02x06 - The Strategy of Conflict

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Mm hmm. One strike. One should be able

to hit their enemy's vital point in one single strike.

You suck at that. Now, then.

What are you up to now?

I'm writing a little letter to a friend.

I want you to load all of that cargo into hatch number three.

You will be billed for anything you damage.

For goodness sake, how did I end

up becoming responsible for all this?

Would you stop? Huh? I can't hear

the voice of God with you staring like that.

Oh, is that so? Would a pious minister you are.

Then I'm sure you must love this verse.

And to dust, you shall return.

That's from Genesis chapter three, verse .

While the others are scattered across the land.

It is our duty to see that this ship

is protected. Have you forgotten that?

Not even in the slightest. Perhaps you've forgotten.

It is my sacred mission to see

judgment is dealt to the wicked.

I welcome the enemy to come at me.

They will atone for their sins, even

if it's at the cost of their lives.

Tell me now, do you wish for atonement as well?

Don't be ridiculous. You aren't even worthy of polishing my shoes.

Uh. Excuse me. This letter was found among the cargo.

To the Guild. Dear Sir and Madam,

I hope that this letter finds you in the best of health.

At the risk of sounding presumptuous, I wish

to inform you of the Guild assets

we will obliterate next in our m*llitary conflict.

The full list of these aforementioned assets are as follows.

First, your luxury liner, the Zelda. Second,

the life of one Nathaniel Hawthorne and third,

the life of one. Margaret Mitchell.

Sincerely, Boss of the Port Mafia, Ogai Mori.

He plans to obliterate us. And the ship. I think not.

Will depart once all cargo is on board. Any update?

About two more hours. Make it half an hour.

Half an hour. Have the freight helicopter

unload on the deck helipad while the other loading is underway.

And strengthen security around the ship.

What are you doing? That letter is nothing

more than a silly prank to scare us.

You sure of that? Since our guild

has no physical representation on land,

this ship is essentially our headquarters.

So what? The times when we are replenishing

supplies is when we are most vulnerable.

Our enemy is a supernatural organization. While

they may not be a thr*at to our lives,

they could sink this ship if they launched a surprise att*ck.

Mr. Hawthorn, sir. Mm hm. There's something you should see.

Oh. We found him on the pier.

He tried to escape, but we restrained him.

He was carrying. This looks like just some ordinary thug to me.

I recognize your face from a report

I once read. The Port Mafia bomber.

Oh, is that who I am now? Where is this place, anyway?

I understand the Armed Detective Agency recently

stopped you from bombing a train. That was..

An experiment. Even failures provide useful information.

Would you like me to make a mummy out of him? No.

I have a good idea of the enemy's hand.

He was no doubt sent here in order to plant a b*mb.

How terribly crude of them.

In his blood. The Scarlet Letter is the Word of God.

It penalizes the immoral and brands a

mark on them that never fails.

All right. You win. I surrender. I'll tell you everything.

The truth is, I'm an ambassador representing

the commander in chief of the universe.

He hurt me. You'll be in real trouble.

My words did not reach you. You refused

to repent and atone for your sins.

These lemon shaped bombs are your ability.

How very foolish. Even a common man could make expl*sives.

Yet you thought your ability would be enough to sink this ship.

You've clearly underestimated us.

May God's grace be with you. Going in to unload the supplies.

God, huh? You talk a lot about him.

Are you saying you can hear the voice of God?

The only language that allows us to understand

the universe that God's created is science.

He survived that expl*si*n. I understand. It's

the nature of you religious types to have unshakable faith.

But the foundation of science is to question everything.

You should have questioned my b*mb making

ability. Just a little more thoroughly.

It's true that I made these expl*sives on my own time.

But my true gift is the ability

to receive absolutely no damage from lemon shaped expl*sives.

That beautiful spindle shape is the ultimate form of geometry.

Fit to bring an end to this wretched world.

And on that note, here's a present

from the Commander in chief of the universe and myself.

It can't be.

Abandon the ship immediately.

Oh.

Just who was that man?

It appears that letter was no mere prank.

With the Zelda out of commission, two of their targets remain.

The enemy will be upon us shortly.

We shall engage them here. If we halt their ambush,

the number of gifted opponents is immaterial.

There'll be no match for us.

Here's what I imagine our enemy will say.

The Guild's most gifted are indeed formidable.

Even our elite members would have a hard time taking them out.

Which is precisely why.

I've decided to move

my most eager and motivated piece into play.

The sea breeze is suffocating.

Let's get this over with, shall we?

You must be the Port Mafia's assassin.

How are you feeling? Irmao of the.. Guild. Terrible.

It's like I've had a run in with Satan himself.

May I ask you your name? Call me Diablo.

Then this must be Mount Hermon. Are

you a trial sent to test this humble servants faith in God.

Is it a trial? You want Ermao?

Well, then.. Let me give you one.

Do not call me Irmao. I am a minister,

not some relic of ancient Rome.

Don't believe that will be enough to test my faith. You demon.

Repent for your transgressions. Little man of the Port Mafia. Amusing.

Is his ability, mid-range matter, manipulation, both offensive and defensive.

It's very similar to my own in that case.

The one whose ability.. Holds

the most promise.. Will win. Rashomon.

The Scarlet Letter.

Is that the best you could do? Irmao.

I was mistaken about you. You are no devil at all. What the.

This blood is turning into writing. You are

nothing more than a soulless creature that lusts

after the flesh of the feeble.

I have no doubt that until now,

you've only fought gifted enemies far weaker than yourself.

The Port Mafia is nothing. I will take back my family's honor.

