Huh?
The colors...
No, this can't be... But how...?
Hey, look there!
What is that?!
Hey, is this for real?!
No way...
Is this real?
What is it?
Wh-What is that?
This city is a gold mine.
Once my perfect golem is completed,
there won't be anyone to stand in my way.
I have infinite time and no shortage of material to work with,
so I can experiment all I want.
Just a bit longer... Just a bit longer...
What is all this? This is what you wanted to become?
That is correct.
This is what my wish is.
This is the form of god that the Rosenthals,
who profane life and toy with death, have been seeking!
Huh?
A being with a perfect soul and a perfect body.
That is a god! That is me!
That's ridiculous. Go do that someplace else.
What do you mean, ridiculous? You people have been seeking this, as well.
Having someone who is not a god achieving a celestial purpose--Level 6.
It's something very much like this.
I'm not the least bit interested.
Though there's no shortage of scumbags doing research on it like crazy.
I see. Well, in my case, that research has been tremendously helpful.
After searching the whole world, this is the only place
where I was could find the horror of the memories of 10,031 deaths.
Hey, what did you just say?
"A Certain Scientific Accelerator"
"#11 Perfect Golem (Perfect Body)"
The thing I was lacking that kept me from becoming a god
was more than 10,000 dying memories. That was the most important key.
Thank heaven for Academy City.
Hmm? Oh, so you're the one.
The person who created those 10,031 dying memories.
Well, I see, I see, so that's how this is.
Did you know that each of the 10,031 dead girls' memories have you in them?
Meticulously recording how cruelly and mercilessly you killed each girl.
I'm impressed you managed to kill that many. That's too much for even me!
I mean, to do something as gruesome as killing 10,031 people!
You have my respect!
Screw you. You're using their deaths for something like this?
Their memories belong to nobody else. They're theirs alone.
They're not something a monster like you gets to use as you please!
You're through!
Indeed. That's the power that killed those 10,031, is it?
Tch.
But then, it won't work against me.
No matter how many times you grow back, I'll pulverize you until nothing's left.
You're desperate! Desperate, desperate!
But it won't do any good.
I think it's about time I got going.
It will take a little more time for me to completely become a god.
You and that dimwitted current family head should leave now, while you can.
Tch.
What is it that I've been doing?
If you hadn't come here as a necromancer,
this girl would not have committed suicide.
Lots of people have died? No.
You spread death wherever you went. That's what a necromancer does.
You were born a Rosenthal, and you never picked up on that?
You want to protect others?
I will fulfill the wish of the Rosenthals.
And you, you failure to the family, will sit there and watch me.
I couldn't protect anything. I've lost Hirumi,
and all that remains is the fact that the blame rests entirely with the Rosenthals.
What am I? What have I done? Why have I come here? Am I...
"The culmination of the hard work that Misaka had to overcome...
...such difficulty to finish making... Delicious, isn't it?"
...says Misaka Misaka...
"It is at times like this
that I want you to have happy dreams," wishes Misaka.
"If this is what the Rosenthal family really wanted,
then is that truly the form of god that they spoke of?"
asks Misaka, unable to stop trembling.
No, it's not. This is just a scum-bucket monster.
It's got squat to do with the Rosenthals or anything else.
Adonai...
Hey!
What do you want to do?
It's your life. You choose.
But if you're going to be a hero, don't mistake what you want to save.
A hero?
A hero is someone who doesn't hesitate to stretch out their hands
and run as fast as they can toward what they're trying to save.
What do you want to save with your hands?
If you don't even know what that is, you'll never reach it.
I want...
If I ever need anything, you can do it for me!
When you say "do it," what does that mean?
Promise me, Esther!
Promise you?
Yep.
A promise.
If it sounds like I'm messing around, this is your wakeup call!
I will preserve Hirumi's life.
I will by no means be made your toy and have my life taken!
Found it. What I want to save. What I want to protect. I want...
Master, I have a favor to ask.
Huh?
To defeat that devil who's tampering with life and death--
to defeat that monster...
...I need you to help me.
Fine with me.
Huotou, fight alongside me.
Acknowledged, Adonai.
Let's kick that monster's ass.
Yeah.
You stay here and make penance for what you've done, or something.
It's changing its shape.
Actually, it seems to be getting bigger, doesn't it?
And they still want us to just shut up and watch?
We have to do something before anything happens!
Wait! We still don't have clearance from the governing board!
But...!
Take it easy, Yomikawa!
What good is charging that thing blindly when we don't even know what it is?
Ito, send up the drone. We can start by examining it.
Huh?
We may not be allowed to move in,
but they never said we couldn't surveil it, did they?
All right!
Huh?
How did you get ahead of us?
You're a tough bastard.
I have all kinds of exclusive material supply routes in this school.
Besides, I can't die yet...
I won't let the guy who did that to my Hirumi... get away with it...
