# 13 - Opposites Collide
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"Sunabouzu - Desert Punk"
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The Great Kanto Desert.
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Sunabozu and Kosuna are on
their way home after a job well done...
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Oh. There're homeless
children out here...
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They're strandees.
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Do you suppose he's their guardian?
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Probably.
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W-water...
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Let's go.
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Eh?!
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W-wait! We're not helping them?!
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They're children!
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Dumbass!
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We're on the verge of being stranded too,
thanks to that magnetic storm!
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Help 'em if you wanna die too.
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But don't blame me...
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Sister...
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Don't talk... You'll only die sooner...
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Good thing there was a town nearby...!
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Is my intuition great or what?!
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Can't always rely on machines
if you wanna survive in this desert!
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You're surprisingly nice!
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Huh?
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After all, you turned right around
the instant you found the town...
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To help them, right?
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Yep. Kids like them sell for quite a bit!
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Eh?! Sell?!
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What were you thinking?
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Saving a life means a reward.
If not their money, then their body.
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It's only natural.
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Ah, I see. You're so cool...
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I've never once lost a
pick-up-strewn-money contest!
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Impressive, Master!
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Another strandee.
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Huh...? He's with those kids!
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"Ideality and Reality"
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A slight case of dehydration...
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Still, this guy's really built...!
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Not to mention good-looking...
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I bet he'd--
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Are we selling him?
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How're they?
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It looks like they're
going to be just fine.
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Hey, get up!
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Hey, you wanna die?!
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Here's some water.
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Whoopsies!
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"Labor Contract"
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Hold your horses. First you sign this.
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I'm saved...!
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Wonderful!
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Now pay the million yen
for saving your life.
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Like I really have that kind of money.
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Then you'll just have to earn it...
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You were probably trying to make
some money off of those kids too,
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but I guess you screwed up...
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I'd never do that!
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I did lose my direction in
the magnetic storm two days ago
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and wound up in big trouble, but...
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But...
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When I saw these kids, I just
couldn't bear to NOT help them...
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What?
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Don't tell me you actually helped someone
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without care for profit or loss?
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Yeah... Is that weird?
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Yes!
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You can't survive in this hellish desert
thinking creepy crap like that!
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--It's always like this!
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--You're always doing this, dumbass?!
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Ahh, screw this! How about the brats?!
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They got nothing.
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We'll just hafta sell 'em!
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H-hey!
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What...?!
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I'll pay for the children too!
Just give them their freedom!
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Suit yourself, moron.
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It certainly was nice to have
the IOUs signed without any trouble...!
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Now you're officially mine...
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Run and you'll be a wanted man!
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I'd never run! I WILL pay you back!
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Eat up.
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Eh? But...
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Stop...!
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It's all right.
I don't feel like eating...
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Sheesh...
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Come to think of it,
I still don't know your names...
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Oh, I'm Asari! My sister is Shijimi!
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I'm Kaido Masaru. Nice to meet you!
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"Personnel Bazaar"
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No! Father...!
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I'm sorry, Tsuyuko...!
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I promise I'll be back
once I've saved enough money...!
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Honey...! Honey...!
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N- Norio...!
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Here's your money!
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No! No...! Give Dad back...!
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Ooh, look at 'em go!
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How sad...!
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You're in a position
to pity other people?
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This is one fine man!
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Isn't he, though?! Isn't he, though?!
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Just look at these muscles!
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And these straight teeth!
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They could withstand 10 years
of ultra-intensive labor!
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Oh! So, how much?!
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1.5 million...
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"Bargain!!"
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"Now's your chance!!"
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...and 105 yen!
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Too much!
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Idiot!
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"Ultra Intensive Labor- Looking
for young and healthy men!"
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Ooh!
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I specialize in pretty little girls...
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Things certainly are tough...
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Damn...!
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What do you say we lower the price?
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Never! I want 1,500,105 yen!
I absolutely want it!
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Bastard...!
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What're you laughin' at?!
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Who do you think is
suffering 'cause of you?!
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You damn greedmonger...!
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You want money that badly?!
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Duh!
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Even if it means trampling
the weak and the poor?!
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Duh!
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What's with you?!
