# 4 - Smoldering Embers in an Isolated Nation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR5V95N8R/acca-13-territory-inspection-dept)
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**[00:01] L**
Wow!
**[00:03] L**
Thank you so much, Nino!
**[00:06] N**
Jean's away for work again?
**[00:08] L**
He left as soon as he returned from Dōwā.
**[00:11] N**
What's with that box?
**[00:13] L**
Oh...
**[00:14] L**
I send gifts to the owner, along with
our monthly reports.
**[00:18] L**
I'm not sure what he likes, so I
end up sending lots of things.
**[00:21] N**
Didn't you say you've never met him?
**[00:24] L**
Yeah, and I only know his post office box.
**[00:27] N**
Huh...
**[00:29] N**
Thanks for the cake.
**[00:31] L**
Leaving already?
**[00:32] N**
I'll take the package to the
post office for you.
**[00:35] N**
I have to mail something, too.
**[00:39] N**
I'll send you the report.
**[00:42] N**
I'm going to Suitsu District tonight.
**[00:45] N**
Oh,
**[00:46] N**
and Lotta's present will be
included with the report.
**[00:50] N**
Enjoy.
**[00:52] N**
Also...
**[00:53] N**
Apparently, people working for the
prince are sniffing around Lotta.
**[00:58] N**
Jean's about to get sucked in even more.
**[01:02] N**
It's okay.
**[01:04] N**
Just don't call me out of worry
like you did before, please.
**[01:08] N**
Excuse me.
***SIGN*** Suitsu District
**[01:17] Man**
You can use that?
**[01:19] J**
There's no signal, so I can't.
**[01:21] Woman**
Hey...
**[01:22] Woman**
Could I touch that?
**[01:28] Others**
Wow, it's real.
**[01:29] Others**
Hey.
**[01:30] Others**
I'll give you the money...
**[01:31] Others**
Next time you visit, can you bring
me something like that?
**[01:34] J**
In Suitsu District, they're forbidden by law.
**[01:37] Man**
How much do you want?
**[01:39] J**
It isn't about the money.
**[01:41] Man**
Then, what do you want?
**[01:44] J**
Hmm...
**[01:45] J**
Maybe cigarettes.
**[01:47] Others**
It's a cigarette!
**[01:48] Others**
I've never seen one before.
**[01:51] Staff**
If you're eating here, eat at your own table!
**[01:54] Staff**
I told you not to talk to outsiders!
**[01:58] Biscuit**
I'd like to request that you not
frequent places like this.
**[02:01] J**
The food just smelled so good.
**[02:03] J**
I couldn't help it.
**[02:05] Warbler**
Deputy Chief...
**[02:07] Warbler**
You didn't arrive as scheduled,
**[02:10] Warbler**
so I've come to get you.
**[03:46] J**
How long have you been stationed here?
**[03:50] W**
Four years.
**[03:52] J**
A long time.
**[03:53] J**
This is a difficult assignment,
and not many are a good fit.
**[03:57] J**
That tends to extend appointments here.
**[04:00] J**
Isn't living here inconvenient, though?
**[04:02] J**
Unless you're a district citizen,
**[04:03] J**
you can only eat or shop
in designated areas,
**[04:07] J**
so you don't bring in outside influences.
**[04:11] J**
If you call it preserving tradition,
it may sound like a good thing.
**[04:15] J**
But I wonder what the residents think.
**[04:18] J**
I can't really tell. It's an interesting district.
**[04:22] J**
You were stationed in Dōwā
District before, right?
**[04:24] J**
How does this one compare?
**[04:26] W**
It's isolated.
**[04:28] W**
One can freely come and go from Dōwā.
**[04:31] J**
Yeah, gaining entry here is a
pretty complicated process.
**[04:34] J**
Have you been back to Bādon at all?
**[04:36] W**
No.
**[04:37] J**
Next term, you will likely be reassigned.
**[04:40] W**
All right.
**[04:42] J**
All locations in Dōwā are important,
**[04:44] J**
with complex relations to maintain
with local populaces.
**[04:48] J**
I think I can trust you to carry
on my responsibilities,
**[04:51] J**
but my transfer request never goes through.
**[04:54] W**
I couldn't possibly do your job.
**[04:57] W**
I'm not as skilled at staying on good terms
**[05:00] W**
with the brass.
**[05:06] W**
You can use the terminal there
to communicate with HQ.
**[05:10] W**
For personal communication,
you can use the phone.
**[05:12] J**
Only being able to communicate with people
in select places is inconvenient.
**[05:17] W**
Here's the schedule for your audit.
