# E4 - A Promise That Connects -3way Handshaking-
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**[00:04] Seshiru**
What?! What in the world?
**[00:08] Emiko**
What's the matter, Seshiru?
**[00:10] Seshiru**
They've swapped out Fox One's whole lineup!
**[00:13] Emiko**
Is that bad?
**[00:15] Seshiru**
It totally sucks!
**[00:16] Seshiru**
My fave, Yurukki, isn't playing!
**[00:19] Emiko**
Did you just come here to watch your fave?
**[00:23] Seshiru**
Of course I did!
**[00:24] Seshiru**
Why else would I?
**[00:26] Emiko**
You said esports was fun,
**[00:29] Emiko**
so I thought you came to watch the matches.
**[00:32] Seshiru**
I came to watch *Yurukki*'s matches, duh!
**[00:34] Seshiru**
But he didn't say a thing
on social media about quitting!
**[00:40] Seshiru**
Who even are they?
**[00:41] Seshiru**
A creepy guy, a boring guy, and a flirt...
**[00:44] Seshiru**
And two girls, one in a mask!
**[00:48] Seshiru**
How dare you?!
**[00:50] Seshiru**
You'll pay, Fox One!
**[00:52] Seshiru**
Give me back my fave!
**[00:59] Akito**
Jonathan?
**[01:01] Akito**
What's going on here?
**[01:03] Sota**
So that's why I couldn't talk him out
of quitting. He had a new team lined up.
**[01:07] Yu**
If you're gonna be in the finals,
**[01:09] Yu**
might as well be on a winning team.
**[01:14] Jonathan**
*Fox One's seen a full turnover.*
**[01:17] Jonathan**
* I didn't think everyone would quit*
* the minute I left.*
**[01:21] Coach**
What's going on here, Jonathan?
**[01:22] Coach**
These aren't the members
in the data you brought me.
**[01:25] Jonathan**
It should be fine, Coach.
**[01:27] Jonathan**
They're all amateurs.
**[01:29] Coach**
Amateurs?
**[01:31] Jonathan**
Customers and part-time workers from the shop.
**[01:34] Jonathan**
We won't need their data.
**[01:36] Coach**
All right.
**[01:38] Coach**
With Kaizo out, this will be up to you.
**[01:40] Coach**
Give us your best.
**[01:42] Jonathan**
Yes, sir.
**[01:43] Mutsuki**
Go all out, Jonathan-san.
**[01:46] Mutsuki**
We're counting on your skill as our IGL.
**[01:49] Jonathan**
Yes. I'm counting on you too, Rox.
**[01:52] Mutsuki**
Roger.
**[03:26] Sota**
With a lineup like that,
Jonathan must be the IGL,
**[03:28] sign**
Episode 4
A Promise That Connects
-3way Handshaking-
**[03:30] Sota**
their in-game leader.
**[03:32] Shun**
What should we do?
**[03:33] Akito**
Focus on Jonathan if he's calling the shots?
**[03:36] Nozomi**
If he plays his usual way,
he'll stay off the front lines.
**[03:39] Ryusei**
Maybe we should stick to our original plan?
**[03:43] Sota**
Listen up.
**[03:44] Sota**
How's about our well-coordinated trio
that goes way back,
**[03:47] Sota**
Shun, 656, and Zané,
attack as a three-man cell?
**[03:53] Sota**
Phantom Ninja and Daneko, you give
commando support where necessary.
**[03:58] All**
Copy.
**[04:01] Akito**
I can't believe "Zané" stuck.
**[04:03] Ryusei**
You've got it better than me.
**[04:04] Ryusei**
I'm freaking "Daneko"!
**[04:07] Yu**
I can't believe we're up
against the favorites first.
**[04:10] Nozomi**
And our team's former top player, at that.
**[04:13] Shun**
Still, we've got to win.
**[04:17] Sota**
That's right!
**[04:18] Sota**
I can't pay my debts unless you win!
**[04:22] Sota**
I'm counting on you guys!
