15 - The Distant Cat

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    Wow, now this is a surprise...
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    to be visited by No. I herself.
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    If there is a mission
    which only I can fulfill,
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    I would go anywhere.
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    Are you gonna ask me
    to return to Chronos again?
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    No...
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    Draw your Hades, Heartnet.
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    That's how it always starts...
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    under the azure sky
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    After making a vow,
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    I now set off
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    Yeah, the desert glitters with a golden hue
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    (The wind is scorching)
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    I'm searching for a diamond flower
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    (I keep on wandering)
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    Now, for the first time in my life,
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    I live for someone else
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    There's something I wanna protect
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    I'll never, ever lose it again
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    Resound, my heartbeat!
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    A heartbeat smaller and fragile,
    but tougher than anyone's.
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    "The Distant Cat"
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    We'll form a half-circle and launch
    a concentrated attack. Let's go!
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    Humph... They mock us
    Chrono Numbers,
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    don't they, Nizer?
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    You bastard! Let Creed go!
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    It's too late.
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    This is the way... the Chrono Numbers live!
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    Creed!
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    N-Nizer!
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    Witness how the Chrono Numbers live!
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    Beluga!
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    Beluga!
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    The destructive acts,
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    by those calling themselves the
    Apostles of the Stars, continue worldwide.
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    This video was sent
    by the Apostles of the Stars
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    to news organizations around the world.
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    It also contains a statement
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    by the person considered to be
    the leader of this terrorist group.
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    Please take a look.
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    My name is Creed Diskenth.
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    I am the leader of
    the Apostles of the Stars.
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    To all of you who are watching this video,
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    I shall reveal the truth.
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    The truth about Chronos,
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    the secret organization
    which controls the world...
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    and how it will meet its end...
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    Chronos?
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    What does he mean by control?
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    Never mind that.
    Let's go to the beach.
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    Those who wish to be free of them...
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    Come join me!
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    We, the Apostles of the Stars,
    will free the world!
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    Let me ask you just one more time.
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    Where is No. I?
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    I have no obligation to answer that.
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    Do you belong to
    the Apostles of the Stars?!
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    No, I am simply...
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    one who harbors a grudge against Chronos.
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    The stability of the world is maintained
    solely by the iron grip of Chronos.
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    However, in this past month alone,
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    over ten nations have announced their
    intentions of cutting ties with Chronos.
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    Furthermore,
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    our existence is on the verge of being made public!
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    This all started when we allowed
    Creed Diskenth and No. XIII's defection
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    from the organization!
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    And we are starting
    to lose some of the Numbers.
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    We cannot let this
    situation continue any further!
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    It's likely that the elders are considerably
    toughening their stance towards Sephiria.
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    Dammit! If only we had
    been able to defeat Creed.
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    Not only that,
    we even lost Nizer and Beluga...
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    If you're thinking about them, then
    wait until the right opportunity comes.
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    You can fight for them,
    and bring Creed down.
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    I know that!
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    Until the last head falls,
    Cerberus is not dead!
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    During a long battle,
    sometimes you need to bide your time.
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    We will regroup our forces.
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    You focus on healing your wound.
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    Well, I doubt we have time for that.
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    Mason-dono!
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    Sephiria Arks...
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    Yes, Willzark-sama.
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    Can I expect that Chronos
    will recover from this?
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    The replacements for Nos. X, V, and XI
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    are now being evaluated.
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    I should be able to report
    on the results shortly.
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    And as for the former No. XIII...
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    The Apostles of the Stars
    are still like newborn babes...
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    But given time, who knows
    what monsters they will turn into.
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    You're absolutely right.
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    We must not let it get away...
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    a golden opportunity, that is...
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    Belze... as of this moment,
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    I am temporarily turning over
    the command of Chrono Numbers to you.
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    VII and XII, please assist him.
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    --Understood!
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    --Understood!
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    And what will you do in the meantime?
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    Sephiria...
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    There's no reason for you
    to go see him, is there?
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    There is something I want to verify.
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    Are you going to verify it
    by talking to him? Or by fighting him?
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    Please hold the fort for 24 hours.
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    Got it. In your absence,
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    I will not allow the Apostles of
    the Stars to step one foot in here!
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    I let him slip away...
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    Poke!
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    What's the big idea, princess?!
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    You're too slow, Train.
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    What'd you say?!
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    Don't get so worked up.
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    Since you said you wanted to do some
    rehab now that your body is back to normal,
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    we're taking a vacation
    and not looking for any new work.
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    --Yeah, yeah...
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    --He's right!
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    Before our measly savings run out,
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    get better so that you
    can earn money again!
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    Yeah, yeah...
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    You're more worried about
    money than your friend's health?!
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    Well, there's such a thing
    as priorities after all, and...
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    What's the matter?
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    Err... nothing.
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    Draw your Hades, Heartnet.
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    Sorry, I don't feel like it.
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    I've left Chronos, but I have
    no intention of fighting you.
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    Heartnet, this freedom you gained...
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    Is it the freedom to leave Chronos and die?
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    It's the freedom to continue living
    the way I want outside Chronos.
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    Then, I want you to return Hades.
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    That's right... you're
    the one who gave it to me.
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    Let us fight together...
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    for Chronos and
    the stability of the world...
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    A gun is merely a tool to kill people.
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    Since you've sworn never
    to kill anyone anymore,
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    you should not need Hades.
