47 - Prewar

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    I'm always running after you
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    "A Certain Magical Index II"
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    "A Certain Magical Index II"
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    You are my ideal
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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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    "#23 Prewar"
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    Kazakiri!
[02:14] ---
    Kazakiri!
[02:16] ---
    Kazakiri!
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    We used to take the smiles we always shared for granted
[02:22] ---
    Are you coming around?
[02:25] ---
    Thank goodness. Are you all right?
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    as we walked together in the sunlight shining through the trees
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    This... isn't right...
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    How did things end up like this?
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    Just hearing the sound of the word "friends,"
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    This is all because of me, and yet, why am I the only one unhurt?
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    If I can't stay with everyone else, then why was I even born?
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    I thought you would be at my side forever
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    Thanks to the power of the espers, I can finally exist as a freak,
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    no matter what happened
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    and now that that girl was nice enough to call me her friend,
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    Because the feelings we always shared
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    I thought I had become at least a little bit more human...
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    ...but I can't take it anymore!
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    Please hit me, and put an end to all of this!
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    are still alive here, I believe in you
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    Why...
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    Why are you making that face?
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    Because I'm relieved.
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    I don't know why I have this power within my right hand.
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    It's my desire to see you again that makes me stronger
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    But if it means obliterating one of my friends,
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    I'd rather chop off my right hand right here.
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    through whatever darkness or persistent rains that may come
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    Why...?
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    You protected the others, right? You tried to keep everyone safe.
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    Is that any different from the person you picture yourself as?
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    If my voice will be carried on
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    Hold your head high, and look ahead.
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    the wind and my prayer will get through
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    After fighting like you did for the sake of complete strangers,
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    and managing to pull everyone through,
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    then I'll pray until I am able to get you back
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    there isn't a single reason to hang your head down.
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    I'm going to go check around to see if anyone needs any first aid.
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    After that, let's head home.
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    There's no telling when
    you're going to vanish on us.
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    Before that happens, we need to
    let you and Index meet up.
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    And don't go asking why.
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    It's because we're friends, of course.
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    A-Are you all right?!
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    That stuff from your back was
    a lot like telesma, but what was it?
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    Hey! What ended
    up happening over there?!
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    It looks like those huge
    wings have disappeared, too.
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    If you need any help,
    I'll head over there.
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    I'm going to go call a doctor.
[04:35] ---
    Hey, hold on!
[04:42] ---
    Accelerator, I would
    like a word. Is that all right?
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    Huh?
[04:47] ---
    Telepathy? And I have a small
    amount of computing power back, too.
[04:52] ---
    That's correct. I made arrangements
    for several telepathic espers.
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    What do you want?
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    I would like to speak to you
    about the series of disturbances you made,
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    as well as concerning the damage
    that Academy City has suffered.
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    Are you going to slice me
    to pieces for research material?
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    That is one path we could take.
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    But how would you like
    to work together with us?
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    Is Academy City trying
    to start a war or something?
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    I cannot answer that.
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    I see. Then there's
    only one thing I can say.
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    Get bent.
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    This is a critical moment
    for Academy City.
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    We want to try to oppose it,
    and we want you to work with us.
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    Supposing that Academy City
    is completely wiped out,
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    is there any other place for us espers?
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    And, just as with other skills...
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    Tch, just tell me one thing.
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    What is that?
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    The name of your current ringleader.
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    I'm taking the head of the person
    who treated the kid like this.
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    It doesn't matter to me,
    but he will just be a scapegoat.
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    You don't say.
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    So, what will it be?
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    Suit yourself.
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    A fine answer.
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    I look forward to
    working with you, new guy.
[06:16] ---
    Terra?
[06:17] ---
    Yes, that's right. Terra of
    the Left. Are you finished there?
[06:21] ---
    Vento has had it.
    I just recovered her,
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    and had the detached squad in
    Academy City's outskirts stand down.
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    Good work.
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    What's our next move? If you like,
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    I've got no problem with
    lopping off the target's head.
