4 - Interview with the Vampire
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[00:24] ---
It appears the princess has left
the executive building in disguise.
[00:28] ---
Her destination is most likely
the residential block on the island
[00:30] ---
where the developers live.
[00:33] ---
Find her!
[00:36] ---
Geez…
[00:39] ---
Thank you, Mr. Mail Man!
Please deliver this letter!
[00:48] ---
Don’t be late! Please be quick!
[00:53] ---
Here’s how many days it will take!
[00:57] ---
One! Two!
[01:00] ---
Three! Four!
[01:04] ---
Five! Six! Seven!
[01:13] ---
You’re no good at this!
[01:15] ---
I’m unaccustomed to it, that’s all!
[01:17] ---
Just you watch! Next time I *will
*cross the ten-jump threshold!
[01:21] ---
Only ten?
[01:24] ---
Nonsense. “As many as” ten!
[01:33] ---
One! Two! Three!
[01:52] ---
Say, do you remember
[01:58] ---
that song that goes
perfect with the setting sun?
[02:03] ---
Even though you were always quiet
[02:09] ---
you always sadly sang it to yourself
[02:16] ---
but time has passed
[02:21] ---
and now it's a sepia-colored melody, oh
[02:28] ---
You'll never return again, oh friends
[02:34] ---
You seem even more distant than a stranger
[02:40] ---
You were always running, oh friends
[02:46] ---
How I love those eyes of yours
[03:12] ---
Ever since her first shocking appearance,
[03:14] ---
Princess Mina Tepeş has delivered
one-sided messages in all cases,
[03:18] ---
her sworn testimony before
parliament being the only exception.
[03:22] ---
However, she recently announced
that a joint press conference
[03:24] ---
will be held for worldwide media outlets.
[03:28] ---
As you instructed, all evidence
of the attack has been cleared away
[03:32] ---
and Nanami Shinonome is
being treated as an absentee.
[03:35] ---
Does Akira know of this?
[03:37] ---
Contact with the outside has been cut off.
[03:40] ---
Good.
[03:42] ---
Hey, Princess. Nelly said to bring you this.
[03:49] ---
Thank you, Akira.
[03:52] ---
You aren’t embarrassed today.
[03:54] ---
I’ve come to realize
that you’re just toying with me.
[03:59] ---
Yes. The establishment of this special zone
[04:02] ---
would be a most intriguing
and unprecedented event!
[04:06] ---
What about Princess Mina Tepeş,
the supposed vampire?
[04:11] ---
No comment at this time.
[04:13] ---
I’m sure all will be made clear
at the upcoming press conference.
[04:17] ---
Are you sure about
this press conference thing?
[04:20] ---
Oh? You’re concerned for my well-being?
[04:28] ---
I can’t stand the smell of that Shade Gel!
[04:32] ---
How heartless…
[04:34] ---
We are doing our utmost for security.
[04:37] ---
Press members coming onto the
island are being checked thoroughly;
[04:41] ---
all baggage and personal
effects are being inspected
[04:43] ---
and their bodies are being checked
for foreign objects and substances.
[04:47] ---
Naturally, we’re also seeing if
they’re human or not.
[04:54] ---
Yes?
[04:56] ---
Princess.
[04:58] ---
So you’re here, you old fox?
[05:01] ---
I thought you might show up now.
[05:12] ---
It’s been a long time, Juneau.
[05:15] ---
Hello, Princess.
[05:16] ---
I, Juneau Dermaille,
[05:18] ---
am exceedingly pleased to look
upon your beautiful visage again.
[05:23] ---
I see you still speak in
such a tongue-twisting manner.
[05:26] ---
So, what brings you all this way today?
[05:29] ---
Let us speak in privacy.
This discussion is not for your dogs to hear.
[05:34] ---
The Earth Clan is the line of knights
[05:36] ---
responsible for protecting the
royal family since times of yore.
[05:39] ---
Speaking of them in such
a manner is disrespectful!
[05:42] ---
Hmph! Would-be guard dogs and
a henchwoman of lowly blood!
[05:53] ---
Sir Wolf!
