I can't believe this.
A malfunctioning security robot'll be a big stain on Anti-Skill's reputation.
At least no one got hurt.
This is just weird...
What's wrong?
Oh, well...
These robots are brand new.
We haven't installed their batteries yet.
They don't have any batteries?
Yeah.
They shouldn't be able to move, let alone malfunction.
Maybe the factory left the testing batteries in?
Well, can't do much about that.
Yeah, sure. Got it.
Later.
Looks like it'll take longer to inspect the area than they expected.
They said to go on ahead.
Hey, Febri.
What do you think of this?
Wanna trade that pink Gekota for this red Gekota?
This one's really cute too!
C'mon, look!
No.
What if I give you this blue one too?
I'll throw in this yellow one as a bonus!
This is my Gekota!
Gekota!
If this goes on, it really will become hers...
Why'd it have to be my only rare pink Gekota?
There's only one thing to do...
Jeez, Misaka-san, you're still at it?
My, Misaka-san?
Taking your leave already?
Good afternoon!
Kongou-sa—
Mitsuko!
My, my. Aren't we full of energy?
Thanks for earlier.
I dunno what I would've done if you hadn't found her.
Thank you very much.
Come on, Febri. Say thank you too.
Thank you, Mitsuko!
Oh, my. N-No thanks is necessary.
I only did what anyone in my place would have.
Oh, hey.
We're gonna take some tea or whatever.
Wanna come with?
Oh? Join you for tea?
Thank you for your kind invitation,
but we still have quite a bit of work left.
Oh, go on.
Don't mind us, Kongou-san.
Yes. We can handle the rest ourselves.
What are you saying?
How could I, Kongou Mitsuko, abandon my friends?
Mitsuko! Wanna! Atsuki!
Bye-bye!
Have a good day!
Take care!
Now then, shall we resume our handiwork?
Oh?
Isn't that...
A chance to test the data we just acquired on the fourth strongest?
I can't wait.
I wish we had more time to prepare,
but we don't have that sort of luxury.
I'm looking forward to the data we'll get this time.
Hopefully you make this worth our while,
Tokiwadai's Railgun.
Academy City Research
Exhibition Assembly
Academy City Research
Exhibition Assembly
They've got exhibit posters here too.
So how was the exhibition hall?
To be honest, I've never been to any of the exhibits before, either.
Must be nice to have a field you can immerse yourself in.
Maybe I should research something too.
Like urban legends!
I don't think those count...
You think?
Here's your order.
Here it comes, Febri!
One special ice cream.
Oh, there's no way you can eat like that.
But don't worry, I'll hold on to that Gekota for you.
Oh, jeez. You're so spoiled.
Open wide.
Delicious!
Okay, okay.
We're finally done!
But still no leads on what went wrong with those security robots...
Come to think of it, the same goes for those traffic lights yesterday.
A series of mysterious malfunctions...
Sounds like something Saten-san would be into.
Hey, are you two free?
Like it?
Yeah! More! More!
Okay, okay.
Hello?
Open wide!
Oh, Kuroko?
Huh? Konori-senpai?
You really like these things, huh?
Oh, come on!
It's great after a long day.
Right, Febri-chan?
Y'know, Febri, there's a bath thiiiiis big inside.
Let's all get in together.
It'll be fun!
I've dreamed of bathing with Onee-sama for so long!
Worry not, Onee-sama!
I'll make sure to clean every inch of your body!
Every nook and cranny!
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
Tee
Hee
All right, let's go, Febri.
Yay!
Bath, bath, bath!
Th-This won't stop me from attaining my greatest happiness!
Here I am!
Oh, Shirai?
You're here too?
Huh?
That tickles!
Don't move, Febri!
Right. That's a good girl.
They get along really well.
Right?
Guess it all worked out, huh, Misaka-san?
Huh?
You've got a cute little sister now.
Oh, give me a break.
A little sister, huh?
See, you're all clean now!
You brought that with you?
Don't move, Gekota!
She's mimicking you.
She really is a cute little sister.
Right?
That's a good Gekota!
There, there.
Don't move.
Good girl! Good girl!
Good girl!
What a good girl!
Hey, Febri, do you like Gekota?
Yeah, I do!
I see...
I guess you can have it, then.
Take good care of it.
It's a promise!
Okay! Thanks, Mikoto!
But Gekota's always been my Gekota.
All right, then!
It's my turn to wash you, Misaka-san!
Let's make a wash train, then.
Good idea!
You too, Konori-senpai?!
Wait!
Onee-sama...
Oh, paradise is just beyond those doors!
My own, personal paradise!
Why'd you stop?
Put your back into it, Shirai.
Yes, ma'am...
All right, I'm going this way.
See you tomorrow.
Okay!
Bye!
See you!
Let's get going, Kuroko!
My bathtime...
My bathtime with Onee-sama...
Why must time march onward?
Kuroko! What are you doing?
Ruiko...
Okay, okay.
I guess the bath made her all sleepy.
Guess she's claimed your back for herself.
But only for five more days.
And we barely got to know her too.
It's not like we'll never see her again.
Feeling a little sad, perhaps, Onee-sama?
N-No, I'm not...
Gekota...
Well, maybe a little.
When Febri gets settled in at Cypress, let's all go visit her.
Good idea!
But I'll have to make sure she doesn't take any more of my Gekotas.
Oh, come on now, Misaka-san!
Oh, stop it. You already have so many.
They're not that easy to get, you know!
No Entry
Huh? We can't go this way?
I guess not.
Let's try the next street.
Detour
Huh?
Detour
This one too?
Detour
It's construction, so I guess we'll just have to take the long way around.
What a pain.
Huh?
We can't go through here...
But the sign pointed this way...
It did, right?
Let me check the map.
