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