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23 - Voices in the Wind

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[01:22] ---
    "Sunabouzu - Desert Punk"
[01:41] ---
    Matsunami-san!
[01:48] ---
    The winch worked like a charm!
[01:57] ---
    Just what I'd expect
    from a Matsunami Custom!
[02:05] ---
    Matsunami-san!
[02:19] ---
    Matsunami-san!
[02:30] ---
    I'm sorry...
[02:32] ---
    Taiko-san...
[02:37] ---
    "Doubt and Ambition"
[02:40] ---
    Therefore...
[02:42] ---
    ...we'd like to hire you all
    to protect our secret laboratory.
[02:47] ---
    Laboratory?
[02:48] ---
    Don't tell me we're gonna
    be decoys again like last time...
[02:52] ---
    Don't worry. This time it
    is a genuine security detail.
[02:57] ---
    And because it is a critical RHG site,
[03:00] ---
    we'd like your assistance.
[03:03] ---
    Ain't no reason to say no
    when you put it like that!
[03:07] ---
    You can count on us, Natsu-ne!
[03:09] ---
    Koizumi-san.
[03:12] ---
    Koizumi-san?
[03:14] ---
    Y-yes?!
[03:15] ---
    Can we count on you as well?
[03:18] ---
    Eh? For what?
[03:19] ---
    As I said, you'll be
    protecting the laboratory.
[03:23] ---
    R-right! No problem!
[03:30] ---
    Was one hell of a fire!
[03:32] ---
    Think it was the welding gas?
[03:34] ---
    There was nitro lying around, too...
[03:39] ---
    Oh, that reminds me.
    I got an interesting job.
[03:45] ---
    It was an order to make a
    rocket winch just like ol' Kanta's.
[03:53] ---
    Taiko-san!
[03:55] ---
    Here you are!
[04:00] ---
    Only three of Matsunami-san's
    children survived,
[04:03] ---
    but it looks like they're going
    to be sold to slave traders
[04:07] ---
    to pay for the damages
    and their own medical costs...
[04:11] ---
    I feel so bad for the kids...
[04:13] ---
    They're lucky they didn't
    get tossed into the desert...
[04:19] ---
    What?
[04:21] ---
    Are you all right, Taiko-san?
[04:23] ---
    Me?
[04:24] ---
    You don't seem in very high spirits...
[04:29] ---
    Idiot! I never expected a dimwit
    like you to worry about me!
[04:34] ---
    I- I'm sorry!
[04:36] ---
    So, what do you want?
[04:37] ---
    Oh, they said we're leaving soon!
[04:40] ---
    Got it.
[04:43] ---
    Looks like that eager beaver
    ain't here today.
[04:46] ---
    You mean Kaido?
[04:48] ---
    He's already got a job at the lab
    guardin' old man Kaizuka.
[04:55] ---
    What's the matter, Taiko-chan?
    You don't seem too cheery...
[05:00] ---
    Don't worry!
[05:02] ---
    We'll be at the lab in no time
    flat, just like last time!
[05:06] ---
    That's not it...
[05:07] ---
    What's the deal? This ain't like you.
[05:10] ---
    Umm...
[05:11] ---
    What do you suppose old Kaizuka
    is working on at his lab?
[05:16] ---
    Probably one of them awesome
    Dark Age machine guns, you know?
[05:21] ---
    Like maybe the legendary M134 Minigun?!
[05:25] ---
    Get with the program.
[05:28] ---
    Old Kaizuka made a huge fortune
    off of that "Game of Life."
[05:33] ---
    Which means...
[05:35] ---
    Means?
[05:36] ---
    What he's making at the lab is...
    "The Game of Eccentric Destiny"!
[05:41] ---
    That's gotta be it!
[05:43] ---
    It's a game three times more
    exciting than the "Game of Life"!
[05:49] ---
    Let's all play it together!
[05:53] ---
    What is this?
[05:55] ---
    Wow!
[05:56] ---
    W-whoa!
[06:14] ---
    The Great Kanto Crater.
[06:17] ---
    A giant depression born
    from the tectonic activity
[06:19] ---
    that took place
    at the end of the Dark Age.
[06:24] ---
    Around 10 kilometers in diameter
    and 1000 meters below sea level...
[06:29] ---
    Also known as "Hell's Abaddon".
[06:33] ---
    Which makes it the perfect
    location for a secret laboratory.
[06:38] ---
    Everyone ready?!
[06:40] ---
    Yes!
[06:40] ---
    Leave it to us!
[06:42] ---
    Say, did Amagumo not come this time?
[06:45] ---
    He declined. Said this kind
    of work isn't worth it...
[06:49] ---
    What a surprise.
[06:50] ---
    Well, let's go, everyone!
[06:52] ---
    --Right!
