3 - A Game Between Two Worlds

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    Oh, you show up.
[00:34] ---
    W-Why did you just take my picture?
[00:36] ---
    Huh?
[00:38] ---
    W-Well...
[00:39] ---
    You said you were a ghost, so...
[00:46] ---
    That's right. That's what I am.
[00:50] ---
    You're a lot more unique than you look.
[00:56] ---
    I like you!
[01:05] ---
    What?! What?!
[01:06] ---
    What is that?!
[01:09] ---
    An idol?!
[01:12] ---
    What a lovely view, what a lovely view!
[01:14] ---
    Mr. Landlord?
[01:15] ---
    I won the subdivision lottery!
[01:18] ---
    This is now a tourist site and high-end hotel.
[01:22] ---
    Eviction terms are stated in your
    contract, so I hope you don't mind.
[01:25] ---
    Huh?!
[01:28] ---
    Pack your things and be out in
    the next 40 seconds. Otherwise...
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    Hellsalem's Lot--a city where this
    world and the alterworld intersect.
[01:41] ---
    This is the record of
    the clandestine activities
[01:44] ---
    of the secret society of supermen,
    Libra, which works in the shadows
[01:47] ---
    to preserve the balance of worlds.
[01:51] ---
    Upon opening the door,
    I found a twisted noontime evening
[01:55] ---
    How did I get home yesterday?
    My body's the only thing I'm sure of
[02:00] ---
    Good morning; I'll carry on
    with being lost once more
[02:04] ---
    among the unknown sights
    that have become so familiar
[02:18] ---
    After I figured all was lost,
    I've been getting by somehow,
[02:22] ---
    somewhat embarrassed to
    be tough enough to still be alive
[02:27] ---
    I know what I have to do, even if I forget
[02:31] ---
    Otherwise, things become so agonizing
[02:36] ---
    I look up to see someone with big black eyes
[02:41] ---
    It's because I saw you
    that this light came to be
[02:45] ---
    Surrounded by a world
    painted in colors of my choosing,
[02:50] ---
    where do I find meaning in
    the scars I could not choose?
[02:54] ---
    In the heart of a world
    where only I am the hero,
[02:59] ---
    I'm onstage, appearing
    in every scene until the end
[03:03] ---
    What do I do? I can't
    even pretend to be empty
[03:08] ---
    Hello, hi there, here I am
[03:13] ---
    Blood Blockade Battlefront
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    What is this, Mr. Gilbert?
[03:43] ---
    He said that he was kicked out of his place,
[03:46] ---
    as a result of it becoming a high-class hotel.
[03:49] ---
    Shouldn't we be giving him a larger stipend?
[03:53] ---
    He hasn't quit his other job,
    and he's sending his money home, right?
[03:56] ---
    I offered the same suggestion,
[03:59] ---
    but he said that he does not wish
    anything more than the basic rate.
[04:02] ---
    How conscientious.
[04:09] ---
    That's a lot of blood.
[04:11] ---
    I got tangled up with some strung-out punk.
[04:14] ---
    He came at me like a bat out of hell,
[04:17] ---
    so I laid into his carotid artery.
[04:21] ---
    I wonder if he's dead.
[04:23] ---
    Was he human?
[04:24] ---
    Judging by the feel and
    how he came apart, yeah.
[04:26] ---
    I see.
[04:27] ---
    I don't know of any drug that
    lets people survive decapitation.
[04:32] ---
    Oh no?
[04:36] ---
    Angel Scale (noun)
[04:38] ---
    An ultra-advanced designer drug.
[04:40] ---
    This new drug makes possible
    a temporary physical alteration,
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    involving perceptual sensitization,
    muscular and reflexive augmentation, etc.
[04:47] ---
    This whole thing reeks of money.
[04:49] ---
    Word is that a gram of it trades
    for tens of thousands of zeros.
[04:53] ---
    It's an even bigger deal if
    you traffic it on the outside.
[04:56] ---
    And on that note,
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    Ow-w-w-w-w!
[04:57] ---
    please take a look at this.
[05:12] ---
    That was on the outside, wasn't it?
[05:14] ---
    That's correct, you damn monkey.
