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[suspenseful music]

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[bandits chuckling]

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Wh-wh-who are you guys?

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[Bandit] Hey, Mitsugoshi lady.
[women gasping]

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Your company is making
just too much money.

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Tea leaves, cocoa and coffee...

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A hundred million zeni
would be chump change

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for this cart alone.

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Your business has been
growing like crazy,

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and my boss thinks
it's time for that to stop.

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[girls screaming]

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What's the name of your boss?

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You've heard of Garter.

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He controls all the buying
and selling in Midgar

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and you dames went
and made him mad.

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[Nu] Oh no, Mr. Garter?

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But everyone knows he's a
respectable gentleman

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who serves as the president of
the Major Corporate Alliance.

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[Chi] And a faithful follower
of the Divine Teachings

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who's made many donations
to the Church.

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[Omega]
He's certainly not the type

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to hire a bunch of
ruffians like you

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to interfere with honest
business people.

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[Bandit]
[chuckles] Then I guess you
learned something, didn't you?

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Even righteous people
have a hidden dark side.

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Garter only made it
as big as he did

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by employing people like us
to achieve his ambitions.

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I don't believe...

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I don't believe
it makes a difference

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to tell us what we already know.
[Bandit] Huh?

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[Alpha] I will admit there
is value in testimony

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from an involved party.

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[dramatic orchestral music]

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[bandits gasping]

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[Nu] Every person alive
has a hidden dark side.

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Righteous or wicked.

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Exceptional or ordinary.

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Whether a man, or a woman.

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[Bandit] Women, all in black.

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No! You can't be...

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[Alpha]
Unsheathe the sword of judgment.

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[schwing]

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[bandits groaning]
[blood splattering]

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[fast violin music]

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[Alpha] It's true.
Night IS best when it's quiet.

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I believe we have reduced
their legitimate ranks

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considerably with this
operation. So then now...

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Ah, yes, the underworld
players connected to the Cult

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should start to show themselves.

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The war is about to begin.
[music ends]

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[OPENING THEME]

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[Po] It's here! It's here!
It's finally here!

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All eyes will be focused
right here on me.

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Now that we have donned
the latest in fashion

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from the Comme Ca du Mitsugoshi,

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the eyes of every girl
on the street will be...

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[Both] Laser focused!

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First they'll hit on us, and
then the smooching will begin.

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Guaranteed.

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[smooching]

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Comme Ca du Mitsugoshi...
[smooching continues]

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Anything related to design
probably came from Eta.

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First Gamma, then Beta
and Epsilon...

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Man, every single one of them
is just running wild.

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[Cid] Uh, Looks like something's
peeling off your shirt.

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What? [panicks]

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The Comme Ca du Mitsugoshi
logo!

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Without that, these clothes
are just cheap knockoffs.

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[Skel] On the other hand, if we
stick these in our other clothes

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then they'll be
Comme Ca du Mitsugoshi.

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Huh?

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This brand is lame.

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It's the logo of the place

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we bought these from.

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Does this mean mine is too?

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Now that I look at
this up close,

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it does seem kind of off.

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The real one is more, you know,
intricate or something.

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It's no wonder these clothes
were so cheap.

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[Kagenou] Come to think of it,
[Po] What are we going to do?

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all of my outfits were curated
by Alpha and the girls.

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Everything I'm wearing is like
a knockoff from my past life.

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I saw people walking around
the capital wearing suits

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and thought that was
just the culture here.

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But it looks like that was
all Alpha's doing too.

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I guess they're
using my knowledge

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from my past life to increase
their market share

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as far as they can make it go.

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And I bet the people they're
stealing business from

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are not too happy about it.

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The people they're stealing
business from,

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those people aren't happy.

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They're not happy!

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But that all ends today,
my friends.

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Where are you going?

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Dropping a deuce?

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No, I'm going to
reclaim what's mine.

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Every bit of it.

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What's that all about?

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No idea. Doesn't he know that
summer's already over?

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[clothes rustling]

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[Kagenou]
As of today, I am a
Super Elite Secret Agent!

