4-3 To Overthrow Tagitsuhime

1: Yui's Condition

Male News Anchor: In regards to the strange phenomenon affecting the capital, along with the frequent appearances of aradama, Miss Tagitsuhime, as well as the Sword Administration bureau, have yet to make any statement--
Sana: What do you think?
Yukari: She abandoned them. Having fully restored herself, Tagitsuhime no longer has any need for Yukina-- for human assistance.
Sana: She probably never considered... That this was always going to happen.
Sana: Today makes a week since Tagitsuhime opened the gate to the netherworld...
Yukari: In these circumstances, the toji dispatched by Minoseki and Heijou have been a great help. I have to give my thanks to Ema and Iroha.
Sana: Of course.
Yukari: How are Etou and the others doing?
Sana: It's been as hard on them as you'd expect. ...Though, since the day after, they've each been working away at aradama suppression missions.
Sana: The investigation team led by Kitora Mirja is doing the same. I'm sure they think it's the least they can do.
Yukari: I see...
Yukari: Sana. I want to place you in direct supervision of the investigation team. There's something that's concerning me.
Sana: That won't be an issue, but... Who will be in charge of the overall situation...?
Yukari: I have someone in mind. She was more stubborn than I imagined. It took great lengths to convince her.
Yuzuki: I don't want to hear that from you of all people, Yukari.
Sana: Yuzuki... Senpai...!?
Yuzuki: ...Could I ask for your cooperation?
Sana: How could I say no! The demon that scared even Minato-senpai is back! The demon! The devil! Yuzuki-senpai!
Yuzuki: W-Was I that bad...?
Sana: But wait, if Yuzuki-senpai is going to be in command of all toji, and I'll be in direct command of the investigation team, what will you be doing, Yukari-senpai...?
Yukari: ............My mind is settled. I'm going to bring this to an end. What started twenty years ago.
Kanami: It's been a while since we all got to gather round and have some of Mai-chan's sweets, hasn't it! I think I'll go with this one!
Kanami: Wha- this is chocolate mint flavored!? Mm, it's actually not bad! I think I understand why Hiyori-chan gets so worked up about it!
Sayaka/Mai/Ellen: ............
Kaoru: Sigh~... Kanami. Do you seriously think we haven't noticed?
Kanami: Huh? Ahh, you mean this other cookie? Ahaha! So you spotted me secretly grabbing two, huh~!
Mai: Please, just stop, Kanami-chan...
Ellen: We all understand, Kanamin. Just how hard this is for you.
Sayaka: Even I can tell you're forcing it, Kanami.
Kanami: Wh-What do you mean, forcing it...? Come on, guys. Am I really acting that weird?
Kaoru: You don't have to force yourself to smile if you don't want to.
Kanami: ...I told Hiyori-chan. That it was too much for her on her own, so I'd carry half of it...
Kanami: And still... When it mattered most, I couldn't reach her...
Kanami: I couldn't keep my promise either... In the end, Hiyori-chan had to deal with everything by herself... I couldn't do anything for her...
Mai: Kanami-chan... We all feel the same way... Okay?
Kanami: Mai... cha...
Kaoru: ...She's right. It's the same for us.
Sayaka: We couldn't... Keep our promise.
Ellen: I'm sorry, Kanamin. Something this difficult got forced on you...
Nene: Ne...
Mai: That's why... It's okay, Kanami-chan. You don't have to hold it in anymore...
Kanami: ...kay...!
Kanami: --I'll be fine now. Sorry, that I made everything so difficult.
Ellen: It's not a problem at all.
Sayaka: Mm. You're the one always helping us.
Kanami: Then, on top of that, there's something I want to ask you.
Kanami: If nothing else, I want to get it back... Kogarasumaru. Hiyori-chan's okatana.
Chie: President Maniwa. The gate to the netherworld is only getting wider, isn't it.
Sana: That's right. We might not have much time left...
Sana: By the way, you might have already found out, but Ayanokouji Martial Arts School's President Souraku has returned to command the situation.
Sana: And, because of that, I've been given control of your investigation team for the time being.
Chie: Yes, I understand.
Kofuki: So? What'd you call us here for right after you took charge?
Sana: Right, about that. I thought Kitora and Musumi would be back by now, but...
Mihono: Um, before that! How is Yui doing now?
Mihono: After she injected herself with that ampoule, we haven't heard anything about her... Only that they put her in the hospital...
Sana: Yamashiro is still undergoing medical treatment. From what the doctors said, she made a remarkably fast recovery, but they still haven't approved her release yet.
Sana: That speedy recovery is probably the effects of the ampoule Yuzuki-senp... Commander Souraku came up with.
Yui: Excuse me!
Mihono: --Eh-!? Yui!? Are you alright now!?
Yui: Yep! I'm all better!
Yui: --Or I wish I could tell you that, but the doctors said I still shouldn't be moving around yet... Ahaha...
Kofuki: Wait, hang on, you just came running in here now.
Yui: See... I just wanted to see you all so badly, so I went and ignored what the doctors told me! ...Teehee!
Sana: You're a real idiot, aren't you?
Yui: ...Please, hear me out, President Maniwa! They keep bringing toji in, all these girls hurt fighting aradama, one after another into the hospital!
Yui: When I saw that... I just! I couldn't stay lying around in bed while that went on!
Sana: You were pretty badly injured yourself, you know...
Yui: I'm fine! Please! Let me come back to the investigation team! Let me go on missions!

