# E9 - The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!
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***SIGN*** Special Article: The Truth about Stepping Man
**[00:00] Zem**
The mysterious phantom Stepping Man?
***SIGN*** STEPPING
**[00:05] Kizuna**
A terrifying phantom that kidnaps
children under the cover of night!
**[00:09] Kizuna**
It can hop around in mid-air,
and no one in Labyrinth City can stop it!
**[00:13] Kizuna**
Don't you think that's romantic?
**[00:17] Tiana**
"Romance" is one of those words
with a lot of definitions.
**[00:20] Curran**
If it's a bad person, we need to beat it.
**[00:23] Nick**
Don't waste your time on it.
**[00:24] Nick**
You know there's no such thing.
**[00:26] Kizuna**
Hey! Stepping Man is real!
**[00:29] Kizuna**
There are witnesses!
**[00:32] Nick**
Don't believe everything you read
in a cheap gossip rag like that.
**[00:35] Kizuna**
I'd love to meet Stepping Man.
**[00:39] Olivia**
Did you just say, "Stepping Man"?
**[00:41] Olivia**
I'm Olivia Taylor, an adventurer and
writer for *Lemuria Monthly* magazine!
**[00:46] Kizuna**
*Lemuria Monthly*? I love your magazine!
**[00:49] Olivia**
Your words honor me.
**[00:51] Nick**
You just found out about it a while ago.
**[00:54] Kizuna**
That's a terrible thing
for an idol otaku to say.
**[00:57] Kizuna**
What does time have to do with love?
**[01:01] Kizuna**
You're no fun.
**[01:04] Zem**
Kizuna's curiosity is an
inspiration to us all.
**[01:08] Olivia**
Kizuna?
**[01:15] Olivia**
That's a wonderful name!
**[01:18] Tiana**
Writer and adventurer?
**[01:20] Olivia**
Yes, I may not look it,
but I'm an adventurer!
**[01:23] Olivia**
So... I'm... actually...
**[01:27] Nick**
Yuck!
**[01:28] Olivia**
Hop! Hop! Achoo!
**[01:33] Olivia**
Thank you.
**[01:36] Nick**
Why are you moving around like that?
**[01:42] Olivia**
Whenever there's something weird
going on in Labyrinth City,
**[01:46] Olivia**
I'm always there to check it out.
***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*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
***SIGN*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
***SIGN*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
***SIGN*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
***SIGN*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
***SIGN*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
***SIGN*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
***SIGN*** "The Legend of the Labyrinth City - Stepping Man?!"
**[03:45] Nick**
Well? How'd you enjoy your first concert?
**[03:48] Kizuna**
It was more fun than I thought it would be.
**[03:50] Kizuna**
Especially your favorite, Agate...
**[03:53] Nick**
Oh, you get it, huh?
**[03:56] Kizuna**
Indeed! I feel a strong light in her soul.
**[04:00] Kizuna**
In another era, she would
have been a shaman...
**[04:03] Nick**
What?
**[04:05] Kizuna**
Zem's in danger!
**[04:07] Kizuna**
Here!
**[04:09] Nick**
Zem!
**[04:14] Nick**
Stepping Man...
**[04:16] Kizuna**
A cheap conjurer's trick.
**[04:19] Nick**
How can we fight him when we can't see him?
**[04:24] Kizuna**
There!
**[04:28] Stepping Man**
You can see me?
**[04:31] Kizuna**
I'm not done yet!
**[04:32] Kizuna**
Take this! Parallel!
**[04:34] Stepping Man**
What?
**[04:43] Kizuna**
How boring.
**[04:49] Red**
Can you wipe your face off?
**[04:56] Zem**
Thanks so much, Red.
**[04:59] Red**
You owe me for this, Zem.
**[05:01] Red**
We're not a hospital, you know.
**[05:03] Nick**
What were you doing out there that late?
**[05:06] Nick**
Any idea who that guy was?
