Mahou Sensei Negima! 287

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
Period 287: Mahora Academy Prepares for Battle!!
[Insert text: One after another, the secrets are coming out!!]
Chisame: H - H - Hold on a moment, Takane-san! // Did you just say something seriously outrageous out of the blue?!
Takane: Yes, I did. // Akashi Yuuna-san. // Your parents are the same as Negi-sensei. // Magical teachers.
Chisame: Wha...?
Akira: Whaaaaaaaaat?!

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Mei: But Onee-sama, didn't Professor Akashi tell you not to -
Takane: I am quite aware of that. This is my own decision. // Now that she is here, in the Magical World... // ...it could be dangerous for her to remain unaware of the truth.
Chisame: H - Hold it already, would you?! Akashi and the other three sports girls... / ...are meant to be the normal ones! // Normal people are a rare and precious commodity in a class like ours, you know! / They're my last line of defence against losing touch with reality! You can't just -
Mei: [aside]aahhh...[/aside]
Takane: It's the truth.
Chisame: Guaaahhhh!
Akira: E... Erm... Then this isn't... some kind of joke, or...?
Takane: Mahora Academy was established by our kind. The current Principal is himself a powerful mage. // It should not be so difficult to imagine that the majority of the staff working there are likewise mages.
Akira: N... No way...

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Takane: Professor Akashi kept the truth from you for your own sake, but...
Akira: Y... Yuuna...
Chisame: [aside]gaaahhh... reality... slipping away...[/aside]
Akira: Yuuna... are you all right...?
Yuuna: ...
Akira: ...Yuu...na...?
Yuuna: [aside]*whew~~*[/aside] // Figures, huh~? // I thought they must be.
Akira: Eh...?
Chisame: [aside]r... reality...[/aside]
Yuuna: Well, it was all pretty suspicious if you thought about it for a moment, right? // I mean, my dad's old friend, Donette, was the guide who brought us to the Magical World, remember? / I may be pretty thick, but I've had plenty of time to think about this stuff.
Akira: Ah... / [aside]that's true...[/aside]
Chisame: Nghh...

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Chisame: You're pretty calm about all this.
Chamo: [aside]she's a toughie...[/aside]
Yuuna: Say, Takane-senpai. Do you have a staff, or a wand? / [aside]you know, like Negi-sensei uses.[/aside]
Takane: Yes.
Yuuna: Thanks~! // Now, let's see... // Pra Cta Biginar... // Ardescat!
Akira: That's amazing, Yuuna!
Chisame: Seriously?!
Yuuna: Not really... I mean, Makie's pulled that much off as well... // But yeah... // When I think about it, it all just seems to fit, so... it's not a big surprise.

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Akira: Yuuna...
Yuuna: Heheh! // So, Takane-senpai! There's just one thing I'd like to ask!
Takane: ...Very well. I will tell you whatever you wish to know.
Yuuna: My mother... I was always told she died while traveling overseas when I was five years old... // But I wonder... maybe that's not... quite true either?
Takane: ...!
Yuuna: ...Look... // I can handle it. Please, tell me!
Takane: ... // ...Very well. I hardly have the right to reveal this, but out of respect for you, I will do so. // From what I am aware, your mother was killed in the line of duty... in the course of a government operation. / I daresay... it was not unrelated to the current situation.

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Yuuna: A... A government operation...?
Takane: Akashi Yuuko-san was an agent sent to Megalomesembria by Mahora Academy. / I do not know the details myself.
Yuuna: Ahahahah... An agent... what, like "Agent Smith"? // Well, damn... that sounds way too cool! / [aside]ahahah...[/aside] // Haha...hah... // Tch... // Dad... you're such an idiot... // You could have told me the truth, you know... // You're so in for it when I get back...

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[Text: Japan - Mahora Academy]
Kataragi: Hey.
Akashi: Oh - hello.
Kataragi: Ten years, huh...? // No wonder Yuuna-chan has grown so much. I saw her impressive work at the festival.
Akashi: Hahaha...
Kataragi: She got that spirit from Yuuko-san, no doubt about it.

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Kataragi: I'm sure... you must be worried about her.
Akashi: Oh, absolutely... If something like this was going to happen, I wish I'd taught her magic while I had the chance... // ...With all of the Gates destroyed, we have no way of knowing the situation on the other side. // And with the worlds split apart entirely, discrepancies will have emerged in the flow of time. // Four or five times seems most likely... I expect many months will have gone by in the Magical World. // Anything could happen in that length of time...
Kataragi: Don't you worry. Even without magic, Yuuna-chan is still your daughter, and Yuuko-san's. // She's got more fight in her than you give her credit for. / And with the likes of Negi-kun and Sakurazaki alongside her... she'll be just fine.
Akashi: Yes...
[SFX: brrrring]
Akashi: Hello? / Ah, Principal! Do you need something?
Principal: Akashi-kun! / This is an emergency!! // Round up all magical teachers in the Academy at once!!

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Akashi: What exactly has happened?! Have we regained contact with the Magical World?!
Principal: No, no! It's the World Tree! The Academy's World Tree has started glowing!! / This is not normal!
Akashi: The World Tree? Impossible! // It shouldn't start glowing again for another twenty-two... // !! // I... It really is glowing... And with such force... // With a magical emission this strong, even ordinary humans will be able to see it once the sun goes down...!
Principal: I can only think that something is happening on the other side.
Akashi: The other side...? Mundus Magicus!! // You mean, in old Ostia?! // No... it can't be... // The Gate...

