03x12 - Echo

[bunniefuu]

[DJ] Our next request is from The Nutcracker Suite :

"Waltz of the Flowers."

[PUSHKIN] Yo, Ivan. I carried out the orders.

Hey, Ivan, you there?

Can you hear me?

Hey!

Silence please.

I'm not able to hear to my Tchaikovsky.

[PUSHKIN] Listening to the radio again?

Look, I infected the intruders with the virus.

So... what's the next order from the Boss?

[FYODOR D.] Hmm.

Our master instructs you to do what you can to escape.

[PUSHKIN] No backup?

You know, if I get caught, the virus'll be lost, too.

I have no intention of protecting anybody

but our master.

[sighs, chuckles]

I'm so blissed out.

Really?

I'd give anything to be there to see the look on your face

when the bliss fades.

The look on my face, huh?

If the master were to ask it of me,

I would gladly peel it off without a second thought.

You are definitely a nutcase.

[groans]

[PUSHKIN] Those bastards are after me.

[chuckling]

I'll see you on the surface.

[phone ringing]

Finally. A connection.

Go ahead, Dazai!

[OSAMU] I trust you're chasing the gifted with the virus.

His virus infects the victim through open wounds.

The fever and the nausea make it difficult to even stand up.

Don't let it so much as graze you.

I'll take care of Fyodor.

Make sure you don't let that gifted out of your sight.

[chuckling]

Damn it. Can't reach him.

[chuckles]

[BOTH yell]

Weretiger!

Akutagawa!

Neither the wretched dog nor the weretiger

live up to their reputation.

Huh?

What in the hell is that?

[AKUTAGAWA] Go faster than him!

You're quite the rough ride, you know.

Shut up!

Go left!

Right!

[ATSUSHI] Huh?!

Pick up the pace!

Don't think. Just run, you fool!

Enough! You're not paying for this ride!

[ATSUSHI] Got ya!

You're too late.

[AKUTAGAWA] Weretiger!

[ATSUSHI] What is that?

[PUSHKIN] Catch ya later!

Damn. He's getting away.

[IVAN sighs]

[IVAN] I'm so fortunate.

[IVAN] My wonderful master, Fyodor,

has given me a very important task,

and it's an even bigger responsibility

than guarding him.

Prepare yourself, weretiger.

We'll take him down within a minute,

then go after the tram.

Looks like they're on the move.

Dazai, three cars just left

the abandoned mines from the north.

Contact the surface team and have them followed.

Ignore them.

[JUNICHIROU] Uh.

[OSAMU] Those are decoys.

They're meant to slow us down.

But how can you be sure?

Because that's exactly what I would do.

[JUNICHIROU] Uh. Understood.

Hey, Junichirou, a cargo truck's leaving west of the mines.

[JUNICHIROU] Could that be the one?

[OSAMU] No, it's not.

Ignore it, too.

[JUNICHIROU] Now we're seeing several armed soldiers

moving to the southeast.

It looks like they're escorting someone in a hood.

[OSAMU] Ignore them.

Uh. Really? But, what if--?

[OSAMU] We're trying to capture a demon.

We need every hand we can spare. Ignore them.

[yells]

[IVAN laughs]

[IVAN] You're wasting your time.

My ability allows me to manipulate the earth.

There's no amount of cutting or crushing

that could ever defeat my stone giant.

Weretiger!

[IVAN] Keep this in mind, too.

You're now trapped in the belly of my ability.

Even the ground upon which you stand is your enemy.

I'm impressed you survived my blow,

with only the mere ability of the weretiger.

It seems that there's a lot more pain to be had

before we can reach an equal amount of happiness.

[ATSUSHI] If we can't defeat the stone giant,

we'll have to go after the gifted himself.

But if this ground can be controlled

by his special ability, just getting close will be difficult.

Our only choice is...

Akutagawa.

[AKUTAGAWA] Yeah.

[ATSUSHI] Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[AKUTAGAWA] Of course.

How many times do you think we've tried to k*ll each other?

You stay here, you lunatic.

And you keep running, idiot.

It's no use!

What?

It can't be...

[IVAN] He's using the black cloth like a foothold

to avoid touching the earth.

I can't tell where he is!

[ATSUSHI] Gotcha!

[chuckles]

[laughing]

[IVAN] I'll create a fully enclosed defense

using fast-spinning rocks.

If I can't tell where you're coming from,

I'll just protect myself in all directions.

Now, you wretched dog, it's your turn!

[AKUTAGAWA] "Even the ground upon which you stand

is your enemy."

I'm afraid to say I've said those same words

to my enemies countless times.

[ATSUSHI] Damn it. You used me as bait.

You're the one who charged in

knowing full well that'd be the case.

Of course I knew it.

"How many times have we tried to k*ll each other?"

[AKUTAGAWA] Mmm. Let's go after the tram, weretiger.

Be my horse.

