WEBVTT 00:08.441 --> 00:10.451 Agh... I hate packing! 00:10.781 --> 00:12.451 This's good enough. 00:12.741 --> 00:15.331 Long as I got some underwear and a change of clothes. 00:15.871 --> 00:17.331 You sure? 00:17.581 --> 00:18.411 Huh? 00:18.501 --> 00:21.961 Who knows what they've got planned for us. 00:22.371 --> 00:25.841 This could be the last time you ever see this place. 00:27.551 --> 00:28.591 Oh... 00:28.761 --> 00:30.341 Is somebody worried about me? 00:30.511 --> 00:33.591 Tha— That's not what I meant! 00:35.221 --> 00:36.051 Well... 00:36.811 --> 00:38.471 Not like being scared is gonna help any. 00:45.981 --> 00:47.571 Great, it's you again. 00:47.901 --> 00:49.111 I'm your guard and chaperon. 00:49.531 --> 00:52.491 Have to make sure a certain someone doesn't escape again. 00:53.071 --> 00:55.451 Our squad car's waiting over there. 00:55.911 --> 00:58.581 You ride in the back with me. 00:59.581 --> 01:01.621 If you've got no questions, let's get going. 01:02.041 --> 01:03.921 I prefer not to waste any more time. 01:04.711 --> 01:06.921 Yeah, yeah, bossy bi— 01:07.501 --> 01:09.671 Well, I gotta get going. 01:11.171 --> 01:13.971 Better not go and die on me, shitty little brat! 01:14.221 --> 01:15.681 Don't worry 'bout me. 01:15.841 --> 01:18.641 You just make sure you don't croak while I'm gone, shitty old man. 01:21.731 --> 01:23.561 All right, later, Gramps. 03:01.201 --> 03:02.121 Hey... 03:02.701 --> 03:03.951 What with these things? 03:04.161 --> 03:05.041 Seriously... 03:05.081 --> 03:07.791 How the hell did I end up being this guy's escort? 03:08.001 --> 03:08.831 Christ! 03:09.421 --> 03:10.671 This's ridiculous! 03:10.831 --> 03:12.711 You've got me locked up like a prisoner! 03:12.841 --> 03:14.091 You need to shut up. 03:14.711 --> 03:16.511 You basically are our prisoner. 03:16.631 --> 03:18.301 And what's that supposed to mean? 03:18.841 --> 03:20.841 You're no longer human. 03:21.181 --> 03:23.601 You're a half-human, half-mononoke freak! 03:23.891 --> 03:25.221 What? 03:25.521 --> 03:29.981 Mononoke are the Bureau's primary targets. 03:30.351 --> 03:33.731 And you are no exception. 03:34.521 --> 03:37.321 I seriously don't get what the Boss and higher-ups are thinking, 03:37.691 --> 03:38.741 but I'm a professional. 03:38.821 --> 03:40.821 I take my job very seriously. 03:41.821 --> 03:43.781 If I'm assigned the duty of bodyguard, 03:43.871 --> 03:45.701 then I will fulfill my obligations, 03:45.831 --> 03:47.371 no matter what I'm asked to protect. 03:47.621 --> 03:52.001 Wow, so now you're callin' me a freak. 03:52.251 --> 03:54.751 You know, I was being nice 'cause you're a girl! 03:57.961 --> 03:58.881 Hey... 03:58.921 --> 04:01.511 Did you hear that? 04:01.721 --> 04:02.971 You're imaginin' things. 04:04.851 --> 04:05.931 I've got two. 04:06.181 --> 04:09.141 Two pet peeves that irritate the shit out of me. 04:09.481 --> 04:13.151 There're mononoke, and then there're sexist pricks like you! 04:13.441 --> 04:15.021 Do I make myself clear? 04:15.521 --> 04:16.521 That means... 04:16.981 --> 04:19.861 To me you simply do not exist. 04:21.071 --> 04:22.701 Now close your mouth and— 04:22.741 --> 04:25.411 Will you knock it off! 04:25.911 --> 04:29.411 A guy can't even catch a few winks around here! 04:30.911 --> 04:32.921 And ya wonder why I hate kids. 04:33.081 --> 04:34.541 Rago... 04:34.751 --> 04:36.841 I was wondering why you were so quiet! 