[05:16] ---
    Don't go dropping "damn monkey"
    each and every time. Is that polite?
[05:19] ---
    This really is pretty bad news.
[05:22] ---
    Chain, you start with any gang connections.
[05:24] ---
    Right.
[05:25] ---
    Zapp, dig up what you can from the pushers.
[05:27] ---
    You bet.
[05:28] ---
    Are you okay with that, Klaus?
[05:39] ---
    Nicely done, Mr. Yamakawa.
[05:43] ---
    I resign.
[05:45] ---
    You sure like that, don't you?
[05:49] ---
    What?
[05:58] ---
    Waah! Yikes! He ain't breathing!
[06:02] ---
    What do we do, Mr. Gilbert?!
[06:03] ---
    My goodness, what a fine game that was.
[06:07] ---
    Don't you die, now, Leo!
[06:08] ---
    If you die, it'll be my fault!
[06:10] ---
    Don't die! Hey!
    If you die, it's all over! Hey!
[06:14] ---
    Okay, you're dismissed. Be sure to keep in touch.
[06:16] ---
    Say it's not my fault first! Leo!
[06:18] ---
    A Game Between Two Worlds
[06:21] ---
    However, despite an intense
    information-gathering effort,
[06:25] ---
    we didn't manage to find even a clue
[06:27] ---
    Do a good deed daily
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    as to the Angel Scale trafficking routes.
[06:37] ---
    Things are moving in fairly
    deep places, aren't they?
[06:40] ---
    There's a good chance
    they've gone underground.
[06:43] ---
    That video of the president was going
    around a lot among the underworld.
[06:47] ---
    Shall we dig in a little deeper?
[06:51] ---
    If we dig in any deeper,
    we'll be going to the alterworld.
[07:05] ---
    K.K.!
[07:06] ---
    Oh, Klausie!
[07:08] ---
    You've kept me waiting, you know.
[07:12] ---
    Are you hurt?
[07:12] ---
    Huh? Are you worried about me?
[07:14] ---
    I'm so happy!
[07:17] ---
    Klausie, you're the only one
    that cares about me like this.
[07:21] ---
    Most of humanity is not as
    strong as you are. I can't help it.
[07:25] ---
    But no matter how strong
    you are, you're still a lady.
[07:29] ---
    Feel free to come to me
    whenever you're in danger.
[07:32] ---
    What are you talking about?
[07:34] ---
    There's nowhere more dangerous
    than where we're going now, is there?
[08:10] ---
    Grandmaster Ulchenko!
[08:13] ---
    What are you doing down here?
[08:16] ---
    Who're you?
[08:17] ---
    Please excuse me.
[08:18] ---
    My name is Klaus V Reinherz.
[08:21] ---
    Who're you?
[08:23] ---
    Please remove yourself from here at once.
[08:25] ---
    This is no place for a normal
    person such as yourself to be.
[08:29] ---
    You have the wrong person. Excuse me.
[08:36] ---
    There you have it.
[08:37] ---
    This is absurd.
[09:14] ---
    Welcome,
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    my friend.
[09:18] ---
    I am most pleased to
    see you are so well, Klaus.
[09:22] ---
    It has been too long, Don Arlelelle.
[09:27] ---
    Arlelelle Eruca Fulgrouche--
[09:30] ---
    one of the leading bosses in the alterworld.
[09:34] ---
    He's not someone that would usually
    receive any one of us.
[09:39] ---
    However...
[09:40] ---
    I'm glad you came,
[09:43] ---
    my new friend.
[09:44] ---
    Hello.
[09:46] ---
    How about we get started
    right away, my human visitors?
[09:54] ---
    This man...
[09:56] ---
    is an unparalleled Prosfair fan.
[10:03] ---
    Come,
[10:05] ---
    let us together enjoy this miraculous game!
[10:16] ---
    Prosfair (noun)
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    A chess-based board game of alterworld origin.
[10:18] ---
    It has many fans in both the alterworld and
    human world. It truly is a beautiful game,
[10:19] ---
    artistic in its endless complexity. Due to the
[10:19] ---
    Marked by its highly versatile rules
[10:21] ---
    artisic value of the pieces used in the game,
[10:21] ---
    that change to match the competitors' skill.
