The Heroic Spirit Incident

1 - The Heroic Spirit Incident
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    Breaking news!
[00:18] ---
    The shock that assaulted Snowfield last night
    must be fresh on all your minds.
[00:25] ---
    The huge explosion in the desert area
    just south of the city...
[00:28] ---
    was due to a gas company accident...
[00:31] ---
    according to reports this morning
    from the Snowfield Police Department.
[00:35] ---
    To investigate the cause of the accident,
    all transit routes to the desert have been closed.
[00:40] ---
    All airspace traffic over the area
    has also been restricted by the army.
[00:49] ---
    So, this is the flare to signal
    the commencement.
[00:52] ---
    Really, the next seven days...
[00:55] ---
    will surely be nauseatingly fun.
[01:29] ---
    Um...
[01:31] ---
    Huh?
[01:33] ---
    Are there...
[01:35] ---
    any cheap motels
    around here?
[01:42] ---
    You must be new around here.
[01:44] ---
    Traveling?
[01:46] ---
    Oh, y-yes.
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    From Japan.
[01:50] ---
    Oh, Japan?
[01:51] ---
    That's a real interesting place!
[01:54] ---
    My dad once went to Japan.
[01:57] ---
    He got me a souvenir from some amusement park
    called "Kitsy Land" or something.
[02:00] ---
    It's still at my parents' place!
[02:03] ---
    What part of Japan are you from?
[02:06] ---
    Oh, um...
[02:10] ---
    Wait.
[02:11] ---
    Where was it?
[02:13] ---
    What's up with that?
[02:15] ---
    Well, you can sometimes forget
    where you were born.
[02:21] ---
    That's a sick tattoo!
[02:25] ---
    Oh, no.
[02:26] ---
    It's not much.
[02:29] ---
    Sajyou...
[02:32] ---
    Ayaka Sajyou...
[02:36] ---
    Participate in the Holy Grail War...
[02:40] ---
    Ayaka Sajyou.
[02:44] ---
    This again?
[02:46] ---
    Choppers have been flying nonstop
    since this morning.
[02:49] ---
    They're getting in the way
    of business! Jeez!
[02:53] ---
    From this morning?
[02:55] ---
    Seems some gas tank or pipeline
    in the desert blew up last night.
[03:00] ---
    They said it's dangerous,
    so the place is off-limits.
[03:18] ---
    This is...
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    a Command Spell?
[03:22] ---
    Director Faldeus...
[03:25] ---
    Who is this woman?
[03:27] ---
    I wonder who she is.
[03:30] ---
    For a Mage, she doesn't hide
    her Magical Energy.
[03:34] ---
    She may be taunting us,
    but it's not like she's noticed our surveillance.
[03:39] ---
    Hopefully she doesn't turn out
    to be an obstacle for us.
[03:44] ---
    Did you find out anything
    about the incident at the desert?
[03:47] ---
    No, not yet. However...
[03:50] ---
    all the familiars that we found comatose
    have strange bruises showing up.
[03:57] ---
    Our analysts believe...
[03:59] ---
    it is some kind of illness or a curse.
[04:02] ---
    In any case, we should assume something
    related to the Holy Grail War is the cause.
[04:09] ---
    Flat Escardos...
[04:11] ---
    Tiné Chelc...
[04:13] ---
    and a Silver Wolf believed to be a Chimera.
[04:17] ---
    We have ascertained four Masters...
[04:19] ---
    including the police chief.
[04:21] ---
    Three humans and one animal, to be precise.
[04:25] ---
    There were signs that Jester Caltoolet,
    a Master candidate...
[04:28] ---
    succeeded in summoning a Heroic Spirit.
[04:31] ---
    However...
[04:32] ---
    multiple skeletal remains
    were found in the workshop...
[04:35] ---
    and we don't know if he's alive or dead.
[04:37] ---
    The Kuruoka couple...
[04:38] ---
    refused to participate in the Holy Grail War
    to begin with. Absurd behavior.
