# Season 1
# E1 - The Reincarnation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZNQ95/the-reincarnation)
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**[00:48] Commander**
Send the wounded to the sorcerers!
Everyone else, fall back!
**[00:54] Commander**
The main subjugation unit is here!
**[00:57] Commander**
And *he's* with them!
**[01:01] Soldier 3**
The church's secret weapon, a mighty
veteran of many brushes with death...
**[01:13] Soldier 3**
The Calamity Crusher.
**[01:23] Soldier 3**
Shagrua Edith Lugrid.
**[01:42] Priest 1**
This labyrinth is still growing.
**[01:46] Priest 1**
That mad corpse called the dead to it
**[01:49] Priest 1**
until they finally spilled over
into the outside world.
**[01:52] Priest 1**
It's the work of that peerless necromancer,
**[01:54] Priest 1**
the Corpse God!
**[03:13] Commander**
Oh, God.
**[03:51] Priest 2**
What mighty sorcery!
**[03:53] Priest 2**
Unless we crush him here,
corpses will consume the world.
**[03:57] Priest 2**
Yet...
**[03:59] Priest 2**
can even Sir Shagrua, the Calamity Crusher, vanquish such a fiend?
**[04:05] Recuria**
Have no fear.
**[04:31] Recuria**
Sir Shagrua will not fail.
**[04:33] Recuria**
He would never succumb to death.
**[04:46] Spirit of the dead (M)**
It's your fault I died.
**[04:51] Spirit of the dead (M)**
It's your fault we all died.
**[04:54] Spirit of the dead (M)**
Why do you, alone, still live?
**[05:06] Spirit of the dead (M) 2**
Die, like we did.
**[05:08] Spirit of the dead (M) 3**
Die. Suffer.
**[05:09] Spirit of the dead (M) 4**
Squirm. Weep.
**[05:10] Spirit of the dead (M) 5**
Cry. Wail.
**[05:38] Shagrua**
I can see
**[05:39] Shagrua**
all the souls you've sacrificed!
**[05:43] Corpse God**
So, you have the Evil Eye.
**[05:45] Priest 2**
The Evil Eye?
**[05:46] Priest 1**
He was born with the power to see shades.
**[05:49] Priest 1**
He can see the ghosts of every
bandit and monster he's killed—
**[05:53] Priest 1**
maybe even the birds and the bugs.
**[05:56] Priest 1**
Most bearers of the Evil Eye flee to the
bosom of the church for their whole lives
**[06:01] Priest 1**
or take joy in toying with those ghosts and
become necromancers like the Corpse God.
**[06:27] Priest 1**
Yet Sir Shagrua still chose to fight
for us on the field of battle.
**[06:56] Shagrua**
So that's...
**[06:59] Shagrua**
your true form!
**[07:02] Shagrua**
To guard that trifling thing, you...
**[07:04] Corpse God**
To me, all lives are but playthings.
**[07:07] Shagrua**
Do you think you're a god,
like the Grim Reaper?!
**[07:10] Corpse God**
Gods do not play games.
**[07:12] Corpse God**
Not like you and I do, with our Evil Eyes.
**[07:16] Corpse God**
Do you not delight
**[07:19] Corpse God**
in the resentful wails from the
souls of those you've killed?
**[07:27] Shagrua**
I'm not like you!
**[07:29] Shagrua**
You should have died long ago, monster!
**[07:32] Corpse God**
As you and I strive, indiscriminately,
to kill one another,
**[07:40] Corpse God**
we play at being the Grim Reaper,
building our piles of corpses.
**[07:45] Corpse God**
But "play" is all it is.
**[07:48] Shagrua**
*What are these sigils?*
**[07:50] Shagrua**
*I don't recognize this spell!*
**[07:52] Corpse God**
Let us finish this.
**[07:55] Corpse God**
My game with you ends here.
**[07:58] Shagrua**
Think again!
**[08:01] Shagrua**
As long as you exist,
**[08:03] Shagrua**
this land
**[08:05] Shagrua**
and its children
**[08:07] Shagrua**
have no future!
**[08:09] Recuria**
I'll support you!
**[08:32] Recuria**
Sir Shagrua!
**[08:44] Polka**
*My memory... is hazy.*
**[08:48] Polka**
*Oh, that's right. That spell then...*
**[08:53] Polka**
*Did it activate?*
**[09:00] Polka**
*Where am I?*
**[09:08] Polka**
*I can move.*
**[09:11] Polka**
*But why do I have these frail arms?*
**[09:19] Polka**
*I have difficulty speaking.*
**[09:24] Polka**
*Both the walls and floor seem strange.*
**[10:00] Polka**
*What* is *this city?!*
**[10:13] Takumi**
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[10:15] Takumi**
Wait! Hold on!
**[10:18] Takumi**
Is this for real?!
**[10:20] Takumi**
Have I finally lost it?
***SIGN*** Contacts
**[10:27] Takumi**
It's me. Cancel the retrieval.
**[10:30] Takumi**
His body's not in the alley anymore.
**[10:33] Takumi**
I mean, he's still alive.
**[10:35] Retriever Captain**
* What do you mean?*
* Did the hit fail or something?*
**[10:38] Takumi**
No, I confirmed the kill.
**[10:41] Takumi**
Anyway, just stand by.
**[10:44] Takumi**
How the hell
**[10:46] Takumi**
is he walking around like
normal with a slit throat?
**[10:50] Polka**
*I don't understand it.*
**[10:53] Polka**
*I've never seen such architecture.*
**[10:56] Polka**
*Nor such writing.*
**[11:00] Polka**
* Is that a projection spell?*
* But I sense no magic at work.*
***SIGN*** Ryouma Kannagi
***SIGN*** Brand-New Rendezvous
**[11:07] Polka**
*Where in the world am I?*
***SIGN*** Shinjuku Station
***SIGN*** Shinjuku Station
**[11:14] Polka**
*Still, just look at these people.*
**[11:18] Polka**
* The children look healthy.*
* They smile with delight.*
**[11:23] Polka**
*This must be a peaceful land.*
**[11:32] Polka**
*What will become of that country?*
**[11:36] Polka**
* I don't know if I can ever return,*
* but I hope it at least has a future.*
**[11:42] Cop 1**
Rkphfr zr. Qb lbh unir n zbzrag?
**[11:46] Cop 1**
Jr tbg n ercbeg bs n fgenatr-ybbxvat obl.
Jbhyq lbh zvaq rkcynvaing yourself?
**[11:52] Cop 2**
Qb lbh haqrefgnaq jung we're saying?
**[11:55] Cop 2**
Are you alone? Jbhyq lbh
gryy hf where you came from?
**[11:56] Polka**
*What? I don't speak his language.*
**[11:58] Polka**
*No, I understand parts of it.*
**[12:02] Polka**
* Am I pulling linguistic information*
* from this body's brain?*
**[12:06] Cop 2**
That blood on your shirt's
not a design, is it?
**[12:10] Cop 1**
Are you okay? Can you say your own name?
**[12:15] Polka**
Y-Yes.
**[12:17] Polka**
So, this is... "Japanese."
**[12:21] Polka**
This body's name is... Polka Shinoyama.
**[12:26] Cop 2**
Think he's some foreign tourist's kid?
**[12:28] Cop 1**
Hey!
**[12:29] Cop 1**
You've got a serious neck injury!
**[12:31] Cop 1**
It looks like the bleeding has stopped,
**[12:33] Cop 1**
but you need immediate medical—
**[12:40] Misaki**
Thank goodness! You're all right.
**[12:43] Polka**
Who are you?
**[12:45] Misaki**
The cops are a pain, huh?
**[12:47] Misaki**
First off, let's scram!
**[12:48] Polka**
Huh? Wai—
**[12:49] Cop 2**
Hey! Stop right there!
**[12:53] Iwanome**
Hm?
**[12:54] Arase**
Do you think something's up, Iwa-san?
**[12:55] Cop 2**
Hold it!
**[12:58] Iwanome**
Anything can happen here
in Shinjuku. Right, Arase?
**[13:04] Arase**
You've got a point.
**[13:07] Iwanome**
Now, let's head back.
**[13:09] Arase**
Sure.
**[13:23] Misaki**
Looks like we made a clean getaway!
**[13:25] Misaki**
Hey, so, do you remember me?
**[13:28] Misaki**
I'm Misaki Sakimiya. That's Ayimikas
Ikasim if you read it backwards!
**[13:33] Polka**
Why would you *want* to read it backwards?
**[13:39] Polka**
* Memories of this woman are*
* coming to me, little by little.*
**[13:45] Polka**
*Oh, she's smiling.*
**[13:47] Polka**
*She must know this body's owner.*
**[13:56] Polka**
Um... What are you doing?
**[13:58] Misaki**
Giving you a physical.
**[14:00] Polka**
What's a physical?
**[14:05] Polka**
Whoa!
**[14:08] Misaki**
Okay, you're warm,
**[14:10] Misaki**
and you've got feet.
**[14:11] Misaki**
Don't worry! You're not a ghost!
**[14:15] Misaki**
You're alive and kicking! Isn't that great?!
**[14:19] Polka**
Um... Thank you?
**[14:21] Misaki**
Oh, don't thank me!
**[14:25] Polka**
No, I owe y—
**[14:26] Misaki**
I mean, I'm about to...
**[14:33] Misaki**
kill you again.
**[14:37] Polka**
Excuse me?
**[14:38] Misaki**
Hey, I jammed this through
your throat earlier,
**[14:43] Misaki**
so how come you're still alive?
**[14:48] Polka**
*Things couldn't be worse!*
**[14:52] Polka**
*This woman...*
**[14:55] Polka**
*is this body's killer!*
**[15:01] Takumi**
Polka Shinoyama, huh?
**[15:04] Takumi**
Only 16 years old and someone
paid for a hit on him.
**[15:08] Takumi**
What the hell is Misaki's client thinking?
**[15:13] Takumi**
Well, you'd better stay dead this time.
**[15:16] Takumi**
Otherwise, us retrievers don't get paid.
**[15:24] Polka**
* It's hopeless. Just running*
* away takes all my strength.*
**[15:27] Polka**
* But what is this land?!*
* I can hardly sense the spirits!*
**[15:33] Polka**
* There are so few magical*
* elements in the air!*
**[15:35] Polka**
* And this body has almost*
* no magic to speak of!*
**[15:38] Polka**
*I can't even cure a fresh wound like this!*
**[15:41] Polka**
*What should I do?*
**[15:44] Polka**
*I barely understand why this is happening.*
**[15:49] Polka**
* Yet if I sustain one fatal*
* wound, I'll die for—*
**[15:52] Misaki**
Hi there!
**[15:54] Misaki**
Time's up on this game of tag.
**[16:04] Misaki**
Oh, wow!
**[16:06] Misaki**
No one's ever dodged that well before!
**[16:09] Misaki**
I think... I might be a little turned on!
**[16:21] Polka**
*I can react, but this body can't keep up.*
**[16:26] Polka**
*This is no laughing matter.*
**[16:28] Polka**
* Clues to the world I've longed*
* for are right before my eyes!*
**[16:43] Polka**
*Back then, I failed to grasp it.*
**[16:48] Polka**
After coming this far...
**[16:51] Polka**
I can't just let go!
**[16:58] Misaki**
Wow.
**[17:01] Misaki**
Incredible.
**[17:03] Misaki**
I've killed plenty of gangsters and hit men,
**[17:07] Misaki**
but I've never felt intimidated before.
**[17:10] Misaki**
I might fall for you if I'm not careful!
**[17:30] Polka**
What is this place?
**[17:31] Misaki**
This building's famous in my line of work.
**[17:38] Misaki**
They say the yakuza used it as
a big-time execution ground.
**[17:43] Misaki**
It's just incredible how
you can dissolve people!
**[17:46] Misaki**
Isn't science great?!
**[17:48] Misaki**
And guess what!
**[17:50] Misaki**
Rumor has it ghosts and
gangsters haunt this place,
**[17:54] Misaki**
so people steer clear of it.
**[17:57] Misaki**
The yakuza's one thing, but ghosts? Wow!
**[18:00] Misaki**
Isn't the occult great?!
**[18:04] Polka**
Yes, I believe you're right.
**[18:08] Polka**
Even with this body's eyes,
I can see them clearly.
**[18:14] Polka**
Perhaps those who used this place were
too careless with the lives of others.
**[18:20] Polka**
* I see. Since I can still*
* see ghosts with this body,*
**[18:25] Polka**
*then, as I thought,*
**[18:27] Polka**
* the Evil Eye is a power of the*
* soul, not the eyes and brain.*
**[18:31] Misaki**
What's that you said?
**[18:33] Misaki**
Are you one of those people who
goes on and on about respecting life?
**[18:36] Polka**
I suppose.
**[18:38] Polka**
You ought to treat lives
with greater care as well.
**[18:42] Misaki**
You said it!
**[18:43] Misaki**
A human life outweighs the Earth!
Twenty-one grams, right?
**[18:48] Misaki**
So this time, I'll get every last gram.
**[18:52] Misaki**
I'll be ever so careful...
**[18:58] Misaki**
when I kill you!
**[19:01] Polka**
Don't handle a life so lightly.
**[19:05] Polka**
All lives...
**[19:13] Polka**
are *my* playthings.
**[19:22] Polka**
Do not waste them.
**[19:30] Takumi**
Huh?
**[19:32] Recuria**
Is something wrong?
**[19:34] Shagrua**
No, but I don't feel certain
that my job is done.
**[19:38] Recuria**
What do you mean?
**[19:41] Recuria**
You've done your title of
Calamity Crusher proud,
**[19:45] Recuria**
Sir Shagrua.
**[19:48] Shagrua**
In that last moment,
when my sword struck him,
**[19:51] Shagrua**
I know his spell took effect.
**[19:55] Shagrua**
It seemed reminiscent of teleportation magic.
**[20:00] Shagrua**
I could see his soul with my Evil Eye,
but it vanished all too quickly.
**[20:07] Shagrua**
Did I truly succeed in slaying
that necromancer, the Corpse God?
**[20:13] Recuria**
The church observation unit
sent a report earlier.
**[20:16] Recuria**
All traces of the Corpse God's soul
have vanished from this world.
**[20:22] Recuria**
You saved the world, Sir Shagrua.
**[20:27] Shagrua**
I certainly hope so.
**[20:31] Polka**
Ah. The fog has lifted from my mind.
**[20:35] Polka**
Magic fills me.
**[20:38] Polka**
At last, I can think clearly.
**[20:42] Polka**
Misaki-chan, right?
**[20:44] Polka**
I don't know why you tried to
kill this body—Polka Shinoyama.
**[20:50] Polka**
But I do owe you my thanks after all.
**[20:55] Polka**
Thank you...
**[20:57] Polka**
for bringing me to a place
so full of magical power.
**[21:02] Polka**
Here, I may be able to obtain...
**[21:06] Polka**
a peaceful life.
**[21:09] Polka**
You're right. The time
for playing tag is over.
**[21:13] Polka**
I'm through with running.
**[21:15] Polka**
From now on, we'll play at being the
Grim Reaper—a game of killing.
**[22:56] Polka**
Now, let us continue,
**[23:01] Polka**
my charming assassin!
**[23:06] Polka**
You can't pretend to be asleep forever.
**[23:31] Polka**
*She's... dead?!*
# E2 - The New World
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4JDQ5/the-new-world)
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**[00:01] [SONG] Text**
I desired peace
**[00:03] Corpse God**
* Those born with the Evil Eye, able to see*
* shades, cannot hope for a peaceful life.*
**[00:11] Corpse God**
* After my parents sold me*
* to the court sorcerers,*
**[00:14] Corpse God**
*I strode the battlefield as a necromancer.*
**[00:20] Corpse God**
* Until the empire fell, in fact.*
* Though all that time...*
**[00:25] Corpse God**
*I always, always...*
**[00:31] Corpse God**
*wished to live quietly.*
**[00:34] Corpse God**
*I desired peace.*
**[00:49] Corpse God**
*I didn't care if it was false*
**[00:53] Corpse God**
*or if I was playing make-believe.*
**[00:56] Corpse God**
* I simply longed for the peaceful*
* life I could only dimly recall.*
**[01:06] Corpse God**
*Peace.*
**[01:08] Corpse God**
*I wanted peace.*
**[01:16] Corpse God**
*That was all. And yet...*
**[01:20] (Flashback) Priest**
They are defiled.
**[01:22] (Flashback) Priest**
Annihilate their souls!
**[01:24] (Flashback) Priest**
Let not the necromancer
enslave their spirits!
**[01:28] (Flashback) Cult troops**
Save them! Save them!
**[01:31] (Flashback) Cult troops**
Save these impure children!
**[01:42] Corpse God**
* The more I sought it,*
* the more distant it became.*
**[01:46] Corpse God**
*I initiated my vengeance then and there,*
**[01:49] Corpse God**
*played out over the course of a century.*
**[01:52] (Flashback) Cult soldier**
We were wrong! Please, save us!
**[01:56] (Flashback) Cult troops**
Save us! Save us!
**[01:59] (Flashback) Cult troops**
Save our miserable souls!
**[02:02] (Flashback) Cult troops**
Please, just kill us already!
**[02:06] Corpse God**
* Soon, my abandoned coal mine was*
* a labyrinth crawling with corpses.*
**[02:11] Corpse God**
* Perhaps the soldiers' screams and*
* my dark magic attracted them.*
**[02:18] Corpse God**
*Even so, I desired peace.*
**[02:23] Corpse God**
*So I waited for decades, then centuries.*
**[02:28] Corpse God**
* I could no longer die a*
* natural death, so I awaited*
**[02:31] Corpse God**
*the coming of one who could slay me.*
**[02:34] Corpse God**
*And my secret art of reincarnation succeeded.*
**[02:39] Polka**
* That's why I can't let myself die here,*
* when I don't even know what's happening!*
**[02:48] Polka**
She went down so easily?
It was just one stab through the gut!
**[02:52] Polka**
Doesn't she have a healing potion?!
Or an item imbued with curative spells?!
**[02:59] Polka**
This is awful.
**[03:00] Polka**
I killed her before I could
even ask what continent I'm on.
**[03:06] Polka**
No, ensuring my safety comes first.
**[03:10] Polka**
I can't even prove I was defending
myself from an assassin.
**[03:14] Polka**
I can't lead a peaceful life if I'm
on the run from the city watch!
**[03:19] Polka**
Wait!
**[03:21] Polka**
I said, "Now, let us continue," to a *corpse*!
**[05:02] Takumi**
Argh!
**[05:05] Takumi**
Has my brain seriously blown a fuse?
**[05:10] Clarissa**
*Hello.*
**[05:11] Clarissa**
* I'm surprised you're taking so long.*
* Did you run into more trouble?*
**[05:15] Takumi**
Hey, Clarissa.
**[05:17] Takumi**
Forget trouble,
this is a total system crash.
**[05:20] Takumi**
*I'll send you the video file now.*
**[05:22] Clarissa**
Video of what?
**[05:23] Takumi**
Watch it, and you tell me.
**[05:27] Takumi**
Have I gone nuts, or has Shinjuku?
**[05:34] (Flashback) Mother**
Misaki?
**[05:36] (Flashback) Mother**
Misaki?
**[05:42] (Flashback) Father**
Misaki's so cute.
**[05:44] (Flashback) Mother**
She sure smiles a lot, doesn't she?
**[05:47] (Flashback) Father**
There's nothing wrong with smiling.
**[05:49] (Flashback) Mother**
I'm sure your smile will make people happy.
**[05:53] (Flashback) Mother**
Find your happiness with everyone...
**[05:57] (Flashback) Mother**
Mi... sa... ki.
**[06:10] (Flashback) Misaki**
Hey, remember me?
**[06:13] (Flashback) Jinba**
Y-You're Zaki!
**[06:16] (Flashback) Jinba**
Zaki the Killer Killer!
**[06:18] (Flashback) Misaki**
Hm... Right answer,
**[06:21] (Flashback) Misaki**
but not quite the one I'm looking for!
**[06:24] (Flashback) Jinba**
Damn it! You may be Clarissa's pet,
but you can't get away with—
**[06:28] Misaki**
Clarissa hired me for this.
**[06:31] (Flashback) Misaki**
She said you've done too much killing
on the side lately, so you need to go!
**[06:36] (Flashback) Misaki**
You looked like you just *loved*
killing people when I saw you.
**[06:41] (Flashback) Misaki**
How about now?
**[06:42] (Flashback) Misaki**
Are you happy getting killed by me?
**[06:45] (Flashback) Misaki**
I wonder if I look as happy
now as you did back then.
**[06:51] (Flashback) Jinba**
Don't tell me... you're Sakimiya's...?
**[06:54] (Flashback) Jinba**
I-Is this about revenge?!
**[06:57] (Flashback) Jinba**
Or do you think you're some kind of hero,
only going after hit men and yakuza?!
**[07:02] (Flashback) Jinba**
Because you're dead wrong!
**[07:04] (Flashback) Misaki**
No way! It's nothing like that!
**[07:07] (Flashback) Misaki**
You see, watching you made me wonder:
**[07:09] (Flashback) Misaki**
Is killing people really that fun?
**[07:14] (Flashback) Misaki**
I kill killers because it seems like fun.
**[07:18] (Flashback) Misaki**
It's as simple as that.
**[07:22] (Flashback) Misaki**
But now that you mention it,
I've never checked
**[07:27] (Flashback) Misaki**
if I can kill good people, too.
**[07:32] (Flashback) Misaki**
Are you a good person?
**[07:34] (Flashback) Jinba**
Y-Yeah, I'm—
**[07:45] (Flashback) Misaki**
As if.
**[07:49] (Flashback) Retriever 1**
That must be her. Assassin Zaki.
**[07:52] (Flashback) Retriever 2**
I hear she's a psycho who kills with a smile.
**[07:55] (Flashback) Retriever 3**
What's Clarissa-san see in a brat like her?
***SIGN*** Polka Shinoyama
**[07:59] Clarissa**
You want this job?
**[08:01] (Flashback) Clarissa**
But he's not a killer.
He's just a normal kid.
**[08:04] (Flashback) Misaki**
I know. It's fine.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Misaki**
I already achieved my goal in life,
so I want to find out
**[08:11] (Flashback) Misaki**
just how messed up I really am.
**[08:21] (Flashback) Misaki**
I killed him, no problem!
**[08:24] (Flashback) Misaki**
I kind of figured
**[08:26] (Flashback) Misaki**
I could kill good people
just as easily as bad ones!
**[08:35] (Flashback) Misaki**
Welp, I guess someone like
me's better off dead, huh?
**[08:39] (Flashback) Misaki**
Having me around won't make *anybody* happy.
**[08:42] (Flashback) Misaki**
Not bad people or good people
or Clarissa or Kurupon or Hagane-chan.
**[08:47] (Flashback) Misaki**
Probably not even me!
**[08:52] (Flashback) Misaki**
And the only thing I haven't
tried yet is killing *myself*.
**[09:06] (Flashback) Misaki**
Hello?
**[09:07] (Flashback) Takumi**
*It's me, Kuruya.*
**[09:09] (Flashback) Misaki**
What's up, Kurupon?
**[09:11] (Flashback) Misaki**
I was just getting to the climax of my life.
**[09:14] (Flashback) Takumi**
*Yeah, I saw.*
**[09:17] (Flashback) Misaki**
Oh, hey there.
**[09:18] (Flashback) Takumi**
*Die if you want, but finish your job first.*
**[09:22] (Flashback) Misaki**
Huh?
**[09:23] (Flashback) Takumi**
*The kid whose throat you just slit is
walking around like nothing happened.*
**[09:28] (Flashback) Misaki**
Huh?! Wait, for real?!
**[09:30] (Flashback) Misaki**
You mean I *couldn't* kill him?!
**[09:33] (Flashback) Takumi**
*Looks like it. You've still got a job to do.*
**[09:38] Misaki**
*Wait... what's going on?*
**[09:42] Misaki**
* Didn't I just have that*
* conversation with Kurupon?*
**[09:47] Misaki**
* Oh, I get it. That was my*
* life flashing before my eyes.*
**[09:54] Polka**
Good, you're awake.
**[09:57] Polka**
It worked.
**[10:00] Misaki**
Huh?!
**[10:01] Misaki**
How?! Didn't I get skewered
through the tummy?!
**[10:06] Misaki**
I, um... died, right?
**[10:09] Misaki**
How come I'm alive again?
**[10:11] Polka**
Well, you aren't, actually.
**[10:14] Polka**
You could say you've been
reborn through magic.
**[10:16] Misaki**
So, next question...
**[10:18] Misaki**
What's going on here?
**[10:25] Misaki**
Clarissa?!
**[10:27] Misaki**
What's Clarissa the intermediary doing—
**[10:30] Misaki**
Whoa!
**[10:32] Clarissa**
Okay. You're cold.
**[10:36] Clarissa**
And you have no pulse whatsoever.
**[10:39] Misaki**
Huh?
**[10:40] Clarissa**
Don't worry!
**[10:41] Clarissa**
You're 100% dead.
**[10:43] Polka**
In this language, you're, um...
**[10:47] Polka**
I've got it! You're a zombie.
**[10:51] Misaki**
Huh?
**[10:53] (Flashback) Takumi**
How's it going, kids?
**[10:56] (Flashback) Takumi**
This is just a text file I'm
typing with my free hand.
**[11:00] (Flashback) Takumi**
But if you're reading it,
**[11:02] (Flashback) Takumi**
I've probably lost my mind.
***SIGN*** 40 minutes before Misaki Sakimiya wakes up
**[11:09] (Flashback) Takumi**
I'm Takumi Kuruya, an all-around
great guy based in Shinjuku.
**[11:15] (Flashback) Takumi**
I'm in business as sort of an info broker,
using the net and my drones.
**[11:19] (Flashback) Takumi**
Oh, I haven't got flight
clearance for them, obviously.
**[11:22] (Flashback) Takumi**
For reasons I won't get into,
I also help some hit men hide bodies.
**[11:28] (Flashback) Takumi**
Anyway, I'd say I've lived
a discreet and humble life,
**[11:32] (Flashback) Takumi**
and I wanted to keep it that way.
**[11:37] (Flashback) Takumi**
So how'd I end up in this mess?
**[11:39] (Flashback) Clarissa**
I'm sorry for interrupting your date,
Polka Shinoyama-kun.
**[11:44] (Flashback) Clarissa**
That *is* your name, yes?
**[11:46] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Before I introduce myself,
I'd like to ask you a question.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Would you care to explain *that*?
**[11:55] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Takumi-kun, what am I looking at?
**[11:57] (Flashback) Takumi**
*That's not me. It must be the
drone I lost control of earlier.*
**[12:02] (Flashback) Clarissa**
And can drones fly without making noise?
**[12:04] (Flashback) Takumi**
*No way in hell.*
**[12:06] (Flashback) Polka**
Please wait a moment.
**[12:08] (Flashback) Polka**
I'm about to fix her.
**[12:17] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Takumi-kun, I'm guessing you didn't
whip up these special effects?
**[12:21] (Flashback) Takumi**
*If I could make CGI like that,
I'd do it for a living.*
**[12:27] (Flashback) Polka**
She should wake up soon.
**[12:30] (Flashback) Polka**
Now, who are all of you?
**[12:35] (Flashback) Clarissa**
We're friends of Misaki-chan there.
**[12:38] (Flashback) Clarissa**
We came to finish her job and avenge her...
or at least, that *was* the plan.
**[12:45] (Flashback) Clarissa**
May I take it that she's still alive?
**[12:48] (Flashback) Polka**
Well... that's a bit of a tricky question.
**[12:52] (Flashback) Polka**
I didn't do much, but her brain and soul
are intact and I mended her body.
**[12:58] (Flashback) Polka**
She just needs a sorcerer to cast
resurrection magic on her when she wakes up.
**[13:05] (Flashback) Polka**
Um...
**[13:07] (Flashback) Polka**
Resurrection magic?
**[13:10] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Magic.
**[13:11] (Flashback) Polka**
Yes? I'm certain this body knows it, too.
**[13:14] (Flashback) Polka**
You know, R*ise, Ar*se, and so on?
**[13:17] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Those are spells from video games.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Polka**
Video games?
**[13:22] (Flashback) Polka**
Um... Does this country have magic?
Practitioners of the spirit arts?
**[13:27] (Flashback) Clarissa**
You're the first one I've ever seen.
**[13:31] (Flashback) Polka**
And other lands?
**[13:33] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Plenty of self-proclaimed magicians,
but that's all.
**[13:36] (Flashback) Polka**
What about the Olnaql Rzcver
or the Xvatqbz bs Alnavyq?
**[13:40] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Never heard of them. How did
you pronounce that?
**[13:52] (Flashback) Polka**
You just had a mass hallucination.
**[13:54] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Do you think you can fool us?
**[13:56] (Flashback) Polka**
Hallucinations are no laughing matter.
**[14:00] (Flashback) Polka**
Would you please allow yourselves
**[14:03] (Flashback) Polka**
to be fooled?
**[14:06] (Flashback) Grunt 1**
Monster!
**[14:10] (Flashback) Polka**
You know, I don't have a clear grasp
**[14:14] (Flashback) Polka**
of just how fragile and
easily killed you are.
**[14:25] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Whatever shall I do?
**[14:28] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Would you give me a moment to think it over?
**[14:31] (Flashback) Takumi**
You think he'll be that easygoing?
**[14:33] (Flashback) Polka**
*Very well. I'll wait.*
**[14:35] (Flashback) Takumi**
You will?!
**[14:36] (Flashback) Takumi**
Has this guy never heard of tension?
**[14:39] (Flashback) Takumi**
Or is he just that confident?
**[14:43] (Flashback) Polka**
*Their weapons remind me of the Imperial
Dazzling Corps. Talk about creepy.*
**[14:49] (Flashback) Polka**
*I'm not sure I have enough
mana to fight* or *flee.
**[14:55] (Flashback) Polka**
*Hmm... What should I do?*
**[14:58] (Flashback) Izuna**
Hm?
**[15:00] (Flashback) Izuna**
It's close.
**[15:03] (Flashback) Clarissa**
I hear them strangely often lately.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Takumi**
There's a fire in the Shakuzawa Building.
I'll send you my camera feed.
**[15:12] (Flashback) Clarissa**
The Shakuzawa Building?
**[15:14] (Flashback) Clarissa**
I'm concerned for the children,
**[15:17] (Flashback) Clarissa**
but I suppose we'll have to leave
this to the fire department.
**[15:29] (Flashback) Polka**
What did that panel show?
**[15:32] (Flashback) Clarissa**
A fire. What else?
**[15:35] (Flashback) Polka**
And who are these children you fear for?
**[15:38] (Flashback) Clarissa**
There's an unlicensed nursery
in the Shakuzawa Building.
**[15:42] (Flashback) Clarissa**
It looks after yakuza orphans and
kids whose mothers work the nightlife biz.
**[15:50] (Flashback) Polka**
Please take me there immediately.
**[15:54] (Flashback) Clarissa**
If you don't know the way,
they must be strangers to you.
**[15:57] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Why do you care?
**[16:00] (Flashback) Polka**
I've been burned a number of times.
**[16:04] (Flashback) Polka**
It is... quite painful. Children
should not suffer such agonies.
**[16:13] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Fine. Takumi-kun, show him the way.
**[16:17] (Flashback) Takumi**
*Say what?!*
**[16:18] (Flashback) Takumi**
A-Are you nuts?! What if
he makes a break for it?!
**[16:22] (Flashback) Clarissa**
That's why I want you to keep an eye on him.
**[16:31] (Flashback) Takumi**
It's over that way.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Takumi**
*H-Hey!*
**[16:37] (Flashback) Takumi**
*W-Wait up!*
**[16:44] (Flashback) Takumi**
*What the hell?! He didn't go this
wild when he was running from Misaki!*
**[16:51] (Flashback) Takumi**
*There it is!*
**[16:52] (Flashback) Takumi**
*That's the building!*
**[17:03] (Flashback) Polka**
*I can use magic to amplify my Evil Eye now.*
**[17:11] (Flashback) Polka**
*I still sense the children's life force.*
**[17:15] (Flashback) Takumi**
*Hey, what's your plan? Firefighters
and onlookers have this place sur—*
**[17:21] (Flashback) Takumi**
*What the...?!*
**[17:25] (Flashback) Kochou Eightport**
Hm?
**[17:27] (Flashback) Kochou Eightport**
Did something just jump into the fire?
**[17:29] (Flashback) Onlooker 1**
Huh? Beats me.
**[17:38] (Flashback) Polka**
Are these your children?
**[17:43] (Flashback) Polka**
In that case, would you lend me a hand?
**[17:57] (Flashback) Onlooker 2**
Whoa. This fire's spreading *way* too fast.
**[18:00] (Flashback) Onlooker 3**
H-Hey! There's something up there!
**[18:03] (Flashback) Onlooker 2**
Huh?
**[18:04] (Flashback) Onlooker 2**
What *is* that?
**[18:11] (Flashback) Girl 1**
Dad?
**[18:22] (Flashback) Girl 1**
*It was hot before, but now
it's not. It doesn't hurt.*
**[18:29] (Flashback) Girl 1**
*That's Dad's hand. It's so warm.*
**[18:47] (Flashback) Onlooker 2**
Did you just see something wild in the smoke?
***SIGN*** Yamaty@Shinjuku
Huge skeleton hand
What the hell? lol
**[18:58] (Flashback) Takumi**
In the end, everyone made it out okay.
***SIGN*** Tamachan
Skeletons walked through the fire?!
**[19:01] (Flashback) Takumi**
But who does* that* in front of a crowd?!
**[19:04] (Flashback) Takumi**
And he just jumped out of the building,
the same as he went in!
**[19:10] (Flashback) Takumi**
Still, what are his morals, anyway?
**[19:14] (Flashback) Takumi**
He treats Misaki's life like a toy one minute
**[19:18] (Flashback) Takumi**
and saves a bunch of kids the next.
**[19:21] (Flashback) Takumi**
It doesn't add up.
**[19:23] (Flashback) Takumi**
I can't figure him out.
I can't guess what he's thinking.
**[19:27] (Flashback) Takumi**
He seems different from us, somehow.
**[19:32] (Flashback) Takumi**
I'm telling you, Clarissa,
**[19:34] (Flashback) Takumi**
this guy's the type of monster
you'd better steer clear of.
**[19:38] (Flashback) Clarissa**
*You may be right.*
**[19:41] (Flashback) Clarissa**
But I think Misaki-chan is about to wake up.
**[19:45] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Would you hurry back to
this abandoned building?
**[19:48] (Flashback) Takumi**
For real? She's seriously gonna wake up?
***SIGN*** Present Time
**[19:58] Misaki**
Wait, what?
**[19:59] Misaki**
What's going on?
**[20:00] Misaki**
Hey, what do you mean I'm dead?
**[20:04] Misaki**
I don't get it. Fill me in.
**[20:06] Polka**
So, even in such an advanced nation,
**[20:10] Polka**
children still suffer from
disasters and circumstance.
**[20:14] Polka**
What would it take to find peace here?
**[20:19] Clarissa**
What exactly does "peace" mean to you?
**[20:23] Polka**
What?
**[20:24] Clarissa**
Let me see...
**[20:25] Clarissa**
For the "peace" I recommend,
you would need...
**[20:31] Clarissa**
money.
**[20:32] Grunts**
Too raw.
**[20:35] Polka**
Money? I suppose that's true in any land.
**[20:39] Clarissa**
Who are you? Or perhaps I should ask...
**[20:44] Clarissa**
What do you *want*?
What's your goal in this city?
**[20:50] Polka**
I don't know the first
thing about this place.
**[20:54] Polka**
But if I'm really the only necromancer here,
**[20:58] Polka**
I'd like to use my magic to earn money.
**[21:01] Polka**
I want power and a place to belong
**[21:04] Polka**
so I can live in more perfectly
undisturbed peace than anyone else.
**[21:09] Clarissa**
In that case, why don't I lend you a hand?
**[21:14] Clarissa**
I'm Lisa Kuraki,
an intermediary here in Shinjuku.
**[21:20] Clarissa**
It seems you're not Polka Shinoyama
on the inside.
**[21:25] Clarissa**
As you've come from very far away,
I'll be your bridge to this city.
**[21:31] Clarissa**
I'll assign people to help
you adjust to life here.
**[21:35] Clarissa**
Misaki-chan and Takumi-kun.
**[21:38] Polka; Misaki; Takumi**
Huh?
**[23:14] Clarissa**
* As you've come from very far away,*
* I'll be your bridge to this city.*
**[23:20] Clarissa**
* I'll assign people to help*
* you adjust to life here.*
**[23:24] Clarissa**
*Misaki-chan and Takumi-kun.*
**[23:27] Takumi**
Huh?
**[23:30] Takumi**
Seriously, how'd I end up in this mess?
# E3 - The Necromancer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G9DUEG28D/the-necromancer)
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**[00:00] Reporter**
* Oh! You can definitely see what*
* look like skeletons through the window!*
**[00:05] Reporter**
* The smoke makes it hard to see,*
* but there seem to be giant bones, as well.*
**[00:11] Reporter**
* I'm glad that the children*
* were saved in the end,*
**[00:13] Reporter**
* but this program will tackle unlicensed*
* childcare centers as a social issue.*
**[00:14] Misaki**
Oh, wow! All this happened yesterday?!
**[00:17] Misaki**
I guess ghosts *are* real!
**[00:21] Takumi**
Looks like it.
**[00:26] Takumi**
And they were a lot closer than I thought.
**[02:07] Takumi**
Hey, Misaki.
**[02:09] Takumi**
Doesn't it bother you, hanging out
with the guy who killed you?
**[02:14] Misaki**
Nope! I've never been killed before!
**[02:17] Misaki**
It was super thrilling, so I don't mind!
**[02:21] Takumi**
Oh, right. You've always had a screw loose.
**[02:26] Takumi**
Anyway, I never knew Clarissa
owned this building.
**[02:30] Polka**
Um...
**[02:33] Polka**
I'm sure this is inconvenient for you,
but I really appreciate your help.
**[02:39] Polka**
To be frank, I know almost
nothing about this world.
**[02:42] Takumi**
Oh, well. That aside...
**[02:46] Takumi**
Are you seriously going to live *here*?
***SIGN*** The Torture Building
***SIGN*** The Torture Building
**[02:50] Takumi**
That body you, uh, reincarnated
into has a family, right?
**[02:55] Takumi**
What about them?
**[02:57] Polka**
Since it's currently "summer
vacation," I told this body's—
**[03:00] Polka**
I told Polka Shinoyama's family that
he's on a journey of self-discovery.
***SIGN*** I'm on a journey of self-discovery
**[03:07] Polka**
Clarissa suggested I periodically
send them these postcards.
**[03:11] Takumi**
That's a trick for covering
up someone's time of death.
**[03:14] Polka**
But I don't know what I'll do after that.
I only know his family's names.
**[03:20] Takumi**
Can't you pull the memories
out of his brain or something?
**[03:24] Polka**
Language was easy to retrieve because
it was deeply ingrained via repetition,
**[03:29] Polka**
but the older the memory is,
the harder it is to recover.
**[03:32] Polka**
Or, you could say...
**[03:35] Polka**
...his last memory left
too strong an impression.
**[03:38] Takumi**
Anyway, another world, huh?
**[03:41] Takumi**
After seeing those monster skeletons,
I've gotta believe it. But still...
**[03:44] Polka**
I'm still not certain this *is* another world.
There are similarities.
***SIGN*** Let's compare!!
How big are whales?
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Measuring and comparing whale sizes
***SIGN*** Large and small whales
***SIGN*** Whales, Mammals of the Sea
**[03:50] Polka**
For example, your "whales" are written of
in my world as legendary beasts.
**[03:57] Polka**
But what matters most to me is that the
Geldwood religion doesn't exist here.
**[04:03] Takumi**
The Geld... What now?
**[04:06] Polka**
They considered me an abomination
and tried to destroy me.
**[04:10] Polka**
I was a colossal skeleton
monster over there, you see.
**[04:13] Takumi**
Oh, you mean that thing.
**[04:16] Takumi**
What did they call you over there?
**[04:18] Polka**
Well, in you tongue,
I was called the... Cadaver Spirit?
**[04:23] Polka**
No, the Corpse God.
**[04:28] Misaki**
The Corpse God...
**[04:30] Misaki**
That's so cool!
**[04:31] Takumi**
Y-You think so?
**[04:34] Polka**
Peace may finally be within my grasp.
**[04:37] Polka**
All I need to do now is talk down
whoever paid to have this body killed.
**[04:43] Takumi**
I don't know who the client was,
and neither does Misaki.
**[04:47] Takumi**
Didn't you ask Clarissa?
**[04:49] Polka**
I did.
**[04:50] Polka**
She said she had to keep the secret,
but let me use this floor in exchange.
**[04:55] Polka**
Forcing her to speak is a last resort.
I'll investigate on my own first.
**[05:00] Polka**
And Clarissa-san agreed not to accept
any more contracts on my life.
**[05:04] Takumi**
And you just *believed* her?
**[05:07] Takumi**
Clarissa's not the only intermediary
for assassins, you know?
**[05:11] Takumi**
Well, it's not like many people
could kill a freak like you.
**[05:16] Takumi**
Except Lemmings, maybe.
**[05:19] Polka**
Lemmings?
**[05:20] Takumi**
Oh, nothing. Forget about it.
**[05:23] Takumi**
Anyway—
**[05:24] Misaki**
Hey! This thing's so cool!
**[05:26] Misaki**
How does it work?! Coin batteries?!
**[05:30] Takumi**
Are you sure *you* don't mind having
Misaki around? She did kill you.
**[05:34] Polka**
I mean, I wasn't the one who died.
**[05:41] Takumi**
Was bringing this nutjob back
to life really a good idea?
**[05:44] Polka**
Well, this body's owner, Polka-kun,
told me to forgive her.
**[05:50] Polka**
So it should be fine.
**[05:51] Takumi**
Huh?
**[05:53] Takumi**
You've talked with Polka's ghost?
**[05:55] Polka**
More than that. He's right there.
**[05:59] Takumi**
Hm?
***SIGN*** **0,000 yen
**[06:00] Takumi**
That's the drone I lost control of yesterday!
**[06:03] Polka**
His soul was still in this body,
so I imbued it into a nearby vessel.
**[06:08] Polka**
Do you mind if I borrow this until
I find a substitute for him to possess?
**[06:13] Takumi**
I don't, but forget that.
**[06:16] Takumi**
You mean you just swap people's
souls around, like doll clothes?
**[06:19] Polka**
I won't deny it. Human lives
are like toys or dolls to me.
**[06:25] Takumi**
*I knew this guy was bad news.*
**[06:28] Takumi**
*Our lives really are just playthings to him.*
**[06:32] Takumi**
*I've gotta keep my guard up.*
**[06:35] Polka**
Now, for the sake of my peaceful life,
it's time to earn some money.
**[06:41] Polka**
Does this world have any jobs I'd be good at?
**[06:44] Misaki**
How about murder? Or mugging?
**[06:46] Polka**
Assassination isn't my strong suit.
**[06:49] Misaki**
You're good enough to kill me,
so it should be a cinch.
**[06:52] Polka**
Fair point.
**[06:53] Takumi**
Don't encourage her!
**[06:56] Takumi**
Hang on, we've got a visitor.
Probably for Misaki.
**[06:59] Misaki**
Huh? For me?
**[07:02] Client**
You're Assassin Zaki, right?
**[07:05] Client**
Unless I do something,
another gang's hitmen are gonna off me.
**[07:09] Client**
Can you help me?
**[07:11] Misaki**
I dunno. I'm in the middle of another job...
**[07:15] Client**
Please! Without you, I'll—
**[07:17] Polka**
All right.
**[07:18] Client; Misaki**
Huh?!
**[07:20] Polka**
I accept your request.
**[07:22] Client**
Hey, punk! Were you listening in on—
**[07:25] Misaki**
Okay! If Polka-kun's on board,
I'll take the job.
**[07:29] Client**
Huh?!
**[07:31] Takumi**
What the hell is he thinking?
**[07:40] Client**
According to my info broker,
**[07:42] Client**
they oughta be asleep in there.
**[07:44] Misaki**
Those are some awfully careless hitmen.
**[07:48] Client**
They worked with Jinba, a guy you offed.
**[07:51] Client**
They're not so much assassins as psychos
who murder their targets' whole families.
**[08:00] Misaki**
That old guy's buddies, huh?
**[08:07] Misaki**
An ambush?!
**[08:18] Misaki**
Take that!
**[08:30] Misaki**
Aww! For hitmen, these guys are real wimps!
**[08:35] Misaki**
Huh?
**[08:39] Client**
Well, that's 'cause we're not hitmen.
**[08:42] Client**
But we'll still lose face if
we don't get even for our boss.
**[08:46] Client**
Hey, finish her off!
**[08:50] Polka**
Yes, I see. I understand.
**[08:53] Client**
The hell are *you* doing here?!
**[08:55] Polka**
I accept your request, as well.
**[08:58] Client**
Huh? You what?
**[09:00] Client**
Screw it! You can die with Zaki!
**[09:04] Polka**
Oh, I forgot to mention.
**[09:07] Polka**
Misaki-chan is a zombie now,
**[09:10] Polka**
so she won't die from a few holes in her.
**[09:12] Misaki**
Ooh!
**[09:13] Polka**
I'd say she's quite a
bit tougher than before.
**[09:23] Client**
Wh-What the hell are you?!
**[09:28] Takumi**
*Can you hear me, Polka?*
**[09:30] Polka**
Um...
**[09:32] Polka**
"Speaking." Is that the right
greeting in this situation?
**[09:35] Takumi**
*Did you know this was a trap?*
**[09:38] Polka**
No.
**[09:40] Polka**
I merely accepted a request...
**[09:47] Polka**
...from the children whose ghosts haunt him.
**[09:57] Misaki**
Oh, man! Oh, man!
**[10:00] Misaki**
This is a blast!
**[10:03] Client**
Wh-What the hell...?
**[10:05] Client**
Let go! You stupid brats!
**[10:13] Polka**
I won't let them kill any more people.
Not your mommies or daddies either.
**[10:20] Child ghosts**
Mommy... Daddy...
**[10:26] Polka**
I'm sorry.
**[10:28] Polka**
This isn't a rescue.
I'm doing it partly out of spite.
**[10:33] Polka**
So I won't demand payment for it.
**[10:39] Misaki**
Wow! The bullet holes are better already!
**[10:44] Misaki**
I guess I really am a monster now!
**[10:48] Misaki**
But my instincts might not be quite as sharp.
**[10:51] Misaki**
I mean, I've never gotten
shot in the back before!
**[10:54] Polka**
Do all girls in this world
undress so casually?
**[10:58] Takumi**
Hey, Polka.
**[11:00] Takumi**
Why'd you listen to those dead kids?
**[11:04] Takumi**
I thought lives were toys to you.
**[11:07] Polka**
Yeah, every human life is
ultimately someone's toy.
**[11:13] Polka**
But I like toys.
They can make children smile.
**[11:23] Polka**
So of course I take good care of them.
**[11:27] Polka**
No way in hell will I abandon
them to the vicissitudes of fate.
**[11:33] Takumi**
*Oh, so that's it.*
**[11:35] Takumi**
* The biggest difference in our values*
* is how we see toys, not lives.*
**[11:41] Takumi**
*No wonder we were talking past each other.*
**[11:44] Takumi**
*Polka may be a dangerous guy...*
**[11:48] (Flashback) Takumi (ep 1; 15:13)**
Well, you'd better stay dead this time.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Takumi (ep 1; 15:16)**
Otherwise, us retrievers don't get paid.
**[11:58] Takumi**
* ...but me and Misaki are probably*
* the real scumbags here.*
**[12:03] Polka**
Oh, sorry. I ought to watch my language.
**[12:07] Takumi**
Being casual is fine.
**[12:10] Takumi**
I mean, counting your past life,
you've gotta be older than me.
**[12:17] Takumi**
*So you see, it was a real hassle.*
**[12:20] Clarissa**
Yes. Thank you, Takumi-kun.
**[12:25] Clarissa**
What? Yes, I really did back out
of the hit on Polka Shinoyama.
**[12:30] Clarissa**
I couldn't stand those
stuck-up people anyway.
**[12:34] Clarissa**
The remnants you dealt with
today shouldn't be an issue.
**[12:38] Clarissa**
It appears they've made
a few too many enemies.
**[12:42] E**
Damn it! That freak is gonna pay for this!
**[12:46] E**
Bring out the whole armory!
**[12:51] F**
Wh-What happened here?
**[12:53] E**
Don't tell me that freak did this, too...
**[12:58] E**
H-Hey! This ain't the time for jokes!
**[13:03] F**
L-Lemmings...
**[13:07] E**
You've gotta be kidding! That's...
**[13:10] E**
That's just a tall tale!
***SIGN*** Mummy
**[13:14] Polka**
So, vampires are only legends in this world?
***SIGN*** Vampire
**[13:18] Misaki**
Wait, they were real in yours?!
**[13:21] Misaki**
Lucky! Vampires are so cool.
**[13:24] Polka**
With enough mana, I might eventually
be able to evolve you into one.
**[13:29] Misaki**
For real?!
**[13:30] Takumi**
What, like changing classes?
This is straight out of a video game.
**[13:34] Takumi**
* No idea how long this monster and*
* zombie will keep playing house.*
**[13:40] Takumi**
* Well, I can play along for*
* a little while longer.*
**[13:43] Takumi**
*I was getting bored of my life, anyway.*
**[13:56] Izuna**
Are you sure about this, Clarissa?
**[13:59] Clarissa**
About what? Polka-kun?
**[14:01] Koruto**
So you're close enough to
casually call him -kun?
**[14:06] Clarissa**
He's got a soft spot for children.
**[14:09] Clarissa**
A weakness like that makes
him easy to control.
**[14:12] Koruto**
* Clarissa's got a spot for kids, too,*
* if you ask me.*
**[14:17] Koruto**
Clarissa, phone call for you.
**[14:23] Clarissa**
It's me.
**[14:25] Clarissa**
How tedious. We went over all that yesterday.
**[14:31] Clarissa**
"Polka Shinoyama is just a high schooler"?
**[14:34] Clarissa**
Be serious. I believed
you when you said that,
**[14:37] Clarissa**
and now one of our stars is a corpse.
**[14:40] Clarissa**
Consider our relationship
on hold for a while.
**[14:46] Izuna**
*Wasn't* Polka Shinoyama just
a high schooler, though?
**[14:50] Izuna**
At least until he died?
**[14:52] Clarissa**
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
**[14:57] Clarissa**
But we got rid of one unpleasant client,
and that's what counts.
**[15:03] Clarissa**
Now, shall we celebrate?
**[15:07] Clarissa**
For the first time in ages,
this town might just charm me.
**[15:14] Clarissa**
Choose your dance partners
with care, Polka-kun.
**[15:21] Arase**
P-Please. Can't you see I'm begging you here?
**[15:26] Arase**
I really can't pay.
**[15:29] Arase**
I had no idea one beer cost 60,000 yen.
**[15:35] Iwanome**
Hey, is it just me, or are more bars
ripping people off than ever?
**[15:40] Urai**
Yes, I hear there's one on the fourth
floor of the building next door.
**[15:44] Iwanome**
Huh. Well, a good drink in
this place ain't cheap either.
**[15:52] Iwanome**
Anyway, where's Clarissa-chan?!
**[15:54] Urai**
She's on the late shift today.
She'll start at midnight.
**[15:58] Iwanome**
Seriously? That's not her regular time.
**[16:00] Iwanome**
Urgent business?
**[16:01] Iwanome**
Or has something been going on lately?
**[16:06] Urai**
Oh, no. I don't think there's
been anything unusual.
**[16:09] Iwanome**
Yeah?
**[16:11] Iwanome**
What about the Shakuzawa
Building fire yesterday?
**[16:13] Iwanome**
My coworkers were talking about people
seeing skeletons in there. Skeletons!
**[16:18] Iwanome**
But what's so scary about that?!
**[16:21] Iwanome**
Once we're dead, we'll *all* be skeletons!
**[16:23] Urai**
Don't forget corpse wax and mummies.
**[16:26] Iwanome**
Zombies are more my speed.
**[16:30] Iwanome**
Watch out, or I'll feast on your flesh!
**[16:34] Satani**
Exterminate zombie. Crush head.
**[16:39] Urai**
We have a "hands off" policy.
**[16:45] Takumi**
Man. Zombies, huh?
**[16:48] Takumi**
What'll happen to Misaki's body?
It hasn't been long since she got shot.
**[16:53] Polka**
Her body self-repairs and resists
putrefaction, so she'll be fine.
**[16:58] Polka**
But she might be a bit stronger
and less sensitive than before.
**[17:03] Polka**
She should eat raw meat if
she gets seriously injured.
**[17:06] Misaki**
Like one of those "carnivorous women"?
Wow! That's so cool!
**[17:11] Takumi**
I'm not so sure.
**[17:12] Polka**
Also, your saliva should have
a strong paralytic effect.
**[17:16] Misaki**
Huh?
**[17:18] Misaki**
Oh! I think my spit tastes
sweeter than usual!
**[17:22] Polka**
Anyone you bite will be
paralyzed for a little whi—
***SIGN*** Slide
***SIGN*** Thud
**[17:26] Takumi**
Polka?!
**[17:28] Misaki**
It's true!
**[17:29] Takumi**
What's wrong with you?!
**[17:31] Misaki**
Want me to bite you, too, Kurupon?
**[17:33] Misaki**
A nibble from a girl's basically a kiss,
you know? Lucky you.
**[17:37] Takumi**
Quiet, 3-D!
**[17:38] Misaki**
Three-D?!
**[17:40] Takumi**
Some women assume every man sees
a kiss from them as a prize.
**[17:44] Takumi**
To such self-obsessed women,
**[17:46] Takumi**
my answer will forever be a staunch "no"!
**[17:48] Takumi**
They're as bad as men who offer to make
a stranger "their woman" as a reward!
**[17:53] Misaki**
Kurupon!
**[17:54] Takumi**
You're a monster created by modern society!
**[17:57] Misaki**
A monster!
**[17:58] Polka**
*Monster...*
**[18:00] Polka**
*That reminds me.*
**[18:01] Polka**
* Does this world have any superhuman*
* bogeymen like the Calamity Crusher?*
**[18:10] Cop B**
Do you think there really were gunshots?
**[18:12] Cop A**
Beats me.
**[18:14] Cop A**
But someone called it in, so we have to check.
**[18:26] Cop B**
What was that sound?
**[18:41] Cop B**
Huh?
**[18:42] Cop B**
What happened here?!
**[18:44] Arase**
Come on, say something already.
**[18:49] Arase**
I'm bowing my head and apologizing, aren't I?
**[18:53] Arase**
Well?!
**[19:10] Iwanome**
Oh, damn it.
**[19:12] Iwanome**
I was so close to getting
to see Clarissa-chan.
**[19:16] Iwanome**
This really blows.
**[19:22] Takumi**
Oh, I was thinking. Your world uses
the decimal system, too, right?
**[19:25] Polka**
That's right.
**[19:27] Takumi**
I'm guessing people there
have ten fingers, then?
**[19:30] Polka**
Ten fingers?
**[19:32] Polka**
Well, most do. Although
there's some variation.
**[19:35] Misaki**
Ten fingers leading to the decimal
system is just one theory, you know?
**[19:40] Takumi**
I'm surprised you know that.
**[19:42] Takumi**
Wait, could people from different
worlds really look that alike?
**[19:46] Takumi**
And would magic from another
world work the same way here?
**[19:50] Polka**
You have a point.
**[19:58] Polka**
My world and this one may
be connected somehow.
**[20:03] Polka**
Too much wouldn't make sense otherwise.
**[20:07] Takumi**
Paralysis finally wore off?
**[20:09] Polka**
Yeah.
**[20:10] Misaki**
I'll have to add biting to my bag of tricks!
**[20:13] Takumi**
Wouldn't punching be faster?
**[20:15] Misaki**
I can use it to immobilize people!
**[20:18] Misaki**
I used to nail gun them to the floor,
but now I can save on nails!
**[20:23] Takumi**
Yeah, that'll be better for the environment.
**[20:25] Polka**
Yes. The more ways you can
incapacitate someone, the better.
**[20:31] Takumi**
I'm guessing you've got
a ton of tricks for that.
**[20:34] Takumi**
You put those punks six feet under.
**[20:37] Takumi**
Convenient that it hid the corpses, too.
**[20:39] Polka**
What? They're still alive.
**[20:42] Takumi**
Huh?
**[20:44] Polka**
Though I doubt they're still sane,
so they probably can't testify.
**[20:48] Takumi**
"Probably" won't cut it!
**[20:49] Polka**
Don't worry. I made sure they'll
never be able to kill anyone again.
**[20:59] Arase**
You reek of booze, Iwa-san.
**[21:02] Iwanome**
Better than the blood I smell on you.
How'd that happen?
**[21:06] Arase**
It was self-defense.
Even though I apologized,
**[21:09] Arase**
I thought they were going to kill me.
**[21:11] Iwanome**
Kill *you*? Gimme a break.
**[21:15] Arase**
So, what's this?
**[21:19] Iwanome**
I see.
**[21:21] Iwanome**
Well, now. So that's what this is about.
**[21:24] Iwanome**
I've never seen a human square knot before.
**[21:28] Arase**
No wonder the MIU called us in before
starting their initial investigation.
**[21:32] Iwanome**
You think this is one of ours too?
**[21:36] Arase**
No other department knows what to
do with borderline-occult stuff.
**[21:40] Iwanome**
Then it really must be our job.
***SIGN***
**[21:44] Iwanome**
Lemmings, the Grim Reaper,
and the Fire-Breathing Bug.
***SIGN***
***SIGN***
**[21:49] Iwanome**
This might be our first
troublemaker since them.
**[21:53] Iwanome**
I can hardly wait.
***SIGN*** Shinjuku Precinct Community Safety Division
Head of Materials Compiling Group #3
***SIGN*** Tsubaki Iwanome
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 275 0 275 115 0 115
***SIGN*** A member of the same group
***SIGN*** Kouzaburou Arase
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 275 0 275 115 0 115
**[22:00] Iwanome**
A cop's work is never done.
# E4 - The Mad Dog
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQZ457/the-mad-dog)
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***SIGN*** Shinjuku Police Station
**[00:02] Iwanome**
The Gator Sisters.
***SIGN***
***SIGN***
**[00:04] Iwanome**
The Barber.
***SIGN***
**[00:05] Iwanome**
Riddle Riddle.
***SIGN***
**[00:07] Iwanome**
The Grocer.
***SIGN***
**[00:08] Iwanome**
The Poisoner.
***SIGN***
**[00:10] Iwanome**
Donner Donner.
***SIGN***
**[00:11] Iwanome**
And Phantom Solitaire.
***SIGN*** Troublemakers Troublemakers at Large
**[00:14] Iwanome**
As you know, everyone on this
list is now in custody or dead.
**[00:19] Member D**
Who gave them those weird nicknames?
**[00:22] Member C**
He did.
**[00:23] Iwanome**
You there! Cut the chitchat!
**[00:26] Iwanome**
What's wrong with nicknames?
Not like they'll ever go public.
**[00:29] Arase**
*Sounds like* someone's *self-conscious.*
**[00:31] Iwanome**
Anyway!
***SIGN*** Troublemakers
**[00:32] Iwanome**
Cracking cases we can't make public,
and that no one would believe if we did,
**[00:39] Iwanome**
is our job here at Materials Compiling
Group #3, or Comps-3 for short.
**[00:44] Iwanome**
Now...
***SIGN***
**[00:45] Iwanome**
the Grim Reaper,
***SIGN***
**[00:46] Iwanome**
the Fire-Breathing Bug,
***SIGN***
**[00:48] Iwanome**
and Lemmings.
**[00:50] Iwanome**
These three troublemakers are still at large.
**[00:53] Iwanome**
Add to that the skeletons
in the fire two days ago
**[00:56] Iwanome**
and the human knots yesterday.
**[00:59] Aikawa**
Also, one set of footprints at the scene
of the human knots matched Lemmings's.
***SIGN*** Troublemakers Troublemakers at Large
**[01:07] Iwanome**
And we think the Fire-Breathing Bug started
the fire the skeletons appeared in.
**[01:12] Iwanome**
We don't know if they're connected
to the human knots yet,
**[01:15] Iwanome**
but evidence points to two troublemakers
in a couple of days. We can't ignore that.
**[01:20] Member A**
Could the skeletons be CGI?
**[01:22] Aikawa**
Their size and perspective is
consistent across multiple videos.
**[01:27] Aikawa**
If that was faked in real time,
all video evidence would be worthless.
**[01:33] Aikawa**
End of story.
**[01:34] Member C**
And if they were smoke and mirrors,
how did the kids get out?
**[01:38] Member D**
Social media and occult websites
can't stop talking about it.
***SIGN*** Troublemakers
**[01:42] Iwanome**
Well, don't panic.
**[01:44] Iwanome**
We managed to explain all
the others in the end.
**[01:47] Iwanome**
Even Phantom Solitaire turned out
to just be an incredibly skilled person.
**[01:53] Iwanome**
None of our cases have turned up a real
ghost or dragon-summoning wizard.
**[01:59] Iwanome**
And that won't change.
The perp is always human.
**[02:05] Iwanome**
And, since they're human,
**[02:08] Iwanome**
we can take them.
**[03:51] Polka**
There. It worked.
**[03:53] Polka**
I moved Polka-kun's original
soul into this stuffed animal,
**[03:57] Polka**
so you can have your drone back.
**[03:59] Takumi**
Oh! Welcome home, my darling drone-chan!
**[04:03] Takumi**
How I've missed you!
**[04:06] Polka**
Really, I ought to call *you* Polka-kun,
**[04:10] Polka**
but I'll be borrowing your name
and identity a little longer. Sorry.
**[04:14] Polka**
I promise I'll make it up to you.
**[04:18] Misaki**
Oh!
**[04:19] Misaki**
What's this?! It's so cute!
**[04:21] Misaki**
Did you buy it, Polka-kun?
**[04:23] Misaki**
Wow! It turned red!
**[04:26] Takumi**
*He gets turned on by the girl who killed him?*
**[04:29] Takumi**
I guess the real Polka was a weirdo, too.
**[04:33] Takumi**
I can't tell what he's trying to say.
**[04:35] Polka**
I could make it so he can talk.
**[04:37] Takumi**
Huh?
**[04:38] Polka**
I'd only need fresh human vocal cords.
**[04:41] Takumi**
Those ain't easy to get!
**[04:43] Polka**
Creating them from nothing
would drain a lot of mana.
**[04:47] Polka**
I suppose I ought to replenish my
magical power before I focus on money.
**[04:51] Polka**
But this world has so little mana in
the air, and I sense so few spirits.
**[04:57] Takumi**
So, what'll you do?
**[04:58] Polka**
I can usually draw on ghosts for power.
**[05:01] Polka**
It takes more energy than you'd think to
keep a human soul in the living world.
**[05:07] Polka**
Grudges, regrets, that sort of thing.
**[05:10] Polka**
And by exorcising ghosts, necromancers
can convert that power into magic.
**[05:18] Polka**
That made this building an even better
source of mana than an old battlefield.
**[05:24] Takumi**
You won't find many other
places like this, you know?
**[05:27] Polka**
Don't worry!
**[05:29] Polka**
Your world has mana stones,
just like mine did!
**[05:32] Takumi**
Mana-what-now?
***SIGN*** Gemstones of the World
**[05:33] Polka**
They're rocks. You call them "gemstones" here.
**[05:36] Polka**
Diamonds, sapphires, and the like were
high-density mana stones in my world.
**[05:42] Polka**
With just one bucket of them,
**[05:45] Polka**
I'll have all the arcane power I need
to strike it rich in this world.
**[05:52] Takumi**
Wow. Amazing.
**[05:54] Takumi**
Now, go take a look at reality.
**[05:58] Polka**
Pardon?
**[06:01] Polka**
Th-This one stone costs thirty times
one of your officials' daily wages?
**[06:08] Polka**
I never dreamed it would be so costly.
**[06:10] Misaki**
Were they cheaper in your world?
**[06:13] Polka**
Yes, even children could easily afford them.
***SIGN*** The Imperial Dazzling Corps
keeps the peace!
***SIGN*** Everyday convenience thanks to magical circuitry!
***SIGN*** Heaps of mana stones from magic-rich caves!
**[06:16] Misaki**
Wow.
**[06:19] Polka**
But for the sake of a peaceful life,
I'll persevere.
**[06:23] Polka**
If I save up enough money to buy every
jewel in this shop, I can manage.
***SIGN*** Putting the cart before the horse
**[06:29] Employee**
At this afternoon's market values,
that would be 3,812,795,800 yen.
**[06:37] Polka**
I'm not used to this currency,
so that doesn't quite click.
**[06:42] Employee**
Thank you very much.
**[06:45] Polka**
And I could feel such potent
mana from the stones...
**[06:48] Misaki**
Can't you suck out the
magic through the cases?
**[06:51] Polka**
The stones would crumble if I did.
**[06:54] Polka**
That wouldn't be fair to the shopkeepers.
**[06:57] Takumi**
*So, you've got scruples about theft?*
**[07:00] Takumi**
*Okay. Now what?*
**[07:03] Takumi**
*Hm?*
**[07:07] Takumi**
Crap!
**[07:13] Arase**
Don't be so cold.
**[07:15] Arase**
What are you running for,
**[07:17] Arase**
criminal?
**[07:19] Iwanome**
Hey. Glad I managed to catch
you today, Clarissa-chan.
**[07:23] Clarissa**
What brings you here, Inspector?
**[07:25] Iwanome**
Oh, I've been dying to chat with you.
**[07:30] Iwanome**
Your people were awfully busy when the
Shakuzawa Building caught fire, yeah?
**[07:37] Iwanome**
That info broker's drones
were spotted near the scene.
**[07:41] Iwanome**
Then, yesterday, we found
some guys in real bad shape.
**[07:45] Iwanome**
They worked for one of your
lackeys, a guy called Jinba.
**[07:50] Iwanome**
It got me wondering if there's a connection.
**[07:54] Iwanome**
So, being a cop, I'm gonna need
to ask you some questions.
**[08:02] Iwanome**
How deep is your organization
mixed up in this,
**[08:06] Iwanome**
Lisa Kuraki?
**[08:11] Arase**
Oh, sorry. Did I startle you?
**[08:15] Arase**
Don't mind me.
**[08:16] Arase**
Please.
**[08:18] Polka**
O-Okay.
**[08:19] Misaki**
Watch out, Polka-kun.
This guy's probably bad news.
**[08:24] Arase**
I know you can hear me, Takumi Kuruya-kun.
**[08:28] Arase**
You can talk through your drones when
their propellers aren't spinning.
**[08:33] Takumi**
* Of all the guys who could've*
* caught me! What'll I do?!*
**[08:37] Takumi**
* If he's not after Polka and Misaki,*
* maybe I can play dumb?*
**[08:41] Polka**
Excuse me.
**[08:43] Arase**
I believe I asked you nicely to ignore me.
**[08:48] Polka**
You did, but that drone means
a lot to a friend of mine.
**[08:54] Arase**
A friend? You mean Takumi-kun?
**[08:58] Polka**
Yes.
**[09:00] Arase**
That's no good. I mean,
you must still be in high school.
**[09:05] Arase**
Hang around human garbage like him,
and you'll end up just as rotten.
**[09:10] Arase**
Cut ties with him. Right here, right now.
**[09:14] Arase**
*What?*
**[09:16] Arase**
*He's awfully chilly.*
**[09:18] Polka**
Garbage? Scum? Impure?
**[09:24] Polka**
I think society decides
who those labels apply to.
**[09:28] Polka**
But...
**[09:29] Polka**
*I* decide who my friends are.
**[09:40] Arase**
I see.
**[09:41] Arase**
Now I'm curious.
**[09:43] Arase**
Would you mind telling
me a bit about yourself?
**[09:53] Takumi**
*Kouzaburou Arase.*
**[09:55] Takumi**
* He may be a detective with the*
* Shinjuku Community Safety Division,*
**[09:59] Takumi**
*but he's way scarier than any thug.*
**[10:03] Takumi**
* When I used to run intel for*
* a street gang, I saw him...*
**[10:09] Takumi**
* demolish eight of their toughest*
* fighters in no time flat.*
**[10:17] Takumi**
*Can you hear me, Polka?*
**[10:18] Takumi**
*Don't answer; he'll catch on.*
**[10:20] Takumi**
Hide your power.
**[10:22] Takumi**
If you catch his eye,
you can kiss a peaceful life goodbye.
**[10:25] Takumi**
*He's a cop.*
**[10:28] Arase**
Is he the one who asked you?
**[10:30] Arase**
To be friends, that is.
**[10:32] Arase**
You shouldn't trust strangers
who act too friendly.
**[10:36] Arase**
Didn't your parents teach you that?
**[10:39] Polka**
My parents sold me, so I wouldn't know.
**[10:42] Arase**
They "sold" you?
**[10:44] Polka**
*Oh, sorry. That was in my past life.*
**[10:48] Arase**
Curiouser and curiouser.
**[10:50] Arase**
I'd really like to know your name.
**[10:53] Takumi**
*Misaki visits Clarissa's too often.*
**[10:57] Takumi**
* Polka probably will, too.*
* We can't afford an investigation!*
**[11:05] Takumi**
*Hey, Arase, man.*
**[11:07] Takumi**
It's been a while since our last chat.
**[11:10] Arase**
Now this is a surprise.
You know my phone number?
**[11:14] Arase**
You must have really improved since then.
**[11:18] Takumi**
Those are just my gaming buddies.
Their relatives work at Clarissa's bar.
**[11:23] Takumi**
They're not in on any shady stuff.
Can't you cut 'em a break?
**[11:27] Arase**
I'm questioning them to find that out.
**[11:31] Takumi**
Look, I know I'll get
fined for illegal flying,
**[11:37] Takumi**
but you'll get it worse if video of you
hassling innocent kids hits the net.
**[11:42] Arase**
Really? You're trying to negotiate with *me*?
**[11:48] Arase**
Having some distance between
us sure makes you cocky.
**[11:53] Arase**
Hard to believe you sold
out your old buddies,
**[11:57] Arase**
wailing, "I'll tell you
everything! Just don't hit me!"
**[12:02] Arase**
Hey, do you know what kind of
guy Takumi Kuruya *really* is?
**[12:07] Arase**
He'd sell out his friends in a
heartbeat to save his own skin.
**[12:11] Arase**
He told me how many moles their
kid sisters have, and I didn't even ask.
