Misaka's sister died.
That was when one sister after another showed up all of a sudden.
How many sisters are there?
But anyway, "Sisters"? Experiment?
Something out of this world is happening in this Academy City.
What's going on, Shocker?
Do you know something?!
"What is an esper ability" you ask?
To put it simply, it's just Schrödinger's Theory.
Schrödinger?
He was a quantum physicist...
...and is famous for the "Schrödinger's cat" experiment.
It was a very cruel experiment, so let me modify it a bit.
I have a box in my hand.
What's inside the box?
Chocolate, of course.
That's a box for chocolates.
You're wrong, unfortunately.
Candy balls are inside.
That's cheap!
It's cooked.
Okay, Sister.
What's inside this box?
You just said there were candy balls inside.
Yes, but there is also a possibility that I just lied.
50% it could be chocolate, 50% it could be candy balls.
You won't know until you open the box.
Here.
A single ball of chocolate.
No punchline.
Okay, Sister.
What's inside this box?
I saw there was a chocolate inside already.
Indeed, because you just saw it, most people would say that it's 100% chocolate.
But what if there were people that thought there was a candy ball inside?
What if they believed in that possibility and got a candy ball in the end?
For those people who can replace normal reality with their own reality,
we call them "espers".
Why...
Why did it end up like this?
Excuse me.
Are you the famous Misaka Mikoto?
There are many handicapped people in pain who can't even move their own limbs.
It won't stop raining.
Ame ga furiyamanai
雨は降り止まない
Commands from the brain are transmitted via signals to the muscles.
Isogi ashi wo hikitome
I stop my hurrying legs,
急ぎ足を引きとめ
If we had the power to control the electricity within our body,
we might be able to provide those people with hope.
Aseridasu kokoro wo itazura ni jirashiteiru
Purposely teasing my anxious heart.
焦りだす心をいたずらにじらしている
If we could apply your power, then we might be able to save a lot of people.
Hey, have you heard?
The rumor about military clones being produced somewhere inside this Academy City.
Tachidomaru koto sae wasurekaketa ano hi
On the day I nearly forgot even how to stop,
立ち止まる事さえ忘れかけたあの日
They're using a Level 5's DNA as a map, right?
Could it be that girl in our class?
Kizukasareta keshiki
The scenery that was shown to me...
気づかされた景色
Ridiculous.
Kanjite yo
Feel it
感じてよ
Kawasareru ashinami no oto kotoba wo nakushita hieta michi
The sound of footsteps overlapping, the cold road that lost its words.
交わされる足並みの音 言葉を無くした冷えた道
Sukoshi dake nagasareta toki modoshite hizashi matou yo
Turn back the time that flowed by a little and await the rays of the sun.
少しだけ流された時間戻して日差し待とうよ
Help...
A cat?
Hey.
What are you doing?
I can do whatever I want, wherever I want.
I am Railgun, a Level 5.
Delinquents that approach me for some nightly pleasure don't count as danger.
To begin with, you don't have the right to lecture me.
Cut it out.
Cut what out?
A little walk at night and you're telling cute lil' Mikoto-chan who gave you some juice after kicking a vending machine-
"From the estimated calculation using Tree Diagram..."
"By preparing 128 different battlefields..."
"...and killing Railgun 128 times..."
"...Accelerator will be able to evolve into a Level 6..."
"As it is impossible to prepare 128 Railguns,"
"we have set our eyes upon the Level 5 Mass Production Project, 'Sisters', progressing in parallel."
"Via this re-calculation, by preparing 20,000 different battlefields and killing 20,000 Sisters,"
"the same results can be achieved."
In other words, your sisters were created for an experiment that would give birth to a Level 6...
...and getting killed through the process, right?
Ahh, why are you doing this?
The fact you have those papers means you went into my room without my permission, right?
Usually, that would be a death sentence.
So, I take it you got worried about me after reading all those papers?
You thought that this was unforgivable?
Of course, I'm worried.
Well, I guess it's always better to have someone say that even if it's a lie.
I'm not lying.
What?
I said, I'm not lying!
I'll apologize for going into your room without your permission.
I'll take however many lightning attacks you'll shower me with later.
And, what are you doing?
I don't believe you obtained this through proper channels either.
What are these marks around this research facility?
They look like "shot down" marks, don't they?
You're probably thinking the right thing.
It's not like I'm firing my railgun all over the place, you know?
Machines in research facilities cost tens of millions each, right?
I eradicated them completely through the help of the net.
As a result, the research facilities have closed down,
and the project was frozen... that was my plan...
Was?
But no matter how many I destroy,
some other research facility takes over right away.
To those scientists, Level 6, something they've never seen, must be a pretty enticing concept.
Those girls... refer to themselves as experimental animals...
...and they know the context of what they say...
Human clones are a violation of international law, aren't they?
If you can expose that, even the Board would...
This city is under surveillance by the Tree Diagram satellite.
It must mean the Board has given it a tacit consent.
This was a problem I started.
That's why I need to be the one that saves them.