**[05:20] J**
I've always said that I decide the schedule.
**[05:23] W**
Tomorrow morning, I'll pick
you up at eight o'clock.
**[05:30] W**
Please refrain from smoking.
**[05:35] Branch Chief**
I received reports that HQ's
**[05:37] Branch Chief**
Inspection Department made
contact with the locals.
**[05:39] Branch Chief**
Be more careful.
**[05:41] W**
My apologies.
***SIGN*** 5 Chief Officers' Meeting Room
**[05:49] Spade**
What did you just say?
**[05:50] Lilium**
Jean Otus has no connection to
any coup d'état sympathizers.
**[05:54] Lilium**
That is my conclusion.
**[05:57] Lilium**
It is a personal one,
**[05:59] Lilium**
and I do not ask you all to accept it.
**[06:02] Lilium**
But I am his ally.
**[06:05] Spade**
Where is Otus now?
**[06:07] Pine**
In Suitsu District.
**[06:09] Pastis**
My beloved homeland.
**[06:11] Pastis**
It is its own country...
**[06:14] Pastis**
An independent nation,
located within a country.
**[06:26] W**
The south station is next.
**[06:29] J**
Let's walk there.
**[06:34] W**
The north sector
**[06:35] W**
is among Suitsu District's most isolated.
**[06:39] W**
Please refrain from taking
any personal actions.
**[06:42] J**
Isolated, huh?
**[06:45] J**
It's just a sector without any
nobles living here.
**[06:48] J**
It isn't particularly dangerous.
**[06:56] J**
What's that?
**[06:57] W**
Who knows? They probably committed theft.
**[06:59] J**
It's already two o'clock. Let's eat.
**[07:02] W**
We can't go to any restaurants here.
**[07:04] W**
I'll buy something.
**[07:06] J**
Then—
**[07:06] W**
As long as it's bread, you don't care, right?
**[07:10] W**
Please return to the carriage.
**[07:24] Man**
Hey, I'm glad you're safe.
**[07:26] J**
Oh, the man from earlier.
**[07:31] Men**
An ACCA Headquarters uniform!
**[07:32] Men**
Damn.
**[07:34] Men**
What should we do? He heard us.
**[07:39] Men**
Don't move!
**[07:41] Men**
Now that you've overheard us,
we can't let you leave!
**[07:44] J**
Overheard what?
**[07:45] Man**
Don't play dumb!
**[07:46] Man**
We were talking about the coup!
**[07:53] Carriage**
I saw him
**[07:54] Carriage**
taking photos there, but...
**[07:59] W**
*If you'd actually vanished into thin air,*
**[08:02] W**
* it wouldn't trouble me in*
* the least, Jean Otus!*
**[08:08] Men**
You're crazy, bringing someone
like him here!
**[08:10] Men**
This is an important meeting place!
**[08:12] Men**
He learned about our plans for the coup.
**[08:15] Men**
We had no choice but to bring him!
**[08:16] Men**
You should have discussed it with us.
**[08:18] Woman**
It isn't my fault if Biscuit gets angry at you.
**[08:21] J**
Biscuit?
**[08:23] B**
You guys captured someone
from headquarters?
**[08:26] Men**
Biscuit!
**[08:29] J**
It's you.
**[08:31] B**
You guys brought trouble.
**[08:34] Men**
Biscuit, look!
**[08:35] Men**
There are lots of photos on his device!
**[08:39] J**
I was asked to take them.
**[08:40] Men**
These photos are around the meeting place.
**[08:42] Men**
Are people investigating us?
**[08:46] B**
Everyone, quiet!
**[08:49] B**
Now that he knows, we can't let him leave.
**[08:54] L**
I asked Jean to send me photos of Suitsu,
**[08:58] L**
but I guess he's busy.
**[09:02] L**
Thanks for the food!
**[09:07] Maggy**
You lost her?
**[09:09] Sub**
I'm sorry, sir!
**[09:10] Sub**
The restaurant's mochi
dessert was so tasty that...
**[09:14] Maggy**
Idiot! You can get desserts
like that in Dōwā!
**[09:20] Knot**
The deputy chief?
**[09:22] Knot**
We've received no particular word.
**[09:24] Knot**
Has something happened?
**[09:26] W**
No, I'll contact you later.
**[09:29] W**
Damn it!
**[09:31] W**
Where'd he go?
**[09:36] B**
You're very calm.
**[09:39] J**
You guys haven't given me
**[09:41] J**
any reason to be nervous.
**[09:43] B**
You think we're meeting
like this as a hobby?
**[09:48] B**
We do want to change Suitsu.