[05:57] ---
My soldiers shall protect the princess now.
[06:03] ---
You dogs are no longer needed.
[06:05] ---
Return to the forest from whence
you came and find a new master!
[06:13] ---
Who was that old man?!
[06:15] ---
Marquis Juneau Dermaille,
[06:17] ---
the head of a line of nobles
that serves the Tepeş royal family.
[06:22] ---
Forgive me, Sir Wolf.
[06:24] ---
Giving in to his provocations
was exactly what he wanted…
[06:28] ---
I assume the marquis rushed
here to secure his own interests
[06:33] ---
after judging that this bund
is too important to overlook.
[06:37] ---
If so, that puts us in
an advantageous position.
[06:40] ---
That’s true.
[06:42] ---
In which case, we need
only do what we must, Lady Vera.
[06:56] ---
That reminds me, have you and
Sir Wolf had a real discussion yet?
[07:00] ---
Nope. I’m told he’s my dad,
but it doesn’t ring a bell at all.
[07:10] ---
It’s surprising, though.
[07:12] ---
Come again?
[07:13] ---
Vampire society is
pretty complicated too.
[07:17] ---
The royal family’s authority is absolute.
[07:19] ---
As such, there are battles
for power that are as cruel as--
[07:22] ---
no, even crueler than
those in human society.
[07:27] ---
The princess ardently wishes to build here.
[07:30] ---
I will not allow *anyone
*to take advantage of that
[07:33] ---
or to prevent it from happening.
[07:36] ---
For that, I will do
anything it takes. Anything.
[07:41] ---
Can I ask you something?
[07:44] ---
Why are you that devoted?
[07:46] ---
Because the princess
is everything to me.
[07:49] ---
Now let me ask you, Akira.
[07:52] ---
Do you think you’re a servant worthy
of the princess’ expectations?
[08:00] ---
I made a promise to her, so…
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I don’t know if I’m worthy or not.
[08:06] ---
But… I intend to do
everything I can now.
[08:19] ---
They belong to Marquis Dermaille.
[08:22] ---
They’re already arriving, huh?
[08:28] ---
Wow. They’re coming out in droves…
[08:32] ---
This is still just the beginning.
[08:44] ---
There’s that many?
[08:52] ---
It was a vampire who attacked
the princess the other day, correct?
[08:58] ---
Yeah…
[09:02] ---
Normally, that would be
absolutely impermissible.
[09:07] ---
Because the princess’ authority is absolute?
[09:10] ---
It goes further back than that.
[09:16] ---
The royal family of darkness,
living here, at the far reaches of Asia…
[09:22] ---
It is unthinkable! Sniveling dogs!
[09:28] ---
My lord!
[09:30] ---
What?!
[09:36] ---
C4?! A bomb?!
[09:40] ---
What do you mean, further back?
[09:42] ---
For us, the princess’ death
would spell the death of the race.
[09:54] ---
It looks like the wind is picking up.
[10:11] ---
We’re at the Central Management
Center in Tokyo Landfill ♪0.
[10:15] ---
An unprecedented and historic
press conference is being held here today.
[10:21] ---
Just what will the young girl--
[10:23] ---
the owner of this island and
ruler of the vampires--tell us?!
[10:35] ---
I thank you for accepting
my invitation to come today.
[10:39] ---
I pledge to answer everything
to my fullest capacity.
[10:43] ---
Ask to your hearts’ content.
[10:46] ---
It’s begun.
[10:48] ---
This blunder of theirs is a disgrace!
[10:50] ---
Let’s go, Vera.
We need to clean up their mess.
[10:56] ---
It has been discovered that
one of the men I brought is missing.
[11:03] ---
Then you believe he stole the bomb?
[11:06] ---
Yes.
[11:07] ---
However, he was a rookie
recruited only shortly before our departure.
[11:12] ---
I am unfamiliar with his background.
[11:15] ---
So you don’t know who he is?
[11:18] ---
That is correct.
[11:20] ---
This announcement took me
completely by surprise.
[11:24] ---
If you had given me advance notice,
[11:26] ---
I would have had time to conduct
a more thorough screening.
