16 - The Cat and the Lizard

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[00:22] ---
    Creed, there's a 3 billion
    bounty on your head.
[00:28] ---
    I wonder if they're trying to get
    lowly sweepers to take care of us...
[00:34] ---
    Such a futile idea...
[00:40] ---
    Maybe... Train will see it and...
[00:44] ---
    Oh...
[00:47] ---
    This is getting interesting!
[00:57] ---
    Akabane's good in the spring, huh?
[01:02] ---
    Oof... whoops, sorry...
[01:07] ---
    Oh?
[01:09] ---
    You're a real tall one,
[01:12] ---
    aren't you?
[01:22] ---
    That's how it always starts...
[01:25] ---
    under the azure sky
[01:28] ---
    After making a vow,
[01:31] ---
    I now set off
[01:48] ---
    Yeah, the desert glitters with a golden hue
[01:53] ---
    (The wind is scorching)
[01:54] ---
    I'm searching for a diamond flower
[01:59] ---
    (I keep on wandering)
[02:01] ---
    Now, for the first time in my life,
[02:07] ---
    I live for someone else
[02:13] ---
    There's something I wanna protect
[02:20] ---
    I'll never, ever lose it again
[02:26] ---
    Resound, my heartbeat!
[02:32] ---
    A heartbeat smaller and fragile,
    but tougher than anyone's.
[02:52] ---
    "The Cat and the Lizard"
[03:02] ---
    Oh, he spit a fireball!
[03:03] ---
    Yeah! You show 'em! Yeah, right there!!
[03:06] ---
    Go for it! Yay! Yay!
[03:08] ---
    Where's Rins?
[03:09] ---
    She was determined to
    sleep in a nice, fluffy bed,
[03:12] ---
    so she checked into a ritzy hotel.
[03:16] ---
    We've been sleeping
    outdoors for a while, so...
[03:19] ---
    I'd like a nice, fluffy bed, too.
[03:21] ---
    A hard bed at a cheap hotel
    isn't so bad, you know...
[03:24] ---
    Looks like you're hard-up as usual?
[03:29] ---
    What're you doing here?!
[03:30] ---
    Want to know?!
[03:31] ---
    No, I don't!!
[03:32] ---
    Give me pancakes and coffee... black!!
[03:35] ---
    What a way to greet me after so long!
[03:39] ---
    Oh, your daughter looks well, too!
[03:42] ---
    Like I said, she's not my daughter!
[03:44] ---
    Hey lady, I want rice balls.
    One with salmon, one with cod roe.
[03:48] ---
    Seems like your family structure
    is as complicated as ever...
[03:50] ---
    They're not!!
[03:52] ---
    Well, every family has its problems.
[03:54] ---
    Cripes!
[03:56] ---
    At any rate, he's late... your apprentice.
[04:00] ---
    Well, he'll be here in time...
[04:02] ---
    especially since he e-mailed me
    and asked me to meet him here.
[04:06] ---
    "I've found a big job. Please come
    to the sweepers' café in Freesia Town."
[04:11] ---
    A big job, huh?
[04:13] ---
    I seriously hope so!
    We're really in a bind here.
[04:16] ---
    If we don't find work, we won't
    be able to pay our tab here...
[04:19] ---
    No tab this time, for real!
[04:22] ---
    Oh, this divine aroma!
    These must not be the usual coffee beans.
[04:25] ---
    It's instant coffee.
[04:28] ---
    Instant coffee at a café?
[04:32] ---
    Anything good?
[04:34] ---
    Pretty sad, as usual.
[04:41] ---
    Three billion?!
[04:44] ---
    What's with this ridiculous bounty?
[04:46] ---
    What kind of man is worth this much?
[04:50] ---
    Creed!
[04:52] ---
    Hey, are you looking for a fight?!
[04:54] ---
    Shh!
[04:56] ---
    There's a reason I don't want
    him to see this wanted poster.
[05:01] ---
    Is this reason also complicated?
[05:02] ---
    Uh-huh...
[05:04] ---
    When did this wanted poster come in?
[05:06] ---
    The day before yesterday, I think.
[05:08] ---
    But the sweepers say the
    reward money is so high it's scary...
[05:10] ---
    They're all hesitant about it.
[05:13] ---
    Well, there's no way they'd
    offer such a high reward
[05:16] ---
    for a run-of-the-mill criminal, so...
[05:18] ---
    Then, there're people like him
[05:20] ---
    who immediately come up
    with a business like that.
[05:24] ---
    A sweeper alliance?
