9 - Holy Mother Veneration

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    Hmph, hacking by way of magic, huh?
[00:22] ---
    You're something else.
[00:24] ---
    But your body is screaming
    from this high-speed combat, isn't it?
[00:30] ---
    The power of Gabriel
    dwelt within Misha Kruezhev.
[00:35] ---
    That incarnation seems
    to have been incomplete,
[00:38] ---
    but I'm sensing something
    even greater from Acqua.
[00:41] ---
    Still, can a human really
    possess this much power?
[00:47] ---
    I haven't had this much
    of a workout in a long while.
[00:51] ---
    However, it's about time to finish this.
[00:57] ---
    THMIMSSP!
[00:57] ---
    "The Holy Mother is merciful
    and softens severe punishment"
[01:04] ---
    What is this?!
[01:06] ---
    TCTCDBPTT...
[01:06] ---
    "Be wrapped in mercy and ascend to Heaven!!"
[01:08] ---
    ROGBWIMAATH!
[01:40] ---
    Where is Imagine Breaker?
[01:42] ---
    Or if I keep breaking through each level,
    will I eventually run into him?
[01:48] ---
    Acqua!
[01:57] ---
    You are in no shape to fight me any longer.
[02:02] ---
    I won't let the reason that boy demonstrated
[02:05] ---
    or the conviction he showed
    by risking his life
[02:08] ---
    be trampled underfoot by this coward
    with nothing but his talent!
[02:10] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index III"
[02:15] ---
    "#09 Holy Mother Veneration"
[02:31] ---
    What in the world was I doing?
    I was putting in grueling effort,
[02:37] ---
    but compared to those saints,
    it's like I was playing a game.
[02:41] ---
    Ah, damn.
[02:43] ---
    I don't know if the system
    is glitching or what,
[02:46] ---
    but this low-oxygen alert
    has left me stranded,
[02:49] ---
    and to top it off, the
    gate is malfunctioning,
[02:51] ---
    and I can't get back to ground level! Man!
[02:58] ---
    Hey, what are you doing?
[03:02] ---
    Is that you, Misaka?
[03:06] ---
    I have to go.
[03:07] ---
    Huh? H-Hold on.
[03:11] ---
    You dummy. What happened to you?
[03:14] ---
    Don't tell me you just
    snuck out of the hospital.
[03:16] ---
    I have to go.
[03:19] ---
    They're probably still fighting... so...
[03:24] ---
    ...I have to go, too...
[03:29] ---
    Why won't you say it?
[03:31] ---
    --Huh?
    --That you want my help!
[03:34] ---
    That you need me to lend a hand!
    Uh-uh, that you're scared or anxious.
[03:39] ---
    Say something like that!
[03:41] ---
    Misaka, what are you talking about?
[03:44] ---
    I do know that you have amnesia.
[03:49] ---
    I know that you're carrying
    the weight of something huge.
[03:53] ---
    But is it something that
    you have to carry all by yourself?
[03:57] ---
    You look like you've been through
    the wringer and even lost your memory,
[04:01] ---
    so what's the reason why you still have
    to keep carrying it by yourself?
[04:05] ---
    I can fight, too. I can be of help to you.
[04:10] ---
    So tell me, where are you going,
    and who are you about to fight?
[04:15] ---
    I'm fighting too this time.
    I'm going to make this easier for you!
[04:19] ---
    Misaka...
[04:23] ---
    Anyway, let's go. You won't listen
    to what I'm saying anyhow,
[04:27] ---
    so I'm going to keep my eye on you
    until you're back in the hospital--
[04:30] ---
    So... you found out about that.
[04:33] ---
    But you've got it wrong.
[04:36] ---
    I can't remember who I was before,
[04:39] ---
    but I probably didn't stick
    my neck out to say stuff like that.
[04:44] ---
    The me from when I can't
    remember is driving who I am now.
[04:49] ---
    He's still there.
[04:50] ---
    Not up here,
[04:52] ---
    but here.
[04:53] ---
    So I'm probably in here.
    I know for sure what I have to do.
[05:02] ---
    I'm sorry, Misaka,
[05:04] ---
    but you should hurry and leave.
[05:08] ---
    Ultimately nothing's changed.
