E4 - That Absurd Switch

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[00:00] (Flashback) Boy 1
    What do you want?
[00:01] (Flashback) Boy 1
    Get out of our way!
[00:06] Brian/I
    There's always someone who's put
    in unreasonable circumstances.
[00:06] Boys
    Check out this loser!
[00:09] Young Brian
    What the hell was that for?!
[00:10] Brian/I
    That doesn't make it easier to give up
    and say that's just how life goes.
[00:12] Boys
    You got a problem?!
[00:13] Boys
    Let me go!
SIGN    Immigrants Are
     Human Too
SIGN    Immigrants Are
     Human Too
[00:15] Brian/I
    Everyone's screaming desperately,
    raising their fists in anger.
SIGN    Immigrants Are
     Human Too
[00:19] Brian/I
    So I understand how they feel.
[00:22] Brian/I
    At least, I'd like to understand them.
[00:25] Brian/I
    With that said,
[00:26] Brian/I
    it's a whole other story if I'm going
    to be blown up with a bomb.
[00:31] Brian/I
    Especially if it happens when I'm with
    an old geezer with nasty attitude.
SIGN    That Absurd Switch
[02:08] Courier
    Um, excuse me. Delivery.
[02:13] Courier
    No signature required,
    so I'll just leave it here.
[02:16] Guard
    Hey, don't just—
[02:16] Immigrants
    Give jobs to immigrants!
[02:17] Immigrants
    Pay fair wages!
[02:18] Immigrants
    The rich can go to hell!
[02:19] Courier
    Have a good day.
[02:21] Guard
    I swear...
[02:22] Guard
    If they have time to complain,
    they could be working.
[02:28] Female News Caster/I
    There has been a bombing incident
    at Nippo-Bank's Mejiro branch.
SIGN    BREAKING
SIGN    IS EXPLOSION AT NIPPO-BANK PROTEST AGAINST IMMIGRATION POLICIES
[02:33] Female News Caster/I
    Thankfully, no injuries have been reported.
[02:36] Female News Caster/I
    This makes the third bombing incident,
[02:37] Brian
    Another bombing, huh?
[02:39] Brian
    Don't tell me this is the
    work of the Marginal Ser—
[02:39] Female News Caster/I
    following last month's bombings at the
    Immigration Bureau and Central Museum.
[02:41] Zeno
    It's not.
[02:42] Female News Caster/I
    It is believed that these
    were acts of terrorism
[02:43] Brian
    Are you serious?
[02:44] Female News Caster/I
    meant to oppose Japan's immigration policies.
[02:45] Brian
    How long have you...
    I mean, how did you get in?
[02:47] Zeno
    I came in while you were taking that long piss.
[02:56] Brian
    I haven't paid my rent in two months!
[02:58] Brian
    My landlord's gonna shoot me in the head!
[03:00] Zeno
    If you're gonna get killed,
    do it after the mission.
[03:02] Brian
    Hey! Don't drink my coffee without asking!
[03:05] Brian
    Also, where's my sandwich?
SIGN    Unscented
     Hand Wipe
SIGN    With Toothpick
[03:09] Brian
    Yeah, I haven't washed my hands yet, but still!
[03:16] Immigrants
    Immigrants have rights, too!
[03:17] Immigrants
    Return Rubber to us!
[03:18] Immigrants
    Listen to our voices!
[03:20] Brian
    You're pretty damn mad.
[03:23] Brian
    Are you that pissed over
    failing to catch Rubber?
[03:25] Zeno
    Shut up.
[03:26] Brian
    Rubber's the reason for
    all these protests, too.
[03:29] Brian
    People are raging over the
    loss of such a charismatic icon.
[03:31] Zeno
    I told you to shut up.
[03:34] Brian
    H-Hey!
[03:41] Brian
    I've been meaning to ask...
    How'd you end up with this job?
[03:45] Brian
    You used to be a detective, right?
[03:47] Zeno
    I owe Theodore a favor.
[03:50] Zeno
    And I was fed up with my work as a detective.
[03:52] Brian
    That's surprising to hear
[03:54] Brian
    from the legendary investigator known
     far and wide as "Perfect Order."
[03:59] Zeno
    Did you look me up?
[04:02] Brian
    Only briefly.
[04:03] Brian
    We're working together, after all.
[04:07] Brian
    Is there a reason why you were
    fed up with being a detective?
[04:10] Zeno
    It's none of your business.
[04:14] Theodore
    The Immigration Bureau.
