Tokyo ESP 16

TOKYO ESP #16

tl by molokidan

117)
1(2b): Ayumu...what happened to your face?
2: Did you get into a fight?
SCENE 16 - Two-Second Limit Precognition
3(2b): Apparently he was sparring. I can't believe he did it with no protection...
4: You're not allowed to meet that panda anymore.
5(2b): The new semester has already begun, and midterms will be coming up soon.
6: Don't think you can get relaxed because you're still only in 8th grade.
7: Just imagine that the exams have already begun.

118)
1(2b): You haven't told your parents about your ESP yet?
2: Lately there's been all this talk about ESP...
3(2b): How are things on your end, mom? Aren't the lower Diet elections coming up soon?
4: I have no intention of letting those terrorists...
5: run around as they please...
6: I will protect your future!
7: You don't need to worry, just focus on studying!

119)
1(2b): Your future is the same as mine...
2: We want you to become a member of the Diet just like me.
poster: Keeping the peace! Oozora Reia

120)
1: --summer vacation ended,
2: but the heat still lingered in September...
3: Hmph...
4: Nuu...
5(small): Rehabilitation
6: This is bad, I've lost almost all of my abilities.
7: What have you been staring at?
8: We have confirmed their existence.
9: They are a threat to national security.
10: A talk show.
11: Ah...I've seen that person on TV a lot recently.

121)
1(2b): Accounts of ESP have appeared in mythology and the bible.
2: The study of ESP, parapsychology, was even accredited as a academic study in the 19th century.
3: However, we cannot prosecute these people through our current laws.
4(small): I'm getting interference...
5(2b): She's one of the officials trying to get the ESP Regulations passed...
6: regulations?
7: Yeah. They've been deliberating over this all summer.

122)
1: --for example, under current laws, someone with pyrokinesis
2: He just caught on fire for some reason!
3: I tried to help him!
4(2b): It wasn't me! I don't have a lighter or gasoline!
5: can't be tried as a criminal.
6: What, did you use ESP?
7(2b): --however, suspicious people have been registered and are under surveillance.
8: You're not allowed to go outside alone!
9: Hey! Where are you going?!
10: This regulation will allow them to be arrested and even imprisoned depending on the circumstances.
11: Hieee!
12(2b): Y...you mean they don't have human rights?
13: I guess not. It's all because of the terrorism that happened over the break.

123)
1: They don't see us ESPers as humans.
2: The fear of the people is winning out.
3: But not all of us are terrorists.
4: Is that law going to pass soon...?
5: Certain people already know about me.
6: Although, these two stand out the most.
7: I and your father will handle the police.
8(2b): If things get bad, we can even use Peggy to erase ESP.
9: Kweh!

124)
1: --but as long as those instructors are out there...
2: we won't be able to fundamentally stop them.
3: Master...what about with my teleportation?
4: I think CPC will work on them.
5: But not yet.
6: Your "Thousand-Hand Counter" still hasn't been completed.
7(2b): Techniques are things you spend your whole life perfecting.
8: It all depends on you.

125)
1(small): Blindfold?
2(2b): This is a space beneath my house. I built it over the summer.
3: Here, we can carry out ESP training without holding back.
4(2b): Um...is this training
5(small): I can't see!
6: in order to open my mind's eye?

126)
1(2b): Hohoh! Nothing that dramatic...
2: The sounds of objects, and the quiet flow of the wind...
3: Scents and the presence of breath...
4: You must use your five senses to detect all things and people around you.
5: Nuuuu...you think I can do that all of a sudden, in a new place like this?
6: I'm not even sure I could walk straight.
7: Feel it with your skin, not with your heart.

127)
1: Fighters like teleporters who jump around your blind spots
2: can't be followed with your eyes, anyway.
3(3b): I see. So I need to sense their presence and predict where they're attacking from.
4: Then I'll be able to use the Thousand-Hand Counter.
5: That's what this training's for...
6: He may be a pervert,
7(2b): but he really is teaching me how to fight against a teleporter.

128)
1: Panda Boob Fist!!
2(panel two sfx): ANGER
3: You stupid pandaaa!
4(2b): Wahh! Wait, Rinka-san!!
5(2b): Hohoh! The sparring begins!

129)
1: Wahh! Azuma-san!
2(2b): Sorry!! Are you alright?
3: Of course, I'm fine.
4: Awww, you kids.
5(2b): Wahhh!! This is training too, I swear!!

130)
1: ESPers are capable of completely destroying
2: our society, straight down to the core.
3: Kita-ku - Ouji
4: We must capture them as fast as possible and investigate them...
5(2b): That tanker accident almost killed me!
6: It was like an alien attack!!

131)
1: I know people who have died because of them!
2: I can't just be sitting here in the hospital!
3: She'd probably be really shocked to find out
4: that her own son is one of the aliens...
5: Huh?
6: Ayumu-kun?
7(2b): Uwahh! The nunchuks girl?! What are you doing here?!

