18 - The Cat Deploys

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[01:10] ---
    Hmph, you've improved.
[01:15] ---
    They all seem to be in perfect condition.
[01:19] ---
    I'm sure they will fully demonstrate
    their abilities in the mission,
[01:24] ---
    or rather, battle, that is about to start.
[01:39] ---
    It seems the time has come.
[01:44] ---
    That's how it always starts...
[01:46] ---
    under the azure sky
[01:49] ---
    After making a vow,
[01:53] ---
    I now set off
[02:09] ---
    Yeah, the desert glitters with a golden hue
[02:14] ---
    (The wind is scorching)
[02:15] ---
    I'm searching for a diamond flower
[02:20] ---
    (I keep on wandering)
[02:22] ---
    Now, for the first time in my life,
[02:28] ---
    I live for someone else
[02:35] ---
    There's something I wanna protect
[02:41] ---
    I'll never, ever lose it again
[02:47] ---
    Resound, my heartbeat!
[02:54] ---
    A heartbeat smaller and fragile,
    but tougher than anyone's.
[03:14] ---
    "The Cat Deploys"
[03:26] ---
    All preparations have been made,
    so please rest and relax today.
[03:31] ---
    And tomorrow morning,
    we will set sail for Kraken Island.
[03:36] ---
    It's finally time, huh?
[03:46] ---
    What's the matter? Is something...
[03:49] ---
    Train!
[03:54] ---
    What's the meaning of this?
[03:57] ---
    Stop, Train!
[03:58] ---
    Train!
[04:12] ---
    What the...?!
[04:16] ---
    You're...
[04:17] ---
    Ch-Chronos Numbers...
[04:21] ---
    Yes, I'm No. X...
[04:24] ---
    Lin Shaolee.
[04:28] ---
    What's Chronos trying to do
    by gathering sweepers?
[04:33] ---
    Of course, the capture of Creed Diskenth.
[04:37] ---
    Capture, my foot! You want his death!
[04:41] ---
    As you say, Creed Diskenth's death.
[04:45] ---
    Rather, the annihilation
    of the Apostles of the Stars.
[04:50] ---
    Annihilation?!
[04:53] ---
    I see...
[04:55] ---
    The Apostles of the Stars
    are a nuisance for Chronos.
[04:58] ---
    And for us sweepers,
    they make good bounty.
[05:01] ---
    So, it'd be a waste if you
    don't take advantage of us...
[05:04] ---
    Our target is the same,
[05:07] ---
    so there should be no problem
    in how it is accomplished.
[05:10] ---
    How like Chronos.
[05:14] ---
    They do anything to get what they want.
[05:17] ---
    You're right.
[05:19] ---
    However, Black Cat,
    you can understand, can't you?
[05:23] ---
    The reason why Chronos operates that way.
[05:30] ---
    The hell with this!!
[05:33] ---
    Now that we know
    Chronos was behind this,
[05:35] ---
    let's just call this whole thing off!
[05:37] ---
    That's right! We're not
    lapdogs for Chronos!
[05:41] ---
    I don't quite care for this turn of events.
[05:46] ---
    Sweepers don't take orders from anyone.
[05:53] ---
    The ideal of Chronos is world peace.
[05:57] ---
    Can't you understand that mind-set?
[06:01] ---
    Bullshit! It doesn't matter
    if we understand it or not.
[06:04] ---
    We're not interested in Chronos' mind-set!!
[06:06] ---
    He's right.
[06:08] ---
    Don't take us lightly.
[06:11] ---
    This is why you're sweepers...
[06:13] ---
    What'd you say?!
[06:15] ---
    Why you...!
[06:17] ---
    You bastard!
[06:21] ---
    When things don't go your way,
    you immediately resort to violence.
[06:25] ---
    So sweepers really are
    just barbarians, huh?
[06:30] ---
    What?!
[06:31] ---
    River-san!
[06:33] ---
    Then, you're saying
    that erasers aren't barbarians?
[06:38] ---
    After all, you're killers, aren't you?
[06:40] ---
    You don't mince any words, do you?
[06:42] ---
    Well, fine... just remember this much.
[06:47] ---
    We cannot allow Creed Diskenth
    free rein to do as he pleases.
[06:52] ---
    He will certainly lead the world
    on the path to destruction.
[07:01] ---
    How is Creed's condition?
[07:04] ---
    He is doing just fine.
[07:05] ---
    The fusion of
    the ki energy of Tao and nanotechnology...
[07:09] ---
    The molding of unused cells and
    giving form to ki energy substances...
[07:13] ---
    Everything is going well.
[07:15] ---
    When Creed awakens, tell him this...
