# 23 - The Dark Ones
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Chrono Shindou
**[00:11] ---**
Again?
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I see. That's great, Kamui!
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Welcome!
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Good for you.
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Now you'll be able to win next time.
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Chrono!
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Hi.
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Chrono! You're back!
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Sorry to make you worry.
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I still think you got a raw deal,
gettin' stripped of your points.
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I guess direct negotiations
are called for...
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That's all right.
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I'll just build up my points again.
**[02:14] ---**
I aim to make it to grade 3
before the tournament.
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You have my support! I'm in your corner!
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That hurts, Kamui!
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Shindou!
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What are you doing? Cut it out!
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I caused you both trouble.
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Forget about it already.
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Besides, you're the one who got the
short end of the stick, Shindou.
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I'm bowing out of the team.
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What are you talking about?
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I don't want to burden you guys anymore.
**[02:47] ---**
See you.
***SIGN*** Turn 23 The Dark Ones
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He doesn't want to burden us, he says!
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When did we ever say he was a burden?
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I think if you mix that too much,
you'll lose the cabbage's moisture.
**[03:08] ---**
No problem! I like stickier
okonomiyaki anyway!
**[03:13] ---**
Anyway,
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I'll talk to him once more.
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Convince him not to drop out of the team.
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There's no way he can get to grade 3
on his own by the tournament.
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We'll help him.
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I think you should leave well enough alone.
**[03:26] ---**
Why?
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He has his own way of thinking about it,
and that's what he's decided.
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Objecting to it makes us
a couple of busybodies.
**[03:35] ---**
Then you're saying we
should just leave him be?
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And find someone else to be a member?
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I didn't say that, but...
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What do you wanna do, Kiba?
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I'm thinking about it.
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Sheesh! I don't know if I'd call that
being cautious or just indecisive.
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I think that's better than
acting on impulse and meddling.
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What, are you talking about me?
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Anyway, I'll do what I want.
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Go ahead. As you like.
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Listen, is there anything
I can help you with?
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I already told you no.
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After all, it's impossible for you
to get to grade 3 on your own!
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Don't worry about me.
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That aside, have you found a new member?
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Well, no...
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Quit trying to be a do-gooder,
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and worry about yourselves.
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You blockhead!
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The last thing I wanna do
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is cause them even more trouble.
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Are you really dropping out of your team?
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Yes. I'm gonna make a fresh start
and work hard on my own.
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Oh, that's right!
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There's this awesome quest.
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Look.
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Is something on your mind?
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Nothing gets by you, Iwakura.
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If you want a sounding board, I'm all ears.
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No, thanks. I want to think
this through on my own.
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Then pardon the interruption.
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But, Young Master,
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there are some people who could use
a little meddling in their lives.
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I don't get that guy at all.
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He's totally ungrateful!
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Anjou...
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Did you talk to Shindou?
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He told me to leave him alone.
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Maybe we really should get a new member.
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Whoa, whoa, Tokoha.
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Give him a little more time.
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After all...
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A long time ago, I lost my temper
and left my teammates.
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But someone was waiting for me.
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I was a brat back then, so I was too
embarrassed to express how I really felt,
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but I was really happy.
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I went back to the team because he was there.
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What should we do?
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Why are you asking me?
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You're the one who brought up
bringing in a new member.
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Well, if we wait for Shinjou to get to grade 3,
we won't be able to enter the tournament.
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You never know until you do your best.
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Right now, Chrono's on a quest
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that's worth mega-points,
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so he may be able to make it
to grade 2 today in one shot.
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Grade 2?
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Except I keep hearing
it's impossible to win...
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Even if Chrono does his best,
it may not be doable.
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Come to think of it,
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I recall teams can take part in that quest.
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What kind of quest is that?!
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Not one you can do on your own!
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We should do it as a team.
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You guys...
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I told you not to worry about me!
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Stop being so stubborn already.
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It's not being stubborn! I don't
wanna give you guys any more grief.
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Who are you to decide that on your own?
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If you're a burden, if we don't need you...
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We'll be the judges of that!
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We're friends, aren't we?
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But I already dropped out of the team...
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What? Want us to say,
"Please don't drop out"?
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Beg on our hands and knees?