132)
1: We must prepare ourselves now...
2: --that government official who was on TV...
3(2b): Because of their economic policies...I even lost my job!
4: And now I'm going to be persecuted
5: because of my special abilities?!

133)
1(2b): --sorry about that...I wanted to apologize with this.
2(small): Juice
3(2b): Don't worry about it...do you live around here?
4(2b): Yeah, I was just about to go return the nunchuks.
5: You walk around with those?!
6(2b): But you need those to be strong, right? Are you going to stop pretending to be a hero?
7(3b): No way! It's just too hard to mimic the movements of a master. I can only keep up stamina-wise for 20 seconds...
8-9: haa
10: My whole body was sore afterwards.

134)
1: So I thought I'd try and search for another weapon.
2(2b): --what reason do you have to want to fight this much?
3(2b): I can't understand it...in this age...
4: no matter how we struggle...
5: we won't be able to change the world.
6: --I know that the town is in trouble right now.
7(2b): But there's no way I can just go fight terrorists without any sort of backup plan.

135)
1(2b): And if my parents find out about my ESP, all the work and studying I've done up until now will have been for naught...
2: Hohoh.
3: So even you have a future you want to protect.
4: I won't force you to fight.
5: The decision is up to you.

136)
1: Wha
2: An explosion?!
3: No,
4: this is

137)
1: Precognition!!
2: Something's going to happen!!
3: To this crowd of people!
4: screeeech
5: There's no time!!
6: Get down, Murasaki!!

138)
1: Divine Punishment!!

139)
1: Kyaaa

140)
1: Uwahhhh
2: Kuh
3: What happened?!
4(2b): Lightning?! On a sunny day like this?!

141)
1: Hoo...
2: I saw light...coming out from him.
3: Is he an ESPer?!
4: Uu...my ears...
5: It can't be...
6: Is this terrorism?!

142)
1: Guh...
2: It all happened in an instant...
3-4: haa
5: Upuh
6: Stand...you racist pig!
7: Uuu...
8: Boehh
9: People of status like you who prey on the weak
10: Awa...
11: are who gave birth to this suffocating world!!

143)
1: Mom!!
2: Kibiiiiiihhh
3: I'll make sure your death is long and excruciating!!
4: Stop...
5: My leg fell asleep...

144)
1: Nuahhh
2: Uhih
3-4: haa
5: Wha...hey...
6: What's she doing? She's just a kid...
7-8: haa
9: Did you throw that...?
10: He's looking this way!! We're gonna die!!

145)
1: Get away from her!!
2: I'm...
3: tired of just...
4: standing and watching...

146)
1: Oh...
2(2b): Well...I hate when kids
3: make fun of me.
4: Wah
5: Murasaki?!
6: Wait...
7: Wait!!

147)
1: This is precognition too!!
2: Uwaaaahhh
3: Wait a minute!!
4(2b): We're sorry!! You're exactly right.
5: I'm really sorry! Please forgive us!!
6: Ayumu-kun!

148)
1: I won't let her do any more stupid stuff!
2: Wah
3: C'mon, apologize!
4: Hmph.
5: Stupid! He can create electric charges...
6: Eh...
7(2b): Electricity moves faster than bullets! If you're shot, you'll be fried in an instant.
8: But...we have to save that woman!
9: Uuu...
10: Uwah...
11: I can't let that happen either...

149)
1: Dammit!
2(2b): Uhh...wait, please don't do that either...
3: Huh?
4: Why did it have to be my mother...
5: Uohhh, this is scary...
6: I can see what's going to happen, so I can't just walk away...
7: Ummm...
8: Shut up, you stupid kid.
9: What, you trying to be a hero?
10: An elementary school girl is being more brave than me!

150)
1: Time for you to turn into ash,
2: Afro.
3: Afro?
4: Calm down...
5: I'm an ESPer too.

151)
1: I have no choice...
2: What?
3: I have no choice but to fight him.
4: All the futures I can see here
5: involve me changing the trajectory of his electricity with my belt or some metal.
6: But...according to my precognition,
7: In 90% of those, I miss!!

152)
1: What should I do?
2: I need to search for something! Within two seconds...
3: Otherwise everyone will die.
4-5: haa
6: The tiniest detail can change everything...
7: Something...
8: So you're a chosen one, too?
9: There should be something.
10: Something that can change the future...

153)
1: The water pipe?!
2: Nu?!

154)
1: Nowahhh
2: Victories happen in an instant!!

155)
1: Kuh...
2: Gunuh...!!
3: He's tough!! Guess I didn't hit hard enough.
4: That means...
5: You...
6: We'll knock each other out!!
7: Damn!

156)
1: Dragon Remember!!!
2: Oaajaaaahh!

158)
1: Oahhh
2(2b): Shit...I got shocked...
3(2b): me too. I can't move.

159)
1: You overdid it...
2: You're still just an elementary schooler...
3: But...
4: You did save me...
5-6: haa
7: It felt a little...
8: like a miracle.
9: Uu...
10: Ayumu...?

160)
1: You're...
2: an ESPer...?
3: Gotcha.
4: Ahh!