8 - Saint Breakout

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[00:07] ---
    Damn it all.
[00:10] ---
    So, what are you doing,
    huddling down over there?
[00:15] ---
    I... wasn't any use at all,
    and he still said thanks to me.
[00:22] ---
    I couldn't protect him one bit,
    and he says thanks.
[00:27] ---
    I was thinking, what amazing
    power this guy possesses.
[00:34] ---
    But I was wrong. He can't rely
    on any kind of defensive spells.
[00:41] ---
    No kind of restoration spell
    can heal even a single scratch.
[00:45] ---
    He actually fights with just his physical body;
[00:48] ---
    I just watched as he got beaten.
[00:51] ---
    How does such a person
    go on living like it's nothing?
[00:55] ---
    Why doesn't divine punishment rain down on me?
[00:58] ---
    It isn't right!
[01:01] ---
    Is this the kind of girl
    he stuck his neck out to protect?
[01:05] ---
    The man you owe your life to is
    black and blue, and you don't lift a finger.
[01:09] ---
    Are you saying he threw
    his life away for such a girl as you?
[01:14] ---
    If so, he gave up his life for nothing.
[01:17] ---
    Absolutely nothing!
[01:21] ---
    Acqua of the Rear will definitely return.
[01:24] ---
    While you're sitting around doing nothing,
    the clock is running down.
[01:28] ---
    Are you going to throw it away
    over useless regret and guilt
[01:31] ---
    while there's still any
    possible action remaining?
[01:35] ---
    Don't throw other people's
    lives away over your own troubles!
[01:40] ---
    I...
[01:41] ---
    You want to apologize to him?
[01:44] ---
    After what you did to the
    one you're supposed to protect,
[01:47] ---
    do you want to send him back
    home into the light of day?
[01:50] ---
    If so, fight.
[01:52] ---
    Prove to him that you're a fantastic girl,
[01:56] ---
    and convince him that he was
    right to risk his life for you.
[02:00] ---
    Unless you want to lament it from
    in front of his grave, we have to fight.
[02:07] ---
    Sheesh, it's not right to have
    someone doomed, right in front of us,
[02:10] ---
    and not be able to even extend
    a helping hand to him, is it?
[02:14] ---
    So there's only one thing for us to do.
[02:30] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[03:50] ---
    "#08 Saint Breakout"
[03:51] ---
    So you're not going to kill him,
    but have settled on taking his right arm?
[03:56] ---
    I'd heard that the Right Seat of God
    never deviated from their policies.
[04:01] ---
    The boy's uniqueness
    is focused in his right arm.
[04:05] ---
    If we take it from him,
    the threat he poses will be removed.
[04:09] ---
    I've heard that the boy does not yet know God.
[04:12] ---
    I am honestly opposed to just killing him.
[04:17] ---
    Though Vento laughed at me for that.
[04:19] ---
    I don't know what it is you're expecting of me,
[04:22] ---
    but I am not as virtuous
    or philanthropic as you are.
[04:26] ---
    If the time comes to kill him,
    then I'll kill him. That's all there is to it.
[04:35] ---
    Dispersing particulates into the air,
    then breaking down its matter?
[04:41] ---
    "Attention: A low-oxygen alert has been issued.
    Everyone please take shelter in your
    designated building quickly and stay inside."
[04:41] ---
    A low-oxygen alert has been
    issued for all of the third level.
[04:46] ---
    Everyone please take shelter in
    your designated building, and stay inside.
[04:52] ---
    Repeat, a low-oxygen alert has
    been issued for all of the third level.
[04:59] ---
    Have things taken a wrong turn?
[05:00] ---
    Probably more of a trial run
    to probe my combat abilities.
[05:04] ---
    However, I don't sense
    any human presence from them.
[05:07] ---
    These are likely unmanned drones,
[05:09] ---
    which is the only reason
    why they have gotten so close.
[05:17] ---
    I am the Right Seat of God,
[05:19] ---
    and a saint in whom dwells the Power of God.
[05:22] ---
    If you stand in my way,
    brace yourselves accordingly.
[05:34] ---
    Oh my, am I speaking to you, Miss Sherry?
[05:38] ---
    Huh?
[05:40] ---
    Oh, it's you, Orsola.
[05:42] ---
    Now, bulk waste is picked up
    on Mondays and Fridays.
[05:48] ---
    Never mind that, get to the point.
[05:50] ---
    All right.
[05:51] ---
    I have been investigating Acqua of the Rear.
