:22] ---**
Is that right? So that's
how you make a song, then?
**[31:25] ---**
Let me see, let me see!
**[31:27] ---**
No! It's too embarrassing!
**[31:28] ---**
Eh? No fair, Arisa!
**[31:32] ---**
I'll show you when I'm done.
Then we can sing it together. Okay?
**[31:37] ---**
Yeah, okay!
**[31:39] ---**
Promise me, all right?
**[31:42] ---**
I'm ho--
**[31:46] ---**
Toma?!
**[31:47] ---**
Toma!
**[31:54] ---**
Just my luck!!
**[31:58] ---**
Tomorrow?
**[32:00] ---**
Mm-hmm. I'm discussing my
contract with the Orbit Portal people.
**[32:04] ---**
For real? I have to sit
through a remedial class.
**[32:08] ---**
I can't imagine any
way I can get there in time.
**[32:13] ---**
Entrusting this to her instead
**[32:15] ---**
would just make
me worry that much more.
**[32:21] ---**
Say, Arisa, isn't there
anyone else you can turn to,
**[32:24] ---**
who might be able to go with you?
**[32:33] ---**
Yoo-hoo! Sorry to keep you waiting!
**[32:42] ---**
Huh? Orbit Portal is the company
**[32:45] ---**
that had the Orion
accident three years ago?
**[32:48] ---**
Yes. When the space plane,
**[32:49] ---**
on which the fate of the company
had been staked, came down,
**[32:51] ---**
they were about to go bankrupt.
**[32:53] ---**
But immediately following that,
they were bought out,
**[32:56] ---**
and had a miraculous recovery.
They made Endymion there a reality.
**[33:03] ---**
And incidentally,
the company president is a girl.
**[33:06] ---**
About ten years old,
if I remember correctly.
**[33:09] ---**
Huh? You mean, at the time,
she was only seven?
**[33:12] ---**
She is just a showpiece,
is she not?
**[33:16] ---**
I mean, a "goth-loli beauty-queen
president" of all things
**[33:18] ---**
is so over the top,
it already sounds fishy.
**[33:21] ---**
Oh, not as much as bandaged,
twin-pony-tailed wheelchair girl does.
**[33:26] ---**
Uiharu...!
**[33:31] ---**
So--and this is just
an urban legend--
**[33:34] ---**
but there are stories that say
she's just a promotional hologram,
**[33:37] ---**
or a robot, or something.
**[33:40] ---**
Ha! What a load of bunk.
**[33:42] ---**
It may not be altogether false.
**[33:45] ---**
Don't you think she could be
incredibly doll-like in appearance?
**[33:52] ---**
Misaka, what's the matter?
**[33:54] ---**
Oh, this doll just seems so--
**[34:07] ---**
I like... your songs.
**[34:10] ---**
I haven't liked anything
so much since Jenny Lind.
**[34:15] ---**
Good luck to you.
**[34:21] ---**
Was that just...?
**[34:27] ---**
I'm Arisa.
**[34:28] ---**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[34:30] ---**
--It's a pleasure to meet you.
--Nice to meet you.
**[34:32] ---**
Nice meeting you.
**[34:34] ---**
Thanks for your help.
**[34:35] ---**
Oh? Who are you?
**[34:38] ---**
O-Oh, I-I'm Miss Arisa's manager.
**[34:43] ---**
Hmm... you're her adorable fan club.
**[34:50] ---**
Okay! Let's do this, please!
**[35:04] ---**
♪ Your words, floating in the air, ♪
**[35:04] ---**
Sorry to have you tag along *this* far with us.
**[35:07] ---**
I'm so nervous! Still, this is
starting to be fun, somehow.
**[35:11] ---**
♪ always saved me, as if it were given ♪
**[35:13] ---**
Come on! Hurry up and get out there!
**[35:16] ---**
B-But...
**[35:17] ---**
Miss Saten! This way!
**[35:18] ---**
♪ When looking at your eyes
from different angles, ♪
**[35:25] ---**
What's Zapper doing down there?
**[35:26] ---**
♪ they still gently look straight ahead ♪
**[35:27] ---**
Oh well, if she's here, there's
nothing to worry about.
**[35:34] ---**
♪ Even walking down our
usual road, side-by-side, ♪
**[35:34] ---**
She was there that night...
**[35:41] ---**
♪ it's because you're there
at my side that it shines ♪
**[35:51] ---**
♪ The melody keeps on going, tied
to what is in my dreams... ♪
**[35:57] ---**
--What happened?
--Power outage?
**[35:58] ---**
Oh, no!
**[36:04] ---**
Meigo Arisa is under the
protection of the Black Crow Force!
**[36:42] ---**
You...!
**[36:49] ---**
Crow 7 to Crow Leader...
**[36:52] ---**
What?!
**[36:53] ---**
Explosives located
at the base of D Block.
**[36:54] ---**
Multiple objects.
**[36:55] ---**
Evacuate immediately!
All other units, lead Meigo Arisa away--
**[37:34] ---**
An explosion?!
**[37:36] ---**
Kuroko!
**[37:37] ---**
Got it!
**[37:39] ---**
Here we go!
**[37:47] ---**
I can't handle all of this!
**[38:06] ---**
Everyone, Judgment!
Is there anyone who is injured?
**[38:13] ---**
Are you okay?
**[38:14] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[38:15] ---**
That was a close call.
**[38:16] ---**
Thank goodness.
**[38:17] ---**
If that had been
off by even a little...
**[38:19] ---**
It really is a miracle.
**[38:20] ---**
Yeah, it is a miracle.
**[38:22] ---**
It's a miracle!
**[38:37] ---**
Hey, get off of me.
**[38:40] ---**
Hey!
**[38:54] ---**
Meigo Arisa is safe, then?
How many dead?
**[38:58] ---**
Zero?!
**[39:01] ---**
I see. All right.
**[39:09] ---**
Awake, are you?
**[39:11] ---**
Where are we?
**[39:13] ---**
Don't strain yourself.
**[39:19] ---**
What about Arisa
and the others up above?
**[39:22] ---**
They're safe.
**[39:23] ---**
Huh?
**[39:24] ---**
Both the spectators, and Meigo Arisa.
**[39:28] ---**
What about the rest of your people?
**[39:29] ---**
My... The Black Crow Force are all uninjured.
**[39:34] ---**
That truly is miraculous, huh?
**[39:38] ---**
Do not speak
that word in front of me!
**[39:43] ---**
This chance outcome just
happened to go in that direction!
**[39:48] ---**
The only thing here is a
random quantum-mechanical deviation,
**[39:51] ---**
and the warped desire of
people seeking a fortuitous outcome!
**[39:57] ---**
People are indolent and foolish.
**[40:00] ---**
There's no such thing
as an expedient "unseen hand."
**[40:04] ---**
I get it. You're a hard-as-tacks leader.
**[40:08] ---**
But have you actually
ever listened to her songs?
**[40:13] ---**
Give them a listen.
You may actually believe in miracles.
**[40:19] ---**
Thanks to an accident,
**[40:20] ---**
my brain has lost the
ability to recognize music.
**[40:25] ---**
Apparently, the ability
to process sound pitch and rhythm
**[40:28] ---**
was the only thing that I lost.
**[40:30] ---**
For me,
**[40:32] ---**
a song is nothing but a monstrous noise,
contaminating the ears.
