# 11 - The Transcendence of the Ego
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***SIGN*** March 29 15:28
**[00:14] Kyosuke**
You didn't want your son to
hear me say any more, did you?
**[00:21] Mina**
If you keep spouting nonsense,
**[00:24] Mina**
I'll shut your mouth forever.
**[00:37] Kyosuke**
Dear me, how scary.
**[00:40] Kyosuke**
Are you actually trying to kill me?
**[00:49] Kyosuke**
Well, that's fine. The same goes for me!
**[00:57] Kyosuke**
You know, my left eye...
**[00:59] Kyosuke**
It was Victor who sliced it up.
**[01:02] Kyosuke**
I'm quite a wimp, after all.
**[01:05] Kyosuke**
Ever since then, I've thought of
nothing but how I could get revenge.
**[01:10] Kyosuke**
Then, one day...
**[01:11] Kyosuke**
I had a great idea!
**[02:46] Kyosuke**
I had a great idea!
**[02:51] Kyosuke**
All I had to do was kill his wife!
**[02:56] Mina**
Child's play!
**[02:58] Mina**
You're fast, but that's all.
**[03:00] Mina**
You have no technique!
**[03:03] Kyosuke**
What?
**[03:04] Mina**
Speed Up!
**[03:17] Mina**
Our little game is over.
**[03:20] Mina**
Just let that Horologue you can
no longer control eat you.
**[03:23] Kyosuke**
Oh, I'm done for...
**[03:27] Kyosuke**
Just kidding!
**[03:31] Mina**
Why?!
**[03:32] Kyosuke**
Why? Come on, now.
**[03:35] Kyosuke**
I had no idea you were such a naïve girl.
**[03:40] Kyosuke**
Did you honestly think I'd wear the real
ring where it could be seen so easily?
**[03:45] Kyosuke**
I've kept it hidden, of course!
**[03:51] Mina**
Well, that's fine, then.
**[03:53] Mina**
I just need to defeat the Horologue itself.
**[03:56] Mina**
I'll cook you up after that!
**[04:10] Mina**
I can't... move...
**[04:13] Kyosuke**
Ah, I see it's finally kicked in.
**[04:21] Kyosuke**
I have no technique, do I?
**[04:23] Kyosuke**
You only say that because you don't
understand how a Horologue ought to be used.
**[04:28] Mina**
How it ought... to be used?
**[04:31] Kyosuke**
A Horologue's staple diet is time.
**[04:33] Kyosuke**
Time includes memories,
experiences, and abilities.
**[04:38] Kyosuke**
When a Horologue eats time,
it also gains those things.
**[04:44] Kyosuke**
And this one's name is Fudoku.
**[04:47] Kyosuke**
Wolf's bane, scorpions, frogs,
tarantulas, cobras...
**[04:53] Kyosuke**
It's eaten all manner of toxic organisms.
**[04:57] Kyosuke**
You get the rest, right?
**[05:00] Kyosuke**
When you shielded your beloved son,
**[05:02] Kyosuke**
neurotoxins invaded your body.
**[05:06] Kyosuke**
Oh, but don't worry.
**[05:09] Kyosuke**
The effects of that poison only
lasts one to two hours at most.
**[05:12] Kyosuke**
Oh, but there are some things I'd like to
test out on you in the meantime.
**[05:20] Kyosuke**
Where should we start?
**[05:24] Blaze**
I am the Sixth Chronos Ruler, Blaze!
**[05:28] Blaze**
An old geezer like you is no match for me,
**[05:31] Blaze**
but I know fate when I see it.
**[05:33] Blaze**
Speed Up!
**[05:47] Blaze**
You're kidding me.
**[05:49] Blaze**
A little old man like you blocked my attack?
**[05:53] Blaze**
How?
**[05:55] Blaze**
A Horologue? An Oath of Time?
**[05:58] Blaze**
There's no way you did that on your own!
**[06:00] Raiko**
My existence, down to the last drop
of my blood, belongs to His Majesty.
**[06:05] Blaze**
Huh?
**[06:06] Blaze**
Everyone keeps talking about "His Majesty."
Who the hell is that?
**[06:10] Raiko**
His Majesty gave me a new body,
**[06:14] Raiko**
and from him I received a new life.