[04:44] ---
    It is unthinkable considering
    what the Kuruoka couple is like.
[04:50] ---
    With so many irregulars, it's difficult
    to neatly set everything up. I'm at a loss.
[04:59] ---
    Please register her...
[05:01] ---
    as a Level 2 observation target.
[05:04] ---
    What about Chief Orlando?
[05:05] ---
    We will find a good opportunity...
[05:07] ---
    to share this information with the police chief
    along with that of Flat and Silver Wolf.
[05:12] ---
    Concealing a Holy Grail War...
[05:15] ---
    isn't an easy job.
[05:29] ---
    Who'd have thought...
[05:30] ---
    we'd see a time where the United States
    would be hosting a Holy Grail War?
[05:35] ---
    I still don't want to believe it...
[05:39] ---
    Lord El-Melloi II.
[05:43] ---
    My sympathies, Mr. Langal.
[05:48] ---
    The one that forced you into that guise...
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    Faldeus!
[05:52] ---
    He pretended to be my apprentice.
[05:54] ---
    I fell right for his deception!
[05:56] ---
    But in a way, it is very much Mage-like to do so.
[06:00] ---
    Apprentices are supposed to usurp
    their mentors, right?
[06:03] ---
    Right, indeed.
[06:06] ---
    And what is their... the States' objective...
[06:09] ---
    for starting a Holy Grail War?
[06:14] ---
    If it was merely a desire
    for a Holy Grail...
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    there was no need
    to go out of the way to publicize this.
[06:20] ---
    I definitely...
[06:22] ---
    would love to hear the opinion of you, Lord,
    the pride of the Clock Tower.
[06:27] ---
    For this Holy Grail War, there are multiple...
[06:31] ---
    or at least, there is a faction that wishes
    to conceal information and a faction...
[06:35] ---
    that wants widespread
    dissemination. Both of which...
[06:37] ---
    are weaving in and out of sight
    behind the scenes.
[06:40] ---
    You mean the States are not in solidarity?
[06:44] ---
    There is a syndicate that is treating the manifestation
    of the Holy Grail not as the objective but a checkpoint.
[06:51] ---
    Either that...
[06:53] ---
    or they are trying to stabilize...
[06:56] ---
    and mass-produce
    the Holy Grail War system itself.
[07:02] ---
    The objective of that advertisement
    may have been to gather many Mages in Snowfield.
[07:09] ---
    All so...
[07:10] ---
    they can analyze the structure
    of the Holy Grail War.
[07:15] ---
    Preposterous!
[07:16] ---
    They want Mages other than themselves...
[07:18] ---
    to analyze a miracle
    on par with the Third Magic?
[07:23] ---
    Indeed...
[07:24] ---
    this is unthinkable for Mages...
[07:27] ---
    who seek to arrive at the Root individually
    like us here at the Clock Tower.
[07:32] ---
    However, those that delve deep into Mystics...
[07:34] ---
    may harbor ideas different
    than those of our orthodoxy.
[07:39] ---
    When you put it to words...
[07:41] ---
    it sounds quite more convincing, Lord.
[07:45] ---
    I do have difficulties
    dealing with my apprentices, as well.
[07:51] ---
    In any case, we still lack the pieces...
[07:54] ---
    to comprehend the entire picture.
[07:56] ---
    Faldeus mentioned that there won't be
    a Saber-class Servant in this Holy Grail War...
[08:04] ---
    What is clear...
[08:06] ---
    is that anything and everything
    is irregular.
[08:10] ---
    It is even doubtful they intend to carry out
    an actual Holy Grail War at all.
[08:17] ---
    And while I wouldn't call it speculation...
[08:20] ---
    so much as a foreboding feeling
    or hunch.
[08:23] ---
    And I hate to think...
[08:26] ---
    this is what is going on...
[08:30] ---
    but it's like there are people out there...
[08:33] ---
    trying to undermine this war
    and turn it into some kind of game or show.
[08:43] ---
    Here ya go.