[11:31] ---
A bomb has gone missing!
You can’t just gloss this over with words!
[11:34] ---
Be silent, wench!
[11:36] ---
Even you understand that even
though his background is unknown,
[11:39] ---
we do know it was a vampire who stole it!
[11:42] ---
Are you suggesting that
there is not even one vampire
[11:45] ---
who would want to harm the princess?!
[11:49] ---
At least the perpetrator
is a vampire we know!
[11:54] ---
You could even say that
fact makes it easier to protect her!
[11:58] ---
What nonsensical logic!
[11:59] ---
Enough.
[12:02] ---
The press conference will go as planned.
[12:05] ---
Dermaille, you will remain in charge of security.
[12:08] ---
As you wish.
[12:09] ---
Princess…
[12:15] ---
Damn, he’s got some guts.
[12:20] ---
So, what’s going on with the bomb?
[12:22] ---
We’re searching, but still no luck.
[12:25] ---
Most of the people aren’t on the island yet,
[12:28] ---
and there are plenty of places to hide…
[12:31] ---
But there’s no point in staying hidden.
[12:35] ---
Given the timing of the theft,
he definitely intends to use it.
[12:40] ---
Where could the bomb be?
[12:51] ---
It couldn’t be…
[12:52] ---
As representative for all companies
involved, this is my first question.
[12:57] ---
First, in concern to
establishing a special zone,
[12:59] ---
how did you get the Japanese government--
[13:04] ---
Uhh…?
[13:06] ---
My apologies. I had imagined the
first question would be something else.
[13:11] ---
Something more like,
“Are you really a vampire?”
[13:16] ---
I guess people half-believe
[13:18] ---
after what happened on
that Scales of Astraea show.
[13:22] ---
Actually, if I had to guess,
I’d say there are more non-believers here.
[13:28] ---
But I guess that’s to be expected.
[13:31] ---
I take it what you people want to know
[13:34] ---
is how a little girl from a foreign
land plans to negotiate with Japan
[13:39] ---
to obtain this bund?
[13:45] ---
Yes, that’s the biggest question of all!
[13:47] ---
What scheme has she pulled?!
[13:50] ---
Bund?
[13:50] ---
a coastal area of Shanghai.
[13:54] ---
The answer to that is obvious.
[13:56] ---
Money.
[13:59] ---
The previous administrations’
failed economic policies
[14:01] ---
have raised the budget deficit
to one quadrillion yen.
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We are prepared to assume that full amount
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as soon as the special zone is approved.
[14:09] ---
For the past several years,
Japan’s economy has been on the rise.
[14:14] ---
Were you aware that we transferred
many corporations under our control
[14:19] ---
into this country prior to this upswing,
[14:21] ---
or that we were responsible for
many large-scale public works projects,
[14:25] ---
including Reclamation Zone ♪0?
[14:28] ---
It was all to pave the way.
[14:30] ---
We needed to make sure our
neighboring nation grew stronger, you see.
[14:37] ---
Thus, if by some chance
the special zone is not approved,
[14:40] ---
I will withdraw all of these
corporations from your country.
[14:43] ---
That’s blackmail!
[14:45] ---
What reason is there to give
to someone who won’t give back?
[14:49] ---
We did not come to
this land simply out of charity.
[14:53] ---
Allow me to describe
again the requirements we ask
[14:56] ---
of the Japanese government
and its dear citizens.
[15:00] ---
I currently have ownership
of Reclamation Zone ♪0,
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as well as land and building rights,
[15:06] ---
but we wish for this land
to be officially recognized
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as leased territory belonging to us.
[15:11] ---
Of course, there is no term limit
to that lease, and we will of course
[15:14] ---
have the right to self-government
and a police authority.
[15:18] ---
Yes. It will be a settlement.
[15:21] ---
Like Hong Kong and Shanghai once were.
[15:23] ---
Land that exists in a
country but is a separate nation.
[15:26] ---
An ephemeral city born from a
chaotic mixture of different cultures.
