# E9 - The Merger Draws Near! Shiota's Plot, and the Origin of the Giant Beasts, are Both Revealed! What will Namidome do?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGVPNK/the-merger-draws-near-shiotas-plot-and-the-origin-of-the-giant-beasts-are-both-revealed-what-will-namidome-do)
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**[00:00] Kanie**
What are you, stupid?
**[00:04] Kanie**
You'll be an employee of Shiota, right?
**[00:07] Kanie**
You've obviously got to go through with it.
**[00:11] Okino**
Y-You think so?
**[00:13] Kanie**
Everyone knows you'd be better off at Shiota.
**[00:16] Kanie**
The conditions, the compensation...
It's leagues better than what we can offer.
**[00:22] Kanie**
Besides, if you do good work at Shiota,
it'll put more business on our plate.
**[00:28] Kanie**
So big profits for everyone!
**[00:31] Okino**
C'mon, at least share in my melancholy here.
**[00:34] Kanie**
I'm serious. We've already
gotten an order from them.
**[00:38] Kanie**
Kataoka-san said if Shiota sent a purchase
order, we should approve it immediately.
**[00:44] Okino**
You serious? Not lease? *Purchase?*
**[00:47] Kanie**
Yep. And money's no object, he said.
**[00:50] Kanie**
That's big corporations for you.
**[00:53] Okino**
The new model, custom-built
to hunt down Giant Beasts...
**[00:57] Okino**
The underwater armored craft...
**[01:00] Okino**
Bullduck!
**[02:34] Okino**
We'll have to put the logo somewhere.
**[02:37] Okino**
What's Shiota's logo like again?
**[02:39] Okino**
Oh, we'll need to put them
on the pilot suits, too.
**[02:42] Kanie**
You're getting a bit ahead of yourself.
We haven't even finished the paperwork yet.
**[02:47] Okino**
No, we've gotta strike while the iron's hot!
**[02:49] Okino**
Let's change the logo on the suits right away.
We'll need four, if that's all right.
**[02:54] Kanie**
Oh? Not three?
**[02:56] Okino**
Yeah, four's good.
**[02:59] Okino**
Shiota sent us a new guy called Namari.
**[03:01] Kanie**
No, I meant because of Muto-san.
**[03:04] Kanie**
He won't need a suit
if he's retiring from fieldwork.
**[03:08] Okino**
Uh, what?
**[03:10] Kanie**
Oh, you didn't hear?
**[03:13] Kanie**
Kataoka-san mentioned it yesterday.
**[03:15] Kanie**
The younger ones will handle
all the fieldwork from now on.
**[03:20] Okino**
Are you serious?
**[03:23] Okino**
O-Oh, hello.
**[03:26] Kameyama**
Hey.
**[03:28] Kanie**
Oh, look at that! It's blooming!
**[03:31] Kanie**
How charming!
**[03:33] Kameyama**
But it's a sterile bloom.
**[03:37] Okino**
A sterile bloom?
**[03:39] sign**
Outsourcing Services Agreement
**[03:39] sign**
This outsourcing services agreement ("Agreement") is made by and between
Shiota Chemical, Ltd ("Client") and Namidome Industries, Ltd ("Agency")
**[03:39] sign**
**[03:39] sign**
The Agency will provide the following services for the Client:
**[03:39] sign**
1. Extermination of pest animals on Ryugan Island
**[03:39] sign**
2. All tasks related to the previous clause.
**[03:39] sign**
**[03:39] sign**
If neither the Agency nor the Client cancels this Agreement within one month of its
expiry date, the Agreement will be renewed for 12 months under the same conditions.
**[03:41] Tajima**
What do you think?
**[03:43] Kataoka**
What does it matter what I think?
**[03:45] Kataoka**
We clearly don't have a choice here.
**[03:48] Kataoka**
When you're dealing with a major corporation
like Shiota, this is as common as it comes.
**[03:52] Kataoka**
There's no point in fighting it.
**[03:54] Kataoka**
We don't have the leverage to turn them down.
**[03:58] Tajima**
I know.
**[04:00] Tajima**
You're right about that, but...