[06:52] ---
    --Right!
[06:54] ---
    Oh, look.
[06:56] ---
    That flat-chested girl's still at it!
[06:59] ---
    Flat chest? Who?
[07:02] ---
    The Sunabozu's old student.
[07:04] ---
    Never heard of her.
[07:05] ---
    She's no big deal.
    Anyways, did word come in?
[07:09] ---
    Yeah. The operation begins in 12 hours.
[07:13] ---
    12 hours...
[07:15] ---
    So that's when Flatty's
    short life will come to an end.
[07:20] ---
    Ending life without
    ever having a chest...
[07:25] ---
    Poor thing.
[07:29] ---
    We've gone pretty far down...
[07:32] ---
    We still not at the bottom?
[07:37] ---
    Hey, now! You alright, Mitsuru?!
[07:40] ---
    I- I'm fine!
[07:42] ---
    Want us to carry some stuff?
[07:44] ---
    No! I... want to be able
    to take care of myself!
[07:51] ---
    I see...
[07:52] ---
    I want to be able
    to take care of myself!
[07:57] ---
    Will you get real?!
[07:59] ---
    But I'm upset
[08:01] ---
    I wasn't able to clean up
    my own mess back there!
[08:05] ---
    This kid's... just like I was...
[08:09] ---
    No! That's not true!
[08:12] ---
    Come on! Show some more effort
    if you're gonna say that!
[08:15] ---
    R-right! This is nothing at all!
[08:20] ---
    Yeah, right.
[08:22] ---
    I- I saw Kaido-san the other day
    and realized I need to work harder...
[08:28] ---
    Huh? If you like that eager moron so much,
[08:32] ---
    why not be his pupil?
[08:33] ---
    N-no! I just meant-
[08:38] ---
    We understand, Mitsuru!
    You like Taiko-chan!
[08:42] ---
    --Eh? Eh?!
[08:43] ---
    --Eh?!
[08:45] ---
    Bull's-eye?!
[08:46] ---
    G-get serious!
[08:48] ---
    This idiot isn't any help at all
    when he's most needed!
[08:51] ---
    I- I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[08:54] ---
    Let's get a move-on.
[08:55] ---
    What's wrong?
[08:59] ---
    What the...?
[09:01] ---
    Sure it ain't just a sandstorm?
[09:04] ---
    See anything on your monitor, Taiko-chan?
[09:10] ---
    No good. It's just too far...
[09:14] ---
    I have a bad feeling about this.
    Let's move on ahead!
[09:17] ---
    Right!
[09:44] ---
    Well, Tanigawa-kun?
[09:47] ---
    Oh, Guildhead!
[09:50] ---
    Appears to be going well.
[09:52] ---
    The cultivation should be complete
    after about two more weeks!
[09:56] ---
    So, counting the already-completed 00 Series,
[10:00] ---
    we'll have 18 total.
[10:03] ---
    The 01 Series uses that data,
[10:06] ---
    so they'll be even more powered up!
[10:10] ---
    Still, seeing all these
    Dark Age weapons lined up like this
[10:15] ---
    isn't a pleasant sight at all...
[10:18] ---
    Kaido-kun. I know what you want to say.
[10:21] ---
    But if we're to topple the government
    that so atrociously oppresses
[10:25] ---
    the denizens of the Great Kanto Desert,
[10:29] ---
    we will need these guardians' help.
[10:32] ---
    I realize that, but...
[10:34] ---
    We'll fight fire with fire.
[10:37] ---
    And once all has been accomplished,
[10:41] ---
    I, together with these guardians,
    will leave the center stage of history!
[10:47] ---
    Kaido-kun!
[10:50] ---
    Tanigawa-kun!
[10:52] ---
    Once I do, you'll be the leading
    characters of the Great Kanto Desert!
[10:56] ---
    Use your youthful vigor and zeal
[10:59] ---
    to create a new Great Kanto Desert,
    free of starvation and poverty!
[11:08] ---
    Understood! Not even
    a single ant will get near!
[11:12] ---
    And I'll speed up the development
    of the specialized equipment!
[11:15] ---
    Let's go! Let's do it! Fight!
[11:18] ---
    Yeah! All right!
[11:23] ---
    Each and every one is
    working so diligently.
[11:30] ---
    It would've been even better
    if he was alive...
[11:35] ---
    Though I guess he wasn't the kind
    to be so easily controlled...
[11:49] ---
    So that's their laboratory?
[11:51] ---
    I sent Ayukawa and Samesuga
    to scope it out.
[11:54] ---
    They should be reporting soon.
[12:10] ---
    One on the east...
[12:12] ---
    One on the west...
[12:14] ---
    And...
[12:16] ---
    ...one human. He's giving them orders.
[12:21] ---
    Is this when one should laugh?
