Skillout Armed Group
--eyecatch--
I'd appreciate it if you'd stop that, esper.
Komaba Ritoku.
Who would've thought I'd run into the target first?
Destroying all of our dispersed money caches at once seems a little childish, don't you think?
All I'm doing is crushing my targets.
I don't give a damn about your funds.
Move Point, eh?
A troublesome power.
Do you think it's only troublesome?
I suppose...
It's much more despicable than troublesome.
I'll end you in one blow between the eyes.
Too slow!
I'm taking this very seriously.
I deserve some kind of handicap for facing such a monster, don't I?
You won't hit me!
That mobility...
You have Hard Taping under your clothing, don't you?
Getting my hands on this military-grade ultrasonic wave elastic taping wasn't easy.
You do know that with all its defects, you can't use it without repercussions, right?
I'm prepared for that.
I need to finish this.
I still have a lot of other things to do!
Too weak!
Do you really think you can stop me with a shield like this?!
Too easy.
UTW & Mazui Presents
Toaru Majutsu no Index
Skill out Armed Group
Now then...
Seems like her part's over with, too.
Oh, man.
Looks like I'm the last on—
I guess I can't keep you waiting, then.
Huh?
Accelerator.
So you're Komaba Ritoku.
Let me ask you what the reasoning behind your plan is.
You wouldn't be interested in Skillout's reason for attacking espers.
So I take it you're going to attack everyone indiscriminately after you send the city into chaos?
No, not indiscriminately.
We do a good job of choosing our targets.
You seem pretty calm.
Don't you understand what situation you're in right now?
I killed her.
This is different from what I'd been told.
Social defects are supposed to go all out with their powers at this point.
Is that so?
Hey, did you know?
People who confront me tend to end up sliced up.
That electrode is a transmitter for some sort of electronic information, right?
What's this?
Chaff Seeds.
They're an electromagnetic radar countermeasure.
Damn it!
Time for you to splatter!
Checkmate.
This is the last decision you'll make.
Where should I shoot to kill you?
Are you going to make the guiltless into the misfortunate?
Don't screw around with me, you shithead!
Wha—
Why is your reflection working?
Are you stupid?
Chaff Seeds cause electromagnetic scrambling by sending bits of metal into the air.
The counter is simple.
Just get rid of the metal by, for example, ventilation.
Now then...
You picked a fight with a Level 5, you Level 0.
Do you have the balls to do it again?
Too slow!
Checkmate, right?
Just being a Level 0 doesn't make you evil.
People say you guys are a bother because groups like Skillout cause problems!
Obtain rights?
Secure safety?
Don't give me that shit!
Didn't you realize that those actions were slowly closing around your own neck?!
Let's talk about a hypothetical situation.
The humanity of those with strong powers does not play a factor.
Some are ugly-hearted people, using their powers for whatever purpose they so choose.
What if those people were playing a game to see who could kill the most Level 0's who didn't belong to some organization?
What would you do?
I knew this day would eventually come.
You bastard...
Looks like you and I are in similar circumstances right now.
Here's a present.
Carve this ugly scene into your heart.
Well done.
We will transport the bodies and eliminate the evidence.
I'll send the garbage truck over, so get a ride from him.
No, I'll go home on my own.
That's fine, but please avoid meeting anyone.
We need to avoid expos—
You're alive, aren't you, Musujime Awaki?
I started watching somewhere in the middle, but when did you notice?
It was obvious.
Don't give me that crap.
Is that how you should be talking to the one who saved your life?
My savior, eh?
Take those words to your grave.
Oh, you're going somewhere?
It's nothing important.
Just some overtime.
Free overtime.
Man...
This extra work took a while.
I guess I'll stop by a convenience store and get some coffee.
I-I don't feel too good...
Wait, that face...
I feel like I've seen her before.
Who the hell is this?
Hi there, I'm Misaka Misuzu-san!
Why you...
My hobby is studying number theory, I'm good at swimming,
and my boobs are 91 centimeters!
Oh right, I'm married.
C'mon, Daddy will be mad so don't touch me!
Wait...
Do you know where Dangai University's database center is?
Hey white-hair, do you know anything about it?
Hey, don't ignore me white-hair!
Hey...
Misuzu-san has to go study there.
How the hell should I know?!
Call a taxi or something!
I kiss everyone as long as they're younger, man or woman!
I have no idea what the hell you've been talking about!
