E9 - An Ounce of Energy Drink Is Worth a Pound of Cure

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[00:03] Brian/I
    The Japanese say "ki-do-ai-raku" to
    express the range of human emotions.
[00:08] Brian/I
    But I find it strange.
[00:11] Brian/I
    I understand "anger" (do) and "sorrow" (ai).
[00:13] Brian/I
    Being angry and being sad
    are two different things.
[00:17] Brian/I
    But "pleasure" (ki) and "happiness" (raku)?
[00:20] Brian/I
    Rejoicing and having fun
    are basically the same, right?
[00:25] Brian/I
    If you really think about human emotions,
    there's a better idiom to describe them.
[00:32] Brian/I
    And that's "gi-do-ai-raku."
[00:37] Brian/I
    "Gi" means "to doubt," of course.
SIGN    An Ounce of Energy Drink Is Worth a Pound of Cure
[02:13] Zeno
    Why?! Why can't we interrogate him?!
SIGN    World Premiere
    
    Mysterious Ancient Ruins
[02:15] Theodore
    L-Like I said, Rubber is under
    the strict custody of the UN, and—
[02:21] Zeno
    I heard that already!
[02:22] Zeno
    The problem is that we're
    getting zero information!
[02:25] Theodore
    B-But what are we supposed to do?
[02:28] Theodore
    His existence itself is catastrophic.
[02:31] Theodore
    If we sneak him out without permission,
    it will cause a huge panic.
[02:34] Theodore
    I'm sure he's been placed
    in some isolated facility.
[02:37] Zeno
    And I'm asking where that is!
[02:40] Zeno
    Isn't the Marginal Service the
    Borderlander-specific anti-terrorist group?
[02:44] Zeno
    If we can't speak with the mastermind
    of the terrorist group, we can't do our job!
[02:49] Theodore
    We are a newly-launched agency
    on the margin of the system, after all.
[02:55] Brian
    Hey, that's enough already!
[02:58] Brian
    Theodore has his reasons.
[03:01] Brian
    What?! Stop flipping out!
[03:04] Zeno
    There's something off about this case.
[03:10] Brian
    What's off is your complexion.
[03:12] Zeno
    Something... is happening... behind the scenes...
[03:35] Brian
    Wh-What? That came out of nowhere...
[03:40] Brian
    H-Hey...
[03:44] Brian
    Ouch! What was that for?!
[03:49] Zeno
    This is Cyrus's lab...
[03:51] Zeno
    Did you... bring me here?
SIGN    Zeno Stokes
[03:54] Brian
    Shouldn't have done it for free.
[03:56] Brian
    I'm hurt more than you are.
[03:59] Brian
    Anyway, what was that all about?
[04:01] Brian
    If you're not feeling well,
    you should have stayed home.
[04:04] Zeno
    It's because I inhaled Rubber's gas.
[04:06] Brian
    You mean...
[04:07] (Flashback) Zeno
    The past can hold memories
    you can't overcome.
[04:11] Brian
    Trauma from your past made you do it?
[04:15] Zeno
    Just leave me alone.
[04:18] Brian
    You don't need to tell me twice.
[04:20] Brian
    Why don't you go drinking with
    your friends and have a good time?
[04:27] Brian
    You push yourself too hard.
[04:29] Brian
    Seeing you like that makes me tired.
[04:32] Zeno
    Wait.
[04:36] Zeno
    Something is off about Theodore.
[04:38] Brian
    He's always off.
[04:40] Brian
    He leaves me to look after you and
    goes home to watch occult TV shows.
[04:44] Zeno
    No! He's hiding something.
[04:49] Zeno
    We must find out at all costs!
[04:55] Theodore
    Well, I'm stepping out.
[04:59] Zeno
    Sure.
[05:01] Theodore
    I should be back in the evening.
[05:05] Theodore
    I'll call you.
[05:09] Zeno
    Let's begin our operation.
[05:11] Brian
    I'm not good at tailing people.
[05:14] Bolts
    Neither am I. My muscles are too loud.
[05:16] Robin
    Can we just neglect our work, though?
[05:18] Zeno
    This is work.
[05:20] Lyra
    Where's Peck, anyway?
[05:22] Brian
    On a date with his girlfriend
    at the zoo, apparently.
[05:24] Cyrus
    Is his girlfriend a capybara or a human?
[05:27] Zeno
    Stop yammering! You're giving me a headache.
[05:31] Zeno
    I know. You'll be rewarded.
SIGN    Meal Voucher
[05:34] Robin
    Meal vouchers?
[05:36] Bolts
    For all-you-can-eat steaks for two hours?
[05:38] Brian
    Well, that's not terrible, but...
[05:40] Zeno
    Let's go before we lose him.
[05:54] Brian
    Target sighted.
