Mental Out 30-A

Chapter 30-A

01

PG: Some true power not even Academy City knows of? Hmph.
PG: Tough talk for someone who can barely teleport herself.

Title: Chapter 30 (Part 1)
Text: Is that boast fact or fiction?
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
        Art: Nogi Yasuhito
        Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka

Kamino: Academy City isn't paying as much attention as you would think.

Kamino: Just like no one cares about the ants on the ground.
Kamino: You might see them, but you aren't looking at them.

Kamino: That leaves room for secrets.

02

Kokuchou: Ha ha. Then...
Kokuchou: what if I still think you're a powerless ant...
Kokuchou: after learning the truth, Kamino-chan?

PG: You're wrong, Kokuchou.
Kokuchou: Oh?

PG: Ants are not powerless.

Kokuchou: I'm wrong about that?
Kokuchou: What do you mean?

03

Kamino: Are you talking about how ant mandibles...
Kamino: are as strong as 300x their body weight...
Kamino: and they can lift 400x their body weight?
Rock: 400x

PG: Indeed.
PG: A fool who does not appreciate the romance of the microscopic does not deserve to be an esper.

Kamino: Hm.

Kamino: The foundation of our esper powers is at the quantum level...
Kamino: so I agree.
PG: At least someone gets it.

Kamino: Discussing the Curriculum from an ant's POV is the best way to do it.
Kamino: Do you like bugs?
PG: I love them all.
PG: Although I am fond of witty girls too. Heh heh.
Kokuchou: Why are they hitting it off over this?

04

PG: You have intrigued me, so let's discuss this.

PG: Your judgment is correct.
PG: As much as I hate it, Academy City's king...
PG: is only interested in a select few exceptions.

PG: So I will force him to pay attention.

Kamino: How will you do that?

PG: By awakening all of the city's espers as Gemstones.
SFX: Crack

Kamino: Gemstones?

05

Kamino: I have heard Gemstones are an unusual and fascinating type of esper.
Kamino: But they are naturally occurring and extremely rare.
Kamino: I though it was impossible to intentionally create one.

PG: For example...

PG: When an athlete experiences new speeds while pulled by a machine...
PG: their scores will improve afterwards.
PG: By making the unknown into the known, the brain works to catch up with that unknown. And...

PG: Synthesize Grid is a Gemstone ability.
PG: There is no better way to experience the world of a Gemstone.

Kokuchou: Oh...

06

Kokuchou: Is that what that was?

Kamino: They could die...
Kamino: if their brain cannot bear the strain.

PG: I am pulling them up to the level of the #1 Level 5 as equal superhumans.
PG: I expect thanks, not criticism.

Kamino: Talk about an unwelcome favor. I can't let her do this.
Kamino: She's basically talking about rewriting Academy City's Curriculum from the ground up.

Kamino: Is this what the Previous Generation meant by revenge?

07

Kamino: Hee hee.

Kamino: Doing that to every esper won't be easy.
Kamino: Do you have a secret plan?

PG: Join me and I will tell you.
PG: You do show promise.

PG: I will even use Synthesize Grid for whatever you want.
PG: Think hard.
PG: I can make any dream come true by combining this city's traits.
SFX: Crack crack crack

Kamino: A dream?
Kamino: Hm.

08

Kamino: I have always wanted to take a certain girl home as my little sister and lick her all over.

PG: Indecent!!!

PG: Why would you say that, you pervert!? Have you no shame!?
PG: I just remembered! The model teleporter was into some weird stuff too!!
PG: What is it with you teleporters!?
Kamino: Oh, dear.

Kamino: You're so shy.
PG: Shut up!!

Kamino: So negotiations have failed.
Text: Hee hee hee

09

Kamino: The only thing I want...
Kamino: is a belief I can hold in these hands my parents gave me.

PG: I thought you showed promise, but you're nothing but a deviant.

10

PG: I would refuse to associate with any of you perverts...
SFX: Swirl
PG: except the perversion goes all the way to the top in this city!!

PG: She's definitely hiding something.

PG: That hole wouldn't look like that if it were constantly torn away.
PG: Teleportation couldn't do that.

11

PG: But I do know she's using 11-dimensional calculations.
SFX: Blow

PG: Still, you do inspire some intellectual curiosity!
PG: Don't die until revealing your trick, faker!!

SFX: Roar

12

SFX: Clap

PG: What?
Text: What is this mysterious phenomenon that defies understanding?