"Crosswind is strong."
"Adjusting scope three clicks to the left."
"Wind due to buildings: swirling from three directions."
"Adjusting scope by one click to the right."
"Target codename, 'Accelerator'."
Originally, make-up lessons during summer vacation are to take place during July.
Fact is, mine were scheduled near the end of July.
But I, Kamijyo Touma, still have to deal with make-up-make-up lessons as of August 20th, today.
Apparently, it's because I skipped the make-up lessons.
The reason I use a vague term like "apparently" is because I lost my memories.
I lost all my memories prior to July 28th.
In other words, right now, I feel like I have to "pay" out of nowhere for lessons I didn't skip myself.
Two thousand yen...
Such misfortune.
Excuse me.
Don't just stand there.
Get out of the way if you're not buying.
Tokiwadai Middle School's uniform.
Who is she?
And, what's with her?
I-friggin'-have-
a proper name called Misaka Mikoto, damn it!
Learn it already, you moron!!!
So I do know her...
That vending machine eats your money, you know?
Yeah, I do.
I've got a cheating technique.
A cheating technique that will make it spit out some juice without giving it any money.
Cheating technique?
Chaser!!!
Shorts...
This vending machine is old, so the springs that hold the cans be loosened easily.
Only problem is that you can't choose what's going to come out.
And, what's wrong with you?
Do all the rich girls at Tokiwadai do these kind of things?
That's pretty much how girls' schools are.
Don't be fantasizing about girls, okay?
Maybe it's thanks to you girls doing this all the time that the vending machine is broken, eh?
What are you getting all angry for?
It's not like we've done any direct harm to you.
...It ate your money?
How much did it eat~?
T-Two thousand yen...
Two thousand yen?!
Don't tell me you gave it a two thousand yen bill?
So, you didn't drop coins in separately!
Heck, I don't blame the vending machine for eating it then!
Anyway, let me get it back for you.
How?
Like this.
Hmm, so many cans are coming out.
A two thousand yen bill didn't come out,
but I'm sure it spit out more than two thousand yen's worth of cans,
so settle with this, okay?
Hey, why are you running for your life?!
Hey!!!
Here.
Get out of your happy denial mode and carry these juice cans already.
These were yours to begin with, no?
It feels like the second I accept these, I'll rapidly evolve from bystander to accomplice, and that scares me.
Shit, it's hot!
Oh, if you're not gonna drink that Yoshinomi cider, I'll take it.
What are you all nervous about?
You look like someone who ends up with stupid problems a lot because he thinks he's weak when he's really not.
You are one that has defeated the one and only Misaka Mikoto, you know?
At least take up the minimum responsibilities of a victor or else I'll have problems, okay?
Defeated?
Be proud you were able to defeat me,
Me? Defeat her?
In what sport? What game?
one of the seven Level 5 espers in this Academy City,
Whenever girls say the phrase "take responsibility",
to the level that I can say "Ah, I lost to this strong of a man".
there's always a terrible ring to it...
Why do you look like your wisdom teeth are hurting?
Come on, just drink up, all right?
If I say this is a present from Mikoto-sensei, then underclassmen at my school faint on the spot.
Faint?
This ain't a shoujo manga, okay?
If it was just the level of shoujo manga, then I'd call that cute.
Do you know what I'm called at Tokiwadai?
Oneesama?
Oh my gosh, Oneesama!
My, my, Oneesama!
Pretending that you went to make-up lessons...
...when it was actually a pretext for this...
Let me ask, just to be sure...
What is this "pretext" you speak of?
Is that not obvious?
To have a rendezvous with the gentleman there.
It is a pleasure to meet you.
My name is Shirai Kuroko; I serve as Oneesama's herald.
If you intend on "hitting on" Oneesama,
please check with me first.
You... think...
...this weirdo looks like my boyfriend?!
That's what I thought.
Of all people, my Oneesama wouldn't be so low.
Well then, please make sure you don't make any mistakes, okay, Oneesama?
