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- Chapter 4
- 115
- Anti-Skill: Do not leave your room yet.
- Anti-Skill: We have finished downstairs.
- Kaibi: Take care of the one over there too.
- Voice: Ahh, ahh. What a disaster.
- Kakine: A dark side agent cares about their team's living arrangements?
- Kakine: Trying to score extra points?
- Voice: Now, now. Be nice.
- Kakine: So that guy's one of Academy City's Kiharas, right? What did the higher ups say?
- Voice: They said it was an accident due to a miscommunication between teams.
- Voice: That means they hope to get something from his research.
- Kakine: What?
- Voice: Don't get so upset.
- Voice: That also means it's only a hope.
- Voice: They'll call it even by overlooking whatever kind of retaliation you send his way.
- 116
- Voice: You and he are free to do as you like.
- Kakine: Dammit. Abandoning us when it matters most, huh?
- Yobou: That Kihara Souji guy is dangerous.
- Yobou: But his methods felt thrown together at the last second.
- Yobou: He was using brainwashed DA Arouse members...
- Yobou: but that means he's acting alone and doesn't have his own team to work with.
- Yobou: Not that many teams have a chance of winning a fight with School.
- Yobou: Whatever he wants...
- Yobou: Academy City's higher ups see his experiments as something that might possibly show results. In fact...
- Yobou: Could his research provide something worth sacrificing Kakine-san for?
- 117
- Souji: Hm, hmm.
- SFX: Type type
- Souji: Hmm, hm.
- Souji: Hmmm.
- Ringo: Ah.
- Ringo: Gh.
- SFX: Twitch
- SFX: Ksh
- SFX: Ksshh
- Souji(outside): Hm, hmm♪
- Souji: And we're go.
- SFX: Type
- SFX: Crash
- 118
- Kakine: Hi.
- Souji: Hello, hello. You got here fast.
- Kakine: Not really.
- Kakine: Because you "substituted" fake data in for everything from your position on the satellite maps to your package delivery records.
- Kakine: So my team had to split up.
- Souji: Well, good work all the same.
- Souji: Still, you're just in time. I'm about to complete the specimen's tuning.
- Souji: This experiment's gonna be a blast.
- Souji: My theory says she'll be able to reproduce Accelerator's power exactly.
- Souji: Amata-san's been feeling blue since the original got himself injured, but this should cheer him up!
- Kakine: Sorry, but I really don't care.
- Souji: Hm, that's mighty strange. I thought you were after data on Accelerator.
- Souji: Doesn't this give you what you want too?
- 119
- SFX: Step
- Kakine: I'm looking for a person, not data.
- Kakine: I'm here for Yuzuriha Ringo.
- Souji: Oh, wow. Looks like we've got a knight in shining armor on our hands.
- SFX: Grind grind
- SFX: Beeeep
- Souji: Have at it.
- Souji: Your princess awaits.
- SFX: Snap snap snap
- SFX: Zap
- 120
- SFX: Boom
- SFX: Whoosh
- SFX: Land
- SFX: Crumble crumble
- SFX: Slip
- SFX: Thud
- 121
- Kakine: Tch.
- 122
- SFX: Boom
- SFX: Twang
- SFX: Boom boom boom
- SFX: Slide slide
- Kakine: I can't fully stop the force?
- SFX: Rattle rattle
- SFX: Jump
- SFX: Boom boom
- 123
- SFX: Clap clap clap
- Souji: Ohh, it's just as I theorized, but seeing it live is so much more exciting!
- SFX: Appear
- Souji: Is this how Amata-san felt, I wonder?
- SFX: Mutter mutter
- DA: For justice.
- DA: For absolute justice.
- Souji: Oh! But, but.
- Souji: My experiment is against real, live Level 5, so maybe my version is better.
- SFX: Fwoosh
- 124
- SFX: Slice
- SFX: Stab
- DA: Ugh.
- Souji: Wow, an attack that only pierces people? That's nasty.
- SFX: Lean
- Souji: But that just means I've gotta substitute my shield for human flesh.
- Souji: Taking out the enemy leader.
- Souji: It's so standard I'd call it cliche, but you just had to take a stab at it, didn't you?
- 125
- SFX: Boom
- SFX: Roar
- SFX: Zwoosh
- SFX: Gween
- SFX: Roar
- Kakine: She deflected it.
- 126
- Souji: Yeah, that ain't gonna work. You can't hold back or take things slow against her.
