E10 - Labyrinth Dragnet

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[00:00] Zem
    Don't hurt me...
[00:04] Zem
    Spare me...
[00:06] Zem
    Don't hurt me... Spare me...
[00:07] Zem
    I have the same dream a lot.
[00:13] Guard
    You had your fun for a while, didn't you?
[00:15] Guard
    You paid a high price for it, though, Doc.
[00:19] Zem
    Don't hurt me... Spare me...
[00:24] Guard
    You're disgusting!
[00:28] Zem
    Don't hurt me... Spare me...
[00:33] Zem
    Don't hurt me... Spare...
[00:39] Zem
    And for a while after I wake up,
    I just lie there afraid,
[00:44] Zem
    unsure if I'm awake
    or still in the nightmare.
[00:50] Zem
    Don't hurt me...
SIGN    Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't
    Believe in Humanity Will Save the World
SIGN    Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't
    Believe in Humanity Will Save the World
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
SIGN    "Labyrinth Dragnet"
[02:26] Nick
    Wha—
[02:30] Jun
    You're paying for that.
[02:34] Nick
    I still can't believe we were right.
[02:36] Curran
    I've never seen anybody
    who can move like that.
[02:39] Zem
    She was just like the Stepping Man we saw.
[02:43] Kizuna
    I refuse to accept that
    was Stepping Man, though!
[02:47] Kizuna
    She was writing articles
    about herself? Nonsense!
[02:51] Red
    Sorry to interrupt.
[02:53] Red
    I've got a pretty girl who wants to see you.
    Not as pretty as me, of course.
[02:58] Zem
    That's something to look forward to.
[03:03] Reina
    Mom!
[03:05] Ada
    You're the Survivors, right?
[03:08] Nick
    You're all healed up now, Ada?
[03:11] Ada
    I guess I'm famous and I didn't know it.
[03:15] Rose
    What, you know her?
[03:17] Nick
    The swashbuckler of the legendary
    A-Rank party Grandchef.
[03:21] Nick
    "Ada the Sommelier".
    She's been famous for ages.
[03:26] Ada
    There's a name I haven't heard in a while.
[03:29] Ada
    Yeah, I went on the Adventure of the
    Platinum Peach with Fifs and his gang.
[03:32] Curran
    Fifs? Fifs the Solo Eater?
[03:36] Ada
    I've heard he's S-Rank right now.
[03:38] Ada
    But back then, we were all young.
[03:43] Ada
    First, sorry for the trouble
    my daughter caused you.
[03:47] Reina
    I'm sorry!
[03:48] Ada
    She's too fearless for her own good.
    I don't know who she gets it from.
[03:53] Ada
    But she's done with Stepping Man.
[03:57] Zem
    That's right.
[03:58] Zem
    Don't do anything dangerous anymore.
[04:00] Reina
    But, Master...
[04:02] Ada
    Master? What's that about?
[04:05] Reina
    Mom, I want him to make me his student!
[04:08] Ada
    Listen, kid...
[04:10] Zem
    Reina, I want to make this clear right now.
[04:14] Zem
    To me, you're an enemy.
[04:19] Zem
    Maybe "enemy" is going too far.
[04:23] Zem
    But whenever I see a girl
    your age, I get so scared.
[04:32] Zem
    A long time ago, a certain girl deceived me.
[04:37] Zem
    And because of that, I spent years in jail.
[04:42] Zem
    When I got out, just the
    sight of a girl was enough
[04:46] Zem
    to make me freeze in terror, to the
    point where I could barely speak...
[04:53] Zem
    If it was just words,
    that would be one thing,
[04:56] Zem
    but, at times, I can barely breathe.
[05:00] Zem
    That goes for any girl
    your age. Not just you.
[05:05] Reina
    But you protected me!
[05:09] Zem
    That's...
[05:11] Zem
    That's just what anyone would have done
    if they saw a young child in danger.
[05:18] Zem
    But...
[05:21] Zem
    It surprised me.
[05:25] Zem
    It made me feel something akin to hope...
[05:31] Zem
    Hope that maybe I could move on,
    maybe I could get over this...
[05:39] Reina
    And that's why you said in fifteen years?