**[04:28] MC**
All right, let's start the *Xaxxerion*
championship playoffs
**[04:31] MC**
with the first match of Group A!
**[04:33] MC**
It's favorite Sleeping Owl versus
**[04:35] MC**
a team in their first top-eight appearance,
**[04:38] MC**
Team Fox One!
**[04:40] Akito**
Figured Jonathan would use Longshot.
**[04:43] Nozomi**
He can direct the whole team while
surveying the field as a sniper.
**[04:46] Nozomi**
That's his typical MO.
**[04:48] Shun**
Their ace player, Rox, is playing Persuader
with a high-caliber assault rifle.
**[04:52] Yu**
So he's an aggressive attacker
with lots of kills.
**[04:55] Yu**
Just like you, Shun.
**[04:56] Akito**
Me on Longshot and 656 on Spreader
can provide Shun backup.
**[05:00] Shun**
Let's start off guarding Point A.
**[05:02] Akito**
Then Phantom on Sanada and
Daneko on Heavybarrel can watch B.
**[05:06] Ryusei**
Stop calling me Daneko, Zané!
**[05:08] Akito**
Don't call me Zané, Daneko!
**[05:12] MC**
*The match starts in...*
**[05:14] All**
Five!
**[05:15] All**
Four!
**[05:16] All**
Three!
**[05:17] All**
Two!
**[05:18] All**
One!
**[05:21] All**
Open fire!
**[05:23] MC**
Sleeping Owl is the attacker for round 1.
**[05:26] MC**
Team Fox One is defending.
**[05:28] MC**
Now, what kind of back-and-forth will we see?
**[05:31] Emiko**
Hey, Seshiru.
**[05:32] Emiko**
Do you have to beat everyone
on the other team to win?
**[05:34] Seshiru**
Emiko, didn't you learn
the rules before you came?
**[05:37] Emiko**
You know this is my first time.
**[05:39] Seshiru**
Honestly, you're pitiful.
**[05:42] Seshiru**
You start with one team attacking
and one team defending.
**[05:47] Seshiru**
Sleeping Owl's the attacker right now.
**[05:49] Seshiru**
Fox One is the defender.
**[05:51] Seshiru**
The attacking team needs to set a bomb
**[05:54] Seshiru**
called an eraser at their target
within the time limit.
**[05:58] Seshiru**
If they can set it off, they win the round.
**[06:01] Seshiru**
The team only gets one eraser.
**[06:03] Seshiru**
They can plant it at one of two
targets: Point A or Point B.
**[06:07] Seshiru**
Either one will get you the win.
**[06:12] Akito**
They're rushing Point A!
Might be their whole team!
**[06:14] Yu**
En route to A!
**[06:16] Ryusei**
I'll come around the back!
**[06:17] Seshiru**
If the defending team prevents
the explosion, they take the round.
**[06:21] Seshiru**
The first team to bag
seven rounds is the victor.
**[06:26] Ryusei**
I return to the darkness...
**[06:27] Akito**
No way! A frag *there*?
**[06:29] Shun**
We're just one man down.
**[06:30] Shun**
We're not out yet.
**[06:31] Emiko**
What was that?
**[06:33] Seshiru**
A frag grenade.
**[06:36] Seshiru**
There are also smoke and flash grenades.
**[06:40] Seshiru**
Each player starts the game with
their preferred selection of three.
**[06:50] Shun**
*I haven't seen Rox.*
**[06:52] Shun**
*Is he hiding in the back?*
**[06:59] VO**
*Eraser set.*
**[07:01] Shun**
The eraser's down!
**[07:03] Nozomi**
It's not at point A.
**[07:04] Nozomi**
It's at B!
**[07:05] Akito**
The rush was a diversion?!
**[07:07] Nozomi**
I'm heading to B.
**[07:09] Emiko**
Sleeping Owl set their bomb?
**[07:11] Seshiru**
Forty-five seconds to detonation.
**[07:13] Seshiru**
If Fox One can disarm it in time,
they win the round.
