01x11 - Formation of Special Fire Force Company 8 / The Mightiest Hikeshi

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This is the incident report that seems

most likely to be connected to these white clad att*cks.

That's right. It's from our first job.

Sister Iris and Marcie had only just

joined up with the eighth. We were all new.

That kind of makes me curious. How'd

the eighth start in the first place? Good question.

I never got around to asking about what

things were like before I joined.

It's a long story, but it relates

to the heart of company, so it's worth telling.

Lieutenant, tell them how we got started.

You're the better talker by far. So, yeah, that's an order.

It's crazy. The reports of infernal breakouts just keep coming.

Makes me wonder. Maybe instead of investigating criminals,

we could be helping out with all that.

Infernals are the Special fire forces jurisdiction.

Don't get any ideas, Sergeant Hinawa.

I'll be going now, sir.

I haven't seen her around before. She who?

I think Lieutenant General Oz's kid. That was Private Macchio's.

She's so thin. She's doing okay. Oz works

twice as hard as her peers and always

does more than she's asked to in training.

At this rate, she'll flush out those muscles in no time.

That's impressive for a general's daughter. Yeah,

but she's still her father's sheltered little princess.

And he got her in. She's far

too soft hearted for this line of work.

All the effort she's putting in will amount to nothing.

Why are you always so critical? If she's

giving this her all, then you should help her.

Wasted effort doesn't count as effort. She may as well be slacking.

Oh, come on. She's a nice kid who's doing her best. Okay.

You always go easy on these rookies.

Standard USP nine millimeter.

Except I got it baptized. Thought I'd

take a page from the fire force.

Another case of wasted effort. Is it,

though, between a baptized g*n and one that wasn't?

Which would you want to sh**t you?

Probably the baptized g*n. Right? Mm.

How about it? Hey, Noah, go visit the church,

get your g*n baptized just to see if it feels different.

I've got a hunch that your point

of view might change a little bit.

Well, I don't believe in your so-called sun.

God, No ritual can alter what happens when a g*n is discharged.

Yeah, I thought you'd say something like

that. You're the same as ever.

You're a truly kind person, Tojo. Why stick with someone like me?

Honestly, man. It's because you aren't anywhere

near as cold hearted as you think.

You just bust my tray with yours without a second thought.

Now.

Tojo. Judy. sh**t me. Hurry up, please. I'm still conscious.

Oof!

Which would you want to sh**t?

You? Probably the baptized g*n, right?

Why couldn't I do it? Even when he backed.

You're here early, Sergeant. Just stamped your papers.

The late lieutenant's g*n is now yours as requested.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

The blue stripes have..

Arrived will help the civilians and contain

the fire while they put the infernals to rest.

Reporting in. I've command of on scene

fire suppression personnel Akitaro Obi. So I've been..

Told that there were two infernals here.

Yes, there are two, but they're in different locations at the moment.

The more belligerent one is currently running around inside our cordon.

The other one's been pretty docile. It's just sitting inside a store.

I'll pass on that second one. Yeah,

that's not going to net us many points.

Weight points. Thanks for filling me in.

You firefighters can pull back now.

We'll deal with the feisty one first.

I doubt the low point one's going anywhere.

I beg your pardon, Mr. Fire Soldier,

but my husband is patiently enduring the intense heat of those flames.

Please end his suffering as quickly as you can.

There's an order of precedence we have to follow.

We'll decide which Infernals get put out first.

Come on. Wait just a moment.

Excuse me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you've

got a lot of soldiers here.

Seems like you could send a couple

to put her husband to rest without much risk.

We are professionals. We make judgment calls

based on standards of our own.

The point Standard. Yeah, that's right. To keep up my soldier spirits.

I give out points based on how

dangerous the infernals they k*ll are..

To keep up their spirits. When your

job involves snuffing out human lives,

the goal shouldn't be to have a good time.

You're not the one risking your life here.

Just hook up your hose and put

out what's left when we're done.

I'm so sorry. I know it hurts, but please hold on.

I can't help you, so try to stay strong.

Pardon, ma'am. With your permission, I'd be willing to step in.

I can bring your husband's suffering to an

end. Would that be all right?

What are you planning to do? Who might you be?

Takahisa Hinawa, Sergeant with the armed forces.

This is blue stripes territory. If a soldier

like you or a fire fighter like me cuts through,

that tape will be severely punished.

No punishment could compare to what the infernal

in this building is going through. We both know that.

So there's nothing to second guess here.

Sergeant Hinowa, do you have any experience with Infernals?

I aimed my g*n at a friend

the other day as I was watching him turn infernal.

But I just couldn't sh**t.

I wouldn't

call myself a man of faith by any stretch of the word.

And yet, because my g*n was unbaptized, it just felt wrong.

He really did wait patiently. Sergeant Hinawa,

I don't think this is about whether you believe in God.

It's about wanting to do as much

as you can for the human being

whose life you're about to end.

That's why we pray for them and baptize our weapons.

You ask me. Those rituals offer a type

of salvation to those who k*ll Infernals to..

Start the prayer for us.

The flame is the soul's breath. The

black smoke is the soul's release.

Ashes thou wert and art. May thy soul return.

I want you to know. You're a truly kind person, Sergeant.

What you did in there took some courage.

No, you're the courageous one. If I hadn't

seen that you were taking action,

I doubt I would have done a thing.

Making the choice to take action on your

own isn't really as difficult as you'd think.

Trusting yourself is something that comes easy to most.

But to put your faith in someone

else and act on that faith despite the personal cost.

That takes courage. You're like a hero, sergeant or a knight.

If so, then that makes you a king.

It's settled. I'm going to create a special fire force company.

