02x22 - The Divine Retribution Spell

[bunniefuu]

[ACCELERATOR] I'm down to sixty seconds of control time.

But as long as I k*ll this guy, it'll all be over.

Redemption is always going to be out of my reach.

And if I'm going to be stuck in darkness

then I might as well take this guy to hell with me!

[laughs]

[grunts]

[AMATA] Why are you even fighting?

Haven't you figured it out yet?

You'll never get the best of me!

Having an off day, huh?

Aren't you motivated?

I thought you came to save the girl.

Go to hell.

Do I have it wrong?

Maybe you came 'cause fighting me will make you

seem like the hero you're never gonna be.

[AMATA] Here you are, standing in the face of a powerful evil

dashing in to rescue a helpless girl from an uncertain fate.

Do you really think that's going to make up for all

the horrible things you've done during your miserable life?

[AMATA laughs]

You'll never be more than what you are now.

[ACCELERATOR] Shut up, damn you. I already know that.

I know there are some debts I can never repay.

A hero's trophy isn't what I came here for.

You and I are going to hell.

There's no question about that.

But don't even think about dragging

the kid down with us!

You dirty, twisted bastard!

[beep]

[ACCELERATOR] Uh.

[laughs]

Ha!

[KAMIJO grunts]

Ah!

[coughing]

I have to say, you're really starting to annoy me.

[VENTO] Swinging around that right hand of yours.

Protecting that despicable thing over there.

How much longer do we have to play this game

before you admit defeat?

I'm really sick of listening to you.

[KAMIJO] So set in your beliefs, you think anyone who

doesn't agree with you is wrong.

Why can't you accept that there are people out there

who may see the world differently than you do?

[VENTO] Science is something I'll never accept!

I detest science!

[KAMIJO yells]

[VENTO] Science and scientists have never brought me

anything but grief.

[KAMIJO grunts]

Science is the reason that my brother isn't here anymore.

Science let him die!

[KAMIJO grunts]

[KAMIJO] Oh no!

Hey!

Kazakiri!

This is the kind of mess scientists make,

and you're proud of being on their side?

How can you not find everything they do disgusting?

[AMATA] Ha! When your battery dies, you're useless,

just a broken toy that can't move on its own anymore.

[thud]

Huh?

[wheezes]

[distorted] It's almost hard to believe.

You managed to fight off quite a few of my guys earlier

[AMATA distrorted] and yet here you are seemingly helpless.

[gasps]

[KAMIJO] How could you?

[VENTO laughs]

Hm?

What's going... on?

[grunts]

[KAMIJO] Kazakiri...

Damn. You little hypocrite! What are you trying to pull?

[laughs]

I can't help but laugh.

Just about every day I'm alive, I curse my luck.

But compare it to something like this,

and I'm pretty damn lucky. Right?

Uh, you lost me there.

What are you even talking about, freak?

Hang in there, okay? You'll be fine. I promise.

Index is gonna figure out a way to put a stop to this.

[KAMIJO] You know you can count on her.

Because she's your friend.

She's going to come through for you.

So just hold on.

In the meantime, I'm here. You'll be safe with me.

[KAMIJO] I won't let her hurt you!

[ACCELERATOR wheezes]

Tch. Enough! This ends now!

Say goodbye, you gimpy bastard!

[AMATA] Aw, damn!

[AMATA screams]

[chuckles]

[AMATA] Ahhh! You've lost it! You're crazy!

[chuckles]

[AMATA grunts]

[wheezes]

[grunts]

Stay the hell away from me! Uh!

[ACCELERATOR laughs]

[AMATA] Damn it! Let me go!

[AMATA] Crap! I forgot.

If he can't use his ability, I'm screwed too.

My countermeasure won't work against him anymore.

Damn it. He's willing to fight to the death at this point,

but maybe if I can rob that death of meaning.

And how the hell am I supposed to do that?

[AMATA chuckles]

[chuckles]

Take a look. It's the original script of the virus

[AMATA] that was input into the girl's brain.

You need this.

Without it, there's no way you'll be able to save her.

[grunts]

[laughs]

[AMATA] And now it's gone! I destroyed it!

She's as good as dead!

With one squeeze of my hand, I took away the only thing

in the world that mattered to you.

You hear that? It's over now!

[AMATA] No reason for you to bother fighting anymore!

Oh, yeah. This is gonna be the end for you.

[AMATA] You might want to start preparing your last words.

Or praying that you'll somehow avoid ending up in hell.

[chuckles]

Huh?

[footsteps]

Whew!

[INDEX] There she is!

[yells]

[yells]

[VENTO] Uhhh!

[KAMIJO] I've got it! When I moved to grab the hammer

with my right hand, she made sure I missed.

Which means, I can cancel the thing out. Alright.