[15:30] ---
That is my wish. A kingdom of
vampires, by vampires, for vampires!
[15:37] ---
A vampire bund!
[15:42] ---
What do you want at a time like this?!
[15:44] ---
Old man!
[15:45] ---
Old m--? Who is this?!
[15:47] ---
Just listen! Did you check
the members of the press?!
[15:51] ---
Of course we did!
[15:53] ---
We scrutinized not only their bodies,
but all of their equipment as well!
[15:57] ---
What about if they were human?!
[15:59] ---
Did you make sure there weren’t
vampires among them?!
[16:03] ---
Of course not!
Why would that be necessary?!
[16:09] ---
Akira! What’s going on?!
[16:11] ---
I smelled it! One of the
reporters is wearing Shade Gel!
[16:17] ---
But everyone we inspected coming
onto the island was human!
[16:20] ---
They changed!
[16:21] ---
You don’t mean…!
[16:22] ---
That’s right!
[16:24] ---
One of the members of the press
was human when they came to the island
[16:28] ---
and became a vampire afterward!
[16:30] ---
But why?!
[16:31] ---
There’s a way that vampires--
[16:33] ---
no, a way that *only
*vampires can hide a bomb!
[16:41] ---
Lady Vera.
[16:42] ---
A large amount of blood was
just found in a press lodging facility,
[16:46] ---
along with some internal organs
that appear to have been removed.
[16:51] ---
Who is it?!
[16:52] ---
CNN newscaster Nicole Edelman.
[16:55] ---
So how exactly are you able to pay off
[16:57] ---
this astronomical number
of one quadrillion yen?!
[17:02] ---
We have been amassing an unparalleled fortune
[17:05] ---
since the times in which your ancestors
were working with stone tools.
[17:10] ---
Splurging on something like
this is nothing at all.
[17:15] ---
So you’re back to that subject, huh?
[17:17] ---
This is all based on the
premise that you’re a vampire!
[17:23] ---
So the discussion has
finally reached this point…
[17:25] ---
But now I’m at a loss. I have no
way to prove that I am a vampire.
[17:31] ---
You don’t honestly expect me
to expose myself to sunlight right here
[17:34] ---
or drive a stake into my heart, do you?
[17:38] ---
Or shall I suck the blood
of someone here for all to see?
[17:45] ---
You want me to suck your blood?
[17:50] ---
Assuming you really
are the ruler of the vampires.
[17:54] ---
You make me laugh!
[17:57] ---
There’s no need for me to suck your blood.
[18:17] ---
Vera!
[18:21] ---
Rip her open!
[18:23] ---
There’s… no time!
[18:39] ---
It’s already been activated!
[18:41] ---
Akira! Disarm it!
[18:42] ---
Huh?!
[18:43] ---
Young Beowulf soldiers are
taught how to dispose of bombs!
[18:48] ---
I don’t remember any of that!
[18:50] ---
What?!
[18:53] ---
P-Princess! You must seek shelter!
[18:56] ---
Remain calm, fools!
[19:00] ---
Wolf. Do you hear me?
[19:02] ---
Yes.
[19:03] ---
Use it.
[19:04] ---
As you wish. Akira! Elevator ♪3!
[19:08] ---
The elevator car has been stopped!
Throw the bomb down the shaft!
[19:13] ---
It’ll be fine down there! Do it!
[19:19] ---
Open the doors!
[19:37] ---
It… exploded, right?
[19:39] ---
Vera. What’s down there?
[19:42] ---
You’ll find out sooner or later.
[19:46] ---
Is that enough proof for
you that vampires exist, reporters?
[19:52] ---
What you have seen, what you have heard…
[19:55] ---
spread it throughout the world!
[19:58] ---
This is our world. We live in darkness,
and blood and death rule all.
[20:03] ---
But worry not.
[20:06] ---
As long as you are good neighbors,
we will never be a threat to you.
[20:13] ---
As long as you remain good neighbors.
[20:17] ---
That is all I have to say.
Return to your world.
[20:25] ---
Prime Minister!
[20:25] ---
The bipartisan coalition has just submitted
[20:28] ---
the Special Zone Establishment Bill!
