# 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"