That isn't a lie.
**[09:52] B**
This nation is wrong.
**[09:54] J**
By "nation," you mean Suitsu District?
**[09:57] B**
This is its own nation!
**[09:58] B**
Although it's within the larger
nation known as Dōwā,
**[10:01] B**
how can one area be so isolated?
**[10:03] B**
We may have been granted autonomy,
**[10:06] B**
but nothing has changed in nearly a century.
**[10:09] B**
We want to make Suitsu into a real
district, under Dōwā Kingdom!
**[10:13] J**
*As suspected, their goal is different than*
**[10:15] J**
* the coup d'état the chief officers*
* and director-general spoke of...*
**[10:20] J**
By "coup d'état," you mean you plan
to occupy the district office?
**[10:24] B**
That's right.
**[10:25] J**
And what will you demand after doing so?
**[10:28] B**
We have two demands.
**[10:30] B**
First, to remove restrictions on
the transportation network.
**[10:33] B**
Once we can go freely between
here and other districts,
**[10:35] B**
this district will change.
**[10:37] J**
Many people want that.
**[10:41] J**
If that demand is granted,
**[10:42] J**
I can introduce you to people who'd
want to help with your reforms.
**[10:46] B**
You're just saying that so we'll let you go!
**[10:49] J**
It isn't a lie.
**[10:51] J**
In my briefcase, back at the hotel,
I have something I received.
**[10:54] J**
It's in room 301, the hotel across
from the ACCA Suitsu Branch.
**[11:01] B**
Our other demand
**[11:03] B**
is to have Suitsu's representative
congressman, Beurre, resign.
**[11:08] B**
I guess ACCA's so removed from
politics, you don't know why.
**[11:11] B**
When Dōwā granted autonomy
**[11:13] B**
to the districts, the central congressional
system was established.
**[11:17] B**
District representatives were
to gather as an institution.
**[11:19] B**
The idea was to leverage each
district's unique advantages
**[11:23] B**
for developing the nation as a whole.
**[11:26] B**
In the hundred years since, while other
districts maintained a balance
**[11:29] B**
with each other and continued to develop,
**[11:32] B**
Suitsu was different.
**[11:35] B**
Thanks to nobles who wished to
preserve "tradition and formality."
**[11:39] B**
Then Beurre rose to prominence,
promising to change Suitsu's bad habits.
**[11:44] B**
Though a commoner like us,
**[11:47] B**
he obtained a title and even
became our representative.
**[11:50] B**
He was our hope.
**[11:52] B**
And yet...
**[11:53] B**
He's never once returned to Suitsu from
his congressional seat in Bādon.
**[11:58] B**
"Change Suitsu"?
**[12:00] B**
How would he know how things
are, if he never comes back?
**[12:03] B**
In the end, Beurre was only
after fame and glory.
**[12:07] J**
It seems like Chief Officer Pastis
often comes back here.
**[12:11] B**
He isn't a politician.
**[12:13] B**
He doesn't even consider changing Suitsu.
**[12:17] B**
He merely likes Suitsu as the nation
built on tradition and formality.
**[12:22] B**
After all, he's of noble blood.
**[12:26] B**
For now, forget about Pastis.
**[12:28] B**
But Beurre must be brought down!
**[12:31] B**
We need a new district representative!
**[12:36] Boule**
Hello, Chief Officer Pastis.
**[12:39] Pastis**
Oh...
**[12:41] Pastis**
I didn't know you also frequented
this place, Congressman Beurre.
**[12:44] Boule**
Of course I do.
**[12:45] Boule**
For anyone with a name worth
knowing in Bādon, it's a must.
**[12:49] Pastis**
Have you returned recently to Suitsu?
**[12:51] Boule**
I just returned from there the other day.
**[12:53] Boule**
I used my personal jet.
**[12:55] Pastis**
I see.
**[12:56] Pastis**
How was it?
**[12:58] Boule**
The same... It's a beautiful place!
**[13:02] Pastis**
I couldn't agree more.
**[13:04] Boule**
Well, I hope to see you soon.
**[13:10] Pastis**
District Chief Lilium...
**[13:12] Pastis**
I didn't know you were in Bādon.
**[13:14] LBro**
I had business with the central congress.
**[13:17] Pastis**
Then you should have invited
your younger brother along.
**[13:20] LBro**
He wouldn't come to a place like this.
**[13:23] Pastis**
True.
**[13:25] Pastis**
Beurre asked you for a favor, didn't he?
**[13:28] Pastis**
To become a member here?
**[13:29] LBro**
He did.