**[05:09] Red**
She just went through
something really scary.
**[05:11] Red**
You don't have to interrogate her.
**[05:13] Nick**
S-Sorry.
**[05:17] Reina**
That's... Stepping Man!
**[05:22] Reina**
My mom's no liar!
**[05:24] Reina**
She's not...
**[05:32] Zem**
Tell me more.
**[05:36] Reina**
Mom would always go out late at night
to try and defeat Stepping Man.
**[05:42] Reina**
But she lost, and now she's in the hospital.
**[05:47] Red**
Oh, my...
**[05:48] Reina**
My mom realized
**[05:51] Reina**
that all the disappearing children
lately were because of Stepping Man.
**[05:57] Reina**
But nobody would believe her...
**[06:01] Zem**
Well, most people wouldn't believe.
**[06:06] Zem**
But we saw it with our own eyes.
**[06:11] Zem**
We saw someone hiding themselves
in the darkness, attacking a child,
**[06:15] Zem**
and jumping from roof to roof with ease.
**[06:20] Zem**
Um, what's your name?
**[06:23] Reina**
Reina.
**[06:24] Zem**
Reina, we believe your mom.
**[06:29] Zem**
And I respect her bravery in challenging
such a difficult opponent all by herself.
**[06:35] Reina**
Zem...
**[06:37] Reina**
Zem!
**[06:40] Reina**
Please make me your student!
**[06:46] Zem**
My student?
**[06:49] Reina**
Yes.
**[06:49] Reina**
I was so impressed by how
brave you were back there!
**[06:54] Nick**
Listen, he was once...
**[06:56] Zem**
You're ten years...
**[06:59] Zem**
no, fifteen years too
young to be my student.
**[07:06] Reina**
Fifteen years?
**[07:10] Reina**
S-So how should I train until then?
**[07:14] Zem**
Well, for today, get some
rest at Miss Red's place.
**[07:20] Red**
We can go see your mom in the morning.
**[07:23] Zem**
And never do anything so dangerous again.
**[07:28] Reina**
Okay, Master!
**[07:30] Zem**
Until fifteen years have passed,
you must not get any closer to me.
**[07:36] Zem**
Can you do that?
**[07:37] Reina**
I can!
**[07:38] Zem**
Good girl.
**[07:41] Kizuna**
This sucks.
**[07:43] Red**
Oh, my... You're such a young boy to
be letting out such a big sigh...
**[07:47] Kizuna**
My beloved Stepping Man turned
out to be that cheap fraud.
**[07:52] Nick**
We got closer to finding out his
true identity. That's a big step.
**[07:55] Kizuna**
He doesn't have a "true identity".
He's just some kidnapper.
**[08:00] Kizuna**
I'm just going to have to destroy
this fake Stepping Man!
**[08:03] Kizuna**
I'll catch him myself!
**[08:05] Zem**
We can't leave him on the loose
after he hurt Reina, either.
**[08:11] Nick**
Then...
**[08:13] Nick**
Let's make a job out of it.
**[08:20] Nick**
This guild is filled with bounty hunters,
so it's a little rougher than most.
**[08:29] Nick**
Give us what you know about Stepping Man.
**[08:32] Jun**
I don't think I've seen
the four of them before.
**[08:35] Nick**
Oh, right.
**[08:37] Jun**
We can't share info on expensive bounties
**[08:39] Jun**
with adventurers who've never
accomplished anything.
**[08:42] Jun**
Mr. Former-Member-of-Masters-of-War.
**[08:48] Tiana**
You just said the word
"expensive," didn't you?
**[08:51] Kizuna**
Bingo.
**[08:52] Zem**
So there is a bounty out on him.
**[08:55] Jun**
I didn't say that...
**[08:59] Jun**
Okay, how's this for starters?
**[09:02] Nick**
Hale Hardy...
**[09:03] Kizuna**
The reward is 300,000 dinah.
**[09:05] Kizuna**
That's not bad.