**[40:40] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[40:42] ---**
--Your--
--Shutaura.
**[40:44] ---**
Shutaura Sequenzia.
**[40:46] ---**
Shutaura, I'm...
**[40:49] ---**
Why are you apologizing?
I'm content with who I am now.
**[40:54] ---**
As a result, I'm able to get
by without being taken in by songs,
**[40:58] ---**
or words such as "miracle."
**[41:02] ---**
Here is more news on the bombing
**[41:04] ---**
of the 7th School District shopping mall.
**[41:06] ---**
There was an explosion in
the facility under the shopping mall,
**[41:10] ---**
and the cause is still under investigation.
**[41:12] ---**
"What was the cause of the
shopping mall explosion?"
**[41:12] ---**
A live event for the singer Arisa
**[41:15] ---**
was being held at the time of the incident,
**[41:16] ---**
and there were many spectators watching on...
**[41:18] ---**
--It's a miracle! It has to be!
--...but there was not a single fatality...
**[41:20] ---**
They say it's a miracle.
**[41:21] ---**
Yeah, it is.
**[41:22] ---**
A miracle?
**[41:23] ---**
Arisa is awesome!
**[41:26] ---**
--It's a miracle.
- -A miracle!
**[41:35] ---**
Are you all right?
**[41:40] ---**
Toma...
**[41:44] ---**
It seems weird, huh?
**[41:46] ---**
If it really were a miracle,
**[41:48] ---**
then the incident wouldn't have
happened to begin with, would it?
**[41:52] ---**
Put that way, maybe so.
**[41:56] ---**
I'm getting so that
I don't understand this.
**[41:59] ---**
Long ago, I was apparently
in another big accident.
**[42:03] ---**
Apparently?
**[42:04] ---**
I don't have any memories
of anything before three years ago.
**[42:10] ---**
Even my name was given
to me by someone at the facility.
**[42:14] ---**
So I don't have anything
that I can call my own.
**[42:17] ---**
But when I'm singing songs,
at least, my heart is warmed,
**[42:22] ---**
and there's something that wells up inside.
**[42:24] ---**
As long as I have my songs,
I feel like I can someday take back
**[42:28] ---**
whatever it is that I've lost.
**[42:31] ---**
I sort of understand what you mean.
**[42:34] ---**
At least you have
something you believe in.
**[42:39] ---**
Which means, I'm sure you'll be fine.
**[42:44] ---**
Coming up in two days is Endymion's
unveiling ceremony, isn't it?
**[42:49] ---**
Yes. On that day, I trust that
our company will do all that it can
**[42:52] ---**
to show all of you
just what a miracle really is.
**[43:11] ---**
♪ Softly, as though praying, ♪
**[43:16] ---**
♪ I spin together and
string together my words ♪
**[43:21] ---**
♪ Someday, I'm sure
they'll become a story ♪
**[43:26] ---**
♪ I feel like right now, I can tell you ♪
**[43:31] ---**
♪ about even the feelings I
couldn't express all this time ♪
**[43:39] ---**
♪ As long as the moment my
wishes and feelings overlap ♪
**[43:46] ---**
♪ at least one of them ♪
**[43:48] ---**
♪ might come true through
what you call a miracle ♪
**[43:54] ---**
A miraculous singing voice.
She may be unremarkable,
**[43:55] ---**
♪ Brand New Bright Step ♪
**[43:57] ---**
but when put together with
something so effective,
**[43:57] ---**
♪ Now, the new world starting up ♪
**[43:58] ---**
there could be no other copy quite
so powerful. Don't you think so?
**[44:02] ---**
No. I don't believe in miracles.
**[44:03] ---**
♪ becomes an invaluable paradise ♪
**[44:06] ---**
You really aren't any fun, are you?
**[44:09] ---**
What has kept Orbit Portal alive,
**[44:10] ---**
♪ Brand New Days ♪
**[44:12] ---**
♪ Feeling the sympathy
resonating between us, ♪
**[44:12] ---**
instead of crashing into the
ground like the Orion did,
**[44:15] ---**
is the notion of the Miracle
of the Eighty-Eight.
**[44:18] ---**
In one sense, miracles are our
company's greatest merchandise.
**[44:18] ---**
♪ our hearts grow bound together
with you always at my side ♪
**[44:22] ---**
The Orion incident was
by no means a miracle--
**[44:24] ---**
Despite all eighty-eight people surviving?
**[44:27] ---**
lf that's not a miracle, then what is it?
**[44:34] ---**
All right,
**[44:35] ---**
all of our preparations
are now in order.
**[44:40] ---**
It's almost time, huh, Arisa?!
**[44:43] ---**
Mm-hmm. Thanks to all
the help you all have been, Index.
**[44:47] ---**
Today is my treat. Have whatever you want.
**[44:50] ---**
Really?
**[44:50] ---**
Oh, waitress!
**[44:52] ---**
Yes!
**[44:54] ---**
Wow! Her, of all girls!
**[44:57] ---**
Leave it to you, Kami.
**[44:59] ---**
The thing is, Tsuchimikado,
**[45:01] ---**
you know the reason why
Arisa is being targeted, don't you?
**[45:04] ---**
She is a saint.
**[45:06] ---**
Or at least, she is viewed to
have the same degree of power as one.
**[45:10] ---**
Kanzaki...
**[45:12] ---**
She's provisionally ranked ninth.
If she were to fully come around,
**[45:16] ---**
there's a chance
her power would top mine.
**[45:18] ---**
Arisa is a saint?!
**[45:20] ---**
Well, that's still just a supposition.
**[45:23] ---**
Nothing has actually been proven.
**[45:25] ---**
Tsuchimikado,
what is your opinion?
**[45:28] ---**
I'm not quite sure.
**[45:30] ---**
Defining saints has always
been imprecise to begin with.
**[45:33] ---**
Maybe if you were to
let me investigate you closely
**[45:36] ---**
from your head
down to your tippy-toes...!
**[45:39] ---**
Y-You must be joking!
**[45:42] ---**
Be that as it may, apparently,
**[45:43] ---**
Academy City wants to
take her natural gifts and abilities,
**[45:46] ---**
analyze them anatomically,
and then exploit them.
**[45:50] ---**
Particularly that Loli company president.
**[45:53] ---**
Here.
**[45:55] ---**
They're the lyrics to that song.
**[45:57] ---**
We promised to
sing them together, right?
**[46:00] ---**
Let's celebrate with a drink, Arisa!
**[46:03] ---**
Thanks.
**[46:05] ---**
Cheers!
**[46:08] ---**
Wow, the three-legged race?
**[46:10] ---**
And with Miss Misaka, at that!
**[46:12] ---**
Yes. She was so insistent,
and I couldn't very well turn her down--
**[46:17] ---**
Huh? What the...?
**[46:18] ---**
W-What is going on here?!
**[46:29] ---**
Huh? What are you saying?
**[46:34] ---**
Index?
**[46:37] ---**
What's up?
**[46:38] ---**
Huh?! Arisa?!
**[46:40] ---**
Crow Leader to Crow 4, sitrep.
**[46:43] ---**
Target is on the expressway.
**[46:47] ---**
Don't let them out of your sight.
**[46:51] ---**
There's no such thing as miracles.
