# 8 - Ars Magna (Golden Transmutation)
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I, Kamijo Toma, met a\ndown-on-her-luck priestess--\n
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parenthesis, self-proclaimed\nmagician, close parenthesis.\n
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I headed off to a dangerous place,\n
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together with a sorcerer named Stiyl,\nto rescue the priestess being held captive,\n
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and there I saw...\n
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This is just a dead body.\n
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"A Certain Magical Index"\n
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*Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo *
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*kono basho de deau subete mo *
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*tatoe chigau sekai demo *
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*doko ni ite mo kono omoi wa yuruganai *
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*Mune wo chikuri to sasu itami *
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*sore wo warau shiawase na monotachi e *
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*se wo mukeyuku *
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*Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou *
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*Furuedasu ashi ga oboete'ru *
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*kakushin ni *
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*Yume dake ja mamorenai *
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*tayoranai chikara *
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*Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai *
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"#08 Ars Magna (Golden Transmutation)"\n
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A dead body?\n
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Probably one of the Order of\nthe 13 Roman Orthodox Knights.\n
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Judging by this,\nit looks like they were wiped out.\n
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Why?\n
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This is a battlefield.\nIt shouldn't be the least bit surprising\n
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to have a body or two lying around.\n
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Why isn't anyone making a scene?\n
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Megumi! Had a long day?\n
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What just happened?\n
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That was all heads and tails.\n
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--Huh?\n
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--These students, who live on the heads side of the coin...\n--Huh?\n
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...are unable to see us foreign enemies,\nwho live on the tails side.\n
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And we are also unable to\ninterfere with them in any way.\n
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Don’t bother.\n
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Unless you eliminate the core of this sorcery,\n
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you will be unable to bring down this barrier.\n
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I'll bet the core itself is\nsomewhere outside the barrier.\n
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It looks like we've got\nyet another reason to fight.\n
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Hey, couldn't we have taken the elevator?\n
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We, on the tails side of the coin,\n
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cannot press the button on the heads side.\n
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Hmm... Well, how about the phones, then?\n
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Huh?\n
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Oh, nothing. I was just wondering\nif a call from the tails side\n
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would get through to the heads side.\n
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Hmph, go ahead and try it.\n
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Mm-hmm, I will.\n
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Eep! This is, um, Index Libror--\nI mean, Kamijo residence. Um. yes?\n
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Is this the first time\nyou've ever answered a phone?\n
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Huh? That voice is Toma's!\n
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Toma, what happened that you\nhad to use something so overdramatic,\n
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so ostentatiously bothersome\nand bad for the heart as the telephone?\n
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Oh, no reason. \n
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Ah, there were two servings of\nlasagna in the refrigerator.\n
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Was one of them yours?\n
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You ate them?!\n
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Oh, and there was some\npudding in the refrigerator, too.\n
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What? Don't tell me you ate that, too?!\n
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You ate it, huh? You ate it, didn't you?!\n
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It's okay.\n
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Anyhow, as long as my call\ngot through, never mind. Gotta go.\n
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Oh, yeah. I've heard that for\nevery minute you talk on the phone,\n
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your lifespan decreases by one day.\n
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W-What?\n
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Nothing. I was just thinking that\nyou're lacking a sense of tension.\n
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This is a battlefield, and here\nyou are, chatting it up with a girl.\n
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If that ego ends up being\nthe ruin of you, it's not like I mind.\n
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Knock yourself out, for all I care.\n
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But I won't have you dragging me down with you.\n
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You're jealous?\n
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Don't be mistaken. It's not like\nI see her as an object of affection.\n
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You yourself know, right?\n
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Up to now, her body\nwas such that she couldn't live\n
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unless all of her memories\nwere erased on an annual basis.\n
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There have been a number of\npeople in the past who were in your place.\n
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Fathers, brothers, good friends, teachers...\n
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they all tried to be various things to her.\n
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Once, I failed where you succeeded.\n
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That's all. \n
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That's the only difference there is between us.\n