- Kakine: I wasn't trying to hold back.
- SFX: Rip
- SFX: Roar
- SFX: Slice
- SFX: Jump
- SFX: Slap
- SFX: Crack crack
- 127
- SFX: Snap
- SFX: Zwoosh
- SFX: Roar
- SFX: Crash crack crack crack
- SFX: Bwoosh
- Kakine: I'm not bothering with every little thing!
- Souji: Oh, he's way up there.
- Souji: Hm?
- 128
- Kakine: Be crushed.
- SFX: Wave
- SFX: Thoom
- Souji: Oh, wow. What is this!?
- Souji: It's like a giant foot on my back.
- Souji: Fascinating!
- SFX: Appear
- SFX: Strain
- 129
- Kakine: She's fast.
- SFX: Pull back
- Kakine: What's with her?
- SFX: Wham
- SFX: Strain strain
- Kakine: It's like she doesn't care if she damages her own body.
- SFX: Strain
- SFX: Boom
- SFX: Alight
- SFX: Crash
- Kakine: The Gs damage her as she uses her power to accelerate herself.
- Kakine: That wouldn't happen with the real #1.
- SFX: Pant pant
- SFX: Wobble
- Souji: What? Worried about Ringo-san's body?
- Souji: She'll be fine.
- 130
- Souji: I originally worked in cyborg tech.
- SFX: Clack
- Souji: So I can give her damaged body some substitutes afterwards.
- SFX: Bam crash
- SFX: Boom
- SFX: Fly
- Kakine: With her power, she could keep forcing herself to move even if I crushed her arms and legs.
- Kakine: How can I stop her without killing her?
- SFX: Boom boom boom
- 131
- Kakine: Damn, it's never going to end.
- SFX: Vanish
- SFX: Appear
- SFX: Strain strain
- SFX: Reach out
- SFX: Wham
- 132
- SFX: Boom
- Kakine: Gwah!
- SFX: Crash
- 133
- Ringo: I can't hear anything.
- SFX: Fade
- Ringo: Why?
- Ringo: Things happen right in front of me, but I can't do anything about them.
- Ringo: I can't take it anymore.
- Ringo: Save me, Kakine.
- SFX: Squeeze
- Ringo: Kill me.
- 134
- Souji: Oh, dearie me. Maybe she overdid that one.
- Souji(small): This could be bad.
- SFX: Twitch
- Kakine: That hit told me all I need to know.
- Kakine: She's pretty good as a substitute for Accelerator.
- Souji: I am honored you think so.
- Kakine: But only as a substitute.
- Kakine: She isn't reproducing the Accelerator data I want.
- SFX: Brush
- 135
- Kakine: There's other research into temporarily boosting powers beyond the esper's control.
- SFX: Pat pat
- Kakine: And even with the cyborg substitute parts, the burden on her body makes it unlikely she can fight for all that long.
- Souji: I already told you she was a substitute. So she inherits the same manufacturing problems the original has.
- Kakine: Fair enough. I guess you don't want me picking apart your project when the research is still ongoing.
- Kakine: But I do think you've done a decent job here.
- SFX: Tug
- Kakine: You temporarily got her fighting evenly with a Level 5.
- SFX: Sway sway
- Kakine: But Level isn't just a measure of fighting strength or power output.
- Kakine: It's a combination of various sorts of potential...
- Kakine: like technological growth or application to other fields.
- Kakine: But that potential is harder to judge than fighting strength.
- Kakine: You have to look to the future of something that's still undergoing research, after all.
- Souji: What's your point?
- 136
- Kakine: Do you...
- Kakine: really understand the value of a Level 5?
- Souji: Kh.
- Kakine: You only view us through the lens of what you can understand...
- Kakine: and tried to make a substitute using only the technology you knew.
- Kakine: I'll show you the truth.
- Kakine: Can your minds...
- Kakine: keep up with my Dark Matter?
- SFX: Fwoosh
- SFX: Bright
- 137
- Kakine: My Dark Matter is a type of matter that does not exist in this world.
- Kakine: The natural world...no.
- Kakine: Even this small space contains countless forms of matter and they create their phenomena based on various laws.
- Kakine: But if I add in the new form of matter called Dark Matter...
- SFX: Distort
- SFX: Flash flash
- SFX: Burn
- Souji: If he adds in the new form of matter called Dark Matter...