**[12:16] Takumi**
*How the hell would I know that?!*
**[12:18] Arase**
*He's a callous criminal.*
**[12:21] Arase**
* Who knows what he says about you*
* behind your backs?*
**[12:24] Arase**
And he'll sell your secrets
if you give him half a chance.
**[12:29] Polka**
*So he's loose-lipped?*
**[12:32] Polka**
But that's better than
what you are right now.
**[12:37] Arase**
*I knew it. He's not just any kid.*
**[12:41] Arase**
*He's got the aura of a mob enforcer.*
**[12:44] Arase**
* Or maybe more like a*
* battle-hardened boss.*
**[12:48] Arase**
*A veteran soldier? No, he couldn't be.*
**[12:52] Polka**
* I don't want him to see my*
* power or figure out who I am.*
**[12:56] Polka**
*What will Misaki-chan do?*
**[12:59] Polka**
Huh?
**[13:02] Arase**
*Where'd the girl go?*
**[13:12] Misaki**
Oh, I'm *so* scared!
**[13:13] Misaki**
I just defended myself against a creep
who was about to hit me, right?
***SIGN*** Creep
**[13:21] Misaki**
Now, let's get out of here!
**[13:22] Misaki**
He'll attack us if we stick around!
**[13:33] Arase**
No normal kid has a kick that strong.
**[13:41] Arase**
Where'd they go?
**[13:43] Polka**
That was close.
**[13:45] Polka**
To be honest, I owe you one.
**[13:46] Misaki**
Kurupon texted me. It was all,
"He's a cop. Run."
**[14:03] Takumi**
*You okay, Polka?*
**[14:05] Polka**
Yeah, somehow.
**[14:07] Takumi**
*Listen.*
**[14:09] Takumi**
I appreciate you standing up for me,
**[14:12] Takumi**
but you gave me too much credit back there.
**[14:16] Takumi**
He was telling the truth.
**[14:18] Takumi**
I don't wanna die, so I'll spill your
secrets as soon as someone threatens me.
**[14:26] Polka**
*Now you're giving* me *too much credit.*
**[14:29] Polka**
I've got no secrets worth
more than a friend's life.
**[14:37] Takumi**
* Were you this hard-boiled*
* in your past life, too?*
**[14:42] Polka**
I told you about the
Geldwood Order, didn't I?
**[14:45] Polka**
Their holy arts can force people
to confess against their will.
**[14:50] Polka**
So "selling me out" was an irrelevant concept.
**[14:54] Takumi**
*Are you sure those guys were holy?*
**[15:00] Polka**
At least one of them was.
**[15:04] Arase**
Hi there, Aikawa-san.
**[15:06] Arase**
This may sound weird, but would
you investigate this footprint?
**[15:11] Aikawa**
What the hell? That's wicked funny.
**[15:14] Aikawa**
Wait, that's a woman's shoe.
The hell have you been doing?
**[15:17] Yamada**
Arase-chan!
***SIGN*** Shinjuku Precinct
25-Year Veteran
***SIGN*** Fumiyo Yamada
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 140 0 140 70 0 70
**[15:19] Yamada**
You're hurt! You need to
get that treated first!
**[15:22] Yamada**
Hurry! Get that shirt off!
**[15:24] Arase**
What? Hey!
**[15:25] Aikawa**
Hm?
**[15:25] Yamada**
I've got it. Eh? It's not coming off...
**[15:26] Aikawa**
I don't think I'll even
need to check this print.
**[15:29] Arase**
Come again?
**[15:30] Aikawa**
I mean, I just saw one.
**[15:32] Aikawa**
Apart from Lemmings's,
it was the most important print
**[15:36] Aikawa**
at that human knot crime scene.
**[15:41] Policewoman 1**
Look at that.
**[15:42] Policeman 1**
Scary, right?
**[15:44] Aikawa**
Anyway, if you're getting patched up,
go somewhere private.
**[15:45] Policewoman 1**
I hear he got it while he
was infiltrating the yakuza.
**[15:47] Aikawa**
That thing on your back freaks people out.
**[15:50] Arase**
Bingo.
**[15:51] Arase**
Finally, a case worth sinking my teeth into.
**[15:55] Arase**
This should be fun.
**[16:02] Inspector A**
Comps-3 sure is noisy.
**[16:05] Inspector B**
I hear they got a lead on Lemmings.
**[16:08] Inspector A**
What? That troublemaker?
**[16:10] Inspector B**
He first appeared five years ago,
if I remember right.
**[16:15] Inspector B**
Murder, protection,
transportation, kidnapping,
**[16:18] Inspector B**
robbery, destroying evidence,
debt collection...
**[16:22] Inspector B**
Rumor has it he'll do any job.
**[16:28] Inspector B**
I saw him once myself.
**[16:31] Inspector B**
He was a monster all right.
**[16:34] Inspector B**
The guys he was fighting
brought out submachine guns,
**[16:39] Inspector B**
but he still broke all their necks
**[16:41] Inspector B**
while they hosed him down with bullets.
**[16:44] Inspector B**
He didn't dodge.
He did it while they shot him.
**[16:49] Inspector B**
I'd like to say we'll catch him ourselves,
**[16:53] Inspector B**
but that's Comps-3's jurisdiction.
**[16:55] Inspector B**
We've got to leave it to Iwanome's team.
**[16:59] Inspector B**
Iwanome's an oddball who
lost his shot at promotion,
**[17:02] Inspector B**
but he's a lot tougher than he looks.
**[17:07] Iwanome**
So then I told 'im!
**[17:09] Iwanome**
"I've had it with your tricks!"
**[17:12] Bunny A**
Seriously?!
**[17:13] Bunny B**
That's something cannon fodder would say!
**[17:16] Urai**
What did that guy even come here for?
**[17:19] Clarissa**
To hear what we have to say.
**[17:22] Clarissa**
Informally, since he doesn't have a warrant.
**[17:25] Iwanome**
Hey, Lisa Kuraki!
**[17:28] Iwanome**
Fess up! I know you work with
some serious troublemakers!
**[17:34] Iwanome**
C'mon!
**[17:35] Iwanome**
I don't mean Lemmings
or the Fire-Breathing Bug!
**[17:38] Iwanome**
I know the Grim Reaper's one of your people!
**[17:42] Bunny A**
Who's that? They sound scary!
**[17:45] Bunny B**
Lemmings? What a cute name!
**[17:48] Iwanome**
Listen, there's nothing cute about Lemmings.
**[17:53] Iwanome**
He scared the hell out of me when
he broke through a 30-man team.
**[17:58] Iwanome**
Oh, but don't tell the media that, okay?
**[18:00] Bunny B**
Hmm... I don't know.
**[18:03] Urai**
Should he be saying that?
**[18:04] Urai**
I thought the precinct
couldn't make it public.
**[18:09] Clarissa**
No, but that doesn't matter.
**[18:11] Urai**
Huh?
**[18:12] Clarissa**
This bar is part of the underworld.
**[18:17] Clarissa**
Of course, I'm sure he's doing
it on purpose to taunt us.
**[18:20] Iwanome**
Those skeletons walking through fire
smell like a new troublemaker to me.
**[18:26] Bunny A; B**
What?! That's *so* creepy!
**[18:27] Izuna**
We can't let him dig too deep.
**[18:28] Koruto**
We'll need to warn Polka-kun
to be careful later.
**[18:31] Misaki**
Hiya, Clarissa!
**[18:33] Misaki**
We're here to hang out!
**[18:36] Izuna**
Why *now*?
**[18:38] Iwanome**
Whoa, there! You kids must be underage.
**[18:41] Iwanome**
You shouldn't be in here.
**[18:44] Misaki**
Don't worry! We'll order milk!
**[18:46] Iwanome**
Man, kids these days have expensive tastes.
***SIGN*** Any recognizable traits?
***SIGN*** I think I found people involved
in the human knot case.
Traits:
Sailor suit
Glasses
Braided hair
Highlights on bangs
Platform pumps
Knee socks
Red choker
Teen girl
**[19:01] Iwanome**
Hey, you two.
**[19:03] Iwanome**
If I treat you to some juice, will you
tell me what kids these days are into?
**[19:12] Takumi**
Huh?
**[19:13] Takumi**
Arase.
**[19:15] Takumi**
Where's he—
**[19:16] Takumi**
Wait, he's headed toward...
**[19:18] Takumi**
No way!
***SIGN*** 12 minutes
**[19:18] Takumi**
Hot!
**[19:20] Takumi**
I spilled it!
**[19:22] Takumi**
That was a close one.
**[19:24] Misaki**
So then Hagane-chan said,
**[19:27] Misaki**
"Damn your impudence!"
**[19:30] Iwanome**
That's something cannon fodder would say!
**[19:32] Iwanome**
Who's Hagane-chan, anyway?
**[19:35] Polka**
*What is this fruit juice?*
**[19:39] Polka**
* It's more delicious than any drink*
* I tasted before I became undead!*
**[19:46] Polka**
* I wish I could have shared it with*
* everyone in the abandoned coal mine.*
**[19:50] Iwanome**
What's he crying for?
**[19:51] Misaki**
Beats me.
**[19:53] Takumi**
*Hey, Polka! Are you in the bar?!*
**[19:55] Takumi**
*Don't answer!*
**[19:57] Takumi**
*If you're there, go out the back door ASAP!*
**[20:04] Arase**
Would you let me past? I'm a customer.
**[20:07] Arase**
At least for now.
**[20:12] Clarissa**
It's all right. Let him in.
**[20:14] Clarissa**
His friend is already here.
**[20:16] Iwanome**
Yo, Arase! Over here!
**[20:19] Arase**
She-fox.
**[20:21] Arase**
I never thought I'd actually
find you with them.
**[20:24] Misaki**
Hey!
**[20:25] Misaki**
That's the bad guy who tried
to hit me and force himself on me!
**[20:29] Iwanome**
Huh?
**[20:30] Arase**
I did *not* try to force myself on you.
**[20:32] Iwanome**
Yuck! How scummy can you be?
**[20:34] Arase**
Inspector?
**[20:35] Iwanome**
I'm just kidding.
**[20:38] Iwanome**
Listen, do you mind if I
ask you some questions?
**[20:43] Iwanome**
You don't wanna get charged with
obstruction of justice, do you?
**[20:51] Iwanome**
Damn! I've had it with your tricks!
**[20:53] Clarissa**
That wasn't us.
**[20:55] Misaki**
What'll we do now, Polka-kun? Run for it?
**[20:58] Polka**
That sounds like a good idea.
**[21:06] Polka**
You hold my hand this time.
**[21:09] Misaki**
Wow! You come on strong.
**[21:23] Misaki**
Polka-kun?
**[21:25] Polka**
*What is it? What's in here?!*
**[21:29] Clarissa**
I'm going to make some light.
**[21:54] Iwanome**
You've gotta be kidding me.
**[21:59] Arase**
What's *he* doing here?
**[22:01] Iwanome**
Lemmings!
# E5 - The Monster
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQ87NZ/the-monster)
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**[00:02] Customer 1**
What the...
**[00:03] Customer 2**
Who the hell is that?
**[00:09] Clarissa**
Wait.
**[00:11] Clarissa**
If he were here to kill,
someone would already be dead.
**[00:15] Koruto**
So, we'll be okay?
**[00:18] Clarissa**
I guess we'll see.
**[00:21] Arase**
Trying to guess what Lemmings
is thinking is a waste of time.
**[00:25] Arase**
Iwa-san.
**[00:30] Arase**
Either way, he's on the
nationwide wanted list.
**[00:34] Arase**
Let's beat him down and put him in custody.
**[00:36] Iwanome**
Don't forget, we technically have witnesses.
**[00:40] Misaki**
Polka-kun, Polka-kun.
**[00:42] Misaki**
I think that guy's probably
a lot scarier than the cops.
**[00:46] Polka**
Yes.
**[00:47] Polka**
I can tell.
**[00:51] Polka**
*Are those the ghosts of people he's killed?*
**[00:54] Polka**
*They're torn between... hatred and fear?*
**[01:04] Trio C**
Wha—?!
**[01:10] Arase**
You've got strong arms.
**[01:12] Arase**
Have you been working out your core, too?
**[01:21] Iwanome**
I *did* remind you we've got witnesses, yeah?
**[01:35] Arase**
Take me seriously, damn it.
**[01:38] Polka**
Huh?
**[01:45] Misaki**
Who, me?
**[01:49] Misaki**
Huh? Is this some new kind of pickup routine?
**[01:52] Polka**
Misaki-chan!
**[01:53] Corpse God**
*I mustn't.*
**[01:54] Corpse God**
* If those officials see my magic,*
* peace will slip through my fingers.*
**[01:59] Corpse God**
*Perhaps permanently.*
**[02:08] Corpse God**
*And regardless,*
**[02:09] Corpse God**
* I'll never have peace if*
* I oppose that monster.*
**[02:16] Iwanome**
Arase!
**[02:17] Corpse God**
* He's similar to Shagrua,*
* although differently inclined.*
**[02:22] Corpse God**
*Though human, he's pushed beyond human limits.*
**[02:26] Corpse God**
*Thus, I'm left with only one choice:*
**[02:29] Polka**
*Forsake the girl and flee.*
**[02:38] Misaki**
Polka-kun!
**[02:40] Polka**
*Maybe I messed up my reincarnation.*
**[02:43] Polka**
Teacher, it seems I've become quite a fool.
**[04:23] Iwanome**
What the hell is *that*?!
**[04:26] Iwanome**
Huh?!
**[04:32] Misaki**
Polka-kun?
**[04:33] Misaki**
I can't see, but that *is* you, isn't it?
**[04:35] Polka**
Quiet! Let's get out while we can.
**[04:41] Iwanome**
What? What was that noise?!
**[04:51] Polka**
He can see in pitch darkness?!
**[05:22] Polka**
Misaki-chan!
**[05:25] Misaki**
Huh?
**[05:28] Misaki**
Well, umm, see...
**[05:31] Misaki**
I can't tell you that!
**[05:33] Misaki**
I'd get chewed out if I did!
**[05:35] Misaki**
So, end of discussion! Better luck next time!
**[05:42] Misaki**
Hey, hold up!
**[05:44] Misaki**
He's got nothing to do with this—
or any bad stuff.
**[05:49] Misaki**
Well? I told you.
**[05:51] Misaki**
Satisfied now?
**[05:53] Misaki**
I'll even throw in a freebie!
**[05:56] Polka**
*Her paralytic saliva?!*
**[06:02] Misaki**
I can't bite through these bandages.
**[06:05] Misaki**
Psych!
**[06:15] Misaki**
Lucky you. That was basically a kiss.
**[06:20] Polka**
Of course, a fork won't carry enough
saliva to fully immobilize him.
**[06:27] Polka**
But thank you.
**[06:45] Polka**
You bought me time to
work out a spell in peace.
**[07:01] Iwanome**
What the hell?
**[07:03] Iwanome**
We might as well not have been here,
for all the good we did.
**[07:06] Arase**
Let's come in full gear next time.
**[07:08] Clarissa**
Oh, my. That's awfully extreme.
**[07:14] Iwanome**
Sorry, but after what I just saw,
I haven't got the balls to come back unarmed.
**[07:23] Clarissa**
This is a non-smoking area.
**[07:25] Iwanome**
Huh?
**[07:30] Takeru**
So, you're back,
**[07:32] Takeru**
Lemmings.
**[07:34] Takeru**
You were gone a long time.
I expect quicker work from you.
**[07:42] Takeru**
What?
**[07:43] Takeru**
I see. So Jinba was already killed.
**[07:47] Takeru**
Well, it never mattered
to me who disposed of him.
**[07:52] Takeru**
I continue to have high hopes for you, Nezu.
**[07:58] Takeru**
Is there something else?
**[08:04] Takumi**
For real?!
**[08:06] Takumi**
That guy's like an urban
legend here in Shinjuku.
**[08:09] Takumi**
He slips in unnoticed and
does his job without a fuss.
**[08:13] Takumi**
Because he can pop up anywhere,
they name him after a horde of rodents—
**[08:16] Takumi**
"Lemmings."
**[08:19] Takumi**
Man, I can't believe you
made it out in one piece.
**[08:21] Misaki**
Yeah, we made a real killing!
**[08:24] Takumi**
* Still, you must've used a lot*
* of magic power on that, Polka.*
**[08:29] Polka**
Yes.
**[08:31] Polka**
But the ghosts haunting that bandaged
man more than made up for it.
**[08:46] Polka**
Thank you.
**[08:47] Misaki**
Huh? What for?
**[08:49] Polka**
You protected me.
**[08:52] Polka**
You told him a secret, didn't you?
**[08:55] Misaki**
Don't sweat it.
**[08:57] Misaki**
You bailed me out, too,
**[08:59] Misaki**
so we're even!
**[09:03] (Flashback) Teacher**
It doesn't matter if you've known
someone one second or five years.
**[09:06] (Flashback) Teacher**
If you want to help them, go ahead and do it.
**[09:10] (Flashback) Teacher**
Boy, I suspect you'll live a long time.
**[09:15] (Flashback) Teacher**
So long that the distinction between
a second and a century blurs.
**[09:19] (Flashback) Teacher**
So don't bother worrying
about how long a thing lasts.
**[09:23] (Flashback) Teacher**
As you live on and on,
the force of habit and experience
**[09:28] (Flashback) Teacher**
will take control when it matters most.
**[09:34] Polka**
With this frail body, I can't protect anyone.
**[09:38] Polka**
Not even myself.
**[09:41] Polka**
Misaki-chan.
**[09:43] Polka**
*Takumi-kun.*
**[09:45] Polka**
*And...*
**[09:46] Polka**
the real Polka-kun.
**[09:48] Polka**
I don't know the first thing about this world,
so I want you to teach me.
**[09:54] Polka**
*About yourselves, as well.*
**[09:56] Takumi**
What're you acting all formal for?
**[09:58] Polka**
I see clearly now.
**[10:01] Polka**
I don't want any peace
**[10:03] Polka**
that requires sacrificing someone who
laughed with me, no matter how briefly.
**[10:18] Takeru**
I can't believe you're still alive.
**[10:21] Takeru**
You had me completely fooled,
**[10:23] Takeru**
Polka.
**[10:25] Takeru**
Playtime is over.
**[10:31] Polka**
And so,
**[10:32] Polka**
I've decided to start a business.
**[10:35] Takumi**
What for?
**[10:36] Polka**
What happened yesterday
drove it home for me.
**[10:38] Polka**
To live here peacefully, with limited mana,
I really do need money.
**[10:45] Takumi**
Talk about materialistic.
**[10:47] Misaki**
Are you gonna make more big skeletons?!
**[10:50] Takumi**
They'll call in the riot squad.
**[10:52] Polka**
Necromancy is useful in combat,
but that isn't all it's good for.
**[10:58] Polka**
For instance, if I make pacts with
ghosts who still have a sense of self,
**[11:01] Polka**
I can let them possess and move objects.
**[11:04] Misaki**
Hey, that's my mechanical pencil.
**[11:06] Polka**
You dropped it, so I borrowed it.
**[11:08] Misaki**
No problem!
**[11:09] Polka**
I found a sane ghost in the basement,
so I made a pact and let it possess this.
**[11:16] Takumi**
Whoa!
***SIGN*** I say. I'm honored to meet acquaintances of Clarissa, the famed intermediary.
**[11:22] Takumi**
It's way more eloquent than I expected!
***SIGN*** My name is Hosorogi,
and I passed away here five years ago.
Heh heh heh..
I bet you could dupe a land swindler
and legally flip this building...
**[11:28] Misaki**
Wow!
**[11:29] Takumi**
But it's saying some shady-ass things!
**[11:31] Polka**
Since only I can use magic,
if I start a business with magic,
**[11:35] Polka**
I may be able to corner the market.
**[11:38] Polka**
In fact, I've already drawn up a sign.
**[11:41] [SONG] Text; sign; center**
THE
SHOP
***SIGN*** We do things
***SIGN*** Magic? No problem
***SIGN*** Yay!!
**[11:43] Polka**
What do you think?
**[11:43] [SONG] Text**
THE SHOP
***SIGN*** We
do
things
***SIGN*** Magic?
No problem!
**[11:43] [SONG] Text**
Yay!!
**[11:44] Misaki**
I helped!
**[11:46] Takumi**
You wanna live peacefully, yeah?
**[11:51] Takumi**
I know you're really a freaky
monster who could kill me no sweat,
**[11:57] Takumi**
but I'll say this anyway.
**[11:59] Takumi**
Are you out of your mind?
**[12:01] Polka**
What?
***SIGN*** If it's money you're after, I have a better idea.
***SIGN*** Fortunes
**[12:11] Polka**
I can see it now.
**[12:14] Polka**
Your profession
**[12:16] Polka**
is related to medicine, is it not?
**[12:19] Saimyouji**
Yeah, it is.
**[12:20] Polka**
I sense that the flow of qi
is blocked in your left leg.
**[12:23] Saimyouji**
Y-You're right! I broke it,
and I'm still in physical therapy.
**[12:28] Saimyouji**
It moves on its own?!
***SIGN*** Don't play so many video games.
**[12:31] Saimyouji**
"Don't play so many video games"?
**[12:33] Saimyouji**
Is there anything you *don't* know?!
**[12:38] Takumi**
I can't believe you're actually raking it in.
**[12:40] Misaki**
Amazing, right?!
**[12:42] Misaki**
You'd never guess that sign
was all done in pencil.
**[12:46] Takumi**
You made a hundred grand in a week.
**[12:49] Takumi**
But really, fortune telling?
***SIGN*** The keys to sham fortune telling are
hot reading and cold reading.
Hot reading = Passing off the results
of prior investigation as guesses.
Cold reading = Guessing a subject's thoughts
based on what they say and do.
You will need:
- A crystal ball
- Exotic costumes
**[12:52] Takumi**
"The keys to sham fortune telling
are hot reading and cold reading"?
**[12:58] Takumi**
Honestly, this is a great setup.
**[13:00] Takumi**
I look up clients, using the names and
birth dates we make them write at the desk,
**[13:05] Takumi**
and show Polka the data through
this little eyeball guy.
**[13:08] Takumi**
And with Polka doing his thing on top of that...
**[13:11] Husband's Ghost**
I died last month of overeating.
**[13:14] Polka**
I see you lost someone
dear to you last month.
**[13:18] Lady**
How did you know?!
**[13:22] Polka**
The key to open a new door is carved on
a tombstone at the back of your garden.
**[13:28] Lady**
A tombstone?
**[13:30] Lady**
You mean the one for our pet,
Mii-chan, who died last year?
**[13:33] Lady**
Could it be... the combination
to the main safe?
**[13:41] Takumi**
...you get fortune telling with
a 100% accuracy rate.
**[13:45] Takumi**
Still, you writing on your own
has to look like a total gimmick.
***SIGN*** That's just what we want.
Let them start out suspicious
and then decide it's real magic.
That will lay the groundwork for
more potent brainwashing to come.
Heh heh heh...
**[13:56] Takumi**
Brainwashing?
**[14:00] Takumi**
You *do* remember Polka wants peace, right?
**[14:05] Polka**
This is the first money I've earned here.
**[14:10] Polka**
Now to split it five ways.
**[14:12] Takumi**
Why five?
**[14:13] Polka**
For me, Misaki-chan, Takumi-kun,
the real Polka-kun, and Hosorogi-san.
**[14:18] Takumi**
You sure are conscientious.
**[14:20] Misaki**
Yay!
**[14:23] Polka**
What's wrong?
**[14:24] Polka**
Just think of it as a token of
thanks for lending me your body.
**[14:29] Takumi**
Is he saying he doesn't want the money?
**[14:31] Polka**
Yes. He says he didn't earn it.
**[14:34] Takumi**
Well, the real Polka's probably
seen enough cash for a lifetime.
**[14:39] Takumi**
Oh, right. You can't access all his memories.
**[14:44] Takumi**
Polka Shinoyama's family is—
**[14:47] Takumi**
Hey, what's the big idea?
**[14:49] Kazuki**
Oh, dear, are we disturbing you?
**[14:53] Kazuki**
Good day, everyone.
**[14:56] Shizuki**
There he is! Polka really is here!
**[15:02] Kazuki**
It's been half a month,
hasn't it, Uncle Polka?
**[15:05] Polka**
*What? Could it be...?!*
***SIGN*** Kazuki
Shinoyama
**[15:11] Polka**
*Kazuki and Shizuki Shinoyama, twin siblings.*
***SIGN*** Shizuki
Shinoyama
***SIGN*** Kazuki
Shinoyama
**[15:16] Polka**
*They're this body's niece and nephew!*
**[15:18] Polka**
*Oh, no! I've got to fool them!*
**[15:23] Polka**
You must be mistaken. I am the Corpse God,
**[15:28] Polka**
a sorcerer strayed into your
world from far beyond the veil.
**[15:32] Shizuki**
Excuse me? Who do you think you're fooling?
**[15:34] Shizuki**
And what's with that name?
**[15:36] Shizuki**
"Corpse God"? A god for dead bodies?
**[15:40] Shizuki**
That's... kinda cool.
**[15:42] Takumi**
You think so?
**[15:43] Kazuki**
Calm down, Shizuki.
**[15:46] Kazuki**
These peasants must have put him up to it.
**[15:50] Kazuki**
Why else would Uncle Polka
have run away from home?
**[15:56] Polka**
*This is bad.*
**[15:57] Polka**
* If they find out I'm not him inside,*
* there goes my peace.*
**[16:01] Kazuki**
Well, let's set that aside for now.
**[16:05] Kazuki**
We're here as customers today.
**[16:09] Kazuki**
Won't you show us
**[16:13] Kazuki**
your oh-so-impressive fortune telling?
**[16:17] Polka**
A foolish question.
**[16:18] Polka**
All things have their proper time.
**[16:23] Polka**
Call again later.
**[16:25] Misaki**
We open at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
**[16:28] Takumi**
So, why don't you leave
for today, little girl?
**[16:32] Kazuki**
Oh? How odd.
**[16:34] Kazuki**
I don't recall giving
you permission to speak.
**[16:38] Kazuki**
A mere peasant presumes to argue with *me*?
**[16:42] Kazuki**
And what do you propose to do if I refuse?
**[16:45] Takumi**
Well, call the cops, for a start.
**[16:48] Kazuki**
Huh?
**[16:49] Takumi**
What did you expect? You barged
into a business after closing time.
**[16:55] Takumi**
What's a poor, frightened peasant
like me to do but call the cops?
**[17:00] Kazuki**
What nonsense.
**[17:02] Kazuki**
Do you have any idea who we are?
**[17:04] Takumi**
Classless nouveaux riches who look down
their noses at people they've just met?
**[17:09] Kazuki**
I am—
**[17:10] Bodyguard A**
Please be calm, little miss!
**[17:12] Bodyguard B**
He's probably recording this conversation!
Maybe even streaming it.
**[17:17] Bodyguard B**
Giving your name might be unwise.
**[17:21] Takumi**
What now?
**[17:22] Takumi**
Are you gonna sic your men in black
on me because you lost an argument?
**[17:28] Kazuki**
I've had it with your—
**[17:29] Polka**
That's enough. Thank you.
**[17:32] Polka**
I realize you're making
yourself a target to spare me,
**[17:36] Polka**
but this child is on the verge of tears.
**[17:40] Kazuki**
Th-That's ridiculous!
**[17:47] Shizuki**
Hey, Polka! What're you—
**[17:51] Polka**
You said you wanted your fortunes read.
**[17:54] Polka**
Don't worry. You both have a future.
**[17:58] Polka**
I'll protect you.
**[18:00] Shizuki**
Th-That's rich coming from you, Polka!
**[18:04] Polka**
You're mistaken.
**[18:06] Polka**
But I am acquainted with Polka.
**[18:09] Polka**
And he told me that
**[18:12] Polka**
he'll return home tomorrow.
**[18:16] Polka**
So you should go home for today, as well.
**[18:20] Suzuka**
Help... Help...
**[18:22] Polka**
* Yes, I understand. You have*
* nothing to worry about.*
**[18:27] Suzuka**
Someone, help these children.
**[18:33] Polka**
Yes.
**[18:35] Polka**
I'll keep these children safe.
**[18:40] Polka**
"Evil spirit" isn't quite
the right word for her.
**[18:44] Polka**
She seems to want to protect the twins,
but she's gone half-mad.
**[18:49] Takumi**
And you trust a ghost like that?
**[18:52] Polka**
I can't ignore this.
**[18:54] Takumi**
You seem awfully soft on those kids.
**[18:56] Polka**
Yes, well...
**[19:00] Polka**
They remind me of some other
children who tried to act tough.
**[19:03] Takumi**
Oh, I see.
**[19:05] Misaki**
Hey, so,
**[19:07] Misaki**
are you really going back to
Polka-kun's house tomorrow?
**[19:10] Polka**
Yes.
**[19:11] Misaki**
Where does he live?
**[19:13] Polka**
Um, let me think.
**[19:15] Takumi**
Here.
**[19:16] Polka**
Huh?
**[19:17] Takumi**
The Shinoyama Group.
**[19:19] Takumi**
Built around Shinoyama Bank,
it has assets in the trillions.
***SIGN*** Shinoyama Bank
**[19:24] Takumi**
They're not the richest people out there,
but they're still loaded.
**[19:28] Takumi**
And you, Polka,
**[19:30] Takumi**
are the second son of their current
patriarch, Rozan Shinoyama.
**[19:37] Takumi**
Your father, Rozan, turned 79 this year.
**[19:40] Takumi**
And if something happened to him,
**[19:43] Takumi**
Polka could claim a share of his inheritance.
**[19:47] Takumi**
No wonder someone wants you dead.
**[19:51] Polka**
But my peaceful life...
**[19:53] Takumi**
Why's the real one look shocked, too?
**[19:56] Takumi**
Like I said before, we don't
know who put the hit on Polka.
**[20:01] Takumi**
But it could have been one of your relatives.
**[20:05] Takumi**
Going home is like charging
into enemy territory.
**[20:09] Takumi**
Are you sure about this?
**[20:11] Misaki**
Oh, come on. Polka-kun can handle it.
**[20:14] Takumi**
Only if he can afford to
use magic out in the open.
**[20:16] Polka**
Oh, I had bodyguards back when I was alive.
**[20:20] Polka**
A zombie saber-toothed tiger
and a skeleton heavy cavalry soldier.
**[20:24] Takumi**
This is sounding less peaceful by the word.
***SIGN*** I'm a silent bodyguard. Please don't pry.
***SIGN*** I'm a silent bodyguard. Please don't pry.
**[20:30] Polka**
How about this?
**[20:31] Takumi**
Any rich guy who'd buy that
would go broke in no time.
**[20:35] Polka**
Hmm...
**[20:36] Polka**
Then I'll need a bodyguard who looks human.
**[20:39] Takumi**
Who looks human...
**[20:40] Misaki**
Ooh!
**[20:43] Misaki**
Huh? What's up?
**[20:46] Shizuki**
What's wrong with Polka?!
**[20:48] Shizuki**
Who does that wimp think he is,
acting all grown up?!
**[20:53] Kazuki**
Was that really Uncle Polka, do you think?
**[21:03] Kazuki**
Takeru-oniisama.
**[21:05] Takeru**
You shouldn't be out playing
so late, Kazuki, Shizuki.
**[21:10] Kazuki**
We're terribly sorry.
**[21:11] Shizuki**
S-Sorry.
**[21:13] Takeru**
Now, tell me. Did Polka seem well?
**[21:17] Shizuki**
Huh? Y-Yeah.
**[21:19] Kazuki**
He said to expect him at home tomorrow.
**[21:21] Takeru**
I see. That's something to look forward to.
**[21:25] Takeru**
Although, that said,
I'll have to assign him a babysitter.
**[21:29] Takeru**
The two of you should take care, as well.
**[21:32] Takeru**
There could always be another accident,
like what happened to Suzuka.
**[23:15] Rozan**
I see. So, Polka's alive and kicking.
**[23:19] Rozan**
Still, playing magician in Shinjuku?
**[23:23] Rozan**
He must have gotten that from you,
**[23:26] Rozan**
Kanon.
**[23:30] Rozan**
I suppose I can't die just yet.
# E6 - The Firestarter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U4GPNW/the-firestarter)
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***SIGN*** SHINOYAMA
**[00:04] Polka**
This is quite a mansion, even by the
imperial aristocracy's standards.
**[00:08] Kazuki**
Oh, my.
**[00:10] Kazuki**
Welcome home, Uncle Polka.
**[00:12] Shizuki**
Aw, and I bet on him making a run for it.
***SIGN*** Shizuki Shinoyama (11)
***SIGN*** Polka's Nephew
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 65 0 65
***SIGN*** Polka's Niece
***SIGN*** Kazuki Shinoyama (11)
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 65 0 65
**[00:17] Polka**
Yes.
**[00:18] Polka**
I did make a promise.
**[00:20] Takeru**
Good grief.
**[00:22] Takeru**
You honestly came waltzing back here?
***SIGN*** Polka's Nephew
President of Shinoyama Security
***SIGN*** Takeru Shinoyama (26)
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 65 0 65
**[00:26] Takeru**
What happened to your
"journey of self-discovery"?
***SIGN*** I'm going on a journey
of self-discovery.
**[00:29] Polka**
I found a new me in Shinjuku.
**[00:33] Takeru**
Oh?
**[00:34] Takeru**
Now,
**[00:35] Takeru**
would you explain the young
lady accompanying you?
**[00:38] Polka**
Well...
**[00:40] Misaki**
Allow me to introduce myself.
**[00:42] Misaki**
I am Misaki Sakimiya.
**[00:44] Misaki**
It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
**[02:24] Takeru**
Really? You were about to jump to your
death when Polka talked you down?
**[02:28] Misaki**
Yes.
**[02:29] Misaki**
If not for Polka-kun, I wouldn't be here.
**[02:34] Misaki**
And he's saved me several more times since.
**[02:38] Takeru**
Hmm...
**[02:40] Takeru**
It appears Polka really did "find a new him."
**[02:44] Takeru**
Although...
**[02:45] Takeru**
I never expected he'd wind up with the
daughter of Sakimiya Steel's owner.
**[02:50] Misaki**
My family's business no longer exists.
**[02:54] Takeru**
Pardon me.
**[02:56] Takeru**
Your parents helped me a
lot when I was younger.
**[02:59] Takeru**
What happened to them was...
truly unfortunate.
**[03:05] (Flashback) Takumi**
The current head of the
Shinoyama family is Rozan.
***SIGN*** Rozan Shinoyama Kanon Shinoyama
***SIGN*** Gaku Shinoyama Polka Shinoyama
***SIGN*** Kiri Shinoyama Takeru Shinoyama Suzuka Shinoyama Sayo Shinoyama Kazuki Shinoyama Shizuki Shinoyama
**[03:07] (Flashback) Takumi**
His eldest son, Gaku Shinoyama, is 48.
**[03:11] (Flashback) Takumi**
Polka is the son of Rozan's second wife.
**[03:14] (Flashback) Takumi**
So the brothers were born
more than 30 years apart.
**[03:17] (Flashback) Takumi**
Then there's your nephew, Takeru Shinoyama.
***SIGN*** Takeru Shinoyama
**[03:21] (Flashback) Takeru**
As far as Polka's relatives go,
he's definitely the one to watch out for.
**[03:26] (Flashback) Takeru**
He's the president of
Shinoyama Security, and—
***SIGN*** Shinoyama Security?
A lot of former police big-shots
end up there.
They hush up scandals by eliminating
inconvenient people.
Rumor has it they control all
the less savory parts
of the Shinoyama Group.
**[03:38] (Flashback) Takumi**
You sure know a lot.
**[03:40] (Flashback) Takumi**
Well, Takeru's dangerous because he runs
that shady operation at just 26 years old.
**[03:46] Kiri**
That must have been hard on you.
**[03:48] Kiri**
Listen, if you're ever in trouble,
you can count on us for help.
**[03:52] Takeru**
Kiri.
**[03:52] Takeru**
Don't make careless promises
about people's livelihoods.
**[03:55] Kiri**
Oh, don't be like that, Takeru-san.
***SIGN*** Takeru's Wife
***SIGN*** Kiri Shinoyama (24)
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 65 0 65
**[03:59] Kiri**
She'll be like part of the family.
Won't that be lovely?
**[04:02] Takeru**
I'm saying you should
consider her feelings first.
**[04:06] Takeru**
In any case, you're welcome
as a friend of the family.
**[04:10] Takeru**
Make yourself at home.
**[04:12] Misaki**
Thank you so much for your kindness.
**[04:14] Polka**
*Amazing. She plays her part perfectly.*
**[04:17] Polka**
* I'd better make sure I don't*
* give myself away either.*
**[04:20] Polka**
* I spent last night cramming about manners,*
* but I'm still nervous.*
**[04:24] Shizuki**
What's with that shark doll?
**[04:27] Shizuki**
Is it me, or does it move sometimes?
**[04:29] Polka**
Well, this is—
**[04:30] Sayo**
The Sharkborg from Hell.
**[04:32] Shizuki**
Sayo-nee?
**[04:33] Sayo**
That design is from the climax of Part Two.
***SIGN*** Polka's Niece Unemployed
***SIGN*** Sayo Shinoyama (20)
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 65 0 65
**[04:37] Sayo**
The first three were absolute classics,
but then they made the sharkborg humanoid.
**[04:42] Sayo**
Ditching all the shark elements made me sick.
**[04:45] Sayo**
Personally, I didn't mind the
hot-girl orcadroid in five.
**[04:49] Sayo**
But then, at the end,
the sharkborg's mouth shoots...
**[04:50] Goro**
Oh, Master Polka! I'm so glad you're safe!
**[04:56] Polka**
Huh?
**[04:56] Polka**
Oh, thanks.
**[04:57] Polka**
*Who's he?*
**[05:00] Polka**
*Huh? A relative? What's his name?*
**[05:04] Goro**
You might be even more of a
go-getter than your father!
***SIGN*** Some Relative
***SIGN*** (Rozan Shinoyama's Niece's Husband) 52
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 330 0 330 65 0 65
**[05:09] Polka**
Um... Where is everyone else?
**[05:11] Kazuki**
At work, of course.
**[05:13] Kazuki**
Our parents are overseas.
**[05:16] Kazuki**
That leaves Takeru-oniisama,
who happened to have a day off,
**[05:21] Kazuki**
Kiri-oneesama, and Sayo-oneesama,
who's unemployed.
**[05:24] Sayo**
Just call me a bedroom security officer.
**[05:27] Sayo**
I couldn't handle guarding the whole house.
**[05:29] Kazuki**
Apart from us, no one else is here today.
**[05:32] Rozan**
Hey, now, Kazuki.
**[05:35] Rozan**
Don't forget the master of the house.
***SIGN*** Head of the Shinoyama Group
***SIGN*** Rozan Shinoyama (79)
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 65 0 65
**[05:39] Rozan**
Do you want to make your grandpa cry?
**[05:42] Kiri**
Grandfather! Is it safe for you
to be up and about?
**[05:45] Rozan**
Yeah, this is one of my good days.
**[05:49] Rozan**
Oh, right. Sayo.
**[05:50] Sayo**
Yeah?
**[05:51] Rozan**
I watched that movie you recommended,
*Lost Vacation*. I liked it.
**[05:57] Sayo**
Really? Great.
**[06:00] Sayo**
Next, try *47 Meters Under
the Sea* or *Panic Market*.
**[06:04] Takeru**
*All shark movies, I'm guessing.*
**[06:06] Goro**
Why, hello, sir!
**[06:08] Goro**
I'm so glad to see you
on the way to recovery!
**[06:10] Goro**
This is perfect timing.
**[06:11] Goro**
I wanted to discuss the
pharmaceutical division with you.
**[06:15] Rozan**
I'm semi-retired. Talk to Gaku
about business issues.
**[06:19] Goro**
I... I realize that, but—
**[06:22] Rozan**
Hey.
**[06:24] Rozan**
Are you gonna make me repeat myself?
**[06:28] Goro**
P-Pardon me, sir!
**[06:31] Takeru**
Grandfather.
**[06:34] Rozan**
Don't give me that look.
**[06:36] Rozan**
If he'd made it sound urgent,
I would've heard him out.
**[06:41] Rozan**
Now,
**[06:42] Rozan**
Polka.
**[06:43] Polka**
Y-Yes?!
**[06:45] Rozan**
Don't you have something to say to me?
**[06:54] Polka**
I'm, um, sorry for running away from home?
**[07:00] Rozan**
No, idiot.
**[07:04] Rozan**
You start with "I'm home."
**[07:09] Polka**
I'm... home?
**[07:10] Rozan**
I overheard that young lady's story,
**[07:14] Rozan**
but I'd like to hear what you have to say.
**[07:18] Rozan**
Come with me to the tatami room in the annex.
**[07:20] Polka**
O-Okay.
**[07:22] Rozan**
Sorry, miss. Entertain yourself
in the garden for a bit.
**[07:27] Misaki**
I'd love to.
**[07:31] Shizuki**
That's it? I hoped Polka
was gonna get chewed out.
**[07:35] Kazuki**
Maybe he's about to be.
**[07:38] Suzuka**
Close... Close...
**[07:40] Suzuka**
The fire is close.
**[07:45] Rozan**
You, a fortune teller?!
**[07:48] Rozan**
Well, what do you know!
**[07:50] Rozan**
And a distant relative of the young lady's
runs an exclusive club in Shinjuku?
**[07:54] Polka**
Yes. And she rented us a room
in an unused building.
**[07:59] Rozan**
That took guts.
**[08:01] Rozan**
Anything else worth mentioning?
**[08:04] Polka**
Well, a policeman caught
one of my friend's drones.
**[08:07] Rozan**
Come again?!
**[08:09] Polka**
*Thank goodness. I think I can fool him.*
**[08:12] Rozan**
Oh, I almost forgot. Tell me one last thing.
**[08:15] Polka**
What is it, Dad?
**[08:18] Rozan**
Who are you?
**[08:23] Polka**
What do you mean, Dad?
**[08:26] Rozan**
What I said.
**[08:27] Rozan**
Still, it's strange. You certainly
look and sound like Polka.
**[08:32] Polka**
That's because—
**[08:32] Rozan**
But you're not. You aren't Polka.
**[08:37] Polka**
I don't understand, Dad.
**[08:39] Polka**
You're not making sense.
**[08:42] Rozan**
Listen.
**[08:44] Rozan**
Don't take me for a fool.
**[08:47] Rozan**
I may have one foot in the grave,
but I've survived my share of crises.
**[08:53] Rozan**
And, most importantly, I'm his father.
Sense doesn't enter into it.
**[08:59] Polka**
*I see.*
**[09:00] Corpse God**
*So this is what a parent is.*
**[09:03] (Flashback) Corpse God's Father**
C'mon, he's my darling son.
**[09:05] (Flashback) Corpse God's Father**
Gimme something to sweeten the deal.
**[09:07] Corpse God**
*He's nothing like the ones I've known.*
**[09:11] Rozan**
Actually, I've got one more question for you.
**[09:16] Rozan**
Where's the real Polka? Is he alive?
**[09:21] Corpse God**
Well...
**[09:25] Rozan**
Whoa, there.
**[09:26] Polka**
Kazuki and Shizuki may be in danger.
**[09:29] Rozan**
What?
**[09:30] Polka**
I promised to protect those children,
**[09:34] Polka**
so I'm leaving.
**[09:35] Polka**
Please trust me. I'll explain later.
**[09:40] Rozan**
I've got no clue what you're talking about...
**[09:43] Rozan**
But go on.
**[09:44] Polka**
Thank you.
**[09:49] Rozan**
No normal person moves like that.
**[09:52] Xiaoyu**
You should've just killed him, Your Lordship!
**[09:56] Rozan**
I'm not heartless enough to slay someone
with my son's face just like that.
**[10:03] Rozan**
Well, damn. That sounds serious.
**[10:12] (Flashback) Kazuki**
Suzuka-oneechan.
**[10:14] (Flashback) Shizuki**
Listen, we went exploring in the
woods out back, and...
**[10:18] (Flashback) Kazuki**
My purse is gone. I think I dropped it.
**[10:21] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Don't worry. I'll find it for you.
**[10:26] (Flashback) Kazuki**
You will?
**[10:26] (Flashback) Shizuki**
Thanks!
**[10:33] (Flashback) Suzuka**
There it is!
**[10:34] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Hey, I gave her this purse.
**[10:37] (Flashback) Suzuka**
I guess she really liked it.
**[10:39] (Flashback) Goro**
I see you managed to infiltrate.
**[10:42] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Who's there?
**[10:44] (Flashback) Goro**
What happened to that face's original owner?
**[10:47] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I burned him up.
**[10:48] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Thoroughly, until even his bones were ash.
**[10:51] (Flashback) Goro**
I... I see.
**[10:53] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Now, I'd say preparations
will take... about two years.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Goro**
That's a long time to wait.
**[10:58] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
It would be easier to just burn a few
people and make it look like an accident.
**[11:04] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
For example, say those twins
were playing with fire.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Goro**
What's wrong?
**[11:12] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Oh, nothing.
**[11:14] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
But something smells lovely.
**[11:18] (Flashback) Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Like soft flesh...
that I'm just dying to burn.
**[11:24] (Flashback) Suzuka**
I need to warn them!
**[11:26] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Grandfather and Takeru-oniisama!
**[11:28] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Kazuki and Shizuki!
**[11:32] (Flashback) Suzuka**
What?
**[11:32] (Flashback) Suzuka**
It's hot...
**[11:37] (Flashback) Servant A**
An explosion in the boiler room?!
**[11:39] (Flashback) Servant B**
Hey! Where's Suzuka-sama?!
**[11:42] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Oh, thank goodness.
**[11:44] (Flashback) Suzuka**
You're both all right.
**[11:47] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Hurry. You need to run!
**[11:50] (Flashback) Suzuka**
What's wrong?
**[11:52] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Can't you hear me?
**[11:56] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Someone, anyone...
**[11:58] (Flashback) Suzuka**
Save these children!
***SIGN*** SOMEONE
**[12:02] Suzuka**
Someone...
***SIGN*** SOMEONE
**[12:04] Suzuka**
...save...
**[12:06] Suzuka**
...these children.
**[12:09] Kazuki**
Huh?
**[12:09] Shizuki**
What?
**[12:10] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Are you hurt?!
**[12:12] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Kazuki-sama! Shizuki-sama! There's a fire!
**[12:15] Kazuki**
A fire?!
**[12:16] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Follow me! You need to evacuate!
**[12:22] Suzuka**
No...
**[12:25] Suzuka**
No!
***SIGN*** Tokyo Detention House
**[12:29] Arase**
Iwa-san.
**[12:30] Arase**
Why are you going to consult
a troublemaker like *him*?
**[12:35] Iwanome**
To crack this case, we'll need
to go a little bit crazy.
**[12:40] Arase**
Only a little?
**[12:42] Iwanome**
I know, I know.
**[12:47] Iwanome**
But you can't deny that he's the
closest to that thing we saw.
**[12:55] Iwanome**
Ten'a Sorimura.
**[12:57] Iwanome**
Or should I say...
**[12:58] Iwanome**
the Phantom Solitaire?
**[13:00] Solitaire**
You gave me that name.
It's just a pun on my real one.
**[13:05] Solitaire**
But lately, it's been growing on me.
**[13:09] Iwanome**
Glad to hear it.
***SIGN*** Shakuzawa Building Fire Witness:
"Flames are shooting from the broken windows"
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 395 0 395 30 0 30
**[13:15] Solitaire**
I see. Fascinating.
**[13:17] Iwanome**
I don't know if it's coincidence or fate,
but we've pinned that fire
**[13:21] Iwanome**
on a troublemaker.
The Fire-Breathing Bug.
**[13:25] Iwanome**
They always leave the same message:
**[13:29] Iwanome**
"This world is a buggy program,"
meaning everything's all screwed up.
**[13:34] Iwanome**
We found it written at the scene.
**[13:37] Iwanome**
And just like in all their other crimes,
the fire spread impossibly fast.
**[13:44] Iwanome**
So, I came up with a theory.
**[13:46] Iwanome**
They infiltrate their targets in disguise
**[13:49] Iwanome**
and take their time painstakingly
preparing the ground.
**[13:52] Iwanome**
Just like bugs chewing through your
house while you're none the wiser.
**[13:58] Iwanome**
Then they breathe fire out of the blue.
**[14:01] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
This way! Hurry!
**[14:03] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
There's an escape tunnel that leads outside!
**[14:05] Shizuki**
Okay!
**[14:07] Shizuki**
What's wrong, Kazuki?! Hurry up!
**[14:10] Kazuki**
Wait.
**[14:11] Kazuki**
There's no way out down here.
**[14:15] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Oh, no, little miss. I assure you there is.
**[14:20] Kazuki**
What?
**[14:20] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I've spent two years building it.
**[14:44] Misaki**
Right in the nick of time!
**[14:46] Misaki**
Um...
**[14:48] Misaki**
I can't see you, but you can relax now, okay?
**[14:52] Misaki**
Me and Polka-kun are gonna save these kids!
**[14:57] Misaki**
Wow.
**[14:58] Misaki**
You sure can take a beating.
**[15:01] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Well, I made my skin nice and thick.
**[15:05] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I only planned to snack on the twins today,
**[15:08] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
but this is an unexpected feast.
**[15:11] Misaki**
Polka-kun was right on the money!
Good thing I was watching you!
**[15:16] Misaki**
Now, get going. Run back upstairs.
**[15:18] Kazuki**
B-But...
**[15:20] Misaki**
Go on!
**[15:25] Shizuki**
Let's go!
**[15:26] Misaki**
I'm guessing you're one of us, mister.
**[15:30] Misaki**
So you must've heard of me.
**[15:33] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Zaki the Killer Killer.
**[15:36] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I got a glimpse of you when I
was scoping out Clarissa's bar.
**[15:40] Misaki**
I knew it!
**[15:42] Misaki**
You seemed scared of me when things
got tense at Polka-kun's place.
**[15:47] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
So that's what tipped you off.
**[15:50] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
But that doesn't explain
**[15:52] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
what you're doing with Polka Shinoyama!
**[15:57] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Did Rozan hire you?!
**[15:59] Misaki**
Hmm... Not quite.
**[16:02] Misaki**
But I'm not telling!
**[16:03] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Idiot!
**[16:12] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Are you even human?
**[16:15] Misaki**
Y'know,
**[16:17] Misaki**
I was sure you'd try to
chase after those kids!
**[16:30] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
You want to know why I didn't?
**[16:32] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
That's simple.
**[16:34] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Because there's nowhere to run!
**[16:37] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Not for you,
**[16:38] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
and not for those brats!
**[16:43] Kazuki**
Stay low to the ground.
**[16:45] Shizuki**
Maybe... we had this coming.
**[16:48] Shizuki**
I wonder... if Suzuka-oneechan's mad at us.
**[16:53] Kazuki**
She'd... She'd never...
**[16:58] Kazuki**
No, maybe she is.
**[17:01] Kazuki**
I mean, it was our fault.
**[17:04] Kazuki**
Of course she's mad.
**[17:10] Kazuki**
If we see her,
**[17:11] Kazuki**
let's say sorry together, Shizuki.
**[17:14] Shizuki**
Yeah.
**[17:23] Shizuki**
Suzuka-oneechan?
**[17:27] Polka**
Thank goodness.
**[17:29] Polka**
This time, I wasn't too late.
**[17:31] Shizuki**
Polka...?
**[17:34] Polka**
Remember what the fortune teller told you?
**[17:36] Polka**
You have a future.
**[17:39] Polka**
And she's not upset with you.
**[17:42] Kazuki**
What?
**[17:44] Polka**
Suzuka-san has never
stopped caring for you.
**[17:50] Manservant A**
Where are the fire trucks?!
**[17:51] Manservant B**
They'll be here soon!
**[17:54] Maid A**
Kazuki-sama! Shizuki-sama!
**[17:56] Maid B**
I'm so glad you're safe!
**[17:59] Takeru**
Now,
**[18:00] Takeru**
shall we begin cleaning up after
**[18:04] Takeru**
this misuse of fire?
**[18:07] Goro**
The Fire-Breathing Bug should
have finished his job by now.
**[18:20] Goro**
That stubborn old bastard Rozan
embarrassed me in front of everyone.
**[18:26] Goro**
I hope he gets a good whiff
of his descendants roasting
**[18:29] Goro**
while he cries himself to death.
**[18:34] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
It can't be!
**[18:35] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I had it all rigged perfectly!
**[18:38] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Fine. I'll withdraw for now
and roast you all to—
**[18:40] Polka**
Where do you think you're going?
**[18:43] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug (female voice)**
Oh, Master Polka! You're safe!
**[18:47] Polka**
Don't bother pretending.
**[18:49] Polka**
Your soul's hue hasn't changed.
**[18:51] Polka**
And while I was too distracted
by the twins to notice yesterday,
**[18:56] Polka**
it seems you've earned a lot of resentment.
**[18:59] Ghost of Bodyguard C**
Give it back!
**[19:01] Ghost of Maid**
My face! My face!
**[19:04] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug (male voice)**
What the—?!
**[19:05] Polka**
You went back to your male voice.
**[19:15] Misaki**
That was a close one! I thought I was
gonna die from oxygen deficiency!
**[19:20] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I'm impressed you saw
through my disguise twice.
**[19:23] Corpse God**
Enough banter.
**[19:25] Corpse God**
If I could spare the mana, I would
make your death last a century.
**[19:29] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Oh, I'm quaking in my boots. Don't get cocky.
**[19:33] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
You sound like a delusional kid who
thinks he just got superpowers.
**[19:37] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
That reminds me
**[19:39] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
of when I first learned how to do *this*!
**[19:46] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
You're scared of fire?
**[19:48] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Then I'm not scared of you!
**[19:51] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Whoever you are,
**[19:53] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
the flames will get you in the end!
**[19:56] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
This ain't goodbye!
**[19:57] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
Bugs are stubborn bastards!
**[19:59] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
No matter how many you
crush, we just keep coming!
**[20:03] Polka**
*Can I break through with my remaining mana?*
**[20:07] Polka**
*There are* two *living
things beyond this fire?!*
**[20:11] Polka**
*And this hue is...*
**[20:18] Polka**
Lemmings.
**[20:19] Misaki**
Wow, really? What do you
think he's doing here?
**[20:29] Misaki**
You think he wants us to keep this a secret?
**[20:31] Polka**
What's going on here?
**[20:37] Goro**
Ta...
**[20:38] Goro**
Takeru-kun.
**[20:39] Takeru**
The police are escorting your
arsonist friend to jail as we speak.
**[20:44] Goro**
Impossible!
**[20:45] Goro**
Er, I mean...
**[20:46] Goro**
I don't know what you're talking about!
**[20:50] Goro**
The D-Dragon Palace Agency?
**[20:53] Takeru**
I don't recall giving them
such a grandiose name.
**[20:58] Takeru**
I simply brought all the people who do the
Shinoyama Group's dirty work together.
**[21:03] Goro**
W-Wait!
**[21:04] Goro**
I was just being threatened
by the Fire-Breathing Bug!
**[21:08] Takeru**
I see. I suppose it all makes sense, then.
**[21:12] Takeru**
Someone as stupid as you *would* think
he could stand against my family.
**[21:21] Solitaire**
You've been lying to me
this whole time, haven't you?
**[21:25] Iwanome**
You noticed?
**[21:26] Solitaire**
A master of disguise who spends
ages preparing the scene?
**[21:31] Solitaire**
I don't think so.
**[21:33] Solitaire**
No!
**[21:34] Solitaire**
Not a chance!
**[21:36] Solitaire**
That's just some ordinary person gone wrong.
**[21:39] Solitaire**
A common criminal.
**[21:42] Solitaire**
He's not what you people
would call a "troublemaker"—
**[21:45] Solitaire**
people who have surpassed human
limitations without resorting to magic.
**[21:50] Solitaire**
Then again, some of what we do
might as well be magic, I suppose.
**[21:56] Solitaire**
And while the Fire-Breathing
Bug always leaves that message,
**[22:01] Solitaire**
it has a second part, known
only to the police, doesn't it?
**[22:05] Solitaire**
But all the crime scenes you described
were missing that second part.
**[22:11] Solitaire**
Am I wrong?
**[22:16] Iwanome**
Seriously, how did you find out about that?
**[22:21] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
*Damn it!*
**[22:22] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
* I'll find my opening, then roast*
* these cops and their car, too.*
**[22:31] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
N-No way...
**[22:33] Solitaire**
"This world is a buggy program..."
**[22:36] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I-It can't be.
**[22:37] Solitaire**
"...so it cries for the flame."
**[22:41] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
The *real* Fire-Breathing Bug?!
**[22:45] Cop A**
Se-Settle d-down-own-own.
**[22:47] Cop A**
Fake bug wannabe wannabe
bug-abe wannabe bug bug bug.
**[22:52] Cop A**
Fake bugs...
**[22:54] Cop A**
...must be... exterminated.
**[22:58] Fake Fire-Breathing Bug**
I-It's hot! It's hot!
**[23:01] Cop B**
Wh-What the—?!
**[23:03] Cop B**
Get out!
**[23:07] Cop B**
What the hell just happened?!
**[23:09] [SONG] Song**
Goodness, that boy is wet as can be...
**[23:15] [SONG] Song**
He's weeping under a willow tree.
**[23:21] [SONG] Song**
Pitter-patter. Plop-plop.
Splash, splash, splash.
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
# E7 - The Magician
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU2E1ZG/the-magician)
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***SIGN*** KEEP OUT
***SIGN*** POLICE
**[00:04] Rozan**
You'd better have a good
explanation for all this.
**[00:09] Polka**
First, could we have some privacy?
**[00:17] Rozan**
I could've sworn they didn't
give themselves away.
**[00:19] Rozan**
Can you see through walls or something?
**[00:22] Polka**
That's part of what I have to tell you.
**[00:26] Rozan**
Hey! You heard the man!
**[00:27] Xiayu**
But... Your Lordship—
**[00:29] Rozan**
Beat it!
**[00:35] Rozan**
I'm pretty sure they're all gone.
Now, you were saying?
**[00:39] Polka**
Well, sir...
**[00:42] Polka**
I don't expect you to believe me,
**[00:44] Polka**
but I'm not from this world.
**[02:20] Takeru**
Well done, Nezu.
**[02:23] Takeru**
I'm grateful.
**[02:25] Takeru**
Hm? What is it?
**[02:30] Takeru**
Polka reached the twins before you did?
**[02:35] Takeru**
Would you care to elaborate on that?
**[02:41] Rozan**
I see.
**[02:42] Rozan**
That's certainly a hard pill to swallow.
**[02:45] Rozan**
But after what I've seen, well...
**[02:49] Rozan**
Now, then.
**[02:51] Rozan**
Based on what you just told me,
**[02:55] Rozan**
it sounds like *you* slit
Polka's throat, young lady.
**[03:00] Misaki**
Yup. That's true.
**[03:02] Rozan**
Admitting that to my face takes guts.
**[03:05] Rozan**
Are you prepared for a messy death?
**[03:08] Rozan**
Or are you trying to show
you're not afraid of me?
**[03:16] Misaki**
Well... both, I guess.
**[03:20] Misaki**
You're a good person, so you don't scare me.
**[03:23] Misaki**
And I figure I can't
complain if you kill me.
***SIGN*** Wait, Dad!
Don't kill her!
**[03:29] Rozan**
Whoa! What the hell?!
**[03:33] (Flashback) Polka**
Wait, Dad! Don't kill Shiro!
**[03:40] Rozan**
Are you... Polka?
**[03:43] Polka**
What?!
***SIGN*** NOD NOD
**[03:45] Rozan**
You said his soul is safe.
**[03:48] Rozan**
Does this mean he's not
asleep inside his body?
***SIGN*** NOD NOD
***SIGN*** Shark Metronome
***SIGN***
m 0 0 l 150 0 150 25 0 25
***SIGN*** Pretty cool, huh?
**[03:54] Rozan**
Why the Sharkborg From Hell, of all things?
**[04:00] Polka**
Well, this is only temporary, so...
**[04:06] Rozan**
Damn it, that was a low blow!
**[04:08] Rozan**
And to top it all off,
Polka seems to *like* it!
**[04:13] Rozan**
How am I supposed to stay mad?!
**[04:16] Rozan**
Still, if you think *I'm* a good person,
**[04:19] Rozan**
you need your eyes checked, missy.
**[04:23] Rozan**
Oh, well. Where were we?
**[04:26] Rozan**
You, the... Corpse God? Is that it?
**[04:30] Rozan**
You can turn Polka back to normal as long
as you've got another body to possess.
**[04:35] Rozan**
In that case, I wouldn't mind
hooking you up with one of these.
**[04:39] Polka**
*What an exquisite golem.*
**[04:42] Polka**
* There were experiments*
* with them in my homeland,*
**[04:44] Polka**
*but this is quite—*
***SIGN*** TAP TAP TAP
**[04:49] Polka**
What? If one of us becomes a robot,
you want it to be you?
**[04:52] Rozan**
No. What would be the point
of *you* possessing it?
**[04:55] Polka**
You also want a rock drill
and the power of flight?
**[04:58] Polka**
Why do you want mining equipment?
**[04:59] Rozan**
Well, he seems... I can't say *healthy*,
but I'm glad he's not suffering.
**[05:05] Rozan**
Anyway, if someone is out to kill Polka,
**[05:09] Rozan**
he should be safer with you in his body.
**[05:12] Polka**
Then...
**[05:13] Rozan**
Don't get me wrong.
**[05:15] Rozan**
I haven't let this young lady off the hook.
**[05:18] Rozan**
But she did save two of my grandkids.
**[05:31] Rozan**
Whelp.
**[05:33] Rozan**
I didn't press for details
about their "intermediary,"
**[05:36] Rozan**
but they mentioned Shinjuku,
so it's probably the Kuraki girl.
**[05:40] Rozan**
She's got heavy hitters in her corner,
so I'd rather avoid a fight.
**[05:45] Rozan**
And I don't want to believe anyone
in my family would go after Polka...
**[05:51] Rozan**
But...
**[05:53] Rozan**
Well, I guess that's my karma
catching up to me.
**[05:57] Polka**
So, we'll leave once we look
in on the real Polka's pet.
**[06:01] Takumi**
*Wait, you actually told them?*
**[06:04] Polka**
*Yes, but only Rozan-san.*
***SIGN*** My textbooks...
My game consoles...
**[06:07] Takumi**
*Well, I guess it's your call.*
**[06:09] Polka**
I got permission to live in
Shinjuku for the time being.
**[06:14] Misaki**
Um... I know it's too late for an apology,
**[06:19] Misaki**
but I'll say this anyway.
**[06:21] Misaki**
Sorry.
**[06:23] Misaki**
And thanks.
***SIGN*** Don't worry about it.
**[06:30] Polka**
*That's unusual.*
**[06:32] Polka**
* Not many souls are so open*
* with their murderers.*
**[06:37] Polka**
*The last one I met was...*
**[06:40] Shizuki**
W-Wait up! Misaki-oneechan!
**[06:47] Shizuki**
Uh... Um...
**[06:49] Shizuki**
Thanks... for saving us.
**[06:54] Kazuki**
E-Earlier, well, we were scared, but...
**[07:00] Misaki**
Don't sweat it.
**[07:02] Misaki**
You kids wouldn't live long
if that *didn't* freak you out.
**[07:05] Shizuki**
Are you a martial artist?
**[07:08] Misaki**
I'm not telling!
**[07:11] Kazuki**
E-Excuse me! Uncle Polka!
**[07:14] Kazuki**
Thank you... very much.
**[07:18] Shizuki**
Thank you.
**[07:19] Polka**
I'm not the one you
should be thanking.
**[07:22] Polka**
I didn't come to your rescue earlier.
**[07:25] Polka**
That was a fortune teller from
Shinjuku called the Corpse God,
**[07:28] Polka**
along with your guardian spirit.
**[07:33] Misaki**
I can't see any spirit, but what's the plan?
**[07:35] Misaki**
Are you gonna make a contract with her?
**[07:39] Polka**
Eventually, but not now.
**[07:50] Polka**
It's not time yet.
***SIGN*** Tokyo Detention House
**[07:53] Iwanome**
I just heard from the station.
**[07:56] Iwanome**
The *real* Fire-Breathing Bug showed up.
**[07:59] Solitaire**
Really? What impeccable timing.
**[08:03] Arase**
What's the damage?
**[08:04] Iwanome**
The fire took out one patrol car and
the arsonist it was transporting.
**[08:09] Solitaire**
The Bug merely preyed on its imitator.
**[08:12] Solitaire**
I find those skeletons far more intriguing.
**[08:16] Solitaire**
Would you mind giving me
another look at the video?
**[08:20] Iwanome**
Sorry, but if you want more,
you'll have to trade info for it.
**[08:23] Solitaire**
I see. What a shame.
**[08:27] Solitaire**
In that case, I'll go see for myself.
**[08:33] Arase**
Here.
**[08:33] Iwanome**
Oh, hey. You came prepared.
**[08:35] Arase**
That mess at the club taught me a le—
**[08:40] Iwanome**
You've gotta be kidding me.
**[08:42] Iwanome**
I planned for a lot, but not for *this*...
***SIGN*** Tokyo
Detention
House
**[08:46] Iwanome**
Phantom Solitaire!
**[08:48] Solitaire**
Now, it's time for Ten'a Sorimura
to stage a comeback.
**[08:54] Solitaire**
If no one comes to watch, I'll just
have to sob alone in the moonlit night.
***SIGN*** Well, it
*is* white...
**[09:01] Misaki**
It's Shiro! What a big cutie-pie!
**[09:05] Polka**
*The real Polka is no slouch.*
***SIGN*** Investigation Report
***SIGN*** Ten'a Sorimura
**[09:12] Iwanome**
The Phantom Solitaire
**[09:14] Iwanome**
escaped from Tokyo Detention House
at approximately 5:30 p.m. today.
***SIGN*** EMERGENCY MEETING!!
**[09:19] Comps-3 Member A**
E-Excuse me, sir?
**[09:20] Comps-3 Member A**
I thought you and Arase-san
went there to question him.
**[09:24] Iwanome**
We did! He up and vanished in
the middle of our interview!
**[09:28] Iwanome**
It was timed like a practical joke!
***SIGN*** HEE HEE HEE...
**[09:29] Aikawa**
Seriously? That's hilarious.
**[09:31] Iwanome**
It's not funny.
***SIGN*** EMERGENCY MEETING!!
**[09:33] Iwanome**
For us, at least, it's not funny in the least!
**[09:36] Iwanome**
He started causing trouble three years ago
**[09:40] Iwanome**
when he stole a painting from a museum
and left it outside Alta in Shinjuku.
**[09:44] Iwanome**
His motive was that he "wanted to
give Shinjuku's YouTubers a scoop."
**[09:48] Iwanome**
His next crime
**[09:50] Iwanome**
was making the Metropolitan
Government Building disappear.
**[09:53] Iwanome**
In one night, he covered it in pictures
of the sky and other buildings,
**[09:56] Iwanome**
using trick art to make it look
like the whole place had vanished.
**[10:01] Iwanome**
We think he was also behind
a long list of other crimes,
***SIGN*** Teleporting jumbo jet!
***SIGN*** Shinjuku dream fireworks!
***SIGN*** Disappearing
government building!
***SIGN*** Shinjuku
**[10:04] Iwanome**
including suspected murders, but we
don't have enough to pin those on him.
**[10:09] Iwanome**
Then came the case that
made him world-famous.
**[10:13] Arase**
Kidnapping the prime minister?
**[10:16] Iwanome**
Exactly.
**[10:17] Iwanome**
A black cloth was suddenly dropped onto
Prime Minister Yumenosuke Kubikigawara.
**[10:22] Iwanome**
When his panicked security pulled it off,
he was gone without a trace.
**[10:27] Solitaire**
* Ladies and gentlemen! I commit*
* crimes for the thrill!*
**[10:30] Solitaire**
*I do not endorse any political ideology!*
**[10:33] Solitaire**
*And today, I'll prove it to you!*
**[10:36] Iwanome**
Then, for one day, he abducted the heads
of all the opposition parties, too.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 200 0 200 25 0 25
**[10:42] [SONG] Text**
SCOOP!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 20 0 20
***SIGN*** PM: "It was a blast."
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 450 0 450 55 0 55
**[10:43] Iwanome**
When the PM was released
that evening, he said:
**[10:45] Iwanome**
"The next thing I knew, I was in
a manga cafe reading *Murciélago*."
**[10:50] Iwanome**
He added, "It was a blast,"
**[10:52] Iwanome**
but we don't know if he meant
the manga or the kidnapping.
***SIGN*** That's crazy funny~
**[10:57] Iwanome**
Inevitably, Japanese security became
an international laughingstock.
**[11:02] Iwanome**
Then Solitaire turned himself in.
**[11:05] Iwanome**
And, to no one's surprise,
he had a screw lose.
**[11:09] (Flashback) Iwanome**
What brought this on?
**[11:11] (Flashback) Solitaire**
Audience indifference got
to be too much for me.
**[11:14] (Flashback) Iwanome**
What? Everyone's talking about you.
**[11:17] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I don't mean *them*.
**[11:19] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I wanted to use my magic
to hoodwink the real thing.
**[11:23] (Flashback) Iwanome**
What do you mean?
**[11:24] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I perform tricks and illusions,
**[11:27] (Flashback) Solitaire**
but I believe that the
fantastic does truly exist.
**[11:31] (Flashback) Solitaire**
My crimes are a message to those
genuine sorcerers and psychics!
**[11:37] (Flashback) Solitaire**
If one of them reaches out to me as
a fellow wizard, I'll have proof!
**[11:43] (Flashback) Solitaire**
Proof that there is such a thing
as magic with no trick behind it!
**[11:49] (Flashback) Iwanome**
What?! You disturbed the whole
country for that childish crap?
**[11:55] (Flashback) Solitaire**
A dreaming child lives inside
each and every one of us.
**[12:00] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I looked at those imaginary
children and thought to myself:
**[12:04] (Flashback) Solitaire**
How free and pure they are!
**[12:09] (Flashback) Solitaire**
As a responsible adult,
I'll make their dreams come true!
**[12:13] (Flashback) Solitaire**
And I don't care if I become a
criminal and a nuisance to do it!
**[12:18] (Flashback) Iwanome**
I see.
**[12:20] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Restrain him.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Solitaire**
Have you forgotten your childhood dreams?!
**[12:24] Cop (male)**
Shut up!
**[12:24] Iwanome**
I don't know how much of his last speech
was true and how much was bullshit.
**[12:25] Solitaire**
Take that! Mysterious pellet!
***SIGN*** Shinjuku Police Station
***SIGN*** EMERGENCY MEETING!!
**[12:30] Iwanome**
His technique and energy are superhuman,
but that's not the worst thing about him.
***SIGN*** Ten'a Sorimura
**[12:38] Iwanome**
Not even close.
