1. Protect the forest.Copy !req
2. Shinra-kun, are you okay?Copy !req
3. Judging by your behavior,
has it happened again?Copy !req
4. Yes. There was a voice.Copy !req
5. Protect the forest.Copy !req
6. It said, "Protect the forest."Copy !req
7. A voice? So it really is an Adolla Link?Copy !req
8. Does the voice belong to
the leader of the bandits?Copy !req
9. Well, I don't know exactly what it is.Copy !req
10. I heard it coming from the direction
of the Tabernacle, though.Copy !req
11. Don't tell me...Copy !req
12. it was coming from in there...Copy !req
13. Everything I've had, I've lost,Copy !req
14. but I won't let go of this remaining sparkCopy !req
15. No, I won't let it go, not everCopy !req
16. Though there may be no right answers
in my ill-defined tale,Copy !req
17. once I'm able to step forward...Copy !req
18. They say something's wrong with me,
but I'll do something with themCopy !req
19. I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to beCopy !req
20. But if my dreams have
resolved themselves to be by your sideCopy !req
21. then there's nothing left
for me to doubt anymoreCopy !req
22. Sparks fly as things kick offCopy !req
23. until "black and white" turns to ashen grayCopy !req
24. If there's a choice crown to be hadCopy !req
25. I want it, I want itCopy !req
26. I'll whizz my way toward youCopy !req
27. until "double or nothing" gets zeroed outCopy !req
28. If the clowns are melancholyCopy !req
29. then nothing will get anywhereCopy !req
30. I'll show you a love that
burns hot enough to scorch ashesCopy !req
31. I just spark againCopy !req
32. "Episode 8:
Smoldering Malevolence"Copy !req
33. If you heard it coming from the Tabernacle,Copy !req
34. does that mean that it uses
an Adolla Burst, too?Copy !req
35. Then again, the Tabernacle
is an inorganic object.Copy !req
36. Can it even perform a Link?Copy !req
37. There, you see?Copy !req
38. Those guys attack us unprovoked.
There's no talking to them!Copy !req
39. Scop...Copy !req
40. tell me more about the Tabernacle.
How long has it been there?Copy !req
41. The Tabernacle is something
that was here before us,Copy !req
42. which our benefactor fixed.Copy !req
43. Benefactor?Copy !req
44. It was shortly after the Great Cataclysm
devastated the world 250 years ago.Copy !req
45. One day, a lone traveler appeared.Copy !req
46. It was a human woman,
wrapped in a robe of pitch black.Copy !req
47. This woman preached to us animals,Copy !req
48. who were just waiting for death in this
wasteland, and taught us how to speak.Copy !req
49. Why have you come here, lady?Copy !req
50. I came from beyond the spatial rift
to once again recreate this world.Copy !req
51. Now,Copy !req
52. you must be hungry, right?Copy !req
53. Warm yourselves with this flame.Copy !req
54. The flame that she produced was very warm,Copy !req
55. and we soon noticed that our hunger was gone,Copy !req
56. and our lives had been extended.Copy !req
57. But then, one day...Copy !req
58. she repaired the abandoned Tabernacle,Copy !req
59. and then disappeared.Copy !req
60. It is because of the Tabernacle
that this Oasis came about,Copy !req
61. and we are still alive.Copy !req
62. Yeah.Copy !req
63. She is our benefactor.
She may come back here someday.Copy !req
64. Until that time, we will
keep the Tabernacle safe.Copy !req
65. Where did this woman go?Copy !req
66. No one has seen her since that day.Copy !req
67. Still, we cannot turn over to them
the place where she will return!Copy !req
68. Protect the forest.Copy !req
69. The voice probably belongs to her.Copy !req
70. Yeah, it is possible.Copy !req
71. It's safe to say that the spot we singled out
to investigate is the Tabernacle.Copy !req
72. What on earth is the story there?Copy !req
73. It's them!Copy !req
74. A person?Copy !req
75. A former person.Copy !req
76. There are Infernals here, too?Copy !req
77. —Licht-san!
—Help me!
