02x18 - Specimen Number (Serial Number)

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Archbishop!

W-What?!

Ow-w-w...

Is the item written in this report true?

They do say that the world moves at your word.

How dare you suddenly set foot into a lady's bathroom, Stiyl!

It's most inappropriate for a clergyman!

Whatever, just answer me!

Now,

please fill in the details. Now!

My vestments are clinging to me,

immodestly revealing my extremities...

This is wrong! Look away, Stiyl!

I do not mean to let anyone who pleases see my body!

I'm always running after you

"A Certain Magical Index II" I'm always running after you

"A Certain Magical Index II" You are my ideal

You are me

Kore ijou tooku made tobenai tori ga ita

Kizu mo nai rippa na hane de aozora wo najitta

Kono basho mo warukunai

Ano sora wa takakunai

Kono basho mo yoku wa nai

Karada de kanjiru sokudo wo osorete'ru

Dare ni demo chansu wa moteru

sono saki e yukenai

Hontou wa tobitatenai

Hontou wa tobitachitai

Ima kanaetai negai no mukou de kagayaku

kimi ga iru

Hitomi ni utsusu

"Mirai ni tatte itsumo tsuyokute"

sonna kimi ga boku sa

Kimi wa mada mabushii kedo

onaji kimochi de kono te nobashite

itsuka tsukamu genjitsu no boku ga

kimi ni naru yo

Why would the archbishop buy us such a complicated,

problematic device as this?

For Pete's sake,

you can just do your laundry down at the river, right?

The river would be going too far.

Mm-hmm, apparently, you are supposed to press this button.

Are you sure you won't give in and wash by hand?

Let's try to press on a little longer.

Our dream fully-automated washing machine is right in front of us.

Didn't you already finish today's wash this evening?

That's right. Since we don't have any laundry...

No...

We have laundry right here.

You don't need to take your clothes off to make more laundry!

And don't you two copy her!

I do have to say, a Japanese yukata

seems put together to make it very easy to take off.

H-Hey!

Oh... Miss Kanzaki, you are one of those who forgoes underwear.

This is the way you wear a yukata!

It really is quiet.

I only wanted to see one work.

Hey, Far East denomination...

I am a retired ninja now, but what is it?

In the manual here,

it says "please separate non-colorfast items."

Is that dyed sash of yours gonna be all right?

C-Cancel! Where is the cancel button?!

You really are not wearing underwear, huh?

Oh...! Gekota! Gekota! Gekota! Gekota!

Ugh, good grief.

Did you finish the paperwork?

Wait, huh?

Eh?! I can get a Pyonko together with my Gekota?!

All right!!

I guess that means... you're Misaka's sister?

"Yes," affirms Misaka,

including her serial number, , just in case.

I didn't recognize you without your goggles on.

"Have you seen a Misaka about this height?"

asks Misaka, indicating a level slightly lower than her chest.

Have you guys come up with a way to change your sizes?

"Judging by your response, you apparently have not,"

says Misaka, disappointed by your failure to be of any help.

"Misaka had her goggles stolen from her.

They must be recovered at once,"

says Misaka, implicitly appealing for help through upturned eyes.

N-Now, it's kind of hard for me to tell you apart.

Maybe you could start by taking off your blazer, or something.

Hey, what are you pulling your skirt down for?!

Forget it, forget it! Don't take anything off!

I know. If you wore some kind of accessory, I could tell you apart.

Accessory?

Like, say, a ring maybe.

A ring?

"At that time, she obtained top-secret information

that if one places a ring received from a boy one likes

on the left ring finger, one is a winner."

Nah, a ring wouldn't work. It doesn't stand out enough.

Something I can tell at a glance...

"Right now, Misaka is playing tag with one of the lower-number units,"

says Misaka Misaka, offering a status report.

"I can't come home right now, but I hope you'll make me dinner,"

says Misaka Misaka, placing her order.

Why that dirty brat!

Maybe I shouldn't have opened my home to all three of you.

If only she had called my cell phone,

I could have found out where she is.

Hey, let go of me! Let me go!

Whoa...!

Well, Kikyo, it's your turn to stay here.

We're going out to look for her, right?

If I can analyze the sounds in the background,

I can narrow her location down.

Now, you just let Big Sister Yomikawa handle that.

Isn't that abusing your authority?

Finding lost children is part of my job!

Okay, let's go.

A ring...

...on Misaka's left ring finger...

Listen, if you don't like that one, should we take it back?

"Please, do not take anything else away from Misaka,"

says Misaka in an earnest, lowered voice.

"Animal Donuts"?

Oh, these look yummy!

Don't mind if I do!

Tweet-tweet-tweet-tweet-tweet...

"These chicks are smart, not to bite,"

utters Misaka in a voice of wonder.

They said there were still in the experimental prototype phase,

but these are pretty good.

They may be experimental...

...but Misaka respects the lives of these chicks...

W-What are you sparking for?

Hey, you guys, what are you doing?

