Above here.
Isaac's main body is up there.
We've finally reached it.
Wh-What's this?
At last, I've attained it. The Rosenthals' wish for 400 years--
a perfect soul and a perfect body!
This is a being on par with being a god!
The perfect golem!
This power... Don't tell me Isaac's evolution is complete...
It looks like time is up.
I can't reflect! What is this craptastic power?
"A Certain Scientific Accelerator"
"#12 Something to Protect"
W-We are going to enact absolute justice in Academy City!
We are justice!
--Justice! --Justice!
Justice!
What feels so oppressive?
Is this part of that monster's power?
If anything like that flash earlier is used in an urban area,
it's going to multiply the damage done.
This is it! This! This! The more I eat, the greater my power becomes!
I can keep gaining power like this.
I'll become the ultimate being, beyond even a god.
Once that happens, I can bring true justice to Academy City.
What did I just say?
True justice for the city... Justice...
True justice...
Justice... Justice... Justice... Justice...
Justice... Justice...
Justice...
Justice... Justice...
The power has vanished.
Doesn't matter, as long as we can keep moving forward.
I can just barely make it.
There's no wind here. But if I take the rotation of the earth we're standing on,
the earth's orbital force around the sun, and all other forces...
...and convert them to something I want...
Good, I can pull this off.
Wh-What the...?
Justice... Justice... Justice...
Wait, what is this? Wah, there's so much noise coming from inside me!
This is my body!
Guess my battery managed to last long enough.
I knew it...
"What do you mean by that?" questions Misaka.
Master, thank you very much. Allow me to take it from here.
Adonai, hurry!
Isaac!
Say your prayers!
Stop, Esther! I don't want to die again!
Adonai!
Don't fall for that, you idiot!
How low the Rosenthals have fallen, if a dunce like you is our head!
That's absolutely right. Just how big a moron are you?
I thought you were going to be the hero! That's why you've come all this way!
So don't backpedal!
Like I told you, if there's something you want to save,
then don't hesitate to stretch out your hand and protect it for all you're worth!
All right, Master.
Tch, I told you, I'm not your master.
Done with your little talk? Then it's about time...
...to enact justice... Justice...
Justice... Justice...
Huh?
Wh-What is this? What's happening?
Why, you! What the hell did you do?!
Despite having obtained a power on the same level as a god,
you're still in Hirumi's form...
Which is to say, you're still hooked up to the coffin containing Hirumi's body...
And so...
"...using the Misaka Network, we accessed the coffin
and shut down its functions," Misaka continues explaining.
It may be impossible to kill you,
but at least we managed to buy some time...
Why, you...!
"This is what you get for toying with the memories of 10,031 Sisters' deaths,"
declares Misaka with a smug look.
Why, you!
What a shame. You lose!
A-After coming this far, I can't afford to be beaten now!
I will fight with you, Adonai.
"Misaka will help, too," says Misaka, finding her purpose for being here.
S-Stop! Don't do it, damn you! I still have so much I want to do!
Don't do it!
Too bad. You lose.
Go ahead, hero.
Wh-Who are you? All you've done is interfere with me! Who the hell are you?!
A villain.
A son-of-a-bitch villain, just like you!
Esther...
Hirumi...
Did I prove useful to you?
Welcome back... and farewell... Hirumi...
Bye-bye, Brother.
Hirumi!
I didn't get to be a hero... mm-mm...
Is it over?
What's that?
"Ah, this is--
The vast, uninterpretable power built-up inside Isaac's body
is causing distortions not only in space, but in the Misaka Network, as well,"
explains Misaka.
So what if it is?
"If this energy is released upon Isaac's death,
it will cause an explosive disintegration,
leveling everything in a radius of one-half kilometer.
Further, the shockwave will devastate Academy City,"
Misaka further explains.
Oh, no...
I can't disperse it with vector manipulation.
Does this have more of that crap mixed in with it? Either way,
it has to be done.
If that damn hero isn't around, I'll have to do it!
If nothing else...
...if there's a chance that it might reach her...
