Toaru Majutsu no Index:GT Volume8 Ending
He had defeated Transcendent Mut Thebes, but it didn’t end there.
For one, fighting and winning was not his goal.
This was all meaningless if he couldn’t save this life.
He wanted to hold the little wicked woman in his arms, but he couldn’t let his right hand negate Aradia’s ointment which was slowing the Shrink Drink’s effects. So he left her with the witch goddess.
Kamijou still held the Shrink Drink spear in his left hand while he nervously walked out ahead to ensure the coast was clear for Aradia whose hands were full.
With Anna Sprengel down, they could no longer use the high-tech mobile combat vehicle. They had to do the rest on foot.
Aradia occasionally glanced into the night sky while running by his side with Anna in her arms.
Clouds covered the moon.
That witch goddess lived in nature, so did she receive some kind of message from those thick, dark clouds?
“We just need Alice.”
Seeing the arms dangling limply from the girl rocking in Aradia’s arms was enough for Kamijou to feel a painful squeezing in his chest.
Was that really the same wicked woman?
Was that really Anna Sprengel?
His Imagine Breaker and Good, Old Mary’s resurrection were not enough to heal the wound caused by the Shrink Drink.
But it wasn’t over yet.
The boy refused to give up no matter what, so he stared into the darkness ahead and kept his feet moving.
He and Aradia pressed their backs against a building wall until the headlights passed on the main road. Then they checked to make sure the convoy of Academy City tanks and armored vehicles was gone.
No matter how dangerous she was, he swore he would never give up on that little wicked woman.
They continued running.
They knew exactly who they needed to see.
“We just need Alice Anotherbible!!!”
By then, the situation had already changed.
The boy did not yet know the darkness of the despair that replaced optimism.
