Die, you bastard!
EPISODE 2: THOSE WHO SEEK TO OWN RELICS
B-Boss!
Boss!
I'll be taking this.
No! My knife!
Let me show you...
how you properly use it.
Hey!
This freak actually stabbed me!
Well? Want to keep going?
XIANG GALLERY
What did you just say?!
Ryoga, of all people, beat you up?
And?
You expect me to believe that?
He suddenly started moving crazy fast!
Like a totally different person!
Even his eyes changed colors!
How much did he take from you?
Well... all the money in my account...
and the Buddha statue.
What?!
You useless little shit!
Go get it back right now!
Hm, strange.
That ain't even worth 5,000 yen. Any broker would tell you the same.
Might as well get rid of it.
It can't just be junk if Arai was panicking like that over it.
SPY SKILL UNLOCKED THE STATUE CONTAINS A SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCE
A suspicious substance?
Inside it?
Oh, I get it.
Thought so.
That's nothing you'd hand over to a pawn shop.
Hey, Ryoga?
Hi, Ken-san.
XIANG GALLERY
Ah... Yes, sir... The thing is, sir...
Of course. I am terribly sorry. Yes, sir.
Who is it? I'm on the phone!
S-Sis...
We received a tip about several drug offenses.
D-Drugs? All we sell is art.
We're law-abiding citizens.
We already collected the evidence. I assume the rest is in the warehouse?
How do they know about the warehouse in Chiba?
Good thing every room is password-protected.
A warehouse? And what evidence?
Or can cops just do whatever they want?
All the art pieces have been checked.
We found drugs in all of them.
Y-You... opened all the rooms?!
Nice and quiet now.
But that's impossible! Every room had a different password!
Whoa, there. Hold up a sec.
For you.
Maybe you should've lived a little more decently.
N-No... Goriki?!
You should change your passwords periodically, even if it's a hassle.
Well, enjoy prison.
Damn you, Goriki Ryoga!
I'll get you for this!
KEN-SAN
YOU'LL GET YOUR TEN MILLION YEN REWARD SOON.
DON'T BLOW IT ALL. SAVE UP.
You'll get your ten million yen reward soon.
Don't blow it all. Save up.
He worries way too much.
That takes care of my starting capital.
Guess I'll go home and sleep.
Tomorrow, the tomb hunt begins.
I thought my apartment was here...
Wait... Did a tomb appear here?
Is this good or bad luck?
Yeah, it's unbelievable.
What's going on?
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Yes, I just arrived.
Good. Get started.
The government doesn't know about the tombs yet, correct?
We'll be detonating this one soon.
So far, no one seems to have recognized it as a tomb.
Goodbye.
Hello there.
You?
Why so surprised, Linda Walker?
What's an excavation team from the Republic of Bent doing here?
I don't need someone from the United States asking me that.
How's the jet lag?
You're awfully enthusiastic about being a thief, Rui Kenshi.
Come on, we both know what we're after. Why the hypocrisy?
Better stay on your toes, or that relic is ours.
What's this?
The cunning CIA
and the morons of the Republic of Bent's excavation team are already here?
But seriously, explosives? These guys don't know how to handle tombs.
I guess there are no experts around, then. Good.
Aren't these...
Yeah, they're definitely tomb glyphs.
Tomb glyphs are the language of the relics.
And they're going into great detail writing about themselves.
If you can read the glyphs, you'll find out where the entrance and traps are.
This is going great already.
Let's start reading, then.
[EXPERT CRYPTOGRAPHER] YOU HAVE GAINED A NEW TITLE AND UNLOCKED A SKILL
TOMB RAIDER BASIC SKILLS LINGUISTICS (RANK F) HAS BEEN UNLOCKED
Well, how nice of that damn crow.
TOMB RAIDER BASIC SKILLS (2/4)
SPY [RANK F] DETECT EVERYTHING IN A 1-METER RADIUS
LINGUISTICS [RANK F] IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING IN ALL LANGUAGES
Perfect. I just need to unlock two more.
This must be it.
All right, let's go in.
Wh-What is that?
The tomb entrance seems to be opening!
What do you mean, it's "opening"?
What a spectacle!
What the hell is going on?
Something should be turning up pretty soon.
Here we go.
This is definitely the place.
Found it.
This should do it, I think.
Looks like I have a visitor.
What poor soul has dropped his treasure in my pond this time?
Hey, over here!
Can't you see me?
How careless.
Now, then...
The gold knife or the silver knife— which one is yours?
This relic is the Gold/Silver Axe."
It's a very famous story based on "Hermes and The Woodcutter"
with variations found all over the world.
Anyone from anywhere could clear this tomb easily.
But this time, it'll be me.
Now, make your choice.
Unfortunately, neither one is mine.
You are an honest one.
Then perhaps this one belongs to you?
It's following the story exactly.
If I say yes, I get my knife, a gold one, and a silver one.
That would clear the tomb. But...
May I take a closer look to make sure?
Be my guest.
What do you think you're doing?!
Shut up. I don't trust you things.
There's no guarantee you'll reward me for passing your trial.
And even if you do,
it could turn me into a deranged murderer.
H-How do you know about that?
I think it happened in the US.