"But can we really defeat that thing?"
asks Misaka, unconvinced that we can gain victory over that monstrous foe.
It's all right. I have Emperor Shun's Blade here.
It's a dagger which carries magic that can disrupt Taowu's pseudo-soul.
It's like a specific poison, just for Taowu.
I just have to bring the blade in contact with Taowu's charm.
It doesn't sound like it's going to be easy.
Now that her body is so grotesque, it's going to be hard to detect the charm.
Tch, what a pain.
If I blow the whole thing away, we can do whatever we like, can't we?
Master, that won't work.
Huh?!
Even if you use your power to blow her all away,
as long as the pseudo-soul charm is intact, the body will regenerate.
Tch, I'm not sure I get it, but it sounds like we have to beat it out of there.
Yes, that's what it means. I knew you'd understand.
If that's the case, then I can show you to Hirumi--
or rather, to where that monster is, mm-hmm...
Hishigata...
Show us the way? To where that thing's main body is?
That thing is assimilating the school right now...
If we use my supply routes, we should be able to get close...
B-But if you move now, you'll...
That's okay... I'm going to die anyway...
Before I do, I have to get Hirumi... my precious Hirumi back...
If you're going to do this, you'd better hurry...
According to my research,
it won't take much time for a body that size to swell up into its perfect form.
The old become-good-before-dying play, huh? Trying to atone for your sins?
Heh-heh, I don't have any feelings of guilt, even now...
Hirumi is mine... I won't let even the devil have her...
B-But...
Doesn't really matter.
Even evil people have at least one thing they won't budge on.
Heh-heh, that's what I'm talking about, mm-hmm...
Ugh, it's disgusting. It's moving around inside the walls.
I don't know who or what is doing this,
but what reason could they possibly have?
"It looks like this has gotten even bigger,"
says Misaka, anxiously looking around her.
You scared?
"E-Everything is all right," responds Misaka,
though worrying that she is not entirely concealing her anxiety.
This is a battle between villains.
Since you're not a villain, you can hang back and keep quiet.
Huh?
Tch, just strolling around inside me, huh? And here I am still evolving, too.
The current family head is too polite to tell them to wait
and is going to end up interfering with her own ancestor.
What a pain. My offspring really are good for nothing.
"Is something the matter?" inquires Misaka.
It was nothing.
Intuitive little bastard.
Aw, what a pain! What a total pain!
Damn it, why is this happening?!
I thought that an enlarged body would allow a perfect ability to reside in it.
I'm missing something. There's something I need to complete this body.
Guess I'll start trying different things out.
There's no sign of Antiskill. Did we drive them back?
You can thank this monster for that. Hishigata's weapon is pretty handy.
All right, let's regroup now, while we have the chance.
Let's go!
Wha--?!
Why...?
We're on your side!
O-Oh... I can tell, I can tell! My evolution! My evolution is accelerating!
This is what I was missing!
If I assimilate all of them...
O-Our... Our j-justice is--
What the hell?! Why is it suddenly attacking?! Is it hungry?!
HQ, HQ, this is Alpha. We have five DA in custody and are heading to--
Aw, damn, we're engaging unidentified creatures!
Send backup--
H-Help us...!
Come on! Quick!
Let's go!
Hold it! We still don't have clearance!
I'm going anyway. I'm going to go help them.
Yomikawa...
I'm a teacher before I'm Antiskill.
Abandoning people asking for help is not something I teach my students!
She's got us there.
H-Hey!
Hurry and get out of there!
B-But you're...
Now isn't the time to be going at each other.
Yomikawa!
Ito, behind you!
Well, we haven't been ordered not to save lives, either.
Let's start doing our jobs as teachers.
Yeah, you got it!
Tch, there's no end to them. Huh?
The corpses are moving around. Are these pseudo-souls?
No, something else. They have neither life nor pseudo-souls.
But even so, they're moving.
It's a work only a god could perform.
Has that thing really become a so-called god?
Tch.
It's no use. These people are...
Look away.
These guys are already dead, remember?
So what are here are nothing but corpses.
Master...
This is not what a hero does. This is a job for a son-of-a-bitch villain.
Imagine, hearing the word "hero" coming from a villain like you...
It's almost like you know a bona fide hero...
Tch, stop bringing up worthless memories.
Don't get in too deep! Engage them from a distance!
Right!
Amazing! Outstanding!
This is the ultimate evolution! This truly is the Rosenthal's 400-year wish!
At last, I will become a god!
What a hassle. No matter how many of them we defeat, they keep popping up.
Haven't we gotten to this thing's main body yet?
I'm reading it close by. But...
The body is getting even larger and has acquired new powers...
This thing's evolution is accelerating... There's no more time, mm-hmm...
Tch, I'm just about out of time, too.
"Next time"
"Something to Protect"