E3 - Project Radio Noise

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[00:23] ---
    So then, anyway...
[00:24] ---
    Good morning!
[00:25] ---
    Eh?
[00:26] ---
    Huh?
[00:27] ---
    Miss Misaka? Um...
    that was awfully timely, huh?
[00:31] ---
    Huh?
[00:32] ---
    Timely? But I always
    get here around this time.
[00:35] ---
    No, I mean, after seeing
    you in town earlier.
[00:37] ---
    We saw you walking in the
    opposite direction from the school.
[00:42] ---
    Oh, there's no way you could
    have seen that, is there?
[00:45] ---
    I'm sure you must have just seen
    someone you thought was me.
[00:50] ---
    Clones?
[00:51] ---
    What do you mean?
[00:53] ---
    There's some kind
    of story about a project
[00:56] ---
    where they're trying
    to make clones of Level 5s.
[00:59] ---
    You haven't heard of it?
[01:00] ---
    Nope, it's news to me.
[01:01] ---
    But it sounds amazing, huh?
[01:02] ---
    Geez, of all the stories...
[01:03] ---
    Yeah, it does. You know what else I heard?
[01:07] ---
    You know what?
[01:08] ---
    I hear they're mass-producing
    them as military weapons.
[01:10] ---
    Yeah, and that they'll
    soon be in common use.
[01:13] ---
    Seriously?!
[01:13] ---
    Seriously, seriously!
[01:14] ---
    Nonsense.
[01:18] ---
    Yeah, but there are only seven
    Level 5s in Academy City, right?
[01:22] ---
    I wonder whose clones they are.
[01:25] ---
    Yeah.
[01:25] ---
    This is nonsense.
[01:26] ---
    Ah, you know what?
    I heard who it was.
[01:29] ---
    The Level 5 is
    supposedly that "Railgun" girl.
[01:49] ---
    sister's noise, I keep on looking
    (sorrow of your heart...)
[01:53] ---
    for where your lost heart is
    (I shoot it down...)
[01:56] ---
    Nobody can ruin the feelings
    we've built up together
[02:06] ---
    The oft-repeated truth is still distant
[02:13] ---
    while I am unable to sense your pain
[02:19] ---
    If the dreams you
    committed to me that day
[02:23] ---
    end up tearing me apart,
[02:26] ---
    don't ever let go of that hope
[02:29] ---
    more precious than anything else
[02:34] ---
    Though once closer to you than anyone else
    (sister's noise...)
[02:38] ---
    I cannot hear your voice
    (I find it out...)
[02:41] ---
    While the hands of time kept ticking away
[02:45] ---
    I was finally able to find you
[02:48] ---
    sister's noise, so I keep on looking
    (sorrow of your heart...)
[02:51] ---
    for where your lost heart is
    (I shoot it down...)
[02:54] ---
    I promise to preserve the shared
    smiles we both felt
[03:00] ---
    Nobody can ruin them now
[03:08] ---
    You...
[03:11] ---
    ...are the Original, huh?
[03:14] ---
    Origi... nal...?
[03:17] ---
    You must have at least
    heard the rumors, right?
[03:20] ---
    The rumors?
[03:29] ---
    Hmph, of all things,
[03:32] ---
    there are curiosity-seekers at
    Nagatenjoki Academy, too, huh?
[03:37] ---
    So, what? Do you know
    anything about these rumors--
[03:45] ---
    You are a middle-schooler.
[03:47] ---
    I'm a high-schooler.
    You will observe my seniority.
[03:51] ---
    In brief,
[03:52] ---
    mind your tone with me.
[03:54] ---
    D-Do you have any
    information about these rumors?
[03:59] ---
    More than you do.
    Their substance and objectives
[04:03] ---
    seem to have changed
    considerably since I was there.
[04:09] ---
    Knowing would
    just be painful for you.
[04:12] ---
    There's nothing you can
    do about it yourself, after all.
