Mental Out 18

Chapter 18

01

Margin: Shokuhou is now involved in a worrying problem...

Title: Chapter 18
Iori: To sum up, the previous #1 Level 5 was split into two cubes and one of them...
Iori: is using Tokiwadai for revenge and to be reinstated as a Level 5.
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
        Art: Nogi Yasuhito
        Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka

Iori: And the other one here wants Shokuhou's help to stop that.

Iori: She's lost in thought. You can see her brow wrinkle as she tries to find the best option available.
Kobayashi: I know that look. She's plotting a way to shove this problem onto Misaka-san's lap.

02

Iori: Reinstated as a Level 5 would mean regaining their original status, right?
Iori: What does that have to do with Tokiwadai?

Kobayashi: Level 5 status is managed by the city's board of directors.
Kobayashi: And Tokiwadai's chairman is on the board.

Iori: Forget a Level 5. Who'll see this cube as a person?
SFX: Shift
Iori: Whoa!?
Iori(small): Not bad!
Kobayashi: An orb isn't any better.

Misaki: Immediate acceptance as a Level 5 might be asking too much.
Misaki: But after expanding the definition of "human" to have their citizenship reinstated...
Misaki: they could get that chairman to use her underhanded methods to get that silver tofu a Level 5 assessment.

03

Iori: So do it in stages.
Iori(small): Oh, you're back.
SFX: Shift

Iori: Hey, wait!
Iori: Did they take Kokuchou hostage to force the chairman to do just that!?
Misaki: It does make sense.

Iori: I can't let you do that.
Iori(small): You're the worst.
SFX: Glare
Cube: I'm not the one doing it.

Cube: I only heard the general plan.
Cube: So for the rest...

Misaki: We have to go ask.

SFX: Gulp

04

Gaouin: Eavesdropping is bad manners.
In Kuroko's mouth: Gyah

In Kuroko's mouth: Gyah

SFX: Gulp
SFX: Whoosh

SFX: Land

Kuroko: What in the worlds was that!?
SFX: Step step
Kuroko: How'd she sneak up behind me?

05

Gaouin: You don't need to run.
Kuroko: Gyahhhhhh

Kuroko: Wh-wh-wh-where did you come from!?
Gaouin: Heh heh heh. I took a shortcut.

Kuroko: That is not good for my heart.
SFX: Badump badump badump
SFX: Land
Gaouin: They were talking about the previous generation.

Gaouin: And you...
Gaouin: knew Shokuhou-san was at the center of all this trouble...
Gaouin: so you came to hear what she had to say.

06

Gaouin: Why not openly question her about it?
Gaouin: Would that be a problem?
Kuroko: Um...

Gaouin: Oh.
Gaouin: You don't want her demanding you join her clique in exchange.
Gaouin(small): Yes, that sounds like her.

Kuroko: Come to think of it, the Vice President is a psychological esper.
Kuroko(small): I don't know what she can read or how, though.

Gaouin: Why not join...
Gaouin: the Shokuhou Clique?

07

Gaouin: Just get the info you want and then leave.
Gaouin: You can quit whenever you want.
Gaouin(small): Unlike joining

Gaouin: I doubt Misaka-san will think you have BETRAYED her.

Gaouin: Shokuhou-san would act like it's the end of the world, though.
Shokuhou: Kiiiiiii!!
Kuroko: Undoubtedly.
Kuroko(small): She seems clingy

Gaouin: With your dedication to justice...
Gaouin: you can't let yourself ignore the suspicious things happening behind Judgment's back.

Gaouin: Right?
Gaouin(small): Am I wrong?
Kuroko: You're not easy to deal with either!
Kuroko: Is this deduction or her power?

08

Gaouin: It might be a...
Gaouin: good experience for you.
Kuroko: Oh?

Gaouin: Shokuhou-san is a surprisingly good person.
Gaouin: She's more on Judgment's side than the council anyway.
Gaouin: So join up.
Kuroko: Are all psychological espers so pushy?

Kuroko: Come to think of it...?

Gaouin: Just try it!
SFX: Lean
Gaouin: Get that new experience!
Gaouin: C'mon

Gaouin: C'mon!!
Gaouin: C'mon!!!

SFX: Whoosh

09

SFX: Pop

Kuroko: Oops, I ran away.
SFX: Boom

Gaouin: You aren't getting away, Shirai-san!!
Kuroko: Hwuh!!?
Kuroko(small): How?

Gaouin: She jumped down 3 stories!?
SFX: Whoosh
Kuroko(outside): Another strength boosting esper!?

SFX: Pop
Kuroko: She can't follow me to the roof.
SFX: Land

10

Misaki: Caught...
Misaki: you💛

Kuroko: She lured me here, didn't she?

Kuroko: Were you in on this?

Misaki: She messaged me.
Misaki: "A worried kitten wandered onto the roof."

Misaki: So what now?
Misaki: I'm not willing to compromise this time around.
Misaki(small): Gonna join?
SFX: Massage

11

Kuroko: Sigh.
Kuroko: Fine, you win.
Misaki: Oh?

Kuroko: But!
Kuroko: I still suspect...
Kuroko: you might be behind all this trouble!

Kuroko: I will show no mercy if I discover you are pulling the strings!
Kuroko: If that is acceptable...
Kuroko: I will join your clique.

Misaki: That's perfect.

Misaki: We need that tension ability between us☆
SFX: Grin grin
SFX: Hug

12

Kuroko: A trial membership!!
Kuroko: You said before it would be a trial membership! I just remembered!!
Kuroko: Let's stick with that!!!
Misaki: Oh?
Misaki(small): I don't recall.
Misaki: Use that remote on your own head and check!!

Kirara: Was that a good idea?
Kirara: The Shokuhou Clique is growing again.

Gaouin: It's a problem for sure.
Gaouin: A real headache.

Kirara: Helping troubled underclassmen without thinking again?
Gaouin: Hee hee. Maybe so.
Gaouin: But is that wrong?

Kirara: Not at all.

13

Gaouin: Trapping yourself in one category...
Gaouin: seems like such a waste.

SFX: Whoosh whoosh

SFX: Whoosh

14

SFX: Blow

Kamino: Thank you for coming.
Kamino: Hm?

Misaki: Didn't want Judgment around?
Kamino: Oh, this is no problem.
Kuroko: What a strong breeze

Kamino: Allow me to show you around.
SFX: Whirrr
Kamino: This is the city's top company in the field of regenerative medicine.

15

Kamino: Regeneration Corporation.

Kamino: I heard it started as a group of scientists called □□.

Shokuhou: Regenerative medicine, huh?

Kamino: They help fund some of my experiments.

Kuroko: I see.
Yuiitsu: Oh?
Yuiitsu: Kamino-chan!

16

Yuiitsu: How unusual. How have you been?
SFX: Step
Kamino: It's unusual seeing you here too.
Kamino: How are you doing,

Kamino: Yuiitsu-sensei?
Text: Kamino guides them to a Kihara Family lair!!