—It's a trap!Copy !req
78. Shinra, go help Inspector Licht!Copy !req
79. Yes, sir!Copy !req
80. Licht-san!Copy !req
81. He's dead!Copy !req
82. Licht-san!Copy !req
83. Oof...Copy !req
84. Are you all right?Copy !req
85. Huh? I thought I was dead.Copy !req
86. Thank goodness! Lieutenant Pan's
defensive buff was in time.Copy !req
87. I don't even have a scratch.Copy !req
88. That's incredible.Copy !req
89. —He has friends.
—This time we're dead for sure!Copy !req
90. Shinra, take Licht-san and get him back!Copy !req
91. R-Right.Copy !req
92. —The prayer!
—Yeah!Copy !req
93. The flame is the soul's breath.Copy !req
94. The black smoke is the soul's release.Copy !req
95. Yoruba Spears!Copy !req
96. Excalibur!Copy !req
97. Látom.Copy !req
98. Stay away! I don't taste good!Copy !req
99. Damn, there are quite a few of them, huh?Copy !req
100. Grr... How dare you defile
our friends and the Oasis!Copy !req
101. Give us back our Oasis!Copy !req
102. Give us back the Tabernacle!Copy !req
103. You guys okay?Copy !req
104. Hu... mans...Copy !req
105. Who... are you...?Copy !req
106. They can talk?Copy !req
107. Well, if moles can talk, why not?Copy !req
108. Don't you even see us animals here?Copy !req
109. Hey! You can hear me, right?Copy !req
110. We've seen an Infernal
that can talk once before...Copy !req
111. Why won't you look at me?Copy !req
112. Stop... ignoring us animals!Copy !req
113. Get them.Copy !req
114. You guys need the creative energy
of the Tabernacle?Copy !req
115. If so, won't you consider
living in harmony with the animals?Copy !req
116. You say...Copy !req
117. that has the power of creation?
Don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
118. That was built... in order
to destroy the world.Copy !req
119. It is there... to destroy.Copy !req
120. —Destroy... Destroy... Destroy...Copy !req
121. —The Tabernacle is a weapon
built to destroy the world?
—Destroy... Destroy... Destroy...Copy !req
122. But Amaterasu in Tokyo isn't, right?Copy !req
123. No, it actually does make some sense.Copy !req
124. Dr. Giovani went to Vulcan's workshop
to find the key to Amaterasu.Copy !req
125. The objective of Dr. Giovani
and the rest of the Evangelist's menCopy !req
126. is to once again trigger a Great Cataclysm.Copy !req
127. I'm not sure what it is they're after,Copy !req
128. but they're out to destroy the world again.Copy !req
129. And in order to achieve that goal,
they'll need Amaterasu, right?Copy !req
130. Then it's true that it really is
a weapon of destruction?Copy !req
131. No!Copy !req
132. The Tabernacle that that woman
created is no such thing!Copy !req
133. Just look at this forest!
This is all because of the Tabernacle!Copy !req
134. Sure, she may have had a creepy face.Copy !req
135. She would smile this eerie, devilish smile.Copy !req
136. But when we were doomed to perish,
she gave us language and life.Copy !req
137. She gave us the Oasis.Copy !req
138. Yeah, the voice I heard over the Adolla Link
didn't sound like an evil one.Copy !req
139. I believe what Scop is telling us.Copy !req
140. Shinra...!Copy !req
141. We are not going to let these guys...Copy !req
142. use the Tabernacle
as a weapon of destruction!Copy !req
143. The remaining tablets.Copy !req
144. You have gathered them all?Copy !req
145. Now we can initialize the
weapon of destruction.Copy !req
146. Good! The day of our souls'
release draws near!Copy !req
147. Let us face the time of our end together!Copy !req
148. At last, we will be freed from
the suffering of these flames.Copy !req
149. Ah, Tempe-sama!Copy !req
150. Tempe-sama!Copy !req
151. We have human intruders!Copy !req
152. What did you say? Humans,
all the way out here?Copy !req
153. All of you, the time has come
for you to do one last labor for me!Copy !req
154. We will not allow anyone to interfere.Copy !req
155. I will only grant unto those
who served me in this lifeCopy !req
156. repose and glory in the world after death!Copy !req
157. Labor, labor, labor, labor,
kill those who stand in our way,Copy !req
158. and demonstrate your devotion to me.Copy !req
159. Labor for me, kneel down before me,
and bow down your heads to me!Copy !req
160. That is the path to salvation!Copy !req
161. The only means of being released
from these burning bodies!Copy !req
162. —For thee!
