# E78 - The Judgment
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It hurts, doesn't it?
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Well?
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The judgment has been
handed down.
**[00:44] ---**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[00:48] ---**
How about it?
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Has this helped you understand
the pain that other people feel,
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even a little bit?
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*Even my arm...*
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*Has his Jutsu done something?*
**[00:58] ---**
*No, that can't be...*
**[01:00] ---**
You have already fallen
under my curse.
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The ceremony will now begin.
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Well, then...
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Why not taste the ultimate pain
with me?!
**[02:54] ---**
*The Judgment
*
**[03:08] ---**
You have already fallen
under my curse.
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The ceremony will now begin.
**[03:16] ---**
Well, then! Why not taste
the ultimate pain with me?!
**[03:26] ---**
Why is Captain Asuma burned?
**[03:29] ---**
Wasn't his opponent the one hit
by the Fire Style Jutsu?!
**[03:32] ---**
He definitely was hit.
**[03:34] ---**
But for some reason,
**[03:35] ---**
Captain Asuma was also
burned by the Jutsu!
**[03:38] ---**
This...could it be that...
**[03:42] ---**
*This will net us 35 million in gold.*
**[03:48] ---**
All the preparations are
now complete!
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It's going to hurt like crazy,
so get ready!
**[04:23] ---**
Take that!
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It hurts, doesn't it?!
**[04:41] ---**
But this is nothing.
I haven't got you in a vital spot yet!
**[04:45] ---**
Believe me,
THAT pain is out of this world!
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The pain another feels while
dying penetrates into my own body!
**[04:53] ---**
I pass through the pain, transcend it,
and turn it into pleasure!
**[05:10] ---**
Captain Asuma...
**[05:12] ---**
is holding his left leg.
**[05:14] ---**
Something strange is going on.
**[05:17] ---**
It's the same injured leg as
**[05:18] ---**
the opponent who stabbed himself
with his own lance!
**[05:20] ---**
Wh-Why...
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*You have already fallen
*under my curse.*
**[05:44] ---**
So that's how it is!
**[05:45] ---**
*But of course...*
**[05:47] ---**
*His body and mine are connected
*with some curse.*
**[05:52] ---**
*In other words, the damage dealt
*to our bodies is also linked.*
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*Furthermore, he is immortal.*
**[06:08] ---**
Where would you like to hurt next?
**[06:11] ---**
Hmm? Here? Or here?
**[06:14] ---**
How about both legs
at the same time?!
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Or...
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shall we end now?!
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How about it?!
**[06:29] ---**
Shikamaru! You must not use
a physical attack like Shadow Sewing!
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Stop his movements with
Shadow Strangle Jutsu! Hurry!
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I'm already on it!
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*Better make it in time!*
**[06:43] ---**
*Please make it in time!*
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Die--!
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Do you think I'd let that happen?!
**[07:51] ---**
You did it, Shikamaru!
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This won't stop me for long!
**[08:12] ---**
Izumo, how many minutes have passed
**[08:14] ---**
since you requested backup?
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About ten minutes.
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It'll be at least another 20 minutes
before reinforcements arrive.
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That long?!
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Damn...! What should we do?!
**[08:25] ---**
If we kill him,
Captain Asuma will also die!
**[08:28] ---**
Usually, one must kill one's opponent
in order to break a long-lasting type Jutsu.
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But if that is not possible...
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*Every Jutsu inevitably has rules
*associated with it,*
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*as well as risks and pitfalls.*
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*First, I need to calm down
*and analyze the opponent.*
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*I was saved,
*thanks to Shikamaru.*
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*I must take this chance and
*think of a way to break this Jutsu.*
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*With him as an opponent,*
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*the Shadow Strangle Jutsu
*won't hold out that long.*
**[09:26] ---**
*There's little time to consider
*the next move.*
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If this wears on any longer, I'll lend a hand.
**[09:35] ---**
We can't let all the money get away.
**[09:39] ---**
I told you to butt out, Kakuzu!
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I can handle this...!
