That's the place.
I never expected...
...to come back here again.
There's that old familiar smell.
Hey, the door isn't over there--
Huh?
Already disposed of.
Not even being able to read minds would help with him.
Qiongqi...
"A Certain Scientific Accelerator"
"#03 Numbers (Charms of the Four Perils)"
I never figured on you being the one to come to me...
Huh?
...Esther.
Hishigata...
...Mikihiko.
But your timing is perfect. Qiongqi has been completed.
I wanted you to see it more than anyone. Mm-hmm.
Do you think you can just get away with making something like this?!
It's a little late to be asking that, Esther.
You're the one who taught me everything there is to know
about animating dead bodies, aren't you?
You don't mean... Taotie and Hundun are already...?
Yeah.
I've incorporated the evil spirits of the Numbers that your family created.
I have nothing but gratitude for you. Mm-hmm.
It took a lot of dead bodies for us to make this many souls, huh?
You have to stop!
Have you gotten spooked?
You were manipulating the dead at your whim, too, remember?
You're wrong! I was--
I'm not wrong. From the view of the dead body,
they still end up being used to serve the pleasure of the living.
You're no different, Esther.
Stop...
You have to stop.
Hey! What the hell are you rambling on about?
Ah, so you're Accelerator, are you? Mm-hmm...
You're Last Order's guardian?
Someday, I'd like to have you as a subject.
Huh?
Is using corpses to play dress-up dolls becoming a thing these days?
Not even I would go that far.
Don't be so cold. In a sense, I'm complimenting your killing.
Ooh, momentum, heat, and wow, even electricity?
Vector control can do just about anything, huh?
I guess when you use your ability,
the amount of information around you increases.
I wonder if the key to your ability lies in there somewhere.
But either way, you're just a bystander here.
Besides, there's nothing for me to gain by fighting you just now.
So...
I think I'll make a tactical retreat.
There's no way I'm letting you get out of here!
Tch.
I have all sorts of data on you.
Huh?
The object of your vector control is whatever you touch.
In the event you aren't in contact, which is to say, at a distance,
your attacks are no different than any other physical phenomenon.
The versatility of this psychokinesis, boosted to Level 5 class as it is,
is really something, isn't it?
Huh?
Did you say Level 5?
Mm-hmm. Well,
I'll see you later.
Tch.
Hishigata is right.
I've been doing the same things that he's done.
I've controlled the dead to do my bidding.
I used them.
So what?
Huh?
I thought you were trying to stop him.
"I went and bought three lunches, just like you asked,"
proudly reports Misaka Misaka,
without saying anything about the snack for herself she also bought.
Hey!
That girl you're sitting across the bed from--
who might she be?
Who might you be?
--That's-- --I wasn't asking you!
Well?
Who might you be?
--I'm Esther Rosenthal. I do necromancy--
--Hey! --I'm Esther Rosenthal. I do necromancy--
I-I'm, um, something like a classmate of Accelerator's.
I'm here to ask him for some help.
"Nice to meet you,"
says Misaka Misaka, glancing over at your expression,
wondering what that eye contact was all about.
There's something you're hiding from me, all right.
You two-timer!
Hey...
Damn it. We're hungry. What the hell?
"Hmph. W-We could all go to a restaurant, right?"
says Misaka Misaka, giving you the chance to apologize for your infidelity.
Tch, I'm getting tired of the family restaurant, damn it.
Y-You're not mad?
I make it a policy to avoid the pointless.
Hooray!
"Hey, can I order what I want today?" asks Misaka Misaka...
This is a human guinea pig who has experienced death over 10,000 times?
She's unbelievable.
Let's go.
What is this? I don't recognize a single dish on here!
Oh, you don't say.
What kind of food is this "bee f'curry"?
It's curry.
Curry!
What kind of meat does it contain? Is it sheep? Is it goat?
It's beef.
Yes, cow meat.
And these cheese-stuffed--
Hamburger.
Also cow meat!
You know everything, don't you?
Sure do! Ask me anything!
All right.
What kind of food is this?
Crunchy food, bursting with yummy flavor!
Pork deep-fried in oil.
And this?
Ah! It's a creamy, piping-hot, delicious food!
Flavored rice with a fried chicken egg stuck on top of it.
And this?
A lumpy, tasty, delicious food!
Salmon eggs pickled in soy sauce and served over rice.
And this?
A hot, melt-in-your-mouth yummy food!
A stewed tuna head.
"All of the food here is very delicious!"
says Misaka Misaka, letting you know.
Everything is delicious, and everyone is happy, huh?
Here is your order.
This is very, very, surprisingly good--
This is very good, too.
Good, isn't it?
Good food tastes better when eaten together. This is what families do.
It is a tremendous feast.
I've never had anything as wonderful as this around me.
The science of Academy City is quite marvelous!
This has nothing to do with science.
All right, my turn.
Is that for me?
This is what families do.
Mm, it's good!
Where are you going?
Gotta make a call.
Those phony Antiskill guys called themselves "DA."
Whatever the case, they're up to no good.
I need someone who's familiar with folks up to no good.
Someone who might know something about DA would be...
What's up?