**[46:55] ---**
I won't stand for it!
**[46:59] ---**
Um, Master?
**[47:01] ---**
Hmm?
**[47:01] ---**
You can't smoke in the car.
**[47:04] ---**
It stunts your growth.
**[47:06] ---**
I don't mind. I'm plenty tall as it is.
**[47:09] ---**
No, not you! I'm talking about me!
**[47:15] ---**
Incoming!
**[47:21] ---**
Marie, don't let them pass us!
**[47:22] ---**
Okay!
**[48:11] ---**
Master!
**[48:13] ---**
Here!
**[48:17] ---**
Innocentius!
**[48:39] ---**
They're up ahead. Teacher, please hurry!
**[48:41] ---**
I-I know!
**[49:04] ---**
--Whew...
- -Ow...
**[49:13] ---**
Stop!
**[49:15] ---**
Why are you jumping the gun, Stiyl?!
**[49:18] ---**
There's still no proof
that the girl is a saint, is there?
**[49:22] ---**
Kanzaki...
**[49:24] ---**
I just got new orders.
**[49:27] ---**
Do you know what that is?
**[49:29] ---**
A space elevator, right?
**[49:31] ---**
No.
**[49:32] ---**
The Sumerian ziggurats;
the Tower of Babel...
**[49:35] ---**
When architecture takes on
a scale that exceeds rationality,
**[49:38] ---**
at the same time, it also
takes on magical implications.
**[49:42] ---**
The trouble is, there are
those who would also involve a saint,
**[49:45] ---**
and try to turn it into a
grand-scale magical instrument.
**[49:49] ---**
Just a minute. Are you saying
there is someone in Academy City
**[49:52] ---**
who is trying to use magic?!
**[49:55] ---**
It's me.
**[49:56] ---**
Antiskill is on the move. Withdraw.
**[49:59] ---**
Acknowledged.
**[50:12] ---**
No... it can't be...
**[50:15] ---**
Oh, found out about that, have we?
**[50:18] ---**
Fine. Bring the girl back to me.
**[50:25] ---**
Stay back!
**[50:27] ---**
Shutaura! Let the girl go!
**[50:29] ---**
Shutaura!
**[50:31] ---**
It's not even any of your business!
**[50:32] ---**
Why are you interfering?!
**[50:37] ---**
This is bad!
**[50:42] ---**
Run, Kamijo Toma!
**[51:11] ---**
Miss Saten?
**[51:14] ---**
Hello? What's up?
**[51:16] ---**
Mm-hmm... Mm-hmm...
**[51:18] ---**
Huh?! Miss Arisa?!
**[51:20] ---**
Yes. They say that it's
almost certain that she was abducted.
**[51:25] ---**
Mm-hmm... Mm-hmm...
All right. I'm heading out right now.
**[51:53] ---**
Who is this girl?
**[51:56] ---**
Why does she have this bracelet?
**[51:59] ---**
Sure enough, you two
are drawn to each other.
**[52:03] ---**
On that day, there were eighty-eight
passengers and crew aboard the Orion.
**[52:08] ---**
And following the accident, there were
eighty-eight confirmed survivors.
**[52:12] ---**
Everyone said it was a miracle.
**[52:15] ---**
But the truth is,
there was a single casualty--
**[52:19] ---**
the Orion's pilot,
Daedalus Sequenzia.
**[52:23] ---**
Yes, your father.
**[52:27] ---**
But by the time that fact
was confirmed, it was too late.
**[52:32] ---**
The world was caught up by the miracle.
**[52:34] ---**
The eighty-ninth survivor had been
covered up, and only the miracle remained.
**[52:40] ---**
The girl who suddenly appeared on the plane
**[52:42] ---**
which only had eighty-eight people aboard,
and worked that miracle,
**[52:47] ---**
is this girl, right here.
**[52:49] ---**
Are you going to persist
in calling it a miracle?
**[52:52] ---**
Well, the truth is, nobody should
have survived the accident.
**[52:58] ---**
You don't mean...
**[52:59] ---**
I thought it would work better in space.
**[53:01] ---**
However, except for
your father, everyone else survived.
**[53:05] ---**
And, it did produce
an unexpected by-product,
**[53:09] ---**
so in one sense,
I guess it was a success.
**[53:11] ---**
It was you?
**[53:15] ---**
It was because of you...?
**[53:38] ---**
Who are you?
**[53:57] ---**
You're that guy from before!
**[54:05] ---**
Are you through yet?
**[54:08] ---**
I think that's the sixteenth
time I've been stabbed with a knife.
**[54:11] ---**
You're a monster!
**[54:13] ---**
Oh, am I?
**[54:15] ---**
I may be, generally speaking,
**[54:17] ---**
but you two are something else,
yourselves. I'll let you live.
**[54:23] ---**
Watch closely as the true
miraculous moment takes place.
**[54:27] ---**
Whoever you are
and whatever you're planning,
**[54:30] ---**
I swear I'll bring it down!
**[54:31] ---**
I swear it!
**[54:33] ---**
I look forward to it.
**[54:35] ---**
Take her away.
**[54:39] ---**
Now then, that just leaves you.
**[54:48] ---**
Good morning.
**[54:51] ---**
I need a favor from you,
Miss Meigo Arisa.
**[54:57] ---**
Those with ticket
numbers 2033 through 2152,
**[55:01] ---**
please embark on the No. 17 Linear Track.
**[55:03] ---**
Coming up tomorrow
is the grand unveiling ceremony,
**[55:06] ---**
and guests for the ceremony
are rolling into Endymion.
**[55:11] ---**
So then, it's true.
**[55:13] ---**
Mm-hmm. Arisa never came back.
**[55:15] ---**
I've checked around here and there, too.
**[55:18] ---**
I see.
**[55:20] ---**
--Listen...
- -Toma...
**[55:28] ---**
My word, this is a serious burn.
**[55:30] ---**
Are you *that* intent on setting
a new admittance record here?
**[55:34] ---**
Uh, no, it's not like--
**[55:36] ---**
Hi, Kami!
**[55:38] ---**
Can we have a second?
**[55:42] ---**
Crow 7 to all units, infiltration
into the system successful.
**[55:49] ---**
We're going to settle all this.
**[55:51] ---**
Settle this?
**[55:52] ---**
Ladylee Tangleroad was
originally someone on our side,
**[55:56] ---**
a sybil, who specialized in Greek divination.
**[55:59] ---**
She is trying to construct a
spell with Meigo Arisa at its core.
**[56:04] ---**
A super-colossal one, which uses Endymion.
**[56:07] ---**
Something in a class that would wipe out
**[56:09] ---**
the whole northern hemisphere
if it were ever activated.
**[56:14] ---**
Anyhow, as long as
the problem is a magical one,
**[56:17] ---**
this falls within our territory.
You guys keep out of it.
**[56:21] ---**
Are you sure you can handle it?
We're talking outer space.
**[56:24] ---**
We'll deal with the core.
And if it comes down to it,
**[56:27] ---**
we'll destroy the tower itself.
**[56:29] ---**
When you say you'll deal with
the core, you mean you'll kill Arisa?
**[56:34] ---**
Well, that is what it means.
**[56:37] ---**
The thing about Arisa is,
**[56:39] ---**
she has a dream,
**[56:40] ---**
and she is putting all
of her effort into pursuing it.
