18 - The Conflict of Strategy
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SIGN One Strike.
[00:03] Mori
One strike...
[00:06] Mori
It's necessary to hit the enemy's
vital point in one strike.
[00:13] Elise
You suck.
[00:15] Mori
All right.
[00:18] Elise
Hey! What are you doing?
[00:21] Mori
Writing a letter to a friend.
[01:54] Margaret
Load all the cargo from my
country into hatch number three!
[01:58] Margaret
Damage anything, and you pay for it!
[02:01] Margaret
Honestly...
[02:03] Margaret
Why must I direct the loading of cargo?
[02:17] Nathaniel
Cut it out.
[02:18] Margaret
Huh?
[02:19] Nathaniel
Your gaze is such a nuisance,
I can't hear the voice of God.
[02:22] Margaret
Is that so? What a pious minister you are.
[02:27] Margaret
Then I'm sure you must love this verse...
[02:30] Margaret
"Dust to dust."
[02:39] Nathaniel
Genesis 3:19.
[02:43] Margaret
While everyone else is
scattered upon the land,
[02:45] Margaret
it's our duty to protect this ship.
[02:49] Margaret
Did you forget that?
[02:52] Nathaniel
Are you sure you aren't
the one who has forgotten?
[02:55] Nathaniel
It is my sacred duty to
pass judgment on sinners.
[02:59] Nathaniel
Any number of enemies is
welcome to come at me.
[03:02] [SONG] Text
Guild Operative
Nathaniel H.
[03:02] Nathaniel
They will atone for their
sins with their lives.
SIGN Ability: The Scarlet Letter
[03:07] Nathaniel
Or do you wish for atonement as well?
[03:08] [SONG] Text
Guild Apprentice
Margaret M.
[03:10] Margaret
You aren't even worthy of polishing my shoes.
SIGN Ability: Gone with the Wind
[03:15] Guy
Um... Excuse me—
[03:19] Guy
Th-This letter was found among the cargo.
SIGN Dear Guild
[03:22] Nathaniel
A letter?
[03:27] Nathaniel
Dear Sir and Madam...
[03:30] Mori
I hope this letter finds
you in the best of health.
[03:35] Elise
Rintarou, you jerk! Idiot!
[03:36] Mori
I write regarding the
recent military conflict.
[03:38] Mori
While it may sound presumptuous,
[03:39] Mori
I wish to inform you of the Guild
assets that we will next obliterate.
[03:42] Mori
Give me back my crayon!
[03:44] Nathaniel
"These are the guild assets that
we will next obliterate..."
[03:50] Nathaniel
"First, your luxury liner, the Zelda.
[03:54] Nathaniel
Second, the life of Mr. Nathaniel.
[03:58] Nathaniel
Third, the life of Ms. Margaret."
[04:01] Margaret
What?
[04:02] Nathaniel
"Sincerely, Mori Ougai,
Boss of the Port Mafia."
[04:06] Margaret
Obliterate us and the ship?
[04:09] Margaret
Unthinkable.
[04:12] Guy
We'll depart once all cargo is on board.
[04:15] Nathaniel
How long?
[04:16] Guy
About two more hours, I believe...
[04:18] Nathaniel
Get it done in thirty minutes.
[04:19] Guy
Thirty minutes?!
[04:21] Nathaniel
You can have the freight helicopter unload
[04:22] Nathaniel
on the deck helipad while the
regular loading is going on.
[04:26] Nathaniel
And strengthen security around the ship.
[04:29] Margaret
Are you serious?
[04:30] Margaret
This silly threat letter is just a prank.
[04:34] Nathaniel
Are you sure?
[04:36] Nathaniel
Given that our Guild has no base on land,
[04:39] Nathaniel
this ship is essentially our front-line base.
[04:41] Margaret
So what?
[04:43] Nathaniel
This moment, as we're replenishing
supplies, is when we're most vulnerable.
[04:47] Nathaniel
Our enemy, this supernatural organization,
may not be a threat to our lives
[04:51] Nathaniel
but should they launch a surprise
attack, they could sink this ship.
