# 1 - Zero Hour
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR4PVDGEY/full-metal-panic-invisible-victory)
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**[00:00] ---**
"U.S. East Coast--outskirts of Portsmouth"
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I know I haven't
been here in a very long time.
**[00:18] ---**
But I thought I should stop by.
**[00:22] ---**
After all, it seems like
things are going to get rough.
**[00:27] ---**
Teletha.
**[00:29] ---**
I'm surprised to find you here.
**[00:32] ---**
I'm surprised, too.
That you still remember Mom and Dad.
**[00:37] ---**
That's the problem.
**[00:44] ---**
Also, well... I thought
maybe I could persuade you.
**[00:49] ---**
I see.
**[00:51] ---**
Isn't it time you stopped being stubborn?
Just like old times, we--
**[00:56] ---**
Save your breath.
**[01:00] ---**
Because brother or not,
you're my enemy now!
**[01:13] ---**
I can see you made up your mind.
**[01:16] ---**
Yes. Long ago!
**[01:19] ---**
But I'll let it go for today. Fowler?
**[01:22] ---**
Yes, Master Leonard.
**[01:24] ---**
Shall we go?
**[01:25] ---**
As you wish.
**[01:30] ---**
Good-bye, Teletha. And to him there, as well.
**[01:36] ---**
Captain, are you unharmed?
**[01:39] ---**
I'm fine. Let us withdraw.
**[01:41] ---**
Roger that.
**[01:44] ---**
This is Gebo 9. Descending at Point Golf.
**[01:47] ---**
Uruz 7, prepare for docking.
**[01:50] ---**
Uruz 7, roger.
**[01:52] ---**
I'm sorry, Mr. Sagara. I realize
third semester is about to begin.
**[01:56] ---**
It's fine, ma'am.
**[01:59] ---**
"Eastern U.S."
**[02:10] ---**
Mr. Kurama. What brings you here?
**[02:12] ---**
"Episode 1
Zero Hour"
**[02:13] ---**
I was nearby. Thought I'd come see you.
**[02:16] ---**
Well, well.
**[02:18] ---**
I heard you were meeting
with Mithril's witch.
**[02:21] ---**
My little sister?
**[02:23] ---**
Apparently that white AS was there, too.
**[02:25] ---**
Why didn't you take it out?
**[02:27] ---**
That would have made
things easier from here.
**[02:30] ---**
Because it probably would
have ended in a draw.
**[02:33] ---**
I imagine they were ready for us.
**[02:35] ---**
What about that Belial of yours?
Isn't it invincible?
**[02:38] ---**
It's still being fine-tuned.
We were short on time.
**[02:43] ---**
Isn't loyalty to the organization
the thing you're short on,
**[02:47] ---**
Leonard Testarossa?
**[02:49] ---**
Well, time will tell.
**[02:51] ---**
I'm not going to hold back.
I'll do what it takes to hunt them down.
**[02:55] ---**
Both Sousuke Sagara
and the Chidori girl.
**[02:59] ---**
Do whatever you like.
**[03:01] ---**
Both Gauron and Gates played
around too much. I won't.
**[03:05] ---**
Also, it's 58 hours until
your predicted Zero Hour.
**[03:10] ---**
It's not prediction. It's foreknowledge.
**[03:12] ---**
It doesn't matter what it is.
I'll just follow the plan of operation.
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Just be sure not to get in my way.
**[03:23] ---**
He's an unpleasant man.
**[03:25] ---**
He's the serious type.
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But I find him reliable, in that respect.
**[03:34] ---**
"Chofu, Tokyo"
**[03:36] ---**
"Chofu, Tokyo"
"Student Council Room"
**[03:36] ---**
Let's see, those are
the results of the ballot count.
**[03:37] ---**
"Student Council Room"
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The next student council
president will therefore be
**[03:41] ---**
Yui Morikawa of class 1-3.
**[03:45] ---**
All right!
**[03:45] ---**
--And that's everything!
--Thank goodness!
**[03:47] ---**
"Ballot Box"
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Which means now you're done
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with your last big task.
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You've done a fine job, Hayashimizu.
**[03:53] ---**
Thank you, Ms. Kagurazaka.
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Looks like now, I, too, can
graduate without any concerns.
**[04:00] ---**
Sure, now that your
intended successor is in place...
**[04:05] ---**
Are you on your way
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to becoming some famous politician
who leaves his mark on history?