But don't you think that croquettes qualify as a sort of nabe-type meal then?
You put bread crumbs on the stuffing then put it in a pot of hot oil.
Well, I guess that's also because anything tastes better right when it's made.
So that means that eating everything you cook right as you're making it would taste the best?!
H-Hey! I know you!
M-Misaka-san?!
Misuzu-san is going to go to sleep now...
Oh, wait. I haven't done my stretches or taken off my makeup.
Damn...
I can't believe I have to go through all this effort all the time...
I think I'm going to throw up.
U-Um...
Woohoo! I got myself a young guy!
What's Mikoto-chan gonna do when she finds out you've been wandering around at night?
H-Help me, Index!
Huh? Who's that girl?
I have no reason to tell someone like you my name.
Why you little...
Index! I'm Index!
Hey, hey.
Do you know where the Dangai University database center is?
Huh?
They told me the resources I need to write my university report are only in Academy City, so I had to come here.
I see.
Oh, yeah!
Let's exchange phone numbers and e-mail addresses!
That's sudden!
Okay, I'll put your number in my "Friends" category!
Misaka...
Was it a coincidence?
No... she isn't involved in this.
Accelerator. Do you need something?
They intercepted the call...
So, you bastard, I'm guessing you're the head of GROUP?
I can answer any questions you have.
I don't have any.
I have my own problems to deal with.
Your own problems, huh?
That's a shame.
I had something I wanted to talk to you about, but since you're busy...
Oh, what perfect timing.
It's starting now.
What?
That Misaka Misuzu-sama applied for permission to use the Dangai University database center, so we have attacked it.
Attacked?
Correct.
Who is this Misaka?
Misaka Misuzu-sama is the mother of a Ms. Misaka Mikoto.
Do you know of the Recovery Movement?
Something about parents taking their kids elsewhere before the war breaks out.
Having a great number of students leave Academy City is a problem, you know.
Misaka Misuzu-sama is acting as a representative for the parents of the students in this case.
So we decided to stop her short.
Will you help us, Accelerator?
What was that?
Originally, Skillout was hired to take care of it, but...
Well, they're rather bad at it.
If you help us out then—
No thanks.
My life is my own.
What you're planning over there has nothing to do with me.
I see.
Then please hurry home.
I'll take care of your power until then.
You bastard... You tampered with—
I'll be taking my leave, then.
Good night, Accelerator.
Misaka Misuzu, was it?
I'll bet I'll piss him off quite a bit if I go save her.
That bastard...
Now's not the time for that.
Alright, let's go save her in the most unconventional way possible...
By covering the streets with blood.
Damn it, who forgot to disable the security systems?
We don't have time!
Let's find that woman.
What's going on?
I already called Antiskill...
Mikoto-chan
Those guys are probably Skillout!
"Skillout"?
They're like a gang of Level 0's that have banded together.
Why are they after me?
I don't know.
Misaka-san, have you tried calling your daughter?
She's one of only seven Level 5's in the city.
If you haven't yet—
Wait! I don't want to call her!
If I drag her into my problems like this, I won't be able to face her again.
Alright.
Then, I'll go.
What? I didn't call you to—
Have you still not found that woman?!
I'm asking you a question, damn it!
Damn Komaba, why'd he have to go off and die like that?
What are those of us left behind supposed to do now?
Hamazura here.
We've found the target.
We'll deal with her, so you guys—
Antiskill?
Hi there, you little bastards.
I'm going to reward you guys with a one-day round trip to heaven.
Though you might enjoy it so much you won't feel like coming back!
Five of them, all armed...
Let's hope this is bulletproof.
Is she stupid?!
Damn it...
If I can grab the bag with the gun before they recover...
Whoa dude!
You're kidding—
Idiots!
You little...
Misaka-san, let's run!
Misaka-san!
Hurry!
Shit!
Interesting.
You've got guts sticking to your job even after all this.
The back door...
For now, let's head somewhere crowded.
Why...
Why did you show up with such timing?
Don't tell me she's a dummy, and we were just set up by the guy who requested this job?
Request?
Komaba got himself killed,
and then we had no choice but to cooperate with them,
or else we'd be wiped out in their back alley take-back operation...
But you were planning on just dumping us from the very beginning!
I'm only here because she called me.
So you're telling me that I, Hamazura Shiage, will die here,
and I can't even say that I got caught in a trap,
or was just a pawn in some grand scheme?