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    Let's not do that.
[06:38] ---
    I think it's better to wait
    until after we hear your full story,
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    then reconsider how we're
    going to bring down Academy City.
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    How we'll bring down Academy City?
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    You don't like that idea?
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    Cheap tricks aren't my thing.
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    Defeating a foe head-on is
    obviously the easier way to do it.
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    Do you think they
    might still have some use?
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    Like, say, that fallen angel.
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    I do not approve of
    plundering the battlefield.
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    Leave it to a knight to
    say one thing and do another.
[07:08] ---
    I'm no knight. I'm a
    has-been mercenary miscreant.
[07:13] ---
    Well, whatever, please
    bring Vento back here at once.
[07:17] ---
    Those are the instructions
    from Fiamma of the Right.
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    Acknowledged.
[07:24] ---
    Well then, I wonder if
    Academy City really is as frail
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    as you think it is, Terra of the Left.
[07:33] ---
    Good morning, Aleister.
    There's something I have to say to you.
[07:38] ---
    What is it?
[07:40] ---
    I want you to stop treating my
    patients as your toys.
[07:44] ---
    Hmm... And if I don't, what will you do?
[07:47] ---
    Those are my patients.
    And I am their doctor. Do you follow me?
[07:54] ---
    Having had your life saved by me once...
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    Do you regret doing that?
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    Is that a serious question?
[08:02] ---
    I'm not going to stop.
    I am already past that point.
[08:08] ---
    This is goodbye, my kind, kind enemy.
[08:16] ---
    Lunchtime!
[08:17] ---
    Let's buy something, quick!
[08:19] ---
    I'm getting a yakisoba sandwich!
[08:23] ---
    Now see here! No running in the hallways!
[08:28] ---
    Heh...
[08:28] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[08:30] ---
    This is an out-of-the-usual day.
[08:32] ---
    It looks like you brought
    something yummy today, too.
[08:35] ---
    I'm not sharing anything for free.
    If you want some, let's trade.
[08:39] ---
    Himegami, I'm impressed at
    how you can still fix a bento lunch
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    day in and day out.
[08:44] ---
    Oh, your broth is
    leaking into your rice zone.
[08:50] ---
    H-Having the broth seep in
    like this makes it surprisingly good.
[08:56] ---
    Sour grapes?
[08:59] ---
    No! And if you're going to
    pull that face, try some taro root!
[09:08] ---
    Hmm, I guess it's not bad.
[09:15] ---
    A-Are you all right, Himegami?!
[09:18] ---
    Huh? What? You want me to rub your back?
[09:24] ---
    How's that, Himegami?
[09:27] ---
    Okay, should I do it harder?
[09:40] ---
    What are you up to?
[09:42] ---
    Fukiyose...
[09:46] ---
    Why do you always eat that
    bland-looking bread, anyway?
[09:50] ---
    Hey! It tastes just fine!
[09:53] ---
    "Ability-boosting bread, with twelve
    nutrients for energizing the brain."
[10:01] ---
    Want some of my taro root?
[10:05] ---
    Just so you know, I'm wearing
    a front-hooking bra today.
[10:10] ---
    Seriously?
[10:12] ---
    Once the city's entrance
    controls are tightened,
[10:15] ---
    they said we might
    not get any more field trips.
[10:16] ---
    I wonder if this affects
    the Ichihanaran Festival, too.
[10:19] ---
    Oh, yeah, the Antiskill teachers
    are working on the precautions,
[10:23] ---
    so they say we may not
    have to take any midterms.
[10:25] ---
    Really?
[10:26] ---
    A war, huh?
[10:28] ---
    It's just too much,
    you know? I mean, if a war starts,
[10:33] ---
    the price of meats
    and vegetables will go up, right?
[10:36] ---
    Not to mention conventional oil.
[10:42] ---
    Hey, Kamijo!
[10:44] ---
    What are you being so quiet about?
[10:47] ---
    O-Oh, nothing! I was just thinking,
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    best if we have some stew pot
    or whatever now, while we still can.