[08:44] ---
    I wrote up a few recommendations...
[08:47] ---
    though I make no guarantees
    of whether you'll like them or not!
[08:50] ---
    Thank you very much.
[08:52] ---
    Um...
[08:54] ---
    Do any of these come equipped
    with an elevator?
[08:58] ---
    An elevator?
[09:00] ---
    No place that fancy—
[09:02] ---
    No, never mind.
[09:04] ---
    Thank you very much. Really.
[09:08] ---
    Hey, hey, hey!
[09:10] ---
    All things said, this is way too much, missie!
[09:15] ---
    It's fine.
[09:16] ---
    I probably can't spend it all anyway.
[09:34] ---
    Found you.
[09:43] ---
    Hey, Brother! It's a great morning!
[09:47] ---
    I will have a state-of-the-art clock
    delivered to your room later.
[09:51] ---
    Continue your work, Caster.
[09:55] ---
    Now, listen.
[09:57] ---
    While we're at it, tell me at least
    one local specialty dish of this country.
[10:02] ---
    I don't care how expensive it is, okay? 'Cause...
[10:05] ---
    I'm not the one that's gonna be paying after all!
[10:09] ---
    I apologize about last night.
[10:12] ---
    There is something I'd like to ask, as well.
[10:14] ---
    What do you think...
[10:16] ---
    about the incident in the desert?
[10:20] ---
    Huh?
[10:21] ---
    What's that?
[10:23] ---
    Did something happen out in the desert?
[10:30] ---
    I was a fool to expect insight
    as a Heroic Spirit from you.
[10:35] ---
    Don't call me ever again.
[10:37] ---
    I will call you when I need anything.
[10:39] ---
    Come on! Wait up, hold on!
[10:42] ---
    Are you this indifferent
    with that girl named Francesca, too...
[10:46] ---
    Brother?
[10:48] ---
    What?
[10:50] ---
    Or... you know...
[10:52] ---
    are the things that boy Faldeus talks about
    easier to understand for ya?
[10:56] ---
    Shall we have a grand ol' time talking
    about those Japanese friends of yours named Kuruoka?
[11:01] ---
    How the hell do you—
[11:03] ---
    Don't worry.
[11:05] ---
    I haven't linked your five senses
    to me or anything.
[11:08] ---
    This era's very convenient!
[11:10] ---
    As long as you have
    the internet and a phone...
[11:13] ---
    you can make anything happen
    even from this sandbox.
[11:17] ---
    A Noble Phantasm...
[11:19] ---
    You thought I wouldn't be able to use
    modern gadgets because I'm a Servant?
[11:25] ---
    For instance... let's see...
[11:27] ---
    How about I make a phone call
    to this girl named Tiné Chelc?
[11:31] ---
    Then, there's our police chief Orlando Reeve,
    a guy popular with his underlings...
[11:36] ---
    and all buddy-buddy with shady masterminds
    like Francesca and Faldeus.
[11:43] ---
    Faldeus is one of the guys
    that set up this Grail War...
[11:47] ---
    and there are many spies
    that have infiltrated your syndicate—
[11:50] ---
    Hold it!
[11:51] ---
    Any further and you...
[11:53] ---
    You're scared of wiretapping, aren't you?
[11:57] ---
    Someone might be listening in
    electronically or with Magecraft.
[12:02] ---
    You'd be in a bind if I mouthed off
    any more than I already have, right?
[12:08] ---
    I see.
[12:10] ---
    Let me give a sincere apology.
[12:12] ---
    It seems I have underestimated you quite a bit...
[12:16] ---
    Caster.
[12:17] ---
    What's gotten into you now? It's creepy.
[12:21] ---
    I'm saying I understand what your abilities are.
[12:24] ---
    Though, if you continue to run your mouth...
[12:27] ---
    I have my own set of plans.
[12:29] ---
    Oh? Gonna make me zip it
    with a Command Spell?
[12:33] ---
    Instead of wasting part of that thing
    you can only use thrice...
