02x13 - A Pair of One-Eyes

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No surprise if I were to get my hands on those scriptures.

I guess I'm going to have to go through you first, aren't I?

You've kept quiet and out of the spotlight for a long time,

but it appears you've decided to make a bold entrance.

I couldn't stand having the truth being hidden any longer.

So here we are.

Come on.

If you're doing this, I want a piece

of the fight. Sounds like a good time. Captain Sheneman.

Their problem are just getting cold feet. Uh,

this is no time for us to be fighting.

I'd like to hear what you have to say.

What? So you realize I had the toughest

guy on the force with me and folded, huh?

I thought that of all the captains,

you'd be the one to actually prove

to be a bit of a challenge for me.

Though I hear they keep the biggest fish at Haijima.

If you're not going to fight, then why are you here? Hm.

You're looking to uncover secrets of the Holy Soul Temple.

So I thought I would provide you with some leads. Oh, yeah.

I'm completely lost right now. Why is

the captain of the first tier, anyway?

And how do the two of you even know each other?

You could say Burns was a liaison

between the Holy Soul Temple's face and its underbelly.

And he used to look after me when I was down here.

At least till we had her a doula link, that is.

You say a doula link. Shinra from

the eighth talked about the same thing.

It happened to us when there was

a major outbreak of Infernals at Amaterasu.

That seems like a big deal. I've

never heard of anything like that happening there.

Yeah, it is a big deal. Which

is precisely the reason why you've never heard of it.

We have to believe that Amaterasu safe.

So to keep the general public in

the dark. They called in the shadows.

Only one left. The other shadow should have finished

off the rest of them. The target's nearby. Here he comes.

I'll handle it. Wait. Something feels off. I've got it.

Hey, Burns, what's it like in the outside world?

Human combustion is still going on, right?

Sadly, yes. Infertile outbreaks are continuing to happen.

So not only does it suck in the nether,

things are bad on the surface.

Our world is rife with suffering and cries for soul salvation.

You really believe that praying to God will fix everything? Not me.

I don't want to rely on anything or to beg for salvation.

I want something that's way more clear.

So much evil in this world. Religion. Government.

All of those who manipulate people's goodwill

for their own advantage make the world an even worse place.

I want to know why it has to be like this.

Why does the world suck so much? I want to know the truth.

To mention the.. World..

Truth.. Law. Insects. Mathematics. Hell.

God.

Hey, five to my.

Five two. Are you okay?

A dream. Or elucidation. What did we see? It's real.

It wasn't a dream. We were both

just pulled into a completely different realm.

Look at this. The world we saw. It really exists.

You still have the stone. The one you brought back from Odola.

I've kept it sealed in a jar. It burns to this very day. Both

of us saw being from a higher dimension.

And we know the temple is hiding something big from everyone.

You're searching for the truth. And I've

got clues for you. They're in here.

Look through this. What is it? The

Diary of the Wife of Raffles,

the first founder of the Holy Sol Temple. Her diary.

I put myself through this crap to find hidden scriptures.

Those simply do not exist. And how

can you be so sure about that?

Because just like you, I've been looking

into the Holy Sol Temple for a long time.

Since the day of our Adolla link.

What we saw made me question everything I thought I knew.

Shattered my preconceptions, and I began searching for the truth as well.

As a result of my investigations, I discovered this book.

I leveraged my position as captain of the first

to get my hands on any information I could.

But I found nothing in the church

that provided any new insight into the Holy Soul Temple's past.

However, one day, while exploring various ruins

and parts of the Forgotten Nether,

I happened to stumble upon the diary.

And you're telling me ItrillionEALLY belonged to

the wife of Raffles? The first?

Yes, I believe it does. It chronicles

the time from the day of the cataclysm

till the founding of the Temple and Empire.

There's quite a bit of information on the founder Raffles. The first.

Her account of the founding of the Tokyo

Empire is the same one that we citizens

have all been told and is just

as it appears in the Scriptures.

A caravan led by Raffles. The first

discovered an adolla burst at the end

of a long journey and built amaterasu,

which would become the cornerstone of the empire.

Basically what you're telling us is the Holy

Sol Temple isn't hiding anything at all. That's hard to believe.

You shouldn't focus on the larger picture,

but rather the way Raffles was behaving according to his wife.

The caravan that had been making the journey

with raffles had been completely wiped out somewhere along the way.

Of course, I was relieved that my beloved

husband had managed to come back home safely.

However, since his return, he's been acting quite strangely,

like he's become a completely different person altogether.