—For thee!Copy !req
163. return to the great flame of fire.Copy !req
164. Látom.Copy !req
165. Let's take a moment to
sort out our situation.Copy !req
166. According to our investigation so far,Copy !req
167. they appear to want to use
the Tabernacle to destroy the world.Copy !req
168. But, since they haven't actually
executed their plan,Copy !req
169. it's possible that there is
something else that they require.Copy !req
170. Scop, is there anything else
you can tell us? Anything might help.Copy !req
171. Hmm... Let's see...Copy !req
172. Come to think of it, I saw them
collecting those stone tablets.Copy !req
173. Oh, I saw that, too.Copy !req
174. Stone tablets?Copy !req
175. They have gathered a number of them, huh?Copy !req
176. They probably have quite
a few of them by now.Copy !req
177. Are these tablets some sort of key
that will activate the Tabernacle's power?Copy !req
178. Who knows? But I can tell you for sureCopy !req
179. that the Infernals' leader
instructed them to collect the tablets.Copy !req
180. The guy has terrifying horns
growing out of his head like this.Copy !req
181. Huh?Copy !req
182. —He has horns?
—There's a demon Infernal here?Copy !req
183. Demon?Copy !req
184. If there's a demon here,
that changes things an awful lot.Copy !req
185. "Hmm..."Copy !req
186. What, are they that bad?Copy !req
187. I read the reports.Copy !req
188. It takes a ridiculous amount of
firepower to put one to rest, right?Copy !req
189. It's impossible for us to
put one to rest with our numbers.Copy !req
190. I guess all we can do now is turn back.Copy !req
191. If there's a demon here, it will be
impossible to take control here.Copy !req
192. However, we can't ignore the fact that
they're trying to trigger a CataclysmCopy !req
193. by blowing up the Tabernacle.Copy !req
194. Licht-san, do you have any ideas
about how to defeat this demon?Copy !req
195. Hmm, last time, it was a miracle
that we got enough personnel togetherCopy !req
196. and all worked together
to finally put that one to rest.Copy !req
197. In any event, it would take enough firepower
to blow this whole forest away.Copy !req
198. What? Nothing doing!Copy !req
199. Just a minute. I thought we were here
to survey the Tabernacle, right?Copy !req
200. Why are we talking about
putting this demon to rest?Copy !req
201. But we have to put a stop to their plans!Copy !req
202. Besides, even if we can't put him to rest,
we can at least slow him down.Copy !req
203. We'll keep the demon occupied,
and the rest of you can survey the Tabernacle.Copy !req
204. Disrupting things is my strong point.Copy !req
205. I'll lay out the mission.Copy !req
206. A team will go inside the Tabernacle,Copy !req
207. while Shinra and Ogun use their mobility
to divert the demon's attention.Copy !req
208. Arthur, Tamaki, Juggernaut,
you'll stand guard.Copy !req
209. —Yes, sir.
—Yes, sir.Copy !req
210. Meanwhile, Inspector Licht and I
will investigate the Tabernacle.Copy !req
211. You're sure you can't drive them off?Copy !req
212. We've already come this far.Copy !req
213. We'll put a stop to the Infernals' plans.Copy !req
214. But we can't defeat the demon.
Defeating the demon is too hard.Copy !req
215. Don't worry, Scop.Copy !req
216. I'll take back the Oasis for you.Copy !req
217. Shinra...Copy !req
218. I'll also defeat that demon for you.
I'm a hero, after all!Copy !req
219. A hero!Copy !req
220. There's the entrance to the Tabernacle.Copy !req
221. There's nobody around.Copy !req
222. All right, we're going in now, while we can.Copy !req
223. Well?Copy !req
224. We had a quick look around, but there's
no sign of the demon or other Infernals.Copy !req
225. Things were quiet all the way
into the inner chambers.Copy !req
226. They were? That works
just fine for me. Change of plans.Copy !req
227. Shinra, Ogun, Tamaki, and Juggernaut,
you stand guard outside.Copy !req
228. Arthur, you're with us,
just in case anything happens in here.Copy !req
229. —Roger.
