E9 - Confidential File 668, Ethereal Love

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SIGN    Book 3: Revolution to Change the World
SIGN    Episode 9: Confidential File 668, Ethereal Love
[02:21] Sawa
    I ate a bit of the food.
[02:25] Jin
    It's not much, but it's better than nothing.
[02:30] Jin
    Tsukishiro was distributing the
    new drug Janome concocted
[02:33] Jin
    to anti-government agitators.
[02:36] Sawa
    Tsuki was killed by a dark shadow.
[02:42] Jin
    She was dead by the time I arrived.
[02:46] Jin
    I don't know the specifics.
[02:50] Jin
    I'm going back to Tokyo now.
[02:52] Jin
    We need to track down and deal
    with the drug before it's put to use.
[02:57] Jin
    Once you've healed... will you come back?
[03:03] Jin
    I'd like your help.
[03:07] Sawa
    But I've...
[03:11] (Flashback) Asahi
    You won't kill anyone else,
    and we can live together forever.
[03:16] (Flashback) Sawa
    It's not easy to change...
[03:18] (Flashback) Sawa
    But I'd like to make the effort.
[03:22] Jin
    The score involving the Karasumori
    blood hasn't been settled yet.
[03:28] Jin
    I'll be waiting in Tokyo.
[03:57] Rinko
    That's from when they patched you up.
[04:05] Sawa
    Who are you?
[04:10] Rinko
    It's me, Rinko.
[04:13] Rinko
    Kuzuhara-san pulled out
    all the stops for you.
[04:16] Rinko
    He must really want you alive.
[04:20] Sawa
    You know Kuzuhara-san?
[04:22] Rinko
    Yep, on account of me being
    a Nue executioner, too.
[04:27] Sawa
    You mean I was under
    surveillance the entire time?
[04:31] Rinko
    You could call it "protection," y'know.
[04:34] Rinko
    You looked like your fangs
    and claws had fallen out.
[04:39] Sawa
    You certainly weren't much of
    a guard when we needed you.
[04:43] Rinko
    I'm real sorry about what happened to Asahi.
[04:48] Rinko
    Can't blame you if you hate me...
[04:51] Sawa
    Hating you won't turn back the clock.
[04:57] Sawa
    You were watching me under
    Kuzuhara-san's orders?
[04:59] Rinko
    You got it.
[05:01] Sawa
    He knew everything all along, then?
[05:05] Rinko
    More or less, yeah.
[05:11] Sawa
    You seem different from before.
[05:13] Rinko
    You're looking at the real me now.
[05:16] Rinko
    In the village, I had to keep
    a low profile, but now?
[05:20] Rinko
    Who's gonna care?
[05:25] Rinko
    Don't hold it against me, all right?
[05:27] Rinko
    It's just what happens when
    I'm forced to stay sober for too long.
[05:31] Sawa
    By all means, help yourself.
[05:34] Rinko
    Appreciate it.
[05:38] Rinko
    So, what'cha wanna do?
[05:41] Rinko
    If you're headed back
    to Tokyo, I'll tag along.
[05:44] Rinko
    I've got everything set for the trip.
[06:01] Rinko
    So, we heading back to Tokyo?
[06:10] Rinko
    The silent treatment, huh?
[06:12] Rinko
    Well, it don't matter where
    you go. I can't lose you.
[06:16] Rinko
    Executioners got a certain scent, see?
[06:19] Sawa
    I have nothing left.
[06:22] Sawa
    No reason to even be alive.
[06:25] Sawa
    But...
[06:28] Sawa
    I don't know.
[06:32] Sawa
    I don't know what to do.
[06:52] Sawa
    I know where I should go now.
[07:01] Rinko
    Dunno where you're headed,
    but I know I'm taggin' along.
[07:07] Rinko
    Let's get a move on!
SIGN    Temporarily Closed
[07:15] Seiji
    What the hell else do you
    plan on havin' me do?
