# 2 - The Hesitant Cat
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**[00:33] ---**
Such a pretty scream...
**[00:37] ---**
What's going on here?!
**[00:48] ---**
If you come close to me,
your body will melt.
**[00:59] ---**
*That's how it always starts...*
**[01:02] ---**
*under the azure sky*
**[01:05] ---**
*After making a vow,*
**[01:08] ---**
*I now set off*
**[01:24] ---**
*Yeah, the desert glitters with a golden hue*
**[01:29] ---**
*(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*
**[01:50] ---**
*There's something I wanna protect*
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*I'll never, ever lose it again*
**[02:03] ---**
*Resound, my heartbeat!*
**[02:09] ---**
*A heartbeat smaller and fragile,
but tougher than anyone's.*
**[02:29] ---**
"The Hesitant Cat"
**[02:29] ---**
♪ Lightly, lightly ♪
**[02:33] ---**
♪ Floating ♪
**[02:36] ---**
♪ Carrying our feelings ♪
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I'll take that!
**[02:57] ---**
Nothing beats a bottle
of milk after singing!
**[03:00] ---**
But, if you're up here just
staring into space like that,
**[03:03] ---**
a crow'll peck your head!
**[03:08] ---**
Are you moon-gazing with your cat?
**[03:10] ---**
Oh, no! Does that mean
I drank the milk for the cat?
**[03:14] ---**
I'm sorry, but I was thirsty, so...
**[03:17] ---**
However! It's also your
fault for letting your guard down!
**[03:20] ---**
If it wasn't for me, you would've
definitely gotten pecked by that crow!
**[03:31] ---**
A boy whose only friends
are cats can't look cool at all
**[03:34] ---**
even when he tries
to act smooth, you know!
**[03:39] ---**
At any rate, your
friend is late, isn't he?
**[03:46] ---**
Wow! That's a pretty gun!
**[03:51] ---**
But why do you have a gun?
**[03:54] ---**
You have one, too.
**[03:57] ---**
Ta-da! I may not look like
one, but I'm a sweeper!
**[04:01] ---**
What about you?
**[04:18] ---**
We're kinda alike, aren't we?
**[04:23] ---**
I'll take this, too, okay?
**[04:28] ---**
Ah, that was good!
**[04:30] ---**
Thanks for the milk!
**[04:33] ---**
Looks like your friend's
not coming tonight, huh?
**[04:36] ---**
I think you've done
enough moon-gazing, too...
**[04:41] ---**
See, you got pecked!
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Well, then, see ya!
**[04:56] ---**
Hiya!
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I haven't eaten anything since this
morning, so... Now, what'll I have...
**[05:08] ---**
You can't put it
on your tab any more!
**[05:10] ---**
I-I know!
**[05:12] ---**
This is my treat.
**[05:13] ---**
Thanks a bunch!
**[05:15] ---**
But, this is the last time!
**[05:20] ---**
Cover my tab with this...
**[05:22] ---**
Like I said, no one's gonna
buy such a beat-up watch!
**[05:28] ---**
Why don't you quit your unstable
job as a sweeper and start working?
**[05:32] ---**
Well, it's hard to find
targets worthy of me, so...
**[05:36] ---**
Being down-to-earth
is the best way to live.
**[05:38] ---**
You've got kids back home, right?
**[05:41] ---**
K-Kids...
**[05:44] ---**
Hang in there, p... o... p... s!
**[05:50] ---**
Bread tastes best with butter!
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Marmalade!
**[05:53] ---**
Strawberry jam, strawberry jam,
strawberry jam!
**[05:56] ---**
I said butter!!
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Marmalade!
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Strawberry jam!
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Butter!
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Shut up!!
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Now that it's come to this,
I guess I'll go after some small fries...
**[06:18] ---**
You go...
**[06:19] ---**
I'm... targeting someone else.
**[06:22] ---**
I heard that he makes
whatever he touches rot...
**[06:26] ---**
Even though it's a 1.8 mil
G bounty, it's too risky...
**[06:29] ---**
What a bunch of chickens!
**[06:32] ---**
Welcome...
**[06:33] ---**
And, the guy I caught
the other day was...
**[06:36] ---**
What the...
**[06:42] ---**
What?!
**[06:45] ---**
What the hell...
**[06:47] ---**
Who the hell is that?
**[07:00] ---**
Hiya, Annette...
**[07:04] ---**
Hey, it's you, Sven!