I guess fighting you up close and personal

isn't gonna gain me any advantage.

It's kinda nice having an angel on my side.

It makes a guy feel pretty invincible.

[VENTO] Ha! The way you're going on, you almost make it

sound like that monster is helping you!

[KAMIJO] It's more than that. Kazakiri is really helping me!

[VENTO] Yeah, right!

Pathetic! Is that the best you can do?

[VENTO] I am with the Right Seat of God! Do not underestimate me!

[VENTO yells]

[gasps]

I can't see!

[grunts]

[VENTO coughs]

[groans]

Vento!

Heh, heh. Why waste your energy pretending to be

concerned about me? You've made it clear your

[VENTO] allegiance is to the side of science.

Something else happened with the appearance of the angel.

An anti-magic defense was activated

in this entire region of the city.

[VENTO] Quite effective.

It's causing what you might call a magic circulatory failure.

That Aleister has some dirty tricks up his sleeve, all right.

[KAMIJO] So just give up! Why do you keep fighting

if it's only going to k*ll you?

[VENTO] You obviously don't understand

anything, science boy!

[KAMIJO] Crap. I couldn't dodge that.

[clang]

[VENTO pained breathing]

[KAMIJO] Ha! It looks like you're the one

who needs to be rescued.

Sorry, I'm actually a little busy right now.

But I'll make sure someone comes to take you to the hospital.

Don't you dare! I have no desire to be

in the hands of science ever again.

[VENTO] I've detested science ever since

it k*lled my younger brother!

Huh?

[VENTO] It happened one day when we were at an amusement park.

There was a glitch in one of the attractions.

Riding it had no risks.

It was scientifically proven to be sound.

It had multiple layers of safeguards and

a fully-automated speed control program.

We were scared, but they made it sound like

the safest ride in the world. Well, they were wrong!

[VENTO] They didn't know anything!

Wait, you mean...?

[VENTO] At the hospital, it was just one screw up after another.

They only had enough blood to do one transfusion.

Which meant there would be no way

for the doctors to save us both.

And do you know what my little brother did?

He told the doctor, "Please save my sister."

There you have it. That's why I'm here and he's gone.

You look so surprised. You don't think a member of

the Right Seat of God should be fighting

for a reason like revenge?

[VENTO] Don't you see? That's how much I hate science.

I'm willing to do anything to bring

its practitioners to their knees.

Science not only blinds its followers

to that which is right,

it also tries to coerce the faithful into doing wrong.

It takes what is pure and overwrites it with blasphemy.

[VENTO] Don't you get it? That is the very essence of science!

It defiles all it touches! And that is why I'll fight

against it even with my dying breath!

Your science is soulless. Devoid of all spirituality.

Those who I fight beside seek to replace it with

laws that can warm the heart and bolster faith.

That's my duty! I owe it to the world for

[VENTO] having ended my brother's future!

[KAMIJO] You've got to be kidding.

What?

[KAMIJO] It wasn't science that k*lled your brother.

You can't actually believe that the doctors

in the hospital wanted him to die.

If there had been any possibility of saving

both of you, they would have.

[KAMIJO] And the park attraction where you guys got hurt?

It's not like their goal was to harm children.

Exactly the opposite, in fact.

Shut the hell up!

[KAMIJO] Your brother knew the situation, right?

The doctors explained that one of you would die.

But he deliberately chose to sacrifice himself and save you.

Think about him for a second.

Would somebody like that want you wasting your life

trying to get revenge on science?

[KAMIJO] My guess is, more than anything,

he'd want you to be happy!

I told you once already, shut up!

Why'd they let him throw his life away?

They were adults, and he was a child on the verge of death!

If there was only enough blood for one,

they should have given it to him, instead.

As far as I'm concerned, they could have used

[VENTO] my blood as well if they needed to!

His life wasn't wasted.

[gasps]

[KAMIJO] He had the facts, and he made a decision.

And it's because of that decision that you're alive now.

You think that doesn't have value?

I think you understand the real value more than

anyone else ever could.

You know nothing! What do your reassurances mean to me?

He was my brother and I stole his future!

If somebody else was in your situation,

would you tell them the same thing?

Ah!

[KAMIJO] You wouldn't, would you?

So stop saying it to yourself.

The life you're leading is both pointless and wrong.

[KAMIJO] Your brother made a choice.

His decision was incredibly selfless and courageous.

Do you really want to disgrace that?

Are you gonna spend the precious time he's given you

being consumed by your anger and hatred toward science?

Ha! Don't waste your breath. I chose my path a long time ago.

And what are you?

A faithless idiot who knows nothing about me.

You can twist my words however you want,

it won't change what I must do.

[KAMIJO grunts]

[VENTO yells]

[KAMIJO yells]

[VENTO grunts]

[retches]

[KAMIJO] The crisis that both Academy City

and Kazakiri are facing now.

