01x14 - Meikyujo no shi seiju! Reikai e no chosen

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The final match against the evil Yokai
Rando was the fiercest of battles.

Yusuke, in order to avenge Kuwabara,
who had been so mercilessly beaten,

and despite being worn ragged, wrung out
the last of his power and defeated Rando.

And so, it was decided that the successor
to Master Genkai's secrets

would be Urameshi Yusuke!

"The Four Holy Beasts in
the Labyrinthine Castle!

A Challenge to the Spiritual Realm."

He still hasn't come back?

It's been about a month since he mentioned
going to train at some mountain temple.

Unbelievable.

He does make phone calls, so
it would seem as if he's still alive.

I wonder just how long he's planning on
not coming home from this training.

I'm worried.
Suppose Yusuke-kun never comes back...

It's okay, it's okay!

He's already died and come back to life
once, so there's nothing to worry about!

He could have at least
contacted me somehow.

He's always going off
whenever he feels like it...

Yo! It's been a while!

Y-Yusuke!

Three chocolate shakes!

So, is your arm all
stuck back together now?

Yeah. Thanks to old lady
Genkai's spiritualistic operation,

my arms have over three
times the power they had before.

Shall we try them out on you?

Better cut that out. You've gone through
enough trouble healing already, right?

You think you're any match for me
with all the training I've undergone?

This training... What did you do?

Just thinking back on it
is like going through hell again.

It was quite an intense training.

You concentrate your
Reihado into one point.

All right! You'll stay just
like that for another 12 hours!

How'm I supposed to do that?!

This is training in catching
your opponent's Reihado.

Do this carelessly, and you'll die.

We'll continue until you can catch it
without so much as flinching! Get up!

There was also cross-legged
meditation over flames,

and I had to sleep on a bed of needles...

E-Enough, enough! Just listening
to you is making my butthole tingle.

Still, thanks to all that,
I've increased my finishing moves.

Oh? That I'd like to see!

Sorry to keep you waiting.
What is it you want to see?

N-Nothing, uh... Yeah! We want to
go see a movie! Right, Kuwabara?

Y-Yeah, a movie, a movie!

I want to see one too! Let's go, let's go!

S-Sure...

Keiko-chan was awfully worried about you.

Look at how she's prancing around!

Oh, yeah?

Why, you lucky guy!

Yow, ow, ow!

I'll head on home now,
so you better work it!

Shut up, would you?!

Yusuke!

Hurry, hurry! We're just in time!

Yeah... Oh, rats! I forgot, I have some
important shopping to get done.

Kuwabara, you come with me.

Keiko, sorry 'bout this, but go
on ahead and save us some seats.

That's okay, I'll go along with you!

No! It's something where
unless it's just us guys,

it's harder to shop for.

We'll be right back!
It won't take a minute!

I'll be waiting for you inside!

Hey, shopping for something
that's just for guys, huh?

It's a dirty book or something, right?

Idiot! Haven't you noticed yet?

We're being followed.

What?

Their faces aren't familiar ones.
What should we do?

Well, we've got the time,
let's play around with them some.

Do you guys know who I am?!

I'm Sarayashiki Middle's
Number One, Kuwabara-sama!

Ah, there you go, there you go...

H-Hey, these guys are sharp! They've
already brought out their flashy stuff!

k*ll... k*ll... k*ll... k*ll... k*ll!!

W-What's with these guys?!

k*ll... k*ll... k*ll... k*ll...
k*ll... k*ll... k*ll...!

Urameshi!

There's nothing left to do!

Urameshi, your fist has started to glow!

I'll leave the power out of this!

Shotgun!!

He's hitting multiple people
from a distance all at once!

Almost as if it were a shotgun!

That's the first step in
the Reikohado-ken technique!

A-Awesome...!

Who the hell are these guys?

H-Hold on!

I sense the presence of something strange.
It's not an ordinary human...

I-It's him!

Hold it!

Hi, Yusuke.

Botan!

It's that cute chick from before!

Looks like the guys from Demon City
have already started entering this town.

Anyway you look at it, he's not human!

Hey, do you know who this guy is?

He's part of the enemy
g*ng that's waiting for you

on your next assignment.