Quick question for you. Yoshikawa, do you know who DA is?
DA?
A dark side organization who seems to have ties to Antiskill.
From what I saw of their weapons, they're pretty well off, too.
Villains who love to play with dolls, and have a real passion for justice.
I don't know them.
But, I can check into them.
Thanks.
You're being awfully amenable. Does this have to do with that girl?
You only ever get like this when you're with her.
Cram it. I'm hanging up.
"We ate it all! Your friend goofed up at the fountain and drenched us, so we went back to my room! Take care of the bill!!"
Tch.
Huh?
"Jeez! It's good manners to knock, even for your own room!"
says Misaka Misaka, drilling into you the obvious, which you can't seem to do!
Taking that kind of care is very important!
Oh, is that right?
Wh-What's going on? Why are you starting a fight?
"Why are you still not dressed?!"
says Misaka Misaka, agitated by this woman's overly-bold appearance.
What do you mean?
Oh, my clothes? They're in drying right now. Besides, it doesn't bother me.
"You have to let it bother you!"
says Misaka Misaka, unsure of what the sense the person in front of her has,
and shuddering!
Why?
"They're called feminine sensibilities!"
says Misaka Misaka, showing off the knowledge she acquired reading books.
Is that right? Okay. I'll be more careful from now on.
It's pretty loud in here, huh?
Okay, Last Order, it's just about time for your checkup.
Mm-hmm.
"Okay, I'll see you later," says Misaka Misaka with a somewhat lonely face,
trying to get your attention.
You can't have it.
And have him fix what's wrong with your head while he's at it.
There's no need! Nyah!
--"Oh, the usual room, right?" --Mm-hmm.
...says Misaka Misaka, running off like the wind, leaving only her words!
Incidentally, about that girl, Hitokawa Hasami, that Antiskill wanted me to take a look at...
There was nothing I could do for her.
Not three days after her death. It was out of my hands.
Not interested.
However,
I did find this inside her mouth.
Well, I have a checkup to perform, so...
What is this?
A low-level spiritual charm.
Huh?
Do you have a few moments?
"Morgue"
My family created a kind of necromancy whereby we can transplant a false soul
into a dead body, and freely control it.
But what we have here isn't a dead body;
it's a person.
I taught him how to do necromancy without understanding that.
I was warned against carelessly teaching others how to do it.
But because of me, she was used to do something abominable.
Let's have a little look, here.
Sure enough, the conduit is still open.
As it stands, she'd call down her drifting residual information.
Even if Hitokawa Hasami were buried in a grave, she'd crawl back out of it.
And not just that--if her vessel is left neglected,
she'll be unable to pass through Heaven's gates.
I'm going to restart Hitokawa Hasami.
I'll also reaffix a Huotou, a false soul that I created,
and then close her spiritual conduit.
Is this her ability?
She must be using history and legend to reinforce her own paradigm,
and then extending out her Personal Reality.
You'll be all right now.
What...
...is that?
Stop!
Hasami?
Hasami!
Why do you do these kinds of things?
I'm sorry, Mom.
Hasami!
I'm sorry!
Hasami, what's wrong?
I'm sorry.
Hasami, I got a call from your school. What happened?
I'm sorry.
What's going on?!
I'm sorry!
What's the matter? Has something happened, Hasami?
I'm sorry.
What's the matter, Hasami? Answer me! Hasami!
I'm sorry.
I'm... sorry...
H-Huh? I'm still alive...
She appears to have regained consciousness.
That explains it. She's a Level 2 pyrokinesist.
Not a half-bad subject. Her ability is suited for combat.
Best of all, she's an "evil" criminal who's guilty of suicide.
Huh?
Good. Let's go ahead and dispose of her.
Rest easy. We will use your body to serve the cause of justice.
Stop!
Are you all right?
No problem.
You startled me, touching her residual thoughts without any warning like that.
Uncontrolled residual thoughts can be dangerous information,
and people sometimes refer to them as site-bound spirits.
We necromancers use these residual thoughts as a key code,
to let us slip a pseudo-soul into the body.
Looks like I was successful.
Now, once my Huotou is affixed to her, I can close up her conduit.
Give it just a moment.
What was that tremendous amount of data? A mind-reading ability?
One that specializes in the dead, at that. Still, it was weird, considering.
Moreover, that last vision I saw...
Those guys will go so far as to kill to get bodies?
What are you two doing here?
This is no place for children to be playing.
Get on out of here, now.
Why, these...
Come on, out you go, now.
Move it!
Things have taken a bad turn.
What?
My Huotou has already become affixed to Hitokawa Hasami.
She might start to move in front of those men.
That will be the least of their worries in a second.
Huh? Damn it, where is it?
What's wrong?
The solution...
Hey, without that, we can't dispose of the corpse.
Hey...
Are you still here? Get going--
By "solution," do you mean this?
How did you get your hands on that?!
Heh, what were you planning to do with this?
Whatever. Once it's gone, it won't matter!
Way to dodge that. But then, this is more like it.
Damn it, he's making a mockery of us.
Then again, disciplining naughty children is a part of our job.
Now then...
It's time...
...to bring about some justice!
"Next time"
"Third Number"