# 15 - A Garden in the Sun
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY24KV85R/gad-guard)
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**[01:50] ---**
Yo.
**[01:52] ---**
How have you been, old man?
**[01:55] ---**
Hi, Jack. Where have you been?
**[02:01] ---**
I've been in this town the whole time.
**[02:04] ---**
Really... There weren't even any rumors,
**[02:06] ---**
so I thought you'd left or something.
**[02:10] ---**
Hmph.
**[02:11] ---**
Damn.
**[02:17] ---**
I'll have the usual.
**[02:19] ---**
Including the egg, that's 450 *kin*.
**[02:24] ---**
Put it on my tab!
**[02:25] ---**
Pay up front.
**[02:27] ---**
Oh, fine!
**[02:32] ---**
*From the beginning,
I never had a place to be.*
**[02:36] ---**
*I've only gone back to square one.*
**[02:39] ---**
*If I'm back, I just have
to start over again.*
**[02:42] ---**
*I'm not gonna end up like this.*
**[02:48] ---**
A Garden in the Sun
**[02:59] ---**
Breathing the forest air like this
now and then is nice, isn't it?
**[03:04] ---**
Yes.
**[03:05] ---**
Is this your favorite area?
**[03:08] ---**
Well, it's quiet...
**[03:10] ---**
and the scenery is nice.
**[03:12] ---**
I see. I'm glad.
**[03:16] ---**
I had this forest constructed
to be a horse-riding trail.
**[03:21] ---**
That's because when Hilda
and I were to have a child,
**[03:26] ---**
we wanted it to grow up
as close to nature as possible.
**[03:37] ---**
Have you decided on
your course of education?
**[03:40] ---**
I think it's about time you decide
what you'd like to do in the future.
**[03:45] ---**
Yes...
**[03:47] ---**
But I haven't decided yet.
**[03:50] ---**
I see.
**[03:52] ---**
If, by any chance, you're hesitant
just because you were adopted...
**[03:57] ---**
That has nothing to do with it!
**[04:02] ---**
Aiko, when I found out it
was scientifically impossible
**[04:06] ---**
to bear children with Hilda...
**[04:08] ---**
I chose you with the intent
of making you my successor.
**[04:12] ---**
I know.
**[04:14] ---**
I know I said this before, but no
matter what decision you make,
**[04:20] ---**
I want you to consult
me as much as possible.
**[04:24] ---**
I am your parent, you know.
**[04:29] ---**
Yes.
**[04:35] ---**
Damn it...
**[04:36] ---**
All these buildings look alike.
**[04:49] ---**
That was close...
**[04:51] ---**
That car... Nah, couldn't be.
**[04:55] ---**
Mother?
**[04:56] ---**
Yeah, she thought
you would find it easier
**[04:59] ---**
to discuss your feelings with
Raphael there, so she advised it.
**[05:04] ---**
Oh.
**[05:06] ---**
She doesn't let it show much,
but she's also worried.
**[05:14] ---**
I came to inform you that the
negotiations have been settled.
**[05:18] ---**
Right.
**[05:19] ---**
Aiko, tell your mother that
I'll be a little late for supper.
**[05:23] ---**
Yes, Father.
**[05:30] ---**
That took a while.
**[05:32] ---**
The fossil that was fused with it
is historic property of Unit Green.
**[05:38] ---**
It's laborious to get through
the red tape in a hurry.
**[05:42] ---**
Gads aren't meant to be put into museums.
**[05:44] ---**
Father.
**[05:47] ---**
What is it, Aiko?
**[05:50] ---**
Father, do you know
something about Gads?
**[05:58] ---**
Yes, you could say that.
**[06:01] ---**
I'm in the process of collecting Gads.
**[06:04] ---**
Collecting Gads?
**[06:06] ---**
This is a good opportunity. Come with me.
**[06:17] ---**
Now enter.
**[06:18] ---**
R-Right.
**[06:27] ---**
Father, are these...
**[06:29] ---**
These are Gads.
