1. Brother!
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2. He had potential, but he was merely human.
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3. They break so easily.
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4. Move, damn it!
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5. You're in the way! Brother! Brother!
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6. I should return him to the hole
while he's still alive.
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7. After all, I'm capable of reason.
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8. Brother!
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9. Why'd you let your guard down, monster?
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10. Toma.
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11. What are you doing over here?
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12. I told you to handle all the nobodies.
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13. Right. Sorry, Brother.
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14. His throat regenerated.
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15. How?
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16. He should be an ordinary human.
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17. No...
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18. While he was in the hole,
did he merge with them?
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19. Hey, monster.
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20. What's that strange vibe
I sensed coming from you earlier?
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21. Is he talking about tao?
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22. Ordinary humans shouldn't
be able to detect it.
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23. Hey, you quit your stupid yapping.
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24. Could it be that that's the monster's power?
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25. Is that the key to killing the Tensen?
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26. This man's tao is larger than before.
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27. I can feel it.
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28. This man is dangerous.
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29. I should kill him now.
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30. I can't see it.
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31. He's so small, but so strong.
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32. Is what I sensed his secret?
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33. His tao is continuing to grow.
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34. Is it the vines' influence?
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35. He's exceeded human capabilities.
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36. My brother is a master of adaptation.
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37. But at this rate...
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38. If he keeps going...
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39. I'm not sure what's happening,
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40. but my body's become awfully convenient.
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41. You're quite courageous.
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42. Do you not fear your body changing
and no longer being human?
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43. Nah.
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44. Nothing in this world is static.
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45. I know that well.
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46. There's only one thing
that doesn't need to change.
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47. One? You mean your sense of self?
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48. No.
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49. What are you doing?
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50. Brother...
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51. Your privileged upbringing
is written all over your face.
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52. You're so classy, it makes
people disrespect us.
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53. I'll turn you two into real bandits.
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54. Let's start with the younger one.
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55. Are you out of your mind?
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56. What are you doing?
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57. You still think we're classy?
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58. Anyone who's still got a problem
with it can add more.
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59. A monster wouldn't understand.
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60. Nobody understands.
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61. Show me more of your ability.
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62. You—no, it's all of you.
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63. Your navel is your weakness after all.
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64. It keeps getting bigger.
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65. What is this man?
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66. I'm starting to see it.
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67. I knew you were emanating something,
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68. but you've got it wrapped
all around your body.
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69. Soshin, to me—
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70. They can't.
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71. I killed them all.
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72. Come on.
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73. Show me more of your ability. Your secret!
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74. I see. So that's how you gather it.
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75. Does simply shrouding yourself
in it not affect your defense?
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76. It breaks so easily.
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77. Impossible.
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78. My attacks were practically
ineffective against the other one.
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79. Is it because I didn't wrap myself in it?
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80. Impossible.
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81. Seems like there's more to it,
but I'll just have to practice.
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82. So this is tao...
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83. Impossible.
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84. Wow, so they can be killed.
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85. I can see your tao as you're
on the brink of death.
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86. Get up, monster.
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87. I've got a lot of questions for you.
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88. First, where are the Tensen?
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89. I could be wrong, but it looks
like the scars are growing.
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90. Huh? What is it?
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91. Hey, you seem out of it.
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92. Sorry.
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93. Help me tie him up.
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94. Am I wrong?
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95. I'm glad my brother is alive,
but is he all right?
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96. And these scars...
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97. They look less like lacerations
and more like vines.
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98. What do you think, miss?
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99. I'm pretty impressive with a sword, right?
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100. Strong.
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101. I should be able to master
the use of tao quickly.
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102. Huh?
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103. Tao, strong, weak.
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104. Strong, strong, no.
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105. I don't get it.
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106. Like this?
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107. Strong, strong, no.
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108. How about this?
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109. Strong, strong.
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110. Tao. Strong, weak.
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111. It's like we're playing
some kind of word game.
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112. So I can't brute force it.
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113. He's pretty strong for a small guy.
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114. Miss, how about that?
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115. Strong, strong. No, no.
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116. The Hollow and the Blade Dragon.
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117. They're so dependable, it makes me laugh.
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118. What are you doing?
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119. Analyzing the monsters.
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120. Each monster's internal
structure is different.
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121. Though they look similar,
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122. this one's internal
structure resembles a fish,
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123. and this one's resembles a human.
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124. In other words?
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125. Each one has different weak points.
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126. Speaking of biological mysteries...
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127. She's a mystery as well.
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128. Who exactly is she, anyway?
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129. In that moment,
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130. it looked like she used a mysterious power
to carve away the cliff so we could escape.
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131. An ordinary human couldn't do that.
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132. Not an ordinary human...
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133. I made her cry again.
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134. She's still just a child on the inside.
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135. Hey, shinobi.
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136. Don't make the young lady cry.
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137. Girls won't like you
if you keep glaring like that.
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138. That's fine with me. I'm married.
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139. What?
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140. That's not what I meant.
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141. You're my underling now.
Don't make girls cry.
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142. I'm nobody's underling.
