E8 - Railgun ✕ Mental Out

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    The erased data has been reconstructed!
[00:09] ---
    There it is!
[00:12] ---
    Shokuho...!
[00:14] ---
    A DNA computer that generates abilities?
[00:18] ---
    Does that mean this Shokuho person
    is involved in that research?
[00:21] ---
    I couldn't tell you that much, but it is likely
[00:25] ---
    that Shokuho didn't want it known
    that she was at this place.
[00:29] ---
    Which also means that it's
    highly likely that it's her hideout.
[00:32] ---
    And I'm sure she's there, too.
[00:35] ---
    Kuroko...
[00:37] ---
    ...can you tell from the building
    on the screen where this is?
[00:41] ---
    Huh? I mean, why do you keep using
    my name so casually? This building here?
[00:47] ---
    It looks a lot like the
    Judgment branch in School District 2.
[00:51] ---
    School District 2, you say? I'll go have a look.
[00:54] ---
    I hate to ask, but when my mama wakes up...
[00:56] ---
    Yes, I will explain to her that
    she collapsed from heat exhaustion
[01:00] ---
    and keep her here under the excuse
    that we need to reissue her entrance pass.
[01:05] ---
    I know how to handle this.
[01:06] ---
    Thanks. Miss Saten,
    thanks for the information, too.
[01:10] ---
    Oh, sure...
[01:12] ---
    U-Um, Miss Misaka?
[01:15] ---
    Have our memories really been manipulated?
[01:18] ---
    And that's why we don't know you?
[01:22] ---
    Don't worry. Once this is all over,
    I'll grab Shokuho by the scruff of her neck
[01:27] ---
    and bring her back here.
    So just sit tight for a bit.
[01:55] ---
    "A Certain Scientific Railgun T"
[03:21] ---
    This is really turning into a hassle.
[03:22] ---
    "September 19th"
[03:27] ---
    What is this all about, now?
[03:30] ---
    It looks like she fell victim
    to a military nanodevice.
[03:34] ---
    I'm not sure that vaccine software
    alone will be able to treat her,
[03:38] ---
    since her electrical abilities
    might interfere with it.
[03:42] ---
    However, I think we should still take her in.
[03:46] ---
    One might say this situation
    provides us with an opportunity.
[03:49] ---
    One way or another, we have the initiative.
[03:53] ---
    If her life is at risk,
    I'll raise the white flag to Miss Misaka.
[03:57] ---
    Are you sure?
[03:58] ---
    It would be an annoyance, but by then,
    there's nothing more we can do.
[04:02] ---
    For now, could you call her an ambulance?
[04:05] ---
    I'll mind control them and
    have them take us part of the way.
[04:09] ---
    Sure.
[04:13] ---
    Does the cat belong to her?
[04:18] ---
    Uh-oh.
[04:19] ---
    It didn't have a collar. Could just be a stray.
[04:22] ---
    We don't have time to bother
    with that now. Leave it be.
[04:26] ---
    I guess you're right.
[04:28] ---
    Hello?
[04:32] ---
    Well?
[04:33] ---
    What's happening with
    Auribus oculi fideliores sunt?
[04:37] ---
    Oh, that urban legends site?
[04:40] ---
    For crying out loud,
[04:42] ---
    I had our security turned all the way up
[04:44] ---
    so I couldn't be followed or detected, too.
[04:47] ---
    Then to be captured from a distance
    by a psychic photography esper
[04:51] ---
    who can use a drop of water as a lens...
[04:52] ---
    How does the administrator
    of an urban legend leisure site
[04:55] ---
    have that kind of power?
    Espers really are the worst, huh?
[05:00] ---
    Look who's talking.
[05:02] ---
    Did you say something?
[05:03] ---
    Look, don't worry about that.
[05:05] ---
    I have a program running that is
    automatically generating dummy sites.
[05:10] ---
    That site will never see the light of day again.
