"An unknown frontier" "On the map painted by my heart" "When I open the door, the path goes on" "I'm kicking up dust as I start running to your town" "Along a route where earth and sky meet" "Riding the rushing southern wind" "Slicing through the wind dyed blue by the sky" "I'm rushing out with my whole heart" "Shooting past the midday moon" "Towards a world different from what we've known before" "I will keep on running through to the end" "However far" "Just like that wind" "Just like that wind" "Balance." "We will be arriving at the base shortly." "What's important is balance." "For both people and countries." "Sir?" "Leaning too far to one side is a no- no!" "A big no- no!" "If you lose your balance something like that happens." "The most important thing is to maintain balance on both sides." "For the sake of our business, as well." "Are you talking about North and South China, sir?" "Now then, it's almost time for our little meeting with Yollan." "Yollan?" "You don't know?" "How lame." "I'm talkin' about Yu Lan!" "What do you intend to do with the corpse after you've retrieved it?" "The body of a pretty young girl, huh?" "I'm sure there are plenty of ways it can be put to use." ""His Problem"" ""Hey, you want somethin'?"" "You're not a local, are you?" "Are you Korean?" "Japanese?" "I don't have a homeland." "Huh?" "Well if you don't have any business here, get lost." "I'm busy right now." "Are you evacuating?" "Yeah, that's right." ""Hurry up, dear!"" ""Shut up!"" "I'll have this." "I'm in the middle of something." ""Ready yet?"" ""I'll be right there!"" "Please let me buy this, sir." "Who cares about that?" "Just go ahead and take it!" "You should get the hell out of here, too, unless you wanna die!" "Die?" "That might be a good idea." ""Hunter Cleaning Co., Ltd."" "Uruz 9 to All." "We are now going to investigate Point 28." "If you do not receive any contact from us within 15 minutes, tighten the search perimeter." "Uruz 2, roger." "Wangfu HQ, roger." "Be careful out there." "What's wrong, Corporal Yang?" "Nothing." "It's just I haven't heard any response from Sergeant Sagara in a while." "Do you think there might be trouble?" "Did you hear something from the sergeant major?" "No, nothing." "Well, we've got our own work to worry about." "Let's go, Woo." "Yes, sir." "Nothing here." "That leaves twelve more points." "Must've been a worker here, huh?" "Probably." "Looks like he's been dead maybe two days." "This must've been their hideout, huh?" "We don't know that for sure." "Well, even if it was, I don't think they'll be coming back here again." "In any case, look at the guy's chest." ""To the son of Bdakshon's Tiger." "Meet Hamidra at Tsim Sha Tsui."" "Do you know what that means, Corporal?" "I don't have a clue." ""Tactical Division Headquarters, Command Center"" ""Tactical Division Headquarters, Command Center" Are you still unable to report to us that the Venom has been spotted, Teletha?" "Are you still unable to report to us that the Venom has been spotted, Teletha?" "Currently, approximately 60% of the search points have been eliminated." "Please wait just a little longer, Admiral Voda." "More importantly, how is the plan to stall the heads of both governments going?" "We're already stalling them quite a bit." "But once people suspect each other, they don't let go of those suspicions very easily." "Not to mention, that applies even more in a situation like this, where they've already been holding a grudge against each other for years." "Naturally, we will continue to try to negotiate with them." "But don't expect much." "We have only about three hours left at best." "Three hours?" "I hope to hear some good news from you before then." "That is all." "Captain, Uruz 2 is on line G1." " Put her through." " Yes, ma'am." "Uruz 2 to TDD HQ." "I have received a report from Corporal Yang that he discovered a suspicious corpse and a message." "Go on." "Yes, ma'am." "The body of a middle- aged man who had been shot to death, as well as a message, were discovered at Search Point 28." "The message states:" ""To the son of Bdakshon's Tiger." "Meet Hamidra at Tsim Sha Tsui."" "Furthermore, according to Intelligence, there have been two other reports of the same message, and three reports that it is printed in the classified ad section of local newspapers." "Anything else?" "No, ma'am." "I see." "Continue with the mission." "Roger." "End of communication." "I wonder what it could possibly mean..." "Speaking of Bdakshon," "Lieutenant Commander Kalinin has a strong connection to that area." "Call the lieutenant commander." "And then run a cryptanalysis on the message." "Yes, ma'am." "I wonder what it means." "I