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143. The Hollow is more human than they say.
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144. Strong, strong, strong, no.
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145. Do you have a wife?
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146. That's...
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147. From coast to coast, I—
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148. I have been secretly searching
for you, Mei-sama.
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149. Mei-sama?
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150. It's been centuries since Mei-sama
was banished from the palace.
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151. She disappeared from Horai,
and we were at a loss.
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152. We were forbidden from looking
for her by Rien-sama.
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153. But as luck would have it,
we've been reunited.
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154. I am overjoyed.
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155. Let us return together.
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156. We need your help.
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157. What's going on here?
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158. I could ask you the same thing.
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159. I don't know how it happened,
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160. but she does not belong with you humans.
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161. Like the Tensen, she feeds off of humans.
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162. Tensen? You mean those Tensen?
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163. She's one of them?
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164. So she's not human after all.
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165. Please return to Horai and lead us.
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166. Without your help, we...
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167. If I get involved in any
more trouble, I could lose my way.
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168. Lose sight of my true goal.
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169. The real reason I joined this expedition.
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170. What should I be doing right now?
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171. What are you doing, human?
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172. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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173. If you're trying to help her,
then you're making a mistake.
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174. This matter does not concern you.
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175. Yeah, I guess you're right.
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176. I don't know the circumstances,
and I might be overreaching.
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177. Besides, it's not something I do.
Plus, it's a hassle.
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178. Even I'm surprised I acted impulsively.
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179. But I can't make her cry again.
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180. That's good enough for me.
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181. What a nuisance.
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182. But either way, we came
to turn you into tan.
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183. When did they get there?
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184. We're taking Mei-sama back with us.
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185. Is he the boss of those butterflies?
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186. I'm gonna kill him.
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187. Judging by their appearance,
they're insect-users.
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188. Or are they their boss?
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189. Approaching them carelessly
would be dangerous.
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190. I lost my left hand because of these things.
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191. I owe them a big thank you.
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192. Then you should thank me as well.
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193. I'm the one who modif—
healed your left hand.
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194. I'm not sure "thank you" is the right word.
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195. No, I'm serious.
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196. Everything is improved by loss.
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197. My skill with a blade
has gotten even stronger!
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198. What was that?
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199. It's those invisible attacks.
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200. These things use them, too?
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201. Don't charge in recklessly.
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202. They use invisible abilities.
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203. I see. So this is tao.
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204. What?
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205. Damn pests, scurrying around.
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206. Stay out of my way, underling.
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207. I'm not your underling.
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208. You're getting in my way.
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209. I wanna kill those butterflies.
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210. You are no match for us.
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211. You're not even someone who should
concern themselves with Mei-sama.
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212. So why do you protect her?
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213. You're right.
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214. The old me might've abandoned her.
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215. Since we arrived, I haven't
been acting like myself.
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216. But I don't feel bad about it.
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217. Helping someone who helped you
is common sense, right?
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218. Why are you so obsessed with the girl?
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219. She doesn't seem to like it.
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220. The doshi study tao and train in its use.
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221. Mei-sama is essential to that training.
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222. Train? But you're monsters.
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223. Tao exists within all things.
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224. Foolish and pathetic humans,
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225. I shall teach you before you become tan.
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226. There are five steps to mastering tao.
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227. Doin, taisoku, shuitsu, shuten...
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228. And finally, most important
of all, bochu jutsu.
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229. Bochu jutsu requires a partner,
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230. as it involves the circulation of yin
and yang, or congress.
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231. What does "congress" mean?
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232. In plain terms, he means sexual intercourse.
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233. What?
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234. Screwing for training? That's ridiculous.
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235. It is a noble type of training.
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236. All things possess either yin or yang qi.
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237. One must grow their tao
to the point that both circulate.
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238. The mind and body are prepared through
training such as doin and taisoku,
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239. and both parties' yin and yang are joined
and made to circulate.
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240. This is bochu jutsu.
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241. Tao heightened in this way is said to possess
the power to change the laws of nature.
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242. It was our masters, the Tensen,
who developed this technique.
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243. The Tensen are transcendent
beings who can circulate yin
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244. and yang on their own in addition
to performing bochu jutsu.
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245. Through repeated circulations
and conversions of yin and yang,
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246. they heighten their tao.
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247. They have trained
for a thousand years in order
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248. to achieve the greatest
level of tao possible.
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249. Yin and yang are expressed as the sexes.
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250. In the case of the Tensen, each one is both.
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251. The circulation of yin and yang...
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252. That must be when they
swap between male and female.
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253. But ordinary creatures only
possess one or the other.
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254. Therefore, they require a partner
for yin-yang circulation.
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255. We are male. We possess yang qi.
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256. Mei-sama is yin, and her qi
is of the highest quality.
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257. Joining and circulating Mei-sama's yin with
our yang allows us to perform bochu jutsu.
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258. In other words...
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259. Don't say it. It makes me want to puke.
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260. Though Mei-sama and
the Tensen share the same origins,
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261. she is an inferior being
who possesses only yin qi.
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262. It's the reason she was
banished from the palace.