[04:18] Theodore
    The Central Museum.
[04:20] Theodore
    And the bombing of Nippo-Bank
    makes the third incident.
[04:26] Theodore
    They're all major government facilities.
[04:28] Theodore
    There's no doubt that these are
    Borderlander terrorist attacks.
[04:33] Cyrus
    But didn't we destroy the drug operation
    that funded their activities?
[04:38] Cyrus
    And Rubber, the mastermind
    of it all, is gone now.
[04:40] Zeno
    A snake still moves without its head.
[04:43] Theodore
    Because they lost Rubber, they
    may be behaving more radically.
[04:48] Theodore
    There's a chance they hold a grudge
    against the Marginal Service.
[04:52] Peck
    Hey!
[04:53] Peck
    Something was delivered upstairs!
[04:55] Theidore
    Oh, it could be the
    tsuchinoko shell I bought online.
[04:58] Peck
    Don't you order weird stuff like...
[05:01] Peck
    Hm? No, it's flowers.
[05:04] Robin
    Black... roses?
[05:07] Brian
    Who ordered those?
[05:09] Cyrus
    They're mystical.
[05:10] Lyra
    It's quite romantic.
[05:12] Peck
    R-Right?
[05:14] Peck
    They're actually from—
[05:22] Peck
    My hands!
[05:23] Peck
    Please pick up my hands!
[05:25] Bolts
    Your hands?
[05:25] Peck
    Oh, no! My hands!
[05:27] Robin
    Only got a front paw.
[05:28] Peck
    That's it! That's mine!
SIGN    Bikkuri Marmot
[05:31] Brian
    That was a little much.
[05:34] Cyrus
    You think it was part of a grudge against us?
[05:37] Robin
    Most likely.
[05:38] Robin
    Otherwise, who would target that base?
[05:41] Bolts
    Hm, there's no protein on the menu.
[05:44] Peck
    I just treated my summer coat, damn it!
[05:47] Lyra
    Give it a rest. You're all healed now, aren't you?
[05:50] Zeno
    Restoration will take about an hour.
[05:52] Zeno
    Once the site is ready, Cyrus and Lyra will
    investigate articles left on the scene.
[05:56] Zeno
    Bolts and Robin will check the surveillance
    camera where the explosion happened.
[06:01] Brian
    What about me?
[06:02] Zeno
    We'll talk to that woman.
[06:04] Brian
    Which woman?
[06:06] Zeno
    You have a history with her.
[06:08] Brian
    Huh?
[06:09] [SONG] Sign
    Shopping District
[06:10] Boy 2
    It went that way!
[06:13] Brian
    The woman who attacked me is in such
    an out-of-the-way Immigrant Area?
SIGN    Komada Denki
[06:17] Zeno
    Isabella Thorn.
[06:19] Zeno
    She's an immigrant and a Borderlander.
[06:21] Zeno
    She was fired from her security job
    and is currently unemployed.
[06:30] Brian
    Shouldn't we at least ring the doorbell?
[06:38] Brian
    Hold on! We just want to talk!
[06:41] Isabella
    Shut up!
[06:43] Isabella
    You're trespassing.
[06:47] Zeno
    Transformation without
    permission is prohibited.
[06:52] Zeno
    And I don't care for kung fu women.
[07:01] Brian
    Talk about relentless...
[07:06] Robin
    The courier only delivered
    the potted plant.
[07:10] Robin
    And the florist who sent it is
    also innocent, which means...
[07:16] Bolts
    Footage from the other bombing incidents.
[07:19] Bolts
    I borrowed them from
    the police station in charge.
[07:21] Robin
    How long is that going to take?
[07:23] Robin
    I don't even watch porn if it's that long.
[07:25] Bolts
    I brought donuts.
[07:27] Robin
    They're all made from soy powder.
[07:30] Robin
    Man, you low-carb freak.
[07:32] Bolts
    My diet is based on soy,
    which is plant protein.
[07:35] Bolts
    If I take whey, which is animal protein,
[07:39] Bolts
    what do you think will happen?
[07:41] Robin
    Who cares?
[07:49] Isabella
    I've got no business with you.
[07:51] Brian
    You're a Borderlander, just like Rubber.
[07:54] Brian
    Don't you owe it to him?
[07:56] Isabella
    It's true that we cooperated as Borderlanders.
[07:59] Isabella
    But I'm not involved with the bombings.
[08:02] Zeno
    I don't trust you.
[08:04] Brian
    H-Hey!
[08:05] Isabella
    You lot are always the same.
