How could DA have possibly come from the same roots as Antiskill?
They may be the same roots, but theirs have gone rotten.
Th-They're... Nakimoto's cleaners?
Where are you headed, out-of-season Santa?
That's the huge bag with the girl in it they mentioned over the radio.
Damn it, I'm getting it from all sides.
But then, it's just what I need to help with my rehab.
"A Certain Scientific Accelerator"
"#06 Scavenger (Corpse-Eating Squad)"
It only took the four of them to bring down that multi-legged weapon.
There is no record of these four in the esper database.
Why aren't they coming up?
They may be a dark-side organization.
Those are some bonus points. If we recover the girl in the bag,
I can guarantee some additional compensation.
Let's see you in action.
Okay, here we go!
Let's see how well...
...this goes today!
In the zone!
Hey, Naru!
Watch it, will you?! Hold back a little more!
Oh, sorry, sorry! I get a little too excited, you see!
Every time I think I get to kill a teacher!
Now then, how should I kill her?
Mess around by pulling her arms out of her shoulders one at a time?
I'm not your toy.
Or maybe I'll snap her neck, and let her twitch!
--Like I said, I'm not your toy. --Take that!
Which would you like?
Why do you have such a beef against educators?
Educators? Oh, you mean teachers?
Yeah.
I mean, you guys are the root of all the evil, aren't you?
Mm-hmm. Everyone knows that.
Academy City is like one big school.
So it's obviously the teachers' fault if the city isn't run right, isn't it?
Which is why, if we drop the hammer one by one
on the teachers who neglect their duties and let the city get this bad,
then someday, we'll arrive at the headmaster or the principal
or whoever the source of the evil is,
and after we squash them nice and flat, we think it will be a better place.
Don't you think so?
You think so, too, right?
Mm-hmm.
You're wrong!
Sure, there are people like DA here. But those of us in Antiskill
have the resolve and the determination
to risk our necks to keep the students of Academy City safe!
There are teachers like that?
Of course not!
Yeah, no way.
You rotten scum!
You kids should listen and do what we grown-ups tell you!
Die, you filthy brat!
A DA survivor?
So, a former teacher.
It's pretty low to be shooting at students, no questions asked.
--Yeah. There really is no helping teachers. --Damn... Damn...
Yaku, would you finish him off?
Yeah, okay.
Get out of there!
Wh-What is this?
Minus 269 degrees.
My own specially-formulated refrigerant.
I can still... b-bring justice...
Controlling the specific gravity here is the key point.
J-Justice... to this city...
Bye-bye!
Why...?
Sorry to keep you.
Now it's your turn, teacher.
Run. Take her with you.
I'm counting on you!
That thing is meaningless against me!
Huotou! Don't let her get killed!
Acknowledged.
Bye-bye, teacher!
All you've done is interfere with us! Who are you, anyway?
Do we have us an honor student who's here to help the teacher?
She seems different than any ordinary esper.
Honor students should know that they have to wait their turn!
Naru, kill the honor student.
The teacher comes first.
Oh, butt out of this! I'm the one who's doing it!
The honor student comes first.
That will ensure the teacher can die in despair, won't it?
Gotcha!
Huotou!
Adonai, acknowledged.
Greatly revising upward combat strength estimate.
Releasing muscle strength to carry out elimination.
Muscle tissue rupture tolerance at 10%.
Roughly ten minutes of combat will be possible.
Now starting.
You sneaky little...!
You leave my work of art alone!
This awesomely cool mascot suit of mine
can shapeshift between defense and offense!
Are those paper charms? No, something else.
Her psychokinetically-imbued paper has the hardness of tungsten alloy
combined with the flexibility of fabric.
Paired with her twisted modeling style and fighting sense,
her practical combat skill is second to none.
I'm gonna skewer you!
Huotou!
Take this!
You're dead!
Huotou!
Adonai, there is no problem.
Huotou...
It's hopeless. The way things are headed, Huotou will be beaten.
I can bolster her strength using magic,
but in her current shape...
Physical injury level 4. Revising combat-capable time downward.
Heh, the honor student is a real trouper.
I have to save Huotou. Think! There must be... There must be something...
Okay, here I come!
This should do it!
To finish you off, a Giant Stamp!
Flattened!
She's dead for sure this time.
Naru?
That stings...!
Wh-What is that?!
Armor of the Dead.
She's a psychokinesist, like Naru, who can use dirt as a medium?
Damn it! Do you think something like that
can stop my specially-made mascot suit's attack?!
Killer Punch!
That stings again!
It's no use. I don't know who you people are,
but I've just about reached the limits of my patience.
Get out of here!
No way. Nyah!
Good grief.
Naru, wear her down. It's just dirt.
Mankind has dug holes in every kind of earth, no matter how hard.
Oh, that makes sense!
My new creation...
...is an excavator version!
Hey, don't run away!
Why, you... You...!
Stop running away!
This time I've got you!
I'm getting dizzy...!
It looks like it's hard for her to control such a complicated component.