**[56:44] ---**
Why should a girl like her
have to be treated like a villain,
**[56:47] ---**
who is out to destroy
the northern hemisphere?!
**[56:54] ---**
Toma!
**[56:55] ---**
You shouldn't be up and around yet!
**[56:57] ---**
There's no time for talk like that now.
**[56:59] ---**
Whether we leave it to magic
or science, Arisa will get killed!
**[57:06] ---**
--You're as big a fool as ever.
**[57:07] ---**
--Wait, Toma! Toma, I say!
**[57:10] ---**
We thought you might say that,
so we got something ready for you.
**[57:13] ---**
"Stare."
**[57:15] ---**
"Mm-hmm, I see.
It sounds like this is big trouble,"
**[57:21] ---**
says Misaka Misaka, intentionally
whispering in a loud voice.
**[57:24] ---**
Ugh... pipe down!
**[57:27] ---**
That's too loud to be
talking to yourself. Sheesh...
**[57:35] ---**
Say, I bought some drinks. Want one?
**[57:38] ---**
Wait...
**[57:39] ---**
Why, that little...!
**[57:45] ---**
Everyone else except
for your father survived.
**[57:48] ---**
If that isn't a miracle, then what is it?
**[57:54] ---**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[57:57] ---**
Sitrep.
**[57:58] ---**
Ladylee and the
others are already off to space.
**[58:00] ---**
The operation has advanced to Phase 4.
**[58:02] ---**
An Antiskill squad
is approaching Endymion.
**[58:05] ---**
Are we ready to go up?
**[58:07] ---**
Yes, we are.
**[58:12] ---**
Captain...
**[58:13] ---**
I'm going to go settle this.
Don't send anyone else up after me.
**[58:18] ---**
I'm off.
**[58:33] ---**
We are now temporarily
shutting down the network
**[58:36] ---**
to adjust the relay
circuits for the ceremony.
**[58:39] ---**
Please wait just a moment
until service is restored.
**[58:48] ---**
A miracle...
**[58:49] ---**
I wonder if you would
sing for me your miracle song?
**[58:57] ---**
Toma...
**[59:02] ---**
Have you still not decided?
**[59:08] ---**
And after I gave you, who sang
on sidewalks, such a big stage...
**[59:13] ---**
If you don't want to,
you can always refuse.
**[59:15] ---**
In that case, all of the guests
who are here will end up dying.
**[59:24] ---**
I'll sing.
**[59:26] ---**
But it won't be for my dream,
nor will it be for your dream.
**[59:30] ---**
My song will be for everyone
who is genuinely looking forward to it.
**[59:36] ---**
I will sing for those people.
No matter what you are thinking,
**[59:42] ---**
the miracle song...
will rise above it.
**[59:50] ---**
What is this?
**[59:52] ---**
A Ballistic Slider.
**[59:53] ---**
It's the ill-fated new
shuttle system that lost out
**[59:56] ---**
as Academy City's next
mainstay space transport craft.
**[1:00:01] ---**
Kami, this is what
we're sending you up on!
**[1:00:03] ---**
Huh? Where?
**[1:00:05] ---**
Why, outer space, of course!
**[1:00:08] ---**
What's up with the underground
linear tunnels and payload routes?
**[1:00:12] ---**
They are all sealed off.
**[1:00:14] ---**
Which means...
**[1:00:16] ---**
This bridge is the only
thing we can use right now.
**[1:00:24] ---**
♪ The stars sure are pretty
tonight, so I'm sure ♪
**[1:00:33] ---**
♪ I'll get through ♪
**[1:00:39] ---**
Charge!
**[1:00:50] ---**
♪ When I looked up on sleepless
nights, the stars ♪
**[1:00:56] ---**
♪ were always there listening ♪
**[1:01:02] ---**
♪ "I believe in you, but
the truth is, I'm afraid" ♪
**[1:01:06] ---**
It's up to you, Kami.
**[1:01:08] ---**
♪ My shooting star alit on the
cheek trickling down my tears ♪
**[1:01:12] ---**
Now then,
**[1:01:14] ---**
let's go.
**[1:01:16] ---**
Right!
**[1:01:19] ---**
♪ I flick away the grains of hope ♪
**[1:01:22] ---**
♪ (The stars twinkle in the sky) ♪
**[1:01:25] ---**
♪ Turning this twinkling into light, ♪
**[1:01:28] ---**
♪ let one wish of mine pass
through the upper sky ♪
**[1:01:35] ---**
♪ If my heightening emotions have piled
up and reach high into the sky, ♪
**[1:01:42] ---**
♪ will they reach you?
I'm sure they will ♪
**[1:01:45] ---**
♪ to wish your happiness ♪
**[1:01:47] ---**
♪ I'm one step away from your
smiling face so accept this ♪
**[1:01:48] ---**
Life and death; finite and infinite...
**[1:01:51] ---**
Here in this space where
everything intersects,
**[1:01:54] ---**
♪ I'm locking my wishes within
the stardust swirling around ♪
**[1:01:54] ---**
different laws operate than
the ones on the ground.
**[1:01:57] ---**
The fanaticism and blood of the people
**[1:01:59] ---**
♪ the night sky ♪
**[1:01:59] ---**
are an offering to be given
in a feast to the gods.
**[1:02:02] ---**
Their life's breath will strike
down Endymion's eternal curse!
**[1:02:05] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky, tonight
I want to make it come true-- ♪
**[1:02:07] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky, tonight
I want to make it come true-- ♪
**[1:02:08] ---**
♪ the stars pouring down illuminate ♪
**[1:02:09] ---**
♪ the stars pouring down illuminate ♪
**[1:02:09] ---**
What is that?
**[1:02:11] ---**
♪ the stars pouring down illuminate ♪
**[1:02:11] ---**
Amazing! I've never seen a magic
array as large as this one!
**[1:02:11] ---**
♪ Your smile is dazzling,
chains ever spiraling ♪
**[1:02:14] ---**
♪ Come on and join hands ♪
**[1:02:14] ---**
It's bringing in the earth
itself as part of the spell!
**[1:02:14] ---**
♪ Come on and join hands ♪
**[1:02:17] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky, tonight
I want to make it come true-- ♪
**[1:02:18] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky, tonight
I want to make it come true-- ♪
**[1:02:18] ---**
What happens once it becomes activated?
**[1:02:20] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky, tonight
I want to make it come true-- ♪
**[1:02:20] ---**
I have no idea what its objective is.
**[1:02:20] ---**
♪ the stars pouring down illuminate ♪
**[1:02:23] ---**
♪ Our smiling is dazzling,
in links of our imagining ♪
**[1:02:23] ---**
♪ Our smiling is dazzling,
in links of our imagining ♪
**[1:02:23] ---**
I do think it's Goetian in nature,
but this isn't in the records.
**[1:02:26] ---**
♪ The future grows ever
filled with light ♪
**[1:02:27] ---**
♪ The future grows ever
filled with light ♪
**[1:02:29] ---**
♪ The future grows ever
filled with light ♪
**[1:02:29] ---**
W-What's that?!
**[1:02:30] ---**
♪ The future grows ever
filled with light ♪
**[1:02:31] ---**
♪ The future grows ever
filled with light ♪
**[1:02:31] ---**
Hi, Kami!
