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Agh... I hate packing!

This's good enough.

Long as I got some underwear and a change of clothes.

You sure?

Huh?

Who knows what they've got planned for us.

This could be the last time you ever see this place.

Oh...

Is somebody worried about me?

Tha... That's not what I meant!

Well...

Not like being scared is gonna help any.

Great, it's you again.

I'm your guard and chaperon.

Have to make sure a certain someone doesn't escape again.

Our squad car's waiting over there.

You ride in the back with me.

If you've got no questions, let's get going.

I prefer not to waste any more time.

Yeah, yeah, bossy bi...

Well, I gotta get going.

Better not go and die on me, shitty little brat!

Don't worry 'bout me.

You just make sure you don't croak while I'm gone, shitty old man.

All right, later, Gramps.

One by one, around the bonfire

Higher and higher, led by desire

One by one, around the bonfire

More and more of these liars

The black Mononoke is breathing inside me

We ain't down with your noble conspiracy

Under the torch, feel the blood heat

Unheard, unseen, yet here we are in bloom

Reeling, reeling, turning upside down

Clap! Clap! Bow to the altar

I'm sick of this world and their pure spite

You're gonna die from a thousand small bites

Need no reason to walk along

Or linger here to hear her song

Split the dream

and paint the silence apart

Just please tie me to your heart

Now freeze me up, freeze me up...

Freeze me up deep inside of sleep

Hey...

What with these things?

Seriously...

How the hell did I end up being this guy's escort?

Christ!

This's ridiculous!

You've got me locked up like a prisoner!

You need to shut up.

You basically are our prisoner.

And what's that supposed to mean?

You're no longer human.

You're a half-human, half-mononoke freak!

What?

Mononoke are the Bureau's primary targets.

And you are no exception.

I seriously don't get what the Boss and higher-ups are thinking,

but I'm a professional.

I take my job very seriously.

If I'm assigned the duty of bodyguard,

then I will fulfill my obligations,

no matter what I'm asked to protect.

Wow, so now you're callin' me a freak.

You know, I was being nice 'cause you're a girl!

Hey...

Did you hear that?

You're imaginin' things.

I've got two.

Two pet peeves that irritate the shit out of me.

There're mononoke, and then there're sexist pricks like you!

Do I make myself clear?

That means...

To me you simply do not exist.

Now close your mouth and...

Will you knock it off!

A guy can't even catch a few winks around here!

And ya wonder why I hate kids.

Rago...

I was wondering why you were so quiet!

Just had to get in some more sleeping, huh?

I was, until you two couldn't stop yapping.

But forget that...

I'm just surprised some little girl is supposed to be guarding us...

Man, the Bureau must be really shorthanded.

Dirty mononoke...

You shouldn't even be talking to me!

At least she's a feisty one.

Isn't there something else you should be worrying about?

What're you getting at?

It's... getting weirdly foggy.

Well, we're heading into the mountains.

Guess I better turn on the headlights.

What the hell?

Hey, whatever it is, it's huge!

Yo!

Woo-hoo, this van's a rockin'!

Aw, shit!

Now what's happening?

I've got a bad feeling.

I'm going to investigate!

You stay there!

Huh?! What...?

This fog...

There's no question.

We've entered a spectral zone.

Shit... How did I miss this?!

Ooh, here she comes, here she comes!

Hey, what the heck!

Mononoke.

I was hoping for some succulent meat.

What an anticlimax!

I was so psyched to get this kinda assignment again!

Then I found out the drivers aren't even

a decent amuse-bouche!

I would've thought the guard'd be good eatin',

but it's just some female runt!

This Bureau thing is lame!

Bastards...

Huh?

You're all the same, misogynistic dirt bags...

Well, I'm done!

You'd push an angel to their limits...

And I'm no angel!

Woo-hoo!

Now that was cool!

Awesome!

Looks like we're gonna have some fun!

Hey! How long ya gonna chew that hand, lard ass!

Now to show ya battle mode.

Okay...

Time for dessert!

Shit, two bastards, and each one's unique.

The big one's dense, moves slow,

but he's hard as a rock.

I'll start with the wiry one first...

Hey, you're makin' this easy!

Hey, hey!

What the hell's going on out there?

It's mononoke.

You know?

Forget who you're talking to?

While you two love birds were flirting away...

That wasn't flirting! You wanna die?

My olfactory senses told me we'd entered the zone.

The zone?

A spectral zone.

The fogged in area becomes a temporary amenti of sorts,

a world separated from this physical realm.

Amenti?

It's a separate dimension from the mortal coil of you humans...

It's the realm of mononoke.

You've lost me,

but I'm guessing it's not good!

So hurry and help me get these things off!

Can't.

Why not?!

They're not ordinary handcuffs.

They're designed to block spectral energy.

