E11 - Imagination and Counters

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[00:10] Sasaki
    Um, is this...
[00:27] Sasaki
    Thanks, Peeps.
[00:29] Peeps
    Apologies. I should have
    set it up in advance.
[00:32] Sasaki
    Hey, come on.
[00:33] Sasaki
    You couldn't have expected them
    to just open fire on us.
[00:37] Shizuka
    Anyway, I guess she's...
[00:40] Sasaki
    Over there, maybe?
[00:46] Sasaki
    Futari Shizuka-san. Are you all right?
[00:48] Shizuka
    Ah...
[00:50] Shizuka
    You really came to save me?
[00:52] Sasaki
    I did say that I would.
[00:55] Sasaki
    Just stay still.
[00:56] Sasaki
    I'll heal you at once.
[01:02] Shizuka
    I reckon that's another power
    the Bureau would love to have.
[01:07] Sasaki
    Don't go telling on me now. I'd be angry.
[01:10] Shizuka
    Oh, how frightening.
[01:11] Shizuka
    I know very well not to blab.
[01:14] Shizuka
    Have a look.
[01:16] Shizuka
    A clear sign of my loyalty,
    perfectly unchanged.
[01:20] Sasaki
    Well, I am glad to see that.
[01:27] Sasaki
    So, would this be... your organization
    sending a purge squad?
[01:33] Shizuka
    Something like that.
[01:35] Peeps
    What might your next move be?
[01:38] Shizuka
    The target we're after is among them.
[01:41] Sasaki
    What? You want to execute your mission now?
[01:44] Shizuka
    It's called searching for a lifeline.
[01:47] Shizuka
    Besides, if I miss this opportunity,
    it will be unlikely to come again.
[01:53] Peeps
    In that case, we cannot afford
    to simply make an escape.
[02:01] Peeps
    Let us finish them off quickly!
[02:03] Shizuka
    Come to think of it, you never
    told me your own objective.
[02:07] Peeps
    We cannot share that.
[02:09] Shizuka
    Aw, stingy.
[02:14] Peeps
    I shall handle this myself.
[02:16] Sasaki
    Peeps, you're so motivated!
[02:19] Sasaki
    Are you that excited to take action?
[02:21] Sasaki
    How utterly adorable!
[02:24] Fallen Angel
    What? You're still at it?
[02:27] Fallen Angel
    This way?
[02:29] Fallen Angel
    Are you over here, Shizuka-chan?
[02:35] Shizuka
    The situation has changed...
[02:37] Shizuka
    We should leave for now.
[02:39] Shizuka
    We can't beat him.
[02:41] Sasaki
    Someone you know?
[02:44] Shizuka
    The leader of our particular group.
[04:26] Sign
    EP 11 Imagination and Counters
[04:27] Sasaki
    That's the leader of your group?
[04:29] Peeps
    What is the nature of his psychic ability?
[04:33] Shizuka
    He can give his imagination physical form.
[04:36] Shizuka
    It covers such a wide range, not even
     the organization knows its limits.
[04:43] Fallen Angel
    Hey, Shizuka-chan, you really were here.
[04:46] Fallen Angel
    And who might the fellow beside you be?
[04:49] Fallen Angel
    Shizuka-chan, did you get
    yourself a sugar daddy?
[04:53] Shizuka
    Well, you've all been so hard on me lately.
[04:57] Shizuka
    I had to find sugar somewhere.
[04:58] Fallen Angel
    Aw, really?
[05:00] Fallen Angel
    So you're not coming back to us?
[05:02] Shizuka
    I'd certainly prefer not to.
[05:08] Fallen Angel
    You turning on me would be
     rather inconvenient,
[05:10] Fallen Angel
    so I suppose I should ensure this is goodbye.
[05:17] Shizuka
    Your ability remains most unsettling.
[05:20] Fallen Angel
    I need to fill the hole you've
    left in my organization.
[05:24] Sasaki
    Futari Shizuka-san,
     like you, can your duplicate...
[05:30] Shizuka
    My ability being common
    knowledge may make that possible
[05:33] Shizuka
    under these circumstances.
[05:40] Shizuka
    I'm sorry, but would you
    be willing to help me?
[05:42] Shizuka
    I believe that, with your assistance,
    we can at least escape.
[05:49] Sasaki
    I've got this feeling
[05:51] Sasaki
    that no matter how many times we beat
    the copy, it'll keep popping up.