[04:56] Guy
Mr. Nathaniel.
SIGN Episode 18:
[05:00] Guy
We've found a suspicious man.
[05:06] Guy
He was found on the pier.
[05:07] Guy
He tried to escape, so we restrained him.
[05:10] Guy
He was carrying this.
[05:13] Margaret
He's just a thug from some island nation.
[05:16] Nathaniel
I saw your face pictured in a report,
[05:19] Nathaniel
Port Mafia Bomber.
[05:21] Kajii
Oh, who am I? Where am I?
[05:26] Nathaniel
I hear you once attempted to bomb a train,
but were stopped by the Detective Agency.
[05:30] Kajii
That was an experiment!
[05:31] Kajii
Every failure is a valuable sample!
[05:34] Margaret
Shall I make a mummy out of him?
[05:36] Nathaniel
No, I already have a good
idea of the enemy's hand.
[05:40] Nathaniel
He was, no doubt, in charge
of planting a bomb.
[05:44] Nathaniel
What a shoddy organization.
[05:49] Kajii
His blood...
[05:50] Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter is the Word of God...
[05:53] Nathaniel
A judgment ability that penalizes the immoral
and leaves on them a mark that never fades.
[05:56] Kajii
W-Wait!
[05:57] Kajii
O-Okay, I get it! I surrender!
I'll tell you everything!
[06:00] Kajii
The truth is, I'm an ambassador representing
the commander-in-chief of the universe...
[06:03] Kajii
If you hurt me, you'll be in real trouble!
[06:03] Margaret
Oh, give me a break.
[06:09] Nathaniel
It appears that
[06:11] Nathaniel
you refuse to repent and atone for your sins.
[06:16] Nathaniel
These lemon-shaped bombs are your ability.
[06:19] Nathaniel
How truly foolish.
[06:22] Nathaniel
Even a common man can make bombs.
[06:24] Nathaniel
You thought you could sink this
ship with an ability like this?
[06:29] Nathaniel
You've obviously underestimated the Guild.
[06:37] Nathaniel
May God's grace be with you.
[06:41] Guy
We will now unload the
supplies onto the ship.
[06:46] Kajii
God... God, eh?
[06:50] Kajii
Are you saying you can hear the voice of God?
[06:54] Kajii
Science is the only language that allows us to
understand this universe God created.
[07:00] Margaret
The explosion didn't affect him?
[07:02] Kajii
I have bad news for you.
[07:04] Kajii
It's the job of you clergymen to believe,
[07:08] Kajii
but the very foundation of science
is to question everything.
[07:11] Kajii
You should have questioned this
bomb-making ability a bit more.
[07:16] Kajii
It is true that I made these
bombs on my own time.
[07:20] Kajii
And my true gift is the ability to take
no damage from lemon-shaped bombs!
[07:26] Kajii
Lemons! That beautiful spindle
shape is the ultimate geometry,
[07:29] Kajii
as well as the destroyer
of this tedious world!
[07:31] Kajii
On that note, here's a present for you from
[07:34] Kajii
the commander-in-chief
of the universe and myself...
[07:39] Nathaniel
It can't be...
[07:42] Nathaniel
Everyone get away from the ship!
[08:03] Margaret
The ship...
[08:04] Margaret
Just who is that man?!
[08:06] Nathaniel
It appears the threat
letter was no mere prank.
[08:11] Nathaniel
And two targets still remain.
[08:16] Nathaniel
The enemy will be upon us shortly.
[08:18] Nathaniel
We will engage them here.
[08:20] Nathaniel
If we stop their surprise attack,
[08:22] Nathaniel
no number of gifted enemies
can be a match for us.
[08:27] Mori
...is probably what our enemy will think.
[08:31] Mori
The Guild's gifted members
are indeed formidable.
[08:34] Mori
Even our elite would have a
difficult time bringing them down.
[08:40] Mori
Which is why...
[08:44] Mori
I've just played my most
eager, motivated piece.
[08:57] Akutagawa
This sea breeze is suffocating.
[09:15] Akutagawa
Let's get this over with quickly.
