$03-00-07-09-3-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 7006300 1 "Sakata Kintoki"] [charaSet B 5017000 1 "Medea Lily"] [charaSet C 1098201600 1 Watanabe-no-Tsuna] [charaSet D 1098201500 1 "Nursery Rhyme"] [charaSet E 6030000 1 Danzo] [charaSet F 1098176400 1 Minamoto-no-Raikou] [charaSet H 1098202400 1 Fujiwara-no-Kaoruko] [charaSet I 98115000 1 "Floating Text"[-] [charaSet J 1098202510 1 "Ashiya Douman"] [scene 102701] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_48 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]I overheard everything.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Oh, and when I say everything, I do mean everything.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]With all of Heian-kyo inside my Bounded Field, I know[-][sr][93CA76]what takes place there better than I know how clean my[-][sr][93CA76]own house is.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]I hear every triviality that takes place on the east[-][sr][93CA76]side, every event that happens on the west side and[-][sr][93CA76]every underhanded trick playing out in the palace.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]And of course, I know all about the conversations[-][sr][93CA76]that took place in Lady Fujiwara-no-Kaoruko's house.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Including the ones between Kintoki, Lady Danzo,[-][sr][93CA76][%1][93CA76], and the people of Chaldea.[-] [k] ?1:You overheard everything? @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Yes. I realized it was important that I did so.[-] [k] [branch select_end] ?2:I-I don't suppose your middle name is “Zeus,” is it? @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Ahahahahaha, come now, I'm not THAT good.[-][sr][93CA76]You're going to make me blush.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Well, no, you won't, but even so. Hahahaha.[-] [k] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki Zeus? What's that? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Danzo In this case, I believe it refers[sr]to an enormous monitoring device. [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki Ohh, I gotcha. Yeah, Seimei definitely gives off that impression. He always seems to know everything that's goin' on way before he could've heard about it. [k] [charaFace A 4] @Sakata Kintoki You just know he's gotta be usin' a ton of shikigami or whatnot to watch and listen in on all sorts of stuff. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Minamoto-no-Raikou He does give off that impression, yes. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna ...That he does. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Medea Lily O-oh my. I had no idea... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Well now, it seems my stock is falling at a rather[-][sr][93CA76]alarming rate.[-] [k] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 11] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki Stock? Oh, you mean the stalks you see out in the field. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.4] [branch select01] ?! [label select01] ?1:You seem oddly...knowledgeable, Abe-no-Seimei. ?2:Is it just me, or do you know a weird number of modern expressions? ?! @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Hmm, do I now?[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]But, certainly you and your fellow Chaldeans already[-][sr][93CA76]know about Mystic Eyes capable of looking[-][sr][93CA76]into the future, no?[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]At any rate, that is not a crucial topic of[-][sr][93CA76]discussion at this moment, so I suggest we move on.[-] [k] [branch select_end] [label select_end] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Let's talk about what that great idiot[line 2]that is,[-][sr][93CA76]Limbo, has been up to.[-] [k] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 9] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki All right. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]As you've most likely already guessed...[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]...Limbo is indeed the one responsible for this[-][sr][93CA76]Pseudo-Tree of Emptiness that has taken root in the[-][sr][93CA76]palace grounds.[-] [k] ?1:Pseudo-Tree of Emptiness... ?! @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]I'm still not sure what it means, but that is[-][sr][93CA76] definitely what Limbo called it.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Regardless, Ashiya Douman summoned that black[-][sr][93CA76]Tree of Emptiness.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Well, more accurately, while it pains me to say this,[-][sr][93CA76]it was something of a collaborative operation between[-][sr][93CA76]poor Ashiya Douman and Limbo.