# E11 - Formation of Special Fire Force Company 8 - The Strongest Hikeshi
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"Inquiry Report"
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These are the incident records
that may be connected
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to the White-Clad that we
discovered the other day.
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The 8th's first fire. This is the
research report from right after
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the sister and Maki joined up.
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Come to think of it, how is it
that the 8th came to be?
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I haven't heard about what
happened before I joined.
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Well, let's see. It has to do with
the matter of the heart of the 8th.
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Lieutenant, tell them.
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Huh?
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You're the better talker. That's an order.
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"Solar Year 195"
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"Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces"
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"Yokota Base"
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*The darkness is illuminated*
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*The days we've grown accustomed*
*to walking are weeded out*
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*My dream might be to make a stable living*
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*but I'll moan over the lack of stimulation*
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*The end is illuminated*
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*Where are the streets we're*
*accustomed to walking?*
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*Time can sometimes be irksome,*
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*but we're enveloped in warmth*
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*Flames rise to show us the way*
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*reminding us of a gentle melody*
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*There is no eternity, none at all, they say*
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*I just smile, thinking that's fine with me*
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*If we shine, someday, our light will go out*
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*We'll keep on walking until the day*
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*the fire of our lives gets doused*
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*Playthings that make sounds*
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*and magic that chases pain away*
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*are all precious treasures to me*
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*There is no eternity, none at all, they say*
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*We'll keep on walking until the day*
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*the fire of our lives gets doused*
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I hear there has been another
increase in Infernals lately.
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Maybe there's something better
we could be doing
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besides patrolling and
investigating criminals.
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Infernals fall under the
Special Fire Force's jurisdiction.
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Don't get any funny ideas.
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Sergeant Hinawa!
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I'll see you tomorrow, sir.
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I don't recognize her.
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Could she be...?
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General Oze's daughter, Private Maki Oze.
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She's so thin.
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Is she all right?
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She gives twice the effort of the others.
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She also trains even harder
than she's told to.
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She'll build up her strength
before you know it.
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Pretty impressive for being
a general's daughter.
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She's still daddy's little girl, though,
and only got in because of him.
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She's too kind... and desperately
not cut out to be a soldier.
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All of the work she's putting in
now will be for nothing.
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You're as harsh as ever, aren't you?
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If she's trying that hard,
you should be behind her.
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Wasted effort doesn't
get to be called effort.
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She's no different from a goldbricker.
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I'm surprised you'd say something
like that about such a cute girl.
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That's because *you're* too kind, Tojo.
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Something the matter with that gun?
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I'm following the Special Fire Force
and took it to be baptized at the church.
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Speaking of wastes.
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Waste? Between a gun that was
baptized and one that wasn't,
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you'd rather be shot by
the baptized gun, right?
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How about it, Hinawa?
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If you go to the church and have
your gun baptized, too, just to try it,
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your point of view might change a little.
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I don't believe in Sol. It's not like
the effects of shooting a gun change
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just because it's been baptized.
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I've known you for a long time,
and that's what I thought you'd say.
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How come someone as kind
as you sticks with me, anyway?
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Hinawa, you're not as cold
a fish as you think you are.
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I mean, you are bussing my tray with yours.
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Tojo?!
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Hinawa! Shoot!
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Shoot me! While I'm still conscious!
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Hurry up and shoot!
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Shoot!
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You'd rather be shot by
the baptized gun, right?
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Wait--
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Why couldn't I shoot him?
I failed to shoot him...
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Lieutenant Tojo's gun.
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I finished changing the owner's name
to yours, as you requested.
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Thank you very much.
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The Blue Stripes have arrived!
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We'll direct the civilians and
check the spread of the fire
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until they finish putting them to rest.
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Reporting in! I'm in charge of
the Fire Fighters here, Akitaru Obi.
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We heard there were two Infernals.
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Yes. There are two, but they are
currently in different locations.
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One is belligerent, and is currently
running around inside our cordon.
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The other one is more docile,
and staying inside this store.
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One of the two of them...
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...isn't going to earn many points, huh?
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Points?
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The situation is clear.
You Fire Fighters pull back.
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We'll start with the live one.
Leave the one with fewer points alone.
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Excuse me, Mr. Fireman, my husband
is patiently enduring those flames.
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Please put him out of his misery quickly.
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There is an order of precedence
we follow at a scene.
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You let us handle the arrangements
of putting him to rest.
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Let's go!
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P-Please, wait!
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Excuse me.
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Wouldn't that just mean
sending only two men in pursuit,
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dividing your forces in two,
and putting them both to rest?
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We are pros. There is such
a thing as on-site judgment.
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You mean points?
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That's right.
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By assigning rankings to Infernals,
and awarding points based on results,
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I can maintain my men's morale.
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Maintain their morale?
