"A Certain Scientific Railgun T"
While you're still alive,
I'll be taking the data on that virus you injected the girl with.
Right... That girl...
I do not have nearly enough strength left to teleport her away right now.
I see no choice but to contact Uiharu and request someone to pick her up.
I wonder how Miss Misaka is doing.
Don't do it.
Sogiita? You can still move?
No problem. If I put my guts into it, I can stop my bleeding
and get my bones to stick together. But never mind me,
you were about to charge in there, weren't you?
There's something different about her now.
Maybe whatever the girl who put this data inside my head was planning
worked out all right.
Are you sure? I can't tell either way.
Even so, it doesn't look like she can control all that power.
Which is why...
I don't know what your right hand is made of,
but that all over there is a whole lot more trouble than it was a moment ago.
It felt more like it was a mass of compressed energy earlier,
but that looks like something from another world now,
something literally beyond our understanding.
Let me deal with this. I may be able to risk my neck
to do a self-destruct move that will smother it.
No.
Like I said earlier, I know her. I want to be the one who does this for her.
Yeah, but...
I may not be strong enough, like you say,
and I don't really have a handle on this situation,
so I can't say for sure that this is the best move. But ultimately, I mean...
I'll just have to make up for whatever I'm lacking with guts.
Am I right?
You really are a fascinating one, huh?
That's that, then.
Go lay some smack down!
A path...!
Go!
Behave...
...your damn self!
What is this? This isn't my ability!
This must be...
Oh, no. If this gets unleashed, it will do a lot more than blow Academy City away!
There's no way I can let that happen!
If I can compress it down to a size I can cover up with my body,
then blow it up while I'm holding it, then maybe...
Him? Don't tell me he's thinking of stopping this!
Wait! This isn't my ability!
This is something my mind conjured up that wants to smash up...
...and wipe away everything bad about Academy City!
So let me--
No!
I know that there are some really lousy facets to Academy City, too.
I also know that there are elites controlling things behind the scenes
who you and I can't touch.
But to try to purge those things by force...?
Even supposing you succeed,
I don't think the world will end up the way you want it.
You can probably think of others besides me who are trying to help you, right?
You just have to change things a little at a time with them.
And I'll help you, too, of course.
But your arm! You need a hospital!
Huh?
Huh?!
It works like normal.
What is the deal with your body?
Beats me.
Wow, that was quite a show. I never expected dragons to appear.
Awesome guts!
I'd like to take you on sometime.
On the other hand...
What's up with that metal?
Was that there before?
"#14 Dragon Strike (Jaw of the Dragon King)"
So, she's all right, then?
Yeah, more or less. Not long after she was brought in here,
the data on the virus she was injected with was sent here.
I was able to synthesize a vaccine.
It will be a few days before she completely recovers,
but she should be as good as new.
Thank goodness.
Um,
I believe one of my friends from Tokiwadai
was brought to this hospital earlier today.
Yes?
Miss Misaka!
Wow, so your sister is in good health?
I am most pleased to hear that.
Is something the matter?
--I'm sorry! --Huh?
For dragging you into all this, and even getting you hurt...
Simply saying I'm sorry isn't enough...
N-No, I should be the one apologizing
for boasting that I would bring your sister back, and ending up like this.
I am pretty pathetic.
Still...
...it could have been so much worse...
Yes, that is true.
However,
even if that had happened, I can assure you
that I would not have regretted any of my own actions.
Miss Kongo...
I am still not a very seasoned person,
so I cannot afford to lay down my life for just anyone.
It was because it was my desire to relieve you of your anguish
that I can consider it as such.
Do you know the expression "Peaches and plums their own paths create"?
Huh?
Though peach and plum blossoms say nothing,
trails spontaneously form beneath them.
Likewise, men of virtue may not say much,
but people naturally beat a path to them.
That's what the expression means.
I cannot say yet that I fully appreciate its true meaning,
but by looking up to your character,
I do think that I have become someone more compassionate towards others.
I'm not all that great a person.
That is something for those around you to decide.
If, on the other hand, you tried to play yourself off as someone great,
it would be meaningless if those around you did not agree.
I have been all alone, going nowhere, trying to do just that, so...
No, that's not true!
Miss Kongo, to me, and to Miss Wannai and Miss Awatsuki, you've been, um...
Miss Wannai and Miss Awatsuki? Why are you bringing those two up right now?
As it happens, the ones who saved you were...
Oh, I see.
Those two did that for me?
Wh-What do I do, Miss Misaka?
I should feel inconsolable for getting those two mixed up in fisticuffs,
and yet, I...
...cannot help but feel happy about it...
Excuse me...
Visiting hours are now over, so...
Oh, okay.
I'll be back again tomorrow, Miss Kongo.
Right.
Miss Misaka?
I...
...am truly glad to be a student at Tokiwadai.
Mm-hmm.
"Misaka, would you like to watch the fireworks at that spot again tonight?
Uiharu and Shirai and I will be coming too. Let's go together!"
The Judgment girl isn't here...
Handcuffs? These are meaningless with my ability...
Why bother?
If I'm still alive, it means that the project must have failed.
I could just stay here and be rat food...
Shokuho Misaki...?
Misaka!
Over here! Over here!
Sissy!
You've had a long day!
Look at this, Misaka!
Uiharu is having another crazy concoction!
S-Strawberry monja is not a crazy concoction!
