Fire Force (炎炎ノ消防隊)

Sure enough, if I'm going to get those scriptures,

I'm going to have to defeat you first, aren't I?

You kept yourself quiet and out of sight all this time,

but now you've taken some rather bold action.

I couldn't stand having the truth being hidden any longer.

Bring it.

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 13: A Pair of One-Eyes"

I'll take a piece of that fight.

Sounds interesting.

Captain Shinmon...

What's the matter? Are we doing this?

This is no time for us to be quarreling. Let me hear what you have to say.

Hey!

Don't go looking at Mr. Almighty here and lose your nerve.

I've always thought that among all the captains,

you're one who would give me a run for my money.

Apparently Haijima has a real piece of work, too.

If you're not going to fight, then why are you here?

You're here looking for Holy Sol Temple secrets, right?

I'm here to give you some leads.

Leads?

I don't understand what's happening.

What is the captain of the 1st doing here?

For that matter, you two know each other?

Burns was someone who acted as a liaison

between the Holy Sol Temple's public and private faces.

He used to look after me a lot once upon a time.

At least until the time we had our Adolla Link.

Adolla Link? Shinra from the 8th mentioned the same thing.

It happened when there was a mass outbreak of Infernals at Amaterasu.

There was an incident at Amaterasu?

I never heard of anything as major as that.

Of course not. Amaterasu has to be seen as safe.

This isn't something that could be made public.

Which is exactly the reason why pariahs like us were called in.

There's one left.

The other Shadows will have taken down all the others.

The target is in there.

There it is.

I'll take it.

Wait. Something's off.

Not a problem!

Burns, what's going on in the outside world?

Human combustion is still happening, right?

Yes, it is. Infernals are still popping up.

So it sucks both on the surface, and in the Nether.

The world is filled with sorrow, and seeks the salvation of Sol.

So simply turning to God in prayer will save it?

No, I don't want to rely on anything, nor am I seeking salvation.

I'm looking for something more clear-cut than that.

The ill will of this world...

Religion... Government...

Those who manipulate the goodwill of people to their own advantage

lead the world to suck even more.

I want to know what the world is. Why does the world suck?

I want to see the truth!

A higher dimension...

The world...

Truth...

Laws...

Insects...

Mathematics...

Hell...

God...

52!

My eye!

Are you okay, 52?!

Was that... a hallucination?

What did we... just see?

That was no hallucination. We were pulled into a different space.

Look at this.

That world...

...actually exists!

Do you still have that stone?

The stone you brought back from Adolla?

It still continues to burn inside an oxygen-free jar, even now.

That higher-dimensional being we saw back then--

the Holy Sol Temple is hiding something huge about that one.

The clues to the truth you want to learn...

...are in here.

Take a look through it.

What is it?

The notebook of the wife of Raffles I, founder of the Holy Sol Temple.

His wife's notebook? I came here looking for hidden scriptures.

Nothing like that exists.

How would you know that?

Because like you, I have looked into the Holy Sol Temple for a long time.

Ever since the day of our Adolla Link.

That world shattered all of my perceptions.

It made me skeptical toward this world,

and I started investigating to learn the truth.

What I arrived at as a result of that investigation...

...is this single book.

I used my position as captain of the 1st

and started looking into everything.

But there was nothing inside the church

that connected to the Holy Sol Temple's past.

This book...

...is something I stumbled upon by chance

while investigating the forgotten Nether.

And you say it belonged to the wife of Raffles I?

The contents of the book

are a diary from the Day of the Cataclysm

until the Holy Sol Temple and empire were established.

It has a detailed account of the founder, Raffles I.

The description of the establishment of the Tokyo Empire

is the same one that all of us citizens know, as appears in the scriptures.

The writing says that a caravan centered around Raffles I

discovered an Adolla Burst after a long journey,

and built Amaterasu, which would become the core of the empire.

So it's just like the scriptures say,

and the Holy Sol Temple isn't hiding anything, is that what you're saying?

Come off it.

That isn't what you should be focusing on.

It's the way Raffles I was acting, as seen by his wife.

"The caravan that was traveling with Raffles

had been completely wiped out when he returned."

"I was happy that at least Raffles had returned home safely.

But ever since he came back, he's been acting like he's a different person."

"Though his appearance is unchanged,

his mannerisms and idiosyncrasies have been as though he was another man.

I can scarcely believe that he is the same man

that I have been married to for 30 years," she says.

No matter how great a shock he received from the experience,

would it change his mannerisms and idiosyncrasies to those of another man?

Seems like I've heard this tale before.

Hmm?

In Asakusa, there was someone with the ability

to turn himself and others into dead ringers for other people.

That just happened recently, though.

We're talking 250 years ago for this.

Infernals have no life expectancy.

It's possible that this being, like the Evangelist,

is an inhuman, higher-dimensional being.

The Holy Sol Temple could be a religion that was set up

by an inhuman being who had taken Raffles's place.

Then that's all the more reason to tear this religion down now!

Just a minute. Are you sure we can even trust that book?

Its origins notwithstanding,

the fact is that the Holy Sol Temple now offers emotional support to the people.

Bringing it down would create chaos.

First the caravan is wiped out, then Raffles I comes back changed.

That's assuming this diary is accurate, like you say it is.

Do the current Holy Sol Temple folks know about this?

It's likely that the current emperor, Raffles III, doesn't know.

No one knows the truth about what happened 250 years ago.

Which means that even if we keep searching the Holy Sol Temple,

there won't be anything connecting to the Evangelist.

Huh? Yona?!

You turned yourself into Raffles I and created the Holy Sol Temple?

That's right. The Raffles I you read about in the scriptures was me.

The Holy Sol Temple is a religion I started under the Evangelist's order.

All to manipulate human will to our advantage,

and lead them to Adolla.

All by the grace of the Evangelist.

I'll make today's little incident go away.

Yeah.

Though I have to say, Captain of the 7th,

you're an even bigger tough guy than I'd heard.

I don't know what you mean by that,

but back in Asakusa, that's a compliment.

Luckily, you pulled your punches some, so the damage was minimal.

Moreover, they were always hidden in the shadows.

And only one dead. I should be able to keep this an internal matter.

But what are you going to do now?

The truth is in the dark, just like the eye you lost.

I can still see the truth with just one eye.

Let's go, Almighty.

There are still a whole lot of things I have to investigate.

It sounds like you've decided what you're going to look into next.

You could say that.

"Haijima Industries"

Haijima Industries.

Since they worked with the Holy Sol Temple to build Amaterasu,