# 25 - Wings
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRVNZK5PY/a-certain-magical-index)
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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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