# E15 - Skill Out
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Would you assail me,
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knowing that I am Kongo Mitsuko
of Tokiwadai Middle School?
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"Assault" you?
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Leave it to a little darling
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to use different words
than the rest of us. Right?
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It sounds like your
grasp of Japanese is slim.
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In that case, I will take you on.
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What's the matter? Got a headache?
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What is this...?
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Who the hell are you?!
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Hey, now, picking
on girls is something...
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...we can't have, can we?
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Who's there...?
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This would appear to put a stop
to the recent outbreak of esper hunts
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being conducted by Skill Out, would it not?
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Are you all right?
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Y-Yes...
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Who would have thought that
they would go after Kongo Mitsuko?
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It does not matter
how many of them ganged up,
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Level 0 stray dogs are
no match for a Level 4 esper,
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as they are now painfully aware--
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It didn't happen like that.
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According to what she said,
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she was unable to use
her ability, for some reason.
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That's when an unidentified
person appeared, and...
**[02:03] ---**
Tamezo?
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Miss Konori?
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Oh, sorry. Let's see...
Is Miss Uiharu's questioning going well?
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Yes.
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After that, I passed out,
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And when you came to again,
they were all down on the ground?
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Yes.
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If there is anything that you remember...
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Yes, well...
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I do not know what they are called,
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but those leather articles
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that those gentlemen who ride
on their motorcycles often wear...
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A leather jacket?
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Yes, that's it!
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A black leather jacket.
Also, the gentleman who was carrying it
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had what looked like a large
black spider tattoo on his back.
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Miss Konori, is something the matter?
You somehow seem...
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Mm-mm, it's nothing.
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So did this man with the leather
jacket and black spider tattoo
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beat all of them up?
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*Resonating wishes now awaken*
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*for the sake of a future I can't concede*
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*Beyond surpassing
our destined encounter*
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*my feelings will still shine*
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*Entrusting my dreams
to a future elsewhere*
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*I kept searching for
the real meaning of strength*
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*I learned the meaning
of accepting pain as it is*
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*from you, always running toward tomorrow*
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*The background rushes on now around me*
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*beyond the world I draw in*
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*I feel the signal pouring
in with my whole body*
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*and now release everything I have*
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*Just truth in my heart*
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*I will never waver*
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*because I have indelible dreams*
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*And without averting my eyes
from the truth being revealed*
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*I'll reach the next stage to realize all*
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*believing in our certain bond*
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Big Spider?
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That's the name of the organization
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that has been carrying
out a string of esper hunts?
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Big Spider is a fairly
well-known organization,
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even within Skill Out.
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They had their own sense of pride
once, and knew where the line was.
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But lately, they've become
just a band of outlaws.
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When you say "pride" among Skill Out,
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you mean a cynical mob,
sulking at the rest of the world.
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Yes, but even so,
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there's dissatisfaction, indignation,
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and a still-inescapable admiration
of espers smoldering within them.
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Miss Konori,
you know a lot about them, huh?
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O-Oh, I suppose.
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That's Miss Konori for you!
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Miss Kongo was attacked?!
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Now, now, Sissy, take it easy.
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Ganging up and attacking girls
is the lowest thing men can do!
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Misaka, you sure do seem worked up over this.
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No, I guess I just can't stand
people who don't do what they can,
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and just try to escape from reality.
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It sounds like you're talking about me.
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Huh? Saten, you're not like that.
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That is right.
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When everyone crosses against
a red light, that is Skill Out.
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It is significantly different
than the guts it takes
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when you, Saten, cross all alone...
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Miss Shirai, I'm not
sure you're helping at all, here.
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But Skill Out are all a bunch
of Level 0 runaways, right?
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Why would they be conducting esper hunts?
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It is a numbers game.
No matter how brilliant an esper may be,
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it is still difficult for them
to face a large crowd of people.
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Besides, we have information
that this Big Spider organization
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has obtained illegal weapons
through black-market channels.
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I'm beginning to wish they'd
tangle with me even more now.
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Sissy...
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If you want someone to tangle
with you, I would love to, any time!
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I don't mean like that!
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So, all of those Skill Out
people who attacked Miss Kongo
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ended up being caught, right?
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Word is that some mystery person
beat them all up in one shot.
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Oh yeah? A champion of justice
who was just passing by?
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That is absurd!
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It is outrageous that someone
other than Antiskill or Judgment
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would exercise force like this!
