2-11 The Netherworld
1: At the Mouth of the Netherworld#
Ichikishima: ......
Hana: So that's Ichikishimahime, which split off from Tagitsuhime... I can't believe they're keeping something like that shut up in a submarine...
Mihono: She looks so much like a person...
Yui: And pretty good looking too.
Kofuki: It'd be bad if I stabbed her, right?
Hana: Did you have to ask?
Mirja: ...This is it.
Mihono: Yeah.
Mihono: (The nine of us toji here, going into the netherworld--)
Mihono: (Kanami and the rest have to stay at Renpu, doing their jobs as toji and taking care of the aradama. We have to figure things out here by ourselves...)
Kiyoka: To tell the truth, I'm feeling very nervous...
Mirja: In that case, you could remain here if you like.
Kiyoka: No, I know if I were waiting here for all of you to get back, I'd be feeling even more nervous the whole time...
Kiyoka: So... I want to help, so we can all come back together!
Yui: Well, even if we don't make it back, it could be pretty fun living in the netherworld!
Mihono: Sometimes, Yui, you're so positive it's scary...
Maki: All of you from the investigation team, I want to thank you again. And you, Setouchi Chie, for agreeing to help us, I really appreciate this.
Suzuka: I'm deeply grateful as well. I promise you, we will return this favor by defeating Tagitsuhime.
Chie: ......
Akane: If everyone's prepared, we'll open the gate to the netherworld. Are you all ready?
Mihono: Yes. Let's go! Everyone!
Mihono: This is... The netherworld.
2: Maki and Suzuka (1)#
Suzuka: ...So we're in the netherworld now?
Maki: From the feel of this place... It has to be. So far, so good, I think.
Suzuka: Although, I don't see anyone else around. It's only us here.
Maki: We must have been separated from the other toji... We should keep moving forward at least.
Suzuka: Forward? Do you have any idea which way forward is?
Maki: Of course, I don't have any kind of map. But we'll have to rely on our instincts.
Maki: We can't waste a moment finding Yume.
Suzuka: You're right. Somewhere in this place, Yume...
Suzuka: ............
Maki: What is it, Suzuka?
Suzuka: At that time, I told you I would deal with Yume's remains... But I couldn't bring myself to do it...
Suzuka: Because of that, I've caused you so much suffering... I'm sor--
Maki: Don't say that.
Suzuka: ...Eh?
Maki: Everything I've suffered, I did so because I chose this path. None of this is your fault.
Maki: There's no reason for you to feel guilty about anything that's happened to me, Suzuka.
Maki: All I feel towards you is gratitude, for leaving me this chance to save Yume.
Suzuka: Maki-san...
Maki: That's right, Suzuka. There's something I should say too.
Maki: For supporting me when I said I wanted to save her... Thank you so much.
Suzuka: Of course I did. Yume is every bit as precious to me.
Suzuka: ...Maki-san! We are going to get Yume back.
Maki: Right... For sure.
Aradama: GURURURURRUUUUUUU...!
Suzuka: -! There's aradama!
Maki: Aradama of the netherworld... Let's see how they compare to aradama from our world...
3: Maki and Suzuka (2)#
Suzuka: The netherworld's aradama are as strong as you'd expect.
Maki: Still, they're no match for us. With you here, Suzuka, I know I don't need to watch my back. I can focus everything on fighting.
Suzuka: Ufufu. I'm honored you have so much faith in me.
Maki: We should keep on moving.
4: Great Aradama "Kai" (1)#
Kofuki: Looks like we made it to the netherworld in one piece.
Kiyoka: But there's only the seven of us from the investigation team. I don't see Shidou-san or Konohana-san anywhere...?
Kofuki: You think maybe they screwed up and those two died already?
Mihono: Fukki-! Don't say things like that-! I'm sure they just ended up somewhere else!
Yui: When the gate to the netherworld opened, they were standing away from us, weren't they?
Mirja: For the time being, we should search through the netherworld.
Chie: ......
