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8 - The Sweeping Cat

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[00:16] ---
    Man, I'm freezing!
[00:18] ---
    That's because it's winter.
[00:20] ---
    Who said it was okay
    for winter to start?
[00:23] ---
    You're cold because you sold your coat
    without considering the consequences.
[00:26] ---
    And what on earth are those?
[00:28] ---
    Emergency food?
[00:30] ---
    He says they're paw pads...
[00:31] ---
    Aren't they slick?
[00:33] ---
    I don't understand...
[00:34] ---
    I don't understand
    your sense at all!
[00:40] ---
    Hey! Don't go
    blowing snot on me!!
[00:44] ---
    I-It sure is cold, I guess...
[00:47] ---
    Honestly, at
    least fix the heater!
[00:50] ---
    We don't have
    that kind of money!
[00:52] ---
    Why?!
[00:53] ---
    I help out a lot with
    your sweeper work too!
[00:56] ---
    It's because you
    shovel down food like a pig!
[01:00] ---
    You've been leeching
    off me for six long months!
[01:05] ---
    By the way, Eve,
    what're you reading?
[01:08] ---
    "The Desperate Trio:
    Their Escape from the Pits."
[01:13] ---
    Sounds like you're
    reading a difficult book...
[01:16] ---
    Idiot. Eve's trying to improve
    this situation in her own way, so...
[01:20] ---
    Man, I'm freezing...
[01:22] ---
    If you wanna complain,
[01:24] ---
    complain after
    you capture this guy.
[01:27] ---
    Ha! Okay, then!
[01:29] ---
    A small fish like
    this, I can do it alone...
[01:31] ---
    Me, too...
[01:32] ---
    Huh?
[01:32] ---
    Huh?
[01:33] ---
    I'll do it, too.
[01:35] ---
    Do what?
[01:36] ---
    If we capture that
    person, we'll get money, right?
[01:41] ---
    It's too difficult for you!
[01:44] ---
    Anyway, you can just leave this guy to me
    and go quietly read a book or something...
[01:49] ---
    Then, Train, do you wanna
    compete with me...
[01:52] ---
    in a game of tag?
[01:54] ---
    That's how it always starts...
[01:56] ---
    under the azure sky
[01:59] ---
    After making a vow,
[02:03] ---
    I now set off
[02:19] ---
    Yeah, the desert glitters with a golden hue
[02:24] ---
    (The wind is scorching)
[02:25] ---
    I'm searching for a diamond flower
[02:30] ---
    (I keep on wandering)
[02:32] ---
    Now, for the first time in my life,
[02:38] ---
    I live for someone else
[02:45] ---
    There's something I wanna protect
[02:51] ---
    I'll never, ever lose it again
[02:58] ---
    Resound, my heartbeat!
[03:04] ---
    A heartbeat smaller and fragile,
    but tougher than anyone's.

[03:24] ---
    "The Sweeping Cat"
[03:37] ---
    Boss! We really did it!
[03:39] ---
    Don't get excited
    with small change.
[03:41] ---
    That's our boss!
    You've got a large caliber!
[03:45] ---
    In any case, the effect of that
    drink was really something!
[03:50] ---
    Please let me have
    some too next time...
[03:52] ---
    Boss?
[04:17] ---
    Where are you going
    to spend your vacation?
[04:18] ---
    I haven't decided yet...
[04:21] ---
    Then, I'd love for you
    to come to my vacation home.
[04:24] ---
    You can stay
    as long as you want.
[04:27] ---
    If you want,
    y-you can stay forever...
[04:31] ---
    I have to go now...
[04:33] ---
    Where to?
[04:35] ---
    That's a secret...
[04:49] ---
    Ta-da! Here it is.
[04:54] ---
    With my skills, stuff
    like this is a piece of cake!
[04:58] ---
    There you are!
[05:00] ---
    You playin' hide and sheek?
[05:04] ---
    Umm, who might you be?
[05:07] ---
    Come on, Elena-san,
    you must be drunk.
[05:11] ---
    It's me! Me!
[05:13] ---
    Why don't we shhpend our vacation
    together at my vacation home?
[05:16] ---
    You can't be...
[05:17] ---
    No vacashionn...
[05:20] ---
    Haha...
[05:22] ---
    So, I shee you like books.
[05:25] ---
    Y-Yes...