The hatred for science that holds Vento hostage.

These are illusions and I am going to destroy them!

[KAMIJO] Are you ready, Vento?

Compared to the sacrifice your brother made,

this is nothing, but at least it should help you a little.

This is your chance to start over.

So don't waste it like an idiot!

[VENTO groans]

Uh!

[KAMIJO panting]

Huh?

[INDEX] Those men from before.

Do they have something to do with her, I wonder?

Huh?

[ACCELERATOR groans]

[AMATA] Hey!

Come on. What do you want? I'm a little busy here.

[ACCELERATOR growls]

[AMATA] What are you doing?!

She's in my care! Leave her alone!

[INDEX] This girl is at the core of everything.

Based on angel architecture, but made of formless telesma,

all tucked neatly away inside a human-shaped pouch.

I know that much.

What I don't know is what to do from here.

Hello? Short-hair? A question.

[MIKOTO] Call me Mikoto, you brat!

Well? Whaduya want? What's your question?

What can you tell me about an electronic network

that utilizes brainwaves?

Huh? Let me think. I guess there is a possibility that

electricity-generating espers could use identical brainwaves

[MIKOTO] to construct an EM network of sorts.

Okay. Then let me ask you about something else.

There's an AIM diffusion field spread out over Academy City.

[MIKOTO] Yeah, that's no big deal.

It's the power field naturally generated by the city's espers.

[HOUND DOGS yell]

[INDEX] If I understand what she's saying,

there's a special power that fills the city,

and it's this girl who acts as the administrator.

By restricting her mind, they're just twisting that power

to create the "angel." In which case, that should mean...

Yes, that's it!

All we have to do is find a way to untie the "knot"

they've created inside her head. Yes!

But, turning that plan into a reality

will require a unique approach.

Like a song.

[INDEX] A song can convey ideas more clearly

than simple words can.

Using rhythm and tone, it can communicate on multiple levels.

[MIKOTO] Whoa, really? Something that low-tech can actually

help us out of this mess?

Yes, absolutely. It'll be a very strong prayer.

And if all goes well, it should save everybody.

[INDEX] This young girl, my friend Hyoka, the entire city!

[ACCELERATOR] Ugh!

Bastard! Haven't you had enough?

Stop moving and die!

[laughing]

[ACCELERATOR wheezing]

[ACCELERATOR] Kihara...

Kihara!

Ha! This should be amusing.

[AMATA] You know, I'm glad, actually.

If you were defeated so easily,

this wouldn't be nearly as entertaining for me.

It's really nice to see you being so

considerate for once, Accelerator.

I've been hoping for the opportunity to punish you

for a long time. I'll enjoy teaching you a lesson

with my fists before k*lling you!

[yells]

[yells]

[AMATA] It takes more than that to hurt me!

I'm having a good time, how about you? Ha-ha!

What d'you say we shake things up a bit, keep 'em interesting.

[AMATA] You're ready for anything I throw at you, right?

[laughing]

Huh?

[AMATA] What's going on? You shouldn't be this strong.

Why are there wings growing out of your back?

[AMATA] You experimental freak!

Where is this sudden strength coming from?

It seems that you've acquired a new clearance. But how?

What value did you enter in for your Personal Reality?

[AMATA] Wait! This strange new power,

is it of the angel variety?

You monster. Do you even realize what's behind you?

k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll. k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll.

[AMATA grunts]

Kazakiri?

Hold on, I'm co--

I can't touch her. So what am I supposed to do?

I don't want to hurt the real her along with the illusion.

[distant expl*si*n]

[grunts]

[KAMIJO] Who are you?

Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt,

but I have business with this girl.

[KAMIJO] I asked you who you are!

[MAN] I am Acqua of the Rear. Like Vento of the Front.

I am a member of the Right Seat of God.

[ACQUA] Hmph. I won't interfere with you further.

This is the only business that I have to conduct here.

[KAMIJO] Let her go!

Hm. Unfortunately, I don't see that as an option.

If I left her here to be captured by the side of science,

she would no doubt be ex*cuted.

[ACQUA] You can have that if you wish.

It's been thoroughly destroyed by your right hand.

It is nothing but junk now.

Vento can no longer use Divine Retribution.

The people she neutralized

should soon make complete recoveries.

Do not worry. You can rest easy, knowing that

you have protected Academy City from further harm.

You expect me to accept that?

You would be well served to watch your tone.

[ACQUA] I think you should know I am a saint.

Do not seek a fight with me.

It will only shorten your life.

Hey, get back here!

[expl*si*n]

[KAMIJO] One battle has come to an end.

But the footsteps of another greater battle can be heard

closing in on the city. Is w*r approaching?

Next time, "Prewar."

When science and magic cross paths, a story is born.