Railgun 168

Chapter 168

01

Margin: The fighting is over...

Title: Chapter 168: After the Storm
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
		Art: Fuyukawa Motoi
		Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka

Komaki: And...

Komaki: You didn't get to see the showdown between Misaka-san and Sha-san?
Kuroko: Because I passed out.

Komaki: How could you miss something like an all-out battle between Level 5 class espers?

Kuroko: Says the girl who was out with a cold while all this went down.
Komaki: Ow ow ow ow ow ow!!

Komaki: So what happened to Sha-san?
SFX: Throb throb

02

Kuroko: After pushing her mind and body so far past their limits...
Kuroko: she managed to survive, but she is nearly fully paralyzed.
Kuroko: And...

Lily: You deceived and used us all...
Lily: while plotting the downfall of Tokiwadai.

03

Lily: Are you ready to make amends?

Lily: Seeing as you cannot move a finger or even speak...
Lily: we spoke with the hospital...

Lily: and the former Sha Clique will be taking complete charge of your care.

Lily: Oh, don't worry.
Lily: We have a lot of volunteer work experience.

04

SFX: Flap flap flap
Lily: What's that?
Lily: You're moved by our unwavering loyalty?

Lily: First, let's get you changed.

Kuroko: The clique she believed she was incompatible with remained loyal to her.

Kuroko: Whether this brought humiliation or remorse to her heart...
Kuroko: is something only she can know.

Kuroko: She has been cooperating with questioning since she was allowed visitors.
Kuroko(small): Using eye tracking

05

Kuroko: She says the camouflaged terrorist attacks...
Kuroko: and the attempted mass murder using the emblem...

Kuroko: were all...
Kuroko: carried out by her alone.

Komaki: Alone...

Kuroko: It is true the series of attacks were done by Sha alone.
Komaki: Then what about Kessai-san?

Kuroko: The only charge I submitted to Tokiwadai was theft of student property.

06

Kuroko: She should be punished once the faculty meeting ends.

Man: Oh? I see.
Man: We were close to a real disaster there.

Man: Hm.

Man: Maybe I should share a story of heroism instead of gossip for once.

07

Phone: And so the attempted terrorist plot against Academy City as a whole was stopped by the efforts of a single Tokiwadai student!
Boy1: And so the attempted terrorist plot against Academy City as a whole was stopped by the efforts of a single Tokiwadai student.

Boy2: Oh, come on.

Boy2: The terrorist was a Tokiwadai student?
Boy2: And another Tokwaidai student stopped it? Sure is convenient.

Boy2: Sounds like a set up to me!
Boy1: You really are a Tokiwadai hater, huh?
Boy3: No, he's just a hater of all elite schools.
Boy3(small): After he failed to get into one

08

Boy2: I bet this was all to cover up some kind of scand-
Boy1: "The final phase of the attack would have caused a fatal esper attack...
Boy1: on everyone who held malice for Tokiwadai.
Boy1: If it had been carried out, the number of victims would likely have been in the hundreds of thousands."

Boy1: You nearly died.

Boy1: You should thank whoever it was that stopped it.
Boy2: ...Yeah.

09

Girls: How are your injuries?

Girls: If you need anything, do not hesitate to ask.

Girls: Our clique will formally thank you at a later date.

Mikoto: They just hurt a little.
Mikoto: No, thank you.
Mikoto: That isn't necessary.

Girl: A lot of students' family businesses nearly went under during all this.
Girl: It's only natural they're thankful.

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Mikoto: All I did was fight someone.
Mikoto(small): And she may have had a point...
Girl: Nevertheless.

Girl: You did save Tokiwadai Middle School.
Girl: So I think you should accept everyone's thanks.

Mikoto: I can't stand this.
Kessai: They're all...
Kessai: treating you like you're Tokiwadai's ace.

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Kessai: Makes me proud to be your roommate.
Girls: Misaka-sama.

Girls: I wanted to say...
Mikoto: Not again!

Kessai: She's wiggling.

Misaki: Ugh...

12

Misaki: Which of these do we need to finish today?
Kobayashi: Organizing the account book before Judgment's clique inspection.
Kobayashi: Preparing the instruction meeting for the charity bazaar participants.
Kobayashi: Selecting members for the prison visit and reviewing the program.