[07:19] ---
    Sweepers eager for a three billion
    bounty will head there shortly.
[07:25] ---
    Sweepers? Humph!
[07:27] ---
    Such fools!
[07:29] ---
    You'd better not underestimate them.
[07:31] ---
    Black Cat is also among them.
[07:33] ---
    I see...
[07:35] ---
    All right. Leave the sweepers to me.
[07:39] ---
    Just keep track of their movements.
[07:42] ---
    Understood.
[07:54] ---
    I can't stop laughing.
[07:56] ---
    That's because the
    sweepers will be the prey
[08:00] ---
    for the weapons that I have created!
[08:03] ---
    For the living weapons created
    through the fusion of Tao and nanotech!
[08:09] ---
    Right, Echidna?
[08:12] ---
    You're going to take care of
    them before Creed awakens, right?
[08:17] ---
    Are you worried about Black Cat?
[08:20] ---
    Well...
[08:22] ---
    I just dislike cats
    who are too mischievous.
[08:45] ---
    No!
[08:46] ---
    No!
[08:47] ---
    No!
[08:48] ---
    Can't you make an exception?
[08:50] ---
    No way!
[08:54] ---
    Why?
[08:56] ---
    Everyone gets scared shitless
    just from hearing the name Kraken Island.
[08:59] ---
    Why don't you offer money?
[09:02] ---
    You think I have that kind of money?
[09:04] ---
    I just thought I'd mention it, is all.
[09:07] ---
    We're like that saying,
    "The poor have no money"!
[09:09] ---
    There's no saying like that.
[09:11] ---
    Hey!
[09:13] ---
    Still can't rent a boat?
[09:15] ---
    Shut up! Why are you coming with
    us if you're always complaining?!
[09:19] ---
    Can't help it!
[09:21] ---
    The sweeper alliance
    has practically disbanded.
[09:27] ---
    I'd feel sorry for you if you were gonna
    go to Kraken Island by yourselves.
[09:31] ---
    So super-strong me will go with you!
[09:33] ---
    Be grateful!
[09:35] ---
    Huh?
[09:36] ---
    Bad sense of direction, huh?
[09:37] ---
    Yes, he's got a bad sense of direction.
[09:39] ---
    Why, the last time, he got lost
    and ended up walking along the sewer.
[09:43] ---
    Don't say that!
[09:44] ---
    Please take the boat out!
[09:48] ---
    No matter how much you beg, no means no!
[09:51] ---
    The currents around that island are
    fierce and we can't get close to it.
[09:54] ---
    Understand?
[09:55] ---
    Um...
[09:57] ---
    I'll give you my treasure!
[10:03] ---
    Apologize...
[10:05] ---
    to the girl!
[10:07] ---
    Wh-Who are you?
[10:09] ---
    A brave sweeper who's looking for
     a boat to go to Kraken Island,
[10:12] ---
    just like that girl.
[10:14] ---
    Right?
[10:16] ---
    Oh?
[10:17] ---
    What?
[10:18] ---
    Are you hurt?
[10:19] ---
    No.
[10:23] ---
    Believe me.
[10:24] ---
    That island is cursed.
    Better not go near it.
[10:28] ---
    Sorry, missy!
[10:31] ---
    Cursed?
[10:36] ---
    Dammit!
[10:37] ---
    And he calls himself a seafaring man?
    What a joke!
[10:40] ---
    Just watch me...
    even if I have to swim over, I'll...
[10:42] ---
    Can you...
[10:45] ---
    sail a boat?
[10:51] ---
    In Chronos' eyes,
    we sweepers are just small fries.
[10:56] ---
    Yeah...
[10:58] ---
    But that guy said it
    was for peace, didn't he?
[11:01] ---
    Yeah, but the peace they're talking about
    is one that fulfills their own interest.
[11:07] ---
    That's a falsehood villains often use!
[11:09] ---
    I shoulda let 'im have it then!
[11:12] ---
    Damn right!
[11:13] ---
    Next time I see him,
    he won't get away so easily!
[11:17] ---
    But I sorta understand what
    that Shaolee guy was saying.
[11:23] ---
    Huh?
[11:24] ---
    I don't know much about Chronos,
[11:26] ---
    but I think them trying to destroy
    the Apostles of the Stars is a good thing.
[11:30] ---
    I'm not smart, so I can't explain it well,
[11:32] ---
    but if everyone in the world
    can live peacefully, or happily,
[11:37] ---
    I think that's good.
[11:39] ---
    Mundock, are you...
[11:43] ---
    stupid?!
[11:43] ---
    We, sweepers, aren't champions of justice!