**[1:02:34] ---**
Forgive the abruptness, but
I have some unfortunate news.
**[1:02:34] ---**
♪ On nights that I thought
I'd break down alone, ♪
**[1:02:37] ---**
♪ you offered courage ♪
**[1:02:37] ---**
The anti-debris missiles that
the elevator is equipped with
**[1:02:40] ---**
have locked onto you.
**[1:02:42] ---**
Hey, what do we do?! Do we have any weapons?!
**[1:02:44] ---**
Of course you do!
**[1:02:45] ---**
♪ Come what may, you're my
Polaris, shining overhead ♪
**[1:02:48] ---**
Okay, you're on!
**[1:02:51] ---**
Tsuchimikado, I won't forget about this.
**[1:02:57] ---**
♪ If my heightening
emotions have piled up ♪
**[1:03:00] ---**
♪ and reach high into the sky, ♪
**[1:03:03] ---**
♪ will they reach you?
I'm sure they will ♪
**[1:03:06] ---**
♪ to wish our happiness ♪
**[1:03:08] ---**
♪ There is no end to either the sky ♪
**[1:03:12] ---**
♪ or anyone's dreams ♪
**[1:03:15] ---**
♪ so my voice will continue
to sing and ring out forever ♪
**[1:03:21] ---**
♪ I want these emotions
to make their way to you ♪
**[1:03:27] ---**
♪ through the millennia ♪
**[1:03:36] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky, tonight
I want it to come true, ♪
**[1:03:37] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky, tonight
I want it to come true, ♪
**[1:03:37] ---**
The rest is up to you, Kamijo Toma.
**[1:03:39] ---**
♪ I want it more and more to come true ♪
**[1:03:41] ---**
♪ Your smile is dazzling,
chains ever spiraling ♪
**[1:03:45] ---**
♪ go on and join hands ♪
**[1:03:47] ---**
♪ A star in the whole sky,
tonight I want it to come true ♪
**[1:03:50] ---**
♪ I want it more and more to come true ♪
**[1:03:53] ---**
♪ Our smiling is dazzling,
in links of our imagining ♪
**[1:03:56] ---**
♪ A future filled with light ♪
**[1:04:31] ---**
Where's our backup?!
**[1:04:32] ---**
They say it's still
going to take a little while.
**[1:04:42] ---**
Sheesh! Leave me behind
without saying anything, will he?
**[1:04:46] ---**
He is so off the mark...
in the way he does things!
**[1:04:58] ---**
Listen, Kuroko, I need a favor.
**[1:05:00] ---**
Eh?
**[1:05:01] ---**
You keep things safe here.
**[1:05:03] ---**
Sissy, you do not mean...!
**[1:05:05] ---**
You're the only one I can ask.
**[1:05:06] ---**
So please...
**[1:05:10] ---**
Sissy!
**[1:05:12] ---**
I'm counting on you!
**[1:05:13] ---**
Sissy!
**[1:05:19] ---**
We're on the move, too.
**[1:05:20] ---**
--Right!
- -Right, Master!
**[1:05:27] ---**
Looks like there's a
huge commotion down there.
**[1:05:30] ---**
But you won't make it in time now.
**[1:05:32] ---**
I wouldn't be so sure.
**[1:05:47] ---**
Silly girl.
**[1:05:49] ---**
You've come, have you?
**[1:06:01] ---**
Like I said, I swear you're going to pay!
**[1:06:26] ---**
Yes... I must have
lived a thousand years already...
**[1:06:32] ---**
The Orion experiment may have failed,
**[1:06:36] ---**
but in exchange, an unexpected
byproduct came about.
**[1:06:40] ---**
And that is Arisa.
**[1:06:42] ---**
With her miraculous power,
I will be able to die.
**[1:06:47] ---**
Come, let's end this together!
**[1:06:53] ---**
Oh no you don't!
**[1:07:25] ---**
Toma!
**[1:07:33] ---**
Say, what was that just now?
**[1:07:35] ---**
Right... It looks like
there was an explosion
**[1:07:39] ---**
near the elevator relay station.
**[1:07:41] ---**
As a result, the stress balances
are starting to come undone!
**[1:07:45] ---**
Huh? But that means...
**[1:07:47] ---**
If this keeps up,
the elevator will collapse,
**[1:07:50] ---**
and proceed to fall to earth!
**[1:07:52] ---**
Huh?!
**[1:08:05] ---**
What was that explosion?
**[1:08:07] ---**
An accident?
**[1:08:07] ---**
No way.
**[1:08:08] ---**
I'm scared!
**[1:08:09] ---**
Hey, this is outer space.
**[1:08:11] ---**
Eh? What's going to happen to us?
**[1:08:15] ---**
Whoa, are you all right?!
**[1:08:17] ---**
This is bad, isn't it?
**[1:08:17] ---**
--Are we going to die?
--Huh? Seriously?!
**[1:08:20] ---**
--Yeah, we have to get out of here!
--I'm scared!
**[1:08:22] ---**
--We're done for!
--This is not good!
**[1:08:23] ---**
--Hey, don't push!
--Ow! You're hurting me!
**[1:08:29] ---**
That's right...
**[1:08:31] ---**
That other time...
**[1:08:33] ---**
I...
**[1:08:35] ---**
What are the attendants doing?!
**[1:08:36] ---**
Hurry and open up!
**[1:08:38] ---**
♪ Will the sun shine
tomorrow, I wonder, ♪
**[1:08:44] ---**
♪ looking at the sky, filled
with twinkling stars ♪
**[1:08:49] ---**
♪ "They almost look close
enough to touch," ♪
**[1:08:55] ---**
♪ we laugh to each other,
and start walking again ♪
**[1:08:56] ---**
♪ we laugh to each other,
and start walking again ♪
**[1:08:56] ---**
A song?
**[1:08:57] ---**
♪ we laugh to each other,
and start walking again ♪
**[1:09:18] ---**
♪ The truth is, on the
night I was all alone ♪
**[1:09:19] ---**
Um, this way, please.
**[1:09:19] ---**
♪ The truth is, on the
night I was all alone ♪
**[1:09:23] ---**
♪ The truth is, on the
night I was all alone ♪
**[1:09:24] ---**
♪ I felt anxious, and sent you a text ♪
**[1:09:30] ---**
♪ It felt like I was being
buried underneath so many ♪
**[1:09:34] ---**
♪ It felt like I was being
buried underneath so many ♪
**[1:09:34] ---**
That's my thirty-eighth explosion...
**[1:09:35] ---**
♪ dreams and ideals and such ♪
**[1:09:38] ---**
♪ dreams and ideals and such ♪
**[1:09:38] ---**
It's the first time I've been
exposed to a vacuum, though.
**[1:09:40] ---**
♪ When I tried to imagine someday ♪
**[1:09:41] ---**
♪ When I tried to imagine someday ♪
**[1:09:42] ---**
It's over this time, for sure.
**[1:09:44] ---**
I'm going to die, no matter what!
**[1:09:46] ---**
♪ leaving this town and
becoming an adult, ♪
**[1:09:47] ---**
♪ leaving this town and
becoming an adult, ♪
**[1:09:52] ---**
♪ I felt so discouraged, but then ♪
**[1:09:54] ---**
Endymion is going to collapse?!