[08:07] Isabella
    You say the Borderlanders are the same
    as regular citizens, yet in reality...
[08:12] Zeno
    We're simply managing them.
[08:14] Zeno
    Borderlanders have freedom
    of occupation, as well.
[08:18] Isabella
    So you think it beats being
    an illegal immigrant?
[08:21] Isabella
    Then what about how we live?!
[08:22] Isabella
    We have to hide who we are!
[08:25] Zeno
    Be grateful that Japan
    is willing to accept you.
[08:30] Isabella
    You bastard!
[08:31] Brian
    That's enough!
[08:33] Brian
    You need to choose your words, too!
[08:35] Zeno
    Many people suffer because
    of terrorism and drugs.
[08:38] Zeno
    That makes them nuisances.
[08:40] Brian
    But only some of them are involved.
[08:42] Brian
    Not everyone is a bad guy—
[08:45] Zeno
    Stop being so naïve.
[08:48] Brian
    You...
[08:51] Cyrus
    I'm done analyzing the bomb.
[08:54] Cyrus
    It's remote-controlled, and there
    was a small camera in the pot.
[08:59] Cyrus
    They have sophisticated technology.
[09:00] Cyrus
    They have sophisticated technology.
[09:01] Brian
    No one's been killed because
    they timed it that way.
[09:05] Cyrus
    Flower petals were found at all of the scenes.
[09:09] Cyrus
    Looks like flowers were used
    in the other explosions, as well.
[09:12] Lyra
    Peck was blown up by roses,
[09:14] Lyra
    gardenias were used at the bank,
    geraniums at the museum,
[09:18] Lyra
    and begonias at the Immigration Bureau.
[09:20] Brian
    Flowers?
[09:25] Brian
    Watch out!
[09:33] Zeno
    Yeah, another bombing.
[09:35] Zeno
    No injuries, and the Borderlander
    woman is safe, as well.
[09:41] Isabella
    Why did you protect me?
[09:43] Brian
    I didn't protect you.
[09:45] Isabella
    I'm a Borderlander. A little
    explosion like that won't kill me.
[09:49] Brian
    I bet.
[09:51] Isabella
    Do you not hate Borderlanders?
[09:54] Brian
    I only learned about you guys two weeks ago.
[09:58] Brian
    I wouldn't let criminals
    and terrorists off the hook,
[10:00] Brian
    but not everyone's a bad guy.
[10:04] Brian
    Ouch...
[10:07] Brian
    My partner might say that makes me naïve,
[10:11] Brian
    but I really want to believe that.
[10:20] Isabella
    A man named Izuna Ren
    might be behind all this.
[10:25] Isabella
    He lived in this slum until last month,
[10:28] Isabella
    while doing tough jobs at a
    freight company's relay station.
[10:33] Isabella
    His hobby was tinkering with machines,
    and I've seen him with something like a bomb.
SIGN    Fair Wages for Immigrants!
[10:38] Isabella
    He participated in the immigrants'
    protests, too, but he's a good man at heart.
[10:44] Isabella
    The bomb earlier might have been
    sent to me to clear me of suspicion.
[10:49] Isabella
    Borderlanders get suspected all the time.
[10:52] Zeno
    Nonsense.
[10:54] Zeno
    That's bias based on your attachment to him.
[10:57] Isabella
    My bias?
[10:58] Isabella
    Even if that's the case,
[11:00] Isabella
    how is that different from you
    being hostile to us Borderlanders?
[11:04] Zeno
    We're going.
[11:05] Isabella
    You're not going to restrain me?
[11:07] Zeno
    Shut up.
[11:10] Brian
    Do you have a place to live?
[11:12] Isabella
    There are plenty of empty houses.
[11:14] Isabella
    Finding a place won't be a problem.
[11:16] Brian
    You're tough.
[11:17] Isabella
    I have to be to survive.
[11:23] Brian
    I promise, one day you and your kind will
    be able to live with smiles on your faces.
[11:32] Zeno
    Is this it?
[11:33] Brian
    Yeah.
[11:35] Brian
    Izuna Ren.
[11:36] Brian
    He was an aspiring physicist, but had
     to give up because of money troubles.
SIGN    Borderlander
[11:41] Zeno
    I don't care about the bomber's backstory.
SIGN    Employee Housing
[11:48] Brian
    Is this... a rainbow flag?
[11:52] Zeno
    Does that look like seven colors to you?
[11:55] Zeno
    That's a Buddhist flag.