You could at least call it quirky!
It is the same thing either way.
Huh?
Uiharu, you'll eat anything as long as it has strawberries.
That's not true!
Thanks, everyone.
Did you say something?
Mm-mm.
Ah, would you like a bite?
Mm-mm, no thanks.
Kuroko and the others' memories of me that were erased had been put back.
On top of which, the events that happened today
had been altered to make it harder for contradictions to arise
and were made out to be the capture of a terrorist threatening the festival.
Apparently, my boycott of the competition had been rewritten, as well,
but that was not done by Shokuho out of consideration for me,
but probably because she herself didn't want word of Exterior to be made public.
Nonetheless, it's an undeniable fact that her virus was eliminated
as a result of Shokuho's help,
and while I thought she was a despicable person--actually, I still think that--
if she has her own brand of justice and convictions,
then someday, we may be able to meet each other halfway.
That's what I think.
Oh, come to think of it, Misaka,
is your stomach doing all right?
Huh? What's that?
You got sick from some of the street stall food and upset your stomach.
You were stuck in the bathroom all day and couldn't come out, right?
You intimidated the Shokuho clique when they came to get you,
confining yourself to the restroom.
Huh? The restroom?
Unless you're prepared to kill me to stop me, then move.
The whole school is abuzz with talk of just how urgent things were for you.
Fine. I'll kill you, Shokuho Misaki.
"Daihasei Festival: Day Three"
I'm so dizzy, my ability won't work...
Miss Saten, you're first!
Heh-heh, bat-handling skills are right up my alley...
"Daihasei Festival: Day Five"
Huh? You're light...
"Daihasei Festival: Day Seven"
The Gods of Wind and Thunder combo...
...is back in action!
The Daihasei Festival is just about over.
It feels like it's been so long, and yet so short.
I ended up not getting to compete in a single event.
If I had not gotten hurt on the second day,
I could have at least competed with Sissy on the last day.
What choice was there? You sacrificed your body to stop a terrorist.
You should consider them scars of honor.
Well, I suppose that is true.
When I think about the events of that day,
it feels like there is something important that I am forgetting.
You, too, Miss Shirai? As it happens, I feel the same.
I-I'm going to go buy us some drinks. What would you all like?
Huh?
Are you sure?
Mm-hmm, to celebrate a well-fought Daihasei Festival.
Okay, I'll take a Coconut Cider.
Habanero Pineapple for me.
One Watermelon Tea, please.
Okay, give me a minute!
Look at that! They're holding a folk dance!
That looks like fun.
I'd like to bust out some dance moves, myself.
Though I don't have anyone else to dance with.
Same over here.
If only I were in tip-top shape, Sissy and I could be--
Huh?
Um... Miss Saten?
Ah, Kamijo.
Hey.
Thank goodness.
I never got to properly thank you for the scavenger hunt.
Oh, is that right?
Let me treat you to something, if you'd like. Nothing expensive, though.
Oh, no, that's much too thoughtful of you.
Thanks for waiting!
H-Huh?!
Wh-What are you doing here?! Wait, you know Miss Saten?!
Yeah.
She lent me her good-luck charm.
G-Good-luck charm? What do you mean?
Oh, I needed a good-luck charm for my scavenger hunt, and she lent me hers.
Oh, the scavenger hunt... S-Sure, okay...
Oh, yeah, she really saved my neck.
Ah, Kamijo...
This might sound funny, but in return for the good-luck charm...
...would you like to go to the folk dance?
Huh?
Huh?!
Fine with me, but is that really all you want?
Yes!
Oh, but would you mind going on ahead? I'm going to wet my whistle first.
O-Okay.
Now...
Oh no, the effects of the obstacle course just caught up to me!
Whoa, are you all right?
Oh, I think I might have twisted my ankle!
Huh?!
--It hurts! --No, Sissy, this is a trap--
Ugh, it's going to be hard doing any strenuous activity like this.
Oh, I know! Misaka, would you dance in my place?
Huh?
Wh-Why me? B-Besides, Miss Saten, you're the dancer here...
It's all right. I didn't say anything about dancing "with me."
B-B-But this is all so sudden... I'm not ready... Maybe next time...
Oh, but you do wanna dance, don'tchu?
Y-Yes, I do...
Huh?
Misaka?
U-Um, what are we...?
Wow, she's so stiff, huh?
No interrupting them.
Let's see, when the right hand goes up, what comes next?
You went and saved me, again.
Hmm?
Yeah. I just helped a little bit there at the end, though.
And there were others who were trying to help you too, remember?
Mm-hmm.
I've had a whole lot of my friends helping me.
I...
...really can't stand the lousy way that Academy City
sees espers as nothing but lab rats.
But I did meet all of you after coming to this city, and those encounters
are something that I treasure.
So next time, I want to be the one protecting the others.
I think that's really the least I can do to pay them back.
Yeah.
Th-That's all I wanted to say!
Although, I never knew. To you,
meeting me has been something you treasured, huh?
Well, I mean, the way you said it, it includes me, too, right?
You don't say, huh?
Huh? Miss Misaka?
That was your cue...
Your time is up!!
Oh, she jumped.
She lasted a good while, there, too.
"Next episode preview"
"#15 Promise"
"The best thing to do to make your way in Academy City
is to suck up to the researchers here.
However, I wasn't counting on having that girl forced on me as a result."
Hey, who said you could read my mind without asking?!