43 - The Researcher (Amata Kihara)
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"Precautions for when angels
descend into human form.
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The greatest incident of
telesma habitation in this world
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was, needless to say,
at the time of the Annunciation.
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To pass the total volume
of the Son of God, which is to say,
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enough telesma to support
and guide the world, into the womb,
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took an unmistakably--"
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Sasha!
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Oh, are you reading
these musty old books again?
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Have you still not identified
what went wrong with your body?
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If not, I could give
you a physical exam--
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Sasha, I see you still
don't know your own strength, huh?
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Question one, if I may:
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Which do you prefer,
hammers or screwdrivers?
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That's not the kind of question you
ask after hitting someone.
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Sasha, the telesma dwelling
within you is that of Gabriel, right?
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Normally, that would be unthinkable.
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If things go wrong, the amount
could be greater than the 12 Apostles'.
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Question two: So what if it is?
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This power of God comes from
the angel who saw to the Annunciation.
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Moreover, having a power
greater than that of the 12 Apostles
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squeezed into the body of one girl means...
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There's a chance
that your tummy will swell up--
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Sorry, sorry. You're right.
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Wearing such heavy, restrictive
clothing on a regular basis, Sasha,
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you couldn't endure
breeding without the fun of it, huh?
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Question three:
Stop sullying even a single page
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of the holy New Testament, you filthy jerk.
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You know that I was forcibly
made to wear these restrictive clothes
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by you, as my superior,
as an abuse of your power.
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Oh, you really
dislike them that much? Then,
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let's change your outfit.
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I've been looking into
Academy City lately, you know?
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They have their
own particular culture there.
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Tell me, Sasha,
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have you ever heard of
Magical Powered Kanamin?
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Ah, come on, Sasha...
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I'm always running after you
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
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You are my ideal
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
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You are me
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There was a bird that could
not fly any farther than this
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It rebuked the blue skies
on fine, flawless wings
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This place is not that bad
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That sky is not that high
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This place is not that good
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Afraid of the speed
it would feel in its body
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Everybody has a chance,
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but they cannot go any farther
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The truth is they
cannot take flight
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The truth is they
want to take flight
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Right now, beyond the wish
I want to make come true
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you shine
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In my eyes I picture you
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"Standing in the future,
always strong,"
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and that "you" is me
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You are still blindingly bright
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but in the same spirit,
I reach out my hand
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and the "I" who I am will
someday grab hold to become
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the you that I will be
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#19 The Researcher (Amata Kihara)
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"It's raining!" says Misaka
Misaka, looking up at the night sky!
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Sheesh, you're bugging me.
Hold still where you are.
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"Misaka wanted to
see the moon, though,"
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she says, dancing but
still somewhat despondent.
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Hey!
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I told you to stop scampering
around, right? You dirty brat.
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"Misaka came this far without
being overprotected, and she's fine,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
seeking freedom and liberation.
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What kind of frontier-spirit
nonsense are you going on about?
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And I'm not being protective.
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"There you go again.
You don't have to be so bashful,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
jabbing with her index finger.
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"Why are you making
such a tight fist now?"
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asks Misaka Misaka, putting on
a temper-alleviating bright smile!
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"Rain, rain, fall down,
fall down, and fall down some more!"
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calls out Misaka Misaka to the night sky!
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Are you that afraid to
direct any good will toward others?
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You seem to accept the good
will shown to you by Last Order,
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but you refuse to show any
good will from yourself toward her.
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It's because you're
afraid it will backfire on you,
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and there will be no undoing it.
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Ee-yow!
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"She fell down," reports
Misaka Misaka, sitting on the ground.
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Sheesh, I told you so.
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"I may need some disinfectant,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
her eyes welling up a little.
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Rub some saliva into it.
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"I may need some disinfectant,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
repeating the last thing she said.
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Look, let's just get
back to Yomikawa's place.
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"All right,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
accepting the situation.
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"It hurts now,
but I'll try to put up with it,"
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says Misaka Misaka,
plodding along, following after you.
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"Wah!"
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says Misaka Misaka--
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Wait right here. If you move
without permission, I'll squash you.
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This is just stupid.
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It's by socking away this bullcrap
that we pay back our debts.
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Tch, damn it all.
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Huh?
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You know, I thought some idiots
like you would be coming along.
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I don't know whether you're here
because you have a beef with me,
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or you're just trying to use me,
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but I'm gonna kill you.
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Ah, this is fun!
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You're up the creek!
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You've got me off my
chain now, you son of a bitch!
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Huh?
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Ugh, this is tedious.
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Thanks for the show!
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Be grateful I'm laying
waste to you so spectacularly!
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I told them so, didn't I?
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You can't bring the kid down in
such a watered-down fashion as this.
