01x23 - Easterly Wind / Weapon

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[♪ opening song music playing]

MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY

PLAN 23
EASTERLY WIND/WEAPON

[Futaba] Futaba here.

As planned,
the front entrance has been secured.

[Akai] For spies,
you sure are a violent bunch.

[Kawashita] Akai, make sure you take her
alive so we can use her for research.

[Akai] I know.

Just shut up.

You might have deflected it
in midair with your weird move,

but you're not getting away this time!

Huh?

[Futaba] Those flames are pretty pesky.

Seems like they're emitting
a flammable liquid.

[Akai chuckles]

She's the eldest Yozakura daughter.

You mustn't let down your guard, Akai.

Don't get hurt, okay?

[Akai] Shut your mouth.
I don't need a kid worrying about me.

What a scumbag!

[Akai] I can hear you,
you fluffy-haired jerk!

Sorry about that.

What a scumbag.

[Akai] Shut up, snot-nose!

I just said I was sorry.

All right, Chacha.

Call for outside reinforcements,
just in case.

[Chacha] That's not possible right away.

[Ban] That's my girl!

[Shion] Fire one each at Sigma D2
and Omega R56.

[g*nshots firing]

Perfect!

Of course it is.

[Ayaka] That makes eight of them!

[Keiko] Just pinpoint the target,
and the leave the rest to me.

Seriously? What are we going to do?

[Chacha] I've sent in Kurosawa as backup.

Guess I have no choice but to go, too.

Aonuma...

My grandma always used to tell me,
"Discretion is the better part of valor."

If it comes to it, I'll desert you all
to make sure I survive.

Jeez, every last one of you...

[Shinzo grunts]

[Nanao] Uh-oh, now there's more of them!

[Kyoichiro] Hold up.

[all grunt]

KUROSAWA HAZAKURA EFFICIENCY 501%

[Shinzo] Taiyo!

Leave this one to me.

We're counting on you.

Everyone else, keep moving forward!

[Shinzo] His whole body's made of steel.

My b*ll*ts can't seem to pierce him.

[Futaba] Come on,
we're not assassins, all right?

Kawashita's our only target.

Instead of sacrificing yourselves
for nothing, it'd be better to surrender.

[Akai] As if sacrifices mean anything.

I've got absolutely nothing to lose.

Well, well. Those eyes...

[Akai] You know what...

I'm going to k*ll you after all.

Emushiuna.

[Futaba] A thermal ray of condensed heat.

Both the speed
and amount of heat are soaring.

But... I can deflect it.

[gasps]

[Akai] That was the right move.

My flames will engulf you persistently
and can never be put out,

not until it burns away
everything it touches.

Let's see you try to deflect them.

Firuru.

Yozakura-style jiujitsu...

Cascading Kumite...

Tamamo!

[Akai] You're keeping
the thermal rays at bay

by controlling the air around you, huh?

Not bad at all.

But the thing about gimmicks...

is that you can overwhelm them!

- [all panting]
- [rumbling]

[Kyoichiro] Don't stop. Keep running.

[Shion] The radar's not picking
anything up because of the heat.

Big Sis Futaba.

[Chacha] Akai's Blooming
has been activated.

I found her by hacking
into nationwide medical records.

Just an ordinary high schooler
at first glance.

[Kawashita] To think she'd come so far.

No way.

Just when I thought that I'd found
someone compatible with Hazakura...

A pyromaniac?

Hold up. Forget that.

[Kawashita]
Before the firefighters come...

Looks like we'll be able
to secure our test subject.

Good thing I was able
to use her siblings' bodies.

[gasps]

[pyromaniac] Forgive me!

Your family won't be happy
even if you do this to me!

[man screaming]

Feel better now?

[Akai] Yeah.

[Kawashita] The stimulation of scorching
heat and Hazakura led to her rebirth.

Did she win, I wonder?

You can do it, Akai!

[Akai] I've used this power to k*ll
everyone who's ever ticked me off.

You may be able to deflect it,
but you can't block the heat.

If I keep cranking up the heat,
eventually you'll be reduced to ashes.

If you don't want to die,
then be ready to k*ll me.