So, you're still alive...
**[07:08] ---**
Yeah, somehow...
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What's with the long face?
**[07:15] ---**
Leave me alone...
**[07:25] ---**
Aren't there any
good jobs out there?
**[07:27] ---**
Someone already
took the big fish...
**[07:31] ---**
Missed it by a hair, huh?
**[07:34] ---**
27,000 gold...
**[07:37] ---**
20,000 gold, 15,000 gold...
**[07:41] ---**
I guess I'll just settle
with this one for now...
**[07:44] ---**
Tony Kaye for 50,000 gold...
**[07:54] ---**
*What the...?!*
**[07:57] ---**
Hold it, bitch!
**[07:59] ---**
H-Hey you...
I was gonna take that...
**[08:02] ---**
This guy's too tough for you.
**[08:08] ---**
Please help me!
**[08:11] ---**
Some scary people are chasing
after me! Please! Help me!
**[08:16] ---**
Okay, I'll kick their asses...
**[08:23] ---**
Whoa...
**[08:25] ---**
Ha! All that work on your
pectoral major muscle was a waste!
**[08:30] ---**
I won't let you get away, you bitch!
**[08:33] ---**
Sven!
**[08:33] ---**
--Come on, you bitch!
**[08:33] ---**
--Somebody help!!
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--Don't give us any trouble!
**[08:36] ---**
Man, I'm not exactly
running on a full tank...
**[08:38] ---**
It's tough being a gentleman.
**[08:42] ---**
Stop right there!
**[08:46] ---**
Now, back away
from that beautiful lady,
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or this gentleman will
have to teach you a lesson!
**[08:53] ---**
What the hell's with this geezer?!
**[08:54] ---**
What is this, some geezer with
a death wish coming to save the day?!
**[08:57] ---**
Butt out, you geezer!
**[08:59] ---**
Wow!
**[09:02] ---**
I'm not a geezer!!
I'm a gentleman!!
**[09:08] ---**
Now, mademoiselle,
let's have some tea, shall we?
**[09:16] ---**
Gosh... Thanks a lot for
treating me to all this! Um...
**[09:21] ---**
I'm Elena.
**[09:23] ---**
Please don't worry,
eat to your heart's content...
**[09:26] ---**
'Cause you... saved my life!
**[09:32] ---**
Well... not really!
**[09:35] ---**
I wonder if those guys
really are bad guys...
**[09:37] ---**
They attacked me
all of a sudden!
**[09:39] ---**
To take down such scary people
just like that... You're amazing!
**[09:44] ---**
Oh, that? I was just doing
my duty as a gentleman.
**[09:49] ---**
Would you please
give me your name?
**[09:51] ---**
Sven Vollfied.
I'm just a measly sweeper.
**[09:55] ---**
You're a real pro!
**[09:57] ---**
Well, I'm not all that...
**[10:01] ---**
Um... I would like to ask
you a big favor, Sven-*san*...
**[10:06] ---**
Yes, certainly, what is it?
**[10:08] ---**
My little sister...
**[10:09] ---**
Your little sister?
**[10:10] ---**
I'd like you to rescue
my kidnapped little sister!
**[10:14] ---**
The reward is...
**[10:16] ---**
this!
**[10:25] ---**
*We're kinda alike, aren't we?*
**[10:42] ---**
XIII, here's your mission.
**[10:58] ---**
We're kinda alike, aren't we?
**[11:31] ---**
I'm sorry! It's been a while since
I saw such a huge sum of money,
**[11:35] ---**
so it was too much...
**[11:36] ---**
What're you doing
with this much money?
**[11:40] ---**
I prepared it as ransom
money for my little sister.
**[11:43] ---**
But if you can rescue her,
I'll give it all to you, Sven-*san*!
**[11:49] ---**
Do you have any clue
as to who took your little sister?
**[11:53] ---**
I know who did it.
**[11:55] ---**
Then, I think you're better
off contacting the police...
**[11:59] ---**
They're a lot more
reliable than asking this guy...
**[12:03] ---**
This is someone
the police can't handle.
**[12:07] ---**
Who is this guy?
**[12:10] ---**
Torneo Rudman...
**[12:12] ---**
Torneo?
The arms trader?
**[12:16] ---**
Yes...
**[12:17] ---**
Why in the world would an arms
trader kidnap your little sister?
**[12:21] ---**
He's actually a gangster!