—Roger.Copy !req
230. All right, split up.Copy !req
231. —Shh!
—Shh!Copy !req
232. Idiot!Copy !req
233. Sorry, force of habit.Copy !req
234. The state of things inside
is incredibly good.Copy !req
235. You wouldn't think this
place was 250 years old.Copy !req
236. Of course, dummy. We've been
keeping it clean this whole time.Copy !req
237. These must be the tablets you mentioned.Copy !req
238. What are these numbers?Copy !req
239. It's a trap?Copy !req
240. Hey...Copy !req
241. They're behind us, too.Copy !req
242. We're surrounded.Copy !req
243. You fell for it. You must be
the humans who are intruding.Copy !req
244. These Infernals set a trap for us?
Do they really have that much intelligence?Copy !req
245. Shinra, over there!Copy !req
246. —Horns.
—A demon.Copy !req
247. Wh-Wh-What do we do? We have to run!Copy !req
248. The lieutenant and the others are still inside!
You want to leave them there?Copy !req
249. You are barbarians, violating
our sacred ground.Copy !req
250. The only thing we can do is buy some time.Copy !req
251. We can't let them inside, no matter what!Copy !req
252. Kill those who stand in our way!Copy !req
253. Why are they all coming after me?Copy !req
254. This is our sacred ground!
We will not allow all of you to violate it!Copy !req
255. Violate?Copy !req
256. This place was the animals' Oasis!Copy !req
257. You don't get to say anything
when you encroached on this place first!Copy !req
258. Couldn't you have coexisted?Copy !req
259. Coexist?Copy !req
260. What you call the Tabernacle
is a weapon of destruction!Copy !req
261. There is no point in re-growing this forest!Copy !req
262. I will burn all of it down!Copy !req
263. Why are you trying to destroy everything?Copy !req
264. So that I can go to Heaven!Copy !req
265. Ah! Don't ruin the forest!Copy !req
266. Sorry!Copy !req
267. So you can go to Heaven?Copy !req
268. What do you mean by that?Copy !req
269. For the 250 years since the Great Cataclysm,Copy !req
270. I have wandered, unable to die.Copy !req
271. I want to die!Copy !req
272. I need the firepower it would take
to blow up the Tabernacle for me to die.Copy !req
273. And with a being such as myself dying,Copy !req
274. I will require those in Heaven
who will look after my needs.Copy !req
275. Now, the aftershock from the explosion
may also blow away your seaport,Copy !req
276. but I will let those who live there
serve me in the afterlife as well.Copy !req
277. Oh, Tempe-sama!Copy !req
278. We will follow you anywhere!Copy !req
279. Will you join me in going to the afterlife?Copy !req
280. I can have you serve me
in some position or other in the afterlife.Copy !req
281. Tempe-sama, all I can do is grow potatoes.Copy !req
282. You want to serve him?Copy !req
283. You're trying to drag all of this
down with you just so you can die?Copy !req
284. Screw you, man! You go ahead
and die on your own!Copy !req
285. No, it's no easy matter for him to die.Copy !req
286. Huh?Copy !req
287. He's right. It's going to take at least
as much firepower to kill a demonCopy !req
288. as it would take to blow
up this whole forest.Copy !req
289. Oh, no... So you're saying
we have to lose the forest?Copy !req
290. What do we do with a demon
that we can't put to rest?Copy !req
291. There's nothing else we can do with him!Copy !req
292. We have no choice but to fight!Copy !req
293. What do you think you are doing?Copy !req
294. Tempe's Holy Light!Copy !req
295. For thee!Copy !req
296. For thee!Copy !req
297. This is the blessing of light
granted to those who perish with me!Copy !req
298. Shinra!Copy !req
299. That demon is too much for us
to defeat on our own!Copy !req
300. All we can do is buy time, like we planned!Copy !req
301. Just buying time isn't good enough!
If we don't stop him here,Copy !req
302. he's gonna use the Tabernacle
and we'll all wind up dead!Copy !req
303. The town will be blown up, too!Copy !req
304. Yeah! The potato fields
will be turned into hot potatoes!Copy !req
305. There are bigger things
to worry about than potatoes!Copy !req
306. Yes, but still...Copy !req
307. Survey the Tabernacle,
and put this demon to rest.Copy !req
308. Those are the only things that we have to do.Copy !req
309. Guys, let's pour all of the firepower
we have right now into this guy!Copy !req
310. —Yeah.