Oh, c'mon! Not that ag--

[AKUTAGAWA] Weretiger!

[AKUTAGAWA] It's a golem.

It's just a fake.

[AKUTAGAWA gasps]

Oh, no. It's the virus.

[IVAN] My generous master is the only one

who brings joy to this godless world.

Evil are those who stand in his way.

I just infected you with the virus through your wound.

I barely have any strength left.

I can't go on.

And I can't chase that tram, even if we do b*at him.

[laughing]

[JUNICHIROU] Dazai, there's an unidentified helicopter

approaching from the east.

There's no way we can fight them with our equipment.

Call in the m*llitary police!

Copter?

Do you see anybody on the ground there?

[JUNICHIROU] Hold on.

Kenji, are there any people down there?

Looks like there's a hiker at the base of the mountain.

I can't see his face 'cause he's wearing a hat.

[OSAMU] He's the one!

Huh?

Do all you can to stop that hiker.

Send in Mori's men, too, immediately.

[JUNICHIROU] Uh. Got it.

[JUNICHIROU] Dazai, it's not him!

It's a normal guy, handcuffed with grenades in his mouth!

It's not Fyodor!

[gasps]

[IVAN] You two are surprisingly strong.

It looks like there's no end in sight.

[BOTH gasp]

[IVAN] I guess I'll just have to drown you slowly.

[ATSUSHI] My body's sinking

and I don't have the strength to escape.

Bye now.

Oh, sh*t.

[AKUTAGAWA] Weretiger.

Answer my question from earlier. Tell me why it is you fight.

We don't have time for that now!

There's still a way for us to escape. It's our last resort.

But you must answer me first.

Why do you fight?

You know the answer to that question.

[ORPHANAGE MAN ] Those who cannot save others

do not deserve to live.

[AKUTAGAWA] You fight to escape your childhood memories.

You fight so that you can earn the right to live.

Except I heard that your childhood master d*ed.

No, he's not dead.

He's standing behind you right now.

[AKUTAGAWA gasps]

[ATSUSHI] He will always be alive inside my head.

His words keep repeating.

All I can hear is, "Do what's right."

I'll never get revenge against someone who is dead.

[AKUTAGAWA] Hm. That's rather brutal.

It makes my death seem trivial by comparison.

What the hell?!

[AKUTAGAWA] If I'm a wretched dog,

then you're a wandering dog.

This is the solution to our problem.

So you'd better fight and give me that answer!

'Cause if you lose like this...

[AKUTAGAWA] ...I'll never forgive you.

[gasps]

[IVAN gasps]

[IVAN] One of them has escaped!

The ground is missing, space and all!

[gasps]

[IVAN] Teleportation.

He carved out space with his ability...

...and was able to move!

[AKUTAGAWA] Don't bother.

[gasps]

He just carved up my stone like it was paper.

[AKUTAGAWA] Only those who've tried to k*ll him

know what he is capable of.

It's his tiger's claws.

They cut through the very fabric of an ability.

Therefore, by expanding and contracting the space,

he detached.

He did the very same thing

when he cut through my Rashoumon.

[screaming]

[AKUTAGAWA] Our abilities have become a unrivaled sword!

Physical armor and powers are defenseless against it.

Let's go, Akutagawa!

Obliterate him, weretiger!

[ATSUSHI, AKUTAGAWA] Beast Beneath the Moonlight,

Rashoumon!

Kokuto Zessou!

[yells]

[PUSHKIN laughs]

[PUSHKIN] I made it out.

I win!

Fyodor and the Rats in the House of the Dead

are all tools for my entertainment.

Ha-ha!

Weak men like me can get away with anything!

If I had my way,

the strong would choke to death on their own vomit!

[chuckling]

[PUSHKIN] Huh?

[OUGAI] See? Just as I said.

[YUKICHI] What a simplistic escape plan.

Far too predictable when compared to Fyodor.

He's the master of phantoms.

It's not possible!

[DOPPO] Well, we were all put in grave danger because of you.

What have you got to say for yourself?

[PUSHKIN] Forgive me! I'll disable the virus right away!

I'll turn myself in! Please!

I suppose that's a good enough apology for now.

Yes, let's forgive him.

[sighs]

[YUKICHI, OUGAI] Absolutely no chance!

The virus is gone.

That must mean the mission was successful.

Except...

[DOPPO] Fyodor's missing?

[ATSUSHI] Yeah, he's nowhere to be found.

[DOPPO] He wasn't in the helicopter

or in the escape vehicles.

He must still be in his hideout then.

[ATSUSHI] But...

[chuckling]

[AKUTAGAWA] What's so funny?

[IVAN] I'm just happy.

I'm consistently overcome with pure joy.

My master removed the part of me that feels unhappiness.

Tell me, did anyone ever once guarantee you

that capturing this base would actually lead you to my master?

What's that?

No way.

[WAITER] Would you like more tea?

