02x13 - Apostolic Cross (Croce di Pietro)

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The Croce di Pietro is a nasty piece of work

that can be used without regard to location or season.

Unless we do something,

Academy City will fall under Roman Orthodox control at sundown.

There's no way I'm letting that happen!

"A Certain Magical Index II"

I gazed at the coin I had flipped

If it's heads I go, tails I stay

Let me know your answer first

"Please, won't you tell me?"

But the angel continued to smile in discernment

Wander on! There's nobody to lead you by the hand

The answer handed down from God is one of woe

Yes, that is what your gift from God is

Once you overcome it, you'll start to see, so right now... (Look for it by oneself, no buts about it)

No buts!

"# Croce di Pietro (Apostolic Cross)"

Oh, my, what a fine place for your head to be!

Damn...

It's starting to get dark around here.

Tell me, isn't it about time you were getting home?

Or would you rather spend a somewhat stimulating evening with me?

One more...

If there was just one more thing... One more...

Its name is flame; its purpose, a sword...

Manifest! Feed on my body to gain your power...

Innocentius!

Let's go, Innocentius. Fortis .

Prove to us now the reason why my name is the greatest!

Die with me!

Watch out, you idiot!

Whoops--

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust!

--Vampire k*ller Crimson Cross! --Oh, no!

Go home, you klutzy magician!

You shut up, ride-along!

Innocentius!

Out of my way, you idiot!

You stay out of my way!

What's going on here? I can't predict their next move like this.

A reference point... I need an absolute reference point...

A clear rule... whereby everyone is happy,

and nobody gets dragged into any tragedies

brought about by conflicting sets of values...

The ultimate world...

That is why I will win. I will win, and create my own answer.

I am... My name is Basis !

Get down, ride-along!

Stiyl!

Where are you going?

You're taking me on, aren't you?

That's enough out of you.

How many people are you going to hurt before you've had enough?

I don't want to hurt anyone, myself.

But I have my objective.

Now, get over here. Once I crush you, my purpose will be at an end.

All that's left will be for the Croce di Pietro--

for the Roman Orthodox Church to create the world that I desire.

Objective my eye. Stop talking like you're such a bigshot,

when you're allowing others to determine what your future is.

Letting others determine?

Yes, and I don't even care who they are.

As long as they're someone who can bring into line

all the principles and policies scattered about the world.

And I will categorically defend that reference point.

That's your objective, is it?

I don't get all the little details. However,

I cannot accept the ridiculous proposal

that we turn over everyone who lives in Academy City.

You can talk like that because you don't understand.

You've never seen the expression of someone who could do nothing

but stand there transfixed by the circumstances they fell victim to.

You've simply never heard the word "frustrated."

Even if I haven't, that doesn't make it right for you

to att*ck Academy City as you like.

You can't use the pretext that it's okay to do good for someone

if it's on the back of someone else.

No way!

The problems you're confronting are something felt by everyone.

Everyone stumbles and makes mistakes at times.

However, when you fall down, you get back up.

No matter how awkward and badly things turn out, you get back up!

You don't go tossing aside other peoples' lives along the way!

Which do you choose, Oriana Thomson--

To leave everything up to someone else,

just because you messed up once?

Or to extend a hand to those who have failed, despite those failures?

This is how we'll settle this.

I call upon all the ability dwelling within me.

Unleash my whole soul, and strike the foe before me.

Damn it...

For crying out loud, can't you put a little effort

into making the tournament a success?

We've got a bit of a problem.

Come on.

Don't expect much. This is outside my area of expertise, too.

Go on... Kami...!

Guys... you who tried to preserve the present...

I'll come back to your hospital room before the night parade begins.

So make sure to sit tight for me.

That was an expression of my readiness...

I am not... about to let that be for nothing... at this point!

"A Certain Magical Index II"

"A Certain Magical Index II"

Stiyl!

Never mind me, worry about the Croce di Pietro...!

Get Oriana to tell you where it is.

We have to keep that relic from activating...

There is no need for concern. It will all be over soon.

Lidvia Lorenzetti...

Shortly, the Croce di Pietro will initiate its effects,

and Academy City will be converted to Roman Orthodoxy.

Are you saying that those who get in the way, like us, will be purged?

I am just declaring that we will care for your injuries,

and see that you are healed. That is, of course, if it can be judged

to be beneficial to the Roman Orthodox Church.

What?!

Don't listen to what she says, Kamijo Toma...

Lidvia must be around here somewhere...

The relic will be with her, too...

To avoid any misunderstanding, allow me to say,

the Croce di Pietro is not currently in Academy City.

What...?

The Roman Apostolic State that was created by the Croce di Pietro

was, at its peak, , square kilometers.

Even if I release it outside of Academy City,

it will easily cover the entirety of the city.

We've been had... Oriana was a decoy...

It is a shame that she was defeated,

but the Croce di Pietro will turn even that to a proper outcome.

The only thing that is important to us

is the fact that science will bow to religion.

By denying science and showing off our power,

we can restore the Lord's authority.

Seek and destroy...

It's too much to ask Tsuchimikado to use magic twice at this point.

Damn! Then what are we supposed to do?!

We are not conducting the destruction of Academy City.

Once we have you renounce the heresy of science,

--we will embrace you as our beloved comrades.

--Call Tsuchimikado. --we will embrace you as our beloved comrades.

If we can use a divination circle to derive Lidvia's location,

then use my communication magic to reach our outside forces...

That won't be possible.

The world will be converted by the Croce di Pietro...

...in another seconds.

Checkmate.

Don't we have anything?

Some final Tr*mp card that will turn the situation around?

Magic that uses the constellations in the night sky...

...whose starlight is collected here on the ground...

