E23 - 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.