03x23 - (Dub) Possession

[bunniefuu]

[LEADER] You have got to
be kidding me with this.

The third-ranked
Level 5 is here now?

This is the worst
possible scenario!

How unlucky can we get?

You wouldn't happen to
be some organization

that's up to no good, would you?

[LEADER]
Calm down.

I haven't heard of any rival
groups who are after the results

of the Doppelganger research.

This is risky,
since we don't know

the reason she was
fighting Seike, but...

[LEADER] Hold on.
We're a recovery team.

We've been formally hired to
retrieve the Doppelganger

by the research institution
that owns and developed it.

I admit, in all likelihood,

the person you fought was
one of our team members.

But I hope you understand that

due to the nature
of our mission,

we're under mandatory
orders to stop

any outsiders
from getting involved.

I don't know why you're here,

but if your goals
don't conflict with ours,

maybe we can join forces!

Huh?!

[LEADER]
Sorry about this, Seike,

but your revenge
will have to wait.

This might be our last chance
to complete our mission.

[LEADER] I understand that you
probably can't trust us yet,

but I'm willing to share our
information with you first.

How does that sound?

It sounds confusing.

Was the job too much for you
to handle alone or something?

[LEADER]
Yes, unfortunately.

That thing has more abilities
than we were told about.

When it gets damaged, it
controls the matter around it,

incorporating it into itself.

Wait, what?

Does that mean you guys
hurt the Doppelganger?

[LEADER gasps]

[LEADER] Is she implying that
a legitimate recovery team

couldn't possibly
damage their target?

Is that it?

Not good. What do I say--?

We were surprised
she was hurt, too.

I wish I could tell you
how it happened,

but she was like that
when we ran into her.

[LEADER]
That's my girl.

[YAKUMARU] I got you. How long
have we been working together?

I can pick up what
you're puttin' down.

[NARU] Hm? What are you
two talking about?

We were the ones who broke
that thing, you big dummies.

[LEADER, YAKUMARU] Too bad
we have this idiot with us.

Ah! I can't believe I
forgot to bandage you up!

You must have hit your head
and scrambled your memories.

Isn't that right?

[MIKOTO] Kuriba did mention
the soul diffusing

and possessing things.

Does that mean it can
control its surroundings,

while still inhabiting
its own body?

It sounded pretty
unlikely at first,

but now I want
to see for myself.

[LEADER] We may have been
humiliated by the first-ranked

and demoted to grunt work,

but now that we've got
the third-ranked here,

she's gonna help us bounce back.

[NARU]
Hey, Seike!

I know that we're
in the right area...

[BOTH gasp]

[YAKUMARU]
There!

[NARU] I can't believe
Seike got beaten.

I guess that really is Mikoto
Misaka, the Level 5, huh?

[LEADER] I'll stay here.
You two go and get Seike.

Then be on standby
for my instructions.

Leader's hurt, too. What makes
her think it's a good idea

to be alone with that girl?
I'm really worried about her.

[YAKUMARU] I get the feeling
she thinks having you around

would blow our cover.

[LEADER] Here's our
official work request.

Does that answer
all your questions?

If it does, let's go.

Hold on.

I believe you, it does look like
you've been hired to do this,

but if you want the two
of us to work together,

I'm gonna need to know
a little more about you.

[LEADER] While reviewing
our fight with Accelerator,

I happened to read some basic
intel on the other Level 5s.

Mikoto Misaka's fought with dark
side organizations before,

but she's never
voluntarily worked with one.

I have to make
a good impression.

More importantly,
I have to keep

that we're a dark side
organization under wraps.

[LEADER]
Oh, like our affiliation?

[LEADER] The most accessible
and trustworthy is...

[LEADER]
I'm with Judgment.

Judgment? You guys?

Call me crazy, but I don't
see an armband anywhere.

[LEADER]
I have it on me, of course.

But since we're not dealing
with a human in this case,

showing our authority
wouldn't do us much good.

