8 - Protector

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    I fear nothing,
    I won't be afraid anymore
[00:10] ---
    Colored red and black
[00:13] ---
    This fate and my memories of tomorrow
[00:17] ---
    I hold them close and journey on
[00:33] ---
    Raising my hand to the full moon
[00:37] ---
    I watched the flowing blood
[00:40] ---
    Watched my immutable
    destiny and pulsing heartbeat
[00:47] ---
    They will never mingle
[00:50] ---
    But to make the threshold
    between light and darkness
[00:53] ---
    Melt into one another
[00:55] ---
    I am guided by the story
    beginning here and now
[01:02] ---
    Let us shatter the
    horizon and live together
[01:06] ---
    Though our paths differ
[01:09] ---
    I will be by your side,
    I will not leave it
[01:13] ---
    I will protect you with both my hands
[01:16] ---
    No one can stop it,
    but I will not give up
[01:20] ---
    Clenching fangs and fists tight
[01:23] ---
    This fate and my memories of tomorrow
[01:27] ---
    I will hold them close and protect you
[01:43] ---
    Please wait, Lady Cassa!
[01:45] ---
    It will be dawn soon.
[01:47] ---
    I do not care!
[01:48] ---
    Damn it!
[01:49] ---
    Those damn incompetents!
[01:51] ---
    If they'd contacted me at the residence,
[01:53] ---
    I would have gone out there myself!
[01:55] ---
    Surely, you must know.
[01:57] ---
    The mistress wishes to
    separate you from this matter.
[02:02] ---
    If you continue to behave wantonly,
[02:04] ---
    the mistress will take action herself!
[02:08] ---
    That'd be perfect.
[02:09] ---
    When that time comes,
[02:10] ---
    I'll settle things with that old hag,
    once and for all this time.
[02:14] ---
    Lady... Cassa...
[02:18] ---
    When that time comes, Cain,
[02:20] ---
    you be sure to take my side.
[02:23] ---
    Though, I won't force you,
    if you're unwilling.
[02:41] ---
    "I want to see Jiro again."
[02:43] ---
    So she's been saying
    these past ten years.
[02:46] ---
    My sis Cassa has.
[02:48] ---
    What is the meaning of this?
[02:50] ---
    Why did you help us?
[02:53] ---
    Even going so far
    as killing your own kin.
[02:56] ---
    That was nothing particularly special.
[02:58] ---
    After all, it's our bad luck
    that by our very nature,
[03:01] ---
    our victims turn just by our biting them.
[03:03] ---
    Leaving them alone
    would only lead to trouble.
[03:11] ---
    Jiro...?
[03:14] ---
    It's how we live.
[03:17] ---
    I will not fault you for it.
[03:19] ---
    I am also a being that
    drinks the blood of man.
[03:23] ---
    If an act were unavoidable
    for me to survive,
[03:25] ---
    I would surely soil my
    hands as much as needed.
[03:27] ---
    Well, this is rather surprising.
[03:30] ---
    Not many are kind enough
    to see it that way.
[03:33] ---
    It is for the same reason
    that I cut your kind down.
[03:38] ---
    To me, the Kowloon Children
    are a menace I cannot ignore.
[03:43] ---
    That is why I cut your kind down.
[03:45] ---
    Whether you have done wrong or not,
[03:48] ---
    I will eliminate you as my enemy.
[03:50] ---
    I see.
[03:52] ---
    That was a ridiculous thing
    for me to say to the Kin-Killer.
[03:55] ---
    Once again, we appreciate you
    leaving the sanctuary, Lord Silver Sword.
[04:00] ---
    We siblings warmly welcome your return.
[04:04] ---
    You welcome the
    object of your vengeance?
[04:06] ---
    The blood of Kowloon loves chaos.
[04:09] ---
    Nothing is more boring than
    the absence of a worthy opponent.
[04:15] ---
    Mimi?
[04:18] ---
    Where is Cassa right now?
[04:21] ---
    Nearby.
[04:26] ---
    Why you!
[04:32] ---
    Worthy opponent, my ass!
[04:34] ---
    I have no intention of playing
    games with you people!
[04:36] ---
    Come on, man.
[04:38] ---
    All we've had are old stories,
[04:41] ---
    and we've waited for a long time now!
[04:51] ---
    There's another reason why I came here.
[04:54] ---
    What?
[04:55] ---
    I was hoping to test my skill against you!
[05:08] ---
    Jiro...
[05:12] ---
    Damn.
[05:13] ---
    Are you not taking me seriously?!
