1. Y—
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3. There's a new unit that's shorthanded,
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4. and the sense I got was that
they would take whoever they could,
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5. so I thought that even a novice
like myself could be of help to them.
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6. But your work in the military
is worthwhile, too, isn't it?
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7. Mm-mm.
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8. I want to join the Special Fire Force
and be someone who protects others.
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9. "Episode 19:
The Oze Family"
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10. "Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces,
Command Center"
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11. General Oze, we've received a periodic
report from the Special Fire Force.
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12. Mm-hmm.
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13. A periodic report...
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14. from the Special Fire Force, you say?
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15. Hmm?
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16. "Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces,
Integrated Security Operations"
"General Danro Oze"
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17. Y-Yes, sir.
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18. That was terrifying.
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19. Hmm? Something the matter?
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20. Oh, I was delivering
the Special Fire Force's periodic report,
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21. and General Oze was rather imposing.
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22. Ah, that explains it.
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23. His daughter sure was cute, huh?
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24. She's stationed at Yokota Air Base, isn't she?
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25. No, she's left the military.
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26. I hear she went against
General Oze's objections
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27. and joined Special Fire Force Company 8.
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28. "Oze Residence"
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29. Was I always this beefy?
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30. I'm home.
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31. My, you're home early today.
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32. I had the early shift,
and my relief came in early, too.
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33. I'll take your coat.
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34. Thanks.
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35. CID is no walk in the park.
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36. "Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces,
Criminal Investigation Division"
"1st Lieutenant Takigi Oze"
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37. The missus is getting dinner ready right now.
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38. It's been some time since the whole family
has gotten together, hasn't it?
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39. Yeah, it sure has.
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40. Wow, this looks so good!
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41. Mom, this is quite a feast!
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42. We're all eating together today, so...
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43. Danro-san!
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44. Dad!
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45. It's been a long time since we've
eaten together, huh, Maki-chan?
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46. Mom really went all-out.
Do you think we can eat all this?
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47. General Oze, the Empire's Nio Guardian,
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when she's around.
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49. Ahem! Takigi, I see you're home.
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50. Being a general at home, too,
would be exhausting.
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51. Okay, dig in before it gets cold.
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52. Delicious!
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53. Mm-hmm, this is good, Mom.
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54. Nothing is better than dinner
with the whole family.
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55. I'll bet the lieutenant is the only one
who can rival Mom's cooking.
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56. The lieutenant? Hinawa, wasn't it?
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57. That's the man who lured you into
that dangerous Fire Force job, right?
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58. It's all right. I'm not
as fragile as I was before.
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59. Twin Cobras—
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60. You've put on more weight again, haven't you?
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61. No I haven't.
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62. Let me see them again.
They were as big around as my waist—
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63. —That's not true at all!
You can't just say whatever—
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64. —Takigi,
—That's not true at all!
You can't just say whatever—
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65. it's bad manners to point
at someone with your fork.
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66. He's right, though. Maki-chan, are you sure
you aren't overdoing your training?
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67. You're going to scare off any suitors.
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68. You really are an awful brother!
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69. Someday, a prince on a white horse
will come along and fall in love with me!
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70. Maki-chan may be macho on the outside,
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71. but she still has a flower garden
for a mind, and is adorable!
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72. There's where she gets her dual personality.
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73. It's bad manners to get so giddy while eating.
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74. Oh, it's my girl.
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75. You've weached Takigi! I'm having dinner
with my famiwy wight now!
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76. Now who's got the split personality?
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77. —Takigi, your baby-talk is too much.
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78. —Pleasant conversation is nice and all,
—Takigi, your baby-talk is too much.
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79. —Pleasant conversation is nice and all,
—Who're you calling a baby?
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80. —Pleasant conversation is nice and all,
—Maki-chan, you'll always be Daddy's baby.
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81. —but let's observe some manners, okay?
—Maki-chan, you'll always be Daddy's baby.
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82. How can you talk to your girlfriend like that?
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83. Hey, you jerks! Have some manners
when you're eating!
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84. "Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces,
Integrated Security Operations"
"General's wife, Madoka Oze"
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85. Wow, this sure is good, huh?
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86. —Yes.
—This steak is the best.
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87. "Maki of the past"
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88. Hm-hm, Maki of the past...
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89. Thanks.
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90. Maki, you said you've been to the Nether before.
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91. Mm-hmm.
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92. This guy you're currently after?
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93. Mm-hmm. There's an area where
we've had a string of people going missing.
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94. Now we're getting reports of strange smells
coming from the Nether around there.
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95. The Nether is scary.
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96. I've heard that the 8th once had
a large-scale engagement in the Nether.
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97. Stories have made their
way back to the military.
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98. Those investigations are an unavoidable
part of our duty as Fire Soldiers.
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99. Are you all right?
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100. The 8th is incredibly strong.