04:37.001 --> 04:38.961 Just had to get in some more sleeping, huh? 04:39.091 --> 04:42.221 I was, until you two couldn't stop yapping. 04:43.051 --> 04:44.051 But forget that... 04:44.801 --> 04:48.181 I'm just surprised some little girl is supposed to be guarding us... 04:48.391 --> 04:51.771 Man, the Bureau must be really shorthanded. 04:51.981 --> 04:53.101 Dirty mononoke... 04:53.141 --> 04:54.561 You shouldn't even be talking to me! 04:55.901 --> 04:58.191 At least she's a feisty one. 04:58.611 --> 05:01.821 Isn't there something else you should be worrying about? 05:02.241 --> 05:03.821 What're you getting at? 05:05.281 --> 05:07.741 It's... getting weirdly foggy. 05:08.701 --> 05:11.201 Well, we're heading into the mountains. 05:11.501 --> 05:13.461 Guess I better turn on the headlights. 05:14.831 --> 05:15.961 What the hell? 05:17.711 --> 05:19.711 Hey, whatever it is, it's huge! 05:19.801 --> 05:20.921 Yo! 05:24.971 --> 05:28.391 Woo-hoo, this van's a rockin'! 05:30.431 --> 05:31.891 Aw, shit! 05:32.561 --> 05:34.641 Now what's happening? 05:35.141 --> 05:36.401 I've got a bad feeling. 05:36.811 --> 05:38.361 I'm going to investigate! 05:38.481 --> 05:39.731 You stay there! 05:39.861 --> 05:41.651 Huh?! What—? 05:42.821 --> 05:43.651 This fog... 05:44.741 --> 05:45.911 There's no question. 05:46.491 --> 05:48.281 We've entered a spectral zone. 05:48.531 --> 05:50.831 Shit... How did I miss this?! 05:52.791 --> 05:55.541 Ooh, here she comes, here she comes! 05:56.501 --> 05:58.421 Hey, what the heck! 05:58.541 --> 05:59.671 Mononoke. 05:59.751 --> 06:02.671 I was hoping for some succulent meat. 06:04.631 --> 06:06.931 What an anticlimax! 06:07.301 --> 06:11.681 I was so psyched to get this kinda assignment again! 06:12.271 --> 06:13.851 Then I found out the drivers aren't even 06:13.891 --> 06:16.191 a decent amuse-bouche! 06:16.521 --> 06:18.311 I would've thought the guard'd be good eatin', 06:18.351 --> 06:19.941 but it's just some female runt! 06:20.271 --> 06:23.821 This Bureau thing is lame! 06:24.651 --> 06:26.321 Bastards... 06:26.451 --> 06:27.281 Huh? 06:27.491 --> 06:30.161 You're all the same, misogynistic dirt bags... 06:30.451 --> 06:31.951 Well, I'm done! 06:32.581 --> 06:34.081 You'd push an angel to their limits... 06:34.161 --> 06:35.081 And I'm no angel! 06:40.421 --> 06:41.961 Woo-hoo! 06:42.171 --> 06:43.961 Now that was cool! 06:44.551 --> 06:45.671 Awesome! 06:45.761 --> 06:47.221 Looks like we're gonna have some fun! 06:48.011 --> 06:50.471 Hey! How long ya gonna chew that hand, lard ass! 06:50.761 --> 06:53.261 Now to show ya battle mode. 07:02.191 --> 07:03.481 Okay... 07:03.651 --> 07:06.741 Time for dessert! 07:24.921 --> 07:27.631 Shit, two bastards, and each one's unique. 07:28.091 --> 07:30.591 The big one's dense, moves slow, 07:30.841 --> 07:33.261 but he's hard as a rock. 07:34.221 --> 07:36.471 I'll start with the wiry one first... 07:36.521 --> 07:38.271 Hey, you're makin' this easy! 07:41.981 --> 07:42.981 Hey, hey! 07:43.271 --> 07:44.861 What the hell's going on out there? 07:45.111 --> 07:46.191 It's mononoke. 