The encounter between Accelerator and MISAKA-20001 took place.
A researcher known as Amai Ao had inputted malcode into her head.
If this is activated, 10,000 of the Sisters will begin indiscriminate attacks on all people.
What will you do, Accelerator?
What... I get no scenes this week either?!
I used to possess a human-like name before, too.
My last name had two kanji characters.
My first name had three.
It wasn't a very special name either.
Pathetic.
The virus activation time we found out was tonight, September 1st, 12:00 am.
If the virus is activated,
all Sisters will be infected through the MISAKA network and will go berserk.
At that point, no one can stop them anymore.
Huh? A man in a white coat?
Y-Yes.
He said he was a relative of the little girl, so we turned her over to him...
Umm, is there something wrong?
Definitely.
What?
Hey, this virus, if we leave it alone, it'll activate by itself, right?
Then why is he after the kid?
That's something I don't know either.
Don't you think he's already on the outside?
There are plenty of organizations that would offer him asylum.
Apparently, someone penetrated security from the outside and snuck into Academy City.
The security code in the city was changed to orange during the day.
Now, it's raised to red.
The flow of traffic into and out of Academy City has been completely frozen.
Amai should still be inside the city.
Wouldn't he be hiding at a friend's place?
I wonder if there's anyone he would've called "friend".
Good point; he's a scumbag like me.
Following the shutdown of the research facility, he has taken on a large amount of costs.
The end of the money trail means the end of the acquaintance trail.
So, he's still lurking somewhere inside this city, eh?
The second humans lose their comfort zone, the more simplistic their actions become.
Just wait a minute.
Don't tell me-
Damn it!
At this rate...
Just a bit more...
Stay with me until the virus is activated!
Now, then...
How should I play with you?
Chill, pops.
You look ridiculous.
Yoshikawa?
Yeah, I've secured the kid.
Hey, there's some electrodes stuck on the damn kid's head.
It's probably an examination kit for the Sisters' experimental bodies.
What's this B.C. operating rate?
Brain cell operating rate.
B.C. obviously stands for Brain Cell.
The operating rate of brain cells?
Hey, can't we neutralize the virus with this equipment?
It'll take quite a while to bring her back to you from here.
That's out of the question.
To overwrite the virus, we'll need a specialized incubation tank and a Testament machine.
Hey.
You...
Yes, I'm headed right for you in a car.
I thought this would save more time compared to having you go back to the facility.
Are you done analyzing the virus code?
80% of it, I guess.
I'll make it by midnight.
Sheesh.
How much trouble does this brat want to cause me?
MI... SA...
KAisMISA-KAisMISA-KAisMISA-
KAisMISAKAisMISA-
MISAMISAMISAMISA-
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Hey, Yoshikawa.
What's happening here?
Stay quiet for a sec.
I knew it.
That's how it is.
What?
What's going on?
The virus code.
It's already in activation preparation mode.
Even though there's still four hours until the time limit...
Don't tell me it was dummy information?!
Listen carefully, Accelerator.
It's too early to be lamenting.
You need to be the one to do this.
Wait, there's still a way out of this?
Before the virus is uploaded to the MISAKA network,
the code is currently entering a stage where it's being encoded into a "superior command" all Sisters must follow.
That'll take approximately ten minutes.
You understand where I'm getting at?
There's only one thing you can do.
The disposal of Last Order.
You need to protect this world by killing her!
Piece of shit!
While I may be the "strongest", my power is only good for changing the direction of forces,
and it can only be used for killing people.
The only thing I can think of...
...is to touch the skin to reverse the flow of blood and bioelectricity-
Wait. What the...
Something's not right.
Think.
Bioelectricity...
Reverse flow...
Within this data stick is this brat's... Last Order's personality file before the virus infection...
Hey, if I can take control of the brain cells,
can't I manipulate this brat's personality files?
What are you t-
Don't tell me-
Are you planning to substitute yourself for a Testament machine?
You can't.
Sure I can...
If I can "deflect",
then further down the line, "manipulation" wouldn't be...
...out of the question...
Even assuming that you could manipulate Last Order's brain,
it would be impossible to completely eradicate the virus.
If you fail, not only will the Sisters die,
but many more casualties will take place.
To prevent that from happening, we have no choice but to give up on Last Order.
Or are you saying you can prepare a vaccine patch?
Hello?
Are you listening?
I can, I tell you.
Who the hell do you think I am?
I'll do a diff with the pre-infection data...
...and just get rid of all that doesn't match!
It's a piece of cake!
Here goes.
Damn you brat...
I'm doing all this for you,
so don't give me a "I can't be saved anymore" joke.
Comparing with pre-infection data...
Targeted code count: 357081
If I get rid of all these together with the virus,
then this kid will be restored to her state a week ago.
A state before she met me.
Executing command...
Delete!
Delete.
Delete-
Code C-I-R-E-B Register M-A-E
Route A-->W, V-7-E-8
Code 08-->Code 72, transfer via Route C to Point A8-
Remaining code count: 173542
...B-C-A-R-E-M-C-O-R-E-P-O-R-8...