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]It seems Limbo, who was summoned as the[-][sr][93CA76]personification of the evil that dwelled within Douman's body...[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]...whispered something wicked in Douman's ear, which[-][sr][93CA76]led to his soul being swallowed up, poor thing.[-] [k] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki Swallowed up? [k] [charaFace A 2] @Sakata Kintoki So then, back when we saw him in the palace... [k] [messageOff] [se ad592] [seVolume ad592 0 0.4] [fadeout white 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_48 0.5 0.4] [wait fade] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [scene 103100] [pictureFrame cut063_cinema] [charaPut I 1] [charaEffect I bit_sepia01] [charaTalk J] [charaFace J 0] [charaFadein J 0.1 0,-50] [fadein white 0.5] [wait fade] [wt 2.5] [fadeout white 0.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout J 0.1] [pictureFrame] [charaPut I 2000,2000] [charaEffectStop I bit_sepia01] [wt 0.1] [scene 102701] [fadein white 0.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_48 0.5 1.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 8] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki ...Limbo had already swallowed up Douman's soul!? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Oh yes.[-][sr][93CA76]But don't beat yourselves up for not realizing it.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]His evil nature was still hidden deep inside him at[-][sr][93CA76]the time, so there was no Heroic Spirit presence you[-][sr][93CA76]could have sensed.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]None of you did anything wrong.[-][sr][93CA76]Limbo just happened to be one small step ahead.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]At any rate, he is certainly not hiding any longer.[-][sr][93CA76]I believe that is due to your success in halting[-][sr][93CA76]the Imperial Holy Grail War.[-] [k] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna Then...that demonic tree was originally supposed to appear once the Imperial Holy Grail War had concluded? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Essentially, he got tired of waiting.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Originally, he planned to collect the souls of seven[-][sr][93CA76]Heroic Spirits so that he could link a Holy Grail to[-][sr][93CA76]his Tree of Emptiness, almost immediately completing it.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]And that is Limbo's ultimate objective: to grow[-][sr][93CA76]the tree to full maturity so that it may bloom.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]While I don't know whether it will also function[-][sr][93CA76]as a wish granter once it reaches that point...[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]...with seven Heroic Spirit souls powering it, I am[-][sr][93CA76]quite sure it will generate tremendous magical[-][sr][93CA76]energy[line 2]enough to make the impossible possible.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]That being said, I'm afraid I still don't know[-][sr][93CA76]exactly what it is Limbo wishes to do with that Tree[-][sr][93CA76]of Emptiness...[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]...since he never got around to saying anything[-][sr][93CA76]about that...[-] [k] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna ... [k] [charaFace C 5] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna Then the whole story about granting the winning Master's wish was nothing more than bait. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Medea Lily Lord Tsuna... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna I'm all right, Caster. Kintoki's lightning has already given me the jolt I needed to wake up. [k] [charaFace C 0] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna I will never again mistake what I should cut down, and what I should protect. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Limbo's wish is the only one the wish granter produced[-][sr][93CA76]through the Imperial Holy Grail War will grant.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]But now, you have surprised him by surpassing his[-][sr][93CA76]expectations, and he has grown impatient.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]That is why he has shown his hand, the Pseudo-Tree[-][sr][93CA76]of Emptiness, and abruptly canceled the Imperial Holy[-][sr][93CA76]Grail War.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Now, he has begun summoning Heroic Spirits through[-][sr][93CA76]different means.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]I have to say, I'm surprised by how aggressive[-][sr][93CA76]Limbo is being here. Douman was never so rash.