34 - Shorthand (Stenographic Sourcebook)

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[00:31] ---
    How is the critical-care patient?
[00:32] ---
    She still hasn't regained consciousness.
[00:34] ---
    Could it be heat stroke?
[00:37] ---
    Heat stroke?
[00:39] ---
    Oh, right, I collapsed.
[00:42] ---
    Why is that? I made sure to
    hydrate, and got plenty of sleep...
[00:50] ---
    It seems ridiculous.
[00:52] ---
    Fukiyose, are you okay?
[00:55] ---
    Fukiyose!
[00:58] ---
    Is he going to look at
    me like that from now on?
[01:04] ---
    I hope not.
[01:05] ---
    And I worked so hard to make sure
    that everyone had an enjoyable time.
[01:20] ---
    Am I... going to live...?
[01:27] ---
    Who do you take me for?
[01:48] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index II"
[01:56] ---
    Omote nara GO Ura wa STAY
[02:00] ---
    Mazu kotae wo kikasete
[02:07] ---
    "Douka oshiete kuremasen ka?"
[02:12] ---
    Tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama
[02:22] ---
    Mayoe! Sono te wo hiku mono nado inai
[02:27] ---
    Kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta
[02:33] ---
    Sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono
[02:38] ---
    Norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
    (Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)
[02:45] ---
    No buts!
[03:00] ---
    "#10 Shorthand (Stenographic Sourcebook)"
[03:10] ---
    I lose just a bit of my edge,
    and this is what happens to me?
[03:18] ---
    Kami has destroyed Oriana's Shorthand.
[03:22] ---
    Notice any difference
    in the shape you're in?
[03:27] ---
    I'm in business.
    There doesn't seem to be any problem.
[03:30] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[03:31] ---
    In that case, could you cast the
    "Four Ways to Truth" search spell?
[03:35] ---
    It should still be where I set it up before.
[03:38] ---
    You know how to use it, right?
[03:40] ---
    Give me a little credit.
[03:42] ---
    Are you okay on your end?
[03:44] ---
    Oriana's intercept spell was
    supposed to be on an event ground.
[03:48] ---
    Not a problem.
[03:50] ---
    But one of the students did get taken out.
[03:53] ---
    We took advantage of the commotion
    to make our way out of there.
[03:57] ---
    I see.
[04:01] ---
    Is Kamijo Toma keeping it together?
[04:03] ---
    If you're squared away, get to it.
[04:06] ---
    Otherwise, we'll never make
    it up to the student who collapsed.
[04:15] ---
    It's not as though anyone is perfect.
[04:17] ---
    Which is precisely why I regret
    being so unseasoned... I guess.
[04:27] ---
    "Ball toss event has been delayed"
[04:30] ---
    This is an unexpected turn of events.
[04:35] ---
    I've identified Oriana Thomson's location.
[04:37] ---
    School District 7, near
    Futsuka Subway Station.
[04:40] ---
    Kami, Futsuka Station!
[04:42] ---
    Futsuka Station? We've gone too far!
[04:48] ---
    She's moving northward.
[04:50] ---
    The street divides three ways...
[04:53] ---
    There she is. You ready? She's up ahead...
[04:57] ---
    We've spotted her!
[05:16] ---
    --Tch!
    --A bus?!
[05:23] ---
    Damn!
[05:24] ---
    Hey, Kami, did the bus have
    any passengers besides Oriana?
[05:29] ---
    It doesn't really matter, does it?!
[05:30] ---
    Kami!
[05:32] ---
    No, there weren't!
    No passengers or driver!
[05:35] ---
    In that case, that's a relief.
[05:36] ---
    Stiyl, number 514457.
[05:48] ---
    It still had the rune that Stiyl
    stuck on it at the service center.
[06:03] ---
    You can't warm this young
    lady up using physical flames.
[06:10] ---
    But then, I have gotten a bit
    damp from the rushing around.
[06:14] ---
    Want to see?
[06:16] ---
    Even my undies are soaking.
[06:19] ---
    A completely uninvolved person collapsed
[06:21] ---
    because of the spell that you cast.