[11:46] ---
    We work for money!
    In other words, this is business!
[11:50] ---
    Business!
[11:53] ---
    But none of us are here for the money...
[11:58] ---
    I know that much...
[12:05] ---
    This is a personal thing,
[12:08] ---
    but I'm very interested in you.
[12:12] ---
    People even called you
    the legendary eraser, Black Cat.
[12:15] ---
    Why is someone like you
    working as a mere sweeper?
[12:20] ---
    That's none of your business.
[12:22] ---
    Well, it is.
[12:24] ---
    I've always thought...
[12:27] ---
    that I'd become a member
    of Chronos Numbers like you.
[12:31] ---
    You, as an eraser, were indeed my goal,
[12:36] ---
    and I really admired you.
[12:49] ---
    How's this?
[12:50] ---
    Err... well...
[12:53] ---
    A box, an umbrella and tires.
[12:54] ---
    Eve, that's rude.
[12:57] ---
    You don't expect to sail
    to Kraken Island in that thing?!
[13:01] ---
    Hey, cut it out!
[13:04] ---
    Huh? Err...
[13:06] ---
    I didn't mean it like that...
[13:09] ---
    Uhm...
[13:13] ---
    Hey, this is a fine boat!
[13:16] ---
    Awright! Off to Kraken Island we go now!
[13:18] ---
    Row! Row!
[13:21] ---
    It's impossible after all, isn't it?
[13:25] ---
    H-Hey, where're you going?
[13:27] ---
    I'm going to look for a bigger boat.
[13:30] ---
    Oh, I see...
[13:38] ---
    Is it revenge? For Saya Minatsuki?
[13:44] ---
    It didn't take long to find out
    the circumstances surrounding No. XIII
[13:49] ---
    up until the time he left Chronos.
[13:54] ---
    So there shouldn't be any problem.
[13:57] ---
    Our target is the same.
[13:59] ---
    Why not join forces against
    the Apostles of the Stars so that...
[14:01] ---
    I already told you. I don't trust Chronos.
[14:05] ---
    Why not?
[14:07] ---
    The sweeper alliance is a decoy, isn't it?
[14:09] ---
    While the sweepers draw the
    attention of the Apostles of the Stars...
[14:12] ---
    the Numbers will attack their base...
[14:14] ---
    I see...
[14:15] ---
    so you have it all figured out.
[14:21] ---
    And you want to say that
    that is a dirty trick?
[14:24] ---
    However, failure is not
    an option for Chronos.
[14:28] ---
    That is because our loss means
    the destruction of the world order.
[14:33] ---
    Hence, we cannot be
    picky about our methods.
[14:37] ---
    Err... missy...
[14:38] ---
    I think you'd better go home soon
    or your mommy and daddy will worry.
[14:42] ---
    I don't have any.
[14:43] ---
    Huh?
[14:45] ---
    I don't have a mommy or daddy.
[14:48] ---
    Don't have...
[14:50] ---
    Oh!
[14:54] ---
    Chronos bears a very heavy
    responsibility on its shoulders.
[14:58] ---
    It's much different from sweepers
    who are merely bounty hunters.
[15:02] ---
    Well, I'm a sweeper, too.
[15:04] ---
    No, you are of the
    same caliber as the Numbers.
[15:08] ---
    Why don't you quit pretending
    to be some lowly sweeper
[15:10] ---
    and return to Chronos?
[15:12] ---
    For someone like you, the elders
    are sure to permit your return!
[15:17] ---
    You don't understand anything.
[15:20] ---
    I left Chronos because
    I wanted to be a sweeper...
[15:23] ---
    in order to gain the freedom to
    think on my own and to live as I please.
[15:30] ---
    I have no intention of
    returning now... not one bit.
[15:32] ---
    Freedom to you means turning your
    back on justice and fighting for revenge?
[15:38] ---
    I'll ask you one more time...
    Train Heartnet!
[15:42] ---
    You don't have any intention
    of following Chronos' noble cause?
[15:45] ---
    I'll settle with Creed myself.
[15:48] ---
    And I won't allow Chronos to interfere.
[15:51] ---
    I see...
[15:53] ---
    I guess I still couldn't get you to see...
[15:58] ---
    A sweeper can never win against Chronos...
[16:01] ---
    because the responsibility
    we shoulder is much heavier.
[16:04] ---
    I wonder about that.
[16:06] ---
    A stray cat sweeper may be living
    with a much heavier burden, you know.
[16:13] ---
    Shall we see about that?
[16:27] ---
    What the...?!
[16:35] ---
    What the hell are these things?!
[16:38] ---
    Is this... no way!