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    No can do.
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    For the lives that I've taken with this...
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    there're things that I have to do...
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    How unfortunate.
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    Then, it seems I have no choice
    but to take it away from your dead body!
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    The rain was also icy cold that night...
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    Your mission...
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    So you've completed your mission?
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    Heartnet...
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    As you continue to fulfill your missions,
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    the day will come when you stop trembling.
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    However, you took a life...
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    you must never forget that feeling.
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    It is indeed the case that
    we only fulfilled the mission
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    for the noble cause of Chronos.
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    However, we drew our weapons and struck.
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    That feeling, that moment belongs to you;
    you must always remember.
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    While I was in the Numbers,
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    I had forgotten your words from that night.
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    But now...
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    I feel that I finally understand
    the sentiment behind your words.
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    The irony in killing for a noble cause...
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    Chrono Numbers are the ones
    who should understand it the most.
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    It's impossible, Sephiria.
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    When you're in a high place,
    you can't see your feet.
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    Are you saying that's why you left Chronos?
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    You're giving me too much credit.
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    The life of a stray cat
    just suited me better. That's all.
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    It's unfortunate, Heartnet.
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    It's true that there're
    those in the Numbers
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    who feel no pain in
    staining their hands in blood.
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    That's why I...
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    I intended to kill you
    with my first strike...
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    I'd expect no less from No. I.
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    That was close!
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    However, you are already...
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    inside my barrier.
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    You will not get away!
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    Charden Flamberg!
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    A deserter of the Apostles of the Stars!
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    Deserter?!
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    You are truly the captain
    of Chrono Numbers.
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    You know about me, too...
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    I'd suggest that you do not move.
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    I see... So this is
    what you mean by barrier.
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    Black Cat...
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    I no longer have to fight you.
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    Please leave this place.
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    Why are you trying to kill Sephiria
    when you've left the Apostles of the Stars?
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    Why? You ask me why?
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    What do you mean?
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    Chronos is a great evil
    which threatens the entire world.
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    Didn't you leave the organization
    because you could not accept that?
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    Well, the Apostles of the Stars are
    just as bad as Chronos, aren't they?
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    You are absolutely right.
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    That is why I chose
    the same path you took.
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    You, of all people, should be able
    to understand my way of living.
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    Sorry, I can't.
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    That is unfortunate...
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    Black Cat!!
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    Now's my chance!
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    She found an opening!
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    Better forget it.
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    You can't beat Sephiria.
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    Chronos is a giant.
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    You've left the Apostles.
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    Do you think you can
    defeat Chronos all by yourself?
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    That is why I became an assassin.
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    Even a lowly worm can bring down a giant
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    by directly attacking its central nerve!
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    How pitiful...
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    Then, you shall have your wish.
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    Don't, Sephiria!
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    This battle does not concern you, Heartnet.
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    She is absolutely right!
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    I will fight to bring down the great evil,
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    even if it kills me!
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    It's useless.
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    Stop!
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    Apostles of the Stars or
    members of Chronos, I don't care...
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    I won't allow anyone to be killed!!
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    So this is your battle, Heartnet?
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    There are other uses
    for a gun besides killing.
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    I learned that from my best friend.
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    Your best friend, you say?
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    Someone who taught me about freedom.
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    This is?
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    A bullet made of orichalcum.
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    I entrust this to you.
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    Heartnet, I will be looking forward to
    seeing how you use that orichalcum bullet.
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    Sephiria...
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    I was unable to side
    with the Apostles of the Stars...
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    nor was I able to bring down Chronos...
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    I am so powerless.
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    However...
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    Oh geez! Where the heck is
    our breakfast cook wandering about?!
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    No breakfast today? Well?
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    I'm starving...
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    When'd he...?
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    Hey, it's been a while since so many
    of us were summoned together, hasn't it?
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    Yeah, looks like things
    are kinda serious this time...
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    Kinda?
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    So what is No. VI doing
    at a serious time like this?
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    Both the captain and I are
    keeping tabs on his movements.
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    So there's no problem.
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    I see. Acting alone, huh?
    That's just like him.
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    Lin Shaolee, our newly appointed No. X.
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    As proof of your entrance
    into Chrono Numbers,
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    I'm granting you this...
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    A veil made of orichalcum, Seiren...
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    Let us fight together...
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    for Chronos and the
    stability of the world...
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    Yes, I would like to be of help.
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    Continue to carry your Hades, Heartnet.
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    But in doing so,
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    you must continue to prove
     your sentiments and beliefs.
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    Yeah, I know.
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    Sephiria-san.
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    I have an idea...
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    Since your new black
    boots caused a blister,
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    you rest your right foot
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    We'll keep walking along
    with our own rhythm, without rushing
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    Don't say anything
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    because we'll soon understand each other
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    I'm just holding you now to keep you warm
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    I'm completely wrapped around you, so...
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    Quietly the powder-like
    snow is building up...
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    "Next Episode"
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    What?!
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    Creed and the others
    are on the wanted list?
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    And the reward is... 3 billion?!
[24:03] ---
    Even if you're not a sweeper,
    you just have to go for it!
[24:07] ---
    Not! Who'd want to take a risk like that?!
[24:10] ---
    I mean, they're a formidable bunch!
[24:13] ---
    There's no way there's someone
    dumb enough to risk his life
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    over a job like that!
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    "The Cat and the Lizard"
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    Oh, there is.