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.
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