He moved!
Don't tell me he's about to wake up already.
This is no laughing matter!
Principal Pheles, do something about this!
Right now, I'm just someone who's being held for interrogation.
I can't do anything to rectify this situation, considering my unfortunate status right now.
However, there's an easy solution to all of this.
All you have to do is to clear me of my charges.
Let me free the child of Satan, then train him to be a Knight worthy of becoming a weapon for the Vatican.
I can feel him.
Okumura Rin's here.
Past that wall?
Stand aside, woman.
Shut up, ya big lug! Baldy!
Caliburn, give me power.
Oh Arthur, you're so good at dealing with others.
Hidden Mist Style - Demon Blade Technique, Serpent's Belly...
Snake Lance!
That was my freaking familiar!
Found you!
Now, it's finally time for you to decide!
This side or that? Which one is it going to be?
Bastard!
You agreed to be interrogated because you knew this was coming, didn't you?
You already knew Satan's child would call for other demons.
Really now, what are you babbling about?
Rather than making wild speculations about my motives, shouldn't you focus first on keeping the Grigori safe?
I have a score to settle with you,
Okumura Rin!
Be quiet!
Leave me alone already! Do you want me to kill everyone here one by one?!
Principal Pheles!
I don't care how you do it, just eliminate that demon!
Understood!
Okumura!
Still lying around?!
Wake up already!
That's...
The Fallen Demon sword!
They got it repaired?
I can feel it.
Okumura Rin's pulse.
Give me that!
Shima!
How reckless!
Pass!
Why to me?!
Over here, Kamiki-san!
Here!
Yukio!
Sensei!
Wake up, Nii-san!
Wake up!
Blue flames!
They're the same sparks from that night.
Where am I?
I can't see anything.
I can't feel anything.
Am I dead?
No. I can hear something.
My...
I'm not dead yet!
Are you kidding me?
Me, the Earth King...
How could I have lost?!
It's impossible!
Nii-san!
Rin!
Wai—
What are you doing?!
I'm going to end Satan's lineage here.
Stop it, Angel.
We've decided to cast our lots with Principal Pheles' "gamble."
Will he become Assiah's savior,
or will he end up as a Demon King hell-bent on destruction?
All we can for now is observe what becomes of him.
Lure
The 17th Story
I had you all gathered here today because of an important announcement.
Immediate Notice Staff Meeting
I've just received a decree from the Vatican.
I've been allowed to look after Satan's child, Okumura Rin, here in the True Cross Academy.
Immediate Notice Staff Meeting
Sir!
Yes, Inokaku?
According to what I've heard at a meeting a few days ago,
Okumura went berserk during the exam and tore through everything.
Are you sure we're all safe?
Well, I can't completely guarantee your safety.
If he happens to go berserk again though, I have my orders to kill him right there and then.
This is still too risky.
Since we'll be the ones putting up with him, what's in this for us?
Absolutely nothing!
Wha—t?!
However, I really want to roll the dice on him.
Okumura Rin's potential is just too much to pass up on.
Principal Pheles!
Yes?
Do you really believe that?
That my brother can become Assiah's savior?
I have no choice but to.
I only said that just so the Vatican would accept his existence.
That's a reckless gamble.
We have to follow the two conditions the Grigori gave us in order to make this work.
The first one is to make sure he passes the Exorcist authorization exams taking place half a year from now.
Impossible.
And the second one is
putting him under a 24-hour watch, just in case something gets out of hand.
I'll leave you, his brother, and Kirigakure-sensei in charge of that.
That's impossible as well.
Say what you want, but you don't really have a choice in this.
This "game" of ours has only just begun.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Shura-sama
Four-Eyed Wuss
Sorry, gonna be late, picking up some equips. I'll leave everything to ya for now.
Every single one of them...
I've successfully repaired it this time,
but I can't assure you it'll go well again the next time it breaks.
Forging a connection between a demon and the Fallen Demon sword isn't easy.
You should take care of it, no matter what.
That demon sword is something my ancestors forged themselves.
Please treat it with care.
Rin, it's time!
Oh, crap!
Kuro, watch over the house for me.
Take care.
Why do we have to do this on the very last day of our summer vacation?
Put your back into your work instead of complaining about it.
Konekomaru.
We're almost done here, so go help Moriyama-san.
Okay.