**[06:17] Blaze**
Life?
**[06:19] Raiko**
Therefore, His Majesty's orders...
**[06:23] Raiko**
are absolute, even if they cost me my life!
**[06:29] Blaze**
Wh-What the hell?!
**[06:32] Blaze**
You fused with a Horologue?
**[06:35] Blaze**
What kind of psycho are you?!
**[06:38] Raiko**
When I was very young,
**[06:40] Raiko**
disease caused my muscles to atrophy,
and my parents abandoned me.
**[07:01] Raiko**
It was His Majesty who took me in.
**[07:07] Raiko**
By transplanting a Horologue into my flesh,
**[07:09] Raiko**
I gained a new body.
**[07:12] Raiko**
His Majesty is both a father and
a god to me, and that is why...
**[07:17] Raiko**
I will not allow anyone to
stand in His Majesty's way!
**[07:28] Blaze**
That's such a great story.
You've really had it rough, old man.
**[07:33] Blaze**
And this "His Majesty" must
be a great guy, too.
**[07:37] Raiko**
You understand the compassion
of His Majesty?
**[07:40] Blaze**
Of course I do!
**[07:41] Blaze**
But old man, there's someone
who's important to me, too!
**[07:45] Blaze**
And to protect my kid brother, Kiri...
**[07:47] Blaze**
In the name of evil, I will defeat you!
**[07:51] Raiko**
The strength of your will is admirable!
**[07:53] Raiko**
I will face you, young one!
**[07:59] Raiko**
His Majesty has granted me the
agility of a monkey-type Horologue,
**[08:03] Raiko**
as well as great strength.
**[08:07] Blaze**
A monkey, huh?
**[08:09] Blaze**
If you're a monkey, then I'm
the incarnation of a dragon.
**[08:13] Blaze**
You know what that means?
**[08:14] Blaze**
I'm a hell of a lot stronger than you!
**[08:17] [SONG] Text**
Speed Up
**[08:18] Raiko**
A mere sparrow cannot soar with eagles!
**[08:35] Blaze**
Damn, old man.
**[08:37] Blaze**
You're tougher than I thought.
**[08:39] Blaze**
Now I don't mind showing you how
much power my fist really packs!
**[09:02] Raiko**
The wisdom of my martial arts and
the peerless might of the Horologue
**[09:06] Raiko**
come together in me to complete
the ultimate fighting force!
**[09:20] Kyosuke**
Now...
**[09:21] Kyosuke**
This one has poison that kills by bleeding
all the blood out of your body,
**[09:26] Kyosuke**
and this one has poison that kills by shock
resulting from the illusion of pain.
**[09:32] Kyosuke**
And this one...
**[09:34] Kyosuke**
has a slightly more gentle poison
that puts you in dreamland forever.
**[09:39] Kyosuke**
Which of the three poisons would you like,
**[09:43] Kyosuke**
mademoiselle?
**[09:45] Mina**
I think you mean four poisons.
**[09:47] Mina**
You left out the one where I
bite you and you die from poison.
**[09:53] Kyosuke**
Playing tough, eh, little Nana?
**[09:55] Kyosuke**
Then, out of respect to your courage...
**[09:58] Kyosuke**
I'll try them all on you!
**[10:06] Mina**
My poison is finally taking effect.
**[10:12] Kyosuke**
What... just happened?
**[10:15] Kyosuke**
Why did they disappear?
**[10:18] Mina**
I just told you.
**[10:19] Mina**
It was poison.
**[10:21] Kyosuke**
Did you say... poison?
**[10:25] Kyosuke**
How... did you...
**[10:28] Mina**
The blood of Chronos has the
power to purify Horologues.
**[10:33] Kyosuke**
What...
**[10:34] Mina**
You didn't know, did you?
**[10:36] Mina**
From the moment your Horologue wounded me,
**[10:39] Mina**
my blood was already starting to work.
**[10:42] Mina**
My blood purifies Horologues
**[10:44] Mina**
and, naturally, detoxifies
any poisons they possess.
**[10:49] Mina**
Fight poison with poison...
**[10:51] Mina**
An appropriate idiom for you.
**[10:54] Kyosuke**
Purifying power? That can't be...
**[10:57] Kyosuke**
Just what are you—
**[11:02] Mina**
What? Sorry, I can't hear you.
