# 3 - The Document of C
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"A Certain Magical Index III"
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"#03 The Document of C"
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Well, well, is something the matter?
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Please, amuse me some more.
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Precedence.
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Spear motion lower; air higher!
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Crap!
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I'm alive?
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But how?
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Was that attack different
from the one before?
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Flour?
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You mean, that weapon
signifies the flesh of God?
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Oh? Even an easterner like you can tell that?
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By any common reckoning,
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there is no way a mere mortal man
could kill the Son of God.
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However, the Son of God had
no other choice but to be killed,
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in order to take the original sin
of mankind upon Him.
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To that end, there was an alteration
performed to the order of precedence
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between a traveler and the Son of God.
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Yes, this very esoteric procedure,
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which was employed to allow
the Son of God to fulfill mythology,
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is my technique--
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the Light's Execution.
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So that's it.
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A spear that was made of flour
took precedence over the outer wall,
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which is why it had such destructive force.
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And it was because the air
had precedence over the spear
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that Itsuwa's attack was stopped.
Is this the power of the Right Seat of God?
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All strengths and weaknesses become
irrelevant in the face of that technique.
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Oh, is something the matter?
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Either defeat me or run away,
but please do *something*.
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I will give you ten seconds. Use that time
to come up with your plan of attack.
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That is, assuming one exists!
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In ten seconds,
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I can come up with *three* plans.
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Precedence. Magic lower; skin higher.
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Tsuchimikado!
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Sorry to keep you, Kami.
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I hope you're not going to tell me
that that was your breakout strategy.
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Unfortunately for you,
I just backed you into a corner.
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This next one will spell checkmate.
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Do you really think you can
fight me with that toy?
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Precedence.
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Bullets lower; skin higher.
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Heh, like I said, "checkmate."
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Tch, I didn't need this.
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I see, so that's how it's
going to be, Aleister.
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There's just a regular spellcaster using
the Document of C in the Papal Palace.
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It would be somewhat bothersome
to have them come under attack
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by a large-scale military force.
Ha-ha, you leave me little other choice.
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Hold it!
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Are you all right?!
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Kami, we're going to the Papal Palace, too.
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Those powered suits are made
in Academy City, right?
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I thought they weren't going to make a move.
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Right now, going after Terra comes first.
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At this point, the Right Seat of God
will begin waging all-out war.
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It's now or never if we're going
to thwart the Document of C--
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Don't they care who they target?
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Kami, you go on ahead. I'm going
to stop these Academy City idiots.
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Tsuchimikado...
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It's not as though they're entrenched enemies;
I'll find some room to negotiate.
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Now, get going!
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Damn it!
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It looks like they're
knocking out the rioters
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and removing them
from town in those balloons.
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Tsuchimikado wouldn't
pull something like this.
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Are we just supposed to accept this
underhanded way of doing things?!
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It doesn't look like there's anyone here.
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I have to wonder, where did
those powered suits come from?
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What the hell is Academy City planning to do?
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Misaka? Is this a good time?
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Wh-What's the idea?!
You haven't even sent me a single text,
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--and now you're calling me out of the blue--
--Can you watch the news?
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Either on TV or on the net.
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I need you to see if anything's
happening in a city called Avignon.
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Huh?
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They're showing nothing but news
bulletins on every TV channel.
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This city of Avignon
is all they're talking about.
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"Military force enters Avignon, France,
suppresses demonstrators"
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Some religious group or other has
built a weapon of special destruction
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in violation of international law,
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and Academy City is helping to
carry out a mopping-up operation.
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Wait, where are you right now?
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Huh? Oh, uh... What?
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Hey, are you listening to me?
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--Tell me, where are you? Hello?
--The sound--it's gone now?
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--Hey!
--Itsuwa, is this--?
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This is a fine mess.
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While trying to control
the violent disturbance,
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you create an even larger
disturbance and get caught up in it.
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Is this how serious Academy
City is about this?
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That's the Document of C!
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The ordinary spellcaster who was
enacting the spell was targeted, you see,
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so I came and recovered it first.
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I cannot perform mere mortal spells,
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so cutting things short here
would be the wise course of action.