[07:23] Seiji
    That's... No!
[07:26] Seiji
    Mister, do you know what this means?!
[07:30] Jin
    At this point, it should be obvious
    why I brought you here.
[07:36] Seiji
    That stuff costs folks their humanity.
[07:38] Jin
    There is no such thing.
[07:41] Jin
    If people cared about their
    humanity in the first place,
[07:44] Jin
    there wouldn't be so much
     misery in the world.
[07:46] Seiji
    That's real rich, comin' from you.
    From a Tokugawa dog.
[07:51] Jin
    And you're about to throw
    away your humanity
[07:55] Jin
    in order to save your brother's life.
[07:59] Jin
    Now do it.
[08:15] Rinko
    This where you wanted to go?
[08:18] Sawa
    No. We're going to be walking another 18 ri.
[08:21] Rinko
    We come all the way to Tsugaru on a train,
[08:24] Rinko
    and you wanna walk until tomorrow morning?
[08:27] Rinko
    Where the hell are we headed, anyway?
[08:34] Sawa
    My hometown.
[08:59] Shogun Messenger
    I have a message from the shogun.
[09:03] Shogun Messenger
    The new drug has been received.
[09:05] Shogun Messenger
    Once it has been analyzed and mass-produced,
    you will organize an unstoppable army.
[09:09] Shogun Messenger
    This is an urgent matter.
[09:11] Shogun Messenger
    You are to deliver the source,
    the Karasumori girl, immediately.
[09:16] Shogun Messenger
    That is all.
[09:18] Jin
    Did the shogun say anything
    about the report I submitted,
[09:20] Jin
    and my recommendations for the drug?
[09:22] Messenger
    I wasn't told of anything.
[09:24] Jin
    Then please tell him that the Karasumori
    girl has too much value as an executor.
[09:30] Jin
    She can ensure the shogun's safety—
[09:31] Messenger
    I'm afraid I can't do that.
[09:33] Jin
    If you can't, let him know
    I'd like to meet with him.
[09:43] Jin
    Humanity has nothing to do with it...
[09:47] Jin
    Does it?
[09:49] Rinko
    I think I've sweated all the
    booze out of my system...
[09:54] Sawa
    You didn't have to accompany me.
    I don't intend on hiding.
[10:00] Rinko
    Can't do that.
[10:02] Rinko
    Not like I think you're tryin' to get away, but...
[10:11] Rinko
    Gotta say, I envy you for having a home,
[10:13] Rinko
    even if it's in the middle
    of a buncha mountains.
[10:16] Rinko
    I was being passed around from here
    to there as long as I can remember.
[10:21] Rinko
    Don't even know where I was born.
[10:23] Rinko
    I was in Mikawa and Owari longer than most,
[10:26] Rinko
    and I ended up mixing
    the two accents together.
[10:28] Rinko
    Don't even know what my parents look like.
[10:34] Sawa
    This is it.
[10:36] Rinko
    This is the Karasumori village?
[10:41] Rinko
    Who the heck were these
    Karasumori folks, anyway?
[10:45] Rinko
    I know they've got something to do
    with the power of the blue blood, but...
[10:52] Sawa
    From what my mother and father told me,
[10:55] Sawa
    the Karasumori clan has been in this
    country for at least 1,600 years.
[11:02] Sawa
    They could sense the presence of Ryumyaku,
[11:05] Sawa
    picking up and moving along the flow
    of it in order to avoid attention.
[11:10] Rinko
    Why go to the trouble?
[11:12] Sawa
    To avoid being pulled into conflicts.
[11:15] Sawa
    The blood of the Karasumori
    clan has the ability
[11:18] Sawa
    to channel Ryumaku into heightened vitality.
[11:21] Sawa
    Those who became aware of that fact
    tried to turn us into weapons.
[11:26] Sawa
    There were times in the clan's long history
[11:28] Sawa
    when we were forced into fighting, as well.