[10:23] ---
    there are also many collectors.
[10:25] ---
    It features intrigue on par with chess.
[10:28] ---
    However, my study of Prosfair
    has also been more than sufficient...
[10:35] ---
    for this day!
[10:38] ---
    One moment, please!
[10:40] ---
    Don Arlelelle,
[10:42] ---
    are you planning
    to play two games today?
[10:45] ---
    That's right.
[10:47] ---
    Mr. Ulchenko is one of
    mankind's greatest assets.
[10:49] ---
    If, by some small chance,
    his mind were to be lost,
[10:53] ---
    it would represent a
    tremendous loss for our world!
[10:56] ---
    I ask that you please desist--
[10:57] ---
    Hey, now...
[10:59] ---
    I wish you wouldn't speak
    for me like I'm not here.
[11:02] ---
    I have come, well aware
    of all the implications.
[11:05] ---
    Would you mind refraining
    from overstepping your bounds?
[11:10] ---
    And another thing--why do
    you assume that I will lose?
[11:15] ---
    I can say dispassionately,
    without any pretentiousness,
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    that there is no other human that
    excels at this game more than I.
[11:23] ---
    Hm-hm, that's what I like to hear.
[11:28] ---
    Mr. Ulchenko!
[11:30] ---
    Buzz off!
[11:32] ---
    Just one thing!
[11:35] ---
    I suggest you forget
    trying to checkmate him.
[11:40] ---
    You're advising me not to win?
    I don't even know what that means.
[11:48] ---
    Of all the...!
[11:50] ---
    Does he really not know what you mean?!
[11:53] ---
    If all he wants is to play a game,
    let him find a cafŽ in Paris, man!
[12:00] ---
    Tell me...
[12:04] ---
    Are you worried, Klausie?
[12:08] ---
    I want my nation to possess nuclear powers.
[12:12] ---
    Nine hours.
[12:14] ---
    It'll be all right!
    He's a wizard at chess, right?
[12:19] ---
    That is a request worthy
    of a nine-hour game.
[12:23] ---
    If you hold on that long or force
    a draw, let alone get me to resign,
[12:28] ---
    you will win.
[12:30] ---
    I hate to point this out,
[12:32] ---
    but you've come back out of
    there alive four times now, right?
[12:39] ---
    If you win, I promise you
    that I will grant your request.
[12:52] ---
    I...
[12:53] ---
    have not come back alive a winner.
[12:59] ---
    Also, about the man and woman out front...
[13:02] ---
    I want them eliminated.
[13:05] ---
    I can't have my visit here
    becoming public knowledge.
[13:10] ---
    Hmm.
[13:12] ---
    He is not the sort of man to speak
    outside of events that happen here.
[13:18] ---
    I did nothing more than
    hold out for the duration,
[13:20] ---
    making it out of there
    by the skin of my teeth.
[13:26] ---
    However, as you wish.
[13:29] ---
    We will extend it to ten hours,
    and I will agree to that, as well.
[13:33] ---
    If you lose,
[13:35] ---
    I will claim the rest of your remaining life.
[13:48] ---
    Prosfair grows more complex
    the more competitive it becomes.
[13:55] ---
    Additionally, the more time passes,
[13:58] ---
    the difficulty level increases exponentially.
[14:02] ---
    Tor me-tor. Dey carlio.
[14:06] ---
    My warning to Mister Ulchenko
    to forget about checkmate
[14:11] ---
    was by no means a trick.
[14:17] ---
    What is this?
[14:21] ---
    Is it getting hot in here?
[14:24] ---
    A little bit...
[14:33] ---
    And so, from now until the end of time,
[14:37] ---
    there will probably be no human...
[14:40] ---
    who will ever be able to beat him at Prosfair.
[14:45] ---
    Mr. Ulchenko!
[14:47] ---
    Indeed, it was a close one.
[14:50] ---
    It's too bad; he only had two minutes to go.
[14:54] ---
    Still, I'd like to express my gratitude.
[14:56] ---
    The chance meeting between our
    two worlds is an event to be welcomed.