KUROKO!!!
Spread some weird rumor and I'll have your head, got that?!
Teleport...
"Oneesama."
Not another?!
Another one of you...
Misaka no. 2!
"I am her 'sister'," said MISAKA immediately.
Sister?
But your name should be Misaka something, yet you refer to yourself as Misaka, right?
Don't people usually use their first names?
It'd be a big confusion within the family, right?
"MISAKA's name is MISAKA," said MISAKA without delay.
Why are you wasting your time here?!
"If you ask for why... I am here researching," said MISAKA with a clean answer.
Ahh... researching...
Hey, Sister, come over here for a minute.
There's a lot of things we need to talk about... a lot...
"No, MISAKA has her own schedule," said MISAKA-
It's okay!
Just come.
We'll be walking this way,
you remember your own curfew, okay?
A rather complicated family, I guess?
It's so hot...
It's so cold...
It's so heavy...
That was close, that was close.
W-Wait... a minute!
Damn it.
What the hell did I do to deserve-
You...
Didn't you take your sister away somewhere earlier?
Wait, she was wearing shorts earlier, wasn't she?
"I can lend you a hand if you need it," says MISAKA as she lets out a sigh.
Oh, it's the sister.
You really are the spitting image of Mikoto, you know?
"Mikoto?" as MISAKA asks back.
"Ah, you mean, Oneesama."
What's with the hardcore military goggles?
"MISAKA, unlike Oneesama, has no skill in tracking the flow of electrons and magnetic forces,"
"and that's why a device to visualize them is needed," explained MISAKA cordially.
Ah...
But didn't your sister drag you away back there?
"MISAKA came from that way," as she points to where.
"Where shall I carry these juice cans to?" asks MISAKA while busying her hands and filling them.
It's okay, I can carry these myself.
"Where shall I carry these juice cans to?" MISAKA urges.
Like I said, it's okay, it's okay.
There's no reason for you to carry them.
"Hurry up."
Yes, ma'am.
Hey, Kamijyo Touma!
My AC broke down, so I'm here for the night.
I'll be making noise with my brother tonight, so bear with us, sorry!
Tsuchimikado's here?
He's not.
I have no idea where he is.
She is Maika, the step sister of Tsuchimikado, a classmate who lives next door.
Apparently, she goes to a maid school.
Maid schools must be tough.
You guys have no summer vacation, right?
"A true maid needs no vacation" is our school's motto.
By the way, Kamijyo Touma.
Are those the "spoils of war" from a raffle drawing you have in your hands?
No, these have been paid for properly.
A bit dirty of a job, but if you'd like one, go ahead.
Then, I'll take this.
Before I go, a tip on how to hide a runaway girl in your home:
Let the girl wander around in the city during the day...
...and take her home at night; this "feeding" strategy is the easiest.
How do you know?!
That Sister generates too much noise inside.
"Do you have that kind of hobby?" asks MISAKA in a slightly serious tone.
Don't get serious.
What are those two doing?
Hey, what's going on?
Lost your keys and got locked out?
Ah, it's Touma.
No, it's-
Hey, you're with a strange girl again?!
You...
Perhaps, that is his fate.
He raises flags with other people and goes down their story routes.
And, what are you two doing?
Sphinx's got fleas all over him, so we're getting them off of him.
Eh? Does that mean the room is full of fleas, too?!
Damn, so that's the reason I've felt itchy all over recently!
Don't worry, Touma.
What's... that?
It's a herb called sage.
Put some heat on this and it'll smoke out the fleas on Sphinx.
Smoke out...
Are you trying to kill the cat or something?
Wait, Himegami!
What are you pulling out of your sleeves?
A magical spray, that's the only thing I can say.
What are you going to do with that?
All you need to do is spray at the insect.
That's just a normal insecticide no matter how you look at it!
You plan to spray that directly on the cat?!
"Concerning the way to deal with the cat..."
"...in essence, you want to physically remove the fleas from the surface of the cat without using chemicals, correct?"
says MISAKA to confirm.