We can't "arrest" our target.

[LEADER] Glad I brought
this fake armband.

It's absurd that I'm
pretending to be

a goody-two-shoes who
sucks up to teachers.

That's all well and good,

but your buddy in the sailor
uniform picked a fight with me.

Which is about as far removed
from Judgment's standard

protocol as I can imagine.

[LEADER] Huh? Seike is
the one who started it?

After promising
never to get involved

with another Level 5
ever again? That little...!

[LEADER] Oh, well,
that kid is a civilian!

It's not uncommon for us to have
cases where we need to turn

to those with powerful
abilities for help, you see.

However, that one has
a particularly bad habit

of picking fights
with strong people.

[LEADER]
That was a hell of a stretch.

[MIKOTO]
Oh, yeah? That makes sense.

[MIKOTO]
Every time I stick my nose

into Kuroko's
Judgment business...

Sissy, need I remind you
that you're a civilian?

[MIKOTO]
...is all I ever hear.

I guess it's more
common than I realized.

[MIKOTO] That being said, that
"civilian" was way out of line.

Probably not a good ally to have
on dangerous missions like this.

[LEADER]
Y-Yeah. I'll be more careful.

[LEADER] I kind of can't
believe I pulled that off.

[MIKOTO]
Hm?

--[LEADER] Okay then.
--[phone vibrates]

Sorry, one second.

Did you manage to find
little miss Kuriba yet?

Shokuho? You have my number?

[LEADER] Shokuho? Misaki
Shokuho? Another Level 5?

[LEADER] What did I expect?
The third-ranked

and fifth-ranked go
to the same school!

Naturally the two Level 5s
would know each other!

Yeah, I ran into her
not long ago, actually,

but right before I found her,

she had a run-in
with the Doppelganger.

So naturally, now I'm
trying to track it down.

[SHOKUHO] I could always use
my powers to help you find it.

[MIKOTO] And drag more innocent
people into this? No thank you.

[SHOKUHO]
Well, okay then.

Maybe I should meet up
with you myself, instead.

Where are you?

The redevelopment district
behind the airport bus terminal.

Do you know how to get there?

[LEADER] Don't tell me
she's coming here, too!

This is bad! This is really bad!

The fifth-ranked is a
mental ability esper!

She'll know I'm lying
without a single word!

[LEADER]
Um! That won't be necessary!

My ability is a searching type.

It'll be more than enough
to track someone down.

In fact, if a mental
manipulator esper is around,

the interference makes
my sensitivity drop!

[LEADER] I was hoping to
keep my ability a secret!

[SHOKUHO] I thought I heard
a voice. Is someone with you?

Yeah. Someone from
Judgment's helping me.

[SHOKUHO]
Judgment, really?

Well, whatever.
Oh, and while I have you,

let me tell you
about this other lead

I forgot to mention earlier.

It's a juicy little
secret about the folks

in the high-rise the
Doppelganger escaped from.

What is it?

Institutions that
perform shady research

tend to back up their data in
highly classified locations,

and this one is no different.

But whoever picked their
spot has an imagination.

Apparently, their top-secret
info is up in the skies.

[MIKOTO]
The skies?

[SHOKUHO] To more precise,
it's on an airship.

Once per month, it passes
over a designated location,

and when it does, they exchange
information with it via laser.

But other than that,
its course is entirely random.

Not even the institution is sure

where it's flying
at any given moment.

And apparently, the ship itself
is jam-packed with masking,

concealment, and
polarizing deception tech.

Huh?

So just file that one away,
in case it comes in handy.

[LEADER]
It sounds like the fifth-ranked

isn't coming anymore.

[LEADER] That was Misaki Shokuho
you were speaking with, right?

Huh? Yeah.

[LEADER] I saw her at
the Daihasei Festival

opening ceremonies.

She's surprisingly mature
for a middle-schooler.

She's one of Tokiwadai's best,
the other being you of course.

Oh, who can forget
the way she exposed

that scandal with
the governing board?

