22 - Hidden Agendas

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[01:22] ---
    "Sunabouzu - Desert Punk"
[02:29] ---
    I'm Koizumi Taiko!
[02:31] ---
    I'm 14 and intent on being the
    Great Kanto Desert's ♪1 skilled beauty!
[02:37] ---
    Oops, wrong one...
[02:39] ---
    With my pupil Mitsuru,
    I beat up bad people of the desert!
[02:43] ---
    Or that was the idea...
[02:45] ---
    Truth is, Mitsuru has Hulkosis
    and transforms into a sadistic beast
[02:49] ---
    whenever he's subjected
    to an emotional shock.
[02:53] ---
    Am I gonna be able to fully
    utilize Mitsuru down the road?
[02:58] ---
    After somehow finishing
    a job and returning to town,
[03:01] ---
    I found my idol, Natsuko-san,
    waiting to give me one heck of a job.
[03:05] ---
    It was to be-
[03:07] ---
    Eh?!
[03:09] ---
    Security for the Reverse Handyman
    Guild's first strategy meeting?!
[03:16] ---
    "Rain and Sea"
[03:21] ---
    In the past few months,
    villages excavating ruins on their own
[03:25] ---
    and companies like Uzumaki
    moving away from government control
[03:28] ---
    have come under attack
    and destruction by the enemy!
[03:32] ---
    Enemy?
[03:33] ---
    The government army.
[03:35] ---
    No way! The Oasis government
    would kill its own citizens?!
[03:40] ---
    You're so na ve, Haruo.
[03:42] ---
    Have they ever once cared about us?
[03:46] ---
    Besides, you're considered a traitor
[03:49] ---
    if you dig up ruins on your own...
[03:51] ---
    However! If nothing is done,
[03:54] ---
    we will forever be the Oasis' pet dogs!
[03:57] ---
    Now is the time for we, the RHG,
[03:59] ---
    to stand up for the happiness
    of all desert people!
[04:03] ---
    Happiness, huh...
[04:05] ---
    At any rate, that's what
    this conference is for.
[04:09] ---
    But if you're taking on
    the government army,
[04:11] ---
    doesn't that mean you
    might run into them again?!
[04:15] ---
    "Them"...?!
[04:17] ---
    You mean them?!
[04:21] ---
    There's a good possibility.
[04:25] ---
    The compensation will make up for it.
    But if you want to decline-
[04:29] ---
    N-no! I'll do it!
    They killed my master, after all!
[04:34] ---
    We're in, too! They could
    try to kill you, Natsuko!
[04:39] ---
    Yeah! What kind of brothers would
    we be if we didn't protect you?!
[04:43] ---
    I- I'll protect you, too, Natsu-ne!
[04:46] ---
    Thanks, everyone!
[04:48] ---
    We're counting on you!
[04:49] ---
    --Right!
    - -Right!
[04:51] ---
    U-umm, Taiko-san...
[04:54] ---
    What're you doing?!
[04:55] ---
    Why aren't you walking the
    Kawaharas' Heracles Goldion Beetle?!
[04:59] ---
    Well...
[05:00] ---
    It kept walking around everywhere,
    so when I tugged at it...
[05:07] ---
    Y-you don't mean...!
[05:08] ---
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
    I'm really sorry! I'm really sorry!
[05:14] ---
    Honestly! Just had to do it
    when we were broke!
[05:17] ---
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[05:19] ---
    I'm sorry!
[05:20] ---
    Like apologizing will fix anything!
[05:23] ---
    Sorry!
[05:25] ---
    Whatever! Go get us ready for tomorrow!
[05:28] ---
    Right!
[05:30] ---
    Sheesh, can't even
    walk a stupid bug right...
[05:37] ---
    Ah well.
[05:42] ---
    "Reverse Handyman"
[05:43] ---
    Looks like you're ready.
[05:45] ---
    Yep! All set!
[05:47] ---
    Dark Age monsters or ghosts
    or whatever! Bring it on!
[05:51] ---
    Alright! Get on!
[05:54] ---
    Come on, Mitsuru! Get moving!
[05:56] ---
    R-right!
[05:58] ---
    Oh, a job?
[06:00] ---
    Matsunami-san!
[06:02] ---
    Looks pretty flashy.
    Taking care of bandits?
[06:06] ---
    Uhh...
[06:08] ---
    Yeah, something like that.
    What about you, Matsunami-san?
[06:12] ---
    The missus nags how I should
    play with the kids sometimes...
[06:18] ---
    It must be tough...
[06:20] ---
    Oh, that reminds me.
    I got an interesting job.
[06:25] ---
    It was an order to make a
    rocket winch just like ol' Kanta's.
