Hmm, perhaps I made the part configuration too complex.
But then, once the memories of 10,031 deaths arrive,
I can complete the formula.
Mm-hmm, just a little longer before our research is complete,
Hirumi.
This isn't going to cut it. Not this.
Adonai...
Yeah, lay her down right here.
She's all right. The life force flowing through her body is largely undisturbed.
Can you heal her, too?
No, I'm only checking on the state of her body.
Even knowing her condition, all I can do is general first aid.
If you hadn't come along, I'm sure none of us here would have survived.
I-I'm grateful.
Tch.
Ultimately, I wasn't... I wasn't able to do anything.
"A Certain Scientific Accelerator"
"#07 Download (Time Limit)"
What are you doing?
These aren't the sort of people that feel gratitude.
After losing to you, I'm sure they feel sorry for what they've done.
The hell they do.
The way things were headed, we would have lost our lives before long.
You really are incredible. You save people from death with your power.
I was just stomping on some annoying bugs.
You're wrong.
Huh?
I can tell by looking at them. You may have done damage to them,
but your attacks were not meant to take their lives.
You look and act like you're wild and unmannered,
but you still end up helping others.
I couldn't help but come to that conclusion.
Stop coming to your own conclusions.
You really are the only one!
Huh?
U-Um, w-would you...
...b-be my master?
Huh?
When those of us in the Rosenthal family make a promise to a teacher,
our custom is for the pupil
to present a piece of red clothing or gear that they are wearing.
It represents an offering of one's flesh and blood to the master.
By adding depth and giving form to it, it deepens the significance of the blood.
Why don't you ask the Antiskill lady lying over there, instead?
No, please don't say that! I'm begging you!
Please! Be my master! I want to learn your strength!
Huotou, you ask him, too!
As you wish. Carrying out Adonai's order.
Accelerator, I request that you be Adonai's master.
Please, I'm begging you! See?
For that matter, why aren't you wearing any clothes?
Oh, there wasn't any time. Our first priority was going after them,
so we couldn't properly equip ourselves.
You're right, the defense this provides is definitely debatable.
I know!
I can just give Huotou my outfit! That will increase Huotou's defense--
That would prove to be a troubling decrease to Adonai's defense.
What if I were to borrow Accelerator's clothing?
That makes sense!
As the master, you don't need to rely on clothing for defense.
Very well, if you'd be so kind?
If you'd be so kind?
Ah! Wait up, Master!
I request that you be Adonai's master.
You don't have to coach me at all. I'll learn on my own.
So please, be my master!
I once again request that you be Adonai's master.
There's a huge difference between having a master and not having one!
I repeatedly and earnestly request that you be Adonai's master.
Come on, please! I need you to be my master, whatever it takes! Please!
Tch, you're such a pest.
Please! If we leave them be, the world will be in dang--
Makes no difference to me what happens to the world.
And if you keep pestering me, I'll shut you up for good.
I need to stop Hirumi, no matter what!
I can't stop Hirumi... the way I am now.
I need... I need strength...
Please!
Hmph! You really are a willful girl.
What happened here?!
Tch.
Hey, you're bleeding.
Misaka suggests the need for first aid.
Huotou agrees.
Huh? Hey...
Come on, make this easy.
Come on, now.
Ah, Master, where are you going?!
What you want is none of my concern,
but Hishigata, was it? That guy rubs me the wrong way.
I'm going to find him, and crush him.
Then let me come with you!
Suit yourself.
Huh?
What is that?!
Those are Rosenthal magical arrays.
That's Taotie.
Huh?
Taotie?
A Si-xiong charm much more powerful than Huotou.
Keep back! I'm the one they're after! I'll--
You keep back, too.
Isn't this convenient?
I don't have to go looking for leads when the leads come to me.
Wait a second!
We still don't know which abilities he's enhanced! Be careful--
Master!
Accelerator!
Hmph.
The ability to switch places--"Replace."
Are you all right?!
Tch.
Do you think you can beat me two against one, you evasive bastard?
Huh? Nothing to say today?
Stay out of this.
A girl?
Hirumi...
Stop doing this, already!
Return Hirumi!
Adonai, are you all right?
Are you trying to get killed?
What is that?!
Tch, another corpse ability?
Now there are three of them.
Let the girl go!
Tch, that's what you're after?!
That was pretty sneaky of you, huh?
See you around, Esther.
You think you're getting away?!
Huotou, can you pursue?
That would be difficult. Given the extent of these flames,
70% of my body would suffer burns, and my mobility would drop below 50%.
If I were to catch up, the chances of me stopping that much mass are--
Okay, enough!
Don't do anything rash!
Adonai, there is one chance of success. Shall I execute your order?
I'm rescinding my order.
I see, and reinforcements?
Copy that. Currently standing by.
I know I saw your dead body, Hitokawa Hasami.
How are you alive?
She isn't.
"Hitokawa Hasami"
Hitokawa Hasami is dead. A pseudo-soul is just moving her body about.
Pseudo-soul?
An artificially-created soul, I guess you could call it.
For generations, the Rosenthal family line
have been necromancers, commanding the bodies of the dead as our livelihood.
Commanding dead bodies?
You don't believe me?
I don't understand the how, but I can't deny what I see.
A person who should be dead is actually up and moving around.
So, what do you have to do with those huge ability-using weapons?
I have to put a stop to them.
That's amazing, Hirumi! You can do that, too?
Right? I didn't know it, myself!
That being said, we can't have this--
moving coffins around without permission... Hmm?
You got the Sister?!
Nice going, Hirumi! That's fantastic! Leave it to you!
All right! Leave the rest to me! Mm-hmm...