**[07:17] Shun**
Help me with peek shots.
**[07:18] Nozomi**
Copy.
**[07:22] Shun**
I can't get out there!
**[07:23] Shun**
We're out of time!
**[07:26] Akito**
You're in my way!
**[07:29] Akito**
Damn it!
**[07:33] VO**
*Round lost.*
**[07:37] Emiko**
Fox One lost, huh?
**[07:39] Seshiru**
If they lose six more rounds, they're done.
**[07:43] Akito**
Okay.
**[07:45] Akito**
This time, let's have four
fan out to protect B.
**[07:48] Shun**
Copy.
**[07:58] Yu**
They're rushing B!
**[08:00] Akito**
We figured 'em out this time!
**[08:01] Akito**
Hang in there!
**[08:03] Nozomi**
There's one here too.
**[08:06] Nozomi**
They got me?!
**[08:07] Shun**
I'll check them!
**[08:11] Shun**
*Persuader!*
**[08:14] Shun**
*Rox!*
**[08:16] Shun**
* If I throw a flash at this range,*
* it'll take three seconds to detonate.*
**[08:20] Shun**
*Then I'll leap out and take him down!*
**[08:24] Shun**
*Three, two, one!*
**[08:29] Shun**
*A flash grenade?!*
**[08:31] Shun**
*I can't see, but I know this map!*
**[08:34] Shun**
* Given his prior position,*
* his next hiding place would be...*
**[08:37] Shun**
*There!*
**[08:39] Shun**
*A frag grenade?*
**[08:40] Shun**
Changing location!
**[09:04] Shun**
He did just what I did...
at the exact same time?
**[09:11] Mutsuki**
Nice work.
**[09:17] VO**
*Round lost.*
**[09:19] Akito**
Shit!
**[09:20] Nozomi**
We're not out yet.
**[09:23] Yu**
Yes!
**[09:25] VO**
*Team ace.*
**[09:27] Yu**
What in the world?!
**[09:30] MC**
*Daneko defeated Riii!*
**[09:32] MC**
*Now, can he disarm the eraser in time?!*
**[09:34] Colorcaster**
*I'm not sure...*
**[09:37] VO**
*Clutch!*
**[09:38] Ryusei**
I was too late!
**[09:43] Nozomi**
Akito, do something!
**[09:47] VO**
*Perfect!*
**[09:48] Akito**
You're kidding me!
**[09:50] VO**
*First half complete.*
**[09:52] MC**
We'll swap sides now.
**[09:53] MC**
We'll give the teams time to discuss strategy.
**[09:55] MC**
It's currently five to zero
in favor of Sleeping Owl!
**[10:00] Akito**
This is bad.
**[10:01] Sota**
Yeah, it is. What'll we do?
**[10:04] Nozomi**
Dad, you're our coach! Tell us what to do!
**[10:07] Sota**
Well, watching you fight
in the first half made me think...
**[10:15] Sota**
Sleeping Owl is *really* good.
**[10:18] Nozomi**
We don't need your opinion!
**[10:20] Nozomi**
We need a plan!
**[10:23] Sota**
A plan, eh?
**[10:25] Sota**
You're on offense now, so...
**[10:30] Sota**
Work hard, everyone!
**[10:32] Nozomi**
We *are* working hard!
**[10:34] Akito**
Are we really that weak?
**[10:38] Shun**
Well, we're playing pros.
**[10:40] Akito**
We were invincible back then.
**[10:43] Akito**
Back when we played with Explosion-kun.
**[10:46] Shun**
Yeah. We were invincible.
**[10:55] MC**
The second-half matches will start soon.
**[10:57] MC**
How can Team Fox One turn the tables?
**[11:00] Colorcaster**
The key will be responding
to Sleeping Owl's speed.
**[11:04] Akito**
Okay, let's make a fresh start.
**[11:08] Nozomi**
We're out if we lose two more rounds.
**[11:10] Ryusei**
We've got to take seven here.
