01x24 - The Burning Past

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Raffles saw at once that the unsullied

flame was a gift from the great soul.

He resolved to harness its power with technology and created amaterasu.

By the light of Amaterasu sacred flame, the people began to rebuild.

With its power, they established a new state in the Far East.

Good to be back on your feet again. Yeah.

I've missed having you around to keep our self-proclaimed knight in check.

The guy is something else. Yeah,

there is some old reports lying around,

and he got the bright idea to shred

them using Excalibur. Nuts, right? Yeah. Huh?

Try saying something besides. Yeah. You devil. Okay.

Mm.

Hey. When you talk to Maki and sister Iris,

try to brighten up a little.

They've both been worried sick about you.

I know you've got a lot on your mind right now,

but you aren't alone in this.

Yeah. Plus, that tiny brain of yours

can only brood so much. You'll break it.

Shut up, jerk. Fair warning. Tamaki's there.

Great. Toss in the crazy cat girl, too.

Welcome back. I'm so glad you're okay.

Sorry if I worried you, sister. So, how's everyone been?

Well. They'll all be excited to see you.

Shinra. Congrats on getting out of there.

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to visit.

I have been thinking about you though.

No, it's fine. You had to stand

by in case of a call out. Huh?

Hey there. Welcome back. Super glad to see

the adolla burst. Too safe and sound.

What's it going to take to k*ll this guy?

It's like he's got nine lives.

Wow. Look at you. No big surprise that heaven rejected a devil.

So you're still here? They haven't gotten

sick of having a brainless knight around yet.

Oh, good. You're back. I'm glad. Yes, sir.

I'd like you to start compiling the incident

reports on the nether as soon as possible.

But your debrief with the captain takes priority.

Mm. So you busted out of there. About time.

Thank you, sir. Shinra Kusakabe reporting in. I'm ready for duty.

And troubleshoot. Mayday, mayday, mayday. Pakistan. Six,

six, one. Sir, we've lost one inch.

Take what you got and leave now.

You're wearing out your welcome. No one here wants to see you.

Here. Yeah. Drink that you want from day one. The devil.

Why you want to.

You're gonna watch it burn. Try to save yourself like you.

Extreme inmates.

So how's the sixth things going? Well, we're doing just fine, sir.

We have Captain Wong, after all.

Things are pretty quiet around. What's going on?

So these are the feet that move

faster than light when blessed with grace.

A carb. You're supposed to be on bed rest.

No exceptions. Now go and lie down this instant.

We might as well let them finish.

I'm afraid there's no stopping this now.

Burns is a hard head. Always has been and always will be.

This is the only kind of communication he understands.

Seeing the young man's growth has lit a spark in him.

The captain's blood is set to boil now.

Nothing you can say can justify that..

Fire soldiers work for the greater good.

If a lie can save a life, so be it.

Better stand back.

I think he's getting warmed up now.

The heat coming off and feels like it could crush..

Me. He's like a human furnace. He stokes

his inner flame and circulates his heat

throughout his body so that every muscle burns with tremendous power.

Captain Burns is now a rolling mass

of thermal energy in this state.

It's easy to see him as flame given human form.

I couldn't afford to tell you the truth.

Knowledge can be dangerous and often deadly to the weak.

You want answers, prove you're strong enough

to hear them. Convince me you're ready.

You're the one who showed up saying

you wanted to have a chat about this.

So why are you making it difficult now?

Tell me what you said you would.

What's wrong? Scared You won't impress. Shut up. You and.

Speaker.

I think he was about to call the captain a naughty word.

It took everything he had to hold back.

Okay. You got it. I'll show you for a fact.

I'm nowhere near as fragile as you think I am, sir.

This is all I could save. One small, helpless life.

I'm going to find it. I'm going to destroy it.

The monster is going to pay for this. I'll k*ll it.

You've grown so strong. I can hardly believe it.

I'm gonna make you talk.. If it kills me.

Is that all..

The resolve you have? It's like the sputtering flame of a candle.

Don't take me so lightly.. Or you'll be in for an.

Are you sure you won't regret finding out?

I hate fire more.. Than anything, but I joined the fire..

Force all because I needed to find the truth.

That tiny sputtering flame you had. Has

now grown into a raging inferno.

It's been a long time. My arm stings where you hit me.

That's proof of your strength.

And what's more, you have the resolve to see this through.

I'll tell you everything. First off, as you've no doubt guessed,

most of what you know about that fire is wrong.

The servants of the evangelist have been

at work for quite some time now, at least years.

Tell me if you sense anything. The evangelist

did say this was the place, correct? Right around here.

And knew it burst. Will soon be born.

Oh, hell, yeah.

The White-clad knew about

that fire well before the first spark even flew.

They knew. Does that mean they're the ones who.

The cause of that fire was perfectly clear. And it wasn't..

You. I know that there was a demon infernal there.

We are happy to have you. Number three.

Show.

I don't. Look, honey, you need to run away.

You have to get out of here. Shinra.

Oh.

The demon.

Come out.

The source of the fire that changed your life years ago.

Was your little brother show?

It was because of shows a dollar burst

that your third generation abilities were awakened.

Do you understand the reason we keep our eyes covered, right?

Of course I do. Because if we tried

to look at the sun directly, it would burn our eyes.

Although the sun shines bright, we mortals may not see it.

Those who would approach the celestial must feel it in their hearts.

The horned infernal, the demon you saw in your home.

What's my mom?

