02x02 - Visitor Arc II

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Another incompatible one?

No good.

This time, after implanting the copy,

I tried completely
blocking the connection.

However, like with the others, it
absorbed Psions from the sample's blood,

but then returned instead
of remaining stable inside.

Then, even with the right attributes, if they
lack strong desires, they can't become like us.

Are there people who have no desires?

Are you saying there's another factor?

We need more samples to
get to the bottom of that.

Keep screaming!

No doubt, you'll lose your wishes,

it's fragile, but it's here.

I'll keep believing.

Being tested while exposed

to this reality full of uncertainty.

Don't hide your cowardice

by wearing a false veil.

Sorrow and suffering are always

like a magic that creates strength.

Even confusion and hesitation

must surely have meaning.

Keep screaming!

No doubt, you'll lose your wishes,

break them over and over again.

Woah, woah

You're not alone.

Even these scars and countless pains,

I'll embrace them, love them.

Woah, woah

I believe in you.

Keep going beyond your destiny.

Bizarre m*rder incident?

I hear the bodies are drained of blood.

Are we sure they weren't just anemic?

It's rare to see you yawn, Leo.

Yeah, I was up late last night.

Hey, Tatsuya!

Did you see the news yesterday?

News? About the vampire?

Yeah.

I think it's a professional crime organization of
blood traffickers instead of organ traffickers.



My question is why is only 10% taken?

m*rder probably isn't the intention.

They most likely want to keep the victims
alive and use them as blood factories.

If that's the case, they wouldn't
have abandoned the bodies in town.

Besides, there are no wounds on any of
the bodies where blood was taken from.

I see.

You're right. It is strange that
the bodies have no marks like that.

Maybe an occult being did it
like they're saying on TV.

An occult being...

Mikihiko...

Do you think a supernatural creature or
some kind of monster is responsible?

I don't believe a normal human is
behind it, but I can't rule it out.

Speaking of the occult,

that's what magic was considered
to be until just 100 years ago.

Tatsuya, do you think a magician
is committing these crimes?

We can't discount that
possibility, either.

Please not that.

Like with the humanists, there's this trending
idea to expunge magicians from society,

and I don't want it to
gain any popularity.

I don't see Lina here.

No, Brother.

She had some emergency at
home, so she's absent today.

That reminds me...

I wonder how Shizuku is doing.

Well...

I talked to her on the phone
again for a bit last night...

And she was surprised by the
vampire serial m*rder news, too.

She said something similar is
happening in America, too.

Really?

Yeah.

Not on the West Coast where Shizuku is,
but in the Dallas area, in the Southwest.

That's the first I've heard of it.

She didn't see it on the news.

Another exchange student
told her about it.

Oh, I see.

Silvia here.

Hunter Q, Hunter R, report.

Currently tracking, heading
toward West Shibuya.

Hold on. I'm picking up a response.

The subject is in an empty
lot 500 meters ahead of you.

I'm showing one person.

Use the pincer movement.

Roger.

I'll take the right.

Roger.

The military pursuit team is closing in.

I know.

Just two Stardust members.

They're taking me lightly.

That's because they only
know your previous self.

That makes sense.

If they only know me as a
Satellite-Class magician,

then I can imagine what
they're going to try with me.

I don't need any backup.

Deimos Second, wanted deserter...

Put your hands up with your fingers apart.

We were told to eliminate
you as soon as we found you.

But we are authorized to bring you in
with a lower punishment by one degree

if you provide us information
on the other fugitives.

We'll give you ten
seconds to think about it.

No, that isn't necessary.

You two cannot k*ll me.

Trajectory Distortion Spell?

The Cast Jammer isn't working?

Well, there's nothing
wrong with the Cast Jammer.

It's just that...

I no longer need a CAD.

You can change the trajectory of my knife?

How can you use powerful magic like that?

You can't fathom it?

I'm not the man I was before.

Bull!

Die!

Vector Reflection Spell?

This strength...

Angie Sirius?

This Psionic wave pattern...

Hey, are you okay?

That hurt!

Are you wearing carbon
armor under that coat?

Makes all the difference.

Panzer!

What the... I'm losing my strength...

Dammit! Take this!

That one punch was effective.

But...

it wasn't a decisive blow.

Caster Jamming?

No, this is...

Major, what's wrong?

I lost sight of the subject.

Everyone got here early, huh?

You guys saw me at my lamest.

You were put through the wringer.

I mean, you don't look
physically injured...

so what happened?

I don't really know.

We were slugging it out, and then, all
of a sudden, I was weak as a kitten.

Luckily, Erika's big brother, the police
chief, found me passed out on the ground.

And you weren't poisoned, right?

Nope.

The blood test came back negative.

Did you get a good look at your opponent?

I saw, but I wouldn't
say I got a good look.

There was a hat pulled down low,
a totally white mask, a long coat,

and under that, hardened body armor.

So, I can't tell you anything
about looks or body type.

Except...

I had a feeling it was a woman.

A woman held her own
against you in a fistfight?

Well, it's not like that's impossible.

Even an elementary school girl could strangle
a big man to death if she drugged him first.

True.

But it's also possible that
she wasn't a normal human.

Do you know something about it?

I think Leo ran into a parasite.

Parasite... Like a worm?

Paranormal parasite.

A supernatural bug.

Or just "parasite" for short.

Specter, evil spirit, jinn, demon...

Things that are ascribed various notions in
countries all over the world, but essentially,

they're things with magical properties that latch on to
people and turn them into something other than human.

Is that what a vampire really is?

Leo...

Yeah?

Can I take a look at your ethereal body?

Ethereal body?

The ethereal body is spirit energy.

In other words, a bundle of life force.

It's thought that monsters that eat human flesh absorb spirit
energy through the blood and meat and nourish themselves.