[-] [k] ?1:So Saisetsu and Hyoubi are two of these newly summoned Heroic Spirits? ?2:What about Saisetsu and Hyoubi? Did Limbo summon them then? ?! @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Indeed.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]They call themselves by the names of two of the[-][sr][93CA76]Hasshoujin[line 2]the eight onmyoudou general gods,[-][sr][93CA76]of all things.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]As much as that infuriates me, I'll put it aside for[-][sr][93CA76]now, since we still have more important things to discuss.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]As I just said, there are eight Hasshoujin,[-][sr][93CA76]and Limbo is calling himself by one of their names...[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]So we should assume he will summon the other seven[-][sr][93CA76]separately.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]At the moment, two of them have materialized and are[-][sr][93CA76]making their way north from Heian-kyo's southern edge.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Once they have crossed Suzaku Gate and made their[-][sr][93CA76]way into the palace grounds, they plan to sacrifice their[-][sr][93CA76]own souls to the Pseudo-Tree of Emptiness.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]And since the Pseudo-Tree of Emptiness has already[-][sr][93CA76]acquired the souls of four Heroic Spirits from the[-][sr][93CA76]Imperial Grail W[line 2][-] [k] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki Limbo only needs three of these new Heroic Spirits to reach the tree for him to win. Got it. [k] [charaFace A 4] @Sakata Kintoki But... [k] @Sakata Kintoki ...what happens if we blow 'em away before they reach the tree? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]That would likely help to some degree. If all they[-][sr][93CA76]needed to do to feed the tree their souls was simply [-][sr][93CA76]kill themselves on materializing, they would have done so by now.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]So it seems safe to assume that their souls' proximity[-][sr][93CA76]to the Pseudo-Tree of Emptiness is an important factor.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]However, given what happened in Shimousa, we should[-][sr][93CA76]also assume that the Holy Grail will collect their[-][sr][93CA76]souls automatically if they should die.[-] [k] ?1:Which means... ?! [messageOff] [wt 0.5] ?1:Um, what DOES that mean? ?! [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 10] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki Uh...[wt 1.0][charaFace A 7] Hmm? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 4] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna We cannot let these general gods cross Suzaku Gate, and neither can we kill them. [k] [charaFace C 5] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna Is that it, Lord Seimei? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki So we gotta capture 'em without killin' 'em, huh. Sounds like that's gonna be a tall order with these guys. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]That it will be. The Hasshoujin will certainly be[-][sr][93CA76]very powerful Heroic Spirits![-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]You're not likely to be able to stop them if you're[-][sr][93CA76]holding back, but neither can you afford to shatter[-][sr][93CA76]their Spirit Cores and let that demonic tree consume[-][sr][93CA76]their souls.[-] [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_48 1.0] [wt 1.5] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]So our only choice is to seal their souls away,[-][sr][93CA76]without letting them dissipate![-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Show them, Kaoruko![-] [k] [charaTalk H] [charaFace H 2] [charaFadein H 0.1 1] @Fujiwara-no-Kaoruko Y-yes, Lord Seimei! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad1008] [wt 1.2] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 0] [charaFadein E 0.1 1] @Danzo Are these...onmyoudou talismans? [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 1] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Nursery Rhyme They've got so many pretty patterns on them.[sr]Hehe, they're very cute. [k] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_MAP_64 0.1] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]These are Taizan talismans! I thought something like[-][sr][93CA76]this might happen, so I prepared eight of them ahead[-][sr][93CA76]of time![-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Once you shatter one of the Hasshoujin's Spirit Cores,[-][sr][93CA76]all you need to do is slap one of these on them![-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Do that, and the Hasshoujin's souls will remain in[-][sr][93CA76]this world for a while, never reaching the Pseudo-Tree[-][sr][93CA76]of Emptiness.