**[09:07] Jun**
You got the Iron Tigers sent to jail.
**[09:10] Jun**
This should be easy for you Survivors.
**[09:14] Bounty Hunter 1**
Those are the Survivors?
**[09:15] Bounty Hunter 2**
Wow!
**[09:16] Ash**
They ain't bounty hunters.
They're muscling in on our turf.
**[09:20] Tiana**
Jealousy is unbecoming of a bounty hunter.
**[09:23] Ash**
You amateurs should stick
to fighting goblins!
**[09:27] Comrade**
Stop it!
**[09:28] Ash**
Don't try to stop me!
**[09:29] Comrade**
He doesn't mean anything by it!
**[09:30] Comrade**
Please don't provoke him...
**[09:33] Tiana**
We'll find this Hale guy and bring him here.
**[09:38] Zem**
She doesn't mean anything by it.
**[09:39] Curran**
She's not provoking him, either!
**[09:42] Ash**
All right.
**[09:43] Ash**
Let's take bets, guys!
**[09:46] Ash**
I bet they fail—
**[09:55] Tiana**
50,000 dinah on the
Survivors pulling it off.
**[10:01] Tiana**
And you?
**[10:03] Ash**
I... I bet my whole fortune
on the Survivors failing...
**[10:07] Comrade**
Sorry!
**[10:09] Comrade**
He's getting a little too heated.
**[10:11] Tiana**
Go make some money while
you're waiting for us to get back.
**[10:16] Bounty Hunters**
Okay, Ash, I bet on you!
**[10:19] Bounty Hunters**
I bet tonight's bar tab on the lady!
**[10:22] Bounty Hunters**
I bet my rent money that
the Survivors get killed!
**[10:28] Nick**
* Garbage Collection. By far the*
* most dangerous slum in the city.*
**[10:32] Nick**
* They say there's no crime in the world*
* that hasn't happened here at least once.*
**[10:35] Nick**
*The Solar Knights don't come here, either.*
**[10:38] Nick**
* It was safe to assume that the guild*
* was right, and Hale was here.*
**[10:46] Nick**
*First, we say hello to the gatekeep.*
**[10:49] Gatekeep**
Ain't seen you around here before.
**[10:52] Gatekeep**
Bounty hunters?
**[10:53] Nick**
Yeah, something like that.
**[10:55] Nick**
We don't need escorts or a guide.
**[10:58] Nick**
But I do want information.
**[11:01] Gatekeep**
If it's about a bounty, go find it yourself.
**[11:04] Nick**
Has anything unusual happened around
here? Even something small.
**[11:08] Gatekeep**
One of the whores got sick
and died last weekend.
**[11:13] Gatekeep**
Greg, our odd-jobs guy,
had a dog that gave birth.
**[11:16] Gatekeep**
Ten puppies. All males.
**[11:19] Gatekeep**
Nobody's been dumb enough
**[11:21] Gatekeep**
to let themselves get caught by a
bounty hunter for three months.
**[11:23] Gatekeep**
Oh, and Greg says new
customers get 20 percent off.
**[11:28] Kizuna**
That doesn't tell us much.
**[11:31] Gatekeep**
Guess I can throw in the fact that
a girl with a death wish came by.
**[11:36] Kizuna**
What?
**[11:38] Nick**
Thanks.
**[11:40] Gatekeep**
If you die, make sure you die in a
way that keeps it out of the news.
**[11:46] Gatekeep**
Oh, one more thing.
**[11:49] Gatekeep**
Don't get in Nalgava's
way while he's working.
**[11:52] Gatekeep**
That's a warning.
**[11:55] Zem**
Nalgava?
**[11:56] Nick**
Who's that?
**[11:58] Gatekeep**
Someone important.
**[12:05] Curran**
It stinks.
**[12:07] Zem**
The air circulation and water quality
aren't very good, after all.
**[12:12] Nick**
There's all kinds of nasty
little maggots here...
