# 8 - From Father to Son
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**[00:06] ---**
Oh, dear.
**[00:13] ---**
Would you hand out
these demon-warding masks to everyone?
**[00:17] ---**
Miasma from the mountain
might come our direction.
**[00:21] ---**
Y-Yes, ma'am.
**[00:30] ---**
Tatsuma...
**[00:36] ---**
*For now, can you kids
look for Head Priest Tatsuma?*
**[00:41] ---**
Has something happened to Dad?
**[00:43] ---**
*We're not sure if he's still alive.
He's probably still up on the mountain.*
**[00:49] ---**
*Dad...*
***SIGN*** Episode 8: From Father to Son
**[02:28] ---**
Yukio. I'm apologizing in advance, so, sorry.
**[02:32] ---**
It's too late for apologies.
**[02:35] ---**
I gave up on you a long time ago.
**[02:39] ---**
Yukio.
**[02:40] ---**
At least be honest with yourself.
**[02:43] ---**
Commander Kirigakure!
**[02:45] ---**
The director is asking for you!
**[02:46] ---**
Sure thing! Lead the way!
**[02:51] ---**
Deep down, everyone is afraid.
**[02:54] ---**
This will be the first time
we've fought a demon this big.
**[02:57] ---**
Oh, you get used to the size after a while.
**[03:00] ---**
Just what I'd expect to hear from
a Senior Exorcist First Class from Vatican HQ!
**[03:04] ---**
I feel better already!
**[03:06] ---**
But I gotta be honest, I've never seen
a monster this big in my life.
**[03:11] ---**
Bring more! We d more kindling!
**[03:14] ---**
What do you plan to do?
**[03:16] ---**
We're preparing to summon Ucchusma,
the vajra which purifies the unclean.
**[03:21] ---**
To summon Ucchusma, the chanting
of at least ten senior-level Tamers is required.
**[03:27] ---**
I would like you to assist
in the summoning.
**[03:31] ---**
The Impure King is kin to the King of Rot.
**[03:33] ---**
In other words, its weakness will be fire,
according to the table of demonic elements.
**[03:37] ---**
Ucchusma is our trump card, the most powerful
fire-attribute demon we're able to summon.
**[03:43] ---**
Ucchusma... An Agni, huh?
**[03:46] ---**
You're right, I'd feel much better
if we had him on our side. Okay, then.
**[03:53] ---**
Om!
**[04:11] ---**
Oh?
**[04:13] ---**
I am called Ucchusma,
and I serve ten priests of the Myo-O Dharani.
**[04:20] ---**
If you desire my aid,
provide me with proof of your blood.
**[04:24] ---**
The priest bloodline has been reduced
in number over the last 150 years.
**[04:29] ---**
We have but five priests gathered here.
**[04:32] ---**
Five is insufficient!
**[04:36] ---**
However, it would be undesirable
to allow the Impure King to corrupt this land,
**[04:41] ---**
so I shall grant you aid commensurate
with the blood of five.
**[04:49] ---**
Our k'riks!
**[04:51] ---**
This'll be plenty!
**[04:52] ---**
Impure King or Filthy King or whatever,
ol' Kinzo is gonna sterilize his ass!
**[04:58] ---**
Team 1, follow me!
**[05:00] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[05:01] ---**
All Dragoons, take up your positions
with your flamethrowers!
**[05:04] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[05:08] ---**
Come forth, Salamander!
**[05:12] ---**
Luckily, the target is stationary,
but it's steadily growing larger!
**[05:16] ---**
Use your salamanders
to ignite those large fungal masses
**[05:19] ---**
and begin to advance inwards bit by bit!
**[05:21] ---**
- Understood?
- Yes, sir!
**[05:23] ---**
Attack!
**[05:36] ---**
Wait! Over there!
**[05:38] ---**
Dad!
**[05:43] ---**
N-No.
**[05:45] ---**
I-I'll call Ms. Kirigakure!
**[05:57] ---**
I am called Karura,
and I serve the head priest of Myo-O Dharani.
**[06:01] ---**
Karura?
**[06:03] ---**
Y-You're my dad's familiar?
**[06:05] ---**
I was, but when my secret was revealed,
it voided our pact.
**[06:10] ---**
At the moment, a personal pact
with Tatsuma Suguro is in effect.
