# E21 - Abyss of Darkness
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**[00:01] Ren**
I've been looking forward
to this for a long time.
**[00:05] Ren**
A very long time...
**[00:11] Asaka**
Ren's greatest wish is about to come true!
**[00:13] Tetsu**
Yes. Ren himself is going up
against the Solitary Fighter, Toshiki Kai.
**[00:27] Aichi**
Vanguard.
**[00:28] Aichi**
It's a card game in which you yourself
become the vanguard and fight!
**[00:33] Kai**
Imagine it!
Imagination will become your strength!
***SIGN*** Image 21 Abyss of Darkness
**[02:17] Ren**
Kai.
**[02:18] Ren**
Why did you leave us without saying anything?
**[02:21] Kai**
You guys were the ones
who chose to hang around me.
**[02:25] Kai**
I didn't owe you any notice.
**[02:28] Ren**
What a pity.
**[02:29] Ren**
Here I thought I was the only one
**[02:32] Ren**
who understood your
feelings of isolation, and vice versa.
**[02:36] Kai**
Isolation?
**[02:39] Ren**
I understand it well.
**[02:41] Ren**
I longed to be perfect like you,
**[02:43] Ren**
which is why I eventually reached
the pinnacle of Cardfighting, like you.
**[02:49] Ren**
So I understand your isolation.
**[02:52] Ren**
I understand being sick of your own strength,
**[02:55] Ren**
and yet feeling that the only thing to do
is keep seeking out strong opponents.
**[03:01] Ren**
It was hard on you, wasn't it?
**[03:04] Ren**
I thought the only one who
could save you from that isolation
**[03:08] Ren**
was someone in the same position: me.
**[03:11] Ren**
And yet...
**[03:16] Ren**
...is it true that you lost?
**[03:19] Ren**
To that boy...
**[03:21] Ren**
To Aichi Sendou?!
**[03:24] Kai**
Aichi...
**[03:28] Kai**
Yeah.
**[03:36] Kai**
I lost to Aichi.
**[03:45] Kai**
Aichi...
**[03:46] Aichi**
Kai, Miwa...
**[03:49] Miwa**
What's wrong?
**[03:52] Aichi**
Nothing. I just lost a fight earlier...
**[03:57] Kamui**
Hey!
**[03:59] Kamui**
It's him! He's the guy who beat Aichi!
**[04:02] Kai**
Tetsu...
**[04:04] Tetsu**
So you've already met Ren, Aichi Sendou...
**[04:07] Tetsu**
Could this also be fate?
**[04:10] Aichi**
Huh?
**[04:12] Tetsu**
Both of you possess PSYqualia.
It's as if you were drawn to each other.
**[04:16] Miwa**
Wha...?!
**[04:17] Kai**
It can't be!
**[04:18] Kai**
Aichi...
**[04:19] Kai**
Do you really have PSYqualia?!
**[04:22] Aichi**
U-Um, I'm not really sure,
**[04:25] Aichi**
but sometimes,
during a fight, I hear a voice...
**[04:29] Blaster**
My Vanguard.
**[04:32] Aichi**
...and then suddenly,
Blaster Blade is standing right before me.
**[04:36] Aichi**
He's there to guide me.
**[04:39] Aichi**
That's the image I have of it.
**[04:41] Kai**
Throw away your cards, Aichi!
**[04:46] Kai**
That power will alter you.
**[04:48] Kai**
Throw away your cards
and never fight again!
**[04:51] Aichi**
No!
**[05:02] Aichi**
No, I can't throw them away.
**[05:06] Aichi**
If I did that...
**[05:08] Aichi**
I'd go back to the way I used to be.
**[05:13] Aichi**
Back to being all alone, with nothing at all.
**[05:21] Aichi**
I don't want to be like that again!
**[05:26] Kamui**
Brother Aichi...
**[05:31] Ren**
Of course he can't throw them away.
**[05:36] Ren**
He can't, and neither can I.
**[05:39] Ren**
Not even you, who severed all ties,
**[05:42] Ren**
could throw away your cards, right?
**[05:45] Ren**
Vanguard is all we have.