    Even if my gears hadn't slipped,
[05:13] ---
    and I hadn't lost my memories,
[05:16] ---
    what I have to do would have
    remained the same. Kamijo Toma...
[05:21] ---
    ...is not someone who is shaken
    by whether or not he has his memories.
[05:26] ---
    I'm not wrong about what I said.
    He has to get back to the hospital, right away.
[05:32] ---
    Not to mention, I also have the option
    of heading with him to the fight.
[05:37] ---
    But right now, there's probably
    some special significance
[05:40] ---
    in letting him stand on
    his own two feet here like this.
[05:45] ---
    I mean, I couldn't stop something like that.
[05:49] ---
    The right thing to do
    is to see him off from here.
[05:54] ---
    What do I do?
[05:56] ---
    I'm not at all satisfied by that.
[06:06] ---
    Oh... that's why...
[06:23] ---
    Are you finished already,
    saint of the far east?
[06:27] ---
    How can he wield such power?
[06:30] ---
    Drawing forth that much power
[06:32] ---
    should instantly disintegrate a person's body,
    both physically and magically.
[06:37] ---
    Not to mention Acqua having
    his power as the Right Seat of God.
[06:42] ---
    It shouldn't be possible.
[06:44] ---
    This goes beyond the realm
    of potential and natural talent.
[06:47] ---
    There is no way he can
    condense two extraordinary aptitudes
[06:52] ---
    into a single body like this.
[06:56] ---
    There's something to it.
[06:57] ---
    There must be some sort of trick
    somewhere that is allowing
[07:01] ---
    both his saintly powers and his
    Right Seat of God powers to coexist.
[07:18] ---
    You still intend to fight?!
[07:21] ---
    Right now, you're probably fuming,
[07:23] ---
    telling yourself not to drag civilians
    and Amakusa Church members
[07:26] ---
    into a fight between saints
    when our powers are so vastly different.
[07:30] ---
    But this is the battlefield.
    Differences in abilities,
[07:32] ---
    the quality of weapons,
    the strength of numbers--
[07:36] ---
    attacking others with such marked
    disparities is the rule here.
[07:41] ---
    If you don't like that, then don't
    even set foot here in the first place!
[07:52] ---
    There is no reason at all to make
    those who have no power fight.
[07:56] ---
    Only true soldiers should
    be the ones to take up swords!
[08:02] ---
    What an arrogant way of thinking.
    I'm such an idiot.
[08:07] ---
    What choice should I make?
    What choice will save my friends?
[08:13] ---
    What choice will correct
    Acqua of the Rear's mistake?
[08:18] ---
    What choice will uncover his secret
[08:19] ---
    and counteract his overwhelming power?
[08:24] ---
    Please give me strength.
[08:27] ---
    Your strength!
[08:33] ---
    Let's move! Off to where
    the Amakusa Church needs to be!
[08:39] ---
    What?!
[08:41] ---
    You're seeking salvation from the weak?
    Is this how badly you fear death?
[08:48] ---
    Is that how it looks?
[08:49] ---
    Certainly, I have friends who have
    been hurt by sticking to my side.
[08:55] ---
    I left the Amakusa Church as a result.
[09:00] ---
    However, this tragedy did not
    happen because they were weak.
[09:04] ---
    I judged them as weak
    and didn't trust in their abilities.
[09:08] ---
    Somewhere inside me, I looked down on them
[09:11] ---
    and wouldn't let them have my back.
[09:13] ---
    This arrogance, this feeling of superiority,
    that I would protect them,
[09:16] ---
    was the real tragedy!
[09:20] ---
    That's why I'm going to overcome it.
[09:22] ---
    I'll trust them to have my back,
[09:24] ---
    and by each of us giving our
    maximum mutual support,
[09:27] ---
    I will bring my Amakusa Church back around!
[09:32] ---
    Your baseless hope is simply a delusion.
[09:34] ---
    Did you think you could
    surpass me by doing this?!
[09:43] ---
    Saints, as a result of having been born
[09:45] ---
    with physical characteristics
    similar to the Son of God,
[09:48] ---
    have a portion of the
    power of God on loan to them.
[09:53] ---
    Be that as it may, they cannot wield
    the kind of power that you have.
[09:58] ---
    You clearly have a power greater than mine.
[10:01] ---
    Why is that? The answer is simple.
