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