don't think it's meant as a disruption or diversion." "Do you know anything about it?" ""Bdakshon's Tiger" is the nickname of Majid, a legendary guerilla commander in Helmajistan." "Helmajistan?" "I've fought him numerous times." "The Soviet Union sent numerous assassins to his land in order to eliminate him, but they all failed." "One of those assassins was even a child less than eight years old." "A child?" "Majid was known for his compassion." "When that child was captured, he took the child in as his own, and gave him a new name." "That name was..." "Kashim." "Kashim, Kashim!" "You sounded too friendly calling me that!" "You son of a bitch!" "Mr. Sagara..." "Captain, we need to inform Sergeant Sagara." "Yes." "Please connect me to Uruz 2." "Yes, ma'am." "Go ahead." "TDD HQ to Uruz 2." "Please put Uruz 7 on the line." "This is Uruz 2." "Umm..." "What's the matter?" "I'm sorry, Uruz 7... isn't here." ""Come on, have some fun with me for a little while!"" ""You think I have time for that?" "Just hurry up and evacuate."" ""Aww, don't be such a drag!"" ""Are you an idiot?" "If you stay here, you'll die."" ""Hey, it's time." "Let's go."" ""See ya!" "Go to hell, you stinkin' bitch!"" ""What did you say?" "!"" ""Right back at you!" "Die, you frickin' bastards!"" ""Hmph!"" ""Oh!"" ""Hey, what are you doing?"" ""Ooh!" "Yeah, can't make it through without some booze, right?"" ""Hmm?"" ""Huh?"" ""You don't understand what I'm saying?"" "Are you a foreigner?" "Affirmative." "That's a strange way of answering." "Well, whatever." "Hey, do you have money?" "A little." "Then, how about it?" "Are you free right now?" "Yes." "Then would you like to have a little fun with me?" "Well, how about it?" "!" "Right." "Okay, let's go." "What's with you?" "You want to do it after all, don't you, you letch!" "The room's close by." "Sousuke abandoned the mission?" "Are you serious, Speck?" "Yeah." "I heard he got into a traffic accident, then just wandered off somewhere." "Hmm..." "Him, wandering off?" "Have you heard anything, First Lieutenant?" "Well, enough to get the general picture." "But that's not enough to judge by." "Lieutenant Commander Kalinin thinks the same way." "In any case, we can't plan on having Sagara and the Arbalest as part of our forces." "No matter how good a mercenary he is, he's still just seventeen." "He's just a kid after all." "That's got nothing to do with it!" "I still can't believe it." "At the least, Sagara was never the kind of guy who would do something like this." "That's what I think." "It's her..." "Yeah, Kaname Chidori." "Hasn't he seemed like a really different person ever since he started his mission to guard her?" "Well, now that you mention it, I think you're right..." "What do you think, Roger?" "I don't know what Sagara's really like." "But I do know that a person's true nature doesn't change that easily." "A hawk is a hawk right until the day it dies." "A hawk stays a hawk, huh?" "Hey, do you want yours with water?" "Or on the rocks?" "Whatever you think's better." "Oh, okay." "On the rocks, then." "You know, you're a lot like this guy I know." "A guy I was going out with until just a little while ago." "He was such a drag." "He acted like such a big shot in front of me, but around other people, he'd be totally hopeless." "He'd be so spineless." "It pissed me off just watching him." "And well, he looked a little bit like you." "He didn't scowl so much though." "Hey, smile for me a little bit." "I'm sure you'd look a lot better than you do with that glum look on your face." "I don't know how to smile." "All I know is how to fight." "You gotta be kidding me!" "What would a cleaning man fight?" "That was too much!" "And the way you said it with a straight face just made it that much more hilarious!" "Is that so?" "What?" "Did I hurt your feelings a little?" "By any chance, were you actually serious?" "It was a joke." "So, fighting cleaning man, what were you doing in a place like that?" "Working." "Alone?" "No." "I had comrades with me." "What are they doing now?" "Probably still working." "So you skipped out on them, huh?" "Affirmative." "Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing." "When it comes to bad stuff and tough stuff, it's best to just run away as fast as you can." "Is that right?" "That's right." "In this world, it's the ones who take life seriously who end up looking the fools." "As long as you're with me," "I can bear anything." "If there's someone else who'll do your work even if you skip out, why not just shove it on him?" "I'm not a burden!" "Or, what, do you regret skipping out on them?" "I don't really know." "Either way, I can no longer return to my comrades." "All