[05:55] Brian
    Nothing suspicious at the moment.
[05:59] Cyrus
    Copy.
[06:00] Cyrus
    We have a visual, as well.
[06:02] Lyra
    Where's the transmitter?
[06:04] Lyra
    His GPS should tell us his location.
[06:08] Zeno
    It'll be trouble if he finds out.
[06:10] Zeno
    He's an agent, after all.
[06:13] Lyra
    Then we'll just have to
    continue surveilling him like this.
[06:17] Cyrus
    May I ask you something,
    although it might be belated?
[06:20] Lyra
    If it's not something personal, sure.
[06:22] Cyrus
    Why a high school uniform?
[06:27] Lyra
    Because I wanted to wear it, of course.
[06:30] Cyrus
    But it's a bit of a stretch—
[06:32] Lyra
    You'd better stop speaking
    now, for your own sake.
SIGN    UNDER CONSTRUCTION
[06:45] Robin
    Robin here. Currently following the target.
[06:49] Robin
    He's headed toward downtown—
SIGN    UNDER CONSTRUCTION
[06:58] Robin
    Th-That was close.
[07:00] Worker
    Hey! What are you doing?!
[07:02] Bolts
    I dug a hole for you.
[07:03] Worker
    Huh?
[07:04] Robin
    It's on us!
[07:07] Zeno
    What business could he have here?
[07:10] Brian
    Maybe an occult goods vendor is here?
[07:13] Zeno
    No, he could be siphoning the confiscated
    Borderlander-related OOPArts
[07:16] Zeno
    into the black market.
[07:18] Brian
    That can't be true.
[07:28] Zeno
    He seems so restless.
[07:30] Zeno
    He must be hiding something.
[07:33] Brian
    Hey, maybe you should sit and rest...
[07:36] Zeno
    Shut up! We need to hurry, or we'll lose him.
[07:40] Brian
    It's all right. That's why we work as a team.
[07:44] Brian
    This is Brian.
[07:47] Brian
    Please continue tracking the target.
[07:54] Cyrus
    This is Cyrus.
[07:56] Cyrus
    He's at an arcade right now.
[07:59] Cyrus
    I don't think he's noticed
    that we're monitoring—
[08:14] Lyra
    Is your heart racing?
[08:16] Cyrus
    No... I'm used to stuff like this.
[08:22] Lyra
    So annoying.
[08:33] Cyrus
    I-It was part of the job.
[08:36] Cyrus
    Oh, no!
[08:38] Cyrus
    Shit! I lost h—
[08:45] Robin
    Lyra disappeared?
[08:47] Cyrus
    Yes. I can't find her anywhere.
[08:50] Cyrus
    I don't think she's gone too far.
[08:52] Robin
    Maybe she's using the restroom?
[08:54] Clerk
    Who ordered the protein shakes?
[08:57] Bolt
    That's me.
[08:58] Robin
    It's finally here!
[09:04] Bolts
    Don't let your guard down, amateur.
SIGN    Crêpes & Shakes
[09:15] Bolts
    Doesn't look like he's going to move soon.
[09:17] Robin
    Then I should go somewhere to change...
[09:30] Robin
    Is that all you got?
[09:32] Bolts
    What?
[09:36] Bolts
    What's the matter?
[09:39] Robin
    Oh, he's on the move!
[09:42] Bolts
    You running away?
[09:44] Robin
    Just come on! Move it!
[09:47] Robin
    Where did he go?
[09:48] Bolts
    No, I want you to admit your defeat
    by saying, "I couldn't lift 300 kilograms."
[09:52] Robin
    Oh, shut up!
[09:54] Robin
    We'll split up. Hurry!
[09:57] Bolts
    Muscles grow when you exhaust them,
[09:59] Bolts
    and humans grow when they admit defeat.
[10:09] Zeno
    Now Bolts has gone missing.
[10:12] Brian
    How does a guy that huge go missing?
[10:15] Brian
    And no one's found Lyra yet, right?
[10:16] Zeno
    It's strange. Something
    unusual might be going on.
[10:20] Brian
    Something unusual...
[10:22] Brian
    So you think Theodore is causing it?
[10:31] Brian
    You can have the rest!
[10:33] Zeno
    Hey, where are you going?!
[10:35] Brian
    I found him! We'll meet back up later!
[10:40] Cyrus
    Lyra!
[10:42] Cyrus
    Sorry, my mistake.
[10:45] Girl
    What the heck? You're kinda cute.
[10:50] Cyrus
    Lyra! What are you doing here?
[10:57] Zeno
    Damn it!
[10:58] Robin
    Where the hell did Bolts go?
[11:03] Robin
    Excuse me. I'd like to ask you something.
[11:05] Robin
    Old man, over here.