[10:04] ---
    It's obviously your Holy Mother veneration.
[10:12] ---
    You have physical characteristics
    similar to the Holy Mother, as well.
[10:15] ---
    That's why you've obtained
    that power, as well.
[10:18] ---
    By stacking the attributes
    of both saint and Holy Mother,
[10:21] ---
    you've successfully taken the kind of power
[10:24] ---
    that would normally run out of
    control and forcibly integrated it.
[10:26] ---
    So what if I have?
[10:28] ---
    On the other hand, you do have a weakness.
[10:31] ---
    Compared to all the other
    saints in the world,
[10:33] ---
    you have an even greater
    vulnerability to counter-saint spells!
[10:40] ---
    Saint Breakout...
[10:43] ---
    Saint Breakout...
[10:45] ---
    ...is a technique forcibly collapsing
    the balance of physical characteristics
[10:48] ---
    similar to the Son of God, causing
    one's power to run uncontrolled within them.
[10:52] ---
    If you, who possesses both the facets
    of saint and Holy Mother, are hit with it...
[10:56] ---
    Spontaneous discharge...
[10:58] ---
    Earlier, when he used exclusively
    magical means to go on the defensive,
[11:02] ---
    that was the reason why?
[11:09] ---
    I see, so that's your play.
[11:27] ---
    The symbols of the Son of God's crucifixion?
[11:30] ---
    Longinus,
[11:32] ---
    now is the time for
    the final key to his execution!
[11:39] ---
    This should be good. The Amakusa Church--
[11:44] ---
    such is a name worthy to
    be engraved upon my heart.
[11:52] ---
    "The Holy Mother is merciful
    and softens severe punishment"
[11:52] ---
    THMIMSSP, TCTCDBPT, TROGBWIMAATH!
[11:54] ---
    "This capacity for tenderness constituting a
    direct benevolent plea to the righteousness of God"
[11:56] ---
    "Be wrapped in mercy and ascend to Heaven!!"
[12:16] ---
    Now!
[12:26] ---
    Leave him to me!
[12:30] ---
    Saint Breakout!
[13:04] ---
    Sir William, you're safe!
[13:06] ---
    That's William Orwell for you!
[13:13] ---
    That's for tricking me
    and saving the best part for yourself.
[13:17] ---
    So, are you really planning
    on leaving England?
[13:21] ---
    Yeah.
[13:25] ---
    You're not cut out to be a mercenary.
[13:28] ---
    I pulled all kinds of strings to
    finally welcome you in as a knight,
[13:33] ---
    and you just brush it away.
    What are you going after?
[13:37] ---
    I'm not planning to do anything special.
[13:40] ---
    Knights and mercenaries
    both play an indispensable role.
[13:44] ---
    You know that, I'm sure.
[13:47] ---
    You mean...
[13:48] ---
    I will safeguard things from without.
    You safeguard them from within.
[13:54] ---
    Doing so will give us greater latitude.
[13:57] ---
    So there's no stopping you, then?
[14:00] ---
    Oh, another thing--
[14:01] ---
    there's an order placed with a
    craftsman outside London for an escutcheon.
[14:06] ---
    Cancel that for me, would you?
[14:10] ---
    As though he could lay it aside...
[14:13] ---
    As though it could be laid aside...
[14:15] ---
    Damn it.
[14:33] ---
    Ah, you're coming around!
[14:36] ---
    Yeah...
[14:38] ---
    Here, take this.
[14:42] ---
    Oh, please don't strain yourself!
[14:44] ---
    Not after the battle you've been through.
[14:47] ---
    Hmm, I don't remember much
    of anything after I left the hospital.
[14:52] ---
    You don't? We took down a saint--
    one of not even 20 in the whole world!
[14:58] ---
    That by itself is miraculous,
[15:00] ---
    a huge bonanza, like Santa tripping
    and scattering presents everywhere!
[15:05] ---
    And, um...
[15:06] ---
    Hmm?
[15:08] ---
    So is it okay to say that we beat Acqua,
    and you and the Amakusa are awesome?
[15:13] ---
    Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that.
    Although it is true,
[15:18] ---
    b-but that isn't for me to say, so...
[15:21] ---
    Huh? Wait, what day is it today?
[15:24] ---
    My attendance numbers are still safe, right?