[09:18] Nathaniel
Are you a Port Mafia assassin?
[09:20] Akutagawa
How are you feeling, irmão of the Guild?
[09:23] Nathaniel
Pretty awful.
[09:24] Nathaniel
A bit like I've had a run-in with
the devil spoken of in the Bible.
[09:29] Nathaniel
May I ask your name?
[09:32] Akutagawa
Diablo.
[09:34] Nathaniel
Then this must be Mount Hermon.
[09:37] Nathaniel
Are you a trial sent to test this
humble servant's faith in God?
[09:41] Akutagawa
Is it a trial you want?
[09:43] Akutagawa
Then I'll give you one!
[09:49] Nathaniel
Do not call me "irmão."
[09:51] Nathaniel
I am a minister, not some
relic of ancient Rome!
[09:55] Nathaniel
Don't think that will be
enough to test my faith,
[09:58] Nathaniel
you trash!
[10:02] Nathaniel
Repent, little guy of the Port Mafia!
[10:05] Akutagawa
Interesting!
[10:11] Nathaniel
The enemy's ability is intermediate-range
matter manipulation,
[10:14] Nathanial
both offensive and defensive?
[10:17] Nathaniel
That's similar to my own.
[10:20] Nathaniel
In that case...
[10:23] Both
The one whose ability holds
the most potential will win!
SIGN Rashoumon
[10:26] Akutagawa
Rashoumon!
[10:30] Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter!
SIGN The Scarlet Letter
[10:37] Akutagawa
Is that all you can do, irmão?
[10:42] Nathaniel
You are no devil at all.
[10:46] Akutagawa
What?
[10:49] Akutagawa
The blood on my coat is turning into writing?
[10:53] Nathaniel
You are merely a soulless beast
that craves the flesh of the weak.
[10:58] Nathaniel
I'm sure you've only fought gifted enemies
[11:01] Nathaniel
who were weaker than you up until now.
[11:06] Margaret
The Port Mafia is nothing.
[11:08] Margaret
I will take back my family's honor!
[11:15] Akutagawa
My coat is falling apart...
[11:17] Akutagawa
A weathering ability?
[11:19] Margaret
I cannot lose to one like you,
[11:23] Margaret
who has never known defeat or humiliation!
[11:30] Akutagawa
Never known defeat, you say?
[11:39] Nathaniel
Margaret!
[11:41] Akutagawa
Defeat and humiliation are always with me.
[11:50] Akutagawa
I am a remnant, going through the darkness.
[11:54] Akutagawa
As such, despair of this nature
[11:59] Akutagawa
will not ruin me!
[12:10] Akutagawa
Not now...
[12:12] Nathaniel
That's not a wound caused
by The Scarlet Letter.
[12:15] Nathaniel
Could it be... he was seriously
injured when he came here?
[12:19] Akutagawa
This is nothing! Come at me!
[12:21] Akutagawa
Fight me with all you've got.
[12:24] Akutagawa
Otherwise, there was no
point to me coming here!
[12:29] Nathaniel
Why would you go to such lengths?
[12:31] Akutagawa
My only hope is for one word.
[12:35] Akutagawa
A simple, trivial word
from a certain person...
[12:38] Akutagawa
For the sake of hearing that word,
[12:41] Akutagawa
I have come through countless
humiliating defeats!
[12:47] Nathaniel
This man is a ruthless
killer from the Port Mafia,
[12:51] Nathaniel
yet at the same time,
he longs deeply for something.
[12:54] Nathaniel
Something worth giving his life for...
[12:57] Nathaniel
And with an intensity that nearly
rivals that of religious faith.
[13:03] Nathaniel
You asked me to fight with all I've got, yes?
[13:08] Nathaniel
I've changed my mind. I will grant your wish.
[13:18] Akutagawa
What?!
[13:47] Akutagawa
Rashoumon...
[13:49] Akutagawa
Jaws of Endless Gates!
SIGN Jaws of Endless Gates
[14:05] Nathaniel
Margaret...
[14:23] (Flashback) Naka
People need to be told they're worthy
of being alive by someone else, or they can't go on.
