The reflexive urge to apologize was nipped in the bud before those three words were even uttered.
What will she do?
Is he biting his head again, venting his anger, or just being sulky?
These three situations are the most common.
He also thought that if Index would do something like this, it would help clear his guilt faster.
However..
At the bottom of sight.
The silver-haired girl, with her back to the window and her white robe set against the sunlight, did not do anything extreme.
She just stood there.
There was a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, which, combined with the light and shadow, was so holy that Touma dared not look directly at her.
"so..."
The girl is smiling with tears in her eyes, and behind her is a curtain blowing in the breeze.
And this gust of wind also took away her last words to end the matter.
"We have to live together, Touma..."
She had no idea what Touma was like before.
At least the Touma she knew went through three stages, from the time they met until he lost his memory to now when he admitted his mistakes.
He never changed his reckless and straightforward nature from beginning to end.
So, the Touma she knew didn't 'die' as the editing stated.
"Anyway, keep reading. There are definitely many more things we will have to face in the future!"
Having said this, the petite and innocent silver-haired nun completely ended the topic.
Her neatness and maturity made Touma believe that the sensible Index in front of him was her true character.
With such a sigh.
Touma continued to look into the video.
The scene at this moment is the beginning of his memory.
...
That bed, which I should say has become somewhat familiar, is a white bed that I am as used to as when I go home.
From Index's perspective.
Touma, wrapped in white cloth, sat on the head of the bed, looking around in confusion.
Index has not yet recovered from the truth she just learned from the doctor.
Yes, Kamijou Touma has lost his memory.
He is still alive.
This alone moved Index to tears. She began to worry whether she should rush into his arms first or bite his head first to punish him for doing such a mess.
but..
"Excuse me..." The young man with a bandage on his head tilted his head slightly and spoke.
"Did you go to the wrong ward?"
The polite voice broke Index's heart.
The audience has to accept this reality.
Kamijou Touma, completely lost his memory.
[──His condition is more like memory destruction than memory loss.]
[He didn't "forget" his memories, but his brain cells were physically "destroyed". In that case, it should be impossible to restore his memory. Did you open his skull and insert the electric baton? ]
The doctor's words made Index feel suffocated and painful.
"...Excuse me... did we...know each other before?"
Such questions made Index most sad.
This proved that the boy in front of him with a blank expression did not recognize him at all.
completely.
It really is complete.
"Hmm..." Index answered him while standing alone in the middle of the ward. Her movements looked like those of an elementary school student in a comic who forgot to do his homework and was called to stand in the corridor as punishment.
Like mental rehabilitation.
In this room filled with pain.
The boy and the girl had a conversation about the things they had faced together in the past.
"Touma! Don't you remember? We met on the balcony of the student dormitory!"
“Have I ever lived in a student dormitory?”
"…Touma! Don't you remember? Your right hand broke my 'Mobile Church'!"
"Mobile church...mobile church...'athletic association'? Sounds like a fitness center."
"…………Touma! Don't you remember? You fought with a magician just for me!"
"Who is Touma?"
Index almost didn't dare to ask any more questions.
"Touma! Don't you remember?"
But even so, this sentence must be said.
"Index... I like Touma the most!"
Words like a confession.
"I'm sorry..." the boy said with a blank expression:
"Index... doesn't sound like a human name. Have I ever had a cat or a dog?"
Index felt an urge to cry.
However, Index restrained herself and swallowed back all her emotions.
She suppressed her emotions and smiled. Although, this smile was far from a perfect smile. At best, it could only be considered a very sad smile.
"I was just kidding! You've been fooled! Wahahahahaha!"
...
The above interlude seems like a humorous farce deliberately teasing the girl.
In fact, this is also true from Index's perspective in the video.
Precisely because she had no burden, she would get angry and fly up into the air again, using Kamijou Touma's head as a target for biting attacks.
But this level of stiff dialogue, as well as the edited video that played Touma's facial expressions frame by frame, proved that he was not lying.
"This guy really has lost his memory..." Misaka Mikoto couldn't accept it. She clenched her fist and then opened it. With an indescribable complex expression, she looked at the hedgehog-headed man she had seen in the vending machine not long ago. "No wonder he looked like he didn't know me at the time..."
"What a ridiculous guy. In this Academy City... Tsk!! There are actually third-rate guys like this who just soak up the sun and might even greet passers-by with a smile and meddle in other people's business." Accelerator frowned when he saw this, and calmly analyzed Kamijou Touma's behavior and reasons for his actions.
Saying.
If you have lost your memory, then you have lost it. Why do you have to pretend that you don’t have it?
Accelerator couldn't understand this.
this matter.
This is also what the final message of this chapter about the relationship with Index will talk about.
Kamijou Touma's conversation with Doctor Quata.
"But...is this really okay?"
"Actually, you don't remember anything, right?"
The confused question made Touma stunned for a moment.
Next, give the conclusion.
"But... this is the best ending."
The boy said this with a blank expression.
These were also things that the unknown magicians asked the doctor to convey.
Index's matter...his right hand's matter.
It's all like a memory...
But..but!!
It is clearly someone else's diary, but reading it makes me feel so happy and sad.
Lost memories will never come back.
But the boy had a feeling that it seemed to be a very sad thing.
This was the only thing he wanted.
"I don't know why, but I don't want to see that girl cry. I just have this feeling. I don't know what kind of feeling it is, and maybe I can't remember it anymore. But I just have this feeling."
The boy with a blank expression smiled a completely colorless smile.
As for lost memories, is there a strategy to recover them?
In this case, maybe it wasn't lost at all?
That's right, although the brain has lost the relevant files.
but--
He has completely memorized it in his heart.
...
At this point, the screen went black for a short while.
The bright red color embellishes the scenery.
The sharp, angular lines create a portrait that is unforgettable to the audience.
In a broken house.
The wounded Kamijou Touma hugs the comatose Index, and the feathers hovering above his head surround the top of the beautiful painting, foreshadowing the reality that Touma cannot escape the trap.
And when this commemorative portrait disappears.
The handwriting advances, telling the story's progress.
[The story of a certain magical index ends here]
[Next, it is a witness record of a boy who has lost his memory and re-enters this unfamiliar city that he has completely forgotten.]
[Will he maintain his nature before losing his memory? Will he continue to fight for the lives he believes should be saved? Everything...Please witness it.]
[Now, let's temporarily play the highlights of this chapter. You can take this opportunity to discuss it carefully. ]
Subtitles stop.
What followed was a reality that left the audience silent.
This final spoiler of [End] also confirms that Kamijou Touma's amnesia is a reality that has been set in stone.
"Although I really want to continue watching. But... damn, has this editing system become too smart? It's so knowledgeable as to leave some intermission time for the audience?" Hikigaya Hachiman smacked his lips and complained.
Obviously.
This trick is pretty good.
While attracting the audience who wanted to review the highlights first, they were able to get their wish as well as those who wanted to review them later.