07:46.361 --> 07:47.191 You know? 07:47.241 --> 07:48.491 Forget who you're talking to? 07:48.821 --> 07:51.701 While you two love birds were flirting away— 07:51.741 --> 07:54.371 That wasn't flirting! You wanna die? 07:54.581 --> 07:57.581 My olfactory senses told me we'd entered the zone. 07:57.911 --> 07:59.621 The zone? 07:59.911 --> 08:01.501 A spectral zone. 08:01.621 --> 08:04.841 The fogged in area becomes a temporary amenti of sorts, 08:05.001 --> 08:07.341 a world separated from this physical realm. 08:07.801 --> 08:08.631 Amenti? 08:08.711 --> 08:12.341 It's a separate dimension from the mortal coil of you humans... 08:12.761 --> 08:15.351 It's the realm of mononoke. 08:16.681 --> 08:17.931 You've lost me, 08:17.971 --> 08:19.431 but I'm guessing it's not good! 08:19.731 --> 08:21.891 So hurry and help me get these things off! 08:22.101 --> 08:22.941 Can't. 08:22.981 --> 08:23.811 Why not?! 08:23.941 --> 08:26.021 They're not ordinary handcuffs. 08:26.231 --> 08:28.781 They're designed to block spectral energy. 08:29.241 --> 08:31.991 I don't have the power right now to get 'em off. 08:32.201 --> 08:35.321 Aaaargh! I don't believe this! 08:35.411 --> 08:38.661 Fine! I'm going out there to make her take these off! 08:39.001 --> 08:40.121 I'd leave 'em be. 08:40.291 --> 08:41.161 Huh? 08:41.251 --> 08:44.501 Weren't those handcuffs obvious enough? 08:45.171 --> 08:48.421 The Bureau and mononoke might as well be the same. 08:48.711 --> 08:51.721 They just wanna use us. 08:52.801 --> 08:56.511 To them, we're just property. 08:56.721 --> 09:00.681 We've got no reason to get involved with the likes of them. 09:01.101 --> 09:03.101 Let them fight it out... 09:03.391 --> 09:05.861 Let 'em kill each other, and we'll scram. 09:06.901 --> 09:08.441 Hey, Rago. 09:08.521 --> 09:09.361 Eh? 09:09.821 --> 09:11.611 That supposed to mean somethin' to me? 09:11.741 --> 09:12.861 You lost me again. 09:13.071 --> 09:15.411 Huh? Were you even listening?! 09:15.661 --> 09:18.911 This isn't about the Bureau or the mononoke. 09:19.411 --> 09:21.161 Only one thing matters right now... 09:22.001 --> 09:23.661 There's someone out there, 09:23.871 --> 09:25.671 and they're fighting for us! 09:26.421 --> 09:28.171 I don't know 'bout you... 09:28.381 --> 09:29.671 But as a man, 09:30.301 --> 09:32.421 I can't just sit here with my thumb up my ass! 09:43.101 --> 09:46.191 All that talk 'bout being a man, and you're shaking like a leaf. 09:46.771 --> 09:47.941 Just shut up! 09:49.021 --> 09:51.611 Look who we have here! 09:52.191 --> 09:54.701 It's you, the punk possessed by Rago. 09:55.151 --> 09:57.911 We were told to take you alive. 09:58.201 --> 10:01.201 But honestly, I couldn't be arsed. You get to choose! 10:01.411 --> 10:03.081 You've got ten seconds! 10:03.371 --> 10:06.211 Surrender or become my final course. 10:06.871 --> 10:08.081 And one... 10:08.211 --> 10:10.291 So they are after Rago... 10:10.921 --> 10:13.171 But how'd they find out about the transport? 10:13.631 --> 10:14.841 Hey, you! 10:14.921 --> 10:15.971 What? 10:16.051 --> 10:17.511 What do you mean, what? 10:17.891 --> 10:20.601 Take these off so we can help! 10:20.931 --> 10:23.931 Now you're putting words in my mouth. 10:24.021 --> 10:24.891 Rago! 10:24.931 --> 10:25.851 No way. 10:25.891 --> 10:26.731 Huh?! 10:26.891 --> 10:28.561 With those disgusting mononoke mits? 10:28.691 --> 10:30.151 You've gotta be joking! 10:30.231 --> 10:32.281 You insane? This isn't the time for— 10:33.281 --> 10:35.071 Time's up! 10:35.281 --> 10:37.741 You get to be eaten! 