**[04:12] ---**
I doubt it.
**[04:14] ---**
I did have fun playing politician, though.
**[04:17] ---**
Is that so?
**[04:18] ---**
Excuse me.
**[04:19] ---**
So I'll post the election results
tomorrow morning, right?
**[04:23] ---**
Please do. Well, everyone,
that's all for today.
***SIGN*** "Student council executive ballot results" "Kaoru Takasaki: 157" | "Ryoichi Sugiyama: 219" "Yui Morikawa: 249" | "Invalid: 128"
**[04:27] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[04:30] ---**
Good work, Kana-chan!
**[04:32] ---**
Thanks, Kyoko. And also, thanks
for being on the election committee.
**[04:36] ---**
No sweat! It was a favor
for you yourself, after all!
**[04:40] ---**
Yep!
**[04:41] ---**
But Kyoko, aren't you
working part-time today?
**[04:44] ---**
Oh, that's right! I might be late!
**[04:46] ---**
Sorry, but I've got to go!
**[04:48] ---**
Take care!
**[04:49] ---**
See you!
**[04:51] ---**
Busy, busy.
**[04:53] ---**
Our student council duties
are finally at an end.
**[04:55] ---**
I appreciate everything you've done, Chidori.
**[04:58] ---**
And I, you. I was never cut out
to be vice-president, though.
**[05:03] ---**
I'm grateful to you, too, Sagara.
**[05:06] ---**
Thank you, Your Excellency!
**[05:07] ---**
Excellency, eh?
**[05:09] ---**
I won't be president after this week.
**[05:12] ---**
How do you intend
to address me from now on?
**[05:14] ---**
"Your Former Excellency."
**[05:17] ---**
I'm honored, but why not simply
call me "sempai" for now?
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Understood, sir.
**[05:23] ---**
You two really do get along well.
**[05:25] ---**
That reminds me, Sempai.
Are you ready for college entrance exams?
**[05:29] ---**
I think I'll be fine.
**[05:31] ---**
Provided I'm not involved in
a traffic accident the day of.
**[05:34] ---**
Talk about confident...
**[05:36] ---**
And here, I'm not sure I'll get into college
**[05:39] ---**
even if I study this entire coming year.
**[05:41] ---**
Is that so?
**[05:43] ---**
I hear when it comes to science and math,
you nearly get perfect grades.
**[05:50] ---**
Oh, pardon me.
**[05:51] ---**
Anyway, it's best to value one's own talents.
**[05:55] ---**
Th-That's true.
**[05:58] ---**
Well, time to get going.
What about you, Sousuke?
**[06:01] ---**
Sure, I'll go.
**[06:02] ---**
Sagara, wait. I need to speak
with you a bit. Would you mind?
**[06:09] ---**
I suppose it's been nine months
since you transferred here.
**[06:13] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[06:14] ---**
A lot has happened.
Strange incidents; dangerous incidents.
**[06:18] ---**
Yes...
**[06:20] ---**
I don't think you can keep it up.
**[06:22] ---**
Keep what up?
**[06:24] ---**
The life you now lead.
**[06:26] ---**
It's not a problem with you.
**[06:29] ---**
You've caused your share of disturbances,
but with a little more learning,
**[06:32] ---**
you'll probably become
a more or less normal guy.
**[06:36] ---**
The problem lies with her.
**[06:38] ---**
You mean, Chidori?
**[06:40] ---**
I looked into that hijacking a bit,
**[06:42] ---**
as well as the several
incidents that followed.
**[06:47] ---**
It's her. She's at the center of all of it.
**[06:50] ---**
And at such times,
what always happens is,
**[06:53] ---**
you're nowhere to be found,
and a mysterious armed group shows up.
**[06:58] ---**
I've refrained from prying.
**[07:00] ---**
But I think it's only a matter of time
before someone makes a fuss.
**[07:03] ---**
"Jindai Tokyo Municipal
High School"
**[07:05] ---**
Well, I...
**[07:07] ---**
Soon, I will graduate.
**[07:09] ---**
I'll no longer be able to defend your
mutual situation in my own roundabout manner.
**[07:13] ---**
I... like it here.
**[07:17] ---**
So do I. Everyone here is likable.
**[07:21] ---**
But if something happens,
they'll become frightened and anxious.
**[07:26] ---**
And they'll become cruel.
**[07:29] ---**
So you're saying, go away?
**[07:32] ---**
I didn't go that far. Nor could I say it.