**[1:09:56] ---**
Yeah.
**[1:09:57] ---**
♪ your face came to mind ♪
**[1:09:57] ---**
Apparently, the situation is unavoidable now.
**[1:10:00] ---**
We're trying everything we
can on our end, too, but--
**[1:10:02] ---**
♪ The two of us are always ♪
**[1:10:04] ---**
Tsuchimikado!
**[1:10:05] ---**
Toma...
**[1:10:07] ---**
♪ sharing our feelings
like it's nothing ♪
**[1:10:09] ---**
Let's split up.
**[1:10:11] ---**
You keep the magic from activating.
**[1:10:13] ---**
♪ I hear your voice as if to say,
"I'm coming to get you now" ♪
**[1:10:14] ---**
I'll go get Arisa.
**[1:10:18] ---**
Listen, Toma, you make
sure you save Arisa, okay?
**[1:10:23] ---**
I made her a promise that
once her song was done,
**[1:10:23] ---**
♪ Will the sun shine
tomorrow, I wonder, ♪
**[1:10:26] ---**
the two of us would sing it together!
**[1:10:28] ---**
All right.
**[1:10:29] ---**
♪ looking at the sky, filled
with twinkling stars ♪
**[1:10:33] ---**
It's no use! It looks like
we can't prevent a collapse!
**[1:10:34] ---**
♪ "They almost look close
enough to touch," ♪
**[1:10:37] ---**
Calm down!
**[1:10:39] ---**
Isn't there anything that can be done?
**[1:10:40] ---**
♪ we laugh to each other,
and start walking again ♪
**[1:10:41] ---**
Let's see...
**[1:10:44] ---**
There's an emergency purge system.
**[1:10:46] ---**
Normally, it would be set
off remotely, though.
**[1:10:50] ---**
Right now, the system itself is frozen.
**[1:10:51] ---**
♪ "Thank you." Even
now, saying the words ♪
**[1:10:53] ---**
Does that mean it's not working?
**[1:10:55] ---**
If we can manually set
off all the blast bolts
**[1:10:56] ---**
♪ makes me feel a little bit awkward ♪
**[1:10:57] ---**
in these three spots...
**[1:11:02] ---**
♪ I wish I could convey how
just being together with you ♪
**[1:11:03] ---**
Right now, we have to try anything we can.
**[1:11:06] ---**
I'll take on one of the locations.
**[1:11:08] ---**
♪ somehow makes me smile ♪
**[1:11:09] ---**
Sissy! I am heading there now, as well--
**[1:11:13] ---**
♪ The skies are clear forever above us, ♪
**[1:11:13] ---**
Miss Shirai!
**[1:11:15] ---**
I'll take another location.
**[1:11:18] ---**
In that case, the third one is...
**[1:11:20] ---**
♪ and the stars keep flickering ♪
**[1:11:20] ---**
Hello!
**[1:11:22] ---**
This name is withheld by request,
**[1:11:24] ---**
♪ Looking over our shoulders at
each other, a shooting star ♪
**[1:11:24] ---**
penname, "Spelled like 'Life,
' pronounced like 'Sister'!"
**[1:11:28] ---**
I've heard what's happening.
**[1:11:30] ---**
There's a way for me to deal
with the third location.
**[1:11:34] ---**
Who is that?
**[1:11:34] ---**
♪ flashed by ♪
**[1:11:35] ---**
I don't know.
**[1:11:36] ---**
I don't know who that is,
**[1:11:38] ---**
but if he can break in on
an Antiskill encoded line,
**[1:11:41] ---**
he's not just some common
rubbernecker or prankster, right?
**[1:11:45] ---**
There you have it, Stiyl.
It's up to you, now.
**[1:11:48] ---**
Hmph, what's the use?
I'm at your service.
**[1:11:53] ---**
Shut up...
**[1:11:55] ---**
Just shut up!
**[1:11:58] ---**
This noise can work a miracle?
**[1:11:59] ---**
♪ Will the sun shine
tomorrow, I wonder, ♪
**[1:12:01] ---**
I'll stop it... I swear!
**[1:12:05] ---**
♪ looking at the sky, filled
with twinkling stars ♪
**[1:12:10] ---**
♪ If you wish hard enough,
it's sure to come true, ♪
**[1:12:15] ---**
♪ so believe in yourself ♪
**[1:12:20] ---**
Stop...
**[1:12:20] ---**
♪ Will the sun shine
tomorrow, I wonder, ♪
**[1:12:23] ---**
Stop!!
**[1:12:47] ---**
Toma!
**[1:12:50] ---**
That was cutting it close.
**[1:12:57] ---**
Toma!
**[1:13:03] ---**
Just a little farther...
**[1:13:06] ---**
...right over there...
**[1:13:11] ---**
I've never seen a
spell as crazy as this one.
**[1:13:14] ---**
Are you trying
to destroy the earth?
**[1:13:17] ---**
All your lines refining your magical power
**[1:13:19] ---**
are more than just a little off the rails.
**[1:13:22] ---**
The List of Prohibited Books, right?
I've heard of you.
**[1:13:26] ---**
A human library, who has memorized
103,000 volumes of magic grimoires.
**[1:13:31] ---**
You should be able to understand, right?
**[1:13:34] ---**
The way it feels to
be somebody cursed by magic?
**[1:13:37] ---**
I can finally make my way out of this hell.
**[1:13:41] ---**
No, you can't.
**[1:13:43] ---**
Even if you do this,
it won't kill you.
**[1:13:45] ---**
I can tell.
**[1:13:48] ---**
Why, you...!
**[1:13:57] ---**
If we don't hurry this up,
it will all be too late!
**[1:14:11] ---**
Don't get careless!
**[1:14:12] ---**
Master!
**[1:14:13] ---**
Here they come!
**[1:14:17] ---**
Toma!
**[1:14:30] ---**
Don't do it, Shutaura!
**[1:14:33] ---**
Her existence is
what gave rise to Ladylee's plan.
**[1:14:37] ---**
As well as its unseen casualty.
**[1:14:40] ---**
Her songs...
**[1:14:42] ---**
...and the miracles
she causes mislead people!
**[1:14:45] ---**
That's why I'm killing her!
**[1:14:50] ---**
Why?
**[1:14:51] ---**
Why are you laughing?!
**[1:14:55] ---**
Miss Misaka,
the blast bolt is after your next right.
**[1:14:59] ---**
Acknowledged!
**[1:15:06] ---**
What's the matter, Miss Misaka?
**[1:15:09] ---**
Are you okay, Master?
**[1:15:12] ---**
Don't worry about me. It's just a scratch.
**[1:15:20] ---**
Master, let us handle this.
**[1:15:23] ---**
What are you talking about?!
**[1:15:24] ---**
I will see the task I've been
entrusted with through to the end!
**[1:15:29] ---**
This is Yomikawa. I'm sorry,
**[1:15:32] ---**
but it doesn't look like
I'm going to reach there in time.
**[1:15:36] ---**
"It's all right.
**[1:15:38] ---**
Please pay no mind, and continue
to detonate on the three-count,"
**[1:15:41] ---**
requests Misaka.
**[1:15:44] ---**
Sissy...?
**[1:15:57] ---**
Geez...
**[1:15:58] ---**
Why do I have to come
out and do something like this?
