01x05 - Intrusion

[bunniefuu]

"Kabane"

"Garbage" "Cleaning" "Shopping"

"Akira" "Kabane" "Shiki"

"Kitchen" "Cleaning" "Laundry"

Is this?

Remember, don't ever open the door

at the far end of the hallway.

Not ever.

I wonder if it's okay to move

the boxes so I can clean.

Hmm? Kabane isn't around?

"Episode 5: Intrusion"

That's right.

"Episode 5: Intrusion"

We haven't seen him since this morning.

"Episode 5: Intrusion"

He was in the middle of cleaning,

and we found this lying in the hall.

He's not the sort to just

leave things unattended.

Where did you say that was?

Kabane!

Inugami-san

I was afraid of this.

What is this place?

I thought it was a storeroom.

Water.

Here.

Mihai

Can.

--Here.

--Mihai!

Who's that?

Don't go exploiting Kabane for yourself, Mihai.

h*, the kid's name is Kabane, is it?

Why didn't you tell me you hired such

a submissive, obedient sl-- child, Inugami?

You were about to say "sl*ve," weren't you?

Nonsense. Enough with

the mean-spirited suspicions.

You don't mean

Mister, have you been

in this room this whole time?

Indeed I have.

I am Mihai the vampire.

I provide ICT for the Inugami

Strangeness Counseling Office.

Kabane

Yes?

As of today, I am appointing you

to be my waitperson.

Your job will be to always stand by at my side,

opening and closing my water bottles.

I'm sure you are honored.

As you wish. I have some

experience as a waitperson.

Would you all step out for a moment?

This is why I told you guys

not to open this door.

That man is bad news.

Mihai is an old acquaintance of mine.

Vampires possess superhuman levels

of physical abilities and knowledge,

don't ever age, and are nigh-immortal.

They're an advanced breed, even among Kemono.

On top of which, Mihai abhors idleness.

He has attained pro-level skills

and knowledge in most everything,

and after he ran out of things to do,

and started growing world-weary,

I invited him to come here.

He then got caught up in Japanese online games.

He's pretty mellow while he's gaming,

but if his mood turns sour,

there's no telling what he might pull.

Why would you bring such a problem case here?

I'm

all thumbs when it comes to tech.

Mihai is the one who created the office website,

and he's also the one who makes sure

your cell phone data

doesn't get leaked to Inari.

He does come in handy.

So just make sure to stay away from there.

Hey, what did he just say?!

I don't care if you are a vampire or whatever,

don't treat Kabane like a sl*ve!

We're not supposed to go near him.

But I've been appointed, so

Oh, man. What is the story with you?

This is going to put a crimp in my guild life.

So stop pushing Kabane around!

Tell you what

We'll settle this by arm wrestling.

If you guys win, I will set Kabane free.

You're free to try as many times as you like.

What did you say?

Akira, you get in here, too! Don't you care

what happens to Kabane?

There's no way I can beat him.

You cold-hearted jerk!

--I'm just saying

--Excuse me.

Would it be okay if I tried?

Huh? Can he?

Very well. It's a master's duty to

grant his sl-- waitperson's requests.

He really is a sl*ve, isn't he?!

All right, now ready

Go!

You lost to him at arm wrestling?

That's because, appearances to the contrary,

Mihai has brute strength.

He's a vampire, after all.

He was just toying with you.

Damn it

Where's Kabane?

"Garbage" "Cleaning" "Shopping"

"Akira" "Kabane" "Shiki"

"Kitchen" "Cleaning" "Laundry"

Where's Kabane?

"Garbage" "Cleaning" "Shopping"

"Akira" "Kabane" "Shiki"

"Kitchen" "Cleaning" "Laundry"

He went shopping for supper.

"Garbage" "Cleaning" "Shopping"

"Akira" "Kabane" "Shiki"

"Kitchen" "Cleaning" "Laundry"

I gave it my all, but I couldn't beat him.

Mihai-san seemed completely composed.

I wonder if all adult Kemono

are as strong as that.

If I had the power I had at that moment

I have to keep training myself.

I may not be able to die,

but I would hate not being able to

protect the others in the office.