What're you trying to do?
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You sacrifice yourself
to try and save some kids
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by giving them your food
and spoutin' unprofitable crap...
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I can't help it. That's just how I am.
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Fine. Just looking at you pisses me off,
so let me fill you in.
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A long time ago, some people
tried to create a society
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where everyone helped each
other and lived happily.
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And what happened to
the world as a result?
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A bunch of scum mistakenly
felt they had gotten stronger...
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...and you know what they
did to this planet, right?
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Weren't the ones who made
this hellhole of a desert
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the weaklings that you love oh-so-much?
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You and wusses who only know
how to preach about idealism
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give off the exact same stench.
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M- Master...!
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Stop, you brats!
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Stop already!
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If only they'd stop for 'em...
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Huh?
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Hold it!
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Do you honestly think
you can beat that many?!
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Just leave 'em be...!
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Shijimi!
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Damn brat...!
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Shijimi...!
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Thought you could get away, huh?!
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Let go!
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Let go!
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Hey, now! What can you do unarmed?!
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We can't let you
get injured now, can we?!
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Could you let me have
my way just this once?!
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I don't wish to hurt
the ones who saved me.
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--Eep...!
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--Eep...!
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I don't need you to tell me now...
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I know all too well that
what I do is extremely pointless...
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That's why I've been
made fun of everywhere I go...
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That's why I have no money
and no girlfriend...
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But even so...!
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S-such forcefulness...
I was scared senseless.
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Those eyes...
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I know...!
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Yes...!
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What're you doing?!
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You with these brats?!
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I know...!
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I'm sad, but...
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But...!
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I have no choice...
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It's the only way I'm able to live...!
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I don't have a choice...!
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I-incredible...!
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I didn't know he was that strong...!
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Wouldn't we be in trouble
if we made him mad too...?!
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You'll pay for this!
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Mister!
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That was quite an interesting
performance you gave...
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You're good.
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Whoops! That's close enough!
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So you're a soldier, huh...
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Eh?!
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A pretty elite one, too.
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Like the ones that sneak around
the desert in small numbers...
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I've seen 'em only once before,
in the very depths of the desert...
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I watched a bandit gang
somewhat famous for its cruelty
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get wiped out instantly by a strange
armed group I'd never seen before...
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It was no ordinary military unit...
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...and it wasn't
another bandit gang, either.
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They made no wasted movements,
accomplished their goal,
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and then left like the wind,
leaving no traces behind...
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The techniques they used...
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...were exactly like
the ones you used just now.
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It's called like martial arts
or something, right?
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What's that?
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A killing technique passed down
from before the Dark Age, I hear.
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Can't blame you for not knowin'
about it. It did die out long ago.
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But I guess it survived
just fine in the Oasis...
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in the military.
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Looks like I hit it on the nose.
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It finally adds up.
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Supposedly, most Oasis soldiers
are born and bred in the Oasis...
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...including you, right?
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Wow!
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You're from the Oasis!
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No wonder you're
so na ve about everything...
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So, what is an Oasis soldier
doing in a place like this?
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You're pretty smart.
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And you seem to know the score.
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Which is why people
all over are out to get me.
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I... can't live shrewdly like you do...
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How dare you...!
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How dare you hurt my friends...!
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Yikes, he's those guys' friend?!
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W-what now?!
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OK, Masaru-kun! Go get him!
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Isn't that the opposite of
what you were just saying?!
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You're the only one
who can protect the runts!
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Everything I always thought
was right since I was born
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seems like crap now that
I've lost things to believe in...!
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That's why I'm here, doing this now!
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To find the path meant for me!
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Whoa...!
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Scary. So that's what
true martial arts are...
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He's mine!
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I found him first!
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I want him...!
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Alright! Nicely done!
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You're suddenly cheerful.
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A little...!
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You're agonizing over something stupid,
you know that?
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How so?
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If there's something you
wanna believe in, just do it.
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Heh.
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You're the one who snubbed
what I do from the very start.
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I didn't say NOT to do it;
I just said I really hate it.
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I dunno what your story is,
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but you really will die out here
if you keep moping around.
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OK! I have 1.5 million!