[16:44] ---
    Transformation?!
[16:46] ---
    Ahhhh!
[16:48] ---
    What's this?! It doesn't
    look like it's just nanotech!
[16:52] ---
    It's probably that "Tao" thing, isn't it?!
[16:55] ---
    The fusion of nanotech and Tao!
[16:57] ---
    So, this is the answer the
    Apostles of the Stars were seeking!!
[17:01] ---
    Damn you!
[17:04] ---
    Are you all right?!
    Monsters! Those monsters!
[17:06] ---
    What?!
[17:07] ---
    On Kraken Island, those
    monsters took my mommy and daddy!
[17:10] ---
    Then you were on Kraken Island?!
[17:13] ---
    Daddy put the boat out and let me escape!
[17:17] ---
    The island became full of monsters!
[17:22] ---
    I see... Okay.
[17:26] ---
    You stay put right here.
[17:28] ---
    The sweepers will take
    care of all the bad monsters!
[17:34] ---
    Sweepers?
[17:46] ---
    This way!
[17:48] ---
    Are you all right?
[17:49] ---
    Hurry and get away!
[17:53] ---
    Let's go!
[17:54] ---
    Yes!
[17:57] ---
    It's useless!
[18:05] ---
    What?!
[18:13] ---
    What... What are you fighting for?
[18:18] ---
    Huh?
[18:20] ---
    Well, I'm a sweeper.
[18:23] ---
    So, I'm just clearing away
    things that get in people's way.
[18:30] ---
    Can you understand?
[18:33] ---
    Train-san...
[18:39] ---
    This is what sweepers are all about.
[18:48] ---
    Sweepers are fools.
[18:51] ---
    Even though it doesn't
    bring in any money...
[18:53] ---
    they're fighting for strangers...
[18:59] ---
    And aren't you one of these fools?
[19:06] ---
    Perhaps so.
[19:21] ---
    If you want to use us as
    a decoy, go right ahead.
[19:26] ---
    And we'll use Chronos.
[19:29] ---
    That's fine by us...
[19:31] ---
    I'm just glad you all came...
[19:36] ---
    Mister!
[19:40] ---
    What're you doing here?
[19:42] ---
    Please... take me to the island!
[19:45] ---
    Nope.
[19:47] ---
    There are lots of monsters.
[19:50] ---
    Uhm...
[19:55] ---
    Then Mommy and Daddy...
[19:59] ---
    Your Mommy and Daddy?
[20:01] ---
    They're there!
[20:02] ---
    Mommy and Daddy are
     somewhere on that island!
[20:06] ---
    I know it!
[20:15] ---
    Okay.
[20:21] ---
    I'll take on that job!
[20:24] ---
    Thank you, Mister!
[20:27] ---
    Be careful!
[20:45] ---
    Huh?
[20:50] ---
    The fusion of nanotech and Tao?
[20:54] ---
    This thing seems
    way deeper than I thought.
[21:03] ---
    Where'd Rins go?
[21:05] ---
    She said she had work.
[21:06] ---
    Oh... What a busy
    woman she is... as usual...
[21:11] ---
    Although, there seems to be
    another busy woman here...
[21:21] ---
    You're... one of the Apostles of the Stars!
[21:24] ---
    The world-famous actress...
[21:30] ---
    Echidna Parass...
[21:37] ---
    What's the big idea?
[21:42] ---
    Anyone...
[21:45] ---
    Anyone who tries to harm Creed...
[21:48] ---
    will be eliminated.
[21:50] ---
    That's...
[21:58] ---
    Geez, that woman!
[22:14] ---
    Creed...
[22:29] ---
    Since your new black
    boots caused a blister,
[22:36] ---
    you rest your right foot
[22:43] ---
    We'll keep walking along
    with our own rhythm, without rushing
[22:56] ---
    Don't say anything
[23:04] ---
    because we'll soon understand each other
[23:11] ---
    I'm just holding you now to keep you warm
[23:25] ---
    I'm completely wrapped around you, so...
[23:35] ---
    Quietly the powder-like
    snow is building up...
[23:55] ---
    "Next Episode"
[23:57] ---
    Awright! We've made it to the
    base of the Apostles of the Stars!
[24:00] ---
    Train, I heard you have a complicated
    history with the leader of the enemy.
[24:05] ---
    Okay then, you just leave everything to me!
[24:07] ---
    I'll restrain his underlings until
    you attain your long-cherished goal!
[24:11] ---
    Why, if I swing my knuckles,
    these guys will be easily...
[24:17] ---
    Holy crap! They're strong!
[24:17] ---
    "The Sprinting Cat"