[20:33] ---
Are you sure about that old Dermaille guy?
[20:37] ---
Shouldn’t you have fired him or demoted him?
[20:40] ---
He’s a small fry.
[20:42] ---
He hasn’t the mettle to kill me
and end the history of vampires.
[20:46] ---
That, you can believe.
[20:48] ---
But this means Juneau
can no longer disparage you.
[20:52] ---
Keep up the good work.
[20:54] ---
Wait, you purposely--?!
[20:57] ---
I was so happy that you fought for me
[21:01] ---
without regard for your own well-being.
[21:04] ---
That is the Akira Kaburagi
I know so well!
[21:10] ---
So Dermaille wasn’t the
only one being tested, huh?
[21:14] ---
You’re still trying to figure me
out, too. So we’re even.
[21:24] ---
I understand you less and less as time goes on.
[21:30] ---
On one hand, you’ll blackmail an entire nation,
[21:34] ---
while on the other hand you’ll
pout because you can’t jump rope.
[21:38] ---
You… saw?!
[21:39] ---
Even the whole “as many as ten times” thing.
[21:42] ---
I-I only played that game because
those children insisted upon it!
[21:49] ---
But you looked nice, Princess.
[21:54] ---
Seeing you playing with human
children… it was almost like…
[21:58] ---
They aren’t human.
[22:02] ---
They’re “Fangless.” People
who have removed their fangs
[22:06] ---
and rejected the act
of sucking others’ blood.
[22:10] ---
There are many of them among
those working hard to establish the bund.
[22:16] ---
They’ve become vampires,
but don’t want to lose their humanity.
[22:21] ---
Because of how they live,
they’ve been persecuted
[22:24] ---
by humans and vampires alike
and forced to wander aimlessly.
[22:29] ---
But once the bund is established,
[22:31] ---
their peace of mind
will never be hindered again.
[22:36] ---
Is that why you’re building the bund?
[22:39] ---
If only it were…
[22:43] ---
On this day, vampires
became known to the world.
[22:47] ---
Some had shrugged it all off as an
incident in a far-off corner of the Orient.
[22:51] ---
Others scoffed, claiming it was
fiction created by a variety TV show.
[22:58] ---
But they were now forced to
believe in the existence of vampires.
[23:02] ---
Little did I--or Akira--know then
[23:05] ---
that the ripples caused by that quiet shock
[23:09] ---
had silently and steadily closed in on us…
[23:27] ---
As I doze in the darkness, black shadows
[23:32] ---
dig their nails into soft skin
[23:38] ---
Drunk from pleasure, the ignorant ones rush
[23:49] ---
Sweet, unrestrained impulses
[23:55] ---
The pointlessness only incites them even more
[24:00] ---
Now dress up with the cloth that
swallows all the light of the night
[24:05] ---
and dance
[24:12] ---
Clumsy nails touch a heart about to break
[24:17] ---
and creep to the top of the throat
[24:23] ---
A world that needs protecting
and a purity I want to protect...
[24:29] ---
I'll bear the momentary pain
[24:34] ---
and then fall fettered again
[24:47] ---
Advice
[24:48] ---
Dance with the Vampire Maids!
[24:50] ---
Part 4!
[24:51] ---
What’s troubling you?
[24:52] ---
Well, I guess I have amnesia;
I don’t even recognize my dad.
[24:57] ---
Mm-hmm.
[24:57] ---
I’m not sure I can go on like this.
[24:59] ---
Everyone else has such strong personalities.
[25:01] ---
It’s okay!
[25:02] ---
You’re a “catcher”!
You definitely have catcher qualities!
[25:05] ---
Your amnesia’s just part
of your character anyway!
[25:07] ---
Actually, it’s a plus!
You should drag it out as long as you can!
[25:09] ---
Take care! Next patient!
[25:11] ---
Our coworker won’t work seriously…
[25:13] ---
What do we do?
[25:14] ---
Oh, that’s a real problem!
[25:16] ---
Continued in Episode 5
[25:16] ---
We’re talking about you!
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