Being of global significance, Espers from Academy City has travel privileges. Since they didn't want to expose their true identity, ITEM called their underground contacts and forged fake IDs to go in and out. The underworld, the dark side, is much sophisticated than anyone had anticipated. Shinobu and the rest of ITEM are staying behind in the island hideout to operate plans and to gather information, except for Mugino. She is the only one who knows how to fly their private jet. John and Accelerator waited for her in the airport without the need to re-enter AC. John took some of the firearms contained in the yacht, but probably didn't plan to use them.

"Nice jet." Said John

"Well being ITEM, we actually get paid a lot in this profession. Alright, going to your home country." John looked at his forged ID.

"Huh, exchange student, sounds original. How did you get all the contacts?" He asked.

"Well, everything's unofficial too, for us. Anyways, we just gonna leave the crew behind?"

"Shinobu probably wants to stay there to work relaxed. And your girls… let's hope they don't wreck the boat, whatever parties they're planning."

"Don't expect anything from them." Mugino smirked.

"So. Why'd you do it?" Asked John. "You are willing aren't you?"

"What do you mean? Join you guys? I'm not gonna get boring and summarize all the atrocities I've seen in every aspect, but I'm just saying, people always clean up their own mess. We are doing something to solve our problems, but we caused the problems in the first place."

"We might solve the old problems, but what we are doing, you realize there will only be new problems for all of us right?" Asked John.

"Dude you are young as hell, what are you, 13?"

"15"

"There will be benefits and new problems, sure. But I don't see everything as problems. We used to be mercenaries, assassins for hire. I've lost my bitterness, stopped efforts on trying to beat Railgun in terms of powers. She's just a shallow bitch. What I'm saying is, everyone turns on you when you join the wrong team. " Mugino answered briefly.

"We are the wrong team, everyone's against us right now. But it's even worse to stop now. Groups like us are created sooner or later." Commented John. She patted John's head showing affection. He said nothing. Accelerator fell asleep on his seat.

"We might be cold-blooded and radical, but our purpose is to make sure no one fuck with us. We can only do that by force, or else shit's just gonna get worse."

"That applies even to the Board?" Asked John

"Especially Board."

"So what do they actually want?" John asked.

"Didn't we discuss that already?"

"I just want to hear more detail."

"The corrupt members in the Board will convince other members, and stage a coup. They will regulate anything, media, press, corporations. Esper powers will literally be taken away from Espers, they are the ones using it, mobilized to serve so-called state interests. Citizens moving in their direction and ideals, basically enslaved to serve the country. And then only military and Board officials are Espers. The de jure governor Aleister Crowley, would be powerless when that happens."

"I see Academy City as a super enclosed place that isn't like any country. No much info is known."