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Morale doesn't mean a damn
when putting a person to rest, does it?
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Don't second-guess our job, amateur.
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You Fire Fighters just
get ready with the water.
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Nobuo-*san*, hang in there. Just hang in there.
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I'm sorry I can't do anything for you.
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Ma'am, if you like, I
could take it upon myself
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to put your husband to rest.
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Please, allow me.
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"Tokyo Fire Defense Agency"
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What are you planning to do?
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Who are you?
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Sergeant Takehisa Hinawa,
Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces.
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"Episode 11:
Formation of Special Fire Force Company 8"
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Beyond here is Blue Stripes territory.
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If a soldier like you or a Fire Fighter
like me crosses this tape,
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we will be severely punished.
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Compared to the suffering
of the Infernal inside,
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accepting punishment is no skin off my nose.
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You think so, too, don't you?
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Sergeant Hinawa, do you have
any experience fighting Infernals?
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I turned my gun on a friend who
became an Infernal the other day...
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...but I couldn't shoot him.
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I am not a pious follower of Sol.
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Nonetheless, I could not shoot him
with an unbaptized gun.
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Infernal sighted.
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Sergeant Hinawa, it's not about
whether or not I believe in God,
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but how much I can do for the sake of
a dying Infernal that I believe is important.
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Baptisms and prayers are
a part of that belief.
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And they're also salvation to
those who put Infernals to rest.
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I'll do it.
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The flame is the soul's breath.
The black smoke is the soul's release.
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Ashes thou wert and art. May thy soul...
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Sergeant Hinawa, you are a kind man.
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You have courage.
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You're the one who has courage.
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If you hadn't taken action,
I likely wouldn't have done anything.
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Making up your mind to move forward
on your own isn't that difficult.
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It's easy to believe in yourself, after all.
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But trusting in someone else,
taking action, and sacrificing yourself
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are things that require
a tremendous amount of courage.
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Today, Sergeant Hinawa,
that courage... was yours.
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If so, then you're the king.
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That settles it!
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I'm going to establish a
Special Fire Force company.
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I want to be a Special Fire Soldier,
and pursue the mystery of Infernals.
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How can I sit back and do nothing
while the world burns down around me?
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I'm going to need men like you in my company,
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who cherish life above anything else.
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When that time arrives,
by all means, reach out to me.
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"Solar Year 197"
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This is the fire cathedral
that will serve as our base.
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It's as run-down as you'd expect of
the dwelling of a bunch of outcasts.
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So, are we the only two crewmen?
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Oh, well...
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Gathering crewmen I can trust
is quite a difficult task.
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As it happens, I have a line on someone.
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A subordinate from my soldier days.
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Someone who works harder than anyone,
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but who wasn't much use as a soldier.
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Who is more compassionate,
and thinks of others before herself,
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which makes her a good fit for your 8th.
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Huh?
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Oh, yeah?
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Way to go, Maki-*san*.
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Huh? I thought I was only brought in
to be a meat shield because of my ability.
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Lieutenant, you said that?
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I'm so happy...
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Lieutenant, nicely done.
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The heart of the 8th remains
unchanged since its founding--
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respect and prayers for
the Infernals we put to rest,
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deliverance from the flames
for those who are alive,
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and cherishing human lives.
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"Inquiry Report"
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This is kind of turning into a long story,
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but this was the 8th's first fire scene.
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It was a hot day.
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It was our first call out,
and we were all nervous.
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The victim who had Infernalized
was dressed all in white.
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We put them to rest without incident,
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but there were a lot of
suspicious factors about that fire.
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An unfamiliar red cross...
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No next of kin.
The company where they worked
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hurriedly came to collect
their personal effects.
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Looking into it, that business still exists.
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It's located in Asakusa.
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That's the 7th's jurisdiction.
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--Come on by, come on by!
We have Hoppy, cheap!
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--Yo, Beni-*chan*!
--Come on by, come on by!
We have Hoppy, cheap!
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--We have *monjayaki*, *monja*, and beer, too!
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--Hello there, Waka, sir.
--We have *monjayaki*, *monja*, and beer, too!
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Benimaru-*chan*!
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I made some *daifuku*. Take some with you.
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Huh? Don't I always say I don't
like sweets, you old biddy?
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She makes too much.
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Yo, Beni-*chan*! Haven't seen you
in three days. You doing all right?
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Come have a drink with me tonight!
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Buzz off.
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*Daifuku* from the old biddy.
Anyone who wants one, help yourself.
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I love that die-hard old hag's *daifuku*!
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An old lady who can't make *daifuku*
would be better off dead!
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Hinata, Hikage... Now, look...
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What is it, Waka? We aren't
listening to any complaints.
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They're just parroting you, Waka.
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"Lieutenant"
"Third-generation pyrokinetic"
"Sagamiya Konro"
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I'm not listening to any complaints.