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[Not-Cid] Starting tonight,
the world will know my name.

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[wind whistling]

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[train clacking]

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Welcome...

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[bells chime]

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[dramatic music begins]

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...my dear shadow.

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I have forsaken that name.

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Of course, how silly of me,

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Mr. John Smith, right?

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It is truly heartening to have
you so kindly join our ranks.

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[John]
It is a profitable arrangement
for myself. That is all.

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[Yukime] But don't you find it
depressing to maintain

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a relationship based
solely on profit?

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[John] Don't you?

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[Yukime] My, how unfriendly.

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[train whistle]

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The other day, Garter arranged

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for an impromptu meeting of
the Major Corporate Alliance.

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Something about
strengthening their measures

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against Mitsugoshi.

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I suspect the fall of Mitsugoshi
[dramatic music]

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may come sooner
than we had anticipated.

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[John] I see.

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[Yukime] However,
our plan remains unchanged.

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While Mitsugoshi and the
Major Corporate Alliance

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work to destroy each other...

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We covertly take everything.

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[Yukime] We will need you to
take action for us, Mr. Smith,

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but do be careful.
[dramatic music continues]

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Behind the Major Corporate
Alliance, you will find HIM.

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The underworld swordsman

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who rose above Garter
and took control of the MCA

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before anyone knew
what was happening.

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Gettan, the Sword Devil.

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I know the man well.

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He is a dangerous cur

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who will stop at nothing
to get what he wants.

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But he's mine.

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I swear I'll...

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[dramatic music intensifies]

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[train brakes squealing]

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[brakes hiss]

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I look forward to seeing it.

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In the battle for control

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over the market in
the royal capital,

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at the end of the conflict where
money is bought with blood,

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who will remain standing?

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I will destroy it all.
Then build it up again.

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The moment you've all been
waiting for!

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The Gartner Corporation,
friend to every family's budget,

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starts our big Autumn Sale
RIIIGHT NOW!

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Listen up.
The battle we're about to face

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is where blood is
wiped away with-

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Outta my way!
[slapping]

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My target is 50% off.

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Move!
[slapping]

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[Shop Guys]
Step right up and have a look.

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Garter's not the only one.

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We have bargain prices
on everything.

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Check out the selection
at this hidden gem,

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Highway Robert's.

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[Kagenou] Major sales all across
the shopping district.

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[Shop Guy] We won't let
Mitsugoshi get us down!

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[Kagenou]
So basically, Alpha and the
girls have gone too far.

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They're selling
exclusive products

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you can only find
at THEIR stores.

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Not only have they made enemies
of the big corporations

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but local distributors
have it out for them too.

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Now that they've earned
the loathing

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of the entire rest
of the industry...

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Yeah, Yukime was right.

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The future of Mitsugoshi

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is pretty much
devoid of all hope.

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I will destroy it all,
then build it up again.

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[Kagenou]
They will crush Mitsugoshi,
and I will crush them.

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I will use the massive amounts
of capital that remain

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to move to a brand new market
and start up a new corporation.

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I'll invite Alpha and the girls
to come on as upper management.

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Then I just change the name,
and Mitsugoshi will be reborn.

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Once it's all over,
then they'll understand.

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They'll know that this
was the best choice.

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[Shop Guy]
Okay, out of 5,000 zeni?

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"You break it, you buy it,"
really? I can't believe it.

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This is why people like
Mitsugoshi so much better.

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Well, what did you expect?

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That's 1,750 zeni and change.

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[Cid] Huh? Is it me or does
that bill look wrong?

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What do you mean? Wrong how?

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I don't remember that
being the design.

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Oh, wait a sec.
I know what this is.

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It's the new bill that the
Major Corporate Alliance
just put out.

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[Shop Guy] That's why
everything's on sale today.

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To commemorate the release
of the new bill.

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So what bills were we
using before these?

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Here look at this one
from the Mitsugoshi Bank.

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Cid] Mitsugoshi...

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Before we were only
able to use them

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at official Mitsugoshi storefronts.

