Trick

Trick is a minor character in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. He is an esper criminal of an unknown level who resides in Academy City and a user of the Level Upper. He is voiced by Kondou Takayuki.

Background
Trick is a delinquent who is a leader of a small gang of delinquents in district 7 of Academy City, he uses an old abandoned building that is to be demolished as his headquarters. Before he discovers the Level Upper, he and his gang members often pursued by Judgment and as such feared them, Trick promised to himself that when he gains a powerful abilities he will kindly return the favor.

During the Level Upper incidents he also uses the surrounding area to sell people the Level Upper for high amounts of money. He and is gang also used the Level Upper prior to their introduction.

Appearance
He is a tall, lean man who sports light khaki-brown hair. He also wears various accessories on his ear and fingers. He is also missing a few fronth teeth.

In the anime he wears a simple purple sleaveless shirt, while in the manga he wears a jacket over his shirt.

Personality
He is ruthless and vicious, as shown when he allows his subordinates to use Koujun Kikuhiko as target practice for their newly improved powers through the use of the Level Upper. He is also very deceptive which complements his ability, he also likes to taunt his opponents when they are unable to figure his ruse.

Ability
His ability is called "Trick Art", it is an ability where he is able to distort light around him. Basically, he creates an illusion by bending light. Along with his deceptive nature he is able to confuse his opponents and make them lose their sense of distance and focus using such an ability.

He is also very powerful in physical combat.

The Level Upper Incidents
During the height of the Level Upper incidents and Judgment's crackdown on it and its users, Trick is seen with his gang trying to force more money of Kikuhiko for the Level Upper in which he already payed for. When Kikuhiko asked for his money back, Trick's gang assaults him and he allows his gang members to test their abilities on them. Before he gets beaten any further Saten Ruiko tells them to stop, however she is overpowered by Trick and is told that she is powerless and is unable to do anything.

Before anything else can happen, Shirai Kuroko arrives and easily defeats two of his gang members. Seeing this as a way to get back at Judgment, Trick attacks Kuroko, however she dodges him but is confused when she cannot determine where his proper location is, this forces her to try and teleport her needles into his body but is once again unable to get a hit. Trick successfully hits Kuroko despite her best efforts to anticpate his attacks and makes her crash into their hideout.

The battle continues within the building, here Kuroko uses her last needle to figure out his ability. She is later forced to run around the building but is eventually cornered and gets attacked once again by Trick, he tells her that this building is one of their hideouts and he knows every inch of it. Kuroko and Trick stand-off in a part of a building where she tells him that he knows what his ability is, he commends her for figuring it out but brags that she is unable to do anything about it. Hearing this she teleports a window pane into a support column, warning him one last time to surrender or forced to face a collapsing building, he does not take heed of her words which forces Kuroko to teleport window panes into all the support columns in the building (as she remembered their location after running around the building during their battle). Trick is defeated and is teleported out of harm's way by Kuroko.

In the anime adaptation, Kuroko forces Trick to give her the Level Upper, he complies by giving her his music player and explaining to her that the Level Upper is a song, he is later apprehended by Anti-Skill. In the manga he delivers a cryptic message to Kuroko which she concludes that he seems to be brainwashing himself.

Quotes

 * (To Kuroko in the manga)"We're not going to lose. We... can... be... If we participate in the experiment, we understand. You don't understand. You can't. That's why. Ahaha, its okay. It'll be okay."