**[07:35] ---**
But I think you and she should discuss this.
**[07:44] ---**
This is just a school.
Nothing more than a way station.
**[07:49] ---**
Way station?
**[07:50] ---**
Although it is easy to forget,
**[07:52] ---**
life will go on from here for decades.
**[07:58] ---**
Whoops, that ends our conversation.
I'm keeping someone waiting, myself.
**[08:18] ---**
And so, all of a sudden Shiori's boyfriend
says he wants to break up.
**[08:22] ---**
Uh-huh.
**[08:24] ---**
Things got all messy,
**[08:26] ---**
and then somehow it came down
to me phoning her boyfriend.
**[08:28] ---**
Uh-huh.
**[08:29] ---**
Then when he told me the situation,
**[08:31] ---**
I knew it was just
a terrible misunderstanding...
**[08:34] ---**
Uh-huh.
**[08:36] ---**
Okay, look! What's gotten into you?
**[08:38] ---**
Are you sad your student council job
is over or something?
**[08:42] ---**
No, it's... It's nothing.
**[08:45] ---**
It's not nothing.
**[08:47] ---**
Never mind.
**[08:59] ---**
--Chidori.
--What?
**[09:01] ---**
Let's hold hands.
**[09:03] ---**
Huh?
**[09:04] ---**
You don't want to?
**[09:06] ---**
It's n-not... that I don't want to...
**[09:10] ---**
Okay then.
**[09:17] ---**
I-I just don't know.
**[09:21] ---**
I don't know either.
**[09:23] ---**
It's sudden... Strange...
**[09:25] ---**
You're right. Maybe it is strange.
**[09:43] ---**
Well then.
**[09:45] ---**
Listen! Want to come have some food?
**[09:47] ---**
You're sure?
**[09:48] ---**
Uh, well, yeah.
I have plenty of ingredients, and...
**[09:53] ---**
...you and I could have
a job celebration party.
**[09:56] ---**
C-Celebration party.
**[09:58] ---**
Yeah. That might... be nice.
**[10:22] ---**
H-Huh.
**[10:24] ---**
S-Sorry. I'll have it right open.
**[10:27] ---**
It's okay. Let's let go briefly.
**[10:29] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[10:35] ---**
"Chidori"
**[10:38] ---**
In we go.
**[10:39] ---**
Yeah.
**[10:45] ---**
You!
**[10:46] ---**
What's the matter, Sousuke?!
**[10:48] ---**
Why'd you--
**[10:52] ---**
Welcome home, Kaname Chidori.
**[10:58] ---**
Don't move! Slowly raise both hands
and stand up. If you don't obey--
**[11:03] ---**
You'll gun me down, right?
It's the same old diplomatic etiquette.
**[11:08] ---**
Give it a rest. I don't want
to say the same thing to you.
**[11:12] ---**
What do you mean?
**[11:14] ---**
I mean this.
**[11:21] ---**
The world's smallest AS, the Alastor.
**[11:25] ---**
I think you'd have a tough time
against them, with your gun.
**[11:29] ---**
We'll see!
**[11:37] ---**
Are you done now?
I came here tonight to talk.
**[11:41] ---**
Bastard...
**[11:42] ---**
I-I don't know what the big idea is,
**[11:44] ---**
but you can march yourself
right out of my apartment!
**[11:47] ---**
But I'm here to talk to you.
**[11:49] ---**
That's no concern of mine!
**[11:52] ---**
Get lost!
**[11:53] ---**
Hold on, now. It's a simple matter.
**[11:56] ---**
Could you get your things together
and come to my place?
**[12:01] ---**
Say what?
**[12:02] ---**
I assure you, you'll be
treated with courtesy.
**[12:04] ---**
You'll be safe, well-off,
and reasonably free.
**[12:09] ---**
Huh?! I don't know what you mean.
**[12:11] ---**
Really? I think I explained it well enough.
**[12:15] ---**
A-Are you making fun of me?!
**[12:17] ---**
Then perhaps I should put it this way.
**[12:20] ---**
My organization has decided to get serious.
**[12:24] ---**
Meaning what?
**[12:25] ---**
Mithril has done too well.
**[12:28] ---**
My organization, Amalgam,
keeps losing to you guys.
**[12:32] ---**
It's causing problems here and there.
**[12:34] ---**
Of course. And we're going
to keep causing you problems.