**[06:16] ---**
I...
**[06:17] ---**
D-Dad!
**[06:20] ---**
Ryuji. What are you doing here?
**[06:24] ---**
To save you!
**[06:26] ---**
What a foolish thing to do.
**[06:29] ---**
I healed your wounds,
but you shouldn't move yet, Tatsuma.
**[06:33] ---**
Karura? You got tiny.
**[06:37] ---**
I thought you and I were both dead.
**[06:41] ---**
I am also known as the Phoenix.
I am reborn again and again.
**[06:46] ---**
Besides, my pact with you for the Gouha-en
is still in effect. I won't let you die.
**[06:53] ---**
Rin! Are you here because
you read my letter?
**[06:59] ---**
- I read it, too.
- What?
**[07:01] ---**
Everybody here came because
they understand the basic situation.
**[07:05] ---**
You're gonna tell us everything,
secrets and all.
**[07:11] ---**
Very well. I'll tell you how
to defeat the Impure King.
**[07:16] ---**
According to the true "On the Impure King,"
known only to the head priests,
**[07:20] ---**
the Impure King will steadily grow larger.
**[07:23] ---**
Eventually, it will reach the size of a castle,
**[07:26] ---**
and before long,
a sporangium will form at its core.
**[07:31] ---**
Sporangium? You mean that thing?
**[07:33] ---**
That curly thing at the top?
**[07:35] ---**
I expect so.
**[07:37] ---**
That sporangium will burst when it matures,
releasing a dense cloud of toxic spores.
**[07:42] ---**
This is the miasma it gives off.
**[07:45] ---**
It was this mature sporangium
that killed 40,000 people 150 years ago.
**[07:51] ---**
In modern-day Kyoto,
the death toll would be much worse!
**[07:56] ---**
We must prevent that, no matter what.
**[07:58] ---**
So you're saying we need to beat him
before the sporangium can burst?
**[08:02] ---**
It's not that simple.
**[08:05] ---**
Impure King Internal Organ Diagram
Pericardium / Toxin / Cyst
**[08:05] ---**
The Impure King's only apparent weak spot,
his heart, is located inside the sporangium.
**[08:11] ---**
When Fukaku fought the Impure King,
after a tough battle with the unknown creature,
**[08:16] ---**
all he could do was cleave its heart in two
and seal it away.
**[08:21] ---**
Oh, so those must be the Impure King's
left and right "eyes."
**[08:24] ---**
S-So if we don't split the sporangium first,
we can't get at his heart?
**[08:30] ---**
- That's right.
- That makes things tricky.
**[08:33] ---**
I made a promise with Karura
15 years ago to borrow his Gouha-en.
**[08:38] ---**
The Gouha-en is a spell
that converts a person's lifespan into flame.
**[08:43] ---**
It's triggered at the end of the person's life,
setting off an all-consuming conflagration.
**[08:48] ---**
My intent was to keep that as my trump card
to defeat the Impure King.
**[08:53] ---**
However, I used the flame I had stored up
to halt the Impure King's advance.
**[08:58] ---**
I don't have much flame left.
**[09:02] ---**
I'll use my remaining Gouha-en
to create a barrier
**[09:05] ---**
that will prevent the miasma from getting out
even if the sporangium bursts.
**[09:10] ---**
Rin, I want you to use the Koma Sword
to obliterate the Impure King's heart!
**[09:18] ---**
I'm sorry. I...
**[09:23] ---**
That's all right, I don't blame you.
After all, I'm asking you to risk your life.
**[09:28] ---**
No, I meant...
**[09:30] ---**
I can't draw the sword right now.
**[09:35] ---**
I've been trying and trying,
but I can't get the damn thing out!
**[09:38] ---**
Why the hell not?
**[09:39] ---**
I don't know,
I think it's some kind of mental block!
**[09:43] ---**
Can that happen?
**[09:44] ---**
Even I get worried sometimes, too!
But it means I can't be of any use to you now.
**[09:49] ---**
I'm really sorry, Suguro's dad!
**[09:52] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[09:54] ---**
But if that's the case,
I have to at least cast the barrier myself.
**[10:00] ---**
You mustn't, Tatsuma.
You've lost too much blood.
**[10:04] ---**
I'm fine!