[05:55] ---
    I already heard about that this morning.
    What did you find?
[05:59] ---
    There is evidence that before
    he was known as Acqua of the Rear,
[06:03] ---
    he was an English knight.
[06:06] ---
    Huh?
[06:10] ---
    Acqua and a squad of powered suits
    have engaged on the third level.
[06:16] ---
    If he could be stopped by mass-produced units,
    we'd have it too easy.
[06:21] ---
    Are we heading out?
[06:22] ---
    No. If we charge in there blindly,
    the outcome would be pretty obvious.
[06:29] ---
    Now is not the ideal time.
[06:32] ---
    Right now, all we can do is
    prepare ourselves the best we can.
[06:38] ---
    Please wait another three hours.
[06:42] ---
    It takes a little time to re-sharpen
    a blade to use against a monster.
[06:47] ---
    What are we going to do?
    This is what you get for lighting a fire under her.
[06:51] ---
    Yeah, but she was acting
    like just an empty shell.
[06:55] ---
    Mr. Tatemiya...
[06:56] ---
    I'm fine. Can I ask you
    to let me focus for a bit?
[07:02] ---
    --S-Sure.
    --S-Sure.
[07:07] ---
    Oh, my, is this Mr. Tatemiya?
[07:11] ---
    Wow! Hearing your voice is so comforting!
[07:15] ---
    I am terribly sorry, but I seem
    to have the wrong person. Goodbye.
[07:19] ---
    Ah! Don't hang up!
[07:23] ---
    Acqua of the Rear's past
    has come to light to some extent.
[07:29] ---
    His real name is William Orwell.
[07:32] ---
    He has no mercenary
    affiliation in the England region.
[07:35] ---
    His principal combat record
    involves astrological brigade support,
[07:39] ---
    the mission to terminate the Orleans Order,
[07:42] ---
    and the Third Princess
    of Britain rescue mission.
[07:45] ---
    Hmm, all of them battlefields
    that compare to nightmares.
[07:50] ---
    Owing to his achievements,
    he was on track to receive British knighthood,
[07:55] ---
    but one week before his investment,
    he dropped off the face of the earth.
[08:00] ---
    And when he resurfaced,
    he had become an enemy of England.
[08:04] ---
    In addition to fighting,
[08:06] ---
    he has supplied knowledge of
    medicinal herbs to impoverished regions,
[08:10] ---
    and is regarded as a sage among some people.
[08:14] ---
    In other words, he's a brilliant beast,
    tough in body and soft in thought.
[08:25] ---
    They've fallen back, then?
[08:27] ---
    They seem surprisingly smart.
[08:31] ---
    Now then,
[08:33] ---
    there are still 19 hours until the deadline.
[08:37] ---
    Have you come to a decision?
[08:45] ---
    Oh, when a demand as impossible
    as this one is forced upon us,
[08:48] ---
    it eliminates the need to be troubled over it.
[08:51] ---
    You can get out of having two billion
    Roman Orthodox as your enemies
[08:55] ---
    for the price of a single arm.
[08:59] ---
    I would think that to be a bargain.
[09:02] ---
    Our enemy isn't Roman Orthodoxy.
[09:05] ---
    It's people like you, who exploit
    those who earnestly believe in God.
[09:11] ---
    Does this mean that
    negotiations have broken down?
[09:14] ---
    What else could it possibly mean?
[09:17] ---
    I am a saint. I also possess power
    as the Right Seat of God.
[09:24] ---
    If, after properly understanding that,
    you still want to fight me,
[09:28] ---
    then I will demonstrate something to you--
[09:30] ---
    that a conflict is not won or lost by
    good or evil, but by strength and weakness.
[09:36] ---
    At least try to make me use
    one of my trump cards--
[09:44] ---
    I-Itsuwa...?
[09:47] ---
    Can't you wait until a person
    finishes their sentence?
[09:51] ---
    I'll listen to what you have to say later.
[09:54] ---
    Assuming, that is,
    your jaw hasn't been shattered
[09:58] ---
    after I've pounded you to a
    thoroughly, thoroughly bloody pulp.
[10:03] ---
    It sounds like Itsuwa has completely snapped.
[10:06] ---
    This is because of your
    ill-considered remarks, Deputy Pope.
[10:09] ---
    Don't be silly. A girl in love
    can go to war against even God.
[10:15] ---
    Hmm. You are extraordinarily gallant,
[10:18] ---
    but I would like to see you back up
    your words with bona fide actions.