**[13:31] Pastis**
A most entertaining man.
**[13:32] Pastis**
He seems quite proud to get a referral
from Furawau District's
**[13:35] Pastis**
prestigious Lilium family.
**[13:39] Pastis**
But in Suitsu, he'll be a very different man.
**[13:42] LBro**
You are a count.
**[13:44] LBro**
He's a commoner who bought
a title to become a baron.
**[13:47] Pastis**
He has never gone back to Suitsu.
**[13:50] Pastis**
I have full access to Transportation
Department records.
**[13:54] Pastis**
But he is better off not returning.
**[13:57] Pastis**
If he does, he'll be burned at the stake.
**[14:00] Pastis**
He said he would change the district,
**[14:02] Pastis**
but he only changed himself.
**[14:08] B**
Untie him.
**[14:11] B**
Biscuit!
**[14:12] B**
We're back!
**[14:17] J**
The majority of businessmen
in my apartment complex
**[14:19] J**
wish to do business with Suitsu.
**[14:22] J**
There are many who would
help Suitsu open its doors.
**[14:26] J**
All are influential men who can fund
things being done in the district.
**[14:31] B**
Why would you do things like this?
**[14:33] J**
I get cigarettes as payment...
**[14:36] B**
You mean this?
**[14:38] B**
They found this in your hotel
room's doorframe.
**[14:43] Men**
Biscuit!
**[14:48] B**
What's wrong?
**[14:50] W**
Sorry, I was looking for someone—
**[14:54] J**
Warbler?
**[14:56] W**
What's going on here?!
**[14:57] B**
He learned our plans, so we
had to secure him.
**[15:00] W**
You...
**[15:01] Men**
We have an emergency!
**[15:02] Men**
ACCA discovered our meeting
place in the west sector!
**[15:05] Men**
Those who escaped say
**[15:06] Men**
it's just a matter of time before
the others are found out!
**[15:10] Men**
They're taking action tonight!
**[15:12] B**
Crap! No one gave them the go-ahead!
**[15:16] Cop**
Don't let them enter the district office!
**[15:18] Cop**
If you encounter resistance,
weapon-use is authorized!
**[15:23] Men**
What should we do, Biscuit?
**[15:24] Men**
We have no choice now!
**[15:26] Men**
Yeah! We have to do this!
**[15:28] B**
We have no choice.
**[15:30] B**
We must go, too.
**[15:31] B**
Men, follow in your brothers' footsteps!
**[15:36] J**
This coup d'état in Suitsu District...
**[15:39] W**
It's only one of many which have occurred
between the district and commoners.
**[15:44] J**
You're the one telling them about
**[15:47] J**
Congressman Beurre's actions
in Bādon, aren't you?
**[15:52] W**
I'm worried about the
Inspection Department.
**[15:54] W**
Let's take back roads.
**[16:13] W**
People are coming into the back roads, too.
**[16:16] W**
Please be careful.
**[16:20] W**
Deputy Chief!
**[16:21] W**
Where are you?
**[16:24] Mob**
Hey, look...
**[16:25] Mob**
This one's with ACCA.
**[16:26] Mob**
He's trying to hide among us!
**[16:28] Mob**
Wha—
**[16:30] Nino**
We don't have time to bother with ACCA.
**[16:33] Nino**
Our enemy is the district office!
**[16:35] Nino**
That's right.
**[16:36] Nino**
Let's go!
**[16:40] W**
Deputy Chief!
**[16:42] W**
Are you all right?
**[16:44] J**
I'm fine.
**[16:45] W**
Let's wait until things calm down.
**[16:48] J**
Yeah.
**[17:04] W**
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
**[17:06] W**
The Inspection Department is fine.
**[17:09] W**
The area is cordoned off, so we
can't get back in for a while.
**[17:13] J**
I don't care for now.
**[17:16] J**
You saw how they were doing, right?
**[17:19] J**
Well?
**[17:21] W**
Some got away, but the leaders
were all captured.
**[17:27] W**
Biscuit included.
**[17:28] J**
He's with ACCA.
**[17:30] W**
Yes.
**[17:32] J**
Warbler, you'll be charged
with being an accomplice.
**[17:37] W**
After being stationed in Suitsu,
I've opened my eyes.
**[17:40] W**
In this kingdom, there are shadows
I didn't know about.
**[17:45] W**
It's just a fiction that we're at peace.
**[17:49] W**
You often say, "This kingdom is at peace."
**[17:53] W**
During audits, you must have seen
how things stood in this district.
**[17:57] W**
What can you call "at peace"?
**[18:01] J**
I never had any chance to see how
the district citizens were feeling.
