I can't believe that this is a super ancient relic.
Look how spherical it is.
It's so precise, our instruments can't measure any errors.
The closest metal to it is iron judging from its relative density,
but we can't detect any rusting or oxidation.
We also can't measure its hardness because it completely absorbs all impacts.
It's an object of wonder…
Major?
Sierra 19. We detected the target's heat signature.
Raising risk level to three.
Executing Operation Recapture.
Did they activate an OOPArt?
Man, power-hungry folks are a handful.
You're up, Spriggan. Can you see the sky?
Yeah, the constellations are distorted.
What's going on?!
Amazing.
So this is the Megiddo Flame.
The Lord has given us permission to touch the flames of Heaven.
W-We need to shut it down!
Get the operation--
This is the Lord's will.
I will purge anyone who goes against it.
What is the meaning of this?
Are these military orders?
I am a servant of the Lord above being a soldier.
The activation of the Megiddo Flame means the Lord desires a punishing hellfire.
Just like the one at Sodom and Gomorrah.
That Megiddo Flame OOPArt distorts space to create a lens in the air.
The lens has a diameter of a few kilometers,
and gathers sunlight to create temperatures in the hundred thousands.
It will scorch the earth at sunrise like Sodom and Gomorrah.
There's only 30 minutes before dawn. Hurry.
I know.
I've been waiting for you, Spriggan.
I'm Hummingbat, a member of USSOCOM's Machiner's Platoon.
Let us give thanks to God for bestowing on us this final trial.
I see, so you're the Bloodless Preacher.
Sorry to be direct, but hand over the Megiddo Flame.
Ever since I was given this mechanical body,
I've wondered why I was brought back to life.
It was all for this day.
The Lord commands me.
I am to punish mankind for their sins!
Ultrasonic waves!
Yes, this is why I'm feared as the Bloodless Preacher.
My ultrasonic waves incite pain, causing brain interference.
The ultrasonic waves become more powerful the closer I get, destroying your brain.
You stupid human humidifier!
Where are you aiming?
The Megiddo Flame is currently synchronized with my mind!
You cannot stop this divine retribution without defeating me!
Go to hell, Spriggan!
W-What?!
H-How? My ultrasonic attack should have hit you directly from close range.
It's the Doppler effect.
If I rush at you with a strong wind at my back,
the sound waves I face get compressed.
I figured that'd dampen the effects of your finely tuned ultrasonic waves.
Of course, I couldn't have done it if I wasn't wearing this.
To think of a plan in that situation…
You're quite the man.
The Lord promised to spare the city if there were ten righteous individuals.
Does this mean you were righteous?
Spriggan.
Dropping.
Drop complete. Coordinates 2-0-3.
CP, this is Knocker 2-0.
Level Four has been secured. No casualties.
Secure the main floor.
This is Knocker 4-2, we secured the power controls on level three.
Here exists a single Plate.
Beings of an ancient civilization,
whose great advances resulted in their downfall,
relayed a warning to the present generation
through this notice.
They wrote,
"Protect our legacy from evildoers."
An organization sincerely accepted this message
and actively seeks to keep ancient civilizations sealed.
And the special agents of that organization…
are called "Spriggan."
Yeah, I just got here.
It's more than nostalgic, it's been ten years.
Yeah, just one week.
I have my thesis deadline.
But I'm grateful, I've wanted to come back to Japan again.
Excuse me, are you Professor Rie Yamabishi?
I'm here to pick you up. I'm from the ARCAM laboratory.
I'm terribly sorry for being late. I will be taking you to your hotel.
What?
What is it?
It's nothing, I heard I would be briefed on character deciphering when I arrived.
Is that so? My apologies.
It's fine.
By the way, regarding what I asked--
I'm sorry, I'm only in charge of your transportation.
I see.
This escalator will go to the first floor. Please watch your step.
-Hello? -Professor Yamabishi?
I'm Yamamoto from ARCAM.
I'm sorry, it seems the staff who was sent to pick you up is late.
Would you mind waiting a little longer?
They're rushing to the lobby now.
Hello? Professor?
-Say a word and I'll shoot. -Can you hear me?
"FLAME SERPENT"
Don't worry, we won't kill you.
You just need to come with us for a little while.
Hurry, ARCAM is coming.
Any word from camp?
Not yet. We need to get out of here.
Hey, what are you big, strong guys doing grabbing a girl like that?
Did you know in Japan, this is a crime called child abduction?
If you don't want to get hurt, let her--
We didn't get clearance!
We'll be fine if we get to Akasaka.
Open the back.
That hurt, you idiot!
You punk!
Sorry, Professor. Wait here just a bit longer.
Looking for this?
You can have it back.
ARCAM will be taking your car as compensation for attempted murder.