Huh? I've got a call from Kongou-san.
From Kongou Mitsuko?
Huh? Me too.
She called a lot...
Mitsuko Kongou
Call History
Mitsuko Kongou
She must've called while we were in the bath...
Mitsuko Kongou
I hope it wasn't urgent.
Huh?
What?
Now then,
let the experiment begin.
Febri
# 20
A Certain
Scientific Railgun
Get back!
Misaka-san!
I don't know who or what you are,
but did you really think that this would work on me?
Onee-sama!
Kuroko, stand back!
Misaka-san?
I can't control it?
It's not shielded...
Wait, this thing doesn't have any electronic circuits at all?
Exactly as the simulations predicted.
Next...
How is it moving?
I don't know,
but it looks like a manned machine.
Jeez...
What a pain!
Crap! Saten-san!
Saten-san!
Uiharu! Call Anti-Skill!
Got it!
Huh? What?
What's wrong?
I can't get a signal!
What do you mean?
Febri!
Don't! It's dangerous!
What are you doing? Hurry up and—
What happened?
It stopped?
Take that!
Huh?
A piece of cake, if I say so myself!
Kongou-san?
Why are you here?
Where my friends go, I go.
Huh?
More importantly, what is going on here?
Yeah. Who's behind all this?
Wait... What?
It's empty?
What's going on?
Febri!
What's wrong? Hang in there!
Febri!
Not entirely unexpected.
Our calculations were correct, after all.
Febri, are you okay?
Febri!
Is she hurt?
Call an ambulance!
But our phones...
Wait, they're working now.
Call them, already!
Right!
You again?
I wish you could have seen my glorious performance!
The robots came, one after another, but I cut them down!
No pilot, no battery.
One after another, and one after another!
Just like those security robots this morning.
It makes no sense.
I cut them all down!
We're not lying!
The security cameras in the area should show it!
It's not like I'm doubting you.
But no security cameras recorded anything out of the ordinary.
Even the cameras?
Speaking of which, our phones didn't work until we tried calling an ambulance.
Anyway, leave this to us.
But—
Your friend's in the hospital, isn't she?
You should go see her.
Right.
Uiharu.
Okay.
Excuse us.
Okay.
Sheesh.
What the heck's going on here?
What this?
Okay.
Okay, then.
Later.
They'll be here soon.
It didn't look like she was hurt.
She'll be fine, right?
I can't believe she's making us worry so much.
She's paying for this when she wakes up.
Febri!
Doctor, how's—
Her fever won't go down.
She hasn't regained consciousness yet.
We have no idea what's wrong with her.
To be honest, we're out of ideas.
We don't have the facilities to treat her here.
We're transferring her to a bigger hospital immediately.
Febri...
It's yours, right?
Hold on to it!
It's clear now that our research applies equally well to the Railgun.
Shame that the experiment was interrupted, though.
Our puppy bit the hand that fed it.
But with today's data, we can further improve our program.
So much for third strongest.
And once again, we prove...
Those who rely on their powers are powerless.
This is the great paradox of Academy City.
Now then, let's hold a vote.
How shall we dispose of Febri?
It's taking a while...
I wonder what happened.
If that thing hadn't attacked us, Febri wouldn't have...
I don't know who or what was behind that,
but it was after me.
Another innocent bystander got hurt because of me...
Onee-sama!
Kuroko! Uiharu-san!
How's Febri-chan?
We don't know yet...
I see.
What about your end?
Well, Anti-Skill is continuing their investigations.
At this point, they have no clues, though.
Speaking of which...
Why are you here?!
What do you mean?
Because I'm worried about Febri-chan, of course!
You ended up saving me again.
Thank you, Kongou-san.
Oh, yeah. We noticed you'd called us before...
That's right! I wanted to warn you!
That Febri-chan was in danger!
I saw a man I had seen before at the exhibition area.
And so I...
Isn't that...
Where are you going?
I want to have a word with him.
It seems he doesn't understand the person you are.
That's right.
I'm sure he'll come to understand.
Wai—
The target is on the move.
Yes.
I failed to reclaim Febri, but fortune smiles upon us.
Yeah, send it over here.
Thanks.
I'm sure we'll see some interesting results.
So someone's after Febri?
But I couldn't reach any of you...
We split up to find you, and I happened to—
Excuse me a moment.
Yes?
Oh, Wannai-san, Awatsuki-san!
I'm terribly sorry!
I completely forgot to call you!
Yes, I've met up with Misaka-san and her friends.
Febri-chan too; however—
Me? I'm fine.
They're worried about you.
You should go.
I can't do that!
Oh, no, just someone on this end.
You must be tired from searching all this time.
Oh, no, I'll go to you.
I mean it. Please don't worry.
I'm terribly sorry, but I must excuse myself.
If anything happens, do call us!
We're Febri-chan's friends too.
Yeah.
Thanks.
I don't understand. What is going on?
"Reclaim Febri"?
What on Earth could that mean?
Reclaim? She's not a thing...
Girls.
Febri!
Oh, Mikoto!
Are you okay, Febri?
Okay?
You suddenly passed out.
We were all worried about you.
Gekotan, you okay?
She seems to be fine...
May I have a word with you?
Does it hurt anywhere?
Nope!
Thank goodness.
Um, thank you very much.
Don't thank me. I didn't do anything.
Huh? But...
I can't help her.
You can't help her? What do you mean?
Is it a serious illness?
No, if it were a human illness, I could cure it.
But...
she's not human.
Huh?
She is, fully and scientifically,
man-made.
Next Episode
I get to do the preview?
Next Episode
Darkness
# 21
I only did what's natural for a friend!
I'm so worried for Febri!
Next time, Around the World with Kongou Airlines!
No, it's not!