[15:08] ---
    Now, as promised...
[15:11] ---
    I will have the remainder of your life.
[15:19] ---
    I ask that you forgive my discourtesy.
[15:22] ---
    I would request that you wait
[15:24] ---
    until after we have played our
    game to carry out your promise.
[15:27] ---
    No way... is what I'd normally say,
[15:30] ---
    but you and I are on our own special terms.
[15:33] ---
    Now then, I do not wish to
    be too unkind. Let me see...
[15:38] ---
    99 hours.
[15:40] ---
    If you entertain me for that long,
    I will think nothing of it.
[15:43] ---
    I accept.
[15:47] ---
    Well now, why don't you tell
    me what your other request is?
[15:52] ---
    Information regarding Angel Scale's
    sources and trafficking routes.
[15:57] ---
    I suspected as much.
[16:00] ---
    I have to ask, why do your requests always
[16:03] ---
    run up against the
    chokepoints of world affairs?
[16:07] ---
    Sorry about that, my old friend.
[16:10] ---
    Don't mention it.
[16:12] ---
    It's kind of like a ritual I go through
[16:14] ---
    to produce a marvelous game of
    Prosfair complete with a sense of tension.
[16:19] ---
    Once you play me for 99 hours,
    I shall grant that, as well.
[16:25] ---
    We've been set up!
[16:27] ---
    That old geezer's goal was to
    get Klaus in there from the start!
[16:37] ---
    Why hasn't he come out?
[16:41] ---
    What a foolish thing to ask.
    It's because he hasn't lost.
[16:45] ---
    They say that that monster has
    spent 1,200 years just on Prosfair.
[16:52] ---
    I can't imagine playing for
    99 hours without rest against him.
[16:57] ---
    Just who is he? How is
    he competing against him?
[17:08] ---
    He's Klaus V Reinherz--
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    our mighty leader,
    and an unrivaled gentleman.
[17:15] ---
    An almost brutally headstrong man,
    armed with a beastly vitality.
[17:21] ---
    My Gore at F8 morphs to Level 14,
    and takes your Guichard.
[17:27] ---
    My Laazi is now at Barlum 55.
[17:30] ---
    My Cain 19 and Shamain 7
    are in Ozzeau-averdidect.
[17:38] ---
    Pledge: Daurasex me-tor.
[17:41] ---
    El arlio.
[17:43] ---
    Venalcantos.
[17:48] ---
    It's been a long time since
    I've seen this piece come out.
[17:51] ---
    By my estimation, at the very least,
[17:55] ---
    my upcoming offensive drive
    will continue for fully 36 hours.
[18:00] ---
    Don't let it break you, Klaus.
[18:03] ---
    Understood.
[18:07] ---
    I will confront you with everything I have.
[18:23] ---
    This man is an interesting one, all right.
[18:26] ---
    He made a deal with his life
    without the slightest hesitation,
[18:30] ---
    to protect the other one.
[18:33] ---
    And the information that he seeks
    is a matter of such great import
[18:36] ---
    that the fate of the world
    could be swayed by it.
[18:42] ---
    Why does he pile on greater risk
    so casually? It's truly irrational.
[18:51] ---
    I don't understand these humans.
[18:56] ---
    Do you regret anything?
[18:58] ---
    Not one bit.
[19:00] ---
    Why not?
[19:02] ---
    All I can say is that I
    made up my mind not to.
[19:05] ---
    Hmm...
[19:08] ---
    Everything has been well-considered.
[19:23] ---
    Hmm...
[19:25] ---
    Klaus, about this Ulchenko chap that you
    are now risking your life trying to rescue...
[19:34] ---
    In our previous game, without even
    batting an eye, he asked me...
[19:41] ---
    to eliminate you.
[19:45] ---
    Don't you think that's ridiculous?
[19:48] ---
    Don't you, Klaus V Reinherz?
[19:54] ---
    Are you really trying to save that guy?
[20:03] ---
    People are weak.
[20:05] ---
    Because of their weakness,
[20:07] ---
    they sometimes
    behave in ways devoid of self-respect.
[20:15] ---
    But then, so what if they do, my old friend?
