# 21 - Fake Fight
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Anyway!
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Until you get to grade 3,
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we can't do anything.
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There's no need to be nervous.
I'm almost there.
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So when are you gonna do it?
I want a month, day, and date.
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Are you in elementary school?
**[00:19] [SONG] ---**
Atsushi W.
Oracle Think Tank
Chrono Shindou
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Then hurry up and grade-up!
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Then let me go on a quest already!
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Then look for one already!
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You guys won't let me go!
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There are tons of things
I want you to accomplish
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before the regional tournament.
**[00:36] [SONG] ---**
Grade-up Mini-tournament
Get to Grade 3 in One Stroke
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Go to this mini-tournament
and get up to grade 3 there.
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Aim for the regional elimination round!
Grade-up Mini-tournament (Sponsor: United Sanctuary Branch)
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"Grade-up mini-tournament?"
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"The high-ranking winners will get points.
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And the winner of the tournament
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will get to grade 3 in one stroke"?!
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Aim for the regional elimination round!
Grade-up Mini-tournament
Get to Grade 3 in One Event
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United Sanctuary...
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This'll be my first event
with another branch.
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We can take the subway to
get there. It's not too far.
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Okay, I'll sign us up.
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Team name...
***SIGN*** La Victoire
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La Victoire...
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Wait a second!
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What's that?!
**[01:12] ---**
It means "victory" in French.
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You don't get to decide!
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I've had an idea, too!
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Our team name is "Sink or Swim"!
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Lame!
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We'll go with my idea.
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"Shining Flowers" it is!
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Anything but that.
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Why?! What's wrong with it?
**[01:32] ---**
You wanna saddle us with
that embarrassing name?
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Then how about the French word
for "side by side"?
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Enough French already!
**[03:17] [SONG] ---**
Ticket
Multiple Tickets
Charge
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It's because you always get around by car.
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Want me to help?
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I can do it myself!
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Huh?
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That's where you put your card.
**[03:30] ---**
Card?
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Sorry I'm late.
**[03:35] [SONG] ---**
Ticket
Multiple Tickets
Charge
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All right. Let's go.
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Chrono Shindou, Shion Kiba, Tokoha Anjou.
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What's the name of your team?
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Our name is still undecided.
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Excuse me?
***SIGN*** Turn 21 Fake Fight
***SIGN*** Mini-tournament Hall
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There are more people than I imagined.
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Everyone wants to increase
their grade for the tournament.
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Just like you.
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I'm gonna make it today.
***SIGN*** Still Undecided
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We'd better come up with a team name soon.
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If you win a fight, you get points.
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The teams with the greatest number
of points combined from its members
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will move on to the finals.
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The team that wins the finals
will be the big winner.
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Everyone, aim for victory,
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and give it your all with
fair and square fights!
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And now, let's begin!
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Stand up, Vanguard!
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The winner: Shion Kiba!
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Good job!
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Yay!
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We're the best!
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I'm not going to do that!
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I didn't ask you to!
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Like I'd wanna do that?!
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Hey, Shion!
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Komaki. I didn't know you were here.
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Yeah.
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This is perfect as a warm-up for
the regional tournament, right?
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So you're on a team.
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It's too bad. I wanted
to fight alongside you.
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I'm sorry.
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He's...
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...still grade 2?
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Yes.
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But his ability is higher than his grade.
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By the time this tournament is over,
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I'm sure you'll understand
why I chose this team.
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I see.
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I'm looking forward to it.
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Ability higher than his grade...
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Twinkling bud, it's time to blossom!
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Ride!
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Ranunculus Flower Maiden, Ahsha!
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I'll show you how powerful I am!
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Call!
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I feel like she's changed a little.
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Anjou?
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She was strong before, too.
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But it was like she was playing.
**[07:20] ---**
Now she's different.
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It's like she's taking
the challenge seriously.
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Her own fight has started, too.
**[07:29] ---**
Are you sure about this?
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The guy from the other team.
He invited you, right?
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And why did you choose this team?
**[07:40] ---**
Kamui forced me...
