9 - Chapter Nine: Shadow on the Imperial...

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    M-mustached bastard...!
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    We finally reach the capital tomorrow.
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    That Keiro bastard is there...
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    Yes, that's why he's dreaming.
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    With the battle looming, his body is
    remembering how terrifying Keiro was.
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    Is Keiro that strong?
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    Taito has no chance
    of winning as he is now.
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    I see.
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    I'll never say good-bye
    to our prime forever
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    And I feel like dumb,
    I don't know why
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    I'll never say good-bye
    'cos I can't forget her°
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    But I feel like dumb,
    I don't know why
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    Try to scream
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    Shattered dreams are
    made of stone and desperation
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    Broken hearts blown in a
    freezing wind during winterlong
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    Unspoken words floating on
    freezing wind during winterlong
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    During winterlong
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    Oh, wow!
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    What a huge city!
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    I'd expect no less from Luo Chang,
    the capital of the Xian Empire!
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    This is like a dream!
[02:55] ---
    We finally made it to the capital.
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    Taito. Won't you come to my place?
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    The Tong You Temple.
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    Relieve the weariness of the journey first.
    Everything can begin after that.
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    Right! Let's go!
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    Hurray! We'll get to meet
    the girl Ryuko likes!
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    He's here.
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    But he won't cause much
    of a stir as he is now.
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    It's not every day the
    Alkaid and Dubhe collide.
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    I'll need to make the boy stronger
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    by filling him with even more
    ambition and hate and whatnot.
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    I'm going to borrow this, Boss.
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    "Chapter Nine:
    Shadow on the Imperial Capital"
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    Whoa! Th-this is--!
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    It's huge! So huge!
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    This is a street, right? It is, right?!
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    Is it really okay to have
    such big streets?! Is it?!
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    Don't ask me...!
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    I can't believe it! I can't believe it!
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    A feast fit for a king,
    right before my very eyes!
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    Is this paradise?! Is this heaven?!
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    Calm down, dumb brother.
    You're embarrassing.
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    But...!
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    Don't cry. I know how you feel, but...
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    Let's go, Laila! You can buy
    clothes or whatever else you want!
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    Wait, Taito!
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    Let's look for some souvenirs
    for Dad and Grandpa Son too!
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    Souvenirs, huh? Does he
    assume he'll be able to return?
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    So, what are you gonna do now?
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    I'm not sure what I should do.
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    Oh. Well, I know what I'm gonna do.
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    Keiro's the boss of Shimei,
    the guy who killed my master...
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    Welcome to Tong You Temple.
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    I am Ryusho, the head of the temple.
    Ryuko has told me about you.
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    It's a pleasure to meet you, Master Ryusho.
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    Thanks for helpin' us!
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    Yup, thanks!
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    Divine Warrior of Phecda, Hosei!
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    And you are Taito,
    the Celestial Deity Alkaid!
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    Th-that's right...
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    You have a good look to you!
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    It looks like Master Sonnei
    and Sir Soei raised you well.
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    Huh?!
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    You know Master Sonnei and our father?
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    Of course.
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    Father studied under Master Sonnei,
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    and he and Senior Soei are like brothers.
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    "Father"? Does that mean
    this guy's your old man?
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    My stepfather, technically.
    I was abandoned as a child.
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    What?! Really?!
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    Oh, man. You too?
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    We're alike!
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    We're orphans, we grew up in temples,
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    and we carry the stars' karma or whatever!
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    Maybe that's why we get along so well!
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    Yes! Perhaps so!
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    Get along? I dunno, I'd say you're
    more like, "Danger, do not mix!"
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    Y-yeah, now that you mention it,
    I'm not sure if we get along or not...
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    Which one is it?!
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    --Oh, come on, Taito!
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    --You've gained friends, Ryuko.
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    Yes.
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    You can use this room.
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    Okay! Thanks!
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    My room is across the hall.
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    Who's there?!
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    Welcome back, Ryuko.
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    You look well.
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    Th-thank you. Y-you look well, too...
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    Oh, so that's it!
[06:50] ---
    Oh! So she's...!
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    Wait, who are you?
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    I'm Rinmei, your personal attendant.
    It's nice to meet you.
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    Nice to meet you!
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    So, Ryuko? Where's my souvenir?
[07:06] ---
    Souvenir?!
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    O-oh, sorry, I don't have one...
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    Sheesh. Couldn't you at least say,
    "My safe return is my present to you"?
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    Interesting! I didn't
    consider that possibility!
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    Thank you! That was
    most educational, Rinmei!
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    Terrible. Isn't he?
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    Yes!
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    For sure!
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    Wh-what are you agreeing about?!
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    I don't see why he's terrible!
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    Are you serious? She's Ryuko's...
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    Huh?! Ryuko's in love with her?!
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    H-hold on, Taito! What are you saying?!
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    I'm devoted to my training!
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    I don't have time to be
    crazy about g-g-girls!
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    He says he isn't in love.
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    Oh, geez...
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    Sheesh. Are you just like him, Taito?
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    How often I remembered
    your cooking while journeying!
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    Is that all you remembered?
