Mahou Sensei Negima! 292

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[Insert text: Negi revived! And now... the final battle approaches!!]
Haruna: Negi-kun! / [aside]good work in there~![/aside]
Negi: Haruna-san! // A telepathic transmission from New Ostia?
Haruna: Uh-huh! Just come with me, quick! // Asuna, haven't seen you for a while... have you been with Negi-kun this whole time?
Shiori!Asuna: Hm? Y - Yes, that's right...
Tatsumiya: ...
Chachamaru: This way.
Takahata: Hey th... ...gi-kun. Are y... ...l right? // There seems to be a great deal of mag... ...terference in the area, so th... ...ssion is a little unstab... ...ing to tune it up a little.
Negi: Takamichi! You're all right, then? // ...Hm? Who's that behind you...?

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Negi: Kurt-san!! Why are you two...?!
Kurt: ...We have come to something of a reluctant agreement; I will be cooperating with you for the time being. // Since you are in the area, I daresay you have noticed already, but... / ...it seems that the remnants of Cosmo Entelecheia are attempting to initiate some kind of process in the depths of the ruined city.
Negi: !
Kurt: Judging from the levels of magical power detected, we believe this process may be... // ...a repeat of what happened twenty years ago. // The issue that we discussed earlier will only become relevant in a matter of decades or centuries... / ...whereas this crisis seems likely to come to a head within a matter of hours. // In response to the current situation, the Empire, Confederation and Ariadne have all agreed to cooperate, and have dispatched a combined military force in your direction.

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Kurt: To be perfectly frank... this is a global crisis!
[Mahou Sensei Negima!]
[Period 292: Last Project]
[Insert text: The combined forces of the Magical World, brought together by a common wish, lend their aid to Ala Alba!!!]

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[Text: Megalomesembrian Trusteeship - New Ostia]
Zaytsev: This is...
PaioII: It's coming from the ruins.
Principal: ...!
People: Sensei - Sensei! Look outside!
[Text: City of Magical Academics: Ariadne]
People: Wh - What is this flow of light...? // Huge quantities of magical energy are reacting with the atmosphere to the point where they can be observed with the naked eye! // It's heading in the direction of Ostia...!
[Text: Megalomesembria]
People: No way... // It can't be...!

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Kurt: A global crisis... // And yet, as you have most likely already realised, / the vast majority of our military forces have no hope of standing up to them. // Your group, currently en route to their base of operations ahead of our military forces, is one of the greatest assets we have. / Do you understand what I am saying?
Negi: !
Kurt: We need you to lend us your aid, Negi-kun. // I beg this of you.
Negi: ......
Takahata: You shouldn't let this old fox fool you, Negi-kun. When he starts acting all admirable like this, you just know he's secretly plotting something.
Kurt: Silence, Takamichi. What reason would I have to complicate things in this emergency situation?!
Chisame: (Is it just me, or do those two get on surprisingly well...?)
Negi: I understand. // But I cannot promise anything right away.

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Negi: I should remind you that we are originally a group of students here on a summer trip... / ...and indeed, we are not even citizens of this world. // I cannot possibly agree to involve everyone in such a dangerous operation without giving them a proper explanation and obtaining their agreement. / Could you give me a little time to speak to the others and hear their opinions?
Kurt: ... // Very well.
Negi: ...And so you see... // As I have just explained, // it seems like things have developed into an absolutely terrible situation! // However!

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Negi: Our objective remains the same: the safe retrieval of Anya...
[Label: Anya]
Negi: ...and the retrieval of Great Grand Master Key to the Code of the Lifemaker! // ...If we can obtain the Great Grand Master Key... / ...then that should effectively put a stop to the enemy's plans... // ...and more importantly, allow us to bring back all of the people who were erased!
Kotarou: Sounds good to me. If we can rescue our friends and end up savin' the whole world into the bargain, what's not to like?
Haruna: Ohhh yeah~~~~! Those are the words I've been waiting to hear! "Global crisis"! // [aside]that's what I'm talking about![/aside]
Yuuna: Now I'm really getting pumped~~~~! / [aside]though I'm not sure if this is something we should be grinning about~[/aside]
Makie: B - But why is this happening now, I wonder? We must have really bad timing... / [aside]you know?[/aside]
Negi: Well...
Shiori!Asuna: ...
Chisame: ...... // (I guess this isn't the time to tell them...)

