1. A man clad in purest black...Copy !req
2. I see.Copy !req
3. You're the stray dog that's been
snapping at the Cult lately.Copy !req
4. My name is Shadow.Copy !req
5. He who lurks in the shadows
in order to hunt the shadows.Copy !req
6. Shadow?Copy !req
7. You seem to have gotten a swelled head
after crushing a few of our smaller facilities.Copy !req
8. But not one of the Cult's core members was
anywhere near any of those bases.Copy !req
9. You're just a bunch of cowards
going after our weakest minions.Copy !req
10. Whomever or wherever we hunt, the result is the same.Copy !req
11. Unfortunately for you, it is not the same.Copy !req
12. A core member of the Cult is right here.Copy !req
13. Today, you will be hunted by me:Copy !req
14. the future Twelfth Seat of Rounds, Zenon Griffey.Copy !req
15. I will take your life in the service
of the Knights of Rounds!Copy !req
16. So?Copy !req
17. Where is this core member of the Cult?Copy !req
18. We've finished evacuating citizensCopy !req
19. from Commercial Districts 3 through 8!Copy !req
20. Close the station!Copy !req
21. Have the trains take shelter three stations down!Copy !req
22. All of them!Copy !req
23. Fire! Fire!Copy !req
24. Dark Knights!Copy !req
25. Attack!Copy !req
26. What?Copy !req
27. It healed itself?Copy !req
28. Dammit!Copy !req
29. Rally all nearby units!Copy !req
30. Aye!Copy !req
31. We'll try to keep it here!Copy !req
32. Don't worry about damaging buildings!Copy !req
33. Permission granted to go all out!Copy !req
34. Do whatever it takes to stop that thing!Copy !req
35. You monster!Copy !req
36. Princess Iris!Copy !req
37. The injured will retreat!Copy !req
38. This district will soon be deserted!Copy !req
39. Then we can-Copy !req
40. It's healing itself.Copy !req
41. You're kidding.Copy !req
42. That was an attack from Princess Iris!Copy !req
43. You can heal that, too, can you?Copy !req
44. In that case,Copy !req
45. I'll just have to cut you into pieces so small
that you can't regenerate from them!Copy !req
46. I'll just keep...Copy !req
47. You're only making her suffer.Copy !req
48. Can't you see that?Copy !req
49. Who are you?Copy !req
50. Alpha.Copy !req
51. The monster...Copy !req
52. You poor thing, I know it hurts.Copy !req
53. You don't have to suffer any more.Copy !req
54. You don't have to feel any more pain,Copy !req
55. any more sadness.Copy !req
56. You...Copy !req
57. Wait, come back!Copy !req
58. Be a good audience member and content yourself
with sitting back and enjoying the show.Copy !req
59. We are Shadow Garden,
and you will stay out of our way.Copy !req
60. Shadow Garden?Copy !req
61. It's happening everywhere!Copy !req
62. Alexia, where in the world are you?Copy !req
63. I see, apparently I've underestimated you a little.Copy !req
64. I can see how you've managed to
destroy so many of our bases,Copy !req
65. even if they were small ones.Copy !req
66. Now let me show you!Copy !req
67. Behold the power of a future Knight of Rounds!Copy !req
68. So much magical energy...Copy !req
69. He's strong.Copy !req
70. Dammit!Copy !req
71. You're not attacking?Copy !req
72. "Future Rounds"?Copy !req
73. His technique has gone beyond excellent
and into the realms of transcendent.Copy !req
74. But at its core...Copy !req
75. his fencing is so ordinary.Copy !req
76. Like I dreamed of when I was a little girl...Copy !req
77. My ridiculous idea of ideal swordplay.Copy !req
78. Even without the innate talent for the sword
that my sister had,Copy !req
79. I believed that, if I worked long and hard enough,
I could be as strong as she is.Copy !req
80. But no matter how hard I tried,
I could never catch up to the prodigy.Copy !req
81. The best I could ever do was to get people to
compare me to her, and laugh at me.Copy !req
82. The fencing style of the have-nots,
with no strength and no skill:Copy !req
83. the style of a Fencer Ordinaire.Copy !req
84. But I couldn't give it up.Copy !req
85. This style, that's nothing but a plain,
boring accumulation of basic skills...Copy !req
86. To me...Copy !req
87. this style...Copy !req
88. I like your fencing style.Copy !req
89. You, who are you?Copy !req
90. If you have so much power,
why do you hide your identity?Copy !req
91. We are Shadow Garden.Copy !req
92. They who lurk in the shadows,
who hunt the shadows.Copy !req
93. That is the sole purpose of our existence.Copy !req
94. Are you insane?Copy !req
95. Shadow Garden?Copy !req
96. And there's a cult?Copy !req
97. What's going on?Copy !req
98. All right...Copy !req
99. If you really want to fight,Copy !req
100. then I'll give you a fight!Copy !req
101. With these pills,Copy !req
102. a man can awaken to a new nature
beyond human limitations!Copy !req
103. If an ordinary person took them, he would be
overwhelmed by their tremendous power and die...Copy !req
104. I am the Third Awakened.Copy !req
105. Those who can control this power
are the real chosen ones.Copy !req
106. The ones worthy to join the Rounds.Copy !req
107. Let me show you...Copy !req
108. almighty power!Copy !req
109. How unsightly.Copy !req
110. If that's the best you can do,
don't claim to be almighty.Copy !req
111. That's blasphemy against the almighty.Copy !req
112. Dammit...Copy !req