[05:13] ---
    "September 20th"
[05:16] ---
    Well, well, what have we here?
[05:18] ---
    It looks like we have someone
    analyzing the dummy data generator,
[05:22] ---
    trying to trace down the original site.
[05:24] ---
    Listen, you! Didn't you say
    there was nothing to worry about?!
[05:30] ---
    H-Hold on a second, please.
[05:32] ---
    I set up the means to do a trace
    if we had an intruder, just in case.
[05:36] ---
    There they are.
[05:38] ---
    Judgment Branch 177?
[05:41] ---
    Learning that the Judgment girl
    I found when I got there
[05:44] ---
    was a friend of yours was probably the point
[05:47] ---
    when my expectations starting going astray.
[05:50] ---
    But then, at the time, there wasn't
    anything else I could have done.
[05:53] ---
    Perhaps this situation was simply unavoidable.
[05:57] ---
    Right, Miss Misaka?
[06:00] ---
    Well, fancy meeting you here.
[06:03] ---
    Pretty audacious of you to
    blatantly show yourself off like that
[06:06] ---
    to every security camera in sight.
[06:09] ---
    Where is she?
[06:11] ---
    As I'm sure you're aware,
    she's in the building on the website.
[06:15] ---
    That's the most reliable hiding place I have.
[06:20] ---
    She's safe, then?
[06:21] ---
    Torturing people isn't my thing,
    no matter how much they look like you.
[06:26] ---
    There, are you happy now?
[06:29] ---
    Not at all. I have a whole
    ton of questions I want to ask you.
[06:34] ---
    Well, we can't have that, can we?
[06:36] ---
    But you see, I'm pressed for time, too,
    so if you want to talk, come with me.
[06:52] ---
    I wonder if there's anything
    I could be doing, too.
[06:56] ---
    She said herself to wait here for her,
[06:59] ---
    so I do not think you need to stress about it.
[07:02] ---
    Honestly, I am only 50% sure
    that my memories were manipulated.
[07:07] ---
    But what if it is true? Having your friends
    forget you would be miserable.
[07:13] ---
    So you'd be cool if
    Uiharu and I forgot about you
[07:17] ---
    and treated you like a perfect stranger?
[07:19] ---
    Well, I...
[07:21] ---
    I would hate it.
[07:29] ---
    What is that you've been looking at?
[07:30] ---
    A Bank list.
[07:32] ---
    The person who took Uiharu hostage earlier--
[07:35] ---
    I only saw her face, and do not
    even know in which school she is enrolled,
[07:39] ---
    but I can surmise what her ability must be.
[07:43] ---
    Her ability allowed her
    to remotely control a liquid metal,
[07:45] ---
    and create a likeness of herself out of it.
[07:48] ---
    Also, if she is either a Level 3 or a Level 4,
[07:51] ---
    that should narrow it down considerably.
[07:54] ---
    Oh, yeah. That could prove helpful to Misaka.
[07:57] ---
    I am only acting as a member of Judgment
[08:00] ---
    pursuing a criminal wanted for attempted murder.
[08:03] ---
    Cavalierly telling a civilian
    about investigative information
[08:05] ---
    is not something that I would do.
[08:07] ---
    Oh?
[08:08] ---
    However!
[08:10] ---
    If I determine the situation to be urgent,
[08:11] ---
    or if sharing the information
    would be beneficial,
[08:15] ---
    that may not necessarily be true.
[08:18] ---
    Huh?! Why are you looking at me like that?!
[08:21] ---
    All right! I'll help you
    dig through that material!
[08:24] ---
    Hey! Would you please not ignore me?!
[08:31] ---
    We seem to be moving away
    from the place in the photo.
[08:34] ---
    I told you, I'm pressed for time.
    If you want to talk, then don't complain.
[08:40] ---
    Besides, I don't want
    anyone going near that place.
[08:45] ---
    You don't have to worry.
