Zettai Karen Children 242

Chapter 242

01

Momiji: They darken while at the same time sending out a pulse that dulls the optic nerves and therefore paralyzes your vision.
SFX: Vv...
Momiji: They're used to bring out a Teleporter's spatial cognizance super sense.

Momiji: Mio, do you want some?
Momiji: You're a Teleporter after all.
Mio: The Goddess doesn't use those.
Momiji: There's a level difference there.

Mio: I-I can do it too!!
SFX: Close eyes
Mio: I just have to close my eyes like this and my super sense awakens.

Mio: I can see small bits of light...
Mio: spreading out.
Momiji: Everyone can see that.

02

SFX: Dull

Kazura: ...This is what you all have for bentos?
Kazura: It's horrible.
Kaoru: I-I made it...
Kaoru: Maybe we should just buy some bread for today.

Shiho: I'll eat it, Kaoru-chan.
Shiho: It's not just about how it tastes or looks.
Shiho: A Psychometer can taste the feelings and effort that went into making it.

Shiho: It's warm with great effort.
Shiho: This is the flavor Kaoru-chan.
Shiho (thought): But it is disgusting.
SFX: Stare
Aoi: For me it's just disgusting.

Margin: Everyone has a special skill...and everyone has something they're bad at. Take care of your individuality...

Bottom: Volume 24 release! It is on sale now!!

02

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Credit: Shiina Takashi
Title: 242nd sense. A Scandal With Her! (6)

03

SFX: Siren

Announcement: Emergency vehicle coming through!
SFX: Hyuh
Announcement: Clear the way!
Announcement: Emergency vehicle coming through!

Margin: The Children are going all out with their powers to go full speed to Minamoto!!

SFX: Pah
Shiho: Get us there, Aoi-chan, Kaoru-chan!
Kaoru: Psychiiiiiic...

04

Kaoru: Speed of Sound Flying + Teleportation!!
Background SFX: Pah pah pah pah
SFX: Roar
Aoi: We won't let that kind of mistake happen!!

Kaoru: I know I don't really suit you perfectly...!
Kaoru: But please wait!!

Nakamura: Um, what are they doing!?
Nakamura: Wouldn't that kind of mistake be good for the mission?
Chief: Now that those girls get pissed, we need to stop worrying about national interests and be more worried about the capital being destroyed.

05

Momiji: We were as surprised as you all...
Momiji: that Muscle was that skilled.
Text: Ah ha ha ha ha...!!

Margin: Previously: Minamoto + Feather and Sakaki + P.A.N.D.R.A's Momiji are on a double date at B.A.B.E.L. HQ. But the Children felt a danger to Minamoto's chastity with their super senses...!

Momiji: I'll tell him to tone it down a bit from now on.
Momiji: You can trust me.

Sakaki: ...I'm not about to believe that it's this easy.
Sakaki: But...

06

Sakaki: We do have a guy that is that naive.
Sakaki: I was just asking in his stead.
Momiji: Ah ha ha...
Momiji: I kind of like, Minamoto-kun.
Momiji: He's a bit...

Momiji: like the major.
Momiji: They're actually quite naive...
Momiji: but they can be quite dangerous as they chase after their ideals.

Sakaki: Minamoto isn't like Hyoubu.
Sakaki: Don't put him in the same category as that murderer.
Momiji: Are they really that different?

Momiji: If you and the Children were killed...
Momiji: can you really say he wouldn't become something like Hyoubu Kyousuke?

07

Momiji: If he had only saved my life...
Momiji: I might not like the major as much as I do.
Momiji: It may be thanks to him that I'm able to live a peaceful life now.

Hyoubu: Come with me.

Hyoubu: The life of an esper in a war-torn area is a difficult one.
Hyoubu: It's incredibly dangerous even for a child.
Hyoubu: You'll either be used or you'll be killed.
Hyoubu: If you want to have revenge on them, I'll help you do so.
Hyoubu: If you would rather live in peace, I'll let you do that.

08

Momiji: Be used...
Momiji: or be killed...?
Men: If she's an enemy esper, killing her will be no problem!

Text: Ah

Magi: Hey, old man!
Magi: Where's that kid?
Hyoubu: Eh?
Hyoubu: Huh?
Hyoubu: Hey, "Yo"!?

Yo: Ahh.
Yo: Dahh.
SFX: Totter totter

Magi: Don't take your eyes off of him!!
Magi: What do you mean "I'll let you do that"!!
Hyoubu: But...
Magi: Agh, there's no helping you!!

09

Magi: Fine!
Magi: I'll go find him!
Magi: You take care of her!
Hyoubu: Okay!

Hyoubu: Come here.

Momiji: It isn't just me.
Momiji: He...

Momiji: also needs someone?

10

Sakaki: Doesn't that just mean he's hopeless!?
Momiji: Ah ha ha ha...!
Momiji: Exactly!

Momiji: Otherwise he wouldn't still be a boy at his age.
Momiji: When his superior officer killed his comrades and shot him...
Momiji: time stopped for him.

Sakaki: So...
Sakaki: what is it you want?
Momiji: Eh...?

Momiji: Don't misunderstand, okay!?
Momiji: When I say I like the major and Magi-chan...
SFX: Fidget fidget fidget
Momiji: I mean as a brother and a father.

Momiji: It isn't what you're thinking at all!
Momiji: And if I had to say it...
SFX: Blush

11

Momiji: th-the type of guy I like is...
Momiji: Um...
Sakaki: ...Eh?
SFX: Grab

SFX: Hyuh
SFX: Wham
Shiho: You're under arrest for treason and infidelity!!!
Shiho: Huh!? You're not Minamoto-san!
Sakaki: Waaaah!!?

Feather: So...

12

Feather: What do you think of...
Feather: the woman whose form I've taken? Of the "Queen"?

Minamoto: Well...!!

Minamoto: I won't let Kaoru become that.
Minamoto: That's all.

Feather: You're lying.
Feather: That's not all that's in your heart.

13

Feather: If you don't tell me the truth, I'll push you down.
Minamoto: Uuh.
Feather: Now spill it!

Feather: What if that wasn't Kaoru-chan!?

Minamoto: Th-that's..!

Kaoru: Did you know, Minamoto...?
Kaoru: I...
Minamoto: When I first saw her...
Minamoto: I thought her eyes looked very sad.

14

Kaoru: For a long time now...
Kaoru: I've loved you.
Minamoto: She was a strong woman and yet she...
Minamoto: looked at me as if she was clinging to me as she said that.

Minamoto: She must have...

Minamoto: come there in order to be killed by me.
Minamoto: I won't let her become that!
Minamoto: That's all!

15

Feather: Then she and I are the same.
Minamoto: Eh!?
Feather: We're nonexistent existences.
Feather: Ghosts that do not truly exist in this world.

Feather: So are our feelings of love towards you...
Feather: also meaningless?
Minamoto: No, that's not...

Feather: Hey,
Feather: Minamoto.

Feather: Just once...
Feather: will you kiss me.

Minamoto: Ki-? Wait a second!!
Minamoto: You're not human right now!

16

Feather: That's right.
Feather: There is no girl here now.
Feather: Just a fake made of raremetal.

Feather: But just this once...
Feather: As if we were flesh and blood lovers!

Minamoto: Feather...?
Text: Ah

17

Minamoto: Don't move, Feather.
Minamoto: No...

Text: Ah

18

SFX: Hyuh

Kaoru: Nn...!!
SFX: Pah

Kaoru: Mm...!?
Text: The real Kaoru appears and...!!!

Box: To be continued in Issue 7.