Wait, huh?
I see. So the reason she was put into that big weapon
was because this "necromancy" business was used on her?
That's right. A kind developed by Hishigata and myself.
Hishigata Mikihiko, huh?
So he's the one behind all of this?
Does that mean those other weapons earlier are controlled by necromancy?
Those are even more dangerous. They use the Evil Spirits of the Numbers.
Evil Spirits of the Numbers?
Qiongqi, Hundun, and Taotie...
Special pseudo-souls, which have been fine-tuned for generations,
since their creation by our fifth family head, Nathan.
Stronger than her? I'm plenty surprised by how strong she is.
Bodies that have had an Evil Spirits of the Numbers charm performed on them
demonstrate power greatly in excess of the potential the body possesses.
But it's difficult for an ordinary necromancer to control it.
"Qiongqi"
Let alone Hishigata, who isn't even a necromancer.
"Hundun"
For him to keep using them is extremely dangerous.
"Taotie"
There are stories of them losing control, and destroying whole towns.
You don't say.
Bad news, huh?
Well, if it isn't Accelerator! Mm-hmm.
So these piles of junk have switched drivers, have they?
Ah, "piles of junk" is mean.
Unlike the prototype that you destroyed,
these three have pseudo-souls boosting their abilities up to Level-5 class.
Mm-hmm, you may be the first-ranked esper in Academy City...
You're really annoying me. Just tell me where you are, already, you shut-in.
I'll tear your body apart.
You're pretty sure of yourself.
I thought you had your hands pretty full with just Qiongqi last time.
Mm-hmm, so go ahead and wreck it.
You small potatoes are always quick to get too full of yourselves!
Told you so! Psychokinesis has greater versatility than you do!
Ultimately, your vector manipulation must rely on some medium.
Without direct contact, it's no different than any other physical phenomenon!
Whoa!
I don't care if you are using psychokinesis, or anything else,
as long as there's a force at work, then it will have vectors, too.
Don't fool yourself. No matter how many Level-5 class piles of junk you have,
it doesn't mean a thing.
I am still the first-ranked.
Amazing! Amazing! Mm-hmm!
The low-level espers I used in my experiments are trash!
Yeah! I want to put him into a coffin!
Once I do, I'm sure something amazing will happen!
Brother?
Come on.
Yeah, all right, Hirumi. First we have to achieve our goal. Mm-hmm.
So, what should I destroy next? An arm? The other leg?
Huh? I thought this was one on one.
Oh, sorry about that.
You have a lower priority level,
but I'm so delighted by our reunion, I couldn't help but butt in here.
Mm-hmm, I'll get back to my original objective.
Don't you dart off wherever you like!
Ah, too bad! The prime field ability installed within Hundun
creates "Stealth Hide," which dulls the senses of humans around it.
The ability is boosted by the coffin,
making it able to completely inhibit any and all recognition!
Mm-hmm, isn't that incredible?
She does look alive, that's all I can say.
That was my mistake.
Hishigata and I both believed it.
Actually, though, I knew the truth.
I have to put a stop to this.
You can't leave that up to those of us in Antiskill?
I sowed this seed, and now Master, who has nothing to do with this, is involved.
Leaving it in yet someone else's hands...
...is impossible.
Why are there so many kids in Academy City
who take everything on themselves?
Huotou, I hate to ask, but could you accompany me a little while longer?
As you wish, Adonai.
I'm sorry to you, too, Hitokawa. This really is the last time.
Once this is over, I'm through with necromancy.
Copying over the memories of 10,031 deaths will soon be complete.
Mm-hmm, once I download the formula that incorporates them,
you'll have your hands on the perfect ability. Won't you?
I really would have rather had the data from Last Order, the host individual.
I'm sorry about that. Mm-hmm, I had no idea DA would be so useless.
Hey, now, Hirumi, I was saving the avocado-flavored one!
Oh, sorry.
Hmm? He just doesn't give up, mm-mm.
You'll never catch Hundun by running around randomly.
Then why are they still following me?
You want me to answer that?
It's because I'm right on the trail of your pile of junk!
However invisible something may be, as long as there's a physical presence,
it will still create motion and air currents.
Calculating those allows me to pinpoint its location.
You surprise me.
My ability is pretty versatile, too.
Mm-hmm, you really are amazing!
As a reward, I think I'll return the Sister to you unharmed.
Huh?!
You are a funny one. Mm-hmm, getting so worked up and coming this far
for a single clone that you could create any number of.
What's more, she's left over from those 10,031 clones that you killed, isn't she?
I saw the records. "Level 6 Shift," was it?
Don't tell me that after chewing through so many of them,
you're now trying to play the hero to save just one of them, are you?
I don't understand why you're so concerned in the first place.
Those guys were originally...
...guinea pigs that were created for you to kill, weren't they?!
What...
...are you talking about? I...
...have simply...
...made up my mind to snap every bone in your body!
Such a dreadful thing to say. Mm-hmm, well, negotiations have broken down,
so the guinea pig gets treated like a guinea pig...
...and I'll use her in one of my experiments!
Keep on jabbering! I'm not about to give you enough time to do so!
Whoa, that's some tremendous force, mm-hmm.
I'm going to have to get out of there, or there really will be trouble.
Adonai, are we not going after those three large weapons?
If all we do is go after them, we'll just get in Master's way.
I will do what I can on my own.
Mm-hmm, I'm not sure why, but he seems pretty angry.
Do you think he'll actually catch up?
Will we make it? Will we make it?
I just don't know, mm-mm.
I have to make sure that Hishigata and Hirumi...
...are stopped. Everything that's happened...
...has happened because I came to this city.
"Next time"
"Friend"