**[10:06] ---**
Master!
**[10:07] ---**
I healed your wounds,
but you nearly bled to death.
**[10:11] ---**
If you attempt to cast a barrier spell
in your condition, you will surely die.
**[10:16] ---**
It only has to last for a little bit.
This is more important than my life!
**[10:23] ---**
Konekomaru, have you gotten through
to Ms. Kirigakure yet?
**[10:27] ---**
I keep trying, but I only get static!
**[10:29] ---**
The miasma might be too thick.
**[10:32] ---**
Dad! Isn't there anything we can do?
**[10:36] ---**
Oh? You're Tatsuma's child. Perfect.
**[10:41] ---**
The Gouha-en can be transferred
to another of the same bloodline.
**[10:46] ---**
I forbid it! Anything but that!
**[10:48] ---**
You're still a child!
I won't let you drag Ryuji into this!
**[10:53] ---**
I swore that this would end with me,
even if it costs me my life!
**[10:58] ---**
Anything but that.
**[11:00] ---**
*Oh, I get it now.*
**[11:02] ---**
*This is why.*
**[11:05] ---**
*It's a secret.*
**[11:07] ---**
*I can't tell this secret to anyone.
Not even to my own son.*
**[11:13] ---**
*I forbid it.*
**[11:14] ---**
*I told you before! You're free to do
what you want with your life!*
**[11:18] ---**
All this time, you've pushed me away
to bear this by yourself.
**[11:25] ---**
No, I did this by choice.
**[11:30] ---**
To hell with that! I'll bear it with you!
**[11:35] ---**
And you're in no shape to tell me otherwise!
**[11:38] ---**
Tatsuma. Your son is being
more rational than you are.
**[11:44] ---**
Maybe so, but Ryuji was the last person
I wanted to get involved in this.
**[11:51] ---**
In that case, I shall commence
the Gouha-en transference.
**[11:54] ---**
Prove that you are of the blood
of Tatsuma Suguro, the current owner.
**[12:03] ---**
You are indeed of Tatsuma Suguro's blood.
**[12:07] ---**
Ryuji Suguro. You now possess the Gouha-en.
**[12:11] ---**
Red flames!
**[12:13] ---**
Ryuji, I'll show you our strongest barrier spell,
known only to the head priest.
**[12:18] ---**
Come closer.
**[12:20] ---**
It involves mudra gestures
that will be unfamiliar to you.
**[12:24] ---**
Pay close attention
to how they're formed, too.
**[12:27] ---**
I can only do this once,
so watch, listen and memorize.
**[12:31] ---**
First, we form the mudra for earth binding.
**[12:39] ---**
*Ryuji!*
**[12:41] ---**
*Haven't I told you not to come here?*
**[12:45] ---**
*What am I going to do with you?
Fine, come in.*
**[12:57] ---**
And finally, we touch the ground
while making the Earth-touching mudra.
**[13:00] ---**
That will complete the barr—
**[13:02] ---**
Dad!
**[13:06] ---**
Moriyama and Kamiki!
**[13:08] ---**
Would you stay here and look after my dad?
**[13:11] ---**
- O-Okay!
- Sure.
**[13:13] ---**
Shima! Konekomaru!
**[13:15] ---**
You two go tell Ms. Kirigakure
and the Myoda teams everything we learned.
**[13:19] ---**
What about you?
**[13:20] ---**
I'm gonna go put up that barrier.
**[13:23] ---**
It radiates out from the earth-touching mudra.
**[13:26] ---**
So it has to be set up as close as possible
to the sporangium.
**[13:29] ---**
Are you saying you're going there?
That's crazy!
**[13:32] ---**
Bon, I've kept quiet and obeyed you
like my parents pestered me to,
**[13:37] ---**
but this is a special situation,
so I'll speak my mind just this once.
**[13:41] ---**
I mean it, you're gonna die.
**[13:43] ---**
It'll be okay. I'll keep him safe.
**[13:48] ---**
C'mon, I might not be able to draw my sword,
but I can kinda-sorta use my flames now!
**[13:51] ---**
Plus, I'm super strong!
**[13:54] ---**
Will you leave it to me, Konekomaru?
**[14:00] ---**
What about me?
**[14:01] ---**
Koneko!
**[14:03] ---**
You guys are all nuts!