**[11:13] Akito**
What do you wanna do, Shun?
**[11:16] Shun**
Let's all rush B together.
**[11:17] Nozomi**
What if they anticipate it?
**[11:20] Shun**
That would be bad.
**[11:21] Shun**
But we'll be okay.
**[11:24] Shun**
If we go down, we go together.
**[11:26] Akito**
Don't let it bother you.
It's just a thing Shun says.
**[11:29] Yu**
Yeah, okay...
**[11:32] Akito**
All right, let's do this!
**[11:34] VO**
*Open fire!*
**[11:42] Shun**
Phantom?
**[11:43] Yu**
I'm breaking through.
**[11:45] Yu**
Clear!
**[11:46] Shun**
What's the plan?
**[11:47] Yu**
The commando squad...
**[11:49] Yu**
will play it by ear!
**[11:51] Akito**
They're wide open!
**[11:53] Akito**
Check your surroundings
and cover the bomb!
**[11:55] Ryusei**
Planting bomb right meow!
**[11:59] VO**
*Eraser set.*
**[12:01] Nozomi**
They're here!
**[12:02] Akito**
Keep them back!
**[12:03] Nozomi**
Could use a smoke grenade!
**[12:04] Shun**
Copy!
**[12:06] Shun**
We *will* hold them back!
**[12:08] Yu**
Shun.
**[12:10] Yu**
Frag grenade!
**[12:15] Yu**
I'm going in!
**[12:16] Shun**
I'm with you!
**[12:19] Yu**
There's one more back here!
**[12:21] Shun**
Clear!
**[12:22] Yu**
Nice cover.
**[12:25] Nozomi**
One enemy here. Keep 'em back!
**[12:27] Ryusei**
Copy.
**[12:29] Ryusei**
Face the wrath of darknyess!
**[12:42] Akito**
I'll lure Jonathan this way.
**[12:45] Ryusei/Shun/Nozomi**
Copy!
**[12:52] Shun**
Let's move out.
**[12:53] Shun**
They can't disarm it in time.
**[12:58] VO**
*Won!*
**[13:01] Akito/Ryusei**
Yeah!
**[13:03] Nozomi/Shun**
All right!
**[13:09] Emiko**
They finally took a round, huh?
**[13:12] Emiko**
But making a comeback won't be easy.
**[13:16] Emiko**
What's up, Seshiru?
**[13:17] Seshiru**
Oh... nothing.
**[13:20] MC**
*Round two of the second half!*
**[13:22] MC**
*Can Team Fox One keep up the momentum?*
**[13:25] Shun**
Rush A!
**[13:26] Nozomi/Yu**
Copy!
**[13:28] Shun**
Nice!
**[13:29] Akito**
Yeah!
**[13:30] Akito**
I'm going for it!
**[13:31] Yu**
Wait a minute!
**[13:47] Yu**
Footsteps behind the wall to your right!
**[13:49] Shun**
Copy!
**[13:51] Yu**
Nice.
**[13:52] Yu**
There's one more back there!
**[13:56] Shun**
Done!
**[13:57] Nozomi**
Planting the bomb!
**[13:59] Akito**
I dunno where the remaining enemy is.
**[14:02] Akito**
Stay within sight and cover each passage!
**[14:06] VO**
*Eraser set.*
**[14:10] Jonathan**
*The back route is wide open.*
**[14:13] Jonathan**
*A smoke grenade here?*
**[14:15] Jonathan**
*It's not compromising me at all.*
**[14:21] Ryusei**
Be consumed by the darknyess!
**[14:25] Seshiru**
Are you kidding me with that creepy nerd?
**[14:27] Emiko**
Did he get better all of a sudden?
**[14:29] Seshiru**
Swapping sides really switched things up.
**[14:31] Emiko**
What do you mean?
**[14:32] Seshiru**
It just so happens the map and team
makeup favors them when they're attacking.
**[14:36] Seshiru**
And the masked girl changed position
to work a four-man formation.
