Mental Out 27-A

Chapter 27-A

01

Title: Chapter 27 (Part 1)
Text: An elegant face off...
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
        Art: Nogi Yasuhito
        Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka

SFX: Slide

SFX: Press

SFX: Scoot

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Misaki: Am I the first one here?
Kamino: You are.
Kamino: In fact, you are early.

Misaki: I couldn't wait to see the face of...
Misaki: a girl who succumbed to her own plotting ability☆

SFX: Twitch

03

SFX: Hold out
Kamino: This is not an official tea ceremony.
Kamino: So that formal posture...
Kamino: is not necessary.

Kamino: Doesn't your body type put a great strain on your knees?
SFX: Twitch

Kamino: Where is your bag?
Misaki: In the sword rack.
Misaki: We're not here to fight, are we?
Kamino: I greatly appreciate it.

Kamino: The tea room should be a peaceful and holy place.
Kamino: It is not a place for weaponry.

Kamino: You understand the spirit of the tea ceremony.

04

Misaki: I will not help you in the election.

Misaki: For one, there isn't much I could do.
Misaki: I couldn't overturn the ranking now.

Kamino: Except by removing you as a candidate, that is.

Kamino: That was a joke.
Kamino(small): Come back

Misaki: I hate people I can't read.
Misaki: Well, I could with Mental Out.

Misaki: But taking a peek and getting hit with some disgusting fetish ability is the worst.

05

Misaki: If there is some depressing truth...
Misaki: hidden behind her mask of lies and acting...
Misaki: I don't want to know about-

Misaki: Is this from Akaneno Confectionery?
Kamino: Indeed. They are an old shop that insists on domestic and organic ingredients.
Misaki: Isn't it expensive?
Kamino: I can be particular about my food.

Misaki: Huh.
Misaki(thought): So we do have something in common.
SFX: Munch

Misaki: Mmm...

Kamino: I at least want the things I ingest...
Kamino: to be truthful.
Kamino: They are what form me, after all.

Kamino: Don't you agree?

06

Misaki: I do...

Misaki: You said at Regeneration you have a younger sister.
Misaki: By any chance, did you mean...

Misaki: the True Body?
Kamino: Do not intrude on my private life. You aren't even a friend.

Misaki: But if the True Body is Kokuchou...
Misaki: then she's the same age and not "younger".

07

Misaki: If your family fostered the True Body, it would all fit together.
Misaki: Do I have to read this from your mind?

Kamino: Even if you were hiding a remote...

Kamino: I would strike first.

Kamino: 11th dimension blinks are quick.
Kamino: Tread carefully if you treasure your pretty face.

Misaki: I'm not backing down.

08

Misaki: I have a feeling we are...
Misaki: have a major misunderstanding about the True Body.

Misaki: What do you know about the True Body?
Misaki: Why are you hiding it?
Misaki: Or...

Misaki: Can you not say because it involves a secret of your own?
Misaki(small): Is that it?

Kamino: I warned you.

09

Kamino: Unwanted questions...
SFX: Zwoo...

Kamino: have no place at a tea ceremony.
SFX: Zwoooo

Kamino: If you intend to tread where you aren't welcome...
Kamino: you should not have come alone.

Kamino: And you should not have relinquished your weapon.
SFX: Kwon

10

SFX: Bwoosh

SFX: Woosh
SFX: Flutter

Kamino: My aim was off.
Kamino: No, she manipulated my aim!?
Kamino: With Mental Out!

Kamino: Did she use it empty-handed?
Kamino: But she doesn't have that kind of control without a remote.

Misaki: I have one right here☆

11

Misaki: It doesn't feel like it, though.
SFX: Ksh

Misaki: Quick Iris
Misaki: A contact lens that projects a hologram...
Misaki: which can be used to control appliances like a remote.

Misaki: This more or less went as planned.

Misaki: But I didn't expect it to hurt my eye so bad!!
Misaki(small): It was fine during a short test!
SFX: Throb throb throb

12

Kamino: A contact lens?
Misaki: Makes two of us, doesn't it?

Kamino: A weapon has no place at a tea ceremony...
Kamino: but a contact is an eyesight aid and does not count.
Kamino: Etiquette-wise, that is legal.

Kamino: But why use it now?
Kamino: It feels like she was SHOWING IT OFF to me.

Kamino: Are you trying to seduce me?

Misaki: The elector system.

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Misaki: 4th and below become electors, right?
Misaki: I was hoping you could-

Kamino: Not a chance, you con artist.

Kamino: First you act harmless to bring my guard down...
Kamino: then you put yourself at risk to convince me? It's laughable you thought that would work.
SFX: Stab

Kamino: That said...
Misaki: Well, excuse me.

Kamino: If I am going to entrust everything with someone ONCE I AM GONE...
Kamino: I would like someone with at least some class.

Misaki: You-
SFX: Clatter

14

SFX: Slide
Both: Ah.

Misaki: What are you doing?
Mikoto: Um. Ah ha ha.
Gaouin: We didn't want to interrupt your battle of wits!
Gaouin(outside): And we weren't eavesdropping!!

Kamino: Oh, everyone has arrived.
Kamino: In that case...

15

Kamino: I would like to borrow your wisdom concerning a plan to challenge and defeat...
Kamino: Kokuchou and the Previous Generation.

All: Eh!?

Gaouin: I had a feeling that was Kamino-san's plan.
Gaouin: But...

Kamino: Why the surprise?
Kamino: After all...

Kamino: I have not...
Kamino: given up on anything yet.
Text: Tokiwadai's greatest brains gather to defeat Kokuchou!!