**[05:48] Ren**
Yes. All we have is the world
that's guided by Vanguard fights.
**[05:56] Aichi**
The world guided by Vanguard...
**[06:01] Ren**
And as for who should stand
atop the summit of that world...
**[06:10] Aichi**
Kai...
**[06:12] Ren**
Kai, even now, I still can't believe...
**[06:16] Ren**
...that you lost to a boy like him.
**[06:21] Ren**
Stand up, Aichi Sendou.
**[06:24] Ren**
Join me in a Vanguard fight.
**[06:28] Ren**
If we fight, then I'll be able to tell
whether you truly gained victory over Kai.
**[06:35] Ren**
Come...
**[06:40] Kai**
Don't get me wrong, Ren.
**[06:43] Ren**
Kai...
**[06:45] Kai**
Sure, I lost to Aichi.
**[06:47] Kai**
But that was in order to teach him Vanguard.
**[06:50] Kai**
I wasn't fighting him earnestly.
**[06:52] Aichi**
Huh?
**[06:53] Kamui**
What're ya talking about?!
**[06:54] Misaki**
Wait.
**[06:56] Kamui**
But...
**[07:00] Kai**
Ren, your objective
is to gain absolute victory.
**[07:05] Kai**
Shouldn't you be challenging me,
the one person you've never beaten?
**[07:10] Kai**
There's no need for you to do it indirectly.
**[07:13] Kai**
I'll fight you.
**[07:18] Ren**
You'll fight me?
**[07:20] Ren**
Now, don't you get me wrong.
**[07:23] Ren**
I came here to save you.
**[07:26] Ren**
Poor you, all isolated and
unable to have any serious fights.
**[07:32] Ren**
I'll save you by using my power: PSYqualia.
**[07:37] Ren**
Then I'll have achieved perfection.
**[07:42] Ren**
That is my greatest wish...
**[07:46] Ren**
Absolute victory.
**[07:49] Kai**
You think you've surpassed me,
by using that power?
**[07:52] Ren**
Fight me and you'll see.
**[07:55] Kai**
Then let's go!
**[07:59] The Two**
Vanguard fight!
**[08:17] Aichi**
Kai...
**[08:19] The Two**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[08:22] Kai**
I ride Lizard Runner, Undeux!
**[08:25] Ren**
I ride Fullbau!
**[08:33] Kai**
I ride Embodiment of Armor, Bahr!
**[08:42] Kai**
Lizard Runner, Undeux's skill. I draw one card.
**[08:47] Kai**
My turn is over.
**[09:10] Ren**
It's my turn. I draw.
**[09:14] Asaka**
Ren...
**[09:15] Kyou**
He's humming, at a time like this?!
**[09:17] Tetsu**
It's because it's a time like this.
**[09:34] Tetsu**
Ren has been looking
forward to this for a long time.
**[09:38] Tetsu**
To the one thing that
could relieve his boredom...
**[09:43] Tetsu**
He's longed for a fight
with Toshiki Kai, above all else.
**[09:51] Ren**
All right. I'll ride you.
**[09:55] Ren**
Blaster Javelin.
**[09:59] Ren**
Fullbau's skill activates.
**[10:02] Ren**
Blaster Javelin attacks your Vanguard!
**[10:07] Kai**
No guard!
**[10:14] Ren**
My turn is over.
**[10:24] Kai**
I ride Bellicosity Dragon!
**[10:37] Kai**
Breath of Fire!
**[10:50] Aichi**
But he took damage...
**[10:52] Tetsu**
Ren no longer feels pain.
**[10:55] Tetsu**
Neither suffering nor pleasure.
**[10:57] Tetsu**
Well...
**[10:59] Tetsu**
Maybe he does feel pleasure, now.
**[11:03] Ren**
This really brings back memories, Kai.
**[11:06] Ren**
I'm in a wonderful mood.
**[11:11] Kai**
My turn is over.
**[11:13] Kamui**
What's wrong, Brother Aichi?
**[11:15] Aichi**
Oh, it's just...
**[11:17] Aichi**
Kai doesn't seem like his usual self.