[04:16] ---
    I asked you what you knew
    about this! And I can't do anything?
[04:21] ---
    Then does that mean
    there's anything you can--
[04:26] ---
    What is it that
    you might be able to do?
[04:29] ---
    I'm just a humble individual, myself.
[04:31] ---
    Distributing those
    Money Cards is part of the plan.
[04:35] ---
    To eliminate
    Academy City's blind spots.
[04:38] ---
    By placing the Money Cards all over,
[04:41] ---
    it directs people's attention
    to the alleys and back streets
[04:44] ---
    that the surveillance
    cameras don't reach.
[04:46] ---
    By doing so,
[04:48] ---
    perhaps I can put a
    stop to the "experiments"
[04:51] ---
    that have to be
    taking place there.
[04:54] ---
    But... I was careless enough
    to let myself be spotted
[04:57] ---
    and then followed back here.
[05:00] ---
    "Esper Mass-Production Project"
[05:03] ---
    If they had seen this, it could
    have created even more problems.
[05:08] ---
    Sure enough, leaving anything
    physical behind is bad.
[05:13] ---
    I just took up office here
    without asking anyone, either.
[05:15] ---
    We should get out of here
    before these men wake up.
[05:20] ---
    J-Just a minute!
[05:24] ---
    ...Please.
[05:26] ---
    What have you been
    talking about all this time?
[05:29] ---
    Just who exactly are you...?
[05:35] ---
    Indeed... As long as
    I'm destroying the evidence,
[05:38] ---
    you think I should eliminate
    the location and witnesses.
[05:41] ---
    Whoa, I do not!
[05:43] ---
    L-Let's just get these guys...
[05:46] ---
    Not my concern.
[05:47] ---
    Eh?!
[05:52] ---
    What is it, what is it? Is it a fire?
[05:55] ---
    Yeah, a small one. Doesn't look
    like anyone was hurt, though.
[06:02] ---
    Shoot! Why that violent girl...!
[06:06] ---
    She popped me two good ones,
    and said nothing I understood...
[06:14] ---
    Why am I taking anything
    she said seriously?
[06:18] ---
    Aw, what a waste of time.
[06:20] ---
    I think I'll head home,
    take a shower, and get to bed.
[06:27] ---
    It's nonsense.
[06:30] ---
    That's what I thought,
    every time I heard the rumor.
[06:33] ---
    There's no way
    there could be clones of me.
[06:38] ---
    But...
[06:40] ---
    And as such,
    the model DNA information
[06:43] ---
    is indispensable
    to cloning technology...
[06:48] ---
    It's true, I did
    once offer my DNA map.
[06:52] ---
    But that was a long time ago,
    and it was for a different purpose.
[06:56] ---
    I'm sure it was put to good use.
[06:58] ---
    Besides, soon afterward,
    that hospital closed down, and now...
[07:11] ---
    If she's a Nagatenjoki student,
[07:14] ---
    once I hack into
    the student records...
[07:19] ---
    Academy City's public telephone
    net terminal security is Rank D.
[07:24] ---
    The data terminals used by the
    school faculty are Rank B.
[07:28] ---
    But by using my ability...
[07:35] ---
    There she is!
[07:36] ---
    "Nunotaba Shinobu, high school
    3rd-Year, age 17...
[07:41] ---
    Has distinguished herself in
    the field of biological psychiatry
[07:44] ---
    from the time she was a little girl.
[07:46] ---
    Spent time with Yamashita
    University Hospital Network,
[07:48] ---
    and Higuchi Pharmaceuticals..."
[07:51] ---
    Yamashita University?!
    That was the one...!
[07:55] ---
    She was there?
    You don't mean, she really was...
[08:01] ---
    "...and Higuchi Pharmaceuticals,
    in a term of research
[08:05] ---
    at the 7th Research Center,
    then re-enrolled in school."