[05:28] ---
    Can't get serious against a stripling
    only 10 years out from turning?
[05:38] ---
    It's the suppression team!
[05:45] ---
    You disappoint me!
[05:53] ---
    Brother!
[05:54] ---
    Jiro, are you all right?
[06:02] ---
    Mimiko, this is goodbye.
[06:05] ---
    This place is no longer safe for us.
[06:09] ---
    W-Wait.
[06:11] ---
    We are going, Kotaro.
[06:13] ---
    What?! But it's too sudden!
[06:15] ---
    That's right. At least let the
    Company know about those guys...
[06:19] ---
    No. After what has happened,
[06:21] ---
    I have no intention of involving
    myself with the Company, either.
[06:26] ---
    Brother, you can't.
[06:27] ---
    Let's stay here for just a little longer.
[06:31] ---
    I have no intention of
    arguing with you right now.
[06:34] ---
    Be good and come with me.
[06:36] ---
    Brother, please.
[06:38] ---
    Can you not do as your brother asks?
[06:41] ---
    If you're gonna insist
    on leaving, that's fine,
[06:44] ---
    but before we do, let's have
    a proper talk with Sei and Cain.
[06:48] ---
    That is, how do I say this?
[06:50] ---
    I can't put it into words well, but...
[06:53] ---
    It's not good to say goodbye
    to everyone right now!
[07:02] ---
    Jiro...
[07:04] ---
    Please, listen to me...
[07:07] ---
    Pardon me.
[07:09] ---
    D-Don't apologize.
[07:11] ---
    Come on, please...
[07:19] ---
    Brother, that's awful!
[07:22] ---
    Ji... ro...
[07:30] ---
    A case of primary contagion
    within the Special Zone.
[07:33] ---
    Not only that, but the source of
    the contagion is a second generation
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    Kowloon Child, who is still at large.
[07:38] ---
    This is the worst crisis conceivable.
[07:41] ---
    The Company will pour all its resources
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    into capturing and eliminating
    the contagion source.
[07:46] ---
    I have no intention of
    begrudging our cooperation.
[07:50] ---
    The fugitive vampire's
    name is Yafuri Chiu.
[07:54] ---
    It has only been 10 years
    since he was turned.
[07:57] ---
    As long as the conditions are right,
[07:59] ---
    I believe the suppression team
    can deal with him by themselves.
[08:02] ---
    Then why did the Silver
    Sword fail to finish him?
[08:05] ---
    I do not know.
[08:07] ---
    More importantly, the fact that
    he made it into the Special Zone
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    raises the possibility of an insider.
[08:15] ---
    Mister Sei,
[08:16] ---
    I would like to hear the
    precise conditions necessary
[08:19] ---
    to cross the barrier.
[08:21] ---
    One must merely be invited.
[08:22] ---
    Knowing
    that you are addressing a vampire,
[08:24] ---
    you convey your will to invite them in.
[08:26] ---
    Do so, and the barrier will not react.
[08:29] ---
    However, the inviter
    must be qualified as well.
[08:32] ---
    In what way?
[08:33] ---
    He must live in the Special Zone.
[08:35] ---
    He must be human.
[08:37] ---
    How is the former determined?
[08:39] ---
    His own awareness.
[08:41] ---
    He must live upon this land
[08:43] ---
    and consider this place
    to be where he belongs.
[08:46] ---
    I understand. We have a pressing
    need to identify this insider.
[08:53] ---
    Very well.
[08:54] ---
    It was never my intention to hide this.
[08:57] ---
    I know the person named Cassa
    that he mentioned to the Silver Sword.
[09:03] ---
    Cassandra Jill Warlock.
[09:06] ---
    Formerly a prominent
    figure in the Warlock house,
[09:08] ---
    she is a woman I once served.
[09:11] ---
    Ten years ago,
[09:12] ---
    when the Source Blood of that
    bloodline was born in Kowloon,
[09:15] ---
    she was likely the first to
    become tainted by their blood...
[09:20] ---
    She is a traitor.
[09:21] ---
    My goodness...
[09:23] ---
    So she's alive...
[09:25] ---
    If she is involved in this incident,
[09:28] ---
    the situation is truly turning grave...
[09:30] ---
    She was even called the second coming
[09:33] ---
    of Morgan the Witch,
    our bloodline's Source Blood.
[09:35] ---
    That's how skilled she is with magic.
[09:38] ---
    So skilled that I am no match for her.
[09:41] ---
    I have some history
    with this woman as well.
[09:44] ---
    No, any principal members
    involved in that Crusade
[09:48] ---
    will have some feelings
    regarding the matter.