**[11:24] Miwa**
It's as if Kai has gone back
to the way he used to be.
**[11:31] Miwa**
Well, it's complicated...
**[11:34] Miwa**
But back when I saw him with Ren,
he was in a really terrible state.
**[11:39] Miwa**
So it's probably coming back to him now...
**[11:42] Miwa**
The time when strength
was all that mattered to him.
**[11:46] Aichi**
Kai...
**[11:47] Misaki**
Knowing Kai, he should be okay.
**[11:51] Miwa**
What do you mean, Misaki?
**[11:53] Misaki**
Since Aichi's in no shape to fight now,
Kai was acting to protect him,
**[11:58] Misaki**
by making it sound like
Aichi's far below Ren's level.
**[12:01] Kamui**
You think so?
**[12:03] Misaki**
I can't be sure, but I doubt
that he was like this back then.
**[12:09] Miwa**
Misaki...
**[12:10] Aichi**
You're right. This is the Kai we know now.
**[12:16] Kamui**
Well, if you two are so sure,
then I guess I'll believe in him, too.
**[12:22] Miwa**
Kai...
**[12:24] Miwa**
There are people here
who feel that way about you now.
**[12:28] Miwa**
So I'll also have faith that
you're not the guy you used to be.
**[12:41] Ren**
I guess you'll have to be
the one to take the lead.
**[12:46] Kai**
Is it coming?
**[12:52] Ren**
Ride The Vanguard!
**[12:56] Ren**
The vanguard of darkness...
**[13:05] Ren**
Blaster Dark.
**[13:09] Aichi**
S-So that's Blaster Dark...
**[13:12] Aichi**
It really does look just like my Blaster Blade.
**[13:16] Kai**
Blaster Dark...
**[13:18] Ren**
Yes. The jet-black knight who
will lead you to the abyss of darkness.
**[13:23] Ren**
So...
**[13:25] Ren**
Now it begins.
**[13:31] Tetsu**
His PSYqualia is manifesting?
**[13:34] Aichi**
So this is...
**[13:35] Kai**
Ren...
**[13:37] Ren**
Here I come, Kai.
**[13:45] Ren**
Let's battle with everything we have.
**[13:59] Aichi**
So this is PSYqualia...
**[14:05] Ren**
I call.
**[14:09] Ren**
Denizens of the shadows,
our adversary lies before us.
**[14:15] Ren**
Attend me.
**[14:22] Tetsu**
Ren's Blaster Dark has a skill
that gives it an extra drive.
**[14:27] Tetsu**
How will he handle it?
**[14:30] Ren**
Subjugate him.
**[14:30] Units**
No problem!
**[14:33] Kai**
Guardians, protect me!
**[14:42] Kai**
Flame of Hope, Aermo!
**[14:52] Kai**
Embodiment of Spear, Tahr!
**[15:00] Ren**
Take this.
**[15:05] Ren**
Drive check.
**[15:11] Ren**
I can see... everything.
**[15:17] Kamui**
A critical trigger?!
**[15:19] Miwa**
I-Incredible!
**[15:20] Miwa**
He drew a trigger!
**[15:22] Miwa**
So that's PSYqualia!
**[15:24] Tetsu**
You're mistaken.
**[15:26] Tetsu**
Drawing triggers is not
the essence of PSYqualia.
**[15:30] Ren**
Blaster Burst.
**[15:39] Ren**
Now it's your turn.
**[15:42] Ren**
But I can see everything.
**[15:45] Ren**
Even the image of your defeat.
**[15:49] Kai**
The image, huh?
**[15:51] Kai**
Ren...
**[15:52] Kai**
Even though we're fighting together,
**[15:55] Kai**
we're looking at completely different things.
**[15:58] Kai**
It's just like we were back then.
**[16:01] Kai**
Even when we were together,
we were heading in different directions.
**[16:05] Kai**
I sought serious fights.
**[16:07] Kai**
All you wanted was victory.
**[16:10] Kai**
And that's how you came upon PSYqualia.
**[16:17] Kai**
Is that power real or fake?
You can use me as your benchmark!