10:39.071 --> 10:40.661 Overgrown bastard! 10:40.951 --> 10:42.621 All right, cut the crap! 10:42.871 --> 10:44.001 Get over your pet peeve, 10:44.081 --> 10:45.661 or we'll both end up in this slob's gut! 10:45.961 --> 10:47.671 Hey, are you listening?! 10:48.871 --> 10:50.921 Crap. 11:00.551 --> 11:02.931 I heard it happened in the line of duty. 11:03.141 --> 11:06.601 To think her life was cut short by mononoke! 11:06.731 --> 11:10.691 And Lady Ichika just turned five. 11:10.861 --> 11:11.941 Such a pity. 11:12.361 --> 11:15.441 What I wonder will the master do with the familial line? 11:15.531 --> 11:19.701 A girl could never become successor. 11:21.531 --> 11:22.661 Father... 11:23.411 --> 11:26.411 I will be the one to succeed the Kishimojin clan. 11:27.411 --> 11:31.381 I will study, and I will train. 11:32.791 --> 11:36.631 I, Ichika, promise, 11:36.841 --> 11:40.011 KISHIMOJIN CLAN 11:37.631 --> 11:39.881 one day I'll make you both proud... 11:40.431 --> 11:42.601 I'll become a detective of honor and skill! 11:42.681 --> 11:43.641 Hey! 11:44.351 --> 11:45.181 Hey! 11:46.391 --> 11:47.681 You said it before. 11:48.181 --> 11:50.391 That you take your job seriously. 11:50.601 --> 11:52.901 You fulfill your obligations, no matter what. 11:53.361 --> 11:55.781 So do what it takes to complete this mission! 11:58.361 --> 11:59.401 You're a professional... 11:59.901 --> 12:01.161 Aren't you? 12:05.741 --> 12:07.081 All right, Rago! 12:08.371 --> 12:10.331 Let's get this thing over with! 12:12.041 --> 12:13.041 All right! 12:19.091 --> 12:20.881 W-What?! N-No way...!! 12:21.381 --> 12:23.221 Hey, you're makin' this easy... 12:23.511 --> 12:24.351 Crap! 12:40.071 --> 12:41.861 You really don't know how to finish things. 12:42.031 --> 12:46.831 Shut up. I didn't have time to finesse the landing. 12:47.411 --> 12:52.791 Oww... Damn, how many times does that make it today? 12:52.961 --> 12:54.041 Just so you know... 12:54.211 --> 12:55.081 Huh? 12:55.961 --> 12:58.171 You're not getting a "thank you" from me. 12:58.801 --> 13:01.631 Ungrateful little prima donna! 13:01.921 --> 13:03.181 Get your ass off my head! 13:03.341 --> 13:05.851 Told you, shoulda let 'er die. 13:06.971 --> 13:09.011 Like I expected it. 13:09.271 --> 13:10.851 You're not getting one from me either. 13:11.101 --> 13:13.521 Look, you fought to protect us, 13:13.601 --> 13:16.191 and we fought to help you. 13:17.111 --> 13:19.731 That means we're even Stephen. 13:20.441 --> 13:21.491 So, you cool? 13:24.411 --> 13:25.491 You can use my name! 13:25.531 --> 13:26.371 Wha? 13:27.321 --> 13:28.411 It's Ichika. 13:28.871 --> 13:30.621 Ichika Kishimojin. 13:31.041 --> 13:32.871 Try'n remember it, okay? 13:33.211 --> 13:35.751 You can stop it with all the "hey's" and "you's." 13:36.251 --> 13:37.381 Okay, okay. 13:38.091 --> 13:40.171 So, can I ask you somethin', Ichika? 13:40.711 --> 13:41.551 What? 13:43.341 --> 13:45.261 What the hell do we do now? 13:47.221 --> 13:48.431 We walk. 13:48.551 --> 13:49.891 Seriously? 13:51.851 --> 13:56.061 That's all we have on Rago and Jiro Azuma. 13:56.651 --> 14:00.901 That said, I have a proposition. 14:01.651 --> 14:02.901 Very well. 14:03.441 --> 14:04.951 You may proceed. 14:06.491 --> 14:08.031 I'll keep this brief. 14:08.201 --> 14:12.291 I, Ryosuke Shiba, as Chief of Special Operations Division 2, 14:12.661 --> 14:15.041 request permission to establish a new squad, 14:15.211 --> 14:18.041 and I'd like Jiro Azuma as one of my detectives. 