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But now we can use them
anywhere, all over the city.

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[Kagenou] Those punks have their
own bank now too?
[Po] I tried to use one with a

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[Po]
traveling merchant over the
summer break and well...

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[Kagenou]
Now that I think of it,

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I do remember babbling on
about some random facts

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I saw on an MHK documentary

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about banks and
credit creation.

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But what if there ends up
being polarity in the market?

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If that's the case find a
different provider
for a different price.

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[Kagenou]
My memories of it were fuzzy.
[girls continue discussion]

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I couldn't trust
my knowledge anymore,

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so I ended that conversation.

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But those girls took that MHK
information and ran with it.

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Not only did they
establish their own bank,

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they even managed to issue
their own paper currency,

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and they've even
inspired copies-

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I mean respectful homages.
[Skel and Po chatting]

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[Kagenou] Copies?
[Po] [singing offkey]

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The Mitsugoshi banknote
uses multicolor printing

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and a carefully placed watermark.

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But this copycat version
has cruder printing

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and a simpler design.

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That means...

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[Skel] Let's go!

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[Cid] When I was a child,
I had a dream.

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[Both] Huh?

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I had a one thousand yen bill
left from my New Year's money,

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and I thought maybe
I could make more of them

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with the copy machine
at the corner store.

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[Skel] The what now?

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[Po] Who cares?
Give me my money back.

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[Kagenou]
I gave up on the idea after
the old man at the counter

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yelled his head off at me.

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[Skel] What is this about?

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[Po] Cid, my money.

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But now he can't stop me.

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I'm a Super Elite Secret Agent,

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and dreams CAN come true.
[runs]

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[Skel] Wait Cid!
[Po] Come back!

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[Kagenou]
Come on brain, remember!

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I'm counting on you MHK!

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[Skel] Ciiiid!

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[Po] Cid, my money!

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[bell chiming]

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[train clacking]

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[John] This single gold coin

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multiplies into several times
of what it was.

249
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In actuality, it is the fleeting
illusion we call credit.

250
00:11:47,254 --> 00:11:50,518
Are you per chance talking
about paper money?

251
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[John] Scraps of paper

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considered to be no different
than currency,

253
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are not really currency at all.

254
00:11:55,785 --> 00:11:57,438
They are no more
than claim checks

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for coins that have been
left in the care of the bank.

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For example, if you put
10,000 zeni in the bank,

257
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in exchange you are given
a bank note for 10,000 zeni

258
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which you can use to purchase
goods and services.

259
00:12:09,755 --> 00:12:12,540
But this is where something
strange occurs.

260
00:12:12,671 --> 00:12:16,936
You have 10,000 zeni in the bank
and 10,000 zeni in a bank note.

261
00:12:17,067 --> 00:12:20,113
At some point your zeni has
doubled to 20,000.

262
00:12:20,244 --> 00:12:23,595
If the 10,000 zeni in the bank
remains dormant in its vault,

263
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there is no problem.

264
00:12:25,162 --> 00:12:27,817
Because even if the money
had in fact doubled,

265
00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:30,645
as long as only the original
10,000 zeni circulates

266
00:12:30,776 --> 00:12:33,039
through the market,
there is no contradiction.

267
00:12:33,170 --> 00:12:35,912
But the bank has used
the 10,000 zeni deposited

268
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as collateral to lend out
even more money.

269
00:12:38,784 --> 00:12:40,568
The robust economy
of the capital

270
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stemmed from the business
developments of Mitsugoshi.

271
00:12:43,397 --> 00:12:44,746
Seeing a good opportunity,

272
00:12:44,877 --> 00:12:46,836
the merchant's wish to
borrow some capital,

273
00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:49,751
and the bank met the demand by
supplying paper money.

274
00:12:49,882 --> 00:12:51,014
Is that correct?

275
00:12:51,144 --> 00:12:52,667
[John]
No one wants to walk around

276
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with heavy coins
in their pockets.