**[04:02] sign**
**[04:02] sign**
With regards to transport to Ryugan Island and conveyance of pest animals,
employees that are 45 years of age and older shall be limited to service support roles.
**[04:02] Tajima**
It feels like they're singling out
Muto-san with this clause.
**[04:06] Tajima**
And not only is he being taken off the
front lines, they're also cutting his pay.
**[04:12] Tajima**
Telling us to just shut up
and take it is asking too much.
**[04:16] Tajima**
And wouldn't it be irresponsible
of us to just sign off on it?
**[04:20] Kataoka**
Well, I think they're being generous
by not just asking him to quit.
**[04:25] Kataoka**
In some mergers,
you get told to fire someone,
**[04:27] Kataoka**
and you can't breathe
a word of complaint about it.
**[04:32] Tajima**
I'm going to talk to them about this.
**[04:38] Tajima**
This is Tajima with Namidome Industries.
**[04:41] Tajima**
May we discuss things over the phone?
**[04:43] Tajima**
Regarding the contract you sent us,
**[04:46] Tajima**
I was hoping you might reconsider
about our employee, Muto.
**[04:50] Tajima**
Oh, no, I wasn't saying—
**[04:59] Muto**
Oh, excuse me. I didn't mean to eavesdrop.
**[05:03] Muto**
I came to get the key for downstairs,
but then I heard an argument,
**[05:08] Muto**
so it felt awkward to just come in.
**[05:11] Tajima**
Muto-san. We haven't
reached an agreement yet.
**[05:14] Tajima**
If you'll just give me
some time to handle it—
**[05:17] Muto**
It's fine.
**[05:20] Muto**
It's fine, President. It is.
**[05:24] Muto**
I kind of had a feeling this would happen.
**[05:27] Muto**
I never used to screw up
by getting hurt on the job.
**[05:31] Muto**
I never used to let the
young ones outshine me, either.
**[05:36] Muto**
It's a sign I'm getting old.
**[05:39] Tajima**
I still want to keep you on the front lines.
**[05:44] Tajima**
We need more than
just skill and technical expertise.
**[05:47] Tajima**
The young people need your—
**[05:49] Muto**
President Tajima.
**[05:51] Muto**
I appreciate it. But please don't let me
embarrass myself any further.
**[05:57] Muto**
The last thing I want is the younger ones
getting blowback because of me.
**[06:03] Muto**
Don't worry about me anymore.
**[06:07] Tajima**
M-Muto-san!
**[06:12] Kataoka**
Well, I guess that's a positive outcome.
**[06:15] Kataoka**
Saves us the trouble of telling him later.
**[06:26] sign**
revealed that the genetic code of the bacteria
**[06:32] Mizuhara**
...cannot be analyzed.
**[06:49] Mizuhara**
Why was it drawn to the lake, anyway?
**[06:56] Mizuhara**
It's waterlogged, right?
**[07:07] Mizuhara**
The mouse's actions...
**[07:12] Mizuhara**
No...
**[07:13] sign**
Inside yourself or outside,
you never have to change what you see,
only the way you see it.
**[07:13] sign**
— Thaddeus Golas
**[07:13] Mizuhara**
Another reason for the blackout could be...
**[07:22] Mizuhara**
I...
**[07:27] Arumi**
Please, take your time.
I'm off from now until the end of tomorrow,
**[07:32] Arumi**
so I can give you a whole 36 hours.
**[07:38] Mizuhara**
I'll cut to the chase.
**[07:41] Mizuhara**
I've identified the bacteria
we found inside the Giant Beasts.
**[07:46] sign**
About Giant Beast Transformation
**[07:47] Mizuhara**
This is my analysis of the genetic code.
**[07:47] sign**
Giant Beast Internal Genetic Code Analysis Data
**[07:49] Mizuhara**
I've determined that
it's an electrogenic bacteria.
**[07:53] Arumi**
Electrogenic?
**[07:55] Mizuhara**
A bacteria that generates electricity.
**[07:57] Mizuhara**
It would explain all of the
abnormalities on the island.
**[08:03] Arumi**
And you think something
in the lake is spawning it?
**[08:08] Mizuhara**
This will get a bit technical...
