WEBVTT 00:12.910 --> 00:17.430 Those who ceaselessly hone their killing arts are known as "Masters." 00:17.820 --> 00:22.840 After many generations, they have gained lethal abilities 00:22.840 --> 00:25.410 called "Modified Bloodlines." 00:26.000 --> 00:31.770 This is the story of one such Master, the Poison Master, Hikaru Gero, 00:31.770 --> 00:34.340 and his attempts to get married. 02:07.520 --> 02:09.020 Hamster Master. 02:09.880 --> 02:12.460 We'll kick the Beast Clan's ass together. 02:14.940 --> 02:16.470 Together? 02:16.470 --> 02:20.370 Yeah. Arashiyama, I'd like your help. 02:22.430 --> 02:26.270 Then, I guess I'd better show you what I'm really made of. 02:26.270 --> 02:27.480 Ham! 02:27.710 --> 02:28.730 Hammies. 02:31.110 --> 02:33.610 Modified Bloodline++: 02:34.030 --> 02:35.590 Star Map. 02:39.800 --> 02:42.790 Modified Bloodline++: Star Map 02:43.180 --> 02:44.890 That's a map of the island. 02:44.890 --> 02:48.240 I got my hammies to split up and scout it out. 02:49.470 --> 02:51.520 This will seriously come in handy. 02:51.520 --> 02:53.920 We won't get lost on our way to the Beast Master. 02:55.090 --> 02:56.300 Ham! 02:56.300 --> 02:59.300 That's a piece of cake for me when I get serious. 02:59.300 --> 03:02.770 Thank your lucky stars, Hikaru Gero. Just this once... 03:02.770 --> 03:06.940 I'll treat you to my special home cooking! 03:06.940 --> 03:10.270 No, thanks. I don't eat anything I haven't made my— 03:10.270 --> 03:14.550 Hammies, offer up nuts and berries that look edible. 03:15.870 --> 03:17.280 Wait. Hey! 03:17.280 --> 03:20.030 Modified Bloodline++... 03:20.030 --> 03:21.450 Ham! 03:21.450 --> 03:23.410 ...Black Hole! 03:21.880 --> 03:25.200 Modified Bloodline++ Black Hole 03:23.410 --> 03:25.200 Huh? What the... 03:27.710 --> 03:29.290 Ham. 03:29.290 --> 03:30.790 Ham! 03:32.710 --> 03:34.250 Here you go. 03:34.250 --> 03:37.920 The Arashiyama family's secret dish: Anything Gruel. 03:39.220 --> 03:41.480 H-Hey, wait a minute. 03:42.280 --> 03:43.560 Just eat it. 03:43.560 --> 03:45.310 You'll die without food. 03:57.490 --> 03:58.860 Master Hikaru. 04:00.330 --> 04:03.750 Everything another person serves you is poison. 04:03.750 --> 04:06.370 You must never let your guard down. 04:06.370 --> 04:10.540 The slightest complacency equals death. 04:11.550 --> 04:13.290 H-Hikaru Gero? 04:13.520 --> 04:14.630 Are you o— 04:26.820 --> 04:28.050 Arashiyama. 04:29.160 --> 04:30.340 This is good. 04:32.750 --> 04:33.710 I know, right? 04:33.710 --> 04:37.760 And don't worry, it's clean. It's never upset my stomach. 04:42.200 --> 04:44.620 Before my big bro up and vanished... 04:50.240 --> 04:53.700 He made it for me all the time when we ran out of money. 04:55.680 --> 04:57.890 Is there some trick to cooking it? 04:58.270 --> 05:00.500 Huh? No, I just make it like normal. 05:00.500 --> 05:02.590 Though if anything was special... 05:03.440 --> 05:06.890 It must've been thinking about you a ton while making it. 05:08.200 --> 05:13.170 Nutrient-packed nuts, mild seasoning for an injured guy, 05:13.170 --> 05:15.590 and I stewed it till it was nice and tender. 05:16.300 --> 05:17.900 That's about it. 05:19.810 --> 05:22.140 Thanks, Arashiyama. 05:22.140 --> 05:24.410 It's the best food I've ever tasted. 05:26.850 --> 05:29.940 By the way, don't you think those glasses look like mine? 05:29.940 --> 05:32.890 Huh? T-T-Total coincidence! 05:32.890 --> 05:34.670 H-H-Ham! 05:50.500 --> 05:52.890 Well, aren't you a nice guy? 05:52.890 --> 05:56.040 Taking us on all on your own. 05:56.040 --> 06:00.610 Meet the vicious league of Koala Masters. 06:02.320 --> 06:03.610 Quiet. 