**[12:38] ---**
What I'm saying is, you've gone too far.
Now our policies have changed.
**[12:44] ---**
We will crush Mithril.
We'll take the Whispered by force.
**[12:47] ---**
By force? You mean me?
**[12:51] ---**
That's right. Amalgam is already
contemplating securing you,
**[12:55] ---**
even if it means getting rough.
Do you understand?
**[12:58] ---**
Y-You mean...
**[13:00] ---**
You'd even turn this town
into a sea of fire?!
**[13:03] ---**
As things stand, yes.
**[13:06] ---**
Now do you fully realize
why I've come here?
**[13:10] ---**
To persuade me before it happens?
**[13:12] ---**
Yes. Because I love you.
**[13:15] ---**
You have the nerve to--
**[13:16] ---**
Hold on, Sousuke!
**[13:18] ---**
What for?
**[13:19] ---**
Just do it...
**[13:21] ---**
That's kind of you,
but I happen to like my current life.
**[13:26] ---**
And more importantly,
I would never go with you!
**[13:30] ---**
I hate your guts!
**[13:34] ---**
That's cold.
**[13:36] ---**
Are you still angry about what happened?
**[13:38] ---**
Didn't you hear me?!
**[13:40] ---**
But you said you'd forgive me.
**[13:41] ---**
Get lost!
**[13:42] ---**
I'll say this in closing, Kaname Chidori.
**[13:46] ---**
You're a chosen person.
**[13:49] ---**
Yet it's your wish to let
ordinary people boss you around?
**[13:53] ---**
Stop it.
**[13:54] ---**
You must have noticed by now.
Those around you are hopelessly stupid.
**[14:00] ---**
Get out!
**[14:03] ---**
I will, then. Now you've been warned.
**[14:09] ---**
Oh, also... Sousuke Sagara.
**[14:12] ---**
What?
**[14:15] ---**
Casual investigation revealed
you've killed over a hundred people.
**[14:22] ---**
Yet here you are, leading this kind of life.
**[14:26] ---**
Isn't that a little unfair?
**[14:30] ---**
Just saying.
**[14:32] ---**
Good-bye.
**[14:45] ---**
Chidori...
**[14:53] ---**
S-Sorry.
**[14:55] ---**
Let's not worry about
what a guy like him says.
**[15:01] ---**
Yeah...
**[15:04] ---**
Understood, Sergeant Sagara.
Try to hold out until tomorrow morning.
**[15:05] ---**
"Merida Island"
**[15:08] ---**
We'll send a helicopter to meet you.
**[15:10] ---**
Tomorrow morning?
Lieutenant Commander Kalinin,
**[15:12] ---**
in this situation there's no telling
when they might attack!
**[15:16] ---**
All the more reason.
We can't use normal channels.
**[15:20] ---**
Communications will hereafter
be kept to a minimum.
**[15:23] ---**
Understood, sir. Uruz 7, signing off.
**[15:27] ---**
I suspected this would come someday.
**[15:32] ---**
But not in this fashion.
**[15:36] ---**
It was just a matter of time.
**[15:38] ---**
Yes.
**[15:39] ---**
Shall we dispatch the helicopter
the usual way?
**[15:44] ---**
No. We will send the Arbalest along, too.
**[15:47] ---**
The Arbalest, ma'am?
**[15:49] ---**
For safety's sake.
**[15:50] ---**
An M9 would suffice.
**[15:53] ---**
Without Sergeant Sagara,
the Arbalest is no different from an M9.
**[15:57] ---**
There's no reason to withhold it.
**[15:59] ---**
Understood, ma'am.
**[16:07] ---**
Sergeant Sagara said they'd gotten serious.
**[16:11] ---**
Has the enemy lost their composure?
**[16:13] ---**
I don't know. But I expect they are annoyed.
**[16:17] ---**
I hope that's all it is.
**[16:20] ---**
Captain.
**[16:21] ---**
I've reached Admiral Boorda
at Tactical Headquarters in Sydney.
**[16:25] ---**
Put him on.
**[16:28] ---**
What is it, Captain?
**[16:29] ---**
Admiral Boorda, sir.
**[16:32] ---**
Leonard Testarossa made contact
with Kaname Chidori.
**[16:35] ---**
Is she safe?
**[16:37] ---**
Sergeant Sagara has her secured.
**[16:40] ---**
It's just that, according to Leonard,
the enemy organization...
