Mental Out 31

Chapter 31

01

Margin: Shokuhou tries to stop her, but Kamino has made up her mind...

Misaki: The Previous #1 is too dangerous to challenge over staying in the election.
Kamino: I am aware of that.
Kamino: But I can't abandon my girl.

Kamino: Oh, I know.

Kamino: Let's shake hands, Shokuhou-san.
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
        Art: Nogi Yasuhito
        Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka
Title: Chapter 31

Kamino: The two of us...

Kamino: Aren't on remotely the same wavelength.
Kamino: And I still sometimes think you're unpleasant.
Misaki: Are you picking a fight with me?

02

Kamino: But...
Kamino: I learned two people don't have to get along if they're working toward the same thing.

Kamino: I'm glad we could talk...
Kamino: even if we are election rivals.

Misaki: She is planning to teleport away if it gets too dangerous, right?

Mikoto: I might break the computer. Is that alright?
Gaouin: If it happens, we can go say sorry together.

Kumamori: Wait, wait, wait!

03

Kumamori: Breaking it is not alright!!!

Kumamori: That's a bleeding edge machine I borrowed for cooperative development!
Kumamori: You're supposed to need A-class clearance to even touch one, but I got special permission!

Both: Who are you??
Kumamori: Ugh!!?

04

Gaouin: That's Kumamori-san! Of the Kumamori Clique!!
Misaki: I was only kidding☆
Misaki: It feels like years since I last saw her.
Mikoto: Oh?

Kumamori: Hmph. It's true I'm a forgettable introverted shut-in.
SFX: Gloom...
Kumamori: Go ahead and make fun of me for being so gloomy I probably have mold growing on me...
Gaouin: Dang, now she's depressed!

Mikoto: What's this jelly? What a weird interface.
SFX: Squish squish
SFX: Twitch

Kumamori: Comfy, isn't it?
Kumamori: The way it jiggles is so cute.
SFX: Pop up
Mikoto: Whoa.
Kumamori: I made it, FYI. Eh heh heh heh...

05

Kumamori: Stick your finger in the gel and it detects your bioelectricity...
Kumamori: allowing ultra-high speed processing typing just can't match.
Kumamori: It might be even faster for you, Misaka-san.
Kumamori: And it's cuter than some water balls I could mention.
Mikoto: Neat.

Kumamori: But code breaking is a lengthy death march of brute forcing.

Kumamori: Even with AI support and this kind of machine power, it'll take 10 hours.
Kumamori: Luckily, there's a shower and nap room in here, so-

Mikoto: Cracked it.
Both: Ehhhh!!?

06

Kumamori: I-it's true. A Level 5's specs really are on another level.
Misaki: She puts the brute in brute forcing.
Mikoto: Offering to dance to some electrical hard luck?
Yuiitsu: That's pretty impressive.

Misaki: Hm?

Misaki: Kihara Yuiitsu!?
Misaki(small): When did you get here?
Yuiitsu(outside): Hi, hi
Yuiitsu: So we meet again, Mental Out.

Mikoto: Kihara?
Misaki: Ah.

07

Mikoto: Did you say Kihara?
Misaki: Y-you must be hearing things.
SFX: Turn
Yuiitsu: N-no, you definitely said-

SFX: Trip

Misaki: Kyah!

Text: *Mikoto Vision

08

Misaki: Gaouin-san, you take care of the rest!
Gaouin: The murder weapon/murderer is escaping!?
Text: The Death By Boobs Case
SFX: Push push
Yuiitsu: Shouldn't you stay for the post-mortem?
Misaki: Just go already!!
Misaki(small): No listening! No looking!

Kumamori: Oh? What's this?

Kumamori: The Pleiades Sisters?

09

Yuiitsu: Unabara-san, you in here? No?
SFX: Knock knock click

Yuiitsu: Phew, all that forced walking wore me out.
SFX: Fwump

Misaki: Since you're here, I guess I'll ask.
Misaki(small): You just do what you want, huh?

Misaki: How many girls other than Kamino...
Misaki: were made to be the True Body?

10

Yuiitsu: Seven.

Yuiitsu: Seven girls were sent out as foster children.
Yuiitsu: There are a few other than Kamino-chan at this school.

Yuiitsu: Two or three probably.
Yuiitsu: Some likely died before growing up.

Yuiitsu: You figured that out, huh?
Misaki: Partway through.

Yuiitsu: The Pleiades Sisters were made from the Previous #1's germ cells.
Yuiitsu: Only one will be used for the incarnation. The rest are spares.
Yuiitsu: One big family of all girls.

11

SFX: Strain...
Yuiitsu: Yo

Yuiitsu: The Tokiwadai election must have been perfect...
Yuiitsu: for finding the best one.
Yuiitsu: Unabara-san is picky about form, after all.

SFX: Jump
SFX: Spin
SFX: Land

Yuiitsu: This office has the proper form, but she doesn't actually use it.

