# E38 - The Real Opponent
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**[00:08] Shin**
Master...
**[00:16] Rive**
Vanguard really is fun.
**[00:20] Rive**
With just one unit,
you became a powerhouse.
**[00:24] Rive**
Imagination can rewrite reality.
**[00:28] Shin**
So tell me what the true objective is, Master.
**[00:33] Rive**
Let's go see Ryuzu.
**[00:35] Rive**
I'll have him explain.
**[00:44] Chrono**
Pop!
**[00:47] Shin**
Esuka...?
**[00:50] Ryuzu**
It appears you're just in time
for the start of the experiment.
**[01:05] Ryuzu**
If the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
the world will know that the planet Cray exists!
**[01:13] Ryuzu**
So let's make our imaginations reality!
**[01:16] Shin**
Wait, Master! Tatsuya!
**[02:55] Ryuzu**
Our true objective?
**[02:59] Shin**
Yes, that's right!
**[03:01] Rive**
Sorry. I promised to tell him
if I lost to him in a fight.
**[03:05] Chrono**
Pop, you lost again?
**[03:07] Rive**
Don't rub it in!
**[03:10] Ryuzu**
In that case, very well.
**[03:13] Ryuzu**
You would've found out eventually,
so I'll tell you everything.
**[03:16] Yuki**
Director, do you intend to leak
our secrets to an outsider?
**[03:21] Ryuzu**
Outsider? Shinemon is no outsider.
**[03:25] Yuki**
What do you mean?
**[03:27] Ryuzu**
Shinemon Nitta...
**[03:29] Ryuzu**
I'm hiring you as a temporary
employee for one night only!
**[03:36] Rive**
What are you doing?!
**[03:38] Ryuzu**
Shinemon, you're going to
assist me with tonight's experiment.
**[03:46] Shin**
Assist you?
***SIGN*** Remind 24 The Real Opponent
**[03:56] Shin**
Me? Help you with the experiment?
**[04:00] Ryuzu**
Correct! Together, we will
open the portal to the planet Cray!
**[04:09] Shin**
What are you doing?!
**[04:11] Esuka**
It's obvious! There's no sense
in sticking around here!
**[04:15] Esuka**
You've got the Asia Circuit finals!
**[04:21] Ryuzu**
We require his talent, Esuka.
**[04:27] Ryuzu**
If you're leaving, you leave alone.
**[04:30] Esuka**
And if I said I'm taking Shinemon Nitta
with me, by whatever means necessary?
**[04:34] Ryuzu**
I would respond in kind,
if reluctantly, by fair means or foul.
**[04:39] Chrono**
Are those two fighting?
**[04:41] Rive**
Well, I guess you could say that.
**[04:43] Rive**
I disagree with you, Ryuzu.
**[04:46] Rive**
Shinemon should go to the finals.
**[04:48] Rive**
I can do the experiment.
**[04:50] Ryuzu**
Oh, I'm afraid that wouldn't work.
**[04:53] Ryuzu**
You see, Rive...
**[04:55] Ryuzu**
Shinemon's Imaginary Score
is higher than yours.
**[05:01] Ryuzu**
We need him to ensure the experiment
has the best chance of succeeding.
**[05:05] Tatsuya**
What do you say, Shinemon?
**[05:07] Tatsuya**
The finals or the experiment,
which do you choose?
**[05:10] Shin**
W-Well...
**[05:12] Esuka**
You don't have to answer.
**[05:15] Esuka**
Fight me, Ryuzu Myoujin!
**[05:17] Esuka**
If I win, I'm taking Shinemon out of here!
**[05:21] Ryuzu**
But if I win, Shinemon stays.
Will you agree to this?
**[05:36] Butler**
"When you see a crescent moon
at the end of the twilight sky..."
**[05:44] Butler**
What's this?
**[05:50] Chrono**
Huh?
**[05:51] Chrono**
Shinemon doesn't look very happy...
**[05:54] Rive**
I know, but let's not bother him.
**[05:58] Rive**
Shinemon has a lot on his mind right now.
**[06:01] Esuka**
I'm well aware of that!
**[06:03] Esuka**
But if he participates in this experiment,
**[06:06] Esuka**
he'll be forced to continue
cooperating from here on out.