**[12:19] Thug**
Hold it! This is a toll road.
**[12:21] Thug**
Hand over your money—
**[12:23] Nick**
We're looking for a man named Hale.
**[12:26] Thug**
Hale, the former host and seducer?
**[12:30] Thug**
He's in the Bedrooms.
**[12:31] Nick**
The Bedrooms?
**[12:34] Thug**
A building on the east side that
was supposed to be an inn.
**[12:35] Kizuna**
Schwing!
**[12:38] Nick**
Thanks.
**[12:41] Thug**
Then pay me for the info!
**[12:44] Tiana**
You remember how you were just
trying to steal from us?
**[12:48] Zem**
You're going to die soon.
**[12:52] Zem**
You're doing something you shouldn't be.
**[12:54] Thug**
Nobody asked you.
**[12:58] Zem**
Does it make you feel happy? Depressed?
**[13:00] Thug**
What's your problem?
**[13:02] Zem**
Just answer the question.
**[13:05] Thug**
I can't sleep!
**[13:07] Thug**
I'm not allowed to have
some fun when I sleep?
**[13:10] Thug**
I can't live a normal life here!
**[13:13] Thug**
This wasn't supposed to be my life!
**[13:16] Thug**
You wouldn't understand!
**[13:18] Curran**
That's not true.
**[13:22] Curran**
That's not true.
**[13:25] Curran**
I understand. I think.
**[13:31] Zem**
This herb has calming properties.
**[13:34] Zem**
This can be your fee for that information.
**[13:37] Zem**
It's not a strong medicine,
but it will have to do.
**[13:40] Zem**
Don't rely on what you've
been taking until now.
**[13:44] Thug**
W-Wait!
**[13:47] Thug**
Hale's a fast runner.
**[13:49] Thug**
If he sees you coming, he'll be
gone in the blink of an eye.
**[13:52] Zem**
Thanks. We'll be careful.
**[13:57] Kizuna**
So this is the Bedrooms.
**[13:59] Nick**
If Hale gets even the slightest
bit suspicious, he'll bolt.
**[14:02] Curran**
We'll have to be careful.
**[14:16] Nick**
You okay?
**[14:19] Zem**
I'm sorry.
**[14:20] Zem**
The conditions here are so bad,
it's no wonder people are getting sick.
**[14:25] Zem**
There's no hope.
**[14:28] Zem**
If anything, this is where
you'd need a temple...
**[14:35] Nick**
Find him?
**[14:36] Kizuna**
Yeah, he's here...
**[14:40] Nick**
What? That doesn't tell me much.
**[14:43] Kizuna**
He's busy, from the look of it.
**[14:48] Hale**
Wh-Who the hell are you?
**[14:50] Nick**
Most people with a bounty on their
head are a little more careful.
**[14:52] Hale**
Stay out!
**[14:54] Curran**
An easy 300,000!
**[14:57] Hale**
What do you mean, 300,000?
**[14:59] Nick**
The bounty on you.
**[15:01] Hale**
That's way too much money!
**[15:04] Hale**
I just hit, kicked, sold into
slavery, and conned people!
**[15:07] Nick**
And murder?
**[15:09] Hale**
I didn't do it!
**[15:15] Nick**
Well, you can tell the guild all about it.
**[15:19] Nalgava**
You.
**[15:21] Nalgava**
What are you doing to my patient?
**[15:23] Hale**
Dr. Nalgava!
**[15:24] Hale**
Help me!
**[15:26] Nick**
Nalgava?
**[15:29] Nick**
*That's him?*
**[15:32] Nalgava**
Who are you?
**[15:34] Nalgava**
You don't look like amateurs.
**[15:36] Nick**
And you?
**[15:37] Nick**
You don't look like the usual priest.
**[15:41] Nalgava**
The Bedrooms are a neutral zone.
**[15:43] Nalgava**
The deal says you don't interfere
when I'm treating patients.
**[15:46] Nick**
Wait. We're not from here.
