Fire Force (炎炎ノ消防隊)

"Prologue: The Great Cataclysm"

A long time ago, mankind was touched by the planet's anger,

and the world was engulfed in flames.

It was the Day of the Cataclysm.

The flames burned ferociously,

with an intensity threatening to incinerate the places mankind lived in,

the languages they spoke, and the culture they had built up.

"Chapter One: Holy Fire"

As the world was being covered in ash, one man appeared.

He would later be called Raffles I.

Raffles took his disciples and left on a journey in search of light.

At the end of his journey, he found an "unsullied flame,"

and brought forth the light that would be mankind's salvation.

"Chapter Two: Amaterasu"

Raffles and his disciples used the flame bestowed by the great Sol

and the technology cultivated by mankind to create "Amaterasu."

The sacred flame of Amaterasu benefited the lives of mankind,

and ended up establishing the foundation of a state in the Far East.

Pi?!

These numbers?

Yeah.

See? It's easy to tell from the numbers on this wall.

"I'm going to cry, Brother Goya" .

Arthur-kun, you've memorized pi?

The fact that the word "pi" came out of Arthur's mouth is surprising enough.

Though, to be sure,

this is a random, irregular sequence of numbers.

It's well within the realm of possibility.

How is it that you've memorized pi?

Because I'm a Knight of the Round Table.

I did some checking into circles.

The Round Table? A ridiculous reason like that?

That's just like you, Arthur-kun.

By the way...

What is pi?

What is...

...the Round Table?

Everything I've had, I've lost,

but I won't let go of this remaining spark

No, I won't let it go, not ever

Though there may be no right answers in my ill-defined tale,

once I'm able to step forward...

They say something's wrong with me, but I'll do something with them

I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be

But if my dreams have resolved themselves to be by your side

then there's nothing left for me to doubt anymore

Sparks fly as things kick off

until "black and white" turns to ashen gray

If there's a choice crown to be had

I want it, I want it

I'll whizz my way toward you

until "double or nothing" gets zeroed out

If the clowns are melancholy

then nothing will get anywhere

I'll show you a love that burns hot enough to scorch ashes

I just spark again

"Episode 9: The Core"

Pi is the value representing how many times

the diameter of a circle can go into its circumference.

It's generally known as the number 3.14,

but its precise value is still under calculation, with no answer yet.

It's not as though I don't trust you, Arthur-kun,

but until we get back to Tokyo and check these tablets against pi...

Could these tablets be the switch for the Tabernacle's destructive energy?

I have trouble believing that lining up these tablets

will make the Tabernacle go into overload,

but there may be something else in here that acts as a startup key.

Let's look around.

That was...

...another Adolla Link.

A devilish woman...

Yoruba Forge!

Don't flip your lid about putting the demon to rest,

and then just stand around!

--S-Sorry! --Kotatsu-san! They're coming from this way, too!

Well of course they are! We're surrounded, after all!

Fire-Cat's Tails!

The flame is the soul's breath.

The black smoke is the soul's release.

Ashes thou wert and art. May thy soul...

...return to the great flame of fire.

She's begun the prayer. Let's do this, Shinra!

Yeah!

Wah! You missed some of them!

Yoruba Brand!

Finish them off!

Return to the great flame of fire.

Nice going, hero!

How dare you eliminate my servants!

Kotatsu-san!

That's one down.

Juggernaut!

Ah! How could this happen?!

Treat him right away!

--Good. You're safe, Kotatsu-san. --No it's not! Juggernaut! This is... This is...

Oh,

no, no, there's nothing inside there where the hole is.

Eh?

Huh?

Whew. It's a good thing I'm wearing extra layers.

This isn't a question of extra layers!

What have you got going on inside there?!

--Juggernaut! --Juggernaut!

Yoruba Spears!

--Gah! Juggernaut! --He's had it for sure this time!

No he hasn't!

Lucky for me, I dress warmly.

--Are you for real? --He's a quasi-unkillable character.

You seem to be quite tough.

But I am done playing games with you.

I will personally send you into the afterlife now.

Die, and become mine!

How do you like this?!

He's strong. Even using Corna,

I don't have enough firepower to put this demon to rest.

What do we do, Shinra? We'll all be wiped out at this rate--

Damn it!

Protect...

You again?!

I am protecting it! Scop and the others asked me to!

"Protect the forest--"

Protect the forest--

Look, I get it, all right?

But I don't have the means!

The devilish woman...

You're the one who's calling out to me, right? Where are you?!

Scop and the others are waiting for you to return!

Protect...

...the forest...

You cut right through that sturdy lock! I'm not going onto sacred ground!

Don't go ravaging everything you see!

This...

...is the Tabernacle's central core.

Is that a mechanical sound? It's almost like the pulse of a living creature.

What is inside there? I'm sensing an incredible energy.

That area with the stone tablets encircled the whole central core.

"Current location" "Stone tablet corridor"

Imagine, such simple architecture giving rise to such tremendous energy.

If there is an Adolla Burst inside that door, then this is as far as we can go.

What's that?

A white-feathered arrow. It looks like an arrow is stuck in the keyhole.

There are more of them lined up over there.

Seven of them in all.

And the arrowheads look like keys.

Including the one stuck in the keyhole,

there are a total of eight of them.

Eight of them...