02x07 - Coordinate Relocation (Move Point)

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Just as tranquility had supposedly returned to Misaka Mikoto's life,

darkness once again looms over her.

A mysterious organization operates in secret

concerning the wreckage of Tree Diagram.

A Level esper, Musujime Awaki, uses the technique Move Point.

And as for Shirai Kuroko, who has caught a glimpse of Misaka

as she continues to wage her lone secret battle...

"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!

"# Move Point (Coordinate Relocation)"

What is this?

There aren't any civilians in here, are there?

It looks like you might have underestimated me,

assuming I wouldn't teleport myself, huh?

I can do it anytime, if I want to.

As long as I really want to, the trauma isn't...

Do they not call it "trauma" because it is not so easy to overcome?

Two years ago, you teleported yourself, and were seriously injured.

You probably miscalculated your coordinates,

and ran into a wall or something, did you not?

Oh, my, what a poor show.

There is no need to panic. I avoided anything vital.

Although, all I have done is pay you back for where you got me.

Here is some styptic gel. It works quite well.

Now, please, go ahead and crawl around on the floor

while you treat your injuries.

Do that, and we will finally be even.

You are quite concerned about your Tokiwadai Ace, aren't you?

But is she really worth doing all this to protect?

The selfish, sentimental, fantasy world that only Railgun dreams of?

Well of course I want to protect it.

However selfish she may be, Sissy desires something--

the circumstances where you and I do not have to do this.

If she wanted to, with a single coin,

she could blow everything to little pieces.

Even so, Sissy is someone who can say with a serious face,

amid any amount of despair, that she does not wish us to fight.

Do you think that I am going to give the boot to such a wish?!

I am now going to have you return her to her day-to-day life.

Just as somebody somewhere wishes, and to which I am sympathetic.

In that case,

what if I trample on those wishes?

I guess I would win, huh?

I don't fall for the same trick twice!

I can't teleport!

What's the matter? In so much pain that you couldn't teleport?

Tell me, have you heard this story?

Once upon a time, in some place,

there was a powerful esper and organization.

The organization thought that by increasing their number of espers,

they could obtain a great deal of power,

so they manufactured many clones.

However, they ended up with a real mess.

The poor little sheep that they got

were colossal failures, not even % as adequate as the Original.

"Okay then,

we will organize all the information we have so far,"

asks Misaka over the Network to an unspecified number of units.

"Currently, the only Remnant that can possibly re-establish Tree Diagram

is somewhere in Academy City.

The name of the organization that is after it is the Science Society.

There is no question about that, right?"

confirms Misaka once again.

"There is no question," affirms Misaka .

"However, ,

you, of all the units out there, suffered especially severe damage,

so shouldn't you concentrate on healing?"

says Misaka , expressing apprehension.

"It doesn't matter," replies Misaka immediately.

"The reintegration of Tree Diagram

is something that absolutely must be stopped,"

says Misaka , remembering the faces of that boy and girl,

renewing her determination.

"Acknowledged. We will leave it to you,"

says Misaka , nodding her head.

"If you would be so kind," says Misaka in support.

"Misaka asks you as well," says Misaka Misaka by way of request.

In fact, Misaka wants to do something, too!

Sitting around doing nothing is not something Misaka Misaka can--

Hey!

Pipe down. What are you babbling about over there?

"Nothing at all," says Misaka Misaka, hands over her mouth.

Tell me, Miss Shirai,

despite having a perfect copy of the genetics of the Original,

as well as the undergoing the exact same ability development,

how is it that the clones can't reach the same level as the Original?

Could it be...

...that there is something else involved besides brain composition?

Once that gets identified, do you think that non-humans

will be able to master abilities, as well?

Something with a brain comparable to or even superior to people?

They could be a lot closer than you'd expect.

What are you talking about?

You cannot mean machines that possess abilities!

A machine is just a machine. However, they can make predictions.

If there were a machine that could perfectly simulate any phenomenon...

I could ask it about any possibility.

Whether or not there are things

that could use abilities in place of humans.

For example, dolphins are called humans of the sea,

and ant societies have strict rules of order and discipline.

Esper abilities cannot just be the privilege of mankind.

But if so, why don't any non-humans have them?

That... is what I want to know.

And to that end, I...

...will build a new Tree Diagram from this Remnant!

Ee-yow!

Why would you suddenly do that for no reason?! Come on! Let go!

I mean... I'm sorry. Please let go, Miss Index!

You're so mean, Toma!

Eh?

After I took the trouble to think up a neat tongue-twister for you!

Now, look, how does "Toma takes in tofu too far away, the tomfool,"

not make fun of me, no matter how you look at it?!

Er, I didn't mean that.

Misaka...?

"I have a favor to ask..."

says Misaka looking directly at your face,

while pouring out her heart.

Please come save Misaka and Misaka's sisters' lives.

I won't allow it.

Not those experiments.

I can't let them start them up again, no matter what.

"Antiskill Case Response Record"

"Property damage to an Area F restaurant,

in what appears to be a skirmish between espers."