[06:23] ---
    In your view, did it look like
    she had anything to do with magic?
[06:28] ---
    There are no uninvolved people in the world.
[06:32] ---
    If I want to, I can involve anyone.
[06:36] ---
    Then you do know about her.
[06:38] ---
    I truly did not want for
    that girl to be hurt.
[06:41] ---
    Which makes that unlike this.
[06:48] ---
    Tsuchimikado!
[06:50] ---
    Oh, my...
[06:52] ---
    Then you weren't the
    one who was hurt, were you?
[06:55] ---
    There sure are some unusual
    kids assembled here in Academy City.
[07:00] ---
    What did you do to Tsuchimikado?!
[07:03] ---
    I just cancelled out his flame attribute,
[07:05] ---
    the symbol of regeneration
    and restoration, with blue lettering.
[07:09] ---
    It's a spell that knocks out a person
[07:10] ---
    who has been injured any
    more than a certain amount.
[07:14] ---
    Tsuchimikado!
[07:16] ---
    Damn!
[07:18] ---
    I guess I have to destroy that card.
[07:22] ---
    If you want to save him,
[07:24] ---
    you'll have to defeat
    me as quick as you can.
[07:28] ---
    But will he be able
    to hold out that long?
[07:31] ---
    His time may be surprisingly short.
[07:34] ---
    Why, you...
[07:37] ---
    I don't know what that
    Stab Sword thing is worth.
[07:40] ---
    I don't know whether it can
    alter the course of history that much...
[07:44] ---
    ...or how it might influence the
    rest of the world, but...
[07:49] ---
    ...it's wrong for anyone to
    get hurt over something so stupid!
[07:54] ---
    If it only brings
    about results as lousy as this...
[07:58] ---
    ...then I'm going to smash
    it to pieces with my own hands!
[08:02] ---
    Saying I had no choice because it's my job
[08:05] ---
    would be unmannerly to my employer, right?
[08:07] ---
    It was left up to me how
    I should carry this out, after all.
[08:12] ---
    Stop toying with peoples' lives!
[08:24] ---
    Where are you?!
[08:30] ---
    This is bad! If she uses
    that earlier spell on me...!
[08:33] ---
    Next will be the Shadow Sword.
[08:36] ---
    I don't want you getting bored.
[08:45] ---
    Why doesn't she
    ever use the same attack?
[08:49] ---
    I don't lean toward using the
    same spell over and over again.
[09:06] ---
    You're a real mess, huh?
[09:08] ---
    This is just a little foreplay;
    have you already had enough?
[09:13] ---
    Damn...
[09:27] ---
    Once she uses a spell,
    she doesn't use it again,
[09:31] ---
    so how does she
    have so many combinations?
[09:34] ---
    Next will be Blade Crater.
[09:36] ---
    Sweetie...
[09:38] ---
    ...if you move from there, you will die.
[09:48] ---
    If I move, I die...
[09:54] ---
    So what's the big deal?
[09:57] ---
    The Daihasei Festival,
[09:58] ---
    which Fukiyose worked her
    butt off getting ready for today,
[10:01] ---
    looks like it might
    be completely ruined.
[10:05] ---
    Are you just going to let that happen?
[10:08] ---
    There's no way you can be happy
    with that, can you, Kamijo Toma?!
[10:10] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index II"
[10:16] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index II"
[10:37] ---
    Y-You fool!
[10:46] ---
    His right hand...
    It's that powerful? Then...
[10:50] ---
    Drop Rest!
[11:20] ---
    Tsuchimikado!
[11:23] ---
    Are you okay, Tsuchimikado?
[11:30] ---
    You're so violent...
[11:33] ---
    Look, my button came off.
[11:37] ---
    That was well done, for an
    amateur punch, I suppose I could say.
[11:43] ---
    However, I am accustomed
    to having my attacks countered
[11:47] ---
    and then being struck back at...
[11:49] ---
    ...though not at this
    increasingly frustrating level...
[11:57] ---
    But, as for now...
[11:59] ---
    I'll leave that with
    you for the time being.