**[06:09] Esuka**
By fair means or foul...
**[06:11] Esuka**
That's just the kind of person
Ryuzu Myoujin is, right?
**[06:15] Rive**
I can't argue.
**[06:16] Esuka**
That's why I'm going to fight.
**[06:18] Esuka**
Nobody has the right to steal
another person's future.
**[06:22] Rive**
Can you win?
**[06:24] Rive**
Ryuzu is strong.
**[06:27] Chrono**
Shinemon, who do you want to win?
**[06:30] Rive**
I'm rooting for Esuka.
**[06:33] Shin**
I...
**[06:35] Tatsuya**
They're starting.
**[06:37] Shin**
I...
**[06:40] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:44] Esuka**
I ride!
**[06:46] Esuka**
Jet-ink Fox!
**[06:48] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[06:51] Ryuzu**
Chrono Tigar!
**[06:53] Esuka**
Stand and draw!
**[06:55] Esuka**
I ride!
**[06:59] Esuka**
Prober of Black Jet, Cecile!
**[07:02] Esuka**
With its skill, I draw a card!
**[07:04] Ryuzu**
My turn. Stand and draw.
**[07:08] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[07:12] Ryuzu**
Chronotooth Tigar!
**[07:14] Ryuzu**
Wedgemove Dragon!
**[07:15] Ryuzu**
Here I come!
**[07:18] Esuka**
No guard.
**[07:19] Ryuzu**
Drive check.
**[07:21] Ryuzu**
Critical trigger.
**[07:23] Ryuzu**
I give the power to Wedgemove Dragon,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[07:32] Chrono**
That old lady has 2 damage!
**[07:34] Rive**
Keep your voice down, please.
**[07:38] Ryuzu**
Wedgemove Dragon!
**[07:40] Esuka**
Triangle Cobra!
**[07:45] Esuka**
I ride!
**[07:50] Esuka**
Scientist of Black Sheen, Mathilda!
**[07:53] Esuka**
I'll tell you something: Mathilda has--
**[07:55] Ryuzu**
The "Lottery" skill, in which
varying effects are set into motion
**[08:00] Ryuzu**
depending on whether the card you flip over
from your deck is a normal one or a trigger.
**[08:07] Esuka**
You've done your homework.
**[08:09] Esuka**
Then without further ado...
**[08:13] Esuka**
Ah well, it's not a trigger, but that's fine.
**[08:17] Esuka**
Come here, Binoculus Tiger!
**[08:20] Esuka**
Silver Wolf!
**[08:22] Esuka**
Binoculus! Hammer of Intelligence!
**[08:26] Esuka**
Binoculus Tiger's skill activates!
**[08:34] Ryuzu**
Steam Bomber, Digul!
**[08:39] Esuka**
Now I'm up!
**[08:42] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[08:43] Esuka**
Drive check.
**[08:45] Esuka**
Critical trigger.
**[08:47] Esuka**
I give the power to Silver Wolf,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[08:55] Chrono**
Now the director has 2 damage, too!
**[08:58] Esuka**
Silver Wolf attacks Chronotooth!
**[09:01] Ryuzu**
Again, no guard.
**[09:06] Shin**
That makes 3 damage.
**[09:09] Ryuzu**
Oh, yes... Shinemon.
**[09:12] Ryuzu**
I still haven't told you
what our true objective is, have I?
**[09:18] Rive**
He's trying to win Shinemon over!
**[09:23] Ryuzu**
Shinemon, we created this lab
**[09:27] Ryuzu**
in order to investigate the meteorite
that caused the explosion at Yumigatake.
**[09:34] Ryuzu**
But that's just our cover story.
**[09:38] Ryuzu**
The cause of the explosion
wasn't a meteorite crash!
**[09:43] Ryuzu**
It was something from beyond time and space...
**[09:47] Shin**
A unit from the planet Cray...
**[09:55] Ryuzu**
Our investigation revealed that the space-time
fluctuations in this area are extremely high.
**[10:01] Ryuzu**
Do you understand?
Do you know what that means?
**[10:06] Ryuzu**
Correct. There is a possibility that
the same tragedy will happen again...
**[10:12] Ryuzu**
...in the near future!
**[10:14] Shin**
What?!