277
00:12:54,365 --> 00:12:56,628
Use of paper money
spread like wildfire

278
00:12:56,758 --> 00:12:58,935
further obscuring the
currency's true value.

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The 10,000 zeni in the vault

280
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multiplied to several times
what it was,

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circulated through the capital,

282
00:13:04,418 --> 00:13:06,594
and Mitsugoshi gained
exponential profits

283
00:13:06,725 --> 00:13:08,553
by reaping the rewards
of the interest.

284
00:13:08,683 --> 00:13:11,077
This is the true value
of credit creation.

285
00:13:11,208 --> 00:13:13,036
"Credit creation"?

286
00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,125
What a fitting expression
that is.

287
00:13:15,255 --> 00:13:17,605
Through these means
a simple scrap of paper

288
00:13:17,736 --> 00:13:21,087
not even worth a copper coin
is given more value than gold.

289
00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:22,828
The leader of Mitsugoshi Bank

290
00:13:22,959 --> 00:13:25,178
must be an extraordinary
con artist.

291
00:13:25,309 --> 00:13:27,311
What might this person be like,
I wonder?

292
00:13:27,441 --> 00:13:31,576
If I ever have the chance,
I would love to have a chat.

293
00:13:31,706 --> 00:13:33,578
[John] But really,
is a simple piece of paper

294
00:13:33,708 --> 00:13:35,928
truly worth the credit
people give it?

295
00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:42,369
Compare the two.
Do you notice anything?

296
00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:44,894
You mean a watermark on one
but not the other?

297
00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:47,809
And I might add that the Major
Corporate Alliance bill

298
00:13:47,940 --> 00:13:49,811
has a rougher design.

299
00:13:49,942 --> 00:13:52,075
Rougher printing, rougher edges.

300
00:13:52,205 --> 00:13:54,164
Do you know what this means?

301
00:13:56,166 --> 00:13:58,037
It would be easy to make a fake?

302
00:13:58,168 --> 00:13:59,778
[John] [chuckles]

303
00:13:59,909 --> 00:14:01,693
We create fake money

304
00:14:01,823 --> 00:14:04,478
and we'll make a fortune
in counterfeit bills.

305
00:14:05,175 --> 00:14:08,091
[train clacking]

306
00:14:08,221 --> 00:14:09,875
[Yukime] Excuse me, Mr. Smith.

307
00:14:10,006 --> 00:14:11,398
As you are no doubt aware,

308
00:14:11,529 --> 00:14:13,879
the Major Corporate Alliance
bills are still only

309
00:14:14,010 --> 00:14:16,447
in circulation in
the Royal Capital.

310
00:14:16,577 --> 00:14:17,839
If we forged them,

311
00:14:17,970 --> 00:14:19,624
the authorities would
immediately trace them

312
00:14:19,754 --> 00:14:21,800
to the source.
[Johm] Huh?

313
00:14:21,931 --> 00:14:23,367
[Yukime]
If done on a small scale,

314
00:14:23,497 --> 00:14:25,891
I'm sure it could be
accomplished without discovery,

315
00:14:26,022 --> 00:14:28,807
but the amount would be hardly
more than a child's allowance.

316
00:14:28,938 --> 00:14:31,244
How do you propose that
we do this, hmm?
[John stands suddenly]

317
00:14:31,375 --> 00:14:32,724
[gasps]

318
00:14:35,335 --> 00:14:36,510
J...

319
00:14:36,641 --> 00:14:38,208
[John] Is that really...
[Yukime] Oh...

320
00:14:38,338 --> 00:14:40,775
Is that really what you think?

321
00:14:40,906 --> 00:14:42,473
[gasps]

322
00:14:42,603 --> 00:14:45,780
[John] This is the true value
of credit creation.

323
00:14:46,738 --> 00:14:48,870
You can't mean...

324
00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:50,524
If we did make and circulate

325
00:14:50,655 --> 00:14:52,570
a large quantity of
counterfeit bills
[John startles]

326
00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:54,398
in a short period of time...

327
00:14:54,528 --> 00:14:56,139
we would be discovered.