What he's doing is just crazy!
**[12:25] ---**
When I think about what he might
have kidnapped my little sister for,
**[12:29] ---**
I can't sleep at night...
**[12:31] ---**
What poor luck she had,
**[12:33] ---**
being targeted by such
a troublesome creep...
**[12:37] ---**
Then, does that mean even
you can't handle it, Sven-*san*?
**[12:40] ---**
Ha! Are you kidding?
**[12:42] ---**
Up against me,
**[12:43] ---**
someone like Torneo is as harmless
as a little baby, mademoiselle...
**[12:47] ---**
Then, you're going to
save my little sister?!
**[12:50] ---**
Oh, Rins' deeply moved!
**[12:53] ---**
Rins?
**[12:54] ---**
Um, well, I liked the smell
of the conditioner that I used
**[12:57] ---**
when rinsing my hair,
and it really moved me...
**[13:00] ---**
Elena's happy, Sven-*san*...
**[13:39] ---**
You want more?
**[13:51] ---**
Oh, all right...
**[14:18] ---**
So, you like cats after all?
**[14:25] ---**
Good evening!
**[14:32] ---**
Could it be that you came
here because you missed me?
**[14:38] ---**
Kidding, kidding.
**[14:40] ---**
I see some milk!
**[14:55] ---**
Boy, that was good!
**[14:57] ---**
You saved me.
I was really thirsty.
**[15:02] ---**
Could it be that you're using milk
to get me to keep coming back?
**[15:07] ---**
So, I was right...
**[15:14] ---**
You don't talk much...
Why don't you say something?
**[15:19] ---**
Like, "It's a beautiful
evening, isn't it?"
**[15:22] ---**
Strange...
**[15:24] ---**
What?
**[15:25] ---**
That's a strange outfit.
**[15:28] ---**
How rude! This is the
traditional dress of Zipang!
**[15:32] ---**
Look, it's cute, isn't it?
**[15:35] ---**
Not particularly...
**[15:36] ---**
In times like this, say
"it's cute," even if that's a lie!!
**[15:40] ---**
I'll never say it!
**[15:44] ---**
Well, then,
I guess I'll get going...
**[15:48] ---**
Going?
**[15:48] ---**
Actually, I've got a job tonight.
**[15:51] ---**
A sweeper job?
**[15:53] ---**
Yep. It's gonna be my first
big fish in a long time. Ta-da!
**[15:58] ---**
This guy's the target.
Preta Ghoul for 1.8 million gold!
**[16:02] ---**
He's a cold-blooded
murderer who's killed 16 people!
**[16:06] ---**
He's an enemy of women!
**[16:08] ---**
He's no ordinary murderer...
**[16:11] ---**
Exactly! He's a monster.
**[16:13] ---**
According to witnesses,
**[16:14] ---**
it looks like he secretes
corrosive fluid from his hands...
**[16:17] ---**
Because of that, his
victims all rotted away...
**[16:20] ---**
Are you sure you can handle him?
**[16:22] ---**
Oh? Are you possibly
trying to keep me here?
**[16:26] ---**
Or, are you worried?
**[16:30] ---**
Don't underestimate me! I can take care
of a guy like this with my eyes closed...
**[16:34] ---**
Are you gonna kill
him with that gun?
**[16:37] ---**
Killing isn't a sweeper's job.
**[16:49] ---**
That's just being naive...
**[16:51] ---**
A gun is a tool for murders.
**[16:53] ---**
It depends on how it's used...
**[16:56] ---**
Well, then, I'm taking off.
**[17:46] ---**
A-A seventeenth victim?
**[18:19] ---**
Eighteenth victim...
**[18:23] ---**
And here's the nineteenth victim!
**[18:31] ---**
I guess you'll make
it an even twenty...
**[18:34] ---**
I'm quite impressed that a young
lady like you came to pay me a visit!
**[18:38] ---**
Preta Ghoul! I won't
let you kill anyone else!
**[18:44] ---**
Are you saying you're
going to capture me?
**[18:46] ---**
When I see a woman with a
smart mouth, it gets me fired up...
**[18:51] ---**
Where are you?!
Come out, Preta Ghoul!
**[18:56] ---**
There you are!
**[19:00] ---**
You're my memorable
twentieth victim...
**[19:03] ---**
Why don't you and
me have a lot of fun?
**[19:15] ---**
Why are you avoiding me?!
