Railgun 158-A

Chapter 158-A

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Margin: The mystery attackers are caught!!

Title: Chapter 158 (Part 1): Predicament
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
		Art: Fuyukawa Motoi
		Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka

Kuroko: I couldn't stop the attack...
Kuroko: but I found the culprits!

Kuroko: This is Judgment!!

Kuroko: You are under arrest for property dam-

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SFX: Bwoosh
SFX: Pop

Kuroko: 2nd year Aria Shima.

Kuroko: Is she using her carbonation amplification power to turn drink cans into bombs?

Kuroko: I doubt she'll detonate one close enough to hit herself...
Kuroko: but she could act carelessly if I teleport in and she panics.
SFX: Pop
Kuroko: I need to draw her attention while...

SFX: Whoosh

SFX: Trip

SFX: Thud

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SFX: Reach

SFX: Thunk thunk

Kuroko: One down.

SFX: Blowww

SFX: Freeze

SFX: Throw

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SFX: Wrap wrap wrap

SFX: Thud
SFX: Faaade...

Komaki: There's 2 of us too.
SFX: Freeze freeze
SFX: Blowww

Komaki: Hyah!?
Komaki: Cold!!
Komaki: Freezing!
SFX: Brr...
Kuroko: What are you doing?
SFX: Click

SFX: Step step

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Kuroko: We had the same idea.
Kuroko: This was the best place for a stakeout.
Aria: Th-

Aria: Thank you.
Aria: I couldn't control what I was doing.

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Girls: Protests are flooding in from the family business...

Girls: A lot of big clients have stopped doing business with mine.

Girls: The head of the family kicked my mother out.
Girls: They refused our donations.
Girls: All payments from overseas have been stopped...

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Girls: Who could be behind these attacks and why?

Girls: Hurting our reputation was bad enough, but now this is affecting my family.

Girls: I have no idea what to do...

SFX: Step

SFX: Pant
SFX: Pant

Kiyoshi: Whoa.

Mikoto: Kiyoshi...
Kiyoshi: Oh...

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Mikoto; What's wrong?

Kiyoshi: Nothing. Just in a bit of a hurry.

Mikoto: Kiyo-

Mikoto: I know it can be hard to talk about some things...

Mikoto: but you can come to me if you have a problem.

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Mikoto: Just talking about it can make you feel better.
Kiyoshi: Mi-

SFX: Twitch

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SFX: Pant
SFX: Pant

Mikoto: Hey!?
Mikoto: Are you sure you're alright?

Kiyoshi: I'm just...having a bit of trouble with my grades.
Kiyoshi: So don't worry about me.

Mikoto: .........Okay.

Kiyoshi: Sorry.
Kiyoshi: I'm sorry.

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Kiyoshi: I'm working toward destroying this school...
Kiyoshi: you love so much.

AS: 47 tests on the 2 Tokiwadai students arrested last night...
AS: showed a 99.9% match with your power in the Bank.

AS: Making you a person of interest.

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AS: Shokuhou Misaki.
AS: We would like to take you into our custody.

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Junko: How rude!
SFX: Clatter
Misaki: Enough.

Junko: But...

SFX: Clink

Misaki: This is voluntary, I assume?
AS: Yes, you will only be in our custody.

AS: If you have done nothing wrong...
AS: you should remove yourself from all the suspicion in this school.

Misaki: What does your "custody" ability entail?

AS: We have hurriedly prepared a room as secure as a juvenile hall anti-esper cell.
AS: You will take remote classes in a classroom surrounded by surveillance devices.

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Misaki: You aren't watching the bathroom and shower, are you?
AS: Your privacy will be assured.
AS(small): The guards will all be Anti-Skill women.

Misaki: But I can't sleep without a Giambattista Basile pillow.
AS: ...We will do what we can.

Misaki: Thank you for the suggestion.
Junko: Misaki-san!?

Misaki: What choice do I have?

Misaki: I was wrong to think I could stay uninvolved as long as none of my clique was involved.

Misaki: I didn't think they could recreate a Level 5 power.

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SFX: Look away
SFX: Look away

Misaki: I still find it hard to believe, but refusing Anti-Skill's offer could be taken as obstructing their work.
Misaki: And if people suspect I'm trying to hinder the other cliques just as I started my own, it's my girls who will suffer.

Junko: Th-then while you're gone...
Junko: I can catch the real culprit.

Misaki: They can recreate Mental Out!
Misaki: So you behave!!

Junko: But then what do we do?
Misaki: I hate having to rely on that Amazon meathead.

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Misaki: But what kind of trick ability did they use to recreate Mental Out?
Misaki: I'd be able to detect if they were using Exterior.

Misaki: Maybe it's a next-gen weapon or something, but they have some nerve.

SFX: Clatter

Text: Sha Danshan has eliminated Shokuhou, Tokiwadai's greatest joker!

Box: To be continued next issue. The December Issue goes on sale Friday, October 25!!