[05:41] Ada
    What are you talking about?
[05:43] Ada
    I won't let you marry her!
[05:45] Ada
    She ain't marrying no adventurer!
[05:47] Zem
    No, ma'am. It's nothing like that.
[05:50] Reina
    That's right, Mom!
[05:52] Reina
    He's my master, not my boyfriend!
[05:55] Reina
    If I was picking a boyfriend,
    I'd be more careful!
[05:58] Red
    Oh, my.
[06:00] Tiana
    She's smart for her age.
[06:04] Curran
    I think you just got rejected, Zem.
[06:07] Zem
    Fifteen years from now,
    she'd totally be my type...
[06:12] Ada
    As a former member of Grandchef...
[06:15] Ada
    Do you want me to slice you
    into finely fileted strips?
[06:17] Zem
    Please, no!
[06:24] Ada
    Okay, I think I see what's going on, now.
[06:26] Ada
    You really were there when
    she needed help, huh?
[06:29] Ada
    Let me thank you again.
[06:31] Ada
    But you need to give this up, too, Survivors.
[06:37] Ada
    Just forget this whole thing.
[06:39] Ada
    You understand, if you fought it, right?
[06:42] Ada
    We can't defeat it.
[06:46] Nick
    We don't have to take orders
    from you there, Ms. Grandchef.
[06:49] Nick
    If an adventurer wants to go
    after a bounty, he's free to.
[06:54] Ada
    You're not strong enough right now.
[06:56] Nick
    Of that I'm aware,
[06:58] Nick
    but I can't sit idly by and
    allow these kidnappings to happen.
[07:02] Ada
    That's the Solar Knights' job.
[07:05] Nick
    Yup.
[07:07] Nick
    But I don't like the way she's using an
    urban legend as cover to kidnap kids.
[07:14] Ada
    And I took advantage of that.
[07:18] Ada
    The Solar Knights are too busy to respond
    to every single kidnapping case.
[07:27] Ada
    So you decided to pretend the
    kidnapper was the Stepping Man,
[07:32] Ada
    use the bounty, and get the
    adventurers to go after him.
[07:40] Ada
    I'm out of this business, though.
[07:42] Ada
    I don't want her to do something dumb
    and get caught up something bad,
[07:48] Ada
    and I don't want to die and
    leave her without a mom.
[07:51] Red
    That's the right move.
[07:53] Nick
    You said we're not strong enough
    to win right now, right?
[07:56] Nick
    Then tell us how we can win.
[08:02] Ada
    Your leader bows his head and
    begs for help that easily?
[08:07] Zem
    Yes, actually.
[08:09] Tiana
    He decided it was the logical thing to do.
[08:11] Curran
    That's what makes Nick great!
SIGN    Sea Anemone
SIGN    Southgate Legal
    is 2F♥
[08:14] Ada
    Drink this first.
[08:18] Nick
    What is it?
[08:19] Curran
    This smell... this is glory mushroom soup?
[08:22] Zem
    Your sense of smell's amazing, Curran!
[08:26] Curran
    It's an expensive soup that never
    goes for less than 50,000 dinah!
[08:32] Nick
    It's good.
[08:33] Nick
    So what's this soup got
    to do with our victory?
[08:37] Nick
    It's not a good luck charm
    or anything, right?
[08:40] Ada
    These mushrooms will draw out
    your latent magical potential.
[08:45] Ada
    Fighting Stepping Man means
    a lot of jumping around
[08:47] Ada
    and switching between melee
    attacks and dodging.
[08:52] Ada
    What'll determine your victory
    is how you use your magic.
[08:56] Nick
    Magic, huh?
[08:58] Nick
    I don't think that's my thing...
[09:01] Tiana
    And I can't cast while in melee range...
[09:04] Zem
    We casters spend our time
    in the back, after all...
[09:07] Curran
    I'd like to try it, but I'm
    not good with complex stuff.
[09:11] Ada
    Oh, my.
    You Survivors sure are quick to give up.
[09:15] Kizuna
    I don't need advice.
[09:19] Ada
    Hold this in your hand and
    say this word in your mind:
[09:22] Ada
    "Burn".
[09:24] Tiana
    An Igniter?