2: Kashuu Kiyomitsu and the Asakura Family

Sana: Let you back into the investigation team? Let you go on missions? You know I'm not going to allow that!
Sana: Yamashiro! Didn't the doctor tell you you still shouldn't be up and about?
Yui: But I can't stand the idea of going back to a hospital bed! If you don't let me come back, I'll follow the investigation team on my own! Stalking is what I'm best at!
Mihono: When she puts it like that, it's pretty convincing...
Chie: Yui-chan. I understand feeling like you can't just sit by, but you need to listen to what the doctors say...
Kofuki: I mean, if she's saying she's fine herself, isn't it fine if we let her come with?
Kofuki: If anything goes wrong, I'll put a stop to it real quick.
Chie: Kofuki-chan. You can't go making wild suggestions like...
Kofuki: No really, Chichie. Think about what kinda person she is. Even if we leave her behind, she's gonna do everything she can to come after us.
Kofuki: Even if we manage to lose her, she's probably just gonna find some other toji to stick to.
Chie: Mm... You have a point... Thinking like that, it might be best to have her with us from the start, where we can keep an eye on her so she doesn't push herself too hard.
Yui: Kofuki-san! You believe in how much I can help, don't you! Thank you so much!
Mihono: I think what Fukki believes in is the dangerous side of your personality...
Mihono: Still, I agree with Fukki. If Yui says she's fine, then I think we should trust her!
Mihono: Please, I'll ask you too! Let Yui back into the investigation team! We'll all look after her the best we can!
Sana: You'll all look after her? She's not a puppy...
Sana: ...Sigh. Fine. If you're not going to give up on it, I'll allow her back into the investigation team, on one condition.
Sana: If your commanding officer, Kitora, decides you're struggling to continue fighting, you'll withdraw from the battlefield immediately. Meet that condition and you're in. Am I clear?
Yui: Yes-! Thank you very much! And thank you too, everyone! I'll do everything I can to make up for the trouble I've caused you!
Sana: It's possible Kitora could decide at any point to deny your place on the team. If that happens, be sure to do as she says.
Yui: Wait... Come to think of it, why haven't I seen Mirja-san's gorgeous self or Kiyoka-chan's lovable self?
Sana: That's because, on Kitora's proposal, the two have been taking care of something...
Mirja: Kitora Mirja and Musumi Kiyoka have made their return.
Sana: Kitora, Musumi, good work you two. You came at just the right time.
Sana: Ah, Shichinosato. This is the reason I called you all here.
Kofuki: Nn...? What's that supposed to mean?
Sana: Kitora and Musumi were sent out to Kamakura to look through an archive of the Sword Administration Bureau's records.
Chie: The Sword Administration Bureau's...
Mihono: Records...?
Sana: So then, Kitora, Musumi. Did you find anything?
Kiyoka: Yes! We found it!
Mirja: I had arranged for the details to be organized in a separate file and transported here... Do you mind if I speak about our findings for now?
Sana: Go ahead. That'd save us some time.
Mirja: In our investigation into the relationship between Kashuu Kiyomtisu and the Asakura lineage, as I suspected, we found a record of an ancestor of Asakura Mihono using Kashuu Kiyomitsu to seal a great aradama in the netherworld.
Mirja: Though, to be more precise, it is specifically because of its lethal status as a great aradama sealing okatana that it was handed down through the Asakura family for generations, and is currently in Asakura Mihono's possession... Or so I believe.
Sana: Then, to sum it all up...
Sana: Kashuu Kiyomitsu, like Namu Yakushi Kagemitsu, could exist in both the netherworld and our world, and potentially strike a fatal blow to Tagitsuhime.

