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10 - A Little Bit of Wisdom

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    "Sunabouzu - Desert Punk"
[00:17] ---
    I am the one!
[00:20] ---
    Push on ahead as you like, yeah
[00:24] ---
    Oh, listen closely to me
[00:28] ---
    and speak the name
    of the desert god

[00:32] ---
    Clench your teeth
[00:36] ---
    When your heart starts
    to tremble with heat...

[00:40] ---
    Stop it! It'll only
    bring destruction

[00:46] ---
    Let's do it, oh, angel
[00:50] ---
    Now is the time to
    stand up and be strong

[00:55] ---
    A sad history, a
    hidden big story

[00:59] ---
    That's the mystery
[01:02] ---
    There's nothing certain
    about what tomorrow holds

[01:10] ---
    so living through this moment
[01:15] ---
    is my mission alone
[01:35] ---
    The "skeleton cities" scattered
    about the Great Kanto Desert...
[01:40] ---
    Ruins of a civilization centuries old.
[01:42] ---
    Buried in them are all manners
    of resources and lost artifacts.
[01:48] ---
    People greedily dig, raze,
    and mine for these buried goods.
[01:55] ---
    As they're sucked dry,
    these cities are numbered
[01:59] ---
    in the order they're discovered
    and then abandoned.
[02:02] ---
    Cities under exhumation are named
    after the individuals or groups
[02:06] ---
    who have staked their claim in them.
[02:16] ---
    We did it...!
[02:18] ---
    A city not on any map...!
[02:22] ---
    It DOES exist!
[02:24] ---
    But let's save the glee
    for after we inspect it!
[02:30] ---
    Check it out! Aluminum!
[02:33] ---
    I think this is titanium!
[02:35] ---
    Sweet! All this and
    we've barely even dug!
[02:39] ---
    No doubt about it!
    This city's been untouched, Kaizuka!
[02:45] ---
    It's the 85th skeleton city discovered!
[02:49] ---
    After the 84th skeleton city was
    discovered 20 years previously,
[02:54] ---
    the only new discoveries
    were of small ruins.
[02:57] ---
    These three men had made the
    first big find in 20 years.
[03:02] ---
    "Guardian and Treasure Hunter"
[03:03] ---
    And then we ran into him...
[03:14] ---
    R-Run!
[03:27] ---
    Kaizuka...!
[04:05] ---
    As I ran for my life,
    I passed through the city gates.
[04:10] ---
    He- the guardian- didn't follow me
    outside the city wall.
[04:15] ---
    That's how I survived.
[04:20] ---
    All I managed to bring back
    was my life and a cheap trinket.
[04:26] ---
    I lost everything. I suddenly
    lost my two trusted friends
[04:31] ---
    with whom I'd worked for so many years...
[04:35] ---
    This was some 10 years ago.
[04:38] ---
    That freak's been there that long...?!
[04:41] ---
    So the only thing you
    managed to bring back was--
[04:44] ---
    A computer drive that had thoroughly
    deteriorated since the Dark Ages.
[04:49] ---
    All that I managed to pull off
    of it was the "Game of Life".
[04:54] ---
    I knew it!
[04:55] ---
    There was much more in the room
    I found the drive in...
[04:59] ---
    --Eh?!
[04:59] ---
    --Eh?!
[05:01] ---
    The room that made you filthy rich...
[05:04] ---
    ...has a lot more stuff...
[05:06] ---
    ...on the same level
    as the Game of Life?!
[05:09] ---
    --That's a HUGE treasure trove!
[05:09] ---
    --That's a HUGE treasure trove!
[05:12] ---
    I know the room is in the
    deepest underground part
[05:16] ---
    of the building with the tallest tower,
[05:19] ---
    but I only entered it
    the one time 10 years ago...
[05:23] ---
    I spent the next five years building
    my company and selling the game,