That can't be right. Everything I've done since that day. Was

to find that infernal and k*ll it.

So show caused the fire and the demon

infernal that I was to blame was my mom.

But if Mom turned, where did she go? What happened to her?

The flames had raged for minutes

by the time I arrived at the scene.

Anyone alive in there. Why aren't we trying

to put out the flames? We did.

But this fire, is it normal? Water doesn't even slow it down.

You fight that fire till the hoses run dry.

And after that, start spitting. Those of you

with powers are coming with me.

We'll charge straight in and pull out any survivors.

Three, two, one.

I think he's alive. We need a paramedic up here now, sir.

Let go of me. My mom. Brother

are still trapped inside the house and there's

a demon in there with them.

Have to stop it. So what do you think?

A fire that won't go out. A demon.

Things don't get much worse. I'm going in there.

I put the corpse in place to stand in for the mother.

Speaking of. Tell me, are you in control? Hey, homie.

How goes it? Talk to me. Did

it work or not? Hey, Here.

Say something, I'm doing it. So shut your stupid trap, Sharon.

If you can't help but distract me, then get lost and die.

Why didn't you just answer the first time? Why should I have?

Would you have helped me if I had? Of course not.

You can't. So shut your ugly, useless face and stop bothering me.

Okay? Yeah. My bad, my bad.

She's scary.

If someone wasn't here by now, they'd be.

In. That demon has a baby.

Get over here and bring..

Your precious baby with you. Okay. Hold it.

The whole place will come down soon. Get out of there.

That infernal. Just

hurry. Watch your head.

A demon infernal and a doula. Burst and a doula link.

The old wounds burning out of control.

Like when I saw the other worlds flame and lost my eye to it.

Mom. Come out. I'm sorry, but I can't let you go.

Surprise! I didn't take him to.

His abilities have been awakened, but his flames are still weak.

Think you can. Yeah.

Listen closely. Your mother was k*lled in that fire.

Your brother met the same fate.

Why? Why did you lie to me?

To keep you from getting involved in this mess.

If they found out about your powers,

they'd have come for you, too.

I lied because I wanted the fear

of the flames to be strong in you.

I wanted you to hate fire so much

that you'd never think of using your powers.

And no one would ever find out you had them.

Well, I do hate fire even now.

Even knowing that you lied. Whatever caused that fire years ago.

Flames are what took my family away from me.

And for that, I'll always hate them.

That said, it's by using them that you've

made it as far as you have.

I said what I came to say. So I'll take my leave now.

Wait a sec, please. I've got one more question.

Have you had Nadela link? Have you

looked at hell for yourself? Yeah.

It cost me an eye, but I've seen the flames of hell.

The demon from years ago. Was

it an infernal with horns where its

eyes should have been? It was.

Back at the nether. That was her.

Where'd my mom go? Did you see?

I only ever got that one glimpse.

If I make another adolla link, then

maybe I can see that infernal again.

I could see Mom again. How do

I make another link? That, captain. I saw him in a dollar.

I'm sorry, but I have to insist you get more rest.

You look like him. Do I look like him? Like you said..

Him. Well, you're Lieutenant Agu, right? Yes.

Well, then I have to ask company for their captain. Oh, yeah.

Captain Souichiro Agu of the fourth is my grandfather.

As you've apparently guessed. Oh. Why, though?

Do you really think I look like him?

No, not really. You just share a

couple distinct, but very minor features.

No need to worry. Why would I worry?

Anyway, would you be willing to introduce me to Captain Agu?

You're asking to meet my grandfather.

That's my full report. Hmm. So you're

banking on the theory that Captain Ogg

and the Adolla link are connected somehow?

That's correct, sir. I recently met a relative

of his Lieutenant Aizu-kawaguchi of the sixth.

I asked her to introduce us.

Good work. I was actually just about

to get in touch with the chief of the Fire Defense Agency.

I'll see if he can reach out to company four on our behalf.

But if we assume the story Captain

Burns told you is actually legit,

then the White-clad were at the very

least involved in the tragedy that took your family from you.

I live for the chance to get revenge on that demon.

After years, it hurts to think

that it might have been my mother.

But I was wrong about my brother's death.

So I can't rule this out either.

Tell me this. If your mother has

become an inferno and it turns out she's still around.

Then I'll save her. I'll find a way

to turn her back into a human being.

What a dump.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

Don't feel bad. I'm a knight. A swordsman.

So it makes sense. I'm better at wielding a blade.

I'll pretend that this next is your head.

I can definitely cut this faster than him.

Take it easy, you two. Hey. What? Oh, Knight King.

Mhm.

Mhm. Mhm.

LatAm. LatAm. I thoroughly

enjoy it when Gravel learns its place. Hello, Lieutenant Kareem O.

Tamaki. Good to see you're here. Having a good time here?

Yeah. Listen, could you. Please take me off suspension.

We brought this for the party. Thank you. We appreciate it.

Its sake should help us make it through this.

You know that Sheena is too young to drink, right?

Of course we didn't bring it for the kid to drink.

It's for adults like us to enjoy. You want a paw? Should I?

I partake Only rarely, my princess.

But here with you tonight, I have such a thirst. Yeah.

I might have just a little bit.

She's thick, but underage. I am not

a chunky hunk of deal. Never said you were.

We've gathered here to congratulate our friend.

I, of course, am referring to Sheena. Coming. Devil. What's the matter?

Thank you for this food, Latham.