06:04.770 --> 06:07.640 She's worn out from doing stuff she's not used to. 06:08.090 --> 06:09.600 I want to let her rest. 06:11.560 --> 06:13.970 You're awfully sure of yourself. 06:13.970 --> 06:16.880 Worry about yourself, why don't you? 06:16.880 --> 06:21.000 We got this power from the Beast Master himself! 06:21.000 --> 06:22.530 Bow down before— 06:31.490 --> 06:33.590 Finally, some peace and quiet. 06:34.100 --> 06:36.120 We're safe for now. 06:38.320 --> 06:39.610 Arashiyama! 06:48.360 --> 06:49.780 Gross. 06:51.620 --> 06:55.710 I got my hopes up 'cause you seemed so into it. 06:55.710 --> 06:57.060 But it's trash. 06:57.460 --> 07:00.130 I'll have to give my mouth a good rinse out when I get home. 07:00.380 --> 07:02.320 What'd you do to Arashiya— 07:02.320 --> 07:06.610 I can't quit watching romantic reality shows. 07:06.610 --> 07:11.350 You know, like when they get a mood going and then some sleazebag butts in? 07:12.260 --> 07:13.850 That's my jam. 07:15.350 --> 07:19.350 So I went and offed her. Sorry, man. 07:20.620 --> 07:23.230 Hang on. The hamster chick's glasses... 07:23.230 --> 07:25.460 look just like yours. 07:25.460 --> 07:26.670 Disgusting. 07:26.670 --> 07:28.990 How our family pets have fallen. 07:31.160 --> 07:33.160 Just kidding. 07:34.370 --> 07:36.560 Sorry. My bad. It was a joke. 07:36.560 --> 07:38.070 I didn't kill her. 07:38.070 --> 07:39.460 Not yet, anyway. 07:40.120 --> 07:41.210 Asshole. 07:41.210 --> 07:46.330 I want more. So much more, Hikaru Gero, 07:46.330 --> 07:49.130 of your mind-blowing blood. 07:49.740 --> 07:54.500 It's the last piece I need to perfect Cross-Sanguination. 07:54.500 --> 07:56.350 The closer you get to dying, 07:56.350 --> 08:00.900 the more the Gero Modified Bloodline shuts down any risky rejection. 08:00.900 --> 08:06.360 It lets me combine bloodlines that'd never mix otherwise, risk-free. 08:06.360 --> 08:10.770 I need more than I got with Birdbrain, so... 08:11.160 --> 08:14.660 Go risk it all, Gero! 08:14.660 --> 08:16.540 Get it together! 08:16.540 --> 08:18.830 Your potential bride-to-be just got snatched! 08:19.330 --> 08:21.660 And she's about to get busy dying! 08:21.660 --> 08:24.090 Do you get that?! 08:28.110 --> 08:30.880 Well? You motivated now? 08:30.880 --> 08:32.840 Huh? Gero? 08:32.840 --> 08:35.350 Hey. Are you listening? 08:35.350 --> 08:37.100 Mr. Gero? 08:37.780 --> 08:41.650 Sweet. That's 100% pure, stomach-turning bloodlust. 08:43.400 --> 08:45.690 Glad to see you're a good sport. 08:47.540 --> 08:51.320 You made it worth traipsing all the way out here, Gero. 08:51.720 --> 08:54.400 Hurry it up, or the hamster chick's dead meat. 08:54.830 --> 08:56.460 I ain't kidding. 09:12.090 --> 09:13.230 Why me, damn it? 09:13.230 --> 09:18.710 All these guys are from minor branches of the Beast Clan like me. 09:20.170 --> 09:23.970 I'd heard rumors about strange disappearances at association meetings. 09:23.970 --> 09:25.570 This explains it. 09:40.820 --> 09:42.250 Sirius. 09:42.730 --> 09:43.980 I'm counting on you. 09:46.270 --> 09:48.130 Toxin: Double Dose. 09:49.890 --> 09:51.130 Toxin: Double Dose 09:52.630 --> 09:54.620 Yeah! That's it! 09:54.620 --> 09:56.550 That's what I'm talking about! 09:57.170 --> 09:58.810 Whatever anyone says, 09:59.090 --> 10:04.060 you're still a prodigy and one of the top Masters of our generation. 10:04.060 --> 10:07.310 Even the Cross-Sanguination I poured my all into making 10:07.310 --> 10:10.320 is trash from where you're standing. 10:11.940 --> 10:13.710 Biotechnology Lab 10:12.320 --> 10:13.710 But... 10:15.800 --> 10:18.660 How about a hundred of them? 10:20.160 --> 10:24.410 One prodigy versus a hundred pieces of trash. 