[12:37] ---
    there's another way
    if you want me to put a sock in it.
[12:42] ---
    What do you want?
[12:44] ---
    I told you, Brother.
[12:46] ---
    Treat me to a tasty meal!
[12:49] ---
    That'll shut my trap, feel me?
[12:57] ---
    Participate in the Holy Grail War...
[13:01] ---
    Ayaka Sajyou.
[13:04] ---
    If you flee...
[13:06] ---
    the curse will...
[13:09] ---
    devour your life.
[13:17] ---
    What...
[13:18] ---
    is this?
[13:20] ---
    If you thought you were hiding...
[13:23] ---
    you have quite underestimated me.
[13:28] ---
    That mark is no Command Spell.
[13:31] ---
    For what purpose have you come to this town?
[13:34] ---
    I don't know.
[13:36] ---
    I was just told by some strange woman
    in white to come here.
[13:41] ---
    I see.
[13:43] ---
    A poor little rogue Mage
    made into a sacrificial pawn...
[13:47] ---
    by that Einzbern meat puppet.
[13:51] ---
    I'm not a Mage, though.
[13:54] ---
    Sorry to say, but you're going to
    have to stick around for a bit longer.
[13:57] ---
    My client loves to play around.
[14:01] ---
    Huh?
[14:02] ---
    Oh, it's only a test.
[14:05] ---
    On whether the Servant we will now summon...
[14:08] ---
    a noble hero once dubbed
    the King of the Knights of the Round Table...
[14:13] ---
    would obey an order...
[14:18] ---
    to slay a defenseless woman.
[14:24] ---
    For the elements, silver and iron.
[14:26] ---
    For the foundation, stone
    and the Archduke of Pacts.
[14:28] ---
    Raise a wall for the wind that shall fall.
    Close the gates of the four directions.
[14:29] ---
    So, this is my destiny.
[14:33] ---
    Or is it her curse?
[14:38] ---
    If so...
[14:39] ---
    will she be satisfied with this?
[14:47] ---
    No.
[14:49] ---
    I don't want to die!
[14:51] ---
    Huh?
[14:52] ---
    Come forth from the circle of binding...
[14:55] ---
    Guardian of the...
[14:58] ---
    Scales...
[15:00] ---
    Zabaniya.
[15:01] OS
    ZABANIYA
[15:02] OS
    ZABANIYA
[15:11] ---
    Wh-What?
[15:16] ---
    Wh-Why...
[15:18] ---
    is she here?
[15:28] ---
    Are you a Mage seeking the Holy Grail?
[15:33] ---
    I...
[15:34] ---
    I'm...
[15:53] ---
    What will she do? What will she do?
[15:56] ---
    Altry!
[15:57] ---
    To see your Master dead
    the instant you were summoned...
[16:01] ---
    It's quite dramatic, isn't it?
[16:05] ---
    Huh?
[16:06] ---
    Huh?
[16:09] ---
    That Saber...
[16:11] ---
    Who is that?
[16:17] ---
    My oh my.
[16:19] ---
    This appears to be a bit of a strange situation.
[16:23] ---
    Not even one word of welcome.
[16:28] ---
    Hmph.
[16:29] ---
    That guise, that flow of power...
[16:32] ---
    Perhaps, you are associated
    with the Old Man of the Mountain?
[16:41] ---
    Quite amazing!
[16:43] ---
    This is the first time I've seen
    someone more nimble than Loxley!
[16:50] ---
    She's gone?
[17:01] ---
    Dissatisfied with the comparison?
[17:04] ---
    But still...
[17:06] ---
    quite a magnificent demonstration of skill.
[17:13] ---
    Excalibur!
[17:35] ---
    Hmph...
[17:37] ---
    To manage an escape from me...
[17:43] ---
    I ask you.
[17:45] ---
    Are you my Master?
[17:51] ---
    I am not.
[17:54] ---
    I will no longer...
[17:58] ---
    be what you all want me to be!