**[06:32] ---**
They say they rained down from space,
**[06:35] ---**
but their true identity is still unknown.
**[06:38] ---**
They were found to occasionally
give off enormous energy,
**[06:43] ---**
but they still haven't set a
good way to harness that energy.
**[06:47] ---**
They react to metals around them
**[06:51] ---**
to produce a machine
in the shape of a man.
**[06:54] ---**
Those are called Techodes.
**[06:56] ---**
But why?
**[06:59] ---**
Why are you collecting all these?
**[07:01] ---**
It takes power to obtain a Gad.
**[07:05] ---**
Only a select few can
actually collect them.
**[07:09] ---**
The one with the most Gads
has the most value as a human.
**[07:16] ---**
Gads will guarantee the
Harmony family's rank in society.
**[07:20] ---**
In the future, all of this will be yours.
**[07:23] ---**
They'll be mine?
**[07:26] ---**
Only the most trusted people
can take over my business.
**[07:30] ---**
You haven't a thing to worry about.
**[07:47] ---**
I wonder if I'm the same
as a Gad to Father...
**[07:52] ---**
A Gad to protect the
status of the Harmony name.
**[07:59] ---**
*Messah...*
**[08:00] ---**
*I can go anywhere as long as I'm with you.*
**[08:03] ---**
*Right?*
**[08:06] ---**
*Maybe I should...*
**[08:18] ---**
I won't let you get away, fossil thief!
**[08:21] ---**
Hey, you're Jack Bruno, aren't you?
**[08:24] ---**
Damn!
**[08:27] ---**
What?
**[08:30] ---**
Hajiki!
**[08:31] ---**
The Techode that fought Katana?
**[08:35] ---**
So it was you in the car today.
**[08:37] ---**
Eat this!
**[08:41] ---**
What?
**[08:49] ---**
Hold it!
**[08:50] ---**
Takumi, what's this commotion about?
**[08:53] ---**
Hey!
**[09:01] ---**
Hmph, not again!
**[09:04] ---**
Messah, stop him!
**[09:11] ---**
Of all the lousy...
**[09:16] ---**
Shit!
**[09:24] ---**
Messah, follow him!
**[09:36] ---**
Get in.
**[09:38] ---**
It's you...
**[09:41] ---**
It's that man...
**[09:45] ---**
But why?
**[09:47] ---**
Aiko!
**[09:48] ---**
Hajiki.
**[09:50] ---**
Why are you here?
**[09:51] ---**
This is our forest.
**[09:57] ---**
A man just ran through here, right?
**[09:59] ---**
Where did he go?
**[10:01] ---**
Uh, I didn't really get a good look...
**[10:04] ---**
Damn.
**[10:06] ---**
If we caught him, we could've
found out where Katana is.
**[10:11] ---**
Where Katana is?
**[10:14] ---**
He stole a fossil that was going
to be put on display in a museum.
**[10:18] ---**
Do you mean the one in Unit Green?
**[10:21] ---**
Yeah, I'm surprised you know about it.
**[10:23] ---**
My father mentioned something about it.
**[10:27] ---**
Why would Larry Harmony know that?
**[10:29] ---**
He's connected to a lot
of things through work.
**[10:32] ---**
I'm sure that's why...
**[10:35] ---**
He still hasn't gone far.
We have to find him.
**[10:38] ---**
Okay!
**[10:39] ---**
I'll go, too.
**[10:40] ---**
You go home.
**[10:41] ---**
The police will be here soon.
**[10:43] ---**
You don't want your family
to find out about Messah, right?
**[10:47] ---**
That's true.
**[10:50] ---**
That's just a souvenir.
**[10:52] ---**
What's the meaning of this?
**[10:54] ---**
It's proof that I'm not through yet.
**[10:57] ---**
You had your eye on it, right?
**[10:59] ---**
Besides, I'm handy to have around.
**[11:02] ---**
You should have minded your own business.
**[11:04] ---**
We were already going to purchase this.
