193 - Sword of Destruction

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[00:14] ---
    Aichi...
[00:16] ---
    Don't lose.
[00:24] ---
    Kai...
[00:26] ---
    I... We came here to take you back.
[00:33] ---
    The thing I feared the most has come to pass.
[00:38] ---
    You know what happened to me, don't you?
[00:42] ---
    Yeah. Gaillard told us.
[00:46] ---
    In that fight with Takuto,
    the moment I defeated him...
[00:52] ---
    ...Link Joker's seed
    embedded itself in my body.
[00:58] ---
    There's no way to destroy the seed.
[01:02] ---
    When someone wins a fight,
    the seed possesses them.
[01:06] ---
    An endless chain...
[01:09] ---
    When someone has the seed inside them,
    the more Vanguard fights they win,
[01:14] ---
    the more control
     Link Joker gains over them,
[01:17] ---
    until they become the embodiment
    of Link Joker in the end.
[01:22] ---
    And even if the person loses,
    the seed doesn't disappear,
[01:24] ---
    but moves to the opponent.
[01:28] ---
    I have no choice.
[01:30] ---
    Now, while the seed is inhabiting me,
[01:32] ---
    I have to seal myself away
    and disappear from the world.
[01:36] ---
    There's no other way to save
    the world from Link Joker.
[03:13] ---
    Ren, Leon, I had faith that you knew
     where I was coming from
[03:19] ---
    and would maintain a neutral position.
[03:24] ---
    Yeah, sorry about that.
[03:27] ---
    In the end, I gave Kai my support.
[03:30] ---
    I do feel apologetic about this.
[03:34] ---
    However, I have no wish to live
    comfortably in a peaceful world
[03:37] ---
    that comes at the expense of
    your destruction, Aichi Sendou.
[03:42] ---
    Indeed, that thought is at the heart of why
    I refused to side with you.
[03:50] ---
    But at the time, we couldn't see
    any other way around it.
[03:54] ---
    That was why we took a neutral stance.
[03:59] ---
    Now, though, we believe Kai is the only one
    who can force his way down a different path.
[04:09] ---
    There is no other path.
[04:12] ---
    Aichi...
[04:13] ---
    Kai has come all this way down
    that path that doesn't exist.
[04:18] ---
    That's right, Aichi!
[04:20] ---
    Kai is the only one who remembered you!
[04:25] ---
    He lost again and again
    against Kourin and Gaillard,
[04:29] ---
    but every time, he'd grit his teeth
    and get back up again!
[04:36] ---
    Kai...
[04:40] ---
    It all began with that encounter.
[04:45] ---
    Blaster Blade led me here.
[04:52] ---
    I see. So you were guided by...
[04:58] ---
    Blaster...
[05:00] ---
    Blaster Joker?!
SIGN    Sword of Destruction
[05:10] Spoken
    Seriously?!
[05:12] Spoken
    You mean Blaster Blade
    was corrupted by Link Joker?!
[05:17] Spoken
    Kai, the Blaster Blade that
    led you here no longer exists.
[05:22] Spoken
    Right now, I'm going to defeat you
     with this Blaster Joker!
[05:27] Spoken
    I didn't think I'd be able to forge a path
     from here without fighting you.
[05:33] Spoken
    Before the battle, I want you
    to promise me one thing.
[05:36] Spoken
    Kai...
[05:38] Spoken
    Ren... Leon...
[05:41] Spoken
    And Naoki...
[05:43] Spoken
    What?
[05:44] Spoken
    When I win this fight, I want you
    to become the next Quatre Knights.
[05:53] Spoken
    Aichi!
[05:56] Spoken
    I'm sorry. You guys didn't do anything wrong.
[06:01] Spoken
    I was weak.
[06:04] Spoken
    When I decided to seal myself away,
[06:07] Spoken
    I didn't want to involve people I knew.
[06:12] Spoken
    That's why I didn't tell
    Kai, Naoki, Kamui, and the others.
[06:18] Spoken
    Instead, I relied on the current Quatre Knights.
[06:22] Spoken
    Aichi...
[06:24] Spoken
    This time will be different.
[06:26] Spoken
    I'll beat you, Kai.
[06:28] Spoken
    If anyone else wants to challenge me
    to a fight, I'll beat them, too.
[06:35] Spoken
    Then I'll seal myself away once again.
[06:39] Spoken
    And the four of you will stand guard
    over my sealed form.
[06:51] Spoken
    Fine.
[06:53] Spoken
    Kai!
[06:55] Spoken
    Aichi, I understand your resolve.