**[08:11] sign**
Electrogenic Bacteria
**[08:11] Mizuhara**
Electrogenic bacteria
metabolize organosulfur compounds
**[08:13] sign**
Electrogenic Bacteria
**[08:13] sign**
Energy
**[08:13] sign**
Organosulfur
Compounds
**[08:13] sign**
Electrogenic Bacteria
**[08:13] sign**
Electrogenic Bacteria
**[08:13] sign**
Electrogenic Bacteria
**[08:13] sign**
Electrogenic Bacteria
**[08:13] sign**
Electrogenic Bacteria
**[08:16] sign**
Hydrogen Sulfide
**[08:16] sign**
Electricity
**[08:17] Mizuhara**
and emit hydrogen sulfide
and electricity as waste.
**[08:21] sign**
Hydrogen Sulfide
**[08:21] Mizuhara**
I believe this is what's
creating the toxic gas.
**[08:21] sign**
Hydrogen Sulfide
**[08:21] sign**
Hydrogen Sulfide
**[08:21] sign**
Hydrogen Sulfide
**[08:21] sign**
Hydrogen Sulfide
**[08:21] sign**
Hydrogen Sulfide
**[08:27] Mizuhara**
Typically, these organisms only emit
a very small amount of electricity,
**[08:31] Mizuhara**
but I believe the ones in the lake may resonate
with one another, almost like a hive mind,
**[08:35] Mizuhara**
to emit powerful electromagnetic waves.
**[08:39] Mizuhara**
It causes animals to lose
their sense of direction
**[08:43] Mizuhara**
and draws them to the lake.
**[08:47] Mizuhara**
But the worst part about
these electrogenic bacteria
**[08:51] Mizuhara**
is that if they infect you,
they quickly alter your brain cells.
**[08:56] Mizuhara**
I believe that's what makes
the infected animals turn violent.
**[09:03] Arumi**
You're saying Shiro was "possessed"
by these electrogenic bacteria?
**[09:08] Mizuhara**
Yes.
**[09:09] Arumi**
That seems incredibly dangerous.
**[09:12] Mizuhara**
Electrogenic bacteria in itself
isn't especially unusual.
**[09:17] Mizuhara**
But the kind found in Hokujin Lake
isn't your standard kind.
**[09:25] Mizuhara**
My investigation has revealed
where the bacteria came from.
**[09:32] Mizuhara**
The bacteria are...
**[09:42] Tajima**
I'm back.
**[09:49] Tajima**
Hanako.
**[09:50] Tajima**
There, there.
**[09:59] Tajima**
Miku!
**[10:05] Tajima**
Hey, it's Father's Day.
**[10:06] sign**
From
Miku
**[10:06] sign**
Thanks Papa
**[10:10] Tajima**
Miku...
**[10:18] sign**
Please send
300,000 yen,
6 months' worth.
**[10:18] sign**
Kyoko
Hinata
**[10:21] sign**
Kyoko
Hinata
**[10:21] Tajima**
Hinata?
**[10:27] Tajima**
Hanako.
**[10:35] Tajima**
Hello, Tajima speaking.
**[10:36] Shikauchi**
*It's Shikauchi.*
**[10:38] Shikauchi**
*Could we meet up tomorrow?*
**[10:40] Shikauchi**
*I'll come to you.*
**[10:46] Shikauchi**
Our subsidiary, Shiota Bio...
**[10:49] Shikauchi**
Your people have been
there a few times, right?
**[10:52] Tajima**
Yes, about the Giant Beasts we captured.
**[10:56] Shikauchi**
There's been a problem with them.
**[10:59] Tajima**
What kind of problem?
**[11:06] Shikauchi**
An intelligence leak.
**[11:08] Shikauchi**
One of the researchers made off
with top-secret data.
**[11:13] Tajima**
What data is that?
**[11:15] Shikauchi**
Data about the monsters.
**[11:19] sign**
Our pick!
**[11:20] Shikauchi**
Some believe the researcher leaked
the data to one of your employees.
**[11:27] Shikauchi**
Rumors say your side
proposed a backroom deal.
**[11:32] Tajima**
What in the world?
**[11:34] Shikauchi**
Does it ring any bells?