[09:51] ---
    Particularly, Jiro.
[09:55] ---
    The Silver Sword?
[09:58] ---
    Yes.
[10:00] ---
    This Yafuri...
[10:01] ---
    Though he is a Kowloon Child,
[10:03] ---
    I cannot think that he would be
    too much for Jiro to handle.
[10:06] ---
    He must have become unsettled
    at the mention of Cassa's name.
[10:11] ---
    That inexperienced idiot...
[10:15] ---
    What do you think, Sei?
[10:17] ---
    Would you be able to win against her?
[10:26] ---
    I would.
[10:28] ---
    I am relieved to hear that.
[10:30] ---
    The Special Zone was developed
    as the successor of Hong Kong.
[10:35] ---
    We must prevent it from sharing
    the same fate as Hong Kong at all costs.
[10:40] ---
    Gentlemen!
[10:41] ---
    We must sever their line!
[10:44] ---
    As quickly as possible!
[11:07] ---
    Bro.
[11:09] ---
    O-Oh, it's you, Yafuri.
[11:12] ---
    Welcome back.
[11:13] ---
    Talk about exaggerated surprise.
[11:15] ---
    Want something to eat?
[11:16] ---
    Any new developments?
[11:18] ---
    Sis has arrived.
[11:20] ---
    For real?
[11:21] ---
    Totally for real.
[11:22] ---
    And she's super enthusiastic at that.
[11:25] ---
    We'll just have to let it
    run its course now.
[11:27] ---
    That look in her eyes wasn't normal.
    Things couldn't be worse.
[11:30] ---
    Where is she now?
[11:31] ---
    Already out for a night on the town.
[11:33] ---
    What do you make of it, Yafuri?
[11:35] ---
    Here we are, working hard,
    and she hasn't even lent us a hand.
[11:40] ---
    Talk about self-centered, huh?
[11:43] ---
    Did Sis say anything?
[11:45] ---
    Not especially.
[11:46] ---
    I-I see.
[11:48] ---
    Well, she didn't seem that mad, so relax.
[11:52] ---
    Why don't you ask?
[11:55] ---
    I was fighting the Silver Sword
    until just now, you know.
[11:59] ---
    I know.
[12:00] ---
    How?! There was no one around...
[12:02] ---
    There was a half-dead member of the
    Coven lying on the ground, remember?
[12:06] ---
    In the yard.
[12:07] ---
    I was watching from there.
[12:12] ---
    Don't ever do that again.
[12:13] ---
    You shouldn't throw away your life.
[12:16] ---
    If you were watching, then you know!
[12:18] ---
    I was winning against the Silver Sword!
[12:20] ---
    If we hadn't been interrupted,
    I would've had him!
[12:24] ---
    Why are you and Sis
    so hung up about that guy?!
[12:28] ---
    So it is jealousy.
[12:30] ---
    Wha?!
[12:31] ---
    What did you just say, you bastard?!
[12:33] ---
    Wanna take this outside?! Eh?!
[12:37] ---
    But you know, Yafuri,
[12:39] ---
    even if you had continued your fight,
[12:41] ---
    you wouldn't have been able
    to win against the Silver Sword.
[12:44] ---
    There's a lot to that bloodline.
[12:47] ---
    You don't know that.
[12:49] ---
    Well, that's fine.
[12:50] ---
    Rest until the sun comes up.
[12:53] ---
    Okay?
[12:57] ---
    Then, you can start by cleaning that up.
[13:01] ---
    Man...
[13:09] ---
    We just cannot.
[13:11] ---
    We cannot stay here.
[13:16] ---
    Kotaro.
[13:17] ---
    We are leaving.
[13:24] ---
    I'm gonna go say a proper
    goodbye to Mimi.
[13:27] ---
    I'll be right back, so don't worry.
[13:30] ---
    Oh, no!
[13:54] ---
    I'm... late again.
[14:04] ---
    Oh, right.
[14:06] ---
    We will leave the Special Zone.
[14:11] ---
    Damn it!
[14:13] ---
    Damn it all!
[14:18] ---
    Oh, Miss Mimiko, are you
    okay with getting up already?
[14:24] ---
    Hibari...
[14:26] ---
    The Chief gave me a message for you.
[14:28] ---
    He said you could take the day off.
[14:31] ---
    I guess you've been
    serving in a critical capacity.
[14:34] ---
    Your hard work is appreciated.
[14:36] ---
    I haven't served in a critical capacity.