3: Commence Operation! (1)

At roughly the same time, in a separate briefing room--

Maki: Yukari-sama... Have there been any reports about Yomi since then...?
Yukari: ...We've still heard nothing.
Suzuka: Is that so...
Yume: Yomi-onee-san, where'd she go...
Yuzuki: ...As of today, it's been a week since she was last sighted. We should prepare for the worst...
Yume: Yomi-onee-san would never die that easy!
Kanami: Excuse us!
Kanami: I have a request to make. Please let us sortie.
Yuzuki: Sortie... Do you mean, to go after Tagitsuhime?
Kanami: Yes! At the very least, so we can get Kogarasumaru... Please let me get Hiyori-chan's okatana back!
Yuzuki: I see. And do the other four of you agree on this?
Mai: I do!
Sayaka: Please let us go with her.
Kaoru: The gate to the netherworld is spreading way further, so we can take a look at things while we're out.
Ellen: Though we might even beat Tagitsuhime while we're at it!
Nene: Nene-!
Yuzuki: ...Fine then. I'll approve your request to sortie. But only provided you do whatever it takes to make it back to us.
Yume: It's no fair that Chidori-onee-san gets to do everything! President Souraku, let us go sortie too! I want to save Yomi-onee-san!
Suzuka: Yume has the right idea. So long as the possibility exists, we can't give up on her.
Maki: ...Commander Souraku. We wish to sortie too.
Maki: We have to be there for Yomi-- for our comrade, if at all possible.
Yuzuki: ...I understand. But only on the condition that you suppress any aradama you encounter at ground level.
Maki: Yes ma'am! Thank you very much!
Ellen: It's like the end of the world here...
Mashiko: If we lose, that's what it really will be.
Sayaka: Mai, that's...
Mai: Mm, that's where Tagitsuhime is...
Kanami: Just watch, Hiyori-chan... Kogarasumaru... I'll get it back for sure.
Mai: Is everyone ready? In this battle, we need to--
Kaoru: No point starting from there now.
Nene: Ne-!
Ellen: That's right! I'm sure we all feel the same way!
Sayaka: You can count on us, Mai.
Mai: We're going to cut open a path for Kanami-chan!
Maki: Leave the aradama on the ground to us.
Suzuka: Etou-san. You keep marching straight ahead.
Yume: ...Ah! They're already coming out!
Aradama: SHAAAAA!
Yume: It's our job to deal with the aradama! Maki-onee-san! Suzuka-onee-san! Let's go!