[Futaba] I'm not planning to k*ll you
or die myself.

All I'm going to do...

is take the hostility
and murderous intent inside you...

and embrace it all.

[Akai] What's this?

[Kawashita] It's the Yozakura Blooming.

It's someinine activated to its peak,
making it the Yozakuras' trump card.

And it's also the keystone of my strategy.

Hazakura's Blooming
has come as close as it can get,

but it's no match for the real thing.

If you happen to come into contact
with it down the road,

do not engage.

[Akai] You don't look
that different to me.

Just how strong are you?

I'll be happy to test you!

[♪ intense music playing]

[Akai] It went out?

It's not magic, so don't be surprised.

This is my Blooming, Magnanimity.

My kinetic vision
enhanced to its maximum limit

and my accurate, sensitive fingertips.

The aiki they produce
envelops all attacks and neutralizes them.

[wind whooshes]

Not even the flames of your hostility
can pierce through to me anymore.

[Akai] You sure are confident about that.

She's going to nullify them all.

Damn her!

[Kawashita] Retreat, Akai.

If you boost the activation
of your para-someinine any further,

your body will succumb
to your fire cell output

and you'll burn to death.

[Akai grunting]

Your body has value.

For the sake of the new world
and for your own sake, don't waste it.

[Akai] What do I care?

For the sake of this crappy world?

For my own sake?
For my dead family's sake?

I don't give a damn about any of that!

I just want to m*rder
everyone that annoys me!

It's not like I care who dies!

So what if I die myself?

I couldn't care less!

She's way past critical temperature.

[Kawashita] Chacha,
activate the fireproof wall.

[Chacha] Roger that.

[Akai] This was a great way to k*ll time.

So long.

[Akai gasps]

I don't see you as someone
I couldn't care less about.

[Futaba] Cascading Kumite, Easterly Wind.

[Kawashita chuckles]

She even blasted away
the Hazakura sparks inside her cells

and sublimated all of her malice.

It's no use telling someone who's lost
everything not to give in to despair.

But you know what?

[Futaba] I happen to know a kid...

[Taiyo grunts]

[Futaba] ...who was lucky enough
to overcome that.

I'm sure that it was good fortune
that caused us to cross paths.

So for now...

just stay down for the count.

[Akai sighs] You monster.

Futaba here. I've subdued one enemy.

I've also detected
a power similar to Blooming.

Watch your backs.

Akai.

Her vital signs are intact.

She's only lost consciousness.

Chacha, what's the situation
inside the hideout?

[Chacha] Odds of enemy attack, 26%.

They'll run into Aonuma
within two minutes.

[Kawashita] Hmm.

Oh, well.

Even if this hideout is destroyed,
it won't affect the Seed-Sowing Project.

[Kawashita] The Goddess of Victory
is in my hands.

TEST SUBJECT: REI YOZAKURA
DATE OF CONTAINMENT:

Shion, did you glean anything
from the enemy transmissions?

[Shion] Yeah, aside from the
transmission logs, I managed to extract

data on test subjects used for research
and the passcodes for the hideout.

I'll incorporate all that into Taiyo
and the others' infiltration route.

I've got the passcode
for the Research Wing.

[Shion] Nanao and Kengo,
head over to rescue the test subjects.

- [Kengo] See you!
- [Nanao grunts]

[all grunting]

[Nanao] Excuse me!

[Kengo] Tear gas sure comes in handy!

[Nanao gasps]

So chilly! Are you okay, Nanao?

[Nanao] The gas crystallized
in the cold air?

[Aonuma] Brr! So cold.

Grandma always told me
not to let my body get too cold,

so I'm going
to get this over with quickly.

[Nanao] The power to adjust cold air.

It must help you in the summer. Lucky you!

But if you lay a finger
on my beloved kid brother...

we won't let you get away with it!

Ugh.

[Kengo] Made by PoPoPPo Toy Store,
under Mr. Kengo's supervision,

the balloon puppet, Kengo-chan!

Thanks to microchips
and Steel Spider control,

I've been perfectly replicated!

[all Kengos] Yay! Super Kengo Festival!