**[18:05] W**
That's right.
**[18:06] W**
ACCA's presence here is different
from that in other districts.
**[18:12] W**
The majority stationed at ACCA's
Suitsu Branch are commoners,
**[18:14] W**
but the more senior ranks are
dominated by lesser noble families.
**[18:20] W**
They do anything
**[18:21] W**
the more powerful noble families
in the district office tell them.
**[18:25] W**
In the past, there were other coups.
**[18:29] W**
But word never got out that
they even happened.
**[18:34] W**
That's Suitsu District for you.
**[18:36] W**
I met Biscuit and the others here,
**[18:38] W**
and I wanted to help their coup succeed.
**[18:42] W**
They're a ragtag bunch,
**[18:43] W**
but they really love their district.
**[18:46] W**
This is all very unfortunate!
**[18:49] J**
Then, being stationed here
**[18:50] J**
for the long term was working out for you.
**[18:55] W**
I guess I'll be fired.
**[18:58] W**
Will you let me run?
**[19:01] W**
Once I leave this district,
**[19:03] W**
I can never come back.
**[19:08] W**
You made it out!
**[19:10] W**
The other women and children?
**[19:11] GF**
They're all okay.
**[19:13] W**
Thank goodness...
**[19:16] Branch Chief**
Issue a gag rule!
**[19:17] Branch Staff**
What about the inspector from HQ?
**[19:19] Branch Director**
Who could've expected a
coup during an audit?
**[19:21] Branch Director**
Branch Director, what do you want to do?
**[19:24] Branch Director**
Jean Otus...
**[19:26] Branch Director**
We don't want to be on his bad side.
**[19:27] Branch Chief**
Huh?
**[19:30] BD**
I'll talk to him.
**[19:32] BD**
Call him to my office.
**[19:33] BC**
Yes, sir!
**[19:36] BD**
I'd prefer to take
**[19:38] BD**
this opportunity to talk to you
about a different coup d'état.
**[19:44] BD**
But I'd like to ask you not to
mention what's happened here.
**[19:48] J**
A gag rule, then.
**[19:49] BD**
We can't let you leave until you agree.
**[19:54] J**
May I have a smoke?
**[19:55] BC**
You bastard!
**[19:56] BD**
Go ahead.
**[20:03] J**
I have a condition for my not
**[20:05] J**
mentioning the coup elsewhere.
**[20:09] BD**
Let's hear it.
**[20:10] J**
I want you to release everyone arrested
**[20:13] J**
in the coup.
**[20:16] BD**
Very well.
**[20:17] BD**
We'll look the other way this time.
**[20:19] BD**
But the ACCA staff member, their leader,
**[20:22] BD**
will be fired.
**[20:25] J**
He is under your purview.
**[20:29] J**
No ACCA staff, ordered to quell the coup,
**[20:33] J**
used weapons against the people.
**[20:37] J**
None of them
**[20:39] J**
could harm their own flesh and blood.
**[20:44] J**
Word of this will not get out.
**[20:47] J**
Meaning this won't be reported to HQ.
**[20:50] J**
You will retain your position.
**[20:55] W**
Next term,
**[20:56] W**
when I'm reassigned, I'm going
to leave my post here.
**[21:00] W**
Until this district changes,
they will keep rising up.
**[21:04] W**
I wish to see that through.
**[21:08] J**
In my audit,
**[21:09] J**
I must admit you received the
lowest marks, unfortunately.
**[21:14] J**
You didn't fulfill your
supervisory responsibilities.
**[21:17] J**
During my audit, you disregarded
your responsibilities to focus
**[21:21] J**
on events occurring in the district.
**[21:24] J**
You were staring out the window.
**[21:29] J**
Earlier, I said you could be the one
to take over my responsibilities,
**[21:32] J**
but back to square one.
**[21:34] J**
After recent events, this assignment has
become more difficult than ever.
**[21:39] J**
You'll be staying here.
**[21:48] GF**
Warbler, you can stay?
**[21:52] Men**
All right!
**[21:54] Men**
I'm happy for you, Warbler!
**[21:56] ---**
Yeah.
**[22:06] Gro**
Indeed.
**[22:07] Gro**
I have also heard reports that Otus
received a cigarette in Suitsu.
**[22:12] Gro**
Wait...
**[22:13] Gro**
Can we not meet and talk about this?
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**[23:55] Nino**
Good work, Jean...
**[23:58] Nino**
I know what you did.
**[24:02] Nino**
Next time on *ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.,*
**[24:05] Nino**
Overlapping Footprints in the Distance.