    Once this is over, I'll give her back to you.
[08:50] ---
    It looks like she got
    injected with a nanodevice,
[08:52] ---
    so I'm a little concerned
    about her immune system,
[08:56] ---
    but her life is in no danger.
[08:58] ---
    The people who injected this "nanodevice" thing
[09:01] ---
    are the ones who are
    looking for the Sisters, right?
[09:04] ---
    What's the story with them?
[09:06] ---
    I thought they were operating
    under your orders at first,
[09:09] ---
    but they've kept on looking,
    even after her disappearance
[09:12] ---
    and they're poking around,
    asking about things you wouldn't have to.
[09:16] ---
    In fact, I'm guessing you
    two are on opposite sides.
[09:20] ---
    Yep. And right now,
    we're headed to where their boss is.
[09:25] ---
    It started when I heard
    about Project Level 6 Shift,
[09:29] ---
    the experiment that I know
    you're quite familiar with.
[09:34] ---
    Some of the researchers at the facility
    I was with were whispering about it.
[09:39] ---
    Apparently, the project was at a standstill,
[09:40] ---
    --and its data had leaked
    into the underworld community.
    --Did you hear about the Level 6 Shift project?
[09:43] ---
    I want you...
[09:46] ---
    ...to tell me all about it.
[09:48] ---
    Word is that they were trying
    to elevate the first-ranked, Accelerator,
[09:52] ---
    to Level 6 using mass-produced clones
    of the third-ranked, Misaka Mikoto.
[09:57] ---
    But the project seems to
    have stalled midway through.
[10:01] ---
    So what happened to the clones they've made?
[10:03] ---
    I don't know.
[10:04] ---
    I'm guessing they were disposed of?
[10:08] ---
    So, have you found out what's
    become of the post-experiment Sisters?
[10:12] ---
    I'm sorry, not yet.
[10:14] ---
    What gives? You were involved
    in the experiment, right?
[10:18] ---
    That's part of the reason why I hired you.
[10:21] ---
    I was merely in charge of stepping up security.
[10:24] ---
    And after the project was suspended,
[10:26] ---
    the Sisters were taken in
    by some other institution. But,
[10:31] ---
    I will check with my contacts
    and see what I can find.
[10:33] ---
    I would appreciate it if you did so quickly.
[10:36] ---
    There is one thing that's bothering me, though.
[10:40] ---
    There's another organization that
    is also trying to track down the Sisters.
[10:44] ---
    There is? Then do a concurrent
    investigation of them, too.
[10:50] ---
    And what turned up from that...
[10:52] ---
    ...were these other guys.
[10:54] ---
    The one you came in contact
    with was just a hired hand.
[10:57] ---
    It looks as though their directive
    was to get rid of you
[11:00] ---
    and to search for the Sisters.
[11:02] ---
    Get rid of me?
[11:04] ---
    You have your record of throwing
    a monkey wrench into the Sisters project,
[11:09] ---
    so you're on their radar.
[11:11] ---
    And now she's paying the price instead of me...
[11:15] ---
    I'm wondering why they only tried
    to immobilize you with a nanodevice.
[11:19] ---
    You can guess the reason
    why they want the Sisters, can't you?
[11:24] ---
    Their objective is almost certainly...
[11:26] ---
    ...the Misaka Network.
[11:28] ---
    Yep. The network formed
    by the Sisters' brainwave link.
[11:33] ---
    If the extent of that processing
    power were to be misused,
[11:36] ---
    bad things could happen.
[11:39] ---
    That's why I've taken steps
    to prevent individual Sisters
[11:42] ---
    from infecting others with electrical viruses
    by collapsing those pathways.
[11:46] ---
    Using my powers of ingenuity.
[11:49] ---
    Now, even if one of the other Sisters
    were to fall into their hands,
[11:52] ---
    they won't be able to meddle
    with the Misaka Network.
[11:55] ---
    That's what you meant by having the initiative.