Hana: ...Chie-san. Have you still not made up your mind about saving Yume-san?
Chie: ...Honestly, I'm still opposed to it. When I think of everyone in Mokusa, I can't help but feel that way.
Chie: ...But, if this leads to defeating Tagitsuhime, what all of us in Mokusa fought to accomplish, then I won't hesitate to use Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu's utsushi.
Mihono: --!! Guys!! Over there!! Is that the great aradama we're here for!?
Chie: That's Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu embedded in its chest... There's no mistaking it...
Kai: Remove from me, this accursed blade... Ahh, how contemptible... You humans... Gghh...
Mirja: ...This is the great aradama we must defeat. And, the true Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu.
Chie: If we beat it, Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu is ours... Not just here in the netherworld, we can bring the real thing back...
Mihono: Guys! Here it comes! We're definitely going to win this!
5: Great Aradama "Kai" (2)#
Kai: Nghaahh... Am I struck down again... By humans like you...!!
Mirja: Go now, Setouchi Chie! Pierce it with Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu's utsushi!
Chie: --Hah!!
Kai: GAAAAGHH...! Infuriating... You toji...!!
Mihono: You did it! We did it! Chii-nee!
Chie: This is... The real Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu...!!
Kiyoka: We finally found it! We spent all this time looking as the investigation team, and there it is!
Hana: It was worth risking coming to the netherworld after all.
Kofuki: Heheh. It's been a while since I fought an aradama-chan with some bite to it. So what, should we head back home--
Mirja: No. We aren't finished here.
Yui: What do you mean...? Mirja-san? Ahh, oh right! We're not done yet!
Mirja: Until we use the true Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu to free Tsubakuro Yume from the netherworld... Our mission isn't finished.
Mihono: Oh yeah! Then, we have to hurry and help Shidou-san find Tsubakuro-san!
6: To Be Burnt in Everyone's Memory (1)#
Suzuka: ...We haven't seen a trace of the others we came here with...
Maki: This isn't good. If we found the great aradama, without Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu's utsushi, we wouldn't be able to do anything...
???: Aha-! I found you, some strong looking toji~!
Suzuka: ---!? Yume!? Is that you, Yume!?
Maki: Yume...! Let's go back together... We're taking you back home!
Yume: Yume...? Back home... To where?
Suzuka: Eh...?
Yume: Who are you onee-sans?
Suzuka: You mean... You don't know... Could Yume's memories have...
Maki: The Yume in the netherworld might have lost her memories of our world.
Maki: Or, if she's forgotten everything about us, she might only have her memories from before taking noro.
Yume: Hey, onee-sans! This is a world where everyone will remember me as the strongest toji!
Suzuka: ...? What are you saying?
Yume: I'm the toji who's stronger than anybody else! And I'll make sure everyone remembers me that way!
Yume: Watch out! Yume's behaving strangely!
Yume: I'll show you two... Why I'm the strongest!!
7: To Be Burnt in Everyone's Memory (2)#
Suzuka: Pant... Pant... It seems... We managed to stop her...
Maki: ...Yume. Come back with us, to the real world.
Yume: No......
Maki: You don't belong in this place. There's another world you're meant to be in.
Yume: ......No! I haven't done enough yet! I want everyone to remember me as someone better than this!
Yume: I don't need anything else!
Suzuka: Yume...
Maki: I get it, Yume... That's the reason you accepted noro...
Kiyoka: --Ah! Look over there! It's Shidou-san and Konohana-san!
Mirja: Along with Tsubakuro Yume, from the look of things.
Kofuki: So they managed to find her on their own.
Yui: That's great! ...Wait? It doesn't look like Tsubakuro-san's doing too well though...
Hana: Of course. After all, without the real Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu, Tsubakuro-san can't be freed...
Mihono: Chii-nee...
Chie: ............
Mihono: Chii-nee!
Chie: ...For everyone in Mokusa.........!
Chie: Shidou-san! Take this... The true Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu, and save her...!
Maki: ......!
Maki: I'm in your debt! Someday... I'll pay you back for this!