[11:07] Robin
    Did you see a guy who's huge and
    unnecessarily shows off his muscles—
[11:17] Brian
    Hey!
[11:18] Brian
    Theodore! You owe us an explanation—
[11:22] Old Man
    The heck, man!
[11:23] Old Man
    Can't you wait until I get out?
[11:27] Brian
    I'm sure I saw...
[11:38] Zeno/I
    Cyrus, do you read me?
[11:40] Zeno/I
    Robin, do you copy?!
[11:43] Zeno/I
    Brian! Brian?!
[11:56] Zeno
    Th-This is...
SIGN    From Blue Forest Extra-Large Gyoza Servings
[12:07] Immigrants
    Accept more immigrants!
[12:08] Immigrants
    Stand against discrimination!
[12:21] Brian
    Zeno!
[12:23] Brian
    What are you doing?
[12:25] Brian
    We've been looking for you.
[12:28] Zeno
    You all...
[12:29] Robin
    Sorry, I got lost.
[12:32] Bolts
    I was late to join up after looking for him.
[12:35] Lyra
    I had a stomachache.
[12:38] Cyrus
    Me, too.
[12:40] Brian
    Are you all right?
[12:41] Brian
    You don't look so good.
[12:43] Zeno
    Y-Yeah...
[12:45] Brian
    About Theodore... Unfortunately,
    we all lost sight of him.
[12:50] Brian
    Let's just call it a day.
[12:53] Zeno
    What happened to your headsets?
[12:56] Brian
    I lost it while I was running. My bad!
[12:59] Robin
    Me, too!
[13:00] Cyrus
    So did I.
[13:01] Lyra
    I did, too.
[13:01] Bolts
    Same here.
[13:03] Zeno
    Look at this.
[13:06] Brian
    Ew, what is that?
[13:09] Zeno
    It's Theodore's face, which I picked up earlier!
[13:12] Brian
    Theodore? I guess that could look like him.
[13:15] Bolts
    You think so?
[13:16] Robin
    It looks nothing like him.
[13:18] Lyra
    Doesn't he look a little more tired?
[13:20] Cyrus
    In terms of facial structure,
    it doesn't look like him.
[13:22] Zeno
    It proves that someone
    was pretending to be him.
[13:26] Zeno
    Or maybe it's his shell.
[13:29] Zeno
    Most likely his mimicking ability.
[13:31] Zeno
    Must be the result of his
    repeated transformation.
[13:33] Robin
    A shell, huh?
[13:35] Cyrus
    Transformation...
[13:35] Brian
    So does that mean...
[13:37] Zeno
    Right. Theodore is not a human,
     but a Borderlander.
[13:43] Brian
    Zeno, why don't you sit down for a second?
[13:45] Zeno
    Shut up!
[13:47] Zeno
    He's hiding where Rubber is.
[13:50] Zeno
    Suppose he's secretly connected to
    Rubber because he's a Borderlander.
[13:54] Zeno
    Then it all makes sense.
[13:56] Zeno
    No, not just Theodore.
[13:59] Zeno
    The very existence of the
    Marginal Service is too suspicious.
[14:04] Zeno
    Are you all real?!
[14:11] Brian
    What are you trying to do?
[14:12] Zeno
    Blood test.
[14:14] Zeno
    Cyrus, hand me your surgical kit.
[14:16] Cyrus
    What?
[14:17] Zeno
    You always have it on you, right?
[14:22] Zeno
    The blood of a Borderlander
    must be different from a human's.
[14:27] Zeno
    That's what I'm going to check.
[14:29] Robin
    Wait, you don't need to go that far.
[14:31] Robin
    If you can use your phone to verify—
[14:34] Zeno
    Even if you're a Borderlander,
[14:36] Zeno
    if you aren't registered,
    verification could be difficult.
[14:38] Zeno
    Plus, the data or the phone
    could be tampered with.
[14:43] Zeno
    Instead, I'll take blood samples from everyone.
[14:46] Zeno
    Oh, I see.
[14:48] Zeno
    I guess it's natural to want to suspect me first.
[14:55] Zeno
    Who's next?
[14:56] Zeno
    If you're human, you have no reason to refuse!
[15:00] Robin
    F-Fine.
[15:02] Cyrus
    Okay, then.
[15:07] Brian
    Isn't there another way?
[15:10] Brian
    I don't like this stuff...
[15:13] Brian
    Wait, hang on a minute!
[15:16] Brian
    Wait, wait!
[15:17] Zeno
    Who's next?
[15:18] Brian
    I said I don't like it!
[15:18] Bolts
    I'll do it.
[15:22] Brian
    H-H-Hold on! Wait, wait...
[15:25] Brian
    Ouch!
[15:26] Zeno
    Make sure we got enough blood!
[15:28] Zeno
    If it's not enough, I'll cut you some more.