M-Misaka...

"M-Misaka just came here

to get back the goggles that were taken from me," says Misaka...

"And there was more, but now, I am fixated on these frogs,"

says Misaka, changing the subject.

Hey, now!

Explain yourself better! I mean, if you're down here...

What are those? Let me see them!

"Sissy, you can just stay engrossed in your frogs,"

states Misaka with cold assertion.

It won't hurt to look, will it?

"If you want them so badly,

you can have him buy them from that person over there, like Misaka did,"

says Misaka, pointing out the right man.

The right man?

Remember how you lost our bet,

and have to do whatever I say as part of our penalty game?

Yet here we are, in the middle of our penalty game...

and you're trying to make time with everyone else!

You really like the sound of my sister that much?!

"Incidentally, what are you doing here, Sissy?"

asks Misaka, beginning to collect information.

Well, we had a contest over the Daihasei Festival, you see.

Anyhow, I won the bet,

and as part of the penalty game, I get to drag him around, that's all.

So, like, you see...

"In other words, Sissy, you cannot be honest with him?"

asks Misaka, analyzing the data.

Huh?!

W-What are you analyzing to figure that?!

I don't have anything to hide! For one thing,

what's the point of being honest with a guy like this?!

You don't say.

Well then, Misaka will take a different route than the Original.

Huh?

"Check this,"

says Misaka, casually showing off to the Original

the accessory that he bought for her.

"Misaka also hugs him from the other side!"

says Misaka Misaka, blending herself in with the amusement!

"Misaka"? You mean, this sister's sister?!

Serial number .

"You have some nerve, strolling up beside Misaka like this,"

says Misaka, switching to serious mode before she realizes it.

"Misaka is tired of playing that game now,"

says Misaka Misaka, embarking on her next spot of entertainment.

"Do you think you're getting away from me?"

says Misaka, pulling a r*fle out of her bag.

"If that's what you call serious, it's laughable!"

says Misaka Misaka, poking fun.

"The real fun is just getting started,"

says Misaka, making the final transition to Misaka Full Boost.

"A Certain Magical Index II"

"A Certain Magical Index II" What the...?

"A Certain Magical Index II"

The underground mall?

We detected some low frequencies from the call we traced

from the message on the answering machine.

So, she's in Area U, which is to say, the underground mall.

Then, you're telling me to go there?

For now, yeah.

Then again, there's no telling whether a girl as quick as she is

will still be in the same place now.

Listen, Accelerator...

What?

Are you that afraid to direct any good will toward others?

What'd you say?

You seem to accept the good will shown to you by Last Order,

but you refuse to show any good will from yourself toward her.

It's because you're afraid it will backfire on you,

and there will be no undoing it.

You're lecturing me?

Well, I don't think someone like me could understand your gloom.

Not considering the place you used to be in.

X-S Institute, right?

Exceptional Esper Multi-Modification Technical Research Institute.

I was dumped in that place until I was .

The place was a trash heap where they'd dispose of living people.

You must have at least heard the stories, right?

It was my squad that neutralized and dismantled them.

Thanks for that.

I saw it, too--what was lying on the other side of those heavy doors.

And I was a monster that not even the X-S Institute could handle.

You heard about it from Yoshikawa, right?

About what I did in those "experiments"?

It's impossible for me to express good will.

Even so, you still hate yourself for that. Am I wrong?

There's a little rule that I impose on myself.

I will not turn a w*apon on a child.

Even if they are an esper. Do you know why?

Yeah, that's why. Sure, maybe it doesn't compare to your situation.

But it doesn't change the fact that we are both indebted.

Which means that no matter how flat-footed it leaves us,

we have to keep paying it back.

Besides, unlike me, you have power.

There are any number of ways you can do it.

What if I had used my power to stop the experiments...?

What if I could have held them back

from pushing their way down a path to their deaths...?

What if even now, it's not too late...?

What if...?

This is bullcrap.

It's by socking away this bullcrap that we pay back our debts.

Damn it all.

This is what was in the report, is it?

It's a well-made D image, huh?

For heaven's sake, what a complicated bit of mischief.

Let's contact headquarters and start checking out

the espers who could do this.

Geez...

What was all that, exactly?

That stupid jerk!

What does he think the promise he made me is?!

"st place today" "st place all-time"

I don't get it. I don't get it, but...

...it's just my luck.

"How come your shoulders are drooping like you're worn out?"

asks Misaka Misaka...

...grabbing you from behind like a soothing mascot.

Hey...!

Are you that Mini-Misaka from earlier?

Toma...

Huh?

What do we have here?

So anyway, I'm out looking for Toma,

but along the way, I got hungry, and then...

You can eat, or you can talk; pick one.

Now then, didn't you have something you wanted to tell me?

Mm-hmm. Thanks.

Just one word, huh?

You know what? My name is Index.

Don't introduce yourself when your face is dirty.

Have you ever seen this kid?

Nope.

Take your time, would you?