**[14:40] Seshiru**
Their teamwork's great, too.
**[14:45] VO**
*Perfect!*
**[14:48] Riii**
That's bizarre!
**[14:49] Riii**
You can't attack from there!
**[14:51] Gettsu**
They're serious amateurs.
**[14:52] Gettsu**
Their strat's so sloppy, I don't get it.
**[14:57] Nozomi**
Shun-chan, last one!
**[14:59] Shun**
Copy!
**[15:06] Shun**
Don't worry. I've got your back.
**[15:10] VO**
*Match point.*
**[15:15] Akito**
Let's finish this!
**[15:16] All**
Copy!
**[15:19] Akito**
One down!
**[15:21] Akito**
Two down!
**[15:22] Akito**
Rush out with me!
**[15:29] Ryusei**
The wrath of darknyess!
**[15:32] Jonathan**
What?!
**[15:33] Nozomi**
Installing eraser!
**[15:36] Jonathan**
Riii, Sharon! Stop them!
**[15:52] MC**
This game is over!
**[15:55] MC**
The winner is...
**[15:58] MC**
Team Fox One!
**[16:01] Akito**
Hell yeah!
**[16:02] Ryusei**
Wow, I'm exhausted!
**[16:06] Sota**
You won!
**[16:07] Sota**
You beat the almighty Sleeping Owl!
**[16:09] Akito**
Chill out, old man! We get it, you're happy!
**[16:14] Riii**
Who are these people?
**[16:15] Sharon**
You've gotta be kidding!
**[16:17] Gettsu**
Their moves were so random.
**[16:23] Jonathan**
I'm sorry. I underestimated them.
**[16:26] Coach**
They're new, so you lacked data. That's all.
**[16:29] Coach**
We'll beat the two remaining teams.
**[16:33] Jonathan**
Yes, sir.
**[16:35] Shun**
We won.
**[16:37] Sota**
Thank goodness!
**[16:38] Sota**
I can pay the shop's debts!
**[16:41] Nozomi**
Not yet!
**[16:42] Nozomi**
We still aren't the champs.
**[16:44] Akito**
But we beat our toughest opponent!
**[16:46] Akito**
The rest of the league
matches'll be easy-peasy!
**[16:48] Nozomi**
Stop it!
**[16:50] Nozomi**
You're going to jinx us.
**[16:52] Shun**
Yeah, I guess.
**[16:53] Mutsuki**
Wow, you're good.
**[16:58] Shun**
Rox-san?
**[16:59] Mutsuki**
Call me Mutsuki.
**[17:01] Mutsuki**
Naito Mutsuki.
**[17:02] Mutsuki**
That's my real name.
**[17:04] Mutsuki**
"Shun" is yours, right?
**[17:07] Mutsuki**
So I thought I should give you mine too,
**[17:10] Mutsuki**
Tokinoya-kun.
**[17:12] Shun**
How did you...
**[17:13] Mutsuki**
You're going to get even better.
**[17:18] All**
Cheers!
**[17:20] Akito**
Man, I can't believe we swept our matches!
**[17:23] Shun**
And took the top seed in Block A.
**[17:25] Yu**
That doesn't mean we've got a free ride.
**[17:27] Yu**
Sleeping Owl got Block A's second seed.
**[17:31] Yu**
It's very likely we'll have to face them
again in tomorrow's knockouts.
**[17:34] Ryusei**
No worries.
**[17:36] Ryusei**
We beat them once already.
**[17:37] Akito**
Easy win, easy win!
**[17:38] Nozomi**
Stop trying to jinx us like that!
**[17:44] Sota**
I have to talk to you all about something.
**[17:48] Sota**
Would you like to keep playing for me?
**[17:54] Sota**
They're creating a new pro league.
**[17:57] Sota**
It's a chance for brand-new teams to get in.
**[17:59] Nozomi**
You're jumping the gun, just like always.
**[18:03] Nozomi**
Save it for after you get the shop on its feet.
**[18:06] Sota**
I know, but... they're
not going to wait for that.