[05:26] ---
    I heard that they're
    gathering elite sweepers
[05:28] ---
    in order to go after that three billion.
[05:30] ---
    This is bad! Can't let Train
    see something like this.
[05:34] ---
    Hey!
[05:36] ---
    Another rice ball, please,
    this time make it tuna-mayo.
[05:38] ---
    And can you add a drop
    of soy sauce in the mayo?
[05:41] ---
    Okay, one tuna-mayo.
[05:44] ---
    What're you doing, Sven?
[05:45] ---
    N-Nothing!
[05:47] ---
    Tuna-mayo is the best ingredient
    when it comes to rice balls, isn't it?!
[05:49] ---
    Tuna-mayo's really delicious, yep!
[05:51] ---
    Hhhmmmm...
[05:57] ---
    All right! I'll pay for the rice
    balls myself! Cheapskate!
[06:03] ---
    Bro!
[06:05] ---
    --At long last!
[06:06] ---
    --Hey! Calm down!
[06:08] ---
    Right, right. We have to talk about work.
[06:11] ---
    I heard this from an old friend of
    mine who is an information broker.
[06:15] ---
    Don't be shocked now!
[06:16] ---
    Just by finding someone's pet,
    you get 100,000, believe it or not!
[06:20] ---
    --100,000?
[06:20] ---
    --100,000?
[06:22] ---
    That wasn't much of a reaction...
[06:24] ---
    Of course not!
[06:25] ---
    You made us come all the way to a
    place like this for a measly 100,000?!
[06:28] ---
    I'm sorry...
[06:30] ---
    But... what're you doing over there, sir?
[06:32] ---
    Leave me alone.
[06:34] ---
    Oh I know! Eve, Train,
    you two take on that job.
[06:38] ---
    With 100,000, you'll be able
    to sleep in a nice, soft bed.
[06:41] ---
    I'll do it!
[06:43] ---
    Hey Train, let's do it!
[06:45] ---
    Well, I don't know...
[06:48] ---
    Let's do it, Bro!
[06:49] ---
    You'll be able to order *oden
    *to go with your rice balls.
[06:52] ---
    Okay!
[06:54] ---
    All settled, then! I'm ecstatic!
[06:57] ---
    Our client is Madam Freesia,
[06:59] ---
    a celebrity, whose pet business
    earns ten billion annually!
[07:06] ---
    Oh, Flora-chan...
[07:08] ---
    M-Madame!
[07:09] ---
    I'm so worried about her, I can't sleep.
[07:12] ---
    We are here, so you can stop worrying.
[07:14] ---
    So, is she a dog? Or a cat?
[07:18] ---
    Flora-chan is not a common
    animal like that, dahling.
[07:23] ---
    Of course not!
    She's much more somber, isn't she?
[07:26] ---
    She is the dream creature
    that resulted from exhaustive efforts
[07:30] ---
    by my Madame Freesia
    Pet Company, dahling!
[07:34] ---
    A monster?
[07:36] ---
    Do be quiet!
[07:37] ---
    Flora-chan is very lovely
    and cute, dahling!
[07:40] ---
    Of course! She's cute, right?!
[07:43] ---
    So, what are her charming points?
[07:45] ---
    Her darling fangs.
[07:47] ---
    Certainly, fangs are lovely!
[07:48] ---
    And her sharp claws.
[07:50] ---
    And of course, claws!
[07:51] ---
    She has a bad habit of
    sleeping by day and waking by night.
[07:54] ---
    Viva nocturnal habits!
[07:55] ---
    What does she eat?
[07:56] ---
    Raw meat, dahling.
[07:58] ---
    She's a... carnivore?
[08:01] ---
    Do you have a picture?
[08:02] ---
    It's from six months
    ago, though, dahling...
[08:05] ---
    Oh, it's just a lizard...
[08:07] ---
    Silence!
[08:13] ---
    I sort of feel sorry for her.
[08:14] ---
    Huh?
[08:15] ---
    This pet Flora...
[08:18] ---
    She was created by humans
    just because they wanted...
[08:22] ---
    And locked up against her will...
[08:24] ---
    I wonder how she feels about herself?
[08:27] ---
    There's no use in thinking
    about that stuff.
[08:30] ---
    Flora was born, so she's
    probably living it up, dahling.
[08:36] ---
    Don't say "dahling."
[08:43] ---
    Job interview, open anytime...
[08:59] ---
    Another small fry came...
[09:02] ---
    Did you read that poster carefully?
[09:06] ---
    It says "brave" sweepers
    wanted, doesn't it?
[09:08] ---
    In other words, you're not wanted.