Hey, hey, hey, you've gotta be kidding!

I just got back from that hellish
training, and there's more orders?!

I am not Koenma's sl*ve!

So then, you're saying that you
don't care what happens to this city?

What do you mean by that?

Yesterday, when I was
at Koenma-sama's place...

a challenge from Demon City arrived!

Koenma-sama, this is terrible!

I'm busy right now, come back later!

I've still got all this left over
from when I slacked off earlier!

A list of demands from the Four Holy
Beasts has just been thrust upon us!

What?!

What is it that they are demanding of us?

The right to move into the Human Realm!

W-What?

Hurry and call in Botan! I will have her
send Yusuke into action immediately!

He can just ignore that demand, can't he?
And who are these Four Holy Beast guys?

Even by the Demon Realm standards,

the Four Holy Beasts are among the highest
class of ferociously brutal Yokai criminals.

They have built themselves a castle
within the hideout where they live,

and they allow Spirit Realm criminals
to live around there.

It has now turned into a lawless city
that even pursuers cannot enter.

That is Demon City.

Hey, where are you going?

Take a look at these
guys who attacked you.

There's a strange bug
coming out of his mouth!

They're Makaichu, or Demon Realm Bugs,

parasites that are fond
of damp, gloomy minds.

I hear that the Four Holy Beasts

have unleashed several
thousand of them into this city.

Once a Makaichu bug takes
a person as its host,

it draws out destructive, violent,
and murderous behaviors from them.

Well, we'd better hurry and tell everyone!

That's not possible!

These are bugs that
an ordinary human can't see!

The bugs' human hosts will simply appear
to be violent, homicidal maniacs.

Then what are we supposed to do?!

The only way is to exterminate the bugs!

In order to do that, it's necessary to
destroy the bug flute that they have.

Bug flute?!

If the bug flute is destroyed,

the Makaichu bugs will not be
able to survive in the Human Realm.

Damn... Botan, is there any way they could
come attack the Human Realm right away?

No, that's all right.

To keep the Four Holy Beasts
from leaving Demon City,

the Spirit Realm has put up a barrier
along the border with the Human Realm,

and sealed up the Demon Realm.

I see, so they're telling us
to lift that barrier?

Once we lift the barrier,
they say they'll hand over the flute,

but that really will mean the end.

The end? What will happen?

I mean that it won't be any trouble for them
to k*ll everyone in this city in a single day!

So, the only way to save this city is...

Right. You have to storm into
Demon City and destroy that flute!

Those are your orders
from Koenma-sama this time.

Still, am I supposed to rush into this
dangerous den of criminals all by myself?

Koenma is one heartless guy!

Hey, you've got one
other person right here!

Oh, no, no! Kuwa-chan, you heard all that?
Kuwa-chan, do you have donkey ears?!

Yeah, I heard it...

What's more...

Now that I've seen these bugs,
I can't just stand by quietly.

Unless we destroy that bug flute soon,

several hundred of these dangerous
guys will be roaming the city, right?

No matter what kind of place
this is, I'm going! Lead the way!

KUWABARA, A MAN WHO LOVES HIS CITY

He really has become
a defender of justice!

This way.

What is this place?!

DIE
NO TRESPASSING

Hey, what are we doing
in this broken-down storeroom?

Strange. I know it's here somewhere...

Here it is!

What is this creepy hole?

If you dive in through here,
you'll make your way to Demon City.

If you're scared,
it's okay for you to go home.

From here on, this is a job for
a Spirit Realm Detective, after all.

Oh, really? In that case...

Hold it!

I wasn't talking to you, you know!
That was to Kuwabara-kun!

Don't be ridiculous! I'm a Spirit
Realm Detective at heart, after all!

I can't very well pull out of this now!

He's gone!

H-He's disappeared...

Yeesh, I know!

That's right!

Ta-da! Reikai Tsushin Compacts!
Take one with you!

Why, you... stop getting so
cheerful without any warning!

Everyone else has gotten so serious!

Really?

Anyhow, I'll be here
exterminating the Makaichu bugs,

so if anything happens, contact me.

Yeah, gotcha. I'll be
sure to contact... Oh, hell!

What's the matter, all of a sudden?