[05:29] ---
    and the next five after
    that challenging him.
[05:33] ---
    Wow, 10 years already...
[05:37] ---
    So we just gotta get rid of him, right?!
[05:40] ---
    I thought we'd be digging for treasure,
    but you knew where it was!
[05:46] ---
    This'll be a cinch!
    The treasure is as good as ours!
[05:51] ---
    Right?!
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    10 million! 10 million! 10 MILLION!
[05:57] ---
    B-but we'll have to fight
    that monster thing, you know!
[06:02] ---
    I know you can do it! After all,
    you ARE the Kanto's best, right?
[06:08] ---
    I'll do it! I'll kill that sucker!
[06:11] ---
    Master...!
[06:14] ---
    OK! Then it's settled!
    Let's take a break before we start!
[06:18] ---
    I'm exhausted, and dripping with sweat...
[06:21] ---
    I think I'll go rest over there!
[06:24] ---
    It's so cool...!
[06:26] ---
    Flaunter...
[06:29] ---
    No peeking, now!
[06:38] ---
    Gonna peek all alone, you old fart?!
[06:41] ---
    Not peeking, monitoring.
[06:44] ---
    I can't let word about my treasure
    get leaked out to anyone!
[06:49] ---
    That makes sense!
[06:50] ---
    Don't consent to that!
[06:53] ---
    It'd be wiser to. Defiance of your
    employer will nullify the 10 million.
[06:59] ---
    It's specifically written
    in your contract!
[07:02] ---
    So just leave the important work to me!
[07:06] ---
    You kiddos get ready to eat or something!
[07:11] ---
    Now, then...!
[07:12] ---
    Oh, Junko-chan...!
[07:15] ---
    Where are you?
[07:18] ---
    Can't trust that geezer one bit...
[07:21] ---
    Master, I've been thinking...
[07:25] ---
    Is that old man really after treasure?
[07:29] ---
    Whadya mean?
[07:31] ---
    Well, he knew about the guardian.
    This is too dangerous to be a hobby.
[07:37] ---
    What's he want, then?
[07:40] ---
    Could it be revenge...?
[07:44] ---
    That's hilarious! Like anyone would
    ever try that for 5 years straight!
[07:49] ---
    But he said it himself!
[07:52] ---
    They were the only friends in the
    Great Kanto Desert he could trust.
[07:58] ---
    Wouldn't it be a once-in-a-century
    thing for him to make such friends?
[08:04] ---
    Am I wrong?!
[08:06] ---
    You're unusually inquisitive.
    What's the deal?
[08:10] ---
    I'm not getting any of the 10 million,
    so I find it hard to be festive.
[08:17] ---
    And you seem especially
    unfond of Junko...
[08:21] ---
    Not really.
[08:24] ---
    You're jealous!
[08:25] ---
    Unbelievable! How can you
    say that?! Don't be stupid!
[08:31] ---
    I simply don't like how she uses
    lousy lumps of fat to get her way!
[08:36] ---
    Isn't she pathetic?!
    I absolutely hate women like that!
[08:45] ---
    Damn kid...!
[08:53] ---
    What the...?!
[08:54] ---
    Let's move!
[08:55] ---
    Go!
[08:56] ---
    It's begun!
[08:57] ---
    There's so many. Are they bandits?
[09:01] ---
    Doesn't seem like it...
[09:03] ---
    That's him!
[09:04] ---
    Master! In back!
[09:09] ---
    That bitch...! Damn you!
[09:13] ---
    Junko-chan! I wondered
    where she went...!
[09:16] ---
    What is she doing there?
[09:21] ---
    She was a spy.
[09:23] ---
    The legendary treasure hunting expert
    was up to something,
[09:27] ---
    so the Game of Life's rival company
    probably sent her in!
[09:32] ---
    And now the first skeleton city found
    in 30 years will be known to all,
[09:39] ---
    and all of its treasure stolen!
[09:42] ---
    Eh?!
[09:44] ---
    Curse her...! She'll pay for this!
[09:52] ---
    Old man...
[09:55] ---