[12:24] ---
    No, it's just that both we and
    they possess superhuman strength,
[12:29] ---
    yet we're forced to
    rely on humans in the end.
[12:33] ---
    As Master might put it:
[12:35] ---
    "You ain't never gonna be on
    the front lines like that."
[12:40] ---
    Shall we go?
[12:42] ---
    Yes.
[12:43] ---
    They've gotten smarter?
[12:46] ---
    Yes.
[12:47] ---
    Didn't you think so when you fought
    the robot soldier the other day?
[12:53] ---
    Yeah...
[12:54] ---
    It did seem to act smarter
[12:57] ---
    than the guy we fought half a year ago.
[13:00] ---
    Their intelligence level
    has definitely improved.
[13:04] ---
    Come to think of it, he did
    say "Master" or something...
[13:08] ---
    So there's someone
    teaching 'em how to fight?!
[13:11] ---
    A robot master?
[13:13] ---
    Like this?!
[13:17] ---
    It's most likely
    a vile and crafty human
[13:20] ---
    with extensive combat experience
    and an arsenal of secret techniques.
[13:25] ---
    I think that's who's
    instructing them now.
[13:29] ---
    Vile and crafty?
[13:32] ---
    I see. Only three in the front.
[13:36] ---
    So the factionist scum still haven't
    gotten to mass production yet...
[13:41] ---
    I believe now is the time to strike.
[13:44] ---
    I am of the same opinion.
[13:46] ---
    No. We'll wait a little more.
[13:48] ---
    But...
[13:49] ---
    Your master says likewise.
[13:52] ---
    It is an honor to
    have you come all this way!
[13:56] ---
    The master himself will be
    taking command this time!
[13:59] ---
    There are 12 of you!
    Failure will not be tolerated!
[14:06] ---
    Man... Not only is it hard to
    walk with the rubble and debris...
[14:11] ---
    It's hard to breathe, too...
[14:13] ---
    Don't give up. We're almost there.
[14:15] ---
    Anyways, Taiko-chan.
[14:17] ---
    Yes?
[14:17] ---
    You should really
    do somethin' about that.
[14:23] ---
    They all got... such heavy equipment...
[14:26] ---
    but don't slow down at all...
[14:34] ---
    Too slow!
[14:37] ---
    Idiot! Dumbass! Nitwit! If I'd been
    a bandit, you'd be dead by now!
[14:41] ---
    I- I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[14:44] ---
    C'mon! C'mon! Strip! Strip!
[14:46] ---
    Wearin' all this stuff like a twerp!
[14:49] ---
    What are you doing, Taiko-san?!
[14:50] ---
    C'mon! The TNT and C4, too!
    Hand it all over!
[14:53] ---
    It's all useless in your hands!
[14:56] ---
    Strip down to your underwear!
[14:59] ---
    --I'm gonna be raped!
[15:01] ---
    --Dumbass!
[15:03] ---
    25 bullets. One liter of water.
[15:07] ---
    Now go back to the truck!
[15:09] ---
    But... I...
[15:10] ---
    Just do it!
[15:12] ---
    Taiko-san, I like-
[15:14] ---
    Shut it!
[15:17] ---
    If you care so much, then make it
    back alive and out of our way!
[15:40] ---
    Sorry for the delay!
[15:44] ---
    Oh? What happened to Mitsuru?
[15:46] ---
    I gave that bum the bare essentials
[15:50] ---
    and sent him back to the truck!
[15:52] ---
    Talk about strict!
[15:53] ---
    You bet!
[15:54] ---
    I got no sympathy for
    guys who can't wipe their own ass!
[15:57] ---
    You sure it ain't just "tough love"?!
[16:01] ---
    N-No!
[16:02] ---
    Wait!
[16:03] ---
    What's that?!
[16:07] ---
    What the...?
[16:09] ---
    I've never seen anything like it...
[16:12] ---
    It's beautiful...
[16:17] ---
    Huh?
[16:20] ---
    What was that?
[16:21] ---
    An explosion?
[16:22] ---
    It's from the valley floor!
[16:24] ---
    The lab is down there!
[16:31] ---
    The lab is... on fire!
[16:40] ---
    Where's the enemy?!
[16:42] ---
    Around the other side!
[16:43] ---
    They could have
    invisibility equipment again!
[16:46] ---
    Watch your back!
[16:48] ---
    Natsuko-san...!
[16:50] ---
    Isn't he-
[16:52] ---
    No doubt about it! It's a guardian!
[16:55] ---
    That monster you and Kanta
    fought at the skeleton city?
[17:00] ---
    There's more!
[17:01] ---
    W-what the heck?!
[17:03] ---
    What are surviving monsters
    of the Dark Age doing here?!