Any other takers?!
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1.6!
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1.6 million! How generous of you, sir!
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Are there any others?!
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1.8 million!
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Oh, man...!
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Your price sure has skyrocketed...
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They all saw that fight earlier.
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Don't you care, Masaru-san?
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I have no choice. A promise is a promise.
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Question!
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Yes?
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You rescued those children
because you want to help the weak...
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...but you can't take
care of them forever, right?
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I suppose not...
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Without you,
those weak children will die.
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But if someone like my master saved them,
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although traumatic from their perspective,
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they'd still be able to live.
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Just by being alive, they'd have
a chance- or time- to get stronger.
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Am I wrong, Master?!
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No, I haven't really put that
much thought into it or anything...
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In the end, aren't you simply
satisfying your own empowered ego
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and hindering the weak from growing
stronger by spoiling them more?!
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Yeah!
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I almost fell into a
soft way of thinking myself,
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but my master's words earlier saved me!
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Umm, no, I was just insulting you...
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Nah, he knows all about that.
Or else he wouldn't be distraught.
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But...!
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So this is the Great Kanto Desert...
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Yup.
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Still...
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I AM going to look for my path,
after all...
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There're people who want
to grow strong but can't.
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There're others who'll die
before they get a chance to.
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I'm going to help them.
In an even better way...
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Alright! I'll pay 2 million!
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OK! We've reached the big 2-mill!
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--Any others?!
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--Huh? Come to think of
it, where are those kids?
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Freeze right there! Move and you're dead!
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We ain't done nothin'...!
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Shut up! You'll have time
to talk at the station!
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What's the charge?!
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Fraud, theft, and murder!
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Huh?!
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And...
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...aggravated assault against
the Water Station ♪3 Youth Group!
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Eh?! That was a youth group...?!
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Master...
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Damn those brats...!
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Unbelievable... To think
those two were actually--
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--wanted thieves...
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They'd pretend to be lost and
get travelers to pick 'em up,
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"WANTED"
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then they'd steal all their
money, food, and water...!
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Talk about some shitty kids!
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They certainly fooled us...
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And to top it off,
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the cops think we're in cahoots with them...!
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We DID nearly kill the youth group
that tried to apprehend them...
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For three days' time, the three
were interrogated most violently.
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Incredibly so...!
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Whee! Spinny, spinny! Spinny, spinny!
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However!
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Upon learning of Masaru's background,
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the interrogator's attitude
completely changed
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and the three were acquitted and released.
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I still can't believe it...
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Even little kids like them
have to resort to crime
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to survive in the Great Kanto Desert...
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How sad... It truly is Hell!
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It's your fault! It's all because
you wanted to help people...!
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W-what's with you?!
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I'm glad we're free and all...
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...but the money those brats stole,
the youth group's medical fees...
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I wound up having to pay
for all of it myself...!
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That's because you're my owner...!
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And I lost my secret base
just the other day, too...!
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And being saved by you even though
you're entirely to blame
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makes no sense at all...!
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What the hell?! It's your
fault for being so damn greedy!
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How'd it go?!
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Just peachy!
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Great! So we got 2 million yen?!
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No, half a million.
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Eh?! Why did you lower the price?
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'Cause 2 million can't possibly
make up for our losses...!
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I take it you thought of
something even better...
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Wanna hear it?!
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Eh?! You sold him to a homo?!
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I wish you could've seen his face...!
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What do you eat to come up
with such cruel ideas...?
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I bet that hardhead'll
soften up a little now!
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I told him this is
another way of helping people!
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He's so going to hate us...!
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And so, on their way home...
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Master! Master! Look!
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They're trying to get sympathy again.
Should we capture 'em?!
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--Leave 'em be.
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--Eh?!
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They're way more Great Kanto Desert-ish
than that other dumbass.
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The Great Kanto Desert is harsh, indeed.
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Yo, it's Nice Guy of the Desert,
Kaido Masaru!
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Next episode, I start--
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Hey! For a guest,
you sure got some nerve!
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I haven't even gotten
to take over a preview yet!
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Go get sold, loser!
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Next episode- "Kosuna and Full-Auto"
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Miss it and we'll possess you!