Kobayashi: Buying the Takebayashi branch family's business and helping the children is also urgent.
Misaki: It's too much!!

Kobayashi: I don't think we can take over all of the Sha Clique's volunteer work.

Misaki: But if I reach out a helping hand, it may mean fewer children ending up like Sha and Yayoi.

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Misaki: Letting things get worse would dishonor Tokiwadai.

Kobayashi: You don't change, do you?

Misaki: That said, it will be hard for Kobayashi, that meathead Hokaze, and me to do it all.
Misaki(small): Even if we did gain a few members from the Sha Clique.

Misaki: It should be about time for them to approach us.

14

Junko: I've been so busy lately.
Junko(small): There's no time for exercise...

SFX: Fwoosh

Junko(edge): Oh
Junko: How do you do?

Mibuki: Asato and I intend to pay your clique a visit after school.

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Junko: Oh, my, my.
Junko: The two of you would be a huge help.

Asato: We did promise.
Mibuki: But there's something I have to do first.

Mibuki: Settle things with you.

Asato: Eh?
Mibuki: We can't go all out once we're in the same clique.

Mibuki: I challenge you to a duel.
Asato: What?

Junko: I accept.
Asato: What?

16

Kuroko: Damn four eyes...

Kuroko: Why am I still doing support!?
Kuroko: I'm in middle school now!

Konori: Try again when you aren't hurt.

Konori: Besides, Judgment is supposed to maintain order at their own school!
Konori: Start by working on Tokiwadai.
Kuroko: Ughhh

Kuroko: How is this any different from before?

SFX: Thoom...

Girls: Wh-what is that!?
SFX: Crash
SFX: Pop pop
Girls: It's coming from the rear garden!
SFX: Boom...

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SFX: Crash

SFX: Whack whack whack whack whack
Junko: Splendid!
Junko: That clean, flowing blocking tells me you have improved since the last time I saw you.
SFX: Fwoom fwoom
Mibuki: Because I was training to face you.

Asato: C'mon, stop this.
SFX: Slap

18

SFX: Boom

SFX: Crash

Kuroko: Won't I die...
Kuroko: if I get caught in this?
SFX: Boom
SFX: Grind grind
SFX: Thoom...

19

Kuroko: Sometimes withdrawing is the brave-
SFX: Turn

SFX: Stop

Kuroko: No.
Kuroko: If I run away once, my cowardice will start to emerge before I can work up my courage.

Kuroko: The heroes I looked up to would never turn tail and run.

SFX: Grab

SFX: Bam
Kuroko: This is Judg-

20

Kuroko: -ment.
DM: You're 3rd years, aren't you?
DM: Is this behavior becoming of our oldest students?

DM: Huh?

21

DM: Are you with them?
SFX: Waver

SFX: Gasp

Kuroko: No, no, no, no!
Kuroko: I am with Judgment!
Kuroko: I am 1st year Shirai Kuroko!!
SFX: Shake shake

Kuroko: I detected a fight, so I came here.
Kuroko: What is this?

Kuroko: It's enough to evaporate my determination to never run away.
Kuroko: My instincts are sounding the alarm at full volume.

Kuroko: I should teleport aw-

22

SFX: Grab

Kuroko: Eh?

Kuroko(obscured in places by the dorm manager's arm): Huh? When did she-? She was walking slowly and I never looked away. How could she escape my notice while moving with such calm? And it must have been a purely physical technique since she's a teacher and thus not an esper.

DM: Oh? You are Judgment?
DM: Well, I just returned from a godawful extended business trip.

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DM: I hear we had a number of problems while I was away.
DM: Make sure...

DM: you do not give me even more work to do, Shirai.

SFX: Step step

SFX: Shudder
Kuroko: K-Konori-senpai!

Kuroko: This school is way more dangeroussss!!!
Konori: Not my problem...
Konori(echo): problem...
Konori(echo): problem...
Text: The empress has left and the conqueror has returned to Tokiwadai!!

Box: To be continued next issue. The April Issue goes on sale Thursday, February 26!!