I can't take this!
I need to beat the crap out of someone!
Get back!
But wait, if you're not associated with them, then the job is still valid, right?
I just need to bring her corpse to them...
Say that again, you bastard!
Don't give me that crap.
Is that all you think of a human life?
We have no choice!
If we don't do this, we Level 0's have no chance of survival!
Don't lump me in with you.
What?
Don't lump all the Level 0's in with trash like you!
Come to think of it, you haven't used any powers...
There are Level 0's all over Academy City.
They go to school like everyone else,
make friends like everyone else,
and live normally like everyone else.
Yet, by doing all this, the one belittling Level 0's the most is you!
You're really the same as us?
I'm not the same!
Sure, I'm a Level 0, but I'll never stoop to becoming minus like you guys by trampling over the lives of others!
Minus?
You're calling us "minus"?
People like us in Skillout are a hundred times better than the people who have power and don't use it to help!
Tell me then, when was the last time you reached out your hand to help someone?
If you used that strength to save those in need rather than fighting espers,
then Academy City in its entirety wouldn't look down on you!
Shut up!
Our Level 0 leader, Komaba Ritoku, lived exactly like that and was killed for it!
He tried to protect the weak!
Even then, he had something you guys don't!
That's why he fought to the very end!
He didn't fight to protect the weak, he fought to protect his friends!
Shut the hell up!
You're a Level 0 with no power to speak of, and you're looking down on us?!
The reason people look down on you isn't because you have no power.
Stand up for yourself and fight that lame illusion!
You damned bastard!
To tell you the truth, I actually came here to take Mikoto-chan back.
But I'm not worried anymore.
With you kids around to protect her, I guess there won't be any problem.
"You kids"?
Were you guys ordered to punish me or something?
Don't be silly.
Misaka Misuzu no longer wishes to take her daughter away from Academy City.
As a result, her kill order has been suspended.
Are the higher ups really okay with such a vague conclusion?
They'll accept it.
Mostly due to the efforts of this idiot Unabara here.
Well... that boy looks like he's fulfilling his promise that he'd protect the world around someone I care for.
So I thought I should put my own guts into my work too.
I may have overworked myself a little though.
This guy's been avoiding giving us concrete answers the entire time.
My bet is he used some rather unsightly methods to achieve that.
Regardless, good work on your first job and overtime work.
Screw you.
If you follow the rules, then there's no way to outdo them.
We can't do this by normal means.
You seem to be an important piece for the higher ups.
Let's work together, Accelerator.
Sounds fun.
I warn you though, if you slow me down, I'll ditch you into the gutter.
I like that attitude, kid.
Come.
It's about time we counterattack the higher ups.
How fun.
Having a goal is really fun.
Come on...
I even sent a text message...
Why hasn't she replied?
The mountain of documents doesn't seem to shrink no matter how much I do...
hitori de ii to tsubuyaita toaru sekai no chuushin de
In the center of a certain world, I whispered "I'm okay by myself"
We can't do anything about it with everyone else out of commission.
You should be ready to keep this up for another 3 days.
tokei no hari wo orimagete hitomi tojiteta
I closed my eyes as the hands of the clock turned
sugisatta toki wa modosenai kedo
We can't bring back the past
ano hi oshietekureta yo ne
But you told me that day
An emporium of interception weapons?
sore de iin da to
"It's okay this way"
But in reality it's just a powered suit demonstration.
So you're basically wearing a costume.
meguri meguru kisetsu ni kimi ga ita kiseki
In the passing seasons, with the miracle of you being there for me
Th-That's a little harsh...
kowareteta tokei sae ugokidasu kara
Even the broken clock begins to move again
This pudding tastes pretty good for a convenience store brand.
ima wa sou muryoku na garakuta dakedo
And though I may not be powerful now
You'll get fat if you eat sweet things at night.
fushigi da ne kaerareru sonna ki ga suru
It's strange how I feel that I can go back
"Where is he?" asks MISAKA as MISAKA tries asking a question.
kimi no koe ga ima mo mada koko ni aru kara
Even now, I can still hear your voice right next to me
He'll be back soon.
"Okay."
"MISAKA wants to see him soon," says MISAKA as MISAKA tries nodding.
Good night.
Touma!
You went running off and got yourself beaten up yet again!
I never understand the reasoning behind your actions!
Well, uh...
Actually this time, I was probably on the lucky side—
I take it back! Such misfortune!!