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Damn it!

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I was finally able to sleep.

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So you're finally up, eh,
sleeping beauty?

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And?

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You know this kid's been staring
you down this whole time, right?

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Yeah, I noticed
the four-eyed casanova douche.

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What is that?

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Hey Shiba!

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Hm?

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Why does he get to have a sword?

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Oh, that's right, I forgot.

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He comes from
a long line of swordmasters,

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the Kirihara family of spies.

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When the Bureau was
part of the Oniwaban,

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they instructed the shogunate
in the family sword arts,

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alongside other arts like

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Yagyu Shinkage-ryu and
One-blade Ono-ha.

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If you think it's unfair,
you're welcome to your own.

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Nah, don't need one.

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Don't hold back.

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You may be without a sword,
but you've got your own "weapon."

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You know, your recent acquisition.

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Your special secret weapon.

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You stupid?

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This little guy isn't a "weapon."

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Besides, this's between
you and me.

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You asked, and I'm gonna deliver.

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No one's gonna interfere!

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#4 TWO IS NOT ENOUGH

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Rago, stay out of this, got it?

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Fine...

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I'm going back to bed.

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This is absurd.

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Hey, what do you think
you're doing?

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It's a handicap.

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I've got to keep this fight
from being totally dull, don't I?

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The timing's completely up to you.

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I've no need to face you.

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I'll even close my eyes.

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They both look to be
holding back some.

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If I didn't know any better,
I'd say you're mocking me.

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I'm gonna enjoy this...

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That smug smirk and
those dumb glasses...

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I'll knock 'em both off
that punchable face!

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Ingenious!

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He's attacking mid air so footsteps
can't give away his distance!

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No, I think you're giving him
too much credit.

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<i>To the swordsman, distance</i>
<i>between opponents is paramount.</i>

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<i>Second-rate blade smiths resort</i>
<i>to sight and sound.</i>

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<i>But the very best</i>
<i>employ a sort of sixth sense.</i>

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<i>Reiji's awareness is 360 degrees...</i>

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<i>He has no blind spot.</i>

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<i>It's a veritable</i>
<i>wall of blade work.</i>

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So he wasn't bluffing...

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I'm impressed.

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I hope he's okay, poor Jiro.

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Perhaps we should stop there.

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Much more of this,

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and it won't
be long before he expires.

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Exceptional power is one thing,

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but if <i>he's</i> the
one with the power...

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Ohh...

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It's just a scratch.

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Hey, what's the matter?

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I'm just gettin' warmed up.

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You have resilience.

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Just as I expected from
a mononoke.

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My gramps has been knocking sense
into me since I was a little kid.

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Your play sword fighting
is nothing!

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The Kirihara-ryu school
of sword fighting...

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...is no conceptual practice.

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It is the undiluted
art of the kill.

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It's the height of centuries
of sacrifice and genius,

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refined and polished in blood
and blood alone.

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And you dare call it play?

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That's punishable by death!

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I'd like to see you try!

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Make sure you're getting this,
Usami.

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Huh?

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Here comes the best part.

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That idiot!

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You're asking for it head on!

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<i>Incredible.</i>

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<i>He was aiming...</i>

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<i>...for the blade</i>
<i>the whole time!</i>

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Woah, way to go, Jiro!

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<i>Interesting, breaking the weapon.</i>

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<i>So he figured out</i>
<i>my striking distance...</i>

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<i>The moment I swung my sword.</i>

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<i>Still...</i>

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<i>How did he shatter</i>
<i>a wooden sword that easily?</i>

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<i>Could he've timed</i>
<i>his punch and my slash</i>

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<i>to meet at exactly</i>
<i>the right moment ...</i>

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<i>No, even if he did...</i>

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<i>That counter...</i>

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<i>It'd be impossible to pull off</i>
<i>as a reaction to my swing!</i>

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<i>That means...</i>

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<i>He predicted it!</i>

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<i>All it took was a single strike.</i>

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<i>He mapped out my every move!</i>

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All right, that makes one hit
for each of us.

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And...

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You no longer got
that crutch of yours.

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Hungry for more...

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Pretty boy?

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I'll even throw in a juice box
for ya if you just give up.

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You are a true fool.

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You always act like
you're in middle school?

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You want me to give up?

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But this is just the beginning!

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Now that's more like it!

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All right, then bring it!

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Die mother—

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My thoughts exactly!

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So, Chief.

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Hm?

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This really going to convince
the higher-ups?

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I suppose it shows their toughness,
their tenacity.

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Is that what
they really care about?

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Just two young bucks letting
their fists do the talking!

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Is there anything sexier?

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<i>Is she okay?</i>

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Geez...

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You're both idiots!

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STOP

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PLAY

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How ya holdin' up, four-eyes?