328
00:14:56,269 --> 00:14:58,141
And rumors of the bills
would reach the ears

329
00:14:58,271 --> 00:15:00,970
of the general public
almost immediately.

330
00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:02,928
At that point, the citizens
would harbor doubts

331
00:15:03,059 --> 00:15:04,974
about the contents
of their own wallets.

332
00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:07,977
The credit given to that paper
would be lost.
[John startles]

333
00:15:08,107 --> 00:15:09,674
The discovery of the counterfeiting

334
00:15:09,804 --> 00:15:11,110
was part of the plan.

335
00:15:11,241 --> 00:15:13,112
No, the discovery WAS the plan.

336
00:15:13,243 --> 00:15:15,680
When the people start to doubt
the value of the paper,

337
00:15:15,810 --> 00:15:18,248
they will make a run on the bank
to exchange it for gold.

338
00:15:18,378 --> 00:15:20,163
If we stay one step
ahead of the game,

339
00:15:20,293 --> 00:15:22,382
then we can monopolize
the profits.

340
00:15:22,513 --> 00:15:24,689
That's what you've been
planning all along.

341
00:15:24,819 --> 00:15:26,996
[train clacking]

342
00:15:30,303 --> 00:15:31,739
[John]
Is that really...

343
00:15:31,870 --> 00:15:32,740
Yukime gasps]

344
00:15:32,871 --> 00:15:34,090
...what you think?

345
00:15:34,220 --> 00:15:36,396
[heavy panicked breathing]
[dramatic music]

346
00:15:42,924 --> 00:15:45,275
Yes, it is what I think.

347
00:15:45,405 --> 00:15:47,407
[John] That is exactly right.

348
00:15:47,538 --> 00:15:52,412
[Yukime] This plan...
is utterly flawless.

349
00:15:52,543 --> 00:15:54,719
[train whistles]
[breaks squeal]

350
00:16:01,508 --> 00:16:03,510
[John] That is exactly right.

351
00:16:06,557 --> 00:16:08,689
[steam hissing]

352
00:16:10,604 --> 00:16:11,910
[sighing]

353
00:16:12,041 --> 00:16:14,956
In the end,
he was testing my sincerity.

354
00:16:15,087 --> 00:16:16,654
If I had given into
the pressure

355
00:16:16,784 --> 00:16:19,526
and rattled off some
thoughtless babblings,

356
00:16:19,657 --> 00:16:21,876
then I...

357
00:16:22,007 --> 00:16:23,226
John Smith,
[bell chiming]

358
00:16:23,356 --> 00:16:25,750
the man formerly
known as Shadow.

359
00:16:30,015 --> 00:16:31,321
[blade slicing]

360
00:16:31,451 --> 00:16:32,844
[carriage rattling]

361
00:16:32,974 --> 00:16:34,585
[body thudding]

362
00:16:35,673 --> 00:16:37,805
[carriage rattling]

363
00:16:40,808 --> 00:16:43,376
[Kagenou]
John Smith, the mysterious man
secretly scheming

364
00:16:43,507 --> 00:16:45,726
while Mitsugoshi and
the Major Corporate Alliance

365
00:16:45,857 --> 00:16:47,206
battle it out.

366
00:16:47,337 --> 00:16:48,512
He hides his identity
[insistent barking]

367
00:16:48,642 --> 00:16:50,035
and carries out
his mission alone.

368
00:16:50,166 --> 00:16:52,081
I am the man who betrays
his organization

369
00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:53,343
in order to save it,

370
00:16:53,473 --> 00:16:55,171
the Super Elite Secret Agent.

371
00:16:55,301 --> 00:16:57,695
What could be cooler than that?
[Delta] Give me more, boss!

372
00:16:58,913 --> 00:17:00,263
[heavy panting]

373
00:17:00,393 --> 00:17:02,700
[Kagenou] What does she
think she's doing?

374
00:17:04,136 --> 00:17:05,964
Oh, gimme more boss!

375
00:17:06,095 --> 00:17:07,357
Gimme some more!