[09:27] Ada
    Curran, right?
[09:28] Ada
    You first.
[09:29] Curran
    O-Okay...
[09:32] Curran
    Burn! Burn! Burn!
[09:36] Tiana
    Relax.
[09:39] Tiana
    Focus your mind on the area
    around your belly button.
[09:44] Curran
    It's not working!
[09:45] Curran
    I can't do this!
[09:47] Curran
    If I want fire, I can just breathe it!
[09:50] Ada
    You're having trouble focusing, aren't you?
[09:53] Ada
    Well, take your time.
[09:55] Ada
    Next.
[09:56] Nick
    I've never been a mage...
[10:05] Tiana
    You did it, Nick!
[10:07] Curran
    Wow!
[10:09] Red
    You're the best, Nick!
[10:12] Nick
    I'm surprised I could do that, sure.
[10:14] Nick
    But a flame that size won't even
    drive away one of the city's thugs.
[10:18] Ada
    I'm not telling you to fight with fire.
[10:21] Ada
    I just wanted to see your potential.
[10:23] Nick
    And? How'd I do?
[10:27] Ada
    Well...
[10:30] Ada
    Depends on how hard you train.
[10:35] Ada
    Stepping Man uses two enhancement spells:
    Light Body and Heavy Body.
[10:41] Ada
    Those of you who'll be fighting directly,
    start with Light Body.
[10:44] Ada
    Give me ten jumps.
[10:48] Nick
    If that's all...
[10:51] Nick
    One, two...
[10:54] Curran
    Three, four...
[10:57] Reina
    Five... wow!
[11:00] Red
    Seven...
[11:01] Nick
    Eight, nine—
[11:08] Nick
    N-Nine...
[11:13] Ada
    I thought you had the most potential, but...
[11:30] Kizuna
    If we know the hours you're out hunting,
[11:32] Kizuna
    and where you hunt, you're as good as ours.
[11:34] Zem
    Why always the same time, though?
[11:37] Nick
    Are you Olivia?
[11:45] Kizuna
    Wait!
[11:49] Nick
    Isn't he Olivia?
[11:52] Kizuna
    Attack magic, movement magic,
    and illusion magic at the same time.
[11:56] Kizuna
    Could any mage really do all that at once?
[12:00] Zem
    So one of them must be a magic item?
[12:03] Kizuna
    Yeah...
[12:05] Nick
    I know what's on the store shelves, but I
    don't know anything about rare artifacts.
[12:11] Tiana
    We know someone who does, though.
[12:20] Leon
    So? You didn't come all this
    way just to recommend me
[12:22] Leon
    the dragonian's favorite meat buns, right?
[12:26] Nick
    I want your help.
[12:29] Nick
    Do you know of any magic items that can
    hide your presence or disguise you?
[12:34] Leon
    That'd be...
[12:39] Leon
    the Illusion King's Jewel.
[12:42] Leon
    Or more specifically, a magic
    item that incorporates it.
[12:45] Nick
    That's awfully specific.
[12:49] Nick
    How do I deal with it?
[12:50] Leon
    Breaking the illusion isn't that hard.
[12:53] Leon
    The easiest way to shut it down for
    sure is to speak the user's name.
[13:00] (Flashback) Nick
    Are you Olivia?
[13:04] Leon
    You can't just say names randomly, though.
[13:07] Leon
    You're strengthening the idea in your
    mind that it has to be that person.
[13:12] Leon
    So if your mind's not
    certain, it won't work.
[13:15] Leon
    It's gotta be the first name you say.
[13:18] Nick
    It's not Olivia... then?
[13:35] Ada
    Come on! One more time!
[13:37] Ada
    No time to rest!
[13:39] Nick
    O-Okay!
[13:41] Nick
    It's been forever since I've
    had to train this hard.
[13:44] Nick
    It reminds me of the old days...
[13:53] (Flashback) Argas
    He who truly becomes a master of war can
    destroy a monster without any weapons.
[13:59] (Flashback) Argas
    First, focus on nothing but
    learning to improve yourself!
[14:13] (Flashback) Argas
    You can learn magic after that.
[14:16] (Flashback) Young Nick
    Y-Yes, sir!