—You got it!Copy !req
311. If you oppose me, your status
in Heaven will drop down.Copy !req
312. Who cares?Copy !req
313. Still...Copy !req
314. how are we going to put him to rest
with the people we have on hand?Copy !req
315. What can we do to produce
Captain Shinmon levels of firepower?Copy !req
316. The Adolla Link. If I can
gain the Evangelist's Grace,Copy !req
317. that might be enough to
put this demon to rest.Copy !req
318. No, the Evangelist is our enemy.Copy !req
319. Besides, there's no way I can get
any Grace out here in this frontier land.Copy !req
320. Moreover, Lieutenant Pan and the others
might be returning at any minute.Copy !req
321. Once they do, I can get a power-up buff—Copy !req
322. What is it, Kusakabe?Copy !req
323. Was that... an Adolla Link?Copy !req
324. What do we do?Copy !req
325. My Excalibur can get us
out of here in no time.Copy !req
326. We're letting Shinra-kun and
the others handle things outside.Copy !req
327. We should continue our investigation.Copy !req
328. You're right.Copy !req
329. I have to say, I'm not sure what exactly
these number sequences represent.Copy !req
330. They keep going on that way.Copy !req
331. Could it be some kind of code?Copy !req
332. No. If it were a code, there would be
some degree of regularity to them.Copy !req
333. But from what I can see,
this number sequence is all but irregular.Copy !req
334. Caw! We've seen these before, too.
They don't mean anything, do they?Copy !req
335. Even if they don't mean anything to us,Copy !req
336. it's safe to say that they meant
something to whoever made these.Copy !req
337. There are numbers up there, too.Copy !req
338. They're all over the place.Copy !req
339. Random number sequences.Copy !req
340. —It will be quite a chore
figuring out what these are.
—"Yoshiro, eat some meat" .Copy !req
341. "Hurry and give me a banana" .Copy !req
342. "Snacks by twos and ones" .Copy !req
343. This is pi, right?Copy !req
344. "To be continued"Copy !req
345. —Huh?
—Huh?Copy !req
346. Most incidences have their own nameCopy !req
347. But no one knows and I'm upside downCopy !req
348. Billions of people existCopy !req
349. But not anybody tells me what that isCopy !req
350. Sacrificing my limited lifeCopy !req
351. Am I moving forward or notCopy !req
352. I just want to believeCopy !req
353. Nothing goes to wasteCopy !req
354. I question myselfCopy !req
355. Why I can't be who I want to beCopy !req
356. tangled and translucentCopy !req
357. It drains meCopy !req
358. Pretending and overextending myselfCopy !req
359. Wish one day I could love pathetic myselfCopy !req
360. Hoping for a dazzling future to comeCopy !req
361. Don't over decorate smile clumsilyCopy !req
362. Just live life the way I amCopy !req
363. This world is cruelCopy !req
364. Can't choose how to be bornCopy !req
365. Stick up the middle finger thenCopy !req
366. Let's shoot off to the other sideCopy !req
367. "Fire Force, Season 2"Copy !req
368. "Next time"Copy !req
369. Arthur-san and the others
inside the TabernacleCopy !req
370. arrive at last at the central core.Copy !req
371. There, they hear an eerie pulse echoing.Copy !req
372. This sound is a little bit scary.Copy !req
373. Is there something alive inside?Copy !req
374. Next time on Fire Force, Season 2,
episode 9, "The Core."Copy !req
375. "Episode 9:
The Core"Copy !req
376. Return to the great flame of fire. Látom.Copy !req