**[11:09] ---**
You made more bothersome work for me.
**[11:15] ---**
*I don't want our
connection to be made public.*
**[11:20] ---**
*Do not act again.*
**[11:23] ---**
Damn it...
**[11:25] ---**
It'll take more than this to...
**[11:40] ---**
Forget the apology.
**[11:41] ---**
Foreseeing that man showing up
after all this time was impossible.
**[11:46] ---**
Yeah, never mind. Ignore him.
**[11:50] ---**
Yes.
**[12:19] ---**
Till tomorrow.
Bye.
**[12:29] ---**
Um, there's somewhere I want to go.
**[12:34] ---**
It looks like the thief last night
had nothing to do with Katana.
**[12:39] ---**
You're wrong.
**[12:42] ---**
I don't want to lose
what's important to me.
**[12:46] ---**
What's important to you?
**[12:48] ---**
I don't know what it is yet.
**[13:00] ---**
*So this is a Gad.*
**[13:02] ---**
*But why?*
**[13:04] ---**
*Didn't Father hire someone to steal it?*
**[13:10] ---**
*That man...*
**[13:26] ---**
What's wrong?
**[13:27] ---**
It's dangerous to go any farther.
**[13:30] ---**
M-Miss!
**[13:31] ---**
Wait for me here!
**[13:44] ---**
Hey.
**[13:47] ---**
Who the hell are you?
**[13:49] ---**
U-Um, I'm looking for someone.
**[13:52] ---**
In that case, I'll help
you look if you want.
**[13:55] ---**
No, I'm fine.
**[13:57] ---**
I don't think so.
**[14:06] ---**
K-Katana.
**[14:09] ---**
W-What?
**[14:10] ---**
Don't tell me you're looking for him?
**[14:13] ---**
I-I'm sorry!
**[14:16] ---**
I can't believe you're
loitering around here alone.
**[14:21] ---**
That car...
**[14:24] ---**
That's Father's lawyer.
Why's he with you?
**[14:30] ---**
Are you Harmony's daughter?
**[14:34] ---**
What were you doing?
**[14:35] ---**
Talking about a job.
A job?
**[14:38] ---**
He wants me to dispose of someone
**[14:41] ---**
who horribly used him to look for Gads.
**[14:44] ---**
People who claw to the top
**[14:46] ---**
to stand in the sun
also have large shadows.
**[14:49] ---**
That can't be...
**[14:55] ---**
Gads, you say?
That's right.
**[14:57] ---**
I want your collection
down to the last stone.
**[15:01] ---**
Hey, hey, mister.
**[15:03] ---**
You don't even have
to think about it, right?
**[15:05] ---**
The rocks or your daughter's life,
what's more important?
**[15:11] ---**
Where's Aiko? Is she unharmed?
**[15:14] ---**
Let me hear my daughter's voice!
**[15:16] ---**
Oh, I see. You're buying time.
**[15:19] ---**
I'll contact you again.
**[15:25] ---**
Good.
**[15:27] ---**
Here, eat this.
**[15:30] ---**
Sorry, but I can't give you a fork.
**[15:35] ---**
Is a young princess from
Gold Town too good for my slop?
**[15:53] ---**
Father won't hand over his Gads.
**[15:57] ---**
Do you know what Gads are?
**[16:02] ---**
If he doesn't hand over the Gads,
you're gonna die, you know.
**[16:07] ---**
That has nothing to do with it.
**[16:08] ---**
After all, I'm just adopted.
**[16:10] ---**
Oh, I know that.
**[16:14] ---**
It says so here.
**[16:19] ---**
Then you already know.
**[16:22] ---**
I'm no more than a sign
painted with the Harmony name.
**[16:28] ---**
I'm not worth as much as the Gads to him.
**[16:32] ---**
What the heck are you talking about?
**[16:35] ---**
A man wouldn't call a mere
sign his family for 10 years.
**[16:39] ---**
For Pete's sake... You have
a lot of nerve to say that,
**[16:42] ---**
after being given everything.