[05:27] ---
    especially things like
    medieval Italian literature...
[05:32] ---
    I love that shtuff, too,
    that Italian whatever...
[05:37] ---
    Oh?
[05:38] ---
    Elena-san, this is...
[05:42] ---
    Looks like you saw it...
[05:44] ---
    Yes... I saw it.
[05:48] ---
    In that case, I have no choice!
[05:58] ---
    How about a cocktail?
[06:00] ---
    I'm in a hurry, so...
[06:02] ---
    Don't be like that.
    Have a drink with me...
[06:04] ---
    Rinslet Walker, the thief...
[06:07] ---
    Who are you?
[06:10] ---
    I'm Jenos Hazard.
[06:21] ---
    Chrono Numbers!
[06:26] ---
    The name of the cocktail is "Fate."
[06:29] ---
    In token of our new
    acquaintanceship...
[06:31] ---
    Stealing a confidential
    document within only five minutes...
[06:34] ---
    What a skill...
[06:35] ---
    If you've got something
    to say, hurry up and say it.
[06:37] ---
    Cinderella doesn't
    have much time, huh?
[06:42] ---
    Elena-san!
[06:44] ---
    What do you want?
[06:48] ---
    Half a year ago, I was
    pursuing Torneo's bio-weapon...
[06:52] ---
    I was taking over for
    Black Cat, who left Chronos.
[06:56] ---
    While I was investigating,
    I came across your name.
[07:00] ---
    Your skills are amazing,
    getting the better of Chronos.
[07:04] ---
    Well, that's not
    important any more...
[07:07] ---
    The situation
    has changed a little,
[07:09] ---
    and we don't have
    time for that right now.
[07:11] ---
    A force that opposes
    Chronos has appeared.
[07:15] ---
    Opposes Chronos?
[07:17] ---
    What a reckless bunch...
[07:21] ---
    They're a group of Tao users.
[07:22] ---
    Tao?
[07:23] ---
    It's an uncanny power that
    has been passed down in Itairiku.
[07:26] ---
    The Tao users were eradicated
    by Chronos 20 years ago.
[07:32] ---
    But lately, there have been
    criminals who use that power.
[07:38] ---
    With power like that of a monster,
    they did whatever they pleased.
[07:41] ---
    But, in every case, their
    bodies destroyed themselves.
[07:45] ---
    There have been three
    incidents like that up until now.
[07:48] ---
    The common thread among them is
    that, before they committed crimes,
[07:51] ---
    they were visited
    by a suspicious duo.
[07:55] ---
    Are those two also Tao users?
[07:58] ---
    Probably...
[07:59] ---
    I heard that the three
    who gained the power of Tao
[08:02] ---
    were given a
    strange drink by that duo.
[08:06] ---
    A drink that gives you
    the power of Tao by drinking it...
[08:10] ---
    It's interesting, isn't it?
[08:13] ---
    Are you asking me to steal it?!
[08:18] ---
    The three that died an unnatural
    death had something in common.
[08:21] ---
    They all escaped from the
    same prison half a year ago.
[08:24] ---
    The Office of Investigations
[08:26] ---
    thinks there was someone
    who helped them from the outside.
[08:29] ---
    These two are the ones that remain.
[08:32] ---
    The Tao user duo
    will probably visit these two.
[08:36] ---
    If you know that much,
    why don't you steal it yourself?
[08:40] ---
    I don't want to aggravate
    the matter at this point.
[08:42] ---
    I need your thief skills.
[08:46] ---
    Find someone else.
[08:47] ---
    Ten million gold...
[08:49] ---
    Plus necessary expenses...
[08:51] ---
    How is that?
[08:54] ---
    Shoot!
[08:55] ---
    That wasn't nice, Elena-san!
[09:01] ---
    My heart's pounding!
[09:02] ---
    Why are you following me?!
[09:04] ---
    I feel like you're my fate.
[09:07] ---
    I'm gonna slug you!!
[09:15] ---
    I wanna hear about the duo
    that came to see your boss.
[09:20] ---
    What were they like?
[09:22] ---
    If you don't tell me,
    I'll hit you again!
[09:24] ---
    A-A man with a hat
    and a young woman.
[09:28] ---
    And?!
[09:29] ---
    We were told that the man with the hat
    helped our boss to escape from prison.