**[16:42] ---**
There's been a shift in Amalgam's policies.
**[16:45] ---**
What sort of shift?
**[16:46] ---**
To become more aggressive.
We need to be alert.
**[16:51] ---**
True, there have been some
disquieting developments.
**[16:55] ---**
Something odd is going on with Intelligence,
**[16:57] ---**
and I haven't been able to contact
Lord Mallory since yesterday.
**[17:00] ---**
Is your location secure, sir?
Perhaps you should evacuate.
**[17:04] ---**
"Sydney"
**[17:04] ---**
Good point.
**[17:05] ---**
We'll relocate...
backup HQ... suburbs.
**[17:08] ---**
Merely... caution's sake,
in the... event of emergency.
**[17:12] ---**
Admiral? I'm having trouble hearing you.
**[17:15] ---**
Teletha? This noise is terrible.
**[17:18] ---**
What's happening with the connection?
**[17:20] ---**
Sir, please evacuate.
Something is amiss. As quickly as you can...
**[17:24] ---**
Hurry it up! This has never happened before!
**[17:26] ---**
Uncle? Evacuate!
**[17:28] ---**
Hurry and reconnect!
**[17:32] ---**
Line A, Line D, Line V...
All lines have gone silent!
**[17:36] ---**
It's possible there was an EMP attack.
**[17:38] ---**
A large number of devices
**[17:39] ---**
--What's going on?!
--have ceased functioning.
**[17:40] ---**
--No, we'll look into that later.
--Just a moment.
**[17:41] ---**
--No, we'll look into that later.
--This is on a global scale, and--
**[17:42] ---**
--Evacuate immediately!
--This is on a global scale, and--
**[17:48] ---**
Bombing successful. Commence Zero Hour.
**[17:50] ---**
I repeat, bombing successful.
Commence Zero Hour.
**[17:53] ---**
All standard lines are down.
**[17:56] ---**
Tactical Headquarters is not responding.
**[17:58] ---**
Warning radar, weather radar,
and other sensors are offline!
**[18:02] ---**
Currently trying to determine the cause!
**[18:04] ---**
Could there have been an EMP attack?
**[18:06] ---**
It resembles one,
but this is an ongoing phenomenon.
**[18:10] ---**
It's inconceivable that it could be
a man-made electromagnetic pulse.
**[18:13] ---**
What do you think?
**[18:14] ---**
All I can say is that we must remain alert.
**[18:17] ---**
Lieutenant Commander?
**[18:19] ---**
Mr. Kalinin?
**[18:21] ---**
No, I am of the same opinion.
**[18:24] ---**
Sound the alarm. Yellow 1.
**[18:26] ---**
Yes, ma'am. Initiating Yellow 1 alert.
**[18:31] ---**
Alert, Yellow 1. Alert, Yellow 1.
**[18:35] ---**
The base has apparently
**[18:37] ---**
come under electronic attack.
**[18:39] ---**
All personnel, stand by on alert
at your designated posts.
**[18:43] ---**
This is not a drill.
**[18:45] ---**
I repeat, this is not a drill.
**[18:48] ---**
Alert, Yellow 1. Alert, Yellow 1.
**[18:52] ---**
--An attack? What attacked us? From where?
--The base has apparently
**[18:54] ---**
--An attack? What attacked us? From where?
--come under electronic attack.
**[18:55] ---**
I don't know. Anyway, we're on standby.
**[18:58] ---**
Damn.
**[18:59] ---**
What, you scared?
**[19:02] ---**
No, you in that uniform. Damn!
**[19:08] ---**
I just thought I'd get used to wearing it,
**[19:09] ---**
now that I'm a second
lieutenant. Quit staring.
**[19:12] ---**
Aw, man!
**[19:17] ---**
"Chofu, Tokyo"
**[19:22] ---**
Uruz 7 to Merida Island HQ. Respond.
**[19:24] ---**
"Global disruption of communications;
widespread disorder"
**[19:25] ---**
This is Uruz 7. Merida Island HQ, respond.
**[19:29] ---**
Damn. It's been six hours now.
**[19:33] ---**
What time is it?
**[19:34] ---**
It's past six. Did you get a little sleep?
**[19:38] ---**
Yeah. What about you?
**[19:40] ---**
No problem.
**[19:41] ---**
Liar. You haven't slept, have you?!
**[19:44] ---**
I understand we can't stay at the apartment,
**[19:46] ---**
but how long do you plan
to drive around in this thing?