I never forget the faces of people I see.

Ah, this is great!

Now I can look for Toma without worrying about my stomach.

Though now that my stomach is full,

I don't think my reason for finding Toma is as pressing.

Yeah, you don't say. I'm not helping you look. Ask someone else.

Are you busy?

Yeah, unfortunately, I'm very busy.

So what you're saying is,

you're like a host computer with all the Sisters tied into you?

"Probably closer to a console than a host,"

says Misaka Misaka by way of correction.

"The Misakas have no central point anywhere,

so it doesn't really mean anything for there to be a specific individual

acting as the network's 'core,'"

brags Misaka Misaka, head held high while lecturing!

Huh...

Huh?

"Listen, you helped out Misaka during the 'experiments,'

so I came to say thank you,"

says Misaka Misaka, citing a Grateful Crane-like development!

So, what is it you're really up to?

"You don't believe me for an instant!"

says Misaka Misaka, stamping her feet,

and swinging her arms as hard as she can!

Sorry! Sorry! My bad! Look...

I'll buy you some of that if you'll forgive me! Okay?

"D-Do you think you can sway a girl's delicate feelings

by buying her food?"

says Misaka Misaka indignantly.

So anyway, Toma is always going off somewhere, leaving me behind.

It could be a kind of wanderlust--

like he's someone who goes off on a journey before he realizes it.

By the way, what are you doing down here?

Looking for someone.

The girl on your cell phone?

What if I am?

You know, I still haven't thanked you, huh?

It's okay, just be quiet and go away, kid.

I still haven't thanked you, huh?

Hey, don't just ignore what I'm saying!

It's that one girl, right?

I can help look for her together with you until I find Toma.

Huh?

'kay?

Damn it all...

You know what?

"Misaka snatched these from someone,"

says Misaka Misaka, bragging about her trophy.

What's this? I'm just starting to feel relieved,

and now you're declaring yourself to be a bandit?

Wait, those goggles...

Misaka's sister was looking for those.

"But these weren't made to fit Misaka, so she can't wear them right,"

says Misaka Misaka, a little ruefully.

You know, you could just adjust the length of the band, right?

Huh...?

A-Are you okay?

It seems like I've seen her before,

but she's too small to have been her.

Uh-uh, I don't recognize her, all right.

Then give that back! You good-for-nothing little brat!

There, all done.

"Now Misaka can see perfectly, too!"

says Misaka Misaka delightedly!

"But what it cost me is by no means a small price,"

remembers Misaka Misaka,

while nonetheless demonstrating her joy throughout her whole body!

Yeah, yeah.

"Listen, Misaka has to be going home soon,"

says Misaka Misaka, delivering some bad news.

Yeah, it is getting late, after all.

"I really do wish we could stay together longer,"

says Misaka Misaka... despondently.

"Our meeting like this was just a coincidence,

but the part about wanting to thank you was the truth,"

says Misaka Misaka, pouring out her heart.

But I think he's going to be worried.

"He"?

"If Misaka is too late, he may come looking for her.

Misaka doesn't want to be a bother or anything,"

says Misaka Misaka with a smile.

Hmm, sounds like a nice guy, doesn't he?

"He's weak. He's been hurt an awful lot,

since not only could he not protect what he had in hand,

but now the same hands that scooped them up are in shambles.

So she doesn't want to burden him any further.

Now Misaka is going to protect him!"

says Misaka Misaka unburdening herself.

Okay.

Ah, it's Toma!

The guy you're looking for?

Mm-hmm!

Tch... Go ahead.

Huh? But what about your friend?

Don't worry. I just found mine, too.

Okay then, I'll be going. Thanks.

Last Order!

Toma!

"I'm back!"

says Misaka Misaka, offering the standard greeting--

Ow!

"Hey, why do you keep chopping me without saying anything?"

says Misaka Misaka, holding her head and faking crying.

For that matter, what have you been doing up to now?

"Playing with someone,"

says Misaka Misaka, answering honestly.

Huh?!

Toma! Toma! I finally found you!

What are you doing down here?

You know what? You know what? I had that man help me out of a jam.

Wait, which man?

Accelerator!

Come quick, or you'll be left behind!

Tch, pipe down, you dirty brat.

Hitori de ii to tsubuyaita

to aru sekai no chuushin de

Tokei no hari wo orimagete

hitomi tojite'ta

Sugisatta toki wa modosenai kedo

ano hi oshiete kureta yo ne

sore de ii n' da to

Megurimeguru kisetsu ni kimi ga ita kiseki

kowarete'ta tokei sae ugokidasu kara

Ima wa sou muryoku na garakuta da kedo

fushigi da ne kaerareru sonna ki ga suru

Kimi no koe ga ima mo mada

koko ni aru kara

"Preview"

"Preview" A man in a white coat appears.

The city is suddenly awash in the scent of danger.

And then, even someone from the Right Seat of God shows up.

Next time, "The Researcher."

When science and magic cross paths, the story begins.