4: Commence Operation! (2)

Yukari: From this point forward, we will split into two groups. Etou's group will move with me to Tagitsuhime's location, at the Tokyo Station building.
Kanami: You're coming with us, Yukari-sama!?
Yukari: My experience from being fused with Tagitsuhime could prove useful. And more than anything, I need to be there to see this through to the end.
Mai: It would be reassuring having you with us. Thank you.
Sayaka: Mai, let's do our best.
Yukari: The elite guard will eliminate all aradama in the vicinity as they search for Yomi.
Yume: Sure thing!
Maki: We'll find her, whatever it takes.
Suzuka: Yukari-sama, please look after yourself.
Yukari: Right. You three do the same.
Yukari: Now-- Commence the operation!

5: Kashuu Kiyomitsu's Potential (1)

Chie: Kashuu Kiyomitsu could fatally damage Tagitsuhime...? Do we know that for sure...?
Sana: Let me repeat, it could potentially do that. The Sword Administration Bureau currently doesn't place that level of importance on Kashuu Kiyomitsu either.
Mirja: However, there is something that caught my interest. The other day, when Asakura Mihono suppressed that great aradama, Tagitsuhime suddenly arrived.
Mirja: It may be possible that she was sensing the potential threat that Kashuu Kiyomitsu posed.
Kiyoka: But, she left again without doing anything about Kashuu Kiyomitsu.
Kiyoka: Don't you think that, if Tagitsuhime was fine with leaving Kashuu Kiyomitsu alone, she decided it couldn't be any danger to her...?
Sana: Hm... At any rate, with just what we know now, we can't say anything conclusively...
Kofuki: That means there's nothing to do but cut Tagitsuhime and see what happens.
Yui: Nice thinking, Kofuki-san! It's so simple it's scary!
Sana: It might be simple, but there's a point to it.
Sana: On top of that, whether or not Kashuu Kiyomitsu has some special effectiveness against Tagitsuhime, if you girls were to sortie, it would make things a whole lot easier for Etou and the rest.
Sana: ...Asakura, what do you think?
Mihono: --I want to find out. Whether or not Kiyomitsu can defeat Tagitsuhime.
Mihono: And more than that, if Kanami is fighting Tagitsuhime, I can't stay here doing nothing.
Sana: Guess there was no point in asking. In that case, I'll get authorization from Commander Souraku to let you sortie with Etou's unit.
Mihono: I won't let you down!
Yuzuki: So you were in here, Sana.
Sana: Commander Souraku, I was just about to come get you. Did you need something from me?
Yuzuki: Just now, I sent Yukari along with Etou Kanami and her unit after Tagitsuhime. Along with them, the three elite guards were sent to search after Yomi.
Yuzuki: With the lack of available toji, the defense of the nearby area has gotten thinner. I was wondering, if the investigation team is free at the moment, could I ask them to help--
Yui: Ehh-!? Kanami and them just left!? We're already one step behind-!
Yuzuki: ...? Did something happen?
Sana: I can explain why later, but these girls want to go after Tagitsuhime too.
Yuzuki: Are you serious about this...?
Yuzuki: I understand; I'll approve it. I'll find someone else to handle defense of the area. ...I'm counting on you, Kitora.
Mirja: I won't let you down!
Yui: Umm, hey... Everyone? I just can't stop thinking, I have to apologize to you, to make things right...
Yui: I'm sorry for what I did!
Yui: You all went out of your way to accept me into the team, and... I can't believe I used my okatana against you!
Yui: When I think about it now, I don't know why I acted like that, like it was normal... I can't get it out of my head...
Yui: I'm just really sorry...
Mihono: Yui... We get it! It's all okay now!
Mirja: Everyone here understands just what sort of effect that brainwashing had. By no means was it your fault.
Chie: Yui-chan, nobody blames you for anything.
Kofuki: Yeah, so quit acting all serious. Just go back to your usual self.
Kiyoka: More than anything, I'm just so happy we were able to get you back.
Yui: You all... Thanks...
Kofuki: Still, I'm surprised Mirja let Yui come with us just like that. I was sure she'd put her foot down harder.
Mirja: Setouchi Chie stated it as, "that way we can keep an eye on her, to stop her from acting recklessly," didn't she? I agree with that point of view.
Mirja: However, Yamashiro Yui. If you do behave recklessly, I will order you to retreat on the spot. If I determine you are unable to continue fighting, I will make the same order. Please do not forget that.
Yui: I won't!
Chie: With that settled, let's get moving!
Kiyoka: Wait, look at that!
Aradama: GGGGAAAAAAAA!!
Yui: Now's a good time to test out my strength! Just watch how much I can do!
Mihono: But don't push yourself too hard, okay, Yui!

