E20 - 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 Mislead 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
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[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.