I'm glad that Mihai-san isn't a bad person.

Whoops. How does a kitsune fall out of a tree?

Kabane?!

Kon

That won't work. I'm not going to

fall for that trick again.

Besides, it doesn't matter now.

Inari-sama told me that she

doesn't need your head anymore.

I took your head and returned to Inari-sama,

but there was already another

kitsune there when I arrived.

Inari-sama never even looked at me once.

That's because I wasn't a good girl.

I can't go home the way I am now.

Kon, fight me.

Fight you?

I'm weak. No wonder Inari-sama hates me.

I'm a I'm a bad girl!

Are you kidding me? You left your room?

I can't play my game.

Huh?

That boy Kabane broke my wrist.

This is going to cause trouble

for the other guild members.

Arm wrestling?

Vampires are not khoulars.

It will take me a week to heal.

That boy must have quite a story.

I have nothing else to do while I recover,

so I thought I'd help with your work.

Wait, what are you doing?

Hmm, this is nice--

Hey! Aw, what did you respond for?

You're responsible for this, you know.

--Why?

--Because you accepted the job!

It's those boys who will do it.

The only thing I want to do is

enjoy myself by watching them.

Yeah, but if we're not careful

with this one, someone could die!

I had my game taken from me.

It needs to be serious enough

to make up for that.

Huh?

I have a plan. Come to my room.

Are you for real?

What do I do?

I can't leave like this.

Kon, wake up.

I fell asleep?

Kon, if it's too hard for you

to go back to Inari-san,

would you come over to Inugami-san's?

I'm sure he would give you a place to stay.

He helped me, after all.

Well?

I can't do that.

I'm a kitsune. I can't live with a tanuki.

But I could live with you, Kabane.

You may be a minion of a tanuki,

but that doesn't make you one.

There are sparrows and pigeons here,

so I know I won't starve.

I can live here, together with you!

Sorry. I have to go buy supper

and bring it home.

Is that your mission?

It's not really a mission. But it is my chore.

Once I'm done with that, I'll come back.

Really?

How long will it take you to finish?

I don't know. But I don't think

it will take that long.

All right.

Make sure you do! I'll be waiting for you!

I promise.

I'm back.

You're late. What kept you?

We've got a job. Inugami-san said

he was having us handle it, right?

Mm-hmm. He said he was

dealing with another matter.

Great. I'm in.

Shiki, you sound raring to go.

Well, there's a little something I want to try.

Whoo, it's so hot.

Okay, here goes.

Huh? No way! How?!

Amazing.

h*, that's using your head.

So you're an Arachne offspring, are you?

I saw an article on the web

about insects that mimic things,

and started wondering

if my silk could do that, too.

I wanted to do a practicality check,

so this worked out perfectly.

Bugbite Electronic. Three years ago,

they had 16 people commit suicide

in a single year at one of their plants,

were widely bashed by the public at large,

and were in danger of going bankrupt.

But the year after, the company

underwent a huge turnaround

and had zero suicides for the year.

Their notoriety disappeared

from the media. Unnaturally so.

Your mission is to go in

and get hold of any information

regarding the mystery of

how their suicides went down to zero.

Copy that! Inugami-san was nice enough

to let us handle it, after all.

It just goes to show how much he trusts you.

All right!

Let me out of here, Mihai!

How dare he lock me in here!

"By the way, if you try to break it,

it's rigged to explode"

"By the way, if you try to break it,

it's rigged to explode"

Lousy tech

Good. The other two have

taken up standby positions.

The rest is up to how well the Arachne kid does.

Heh, jackpot. But then,

what is that for?

This is the Mihai Magnum,

a magically souped-up car that I built

back when I was known as

the Transylvanian Vanishing b*llet.

Not only is it remote controlled,

it has both sound suppression

and optical camouflage,

as well as cameras installed.

On top of that, it is fully loaded

with all sort of other fun abilities.

It will be your go-to partner for this mission.

You could have told me that

at the beginning! I don't need it!

How does the optical camouflage even work?

I spent some time in the military.

At the time, they called me

the Transylvanian Reaper.