**[12:42] Takumi**
What's this?
**[12:43] Polka**
A modern convenience.
**[12:44] Polka**
I bought it in a secondhand shop
on that street for 2,000 yen.
***SIGN*** Corpse God, thou
hast found a radio!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 150 0 150 60 0 60
***SIGN*** Money:
20,000 yen
→
18,000 yen
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 90 0 90 100 0 100
**[12:48] Polka**
It will help me gather intelligence.
**[12:51] Takumi**
Y'know, with 20 grand, you could
at least afford a cheap tablet.
***SIGN*** My dress
is ruined...
**[12:58] Announcer (female)**
*And now, our next story.*
**[13:00] Polka; Takumi; Misaki**
Ooh.
**[13:02] Announcer (female)**
*A police vehicle caught fire this afternoon,*
**[13:02] Misaki**
The sound works.
**[13:03] Announcer (female)**
* resulting in the confirmed death*
* of one suspect it was transporting.*
**[13:07] Announcer (female)**
* The suspect, an unidentified male,*
* was arrested for suspected arson.*
**[13:12] Polka**
What?
**[13:12] Announcer (female)**
*Police are currently working to identify him.*
**[13:13] Takumi**
You've gotta be kidding me.
**[13:15] Takumi**
That's the guy who tried
to torch the Shinoyamas.
**[13:19] Announcer (male)**
*And now, more breaking news.*
**[13:21] Announcer (male)**
* Do you all remember a man*
* named Ten'a Sorimura?*
**[13:25] Yamada**
Goodness gracious!
***SIGN*** 25-Year Shinjuku
Precinct Veteran
Fumiyo Yamada
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 150 0 150 75 0 75
**[13:27] Yamada**
Tsubaki-chan! Everyone! Look what's on TV!
**[13:31] Comps-3 Member A**
Who's Tsubaki-chan?
**[13:32] Arase**
That's Inspector Iwanome's first name.
**[13:35] Iwanome**
What's up?
**[13:37] Yamada**
Quick! Check the TV!
***SIGN*** Public Nuisance Escapes!!
**[13:38] Yamada**
They're reporting on Solitaire's escape!
**[13:41] Iwanome**
What?!
**[13:42] Arase**
Didn't you impose media restrictions?
**[13:44] Iwanome**
I sure thought I did!
**[13:45] Announcer (male)/Solitaire**
* This handsome fellow swiftly committed*
* and solved the crime of the century*
***SIGN*** Public nuisance escapes
**[13:50] Solitaire**
* by abducting and releasing the PM and*
* opposition leaders in a single day.*
**[13:55] Solitaire**
* The police call him by the code*
* name, "the Phantom Solitaire,"*
***SIGN*** My, this is laid-back for breaking news.
Could it be a commercial disguised as a report?
**[13:59] Solitaire**
* and he's performed feats thought*
* to be humanly impossible.*
**[14:02] Takumi**
Did he just say "Solitaire"?
**[14:03] Solitaire**
* Famed as a genius illusionist*
* since childhood,*
**[14:04] Polka**
You know him?
**[14:05] Takumi**
I've never met him, but he's famous.
**[14:06] Solitaire**
* he grew conceited and became a*
* wicked discredit to the profession.*
**[14:08] Takumi**
Almost everyone knows who he is,
at least in Japan.
***SIGN*** I've never heard of him...
**[14:13] Takumi**
Oh, right. You've been trapped
here as a ghost for five years.
**[14:17] Takumi**
Like Lemmings, Solitaire's an urban
myth that started in Shinjuku.
**[14:20] Takumi**
'Course, he's been in the media too much
to really be called a myth.
**[14:25] Misaki**
Speaking of media, why did the
person reading the news change?
**[14:30] Iwanome**
Hey, what channel is this?!
**[14:32] [SONG] Text; banner**
Guaranteed truth!
The legend of Ten'a Sorimura!!
**[14:32] [SONG] Text**
Guaranteed truth!
The legend of Ten'a Sorimura!!
**[14:32] Iwanome**
Every channel's the same?
**[14:33] [SONG] Text**
Guaranteed truth!
The legend of Ten'a Sorimura!!
**[14:33] [SONG] Text**
Guaranteed truth!
The legend of Ten'a Sorimura!!
**[14:34] Solitaire**
Is this tragic news for the world?
**[14:37] Solitaire**
Or could it be cause for celebration?
***SIGN*** Public nuisance escapes!!
**[14:40] Solitaire**
*Viewers of Japan!*
**[14:42] Solitaire**
* Your beloved nemesis,*
* Ten'a Sorimura, has returned!*
***SIGN*** Public nuisance escapes!!
***SIGN*** Public nuisance escapes!!
**[14:46] [SONG] Text**
SCOOP!!
**[14:46] Solitaire**
* Or rather, has re-debuted as the Phantom*
* Solitaire! Never forget this moment!*
**[14:51] Solitaire**
* And to the police, who christened me,*
* I award a special grace period!*
**[14:58] Solitaire**
My public performances
will resume in one week!
**[15:01] Solitaire**
Till then, savor your
dull yet beautiful lives!
**[15:07] Solitaire**
*Adios? Ciao?*
**[15:09] Solitaire**
*Those don't feel quite right.*
***SIGN*** I'll work on it!
***SIGN*** I'll work on it!
**[15:11] Solitaire**
* Well, I'll work on my*
* sign-off before next time.*
**[15:13] Solitaire**
*Good night!*
***SIGN*** We sincerely apologize
**[15:16] Announcer (male)**
* W-We, er, apologize for that*
* disruption in our broadcast.*
**[15:19] Arase**
He jacked the signal?
Is there anything he *can't* do?
**[15:22] Iwanome**
No, I'm guessing he bought
airtime from the Grocer.
**[15:26] Arase**
I thought the Grocer was in prison.
**[15:28] Iwanome**
It doesn't matter.
They don't care where they are.
**[15:33] Grocer**
Come again.
**[15:35] Iwanome**
Oh, right.
**[15:36] Iwanome**
This is what makes Solitaire a problem.
**[15:39] Iwanome**
He's the same type of person as Lisa Kuraki.
**[15:41] Iwanome**
They naturally attract other troublemakers.
**[15:45] Iwanome**
Even ones you'd think have
nothing to do with them.
**[15:49] Solitaire**
Life is full of surprises.
**[15:52] Solitaire**
I was in despair, thinking magic was a myth,
**[15:56] Solitaire**
when a new possibility was
thrust in front of me.
**[16:00] Solitaire**
Wouldn't you agree,
**[16:02] Solitaire**
Fire-Breathing Bug?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[16:06] Solitaire**
Still, I'm shocked that you answered my call.
**[16:12] Solitaire**
Ah, what a soothing ringtone.
**[16:15] Solitaire**
I may be a disgrace, but what
magician doesn't love this tune?
**[16:19] Solitaire**
But, even though it's so famous,
**[16:22] Solitaire**
surprisingly few people know its name.
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
**[16:25] Solitaire**
I'm sorry, but would you wait a moment?
**[16:29] Solitaire**
It must be the Grocer calling to confirm.
**[16:31] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*"El Bimbo."*
**[16:34] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*The most famous recording is by Paul Mauriat.*
**[16:39] Solitaire**
Ah. Setting aside the question
of how you learned this number,
**[16:44] Solitaire**
why would you make a phone call
when we're standing so close?
**[16:48] Solitaire**
Isn't that a waste of money and bandwidth?
**[16:51] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*You're one to talk. You're wasting your life.*
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[16:58] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*How did you discover me?*
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[17:06] Solitaire**
That—
**[17:08] Solitaire**
Oh, my. Are you going to burn me, too?
**[17:12] Solitaire**
Like you burned your pitiful,
stunted imitator?
**[17:22] Polka**
Is this Ten'a Sorimura really
such an amazing criminal?
**[17:26] Misaki**
Even I know his name!
**[17:28] Takumi**
Weren't there any people like
that back in your world?
**[17:32] Takumi**
You know, famous enemies of the state?
***SIGN*** Aieee!
***SIGN*** Delgar, the Pirate Mayor
***SIGN*** BWAH HA HA
***SIGN*** Silk, the Highborn Vampire
**[17:35] [SONG] Text; center; purple**
Medion, the Rampaging Invisible Golems
**[17:35] [SONG] Text; right; black**
PLOP
PLOP
**[17:35] [SONG] Text; right; brown**
Pani, the Alchemical Scholar
of the Floating Workshop
***SIGN*** La'dial, the Slime Witch
***SIGN*** MUNCH
MUNCH
***SIGN*** I wanna
know more
about
Silk-san!
**[17:36] Polka**
I never left my coal mine,
but I did still hear some rumors.
**[17:40] Polka**
For example, the Kingdom of
Nyanild had the "King Killer,"
**[17:44] Polka**
Pirawizzo, the Venomous
Dragon of Destruction.
**[17:46] Polka**
It fled the kingdom after a man called
the Calamity Crusher fought it to a draw.
**[17:52] Polka**
That rumor might be what gave me the idea
that the Calamity Crusher could kill me.
**[17:57] Takumi**
The Venomous what now?
**[17:59] Polka**
Dragon of Destruction.
**[18:00] Polka**
It was only as big as a car, but it
killed a dragon emperor worm with ease.
**[18:05] Polka**
Speaking of which, I took
control of that worm later.
***SIGN*** This thing
***SIGN*** Pirawizzo
**[18:10] Takumi**
I guess it shouldn't surprise me now,
but your world had dragons?
**[18:14] Polka**
Oh, right. This one doesn't.
**[18:17] Polka**
They're in so many stories and look so similar,
I thought you must have them.
***SIGN*** Hmm... Fascinating.
***SIGN*** Perhaps we should make
a thorough comparison
***SIGN*** of creatures from Polka's
world with those from our
myths.
**[18:27] Polka**
Good idea. We might find
other things in common.
**[18:32] Polka**
You seem to have wind and fire
elementals, for one thing.
**[18:37] Solitaire**
Amazing! Like a real fire elemental!
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[18:42] Solitaire**
Honestly, would it kill
you to just hear me out?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[18:48] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*What do you mean?*
**[18:52] Solitaire**
What do I mean?
**[18:56] Solitaire**
A foolish question!
**[18:59] Solitaire**
I'm just wasting my breath, of course.
**[19:03] Solitaire**
I asked if you were wasting
bandwidth earlier,
**[19:07] Solitaire**
but I didn't mean to criticize you!
**[19:09] Solitaire**
Because I
**[19:11] Solitaire**
adore the concept of waste!
**[19:14] Solitaire**
The trick to enjoying life is to enjoy waste!
**[19:17] Solitaire**
Wasted time!
**[19:18] Solitaire**
Wasted effort!
**[19:20] Solitaire**
Wasted money!
**[19:24] Solitaire**
Get rid of waste, and ultimately
**[19:26] Solitaire**
you become a machine that does
nothing but breathe, eat, and sleep.
**[19:32] Solitaire**
To simply go on living, aren't
human emotions themselves a waste?
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
**[19:38] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*A specious argument.*
**[19:42] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*It's nonsense.*
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[19:46] Fire-Breathing Bug**
* Simply continuing to live*
* includes joy and pain.*
**[19:54] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*Emotions are not a bug.*
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[19:57] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*They're a system built into life.*
**[20:02] Solitaire**
Exactly!
**[20:03] Solitaire**
Or so I'll say for now!
**[20:06] Solitaire**
I don't have the answers,
**[20:09] Solitaire**
and I've never actually thought
about the meaning of life!
**[20:11] Solitaire**
A specious argument?
**[20:12] Solitaire**
No! I'm playing with words!
**[20:15] Solitaire**
But you're right—it *is* nonsense!
**[20:18] Solitaire**
I strung plausible-sounding words together
**[20:20] Solitaire**
and tried to make it so
bombastic you wouldn't notice!
**[20:22] Solitaire**
Well done seeing through me!
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[20:28] Solitaire**
You must be wondering why
you don't feel my weight.
**[20:32] Solitaire**
But this is another illusion.
There's a trick to it.
**[20:36] Solitaire**
Just like your fire.
**[20:38] Solitaire**
I'm so disappointed that your
powers aren't magical or psychic.
**[20:43] Fire-Breathing Bug**
*I'm not interested in fairy tales.*
**[20:47] Solitaire**
But what if fairy tales become reality?
**[20:51] Solitaire**
What if something foreign entered
this "buggy program," as you call it?
**[20:57] Solitaire**
Don't you need to find out whether
this new presence in Shinjuku
**[21:03] Solitaire**
is a "bug" you must eliminate?
**[21:05] Fire-Breathing Bug**
* What will you do, if I do decide*
* it's a bug that needs to burn?*
**[21:10] Solitaire**
I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[21:14] Fire-Breathing Bug**
* Did you not say that you*
* long for the occult?*
**[21:17] Solitaire**
It's like I said earlier...
**[21:19] Solitaire**
I love it when things go to waste.
**[21:24] Takumi**
Anyway, man.
**[21:25] Takumi**
A dragon, huh?
**[21:26] Takumi**
That's an enemy of the state for sure.
**[21:29] Misaki**
I bet our criminals must seem
tame compared to guys like that.
**[21:34] Polka**
I can't be sure of that.
**[21:36] Polka**
Everything is so different
in a world without magic.
**[21:40] Polka**
And Lemmings would have been a
real threat, even in my homeland.
**[21:50] Takumi**
That can't be Lemmings, can it?
***SIGN*** SQUEEZE
**[21:55] Takumi**
Huh?
**[21:56] Sayo**
Evening.
**[21:58] Sayo**
How's it going, Polka?
**[22:00] Polka**
Huh? Um...
# E8 - The Assassin
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDVJQE/the-assassin)
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**[00:03] Polka**
Huh? Um...
**[00:05] Polka**
Sayo-san?
**[00:06] Sayo**
I'd like you to let me crash here,
starting now.
**[00:15] Sayo**
Nice to meet you, new housemates.
**[00:20] Polka**
Why *here*?
**[01:54] Sayo**
I'll explain later.
**[01:58] Sayo**
But should I, uh, introduce myself first?
**[02:00] Takumi**
Huh? Oh, well... I guess?
***SIGN*** Gaku Shinoyama Polka Shinoyama
**[02:05] Takumi**
* Not like I can admit I*
* already know who she is.*
***SIGN*** Shinoyama Suzuka Shinoyama Sayo Shinoyama Kazuki Shinoyama
**[02:09] Sayo**
My name's Sayo Shinoyama.
**[02:11] Sayo**
I'm Polka's niece,
although I'm older than him.
**[02:14] Sayo**
This is my attendant.
**[02:16] Sayo**
Lei-kun is a butler in training, apparently.
**[02:20] Takumi**
Why the qualifier?
**[02:21] Sayo**
Because I only found out today.
**[02:23] Takumi**
Excuse me?
**[02:24] Xiaoyu**
X-Xiaoyu Lei! It's a pleasure to meet you!
**[02:29] Takumi**
I'm Takumi Kuruya. I guess you
could say I'm Polka's coworker.
**[02:34] Takumi**
And this is—
**[02:35] Sayo**
Misaki-chan, right? We met this morning.
**[02:38] Misaki**
It's a small world!
**[02:40] Polka**
So, Sayo-san, what brings you here?
**[02:50] Sayo**
Sharks.
**[02:51] Misaki**
Sharks?
**[02:53] Sayo**
My sharks... burned up.
**[02:58] Sayo**
Yes, they burned.
**[03:00] Sayo**
Burned like that scene in the kitchen
of a marine medical research lab.
**[03:04] Misaki**
Didn't you just love that cook?
**[03:07] Polka**
Huh? What?
**[03:09] Xiaoyu**
Young Miss Sayo lost her
bedroom in today's fire,
**[03:13] Xiaoyu**
along with her collection
of shark memorabilia.
**[03:19] Xiaoyu**
Rozan-sama entrusted me
with a message for you.
**[03:23] Rozan**
*Hey, sorry about this.*
**[03:26] Rozan**
* I'd love to have a nice*
* long chat over the phone,*
**[03:28] Rozan**
* but the police and firefighters*
* want to grill me.*
**[03:32] Rozan**
* Your room and Sayo's*
* were totally incinerated.*
**[03:36] Rozan**
* So, sorry, but would you put Sayo*
* and her boy bodyguard up for a bit?*
**[03:43] Rozan**
*Well, that's my pretext, anyway.*
**[03:46] Rozan**
* Having two of my people in that building*
* will make things a lot more convenient.*
**[03:54] Polka**
*I can sense*
**[03:56] Polka**
*more people keeping watch on this building.*
**[03:59] Polka**
*And this boy...*
**[04:01] Xiaoyu**
End of message!
**[04:03] Polka**
*The Shinoyamas already know about this place,*
**[04:06] Polka**
* so Rozan-san decided to*
* send in his own security.*
**[04:12] Polka**
* But what if Sayo-san was behind*
* the attempt on Polka-kun's life?*
**[04:17] Xiaoyu**
Do you prefer *Beach Shark* or *Ice Jaws*?
**[04:20] Misaki**
I love 'em both!
**[04:23] Polka**
*In that case, I suppose this will save time.*
**[04:37] Sayo**
Morning. Nice day, huh?
**[04:40] Polka**
Um... Morning.
**[04:43] Sayo**
Don't you feel so full of
life on mornings like this?
**[04:48] Polka**
Huh? Yes, I suppose.
**[04:51] Sayo**
I don't.
**[04:53] Polka**
Er...
**[04:56] Sayo**
But I respect your opinion.
**[04:59] Sayo**
Good night.
**[05:01] Takumi**
She picked a hell of a way to start her day.
**[05:04] Misaki**
Morning!
**[05:05] Xiaoyu**
I'm terribly sorry! The young
miss is still in shock.
**[05:09] Xiaoyu**
She wishes to sulk in bed for a while.
**[05:13] Sayo**
If you want to get me out of this sleeping bag,
bait your hook with shark merch.
**[05:20] Takumi**
Hey, quit it with the attempts at extortion.
**[05:23] Takumi**
I guess we'd better clean
up an empty room for them.
**[05:26] Misaki**
Let's buy them a mattress
at Don Quijote, too.
**[05:29] Misaki**
You can't sleep on the floor forever.
**[05:32] Sayo**
As long as I've got my shark
sleeping bag, I can sleep anywhere.
**[05:38] Xiaoyu**
And I can sleep standing up,
so you needn't bother!
**[05:41] Takumi**
We can't just ignore you.
**[05:43] Xiaoyu**
No, please do.
**[05:46] Xiaoyu**
I'll see to the young miss's needs.
**[05:53] Polka**
By the way,
**[05:54] Polka**
why are you Sayo's attendant?
**[05:57] Xiaoyu**
I was chosen because we have similar names.
***SIGN*** Xiaoyu
***SIGN*** Sayo
**[06:01] Takumi**
Not exactly great credentials.
**[06:03] Xiaoyu**
In addition to guarding young Miss Sayo,
I am to assist you, Polka-sama.
**[06:09] Polka**
Oh, I see.
**[06:11] Polka**
Would you please tell me
how things are at home?
**[06:13] Xiaoyu**
You needn't ask so deferentially, Polka-sama.
**[06:17] Xiaoyu**
The main Shinoyama residence is
once again buzzing with police,
**[06:21] Xiaoyu**
so it may be best that you
not return for some time.
**[06:26] Iwanome**
Oh, okay.
**[06:28] Iwanome**
Before you knew it, the arsonist was down
for the count, so you turned him in?
**[06:32] Kazuki**
Hey, who are those people?
**[06:34] Head Maid**
Police officers, I believe.
**[06:37] Kazuki; Shizuki**
What?!
**[06:38] Kazuki; Shizuki**
There's no way that's true.
**[06:43] Takeru**
Oh? I thought the questioning
finished yesterday.
**[06:48] Iwanome**
Just who we wanted to see.
**[06:51] Iwanome**
We're from a slightly different department.
**[06:53] Iwanome**
I know it's a hassle,
but please bear with us,
**[06:56] Iwanome**
Takeru Shinoyama-san.
**[07:00] Takeru**
You believe that yesterday's arsonist
may have been the Fire-Breathing Bug?
**[07:05] Iwanome**
Yes, it's a possibility.
**[07:08] Takeru**
I find that hard to believe.
**[07:11] Takeru**
But if you're right, then I suppose his death
**[07:15] Takeru**
means that the Fire-Breathing Bug
won't be committing any more crimes.
**[07:19] Iwanome**
Oh, no, I wouldn't go that far.
**[07:23] Iwanome**
But we need to review this case thoroughly
if we want to get to the truth.
**[07:32] Takeru**
The Fire-Breathing Bug has always been
a thorn in Shinoyama Security's side.
**[07:35] Takeru**
They've burned several of our clients'
buildings, tarnishing our reputation.
**[07:41] Takeru**
We've been anxiously wondering when
the police would put them behind bars.
**[07:46] Iwanome**
Really? That hits a sore spot.
**[07:49] Takeru**
Of course, an arrest wouldn't count
for much if they escaped from prison.
**[07:56] Iwanome**
Now you're rubbing salt in the wound.
**[07:58] Takeru**
Aren't you assigned to Shinjuku Precinct?
**[08:01] Takeru**
Do you really have time to
sit around here chatting?
**[08:04] Takeru**
I believe Ten'a Sorimura,
the Phantom Solitaire,
**[08:07] Takeru**
operates primarily in your jurisdiction.
***SIGN*** Catch me if you can!
**[08:09] Solitaire**
Catch me if you can!
**[08:12] Takeru**
Our stock price dropped when he
kidnapped the prime minister.
**[08:15] Takeru**
And that wasn't even *our* security.
**[08:19] Takeru**
I hope you'll ensure that
it doesn't fall further.
**[08:24] Takeru**
Good hunting, officers.
**[08:30] Arase**
I'd say that pair behind him
**[08:33] Arase**
are probably killers.
**[08:36] Iwanome**
Seriously?
**[08:37] Arase**
Something about them gives it away.
**[08:39] Arase**
Especially the man.
He smells like one of my kind.
**[08:43] Iwanome**
What kind's that?
**[08:44] Arase**
People who think they can solve
any problem with violence.
**[08:50] Arase**
So, what you might call "scumbags."
**[08:55] Iwanome**
That's not too reassuring.
**[08:57] Iwanome**
Call up Pop Tozawa and Yatsu.
**[09:00] Iwanome**
We might throw down with Shinoyamas,
depending on how this plays out.
**[09:05] Arase**
Have you got a lead?
**[09:10] Iwanome**
He was dressed up, but I bet you
recognize the guy on the far left.
**[09:16] Arase**
Is that...?
**[09:17] Iwanome**
His name's Polka Shinoyama,
and he's Rozan's younger son.
**[09:21] Iwanome**
That makes him an heir
to the Shinoyama legacy.
**[09:23] Iwanome**
He's not at home now, but I hear
he was there for yesterday's fire.
**[09:28] Arase**
That kid's a Shinoyama?
**[09:32] Iwanome**
The girl in glasses with him left footprints
at the scene of the human knots.
**[09:38] Iwanome**
And I've learned that the victims were
at odds with part of the Shinoyama Group.
***SIGN*** Lemmings
**[09:44] Iwanome**
We've been dealing with one troublemaker
after another for the past month.
**[09:47] Iwanome**
Is this Polka kid at the center of it?
***SIGN*** Fire-Breathing Bug
**[09:51] Iwanome**
Or is Takeru Shinoyama?
**[09:54] Iwanome**
Let's blow this case wide open.
**[09:57] Iwanome**
What do you say?
**[09:59] Takeru**
Tsubaki Iwanome, is it?
**[10:02] Takeru**
I hear he once teamed up with an inspector
to ruffle feathers in the police force,
**[10:07] Takeru**
and I doubt money or
pressure will silence him.
**[10:10] Bao**
Want him gone?
**[10:13] Takeru**
No, we'll leave him to his own devices
**[10:15] Takeru**
and hope that he exposes
Polka's secrets for us.
**[10:20] Takeru**
Of course,
**[10:22] Takeru**
my grandfather seems to be
making moves of his own.
**[10:31] Polka**
So, you and Sayo-san will use this room.
**[10:34] Xiaoyu**
I'm sorry for making you carry things.
**[10:36] Misaki**
Don't sweat it.
**[10:38] Misaki**
Anyway, are you really gonna
sleep in this cubbyhole?
**[10:41] Xiaoyu**
Yes! I'll be fine here!
**[10:44] Xiaoyu**
Thank you all so much.
**[10:46] Misaki**
Bye, then. Night!
**[10:52] Misaki**
The more the merrier, right?
**[10:56] Polka**
I suppose so.
**[11:27] Takumi**
Seriously, Polka. What are
we gonna do about those two?
**[11:30] Polka**
* Good question, since we start*
* fortune telling again tomorrow.*
**[11:33] Polka**
*What should we tell them?*
**[11:44] Xiaoyu**
I don't know why His Lordship trusts you,
**[11:48] Xiaoyu**
but I'll expose your whole plot,
**[11:51] Xiaoyu**
you impostor Polka Shinoyama.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
What do you mean, Your Lordship?!
**[11:57] (Flashback) Rozan**
Just what I said.
**[11:59] (Flashback) Rozan**
Would you head over to Shinjuku with Sayo?
**[12:08] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
I understand, Your Lordship! You want
me to eliminate the Polka impostor!
**[12:13] (Flashback) Rozan**
No, numskull, the opposite.
You're a Shinoyama bodyguard now.
**[12:18] (Flashback) Rozan**
You don't need to do dirty jobs.
**[12:21] (Flashback) Rozan**
That Polka is a fake, but he's not our enemy.
**[12:25] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
What do you mean? Is the real Polka alive?
**[12:29] (Flashback) Rozan**
Oh, well... You could say he's all right.
**[12:33] (Flashback) Rozan**
Anyway, I can't explain,
but I'll vouch for that boy.
**[12:39] (Flashback) Rozan**
Keep Sayo and the fake Polka safe.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Rozan**
I know you can do that, Xiaoyu.
**[12:46] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
I guess I'll have to. Your Lordship's
orders are absolute, after all.
**[12:52] (Flashback) Rozan**
I mean, you can refuse if you don't like it.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
Oh, fine! I'll do it!
**[12:56] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
Just relax and lie down, Your Lordship!
**[13:00] Xiaoyu**
This is my chance. I'll exterminate
this pest creeping up on His Lordship.
**[13:07] Xiaoyu**
And the real Polka, too,
while I'm at it. If he's still alive.
**[13:12] Xiaoyu**
I've never accepted that
weakling as His Lordship's son.
**[13:18] Xiaoyu**
I would be a much more useful son
to Rozan-sama than Polka ever could.
**[13:30] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*I'm... not broken... yet.*
**[13:35] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
He'll never work again.
**[13:38] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
Running into Agakura on his
first job was bad luck.
**[13:41] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
I suppose we should be glad that
he *only* lost all four limbs.
**[13:46] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
Xiaoyu will serve as a ting-hu from now on.
**[13:50] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*It can't be!*
**[13:51] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*No, Dad! I can still work! I'm alive!*
**[13:55] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*No! It's not true! Help me, Dad!*
**[13:59] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*Stop! Stop! Help!*
**[14:01] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*I'll crush you! I'll kill
you if you touch me!*
**[14:04] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*Die, die, die, die, die!*
**[14:06] (Flashback) Rozan**
Hey, what's a ting-hu?
**[14:09] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
Rozan-sama. I'm sorry you heard that.
**[14:13] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
True to its name, a ting hu or "garden pot" is a
type of vessel passed down in our clan.
**[14:17] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
Some of the poisons we employ
**[14:19] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
require fungi that grow only in
the entrails of living children.
**[14:25] (Flashback) Rozan**
Don't be barbaric.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Rozan**
Is that any way to treat your own son?
**[14:31] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
Respectfully, our clan are not people.
Whatever our bonds, we are all tools.
**[14:38] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
To show compassion for a broken tool
would be to neglect our duties.
**[14:45] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
This is for your own protection.
Do not question it.
**[14:51] (Flashback) Rozan**
I see.
**[14:52] (Flashback) Rozan**
Well, if you insist he's a tool,
then you won't mind if I buy him.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*Huh?*
**[14:58] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
What?
**[14:59] (Flashback) Rozan**
It's a little late to say you
"can't sell your precious family."
**[15:03] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
He is worthless as one of our hands,
but he has value as a ting-hu.
**[15:08] (Flashback) Xiaoyu's Father**
I can't give him up cheaply.
**[15:11] (Flashback) Rozan**
Yeah, I'll make it worth your while.
**[15:15] (Flashback) Rozan**
I'll give you priority access
to my group's latest tech.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Rozan**
That way, you won't need those
bullshit poisons to make a living.
**[15:25] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*What is this guy trying to say?*
**[15:28] (Flashback) Rozan**
Don't mistake me for a Good Samaritan.
**[15:31] (Flashback) Rozan**
I just want a guinea pig
for my latest prosthetics.
**[15:35] (Flashback) Rozan**
And then... Well, that can wait
until you're back on your feet.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Rozan**
Maybe you can give my
family someone to talk to.
**[15:45] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*Oh. How long has it been*
**[15:50] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
*since someone smiled at me?*
**[15:57] Xiaoyu**
Your Lordship...
**[16:00] Clarissa**
The Shinoyamas aren't just rich.
**[16:03] Clarissa**
They're well-connected in both
reputable and criminal society.
**[16:08] Clarissa**
I hear they even have ties to other
groups of assassins like ours.
**[16:12] Izuna**
Meaning that whoever hired us
to kill Polka wasn't a Shinoyama?
**[16:18] Koruto**
If they've got hitmen on call, it'd be
easier to have it done in-house. Bang!
**[16:25] Clarissa**
I wouldn't be so sure.
**[16:28] Clarissa**
If I were in the client's position,
I would have used a third party, too.
**[16:33] Clarissa**
It would be one thing if the whole
Shinoyama family hated Polka,
**[16:37] Clarissa**
but their patriarch, Rozan, dotes on his son.
**[16:42] Clarissa**
Asking the family assassins to kill
him would be asking for betrayal.
**[16:46] Izuna**
So, what kind of people are the
Shinoyamas' pet assassins, anyway?
**[16:53] Clarissa**
Well,
**[16:54] Clarissa**
the Lei family has bases in Shanghai,
Hong Kong, and Yokohama.
**[17:00] Clarissa**
It's not a rare surname, but the Leis that
the Shinoyamas work with are special.
**[17:06] Clarissa**
They're called Heilei, "Black Lightning,"
and they mix old and new methods.
**[17:11] Clarissa**
From ancient poisons to the
Shinoyama Group's latest tech,
**[17:19] Clarissa**
and everything in between.
**[17:24] Takumi**
*Why not stick to business as usual for now?*
**[17:26] Polka**
* You're right. Sayo-san should*
* already know that I tell fortunes.*
**[17:31] Takumi**
Yesterday, you mentioned the
"Venomous Dragon of Destruction."
**[17:35] Takumi**
What other dragons are there?
**[17:37] Polka**
Well, Malfy the Home-wrecker Dragon takes
beautiful human forms to seduce royalty.
**[17:43] Polka**
Malfy was feared as a menace
**[17:46] Polka**
but fell in love with the
general of the Dazzling Corps.
**[17:49] Polka**
I think they eloped together
when the empire fell.
**[17:53] Misaki**
Running off with a dragon?
Talk about romantic!
**[17:56] Polka**
There's also Goronzon the Vapor Dragon,
Marm the Round Blade Dragon, and so on.
**[18:02] Polka**
*Dragon parts sell for high prices.*
**[18:04] Polka**
* And to make a dragon zombie,*
* you need to buy one whole.*
**[18:08] Xiaoyu**
* He never shuts up about this*
* video game or manga or whatever!*
**[18:11] Xiaoyu**
*Maybe a light novel?!*
**[18:13] Xiaoyu**
* What's wrong with him?!*
* Is he still in junior high?!*
**[18:17] Xiaoyu**
* And what's this rattling*
* noise I keep hearing?*
**[18:20] Xiaoyu**
*It sounds like a bunch of dancing skeletons.*
**[18:22] Misaki**
Yay! Yay!
**[18:24] Takumi**
Isn't that a waste of magic?
**[18:24] Misaki**
Yay! Yay!
**[18:25] Misaki**
Yay! Yay!
**[18:26] Polka**
This doesn't take much.
**[18:29] Xiaoyu**
*Are they playing video games?!*
**[18:31] Xiaoyu**
*It doesn't really sound like it, though.*
***SIGN*** Hmm... If only we could quantify your mana reserves and consumption like in a video game.
**[18:33] Xiaoyu**
*I can hear them writing something.*
**[18:36] Xiaoyu**
* Maybe a tabletop RPG?*
* Is that rattling noise the dice?*
**[18:40] Polka**
*Anyway.*
**[18:41] Polka**
That boy, Xiaoyu, seems
really devoted to his work.
**[18:45] Polka**
* It seems like he's still*
* awake watching Sayo-san.*
**[18:48] Takumi**
*He's not even sleeping?*
**[18:50] Polka**
*No, he's outside Sayo-san's door.*
**[18:52] Xiaoyu**
*He detected me* again*.*
**[18:55] Xiaoyu**
* But there are no surveillance*
* cameras in here.*
**[19:00] Takumi**
I should head home.
**[19:01] Xiaoyu**
* I see. So, he wants me to know*
* that he's seen through me.*
**[19:07] Xiaoyu**
* Fine, then. I'll show everyone*
* what you really are.*
**[19:11] Xiaoyu**
* I swear it on my Heilei blood.*
* No, in Rozan-sama's name.*
***SIGN*** Shinjuku
Police Station
**[19:17] Iwanome**
Okay, pay close attention.
***SIGN*** Polka Shinoyama (16)
***SIGN*** Acting together in Shinjuku
***SIGN*** Working with the Shinoyamas?
Left tracks at the "human
knots" crime scene
Lemmings's footprints found
***SIGN*** Calls herself
"Misaki Sakimiya"
Sakimiya Steel
Dissolved following
death of Mr.
and Mrs. Sakimiya
**[19:19] Iwanome**
This is Polka Shinoyama, age 16.
**[19:23] Iwanome**
He was with Girl A, who left footprints
at the scene of the human knots.
**[19:30] Aikawa**
Who drew that picture?
**[19:32] Arase**
I did.
**[19:33] Iwanome**
Polka's mother, Kanon Shinoyama,
is already deceased.
**[19:37] Iwanome**
I'd like to call him a spoiled rich kid,
**[19:38] Iwanome**
but there's apparently more to it than that.
**[19:44] Arase**
Polka Shinoyama is currently away from home.
**[19:48] Arase**
In addition to visiting Clarissa's bar,
**[19:50] Arase**
he admitted to having a friendly
relationship with Takumi Kuruya.
***SIGN*** Working with the Shinoyamas?
**[19:55] Iwanome**
And he made another strange remark to Arase.
**[19:59] (Flashback) Polka**
My parents sold me, so I wouldn't know.
**[20:03] Iwanome**
We don't know what he meant by that or
if it has anything to do with this case.
**[20:09] Iwanome**
But, true or false, words people
blurt out always mean something.
**[20:14] Iwanome**
Find out what it is and push, and you
start to see people's real faces.
***SIGN*** Working with the Shinoyamas?
**[20:19] Iwanome**
So, I looked into young Polka's movements.
**[20:23] Iwanome**
And guess what?
**[20:24] Iwanome**
He tells fortunes in the middle of Shinjuku.
***SIGN*** Left tracks at the "human knots" crime scene Lemmings's footprints found
**[20:28] Iwanome**
That bastard Solitaire would
get a kick out of this.
**[20:32] Solitaire**
Gah! Whoa! Hyah!
**[20:36] Solitaire**
What?!
**[20:41] Employee**
Thank you for your patronage.
**[20:42] Solitaire**
My, VR has come a long way during
my short stint in prison.
**[20:48] Solitaire**
It's wonderful.
**[20:49] Solitaire**
The march of progress brings innovation
to the world of illusion as well!
**[20:54] Woman A**
Hey, isn't that Ten'a Sorimura?
**[21:00] Solitaire**
Now...
**[21:02] Solitaire**
I've got a show to plan in six days.
**[21:06] Solitaire**
How will the police use this week?
**[21:10] Solitaire**
I can't wait to find out!
**[21:15] Cop B**
Hey! Stop right there!
**[21:16] Solitaire**
I'm not a fan of these local measures!
**[21:21] Solitaire**
Till we meet again, Akechi-kun!
You haven't seen the last of me!
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
***SIGN*** Fortunes
***SIGN*** Good Luck
**[21:27] Misaki**
I haven't worn this in a while.
**[21:29] Polka**
We reopened quite suddenly.
I wonder if we'll get any customers.
**[21:33] Misaki**
Yeah, we did take a few days off.
**[21:37] Polka**
Oh, I'm sorry. Readings start this afternoon.
**[21:40] Polka**
Hm?
**[21:43] Iwanome**
Hey there.
**[21:45] Iwanome**
Haven't seen you since Clarissa's,
**[21:48] Iwanome**
Polka Shinoyama-kun.
**[21:50] Polka**
H-Hello.
**[21:54] Iwanome**
Would you mind
**[21:56] Iwanome**
reading *my* fortune?
# E9 - The Signpost
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3DN11/the-signpost)
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**[00:00] Iwanome**
Come on. Relax.
**[00:03] Iwanome**
As much as I'd like to interview
you about yesterday's fire,
**[00:08] Iwanome**
we're off duty.
**[00:10] Iwanome**
It's our lunch break.
**[00:13] Iwanome**
So I thought I'd get my fortune told.
**[00:16] Iwanome**
How about you, Arase?
**[00:18] Arase**
I think I'll pass.
**[00:21] Arase**
What if he tells me I'm so
unlucky I should quit the force?
**[00:26] Iwanome**
Nothing's ever easy with you.
**[00:30] Iwanome**
So, how about just me, then?
**[00:34] Polka**
Very well.
**[00:35] Polka**
Show him to the next room.
**[00:37] Misaki**
Okay!
**[00:38] Misaki**
Right this way! Follow me!
**[02:14] Iwanome**
Still, a student telling fortunes?
**[02:17] Iwanome**
That's not a problem if you register
your business within a month...
**[02:22] Iwanome**
But forget all that red tape.
**[02:26] Iwanome**
Do me a favor, kid.
**[02:29] Iwanome**
Set this poor civil servant
on the right path.
**[02:33] Polka**
I can't locate people
who escaped from prison.
**[02:37] Iwanome**
Huh?
**[02:39] Iwanome**
Well, that's our job anyway.
**[02:43] Iwanome**
We'll figure something out.
**[02:45] Iwanome**
Besides, I'd rather try to prevent murders...
If you can see the future and all.
**[02:51] Polka**
My readings aren't precognition.
**[02:54] Polka**
I merely trace paths.
**[02:58] Polka**
Both the path you have walked,
and the infinite paths spread out before you.
**[03:04] Sayo**
He never looks that way at home.
**[03:06] Xiaoyu**
*Wow. He really looks the part.*
**[03:10] Xiaoyu**
* I guess he's seen his share*
* of trouble, at least.*
**[03:14] Xiaoyu**
*If the fake Polka is doing something shady,*
**[03:18] Xiaoyu**
* I could snitch to these guys.*
* They seem like cops.*
**[03:22] Polka**
I suppose I don't need to
divine your profession.
**[03:26] Iwanome**
Well, it's not like I can hide it.
**[03:29] Polka**
Let me look closer.
**[03:31] Polka**
Around you, I see defenders
of many people's safety.
**[03:36] Polka**
Countless hands that both
chastise and shelter young boys.
**[03:41] Polka**
Against those who wield malicious blades,
they are shields.
**[03:44] Iwanome**
* So, he already knows I work*
* for Community Safety.*
**[03:45] Polka**
At times, they become cords of
steel to bind those weapons.
**[03:47] Iwanome**
* Takumi Kuruya is probably pulling*
* this info from somewhere.*
**[03:50] Polka**
There is one who feels concern for you
**[03:52] Iwanome**
* I'd guess he's got an earpiece*
* hidden in that hood.*
**[03:52] Polka**
and wishes for your own safety.
**[03:55] Takumi**
Iwanome from the Community Safety Division?
**[03:58] Takumi**
Damn it.
**[03:59] Takumi**
We just keep running into trouble.
**[04:03] Polka**
In your dealings with your
ancestors and family,
**[04:06] Polka**
you will see many cards depicting
members of the opposite sex.
**[04:10] Iwanome**
*He even knows about the matchmaking?*
**[04:14] Polka**
I see you still bear a
grievous scar from your past.
**[04:19] Polka**
A wound as grave as a torn-off wing.
**[04:23] Polka**
So long as that wound weighs you down,
your path will never escape the seabed.
**[04:29] Iwanome**
Well, isn't that fascinating?
**[04:33] Iwanome**
So, Mr. Fortune Teller,
will you tell me how to heal myself?
**[04:38] Polka**
Do you *wish* to be healed?
**[04:42] Iwanome**
I wonder.
**[04:44] Iwanome**
But if the person who gave me
that wound has a path,
**[04:49] Iwanome**
I'd love for you to tell me about it.
**[04:51] Polka**
Your torn-off wing shall
spell out a signpost for you.
**[04:56] Iwanome**
Huh?
**[04:59] Iwanome**
Whoa!
**[05:00] Iwanome**
Th-That one scared me a little.
***SIGN*** BA-DUMP
***SIGN*** BA-DUMP
**[05:04] Iwanome**
Hm?
**[05:09] Sayo**
Wow.
**[05:10] Sayo**
How does he do that?
**[05:12] Xiaoyu**
* I recognize this sound! It's the same*
* as the writing I heard last night!*
**[05:17] Xiaoyu**
*I get it now.*
**[05:18] Xiaoyu**
* He was practicing this magic*
* trick during that whole chat!*
**[05:30] Arase**
Iwa-san?!
**[05:35] Iwanome**
How...?
**[05:37] Iwanome**
Polka Shinoyama...
**[05:40] Iwanome**
What do you know?
**[05:43] (Flashback) Hosorogi**
Iwanome.
**[05:44] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Hm?
**[05:44] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Whoa!
**[05:45] (Flashback) Iwanome**
You're treating me? Now there's a surprise.
**[05:48] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Hey, these are my favorite brand.
**[05:51] (Flashback) Hosorogi**
Cigarettes don't suit me after all.
**[05:54] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Hm?
**[05:56] (Flashback) Iwanome**
What's this symbol?
**[05:57] (Flashback) Hosorogi**
Memorized it yet?
**[05:59] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Well, yeah.
**[06:02] (Flashback) Hosorogi**
Never forget it.
**[06:05] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Huh?!
**[06:06] (Flashback) Hosorogi**
But never show this symbol to anyone else.
**[06:09] (Flashback) Hosorogi**
It is both the signpost we must follow
**[06:14] (Flashback) Hosorogi**
and a one-way ticket to death.
**[06:18] Iwanome**
Why did you draw this?!
**[06:20] Polka**
I merely showed you the path.
**[06:24] Polka**
Obey the dictates of your own heart.
**[06:33] Iwanome**
Sorry! My bad!
**[06:35] Iwanome**
I didn't mean to scare you!
**[06:38] Iwanome**
Here you go.
**[06:39] Iwanome**
This is your fee.
**[06:44] Polka**
Um... I can't accept this much money.
**[06:46] Iwanome**
Don't sweat it. I threw in extra
because I wrinkled your outfit.
**[06:50] Iwanome**
Anyway, I think we're done here for today.
**[06:54] Iwanome**
Bye. Be seeing you, Polka Shinoyama-kun.
**[06:59] Polka**
The Corpse God.
**[07:02] Polka**
The one who told your fortune here
is not Polka Shinoyama,
**[07:07] Polka**
but the Corpse God.
**[07:09] Iwanome**
If you say so. I guess a fortune
teller needs a good name.
**[07:14] Iwanome**
But...
**[07:16] Iwanome**
I don't know about that one.
**[07:17] Iwanome**
It makes you sound like a troublemaker.
**[07:24] Polka**
What did he mean by "troublemaker"?
**[07:27] Sayo**
Do you know those guys?
**[07:30] Misaki**
They're policemen.
**[07:31] Sayo**
Huh. It seemed like they
came because of the fire.
**[07:35] Xiaoyu**
*The way that officer acted wasn't normal.*
**[07:39] Xiaoyu**
*What was written on that piece of paper?*
**[07:42] Xiaoyu**
*It might be tied to the fake Polka's secrets.*
**[07:46] Xiaoyu**
*Maybe I should do some digging.*
**[07:49] Xiaoyu**
Young miss.
**[07:51] Xiaoyu**
I'll run out to buy us dinner.
**[07:53] Sayo**
Okay. Thanks.
**[07:55] Sayo**
I'd like that.
**[07:57] Sayo**
Buy shark stuff, too, if you get a chance.
I don't mind duplicates.
**[08:02] Xiaoyu**
V-Very well.
***SIGN*** Curry
Restaurant
***SIGN*** Nancy
**[08:04] Iwanome**
Nice, big chunks of meat. Tender shrimp.
**[08:09] Iwanome**
You savor the first bite,
**[08:12] Iwanome**
and then the spice hits you!
**[08:14] Iwanome**
I can't get enough!
**[08:15] Arase**
You always make that face here, Iwa-san.
**[08:19] Arase**
You look hideous.
**[08:29] Iwanome**
If you've got more to say to me, say it.
**[08:32] Iwanome**
This is so awkward.
**[08:33] Arase**
Oh? It's not a sore subject, then?
**[08:36] Iwanome**
I didn't really want to get into it,
**[08:38] Iwanome**
but eating away in silence is worse.
**[08:41] Arase**
I'll speak freely, then.
**[08:43] Arase**
What got into you back there?
**[08:44] Iwanome**
Oh, yeah. Sorry. I lost control.
**[08:48] Arase**
That isn't like you.
**[08:49] Arase**
Threatening people is *my* job.
**[08:52] Arase**
I'm the stick, and you're the
poisoned carrot, remember?
**[08:58] Iwanome**
Hey, now you're quoting me.
**[09:01] Iwanome**
I can't argue with myself.
**[09:03] Arase**
What was written on that piece of paper?
**[09:09] Iwanome**
Sorry. Give me some time to get my
thoughts in order while we walk.
**[09:13] Iwanome**
I'll tell you when we get to our next stop.
**[09:15] Arase**
All right. I'll wait.
**[09:17] Arase**
I'm relieved that you're
back to your usual self.
**[09:21] Iwanome**
Yeah. I've got to keep cool,
whether I like it or not.
**[09:25] Iwanome**
I screwed up because I got too heated.
**[09:29] Xiaoyu**
There they are.
**[09:31] Xiaoyu**
I think I'll shadow them
a little while longer.
**[09:36] Xiaoyu**
* I bought food and shark*
* merch at Village Vanguard,*
**[09:39] Xiaoyu**
*so I've done my job perfectly!*
**[09:44] Yakuza Boss**
I laughed when I heard the
Shinoyama house burned,
**[09:48] Yakuza Boss**
but I never expected this
place to go up, too.
**[09:51] Yakuza A**
But, boss, isn't the safe fireproof?
**[09:54] Yakuza Boss**
There's something I need to get out of it.
**[09:57] Yakuza A**
Something you don't want the cops...
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
**[09:59] Fire-Breathing Bug 3**
...or firefighters to see?
**[10:02] Yakuza Boss**
Cut the chitchat!
**[10:04] Yakuza Boss**
Just keep watch for—
**[10:05] Fire-Breathing Bug 3**
*Click-clack, click-clack, it's begun.*
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[10:11] Yakuza Boss**
Wha...?
**[10:12] Fire-Breathing Bug 3**
*The marching toys have come, rum-tee tum.*
**[10:14] Yakuza Boss**
What the...?
**[10:19] Fire-Breathing Bug 3**
*Little toy soldiers, all in a row.*
**[10:26] Fire-Breathing Bug 3**
*Horsies and doggies follow, rum-tee tow.*
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
**[10:36] Fire-Breathing Bug**
Damn summer bug.
**[10:39] Fire-Breathing Bug**
Suit yourself.
**[10:43] Solitaire**
I certainly shall.
**[10:47] Solitaire**
Round and round!
**[10:52] Solitaire**
Sheepskin parchment? No...
**[10:55] Solitaire**
And not pigskin either.
**[10:57] Solitaire**
Could this be... human skin?
**[11:01] Solitaire**
Is this the "bug" you mentioned,
Fire-Breathing Bug-kun?
**[11:05] Solitaire**
I've picked the theme for
my comeback performance.
**[11:08] Solitaire**
Let's all liven up the world together!
**[11:16] Takumi**
Man, that sucked.
**[11:19] Takumi**
But why'd that detective
suddenly lose it like that?
**[11:23] Takumi**
What did the ghosts haunting him tell you?
**[11:26] Polka**
No one was haunting him.
**[11:30] Misaki**
What, really?
**[11:32] Polka**
Haunted people aren't all that common.
**[11:35] Polka**
In those cases,
**[11:37] Polka**
I use the information Takumi-kun
digs up to offer advice.
**[11:41] Takumi**
Wait, so you wrote something random
down and it happened to set him off?
**[11:46] Polka**
No, the writing was—
**[11:47] Iwanome**
So, why did you hide it?
**[11:50] Clarissa**
Oh? What secrets do you
think I'm keeping from you?
**[11:55] Iwanome**
To be honest, I'd given up hope.
**[11:58] Iwanome**
But, yeah... I guess I had to believe
**[12:02] Iwanome**
that you-know-who wouldn't
give up the ghost that easily.
**[12:05] Clarissa**
What are you talking about?
**[12:07] Iwanome**
It's too late for games.
**[12:09] Iwanome**
Who could cover someone's
tracks for five straight years?
**[12:12] Iwanome**
In this town, only you.
**[12:15] Iwanome**
I know that you have a connection
to Polka Shinoyama, too.
**[12:20] Xiaoyu**
*Who is "you-know-who"?*
**[12:21] Iwanome**
Still, I sure didn't expect to get
a message via fortune telling.
**[12:27] Iwanome**
What Polka Shinoyama wrote...
no one but our mutual friend would know it.
**[12:32] Iwanome**
And aside from me, you're the only
other one who might get told about it.
**[12:39] Clarissa**
I'm sorry. This isn't making sense to me.
**[12:43] Clarissa**
Which "mutual friend" is this?
**[12:47] Iwanome**
Don't play dumb.
**[12:49] Polka**
I was asked to stay out of it,
**[12:51] Polka**
and that's just what I did.
**[12:54] Polka**
So I don't know what was
on that paper, either.
**[12:58] Polka**
It was too dark to see clearly.
**[13:00] Takumi**
Huh? Hey, wait...
**[13:02] Takumi**
You mean the one who wrote
to that detective was...?
**[13:05] Iwanome**
The inspector the police shunned
because we went wild together...
**[13:10] Iwanome**
And your precious senpai.
**[13:14] Iwanome; Polka**
Hosorogi-san.
**[13:15] Misaki**
What? Then...
**[13:16] Misaki**
Hosorogi-san knows that detective?
***SIGN*** Shinjuku is a surprisingly small world—
***SIGN*** But it has depth in equal measure.
**[13:23] Misaki**
Ooh!
**[13:25] Clarissa**
Now there's a name that takes me back.
**[13:28] Iwanome**
Yeah. I haven't said it in a long time.
**[13:31] Clarissa**
You look happy... but a little
angry at the same time.
**[13:36] Iwanome**
Can you blame me? I've been the
only one stuck playing the clown.
**[13:40] Iwanome**
Well, if I'm pissed off at you,
it's more because of Polka Shinoyama.
**[13:45] Clarissa**
Has he done something to upset you?
**[13:48] Iwanome**
The point of the Community Safety
Division isn't to shepherd children.
**[13:53] Iwanome**
It's to protect their past, present,
and future. All three together.
**[13:58] Iwanome**
That was the policy, way back
when Hosorogi-san was in charge.
**[14:04] Clarissa**
My, that's strange.
**[14:06] Clarissa**
Are you suggesting that Hosorogi-san
recruited Polka—a child?
**[14:11] Iwanome**
Out of desperation, maybe?
Or it was all your idea.
**[14:16] Iwanome**
If it's the former, I've got some complaints.
All the more reason I want a reunion.
**[14:20] Iwanome**
We can't go dragging kids
into our screwed-up problems.
**[14:25] Clarissa**
I certainly don't recall recruiting any.
**[14:29] Clarissa**
As for Polka Shinoyama-kun,
I simply rent a building to him as a favor.
**[14:34] Clarissa**
It's my chance to connect with a
key figure in the Shinoyama Group.
**[14:38] Clarissa**
Do you think I'd let such
a juicy fruit pass me by?
**[14:41] Iwanome**
I see. A self-interested favor
*would* make a convincing motive.
**[14:47] Iwanome**
But you'd never have told him about
Hosorogi-san if that were the real story.
**[14:53] Iwanome**
What if they got curious
and did some digging?
**[14:55] Iwanome**
That kid would be in danger,
and so would the girl in glasses.
**[14:59] Iwanome**
After all, this was bad enough to
force Hosorogi-san into hiding.
**[15:04] Clarissa**
You sound so certain that
Hosorogi-san is still alive.
**[15:08] Iwanome**
I've received too much info that
would make sense only to me.
**[15:13] Iwanome**
Fine, then. Play dumb if you want.
**[15:16] Iwanome**
But pass on the message.
**[15:18] Iwanome**
This time, I'll clean the rot out of the police,
**[15:21] Iwanome**
and make a place for
Hosorogi-san to come back to.
**[15:27] Izuna**
Clarissa, what was that about?
**[15:28] Clarissa**
Never you mind.
**[15:30] Koruto**
But what if Polka-kun
found Hosorogi-san's...?
**[15:33] Clarissa**
It doesn't matter.
**[15:35] Clarissa**
That old senpai of mine is far too
obsessed with money to think of me.
**[15:40] Xiaoyu**
*Hosorogi and Clarissa.*
**[15:43] Xiaoyu**
*I'd better investigate this bar's staff.*
**[15:48] Xiaoyu**
* I'll crush every last pest that*
* tries to get near His Lordship.*
**[15:54] Takumi**
A police IA inspector?!
**[15:56] Polka**
What's that?
**[15:58] Takumi**
A cop who investigates police
corruption and stuff.
**[16:01] Polka**
Oh, I see. There were similar
positions in my world, too.
***SIGN*** Imperial Dazzling Corps
Office of Audit and Arrest
Deputy Commander
Jangrad Dimorigh XIV
**[16:06] Misaki**
So, you used to be those
detectives' boss, Hosorogi-san?
***SIGN*** We were in different divisions.
***SIGN*** But we knew each other.
**[16:12] Takumi**
For real?
**[16:14] Takumi**
I can't believe this. Have you
*ever* acted like an inspector?
***SIGN*** Heh heh heh...
They called me "the delinquent inspector"
and "the filth that hunts dirt."
**[16:22] Misaki**
That's so cool!
**[16:23] Takumi**
Is it, though?
**[16:25] Polka**
So, what did you write on
that paper, Hosorogi-san?
***SIGN*** If you're curious,
pay me for the info.
**[16:32] Takumi**
Are you *sure* you used to be an inspector?!
***SIGN*** My fee is one million!
I won't take a yen less!
**[16:35] Polka**
But I need that money...
***SIGN*** Oh, there are endless ways to make money.
You're in good hands with me.
**[16:39] Takumi**
What makes you so confident?
**[16:41] Takumi**
Anyway, whatever you wrote is the
reason that cop grabbed Polka.
***SIGN*** Indeed!
For that, I humbly apologize.
***SIGN*** I hate to drag you into this,
but it involves one of my regrets.
**[16:51] Polka**
In that case, I guess I don't have a choice.
**[16:53] Takumi**
What do you mean?
**[16:55] Polka**
In exchange for services,
I'll resolve some of Hosorogi-san's regrets.
**[17:00] Polka**
That was our pact.
**[17:02] Takumi**
Without regrets,
won't Hosorogi-san just move on?
***SIGN*** I'm not as ungrateful as all that!
**[17:09] Polka**
If those officials work well,
will you have one less regret?
***SIGN*** Well, I can only hope it works.
**[17:15] Polka**
I suppose so.
**[17:16] Hosorogi**
*Regrets, huh?*
**[17:18] Hosorogi**
* One of these days,*
* I'll have to face up to Lisa.*
***SIGN*** Tokyo
Detention
House
**[17:23] Solitaire**
The world is smaller than it seems.
**[17:25] Solitaire**
If you truly desire a reunion,
**[17:28] Solitaire**
it's surprisingly easy to achieve.
**[17:31] Solitaire**
Don't you agree,
**[17:32] Solitaire**
Prisoner No. 243291343432497-kun?
**[17:38] Grocer**
You made up that number at random.
**[17:42] Grocer**
That can't be what you came
all the way here to say,
**[17:45] Grocer**
Ten'a Sorimura... Or should I say
the Phantom Solitaire?
**[17:50] Solitaire**
Then I suppose I'll call you Grocer-kun!
**[17:53] Solitaire**
Still, I'd hoped for a bit more surprise,
or at least a laugh at my number gag.
**[18:00] Grocer**
If you want me to laugh,
offer me something worth laughing at.
**[18:04] Grocer**
If my enjoyment outweighs my laughter,
I'll refund you the difference.
**[18:08] Solitaire**
Oh, well. I'll get a laugh
out of you eventually.
**[18:12] Solitaire**
I'm just here to shop today.
**[18:14] Grocer**
We appreciate your patronage.
**[18:17] Solitaire**
I'd like to buy
**[18:19] Solitaire**
information.
**[18:20] Solitaire**
Everything you know about
this symbol, if you please.
**[18:24] Grocer**
I recognize it, of course.
**[18:26] Grocer**
Now then,
**[18:28] Grocer**
let's talk price.
**[18:30] Grocer**
I'll accept information worth
beginning to tell you for.
**[18:35] Solitaire**
*The Grocer—*
**[18:38] Solitaire**
*According to metropolitan police records,*
**[18:40] Solitaire**
* the name originates in a merchant*
* family with a century of history.*
**[18:43] Solitaire**
*And now this man, arrested by Tsubaki Iwanome,*
**[18:48] Solitaire**
* is supposedly the fifth-generation*
* owner of this family business.*
**[18:54] Solitaire**
* He is also an anomaly in this*
* strictly regulated prison.*
**[18:59] Solitaire**
* The fact that this space is permitted*
* speaks to the Grocer's true nature.*
**[19:06] Solitaire**
*The state of this solitary cell*
**[19:08] Solitaire**
* testifies to the power that he*
* gained by dealing with the state.*
**[19:15] Solitaire**
* It is neither the pen nor the sword, but trade*
* which is the most blatant form of might.*
**[19:20] Solitaire**
* Everything is on the table, from human*
* lives to the fates of nations,*
**[19:25] Solitaire**
* as well as goods—mass-produced,*
* limited, stolen, lost, and sacred.*
**[19:30] Solitaire**
*The sole exception is their own minds.*
**[19:35] Solitaire**
Although I'm not fond of violence,
**[19:38] Solitaire**
when I must fight,
I fight with playing cards.
**[19:43] Solitaire**
And why...
**[19:45] Solitaire**
...do you think...
**[19:47] Solitaire**
...that all people have used
cards as weapons since antiquity?
**[19:51] Grocer**
Pardon our ignorance, but our
store knows of no such history.
**[19:55] Solitaire**
The answer is simple:
**[19:57] Solitaire**
Because it's cool!
**[20:00] Grocer**
I see.
**[20:01] Grocer**
You've wasted my time.
That will cost you dearly.
**[20:05] Solitaire**
What?!
**[20:06] Solitaire**
Not so fast!
**[20:07] Solitaire**
You asked for information to begin our talk,
so I gave you my very best!
**[20:13] Grocer**
Your idea of quality mystifies me.
**[20:16] Grocer**
In this store, at least, the Phantom
Solitaire's stock has plummeted.
***SIGN*** Solitaire
**[20:20] Solitaire**
Be reasonable!
**[20:22] Grocer**
I wish *you* would.
**[20:23] Solitaire**
Fine, then! One more exclusive tidbit!
**[20:26] Grocer**
Oh?
**[20:27] Solitaire**
Rubbing your hands with oil slightly
reduces the risk of paper cuts.
***SIGN*** GOOEY
***SIGN*** SLIMY
***SIGN*** STICKY
**[20:33] Grocer**
Why not just wear rubber
gloves or use hand cream?
**[20:37] Grocer**
Learning that a master criminal like
you is actually a complete fool
**[20:41] Grocer**
is worth something, I suppose.
**[20:44] Solitaire**
Mind your manners.
**[20:45] Grocer**
Please allow us to offer
you all we can in exchange.
***SIGN*** Tasty Stick
**[20:49] Grocer**
This should do.
**[20:51] Solitaire**
Thirty yen?!
**[20:52] Solitaire**
All right!
**[20:53] Solitaire**
I'll take them because they're tasty,
but you can't distract me with food!
**[20:56] Solitaire**
Give me the information I came here for!
**[21:00] Grocer**
The symbols on playing
cards all have meaning.
**[21:03] Solitaire**
Yes?
**[21:04] Grocer**
On French cards, spades are swords,
clubs are clubs,
**[21:09] Grocer**
hearts are chalices,
and diamonds are coins.
**[21:13] Grocer**
Almost every symbol in this world,
no matter how simplified,
**[21:18] Grocer**
is likewise imbued with some significance.
**[21:22] Grocer**
For example,
**[21:23] Grocer**
this diagonal line signifies a sword.
**[21:27] Grocer**
An old knight order in central and
eastern Europe used a similar insignia,
**[21:32] Grocer**
but the two are completely unrelated.
**[21:35] Grocer**
Now, that concludes your free sample.
**[21:38] Grocer**
You must purchase more with
information of equal value.
**[21:41] Solitaire**
Very well.
**[21:43] Solitaire**
This is for my performance.
I'll pay whatever you ask.
**[21:46] Grocer**
Are you certain?
**[21:48] Grocer**
We adjust our prices to our
customers' circumstances.
**[21:53] Grocer**
And by "circumstances," we do not mean
**[21:55] Grocer**
the contents of their wallets.
**[22:09] Male Announcer**
* Well, today is the day that*
* the Phantom Solitaire set.*
**[22:13] Male Announcer**
*Have there been any developments?*
**[22:15] Takumi**
Oh, that's today?
**[22:17] Misaki**
I can't wait to find out what he'll do!
**[22:19] Takumi**
Well, terrorist bombing
doesn't seem like his style.
**[22:22] Sayo**
Morning.
**[22:24] Sayo**
Nice day, huh?
**[22:26] Takumi**
It's already noon.
**[22:27] Sayo**
Don't worry. Bedroom security officers
don't need to make that distinction.
**[22:32] Takumi**
What's reassuring about that?
**[22:34] Misaki**
Good morning!
**[22:35] Sayo**
Morning.
**[22:44] Sayo**
Hey, what's that?
**[22:47] Takumi**
Hm?
**[22:51] Misaki**
Oh, wow!
**[22:55] Male Announcer**
* Oh, it looks like something*
* just happened in Shinjuku!*
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
**[23:04] Male Announcer**
*The sky is full of blimps.*
**[23:10] Polka**
How...?
**[23:15] Polka**
I thought I reincarnated
to a different world.
**[23:20] Misaki**
Do you recognize that symbol, Polka-kun?
**[23:23] Polka**
I'm sure of it.
**[23:26] Polka**
That's...
**[23:28] Polka**
...the emblem of the fallen
empire from my old world.
# E10 - The Emblem
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZ1DQ5/the-emblem)
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***SIGN*** Where was the leak?
**[00:01] (Flashback) Izliz**
Remember well, boy.
**[00:04] (Flashback) Izliz**
That is the emblem of the empire
you'll live in from now on.
**[00:08] (Flashback) Corpse God**
The emblem...?
**[00:09] (Flashback) Emperor**
Yes.
**[00:12] (Flashback) Emperor**
The version our father drew was quite simple.
**[00:20] (Flashback) Emperor**
We personally redrew it upon
our ascension to the throne.
**[00:24] (Flashback) Emperor**
Pretty cool, eh?
**[00:30] Polka**
That's...
**[00:32] Polka**
...the emblem of the fallen
empire from my old world.
**[00:37] Polka**
But how...?
***SIGN*** An alarming development
***SIGN*** -An alarming development.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 500 0 500 100 0 100
***SIGN*** -Why was it revealed?
***SIGN*** -How?
***SIGN*** In Japan, the "Bug"
***SIGN*** burned more of our brethren.
**[00:46] [SONG] Text**
-Sharp-eared as always.
**[00:46] [SONG] Text**
m 0 0 l 500 0 500 100 0 100
***SIGN*** -What matters is that the public has seen it.
***SIGN*** -This will be nearly impossible to hush up.
***SIGN*** -Hide it.
***SIGN*** -Hide it.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 500 0 500 100 0 100
***SIGN*** -Hide it.
***SIGN*** -Hide it.
***SIGN*** -Hide it.
***SIGN*** -But weren't they disguised as petty gangsters?
***SIGN*** -The Bug.
***SIGN*** -The Bug.
***SIGN*** -The Bug.
***SIGN*** -The Bug.
***SIGN*** Hide it in a forest.
***SIGN*** Hide it in a crowd.
***SIGN*** Bury it by revealing unrelated truths.
***SIGN*** Don't be rash.
***SIGN*** Claim it's the logo of some
upstart cult.
***SIGN*** It's a trap.
***SIGN*** It's bait.
***SIGN*** It's a lure.
***SIGN*** No one will fall for it.
***SIGN*** But someone set the trap.
***SIGN*** That's the biggest problem.
***SIGN*** We don't want that emblem getting around.
***SIGN*** But it's a serious problem.
***SIGN*** The problem is that someone baited a
hook for us.
***SIGN*** Who?
***SIGN*** The Bug?
***SIGN*** No.
***SIGN*** No.
***SIGN*** No.
***SIGN*** Solitaire.
***SIGN*** The Phantom Solitaire.
***SIGN*** An insignificant criminal.
***SIGN*** Send.
***SIGN*** Send.
***SIGN*** Send.
***SIGN*** Send.
***SIGN*** Send.
***SIGN*** Bury.
***SIGN*** Bury.
***SIGN*** Slaughter.
***SIGN*** Kill.
***SIGN*** Kill.
***SIGN*** Kill.
***SIGN*** Make it swift and painless. Don't give them time to suffer.
***SIGN*** Sadism feels satisfying, but it reveals more than necessary.
***SIGN*** Like that time five years ago.
**[02:38] Iwanome**
What the hell is going on?
**[02:40] Arase**
Is that the symbol you mentioned?
**[02:42] Iwanome**
I guess I don't need to hide it anymore.
**[02:50] Arase**
It looks slightly different.
***SIGN*** At least choose the brand of your yourself.
Corruption is eating away from the top.
Don't trust anyone.
There's another garage on the west side of that place.
The signpost is inside.
The key is behind the mirror of I-383.
**[02:52] Arase**
And Polka Shinoyama drew this?
**[02:54] Iwanome**
Yeah.
**[02:55] Iwanome**
If Solitaire is behind this, he must
be mixed up with Hosorogi-san, too.
**[03:00] Iwanome**
Or maybe with the people
Hosorogi-san was after.
**[03:03] Arase**
Either way, we keep running into this symbol.
**[03:08] Arase**
And it's all five years after
Inspector Hosorogi disappeared.
**[03:12] Arase**
Shouldn't we assume that's
more than a coincidence?
**[03:15] Iwanome**
Good point.
**[03:17] Iwanome**
It's also possible that Solitaire
has me in his cross hairs.
**[03:21] Iwanome**
Like, what if he was watching when
Polka Shinoyama read my fortune?
**[03:27] Iwanome**
We can't rule anything out yet.
We need more info.
**[03:32] Yamada**
Oh, there you are!
Tsubaki-chan, Tsubaki-chan!
**[03:35] Iwanome**
Yamada-san?
**[03:36] Yamada**
They're asking for you, and it sounds urgent.
**[03:40] Iwanome**
Me? Wait, who's asking?
**[03:43] Yamada**
The top. Metropolitan Police HQ.
**[03:46] Newscaster**
* The metropolitan government*
* and police have announced*
**[03:49] Newscaster**
* that no blimps are cleared*
* to fly in the impacted area.*
**[03:53] Newscaster**
* Government insiders consider this*
* unlikely to be an act of terrorism.*
**[03:54] Solitaire**
The web is probably better informed
than the news at this point.
**[03:57] Newscaster**
* It may be an event staged by an extreme*
* collective of foreign artists.*
**[03:58] Solitaire**
Still, this was a splurge, even for me.
**[04:02] Solitaire**
I can't believe I sprang for *blimps*!
**[04:07] (Flashback) Solitaire**
So?
**[04:08] (Flashback) Solitaire**
How much does the information I want cost?
**[04:13] (Flashback) Grocer**
Three trillion yen.
**[04:17] (Flashback) Solitaire**
Excusez-moi?
**[04:20] (Flashback) Grocer**
Three trillion yen.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Grocer**
It would be a bit more, but
for you, sir, I'll round down.
**[04:26] (Flashback) Solitaire**
Wait just a minute.
**[04:29] (Flashback) Solitaire**
How is that reasonable?!
**[04:30] (Flashback) Solitaire**
You only charged me 30 million for
three minutes of signal jacking!
**[04:34] (Flashback) Grocer**
As I informed you earlier, sir,
**[04:37] (Flashback) Grocer**
we adjust our prices to our
customers' circumstances,
**[04:41] (Flashback) Grocer**
by which we mean the contents of their lives.
**[04:46] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I don't understand. Why does
that make it three trillion?
**[04:49] (Flashback) Grocer**
If you seriously devoted yourself to
earning money by any means possible,
**[04:55] (Flashback) Grocer**
we estimate that you would acquire
six trillion yen over your lifetime.
**[05:00] (Flashback) Grocer**
It's a simple calculation, but this symbol
is worth spending half your life for.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Grocer**
But please, don't misunderstand me.
**[05:10] (Flashback) Grocer**
This price is only for you.
**[05:12] (Flashback) Grocer**
If another customer made this request,
we might charge only a few dozen yen.
**[05:19] (Flashback) Grocer**
To them, you see, this symbol's true
meaning would be merely a tall tale.
**[05:24] (Flashback) Grocer**
A way to pass time, only as
valuable as a gumball to chew.
**[05:29] (Flashback) Grocer**
But you are different.
**[05:32] (Flashback) Grocer**
We guarantee that knowledge of this
symbol will shape your destiny.
**[05:37] (Flashback) Grocer**
You might call it a miracle drug
just for the Phantom Solitaire.
**[05:41] (Flashback) Grocer**
If mishandled, it will
poison and destroy you.