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You always could have refused.
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Maybe you should've formed a team
with those kindergarteners.
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Look...
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The results...
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I could predict what they'll be.
**[07:54] ---**
How strong I could get if
I joined Komaki's team...
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How far we could get...
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I can picture it easily.
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But it's different here.
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How far can we get?
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I can't even guess.
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I've always want to be a challenger.
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I'd even say that I want to train myself
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in a harsh environment.
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What are we, a "harsh environment"?
**[08:19] ---**
Yes.
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This is an untrodden frontier.
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The possibilities are endless here.
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The possibilities...
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...are endless...
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There isn't just one future.
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The one that exists now
and other possibilities...
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I can choose which one myself.
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Vanguard taught me that.
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I think I understand.
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I can become a different person
than I was yesterday.
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Now I want to believe in myself.
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That's the possibility Vanguard gave me.
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Generation Zone... release!
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Now, show me...
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...the world I truly desire!
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Stride Generation!
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Chronoscommand Dragon!
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Skill activated!
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All of your rear-guards go
to the bottom of your deck!
**[09:42] ---**
I can't call him a beginner anymore.
**[09:44] ---**
Yeah.
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If you're not careful,
he'll leave you in the dust.
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Both of us.
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I'm surprised to hear you say that.
**[09:53] ---**
It's the truth.
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He has talent.
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Of course, he's making an effort, too,
in his own way.
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But more than anything,
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he's got a powerful imagination
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and luck that snatches up victory.
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That's natural born.
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Then we've got to work
**[10:14] ---**
twice as hard as him, huh?
**[10:19] ---**
Yeah. That's right.
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Chronojet Dragon attacks!
**[10:25] ---**
With the best eight teams decided,
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let's break for lunch.
**[10:37] ---**
Do you know how to eat it?
**[10:39] ---**
Of course!
**[10:46] ---**
It's going smoothly so far.
**[10:48] ---**
I don't see any problems.
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Yeah! We'll definitely win this.
**[10:52] ---**
Naturally!
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Oh, that's right. You could've won
that last match one turn earlier.
**[11:01] ---**
The heck?! I won, so what's the difference?!
**[11:04] ---**
That's right. It bugged me, too.
**[11:07] ---**
It would've been faster if he'd switched out
a rear-guard, then attacked, right?
**[11:10] ---**
You, too?
**[11:11] ---**
You too, Anjou.
**[11:14] ---**
In some situations, you're better off
attacking the rear-guards.
**[11:18] ---**
I know you want to focus
on inflicting damage,
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but it feels like you're
playing impatiently.
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Hey! I have my own way of doing things.
**[11:27] ---**
Mind your own business!
**[11:28] ---**
Then, me too.
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In your last fight,
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why didn't you Stride?
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That's my strategy.
**[11:37] ---**
You criticize other people,
but excuse yourself?!
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Now I'm mad!
**[11:41] ---**
Get your deck out! I'll take
that pride of yours down a peg!
**[11:44] ---**
Huh...
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I wonder which of us will be
taken down a peg.
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Wait! I get to fight first!
**[11:51] ---**
You sit down!
**[11:53] ---**
I'm first!
**[11:53] ---**
I'll buy your train ticket home.
**[11:55] ---**
Even though you didn't know how
to buy a ticket here?
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Really?
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I attack your Vanguard!
**[12:20] ---**
Well?
**[12:21] ---**
I won.
**[12:22] ---**
How about you?
**[12:24] ---**
Tokoha, is that you?
**[12:26] ---**
Katagiri...
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Sorry, I'm going over to say hi.
**[12:30] ---**
Sure.
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Call.
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My Vanguard attacks.
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G-Guard!
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Drive check!
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Um, I have a question...
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I got a critical trigger!
**[13:00] ---**
All right!
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I lost.
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The winner! Team Trick Trick!
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I did it!
**[13:12] ---**
Nice job. That was a good fight.
**[13:17] ---**
Was that...
**[13:19] ---**
...just my imagination?
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Let's get to the finals like this.