[10:52] ---
    Just so we won't regret
    not having eaten it later on.
[10:55] ---
    Y-Yeah, maybe...
[10:58] ---
    Huh? Kami, are you
    having a stew pot tonight?
[11:01] ---
    Yeah! If it's sukiyaki you want,
    I know this great, cheap place!
[11:05] ---
    What's this? You guys
    going someplace tonight?
[11:07] ---
    We can't let you go hogging
    this tasty restaurant all to yourselves.
[11:10] ---
    Wait, why are we suddenly going out?
[11:12] ---
    Warming up for the Ichihanaran Festival?
[11:15] ---
    Majority rule! Majority rule!
[11:16] ---
    Huh? When did the class decide
    we were all going out for supper? Huh?
[11:20] ---
    M-Miss Fukiyose?
[11:22] ---
    Good grief!
[11:28] ---
    Fukiyose with a deluxe forehead?!
[11:31] ---
    "Tonight's stew pot"
[11:31] ---
    Okay, I'll look after this for us, so everyone cast your vote!
[11:37] ---
    Miss Tsukuyomi, I heard you
    had taken in yet another runaway girl.
[11:42] ---
    I've been kind of lonesome
    since Himegami moved into the dorms.
[11:46] ---
    but now that Musujime
    is here, everything is fine.
[11:50] ---
    The ones who were staying
    with me just heartlessly moved out.
[11:57] ---
    It's decided!
[11:58] ---
    Tonight, it's decided that
    we're all going out for sukiyaki!
[12:02] ---
    I'm going to go bring things under control!
[12:06] ---
    See here! What is all this commotion?!
[12:09] ---
    Ah, Miss Komoe! Want to eat with us?
[12:10] ---
    Nice. Always some nuttiness going on.
[12:16] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index II"
[12:19] ---
    Okay then...
[12:21] ---
    Let's eat!
[12:34] ---
    We're getting more
[12:36] ---
    "If war breaks out, Academy
    City is not safe, so return my child"
[12:40] ---
    requests from a lot of the parents.
[12:43] ---
    Huh? So things have gotten that far?
[12:46] ---
    Kamijo! What are you
    beating that egg so slowly for?!
[12:50] ---
    Huh?
[12:51] ---
    Gah! I can't stand it anymore!
    Let me have that!
[12:54] ---
    Wah! What a control freak!
[12:56] ---
    Kami...
[12:58] ---
    From what I saw on the menu,
    the prices still haven't changed yet.
[13:02] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[13:04] ---
    Here!
[13:05] ---
    Oh, thank you.
[13:07] ---
    But then, the price for them
    to stock up could be increasing.
[13:10] ---
    So you're saying,
    eat up while we can, right? Yoink!
[13:15] ---
    Ah! You're just taking all the meat!
[13:17] ---
    Toma! I need more meat!
[13:20] ---
    ♪ Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! ♪
[13:20] ---
    Huh? I haven't eaten a single bite, and you've already...
[13:30] ---
    War, huh?
[13:33] ---
    I've got to do something.
[13:35] ---
    Kami...
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    If you think the war that's about
    to break out is all because of you,
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    you're way off.
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    All this time, you've been
    protecting those around you.
[13:52] ---
    I guess, maybe.
[13:54] ---
    The war is happening because
    those behind the scenes screwed up.
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    It's starting.
[14:02] ---
    Yeah.
[14:03] ---
    The scale of fighting
    will change. From now on,
[14:07] ---
    passing through each phase the
    way we've done up to now will be hard.
[14:11] ---
    Yeah, right. Or more like,
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    the fact that we've made it
    through up to now is miraculous.
[14:19] ---
    Everyone has been carrying me up to now.
[14:22] ---
    I've left everything dealing
    with a world I know nothing about
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    up to someone else.
    But I can't do that anymore.
[14:30] ---
    I'm going to have to step inside
    a new world I've never seen before.
[14:37] ---
    Tsuchimikado, I've made a decision.
