Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King (ロード オブ ヴァーミリオン 紅蓮の王)

That was close...

I thought I was going to die.

Was Aoi Jun here?

No. By the time I arrived, it was just the victim and his familiar.

His familiar's acting alone?

What's it like?

I'm not sure how to describe it.

It seemed totally different from the ones I've seen so far.

Yeah.

And it had completely erased its presence.

We can't find him based on this photo alone.

You're defying Jun-san?

That ain't it, but...

So, who's the old man?

Who knows? He just said to find him.

Seriously? Can we kill him?

No.

Even if we do find him, we're supposed to keep our distance.

I'm starving.

Hey, I bought dinner.

What's that?

Huh?

Sorry I couldn't answer the phone earlier.

Did something happen?

Not really.

Uh, where's Inuki-san?

He's not here right now.

He headed out.

I have a bad feeling

something's going to happen to Inuki-san.

What the heck? Don't worry about him.

He's just exhausted from all his research.

Leave him be.

Bright Lights Suit A Dark Heart

Why are you calling at this hour?

Did Inuki-san come by the church?

No, he didn't.

Could you ask the others to look for him?

What's going on?

I dreamed Inuki-san would die.

A dream? What are you talking about?

You have to believe me.

He really is in danger.

I don't have time for your dreams.

Shoko-san.

What can I do?

How can I save him?

No matter how crazy, as long as you don't give up,

you'll always find a solution.

As long as I don't give up, even I...

I need to meet with and talk to him first.

Where are you?

Kamina's looking for you.

Sorry.

What about your research?

I've got you, don't I?

You're selfish.

Sorry.

Found you.

We found him.

Where?

Jun-san.

What about the members he killed?

Let me handle it.

I'll settle the score.

You're going to wait here until Jun-san arrives.

Jun's on his way?

Then you should leave.

Huh? The hell does that mean?

You're not goin' anywhere.

Inuki-san.

Chihiro-kun.

Who are you?

I'm glad you're all right.

Don't! Stay back!

I've been looking for you.

Listen to me.

You shouldn't be involved with me.

You might be in danger.

Get lost, kid.

You wanna die?

Stay out of my way. I have no business with you.

Bastard!

Don't underestimate us!

You wanna fight? Huh?

Inuki-san?

He ran!

Shit!

He ran!

You can't be serious!

It's your fault he got away!

Jun-san's headed this way!

How are you gonna make up for this?

Why?

Did you find him?

I'm not surprised.

I've identified the traitor.

What?

It's Akaya Inuki.

This is the orphanage Hikari-en.

Akaya Inuki and Aoi Jun were raised here.

They were practically brothers.

So he belonged to the other side this whole time.

No wonder he always opposed everything.

Hold on.

We can't call him a traitor based on this photo alone.

The orphanage where he was raised is managed by the AVAL Science Foundation.

What? That AVAL?

From daily necessities to large scale public works, they have a clean image,

but behind the scenes their hands are sullied

with weapons development and illegal experiments.

The AVAL Science Foundation is our enemy.

We now know they're agents of Chaos.