[06:32] ---
    Daddy!
[06:34] ---
    Oh, sorry!
[06:36] ---
    Well, good luck!
[06:38] ---
    Right!
[06:39] ---
    Oh, Matsunami-san!
[06:42] ---
    If you don't mind,
    could I see that winch later?
[06:46] ---
    Sure, no problem.
[06:48] ---
    We're leavin' now!
[06:54] ---
    See you later!
[06:56] ---
    --Bye-bye!
[06:56] ---
    --See you later!
[07:00] ---
    So it's time...
[07:02] ---
    ...warriors!
[07:12] ---
    ♪ "Everyone is calling again today!" ♪
[07:16] ---
    ♪ "The denizens
    of the desert are crying!" ♪
[07:21] ---
    ♪ "We will crush the evil government!" ♪
[07:24] ---
    ♪ "Dreams and justice
    and the hopes of the people!" ♪
[07:28] ---
    ♪ "Oh, oh! The West Oasis-" ♪
[07:32] ---
    Reverse!
[07:33] ---
    ♪ "-Handyman Guild!" ♪
[07:48] ---
    So anyways, Taiko-chan.
[07:50] ---
    How's your pupil comin' along?
[07:52] ---
    He's pathetic!
[07:53] ---
    He can't use a gun, he's quick to whine,
[07:56] ---
    and he can't even walk a bug!
[08:00] ---
    He'll never be on
    the front lines like that!
[08:07] ---
    What's the matter?
[08:08] ---
    No, it's nothing...
[08:12] ---
    We're here.
[08:13] ---
    Here?
[08:15] ---
    Smack in the middle of...
[08:18] ---
    ...a skeleton city?
[08:22] ---
    But isn't this-
[08:27] ---
    Yes. You should recognize it.
[08:29] ---
    It's the place Kaizuka-san found
    20 years ago- the 85th skeleton city.
[08:34] ---
    But last time it took a
    really long time to get here...
[08:38] ---
    Kaizuka-san is very cautious.
    He must've purposely taken a long way.
[08:45] ---
    Then all that suffering was for-
[08:47] ---
    Now, then.
[08:48] ---
    The security teams are already
    in position, but you'll be-
[08:54] ---
    What's that?!
[08:55] ---
    Taiko-san?!
[08:57] ---
    Idiot! That's "sensei"!
    You wait right there!
[09:00] ---
    You're the one who's waiting!
[09:01] ---
    But it could be the enemy, you know!
[09:05] ---
    What the...?!
[09:10] ---
    They were beaten to death after
    they blasted away like amateurs!
[09:25] ---
    My, what a crude how-do-you-do...
[09:30] ---
    Y-you're...!
[09:32] ---
    Yo.
[09:34] ---
    I remember you, kiddo.
    Name's Kosuna, if I recall.
[09:39] ---
    You used to hang behind
    the Sunabozu like goldfish dung...
[09:44] ---
    Shut up!
[09:45] ---
    Anyways, could you lower the gun?
    We are both in the RHG...
[09:50] ---
    L-liar!
[09:51] ---
    It's the truth.
[09:53] ---
    Natsuko-san?
[09:55] ---
    We hired this man.
[10:09] ---
    Still, it's odd.
[10:13] ---
    They were all professional
    soldiers with military training.
[10:16] ---
    Yet, they were so easily-
[10:18] ---
    Ooh.
[10:21] ---
    T-these are--
[10:23] ---
    Fancy as the equipment may be,
[10:26] ---
    there's no concealing the footprints.
[10:30] ---
    You're alright!
[10:32] ---
    You OK, Natsuko?!
[10:34] ---
    Thank goodness!
[10:35] ---
    Stop right there!
[10:38] ---
    As I said earlier, you are
    to guard the conference center!
[10:41] ---
    B-but...
[10:43] ---
    The RHG might not be an army,
    but a superior's orders are absolute!
[10:47] ---
    Y-yeah, but we're also siblings...
[10:51] ---
    Your brothers are worried about you...
[10:54] ---
    Natsu-ne...!
[10:57] ---
    S-sorry...
[11:00] ---
    I'll leave the pursuit to
    Kosuna-san, Amagumo-san,
[11:04] ---
    and Kaido-san.
[11:05] ---
    Got it!
[11:07] ---
    Leave it to me...
[11:09] ---
    U-umm... What about me?
[11:12] ---
    Idiot! You be quiet
    and wait in the truck!
[11:15] ---
    Oh, how kind! Concerned for
    your cute little minion, are we?
[11:20] ---
    Y-you wish!
[11:21] ---
    Take him with you.
[11:23] ---
    But...
[11:24] ---
    Actual combat experience is important.
[11:27] ---
    If you say so, Natsuko-san...