10:24.650 --> 10:28.500 This isn't about skill. 10:28.840 --> 10:30.000 Damn it. 10:37.180 --> 10:38.560 Damn it. 10:42.400 --> 10:44.270 I'm so close. 10:44.270 --> 10:46.020 I can't let it end here. 10:53.940 --> 10:55.610 I could triple dose. 10:55.610 --> 10:58.440 But it'll probably kill me on the spot. 10:56.210 --> 10:57.610 Toxin: Triple Dose 11:01.130 --> 11:02.830 Master Hikaru, 11:03.170 --> 11:06.790 You must never take risks beyond your ability. 11:07.020 --> 11:12.300 You may be fit to inherit the Poison Clan, but an overdose will still kill you. 11:12.540 --> 11:16.230 You must accustom yourself to toxins gradually. 11:17.100 --> 11:18.930 A future clan leader may not die 11:18.930 --> 11:24.060 before achieving the quintessence of the Poison Master's art. 11:24.060 --> 11:27.480 Your goal is that pinnacle: 11:27.480 --> 11:31.670 an utterly lethal, incurable poison. 11:32.070 --> 11:35.940 Great family or not, that Gero sure is a pushover. 11:35.940 --> 11:38.320 Sure, I buffed those guys with Cross-Sanguination, 11:38.320 --> 11:41.740 but they're small fry who oughta be ashamed to call themselves Masters, 11:41.740 --> 11:44.430 and they've got him dead to rights. 12:01.200 --> 12:02.800 I see... 12:02.800 --> 12:05.220 you still work like an amateur. 12:06.560 --> 12:09.610 Mr. Beast Master, are you watching? 12:09.610 --> 12:12.190 Why employ 100 of these people... 12:12.330 --> 12:12.440 From plumbing to killing 12:12.440 --> 12:12.690 From plumbing to killing 12:12.690 --> 12:15.730 From plumbing to killing 12:12.850 --> 12:18.580 ...when entrusting your business to me is far more cost-efficient? 12:15.730 --> 12:16.990 From plumbing to killing 12:16.990 --> 12:17.610 From plumbing to killing 12:17.610 --> 12:18.070 From plumbing to killing 12:18.070 --> 12:21.110 From plumbing to killing 12:18.910 --> 12:20.750 Isn't that right, Mr. Gero? 12:23.050 --> 12:25.040 Good-for-Nothing 12:26.780 --> 12:29.780 I have no intention of befriending you. 12:30.260 --> 12:33.300 I merely received a job offer from that marriage swindler. 12:33.300 --> 12:35.550 I hired her. 12:33.430 --> 12:35.550 I hired her 12:36.060 --> 12:38.840 I make it a policy of mine not to incur business debts. 12:40.130 --> 12:42.340 Water Master, what— 12:42.340 --> 12:45.950 Let me guess: you took another job with terrible cost-performance, right? 12:45.950 --> 12:47.240 It's 10,000 a day. 12:47.240 --> 12:48.390 Wha— 12:48.390 --> 12:50.960 Don't you realize you're an industry leader? 12:50.960 --> 12:53.770 That attitude of yours will crash prices across the... 12:57.810 --> 12:59.440 I don't believe it. 12:59.680 --> 13:03.950 This couldn't be any less cost-effective. 13:05.950 --> 13:11.710 I plan to crush the Beast Clan for the sake of my café's future customers, 13:12.280 --> 13:17.550 but why are you two so dead set on helping that woman? 13:17.550 --> 13:22.310 It's not about me, so much as it's about finding Gero a wife. 13:18.040 --> 13:20.050 Hold it right there! 13:22.770 --> 13:28.720 If he helps people out by doing jobs, he'll eventually meet the one for him. 13:28.720 --> 13:30.140 You know? 13:30.140 --> 13:34.660 If his goal's to get married, there must be better ways. 13:35.780 --> 13:38.730 Like matchmaking parties and apps and stuff. 13:38.730 --> 13:41.150 Do you really need to make it life-or-death? 13:41.400 --> 13:43.250 You're right there. 13:43.250 --> 13:46.620 In terms of efficiency, we could obviously be more direct. 13:47.500 --> 13:51.140 But this is the best fit for Gero. 13:51.860 --> 13:54.960 Save girls when they're in a bind and get them to fall for you. 13:54.960 --> 13:57.710 I call it Operation White Knight. 