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101. The captain and lieutenant are, of course,
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102. but our rookies are also the cream of the crop,
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103. and we have the finest engineer
in the world with us, too.
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104. We can access the Nether through here, right?
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105. I never thought we'd get a search warrant.
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106. I guess it shows how important
things are to the Empire
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108. You visited your home yesterday, right?
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109. It's the first dinner we've had
as a whole family in a long time.
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110. Maki-chan came, too, right?
Did she say anything about the Nether?
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111. Yeah.
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112. She said she never wanted to come here again.
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113. For real?
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114. Watch yourself.
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115. It looks so deteriorated down here.
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116. The reports said there were
strange smells coming from the Nether.
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117. There are a ton of underground
facilities throughout the empire
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118. left over from before the Cataclysm.
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119. Whoa, I am actually in the Nether.
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120. My late mother would turn over in her grave.
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121. The source of the smell
from the report was over that way.
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122. There are so many turnoffs here.
The place is like a maze.
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123. If we're likely to get lost,
we should turn back rather than be heroes.
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124. I'm with you.
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125. Hold up.
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126. There are tracks in the dust,
like something was dragged through here.
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127. They're still fresh.
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128. They keep on going that way.
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129. "Equipment Room"
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130. An equipment room.
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131. In here?
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134. What is that for?
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135. Is this some kind of laboratory?
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136. I don't know.
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137. As I'm sure you know,
the military has no intel at all about this.
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138. Take a look at this.
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140. I did some independent research on these,
but I never expected to see one.
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141. Apparently, the White-Clad use these Insects
to artificially create Infernals.
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142. Then this really is a White-Clad lab?
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143. The odds are good.
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144. Let's see if there's anything else here.
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145. Yeah.
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146. Who's there?
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147. There's someone back there. Stay sharp.
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148. R-Right.
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149. A charred body?
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150. No, that's an Infernal.
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151. What's going on here?
Its core is still intact, but it's dead.
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152. Come on out! We know you're in there!
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153. —Bomb!
—Get back!
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155. Oze!
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156. "Holy Sol Hospital"
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157. Burns to the right arm, left arm fractured,
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158. facial lacerations,
and bruises from head to toe.
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159. It will take three months
before you're all healed,
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160. but you're lucky to be alive at all.
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161. You came through okay?
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162. Just some scratches, thanks to you.
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163. What's the status of the scene?
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164. The blast from the suicide bomber
blew just about everything up.
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165. So those are the White-Clad.
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166. If they'll even blow themselves up,
they're more dangerous than I imagined.
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167. This is the crowd that Maki-chan is taking on?
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168. This man, Lieutenant Hinawa,
recruited Maki to a fight like this?
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169. I see.
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170. So my son is all right.
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171. But what the hell is down in the Nether?
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it comes to matters of the White-Clad.
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174. However,
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175. as defenders of the empire, we can't afford
to be left out in the cold anymore!
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176. Get me Honda, from Special Fire Force Company 2!
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177. He must be getting tired of
sitting around on this, too!
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178. I'm giving the 2nd a mission
to investigate the Nether!
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179. Sil-burro, nice security work again today.
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180. You're always at that, huh?
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181. Sil-burro was a traumatized donkey
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182. who sprouted bull's horns,
thanks to Hinawa's wicked experiments.
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183. Now that the benevolent Knight King
has taken him in, he is happy.
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184. Oh! Oh!
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185. Wha—? You've gone and stuffed trash
into Sil-burro's mouth again!
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186. Confounded devil! You're so low
you would abuse animals like that?
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187. Take it down! That thing is so ugly!
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188. —And the trash thing wasn't me!
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189. —They're fighting again.
—And the trash thing wasn't me!
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190. —They're fighting again.
—You expect me to trust anything you say?
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191. —Here, Sil-burro-chan, it's feeding time.
—My trash can is right there!
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192. I told you it wasn't me!
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193. —Hmph! Your deeds every day are evil!
What do you expect?
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194. —Vulcan-san said that donkeys don't eat paper.
—Hmph! Your deeds every day are evil!
What do you expect?
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195. We're not supposed to feed it to goats, either.
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196. Even though the black goat eats his mail?
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197. It's like this every morning at the 8th, huh?
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200. A moment?
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201. Take a look at this. It arrived this morning
from the Imperial Armed Forces.
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202. A mission to investigate
testing facilities in the Nether...
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203. Does this mean the military
is going into the Nether?
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204. Specifically, it's a joint operation
between the 2nd and the 8th.
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205. They've requested our assistance.
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206. No doubt because we've had
previous experience in the Nether.
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at the bottom of the page.
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belong to the Fire Defense Agency.
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209. We can refuse a request from the military.
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212. Okay. The Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces...
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214. J-Just a minute, sir. This is...
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215. an order for you to return to the military.
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216. But I'm no longer in the military;
I'm a Fire Soldier!