What I'm erasing along with the virus, eh?
And so what?
It's better for her to forget it all, right?
Remaining code count: 23891
Ten seconds remaining.
Too easy, I tell you.
Don't... interfere...
You've got to be shitting me.
I'm processing work on the order of electron microscopes here.
I don't have any computation capacity left to do a deflection.
I should just get my hands off of this brat...
...and regain capacity for a deflection...
...then be it a nuclear weapon or anything, I'd be invincible.
Geez...
I was too naive.
I thought I could save someone...
...and start all over again...
Are you dead?
You're dead, eh?
Why am I still alive?
Error.Break_code_No000001_to_No357081.
Due to incorrect processing, superior command has been aborted.
Transfer has been aborted, Specimen 20001 will restart.
Abort?
Restart?
Did it... fail?
Why...
I... I see...
You computed a deflection right before the bullet reached your brain!
Right?!?!
What do you think you're doing?
Someone like you trying to be a hero now...
I know.
A scumbag like me, thinking he could save someone at this point...
...how stupid is that...
Geez, I'm too naive.
It gives me goosebumps, too.
But, you know?
This kid's got nothing to do with us, eh?!
I did indeed butcher 10,000 Sisters.
But... that doesn't mean I can let the remaining 10,000 die.
Yeah, I know it's sugarcoated shit.
But it's not.
No matter how much of a scumbag we are...
...no matter how many reasons we come up with...
...it'll never be enough to let them be killed just like that!!!
Deflection's... not working?
In the end... you just don't have the clutch ability to finish off jobs like heroes...
And what can you do?
We scumbags are all the same...
That's all we are...
Yoshikawa...
...Kikyou...
My apologies.
I'm just a naive person in the end.
I'm not kind, but naive.
I don't have the courage to shoot you in a vital area,
yet I didn't feel like letting you go either.
Meaninglessly extending your pain...
...the crueler it is, the more naive a choice it is, perhaps...
Whatever happened here, I could only pick up from the sounds through the phone.
But at least, it didn't seem like any commotion happened outside.
Ah, don't worry about him.
I have a peculiar doctor among my acquaintances.
Just because his face looks like a frog, he doesn't have a dignified presence, exactly.
People do call him "Heaven Canceller" though.
With his skills, the kid will still live.
Why?!
I don't understand!
With your personality that only weighs every aspect between risk and chance,
this decision of yours doesn't make sense!
I... never wanted to become a researcher like I am now...
I wanted to become a school teacher.
Not some strict role like an instructor or professor,
but a kind teacher... was what I wanted to become.
I want to remember each and every face of my students...
...and listen to them when they have problems they want to talk about.
Smiling at them, without asking for anything in return.
I want them to make fun of me when I shed tears for them on their graduation day.
That's the kind teacher I wanted to become.
I must still have attachments to that dream.
For once, I wanted to do something kind, not naive.
An act just like a teacher doing everything she can for one child...
I wanted to do an act like that.
It's over, Amai Ao.
You're afraid of dying alone, right?
Then, choose my life to take along with yours.
I will not let you choose a child's life,
and I swear that by the kindness that lives in me just this once in my life.
Kindness doesn't fit you at all.
That's just... strength...
I... survived... eh?
Of course.
Who do you think performed the surgery?
Although I think my heart was shot at point blank...
To be precise, it was actually a coronary artery extending from the heart.
Either way, you were pretty much dead on the spot.
So if you want to thank someone, thank that kid.
It seems he has the ability to control the flow of blood.
It was as if he had an invisible tube...
...and didn't allow a single drop of blood to spill between the broken ends of your artery.
He subconsciously kept using his ability the entire time until you reached the surgery room.
This, even when he was walking a fine line himself...
He has some damage to his frontal lobe.
His language ability and computation ability...
...it'll affect these two abilities of his...
Computation ability?
Then, his ability's-
Well, it's probably fine.
To make something that can't work anymore work again is my policy.
I will help him regain his language and computation abilities.
I will.
You seemed to have made something pretty complex,
so I'll be using that.
Linking 10,000 of those should be more than enough to make up for one person's language and computation abilities.
The MISAKA network?
What about Last Order?
You don't have to worry a thing about that little girl.
I'm taking care of a similar child at home.
Well then, I'll be going.
What are you going to do?
What am I going to do?
Looks like the higher-ups found out about this incident.
The research facility has been closed.
The experiment has been completely terminated.
In other words, you're fired.
I see...
Then I can't live as a researcher anymore...
There's plenty of other paths!
Hey, please.
Save him.
If you can't, I won't forgive you.
Who do you think you are talking to?
That is my battlefield.
And I will return from my battlefield,
bringing back a patient who has been fighting all of his life.
I'm the guy that butchered 10,000 of those Sisters.
And you're asking that bad guy to save who now?
See?
He was able to do it if he tried.
Opening day of second semester.
Shockwaves are sent throughout Academy City, caused by the magician intruder...
...and a new mysterious transfer student.
"Imaginary Number Sector"? What the hell is that?
Next time, "Counter Stop - Unknown Entity".
When science and magic cross paths,
this epic will begin!