**[11:39] Tajima**
I don't think anyone in our company
would do such a thing,
**[11:43] Tajima**
but I'll investigate, just to make sure.
**[11:45] Tajima**
I'll report to you the minute I learn anything.
**[11:48] Tajima**
Please give me some time.
**[11:51] Waitress**
Here you are.
**[11:56] Shikauchi**
Listen, Tajima.
**[11:58] Shikauchi**
The plan in question has the support of
some very important people in our company.
**[12:03] Shikauchi**
If you give a strong showing here,
**[12:05] Shikauchi**
there's a chance you can rejoin
the corporate mainstream.
**[12:09] Shikauchi**
Director Washizu has the
power to make that happen.
**[12:13] Shikauchi**
Just do as you're told and don't think twice.
**[12:20] Shikauchi**
If you can do as you're told,
your future is all but guaranteed.
**[12:25] Tajima**
But...
**[12:27] Shikauchi**
If it's about that worker of yours,
Muto, you need to forget it.
**[12:30] Shikauchi**
Earning a reputation as a nuisance
will just make things worse.
**[12:33] Shikauchi**
The director isn't as laid-back as he seems.
**[12:36] Shikauchi**
If you get labeled a troublemaker,
**[12:39] Shikauchi**
personnel shuffling and pay cuts
will be the least of your worries.
**[12:43] Shikauchi**
Returning to Shiota with a full employee
package is already as unprecedented as it gets.
**[12:49] Shikauchi**
And letting you bring along
all of your Namidome employees
**[12:53] Shikauchi**
is an act of pure kindness on our part.
**[12:55] Shikauchi**
You need to think what that means.
**[12:57] Shikauchi**
If we wanted to, we could lay all of you off
and put someone else on the island.
**[13:03] Shikauchi**
We've even heard proposals about razing
the forests and demolishing the homes
**[13:07] Shikauchi**
in order to make the
Giant Beasts easier to catch.
**[13:11] Shikauchi**
I'm the one who fought against that.
**[13:13] Shikauchi**
I said you were the only one who could act
as Shiota's go-between with the island.
**[13:19] Shikauchi**
At any rate, I need you
to deal with the leak ASAP.
**[13:24] Shikauchi**
Understood?
**[13:29] Tajima**
Yes, sir.
**[13:33] Okino**
It's finally here.
**[13:36] Okino**
Bullduck!
**[13:39] Okino**
Kameyama-san, you're a genius.
**[13:47] Okino**
What's this thing?
**[13:48] Okino**
Hey, hey, hey!
**[13:50] Okino**
No one told me they'd be
sticking this nonsense on here.
**[13:57] Okino**
Who the hell put this on here?
**[14:02] Namari**
Stop.
**[14:03] Okino**
Namari-san?
**[14:05] Namari**
That's the keypad for the activator.
**[14:08] Namari**
You can't power on the machine
without inputting a preset code first.
**[14:13] Okino**
What's it here for?
**[14:16] Namari**
To keep people like you from
activating it without authorization.
**[14:20] Okino**
Hey, *you're* the one acting
without authorization!
**[14:23] Okino**
You stuck this thing on
here without telling us?
**[14:25] Okino**
If it causes any issues with the machinery,
Namari-san, are you gonna take responsibility?
**[14:30] Namari**
Of course I won't.
**[14:34] Namari**
It was Shiota's main office that
ordered the installation of the device.
**[14:37] Namari**
If you object, you should
speak to them about it.
**[14:41] Namari**
The purpose of the device
is labor management.
**[14:43] Namari**
It will require the user's ID and a password
issued by the company to activate.
**[14:48] Okino**
But that's just adding more annoying steps!
**[14:50] Namari**
It's a necessary evil to
measure human resource costs.
**[14:54] Namari**
If the company's internal systems
can precisely track time in the field,
**[14:59] Namari**
they can oversee working
conditions more effectively.
**[15:01] Namari**
In other words, it prevents exorbitant overtime.
It's quite beneficial to employees as well.
**[15:08] Okino**
But if we had an emergency right now and
had to cross the sea to deal with a Giant Beast,
**[15:14] Okino**
what would you expect us to do?
**[15:16] Okino**
Aren't there times when you need flexibility?