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That's true. I'm not the\none who saved Index anymore.\n
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The one Index wants...\n
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...is me, before I lost my memories.\n
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--Be careful.\n
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--Mm-hmm.\n--Be careful.\n
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No way, really?\n
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That's just awful.\n
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Yeah, really.\n
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Hmm... This is my first\ntime seeing a scientific religion,\n
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but it seems pretty normal, huh?\n
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--So, wanna stop there on the way home?\n
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--I was sure there would be photos of the founder on display.\n--So, wanna stop there on the way home?\n
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The danger level does indeed seem low.\n
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This can't be good.\n
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Don't lose your grip.\nThere's no way for those people\n
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on the heads side of the coin\nto see those of us on the tails side.\n
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The shining light of the seraph's wings.\n
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The shining light is the\nwhiteness that exposes guilt.\n
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The whiteness is testament to purification;\n
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the testament is the outcome of action;\n
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outcome is the future; the future is time;\n
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--time is uniformity; uniformity\nis all; all is created by the past;\n
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--An automatic alarm?\n--time is uniformity; uniformity is all; all is created by the past;\n
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--Huh?\n--time is uniformity; uniformity is all; all is created by the past;\n
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--The students who should be on the heads side of the coin\n--time is uniformity; uniformity is all; all is created by the past;\n
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--the past is the cause; the cause is one;\n
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--are being brought over to the tails side.\n--the past is the cause; the cause is one;\n
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one is guilt; guilt is people; \n
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people fear guilt, while fearing is sin.\n
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Sin is within the self.\n
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If there is any despicable thing within oneself,\n
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the guilt shall be exposed\nby the seraph's wings,\n
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and expelled from within.\n
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Okay then, Imagine Breaker...\n
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...you're on!\n
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H-Hey!\n
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For the love of...\n
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Hey, stop running away!\n
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Your right hand protected you\nfrom even a blast of Dragon Breath!\n
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And yet, you turn your unprotected\nback to them! What's wrong with you?!\n
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You're a fine one to talk,\nusing me as a shield like this!\n
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There's a hopeless number of them!\n
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How can I counter all of\nthat with just my right hand?!\n
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Yeah, but...\n
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for him to create a\nGregorian Choir, albeit a replica, is still...\n
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What was that about a\nGregorian something-or-other?\n
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Essentially,\n
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it's a grand spell, formed by the prayer voices\n
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of 3,333 monks, assembled in a holy shrine.\n
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Ha! There's no way doing something\nlike that can beat anything, can it?\n
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Yes, but it doesn't work if the\nmany people in the Gregorian Choir\n
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cannot all be controlled at the same time.\n
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If one can destroy the key to their synchronicity...\n
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There is one thing\nI've got up my sleeve, though.\n
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If you've got it, then use it, already!\n
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You're sure?\n
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What the hell are you doing?!\n
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Bad luck, scarecrow!\n
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Flame punishes guilt.\nPurgatory governs flame.\n
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Purgatory is created to burn sinners.\n
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The one form of violence acknowledged by God.\n
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Violence is the affirmation of death.\n
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Affirmation is recognition.\n
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Stop!\n
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--You have to know that your body is in danger!\n--Recognition is inside oneself.\n
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The inner aspect of the self\n
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and the outer aspect\nof the world are joined--\n
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W-What the...?\n
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What in the world...?\n
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I have to hand it to him.\n
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That alchemist is warped.\nYou're supposed to carve your own way out,\n
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not have others do it for you.\n
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Naturally...\n
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I figured that by using a Gregorian replica,\n
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I could lure you to the core,\nregardless of where you were hiding.\n
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Obviously,\n
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there were supposed\nto be two of you intruders.\n
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Clearly, your familiar spirit \n
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has been swallowed up by the Gregorian replica.\n
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Hmph, unfortunately for you,\nhe's tougher than you can imagine.\n
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So then, what was\nyour intent in luring me here,\n