[06:58] Spoken
    If I lose, I'll become a
    Quatre Knight and seal you away.
[07:05] Spoken
    But... I will not lose!
[07:09] Spoken
    Of course. You don't intend to lose, Kai.
[07:13] Spoken
    But... neither do I!
[07:31] Spoken
    Stand up the Vanguard!
[07:31] Spoken
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[07:58] Spoken
    Link Joker...
[08:00] Spoken
    I expected this, but...
[08:02] Spoken
    Yes. Even so, one can't help but be startled.
[08:06] Spoken
    The Link Joker deck that
    Aichi Sendou is using...
[08:09] Spoken
    Just how much power does it possess?
[08:17] Spoken
    My heart's beating like a jackhammer...
[08:20] Spoken
    That's because the fate of the world
    rests on this fight.
[08:25] Spoken
    It's strange.
[08:27] Spoken
    As a Quatre Knight, I should be
    cheering Aichi on...
[08:31] Spoken
    But for some reason, I'm looking forward to
    seeing Toshiki Kai battle.
[08:38] Spoken
    Dragon Monk, Gojo!
[08:41] Spoken
    Infinitesimal Star-vader, Mayoron!
[08:44] Spoken
    Call!
[08:46] Spoken
    Volt Line attacks!
[08:50] Spoken
    Mayoron attacks!
[08:53] Spoken
    Menace Laser Dragon!
[08:56] Spoken
    Call!
[08:58] Spoken
    Attack!
[09:06] Spoken
    Dilaton!
[09:07] Spoken
    Osmium!
[09:10] Spoken
    Attack!
[09:13] Spoken
    Next!
[09:17] Spoken
    I guard with Tahr!
[09:26] Spoken
    The turns are going by fast.
[09:29] Spoken
    Incredible... There's an
    incredible sense of urgency.
[09:33] Spoken
    The first phase is over and
    they're in a virtual tie.
[09:36] Spoken
    Damage 2 to 3...
[09:40] Spoken
    Neve?
[09:41] Spoken
    Oh, sorry.
[09:44] Spoken
    I can't stop myself from shaking.
[09:47] Spoken
    You're nervous? Who can blame you?
[09:50] Spoken
    You're the only one who knows Aichi's
    power while wielding Link Joker.
[09:56] Spoken
    That's not it, Gaillard.
[09:59] Spoken
    It's different this time.
[10:02] Spoken
    I certainly was terrified of Aichi before,
[10:06] Spoken
    when he was partially controlled
    by the power of Link Joker.
[10:09] Spoken
    Now, though, I'm full of quiet resolve.
[10:14] Spoken
    I'm not seized with fear.
[10:18] Spoken
    That's exactly why I sense it...
[10:20] Spoken
    Aichi's strength, far beyond
    what it was when I fought him!
[10:26] Spoken
    That's Aichi's true strength...
[10:29] Spoken
    Yeah. Aichi isn't scary,
[10:32] Spoken
    but he does seem really strong right now.
[10:36] Spoken
    This shaking...
[10:39] Spoken
    It may be trembling with excitement.
[10:50] Spoken
    I finally made it this far...
[10:54] Spoken
    Kai?
[10:57] Spoken
    It's been a long journey with many battles.
[11:00] Spoken
    I fought and lost again and again.
[11:03] Spoken
    But each time I would get up again,
    until I finally made it here.
[11:07] Spoken
    Aichi, I'm going to show you my true form!
[11:15] Spoken
    You burn in the
    scorching heat of purgatory,
[11:17] Spoken
    but you're resurrected again
    and again, emperor dragon!
[11:21] Spoken
    Feel uplifted among the flames,
    my avatar!
[11:25] Spoken
    Perdition Emperor Dragon,
    Dragonic Overlord the Great!
[11:32] Spoken
    Dragonic Overlord...
[11:38] Spoken
    Kai's avatar...
[11:59] Spoken
    Miwa?
[12:01] Spoken
    Is something wrong?
[12:04] Spoken
    No, nothing...
[12:07] Spoken
    Do it already!
[12:10] Spoken
    I've got the next fight!
[12:12] Spoken
    Hey, don't rush him.
[12:14] Spoken
    Sorry. I draw.
[12:18] Spoken
    I wonder if Kai will skip
    coming here today, too...
[12:32] Spoken
    Your avatar, Dragonic Overlord...
[12:37] Spoken
    That's right. Here I go, Aichi!
[12:39] Spoken
    Call!
[12:42] Spoken
    Calamity Tower's skill activated!
