Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15/Chapter 5

 Chapter Title: Defeat the Person with the Strongest Black Wings. Dark_Matter

Part 1 (Translation)
Because of BLOCK’s collapse, things have settled down for now.

Tsuchimikado is taking care of wrapping things up, Musujime is off taking care of her wounds, and as for Unabara, though it’s not known where he has gone or whatever he is doing, his situation can be called safe at least. Accelerator who have nothing to do (and no motivation for that matter) took a railcar back to District 7 and bought a can of coffee from a random corner store.

At this time, his phone rang.

On the screen it shows ‘Entry 3’, Tsuchimikado’s number, but after connecting it was someone else calling.

“Thanks for your effort, Accelerator. BLOCK’s plan to assassinate the General Superintendant is finally over. This is all thanks to you people from GROUP.”

“So it’s you.”

Hearing that voice, Accelerator answered in an impatient voice.

“I’m fortunate to have such capable subordinates.”

“… So you really want to die, huh.”

“No no, this time I’m thanking you from the bottom of my heart. Due to that, in addition to usual rewards you receive from your job I’ll give you some useful information as a personal gift.”

“Useful information?”

“That’s right. A bit of information related to Serial Number 20001 – Last Order’s life.”

Part 2 (Translation)
Uiharu Kazari and Last Order are sitting at an open-air café.

Last Order, who came out looking for a ‘lost child’, walked too much that her legs are sore and is currently half-lying on a table. Uiharu next to her has sat down and challenged the shop’s specialty – the extra large sweet cream-puff.

“So, have found the person you’re looking for? Did your ahoge finally stop reacting with that biribiri reaction?”

“… This here that Misaka have isn’t a ahoge! Misaka Misaka says in a tired voice.”

But, a child who’s around ten years old has that cluster of hair that stood up, and is waving in the autumn wind. That’s unquestionably the ultimate ahoge!

“Uu… I’m sure I felt him around here somewhere. But suddenly he went off somewhere, Misaka Misaka is feeling down due to doing all that work for nothing.”

Last Order, who’s like a deflated balloon suddenly raised her head.

Did she find that person? Uiharu thought, but that wasn’t the case.

A few girls walked past, and Last Order is staring at the key chain that’s a free gift from a nearby fast-food chain store.

“Mi-Misaka really want that! Misaka Misaka have no wallet on her so can only use look at Uiharu nee-san with her puppy dog eyes!”

“Ah, geez. Didn’t you come out looking for someone?”

“Yeah, and he’s in that fast food shop, Misaka Misaka can feel - ”

“It’s not alright to lie you know! Besides, I’ve just finished that extra large sweet cream-puff, and I’ve only just started. I can’t leave now.”

“How could you be this relaxed! Misaka Misaka bangs on the table repeatedly and mutters.”

“Ah, don’t you have the left over change from the taxi?”

“Ah! You’re right! Misaka Misaka takes out the paper note and charges towards the fast food shop!”

Before the voice finishes echoing Last Order have already left the café. Uiharu can only wave a handkerchief and say loudly “Remember to come back!”

As Uiharu is about to start her attack on the ice cream section a voice came from beside her:

“Sorry to bother you, ojou-san.”

Uiharu hurriedly put down her spoon and turned towards the voice. There stands a teenager who gives off a vulgar sense of style. On his right hand is some kind of mechanical claws.

On that teenager’s face is a warm smile that doesn’t suit his appearance.

“Um… may I ask who you are?”

“Kakine Teitoku. I’m looking for someone.”

While he’s talking, the teenager who calls himself Kakine brings out a photo.

“Do you know where this child is now? Her name is Last Order.”

“… …”

Uiharu stared at the photo for a few seconds. Then she looked back and forth between Kakine and the photo, and finally shook her head.

“Sorry, I haven’t seen her.”

“Is that so?”

“If you are in a hurry, I suggest you should go to the nearest Anti-Skill booth and ask there.”

“You have a point. But before that, maybe I’ll keep looking myself for a while.”

Kakine says as he turns to leave.

Uiharu has lowered her head, and is about to start her attack on her ice cream once more.

“Ah, right. I have something I forgot to mention.”

“?”

Without waiting for Uiharu to raise her head, the next sentence came with a blow to her head.

“I knew you were with Last Order! You idiot!”


 * bang* The impact spread from her temple.

Before she realised she got hit Uiharu already fell down from her seat. She subconsciously kicked over the table when she fell and knocked over her chair. Her extra large sweet cream-puff, which only had a few bites in it, scattered onto the floor like squashed fruits.

Around them, people passing by screamed.