13:58.860 --> 14:02.470 He didn't think he was cut out for helping people, 14:02.680 --> 14:07.310 but once he got started, he blew my expectations out of the water. 14:08.380 --> 14:09.760 I can't be sure, 14:10.000 --> 14:12.390 but I think part of him has always wanted 14:14.290 --> 14:17.830 to use his strength to create scenes like these. 14:19.170 --> 14:22.320 Well, that's only a guess. 14:23.250 --> 14:27.900 But I'm sure Operation White Knight is the best thing for Gero. 14:28.750 --> 14:33.580 Finding the perfect marriage for him means picking the best way to look. 14:34.530 --> 14:38.210 I guess no one knows people like a marriage swindler. 14:40.810 --> 14:44.220 We're the Mitsuyubi Six, Sloth Masters. 14:44.600 --> 14:47.400 Still, do you think Mr. Gero is all right? 14:48.470 --> 14:51.850 Hitman Hunter! You'll be just another stain on our claws! 14:53.150 --> 14:57.100 I'm sure other Masters are attacking him as we speak. 14:57.490 --> 15:00.000 Close combat doesn't seem like his thing, 15:00.370 --> 15:04.610 and won't it all be for nothing if he dies before he finds someone to marry? 15:04.980 --> 15:06.050 Don't worry. 15:06.050 --> 15:09.260 I called in some backup, just in case. 15:15.960 --> 15:18.880 Crap. My estimate was too optimistic. 15:18.880 --> 15:21.800 These guys are all nobodies, 15:23.840 --> 15:26.740 but their instincts at CQC are off the charts, 15:27.840 --> 15:30.560 and the groundwater will run out before they do. 15:30.940 --> 15:33.460 I can only fight while conserving water for so long. 15:34.060 --> 15:35.560 Water Master. 15:35.800 --> 15:37.260 Lend me a hand. 15:37.260 --> 15:39.810 I have no reason to take orders from— 15:40.100 --> 15:42.690 I need your help. 15:48.800 --> 15:50.660 Here it comes! Poison gas! 15:51.040 --> 15:52.870 Everybody, clear out! 15:52.870 --> 15:55.170 Don't lose sight of the target! 15:55.170 --> 15:57.370 Keep your distance, and it's no big deal. 15:57.370 --> 15:59.990 It'll clear up if we wait long enough. 16:01.780 --> 16:04.660 We already planned for the Poison Master to counter with this. 16:11.540 --> 16:14.350 The poison gas is targeting our noses and mouths? 16:38.420 --> 16:39.620 Mr. Gero. 16:40.540 --> 16:44.930 I am a Water Master. Mist is part of my toolkit. 16:44.930 --> 16:48.710 But please refrain from making unreasonable demands, 16:48.710 --> 16:50.440 like "mix it with gas and control it." 16:51.330 --> 16:54.370 Discussing plans in advance is a basic rule of business. 16:55.290 --> 16:56.600 Sorry. 16:56.840 --> 16:59.900 Time is money. Let's pick up the pace. 17:02.660 --> 17:04.400 Hey, Water Master. 17:04.920 --> 17:08.690 Thanks. You're a real lifesaver. 17:10.520 --> 17:14.740 A cute girl who's tough as nails and knows her job. 17:15.440 --> 17:17.470 They should be meeting up around now. 17:18.200 --> 17:21.490 With Ms. Arashiyama there? Won't that just cause more problems? 17:23.130 --> 17:25.250 I'll clear my mind. 17:25.810 --> 17:29.800 I'll abandon all hope of leaving here alive. 17:30.080 --> 17:33.380 That's the only way to die peacefully. 17:34.020 --> 17:38.150 The test subject they just locked in the case in front of me... 17:39.980 --> 17:42.560 is already at death's door. 17:42.940 --> 17:47.360 If I stay quiet and obey, I can avoid any more suffering. 17:47.900 --> 17:50.550 I will clear my mind. 17:50.550 --> 17:56.920 Either I keep my sanity and die a man or I lose my sanity and die an animal. 17:57.960 --> 18:01.430 That's the only freedom I have left now that I find myself in here. 18:02.510 --> 18:06.370 That woman's got three days to live, tops. 18:06.370 --> 18:09.810 In a few more hours, I'm gonna... 