[12:46] Spoken
    And take the flames of purgatory!
[12:49] Spoken
    Dragonic Overlord attacks with
    a boost from Petal Flare!
[12:55] Spoken
    No guard!
[13:05] Spoken
    Vortex Dragonewt!
[13:07] Spoken
    Attack Osmium!
[13:15] Spoken
    Whirlwind Dragon!
[13:17] Spoken
    Guard!
[13:20] Spoken
    He took only 1 damage from Overlord?!
[13:23] Spoken
    What are you looking at?
[13:25] Spoken
    Kai's real attacks start from the next turn.
[13:29] Spoken
    I knew that!
[13:30] Spoken
    But Aichi's attacks will also
    get serious from here on out.
[13:41] Spoken
    Watch me, Kourin.
[13:47] Spoken
    Ride!
[13:49] Spoken
    Imaginary Plane Dragon!
[13:52] Spoken
    Call!
[13:54] Spoken
    I attack Vortex Dragonewt!
[13:59] Spoken
    My Vanguard attacks!
[14:01] Spoken
    Perfect guard!
[14:03] Spoken
    Drive trigger check!
[14:06] Spoken
    Second check...
[14:08] Spoken
    I give all of the effects to Photon.
[14:11] Spoken
    Attack!
[14:15] Spoken
    Once more.
[14:16] Spoken
    I guard with Rampart!
[14:21] Spoken
    Turn end.
[14:23] Spoken
    Wow! Aichi's attacks didn't do any damage...
[14:28] Spoken
    I never thought he'd use two
    perfect guards in a row.
[14:31] Spoken
    But Aichi drew two critical
    triggers in a row.
[14:38] Spoken
    Yeah.
[14:40] Spoken
    If Kai hadn't been able to stop Photon's
    attack with those extra criticals,
[14:44] Spoken
    Aichi possibly could've won it this turn.
[14:49] Spoken
    You're as good as ever, Aichi.
[14:51] Spoken
    I can't let my guard down for a moment.
[14:55] Spoken
    When I decided to seal myself away,
[14:58] Spoken
    I sensed that you wouldn't forget me, Kai.
[15:03] Spoken
    Is that why you didn't tell me anything?
[15:08] Spoken
    That was the right move.
[15:10] Spoken
    If you'd told me, I definitely
    would've stopped you.
[15:14] Spoken
    Yeah. But I made one mistake.
[15:18] Spoken
    I thought that even you
    wouldn't be able to come here.
[15:26] Spoken
    That wasn't a mistake.
[15:29] Spoken
    If I were still the Toshiki Kai
    that you knew,
[15:34] Spoken
    then I would never
    have been able to make it here.
[15:38] Spoken
    You're not the Kai that I know?
[15:42] Spoken
    I've changed.
[15:45] Spoken
    The person who once threw everything away
    for the sake of winning is gone now.
[15:50] Spoken
    You're the one who changed me, Aichi Sendou!
[15:56] Spoken
    That battle at the Tatsunagi Building...
[15:59] Spoken
    You made me realize how wrong I was then.
[16:02] Spoken
    And now, I've come this far.
[16:06] Spoken
    What's made me this strong...
[16:08] Spoken
    ...is my mates.
[16:12] Spoken
    Mates...
[16:14] Spoken
    Let me show you.
[16:16] Spoken
    Seek the mate!
[16:26] Spoken
    Amid the purgatorial flames
    that consume everything,
[16:30] Spoken
    a new avatar of flames is born!
[16:33] Spoken
    Perdition Dragon, Dragonic Neoflame!
[16:36] Spoken
    Legion!
[16:45] Spoken
    Here I go!
[16:46] Spoken
    Roar of two dragon units,
[16:49] Spoken
    make all my enemies quake with fear!
[16:52] Spoken
    Attack Photon!
[16:54] Spoken
    No guard!
[16:56] Spoken
    Drive check!
[16:58] Spoken
    I got a critical trigger!
[17:00] Spoken
    I give all the effects to Overlord!
[17:12] Spoken
    I use Petal Flare's skill
    to retire Volt Line!
[17:17] Spoken
    When they attack the rear-guard,
[17:20] Spoken
    Overlord and Neoflame stand again!
[17:25] Spoken
    Overlord, Neoflame, rise again!
[17:29] Spoken
    Use your flames of purgatory to mow down
    the enemies who do me wrong!
[17:37] Spoken
    I attack your Vanguard!
[17:39] Spoken
    Barrier Star-vader, Promethium!