[09:33] ---
    Our boss told us he had to help
    that man as a token of his gratitude.
[09:38] ---
    But your boss died...
[09:40] ---
    It's their fault.
[09:42] ---
    They made our boss...
[09:43] ---
    Drink something...
[09:46] ---
    Is there some left?
[09:51] ---
    Begafurt, Rubek City,
[09:56] ---
    Desburg...
[09:59] ---
    Considering the route they're
    taking, it should be this way.
[10:05] ---
    You shouldn't do that.
[10:16] ---
    Flowers are alive, too.
[10:19] ---
    I'll teach you a lot about flowers.
[10:22] ---
    Okay!
[10:24] ---
    I've looked all over for you, Igor.
[10:31] ---
    I'll teach you next time, okay?
[10:33] ---
    Okay...
[10:42] ---
    Charden-san...
[10:43] ---
    The battle with
    Chronos will start soon.
[10:49] ---
    I want to...
[10:51] ---
    live here quietly.
[10:54] ---
    You mean an escaped prisoner
    lives in a rural area like this?
[10:57] ---
    I got the information from Annette.
    It's definitely correct.
[11:00] ---
    Three miles to the town.
[11:02] ---
    We aren't there yet!
[11:04] ---
    Help me push the car.
[11:08] ---
    We're out of gas.
[11:18] ---
    I'm exhausted...
[11:20] ---
    Let's hurry up
    and go capture him.
[11:22] ---
    Igor Planter.
    Occupation: Forest Keeper.
[11:27] ---
    Seems like he's your average guy.
[11:30] ---
    There's no need to rush.
[11:32] ---
    We don't even know where he is.
    Let's take a break.
[11:36] ---
    Then, I'll go look
    for him by myself.
[11:38] ---
    See, this is why I think that an
    innocent princess'll give us trouble.
[11:43] ---
    Princess?
[11:44] ---
    A princess, huh?
[11:46] ---
    You got a point there.
[11:51] ---
    So, what can I get for you?
[11:57] ---
    Oh?
[12:01] ---
    Ahhh!
[12:01] ---
    Ahhh!
[12:03] ---
    You're that waitress
    from Blakio City...
[12:05] ---
    You're the pops who
    skipped out on your bills!
[12:07] ---
    Don't say things
    that'll hurt my reputation!
[12:10] ---
    This brings back memories!
    It's been half a year, hasn't it?
[12:13] ---
    Why are you here?
[12:16] ---
    A lot has happened
    to me since then...
[12:19] ---
    I quit that restaurant
    and broke up with that guy.
[12:21] ---
    --Then went to that country and met that guy.
[12:22] ---
    --Man, I'm hungry...
[12:23] ---
    --Then, I broke up with that guy
[12:23] ---
    --I'll have this, this, this and this...
[12:24] ---
    --and met that man, and...
[12:24] ---
    --I'd like this one.
[12:25] ---
    --Oh, that one?
    Now what do I want?
[12:25] ---
    --Oh, and, this one, too.
[12:28] ---
    --Hey, listen!!
[12:29] ---
    --Huh?
[12:31] ---
    Daughter...
[12:32] ---
    Not sure...
[12:33] ---
    Father...
[12:35] ---
    So you've got a
    complicated family structure...
[12:40] ---
    Brrr, I'll have some hot milk, please!
    Hey, isn't there any meat?
[12:43] ---
    Vegetables are nutritious.
[12:45] ---
    That's right! And you're scarfing
    it down while you're complaining!
[12:49] ---
    Hey!
[12:51] ---
    What are you guys
    doing in a place like this?!
[12:58] ---
    Why is that assassin here?
[13:01] ---
    A lot happened...
[13:02] ---
    Hey! I'll settle for the cheap
    stuff, so bring me more food!
[13:06] ---
    Tao users?
    What's that about?
[13:10] ---
    It's a mysterious militant group
    that uses uncanny techniques.
[13:13] ---
    Uncanny techniques?
[13:15] ---
    In any case, it seems that these two
    have been building up a circle of allies
[13:20] ---
    by having vicious criminals
    drink some strange drink.
[13:24] ---
    Now, drink it.
[13:29] ---
    What happens when I drink it?
[13:32] ---
    You may get an amazing power,
[13:34] ---
    or you may die.
[13:37] ---
    Did you drink it, too?