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You think I'm going to sit by
and let you walk away?
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What can I say? As far as I'm concerned,
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I find such a development more
enjoyable and would love it!
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All right, you blockheads,
you can at least act as shields...
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...and make yourselves useful!
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That's as infernal a side effect as ever.
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All right, wake up, you sons of bitches!
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Smash everything and laugh it up!
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I surrender. Do whatever
it is you're gonna do with me.
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That is,
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if you're capable.
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Wondering how I did that?
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Those HsPS-15s have the new
stand-alone auxiliary drive units equipped.
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But those are prototypes
that are still full of bugs.
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When you hammer them with
contradictory conditional input,
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their autonomous program freezes.
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Moreover, the onboard databank
functions are also overdeveloped.
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As a result, they're only too eager
to transmit those bugs, as well.
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Now, I've stopped you in
your tracks, but now...
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Those are Academy City-built
supersonic stealth bombers, HsB-02s.
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What are you thinking, Aleister?
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It will take more than that
to eliminate the Document of C...
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He still has a trick up his sleeve?!
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Operation A objective accomplished.
Proceeding with B.
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Get your parachute ready.
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No need.
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Tch, now they're opening fire
on the outside, too.
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Commencing Operation B.
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Heh, with a mere three
kilograms of iron sand,
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you could carve up the Eurasian
continent with these Earth Blades.
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You've cooked up quite a neat little item.
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Operational area sequestration confirmed.
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Switching to aerial bombardment
of the entire quarantined area.
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Change that.
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Huh?
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The target is the Papal Palace, right?
Concentrate your attack there first.
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B-But...
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Change it!
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When people use the word "evil,"
it has different varieties and degrees.
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A world-class villain doesn't go
after the lives of respectable people.
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You have no intention of handing
over the Document of C nicely, right?
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Precedence. The air lower; flour higher!
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Precedence. The blade lower;
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skin higher!
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Precedence.
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Flesh lower; flour higher!
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Is that all you have? It looks like
I have a leg up on you, literally.
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Even so, you've finally exposed yourself.
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There was definitely something
unnatural about your actions just now.
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You don't say. However, you won't
have any time to make use of it!
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Precedence. Ceiling lower; flour higher.
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Itsuwa!
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Well, I suppose that's to be expected.
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Why, you...!
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Imagine Breaker...
I was expecting something more,
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but I never counted on it
being *this* rough-hewn.
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If you had recovered its true capability,
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you could have at least
defended that sorceress.
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Its true capability?
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Oh, you mean you don't know?
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But that couldn't be true.
By all rights... Hmm?
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You haven't, by any chance, forgotten
things you ought to know, have you?
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Why, you!
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You mean I'm right?!
What, have you been hiding it?
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But for what reason? It might be
interesting to look into the cause
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"Mikoto Misaka"
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for why you have lost your memory.
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Damn it...
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For her sake,
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I've made it this far,
determined not to tell anyone!
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It doesn't really matter.
After all, you're going to die here.
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Don't let him get to you. Precedence--
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If I can figure out his power's weakness...
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Oh, you aren't going to take a run at me?
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In that case...!
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Precedence.
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Stone lower; skin higher!
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How could that be?
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You deflected Itsuwa's spear
and Tsuchimikado's magic,
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so why couldn't you defend against
a simple wallet with your "precedence"?
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Now that I think about it, it's strange.
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Even after taking a direct
hit from that white blade,
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Itsuwa and I are still alive.
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You weren't obligated to hold back
against us, or let us get off easy.
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Which makes this all simple.
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It's not that you *didn't* kill us;
you *couldn't* kill us!
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You can't use it against more
than one target at a time!
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Or am I wrong?!
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This still has some kinks in it, you see.
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But what does knowing that gain you?
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It will take more than that
to defeat Terra of the Left!
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Terra!
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Precedence. The floor lower; flour higher.
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What's your reason for going this far?
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Is it worth dragging a whole city into this?
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Ha, I believe that Academy City is to
blame for the majority of the commotion.
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There's something I have to know:
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whether mankind is currently worthy
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of the ultimate goal for church of
the cross followers--the Holy Kingdom!