376
00:17:07,487 --> 00:17:09,620
[playful music]

377
00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:13,363
[aggressive sniffing]

378
00:17:16,279 --> 00:17:17,454
You smell like foxes.

379
00:17:17,584 --> 00:17:18,933
Yeah, I was hanging out with-

380
00:17:19,064 --> 00:17:21,066
rather, I mean I was out
hunting foxes.

381
00:17:21,197 --> 00:17:23,721
Hunting?!
Delta wants to hunt.

382
00:17:23,851 --> 00:17:26,898
[Cid] Sorry,
the fox is already hunted.

383
00:17:27,028 --> 00:17:28,204
And would you
get off me already?

384
00:17:28,334 --> 00:17:29,683
[Delta] No, hunt!

385
00:17:29,814 --> 00:17:31,207
[Cid] What are you doing
in the capital, anyway?

386
00:17:31,337 --> 00:17:32,817
Delta woke up
early this morning,

387
00:17:32,947 --> 00:17:34,688
ate lots and lots of meat,

388
00:17:34,819 --> 00:17:37,343
and came to the capital for
the first time in forever.

389
00:17:37,474 --> 00:17:39,476
[Cid] Yeah, but why did
you come to the capital?

390
00:17:39,606 --> 00:17:41,478
'Cause Delta likes
to go hunting.

391
00:17:41,608 --> 00:17:42,870
[Cid] And why were you hunting?

392
00:17:43,001 --> 00:17:44,872
Delta did so much hunting.

393
00:17:45,003 --> 00:17:46,309
Wanna hunt with me, boss?

394
00:17:46,439 --> 00:17:47,875
[Cid] Why were you hunting?

395
00:17:48,006 --> 00:17:49,529
[Delta] Lady Alpha told me to.

396
00:17:49,660 --> 00:17:51,140
Wanna hunt with me, boss?

397
00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,142
[Cid]
So Alpha told you to do it, huh?

398
00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:55,231
[Delta] Uh-huh, wanna
hunt with me, boss?

399
00:17:55,361 --> 00:17:56,971
[Cid] Now that you're here,
what have you been hunting?

400
00:17:57,102 --> 00:17:59,931
[Delta] Bandits! You like
hunting bandits too, boss?

401
00:18:00,061 --> 00:18:03,108
Yeah, I do like hunting bandits,
you're right about that.

402
00:18:03,239 --> 00:18:04,501
Hunt with me.

403
00:18:04,631 --> 00:18:06,416
I don't think I can right now.

404
00:18:06,546 --> 00:18:07,417
You hunt!

405
00:18:07,547 --> 00:18:08,679
Hold your horses!

406
00:18:08,809 --> 00:18:10,463
Anyway,
didn't you come to the capital

407
00:18:10,594 --> 00:18:11,986
for a specific reason?

408
00:18:12,117 --> 00:18:13,858
Reason?

409
00:18:13,988 --> 00:18:15,947
[Cid]
Didn't Alpha want to see you?

410
00:18:16,077 --> 00:18:17,992
Oh, right, Lady Alpha.

411
00:18:18,123 --> 00:18:20,125
[Cid] Did you forget?
[Delta] Yeah, I forgot.

412
00:18:20,256 --> 00:18:22,475
[Delta]
She's gonna be so mad at me.

413
00:18:22,606 --> 00:18:24,260
[Cid]
You better hurry and see her.

414
00:18:24,390 --> 00:18:27,915
[Delta] Ah! But we're supposed
to go hunt bandits.

415
00:18:29,569 --> 00:18:31,963
Looking at Delta
reminds me of John,

416
00:18:32,093 --> 00:18:34,531
the pet I had in my past life.

417
00:18:34,661 --> 00:18:35,836
[sighs]

418
00:18:36,707 --> 00:18:38,361
[Gettan] Another failure.

419
00:18:38,491 --> 00:18:40,189
[Garter] Yes, sir.
Their private soldiers

420
00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:42,539
are more powerful
than we anticipated.

421
00:18:42,669 --> 00:18:45,585
[Gettan] So it seems the
would-be bandits are useless.