Once I'm in a position to do it,

I'll fight to end human combustion.

I refuse to sit back and do nothing

while the world burns down around me.

It might be a while, but when

it happens, I'll need people like you.

Soldiers who cherish life above all else.

Whenever that time arrives, don't hesitate to reach out to me.

This is our very own fire cathedral.

About as rundown as you'd expect for a den of outcasts.

So am I the only crewman you've recruited or what?

Yeah, so far. See, gathering people who

I know I can trust has been a pretty difficult task.

I think I've got a line on someone.

She served under me in the army.

Puts in a lot more effort than anyone around her,

but she wasn't really cut out to be a soldier.

She was way too compassionate. Always thinking of others before herself.

I'd say that makes her a perfect fit for the eighth.

Wow. Way to go, Marcie. Golly. I just

thought I was recruited because I have basic pyrokinetic powers,

and I'm strong enough to be a meat shield.

Did you really say those nice things, Lieutenant?

Oh, you're so sweet. That was well told. Good job. The heart

of the eighth hasn't changed since the day

it was established for the dying inferno.

We offer our prayers in a dignified end for the living.

We seek deliverance from the flames. There's

one thing we value above all else. Life.

We should get back to the subject at hand now.

This report is from right after Iris

and Marcie joined. It was a hot day.

Everyone was nervous since it was our first call out.

The man who had gone infernal was wearing these odd white clothes.

Putting him to rest was simple. But there

were several things that didn't add up.

Take the strange Red Cross we found.

The man had no family, but the company

he had worked for was in an awfully big hurry to retrieve it.

We looked up that company and found

out that it's still in business today.

It's based in Asakusa. Company Seven's jurisdiction.

What's up, Benny? Come on by. We've got Hoppy. How goes

here too? And plenty of mud. Benimaru.

I made some Daifuku.. Take it with you, huh?

I told you before, you old bat, I don't like sweets.

She makes too much. Oh, hey, Benny.

It's been a few days. How bad? You miss me?

I want to see your sweet ass at the bar tonight.

Let me be.

The old bat made daifuku.

If you want some, then help yourselves.

The crumbling old fossil makes the best daifuku ever.

If that senile crone forgets the recipe,

she may as well just die.

Hinata Hikage. You need to listen here. Whoa. There.

Watch out. We're not taking any complaints right now.

You realize they learned all that from you, right?

Not taking any complaints right now. Case in..

Point. This is.. Amazing. Nothing

tastes better than an old fossils last hurrah.

The old bats long song is delicious.

Oh, these students have surpassed their teacher. Oh.

By the way, Walker, looks like we got

a message from the people over at Company eight.

They want to search our jurisdiction. Said

something about looking for that evangelist.

Too much.. Trouble. Just ignore them.

Beg your pardon? But we're already here. The.

You've got some serious nerve barging in unannounced like this.

I heard that Captain Shinmen Benimaru hated formalities and red tape.

So I thought I'd skip making an appointment.

Fine. If you're here, then you're here. Whatever.

But I don't give a damn about this investigation of yours.

Regardless of the reason, I can't have

you disrupting things on my turf.

The evangelist has been creating infernales through artificial means,

and there's a chance that the White-clad

will target the people of this area next.

That's coming from the Tokyo Empire. Correct.

Well, I'm not a trusting soul, and I've

never seen one of these so-called white-clad turn someone into an infernal.

I have no reason to believe that it's actually happening.

You might not have seen it, but I have.

I don't care what some imperial lapdog thinks they saw.

And I'm especially uninterested in hearing tall tales from a gullible puppy.

That's funny, because I'm not interested in taking

crap from a do nothing skeptic.

Captain Sheneman. Is that right? I hear you're the strongest soldier around.

From what I've been told, it's because

you're so tough that your town's fire

brigade was brought into the force.

Well, I'm a tough guy, too. I'm

going to kick your ass and make you see things my way.

Fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo.

Fire. Someone turned infernal. Why do you have

to go and jinx us like that? Waka. Damn it.

I better not see Company eight here when I get back.

It must be that way.

Who is it? That boisterous old man, Cantero.

He was nagging me about drinking with him just a minute ago.

Our friend Cantero from Block three has turned infernal.

Seiya. Soiya. Seiya. Soiya. Seiya. Soiya. Seiya. Soiya Seiya.

What's he planning to do? He loves

a good festival. So let's start. Huh?

You know he could fly. What kind

of power does the captain of the seventh have?

There you are. You old.

So many.. Houses.

At the end of the day, homes can always be rebuilt.

But now that Kantaro has become an inferno,

his life is over, and there's nothing that can change that.

What's going on here? Is he igniting

those fires and controlling the flames?

I think there must be a trick to those motto flags he uses.

There's no trick. He started those fires himself.

Benny can wield both second generation and third generation powers.

He can create his own fires and manipulate them as he pleases.

Unlike any other. He's a compound fire soldier.

Look at this. Kantaro. The whole town is in shambles.

You're too old to be raised in this kind of..

Hell, and you know it.

That being said, you always did enjoy making a scene, right?

Way to hang in there, friend.

Thanks, young man. You helped me see

him through all the way to the end.

So what do you think of what you just saw?

Did Benny's way of putting someone to rest

seem a bit rough to you?

Your sister's prayers are a gift to your dead.

We destroy our town as a gift to ours.

Everybody in our world lives in continuous

fear of the flames of infernal ization.

We're all looking to our deaths. As for the people here,

if we have to die, there's no way

we'd prefer to go out than at his

hands. The hands of Shinmen Benimaru,

The destroyer of Asakusa.

Oh.

It's too sweet.