[15:27] ---
    There have been so many incidents lately...
[15:29] ---
    Oh, you shouldn't be getting up!
[15:33] ---
    Um, I mean... that is...
[15:36] ---
    Toma...
[15:40] ---
    I'm the one who was sitting
    there for most of this time.
[15:44] ---
    We were just...!
[15:46] ---
    I haven't heard an apology
    for sneaking out of the hospital yet.
[15:50] ---
    Yes, she's right!
[15:52] ---
    Huh?
[15:53] ---
    How could you think of fighting
    Acqua in your condition?!
[15:56] ---
    Acqua?! As in the Right Seat of God?!
[15:59] ---
    Why wouldn't you turn to me for
    help against a foe that strong, Toma?!
[16:02] ---
    Huh? Well...
[16:04] ---
    When did Itsuwa start
    taking Index's position?
[16:07] ---
    Is this the Amakusa's
    environmental adaptation ability?
[16:16] ---
    Hey there, sweetie.
[16:18] ---
    While you're standing around,
    the sun is setting.
[16:23] ---
    You need to thank Kami for the help
    he gave the Amakusa, don't you?
[16:28] ---
    I-I'm aware of that, but...
[16:31] ---
    So you brought your
    fallen angel maid set, right?
[16:36] ---
    O-Of course I didn't bring that!
[16:39] ---
    I couldn't do that with others around anyway,
[16:43] ---
    but knowing how potent that girl's
    perfect memory ability is...
[16:45] ---
    I figured you'd be too uptight,
    sweetie, so... ta-da!
[16:49] ---
    I brought you an improved
    fallen angel maid set.
[16:54] ---
    See? Check out how open that décolletage is,
    and how sheer the skirt are!
[16:59] ---
    Wah! W-Wah!
[17:01] ---
    Huh? Then, what are you going to do?
[17:03] ---
    Honestly, what do you plan to do, sweetie?
[17:06] ---
    You aren't seriously thinking,
    after dragging it out this far,
[17:09] ---
    of tilting your head to the side
    and saying "I'm so grateful,"
[17:11] ---
    and just leaving it at that?!
[17:14] ---
    Th-Then what should I do?
[17:17] ---
    About all I can do is wholeheartedly...
[17:19] ---
    Man, are you on a high horse!
[17:22] ---
    Hey, I have a question!
    Sweetie, what do you think those are there for?
[17:26] ---
    Those testaments to mammality,
    which is to say, boobs!
[17:30] ---
    My question is,
    why do you think those are there?!
[17:33] ---
    H-Huh?
[17:35] ---
    Sweetie, in all seriousness,
    are you sure about this slow pace of yours?
[17:39] ---
    Wh-What do you mean?
[17:41] ---
    I mean Itsuwa.
[17:44] ---
    I'm saying that she wouldn't think
    twice about playing the fallen angel sexy maid.
[17:49] ---
    No! She wouldn't.
[17:50] ---
    In other words, you're falling behind Itsuwa!
[17:54] ---
    On a feminine level!
[17:56] ---
    Jeez, all you women are is full of pride,
[17:59] ---
    and you don't know the first
    thing about having a rough time.
[18:02] ---
    You can't say that to me!
[18:04] ---
    Can you lead your little
    lost sheep like this?
[18:09] ---
    So, what will it be?
[18:11] ---
    What will it be?
    What will it be?! What will it be?!
[18:15] ---
    I'm black and blue from head to toe,
[18:18] ---
    and yet you still bite me
    without mercy, Miss Index.
[18:21] ---
    Hmph! It's your own fault, Toma.
[18:24] ---
    Pardon me.
[18:35] ---
    How in the world has Acqua been beaten?
[18:38] ---
    It just means that their group
    has been progressing quickly.
[18:42] ---
    So then, you've come out of there,
[18:45] ---
    Fiamma of the Right?
[18:47] ---
    That sort of reaction won't do.
[18:50] ---
    It makes you look like
    you're not up to being the pope.
[18:53] ---
    What are you planning to do?
[18:55] ---
    First, we strike England.
[18:57] ---
    What?
[18:58] ---
    Don't you get it?
    We have just about all of Europe,
[19:02] ---
    aside from England, under our control.