[14:18] (Flashback) Argas
    You won't get that much taller.
    Your parents were short.
[14:23] (Flashback) Young Nick
    Yes, sir!
[14:24] (Flashback) Argas
    But being short isn't a weakness!
[14:26] (Flashback) Argas
    Find what you're good at and increase the
    number of things that make you strong!
[14:32] (Flashback) Young Nick
    Yes, sir!
[14:46] Tiana
    Are you about ready?
[14:49] Nick
    No. The magic spell ends
    if I'm not focusing.
[14:52] Nick
    It'd be hard to do a fight like this.
[14:57] Zem
    I used the files Ada had to
    go around and ask questions
[15:00] Zem
    about leaky roofs and people
    getting their roofs fixed.
[15:02] Nick
    I see!
[15:04] Nick
    He jumps from roof to roof.
[15:06] Nick
    If we look at where the damage
    is concentrated, then...
[15:09] Tiana
    Yup.
[15:10] Zem
    We can narrow it down.
[15:14] Nick
    This is...
[15:19] Nick
    Any new info?
[15:21] Gatekeep
    Two of Greg's puppies died.
[15:24] Gatekeep
    His 20 percent discount is over,
    'cause he figures it's bad luck.
[15:28] Gatekeep
    And somebody brought a child's
    body to the common graves.
[15:32] Gatekeep
    Nothing new.
[15:34] Tiana
    A child's body.
[15:37] Nick
    A boy? Or a girl?
[15:41] Gatekeep
    I don't remember.
[15:42] Gatekeep
    I don't remember if they had
    short hair or long hair, even.
[15:48] Gatekeep
    It happens all the time.
[15:52] Zem
    I don't like this.
[15:56] Kizuna
    Be careful.
[15:58] Zem
    Telepathy?
[16:00] Nick
    What is it?
[16:01] Kizuna
    We're being followed.
[16:04] Kizuna
    We could be attacked at any moment.
[16:15] Nick
    I just learned that stuff.
    Will it work on her?
[16:17] Kizuna
    Light Body!
[16:23] Olivia
    Light Body. I knew you were Stepping Man.
[16:27] Nick
    No, you're Stepping Man!
[16:35] Kizuna
    Parallel!
[16:37] Olivia
    No way!
[16:38] Olivia
    Parallel!
[16:40] Nick
    Seriously?
[16:43] Olivia
    I stopped your best move.
[16:47] Nick
    Be certain... and speak their name.
[16:51] Nick
    Olivia!
[16:52] Nick
    You're Olivia, right?
[17:00] Olivia
    Yes, I am Olivia!
[17:03] Olivia
    Oh, if it isn't Nick?
[17:05] Olivia
    It's me, Olivia!
[17:07] Olivia
    The Olivia you suspected
    of being Stepping Man!
[17:09] Olivia
    Not that I hold it against you
    or hate you for it, though!
[17:11] Olivia
    But, some nights, I did cry myself to sleep!
[17:13] Olivia
    Yes, it is I, Olivia!
[17:17] Nick
    Let's try and figure this out...
[17:19] Nick
    So, basically...
[17:21] Olivia
    You're Stepping Man, right, Nick?
[17:24] Nick
    Obviously, I'm not!
[17:25] Zem
    We were pretty sure you were
    actually Stepping Man...
[17:30] Olivia
    Well...
[17:32] Olivia
    Don't get too surprised.
[17:34] Olivia
    But not only am I a reporter,
    and an adventurer,
[17:38] Olivia
    I am also Stepping Man!
[17:40] Nick
    We know.
[17:41] Olivia
    Or actually, that's just
    what they used to call me.
[17:45] Zem
    What's going on?
[17:47] Tiana
    So you're Stepping Man, right?
[17:53] Olivia
    I'm not the Stepping Man everyone
    knows for being a kidnapper, though!
[17:58] Olivia
    Basically, Stepping Man
    is a name used to refer
[18:01] Olivia
    to every weirdo that jumps around
    the city's roofs at night!
[18:05] Curran
    So Olivia's true identity was "weirdo"?
[18:07] Tiana
    Well, we knew that a while ago.
[18:10] Kizuna
    I see.