422
00:18:45,716 --> 00:18:47,935
In that case, I'll send
the Clovers after them.

423
00:18:48,066 --> 00:18:49,415
Send the Clovers?

424
00:18:49,546 --> 00:18:50,634
Those are the elite assassins

425
00:18:50,764 --> 00:18:53,071
you handpicked yourself,
Mr. Gettan.

426
00:18:53,202 --> 00:18:54,377
With them on the job,

427
00:18:54,507 --> 00:18:56,901
Mitsugoshi's secrets
are as good as ours.

428
00:18:57,641 --> 00:18:59,773
[hooves clopping]

429
00:19:01,993 --> 00:19:04,517
[crashing and splashing]

430
00:19:04,648 --> 00:19:06,911
[soldiers screaming]
[Delta laughing manaically]

431
00:19:07,041 --> 00:19:08,391
[flesh ripping]

432
00:19:08,521 --> 00:19:10,175
[Kagenou] Delta is
fundamentally incapable

433
00:19:10,306 --> 00:19:12,003
of following
the command "stay."

434
00:19:12,133 --> 00:19:14,484
Her brand of hunting
is a one-sided massacre.

435
00:19:14,614 --> 00:19:16,921
It makes gathering treasure
easier but,

436
00:19:17,051 --> 00:19:18,531
I totally miss out
on the element

437
00:19:18,662 --> 00:19:20,533
of enjoying the battle myself.

438
00:19:20,664 --> 00:19:22,970
[Bandit] Stop! Wait a minute!

439
00:19:23,101 --> 00:19:24,494
You're Sara aren't you?

440
00:19:24,624 --> 00:19:26,191
It's me! You know me!

441
00:19:26,322 --> 00:19:28,541
Me! You know, it's me, Zabra.

442
00:19:28,672 --> 00:19:30,717
You remember, don't you, Sara?

443
00:19:30,848 --> 00:19:32,980
Hmm? [sniffing]

444
00:19:33,111 --> 00:19:34,678
You smell a lot like my dad.

445
00:19:34,808 --> 00:19:36,332
Yes, that's right.
Like Dad!

446
00:19:36,462 --> 00:19:38,029
I'm your big brother, Zabra.

447
00:19:38,159 --> 00:19:40,988
But how is it that you're even
alive and standing here?

448
00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,904
I heard you got possessed
and Dad hunted you.

449
00:19:44,035 --> 00:19:46,603
Delta is the very best
at hide and seek.

450
00:19:46,733 --> 00:19:50,171
Delta? Is that what you
call yourself now?

451
00:19:50,302 --> 00:19:52,435
Anyway, Sara,
you can let me go, right?

452
00:19:52,565 --> 00:19:54,611
I'm working for
the Great Gettan now.

453
00:19:54,741 --> 00:19:57,135
You know him, the legendary man.
[flesh squelching]

454
00:19:57,266 --> 00:20:00,094
I don't want a weak brother.

455
00:20:00,225 --> 00:20:03,576
He's your brother.
You sure you wanted to do that?

456
00:20:03,707 --> 00:20:06,275
Weakling brings shame
to the family, boss.

457
00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:07,537
Oh, okay.

458
00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:09,452
Delta's daddy is the
chief of our clan.

459
00:20:09,582 --> 00:20:11,149
He has lots of lovers

460
00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,369
and over a thousand children
to care for.

461
00:20:13,499 --> 00:20:16,241
Hmm, then I guess one less
won't hurt him.

462
00:20:16,372 --> 00:20:18,983
If we need to make more,
we make more.

463
00:20:19,113 --> 00:20:20,593
Because that is the
Law of the Clan.

464
00:20:20,724 --> 00:20:22,378
Kagenou]
That's a therianthrope for you.

465
00:20:22,508 --> 00:20:24,249
They do things a bit different.

466
00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:26,338
You do find the occasional
intelligent therianthrope,

467
00:20:26,469 --> 00:20:28,514
but there's the reason
most people assume

468
00:20:28,645 --> 00:20:30,516
they're a bunch of
might-makes-right types.