**[05:46] (Flashback) Grocer**
For this prescription,
**[05:49] (Flashback) Grocer**
three billion yen hardly strikes
us as an unreasonable price.
**[05:52] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I see.
**[05:54] (Flashback) Solitaire**
Your predecessor trusted you, and so will I.
**[05:58] (Flashback) Solitaire**
But our negotiation ends here.
**[06:00] (Flashback) Grocer**
A wise choice, sir.
**[06:02] (Flashback) Solitaire**
After that buildup, hearing the
answer from you would be a letdown!
**[06:07] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I'll find it out for myself!
**[06:10] (Flashback) Solitaire**
Although I will pay for your help.
**[06:14] (Flashback) Solitaire**
I'd like to fly several blimps.
How much will that cost?
**[06:18] Solitaire**
Oh-ho! A human rope to tether an ad balloon?
**[06:23] Solitaire**
Now *there's* an i—
**[06:31] Rinne**
Um, did I hit him?
**[06:33] Hiiro**
You missed. Look and you'll see.
***SIGN*** Better luck
next time
**[06:37] Rinne**
So, we failed the mission?
**[06:40] Hiiro**
Beats me, but I doubt we'll get paid.
***SIGN*** Better luck next time
**[06:43] Rinne**
Ugh!
**[06:44] Rinne**
Shibuya, Ikebukuro, and now this!
We never get any good jobs.
**[06:47] Hiiro**
Wanna hit up Shinjuku? I hear good
things about an intermediary there.
***SIGN*** Solitaire Shot?! Live
***SIGN*** Be afraid! A mysterious cabal lurks in our midst!
**[06:54] Solitaire**
*Fifty-eight minutes after my blimps took off...*
**[06:57] Solitaire**
* That's how long it took*
* someone to snipe my doll.*
**[07:01] Solitaire**
* I wonder how they figured out*
* that I was on top of that blimp.*
**[07:05] Solitaire**
* The only things high enough to look*
* down on it are police helicopters!*
**[07:09] Solitaire**
* So, an organization with snipers accessed*
* police information in under an hour.*
**[07:17] Solitaire**
* Now to throw down the*
* gauntlet to my audience.*
**[07:20] Solitaire**
* Someone was ready to shoot me the*
* moment I revealed this symbol.*
**[07:24] Solitaire**
* I sense a conspiracy, a secret society.*
* It's music to my ears.*
**[07:30] Solitaire**
*It means such a dangerous group truly exists!*
**[07:33] Solitaire**
* You must be dying to know about*
* this symbol. Well, so am I!*
**[07:38] Solitaire**
* Tell me anything you know about it,*
* who uses it, and where!*
**[07:41] Solitaire**
* I'll gift a few lucky*
* winners 300 million yen!*
**[07:46] Solitaire**
*Will I really pay, you ask?*
**[07:48] Solitaire**
* Anyone who's followed my career*
* should know the answer.*
**[07:52] Solitaire**
*I'll tell you how to contact me later!*
**[07:55] Solitaire**
*Until we meet again!*
**[07:56] Solitaire**
*Oh! I forgot my sign-off!*
***SIGN*** The live stream has ended.
**[08:01] Polka**
This has turned into a real mess.
**[08:04] Takumi**
Yeah. What're you gonna do about it?
**[08:06] Polka**
Let's think this through.
What should we focus on first?
**[08:10] Takumi**
Well, you know.
**[08:12] Polka**
I guess I do.
**[08:14] Sayo**
Yeah. I'd like answers, too.
**[08:17] Sayo**
About empires and reincarnation and stuff.
**[08:24] Sayo**
You'll tell me, of course. Right, Polka?
**[08:29] Polka**
Yes.
***SIGN*** THE
***SIGN*** CORPSE
***SIGN*** GOD
***SIGN*** The Corpse God
**[08:38] Polka**
Previously on *The Corpse God*.
**[08:40] Polka**
Polka Shinoyama (Fake) is the
Corpse God, a reincarnation!
***SIGN*** Byady#erig Empire
***SIGN*** YEAHHH YEAHHH WOOHOO
**[08:45] Polka**
In his past life he was hired as a court
sorcerer by the Byady#erig Empire,
**[08:50] Polka**
a military nation with no particular
interest in world domination!
***SIGN*** The heroic Shagrua!
**[08:54] Polka**
A hundred years after the empire fell,
**[08:56] Polka**
the heroic Shagrua, the Calamity
Crusher, struck him down!
**[09:02] Polka**
But the Corpse God cast a spell!
**[09:05] Polka**
He was reborn in Shinjuku,
in the corpse of Polka Shinoyama!
**[09:10] Polka**
There, for the sake of a peaceful life,
he battles insecurities about his future!
***SIGN*** I've gotta
get a job!
***SIGN*** We can skip the rest!
**[09:15] Polka**
And there you have it.
**[09:16] Polka**
The real Polka-kun's soul is safe,
and I'll return his body before too long.
**[09:22] Takumi**
You seriously expect her to buy that story?!
**[09:25] Polka**
I thought things would actually
be easier if she didn't.
**[09:28] Sayo**
So you're not gonna tell me the truth, huh?!
**[09:30] Sayo**
Well, see if I care! Harrumph!
**[09:33] Sayo**
Interesting.
**[09:35] Sayo**
I believe you.
**[09:37] Takumi; Polka**
You do?!
**[09:38] Misaki**
Wow.
**[09:39] Sayo**
I could sort of tell that you aren't Polka.
**[09:43] Sayo**
You stayed calm when that cop
grabbed you. That's not like him.
**[09:50] Sayo**
Still, I'm pretty shaken,
**[09:52] Sayo**
partly because I don't want
to believe Polka got murdered.
**[09:57] Sayo**
I'll go shower and calm down
before I ask for more details.
**[10:02] Sayo**
Oh, and don't worry. I won't tell Xiaoyu
when he gets back from shopping.
**[10:10] Polka**
I can't get a read on her.
**[10:12] Polka**
Do you think I could show
her the dancing skeletons?
**[10:15] Takumi**
Well, I don't think she'll
go around telling people.
**[10:18] Takumi**
If worse comes to worst,
could you wipe her memory with a spell?
**[10:22] Polka**
I can make a spirit in my service possess
someone and remove parts of their memory.
***SIGN*** Soul
**[10:28] Polka**
The spirit would serve as a scalpel to
amputate a piece of the person's soul,
***SIGN*** Memory
**[10:32] Polka**
and that would indirectly
affect their physical brain.
**[10:36] Polka**
It's a different school than Geldwood
brainwashing and forced-confession spells.
**[10:41] Takumi**
Is it hard to do?
**[10:43] Polka**
To be honest, not really.
**[10:46] Polka**
But that was on humans in my world.
**[10:49] Polka**
If this world's humans are
different in the wrong ways,
**[10:52] Polka**
a slight mistake could leave
the target broken.
**[10:56] Takumi**
I guess we'd better not risk it, then.
**[10:59] Polka**
Of course, if we knew someone was an enemy,
**[11:02] Polka**
cutting corners and destroying their
minds could make things easier.
**[11:07] Takumi**
Don't tell me... you messed
with those goons' memories?
**[11:12] Polka**
I did hold back.
**[11:14] Polka**
They won't be *completely* broken.
**[11:17] Takumi**
Man, sometimes you scare the crap out of me.
**[11:22] Takumi**
What?
**[11:23] Polka**
I'm kind of happy that you said "sometimes."
**[11:28] Takumi**
Well, unlike Misaki, I didn't
actually get killed, so—
**[11:32] Takumi**
Hey, wait...
**[11:34] Takumi**
Where's Misaki?!
***SIGN*** See no shark
**[11:44] Sayo**
Do you need something?
**[11:45] Misaki**
Let's chat.
**[11:48] Sayo**
About what?
**[11:49] Misaki**
Didn't that story make you wonder
**[11:53] Misaki**
who killed Polka-kun?
**[11:59] Misaki**
Or does that not bother you,
**[12:02] Misaki**
because you already know?
**[12:05] Sayo**
I'd rather talk about sharks.
**[12:09] Misaki**
Come on. Don't change the subject.
**[12:12] Misaki**
If I told you I killed Polka-kun,
**[12:17] Misaki**
what would you do?
**[12:19] Sayo**
Oh, okay. So that's it.
**[12:25] Sayo**
You want someone to chew you out, right?
**[12:28] Sayo**
I'm guessing Polka forgave you.
**[12:32] Sayo**
He's a gentle kid.
**[12:34] Sayo**
He'd watch a man-eating shark
get killed at the end of a movie
**[12:37] Sayo**
and say he felt bad for the shark,
as well as the people it ate.
**[12:43] Sayo**
I'm going to ask for the details
of what happened later,
**[12:46] Sayo**
but I'd bet that Polka
forgave you for killing him.
**[12:51] Sayo**
You still haven't made your
peace with that, have you?
**[12:55] Sayo**
So you want me to lash out at you.
It'd be part of your atonement.
**[13:01] Sayo**
You're sly, but I don't mind. I forgive you.
**[13:06] Sayo**
I won't chew you out, though.
**[13:17] Misaki**
You're sharp. I bet you'd
make a great detective.
**[13:22] Misaki**
Aren't you scared?
**[13:24] Misaki**
I'm the assassin who slit Polka-kun's throat.
**[13:28] Sayo**
You don't scare me.
**[13:30] Misaki**
Why not?
**[13:32] Sayo**
No one who likes shark
movies is a bad person.
**[13:38] Misaki**
Umm...
**[13:40] Sayo**
It was only for a little while, but I liked
talking about shark stuff with you.
**[13:46] Sayo**
A bad person could never chat
about sharks and shark movies!
**[13:50] Sayo**
You may have slit my relative's throat,
but sharks will forgive you!
***SIGN*** His relative had
more of a screw
loose than he'd
thought.
***SIGN*** Faced with that fact,
the soul of
Polka Shinoyama
***SIGN*** decided to
pretend he
hadn't heard
anything.
***SIGN*** Hear no shark!
**[14:01] Sayo**
Plus, you saved Kazuki and Shizuki.
**[14:06] Sayo**
That's my second reason,
although it doesn't count for much.
**[14:15] Misaki**
Really? That part's the afterthought?
**[14:19] Misaki**
Oh, jeez.
**[14:21] Misaki**
I don't even know what to say anymore.
**[14:27] Sayo**
For now,
**[14:29] Sayo**
say something about sharks.
**[14:33] Misaki**
So you see,
***SIGN*** Silky Smooth
***SIGN*** Soft and Springy
**[14:34] Misaki**
I tried to find out if Sayo-chan
paid for that hit on Polka-kun,
**[14:39] Misaki**
but I screwed up!
**[14:41] Misaki**
Still, I'm pretty sure she
had nothing to do with it.
**[14:45] Takumi**
Yeah, yeah. Whatever.
**[14:47] Takumi**
What's wrong with you? Are you stupid?
**[14:49] Takumi**
The only thing you proved is that
she's out of her goddamn mind.
**[14:54] Sayo**
How rude. I just don't care much
about anything except sharks.
**[14:59] Sayo**
So I wouldn't hire someone to kill Polka.
**[15:01] Takumi**
I don't get your logic.
**[15:04] Sayo**
Isn't it obvious?!
***SIGN*** GLARE
***SIGN*** GLARE
**[15:05] Sayo**
If I killed him, I'd turn
him into shark food! Duh!
**[15:09] Takumi**
I wish that wasn't so convincing.
**[15:12] Takumi**
Don't tell me you took that
plushie into the bath?
**[15:15] Sayo**
Not into the water.
**[15:17] Sayo**
But I did borrow your Sharkborg
without asking. Sorry.
**[15:21] Takumi**
With family like this,
you must've had it rough.
**[15:25] Sayo**
I've never met that little guy before,
**[15:27] Sayo**
although I do aspire to
make all sharks my family.
**[15:31] Takumi**
Wait, you mean you didn't know
when you took him in there?
**[15:35] Sayo**
U-U-U-U-Un...
***SIGN*** THUD
**[15:38] Sayo**
Unbelievable.
**[15:40] Takumi**
Yeah, getting seen changing can't have
been fun, even if you had no idea.
***SIGN*** I didn't peek!
**[15:44] Sayo**
That doesn't matter!
**[15:46] Polka**
It doesn't?
**[15:47] Sayo**
How could one of my
relatives become a shark?!
***SIGN*** I didn't peek!
**[15:49] Sayo**
I thought for sure two souls were
fighting for control of that body!
**[15:54] Polka**
Rozan-san said the same thing.
**[15:56] Sayo**
All right, then!
**[15:57] Sayo**
Polka can borrow my body, so sharkify me now!
**[16:01] Polka**
What?! Wh-Why?!
***SIGN*** Totally
lost
***SIGN*** Speak no shark
***SIGN*** Polka's soul chose to let sleeping dogs lie.
**[16:08] Takumi**
Seriously, though.
What's our next move, Polka?
**[16:12] Takumi**
This symbol is a big deal to you, right?
**[16:15] Polka**
I don't mind people showing it in public.
**[16:18] Polka**
But if someone is trying to
use this emblem for something,
**[16:22] Polka**
I need to meet them.
**[16:25] Polka**
To us, it's a precious memory.
**[16:28] Polka**
I can't sit by while someone defiles
it and still live in peace.
**[16:35] Takumi**
Okay.
**[16:37] Takumi**
We'd better find out if some shadowy
organization really does use it, then.
**[16:43] Takumi**
I mean, Solitaire could just
have been making shit up.
**[16:46] Misaki**
You mean, that Solitaire guy is another
sorcerer from Polka-kun's world?
**[16:52] Polka**
No. He wanted information about the emblem,
**[16:55] Polka**
so I don't think he could be from my world.
**[16:59] Takumi**
Can't you check with an identification spell?
**[17:03] Polka**
What do you mean?
**[17:05] Takumi**
You know, where you see his level,
class, and skills just by looking at him?
***SIGN*** Title
Great Guy in Shinjuku
| LV 01 |
HP 001/001 |
MP 001/001 |
ATK 001 |
DEF 001 |
SPD 001 |
DEX 001 |
CHA 001
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 110 0 110 120 0 120
***SIGN*** Title:
Corpse God
| LV 99 |
HP 999/999 |
MP 999/999 |
ATK 999 |
DEF 999 |
SPD 999 |
DEX 999 |
CHA 999
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 110 0 110 120 0 120
**[17:10] Polka**
Oh, you mean what you
do when I tell fortunes.
**[17:14] Takumi**
Huh?
***SIGN*** I cast a spell
**[17:16] Takumi**
I cast a spell on the customer's name!
***SIGN*** on the customer's name!
***SIGN*** Polka Shinoyama
**[17:18] Takumi**
Now their info's mine!
***SIGN*** Now their info's mine!
***SIGN*** (Security)
Ineffective on targets of a
higher level.
**[17:21] Takumi**
I was an identification wizard all along?
**[17:24] Polka**
Anyway, I spent years crafting my
secret art of resurrection on my own,
**[17:30] Polka**
so I don't know if anyone else has come here.
**[17:33] Misaki**
But you summon these guys
from your world, right?
**[17:37] Polka**
Yes. I was surprised that it worked.
**[17:40] Polka**
I only summon their souls, though.
**[17:42] Polka**
The bones are temporary vessels
I happened to find nearby.
**[17:47] Misaki**
Then, do you know any
ghosts who can talk more?
**[17:52] Polka**
I... do.
**[17:54] Polka**
But I set most of them free before the
Order's last subjugation unit arrived.
**[18:00] Polka**
Some of them kept their pacts with me anyway.
**[18:04] Polka**
But how can I face them after I got
declared a threat to the world?
**[18:10] Polka**
That's why I want to at
least save my memories.
**[18:12] Sayo**
Okay, enough whining.
**[18:15] Sayo**
Call them whenever you want,
and do it with a smile.
**[18:18] Sayo**
If they get mad or hit you, just apologize.
**[18:23] Polka**
Do you think... they'd forgive me?
**[18:27] Sayo**
They trusted you enough to make
a pact. Have some faith in them.
**[18:32] Polka**
Sayo-san...
**[18:34] Polka**
* I'm sorry I ever suspected you*
* of having Polka-kun killed.*
**[18:39] Sayo**
And if all this necromancy is real,
there must be sharkomancy, too!
**[18:44] Sayo**
That's what really matters now!
**[18:46] Takumi**
What's wrong? Shark got your tongue?
**[18:50] Polka**
Well, some people in the ocean
controlled schools of fish...
***SIGN*** Sorceresses of the Deep
The Grimrope Sisters
**[18:54] Takumi**
Did that really deserve a serious answer?
**[18:57] Sayo**
Anyway, you're wondering what
to do about that symbol, right?
**[19:01] Takumi**
Pick the right man for the job.
**[19:03] Takumi**
Leave that stuff to identification
wizards like me.
**[19:08] Sayo**
You like that title, huh?
**[19:10] Takumi**
Now,
**[19:11] Takumi**
let's take a hint from Solitaire
and start by checking out the cops.
***SIGN*** I can't reveal specifics yet, but I have my suspicions.
**[19:19] Polka**
Really?
***SIGN*** Still... I won't stop you now, but tread carefully.
***SIGN*** The police organization, or at least part of it,
***SIGN*** is more sinister than you know.
**[19:29] [SONG] Text**
Metropolitan Police Department
**[19:30] Habaki**
Sorry to call you up so suddenly.
**[19:33] Iwanome**
Don't be. I'm glad you're here,
Senior Commissioner Habaki, sir.
**[19:37] Iwanome**
I never expected to come back
here after I was transferred out.
**[19:41] Habaki**
I wish you'd played by the
book and climbed the ranks.
***SIGN*** Superintendent General
**[19:47] Habaki**
The superintendent general
wears many faces.
**[19:50] Habaki**
Don't let him take you in. Now, get going.
**[19:53] Iwanome**
Yes, sir.
**[19:58] Takasu**
You're in charge of the Solitaire case?
**[20:01] Takasu**
Tsubaki Iwanome-kun, isn't it?
**[20:04] Iwanome**
Yes, sir.
**[20:05] Takasu**
You look more like a host
than a police officer.
**[20:10] Takasu**
Of course, given your division,
**[20:11] Takasu**
I'll accept piercings and
dyed hair as camouflage.
**[20:17] Takasu**
Only one thing matters.
**[20:19] Takasu**
Can you function as a cog in this machine?
**[20:24] Takasu**
I hope our teeth mesh well.
**[20:25] [SONG] Text**
Metropolitan Police Superintendent General
Jirotarou Takasu
***SIGN*** Jirotarou Takasu
**[20:29] Takumi**
So, this is the superintendent general.
**[20:32] Takumi**
I know looks aren't everything,
but his face gives me the creeps.
**[20:36] Misaki**
He looks so cool!
**[20:37] Takumi**
You think so?
**[20:38] Takumi**
Hm? That Iwanome guy keeps looking
for info about Hosorogi-san.
***SIGN*** Are you telling me he used a police computer for that?
**[20:50] Takumi**
Until a few years ago, anyway.
***SIGN*** He was never good with computers...
**[20:52] Takumi**
Looks like it got him in trouble.
There's a record.
**[20:58] Iwanome**
A cog?
**[21:00] Iwanome**
I'm sure we'll mesh nicely,
**[21:02] Iwanome**
Superintendent General
Jiroutarou Takasu, sir.
**[21:06] Iwanome**
I'm good at fitting in.
**[21:09] Iwanome**
Unless... there's a pebble in the works.
**[21:14] Takasu**
Would this "pebble" be
Inspector Miyabi Hosorogi?
**[21:21] Takasu**
I'll take that as a yes.
**[21:23] Takasu**
I don't approve of you calling
a superior officer a pebble.
**[21:27] Takasu**
Even one who's currently missing.
**[21:31] Takasu**
Is that all Hosorogi-kun meant to you?
**[21:42] Iwanome**
Very funny, sir. I didn't mean the inspector.
**[21:46] Iwanome**
I meant the rat in this huge building
who drove the inspector out.
**[21:55] Takasu**
I expected you to reject my suggestion
in a rage, but you're surprisingly calm.
**[22:00] Takasu**
Although, amusingly, the way you
comport yourself is anything but.
**[22:05] Takasu**
I see. Your cog may send a
new sound through the system.
**[22:11] Takasu**
But take care.
**[22:14] Takasu**
If I find the sound of a cog discordant,
I crush it without hesitation.
**[22:23] Iwanome**
I'll remember that, sir.
**[22:25] Takasu**
Oh, one more thing before we begin.
**[22:28] Takasu**
My name is Jirotarou, not Jiroutarou.
***SIGN*** Jiroutarou
***SIGN*** Jirotarou
**[22:32] Takasu**
Jiro, not Jirou. Mind you
keep that vowel short.
**[22:36] Iwanome**
I'll remember that, too, sir.
**[22:40] Takasu**
Now, as for why I called you here today...
**[22:43] Takasu**
The Phantom Solitaire investigation has
been reorganized after today's incident.
**[22:49] Takasu**
Given your history with him, I want you
to play a key role on the local end.
**[22:55] [SONG] Text**
Shinjuku Gyoen
Shinjuku Gate
**[22:56] Solitaire**
So?
**[22:57] Solitaire**
Has there been any activity
around the police?
**[23:00] Nanny**
* Yes. Several people have*
* attempted to hack the police.*
**[23:05] Nanny**
* One of them seems to know*
* what they're looking for.*
**[23:09] Solitaire**
Oh? Fascinating.
**[23:11] Solitaire**
And do you know where they're
hacking from, Nanny?
***SIGN*** Nanny Café Amaguri
**[23:13] Nanny**
*But of course, Young Master.*
**[23:20] Nanny**
The source is Shinjuku.
**[23:22] Solitaire**
Well, now.
**[23:23] Solitaire**
The office of a fortune teller
who just registered his business.
**[23:29] Solitaire**
I simply must have him read my future.
# E11 - The Beginning
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***SIGN*** Kabukicho Ichibangai
***SIGN*** Fortunes
**[00:09] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Think I filled out this questionnaire okay?
**[00:12] High School Girl**
Looks good to me!
**[00:13] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Hey, is this place legit?
**[00:15] Saimyouji**
Absolutely.
**[00:16] High School Girl**
You mean it?!
**[00:18] Saimyouji**
Yes.
**[00:19] Saimyouji**
This is my second visit,
but I was sure by the end of my first time.
**[00:23] Saimyouji**
This fortune teller is the real deal!
**[00:26] Saimyouji**
He even knew I hurt my leg,
and only my coworkers know that!
**[00:30] High School Girl**
Wow!
**[00:31] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
I can't wait!
**[00:35] Polka**
So, have you found out anything?
**[00:37] Takumi**
I spent all night looking into
that symbol, but no dice.
**[00:43] Takumi**
I think it was part of a serious case,
though. Public Safety got involved.
**[00:47] Takumi**
And Inspector Hosorogi went
missing while tracking it down.
***SIGN*** Well, that's mostly correct. They got me right before I got them. You know the rest.
***SIGN*** The ones who killed me in this building were most likely hired assassins,
***SIGN*** not the enemy I was chasing themselves.
**[01:04] Polka**
You mean...?
**[01:06] Takumi**
If an IA inspector was on the case,
the culprit must have been a cop.
***SIGN*** I'm sorry. I can't speak of the culprit without definitive proof. It would get you involved.
**[01:16] Takumi**
Oh, I'd say we're plenty involved already.
**[01:20] Polka**
I'll be fine,
**[01:22] Polka**
but what about Polka-kun and the Shinoyamas?
**[01:27] Polka**
Yes, I'm worried about them.
***SIGN*** Exactly. That's why I asked you to tread carefully.
**[01:36] Xiaoyu**
*So, this Hosorogi person* is *involved.*
**[01:39] Xiaoyu**
*But corruption in the police?*
**[01:41] Xiaoyu**
* What the hell are these*
* crooks trying to fight?*
**[01:45] Sayo**
Xiaoyu-kun, I'm starving.
**[01:48] Xiaoyu**
I'll be right there!
**[01:50] Xiaoyu**
* Still, there are strange*
* pauses in their conversation.*
**[01:53] Xiaoyu**
*And do I hear a mechanical pencil again?*
***SIGN*** I was able to give my message to the right person.
**[02:00] Polka**
You mean that detective? Iwanome?
***SIGN*** Although this is one of my regrets...
***SIGN*** I want... to entrust it to him. We pursued this case together.
**[03:48] Iwanome**
As you can see, Solitaire is elusive.
***SIGN*** Special Investigation Team
All Ten'a Sorimura Cases
**[03:53] Iwanome**
While I realize an investigator
shouldn't use that word lightly,
***SIGN*** Ten'a Sorimura
self-professed
magician
***SIGN*** Youji Iwazono
(46)
Yougan-gumi
Leader
***SIGN*** The Poisoner
(60–70~)
**[03:58] Iwanome**
I hope you understand that,
in his case, I have no choice.
**[04:04] Iwanome**
However, the suspect has a tendency
to move in for a closer look
**[04:08] Iwanome**
at anything that catches his interest.
**[04:12] Iwanome**
In other words,
**[04:13] Iwanome**
if we follow this symbol Solitaire is after,
we're likely to cross paths.
**[04:19] Detective A**
What're these Shinjuku cops doing here?
**[04:19] Iwanome**
You'll find the details
on page 12 of my report.
**[04:21] Detective B**
Even Arase and Pop Tozawa.
It's like a loose cannon convention.
**[04:23] Iwanome**
Solitaire likes to show off and
attracts public attention by doing so,
**[04:29] Detective B**
After the shit he stirred
up with that IA inspector,
**[04:30] Iwanome**
but he also excels at disguise.
**[04:32] Detective B**
who does he think he is to lecture us?
**[04:33] Iwanome**
He currently uses at least three
identities that we know of, and...
***SIGN*** Fortunes
***SIGN*** Reception desk opens at 10:00 a.m.
***SIGN*** Please fill out the questionnaire
you receive with...
**[04:37] Polka**
Shouta Yamanoura-san,
**[04:39] Polka**
you are standing at a crossroads
of great significance,
**[04:43] Polka**
or so I read in the currents.
**[04:46] Polka**
Your ship is about to founder on
unseen rocks steeped in ostentation.
**[04:52] Yamanoura**
What?!
**[04:53] Polka**
Before it sinks, you should
seek another vessel to board.
**[04:57] Yamanoura**
I... I didn't mention anything
about that in my survey,
**[05:02] Yamanoura**
but you got everything right.
**[05:05] Solitaire**
* If I really were Shouta*
* Yamanoura-kun, that is!*
***SIGN*** Exclusive Exposé!
Three Secrets of the Office Worker!
***SIGN*** 1) He's actually
Solitaire!
***SIGN*** 2) He uses Hollywood special effects makeup (self-taught)!
***SIGN*** 3) The real
Yamanoura
is a normal
guy who has
nothing to do
with Solitaire!
***SIGN*** The End
**[05:12] Solitaire**
*But he did all that using hot reading,*
**[05:15] Solitaire**
* probably courtesy of that hacker*
* Nanny mentioned, Takumi Kuruya.*
**[05:21] Solitaire**
* Yamanoura's company cooking the*
* books hasn't made the news.*
**[05:25] Solitaire**
* Finding out about it in such*
* a short time is impressive...*
**[05:29] Solitaire**
*but unfortunately, I suppose,*
**[05:32] Solitaire**
*this fortune teller is a mere mortal.*
**[05:36] Polka**
Huh? Was something I said that shocking?
**[05:39] Polka**
Oh, well.
**[05:40] Polka**
Now, um...
**[05:42] Polka**
Do you have any questions for me?
**[05:45] Yamanoura**
Questions? Well, let me see...
**[05:50] Yamanoura**
You know that symbol?
**[05:51] Yamanoura**
The one Solitaire offered
300 million yen for figuring out?
**[05:56] Yamanoura**
Do you think you could
see what it really is?
**[06:01] Polka**
Ah. I'm afraid that is beyond even my sight.
**[06:05] Solitaire**
*Well, no surprise there.*
**[06:10] Polka**
However,
**[06:12] Polka**
I sense something not quite
right about that symbol.
**[06:15] Yamanoura**
Not quite right?
**[06:16] Polka**
As if something unnecessary
has been added to it.
**[06:20] Polka**
And drawing on the power of fate,
which makes the world go round,
**[06:24] Polka**
I will now reveal it.
**[06:28] Solitaire**
*Well, now, this is something.*
**[06:31] Solitaire**
* The writing's too firm for it to be*
* wires or magnetism.*
**[06:35] Solitaire**
*Hmm...*
**[06:36] Solitaire**
* His magic tricks are more*
* interesting than his fortune—*
**[06:41] Polka**
The proper symbol has one
less horizontal line.
**[06:45] Polka**
So I have seen.
**[06:50] Solitaire**
*I got a bite?!*
**[06:52] Solitaire**
*I can hardly believe it!*
**[06:56] Solitaire**
*Wait, wait, wait. Don't be hasty!*
**[06:58] Solitaire**
* Would an affiliate of a secret society*
* expose himself so carelessly?!*
**[07:03] Solitaire**
*Calm down! I'm being tested!*
**[07:12] Polka**
*I know. I'll stop.*
**[07:14] Polka**
*I can't pass anything more off as coincidence.*
**[07:17] Polka**
*But...*
**[07:19] Polka**
*there are some things I can't tolerate.*
**[07:22] Polka**
* Ignoring that incorrect*
* emblem wouldn't feel right.*
**[07:28] Polka**
* Of course, I'd have to correct Solitaire*
* himself to make a difference.*
***SIGN*** Critical Hit!!
**[07:34] Yamanoura**
I... I see. I'll take that under advisement.
**[07:38] Yamanoura**
Now, if you'll excuse me.
**[07:40] Polka**
Oh, one last thing.
**[07:42] Polka**
Do you know a girl with pigtails
who uses a wheelchair?
**[07:49] Polka**
I can no longer understand
what she is saying,
**[07:53] Polka**
but she appears distressed
by the path you walk.
**[07:58] Polka**
* Her ghost is materializing*
* the form of a wheelchair.*
**[08:02] Polka**
*She must have used it for a long time.*
**[08:05] Polka**
* And she doesn't seem capable*
* of conversation anymore, so...*
**[08:08] Yamanoura**
I suppose that must be my guardian spirit.
**[08:11] Yamanoura**
If I remember anyone of that description,
I'll be sure to face her.
**[08:20] Polka**
I'd better not force her to pass on, then.
**[08:23] Solitaire**
*You've got me intrigued, fortune teller.*
**[08:26] Solitaire**
* I thought he was a fraud, passing*
* off hot reading as supernatural,*
**[08:31] Solitaire**
*but then, how would he know about* her*?*
**[08:34] Solitaire**
*What can he see?*
**[08:39] High School Girl**
That was *so cool*! And wasn't he hot?
**[08:43] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
You only care about looks.
**[08:45] High School Girl**
Oh, is it starting to rain?
**[08:48] High School Girl**
Crap! I didn't bring an umbrella!
**[08:51] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
You can borrow mine. I've got a raincoat.
**[08:54] High School Girl**
For real?! Thanks!
**[08:54] Solitaire**
*Water will damage my makeup.*
**[08:57] Solitaire**
*I wish I had half those girls' energy.*
**[09:03] Solitaire**
*I see.*
**[09:05] Solitaire**
*So, you've set your sights on the same place.*
**[09:12] Polka**
Still, what a weird coincidence.
**[09:15] Polka**
Two people in a row asked the same question.
**[09:20] Solitaire**
That said,
**[09:22] Solitaire**
that raincoat makes me question your taste.
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
**[09:34] Arase**
I have an update on the
Solitaire investigation.
**[09:36] Arase**
We have 100 investigators on the streets,
and we're checking surveillance cameras.
**[09:41] Arase**
We've left him with fewer places to go,
**[09:44] Arase**
but we still have no idea
what he's trying to achieve.
**[09:51] Iwanome**
We know what's got his attention right now.
***SIGN*** Ten'a Sorimura
self-professed
magician
***SIGN*** Youji Iwazono
(46)
Yougan-gumi
Leader
***SIGN*** The Poisoner
(60–70~)
**[09:59] Arase**
Should we lure him out?
**[10:01] Iwanome**
Only a few people know there's
an error in that symbol.
**[10:06] Arase**
But we can't point that out here, can we?
**[10:10] Iwanome**
No. The enemy could be anywhere.
**[10:15] Iwanome**
Whoever they are,
they drove Hosorogi-san into hiding.
**[10:18] Iwanome**
If we scatter bait carelessly,
we'll be the ones who get eaten.
**[10:26] Iwanome**
I know hunting down Solitaire is my job,
**[10:30] Iwanome**
but having more than one goal
throws off my instincts.
**[10:33] Arase**
If we catch Solitaire,
they'll make their move, too.
**[10:37] Arase**
We should just be glad that we have
more officers at our disposal.
**[10:41] Detective B**
You're sipping coffee while you
make us work our asses off?
**[10:46] Detective B**
For a guy whose career hit a dead end,
you sure act high and mighty.
**[10:50] Iwanome**
Thanks for the compliment. I've at least
risen high enough to order you around.
**[10:56] Iwanome**
And if you've got the energy to gripe,
you're not "working your asses off."
**[11:03] Detective B**
Don't let this go to your head.
**[11:05] Detective B**
Lots of guys still hold grudges from
your time as Hosorogi's flunky.
**[11:10] Iwanome**
Oh, is that so?
**[11:13] Iwanome**
The only ones mad at me
about Internal Affairs cases
**[11:15] Iwanome**
would be crooked cops who
can't get away with it anymore.
**[11:20] Detective B**
I'm telling you to know your place!
**[11:22] Detective B**
You might be a big shot in your precinct,
but you'd better watch it here.
**[11:29] Iwanome**
Are you too scared to hold any conversation
you can't turn into a pissing contest?
**[11:33] Iwanome**
Is that your problem?
**[11:35] Iwanome**
Even internet trolls have better manners.
**[11:38] Detective B**
Why, you—
**[11:42] Arase**
Now, now.
**[11:45] Detective B**
You—
**[11:47] Detective B**
H-Hey! Let g—
**[11:49] Iwanome**
Arase, I'm fine.
**[11:54] Iwanome**
Arase.
**[11:58] Iwanome**
I said I'm fine.
**[12:05] Iwanome**
How about we all agree to stop
picking on the weak, then?
**[12:13] Detective A**
Do you know where you stand, Arase?
**[12:16] Detective A**
That sting operation of yours was illegal.
**[12:18] Detective A**
What do you think'll happen to
you if you make more trouble?
**[12:21] Detective B**
If you like, we could always
*make up* some trouble to—
**[12:24] Arase**
Don't be silly. I've already
been punished for the sting.
**[12:28] Arase**
Tozawa-san really let me have for that, too.
**[12:31] Yatsu**
Oh, there you are.
**[12:33] Yatsu**
What are you wasting time picking
fights here for, Iwa-san?
**[12:37] Tozawa**
Whoops! Close one.
**[12:39] Tozawa**
Are you okay?
**[12:40] Detective B**
Y-Yeah.
**[12:42] Detective B**
Huh?
**[12:45] Tozawa**
Well, now. Is this that trouble you
were going to "make up"?
**[12:49] Tozawa**
Honestly.
**[12:51] Tozawa**
You used that fall to
dislocate your *own* shoulder?
**[12:54] Tozawa**
You're lucky I was here. Arase-kun
wouldn't know how to treat this.
**[13:00] Tozawa**
There. That's one problem solved.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 280 0 280 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Shinjuku Precinct Community Safety Division
Assistant Head of Materials Compiling Group #3
Danjo Tozawa
**[13:05] Yatsu**
Man, what a relief. I'm so glad
there wasn't any major trouble.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 340 0 340 100 0 100
***SIGN*** Member of the same group
MPD Shinjuku Precinct Arrest Technique Tournament
Individual Division Champion
Ranmaru Yatsu
**[13:12] [SONG] Text; right**
I looked pretty cool
reining in Arase, right?
***SIGN*** They both saw me do that, right?
**[13:12] Iwanome**
Y-Yeah.
**[13:15] Habaki**
What's going on here?!
**[13:17] Tozawa**
Why, Senior Commissioner
Habaki. Nothing at all, sir.
**[13:22] Tozawa**
I just performed first aid on an
injured colleague. Isn't that right?
**[13:28] Detective B**
Y-Yes.
**[13:31] Detective B**
W-We'll be on our way.
**[13:37] Habaki**
So, what happened,
**[13:39] Habaki**
Iwanome?
**[13:43] Habaki**
I understand the situation.
**[13:45] Habaki**
They may be in the wrong,
but try not to provoke them, would you?
**[13:51] Habaki**
Solitaire's video already has us all on edge.
**[13:55] Iwanome**
That stuff about a mole?
**[13:57] Habaki**
Yes, although the brass seems to
think he staged the shooting himself.
**[14:03] Habaki**
Still, try not to make waves.
I can only cover for you so much.
**[14:10] Iwanome**
I'm grateful that you're willing
to cover for me at all, sir.
**[14:15] Iwanome**
Now, if you'll excuse me.
**[14:19] Habaki**
Be careful.
**[14:24] Iwanome**
This is still only a possibility,
**[14:26] Iwanome**
but more troublemakers could be mixed
up in this case. Lemmings included.
**[14:31] Tozawa**
There's a scary thought.
**[14:34] Iwanome**
That's why I need all the
trustworthy people I can get, Pop.
**[14:38] Tozawa**
Oh?
**[14:39] Iwanome**
I was *going* to ask you not to make things
any worse between HQ and the precinct.
**[14:44] Yatsu**
Those guys just have it in for *you*, Iwa-san.
**[14:48] Iwanome**
Real funny, Yatsu.
**[14:50] Iwanome**
Well, either way, Comps-3's
job doesn't change.
**[14:54] Iwanome**
We'll put our hearts and souls
into seeing it through.
**[14:58] Iwanome**
Protecting this town
**[15:01] Iwanome**
from those troublemakers' crazy games.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 220 0 220 280 0 280
***SIGN*** From: Big Sis
Dear Little Brother,
I couldn't trace Miyabi Hosorogi
through finance, communication,
relationships, or any other means.
Oh, and there's a summer cold
going around, so take good care
of yourself. Curry goes bad
sooner than you'd think,
so make small batches and
finish them. Whatever you do,
don't make any mistakes
with Young Miss Sayo.
Your ever-loving sister,
Imbi
**[15:09] Xiaoyu**
I don't believe it. Not even the Lei
intelligence network can find Hosorogi?
**[15:15] Xiaoyu**
Footsteps on the roof?
**[15:17] Solitaire**
Whew!
**[15:18] Solitaire**
No matter how often I do it,
landing on rooftops always gives me a thrill!
**[15:22] Solitaire**
Is it the guilty pleasure of knowing
I'm about to commit a crime?
**[15:25] Solitaire**
The tension of knowing my
enemies might be lying in wait?
**[15:30] Solitaire**
No! No, no, no!
**[15:33] Solitaire**
This is intoxication!
**[15:35] Solitaire**
And since the works of the great Edogawa
Rampo are now in the public domain,
**[15:40] Solitaire**
perhaps no one will get mad if I call
myself the Phantom With Twenty Faces?
**[15:47] Solitaire**
No, wait.
**[15:48] Solitaire**
Rampo's fans will still
take umbrage, won't they?
***SIGN*** And quite seriously,
too...
**[15:52] Solitaire**
What do you think?
**[15:57] Solitaire**
Well, this is certainly a warm reception.
**[16:00] Solitaire**
It seems my hunch was right on the money.
**[16:03] Solitaire**
Now, would you kindly tell me
**[16:05] Solitaire**
about the organization you belong to,
and about that symbol,
**[16:11] Solitaire**
Fortune-Telling Corpse God?
**[16:13] Solitaire**
Or should I say... Polka Shinoyama-kun?!
**[16:18] Xiaoyu**
Please don't lump me in with that weakling.
**[16:23] Solitaire**
*Who are you?!*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 80 0 80 130 0 130
***SIGN*** Meanwhile,
Polka is...
**[16:42] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
*Kagome kagome.*
**[16:47] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
*The bird in the basket, locked away.*
**[16:51] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
*When will it come out to play?*
**[16:56] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
*At night before the break of day*
**[17:01] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
*the crane and turtle slipped away.*
**[17:05] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
*Who's that behind you?*
**[17:09] (Flashback) Man A**
Hurry! The pit swallowed the army!
**[17:12] (Flashback) Man B**
What about General Daryl?!
**[17:14] (Flashback) Man A**
The Home-wrecker Dragon took
him and his whole force!
**[17:16] (Flashback) Man B**
They deserted?! I told him
dragons couldn't be trusted!
**[17:20] Woman A**
Where are the prince and empress?!
**[17:20] (Flashback) Izliz**
What are you doing, fool of an apprentice?
**[17:21] Man A**
I can't contact the imperial guard.
**[17:24] (Flashback) Izliz**
I placed wards to shield us from notice.
**[17:24] Man A**
Has an annexed principality revolted?!
**[17:26] Woman A**
No, nothing human could cause that!
**[17:27] (Flashback) Izliz**
Otherwise, they'd be dragging us
to the front lines as we speak.
**[17:31] (Flashback) Izliz**
Won't I go, you ask?
**[17:34] (Flashback) Izliz**
I've no taste for joining in the
fools' self-inflicted downfall.
**[17:38] (Flashback) Izliz**
I left all our acquaintances I
could reach in Romelka's care.
**[17:45] (Flashback) Izliz**
Utsurojuza spoke the truth. The time is ripe.
**[17:49] (Flashback) Izliz**
You should get ready, too.
**[17:52] (Flashback) Izliz**
Ready for what, you ask?
**[17:54] (Flashback) Izliz**
For living free, off the empire's leash.
**[18:00] (Flashback) Izliz**
Honestly, I had you possess
an older skeleton,
**[18:05] (Flashback) Izliz**
but mentally, you were
a child to the very end.
**[18:09] (Flashback) Izliz**
Oh, well. I suppose you'll grow up eventually.
**[18:14] (Flashback) Izliz**
We have unlimited time.
**[18:18] (Flashback) Izliz**
But by the same token,
you'd better treasure those who don't.
**[18:26] Corpse God**
Oh, forgive me.
**[18:28] Corpse God**
Forgive me, Teacher.
**[18:31] Corpse God**
I failed.
**[18:34] Corpse God**
I couldn't protect them.
**[18:37] Corpse God**
I couldn't save them.
**[18:39] Corpse God**
I couldn't even forgive.
**[18:42] Corpse God**
I've tarnished the powers you taught me.
**[18:46] Corpse God**
And I'm ashamed to face
anyone from the empire.
***SIGN*** I became an enemy
***SIGN*** of the world.
**[18:49] Corpse God**
I became an enemy of the world.
**[18:54] Corpse God**
I fled from the world.
**[18:59] Corpse God**
I no longer felt affection for any—
**[19:05] (Flashback) Emperor**
You're as dimwitted as ever, my dear friend.
**[19:09] (Flashback) Corpse God**
Your... Majesty...
***SIGN*** FWAP
***SIGN*** FWAP
***SIGN*** FWAP
***SIGN*** FWAP
***SIGN*** FWAP
***SIGN*** FWAP
**[19:16] Polka**
C-Cut it out! I'm awake!
**[19:21] Polka**
I smell something burning...
***SIGN*** This world is a buggy program
***SIGN*** Are you a termite?
***SIGN*** Or are you a bird eating the bug?
**[19:30] Polka**
What's this?
**[19:33] Polka**
What, *now* you're afraid of ghosts?
**[19:36] Polka**
No, if a ghost was behind this, I would know.
**[19:41] Polka**
It's still hot.
***SIGN*** Incoming Call
***SIGN*** Number
Withheld
***SIGN*** Incoming Call
**[19:50] Polka**
Hello?
**[19:51] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
Is this Polka Shinoyama?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[19:55] Polka**
Who is this?
**[19:59] Polka**
Hello?
**[20:00] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
Are you also
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
**[20:03] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
*a Bastard Child of Sabaramond?*
**[20:09] Polka**
How...?
***SIGN*** Speaking
***SIGN*** Number
Withheld
**[20:11] Polka**
How do you know that name?
**[20:17] Solitaire**
I see. So that's how it is.
**[20:20] Solitaire**
Really, they're so inconsiderate!
**[20:22] Solitaire**
Forcing me to play along with
a quirk of fate like this!
**[20:27] Xiaoyu**
*"They"? Who does he mean?*
**[20:30] Xiaoyu**
* Isn't he the wanted criminal*
* everyone's talking about?*
**[20:34] Solitaire**
*No reaction?! Who is that boy?!*
**[20:37] Solitaire**
* I said that like I know what's*
* going on, but I'm winging this!*
**[20:40] Solitaire**
*Think, Solitaire!*
**[20:42] Xiaoyu**
Well, whatever. Once I catch you,
**[20:46] Xiaoyu**
I can take my time with the interrogation.
**[20:51] Solitaire**
Don't be hasty, lad.
**[20:53] Solitaire**
You're still still young,
and it's 3:00 in the morning.
**[20:57] Solitaire**
So go to bed like a good little—
**[21:00] Xiaoyu**
I'm 19.
**[21:04] Solitaire**
*He's fast!*
**[21:06] Solitaire**
I'll admit, no child moves like that.
**[21:09] Solitaire**
But you're not so fast that I can't—
**[21:19] Solitaire**
Excuse... me?
**[21:32] Takeru**
So, there's been activity.
**[21:34] Takeru**
But not quite the sort I was expecting.
**[21:39] Takeru**
I can't believe that thrill-seeker
**[21:42] Takeru**
is fighting one of my
grandfather's bodyguards.
**[21:47] Takeru**
We'll make our move, as well.
**[21:51] Takeru**
When it comes to securing a conflict zone,
**[21:57] Takeru**
the most important question
**[22:00] Takeru**
is how to walk off with the spoils.
# E12 - The Sacred Place
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U2ZV84/the-sacred-place)
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***SIGN*** Fire Safety
**[00:02] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
How deplorable.
**[00:04] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
* So, they're even getting*
* children like you involved.*
**[00:13] Polka**
What in the world?
**[00:15] Polka**
What do you mean by "Bastard
Child of Sabaramond"?
**[00:19] Polka**
Is Sabaramond-san in this world?
**[00:22] Polka**
Do you come from the empire
in that world, too?
**[00:25] Polka**
Or... do you have ties to
the Kingdom of Nyanild?
**[00:30] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
I don't know those terms.
**[00:33] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Is he playing dumb?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[00:35] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
No, I don't think so.
**[00:40] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
*Is he different from them?*
**[00:44] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
*No, the same. An enemy.*
**[00:48] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
*Polka Shinoyama, what are you?*
**[00:54] Polka**
*Damn it, they're not making sense!*
**[00:57] Polka**
* Those words were only just*
* burned into the wall.*
**[01:01] Polka**
*Are they watching me from nearby?*
**[01:04] Polka**
*No one else is on this floor.*
**[01:07] Polka**
*Only Sayo-san is on the floor below.*
**[01:10] Polka**
*There are a few people near the building,*
**[01:13] Polka**
*and... two on the roof?*
**[01:15] Polka**
*Wait, what?*
**[01:29] Solitaire**
Not too shabby, young man!
**[03:07] Solitaire**
You gave me quite a fright!
You have the makings of a magician.
***SIGN*** Mentally
***SIGN*** BA-DUMP BA-DUMP
***SIGN*** BA-DUMP BA-DUMP
**[03:14] Solitaire**
*Seriously, who* is *this boy?*
**[03:16] Solitaire**
*For now, O goddess of fortune, at
least let me* sound *like I have a clue!*
**[03:21] Xiaoyu**
Who is this guy?
**[03:24] Xiaoyu**
He's slower than the Heilei,
but his unpredictability is a pain.
**[03:28] Xiaoyu**
* What the hell does someone*
* like him want with Polka?*
**[03:32] Xiaoyu**
*Or is he here for the fake Polka?*
**[03:35] Xiaoyu**
*Maybe I can get him to tell me.*
**[03:37] Xiaoyu**
So, what brings you here, mister?
**[03:40] Xiaoyu**
Are you looking for someone
named Hosorogi, maybe?
**[03:46] Solitaire**
*Well, now.*
**[03:47] Solitaire**
* I don't know who that is,*
* but I'll take what I can get!*
**[03:50] Solitaire**
*Hosorogi, you're a lifesaver!*
**[03:54] Solitaire**
Oh? So, you've already guessed that much.
**[03:58] Solitaire**
Well, no matter.
**[03:59] Solitaire**
I'll repay Hosorogi some other time!
**[04:03] Solitaire**
* I did it! Good night and good luck,*
* goddess of fortune!*
**[04:08] Xiaoyu**
Repay Hosorogi?
**[04:10] Xiaoyu**
What could a wanted man like
you owe a police IA inspector?
**[04:15] Solitaire**
Huh?
**[04:17] Xiaoyu**
Was that shooting a one-man show you staged?
**[04:21] Solitaire**
*Open mouth, insert foot!*
***SIGN*** ZZZ
***SIGN*** ZZZ
**[04:24] Solitaire**
*Wake up, goddess of fortune!*
**[04:28] Xiaoyu**
*His heartbeat sped up. Did I guess right?*
**[04:33] Solitaire**
Close... but no cigar.
**[04:35] Solitaire**
The shooting was a some-other-man show.
**[04:37] [SONG] Text; box**
Half-Baked Neologism
**[04:39] Solitaire**
However, the fact that it occurred at all
***SIGN*** Struggling to keep his story straight
**[04:42] Solitaire**
means that something happened to Hosorogi.
**[04:45] Solitaire**
So, out of concern, I came
to do a little investigating.
**[04:50] Xiaoyu**
I see.
***SIGN*** Hosorogi
***SIGN*** This Guy
**[04:52] Xiaoyu**
What's his relationship
to Hosorogi?
***SIGN*** Polka
**[04:56] Xiaoyu**
Well, whatever.
**[04:58] Xiaoyu**
*Is this guy His Lordship's enemy?*
**[05:00] Xiaoyu**
* No matter what, I need to catch*
* him and make him tell me!*
**[05:03] Solitaire**
Dear me, do you have another
trick up your sleeve?
**[05:06] Solitaire**
Don't bother. This time,
you'll be the one in for a fright.
**[05:10] Xiaoyu**
Oh, yeah?
**[05:11] Xiaoyu**
I can't wait to see how
you'll... surprise me!
**[05:30] Xiaoyu**
Lemmings!
**[05:32] Xiaoyu**
*The jack-of-all-trades turned urban legend!*
**[05:35] Xiaoyu**
*He's a monster. Identity unknown.*
**[05:37] Xiaoyu**
* And he's one of the people my family,*
* the Heilei, declared off-limits.*
**[05:43] Xiaoyu**
Don't tell me you're working with *him*?
**[05:49] Solitaire**
I see you're just as shocked
as I hoped you would be!
**[05:53] Solitaire**
*And so am I!*
**[05:54] Solitaire**
He's a dangerous fellow.
Not even I know what he'll do.
**[05:59] Solitaire**
*I really have no idea!*
**[06:01] Solitaire**
So, if you care to surrender
and flee, now is your chance.
***SIGN*** Dodging the question
**[06:04] Solitaire**
*I want to run for it, too!*
**[06:06] Solitaire**
*I've heard of this guy!*
**[06:07] Solitaire**
*I don't know his name,*
**[06:08] Solitaire**
* but he's the master of unspecified*
* employment they call Lemmings!*
**[06:12] Solitaire**
Baby-faced young man of mystery,
try not to antagonize this berserker.
**[06:17] Solitaire**
Once he gets started,
not even I can stop him!
**[06:18] [SONG] Text**
The unvarnished truth
**[06:24] Solitaire**
*What's this? Is it curtains for me?*
**[06:28] Xiaoyu**
*You're wide open!*
**[06:33] (Flashback) Bao**
Does Rozan-sama's bodyguard
know about Lemmings?
**[06:37] (Flashback) Takeru**
I haven't told my family
much about any of you.
**[06:41] (Flashback) Takeru**
Of course, Lemmings may have been
spotted during the recent fire.
**[06:46] (Flashback) Bao**
Then...
**[06:47] (Flashback) Takeru**
Don't fret. We won't lose
anyone to friendly fire.
**[06:52] (Flashback) Takeru**
I warned him not to touch
my grandfather's bodyguard.
**[06:57] (Flashback) Takeru**
He won't go against my orders.
**[07:01] (Flashback) Takeru**
No matter what is done to him.
**[07:05] Xiaoyu**
What the hell...
**[07:07] Xiaoyu**
What the hell is this guy?!
**[07:15] Xiaoyu**
Are you ignoring me?!
**[07:21] Xiaoyu**
I can't cut him!
**[07:26] Xiaoyu**
Then, how about this?!
**[07:40] Solitaire**
Th-That was your cue to grab the person
shocking you and go out together!
**[07:46] Solitaire**
Today's youth is too blasé about
electrocution! They need a wake-up call!
**[07:53] Xiaoyu**
Aren't you on the same side?!
**[07:56] Solitaire**
Who can say?
**[07:58] Solitaire**
In my eyes, the whole world
around me is an ally.
**[08:02] Solitaire**
So, you could say our bandaged friend
is on my side, and so are you!
**[08:07] Xiaoyu**
What?
**[08:08] Solitaire**
Say no to infighting!
***SIGN*** Pretty
Please
**[08:11] Solitaire**
Let's resolve this with
a peaceful discussion!
**[08:14] Xiaoyu**
I've had it with your games!
**[08:17] Xiaoyu**
Enough is enough.
**[08:18] Xiaoyu**
I'll blow you both sky high!
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
**[08:27] Yatsu**
Excuse me, miss? Do you have a moment?
**[08:32] Tozawa**
Oh, don't be afraid. We're with the
Shinjuku Community Safety Division.
**[08:38] Yatsu**
You see, we wonder why you're wearing
that coat in this great weather.
**[08:43] Tozawa**
As police officers, we can't ignore
a kid out on the streets at 3:00 a.m.
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
***SIGN*** Call Ended
**[08:54] Polka**
*They hung up.*
**[08:56] Polka**
*What is it? What's going on?*
**[08:58] Polka**
* Details from my world are making it here,*
* although only in bits and pieces.*
**[09:04] (Flashback) Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
...a Bastard Child of Sabaramond?
**[09:08] Polka**
The world I ran from.
**[09:11] Polka**
* I've become its enemy, so corrupted*
* that I can never go back,*
**[09:16] Polka**
*but it's where I remember my loved ones.*
**[09:20] Polka**
*No. Don't touch it. Don't defile it!*
**[09:31] Polka**
One of the people I sense
above is definitely Lemmings.
**[09:35] Polka**
And those below seem flustered.
**[09:38] Polka**
*So, considering when the call ended,*
**[09:41] Polka**
*there's a good chance the caller is nearby.*
**[09:45] Polka**
I can't let one of my few
clues slip through my fingers.
**[09:50] Polka**
I'll start
**[09:54] Polka**
by securing this location.
**[10:13] (Flashback) Izliz**
Romelka? What is it?
**[10:16] (Flashback) Romelka**
Izliz,
**[10:18] (Flashback) Romelka**
you keep staring out to sea.
Is something wrong?
**[10:21] Izliz**
I was just waxing sentimental
**[10:24] Izliz**
about a pitiful, yet refined, empire
that fell 100 years or more ago.
***SIGN*** Former Byadian Imperial Court Sorcerer, Second Rank
"The Wandering Balcony"
Izliz Swordflail
**[10:27] (Flashback) Text; box**
m 0 0 l 410 0 410 80 0 80
**[10:31] Romelka**
Lies, lies, and more lies!
***SIGN*** Same, Seventh Rank
"Roaming Woodlands"
Romelka Remelka
**[10:32] (Flashback) Text; box**
m 0 0 l 290 0 290 80 0 80
**[10:34] Romelka**
You were thinking about the
Corpse God, weren't you?
**[10:37] (Flashback) Izliz**
It's the same thing.
**[10:39] (Flashback) Izliz**
Raising that dimwitted pupil was
just about all I did for the empire.
**[10:45] (Flashback) Romelka**
That's still an achievement to be proud of!
**[10:48] (Flashback) Romelka**
A master and apprentice simultaneously
being court sorcerers is almost unheard of.
**[10:51] (Flashback) Romelka**
Even I had to wait my turn
until my teacher retired!
**[10:55] (Flashback) Romelka**
The Corpse God was one of the five best,
**[10:58] (Flashback) Romelka**
and he took his necromancy in a
different direction from yours.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Romelka**
The way you were two sides of the
same coin made my heart skip a beat!
**[11:06] (Flashback) Romelka**
Or maybe sent mana rushing to my leaves.
Anyway, it was to die for!
**[11:09] (Flashback) Izliz**
I see a century hasn't
slowed your tongue one bit.
**[11:14] (Flashback) Izliz**
I suppose magical longevity makes
one proportionately slow to mature.
**[11:21] (Flashback) Izliz**
Perhaps my fool of an apprentice
**[11:23] (Flashback) Izliz**
remained a boy to the bitter end.
**[11:27] (Flashback) Romelka**
What's wrong with never growing up?
**[11:31] (Flashback) Romelka**
The Corpse God is normally such a nice boy.
**[11:34] (Flashback) Romelka**
So different from the way he is in battle...
**[11:37] (Flashback) Izliz**
A nice boy, is he?
**[11:40] (Flashback) Izliz**
You have it wrong. Completely wrong.
**[11:45] (Flashback) Romelka**
Huh?
**[11:45] (Flashback) Izliz**
That dunce surpasses me in
only one thing: empathy.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Romelka**
Empathy?
**[11:53] (Flashback) Izliz**
He never realized this himself,
but he has almost no will of his own.
**[11:59] (Flashback) Izliz**
He gives himself over entirely
to those he feels close to.
**[12:04] (Flashback) Izliz**
I suppose that's why he sympathizes
with the dead far better than I can.
**[12:10] (Flashback) Izliz**
And that is why... that is *the* reason why...
**[12:14] (Flashback) Izliz**
Although he doesn't mind being dragged
through the mud one bit,
**[12:17] (Flashback) Izliz**
when the "home" he depends on is defiled,
**[12:20] (Flashback) Izliz**
then he... then the Corpse God...
**[12:25] (Flashback) Izliz**
loses all control.
**[12:42] Yatsu**
* I'm supposed to watch the area around*
* this building for who knows what.*
**[12:47] Yatsu**
* A schoolgirl in a raincoat when*
* it's not raining? Kind of fishy.*
**[12:52] Yatsu**
* I remember the Gator Sisters, though.*
* I can't let my guard down because she's a girl.*
**[13:00] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[13:03] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
You see, our dog ran away, and my
dad and I went out looking for him.
**[13:08] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
I think he went into that building.
**[13:12] Tozawa**
Hmm...
**[13:13] Yatsu**
And where's your dad now?
**[13:15] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
I called to say I found Toyomaru—that's
our dog—so he should be here soon.
**[13:20] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Oh, there he is. Dad!
**[13:24] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
What do you want with my daughter?
**[13:26] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Dad, don't glare like that.
These guys are cops!
**[13:31] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2**
Excuse me. My daughter and I
are out looking for our dog.
**[13:35] Yatsu**
So, why the raincoat?
**[13:37] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
So I don't get dirty searching
nooks and crannies.
**[13:41] Polka**
*No. There are no living dogs near here.*
**[13:46] Polka**
* The girl speaking with the officers,*
* and the man facing Lemmings on the roof...*
**[13:53] Polka**
*I recognize the hues of both their souls.*
**[13:55] Polka**
* They asked me about the emblem*
* when I told their fortunes.*
**[14:00] Polka**
*This is no coincidence.*
**[14:02] Polka**
*I'll expand my Temple slightly.*
**[14:13] Office Worker 2**
What the...?
**[14:15] Hostess**
Hey, does it feel chilly to you?
**[14:22] (Flashback) Izliz**
We'll review the basics today, boy.
**[14:27] (Flashback) Izliz**
Starting with the construction
of a Netherworld Overflow Temple.
**[14:32] (Flashback) Izliz**
Have you ever felt afraid of a forest
at night, cloaked in silence?
**[14:37] (Flashback) Izliz**
Or experienced a sense of the sublime
merely by standing in a shrine?
**[14:43] (Flashback) Izliz**
By adding a hint of the other side to
your surroundings or a closed space,
**[14:49] (Flashback) Izliz**
you can lend them a degree of such
invisible atmosphere at will.
**[14:55] (Flashback) Izliz**
Those without the Evil Eye
will merely sense the change,
**[14:59] (Flashback) Izliz**
but with enough time, you can disorient and
dazzle them, as you would with an illusion.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Izliz**
Hmm... I suppose this is your limit now.
**[15:13] (Flashback) Izliz**
Don't be in such a hurry, boy.
**[15:17] (Flashback) Izliz**
If you keep honing your craft,
**[15:20] (Flashback) Izliz**
you'll be able to engulf
whole castles one day.
**[15:26] Yatsu**
Is it me, or did it just get a lot colder?
**[15:29] Tozawa**
Well now.
**[15:31] Tozawa**
I don't know what caused it,
**[15:33] Tozawa**
but something doesn't feel quite right.
**[15:37] Polka**
Lemmings is on the roof.
**[15:39] Polka**
I'd like to avoid confronting him directly.
**[15:43] Polka**
* Yet those who asked after the emblem are*
* at the roof and the street entrance.*
**[15:49] Polka**
* If they know something, I cannot*
* afford to let them escape.*
**[15:54] Polka**
I'll begin by assisting Xiaoyu-kun.
***SIGN*** Won't people
see you?
**[16:00] Polka**
Rest easy. I will use
**[16:04] Polka**
my Invisible Hands.
**[16:07] Xiaoyu**
What's going on?
**[16:08] Xiaoyu**
Something feels different all of a sudden.
**[16:11] Xiaoyu**
*It's like being at the bottom of a lake.*
**[16:15] Xiaoyu**
*Everything looks the same...
but I* know *something has changed.*
**[16:21] Solitaire**
*Hmm... Did he release some sort of gas?*
**[16:25] Solitaire**
*No.*
**[16:27] Solitaire**
* This isn't physical; it's*
* merely an ominous feeling.*
**[16:32] Solitaire**
*It won't pay to stick around.*
**[16:38] Solitaire**
Um, excuse me, but would you mind telling me
**[16:43] Solitaire**
if either of you did that?
**[16:46] Xiaoyu**
Don't look at me!
**[16:54] Xiaoyu**
Wh-What the...
**[16:56] Xiaoyu**
What's going on?!
**[16:57] Solitaire**
You're still after me, even under
these bizarre circumstances?!
**[17:02] Solitaire**
Whoops!
**[17:07] Solitaire**
* What is it? It's like something's*
* been stopping us...*
**[17:11] Solitaire**
*The boy seems fine as far as I can see.*
**[17:13] Solitaire**
* Does that mean this thing is*
* targeting us deliberately?*
**[17:19] Polka**
*I'm in good form.*
**[17:21] Polka**
* Sympathizing and sharing senses with*
* shades is indeed far easier now.*
**[17:26] Polka**
* Fine control is simple within this Temple—*
* my Netherworld Overflow ward.*
**[17:32] Polka**
*So... I'll take it a step further.*
**[17:36] Solitaire**
Dear me. As fascinating as this is,
I've seen enough for one night!
**[17:41] Solitaire**
Até breve, obri... something or other!
**[17:44] Tozawa**
Oh? It's one thing after another.
**[17:49] Tozawa**
Hm?
**[17:52] Solitaire**
As I thought, it's not much like
an ad balloon with just me.
**[17:55] Solitaire**
Now hiring: extras to form a human rope!
***SIGN*** Here
**[17:58] Yatsu**
Well, I'd better call Iwa-san.
**[18:02] Tozawa**
Fair enough, but how much will you report?
**[18:06] Yatsu**
Sorry?
**[18:07] Yatsu**
Oh.
**[18:08] Yatsu**
Think *that's* another one of
Solitaire's magic tricks?
**[18:13] Solitaire**
How do you like my secret smoke screen?!
**[18:16] Solitaire**
I added powdered cassava to recreate
the taste of tapioca milk tea...
**[18:22] Solitaire**
What on earth...?
**[18:24] Polka**
* I wove this necromantic*
* spell to suit this world.*
**[18:30] Takeru**
It's me.
**[18:32] Agent**
* I'm sending video.*
* Please review it immediately.*
**[18:36] Takeru**
What's happened?
**[18:36] Agent**
I'm not qualified to judge.
**[18:42] Takeru**
What the...?
**[18:44] Polka**
* By sympathizing with the spirits of the dead,*
* I share senses with their hands.*
**[18:48] Polka**
* I couldn't do this well in my old world.*
* Its abundant mana got in the way.*
**[18:53] Solitaire**
So, you're here, too, Fire-Breathing Bug-kun.
**[18:57] Solitaire**
You have some nerve,
using *me* for misdirection.
**[19:01] Solitaire**
But never mind! I forgive you!
**[19:02] Solitaire**
Why? Because I'm in a simply *fantastic* mood!
**[19:07] Solitaire**
Though I can't be certain, a great bridge
of hope shines before me like a rainbow!
**[19:14] Polka**
* But in this mana-poor world,*
* it's child's play.*
**[19:17] Polka**
* And weaving in Shade Thread grants*
* ghostly hands tangible force.*
**[19:23] Polka**
* I've turned this world's*
* environment against it to make...*
**[19:28] Polka**
*a flock of Invisible Hands!*
**[19:34] Solitaire**
Time marches on, overturning common sense!
**[19:37] Solitaire**
This world is so very
**[19:39] Solitaire**
beautiful!
**[19:49] Polka**
*I see I lack the power to restrain Lemmings.*
**[19:53] Polka**
*Then I'll focus on the other one.*
**[19:56] Solitaire**
My imaginary inner child
**[19:59] Solitaire**
is jumping for joy!
**[20:01] Solitaire**
First the skeletons in the fire,
now these arms!
**[20:04] Solitaire**
Do they share a source?
Do you hold the secret?
**[20:10] Solitaire**
I see! You are indeed true to your name!
**[20:14] Solitaire**
Till we meet again!
**[20:15] Solitaire**
I *will* uncover the truth
about you, Corpse God!
**[20:24] Solitaire**
You, on the other hand,
I want nothing to do with...
**[20:28] Solitaire**
Lemmings.
***SIGN*** Did they
get away?
**[20:35] Polka**
The one on the roof did.
**[20:38] Polka**
But I caught the one down at street level.
***SIGN*** Japan again?
***SIGN*** This is a shocking event.
***SIGN*** What happened?
***SIGN*** Who caused it?
***SIGN*** There is no doubt.
***SIGN*** Wanchi.
***SIGN*** Another supernatural phenomenon??!!
Does it have anything to do with that fire?!
***SIGN*** Tamachan
***SIGN*** Skeletons walked through the fire?!
**[21:00] Man A; top**
It's one of the ancient powers of legend.
***SIGN*** It's one of the ancient powers of legend.
***SIGN*** The holy arts.
***SIGN*** Lost power.
***SIGN*** Necromancy.
***SIGN*** Elementalism.
**[21:01] Woman B; left**
The holy arts.
***SIGN*** Secrets of our distant homeland, beyond even our ancestors.
**[21:01] Man F; upper right**
Lost power.
**[21:02] Woman D; lower right**
Elementalism.
**[21:03] Man E; bottom**
Secrets of our distant homeland,
beyond even our ancestors.
**[21:04] Man C; center**
Necromancy.
**[21:04] Woman G; bottom; then center**
Power that will lead us to the next stage.
***SIGN*** Power that will lead us to the next stage.
**[21:07] Man A; lower center**
We must control it.
***SIGN*** We must control it.
**[21:08] Woman B; top left**
It is our right.
***SIGN*** It is our right.
***SIGN*** It is our duty.
**[21:09] Man C; right**
It is our duty.
***SIGN*** Hunt.
**[21:10] Woman D; right**
Search.
**[21:10] Man E; bottom**
Search.
**[21:10] Man F; top**
Search.
***SIGN*** Find.
***SIGN*** Search.
**[21:11] ???; left**
Search.
***SIGN*** Search.
***SIGN*** Seek.
**[21:11] ???; center**
Search.
***SIGN*** Investigate.
***SIGN*** Unveil.
**[21:12] Man A; center**
Seek.
***SIGN*** Discover.
***SIGN*** We must claim it for ourselves.
**[21:12] Woman D; center**
We must claim it for ourselves.
***SIGN*** Understood, my brethren.
We shall use every piece at our command.
If we sacrifice them well,
we can kill multiple birds with one stone.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 570 0 570 260 0 260
***SIGN*** It's ironic.
***SIGN*** The heirs to Hosorogi's will have gathered
in the building where we disposed of Hosorogi.
**[21:22] Iwanome**
I see.
**[21:23] Iwanome**
Got it.
**[21:25] Iwanome**
For starters, secure the scene, Yatsu.
**[21:30] Carla**
It looks like the cops are on the move.
**[21:32] Clarissa**
Shinjuku has always been lively,
**[21:37] Clarissa**
but I'd say we're in for another commotion.
**[23:21] Momoya**
Things are getting interesting, Nee-san.
# E13 - The Invaders
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUNJX7K/the-invaders)
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**[00:03] Proppen**
Hi there!
**[00:04] Proppen**
I'm Proppen, the cosplay YouTuber!
**[00:07] Proppen**
Meow!
**[00:08] Proppen**
This time, I'm dressed up as Killer
Whale-chan from *The Sharkborg From Hell 5*!
**[00:12] Proppen**
For today's stream, I'll hit up
Shinjuku in the early morning
**[00:15] Proppen**
and teach the crows to talk!
**[00:19] Takumi**
She always pulls the dumbest stunts.
**[00:21] Takumi**
Doesn't she know it's 3:00 AM?
**[00:22] Proppen**
Huh? Is it me, or is this street fur-reezing?
**[00:26] Takumi**
Hang on, she's right near here.
**[00:29] Proppen**
Oh, there they are!
**[00:30] Proppen**
Crows!
**[00:32] Proppen**
Hey, what are mew all looking at?
**[00:35] Proppen**
Huh? What's that?
**[00:39] Proppen**
No way. What...?
**[00:40] Proppen**
What the heck are *those*?!
**[00:41] Proppen**
Hands! They're hands!
**[00:43] Proppen**
Meow!
**[02:20] Iwanome**
Hey.
**[02:21] Yatsu**
You're late, Iwa-san.
**[02:23] Iwanome**
My bad. I got called to
investigation HQ on my way here.
**[02:28] Iwanome**
Anyway, I thought I told
you to secure the scene.
**[02:31] Tozawa**
We can't seal a building without the
owner's permission or a warrant.
**[02:35] Arase**
And this building's owner is...
**[02:39] Iwanome**
*Her*?