14:18.881 --> 14:20.171 Are you deranged? 14:20.251 --> 14:21.841 You desire to make a half-mononoke boy 14:21.921 --> 14:23.671 a secret agent? 14:23.801 --> 14:27.051 Rago has yet to demonstrate any direct hostility toward us. 14:27.471 --> 14:31.011 He seems to be cooperating with Jiro Azuma as well. 14:31.761 --> 14:34.731 At any rate, the enemy is clearly after Rago. 14:35.181 --> 14:37.061 Rather than condemning him to rot in captivity, 14:37.141 --> 14:39.981 he, dare I say, could be the consummate bait. 14:40.311 --> 14:44.191 But bait precedes the catch only in the presence of a hook. 14:46.531 --> 14:48.861 So, you guys transform when you fight? 14:49.371 --> 14:51.371 We don't "transform." 14:51.661 --> 14:54.331 We change our appearance by illusion. 14:54.871 --> 14:57.751 We can't walk around town looking like this, can we? 14:58.121 --> 15:00.841 Yeah, guess you're right. 15:01.211 --> 15:04.461 So our young mononoke conduit is of ninja stock, yes? 15:04.631 --> 15:05.841 Will he be useful? 15:06.341 --> 15:09.591 Well, all our agents've trained against recently are cushy humans, 15:09.641 --> 15:11.601 so I say he's got the advantage. 15:11.851 --> 15:13.181 I have complete confidence 15:13.261 --> 15:16.101 that battle will only further sharpen his skills. 15:16.311 --> 15:20.441 And I'll take full responsibility for our newly forged weapon. 15:20.901 --> 15:24.111 My plan is a small, experimental unit. 15:24.401 --> 15:28.111 Made up of five operatives, including myself. 15:28.531 --> 15:30.111 It will include Usami as my assistant, 15:30.451 --> 15:32.371 and one more rookie. 15:32.911 --> 15:35.791 It'll be a secret anti-mononoke mobile strike force, 15:36.121 --> 15:39.371 codenamed "Black Torch." 15:39.921 --> 15:41.041 So? 15:41.461 --> 15:43.881 Do I pique your interest? 15:53.891 --> 15:55.641 In just one week... 15:55.931 --> 15:57.351 I've met the weirdest black cat, 15:58.141 --> 15:59.941 who happens to be a mononoke. 16:00.141 --> 16:02.061 Then some giant ogre mononoke leaves me 16:02.101 --> 16:03.901 within an inch of my life, 16:04.061 --> 16:05.941 and the cat saves me by fusing with my body. 16:06.571 --> 16:09.281 Then these secret government agents appear out of nowhere... 16:10.201 --> 16:11.661 Gramps and I have our worst argument, 16:11.781 --> 16:13.661 oh, and then I'm attacked by more mononoke. 16:14.371 --> 16:15.701 And here I am. 16:16.201 --> 16:19.201 If some rando ever asked me, so how was your week, 16:19.251 --> 16:21.171 I seriously don't know what the hell I'd say. 16:22.541 --> 16:24.541 Used to your new life yet? 16:24.751 --> 16:25.591 Huh? 16:25.881 --> 16:27.761 You don't hafta watch me from the crack of dawn. 16:27.801 --> 16:29.091 I'm not going anywhere. 16:29.211 --> 16:31.881 Says the guy who broke out of our hospital. 16:32.381 --> 16:34.181 New life, my ass... 16:34.851 --> 16:37.851 I think I've had close to every medical test under the sun. 16:38.021 --> 16:40.101 I haven't had one minute to myself! 16:40.811 --> 16:42.811 All right, I get the idea. 16:43.231 --> 16:44.271 My number one priority... 16:44.611 --> 16:48.361 was to confirm there were no threats. 