Vampires drink blood,

but is it really the spirit energy
they absorb with it that they need?

Yes.

But if we're talking
non-physical creatures,

all they should need is just
the spirit energy itself.

I see.

So, it wouldn't be crazy to have vampires
that only absorbed spirit energy.

If Leo lets me examine his ethereal body, I
should be able to see what was done to him.

To be honest, right from the beginning,

I didn't think these vampire
slayings were just bizarre crimes.

That's what my intuition
as an old caster told me.

It's just that I didn't
have any proof until now,

so I didn't bring the parasites up.

But because of my reluctance,
Leo was attacked...

Go ahead.

Do it, Mikihiko.

Are you sure?

Yeah!

Investigate all you like!

Did you find anything?

Leo, are you really human?

Hey, that's a fine response.

I mean, if a normal caster had this much spirit
energy stolen, they'd be comatose right now.

But the fact that you can sit up and talk just
goes to show your high level of endurance.

What can I say?

My body's made of strong stuff.

So, we're saying I lost
my strength last night

because the masked woman
leeched my spirit energy?

I think so.

But...

if she could absorb your spirit energy
just through touching you alone,

there should've been no need for
her to steal your blood, too.

Why did this parasite go to
the trouble of taking blood?

Will Leo be all right?

I'm worried.

I hope he recovers soon.

Mikihiko...

I forgot to ask you this before, but
are these parasites really that common?

No. They appear very rarely.

But this real demon is responsible
for the vampire murders, right?

I believe so.

Do you think it's a coincidence?

Certainly, historically, the
closer to the modern age you go,

the frequency of recorded
observations of demons decreases.

It's a stretch to think these
are just random murders.

Well, I know the truth.

You're a real trouper.

A genuine compliment from
you... I'll take it.

I gave you a genuine compliment.

Brother!

You were listening to that, weren't you?

It was fascinating.

So, if Yoshida's second son's hypothesis
is right, what are you going to do?

In a situation like this, it doesn't
matter whether he's right or wrong.

Even if it's only for a short time, anyone
who steps through the Chiba Gate is our pupil.

And I'm the one who taught
the basics of that technique.

We're talking my pupil here,
so I can't just do nothing!

Such a cold reason.

It doesn't need to be anything else.

I don't know if this vampire is a man or woman,
but if it wants a fight, I'll give it one!

Report, please.

Yes, ma'am.

After cornering Deimos Second, we used
a Caster Jammer to block his CAD.

But it didn't work on him.

The Caster Jammer wasn't working?

No, it operated normally.

Deimos Second claimed that
he didn't need CAD anymore.

He doesn't need CAD anymore...

Are you saying Sergeant
Sullivan became psychic?

Affirmative.

But his Psionic wave properties
didn't change, right?

We would've recognized it if it did.

While I was pursuing Sergeant Sullivan,

I came into contact with someone
who appeared to be his partner.

Weren't you able to measure that
person's Psionic wave properties?

I'm sorry.

We were only able to recognize the
Psionic waves of Deimos Second and yours.

I see.

Going forth, when we're tracking down a
fugitive, try to refrain from engaging with them.

I'll deal with that part.

Yes, ma'am.

The chasers weren't able to
identify White Mask's Psi-waves.

Really?

It seems the fugitives have
all gained various abilities.

I wish I could just stay like that.

It's easier to maintain Parade
than hide my magic use.

Anyway...

I wonder why they're
attacking Japanese people.

Why?

They're being pursued.

You'd think they would want to stay
underground as much as possible.

I don't have the answer to that.

But...

But what?

I have a feeling it's related to
the strange ability they've gained.

Strange ability...

You mean the vampire power, stealing
blood without leaving a wound?

I don't know if "vampire"
is the right word, but...

Lina? I'm going to draw the curtain.

What are you doing?

Oh, this is just...

Now, someone from our school has
fallen victim to the vampire incident.

It's Leonhard Saijo of Class 1-E.

Yes, I've heard.

As far as my family has been able to determine, the
vampire has left 24 victims so far including Saijo.

Three times what the media has reported.

Were all of them in Tokyo and the suburbs?

Just the Tokyo metro area and
concentrated in the inner city.

The police aren't aware of all the
victims, but the Saegusa Family is...

Is one of the victims
related to your family?

You're half-right.

The victims that the police don't know
about are all magicians who have helped us.

Apparently, all the other victims were
either magicians or had magic potential.

Are you saying the k*ller
is hunting magicians?

Jumonji, you're scaring me.

Sorry.

Anyway, I think we can say the
vampire is targeting magicians.

If the k*ller has the ability to harm Saegusa magicians,
then it's most likely a super soldier or another magician.

And odds are the k*ller is a foreigner.

Have any suspicious foreigners entered the
country around the time the killings started?

Good question.

There are quite a few overseas magician students
and magic technicians from the USNA in Japan.

We have one exchange student
here at our school, too, but...

do you think she's suspicious, Jumonji?

Suspicious, yes, but not the k*ller.

I have a feeling she's got
something to do with it,

but for now, I think we can
put her on the back burner.

Jumonji, I have a message from my father, or rather,
Koichi Saegusa, the head of the Saegusa Family.

The Saegusa Family wishes to have an
alliance with the Jumonji Family.

After having our discussion, I realized that this is
not a situation the Jumonji Family can ignore, either.

We will cooperate with you.

The clumsy palm that

Gave me warmth gently

Embrace in my heart

Any day

Any word is not enough

Let's walk in the direction
where the light is shining

Instead of saying thank you

Why do the things that you
think is the most important

disappear so fickly

disappear so fickly

When that nameless flower blooms

One drop of desire overflows

That falls before you could see it

The hope that certainly bloomed here