What a pain.

[clone 1] Wrong one!

My bad, Kawashita.

There's been a surge in enemies,
and I'm short-handed.

[Aonuma] Looks like they're targeting
the Research Wing.

To release the test subjects?

It wouldn't do
to give up our data and samples.

So why don't we have Kurosawa
dispose of the test subjects?

[Ai] Huh?

[Kawashita] Aonuma, I want you
to secure the power source.

Huh? What a drag.

[Aonuma] Guess I'll end this right now.

- [wind whooshing]
- [ice crystals clinking]

[Kengo] We were just getting started!
Where'd he go?

[Kawashita] Guess I have no choice.

This is what they call
a strategic retreat.

No! Some of them are my friends!

I'll bring you some new ones, then.

But that's not-- [gasps]

I'm sorry for being unreasonable, Mizuki.

[Kawashita] So, Kurosawa,
you can deal with that guy later.

To the Research Wing now.

Some collateral damage is acceptable.

[men grunt]

Attacking his own allies?

[man 1] That's the guy from Nijibana.

sh**t! Don't stand in his--

[both grunt]

His greatest weapon is his lack of fear.

[Kawashita] He has no interest
in his own death,

nor in the deaths of others.

That's why his attacks
are as cold and indifferent as iron.

[man 2] It's no good! We can't escape!

Damn it!

[laughing]

[grunts]

[♪ intense music playing]

[Shinzo] An organic alloy
that uses electric shocks

from the muscles to change shape...

Black Shadow Stone.

I'd heard that the Yozakuras
also had a similar refining technology.

It's theoretically made of metal,
which makes it good for landing blows...

But the cells themselves aren't malleable.

With a little improvisation,
I can crush you with pliers.

Weapons are for protecting people.

All your weapons do is hurt others
or cause them suffering,

so they don't cut it for me!

What the--

Shion?

[Shion] I separated you remotely.

[whirring]

[Shion] But he'll be coming through
in 30 seconds.

He's not a good match for you.

I'll stop him on my end,
so you go back up Taiyo and the others.

[inhales sharply] No,
there's no better match than me.

[Mutsumi and Shion gasp]

[Shinzo] It's all right.

If it comes to it,
I'll activate my Blooming.

[Shion] Don't push yourself like that!
You haven't done it in years!

[Shinzo] Big Sis said
that she'd activated hers.

It's time for me to step up, too.

I'll be the one to stop him.

[Shion] Would you stop with this non--

- You can do it, Master Shinzo!
- [Ban groans]

Ayaka!

[Ban] My ears! My ears!

While preparing for this campaign,
even while I was with him,

[Ayaka] Master Shinzo
had already made up his mind!

And so...

he resurrected the Yozakura refining
technology to create a formless alloy.

It's extremely sensitive,
requiring dexterous handling,

while boasting the fluidity of liquid,
and the hardness of steel.

This new weapon, Turmeric,

is the manifestation
of Master Shinzo's resolve!

[grunts]

[Shinzo] One Hundred Eight Bell Tolls!

Celestial Serpent Slaying Sword!

I'm trapped inside?

[Shinzo gasps]

Hayato Shield!

[grunts]

[Futaba] Afraid of his Blooming?

SHINZO, 14 YEARS OLD

He's traumatized.

Was the mission that horrific?

No, considering Shinzo's potential,
it's not an issue.

[Kyoichiro] It's just that he awakened his
Blooming for the first time by accident.

Apparently,
even his own memories of it are vague.

It's a good type of Blooming,
but it seems hard to handle.

[breath trembling]

[Rei] Shinzo's the kind of boy who wants
to protect others with his strength,

so it might be that he dislikes
his weakness in having hurt someone.

It might be that it frightens him.

[gasps]

[Rei] But it's only the truly strong
and kind who can fear their own power.

Your mother loves that about you, Shinzo.

[grunts]

[Shinzo] Melting Rock Glaive!

To stop you as a weapon,

I'm going to awaken the weapon inside me.

Please don't end up getting k*lled by me.

[♪ ending theme song playing]

NEXT TIME
SHION & KENGO VS. CHACHA & AONUMA