[08:09] ---
    This is where my DNA map is?
[08:12] ---
    Knowing would
    just be painful for you.
[08:14] ---
    There's nothing you can
    do about it yourself, after all.
[08:19] ---
    If I ask that scorny-eyed
    girl for answers again,
[08:21] ---
    she may just keep
    evading the question, but still...
[08:25] ---
    All right! I'll go sneak
    into the place right now!
[08:28] ---
    Then again, going in this
    uniform would be a bad idea.
[08:35] ---
    This one, too, please.
[08:38] ---
    All right. Let's see, that will
    be ¥37,000. How are you paying?
[08:43] ---
    Oh... cash, please.
[08:47] ---
    Now then, I just need
    to find a suitable place to...
[08:55] ---
    Unfortunately,
    all of our single rooms are taken.
[08:58] ---
    Doubles, however...
[08:59] ---
    All right, I'll take that, please.
[09:05] ---
    I'm just going to use it as a
    changing room, though. Oh, well.
[09:13] ---
    Money Cards?
[09:15] ---
    Yes, Money Cards!
[09:17] ---
    Misaka helped me find them.
[09:20] ---
    Now, they say Academy City
    is a big place,
[09:22] ---
    but I'll bet getting this many
    in one day has to be a new record.
[09:26] ---
    When you put them all together,
    it adds up to a tidy sum.
[09:29] ---
    Then, I wonder if I'm rich, too.
[09:34] ---
    M-Miss Haru'ue, are those...?
[09:37] ---
    I thought I would learn the
    streets before the new term starts,
[09:40] ---
    and collected these
    while I was testing myself.
[09:44] ---
    I'm home! I know it's late.
[09:47] ---
    Sorry to ask you to do me this
    favor out of the blue, Miss Saten.
[09:51] ---
    Er, Miss Saten...?
[09:55] ---
    I lost.
[09:57] ---
    Um... I-I bought all sorts
    of things, so let's have supper!
[10:02] ---
    Supper!
[10:03] ---
    "Strawberry Oden"
[10:04] ---
    Mmm, that smells good.
[10:06] ---
    Yeah.
[10:10] ---
    Listen, Uiharu...
[10:12] ---
    strawberry oden is fine and all,
[10:14] ---
    but if you'd at least
    gotten something cold...
[10:18] ---
    Cold oden is no oden at all.
[10:21] ---
    The hot summer is the
    best time to have hot meals.
[10:25] ---
    It's delicious!
[10:27] ---
    You've broken her spirit.
[10:34] ---
    These onigiri are really good!
[10:36] ---
    Really?
[10:36] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[10:37] ---
    Miss Haru'ue, you've been
    learning how to cook lately, huh?
[10:41] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[10:43] ---
    I-I still have much to learn.
[10:45] ---
    Still, the fish powder and stuff
    in this onigiri are really tasty!
[10:50] ---
    You know what? My secret is to
    add ginger and oyster sauce.
[10:54] ---
    It's very delicious.
[10:57] ---
    Mm-hmm, it goes extremely
    well with strawberry oden.
[11:00] ---
    It complements the strawberries'
    sweetness, doesn't it?
[11:02] ---
    It sure does!
[11:05] ---
    Now that I think about it,
    I used up all the breakfast rice, too.
[11:09] ---
    That's okay.
    We'll just have bread tomorrow.
[11:13] ---
    But still, it would be nice if
    we had a little larger rice cooker.
[11:17] ---
    You two do eat a lot of it, huh?
[11:20] ---
    Y-You think so?
[11:22] ---
    Oh, come to think of it, Miss Saten...
[11:25] ---
    What did you mean by what
    you said on the phone earlier?
[11:29] ---
    Huh? About what?
[11:31] ---
    About Miss Misaka. Something about
    a mistaken identity, or something?
[11:35] ---
    Oh, that.
[11:36] ---
    It was nothing, it was nothing.