[05:56] Sasaki
    The thought of unlimited psychics that
    can kill with a touch coming after me...
[06:00] Sasaki
    The difficulty of escaping that*
    would be insane.
[06:03] Sasaki
    I can get us away with all haste, but...
[06:06] Shizuka
    Please do.
[06:07] Peeps
    Are you certain?
[06:08] Sasaki
    I'm sorry to ask, but do you think you could?
[06:12] Peeps
    Yes, very well.
[06:13] Fallen Angel
    Now, here's something
    I've been wondering about.
[06:16] Fallen Angel
    That bird on the old man's shoulder
    is awfully talkative, isn't it?
[06:20] Fallen Angel
    Your ability wouldn't involve
    a familiar, would it?
[06:22] Fallen Angel
    Isn't that usually reserved
    for cute little girls?
[06:28] Peeps
    Let us proceed.
[06:33] Shizuka
    Farewell.
[06:39] Peeps
    Is this location acceptable?
[06:40] Shizuka
    Yes. Thank you for your aid.
[06:43] Shizuka
    I really thought I was dead back there.
[06:47] Shizuka
    They caught me completely off-guard.
[06:50] Shizuka
    It's as if they were aware
    of my actions in advance.
[06:55] Sasaki
    In advance?
[06:56] Sasaki
    But the only person who knows*
    about her mission is...
[07:02] Peeps
    I wish to learn the limits of that man's
    ability to materialize things.
[07:06] Shizuka
    I've never heard of him
    replicating natural phenomena.
[07:10] Peeps
    I see.
[07:12] Shizuka
    Still, this has greatly increased
    the difficulty of the Bureau's request.
[07:18] Sasaki
    You still intend to fulfill that?
[07:20] Shizuka
    But of course.
[07:23] Shizuka
    I have a proposal for the two of you.
[07:26] Sasaki
    What is it?
[07:27] Shizuka
    If you aid me in joining the Bureau,
[07:30] Shizuka
    I'll aid with all your future transactions.
[07:34] Shizuka
    Even the more unreasonable ones.
[07:36] Shizuka
    I'll even find you an overseas
    base of operations, if needed.
[07:39] Shizuka
    That's the scale of the
    cooperation I'm offering you.
[07:43] Peeps
    Have you forgotten about
    the curse on your hand?
[07:47] Sasaki
    Peeps, could you let me handle this part?
[07:53] Peeps
    You exercise restraint over
    the most curious things.
[07:57] Sasaki
    That's just who I am.
[08:00] Sasaki
    She was at fault in the previous incident,
[08:03] Sasaki
    but we'll be on even footing
    for future transactions.
[08:08] Sasaki
    It's important that we negotiate as equals
[08:11] Sasaki
    rather than demand obedience
    via your curse.
[08:13] Shizuka
    Well? Are you taking my offer or not?
[08:17] Sasaki
    I believe it's worth considering.
[08:20] Sasaki
    But we'd also prefer not to die, so...
[08:24] Sasaki
    Share your plan with us
    and we'll decide based on that.
[08:31] Shizuka
    In that case...
[08:41] Fallen Angel
    I'm so glad you chose to stay
    within the city.
[08:47] Sasaki
    He disappeared?
[08:49] Shizuka
    A product of his imagination.
[08:51] Shizuka
    He likely just used it as transportation.
[08:54] Sasaki
    I see.
[08:55] Sasaki
    But how did he know we were here?
[08:58] Fallen Angel
    A close friend of mine told me.
[09:03] Sasaki
    Yeah, I thought so.
[09:06] Sasaki
    I never would have thought
    you'd be working with the Bureau.
[09:12] Shizuka
    Y-You're working with the Bureau?!
[09:14] Fallen Angel
    You chose the wrong future employer.
[09:20] Fallen Angel
    I know all about your whereabouts.
[09:25] Fallen Angel
    You can do so much with state power, you know?
[09:27] Fallen Angel
    I guess they checked security camera footage
    and figured all the places you've been.
[09:36] Sasaki
    Although... I suppose I wouldn't
    put this past Chief Akutsu.
[09:42] Sasaki
    He likely traced our movements
    back from Shiodome Station
[09:46] Sasaki
    the day I took Elsa-sama out sightseeing.
[09:50] Sasaki
    Either way...
[09:52] Sasaki
    My question is, how close are the two of them?
[09:56] Sasaki
    Are their motivations
    merely aligned temporarily,
[09:59] Sasaki
    or have they been friendly
    for some time now?