**[15:50] Nick**
We just came to capture a bounty.
**[15:54] Nalgava**
What did Hale do?
**[15:55] Nick**
Most everything except murder.
**[15:58] Nalgava**
What?
**[16:00] Nalgava**
Fool.
**[16:02] Nalgava**
I can cure wounds and disease,
but I can't remove your guilt.
**[16:07] Nalgava**
If he's done evil, then I
have no reason to stop you.
**[16:11] Nalgava**
Take him.
**[16:12] Hale**
No, Doctor! Do something!
**[16:16] Nalgava**
He has the Yellow Demon Sickness.
**[16:19] Nalgava**
If he's not coming back for a long time,
**[16:22] Nalgava**
I'd like to at least treat
him before he goes.
**[16:24] Nick**
You're sure?
**[16:26] Nick**
If we take him, your treatment
might go to waste.
**[16:31] Nalgava**
Kid, that's...
**[16:32] Zem**
Nick, that's incorrect.
**[16:36] Zem**
Depending on what he's done,
he may get the death penalty.
**[16:39] Hale**
Hey! Don't even say that!
**[16:40] Zem**
But our job is to do the best
we can at any given moment.
**[16:46] Zem**
It may even turn out that he didn't
do anything he's accused of.
**[16:51] Zem**
And it's also possible he
may lead a peaceful life,
**[16:54] Zem**
and die a peaceful death, in prison.
**[16:56] Hale**
Quiet! Shut up and take
me away already, asshole!
**[16:59] Nalgava**
You're a priest, then?
**[17:01] Zem**
Yes. Former priest, just like you, though...
**[17:07] Zem**
If I may ask, why are you here?
**[17:10] Zem**
If you're talented enough to
identify Yellow Demon Sickness,
**[17:13] Zem**
you could work anywhere you like.
**[17:16] Nalgava**
Then what about you?
**[17:19] Nalgava**
Do you want to go back to being a priest?
**[17:21] Zem**
Yes.
**[17:23] Zem**
I'm sick of it all.
**[17:27] Kizuna**
By the way, Nalgava.
**[17:30] Kizuna**
Stepping Man.
**[17:33] Kizuna**
Have you heard of him?
**[17:35] Tiana**
Of course he hasn't!
**[17:38] Kizuna**
A black shadow that stalks in the
night and kidnaps children...
**[17:43] Nalgava**
I'm afraid I haven't.
**[17:47] Hale**
A kidnapper? This place is filled with 'em!
**[17:51] Hale**
Who cares about one kidnapper?
**[17:53] Nalgava**
Hey. He seems genuinely concerned.
**[17:56] Nalgava**
If you know something...
**[17:58] Hale**
Oh!
**[17:59] Hale**
Well, I don't know if they're a kidnapper,
**[18:02] Hale**
but I did see this weird reporter going
around and giving kids candy to talk to them.
**[18:06] Nick**
Weird reporter?
**[18:09] Jun**
You pulled it off.
**[18:11] Jun**
You found him in a single day. Nice.
**[18:14] Bounty Hunter 1**
I-I can't believe it!
**[18:16] Bounty Hunter 2**
They really found him!
**[18:19] Tiana**
Now, how much did you all bet?
**[18:24] Ash**
Right now, I've got about 800,000 dinah...
**[18:26] Tiana**
That'll do.
**[18:28] Ash**
W-Wait!
**[18:29] Ash**
Some of that goes to the ones who
bet on you! You can't take it all!
**[18:33] Tiana**
Use this money to buy every
bottle of alcohol you can find!
**[18:36] Tiana**
Drinks on the house for everyone!
**[18:40] Bounty Hunters**
Nice thinking, missy!
**[18:43] Bounty Hunter 3**
Hey, I bet on you!
**[18:46] Tiana**
You were gonna blow it on booze anyway!
**[18:48] Tiana**
Or are you too good to
drink what I offer you?