[11:38] ---
    I just happened to see
    someone who looked like her.
[11:42] ---
    But then...
[11:46] ---
    Oh, never mind.
[11:48] ---
    They say there are three
    look-alikes for everyone in the world.
[11:52] ---
    Maybe I was so convinced
    that it was Misaka
[11:54] ---
    because she was
    wearing a Tokiwadai uniform.
[11:57] ---
    Now that you mention it,
[11:59] ---
    Miss Misaka and Miss Shirai
    are always wearing their uniforms.
[12:02] ---
    Tokiwadai Middle School
    prohibits anything but uniforms,
[12:05] ---
    even outside of school.
[12:07] ---
    Isn't that strict?
[12:09] ---
    You might say so, but to
    put it the other way around,
[12:11] ---
    those uniforms attest
    that they are young ladies.
[12:14] ---
    I can't imagine Miss Misaka
    in anything besides her uniform.
[12:18] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[12:19] ---
    Yeah, but still,
[12:21] ---
    I'd like to see them in street
    clothes once in a while, you know?
[12:26] ---
    "Higuchi Pharmaceuticals"
    "7th Research Center"
[12:30] ---
    Now then...
[12:32] ---
    Okay, here I go!
[12:33] ---
    "#3 Project Radio Noise"
[12:41] ---
    I must say, the head resident
    sure was determined tonight.
[12:50] ---
    Sissy...
[12:52] ---
    You certainly are
    late tonight, aren't you?
[12:59] ---
    Sissy!!
[13:08] ---
    Why, how improper of
    me to do something like this.
[13:13] ---
    But then... it really
    has been a long time.
[13:21] ---
    Sissy!!
[13:25] ---
    W-What was that? I just
    had an awful chill down my back...
[13:31] ---
    O-Oh, well...
[13:33] ---
    Transform!
[13:35] ---
    Magical Powered Kanami--
[13:37] ---
    H-Huh?
[13:40] ---
    What's going on here?
[13:42] ---
    That's strange.
    I just barely bought this.
[13:46] ---
    Tonight, I'm gonna inject a whole bunch of power!
[13:46] ---
    Oh, that fixed it.
[14:03] ---
    Gah! I lost again!
[14:05] ---
    Okay, you get to make rounds.
[14:08] ---
    Ugh, me again?
[14:10] ---
    In a facility that has
    such airtight security,
[14:12] ---
    there's no need to
    do rounds, is there?
[14:14] ---
    Go on, stop your
    griping and get to it.
[14:17] ---
    Yeah, yeah.
[14:21] ---
    Security cameras,
    infrared sensors,
[14:24] ---
    and electronic locks, huh?
[14:26] ---
    Since all of their security
    is electronic, I'll be fine.
[14:30] ---
    Now, as long as I watch
    out for the staff and guards...
[14:34] ---
    Hmm? That's strange. There are
    no departments like I'm looking for?
[14:39] ---
    No, there is a section that has power,
[14:41] ---
    but is disconnected from the network.
[14:45] ---
    I was curious about there only
    being cameras in the hallways,
[14:49] ---
    but I guess they don't
    want other departments
[14:51] ---
    knowing about what
    they're researching, huh?
[14:54] ---
    All right, I think I'll
    start by checking in there.
[14:57] ---
    Who's there?!
[15:00] ---
    I-I heard some kind of sound...
[15:03] ---
    Is there somebody over there?!
[15:05] ---
    Yikes!
[15:07] ---
    What do I do?
[15:09] ---
    Worst case, if I shock
    him and knock him out,
[15:11] ---
    I can get myself out of this,
[15:13] ---
    but if possible, I don't want
    to leave any trace that I was here.
[15:17] ---
    Is there anything...
[15:22] ---
    Oh...
[15:24] ---
    A security robot, huh?
[15:26] ---
    Yeah, sure. There's no way
    anyone could be in here.