[15:31] Brian
    Okay, okay!
[15:33] Lyra
    I think I'll pass.
[15:35] Zeno
    What?!
[15:36] Lyra
    I don't want my finger to get infected,
[15:39] Lyra
    not to mention injuring myself is just—
[15:55] Robin
    Everyone's tests look normal.
[15:58] Bolts
    Nothing strange in their appearance, either.
[16:01] Brian
    Zeno...
[16:03] Brian
    I think you must be tired after all.
[16:05] Brian
    You still look really pale.
[16:07] Zeno
    Shut up!
[16:08] Zeno
    Borderlanders are hard to kill.
[16:10] Zeno
    If you consider that aspect of them...
[16:14] Zeno
    Let's try touching the blood with this.
[16:17] Zeno
    A Borderlander's blood should react somehow.
[16:20] Brian
    Haven't you done enough?
[16:21] Brian
    This isn't some sci-fi horror film, you know!
[16:24] Zeno
    I'll start!
[16:25] Brian
    Hey!
[16:32] Zeno
    Next!
[16:49] Brian
    Happy now?
[16:51] Brian
    Let's get back to the base and—
[16:52] Zeno
    Wait!
[16:53] Brian
    What else do you want?!
[16:55] Zeno
    It didn't react to heat, but maybe
    it will react to something else.
[17:04] Zeno
    Caffeine, arginine, and B vitamins.
[17:07] Zeno
    We starve the blood,
    then give it nourishment.
[17:10] Zeno
    Then carbonic acid!
[17:12] Zeno
    Carbon dioxide increases blood flow.
[17:14] Zeno
    That effect should help it
    return to its normal color.
[17:18] Zeno
    You're a doctor, so you
    must understand this, Cyrus.
[17:39] Zeno
    Why?!
[17:41] Brian
    Zeno...
[17:42] Brian
    It seems like you have a complicated past,
    so I get that you want to suspect us.
[17:46] Brian
    But doubting your team isn't
    going to solve anything.
[17:50] Zeno
    I'm not done yet!
SIGN    From Blue Forest
SIGN    Extra Large Gyoza Servings
SIGN    From Blue Forest
     Yummy Gyoza
[17:54] Zeno
    I got this from a street vendor.
[17:57] Zeno
    It goes without saying that garlic
    has the power to disperse evil.
[18:01] Zeno
    Traditionally, it was used
    against vampires, as well.
[18:04] Zeno
    Borderlanders are equivalent
    to monsters and UMAs.
[18:08] Zeno
    So it must work against them, too!
[18:10] Zeno
    Eat this! Now!
[18:13] Brian
    What do we do?
[18:15] Cyrus
    I think this is where...
[18:16] Bolts
    ...we draw the line.
[18:18] Zeno
    Hey.
[18:20] Zeno
    What are you...
[18:27] Zeno
    I-I see! So all of you have been...
[19:07] Brian/Robin/Bolts/Lyra/Cyrus
    Marginal explosion!
[19:16] Lyra
    Happy...
[19:17] Robin/Bolts/Brian/Cyrus
    ...birthday!
[19:23] Theodore
    Happy birthday...
[19:25] Peck
    ...to Zeno!
[19:29] Peck
    What? Was it so much of a surprise
    that it stopped your heart?
[19:33] Theodore
    I figured you would resist, so I was
    preparing the party on my own,
[19:37] Theodore
    but it drew unnecessary suspicion.
[19:39] Robin
    So he told us about the plan.
[19:42] Cyrus
    While we were tailing him.
[19:44] Theodore
    It was difficult to try to get
    everyone involved one by one
[19:48] Theodore
    without you finding out.
[19:51] Zeno
    And that is...
[19:51] Theodore
    Oh, some new merchandise.
SIGN    Legendary Commander
[19:54] Theodore
    They were ready for delivery today,
    so I went to the vendor to pick them up.
[19:58] Robin
    But you gave us a scare
    when you dropped one.
[20:02] Cyrus
    Because of that, Zeno became
    even more suspicious.
[20:05] Lyra
    Seriously unacceptable.
[20:07] Bolts
    It was tough to carry you here.
[20:10] Brian
    We couldn't have managed it
    if you weren't still recovering.
[20:13] Zeno
    Don't tell me... For something so silly...
[20:16] Brian
    Silly? Oh, come on.
[20:22] Brian
    It's important to celebrate
    your friends' birthdays.
[20:30] Theodore
    Things like this aren't so bad
    every now and then, right?
[20:40] Zeno
    Too sweet.
[20:42] Brian
    I think it's perfect for you.
[20:48] Peck
    Hm? The UN has sent us something.
SIGN    Receiving Data
[20:57] Peck
    A kidnapping?
[20:59] Brian
    The child of an executive has been abducted?