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Where'd everyone go?

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Back inside, I think.

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I just woke up, too, so who knows.

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I see...

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So a draw.

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Then again, you came to first so...

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Catch.

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And this is?

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Your "juice box."

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Is your brain fully functioning?

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I mean,
why are you giving this to me?

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You seriously are an ass.

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I guess I got carried away.

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If you'd really tried,

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you could've killed me
with that first hit.

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My trick worked against
your second strike

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only cause you
had a wooden sword...

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So I guess...

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I'll give ya this one.

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Congratulations big shot.

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Huh. You really do have the mind
of a middle schooler.

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I got ya good, dumbass!

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I shook the crap out of that can
while you were out cold!

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“Huh" my ass!

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That's what you get for thinking
you're so smooth!

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It was a freakin' joke!

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How intriguing.

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Who would've thought
trash was capable

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of such a varied vocabulary.

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Why you...!

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You really think
this's going to be okay?

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I think you did a fine job
for an amateur.

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No, that's not what I mean.

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Not to worry.

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That was never meant to convince
anyone of anything.

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The real test comes tomorrow
out in the field

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when we learn their capacity
for real teamwork.

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In the field?

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You're assigning them
a real mission?!

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For those two...

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It's way too soon!

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No better experience
than real life.

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But the higher-ups haven't
assigned us any new missions.

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Then we figure out
one for ourselves.

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I can think of one already.

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And if all goes well,

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it just might reveal the identity
of our true enemy.

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It's an important mission...

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And only we can do it.

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Hey, you guys ready?

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Wow!

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Look at these cool commandos!

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I guess the right clothes really
do make all the difference.

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Why do I need to tag along?

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I had your uniform adjusted
when I had theirs made.

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We need to make sure yours is
working, just in case.

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Press and hold the button
on your left wrists.

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This thing?

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Ohh!

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It changed our clothes?

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That's Quantum Camouflage Mode.

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It disguises you in personalized
ordinary civilian attire.

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Now try double tapping
the same button.

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Whoa, I'm like sorta see-through!

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That's Stealth Mode.

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While you appear semi-transparent
to each other,

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you're completely invisible to
everyone else.

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This is so freakin' cool!

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The downside is that
Quantum Camouflage Mode

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dramatically lowers the efficiency
of your espionage gear.

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So what we use varies situation
to situation.

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You got it.

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There's a little more
to it than that,

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but you'll get used to it,
little by little.

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Well, it's into the field we go.

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While we're out,
it's all you, Usami.

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Righto!

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Now then, y'all ready?

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Welcome to Black Torch's
inaugural mission.

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Prepare for the worst,
and pray for the best.

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Hey...

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Earth to Jiro,
we're moving this way.

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Hey, how is this
part of our mission?

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First things first. One must purge
all malevolent spirits.

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You're joking.
We came all this way for this?

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Well, this is likely just
part of the reason.

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If I had to guess,

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this shrine is one of several
Bureau facilities.

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Those glasses aren't just for show.
Bravo.

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I assure you glasses
have nothing to do with it.

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Right then,
let's head to the shrine office.

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This is quite the inconvenience,
Shiba!

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Well, I didn't have much choice.

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What do you mean,
you didn't have much choice!

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You know this guy?

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He's an agent
stationed at this shrine.

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Clearly, someone failed to
make an appointment.

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Hey, is that okay?

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No, it is not okay...

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I told you over the phone!

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The SOD-1 folks are visiting today!

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Double booking squads will mean...

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-Relax, I promise we'll be quick.
-Hey, so what's SOD-1 mean?

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It's short for
Special Operations Division 1.

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<CHAIN OF COMMAND>

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The Bureau of Espionage is
headed by the Director,

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DIRECTOR
CHIEF / CHIEF / CHIEF / CHIEF

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who's in charge of the chiefs
and their various divisions.

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SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION 1
SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION 2

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But Division 1
is the cream of the crop.

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They've got the most agents
and the most power.

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INTELLIGENCE
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

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Oh, so kinda like
the First Investigation Division

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of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police?

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Well, you're not totally off base.

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In other words, they're the exact
opposite of our Division 2.

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You have fifteen minutes and
not a millisecond more.

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Someone's a little uptight.

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And you think your level of chill
is typical?

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So, what exactly is the purpose
of this visit?

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Some treasure map
waiting to be found?

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No. What interests us...

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is down below.

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Below?

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A trap-door and a hidden staircase...

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It's almost like a
secret ninja fortress.

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Oh, good imagination!

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Ugh, all I smell is mold.

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Watch your step!

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We're just about there...

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You gonna be all right, Rago?

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When did you wake up?

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Who the hell do you think I am?

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Better watch yourself, boy!

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Easy now, not trying to antagonize.