**[1:16:03] ---**
"You see, you see,
if Endymion here falls down,
**[1:16:06] ---**
the earth will be ruined,
and no one will have anywhere to live,"
**[1:16:10] ---**
says Misaka Misaka,
stating correct, yet obvious reasoning!
**[1:16:15] ---**
Ha! The earth?
Not that it's any of my business,
**[1:16:20] ---**
but, this may be just the
thing for my physical therapy.
**[1:16:24] ---**
Sounds like there's
no time for hesitation, huh?
**[1:16:26] ---**
Here goes!
**[1:16:29] ---**
Three!
**[1:16:35] ---**
Two!
**[1:16:49] ---**
What was that?
**[1:16:51] ---**
Did they do it?
**[1:16:52] ---**
Take cover!
**[1:16:59] ---**
Don't tell me they're
trying to purge Endymion!
**[1:17:04] ---**
Now I can do it--
unpack the layers of her spell,
**[1:17:09] ---**
and find some way to collapse it!
**[1:17:13] ---**
They detonated the base?!
**[1:17:15] ---**
Now you see, don't you?
**[1:17:18] ---**
There's no such thing as "can't"!
**[1:17:25] ---**
My father, the pilot of the Orion,
**[1:17:29] ---**
was the sole casualty of that accident.
**[1:17:33] ---**
Even though I... and the
other passengers... all survived...
**[1:17:40] ---**
That's why I deny miracles!
To carry on the will of my father,
**[1:17:45] ---**
who didn't rely on miracles,
and fought only with what he had!
**[1:17:53] ---**
Your old man was trying to
protect you and the other passengers.
**[1:17:58] ---**
Even if the chances
were less than one percent,
**[1:18:01] ---**
as long as he pushed it to
the limit, something would turn out.
**[1:18:06] ---**
He must have believed that,
and hung in there right to the end!
**[1:18:09] ---**
Which is precisely the reason
why you and the others lived, isn't it?
**[1:18:17] ---**
A miracle happened.
**[1:18:20] ---**
Your old man is the
one who worked that miracle!
**[1:18:23] ---**
And for you to deny that
**[1:18:26] ---**
is the same as you killing
your old man once again, isn't it?!
**[1:18:38] ---**
Come on, answer, Kami!
**[1:18:42] ---**
Damn...
**[1:18:44] ---**
Endymion really is going to fall.
**[1:18:50] ---**
To hell with the Miracle of the Eighty-Eight!
To hell with miraculous songs!
**[1:18:54] ---**
Go ahead and try to save us now!
**[1:18:57] ---**
Try to save everyone from
Endymion falling down to the earth!
**[1:19:02] ---**
Including her,
**[1:19:04] ---**
and you,
**[1:19:05] ---**
and everyone who accepts
miracles that violate the natural order!
**[1:19:19] ---**
Stop that!
**[1:19:25] ---**
Even if you follow
your way and deny miracles,
**[1:19:27] ---**
it won't bring about order!
**[1:19:41] ---**
Betting on even the slightest possibility,
**[1:19:45] ---**
believing that you can gain something,
**[1:19:48] ---**
and then making
even a little bit of difference
**[1:19:50] ---**
is what moving forward is, isn't it?!
**[1:19:52] ---**
That's what your old
man was aiming for, wasn't it?
**[1:19:57] ---**
And isn't that
exactly what a miracle is?!
**[1:20:01] ---**
I'm going to take your miserable delusion
**[1:20:04] ---**
and smash it with my right hand!
**[1:20:24] ---**
Hey, Shutaura...
**[1:20:29] ---**
...music is a really great thing...
**[1:20:36] ---**
"Remaining battery life has reached 0"
**[1:20:41] ---**
Damn...
**[1:20:46] ---**
It's not... over yet...
**[1:21:22] ---**
--Are we okay?
- -Oh, God...
**[1:21:30] ---**
The left engine block
has fallen away. I-It's hopeless!
**[1:21:34] ---**
Don't give up!
There's still something we can do!
**[1:21:40] ---**
What is it?
**[1:21:43] ---**
Hey!
**[1:21:52] ---**
Please. I don't care if
I lose everything precious to me.
**[1:21:57] ---**
So right now, please
work a miracle for everyone.
**[1:22:03] ---**
That's right...
**[1:22:05] ---**
Back there, I made a wish...
**[1:22:09] ---**
I wanted a miracle, even if what
I held precious was taken from me.
**[1:22:14] ---**
And so...
**[1:22:16] ---**
I was born.
**[1:22:35] ---**
♪ A symphony of destiny ♪
**[1:22:39] ---**
What is that song?
**[1:22:42] ---**
No... That song will take
my magic array and...!
**[1:22:46] ---**
♪ watching over the passing ♪
**[1:22:47] ---**
Stop!
**[1:22:49] ---**
If you extend that kind of power here, now...
**[1:22:52] ---**
♪ of layers upon layers of scars ♪
**[1:22:54] ---**
...they'll fall apart... My hopes...
**[1:22:58] ---**
My dreams...!
**[1:23:01] ---**
♪ I am going to sing ♪
**[1:23:07] ---**
♪ Gathering the light now, ♪
**[1:23:13] ---**
♪ allowing the love which has returned ♪
**[1:23:21] ---**
♪ to eternity to find a peaceful rest ♪
**[1:23:27] ---**
♪ I will sing to you ♪
**[1:23:32] ---**
♪ without losing anything more ♪
**[1:23:36] ---**
Master, what do we do?
**[1:23:39] ---**
It's coming down!
**[1:23:39] ---**
♪ May these days of certainty ♪
**[1:23:44] ---**
"Wow! We're flying through the
air," says Misaka Misaka...
**[1:23:47] ---**
♪ which bring smiles to all ♪
**[1:23:49] ---**
Tch, this is the only time
I'm doing this, understand?!
**[1:23:49] ---**
♪ go on forever ♪
**[1:23:52] ---**
♪ go on forever ♪
**[1:24:00] ---**
♪ Get over again ♪
**[1:24:04] ---**
♪ Heading off into the skies ♪
**[1:24:05] ---**
Captain...
**[1:24:09] ---**
Endymion is...
**[1:24:10] ---**
Endymion is moving
away from its descent course.
**[1:24:12] ---**
♪ Get over again ♪
**[1:24:14] ---**
It's going to avoid a
collision with the earth!
**[1:24:15] ---**
♪ I will flap my wings ♪
**[1:24:17] ---**
♪ I will flap my wings ♪
**[1:24:32] ---**
You went and did it, huh?
**[1:24:34] ---**
I'm sure the world must have heard...
**[1:24:37] ---**
...your song.
**[1:24:57] ---**
I wonder, what did that
young woman end up being?
**[1:25:02] ---**
Yes, indeed.
**[1:25:04] ---**
If I had to say,
she might have been a wish.
**[1:25:08] ---**
A wish?
**[1:25:10] ---**
Even if it is not the work of an esper,
**[1:25:12] ---**
a person's wishes
can distort their subjectivity.
**[1:25:17] ---**
If multiple wishes are
all given the same direction,
**[1:25:21] ---**
their power can
even interfere with causality.
**[1:25:25] ---**
--Master, you can't smoke inside this room.
**[1:25:26] ---**
--That power could divide a young girl,
**[1:25:29] ---**
and alter the fate of many people.