[10:03] Sasaki
    If they've been in cahoots
    since before he joined,
[10:07] Sasaki
    it'll make all his employees weep...
[10:11] Sasaki
    Or worse, what if he's trying
    to get us to take each other out?
[10:16] Sasaki
    Yeah, that's plausible.
[10:18] Peeps
    Forgive me. I should have thought
    this through more carefully.
[10:21] Sasaki
    No, this one's on me.
[10:25] Sasaki
    Take us somewhere else right away, Peeps.
[10:27] Fallen Angel
    Oh, I've had quite enough of that!
[10:46] Sasaki
    Thanks, Peeps.
[10:47] Sasaki
    I almost thought we were dead again!
[10:49] Peeps
    Indeed. I was rather frightened myself.
[10:55] Fallen Angel
    Not bad.
[10:56] Sasaki
    Peeps, you knew what those explosives were?
[10:59] Peeps
    Your "internet" is truly superb.
[11:01] Peeps
    They're illegal in this land, aren't they?
[11:05] Sasaki
    So dependable!
[11:07] Sasaki
    I must protect my pet's
    internet access, or die trying!
[11:11] Sasaki
    Would you like to go smartphone
    shopping sometime soon?
[11:15] Peeps
    You desire a new one?
[11:17] Peeps
    You bought yourself a new laptop
    no more than a few days ago...
[11:21] Sasaki
    Not for me!
[11:23] Sasaki
    I thought I'd give you one as a present.
[11:27] Peeps
    Then I would gladly accompany you!
[11:30] Peeps
    There's a model I've taken
    interest in, in fact.
[11:34] Sasaki
    Oh, really? Let's go, then!
[11:37] Shizuka
    Perhaps you could invest a bit more
     in our current situation?
[11:41] Sasaki
    Sorry, Futari Shizuka-san.
[11:45] Peeps
    Would you permit me to get rid of this man?
[11:48] Shizuka
    Y-Yes. If you can, feel free.
[11:51] Fallen Angel
    Shizuka-chan, that's awfully cruel.
[11:54] Shizuka
    A ludicrous accusation.
    You're the one attacking us.
[11:58] Peeps
    Just stand back and watch.
[12:15] Sasaki
    Hey, Peeps entered battle mode!
[12:18] Fallen Angel
    I see.
[12:19] Fallen Angel
    You're the type of psychic who uses
    a familiar for attack and defense.
[12:27] Fallen Angel
    Hellfire that burns eternal crimson,
[12:31] Fallen Angel
    reduce to ash all who oppose me!
[12:36] Sasaki
    Huh? That incantation...
[12:41] Fallen Angel
    What do you think of this?!
[12:51] Fallen Angel
    Not surprised by that one?
[12:52] Peeps
    What about that would surprise me?
[12:55] Sasaki
    Peeps looks so cool right now!
[12:58] Sasaki
    Er, anyway...
[13:00] Sasaki
    Didn't you say he couldn't
    conjure natural phenomena?
[13:04] Shizuka
    That's only as far as I've heard.
[13:08] Shizuka
    Though what he just unleashed
[13:11] Shizuka
    strongly resembled a spell in a game
     I once played a great deal of...
[13:14] Sasaki
    Yeah, I thought that was from a game!
[13:17] Sasaki
    I even know the title of it.
[13:19] Shizuka
    Oh? You played it as well?
[13:24] Sasaki
    Hang on.
[13:25] Sasaki
    I'm pretty sure that in the game,
[13:27] Sasaki
    you could only use that spell when
    you had a certain ring equipped...
[13:34] Sasaki
    It seems what he materialized
    wasn't the spell itself,
[13:38] Sasaki
    but the ring that lets him use the spell.
[13:41] Sasaki
    Which means he even has the power
    to conjure purely fictional things.
[13:48] Sasaki
    It seems your comrades didn't trust
    you very much, Futari Shizuka-san.
[13:53] Shizuka
    It's not nice to say things like that!
[13:56] Fallen Angel
    What about this next one?
[14:03] Shizuka
    You guys might die here.
[14:07] Sasaki
    Don't just assume that!
[14:13] Fallen Angel
    This should put an end to things!
[14:23] Sasaki
    Peeps!
[14:31] Fallen Angel
    Hey, hang on now!
[14:33] Fallen Angel
    What's with your familiar?!
[14:34] Fallen Angel
    This is a little too weird!