**[02:41] Clarissa**
And who told you about this place?
**[02:46] Rinne**
Mister Daren.
**[02:47] Clarissa**
Ah. I can trust a referral from him.
**[02:51] Hiiro**
Of course, we'd heard about you before that.
**[02:53] Hiiro**
Every hitman knows Shinjuku's
intermediary by reputation.
**[02:58] Hiiro**
They say this is a comfy
place with lax rules.
**[03:01] Clarissa**
I'm honored to receive such high praise.
**[03:03] Clarissa**
Since you and your sister were Shibuya's aces...
**[03:07] Clarissa**
Rinne and Hiiro Horojima.
**[03:11] Hiiro**
I don't remember giving out our
real names, even in Shibuya.
**[03:15] Clarissa**
Oh, do forgive me.
**[03:16] Clarissa**
I found them so easily that I assumed
you weren't trying to hide them.
**[03:21] Clarissa**
My rules are lax,
**[03:23] Clarissa**
but the penalty for breaking
them should scare you.
**[03:27] Rinne**
Are you kind of a bitch, maybe?
**[03:30] Clarissa**
Why, thank you.
**[03:34] Satani**
Don't talk that way to Clarissa.
**[03:38] Rinne**
You think you're hot stuff 'cause
you're so big! I hate that!
**[03:42] Carla; Satani; Clarissa; Izuna; Koruto**
*She's adorable.*
**[03:44] Clarissa**
In any case, I welcome having
more people willing to work.
***SIGN*** Occult Channel
***SIGN*** Apparition in Shinjuku!
***SIGN*** What really was the swarm of hands that
appeared in Shinjuku in the dead of night?!
**[03:48] Clarissa**
Especially since I suspect we're
about to have our hands full.
***SIGN*** Occult Channel
***SIGN*** Apparition in Shinjuku!
***SIGN*** What really was the swarm of hands that appeared in Shinjuku in the dead of night?!
***SIGN*** You're sure this photo wasn't edited?
***SIGN*** Proppen ran into it during a live stream
and uploaded a video.
***SIGN*** Proppen's way too lucky, lol.
***SIGN*** Apparition in Shinjuku!
***SIGN*** What really was the swarm of hands that appeared in Shinjuku in the dead of night?!
**[03:56] Takumi**
Do you have anything to say for yourself?
**[03:58] Polka**
You see, umm...
**[04:02] Takumi**
Well, you're free to put your peaceful
life on the back burner if you like...
**[04:06] Sayo**
I guess we'd better come and go
by the back door for a while.
**[04:09] Crowd**
Here. This is the place.
**[04:10] Crowd**
This is where Solitaire showed up!
**[04:11] Takumi**
...but I don't want attention
any more than you do.
**[04:14] Polka**
I'm sorry.
***SIGN*** Hands Swarm
in Late-night Shinjuku?!
**[04:15] Sayo**
Were you controlling all of these hands?
**[04:18] Polka**
Yes, more or less.
**[04:20] Takumi**
The public can't decide if it was one
of Solitaire's tricks or a haunting,
**[04:24] Takumi**
but how many people know for
sure that those things are real?
**[04:28] Polka**
Good question.
**[04:29] Polka**
Solitaire and Lemmings probably realized.
**[04:32] Polka**
As for Xiaoyu-kun, I'm not sure.
***SIGN*** His Lordship
Incoming call
**[04:38] Tozawa**
So, what's the plan, Inspector?
**[04:41] Kochou**
Hey, let me through.
**[04:42] Iwanome**
For now, how about Arase and I go in again?
**[04:46] Yatsu**
You'd better call that
off right now, Iwa-san.
**[04:49] Yatsu**
A headache of a magazine
reporter just showed up.
**[04:53] Takumi**
So,
**[04:54] Takumi**
a guy who came to have his
fortune told was Solitaire?
**[04:57] Polka**
Yes. He had a completely different face,
but his soul was the same color.
**[05:03] Polka**
And he had the same ghost haunting him.
**[05:06] Takumi**
What about the high-school girl?
**[05:07] Polka**
Well...
**[05:08] High-school Girl**
There, there. There, there.
**[05:11] Ghost Maid**
It's no use, Corpse God-sama.
**[05:13] Ghost Maid**
This girl isn't giving anything away.
**[05:15] Ghost Maid**
But her dog is giving
plenty of cuteness!
**[05:17] Takumi**
Huh? There really was a dog?
**[05:20] Polka**
Yes. It was at her home all along.
**[05:22] Polka**
But for some reason, she seems
to have thought it ran away.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[05:25] Polka**
Her real father was at home, too.
The one she split up with was an impostor.
**[05:31] Takumi**
One of those sugar daddies?
**[05:33] Polka**
Sugar daddies?
***SIGN*** Daddies
for
dessert!
**[05:34] Shark**
Daddies for dessert!
**[05:35] Takumi**
Sorry. Forget I said anything.
**[05:38] Takumi**
* What made Solitaire set*
* his sights on this place?*
**[05:41] Takumi**
* If he asked about that symbol,*
* he must've been after us all along.*
**[05:46] Takumi**
*I guess I'd better let Clarissa know.*
**[05:50] Takumi**
So, anyway,
**[05:51] Takumi**
that writing on the wall looks like
the Fire-Breathing Bug's work to me.
**[05:55] Takumi**
But what are these "Bastard Children
of Sabaramond" they mentioned?
**[05:59] Takumi**
It made you blow a gasket
and cast a big, flashy spell.
**[06:03] Takumi**
Does it have to do with your old world?
**[06:09] Polka**
Arius Sabaramond-san.
**[06:12] Polka**
He was the head court sorcerer
of the Byady Empire,
**[06:15] Polka**
where my teacher and I lived
a hundred years or more ago.
**[06:20] (Flashback) Izliz**
Now, boy.
**[06:22] (Flashback) Izliz**
I have something to tell
you before we begin.
**[06:25] (Flashback) Izliz**
Apart from seeing spirits with your Evil
Eye, you have no aptitude for magic.
***SIGN*** SHOCK
**[06:32] (Flashback) Izliz**
Even the Evil Eye is no talent.
It's essentially a feature of your soul.
***SIGN*** SHOOOCK
**[06:39] (Flashback) Izliz**
But rest easy. Talented
our not, I will raise you.
**[06:45] (Flashback) Izliz**
You'll be the tenth-ranked court sorcerer
or so when I'm through with you.
***SIGN*** SLUMP
**[06:50] (Flashback) Izliz**
Not first, you ask?
**[06:52] (Flashback) Izliz**
You're more ambitious than I took you for.
**[06:55] (Flashback) Izliz**
But the third-ranked, Utsurojuza,
is a breed apart from those below.
**[07:01] (Flashback) Izliz**
And the second-ranked is me.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Izliz**
Above all, the first-ranked
is half a politician.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Izliz**
Skill alone won't carry you that far.
**[07:09] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
I wouldn't say that.
**[07:12] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
In terms of ability,
you ought to hold my post.
**[07:16] (Flashback) Izliz**
See, boy? He's already
come to judge your worth
**[07:20] (Flashback) Izliz**
as a future tool in court politics.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
Please, Izliz. Enough snide remarks.
**[07:29] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
All people are of equal worth.
I can't assign values to them.
**[07:36] Polka**
Sabaramond-san was a kind person and
one of the best-loved in the empire.
**[07:42] Polka**
People flocked to state
functions where he appeared.
**[07:46] Takumi**
Sounds like one of our celebrities.
**[07:49] Sayo**
Like Ryouma Kannagi?
**[07:51] Takumi**
I can't believe *you* named
an idol and not a shark.
**[07:55] Sayo**
Of course I did.
**[07:57] Sayo**
In his child-actor days, he had a minor
part in *The Sharkborg From Hell Z*.
***SIGN*** Starring: The Sharkborg
Costarring: Ryouma Kannagi
***SIGN*** Mana Kikimura
***SIGN*** Rudy Wong
**[08:02] Sayo**
In the one they're filming now, he returns,
all grown up, as a semi-protagonist.
**[08:06] Sayo**
Don't you even know that?!
**[08:07] Takumi**
They're making *another* one?
**[08:09] Takumi**
Well, setting that aside,
**[08:11] Takumi**
how come the Fire-Breathing Bug
knows about this Sabaramond guy?
**[08:15] Polka**
I'd like to know that, too.
**[08:17] Polka**
It sounded like they oppose a group called
the "Bastard Children of Sabaramond."
**[08:21] Takumi**
But that guy was from a hundred
years ago. Isn't he dead by now?
**[08:25] Polka**
I don't know what happened to
Sabaramond-san after the empire fell,
**[08:30] Polka**
but a sorcerer of his level would be
able to extend his life a century or two.
**[08:35] Takumi**
Your world's magic is something else.
**[08:38] Polka**
Skilled sorcerers can delay aging, you see.
**[08:42] Sayo**
But that's not the important part, right?
**[08:46] Sayo**
If this guy is involved,
**[08:49] Sayo**
wouldn't that make his
"children" your allies?
**[08:52] Polka**
*Well...*
**[08:54] Polka**
*I don't want my memories of him to be defiled.*
**[08:58] Polka**
*But what if*
**[09:00] Polka**
* the "Bastard Children of Sabaramond"*
* really are part of the empire?*
**[09:05] Polka**
* I ran away from that world and into*
* this one purely for my own sake.*
**[09:11] Polka**
*I'd be the real outsider to all this.*
**[09:15] Polka**
*Even so...*
***SIGN*** STARE
**[09:21] Higuro**
I understand.
**[09:23] Higuro**
Yes, perfectly. Just like
with Hosorogi five years ago.
**[09:29] Higuro**
Everything is under Sabaramond's aegis.
**[09:33] Higuro**
The previous snipers have left this district,
**[09:37] Higuro**
but one of the Agakuras just
happens to have an opening.
**[09:42] Terrorist Leader**
Listen up.
***SIGN*** Authorized personnel only
Underground water tank
to be built on this site
**[09:44] Terrorist Leader**
Our job is to be a diversion,
so make your kills flashy!
**[09:48] Terrorist Leader**
We're not people; we're bullets in flight.
**[09:51] Terrorist Leader**
Resist desire and rage dispassionately.
**[09:55] Terrorist Leader**
Prove that we're a match for the
Heilei and the Agakuras at—
**[10:00] Terrorist Leader**
What?
**[10:01] Terrorist Leader**
How is he so huge?!
**[10:12] Momoya**
What a shame.
**[10:13] Momoya**
A crying shame.
**[10:15] Momoya**
You were so close. Just off by a hair.
**[10:19] Momoya**
You failed to become "bullets in flight"
just before you would've really soared.
**[10:25] Momoya**
You see, bullets
**[10:26] Momoya**
shouldn't get scared.
**[10:29] Momoya**
You didn't prove you could measure
up to us Agakuras at all.
**[10:36] Kana**
*How's it going, Momoya?*
**[10:39] Momoya**
All done.
**[10:40] Momoya**
That was a close one. I almost died.
**[10:44] Momoya**
I don't know who these guys are,
but I bet they were crazy tough.
**[10:48] Momoya**
Are you all okay, Nee-san?
**[10:51] Momoya**
You took on their main force, right?
**[10:53] Momoya**
How many of you died?
**[10:55] Kana**
* Not a scratch on us.*
* It was over in five seconds.*
**[10:57] Momoya**
I'm sorry to hear that.
**[10:59] Kana**
* While you're feeling sorry,*
* have a new job, Momoya.*
**[11:02] Kana**
* Visit the Shibuya intermediary.*
* They've got work for you in Shinjuku.*
**[11:08] Momoya**
Shinjuku? Well now.
**[11:10] Momoya**
I'd like Solitaire's autograph
if I run into him.
**[11:19] Higuro**
Yes.
**[11:21] Xiaoyu**
What on earth was that, Your Lordship?!
**[11:23] Rozan**
*Easy, Xiaoyu. Keep calm.*
**[11:26] Xiaoyu**
I know something I couldn't see
stopped Lemmings and Solitaire.
**[11:30] Xiaoyu**
I suspected a stealth suit or something,
***SIGN*** A Ghostly Happening
or One of
Solitaire's Tricks?!
**[11:32] Xiaoyu**
*but that was no trick!*
**[11:34] Xiaoyu**
*Something really was there!*
**[11:37] Xiaoyu**
*The fake Polka...*
**[11:39] Xiaoyu**
*I knew I should have eliminated him!*
**[11:42] Rozan**
Just listen.
**[11:44] Rozan**
Whatever it was didn't attack you, did it?
**[11:47] Rozan**
Doesn't that mean it was on your side?
**[11:52] Xiaoyu**
Do you know something?
**[11:54] Rozan**
Xiaoyu, what was the job I asked you to do?
**[12:00] Xiaoyu**
To guard Miss Sayo and the fake Polka... sir.
**[12:04] Rozan**
*Just make sure you don't forget that.*
**[12:07] Xiaoyu**
Forgive me.
**[12:09] Rozan**
I do know the fake Polka's secret,
**[12:12] Rozan**
but you couldn't believe or accept
anything I told you now, could you?
**[12:18] Xiaoyu**
O-Of course I could!
**[12:19] Rozan**
* You don't believe me when I say*
* the fake Polka's all right.*
**[12:23] Xiaoyu**
But that's...
**[12:25] Rozan**
Well, words can't do it justice in any case.
**[12:30] Rozan**
I know.
**[12:31] Rozan**
Ask that fellow with Polka's face yourself.
**[12:34] Rozan**
If he refuses to tell you,
I'll beg him to reconsider.
**[12:38] Xiaoyu**
N-No! Your Lordship should
never beg someone like him!
**[12:42] Rozan**
*Then work hard to earn his trust.*
**[12:45] Rozan**
I put my trust in that fake Polka.
**[12:49] Rozan**
*So try to open up a little and talk to him.*
**[12:57] Higuro**
What is it?
**[12:59] Higuro**
Shinjuku is Kuraki's territory,
so I'd prefer to avoid standing out.
**[13:03] Momoya**
Oh, I just spotted a familiar face.
**[13:07] Momoya**
He looks great for someone who had his
arms and legs torn off. I respect that.
**[13:13] Momoya**
They're as tough as centipedes, you know...
**[13:17] Momoya**
those Heilei guys.
**[13:21] Iwanome**
What's up, Arase?
**[13:23] Arase**
Nothing.
**[13:24] Arase**
I just thought I saw a familiar face.
**[13:28] Arase**
*But there's no way, right?*
**[13:32] Takumi**
So, what are you gonna do, Polka?
**[13:34] Takumi**
Anything to do with the other
world is basically your call.
**[13:38] Polka**
I...
**[13:40] Misaki**
Morning!
**[13:43] Polka**
G-Good morning.
**[13:45] Misaki**
What's up?
**[13:46] Misaki**
You're all gloomy! You can't
go around looking like that!
**[13:49] Misaki**
C'mon, smile!
**[13:52] Takumi**
What the—?!
**[13:53] Kochou**
Pleased to meet you!
**[13:55] Kochou**
Here's my card.
***SIGN*** Weekly Dry
***SIGN*** Editorial Department
***SIGN*** Kochou Eightport
**[13:59] Polka**
*Weekly Dry*?
**[14:01] Misaki**
Yup! She says we're gonna be in the news!
**[14:06] Polka**
Huh?
**[14:10] Takumi**
**Weekly Dry*, a tabloid launched by the
publishing arm of Anywhere, Inc. in 1996.*
**[14:18] [SONG] Text; magazine; far right**
...appropriate financing...
Bank clerk faced with...
**[14:18] [SONG] Text; magazine; smiling man w/ round glasses**
Big Scoop
**[14:18] [SONG] Text; magazine; far right**
Forbidden love Two Nights a Week!
On-Street Kiss of Betrayal
Secret Talks and Embraces on Film Fly in the Face of Public Appearances
**[14:18] Takumi**
* It covers everything from*
* straitlaced politics*
**[14:19] [SONG] Text; magazine; far right**
Cryptid News Bulletin
Presenting the First Color Photos of the Abominable Snowman!
Man Abducted by Snowman Breaks Silence
**[14:20] Takumi**
* to the arts, gossip, the occult,*
* and even the latest video games.*
**[14:24] Takumi**
* And moving 220,000 copies a week makes*
* it one of the biggest domestic magazines.*
**[14:28] Takumi**
* But the Corpse God has*
* no way of knowing that!*
**[14:32] Takumi**
*Not even the real Polka has a clue!*
**[14:34] Takumi**
*Kochou Eightport is
*Weekly Dry*'s best cub reporter!*
**[14:38] Takumi**
* A fearless investigator who's landed many*
* scoops in politics and entertainment!*
**[14:44] Takumi**
* Can Polka and friends defend their peace*
* from the media's sudden onslaught?!*
**[14:51] Takumi**
*Fight on, Takumi! Don't give in, Takumi!*
**[14:53] Takumi**
*You're our only hope!*
**[14:56] Takumi**
*...only hope!*
***SIGN*** Self-narrating to escape reality
**[14:58] Takumi**
*...hope!*
**[14:58] Takumi**
*...ope!*
**[15:00] Polka**
I-In the news?
**[15:01] Misaki**
Yup! It'll be our national debut!
**[15:05] Polka**
Umm... I haven't done anything. I'm innocent.
**[15:09] Takumi**
*Spoken like a guilty person!*
**[15:12] Sayo**
* Spoken like someone who gets eaten*
* by a shark midway through the movie.*
**[15:16] Kochou**
Please, don't be so nervous.
**[15:19] Kochou**
I'm only here to interview the new
fortune teller everyone's talking about!
**[15:23] Polka**
Oh, the fortune tell—
**[15:26] Takumi**
Sorry, but we can't trust a reporter
who snaps photos without asking.
**[15:30] Kochou**
Sorry about that.
**[15:32] Kochou**
I wanted to get you looking natural.
**[15:35] Kochou**
You're free to refuse the
interview, of course.
**[15:38] Kochou**
Although, in that case,
I'll report on a different story.
**[15:42] Takumi**
Like what?
**[15:43] Kochou**
Like the mystery of the drones
that sometimes fly in this area.
**[15:48] Kochou**
It would be awful if some info broker
was filming people without permission.
**[15:52] Takumi**
*Damn her! She looked me up ahead of time!*
**[15:57] Takumi**
*Oh, now I get it.*
**[16:00] Takumi**
* She's out to expose a fraud who works*
* with an info broker to fake fortunes.*
***SIGN*** Breaking News
Dark Collusion Between Ex-Gangster
Information Broker
and Fortune-Telling Fraud Exposed!
***SIGN*** OOOH HO HO HO HO HO
***SIGN*** OOOH HO HO HO HO HO
**[16:07] Takumi**
* It won't be a huge deal*
* if she thinks we're fakes.*
**[16:10] Takumi**
* The problem is what happens when*
* suspicion shifts to Clarissa.*
**[16:13] Takumi**
*Once that happens,*
**[16:16] Takumi**
*"bad news" won't even begin to cover it.*
**[16:19] Takumi**
*I need to smooth things over somehow.*
**[16:22] Kochou**
* Takumi Kuruya, former information*
* specialist for the Sanzu Sons gang.*
**[16:28] Kochou**
* Once a boy genius, you launched*
* a software company at age fourteen*
**[16:33] Kochou**
*but unscrupulous adults took over the business*
**[16:37] Kochou**
*and drove your family to suicide.*
**[16:39] Kochou**
* As the sole survivor, you entered*
* the criminal underworld.*
**[16:44] Kochou**
*Your life would make a good article,*
**[16:47] Kochou**
*but you're not my target now.*
**[16:53] (Flashback) Chief Editor**
A fortune teller?
**[16:54] (Flashback) Kochou**
Yes. I want to interview Shinjuku's
newest fortune teller, "the Corpse God."
**[17:00] (Flashback) Kochou**
Would you spare me the
page real estate for it?
**[17:03] (Flashback) Chief Editor**
I don't see why not, but weren't
you working on the Solitaire case?
**[17:08] (Flashback) Kochou**
Yes, Solitaire!
**[17:10] (Flashback) Kochou**
But this interview is connected.
**[17:13] (Flashback) Chief Editor**
Huh?
**[17:14] (Flashback) Kochou**
You see, detectives on the Solitaire
case visited this fortune teller
**[17:20] (Flashback) Kochou**
right after investigating the fake "Bug"
who set fire to the Shinoyama place.
**[17:26] (Flashback) Kochou**
And I've heard that the fortune
teller may be a Shinoyama himself.
**[17:30] (Flashback) Chief Editor**
Really? Still, that's not much to go on.
**[17:33] (Flashback) Kochou**
I know that those detectives
never waste their time.
**[17:37] (Flashback) Kochou**
And my veteran reporter's
instinct is telling me
**[17:40] (Flashback) Kochou**
that Solitaire's escape, the Shinoyama fire,
**[17:43] (Flashback) Kochou**
and the mysterious fortune
teller are all connected.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Kochou**
I could even find out if the police
really tried to shoot Solitaire!
**[17:52] (Flashback) Chief Editor**
Wait, your *veteran's* instinct?
***SIGN*** It's only
your third
year...
**[17:56] Polka**
Well, as long as you'll
stick to fortune-telling...
**[18:00] Kochou**
Thank you so much!
**[18:02] Kochou**
I hope we'll have a great
working relationship!
**[18:06] Polka**
So, should I start by telling your fortune?
**[18:09] Kochou**
No, I'd like to make this
as objective as possible.
**[18:13] Kochou**
So, if you don't mind, I'll provide
a customer tomorrow or later.
**[18:18] Polka**
Is that so? All right.
**[18:21] Takumi**
Don't interview people waiting in line, okay?
**[18:24] Takumi**
Some of them have reasons
for wanting privacy.
**[18:28] Kochou**
Of course. I won't cause any trouble!
**[18:31] Misaki**
What a nice reporter!
**[18:33] Takumi**
I sure hope so.
**[18:34] Takumi**
Now, let's get ready to open shop.
**[18:36] Misaki**
Me, too!
**[18:39] Kochou**
*Talk about bingo!*
**[18:40] Kochou**
*This is the mother of all jackpots!*
**[18:43] Kochou**
* I can't believe Solitaire*
* visited here this morning too!*
**[18:46] Kochou**
* And if my sources are accurate,*
* the Corpse God's real name*
**[18:50] Kochou**
*is Polka Shinoyama.*
**[18:52] Kochou**
* It makes no sense for a Shinoyama to be*
* telling fortunes with an info broker,*
**[18:56] Kochou**
* but he looked relieved to hear*
* that's what I'm reporting on!*
**[19:00] Kochou**
*I knew he was fishy.*
**[19:02] Kochou**
*And...*
**[19:04] Kochou**
* isn't that what the Fire-Breathing*
* Bug leaves at crime scenes?!*
**[19:07] Kochou**
* I'm drawing so many winning*
* tickets, it scares me!*
**[19:10] Kochou**
*But as a reporter, I have to ask!*
***SIGN*** TWITCH
TWITCH
TWITCH
TWITCH
**[19:13] Kochou**
Umm...
**[19:14] Kochou**
I've been wondering about
that writing on the wall.
**[19:17] Kochou**
Do you support the Fire-Breathing Bug?
**[19:19] Misaki**
Huh? When did that—
**[19:21] Sayo**
Nothing to see here.
Just our daily shark-wrestling.
**[19:25] Takumi**
This graffiti's been here
since before we moved in.
**[19:28] Takumi**
We just can't be bothered to get
rid of it. Does it mean something?
**[19:31] Polka**
Y-Yes! That's right!
**[19:34] Takumi**
*Just stop talking!*
**[19:36] Kochou**
Is that so?
**[19:38] Kochou**
*Suspicious.*
**[19:40] Kochou**
*The writing looks brand-new,*
**[19:43] Kochou**
* but maybe assuming the Bug's involvement*
* was jumping to conclusions.*
**[19:47] Kochou**
*No, I can't let my guard down.*
**[19:49] [SONG] Text; headline**
Shinoyama Group...
Culprit's...
**[19:49] Kochou**
* The Shinoyama Group has more than*
* its fair share of shady rumors, too.*
**[19:56] Takeru**
So, you weren't hurt, Nezu?
**[20:01] Takeru**
I see.
**[20:03] Takeru**
Then let's review.
**[20:05] Takeru**
That wasn't one of
Solitaire's tricks, was it?
**[20:10] Takeru**
Very well.
**[20:12] Takeru**
Take a little time off.
**[20:15] Takeru**
Both Solitaire and my grandfather's
bodyguard will be on the lookout for you.
**[20:19] Takeru**
And, starting next week,
**[20:21] Takeru**
your main job should keep you busy.
**[20:26] Takeru**
No need to thank me.
Just stay healthy and fit.
**[20:31] Yomogi**
*That pause was a thank you?*
**[20:35] Takeru**
Taipei.
**[20:37] Taipei**
Sir.
**[20:38] Takeru**
Coordinate with the Lei main
force to pursue Solitaire.
**[20:42] Takeru**
Operate near the building
where Polka is yourself.
**[20:45] Taipei**
May I kill him?
**[20:46] Takeru**
Prioritize taking him alive.
I'm curious what he knows about Polka.
**[20:52] Takeru**
And I'd like to thank him for
hurting our company's share prices.
**[20:56] Taipei**
As you wish.
**[20:58] Takeru**
Bao.
**[20:59] Bao**
Mmm.
**[21:00] Takeru**
Provide informational support.
**[21:03] Bao**
Mmm. Got it.
**[21:05] Takeru**
The police have assigned numerous
personnel to Solitaire, as well.
**[21:08] Takeru**
I'm already having them monitored,
**[21:10] Takeru**
but they're likely aware of our movements.
**[21:14] Takeru**
Don't underestimate the police force.
It's truly a lair of demons.
***SIGN*** Takeru Shinoyama
**[21:20] Takasu**
I wondered who was snooping around.
**[21:23] Takasu**
The Shinoyamas, is it?
**[21:26] Takasu**
Depending on the circumstances,
**[21:27] Takasu**
I may need to ask them
all to leave the stage.
**[21:32] Kochou**
Yes, I think they're linked in more
interesting ways than I'd imagined!
**[21:36] Chief Editor**
*Are you sure?*
**[21:38] Chief Editor**
* I mean, we'll at least get an*
* occult piece out of it, but...*
**[21:41] Kochou**
Leave it to me, Chief!
**[21:44] Kochou**
My instincts are telling me
**[21:47] Kochou**
that interesting things are going
to keep happening in this building!
**[21:54] Momoya**
Oh, you know,
**[21:57] Momoya**
since he's a bartender,
**[21:58] Momoya**
I should've taken inspiration from
a cocktail when I killed him.
# E14 - The Corpse
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQ1JG9/the-corpse)
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**[00:04] Urai**
I thought I was a goner.
**[00:06] Urai**
Why did Nishida have to skip
work without calling in?
**[00:10] Urai**
Ugh! This sucks!
**[00:13] Clarissa**
Thanks. Would a bonus make it up to you?
**[00:17] Urai**
A bonus?
**[00:18] Clarissa**
Yes.
**[00:20] Clarissa**
And this is on me.
**[00:23] Urai**
Thank you very much!
**[00:25] Koruto**
Clarissa mixed his drink.
**[00:26] Izuna**
Lucky guy.
**[00:28] Urai**
A bonus!
**[00:30] Urai**
I can buy so many photo books.
**[00:41] Clarissa**
Would someone swing by
Nishida-kun's apartment for me?
**[00:45] Clarissa**
At least two of you, just to be safe.
**[02:24] Momoya**
Man,
**[02:25] Momoya**
the world's going to hell, Higuro-san.
**[02:28] Higuro**
When has it not been?
**[02:31] Higuro**
Why else would *I* be an
intermediary in Shibuya?
**[02:37] Momoya**
Good for you, then.
**[02:39] Momoya**
It keeps getting worse, if you ask me.
**[02:42] Momoya**
I can't believe Solitaire's
been sharing legit info.
**[02:46] Momoya**
I mean, some bad guy in the police
**[02:49] Momoya**
had him shot at and
hired me to do a job like this.
**[02:54] Momoya**
What should I do?
I've lost my faith in the police.
**[03:03] Iwanome**
My head's spinning.
**[03:05] Iwanome**
Shinjuku's security cameras
show way too many people.
**[03:09] Yatsu**
Isn't looking for Solitaire
a wild goose chase?
**[03:12] Yatsu**
If he disguises himself, we're out of luck.
**[03:15] Iwanome**
Pretty much.
**[03:16] Iwanome**
Still, knowing Solitaire, he'll return
to the scene to watch the reaction.
**[03:23] Iwanome**
* Why did he visit this*
* building in the first place?*
**[03:26] Iwanome**
* Did he somehow find out that Polka*
* Shinoyama knows about that symbol?*
**[03:31] Iwanome**
*I'll need to meet Polka Shinoyama again, too.*
**[03:34] Yatsu**
Whoa! That guy's a giant!
**[03:37] Yatsu**
Look! Right there!
**[03:39] Iwanome**
Wow. He must be over two meters tall.
**[03:44] Arase**
You mean I *wasn't* seeing things?!
**[03:46] Iwanome**
You know him?
**[03:47] Arase**
No, the man next to him.
**[03:49] Iwanome**
Oh. Could he be...?
**[03:51] Arase**
Yes. Part of an organization
I took on before.
**[03:55] Iwanome**
Sorry, but we're after Solitaire right now.
**[03:58] Arase**
No, I think they're related.
**[04:01] Arase**
Polka Shinoyama's friend, Takumi Kuruya,
***SIGN*** Sanzu Sons
(Little Devils of the River Sanzu)
**[04:05] Arase**
belonged to a loose-knit
gang called the Sanzu Sons.
***SIGN*** Sanzu Sons (Little Devils of the River Sanzu)
**[04:08] Arase**
I crushed the group, but I let
just one of them get away.
**[04:12] Arase**
I had him pegged as their leader...
**[04:15] Arase**
A guy named Higuro.
**[04:19] Punk B**
How about a donation, mister? To us.
**[04:23] Punk C**
No dead body, but we've
got ourselves a bonus.
**[04:27] Higuro**
I'd like to ask you something.
**[04:29] Punk A**
Shut up, you!
**[04:31] Higuro**
Do you have pull?
**[04:34] Punk A**
Huh?
**[04:35] Higuro**
You know, pull.
**[04:37] Higuro**
Contacts. Connections.
**[04:39] Higuro**
As I see it, connections are love.
**[04:43] Higuro**
I want to check on your love.
**[04:46] Punk C**
The hell is this guy talking about?
**[04:48] Higuro**
Are you related to or friends with
any politicians or police big shots?
**[04:54] Higuro**
Legendary mercenaries? Super heroes?
**[04:57] Higuro**
World karate champions? Anyone like that?
**[05:00] Higuro**
Even ordinary people will do.
**[05:02] Higuro**
Does anyone love you enough
to risk it all for you?
**[05:05] Punk B**
Think he's high on something?
**[05:07] Punk C**
Tripping balls, you mean?
**[05:09] Punk A**
Then maybe the cops'll thank
us for murdering his ass.
**[05:13] Higuro**
No one like that? No one at all?
**[05:15] Punk A**
No, moron!
**[05:17] Punk A**
Forget that crap and start asking
if *you* know an undertaker!
**[05:21] Higuro**
Oh, I do.
**[05:24] Higuro**
Illegal, of course.
**[05:35] Higuro**
Do you understand why you're going to die?
**[05:39] Higuro**
Is it because you got together in a place
like this at this time of night?
**[05:42] Higuro**
Because you bragged about abusing a woman?
**[05:47] Higuro**
Because you picked a fight with us?
**[05:49] Higuro**
No.
**[05:50] Higuro**
Because you lack connections.
**[05:53] Higuro**
Connections are love.
**[05:55] Higuro**
And when love turns to hate,
it's a real handful.
**[05:59] Higuro**
We'd be in trouble if anyone
dangerous cared about you.
**[06:02] Punk A**
S-Shtop. We're shorry.
**[06:06] Punk A**
D-Don't kill ush.
**[06:07] Higuro**
You're not connected,
so no one will save you.
**[06:18] Momoya**
You sure are big on connections.
**[06:21] Higuro**
It's an old story.
**[06:23] Higuro**
I messed with someone, and one of their
friends turned out to be bad news.
**[06:28] Higuro**
I managed to get away, but I lost
an organization in the process.
**[06:33] Momoya**
Huh. What if those punks *had*
been well-connected, then?
**[06:37] Higuro**
I'd have kept hidden a while longer.
**[06:41] Momoya**
I told you the world's going to hell.
**[06:43] Momoya**
Scum like you is loose
and walking around town.
**[06:47] Higuro**
As I said, it's always been this bad,
**[06:51] Higuro**
but that will come to an end soon.
**[06:55] Higuro**
I mean that this world is
going to greet a new dawn.
**[07:00] Higuro**
Here we are.
**[07:01] Higuro**
I hope the route from five years
ago hasn't been wrecked yet.
**[07:09] Nishida**
Ugh. My head is spinning.
**[07:13] Nishida**
Wait, what time is it?
**[07:16] Nishida**
Where'd I put my phone?
**[07:19] Nishida**
Oh, crap. It's Urai.
**[07:21] Nishida**
That must mean his shift is over.
**[07:25] Nishida**
Hey, Urai! Can you hear me?
**[07:28] Nishida**
Huh?
**[07:29] Nishida**
Huh? Umm... What?
**[07:35] Nishida**
*I remember...*
***SIGN*** Fortunes Told
**[07:42] Kochou**
Good morning!
**[07:44] Kochou**
Thank you for your cooperation today!
**[07:47] Kochou**
First, I'd like you to tell the fortune of...
**[07:51] Kochou**
ordinary A-san here,
who I scouted in the neighborhood!
**[07:54] Urai**
Umm... Please do what you can.
**[08:00] Takumi**
We've got a familiar face.
**[08:02] Takumi**
He's one of Clarissa's bartenders!
**[08:05] Takumi**
What is she up to?
**[08:08] Kochou**
*I'll start off with a jab.*
**[08:10] Kochou**
*He has ties to this building's owner.*
**[08:13] Kochou**
*Now, how will they react?*
**[08:15] Urai**
* I tagged along because she said I*
* could make some money on the side.*
**[08:19] Urai**
* How did that turn into Polka-kun*
* reading my fortune?!*
**[08:24] Urai**
E-Er... Hi.
**[08:27] Urai**
*Oh, he... doesn't recognize me.*
**[08:30] Urai**
*But Misaki-chan must, right?*
**[08:35] Urai**
It's nice to meet you.
**[08:37] Takumi**
They haven't caught on?
**[08:40] Takumi**
I'll keep my mouth shut, then.
**[08:42] Polka**
Now then, is anything troubling you?
**[08:46] Urai**
Oh, like life troubles?
**[08:49] Urai**
*I want to gripe about work! To really vent!*
**[08:51] Urai**
*But if it gets back to the bar...*
**[08:55] Urai**
*"Bad news" wouldn't begin to cover it!*
**[08:57] Urai**
L-Let me think.
**[08:59] Urai**
My shoulders have been awfully
stiff for a little while.
**[09:02] Urai**
* What am I saying?! I didn't*
* come here for massage therapy.*
**[09:05] Polka**
I imagine so.
**[09:08] Urai**
Oh, er... I know!
**[09:11] Urai**
One of my coworkers skipped his
shift and went who knows where.
**[09:16] Urai**
Maybe you could, you know,
divine where he is or something?
**[09:20] Polka**
Is this coworker dear to you?
**[09:24] Urai**
Huh? Well...
**[09:26] Urai**
He's not like family, but he's a friend
I feel comfortable chatting with, so...
**[09:33] Urai**
*Huh? No way.*
**[09:35] Urai**
*Wait a second.*
**[09:37] Bunny A**
Fresh news.
**[09:38] Bunny A**
It seems like Nishida-san
did visit this building.
**[09:42] Man in Black 4**
Nishida was here.
**[09:44] Bunny B**
The security cameras show him leaving
in a hurry, wearing his uniform.
**[09:49] Koruto**
So someone snatched him? What for?
**[09:53] Izuna**
It makes you wonder.
**[09:55] Clarissa**
Yes, the timing is concerning.
***SIGN*** Hands Swarm in Late-night Shinjuku?!
A Ghostly Happening or One of Solitaire's Tricks?!
**[09:58] Izuna**
You think it's about Polka-kun?
**[10:00] Koruto**
You mean they grabbed Nishidacchi
to torture him for info on Polka-kun?
**[10:06] Clarissa**
No, Nishida-kun shouldn't know
the details of Polka-kun's situation.
**[10:11] Clarissa**
The only bartender who does is...
**[10:13] Urai**
*You've gotta be kidding me.*
**[10:15] Urai**
* I know Polka-kun is a*
* necromancer, but still.*
**[10:19] Urai**
*Why did I get called over here?!*
**[10:24] Urai**
*Don't tell me...*
**[10:25] Polka**
Your friend
**[10:28] Polka**
may have been caught up
in something disastrous.
**[10:35] Nishida**
You can— can— can— can see me— me?
**[10:39] Nishida**
Please, t-t-tell him— h-him that
**[10:43] Nishida**
some— somebody k-k-killed— killed m-m-me.
**[10:48] Urai**
Wh-What do you mean, disastrous?
**[10:51] Kochou**
*Why is he reacting like this?*
**[10:53] Kochou**
*What's going on here?*
**[11:03] Bunny A**
Clarissa, I have a followup
report about Nishida-san.
**[11:07] Clarissa**
Yes?
**[11:11] Izuna**
Clarissa, we have a slight problem.
**[11:13] Clarissa**
The police came by, I suppose.
**[11:16] Clarissa**
They wanted to confirm whether
Nishida-kun worked here.
**[11:19] Izuna**
Are you psychic?
**[11:20] Koruto**
Huh? Did she get all that right?
**[11:23] Clarissa**
They're awfully good at this.
**[11:26] Clarissa**
Just like when it was Hosorogi-san's turn.
**[11:32] Momoya**
Now,
**[11:35] Momoya**
I hope I have better luck
finding him this time.
**[11:42] Xiaoyu**
*"Open up and talk to him," huh?*
**[11:45] Xiaoyu**
* But what am I supposed to say*
* to the fake Polka, and how?*
**[11:49] Xiaoyu**
* And what if Miss Sayo finds*
* out what I really am, too?*
**[11:54] Sayo**
A clan of assassins?
**[11:56] Sayo**
What does that have to do with sharks?
**[11:59] Xiaoyu**
* On second thought,*
* I don't need to worry about her.*
**[12:03] Xiaoyu**
*Hmm?*
**[12:04] Xiaoyu**
*The police?*
**[12:06] Xiaoyu**
* I got mixed up with Solitaire,*
* so I'm in trouble if they're here about him.*
**[12:10] Iwanome**
Now then, let's use the Solitaire
case to break the ice.
**[12:15] Arase**
If Takumi Kuruya is inside,
this won't take long.
**[12:21] Arase**
I'm willing to bet he's in there.
**[12:24] Iwanome**
Cool it, okay?
**[12:26] Ikeuchi**
Come on. Make way.
**[12:27] Iwanome**
Uh-oh.
**[12:29] Iwanome**
Hold it.
**[12:30] Ikeuchi**
Who're you?
***SIGN*** Inspector
Tsubaki
Iwanome
**[12:34] Ikeuchi**
The local guys, huh?
**[12:35] Iwanome**
And you are...?
**[12:37] Ikeuchi**
We're on assignment from HQ.
Kindly step aside.
**[12:40] Iwanome**
No can do.
**[12:42] Iwanome**
If you're on the Solitaire case,
I'm one of the lead investigators.
**[12:46] Ikeuchi**
Nothing to do with Solitaire.
Our orders come from the top.
**[12:51] Ikeuchi**
There was a nasty mugging last night.
**[12:54] Ikeuchi**
We got a tip that the perp is
laying low in this building.
**[12:58] Ikeuchi**
He works in a bar near here, Youtoukorou.
**[13:03] Ikeuchi**
If you're in Community Safety,
you must've heard of it.
**[13:09] Momoya**
Oh, hey, the fun's already started.
**[13:13] Higuro**
What is *he* doing here?
**[13:15] Momoya**
See someone you know?
**[13:17] Higuro**
The detective I mentioned yesterday.
The one who crushed my gang.
**[13:22] Higuro**
I should've known I couldn't plan for
everything with only info from on high.
**[13:26] Momoya**
Of course you couldn't.
**[13:28] Momoya**
Even we Agakuras have messed up because
our clients didn't tell us enough.
**[13:33] Momoya**
I get a kick out of that
sort of thing, though.
**[13:36] Higuro**
I guess I'd better investigate privately.
**[13:39] Momoya**
Got any handy connections?
**[13:41] Higuro**
I used to have a skilled information
specialist on my side,
**[13:45] Higuro**
but my business rival in
Shinjuku snapped him up.
**[13:49] [SONG] Text; screen**
DROP EVERYTHING
**[13:51] [SONG] Text; screen**
DROP EVERYTHING
THE COPS ARE HERE
**[13:53] Takumi**
Shit! Those aren't local cops!
**[13:54] [SONG] Text; screen**
DROP EVERYTHING
THE COPS ARE HERE
SORRY, I DROPPED THE BALL.
JUST PLAY ALONG
AND DO WHAT THEY SAY.
**[13:57] Kochou**
Huh? What's going on?
**[13:59] Misaki**
Be right with you!
**[14:02] Ikeuchi**
We're police officers.
**[14:04] Ikeuchi**
Who's in charge here?
**[14:06] Polka**
I manage this fortune-telling establishment.
**[14:10] Ikeuchi**
We're about to launch a search
of this whole building.
**[14:13] Ikeuchi**
Please vacate the premises now if possible.
**[14:16] Ikeuchi**
Recognize this man?
**[14:18] Ikeuchi**
He's a suspect in a mugging case.
**[14:20] Nishida**
H-Hey!
**[14:21] Nishida**
Huh? Me? Me?
**[14:23] Polka**
No.
**[14:24] Ikeuchi**
We've received information that
he's hiding in this building.
**[14:27] Ikeuchi**
Please cooperate with our investigation.
**[14:30] Polka**
I understand.
**[14:31] Nishida**
N-No way! I... I haven't done anything!
**[14:35] Kochou**
*A mugger? Now, of all times?*
**[14:37] Kochou**
* A mugger flees into a*
* building Solitaire left?*
**[14:40] Kochou**
* Is there a connection? I want to*
* check the mugger's background.*
**[14:44] Kochou**
Excuse me, would you mind showing
me the mugger's photo, too?
**[14:49] Ikeuchi**
Do you work here?
**[14:50] Kochou**
Yes!
**[14:51] Polka**
Huh?! Hey—
**[14:52] Hosorogi**
*Polka. Polka.*
**[14:55] Hosorogi**
* Can you use your magic to*
* search the basement right now?*
**[14:59] Polka**
*Why?*
**[15:00] Hosorogi**
*I have a bad feeling.*
**[15:02] Hosorogi**
*This sequence of events reminds me*
**[15:04] Hosorogi**
* of five years ago, right*
* before I was murdered here.*
**[15:08] Hosorogi**
* If my intuition is correct,*
* something is down in—*
**[15:11] Polka**
*I found it.*
**[15:12] Hosorogi**
*What?*
**[15:14] Polka**
*Our basement...*
**[15:16] Ghosts**
Looks like a body.
**[15:16] Polka**
*...has that guy, Nishida's, corpse in it.*
**[15:17] Ghosts**
He's dead.
**[15:17] Ghosts**
Dead.
**[15:18] Ghosts**
It's a dead body.
**[15:20] Polka**
*This is bad.*
**[15:21] Polka**
* If they find a body here,*
* I'll be farther from peace than ever.*
**[15:25] Hosorogi**
*So, that's their game.*
**[15:27] Hosorogi**
* You're awfully cold when children*
* or your friends aren't involved.*
**[15:33] (Flashback) Izliz**
You're too kind to wield death.
**[15:36] (Flashback) Izliz**
That's all the more reason
to draw a clear line.
**[15:40] (Flashback) Izliz**
Don't under- or overestimate
how far your power can reach.
**[15:46] (Flashback) Izliz**
Otherwise, you'll lose a great deal.
**[15:51] Polka**
*Yes. I won't deny it.*
**[15:54] Polka**
*But...*
**[15:55] Nishida**
No. No. Not... Not me!
**[15:59] Polka**
*right now, I feel like*
**[16:02] Polka**
*my hands can stretch a little further.*
**[16:16] Cop A**
Nothing's here.
**[16:19] Cop B**
Looks like an empty room.
**[16:21] Cop A**
I was sure he'd be hiding in here.
**[16:26] Ikeuchi**
What did you find?
**[16:27] Cop B**
He wasn't in the basement, sir.
**[16:30] Ikeuchi**
I see.
**[16:30] Detective**
Huh?
**[16:31] Ikeuchi**
What?
**[16:32] Detective**
O-Oh, nothing.
**[16:33] Detective**
I just thought he might be upstairs, then.
**[16:36] Ikeuchi**
He could already have escaped, too.
**[16:38] Ikeuchi**
If he's not in this building,
we'll check the nearby security cams.
**[16:42] Detective**
R-Right.
**[16:46] Grocer**
So, the big store at Sakuradamon
has started stocking up.
**[16:50] Grocer**
The Shinjuku market will turn volatile.
**[16:53] Grocer**
This could affect the price of hitmen.
**[16:57] Takeru**
The police?
**[16:59] Takeru**
In the building where Polka is?
**[17:01] Bao**
*Uh-huh. Not local cops. Probably from HQ.*
**[17:07] Takeru**
And what about Polka's group?
**[17:08] Bao**
They're outside.
**[17:10] Misaki**
Good thing the rain let up!
**[17:12] Sayo**
Scary, isn't it, darling?
**[17:13] Takumi**
I guess so.
**[17:15] Hosorogi**
* There's a secret passage*
* under the basement floor?*
**[17:18] Polka**
* I found it when I searched the*
* whole building a while ago.*
**[17:22] Polka**
*It seemed to connect to another building,*
**[17:25] Polka**
* but it hadn't been used*
* recently so I didn't worry.*
**[17:29] Polka**
* Secret passages were pretty*
* common in the Empire.*
**[17:33] Polka**
*But I've learned one thing from this:*
**[17:37] Polka**
* someone is trying to catch*
* this building in a trap.*
**[17:40] Polka**
*They're either after us...*
**[17:42] Hosorogi**
*Or the property owner, Clarissa.*
**[17:49] Arase**
Oh, I thought I'd find you here,
**[17:53] Arase**
Takumi Kuruya.
**[17:56] Arase**
Are you sure we shouldn't go over there?
**[17:58] Iwanome**
As much as I'd love to, yes.
**[18:00] Iwanome**
I mean, Kochou-chan is here.
**[18:02] Arase**
She's a reporter for
*Weekly Dry* now, isn't she?
**[18:05] Arase**
She seems to be writing
about Polka Shinoyama.
**[18:08] Iwanome**
It looks like they left quietly without
a fight, so let's wait and see.
**[18:13] Iwanome**
I'm more worried about the guys
in uniform the HQ team brought.
**[18:17] Iwanome**
Are they from Shinjuku Precinct?
**[18:21] Iwanome**
HQ coming out over a mugging
stinks to begin with.
**[18:25] Iwanome**
Then they say one of Clarissa's
bartenders robbed someone
**[18:30] Iwanome**
and fled to a building Clarissa owns?
**[18:33] Iwanome**
I'd like to know where that tip came from.
**[18:35] Arase**
You think it's fake info?
**[18:37] Iwanome**
The timing is too convenient.
**[18:39] Iwanome**
It's so perfect, I wouldn't be
surprised if Solitaire set it up.
**[18:43] Iwanome**
Except that it's just like five years ago.
**[18:46] Iwanome**
After Hosorogi-san vanished,
***SIGN*** From: Hosorogi
To: Tsubaki Iwanome
I found important evidence.
It's at:
**[18:48] Iwanome**
I got a text that said,
"I found important evidence here."
**[18:54] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Hosorogi-san?
**[18:56] Iwanome**
When I came running, there was nothing there
**[18:59] Iwanome**
except for blood spatter on the walls
**[19:02] Iwanome**
that matched Hosorogi-san's DNA.
**[19:05] Arase**
I see.
**[19:08] Higuro**
Kouzaburou Arase.
**[19:11] Higuro**
If he's involved,
**[19:14] Higuro**
I'll have to be more
careful with my disguise.
**[19:18] Higuro**
A hat won't be nearly enough.
**[19:21] Higuro**
Momoya-san? What is it?
**[19:24] Momoya**
I guess destiny is real.
**[19:28] Xiaoyu**
What the heck is going on?
**[19:34] Taipei**
What are you doing here?
**[19:36] Xiaoyu**
Taipei.
**[19:37] Taipei**
Your job is guarding Miss Sayo.
**[19:41] Xiaoyu**
I know. I'm already on my way back to her.
**[19:44] Taipei**
You're no longer worth
anything to the Lei family,
**[19:48] Taipei**
but at least die doing your
duty as her human shield.
**[19:53] Xiaoyu**
I don't need you to tell me that.
**[19:54] Xiaoyu**
I was done with the Leis ages ago,
**[19:58] Xiaoyu**
so don't presume to lecture me
like you did back in the day.
**[20:01] Taipei**
Are you sure? Without family
ties, you're just a nobody.
**[20:08] Taipei**
I think you'd better learn
how to speak properly.
**[20:11] Xiaoyu**
Let go, Taipei.
**[20:14] Misaki**
Yoo-hoo!
**[20:16] Xiaoyu**
S-Sakimiya-san!
**[20:18] Misaki**
Are these groceries? I'll carry them for you!
**[20:21] Xiaoyu**
Oh, no, I can—
**[20:23] Misaki**
Inside is kind of a mess right now.
**[20:25] Xiaoyu**
Huh? Umm...
**[20:29] Sayo**
Way to go! New shark merch!
**[20:33] Xiaoyu**
I'm so glad you like them.
**[20:34] Sayo**
Oh, I could never have too many of these!
**[20:37] Xiaoyu**
Please excuse me.
***SIGN*** From: Big Sis
Dear Little Brother,
Please don't say such sad things.
Whatever Dad or the big lug say,
I, at least, love, love, love, love, love you,
and you're worth the world to me.
To prove it, I'll empty out Taipei's bank account
for talking down to you and deposit his money
in your account, so don't give up your your big sis,
okay?
Your knight in shining armor, Imbi
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 330 0 330 200 0 200
**[20:53] Taipei**
Do you need something?
**[20:55] Taipei**
Don't worry. I'm on the Shinoyamas' side.
**[20:59] Misaki**
But that doesn't mean you're
on *Polka-kun's* side, does it?
**[21:07] Misaki**
This *is* Shinjuku, you know?
**[21:09] Misaki**
You never know who you'll run into here,
so you'd better watch out.
**[21:14] Taipei**
Why does her life force seem so faint?
**[21:19] Taipei**
"You never know"?
**[21:21] Taipei**
I see.
**[21:24] Taipei**
This really is the underworld.
**[21:27] Momoya**
Who's that girl?
**[21:30] Momoya**
She's no amateur.
**[21:31] Momoya**
I'd say she's killed at least ten people.
**[21:35] Higuro**
She's probably one of Shinjuku's assassins.
**[21:39] Momoya**
Well, now.
**[21:41] Higuro**
Kouzaburou Arase.
**[21:43] Higuro**
The Shinoyamas' heir.
**[21:45] Higuro**
The Leis are here, as well.
**[21:48] Higuro**
And so is Takumi Kuruya.
**[21:51] Higuro**
He's the last person I expected to run into.
**[21:54] Momoya**
Good. I figured this would be a boring job,
**[21:58] Momoya**
but it's shaping up to be
work I can *really* enjoy.
# E15 - The Vampire
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U490KN/the-vampire)
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**[00:06] Takumi**
Are they gone?
**[00:08] Misaki**
The reporter left, too.
**[00:11] Takumi**
Well, covering us has to be the
least of her worries today.
**[00:15] Chief Editor**
Listen. Drop this story.
**[00:18] Kochou**
Wh-Why?!
**[00:20] Chief Editor**
That building's been cropping up
in all kinds of rumors for decades.
**[00:25] Chief Editor**
Five years ago, blood from a high-ranking
cop who went missing turned up there.
**[00:29] Chief Editor**
Now a mugger hides in it,
and they force a search?
**[00:33] Chief Editor**
That's not normal.
**[00:35] Chief Editor**
This is no job for a cub reporter.
**[00:37] Chief Editor**
Hand it off to a veteran like Himura.
**[00:40] Kochou**
No, this is my story.
**[00:45] Chief Editor**
* If I force her to drop it, she'll take*
* paid vacation and investigate anyway.*
**[00:50] Kochou**
*I did it, Chief!*
**[00:51] Kochou**
*I cracked the case, Chief!*
**[00:53] Kochou**
*I've got photos to prove it, Chief!*
**[00:55] Chief Editor**
*Still, it'd be a waste to fire her.*
**[01:01] Chief Editor**
Fine. We'll compromise.
**[01:04] Chief Editor**
You can cover the occult story on
this fortune teller, the Corpse God.
**[01:09] Chief Editor**
But don't take the initiative
to go after anything else,
**[01:13] Chief Editor**
and don't report on anything
but fortune telling.
**[01:15] Kochou**
Aww...
**[01:16] Chief Editor**
Don't look at me like that.
**[01:18] Chief Editor**
The flip side is that, if anything
happens, you'll be closest to the scoop.
**[01:23] Kochou**
I know, but...
**[01:24] Chief Editor**
But what?
**[01:26] Chief Editor**
Don't you trust your instinct that
Polka Shinoyama's at the heart of this?
**[01:35] Kochou**
You ought to know me better than that, Chief!
**[01:38] Kochou**
I'll make Polka Shinoyama the
center of this story, all right!
**[01:43] Kochou**
Just watch me!
**[01:44] Chief Editor**
Hey! Whatever else you do,
don't lie in print!
**[03:19] Xiaoyu**
Excuse me, miss.
**[03:21] Xiaoyu**
I bought the extra things you asked me to.
**[03:25] Sayo**
Thanks.
**[03:29] Takumi**
So, seriously, what is that stuff?
**[03:33] Sayo**
Well, think of it as a rent payment.
**[03:35] Polka**
Mana stones!
**[03:36] Takumi**
Uncut gemstones?!
***SIGN*** Mana Stone
- Stones charged with magical power
- Known in this world as gemstones
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 230 0 230 90 0 90
**[03:38] Sayo**
I had Xiaoyu-kun visit a bunch
of stores and buy them up for me.
**[03:43] Polka**
Are you sure about this?
**[03:44] Sayo**
It's no big deal.
**[03:45] Sayo**
After all, you saved the real Polka.
**[03:50] Xiaoyu**
*Miss Sayo knows that Polka is a fake, too?!*
**[03:53] Xiaoyu**
* What does she mean,*
* he "saved the real Polka"?*
**[03:56] Xiaoyu**
* And what is he going to use that*
* pile of rough gemstones for?*
**[03:59] Misaki**
So, what can you do with all these?
**[04:03] Polka**
Good question.
**[04:04] Polka**
I think I could pull off one big task,
**[04:07] Polka**
but I already have a use in mind
**[04:10] Polka**
and that's...
**[04:13] Xiaoyu**
*What does he mean?*
**[04:15] Takumi**
Now, the question is, what will we do next?
**[04:18] Takumi**
I got in touch with Clarissa, but what
about the dead body in that tunnel?
**[04:23] Xiaoyu**
*A dead body?!*
**[04:24] Xiaoyu**
*What are they talking about?!*
**[04:25] Polka**
For now, I'll make sure no one finds it.
**[04:29] Takumi**
The dead guy is probably Nishida,
one of Clarissa's bartenders.
**[04:33] Takumi**
I sent Urai back to her in
the confusion, but still.
**[04:37] Polka**
That guy worked at Clarissa's bar?
**[04:40] Takumi**
The cops showed up right after
someone dumped Nishida's body.
**[04:44] Takumi**
That's gotta mean that the cops
are working with the killer.
**[04:49] Takumi**
Huh?
**[04:50] Takumi**
Oh, crap!
**[04:51] Takumi**
We'll finish this some other time!
**[04:52] Takumi**
I'll slip out the back,
so you take it from here!
**[04:55] Takumi**
Call me if there's news!
**[04:57] Takumi**
Bye!
**[04:58] Polka**
Uh... Okay.
**[05:04] Misaki**
Wow! Looks tasty!
**[05:07] Sayo**
I can never get over what
a good cook you are.
**[05:09] Xiaoyu**
It's part of my job.
**[05:11] Misaki**
Thanks for making this!
**[05:15] Iwanome**
Hi!
**[05:16] Polka**
Hello.
**[05:17] Iwanome**
Sorry. Were you in the middle of dinner?
**[05:20] Misaki**
Did you come looking for that
mugger, too, detectives?
**[05:23] Iwanome**
Nah. Unfortunately,
we're on the Solitaire case.
**[05:27] Iwanome**
So, I'll cut to the chase.
**[05:32] Iwanome**
You already know why Solitaire
came here, don't you?
**[05:38] Polka**
*Why Solitaire came here?*
**[05:41] Polka**
* This police officer shouldn't*
* know about that symbol.*
**[05:45] Polka**
No, I have no idea.
**[05:48] Hosorogi**
*Huh?!*
**[05:49] Hosorogi**
* P-Polka, you know how I drew*
* something for this detective?*
**[05:53] Hosorogi**
*That was actually...*
**[05:55] Iwanome**
As far as I know, only one
thing links you and Solitaire:
**[05:59] Iwanome**
the symbol painted on those blimps.
**[06:02] Iwanome**
You're in contact, aren't you? Come on.
**[06:06] Iwanome**
Won't you let me see Hosorogi-san?
**[06:12] Polka**
You mean you've been suspicious
of my fortune telling all along?
**[06:18] Polka**
If you don't believe me,
if we can't establish mutual trust,
**[06:23] Polka**
then I have nothing to say to—
**[06:24] Iwanome**
Hey.
**[06:26] Iwanome**
You can't brush me off this late in the game.
**[06:30] Polka**
*I can tell*
**[06:32] Polka**
* that danger is closing in,*
* slowly but steadily.*
**[06:37] Polka**
*How far can my hands reach?*
**[06:40] Polka**
*Some souls may slip through my fingers.*
**[06:44] Polka**
*All the more reason to be careful.*
**[06:45] Iwanome**
Let's be honest with each other, kid.
**[06:48] Misaki; Sayo**
*Dinner...*
***SIGN*** Dinner...
**[06:50] Polka**
Can you prove
**[06:51] Polka**
that you haven't been drawn to
the dark side of the police?
**[06:57] Polka**
"The answer lies in the
paper that once guided you."
**[07:00] Polka**
"If you still believe in yourself,
go on chasing it."
**[07:04] Polka**
Or so the person you're waiting for says.
**[07:13] Takumi**
Ugh.
**[07:14] Takumi**
Way too much happened today.
**[07:16] Takumi**
For now, I'd better get all my info in order.
**[07:20] Takumi**
Huh?
**[07:21] Takumi**
I don't remember ordering anything.
**[07:24] Takumi**
It couldn't be Arase... could it?
**[07:27] Takumi**
H-Higuro-san?
**[07:30] Takumi**
Why now, of all times?
**[07:34] Momoya**
I wonder.
**[07:36] Momoya**
Won't you come out?
**[07:38] Momoya**
Higuro-san is so lonely, he might cry.
**[07:43] Momoya**
Of course, you might end
up crying a whole lot more.
***SIGN*** Unlock
**[07:49] Higuro**
*Sit tight. I'll be right there.*
**[07:53] Arase**
So, Polka Shinoyama really is in
contact with Inspector Hosorogi?
**[07:57] Iwanome**
Who knows?
**[07:58] Iwanome**
But either way, he's right.
**[08:01] Iwanome**
Following the lead on that
fortune-telling paper comes first.
**[08:06] Arase**
Why not act now?
**[08:08] Iwanome**
I'd love to, but our plans will
leak if we do anything careless.
**[08:13] Arase**
Nothing's easy when we can't
trust our own organization, huh?
**[08:17] Iwanome**
You said it.
**[08:18] Iwanome**
No wonder Hosorogi-san
decided to disappear.
***SIGN*** *Corruption is eating away from the top.
Don't trust anyone.
There's another garage on the
west side of that place.
The signpost is inside.
The key is behind the mirror of I-383.*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 280 0 280 190 0 190
**[08:23] Iwanome**
Oh, damn it.
**[08:25] Iwanome**
Looks like more rain.
**[08:30] Higuro**
Long time, no see.
**[08:31] Takumi**
What do you want *this* time?
**[08:34] Higuro**
You don't like me much, I see.
**[08:36] Takumi**
Of course not!
**[08:38] Takumi**
You've gotta know I work for Clarissa now!
**[08:42] Higuro**
I know.
**[08:44] Higuro**
That's why I'm here.
**[08:48] Higuro**
Figured it out?
**[08:49] Takumi**
You're the one who made Nishida a mugger?
**[08:55] Higuro**
Just now, you paused for a
moment to think, didn't you?
**[09:00] Higuro**
And to choose your words.
**[09:02] Higuro**
You were wondering whether
to say "mugger" or "corpse."
**[09:08] Takumi**
It *was* you!
**[09:10] Higuro**
You knew about the body.
**[09:13] Higuro**
Pain is good. It slows judgment.
**[09:17] Higuro**
Makes people fall for leading questions
that would never normally catch them.
**[09:21] Higuro**
Especially people who fear pain, like you.
**[09:26] Higuro**
How did you hide the body in that situation?
**[09:30] Higuro**
You see, my employer wants
to use official power
**[09:33] Higuro**
to lay everyone involved
with your building bare,
**[09:36] Higuro**
so I really need a mugger's
corpse to turn up in it.
**[09:40] Takumi**
You sure you oughta blab all that?
**[09:43] Higuro**
Of course. A smart guy like you must realize
**[09:46] Higuro**
that you have no choice now
that you've heard my plans.
**[09:51] Momoya**
Higuro-san.
**[09:53] Momoya**
He might still have options.
**[10:03] Takumi**
Misaki?
**[10:06] Sayo**
Oh? Where's Misaki-chan?
**[10:08] Polka**
She went to pick up Takumi-kun.
**[10:10] Polka**
Clarissa-san called her about it.
**[10:13] Higuro**
So, Shinjuku's intermediary
predicted what I'd do.
**[10:25] Momoya**
Are you using some kind of trick?
**[10:27] Momoya**
No one your size should
be able to overpower me.
**[10:32] Misaki**
I'm a growing girl!
**[10:43] Momoya**
Missed by a hair.
**[10:53] Momoya**
No one's ever jumped over me before.
**[10:59] Momoya**
In all honesty,
**[11:02] Momoya**
that was a close one.
**[11:04] Takumi**
Misaki. Hey.
**[11:06] Takumi**
Misa... ki...
**[11:09] Higuro**
Oh, dear. This could start a feud
between Shibuya and Shinjuku.
**[11:13] Momoya**
Sounds fun.
**[11:14] Momoya**
If it means I get to fight a lot
more like her, I'm all for it.
**[11:19] Higuro**
I think I'll pass.
**[11:22] Higuro**
Yes. Please forgive me.
**[11:25] Higuro**
There was a slight irregularity.
I'll give you a report later.
**[11:30] Higuro**
Under Sabaramond's aegis,
failure is impossible.
**[11:34] Sayo**
Hey, are you sure that was the
best thing to do with those gems?
**[11:38] Polka**
Yes. I can only do so much, after all.
**[11:42] Polka**
I'd already decided to use
the first stones I got
**[11:46] Polka**
on Misaki-chan's evolution.
**[11:49] Polka**
I don't just want to extend
the reach of my protection.
**[11:53] Polka**
I want to make more allies who
can protect people with me.
**[11:57] Polka**
Misaki-chan isn't a zombie anymore.
**[12:01] Polka**
She's a vampire larva.
**[12:03] Misaki**
What do you know?
**[12:05] Misaki**
I got killed, but I didn't die.
What a weird feeling.
**[12:08] Misaki**
But maybe now I finally get
**[12:11] Misaki**
how it feels to be a whole new me.
**[12:18] Misaki**
Nope. I haven't changed.
**[12:28] Misaki**
I've always been inhuman.
***SIGN*** 10 Years Ago
**[12:40] (Flashback) Clarissa**
You...
**[12:41] (Flashback) Clarissa**
don't smile, do you?
**[12:45] (Flashback) Clarissa**
You'd look lovely if you did.
**[12:48] (Flashback) Misaki**
I want to smile, but I forgot how.
**[12:53] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Well, everyone smiles for different reasons,
**[12:57] (Flashback) Clarissa**
but why don't you try doing something
that someone else seems to like?
**[13:01] (Flashback) Clarissa**
Any ideas?
**[13:03] (Flashback) Misaki**
Something that someone else seems to like?
**[13:08] (Flashback) Misaki**
I know.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Clarissa**
What is it? I'll help you try it.
**[13:14] (Flashback) Misaki**
Killing people.
**[13:22] Higuro**
Something just hitched a ride.
**[13:23] Momoya**
A pursuer, do you think?
**[13:29] Misaki**
Whoops.
**[13:33] Misaki**
They're gone.
**[13:34] Misaki**
But I can catch up in no—
**[13:40] Misaki**
Huh?
**[13:41] Misaki**
Wow!
**[13:43] Misaki**
I guess flying up is harder!
**[13:48] Misaki**
Oh, found 'em!
**[13:57] Misaki**
Whoa! Close call!
**[13:59] Misaki**
But wow! This is amazing, Polka-kun!
**[14:02] Misaki**
This body does just what I want,
even though it's all new to me!
**[14:08] Misaki**
Being a vampire rules! I love it!
**[14:13] Misaki**
Hey, Clarissa,
**[14:15] Misaki**
I'm having a ball right now!
**[14:17] Misaki**
I found something fun
apart from killing people!
**[14:22] Misaki**
Who knew going to rescue
someone would be so exciting?!
**[14:26] Misaki**
Or that taking on someone
way stronger than me
**[14:30] Misaki**
could give me such a thrill?!
**[14:33] Higuro**
I know you're awake, Takumi-kun.
**[14:37] Higuro**
If you really are asleep, I could
peel the skin off your arms to wake you.
**[14:41] Takumi**
Fine!
**[14:43] Takumi**
I'm awake! Just lay off the pain!
**[14:45] Higuro**
Oh, good. I didn't want to lose
face in front of Agakura-san.
**[14:50] Takumi**
That beanpole's an Agakura?!
**[14:53] Momoya**
"Beanpole"? Talk about retro vocabulary.
**[14:57] Momoya**
Although I *am* the tallest in my family.
**[15:01] Momoya**
Still, I guess we're pretty famous.
**[15:06] Takumi**
Of course you are.
**[15:07] Takumi**
The whole underworld knows the Agakuras
are a family of elite nutjobs.
**[15:12] Takumi**
"Never mess with that cult-like Crazy
Bones Kagura gang or the Agakura family."
**[15:17] Takumi**
You're the one who taught me that,
**[15:19] Takumi**
Higuro-san.
**[15:20] Higuro**
Yes, exactly.
**[15:23] Higuro**
That's why I paid to get
Agakura-san's family on my side.
**[15:27] Higuro**
Just like you've allied with the Heilei.
**[15:31] Takumi**
The who?
**[15:33] Higuro**
You don't *look* like you're playing dumb.
**[15:35] Higuro**
The Shinoyamas must not trust you completely.
**[15:39] Takumi**
What do you mean?
**[15:41] Higuro**
You know that black-haired
boy in your building?
**[15:44] Higuro**
He's an assassin on the
Shinoyama family's payroll.
**[15:49] Xiaoyu**
I was hoping to plant a listening
device at Takumi's place
**[15:52] Xiaoyu**
and learn more about that "dead body."
**[15:55] Xiaoyu**
But why... why is one of* them *here?
**[15:59] Xiaoyu**
An Agakura!
**[16:04] Xiaoyu**
I guess the Agakuras are off-limits.
**[16:07] Xiaoyu**
No.
**[16:09] Xiaoyu**
I'm not a Heilei anymore.
**[16:11] Xiaoyu**
It wouldn't hurt to rescue that guy
and put the fake Polka in my debt.
**[16:16] Higuro**
Now, let's continue our chat.
**[16:20] Higuro**
You have no choice. I got that far, didn't I?
**[16:23] Momoya**
Hey.
**[16:25] Momoya**
Doesn't he have two? Choices, I mean.
**[16:27] Momoya**
Cooperate or die.
**[16:30] Higuro**
Oh, not in his case.
**[16:32] Higuro**
Right, Takumi-kun?
**[16:34] Higuro**
To avoid imminent death, you'll sacrifice
the present without a second thought.
**[16:39] Higuro**
This thing on your head is proof of that.
**[16:42] Higuro**
As a child, you believed
in the good in people,
***SIGN*** Dad
***SIGN*** It's your fault.
**[16:45] Higuro**
but society and your parents
betrayed you spectacularly.
***SIGN*** Family Suicide
**[16:48] Higuro**
Then you believed that evil was the way to go,
so you joined the Sanzu Sons...
**[16:55] Higuro**
only for Arase to crush the
gang and your convictions.
**[16:59] Higuro**
Good and evil don't feel real to you.
**[17:02] Higuro**
I heard
**[17:04] Higuro**
that you've developed a phobia of reality.
**[17:08] Higuro**
For peace of mind, you pretend everything
you see through your cameras is a game.
**[17:14] Higuro**
How courageous. I could cry.
**[17:17] Takumi**
You seem to know a lot about me.
**[17:20] Higuro**
Because I valued your ability
to gather intelligence.
**[17:23] Higuro**
I would have liked to recruit
you again if I got the chance,
**[17:26] Higuro**
but Kuraki-san seems to have
taken quite a liking to you.
**[17:30] Higuro**
What were you doing in
that infamous building?
**[17:33] Higuro**
I'd appreciate it if you'd
tell me that and so much more.
**[17:38] Higuro**
You don't want to get a
game over yet, do you?
**[17:43] Clarissa**
I really can't reach his phone.
***SIGN*** Recent Calls
***SIGN*** Takumi
Kuruya
Mobile
Takumi
Kuruya
Mobile
Takumi
Kuruya
Mobile
Takumi
Kuruya
Mobile
Izuna
Mobile
Koruto
Mobile
Izuna
Mobile
Carla
Mobile
***SIGN*** 5 seconds ago
1 minute ago
3 minutes ago
10 minutes ago
Yesterday
Yesterday
2 days ago
2 days ago
**[17:46] Izuna**
I've been wondering for a while now.
**[17:48] Izuna**
Can we even trust that guy?
**[17:51] Clarissa**
He'll obey as long as we leash him with fear,
**[17:53] Clarissa**
but I can't guarantee his loyalty if
something scares him more than we do.