[12:04] ---
    But don't think
    the game is over just yet.
[12:07] ---
    Things are just starting to heat up.
[12:11] ---
    Wait! What about Tsuchimikado?!
[12:13] ---
    The spell only works for
    twenty minutes. It will be over soon,
[12:16] ---
    my anxious little esper.
[12:26] ---
    All right,
[12:27] ---
    then destroy the Stab Sword.
[12:30] ---
    Your right hand should be
    able to handle it with no problem.
[12:33] ---
    But are you
    sure I should destroy it?
[12:36] ---
    If Academy City gets attacked by them...
[12:39] ---
    If they do, it will be the
    women who are surrounded.
[12:44] ---
    This is Academy City.
[12:47] ---
    For all magical forces, this is
    the center of enemy territory.
[12:50] ---
    They will likely pull out, and then come up
    with a rational strategy to deal with it.
[12:54] ---
    All right.
[12:55] ---
    Hurry it up.
[12:57] ---
    I'll see about figuring out our next move.
[13:00] ---
    Okay.
[13:02] ---
    Well, then...
[13:12] ---
    What is this?
[13:15] ---
    What's going on?
[13:17] ---
    What the hell is going on?!
[13:21] ---
    Well, there were some hiccups,
[13:24] ---
    but for now, all the necessary
    checkpoints have been cleared,
[13:27] ---
    so please rest at ease.
[13:30] ---
    What kind of hiccups?
[13:32] ---
    Oh, you just let me worry about that.
[13:36] ---
    Oh, right--they have
    retrieved the signboard,
[13:40] ---
    so they've probably found out
    about the Stab Sword, as well.
[13:47] ---
    Oh, it's all right!
    This isn't anything serious enough
[13:51] ---
    to influence the deal itself.
[13:53] ---
    I won't let anyone interfere,
    and nobody can interfere.
[13:59] ---
    Especially not if this deal
    will make everyone happy, right?
[14:07] ---
    "The original Stab Sword doesn't exist,
[14:10] ---
    and only peoples' speculations
    concerning it remain, as folklore."
[14:15] ---
    Ho...
[14:17] ---
    Could what is written
    here be true, Charles Conder?
[14:22] ---
    I am terribly sorry.
[14:23] ---
    Even the British Museum
    was unaware of this until just today.
[14:28] ---
    Then what exactly is it?
[14:32] ---
    Ma'am, as a result of the lore
    crisscrossing and snowballing,
[14:36] ---
    there is no conclusive evidence...
[14:39] ---
    ...but this is not a sword.
[14:42] ---
    What?
[14:44] ---
    Called "Croce di Pietro" locally,
[14:47] ---
    the item is called in our
    language the "Cross of Peter."
[14:52] ---
    The Cross of Peter?!
[14:56] ---
    In that case, the reason for
    the "deal" they are negotiating
[14:59] ---
    has become something entirely different.
[15:03] ---
    The conclusion of this "deal"
    will be the demise of Academy City.
[15:08] ---
    No--it could be something
    even more serious.
[15:13] ---
    Man, what a number this is!
[15:15] ---
    So I guess it must be
    something dangerous, right?
[15:19] ---
    "Croce di Pietero,"
    the Cross of Peter, they said.
[15:25] ---
    Long ago, the Vatican, which is the main
    basilica of the Roman Orthodox Church,
[15:28] ---
    is said to have been built
    where the body of Peter was buried,
[15:31] ---
    and a crucifix erected,
    over a vast expanse of land.
[15:34] ---
    But the reverse is also true.
[15:36] ---
    The reverse?
[15:37] ---
    Any space where the
    Croce di Pietero is planted
[15:40] ---
    comes under exclusive
    Roman Orthodox control.
[15:43] ---
    Even if that place is Academy City.
[15:46] ---
    Control?
[15:46] ---
    Everything will play out in a way
[15:48] ---
    that serves the Roman Orthodox Church,
[15:51] ---
    and everyone will go along,
    not sensing anything out of place.