[09:11] ---
    What a greeting.
[09:13] ---
    Beat it, you lame duck.
[09:15] ---
    We don't need old men or women.
[09:23] ---
    What're you doing, woman?!
[09:27] ---
    Next time, I won't miss.
[09:29] ---
    Why you...!
[09:34] ---
    Friends shouldn't fight
    amongst each other.
[09:42] ---
    I'm honored that you've come...
[09:45] ---
    former IBI agent, Sven Vollfied-san.
[09:50] ---
    I am Grin, an information broker.
[09:58] ---
    Hey! We're looking for someone who's lost.
[10:01] ---
    Lost?
[10:02] ---
    Madame Freesia's pet ran away.
[10:05] ---
    Pet? It can't be!
[10:08] ---
    This is her pet.
[10:11] ---
    Flora!
[10:13] ---
    Flora has... run away!
[10:15] ---
    What's wrong? You look pale.
[10:17] ---
    Aahh!! This is terrible!
[10:20] ---
    Flora's loose in town?!
[10:27] ---
    What was that?
[10:31] ---
    Oh yes... this is the real me.
[10:37] ---
    Oh?
[10:43] ---
    All men go crazy over me.
[10:48] ---
    Oh dear... What? Am I that attractive?
[10:52] ---
    Aahh!
[11:00] ---
    W-What was that?!
[11:03] ---
    A big fuss over a lizard, dahling.
[11:06] ---
    I said stop saying "dahling"!
[11:11] ---
    Being a sweeper is a business, too.
[11:14] ---
    In terms of efficiency, you should
    always go after targets with a high bounty.
[11:19] ---
    However, if the bounty
    is high, so is the risk.
[11:22] ---
    The reward for Creed is three billion.
[11:25] ---
    It goes up to five billion for
    all of the Apostles of the Stars.
[11:29] ---
    So you can imagine
    the risk is off the scales.
[11:31] ---
    And...
[11:32] ---
    reducing risk is a
    fundamental of business.
[11:36] ---
    That's why you suggest we join forces?
[11:39] ---
    If we work together, we can definitely win.
[11:42] ---
    And what's our cut?
[11:43] ---
    Split evenly?
[11:45] ---
    Of course.
[11:46] ---
    I don't like it.
[11:50] ---
    I agree splitting it with a kid like you,
[11:53] ---
    who'll only get in the way, isn't fair.
[11:57] ---
    I wonder who's the one
    who'll get in the way?
[12:00] ---
    What'd you say?!
[12:01] ---
    You're pretty cocky, kid!
[12:05] ---
    Quit fighting over every little thing.
[12:08] ---
    More importantly...
[12:10] ---
    Do you know the whereabouts
    of the Apostles of the Stars...
[12:12] ---
    or rather Creed Diskenth?
[12:23] ---
    Of course.
[12:35] ---
    Hmm...
[12:36] ---
    Flora-chan, huh?
[12:39] ---
    She looks pretty noticeable.
    So, you'll probably find her right away.
[12:42] ---
    Actually, we have absolutely no clues.
[12:45] ---
    You must use your head
    for something like this.
[12:48] ---
    Use our heads?
[12:55] ---
    I see! You're saying viva nocturnal habits!
[12:58] ---
    You're so smart, Miss!
[13:00] ---
    Geez! Why do I have
    to come along with you?!
[13:03] ---
    This is ruining my dress!
[13:05] ---
    Aw c'mon... keep us company!
[13:07] ---
    Man, this is the pits!
[13:09] ---
    Whenever I get involved
    with you, nothing good...
[13:15] ---
    What was that?
[13:16] ---
    Th-Th-That was...
[13:18] ---
    Probably a carp or something
    just jumped out of the water.
[13:20] ---
    As if you'd find carp in here!
[13:22] ---
    I-It sounded pretty ominous to me...
[13:28] ---
    Something might leap out
    of the gutter before long!
[13:33] ---
    What's wrong?
[13:35] ---
    I sense something.
[13:57] ---
    Where is Creed?!
[13:59] ---
    Once you become a member of the
    sweeper alliance, I shall tell you.
[14:04] ---
    Quid pro quo, huh?
[14:06] ---
    This is business, after all.
[14:10] ---
    It can't be helped.
[14:12] ---
    And what of you others?
[14:14] ---
    Yeah.
[14:15] ---
    Fine.
[14:16] ---
    We don't have a choice, do we?
[14:17] ---
    Sure.
[14:19] ---
    Excellent.
[14:20] ---
    Well then, I declare the
    formation of the sweeper alliance!