Though his appearance is unchanged, his mannerisms

and idiosyncrasies are that of another man.

I cannot believe he is the person

to whom I've been married for years.

The only answer is he's not. Even

if you assume that the experience he went

through on the journey was traumatic.

Would it be enough to alter something so unique as his mannerisms?

You know, I feel like I've heard all of this before

in Asakusa. There was someone who had

the ability to turn himself and others into different people.

That whole thing went down pretty recently though.

This raffle stuff was years ago.

Infernals don't die like us. It's quite

possible that this being is an inhuman

from another dimension, much like the evangelist.

If that's true, then the Holy Soul

Temple may be a religion that was set up by such a creature,

one who had taken raffles place, which

is an even more compelling reason why

we should burn this whole damn religion to the ground.

But wait a second. Are you positive

that we can even trust this book.

Whatever its origin? The fact is, the Holy

Sol Temple now offers solace to the people.

Bringing it down would cause chaos. So first

the caravan is completely wiped out.

Then old raffles comes back changed.

I mean, that's all just according to this one lady's diary,

which you believe to be true.

But these days, do the higher ups

in the Holy Sol Temple know about this? Not sure.

It's quite possible that Raffles, the third himself, doesn't know.

I'd imagine that no one knows the truth

about what happened years ago.

Which means we could search every nook

and cranny of the Holy Sol Temple

and not find a single thing connecting it to the evangelist.

Huh? Jonah.

You actually turned yourself into Raffles, the first

and founded the Holy Soul Temple.

Indeed, the raffles you read about in the Holy Scriptures was mean.

The Holy Soul Temple is a religion.

I started under orders from the evangelist

to exploit human will to our advantage

and lead them to a dollar.

Everything was guided by the hand of the evangelist.

I can sweep today's little incident under the rug.

Thank you. I've heard stories about the seventh Captain Sheneman,

but you're more of a tough guy than they say.

I'm not so sure what exactly you mean by that,

but that's a compliment where I'm from.

Luckily, you pulled your punches to some

degree, so there's just minimal damage.

Plus, the fact that this group has been

hidden in the shadows and only one fatality.

I can keep this under wraps.

Tell me what your next move. The truth.

Much like the eye you lost, remains in the dark.

Well, it's a good thing I can see

the truth with only one eye.

Let's go, Mr. Almighty. There are still

a whole lot of things I want to investigate.

Sounds to me like you know where you'll train that eye. Next.

Next? Yeah. Haijima Industries since they worked

hand in hand with the Holy Soul Temple to build a matarasso.

And I've got a hunch there the link to the evangelist.

You might find clues to raffles the first

true identity, but still..

Haijima is a big company. They have

facilities spread out all over the Tokyo Empire.

How would you know where to look first?

I guess I'll just have to hit them up one at a time.

Hi, Gemma. Huh? They make the medicine

that Lieutenant Conroe needs. I can't cause trouble there.

You are. You wouldn't think that because

of the ties between them and the temple.

Today's excursion might make them cut off

his supply. Never crossed my mind.

Don't you worry. I'll take care of that as well.

But I want you to check out Haijima in return.

My position does constrain me, at least regarding any action against Haijima.

Lately these models have been giving us nothing but subpar results.

You're not lying. It's starting to feel like a waste of time.

But at least you've got that one

with all ratings under your supervision.

I'd love to have that problem right now.

Yeah, I'm kind of jealous too. The ones

I have are just glorified scrap.

He means that kid. Yeah, The little boy? Yeah.

The one ignited by Rika Hoshimi as bug.

Nataku San.

Sleepy. Good morning, Shinra. Oh, good morning.

The Chinese peninsula's version of Amaterasu was powered by a human.

Damn. I wish we could tell everybody. Stop Shinra.

Hey, Vulcan, if you're.. Getting some breakfast.

You should go try out my latest

creation in the kitchen. For real? What is it?

See for yourself and let me know what you think. Later.

Huh? I wonder what it could be this time.

Huh? Huh? Is this his latest creation? Hot damn.

I mean, it's, like, super lifelike, but what

in the hell does he mean by try it out?

Is there, like, a button or something? Oh, damn.

This is crazy. It feels so real.

This is his creation. Genius. I'm sorry.

Oh, man. What the. The real Lisa. Why are you here?

I'm going to be staying here at least until I fully recuperate.

Oh, okay. Of course. You're more than welcome.

I'm still a knight of the ashen flame working for the evangelist.

So I might betray you guys again.

As long as you're here with us, I'm sure you won't want to.