My coach disintegrating. A weathering ability. I refuse

to lose to someone who has never known the feeling of defeat.

That crushing humiliation. I will not allow it.

You think I have never known defeat?

Huh? Margaret. A defeat and humiliation are always with me.

I am a remnant passing through the darkness.

Therefore, such despair will not be the end of me.

Not even close. Ha ha.

Why is this happening now?

That's not a wound caused by my ability.

Was he injured before he even came here?

This is nothing. Fight me with everything you've got.

If you don't, then there was no point

in coming here. Come at me. Why would you go to such lengths?

My only wish is to hear one word.

A simple, trivial word said by one man

in order to have that wish realized.

I have experienced far more agonizing defeats than you could possibly understand.

Man is a ruthless k*ller from the Port Mafia.

And yet, deep down, he pines for something to soothe his soul.

Something that he would even give his life for.

Such passion might even rival the power of faith.

You asked me to fight with everything I've got.

I've made my decision. I will see

to it that your wish is granted. Huh?

What?

Yeah.

Rashomon. Doors of endless gates.

Margaret.

People need to hear that they're worthwhile and that somebody cares.

They're alive. That's human decency. What don't you get about that?

I don't need you to tell me that. I already know.

Man, I'm so bored. I want to go outside.

Any suspicious activity? A bunch of nothing. Followed by more? Nothing.

Luckily, the only way to enter this hall

is through that underground railroad tunnel.

Even if an enemy does try to inv*de our location,

our security cameras will warn us well in advance.

We set a fair amount of traps along the way as well.

w*r is so boring. Oh, I'm already

out of snacks after just half a day.

I know. Hey, Akiko, let's play Hanafuda online.

Okay. How much do you want to bet, huh?

Attacking enemy bases makes my heart dance with joy.

Time for our next move. I'll go the preparations.

Everything is ready. You have more than

enough force to make the agency dance to our savage tune.

I look forward to a superb melody.

What's the matter? I think we..

Should call back the defensive teams..

And att*ck. In your estimation, how many are there?

One. Huh?

Oh, my little baby. As soon as this whole mess is over,

I'll come back for you. Okay?

Naomi. How long have you been there?

What are you doing? I was working.

Really? I wouldn't be slacking off on the company. Not me.

No way. See? Work. Do, do, do, do. Click the tab. What?

An expl*si*n occurred on a cruise liner in Yokohama.

Huh? That wouldn't happen.. To be the Guild ship,

would it? What caused the expl*si*n?

I'd make a bet. It was that one guy who loves explosions.

I wonder if he'll come after the agency next.

I hope my brother is safe.

It'll be all right. Naomi, Huh?

Yeah. Well, at least we know your

cat is A-okay. Please forget about that.

Cameras three, four and eight have stopped working. Activate the turrets.

I.

You must be more short staffed

than I thought to let these machines

handle someone like me. Give me a real challenge.

What should we do?

I believe we're of the same opinion.

Oh, come on. Only two of you.

If you don't care for your reception,

perhaps you should have made an appointment.

You think the Mafia needs an appointment

to raise hell on enemy territory?

Oh, I'm pretty sure they don't.

If that's why you're here, then have at it.

But that's not the real reason you've

come around. Is it now? Huh? How did you know that..

We'd be a sorry excuse for a detective

agency if we couldn't discern a client's intentions right off the bat?

Where's your president? Right over there.

My boss has a special gift for you.

Those men? Are they members of the Guild?

That's right. We reeled them in with bait.

Here's the time and location. They'll appear.

You don't get many chances like this, do you?

You can finally get one over on that lousy guild.

The opportunity to ambush them is indeed an attractive prospect.

I see. That's quite a tempting idea.

Isn't it? But I've got an even better one.

I'll hack off your limbs one by one

until you decide to tell us just

what it is you're up to. Now, that's a brilliant idea.

Give it a try then. Now, Kenji? Yes, ma'am.

Here we go. That's it. Sorry, but

this might hurt a little bit.

Is exactly what a.. Job ought.. To be like.

Your Chuya Nakahara. You're

the man who.. Can manipulate gravity, aren't you?

That damn, damn! I must have spilled the beans.

Even his hat doesn't fall off when he's upside down like that.

City folk really are amazing.

So then.

Do you really think you're a.. Match against gravity?

Listen up. I have something to say to you.

What if we defeat the Guild? You will have

effectively reduced your enemy's strength without lifting a finger.

If you're lucky, the agency and the guild

might end up taking each other out altogether.

But you really have nothing to lose. Am I right?

If what you say is true, then yes.

Whatever. So what are you keeping from us? Nothing.

There must be some action the Port Mafia plans to take.

You would be wrong about that one.

Now, I understand they don't have to do anything.

Like us, the Guild would have been

wary of falling into a trap.

But in their case, they went for it.

The bait was simply too valuable for

them to pass up. What could you have used?

No matter what country you're in, being

in nature really soothes the soul.

All right. It looks like the port mafia's gift is straight ahead.

Why are we doing this..

When it's obviously a trap to lure us out?

It was too juicy to pass up.

If we succeed in the abduction, we'll have won against the agency.

You used our office staff as bait.

You can still get them out of there in time.

Plus, the Guild has no idea that you're

about to make a move. It'll be an easy win.

Rambo does everything he just said. Check out.

It does, unfortunately. Times like these are

when the truth is most effective.

Even if they know it's a pitfall.

The agency will still fall right into it.

The boss was right about that.

Order the office staff to evacuate

So only we can get to them in time.

Yes, I understand. We'll head straight there.

Was that the president? Yeah. Oh, What did he say?

Facing off against the Guild.