[17:44] Spoken
    Aichi had a perfect guard, too!
[17:47] Spoken
    Drive check!
[17:50] Spoken
    I got a draw trigger!
[17:52] Spoken
    I give the power to Whirlwind.
[17:54] Spoken
    Go, Whirlwind!
[18:03] Spoken
    This is your power, Kai...
[18:07] Spoken
    No. It's the power of me and my mates.
[18:10] Spoken
    Power of your mates?
[18:12] Spoken
    That's right.
[18:13] Spoken
    At first, I intended to
    search for you on my own.
[18:18] Spoken
    But then Naoki Ishida appeared.
[18:22] Spoken
    Y-Yeah...
[18:24] Spoken
    Ishida and I fought, he got
    his memories of you back,
[18:28] Spoken
    and we became mates.
[18:31] Spoken
    Then I got more mates, one after another.
[18:36] Spoken
    Tokura... Miwa... and Kamui.
[18:44] Spoken
    They're not here now.
[18:47] Spoken
    But all of us have strong
    feelings for you, Aichi.
[18:53] Spoken
    "I want to see you."
[18:55] Spoken
    "I don't want to lose my memories of you."
[18:58] Spoken
    Because of those thoughts,
[19:00] Spoken
    they ran headlong into those grueling
    fights with the Quatre Knights.
[19:12] Spoken
    And...
[19:14] Spoken
    ...you're my mate, too, Aichi!
[19:21] Spoken
    Aichi...
[19:24] Spoken
    I understand.
[19:26] Spoken
    But that was pointless, Kai.
[19:31] Spoken
    I finally understand why
    you came all this way.
[19:37] Spoken
    The power of mates...
[19:39] Spoken
    But no matter how strongly those mates feel,
    there are some things that alone cannot solve.
[19:46] Spoken
    Right now, I'll give you an example!
[19:55] Spoken
    Aichi?
[19:57] Spoken
    In a world of absolute zero,
[19:59] Spoken
    even the heart of a knight that
    burns with justice will freeze.
[20:03] Spoken
    A transient soul
     bound together with a world
[20:05] Spoken
    in which despair, darkness,
    and death hold sway!
[20:09] Spoken
    Stand up, my avatar!
[20:12] Spoken
    Blaster Joker!
[20:23] Spoken
    This is Blaster Joker!
[20:27] Spoken
    It's too early to be surprised.
[20:30] Spoken
    Seek mate!
[20:43] Spoken
    A journey that lasts forever.
[20:46] Spoken
    Trials endured every day.
[20:47] Spoken
    You, who try to handle both...
[20:50] Spoken
    Stand next to me and raise your sword!
[20:54] Spoken
    Aichi...
[20:56] Spoken
    Line up in the world of despair!
[20:58] Spoken
    Legion!
[21:05] Spoken
    And then I call.
[21:09] Spoken
    Kai, even the power of your mates that's
    been supporting you won't reach us.
[21:16] Spoken
    Mates don't have the power
    to change the world.
[21:19] Spoken
    I'll teach you that lesson now.
[21:22] Spoken
    Legion skill activated!
[21:27] Spoken
    The depths of space,
    where all heat dies.
[21:30] Spoken
    The binding of absolute zero,
    in which even hope freezes!
[21:35] Spoken
    Absolute Lock!
[21:39] Spoken
    Absolute Lock?!
[21:41] Spoken
    Lock!
[21:44] Spoken
    Lock!
[21:45] Spoken
    Lock!
[21:47] Spoken
    It can't be!
[21:49] Spoken
    His entire rear-guard, locked all at once?!
[21:53] Spoken
    And then, Absolute Break!
[22:01] Spoken
    I retire Neoflame.
[22:09] Spoken
    Absolute Lock...
[22:11] Spoken
    And Absolute Break...
[22:17] Spoken
    Is this the power of Aichi's Blaster Joker?!
[23:56] Spoken
    Blaster Joker...
[23:57] Spoken
    It's so ominous...
[23:59] Spoken
    Kai, I'm going to use this Blaster Joker
    and Kourin's Photon to beat you!
[24:04] Spoken
    Aichi, I understand your decision.
[24:06] Spoken
    But I still...
[24:08] Spoken
    Next time: Sword of Courage!
SIGN    Sword of Courage
[24:11] Spoken
    There must be another way!
[24:12] Spoken
    Give me confidence!
[24:14] Spoken
    Kagero! Overlord!
[24:16] Spoken
    Kai, there are two ways.
[24:18] Spoken
    Absolute Lock and Absolute Break!