**[19:23] ---**
Oh, no... My *yukata*...
This was my favorite!
**[19:33] ---**
Why? Why don't women
ever accept my love?!
**[19:40] ---**
I've got so much love to give!
**[19:43] ---**
Now, come into my arms!
**[19:49] ---**
Monster! Get away
from that weird chick!
**[19:52] ---**
Weird?
**[19:54] ---**
Now, step away from her immediately,
**[19:56] ---**
otherwise the next bullet's
going through your skull!
**[20:01] ---**
To me, bullets just...
**[20:05] ---**
fall out, like this...
**[20:08] ---**
Oh, it fell out, fell out again,
that one too...
**[20:14] ---**
Things like guns are
useless against me! Useless!
**[20:16] ---**
Is that so?
**[20:22] ---**
My face...
is rotting, and falli...
**[20:30] ---**
Preta Ghoul got arrested!
**[20:33] ---**
Why didn't you shoot him?
**[20:35] ---**
Hmm, I wonder why...
**[20:38] ---**
Well, if I had to say, I'd say
because I didn't wanna shoot, I guess...
**[20:43] ---**
I don't shoot
if I don't wanna shoot...
**[20:45] ---**
Yes, that's the right
answer if I do say so myself...
**[20:48] ---**
Well, then, I'll see you around!
**[20:49] ---**
Don't worry. You won't
melt even if we shake hands.
**[20:54] ---**
How are we alike?
**[20:56] ---**
What?
**[20:57] ---**
You said that the other day...
**[21:00] ---**
Oh, that?
That was, you know...
**[21:03] ---**
It was that both you and
I like being on rooftops...
**[21:06] ---**
Huh? Really, that's all!
**[21:14] ---**
XIII...
**[21:17] ---**
Belze...
**[21:19] ---**
Why did you ignore the summons?
**[21:23] ---**
Never mind. I won't
punish you this time...
**[21:28] ---**
You've got an urgent mission.
**[21:30] ---**
The preparation's complete...
**[21:32] ---**
Are you really going?
**[21:34] ---**
As a gentleman, I can't
abandon an innocent girl, can I?
**[21:39] ---**
Be careful. That Elena woman
can't be completely trusted.
**[21:44] ---**
It's against my gentleman's code
to doubt a woman in trouble, so...
**[21:49] ---**
Sven-*san*!
**[21:53] ---**
I'm... coming, too!
**[21:55] ---**
What?!
**[21:56] ---**
I'm worried about my little sister.
I won't be in your way!
**[21:59] ---**
I wanna save my little sister!
**[22:24] ---**
*The stars in the night sky are my tears*
**[22:30] ---**
*Goddess of the moon, angel of the stars!*
**[22:34] ---**
*Please stop time tonight!*
**[22:49] ---**
*Please show yourself*
**[22:51] ---**
*even if just a little*
**[22:55] ---**
*Around the time the first evening star appears,*
**[22:57] ---**
*I hear footsteps approaching*
**[23:01] ---**
*The only time I can see you**
**[23:04] ---**
s when the moon is shining*
**[23:06] ---**
*Please let me dream a little*
**[23:09] ---**
*'Cause it'll become an illusion by morning*
**[23:12] ---**
*Even though I know it, I still feel lonely*
**[23:16] ---**
*The stars in the night sky are my tears*
**[23:22] ---**
*You held me in your arms*
**[23:25] ---**
*and your passionate lips met mine*
**[23:28] ---**
*Please don't let go of me*
**[23:31] ---**
*I'm about to melt in your arms*
**[23:34] ---**
*But morning is almost here*
**[23:37] ---**
*Goddess of the moon, angel of the stars!*
**[23:40] ---**
*I pray to you,*
**[23:42] ---**
*please stop time*
**[23:54] ---**
"Next Episode"
**[23:55] ---**
*I'm infiltrating the big
gangster's mansion right now.*
**[23:58] ---**
*"Why," you say?
Weren't you watching the show?!*
**[24:00] ---**
*I came here to rescue a poor girl!*
**[24:03] ---**
*But, that guy showed up again!*
**[24:06] ---**
*Black Cat! On top of that,
he's pointing a gun at the girl!*
**[24:10] ---**
*Hey, stop it!
Don't you have a heart?!*
**[24:15] ---**
*Looks like they found
me when I said that.*
**[24:17] ---**
"The Cat in the Dark"
**[24:17] ---**
*What's with my life...?*