[11:58] ---
    What are they planning
    to use the Misaka Network for?
[12:02] ---
    All I can say for sure is
    that it won't be anything good.
[12:07] ---
    After all, we're dealing with the
    advocate for Project Level 6 Shift,
[12:12] ---
    "#8 Railgun ✕ Mental Out"
[12:13] ---
    Kihara Gensei.
[12:18] ---
    Kihara Gensei...
[12:20] ---
    I've never met him directly,
    but I've heard his name a number of times.
[12:25] ---
    I didn't know he was
    the advocate for that project.
[12:28] ---
    And not just that project, either.
[12:30] ---
    The man will stop at nothing
    in his quest for the truth.
[12:34] ---
    He's the granddaddy of Academy City's
    field of study into SYSTEM
[12:37] ---
    and has brought down many
    a researcher and research institution.
[12:42] ---
    He wouldn't propose something
    as small-minded as restarting the project,
[12:46] ---
    so I'm sure there's something up his sleeve.
[12:49] ---
    All that being said,
[12:51] ---
    we're currently on our way
    to where Kihara Gensei is.
[12:55] ---
    Is he that easy to reach?
[12:57] ---
    Of course not. The old man appears
    and disappears like a ghost,
[13:01] ---
    so it took a lot of work to track him down.
[13:03] ---
    Word is that he's secretly coming
[13:06] ---
    to the International
    Ability Researchers Conference
[13:08] ---
    about to be held in School District 9.
[13:10] ---
    I read the mind of one of his insiders,
    so there's no doubt about it.
[13:14] ---
    I'm planning to use
    this once-in-a-lifetime chance
[13:16] ---
    to settle everything in one shot.
[13:19] ---
    You didn't happen to manipulate
    Kuroko and the others' memories
[13:23] ---
    so that they wouldn't be exposed to any danger
[13:26] ---
    as your own weird way of
    being considerate, did you?
[13:29] ---
    Well, if those girls didn't know what
    they were getting into with that old man,
[13:33] ---
    they would meet an untimely death.
[13:36] ---
    And even if it didn't come to that,
[13:38] ---
    the irregularity of their actions
    might mess up my own plan.
[13:42] ---
    Things would have turned out
    unfortunately for all involved.
[13:48] ---
    Then why...
[13:51] ---
    ...didn't you tell me about this from the start?
[13:53] ---
    Why did you even erase Kuroko
    and the others' memories to hide it?
[13:57] ---
    You remember me saying earlier
    that they're wary about you?
[14:01] ---
    If we'd teamed up,
    they would know all about me, too.
[14:04] ---
    Still, there were any number of ways
    you could have gone about this!
[14:07] ---
    Miss Kongo is...!
[14:10] ---
    I guess I was the one who got her involved,
[14:13] ---
    and if she did come into
    contact with them by accident,
[14:16] ---
    then blaming you for it
    might be misdirected. But still,
[14:20] ---
    if you and I had teamed up from the start,
[14:23] ---
    Miss Kongo wouldn't have had
    to go through what she did!
[14:27] ---
    I do feel bad about what happened to her.
[14:30] ---
    But you know what?
[14:31] ---
    She ended up taking down a piece
    of trash that I don't get along with,
[14:36] ---
    and I appreciated the help.
[14:38] ---
    And I'm telling you,
    you should have let me handle him!
[14:42] ---
    Why...?
[14:42] ---
    What if you had set off their alarms,
    and Kihara Gensei didn't show up?
[14:48] ---
    What if you had sold me out,
    and served me up to them?
[14:52] ---
    --I'd never do something like that--
    --Cooperation?
[14:54] ---
    Trust? How can you believe
    in such unreliable things?
[15:00] ---
    The end result of you readily
    taking people at their word
[15:03] ---
    was Project Radio Noise
[15:05] ---
    and Project Level 6 Shift, wasn't it?