**[11:06] Mina**
I've created a vacuum around you!
**[11:09] Mina**
If you'd kept your mouth shut,
you could've lived a little longer.
**[11:13] Mina**
But now that you know too much,
I need you to go away...
**[11:19] Mina**
Forever.
**[11:32] Raiko**
What's the matter, boy? Out of moves?
**[11:35] Blaze**
*Damn, damn! I can't just go down like this!*
**[11:39] Blaze**
* Come up with something, me!*
* You've gotta do this, me!*
**[11:43] Raiko**
Young one, do you still intend to fight?
**[11:48] Blaze**
This isn't enough!
**[11:50] Blaze**
I'm the world's top villain, you know!
**[11:54] Raiko**
You certainly do have guts!
**[11:57] Raiko**
But when I can see your attacks coming,
no degree of speed can—
**[12:03] Raiko**
Is this... gunpowder?
**[12:06] Raiko**
It's maintaining a gradual burn!
**[12:08] Blaze**
Finally figured it out, huh?
**[12:11] Blaze**
Too late!
**[12:14] Blaze**
Lightning Fire Bomb!
**[12:16] Raiko**
*He Slowed Down countless burning sparks*
**[12:19] Raiko**
*and dispersed them all around me?!*
**[12:22] Raiko**
*I can't dodge this many of them!*
**[12:25] Raiko**
*And although each individual one is small,*
**[12:27] Raiko**
* the effect of this many*
* of them together is...*
**[12:33] Raiko**
*...immense!*
**[12:57] Blaze**
Old man... I've won.
**[13:01] Raiko**
I am shamed...
**[13:04] Raiko**
Your Majesty, I am truly sorry...
**[13:09] Raiko**
My debt to you... to my father...
I could not...
**[13:15] Blaze**
The father who raised you...
**[13:17] Blaze**
A debt to your family...
**[13:21] Blaze**
But, sorry to say,
**[13:25] Blaze**
I'm fighting for something like that, too.
**[13:34] Aiks**
So pathetic, you could cry?
**[13:37] Aiks**
Why, then, do you wish to protect Victor?
**[13:43] Aiks**
I truly cannot understand humans.
**[13:46] Kiri**
I'll tell you.
**[13:48] Aiks**
Being impossible to understand
is what makes humans human!
**[13:53] Kiri**
Slow Down.
**[13:57] Kiri**
True Rain of a Thousand Camps!
***SIGN*** Speed Up
**[14:10] Kiri**
What?!
**[14:19] Kiri**
It ate my technique itself?!
**[14:21] Aiks**
Oh-ho...
**[14:23] Aiks**
I'd like to know more about you, too.
**[14:25] Aiks**
By all means.
**[14:27] Victor**
Kiri, he separates himself from
the Horologues to eat time!
**[14:31] Victor**
Be careful!
**[14:32] Kiri**
I can see that easily.
**[14:34] Kiri**
Victor, you just stay there.
**[14:38] Aiks**
Eternal Eaters!
***SIGN*** Eternal Eaters
**[14:56] Kiri**
They really do eat everything.
**[14:58] Aiks**
This is no more than play.
**[15:00] Aiks**
Do you wish to keep going?
**[15:02] Kiri**
Of course I do.
**[15:04] Kiri**
I don't intend to stop
until I've defeated you!
**[15:08] Aiks**
My goodness. I just don't understand.
**[15:15] Aiks**
I will observe this strange thing
at my leisure after eating it.
**[15:20] Victor**
Kiri!
**[15:25] Kiri**
I'd rather you didn't just decide
where I'm going on your own.
**[15:29] Kiri**
Release Slow Down!
**[15:32] Kiri**
*It's still not working?*
**[15:45] Aiks**
Am I correct in thinking you've resolved
to stop resisting and let me eat you?
**[15:50] Kiri**
If you want to know, find out for yourself.
**[15:53] Aiks**
Interesting. I will gladly do just that!
**[16:10] Aiks**
You aren't using your sword?
**[16:14] Kiri**
I Sped Up the evaporation
of water in the earth
**[16:17] Kiri**
and turned it into many blades.
**[16:20] Kiri**
I didn't expect it to take down a Horologue.