[11:29] ---
    Now that that's decided...
[11:33] ---
    This prey is mine!
[11:35] ---
    Hey! No head starts!
[11:39] ---
    Good grief.
[11:40] ---
    Well, whadya say we go?
[11:41] ---
    R-right!
[11:53] ---
    This looks bad. They're headed
    for the conference center!
[12:00] ---
    They stopped...
[12:02] ---
    It looks like they took off
    with a rocket winch or something...
[12:17] ---
    What the...?!
[12:29] ---
    Taiko-san. Something strange is-
[12:32] ---
    Call me "sensei"!
[12:42] ---
    Taiko-san!
[12:48] ---
    What're you doing?!
[12:51] ---
    What the heck is that thing?!
[12:54] ---
    I-it's a ghost!
[12:56] ---
    Idiot! Like ghosts shoot guns!
[12:59] ---
    Well, the fact it makes no sense
    puts it on the same level as a ghost...
[13:06] ---
    A legacy from the Dark Age!
[13:09] ---
    I once heard they have special camouflage
[13:12] ---
    capable of avoiding not just sensors,
[13:15] ---
    but sight- human eyes- as well!
[13:20] ---
    Oh no! The conference center!
[13:23] ---
    An unseen enemy, huh?
[13:25] ---
    I couldn't ask for a better opponent...
[13:27] ---
    Let's go, then!
[13:29] ---
    However, I just remembered
    something I forgot!
[13:32] ---
    I leave the rest to you!
[13:39] ---
    H-he ran away!
[13:44] ---
    Adios!
[13:47] ---
    Bastard!
[13:49] ---
    In any case, I must go!
[13:52] ---
    Can you?
[13:54] ---
    Even if we are up against powerful,
    vile robot soldiers...
[14:00] ---
    ...using Dark Age super-science...
[14:04] ---
    ...I... must go!
[14:11] ---
    Asari-chan! And Shijimi-chan!
[14:14] ---
    I absolutely must let this
    first meeting of the RHG succeed
[14:18] ---
    to keep any more sisters like you
    from befalling misfortune!
[14:23] ---
    I'll do it! For the love and
    peace of all the desert people!
[14:29] ---
    He stupid?
[14:32] ---
    So cool!
[14:34] ---
    Eh?!
[14:36] ---
    So, how'd it go?
[14:38] ---
    Just some minor equipment damage.
    No problems.
[14:42] ---
    Hey, be careful, now. Your super-fancy
    equipment'll be for naught.
[14:46] ---
    Don't worry. I will
    accomplish the mission.
[14:50] ---
    See that you do.
[14:51] ---
    Your guys' master is here to watch today.
[14:55] ---
    I see. Give him my regards.
[14:59] ---
    He gives his regards, Master!
[15:11] ---
    You all right?!
[15:13] ---
    C'mon, Mitsuru!
    Quit your pantin', will ya?!
[15:17] ---
    S-sorry...
[15:20] ---
    So, this is...
[15:22] ---
    ...the entrance to
    the conference center?!
[15:24] ---
    Yeah. They've built a conference center
    in the ruins below.
[15:28] ---
    General Kawaguchi and her brothers
    should already be at the bottom.
[15:32] ---
    Old man Kaizuka, too?
[15:35] ---
    He's here, of course.
[15:36] ---
    I'm relieved to hear that!
[15:41] ---
    Thanks for showing the way!
[15:49] ---
    You can be so cunning,
    yet make such mistakes in judgment.
[15:53] ---
    Humans are such fascinating creatures.
[15:59] ---
    It's a pity, but you must die.
[16:04] ---
    Kaido-san!
[16:06] ---
    --Mitsuru!
[16:07] ---
    --Yes?!
[16:07] ---
    --Do your Hulkosis right now!
[16:09] ---
    --Eh?
[16:10] ---
    It's the only way
    out of this predicament!
[16:13] ---
    What on earth are you-
[16:15] ---
    Just do it!
[16:17] ---
    Eh?! W-what are you talking about?!
[16:21] ---
    What a pain!
[16:24] ---
    W-what are you doing, Taiko-san?!
[16:31] ---
    I- I'm sorry! I'm sorry about the
    Heracles Goldion Beetle thing!
[16:35] ---
    That's not what I mean!
[16:48] ---
    I, Kaido Masaru, for the freedom
    and peace of the desert people,
[16:52] ---
    cannot afford to lose... here!
[17:01] ---
    Amusing.
[17:02] ---
    And interesting.
[17:04] ---
    You appear skilled for a human,
    but my objective comes first.
[17:09] ---
    Let us square off next time.
[17:14] ---
    Running away?!
[17:15] ---
    Bastard!