[18:11] Kizuna
    I've never heard the
    "Multiple Stepping Men" theory before.
[18:15] Kizuna
    But...
[18:16] Nick
    If you'd answered us instead of running,
    we wouldn't have had to deal with this.
[18:19] Olivia
    Very true!
[18:20] Olivia
    I can't get anywhere near the guild or the
    editing department anymore because of that.
[18:26] Nick
    Oh, what was that thing you just did?
    I heard you say "Parallel".
[18:31] Olivia
    My...
[18:33] Olivia
    "Mysterious Boy? Girl? Discovered Who Uses
    Parallel, an Advanced Ancient Spell."
[18:38] Olivia
    Wouldn't that be a good article?
[18:41] Kizuna
    Then maybe I'll just submit
    an article to Lemuria Monthly
[18:45] Kizuna
    about how Stepping Man is
    actually a female reporter
[18:48] Kizuna
    and a witch who uses ancient magic!
[18:52] Olivia
    Remember that we're under no obligation to
    run every article that gets submitted...
[18:59] Kizuna
    Well, let's just forget it for now.
[19:02] Kizuna
    It feels like we're both
    after the same thing.
[19:05] Olivia
    Y-Yes.
[19:07] Olivia
    Let's do our best to capture
    Stepping Man together! Hip-hip hooray!
[19:12] Nick
    Is that really okay?
[19:30] Zem
    I don't see anything really unusual...
[19:33] Olivia
    Really?
[19:36] Olivia
    What does her face look like?
[19:39] Olivia
    Tell me specifics, as accurately as you can.
[19:43] Olivia
    What does her mouth look like?
    Is it big? Small?
[19:46] Olivia
    Is her nose pronounced? Or flat?
[19:48] Olivia
    Her eyes? Any freckles? Or scars?
[19:52] Nick
    I'm not sure what to say...
[19:55] Nick
    She's got eyes, a nose...
[19:59] Zem
    No, it's strange.
[20:03] Zem
    It's strange how nothing's strange.
[20:05] Olivia
    Yes.
[20:06] Olivia
    It's strange.
[20:07] Olivia
    Everything about it is strange.
[20:11] Olivia
    Our recognition abilities are
    being jammed on every level...
[20:15] Nick
    Which means...
[20:18] Kizuna
    Let's see what's beneath it.
[20:31] Zem
    What's this?
[20:32] Olivia
    A fragment of the Illusion
    King's Jewel, probably.
[20:37] Olivia
    Its jamming feature is small, but there.
[20:41] Kizuna
    And that's how they got past the
    Solar Knights' forensics team?
[20:46] Nick
    But why?
[20:59] Nick
    There's a burn mark on her arm...
[21:01] Zem
    It looks old.
[21:03] Curran
    There's a mole on her neck.
[21:08] Zem
    Signs of treatment for
    Yellow Demon Sickness.
[21:11] Olivia
    She's not a nameless corpse.
[21:15] Olivia
    She was precious to somebody.
    Somebody loved her.
SIGN    Sea Anemone
SIGN    Southgate Legal
    is 2F♥
[21:26] Tiana
    Martha Canning. Age 10.
[21:28] Tiana
    Daughter of a man who runs a shop
    selling armor on Blacksmith's Street.
[21:31] Tiana
    A burn mark on her left wrist.
[21:34] Tiana
    A mole on the right side of her neck.
[21:36] Tiana
    Missing for a month.
[21:38] Tiana
    She had a habit of running away from home,
[21:40] Tiana
    and so her parents were slow
    to contact the Solar Knights.
[21:43] Nick
    This is her.
[21:45] Zem
    Yes. The missing girl's body was
    found inside the Garbage Collection.
[21:52] Tiana
    So Stepping Man's there, too?
[21:55] Kizuna
    Or, at least, going in and out.
[21:59] Zem
    Let's return her to her parents.
[22:02] Zem
    And then we avenge her.
[22:04] Nick
    You figured out who Stepping Man is?
[22:09] Zem
    Unfortunately, yes.
[22:12] Zem
    We have to stop them.
SIGN    Next time:
    "Survivors VS Stepping Man"
[23:35] Olivia
    Next time: "Survivors VS Stepping Man".