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    Are you all right, Rinmei? Are you--
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    R- Rinmei...
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    Y-yes...?
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    Your pot is boiling over.
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    I'm going out to gather water!
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    Wh-what was that for, Rinmei...?
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    Whadya think, Hosei?
    Muscle is what makes a man!
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    That's nothin'. I'm an archer.
    Check out my shooting arm!
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    Check out my special technique! Leg Flex!
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    You can't beat me!
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    Taito! Hosei! I brought--
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    Just horrible! Unbelievable!
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    Honestly! How can someone
    be so straightlaced?!
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    Men are...
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    Men are so hopeless!
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    It looks like we'll get along well, Laila.
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    It does, Rinmei!
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    Kindred spirit!
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    You're still eating, Taito?
    Everyone else finished a long time ago.
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    I can't help it!
    Rinmei's cooking is too good!
[10:11] ---
    Thanks for the meal!
[10:16] ---
    Well, I should go now.
[10:17] ---
    Huh? Where to?
[10:19] ---
    Isn't it obvious?
    To beat that mustached bastard!
[10:23] ---
    That's the whole reason why I came here!
[10:26] ---
    I won't be satisfied until I kick
    the crap out of him for my friends' sake!
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    No! Don't, Taito!
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    Huh?! What are you talking about?
[10:35] ---
    You can't do it. You cannot
    defeat Keiro as you are now!
[10:38] ---
    What?!
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    The difference in strength is obvious!
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    You should know that
    more than anyone else!
[10:44] ---
    There's no way to know unless I try!
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    I'm stopping you because I know!
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    He can't be beaten with spirit alone!
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    If you fight him now,
    you'll die for nothing!
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    For nothing?! How can
    you say that, Ryuko?!
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    Count me in.
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    Hosei!
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    I'm going too.
    I want to avenge my master.
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    We are Divine Warriors, Ryuko.
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    So isn't it logical to think that helping
    Taito is in the karma of the stars?
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    You're wrong!
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    The Divine Warriors are meant to act
    as breakwaters for the Alkaid and Dubhe!
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    In which case...!
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    Enough of this crap!
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    I'm gonna beat the mustached freak!
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    You can't tell me what to do!
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    Yeah! Butt out, Ryuko!
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    Taito... Hosei...
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    Ah. I see words aren't enough
    to talk reason into you.
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    So what do you say we let
    our bodies do the talking?
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    Rinmei?!
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    Wh-what are you saying?!
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    I'll give you a personal lesson...
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    Come on! Why do I
    have to do this with you?!
[11:51] ---
    The night air is terrible for the skin.
    Let's hurry and get this over with.
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    The Lin Shan Hua...
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    ...my other self!
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    Th-that pattern! Is she...?!
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    Yes. She is Rinmei,
    the Divine Warrior of Merak!
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    I'm just a weak girl.
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    Please don't be too rough
    on me, Alkaid Taito...
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    Here I come!
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    She's fast!
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    Instantaneous body management.
    That is Rinmei's fighting strategy!
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    I won't let a girl beat me!
[12:58] ---
    Sh-she disappeared?!
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    Not bad. You could be
    trouble in a drawn-out fight.
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    The Alkaid is a child.
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    You're a real handful.
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    I'm stronger than you, and Keiro
    is most definitely stronger than me.
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    Now do you understand what
    "dying for nothing" means?
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    Taito. You mustn't be hasty.
[13:57] ---
    There is more than one way
    to climb a mountain.
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    There are other paths to the top.
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    If you have a just cause,
    the heavens will show you a way.
[14:06] ---
    Let us wait together
    for that time to come.
[14:09] ---
    Oh, well. Guess we'll have to
    wait for another chance.
[14:13] ---
    Yeah.
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    Tadah! Look!
[14:31] ---
    It's the flag for the "Men
    Are So Hopeless League"!
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    It's good! It's really good!
[14:36] ---
    It really gives off that male
    "we're so hopeless" feeling!
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    Doesn't it, though?!
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    Kindred spirit!
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    Hey, Laila!
[14:46] ---
    I- I didn't know you were like that, Laila!
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    Is that why you won't accept my love?
[14:50] ---
    Oh, you have it all wrong!
    It isn't like that!
[14:55] ---
    Anyway, do you need something?
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    Yeah. I can't find Taito or Ryuko...
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    Yeah, they left together.
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    Together? They sure
    have been friendly lately...
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    Oh! Have they awakened
    to that sort of thing too?!
[15:09] ---
    Of course not!
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    The capital's really something!
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    It's beautiful and rich,
    nothing like any of the other towns!
[15:25] ---
    This is only its exterior face, though.
[15:27] ---
    Exterior face? What do you mean?
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    Hey, Ryuko. What is it
    you want to show me?
[15:40] ---
    Shunyi Square. Commonly
    known as Keiro Square.
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    Keiro!
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    Th-that bastard made this hole?
[15:55] ---
    The emperor held a martial arts
    tournament here four years ago.
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    Keiro made this during it.
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    Barehanded, with one
    punch from his left hand.
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    Barehanded?!
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    You don't think that he's--?!