[20:21] ---
    Even if I am struck
    with a thousand setbacks...
[20:26] ---
    it does not serve as a
    reason to alter the way I live...
[20:31] ---
    my life!
[20:37] ---
    Klaus!
[20:39] ---
    As promised, I will tell you
    the Angel Scale trafficking routes.
[20:44] ---
    Also, Ulchenko, you are free to go.
[20:51] ---
    Start raiding the people
    and places I'm about to tell you!
[20:54] ---
    Hit them with all you have before
    they realize what's happening!
[20:57] ---
    Got it?!
[20:58] ---
    Tell them that if by any chance they fail,
[21:00] ---
    I'll kill every one of them!
[21:08] ---
    As for where Mr. Klaus
    got that kind of information,
[21:12] ---
    the truth is, not even the
    other members know for sure.
[21:16] ---
    Off the cuff, I asked if it had
    anything to do with that game,
[21:22] ---
    but nobody even gave me the time of day.
[21:24] ---
    Though, you know,
    anything can happen in this world.
[21:30] ---
    "Anything can happen in this world."
[21:42] ---
    One can even become friends
[21:44] ---
    with a cute girl, out of the blue.
[21:45] ---
    It still has this, too? I'm so glad!
[21:49] ---
    What?
[21:50] ---
    Huh? Nothing!
[21:52] ---
    Are you enjoying those?
    I didn't shoot anything that great.
[21:55] ---
    They really are quite interesting.
[21:58] ---
    I've been locked up in
    here for three whole years,
[22:01] ---
    with never anything to do.
[22:04] ---
    I'm glad I found someone else
    to talk to besides my brother.
[22:08] ---
    Okay.
[22:14] ---
    What?
[22:16] ---
    Mm-mm, nothing.
[22:19] ---
    Nice pictures.
[22:20] ---
    You think so?
[22:22] ---
    Thanks.
[22:24] ---
    I'll bet you have sharp eyes.
[22:31] ---
    Ha, actually, better than 20/10 in both eyes.
[22:35] ---
    I knew it!
[22:36] ---
    Accustomed to the supernatural
    disaster-like madness,
[22:39] ---
    I mistake my daily life for peace
[22:42] ---
    As this rambling coaster
    jolts me back and forth,
[22:46] ---
    what is it that I mustn't lose sight of?
[22:50] ---
    Swallowed up by the concept
    of egalitarian fundamentalism,
[22:54] ---
    feels like even my soul is so much et cetera
[22:57] ---
    Have to clearly state what
    you love and what you hate
[23:01] ---
    or you're not all that different than a dummy
[23:04] ---
    Ah, crowds of people
    walking the streets at night
[23:08] ---
    some seem to be so happy,
    some seem to be so lonely
[23:12] ---
    The contrast jumps around the music staff
[23:17] ---
    creating the song and rhythm
[23:19] ---
    Marmalade and sugar song,
    peanuts and bitter step
[23:23] ---
    So sweet and then so acrid,
    it makes my head spin
[23:26] ---
    Let's head south-southwest
    and keep this party going
[23:30] ---
    to make it a night
    that will astonish the world
[23:34] ---
    I feel fantastic, a chain of reflections
[23:41] ---
    Marmalade and sugar song,
    peanuts and bitter step
[23:44] ---
    So sweet and then so acrid,
    it makes my head spin
[23:48] ---
    Let's head south-southwest
    and keep this party going
[23:52] ---
    to make it a night
    that will astonish the world
[23:56] ---
    I feel fantastic,
    the chain of reflections goes on
[24:00] ---
    From one good time,
    to a problem, to another good time
[24:07] ---
    "Where is your foe? Your foe is within you."
[24:12] ---
    I'll bet some people think that.
[24:14] ---
    It's not true.
[24:15] ---
    The enemy always comes at you from without.
[24:17] ---
    Never let your guard down!
[24:20] ---
    Someone you'll never expect
    will come threatening you today.
[24:25] ---
    Next time on Blood Blockade Battlefront,
[24:27] ---
    "Blood Line Fever."
[24:29] ---
    It's too late for introductions now, brother.
[24:32] ---
    You already know my name, don't you?
[24:35] ---