[17:17] ---
    It's no use!
[17:17] ---
    Oh no! He's heading underground!
[17:27] ---
    Simpleton!
[17:29] ---
    Yo.
[17:30] ---
    What a shame.
[17:31] ---
    You've entered
    my threaded barrier.
[17:35] ---
    And the thing I forgot
    was back in the truck.
[17:40] ---
    A can of paint...
[17:42] ---
    Amagumo!
[17:44] ---
    Nice idea!
[17:46] ---
    I bet he just found a paint can
    while he was running away...
[17:50] ---
    Never mind that, just shoot!
[17:52] ---
    Yeah, yeah!
[17:53] ---
    You got it!
[17:57] ---
    To think we descendents of the
    Dark Age could lose to mere paint...
[18:02] ---
    However!
[18:05] ---
    Look out!
[18:08] ---
    T-thank you!
[18:10] ---
    And we almost had him!
[18:14] ---
    You're certainly a tough one...
[18:23] ---
    What now?
[18:31] ---
    We can't let him get underground!
[18:35] ---
    --Crap!
    --Natsuko-san and the others!
[18:39] ---
    Look like it's "game over"!
[18:42] ---
    It's not over just-
[18:51] ---
    No way...
[18:52] ---
    D-does this mean-
[18:54] ---
    It's all over... Master...
[19:04] ---
    That gal's good!
[19:10] ---
    Well, so long...
[19:11] ---
    H-he's quick to run again!
[19:15] ---
    Master! We better run, too!
[19:26] ---
    Hey! You find it?!
[19:28] ---
    Nope! Not yet!
[19:29] ---
    Eh?! The strategy meeting
    was all a lie?!
[19:34] ---
    I'm sorry.
[19:35] ---
    It was all a feint intended to
    lure out and decimate the enemy.
[19:39] ---
    N-no way!
[19:41] ---
    That's so mean, Natsu-ne!
[19:44] ---
    You even used me as a decoy!
    Impressive, General Kawaguchi!
[19:54] ---
    Well, it was still her plan.
[19:57] ---
    Shouldn't we be happy we helped with it?
[20:00] ---
    Though you only caught one measly one...
[20:04] ---
    That's plenty.
[20:07] ---
    I- I found it!
[20:09] ---
    Bastard's-
[20:10] ---
    Is it still alive?
[20:14] ---
    Spectacular.
[20:16] ---
    Such an impressive trap...
[20:19] ---
    What about the rest?
[20:21] ---
    No luck. It's either blown up
    or under the rubble.
[20:24] ---
    I see...
[20:26] ---
    So you concocted this big charade
[20:28] ---
    to get their secret of immortality...
[20:32] ---
    Kaizuka-san requested it.
[20:35] ---
    Not that old man again!
[20:37] ---
    At any rate, this is
    a huge catch in itself.
[20:42] ---
    Look out, Natsuko!
[20:44] ---
    Where is he?!
[20:47] ---
    Look!
[20:49] ---
    T-Truly...
[20:52] ---
    impressive...
[20:54] ---
    shooting...
[20:56] ---
    Master...
[21:09] ---
    "Master"?
[21:11] ---
    You're pretty good, for a human.
[21:15] ---
    Hitting him from this distance-
[21:19] ---
    Up and vanished again, huh?
[21:24] ---
    Later!
[21:25] ---
    Yeah, see ya!
[21:29] ---
    Man... Talk about an exhausting job...
[21:34] ---
    Are you all right, Taiko-san?
[21:36] ---
    Listen, you!
[21:39] ---
    "Winches"
[21:39] ---
    Sand! Get some sand!
[21:42] ---
    Get some shovels!
[21:44] ---
    Where's the fire brigade?!
[21:48] ---
    Hurry!
[21:50] ---
    No!
[21:52] ---
    What about Matsunami-san's family?!
[21:54] ---
    It's too late!
    There's no way to save 'em now!
[21:57] ---
    No!
[22:00] ---
    Matsunami-san...!
[22:01] ---
    
[22:02] ---
    He asked me to make
    a winch just like his...
[22:06] ---
    Matsunami-san. Could I see it later?
[22:10] ---
    Sure. No problem.
[23:56] ---
    Soul Repo-Man of the Desert, Amagumo here.
[23:59] ---
    Those who remember the
    Great Kanto Desert are happy.
[24:01] ---
    --Hey, quit runnin' the show!
    --So here is the next RHG tale!
[24:04] ---
    --There's only two episodes left! Anyways!
    --So here is the next RHG tale!
[24:06] ---
    Next episode is "Doubt and Ambition"!
[24:08] ---
    Miss it and...
[24:08] ---
    ...the fog of war will call for Kosuna!