We're fine here.
Your arm still hurts, right?
You should rest.
Well, just a bit.
Same here, actually.
You should start working harder!
Umm, I have a fractured rib, you know.
Hey there!
Morning, Rin!
Morning.
I went to our usual classroom and found no one there.
I got left out.
Oh, you're exterminating Coal Tar?
They sure like making us do some really bothersome stuff, huh?
Have you guys seen my mop?
No idea. We're all using nets, though.
I'll take the garbage out.
I'll help you.
I can do it myself.
Hey! Wait!
He's afraid of you, because you're the son of a demon.
You're the child of Satan, who killed a number of Exorcists all over the world in a single night.
None of us know when you'll just suddenly flip out and come after us.
Moriyama-san!
Shiemi!
How did they get there?!
Don't breath!
They'll possess you if you do!
Get away from her!
Moriyama-san!
Huh? They're not hot.
Stop it! What are you doing?!
You'll burn them!
Those blue flames can kill people!
My uncle, Shima's eldest brother, Konekomaru's mom and little brother...
All of them were killed by your father!
The "Blue Night" refers to the night when Satan murdered all the prominent Exorcists around the world.
Their families were victims of it as well?
I have no idea what the Vatican's real plans for you are,
but we still have our doubts about you!
If you ever happen to hurt one of my friends,
I won't think twice about killing you!
I'm...
I'm nothing like Satan!
Believe me!
All right, break it up!
Yukio!
Okumura-kun's going to follow a different curriculum starting today, so he's coming with me.
Everyone, please go on with your duties.
I'm not done yet!
Rin.
Let me go, you four-eyed mole boy!
Damn!
Why do I have to follow a different curriculum now?
You're short on time.
I'm going to work you to the bone
to make sure you pass the Exorcist authorization exams.
Be prepared.
What's this?
A batting center?
Easy mode selected.
Are you listening to me?
If you don't pass the exams half a year from now...
They'll have me killed, right?
Your training will now begin.
Don't worry. I think I can pass those exams without breaking a sweat.
I've already defeated a considerable number of demons, after all.
Weren't those all just flukes, though?
What did you—
You told Suguro earlier to "believe you," right?
What of it?
People won't trust you if you don't give them a reason to do so.
That's something you lack right now.
What was that?!
That four-eyed wuss is right.
Shura-san.
What's with those clothes?
I'm being environmentally friendly, that's all.
You only shortened the hems of your dress, though.
That aside, yer a little punk who just happened to be born with Satan's blood.
Ya only managed to get this far cause yer regeneration factor is insane.
I don't think ya can become an Exorcist, much less a freaking Paladin,
until ya learn to utilize that power of yers more efficiently.
What should I do then?
Sign on bag: True Cross
Special training.
Candles?
Yup, that's right.
I'll set up three of 'em, and ya havta light the two candles at each end in one go without lighting the middle one.
I'll try.
I told ya to light 'em only.
The hell are you burning them for?
One more time!
Are ya even trying?
Wrong! Ya got the middle one too.
I told ya to light 'em both at once!
Ya really don't have the time for a meltdown right now.
This is too hard!
Anyway, I want ya to do three sets of this for an hour everyday.
For the rest of yer day, ya havta keep studying and training yer muscles.
That's my "special training?"
What about my sword training?
Do ya know why yer flames got a hold of ya when ya were fightin' Amaimon?
Uh, no idea.
That's cause ya were afraid of 'em.
That's how they managed to control ya.
We'll work on buildin' up yer confidence with yer flames first,
then we'll move on to yer demon sword.
I don't agree with this, but she has a point.
All right. I understand!
I wonder if he really does.
How typical of you to put on a serious face like that.
You'll get lines on yer forehead if ya let that stress build up.
And whose fault is that?
Anyway, come with me for a while, ya four-eyed wuss.
No, thanks.
That was a quick reply.
Yer bein' really unsociable.
You and me used to bet our lunches on who would win whenever we played here.
Congratulations to me!
Hey, Shura!
Take it easy on the grade schooler, will you?
I'm just teaching him how cruel the world of competition can really be.
Hey wussy boy, don't forget my lunch tomorrow, 'kay?
Don't call me that!
She really did a number on you there, Yukio.
Damn it.
Oh, you just swore, didn't you?
How unusual for you.