That idiot!

I've been looking for you, Zapper.

Been looking for me? Why?

Why are you doing this again?

Hey...

"A Certain Magical Index II"

"A Certain Magical Index II" Let's go, Zapper.

"A Certain Magical Index II"

That is why you collaborated with an outside organization?

Yes.

Even if I do possess this valuable Remnant,

I can't restore the thing by myself.

That's why I needed an outfit with technical skill, intelligence,

as well as a purpose. Miss Shirai, tell me, how did it feel?

When you first obtained your ability?

To be honest, I was afraid.

Possessing this kind of power was scarier than anything.

If it didn't have to be a person-- If it didn't have to be me,

then why is it that I have this kind of power?

The ones I am with also bear the same concerns.

They all curse their own abilities, and have been seeking answers.

That is why they're working with me,

and were even willing to shield me.

It's happened to you, too, right?

You used your ability, and ended up hurting someone?

I know what it's like. You are a lot like me.

How about it, Miss Shirai?

If you'd like to learn the truth together,

then I would be glad to invite you in.

I must decline.

Did you think that you could win over me, Shirai Kuroko,

with your own self-fascinated prose?

I guess villains really are full of empty talk after all.

Don't you get it? We espers may have avoided becoming monsters!

--These dangerous abilities are-- --Ridiculous!

Abilities are just abilities, no matter how far they are carried.

How the power is used depends on the person.

You are a fool if you have not realized something so obvious!

You are afraid of power? You don't want it because it hurts others?

Please, do not make me laugh.

Whether or not you have power,

it does not change the fact that you are someone who hurts others!

It turns out that your way of talking is nothing more

than a sneaky evasion of your openly condescending attitude,

in which you think you are special, and those around you are average!

And right now, I am going to take that cankered nature...

...and b*at it out of you!

No...

No, stay back...!

I'll k*ll you.

How dare you make me cr*ck like that.

If it weren't for you...

I still could have been somebody!

My Move Point can move a maximum of kilograms.

I can hit this place, even from far away.

You, to say nothing of this building, will be destroyed!

Oh, did you still need that case?

I'm gonna destroy you!

Because you're the one who destroyed me.

I have to get you back in full for that!

Sissy...

... kilograms...

That light!

Sissy!

You must not come up here, Sissy!

Kuroko!

Just who... are you...?

This is A calling M.

Status report to follow code confirmation...

You've got some nerve,

swindling a kid, then watching from a safe distance!

What do I do?

What do I do now?

I gotta say...

...here I am, going to more than a bit of trouble to get out...

...and what do I find but some foolhardy third-string?

It can't be...

Accelerator? The one not even Railgun could deal with?

The greatest Level in all of Academy City?

He's too much!

There's no way...

There's no way I can go up against someone like--

I know!

Huh?

I know you lost your power on August st!

Yeah... You don't have the ability to calculate anymore!

You no longer have the power you once did!

I feel bad for you. If you actually mean what you're saying,

then I feel so bad for you I could just hug you.

It's true enough that on that day, I suffered some brain damage.

Nowadays, I outsource my calculating.

However, while I may have become weaker,

it doesn't necessarily mean you've gotten any stronger, does it?

Huh?!

Sorry,

but the way ahead goes only "One-Way!"

Now tearfully tuck tail like a good girl,

and go on back to wherever you came from in disgrace!

But then,

it's true, in the shape I'm in,

I may have to step down as Academy City's top dog.

But even so...

I've decided to keep acting the top dog in front of that kid.

Damn it all.

Look, look, Toma! I finally mastered the method of buying drinks!

Yeah.

Hmm? What's the matter, Toma?

Tell me what isn't the matter!

I came to pay my respects to Shirai...

There was nothing I could do,

so I went to visit Misaka's sister, when...

It's just my luck.

So, what did the Remnant turn out to be?

You heroically walked out with that naked girl,

but after that, you didn't yield anything, right?

Yeah. The girl behind it all had been beaten up by someone,

and the contents of the case were strewn all over.

Man, there's no telling who might have gotten to her.

So as it turns out,

Yomikawa says she was off smashing up the "Science Society."

"Word is that they also had contact with Amai Ao,"

reports Misaka Misaka.

Oh, yeah?

"Hey, why are you blowing it off like it's nothing?!"

--asks Misaka Misaka-- --Put a sock in it!

Show me a little gratitude by just sitting there quietly for a bit.

The weather forecast did not get it right, did it?

Hmm, you're right.

Sissy, I found something out.

That place is the world in which you fight.

Kuroko...

Everything that happened was due to my inexperience.

As such, Sissy, please smile, okay?

I will look to that smile to get me back on my feet again.

Mm-hmm.

Thanks... Kuroko.

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" The Daihasei Festival, Academy City's greatest event,

that all of students get fired up for.

A new magician uses the occasion to sneak in. But what is her aim?

Next time, "The Daihasei Festival."

When science and magic cross paths, the story begins.