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Wait, this place is...!

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That's right.

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Just ahead is what's called...

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the Seventh Sealing Sanctum.

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Everything we're facing now can be
traced back to that very spot.

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Rago was sealed away
right in there.

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It's made entirely
of death obsidian.

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It's a kind of rare rock that
subdues spectral energy.

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There are other Sealing Sanctums
made from death obsidian,

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but none this massive.

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Wow.

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Okay, let's get started.

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Ichika and I will question
potential witnesses.

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All right.

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Reiji, you and Jiro
stay down here,

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see what you can learn
about that day from Rago.

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Sorry, no.

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Huh?

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I prefer to work with Ichika.

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Chief, please take my place.

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Well, on that note.

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<i>Amazing...</i>
<i>He completely ignored me.</i>

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<i>So, me and Jiro.</i>

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You think it'll be okay?
Leaving those two together?

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I think in the end, things will go
smoother without you and I around.

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This is exactly when guys
need to be able to

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lay it all out on the table.

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Well, I'm not convinced!

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I figured.

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This shitty rock makes me sick.

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So why were you sealed away
in this thing anyway?

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Dunno.

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Don't try and get out of it!

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Somethin' you
can't talk about?

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I don't...

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Huh?

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I don't remember!

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And I don't know where I was
or what I was doing

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before I was sealed away.

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All right,
enough with the joking, okay?

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If you're trying to lie—

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I'm not lying!

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What would I get out of lying
to you now?

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But...

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Amnesia isn't all that farfetched.

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Huh?

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I've seen it before.

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Mononoke who've
long been sealed away,

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to come back lost,
a shadow of their former self.

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What's that supposed to mean?

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Now's not the time.

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You can't just leave it at that!

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I'll explain the details later,
for now, the essence...

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When a mononoke is sealed away,

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it is in other words forced
into possession of another.

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The act of possession requires
its complete and total energy.

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To the extent that a mononoke
is incapable

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of undoing the spell on their own.

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Under ordinary circumstances,

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mononoke possess and thereby
reside in living beings,

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but sealing them forces them
into an inanimate object.

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For mononoke,
possessing such objects

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is the equivalent to
eternal imprisonment.

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And if that inanimate object
is a death obsidian,

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it's a living hell.

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Unable to move a muscle,
they remain in complete darkness

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as their spectral energy dwindles...

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This can continue for centuries.

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Not even a mononoke can
come out unscathed.

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It's difficult to say just
how long Rago was imprisoned,

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but I'd venture to say,

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with only amnesia,
he may've got lucky.

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But focusing on the distant past
isn't going to help us now.

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Tell us, Rago.

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The day you were freed...

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What happened here,
who was with you?

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All the security cameras on site
were affected.

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Can't see a damn thing.

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Everything's completely normal
except these ten minutes.

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The electrical system showed
no abnormalities.

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It had to be a spectral barrier.

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Who was on duty?

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Two were on the night shift.

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By the time they heard any
commotion and rushed downstairs,

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there was no one to be seen.

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Well, that didn't tell us much.

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<i>We may've struck out</i>
<i>in terms of new leads,</i>

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<i>but this crime scene</i>
<i>is giving me strange vibes.</i>

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Chief?

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Yeah, I don't get it.

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Wha—?
Oh, yeah.

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Right, let's go join the others.

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First was the chill of the stone,

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then the stagnant moldy air.

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Last was a faint light

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along with several distinct
spectral auras.

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I managed to pry my eyes
open a crack,

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and saw mononoke
surrounding me

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and an odd light-emitting slate
in that deep darkness.

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<i>It's been quite some time, Rago.</i>

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Light-emitting slate?

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He was speaking through a tablet.

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Probably the ringleader.

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He was a complete stranger to me.

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<i>Times have changed</i>
<i>since you've been gone.</i>

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<i>We mononoke have clawed</i>
<i>our way to survival,</i>

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<i>but the future is uncertain.</i>

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<i>Rago!</i>

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<i>Oh Black Star of Doom</i>
<i>and devourer of the sun.</i>

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<i>Awaken from your lengthy slumber</i>
<i>and lend us your power.</i>

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<i>Let us reclaim</i>
<i>our dignity as mononoke.</i>

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<i>Let us display our mononoke power</i>

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<i>to not only those ordinary,</i>
<i>pathetic humans,</i>

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<i>but also the Bureau of Espionage,</i>
<i>our mortal enemies.</i>

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I said he could go to hell,

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and when the jerk disappeared
with the light,

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I took my chance to break away.

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That's quite an impressive
tale of escape.

18:45.231 --> 18:48.061
Huh, they were no different
from the rest of you.

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You all underestimate my power.

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That doesn't change the fact that
we're back at square one.

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I told you.