Tell your superiors to back off this case.
Absolutely pathetic.
I thought I'd be able to observe a Spriggan's potential.
You were no help at all.
Who the hell are you?
My bad, I couldn't figure out the map on my smartphone.
But I'm glad you weren't hurt. Are you okay?
What are you talking about, are you okay?
What do you mean?
What do I mean? You were shot.
Oh, don't worry about that. I'm immortal.
Then who were those people? Why were they after me?
That's because they say you're the next Champollion, Prof. Rie Yamabishi.
The United States has been keeping tabs on a certain dig site in Japan.
They thought they'd gain access to it eventually.
Then some 16-year-old linguistic genius selected by a Carnell University professor
was sent to Japan to analyze the site.
Basically, they frantically came to stop that from happening.
But why?
Don't worry. As long as I'm around, I won't let anyone lay a finger on you.
By the way, I'm also 16, so we can keep it casual.
Sixteen?
Why are you driving then?!
This is a little extreme.
I wasn't expecting the CIA to show.
It means America also wasn't expecting Rie Yamabishi to make contact with ARCAM.
Which means we have a chance.
We only need to get the professor and reawaken the Shrine of Fire.
I'm terribly sorry.
You were put in danger because our staff was late!
Please, it's nothing. I was just a little surprised.
Actually, a lot.
A-Anyway, I'm glad you're okay.
I'm in charge here, so if there's anything you need, please just ask.
In that case, the matter I asked about the other day…
Right, a background check on Yu Ominae.
Actually…
Missing?
I'm terribly sorry.
We tried, but we didn't have enough time. Here are all our reports.
We'll continue to look for him during your stay,
so if you could give us more time…
Hi! The hotel was teeming with ARCAM guards.
Aren't you a guard too?
How did you get up here anyway?
Oh, thanks for the coffee.
What's going on in that head of yours?
Why are you so focused on this Yu Ominae?
I heard it was a special request.
It might not be my business, but I'm worried it might affect your job.
I don't have any relatives in Japan.
I lost my parents young,
so I was in an orphanage here until a relative in the U.S. took me in.
I just cried every day, overcome by anxiety and sadness.
Yu Ominae was the only kid there who did his best to cheer me up.
Yu saved me.
That's why I want to see him.
My only friend in Japan.
But I can't find anything on him.
He's not on social media either.
You're here for a week, right?
What? Yeah.
Okay, finish this job in four days.
Then we'll spend the rest of your time sightseeing and searching for Ominae.
You're finally back in Japan, you'll need to let off steam.
I'll do my best to try to become your second Japanese friend.
Wait, that way is--
This is the satellite scan of the dig site from two months ago.
It's located at the base of Mt. Fuji.
Volcanic activity like the one in the Jogan era
caused it to sink under the lava,
but I'd say it's the same size as the rear circular part of Daisenryo.
To think this was under Mt. Fuji…
It was more likely used as an altar rather than a royal tomb.
We believe the ruins belong to the Fuji civilization.
The Fuji civilization?
There's a text known as the Miyashita Scroll.
Also called the Fuji Documents.
It's a record of ancient Japan written in god characters
by Chinese alchemist Xu Fu during the Qin Dynasty.
We think these ruins relate to an ancient dynasty mentioned in those texts.
I've heard of it, but wasn't it determined to be illegitimate?
ARCAM also discredited its legitimacy,
but we found some interesting data
when we conducted a geological survey of Mt. Fuji for the government.
This section here.
It's an annual graph of the expansion rate of the lower mantle,
but according to our team,
this pattern indicates some kind of outside interference.
That's when we discovered these ruins
after conducting an additional independent survey.
The pattern coincides with the time these ruins existed.
So they controlled the eruptions?
We haven't determined that yet.
For now, we have no idea what purpose these ruins served.
This is the visualization of the interior, zoomed-in.
Here! You can see a new type of god characters engraved here.
I-Is that so?
This is what we'd like you to decipher.
I understand.
I'm not too confident, but I'll compare it with the files I have to find a pattern.
Thank goodness.
We have materials and lab rooms that you're free to use.
Thank you for doing this.
Yes, I'll do my best.
Easier said than done.
I can't find any god characters that match this one.
Are these even characters?
If the U.S. wants it so much, does it mean these ruins are important?
Well, no sense thinking too hard.
I just have to do what I can.
Y-You need to get out of--
H-Help!
ARCAM YAMAMOTO NETWORK ERROR
Yu!
I figured they'd come in.
They're like cockroaches.
Sorry I'm late, Professor. You okay?
Let's take this fight outside.
Just how many of you U.S. armored foot soldiers are there?
You're giving me such a big welcome.
I need to return the favor.
A power field that can withstand strong forces and impact,
and artificial muscles that increase physical abilities.