**[16:44] ---**
That's why I'm suffering.
**[16:47] ---**
I'm worried about what
I can do with my own power.
**[16:52] ---**
When it came down to it,
you ate my cooking in a pinch.
**[16:59] ---**
Well, I should decide on
the exchange location soon.
**[17:03] ---**
Go to my house!
**[17:06] ---**
Why not go straight
to the Harmony house?
**[17:08] ---**
No matter what,
Gads are within reach there.
**[17:12] ---**
Sounds interesting.
**[17:18] ---**
Why do you want Gads, anyway?
**[17:20] ---**
I'm going to start over
again from the beginning.
**[17:24] ---**
I'll take my Gads to a land
where nobody knows me.
**[17:27] ---**
I'll start over there.
**[17:29] ---**
I don't want it to end for me just yet.
**[17:43] ---**
C'mon!
**[17:45] ---**
Aiko! Are you all right?
**[17:49] ---**
She's fine! I haven't touched her!
**[17:52] ---**
Release my daughter!
**[17:54] ---**
The goods come first!
**[17:55] ---**
That's common knowledge!
**[18:03] ---**
Okay. Now I'll get you to put
them in the car for your trouble.
**[18:19] ---**
Father, why?
**[18:21] ---**
I was originally going to give them to you.
**[18:25] ---**
It's only natural to use them for you.
**[18:28] ---**
But...
**[18:29] ---**
It's all right.
**[18:31] ---**
Nothing can replace your life.
**[18:41] ---**
Jack! Prepare to die!
**[18:44] ---**
Sharks! You scumbag!
**[18:47] ---**
Sorry, but I was made
an offer I couldn't refuse!
**[18:50] ---**
What?
**[18:57] ---**
Aiko!
**[18:58] ---**
Get in the car already!
**[18:59] ---**
Father!
**[19:02] ---**
Yesterday's buddies are today's money!
**[19:12] ---**
Mister, that was a little extreme!
**[19:15] ---**
Don't look at me! I didn't hire anyone...
**[19:24] ---**
You're mine!
**[19:29] ---**
What the...?
**[19:32] ---**
O-Oh, shit!
**[19:33] ---**
The Gads...
**[19:38] ---**
Aiko...
**[19:43] ---**
Why, you...
**[19:45] ---**
Father, run!
**[19:47] ---**
Die!
**[20:02] ---**
Time out!
**[20:04] ---**
Yesterday's enemy is today's buddy!
**[20:08] ---**
P-Please... J-Jack!
**[20:18] ---**
You idiot!
**[20:22] ---**
You hired this Heavy Metal
at your own discretion, correct?
**[20:25] ---**
Yes.
**[20:27] ---**
I told you to ignore him.
**[20:29] ---**
I believed it was necessary to do so.
**[20:33] ---**
Leave.
**[20:43] ---**
You're loved here, girl.
**[20:52] ---**
F-Father...
**[20:55] ---**
This is a Techode, isn't it?
**[20:58] ---**
Yes.
**[21:03] ---**
Thank you. You destroyed him...
**[21:08] ---**
to rescue me.
**[21:13] ---**
Yes.
**[21:15] ---**
Father...
**[21:19] ---**
You know, I can go anywhere now.
**[21:23] ---**
As long as I'm with Messah,
I can go anywhere.
**[21:28] ---**
So...
**[21:31] ---**
I can leave you and Mother...
**[21:35] ---**
You can go anywhere, huh?
**[21:39] ---**
Aiko, if you're saying
you want to leave home...
**[21:42] ---**
that's fine.
**[21:54] ---**
Aiko!
**[21:58] ---**
I...
**[22:00] ---**
I'm a daughter of the Harmony family!
**[22:04] ---**
I'll introduce you.
This is my Messah Schmidt.
**[22:10] ---**
Messah, please greet him.
**[22:27] ---**
Yes, pleased to meet you.
**[22:29] ---**