**[15:19] Namari**
Of course, and that's
been taken into account.
**[15:22] Namari**
The password input system is designed to unlock
automatically when the emergency alarm sounds.
**[15:29] Okino**
Wait, you mean...
**[15:31] Namari**
Of course.
**[15:33] Okino**
And you've got the
whole system down pat, huh?
**[15:38] Namari**
That's not an issue, is it? Once we fully
join Shiota, I'll be the main field agent.
**[15:44] Okino**
All of these are *my* robots!
I don't want you messing with them!
**[15:48] Namari**
What does it matter who designed them?
**[15:52] Namari**
They're owned by a corporate body:
the leaseholder, Kanie Technologies.
**[15:55] Namari**
And in two weeks, Shiota will
complete the purchase on all of them,
**[16:00] Namari**
which means Shiota alone
will decide how they're handled.
**[16:05] Okino**
That's...
**[16:06] Arumi**
I thought that might be the case.
**[16:11] Arumi**
That's how Shiota does things, isn't it?
**[16:14] Okino**
What are you talking about?
**[16:16] Arumi**
Once Namidome is folded into Shiota,
we'll lose our ability to act freely.
**[16:23] Arumi**
This here...
**[16:25] Tajima**
Wait.
**[16:27] Tajima**
You got this from Mizuhara-san, didn't you?
**[16:32] Tajima**
Shiota knows all about this.
**[16:35] Tajima**
The removal of classified information
from company property is a huge issue.
**[16:39] Tajima**
I'm going to return this right now
and none of you will breathe a word of this.
**[16:45] Arumi**
Wait. There's important information on there.
**[16:49] Arumi**
About what created the Giant Beasts.
**[16:54] Tajima**
What did you say?
**[17:02] Arumi**
Genetic information on bacteria
found inside the Giant Beasts.
**[17:06] Arumi**
Mizuhara-san's investigation has revealed
that it's not naturally occurring.
**[17:12] Tajima**
What do you mean?
**[17:13] Arumi**
Halophilic microorganisms, genetically
altered into electrogenic bacteria.
**[17:18] Arumi**
President Tajima. Rings a bell, doesn't it?
**[17:23] Tajima**
Are you talking about HR-E?
**[17:26] Tajima**
It's true that Shiota Chemical developed it.
**[17:31] Tajima**
The bacteria digest large amounts
of salt to generate electricity,
**[17:35] Tajima**
turning seawater into freshwater.
**[17:37] Tajima**
It's a revolutionary system, approaching the
concept of desalination from a whole new angle.
**[17:43] Arumi**
And it's the system employed
by the plant on Ryugan Island.
**[17:47] sign**
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**[17:47] sign**
Genetic Data of HR-E and Bacteria Found Inside the Giant Beasts
**[17:47] sign**
Bacteria Found Inside
the Giant Beasts
**[17:47] sign**
Comparison
Results:
**[17:47] sign**
100% match
**[17:47] Arumi**
The genetic code of the bacteria
extracted from the Giant Beasts
**[17:51] Arumi**
is a perfect match for HR-E.
**[17:55] Arumi**
The nanomachines used to rewrite HR-E's
genetic code remained inside the bacteria
**[18:00] Arumi**
and are rewriting the genetic code of animals.
That's what's creating the Giant Beasts.
**[18:05] Tajima**
That's impossible. HR-E isn't infectious.
**[18:08] Tajima**
They were specifically
programmed *not* to be infectious.
**[18:12] Tajima**
Careful safety measures were put in place
and they were put through years of testing.
**[18:16] Tajima**
It was *proved* they wouldn't
affect the environment.
**[18:19] Tajima**
That's why I pushed to have the plant.
**[18:21] Arumi**
You're right.
**[18:23] Arumi**
On its own, HR-E is a harmless bacteria
that doesn't infect other life forms.
**[18:28] Arumi**
But another substance
allowed it to become infectious.
**[18:33] Tajima**
Another substance?
**[18:35] Arumi**
At the bottom of Lake Hokujin,
**[18:36] Arumi**
there's a special kind of coral
called Ryugan leather coral.
**[18:41] Arumi**
Like other kinds of coral,
this species emits mucus.