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They are a full-fledged criminal!
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It couldn't be...
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...you, *Senpai*, could it?
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Mr. Kurozuma...
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Huh?
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The thing is...
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the guy that took out
Tamezo and the others is...
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Don't you tell tall tales!
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I know what I heard!
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Yeah. He's dead.
There's no way he could still be alive.
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Hey, you guys!
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Say my name!
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Kurozuma Wataru!
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That's right. I'm Kurozuma.
I'm the head of Big Spider!
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You guys haven't forgotten, have you?
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The look--that taunting
look that the espers give us?
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That's why we're
gonna knock them on their asses!
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Show them the terror of a
Skill Out that means business!
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Yes, boss!
**[08:01] ---**
Big Spider again?
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This is the third time this week alone.
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They are starting to kick into high gear.
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We'll have to give them a good walloping.
**[08:10] ---**
Sissy... Sissy, your "walloping"
causes too much damage.
**[08:16] ---**
It looks like it was two
years ago that Big Spider
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first started expanding their influence.
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It was right at that same time
when they started taking up weapons,
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and carried out repeated criminal acts.
**[08:27] ---**
That makes sense. So they took
up arms, and started letting loose.
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But how would they get those
things in from outside Academy City?
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The distribution of
goods is strictly enforced,
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and illegal items are
naturally excluded, aren't they?
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They do say that snakes
follow the way of serpents.
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There could be others who are
setting up routes for these guys.
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You are saying they have backing?
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--Mm-hmm.
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--I get you.
--Mm-hmm.
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It is worth looking into.
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Um...
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I've also discovered one other
thing--the leader of Big Spider.
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His name is Kurozuma Wataru.
He seems like a rather vicious man.
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He appears to be someone with
no qualms about betraying his friends.
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He's said to be the kind of
man who would shoot you in the back
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if you talk about leaving his group.
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In other words,
the man is a real low-life.
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Oh, and speaking of backs,
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he supposedly has a
tattoo of a spider on his back.
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A spider?
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Huh? Didn't the man who
rescued Miss Kongo also have one?
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That man is Kurozuma Wataru?
How can that be?
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What if it turns out
he wasn't rescuing her,
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and this is just a simple falling out?
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He is the sort who would
shoot you in the back, right?
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Indeed. That is a possibility, huh?
**[09:45] ---**
Um, his base of operations
is an area of School District 10,
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known as "Strange."
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Are we going?
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It is outside of our jurisdiction,
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but since we are investigating
a case that happened in District 7,
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we could make it stick.
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Miss Konori?
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I'm sorry, but I absolutely must
get these reports compiled today.
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Huh?
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Well, let's go.
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Let's go? Sissy...!
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We're pinch-hitting for Miss Konori. Come on!
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H-Hold on, Sissy! Oh, my, how demanding!
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Miss Shirai...
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...sure seems happy.
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This is Big Spider's home,
also known as "Strange."
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Wow.
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Neat...
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...is not how I would describe it.
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They say that fish
do not live in clear waters,
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but I have to admit...
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Well, this may be a
fitting place for any group
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who would do what Skill Out does.
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Skill Out may be who they are,
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but to claim complete control,
and leave a place like this as it is,
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Academy City is who *they* are.
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The mood feels like we are
becoming more and more welcome.
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That's because you're wearing that thing.
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Wha--?! Th-That is because
you were in such a rush, Sissy!
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I was planning to wear a disguise, and...
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Ladies, what are you up to?
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Hey, there, they're Judgment.
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--There, you see?
--I'm so scared! Are you gonna catch us?
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--Sissy...
--I'm so scared! Are you gonna catch us?
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What could they be squabbling about?
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It's too late to turn back now.
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Hold up.
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Messing with girls like this is something...
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...we can't have, can we?
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Huh?
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#15 Skill Out
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Milk?
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Huh? Who are you?
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Hold on a second.
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Huh? Wait...
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Don't go trying to play
the hero in front of those girls.
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Now, now...
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Just turn around and get lost, right now.
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U-Um, w-will this be acceptable?
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Yeah, thanks for going to the trouble.
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Yeah, w-well, we have to be going now.
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Yeah, take care of yourselves.
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When it comes to milk,
it's gotta be Musasino.
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I don't remember ever asking for your help.
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Sorry about that.
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I knew a girl a long time ago whose
bust was about the size of yours.