[10:23] ---
    You need not worry.
[10:24] ---
    Even if we end up being beaten
    to a single shred of flesh,
[10:27] ---
    we will still absolutely beat
    the ever-loving crap out of you,
[10:31] ---
    and make you regret what you have done.
[10:34] ---
    Huh?! We're taking it that far?
[10:43] ---
    You appear to have prepared
    yourself substantially for this.
[10:46] ---
    This spear has been treated
    with 1,500 coats of resin.
[10:50] ---
    It symbolizes the rings of a tree.
[10:53] ---
    The form of its hidden spell
    is the fertility of plant life.
[10:58] ---
    You've done well to ready that in such
    a short amount of time. However...
[11:04] ---
    what is even more surprising
    is that you, slow though you are,
[11:08] ---
    are still able to keep up with my speed.
[11:14] ---
    So you are augmenting
    each other's motor skills, are you?
[11:18] ---
    It's as though you knew
    how to fight against a saint.
[11:23] ---
    But you are still too slow!
[11:44] ---
    --You killed me.
    --You're a killer.
[11:47] ---
    --You killed me, didn't you?
    --You killed me.
[11:51] ---
    I see, so that's what this is.
[11:59] ---
    The form of this hidden spell
    is a murderer's punishment.
[12:04] ---
    Each wire is a redefinition
    of an individual's lifeline,
[12:07] ---
    and the spell penalizes whoever breaks them.
[12:13] ---
    No defensive spell from
    any cultural region can stop this.
[12:18] ---
    It denotes negative resentment.
[12:26] ---
    My attribute is Gabriel.
[12:29] ---
    I am able to perform the esoteric rites
    of Holy Mother veneration to an extent.
[12:34] ---
    All restrictive actions, such as penal
    provisions dealing with sin and evil,
[12:38] ---
    become meaningless against me.
[12:43] ---
    Hmm?
[12:44] ---
    Can't you wait until a
    person finishes their sentence?
[12:49] ---
    Well, this just adds to the thrill of the chase.
[13:14] ---
    He's here already?
[13:16] ---
    The bodies of the Right Seat
    of God are nigh-angelic
[13:19] ---
    and cannot perform magic used by normal humans.
[13:23] ---
    However, the Holy Mother
    veneration spells that I possess
[13:26] ---
    effectively waive those conditions.
[13:30] ---
    I am both saint and Right Seat of God.
[13:33] ---
    In addition, I can command
    both human and angelic spells.
[13:36] ---
    Do not esteem me, Acqua of the Rear,
[13:38] ---
    on the same level as the
    rest of the Right Seat of God.
[13:46] ---
    Where's Acqua?
[13:47] ---
    Here.
[13:56] ---
    Now,
[13:58] ---
    time to bring an end to the warm-ups.
[14:01] ---
    If we are both taking up
    arms against each other,
[14:03] ---
    there is no reason for us not to exchange blows.
[14:07] ---
    That's true.
[14:09] ---
    However, I'm not necessarily alone.
[14:17] ---
    Hmph, no matter. Bring it on.
[14:29] ---
    You have fine moves.
[14:31] ---
    You're lagging more and more
    behind my rhythm, though.
[14:37] ---
    Now, how many more seconds
    will you be able to last?
[14:47] ---
    Hmm?
[14:51] ---
    The Amakusa Church
[14:53] ---
    collects magical notation from everyday items,
[14:56] ---
    reconstructs it, and creates spells from it.
[14:59] ---
    The pattern at your feet has
    blocked your movement magic.
[15:07] ---
    Mr. Tatemiya, as well as the rest of you!
[15:10] ---
    Now is the time for our sure bet!
[15:12] ---
    Here goes.
[15:18] ---
    Take this!
[15:23] ---
    Saint Breakout!
[15:36] ---
    Since saints have physical
    characteristics similar to the Son of God,
[15:41] ---
    they have the ability to generate
    the same kind of powers as the Son of God.
[15:45] ---
    Saint Breakout disrupts the balance
    of those physical characteristics.
[15:50] ---
    Once a saint loses that balance,
[15:52] ---
    they are unable to control those
    powers and can no longer move.
[15:57] ---
    The Amakusa Church once lost a saint.
[16:02] ---
    When that happened, we all took a pledge.
[16:05] ---
    After our grueling efforts
    to not just support her as a saint
[16:08] ---
    but to confront problems that
    she considered to be a threat,
[16:12] ---
    what we attained was the Saint Breakout.