16:49.071 --> 16:52.071 To the Bureau... and to you. 16:53.571 --> 16:56.741 Anyway, I still can't wrap my head around it. 16:57.621 --> 16:58.951 Around what? 16:59.411 --> 17:01.291 This is seriously your headquarters? 17:01.711 --> 17:03.081 What, this place? 17:03.291 --> 17:07.171 Unfortunately, this is homebase for Special Operations Division 2. 17:08.001 --> 17:11.801 Each division has its own base of operations. 17:12.171 --> 17:13.181 By all appearances, 17:13.261 --> 17:15.971 they function like any other business or organization. 17:16.221 --> 17:18.721 There're office buildings, factories, hospitals. 17:18.931 --> 17:21.521 Even libraries and shrines. 17:22.141 --> 17:25.981 They're all a helluva lot prettier than what we've got. 17:26.271 --> 17:28.441 It's not easy being at the bottom. 17:30.071 --> 17:32.031 So you guys've seen better days. 17:32.281 --> 17:33.821 Not "you guys." 17:33.951 --> 17:34.781 Huh? 17:34.781 --> 17:37.951 At this point, shouldn't it be "us"? 17:38.581 --> 17:42.451 You're one of us now, Jiro Azuma. 17:43.831 --> 17:45.211 One of you? 17:45.671 --> 17:46.581 That, right? 17:46.631 --> 17:49.461 The squad called Whack something or other. 17:49.711 --> 17:51.211 It's Black Torch. 17:51.421 --> 17:52.461 Cool, right? 17:52.591 --> 17:54.881 Torch, storch, whatever. 17:55.431 --> 17:57.971 I'm here to protect my own ass. 17:58.511 --> 18:01.391 I don't remember agreeing to be one of your underlings. 18:02.271 --> 18:05.981 Our goal is for each of us to live free. 18:06.561 --> 18:09.021 We'll fight whoever we have to, even mononoke. 18:09.401 --> 18:10.981 Simple as that. 18:11.231 --> 18:12.901 "We", huh? 18:13.191 --> 18:16.991 I guess it's going to take him some time to take it all in. 18:17.491 --> 18:21.241 Ordinary logic won't work with him. 18:21.491 --> 18:23.251 Little by little, I guess. 18:24.751 --> 18:27.881 Phew! The old warehouse hasn't changed one bit! 18:28.381 --> 18:30.671 Oh, top of the mornin', Chief! 18:30.921 --> 18:32.501 Good morning to you. 18:32.591 --> 18:36.881 Hm? Is that the Jiro Azuma I've heard so much about? 18:37.381 --> 18:38.261 Who? 18:38.341 --> 18:40.601 She's one of my few subordinates. 18:41.061 --> 18:43.641 Meet Special Operations Division 2, Assistant Chief, Hana Usami. 18:44.181 --> 18:47.101 She's had her hands full with another mission. 18:47.981 --> 18:48.851 Another mission? 18:49.151 --> 18:51.521 Oh, we've arrived already? 18:51.691 --> 18:52.861 What a shame. 18:53.481 --> 18:57.361 I was hoping to spend a little more quality time with you, Ms. Usami. 18:57.651 --> 19:00.031 Ah, allow me to assist with your luggage. 19:00.531 --> 19:03.121 You were kind enough to drive me all this way. 19:03.661 --> 19:06.161 Besides, I couldn't bear seeing a young lady such as yourself 19:06.331 --> 19:08.791 burdened by brutish chores. 19:09.171 --> 19:10.251 Oh, please stop! 19:10.331 --> 19:11.881 You flatter me. Stop teasing! 19:11.921 --> 19:15.131 Well, that makes all of us. 19:15.341 --> 19:17.511 So who's Mr. Desperate? 19:17.671 --> 19:19.381 Your new friend. 19:19.761 --> 19:21.141 What?! 19:21.641 --> 19:22.641 So... 19:22.721 --> 19:25.811 We've got another rookie joining Division 2, effective immediately. 19:25.931 --> 19:27.641 This's Reiji Kirihara. 19:27.731 --> 19:30.021 He's seventeen like all of you... 19:30.231 --> 19:31.361 And like Ichika, 19:31.561 --> 19:34.401 he hails from a notable spy family, the Kirihara clan. 19:34.821 --> 19:36.901 I'm sure you'll enjoy getting to know each other. 