**[17:58] Koruto**
So, he's a lost cause if
our enemies catch him?
**[18:01] Izuna**
We should have rigged him to self-destruct.
**[18:05] Clarissa**
You have a point.
**[18:06] Clarissa**
That's what made this a perfect fit.
**[18:09] Clarissa**
He needed a shackle other than fear.
**[18:13] Clarissa**
A new connection, different from us.
**[18:18] Takumi**
I'm stumped.
**[18:20] Takumi**
Sure, I'm scared of a game over,
**[18:23] Takumi**
but wouldn't giving in to you
now be a bad ending, too?
**[18:28] Higuro**
Don't worry. I only grazed you.
**[18:32] Higuro**
Most movies treat being shot in
the arm or leg as a minor injury,
**[18:37] Higuro**
but in the real world, you'll bleed
out if the shot hits a major artery.
**[18:41] Higuro**
Besides, you're going to
talk in the end, anyway.
**[18:46] Higuro**
No secret is worth more to
you than your life, is it?
**[18:51] (Flashback) Polka**
I've got no secrets worth
more than a friend's life.
**[19:00] Takumi**
Yeah. That's right.
**[19:04] Takumi**
Higuro-san.
**[19:05] Higuro**
Do you feel like answering now?
**[19:08] Takumi**
No one likes a guy who nitpicks
unrealistic stuff in movies.
**[19:14] Momoya**
Oh, I second that.
**[19:17] Higuro**
Do you think I'm bluffing?
**[19:20] Higuro**
*Something feels... off.*
**[19:23] Higuro**
* Like he's afraid of pain,*
* but not actually afraid of dying.*
**[19:29] Takumi**
*If I die,*
**[19:31] Takumi**
*salvage my life, too, Polka!*
**[19:36] Higuro**
You know, I had shumai for lunch.
**[19:39] Higuro**
I only eat them with mustard.
***SIGN*** Soy Sauce
**[19:46] Higuro**
Do you feel more talkative now?
**[19:49] Takumi**
I want...
**[19:52] Takumi**
to dig my heels in a little, too.
**[19:55] Takumi**
'Cause if I don't,
**[19:58] Takumi**
I'll never get anywhere.
**[20:01] Higuro**
I wish you'd been this stubborn
when Arase threatened you.
**[20:06] Higuro**
Just so you know,
**[20:08] Higuro**
I could do this just as
well with someone else.
**[20:13] Higuro**
For example,
**[20:14] Higuro**
that girl hugging the plush shark.
**[20:19] Takumi**
Hold on. Do you know who she is?
**[20:22] Takumi**
You'd turn the Shinoyamas against you.
**[20:25] Higuro**
Oh, don't worry about that.
**[20:27] Higuro**
The higher-ups will step in for me.
**[20:29] Takumi**
"Higher-ups"?
**[20:31] Higuro**
So rest easy and writhe on the ground.
**[20:34] Higuro**
Even if you happen to die,
**[20:36] Higuro**
I have replacements all lined up.
**[20:42] Xiaoyu**
I found a reason to save him.
**[20:45] Xiaoyu**
If Miss Sayo is next on
your list when he dies,
**[20:48] Xiaoyu**
I'd better keep him alive as a decoy.
**[20:51] Momoya**
Oh?
**[20:53] Xiaoyu**
And I found a reason to kill you.
**[20:55] Xiaoyu**
If you're out to hurt the Shinoyamas,
**[20:58] Xiaoyu**
that makes you my enemies!
**[21:02] Habaki**
A mugging in Shinjuku?
**[21:04] Iwanome**
Yes. They searched that building where
Solitaire appeared for the culprit.
**[21:08] Habaki**
Hang on. That's not—
**[21:12] Habaki**
No, wait. The building
where Solitaire appeared.
**[21:16] Habaki**
Isn't that
**[21:17] Habaki**
where Hosorogi's...?
**[21:20] Habaki**
I'll look into it. But remember,
don't get emotional.
**[21:25] Habaki**
I can't cover for you
if you go off the rails.
**[21:29] Iwanome**
I'll be fine, sir.
**[21:31] Iwanome**
I have subordinates to stop me now,
and they'd punch me out to do it.
**[21:37] Takasu**
Enter.
**[21:51] Solitaire**
A fine chair.
**[21:54] Solitaire**
I daresay it's fit to bear the
weight of your responsibilities.
**[21:58] Takasu**
If you want to turn yourself in,
you've come to the wrong place,
**[22:01] Takasu**
Phantom Solitaire.
# E16 - The Fake
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU29GPV/the-fake)
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**[00:01] Solitaire**
Everyone has a public and a private face.
**[00:04] Solitaire**
Some hide one side of
themselves deliberately.
**[00:07] Solitaire**
Others, not so much.
**[00:10] Solitaire**
Some people's designs change
every time you flip them over,
**[00:15] Solitaire**
and occasionally you meet someone
**[00:18] Solitaire**
whose front and back are both jokers.
**[00:24] Solitaire**
Cards like that
**[00:25] Solitaire**
have a strange tendency
to gather in one place.
**[02:03] Xiaoyu**
Hold still.
**[02:07] Takumi**
S-Sure. Thanks.
**[02:09] Takumi**
Hey,
**[02:10] Takumi**
are you really from a
group called the Heilei?
**[02:14] Xiaoyu**
I have questions for you, too,
**[02:19] Xiaoyu**
but talk can wait.
**[02:29] Momoya**
Those are your fingers stretching, right?
**[02:35] Momoya**
Know your limits, kid. Your legs are shaking.
**[02:40] Momoya**
By the way... tell me. What
happened to your arms and legs?
**[02:44] Momoya**
Last I checked, your severed limbs were
still in my eldest sister's collection.
**[02:52] Momoya**
Well, I don't know if you
want a rematch with her,
**[02:57] Momoya**
but we've already seen
through your Heilei tricks.
**[03:01] Xiaoyu**
Don't get the wrong idea.
**[03:03] Xiaoyu**
I'm not a Heilei anymore.
**[03:06] Xiaoyu**
Do you think I'm shaking because I'm scared?
**[03:09] Momoya**
What, are you quivering with anticipation?
**[03:12] Xiaoyu**
Not quite.
**[03:14] Xiaoyu**
This is the growl of a savage beast!
**[03:32] Momoya**
Now I get it!
**[03:35] Momoya**
This is great! I'm having a blast!
**[03:38] Momoya**
You really don't fight like a Heilei!
**[03:50] Momoya**
But
**[03:51] Momoya**
the way you use malice and misdirect
opponents is still just like them.
**[03:59] Momoya**
Bingo.
**[04:02] Momoya**
So close.
**[04:05] Momoya**
Missed by a hair.
**[04:07] Momoya**
Targeting Higuro-san now
**[04:09] Momoya**
is just what a Heilei would do.
**[04:12] Momoya**
It looks like you couldn't quite escape
**[04:15] Momoya**
your Heilei karma.
**[04:18] Higuro**
Momoya-san!
**[04:19] Momoya**
Huh?
**[04:28] Takumi**
Misaki!
**[04:29] Xiaoyu**
Sakimiya-san.
**[04:32] Misaki**
So you *are* one of us,
Xiaoyu-kun! I kind of figured!
**[04:39] Xiaoyu**
P-Put me down!
**[04:42] Higuro**
*What's going on?*
**[04:45] Higuro**
*I know Momoya-san killed that girl.*
**[04:48] Higuro**
*Is she "something beyond this world's laws"?*
**[04:52] Higuro**
* I was told to report anything like that,*
* separate from my current orders,*
**[04:57] Higuro**
* but I never expected to*
* actually see something.*
**[05:02] Higuro**
*First, though...*
**[05:05] Higuro**
*can I make it out of here alive?*
**[05:11] Momoya**
Okay, okay.
**[05:13] Momoya**
I get what's happening,
even if I can't figure out how.
**[05:17] Momoya**
The girl I know I killed is alive,
and she got a power-up.
**[05:22] Momoya**
How scary. How creepy.
**[05:26] Momoya**
The world's going to hell.
**[05:28] Momoya**
But more than that, it's fun.
**[05:31] Momoya**
So, let's get started.
**[05:36] Momoya**
We'll have so much fun
**[05:39] Momoya**
playing our trump cards.
**[05:43] Misaki**
Your long legs are gorgeous!
**[05:45] Misaki**
And sexy, like a model's!
**[05:48] Misaki**
Are you trying to seduce me?
**[05:50] Momoya**
Oh, my big sisters are always
saying the same thing.
**[05:54] Momoya**
"You're a wimp,
**[05:56] Momoya**
so use your looks as a distraction."
**[06:03] Xiaoyu**
*He's fast!*
**[06:05] Xiaoyu**
*No, he barely moved.*
**[06:21] Xiaoyu**
*Sakimiya-san can react to him.*
**[06:34] Misaki**
Close call!
**[06:36] Misaki**
I barely dodged that one.
**[06:38] Misaki**
So, what's the plan, Xiaoyu-kun?
**[06:40] Xiaoyu**
Huh?!
**[06:41] Misaki**
Wanna team up on him?
**[06:43] Misaki**
Or are you the type who
thinks one-on-one is cooler?
**[06:48] Misaki**
I'm fine either way!
**[06:52] Momoya**
How strange. How mysterious.
**[06:54] Momoya**
I know I timed that slash
perfectly to cut you.
**[07:00] Misaki**
How do you explain that?
**[07:02] Xiaoyu**
*Something's been bugging me for a while.*
**[07:04] Xiaoyu**
*Sakimiya-san has no heartbeat.*
**[07:10] Sayo**
So,
**[07:11] Sayo**
Misaki-chan is a "vampire larva" right now?
**[07:15] Polka**
Yes. You could say she's almost a vampire.
**[07:19] Polka**
I used necromancy to alter the
link between her body and soul,
**[07:22] Polka**
making her more like a vampire physically.
**[07:26] Polka**
So Misaki-chan's only new abilities
now are heightened regeneration...
**[07:32] Misaki**
Whoopsie!
**[07:33] Polka**
...and turning into a bat.
**[07:42] Xiaoyu**
*Damn him!*
**[07:45] Xiaoyu**
* He uses footwork with his long legs*
* and his posture to mislead opponents.*
**[07:50] Xiaoyu**
* He really is using his*
* "looks" as a distraction.*
**[07:53] Xiaoyu**
* Even the colors on his*
* jacket must be calculated*
**[07:56] Xiaoyu**
* to make it seem like his*
* arms and torso stretch!*
**[08:00] Momoya**
Are you awake?
**[08:01] Momoya**
I wonder what you'll show me next.
**[08:04] Momoya**
Hmm?
**[08:05] Misaki**
Well, you know that thing where
it looks like your arms stretch?
**[08:09] Misaki**
Mind if I copy it?
**[08:10] Momoya**
Oh? Thinking of throwing your crowbar?
**[08:14] Misaki**
I've got
**[08:16] Misaki**
nothing up my sleeve!
**[08:22] Xiaoyu**
*What* is *that?*
**[08:24] Takumi**
Come on! You could at least try* to hide it!
**[08:31] Misaki**
Too bad. I guess I couldn't
split you in half.
**[08:35] Momoya**
That wasn't centrifugal force from her throw.
**[08:38] Momoya**
It consciously tore into me.
**[08:41] Momoya**
You wouldn't happen to be Solitaire's
apprentice, by any chance?
**[08:46] Sayo**
Speaking of Misaki-chan, among other things,
**[08:49] Sayo**
don't you think it's time you
told Xiaoyu-kun what's going on?
**[08:53] Polka**
You have a point.
**[08:55] Polka**
When he gets back, I'll explain how things—
**[08:59] Polka**
Is something wrong, Hosorogi-san?
***SIGN*** I'd like to ask a small favor of you.
**[09:11] Solitaire**
The board we stand on is
already awash in jokers.
**[09:15] Solitaire**
A hand full of jokers won't win any game.
**[09:19] Solitaire**
So, don't you think it's high time
**[09:22] Solitaire**
the players holding the cards
looked up and studied each other?
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
Incoming call
**[09:32] Iwanome**
What?
**[09:34] Iwanome**
Hello?
**[09:37] Hosorogi**
*I'm surprised I reached you.*
**[09:40] Iwanome**
Who're you?
**[09:42] Hosorogi**
*You're easily exploited.*
**[09:44] Hosorogi**
* I told you to change phones*
* and numbers regularly.*
**[09:49] Iwanome**
It can't be.
**[09:52] Iwanome**
Hosorogi...san?
**[10:02] Kochou**
How are the Shinoyamas tied to that building?
**[10:05] Kochou**
Let's see...
**[10:06] Kochou**
The building's owner is Lisa Kuraki,
**[10:09] Kochou**
granddaughter of industrialist Luis Kuraki.
**[10:12] Kochou**
Her parents disappeared,
and she inherited their assets.
**[10:14] Kochou**
Then, while in high school, she got
caught up in a kidnapping case.
**[10:18] Kochou**
Wait. This kidnapping was solved by
the cop who vanished in that building.
***SIGN*** Inspector Miyabi Hosorogi
**[10:26] Iwanome**
Hosorogi-san?!
**[10:28] Iwanome**
Hosorogi-san, is it really you?!
**[10:30] Hosorogi**
*Calm down.*
**[10:31] Hosorogi**
* What kind of idiot goes around shouting*
* my name? What if someone overhears you?*
**[10:43] Iwanome**
Anyway, are you the real deal?
**[10:46] Hosorogi**
* Well, I've lost my ability*
* to speak like most people.*
**[10:49] Hosorogi**
*Or should I say it was taken from me?*
**[10:53] Iwanome**
Where are you now?! Can we meet in person?!
**[10:56] Hosorogi**
* A smart guy like you should*
* already realize that we can't.*
***SIGN*** Using the vocal cords of a dead pigeon found in an alley with its (ghost's) permission
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 550 0 550 70 0 70
**[11:01] Hosorogi**
* Of course, I can hardly expect you*
* to understand my whole situation.*
**[11:07] Sayo**
This looks... Wow.
**[11:09] Iwanome**
*You're right! I don't!*
**[11:11] Iwanome**
* The old you would never have gotten*
* a high-school kid involved!*
**[11:16] Hosorogi**
You mean Polka Shinoyama?
**[11:19] Hosorogi**
The old me died.
**[11:21] Hosorogi**
The current me is not the
Miyabi Hosorogi you knew.
**[11:26] Sayo**
*The awful part is that none of that is a lie.*
**[11:29] Hosorogi**
That should give you an idea of
the kind of enemies we've made.
**[11:34] Hosorogi**
*I assume you still have that note?*
**[11:37] Iwanome**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Don't be a prisoner of the past.
At least choose the brand
of your indulgences yourself.
Corruption is eating away from the top.
Don't trust anyone.
There's another garage on
the west side of that place.
The signpost is inside.
The key is behind the mirror of I-383.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 265 0 265 210 0 210
**[11:38] Hosorogi**
*I left numerous clues in it,*
**[11:41] Hosorogi**
*but we can't afford to take our time anymore.*
**[11:44] Hosorogi**
I'll tell you the bare minimum,
**[11:48] Hosorogi**
since it seems like Clarissa is
about to be dragged in again.
**[11:52] Hosorogi**
If the enemy has started making moves again,
**[11:54] Hosorogi**
we'll have to get ready to counter them.
**[11:57] Iwanome**
Clarissa, huh?
**[11:59] Iwanome**
She's a crook, too, you know?
**[12:01] Hosorogi**
*That's beside the point.*
**[12:04] Hosorogi**
*I won't ask you to agree.*
**[12:06] Hosorogi**
*Let's save that discussion for another time.*
**[12:09] Iwanome**
Yeah, all right.
**[12:11] Iwanome**
We'll have a nice, long talk *later*.
**[12:14] Iwanome**
Now, what do I need to know?
**[12:18] Hosorogi**
The final murder suspect
I narrowed it down to—
**[12:21] Hosorogi**
the mastermind at the heart of the
infection in the police force—is...
**[12:29] Iwanome**
That's... not funny.
**[12:33] Takasu**
So?
**[12:34] Takasu**
Am I one of these "players"—
these masterminds you're talking about?
**[12:39] Solitaire**
As the head of the police,
I'd say you're more than qualified.
**[12:44] Takasu**
The superintendent general is
merely one supervisor among many.
**[12:50] Takasu**
The organization's head would
be the National Police Agency,
**[12:54] Takasu**
or, above it, the National Public Safety
Commission and the prime minister.
**[13:01] Takasu**
And given popular sovereignty,
the PM answers to the citizens!
**[13:06] Solitaire**
No, that's not what I was trying to—
**[13:09] Takasu**
In which case, each and every
citizen is one of your "players"!
**[13:14] [SONG] Text**
Indeed!
**[13:15] Solitaire**
*Indeed.*
**[13:16] Takasu**
Everyone is a player, a pawn,
and a cog in the machine.
**[13:22] Takasu**
Just like you used Prime Minister
Kubikigawara as a pawn to show off.
**[13:29] Solitaire**
That takes me back.
**[13:30] Solitaire**
I never expected one snide remark
to earn me such a lengthy lecture.
**[13:36] Solitaire**
Do you think you can baffle
me by blowing smoke?
**[13:41] Takasu**
So, you insist that I'm
some kind of mastermind?
**[13:45] Takasu**
Why show yourself to me,
then? What are you after?
**[13:51] Solitaire**
Can't you tell?
**[13:53] Solitaire**
* No, you could never guess my plan,*
* Mr. Superintendent General.*
**[13:58] Solitaire**
*Can you imagine*
**[14:00] Solitaire**
* that from here on out,*
* I'm completely winging it?!*
**[14:05] Solitaire**
*An enigmatic entity ordered me killed.*
**[14:08] Solitaire**
* I guessed the mastermind was a big shot,*
* so I went to rattle one, but...*
***SIGN*** Better luck
next time
***SIGN*** Results So Far
***SIGN*** Got a talking-to
**[14:15] Solitaire**
*What now?*
**[14:20] Xiaoyu**
Do you have any more plans?
**[14:22] Xiaoyu**
I don't think he'll fall for that...
trick where you stretch your arm again.
**[14:28] Misaki**
I bet not.
**[14:29] Misaki**
That guy's good!
**[14:37] Xiaoyu**
Huh?
**[14:38] Xiaoyu**
But if I do that...
**[14:41] Misaki**
Trust me, okay?
**[14:44] Xiaoyu**
Don't blame me if you die.
**[14:46] Misaki**
Oh, wow! Are you worried about me?
**[14:49] Misaki**
That's so nice!
**[14:51] Momoya**
Are you done talking strategy?
**[14:55] Misaki**
Yup! Thanks for waiting!
**[14:57] Momoya**
No need for gratitude.
**[14:59] Momoya**
I wanted some time myself.
**[15:02] Momoya**
Time to think about your trick,
**[15:05] Momoya**
and time to steel myself.
**[15:12] Momoya**
*I knew it. Her clothes are cut.*
**[15:14] Momoya**
*My blade* is *reaching her.*
**[15:16] Momoya**
*In which case...*
**[15:38] Momoya**
Caught you.
**[15:53] Misaki**
Caught *you*.
**[15:55] Xiaoyu**
Am I dreaming?
**[15:59] Xiaoyu**
Well, who cares?
**[16:08] Takumi**
They did it?!
**[16:10] Takumi**
They beat an Agakura?! For real?!
**[16:13] Xiaoyu**
*We pulled it off, but...*
**[16:17] Xiaoyu**
*what just happened?*
**[16:20] (Flashback) Misaki**
Once that guy grabs me,
stab through my gut to get him.
**[16:25] Xiaoyu**
*It was too dark to see clearly,*
**[16:29] Xiaoyu**
* but Sakimiya-san looked and*
* sounded like fluttering bats.*
**[16:34] Misaki**
We did it!
**[16:37] Takumi**
Ah!
**[16:38] Takumi**
Watch out!
**[16:39] Takumi**
Higuro's packing hea—
**[16:40] Misaki**
Oh, that guy ran out on us.
**[16:44] Takumi**
Huh?
**[16:45] Takumi**
What?!
**[16:48] Higuro**
Man. What a lifesaver.
**[16:50] Higuro**
Trust Momoya-san to cut loose
and draw everyone's attention.
**[16:55] Higuro**
I'm truly grateful.
**[16:57] Higuro**
If you beat those two,
I'd love to work with you again.
**[17:02] Higuro**
If you lose, well... rest in peace.
**[17:06] Higuro**
I won't waste your sacrifice.
**[17:10] Higuro**
Now, I'd better report that I saw
***SIGN*** Metropolitan Police Department
**[17:15] Higuro**
"something beyond this world's laws."
***SIGN*** Number withheld
***SIGN*** Incoming call
**[17:23] Tozawa**
Aren't you going to pick up?
**[17:24] Yatsu**
It's a personal call, and I'm on duty.
**[17:28] Tozawa**
I see.
**[17:31] Iwanome**
Is this another one of your warnings?
To suspect even old friends?
**[17:38] Hosorogi**
Hopefully it will end up as a funny story.
**[17:40] Hosorogi**
But you know, Tsubaki,
**[17:42] Hosorogi**
* when you're in the police, everyone*
* on the force is one of your own.*
**[17:46] Hosorogi**
* Whether they're rural personnel you've*
* never met or longtime partners,*
**[17:51] Hosorogi**
* you can't afford to make a distinction*
* once you start suspecting officers.*
**[17:56] Iwanome**
Now I'm sure.
**[17:59] Iwanome**
You're definitely still the same old you.
**[18:02] Iwanome**
Consider you dead? No can do.
**[18:05] Iwanome**
You're still alive inside us,
**[18:08] Iwanome**
so I won't let you bite the dust easy.
**[18:13] Hosorogi**
*Suit yourself.*
**[18:14] Hosorogi**
*It's time I hung up. I'll be in touch.*
**[18:17] Iwanome**
Oh, one more thing, Senpai.
**[18:21] Iwanome**
Did you ever consider that I might
be a spy for your mastermind?
**[18:25] Hosorogi**
*Have you forgotten what I'm like?*
**[18:28] Hosorogi**
* If you are, I'll just shoot*
* you between the eyes.*
**[18:32] Iwanome**
That figures.
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
Incoming Call
**[18:35] Iwanome**
Number withheld, so I can't call back.
**[18:38] Arase**
Should we trump up a warrant
to have it disclosed?
**[18:42] Iwanome**
Don't even think about it.
Any mole would catch on.
**[18:46] Arase**
That's a relief.
**[18:47] Arase**
You're still yourself, Inspector.
**[18:50] Iwanome**
Well, yeah.
**[18:51] Iwanome**
If anything, I've got my old edge ba—
***SIGN*** Number Withheld
Incoming call
**[18:55] Iwanome**
Again?
**[18:57] Iwanome**
Did Hosorogi-san forget to tell me—
**[18:59] Solitaire**
Question: I've just finished a job. Who am I?
**[19:04] Iwanome**
*Huh?*
**[19:05] Solitaire**
*Hint one: my name is Ten'a Sorimura.*
**[19:09] Iwanome**
Solitaire?!
**[19:10] Solitaire**
*Correct!*
**[19:11] Solitaire**
*I'm amazed you got it after only one hint.*
**[19:15] Solitaire**
*What intellect! What sagacity!*
**[19:17] Solitaire**
* As a prize, I'll tell you*
* something interesting!*
**[19:21] Iwanome**
I don't have time for your games.
**[19:23] Solitaire**
* It's about the mastermind you just*
* discussed with Inspector Hosorogi.*
**[19:28] Solitaire**
*Wouldn't you like to hear it?*
**[19:31] Solitaire**
* Act boldly now and then, and you'll*
* gain things you didn't expect.*
**[19:36] Solitaire**
Just like I have.
**[19:41] Hosorogi**
Sorry for the trouble.
**[19:44] Hosorogi**
I didn't want to involve you
any more than I had to,
**[19:47] Hosorogi**
but if the police—if *they*—are here,
I have no choice.
**[19:50] Sayo**
That Iwanome guy must be over the
moon now that he thinks you're alive.
**[19:57] Sayo**
That was awfully cruel of you.
**[20:00] Hosorogi**
Funny though it may sound, I agree.
**[20:02] Hosorogi**
I always figured I'd meet a bad end.
And then I actually did.
**[20:07] Hosorogi**
Well, for now, I only hope Iwanome plays
his cards as well as I think he will.
**[20:14] Arase**
Hosorogi-san was one thing,
but now you're going to trust *Solitaire*?
**[20:18] Iwanome**
No, I don't believe a word he said.
**[20:22] Iwanome**
But as I've told you before, true or false—
**[20:25] Arase**
"Words people blurt out
always mean something"?
**[20:30] Iwanome**
I'm just parroting Hosorogi-san, of course.
**[20:34] Higuro**
*Come on. Pick up already.*
**[20:41] Tozawa**
Shouldn't you get that?
**[20:45] Yatsu**
Excuse me for a sec.
**[20:57] Yatsu**
Don't call me when I'm at work.
**[20:59] Yatsu**
I know I've told you that before.
**[21:01] Higuro**
I have a top-priority report to make.
**[21:04] Higuro**
It's the schoolgirl from that building.
**[21:06] Higuro**
I know we killed her,
but she came back to life.
**[21:10] Higuro**
She's "something beyond this
world's laws," as you put it.
**[21:14] Higuro**
Also, I annoyed the Shinoyamas on
this job, so I'll lie low for a bit.
**[21:19] Higuro**
Can I ask you to keep me safe from them?
**[21:23] Habaki**
Have no fear.
**[21:29] Habaki**
Your position is secure
under Sabaramond's aegis.
**[21:34] Habaki**
You've done well, Higuro.
**[21:44] Habaki**
*Wh-Why are you...?!*
**[21:46] Yatsu**
Are you nuts?!
**[21:47] Yatsu**
No way can I take a call from
a reporter like you inside HQ!
**[21:51] Kochou**
But I couldn't wait to tell you, Ran-nii!
***SIGN*** Yatsu
(eight ports)
***SIGN*** Eightport
***SIGN*** Real Name
Kochou
Yatsu
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 190 0 190
**[21:57] Kochou**
After Hosorogi-san died, one person rose
through the ranks suspiciously fast!
**[22:02] Iwanome**
To be honest, I'm shocked.
**[22:05] Iwanome**
You saved me from getting the boot.
**[22:08] Iwanome**
I thought of you like family,
and you stabbed me in the back.
**[22:12] Iwanome**
I screwed up recently, too, but saying your
contact's name was beyond careless,
**[22:19] Iwanome**
Senior Commissioner Habaki!
**[22:25] Misaki**
This guy's not moving. What should we do?
**[22:28] Xiaoyu**
We should steer clear of him.
**[22:32] Takumi**
Still, it's over now... isn't it?
**[22:36] Yatsu**
Stop kidding around!
**[22:38] Yatsu**
Jeez! Why Habaki-san?!
**[22:40] Yatsu**
Listen, if you breathe a
word of this to Iwa-san—
**[22:41] Cop**
That stream, where carp I caught.
**[22:50] Schoolgirl**
Even now, I dream of naught...
**[22:59] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
...but my old country home.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[23:16] Phone**
* Your call cannot be completed*
* because the number you have dialed*
***SIGN*** Momoya
Calling
**[23:20] Phone**
* is not in service or is*
* outside the service area.*
**[23:24] Majiri**
Time for a scolding. Yes, a scolding.
**[23:27] Majiri**
Oh, Momo-kun, how could you ignore an
important call from your big sister?
# E17 - The Matriarch
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UD298V/the-matriarch)
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**[00:14] Solitaire**
Well, now. A secret drawer.
**[00:19] Solitaire**
It looks like my hunch was right.
**[00:23] Solitaire**
Is this a call from someone?
**[00:27] Solitaire**
The assassin who shot at me, perhaps?
**[00:34] Takasu**
Your hunch?
**[00:36] Takasu**
You have no proof, do you?
You just hope I'll give myself away.
**[00:44] Solitaire**
So what if I do?
**[00:45] Takasu**
Your bravado won't fool me,
**[00:49] Takasu**
but I'll make use of whatever I can, too.
**[00:54] Takasu**
Answer it.
**[00:56] Solitaire**
This had better not be a bomb.
**[00:58] Takasu**
Use the red button to make a call.
**[01:01] Solitaire**
Oh, to hell with it!
**[01:04] Grocer**
*Have I caught you at a bad time?*
**[01:08] Solitaire**
I know this voice.
**[01:09] Takasu**
No, it's fine. Share the
information with him, as well.
**[01:15] Grocer**
Well, now. You seem to have a
deep affinity for our shop.
**[01:21] Grocer**
We appreciate your patronage, Solitaire-sama.
**[01:25] Solitaire**
Grocer!
**[01:27] Takasu**
So,
**[01:28] Takasu**
I assume there's been activity?
**[01:31] Grocer**
All the items you reserved are now in stock.
**[01:34] Grocer**
A record of Metropolitan
Police communications.
**[01:37] Grocer**
It contains two items
you'll wish to know about.
**[01:42] Grocer**
The first is ongoing.
**[01:45] Grocer**
Inspector Tsubaki Iwanome seems to be
speaking with ex-IA Inspector Hosorogi.
**[01:53] Solitaire**
*Hosorogi! What a name to come up here!*
**[01:56] Takasu**
I see. Hosorogi's alive, then.
**[02:00] Grocer**
I will transmit a record of
the call to you presently.
**[02:03] Grocer**
As for the other item,
**[02:05] Grocer**
Senior Commissioner Habaki received many
calls from the Shibuya intermediary.
**[02:10] Takasu**
I expected that. I appreciate your work.
**[02:14] Grocer**
We appreciate your business.
**[02:18] Solitaire**
A direct line to the Grocer?
**[02:21] Solitaire**
Would you consider selling it to me?
**[02:24] Takasu**
No.
**[02:26] Solitaire**
I heard you were broad-minded,
Superintendent General...
**[02:30] Solitaire**
But really. Ordering a criminal to spy for you?
**[02:34] Takasu**
Of course.
**[02:36] Takasu**
Why did you think I allow him so much freedom,
albeit in a solitary cell?
**[02:43] Takasu**
Now you have the name of your "mastermind."
**[02:48] Takasu**
You can locate Senior Commissioner
Habaki using our security cameras.
**[02:52] Takasu**
How you use that knowledge is up to you.
**[02:56] Solitaire**
I see!
**[02:58] Solitaire**
So, you want me to do
your dirty work for you!
**[03:01] Takasu**
Aren't you after the man who had you
shot at and whatever lies behind him?
**[03:08] Solitaire**
And one more thing.
**[03:10] Solitaire**
I'll pay for it, of course.
**[03:14] Takasu**
What do you want?
**[03:16] Solitaire**
Inspector Tsubaki Iwanome's
cell phone number.
**[03:25] Iwanome**
Solitaire?!
**[03:34] Polka**
Takumi-kun?
**[03:35] Takumi**
*Oh! I got through!*
**[03:37] Takumi**
I'll fill you in later, but be on your guard!
**[03:40] Takumi**
We want to head back pronto,
**[03:43] Takumi**
but we'll be a little delayed.
**[03:46] Xiaoyu**
What the...?!
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[03:48] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
...but my old country home!
**[03:55] Iwanome**
Saying your contact's
name was beyond careless,
**[04:00] Iwanome**
Senior Commissioner Habaki!
**[04:02] Habaki**
What are you talking about?
**[04:04] Iwanome**
You just said "Higuro", didn't you?
**[04:07] Arase**
Why were you talking with
a Shibuya intermediary?
**[04:11] Habaki**
You see—
**[04:12] Iwanome**
And who or what is "Sabaramond"?
**[04:17] Iwanome**
I really felt like I owed you.
**[04:20] Habaki**
W-Wait! Sabaramond is—
**[04:27] Fire-Breathing Bug A**
He said... "Sabaramond."
**[04:32] Fire-Breathing Bug A**
I heard him say it.
**[04:34] Iwanome**
Who're these guys?!
**[04:36] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
He said it. He said it.
**[04:39] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
He said it.
**[04:40] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
We heard him say it.
**[04:42] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
He said it. He said it.
**[04:45] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Said, said, said, said, said, said, said.
**[04:48] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
My old friends, are you still there?
**[04:56] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Sabaramond. He said it—said it.
**[05:01] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
No mistake-ake-ake-ake-ake-ake-ake-ake.
**[05:10] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
He's a bastard child.
**[06:47] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Bastard child-ild-ild-ild.
**[06:50] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
B-B-Bastard child of S-Sabaramond-ond-nd-d.
**[06:54] Arase**
Boss.
**[06:57] Iwanome**
Hang on.
**[06:59] Iwanome**
Seriously?
**[07:00] Arase**
The luck of the draw's really
been on your side, Boss.
**[07:03] Arase**
You've pulled Lemmings, Solitaire,
**[07:06] Arase**
and now the Fire-Breathing Bug.
**[07:08] Iwanome**
I'd say draws like these are
what lose you the game.
**[07:12] Iwanome**
Damn it.
**[07:15] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
In the rain and the blustery air,
**[07:24] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
I think—
**[07:26] Majiri**
"I think of my old country home," correct?
**[07:33] Majiri**
Kindly disperse and withdraw,
my feeble little bugs.
**[07:39] Majiri**
My brother is a fool, but not a bastard.
**[07:42] Majiri**
Burning him won't singe the world one bit.
**[07:46] Majiri**
I won't help, and I won't hinder.
**[07:50] Majiri**
I'll merely pity you and pray
***SIGN*** Matriarch
**[07:56] Majiri**
for your long-sought revenge,
**[08:02] Majiri**
so leave this place for my sake.
**[08:05] Majiri**
Out of respect for Majiri Agakura.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[08:19] Kana**
Who were they?
**[08:21] Kana**
Do you know them, Ma-nee?
**[08:23] Majiri**
Yes. We're something like friends.
**[08:27] Majiri**
Don't go after those
people in raincoats, now.
**[08:32] Majiri**
You couldn't crush them all,
no matter how hard you tried.
**[08:40] Iwanome**
What's wrong with them?
**[08:42] Arase**
They act like they can't see us.
**[08:44] Arase**
They must really hate Habaki.
**[08:47] Habaki**
No. I can't afford to go down yet.
**[08:51] Arase**
Iwa-san.
**[08:52] Arase**
They're acting strangely.
**[08:55] Solitaire**
The secret to the
Fire-Breathing Bug's tricks?
**[08:58] Takasu**
Yes. If you won't turn yourself in,
then pay me by explaining that.
**[09:06] Solitaire**
Just a hint, then.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[09:09] Solitaire**
The Fire-Breathing Bug
is and is not one person.
**[09:13] Solitaire**
They're extremely close to
being a psychic or a wizard,
**[09:17] Solitaire**
but what they are is a
crystallization of technology
**[09:21] Solitaire**
that's left the realm of common sense.
**[09:26] Iwanome**
What the—?!
**[09:29] Iwanome**
Is this...? No way.
**[09:31] Iwanome**
Arase!
**[09:33] Iwanome**
Grab a fire extinguisher!
**[09:38] Arase**
Okay.
**[09:39] Iwanome**
Hey!
**[09:40] Iwanome**
Why was the Fire-Breathing
Bug out to get you?!
**[09:43] Habaki**
Damn!
**[09:44] Iwanome**
* Jeez. Solitaire's bad enough on his own.*
* I don't need more magic tricks.*
**[09:49] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
You guys are like a Gamma Knife.
You know that?
**[09:53] (Flashback) Iwanome**
What's that?
**[09:55] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
A machine that burns out tumors with
hundreds of gamma rays from all sides.
**[10:01] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
You follow thin trails of evidence
to the point where they meet
**[10:08] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
and incinerate a criminal
in the fires of judgment.
**[10:12] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
Of course, they get off
scot-free when you misfire.
**[10:20] Iwanome**
* Our coroner's snide comments*
* come in handy now and then.*
**[10:24] Iwanome**
* The Fire-Breathing Bugs are probably*
* firing lasers or something, too.*
**[10:28] Iwanome**
*And where the beams converge—*
**[10:30] Iwanome**
* No, they're precise enough*
* to write notes at a distance.*
**[10:34] Iwanome**
*No one could pull that off.*
**[10:36] Iwanome**
* Look at it another way.*
* Forget what's "impossible".*
**[10:40] Iwanome**
*Everyone we've faced so far*
**[10:44] Iwanome**
*has redefined what's possible!*
**[10:49] Iwanome**
*Jeez.*
**[10:51] Iwanome**
* The way things are going, we'll run*
* into a real monster one of these days!*
**[10:57] Takumi**
For starters, let's get out of here.
**[11:00] Takumi**
That asshole Higuro might
call in reinforcements.
**[11:04] Misaki**
What should we do with this guy?
**[11:07] Xiaoyu**
*The singing people are... gone?*
**[11:11] Xiaoyu**
*What could have—*
**[11:14] Xiaoyu**
Someone's coming.
**[11:17] Xiaoyu**
Maybe an enemy.
**[11:23] Kana**
Wow.
**[11:24] Kana**
He noticed us.
**[11:26] Dahlia**
And we were trying to be stealthy.
**[11:29] Kana**
Mm-hmm. Of course,
**[11:31] Kana**
he hasn't picked up on Ma-nee.
**[11:36] Majiri**
It's been far too long,
**[11:38] Majiri**
my lovely little
**[11:40] Majiri**
boy assassin.
**[11:50] Majiri**
I see your new prosthetic arms are well made.
**[11:56] Majiri**
But didn't I tell you, dear little boy?
**[12:01] Majiri**
Just become my little brother,
**[12:04] Majiri**
and you can have your limbs
back whenever you like.
**[12:09] Xiaoyu**
So...
**[12:12] Xiaoyu**
You really are back in Japan.
**[12:19] Xiaoyu**
*The job was supposed to be easy.*
**[12:22] Xiaoyu**
* Just a small-time target,*
* perfect for my first assignment.*
**[12:28] Xiaoyu**
*But that small fry was also*
**[12:34] Xiaoyu**
*on someone else's hit list.*
**[12:38] Xiaoyu**
*"Kill anyone in the building."*
**[12:41] Xiaoyu**
*Those were my orders.*
**[12:44] Xiaoyu**
*I didn't hesitate.*
**[12:46] Xiaoyu**
*My blade lopped off the woman's head.*
**[12:49] Xiaoyu**
*Or I meant for it to.*
**[12:51] (Flashback) Majiri**
I like how you go for the kill.
And you're cute.
**[12:56] (Flashback) Majiri**
You must be the Leis' latest killing machine.
**[13:01] (Flashback) Majiri**
That settles it. I've decided.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Majiri**
How would you like to become
an Agakura by adoption?
**[13:06] Xiaoyu**
*I had no idea what she was talking about.*
**[13:09] Xiaoyu**
* But it was what came next*
* that really baffled me.*
**[13:14] (Flashback) Majiri**
The Heilei are awful, you know?
**[13:18] (Flashback) Majiri**
You must have experienced that firsthand.
**[13:24] Xiaoyu**
*The next thing I knew, my arms and legs were gone.*
**[13:28] Xiaoyu**
* Strange as it sounds,*
* I don't think I bled that much.*
**[13:32] (Flashback) Majiri**
Don't worry. I fixed you up so you won't die.
**[13:37] (Flashback) Majiri**
Still, I wonder what the
Heilei will do with you.
**[13:41] (Flashback) Majiri**
If you want help, call me.
**[13:45] (Flashback) Majiri**
I'll come running,
**[13:48] (Flashback) Majiri**
and I'll give your limbs back when I do.
**[13:51] (Flashback) Majiri**
I'll give you lots of love
as a new member of my family.
**[13:57] (Flashback) Momoya**
Nee-san sure is fickle.
**[14:00] (Flashback) Kana**
Mm-hmm. But cutting off limbs is new.
**[14:03] (Flashback) Kana**
Ma-nee must really like him.
**[14:06] (Flashback) Majiri**
Till we meet again,
my lovely little assassin.
**[14:10] (Flashback) Majiri**
My name is...
**[14:13] Xiaoyu**
Majiri Agakura!
**[14:15] Majiri**
So, what will it be?
**[14:19] Majiri**
You just called my name, didn't you?
**[14:24] Majiri**
Do you want my help?
**[14:27] Xiaoyu**
Your help?
**[14:28] Majiri**
If you join my family,
**[14:31] Majiri**
I'll slaughter all those
bothersome Heilei for you.
**[14:37] Xiaoyu**
You're right. I hate the Heilei Clan.
**[14:42] Xiaoyu**
But
**[14:43] Xiaoyu**
the blood—or the techniques—
I inherited don't bother me so much.
**[14:51] Xiaoyu**
More importantly, the place I belong
**[14:55] Xiaoyu**
isn't with the Heilei *or the Agakura.*
**[14:57] Xiaoyu**
This blood of mine
**[15:01] Xiaoyu**
is lightning that protects the Shinoyamas!
**[15:06] Majiri**
I miscalculated.
**[15:08] Majiri**
I never dreamed the Shinoyamas would
rescue you before I got the chance.
**[15:18] Momoya**
Seriously, Majiri-neesan?
**[15:20] Momoya**
You carried a torch for nearly a decade,
and he turned you down?
**[15:24] Majiri**
Oh, Momo-kun. You're alive.
**[15:27] Majiri**
I'm so glad.
**[15:30] Majiri**
But laughing at your big sister's
broken heart isn't very nice.
**[15:35] Majiri**
I'll scold you later.
**[15:37] Momoya**
Right now, a punishment
from you would kill me.
**[15:41] Majiri**
He hurt you that badly?
**[15:45] Majiri**
You've grown, my lovely little assassin.
**[15:49] Momoya**
No, Neesan.
**[15:51] Momoya**
I lost
**[15:53] Momoya**
to the girl above you.
**[16:06] Momoya**
Watch out, Nee-san.
**[16:09] Momoya**
She must've learned from Solitaire.
She has tricks up her sleeve.
**[16:17] Kana**
Momoya is small-time.
The seventh-weakest Agakura.
**[16:21] Dahlia**
Doesn't that put him right in the middle?
**[16:28] Misaki**
Thanks! That was nice of you!
**[16:31] Majiri**
What's your name?
**[16:34] Misaki**
Oh, I'm Misaki. Misaki Sakimiya!
**[16:37] Misaki**
Nice meeting you!
**[16:38] Majiri**
"Misaki Agakura." It has a nice ring to it.
**[16:42] Misaki**
Huh?
**[16:44] Majiri**
Would you consider bearing the Agakura name?
***SIGN*** Misaki A. (Agakura) Sakimiya
**[16:48] Misaki**
As a middle name, sure.
**[16:50] Majiri**
No, you should make "Sakimiya"
your middle name.
***SIGN*** Misaki S. (Sakimiya) Agakura
**[16:55] Takumi**
Could this conversation get any stupider?
**[17:00] Momoya**
My sister really is fickle.
**[17:08] Majiri**
I have no choice.
**[17:10] Majiri**
My darling little brother
will die without help.
**[17:15] Majiri**
Kana.
**[17:16] Kana**
Mm-hmm.
**[17:18] Kana**
Dahlia.
**[17:29] Kana**
Dahlia, you take his weapon.
**[17:33] Majiri**
Today was a draw.
**[17:36] Majiri**
Let's leave it at that and split up.
**[17:40] Majiri**
I'm so sorry for breaking you prosthetic arm.
**[17:43] Majiri**
If you come visit, I'll give you
the original to make up for it.
**[17:48] Majiri**
Till we meet again, Misaki-chan.
**[17:58] Takumi**
H-Hey. Should we have just let them go?
**[18:01] Xiaoyu**
I couldn't stop them.
She took out one of my legs, too.
**[18:06] Misaki**
Hmm... I don't think I was up to it, either.
**[18:10] Misaki**
You know how Polka-kun
stabbed me that one time?
**[18:13] Takumi**
Huh? Oh, yeah.
**[18:16] Misaki**
That lady's probably tougher
than Polka-kun was then.
**[18:26] Habaki**
I can't use my position anymore.
**[18:30] Iwanome**
Stand up, Senior Commissioner.
**[18:33] Habaki**
Damn you!
**[18:35] Habaki**
The Bug knows what I look like now!
**[18:42] Iwanome**
Powder?
**[18:44] Iwanome**
Hey! Did you just swallow that?!
**[18:47] Habaki**
So I suppose it won't
matter... if I cut loose.
**[18:52] Iwanome**
Huh?
**[18:55] Arase**
Iwa-san!
**[18:57] Arase**
Are you okay?
**[18:58] Iwanome**
Sorry. I owe you one.
**[19:00] Iwanome**
How did he get so strong?
**[19:07] Habaki**
I can't afford... to die here.
**[19:12] Arase**
Some kind of drug, maybe?
**[19:14] Iwanome**
You've shown your true colors.
**[19:17] Iwanome**
Looks like we've got you
red-handed now, huh?!
**[19:22] Habaki**
There's nothing red about me.
**[19:24] Habaki**
This world has yet... to be colored.
**[19:31] Habaki**
Yes. Soon, the great one shall bore a hole!
**[19:37] Iwanome**
What's he talking about?
**[19:39] Arase**
He must be high.
**[19:41] Arase**
Now,
**[19:47] Arase**
who should we deal with first?
**[19:54] Polka**
I wonder if they'll be okay.
**[19:58] Sayo**
It looks like lightning.
**[20:00] Polka**
Lightning...
**[20:03] Polka**
Oh. I thought elementals
were sparse in this world,
**[20:08] Polka**
but the density of lightning elementals
is about the same as in mine.
**[20:14] Sayo**
Lightning elementals?
**[20:16] Sayo**
Can you contract with them to cast spells?
**[20:19] Polka**
I'm not an elementalist.
**[20:22] Polka**
It's suicidal for a non-specialist to
draw on lightning elementals directly.
**[20:30] Polka**
A handful of geniuses have
pulled it off, though.
**[20:43] Civil**
Oh, I've grown fond of this.
**[20:46] Civil**
This land's elementals
are quite the delicacy.
**[20:50] Arahabaki**
Huh? I've got no clue what
you're talking about, Boss!
**[20:53] Arahabaki**
That thunder left my ears ringing!
**[20:56] Arahabaki**
Ever think of that?!
**[20:58] Civil**
Oh, sorry about that.
**[21:02] Civil**
But I'm just so excited!
**[21:04] Civil**
That annoying Bug may be in this city, too,
**[21:09] Civil**
but everyone's done so much for us!
**[21:13] Civil**
And then there are the
hands on that building!
**[21:16] Civil**
I never expected them to appear
on this far-away island!
**[21:20] Civil**
Did they wrench open the
hole from the other side?
**[21:23] Civil**
Or is this a whim of Ordom,
the Destructive Wyvern?
**[21:28] Lulu**
Umm... Are you sure about
that symbol on your back?
**[21:32] Civil**
Why hide it anymore?
**[21:34] Civil**
A local stage magician already
let that cat out of the bag.
**[21:39] Civil**
Oh, I can hardly wait!
**[21:43] Civil**
I've just *got* to track them down
and roll out the red carpet...
**[21:54] Civil**
...to welcome our very first
visitor from my homeland.
# E18 - The Revenge
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3M09M/the-revenge)
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**[00:03] (Flashback) Habaki**
Good grief!
**[00:04] (Flashback) Habaki**
What were you thinking,
peeking at classified data from HQ?!
**[00:08] (Flashback) Iwanome**
I know. I screwed up.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Habaki**
It's Inspector Hosorogi, isn't it?
**[00:14] (Flashback) Habaki**
Don't stick your neck out for someone
who's no longer with us.
**[00:17] (Flashback) Iwanome**
But I can't just—
**[00:18] (Flashback) Habaki**
I'm telling you to face forward.
**[00:21] (Flashback) Habaki**
For those who are gone, and for yourself.
**[00:26] (Flashback) Iwanome**
About your daughter...
**[00:28] (Flashback) Iwanome**
I'm sorry.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Habaki**
Listen, Iwanome.
**[00:32] (Flashback) Habaki**
I'm alive.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Habaki**
For my daughter, and for me,
**[00:36] (Flashback) Habaki**
I'm going to see my job
through to the bitter end.
**[02:18] Iwanome**
I'm impressed, Habaki-san.
**[02:20] Iwanome**
Was all that talk about your
daughter just a pack of lies?
**[02:25] Habaki**
My daughter?
**[02:27] Habaki**
Of course not!
**[02:28] Iwanome**
Wh-Whoa there.
**[02:30] Habaki**
I traded my daughter for this position.
**[02:33] Habaki**
Like hell I'll give it up!
**[02:36] Iwanome**
Are you kidding me?!
**[02:38] Arase**
Try to calm down, boss.
**[02:43] Arase**
He's still better than Lemmings, right?
**[02:46] Iwanome**
Well, you have a point.
**[02:50] Yatsu**
Are you okay, Iwa-san?!
**[02:52] Iwanome**
Yatsu!
**[02:54] Yatsu**
I passed a weird officer, so I got worried.
**[02:59] Yatsu**
I rounded up the guys from Comps-3.
**[03:01] Yatsu**
Is that a problem?
**[03:02] Iwanome**
Nice going, but I'll thank you later!
**[03:05] Yatsu**
Whoa!
**[03:06] Tozawa**
Oh, my.
**[03:07] Yatsu**
S-Senior Commissioner Habaki?!
**[03:10] Tozawa**
So, what are the charges, sir?
**[03:13] Iwanome**
Thanks for cutting to the chase.
It's about Hosorogi-san.
**[03:16] Tozawa**
Oh?
**[03:17] Habaki**
Maybe I should thank the Fire-Breathing Bug.
**[03:20] Habaki**
Thanks to them, I made it in time.
**[03:23] Iwanome**
*He's on a call? With who?*
**[03:25] Iwanome**
*That Higuro guy, or someone el—*
**[03:31] Iwanome**
Arase!
**[03:32] Arase**
On it!
**[03:36] Iwanome**
Great!
**[03:37] Iwanome**
Keep it u—
**[03:40] Iwanome**
*A handgun?*
**[03:41] Iwanome**
*How'd he get that cleared in HQ?*
**[03:42] Iwanome**
*He's aiming at...*
**[03:44] Iwanome**
Move, Pops!
**[03:47] Habaki**
Well done.
**[03:48] Officer**
Sir!
**[03:49] Habaki**
We'll meet again on the
other side of the sky.
**[03:53] Iwanome**
*Isn't he...?*
**[03:57] Iwanome**
Shit! Is this for real?!
**[03:59] Iwanome**
What's the big idea?!
**[04:01] Iwanome**
Stop it—
**[04:05] Yatsu**
Hey, Iwa-san! What the hell is going on?!
**[04:08] Iwanome**
Pops, Yatsu, go after
Senior Commissioner Habaki!
**[04:15] Iwanome**
Arase! Hey!
**[04:16] Iwanome**
These guys are still here?!
**[04:18] Fire-Breathing Bug A**
This is it, then.
**[04:20] Fire-Breathing Bug B**
I do not wish to burn the just.
**[04:26] Cop A**
Huh?
**[04:26] Cop B**
Where am I?
**[04:27] Cop C**
Hey! Why am I under arrest?!
**[04:28] Arase**
What the...?
**[04:30] Cop D**
Ow!
**[04:31] Iwanome**
*This seems similar.*
**[04:36] Iwanome**
I heard about it, but don't
tell me that's the answer.
**[04:41] Arase**
Did you figure something out?
**[04:43] Iwanome**
The Fire-Breathing Bug is
one person, but they also aren't.
**[04:45] Iwanome**
It's a little hard to swallow,
**[04:48] Iwanome**
but are we dealing with hypnosis?
**[04:53] Tozawa**
Let's split up and search.
**[04:56] Yatsu**
You got it.
**[04:57] Yatsu**
Oh, crap. What's Kochou
gonna say to me later?
**[05:11] Habaki**
I... I know this is the right place.
**[05:15] Civil**
Hi there, Habaki.
**[05:17] Habaki**
Oh! Oh!
**[05:19] Habaki**
I can't believe you're really here!
**[05:22] Habaki**
When did you reach Japan?!
**[05:24] Civil**
I just got in today.
**[05:26] Civil**
I was looking for a hotel when I heard
you made an emergency call to HQ.
**[05:31] Habaki**
Oh, I am unworthy.
**[05:34] Habaki**
That blackout...
**[05:35] Habaki**
Did you use your powers for *me*?!
**[05:38] Civil**
You needn't thank me.
**[05:41] Civil**
Good work, past and future,
deserves a reward.
**[05:46] Civil**
Speaking of which, you've given a lot
to the organization, haven't you?
**[05:51] Civil**
What that lab called experiments
were basically just slaughter.
**[05:55] Civil**
I doubt anyone else would have
given them his own daughter.
**[06:00] Habaki**
You honor me!
**[06:01] Habaki**
My daughter must be rejoicing
in the hereafter!
**[06:06] Civil**
Hmm...
**[06:07] Civil**
Habaki, you have two things wrong.
**[06:11] Habaki**
What?
**[06:12] Civil**
"Good work, past and future,
deserves a reward."
**[06:16] Civil**
That wasn't about you.
**[06:19] Habaki**
I don't understand.
**[06:21] Civil**
I told you
**[06:22] Civil**
that you needn't thank me
**[06:26] Civil**
because I fully intend to abandon you.
**[06:28] Habaki**
Huh?
**[06:29] Civil**
That brings us to
misunderstanding number two.
**[06:33] Civil**
Isn't "in the hereafter"
**[06:35] Civil**
something you say about dead people?
**[06:41] Arahabaki**
Long time no see, Dad.
**[06:45] Habaki**
I-I-It can't be.
**[06:47] Habaki**
Are you... Soara?
**[06:49] Civil**
That's right. Soara Habaki-chan.
**[06:53] Civil**
The daughter you gave to the
Bastard Children of Sabaramond.
**[06:58] Civil**
Or rather, the troublesome
love child you disposed of.
**[07:03] Civil**
I never told you because you
never tried to find out,
**[07:06] Civil**
but your daughter became the
experiments' first survivor.
**[07:11] Civil**
Congratulations.
**[07:14] Civil**
Her code name is "Arahabaki."
**[07:16] Civil**
She outranks you now,
**[07:19] Civil**
and she asked me
**[07:22] Civil**
to let her personally execute the
father who made her a lab rat.
**[07:27] Habaki**
What?!
**[07:28] Arahabaki**
I've been thinkin' about you all this time,
**[07:31] Arahabaki**
*Father*.
**[07:32] Habaki**
W-Wait.
**[07:33] Arahabaki**
About how I'm gonna cut you
up everywhere they cut me!
**[07:39] Habaki**
D-Damn you!
**[07:47] Civil**
Aren't family reunions moving?
**[07:51] Civil**
Hmm?
**[07:52] Civil**
Hey, Lulu.
**[07:56] Arahabaki**
What's the matter, Father?
**[07:59] Arahabaki**
This is nothing
**[08:01] Arahabaki**
compared to my decade of agony!
**[08:05] Arahabaki**
You know, I decided
**[08:09] Arahabaki**
that if you came to find out
what happened to me, even once,
**[08:17] Arahabaki**
I'd at least let you live.
**[08:21] Arahabaki**
Lucky for me, you're heartless.
**[08:26] Rinne**
So, that's today's target?
**[08:28] Hiiro**
Yeah.
**[08:29] Habaki**
I... I still have more to
offer the organization!
**[08:33] Habaki**
I'm so close to finding the sorcerer
from the other side of the sky!
**[08:39] Civil**
I'm not so sure you could pull it off.
**[08:41] Habaki**
Please, give me another chance!
**[08:43] Civil**
Hmm...
**[08:45] Civil**
Only facing forward has
worked out for you so far,
**[08:48] Civil**
but you should have paused to look back, too.
**[08:51] Civil**
Both to Soara-chan,
**[08:53] Arahabaki**
Huh?
**[08:54] Civil**
and right in this moment.
**[08:56] Habaki**
What do—
**[08:58] Arahabaki**
Huh?
**[09:00] Rinne**
Did I hit him?
**[09:00] Hiiro**
Dead-on. And we got the okay
to ignore anyone with him.
**[09:05] Hiiro**
Still, this is supposed to
"test the Horojima's skills"?
**[09:08] Hiiro**
All we had to do was shoot
that beat-up middle-aged guy.
**[09:12] Hiiro**
Why do you think the Shinjuku intermediary
called this petty revenge?
**[09:17] Clarissa**
We're going out.
**[09:18] Clarissa**
Get ready, won't you?
**[09:20] Koruto**
Yes, ma'am!
**[09:23] Arahabaki**
Boss, gimme the order.
**[09:25] Civil**
Go ahead.
**[09:27] Civil**
You have three minutes, Arahabaki.
**[09:29] Civil**
Sicut vis.
**[09:31] Hiiro**
Oh, crap.
**[09:33] Rinne**
What's wrong?
**[09:34] Hiiro**
We'd better clear out quick.
**[09:35] Hiiro**
We'll hide out on a lower floor and—
**[09:38] Rinne**
Hmm? Too late.
**[09:40] Hiiro**
Huh?
**[09:41] Rinne**
She came straight here.
**[09:53] Arahabaki**
Yo!
**[09:54] Arahabaki**
You Peeping Toms have really done it now!
**[09:59] Rinne**
We're doomed.
**[10:02] Hiiro**
This might be it for us.
**[10:05] Arahabaki**
Hey, come on. I'd only dished out *half*
the pain I had planned for him.
**[10:10] Arahabaki**
You stole my revenge out from under my nose,
**[10:14] Arahabaki**
so you'd better make it up to me.
**[10:18] Arahabaki**
Going for the eyes? Nice thinking!
**[10:23] Satani**
Heave-ho!
**[10:34] Arahabaki**
Tch.
**[10:38] Arahabaki**
Hell of a lot of voyeurs you've got there.
**[10:42] Hiiro**
I remember you.
**[10:45] Hiiro**
Were you watching us? Waiting to
clean up if things went south?
**[10:50] Izuna**
Clarissa's too smart to
give newbies free rein.
**[10:54] Rinne**
Ugh. I knew she was a bitch.
**[10:57] Satani**
Watch it.
**[10:59] Rinne**
But we owe her one, so... thanks.
**[11:02] Satani; Carla; Izuna**
Adorable.
**[11:04] Arahabaki**
She's cute as hell.
**[11:07] Arahabaki**
Don't think I'll let you off the
hook just 'cause you're cute!
**[11:11] Arahabaki**
I've got cute girls on my side, too!
**[11:14] Arahabaki**
Huh? What the—?!
**[11:16] Arahabaki**
Where'd the boss go?!
**[11:18] Arahabaki**
Wait! Are my three minutes up?!
**[11:21] Arahabaki**
Seriously?! Shit!
**[11:26] Polka**
Clarissa-san.
**[11:27] Clarissa**
I'm sorry to trouble you so late,
**[11:30] Clarissa**
but there's someone I simply must speak to
**[11:34] Clarissa**
and I need your powers.
**[11:37] Hosorogi**
*L-Lisa?!*
**[11:43] Clarissa**
I don't believe we've met.
**[11:46] Clarissa**
Sayo Shinoyama-chan, isn't it?
**[11:49] Sayo**
Yes. You've heard of me?
**[11:52] Clarissa**
Only that you're related to Polka-kun.
**[11:54] Polka**
Umm... Clarissa-san.
**[11:57] Polka**
Sayo-san and Rozan-san
know about the Corpse God.
**[12:02] Clarissa**
I see.
**[12:04] Clarissa**
Well, you're free to choose
how much you tell them,
**[12:08] Clarissa**
but be careful.
**[12:10] Clarissa**
Someone is after Polka Shinoyama,
the heir to the family fortune.
**[12:16] Clarissa**
If they find out, trouble is sure to follow.
**[12:21] Takeru**
*What is it?*
**[12:23] Taipei**
* The intermediary is in contact with*
* Polka Shinoyama and your sister, sir.*
**[12:28] Takeru**
*Stand by for now,*
**[12:30] Takeru**
* but don't wait for orders if things*
* threaten to turn violent.*
**[12:34] Taipei**
As you wish.
**[12:36] Takeru**
Lisa Kuraki.
**[12:38] Takeru**
What a nuisance.
**[12:41] Polka**
I'll be careful.
**[12:42] Clarissa**
Well, in that case, you won't
mind if I tell you here.
**[12:46] Clarissa**
Polka-kun—or rather, Corpse God,
**[12:49] Clarissa**
I'd like to request your services.
**[12:52] Clarissa**
Would you come with me?
**[12:54] Polka**
I don't mind, but I think Takumi-kun
and the others ran into trouble.
**[12:58] Polka**
I can't leave Sayo-san alone.
**[13:01] Clarissa**
Oh, that shouldn't be a problem.
**[13:05] Clarissa**
Young Miss Shinoyama is minding the house.
**[13:09] Clarissa**
Keep her safe until my people get back.
**[13:13] Taipei**
She-fox.
**[13:16] Takasu**
Solitaire snuck in unimpeded.
**[13:19] Takasu**
People of unsound mind turned violent.
**[13:23] Takasu**
A gun was fired at a fellow officer
and then used to commit suicide.
**[13:28] Takasu**
Someone caused a blackout, during which
both Solitaire and Habaki vanished.
**[13:35] Takasu**
This has not been a day for
respecting our territory.
**[13:40] Iwanome**
Um... Did you always suspect
Senior Commissioner Habaki, sir?
**[13:45] Takasu**
He wasn't my only suspect,
**[13:47] Takasu**
but I've been certain we had a
high-ranking mole for some time.
**[13:54] Takasu**
Five years ago, we almost had him,
**[13:58] Takasu**
but then the person closest to the
truth vanished along with the evidence.
**[14:03] Iwanome**
You don't mean...?
**[14:06] Clarissa**
Can you see anything?
**[14:08] Polka**
Yes. Someone newly dead.
**[14:12] Polka**
I can make them visible,
only to the people here.
**[14:15] Clarissa**
Please do.
**[14:25] Clarissa**
You're looking more handsome these days.
**[14:27] Clarissa**
Senior Commissioner Habaki, isn't it?
**[14:31] Clarissa**
It's been a long time,
**[14:33] Clarissa**
but I've finally reached you.
**[14:36] Hosorogi**
*Habaki!*
**[14:38] Habaki**
I... I r-r-remember... remember you.
**[14:45] Habaki**
Y-Y-You were the one who made
Hosorogi's body d-d-disappear.
**[14:53] Clarissa**
Yes. My condolences.
**[14:56] Clarissa**
"I killed Hosorogi-san out
of misguided infatuation"
**[15:00] Clarissa**
is the scenario I assume
you were going for.
**[15:04] Hosorogi**
*Habaki.*
**[15:05] Hosorogi**
*He was on my list of suspects,*
**[15:08] Hosorogi**
*but why is he dead?!*
**[15:11] Hosorogi**
*Did Lisa have him killed?!*
**[15:12] Hosorogi**
*But why in a place like this?*
**[15:16] Habaki**
You didn't hesitate to grind up
your lover's body, you monster.
**[15:21] Clarissa**
Your disgust is the greatest
compliment I could hope for.
**[15:26] Clarissa**
I only have one question for you.
**[15:29] Clarissa**
Who told you to order Hosorogi-san's murder?
**[15:32] Habaki**
You think I'd tell you-ou-ou?
**[15:36] Clarissa**
Polka-kun.
**[15:37] Polka**
I'm already working on it.
**[15:43] Habaki**
All... All right.
**[15:45] Habaki**
I'll tell you as a parting gift!
**[15:47] Clarissa**
What did you do?
**[15:48] Polka**
I cast a spell to guide his mental state.
**[15:51] Polka**
It's a far cry from brainwashing,
but it stoked his craving for attention.
**[15:57] Habaki**
Yes.
**[15:59] Habaki**
I made an offering!
**[16:01] Habaki**
An offering to the
Bastard Children of Sabaramond!
**[16:07] Polka**
You know Sabaramond-san?
**[16:12] Habaki**
That power.
**[16:13] Habaki**
D-Don't tell me you... you're...
**[16:16] Habaki**
the sorcerer from the other side of the sky?!
**[16:20] Polka**
*He was looking for me?!*
**[16:23] Habaki**
The great one will recognize me now!
**[16:25] Habaki**
I'll be able to teach my
foolish daughter a lesson!
**[16:31] Clarissa**
Daughter?
**[16:32] Habaki**
Yes. That's right!
**[16:34] Habaki**
Oh! I offered everything to the great one!
**[16:37] Habaki**
Even my daughter!
**[16:40] Habaki**
She should be grateful!
**[16:42] Habaki**
She died for the organization! For me!
**[16:46] Habaki**
But she wants *revenge* on me?!
**[16:50] Hosorogi**
*What?!*
**[16:51] Hosorogi**
*Habaki's memories are in my mind?!*
**[16:55] Habaki**
You'll go to a place beyond
your wildest dreams.
**[16:58] Habaki**
You should be grateful.
**[17:00] Hosorogi**
*They're reaching me through Polka.*
**[17:04] Hosorogi**
*Polka?*
**[17:06] Father**
Spot me a little cash. You're a
big shot in the empire now, right?
**[17:06] Hosorogi**
*Fragments mixed with Habaki's past.*
**[17:09] Hosorogi**
* Are these Polka's—no, the*
* Corpse God's—memories?*
**[17:13] (Flashback) Father**
I hear you made a killing in
that last war, so come on.
**[17:18] (Flashback) Father**
I need to feed your mom and
your kid siblings, too, y'know?
**[17:23] (Flashback) Father**
Come on.
**[17:25] (Flashback) Father**
C-Come on. Have a heart.
**[17:29] (Flashback) Father**
You might not mind if *I* starve,
but you care about *them*, right?
**[17:32] (Flashback) Father**
Come on.
**[17:42] (Flashback) Father**
Sorry.
**[17:44] (Flashback) Father**
Those guys in Nyanild say they'll
give me more drugs if I kill you.
**[17:51] (Flashback) Father**
If you want to blame someone, blame them.
**[17:54] (Flashback) Father**
But why would you hold a grudge, anyway?
**[17:58] (Flashback) Father**
It's not just you.
**[17:59] (Flashback) Father**
Your mom, your little brother and sister...
**[18:02] (Flashback) Father**
I, well, you know,
**[18:04] (Flashback) Father**
sold 'em all for a good price.
**[18:09] (Flashback) Father**
The whole family helped me
out until the bitter end.
**[18:12] (Flashback) Father**
I appreciate it, you know?
**[18:16] Koruto**
Huh? What?!
**[18:17] Clarissa**
What's this?
**[18:18] Polka**
Clarissa-san,
**[18:20] Polka**
I'm still calm.
**[18:23] Polka**
We ought to get more information
out of him. I know that.
**[18:28] Polka**
But...
**[18:30] Polka**
may I do as I please?
**[18:33] Habaki**
Wh-Wh-What are you...?
**[18:37] Clarissa**
No one else in *this* world can play at
being the grim reaper, Corpse God-kun.
**[18:43] Clarissa**
As you will.
**[18:56] (Flashback) Emperor**
Well, dear friend?
**[18:58] (Flashback) Emperor**
As a necromancer, how does it
feel to become undead yourself?
**[19:02] (Flashback) Izliz**
This cursed object dissolves the
body to prevent resurrection.
**[19:07] (Flashback) Izliz**
Only the Geldwood Order's rotten saint
would prepare something like it.
**[19:13] (Flashback) Izliz**
It was also imbued with
a soul-destroying spell,
**[19:16] (Flashback) Izliz**
but unfortunately for them,
I didn't raise your soul to be so fragile.
**[19:23] (Flashback) Izliz**
Never forget that I made
you undead on a whim.
**[19:29] (Flashback) Emperor**
Oh? Do we misremember?
**[19:32] (Flashback) Emperor**
"Thank goodness we finished the soul
core before his brain broke down."
**[19:36] (Flashback) Emperor**
Those were your words,
and you sounded relieved.
**[19:39] (Flashback) Izliz**
Your memory is faulty.
**[19:41] (Flashback) Emperor**
Sticking to it?
**[19:43] Emperor**
Then do we misremember you
begging Utsurojuza for help, too?
***SIGN*** Byadian Court Sorcerer
Third Rank
Utsurojuza
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 290 0 290 80 0 80
**[19:49] Emperor**
He "stored" the poison and curse
just before they reached the brain.
**[19:54] (Flashback) Izliz**
Your Majesty is entirely mistaken.
**[19:57] (Flashback) Izliz**
You ought to see a healer
and have your head examined.
**[20:03] (Flashback) Utsurojuza**
Could you get any worse, bewitching old hag?
**[20:07] (Flashback) Emperor**
No one else would call our
imperial majesty crazy.
**[20:11] (Flashback) Utsurojuza**
Not a kind word for your apprentice,
*and* you call His Majesty crazy?
**[20:16] (Flashback) Utsurojuza**
That's as bad as it gets.
**[20:18] (Flashback) Utsurojuza**
Am I wrong? Well, Corpse God?
**[20:22] (Flashback) Emperor**
Now, now, Utsurojuza. Leave it at that.
**[20:26] (Flashback) Emperor**
We are quite sane, but we nearly
lost our head with worry.
**[20:32] (Flashback) Emperor**
All because you went and got yourself
stabbed to death, dear friend.
**[20:38] (Flashback) Emperor**
Hm? What's wrong?
**[20:39] (Flashback) Izliz**
Using bones to speak is a hassle.
**[20:43] (Flashback) Izliz**
Still, I get the gist.
**[20:46] (Flashback) Izliz**
He's confused because Your Majesty
treats him like nothing's changed.
**[20:52] (Flashback) Izliz**
He must have been worried that
undeath would end your friendship.
**[20:57] (Flashback) Emperor**
Were you really?
**[20:59] (Flashback) Emperor**
Then you severely underestimated.
**[21:03] (Flashback) Emperor**
Oh, we don't mean us.
**[21:06] (Flashback) Emperor**
We mean yourself.
**[21:08] (Flashback) Emperor**
And don't think of taking
vengeance on your father.
**[21:12] (Flashback) Emperor**
You needn't sully yourself
for a nobody like him.
**[21:16] (Flashback) Emperor**
Never forget, dear friend.
**[21:19] (Flashback) Emperor**
Whatever you become, we and our
empire will always stand by you,
**[21:25] (Flashback) Emperor**
Rizdilusia Redrazalf.
**[21:30] Polka**
Gods don't play games.
**[21:33] Polka**
I still believe that, even now.
**[21:37] Polka**
Only immature beings such as myself
**[21:40] Polka**
toy with lives out of emotion.
**[21:47] Polka**
Huh?
**[21:48] Emperor**
How many times must we say it?
**[21:51] Emperor**
You needn't sully yourself
for a nobody like him.
**[21:56] Polka**
I don't recall summoning you,
**[22:00] Polka**
Your Imperial Majesty.