[15:08] ---
    I make certain to peek around inside
    the head of anyone working with me.
[15:13] ---
    What their motives and
    standards of behavior are.
[15:16] ---
    And in some cases,
    I manipulate their emotions and actions.
[15:21] ---
    I don't know what you're thinking,
    so partnering with you was something...
[15:25] ---
    ...I was never interested in.
[15:27] ---
    The reason we're together now
[15:29] ---
    is out of respect for
    your commitment to your friends,
[15:34] ---
    and so that we can settle this quickly,
[15:36] ---
    before they find out we're together.
[15:39] ---
    Sure enough, you and I
    are never going to get along.
[15:45] ---
    Can I ask you something?
[15:48] ---
    Why does someone as inhuman
    as you are care about the Sisters?
[15:53] ---
    Good question. But I'm under
    no obligation to tell you.
[15:58] ---
    Besides,
[15:59] ---
    it looks like we're almost there.
[16:08] ---
    Ms. Misuzu?
[16:10] ---
    This is the nap room
    at the 177th Branch office...
[16:16] ---
    If your supposition is correct,
[16:19] ---
    it would mean that Uiharu has
    been controlled since yesterday.
[16:22] ---
    Mm-hmm...
[16:24] ---
    They went to such pains to hide the site,
[16:27] ---
    so they would probably try to
    investigate Uiharu when she found it.
[16:30] ---
    I think they altered her memories
    to suit them while she was being read.
[16:34] ---
    Was that the reason why she made
    that patrol route mistake, too?
[16:38] ---
    Hmm... Either way,
    we don't tell Uiharu about this, okay?
[16:42] ---
    She has the tendency
    to feel guilty about these things.
[16:46] ---
    U-Uihar--?
[16:48] ---
    Um, would you mind telling me
    exactly what you're talking about?
[16:53] ---
    Well, um...
[16:55] ---
    As you wish.
[16:55] ---
    Huh?!
[16:56] ---
    However, before I do,
    would you please make us some tea?
[16:59] ---
    I hate to ask after you just got up, but...
[17:02] ---
    Oh, sure.
[17:04] ---
    Sh-Shirai!
[17:05] ---
    Your thoughtfulness in not wishing
    to hurt one of your friends is wonderful,
[17:11] ---
    but Uiharu is not so fragile a girl
[17:13] ---
    that something like this would break her.
[17:18] ---
    Mind control...?
[17:20] ---
    You don't say.
[17:22] ---
    So I've been gumming up
    the works without even knowing it.
[17:30] ---
    Okay, now that we have taken a moment,
[17:32] ---
    it is time to restart the investigation.
[17:34] ---
    Uiharu, please pick out any
    suspicious individuals from the Bank.
[17:38] ---
    Huh? Are you sure?
[17:40] ---
    I may still be under whatever
    mind control is obstructing us.
[17:44] ---
    We do not have time for you
    to undergo a thorough exam.
[17:48] ---
    Right now, Uiharu, we need your abilities.
[17:51] ---
    If you are concerned,
    you can do your work in front of us.
[17:55] ---
    Or do you still need more sleep?
[17:57] ---
    N-No! I'll get the ball rolling right now!
[18:00] ---
    That was impressive.
[18:02] ---
    But to be fair, we were also
    affected by her mind control.
[18:06] ---
    I'm not saying a word.
[18:08] ---
    Okay then,
[18:09] ---
    you're free to go back to your usual business.
[18:15] ---
    The conference is being held up ahead.
[18:17] ---
    The security on the way
    there has been neutralized.
[18:19] ---
    That's where Kihara Gensei is, right?
[18:23] ---
    As long as you don't do
    anything to interfere with me,
[18:25] ---
    you can stay here and watch if you'd like.
[18:27] ---
    Are you kidding? Against folks who can't
    do anything without victimizing others?
[18:33] ---
    I'm pulling the plug on them!