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]If you can then destroy the Holy Grail[line 2]that is,[-][sr][93CA76]the Pseudo-Tree of Emptiness, before their souls can[-][sr][93CA76]pass on, all will be well.[-] [k] @[93CA76]Floating Text[-] [93CA76]Once the tree is gone, their souls will be released[-][sr][93CA76]before they ever have the chance to be used for[-][sr][93CA76]something evil![-] [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk off] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadeinFSR A 0.1 2] [charaFace C 1] [charaFadeinFSL C 0.1 0] [wt 1.8] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk on] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 0.3] [charaMoveReturn F 0,-5 0.8] [wt 1.6] @Minamoto-no-Raikou Then our next course is clear. Tsuna. Kintoki. [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadeinFSL C 0.1 0] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadeinFSR A 0.1 2] @Watanabe-no-Tsuna I'm ready. [k] @Sakata Kintoki Hell yeah! I'm good to go whenever! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 2] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Minamoto-no-Raikou Now we of the Seiwa Genji must band together. Now the Four Heavenly Kings and I must show what we are truly capable of. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace F 5] [wt 1.4] @Minamoto-no-Raikou Lady Medea, Nursery Rhyme, we cannot afford to lose you, lest the enemy gain new souls in service of his goal. [k] @Minamoto-no-Raikou [&Lord:Lady] [%1], Lady Danzo, you two are our esteemed guests, and Kintoki's very first friends. [k] [charaFace F 7] @Minamoto-no-Raikou So, I would like to ask you to remain here if that is at all possible... Would you? [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] @Medea Lily No, Lady Raikou. I promise I won't get in the way. [k] @Medea Lily If you're going up against Heroic Spirits, then I know I can be of help. [k] @Medea Lily I swear I will! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk D] [charaFace D 2] [charaFadein D 0.1 1] @Nursery Rhyme I'm going too, Raikou. Monjumaru. After all, I came here to help my friend. [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout D 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 7] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] [wt 0.6] ?1:You better believe I'm going, too! ?! ?1:Limbo's gotten away with too much for too long.[csr]It's time I put an end to this. ?! [charaFace F 5] @Minamoto-no-Raikou ...I see you're all intent on making me worry. But I suppose that is a mother's burden. [k] @Minamoto-no-Raikou You're all so very brave. Tsuna, I feel as though the scales have fallen from my eyes as well. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace F 6] [wt 1.2] [charaFace F 5] [wt 0.4] @Minamoto-no-Raikou Very well then. I shall consider all of you Genji warriors from now on! [k] [charaFace F 2] @Minamoto-no-Raikou Now, come, and let us protect Kyo together![sr]Genji, move out! [k] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] @I:All Genji, move out! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgm BGM_MAP_64 1.5 0.5] [wait fade] [wt 2.0] [charaSet F 98074000 1 Minamoto-no-Raikou] [scene 102002] [se ad726] [seVolume ad726 0 0.1] [seVolume ad726 1.5 0.8] [se ad454] [seVolume ad454 0 0.7] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk E] [charaFace E 5] [se ad73] [fowardEffect bit_talk_quickmove 0,0 H] [charaSpecialEffect E appearance 1 0.25] [wt 0.4] [charaFace E 2] [bgm BGM_MAP_64 1.0 1.0] @Danzo Detecting a large number of monsters around Suzaku Avenue! [k] [seStop ad726 2.0] @Danzo I believe they are a kind of familiar[line 2]most likely, shikigami that Limbo himself is manipulating with talismans. [k] @Danzo Imperial officers and our fellow Genji warriors are doing their best to fight them off, but the enemy appears to have the advantage! [k] @Danzo That said, these shikigami are[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout E 0.1] [wt 0.1] @Genji Warrior Leader! Thank goodness you're here! [k] @Genji Warrior These things are shikigami being controlled by an onmyouji somewhere! We've been cutting them and burning them, but they refuse to die! [k] @Genji Warrior It's almost as though they're undying corpses! [k] [charaTalk F] [charaFace F 5] [charaFadein F 0.1 1] @Minamoto-no-Raikou Corpses or oni, it makes no difference.[sr]We fight until we make our way through them! [k] [charaFace F 2] @Minamoto-no-Raikou GENJI! Advance! [k] [messageOff] [charaFadeout F 0.1] [wt 0.1] [se ad997] [wt 0.8] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 2] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] @Sakata Kintoki Hell yeah! Genji, advance![sr]Let's go, [%1]! [k] ?1:Genji, advance! ?! @Sakata Kintoki Hraaaaaahhh! 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