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Alchemist Aureolus Izzard?\n
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A little first aid, and she'll be fine.\n
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But...\n
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Her skin has just been peeled,\nand her capillaries injured.\n
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There'd be more to it\nif her arteries had been cut.\n
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You're not even a doctor.\n
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When it comes to the flow of blood,\nI know more than others.\n
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Give me a hand.\n
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Oh, whoa!\n
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Do not lose your head.\n
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It is disrespectful to the injured.\n
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Say, Sphinx, where could Toma have gone?\n
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There was some pudding in the refrigerator, too.\n
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What? Don't tell me... \n
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...you ate that, too?!\nYou ate it, huh? You ate it, didn't you?!\n
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It's okay.\n
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Something's wrong.\n
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Toma wouldn't shrug off me\neating his pudding without his permission\n
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with just an "It's okay."\n
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Rune seals?!\n
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All done, for now.\n
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Your skills are incredible, you know?\n
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You're not an unlicensed\ndoctor or anything, are you?\n
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I'm no doctor.\n
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Huh? Then...\n
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I am a magician.\n
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Um, how were you being a magician?\n
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I do have something I can show you.\n
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Here.\n
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My magic wand.\n
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Hey, that's a police baton, isn't it?!\n
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--The latest model.\n
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--Stop screwing around!\n--The latest model.\n
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We need to call an ambulance.\n
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You should do that.\n
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Don't talk about it like you're not involved.\n
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You're leaving too, after all.\n
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I mean, don't just stay cooped\nup in this place, let's go outside.\n
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I have an objective, as well.\nIt's not to get out of this place;\n
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it's an objective that I cannot\nachieve unless I am here.\n
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No, it's more correct to say\nthat it's a goal that I cannot reach\n
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without there being the alchemist.\n
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But if they were your friend,\nthey wouldn't keep you trapped here, right?\n
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That was before they were taken over by Aureolus.\n
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I only stay inside because\nI don't feel the need to go out.\n
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If I go out too casually, I will end up attracting *them*.
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So then, you're telling me\nyou're going to stay in here forever,\n
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because you don't want\nthe vampires to detect you?\n
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Do you know what kind\nof creatures vampires are?\n
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No different.\n
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They're no different from us.\n
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They're people who can laugh, and act for others.\n
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My blood has a sweet aroma,\nwhich attracts such people.\n
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Attracts them, gathers them,\nand kills them... for no reason.\n
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It kills them all, without exception, ever.\n
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Academy City is a place\nwhere powers are dealt with,\n
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so I thought that they\nwould understand my secret.\n
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And once they understood it,\nthere might be a way to remove it.\n
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But there wasn't anything like that here.\n
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I don't want to kill anymore. \n
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I've decided that I would\nrather kill myself than anyone else.\n
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Tell me one thing...\n
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If you don't want to\ndraw any vampires to you,\n
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why did you go out and comfort-binge?\n
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Simple. \n
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The reason why Aureolus needs\nme is because he wants the vampires.\n
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I cannot attract\nvampires if I stay inside the barrier.\n
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But doesn't that work completely\ncounter to your objective?\n
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Aureolus promised me that\nhe would not harm the vampires.\n
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Aureolus said that there\nwas someone he wanted to help,\n
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and that he needed the vampires' power.\n
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That's why I made a promise,\n
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that I would use my\npower to help, rather than to kill.\n
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That's not going to work.\n
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If he's the kind of person you say he is,\n
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then this is a mistake that we can’t allow to go on.\n
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If you keep letting this continue,\n
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there really will be no turning back.\n
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Inevitably, how will\nthere be no turning back for me?\n
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He's been...\n
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Boldly may I say,\nit is no matter. I will be right there.\n
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Naturally, some doubts may arise,\n
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but I'm under no obligation to respond.\n