**[10:16] Ryuzu**
However, if we can create a connection
between Earth and the planet Cray,
**[10:22] Ryuzu**
and summon units before that occurs,
**[10:25] Ryuzu**
we'll be able to avoid the massive damage
from another catastrophic Yumigatake event.
**[10:33] Ryuzu**
That's why we need the power of imagination
produced by Vanguard fighters,
**[10:38] Ryuzu**
or as we call it, Imaginary Score!
**[10:41] Esuka**
And how do you intend to use
the units that you summon?
**[10:46] Ryuzu**
Have you forgotten what he said?
**[10:49] Tatsuya**
There would be no more
unhappy people in our society.
**[10:57] Ryuzu**
Science on the planet Cray
is much more advanced than it is here.
**[11:02] Ryuzu**
They have even taken what
we would call magic or sorcery,
**[11:06] Ryuzu**
and systematized it for practical use!
**[11:10] Ryuzu**
If the skills that units possess
can manifest in our world,
**[11:14] Ryuzu**
sorrow will become obsolete!
**[11:18] Esuka**
Wait a moment!
**[11:19] Esuka**
That sounds so good, there must be a catch.
**[11:22] Esuka**
Aren't there any risks? Is there zero danger?
**[11:25] Ryuzu**
Tonight's experiment will establish a
foothold in resolving such disadvantages.
**[11:32] Ryuzu**
You wish to win the Asia Circuit,
and then reach the pinnacle of the world.
**[11:44] Ryuzu**
But if the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
**[11:48] Ryuzu**
the world itself will
undergo revolutionary changes.
**[11:55] Ryuzu**
Vanguard is a wonderful tool
for changing the world!
**[11:59] Shin**
A tool?
**[12:01] Ryuzu**
So instead of aiming for
the top of a mere gaming world,
**[12:04] Ryuzu**
join us in order to change the *real* world!
**[12:09] Shin**
"Mere"...
**[12:12] Esuka**
What are you droning on about?!
**[12:15] Esuka**
Let's get back to the fight!
**[12:17] Esuka**
I won't let you have his future!
**[12:34] Ryuzu**
Chronotooth's skill activates!
**[12:37] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[12:41] Ryuzu**
Chronobite Tiger!
**[12:43] Ryuzu**
Wedgemove Dragon, Chronobite Tiger, come here!
**[12:48] Ryuzu**
Chronobite's skill activates!
**[12:50] Ryuzu**
An extra critical, and for no cost,
Chronotooth's skill activates.
**[12:56] Ryuzu**
I draw one card.
**[12:57] Ryuzu**
By resting Chronotooth, I can superior call!
**[13:01] Ryuzu**
Chronobite attacks Mathilda!
**[13:03] Esuka**
No guard!
**[13:05] Ryuzu**
Drive check!
**[13:07] Ryuzu**
Heal trigger!
**[13:09] Ryuzu**
I give the power to my other Chronobite!
**[13:14] Shin**
3 damage...
**[13:16] Shin**
Hang in there, Esuka!
**[13:18] Esuka**
That's "Ms." to you! "Ms. Esuka"!
**[13:23] Rive**
Shinemon, you seriously...
**[13:25] Chrono**
You seriously...
**[13:28] Ryuzu**
Go!
**[13:30] Esuka**
Dictionary Goat, protect me!
**[13:36] Esuka**
Learn well, with wisdom and knowledge,
the truth of all creation!
**[13:43] Esuka**
I ride!
**[13:54] Esuka**
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
**[14:01] Esuka**
Shinemon Nitta's life
doesn't end with the Asia Circuit!
**[14:05] Esuka**
His future is limitless!
**[14:08] Shin**
Esuka...
**[14:09] Esuka**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[14:15] Esuka**
Isabelle's skill!
**[14:17] Esuka**
This time, I got a trigger!
**[14:19] Esuka**
I add to my hand... and also...
**[14:22] Esuka**
I move Silver Wolf.
**[14:24] Esuka**
Come to me, Geograph Giant!
**[14:27] Esuka**
You join us as well, Monoculus Tiger!
**[14:30] Esuka**
Learn just how powerless you are!
**[14:36] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[14:37] Esuka**
Twin drive!