    What are we doing?
[09:57] ---
    Letting them handle the guardian
    while we nab some treasure!
[10:00] ---
    Good thinking!
[10:05] ---
    I THOUGHT I recognized that scoundrel
    from somewhere before...!
[10:10] ---
    Yes, those eyes...
[10:12] ---
    His eyes have the light of
    a well-sharpened, bared knife...
[10:17] ---
    Such disturbing eyes...!
[10:24] ---
    What is he, a monster?!
[10:26] ---
    He's fast!
[10:27] ---
    Get behind him and attack from both-
[10:31] ---
    Sorry! Buy a little more time!
[10:36] ---
    That woman...!
[10:41] ---
    We get him?!
[10:50] ---
    Now to get me some treasure...!
[10:55] ---
    That's--
[10:58] ---
    Hold it.
[10:59] ---
    Oh...
[11:01] ---
    Hand over the treasure.
[11:03] ---
    This? It's nothing special!
[11:06] ---
    The old man said there was a lot more,
    but this is all there was--
[11:10] ---
    Traitor!
[11:13] ---
    I haven't betrayed anyone.
[11:15] ---
    Kaoru-chan agreed that I could
    leave anytime if things turned bad.
[11:24] ---
    What if I won't hand it over?
    Will you shoot?
[11:29] ---
    Can you shoot an unarmed woman?
[11:31] ---
    I know you don't like
    how I take advantage of men
[11:34] ---
    by exploiting their weaknesses.
[11:39] ---
    How cute...!
[11:44] ---
    Hand it over!
[11:46] ---
    Take it if you want it!
[11:48] ---
    You big-chested airhead! Hand it over!
    Hand it over! Hand it over!
[11:54] ---
    You threw your gun away,
    but I won't be so nice.
[11:58] ---
    Humiliated? Sucks for you that
    I'll stop at nothing to get what I want!
[12:05] ---
    Listen. You'll die if you think too much!
[12:23] ---
    Now we're even! See ya!
[12:34] ---
    Damn kid...!
[12:39] ---
    This is humiliating...!
[13:02] ---
    Looks like you finally got 'em all...
[13:06] ---
    With enough money, there's always a way.
[13:09] ---
    And that old man's
    spent five years on it.
[13:13] ---
    He's clearly not out for revenge.
    I wasn't sure what the deal was, but...
[13:20] ---
    ...now I get it.
[13:25] ---
    What the hell--
[13:27] ---
    --are you--
[13:29] ---
    --fighting for?!
[13:41] ---
    There's no one to thank you
    or give you orders!
[13:53] ---
    You're one tough bastard...
[13:56] ---
    But...
[14:00] ---
    ...it's time to say goodbye!
[14:11] ---
    I thought it was for sure this time,
    but I guess it'll take another 5 years...
[14:16] ---
    I wouldn't say so.
[14:20] ---
    You're alive!
[14:22] ---
    But you don't seem to have
    any treasure. What a failure.
[14:26] ---
    Don't be silly.
[14:28] ---
    Wasn't HE your real goal?
[14:33] ---
    Don't worry. He's dead.
[14:35] ---
    Y-you're certain?!
    You're certain it's dead?!
[14:39] ---
    Don't worry, I took care of him! See?
[14:44] ---
    I finished him good!
[14:51] ---
    Do you know what this was?
[14:54] ---
    Sure, more or less.
[14:57] ---
    You "more or less" realized this
    was worth more than the treasure
[15:01] ---
    and that this was my true objective?
[15:05] ---
    Was I wrong?
[15:08] ---
    You're one despicable runt.
    I bet you don't have any friends.
[15:13] ---
    Oh, you're much too kind!
[15:16] ---
    That wasn't praise.
[15:17] ---
    Ya see, when you're a handyman,
    you start hearing all kinds of rumors
[15:22] ---
    and old stories, even in your sleep.
[15:28] ---
    Around the end of the Dark Ages,
[15:30] ---
    there were perfect soldiers sent
    onto the battlefield in place of people.
[15:34] ---
    They say that just one had
    the combat ability of 100 men,
[15:38] ---