Yeah, but... how are you going to do that?
"Like this," answers MISAKA immediately.
"With a particular frequency, only the insects are killed," reports MISAKA.
"For fleas inside your room, it is best to use the fog-type insecticide," advises MISAKA.
O-Okay...
"Well then, if that is all..."
Regarding the mandatory requirement for the re-establishing of ESP card experimentation in the United States in 1992,
the material for the card was changed to ABS resin.
This is a trick to handle the problem of being able to tell the type of card...
...from the finger oil making up the fingerprints on the back of the card and...
Hey, are you listening, Kamijyo-chan?
I am, but it's not like I can gain power from listening.
Kamiyan's a Level 0 after all.
What can't increase won't increase.
But, but, you can't stop improving something you could just because you think you have no power and give up.
No. 3 in the Academy City, Tokiwadai Middle School's Misaka-san was really a Level 1,
and she worked really, really hard to reach Level 5 now.
No. 3? Her?
Kamijyo-chan, you know Misaka-san?
No, not really...
Yo.
You headed home after make-up lessons, too?
Oh, it's you.
I don't like that blimp very much.
Why not?
Because humans are abiding by the policies set by machines.
Machines?
Ah, what was it... umm...
"Tree Diagram" or something?
Tree Diagram - the most powerful supercomputer in the world, installed inside Orihime 1,
the artificial satellite the Academy City launched using "weather data processing" as a cover.
That's what they say, but does something as extravagant as that really exist?
Huh?
Oww!
Why did you do that all of a sudden?!
Ahh, I've become a bit of a poet now!
Huh?
I'm this way, bye.
That's Mikoto, right?
Oh, it's her sister.
Man, I really can't tell the difference without the goggles.
Yo, thanks for the juice and fleas yesterday.
"Your compliments were not my objectives," answers MISAKA.
What, you're not going to feed it that?
"It is probably impossible for MISAKA to feed this to the cat," concludes MISAKA.
"MISAKA possesses a very critical defect," as MISAKA gives additional explanations.
Defect?
"MISAKA's body passively generates a weak magnetic field," explains MISAKA.
"Its magnitude isn't one a human body can detect, but that is not the case for other animals."
"At this rate, it is to fear that this cat will be taken away to an animal shelter," indicates MISAKA.
You're... right... but...
"Do you know how animals taken to an animal shelter are treated?" presses MISAKA.
Hey, you picked it up, at least give it a name.
"Dog."
"This black cat will be called 'Dog'," declares MISAKA.
"A cat, yet 'Dog'... hehe..."
No, let's be serious... let's give it one that's more majestic or something...
"Then, 'Tokugawa Ieyasu'," as MISAKA changes her mind.
That's too majestic, okay?!
"Schrödinger, then."
That name is taboo for cats.
I'll be out right away, so wait here for a bit.
"Do you want reference books for taking care of cats?" says MISAKA to get confirmation.
More like knowledge and not the books themselves.
You saw them, too, right?
The Sister clothing and the shrine maiden clothing.
"I would like to remind you, just in case,"
"but mistreating the lives of cats is a crime under the Animal Protection Act," warns MISAKA.
What, are you angry?
"I am not angry."
"I am saying that just because you weren't directly involved in such mistreatment does not mean you are off the hook,"
advises MISAKA.
My bad...
Oh, is it okay for me to bring a cat into a bookstore?
"This may sound quite mundane, but please refrain from letting us take care of it, thank you," as MISAKA-
You said cats don't like you because of your magnetic field?
Then overcome that barrier, and true friendship is born.
"Gosh... with what kind of mentality can someone throw a cat like that?" utters MISAKA to herself.
Now, question.
Who comes to mind when they ask who the strongest Level 5 in this Academy City is?
Massacres that have taken place in the name of "experimentation".
Those targets are called "Sisters".
Hey, MISAKA, how much do you know?
Next time, "Sisters".
When science and magic cross paths,
this epic will begin!