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I couldn't just walk away.
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A gentleman just made
a remark about our breasts...
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...and surprisingly,
it didn't sound offensive.
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Ah, hold on a minute!
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Sissy!
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Huh? Mii, are you home already?
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This is unusual, you being home this early.
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What about your Judgment work?
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I'm doing it, to be sure. What about you?
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You could stop by the branch once in a while.
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Being on campus is enough on its own.
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I'm too busy with matters of love and youth.
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Geez, you're always like this.
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Hey, did something happen?
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Not really.
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Okay.
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Well, since you're home early for once,
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Mii, it's your turn to fix dinner tonight.
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Huh? Hang on, Aomi!
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Nice, isn't it?
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It's kind of a secret spot.
It's suffocating down below,
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but the breeze up here feels good.
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The view of Strange from up here
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is no different than it was two years ago.
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Two years ago?
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Well, a lot can happen.
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I have to wonder, though,
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why do the Skill Out
people all gather to this area?
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You two wouldn't understand.
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It's not like I don't
understand, you know?
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Understand what?
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The way Skill Out feels.
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You try and try again,
but your level never rises.
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There comes a time when you lose hope.
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It's like, you feel like
just chucking everything.
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We really have gone
and chucked everything.
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We've left behind Academy City,
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where everything
is judged on your ability.
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Miss Saten...
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Huh? No, no!
I'm not chucking anything anymore.
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Mm-hmm, I'll never chuck it again.
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For us, abilities are the
blue sky that we can never reach.
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Like we're looking up at it
from the narrow alleys of this city.
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Y'know?
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But Skill Out is still Skill Out, right?
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They're never up to any
good when they act as a group.
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That's pretty harsh.
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By the way, what are you two here for?
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Oh, right!
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We're looking for an
organization called Big Spider.
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I'd advise against dropping
that name too much around here.
**[15:16] ---**
Then, do you recognize
the name Kurozuma Wataru?
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No, I don't.
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Well, have a safe return trip.
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Sissy, what is the matter?
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There's just... something
about him that bothers me.
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M-My, my! Sissy, for you
to be interested in a gentleman
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is something that I... that I...
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Ow...
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He said he had come back
here after two years away, right?
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So what about it?
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It was two years ago that Big Spider
also started expanding its influence.
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Doesn't that raise any flags?
**[15:52] ---**
Now that you mention it...
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Let's go try somewhere else.
We might be able to learn something.
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Oh, Sissy! Please wait for me!
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What are you guys doing?!
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There have now been over a dozen guys
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from esper hunting parties taken out!
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And without any leads!
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W-We are looking for anything...
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You're *looking*?
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Don't just *look*, *find* something!
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Do you know why you can't find anything?
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It's because they're dissing us!
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Listen up, men!
Don't let yourselves be dissed!
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Hunt down espers,
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and show those guys just
how much power Big Spider has!
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Do that, and nobody is
gonna go against us no more!
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Yeah!
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He's alive?
**[16:46] ---**
No, that can't be right.
**[16:49] ---**
But...
**[16:50] ---**
...if he is alive...
**[16:58] ---**
If he is alive...
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W-What?!
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A-Are you guys Skill Out?!
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You're messing with
the wrong guy! I'm a Level--
**[17:17] ---**
Well? Unless the rest
of you want to end up like him--
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Now you've done it!
**[17:28] ---**
Where's all that spunk
you had a minute ago? Eh?
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Go ahead and use your ability.
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That is, if you can concentrate enough
to calculate while being beaten!
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Survival of the fittest
is the rule in Academy City.
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Right now, you guys are the prey.
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Then...
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...you guys are ready
to face being prey, too, right?
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Judgment!
**[17:51] ---**
What do you want?!
**[17:53] ---**
You keep your noses out of this, kids--
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Why is it like this?
**[18:02] ---**
I left the victim with the nearby branch.
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Good work.
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Geez, after all that searching around
Strange, and not finding anything,
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to catch these guys while just
walking the street like normal...
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Well, all is well that ends well.
**[18:17] ---**
Hmph, I guess so. Well...
**[18:23] ---**
What is this?
**[18:27] ---**
Judgment!
**[18:29] ---**
What do they want?
**[18:30] ---**
You shouldn't be messing around here, kids.
**[18:32] ---**
Huh? Judgment?
**[18:36] ---**
What the hell do you want?