**[09:48] ---**
*Truth be told, the situation as it is...*
**[09:50] ---**
*we're lucky the other guy has
*stayed out of the fight for now.*
**[09:54] ---**
*Be that as it may,
*there's still the question of what to do.*
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*Well, it's all a matter of time now...*
**[10:08] ---**
*Why that...*
**[10:11] ---**
*That's it... Think back...*
**[10:14] ---**
*Surely, I've come this far assuming*
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*I'd be fighting against an adversary
*beyond the scope of my imagination.*
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OROCHIMARU
*The Akatsuki Organization
*is made up of ten members.*
**[10:33] ---**
*But Orochimaru withdrew.*
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SASORI
*Sasori of the Red Sand is dead.*
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ITACHI
*Of the remaining ones,
*we know the identities of three.*
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KISAME
*Kisame Hoshigaki,*
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*who is reputed to have sparred
*with Guy Sensei with ease...*
**[10:50] ---**
*He might be a Water Style User.*
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ITACHI
*Sasuke's older brother,
*Itachi Uchiha with his Sharingan...*
**[10:58] ---**
*It was his handiwork that put Kakashi
*in the hospital for over a week.*
**[11:04] ---**
*Deidara, said to have sparred
*with Naruto.*
**[11:07] ---**
*He uses animated explosive clay.*
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DEIDARA
*He blew himself up in the end.*
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*It's doubtful whether that story
*is actually true.*
**[11:17] ---**
*That leaves five members
*of the Akatsuki Organization...*
**[11:18] ---**
*Whichever of the faces
*in this file you pick,*
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*you'll find him to be one tough opponent.*
**[11:24] ---**
*Their Ninjutsu will be of a level
*that should not be underestimated.*
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*Though the true nature of
*these five is unknown,*
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*there is no doubt they have special abilities
*that are beyond our imagination.*
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RECORD OF PAST BATTLES
*Good grief.*
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*We're up against the worst possible
*bunch of fellows.*
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*When it comes to this,*
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*it's meaningless to formulate
*a strategy in advance.*
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*In fact, any preconceptions
*might make matters worse.*
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*So, what should we do?*
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*It goes without saying that
*we should train to get stronger,*
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*but what happens when you encounter*
**[12:01] ---**
*an adversary against whom
*you cannot win?*
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*The nature and extent of
*the enemy's powers--*
**[12:13] ---**
*his Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu.*
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*You must discern what type
*of Ninja he is.*
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*Then you need to determine whether
*or not it's a combined attack*
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*by guys who function as a two-man cell.*
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*And if there's a possibility of that,*
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*then what kind of chemistry does
*he have with his team members?*
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*We need to gather as
*much information as possible*
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*and make a split second decision.*
**[12:36] ---**
When you're up against an organization
like the Akatsuki,
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there isn't even time to
gather such information, is there?
**[12:43] ---**
Akatsuki, you say?
**[12:46] ---**
Asuma...
**[12:47] ---**
Have you already taken action
against the Akatsuki Organization?
**[12:50] ---**
No, I came to the conclusion that
it was pointless.
**[12:56] ---**
That's what you think.
**[12:57] ---**
If you got hold of even one piece
of information about the enemy,
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it could lead to a successful strategy.
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If we could get our hands
on such information.
**[13:05] ---**
That's difficult since we're up
against the Akatsuki for the first time.
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A guy like me would be blown away
in an instant.
**[13:12] ---**
Well, you're probably right about that.
**[13:15] ---**
RECORD OF PAST BATTLES
CLASSIFIED DATA VOL. 1
It's mortifying,
but those are guys who don't slack off.
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That is if you were to come up against
the Akatsuki on a one-to-one basis.
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You are one of the best at judging
and analyzing a situation,
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even among the Hidden Leaf.
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If you can't find the time to strategize
in a one-on-one combat,
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then depend upon your comrades.
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Team responsibility is important,
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but one who does not rely
upon his comrades...
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KISAME
is not fulfilling that responsibility.
**[13:43] ---**
There are times when even
if you can't do it alone,
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things will somehow work out
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if you and your comrades
pool each others strengths.
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It's not enough for things to
just somehow work out.
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Then, do something.
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Before your comrades get done in.
**[13:59] ---**
*Asuma has left me with
*a wealth of information.*
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*Think! You've got to think!*
**[14:13] ---**
*Remarks, personality, speech patterns...