[15:55] ---
    It means that no matter
    how outrageous the demand,
[15:58] ---
    or how unreasonable
    the load one is made to carry,
[16:01] ---
    the world will be such that no
    one feels anything but happiness.
[16:05] ---
    Oh, man...
[16:06] ---
    If Academy City fortuitously slips
    under Roman Orthodox control,
[16:11] ---
    then the world as we now know it,
[16:14] ---
    with science and magical
    sides kept in a 50-50 balance,
[16:17] ---
    would tip to an overconcentration
    of the Roman Orthodox Church.
[16:20] ---
    Then, this whole transaction is...
[16:22] ---
    Yeah, for dominion over Academy City,
    and the rest of the world.
[16:38] ---
    We're going to stop this deal.
[16:41] ---
    Otherwise, the world will face
    a state more dire than just collapse.
[16:54] ---
    Toma!
[16:56] ---
    --A world where everyone
    can only feel happiness?
[16:57] ---
    --Toma! Toma!
[17:00] ---
    Toma!
[17:06] ---
    Ungh, even thinking
    about it, I don't get it.
[17:09] ---
    Toma!
[17:15] ---
    Nuh-uh, there's no way
    Index could be wearing that outfit.
[17:18] ---
    Toma!
[17:22] ---
    Why wouldn't you even look at me?!
[17:27] ---
    I've got to ask, what's with that getup?
[17:30] ---
    Come to think of it...
[17:35] ---
    Toma, Toma,
[17:37] ---
    you were just trying to remember
    some off-color scene, weren't you?
[17:41] ---
    It looks to me like you have
    a very pleased look on your face.
[17:46] ---
    I do not, I do not!
[17:49] ---
    I mean, where is your usual nun's habit?
[17:52] ---
    Hmph, I'm letting Komoe hang onto it.
[17:55] ---
    U-Um, what are you so upset about?
[18:00] ---
    Oh, I know! You're hungry, right?
[18:03] ---
    We're about to meet up with
    my mom and dad to have lunch,
[18:07] ---
    so just hold on a bit longer, and...
[18:11] ---
    Um... Miss Index...?
[18:14] ---
    Ow!
[18:15] ---
    It's not that, Toma, you dummy!
[18:17] ---
    Then what is it?
[18:19] ---
    I specifically changed clothes
    so I could cheer for you,
[18:23] ---
    so where were you when I was going to?!
[18:26] ---
    Oh, uh, you see...
[18:29] ---
    I tried so hard, thinking I could
    be together with you, Toma...
[18:33] ---
    ...but then you went off
    on your own somewhere.
[18:36] ---
    What was I supposed to do then?
[18:39] ---
    Oh, sorry.
[18:41] ---
    I just thought you were cranky
    from being hungry, like always--
[18:45] ---
    --I am not! I'm angry because
    you never pay attention to me!
[18:46] ---
    
    --Ow! Ow! Ow!
[18:49] ---
    --And as for being cranky because I'm hungry,
[18:49] ---
    
    --Ow! Index!
[18:52] ---
    --as a Sister, I am free
    of such feelings, Toma!
[18:52] ---
    --What happened to biting me, like always?
[18:55] ---
    Er, I mean, you don't
    need to go out of your way to...
[19:03] ---
    Toma, you sicko.
[19:04] ---
    Wha--?!
[19:05] ---
    No! Up to now, you were
    always the one who bit me!
[19:09] ---
    So if anyone's a sicko, it's you--
[19:11] ---
    Ee-yow!
[19:15] ---
    It seems to me like we haven't
    seen very much of Toma around.
[19:20] ---
    Well, with all of the people here,
    there are times when you won't see him.
[19:24] ---
    Ah!
[19:28] ---
    Hello. We meet again, huh?
[19:31] ---
    Ah, from this morning...
[19:33] ---
    Yes. Thank you very much for this morning.
[19:36] ---
    Thanks to you, as you can see...
[19:42] ---
    Who are they? Someone you know?
[19:46] ---
    They're the parents of that
    boy you're interested in, Mikoto.
[19:52] ---
    Nice to meet you. The name's Kamijo.
[19:54] ---
    Hello.