[14:36] Fallen Angel
    An application of a pocket dimension ability?
[14:39] Fallen Angel
    No, that can't be...
[14:41] Peeps
    Now it's my turn to attack, I believe.
[14:54] Peeps
    Oh? You negated my spell?
[14:57] Fallen Angel
    C'mon, how do you like that?!
[14:59] Fallen Angel
    Surprised you, didn't I?!
[15:01] Shizuka
    He added another ring.
[15:03] Sasaki
    Looks like.
[15:04] Fallen Angel
    I might have to take more serious action.
[15:09] Shizuka
    Ah, is that...
[15:11] Sasaki
    You know it?
[15:13] Shizuka
    It's an item from another game
     I played a lot of.
[15:16] Sasaki
    Futari Shizuka-san,
    you're quite a gamer, aren't you?
[15:20] Shizuka
    One of my few hobbies.
[15:23] Sasaki
    So, what does that item do?
[15:27] Shizuka
    It deletes whoever it slices through.
[15:30] Sasaki
    Deletes?!
[15:31] Shizuka
    If the blade touches you,
    it erases you from existence.
[15:36] Sasaki
    That does seem rather dire.
[15:39] Sasaki
    Peeps, don't let that blade touch you!
[15:43] Sasaki
    It'll erase you from existence!
[15:45] Peeps
    Erase me from existence?
[15:49] Fallen Angel
    Shizuka-chan, could you
    please hold off on spoilers?
[15:52] Fallen Angel
    It makes things boring.
[15:53] Shizuka
    Your own fault for stealing something
    from a recently released game.
[15:57] Fallen Angel
    Fair point.
[15:59] Fallen Angel
    I'm just not great at retro games.
[16:02] Peeps
    I'm gaining some interest
    in this psychic ability of yours.
[16:08] Fallen Angel
    You keep on looking down on me.
[16:10] Fallen Angel
    It gets on my nerves, you know?
[16:30] Fallen Angel
    Yes, yes, yes!
[16:31] Fallen Angel
    That should finish it off.
[16:33] Sasaki
    P-Peeps!
[16:35] Peeps
    There's no need to panic.
[16:37] Peeps
    Just remain where you are.
[16:39] Sasaki
    But...
[16:41] Sasaki
    Peeps, when we get home,
    I'll feed you lots of chateaubriand
[16:45] Sasaki
    and get you a smartphone
    with unlimited data...
[16:49] Sasaki
    So, please, don't disappear!
[16:51] Sasaki
    If I lose my pet now, I'm not sure how
    I can return to my normal life tomorrow!
[16:57] Fallen Angel
    Hang on a minute...
[16:59] Fallen Angel
    Why is it my imagination
    that's disappearing?
[17:01] Fallen Angel
    This is some kind of reflection, right?
[17:04] Fallen Angel
    How can you use both reflection
    and teleportation?!
[17:08] Fallen Angel
    That's against the rules!
[17:10] Peeps
    A very good question.
[17:12] Peeps
    You should consider it yourself.
[17:16] Peeps
    I have a few other tricks up my sleeve,
[17:19] Peeps
    but if this suffices,
    that will speed things up.
[17:21] Fallen Angel
    What the hell are you?
[17:23] Fallen Angel
    This is just bizarre. I don't get it!
[17:26] Peeps
    The world is full of things
    beyond our comprehension.
[17:29] Peeps
    It can be interesting to uncover them all.
[17:32] Peeps
    The moment humans cease learning new things
[17:35] Peeps
    is the death of the soul.
[17:36] Peeps
    And the death of the soul will,
    in time, mean the death of the body.
[17:49] Fallen Angel
    Fine, I'll back off!
[17:51] Fallen Angel
    Just take what you want already!
[17:53] Peeps
    Take? What, pray tell, are we taking?
[17:57] Fallen Angel
    Shizuka-chan!
[17:58] Fallen Angel
    The Bureau scouted her, right?
[18:01] Fallen Angel
    Fine, then. Just take her already.
[18:05] Peeps
    What? Giving up so soon?
[18:08] Fallen Angel
    I've never been in a fight less worth it!
[18:10] Fallen Angel
    I'm not risking my life for this crap.
[18:13] Peeps
    I see.
[18:19] Sasaki
    Whoops.
[18:21] Sasaki
    I can't actually just let him go like this.
[18:24] Sasaki
    Excuse me.
[18:27] Sasaki
    There's something I'd like
    to discuss with you as well.