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It's gonna take me, all right.
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Hey, Kihara!
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What kind of a coy entrance is that?
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I can't believe you're
the same intellectual-type
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who was too spooked
to look a person in the eye.
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I was against meeting
up with you again, myself.
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Higher-ups' orders.
What can you do?
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They said it was an emergency,
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and didn't have the luxury of
being choosy about their methods.
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So you see, I hate to ask,
but would you let me destroy you here?
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After all, who do you think it is
that developed that power of yours?
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Huh? What? What did you say?
Are we brimming with duty and sentiment?
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You're not, by chance, expecting
me to return the favor, are you?
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Man, you're hopeless. But then,
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if you're gonna go crazy, do it alone.
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It would take more than both my hands
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to count the researchers
who monkeyed around with my body.
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Do you think I'm gonna keep
around every last memory of you guys?!
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You know, you really
are a galling little punk.
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Yeah, I'd love to kill you.
I'd love to kill you so bad.
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I knew I should have killed
you way back then. My goof, my goof.
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What did I think I was doing?
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That's why I'm gonna
kill you, you little punk!
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What are you thinking,
you idiot? Now, how should I--
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My reflection... didn't work?!
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Hey, little punk, I'll ask it again.
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Who do you think it was that
gave you that two-bit power of yours?
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Come on, do you remember now?!
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Huh?
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That ain't like you.
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Well, we're gonna
keep her in our care,
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so don't you worry about her.
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You can get beat here and become
a stain on the wall, or whatever.
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That'd be more like you, anyway.
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Don't you... mock me... you...
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...third-string!
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This ain't gonna do it.
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
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"A Certain Magical Index II"
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Don't tell me... you... developed
an esper power... in yourself...!
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Huh?
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No, no, that's not it.
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That's a job for lab rats, you know.
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I won't have any trouble crushing you
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without having to resort to
using that kind of ridiculous power.
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These guys are
really in the zone tonight.
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Time for you to become
a corpse, you son of a bitch!
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I get it, I get it,
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you thought the secret to my
power is in these gloves, did you?
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But actually, it's not!
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How long are you gonna
pretend you're the strongest,
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you piece of scrap!
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Your reflection is not some kind
of absolute wall, you know.
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It only alters the vectors of
power directed at it the other way.
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Which makes it simple.
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All I have to do is yank back
my fist a second before a direct hit.
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Call it knowing how to stop short.
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In other words, you end
up purposely slugging yourself.
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You understand now,
my little masochist?
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Maybe that's too hard
for a little kid to understand.
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It's like that wind you made earlier.
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Your ability comes about
as a result of vector formulas.
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So all I have to do is disrupt them.
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I can jam everything using
special sound waves and whatnot!
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I've got a firm handle on
your characteristics, your formulas,
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even your own Personal Reality!
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I didn't develop this
power of yours for nothing!
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Tell me, Accelerator,
do you understand what she means?
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I mean, for Project Radio Noise,
the 3rd-ranked Railgun was used.
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Why wasn't it you, when you're 1st-ranked?
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There's something there.
Something you don't have the first clue about.
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Damn you...
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How poignant. Look.
She's quite thrilled about it herself.
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Recovery complete,
I guess you would say.
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Aww, they made it clear
that we were to take the prize alive,
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but can she really be, like that?
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No way am I writing
an apology letter for this.
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She's still alive.
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If she were dead, my sister's
proxy calculations would be affected.
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I've got no positive proof... but...
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...if I don't do something,
I'll never see her again...
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Last Order!
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Aww, man...
She's not a golf ball, you know.
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Don't go blasting people away
for distances best measured in yards.
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Sheesh, just who does he
think is gonna recover her now?
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Because it's not gonna be me.
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What should we do?
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Oh, you know what?
Split up into three squads.
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One of you, go after the prize.
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The other two, stay with me.
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But our first priority
is to recover Last Order.
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Oh?
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You're the one who was
recently assigned to Hound Dog, right?
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Er, no, I...
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Oh, it's okay, it's okay. It's not
like I'm doing a background check.
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But you don't seem to know
the rules, so let me educate you.
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You guys are a collection of scum.
You've got no human rights.
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And scum can be
replaced as often as it takes.
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If you interfere with
my precious, precious mission,
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then I have no qualms about
killing you. You understand me?
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You're already dead once over.
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Just to confirm, do you understand?
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All right, then we're clear.
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Search the rivers, reservoirs,
and any other waterfronts out there.
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He wouldn't have blown the kid away
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without calculating where she would land.
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What are we going to do? Recover him?
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No, kill him. There's no
reason to capture him.
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Looking at this guy, after all
the effort he went to, is irritating me.
