# E9 - The Core
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"Prologue: The Great Cataclysm"
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A long time ago, mankind was
touched by the planet's anger,
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and the world was engulfed in flames.
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It was the Day of the Cataclysm.
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The flames burned ferociously,
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with an intensity threatening to
incinerate the places mankind lived in,
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the languages they spoke,
and the culture they had built up.
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"Chapter One: Holy Fire"
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As the world was being covered in ash,
one man appeared.
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He would later be called Raffles I.
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Raffles took his disciples and
left on a journey in search of light.
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At the end of his journey,
he found an "unsullied flame,"
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and brought forth the light that
would be mankind's salvation.
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"Chapter Two: Amaterasu"
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Raffles and his disciples used the flame
bestowed by the great Sol
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and the technology cultivated
by mankind to create "Amaterasu."
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The sacred flame of Amaterasu
benefited the lives of mankind,
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and ended up establishing the foundation
of a state in the Far East.
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Pi?!
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These numbers?
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Yeah.
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See? It's easy to tell
from the numbers on this wall.
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"I'm going to cry, Brother Goya" [79458213].
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Arthur-*kun*, you've memorized pi?
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The fact that the word "pi" came out
of Arthur's mouth is surprising enough.
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Though, to be sure,
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this is a random, irregular sequence of numbers.
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It's well within the realm of possibility.
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How is it that you've memorized pi?
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Because I'm a Knight of the Round Table.
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I did some checking into circles.
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The Round Table? A ridiculous reason like that?
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That's just like you, Arthur-*kun*.
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By the way...
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What is pi?
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What is...
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...the Round Table?
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*Everything I've had, I've lost,*
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*but I won't let go of this remaining spark*
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*No, I won't let it go, not ever*
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*Though there may be no right answers*
*in my ill-defined tale,*
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*once I'm able to step forward...*
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*They say something's wrong with me,*
*but I'll do something with them*
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*I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be*
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*But if my dreams have*
*resolved themselves to be by your side*
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*then there's nothing left*
*for me to doubt anymore*
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*Sparks fly as things kick off*
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*until "black and white" turns to ashen gray*
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*If there's a choice crown to be had*
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*I want it, I want it*
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*I'll whizz my way toward you*
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*until "double or nothing" gets zeroed out*
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*If the clowns are melancholy*
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*then nothing will get anywhere*
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*I'll show you a love that*
*burns hot enough to scorch ashes*
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*I just spark again*
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"Episode 9:
The Core"
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Pi is the value representing how many times
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the diameter of a circle
can go into its circumference.
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It's generally known as the number 3.14,
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but its precise value is still
under calculation, with no answer yet.
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It's not as though
I don't trust you, Arthur-*kun*,
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but until we get back to Tokyo
and check these tablets against pi...
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Could these tablets be the switch
for the Tabernacle's destructive energy?
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I have trouble believing
that lining up these tablets
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will make the Tabernacle go into overload,
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but there may be something else in here
that acts as a startup key.
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Let's look around.
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That was...
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...another Adolla Link.
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A devilish woman...
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Yoruba Forge!
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Don't flip your lid about
putting the demon to rest,
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and then just stand around!
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--S-Sorry!
--Kotatsu-*san*! They're coming
from this way, too!
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Well of course they are!
We're surrounded, after all!
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Fire-Cat's Tails!
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The flame is the soul's breath.
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The black smoke is the soul's release.
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Ashes thou wert and art. May thy soul...
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...return to the great flame of fire.
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She's begun the prayer. Let's do this, Shinra!
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Yeah!
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Wah! You missed some of them!
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Yoruba Brand!
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Finish them off!
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Return to the great flame of fire.
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Nice going, hero!
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How dare you eliminate my servants!
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Kotatsu-*san*!
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That's one down.
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Juggernaut!
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Ah! How could this happen?!
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Treat him right away!
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--Good. You're safe, Kotatsu-*san*.
--No it's not! Juggernaut! This is... This is...
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Oh,
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no, no, there's nothing
inside there where the hole is.
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Eh?
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Huh?
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Whew. It's a good thing
I'm wearing extra layers.
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This isn't a question of extra layers!
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What have you got going on inside there?!
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--Juggernaut!
--Juggernaut!
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Yoruba Spears!
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--Gah! Juggernaut!
--He's had it for sure this time!
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No he hasn't!
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Lucky for me, I dress warmly.
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--Are you for real?
--He's a quasi-unkillable character.
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You seem to be quite tough.
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But I am done playing games with you.
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I will personally send you
into the afterlife now.
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Die, and become mine!
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How do you like *this*?!
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He's strong. Even using Corna,
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I don't have enough firepower
to put this demon to rest.
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What do we do, Shinra?
We'll all be wiped out at this rate--
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Damn it!
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Protect...
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You again?!
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I am protecting it!
Scop and the others asked me to!
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"Protect the forest--"
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Protect the forest--
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Look, I get it, all right?
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But I don't have the means!
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The devilish woman...
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You're the one who's calling out
to me, right? Where are you?!
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Scop and the others
are waiting for you to return!
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Protect...
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...the forest...
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You cut right through that sturdy lock!
I'm not going onto sacred ground!
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Don't go ravaging everything you see!
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This...
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...is the Tabernacle's central core.
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Is that a mechanical sound? It's almost
like the pulse of a living creature.
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What is inside there?
I'm sensing an incredible energy.
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That area with the stone tablets
encircled the whole central core.
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"Current location"
"Stone tablet corridor"
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Imagine, such simple architecture
giving rise to such tremendous energy.
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If there is an Adolla Burst inside that door,
then this is as far as we can go.
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What's that?
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A white-feathered arrow. It looks like
an arrow is stuck in the keyhole.