you did was run out on work." "You're making too big a deal of it." "Just apologize to them later and it'll be fine." "No, I can't." "I've already lost everyone's trust." "What's so bad about that?" "They might say they're your comrades, but you never know when they'll stab you in the back." "There's no point in putting your trust in people so easily." "Even if I can't trust anyone else, I do trust YOU." "Well, when it comes to human relationships, you should just lean on others as much as you can, and get as much as you can out of them." "And, once the relationship's not useful anymore, just toss it." "That's what it's all about." "Hey, you haven't touched your drink one bit." "I've never had alcohol before." "Really?" "I thought it would distract me." "Well, whatever." "Then let's save the drinking for later and do it, okay?" "Forget all the bad stuff." "And when you start remembering again, we'll do it again, and have some drinks." " I'll give you a good time." " Sousuke!" " I'll make you feel good." " Sousuke!" " This isn't your first time, is it?" " Sousuke." " I'll be gentle with you." " Sousuke." " Hey..." "Hey..." " Sousuke!" "Sousuke!" "What was that for?" "I changed my mind." "Huh?" "I'm not doing it." "What's with you?" "You drag!" "You've been a big help." "Hold it right there." "You forgot something!" "Now get out of my sight, you piece of trash." "It's time." "Are you ready, Teletha?" "Launch all M9s." "Wherever the Venom shows up next, swoop in with all you've got and take it down." "However, you are forbidden to use the Arbalest." "We do not want to expose that machine to any danger." "Wait a moment, Admiral." "My subordinates have not yet finalized their countermeasures against the Venom." "If I deploy them now," "I have no idea what kind of casualties there will be." "Please give me at least two more hours..." "No." "Lord Mallory agrees as well." "But..." "Tensions in both the Northern and Southern Armies are at the breaking point." "Not only that, every time the Venom appears, it causes large numbers of dead and wounded." "We cannot permit any more casualties." "How many more people are you going to allow to die while you wait?" "Well, I..." "I've heard that the Venom's weakness is its short maximum operation time." "We will have to strike using that to our advantage." "Have faith in your subordinates." "This is what they have been made into a top elite troop for." "Is this hard for you, Teletha?" "But I told you." "This is what the path you are on is like." "Yet you chose not to step off of it." "Am I wrong?" "It is just as you say." "Then execute your mission quickly, Captain Testarossa." "Understood." "Rise to periscope depth." "Flood the underwater launch hatches." "Aye, ma'am." "Forward one third." "Up trim five degrees." "Rise to periscope depth." "The search has been called off?" "Correct." "Return to the helicopter immediately, and board your M9." "Rendezvous with Clouseau and his team at point Echo at 0430 hours." "You will receive your next orders there." "Uruz 2, roger." "That is all." "End of communication." "Begin flooding underwater launch hatches." "Begin flooding underwater launch hatches." "Aye." "In other words, we are out of time?" "Right." "Leave the rest up to the Tactical Division." "Understood." "Well then, goodbye." "Dammit!" "We have reached periscope depth." "Trim is level." "Stop engines." "Stop engines, aye." "Hatch flooding complete." "Open the hatches." "Open hatches, aye." "Launch preparations complete, Captain." "Launch all units." "Aye, ma'am." "Launch all units." "Uruz 1, roger." "All units, you have permission to launch at will." "Uruz 3, roger." "Uruz 5, roger." "Uruz 8, roger." "Uruz 6, roger." "How can people actually drink this?" ""To the son of Bdakshon's Tiger." "Meet Hamidra at Tsim Sha Tsui."" "I'm sure you're still looking straight ahead to tomorrow" "Just like you always have" "Just like the sunflowers" "That bloomed on that windy hill" "No matter how far apart we are" "I pray that my singing will reach you" "On nights when the tears never seem to stop" "I want to be the moon" "That shines through your window" "Because I believe we will meet again" "No matter what" ""Next Episode"" ""Next Episode" Time is almost up." ""Next Episode" A voice from the underworld echoes in the heart of the deserted city." "A voice from the underworld echoes in the heart of the deserted city." "A flawless obituary prepared by a mastermind behind the scenes." "Who is calling me?" "Next time: "Burning Hong Kong"" ""Burning Hong Kong" Next time: "Burning Hong Kong"" ""Burning Hong Kong" A dead man laughs at me from the darkness, beckoning me to my desolate past."