[14:41] ---
    Kami...
[14:43] ---
    Yeah. I'm...
[14:47] ---
    I'm going to start studying English!
[14:50] ---
    I've tried up as high
    as daily conversation level 3,
[14:54] ---
    but English is just so hard, you know?
[14:57] ---
    Why does his next phase have to be English?
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    Everyone else has been
    using Japanese with me up to now,
[15:03] ---
    but I can't let them
    keep coddling me like this.
[15:06] ---
    So, what it comes down to is...
[15:14] ---
    W-What was that for...?
[15:21] ---
    Drill number 42, begin.
[15:27] ---
    Drill number 43, begin.
[15:34] ---
    What do you want, Mr. Dress-up?
[15:38] ---
    I was trying to cover up my
    presence, in my own little way.
[15:42] ---
    But it looks like
    I still have much to learn.
[15:46] ---
    Unabara Mitsuki, was it?
[15:49] ---
    Yes, though both the name and face are fakes.
[15:53] ---
    Have you settled on a weapon?
[15:54] ---
    None of them feels quite right.
[15:57] ---
    You can bring in guns from all over the world,
[15:59] ---
    and I still may not find one.
[16:01] ---
    What if you made a list of
    gear you can use your ability with?
[16:05] ---
    Stop trying to be such a know-it-all.
[16:08] ---
    You can't rely on this thing.
[16:10] ---
    According to GROUP's engineering report,
[16:12] ---
    they have extended your
    ability usage time to thirty minutes.
[16:17] ---
    GROUP, huh?
[16:19] ---
    You're dissatisfied with
    their tuning on your electrode?
[16:21] ---
    Ha! Whether it's thirty minutes or three days,
[16:25] ---
    once some glitch comes up, it's all over.
[16:27] ---
    If you can't fight because of
    a malfunction, you don't survive.
[16:33] ---
    Is that all you wanted?
[16:35] ---
    GROUP has received a work
    order from the governing board.
[16:41] ---
    Academy City...
[16:43] ---
    ...is about to line up against
    the Roman Orthodox Church.
[16:46] ---
    As a result, the truth of the matter
[16:48] ---
    is that the city's internal
    defenses are thinning out.
[16:51] ---
    We are going to mop up one
    force who would take advantage of that.
[16:57] ---
    I heard that I was going to
    have to fill in for that bastard Kihara,
[17:01] ---
    but I never imagined this kind
    of two-bit job would come to me.
[17:05] ---
    While it may fall on you, you *are
    *the one who came here on your own.
[17:11] ---
    Listen here, kid! Let me tell you one thing!
[17:14] ---
    A human life is frail!
[17:17] ---
    Frail enough that one touch
    of my fingertip could destroy it!
[17:21] ---
    So be a little more considerate.
[17:23] ---
    Otherwise, I might break
    something you don't want broken.
[17:27] ---
    I will be more mindful.
[17:30] ---
    May I continue now?
[17:33] ---
    Suit yourself.
[17:34] ---
    Your target will be Skill Out.
[17:38] ---
    You may be more
    familiar with them than I am.
[17:40] ---
    Yeah. They're an armed gang
    made up of a bunch of Level 0s.
[17:45] ---
    Yes. They currently appear
    to be putting together some toys.
[17:49] ---
    Toys?
[17:50] ---
    Rockets, made up of hollowed-out
    wood packed with explosives.
[17:54] ---
    Much like the bo-hiya fire arrows
    tested during the Edo period.
[17:58] ---
    They've been conducting operations
    all over for the past few days.
[18:03] ---
    Taking abandoned bikes and
    placing them along emergency routes,
[18:08] ---
    and blocking up sewage drains
    around VIP facilities with garbage.
[18:13] ---
    Not the kinds of things that
    rise to the level of security problems.
[18:17] ---
    What, does GROUP now take
    contracts to deal with kids' pranks, too?
[18:23] ---
    However, there have
    now been over 20,000 incidents.