[18:30] Fallen Angel
    And what would that be?
[18:32] Sasaki
    It concerns Futari Shizuka-san.
[18:35] Fallen Angel
    I'm not giving up my own ally.
[18:38] Sasaki
    That's not what I was going to ask.
[18:41] Sasaki
    We need to make it clear to the Bureau
    that Futari Shizuka-san has left your group.
[18:47] Sasaki
    Do you have any ideas for how to do that?
[18:50] Fallen Angel
    You want me to tell your boss myself?
[18:54] Fallen Angel
    Man, what a pain in the ass.
[18:56] Fallen Angel
    Just because we had
    a common interest for a bit...
[19:00] Sasaki
    I'm glad to hear that he's not
    that friendly with the Chief.
[19:05] Fallen Angel
    Well, I did lose our fight and all.
[19:08] Fallen Angel
    I guess I can put in a call for you.
[19:10] Sasaki
    Also, I was hoping that you and I could
     be on good terms moving forward.
[19:17] Fallen Angel
    Huh? What's in it for me?
[19:21] Sasaki
    The Bureau is unaware of the psychic
    ability I displayed here today.
[19:27] Sasaki
    If you promise you won't reveal it to them,
[19:29] Sasaki
    I will promise not to
    use it on you ever again.
[19:33] Sasaki
    In addition, I believe that
    Futari Shizuka-san's background
[19:37] Sasaki
    is something you can't just overlook.
[19:39] Sasaki
    There's no need to be
    intentionally antagonistic.
[19:42] Sasaki
    Don't you agree?
[19:46] Fallen Angel
    Fine by me.
[19:48] Sasaki
    I believe you've made a wise decision.
[19:51] Fallen Angel
    Give me a break.
[19:53] Fallen Angel
    Like I actually had a choice.
[19:55] Fallen Angel
    You're not unhappy with the
    Bureau, by chance, are you?
[19:59] Sasaki
    Oh, certainly not!
[20:04] Shizuka
    You did me a great service today.
[20:07] Shizuka
    You really pulled me from the jaws of death.
[20:10] Shizuka
    I will work with you wholeheartedly
    from now on, as agreed.
[20:15] Shizuka
    I'll secure you a base outside
    of this warehouse with all haste.
[20:18] Shizuka
    Anything else you need,
    simply say the word, and I shall fetch it.
[20:22] Sasaki
    Well, that's a very appealing offer!
[20:25] Peeps
    And quite the commendable attitude.
[20:28] Shizuka
    I'd hate to remain too long in the debt
    of fearsome figures like yourselves.
[20:33] Sasaki
    In that case, I'd like three hundred
     tons of caster sugar.
[20:39] Shizuka
    I'll have it within the week.
[20:41] Shizuka
    Feel free to pay after delivery.
[20:43] Sasaki
    You're sure?
[20:44] Shizuka
    I believe maintaining friendly relations
    with you will bring good things for me.
[20:49] Sasaki
    I'll do my best to make it worth your while.
[20:53] Shizuka
    What an unconfident reply.
[20:55] Shizuka
    Can't you manage a more enthusiastic one?
[20:59] Sasaki
    I'd prefer to show my
    commitment through actions.
[21:03] Shizuka
    Then I suppose I'll wait patiently and see.
[21:07] Peeps
    He's most trusting, but if you're lying
    to us, the curse will spread.
[21:12] Shizuka
    How rude. I have no such intentions.
[21:15] Peeps
    Indeed, it does appear that way.
[21:18] Shizuka
    Gosh, aren't I noble?
[21:21] Shizuka
    I truly am your loyal slave!
[21:25] Sasaki
    Hearing you talk like that
    makes this all feel more dangerous.
[21:29] Peeps
    You should reconsider your words.
[21:31] Shizuka
    Could you at least give me
    the freedom to talk as I please?
[21:37] Sign
    Call
    Hoshizaki
[21:38] Sasaki
    Excuse me, could I have a minute?
[21:42] Sasaki
    Hello? What—
[21:43] Hoshizaki
    Sasaki? Is Futari Shizuka with you?
[21:46] Sasaki
    Yes, what about it?
[21:49] Hoshizaki
    Could you two come to the Bureau right away?
[21:51] Hoshizaki
    We're under attack from the magical girl!
[21:56] Hoshizaki
    The Bureau's sending a helicopter.
[21:58] Hoshizaki
    We need your help right now!