6: Kashuu Kiyomitsu's Potential (2)

Kiyoka: I was worried, after Yui-chan had to stop by the doctor, but... It looks like we don't have to worry about her now.
Yui: Mmhm! I guess modern medicine just couldn't compare to my love for Kiyoka-chan!
Kiyoka: I don't really understand what she's saying though...
Mirja: Yamashiro Yui being able to move without difficulty is possibly an effect of the strengthening drug used by the elite guard.
Yui: Yeah! I feel just great! I'm not getting slowed down a bit!
Chie: Still, be sure you don't do anything to force yourself. I agree with Mirja: "if you behave recklessly, you'll retreat on the spot."
Kofuki: --That's enough talking for now. There's no point in doing this if we don't catch up to Yukari-sama and them before they fight Tagitsuhime.
Mihono: That's right! Come on, let's hurry!

7: This Heat in Me (1)

Kaoru: Come on already, what's with all the aradama here.
Nene: Ne-! Nenne-!
Mai: Kanami-chan! Go on ahead!
Kanami: Okay!
Mai: Yukari-sama. Please take care of Kanami-chan.
Yukari: I will!
Ellen: That's...! Doesn't seem like aradama are our only enemy here!
Ayumu: --Etou-san!
Kaoru: Whoa-! Now the imperial guard are dropping out of the sky too!
Sayaka: I won't let you!
Ayumu: Itomi-san! Please don't get in my way!
Sayaka: Kanami, keep going!
Kanami: I got it!
Ayumu: Why are you stopping me!? You don't have anything to do with this, Itomi-san!
Sayaka: ...That's not true. I'm like a senpai to you.
Ayumu: I know about that! You ran away, didn't you!
Sayaka: I just found something more important.
Ayumu: More important...? What's more important than getting stronger! Please get out of my way!

8: This Heat in Me (2)

Ayumu: ...Why can't, I keep up... Not with Itomi-san... Or with Etou-san...
Sayaka: ...Now it's my turn to save someone. You won't cut anything--
Sayaka: With that soulless sword!
Ayumu: AAHHHHHH!!
Ayumu: ...I think, I finally understand... Etou... sa...
Sayaka: --I've sure you feel this heat in you too.
Ellen: Saaya! Great work!
Kaoru: Looks like we dealt with all the imperial guard here.
Mai: Let's follow after Kanami-chan and Yukari-sama!

9: Yomi's Objective (1)

Yume: Hey, hey, where do you think Yomi-onee-san could be?
Suzuka: If we only knew what Yomi-san was trying to accomplish, we could have some idea...
Yume: Ahh, geez! If we just had Yomi-onee-san here, she could use her searching powers to find Yomi-onee-san!
Maki: If we had Yomi, we could find Yomi? Yume... Are you even paying attention to what you're saying...?
Suzuka: Though, I understand how Yume must feel... Even if the way she expressed it was so contradictory.
Maki: The elite guard aren't one until there's four of us, right?
Yume: That's it! You're good at saying stuff, Maki-onee-san!
Suzuka: Yume! Be on your guard!
Aradama: GRRRUUUUUU...!
Yume: They're here again! I just wanna find Yomi-onee-san as fast as I can!
Maki: Eliminating aradama is a part of our mission. We'll get rid of them quickly so we can continue searching for her!

10: Yomi's Objective (2)

Maki: Look at that, you two!
Suzuka: Those are... Aradama used by Yomi-san!
Yume: Then that means, Yomi-onee-san should be somewhere over there?
Maki: Chances are high that's the case. Anyway, let's go look.
Suzuka: The Tokyo Station building is in that direction. What could Yomi-san be doing there...?
Suzuka: Besides that... She wouldn't ordinarily use so many aradama. Yomi-san. What could push you this far...