[15:29] ---
    Anything out of the ordinary?
[15:31] ---
    No abnormalities detected.
[15:32] ---
    All right, all right, keep it up.
[15:33] ---
    No, huh?
[15:35] ---
    In that case, I think
    I'll skip the rest of the patrol.
[15:40] ---
    What?!
[15:41] ---
    Th-The alarm?! What the hell?!
[15:43] ---
    How come?!
[15:44] ---
    The sensors shouldn't be picking
    me up! Did I miss something?
[15:48] ---
    For now, at least...
[15:53] ---
    Whoa! W-What's the matter?!
[15:55] ---
    H-Hey!
[16:02] ---
    What do I do?
[16:04] ---
    Give up on tonight
    and get out of here? No...
[16:07] ---
    It doesn't appear to
    be me that they found,
[16:10] ---
    and in all this confusion,
    it could instead be my big chance.
[16:13] ---
    All right... proceed!
[16:17] ---
    Hey! What the hell is going on?!
[16:20] ---
    Sorry, sorry!
[16:21] ---
    I forgot we had visitors today.
[16:22] ---
    What? It's too loud to hear!
[16:24] ---
    Hurry up and turn it off!
[16:29] ---
    At last, it stopped.
[16:32] ---
    Who's there?!
[16:40] ---
    Let's see... over here.
[16:50] ---
    What are those?
[16:54] ---
    Incubators? Big enough
    for people to fit inside.
[17:04] ---
    What do you want?
[17:06] ---
    You aren't... lost, are you?
[17:09] ---
    How exactly did you get in here?
[17:12] ---
    Oh, never mind about her.
[17:14] ---
    I got word that she was coming.
[17:17] ---
    She's here to clear her
    data for that frozen project.
[17:21] ---
    The idiot watchman
    forgot to give her a staff card.
[17:24] ---
    While you're at it, escort
    her to the secret base for me.
[17:28] ---
    Oh, is that what all this was about?
[17:32] ---
    Here, put this on.
[17:36] ---
    There are traces of
    a number of erased files...
[17:39] ---
    ...but I can restore those.
[17:46] ---
    It can't be...
[17:51] ---
    "The goal of this
    project will be to resolve
[17:54] ---
    the genetic sequence pattern
    that gives rise to a Level 5,
[17:57] ---
    allowing a Level 5
    that is born by chance
[17:59] ---
    to then be produced with
    100-percent certainty. Further...
[18:05] ---
    ...for this project, it is decided
    that... Railgun--Misaka Mikoto,
[18:11] ---
    will be the model...
[18:14] ---
    There's some kind
    of story about a project
[18:16] ---
    where they're trying to
    make clones of Level 5s.
[18:18] ---
    Oh, don't play dumb.
[18:20] ---
    Misaka, you were walking in
    front of Seventh Mist, weren't you?
[18:25] ---
    Then there really is...
[18:27] ---
    ...a project...
[18:29] ---
    ...to clone me...
[18:32] ---
    To create a Railgun,
    we employ a fertilized egg,
[18:36] ---
    using a cell extracted
    from Railgun's hair follicle.
[18:41] ---
    Prior to this,
[18:43] ---
    we obtained the necessary
    genetic sequence pattern sample,
[18:47] ---
    successfully registering her DNA
    map in Academy City's databank.
[18:53] ---
    In order to shorten the
    time required to secure a test
[18:57] ---
    subject, it is necessary to curtail
    the developmental process
[19:01] ---
    of both the body
    and the persona.
[19:03] ---
    As for the former,
    ZID-02, RIZ-13,
[19:08] ---
    and HEL-03 is administered,
    and in roughly fourteen days,
[19:13] ---
    we successfully formed a subject
    physically identical to Railgun.
[19:17] ---
    As for the latter, this was dealt with
[19:20] ---
    under the direction of external
    staff member Nunotaba Shinobu,
[19:24] ---
    using Testament to install
    basic information within the brain.