I hate that person.
She's pretty talented, but all she does is mess around.
She makes people like me who work hard look bad.
Just think about it in another way.
Who knows, maybe she just has her own way of doing things.
All right then. However,
if I win, you'll have to drop the whole "four-eyed wuss" thing.
We'll use the same rules as before.
Whoever loses their concentration in Infinity mode first loses the match.
Okay?
I'll have it no other way.
Game difficulty increased to Infinity mode.
Your training will now begin.
Awesome.
They're hitting all those fast balls like they're nothing.
What's with you guys?
What's with ya?!
Go back to what yer doin'!
Same to you. Shouldn't you be focusing on this instead?
Don't give me that, wuss!
Listen to me.
Check out the southern pillar of the training room.
There's something weird there.
You can see it, right?
Someone from the Vatican?
Rin's not the only one being watched.
You are too.
Nonsense. I've received orders from the Grigori himself to look after my brother.
Since both of you have Satan's blood, the Vatican is understandably wary of you as well.
I'm different from my brother. I don't have any of the powers he has.
If you're so sure, then why do you still keep testing yourself for that?
You're afraid, aren't you?
You think that someday you might suddenly manifest powers similar to Rin's.
That's stupid.
Or is it the other way around?
Maybe you actually want to be just like Rin.
Trying to throw me off with this nonsense isn't going to work, you know.
Oh well, it's fine then.
Just be careful.
It's guys like you who easily fall prey to demons.
What?
So that's what real professionals are capable of, huh?
I could barely hit more than one ball in Easy mode.
Damn it!
These are...
Blue flames!
What did you do, Nii-san?
Well, sorry.
But, wait!
I only burned your clothes off, but I didn't get your bodies or your underwear.
Doesn't that mean my flame control has gotten a little better?
Not even a bit.
Guess not.
I'll get some holy water.
Ah, please do.
The third volume going up to the fifth is—
Memorizing something?
Sorry. Did I wake you up?
I just got up to use the toilet.
It's not good if you keep pushing yourself too hard.
I really want to win.
Against Kamiki-san?
This has nothing to do with her.
I'm talking about Okumura.
Don't you have him beat already?
You're already better than him in all aspects.
Being smarter than him isn't going to give me an advantage against him in real life.
I woke up after dreaming about that mess again.
Bon.
I want to be authorized as an Exorcist as soon as possible.
Otherwise, I won't be able to face my relatives when I meet them again.
I understand.
Bon's pretty tough.
He's completely confident that he can stand up to Okumura-kun, even after seeing what he's capable of.
I don't have that quality in me.
Are you afraid?
You'll end up losing something dear to you.
Him in particular, and some other precious things as well.
Now, accept it...
Who's there?
Your fear!
Damn it!
Why can't I do this properly?!
Maybe I'm not so talented after all.
Who's there?
Hey, what are you mumbling to yourself?
Nothing. What are you doing anyway?
You're up pretty early.
I'm here to get the pencil box I left yesterday.
I see.
So, what kind of training are you doing?
Oh, I have to light two candles out of three in one go.
I'm having absolutely no luck right now, though.
Remember that time when Paku got attacked by the ghoul?
That was during the "study camp," right?
Back then when I still had a lot of doubts about myself,
my familiars sensed my insecurity and turned against me.
Aren't your flames like that too?
If you firm your resolve, then they'll definitely respond to you.
I see.
So, why this all of a sudden?
You're actually helping me out on your own accord.
Aren't you afraid of me?
Nope.
You may not know this yet, but half-demon people aren't all that rare.
A lot of them are Exorcists actually.
Really?!
It's common knowledge.
That's why you shouldn't really worry about what kind of lineage you have.
Don't pay attention to those people who have a prob-lem wi—
Dot-brow!
You really are a nice person!
Why are you calling me "Dot-brow?!"
Don't give me weird nicknames!
I have a proper name, you know! It's Kamiki!
Thank you, Izumo.
I feel great now thanks to you.
I-I wasn't trying to cheer you up or anything, you know!
What's that?
Be careful.
Something's here!
Who's there?
I don't know!
Next Episode
Okumura-kun just suddenly...
If you hurt any of my friends,
I'll kill you without a second thought!
Have you forgotten?! If you go berserk again, you'll be—
Konekomaru!
Storm Wind