18:56.531 --> 19:01.031
No, we've actually learned three
pieces of important information.

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First of all...

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The group who released you
knows how to break this seal.

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Then there's the man
from the tablet.

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He had to know Rago
from before he was sealed.

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That's number two.

19:14.011 --> 19:15.261
Number three...

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Our enemy has a clear goal:

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exacting revenge on mankind
and the Bureau of Espionage.

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Revenge?

19:21.051 --> 19:22.561
I can't say for sure,

19:22.641 --> 19:25.061
but whatever drove him
to describe as "mortal enemies" the—

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Wait. Stop, stop.

19:27.441 --> 19:30.231
Sorry, this is all beginning
to be a bit much.

19:30.481 --> 19:31.321
Huh?

19:31.401 --> 19:34.231
You're throwing
all this information at me,

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I can't get my head around it.

19:36.321 --> 19:37.571
You really are...

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But, hey, thanks to you, I think
I'm actually starting to get it.

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I ended up fused with Rago here,

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and the enemy knows how to undo it.

19:46.541 --> 19:48.501
Rago's got amnesia,

19:48.581 --> 19:50.961
but we know the enemy knew him
way back before all this.

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I know exactly what I gotta do.

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I'll be cleaning up my own mess.

19:56.381 --> 19:58.841
All I gotta do is beat the shit
out of anyone who comes my way!

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If they don't come to me,

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I'll track 'em down and
knock 'em dead!

20:02.101 --> 20:05.971
Then they'll tell us everything
we need to know, problem solved!

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How's that?
Perfect, isn't it?

20:10.851 --> 20:13.071
You're really something else...

20:13.191 --> 20:15.071
By that I mean you're
totally, utterly hopeless!

20:15.111 --> 20:16.741
The reason
we're investigating is 'cause

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we don't know who this is!

20:17.991 --> 20:20.821
Huh?! Well, we'll figure it out
sooner or later!

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And how do we do that?

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We clobber 'em,
they tell us what they know!

20:24.031 --> 20:26.331
Do you even have
a brain somewhere in there?

20:26.541 --> 20:28.081
Your way'll screw us even more!

20:28.161 --> 20:30.711
You know, you overthink things.
That's your problem!

20:34.171 --> 20:35.211
Who's that?

20:35.501 --> 20:37.211
How'd a civilian wander down here?

20:39.131 --> 20:39.971
<i>Isn't he...</i>

20:40.681 --> 20:42.721
<i>The guy who was</i>
<i>hanging around the shrine?</i>

20:43.141 --> 20:44.471
Finally.

20:46.561 --> 20:48.681
I've looked forward to this, Rago.

20:52.351 --> 20:55.071
Damn, looks like a couple of gnats
are in my way.

20:55.651 --> 20:58.571
I can't let you ruin
our special reunion now,

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can I, trash?

21:00.071 --> 21:02.071
Be careful, Jiro.

21:02.281 --> 21:04.571
I figured,
the guy's a mononoke right?

21:04.991 --> 21:07.081
See, told ya they'd show up!

21:07.371 --> 21:09.581
Idiot, now's time to shut it.

21:09.961 --> 21:13.581
Though I admit,
he's a promising lead.

21:14.081 --> 21:15.341
Let's do this, Jiro!

21:15.711 --> 21:17.841
Who made you boss?

21:18.211 --> 21:20.091
Then again, the timing's right.

21:20.671 --> 21:23.591
I've been itching to try out
our fresh new threads.

21:24.431 --> 21:27.101
Guess it's time
for us to tear things up...

21:28.271 --> 21:30.351
First mission, baby!

21:30.681 --> 21:33.101
Ha, you fools are trash.

21:33.401 --> 21:35.611
Hey, what is this?

21:36.191 --> 21:37.611
They got us.

21:38.031 --> 21:40.741
It's a barrier.
A crazy strong one at that.

21:41.401 --> 21:42.861
W-What are we going to do?

21:42.901 --> 21:44.611
We won't be able to
get in with this!

21:45.821 --> 21:47.621
We've got to do something
or those two'll...

21:48.831 --> 21:51.661
And what, may I ask,
is the meaning of this, Shiba?

21:52.911 --> 21:55.041
You've got impeccable timing.

21:55.421 --> 21:56.631
Though I never imagined...

21:57.091 --> 21:59.711
...you'd actually grace us
with your presence,

21:59.841 --> 22:01.631
Ms. Chief of Special Operations
Division 1,

22:01.881 --> 22:04.381
Toko Kusumi.

22:04.681 --> 22:05.971
Well, color me surprised...

22:06.051 --> 22:08.681
And here, I thought I was a good boy
in praying for good fortune...

22:08.891 --> 22:12.141
This is turning out to be
quite the first mission.