It's actually quite simple if you think about it...
This experiment is one that seeks to make Accelerator stronger.
If the centerpiece of this experiment, Accelerator, is gone,
then the experiment will dissolve into thin air by itself.
You're lying.
You can't defeat Accelerator.
You would've done that first if you could've.
Which means, you couldn't even if you wanted to.
You weren't a match for Accelerator to begin with.
Why didn't you ask for my help?
If you know you can't take care of this by yourself,
couldn't you just ask someone for help?
Why did you think there were 20,000 sisters prepared?
Because they couldn't prepare 128 Railguns.
Why did they need 128 Railguns?
Because by killing Railgun 128 times, Accelerator can evolve into a Level 6.
Suppose I'm not even worth that much.
Suppose even after killing me 128 times, he doesn't reach Level 6,
and that I'm able to let those scientists know their failure...
In fact, Tree Diagram has calculated that I would die by the 125th move of our battle.
So what if I lost miserably in the first move?
After seeing those results, those scientists would definitely think...
...that "things machines do are indeed wrong"...
Even if you could get by them for one calculation,
they'd just resimulate and restart the experiment again.
That won't happen.
Tree Diagram was destroyed by an attack from Earth's surface a few weeks ago.
The reason seems unknown, but...
That means, they won't be able to resimulate.
However much data they still have,
if they can't analyze it, they still have no choice but to stop the experiment.
I see.
You want to die, huh?
Yes.
With your death, the remaining 10,000 sisters of yours will be saved?
You seriously think that?
Yup.
I'm going to Accelerator's location now.
I'm going to stick my neck right into this and stop the experiment in its tracks.
Out of the way.
No.
Do you understand what you're saying?
If I don't die, then 10,000 sisters will be killed!
Don't tell me you're thinking it's okay for them to die because they're clones?!
I don't think it's okay for them to die.
But that doesn't mean I have some solution for them to not die.
Even so, I can't step aside.
I see...
You're gonna stop me, eh?
You don't care about the lives of my 10,000 sisters, huh?
I can't bear the sight of them getting hurt.
That's why I'll save them with my own hands.
This is my final warning!
Move aside!
I still don't know what kind of power you have,
but I'm not allowed to lose today!
So put up your dukes with death in mind!
If not, you will die!
Hey!
What do you think you're doing?!
Are you trying to stop me by force?
Fine.
Then I've got nothing to hold back either.
Even if you're defenseless, I will shoot through you.
I will not fight you.
I will not... fight you...
Are you stupid or something?
There's no path open to me besides this one.
This is not the daily life you know.
This is hell where 10,000 people are killed without a second thought!
Do you think that "I will not fight" will work?
Even so... Even so, I don't wish to fight you.
I'm telling you to fight me...
I'm telling you... to fight me!
I will drill a hole in you for real next time.
Put up your dukes if you're going to fight me!
Move out of the way if you're not going to!
Don't try to stop someone's will with your half-assed feelings!!
How come...
W-Why...
Why... won't you fight me?
Beats... me...
I don't know... why I won't fight you...
I don't know... whether there are other good solutions either...
But... I don't like it...
I don't want to see you get hurt.
Why... do you have to die?
Why does someone have to get killed?
There's no way I'd accept something like that!
Help...
Shut up...
I don't deserve those words anymore.
Even if there is a world that everyone wants, where everyone is smiling...
...I don't have a place in that world!
You already realize...
...that your way won't save anyone...
Even if you die and save your 10,000 sisters' lives...
You think they would thank you for the way you did it?
Shut up...
Just shut up and fight me.
I'm not the kind of good person you think I am!
I've killed more than 10,000 people.
There is no reason for a villain like me to be living in this world... none!
Why in the world... are you standing up for a villain like me?
You're not a villain.
Then why am I alive?
With that much electric flow, there's no way a normal human can live.
You went easy without knowing it, didn't you?
Went easy?
No way.
I wanted you dead...
...even knowing... you wouldn't resist...
And yet you didn't kill me!
For you, to use your own life to save your sisters might've been your last dream.
But you're too good of a person to kill the guy who's trying to take away that last dream of yours, aren't you?
The only way to save them is for me to die!
Then let that be, no?
If everyone can be saved with my death...
Isn't that a wonderful thing?!
If you think so, then move out of the way!!!
I will not.
You're gonna die.
Eat this one head on, and you won't be able to live for sure.
So...
...move out of the way if you don't want to die!!!
I will not.
Stop...
Stop... already...
Stop already...
She said she had no choice but to die.
Neither does she want to die, nor should she.
She had no choice but to die.
Isn't there any other choice?
Think.
A new... A new option...
To those scientists, Level 6, something they've never seen, must be a pretty enticing concept.
To stop the experiment, I must let them realize that nothing good will come out of the experiment.
Huh...
Looking for a very faint miracle to happen,
Misaka's sister moves toward the experiment location.
Awaiting her there is the Academy City's strongest Level 5.
What are his powers?
Next time, "Accelerator".
When science and magic cross paths,
this epic will begin!