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It'll be easy!
**[13:26] ---**
Nobody notices!
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I didn't think it'd go this smoothly.
**[13:30] ---**
It's one of those things,
like hiding in plain sight.
**[13:40] ---**
Hey!
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What did you guys do during that last fight?
**[13:44] ---**
W-What?!
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You got business with us?
**[13:51] ---**
If so, make it quick,
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'cause we gotta prepare for the next match.
**[13:54] ---**
Next?
**[13:56] ---**
You mean to cheat again?
**[13:59] ---**
Cheat?
**[14:00] ---**
What do you mean, cheat?
**[14:02] ---**
Don't play dumb! I saw it!
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This guy had a trigger up his sleeve!
**[14:09] ---**
Well, well.
**[14:10] ---**
Do you have proof?
**[14:12] ---**
Were you taking a video?
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Shut up! Fine, roll up that sleeve!
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Satisfied?
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Now, excuse us.
**[14:30] ---**
Wait!
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I'm not done havin' my say!
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I know what I saw!
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You think you can get away with cheating?!
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That hurts! Please don't get violent!
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Show it to me one more time!
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I'm sure he's got a card
hidden up there!
**[14:48] ---**
Um... it's your turn.
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R-Right...
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Would you stop with the false accusations?
**[14:55] ---**
Are you trying to interfere with our matches?
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You intend to keep fighting?
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I won't let you!
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You're causing a scene.
**[15:04] ---**
Please lower your voice.
**[15:07] ---**
This is really awkward. Man.
**[15:09] ---**
Hey! Seriously, knock it off!
**[15:12] ---**
Excuse me. I need to get over there...
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I'm not lettin' you guys off the hook!
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Now show me your arm once more!
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Stop it! Calm down!
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I'm sorry! I forfeit!
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H-Hey!
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Would you stop it?!
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Shut up! Get your hands off me!
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Ow!
**[15:37] ---**
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!
**[15:41] ---**
Are you okay?
**[15:44] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[15:47] ---**
What's going on?
**[15:50] ---**
Um...
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You guys are doing that on purpose!
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Shindou!
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Calm down, Shindou!
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It's him! He fell on purpose!
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Fine, just calm down!
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I won't let 'em get away with it!
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What do they think Vanguard is?!
**[16:06] ---**
Those jerks are cheating! I'll...
**[16:08] ---**
Calm down!
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It doesn't matter what the reason,
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we'll be penalized if the referees rule
that you're being violent.
**[16:18] ---**
What happened?
**[16:21] ---**
What's wrong with that guy?
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Darn it! I was so close to winning!
**[16:30] ---**
Shindou, why...?
**[16:35] ---**
What was the cause of this?
**[16:38] ---**
He suddenly shoved our leader!
**[16:43] ---**
Is that true?
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As violence interferes with the tournament,
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the penalty is being stripped of one's grade
and banned from the tournament.
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Hey! Wait!
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Shindou! Wait!
**[17:14] ---**
Shindou! Explain!
**[17:16] ---**
You had a reason, didn't you?
**[17:18] ---**
Don't follow me!
**[17:26] ---**
So you're saying he suddenly accused you
**[17:31] ---**
and then turned violent?
**[17:32] ---**
Yes. I don't know what was bugging him,
**[17:36] ---**
but he wouldn't listen to us...
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After examining the facts once more,
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I'll tell you how the issue
will be dealt with.
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Please, wait.
**[17:48] ---**
Certainly,
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I don't know exactly what Shindou's thinking.
**[17:53] ---**
But he's not the kind of person who
lashes out at someone without a reason.
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And most of all...
**[17:59] ---**
...he would never do anything
to disgrace Vanguard!
**[18:03] ---**
You're his teammate, huh?
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I can understand why
you'd wanna cover for him.
**[18:08] ---**
By the way,
**[18:10] ---**
what are you hiding on your right shoulder?
**[18:13] ---**
Are you gonna make accusations, too?!
**[18:15] ---**
You can look all you want.
**[18:19] ---**
Would you take off the sweater?