- Souji: each and every phenomenon will result in something entirely different from normal.
- SFX: Freeze freeze
- 138
- SFX: Bubble bubble
- DA: Eek!
- DA: Ohhhh!
- SFX: Thud
- Souji: Thus creating a space full of surprises for ordinary people.
- Kakine: However.
- Souji: The Dark Matter's user is an exception.
- Kakine: I'm calculating what will happen in this space as I create it.
- Souji: So this is a demonstration of the #2's possibilities.
- Kakine: If you truly understand Level 5s...
- Kakine: then comprehend these possibilities.
- SFX: Flash
- 139
- Souji: Wow.
- Souji: Incredible!!
- Souji: 1000...1500...1800.
- Souji: So many phenomena are unfolding at once!
- Souji: I understand it! I do!
- Souji: This is the world as a Level 5 sees it!!
- Souji: 2000...2200...2700...
- SFX: Spark spark
- SFX: Burn
- Souji: It's still going.
- Souji: The possibilities continue to expand!
- Souji: 3000.
- SFX: Sweat sweat
- Souji: 3300.
- Souji(thought): Yes, and...
- Souji(thought): This is...
- Souji(thought): My...
- SFX: Drip
- SFX: Freeze
- 140
- Souji(thought): Limit.
- SFX: Drip drip
- SFX: Wobble
- Souji(small): Hee hee hee
- Souji: Goddammit.
- SFX: Fall
- SFX: Thud
- SFX: Crunch crunch
- SFX: Flash
- Kakine: Hey.
- SFX: Look up
- Ringo: Why?
- 141
- Kakine: They say the heart...no.
- Kakine: The brain's electrical signals can be influenced by sound and light, so I copied that.
- Kakine: Maybe you couldn't see or hear anything that was going on...
- Kakine: but it could reach you through my Dark Matter.
- Kakine: Still, using this power is a pain.
- SFX: Grab
- Kakine: So if you've got something to say, do it like normal.
- 142
- 143
- SFX: Gasp
- Kakine: Is your body okay?
- Ringo: Kakine!
- Ringo: Um.
- Ringo: Sorry.
- Ringo: I...
- Ringo: I'm hungry!
- Kakine: Pff
- 144
- Kakine: Heh heh heh ha ha ha ha!
- SFX: Growwwl
- Kakine: Way to ruin the mood.
- Ringo: Meat is fine, but I want a galette.
- Kakine: Ha ha ha ha
- Kaibi: I thought he'd gotten the better of us, but looks like you took care of it.
- Kaibi(outside): What even was all this?
- Yobou: You made a mess of things again.
- Kakine: Only half of it was me. She did-
- SFX: Bang
- SFX: Fall
- 145
- Kakine: People call you stubborn, don't they?
- Kakine: Give up already.
- Souji: Gh.
- Souji: Ah.
- SFX: Wobble wobble
- Souji: N-no, I'm not giving up!
- Souji: I'm a researcher, so I never give up!
- SFX: Bang bang
- Souji: How do those wings relate to your Dark Matter power?
- Souji: My bullets bounce right off them!
- Souji: Show me Dark Matter again! I'll understand it this time.
- SFX: Pant pant
- Souji: I'll keep trying until I do.
- Souji: Oh, how exciting! What fun!!
- SFX: Bang bang
- Kakine: Sigh. Okay, fine.
- Kakine: I'll show it to you again.
- SFX: Step
- Kakine: But just seeing it would be boring, right?
- Kakine: I'll let you truly experience it this time.
- 146
- SFX: Slice
- SFX: Pour
- Souji: So fast!
- Souji: A human turned to sand!!
- Souji: Your power is utter nonsense!
- Souji: Is this sand my cells!?
- Souji: An analysis...
- SFX: Pour pour
- Souji: of my...
- Souji: composition...
- SFX: Scatter
- 147
- SFX: Blow
- Ringo: What happened?
- SFX: Rub rub
- Kakine: The problems chasing you are gone.
- 148
- SFX: Yawn
- Kaibi: You dealt with him, so let's withdraw already.
- Kakine: First, we need the Accelerator data that Kihara Souji put in Ringo.
- Kakine: Although it won't be enough to make up for all this.
- Yobou: Found the data.
- SFX: Pop
- SFX: Pop pop
- Kakine: Hm, that's far from complete. Oh?
- SFX: Pop
- Kakine: A self-destruct program?