Yuiitsu: The drawers are empty.
Yuiitsu: There's a microphone-equipped hologram emitter on the sofa.

Yuiitsu: No one knows where she is and trying to trace the signal won't work.

12

SFX: Toss

SFX: Ka-wham

Yuiitsu: Leaving no way of purging her.

Misaki: Are you saying the Board Chairman is on the move?

Yuiitsu: Yes.
Yuiitsu: He must not be able to overlook this any longer.

13

Yuiitsu: A dedicated grim reaper would handle this from start to finish...
Yuiitsu: but men aren't allowed here, so I was sent in to inspect.
SFX: Clack

Yuiitsu: And based on my inspection...
Misaki: What are you doing?
Yuiitsu: The reaper should be here in a few days.

SFX: Twirl

SFX: Flame

Yuiitsu: Tokiwadai as a whole will be deemed a hideout for rebels and leveled with firepower rivaling a strategic weapon.

14

Yuiitsu: You can lead the evacuation.
SFX: Step

SFX: Beep

SFX: Fwump
SFX: Clutch
SFX: Freeze

Misaki: If I control you...
Misaki: can I stop that from happening?

Yuiitsu: It would only happen sooner.
Yuiitsu: I've already sent my report and I mentioned the high possibility of further threats.

Yuiitsu: The 2 cubes and 7 sisters will be eliminated along with their strategic base.
Yuiitsu: Hence the evacuation.

Misaki: That's called being coldhearted.
Misaki: I can't let you traumatize every single Tokiwadai student like that.

15

Yuiitsu: You can just heal them with Mental Out.

Misaki: ...!

Yuiitsu: You've toyed with their minds enough already.
Yuiitsu: So just do that again.

Misaki: Did you approach me because of my brainwashing ability?

Yuiitsu: Of course. And no saying you won't.
Yuiitsu: You already ignore their rights.

Yuiitsu: Making an exception for yourself...
Yuiitsu: would be awfully selfish, don't you think?

16

Misaki: Obviously.

Misaki: Someone as noble-minded as me...
Misaki: would never make an exception for myself.

Misaki: Helping you arrest Chairperson Unabara is one thing, but cleaning up after special forces? You must be kidding!
Misaki: If you want to control people, try thinking about their feelings first.

Yuiitsu: Their feelings?
Yuiitsu: That isn't what you care about.

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Yuiitsu: For you, their feelings are only a tool used to fulfill your desperate need to be liked.

Yuiitsu: If you want to save the Tokiwadai students...
Yuiitsu: you have to use Mental Out.
Yuiitsu: You get that right?

Yuiitsu: Make a small sacrifice to save the rest, Shokuhou Misaki.

18

Misaki: AS THE FUTURE STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, it is my duty to protect the Tokiwadai building as well as every last students' body, mind, and memories.

Misaki: The question isn't if I can.
Misaki: I know how wonderful it is to have someone unconditionally on your side.

Misaki: Not that I expect a monster like you to understand.

19

Yuiitsu: Oh, really?

Yuiitsu: Then you might as well risk your life and die.

Yuiitsu: I thought you would be more sensible than the Railgun.
Yuiitsu: What a waste of time.
Yuiitsu(outside): Sigh. Good grief.

Yuiitsu: Damn fox word user thinks she's the hero.

Misaki: Say what you want.
SFX: Click
Yuiitsu: Hey! Free me first!!

20

Misaki: Do the Pleiades Sisters have any common traits?
Yuiitsu: They came from the same cells...

Yuiitsu: So they should have something in common.
Yuiitsu: They might be hiding it, though.

Yuiitsu: One last thing.

Yuiitsu: This letter is from Kamino-chan.

21

Yuiitsu: In it, she thanks me for teaching her.
Yuiitsu: At length and very politely.

Yuiitsu: I suspect she's planning on mutual destruction.

Yuiitsu: She can't win.
Yuiitsu: She's the WORST MATCH for Synthesize Grid.
Yuiitsu: And she knows it.

Yuiitsu: "As the future student council president"...
Yuiitsu: shouldn't you go save her?
SFX: Step

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Yuiitsu: As her teacher...
Yuiitsu: I pray that wasn't all talk.

SFX: Rustle rustle

Junko: Oh, thank goodness you're alright!
SFX: Run
Misaki: She was...
Misaki: trouble to the end.

Misaki: I was preparing to battle the previous generation...
Misaki: but I still have a lot left to do there!

Misaki: What do I do!?

Junko: Queen.

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Junko: I love the way you try to give everyone around you a happy ending.

Junko: And the willingness to never give up even when you're outmatched...

Junko: is what I...
Junko: would call "guts".

Junko: You already have your guts ready.
Junko: You'll be fine!

Misaki: That's not my style☆
Misaki: How about we enjoy some tea in the courtyard?
Junko: Queen!

24

Right arrow: Courtyard
SFX: Step step step step step
Left arrow: Outside

Junko: I will accompany you, Queen!!
Text: Onward to rescue her rival!!
Misaki: Really, it's not like that.