**[18:22] ---**
You haven't been fiddling with your arm,
**[18:25] ---**
but your right shoulder!
**[18:28] ---**
In fact, my guess is you're wearing that
over-sized sweater to hide something.
**[18:35] ---**
Th-That's bull!
**[18:37] ---**
Please take off the sweater and show me.
**[18:39] ---**
Right now.
**[18:41] ---**
You said I could check, right?
**[18:43] ---**
This is silly!
**[18:44] ---**
Say he does what you ask and
you're wrong. What then?
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Then I can be disqualified as a fighter, too!
**[18:54] ---**
Whoa...
**[19:02] ---**
Huh.
**[19:04] ---**
You're gonna run away?
**[19:08] ---**
Come on!
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Darn it!
**[19:30] ---**
What is this?
**[19:31] ---**
What the heck?
**[19:32] ---**
They're all critical triggers!
**[19:39] ---**
I apologize.
**[19:41] ---**
I failed to notice it.
**[19:43] ---**
Team Trick Trick has cheated
**[19:46] ---**
and lied to a judge.
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They cannot improve their grades,
**[19:51] ---**
and are banned from participating in any
official tournaments for five years.
**[19:54] ---**
Is that punishment acceptable?
**[19:57] ---**
Yes.
**[19:58] ---**
The problem is, what to do
about Chrono Shindou,
**[20:01] ---**
who first brought attention
to their cheating.
**[20:04] ---**
Whatever the reason,
violent behavior is unacceptable.
**[20:08] ---**
I recommend the same
punishment as Trick Trick.
**[20:12] ---**
Isn't that too harsh?
**[20:14] ---**
I think there were plenty of
extenuating circumstances here.
**[20:18] ---**
I say we just close the matter
with a warning.
**[20:21] ---**
The teams whose table was overturned
had their fight nullified.
**[20:21] [SONG] ---**
Chrono Shindou
**[20:26] ---**
This would've been much easier
if he'd just called a judge over.
**[20:30] ---**
If Shindou hadn't taken it upon himself
to pick a fight with them,
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it wouldn't have come to this.
**[20:37] ---**
What do you think, Ibuki?
**[20:41] ---**
We can't just call him innocent.
**[20:45] ---**
But when you consider that he was trying
to blow the whistle on their cheating,
**[20:49] ---**
it doesn't seem right to take away
his fighter qualification.
**[20:53] ---**
It seems more appropriate to strip him
of his fighter's points.
**[21:01] ---**
What?!
**[21:04] ---**
Then, all the points Shindou has now...
**[21:06] ---**
...are gonna be taken away?!
**[21:11] ---**
But he was right!
**[21:13] ---**
Why does Shindou have to be punished?!
**[21:16] ---**
This is a mistake!
**[21:18] ---**
Katagiri, please take me to the board.
I need to talk to them!
**[21:22] ---**
Anjou... Enough.
**[21:25] ---**
What are you talking about?! You, too?!
**[21:27] ---**
Are you satisfied with that judgment?!
**[21:31] ---**
If you barge in on them like that,
**[21:33] ---**
they'll give you the
same punishment as Shindou.
**[21:41] ---**
Why is this happening?
**[21:45] ---**
Why?!
**[21:55] [SONG] ---**
Chrono Shindou
**[21:56] ---**
It seems fate won't let you
choose the easy path...
**[22:02] ---**
...Chrono Shindou.
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I just don't understand it!
**[23:58] ---**
I'm going to convince them
to cancel his punishment!
**[24:01] ---**
I don't think you should.
**[24:02] ---**
Fate has already reached a conclusion.
It can't be overturned now.
**[24:06] ---**
So, what, you're fine with this?!
**[24:08] ---**
After we came this far...
**[24:10] ---**
I never said I was fine with this.
**[24:12] ---**
I'm frustrated, too.
**[24:14] ---**
But if we continue to act out of anger,
it'll just make things worse.
**[24:18] ---**
You're right.
***SIGN*** Messiah
**[24:20] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[24:21] ---**
What's going to happen next?