# 17 - The Power of God (Archangel)
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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
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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
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--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
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Hey, now, what are--\n
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Don't play innocent! \n
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I asked you why you're\nplaying at being a sorcerer!\n
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Oh, I see. Well, where do I begin?\n
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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
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Souvenirs?\n
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Yeah. I'm going to give up my souvenir hunting.\n
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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
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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
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Have you forgotten the name\nby which this grand spell is called?\n
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What is this?\n
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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
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What do you think you're doing?\n
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She didn't touch my right hand.\n
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That means that my Imagine\nBreaker works on angels, too, right?\n
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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
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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
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What's the matter? Wake up!\n
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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
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Now then, allow me\nto introduce my magic troupe.\n
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Time to work, you fools.\n
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Suzaku...\n
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Seiryu...\n
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Genbu...\n
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Byakko...\n
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The pistol is complete. Now, to load it.\n
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Magic...?\n
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For the bullet, an extremely violent,\neven ridiculous thing;\n
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for the pistol, a barrier.\n
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For the bullet, a *shikigami* spirit...
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Hold on. I thought Tsuchimikado\ncouldn't use magic anymore.\n
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For the trigger, my own hand...\n
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Didn't I tell you, Kami?\n
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There are two ways to stop Angel Fall--\n
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killing the caster,\nor destroying the magic circle.\n
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Stop...!\n
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Heh, Kami, you remind me a lot of Kanzaki.\n
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If she knew I was using this method,\n
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she undoubtedly would have\ndone everything in her power to stop it.\n
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Isn't that right? Otherwise,\nthere'd be no sense in protecting us.\n
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I am sorry to have beat you up so much.\n
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With my forms, I can blow\nthat whole ritual ground away...\n
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Stop, Tsuchimikado!\n
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I'm afraid I can't grant that request.\n
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Kami, I am actually... a liar.\n
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It looks like I owe\nyou another one, Kamijo Toma.\n
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Dad! Wake up, Dad!\n
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Tsuchimikado...\n
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"First of all, welcome\nhome, right? Kamijo Toma?"\n
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What was it for, damn it? \n
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It doesn't do any good to\nnot have you around, does it?!\n
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Long time no see, Kami.\n
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How have you been?\n
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Huh? What? You look like you've seen a ghost.\n
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B-But I was sure you used\nmagic back there, and died, didn't you?\n
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Ah, that was a lie.\n
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Huh?!\n
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My ability may be a meager one,\nbut I can regenerate my body.\n
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Between you and me, I can use\nmagic at least a few more times.\n
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It's just a pain to have to spell it all out.\n
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A pain?\n
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Tsuchimikado is basically a big liar.\n
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That part about sneaking into\nAcademy City as a spy was a lie.\n
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Actually, I'm a counterspy, \n
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only pretending to be on the\nEnglish Puritan Church's side.\n
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What's worse,\nto tell the truth, that's a lie, too.\n
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In fact, I'm a multiple-spy,\nhired by all sorts of agencies.\n
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Now, look...\n
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And, all's well that ends well.\n
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As a small token of good faith,\nI brought someone here with me.\n
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It's true. Hitotsui Hajime was really there.\n
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Mom...?\n
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How are you feeling, Toma?\n
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Oh, uh, well...\nI'm finally getting accustomed to it.\n
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Oh, my, I can't have\nyou becoming accustomed\n
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to being hurt and hospitalized.\n
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Toma, I'm glad you're looking well.\n
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Yeah, you too, Dad.\n
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Our house is gone now,\nbut compared to your safety, it's nothing.\n
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Huh? Your house is what, now?\n
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The new house that we had built \n
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was blown to bits by a mysterious explosion.\n
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Tsuchimikado...?\n
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Well, what can you do?\nWe'll have to stay in the old house again\n
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until we can rebuild it.\n
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The old house?\n
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Yeah, that old rental unit.\nThere are still places available.\n
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The same place we lived, ever\nsince we got married and had you,\n
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up until we moved.\n
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The one that you\ngroaned about being too cramped.\n
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Oh, yeah.\n
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Toma...\n
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W-What's wrong, Index?\nWhy are you just standing over there?\n
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Toma, you strangled me.\n
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Toma, you buried me up to my neck.\n
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Oh, you see, there's a good reason for that...\n
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Toma, you smooshed me behind a door!\n
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That one wasn't me!\n
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I was on the floor, and you just ignored me!\n
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Ah... that was me. I mean...!\n
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Er, you see...\n
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Just my luck!\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"\nUnabara Mitsuki starts hovering around Misaka Mikoto.\n
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To keep him from doing so,\nshe and I pretend to be involved.\n
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Wait, me and Zapper, on a date?!\n
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Next time, "Replica."\n
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When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n