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Chisame: W - Well, I'm sure this evil organisation has its own reasons for that! // Anyway, let's get down to business! Chachamaru, take it away!
Chachamaru: As you wish.
Negi: Are you ready, then, Asakura-san, Haruna-san?
Asakura: Sure thing! Take a look at the fruits of our all-out monitoring over these last five hours!
Haruna: This is pretty much how things look right now. / [aside]the Gateport is about here.[/aside]
[Top label: Central Ostia Ruins]
[Middle label: Gateport]
[Mid-right label: Old Ostia Urban Area]
[Mid-centre label: Ruins of the Floating Royal Palace of Ostia]
[Mid-left label: Gravekeeper's Palace]
[Bottom-right label: Ala Alba's current position]
[Bottom-left label: Ostia Ruins Overview]
Haruna: Thanks to those currents of magic in the air, the islands that fell to the ground all those years ago have risen back into the sky. / It's quite the spectacle.
Asakura: This lower diagram shows where we are right now in comparison to the central ruins. The top part is an enlargement of the central area.

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Haruna: The signal from Anya-chan's badge is coming from here, in the Gravekeeper's Palace. / That's probably where our main enemies will be as well.]
[Top label: Anya's Badge]
[Bottom label: Innermost Section of the Floating Royal Palace of Ostia // Gravekeeper's Palace]
Asakura: In other words, this is our target. / Then once we've achieved our objective, we head to the gateport and get outta here.
Kotarou: What's the great big bubble of light thing that's covering the whole area?
Haruna: Oh, this?
Yuuna: A barrier?
Haruna: That's a ultra-large-scale encapsulating shell woven of huge quantities of magical energy.
Asakura: In other words, a barrier.
Chachamaru: According to my calculations, it should be immune to even the main cannons of a Confederation battleship. / I daresay even my Artifact would be unable to destroy it completely.
Yuuna: But then we can't get in!
Haruna: Well... yes, I guess that's true... // [aside]it's only just recently that we detected this barrier, so...[/aside]
Shiori: ...... // Erm, Paruna-san - about that barrier. That area right at the very top... / We should be able to slip through the barrier quite easily at that point.
Haruna: Eh? // What, here?
Shiori: Yes. Like the eye of a tornado, the magical energy is extremely calm at that central point, so the barrier does not extend over it. // [aside]this is top-secret information, but...[/aside]
Yuuna: How come you know about a thing like that, Asuna?

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Shiori: Why do I...? ...Oh!
Shiori!Asuna: Oi! What're you doing?!
Shiori: Wha~? / Oh, of course... I'm sorry!
Shiori!Asuna: It's great that you're helping us out and all, but you're only making everyone suspicious! Give me back control, would you?!
Shiori: I - I'm sorry... I just...
Shiori!Asuna: Are you sure you should be telling us this stuff, anyway?
Shiori: Y - Yes... I thought long and hard about where my allegiances lie, and this is the answer I came up with... I'll give you control back right away - if you could just wait a second...
Ako: A... Asuna? ...san?
Makie: Wha...?
Yuuna: [aside]who is she talking to...?[/aside] // A... Are you all right, Asuna?
Shiori!Asuna: I - It's nothing! I'm just fine! // Yeah, you can get in through the top, but apparently the turbulence is pretty nasty, so we'll have to be careful. / Erm... and... when it comes to getting into the Gravekeeper's Palace itself, it should be safer to enter from the bottom than from the top. / [aside]because the security on the upper side is pretty tight, or something...[/aside]
Yuuna: ...Are you hearing voices?
Shiori!Asuna: What's that supposed to mean?! / [aside]I'm getting this stuff from a reliable source![/aside]
Yuuna: Yeah, right! You were blatantly just conversing with some kind of fairies or something just now~~~~~!
Girls: Asuna's gone crazy~~~~~~!
Shiori!Asuna: I have not~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!
Negi: It's all right. We can trust the information from this "fairy".
Yuuna: Whaaaaaa~~?! / [aside]seriously?[/aside]
Negi: Seriously.
Shiori!Asuna: Wh... What's that look for?
Negi: So, to sum up everything we've learned...