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You see? Right there.
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These *daifuku* are delicious!
The last glimmer of a die-hard old biddy.
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The light of a dying old hag is tasty!
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I never said anything like *that*.
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By the way, Waka, we just got word
from the folks at the 8th.
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They say they want to search our jurisdiction
over that Evangelist matter.
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Too much trouble. Ignore them.
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Begging your pardon, but we're already here.
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Huh?
**[16:29] ---**
"Episode 11:
The Mightiest Hikeshi"
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What do you think you're doing
barging your way in here?
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I heard that Captain Shinmon Benimaru
hated the bother of formalities,
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and we decided to just come over directly.
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So you've come here unannounced. Fine.
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And I don't care a bit about this
Evangelist investigation,
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but I can't have anyone
coming in to disrupt my turf.
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The Evangelist is artificially
producing Infernals.
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There's a possibility that the people
of this area will be the next target.
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That's what the empire says, right?
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It's not like I've ever actually seen
one of them turn a person
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into an Infernal, myself.
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I'm not so naive that I believe that.
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Well, I *have* seen it myself!
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It doesn't matter to me
what some imperial dog saw.
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I don't need to hear any tales
from a credulous pup.
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And I don't need to hear *that*
from some incredulous do-nothing.
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Captain of the 7th, sir, you're the
mightiest Fire Soldier, aren't you?
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So powerful that you forced the empire
to acknowledge your town's *hikeshi* force?
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Well now it's my turn to kick your ass
and make you acknowledge *me*!
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"Fires and fistfights are
the flowers of Edo," huh?
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Fire! Fire! Fire!
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An Infernal?
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You had to go and jinx us, Waka.
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Damn it.
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Beat it on out of here before I get back.
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That must be it.
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Who is it?
**[18:36] ---**
The ever-ostentatious Kantaro.
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He just barely invited me
to have a drink with him.
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Kantaro over on Block 3 has turned Infernal!
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*Seiya! Soiya! Seiya! Soiya!*
**[18:51] ---**
*Seiya! Soiya! Seiya! Soiya!*
*Seiya! Soiya! Seiya!*
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What's he planning to do?
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The festival is beginning!
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Those homes!
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He flew away.
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What kind of ability does their captain have?
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There you are, you old coot!
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--Waka!
--Waka!
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Another block!
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We can rebuild houses as much as we need to.
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But now that Kantaro has become
an Infernal, his life is over.
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What's going on? Is he starting fires
and controlling the flames?
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There may be a trick to
those *matoi* he's using.
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Waka can use both
third-generation pyrokinetic
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and second-generation
flame manipulation abilities.
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Creating fires and controlling them
are a piece of cake for him.
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He's a compound Fire
Soldier, unlike any other.
**[20:22] ---**
"Compound Fire Soldier"
"Shinmon Benimaru"
**[20:29] ---**
Look at this, Kantaro!
The whole block is a mess!
**[20:33] ---**
You're much too old to be running
around like this, you old coot!
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This is just like you--always so
ostentatious. Aren't you?
**[20:55] ---**
Way to hang in there.
**[21:11] ---**
Thank you for letting me
see Kantaro through to the end.
**[21:18] ---**
Did Benimaru-*chan*'s way
of putting someone to rest
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strike an 8th Fire Soldier
like yourself as being too rough?
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Just as the Holy Sol religion
offers its prayers,
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we have our destroyed block offerings.
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Everyone in our world is terrified
by the flames of Infernalization,
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and are looking for a place to die.
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As far as the people here go,
if we have to die anyway,
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we want to have Benimaru-*chan*
be the one putting us to rest.
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Shinmon Benimaru,
the demolishing king of Asakusa.
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Too sweet.
**[22:19] ---**
**[22:19] ---**
"To be continued"
**[22:21] ---**
**[22:22] ---**
*You can toil your way through humorless days*
**[22:23] ---**
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*and curse the unwavering present,*
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*but words that simply hang in the air*
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*are not enough to save you*
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*We've been walking shoulder-to-shoulder*
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*between sights we never reach*
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*and pain that brings no warmth*
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*to make it to a faraway place*
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*Given the hope that you speak of*
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*or the ideals that you dream of*
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*I'll find a way to show you love,*
*however cold you may be*
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*You can toil your way through humorless days*
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*and curse the unwavering present,*
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*but words that simply hang in the air*
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*are not enough to save you*
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*You can cry out timidly*
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*but that changes when the nights grow fevered*
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*Even if we let go of each other's hands,*
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*I hope we can still walk together again*
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*I'll refrain from saying goodbye*
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*to ensure that we can meet again somewhere*
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"Next time"
**[23:53] ---**
"Episode 12:
Eve of Hostilities in Asakusa"