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There are more of them lined up over there.
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Seven of them in all.
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And the arrowheads look like keys.
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Including the one stuck in the keyhole,
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there are a total of eight of them.
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Eight of them...
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Pillars... white-feathered arrows...
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And the word suggested by both of them is...
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"Sacrifices."
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In the old proto-national culture,
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it's said that houses of those
who would become sacrifices
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were marked by a white-feathered arrow.
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This pulse sounds like it
must be from something alive.
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If the Tabernacle...
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...and Amaterasu...
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...both have an Adolla Burst powering them...
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...then it's just as Joker's
secret investigation uncovered--
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The source of Amaterasu's power...
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...is a person possessing an Adolla Burst!
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Sacrifices? You're not saying
that inside there is...?
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Yes. There's a good chance that it's
the Woman in Black that Scop mentioned.
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No way. Scop is waiting for her, right?
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But then, if that Woman in Black *is* in here,
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it would explain why Shinra
is Linking with this building.
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You're here, aren't you?
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That's you, right? The woman that Scop
and the others have been waiting for?
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I can sense Adolla.
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It's just like with the Evangelist,
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except that it's an amazingly gentle feeling.
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Who exactly are you?
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Hey, Shinra!
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Give me a hand! I'm getting
my ass handed to me over here!
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Sorry, Ogun, but you have to buy me some time!
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If this works, I may be able to
put that demon to rest!
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Huh?!
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Please.
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You are...
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...the woman that Scop says...
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...is the one who built
the Tabernacle, aren't you?!
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Grace!
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Can you grant me the kind of Grace
that the Evangelist offers?!
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I don't completely get it, but all I
have to do is buy some time, right?
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Ogun, I'll help, too!
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No. I can handle this by myself.
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Time to crank things up!
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Flamy Ink!
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If all I have to do is buy time...
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...I can just keep chaining combos like this...
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...shooting hoops off to the side, right?!
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Whoa!
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I-Incredible!
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I see now.
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Those stories were about Ogun!
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The ones about there being
a new recruit at the 4th
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who could temporarily produce
firepower that rivaled Captain Burns!
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Dam! Dam! Dam! Dam! Dam! Dam!
Dam! Dam! Dam! Dam! Dam! Dam!
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It's incredible, all right, but I can't
make heads or tails of what's going on.
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From the stories I've heard,
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while he has those flame bands
circling his body,
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he is apparently able to forcibly
increase his physical abilities. But...
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...is he really going to be okay,
putting out so much firepower?
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I wish there was something
that I could do to help,
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but I'm not sure I could
keep up with that speed.
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You slippery little...
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Ogun...
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You never give up, do you?
But it is about time we finished this--
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Nya! I'm over here, too!
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Tamaki!
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Nekomata!
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You fight, too, Juggernaut!
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Huh?
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Eh?!
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We all have to buy time together!
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Stop, Tamaki!
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You cannot defeat me.
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I know that!
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But there is still something that I *can* do! Nya!
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Wah! Here he comes!
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Stay away!
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Hey! Don't trash the forest!
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S-Sorry!
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Oh yeah!
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Any more than that will be dangerous for you!
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I'll be fine.
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I'm gonna...
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...crank it up even higher!
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Here goes!
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Shoot!
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Aren't you ready yet, Shinra?!
I said I would buy you some time,
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but I can't keep this up long!
Do something before I Overheat!
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Y-Yeah!
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Don't think that you can
press your luck forever!
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Take this!
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Hold it!
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Come on, I know you're there! Answer me!
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Scop and the others are waiting for you!
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What's going on, Shinra? Is she there?
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Yeah. The woman you're waiting for
is in there, making the Tabernacle run.
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She's what?! You mean, she's been
burning for the sake of our forest?
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Scop, you call out to her, too!
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If we can use her power,
we can put that demon to rest!
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You have worked a miracle
here in this wasteland!
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I, too, want to preserve the forest
and animals that you have been protecting!
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Shinra...
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I'm asking, too, lady! All we've ever done
is be saved by you in every way,
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but I'm begging you, help us out once again!
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Your call... has been... heard...
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However... I only have...
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...enough power left...
to preserve... the forest...
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I am... unable to...
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...provide you with an
ample amount... of Adolla Grace...
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Ample? It doesn't have to be ample!
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But... in my current condition...
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...if I were to give you Grace...
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One second...
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What can you do in a single second...?
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Such a small sliver of Grace
would be... meaningless...
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Just one second?
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I am sorry that I... could not be...
of any more help...
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One second will be plenty.
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"To be continued"
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*Most incidences have their own name*
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*But no one knows and I'm upside down*
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*Billions of people exist*
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*But not anybody tells me what that is*
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*Sacrificing my limited life*
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*Am I moving forward or not*
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*I just want to believe*
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*Nothing goes to waste*
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*I question myself*
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*Why I can't be who I want to be*
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*tangled and translucent*
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*It drains me*
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*Pretending and overextending myself*
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*Wish one day I could love pathetic myself*
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*Hoping for a dazzling future to come*
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*Don't over decorate smile clumsily*
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*Just live life the way I am*
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*This world is cruel*
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*Can't choose how to be born*
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*Stick up the middle finger then*
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*Let's shoot off to the other side*
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"*Fire Force*, Season 2"
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"Next time"
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Shinra can only obtain the Woman in Black's
Adolla Grace for one second.
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But that second is their one and only hope.
Please hurry, Shinra-*san*!
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Shinra, how long are you
going to leave me hanging?!
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"Episode 10:
The Woman in Black"
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Next time on *Fire Force*, Season 2,
episode 10, "The Woman in Black."
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Return to the great flame of fire. *Látom*.
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