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Misa was kind of weird that day.

The speed at which she cast her Codes at me... Their sharpness...

They were real Codes, posing mortal harm.

Misa disappeared,

as though running away from the danger.

If that's true, she may still be alive.

According to Soshiro,

there's a place she used to go, in case of emergency.

I'm at that place right now.

I'm in Akihabara.

Hey!

Did you find my sister?

Why

are you...

Hey, Yumiko!

Haunting time!

Soshiro-san took off.

You saw that, too, didn't you, Kaho-chan?

Saw what?

The ghostscript of Misa-san.

How've ya been?

Misa-san...

You're transparent.

You two, wait here.

I'm going to give that thief a piece of my mind!

Okay, see you later.

Did Misa-san give you that amulet?

It was in my mailbox.

I wonder if Misa-san sent it.

If you think of the conditions a ghostscript requires to come about,

I believe it's quite unlikely.

What do you mean?

You'll get scared, so I don't think I'll tell you.

Hey, Kaho-chan!

You're...

You're...

How can you be smiling like that?!

I can hear you without your being so loud.

I'm not sure what you mean...

You know what it means for there to be a ghostscript of you, right?

Huh?

Well, if I'm dead,

there's no point in trying to do something about it now.

We haven't found your body.

If you aren't going to look, who is?

That's why I have been looking.

My only memories begin from the moment I came into existence as a ghostscript.

I have no clue where my body might have gone.

That's so irresponsible!

What is?

I'm kinda getting the sense our conversation isn't really matching up...

What are you saying?

I'm talking to Misa right now!

My sister isn't anywhere around here.

She is! She's right beside you!

Is talking into thin-air popular now?

Does that mean...

Yep!

Soshiro can't see or hear me.

But you're such a strong ghostscript, anyone should be able to see you.

Maybe my cooking has something to do with it.

Years ago, I'd stand in for our mother and cook for him. But I wasn't that good...

This is bad.

So I used magic to stimulate the parts of the mouth that make food taste good.

Soshiro was still pretty young,

so if it was good, even if the ingredients were strange,

he didn't think anything of it.

More, please!

Ever since he was young, he's eaten food drenched in magic.

Long ago, an emperor started taking poison at an early age to avoid dying from it.

Maybe it's something like that?

A resistance to magic?

I guess so.

Hey, how long do you plan to keep talking to the air?

Wait here.

Sorry about that.

What are you doing?

Oh, good idea.

Hey, Soshiro!

What's this?

It's Misa's voice.

I'm transcoding it with magic.

That's right.

Don't use my sister's voice. It's creepy.

Also, don't talk about magic around me.

You're pretty stubborn.

There's no real reason for me to make you believe magic exists,

but it's cold fact that this is Misa's voice.

It's still possible you're just mimicking her voice.

In that case, why not ask something that only you and Misa would know?

How about you tell me the name of that essay you wrote about food.

Huh?

Can't tell me? Thought so.

That wasn't an essay about food. It was a thesis on physics.

I didn't ask that.

Fine.

The title was "Why Do People Pour Curry Over Fried Cutlets?"

Believe me now?

S-Seriously?

I wonder where Soshiro-san went.

I'm hungry.

How about curry?

If we're going to eat,

I'd prefer something from a restaurant than a vending machine.

Oh.

What?

It's a human-vanishing Code.

Maybe this is...

So basically,

this man named Huang revived Guibarthez

and is attempting to use him to revive the Sorceress's Library.

Yeah! That's no good, is it?

I get what's going on, but there's still one thing I can't figure out.

What's that?

If we must prevent the Sorceress's Library from being reassembled,

why did we have to try to kill each other?

If you really wanted Kerykeion and me to stay away from that trap-filled building,

you could have just said so.

Or you could have taken me down with one of those underhanded tricks of yours.

There were multiple solutions.

The way you acted is a complete mystery to me.

It's almost like you tried to die deliberately.

What are you even talking about?

Yumiko, do you like magic?

I neither like nor dislike it. Magic is me.

Magic is Ichinose Yumiko Cristina. And Ichinose Yumiko Cristina is magic.

I see. I guess you could say that.

But magic isn't infinite.

It may differ from all the tools you've seen before,

but it remains a tool, nonetheless.

We use those tools and choose the best option among them.

We always select the best path.

That goes without saying.

But it's also possible that magic may, instead, limit our choices.

And when would that happen?

When magic shows you an ideal solution that you couldn't have seen without it.

Then, all you can do is select that best option.

Well, I guess it depends on the person.

What would you do?

I'd pick the best option.

I'm glad you said that.