[11:31] Sawa
    But the Karasumori never enjoyed that role.
[11:37] Rinko
    This a grave?
[11:39] Sawa
    The villagers are all buried here.
[11:43] Sawa
    And my parents...
[11:46] Sawa
    Do you have anything to eat?
[11:48] Rinko
    A few rice balls.
[11:50] Sawa
    The Karasumori sought to avoid conflict,
[11:53] Sawa
    and in time, they forgot
    how to fight at all...
[11:56] Sawa
    Which is what led to this.
[11:59] Rinko
    I figure some of these folks drank, yeah?
[12:02] Sawa
    There were some, yes.
[12:04] Rinko
    Better pour one out for them, then.
SIGN    Blue Pond
[12:15] Rinko
    Well, there goes the offering...
[12:18] Sawa
    It's fine. The Karasumori clan
    always had a kinship with birds.
[12:27] Sawa
    Can you give me some time by myself?
[12:31] Rinko
    Got it. I'll be waiting at
    the entrance to the village.
[12:40] (Flashback) Jin
    Do you want revenge?
[12:43] (Flashback) Jin
    Avenge your clan.
[12:45] (Flashback) Takeru
    As long as even one of our
    clan survives... it won't end.
[12:51] (Flashback) Jin
    The score involving the Karasumori blood...
[12:53] Sawa
    ...hasn't been settled yet.
[12:59] Sawa
    Nana... When this is all over,
[13:02] Sawa
    will you die with me?
[13:05] Sawa
    That way, we can join my family.
[13:09] Sawa
    With my mother, my father, my brother...
[13:14] Sawa
    and where Asahi is.
[13:24] Rinko
    All done?
[13:26] Sawa
    There's nowhere I belong.
    But if nothing else...
[13:30] Sawa
    I can put an end to some unfinished business.
[13:39] Rinko
    Go ahead and sleep if you want.
[13:42] Rinko
    You haven't slept a wink.
    I'll wake you when we get to Tokyo.
[13:47] Sawa
    I'm used to not getting much sleep.
[13:50] Rinko
    Same goes for me.
[13:52] Rinko
    Guess it just comes with the job, huh?
[13:56] Rinko
    Although I gotta say, I thought living in
    that village would've softened you up.
[14:01] Rinko
    You and Asahi-chan had a real peaceful time.
[14:08] Rinko
    Came as a real surprise to me.
[14:11] Rinko
    An executioner living like that...
[14:14] Rinko
    Made me think about how
     I'd like to give it a try.
[14:29] Secretary
    Wh-Who are you people?
[14:31] Terrorists
    No sudden moves, please.
[14:33] Terrorists
    Keep your hands on your knees.
[14:38] Terrorists
    Everyone stay quiet.
[14:40] Terrorists
    As long as you follow our
    instructions, you won't be hurt.
[14:44] Terrorists
    You, the gentleman in the back of the car.
[14:46] Terrorists
    Two cars back, there's an army
    lieutenant-general named Tadaaki Iwasaki.
[14:52] Terrorists
    Let him know that the Deputy Minister of
     Foreign Affairs has been taken hostage,
[14:56] Terrorists
    and bring him here.
[14:59] Terrorists
    Everyone else, remain seated.
    If you make a fuss, you will be shot.
[15:06] Rinko
    Give it a sec.
[15:10] Tadaaki
    You scum!
[15:12] Tadaaki
    Do you think you'll get away with this?!
[15:15] Terrorists
    If you value the Deputy Minister's life,
    you'll arrange for our comrade
[15:20] Terrorists
    to be released from provincial
    prison as soon as possible.
[15:22] Tadaaki
    What?!
[15:24] Terrorists
    Lt. General Iwasaki, you'll
    disembark at the next station
[15:26] Terrorists
    and deliver our demands
    to the government in Tokyo.
[15:30] Terrorists
    If our demands are not met by
    the time we arrive at Tokyo Station,
[15:34] Terrorists
    the Deputy Secretary will be executed.