[18:02] ---
    Please just leave me alone.
[18:09] ---
    Freeze!
[18:11] ---
    Both hands behind your head and lie face down!
[18:15] ---
    You're under arrest for unlawful entry and
    suspicion of terrorism via destruction of property!
[18:21] ---
    I am here in downtown in front of the Opera House,
    where a part of the building has collapsed.
[18:27] ---
    What could have happened to this building...
[18:30] ---
    with over 50 years of history?
[18:33] ---
    The police have exited the building!
[18:36] ---
    Are you watching?
[18:37] ---
    It appears they have someone in custody!
[18:43] ---
    There's no doubt that the explosion
    was from the summoned Saber? Yes.
[18:50] ---
    Wh-What are you doing?
[18:50] ---
    Oh! Just now, a man has walked
    past the police officers...
[18:53] ---
    Then, this case is an accident where the paint
    used for the renovation caught fire...
[18:58] ---
    and...
[19:00] ---
    Listen, citizens!
[19:03] ---
    That I have destroyed an opera house...
[19:06] ---
    a sacrosanct location
    and the home to song and stage...
[19:09] ---
    fills me with shame!
[19:12] ---
    It was all due to my carelessness!
[19:14] ---
    I have no excuse!
[19:16] ---
    However...
[19:18] ---
    in lieu of that, I instead propose a promise!
[19:21] ---
    I swear upon the great foundation
    of my chivalry, Arthur Pendragon...
[19:26] ---
    and the victory songs of great knights
    echoing throughout my homeland!
[19:31] ---
    I will be sure to make up for the destruction
    of this opera house on my honor!
[19:38] ---
    With this, concealing anything
    is out of the question.
[19:42] ---
    So, all of this...
[19:44] ---
    was part of your plan, Ms. Francesca?
[19:51] ---
    Unexpected! So unexpected!
[19:54] ---
    This was completely unexpected!
[19:58] ---
    Oh no, my pancreas and spleen
    are gonna get twisted!
[20:02] ---
    I've seen several Holy Grail Wars to date...
[20:06] ---
    but this is definitely the first time
    I've seen a Servant apprehended by the police!
[20:12] ---
    Because things like this happen...
[20:14] ---
    you just can't stop living!
[20:18] ---
    My thanks for your attention!
[20:21] ---
    I pray your lives are filled...
[20:22] ---
    with the glory of song!
[22:58] ---
    Um...
[23:00] ---
    Are you listening, Hansa?
[23:03] ---
    Rest assured, I am listening.
    But give no heed...
[23:07] ---
    Father.
[23:09] ---
    Giving no heed is bad though. Yeah.
[23:13] ---
    Father, you simply need to relay
    the will of God to me...
[23:18] ---
    to eradicate the enemy.
[23:21] ---
    I told you, our job isn't to be an Executor this time,
    but a supervisor role in a Holy Grail War.
[23:29] ---
    You see, if it comes to fighting...
[23:31] ---
    you're just slightly better than I am, right?
[23:35] ---
    You know...
[23:36] ---
    when listening to what others say,
    you should put the cellphone down, okay?
[23:42] ---
    You, too, Father.
[23:43] ---
    When you speak to someone,
    please look them in the eye.
[23:47] ---
    Also...
[23:48] ---
    at least superficially, your speech and behavior
    should be suitable for a priest.
[23:53] ---
    Understood?
[23:55] ---
    Of course I understand.
[23:57] ---
    I will make sure to wear street clothes
    when I head over to the casino.
[24:02] ---
    I'd prefer you refrain
    from a casino trip to begin with.
[24:16] ---
    Oh, sorry.
[24:18] ---
    I thought your skills have gotten rusty
    since getting hooked on that cellphone.
[24:24] ---
    As for fighting...
[24:26] ---
    you still have quite the knack for it, Father.
[24:32] ---
    Now, let us head out, Quartet.
[24:35] ---
    It's our first job in quite a while.
[24:38] ---
    EPISODE 1