I don't have the power right now to get 'em off.

Aaaargh! I don't believe this!

Fine! I'm going out there to make her take these off!

I'd leave 'em be.

Huh?

Weren't those handcuffs obvious enough?

The Bureau and mononoke might as well be the same.

They just wanna use us.

To them, we're just property.

We've got no reason to get involved with the likes of them.

Let them fight it out...

Let 'em kill each other, and we'll scram.

Hey, Rago.

Eh?

That supposed to mean somethin' to me?

You lost me again.

Huh? Were you even listening?!

This isn't about the Bureau or the mononoke.

Only one thing matters right now...

There's someone out there,

and they're fighting for us!

I don't know 'bout you...

But as a man,

I can't just sit here with my thumb up my ass!

All that talk 'bout being a man, and you're shaking like a leaf.

Just shut up!

Look who we have here!

It's you, the punk possessed by Rago.

We were told to take you alive.

But honestly, I couldn't be arsed. You get to choose!

You've got ten seconds!

Surrender or become my final course.

And one...

So they are after Rago...

But how'd they find out about the transport?

Hey, you!

What?

What do you mean, what?

Take these off so we can help!

Now you're putting words in my mouth.

Rago!

No way.

Huh?!

With those disgusting mononoke mits?

You've gotta be joking!

You insane? This isn't the time for...

Time's up!

You get to be eaten!

Overgrown bastard!

All right, cut the crap!

Get over your pet peeve,

or we'll both end up in this slob's gut!

Hey, are you listening?!

Crap.

I heard it happened in the line of duty.

To think her life was cut short by mononoke!

And Lady Ichika just turned five.

Such a pity.

What I wonder will the master do with the familial line?

A girl could never become successor.

Father...

I will be the one to succeed the Kishimojin clan.

I will study, and I will train.

I, Ichika, promise,

(Kishimojin Clan)

(Kishimojin Clan) one day I'll make you both proud...

I'll become a detective of honor and skill!

Hey!

Hey!

You said it before.

That you take your job seriously.

You fulfill your obligations, no matter what.

So do what it takes to complete this mission!

You're a professional...

Aren't you?

All right, Rago!

Let's get this thing over with!

All right!

W-What?! N-No way...!!

Hey, you're makin' this easy...

Crap!

You really don't know how to finish things.

Shut up. I didn't have time to finesse the landing.

Oww... Damn, how many times does that make it today?

Just so you know...

Huh?

You're not getting a "thank you" from me.

Ungrateful little prima donna!

Get your ass off my head!

Told you, shoulda let 'er die.

Like I expected it.

You're not getting one from me either.

Look, you fought to protect us,

and we fought to help you.

That means we're even Stephen.

So, you cool?

You can use my name!

Wha?

It's Ichika.

Ichika Kishimojin.

Try'n remember it, okay?

You can stop it with all the "hey's" and "you's."

Okay, okay.

So, can I ask you somethin', Ichika?

What?

What the hell do we do now?

We walk.

Seriously?

That's all we have on Rago and Jiro Azuma.

That said, I have a proposition.

Very well.

You may proceed.

I'll keep this brief.

I, Ryosuke Shiba, as Chief of Special Operations Division 2,

request permission to establish a new squad,

and I'd like Jiro Azuma as one of my detectives.

Are you deranged?

You desire to make a half-mononoke boy

a secret agent?

Rago has yet to demonstrate any direct hostility toward us.

He seems to be cooperating with Jiro Azuma as well.

At any rate, the enemy is clearly after Rago.

Rather than condemning him to rot in captivity,

he, dare I say, could be the consummate bait.

But bait precedes the catch only in the presence of a hook.

So, you guys transform when you fight?

We don't "transform."

We change our appearance by illusion.

We can't walk around town looking like this, can we?

Yeah, guess you're right.

So our young mononoke conduit is of ninja stock, yes?

Will he be useful?

Well, all our agents've trained against recently are cushy humans,

so I say he's got the advantage.

I have complete confidence

that battle will only further sharpen his skills.

And I'll take full responsibility for our newly forged weapon.

My plan is a small, experimental unit.

Made up of five operatives, including myself.

It will include Usami as my assistant,

and one more rookie.

It'll be a secret anti-mononoke mobile strike force,

codenamed "Black Torch."

So?

Do I pique your interest?

In just one week...

I've met the weirdest black cat,

who happens to be a mononoke.

Then some giant ogre mononoke leaves me

within an inch of my life,

and the cat saves me by fusing with my body.

Then these secret government agents appear out of nowhere...

Gramps and I have our worst argument,

oh, and then I'm attacked by more mononoke.

And here I am.

If some rando ever asked me, so how was your week,

I seriously don't know what the hell I'd say.

Used to your new life yet?

Huh?

