03x11 - Joining the Battle

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Is this...

...the Misaka Network? No...

Wh-What have you...

...done to her?!

Aleister's favorite, kept tucked away
in the shadow of the main plan...

What if I were to use it as a trigger
to awaken your dormant powers?

Now, let the experiment begin.

Let's see if Misaka can reach...

...the divine will of Level 6?

Their true objective...

...is Misaka Mikoto.

What do you mean?

Would you let me know...

...exactly what that means, too?



"A Certain Scientific Railgun T"

Then sure enough,

Misaka Mikoto was their true objective.

I don't know any other details beyond that,

but that is definitely what she said.

Miss Saten is right.

There's an electrical discharge phenomenon

happening in School District 2.

Electrical discharge?

Huh?

What was I just doing?
My head feels so groggy for some reason.

For that matter, who am I?

Tell me,

how can you be so unconcerned when you know

everything that's happening in this city?

This city? You mean what's
happening in Academy City?

Like what?

You've seen it, right? You know about it.

How clones are not treated as people--

no, even when dealing with real-life people,

they're still only seen as lab rats.

The true face of this city
where human dignity is trampled upon...

...in the name of science.

Yeah, that's right. I remember.

They'll pay for that. No matter
what reasons they may have had,

anyone who would do something like they did...

Never again.

I have to stop them... I have to stop them...
I have to stop them...

But how...?

Right over there.

That building.

The one at the center of the city.
The control tower.

As long as that's there,
they'll keep doing it over and over again.

Someone will be brought to tears again.
Someone will get hurt again.

So what do you say?

We should wreck it, okay?

Mm-hmm.

You're right.

Whoa, that was even more than I imagined.
I might just wet myself.

But after that...

It's unharmed? H-Hold on, what gives here?

It doesn't look like
there's been any damage at all!

Well, well...

that had dozens of times as much
firepower as Misaka ordinarily packs,

but if she physically strikes it head-on,
it won't even put a dent in it.

--That's not what you said--
--You young people today have no patience.

She is still developing.

I would say she's about 2% of her way
along her evolution toward Level 6.

Kozaku, if you want to achieve your own goal,

you need to carry out your role now.

Okay.

Oh, and there's one other thing
I wanted to ask of you.

The governing board building

just had the largest
lighting strike ever recorded,

and there was an massive electrical
discharge phenomenon observed

in a section of School District 2.

Send rescue teams with
investigators to both sites at once.

Yes?

Yes. Yes, acknowledged.

Then I'll get right on--

No, we don't need the issue of having
outsider casualties during the festival.

Our priority is the evacuation
of tourists and local residents.

Huh? But sir, that's another matter--

Both sites are closed off.

Not a soul is to be allowed
to go in, not even Antiskill.

Y-Yes, sir.

Ow...

Well, even if Antiskill did head there,
they'd just pile up a body count.

On the other hand,

we could use someone
who could offer resistance...

Oh my goodness gracious.

His timing in showing up
is almost too convenient.

If I weren't involved in this,
I'd be out of here.

This is the right place...

But...

...since I am involved,
he looks more like a prince.

Girls sure are capricious, huh?

Let's see...

...coming at it from above,
I need to get the angle right...

It couldn't be...

Huh?

Hi!

Wh-What is that?!
It's going straight into my mind--

Ah, let me just say up front,

if you touch your head with your right hand,

everything I'm about to tell you
will vanish away, so no touching.

Huh?

Also, unlike a telepath, I'll be writing
everything into your brain at once,

so I won't hear any arguments.

My brain?

To explain the situation, my ability
and the Misaka Network are being misused,

and Miss Misaka has been put in a bad way.

Then that really is Misaka?

However...

Hey, listen to me!

--...if you stay near her
and keep countering her,
--I guess she can't hear me.

you'll be able to delay the Network alterations.

In all likelihood. Probably.

Hey, you don't sound very certain!

By the way, since brainwashing
shouldn't have any effect on her,

I wonder if that stuff is manipulating
the Network to trigger her deep psyche.

What do you think?

Look, why are you asking me?

Well, if you touch her directly,
maybe it will return her to normal.

Let's take the challenge!

Another thing, who are you?

Challenge, she says...

Seriously?

Uiharu! Where's Shirai?!

Already on her way.

Is there anything I can do to help?

Thanks so much.

There they are. But I don't see Gensei.

Is he planning to keep out of sight
and watch from a safe distance?

Hold on a second.

You might have been ordered
to att*ck me as soon as you're freed,

so I'll program you to "do me no harm."

For now, would you get her
to a safe location for me?

Assuming such a place even exists.

What about you?

I'm going after Gensei.

Anyone but me could be brainwashed,
and that would be the end of it.

The only one who can go up against Mental Out

is someone who has the same ability--

Hey!

Uh-oh,

that doesn't work on something
being remotely controlled, huh?

That won't do any good.

I hate to ask,

but could you hang out with me for a bit?

Don't try to fight me,
just behave yourself, okay?

Ow...

Judgment!

It would seem that the situation
is getting even more out of hand.

I need you all to explain
to me exactly what is going on.

Especially you, Kozaku Mitori.

I have much that I need to investigate,

beginning with falsifying Bank data.

Miss Shirai?

Say what you will, but you can't exactly
question suspects up here, can you?

I hate to impose,

but you could you zap
those two out of here first?

Is that Misaka Mikoto?