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Akashi: The underground Gate in the depths of Library Island, connecting Mahora Academy and old Ostia... // Surely it was sealed away and abandoned over twenty years ago...!
Principal: Indeed it was, but it was not physically destroyed.
Akashi: !!
Principal: This may well be what the culprits were after... // As you are all aware, / the eleven Gates around the world were destroyed in a terrorist attack by unknown forces. // Over the past two weeks, we have been unable to establish contact with the Magical World. / This is an extremely worrying state of affairs.

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Principal: We have no word on the situation, and no leads on the identity of the culprit group. In all honesty, we have been at a loss since the incident occurred.
Students: [aside]ahaha // *chatter chatter*[/aside]
Principal: However, this phenomenon surrounding the World Tree... // ...makes it seem extremely probable that this is the work of the remnants of Cosmo Entelecheia!
People: !! // Cosmo Entelecheia... / The ones behind the Great War... // The Thousand Master's greatest foes... // Are you sure about this? I was under the impression that all remnants of Cosmo Entelecheia were taken care of years ago by Takahata-kun and his colleagues...
Principal: Indeed... we have been careless. // We had assumed that the aim of this terrorist incident lay in separating the two worlds... / But we were wrong. // They were after a massive supply of magical energy!!!
[Bottom-right label: Mundus Magicus / (rich in magic)]
[Mid-right label: Old Ostia]
[Centre-right label: Accumulated magical energy]
[Centre-top label: Magical energy]
[Centre-bottom label: Gate]
[Mid-left label: Mahora Academy]
[Bottom-left label: Earth / (sparse in magic)]
Principal: That world has accumulated hundreds of millions of times the amount of magical energy present here.

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Principal: There can only be one reason for gathering that much magical energy. // They mean to stage a repeat of what happened twenty years ago. // If that were to happen, the Gate would be closed off, and who knows what might happen to Mahora itself... // It would doubtless be a most unpleasant scenario.
People: !!
Principal: At any rate, getting ourselves mixed up in the conflicts of the Magical World... / ...is a situation to be avoided at all costs! // We must be ready for every eventuality, and prepare all forces to be dispatched at any time! / This isn't going to be easy, men!! // Nijuuin-kun! Prepare a investigatory task force to head down into the underground chambers of Library Island at once!
Nijuuin: Yes, sir!
Principal: Akashi-kun! Prepare to evacuate the local residents! Invent whatever reasons you have to!
Akashi: Understood!
Principal: Gandolfini-kun, get in contact with the magical departments around the world!
Gandolfini: Yes, sir!
Principal: Touko-kun, explain the current situation to the Kansai Sorcery Association! Avoid any unnecessary confusion!
Touko: Yessir!

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Principal: Get to work!!
People: Yes, sir!!
Nijuuin: Dear me, what a day... // I go out to buy a meat bun, and on the way home I run into a global crisis...
Touko: ...Honestly... We're busy enough with preparations for the new term, without something like this coming up...
Nutmeg: Takane-oneesama... Mei...
Shakti?: [aside]Misora... // (eh, she'll be fine.)
Gandolfini: Still... if it really is Cosmo Entelecheia that we're up against...
Seruhiko?: Things could look bad... Without Takahata-sensei, our military capacity isn't exactly...
Eva: Hmm? // A request?

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Principal: Correct. // A serious request.
Eva: Get outta here. // I'm not interested in requests from an old fart like you!
Principal: It is good to see that you are here as well. // I must beg most humbly for your assistance.
Eva: Don't ignore me!
Eishun: O - Oh, no - please! Raise your head!
Principal: To be frank... // There is a possibility that Princess Asuna has fallen into enemy hands.
Eishun: ...Hm.
Imma: Tell us more.
Eva: ! / ...Hmph.
[Text: Great Britain]

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Ayaka: Hmmmm...
[Letter: CONFIDENTIAL / For the eyes of Yukihiro Ayaka only // Investigation Regarding Nagi Springfield / Report III // Yukihiro Consultin- // Informatio-]
Ayaka: ......
Narutakix2: Heyas, Class Rep~! What're you doing at this time of morning~? / What's that thing you're reading~~~?
Ayaka: Ahh! Get off! That's a very important document -
Shiina: Class rep, class rep~~~! Phone call for you, from Japan~~~~!♪
Ayaka: Oh? From whom?
Shiina: Eheheheh!♡ You're not going to believe this...
Ayaka: Oh! Oh, my... Evangeline-san! Well, this is quite the pleasure!♡ / Hm? We should return to Japan? Sensei... won't be coming back here?
People: [aside]breakfast's ready~~! / yaaaay~!♡ / time to eat~~~![/aside]
Evangeline: If the boy returns, it will be directly to Mahora. And the same goes for your friend Asuna.
Ayaka: Huh?
[Insert text: Everyone begins to gather! The fate of the world rests in the hands of Negi and Mahora!!]
[Bottom text: Next issue, Negima will be taking a break so that the author can collect data. See you in Shonen Magazine Issue 24, on sale Wednesday 12th May!♡]