**[14:39] Esuka**
First check!
**[14:41] Esuka**
Critical trigger.
**[14:42] Esuka**
I give the power to Binoculus,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[14:46] Esuka**
Second check.
**[14:48] Esuka**
Front trigger.
**[14:49] Esuka**
All of the front row units get +10,000 power!
**[14:54] Shin**
All right!
**[14:54] Rive**
Now Ryuzu has 4 damage!
**[14:58] Esuka**
Binoculus, teach Chronobite how strong you are!
**[15:03] Ryuzu**
Steam Doctor, Mar-tash guards!
**[15:07] Esuka**
Geograph Giant! Smite Chronobite
with the Fist of Knowledge!
**[15:12] Ryuzu**
Steam Guard, Kastilia!
**[15:16] Ryuzu**
Perfect guard!
**[15:19] Esuka**
Boosted by Silver Wolf, Monoculus Tiger
attacks your rear-guard Chronobite!
**[15:26] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[15:33] Ryuzu**
Chronobite's skill activates!
**[15:35] Ryuzu**
I draw one card and discard
one card from my hand!
**[15:38] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[15:43] Ryuzu**
Chronofang Tiger!
**[15:46] Ryuzu**
She has four 15,000 shield cards.
**[15:52] Ryuzu**
So then...
**[15:53] Ryuzu**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[15:59] Ryuzu**
Chronofang Tiger's skill activates!
**[16:02] Ryuzu**
O soaring tiger of the sky!
**[16:05] Ryuzu**
Praise the workings of time...
**[16:08] Ryuzu**
...and let out a roar of bravery!
**[16:12] Ryuzu**
I superior ride Chronotiger Rebellion!
**[16:21] Esuka**
Superior riding a grade 4?!
**[16:26] Ryuzu**
Chronofang's skill activates.
**[16:30] Ryuzu**
I give Rebellion an extra critical and drive.
**[16:34] Rive**
Oh no!
**[16:35] Shin**
Ryuzu has no cards in his hand!
**[16:38] Ryuzu**
I attack Isabelle!
**[16:42] Ryuzu**
Rebellion's skill activates!
**[16:44] Ryuzu**
I retire Binoculus and Geograph!
**[16:48] Ryuzu**
Then I give +10,000 power
to Wedgemove and Rebellion!
**[16:53] Ryuzu**
Furthermore, the shields of all of
my opponent's guardians have -5000 power!
**[16:59] Esuka**
Triple drive or not, there's no guarantee
he'll draw two critical triggers!
**[17:05] Esuka**
I'm guarding here!
**[17:14] Shin**
Esuka's guard is at 57,000!
**[17:17] Rive**
Ryuzu attacked with 43,000.
**[17:20] Tatsuya**
If the director draws two triggers, he'll win.
**[17:25] Ryuzu**
Triple drive.
**[17:27] Ryuzu**
First check.
**[17:29] Shin**
Whew!
**[17:32] Ryuzu**
Second check!
**[17:33] Ryuzu**
Heal trigger!
**[17:35] Ryuzu**
I give the power to Rebellion!
**[17:37] Ryuzu**
That makes the power 53,000!
**[17:40] Ryuzu**
Third check!
**[17:47] Esuka**
No way...
**[17:48] Shin**
A critical trigger!
**[17:50] Rive**
Rebellion's power is 63,000!
**[18:00] Esuka**
First check!
**[18:02] Rive**
No trigger!
**[18:04] Esuka**
Second check!
**[18:11] Esuka**
Third check!
**[18:34] Ryuzu**
It seems Shinemon will be participating in
the unit summoning experiment after all.
**[18:41] Ryuzu**
Would you see yourself out, Esuka?
**[18:46] Shin**
Wait, Esuka!
**[18:48] Shin**
I'm not staying here!
**[18:52] Ryuzu**
What?!
**[18:52] Shin**
I'm leaving with her!
**[18:55] Shin**
And then I'm gonna play
in the Asia Circuit finals!
**[18:58] Esuka**
Shinemon!
**[18:59] Ryuzu**
What are you talking about?!
You said you wanted to meet the units!
**[19:03] Shin**
That's true. And I still want
to meet the units face to face.