You realize your opinion means nothing to me right now.

Still. I'm going to be here for a while, so we're cool.

Welcome to the eighth. Is that Vulcan's newest creation? It's so real.

I'm curious what happens when I press these buttons. Geez, you people.

All right. In celebration of our friend

Lisa getting out of the hospital.

Let's all have a toast with protein smoothies. Cheers.

So you want me to make some mechanical boobs for you?

Hey, does anybody have a tissue I can use?

Try not to make a mess, would you?

I was afraid these would be too sweet, but no.

Think I could make him at the seventh?

I bet Waka would love these things.

You just blend all the stuff together. Anyone can make them.

If you don't mind me asking this.

Why are you here, Lieutenant Conrau?

It's fine, Shinra. He just came over

to brief us on an investigation of

the Holy Sol Temple by Captain Benimaru.

Of course, since it was Benny, it was

more like a huge throwdown at the Imperial seat. You're kidding me.

He had company. A shady guy known as Joker.

So it was Captain Shinmen and Joker. What's this about?

Uh. Raffles. The first wife's diary. You're saying

that the founder of the Holy Soul

Temple was something pretending to be Raffles the first.

And the temple leaders. Even they don't know anything about it.

Since that's the case, there's no reason

to delve further into the temple. Huh.

Now, we're not % on the veracity of this Intel,

but it's likely to be true. Excuse me, if I may. Yes.

You may not believe me, but in my own experience,

I didn't ever see any kind of connection

between the evangelist and the temple. Also.

Thank you for telling us. But don't push yourself.

Let's go take a little break.

Scuse us. She needs rest. Sure.

Dr. Giovanni has a long history with Haijima.

So a connection there wouldn't surprise me in the least.

That's true. But investigating Haijima will be tough.

Hey, what do you mean? We just

got to charge in there like benimaru and bust some heads.

That's crazy. Just where the hell are

you going to charge into? Man, you're dumb.

Have you even been listening? We can

charge right through Hayama's front door. Stupid.

Drop it. Fact is, Haijima is a huge conglomerate,

and they've got their claws in just

about every industry in the Tokyo empire.

When you add in all the subsidiaries,

it's basically taking up countless roles in the supply

chain in about every kind of business there is.

Take clothing, for example. Haijima has a key

role in materials design and production food.

They source the raw materials, they make

the cookware and kitchen supplies and even build stores and restaurants.

When you look at the bigger picture,

roughly % of the Empire's population works at a haijima related company.

Whoa. Even the special fire force is a part

Haijima has a great deal of influence over us.

Does that make me a suspect? And since it's everywhere,

it's practically impossible to get the full scope of the company.

I wouldn't even know where we would begin.

Do we know someone who has insight into their inner workings?

Inspector leaked,

he would know. But he's not here. Where is he?

Coincidentally, he's meeting with Haijima concerning his report on the Chinese peninsula.

Oh.

Look, it's Captain Hibana. Top of the morning.

Your report. I read it. Amaterasu is

energy source and Kijima's abilities program.

Didn't really need to be included.

That's actually the reason why the president called me in today.

He moves around so much. I got to say, I'm flattered.

Careful. They'll wipe you out. I thought you were hiding.

Most faithful lapdog, but you've bit your

master's hand. What are you after?

We need to talk about your report. Your job is to be our mole

Inside Special Fire Force Company eight. Is it not?

Yes, sir. And to keep an eye on Shinra Kusakabe.

This generator on the Chinese peninsula, even

if it does somehow run off a person with an adolla burst,

you can't assert that the Empire's amaterasu is the same.

What's more, it's irresponsible to claim that this fuel

source is linked to Hajime's charitable work with Pyrokinetic orphans. They're not.

It's all right. The real reason I asked

you here today is to do a job for us.

We need you to bring Shinra Kusakabe to our laboratory.

Please. Excuse me, gentlemen.

That man is far too curious for his own good.

We should take him out of the picture.

Fortunately, he's unpowered. We can say he's

just another victim of human combustion if

we do it on the premises. It'll be quite easy to cover up.

Yes, I agree. He'll deliver Kusakabe. But as soon

as we're able to split the two

of them up. Then we'll k*ll him.

Begins investigating Haijima Industries. But the suspicious

facility that Shinran leaked her called into houses an extremely dangerous man.

Wait, Shinra, do you actually know him?

Punishing the weak is my favorite thing to do.

Next time on Fire Force. Season two

Episode The Ashen Reaper Return To the Great

Flame.. Of Fire Lattam.