    and that a single unit of them was
    one cause of civilization's collapse.
[15:44] ---
    I dunno how much is true,
[15:47] ---
    but once I saw it, I knew you weren't
    after the underground treasure.
[15:52] ---
    You've been doing tests on it
    these past five years, haven't you?
[15:57] ---
    To see if you could sell it or not...
[16:01] ---
    Diligently, so nobody
    would ever find out.
[16:05] ---
    Not even my company or my son...
[16:10] ---
    Five years...
[16:11] ---
    Look at it!
[16:13] ---
    Burned by the sun and sand,
    it continued to fight for five years
[16:17] ---
    as it withstood its own heat.
[16:19] ---
    Its scorched clothes
    clinging to its body,
[16:22] ---
    its armor battered
    by countless bullets and heat...
[16:26] ---
    It's gone without replenishment,
    maintenance, or any support at all!
[16:30] ---
    And as it had woken up
    from centuries-long sleep,
[16:34] ---
    it couldn't have been at 100% performance.
[16:36] ---
    Even so, it displayed
    spectacular combat capacity.
[16:40] ---
    Its inherent abilities are unfathomable!
[16:46] ---
    Scary...
[16:48] ---
    Isn't it, though?
[16:50] ---
    I'm talking about you.
[16:53] ---
    For five years, you suckered guys
    like me and set this thing after 'em.
[16:59] ---
    Just how many did you kill?!
[17:05] ---
    It's no big deal.
[17:07] ---
    Just think if you had an army of
    these armed robots to back you up...
[17:18] ---
    That's crazy...!
[17:26] ---
    Don't think too much,
    don't think too much...
[17:29] ---
    Don't think too much,
    don't think too much...
[17:32] ---
    Oh!
[17:34] ---
    Hey, what're you--
[17:36] ---
    Don't think too much,
    don't think too much...
[17:41] ---
    You never learn...!
[17:45] ---
    Don't think too much!
[17:52] ---
    Alright!
[17:54] ---
    Not bad. Why didn't you kill me?
[17:57] ---
    Now we really are even.
[18:00] ---
    Now strip. I'm taking you to my master.
[18:05] ---
    I can't believe I lost! Crap!
[18:09] ---
    I'm so soft...!
    I should've killed you when--
[18:12] ---
    Keep your hands in the open!
[18:17] ---
    Yeah, yeah...
[18:18] ---
    Fine.
[18:20] ---
    I knew it.
[18:26] ---
    Good evening!
[18:29] ---
    I didn't know where she had
    weapons hidden, so I had her strip.
[18:33] ---
    What another great look...!
[18:37] ---
    Alright, Asagiri Junko!
[18:38] ---
    You filthy traitor!
[18:40] ---
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[18:42] ---
    Well done, Taiko!
    You suddenly have great character!
[18:46] ---
    Yes!
[18:47] ---
    I simply tried not to think too much!
[18:51] ---
    Now, then...
[18:54] ---
    That robot's worth a lot, but it's
    a threat to the Oasis government.
[18:58] ---
    If they found out, they'd probably
    crush the Game of Life Company
[19:03] ---
    and try to shut up everyone
    who knows the secret.
[19:08] ---
    If we make your death look
    like a convincing accident
[19:11] ---
    then we'll be spared,
    plus we can take our base fee.
[19:14] ---
    You wouldn't have bothered
    to finish off the guardian
[19:18] ---
    if that was all you were going to do.
[19:21] ---
    This WAS a job.
[19:23] ---
    And besides, I'd much rather
    have my 10 million!
[19:27] ---
    Even if you're murdered?
[19:29] ---
    Be my guest.
[19:30] ---
    There're plenty of people
    out there who wanna kill me.
[19:34] ---
    An extra person or two
    won't make much difference...
[19:38] ---
    Of course, I won't keep quiet
    if something comes my way,
[19:42] ---
    but I will tell you this.