113. There is no road to almightiness
for those using borrowed strength.Copy !req
114. None!Copy !req
115. Playtime is over.Copy !req
116. What is all this?Copy !req
117. Is this magic?Copy !req
118. But it's so...Copy !req
119. A single person could never-Copy !req
120. Once upon a time,Copy !req
121. there was a man who wished to
withstand a nuclear bomb.Copy !req
122. The man developed his muscles,
honed his mind, perfected his skills.Copy !req
123. However, there were yet heights he could not attain.Copy !req
124. But I couldn't allow myself to give up.Copy !req
125. So after years upon years of training,Copy !req
126. I arrived at a single solution.Copy !req
127. If I don't want to be vaporized in a nuclear explosion...Copy !req
128. I simply have to become nuclear myself.Copy !req
129. You're out of your mind!Copy !req
130. Let the true meaning of "almighty"
be carved into your soul.Copy !req
131. This is my almighty power.Copy !req
132. I...Copy !req
133. am...Copy !req
134. atomic.Copy !req
135. Alexia!Copy !req
136. Alexia!Copy !req
137. Alexia!Copy !req
138. I'm so glad you're all right!Copy !req
139. So glad!Copy !req
140. I-I'm sorry! Are my arms cold?Copy !req
141. Thank you...Copy !req
142. Iris.Copy !req
143. It seems like there's more to the plot
than meets the eye,Copy !req
144. but as far as the public is concerned,
the case has been solved.Copy !req
145. Wow, cool.Copy !req
146. Guess I'm done here, then.Copy !req
147. No, wait!Copy !req
148. Um...Copy !req
149. There's something I wanted to talk about.Copy !req
150. You told me you liked my fencing style, remember?Copy !req
151. Maybe it's a little late to say this, but...Copy !req
152. Thank you.Copy !req
153. You're welcome, I guess.Copy !req
154. I've finally learned to like my sword style.Copy !req
155. Not because of you, though.Copy !req
156. I think you could have left that last part out, don't you?Copy !req
157. Well, it's true.Copy !req
158. Anyway, I'm out.Copy !req
159. Wait!Copy !req
160. I mean...Copy !req
161. We've been pretending to be a couple for a while now.Copy !req
162. And during the incident...Copy !req
163. Zenon kindly got himself killed.Copy !req
164. So if you're interested...Copy !req
165. I was thinking maybe we could try to keep
this relationship going a little longer.Copy !req
166. I'm gonna have to say no.Copy !req
167. Later, massive amounts of blood
were discovered behind the school building,Copy !req
168. but no body was found in the vicinity,Copy !req
169. and no students or faculty were reported
to be injured or missing.Copy !req
170. This incident would eventually go on to become
one of the school's seven mysteries:Copy !req
171. The Bodiless Murder.Copy !req
172. The Cult facility where they were
holding Princess Alexia captiveCopy !req
173. was destroyed by Lord Shadow.Copy !req
174. Zenon Griffey evaporated without a trace.
That is my report.Copy !req
175. The Boss is almighty...Copy !req
176. Truly, it was a beautiful light.Copy !req
177. The entire Royal Capital bathed in the
glow of Lord Shadow's magic...Copy !req
178. It was like looking at a heavenly paradise.Copy !req
179. I hope they've learned their lesson.Copy !req
180. They should know that they are
merely prey to be hunted.Copy !req
181. One day, all of our enemies will vanish in that light.Copy !req
182. And on that day...Copy !req
183. Shall we continue?Copy !req
184. Yes.Copy !req
185. Zeta has reported in.
She has found the target.Copy !req
186. She says she's going to get closer and investigate.Copy !req
187. I'll be expecting good news.Copy !req
188. And here is a research report from Eta.Copy !req
189. It seems to be going smoothly.Copy !req
190. And finally, we have a pressing issue.Copy !req
191. This.Copy !req
192. Shadow Garden will deliver death's judgment!Copy !req
193. They're fools to call themselves by our name.Copy !req
194. Although they do seem to be
covering their tracks rather well.Copy !req
195. They cannot escape our all-searching eye.Copy !req
196. It's not possible.Copy !req
197. The Cult of Diablos, and Shadow Garden...Copy !req
198. There may be something at work somewhere,Copy !req
199. somewhere beyond our grasp.Copy !req
200. However...Copy !req
201. Do you suspect the Knight Order?Copy !req
202. Our kingdom's most renowned sword instructor
was an adherent of the Cult of Diablos.Copy !req
203. Considering that fact...Copy !req
204. Then we follow the plan?Copy !req
205. I will put together a new investigation team.Copy !req
206. Glen...Copy !req
207. Marco...Copy !req
208. I trust both of you with all my heart.Copy !req
209. I would like you to be a part of it.Copy !req
210. If that is your command.Copy !req
211. I-I would be honored!Copy !req
212. Thank you.Copy !req
213. Right now, this is our only clue.Copy !req
214. First, we'll need to find someone
who can decipher its functions.Copy !req
215. This, "was"... "ed",Copy !req
216. And... "if"?Copy !req
217. "If you wish"?Copy !req
218. "Do"... "to"...Copy !req
219. Together, "grate"?Copy !req
220. "Val"... "you"...Copy !req
221. That girl is definitely not a princess.Copy !req
222. She's a natural born killing machine.Copy !req
223. Ow...Copy !req
224. Are you okay?Copy !req