Don't come crying to me later, you hear?
**[14:08] ---**
Let's get moving, too.
**[14:11] ---**
Sure.
**[14:12] ---**
Be careful!
**[14:16] ---**
I'm so sorry.
**[14:18] ---**
Ryuji, forgive this worthless father of yours.
**[14:26] ---**
I always loved listening to you chant the sutras.
**[14:32] ---**
So you better not die on me.
**[14:47] ---**
Focus your fire on the areas
that are growing the fastest!
**[14:50] ---**
Force it back no matter what!
**[14:55] ---**
Salamander!
**[15:06] ---**
Are you all right? Fall back for now!
**[15:09] ---**
Thanks.
**[15:11] ---**
*It's strange.*
**[15:13] ---**
*It's as if the noises around me
are coming from a million miles away.*
**[15:17] ---**
*Like none of this is real.*
**[15:19] ---**
*Yukio. Be honest with yourself.*
**[15:34] ---**
*Saburota Todo?*
**[15:36] ---**
*No, he's too young.*
**[15:39] ---**
*What are those flames?*
**[15:41] ---**
*What should I do? Go get backup? Or...*
**[15:45] ---**
Hello. I know you're there.
**[15:48] ---**
It's no use hiding.
Come on out, Yukio Okumura!
**[15:55] ---**
*Where did he get such power?*
**[15:58] ---**
Thank you for indulging me.
**[16:00] ---**
Are you really Saburota Todo?
Why do you look like that? And—
**[16:05] ---**
Oh, that's right!
**[16:08] ---**
I'm Todo!
**[16:09] ---**
The demon I'd been using for strength
had grown old and worn-out.
**[16:13] ---**
So I upgraded to a higher-end demon!
To become even stronger, you see.
**[16:18] ---**
*He exchanged demons?
Is that even possible for an ordinary human?*
**[16:22] ---**
What the hell are you?
**[16:24] ---**
Actually, would you mind
playing with me a bit instead?
**[16:29] ---**
And besides, I wanted to have
a chat with you anyway.
**[16:33] ---**
Why don't I break the ice
with some pleasant small talk?
**[16:36] ---**
Let's see...
**[16:38] ---**
How's your brother doing?
**[16:44] ---**
Oh, my. No reply?
**[16:46] ---**
I think that's a fairly easy question to answer.
**[16:50] ---**
Now, what do you say when someone asks,
"How is your brother?"
**[16:57] ---**
What is that?
**[17:00] ---**
It's starting to look like a regular building!
**[17:03] ---**
Crap, this might get ugly
if we don't work fast!
**[17:06] ---**
We have to hurry!
**[17:08] ---**
Rin!
**[17:09] ---**
- Kuro?
- Rin, run!
**[17:11] ---**
It's dangerous here!
**[17:13] ---**
This mountain's possessed
by a mountain demon monster!
**[17:15] ---**
And it smells so bad!
**[17:17] ---**
Mountain demon?
You mean the Impure King?
**[17:19] ---**
We know about him, but we can't run.
**[17:22] ---**
We have to climb up to the top of this thing
if we're gonna defeat it.
**[17:25] ---**
What? That's crazy!
This thing isn't gonna listen to reason!
**[17:29] ---**
Somebody has to,
or we're all in trouble!
**[17:31] ---**
You're being stupid, Rin!
**[17:34] ---**
It's not safe, so I'll take you!
**[17:37] ---**
Really? Kuro, you're the best!
**[17:40] ---**
Suguro, let's climb on!
**[17:43] ---**
Climb on?
**[17:44] ---**
Koneko! Koneko, wait up!
**[17:48] ---**
Wait, Koneko!
**[17:50] ---**
If you want to leave, go ahead and leave!
**[17:53] ---**
Not that! Look!
**[17:55] ---**
It's a part of the Impure King!
**[17:57] ---**
W-Was this the only path back?
**[18:00] ---**
This is the only path I know
back to the main temple. What now?
**[18:05] ---**
Seriously?
**[18:10] ---**
Master!
**[18:12] ---**
That's medicinal tea, isn't it?
Isn't it working?
**[18:16] ---**
The miasma that the Impure King is giving off
might be too strong.
**[18:19] ---**
And his immune system has been weakened
from all the blood he lost.