[14:27] (Flashback) Naka
Why can't you understand such a simple thing?!
[14:32] (Flashback) Naka
Those words...
[14:35] Akutagawa
I don't need you to tell
me that. I already know.
[14:40] Rampo
Man, I'm so bored!
[14:42] Rampo
I wanna go outside!
[14:44] Yukichi
Nothing out of the ordinary in the footage?
[14:47] Akiko
Just a bunch of nothing.
[14:50] Yukichi
The only way to get into this hall
[14:53] Yukichi
is through the underground railroad tunnel.
[14:56] Yukichi
Even if the enemy does try to enter,
[14:58] Yukichi
the security camera footage will
tell us before they get here.
[15:03] Akiko
And there are lots of
traps along the way, too.
[15:06] Rampo
War is so boring.
[15:10] Rampo
My emergency snacks ran out in half a day.
[15:14] Rampo
I know!
[15:15] Rampo
Hey, Yosano-san, let's play hanafuda on this!
[15:18] Akiko
Oh? What are we going to bet?
[15:22] Mori
Attacking enemy bases always
makes my heart dance with joy.
[15:26] Mori
It's time for the next move.
How go the preparations?
[15:29] Guy
Everything is ready.
[15:31] Mori
You have more than enough force to
crush the Armed Detective Agency.
[15:36] Mori
I look forward to hearing a superb melody.
[15:39] Akiko
What's the matter?
[15:40] Rampo
President, I think we should
call back the defensive teams.
[15:44] Yukichi
The enemy?
[15:46] Yukichi
How many are attacking?
[15:51] Rampo
One.
[16:03] Kirako
Mii-chan...
[16:05] Kirako
As soon as this whole mess is over,
I'll come for you, okay?
[16:11] Kirako
N-N-Naomi-chan!
[16:13] Naomi
Haruno-san...
[16:13] Kirako
I-I-I was working! Really!
[16:15] Kirako
We office workers are
part of the company, too!
SIGN Tokyo Daily News
[16:20] [SONG] Text
40 Killed, 300+ Injured in Cruise Liner
Explosion at Yokohama Commercial Port
[16:24] Naomi
An explosion on a cruise liner
at a commercial port in Yokohama?
[16:28] Naomi
That's not the Guild's ship, is it?
[16:31] Naomi
Then what caused the explosion?
[16:33] Kirako
It was the other enemy,
the one who loves explosions.
[16:36] Kirako
The Agency may be his next target...
[16:40] Kirako
I hope my brother is safe...
[16:45] Kirako
Don't worry, Naomi-chan.
[16:48] Naomi
We know Mii-chan is okay, after all!
[16:51] Kirako
Please forget that.
[16:55] Akiko
Cameras 3, 4, and 8 have stopped transmitting.
[16:58] Yukichi
Activate the automatic turrets!
[17:12] Chuuya
You'd send these puppets
to receive a special envoy?
[17:15] Chuuya
You're so short-staffed, I could cry.
[17:18] Chuuya
Could you send out something
that's actually alive?
[17:21] Rampo
President...
[17:24] Yukichi
Are you of the same opinion as I am?
[17:33] Chuuya
Oh, come on...
[17:34] Chuuya
Only two?
[17:36] Akiko
If you're dissatisfied with your reception,
come back after making an appointment.
[17:40] Chuuya
You think the Mafia needs an appointment
to raise hell in an enemy base?
[17:44] Kenji
Oh! I don't think they do!
[17:46] Akiko
If you want to raise hell, have at it.
[17:49] Akiko
But that's not what you came here for.
[17:52] Akiko
Am I right?
[17:54] Chuuya
How do you know?
[17:55] Akiko
We're a detective agency, you know.
[17:57] Akiko
What good would we be if we couldn't figure
out a client's intentions at a glance?
[18:03] Chuuya
Where's your president?
[18:04] Akiko
Over there.
[18:08] Chuuya
Here's a present from my boss.
[18:12] Yukichi
Those are...
[18:14] Yukichi
Members of the Guild?
[18:16] Chuuya
We reeled them in with bait.