**[18:47] Arumi**
Mizuhara-san determined that it contains
a special enzyme that breaks down proteins.
**[18:54] sign**
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**[18:54] sign**
Enzyme
**[18:54] sign**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[18:54] sign**
Ryugan Leather Coral
**[18:55] Arumi**
That special enzyme opens up the
membrane that surrounds an animal cell,
**[19:00] Arumi**
allowing the gene-editing nanomachines
built into HR-E to infiltrate the animal's cells,
**[19:05] Arumi**
causing it to turn violent.
**[19:08] Arumi**
In other words,
the cause of the Giant Beasts
**[19:11] Arumi**
is HR-E effluence from the Shiota plant
and the Ryugan leather coral.
**[19:22] Tajima**
I recognize there's a possibility HR-E might
be distantly responsible for the Giant Beasts.
**[19:28] Tajima**
But it seems a bit early
to draw any firm conclusions.
**[19:34] Arumi**
What are you saying?
**[19:36] Arumi**
You don't think it's clear
that Shiota is responsible?
**[19:38] Arumi**
If we do a real investigation,
we can find out for sure if it's the truth.
**[19:43] Arumi**
Are you saying you won't
even give us that chance?
**[19:48] Arumi**
Shiota's trying to fold
Namidome into their ranks.
**[19:53] Arumi**
They're hoping it will let them
cover up the origin of the Giant Beasts.
**[19:57] Arumi**
And you want to help them do that?
**[20:06] Namari**
Well, if you'll excuse me.
**[20:08] Okino**
Hold on!
**[20:09] Okino**
Namari-san, you didn't know all this
when you came here, did you?
**[20:15] Namari**
What are you suggesting?
**[20:17] Okino**
I'm thinking you're a spy!
**[20:20] Okino**
You're not just covering up the Giant Beasts.
**[20:22] Okino**
You put that weird thing on the activator
**[20:25] Okino**
so you can steal our machines'
tech and data, didn't you?
**[20:28] Okino**
Those robots belong to us!
**[20:30] Okino**
I won't let you people have them!
**[20:37] Namari**
A ragtag crew.
**[20:39] Okino**
You...
**[20:40] Kataoka**
Stop it!
**[20:41] Kataoka**
Don't make the problem
worse than it already is.
**[20:44] Kataoka**
If you add assault to the tally, the company
will have to take responsibility for it!
**[20:50] Kataoka**
At the end of the day, Shiota owns that data.
**[20:53] Kataoka**
We have no choice but to return it.
**[20:56] Arumi**
Even if Shiota owns the data,
**[20:58] Arumi**
as the ones working on the island,
we have a right to know.
**[21:02] Kataoka**
Then, let me turn that around on you.
**[21:04] Kataoka**
Just because you have a right to know
doesn't mean you can take it by illicit means.
**[21:10] Arumi**
If you're going to look the other way
while Shiota swallows our company,
**[21:13] Arumi**
without even trying to hold them accountable,
then I won't remain here a minute longer.
**[21:18] Arumi**
I quit.
**[21:20] Tajima**
Wait.
**[21:22] Tajima**
Could you give me some
more time to think about it?
**[21:24] Kataoka**
A matter like this could
land us in legal hot water!
**[21:28] Kataoka**
If we just return the data to Shiota now,
they'll probably let sleeping dogs lie!
**[21:33] Kataoka**
They might even not bring
charges against Mizuhara-san.
**[21:37] Tajima**
Could you just let me handle this for now?
**[21:41] Tajima**
I'm trying to do the
best thing for all of you.
**[21:50] Arumi**
Don't you dare pretend
you're doing this for us.
**[22:51] Tajima**
I've always blamed things
on others and ran away.
**[22:54] Mizuhara**
President Tajima.
**[22:55] Mizuhara**
If you do that...
**[22:57] Tajima**
It's a gamble.
**[22:58] Okino**
Shiota's set a terrible trap for us.
**[23:02] Tajima**
I've made up my mind.
**[23:03] Shikauchi**
Just stop them!
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**[23:05] Kataoka**
There's no turning back from this!
**[23:07] Tajima**
I refuse to lose sight
of who I am any longer.