**[18:23] ---**
I wish I could summon Nee.
**[18:25] ---**
He could give me powerful medicinal herbs
good as a talisman or for blood loss.
**[18:30] ---**
That kind of talk won't help him.
**[18:33] ---**
We'll go down the mountain
and take him to a hospital!
**[18:36] ---**
He was left in our care,
so he's our responsibility!
**[18:44] ---**
The Impure King is one of the four pets
that always attended to the King of Rot.
**[18:49] ---**
It has no brain, but the damage it could inflict
on Assiah is probably natural disaster-class.
**[18:54] ---**
Can it be stopped by those humans
scurrying about like ants down there?
**[19:05] ---**
A nasty storm is starting to brew.
**[19:14] ---**
Oh, my! You look angry. What's the matter?
Has something happened to your brother?
**[19:19] ---**
That's none of your business!
**[19:22] ---**
You have a strong sense of family obligation.
**[19:26] ---**
Night and day, you're shackled
by your family, aren't you?
**[19:31] ---**
I understand that.
**[19:35] ---**
Because I used to be the same way.
**[19:39] ---**
Given my current condition,
those memories keep popping up!
**[19:44] ---**
*Damn, he's toying with me!
We're leagues apart!*
**[19:47] ---**
*If this keeps up, he'll toy with me to death!
Don't I have something? Anything?*
**[19:56] ---**
Oh?
**[19:58] ---**
This actually hurts.
**[20:00] ---**
These must be magic bullets
that were blessed by a naiad.
**[20:03] ---**
So, water-attribute bullets effect me
since I'm fire-attribute now, eh?
**[20:08] ---**
How illuminating.
**[20:10] ---**
But using little bullets like these on me now
is like flicking water on a hot stone.
**[20:18] ---**
Whoa!
**[20:19] ---**
That reminds me,
you wanted to be a doctor, didn't you?
**[20:22] ---**
You went to an advanced placement program
for high school, yes?
**[20:25] ---**
Your father had a medical license, too, didn't he?
**[20:28] ---**
It must have been difficult to get your
Doctor and Dragoon Meisters at your age.
**[20:33] ---**
Those are both Meisters
that your father excelled in.
**[20:36] ---**
I expect you'll follow in his footsteps
and get all four Meisters eventually.
**[20:41] ---**
After all, you're so gifted, you took over
the Anti-Demon Pharmaceutics class
**[20:45] ---**
at Exorcism Cram School
from your late father.
**[20:47] ---**
Your life is a carbon copy of your father's.
**[20:52] ---**
But the father who guided you is dead.
**[20:56] ---**
All you have now is your dear big brother.
**[20:59] ---**
If he were to die,
what would you have left?
**[21:05] ---**
Shut up!
**[21:06] ---**
Your life is spent following the path
laid out for you by your father.
**[21:15] ---**
*Yukio... why don't you join me in the battle?*
**[21:20] ---**
*Wouldn't you rather become strong
and protect Rin and other people,*
**[21:24] ---**
*than sit trembling in the darkness forever?*
**[21:27] ---**
*Me? Protect Rin?*
**[21:29] ---**
*I can do that?*
**[21:33] ---**
Your father always gave your brother
special treatment.
**[21:37] ---**
But what about you?
**[21:39] ---**
I bet it was nothing but strict discipline
since childhood to make you into an Exorcist.
**[21:45] ---**
You're sure you aren't a useful tool
he raised specifically to protect your brother?
**[21:50] ---**
You're wrong!
**[21:51] ---**
I chose this path of my own free will!
**[21:53] ---**
My father and brother
have nothing to do with it!
**[21:56] ---**
You're firing wildly now.
At least your heart is being honest.
**[22:01] ---**
It's only natural.
**[22:03] ---**
You must've asked yourself again and again
why you're forced to do this for your brother.
**[22:09] ---**
Even though that brother has no inkling
of the hardships you've endured.
**[22:14] ---**
You've thought, "This isn't fair!"
**[22:16] ---**
or, "I can't take this injustice anymore!"
**[22:21] ---**
The truth is, you absolutely despise
your brother, don't you?
**[23:57] ---**
Next Time
**[24:00] ---**
Episode 9: Through Thick and Thin
**[24:09] ---**
We're gonna win, Suguro!