[19:04] ---
    We're going to contact the
    other nations to dry England up.
[19:08] ---
    I doubt that will do any
    damage to Academy City.
[19:12] ---
    I'm not interested in Academy City.
[19:15] ---
    It is in England.
[19:18] ---
    What do you mean, it?
[19:20] ---
    Hmph, we're going to have to exert
    a lot of power to get our hands on it.
[19:27] ---
    You can't mean...
[19:30] ---
    Are you really a church
    of the cross follower?
[19:33] ---
    Well, what do you think?
[19:35] ---
    Damn.
[19:36] ---
    Now, now. We can't have
    you speaking like that.
[19:40] ---
    Do you really expect me
    to sit by and do nothing?!
[19:43] ---
    Do you want to take on me,
    the one who leads the Right Seat of God?
[19:48] ---
    Don't underestimate me.
[19:50] ---
    I call on the Apostles from 1 to 12!
    I beseech the infinite Lord!
[19:55] ---
    May thy power be overflowing!
    I am one who knows its proper meaning.
[20:00] ---
    I implore thee that by this power,
    my enemy be defeated!
[20:05] ---
    For the next 40 years,
    you will remain here idle.
[20:09] ---
    Experience this extended
    lonesomeness unto yourself,
[20:12] ---
    and sharpen up your mental immaturity.
[20:27] ---
    Th-That power wouldn't be...!
[20:29] ---
    Yes. The right hand symbolizes miracles.
[20:34] ---
    In Michael's right arm
    is the mightiest of weapons.
[20:38] ---
    With my right arm I hold
    the very quintessence of miracles,
[20:43] ---
    but I do not have the right output
    terminals to collect and control it.
[20:48] ---
    The power I wield in this state is peanuts.
[20:52] ---
    Tell me, wouldn't you want
    the symbol of all miracles,
[20:58] ---
    the Holy Right?
[21:00] ---
    You wouldn't...
[21:01] ---
    I would be able to control it.
[21:03] ---
    It takes overwhelming knowledge,
    beyond the domain of mankind,
[21:06] ---
    in order to control overwhelming power.
[21:10] ---
    I-Index Librorum Prohibitorum!
[21:12] ---
    Hmph, the English folks have
    provided quite the delightful package.
[21:18] ---
    I won't let you!
[21:20] ---
    A contest as devastating as this
    may be absurd, but still, it's fun.
[21:47] ---
    Hmm, he took all of that by himself?
[21:51] ---
    Heh, formidable bastard.
[22:01] ---
    Ha! Took all of that by yourself, huh?
[22:05] ---
    You wouldn't have had
    to if you'd forsaken the city.
[22:08] ---
    Fiamma's target is in England. Go.
[22:11] ---
    You do not give orders to me.
[22:14] ---
    However, if it coincides
    with killing that rat bastard,
[22:18] ---
    I'd be willing to let it slide.
[22:27] ---
    I have a report.
[22:28] ---
    It appears that an internal dispute
    has arisen within the Roman Orthodoxy.
[22:32] ---
    The Roman pope was caught up in it
    and is seriously injured.
[22:36] ---
    From the amount of
    magical force that was detected,
[22:38] ---
    damage to Vatican City should be
    enormous but is still being figured.
[22:42] ---
    Hmph, do-good rascal.
[22:45] ---
    Huh?
[22:46] ---
    However, you must have
    been smiling, you do-good rascal.
[22:52] ---
    It will take another several hours
    to restore the Underline information net.
[22:58] ---
    Process the data collected
    just before shutdown.
[23:02] ---
    Use the neural operational status
    and AIM diffusion field offset data
[23:07] ---
    to derive the right arm's
    power quality and quantity.
[23:12] ---
    --Point Central 0 maintaining stability level 3.
    --Central axis idling at
    critical frequency verified.
[23:16] ---
    --Sample designation Imagine Breaker
    influence coefficient: 98%.
    --Pivotal main plan power on par
[23:20] ---
    with Academy City's first-ranked
    operating as according to schedule.
[23:25] ---
    "Preview"
[23:26] ---
    Under the archbishop's orders,
    Index and I head for England.
[23:30] ---
    An underhanded in-flight plot
    spurs sorcerers into action.
[23:34] ---
    Next time, "Sky Bus 365"
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    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
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