**[19:07] Shin**
But then you said:
**[19:09] Ryuzu**
Vanguard is a wonderful tool
for changing the world!
**[19:13] Shin**
A tool?
**[19:15] Ryuzu**
So instead of aiming for
the top of a mere gaming world,
**[19:19] Ryuzu**
join us in order to change the *real* world!
**[19:23] Shin**
"Mere"...
**[19:27] Shin**
You're wrong!
**[19:28] Shin**
Vanguard isn't just some tool!
**[19:31] Shin**
I don't think it's just a game, either!
**[19:34] Shin**
And that's my reason for leaving!
**[19:37] Ryuzu**
Then you force my hand.
**[19:40] Ryuzu**
I will do whatever it takes
to keep you with me!
**[19:45] Esuka**
So will I.
**[19:49] Butler**
Understood.
**[19:51] Butler**
Ms. Esuka bought me
enough time to get everything ready.
**[19:58] Butler**
And so... Click.
**[20:02] Esuka**
Now!
**[20:03] Shin**
Right!
**[20:04] Rive**
This way!
**[20:09] Rive**
Nuts...
**[20:12] Butler**
Leave it to me.
**[20:18] Butler**
Now! This way!
**[20:21] Rive**
All right! Around the back!
**[20:24] Esuka**
Why don't you go to the finals, too?
**[20:27] Rive**
There's something I have to do here.
**[20:30] Esuka**
Oh?
**[20:32] Shin**
Esuka!
**[20:34] Shin**
How do I put this? Um...
**[20:38] Shin**
Thanks a lot!
**[20:42] Butler**
Ms. Esuka, a change of clothing.
**[20:52] Mark**
This is just like the Siege of Takamatsu,
**[20:56] Mark**
after Oda Nobunaga's forces, led by
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, flooded the castle.
**[21:01] Mark**
As in that situation,
I have been left to fight alone.
**[21:04] Mark**
Since Shinemon and Rive aren't here,
I'm the only one who can be counted on.
**[21:10] Mark**
But I'm sure Shinemon will come!
**[21:13] Mark**
Onward!
**[21:15] Mark**
Verily, it is time to take the field!
**[21:22] Shin**
Ryuzu!
**[21:24] Yuki**
You're going to participate in the
unit summoning experiment, Shinemon.
**[21:28] Yuki**
That is the director's will.
**[21:31] Ryuzu**
Correct. I will fight you tonight,
Shinemon, and through that,
**[21:35] Ryuzu**
the portal to the planet Cray will be opened.
**[21:39] Tatsuya**
Wait.
**[21:40] Tatsuya**
Let's revise part of that plan,
**[21:43] Tatsuya**
given that *I* was originally meant
**[21:45] Tatsuya**
to be Shinemon's real opponent for
tonight's unit summoning experiment...
**[21:55] Ryuzu**
What are you saying?!
**[21:56] Shin**
Hey, what are you talking about?!
**[21:59] Shin**
Hey!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Ryuzu's Chronotooth Tigar!
***SIGN*** Chronotooth Tigar
**[23:54] Narrator**
If Tigar is the Vanguard,
**[23:55] Narrator**
you can draw one card at the
beginning of the ride phase.
**[23:58] Narrator**
And when you discard a unit from
your hand during your turn,
**[24:02] Narrator**
you can call it to your
rear-guard circle instead!
**[24:05] Narrator**
Try combining its skills with
Chronofang Tiger and Rebellion!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Mark**
Oh! Please, introduce yourself!
**[24:18] Butler**
I am Rentarou Hitsujida, the butler.
**[24:20] Mark**
Should I call you Mr. Shitsujida?
**[24:22] Butler**
No, I'm Hitsujida. But "Hitsuji" means sheep,
so you could call me "Butler Sheep."
**[24:26] Mark**
They say that when you can't sleep,
you should try counting sheep.
**[24:30] Mark**
It's because enunciating "sheep" serves to
steady your breathing, making you drowsy.
**[24:34] Mark**
But saying it in Japanese,
as "hitsuji", has no effect at all.
**[24:37] Butler**
To that, a sheep might say,
"Mehhhh, I'm impressed."
***SIGN*** Remind 25
The Night at Yumigatake
**[24:41] Mark**
Isn't "mehhhh" what a goat would say?