[17:10] ---
    It couldn't be! Was old man
    Kaizuka's research here actually-
[17:14] ---
    That's right.
[17:15] ---
    He's mass-producing these guardians
    to take on the robot soldiers.
[17:21] ---
    Say what?!
[17:23] ---
    So we were called here
    to protect some monsters?!
[17:30] ---
    Don't you understand?
[17:31] ---
    The only way to fight those monsters
    is to get monsters of our own!
[17:37] ---
    B-but...!
[17:42] ---
    Look out, Natsuko!
[17:44] ---
    Heavy artillery fire!
    88-millimeter class!
[17:53] ---
    Look over there!
[18:00] ---
    Is that...?!
[18:02] ---
    No doubt about it!
[18:03] ---
    I-it's the Kong!
[18:08] ---
    Kong?
[18:09] ---
    A hover-tank we
    and Kanta once destroyed.
[18:13] ---
    But what's it doing here?!
[18:14] ---
    Hell if I know!
[18:40] ---
    Shit...! Run!
[18:45] ---
    So that's what that dust cloud
    was when we went down the crater!
[18:49] ---
    We don't stand a chance
    against that monster!
[18:52] ---
    Even if it is a Dark Age relic,
    a direct hit from its cannon would be-
[18:59] ---
    We're history if we don't do somethin'!
[19:00] ---
    Kaizuka-san must survive!
[19:06] ---
    Natsuko?!
[19:08] ---
    You're just running to your death!
[19:11] ---
    Come back, Natsuko!
[19:13] ---
    I'm going, too!
[19:15] ---
    T- T- Taiko-chan?!
[19:21] ---
    Natsuko-san!
[19:29] ---
    Natsuko-san!
[19:35] ---
    This floor's falling apart...
[19:38] ---
    Where's Natsuko-san?!
[19:39] ---
    Hey! Taiko-chan!
[19:43] ---
    Man, that sucked...
[19:47] ---
    These... look like underground ruins...
[19:51] ---
    So... where's Natsuko?
[19:52] ---
    I dunno where she went...
[20:05] ---
    T-that's-
[20:08] ---
    A guardian?!
[20:10] ---
    Aki-niichan!
[20:12] ---
    S-should we just shoot it?!
[20:20] ---
    The Kong?!
[20:21] ---
    All the way in here?!
[20:24] ---
    Oh, you're still alive!
[20:27] ---
    You sure are stubborn, Flatty.
[20:29] ---
    That voice...!
[20:38] ---
    Asagiri Junko! Why are you-
[20:43] ---
    Sorry! I made an agreement with him.
[20:46] ---
    I'm here to kill old man Kaizuka
[20:50] ---
    and all the members of this lab!
[20:52] ---
    "Him"?
[20:53] ---
    Bitch!
[20:55] ---
    Like hell you will!
[20:59] ---
    What the...?!
[21:00] ---
    Where'd the shots come from?!
[21:01] ---
    W-who's there?! Who's there?!
[21:07] ---
    B- Bro...!
[21:08] ---
    What?
[21:13] ---
    What?!
[21:14] ---
    W-when did they-
[21:16] ---
    W-w-we're surrounded!
[21:22] ---
    You see? Now why don't you
    drop the guns and surrender?!
[21:28] ---
    B- Bro...!
[21:32] ---
    No!
[21:37] ---
    What the...?!
[21:38] ---
    Don't tell me they're-
[21:46] ---
    Balloons?
[21:47] ---
    How did you know, Taiko-chan?!
[21:50] ---
    Their feet.
[21:51] ---
    Their feet?
[21:53] ---
    They were standing on weak concrete,
[21:55] ---
    but there were no cracks at their feet.
[22:00] ---
    Nice assessment of the situation, Kosuna.
[22:04] ---
    I guess you've matured a bit
[22:07] ---
    if you could see through my balloons.
[22:10] ---
    That voice...!
[22:14] ---
    I-it can't be!
[22:20] ---
    This is the perfect time...
[22:21] ---
    "TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT EPISODE"
[22:22] ---
    ...to end this episode!
[22:24] ---
    
[23:55] ---
    --Ghost of the Desert, Sunabozu here!
    --Skilled Beauty Kosuna here!
[23:57] ---
    Master! Why are you showing up now?
[23:59] ---
    Moron! I'll always be the main character!
[24:02] ---
    No fair! This is the final preview, too!
[24:03] ---
    --Which is why I'm doing it!
    --No, me!
[24:05] ---
    --Anyways, the next episode
    --Anyways, the next episode
[24:06] ---
    --is the final chapter!
    --is the final chapter!
[24:07] ---
    --"Taiko and...
    --...Kanta"!
[24:07] ---
    Miss it and you'll have
    to catch it on stage!
[24:09] ---
    No way!