[13:39] ---
    It's incredibly effective.
[13:41] ---
    First you take a sip.
[13:43] ---
    Then once your body becomes familiar
    with the Tao power, you take another sip.
[13:47] ---
    If you go too fast, your cells
    won't be able to bear the rapid change.
[13:52] ---
    Who commissioned you
    to pursue those two?
[13:54] ---
    Chronos...
[13:56] ---
    When did you start
    working with them?
[13:58] ---
    Don't worry.
[14:00] ---
    I didn't tell them about Eve, so...
[14:05] ---
    I read the article.
[14:07] ---
    He couldn't do it...
[14:10] ---
    He couldn't
    control his own power.
[14:12] ---
    Will I be like him?
[14:15] ---
    You said you wanted the
    power to get revenge on society.
[14:20] ---
    Th-That was just...
[14:24] ---
    I didn't do anything wrong,
    but I was apprehended...
[14:27] ---
    so, I was angry...
[14:28] ---
    Oh! I know!
[14:30] ---
    That's called a false accusation, right?!
[14:34] ---
    That's right.
[14:35] ---
    I didn't do anything wrong.
[14:47] ---
    So, the Tao users are so dangerous
    that Chronos keeps an eye on them?
[14:51] ---
    I heard that they can fight
    on par with the Numbers.
[14:54] ---
    S-Seriously?!
[14:56] ---
    --On the house!
[14:56] ---
    --Yeah!
[14:57] ---
    Oh, these are just
    bread crusts...
[14:59] ---
    Be happy you got this!
[15:01] ---
    So, why are they in this town?
[15:03] ---
    Half a year ago,
[15:04] ---
    a man with a hat helped five vicious criminals escape from prison.
[15:09] ---
    One of them is in this town...
[15:12] ---
    This guy!
[15:13] ---
    Igor-san!
[15:21] ---
    You know him?!
[15:22] ---
    Where?! Where is he!
[15:24] ---
    Hey! Are you after him, too?!
[15:27] ---
    That's right! He's our target!
[15:30] ---
    Hey, where is he?
[15:31] ---
    If you don't tell me I won't be able
    to pay you for the food here, either!
[15:36] ---
    He's at Desburg Botanical Garden!
[15:38] ---
    A botanical garden?
[15:40] ---
    That's right! So you'd
    better pay up this time!
[15:44] ---
    Hey, what happened to Eve?
[15:46] ---
    Huh?
[15:47] ---
    Oh? The wanted
    poster's gone, too...
[16:09] ---
    The garden is closing soon.
[16:14] ---
    Who are you?
[16:15] ---
    It seems I've forgotten my name.
[16:18] ---
    Really?
[16:20] ---
    For a long time, I've only
    dealt with flowers and trees, so...
[16:25] ---
    Flowers don't do things
    like call people by name, right?
[16:29] ---
    You like flowers and trees?
[16:31] ---
    I like them a lot.
[16:34] ---
    More than humans?
[16:38] ---
    I'm surprised you
    understand, young lady...
[16:41] ---
    Eve!
[16:43] ---
    But, I'm really touched
    you're so worried about Eve.
[16:47] ---
    Crap! At this rate, I'm
    going to lose the competition!
[16:51] ---
    Hey, that's not the issue here!
[16:55] ---
    Train, wait! No, wait,
    you don't have to wait!
[16:57] ---
    In any case, find Eve!
[17:00] ---
    I think that nothing in this
    world is quite so pretty as flowers.
[17:06] ---
    They show their beautiful
    form in each season.
[17:09] ---
    Look...
[17:11] ---
    They are my sweethearts...
[17:15] ---
    Igor Planter...
[17:17] ---
    This is your name, isn't it?
[17:22] ---
    Yeah...
[17:23] ---
    I found you...
[17:25] ---
    Are you playing tag?
[17:26] ---
    I'm "it"...
[17:29] ---
    What a cute "it" you are!
[17:33] ---
    That's...
[17:34] ---
    I'm a sweeper...
[17:37] ---
    Are you saying that you're
    going to apprehend me?
[17:39] ---
    I didn't do anything wrong...
[17:42] ---
    You killed many
    people, didn't you?
[17:45] ---
    All I did was teach a lesson to
    hikers who contaminated the forest.