Very impressive.

But the thing that really
got me was when I found out

she uses her esper power
to transcribe letters

for students with disabilities.

I mean, how could I not
respect her after that?

[LEADER] There.
Complimenting your partner

should make you like me--
Huh? How come?

That isn't the reaction
I was aiming for.

I never would have pegged her as
someone who does charity work.

Is she actually a good person?

--Nah, that's like, impossible.
--[LEADER] Oh, right!

We need a way to contact each
other in case of an emergency!

Here, use this.

It may be a toy, but it
has a considerable range,

and it only picks up the
registered user's voice.

So even if there's a lot of
noise, you'll come in clearly.

And since it's made for kids,
it's pretty resilient.

[MIKOTO]
Why this character?

[LEADER gasps] Oh, crap!
She must be at that age

where she hates being
treated like a kid!

What do I do?
Maybe I can play it off

like it was just a
joke or something.

[LEADER]
Uh. I mean...

[LEADER]
No, wait!

I was distracted by
hearing about Shokuho,

and it was hard to see
against the light behind her,

but Mikoto Misaka's cell phone
case must be the same character!

I think!

Which is it?

The instincts I developed from
the dark side are telling me

that the next words out of my
mouth could mean life or death!

Which is it?

[LEADER] So, uh...
I'm not really familiar

with this character,
but it's so cute,

I fell in love
with it right away.

I just love it to bits now!

So...

[LEADER gasps]

Heh.

You've got some really good
taste, I'll give you that!

[LEADER]
Safe! I think I peed a little.

Okay, let's get a move on.

Here we come, Doppelganger.

[LEADER]
Over there.

[LEADER]
Whoa. Did you crush it?

No, I just trapped her
inside a concrete cage.

[LEADER] Level 5. That's some
incredible power, all right.

[gasps] Get back!

[LEADER gasps]

This isn't a fun surprise.

I thought it could only
affect materials around it

when it's damaged. Guess
that intel's out of date.

[MIKOTO] Wow. And it repelled
my attack with more power

than I initially
put into it, too.

Is it that soul
possession thing?

It does seem like its--

or maybe I should
start saying her

will has an effect on
the things around her.

[gasping]

[LEADER gasps]

Uh-oh!

[LEADER grunts, yelps]

[DOPPEL] Ever since we passed
each other at the facility,

I thought we might end up
fighting at some point.

But that will just
have to wait until

I've advanced a few
more stages, Railgun.

[LEADER]
Thanks a lot, you saved me.

I mean, of course I did.

You're the one who asked me
about joining forces, remember?

And I would have done that
even if we weren't teamed up.

We lucked out though.

If that tank she threw at us had
more fuel left, we'd be done.

Although, all the plans
I had to tie her up

just got thrown out the window.

[LEADER]
This is getting ridiculous.

Even a level 5 has her
hands full with this.

Anyway, let's get after her.
Do you know which way she went?

[LEADER gasps]
No, but gimme a sec.

There. It's moving
north-northeast.

If she keeps going that way,
she'll hit a packed dorm area.

Maybe she's trying to hide

by blending in with
the crowd there.

No.

What is that? A radar facility?

Oh, come to think of it,

that airship is carrying all
their top-secret information.

[SHOKUHO]
Well, yeah.

With all of the equipment
at that facility,

she might be able to remove the
airship's cloaking and find it.

[MIKOTO] Okay, but what reason
would she have to do that?

Taking into account everything
Kuriba has told us,

it's possible the airship
may be part of the system

for storing the Doppelganger's
data in some way.

If that is the case,
that could help explain it.

Perhaps blowing up the
airship will allow it

to further "diffuse" its soul.

Whatever the case,
it sounds like

we're better off stopping her.

But once she gets downtown,
the damage will be much worse.

[LEADER] This radar facility--
it's incredibly close

to where we were supposed to
deliver the Doppelganger.

Even if we aren't able
to restrain it yet,

maybe we can change the
direction it's heading in.