[18:27] ---
    When there is an orange or red alert,
[18:29] ---
    they will be detected as errors.
[18:32] ---
    Is that what the fire arrows are for?
[18:34] ---
    If the server goes down due
    to a large number of error reports,
[18:38] ---
    Skill Out can run wild without
    Antiskill coming after them.
[18:41] ---
    Well, they could always
    cancel the alert, right?
[18:44] ---
    If we weren't currently
    in the middle of a war, maybe.
[18:47] ---
    Nothing but enemies,
    both within and without, huh?
[18:51] ---
    Sounds like quite a few people
    have a beef with Academy City.
[18:56] ---
    It is our job to somehow
    deal with such people.
[19:00] ---
    Your target's name is Komaba Ritoku.
[19:04] ---
    He is currently the leader
    in charge of Skill Out,
[19:07] ---
    as well as the brains.
[19:09] ---
    Dispose of him quickly, and we
    can nip Skill Out's plans in the bud.
[19:22] ---
    Why a garbage truck?
[19:24] ---
    They are all sorts of handy.
[19:26] ---
    You can even use
    it to dispose of the body.
[19:28] ---
    A garbage truck trolling around
    for the bodies of scumbags?
[19:32] ---
    There's nothing funny about that.
[19:39] ---
    He will return for recovery in
    twenty minutes, as planned. Be careful.
[19:47] ---
    Ugh, win or lose, I've still
    gotta ride around in that thing?
[19:52] ---
    Alive or dead being
    a whole separate matter...
[19:56] ---
    Little tricks for the security robots,
[19:58] ---
    as well as to block the
    observation satellites, huh?
[20:03] ---
    There's that old familiar atmosphere.
[20:09] ---
    Tsuchimikado?
[20:11] ---
    I figured your first mission
    would be starting soon.
[20:13] ---
    I just wanted to have
    a little word in your ear.
[20:16] ---
    You're warning me, now?
    So, what have you got for the new guy?
[20:22] ---
    Do not trust us.
[20:24] ---
    Huh?
[20:26] ---
    We're all a bunch of guys
    who would create a huge problem
[20:30] ---
    just by having word
    of our existence get out.
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    GROUP, which is made up of
    nothing but hand-picked people like us
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    has no goals.
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    Are you trying to say that I'm
    expecting some kind of reward?
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    I'm saying that if
    you only follow the rules
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    established by the governing board,
    you'll never outwit them.
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    As such, be sure to recognize
    what it is you need to do to win.
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    You and I both have something
    we want to keep safe, after all.
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    Is that all you wanted?
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    Finish up quick and get back.
[21:03] ---
    Musujime will be starting
    a job there pretty soon, as well.
[21:07] ---
    Did you say a job?
[21:13] ---
    I didn't hear anything
    about this being a contest.
[21:16] ---
    It's not a person she's after; it's money.
[21:19] ---
    So you mean,
    she's still good for something?
[21:23] ---
    She's the same as you.
    She's been upgraded.
[21:26] ---
    Oh, she has? That's great.
[21:30] ---
    Well then...
[21:32] ---
    ...why don't I get started?
[21:38] ---
    Cleanup time.
[21:39] ---
    I'll have this finished in ten minutes.
[22:02] ---
    That makes nine places.
    These guys just aren't tough enough.
[22:08] ---
    I wish you would go
    a little easier on us, esper.
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    Komaba Ritoku.
[22:16] ---
    Oh, my...
[22:18] ---
    It looks like I've run into the target first.
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    At a certain world's center,
[22:50] ---
    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
[23:12] ---
    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
[23:28] ---
    Right now, yeah, I may
    be a helpless piece of junk
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    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
[23:55] ---
    "Preview"
[23:55] ---
    GROUP and the non-espers clash.
[23:58] ---
    Misaka Misuzu is caught in
    the middle of the chaos.
[24:01] ---
    And Accelerator and I meet once again.
[24:04] ---
    Next time, "Skill Out."
[24:06] ---
    When science and
    magic cross paths, the story begins.