**[18:51] Bounty Hunters**
She's got you there!
**[18:53] Bounty Hunters**
Oh, fine.
**[18:58] Ash**
Sorry...
**[19:02] Jun**
Ow...
**[19:05] Jun**
Thanks for the booze last night.
**[19:09] Jun**
Here's the money for Hale, and...
**[19:11] Jun**
you wanted the stuff on Stepping Man, right?
**[19:14] Nick**
Let's see...
**[19:16] Nick**
"Burn green wood in your house and
the smoke will keep him away."
**[19:20] Tiana**
"He knocked a hole in my roof,
but fixed my gutters. Nice guy."
**[19:25] Curran**
"I stayed up late at night to summon him,
and he told me to go to bed.
**[19:30] Curran**
I'm sorry."
**[19:32] Kizuna**
Nothing but weird rumors
and mistaken identity.
**[19:35] Jun**
Personally, I'd rather you
went after normal bounties
**[19:39] Jun**
instead of chasing non-existent folklore.
**[19:42] Jun**
Ow...
**[19:43] Nick**
We're not interested in
Stepping Man the urban legend, either.
**[19:47] Nick**
We want to find the kidnapper
that people call Stepping Man.
**[19:53] Jun**
I don't know about kidnappers...
**[19:56] Jun**
But if you're looking for a suspicious
person who talks to kids,
**[19:58] Jun**
you can find her over there.
**[20:02] Zem**
A weird reporter going around
and giving kids candy...
**[20:05] Zem**
...to talk to them?
**[20:09] Nick**
No way.
**[20:11] Kizuna**
She's definitely the reporter
giving kids candy, but...
**[20:16] Nick**
If only you remembered more
about what they looked like...
**[20:20] Kizuna**
I just remember that they were fast
on their feet, and used chains...
**[20:25] Tiana**
Chains?
**[20:28] Curran**
She was weirdly heavy.
**[20:32] Curran**
If she had chains wrapped around her body...
**[20:35] Curran**
That's silly.
**[20:37] Nick**
No way!
**[20:41] Nick**
Curran, Tiana. Block the exits.
**[20:45] Nick**
*I'm sure I'm being overly cautious, but...*
**[20:48] Red**
Oh, Nick!
**[20:49] Red**
She found us on our way back
to visit Reina's mom...
**[20:52] Nick**
So you give the kids candy and
interview them, and then what?
**[20:57] Olivia**
Then what?
**[20:59] Olivia**
Oh, my! You look angry!
**[21:02] Nick**
I don't know if being a reporter
is a busy job or not.
**[21:06] Olivia**
One minute you're sitting around waiting,
**[21:08] Olivia**
and the next you're leaping around the city!
**[21:11] Nick**
And from roof to roof?
**[21:14] Nick**
For example, where were you two nights ago?
**[21:18] Olivia**
Huh?
**[21:19] Olivia**
Is this turning into an interrogation?
**[21:21] Nick**
You can't answer?
**[21:23] Olivia**
I can!
**[21:24] Olivia**
Editing department! Bar!
Turned in assignment! Ate!
**[21:27] Olivia**
Article! Food!
**[21:28] Olivia**
Kinda sucked! Was pretty good!
**[21:30] Olivia**
Well, I may have explained
them out of order,
**[21:34] Olivia**
thus making two simple to understand events
**[21:38] Olivia**
difficult to understand by
discussing them in parallel.
**[21:40] Olivia**
This is a sign of my powerful
literary skills...
**[21:41] Nick**
So, are you Stepping Man?
**[21:45] Nick**
Where'd you take the kids?
**[21:48] Nick**
Why do you kidnap them?
**[21:50] Nick**
No, who even are you?
**[21:54] Olivia**
Um... I'm not sure I understand
what you're asking.
**[22:14] Nick**
*Seriously?*
***SIGN*** Next time:
"Labyrinth Dragnet"
**[23:36] Zem**
Next time: "Labyrinth Dragnet".