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Master, Mikado wants to see you! You should've seen the look on her face... | |
It was totally her angry face! | |
And she gets even worse if you avoid her, so we may as well go see her now... | |
... | |
You're finally here. | |
I have a notice from the Ministry of Defense; they're in charge of the Bureau of the Occult. | |
It says to stop getting in the way of Hijiri Sakuma. | |
Hijiri Sakuma? You mean that bigwig spirit agent we met in Shinjuku? | |
...I heard the reports. I suppose he pressured the Ministry into doing this. | |
(Pressured the Ministry? Is that even possible...? ) | |
You look confused. | |
I don't quite understand it all myself, to be honest. | |
Hard to believe one family could boss the government around. | |
But they've got the history and the power to do it. The Sakumas are like spirit agent royalty. | |
And I hear the kid you ran into is exceptional. Even compared to past heads of his family. | |
It's no surprise that the Sakumas would pressure the government into doing what he wants. | |
A famous family ordering around the government... I guess spirit agents aren't one big team after all. | |
It's really quite a mess... | |
The Bureau of the Occult was created to unify powerless spirit agents and protect the country. | |
But in the end we're all beholden to the whims of one man. | |
To Hijiri, members of the Bureau of the Occult must seem like | |
a foolish, unruly mob, each too weak to fight on her own... | |
A spirit agent with a pedigree and talent like his can ask all sorts of daemons for help. | |
Even alone, he has the strength of an entire army... | |
Ah-- Don't worry, Master! I don't think he's any better than you, no matter how high and mighty he might act! | |
True. If there were more top-notch spirit agents like you in the Bureau of the Occult, life would be a lot easier here. | |
Well...Can't be helped, stuff happens. | |
Life goes on. Don't worry about it. | |
...Is that all? | |
I thought you were gonna yell at us. | |
Did I really seem in such a bad mood...? | |
Even if I was, I have no reason to yell at you. | |
For real? Whew! | |
I thought you'd be lecturing us for hours... | |
No, I really wasn't angry at all. | |
But I would like to hear more about this "yelling" and "lecturing" that you refer to, Sola. | |
Urg...I stepped right onto that landmine! | |
Don't worry, Sola, I'll save your punishment for later... | |
The brass issued a stern warning, but we still have to follow through on Q Incidents. | |
As does our friend Mr. Hijiri Sakuma. | |
You should be more worried about ticking off Hijiri or The Ministry of Defense than making ME mad. | |
(Q Incidents...? ) | |
You know about those, right, Master? | |
Q Incidents are... | |
Chief Mikado! This just in! | |
A spirit is running wild in Yokosuka! | |
Well, looks like we're out of time for idle chatter. I'll leave this to you. | |
Understood! Master, let's go! | |
Yokosuka | |
Master, look! | |
When we arrive in Yokosuka, there are hordes of skeletons wandering around. | |
They seem to be brutes...What happened here? | |
Aaahhh! Somebody help me! | |
Shut it, gramps! | |
Now, gimme everything you got! | |
That old man is being attacked, Master! | |
Let's help him! |
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