**[16:23] Kiri**
But even if you are capable
of healing yourself,
**[16:26] Kiri**
it has to consume energy.
**[16:28] Kiri**
I just need to finish you
before you can heal yourself.
**[16:31] Kiri**
It's over.
**[16:35] Kiri**
What you're feeling now is an
emotion humans call "fear."
**[16:53] Victor**
Was that healing?
**[16:55] Kiri**
No. He ate his own time,
**[16:57] Kiri**
reverting to the state he was
in before I damaged him!
**[17:01] Victor**
* We've never met a Horologue with*
* that kind of power before!*
**[17:05] Aiks**
Only very few Horologues can heal themselves
by eating part of their own bodies.
**[17:11] Aiks**
I feel a bit ill, but this
instantly returns me to normal.
**[17:16] Aiks**
It's quite wonderful!
**[17:20] Kiri**
*Still, I can't give up now!*
**[17:25] Victor**
Kiri!
**[17:30] Aiks**
Haven't you had enough?
Just let it eat you now.
**[17:45] Victor**
Kiri!
**[17:46] Aiks**
Even injury does not deter you
from fighting your enemy.
**[17:50] Aiks**
Truly, I am surprised.
**[17:53] Aiks**
But...
**[17:54] Aiks**
I believe you have no moves left to try.
**[18:03] Aiks**
Ah, yes...
**[18:05] Aiks**
That expression!
**[18:07] Aiks**
I have done so much experimentation
and observation
**[18:10] Aiks**
in order to understand human emotions.
**[18:14] Aiks**
Humans smile when they are suffering,
**[18:17] Aiks**
grieve when someone they hate leaves them,
**[18:21] Aiks**
and sometimes, they even say
things they don't mean.
**[18:25] Aiks**
And you...
**[18:27] Aiks**
continue to attack me when
you have no chance of winning.
**[18:30] Aiks**
You even injured yourself,
**[18:32] Aiks**
when if you had stopped resisting,
you would never have felt that pain.
**[18:37] Aiks**
The more I observe them, the less
I understand human emotions.
**[18:41] Aiks**
I can't make logical sense of it at all.
**[18:45] Aiks**
But there's one thing I am certain of.
**[18:48] Aiks**
In the many thousands of
experiments I've conducted,
**[18:51] Aiks**
whenever humans have sensed
approaching death,
**[18:55] Aiks**
they always made that expression.
**[19:00] Aiks**
That... is "fear"!
**[19:04] Aiks**
Scared, aren't you?
**[19:05] Aiks**
As well you should be.
**[19:08] Aiks**
The one human emotion I
do understand is fear...
**[19:14] Aiks**
And that, for me, is the
most precious asset of all!
**[19:21] Victor**
Kiri!
**[19:40] Alex**
Aiks brought our family back together.
We owe him everything.
**[19:45] Alex**
Victor, were you always so ungrateful?
**[19:50] Victor**
Dad...
**[19:54] Victor**
You're wrong, Dad! Kiri is in danger!
**[19:58] Victor**
I have to help him!
**[19:59] KidVic**
Then what about us?
**[20:07] KidVic**
If you kill Aiks, we'll disappear forever.
**[20:10] KidVic**
Is that what you want?
**[20:17] KidVic**
Even after becoming an adult,
**[20:19] KidVic**
you're still as selfish as ever.
**[20:44] Victor**
*Get it together!*
**[20:46] Victor**
*Mom and Dad are already dead!*
**[20:48] Victor**
* I can't save Kiri if I*
* stay trapped in the past!*
***SIGN*** I'm Very Proud
***SIGN*** That Vic Has Grown
***SIGN*** To Be Such an
***SIGN*** Independent Boy
**[21:11] Victor**
I...
**[21:16] Victor**
I am
**[21:18] Victor**
a victor!
**[21:25] Victor**
I won't borrow strength from anyone else.
**[21:27] Victor**
I'll claim victory with my own strength.
**[21:30] Victor**
I am the absolute victor!
**[21:32] Victor**
Just as my mother wished, I will fight
**[21:34] Victor**
and win!
**[21:36] Victor**
Ace Shot!
**[21:36] [SONG] Text**
Speed Up
**[21:41] Eve**
Time to say goodbye, Vic.
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