11: Why I Fight (1)

Chie: There's so many aradama...! After each one we defeat, another one comes right out...
Kiyoka: We've been fighting aradama constantly since we left, and it feels like we aren't making any progress... I wonder if we're actually catching up to Yukari-sama and the others...
Mirja: Our only option now is to make every effort believing that's the case.
Kofuki: The aradama-chan are getting way too excited. I wish they'd just let us get to Tagitsuhime and I'll play with them later.
Hana: --Get to Tagitsuhime!? What are you up to!
Mihono: The imperial guard!? And...
Yui: Hana-san!
Hana: Yui...!? Why are you with the investigation team...
Imperial Guard A: Did you betray us!?
Mirja: ...This is bad. If we fight against Suzumoto Hana and the guards here, we'll lose a significant amount of time...
Yui: HAAAAAAAAA-!!
Chie: ...Yui-chan!?
Yui: Let me handle this; go on ahead!!
Mirja: But...!
Yui: I'm just going to hold them off! I won't push myself too far! If things get rough, I'll run away! It's not like I plan on dying either!
Yui: So keep going! This is all for nothing if you don't make it to Kanami-chan and them!
Mihono: Let's go, guys! Yui's right!
Mirja: ......kh.
Kofuki: We're just wasting time standing here! Mirja!
Mirja: Yamashiro Yui! You have to come back alive! That's an order!
Yui: Right! That's the one order I'll obey no matter what!
Hana: Yui... Traitors have to pay! You're going to be purged!

12: Why I Fight (2)

Hana: Th-This isn't right... Why is there such a difference in power between you and us...
Yui: I got to use something special on myself. But, just between you and me, the side effects are seriously messing me up. I can't tell you how bad this thirst is, but it's taking everything I've got to fight it.
Hana: ...Yui, why'd you betray us? Don't you want to see the ideal world Tagitsuhime-sama is creating?
Yui: Ideal world? This here is what Tagitsuhime created by opening the gate to the netherworld.
Hana: It's a necessary sacrifice to create her paradise.
Yui: That's just selfish reasoning. When I became a toji, I did it to protect Miku.
Yui: --Ah, Miku, my little sister who's beyond cute, she caught this kind of complicated disease, so ever since she was little, she's been in the hospital.
Yui: Miku loves to study, so there's always piles of heavy books in her hospital room. Her dream is to be a schoolteacher someday.
Yui: If Miku were healthy, she could easily make that dream a reality.
Yui: --But her sickness took all her possibilities away from her.
Yui: I might not be able to cure Miku, but so long as I'm a toji, I can afford to get Miku the best treatment she can have. That's why I'm a toji.
Yui: A world that treats Miku... The person I'm fighting to protect! Like a sacrifice! There's no way that could be a paradise!
Hana: What are you losing your nerve for now...!
Yui: If we defeat Tagitsuhime, your brainwashing should be broken too. Then I think you'll understand what I'm telling you.
Yui: I'm not losing my nerve at all. This is what matters most to me. So, until then-- please rest.
Hana: Urgh...
Yui: --Now then. Honestly, I've been fighting pretty hard to keep going, it hurts like crazy all over, and I think I've got a fever. But, I'll power through it somehow!
Other: 1 Lost in Action
Sana: There's nothing abnormal in the vital signs of all the toji sortieing right now.
Yuzuki: No one's been seriously injured then. They're doing well for themselves out there.
Sana: They are. Makes me wish my younger self could've learned a thing or two from them.
Sana: Though, this is all because...
Yuzuki: I know. Juujou Hiyori, 1 toji lost in action... That's a heavy figure.
Sana: We can't let that number grow any higher. We have to get them all the logistical support we can give.
Yuzuki: Still, times will come that we have to prepare ourselves for. For those times... That's what I'm ready to be commander for.
Sana: ...My heart goes out to you.