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Damn you!\n
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You will not come any closer.\n
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Why, you...!\n
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H-How...?\n
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Sadly, you are a trivial young man.\nAway with you!\n
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Wait!\n
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Y-You idiot!\n
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Deep Blood has power enough to\nkill vampires. Which means...\n
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Ultimately, right at the very end,\nyou clung to, relied upon,\n
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and placed your hopes on your Deep Blood.\n
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How then are you any different from me?\n
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That is not true.\n
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This person did not know what Deep Blood means.\n
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He came here to help a\nstranger who he just barely met today.\n
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Aureolus Izzard, what is your objective?\n
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Is your objective to kill this\nregular person to satisfy yourself?\n
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If such a worthless pursuit\nis your goal, then I'm backing out.\n
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I have the option of biting my\ntongue and ending my own life.\n
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Inescapably, I cannot afford\nto spend any more time here.\n
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Young man, do not worry. I will not kill you.\n
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You will forget everything that happened here.\n
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This is it.\n
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The magical power being sent\nto the runes over at Toma's place\n
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ends abruptly right here.\n
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Where am I?\n
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If you're here with me,\nthen this is no doubt Japan, right?\n
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It feels like we've forgotten\nsomething important. Don’t you agree?\n
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Well, it's probably nothing so\nimportant that we need to remember it.\n
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You think so?\n
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You will forget everything.\n
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Let me show you a ritual\nthat will dispel that doubt of yours.\n
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Eastern rituals are Kanzaki's specialty. I'll ask her.\n
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Just close your eyes\nand stick out your tongue.\n
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Go "bleeh."\n
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This is for using me as a decoy\nso you could get away!\n
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There's a barrier in place here \n
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to keep enemies who enter from getting away.\n
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Hmm, long time no see.\n
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Who are you?\n
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You don't remember?\nInevitably, I doubt you have any memory\n
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of the name Aureolus Izzard.\n
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No, this is something\nI must count as good fortune.\n
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Sleep.\n
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Hey, those guys were in the entrance.\n
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The survivors of the Thirteen Knights.\n
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Commencing the attack!\n
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A Gregorian Choir.\n
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Huh?\n
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An honest-to-goodness Gregorian Choir.\n
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But you said it took a lot of people\nto make a Gregorian whatever.\n
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Right now, at the Vatican basilica,\n
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there are probably 3,333\ncongregants, offering up prayers.\n
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Huh?\n
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Extracting from the Book of\nRevelation, Chapter 8, Verse 7, \n
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we hereby reproduce the\nsound of the trump of destruction,\n
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held by the first angel!\n
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What do they think they're doing?!\n
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A holy hex bombardment.\n
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Bombardment?!\n
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Himegami is in there,\nalong with all those innocent students!\n
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It's coming down!\n
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It's rewinding?\n
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Ars Magna.\n
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Ars Magna?\n
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That is our foe, Aureolus's true power.\n
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Sphinx?!\n
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Don't tell me...\n
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This is Index's.\n
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*Nee kikoeru? *
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*Kioku wo samayotte'ru *
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*Nee kokoro wo *
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*shinjite ikite yukereba *
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*Ikiru sekai ga *
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*tatoe chigatta to shite mo *
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*mamoritai mono ga aru nara... *
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*Sashidashita chikara wa dare no tame ni? *
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*Tokihanatsu ikusen no mana *
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*Sono shigusa ga sono manazashi ga *
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*kokoro wo shimetsukeru *
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*Tebanasanai *
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"Preview"\n
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"Preview"\nThere are all sorts of feuds that revolve around Index.\n
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\nThere are all sorts of feuds that revolve around Index.\n
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When the alchemist who fights\nagainst destiny bares his teeth,\n
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a howl echoes\nthroughout Misawa Cram School.\n
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Next time, "Deep Blood."\n
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When science and magic\ncross paths, the story begins.\n