[18:35] ---
    Ah, wait just a second!
[18:38] ---
    Level 6...
[18:40] ---
    A domain that can't conceivably
    be reached by existing abilities alone...
[18:44] ---
    Something even Accelerator would have
    to sacrifice 20,000 clones to achieve...
[18:50] ---
    Whatever Kihara Gensei might be planning,
[18:53] ---
    it will likely carry a cost
    even higher than before.
[18:56] ---
    If he can find that great
    a price acceptable, then...
[19:00] ---
    A godly brain...
[19:02] ---
    The nature of this city
    in pursuing that really is...
[19:06] ---
    Come on, now.
[19:08] ---
    How can I be preoccupied with my own thoughts
[19:10] ---
    when I'm about to charge into enemy territory?
[19:15] ---
    Shokuho...?
[19:17] ---
    She's not there.
    The way here was a straight shot.
[19:20] ---
    There's no way we could get separated.
[19:22] ---
    She set me up!
[19:24] ---
    Maybe she thought she could
    rope me in with all that slick talk,
[19:29] ---
    but if she wants to tangle...!
[19:33] ---
    H-Hey... I told you... to wait up... okay...?
[19:42] ---
    Don't you have... any attentiveness...?
[19:47] ---
    Don't go off...
    getting charged up... without me...
[19:52] ---
    I'm the one who brought you here...
    so it's only right...
[19:57] ---
    ...that we stick together...
[19:59] ---
    Don't go dashing off at full speed...
[20:02] ---
    Actually, I think that was more like jogging.
[20:08] ---
    W-Well, I am heavier in
    certain areas than you are,
[20:13] ---
    so you have less wind resistance.
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    You can understand how hard it is for me, right?
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    Actually,
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    you're just lousy at sports, aren't you?
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    Huh?! Huh?! Who's lousy at--
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    Come to think of it, I don't remember
    ever seeing you take a gym class.
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    So what, people who are athletic are better?
    What are you, in grade school?!
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    Ah, that must be why you
    have the figure of a little girl!
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    M-My figure has nothing to do with this!
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    What about you? What's with those
    sparkles in your eyes? Shojo manga?
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    I was born this way!
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    Didn't anyone ever teach you not
    to make fun of others' appearances?!
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    Oh, yeah?! Look who's talking!
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    Now that I think back on it,
    bringing you here was an irregularity.
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    I always planned to take care
    of things here by myself.
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    There's no need for us to charge
    in hand in hand, is there?
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    Yeah. I feel uneasy trying
    to partner with you, myself.
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    --Let's do this independently.
    --Let's do this independently.
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    Don't do anything to slow me down, okay?
[21:28] ---
    Right back at you!
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    Let's see, I'd better report what I found.
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    As far as the person who stole the data
    from our villas, it wasn't Misaka Mikoto;
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    it looks like it was the
    fifth-ranked, Shokuho Misaki.
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    She must have set her up to be the fall guy
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    to mask whatever traces she
    couldn't hide with memory manipulation.
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    It looks like she also knew about
    the do-not-kill bulletin on Misaka Mikoto
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    that got sent out to MEMBER.
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    Did you finally figure it out, Kozaku Mitori?
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    Huh? Hold on, you mean you knew?
    Then you could have told me.
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    Letting you know would not
    have changed your jobs, right?
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    Kozaku, you just get things
    ready on your end. Understood?
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    Yeah...
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    But are you sure about this?
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    Shokuho Misaki's objective in getting
    the data from the villas was definitely...
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    It's all right. No need to worry.
    All green. In fact...
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    I'm almost afraid that things
    are going too smoothly.
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    "Next episode preview"
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    Okay, let's charge in there!
    You immobilize any security guards,
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    and I'll blast my way through
    any walls using my railgun!
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    My Mental Out doesn't work on Miss Misaka.
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    I wonder if that isn't
    because of her EM barrier
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    but because her brains are made of muscle.
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