- SFX: Bounce
- 149
- SFX: Thud
- Kakine: Hey, what's wrong?
- Kakine: Ringo!
- Kaibi: What happened!?
- SFX: Focus
- Yobou: Her organs are sent...
- Yobou: a shut down command under certain circumstances?
- Yobou: Odd. This part doesn't fit with the rest.
- Yobou: The descriptions are entirely different from Kihara Souji's base program!
- Kakine: Dammit all! Hey, wake up!
- Kakine: Ringo!!
- 150
- Kakine: Ringo!!
- Kakine: Dammit.
- Ringo: Kakine.
- Ringo: Can you do something...for me?
- Kakine: Don't act like you're about to die.
- Kakine: Hey, can't you cancel the shut down command!?
- Yobou: Probably not with the equipment we have here!
- SFX: Clutch
- Ringo: Kakine...please.
- Ringo: I want you...
- Ringo: to remember me.
- 151
- Ringo: No one...remembered Tomoka's name.
- Ringo: Ryuugou Tomoka...lived there.
- Ringo: I still...
- Ringo: remember her.
- Ringo: I killed her...
- Ringo: so I remember.
- Ringo: So...
- SFX: Touch
- Ringo: I remember Tomoka...
- Ringo: so you remember me.
- Kakine: Is that your idea of salvation?
- SFX: Clench
- 152
- SFX: Let go
- Kakine: To hell with that.
- Kakine: I already remember everything about you.
- Ringo: Really? Even Tomoka?
- Kakine: Don't underestimate the Level 5 brain.
- Researcher: You were implanted with a part of the #1.
- Researcher: But this is an image of the #2.
- Researcher: His thought patterns and calculation methods are of course entirely different.
- 153
- Ringo: Wow! Wow!
- Ringo: That's so pretty!
- SFX: Point
- Tomoka: Eh? Y-yeah.
- SFX: Jump
- Tomoka: It's amazing he can grow wings like that.
- Tomoka: Just like an angel.
- Ringo: An angel?
- Tomoka: Um, they're like messengers of god maybe?
- Tomoka: I'm not really sure, but I think they go around saving people.
- Ringo: An angel, wow.
- Tomoka: Those wings are a surprise. But he is the #2.
- Ringo: The #2.
- Tomoka: Weren't you listening? That's the #2 Level 5.
- Tomoka: Kakine Teitoku.
- Ringo: Kakine...Teitoku.
- 154
- Ringo: I wish I had his thoughts...
- Ringo: implanted in me.
- Ringo: Remember that...
- Ringo: I wanted...yours.
- Kakine: Ringo!
- Kakine: Hey, Ringo!
- SFX: Touch
- Ringo: Your wings...
- Ringo: are...
- Ringo: so pretty.
- 155
- SFX: Thunk
- SFX: Squeeze
- Kakine: Goddamn it all.
- Kakine: Don't look so damn satisfied!
- 156
- SFX: Type type
- Kuroyoru: Oh, that's good. This place hasn't been touched yet.
- Kuroyoru: Man, School and the Hound Dogs were all over the other bases already.
- Kuroyoru: I was only a victim caught up in it all, so they really should have left a consolation prize for me.
- Kuroyoru: Oh!
- Kuroyoru: Hmm, Kihara Souji-kun started out in medicine making artificial organs.
- Kuroyoru: Got anything more than that?
- SFX: Pop pop
- SFX: Type
- 157
- SFX: Rumble
- Kuroyoru: Oh, what have we here?
- Kuroyoru: Hmm.
- Kuroyoru: I see.
- Kuroyoru: These look pretty nice.
- Yobou: I couldn't find any other code resembling the self-destruct program.
- Yobou: Since School's intel network and authority turned up exactly zero leads...
- 158
- Kaibi: This was city leadership. And at a very high level too.
- Yobou: Correct.
- Yobou: But I did figure out when it was added into Kihara Souji's program.
- Yobou: It was just as we had secured Yuzuriha Ringo.
- Kakine: So I was the target, not her.
- Kaibi: But why?
- Kakine: Who knows. Probably just one of many plans.
- Rakko: What's been going on recently?
- Yobou: I'll explain later.
- Kakine: For him anyway.
- Kakine: But.
- 159
- Kakine: I refuse to accept that...
- Kakine: our lot in life is to have everything taken from us.
- Kakine: I'll show you first-hand that your rules...
- Kakine: don't apply to me.
- Text: Fin
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