...I'll have to do this as ugly as it takes!
I'll pour all the remaining juice into just doing the calculations.
There's no reason to stay standing!
Everything... Everything I have...!
Master!
I'll take control of everything!
Master...
Master... Master... Master!
Please wake up, Master! Please, open your eyes!
Master! Master!
Electhsricity... exhaustpiwted2gw...
Reavasonbwer... unknownzca...
The damage is extensive. If we had been away from here when it happened,
we might have been in danger as well.
It's like I say, this is the safest place to be.
Yes, sir.
The darkness runs deep in this city.
Not even that light that pierced the heavens can reach this place.
I wonder how far the first-ranked power can reach.
"Jeez!
Why did you skip today's checkup?!"
asks Misaka Misaka, lecturing you!
Buzz off. Once you're done lecturing, go away.
"Ah, Misaka Misaka will do anything for you,
but not go away because she's annoying you,"
she says, drawing a line in the sand.
Okay, then go buy me one of those whatever-they're-called cans of coffee.
The one they only sell in School District 14.
"Mm-hmm, okay," says Misaka Misaka, thrilled at the importance of this mission
as she rushes off to buy one!
Does he have a child, at his age? No, that couldn't be.
But she's too young to be his...
Well, let's just leave any delicate matters untouched.
Yo.
You're looking well.
Tch, if I really look that way, you should see an eye doctor.
Oh, don't be like that. I'm here to apologize for this whole affair.
Huh?
This incident has wiped out DA. We've caught all of the survivors.
I'm terribly sorry.
But as a result, we were able to lance a boil infecting Antiskill.
Still, what was that thing, anyway?
All the report said
was that an experiment by a researcher named Hishigata Mikihiko
had gotten out of control and ended up like that.
But it was so gruesome, I have to believe there was more to it than that.
Since you were at the center of it, you must know something, right?
No, I don't.
All I know is that villains were working together on something,
and it ended up causing a chemical reaction.
Yeah, but...
There wasn't any other damage done, right?
You guys did everything you could within the bounds of what you could do.
Isn't that enough?
"Morgue"
I'm sorry, Huotou.
I...
There is no need to apologize. I am a pseudo-soul that obeys your commands.
I'm now going to release the spell.
I will return the body of Hitokawa Hasami to her family,
and you will return to the charm...
...losing all of the memories I have up to now. Isn't that right?
I knew this is what would happen, right from that moment.
One should not keep using necromancy to tamper with death!
I lost a friend, and when I tried to bring her back to life, lost her again!
We should not tamper with death.
As we fought together, I came to understand...
...that your decision was not wrong.
Huotou...
Your master said something. If you're going to be a hero,
don't hesitate to stretch out your hand and save what you must save.
If you would, Adonai.
All right.
Um...
My memories will disappear, but will I remain in your memories?
Of course you will. I'll never forget you.
I promise.
Promise?
Yeah. I promise.
Right.
Also, let me tell you something.
This isn't a memory; it's more of a reminiscence.
Master...
I'm not your master. Don't make me keep saying it.
Thank you, Master.
Tch.
I'm not your master, but here's a warning.
Mediocre folks like yourself
shouldn't get any more involved with any damn darkness.
From here on, it's One-Way Traffic.
I'll find a path that will lead me to where the sun shines.
Both as the head of the Rosenthal family...
...and as a pupil of my master.
Can you do that, all on your own?
Yes.
Because I'm not alone.
"But you see...
...Misaka can look after him just fine on her own,"
says Misaka Misaka, rejecting an unsolicited busybody!
"This is just Misaka coming to pay a visit to thank him once again,"
pleads Misaka, in a nurse-like mood, her heart all aflutter.
Misaka is doing this!
Misaka will do it.
--No, Misaka will! --Misaka will do it.
--Misaka is doing it! --Misaka will do it.
No, Misaka!
Same crapheap of a city as always.
There were villains creeping around who plotted this incident, too.
As long as we stay in this city, villains have to stay villains.
Otherwise, we won't be able to protect anything.
Huh?
Honestly,
this city never gets boring.