15 - Spark Signal

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    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.
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    "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
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    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
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    until you can make stir-fry vegetables,
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    and I'm here waiting for you with
    an empty tummy! Stir-fry vegetables!
[05:30] ---
    Not to be too blunt,
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    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
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    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.
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