Who is this Mihai-san, anyway?

Just a big liar.

You idiot, stop that! You'll give us away!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

There's a light on.

Go take a peek.

Did you see anything?

Yeah, it was like,

everyone is working, with this

wicked-strained look on their faces.

They look like they're on the brink of death.

Huh?

But their suicide rate

has dropped to zero, right?

It really doesn't look to me like--

I quit! I quit! I quit!

I quit! I quit!

Is something the matter?

M-Manager Kaga

Oh, my, you poor thing.

Look how hard you're shaking.

Come with me. Tell me what the matter is.

I'll fix you something warm to drink.

Here, right in this room.

What is this?

This is the employee counseling office.

Go on, step inside.

I'm going to turn the light on now.

Whew, brains are so good!

This is aggravating.

I haven't had a single sip all day.

No fighting, now. Momoka,

you'll have first dibs tomorrow.

Who knows if there'll be

anything to suck tomorrow!

Do we report this to the CEO?

Yes.

Just file the usual "report."

He always falls for whatever you tell him.

Why don't we suck that stupid

CEO's brains out, already?

Then we can do whatever we want to.

We can't do that.

We need the CEO to serve as our front right now.

Oh, he's up.

Okay then,

take care!

Keep on doing a great job.

What is going on here? Don't tell me

that man is going back to work.

It looked like he had his ear punctured.

She said "brains are so good."

Hold on a moment.

Grr, how am I supposed to do this?

Inugami

Mihai?!

Are you familiar with any

brain-sucking mosquito Kemono?

Mosquito? Yeah, kanonba!

They have an appetite not just for blood,

they also suck out organs and brains!

Wait! Is that what they're up against?!

They don't suck out their blood or organs,

only their brains, so as to leave them alive.

It's likely that those

lethargic workers in there

have already had their brains sucked out.

Then, the trick to

their suicide levels falling

The explanation is that

their brains got sucked out.

It's only natural, since they can't think.

Judging by what they said,

those mosquito Kemono

are definitely the culprits.

And there were three of them

in there. That'll be tough.

Understood. Let's go take them out.

Did you hear what I said? We can't

take on three of them! Not a chance!

There are three of us, too.

Don't count Akira!

I'm sure he's turned turtle

after what just happened.

We'll secure an entry route

and fall back for now.

We can do it after we discuss it with

Inugami-san and come up with a plan.

All right. I'll follow you.

Okay.

Are these guys out of their minds?

They're way too careful for children.

Absolutely no fun at all.

This boy is the ringleader.

The Arachne hanyo, Shiki.

His un-childlike rationality and

cautiousness are the ultimate in boring.

Fine, then. If that's how you want to play it,

I'll just drop the hammer.

Whoa, what are you doing?!

What was that sound?

I don't know. I'll go have a look.

What's this? A toy? Was that what we heard?

Find anything?

Mm-mm, nothing I could see.

Must have been a box of equipment

that fell over or something.

Is that what it sounded like to you?

It is curious, huh? Let's check around

a little before we leave.

I'll take the factory. You two

Yeah, I'll take around here.

Then I'll take the first floor.

--See to it. We'll meet up afterward.

--Stay calm. They may have gotten Mihai-san,

--See to it. We'll meet up afterward.

but knowing him,

he'll get out of this himself.

All that's left is for me to quietly

and carefully get out of here.

It's all right. If I can get to a window,

I can climb out using my silk.

But what if I screw up?

Ooh

Sure enough, someone is here.

I had to look closely,

or I would have missed you.

If we k*ll anyone,

the kitsune will get wind of us,

so Reika-neesan prevents us from doing that,

but given the circumstances,

what choice is there?

After all, you've seen us.

What other choice is there?

What are you sitting around

with your mouth open for?

If I hadn't hit back,

you would definitely be dead by now.

What are you waiting for? Hurry and get up.

Hmm? Something seems wrong with him.

So that's it. This boy has been through

some kind of trauma.

All of his rationality and caution

was a false front to conceal it.

Oh, he is going to be worth playing around with!

"Next time"

"Episode 6: Awakening"