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[Text:]
Diagram of the enemy's secret base!!
The building our enemies, Cosmo Entelecheia, are using as their secret base was originally the royal mausoleum! Isn't that amazing?! What's that you ask? "What's a mausoleum"? It's like a tomb, silly!
In this Kingdom, the role of the people who guarded the tombs of the dead was seen as very important, so the clan of gravekeepers were such big-shots that they even got their own palace! Kinda weird, but pretty cool, huh?!
[/Text]
[Numbered labels: (1) Through the barrier! // (2) Break in at the bottom, where the security is weakest! // (3) Save Anya! // (4) Steal the Key! // (5) Escape through the Gateport to Earth!]
[Small labels (top to bottom): Gravekeepers' town // Tomb of the very first Queen // All sorts of other tombs // Infinite Staircase]
[TN: Oh, dear Lord. I wouldn't want to have to climb that.]
Negi: What do you think? Simple enough, yes?
Girls: Who~~~~~a! / He's right, it is pretty simple! / I'm starting to feel like we can do this! / I don't feel so sure...
Konoka: This is the same place where Negi-kun's father fought his own battle, so it holds quite a bit of special meaning, huh? // But you know, when you put it on a diagram like this, it feels like something out of a movie or a manga... / [aside]like The Game of Death, or Muscle Tower...[/aside]
Negi: Huh?
Haruna: OH HELLS YEAH!

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Haruna: That's gotta be it! The enemies will be waiting for us one by one as we go up the staircase! // [aside]man, that's cool![/aside]
[Labels (top-to-bottom): TOP FLOOR / Fate // Fourth Chamber / Strong Dude // Third Chamber / Pervy-Slicey-Glasses-Girl // Second Chamber / Murderous Musician // First Chamber / Space-Time Pantyless Duo]
Konoka: Ahh...
Yuuna: Oh, come off it! Like something that clichéd would happen! / [aside]The Game of Death?! Muscle Tower?![/aside]
Tatsumiya: Actually, I would not be too surprised if this were the case... / [aside]speaking from experience.[/aside]
Negi: Now, as I have just outlined, we will be splitting into four main groups! // The first group will stay in Johnny-san's flying manta, which will keep a relatively safe distance from the action. / The second group will be in the Great Paru-sama, maintaining a position in the airspace just outside the Palace and readying an escape route. // The third group will be Palace Invasion Group A - their objective is Anya's safe retrieval. / The fourth and final group is Palace Invasion Group B, whose objective is to obtain the Great Grand Master Key.
[Labels: 1. Relative Safety // 2. Fairly Dangerous Mission // 3. Covert Infiltration // 4. Likely to Clash with the Enemy Leaders]
Negi: The groups each of you are assigned to is listed on the sheets I have handed out. If you have any opinions of requests to voice, then please tell me. // We will begin the operation in about 30 minutes' time, immediately after our report to Kurt-san. If you feel the need to eat or use the bathroom, then please do so within this time. / [aside]and try not to eat too much, all right?[/aside] // Well then, everyone...

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Negi: I'll be counting on -
Haruna: OI~~~~~~~~! That's no good, Leader! You've got to give it more energy than that! / [aside]and stop talking all polite![/aside]
Negi: Right... // W - Well then... this kind of thing isn't exactly my strong point, but... // Erm... // Members of Ala Alba!! // The final battle approaches!! // Let's do this!!
Everyone: YEAH!!!

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Yuuna: All right~~~~~~!! Let's do it~~~~~~~~!!
Makie: Yeah~~~~~~!! // [aside]whoo~~~~~!♡[/aside]
Akira: ...It's not like we'll be actually doing anything, since we're in the standby group...
Ako: Well, we don't have experience in this kind of thing, so I guess it makes sense...
Natsumi: (Chief...)
Ako: (Chief... // Tosaka-san... We'll save you...!)
Akira: (Tosaka-san...)
Negi: We have concluded our discussions. / We will lend you as much aid as we can.
Kurt: That's good to hear. / Well then, let's go through the details of the operation...
Beatrix: ......
Chachamaru: "Johnny-san"?
Haruna: Oh, he's this cool old guy.
Collet: It'll be all right, Bea. I know it.
Yue: Yes.

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Collet: Once this is all over... // Why don't we all go for a trip to Japan with Class Rep? // We'll be counting on you to show us around, Yue, Nodoka!
Yue: Eh?
Nodoka: R - Right!
Yue: ...Yes. // Absolutely. // You'll be able to experience the famous Mahora Mysterious Drinks Tour.
Collet: Ooh, that sounds fun! I'm excited already!
Nodoka: C - Collet-san, I don't think you really want to... // ... // ?!

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Nodoka: Collet-san!!
Tsukuyomi: I think I'll start... // ...with the puppet!
Collet: Eh...?
Yue: Co -
Tsukuyomi: Bye now!

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Tsukuyomi: ?! // Nghh...?! // Nnn... // ...ghahh...
Nodoka: Negi-sensei!!
[Insert text: His trials overcome, Negi shows the full force of his new power!!!]