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263. Rien-sama gave Mei-sama two choices.
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264. Die like a dog,
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265. or remain in Horai as our training partner.
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266. Rien-sama inflicted those scars
on her body as a mark of that.
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267. However, Mei-sama disappeared from Horai.
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268. Please return so that we
can conduct our training.
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269. I see now why she's afraid of you.
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270. You're totally disgusting.
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271. A human wouldn't understand.
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272. Ninja, I'm gonna kill that centi—
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273. Since we arrived, I haven't
been acting like myself.
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274. No,
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275. I've been seeing sides of myself
that not even I knew about.
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276. I'm a little surprised.
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277. Apparently I find that kind of
behavior unforgivable.
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278. Marked?
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279. Don't talk about her like she's an object.
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280. I see.
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281. It will be difficult to turn you into tan.
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282. False Kishikai.
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283. I'll kill you all here.
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284. I'd like to see you try.
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285. Hermit? More like a transformed monster.
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286. That Tensen transformed
into a monster as well.
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287. Is this the same ability?
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288. We can't afford to lose this time.
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289. Whoops.
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290. Their attacks are easier
to dodge now that they've merged.
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291. I feel dizzy. Did I inhale
the insects' scales?
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292. They're tough opponents.
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293. Underling, assist me!
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294. I can't!
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295. It's hard.
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296. But it'll burn.
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297. Tin Splinter.
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298. They're not as strong as the Tensen,
but I still can't see it.
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299. Those butterflies
are dangerous, Shortymaru.
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300. Pyro Bridge.
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301. Stop.
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302. You'll hit Mei-sama.
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303. Tao, the invisible power.
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304. I can sense it vaguely,
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305. but I need to be able to detect it
more precisely in order to fight.
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306. I don't have time to stumble
over this opponent.
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307. My real opponents are them.
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308. If only I could understand
what the girl said.
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309. You're straining yourself
too much, apparently.
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310. In order to see tao, your mind
must be both strong and weak.
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311. How do you know that?
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312. It's essentially the same way Sugita Genpaku
translated the Tafel Anatomie.
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313. I deciphered her words
and had her demonstrate.
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314. I had her assist me in sensing my own
tao by having her touch it directly.
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315. I sense something, but that's all.
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316. I don't see anything.
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317. Seeing tao requires training
and a specific state of mind.
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318. Gabimaru, in your case,
you need to weaken your mind.
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319. Weaken it? We're in the middle of battle.
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320. Regardless, you must.
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321. Tao is like a visible
expression of life force.
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322. Without both strength
and weakness, it can't be detected.
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323. Weaken my mind?
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324. Strong, fruit of weak.
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325. Weak, seed of strong.
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326. That's not weakness.
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327. It's the seed of strength.
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328. Strong and weak.
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329. All important.
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330. I doubt it can be learned overnight, though.
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331. No, I'm good. I mostly get it.
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332. What?
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333. Mostly? Wait a minute.
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334. Big.
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335. Huh?
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336. Gabimaru tao big.
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337. That feeling.
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338. Tin Splinter...
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339. He's dodging them.
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340. He understood from just that explanation?
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341. He's an Iwagakure shinobi, isn't he?
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342. I've heard some of them
use superhuman abilities.
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343. He may not know the term tao,
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344. but it wouldn't surprise me
if he's mastered similar techniques.
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345. This is Gabimaru the Hollow's true nature.
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346. It's the result of training
to the point of losing one's humanity.
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347. I can predict the intention and direction
of his attacks from the movement of his tao.
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348. I can clearly sense
the monsters behind me, too.
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349. I trained endlessly at Iwagakure,
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350. but none of them taught me this feeling.
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351. It's not just strong presences.
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352. I sense weak ones as well,
everything around me.
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353. By accepting my own weakness,
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354. I can finally sense the weakness in others.
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355. The space between a tough heart
and a delicate one, or both.
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356. It's like I'm deep in the waves of conflict.
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357. I understand her strength now.
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358. The way she moves forward while wavering.
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359. Both stronger and weaker.
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360. I know the intention and direction of
each and every insect on its arms.
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361. It's like knowing
the large waves that are created
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362. when a single drop of water collides
with its surroundings.
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363. Ninjutsu? No...
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364. I can't believe a human
is capable of such a feat.
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365. He's like... like the Tensen.
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366. You can't win now.
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367. Now I'm finally
on the same level as the Tensen.
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368. He learned to detect tao
in such a short amount of time?
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369. The precision of his technique is...
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370. Tell me.
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371. Do you have other allies?
Where are the Tensen?
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372. This is the end for me.
I shall answer your questions.
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373. Including me, three doshi were instructed
by the Tensen to spy on the humans.
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374. They said there was something different
about the ones who arrived this time.
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375. That if we didn't do something about them,
they could become a threat to us.
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376. It would seem they were right.
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377. Hey, wait!
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378. I'm the star here. You're stealing
my spotlight, underling.
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379. I'll deal the finishing blow.
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380. I'm not your underling.
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381. Stone Storm, Centipede Mode.
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382. So this is Horai...
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