[17:48] ---
    They trampled on flowers
    that posed no threat to them,
[17:50] ---
    and they tore flowers
    from the ground...
[17:52] ---
    But you shouldn't kill...
[17:57] ---
    Young lady, are you also one of them?
[18:07] ---
    Don't step on the flowers!!
[18:10] ---
    You have a cute face, and yet,
    you trample on flowers, too?!
[18:23] ---
    Eve!
[18:24] ---
    You'll be o...
[18:27] ---
    kay now...
[18:29] ---
    I must punish bad children
    who mess up the flowerbeds!
[18:46] ---
    Stop it, you monster!
[18:51] ---
    The trees and forests are angry.
[18:53] ---
    You can hear their
    angry voices, right?
[18:58] ---
    You can't get out of this
    greenhouse, young lady...
[19:01] ---
    You're gonna die here!
[19:03] ---
    Stop right there!!
[19:05] ---
    Is that... performance art?
[19:10] ---
    Does it hurt?
[19:12] ---
    But you'll feel better soon.
[19:19] ---
    You'll now be eaten by a
    flower and reborn as a plant.
[19:25] ---
    Isn't that wonderful?
[19:29] ---
    Wh-Who's there?!
[19:31] ---
    A sweeper!
[19:34] ---
    Sorry for keeping you waiting, princess!
[19:39] ---
    It makes no difference
    how many of you come.
[19:44] ---
    I feel it!
[19:49] ---
    You don't know
    when to give up, pops!
[19:51] ---
    Do you like flowers?
[19:54] ---
    What?
[19:57] ---
    M-My eyes!
[20:00] ---
    Can you use your gun like that?
[20:02] ---
    Train!
[20:05] ---
    This is it for both of you!
[20:11] ---
    Let those two go!
[20:17] ---
    Dammit!
[20:21] ---
    What the hell are you doing?!
[20:23] ---
    Don't shoot!
[20:24] ---
    What?!
[20:56] ---
    Guns don't work on me.
[20:59] ---
    I'm now invincible!
[21:01] ---
    That's right! I'm invincible!
[21:04] ---
    Ha! He's pretty persistent...
[21:07] ---
    Die!!
[21:10] ---
    I won't let you get away!!
[21:16] ---
    My body... my body is...!
[21:24] ---
    Someone... help me!
[21:31] ---
    How ruthless...
[21:34] ---
    Now I feel sorry for him...
[21:37] ---
    I win, princess.
[21:40] ---
    That man's body destroyed itself.
[21:42] ---
    What?!
[21:43] ---
    I rescued you, remember?!
[21:45] ---
    As if you yourself
    weren't in danger...
[21:47] ---
    Dummy! I was pretending!
[21:48] ---
    --I did that on purpose!
[21:49] ---
    --Shinkitou?
[21:53] ---
    Is this all?!
[21:55] ---
    There's no way we'll get paid
    when our target looks like that!
[21:59] ---
    You really are a pops
    who has no luck with money.
[22:02] ---
    Shut up!
[22:04] ---
    If you're in that much trouble,
    why don't you help me with my job?
[22:26] ---
    The stars in the night sky are my tears
[22:31] ---
    Goddess of the moon, angel of the stars!
[22:35] ---
    Please stop time tonight!
[22:50] ---
    Please show yourself
[22:52] ---
    even if just a little
[22:56] ---
    Around the time the first evening star appears,
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    I hear footsteps approaching
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    The only time I can see you*
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    s when the moon is shining*
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    Please let me dream a little
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    'Cause it'll become an illusion by morning
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    Even though I know it, I still feel lonely
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    The stars in the night sky are my tears
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    You held me in your arms
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    and your passionate lips met mine
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    Please don't let go of me
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    I'm about to melt in your arms
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    But morning is almost here
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    Goddess of the moon, angel of the stars!
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    I pray to you,
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    please stop time
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    "Next Episode"
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    Kyoko here!
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    I'm traveling with
    Charden-san to gather allies.

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    But, I'm getting sick and tired
    of it 'cause they're all weird guys.

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    Oh, where's my prince?
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    According to a fortune-telling book,
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    let me see, my love
    fortune for next week is...

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    excellent?!
    And, lucky items are...

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    popsicles and a black cat?!
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    Alrighty!!
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    I'll have to give it everything I've got!
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    "The Charming Cat"