This is ARCAM's combat suit made from Orichalcum!
I'll show you the power…
of the Armored Muscle Suit!
You think…
that'd work on me?!
I told you before
to back off from this case.
For someone so young,
you've got quite the skill, Spriggan.
That's a pretty vile way to make an entrance.
The bloody presence I sensed in Haneda must have been you!
I'm Koichi Moroha with SVR Far East Division.
I'd like ARCAM to withdraw from the Shrine of Fire.
Shrine of Fire?
Apologies, there's no point in telling you since you'll die here.
What's this wind?
You bastard!
I'm surprised you defeated my clan's secret Wind Beast technique.
I don't know what this Wind Beast is, but moves like that won't work on me.
Please allow me to leave for today.
But next time, we'll be taking the professor.
That bastard…
The Shrine of Fire…
Is Russia after those ruins too?
We're gonna need to hurry.
No, this is so stupid!
Russia's in the mix now!
Why did you okay this, Mr. Yamamoto?
I had no choice, the professor said she wanted to see it herself.
I have to protect her! How do you think I feel?!
SVR knows something about those ruins, but they don't know how to operate it.
That's why they need Prof. Yamabishi.
The probability of them harming her should be low.
We have ARCAM's security team at the site, so it should make your job easier.
I'm not taking any responsibility.
Do you kill people to protect ruins too?
I'm sorry I said that.
Don't worry, I'm almost finished deciphering the Fuji characters.
While knowledge is important to decipher characters,
I think that imagination is more important.
Who wrote the characters, and what were they feeling?
I was so dedicated to my work because I wanted to know that.
But it's different now.
If I don't decipher this already, someone else may die.
Because of me.
I've had enough of that.
We'll pull back if I sense any danger.
I'm sorry.
Well, we need to get this job finished if we want time to find Yu Ominae.
Seriously?!
Professor!
Just as we planned.
All that's left is to take the professor.
Those bastards just fired a SAM without warning!
This is why I was against this!
Take it up with the brass. Is the professor okay?
Yeah, but we'll be late.
You guys guard the ruins.
Copy that.
Those guys will be here soon, we need to get out of here.
I have no idea.
Why would anyone kill over some ancient ruins?
If they want it so bad, just give it to them!
I can't take this anymore!
What if it had the power to destroy the world?
What if whoever took control of those ruins could control the world?
This is ancient Hebrew.
"To mankind of the future."
What is this?
A message from an ancient civilization to humanity.
We wish to send those open to it, a message from the past.
This planet has many different civilizations.
However, it will all crumble shortly.
The limit as a species, conflicts with other civilizations,
corruption, devastation…
We wish for you all to have a future.
We shall leave you fragments of our civilization
around the world as our legacy.
However, if you do not have the qualifications to accept them…
"…we ask you to seal them all away."
"Protect our legacy from evildoers."
"You must not follow the path we took."
That Plate was found by chance at the bottom of the deep sea.
It doesn't react to any known dating methods.
Heating or cooling it won't damage it. You can't even smash it.
Just imagine the technology used to make this.
It would change the world.
The Shrine of Fire has the same power as this?
I don't know.
But if they want to take the shrine for their own purposes, we have to stop them.
Then you…
Yeah, that's our job!
We protect ancient civilizations from all sorts of forces and seal them.
Still amazing though.
They made something this advanced thousands of years ago.
The color and weight is similar to platinum,
but experts think that time doesn't exist for this three-dimensional object.
You're weird.
You're holding something so terrifying, but your eyes twinkle like a kid's.
Just think about it.
This world is filled with mounds of mysterious objects we don't understand.
The Piri Reis map, the Quimbaya artifacts, the Nazca Lines.
Some say they're nonsense,
but it's exciting to imagine that the legends are real.
You're definitely weird.
They're here already.
We can't relax here.
Shall we go then?
Are you sure we don't need to keep moving?
Don't we have to get to the Shrine of Fire?
ARCAM's got that covered, so there's no need to worry.
Besides, the enemy is closing in on us.
I need to stop them here.
Alright, off I go then.
H-Hold on.
Stay hidden in there, Professor.
Don't come out until I get back.
I promise to protect you.
Just hold out until then.
An AS Val.
Are they with the wind guy from yesterday?
It's no use.
Bullets won't work on me.
The bullets!
I'm captain of the Airborne Troops 45th Guards Spetsnaz Detached Brigade,
Viktor Stolov.
You can face me until my comrades take custody of Prof. Yamabishi.
You guys need to cut it out!
You want power that badly?
The U.S. is expanding its military again in the name of nationalism.
Russia's power is needed to reclaim a balance.
Balance, my ass!
You guys just want power!
Shut up!
Don't underestimate Russia's scientific technology.
Seriously?