[14:38] ---
    Besides, I failed to do my job in the end.
[14:41] ---
    You did?
[14:42] ---
    But it's nothing for you
    to get upset about.
[14:45] ---
    That's not anything
    unusual for you anyway.
[14:47] ---
    How dare you!
[14:48] ---
    Whoops. A slip of the tongue.
[14:53] ---
    Miss Mimiko!
[14:55] ---
    Please cheer up!
[14:57] ---
    It's all the Silver Sword's fault anyway!
[15:01] ---
    That Silver Sword...
[15:02] ---
    To think he unilaterally dumped you,
[15:04] ---
    once he got inside the Special Zone
    and got what he wanted...
[15:06] ---
    And bringing you into
    a hotel like this, too...
[15:10] ---
    Huh?
[15:11] ---
    What a beastly man!
[15:13] ---
    What?
[15:15] ---
    Oh, but Miss Mimiko, please rest easy.
[15:19] ---
    I checked the regulations.
[15:21] ---
    If a compromiser allowed
    a Black Blood to drink her blood,
[15:25] ---
    she would be dealt with harshly,
[15:27] ---
    but it's okay if she was
    assaulted against her will!
[15:29] ---
    W-Wait, Hibari, what kind of
    explanation did the Chief give you...
[15:34] ---
    He didn't tell me anything!
    But I can tell!
[15:37] ---
    For today, let's go to the Seventh
    Yard area and party big time!
[15:42] ---
    Oh, but before we do...
[15:44] ---
    You'd better go to the hospital.
[15:47] ---
    Y-You delusional girl!
[15:49] ---
    Huh?
[15:51] ---
    The day you spread rumors like that,
[15:53] ---
    I'll strip you naked
    and hang you from the roof!
[15:56] ---
    What?! I'm wrong?!
[15:59] ---
    What're you acting so disappointed for?!
[16:00] ---
    Because, the Chief called me over
    with his brows furrowed and said,
[16:04] ---
    "Mimiko is at a hotel.
    She's depressed, so go be with her."
[16:09] ---
    So, hearing that, I totally thought...
[16:12] ---
    Totally thought...?
[16:13] ---
    Oh, no, well...
[16:15] ---
    Then I guess the Silver Sword
    isn't such a complete villain.
[16:20] ---
    I see. I guess it was
    just like that person said.
[16:23] ---
    That person?
[16:24] ---
    Oh, right. Actually,
    downstairs in the lobby...
[16:28] ---
    Huh?
[16:32] ---
    Oh, you could have
    just waited downstairs.
[16:36] ---
    Sorry. You were taking
    so long, I got worried.
[16:41] ---
    Hello, Mimiko.
[16:43] ---
    Miss Wong!
[17:03] ---
    Where are you, Kotaro?!
[17:06] ---
    And you're satisfied with that?
[17:10] ---
    From everything that you've told me,
    the Special Zone needs him.
[17:14] ---
    Don't you think it's your job to find him?
[17:18] ---
    But...
[17:18] ---
    You can't.
[17:20] ---
    It's dangerous.
[17:21] ---
    I am asking Mimiko!
[17:25] ---
    Please tell me what your honest
    feelings are on this, Mimiko.
[17:28] ---
    Are you fine with just forsaking
    the Silver Sword like this?
[17:32] ---
    Miss Mimiko...
[17:34] ---
    I will look for him.
[17:36] ---
    I will find Jiro and talk to him properly.
[17:40] ---
    Miss Mimiko, there's just no way!
[17:43] ---
    How do you plan to search for him
    in this vast Special Zone?!
[17:46] ---
    If the Silver Sword is after the enemy,
[17:48] ---
    I have an idea of where he might be.
[17:50] ---
    Tsang talked about it.
[17:52] ---
    That he had friends in the Eleventh Yard.
[17:54] ---
    What?
[17:56] ---
    What's wrong?
[17:57] ---
    Um, that's sort of an old
    urban legend in the Special Zone.
[18:03] ---
    What?
[18:05] ---
    Here, there are only
    a total of ten districts.
[18:08] ---
    The eleventh district doesn't exist.
[18:11] ---
    Doesn't exist?
[18:12] ---
    No.
[18:15] ---
    After the Hong Kong Crusade,
[18:16] ---
    there was a story that some
    kind of legacy was brought
[18:18] ---
    in to the Special Zone, which was
    under development back then.
[18:22] ---
    And the place where it's hidden
[18:23] ---
    is said to be the Eleventh Yard,
    which doesn't actually exist.
[18:27] ---
    I had no idea...