**[18:10] Akito**
I'm down for it.
**[18:13] Akito**
My goal from the start was to go pro.
**[18:15] Akito**
I gotta be down for it!
**[18:17] Yu**
So am I.
**[18:18] Yu**
I don't care as much about compensation.
**[18:20] Yu**
I just want to play professional matches.
**[18:23] Ryusei**
Far be it for me to go against this flow!
**[18:30] Nozomi**
It's okay.
**[18:31] Nozomi**
You don't have to force yourself.
**[18:33] Shun**
Nozo-nee...
**[18:34] Nozomi**
Shun-chan, you should decide
whatever's best for you.
**[18:40] Akito**
No way, Shun. You gotta join in.
**[18:43] Nozomi**
Akito!
**[18:44] Akito**
As a pro, you'll get pay *and* prize money.
**[18:47] Akito**
If you hit the top, you can make even more.
**[18:51] Akito**
I think you know what that means.
**[18:56] Shun**
I'm back.
**[18:58] Satomi**
Welcome home.
**[18:59] Satomi**
Are you here for the night?
**[19:01] Shun**
Yeah.
**[19:02] Shun**
I start in the afternoon tomorrow.
**[19:03] Satomi**
On a Sunday? That seems hard.
**[19:05] Satomi**
Do you need dinner?
**[19:06] Shun**
I ate already.
**[19:08] Satomi**
Oh. Can I make you some coffee?
**[19:10] Shun**
Please.
**[19:11] Mio**
Welcome home!
**[19:13] Shun**
Thanks.
**[19:14] Mio**
Congrats, Big Brother!
**[19:17] Mio**
You made it to the semifinals, right?
**[19:20] Shun**
You watched that, Mio?
**[19:22] Mio**
Of course I did! You were in it.
**[19:25] Satomi**
What are we talking about?
**[19:28] Mio**
Shun won in his game tournament!
**[19:31] Satomi**
Game?
**[19:34] Satomi**
Shun, are you playing games?
**[19:36] Shun**
Well, the shop was shorthanded
and needed help...
**[19:40] Satomi**
I see.
**[19:41] Mio**
He was so good!
**[19:44] Mio**
The finals are tomorrow, right?
**[19:46] Shun**
Y-Yeah...
**[19:47] Mio**
And you beat the favorites
first thing, didn't you?
**[19:51] Mio**
I was so impressed by your turnaround!
**[19:54] Shun**
Y-Yeah... I guess.
**[19:56] Satomi**
Shun.
**[19:59] Satomi**
Will you be out late tomorrow too?
**[20:01] Shun**
Yeah, probably.
**[20:03] Satomi**
Will you need dinner?
**[20:05] Shun**
Probably not.
**[20:06] Satomi**
Okay. Be careful.
**[20:08] Shun**
Okay.
**[20:10] Mio**
Hey, Big Brother!
**[20:12] Mio**
In today's match—
**[20:14] Satomi**
Turn it off.
**[20:17] Satomi**
Turn it off.
**[20:25] Satomi**
Mio, would you like sugar?
**[20:32] Mio**
Three lumps.
**[20:34] Shun**
You'll put on weight.
**[20:37] Mio**
Fine.
**[20:38] Mio**
I'll get so heavy, you can't pick me up.
**[20:41] Shun**
Sure, put on weight.
**[20:42] Shun**
I'll carry you no matter how heavy you get.
**[20:44] Mio**
Mom, give me seven lumps!
**[20:47] Satomi**
That's enough.
**[20:49] Satomi**
Shun, take your bath once you're finished.
**[20:51] Shun**
No thanks. I'm tired.
**[20:54] Shun**
I don't need a bath.
**[20:55] Satomi**
No!
**[20:55] Mio**
Take one!
**[20:58] Shun**
Fine.
**[21:33] Mutsuki**
I knew it.
**[21:36] Mutsuki**
You're exactly like me,
**[21:40] Mutsuki**
Tokinoya-kun.