[14:31] ---
    So you're a sweeper, too?
[14:32] ---
    Don't you know?!
[14:34] ---
    River Zastory is pretty famous!
[14:38] ---
    Never heard of you.
[14:39] ---
    So what's a famous person
    like you doing in a place like this?
[14:42] ---
    Well...
[14:44] ---
    I got lost.
[14:46] ---
    Lost? How'd you end up
    underground like this?
[14:50] ---
    I'm not good with directions!
[14:52] ---
    So? Where were you headed?
[14:54] ---
    None of your business!
[14:55] ---
    Fine! Then, let's go!
[14:57] ---
    See ya!
[14:59] ---
    Well, we're in a hurry, so...
[15:01] ---
    Good bye.
    Uh, oh...
[15:03] ---
    Just keep wandering around for a while
    and you'll be able to find a way out.
[15:06] ---
    There's something down here, though.
[15:11] ---
    I-I guess it can't be helped!
[15:15] ---
    So who'll be our leader?
[15:17] ---
    We don't need one.
[15:20] ---
    A group without an able
    leader has no chance of winning.
[15:23] ---
    If there's no one, I'll be...
[15:25] ---
    Don't make me laugh!
[15:26] ---
    You haven't got a chance.
[15:29] ---
    But... he may be better than you two.
[15:31] ---
    --What'd you say?!
[15:31] ---
    --What'd you say?!
[15:33] ---
    Cripes, what a bother!
[15:35] ---
    Hey...
[15:36] ---
    Do you seriously think that you
    can have these guys work together?
[15:40] ---
    I do.
[15:41] ---
    They're not the type to listen to others.
[15:46] ---
    You all are professionals, so...
[15:49] ---
    Oh boy... now there aren't any walkways...
[15:52] ---
    Where the hell is this lizard?!
[15:56] ---
    Now that it's come to this, I'll
    definitely make sure that we get the money!
[15:59] ---
    And, why are you following us?
[16:02] ---
    I'm helping you!
[16:04] ---
    Having me around gives you
    peace of mind, doesn't it?!
[16:06] ---
    Yeah right.
[16:08] ---
    Hey, why're you looking at me like that?
[16:10] ---
    You want that money for your dress, right?
[16:11] ---
    Having another person
    will help you find it faster...
[16:14] ---
    What peace of mind?!
[16:16] ---
    It's close!
[16:18] ---
    What was that noise?
[16:20] ---
    This place really is ominous!
[16:22] ---
    Geez, such pathetic men!
[16:25] ---
    We have no choice.
[16:26] ---
    Let's go in the direction of that noise.
[16:28] ---
    --What?!
[16:28] ---
    --What?!
[16:29] ---
    Because it's certain that
    there's something over there.
[16:32] ---
    Not me! Definitely no way!!
[16:35] ---
    I can't! I can't!
[16:36] ---
    Huh? Why me?!
[16:38] ---
    You said you'd help!
[16:40] ---
    You're a famous sweeper, right?
[16:50] ---
    Damn, it stinks in here!
[16:52] ---
    This lizard is such a pain!
[16:56] ---
    There's something that I want to confess...
[16:59] ---
    T-To be honest, I...
[17:02] ---
    don't like dark places.
[17:05] ---
    Ouch! Hey, why're you just standi...
[17:15] ---
    They're taking a long time.
[17:18] ---
    It hasn't even been ten minutes.
[17:20] ---
    He surely wouldn't have
    abandoned us, would he?
[17:26] ---
    Bro! You came back for us!
[17:30] ---
    Bro!
[17:31] ---
    Huh?
[17:41] ---
    Looks like it grew this much in six months.
[17:44] ---
    That's too much growth!!
[17:50] ---
    What was that?
[17:51] ---
    It's coming from below.
[17:57] ---
    Its size was falsely represented!!
[17:59] ---
    Reptiles often grow surprisingly fast.
[18:02] ---
    What food can make them grow that big?!
[18:05] ---
    Try asking the monster behind you!!
[18:08] ---
    I can't go on...
[18:10] ---
    If you stop, you'll be eaten.
[18:12] ---
    Just keep running!!
[18:14] ---
    I can't!
[18:16] ---
    Bro! Make your escape
    while I'm being eaten!
[18:21] ---
    I'm sure you'd be a nice treat for Flora.
[18:24] ---
    Train, don't shoot her!
[18:26] ---
    Leave it to me!
[18:32] ---
    She's upset.
[18:33] ---
    Like throwing oil in a fire.
[18:34] ---
    Take care of the rest!