My body's healing ability has been increased tenfold
through DNA modification and brain surgery.
I doubt death applies to me anymore.
A genetically engineered junkie, huh? There's no saving you.
It's all for the motherland!
She's not armed.
It's just her.
I reported it in.
Stand by until the team arrives--
It's no use.
You can't escape me!
I'll just slowly break your neck.
Take this!
Professor!
I found it.
The Shrine of Fire.
Did Moroha do this?
But why kill his allies?
Are you awake?
Welcome to the Shrine of Fire.
W-What is this?
Now, Prof. Yamabishi.
Read these characters and summon the Flame Serpent.
The Flame Serpent?
We, the Moroha Clan, were once the protectors of the Shrine of Fire.
We controlled Mt. Fuji and our role was to manage its eruptions.
The source of that power is the Flame Serpent.
It's a superior life-form that lives deep inside Fuji.
The Shrine of Fire is like a chain that binds the Flame Serpent.
But I will be able to control the Flame Serpent once this is deciphered.
Taking back the Flame Serpent is the Moroha Clan's greatest wish.
The SVR was only a cover to achieve this purpose.
Now, read it!
This is my destiny! This belongs only to me!
No.
I won't hand these ruins to you.
This is a spot called a dragon den which connects Fuji to ancient energy.
Destroying this ice floor
will cause the Flame Serpent to surface without control,
burning every life-form in its path.
Including you and Yu Ominae.
What?
Oh? You didn't notice when he was next to you the whole time?
He's ARCAM's Class-S special agent, a Spriggan.
He's also Yu Ominae, the boy you've been looking for.
No way…
Now, decipher it
if you don't want Yu Ominae to die.
That whirlwind bastard.
What the hell is that?
The Eight-Forked Serpent?
How about it?
What are your thoughts on the super life-form born from lava?
Moroha, did you do this?
Where's the professor?
She's fine…
What?
Ominae!
It's a trap! Run, Ominae!
…at least for now!
Rie!
What's the matter?
Hurry, or the professor will be swallowed by magma.
Though you won't be able to control the Flame Serpent without this Orb!
What?!
This is Moroha's hidden sword, the Scarletite Blade!
Its hardness is equal to Orichalcum!
It can sever anything, including your Armored Muscle Suit!
Damn it!
But I obtained something even more amazing!
It's over.
I'll sink your body with these ruins into the lava.
Along with that girl.
I win, Spriggan.
Nobody can stop me now that I have the Flame Serpent!
I will become the ruler of this world!
Moroha!
I won't let you have the ruins!
I won't let you become a world dictator!
Come, wind!
Fool.
Damn you…
Give it a rest, you bastard.
You can still move?
Go to hell already!
M-My Scarletite Blade!
It may be able to cut through anything,
but in the end, it's still made by humans.
It can't cut through something made by God!
It looks like it sank back into the lava.
Just like the Message Plate wanted.
Yes, it's all thanks to the sprite.
"Spriggan" comes from "spiritus," which is Latin for "spirit."
It's also the name of sprites that protect ancient treasures.
So Moroha told you everything.
Seems like this Spriggan guards other sprites too.
Are you good at finding people too?
Because you're going to help me find Ominae, won't you?
Right, Yu?
But why didn't you say anything?
I can't tell people what I do for a job!
It's all classified!
Dummy, I looked really hard for you!
Well, I'm sorry!
Are you really sorry?
I am! I'm sorry!
Regarding Mt. Fuji's eruption in Yamanashi that occurred ten days ago,
the JMA lowered the eruption threat level to one
after the volcanic activity stopped,
while asking the local residents to remain vigilant.
In the surrounding area,
work to remove the fallen ash continues, and will likely require…
While it was brief, I want to thank you for what you did for me.
I've returned to the U.S. where I'm continuing my research.
Things are quite hectic as I had so much work pile up while I was in Japan.
But I'm so happy that I met the same kind boy you used to be.
Take care of yourself.
Try not to be so reckless.
I'll be doing my best as well.
Come on, we could've at least gone out on a date for old time's sake.
Yu, you took the Message Plate out with you again, didn't you?
Management was really ticked off.
It's my good luck charm.
That Plate saved my life.
Can't they overlook this?
Maybe consider my position having to apologize for you.
Anyway,
why did you accept this escort mission when you wanted to hide your identity?
Hey, let's make a castle.
Don't cry anymore.
I'm the one who was saved.
What did you say?
I said, "Who knows?"
I still don't understand.
Why did the Fuji civilization collapse and sink into lava,
when they were so advanced that they could control volcanic eruptions?
Isn't it obvious?
No matter how scientifically advanced you are, humans are no match for nature.
Even if you are a civilization of gods.
Subtitle translation by: Zensho Yamamoto