Keiko! We left her all alone
back at the movie theater.

Yusuke, you jerk!

B-Botan, sorry 'bout this, but could you
explain what's going on to her for me?

-Hold on, now! Aah!
-See you later!

Yusuke! No way! Why do I have to--

Ow...

So that's the enemy hideout,
the Labyrinthine Castle?

Stinky, stinky!

Humans! It's the smell of humans!

We can feed! We can feed! What a feast!

W-What are they?!

It's pretty clear they aren't on our side!

We'll eat you! We'll eat you!!

Why, you...!

Urameshi! It's hopeless, there's
too many of them! At this rate--

Kuwabara!

No matter how long we're at it,

we'll never reach the Labyrinthine Castle
like this, will we?!

What was that light just now?

It must be hard with just the
two of you! Shall we lend a hand?

If you had problems with those guys,
it's clear how shallow your powers run.

K-Kurama and Hiei!

Hey.

Why are you guys...?

We were sent by Koenma, since he
couldn't count on just the two of you.

By cooperating with you two, he said it
may be possible for us to be acquitted.

Really?! Even Koenma can do
some considerate things, can't he?

Ah, Kuwabara, let me introduce you.
This is Hiei... and Kurama.

Nice to meet you.

Yeah! Don't know who you are, but if
you're here to help, then welcome aboard!

Do not misunderstand.

I don't know about Kurama,

but I'm only interested in the treasures
and items the Four Holy Beasts have stolen.

I don't have the slightest inclination
to cooperate with you!

What was that?

This guy's got a pretty big
attitude for his height, doesn't he?

What is it with you? Do you want to die?

What did you say? Why, you b*stard!

Listen up, Yusuke! I will exact my revenge
on you! You'd better watch yourself.

Don't you ignore me, you lousy--!

Cut it out! Hiei, deal with your
quarrel after this job is over.

That's okay! Right now,
the more allies we have, the better!

Anyhow, let's head up
to the Labyrinthine Castle!

It's been a long time
since we've had guests!

They aren't anything we need
to involve ourselves with.

What will you do, Suzaku-sama?

It's like Byakko said.

A motley party such as theirs
is not likely to even enter the castle.

They will just be stopped by
the Gateway of Betrayal and die.

So this is the entrance?

The doorway is like a long tunnel.

It would be nice if,
like a tunnel, there was an exit.

"One must enter the tiger's den
if one is to obtain the tiger's cub!"

All we can do is move on ahead.

That's a pretty candid lack of strategy.

What was that, you runt?!

Let's go!

I'm gonna wring your neck one day...

Welcome to the Labyrinthine Castle!

I-It speaks!

Those who would enter the castle

must undergo the judgment
of the Gateway of Betrayal!

Judgment?!

What?!

What have you done?!

What?!

How is that? It must be heavy, right?

That gateway is terribly sensitive,
and quite intelligent.

It can tell how much power
those who are supporting it have,

and presses down with just enough
force that they can endure it.

Yes! Support it with all
your might, if you please!

If even one of you withdraws your power,
it will squash you flat! Squash!

Damn...

If one of you betrays the others and tries
to escape, the others will be crushed!

But if you all rely on each other,
eventually your power will fail you,

and you will all be crushed to death!

Only he who would betray the others
is capable of entering the castle.

Whatever you prefer,
either way, be my guest.

You piece of crap, don't you toy with us!

Who was it that just
held back on their strength?!

Who was it? Is there anyone here besides
you that would pull such a thing?!

Stop it, Kuwabara!

If you don't trust me,
I don't mind betraying you!

Stop that, Hiei! This isn't the time!

Dammit! What are we supposed to do?!

Will Yusuke and the others indeed
be able to maintain their trust

and pass through the Gateway of Betrayal?

Or, instead,
will they be crushed like this?

Who is this guy who's
like a cluster of rocks?

Is this Genbu,
one of the Four Holy Beasts?

Hey, Kurama, what are you,
out of your mind?!

Is this any time to be pulling
out roses and acting so stylish?

No, that's no ordinary rose!

Next time, "Beautiful Dance of
the Rose! The Elegant Kurama."

The Other World's
not watching for nothing!