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    Yes. Keiro is a master of
    inner-channel Energy Manipulation.
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    So that's how it is!
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    Taito. Master inner-channel
    Energy Manipulation.
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    And then carve out an even
    larger hole than Keiro.
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    Do that, and I won't have to lose a friend.
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    I brought you here to tell you that.
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    Ryuko...
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    Let's go, Taito.
[16:41] ---
    Huh?
[16:43] ---
    Hey, Ryuko. Where are we going?
[16:46] ---
    Hey, Ryuko!
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    Wh-what is this place?!
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    Th-this can't be real!
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    The main street was so nice!
[16:55] ---
    But just one alley away...
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    The imperial capital has light and darkness.
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    This is its hidden face.
    No, its true face.
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    Its true face?
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    The empire is currently utterly
    deteriorated and impoverished.
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    It's the same everywhere,
    in the country and here in Luo Chang.
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    B-but it's the capital!
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    This is right under the emperor's nose!
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    What is the emperor doing?!
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    Nothing.
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    Then why don't they kick him out
    and let someone else be the emperor?!
[17:25] ---
    Keiro is hoping to do just that.
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    Ugh, better me than that mustached bastard!
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    Ryuko!
[17:38] ---
    Now where are we?
[17:40] ---
    The execution grounds. We won't
    cause any collateral harm here.
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    Show yourself!
[17:52] ---
    Impressive, Mizar.
[17:54] ---
    I thought I was following you,
    but I was being led instead.
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    You!
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    So that vile gaze was you!
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    Shimei! I'll kick your ass!
[18:14] ---
    You used another cheap
    trick again, didn't you?!
[18:17] ---
    Whew, you're scary. I always
    gotta be careful around you.
[18:21] ---
    But no, I'm not here today to fight.
[18:24] ---
    I came to have a chat with you, boy.
[18:28] ---
    Remember this?
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    That's the sword he stole
    from Lian Tong Temple!
[18:34] ---
    The Xian Jia Lan Wu...
    Commonly known as the Emperor's Sword.
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    Only the one fit to be
    the emperor can draw it.
[18:42] ---
    My boss Keiro stole this
    so he could make himself emperor.
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    Once drawn, everyone alive would
    acknowledge his accession to the throne.
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    But he couldn't draw it.
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    So what?!
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    Don't you get it? Not even
    the current emperor can draw it.
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    The only person in this world who can...
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    ...is you!
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    That's what I wanna discuss.
[19:15] ---
    Is it possible you want to do something
    about this utterly rotten empire?
[19:21] ---
    If so, then why not become
    the emperor and rule the land?
[19:26] ---
    What?!
[19:27] ---
    You drew the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
[19:29] ---
    The heavens have approved!
[19:31] ---
    They say you are the man to rule all!
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    Become the emperor!
[19:38] ---
    Shut up!
[19:40] ---
    I'll make my own decisions!
[19:42] ---
    I don't wanna listen
    to any of your nonsense!
[19:48] ---
    Is that so?
[19:50] ---
    In that case...
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    Die, boy!
[20:05] ---
    If you won't entertain me,
    then there's no reason for you to live!
[20:16] ---
    Taito! Use inner-channel
    Energy Manipulation!
[20:37] ---
    Taito!
[20:41] ---
    How fun! I'm never bored when I'm with you!
[20:45] ---
    Let's meet again, Alkaid Taito!
[20:54] ---
    The Xian Jia Lan Wu is gone!
    Who could've taken it?!
[20:58] ---
    What shall we do, Lord Keiro?!
[21:00] ---
    Forget about it. It was
    most likely Shimei's doing.
[21:04] ---
    Shimei?
[21:05] ---
    Is it wise to allow someone
    so enigmatic to do as he pleases?
[21:10] ---
    It matters not.
[21:13] ---
    For now, at least...
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    A false world of Shimei's creation...
[21:22] ---
    They know what we're up to now.
    This will be tough...
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    Are you all right, Taito?
[21:32] ---
    Taito?
[21:36] ---
    Me... be the emperor?
[21:49] ---
    The six stars are gathering.
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    I guess I'll pay a visit
    to the capital too...
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    In those days,
    you believed in more dreams
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    than could fit in your little hands
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    Don't look like that,
    don't give in°
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    Even inside me you're shining brightly now
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    Please notice
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    You can stay your more
    honest, open self
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    I'll be by your side
    and act as a signpost
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    So we can just walk beneath
    this great big sky together
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    because you aren't alone
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    Was their encounter
    a trick of fate? Or was it...
[23:37] ---
    I'm gonna see for myself!
[23:38] ---
    - -Don't, Taito!
    --That idiot's actually gonna go...
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    Only bad guys eat food this good outside!
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    To pray.
[23:46] ---
    That is the divine duty of the emperor,
    as ordained by the heavens.
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    I dunno, a country where
    everyone can live with a smile.
[23:53] ---
    Taito's heated fists thaw a frozen heart!
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    On Hero Tales, "Chapter Ten:
    The Lonely Emperor."
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    It's all because the emperor
    doesn't give a damn!
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    "See you next time!"