[15:36] Tadaaki
    Where do you terrorist
    filth get the nerve?!
[15:40] Terrorists
    Draw that sword, and we'll shoot.
[15:42] Secreatry
    Iwasaki-kun! Please, stay calm!
[15:47] Rinko
    You gotta be pretty high up on the ladder
    to even get a ride on this train,
[15:51] Rinko
    but there are rebels on board?
[15:55] Rinko
    The English must have paid
    a pretty penny for their fare.
[15:57] Sawa
    There are few enough that
    I can take them by myself.
[16:00] Rinko
    Sit your butt down.
[16:02] Sawwa
    Aren't you drunk, though?
[16:04] Rinko
    Yeah? And?
[16:12] Terrorists
    You there, woman. Don't wander
    around without permission.
[16:23] Terrorists
    How—
[16:25] Terrorists
    You—
[16:35] Rinko
    Pretty handy, right?
[16:37] Rinko
    There are actually forty
    bands of metal inside me.
[16:41] Rinko
    It's called oronium.
[16:43] Rinko
    And I can make it do whatever I want...
[16:47] Rinko
    Which makes pretty fast work
    of any guy who gets in my way.
[16:52] Rinko
    Are you wondering how they got
    forty long strips of metal inside me?
[16:58] Rinko
    They opened me up, keeping me alive,
    and stuffed two strips in per day...
[17:06] Rinko
    And they kept that up for twenty days.
[17:09] Rinko
    Twenty days of absolute hell!
[17:12] Rinko
    Now, mister, how many do
    you think we can fit in you?
[17:31] Rinko
    Now, that is good as hell!
[17:34] Rinko
    Can I hold on to this?
[17:39] Rinko
    You take it from here.
[17:41] Tadaaki
    A-Are you from the shogun's personal—
[17:43] Rinko
    You probably don't wanna
    finish that sentence.
[17:47] Rinko
    Let's say you saved the day,
    okay, Lt. General?
[17:54] Rinko
    If they're bold enough to pull
    this kinda crap inside a train,
[17:57] Rinko
    I don't think shutting down a riot here
    and there is gonna cut it going forward.
[18:03] Rinko
    Oh, that really hits the spot!
    I oughta drink more Western stuff.
[18:07] Sawa
    That was well done,
    considering you were drunk.
[18:11] Rinko
    I guess you could say
    I'm a functional drunk?
[18:14] Rinko
    Or maybe that I do a better job
    when I get a little liquor in me?
[18:17] Rinko
    Hey, which is it?
[18:21] Rinko
    No need for flattery, though.
[18:24] Rinko
    It probably woulda taken
    you half the time, right?
[18:28] Rinko
    Not gonna deny it, eh?
[18:31] Rinko
    That said, I'm what you
    might call "artificial."
[18:34] Rinko
    I can wipe the floor with normal folks,
[18:37] Rinko
    but I can't stack up to
    someone with natural gifts.
[18:41] Rinko
    Yeah, the execution business
    ain't all fun and games...
[18:46] Rinko
    But it's not like I know
    any other way to live.
SIGN    Morning Dew Used Bookstore
[19:11] Asahi
    You need to clean up properly!
[19:15] (Flashback) Asahi
    Otherwise customers won't come
    to buy books anymore!
[19:31] Sawa
    Sorry to bother you, Nana.
[19:34] Sawa
    I don't plan on opening the store,
    but... if Asahi were here,
[19:38] Sawa
    she'd want this.
[19:52] Tsuki
    Head back to the bookstore.
[19:55] Tsuki
    "I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano—
[20:00] Tsuki
    a stage where every man must play a part."
[20:04] Tsuki
    I suppose that was never
    going to be my role...
[20:08] Sawa
    The Merchant of Venice?
[20:36] Jin**
    You've come.
[20:43] Jin
    Here are the details on your next mission.
[20:46] Jin
    You'll want to give it a look.
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