[18:29] ---
    Oh, but even without any
    clues, I'll look for Jiro.
[18:34] ---
    Um, I know someone
    who's researching that.
[18:37] ---
    What?
[18:38] ---
    Who?
[18:39] ---
    An information broker
    who comes by regularly.
[18:41] ---
    Oh, he's not a bad person.
[18:44] ---
    He comes by every so often
    and we exchange information.
[18:55] ---
    Now, then...
[19:10] ---
    Call on the affiliate houses
    to provide us with information.
[19:13] ---
    We must find clues to the whereabouts
    of the Kowloon Child that snuck in.
[19:19] ---
    Damn it! Things are going so slow!
[19:24] ---
    That lady is always, always...
[19:33] ---
    I am looking for my younger brother.
[19:36] ---
    What?! What do you mean?!
[19:39] ---
    I cannot sense my
    younger brother's aura.
[19:44] ---
    You idiot!
[19:46] ---
    You ran away from those bastards!
[19:48] ---
    What the hell have you
    been doing all this time?!
[19:50] ---
    Please! Even the most
    trifling bit of information!
[19:54] ---
    If you know anything, please tell me!
[19:56] ---
    You must know what kind of situation
    the Special Zone is in right now!
[20:00] ---
    You think we have the time
    to concern ourselves over one child?!
[20:06] ---
    Where are you going?!
[20:07] ---
    To look for my younger brother.
[20:09] ---
    How?
[20:11] ---
    He's severed your empathetic link, right?
[20:14] ---
    Do I have any other choice?!
[20:16] ---
    If I do, tell me!
[20:18] ---
    But if you have nothing, shut up!
[20:21] ---
    You're behaving unseemly! Calm down.
[20:23] ---
    Calm down?!
[20:24] ---
    Cassa could find my younger
    brother at any moment now!
[20:28] ---
    Damn it! If you have
    no intention of helping,
[20:31] ---
    don't meddle in the affairs
    of my bloodline any more!
[20:37] ---
    Jiro!!
[20:51] ---
    Get up.
[20:54] ---
    And you call yourself the protector
    that the Lady Sage chose?
[20:58] ---
    Listen to me!
[20:59] ---
    It's true that the Special
    Zone is in danger,
[21:02] ---
    but what the enemy
    is after is not your kin.
[21:07] ---
    You two came to the Special
    Zone only two days ago.
[21:10] ---
    This plan of theirs was devised
    meticulously over a long time.
[21:15] ---
    Then what has Cassa come
    to the Special Zone for?
[21:19] ---
    There's no need to tell you that.
[21:23] ---
    At any rate, now that the enemy
    knows of your presence here,
[21:27] ---
    there's no guarantee they won't
    start up something else, either.
[21:32] ---
    Go to the park we were at yesterday.
[21:33] ---
    I'll send Rinsuke.
[21:34] ---
    What?
[21:35] ---
    Losing that one won't hurt us much.
[21:39] ---
    At the very least, he knows
    the Special Zone better than you.
[21:43] ---
    Cain...
[21:44] ---
    Save it. I don't want to hear any of it.
[21:46] ---
    Get out of here.
[21:54] ---
    That guy never grows up.
[22:00] ---
    Have you found anything?
[22:01] ---
    We discovered their hideout.
[22:03] ---
    I'll be right there.
[22:09] ---
    Everything is falling apart...
[22:12] ---
    Yet, it's all moving together...
[22:24] ---
    In my dreams, my secrets speak
[22:31] ---
    Of the sorrows I come face-to-face with
[22:37] ---
    The sick promise that
    crept in foul, I never knew...
[22:49] ---
    Dreams I can't even look back on
[22:53] ---
    My memories, faded
[22:56] ---
    A shattered heart,
    even the pain has dulled
[23:03] ---
    My soul has burned out
    and turned to cold ash
[23:11] ---
    Welling tears, full of hurt
[23:18] ---
    So tell me... tell me...
    the reason why...
[23:22] ---
    How can you do this to me...
[23:25] ---
    You break my heart...
    And you made me cry...
[23:32] ---
    So tell me... tell me...
    the reason why...
[23:35] ---
    How can you do this to me...
[23:39] ---
    You break my heart...
    And you made me cry...
[23:56] ---
    What is it?
[23:58] ---
    Cain said so as well.
[23:59] ---
    That what Cassa is after is not us.
[24:02] ---
    Then what is their objective
[24:04] ---
    that they would risk such danger
    to enter the Special Zone?
[24:08] ---
    Episode 9, "The Eleventh Yard."