Maki: ...Yume!! I won't let you stay here alone! We're going back together!!
Maki: To where you belong!
Maki: HAAAAAAAAHH----!!!
8: A Rescue, a Promise, and Impatience#
Kiyoka: I think we made it back out safely.
Hana: Ahh! Look at that! There's light coming from Tsubakuro-san's body...!
Chie: Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu's utsushi is stuck in her chest... So then...
Mirja: Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu's utsushi is disappearing from her!
Yui: What does that mean...? Did we save Tsubakuro-san...?
Yume: ...Huh? Where...? I'm...
Maki: Yume-! Do you know who I am-!?
Suzuka: Do you remember me!?
Yume: Y-Yeahhh... I-It's hard to breathe, when you're hugging me like that...
Yume: ...Maki onee-san, Suzuka onee-san.
Suzuka: Yume! Yume!
Maki: Ahh... You know me, don't you, Yume!?
Yume: Of course... I do. Stop shouting in my ear like that. You're too loud...
Yume: ...Nn. I can't really, move around right.
Maki: In time, I promise you'll be back to normal. You just have to rest now.
Suzuka: Do as we say and stay in bed, Yume. That's your punishment for making us worry so much.
Yume: Ehh~...? I don't remember doing anything to make you worry though...?
Yume: ---Wait? Maki onee-san, Suzuka onee-san... Why are you... Crying?
Suzuka: Because we were reunited with someone very important to us.
Maki: ......I'm going to go wash my face.
Maki: ......Setouchi Chie. I'll repay you for this someday, I swear.
Chie: ...I haven't forgiven what you people did yet.
Maki: Right, I know that... Actually, I'd rather...
Maki: I'd rather you never forgave what I've done.
Maki: This debt and these sins. I promise I'll return it, I promise I'll pay for them. Believe me.
Maki: I've already sold my soul once, after all. Whatever you want from me, no matter what it is, I'll help you.
Mihono: ...U-Uhh~, I don't really understand what happened, but everyone's safe and sound, right! It's all alright~...
Kofuki: The netherworld was funner than I expected. I got to fight a bigass aradama-chan too. Next time I get the chance, I'm going back.
Kiyoka: I think I'm never doing that again...
Chie: But...
Mirja: That's right. We've lost Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu.
Hana: It was supposed to be the ace up our sleeve when it came to finishing off a great aradama.
Yui: It was. So how're we supposed to defeat Tagitsuhime now? What's going to happen to us now that we can't?
Hana: Huh? Yui, I've never seen you this negative before.
Mihono: Yui, we can come up with a way to stop her together! After all, the elite guard are on our side now!
Mihono: With all of us working together... With all us toji on a team...
Mihono: We can do anything! Where there's a will, there's a way! Right, guys!
Mihono: Because after all, you're the ones who taught me that... All my friends!
Mihono: When I'm with you all, I know there's nothing that can stop us!
Chie: Mmhm, Mihono-chan's right. We're all here for each other.
Kiyoka: Right. We made it this far, didn't we. There's no use giving up now.
Kofuki: You guys can keep dragging me around so long as there's aradama-chan waiting for me.
Hana: I'm so glad I was given this assignment. ...This is what they call true friendship, isn't it?
Yui: Ahhhhhh... Friendship is so beautiful... The bonds between girls can never be broken, you know... Ahh... Uuuhuhu...
Mihono: With all of us together, no matter what happens, we'll stop Tagitsuhime, I know it! So let's keep on fighting!
Mirja: (In the end, President Souraku was never once involved in this operation.)
Mirja: (Despite creating this investigation team, despite entrusting Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu's utsushi to Setouchi Chie... Where is she?)
Mirja: (Ayanokouji Martial Arts School. President Souraku. What is happening to them--)
Yukina: How long do you plan on making us wait! Hurry up and make your selections from the list of candidates!
Yuzuki: ......
...Strengthening Project Candidate List: Uchizato Ayumu, Kitora Mirja, Yamashiro Yui, Suzumoto Hana...