I don't think so, but thank you very much.

[AKUTAGAWA] So are you suggesting

he was never even here to begin with?!

[Iaughing]

Impossible.

There's no connection to the outside world.

We've been monitoring all communications

with a hacking ability,

and this place can't be manipulated from the outside.

All you have to do is listen to the music.

Music?

[IVAN] The requests being made on this music program

are serving as a secret language so he can relay his orders.

Our communications make brilliant use

of all the radio waves throughout the air.

No amount of hacking can stop us.

So you can see now how you'd already lost from the beginning!

[DOPPO] Atsushi, what's going on?

Mr. Kunikida.

[DOPPO] What?

[ATSUSHI] The Rat is already outside the hole.

The "St. Matthew Passion" by Bach.

It seems my time is up.

Still, they weren't nearly as formidable as I'd thought.

It looks like I'll be able to eliminate them

with my next move.

Hey there. Nice café, huh?

[FYODOR D.] Huh?

I've never seen you look so shocked before.

Don't you want to know how I found you?

I really played my cards right.

[gasps]

And my best card was right in front of me.

I couldn't have asked for a better card than this.

He's the one who caught the demon.

[chuckles]

It's been a long time, you Rat.

[chuckles]

This is excellent!

You used Eyes of God?

[OSAMU] That's right.

The inescapable eyes that integrate surveillance footage

from all over the city.

It's extremely helpful.

I used that power to find this place

while you were distracted by your base.

He helped us on the condition we'd take back

the Guild's hidden assets, which you stole.

I have no interest in money once it's gone,

but my pride wouldn't allow me to leave it with Rats.

[footsteps]

[FITZGERALD] Hm?

Don't anybody move. We'll take it from here.

If that's all right with you? Huh, Dazai?

[OSAMU] Sure. That's why I called you here.

[ANGO] Put your hands where we can see them.

[gasps]

Wait, don't touch him!

[chuckles]

He's dead.

If you try anything else, we'll sh**t you on the spot.

That's fine.

Let's get going then.

[FITZGERALD] Detective.

Do you have any idea what his ability is?

No, sir. I don't.

This is really bad.

Yes, it is.

Are you sure it's bad?

We straight up disobeyed the president's orders

not to fight the Port Mafia.

If that's not a bad thing, I don't know what is!

We could get the a*.

Really?! I've never gotten the a* before!

[JUNICHIROU] Yeah...

Do you know what it means to get the a*?

I know what it means.

Several people were axed at my previous job.

It was a pain to clean up the mess.

Oh, forget it. She doesn't know the word, either.

[RAMPO] Ooh! Look at all these snacks!

[JUNICHIROU] Rampo!

I see that you made it out of the mystery novel.

Of course. I identified all criminals.

Mr. Fancy Hat's still inside.

He gave up on the mystery novel

and just started b*ating everyone up.

It's the president.

[DOPPO] We will accept any punishment to the full extent.

[YUKICHI] Your punishment will be determined at a later date.

But I am deeply grateful for your work on this matter.

[GROUP] Huh?

[YUKICHI] Well done, everyone. Very well done.

I've never seen such a beautiful place before.

[OSAMU] Yeah. It's a fine ship.

[OSAMU] Atsushi.

Yes?

[OSAMU] How was it working alongside Akutagawa?

[ATSUSHI] It was awful.

I never wanna partner with him again.

[OSAMU chuckles]

And why's that?

[ATSUSHI] We're completely incompatible.

He's so short sighted. Besides...

[AKUTAGAWA] In six months...

...I'm going to k*ll you.

Prepare yourself well.

When we first fought each other on the ship,

I utterly despised you for being so incredibly fortunate.

But I see you somewhat differently now.

However, until I defeat you,

it will be impossible for me to move on.

And so... you must die.

[OSAMU] What'd you tell him?

[ATSUSHI] Oh, c'mon, Dazai.

I'm sure you can guess what I said.

[OSAMU] Yes, I have a vague idea.

[ATSUSHI] All right.

But on one condition.

Don't k*ll anyone for the next six months.

Hopefully there's a simple lesson

you'll take away from that.

You might finally learn how to win Dazai's approval.

And the fact that weakness and strength

aren't always what they seem.

You might also figure out you're already ahead of me.

[AKUTAGAWA] Very well.

[ATSUSHI] I'll get stronger.

I'll ask Mr. Kunikida to teach me to fight,

and I'll train to control my ability better,

so I can face down Akutagawa's strength

six months from now.

And then,

I can be freed from the shackles of that bind me.

I figured you'd say something like that.

Huh?

[OSAMU] A Mafia member who doesn't k*ll, huh?

You and Akutagawa are both fighters.

[OSAMU] Just like the rest of us.

Raise your glass.

[ATSUSHI] Huh?

All right, but what are we toasting to?

To the Stray Dogs.

[ATSUSHI] To the Stray Dogs.