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217. Yes, exactly right. But this comes
straight from your father, General Oze.
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218. That has nothing to do with it.
Obviously I'm staying with the 8th.
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badly hurt investigating in the Nether.
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221. The actions of the White-Clad
are getting more extreme by the day.
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222. Your father is probably just worried about you.
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223. I'm sure, but I'll be fine.
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224. I'm proud of the Special Fire Force
that the lieutenant recruited me for.
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225. Isn't that right, sir?
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226. Maki, go back to the military.
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227. Huh?
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228. A joint operation with the 8th?
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229. I hear it's supposed to be a large-scale
investigation of the Nether.
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230. Hajiki-senpai!
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231. We're going to uncover
the White-Clad's testing facilities.
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232. I sure hope Tamaki-san is coming, too.
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233. —Hmm?
—Oh, nothing!
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237. The lid on this jar tightens up in no time,
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an Imperial Armed Forces general.
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she doesn't join the mission—
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242. Oh, sorry.
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245. —Maki-san... isn't ever coming back.
—Nuh-uh.
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247. I'm not listening!
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—Ah!
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251. "Tokyo Imperial Armed Forces,
Secretarial Division"
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255. Me, return to the military?
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256. The White-Clad's activities
are becoming more extreme.
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257. This is no mission for Daddy's precious girl.
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258. Very well, sir.
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259. The lieutenant still thinks
I'm not up to the task.
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260. Secretary Oze, I am Captain Hiraoka!
Thank you for working so hard!
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261. Good morning, Captain Hiraoka.
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262. Ugh, they're treating me with kid gloves.
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264. Yeah. Isn't she adorable?
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265. Our Nio Guardian has
fathered a celestial maiden.
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266. Good morning.
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267. Did you have this morning off?
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268. Well, we have so little to do.
Nice, relaxed workplace, isn't it?
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269. We're surrounded by our choice of
the military's elite, and the pay is great.
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270. This is peak princess's privilege.
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271. Yes it is.
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how cute we were by everyone around us,
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so much more agreeable than others.
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275. making us the perfect people to
place in the elite's showcase, right?
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276. Welcome to the stereotype,
where we actually do type.
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277. Go back to the military.
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278. What's that? Your insignia from the 8th?
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279. Oh, this? Y-Yes it is.
It was a going-away present.
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280. Good morning, Maki-chan.
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281. G-General Oze? Huh? "Maki-chan"?
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282. General Oze, the Nio Guardian of the Empire,
calls his daughter Maki-chan?
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284. Thank you.
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285. I'm glad you've come back.
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286. I just returned to where I should be.
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287. Gotta keep your bird in her cage.
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be keeping people safe,
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290. but committing yourself to dangerous battles
wasn't part of the agreement.
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291. But I know you aren't the kind of girl
who breaks her promises.
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292. You were tricked by Lieutenant Hinawa
at the 8th, weren't you?
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293. Whatever the case,
it's a relief having you back here.
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295. Dad isn't at fault here.
He was just worried about me.
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296. The same goes for Lieutenant Hinawa.
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297. I'm the disappointment for
always being so unacceptable.
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298. I was trying so hard, too.
They're both so demanding.
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299. Training isn't something
you work hard to get through.
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300. You need to get through it with ease.
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301. Yeah, demanding, all right.
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302. Maybe I'm driving myself too hard.
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303. Even birds in their cages have concerns.
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304. The rest of the world wouldn't understand.
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305. "Special Fire Force Company 2, Captain"
"Gustav Honda"
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mindful of on this mission are—
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311. but most of them collapsed
during the Great Cataclysm,
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312. were buried under rubble, and are inaccessible
without digging them out.
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313. As such, we are looking for a location
that can be easily reached,
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315. This narrows down the points we need to search.
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316. These locations were proposed
by Lieutenant Oze, of CID.
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318. If we investigate each one in turn,
we run the risk of tipping the enemy off.
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319. We believe the best plan is to
begin searching each area in unison.
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320. In that case, we will deploy
multiple companies at once.
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322. In that case, since the 8th
has experience in the Nether,
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and place someone in each company.
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324. All right then, please have each company
investigate these points simultaneously.
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326. Attention, Special Fire Force Company 2!
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327. This is an order to all units!
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328. Tomorrow morning at 0800,
we begin Operation Nether Investigation!
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with companies from the 2nd?
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331. Mm-hmm. This will be
our first mission without Maki.
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333. —Yes, sir!
—Yes, sir!
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334. "2nd-8th joint mission,
Operation Nether Lab Investigation"
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335. "2nd-8th joint mission,
Operation Nether Lab Investigation"
"Begins"
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337. "Next time"
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338. Both of you, stay behind me.
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339. Next time on Fire Force, Season 2,
episode 20, "Weapons of Destruction."
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340. "Episode 20:
Weapons of Destruction"
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