[16:17] ---
    A specialized attack
    spell specifically for saints.
[16:21] ---
    And a fine spell it is.
[16:25] ---
    If I were an ordinary saint,
[16:28] ---
    I might have been finished right here.
[16:32] ---
    But unfortunately for you,
[16:34] ---
    in addition to being a saint,
[16:36] ---
    I am also the Right Seat of God.
[17:02] ---
    This is pointless.
[17:04] ---
    Even after combining your forces
    and hatching this strategy,
[17:07] ---
    this is all you have?
[17:09] ---
    There is still a short time left
    before your deadline.
[17:13] ---
    I will give you a choice.
[17:15] ---
    Either give me the young man's arm,
[17:18] ---
    or become a stain on the road, right here.
[17:22] ---
    Then you leave me no alternative.
[17:38] ---
    I see.
[17:41] ---
    It looks like you get to live.
[17:59] ---
    It appears that William Orwell
    has used an explosive amount of power,
[18:03] ---
    as a "saint," since his days as a mercenary.
[18:07] ---
    Currently, he wields power in
    Roman Orthodoxy's Right Seat of God,
[18:12] ---
    but as a sorcerer, it appears
    he had the name "Flere210," as well.
[18:18] ---
    "Flere" is a Latin word that means "tears."
[18:22] ---
    His style of fighting seems to be self-taught,
[18:25] ---
    but his method of moving around during
    combat uses a spell employing water.
[18:31] ---
    If the name "Acqua of the Rear"
    is associated with the four archangels,
[18:35] ---
    it would fall under Gabriel,
    and its attribute would be water, so that fits.
[18:40] ---
    Heh, so he's at a height
    no regular human could reach,
[18:43] ---
    no matter how hard they try.
[18:47] ---
    Word is that the Amakusa Church
    once had a saint among them
[18:51] ---
    whose credo it was to kill
    with a single strike of the sword.
[18:56] ---
    However, I'd heard that this saint's
    disposition was that she hated fighting.
[19:01] ---
    Do you have the nerve it takes to fight me?
[19:06] ---
    Apparently, I'm a much more childish person
    than I thought myself to be.
[19:12] ---
    I know I was taught that
    anger was one of the seven sins.
[19:18] ---
    But I will quit losing any sleep over it.
[19:21] ---
    I'm not going to let his resolve be for nothing.
[19:24] ---
    That alone will be good enough.
[19:32] ---
    Single Flash!
[19:54] ---
    Talent is a profoundly cruel thing.
[19:57] ---
    While we both use the same method,
    it still differs as much as this.
[20:01] ---
    No.
[20:03] ---
    My foundation is entirely Amakusan,
    and my teachers are my friends.
[20:10] ---
    I cannot permit you to denigrate them.
[20:14] ---
    Moreover, anyone who is conscious
    of how much power they possess,
[20:17] ---
    yet still ruthlessly brings it to bear
    against an ordinary high-schooler,
[20:22] ---
    even if they are a saint,
[20:25] ---
    has no right to look down
    on others, no matter who they are.
[20:28] ---
    I'm unimpressed. A foot soldier
    will unwittingly encounter a tank.
[20:33] ---
    That is the way of the battlefield.
[20:35] ---
    The foot soldier is simply
    fired upon and blown away.
[20:38] ---
    That is your reasoning.
[20:40] ---
    But you are the ones
    who set foot into my territory.
[20:44] ---
    Or rather, perhaps the boy was dragged
    into this by someone somewhere.
[20:52] ---
    If you know that, why did you
    hit him with your saintly power?
[20:56] ---
    What is the point of telling
    you my reason for fighting?
[21:02] ---
    Show me yours, saint of the far east!
[21:04] ---
    Don't give me nothing but talk;
    offer me your reason, through your sword.
[21:09] ---
    Show me what it is without words!
[22:50] ---
    Where am I?
[22:57] ---
    What happened to me? Ow...
[23:05] ---
    Oh yeah.
[23:08] ---
    The fight is probably still going on.
[23:11] ---
    I'm sorry, Index.
[23:13] ---
    I'll apologize to you
    within an inch of my life later.
[23:16] ---
    But right now,
[23:18] ---
    let me do what must be done.
[23:24] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    A shot exerted by the
    chosen one dashes dignity to bits.
[23:30] ---
    After all the despair,
    will the Priestess's cries get through?
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Holy Mother Veneration"
[23:36] ---
    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.