SERIAL KILLINGS IN THE STATES
RELIC USER CAUSES YET ANOTHER TRAGEDY
At the time, the Gold/Silver Axe
turned its user into a serial killer.
Bring it on!
The relic is mine!
Just admit defeat already!
Do you think you can claim me this way?!
Let's see how long you can hold out.
I'll use dominance to subdue you!
Affinity: The ability to control relics through trust.
Dominance: the ability to coerce and force a relic to obey.
Compatibility: the ideal bond between relic and master.
Like a musician with an instrument relic.
Damn, this thing's stubborn!
Get off! Get off of me!
I'll never do as you relics say!
I won't be bothering with affinity this time around!
Obey me, relic!
If you won't admit defeat, I'll destroy you.
Do you think I can't?!
Didn't you hear me?! I said stop!
What a pain in the ass.
You should've obeyed from the start.
Gorgeous, ain't it?
[TOMB SURVIVOR] YOU HAVE GAINED A NEW TITLE AND UNLOCKED A SKILL
TOMB RAIDER BASIC SKILLS TOMB EXCAVATION [RANK F] HAS BEEN UNLOCKED
TOMB RAIDER BASIC SKILLS (3/4)
SPY [RANK F] DETECT EVERYTHING IN A 1-METER RADIUS
LINGUISTICS [RANK F] IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING IN ALL LANGUAGES
TOMB EXCAVATION [RANK F] INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF TOMBS
Oh, a new tomb raider skill.
I just need to unlock one more. So how do I do it?
[ABUSER OF RELICS]
YOU HAVE ACQUIRED A NEW TITLE. YOUR DOMINANCE HAS INCREASED.
YOUR AFFINITY HAS DECREASED.
"Abuser of Relics"?
What? "Abuser"?!
You damn crow.
You're trying to mess with me, aren't you?
Right, this is it.
There! The pond!
Just as the prophecy foretold.
Come on out, relic.
Wh-What are you doing?
You idiots are too late.
Why is nothing happening?
The prophet said all I needed to do was throw a relic in the pond!
A prophet?
So the Republic of Bent really does have a prophecy relic.
N-No! Stop trying to get intel from me!
What's going on now?
A-An earthquake.
Shit! We're in real trouble now!
We have to get out!
XIANG GALLERY
What the hell?
They really took everything. There's nothing left!
With our boss arrested, this business is finished...
I know that!
And it's all Ryoga's fault. I oughta kill him!
I won't take this lying down!
Yeah, that's more like it! Are you gonna kick his ass?
Duh! I'm the great Kureha Noboru, remember?
A man always keeps his word, and I am a man among men!
Awesome!
Nice!
INCOMING CALL
ERRAND BOY GORIKI RYOGA
DECLINE ACCEPT
What's this?
Y-Yeah, hey, it's me. Uh, hello?
What took you so long? Do you have a death wish?
Show your senpai some respect!
Oh, can it.
You guys are gonna run a little errand for me.
What now? Yes, I failed the—
What? There was another prophecy? What do you mean?
A Japanese man beat us to it. We only just found out.
Damn it! Why wouldn't you tell me something that important?!
You know what the Future Guide relic's user is like.
Don't tell me
she couldn't read the kanji again.
Well, you know kids these days.
We're working on it. You keep doing your best, too.
And be careful of that Japanese guy.
Eh? What for?
The prophecy was rather grim.
He's called "the one who will devour the world."
What? Midas?!
Midas is the world's largest secret auction house,
located in Las Vegas.
If I can get in there, I might be able to find out what he's up to.
Go to this month's auction to find
a few items and a man named Jack Kayman, also known as "JK."
That's Ogawara's alias.
Don't be ridiculous! How are we supposed to get there?
Figure that out yourselves.
I'll pay well, so expenses won't be an issue.
This is business.
The choice is yours:
go willingly, or get your asses beaten to death.
Thank you very much.
Okay. That should cover the preparations for now.
Time to go relic hunting.
Breaking news.
Another murder has occurred, marking the fourth this month.
The suspect allegedly attempted suicide by self-immolation.
SUICIDE ATTEMPT NEAR KAWASAKI STATION?!
According to witnesses...
Just like how it was back then, before a new tomb appeared.
Hey! Watch where you're going!
I can't get past you!
Oh? That's the guy I beat to the Gold/Silver Axe.
If he's here, then...
How about an apology?
the next tomb must be appearing soon.
Around this time, someone in Fukuoka had a prophecy relic.
What are you staring at?
And it looks like this guy also has a relic on him.
That dumbass isn't even hiding its aura.
Hey! You listening to me?!
Whatever it is, I'll take it.
Hey!
Are you ignoring me?!
What the hell?!
Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
It's all over my clothes!
You'd better pay to get them cleaned! Do you know how much these cost?!
Gimme a break, man. I don't have any money.
It doesn't look expensive to me, anyway.
Excuse me?
You dropped your ID.
G-Give that to me!
Did he recognize me?
No one can know that I'm here.
Bingo! A tomb manifestation.
A new one is appearing right now.
Good. Just like the prophecy.
The manifestation has just begun.
I know. We also received a prophecy saying
the Japanese man with the Gold/Silver Axe is near you.
And that you, for some reason,
should be careful around alcohol.
That little shit...
was the guy from the prophecy?