**[16:23] Kai**
Ride The Vanguard!
**[16:36] Kai**
Dance, Flames of Apocalypse!
**[16:44] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord!
**[16:53] Miwa**
All right! Here it comes!
**[16:55] Kyou**
That's Toshiki Kai's Dragonic Overlord...
**[17:01] Ren**
I know. I'm counting on you.
**[17:07] Kai**
Imaginary Gift! Force!
**[17:12] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord gets +10,000 power!
**[17:15] Kai**
And then I call!
**[17:17] Kai**
Follow me!
**[17:18] Kai**
Lizard Soldier, Raopia
and Dragon Knight, Nehalem!
**[17:23] Units**
At your will!
**[17:25] Kai**
Burn the servants of darkness to ashes!
**[17:32] Kai**
Dragon Knight, Nehalem gets +5000 power.
**[17:35] Kai**
Furthermore, Lizard Soldier, Raopia's skill.
**[17:42] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord's skill!
**[17:44] Kai**
+10,000 power!
**[17:46] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord... Eternal Flame!
**[17:50] Arianrhod**
My Vanguard, allow us...
**[17:53] Ren**
Yeah.
**[17:54] Ren**
I'm counting on you.
**[18:07] Miwa**
There's no way he can
block that with just three units!
**[18:10] Miwa**
Ram 'im, Kai!
**[18:13] Kai**
Twin drive.
**[18:15] Kai**
First check.
**[18:17] Kai**
Second check!
**[18:22] Misaki**
No trigger!
**[18:24] Aichi**
Even with the Imaginary Gift bonus,
Kai's attack still got blocked!
**[18:29] Miwa**
He didn't just block it.
**[18:31] Aichi**
Huh?
**[18:32] Miwa**
Ren was so certain that Kai wouldn't
draw any triggers to raise his power...
**[18:38] Miwa**
...that he played the ideal hand,
without wasting any extra units.
**[18:44] Ren**
Looks like your Overlord's
power-up skill went to waste, too.
**[18:49] Kai**
Nehalem attacks your Vanguard!
**[18:52] Ren**
Yes, I know.
**[18:54] Ren**
I'll just take this one.
**[19:03] Ren**
Yes, there it is!
That's the expression I wanted to see.
**[19:11] Miwa**
He's got Kai on the ropes?!
**[19:13] Miwa**
I don't believe it!
**[19:16] Ren**
Now do you understand, Kai?
**[19:19] Ren**
You can't deny the future that
my units have whispered to me about.
**[19:24] Ren**
And now...
**[19:25] Ren**
...you see how magnificent my power is.
**[19:30] Kai**
My turn's over.
**[19:32] Ren**
Stand and draw.
**[19:38] Ren**
Let's go with you.
**[19:40] Ren**
Lurking deep within the shadow palace,
**[19:42] Ren**
one who rules those beyond the bounds of law...
**[19:47] Ren**
Ride The Vanguard.
**[20:30] Ren**
The Dark Dictator.
**[20:38] Aichi**
A dark Alfred!
**[20:45] Ren**
Imaginary Gift, Force.
**[20:51] Asaka**
That gives Ren's Dark Dictator +10,000 power.
**[21:21] Ren**
We're nearly there.
**[21:26] Aichi**
Kai...
**[23:10] Kyou**
Three months ago, your Kyou Yahagi
encountered something most dreadful.
**[23:15] Kyou**
Late one night at Team Asteroid headquarters,
I was nearly about to doze off...
**[23:19] Kyou**
When from far, far away...
**[23:20] Kyou**
...I could hear the most awful humming.
**[23:23] Kyou**
How very strange, I thought to myself.
**[23:25] Kyou**
Rubbing the sleep from my eyes,
I ventured toward the source of the noise...
**[23:29] Kyou**
Only to find...
**[23:30] Ren**
Find what?
**[23:31] Kyou**
R-R-Ren!
**[23:32] Ren**
Come on, tell me how it ends.
***SIGN*** Image 22
A Serious Fight
**[23:36] Kyou**
N-N-Nothing, it was nothing, really!