I'm surprised that such a great mage as yourself

would be forced by a child to withdraw.

Don't be fooled by appearances.

Six years ago, the girl I mistook for Anehara Misa...

She

has the ability to dispel any Code.

If you relax your guard, it will end poorly for you.

I see. So you learned from experience?

That's right.

Not to mention that the Code abnormality we just saw...

I'm not sure what it was.

To bring back the Sorceress's Library,

I want to double-check everything and eliminate any uncertain elements.

Then we should just...

destroy anyone who resists.

What was that?

Guibarthez!

Transform to swords, my Code!

Transform to swords, my Code!

I won't make it with the Protection Code.

What was that?

What a mess...

It's that damned thief! I won't let you get away this time!

Wait!

Transform to swords, my Code.

Soshiro!

You bastard!

Why?

No way! That should have been fatal!

Understand now? You damned thief!

H-Hello?

Um, excuse me!

Is there anyone here?

Excuse me!

Come in.

Misa-san!

Welcome. Good job making it here.

How can he move if he took a direct hit from the Code of Swords?

Are you a mage, too?

Don't mess with me.

Don't compare me to those nut jobs.

Why is he unhurt?

A mage-killer?

What is that?

Something the church came up with, a terrifying assassin designed to combat powerful mages.

That's what they're called.

That's what this boy is?

From the time they're born, everything they eat contains high-level Codes.

Before they completely absorb this world's laws, their Code-infused existences

begin to fluctuate.

Most die in youth, their own existences weakening,

but those who develop a Code-resistance end up reflecting all parallel worlds' laws.

That's a mage-killer...

You've gone and done it now, Anehara Misa!

As a result, that's what he is.

If something happens, have Soshiro help you.

He's my final weapon.

So that's what she meant?

Mages are even in the process of becoming extinct in this age.

I'd never have thought we'd see a mage-killer.

Surprised, right? Magic won't work on my brother.

Give up?

What are you saying?

We've got ourselves another irregularity.

What should we do?

I can handle the mage.

All you have to do is handle the mage-killer.

I see. I guess we could do that, too.

I might not have mentioned it, but I'm trained in Chinese kempo.

Oh, I see.

Looks like one punch might not have been enough.

My brother is strong!

Thanks for the advice.

How about we get started, as well?

Let's.

Sounds about right to me.

You two found this place pretty handily.

We just found your Code by chance.

Um, are you okay?

I can't really say that I am...

I took quite a bit of damage.

But! But I'm glad I got to see you!

Yumiko-chan and Soshiro-san were worried about you.

Oh, yeah! I have to tell Yumiko-chan I found you!

You're good.

You're not going to use that sword?

No, this is an important magical sword.

It'd be a problem if it broke in a moment of carelessness.

What do you mean, "magical"?

You're nuts!

Die!

Transform to swords, my Code!

I won't let you escape!

Take this!

Looks like you weren't even worth the effort.

Damn you...

Misa, leave the rest to me.

Go to Soshiro.

You're right.

Don't count me out!

It's useless!

It's over now!

I'm stronger than I was six years ago.

Morishita Koyomi

Hello?

Is this Koyomi?

Yumiko-chan, where are you now?

We found Misa-san!

Really?

Is Misa okay?

Yeah. She's hurt, but she's fine.

I'm glad...

Transform to swords, my Code.

I told you not to count me out.

Yumiko-chan?

Are you there? Yumiko-chan?

Huh?

What's wrong?

Suddenly, I couldn't hear anything.

Maybe it broke?

I don't think shaking will help it.

Hey, who's there?

Uh, Soshiro-san?

Um...

I know who it is. Don't say any more.

I'm sort of in the midst of something right now.

U-Um... Um...

We found Misa-san.

Then bring her here now!

The idiot collapsed and is bleeding!

Huh? Huh? Huh?

Huh?!

Don't make me say it twice!

I'll tell you where I am now.

Hurry it up!

There's a human-vanishing Code up.

Over there.

Kaho-chan, wh-wh-wh-wh-what should we do?

Ichinose.

Yumiko-chan!

Get your act together!

Yumiko-chan...

What should we do, Soshiro-san?

Calm down.

Damn, is the ambulance here yet?

Yumiko-chan!

Hold on, Yumiko-chan!

Please! Wake up.

Open your eyes!

Y-Yumiko-chan?

Yumiko-

chan.

It's finally begun...

So, she revived?

That's the legendary sorceress.

Digitalis Flammalacia.

In order to defeat the now-revived legendary sorceress,

the Modern-Day mage will sacrifice Ichinose Yumiko,

believing it to be the sole "best" method.

At that moment, the apprentice mage will...