19:37.691 --> 19:38.901 Entitled brat. 19:39.201 --> 19:41.371 I'll follow orders, 19:41.571 --> 19:44.541 but I'm telling you I can't handle any more troublemakers. 19:44.911 --> 19:47.411 Hey, what do you mean by "any more"? 19:47.871 --> 19:50.171 And you must be Ichika Kishimojin, I presume? 19:50.871 --> 19:51.881 Well, yes, I am. 19:52.461 --> 19:55.671 Your reputation precedes you. 19:56.051 --> 19:58.421 I'd heard about a young and ambitious woman brave enough to 19:58.551 --> 20:01.261 break with tradition and strive to become the new head of her family. 20:01.301 --> 20:04.261 It had me very curious indeed. 20:04.761 --> 20:08.271 I never imagined she'd be so stunning! 20:08.521 --> 20:09.561 W-Wha—? 20:10.141 --> 20:13.361 Well, we've just met and— 20:13.521 --> 20:15.071 Wake up, he's trying to sweet-talk you. 20:15.691 --> 20:18.191 And that over there must be... 20:19.151 --> 20:20.071 Huh? 20:20.241 --> 20:22.991 I've read up on you... 20:23.661 --> 20:24.911 I see now. 20:25.201 --> 20:27.331 You're even worse in person. 20:28.041 --> 20:31.171 To be honest, I'm still in a bit of disbelief. 20:31.791 --> 20:35.091 That a numbskull like yourself weaseled his way into my unit. 20:35.921 --> 20:37.211 How 'bout you just leave? 20:37.341 --> 20:39.591 Return to your hospital cell where you can be safe? 20:40.091 --> 20:42.341 Ohh ohh. I see how it is. 20:43.551 --> 20:46.431 Why don't you really say what's on your mind... 20:46.851 --> 20:48.101 Playboy. 20:48.391 --> 20:49.521 Apologies. 20:49.811 --> 20:52.311 Honesty is always the best medicine, don't you think? 20:53.021 --> 20:55.861 You saying you wanna fight, four-eyes ass? 20:56.151 --> 20:57.941 And what if I was? 20:58.281 --> 20:59.441 Half-monster chump? 20:59.531 --> 21:00.361 Half— 21:00.401 --> 21:04.241 Hey, hey! You guys've gone too far! 21:04.661 --> 21:06.241 This's bad, Boss! 21:06.371 --> 21:07.581 We gotta stop them! 21:07.661 --> 21:09.161 Oh, talk about timing. 21:09.371 --> 21:10.251 What?! 21:10.331 --> 21:12.751 Hey, four-eyes ass, half-monster chump... 21:12.791 --> 21:13.621 Huh?! 21:14.001 --> 21:16.671 Go ahead and fight it out. Now. 21:17.381 --> 21:19.421 And don't pull any punches. 21:21.011 --> 21:24.431 Umm... Record... in high-res... 21:24.591 --> 21:26.221 What is this, a duel? 21:26.471 --> 21:28.101 Kind of... 21:28.511 --> 21:31.141 It's also to successfully establish the squad. 21:31.561 --> 21:32.681 What do you mean? 21:32.811 --> 21:34.651 When I proposed my idea for the new squad, 21:34.731 --> 21:37.611 the higher-ups had some requirements. 21:37.981 --> 21:40.281 One was to prove whether Jiro Azuma 21:40.401 --> 21:42.651 is an asset to the Bureau. 21:42.901 --> 21:45.861 The Bureau knows the kind of possibilities 21:45.911 --> 21:48.031 Rago's previously latent power holds. 21:48.741 --> 21:49.871 But it's all meaningless 21:49.951 --> 21:52.411 if Jiro and Rago can't cooperate with us. 21:52.661 --> 21:55.791 So you're testing their agent abilities? 21:56.751 --> 21:59.171 I had to go through a month of tests! 21:59.671 --> 22:01.551 Hey, every situation's different. 22:02.051 --> 22:04.881 Figuring out how strong the kid is is a good start. 22:05.131 --> 22:06.641 This doesn't seem very... 22:06.721 --> 22:10.061 Okay, smile for the camera, guys!