[18:18] Chuuya
The time and location they'll
appear is written here.
[18:21] Chuuya
You don't get many chances like this, do you?
[18:24] Chuuya
You can get one over on
that detestable Guild!
[18:30] Yukichi
The chance to ambush gifted Guild
members is indeed attractive...
[18:35] Akiko
I see. That's a titillating proposal.
[18:39] Chuuya
Isn't it?
[18:40] Akiko
But I've got an even better one.
[18:42] Akiko
How about I hack off your limbs
[18:45] Akiko
and make you cough up your plans?
[18:49] Chuuya
Now that's a brilliant idea.
[18:52] Chuuya
Give it a try.
[18:53] Akiko
Kenji!
[18:54] Kenji
Got it!
[18:58] Kenji
Hi-yah!
[19:00] Chuuya
Nice!
[19:02] Kenji
Watch out, now!
[19:06] Chuuya
This is exactly what a job ought to be like!
[19:15] Akiko
What?!
[19:18] Akiko
That ability...
[19:20] Akiko
You're Nakahara Chuuya, the
gravity manipulator, aren't you?
[19:23] Chuuya
That damn Dazai must have blabbed...
[19:25] Kenji
He's standing upside-down,
but his hat isn't falling off!
[19:29] Kenji
City folk really are amazing.
[19:37] Chuuya
Now...
[19:39] Chuuya
Who wants to fight against gravity?
[19:46] Yukichi
Here's my answer, special
envoy of the Port Mafia.
[19:49] Chuuya
Huh?
[19:50] Yukichi
It's true that if the Detective
Agency defeats the Guild,
[19:53] Yukichi
you will slash the enemy's strength
without lifting a finger.
[19:56] Yukichi
If you're lucky, the Detective Agency and
the Guild might even take each other out.
[20:02] Chuuya
But you have nothing to lose yourself.
[20:05] Chuuya
Right?
[20:06] Yukichi
If what you say is true, then yes.
[20:09] Rampo
Sheesh...
[20:10] Yukichi
What are you hiding?
[20:12] Chuuya
Nothing.
[20:14] Yukichi
What action is the Port Mafia going to take?
[20:18] Chuuya
They don't have to take any action.
[20:22] Rampo
I see. So that's what's going on.
[20:27] Rampo
The Guild must have suspected
a trap, just like we do.
[20:32] Rampo
But they fell for it.
[20:35] Rampo
Because the bait was just too appetizing.
[20:38] Rampo
What did you use to bait the Guild?
[20:43] Steinbeck
No matter what nation you're in,
being in the countryside soothes the soul.
[20:47] Steinbeck
So, the Port Mafia's gift is just ahead.
[20:51] Lovecraft
This is obviously a trap to
lure us out. Why should we go?
[20:56] Steinbeck
Because the bait's so appealing.
[20:59] Steinbeck
If we succeed in the abduction,
[21:00] Steinbeck
we've basically defeated
the Detective Agency.
[21:03] Yukichi
You used our office staff as bait?!
[21:05] Chuuya
You can still get them out of there in time.
[21:08] Chuuya
Plus, the Guild has no idea
that you're about to act.
[21:12] Chuuya
It'll be an easy win.
[21:14] Yukichi
Is anything he's said untrue?
[21:17] Rampo
No, unfortunately.
[21:21] Rampo
Times like these are when the
truth is the most effective.
[21:27] Chuuya
"Even if they know it's a pitfall,
the Agency will still fall right into it."
[21:32] Chuuya
My boss's words.
[21:35] Yukichi
Order the office staff
to evacuate immediately.
[21:38] Yukichi
And...
[21:41] Yukichi
Put me through to Kunikida.
[23:16] Doppo
We're the only ones who
can get to them in time?
[23:19] Doppo
Right...
[23:21] Doppo
Right. We'll head straight there.
[23:28] Tanizaki
The president?
[23:30] Doppo
Yeah.
[23:32] Tanizaki
What'd he say?
SIGN Episode 19:
Will of Tycoon
[23:36] Doppo
We're going head-to-head with the Guild.