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Safer to kill the moody,
self-satisfied punk right here.
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Shut up.
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Damn you... You'll never
get it as long as you live.
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Ha, oh yeah?
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Well, I'm killing you now.
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You're okay with those
being your last words, right?
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Damn it, somebody...
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It's time for some luck.
If you want the credit, it's yours.
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I don't even care if you trample
on me and laugh while you do it.
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Somebody... anybody...
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...save the kid...
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What are you doing over there?
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Good grief, Index...
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No sooner do I run into you than
you disappear again immediately.
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Toma, you're lacking in consideration.
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The white-haired boy I met before
I got here bought me a hamburger
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without even asking
what my circumstances were.
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Toma, you have to
be more like that nice boy.
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Yeah, yeah. It's not like I've
got nothing at all to do with this guy.
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For that matter, did you remember
to say thank you to him?
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I'm someone who
makes sure to thank others! Oh...
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Hmm? What's wrong?
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Come to think of it...
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...he let me borrow these.
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They're just pocket tissues.
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Oh, but if he doesn't have
this cutting-edge, daily use product,
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won't he be bothered if he needs them?
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Toma, I have to go return these to him now.
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He'll be bothered if you do
return them, won't he?
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H-Hey!
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Sheesh, she's always, always like this.
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Uh-oh, it's raining.
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Come to think of it,
Index didn't have an umbrella.
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Seems to be more Antiskill
out than there normally is.
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I hope I can find Index quick,
before there's any trouble--
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I-Is something the matter?
Excuse me! Excuse me!
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Whoa...
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What's going on here?
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It doesn't seem to be life-threatening.
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But what just happened here?
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...in the metro area. Repeat,
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gate destruction confirmed.
Intruders in the metro area.
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We're under attack
of an unknown nature--
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Intruders?
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Index!
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Y-You...
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"Help!
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Please, you've got to help him,"
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asks Misaka Misaka, begging!
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Hi! Aleister?
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I know you secretly listen in
on regular lines like this one, right?
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It sure would delight me if
you'd hurry up and engage me.
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What do you want?
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I just got done disgracing three
members of the governing board.
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Yet you still put up with it?
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They can be replaced,
as often as it takes.
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Ha, I'd guessed
that you were hiding
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the entire governing board's
consensus behind your views,
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but it looks like my
expectations were off. Oh well.
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You know my identity, don't you?
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I'm afraid not.
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The Right Seat of God.
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If you want to play
dumb, that's okay, too.
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Just so there are no regrets later.
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Aren't you underestimating this city?
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Oh, imagine that. You don't
even know the status of your own city.
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Antiskill and Judgment, was it?
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You've ended up with
your head in a noose so easily
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because you relied on those
rinky-dink outfits to protect you.
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You have to at least know
that you are finished, right?
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If you think that's all it takes
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to bring down Academy City's
defense network,
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then you are a hopeless idiot.
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You have absolutely no
idea what this city's true form is.
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Oh, yeah?
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I'm saying, you aren't the only
one with tricks up your sleeves.
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But then, you will likely be brought
down before you realize that.
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Whatever you say, I will
crush anything that opposes me.
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This has been written in stone
from the moment I was born.
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I am Vento of the Front,
the final weapon from among
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the Roman Orthodox
Church's two billion faithful!
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I will crush everything in one night!
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That goes for you, Academy City,
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Imagine Breaker, the List of
Prohibited Books--all of you!
[21:32] ---
Interesting.
[21:34] ---
It looks like a chance to
finally use that has come along.
[21:39] ---
It may be too soon, but with
the situation being tied to the plan,
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irregularities are
the greatest amusement.
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Hound Dog, Kihara Amata...
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This is Kihara.
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Imaginary Number School
District, Five-Element Agency,
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the AIM diffusion field.
It may be a bit early,
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but we will crush
them using Fuse=KAZAKIRI.
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Once you have captured
the escaped #20001,
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bring her to the designated point.
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Do it swiftly, but courteously.
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Acknowledged.
[22:16] ---
Now then...
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...for a long-awaited enjoyable showtime...
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At a certain world's center,
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I whispered that it
was okay to be alone
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I bent back the hands on the clock
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and kept my eyes closed
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You can't turn back time that has passed
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but on that day, you showed me
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that that's how it should be
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The miracle of you being
there as the seasons roll around
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makes even the
broken clock start up again
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Right now, yeah, I may
be a helpless piece of junk
[23:34] ---
but it's funny how
I feel like I can change that
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All because your voice is still here
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for me, even now
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"Preview"
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A running battle for Last Order had begun.
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One will stand alone against
them, all to protect one girl.
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Next time, "Hound Dog."
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When science and magic cross
paths, the story begins.
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