18:11.450 --> 18:14.050 To think they'd send women and children to spy on us. 18:14.340 --> 18:17.630 What cruel adults there are out in the public square. 18:23.440 --> 18:26.950 We can't have a rat girl scampering about underfoot. 18:29.230 --> 18:35.100 Mega addictive and cleanses the organs. A two-birds-with-one-stone wonder drug: 18:35.100 --> 18:37.570 Senzo Hashaku. 18:38.520 --> 18:41.760 Your organs will be ours. 18:44.050 --> 18:49.640 I couldn't turn down this job after my brother disappeared, 18:50.090 --> 18:52.440 but I knew I couldn't handle it. 18:53.240 --> 18:55.680 I don't wanna die like this. 18:56.200 --> 18:59.870 I wish I'd turned the association down, even when they insisted. 18:59.870 --> 19:01.180 No, even more than that... 19:01.180 --> 19:03.890 I wish I'd never been born into a Master clan in the first— 19:10.580 --> 19:13.030 H-How did you find us here? 19:18.120 --> 19:20.870 Now that we're exposed, you leave us no choice. 19:23.870 --> 19:25.120 Bring him death! 19:37.120 --> 19:42.350 T-To think the guardians of order would send the Five Great Families! 19:42.640 --> 19:45.100 How is that playing fair? 19:51.920 --> 19:54.210 U-Um, thank— 19:54.210 --> 19:56.690 I just carried out the job they told me to. 19:59.450 --> 20:03.750 H-He's so cool! 20:02.780 --> 20:11.000 Gero 20:04.620 --> 20:06.830 There and then, I swore an oath. 20:06.830 --> 20:10.330 My prince swooped in and saved me, so I'd be his biggest fan for life. 20:11.460 --> 20:12.420 I said that... 20:13.740 --> 20:16.040 But deep down, I knew. 20:17.360 --> 20:20.350 Back then, Hikaru Gero was a mess inside. 20:21.280 --> 20:24.460 I was just some jerk who projected my fantasies onto him. 20:25.650 --> 20:27.140 I want to risk it. 20:27.940 --> 20:30.160 But he reached out to help me again. 20:31.490 --> 20:37.070 Not because someone had told him to like before, but of his own free will. 20:37.870 --> 20:40.060 He became more wonderful than ever. 20:41.530 --> 20:44.030 But I'm still useless. 20:45.240 --> 20:46.830 Hamster Master. 20:47.160 --> 20:50.080 We'll kick the Beast Clan's ass together. 20:50.490 --> 20:54.340 This time, I want to give something back. 20:56.880 --> 21:01.500 I'll put everything I am on the line! 21:11.530 --> 21:13.440 Rat. Ratty-rat. 21:13.760 --> 21:14.800 Rat! 21:15.450 --> 21:16.690 Rat. 21:23.280 --> 21:26.290 All you hammies and ratties in position around the cages... 21:27.310 --> 21:28.700 Here we go. 21:39.410 --> 21:44.140 Modified Bloodline++: Hammy-Rat Network! 21:44.030 --> 21:46.220 Modified Bloodline++ Hammy-Rat Network 21:46.730 --> 21:48.280 Nice to meet you. 21:49.100 --> 21:53.690 I am the Hamster Master, Kimie Arashiyama. 21:53.990 --> 21:56.560 What would you all say... 21:56.890 --> 21:58.770 to smashing up the place? 22:11.830 --> 22:17.370 Translator: William Varteresian Timer: Andy Ellis Editor: SMR Quality Control: Salem Alabanza Final Quality Control: Michelle Tymon 23:30.730 --> 23:33.910 Cross, Cross, Cross-Sanguination. 23:37.720 --> 23:41.790 It's almost time to get our party started... 23:43.280 --> 23:44.870 Hyakko. 23:46.490 --> 23:48.860 Sorry I kept you waiting, Kinosaki. 23:47.380 --> 23:50.220 Why? Why can't I kill you? 23:48.100 --> 23:51.740 I'm just your average, everyday marriage swindler. 23:49.680 --> 23:51.180 I wanna get married. 23:50.490 --> 23:53.220 Maybe we should serve wild game at our café. 23:50.950 --> 23:53.220 You're nothing special. 23:53.220 --> 23:56.270 Offering 23:53.620 --> 23:55.930 Next time: "Offering."