[19:57] ---
    Er, that is...
[19:58] ---
    Come on, charm them, charm them.
[20:01] ---
    I-It's not like that!
    What are you talking about?!
[20:03] ---
    Ah, come to think of it,
    have you had lunch yet?
[20:06] ---
    No, not yet.
[20:08] ---
    If you'd care to,
    would you like to join us?
[20:11] ---
    I know a great spot.
[20:13] ---
    Are you sure? We would be glad to.
[20:16] ---
    A-Are you all right?
[20:19] ---
    Oh, no...
[20:21] ---
    Sorry. I'm not quite accustomed
    to having so many people around.
[20:24] ---
    N-No, I was too inattentive...
[20:27] ---
    Well, if you'll excuse me...
[20:29] ---
    S-Sure...
[20:31] ---
    My, my...
[20:32] ---
    Not again, Toya...
[20:34] ---
    No, Mom, it's not like that!
[20:37] ---
    I wasn't staring or anything,
    I was just, you know...
[20:41] ---
    I am so sorry!
[20:44] ---
    That's his father, all right.
[20:49] ---
    Hey, Toma!
[20:51] ---
    Over here! Over here!
[20:54] ---
    I'm surprised you found this place.
[20:57] ---
    Oh, well, she's the one who showed us.
[21:00] ---
    The name's Misaka.
[21:01] ---
    Is that right? Thank you very much.
[21:05] ---
    Ah, I am starving!
[21:08] ---
    Hey, you...
[21:09] ---
    Why is it I'm the only one who
    never gets any search hits from you?
[21:14] ---
    Well, I figured we'd naturally
    end up stuck like this somehow.
[21:17] ---
    We're not "stuck" like anything!
[21:19] ---
    As if there's anything natural
    about what flows anywhere near you!
[21:22] ---
    And who is this girl who's always
    with you and where does she live?
[21:27] ---
    Hm?
[21:28] ---
    Who is she? Well...
[21:30] ---
    She's right, Toma.
    Come to mention it, who is that girl?
[21:35] ---
    When we took that overnight trip
    to the beach, she was with you, too.
[21:38] ---
    Th-The beach?!
[21:40] ---
    O-Overnight trip to the beach...?
[21:43] ---
    What about you, short-hair?
    Who are you and where do you live?
[21:46] ---
    Are you Toma's girlfriend, or something?
[21:48] ---
    Huh? N-No, I'm not really...
[21:53] ---
    You came to cheer on
    Toma's school, didn't you?
[21:56] ---
    The tower topple, as I remember.
[21:59] ---
    I did not!
[22:00] ---
    Look, you be quiet!
[22:03] ---
    Now, now. Why don't
    we all get something to eat?
[22:07] ---
    So um, Kamijo Toma, is it?
[22:10] ---
    Yes, it is, but... Are you Misaka's
    older sister, or something?
[22:15] ---
    Mm-mm.
[22:17] ---
    I'm Misaka Misuzu,
    Mikoto's mother. Nice to meet you.
[22:21] ---
    Mother?!
[22:25] ---
    Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara
[22:32] ---
    subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!
[22:50] ---
    Dare nimo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara
[22:55] ---
    imajin nante kowashite shimaeba ii
[23:01] ---
    Harimeguru shisutemu bakkappu insutooru wa OK
[23:07] ---
    Kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku
[23:13] ---
    Juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae
[23:18] ---
    suisoku fukanou na "ikite'ru katachi" dakara
[23:25] ---
    In a Magic∞world exciting
    time or space there's no limit
[23:31] ---
    Dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii
[23:36] ---
    Karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara
[23:44] ---
    subete wa kono te no naka ni aru!
[23:55] ---
    "Preview"
[23:55] ---
    Solving hidden riddles, one step at a time,
[23:58] ---
    we draw closer to their objective.
[24:00] ---
    But then, something happens
    when by chance, we run into Himegami...
[24:04] ---
    Next time, "Stab Sword."
[24:06] ---
    When science and magic
    cross paths, the story begins.
[24:09] ---