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Is that what you're holding out for?
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You're a cruel man, Shindou.
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Let's get this quest over with.
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Thank you...
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...is somethin' you're
never gonna hear from me!
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I wouldn't dream of it.
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Not from you, Shindou.
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Let's go!
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Who's there?
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Why are people afraid of the dark?
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It's because somewhere in their minds,
people feel their body and soul
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will be stolen amid the
comfort of the darknesh...
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You flubbed it.
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He flubbed it.
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Ahem! Welcome...
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...to the Dark Irregulars mansion!
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If you want to fight me,
embrace the darkness!
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Give yourself up to the darkness!
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Overcome the three hurdles
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and be steeped in darkness!
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He's got nothing better to do?
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I guess not...
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Whatever, let's just get started!
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The first obstacle!
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The Banquet of Accumulated Souls!
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What's this? A cushion?
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No, no! It's a soul!
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Think Vanguard!
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The Banquet of Accumulated Souls!
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Yeah, yeah.
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So what are we supposed to do here?
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Soulcharge!
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Pile up the souls under your feet!
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If you can do a 15-card Soulcharge,
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you'll get the King of Fifth Element!
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Under our feet?
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Pile up the souls?
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Like this...
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I can...
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...reach it...
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Shindou!
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This guy is too into it...
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It's impossible to do this alone.
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How did you intend to carry
this out by yourself?
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G-Guts...
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You have obtained one power of darkness.
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Proceed further into the heart of darkness.
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The second obstacle!
**[11:13] ---**
If you want to get to the top floor,
where I'm waiting,
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cloak yourself in solitary rage
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and ride Blade Wing Reijy!
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This is...
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...just cosplay, right?
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Knock it off! This is silly...
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It disappeared!
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That's okay.
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I remember what the unit looks like.
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Look for wings, Shindou.
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And we need a purple wig
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and a black costume with a metal border.
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Got it.
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Come on, Shindou! Snap to it!
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R-Right!
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Jeez...
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The wings aren't even on
both sides, so it tilts.
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Angle them more to the right,
and they should balance out.
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Why am I the one who has to do this?
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There!
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Is this okay?
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Say something!
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There isn't enough rage.
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There isn't enough rage!
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Rage?
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Maybe he wants you to pose?
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Try to strike that pose!
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W-Was this it?
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Your expression is wrong!
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Feel it with every fiber of your being!
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I feel it! Your isolation! Your darkness!
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Now! Advance further into
the heart of darkness!
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Why do I have to do this?
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Enough "woe is me"!
On to the next station!
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The final obstacle!
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Make your way through the labyrinth,
and you shall soon find me!
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He built a labyrinth?
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So many other things
he could've done instead...
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Let's go.
**[13:39] ---**
Again. Let's go back.
**[13:41] ---**
Wait.
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This labyrinth has no end point.
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We've taken all the routes.
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Really?!
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Before, when we looked at it from above,
I got a good grasp of the layout.
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Don't waste our time!
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It's made out of styrofoam?
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This is the shortest way to the goal!
**[14:08] ---**
You guys help, too!
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We did it! Goal!
**[14:23] ---**
That's kind of a stretch.
**[14:25] ---**
I think we broke the rules.
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That's right!
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That's dark and irregular!
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What the...?!
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Deviating from common sense
**[14:38] ---**
is the proper mindset for Dark Irregulars!
**[14:41] ---**
Now, I invite you to come to me.
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Welcome.
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I am Vlad III, the Demon King
who rules the darkness!
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He's really laying it on thick.
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The darkness that you despise and fear
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swelled up and dyed your mind
and body all the way here.
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You have obtained the proper
darkness to fight me!
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Gimme a break.
**[15:19] ---**
The time to battle has come!
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After this fight is finished,
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you could receive a new power of darkness!
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So fight Vlad III, the Demon King
who rules the darkness!
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Stand up, Vanguard!
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Werfleder Ordonnaz!
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Gunnergear Dracokid!
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Now the ball begins!
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Dance to the waltz of isolation,
darkness, and destruction!
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Ride!
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Krise Vampir!
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Ride!
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Masergear Dragon!
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I feel it!
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Nice darkness!