No...

What about you, too?

No. Could I get you to warp
the two of us inside the building?

Rats.

On the other hand,

not bad, finding my data
in the Bank in so short a time.

Thank you, Miss Shirai. You saved me.

I did it to find out what is going on.

I should warn you, though,
that I do not trust you,

and my suspicion that you att*cked
the 177th Branch office hangs on this.

Still, right now,
wouldn't it be better for both of us

if we cooperated with each other?

There's nothing to worry about.

I'm just going to send you
my observations of the current situation.

It will save me the trouble
of saying it out loud.

And there you have it. Thank you.

Y-You are going to explain all of this later!

Good luck!

Now then...

There are some extra-large cumulonimbus clouds

now passing over Academy City.

All outdoor competitions are being suspended.

Further, some competitions
will now be held at the Dome.

--Mama, she said the Dome.
--To ensure the safety
of all of our visitors today,

please follow the instructions
of your nearest attendants...

That's packing some awesome guts.

There's lighting coming out of the ground.

"#11 Joining the Battle"

I think I'll go over there for a look.

It's still... not enough.

To wreck that thing...
I'll need something more...

It's okay... pretty soon...

Noise...?

I can reach her if I time it right--

What's that?

A nasty pest that's trying to interfere.

You should swat all of those guys away!

I guess...

...it wasn't going to be that easy.

That is where Miss Misaka is.

In order to direct
Miss Misaka's barbaric strength,

it's safe to guess that Mental Out
will be absolutely essential.

Miss Kozaku, was it?

My ability has no effect on her puppets,

so you'd ordinarily have to assume
that she is Gensei's bodyguard,

but it's hard to accept that at this stage,

one of the few pawns that
he has is just a bodyguard, isn't it?

Knowing the old man,
he'll be making use of Level Upper

to share Exterior with her, too.

My guess is that her role is that of "inductor."

I do not know even know that word,

but it feels incredibly odd that I more
or less understand what it means.

Judging by the high quality
and precision of her puppets,

her range can't be all that great,

so I need you to find the person
who's controlling the puppets

so we can stop Miss Misaka.

For goodness' sake!
Everyone is telling me what I have to do!

Judgment is not your handyman!

Sure enough, here she comes.

Aw, I failed to capture Shokuho Misaki.

I hate to do this, but I have
to think about protecting myself now.

Can you handle the rest there on your own?

Oh well, I guess that's that.

I can do this! Her force is insane,
but I can nullify it with my right hand!

Which means...!

No, no, no, no, no, no...

...that's not playing fair!

Hyper Eccentric Ultra Great Giga Extreme...

...Hyper again...

...Amazing Punch!

You okay?

Y-Yeah.

Thanks, you saved me.

Something pretty wicked over there, huh?

Pretty gutsy to grow horns and all.

Okay,

let me take care of things from here.

Huh? Oh, no...

I know her, such that she is.

Thanks, but I can't leave this to anyone else.

But she's nothing to sneeze at.
You should really take shelter.

Also, I'm not trying k*ll her.

From what I hear, it's pretty close
to say she's being controlled.

Being controlled? Then she's short on guts, huh?

I'll knock some into her!

No, that's not the matter here.

Hey, she's just lost her way a little
and is acting up. If she had more guts...

Listen to me, will you?!

He slapped the lightning away?

He canceled out the lightning?

--Who is this guy?
--Who is this guy?

I'm Sogiita Gunha. And you are?

Kamijo Toma.

All right!

Try not to get in my way, Kamijo!

Right back at you!

If what Shokuho Misaki said is true,

then Kozaku Mitori must be hiding herself
in a building near Misaka Mikoto.

That being said, this area is packed
with research facilities.

Finding a single person
among all this will be hard.

I guess I have little choice.

Uiharu!

Run all of the cameras
within an 800-meter radius

--of the Judgment building in School District 2.
--I'll help with that.

Check to see if Kozaku shows up on any of them.

Also, calculate the blind spots
of the cameras and send them to me.

I will sweep around those.

Huh?

M-Miss Shirai, all by yourself?

--You need more help--
--There is no time for that.

Besides...

Besides...

I had faith in you, Kuroko,
and was sure that you would save her.

Working not only as a member of Judgment,

but also having her trust

did not feel all that bad, surprisingly enough.

An interesting technique you have there,

but I'm starting to grow tired of it!

Hey, Sogii--

Is that...

...an iron-sand barrier?

Iron sand?

Playing in the sandbox, huh?
She still doesn't understand what guts are.

Wha--? Again?!

Stand back, Kamijo.

That right hand of yours
really is fascinating, huh?

Yeah. If I can, I'd like to touch her with it,

and see if it will turn her back to normal.

But I can't even get close to her like this.

I see,

so that's the situation.

All right, leave that to me.

Huh?

Super...

...Amazing...

...Punch!

Awesome--

Now's your chance!

No, no, no, no! Just a second,
just a second, just a--

Off you go!

Ah, what the hell...

Wait, how am I supposed to land?!

Huh?

Found you...

...Kihara Gensei.

"Next episode preview"

My goodness, things certainly
have taken a strange turn.

"Next episode preview"
"#12 Exterior"

I would like to question
Shokuho a little bit more,

but at the moment, Kozaku Misaki comes first.

My, how resolute you are, Miss Shirai.
You're looking pretty good.

Could I ask you to please stop
speaking directly into my mind?