[11:56] Brian
    Is Izuna a Buddhist?
[11:59] Zeno
    Who cares?
[12:02] Brian
    Damn it, it's locked!
[12:06] Brian
    Seriously?
[12:09] Brian
    Not again.
[12:11] Brian
    What?! What's going on?!
[12:12] Zeno
    You idiot!
[12:14] Zeno
    What?!
[12:17] Brian
    Get away from me!
[12:19] Zeno
    That's my line!
[12:20] Brian
    Damn, I can't get it off!
[12:22] Brian
    I've never seen handcuffs like these!
[12:24] Zeno
    It's a homemade trap.
[12:26] Zeno
    Not only does he have extraordinary
    knowledge of physics,
[12:29] Zeno
    but he can manipulate
    the shapes of things, too?!
[12:33] Brian
    Isn't that cheating?!
[12:41] Zeno
    Wh-What's going on?
[12:49] Brian
    This is...
[12:51] Brian
    obviously...
[12:53] Brian
    a bomb, isn't it?
[12:55] Zeno
    Looks like a ○○thagorean device
    was set in motion.
[12:58] Brian
    Is this part of his powers, too?
[13:00] Zeno
    No, this is his hobby.
[13:03] Brian
    Damn it! I refuse to get blown up
    with you, even if it kills me!
[13:08] Brian
    Oh, come on!
[13:12] Zeno
    It's no use.
[13:16] Brian
    Hey...
[13:21] Brian
    Hey. Hey!
[13:25] Zeno
    Sorry.
[13:29] Zeno
    It's my fault.
[13:30] Brian
    It's too late for that!
[13:32] Brian
    And stop apologizing. It's creepy.
[13:35] Zeno
    You're right. I take it back.
[13:37] Brian
    Don't take it right back!
[13:39] Brian
    Could you be any more unstable?!
[13:41] Zeno
    Another life will be lost...
[13:45] Brian
    Huh?
[13:48] Brian
    Are you okay?
[13:50] Brian
    A-Anyhow, we need to figure
    out how to get out of this!
[13:54] Zeno
    Y-Yeah.
[13:56] Brian
    If we could just get these cuffs off...
[14:04] Brian
    This is...
[14:05] Zeno
    Don't be silly. It's too obvious.
[14:08] Brian
    We got no other choice!
[14:12] Brian
    It won't even budge!
[14:14] Zeno
    Of course not!
[14:15] Zeno
    Has hunger driven you mad?!
[14:17] Brian
    Yeah, that's right.
[14:19] Brian
    Because you wouldn't give
    me the rice sandwich!
[14:29] Zeno
    You kept that? How petty can you be?
[14:31] Brian
    I take good care of things.
[14:36] Zeno
    Picking locks now? Reveals your upbringing.
[14:38] Brian
    Stop dissing me!
[14:50] Brian
    It worked!
[14:51] Zeno
    Go!
[14:51] Brian
    Yeah!
[14:55] Brian
    Holy crap, I thought I was dead for a second.
[15:20] Brian
    It's not... exploding?
[15:23] Brian
    This song... Is it Rubber's?
[15:26] Zeno
    The bomb was a bluff.
[15:29] Zeno
    If killing us isn't the objective here, then...
[15:34] Zeno
    If it didn't detonate even
    though he wanted it to...
[15:38] Zeno
    If the bomb at Isabella's wasn't
    intended to rule her out as a suspect...
[15:43] Brian
    Huh? What are you mumbling about?
[15:46] Zeno
    That's it! I've got it!
[15:48] Zeno
    Contact Theodore.
[15:50] Zeno
    There's something I need to confirm.
[15:57] Robin
    The "Goshiki Fudo"?
[15:58] Lyra
    What's that?
[16:00] Theodore
    A couple of centuries ago,
[16:01] Theodore
    a shogun in Japan tried to erect
     a barrier around the capital,
[16:05] Theodore
    and as advised by a famous monk,
    he built five Fudo, or temples to Acala.
[16:09] Theodore
    They're located in Meguro,
    Mejiro, Meaka, Meki, and Meao.
[16:15] Cyrus
    These locations...
[16:16] Bolts
    ...coincide with where the bombings happened.
[16:19] Theodore
    Until a few years ago, there was
    a Meguro Fudo where this base stands.
[16:23] Bolts
    Flowers of the colors associated
    with each of the Fudo exploded,
[16:27] Bolts
    and a burst of flames in
    the same colors went up.
[16:30] Robin
    Which means...