469
00:20:30,647 --> 00:20:34,215
Maybe sometime I should visit
the therianthrope clan.

470
00:20:34,346 --> 00:20:36,566
[Delta] Haha!
I just had a great idea!

471
00:20:36,696 --> 00:20:39,264
YOU can be our chief, boss.
[Shadow] What?

472
00:20:39,395 --> 00:20:41,614
If you beat my dad,
you'll be the chief.

473
00:20:41,745 --> 00:20:42,876
Then you can have lots of babies

474
00:20:43,007 --> 00:20:44,487
and we'll be
the strongest clan ever.

475
00:20:44,617 --> 00:20:45,488
That's not happening.

476
00:20:45,618 --> 00:20:46,663
Yes, it is!

477
00:20:46,793 --> 00:20:48,360
I'll get a hundred
women for you,

478
00:20:48,491 --> 00:20:50,275
and Delta will have
a hundred babies.

479
00:20:50,406 --> 00:20:52,190
[Shadow] No way.
Not a chance.

480
00:20:52,321 --> 00:20:53,931
This hunt is over.
We're going home.

481
00:20:54,061 --> 00:20:57,151
[Delta yelling]

482
00:20:57,282 --> 00:20:59,066
[Gettan] Zabra has been
defeated, you say.

483
00:20:59,197 --> 00:21:02,200
[Garter]
Yes sir, one of our underground
hideouts was attacked

484
00:21:02,331 --> 00:21:04,333
and we found his body inside.

485
00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:08,119
And sir, I'm afraid that
these last few months

486
00:21:08,249 --> 00:21:10,687
our numbers have been reduced
to practically nothing.

487
00:21:10,817 --> 00:21:12,863
If this keeps up,
it will affect the personnel

488
00:21:12,993 --> 00:21:15,256
we have running
our public enterprises.

489
00:21:15,387 --> 00:21:17,737
We have invested a rather
large amount of capital

490
00:21:17,868 --> 00:21:19,391
in establishing our bank,

491
00:21:19,522 --> 00:21:21,872
and the amount of money we spent
bribing the legislators

492
00:21:22,002 --> 00:21:24,875
so we could print our money is
nothing to be sneezed at.

493
00:21:25,005 --> 00:21:27,356
Perhaps we should step back
and reevaluate?

494
00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:29,662
[Gettan] Garter...
[Garter] Sir?

495
00:21:29,793 --> 00:21:33,405
[Gettan]
You are in a position to control
all commerce in the city.
[tense music]

496
00:21:33,536 --> 00:21:35,581
Surely, you have not
forgotten who it was

497
00:21:35,712 --> 00:21:37,191
who put you in that position.

498
00:21:37,322 --> 00:21:39,890
[Garter]
No sir! No, of course I haven't!

499
00:21:40,020 --> 00:21:42,458
[Gettan] All you need to do
is follow orders.

500
00:21:43,372 --> 00:21:45,286
My orders.

501
00:21:45,417 --> 00:21:46,549
[Garter gasps]

502
00:21:46,679 --> 00:21:47,811
[Gettan] It doesn't matter.

503
00:21:47,941 --> 00:21:50,509
Zabra was the weakest
of the Clovers.

504
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,164
Summon the three Clovers
that are left.

505
00:21:53,294 --> 00:21:55,253
Strengthen our offense
against Mitsugoshi

506
00:21:55,384 --> 00:21:57,342
and take all of
their trade secrets.

507
00:21:57,473 --> 00:21:58,778
[Garter] Y-yes, sir.

508
00:21:58,909 --> 00:22:00,867
[door opening and closing]

509
00:22:02,434 --> 00:22:05,481
Mitsugoshi is tougher
than I thought.

510
00:22:05,611 --> 00:22:08,919
Now I see why the Cult
labeled them as a threat.

511
00:22:09,615 --> 00:22:11,400
[bells chiming]

512
00:22:12,618 --> 00:22:14,751
[ENDING THEME]