[18:45] ---
    You!
[18:46] ---
    H-Hi...
[18:48] ---
    Hurry up and get out!!
[18:49] ---
    Oh right!
[18:52] ---
    You'd better run now, Sven!
[18:54] ---
    Why?
[19:05] ---
    Huh? W-Why me?
[19:08] ---
    H-He looks the juiciest...
[19:10] ---
    Train! What the hell is...?
[19:14] ---
    I'll explain after I've put her to sleep!
[19:16] ---
    Don't shoot!
[19:18] ---
    Dammit!
[19:23] ---
    Hey buddy, get away!
[19:32] ---
    I'll take care of her!
[19:46] ---
    A tranquilizer bullet?
[19:47] ---
    That's right.
[19:49] ---
    Now she looks more like a pet.
[19:52] ---
    M-Miss...
[19:59] ---
    Th-This much?!
[20:01] ---
    Wasn't it supposed to be 100,000?
[20:03] ---
    That's for bringing Flora-*chan
    *back without injuring her, dahling!
[20:07] ---
    Thank you very much!
[20:09] ---
    I'm taking my share for my dress!
[20:10] ---
    I'm the one who captured Flora.
[20:12] ---
    This was all thanks to Gallom and me!
[20:14] ---
    I'm the one who knocked her out.
[20:16] ---
    I'm the one who saved you, right?
[20:18] ---
    That's not fair!
[20:21] ---
    That was fine teamwork.
[20:23] ---
    Did you plan this?
[20:24] ---
    No way! This was pure coincidence.
[20:26] ---
    But I was able to reaffirm
    what sweepers are actually capable of.
[20:30] ---
    Sven!
[20:31] ---
    Come to think of it,
    what were you doing there anyway?
[20:34] ---
    Err... nothing.
[20:35] ---
    Oh yeah, they're making
    rice balls over there.
[20:38] ---
    Rice balls? And maybe oden, too?!
[20:42] ---
    That's right! Radish, vegetables,
    and fish sausages, too!
[20:45] ---
    Former member of Chrono
    Numbers, Train Heartnet.
[20:49] ---
    I would like you to join
    the sweeper alliance, too.
[20:52] ---
    Sweeper alliance?
[20:54] ---
    Aahh! Leave him alone!
[20:57] ---
    He's no longer...
[20:58] ---
    Our goal is to capture the members
    of the Apostles of the Stars.
[21:03] ---
    Apostles of the Stars...
[21:04] ---
    Hey, hey... they'll run out of rice balls!
[21:07] ---
    First come first served for eggs in oden!
[21:09] ---
    You know his whereabouts?
[21:12] ---
    An isolated island in
    the Adonia Sea, Kraken.
[21:15] ---
    Creed Diskenth is there, too.
[21:18] ---
    Creed is...
[21:20] ---
    Now he said it...
[21:25] ---
    A goodnight call to Kuro-sama...
[21:31] ---
    Hhmmm!
[21:33] ---
    Kuro-sama, what're you doing?!
[21:46] ---
    Train!
[21:48] ---
    So, he's gone...
[21:50] ---
    To the Apostles of the Stars?
[21:52] ---
    He's probably thinking that he doesn't
    wanna involve us or something anyway.
[21:56] ---
    He treats us like strangers...
[21:58] ---
    You're just the same, Sven, aren't you?
[22:00] ---
    Huh?
[22:01] ---
    You joined the sweeper alliance
    secretly... to catch Creed, right?
[22:07] ---
    That fool...
[22:09] ---
    He always leaves his friends behind...
[22:28] ---
    Since your new black
    boots caused a blister,
[22:35] ---
    you rest your right foot
[22:42] ---
    We'll keep walking along
    with our own rhythm, without rushing
[22:56] ---
    Don't say anything
[23:03] ---
    because we'll soon understand each other
[23:10] ---
    I'm just holding you now to keep you warm
[23:24] ---
    I'm completely wrapped around you, so...
[23:35] ---
    Quietly the powder-like
    snow is building up...
[23:54] ---
    "Next Episode"
[23:55] ---
    That darn Train!
[23:57] ---
    Does he intend to settle it
    with Creed all by himself?
[24:00] ---
    I won't let you!
[24:02] ---
    As if I'd let you have
    the starring role all to yourself!
[24:06] ---
    We'll definitely catch up with you
    using my beloved car, so be prepared!
[24:14] ---
    Oh, hey Rins...
[24:15] ---
    sorry, but can you lend me
     some money for gas?
[24:16] ---
    "The Napping Cat"