Fact is, if it keeps
going straight,

people are going to get hurt.

But if we can lead it
over here, instead,

an area that's mostly
abandoned warehouses,

the only people there
should be Skill Out,

who're using it as their base.

That makes sense.

And if you issue an evacuation
order to Skill Out,

then no one will
have to get hurt.

[LEADER]
Oh, that's right,

I'm supposed to be a
member of Judgment.

Yeah. You got it.
Just leave it to me.

I'll contact you
once that's done.

[MIKOTO]
Great. Counting on you!

Come on, Skill Out?
Who cares about them?

[LEADER] Not me, that's
for sure, but trust me,

it works out in our favor
to get Mikoto Misaka

to go through the route we set.

You can do it.

All right.

She wants us to relocate all
the Skill Outs in this big area?

What, do we smack 'em
around one by one?

Obviously not.
That would take forever.

Plus, if we provoke them,
they might come after us,

which is the opposite
of what we want.

But I've got a plan,
so go hide and watch.

[SKILL OUT 23A] Yeah, can you
believe that? So what do I say?

I say, "I wouldn't even care

if you were a Level 5,
you're dead!"

Huh? Hey, it's a chick!

[SKILL OUT 23A]
Yo, really?

It is some girl.

Hey. Do you have any idea
who's territory this is--?

[YAKUMARU]
Please, run!

[BOTH gasp]

[YAKUMARU gasps]

[SKILL OUTS]
She's cute!

[YAKUMARU]
There was an accident.

Some toxic gas leaked out.

And based on the wind,
it's only a matter of time

before it spreads here.
You have to leave now--

[SKILL OUT 23A]
Whoa, whoa. Hold on a sec!

That's quite the story
you're tryna feed us!

I know.

The factory plans on
covering it all up!

They don't think
anyone will care

if the only injuries
are to Skill Outs,

especially since you were
squatting here illegally

to begin with.

Did you get hurt, too?

[YAKUMARU]
I'm fine.

But I can't stay, I have to
hurry and tell the others!

Are you kidding me?
You're this injured,

but you're more concerned
about people like us?

Hey. Take it easy, we can
go and tell the others,

you worry about yourself!

Yeah. You hurry
and get to safety.

Thank you, guys!

[SKILL OUTS gasping]

[SKILL OUTS chattering]

[sighs] Welp,
at least it worked.

Naru. It's safe to come out now.

See the trick is to act brave
and put others first.

And to look just
miserable enough

that it doesn't compromise
your cuteness.

They didn't stand a chance.

All right, which one
of you hurt my Yakku?

I'm gonna wreck you!

I was pretending!

Let's pull this
a few more times.

Having multiple witnesses
lends credibility.

Plus, word will spread faster.

[LEADER]
Evacuation complete.

There isn't a single person
along the route we discussed.

Make sure you guide
it through here.

Especially Warehouse 8-0-8-6.

Copy that!

It's still too soon
for us to be fighting.

[DOPPEL] She's being provided
with my location.

Is it that girl in the mask?

I knew I should have
eliminated her sooner.

This is oddly familiar.

I fought something like you
at the end of summer vacation.

Maybe a friend of yours?

[LEADER]
Ah, there you are!

Sorry to keep you
waiting for so long.

[RESEARCHER 21A]
You better be!

Do you know how long
I've been here?

This is why I can't
stand B-ranked--

So? I don't see the
Doppelganger with you.

It'll be arriving shortly,
don't you worry.

What do you mean, arriving?

What is making all that noise?

[RESEARCHER 21A screams]

[LEADER]
Oh, right on time!

As requested, here's
your Doppelganger.

I don't see--

Nah. That's it, it's just
put on some weight.

You seem to have neglected
to inform us about this,

but I'm sure you're
aware it can suck in

the objects around it
and control them.

It has no such bug--

[RESEARCHER 21A]
Wait, unless.