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If he loses to this guy,
I'll never let him live it down.
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Vlad!
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That's wonderful darkness!
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I'm not done yet!
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Stride Generation!
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Chronoscommand Dragon!
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It attacks Scharhrot Vampir!
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Perfect guard!
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Shoot! He used a perfect guard!
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Smokegear Dragon attacks!
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Impressive.
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But!
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From here on in, you shall see the
true power of Dark Irregulars!
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Generation Zone... release!
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Know there is a darkness
that swallows all light!
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Stride Generation!
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Abominable one,
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Gilles de Rais!
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I Soulcharge with
Scharhrot Vampir's stride skill!
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And also, with Werfleder Ordonnaz's skill,
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I Soulcharge!
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I call Flying Librarian!
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Soulcharge!
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More and more,
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I Soulcharge with Monochrome of Nightmareland's skill!
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I Soulcharge with the skill
of Alluring Succubus!
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Right!
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Now you shall see how powerful
I've gotten because of the Soul!
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Here I go!
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Squallmaker attacks!
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This is just the beginning.
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I Soulcharge with its skill!
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15 of them...
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So that first cushion-piling exercise
was an introduction to this, huh?
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Soulcharging is Dark Irregulars'
distinctive feature,
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but I've never seen anyone charge
that many cards in the Soul before.
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15 cards in the Soul!
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I'll show you the true power
of Gilles de Rais!
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Oh, no! With that skill, his opponent can't
put a grade 1 or higher card out to guard!
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Shindou!
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I can't guard!
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What's wrong? It seems the terror of
the dark has left you tongue-tied!
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This guy is strong!
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It's rough because you resist.
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Accept your loss!
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You gotta be kidding me.
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The fun is about to begin.
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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
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Generation!
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Interdimensional Dragon, Epoch-maker Dragon!
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It's useless to resist!
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Epoch-maker Dragon attacks!
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Tepid!
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I'm just getting started!
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When Epoch-maker Dragon's attack
hits the opponent's Vanguard,
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its skill is activated!
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Skill?! What is it?!
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I bind one rear-guard!
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And then I call Chronojet Dragon
from my deck!
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What?!
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Go!
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Vlad!
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I lost!
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You did it!
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Yeah.
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You had me on the edge of
my seat there for a while.
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Vlad...
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That was wonderful darkness!
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Dazzling!
**[20:35] ---**
All those Soulcharges...
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The brilliance that is friendship
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Yeah.
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Yeah, there were all kinds.
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surpassed my power?
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Things I don't have
that you people do...
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...are fervent trust in
your friends, love,
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and...
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Please, enough.
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But!
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No one can escape the darkness.
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Dark Irregulars lives within everyone!
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Why don't you do this in
the Dark Zone district
**[21:00] ---**
instead of the Dragon Empire district?
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This property has been in my family
for three generations.
**[21:12] ---**
Chrono Shindou.
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Even though you are shrouded in light,
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you have a talent for darkness.
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Your defeat of me is proof of that.
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You shall be the new lord of this fortress.
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You can take the name of Vlad IV,
Demon King who rules the darkness!
**[21:33] ---**
Um...
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We shall serve you, Vlad IV,
Demon King who rules the darkness!
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Now then, put on this cape and
take the throne of the Demon King!
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Shindou, do something!
**[21:50] [SONG] ---**
Established 1907
Yamada Ice Cream Shoppe
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It's not my responsibility!
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Vlad IV, wait!
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The light!
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The light is torture!
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Even now you're staying in character, huh?
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Who was that old guy?
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Vlad III, remember?
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That's not what I mean!
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It worked out for you.
You got back up to grade 2
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and became Vlad IV.
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Don't even start!
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That guy was something else.
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Vlad III...
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A man his age into cosplay,
**[24:02] ---**
and remodeling the whole building for that.
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Scary...
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I wonder where he got that passion.
**[24:08] ---**
I'm kind of curious...
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...and I kind of don't care at all.
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Well, thanks to that old man,
I got a lot of points.
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Smooth sailing so far.
**[24:18] ---**
But you've still got a long way
to go to get to grade 3.
***SIGN*** Ibuki Versus Mamoru
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So I'm going to keep you in line!
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O-Okay...