25 - Wings

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