# E19 - The Friends
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZX98V/the-friends)
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**[00:04] Koruto**
Huh?
**[00:05] Koruto**
Who's that guy?
**[00:14] Arahabaki**
Hey, Boss! Wait up!
**[00:16] Arahabaki**
You told me to do as I will, remember?!
**[00:19] Arahabaki**
I had to bust up the roof to run after you.
**[00:22] Civil**
Your three minutes were already up.
**[00:30] Lulu**
What's wrong?
**[00:32] Civil**
Oh, just a strange presence.
**[00:36] Lulu**
Strange how?
**[02:10] Iwanome**
Sorry.
**[02:12] Iwanome**
I dragged you all into my problem.
**[02:14] Arase**
It's not only your problem anymore, Iwa-san.
**[02:18] Arase**
Although I do think you got too
emotional about Inspector Hosorogi.
**[02:25] Kayakusa**
Solitaire's involved, so this
was always a case for Comps-3.
**[02:31] Yatsu**
That's right.
**[02:33] Yatsu**
Plus the media's onto the Habaki case,
so it'll be big news.
**[02:38] Tozawa**
They might even go after you, sir.
**[02:42] Tozawa**
You might want to go incognito for a bit.
**[02:46] Iwanome**
Yatsu, Pops...
**[02:48] Yatsu**
Sorry we didn't manage to catch Habaki.
**[02:51] Iwanome**
No, it's fine.
**[02:54] Iwanome**
I'd like to get him before
he flees the country,
**[02:57] Iwanome**
but we don't know the size or strength
of the group we're up against.
**[03:01] Iwanome**
Don't take any chances.
**[03:02] Tozawa**
Yes. I hope we can settle this
before that becomes a problem.
**[03:11] Polka**
I don't remember summoning you,
Your Imperial Majesty.
**[03:14] Emperor**
Have a heart. Appearing here wasn't easy,
**[03:19] Emperor**
and you ignored our warnings
a hundred years ago.
**[03:24] Emperor**
Is it not your turn to yield?
**[03:29] Emperor**
Have no fear.
**[03:31] Emperor**
We came of our own accord
and will soon vanish.
**[03:35] Emperor**
Still, learning this world's
language through you was a delight!
**[03:43] Koruto**
He's so cute!
**[03:46] Emperor**
What a fascinating world this is.
**[03:48] Emperor**
The others long to see
it for themselves, too.
**[03:51] Polka**
I'm sorry, but—
**[03:53] Emperor**
Don't be.
**[03:55] Emperor**
We'll wait patiently until
your heart wants us here.
**[04:02] Polka**
One day, it will.
**[04:06] Clarissa**
Who is he?
**[04:07] Polka**
My friend.
**[04:09] Polka**
From the other world.
**[04:13] Clarissa**
I see.
**[04:14] Clarissa**
You have a good friend.
**[04:16] Polka**
Yes, I do.
**[04:19] Polka**
* Although I don't know if*
* he'll be good for this world.*
**[04:25] Emperor**
You're still you,
and we are still us, dear friend.
**[04:33] Emperor**
In life or in death.
**[04:37] (Flashback) Emperor**
Now, we told you not to think of revenge,
**[04:41] (Flashback) Emperor**
but we did not mean you should
abandon hatred and become a saint.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Emperor**
This is partly a whim of ours.
**[04:56] (Flashback) Father**
P-Please... stop!
**[05:00] (Flashback) Emperor**
Izliz.
**[05:09] (Flashback) Utsurojuza**
The old hag and I didn't want
to show you, Corpse God.
**[05:14] (Flashback) Father**
I'm sorry! F-Forgive me!
**[05:22] (Flashback) Emperor**
Taking on our subjects' dirty
work is what we're here for!
**[05:27] (Flashback) Emperor**
So...
**[05:29] Emperor**
You needn't sully yourself, dear friend.
**[05:43] Polka**
Egotistical thinking like that got
Your Imperial Majesty assassinated.
**[05:48] Emperor**
Maybe so!
**[05:53] Civil**
It's gone?
**[05:56] Civil**
I planned to observe a little longer,
but I'll make my move tomorrow.
**[06:01] Civil**
This city seems full of
troublesome residents.
**[06:05] Civil**
Between the Bug and my compatriot,
**[06:08] Civil**
who should I see to first?
**[06:12] Polka**
My wish hasn't changed,
Your Imperial Majesty.
**[06:17] Polka**
I want a world where we
can all live in peace.
**[06:20] Polka**
A world where you won't
need to dirty your hands.
**[06:24] Polka**
That's why
**[06:26] Polka**
I need to get more involved.
**[06:30] Polka**
To reach where the shadows of
that world mingle with this one.
**[06:38] Higuro**
Habaki-san,
**[06:39] Higuro**
I hope the higher-ups take care
of you before you squeal on me.
**[06:45] Higuro**
*Should I lie low?*
**[06:48] Higuro**
* I'd better dispose of this*
* phone in the next few hou—*
**[06:52] Higuro**
Hot!
**[06:54] Old Woman**
Dearie me. You dropped this.
**[06:56] Higuro**
Thanks. Sorry to bother y—
**[06:59] Higuro**
Huh?
**[07:00] Higuro**
Hey! What the—?!
**[07:02] Higuro**
Excuse me, but—
**[07:03] Man**
Hands. Feet.
**[07:05] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Sabaramond's...
**[07:07] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Eyes.
**[07:08] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Ears.
**[07:09] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Catch him-im-im.
**[07:11] Higuro**
Maybe running wasn't such
a great idea after all.
**[07:16] Misaki**
Oh, hi. Polka-kun?
**[07:19] Misaki**
We're back at the building now. Are you okay?
**[07:22] Polka**
*Yes.*
**[07:23] Polka**
*I'm with Clarissa-san now.*
**[07:26] Sayo**
Will duct tape work?
**[07:28] Xiaoyu**
For now.
**[07:30] Sayo**
They're really well-made.
**[07:33] Xiaoyu**
You aren't surprised?
**[07:35] Sayo**
Why would I be?
**[07:37] Sayo**
This is Shinoyama tech, right?
**[07:40] Sayo**
I've asked the same company
to make me robot sharks before.
**[07:44] Xiaoyu**
O-Oh, I see.
**[07:46] Sayo**
Besides, I knew you were
hiding a secret or two.
**[07:52] Sayo**
I'd be surprised if one were
turning into a tiny shark.
**[07:55] Sayo**
Then I'd ask you to marry me.
**[07:58] Xiaoyu**
M-Marry y—?!
**[08:00] Sayo**
I can figure some things out
even if you don't tell me.
**[08:04] Sayo**
You've been working to protect us, right?
**[08:08] Sayo**
Thank you.
**[08:12] Xiaoyu**
*No.*
**[08:13] Xiaoyu**
*You're wrong.*
**[08:14] Xiaoyu**
*I did it*
**[08:16] Xiaoyu**
*all for myself.*
**[08:18] Misaki**
Kurupon, they want to talk to you.
**[08:21] Clarissa**
Hello. Takumi-kun?
**[08:23] Clarissa**
I hear you hurt your leg.
Come to the bar later.
**[08:27] Clarissa**
I'll ask Kazami to treat
you and issue medicine.
**[08:31] Takumi**
Oh, it's no big deal.
**[08:33] Takumi**
Once the bleeding stops, I'll be—
**[08:34] Clarissa**
*Stop arguing and get it fixed up.*
**[08:38] Clarissa**
Injuries should scare you.
**[08:40] Clarissa**
If you don't heal them properly,
**[08:42] Clarissa**
they'll come back to haunt you.
**[08:45] Hosorogi**
*I knew it, Clarissa. Your eyesight is...*
**[08:49] Hosorogi**
* Polka, I want you to ask*
* Lisa something for me.*
**[08:54] Polka**
Umm... How did you know that man,
Habaki, was, well...
**[09:00] Clarissa**
Are you curious?
**[09:03] Clarissa**
Well, all I've done is put down roots.
**[09:08] Clarissa**
I couldn't have reached him without
tips from a police insider.
**[09:12] Hosorogi**
*What? Who could it be?*
**[09:15] (Flashback) Clarissa**
You can locate Habaki, I presume?
***SIGN*** One
Hour Ago
**[09:17] (Flashback) Tozawa**
*Yes.*
**[09:18] (Flashback) Tozawa**
*I stuck a GPS chip on his sleeve.*
**[09:22] (Flashback) Clarissa**
And you're fine with this, Tozawa-san?
**[09:25] (Flashback) Tozawa**
Yes. I used my own judgment.
**[09:28] (Flashback) Clarissa**
I know my grandfather saved your wife,
**[09:32] (Flashback) Clarissa**
but is that debt worth
betraying Tsubaki Iwanome?
**[09:35] (Flashback) Tozawa**
Debts don't enter into it.
**[09:38] (Flashback) Tozawa**
I think this case is bigger
than even the troublemakers.
**[09:42] (Flashback) Tozawa**
I want Inspector Iwanome to
stay an honest police officer.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Tozawa**
I'd hate to see him go astray like I did.
**[09:51] (Flashback) Clarissa**
*You're a regular mother hen.*
**[09:53] (Flashback) Tozawa**
He's strong, but he's still fragile.
**[09:57] (Flashback) Tozawa**
I want him—and all of Comps-3—to walk
the straight and narrow until they mature.
**[10:04] (Flashback) Tozawa**
That's all there is to it.
**[10:08] Iwanome**
Okay! Start with another look at Senior
Commissioner Habaki's call history.
**[10:12] Iwanome**
Check security cameras in
HQ and on the streets, too.
**[10:15] Iwanome**
Follow up on any contact with Habaki
or the officer who committed suicide.
**[10:18] All**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Don't be a prisoner of the past.
At least choose your indulgences yourself.
Corruption is eating away from the top.
Don't trust anyone.
There's another garage on
the west side of that place.
The signpost is inside.
The key is behind the mirror of I-383.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 400 0 400 400 0 400
**[10:20] Iwanome**
Arase, you and me will work on this.
**[10:22] Arase**
You seem awfully enthusiastic.
**[10:25] Iwanome**
Sorry, but I'm probably still emotional.
**[10:28] Iwanome**
I've figured out that I can't
track down Hosorogi-san,
**[10:32] Iwanome**
so I'll have to make Hosorogi-san come to me.
**[10:35] Yatsu**
That's easy enough to say, but how, exactly?
**[10:37] Iwanome**
Strong-arm tactics.
**[10:39] Iwanome**
I'll smoke out the organization
Habaki belonged to.
**[10:43] Iwanome**
"Sabaramond" is probably the keyword.
**[10:46] Iwanome**
Everyone in their pocket is going down.
**[10:50] Iwanome**
I'm just going to make a place
Hosorogi-san can come back to.
**[10:54] Polka**
If, er, I managed to find
Hosorogi-san's soul,
**[10:59] Polka**
would you like me to deliver a message?
**[11:01] Clarissa**
Hmm?
**[11:02] Hosorogi**
*Polka?!*
**[11:04] Polka**
*I'm sorry I didn't ask you first.*
**[11:06] Clarissa**
Let me think.
**[11:08] Clarissa**
I trampled on Miyabi-san's wishes.
**[11:12] Clarissa**
Miyabi-san never wanted me
to become what I am now.
**[11:17] Clarissa**
An intermediary, inheriting the secret
family trade like my grandfather wanted.
**[11:23] Clarissa**
But this is who I am now.
**[11:26] Clarissa**
There's no getting around that,
and I don't regret it.
**[11:29] Clarissa**
So, if I could send a message,
it would be just one thing.
**[11:34] Iwanome**
When the inspector comes back,
I know just what to say first.
**[11:39] Clarissa; Iwanome**
Hosorogi-san,
**[11:41] Clarissa**
goodbye, my love.
**[11:44] Iwanome**
it's good to have you back!
**[11:56] Higuro**
Um...
**[11:58] Higuro**
Where the hell am I?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[12:00] Solitaire**
So, you're awake.
**[12:09] Solitaire**
Who's he?
**[12:13] Polka**
Misaki-chan. Takumi-kun.
**[12:17] Misaki**
Welcome back!
**[12:18] Polka**
Misaki-chan, you seem fine.
**[12:21] Misaki**
Yup! Never been better!
**[12:24] Polka**
Takumi-kun.
**[12:26] Polka**
I could cast a spell to repair
your body, if you'd like.
**[12:29] Takumi**
Huh? You can do that?
**[12:31] Polka**
If I temporarily render part of you a corpse...
**[12:34] Takumi**
Nah, I'm good with normal medicine.
**[12:36] Takumi**
I'll take you up on that if I
ever get a fatal wound, though.
**[12:39] Polka**
Okay.
**[12:41] Polka**
*I can't leave things as they are.*
**[12:44] Polka**
* If I want a world where I can*
* live in peace with everyone,*
**[12:47] Polka**
*I ought to take the initiative and step up.*
**[12:50] Polka**
*To face this world as the Corpse God.*
**[12:55] Solitaire**
Hmm...
**[12:56] Solitaire**
May I have a moment?
**[12:58] Solitaire**
Who is this man sitting here?
**[13:01] Solitaire**
An innocent bystander who learned
the Fire-Breathing Bug's identity?
**[13:05] Solitaire**
I think not.
**[13:07] Solitaire**
He probably works with Habaki,
**[13:11] Solitaire**
which would mean he's
involved with this symbol.
**[13:16] Solitaire**
You've been incinerating every
member of the organization,
**[13:19] Solitaire**
but perhaps you've sensed
the limits of that strategy.
**[13:24] Solitaire**
Now that the organization is exposed,
the situation will change considerably.
**[13:30] Solitaire**
And so, you tried a new approach!
**[13:34] Solitaire**
You'll reach the organization's
root to crush it!
**[13:38] Solitaire**
So you turned to me, the man who
flushed out this fellow and Habaki.
**[13:46] Fire-Breathing Bug**
Exactly.
**[13:49] Fire-Breathing Bug**
You catch on quick.
**[13:50] Fire-Breathing Bug**
I knew I could count on you.
**[13:51] Solitaire**
Talk can be vital to the magician's art.
That was simplicity itself.
**[13:57] Solitaire**
To reach this level, I...
**[13:57] Higuro**
* I pegged him as just a*
* criminal with a screw loose,*
**[14:00] Solitaire**
The magician is operating! The magician
is operating! The magician is operating!
**[14:01] Higuro**
* but did he plan this down*
* to every last detail?*
**[14:04] Solitaire**
And there you have it!
**[14:05] Solitaire**
*I can't believe I guessed right!*
**[14:08] Solitaire**
* I even had a pratfall ready*
* for when they said no!*
***SIGN*** FWOOMP!
**[14:13] Higuro**
Uh... I have no idea what
you're talking about.
**[14:16] Higuro**
Can I please go home now?
**[14:19] Solitaire**
Hmm...
**[14:21] Solitaire**
Rubbing elbows with troublemakers has
given me a nose for these things.
**[14:26] Solitaire**
You smell like you've killed multiple people.
**[14:30] Solitaire**
So whatever I do to you,
I'll get away with it—or die!
**[14:34] Higuro**
Do you have a scientific basis for that?
**[14:37] Higuro**
If I turned out to be a normal guy,
wouldn't that wound your pride?
**[14:43] Solitaire**
Worry not.
**[14:44] Solitaire**
My pride is still
**[14:47] Solitaire**
in prison.
***SIGN*** Pride
**[14:48] Higuro**
I... I see?
**[14:50] Solitaire**
Besides, I've been a nuisance
to ordinary people for ages!
**[14:55] Solitaire**
A bunch of stocks took a nosedive when
I kidnapped Prime Minister Kubikigawara.
**[15:03] Takeru**
Solitaire reportedly infiltrated
police headquarters.
**[15:06] Takeru**
Damn that thrill-seeker.
**[15:09] Takeru**
I see there was activity
at Polka's building, too.
**[15:11] Taipei**
Yes, sir.
**[15:12] Taipei**
The data broker is wounded, and Miss
Sayo's bodyguard lost a prosthetic arm.
**[15:19] Taipei**
I suspect they engaged a hostile force.
**[15:24] Takeru**
You sound detached.
**[15:25] Takeru**
Isn't that bodyguard a Lei, like you?
**[15:28] Taipei**
No, we've cut ties.
He doesn't need my concern.
**[15:33] Taipei**
Still, he is fairly capable.
**[15:36] Takeru**
Meaning they weren't
fighting common hoodlums.
***SIGN*** Mikan
**[15:44] Taipei**
I suspect the enemy is already
reaching for this place.
**[15:48] Takeru**
Oh?
**[15:49] Bao**
Multiple sentries since last night.
**[15:51] Bao**
Someone knocked them out
and took all their phones.
**[15:56] Takeru**
So, they want information.
**[16:00] Taipei**
And, strangely, my entire savings
have vanished from my bank account.
**[16:05] Takeru**
They're even targeting individuals?
**[16:08] Takeru**
Look into it, Bao.
**[16:09] Bao**
On it.
***SIGN*** 00:00 current time
Tiered-Rate Savings
(Standard)
Sales Dept. 0123456
Account Balance:
237,380,000 yen
Deposit - Yanmei Lei
237,380,000 yen
Balance: 237,380,000 yen
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 180 0 180 190 0 190
**[16:11] Xiaoyu**
I really did get a huge deposit.
***SIGN*** From: Big Sis
Dear Little Brother,
Please don't say such sad things.
Whatever Dad or the big lug say,
I, at least, love, love, love, love, love you,
and you're worth the world to me. To prove it,
I'll empty out Taipei's bank account
for talking down to you and deposit his money
in your account, so don't give up
your your big sis, okay?
Your knight in shining armor, Imbi
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 450 0 450 550 0 500
**[16:14] Xiaoyu**
My sister doesn't hold back.
**[16:17] Xiaoyu**
But anyway, I need to report
the arm to His Lordship.
**[16:27] Rozan**
*Hi. It's me.*
**[16:28] Rozan**
*I heard the news.*
**[16:30] Rozan**
*One of your arms got scrapped, right?*
**[16:33] Xiaoyu**
Huh?!
**[16:33] Xiaoyu**
Oh, y-yes. In a fight with the Agakuras.
**[16:36] Rozan**
*Yeah, I heard that, too.*
**[16:39] Xiaoyu**
Huh?
**[16:40] Rozan**
*First of all, I'm glad you're alive.*
**[16:43] Rozan**
* And you kept the people in*
* that building safe, too.*
**[16:46] Rozan**
*Good work.*
**[16:48] Rozan**
*Thanks, Xiaoyu.*
**[16:52] Xiaoyu**
Y-You don't need to thank me, Your Lordship!
**[16:55] Rozan**
*So, what about the other arm and your legs?*
**[16:59] Xiaoyu**
They're fine.
**[17:01] Xiaoyu**
But this one was completely destroyed,
**[17:03] Xiaoyu**
so I guess I'll be going
one-armed for a while.
**[17:07] Xiaoyu**
I'm so sorry. I broke a
gift from Your Lordship.
**[17:10] Rozan**
*Don't sweat it.*
**[17:11] Rozan**
* And the guy behind you says*
* he'll help with the arm.*
**[17:17] Xiaoyu**
Behind me?
**[17:20] Xiaoyu**
*When did he get here?!*
**[17:22] Polka**
Xiaoyu-kun, I heard that you
tried to save Takumi-kun.
**[17:27] Xiaoyu**
I only stepped in because
Miss Sayo might have been at risk.
**[17:32] Polka**
Would you let me get a new arm for you?
**[17:36] Xiaoyu**
Guarding the Shinoyamas is my job.
**[17:40] Xiaoyu**
That means I can't trust you.
**[17:45] Polka**
You were under the floor in
Rozan-san's room, weren't you?
**[17:49] Polka**
I could tell right away because your
soul has such a distinctive hue,
**[17:53] Polka**
so I also realized that you know I'm a fake.
**[17:57] Xiaoyu**
My soul's hue? What are you talking about?
**[18:01] Polka**
I'll explain that and everything else.
**[18:04] Polka**
So, to start off,
**[18:05] Polka**
I'd like you to challenge
you to a serious fight.
**[18:08] Xiaoyu**
Huh?
**[18:16] Xiaoyu**
* Perfect. I'll expose him*
* in front of His Lordship.*
**[18:22] Xiaoyu**
Don't expect me to just hang my
head with His Lordship watching.
**[18:26] Polka**
Of course not.
**[18:28] Polka**
You rescued Takumi-kun.
You don't need to bow.
**[18:32] Xiaoyu**
Enough talk. Just get ready.
**[18:35] Polka**
Oh, you won't be fighting me.
**[18:38] Polka**
Although you will face my power,
so maybe it's the same thing.
**[18:44] Polka**
Your opponents are these dual-fanged tigers.
**[18:47] Polka**
I can't keep this up for too long,
**[18:50] Polka**
but please try to show me
what you're capable of.
**[18:54] Xiaoyu**
*What the hell is that monster?!*
**[18:56] Xiaoyu**
*An illusion?! Hypnosis?!*
**[18:59] Rozan**
* Well, I'll be. Your skills are even*
* more impressive than I thought.*
**[19:05] Rozan**
* I got a real fright when you*
* called me up last night.*
**[19:10] Rozan**
* After all, the Agakuras*
* took his arms and legs.*
**[19:13] Rozan**
* I worried he'd lose control*
* and put himself in harm's way.*
**[19:18] Rozan**
It's easy to say, "Don't overdo it.
Run away if you want."
**[19:23] Rozan**
But he's the type
**[19:24] Rozan**
who'll push himself even harder if I do.
**[19:28] Polka**
I understand.
**[19:29] Polka**
I've seen many people put their
feelings before their lives.
**[19:35] Rozan**
* Still, if you let Xiaoyu*
* in on your secret, too,*
**[19:39] Rozan**
* you may end up further from*
* a peaceful life than ever.*
**[19:45] Polka**
You have a point.
**[19:46] Polka**
But I'll just end up losing
things if I hold back,
**[19:52] Polka**
so for the sake of the future,
I've decided to push peace back for a while.
**[19:58] Polka**
That's enough.
**[20:02] Polka**
I get the gist now.
**[20:03] Polka**
Thanks, Gufa, Rafa.
**[20:08] Xiaoyu**
Huh?!
**[20:09] Polka**
Hey!
**[20:10] Xiaoyu**
Wha— Hey!
**[20:11] Polka**
I'm sorry. I guess they've
taken a liking to you.
**[20:16] Polka**
For starters, you... er,
you might want to take a shower.
**[20:24] Xiaoyu**
If my right arm and legs
were in better shape—
**[20:28] Xiaoyu**
No. I went all-out in that fight.
**[20:31] Xiaoyu**
But him?
**[20:33] Xiaoyu**
That incomprehensible power was
probably nowhere near his best.
**[20:40] Polka**
Oh, welcome back.
**[20:42] Xiaoyu**
Here's how they connect.
**[20:45] Xiaoyu**
So, can you do something about my arm?
**[20:49] Polka**
Thank you.
**[20:54] Xiaoyu**
What's your name?
**[20:55] Polka**
Huh?
**[20:56] Xiaoyu**
You must have a real name.
**[20:59] Xiaoyu**
Your strength is the real deal.
***SIGN*** Mecha!
***SIGN*** Mecha!
***SIGN*** Cyborg!
***SIGN*** Cyborg!
**[21:02] Xiaoyu**
Calling you "fake" like I have
been wouldn't sit right with me.
***SIGN*** Jumping
(The Shark)
For Joy
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 140 0 140 80 0 80
**[21:06] Polka**
If you don't mind a nickname,
**[21:08] Polka**
I'm the Corpse God.
**[21:11] Xiaoyu**
That's one hell of a nickname.
**[21:14] Polka**
Well, I don't disagree.
**[21:17] Xiaoyu**
Anyway, I can't believe that whole
match was to tune my new arm.
**[21:22] Xiaoyu**
I put my life and my pride
on the line, you know?
**[21:26] Xiaoyu**
So, what have you got for me?
**[21:30] Polka**
Oh, right.
**[21:31] Polka**
It's done.
**[21:34] Xiaoyu**
Wh-What the...?
**[21:36] Xiaoyu**
Where did this arm come from?!
**[21:40] Xiaoyu**
I want answers, Corpse God!
**[21:42] Polka**
Urdwigia.
**[21:44] Polka**
It's the right arm of the colossal dragon
whose lightning once lit the world.
**[21:49] Xiaoyu**
A dragon?
**[21:52] Polka**
Xiaoyu-kun.
**[21:54] Polka**
I want to strike a deal
in exchange for this arm.
**[21:57] Polka**
As the fourth-ranked imperial court sorcerer,
**[22:01] Polka**
I'm asking you for an alliance.
# E20 - The Visitors
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8EW42/the-visitors)
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**[00:02] (Flashback) Izliz**
Good grief. You drove a costly bargain.
**[00:06] (Flashback) Izliz**
A 200-year contract conditional on
buying back your corpse from the guild?
**[00:12] (Flashback) Izliz**
Dragons do think differently.
**[00:14] (Flashback) Urdwigia**
Your pardon, master of my temporary lodging.
**[00:18] (Flashback) Urdwigia**
I could not stomach virtual strangers
having their way with my flesh.
**[00:24] (Flashback) Urdwigia**
I much prefer an apprentice of my slayer,
the "Wandering Balcony."
**[00:30] (Flashback) Izliz**
Don't mind him, my foolish pupil.
**[00:33] (Flashback) Izliz**
Just remember that it takes all kinds.
**[00:36] (Flashback) Urdwigia**
Once again, my mortal remains are yours
**[00:41] (Flashback) Urdwigia**
to fashion into weapons, reanimate
as a pawn, compound into medicine,
**[00:48] (Flashback) Urdwigia**
or use to forge new ties.
**[00:53] Polka**
I just linked you to a dragon.
**[02:31] Sayo**
Novels with adventurers'
guilds and shark movies
**[02:35] Sayo**
are a lot alike, if you ask me.
**[02:37] Takumi**
Are you *trying* to throw
fans of both for a loop?
**[02:41] Sayo**
The familiar adventurers' guild
is a prop in isekai fantasy.
***SIGN*** Guild
**[02:47] Sayo**
Then each novel adds its own original
spin to tell different stories, right?
**[02:53] Sayo**
Shark movies are the same way.
**[02:55] Sayo**
They share the same prop, a man-eating shark,
**[02:58] Sayo**
but they make it a tornado, or a ghost,
or a demon, or a zombie,
**[03:01] Sayo**
or swim in sand or snow,
or atomic, or robotic, or mecha,
**[03:04] Sayo**
or have two or three or—
fast forward—six heads.
**[03:09] Sayo**
That's how they add originality, you know?
**[03:11] Takumi**
I mean, doesn't that go for
samurai movies or westerns, too?
**[03:14] Sayo**
True.
**[03:15] Sayo**
Meaning you could argue samurai movies
and westerns are shark movies, too.
**[03:19] Sayo**
And they say Shakespeare wrote the
blueprint for every story there is,
***SIGN*** Sharkspeare
**[03:25] Sayo**
so maybe Shakespeare was a shark?
***SIGN*** Author of "Shark for Shark"
**[03:29] Takumi**
Please just get to the point already.
**[03:32] Sayo**
I'm trying to say we should check how
original Misaki-chan is as a vampire.
**[03:37] Misaki**
Huh? Me?
**[03:38] Takumi**
Talk about taking the long way round.
**[03:41] Sayo**
How is Misaki-chan different
from your standard "vampire" prop?
**[03:45] Sayo**
I think that's worth knowing.
**[03:48] Sayo**
We don't want enemies learning her
strengths and weaknesses, either.
**[03:53] Takumi**
Well, you've got me there.
**[03:55] Takumi**
Are you okay in sunlight?
**[03:57] Misaki**
Yup! It kind of dazzles me, but that's all.
**[04:01] Takumi**
Okay, then. Do you suck blood?
**[04:03] Misaki**
Huh?
**[04:04] Sayo**
The Corpse God told me that
blood is like steroids for her.
**[04:09] Sayo**
And to make more vampires,
**[04:11] Sayo**
she'd need to give a lot of blood over a long
time, so she won't do it by accident.
**[04:16] Sayo**
But with access to magic, upgrades—
I mean, "evolution"—could be easy.
**[04:22] Sayo**
The Corpse God turning Misaki-chan
into a vampire is a good example.
**[04:27] Misaki**
It's like I got superpowers!
***SIGN*** He's like a
superhero!
**[04:34] Polka**
Sorry.
**[04:36] Polka**
I got you mixed up in my problems.
**[04:39] Polka**
That arm is the greatest
show of faith I can offer.
**[04:43] Polka**
I swear by the dragon it belonged to
and my teacher, who gave it to me:
**[04:49] Polka**
I trust you.
**[04:52] Polka**
So, would you become my ally
and lend me your strength?
**[05:00] Xiaoyu**
It's hard to believe, but after
seeing those tigers and now this...
**[05:05] Xiaoyu**
By the way, what's that plush shark?
**[05:07] Polka**
Oh, this is the real Polka-kun.
**[05:10] Xiaoyu**
Huh?
**[05:11] Rozan**
* He means that Polka's*
* possessing that toy shark.*
***SIGN*** A robot arm
and a dragon arm
**[05:15] Rozan**
Umm...
**[05:17] Rozan**
* He seems to enjoy it so much*
* that I couldn't stay mad.*
**[05:22] Xiaoyu**
I... see.
**[05:24] Rozan**
* He even gave me some nonsense about wanting*
* a robot body instead of his old one.*
***SIGN*** It's great to
have you
on board
**[05:32] Polka**
He, er, says to give his
best to you, Xiaoyu-kun.
**[05:36] Xiaoyu**
Likewise.
***SIGN*** EEK
EEK
EEK
**[05:37] Xiaoyu**
Master Polka, it's *so nice* to see you again.
***SIGN*** A robot hand!
A dragon hand!
**[05:42] Polka**
*Wait, does he sound* more *
hostile than he did to me?*
**[05:46] Polka**
W-Well, anyway, I'd appreciate your help.
**[05:50] Polka**
We know that someone is out to get us.
**[05:54] Polka**
And as for the group using
the imperial emblem,
**[05:57] Polka**
I'd like to take any steps I can.
**[06:02] Fire-Breathing Bug (male)**
You'll do better at smoking
them out, summer bug.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[06:07] Fire-Breathing Bug (female)**
You'll benefit, too.
**[06:10] Fire-Breathing Bug (female)**
Summer bug in search of
something beyond reason.
**[06:15] Solitaire**
Oh?
**[06:16] Fire-Breathing Bug (male)**
Their founder was a bastard child
from the other side of the sky.
**[06:22] Fire-Breathing Bug (male)**
A bug eating away at this world.
**[06:25] Solitaire**
The other side of the sky?
**[06:27] Solitaire**
Do you mean a space alien?!
**[06:29] Fire-Breathing Bug (female)**
We don't know the specifics,
**[06:32] Fire-Breathing Bug (female)**
but they are one of those
close to what you seek.
**[06:38] Solitaire**
*One* of those? Meaning you have more leads?
**[06:41] Fire-Breathing Bug (male)**
You should know them well, too, summer bug.
**[06:47] Solitaire**
I suppose so.
**[06:49] Solitaire**
If my blimp show set all of this in motion,
**[06:54] Solitaire**
then it must all connect somewhere.
**[06:59] Solitaire**
Including to you, of course,
**[07:02] Solitaire**
Fire-Breathing Bug-kun.
**[07:07] Aikawa**
You're back.
**[07:08] Iwanome**
Yup, although I'll be splitting my
time between here and HQ for a bit.
**[07:13] Aikawa**
That's an awfully old file.
**[07:15] Iwanome**
I'm going over the Fire-Breathing Bug's past,
**[07:17] Iwanome**
since we know they're at odds
with Habaki's group now.
**[07:21] Aikawa**
Huh.
**[07:22] Iwanome**
Would it kill you to act surprised for once?
**[07:25] Iwanome**
The Bug first appeared a few years ago,
**[07:28] Iwanome**
or so the police and the media thought.
**[07:31] Aikawa**
It's true, isn't it?
**[07:32] [SONG] Text; right**
Classified
***SIGN*** This world is
a buggy program
so it cries out
for the flame
**[07:32] Iwanome**
This morning, I discovered
**[07:34] Iwanome**
that they only started
using English recently.
**[07:39] Iwanome**
Meaning that the Fire-Breathing
Bug was around long before
**[07:43] Iwanome**
I joined Comps-3.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[07:47] Misaki**
Okay!
**[07:48] Misaki**
Would the next person please come this way?
**[07:51] Civil**
This place seems quite popular.
**[07:53] Arahabaki**
Who knew it'd be this packed?
**[07:56] Lulu**
What is it, Soara-san?
**[07:58] Arahabaki**
Well, I'm not sure, but my skin...
**[08:02] Arahabaki**
No, my blood is tingling.
**[08:04] Civil**
Well, now.
**[08:05] Arahabaki**
Somethin' about this place weirds me out.
**[08:07] Saimyouji**
I'm jealous!
**[08:10] Saimyouji**
You must have sensed something!
Some power not of this world!
**[08:16] Saimyouji**
After all, this fortune teller
is as real as they come!
**[08:19] Proppen**
*What the heck are *those*?!*
**[08:19] Saimyouji**
Look, this video is of this very building!
***SIGN*** crows to talk!
**[08:21] Proppen**
*Hands! They're hands!*
**[08:22] Civil**
Yes, I heard the Phantom
Solitaire was involved.
**[08:26] Saimyouji**
Public opinion may lean that way,
but I see things differently.
**[08:31] Saimyouji**
Solitaire is always winging it,
looking for thrills,
**[08:35] Saimyouji**
but he loves to astonish his audience.
**[08:39] Saimyouji**
It wouldn't make sense for him to put
on such a big display with no warning.
**[08:44] Civil**
If it wasn't a trick, did something
genuinely supernatural attack Solitaire?
**[08:49] Saimyouji**
No, not necessarily.
**[08:51] Civil**
How so?
**[08:53] Saimyouji**
Maybe he was doing a merry
dance with those weird hands.
**[09:01] Civil**
What a positively delightful idea!
**[09:04] Saimyouji**
I know, right? In the
real spirit of adventure!
**[09:10] Misaki**
Number 25, please come this way!
**[09:13] Saimyouji**
Oh, I think we're up.
**[09:16] Civil**
May I ask your name?
**[09:18] Saimyouji**
I'm Mikoto.
**[09:20] Saimyouji**
Mikoto Saimyouji.
**[09:22] Saimyouji**
Search it in the Latin alphabet
to find my socials. Look me up!
***SIGN*** FORTUNES TOLD
***SIGN*** Reception desk opens at 10:00 a.m.
Please fill out the questionnaire
you receive with your name,
date of birth, etc.
We use personal information
for fortune-telling only
and destroy records after use.
**[09:28] Arahabaki**
You really hit it off with that guy.
**[09:31] Civil**
Yes, I think we'll get along swimmingly.
**[09:34] Civil**
Well now.
**[09:35] Lulu**
What is it?
**[09:37] Civil**
It says he's a medical examiner.
**[09:40] Lulu**
I see.
**[09:41] Misaki**
Next. Your name and what you'd
like a fortune about, please.
**[09:45] Civil**
Sure. Put my name down as "Civil."
***SIGN*** Let's get
examining!
***SIGN*** Edit
***SIGN*** I practice forensic medicine in Tokyo!
Let's get examining!
**[09:48] Civil**
As for what I'd like divined...
**[09:50] Civil**
My fate over 100 years,
and also fresh encounters.
**[09:56] Iwanome**
I'd like Dr. Saimyouji's opinion.
**[09:59] Iwanome**
Is he in today?
**[10:01] Tozawa**
I haven't seen him.
**[10:02] Tozawa**
He must be as busy as we are.
**[10:05] Iwanome**
How does he always find time
to drop in on us, then?
**[10:08] Aikawa**
I hear he's hooked on a spiritualist lately.
Hilarious.
**[10:12] Iwanome**
Huh?
**[10:13] Aikawa**
A boy fortune teller who
suddenly popped up in Shinjuku.
**[10:17] Iwanome**
Really? A boy who tells fortu—
**[10:20] Iwanome**
Wait!
***SIGN*** On Break
**[10:23] Xiaoyu**
That mechanical pencil...
is Inspector Hosorogi?
***SIGN*** Heh heh heh. Pleased to meet you, young man.
**[10:30] Xiaoyu**
Huh. I bet the Phantom Solitaire
would be shocked to find that out.
**[10:35] Xiaoyu**
Huh? Oh, when I fought him...
***SIGN*** Solitaire lying his head off
**[10:39] Solitaire**
I'll repay Hosorogi some other time!
**[10:42] Xiaoyu**
He seemed awfully concerned,
**[10:45] Xiaoyu**
so I figured Inspector Hosorogi
must have done a lot for Solitaire.
**[10:50] Polka**
Have you really?
***SIGN*** No! Absolutely not! First I've heard of it!
***SIGN*** No! Absolutely not! First I've heard of it! This is getting scary! Help!
***SIGN*** A Mis*lead* Pencil
**[10:56] Polka**
The Phantom Solitaire...
I wonder what he's after?
**[11:01] Misaki**
Do you mind if I call the next person?
**[11:02] Polka**
Oh.
**[11:03] Polka**
Yes, please do.
**[11:05] Xiaoyu**
I'll get back to work, too, then.
**[11:08] Xiaoyu**
Sayo-sama requested
kiritanpo stew for dinner.
**[11:12] Polka**
That sounds nice.
**[11:17] Polka**
*What?*
**[11:18] Polka**
*What's approaching?*
**[11:22] Misaki**
Your next client.
**[11:27] Civil**
Pardon the intrusion.
**[11:33] Civil**
Hello, I'm called Civil.
**[11:46] Civil**
Pleased to meet you.
**[11:50] Polka**
*I can't believe it.*
**[11:53] Polka**
* I've never seen so many ghosts*
* cluster to a single person.*
**[11:58] Polka**
* Even killing a million people in a war*
* wouldn't explain all this.*
**[12:04] Polka**
* These shades have been maturing*
* for years or even decades.*
**[12:10] Polka**
*And...*
**[12:11] Polka**
*very few of them harbor malice.*
**[12:14] Polka**
*Most linger not out of regret or love,*
**[12:16] Polka**
*but obsession.*
**[12:18] Civil**
Is something wrong?
**[12:19] Polka**
*I can't let him see me panic.*
**[12:22] Polka**
*I'll cast a false-face spell on myself*
**[12:25] Polka**
*to appear composed.*
**[12:29] Polka**
I see that you've led a most...
peculiar life.
**[12:34] Civil**
Oh, yes? Everyone says that,
but it's duller than you'd think.
**[12:39] Takumi**
*Hey, what's up?*
***SIGN*** SHIVER
SHIVER
SHIVER
**[12:39] Polka**
Doubtless because you've
grown numb to your condition.
**[12:41] Takumi**
You're doing a normal reading, right?
**[12:44] Civil**
*I can't tell if he's a fraud or not,*
**[12:48] Civil**
* but judging by the gear the people*
* watching this building carried,*
**[12:52] Civil**
* their mission was to observe*
* and protect this fortune teller.*
**[12:57] Civil**
*I'd better probe deeper.*
**[13:00] Civil**
By the way,
**[13:01] Civil**
I hear a famous criminal called
Solitaire visited this building.
**[13:05] Polka**
So it seems.
**[13:07] Civil**
You haven't met him?
**[13:08] Polka**
No.
**[13:09] Polka**
Although our fates may already have
intersected without my realizing it.
**[13:15] Solitaire**
Hmm...
**[13:17] Solitaire**
I suspected this computer
wouldn't be up to the task.
**[13:20] Solitaire**
Good thing I asked Nanny
to handle production.
**[13:25] Higuro**
What are you doing?
**[13:28] Higuro**
Yesterday, you—
**[13:29] Solitaire**
I'm hungry, so I'm leaving. So long.
**[13:33] Higuro**
I can't believe you'd take
off and leave me in this fix.
**[13:37] Solitaire**
Oh, just a wicked scheme of mine.
**[13:39] Solitaire**
Forget that and work on smiling
more pleasantly, like an idol.
**[13:45] Higuro**
Please be reasonable.
**[13:47] Solitaire**
Don't fret. I have every faith in you!
**[13:51] Higuro**
Forget that. Where's my phone?
**[13:53] Higuro**
The cops might trace the signal.
**[13:56] Fire-Breathing Bug**
Already incinerated.
**[13:59] Higuro**
It wasn't cheap, you know?
**[14:01] Fire-Breathing Bug**
You fear the police more than me?
**[14:06] Higuro**
It depends.
**[14:07] Fire-Breathing Bug**
You mean the Bastard Children of Sabaramond?
**[14:11] Higuro**
Sabaramond? What's that?
**[14:15] Higuro**
I just remembered a detective named Arase.
**[14:18] Higuro**
What he might do scares me more than dying.
**[14:22] Solitaire**
You really don't know, then?
**[14:24] Higuro**
Nope. I haven't got a clue.
**[14:28] Solitaire**
Then, we're in this together!
**[14:31] Higuro**
What?
***SIGN*** I have completed your request. Kindly confirm.
***SIGN*** To me
***SIGN*** Nanny
***SIGN*** Phantom Solitaire's Grand Operation: Thrilling Surprise.zip
***SIGN*** I have completed your request, Young Master. Kindly confirm.
I would appreciate it if you would deposit your fee into the usual account.
You mustn't let yourself go hungry or catch a chill, now.
**[14:37] Solitaire**
Let's ferret out the secret
of this "Sabaramond."
**[14:42] Solitaire**
The two of us, together.
**[14:47] Polka**
Now,
**[14:48] Polka**
you asked about your "fate over 100 years."
**[14:51] Polka**
Would you care to elaborate?
**[14:54] Civil**
Well, for example,
**[14:57] Civil**
suppose someone committed
an unforgivable crime.
**[15:00] Civil**
Do you think that not only the
criminal but those close to them
**[15:03] Civil**
should face the world's curses and judgment?
**[15:10] Polka**
This is merely my personal opinion,
**[15:14] Polka**
but I hope that this world
wouldn't do such a thing.
**[15:17] Civil**
Do you? Well, I suppose most people would.
**[15:21] Civil**
But my fellows and I
**[15:24] Civil**
are hounded by a dangerous bunch
over a 100-year-old grudge.
**[15:32] Polka**
That must be trying.
**[15:34] Polka**
Please allow me to assist
you in any way I can.
**[15:40] Civil**
*Trying*?
**[15:43] Civil**
Au contraire, my good fortune teller.
**[15:45] Civil**
I want to meet those masses of
irrationality as soon as possible.
**[15:50] Polka**
What?
**[15:51] Civil**
Just think about it.
**[15:53] Civil**
When someone hits, resents, despises,
or even wants to kill you,
**[16:02] Civil**
the more absurd their reasons, the better.
**[16:06] Polka**
What do you mean?
**[16:08] Civil**
We've done nothing wrong,
**[16:10] Civil**
so we can crush the bugs
with a clear conscience
**[16:15] Civil**
and without remorse.
**[16:19] Polka**
Doesn't that
**[16:21] Polka**
amount to doing the same thing they are?
**[16:25] Civil**
Yes, so it comes down to the order.
**[16:29] Civil**
Someone in my camp committed a crime.
***SIGN*** Crime
**[16:32] Civil**
Revenge against that criminal is justifiable.
***SIGN*** Revenge
***SIGN*** Crime
***SIGN*** Revenge
**[16:36] Civil**
But if the avengers hate me and
mine just for having ties to them,
**[16:43] Civil**
that constitutes a new attack.
**[16:46] Civil**
So aren't we justified even if we
target the people close to *them*?
**[16:52] Polka**
*He's... different!*
**[16:54] Civil**
As long as we evade the eyes of the law,
we can inflict any violence or indignity.
**[17:01] Civil**
Don't you think that's delightful?
**[17:05] Polka**
*He isn't like those children.*
**[17:09] Polka**
* Those innocent children who were*
* murdered just for being with me.*
**[17:17] Polka**
Let me ask you one question.
**[17:19] Polka**
Do you truly believe every
word you've just said?
**[17:24] Civil**
I wonder.
**[17:25] Civil**
Why don't you divine the answer?
**[17:29] Polka**
Yes, I'll do just that.
**[17:46] Arahabaki**
What's up, Lulu?
**[17:49] Female Client A**
Huh? I suddenly don't feel so...
**[17:51] Misaki**
Huh? What?
**[17:52] Female Client B**
I... I'm sorry. I'd like to cancel today.
**[17:53] Male Client**
I'd better go.
**[17:55] Misaki**
Huh?
**[17:55] Misaki**
Huh?
**[18:00] Polka**
*I thought so.*
**[18:01] Polka**
*He hasn't noticed what I'm doing.*
**[18:03] Polka**
* So at least he doesn't have the*
* Evil Eye to see ghosts and spirits.*
**[18:09] Polka**
*Going forward,*
**[18:14] Polka**
*I'll touch his soul directly and rattle him.*
**[18:19] Polka**
Please allow yourself
to move with this space.
**[18:22] Polka**
Calm your mind.
**[18:30] Polka**
*Are these shades*
**[18:32] Polka**
*trying to shield him?*
**[18:44] Civil**
*I've never felt anything like this.*
**[18:47] Civil**
*A burst of mana inside my body.*
**[18:50] Civil**
*What just happened to me?*
**[18:52] Civil**
*Don't tell me*
**[18:53] Civil**
*this boy is a visitor from another world?*
**[18:59] Polka**
*How is his mana so dense?!*
**[19:02] Polka**
*It's on par with an imperial court sorcerer!*
**[19:05] Polka**
*Is he really a human from this world?!*
**[19:10] Civil**
* But I've already verified that Polka*
* Shinoyama is a native of this world.*
**[19:16] Civil**
* Is he a double? Is he something*
* from beyond the sky?*
**[19:20] Civil**
*Or is someone controlling him?*
**[19:24] Civil**
*Fascinating.*
**[19:26] Civil**
What a strange sensation.
**[19:28] Civil**
Did you just do something to me,
by any chance?
**[19:32] Polka**
Who can say? You may have felt a
dormant fate awaken within you.
**[19:39] Polka**
Please allow me to probe your
soul a little more deeply.
**[19:44] Polka**
* Avoiding conflict now would be smarter,*
* but I want just a little more.*
**[19:49] Civil**
Oh? I can't wait to see what comes out.
**[19:53] Civil**
I'd love to know what's
hiding inside me, too.
**[19:59] Polka**
You may be happier not knowing
**[20:02] Polka**
the "real" you.
**[20:04] Lulu**
Civil-sama!
**[20:07] Lulu**
I received guidance!
**[20:08] Lulu**
We're not safe here!
**[20:10] Polka**
*Who is this girl?*
**[20:13] Polka**
*That's a high-ranking stone elemental.*
**[20:16] Leuf**
Is this the child? The one
who was sold off young?
***SIGN*** Byadian Imperial Chancellor
Leuf Vellize
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 260 0 260 70 0 70
**[20:21] (Flashback) Izliz**
His people should always have
been able to see spirits,
**[20:25] (Flashback) Izliz**
but Evil Eyes were still too much for them.
**[20:29] (Flashback) Izliz**
You can only *hear* the spirits,
can't you, my lady chancellor?
**[20:35] (Flashback) Leuf**
The Evil Eye is hearing as much as sight.
**[20:39] (Flashback) Leuf**
You must suffer worse than
we who can do only one.
**[20:44] (Flashback) Leuf**
But live strong.
**[20:47] (Flashback) Leuf**
Shades and elementals are our
neighbors, always by our sides.
**[20:55] Polka**
*I see.*
**[20:56] Civil**
Can't you do something?
It was just getting good.
**[20:59] Lulu**
But the guidance...
**[21:01] Arahabaki**
Give it up, Boss! You can't
argue with Lulu's ears.
**[21:05] Polka**
*And the color of that woman's soul, too...*
**[21:08] Arahabaki**
Plus, the Bugs might come torch this place.
**[21:12] Polka**
* "Bugs"? Are they involved*
* with the Fire-Breathing Bug?*
**[21:16] Polka**
*No, more importantly,*
**[21:17] Polka**
*one could have been coincidence,*
**[21:20] Polka**
* but here are three people*
* deeply mixed up in my world.*
**[21:25] Polka**
*This must be fate.*
**[21:27] Polka**
*These children came to see me*
**[21:30] Polka**
*as previous visitors to this world!*
**[21:33] Polka**
* I used ghosts to chase off*
* my clients, but what now?*
**[21:38] Polka**
*Should I have them stay?*
**[21:39] Arahabaki**
Come on! Move it!
**[21:41] Civil**
Sorry, my good fortune teller.
**[21:43] Civil**
I'll pay you another visit.
**[21:45] Civil**
Next time, as a friend.
**[21:52] Lulu**
Soara-san!
**[21:59] Taipei**
You must be the attacker who's
been scurrying around lately.
# E21 - The Spirit
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U24Q7W/the-spirit)
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**[01:31] Kochou**
*Ugh. The Chief Editor says he's busy.*
**[01:34] Kochou**
*How am I going to do my report today?*
**[01:37] Kochou**
Oh! Hey, you there! Mister!
**[01:40] Kochou**
You were just looking at
that building, weren't you?
**[01:43] Kochou**
Are you curious about the Phantom Solitaire?
**[01:45] Kochou**
Or maybe the mysterious young fortune teller?
**[01:49] Taipei**
What?
**[01:51] Takeru**
I see. So a tabloid reporter
is investigating Polka.
**[01:55] Takeru**
We may be able to learn something from her.
**[01:57] Takeru**
Play along, but don't let her dig too deep.
**[02:02] Taipei**
All right. I got permission.
**[02:04] Kochou**
Yes! Thanks so much!
**[02:06] Kochou**
Okay, let's get started!
**[02:12] Kochou**
Huh? It's kind of chilly.
**[02:14] Taipei**
What?
**[02:16] Taipei**
I sense deep, dark death.
**[02:18] Taipei**
Like I'm facing a cage of fierce beasts.
No, a completed ting-hu.
**[02:26] Taipei**
They're close.
**[02:30] Kochou**
Huh?
**[02:34] Kochou**
*I really want to leave for some reason,*
**[02:37] Kochou**
*but here goes nothing!*
**[02:39] Misaki**
Are you looking for Polka-kun?
Or maybe Xiaoyu-kun?
**[02:43] Misaki**
You can't see them now, though.
They're on the clock!
**[02:48] Kochou**
Um... Sakimiya-san, is that you?
**[02:51] Misaki**
Huh? Kochou-chan?!
**[02:52] Kochou**
Do you know this man, then?
**[02:55] Kochou**
And I'm getting crazy chills for some reason.
**[02:58] Misaki**
Hmm. That might not be quite normal.
**[03:04] Lulu**
Soara-san!
**[03:07] Taipei**
You must be the attacker who's
been scurrying around lately.
**[03:12] Civil**
Well now.
**[03:14] Kochou**
*What is he thinking?!*
**[03:19] Civil**
Would you like a hand, Arahabaki?
**[03:21] Arahabaki**
Sounds like you're in a great mood, Boss,
**[03:24] Arahabaki**
but I'll clean up my own mess.
**[03:28] Civil**
Really?
**[03:29] Arahabaki**
I thought for sure no one spotted me
taking out the guys around this building,
**[03:34] Arahabaki**
but I guess this must be their boss.
**[03:38] Bao**
Taipei has encountered the phone thief.
**[03:41] Bao**
Round one.
**[03:42] Takeru**
What? Are you certain?
**[03:45] Bao**
Heilei soldiers wear clothes
dipped in a special perfume.
**[03:50] Bao**
The smell would stick to anyone who
got close enough to choke them,
**[03:54] Bao**
and not even daily baths would wash it off.
**[03:57] Bao**
Taipei's nose can track it for ten days.
**[04:01] Takeru**
*And why did he attack in this situation?*
**[04:03] Bao**
To eliminate new threats near Miss Sayo.
**[04:06] Bao**
That's his excuse, at least.
**[04:09] Bao**
There are animals more rational than Taipei.
**[04:11] Bao**
He just wants to fight someone strong.
**[04:21] Takumi**
Whoa! What the hell?!
**[04:23] Sayo**
What's that noise?
**[04:24] Xiaoyu**
Miss! Please stay in your room! It's not safe!
**[04:27] Xiaoyu**
*Crap! What the hell is Taipei doing?!*
**[04:33] Polka**
*I led the clients outside*
**[04:35] Polka**
*and I* think *Takumi will be safe
as long as he stays in his room...*
**[04:41] Misaki**
Want me to take a side?
**[04:43] Polka**
For now, take the reporter outside.
**[04:45] Misaki**
Sure thing!
**[04:47] Civil**
*This situation doesn't faze her.*
**[04:49] Civil**
*Is that girl another Shinoyama bodyguard?*
**[04:52] Civil**
* Between her and this fellow,*
* the Shinoyamas have good pawns.*
**[05:03] Lulu**
Civil-sama?
**[05:05] Civil**
Lulu.
**[05:06] Lulu**
Y-Yes?
**[05:09] Misaki**
Hey, come on. It's not safe here.
**[05:12] Kochou**
*I can't pass up a scoop this good!*
**[05:14] Kochou**
*I need at least one shot!*
**[05:23] Polka**
*The way he used magic just now...*
**[05:28] Polka**
*Sabaramond-san?!*
**[05:32] (Flashback) Izliz**
Look well.
**[05:34] (Flashback) Izliz**
People with no talent
for talking with spirits
**[05:38] (Flashback) Izliz**
use this sly trick to force mana from them.
**[05:42] (Flashback) Izliz**
He steals the elementals'
mana to fill his own vessel.
**[05:46] (Flashback) Izliz**
But his body will contort and burst if
it can't withstand his ill-gotten gains.
**[05:53] (Flashback) Izliz**
Hmph.
**[05:54] (Flashback) Izliz**
I'd expect as much from the Elemental Eater,
**[05:56] (Flashback) Izliz**
Arius Sabaramond,
ranked first among court sorcerers.
**[06:04] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
You make me sound so sordid, Izliz.
**[06:07] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
I don't eat them.
**[06:10] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
I merely borrow power circulating
through the world for a bit.
**[06:14] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
I envy you, Corpse God.
**[06:19] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
You have the love of numerous spirits
and even a misanthropic witch.
**[06:25] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
You should give some love of your own,
**[06:28] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
to many people and numerous skies.
**[06:31] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
Love is the miracle that conquers all.
**[06:36] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
Mastering love is beyond me,
**[06:38] (Flashback) Sabaramond**
so all I can do is pine for the world.
***SIGN*** Byadian Imperial Court Sorcerer,
First Rank
Arius Sabaramond
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 210 0 210 120 0 120
**[06:44] Civil**
Now, shall we go?
**[06:47] Civil**
I included compensation for any trouble.
**[06:51] Polka**
I can't accept this.
**[06:52] Polka**
It's—
**[06:56] Arahabaki**
Damn. I got careless.
**[06:58] Arahabaki**
That hit from you should've wrecked
a few of his organs, Boss.
**[07:03] Civil**
Still, you could have dodged it.
**[07:05] Arahabaki**
I *am* supposed to be your bodyguard.
**[07:09] Taipei**
What?
**[07:10] Polka**
*Did she...*
**[07:12] Polka**
* undergo the same treatment*
* as the empire's assassins?*
**[07:15] Civil**
I shouldn't have let you see that,
but you seem awfully calm, considering.
**[07:19] Polka**
* Oh, right! I'm still using a*
* spell to keep my face composed!*
**[07:26] Polka**
I peer into the fates of others.
This is nothing unusual for me.
**[07:31] Civil**
Hmm... I see.
**[07:33] Civil**
Mikoto evidently has a good eye.
**[07:36] Civil**
Well, we won't keep imposing on you.
**[07:39] Civil**
Not here, at least.
**[07:41] Civil**
Arahabaki, look after Lulu.
**[07:43] Arahabaki**
On it.
**[07:44] Lulu**
O-Okay.
**[07:45] Polka**
Huh?!
**[07:50] Takumi**
Is it over?
**[07:51] Polka**
Somehow.
**[07:54] Taipei**
*I've never felt an attack like that.*
**[07:57] Taipei**
*What did he do to me?*
**[08:01] Takumi**
Who *was* that client?
**[08:04] Polka**
He must be a Bastard Child of Sabaramond,
**[08:07] Polka**
part of the group the
Fire-Breathing Bug mentioned.
**[08:11] Takumi**
How can you be so sure?
**[08:13] Polka**
His looks like someone I know,
but he isn't him.
**[08:18] Polka**
His soul is a different hue,
and he's younger.
**[08:22] Polka**
But the way he used magic
**[08:25] Polka**
was too similar for him not to be connected.
**[08:28] Takumi**
To who?
**[08:29] Polka**
To the head of the court sorcerers,
Arius Sabaramond-san.
**[08:37] Polka**
Huh?
**[08:40] Arahabaki**
Man. Why'd you have to butt in?
**[08:43] Arahabaki**
You should've left it to me.
**[08:45] Civil**
Sorry for poaching your prey.
**[08:47] Arahabaki**
I was just getting warmed up, y'know?
**[08:51] Civil**
I'm so sorry.
**[08:53] Civil**
I just thought that I might not
need to hide my power anymore.
**[08:57] Civil**
Look here.
**[08:58] Arahabaki**
Yeah? What about your passport?
**[09:01] Civil**
I entered the country under my full name.
**[09:06] Civil**
So it's written right there.
**[09:08] Civil**
My surname—the name someone
started using for the organization.
**[09:13] Civil**
Sabaramond.
**[09:16] Civil**
So the organization's old-timers
will panic when they find this.
**[09:21] Higuro**
Hi there, everybody!
**[09:22] Higuro**
Ever heard of the
"Bastard Children of Sabaramond"?
**[09:26] Higuro**
They're the bad guys who infiltrated the
police and shot at the Phantom Solitaire!
**[09:33] Higuro**
And, if you can believe it,
**[09:35] Higuro**
the Fire-Breathing Bug's been
burning their buddies!
**[09:39] Higuro**
If you know the truth, leave a comment
on this channel, Solitaire TV!
**[09:45] Ryouma**
Yeah, I'm sure of it.
***SIGN*** Idol
Ryouma Kannagi
On the set of the latest Sharkborg movie, *The Shark Six*
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 210 0 210 110 0 110
**[09:48] Ryouma**
This is a video from one of my concerts,
**[09:51] Ryouma**
only the face and voice are someone else's.
**[09:53] Ryouma**
What a mystery!
**[09:55] Director**
It's one of those so-called deepfakes.
**[09:57] Director**
They swapped out the face and voice with CGI.
**[10:01] Ryouma**
I wonder who he is, though. Solitaire's son?
**[10:05] Ryouma**
And what's "Sabaramond"?
***SIGN*** Trend
***SIGN*** Sabaramond
***SIGN*** Posts
**[10:07] Director**
Oh, it's already trending.
**[10:10] Arahabaki**
I get it now.
**[10:11] Arahabaki**
The geezers at HQ must be throwing a fit.
**[10:15] Civil**
Right? And I wrote my name at
immigration, so they'll tie it to me.
**[10:20] Arahabaki**
Anyway, are you sure about giving
the fortune teller that jewelry?
**[10:25] Civil**
Oh, that's fine.
**[10:27] Civil**
He might consider it a
bad deal by now, though.
**[10:31] Polka**
He's really gone!
**[10:33] Takumi**
Huh? What's up?
**[10:35] Polka**
I can still sense the soul threads,
**[10:38] Polka**
but he's definitely been kidnapped!
**[10:46] Takeru**
I see you took a beating.
**[10:48] Taipei**
Forgive me, sir.
**[10:50] Takeru**
No, I don't mind.
**[10:51] Takeru**
We know what our enemies look like.
**[10:54] Takeru**
Now it's our turn to hunt them down.
**[10:57] Lulu**
Um... Was that really wise?
**[11:00] Lulu**
Taking that thing?
**[11:01] Civil**
Well, that jewelry was
partly compensation for it.
**[11:05] Civil**
And if they come to take it back,
that should be fun in its own way.
**[11:09] Civil**
Right?
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 210 0 210 70 0 70
**[11:10] [SONG] Text**
Too shocked to move
***SIGN*** A Frozen Shark
**[11:12] Arahabaki**
What're you talking to a plushie for?
**[11:15] Civil**
A visitor from the homeland may
be listening to us through it.
**[11:21] Arahabaki**
Huh?
**[11:22] Civil**
I asked Lulu who her elemental
took the most interest in.
**[11:27] Lulu**
The great spirit took
no notice of the humans.
**[11:32] Lulu**
It was calling out to this
stuffed animal the entire time.
**[11:36] Civil**
The elemental's guidance is always abstract,
but it's never once been pointless.
**[11:44] Civil**
Polka Shinoyama is likely under the
influence of a visitor from the homeland.
**[11:48] Civil**
A sorcerer from another world.
***SIGN*** That's right.
**[11:54] Civil**
Yet the elemental focused on this plushie,
so it might be a catalyst.
**[12:00] Lulu**
A catalyst, sir?
**[12:02] Civil**
He put so much effort into
his fortune-teller get-up,
**[12:06] Civil**
but he always carried this shark.
Strange, no?
**[12:09] Civil**
So maybe the visitor was using this
to give Polka Shinoyama orders.
**[12:16] Civil**
I won't *know* until I examine
the plushie thoroughly,
**[12:19] Civil**
but it's almost certainly a key link
between the sorcerer and Polka Shinoyama.
***SIGN*** It's funny.
***SIGN*** He's so close
and yet so far.
**[12:27] Civil**
So I need to investigate it
**[12:30] Civil**
and protect it, as well.
**[12:33] Lulu**
Why protect it?
**[12:34] Civil**
If this shark really will connect
us to the other side of the sky,
**[12:39] Civil**
then the bugs might try
to burn it first thing.
**[12:44] Takumi**
Why'd they take him?!
**[12:47] Polka**
I don't know.
**[12:48] Polka**
They didn't *seem* to realize
that was the real Polka.
**[12:53] Polka**
I can sense his location,
so I set a watch on him for now.
**[12:57] Polka**
*I need to find some way to rescue him.*
**[13:02] Taipei**
May I have a moment, Master Polka?
**[13:07] Kochou**
And me, too! Excuse me!
**[13:09] Polka**
Kochou-san?
**[13:10] Kochou**
I'm so sorry!
**[13:12] Kochou**
I thought I was bringing a funky guy along!
**[13:15] Taipei**
Funky?
**[13:17] Polka**
So you brought him here, Kochou-san?
**[13:21] Polka**
Why did you attack that person earlier?
**[13:24] Taipei**
A minor issue. Please, pay it no mind.
**[13:27] Kochou**
Are you kidding?!
Who even were those people?!
**[13:30] Taipei**
Master Polka, I hope that you
will divine that for me, as well.
***SIGN*** Fortunes Told
***SIGN*** Reception desk opens at 10:00 a.m.
Please fill out the questionnaire you receive
with your name, date of birth, etc.
We use personal information only for
fortune-telling and destroy records after.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 260 0 230 200 0 150
***SIGN*** Takeru
Shinoyama-sama
**[13:38] Takeru**
*Polka? It's me.*
**[13:40] Polka**
Takeru-san.
**[13:42] Kochou**
*Takeru?! Of Shinoyama Security?!*
**[13:44] Takeru**
*I heard the details.*
***SIGN*** Takeru Shinoyama-sama
**[13:47] Takeru**
* Those people are dangerous.*
* They've attacked our employees before.*
**[13:51] Takeru**
* Taipei initiated combat so suddenly*
* because he couldn't risk your safety.*
**[13:57] Takeru**
*Of course, his fears proved unfounded.*
**[13:59] Polka**
I see. I sincerely appreciate your concern.
**[14:04] Takeru**
* Now, I'd like to call on your*
* fortune-telling to identify them.*
**[14:11] Polka**
I understand.
**[14:13] Polka**
Finding missing persons isn't my specialty,
**[14:16] Polka**
but I'll see if I receive any guidance.
**[14:18] Takeru**
*Oh, but one other thing first.*
**[14:20] Takeru**
*Solitaire uploaded a bizarre video.*
**[14:23] Polka**
Huh?
**[14:24] Higuro**
* If you know the truth, leave a comment*
* on this channel, Solitaire TV!*
**[14:31] Solitaire**
What do you think? Well-made, isn't it?
**[14:34] Higuro**
Why did you make it look like this?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[14:36] Solitaire**
If you *are* close to the Whatever of
Sabaramond, it should give them a shock.
**[14:42] Higuro**
I'll bet. And what else?
**[14:44] Solitaire**
Hmm?
**[14:45] Solitaire**
Do you mean to say you need another reason?
**[14:51] Higuro**
What's wrong with this guy?!
**[14:53] Solitaire**
Oh! I feel like I've finally
glimpsed your inner humanity.
**[14:58] Higuro**
I haven't yelled like that since preschool.
**[15:02] Solitaire**
Y-You don't say.
**[15:04] Solitaire**
*Whoa! He got over that quick!*
**[15:06] Higuro**
Now, even if I make it out of here alive,
**[15:09] Higuro**
I'll have to get plastic
surgery and run for it.
**[15:13] Solitaire**
So you admit that you're a
Whatchamacallit of Sabaramond?!
**[15:17] Higuro**
One of them? I wouldn't be
so sure they see it that way.
**[15:21] Higuro**
I'm just an errand boy.
**[15:24] Higuro**
Fire-Breathing Bug.
**[15:25] Higuro**
Why have you guys been burning
Sabaramond affiliates for 100 years?
**[15:31] Higuro**
They didn't even tell me that much.
**[15:33] Higuro**
*Hi there, everybody!*
**[15:34] Higuro**
* Ever heard of the*
* "Bastard Children of Sabaramond"?*
**[15:37] Majiri**
It's been smoldering for a century,
but this activity is still so sudden.
**[15:43] Majiri**
Those little dears must have finally realized
**[15:46] Majiri**
the best revenge is roundabout,
by pulling someone down from behind.
**[15:51] Majiri**
I think I'll act, too, then. Let's dance off...
**[15:55] Majiri**
To fetch the little assassin and
our new sister, Misaki-chan.
**[16:01] Solitaire**
You've been burning them for a century?
**[16:04] Solitaire**
Why, then, you must be over 100 years ol—
**[16:08] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
No.
**[16:09] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
We are no longer anywhere.
**[16:14] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Therefore, we are
**[16:17] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
mistakes.
**[16:18] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Impurities.
**[16:19] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Those who should not be.
**[16:22] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Bugs.
**[16:23] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Bugs.
**[16:24] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Nonexistent scorch marks.
**[16:27] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
The same as them. The Bastard Children.
**[16:31] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Merely bugs seared into this world.
**[16:38] Iwanome**
The Fire-Breathing Bug has been
active for over 100 years.
**[16:42] Iwanome**
So we should be investigating why they're
hostile to this "Sabaramond" group.
***SIGN*** is eating away from the top.
Don't trust anyone.
There's another garage on
the west side of that place.
The signpost is inside.
The key is behind the mirror of I-383.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 400 0 400 300 0 350
**[16:48] Iwanome**
But...
**[16:51] Kayakusa**
Sir, I may have found the case.
**[16:55] Iwanome**
Oh! Nice going, Kayakusa!
**[16:57] Iwanome**
If the Fire-Breathing Bug doesn't
just use fire because they enjoy it,
**[17:03] Iwanome**
then I figured the cause of their
revenge might involve fire.
**[17:08] Iwanome**
And we might have hit the jackpot.
**[17:10] Yatsu**
What's this? A fire in
Shinjuku 100 years ago?
**[17:15] Yatsu**
The corpses of 16 men and women found
in what looked like adjoining cells?
**[17:21] Iwanome**
And half of them seemed like little kids, huh?
**[17:25] Iwanome**
Makes me sick.
**[17:27] Tozawa**
It's strange.
**[17:29] Tozawa**
I'd think I would have heard of such
a devastating fire at least once.
**[17:35] Iwanome**
True.
**[17:37] Iwanome**
We have this police file,
but did the media cover it?
**[17:41] Iwanome**
Check newspapers and tabloids from back then.
**[17:44] Kayakusa**
Yes, sir.
**[17:45] Iwanome**
Arase and me will follow Higuro's—
**[17:48] Iwanome**
What's up?
***SIGN*** GRIN
***SIGN*** GRR
**[17:54] Iwanome**
No, seriously! What?!
**[17:58] Arase**
Nothing. Excuse me.
**[17:59] Arase**
My emotions just got in a car crash.
**[18:03] Iwanome; Yatsu; Kayakusa; Aikawa**
You, Arase?
**[18:04] Arase**
It looks like we've found a link
**[18:07] Arase**
between Solitaire and that organization.
**[18:11] Takumi**
My emotions kind of crashed,
and they'll take a while to reboot.
**[18:16] Polka**
*Who is this person?*
**[18:18] Polka**
* I knew that Solitaire was*
* looking for Sabaramond, too.*
**[18:22] Polka**
*Has he not met those three yet?*
**[18:26] Polka**
* And won't publicizing the name*
* "Sabaramond" just make it harder*
**[18:30] Polka**
*to tell if people using it are legitimate?*
**[18:34] Polka**
*What's his plan?*
***SIGN*** Nothing
**[18:39] Polka**
Anyway, I'll need to prepare
for the fortune telling,
**[18:44] Polka**
so would you be willing to come back
in the evening, three days from now?
**[18:51] Takeru**
* Does he need to investigate*
* before he informs me about them?*
**[18:56] Takeru**
* If he plans to strike a secret*
* deal with that foreigner,*
**[19:01] Takeru**
*is it about his mother, Kanon-sama?*
**[19:06] Takeru**
* Taipei is having his fortune*
* told for a story, I believe.*
**[19:10] Takeru**
* If the reporter gives her*
* approval, I won't object.*
**[19:13] Kochou**
Huh?!
**[19:14] Kochou**
*You're dumping this on me?!*
**[19:16] Kochou**
*But this might work out.*
**[19:18] Kochou**
*Solitaire, the "Sabaramond" organization...*
**[19:21] Kochou**
* It all ties back to this building,*
* or maybe to the Shinoyama family!*
**[19:25] Kochou**
*I want time to investigate!*
**[19:27] Kochou**
I don't mind either.
**[19:30] Kochou**
How about 6:00 p.m., three days from now?
**[19:32] Polka**
All right. I'll see you then.
**[19:35] Takeru**
* If we're agreed, then this*
* is where I leave you.*
**[19:38] Takeru**
*Bye, Polka.*
**[19:39] Polka**
Oh, sure.
**[19:41] Takeru**
* Taipei, return and have*
* your injuries examined.*
**[19:45] Taipei**
Yes, sir.
**[19:51] Takeru**
Bao, monitor Polka's activities
for the next three days.