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Is that the extent of your salvation?
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I don't think the God of Roman Orthodoxy
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spread his teachings in order
to give rise to this conflict!
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If you're going to create
your own definition of salvation,
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just to gratify yourself,
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then I'll take that
ridiculous fantasy of yours
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and lay it to rest right here and now!
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Precedence!
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You're too slow!
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Why, you...
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...damned heathen monkey!!
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Precedence! Body lower; flour higher!
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You can cut the body,
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but apparently, you couldn't cut the shotgun.
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It really is... an unaccommodating power!
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You aren't at all strong.
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Some jerk who only
masquerades as being strong
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and hides himself inside a safe zone,
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while Itsuwa and myself stand
on our own on the battlefield?
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There's no way in hell he's stronger!
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Ha-ha, look at that.
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It's true that your Imagine Breaker
and ourselves may be incompatible.
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It almost seems as though
our efforts are being rejected.
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Aren't you going to ask?
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About your Imagine Breaker?
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You know about it?
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If you're asking for confirmation,
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then it would seem that
you really have lost your memory.
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It's pretty simple.
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Your Imagine Breaker is actually...
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Wh-What was that?
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Terra!
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Jeez,
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if I don't find anything in the next
ten minutes, I'm out of here.
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You guys can do it,
after things cool down around here.
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Now that they have eliminated
the original sin that binds humanity,
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they are seeking
a method to become angels.
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What does that have to do
with the name "Right Seat of God"?
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Even among the angels, Lucifer,
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and Michael, who was brought
about as his counterpart,
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had the power that allowed them
to sit on the right side of God,
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which carried with it
the meaning of "equivalency."
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In other words, you're saying
that their ultimate goal
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is to attain the place of Michael?
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No. Once they attain the Right Seat of God,
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they can use their power to evolve
into beings different from even angels.
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That is what they believe.
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*La persona superiore a Dio...*
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...or "*Kami jo*."
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I hear that Avignon has been torn up,
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but you seem to be all right, Terra.
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My precedence can fend off
any number of attacks,
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as long as they come one at a time.
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I heard that the Document of C was lost.
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You seem to be in good spirits, considering.
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Acqua, I'm sure word
has reached you, too, right?
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The Russian Church has
formally decided to partner with us.
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Our foothold for the invasion of Japan
is about to get a lot stronger.
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We should consult with Fiamma of the Right,
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to decide on how to deploy our forces.
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Very well.
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But before we do, I need to speak with you.
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Are the reports that you used children
and tourists in the environs of Rome
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in order to fine-tune the alignment
of your Light's Execution true?
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Oh, yes. Is that really something
worth raising a fuss over?
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I thought you were supposed to be
conducting yourself for the salvation
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of all the people of the world equally.
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I'll have you know, I only used
heathens as my test subjects.
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Now, I found some other improvements
that my Light's Execution needs,
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so I will have to further realign it.
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Actually, there is one other thing
that needs to be done beforehand.
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Just so you know, there is absolutely
no way you will be chosen by God.
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God knows everything. You can ask Him
all about it yourself at Final Judgment.
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This is the Basilica of San Pietro.
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I would appreciate it
if you didn't destroy it so handily
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while in the presence of
me, as the Roman pope.
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Sorry.
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So, what is your next move?
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Vento is out of action.
Terra has been purged.
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That leaves only one course of action.
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You're planning to attack Japan
by way of Russia, as Terra said?
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This incident has taught us a lesson--
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that only soldiers should
cross swords on the battlefield.
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I see. So you, as one
of the Right Seat of God
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and bearing the qualities
of a saint, will be stepping up,
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Acqua of the Rear?
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You know about it?
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If you're asking for confirmation,
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then it would seem that
you really have lost your memory.
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What's going on here?!
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Amnesia?
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Him?
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"Preview"
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In a city on the verge of its law collapsing,
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an organization skulks in the darkness.
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Who will slip through the tangle
of outcry and bullets to survive?
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Next time, "The Dark Side of Academy City"
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When science and magic cross paths,
the story begins.
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