[KURIBA] If you're right,
and there is a soul

within the Doppelganger,
there's no telling how the soul

will act if its vessel
ever breaks.

[RESEARCHER 21A]
Is this what she meant?

Okay, but what am I
supposed to do with it?

[LEADER]
That's not our problem.

Our mission was simply to
"return the Doppelganger

to the designated location
fully operational."

Oh, and about its current state?

Since it's the result of
its original functionality,

regardless of how it looks, we
don't consider this abnormal.

So, if we could just get
your signature right here.

There's no way
I'm approving this.

Let's go. Drive!

[DRIVER 23A]
Okay. What the--?

Huh? What are you waiting for?

I told you to move it!

Yeah. I'm literally flooring it,
but we're not going anywhere.

If you could just sign here.

Are you girls doing this?

Will you stop screwing around?!

You're gonna get
stuck in here, too!

[LEADER]
Screwing around?

If we fail here, we don't
get any more chances!

We've been risking
our lives all night!

But if you'd prefer,
the more the merrier

when we're all buried alive!

[RESEARCHER 21A]
Ugh, all right, fine!

[BOTH chuckle]

There, good enough?

That's perfect.

Yakumaru!

[YAKUMARU]
On it!

[GIRLS]
We're outta here!

[screams]

Bye-bye!

We did it, Leader!

You were pretty aggressive
with her, though.

Hey, we got the
signature, didn't we?

This way, the Doppelganger
is up ahead.

[MIKOTO]
Doesn't your arm hurt?

If you'd prefer. I can
take it alone from here.

[LEADER] I took a painkiller,
so I'm fine. Don't worry.

[LEADER]
No thank you.

If you bail on me in the
middle of this, we're screwed.

[MIKOTO]
Yeah, sounds about right.

[LEADER]
What does?

The way you operate, I guess.

Some of my close friends
are in Judgment, too.

Even if they get badly hurt,

they still try to
carry out their duties.

On the one hand,

I worry and wish they didn't
push themselves so much.

But on the other, when they
stick their necks out

for people, I can't help but
respect and trust them for it.

So I'll be relying
on you, too, okay?

[GIRL 23A]
You heard the teacher.

She said she doesn't
want you anymore.

[GIRL 23B] Yeah, they say you
can't stay in the special class

if you're not
showing any growth.

[GIRL 23A]
Poor little thing.

[LEADER] Sorry, Mikoto Misaka,
I didn't do this for Judgment.

I did it for the dark side.

[MIKOTO] No matter how
much I bust her up,

she just regenerates
immediately.

That was a close one!

But y'know... I'm starting
to get a hang of this.

While my magnetism gets
more powerful the closer

I am to the object, she isn't
affected by distance at all.

I can put more force behind
something like these steel

beams, but she can put more
force behind the concrete.

Maybe because I can
only affect the

iron components of something,

while she can apparently
exert her influence

over all sorts of matter.

[MIKOTO]
Also...

[MIKOTO] Whatever pieces of her
I burn char up and crumble away.

So much for mysterious
"soul possession."

Not so scary once I
figure out how it works.

[DOPPEL] Analyzing in the
middle of a large-scale fight.

You're a lot more trouble
than I expected, Railgun.

In that case...

[CHIEF RESEARCHER]
Soul possession?

Ah. That thing Kuriba was
talking about, right?

The whole thing's
absurd if you ask me.

I understand that,

but how else can you
explain what's happening?

Hello? Are you there?

[CHIEF RESEARCHER groaning]

[MIKOTO gasping]

[DOPPEL]
You can't burn all of this away.

Nor can you break it all apart.

[DOPPEL] When faced with such
an overwhelming amount of mass,

what will you do?

[MIKOTO] The soul diffuses
and possesses stuff?

And that's what that colossal
monster-y thing is?

Honestly, I still don't buy it.

[SHOKUHO]
Well, people tend to believe in

what they want to believe in.

Like an Indian Poker card that
makes your bust grow bigger.

[MIKOTO]
Will you stop bringing that up?