**[19:55] Bao**
*Got it.*
**[19:57] Takeru**
We'll leave Sayo to her bodyguard, so...
**[20:00] Takeru**
Yomogi.
**[20:01] Yomogi**
Sir.
**[20:02] Takeru**
Investigate that trio.
**[20:04] Takeru**
Don't engage; just find
out what they're doing.
**[20:07] Yomogi**
Understood.
**[20:08] Takeru**
Even if we get Polka to talk,
**[20:10] Takeru**
it's vital that we learn
their motives, as well.
**[20:16] Takeru**
Depending on what we find,
**[20:17] Takeru**
we may be able to make use of them.
**[20:22] Civil**
First an abrupt summons, now a rude welcome.
**[20:26] Civil**
If you want my opinion on that silly video,
I already emailed it to you.
**[20:30] Leader**
The elders have summoned you.
**[20:33] Leader**
Civil-sama, you are to leave the
country and enter hiding immediately.
**[20:37] Civil**
And if I refuse?
**[20:40] Leader**
Since Habaki-dono disappeared,
we answer to the elders.
**[20:45] Civil**
Oh? You would use force?
**[20:48] Leader**
We don't believe that we could
defeat you or Arahabaki-sama,
**[20:51] Leader**
but wouldn't you like to avoid a
stray bullet hitting your attendant?
**[20:56] Lulu**
Um, you really shouldn't! It's not safe!
**[21:03] Civil**
You must be fools to point weapons at Lulu.
**[21:08] Leader**
I-Is this more of your power, Civil-sama?!
**[21:11] Civil**
What? You mean you don't know?
**[21:15] Misaki**
What?!
**[21:16] Misaki**
You mean we can't go rescue the
real Polka-kun right away?!
**[21:20] Polka**
Yes. They'll turn the tables
on us if we aren't careful.
**[21:24] Polka**
Especially that small girl next to him.
**[21:28] Polka**
She's possessed by an elemental.
**[21:30] Polka**
That single spirit might be
capable of leveling this city.
**[21:38] Civil**
The elders are so cruel.
**[21:41] Civil**
I know it's our trump card,
**[21:43] Civil**
but how could they hide the
elemental from their own men?
**[21:49] Lulu**
No! Don't kill those people!
**[21:52] Lulu**
No!
**[21:53] Lulu**
Great spirit!
# E22 - The Karma
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUND1QW/the-karma)
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**[00:04] Civil**
Don't let it bother you, Lulu.
**[00:06] Civil**
I doubt anyone died.
**[00:08] Civil**
Your pleading with the elemental paid off.
**[00:12] Lulu**
But...
**[00:14] Civil**
No innocents got involved and the
security cameras were destroyed.
**[00:19] Civil**
The elders don't take chances
with that sort of thing.
**[00:22] Arahabaki**
I knew our group wasn't all one happy family,
**[00:25] Arahabaki**
but where do they get off,
trying to shut us down so openly?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[00:31] Civil**
They're afraid of the Bug.
**[00:33] Civil**
They fled this country and built
a remote base in Eastern Europe,
**[00:38] Civil**
so they don't want me leaking information
that could get them burned, too.
**[00:43] Civil**
I do have a stake in this, though,
so I think I'll burn before I get burned.
**[00:47] Arahabaki**
Huh?
**[00:48] Civil**
There's a Japanese saying:
"summer bugs fly to flame."
**[00:53] Civil**
And I'd say I'm the best
bait to draw out this bug.
**[00:57] Civil**
I'll advertise my presence and
gather them all in this city.
**[01:01] Civil**
Doesn't crushing them in one fell
swoop sound like a plan to you?
**[02:39] Higuro**
Can I ask you something?
**[02:41] Solitaire**
Yes?
**[02:43] Higuro**
Why did you visit that
fortune teller's building?
**[02:47] Higuro**
Was that giant swarm of hands
one of your magic tricks?
**[02:51] Solitaire**
Why do you want to know?
**[02:53] Higuro**
Because you may have
already reached your goal.
**[02:58] Higuro**
The thing my employers spent
a century searching for.
**[03:02] Solitaire**
You have my attention.
**[03:04] Higuro**
You're already involved.
In fact, this all revolves around you.
**[03:10] Higuro**
You may lose your own head
instead of a dummy's next time.
**[03:19] Momoya**
N-No! I can't take it!
**[03:22] Kana**
Shut up.
**[03:23] Momoya**
Sorry, sorry.
**[03:24] Momoya**
It's just too, too much!
**[03:28] Momoya**
I feel so sorry for the guy,
I might let him ditching me slide.
**[03:32] Momoya**
Still, I envy Higuro-san.
**[03:34] Momoya**
This means he made friends
with Solitaire, right?
**[03:37] Momoya**
Do you think he could get me an autograph?
**[03:40] Momoya**
If only Majiri-neesan could get
along with those kids this well.
**[03:46] Majiri**
That must be the building.
**[03:49] Majiri**
I wonder if the little assassin is in.
**[03:53] Majiri**
Do you know?
**[03:58] Majiri**
Heilei, I presume?
**[04:01] Majiri**
Wonderful. I've been hoping
to pay my respects.
**[04:05] Majiri**
You see, that boy, Xiaoyu-kun,
is going to be my little brother.
**[04:10] Majiri**
So we'll be relatives from now on.
***SIGN*** Found found found found found found found
found Agakura Agakura Agakura Agakura
Agakura Agakura thief thief thief
**[04:16] Majiri**
Mind your manners.
**[04:19] Majiri**
Calling for backup won't—
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 300 0 300 150 0 150
***SIGN*** This evil, vile, despicable fiend took your
arms and legs and pride, my dear, precious
darling, and now she's trying to take you
from me. Don't worry. I'll kill kill kill kill
KILL kill kill kill kill kill kill her, so you
can relax. Big Sis will get back absolutely
everything—your limbs and your heart. I'll
get it all back, so...
**[04:25] Bao**
A word of warning.
**[04:27] Majiri**
I see. You're...
***SIGN*** Heilei Officer: Bao
***SIGN*** Real Name: Yanmei Lei
**[04:30] Bao**
I'm the only big sister Xiaoyu needs.
**[04:35] Man**
The Heilei don't need an incompetent
who lost to an Agakura girl!
**[04:41] Man**
I'll dispose of him myself if you—
**[04:47] Head**
How fierce, even for a daughter of mine.
**[04:52] Head**
She even tried to kill *me* when I
announced I'd make Xiaoyu a ting-hu.
**[05:00] Bao**
Don't insult Xiaoyu—my brother.
**[05:06] Majiri**
So, you want revenge for
the dear little assassin?
**[05:11] Bao**
Not quite.
**[05:12] Majiri**
No?
**[05:14] Bao**
You're right that Xiaoyu is a dear.
**[05:17] Majiri**
Yes! Isn't he just?!
**[05:21] Bao**
I hate you for hurting my brother,
but I'm also grateful.
**[05:26] Majiri**
Grateful? Really?
**[05:28] Bao**
Losing his limbs is what let
him escape our cursed family.
**[05:34] Majiri**
I'm surprised.
**[05:39] Majiri**
I thought the Heilei obsessed
over their lineage.
**[05:45] Bao**
I'm not interested in old-fashioned values,
**[05:48] Bao**
but if you intend to take
my brother from me, then die.
**[05:55] Xiaoyu**
Can you really make magic from this?
**[05:58] Polka**
Yes. It should let us recharge your arm, too.
**[06:02] Xiaoyu**
Jewels as fuel?
**[06:04] Xiaoyu**
No wonder Miss Sayo wanted
all those junk stones.
**[06:08] Xiaoyu**
If raw stones work, you can
buy them cheaper and in bulk.
**[06:11] Polka**
Clearer and larger stones contain more mana.
**[06:17] Polka**
Then there's the problem of money.
**[06:20] Polka**
I'd like to gather resources to
recover the real Polka-kun,
**[06:25] Polka**
but I can't exactly ask Rozan-san for help.
**[06:30] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
It's my fault.
**[06:33] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
I'm the only guard who knew
that plushie is the real Polka.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Polka**
That's not true.
**[06:40] (Flashback) Polka**
But anyway, we'd better
report this to Rozan-san.
**[06:44] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
His Lordship?
**[06:46] (Flashback) Sayo**
No can do.
**[06:48] (Flashback) Polka**
What?
**[06:48] (Flashback) Sayo**
Grandfather should be in the hospital today.
**[06:52] (Flashback) Xiaoyu**
Oh, right. Today is...
**[06:53] (Flashback) Sayo**
His regular check-up.
**[06:55] (Flashback) Sayo**
He's probably fully anesthetized
and in no shape to talk.
**[06:59] Xiaoyu**
*I felt a moment of relief just then.*
**[07:04] Xiaoyu**
*I almost thought that I could rescue Polka*
**[07:06] Xiaoyu**
* and fix my mistake before*
* His Lordship found out.*
**[07:11] Xiaoyu**
I'm the worst.
**[07:13] Polka**
Because you were halfhearted about
protecting the real Polka-kun?
**[07:18] Xiaoyu**
That's none of—
**[07:19] Polka**
—my business? Are you sure,
with the way things are going?
**[07:24] Polka**
You don't have to rush, but you can talk to me.
**[07:30] Xiaoyu**
Something about him...
always got on my nerves.
**[07:34] Xiaoyu**
But I didn't really hate
him until just recently.
**[07:40] Xiaoyu**
He acts without any regard for
His Lordship's feelings.
**[07:43] Xiaoyu**
I take pride in these limbs
that Rozan-sama gave me.
**[07:48] Xiaoyu**
But he's Rozan-sama's own son.
**[07:51] Xiaoyu**
Doesn't his body, his blood
ties, mean anything to him?
**[07:57] Xiaoyu**
I can never have those ties,
no matter how hard I try.
**[08:01] Xiaoyu**
I can't become Rozan-sama's real son.
**[08:04] Xiaoyu**
But... he acts like it's nothing to him.
**[08:09] Xiaoyu**
No. I'm making excuses.
**[08:12] Xiaoyu**
I just envied him. Forget it.
**[08:20] Xiaoyu**
How pathetic.
**[08:24] Polka**
My father... sold me for money.
**[08:29] Polka**
He ended up stabbing me to
death to satisfy his own greed.
**[08:36] Polka**
So I envy bonds with blood family, too,
**[08:40] Polka**
but I can tell you feel just as
strong a bond with Rozan-san.
**[08:49] Polka**
I'm sure that's not one-sided.
**[08:53] Polka**
You may not share blood
but your souls are linked,
**[08:58] Polka**
so you should treasure that tie, too.
**[09:05] Polka**
Losing either kind of connection
will hurt just as much.
**[09:11] Polka**
So this time,
**[09:14] Polka**
I *will* make a world where
we can all live in peace.
**[09:21] Takeru**
Hello.
**[09:22] Takeru**
What is it, Nezu? Have you finished work?
**[09:29] Takeru**
You'll rejoin us in three days?
***SIGN*** Lunch Meeting
Management Strategy
Session
Corporate Planning
Committee
Management Meeting
Private Event
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 120 0 120 130 0 130
**[09:32] Takeru**
Perfect. I have a job for you.
***SIGN*** Two Days To Go
**[09:38] Takumi**
Well, that about sums it up.
**[09:40] Polka**
I'm sorry for asking so much of you.
**[09:43] Takumi**
Don't sweat it.
**[09:45] Takumi**
Supporting your peaceful
life is what I'm here for.
**[09:49] Polka**
Polka-kun's kidnapping
yesterday was hardly peaceful,
**[09:52] Polka**
and neither is the rest of
what I've dragged you into.
**[09:55] Takumi**
All for a peaceful future, though, right?
**[09:59] Takumi**
But anyway,
***SIGN*** Strange happenings beset city!
A challenge from Solitaire?!
Witnesses report a range of bizarre phenomena!
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 600 0 600 120 0 120
**[10:01] Takumi**
this dude seriously never quits.
**[10:04] Takumi**
What is he thinking?
**[10:07] Man**
Huh?
**[10:13] Woman**
What's that?
***SIGN*** Solitaire has arrived
**[10:18] Kayakusa**
What is he after?
**[10:20] Yatsu**
Asking why he does anything
is a waste of time.
***SIGN*** Strange happenings beset city!
A challenge from Solitaire?!
Witnesses report a range of bizarre phenomena!
**[10:23] Tozawa**
But the inspector is currently attached
to HQ's Solitaire task force.
**[10:29] Tozawa**
Surely we need to at least look
like we're prioritizing that case.
**[10:34] Yatsu**
Ugh.
**[10:36] Iwanome**
No.
**[10:37] Iwanome**
That jackass Solitaire didn't do this.
**[10:40] Arase**
A copycat?
**[10:41] Iwanome**
I'm only going on a hunch,
**[10:43] Iwanome**
but just lifting something and dropping
it is nothing new for stage magic.
**[10:48] Iwanome**
Solitaire usually makes his
tricks significant in some way.
**[10:53] Iwanome**
Which begs the question of who's behind this.
**[10:57] Iwanome**
Another troublemaker, like Deus Ex Kinema?
**[11:01] Iwanome**
Or...
**[11:02] Iwanome**
Never mind.
**[11:04] Iwanome**
Either way, we can't stand
around twiddling our thumbs.
**[11:08] Iwanome**
Damn it. We've got all
these cases in Shinjuku.
**[11:12] Iwanome**
What connects them all, and how deeply?
**[11:16] Solitaire**
Good grief. A copycat of *me*?
**[11:20] Solitaire**
I know just who would pull a stunt like this.
**[11:22] Solitaire**
To me, hunting this organization
is an adventure.
**[11:25] Solitaire**
But to you, I see, it's fodder
for a documentary film!
**[11:30] Solitaire**
Isn't it, troublemaker emperor of Ikebukuro,
Deus Ex Kinema-kun?!
**[11:35] Lulu**
U-Um...
**[11:37] Lulu**
I'm so, so sorry.
**[11:39] Lulu**
You have the wrong person.
**[11:40] Solitaire**
*Who's she?!*
**[11:42] Civil**
Pleased to meet you. I'm a fan.
**[11:44] Solitaire**
I see. I suppose I should be relieved
that this wasn't a police trap?
**[11:49] Civil**
That depends on your attitude.
**[11:52] Solitaire**
Meaning you're scarier than the police?
**[11:55] Civil**
Unfortunately, my homeland
doesn't use business cards.
**[12:00] Civil**
Will this serve to identify us instead?
**[12:04] Civil**
The Byadian Imperial Crest.
**[12:06] Civil**
That's the proper name of the
emblem you've been broadcasting.
**[12:13] Polka**
It's hopeless. This will take too long.
**[12:16] Polka**
But... considering the risks,
I can't settle for less.
**[12:19] Misaki**
Hey, is it true you you called
up one of your friends' ghosts?
**[12:24] Polka**
I didn't call him so much
as he showed up uninvited.
**[12:27] Misaki**
So you *did* have friends in your world!
**[12:32] Polka**
I treasure you and Takumi-kun
as friends, too.
**[12:35] Misaki**
Hmm... You've said that before,
**[12:38] Misaki**
but we only just met, you know?
**[12:40] Polka**
My teacher told me that,
to long-lived necromancers like us,
**[12:46] Polka**
bonds with people can't be
measured in time spent together.
**[12:49] Misaki**
Did you make friends with your
buddy from back home this quickly?
**[12:53] Polka**
Let me think.
**[12:54] Polka**
He came on so strong that I didn't
know what to do a lot of the time,
**[12:58] Polka**
but he's my dear friend... and my accomplice.
**[13:01] Misaki**
Why accomplice?
**[13:03] Polka**
Sorry. Maybe I worded that wrong.
**[13:06] Polka**
We got up to a lot of mischief together.
**[13:08] Misaki**
Hmm?
**[13:10] Polka**
Those three who abducted the real Polka-kun
**[13:13] Polka**
have some kind of powerful ties to
the other world, too. I'm sure of it.
**[13:19] Polka**
I don't know if we're
caught in their business,
**[13:22] Polka**
or if I dragged them into ours, but—
**[13:26] Misaki**
I got you and the other Polka-kun
involved in the first place.
**[13:29] Misaki**
I slit Polka-kun's throat,
**[13:33] Misaki**
then I tried to kill you again when you
came back, dragging you into my world.
**[13:38] Polka**
That'sh naht weally—
**[13:40] Misaki**
Everyone, good or bad,
drags others into their lives sometimes.
**[13:46] Misaki**
So when it comes down to it, just drag
everyone into what you think is best.
**[13:53] Misaki**
I *want* to get mixed up
in your business, anyway.
**[13:57] Misaki**
Let's go save the real Polka-kun together.
**[14:02] Polka**
Thank you.
**[14:04] Solitaire**
I see.
**[14:06] Solitaire**
You want to advertise your
relation to this "Sabaramond."
**[14:11] Civil**
Yes, I suppose so.
**[14:13] Civil**
I don't care how.
We could even be guests on your show.
**[14:16] Higuro**
Yay!
**[14:17] Civil**
The three of us could dance, if you like.
**[14:19] Lulu; Arahabaki**
Huh?!
**[14:20] Solitaire**
Suspected space aliens dancing?
You have my attention.
**[14:24] Civil**
Aliens?
**[14:26] Civil**
That aside, I thought you were
seeking supernatural phenomena.
**[14:31] Civil**
Doesn't this situation excite you?
**[14:34] Solitaire**
Not really? Secretly, my heart
is swelling with anticipation,
**[14:38] Solitaire**
but I can't make up my mind.
**[14:40] Civil**
About what?
**[14:42] Solitaire**
A feat like yours
**[14:45] Solitaire**
is easy enough to replicate with tricks.
**[14:49] Civil**
Oh?
**[14:50] Arahabaki**
Wait. Seriously?
**[14:51] Lulu**
Does he have a great spirit, too?!
**[14:55] Iwanome**
So this
**[14:56] Iwanome**
is where that fire broke out 100 years ago.
**[15:00] Iwanome**
Now, does anything here connect
to the Fire-Breathing Bug?
**[15:04] Iwanome**
They've prettied up the exterior,
**[15:07] Iwanome**
but something's off.
**[15:09] Iwanome**
A wealthy Shinjuku dynasty owns this place,
**[15:13] Iwanome**
and apparently they paid a
fortune for it after the fire.
**[15:17] Iwanome**
Their descendants live elsewhere,
but they've never tried to sell the place.
**[15:22] Arase**
But are you sure we should be here?
It has nothing to do with Solitaire.
**[15:27] Iwanome**
No, they've been too
close lately to say that.
**[15:33] Iwanome**
At heart, every troublemaker
only follows their own goals.
**[15:38] Iwanome**
Except for the Grocer, none of them
would ever seek each other out.
**[15:43] Iwanome**
But between this "Sabaramond"
group and that symbol,
**[15:47] Iwanome**
this pair's interests overlap too much.
**[15:50] Arase**
You mean Solitaire and the Fire-Breathing
Bug have already joined forces?
**[15:54] Iwanome**
Yeah, probably. And in earnest.
**[15:59] Solitaire**
As for your request, I'd be delighted.
**[16:03] Solitaire**
But on one condition.
**[16:05] Civil**
That sounds like fun. What condition?
**[16:08] Solitaire**
Well, I insist
**[16:12] Solitaire**
that you somehow manage to survive.
**[16:17] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Never shall we forget the days we've shared,
**[16:31] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
yet 'tis time we go our
separate ways. Goodbye.
**[16:33] Civil**
I didn't expect to see you so soon!
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[16:48] Arahabaki**
Whoa!
**[16:49] Lulu**
Civil-sama!
**[16:50] Solitaire**
Oh, so you burst liquid fuel
in midair and set fire to it.
**[16:56] Solitaire**
* I hope that's not a mix of*
* naphthetic and palmitic acids,*
**[16:59] Solitaire**
* i.e., the fuel for napalm*
* bombs and flamethrowers.*
**[17:03] Solitaire**
* Because if it is, the extreme*
* heat will roast me, too.*
**[17:06] Solitaire**
*It's not, right? Please say it's not.*
**[17:08] Solitaire**
* I believe you have at least some morals,*
* Fire-Breathing Bug-kun.*
**[17:12] Solitaire**
*Oh, I have a bad feeling about this!*
**[17:16] Civil**
Perfect timing.
**[17:17] Civil**
I've been hoping to test this out.
**[17:20] Civil**
Maybe something like... this?
**[17:24] Arahabaki**
Whoa. You've gotta be kidding me.
**[17:27] Civil**
Hmm... Was that right?
**[17:30] Civil**
No, I suppose I need to
follow the proper steps.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[17:41] Civil**
I sympathize with you Bugs!
**[17:45] Civil**
I can guess what you really are!
**[17:50] Civil**
In this country, 100 years ago, my affiliates
**[17:53] Civil**
performed experiments to
give humans special powers!
***SIGN*** PEEK
***SIGN*** PEEK
**[17:57] Civil**
To maintain secrecy, they supposedly
incinerated all 18 test subjects.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[18:02] Civil**
But only 16 bodies were found.
**[18:04] Civil**
I take it some survived?
**[18:07] Civil**
And they multiplied
**[18:09] Civil**
to enact their vengeance on us.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[18:12] Civil**
I don't know how you did it,
whether by science or magic,
**[18:15] Civil**
but you implanted a lust for revenge
in others—ordinary, innocent people.
**[18:22] Civil**
I admire your tenacity.
**[18:24] Civil**
That said,
**[18:27] Civil**
aren't you doing just what our elders
did to the 18 whose lives they took?
**[18:33] Civil**
In terms of sheer numbers,
you're even worse than they were.
**[18:36] Fire-Breathing Bug**
Exactly.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[18:38] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Therefore, we, too, are evil.
**[18:41] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Merely bugs seared into this world.
**[18:46] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Once we have burned you all,
**[18:49] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
we shall vanish from within these people.
**[18:53] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Shall burn away.
**[18:54] Civil**
Good. If you feel that way,
then I feel no personal guilt.
**[18:59] Civil**
Now, let's slug it out!
**[19:02] Civil**
Put our existences on the line!
**[19:05] Fire-Breathing Bug**
A childish taunt.
**[19:08] Civil**
A smoke screen? It won't work.
**[19:16] Solitaire**
A mass disappearing act?!
**[19:18] Arahabaki**
Huh?! Did they run out on us?!
**[19:21] Civil**
I see.
**[19:22] Civil**
It seems revenge hasn't
given them tunnel vision.
**[19:26] Civil**
I suppose they were evaluating
our combat strength just now.
**[19:30] Civil**
Far better than a "summer bug" who
flies into flames without thinking.
***SIGN*** SHOCK
***SIGN*** SHOCK
**[19:35] Solitaire**
Shock.
**[19:36] Arahabaki**
Think this guy knows where they hide out?
**[19:42] Solitaire**
Mademoiselle, even if I did know,
**[19:45] Solitaire**
do I look like I would
sell out a friend so easily?!
**[19:47] Arahabaki**
Yeah.
**[19:48] Civil**
I'd say so.
**[19:49] Lulu**
Yes.
**[19:50] Solitaire**
Well, don't be hasty.
**[19:51] Solitaire**
Allow me to tell you a choice secret instead.
**[19:55] Arahabaki**
Like what?
**[19:56] Solitaire**
The saying "summer bugs fly to flame"
**[19:57] Solitaire**
originates in the Chinese *Book
of Liang*'s "Life of Dao Gai."
**[19:59] Solitaire**
And it's not about tactics or traps.
**[20:01] Solitaire**
You see, an old man jealous of
his more talented grandson—
**[20:01] Arahabaki**
Who cares?!
**[20:03] Civil**
As interesting as that sounds,
I have a different question for you.
**[20:09] Civil**
After you obtained the emblem,
**[20:11] Civil**
why did you visit that building in Shinjuku?
**[20:14] Civil**
Does it have anything to do with the
young fortune teller who lives there?
**[20:18] Solitaire**
Are you certain you don't
have your answer already?
**[20:23] Solitaire**
A bug flying to a flame may be foolish,
**[20:26] Solitaire**
but what if that bug
could withstand the heat?
**[20:30] Arahabaki**
You—
***SIGN*** Better luck
next time
**[20:32] Arahabaki**
Huh?
**[20:33] Solitaire**
And...
**[20:34] Solitaire**
leaping into fire is the only way to
see some worlds. Wouldn't you agree?
**[20:39] Solitaire**
While your powers do interest me,
**[20:41] Solitaire**
I have a busy night ahead.
**[20:44] Solitaire**
Bewitch me with a world free of
tricks and illusions someday!
**[20:48] Solitaire**
For that,
**[20:50] Solitaire**
I'll enter the fire as
many times as it takes.
**[20:56] Civil**
I knew visiting this country was a good idea.
**[21:00] Civil**
It's done a little to quench the
thirst I've felt since I was born.
**[21:04] Arahabaki**
I don't get any of this!
**[21:07] Arahabaki**
Hey, Boss! What was that big-ass
wind-cannon thing, anyway?!
**[21:11] Lulu**
It wasn't like the great
spirit's power, was it?
**[21:15] Civil**
Oh, that. I tried it, and it worked.
**[21:17] Arahabaki**
You can just *do* that?
**[21:20] Civil**
Until now, I've only been able to use
magic to enhance my flesh and nerves.
**[21:25] Civil**
I am a failure, after all.
**[21:28] Civil**
Didn't I tell you before we came here?
About my absurd origins.
**[21:33] Civil**
My body was meant for the copied mind
and memory of a sorcerer from the other side.
**[21:39] Civil**
His name was Arius Sabaramond.
**[21:43] Civil**
But in the end, that "great sorcerer"
never appeared in this world.
**[21:48] Civil**
And yet the organization
continues to cling to his name.
**[21:52] Civil**
"The Bastard Children of
Sabaramond." Oh, the irony.
**[21:57] Civil**
I was a failure, unable to so
much as cast a spell, until—
**[22:02] Civil**
Yes, that was the trigger.
**[22:05] Civil**
I'd never felt my mana tampered
with from the outside before.
**[22:09] Civil**
I wondered if I could do it in
reverse, and lucky for us, it worked.
**[22:14] Arahabaki**
There he goes, bragging about his talent.
**[22:16] Lulu**
Amazing, Civil-sama!
**[22:18] Civil**
Well, I'm just starting out.
**[22:21] Civil**
Once I get the hang of it, I can—
**[22:24] Civil**
Oh, I like you, Soara, Lulu.
**[22:27] Civil**
You help me feel the other world.
**[22:29] Arahabaki**
Warn me before you say crap like that.
**[22:33] Civil**
But *this* world isn't lawless
enough for me to act freely.
**[22:39] Civil**
I've always felt that this
world isn't where I belong.
**[22:44] Civil**
I was made on the other side,
so I want to go back.
**[22:48] Civil**
Back to the precious
homeland I've never seen.
**[22:53] Civil**
If I can't return, then I hope
**[22:56] Civil**
this world can at least offer
something to cure my boredom.
**[23:04] Civil**
Hello. I'm impressed you found this number.
**[23:07] Civil**
We've never spoken directly before.
Are introductions in order?
**[23:11] Grocer**
Oh, no. Not at all, Sabaramond-sama.
**[23:16] Grocer**
You've been patronizing our
store since before we relocated.
**[23:20] Civil**
Since you called, I assume
you've stocked my order?
**[23:25] Civil**
Information about Polka Shinoyama's family,
**[23:27] Civil**
and especially his mother, Kanon Shinoyama?
# E23 - The Declaration
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZX25Q/the-declaration)
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**[00:05] Solitaire**
Sorry I'm late!
**[00:06] Solitaire**
I ran into a spot of trouble.
**[00:08] Solitaire**
Now, what sort of "fire"
do you have to show me?
**[00:13] Solitaire**
My friends tell me I'm something
of a "summer bug," you see.
**[00:21] Solitaire**
I'd appreciate a beautiful flame.
One worth flying into.
***SIGN*** Rental Garage
**[01:57] Arase**
What is it?
**[01:59] Iwanome**
Jackpot.
**[02:00] Iwanome**
That's Hosorogi-san for you.
**[02:03] Iwanome**
Documentation on that fire 100 years ago,
in the building we visited yesterday.
**[02:12] (Flashback) Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Who might you be?
**[02:13] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Huh?!
**[02:14] (Flashback) Iwanome**
O-Oh, excuse us.
**[02:16] (Flashback) Iwanome**
Er... No need to worry.
**[02:18] (Flashback) Iwanome**
We're with the police.
**[02:21] (Flashback) Iwanome**
We're questioning people in relation
to a Public Safety investigation.
**[02:26] Iwanome**
That man claimed he manages the house
at the owner's request, but I wonder.
**[02:32] Arase**
The owner confirmed his story,
and his identity checked out.
**[02:38] Iwanome**
Right.
**[02:40] Iwanome**
So we couldn't dig deeper then,
**[02:43] Iwanome**
but with these documents
I think we have a shot.
**[02:46] Iwanome**
Thanks, Hosorogi-san.
**[02:49] Iwanome**
I promise you I'll reach the
darkness called "Sabaramond"!
**[02:57] Koruto**
By the way, Clarissa,
what are our plans for tomorrow?
**[03:00] Clarissa**
We'll spectate this time.
**[03:03] Koruto**
Are you sure?
**[03:04] Clarissa**
I'd like to gauge how far he'll go.
**[03:08] Clarissa**
Though, naturally, I'll keep
my word as an intermediary.
**[03:13] Clarissa**
Even spectating requires
some preparation.
**[03:18] Takeru**
What has that trio been up to?
**[03:21] Yomogi**
Nothing since yesterday, when they
met a man we believe to be Solitaire.
**[03:27] Takeru**
Are they at odds with Solitaire?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[03:31] Takeru**
Who are these people holding umbrellas?
**[03:34] Takeru**
"Fire."
**[03:36] Takeru**
Solitaire.
**[03:40] Takeru**
Could they be... the Fire-Breathing Bug?
**[03:43] Takumi**
It's almost the time we agreed on.
**[03:46] Takumi**
That guy Taipei is gonna show, right?
**[03:48] Polka**
To be honest, I don't know exactly
who or what those three are.
**[03:54] Polka**
But if Takeru-san sees them as a threat to
the Shinoyamas, he may choose to send aid.
**[04:01] Misaki**
What about after we rescue Polka-kun?
**[04:04] Polka**
I think I can hold off the
elemental. And then...
**[04:08] Misaki**
Me and Xiaoyu-kun get our time to shine!
**[04:11] Xiaoyu**
I've gotten the hang of my right arm.
**[04:14] Xiaoyu**
Training with those tigers helped.
**[04:16] Sayo**
Hey, listen up!
**[04:17] Sayo**
Even in shark movies,
nameless characters die first.
**[04:21] Takumi**
Where'd that come from?!
**[04:22] Sayo**
My point is, what should we
call you versus the real Polka?
**[04:26] Misaki**
Good point. We might get
confused when it counts.
**[04:29] Takumi**
We only know you as "the Corpse God."
**[04:32] Takumi**
You said your real name's hard
to say in Japanese, right?
**[04:37] Misaki**
Polka-kun?
**[04:38] Polka**
Sorry. I lied.
**[04:41] Polka**
It is a bit tricky to say,
but hardly unpronounceable.
**[04:46] Polka**
I just didn't want to tell you because
it brings back unpleasant memories.
**[04:50] Polka**
But this is a good chance,
so I'll tell you now.
**[04:54] Polka**
My real name is—
**[04:57] Polka**
Wait.
**[04:58] Polka**
The real Polka-kun's
location started to move.
**[05:05] Yomogi**
The two women just left the hotel.
**[05:08] Takeru**
Two of the three?
**[05:12] Takeru**
What happened to the other one?
**[05:17] Polka**
Huh?
**[05:18] Misaki**
What's up?
**[05:21] Civil**
Hi. As promised, I'm here to see you.
**[05:26] Civil**
This time, as a friend.
**[05:28] Takumi**
What'd this guy bother to show up for?
**[05:32] Takumi**
Hey, wait! I'd know if you used the entrance!
**[05:36] Civil**
Oh, I took the liberty of using
your underground passage.
**[05:41] Civil**
Don't be so nervous.
**[05:43] Civil**
I only came to befriend you.
**[05:47] Polka**
To... befriend?
**[05:49] Civil**
Yes.
**[05:50] Civil**
Precious few people in this world
are capable of understanding me.
**[05:55] Civil**
The same goes for you,
**[05:56] Civil**
or should I say, "your power"?
**[06:01] Polka**
*Does he realize I come from the other world?*
**[06:04] Civil**
You must have lived in such confusion.
I feel for you.
**[06:08] Civil**
But you shouldn't shun your power.
You should take pride in it.
**[06:13] Civil**
The power you inherited from your mother
comes from the same world as mine.
**[06:19] Polka**
What are you talking about?
**[06:21] Civil**
Your mother, Kanon Shinoyama.
**[06:24] Civil**
Or rather, a descendant of a
clan with the Elemental Eye,
**[06:28] Civil**
Kanomshelin Redrazalf.
**[06:34] Polka**
*What did he just say?*
**[06:37] Misaki**
Polka-kun? What's wrong?
**[06:39] Polka**
* I always wondered why I*
* reincarnated into this body.*
**[06:45] Polka**
* I should have delved deeper into*
* Polka-kun's memories before now.*
**[06:50] Polka**
*This faint memory in his deepest depths...*
**[06:54] Polka**
* This feeling so distant*
* it threatens to vanish...*
**[07:01] Polka**
* It's the name of someone*
* I ultimately failed to save.*
**[07:07] Polka**
*I never thought I'd hear it in this world.*
**[07:11] Polka**
* I wonder if she found a*
* peaceful life in the end.*
**[07:15] Polka**
*Mom.*
**[07:19] Polka**
* I placed one condition on*
* my reincarnation spell:*
**[07:23] Polka**
* that I would possess the newly deceased*
* body of a member of my people.*
**[07:29] Polka**
* I never dreamed it would link me to Mom,*
* or that she'd come to this world.*
**[07:34] Misaki**
Polka-kun?
**[07:36] Polka**
*Polka-kun,*
**[07:38] Polka**
*could you "see," too?*
**[07:40] Polka**
*Mom might have taught you so many things.*
**[07:52] Polka**
*Oh, we have so much to talk about.*
**[07:58] Polka**
I need to speak with you again, face-to-face.
**[08:04] Polka**
So I'll need you to return Polka-kun.
**[08:08] Polka**
My friend. My little brother!
**[08:13] Civil**
*Return who? His brother?*
**[08:16] Civil**
*Have I gotten something very wrong?*
**[08:19] Civil**
* He looks like Polka Shinoyama,*
* but is he someone else on the inside?*
**[08:23] Civil**
*Then his rightful contents, his soul is...*
**[08:29] Civil**
*in that shark?*
**[08:34] Civil**
* Well, never mind. I haven't*
* gotten to my real point yet.*
**[08:38] Civil**
If you come from the other side
of the sky, the other world,
**[08:42] Civil**
and you have ties to this emblem,
**[08:45] Civil**
then you're involved with the Empire.
**[08:48] Civil**
How would you like to join forces
and exterminate our enemy, the Bug?
**[08:53] Polka**
The Fire-Breathing Bug?
**[08:55] Civil**
Yes. I'm glad you don't beat around the bush.
**[08:58] Polka**
I have one question.
**[09:01] Polka**
Do you know Sabaramond-san?
I mean, Arius-san?
**[09:07] Civil**
Well, there's a surprise!
**[09:09] Civil**
Are you personally acquainted, by any chance?
**[09:11] Polka**
You haven't answered me.
**[09:15] Civil**
I know *of* him, but we've never met.
**[09:19] Civil**
I'm something like his bastard child.
**[09:24] Takeru**
Two of the three seem to be
making for Polka's building.
**[09:29] Takeru**
Do as you please. The woman
you fought is one of them.
**[09:33] Taipei**
Yes, sir.
**[09:34] Civil**
I'll ask you straight.
**[09:35] Civil**
Would you join our organization?
**[09:38] Polka**
No, thank you.
**[09:39] Civil**
No hesitation.
**[09:41] Polka**
I want a peaceful life.
**[09:44] Polka**
I don't know what your goal is,
**[09:47] Polka**
but I can't tolerate your methods.
**[09:49] Polka**
I'd *much* rather work with
the Phantom Solitaire.
**[09:52] Civil**
Oh, you mean what Habaki got up to?
**[09:56] Civil**
He did all that on his
own initiative, you know?
**[09:59] Polka**
Arius-san never tried to dodge
his responsibility as a superior.
**[10:04] Civil**
So you *do* know Arius well.
**[10:08] Civil**
I've never met him,
**[10:11] Civil**
but being compared to him and found
wanting kind of rubs me the wrong way,
**[10:16] Civil**
since he basically birthed me into
this world and then abandoned me.
**[10:22] Polka**
He abandoned you?
**[10:23] Civil**
I'd say none of us is in
the mood to chat anymore,
**[10:26] Civil**
so I'd like you to show me your power.
**[10:30] Civil**
Especially if you're something
other than Polka Shinoyama.
**[10:34] Polka**
All right. I'm glad you like to talk so much.
**[10:40] Polka**
I had all the time in the
world to cast my spells.
**[10:45] Takumi**
Whoa!
**[10:47] Xiaoyu**
Wh-What the—?!
**[10:49] Civil**
*Bones?!*
**[10:51] Civil**
* I'm sure of it! This is no*
* elementalism or general sorcery!*
**[10:55] Civil**
* If my information on the other*
* world is correct, then this is*
**[10:59] Civil**
*necromancy!*
**[11:01] Civil**
*Could he be...*
**[11:02] Civil**
*Izliz Swordflail?!*
**[11:05] Civil**
*No, not her!*
**[11:06] Civil**
* Arius had close ties to*
* three powerful necromancers!*
**[11:11] Civil**
* And the one his attitude and*
* words so far point to is...*
**[11:16] Civil**
Are you... ranked fourth?
**[11:21] Civil**
Are you a leader of the imperial
court sorcerers, the Corpse God?!
**[11:27] Kochou**
I'm getting chills, and I don't know why.
**[11:29] Kochou**
Maybe excitement? I've got a hunch
that I'm caught up in something huge.
**[11:34] Kochou**
But that just means I'm close to a big scoop!
**[11:37] Kochou**
Go for it, Kochou! Get that story!
**[11:40] Kochou**
Let's go!
**[11:46] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
So, it's begun.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[11:48] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
We settle things here.
**[11:52] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Implant our will in that child.
**[11:57] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Do that, and we will reach
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[12:01] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
the nest of bugs we must burn.
**[12:05] Iwanome**
Hey there.
**[12:07] Iwanome**
Mind answering a few questions
for me, on the record,
**[12:11] Iwanome**
Fire-Breathing Bug-san?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[12:15] Iwanome**
Where are you all going with those
umbrellas on such a nice day?
**[12:19] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Why, hello there, detectives.
**[12:22] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Thank you for the other day.
**[12:26] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Anyway, what do you need?
You turned up so suddenly.
**[12:31] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
And "Fire-Breathing Bug"? Isn't that
the name of an infamous arsonist?
**[12:35] Iwanome**
Yeah.
**[12:36] Iwanome**
But "the Fire-Breathing Bug"
isn't the name of an individual.
**[12:40] Iwanome**
And by the time that name spread,
the people it really belonged to were gone.
**[12:46] Iwanome**
Someone left me papers that laid it all out.
**[12:50] Iwanome**
About the human experiments
done in this house.
**[12:55] Iwanome**
Mitsu Haigawara and Takejirou Toura.
**[12:59] Iwanome**
The Sabaramond group imprisoned
and murdered their human test subjects.
**[13:05] Iwanome**
And the two survivors started you guys,
the Fire-Breathing Bug. Am I wrong?
**[13:14] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
I have no idea what you're talking about.
**[13:18] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Unless you have a warrant,
I can't play along with this any longer.
**[13:21] Iwanome**
Okay, then. Just tell me one more thing.
**[13:24] Iwanome**
One of our doctors took a look
at those papers, and he said...
**[13:28] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
This must be an experiment to implant
abnormal principles in people.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
Fascinating.
**[13:35] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
It combines special voices and sound waves
to drill compressed data into the brain.
**[13:42] (Flashback) Saimyouji**
Modern science doesn't approach
human experimentation this way.
**[13:46] Iwanome**
So, the Fire-Breathing Bug inside all of you
**[13:49] Iwanome**
is a pseudo-personality
implanted using hypnosis.
**[13:53] Iwanome**
The first Fire-Breathing Bugs are dead now,
**[13:56] Iwanome**
but they used that trick to
multiply their will in this world.
**[14:00] Iwanome**
Isn't that right?
**[14:04] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
I see.
**[14:05] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
So, someone has arrived at the truth.
**[14:09] Iwanome**
I didn't do it alone.
**[14:11] Iwanome**
My predecessors laid the groundwork
chasing all kinds of cases.
**[14:16] Iwanome**
Although that must come
off as ironic to you guys.
**[14:19] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Never mind. You are righteous human beings.
**[14:25] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
But how will you prove our crimes?
**[14:30] Iwanome**
All the arson you've committed would
be tough to explain or prosecute.
**[14:36] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Then, why come here?
**[14:40] Iwanome**
Even if I can't arrest you, I figure
I can stop you from striking again.
**[14:46] Iwanome**
Aiding and abetting a crime.
**[14:49] Iwanome**
You work with him, right?
**[14:52] Iwanome**
We're currently on the Solitaire task force.
**[14:56] Solitaire**
Now, I insist you show me!
**[14:59] Solitaire**
Show the moment this world flips over!
**[15:08] Lulu**
What's wrong?
**[15:10] Arahabaki**
Something made a big crash somewhere.
**[15:13] Arahabaki**
I'll run ahead! Lulu!
**[15:15] Arahabaki**
R-Right!
**[15:20] Polka**
* His sorcery is primitive.*
* He's just firing mana.*
**[15:23] Polka**
*It makes no sense, even if he's holding back.*
**[15:25] Polka**
* He enhances his body well, but he*
* casts other spells like an amateur!*
**[15:30] Civil**
A necromancer! You're the
luckiest find I could hope for,
**[15:34] Civil**
but you refuse to become my friend!
**[15:37] Civil**
And you say you want "peace"?!
**[15:40] Civil**
With all your power?!
**[15:42] Civil**
That's a bad joke!
**[15:44] Polka**
You may be right, but I won't stop.
**[15:48] Polka**
My brother and my friends live in this world.
**[15:52] Polka**
I won't let you stand in
the way of peace here.
**[15:56] Arahabaki**
Fortune teller brat!
**[15:58] Arahabaki**
You've gone and done it now!
**[16:01] Arahabaki**
Looks like
**[16:02] Arahabaki**
I'd better get seri—
**[16:08] Civil**
Good idea.
**[16:10] Civil**
I think you'd better give your
all against *that one*, too.
**[16:13] Arahabaki**
Gimme a break.
**[16:15] Arahabaki**
Another brat?
**[16:20] Lulu**
Civil-sama?!
**[16:21] Lulu**
Great spirit!
Please, grant Civil-sama your protection!
**[16:25] Lulu**
Please, I beg you!
**[16:28] Lulu**
A warning from the great spirit?
**[16:30] Lulu**
And... I've never felt one so strong before.
**[16:38] Misaki**
Found you!
**[16:40] Misaki**
Polka-kun
**[16:42] Misaki**
is coming back with me!
**[16:43] Lulu**
Huh?
**[16:45] Civil**
Ah, yes. Truly magnificent!
**[16:49] Civil**
I'm so glad it was you!
**[16:50] Civil**
I'm only glad because it was you!
**[16:52] Civil**
A mere sorcerer could never change the world!
**[16:56] Civil**
You, however, can revolutionize
this world all on your own.
**[17:00] Civil**
Your necromancy does nothing less
than prove the existence of the soul!
**[17:04] Civil**
How many powerful people do you think
crave eternal selfhood, even as a zombie?
**[17:10] Civil**
Make contracts with them,
**[17:12] Civil**
and you could even paint over this
boring world with brand new values!
**[17:18] Civil**
And even if you don't want that,
**[17:21] Civil**
with our powers combined, you and I could
bore a hole to the other side of the sky!
**[17:27] Civil**
We could go home!
**[17:28] Civil**
Leave this dull world for
one where we truly belong!
**[17:34] Civil**
Whether you want it or not,
**[17:37] Civil**
if you won't change the world,
we have no place here.
**[17:42] Polka**
Huh?
**[17:43] Polka**
*I don't believe it!*
**[17:45] Polka**
*His spells are starting to take proper shape!*
**[17:48] Civil**
Thank you for dazzling me with
so many displays of your power.
**[17:52] Civil**
With your help, I'm slowly getting a handle
**[17:55] Civil**
on how to use magic.
**[17:59] Polka**
* He was definitely an amateur*
* until a moment ago.*
**[18:03] Polka**
*He got this far just by seeing my spells?*
**[18:06] Polka**
*He's brilliant.*
**[18:07] Civil**
Now, let's fire a salute
to celebrate our meeting.
**[18:18] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
I knew you'd use fire,
just like 100 years ago,
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[18:25] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Sabaramond.
**[18:36] Civil**
So, this is the world you
sorcerers saw on the other side!
**[18:44] Polka**
Elemental sorcery without elementals.
**[18:47] Polka**
That power doesn't exist in this world.
**[18:50] Civil**
No, it doesn't!
**[18:52] Civil**
Freaks with power like
this shouldn't be here!
**[18:55] Civil**
You and I should either return to that world,
**[18:59] Civil**
or transform this one.
**[19:02] Civil**
Now, let's flip the world over.
**[19:04] Civil**
You've done it once before,
haven't you, Corpse God?
**[19:09] Civil**
Or perhaps I should call you
**[19:12] Civil**
Rizdilusia Redrazalf, the Emperor Slayer?
**[19:16] Polka**
So, you know that much.
**[19:18] Civil**
I've read and reread reports on
the Byandy Empire's major players.
**[19:23] Civil**
My heart leaped and burned with longing
**[19:27] Civil**
for the fairy tale world I couldn't
touch, even though it birthed me.
**[19:33] Civil**
Now, show me more! More power
from the other side of the sky!
**[19:40] Xiaoyu**
* She's gradually adjusting*
* to my speed and movements.*
**[19:44] Xiaoyu**
*My right arm is my ace in the hole.*
**[19:45] Xiaoyu**
* If I don't finish her off*
* with my first strike,*
**[19:47] Xiaoyu**
*she'll probably counter it.*
**[19:50] Arahabaki**
*How does this guy know how I move?*
**[19:54] Xiaoyu**
* I never thought training with those*
* tigers would pay off like this.*
**[19:57] Xiaoyu**
*They breathe similarly when they attack.*
**[19:59] Xiaoyu**
*No, make that "almost identically."*
**[20:02] Xiaoyu**
*She's a savage beast in human form.*
**[20:05] Xiaoyu**
* And that's why I have a better*
* shot against her than the tigers!*
**[20:08] Xiaoyu**
*She's doesn't defy reason.*
**[20:11] Xiaoyu**
* That's reserved for people*
* like Majiri Agakura*
**[20:14] Xiaoyu**
*and Lemmi—*
**[20:20] Lulu**
Great spirit, why?!
**[20:24] Misaki**
Is this what that "elemental" can do?
**[20:27] Misaki**
Wow! It's got no, like... How do I put this?
**[20:31] Misaki**
You know how hostility and
stuff signals attacks?
**[20:33] Misaki**
I couldn't sense any of that!
**[20:35] Lulu**
E-Excuse me?
**[20:36] Misaki**
Oh, I'm Misaki. Nice meeting you!
**[20:40] Misaki**
I know this is sudden, but would you
give me back that shark plushie?
***SIGN*** Squeeze
**[20:45] Lulu**
I can't do that!
**[20:47] Lulu**
Guarding this is my assigned duty!
**[20:52] Misaki**
That figures.
**[20:53] Misaki**
Okay, I get it.
**[20:54] Misaki**
So, unless I slip past this thing,
**[20:56] Misaki**
I can't rescue the real Polka-kun.
**[21:00] Takumi**
Oh, damn it!
**[21:01] Takumi**
How's he gonna get this under control?!
**[21:04] Takumi**
Can you seriously handle this, Polka?
**[21:06] Polka**
You're right.
**[21:08] Takumi**
Huh?
**[21:09] Polka**
In the end, both you and
I clash with this world.
**[21:15] Polka**
And my presence as a stranger to this world
**[21:18] Polka**
attracted an elemental
that could level this city
**[21:21] Polka**
and you, a wielder of otherworldly powers.
**[21:27] Polka**
So I'll put a stop to you here and
return this body to Polka-kun.
**[21:31] Polka**
Then, if I go off somewhere and disappear,
**[21:35] Polka**
this city will know peace.
**[21:37] Polka**
I don't know how the documents
you read described me,
**[21:43] Polka**
but this is no fairy tale.
**[21:45] Polka**
Regret that you opposed me.
**[21:49] Polka**
My name and rank perished with my country.
**[21:55] Polka**
Only a soul that failed to die remains.
**[21:59] Polka**
I am accustomed to playing the world's foe.
# E24 - The Shinjuku War
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4MZK4/the-shinjuku-war)
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**[00:01] (Flashback) Emperor**
The Empire long dreamed of
unifying this peninsula.
**[00:05] (Flashback) Emperor**
Though we acted for future peace,
**[00:07] (Flashback) Emperor**
we cannot deny that we bloodied our hands.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Emperor**
So don't look like that, dear friend.
**[00:15] (Flashback) Emperor**
You did not kill us of your own will.
**[00:23] (Flashback) Saint**
Corpse God, or rather, Rizdilusia Redrazalf.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Saint**
I finally outwitted the "Wandering Balcony."
**[00:33] (Flashback) Saint**
The deadly poison masked a curse
with which I bound your name.
**[00:39] (Flashback) Saint**
Now, allow me to rewrite your destiny.
**[00:55] (Flashback) Emperor**
Now, shall we start by hiding
the conclusive proof?
**[01:01] (Flashback) Emperor**
Testimony from a shade under a necromancer's
control makes a poor defense.
**[01:08] (Flashback) Emperor**
To think that we would end
up shielding our own killer.
**[01:11] (Flashback) Emperor**
This is what makes life so much fun!
**[01:14] (Flashback) Emperor**
I suppose this makes us your accomplice!
**[01:17] (Flashback) Emperor**
You killed us, your dear friend.
**[01:20] (Flashback) Emperor**
We insist you atone with a long, long life.
**[01:30] Emperor**
* We never meant our words*
* to bind you, of course...*
**[01:34] (Flashback) Emperor**
You're foolish as ever, dear friend.
**[01:38] Emperor**
* Would you really kill yourself*
* for someone else's sake again?*
**[03:16] Civil**
"The world's foe"!
**[03:18] Civil**
I love it!
**[03:19] Civil**
Although I can't fathom why you
feel so attached to this world.
**[03:24] Civil**
And "return" your body?
**[03:27] Civil**
Oh, I see!
**[03:29] Civil**
As a necromancer, you're only possessing it!
**[03:32] Polka**
Correct.
**[03:35] Polka**
And I shall possess you next.
**[03:39] Takumi**
Part of me
**[03:41] Takumi**
resonated with his wish to live in peace.
**[03:47] Takumi**
Seriously, how did things end up like this?
**[03:50] Takumi**
Oh, crap!
**[03:52] Takumi**
Why the hell did I end up feeling like this?!
**[03:55] Takumi**
This isn't like me, damn it!
**[04:03] Takumi**
*Hey! Polka!*
**[04:05] Polka**
Huh?
**[04:06] Takumi**
*Stop looking down on us, asshole!*
**[04:09] Misaki**
Kurupon?
**[04:11] Takumi**
* What gives?! Who the hell asked you*
* to start saying your goodbyes?!*
**[04:15] Takumi**
*You "clash with this world"?!*
**[04:19] Takumi**
* Sure, what you can do*
* scares the pants off me!*
**[04:22] Takumi**
*I figured I'd better steer clear of you!*
**[04:25] Takumi**
*But so what?!*
**[04:26] Takumi**
You and me
**[04:29] Takumi**
and Misaki
**[04:30] Takumi**
and the real Polka already get along fine!
**[04:34] Takumi**
*And now you're just gonna up and leave?!*
**[04:37] Takumi**
*You were the one who told me, remember?!*
**[04:40] (Flashback) Polka**
I've got no secrets worth
more than a friend's life.
**[04:45] Takumi**
So take your friends seriously!
**[04:47] Takumi**
Plus, me and Misaki's job
**[04:50] Takumi**
is helping mediate between
you and this world!
**[04:57] Kochou**
A blackout?!
**[04:58] Takumi**
* I hijacked the power and all*
* the cameras in that area!*
**[05:02] Takumi**
* You shouldn't show up on any*
* public footage for a while.*
**[05:05] Takumi**
*Don't force yourself to play villain or hero.*
**[05:10] Takumi**
Go all out your own way, Corpse God!
**[05:15] Polka**
Takumi-kun...
**[05:17] Civil**
Hmm?
**[05:18] Civil**
I get it now. The kids in
that building chain you down.
**[05:24] Civil**
Then I'll start by—
**[05:26] Polka**
You'll start by doing *what*?
**[05:30] Civil**
You seem different again.
**[05:33] Polka**
Oh, right.
**[05:34] Polka**
I don't need to act villainous, do I?
**[05:37] Polka**
I know what you have in mind.
**[05:40] Polka**
So I'll say this again:
**[05:43] Polka**
I'll stop you.
**[05:45] Civil**
*Gems?*
**[05:46] Civil**
*Is he replenishing mana?*
**[05:48] Civil**
*But what is he doing with so many?!*
**[05:51] Polka**
For everyone—
**[05:52] Polka**
No.
**[05:54] Polka**
For a whim of mine: the peace of this city.
**[06:10] Civil**
* Where on earth did he*
* get so many mana stones?*
**[06:14] Civil**
After all your talk, I guess you still used
**[06:17] Civil**
the wealth that belongs to
that body—to Polka Shinoyama!
**[06:21] Polka**
This is money I earned,
**[06:24] Polka**
plus support from my cherished friends.
**[06:28] Polka**
That's right. For all my immaturity,
people were willing to help me.
**[06:33] Polka**
In this world
**[06:35] Polka**
and in that one.
**[06:37] (Flashback) Takumi**
Take your friends seriously!
**[06:40] Polka**
I guess he's right.
**[06:48] Civil**
Your "whim" is "the peace of this city"?
**[06:52] Civil**
That's already over.
**[06:54] Civil**
These are only some of the
people my attacks just killed.
**[06:59] Civil**
You can take out the security cameras,
but you can't pretend this never happened.
**[07:05] Civil**
Neither of us can!
**[07:09] Polka**
You've got one thing wrong.
**[07:12] Polka**
No one in this city has died yet today.
**[07:17] Polka**
My preparations made sure of that.
**[07:20] Civil**
*Don't tell me...?!*
**[07:22] Polka**
This city currently contains
almost no living humans.
**[07:26] Polka**
It's already inside my Temple.
**[07:29] Civil**
*Everyone here is a shade?!*
**[07:32] Civil**
* Then... he even placed wards*
* to keep people out?!*
**[07:34] Polka**
So right now, I don't need to hold back.
**[07:41] Takeru**
Hm?
**[07:42] Takeru**
What's going on?
**[07:43] Taipei**
*Forgive me, sir.*
**[07:45] Taipei**
I haven't managed to get close yet.
**[07:48] Taipei**
I'm taking sniper fire.
**[07:49] Taipei**
They seem focused on delaying m—
**[07:55] Clarissa**
This is all we can do.
**[07:58] Clarissa**
We'll provide you this city: Shinjuku.
**[08:02] Clarissa**
Now, do as you please.
**[08:06] Civil**
You and the bat are no different.
**[08:08] Civil**
Why don't you try to change this world?
**[08:11] Civil**
You're neglecting the power you've gained.
**[08:17] Civil**
In fact, you treat it with contempt!
**[08:19] Polka**
I wouldn't say that.
**[08:22] Polka**
Someone far, far more powerful
and exceptional than me
**[08:26] Polka**
still wished for peace.
**[08:29] Polka**
An enemy necromancer controlled
me and set me up as an assassin.
**[08:36] Polka**
I'm a hopeless fool of a corpse.
**[08:39] Polka**
But this mighty person still
called me their dear friend.
**[08:46] Civil**
Who could you possibly mean?
**[08:49] Polka**
Didn't I tell you my cherished
friends helped me out?
**[08:53] Polka**
Thanks to their support,
I was able to ask for *his* aid.
**[09:02] Emperor**
So, you've called on us at last.
**[09:05] Polka**
I'm sorry. It took a long time,
**[09:09] Polka**
but I found something I want
to protect no matter what.
**[09:13] Polka**
Would Your Imperial Majesty assist me?
**[09:18] Polka**
No.
**[09:19] Polka**
Would you lend me a hand,
**[09:22] Polka**
dear friend?
**[09:27] Civil**
"Imperial Majesty"?!
**[09:29] Civil**
Don't tell me...
**[09:30] Civil**
that's Flamrodia Byandylaz,
former Emperor of Byady?!
**[09:36] Civil**
Why?!
**[09:37] Civil**
I read the Corpse God was an
arch-traitor who killed his emperor!
**[09:41] Civil**
So why is he here?!
**[09:43] Civil**
Why do they have a contract?!
**[09:46] Emperor**
What did we tell you?
**[09:48] Emperor**
Whatever you become, we and our
empire will always stand by you.
**[09:55] Civil**
Necromancer!
**[09:58] Civil**
Do you expect me to believe you
took in the whole fallen empire?!
**[10:03] Emperor**
Don't make light of the Corpse God,
our imperial court sorcerer!
**[10:14] Emperor**
Still, ambient magic truly is scarce.
**[10:17] Emperor**
Refining mana will take some time.
**[10:20] Palomy**
Then I'd better buy you that time!
**[10:23] Rachabenia**
I shall shelter the city's
towers with my mystic thread.
**[10:27] Leuf**
I believe another area demands my attention.
**[10:31] Polka**
Please take care of it.
**[10:35] Civil**
Today really is a dream come true!
**[10:42] Solitaire**
Even I must accept it!
**[10:44] Solitaire**
That's otherworldly power!
**[10:47] Solitaire**
And I haven't been able to shake
a strange feeling for some time.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[10:52] Solitaire**
What do you think, Fire-Breathing Bug-kun?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[10:55] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Danger. Must burn.
**[10:58] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Before anything happens,
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[11:01] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
before tragedy strikes,
**[11:03] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
we must burn it and this city.
**[11:09] Suzuka**
Would you please wait a moment?
**[11:14] Solitaire**
Young lady, how on earth...?
**[11:16] Suzuka**
Shouldn't you watch and judge
whether he brings this world harm?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[11:22] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
By what right, by what fate do you stop us?
**[11:29] Suzuka**
It is my business, if that's what you mean.
**[11:33] Suzuka**
You see, I was burned...
**[11:38] Suzuka**
by a fake bug who desperately admired you.
**[11:42] Suzuka**
And I owe *him* a debt.
**[11:46] Solitaire**
Could the strange sensation I've been
feeling have brought her into being?
**[11:53] Solitaire**
Well, what do you say,
Fire-Breathing Bug-kun?
**[11:58] Iwanome**
Sure, you may have a right to revenge.
**[12:03] Yatsu**
Boss!
**[12:06] Iwanome**
Still, protecting this city's our job.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[12:10] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
And you include members of
Sabaramond in this city?
**[12:16] Iwanome**
I include the ordinary citizens
you're possessing right now!
**[12:20] Iwanome**
Even if you get your revenge,
the blood on their hands won't disappear!
**[12:26] Iwanome**
You're screwing up their lives by
making them stand here as we speak!
**[12:33] Iwanome**
I'll get your revenge a different way.
**[12:36] Iwanome**
At least, I'll find every
Sabaramond scumbag in Japan,
**[12:40] Iwanome**
and crush 'em!
**[12:42] Iwanome**
So let those innocent people go.
***SIGN*** Fire Safety
**[12:46] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
You expect us to simply
trust you and disappear?
**[12:51] Iwanome**
I won't ask for that.
**[12:52] Iwanome**
If watching your revenge play
out means so much to you,
**[12:57] Iwanome**
go ahead and copy your will onto me.
**[13:05] Lulu**
Why would you go so far?
**[13:09] Misaki**
Hmm... I wonder.
**[13:10] Misaki**
Not to atone, and not
to repay a debt, either.
**[13:16] Misaki**
I can't put it into words, but I
can just kind of tell, you know?
**[13:21] Misaki**
I feel like giving up now would make
who I've been since I met Polka a lie.
**[13:28] Misaki**
So I'm gonna cut loose a little!
**[13:37] Misaki**
You'll give back that shark plushie
whether you like it or not!
**[13:43] Lulu**
Could you be... a vampire?!
**[13:47] Misaki**
What gave it away?
**[13:49] Lulu**
What?!
**[13:55] Lulu**
No!
**[14:02] Arahabaki**
I'm getting nowhere!
**[14:04] Arahabaki**
What the hell is your deal?!
**[14:06] Arahabaki**
Are you that Lemmings guy, maybe?
**[14:10] Arahabaki**
Well, then,
**[14:11] Arahabaki**
I'm gonna step a little bit
harder on the gas pedal.
**[14:17] Arahabaki**
* How is this brat not freaking*
* out over this form?!*
**[14:21] Xiaoyu**
I hate to break it to you,
**[14:22] Xiaoyu**
but I know someone just like you!
**[14:25] Xiaoyu**
In movement, breathing, and even spirit!
**[14:36] Xiaoyu**
I somehow managed to control—
**[14:38] Xiaoyu**
An earthquake?!
**[14:40] Polka**
*This is...*
**[14:41] Polka**
*Did the elemental take action?*
**[14:44] Polka**
*But I'll have to let someone else handle it.*
**[14:46] Polka**
*I have bigger problems.*
**[14:50] Rachabenia**
He's refining his circles, growing
closer to mastery with every touch.
**[14:57] Palomy**
Who does that amateur think he is?
**[14:59] Polka**
He really must be a genius.
**[15:03] Polka**
But even then, how can he endure a court
sorcerer's spells and remain standing?
**[15:08] Polka**
As a resident of this world,
he shouldn't even be a sorcerer.
**[15:13] Polka**
This feeling... I've sensed
it since I met him.
**[15:18] Polka**
It almost feels like...
**[15:20] Polka**
I'm facing Arius-san.
**[15:24] Xiaoyu**
* I don't want to risk my life*
* for anyone but His Lordship.*
**[15:27] Xiaoyu**
*But if he wishes it,*
**[15:29] Xiaoyu**
*I'll work for the Shinoyamas.*
**[15:32] Xiaoyu**
*So keep your head in the clouds like always.*
**[15:37] Xiaoyu**
*Stay oblivious to my ugly jealousy*
**[15:40] Xiaoyu**
* and go on living at His Lordship's*
* side with that dopey grin.*
**[15:44] Misaki**
Trying to get Polka-kun back?
**[15:46] Misaki**
Nope! Seems more like you're attacking me!
**[15:50] Misaki**
So Polka-kun will be safer
if I get him away from—
**[15:54] Xiaoyu**
Sakimiya-san!
**[15:56] Misaki**
Xiaoyu-kun!
**[15:57] Misaki**
Take the real Polka-kun!
**[16:03] Xiaoyu**
Sakimiya-san!
**[16:12] Xiaoyu**
Huh?
**[16:15] Xiaoyu**
Wow!
**[16:16] Xiaoyu**
It was only her body before.
**[16:19] Xiaoyu**
Can she seriously do things
on that level now?!
**[16:27] Xiaoyu**
I got saved?
**[16:30] Xiaoyu**
Does that mean... someone's
interfering in this fight?!
**[16:33] Misaki**
Huh? We're falling?
**[16:38] Leuf**
No wonder the elemental acts so wary.
**[16:42] Leuf**
I never dreamed that monster
had come to this world.
**[16:46] Lulu**
Wh-Who are you?
**[16:52] Leuf**
Dear me.
**[16:54] Leuf**
Has even Elemental Speech perished
in the century since I was killed?
**[16:59] Leuf**
How depressing.
**[17:02] Leuf**
Still, I'm glad I entrusted
my soul to the Corpse God.
**[17:08] Leuf**
I'd never have seen
my descendant's face otherwise.
**[17:14] Majiri**
I can't believe that boy
found a dragon's arm.
**[17:18] Majiri**
I wouldn't have sliced his
prosthetic off if I'd known.
**[17:22] Bao**
Looks like the danger has passed.
**[17:25] Bao**
Thank you for explaining the danger
approaching my brother after our fight.
**[17:31] Bao**
So I'll keep our pact.
**[17:34] Bao**
We have a truce
**[17:35] Bao**
until Xiaoyu chooses his path.
**[17:41] Civil**
I don't believe it.
You stopped the elemental?
**[17:49] Civil**
And here I was getting the hang of things.
**[17:51] Emperor**
If you came this far on your own,
we're impressed.
**[17:55] Civil**
But losing to you like this
wouldn't sit right with me.
**[17:59] Civil**
I'll go out doing everything in my power!
**[18:02] Rachabenia**
That's...!
**[18:04] Polka**
*He's not just *like* Arius-san.*
**[18:07] Polka**
*He's using Arius-san's magic circle!*
**[18:11] Palomy**
Not good! He'll blow the city
sky high if we don't stop him!
**[18:15] Polka**
You haven't lost.
**[18:17] Polka**
In terms of raw power, you far exceed me.
**[18:22] Polka**
I merely borrowed—no, wielded power.
**[18:26] Polka**
I used everyone like tools.
**[18:29] Emperor**
As you should.
**[18:31] Emperor**
We and the rest are long dead,
relics of the past.
**[18:35] Emperor**
Use us till we break, and forge ahead.
**[18:39] Emperor**
After all, you live in the here and now.
**[18:44] Polka**
I already died in the other world.
**[18:47] Polka**
The me here... is just a corpse.
**[18:50] Emperor**
Living isn't about whether your body is dead.
**[18:53] Emperor**
It's about whether you face forward.
Right, Corpse God?
**[18:57] Emperor**
No,
**[18:59] Emperor**
Riz!
**[19:01] Emperor**
In this world, follow your own will,
**[19:04] Emperor**
and this time protect
everything you want to!
**[19:07] Polka**
*Unlike me, you only ever looked far forward.*
**[19:12] Polka**
* Back then, I didn't understand how you*
* could keep your gaze fixed straight ahead.*
**[19:18] Polka**
*But now, I think I have a vague idea.*
**[19:23] Polka**
This time, I'll drag *you* into *my* business.
**[19:28] Emperor**
Make way.
**[19:31] Civil**
*What a beautiful magic circle.*
**[19:36] Civil**
* I feel like I did back then,*
* when I first saw a spellbook.*
**[19:47] Civil**
So, this is the end.
**[19:49] Civil**
Still, I had fun.
**[19:57] Iwanome**
If watching your revenge play
out means so much to you,
**[20:01] Iwanome**
go ahead and copy your will onto me.
**[20:04] Yatsu**
Iwa-san!
**[20:05] Iwanome**
Don't offer to take my place, any of you.
**[20:08] Iwanome**
I made this decision on my—
**[20:13] Arase**
Excuse me.
**[20:14] Iwanome**
Huh?
**[20:16] Yatsu**
Whoa.
**[20:18] Arase**
I kept my promise.
**[20:19] Arase**
You were got worked up again,
so I stopped you with my fists.
**[20:23] Iwanome**
Y-You could hold back.
**[20:25] Arase**
I did.
**[20:26] Arase**
I know you, Iwa-san.
**[20:28] Arase**
You were thinking of
Hosorogi-san, weren't you?
**[20:31] Arase**
Please don't forget.
**[20:34] Arase**
As far as we're concerned,
you're part of the city we protect, too.
**[20:39] Iwanome**
Sorry.
**[20:41] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
We respect your resolve.
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[20:46] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
We will wait and see
**[20:50] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
whether that boy is a bug.
**[20:54] Iwanome**
"That boy"?
**[20:56] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Whether we disappear
for good depends on you.
**[21:03] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5**
Huh?
**[21:04] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Where am I?
**[21:04] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
Huh?
**[21:05] Fire-Breathing Bugs**
What?
***SIGN*** Fire
Safety
**[21:06] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
What am I doing here?
**[21:09] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
Huh?! Solitaire?!
**[21:10] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4**
No way! Can I have your autograph?!
**[21:12] Solitaire**
Indeed you may!
**[21:14] Solitaire**
I'm actually something
of a celebrity, you know!
**[21:16] Solitaire**
Would you like one, too, ghostly young la—
**[21:20] Solitaire**
Oh?
**[21:26] Arahabaki**
Am I dreaming?
**[21:28] Arahabaki**
Come to think of it, those shitheads at
the lab did say the heart they gave me
**[21:35] Arahabaki**
was the core of a magic tiger with two heads.
**[21:40] Arahabaki**
That tickles.
**[21:43] Civil**
I'm alive?
**[21:45] Polka**
You suffered serious wounds,
but they didn't kill you outright.
**[21:50] Polka**
I patched you up with corpses,
but living flesh should grow back in time.
**[21:56] Civil**
Why did you save me?
**[21:58] Civil**
You're a necromancer.
**[22:00] Civil**
You should have just
killed and controlled me.
**[22:04] Polka**
You overpaid. I just gave
you your change in magic.
**[22:09] Civil**
I gave you that...
**[22:11] Polka**
Besides...
**[22:11] Lulu**
Civil-sama!
**[22:13] Polka**
I couldn't see or hear anything
during that thunderous crash,
**[22:19] Polka**
but at that moment,
**[22:21] Polka**
I didn't want to make a child sad.
**[22:25] Polka**
I don't like taking things from children.
**[22:29] Civil**
You may regret it.
**[22:32] Polka**
Maybe.
**[22:33] Polka**
But when I do,
**[22:35] Polka**
I'll use all my power to protect
everyone from the start.
**[22:40] Civil**
All right.
**[22:42] Civil**
I'll give up on returning
to our world for now.
**[22:46] Civil**
I've learned this world
is worth living in, too.
**[22:51] Misaki**
Polka-kun!
**[22:53] Lulu**
Civil-sama!
**[22:56] Polka**
On that, we agree.
***SIGN*** Surveillance Report
***SIGN*** Call Ended
**[23:15] [SONG] Text; phone**
Sniping occurred on rooftop
Target: Polka Shinoyama
No visible injuries
**[23:16] Clarissa**
The people who want Polka Shinoyama dead
**[23:18] Clarissa**
seem to have linked up with intermediaries
in Ikebukuro and Roppongi.
**[23:24] Clarissa**
Never forget, Corpse God-kun.
And you, too, Polka-kun.
**[23:29] Clarissa**
Many more walls stand between
you and the peace you seek.