**[19:49] ---**
Just be patient until we rendezvous
with Mithril's transport chopper.
**[19:52] ---**
When will it come?
**[19:53] ---**
I don't know.
**[19:56] ---**
I haven't been able to contact HQ
since last night. Or Wraith.
**[20:00] ---**
The communication network's been disrupted.
**[20:03] ---**
"No reception"
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Same with my phone.
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Phones are a mess,
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but satellite connections
are in especially bad shape.
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But we can ensure your safety
if you can just take refuge
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at the Merida Island base.
**[20:15] ---**
Take refuge at the base...
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That's right.
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Eat some. This might turn into a long haul.
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You really do like these things.
**[20:28] ---**
Don't we have any tea or anything?
**[20:30] ---**
Make do with water.
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Hey!
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Great...
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Hey, listen. We will
get to come back, right?
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Well...
**[20:43] ---**
What?
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Nothing.
**[20:53] ---**
The enemy is more fixated on
your abilities than we could imagine.
**[20:57] ---**
You mean the whole Whispered thing?
But that power's so vague.
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It's not vague.
**[21:05] ---**
Hayashimizu was saying yesterday how you
score perfectly on math and science tests.
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This is not a normal thing.
**[21:13] ---**
That might be true,
but they're just high school tests.
**[21:18] ---**
You're right.
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But someday, you might find yourself
solving the toughest problems in the world.
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I'll just hide it, then!
**[21:26] ---**
There's no hiding it now. Amalgam knows.
**[21:30] ---**
Then what should I do?
**[21:31] ---**
Mithril has Tessa... I mean, the captain.
**[21:35] ---**
She apparently has the same power.
**[21:37] ---**
I'm sure she'd welcome you if you went there.
**[21:39] ---**
Me? But I'm not amazing like Tessa.
Besides, I can't help out in a war.
**[21:47] ---**
War...
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You're right. There's no way
we can fully rely even on Mithril.
**[21:54] ---**
Your concerns are justified.
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I still have school, anyway,
and all my friends are here.
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Or maybe I'm in no position
to talk like that. Sorry.
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I'm well aware your life here
is important to you.
**[22:10] ---**
Same here. We've been
living it together, after all.
**[22:13] ---**
But...
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Chidori.
**[22:20] ---**
Maybe you and I should just...
**[22:28] ---**
No, never mind.
**[22:30] ---**
Okay.
**[22:32] ---**
Gebo 9 to Uruz 7. Can you hear me, Uruz 7?
**[22:36] ---**
Gebo 9 is currently at
an altitude of 3000m over Kawasaki.
**[22:40] ---**
It's from the chopper.
**[22:42] ---**
Uruz 7 to Gebo 9.
You're garbled, but I can hear you.
**[22:46] ---**
Uruz 7, confirmed.
**[22:48] ---**
Notify me of your current position.
**[22:50] ---**
Gebo 9, Uruz 7 is currently
on standby at LZ Echo.
**[22:54] ---**
Kaname Chidori is here, too.
**[22:57] ---**
Gebo 9, roger.
**[22:58] ---**
Good, looks like we're finally at a range
where a signal will reach.
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Gebo 9, I'm unclear on the situation.
What's happening?
**[23:07] ---**
It's wide-scale radio interference.
Tactical HQ in Sydney got taken out.
**[23:12] ---**
Other bases appear to
be under attack as well.
**[23:15] ---**
Say what? What's become of
the Merida Island base?
**[23:18] ---**
I don't know.
**[23:19] ---**
I'm at least going to pick you two up,
so secure the landing zone.
**[23:23] ---**
Roger that. Current
conditions at the LZ are...
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Get down low.
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Enemies.
**[23:34] ---**
Gebo 9. Uruz 7 is in
the process of being surrounded.
**[23:38] ---**
I count... at least five
of those Alastor types.
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And at least... eight armed enemy combatants.
I'll attempt an escape.
**[23:47] ---**
Gebo 9, roger. Do what you can
to get through this, Sousuke.
**[23:50] ---**
Five minutes should do it.
**[23:51] ---**
I'll try. Signing off.
**[23:55] ---**
Sousuke?
**[23:59] ---**
I'm sorry, Chidori.
**[24:01] ---**
Looks like it's going to
be a long five minutes.
**[24:05] ---**
"Episode 2
Damage Control"
**[24:06] ---**
Next time: "Damage Control."
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