[19:28] ---
    With everything in readiness,
[19:30] ---
    once the results
    had been confirmed,
[19:32] ---
    the project was set to
    move on to the next phase,
[19:35] ---
    that of the mass-production of Sisters...
[19:38] ---
    This is what they were after from the start?!
[19:42] ---
    Would you like to
    offer your DNA map to us?
[19:47] ---
    If only that...
[19:49] ---
    If only that had
    never happened... but...
[19:55] ---
    However...
[19:56] ---
    ...at the final stage of the project,
[19:58] ---
    as a result of the projections
    calculated by Tree Diagram,
[20:02] ---
    an unforeseen circumstance
    became evident.
[20:04] ---
    Tree Diagram?
[20:06] ---
    You mean, Academy City's
    greatest supercomputer,
[20:09] ---
    hovering up there in orbit?
[20:12] ---
    The Sisters' specs
[20:14] ---
    were less than one percent
    of the model Railgun's.
[20:18] ---
    Their ratings fell at
    average around Level 2,
[20:22] ---
    and even the most powerful
    individuals did not exceed Level 3.
[20:26] ---
    They could only produce
    deteriorated versions of me?
[20:30] ---
    Even if they'd mass-produced
    a lot of Level 2s...
[20:33] ---
    Regardless of genetic manipulation
    or acquired development,
[20:36] ---
    it was impossible to produce
    a Level 5 from the clones.
[20:41] ---
    Thus, having received
    Tree Diagram's computed results,
[20:45] ---
    and to minimize the
    losses incurred on this project,
[20:49] ---
    the committee ordered
    all of the research in progress
[20:52] ---
    to be terminated at once.
[20:55] ---
    The Railgun mass-production
    project "Sisters" was halted,
[20:58] ---
    "frozen in perpetuity."
[20:58] ---
    and is frozen in perpetuity.
[21:12] ---
    Oh...
[21:14] ---
    Sure enough, there aren't
    any clones of me, are there?
[21:18] ---
    I'm sure word of this
    cockamamie project leaked out,
[21:23] ---
    and the rumor mill
    took care of the rest.
[21:26] ---
    Whew...
    But still, it's a bit chilling.
[21:29] ---
    Imagine, using my
    DNA map from back then...
[21:38] ---
    Well, I guess what's past is past.
[21:44] ---
    Now, I think I'll head home.
[21:47] ---
    I wonder if Kuroko managed
    to trick the head resident for me.
[22:03] ---
    Hey, how much longer is
    this procedure going to take?
[22:07] ---
    "Total deletion will require
    another 42.28 seconds,"
[22:11] ---
    reports Misaka, with the precise time.
[22:29] ---
    While looking up
    into an unfamiliar sky,
[22:35] ---
    always, always walking with you
[22:41] ---
    I was searching for
    the future I thought I saw,
[22:47] ---
    so unlike the one up until a day ago
[22:53] ---
    When you touched my heart,
    convinced by my blurred vision,
[23:02] ---
    that I was wandering
[23:05] ---
    everything started changing
[23:09] ---
    After counting clouds until I grew
    bored of it, they drifted far away again
[23:16] ---
    I went after them, and found
    my dreams for tomorrow
[23:21] ---
    Assured that it's now or never,
    your feelings get through to me
[23:28] ---
    and someday, I'm sure,
    I'll offer mine, too
[23:34] ---
    Like the clouds, gently, gently,
[23:39] ---
    moving forever, forever forward
[23:47] ---
    "Next episode preview"
[23:48] ---
    Sure, there aren't any clones of me, are there?
[23:48] ---
    "#4 Sisters"
[23:51] ---
    Ah, that's a weight off my chest!
[23:52] ---
    Sissy, as if your bust wasn't petite enough,
[23:54] ---
    if you take away more away--
[23:56] ---
    I don't mean that kind of weight!