It would kill with one shot, but for as unimaginative as it is, it's avoidable.
So we need some bait to catch her with.
Naru, go after the blond!
Huh?
Just do it!
No good. I can't move right now.
Say your prayers!
Huotou?!
She took the bait.
Oh, my first hit! Now to keep it rolling!
Speed up!
Huotou, stop!
This is not a problem. Adonai, please run away.
Huotou, don't do this.
Adonai, your safety is my first priority.
Ah, I hate grade-grubbers.
Increasing rotation!
Enough... Stop, already...
I'm begging you, please stop!
--Not... --Not...
--...a... --...chance!
How? How can you do something like this?
Hmm... For justice, maybe?
This isn't justice.
Oh, I see. Your kind of justice and our kind of justice is different.
Not that it really matters.
Back to work.
Okay, first I kill the honor student, and after that, the teacher!
Then finally, you. Lose all hope in this world before going on to the next.
Why...?
Why is the world full of nothing but despair?
Mm, it's all the teachers' fault.
Which is why...
I'm going to make sure to kill you all!
You're finished now!
Wh-Who is that?!
Naru!
What?!
For Pete's sake,
go play "school arts festival" by yourself.
Otherwise...
...you'll get people like me dropping by.
Nice. What a lovely face.
A look in his eye that's part killer, part crazy,
and a skewed mouth that's all but grown desperate toward the world.
Mm-hmm, I'm also getting the same whiff from him.
Nice going! What do you say you come along on our teacher-hunting trip?
Ugh, Leader's dreadful taste is kicking in again.
Naru, are you okay?
She takes a little interest in someone, and then can't help but invite them in.
Naru, you weren't hurt that badly.
So, what do you say? I'm sure it will be fun!
Thank you for saving all of us.
You're in the way.
Huh?
Take them and get lost, now.
Right.
Hey, you there! With you along, there will be exactly five of us,
and I'll even give you what would be the black position in a sentai show!
That's appealing, right? How about it?
Hey, come on, stop ignoring me!
Tch.
Say something, would you?!
Something, eh?
"Some-thing-would-you."
Huh?
What?
You just told me to say something, didn't you?!
A bug is about to be smashed by a bug!
--Leader! --Leader!
Wh-Who is this guy?
He's bad news.
Time for a tactical retreat?
If we do that, we'll get demoted!
Then what do we do?
Yeah! My techniques don't work against him!
Ah! I can't take you two complaining!
We'll use a combination attack.
--Huh? --Huh?
Nobody has ever escaped from a Scavenger combo attack. Am I right?
We are the unbeatable...
...Scavenger!
Hey! We're not done yet!
Good. He can't move from there if there's no frictional coefficient.
Naru!
Burst of Artwork!
There, all done!
Yaku!
Oh, the honor student guys are back.
They're too late. He's already inside there.
A liquid thermite reaction.
The heat released from such a reaction reaches 4,000 degrees.
My guess is that there won't even be any bone fragments left.
Oh--Oh, no...
The Iron Maiden--a fitting end for a wanton criminal.
Now, the teacher is next.
We have to crush the teacher pest.
Begging for your life won't help.
"Teacher" this, "teacher" that--give it a rest, already.
As of right now, I'm the teacher.
I'll teach you the right way to be a villain.
S-Seriously?!
Our combination was perfect.
This isn't possible.
Who exactly is this guy?
Accelerator!
"Accelerator"?
I've heard of him before.
White complexion...
White hair...
Red eyes...
Y-You're telling me he's the... f-f-first-ranked?!
This is the ability of a Level 5?
Hey, are you already out of your little tricks?
What are you looking at me like that for? You're starting to bring me down.
Celebrate! I've found a nice bed for you!
Did you know that human bodies have something called bioelectricity?
I'm going to tweak yours just a little bit. Enjoy!
At least look like you're having fun. I guess you can't, huh?
This bed doesn't look too comfortable to sleep in.
How dare he do that to Seike?!
Leader, your instructions!
We have to defeat him!
You bastard!
Naru, wait!
What do we do? What can we do?
Die!!
We're supposed to defeat the 1st-ranked?!
Tch.
That was no fun.
No, no fun.
A cheap trick like that...
...won't work against me.
Naru!
Leader, Seike and Naru are...
Accelerator... The greatest esper in all of Academy City...
His ability is vector manipulation...
--He can freely control the direction of every kind of power in the world...
--Snap out of it! The two of us have to do something about him!
Leader!
Did I go and break her brain?
Too slow.
That just leaves you.
Bad as I am, it's not my style to pick on defenseless kids.
So, what to do...?
Huh? Come on, say something, would you?
Imagine, a little kid walking around down here, wetting her pants.
Of the 2.3 million people in Academy City, seven of them are Level 5s.
Running into one is like winning the worst-case lottery.
No bonus, and our fee from our clients will inevitably be reduced.
Tch.
Accelerator!
Huh?
Is it over already?
Damn, that wasn't very much rehab at all, was it?
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