You don't hafta watch me from the crack of dawn.

I'm not going anywhere.

Says the guy who broke out of our hospital.

New life, my ass...

I think I've had close to every medical test under the sun.

I haven't had one minute to myself!

All right, I get the idea.

My number one priority...

was to confirm there were no threats.

To the Bureau... and to you.

Anyway, I still can't wrap my head around it.

Around what?

This is seriously your headquarters?

What, this place?

Unfortunately, this is homebase for Special Operations Division 2.

Each division has its own base of operations.

By all appearances,

they function like any other business or organization.

There're office buildings, factories, hospitals.

Even libraries and shrines.

They're all a helluva lot prettier than what we've got.

It's not easy being at the bottom.

So you guys've seen better days.

Not "you guys."

Huh?

At this point, shouldn't it be "us"?

You're one of us now, Jiro Azuma.

One of you?

That, right?

The squad called Whack something or other.

It's Black Torch.

Cool, right?

Torch, storch, whatever.

I'm here to protect my own ass.

I don't remember agreeing to be one of your underlings.

Our goal is for each of us to live free.

We'll fight whoever we have to, even mononoke.

Simple as that.

"We", huh?

I guess it's going to take him some time to take it all in.

Ordinary logic won't work with him.

Little by little, I guess.

Phew! The old warehouse hasn't changed one bit!

Oh, top of the mornin', Chief!

Good morning to you.

Hm? Is that the Jiro Azuma I've heard so much about?

Who?

She's one of my few subordinates.

Meet Special Operations Division 2, Assistant Chief, Hana Usami.

She's had her hands full with another mission.

Another mission?

Oh, we've arrived already?

What a shame.

I was hoping to spend a little more quality time with you, Ms. Usami.

Ah, allow me to assist with your luggage.

You were kind enough to drive me all this way.

Besides, I couldn't bear seeing a young lady such as yourself

burdened by brutish chores.

Oh, please stop!

You flatter me. Stop teasing!

Well, that makes all of us.

So who's Mr. Desperate?

Your new friend.

What?!

So...

We've got another rookie joining Division 2, effective immediately.

This's Reiji Kirihara.

He's seventeen like all of you...

And like Ichika,

he hails from a notable spy family, the Kirihara clan.

I'm sure you'll enjoy getting to know each other.

Entitled brat.

I'll follow orders,

but I'm telling you I can't handle any more troublemakers.

Hey, what do you mean by "any more"?

And you must be Ichika Kishimojin, I presume?

Well, yes, I am.

Your reputation precedes you.

I'd heard about a young and ambitious woman brave enough to

break with tradition and strive to become the new head of her family.

It had me very curious indeed.

I never imagined she'd be so stunning!

W-Wha...?

Well, we've just met and...

Wake up, he's trying to sweet-talk you.

And that over there must be...

Huh?

I've read up on you...

I see now.

You're even worse in person.

To be honest, I'm still in a bit of disbelief.

That a numbskull like yourself weaseled his way into my unit.

How 'bout you just leave?

Return to your hospital cell where you can be safe?

Ohh ohh. I see how it is.

Why don't you really say what's on your mind...

Playboy.

Apologies.

Honesty is always the best medicine, don't you think?

You saying you wanna fight, four-eyes ass?

And what if I was?

Half-monster chump?

Half...

Hey, hey! You guys've gone too far!

This's bad, Boss!

We gotta stop them!

Oh, talk about timing.

What?!

Hey, four-eyes ass, half-monster chump...

Huh?!

Go ahead and fight it out. Now.

And don't pull any punches.

Umm... Record... in high-res...

What is this, a duel?

Kind of...

It's also to successfully establish the squad.

What do you mean?

When I proposed my idea for the new squad,

the higher-ups had some requirements.

One was to prove whether Jiro Azuma

is an asset to the Bureau.

The Bureau knows the kind of possibilities

Rago's previously latent power holds.

But it's all meaningless

if Jiro and Rago can't cooperate with us.

So you're testing their agent abilities?

I had to go through a month of tests!

Hey, every situation's different.

Figuring out how strong the kid is a good start.

This doesn't seem very...

Okay, smile for the camera, guys!

Even a single word isn't coming from her

A sudden downpour soaked up the weekend

Life is crazy for living peace

It makes us dizzy, you know?

Kicking away these negative vibes into a plus

City boy, get loud and let it all out

Living young and wild and free

We're beautiful because we're not perfect

City girl, just dance, super fresh

That is how it's supposed to be

The future we imagined is gonna be groooovy, groooovy

Us human beings

And this world that we live in

It's not too bad afterall

City boy, get loud and let it all out

Living young and wild and free

We're beautiful because we're not perfect

City girl, just dance, super fresh

That is how it's supposed to be

The future we imagined is gonna be groooovy, groooovy