**[1:25:32] ---**
And then, the distortion caused
by the two becoming one again
**[1:25:37] ---**
has worked its own miracle.
**[1:25:41] ---**
Ladylee has performed quite
the fascinating experiment for me.
**[1:25:45] ---**
All in all, it is unfortunate
that she cannot die.
**[1:25:51] ---**
Say, Toma,
**[1:25:53] ---**
was Arisa really...?
**[1:25:55] ---**
No.
**[1:25:56] ---**
I mean, I actually
touched her, with my right hand.
**[1:26:01] ---**
So she was not just some illusion.
**[1:26:05] ---**
She was someone who liked songs,
**[1:26:07] ---**
and who liked delighting
others with her songs,
**[1:26:09] ---**
and was otherwise just a normal girl.
**[1:26:12] ---**
Mm-hmm, you're right.
**[1:26:31] ---**
Toma, did you hear that, too?
**[1:26:34] ---**
Yeah!
**[1:26:58] ---**
*Riding a train to our destination,*
**[1:27:01] ---**
*we travel through the empty night sky*
**[1:27:04] ---**
*A flip of a coin and a drop of a tear*
**[1:27:06] ---**
*I want to get beyond this weeping night sky*
**[1:27:09] ---**
*Why is it that the view I see from my window*
**[1:27:12] ---**
*is always as pretty as this,*
**[1:27:15] ---**
*despite inside my body, inside my eye,*
**[1:27:18] ---**
*it's twinkling even more,
to the point of overflowing?*
**[1:27:21] ---**
*Come on, extend my hand*
**[1:27:26] ---**
*Over and over*
**[1:27:29] ---**
*we chased after the stars so high*
**[1:27:32] ---**
*praying time and again,
"someday, for sure..."*
**[1:27:37] ---**
*We believe*
**[1:27:40] ---**
*in the heated pulsing of that light*
**[1:27:43] ---**
*because we saw our
dreams in its shining rhythm*
**[1:28:06] ---**
*Blown by a chilly night breeze,*
**[1:28:08] ---**
*we wonder what the word "kindness" means*
**[1:28:11] ---**
*Inside our tiny, frozen hands,*
**[1:28:14] ---**
*falsehood and honesty fight it out*
**[1:28:18] ---**
*Hey, I want to grow stronger*
**[1:28:22] ---**
*Over and over*
**[1:28:26] ---**
*we back up another step*
**[1:28:28] ---**
*It's the long way, but still,
something never changes*
**[1:28:33] ---**
*We feel*
**[1:28:37] ---**
*everything in the dreams
we likewise keep having*
**[1:28:42] ---**
*I want to light up your tomorrow*
**[1:28:57] ---**
*A fixed star is in my heart*
**[1:29:02] ---**
*A fixed star is in your heart*
**[1:29:08] ---**
*The fixed star is shining forever*
**[1:29:24] ---**
*Over and over*
**[1:29:28] ---**
*we chased after the stars so high*
**[1:29:30] ---**
*praying time and again,
"someday, for sure..."*
**[1:29:36] ---**
*We believe*
**[1:29:39] ---**
*in the heated pulsing of that light*
**[1:29:42] ---**
*because we saw our
dreams in its shining rhythm*
# Season 4
# 1 - Unrest
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:03] ---**
Academy City--a city of science, said
to have a total population of 2.3 million.
**[00:08] ---**
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.
**[01:00] ---**
Given all of the crisscrossing between
science and magic I've been through,
**[01:03] ---**
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...
**[03:57] ---**
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...
**[04:13] ---**
Toma...!
**[04:21] ---**
Just my luck!!
**[04:29] ---**
Okay, listen here.
**[04:31] ---**
I won't get angry,
**[04:32] ---**
so I want you to explain to me
**[04:34] ---**
why you would do such a thing.
**[04:39] ---**
Can't you explain yourselves?
**[04:40] ---**
Well...
**[04:42] ---**
Well, Aogami Pierce and I were debating
"Red or black: Which bunny girl is best,"
**[04:48] ---**
when Tsuchimikado butts in and
blurts out, "When it comes to bunny girls,
**[04:52] ---**
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.
**[05:43] ---**
Aw, I'm screwed.
**[05:46] ---**
Now I won't make it to the mark-down
sale at the supermarket in time.
**[05:49] ---**
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.
**[06:06] ---**
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
**[06:26] ---**
because I doubt I'll make it
in time for Christmas, or anything.
**[06:31] ---**
Late last night in Toulouse,
an industrial area in the south of France,
**[06:35] ---**
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,
**[06:49] ---**
as well as the reprisals
toward these demonstrations,
**[06:51] ---**
is fueling concerns that the conflict
between the Roman Orthodoxy
**[06:54] ---**
--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
**[07:03] ---**
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,
**[07:57] ---**
it is also quite ostentatious.
**[07:59] ---**
They've never called up those of us
in Judgment to work security, either.
**[08:05] ---**
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.
**[08:51] ---**
Hey, Fukiyose, while I'm thinking of it,
with our October midterms canceled,
**[08:56] ---**
why do you still spend your
free time devoted to studying for tests?
**[09:00] ---**
Now that the midterms have been dropped,
**[09:02] ---**
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...
**[09:12] ---**
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.
**[09:48] ---**
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...
**[10:25] ---**
Jeez...
**[10:27] ---**
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...
**[14:37] ---**
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,
**[17:47] ---**
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] ---**
**[23:43] ---**
# 2 - The Right Seat of God
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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**[00:05] ---**
Now,
**[00:07] ---**
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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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,
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depending on their response.
**[05:47] ---**
Should we consider Academy City?
**[05:49] ---**
Ignore them. It should be our own nation
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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?
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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"
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"#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--
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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.
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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 *hboie*being*ab*.
**[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 *asbu*manifest*oagbv*--
**[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 *sn*structural*bozl* virus, didn't you?
**[14:33] ---**
Goodness, I'm sorry.
If you want to *sbgp*kill*napedv* me,
**[14:37] ---**
you'll have to do something
about these *nspidh*glowingwings*gprws*.
**[14:40] ---**
They have a mind of their own.
**[14:42] ---**
*abeohougbao*kill*woweuferya*!
**[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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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] ---**
*anhwr*next*nxdp*
**[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] ---**
*nriosgn*precedence*iorseog*
**[18:08] ---**
*nriosgn*precedence*iorseog*
**[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] ---**
*hbwiora*effec*nbsitbg*tive*oargwerge*
**[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] ---**
*hdtrn*dam*b*age*gur*confirmed*htb*
**[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] ---**
*bauo*press*grln*at*jj*tack*trrhgs*smash*yr*
**[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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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] ---**
*hbo*return*fbyuo*
**[04:06] ---**
return*fr*location.correctcoord*uj*heaven
**[04:11] ---**
originalproper*qe*place
**[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] ---**
*sergv*range*hv*set
**[08:24] ---**
*zxd*preparations*sjku*complete
**[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] ---**
Secondwaveattack*noiw*ready
**[09:36] ---**
thirtyseconds*howq*Sweep*wbewe*redrop
**[09:40] ---**
Secondwave*ko*attack*ger*
**[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] ---**
# 24 - List of Prohibited Books (Index)
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**[00:09] ---**
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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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,
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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
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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--
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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] ---**