**[18:37] ---**
Kurozuma Wataru, right?
**[18:40] ---**
As ringleader in the acts of violence
against espers, you are under arrest.
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Arrest, huh?
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Sorry, but I don't have
time to play house with you.
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Get lost.
**[18:53] ---**
What a rude thing to say.
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I'm trying to tell you nicely,
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but if you don't get that, we can
make you understand the hard way.
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Sissy...
**[19:03] ---**
I can handle the likes
of these guys all on my own.
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You can decide that
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after you see what we're capable of!
**[19:13] ---**
What is that sound?!
**[19:15] ---**
It feels like it is reverberating
directly inside my head!
**[19:19] ---**
What's wrong?
**[19:22] ---**
I can't jump!
**[19:23] ---**
What's wrong, little lady?
I thought you could take us alone!
**[19:28] ---**
Kuroko!
**[19:33] ---**
That can't be! My aim
and power are both entirely...
**[19:36] ---**
...heh, beyond your control?
**[19:38] ---**
Naturally, you wouldn't know this,
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but this is a "Capacity Down" system.
**[19:44] ---**
I don't know much about it,
but the gist of it is,
**[19:46] ---**
the sound jumbles up the
arithmetic capacity of the brain.
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But, for those of us in Skill Out,
all we hear is a high-pitched sound.
**[19:57] ---**
How on earth did they get this...?
**[20:00] ---**
Hmph, if you'll say
"Please forgive us, Mr. Kurozuma,"
**[20:04] ---**
I'll think about doing so.
**[20:07] ---**
Oh? Did you just say you were Kurozuma?
**[20:12] ---**
I-It's him!
**[20:14] ---**
Yeah! That's the man!
**[20:16] ---**
Mr. Kurozuma, that's the man!
**[20:18] ---**
He's the one that interfered with us!
**[20:21] ---**
Mr. Kurozuma...
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What is going on?
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--Mr. Kurozuma, what's
the matter? Mr. Kurozuma!
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--Let's see...
--Mr. Kurozuma, what's the matter? Mr. Kurozuma!
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There!
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The sound!
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It's gone!
**[20:34] ---**
You okay?
**[20:36] ---**
And you?
**[20:37] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[20:38] ---**
Um...
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Would you hold this for me?
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Hebitani, long time no see.
**[20:46] ---**
I-It can't be... You're supposed to be dead!
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After everything that happened,
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there's no way you should be alive!
**[20:53] ---**
Okay, fine, I'm a ghost.
**[20:55] ---**
Ghost?
**[20:57] ---**
If you're a ghost, then why
don't you go back to your grave?!
**[21:02] ---**
Go on, let him have it!
**[21:04] ---**
He's just one man!
We all have weapons, too!
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Hebitani, you've changed.
**[21:16] ---**
Die!
**[21:19] ---**
Give it up.
**[21:20] ---**
With your aim, the most
you could hit is one of your own!
**[21:39] ---**
Please, wait for us!
**[21:47] ---**
Well?
**[21:48] ---**
Feel a little better now?
**[21:50] ---**
I still don't feel up to
full power, but more or less.
**[21:54] ---**
That man wasn't Kurozuma?
**[21:57] ---**
Long ago, his name was Hebitani.
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Apparently, he goes by Kurozuma now.
**[22:02] ---**
So, the real Kurozuma is you, right?
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I suppose I've been called that.
**[22:11] ---**
--When it comes to milk...
--...it's gotta be Musasino.
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Miss Konori!
**[22:19] ---**
It's been a long time, Mii.
**[22:45] ---**
*Is the destiny my
finger has drawn a bead on*
**[22:51] ---**
*one of despair, or one of hope?*
**[22:57] ---**
*Just give me the courage not to yield*
**[23:03] ---**
*to the sorrows I pick up*
**[23:06] ---**
*among the fluctuations*
**[23:08] ---**
*I believe strength is there*
**[23:14] ---**
*to protect what is important*
**[23:19] ---**
*Saving our future together,*
**[23:25] ---**
*let's open the door to tomorrow and take off*
**[23:31] ---**
*Shooting through to the ends*
**[23:37] ---**
*of a certain world with real force*
**[23:42] ---**
*Release your light!*
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Say, Miss Konori, what's going on?
Why are you so upset?
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#16 Academy City
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My, Sissy, you are so jejune.
**[24:06] ---**
Next week's story will be more mature, too.
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