Uiharu, who still don’t know what have happened, her first thought is to stand back up.

But Kakine’s foot viciously stepped onto her right shoulder and pinned her back down.

“That’s why, I didn’t ask ‘do you know her’, but instead ‘where did she go’!”

Kakine put all his weight onto his foot.

Crack. As she felt the heavy touch the pain of bone rubbing each other is being felt passed throughout her body. Then her shoulder dislocated.

Uiharu unconsciously in her pain wants to roll over, but Kakine’s leg is like an unmoving steel beam.

Now rather than say Uiharu is whimpering, it’s more like screaming. But Kakine isn’t moved by this at all.

“You didn’t discover me and told Last Order to [Escape], I understand that you aren’t that capable. Even though I’m a scumbag I prefer not to involve normal people. If you had cooperated with me in the first place I wouldn’t have to use violence.”

Now is an afternoon on a holiday, and around the open-air café there’s a lot of people. But they all only look on from afar and none of them tried to help.

But they can’t really be blamed.

On Uiharu’s arm is a Judgment’s armband. Truth be told Judgment members are only a group that takes care of incidents inside school grounds. Even if the organisation has elites they also have weaklings. It’s a shame that for students that don’t know the truth, those with armbands are like people who protect the peace, like people from the police or the army. If someone like that can be easily defeated, what can they do even if they charge in to help?

There’s no help for Uiharu here.

Kakine put more strength into his leg, forcing his shoe deeper into Uiharu’s shoulder.

“… But! I have no mercy for my enemies. If you didn’t know anything, and is only around Last Order by chance then I wouldn’t have to do this. However, from the instant you decided to protect her on your own will it becomes another matter entirely. So please, ojou-san: don’t force me to kill you right here.”


 * gacha kara kara* The dislocated bones are forcibly being moved, and the pain floods over her body.

When she finally reacted to her pain and try to withstand it Uiharu’s eyes are already filled with tears. The complaint why does she have to go through this, the fear of facing an overwhelming and unstoppable violence, and regret for not being able to solve this situation. These negative feelings are mixing together and pushing down on Uiharu’s mind from the inside.

There is only one way that’s prepared for her to be released from this.

“Where is Last Order?”

In her hazy mind that’s filled with pain, there is only Kakine’s voice.

“Tell me, and I’ll let you go.”

In the maze that has no exit, someone has finally pointed the way out. For Uiharu that’s covered by the darkness that’s called violence, she desires this finish point so much. Her sense of responsibility as a member of Judgment and her personality as ‘Uiharu Kazari’ is being shattered by that one thought of ‘being released from this pain’.

Her lips have finally moved.

With tears running down her cheeks she slowly opened her mouth.

She knows she should stay silent, but she could not accomplish that.

And so, while hating her own uselessness, she declared her final intention.

“…? What?”

Kakine furrowed his eyebrows. He doesn’t seem to understand the other side’s intention.

Uiharu said once more with trembling lips,

“Can you… not… hear me?”

Using what energy she has left.

“I said… that child is at a place where you will never see. I’m not… lying.”

It’s like she’s using all her energy to toy with her foe, she said while poking her tongue out.

Kakine Teitoku went silent.

“… Very well.”

As he said that he moved his leg off Uiharu’s shoulder.

But his foot did not go back onto the ground, instead it aimed at Uiharu Kazari’s head.

“I’ve told you before. Though I don’t attack normal people I have no mercy toward my enemies. If you understand that and yet still decides to refuse cooperation, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Kakine Teitoku put all his strength into his foot that’s hanging above her.

The foot is like it’s going to crush an empty can.

“Farewell.”


 * Boom* A large wind pressure make Uiharu close her tearful eyes subconsciously. This is all she can do right now.

But, Kakine’s foot did not crush Uiharu’s head.

Another explosion rang out across Academy City.

The gale that swept towards them is like a blast wave. Uiharu opened her eyes and sees an ATM machine and shards of its glass and walls. The twister made of those shards smashes against Kakine Teitoku at an incredible speed. Kakine who took this blow head on stumbled, and the foot that was going to crush Uiharu ended up stomping the floor a few millimetres away from her head.

From inside the completely destroyed ATM machine pure white paper notes is being spitted out, flying in all directions like an angel’s wings.

In the middle of all that, Uiharu heard it.

“… Seriously. Is that all it takes to satisfy you, scumbag?”

Passionate, white, insane.

That’s the voice of the demon-like strongest Level 5 in Academy City! “Let us raise the stakes some more. While we’re at it I’ll teach you what it means to be a Villain.”

Part 5
[End Volume 15 Chapter 5]