*the clothes they wear...*
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*Grasp their movements
*right up to now.*
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*The significance of
*each and every action.*
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*And then the connection between actions.*
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*Develop a hypothesis about their abilities*
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*that can be drawn from
*all these factors.*
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*It's all about observation and analysis.*
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God's judgment will be handed down!
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*God...judgment...*
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You have already fallen under my curse.
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The ceremony will now begin.
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*A curse...the ceremony...*
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With this, all preparations are complete!
**[14:53] ---**
*Preparations...!*
**[15:11] ---**
*Looks like Shikamaru
*came up with an idea.*
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Did you figure something out, Shikamaru?
**[15:17] ---**
Yeah!
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*It's amazing that you're capable
*of such an analysis*
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*while still maintaining your Jutsu.*
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*Shikamaru is endowed with
*lightning powers of analysis*
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*that enable him to look ten steps ahead
*and predict 200 more.*
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*What's more,
*he has the intuition to choose*
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*the best possible strategy
*based on that analysis.*
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I'm heading out, Captain Asuma...
**[15:57] ---**
*That Shadow Jutsu...*
**[15:58] ---**
*Does it force the person it's used on
*to mirror the motions of its caster?*
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*Why you... Trying to sniff out the true nature
*of my Jutsu.*
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What are you going to do?!
**[16:18] ---**
I'll draw that creep outside the strange
pattern drawn on the ground!
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If I do that,
his curse Jutsu will be broken.
**[16:28] ---**
What on earth does that mean?!
**[16:30] ---**
His weapon...
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That huge scythe with three blades.
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Judging by its shape, I'd say it's not
designed to land a single fatal blow,
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but rather increase
his attack range.
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All his weapons are designed to
cause damage from a distance.
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In other words, his tactic is to
only injure his opponent
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and then buy time to deploy
a lethal Jutsu.
**[16:55] ---**
And by that you mean the curse?
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But what's the connection between
the enemy's wound and the curse?
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It's blood...
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In order to form a link between himself
and his targeted opponent,
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he needs to find a way to incorporate
that opponent's blood into his own body.
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So when he was licking the blood...
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Then if he wounds his opponent and
even a little blood adheres to that sickle...
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he can curse his opponent.
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*But of course...*
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After licking the blood,
his body changed color.
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That is a condition for invoking the curse.
But that's not all.
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In order to completely invoke the curse,
one more condition must be met.
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One more?
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*This brat knows his stuff.*
**[17:49] ---**
A little while ago,
**[17:51] ---**
that creep let Asuma's Fire Style Jutsu
roll right off him.
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He was unfazed,
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but he hurried back to that strange pattern
drawn on the ground, remember?
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And once he was standing
inside that pattern,
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he said the ceremony would begin.
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And by howling that the preparations
were now complete...
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We can surmise the set-up
for his art of cursing
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is only complete once he steps
inside that pattern.
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You little brat!
**[18:17] ---**
You talk too much.
**[18:22] ---**
*He was able to figure
*all that out?*
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You little brat!
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Why you! I'll get you later!
I'll tear you limb from limb!
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I'll pulverize you! I'll turn you inside out!
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There isn't going to be a "later"!
**[18:40] ---**
We got him out!
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All right! The curse is broken!
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*All right!*
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Wha--?!
**[19:01] ---**
Nuts...
**[19:02] ---**
I can't move...
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I'm at my limit! I don't think
I can hold him any longer.
**[19:13] ---**
You did well, Shikamaru.
**[19:32] ---**
Kakuzu! Lend me a hand!
**[19:36] ---**
Hey! Snap to it!
**[19:49] ---**
I told you to keep your wits
about you.
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All right! So this leaves
only one opponent remaining?
**[21:42] ---**
But his power and speed are probably
greater than that of the immortal guy.
**[21:47] ---**
And he may still have abilities
we don't know about...!
**[21:50] ---**
Shikamaru!
**[21:51] ---**
Shikamaru is exhausted.
**[21:52] ---**
And the captain is wounded.
**[21:55] ---**
What do you want to do, Izumo?
**[21:56] ---**
We have the advantage of
outnumbering our opponents
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and even immobilized one of them.
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But perhaps we should start
looking for a chance to retreat.
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Next time:
"Unfulfilled Scream"