Tsuchimikado, how many places outside of Academy City are there

that could still draw all of Academy City in

if the Croce di Pietro were used there?

What did you say?

Just shut up and answer me!

With those conditions, what would the farthest point be?

Academy City's northern perimeter, by about , meters.

What about it?

"Daihasei Festival Schedule"

There's only...

Twenty seconds left.

It is all over.

It is indeed over, all right.

And with things finishing like this, it's definitely the end for me.

That is what you think, isn't it, Lidvia?

I don't care how much I could have laid waste to your fantasies,

if I can't even keep a promise to one of my classmates...

Huh? What is this?

W-What...?

The time is now exactly : p.m. Didn't you know?

That's the time when the night parade starts.

With this much light, it should blot out the stars well enough.

No matter where you might be.

You've been beaten by the light created

by everyone observing the Daihasei Festival.

You should have looked into who the stars of the Daihasei Festival are.

What will it be? If you agree to destroy the Croce di Pietro,

and to never again mess with Academy City,

that's good enough for me.

Are you serious? Have you forgotten

that I am a devout believer of the Roman Orthodox Church?

I see.

In that case,

let's keep playing tag with one another, like the field day this is,

Lidvia Lorenzetti.

So, without saying a word to me, Toma, you ended up getting pounded

by participating in a magic battle for the fate of Academy City

and the whole world, and had to be taken to the hospital, is that it?

Yeah, but Miss Index, whenever magic comes up,

you come traipsing right into the middle of the incident.

Toma! The way you say that very much makes me sound foolish!

Bzzt! The fact that you haven't figured it out before

means that you really are--

Oh, dear, what a pleasant sight, yet again.

We were just having a serious talk, so don't butt in, short-hair!

Kuroko...

It's okay for the general public

to assist in Judgment's security duties, right?

Sissy, not inside a hospital, of all places.

Damn.

Okay, fine. Did you see today's final results?

Our school slipped easily past your school to come out on top!

Don't you go forgetting about the penalty game.

W-Well, as far as the penalty game,

I can't participate in anything in my condition, so...

Hmm? Well...

...what if your life depended on it?

Ah, that poor Oriana Thomson.

I must save all those lost, c*ptive sinners, personally.

♪ Ah-ah ♪ Attention, please.

This is Laura Stuart, archbishop of the English Puritan Church--

but you're not going to say something cold,

like I have to identify myself, are you, Miss Lidvia?

Why, here in this private jet...?

When you stopped at Haneda,

I had something pasted to the wall of your fuselage.

As creepy as ever, I see.

The more backed into a corner you get, the more apt you are to cackle.

I wonder if there's anything to be done about that.

The more difficult the situation is,

the greater the joy I feel when I break free of it.

I must give thanks to the Lord.

What is it?

The higher the obstacle is,

the greater the thrill at the moment you overcome it, you say?

I was just thinking, there is some truth to that,

you swine facing a steep cliff.

Lidvia, if you renounce the Roman teachings and come kiss at my feet,

I would be willing to save you.

What an absurd thing to say!

I see.

In that case, go ahead and make a crater, together with that thing.

The Croce di Pietro!

I won't allow it!

At this speed, I can make it. No, I must make it!

It will be right down to the wire,

which makes it all the more thrilling!

Well now, Lidvia, which will you choose?

The world's greatest relic, or a poor, lost lamb?

The greater the difficulty,

the greater your joy will be when you overcome it,

for getting to walk all over me, the one who placed you in it, right?

Walk all over you?

To rub your proud face in it... as much as I like...?

We are reeling quite thoroughly after this, aren't we?

The development of the Imagine Breaker,

who is to be our key, is as yet unstable.

I am unsure whether or not this will be feasible.

I may have to consider the possibility

that I myself will have to go forth.

What are you doing here?

I was sleeping on the bench in the waiting room,

but come morning, they said I couldn't stay there,

so I came to your comfortable bed.

Are you all better now?

Mm-hmm. From what the frog doctor told me,

I should be able to get out today or tomorrow.

Aisa, you seem a little bit lonely to me. How come?

Did he go and do something crazy again this time?

Mm-hmm, that's right.

Oh, yeah. I haven't heard all the details yet,

but apparently, some Roman Orthodox magicians

were using the "Daihasei Festival" thing to launch an att*ck.

So then, Toma once again went off without saying anything to me,

and after running off helter-skelter by himself,

only told me about it like he was making an after-incident report!

Oh... Then it could have been anyone.

He helps anyone who is in trouble, and not just me.

Perhaps I really shouldn't have had him help me.

I may be nothing more than a bother to everyone else, huh?

No, that's not true!

Huh?

I mean, Toma seems to enjoy himself when he's with you, Aisa.

Hey, Fukiyose, what's the big idea,

coming into my hospital room and slapping me?

You hush! Anyone would be startled when they suddenly see a guy naked!

You're the one who came in while I was changing my clothes, right?

What did you say?!

Say, do you know why he fights like he does?

Nah.

When I asked him once, he said it was for himself.

Maybe for Toma, it's what makes him happy.

Huh?

I can change even the destiny that entwines me

so I have everything in my hand!

If I lack the power to not be outdone by anyone

I can always destroy that illusion

The laid out system backup install is okay

Fields unknown even to God become opened

It's a "living form" that not even data

from , memories in a moment's miracle can infer

In a Magic∞world exciting time or space there's no limit

I want the power it takes to protect somebody

I can change even the destiny that entwines me

so I have everything in my hand!

"Preview"

"Preview" For good or ill, Index and I are suddenly off to Italy.

And now that we're here, let's relax and do some sightseeing!

Wait, Orsola? And the Amakusa?

Next time, "City of Water."

When science and magic cross paths, the story begins.