[16:31] Cyrus
    The bomber caused explosions at each
    Goshiki Fudo for some sort of ritual?
[16:35] Theodore
    There's no doubt about it.
[16:38] Lyra
    Then Zeno and Brian went to...
[16:41] Theodore
    The Goshiki Fudo were established according to
    the theory of yin-yang and the five elements.
[16:47] Theodore
    So connecting these locations
    will reveal another location.
[16:55] Theodore
    It's Kami-no-Miya Stadium.
[17:08] Zeno
    Getting ready for a fireworks show?
[17:12] Izuna
    How did you find this place?
[17:14] Brian
    Because of our line of work,
    we're well-versed in occult stuff.
[17:18] Zeno
    Naturally, we're also well-versed
    in ways to apprehend you.
[17:22] Izuna
    There used to be a small stele here.
[17:27] Izuna
    Do you know what was carved on it?
[17:31] Brian
    Of course we've looked into it.
SIGN    Stele of Tengu
[17:35] Brian
    It's a tengu.
[17:37] Izuna
    That's right.
[17:42] Izuna
    My ancestor was a collaborator
[17:43] Izuna
    of High Priest Tenkai, who put up
    a barrier using the Goshiki Fudo.
[17:48] Brian
    But that's just a myth.
[17:51] Izuna
    How do you know that it's
    a myth and not the truth?
[17:55] Izuna
    Myths, superstitions, delusions...
[17:58] Izuna
    These are how humans describe the existence
    and achievements of us Borderlanders
[18:03] Izuna
    to bury us in history.
[18:06] Brian
    And to complain, you went
    for terrorist bombings?
[18:08] Brian
    Find some other way to self-promote.
[18:11] Izuna
    Of course, it was meant
    to make our presence known.
[18:15] Izuna
    But the true objective was elsewhere.
[18:19] Izuna
    It was to protect.
[18:20] Brian
    To protect?
[18:22] Izuna
    From redevelopment and land rezoning.
[18:24] Izuna
    The original landscapes
    of Japan that are being lost,
[18:27] Izuna
    and marks of Borderlander presence
    that are being erased...
[18:31] Izuna
    He was trying to use the Goshiki Fudo
    barrier to protect those, I suspect.
[18:36] Brian
    You "suspect"?
[18:38] Zeno
    So it was Rubber's orders?
[18:40] Izuna
    Yes, he sent me a new song that
    was not yet released for sale.
[18:44] Izuna
    It was a 45 RPM vinyl record.
[18:46] Izuna
    The lyrics implied that we
    needed to cause the bombings.
[18:50] Izuna
    "Exploding at Goshiki Fudo,
    in yellow, white, black, red, and blue."
[18:55] Zeno
    Enough. Shut up.
[18:59] Zeno
    I don't care what the perv pop star
    is planning. I just know it ends now.
[19:03] Izuna
    Yes, seems like it.
[19:13] Brian
    I agree that we need to arrest him.
[19:16] Brian
    It is our job to capture Borderlanders.
[19:20] Brian
    But...
[19:21] Brian
    It's still okay to do something
    that makes us smile, right?
[19:27] Brian
    Marginal explosion!
[19:32] Zeno
    That idiot.
[19:47] Brian
    Wh-What's happening?!
[20:00] Zeno
    This is...
[20:04] Brian
    Ha! As expected of Rubber.
[20:07] Brian
    He's got some wild taste for sure.
[20:10] Izuna
    I suppose it's a monolith to mark
    the presence of Borderlanders.
SIGN    Mysterious Stele Appears
    Effect of Subsidence
[20:30] Robin
    There could be...
[20:32] Bolts
    ...more wonders hidden away in this city.
[20:35] Lyra
    We got lucky that it was only
    the huge nose of the tengu.
[20:40] Cyrus
    It could have annihilated Shibujuku if the
    Goshiki Fudo barrier had been activated.
[20:46] Brian
    Don't be ridiculous.
[20:47] Brian
    All of you are way too
    deep into this occult stuff.
[20:50] Zeno
    Shut up.
[20:51] Zeno
    This is Rubber's doing,
    so anything can happen—
[20:55] Brian
    Argh, just shut up!
[20:58] Peck
    Hey! Something got delivered upstairs!
[21:00] Theodore
    Oh, perhaps it's the
    tsuchinoko shell this time!
[21:03] Peck
    I told you not to order weird stuff like—
[21:11] Zeno
    Looks like it's safe to say
    that we're being targeted.
[21:17] Brian
    Are you kidding me?