[19:44] ---
    I've always upheld my contracts
    and kept my employers' secrets secret,
[19:49] ---
    and this time'll be no different.
[19:51] ---
    Though I doubt the Great Kanto Desert's
    most cautious treasure hunter
[19:57] ---
    would ever believe me.
[19:59] ---
    Not really.
[20:00] ---
    Question!
[20:01] ---
    Yes! Little one!
[20:03] ---
    You're going to make lots of
    those robots and sell them, right?
[20:06] ---
    Indeed.
[20:07] ---
    But didn't they play a part in the
    destruction of the old civilization...?
[20:12] ---
    So what?
[20:14] ---
    What if you make money
[20:15] ---
    but humankind actually winds up
    destroyed for good this time?
[20:20] ---
    If it's destroyed that easily,
[20:22] ---
    then let it be destroyed
    and end the suffering.
[20:27] ---
    You're frightening.
[20:29] ---
    After the Dark Ages, it was the
    predecessors of us treasure hunters
[20:33] ---
    who first stepped foot into the
    hellhole that is the Great Kanto Desert.
[20:39] ---
    And once treasure began being dug up,
    people gathered together,
[20:43] ---
    dug wells, and built villages
    that eventually grew into the Oases.
[20:49] ---
    Which is why I don't like
    the Oasis government,
[20:52] ---
    which came in afterwards to sing
    about the safety of the desert,
[20:55] ---
    collect taxes, and force decisions
    on us that suited their own whims!
[21:01] ---
    You're gonna use robots to
    show the government who's who?!
[21:06] ---
    Things should be quite tumultuous
    come 10 years from now!
[21:11] ---
    Ah well.
[21:12] ---
    Say, I do get hush-money, right?!
[21:22] ---
    Smaller one!
[21:24] ---
    Y-yes?!
[21:25] ---
    You get 10 million yen, too!
[21:29] ---
    You certainly earned it.
    Junko-chan's pay should about cover it!
[21:34] ---
    Eh?!
[21:36] ---
    Quiet, you wench!
[21:38] ---
    You should be grateful
    you still have your life!
[21:42] ---
    Eh?! We're not killing her?!
[21:43] ---
    That'd be wasteful- I mean mean!
[21:46] ---
    This woman is our enemy now!
    Get serious!
[21:50] ---
    Boy! If you're alive in 10 years' time,
    come see me! I'll use you!
[21:55] ---
    I could be your enemy
    when that time comes, you know!
[22:07] ---
    That boy has such ominous eyes...!
[22:13] ---
    The exact same eyes I had
    when I was a kid...
[22:17] ---
    And so another nightmare of the
    Dark Ages is about to reawaken...
[22:38] ---
    One circle... Two circles...
[22:46] ---
    One more big circle...
[22:50] ---
    A billowing raincoat...
    (It's a cape!)

[22:54] ---
    Oh, let's not forget
    the sunshade now...

[22:59] ---
    (His heart is pitch black!
    His heart is pitch black!)

[23:05] ---
    Give him a Winchester and
    suddenly you have Sunabouzu!

[23:21] ---
    He'll run again
    today! (Run again)

[23:24] ---
    Through the desert!
    (Even if forced to do jobs)

[23:28] ---
    He'll go forth again tomorrow!
    (Go forth again)

[23:32] ---
    (Until he gets the Boobie Lady)
[23:34] ---
    (Until he gets the Boobie Lady)
[23:36] ---
    (Until he gets the Boobie Lady!)
[23:38] ---
    He'll rush on ahead, life
    on the line! Rush on ahead!

[23:56] ---
    Yo! Ghost of the Desert, Sunabouzu here!
[23:57] ---
    --At last, the Boobie Lady is mine!
    --Congratulations, boy!
[24:00] ---
    What're you gonna do to me!? No! Stop!
[24:02] ---
    Can we really air this?!
    Won't it be a storm of Sunabo marks?!
[24:06] ---
    Next intimate episode-
    "Crime and Punishment"
[24:07] ---
    Miss it and you'll be my slave!