Whom do you suspect?
Hans-san.
Too bad, Adlet...
Rokka ~Braves of the Six Flowers~
Episode 8 The Average Man and the Genius
It wasn't a bad plan,
pretending to be one of the Six Braves.
If I hadn't been here, you might have gotten away with it.
Hans, I'm...
Are you going to tell me you aren't a fake?
That won't work...
When you took a hostage, I was shocked.
I thought you were a little smarter than that.
Now tell me who you're working for.
I can't say because I'm not the fake.
Did your sick mom need medicine?
Did they take your pretty lover hostage?
I have no family and no lover.
I keep saying this, but I'm not the fake!
Then no one will be sad when you die.
You made me use it, you bastard!
Over there?
Damn it!
After being hit by that, how can he still pursue me so accurately?
Damned genius.
An average man can't surpass a genius.
That didn't work at all...
Nyaa?
What are you doing?
Come and get me.
I don't need any more secret weapons.
I'll beat you with my own power.
You're planning something, aren't you?
That's right.
What is it, Hans?
Scared?
Yeah, I am.
You're honest.
I kill, but I don't lie.
Lying is wrong.
In this situation, victory doesn't mean beating Hans.
It's clearing my name and finding the seventh Brave.
And my plan to do that...
That's right. Be cautious.
Observe.
Where is my trump card?
Inside my clothing?
Inside my mouth?
Or at my feet?
What of the distance between the belt I threw and me?
But there's one thing you aren't watching.
You're a genius, so it's the one thing you don't need to watch.
Too late!
That's right, Hans.
I know you understood that!
I deliberately missed that attack!
Why did you miss?
Think, Hans...
If I were the seventh,
would I have any reason to miss?
That last attack
was my one chance to defeat you.
Why did I just give up that opportunity?
You can't fool me.
If I were the seventh,
trying to kill you would be safer than deceiving you.
You weren't watching my sword at all.
Right?
I'm not the fake.
That why I couldn't kill you, my comrade.
That's the answer.
That's why I missed!
Accept that, Hans!
This is a wager.
If Hans is the seventh, I'm doomed.
Nyaa...
I accept it.
You're a real Brave.
Hans...
I'm glad I stayed here.
The others would have been persuaded.
That was close...
You really did come close.
Too bad, Adlet.
Hans!
I am the seventh Brave!
Damn it!
I lost the bet?
I'm alive...
He didn't slit my throat?
I cut you, so you would hallucinate that.
Hallucinate?
That was a hallucination?
Yeah.
Humans can lie with words.
And they can deceive with actions.
You can't trust their eyes, voices, or expressions.
But when they're about to die, their faces show the truth, no matter what.
If you were the fake,
you would have been confused
when I claimed to be the seventh.
But you looked like it was all over for you.
I guess you aren't the seventh.
A dying face can't lie, huh?
I've never heard that before...
I'm sure you haven't.
Unless you'd seen the faces of many dying men like I have,
you'd never know that.
What a nasty little story.
How long are you going to stand there?
I'm not into looking at naked men.
From now on, we're comrades.
To be honest, I did think it was a little odd.
If you were the seventh, you had no reason to protect Flamie...
If you thought that, you should have said so.
Sorry about that.
Then we're back to square one.
Who is the seventh Brave?
You were telling the truth.
I can see he spent the night here.
Flamie...
Do you know which way he ran?
No, and there aren't any bloodstains.
The footprints stop midway.
Maybe he went up a tree?
Is something wrong?
I don't understand...
What is Adlet trying to do?
Maybe he's out of options and on the run?
No.
He's planned this carefully.
It cannot end this way.
We'll just have to search everywhere.
Don't be in such a hurry.
Let's talk for a bit.
Once we've gathered our thoughts, we can act.
All right.
My first question is this.
You don't know anything about the seventh Brave's trap?
Is this an interrogation?
Don't take it in a weird way.
After yesterday, I'm sure you cannot help being cautious.
But we don't suspect you anymore.
I don't know about that.
What about Hans-san and Chamot?
I'll rephrase that.
I do not suspect you.
I believe you're one of us.
I see.
Sorry, but I don't know.
The fiends are divided into several groups
that almost never interact.
I thought they were more united than that.
The fiends are internally complex.
Far more than you'd think.
What about you? Anything?
Are there any humans who side with the fiends?
You've never seen any at all?
I've received rumors and information.
And I've heard of a village whose people were all taken by fiends.
But by the time the information reached me, there was never any proof.
All Heavens Temple couldn't act...
If only I'd been careful,
perhaps I could have avoided this.
You don't need to worry about it.
It isn't your personal responsibility.
What? I guess you can be nice, too.
Adlet did one good thing.
He brought you to us.
Even if that was part of his plan,
it was a good thing.
Don't treat me like a child.
From my perspective, you are a child.
There's no time to waste.
Let's chase Adlet.
Did it upset you that I brought him up?
I know you're thinking about him.
When things were at their worst for you,
he was the only one who tried to save you.
But you mustn't get sympathetic.
He is an enemy.
And a base, cowardly one at that.
Don't worry.
I absolutely despise him.
That's right.
As soon as you find him, kill him.
Kill him, no matter what, Flamie.
This is the end of the path leading to the Land of Howling Demons.
It's right past this.
This is where the Braves were to meet...
It's no good.
Hans-san and Maura-san were definitely here.
That's all we've learned.
I was sure that Hans-san would have
received information from the fiends here.
Princess.
What do I do?
He might be killed at any moment!
Adlet is our enemy.
No matter what you say, that will not change!
Stop it!
If you don't trust me,
go chase him by yourself!
I'm sorry. That was too much.
I can't believe it.
I never thought you and I would be yelling at each other.
Princess...
Why do you believe Adlet instead of me, when I've served you for so long?
What do you mean?
You've always been more free-spirited and collected than this!
What does he mean to you?
You only traveled with him a few days.
Why does he concern you so?!
And what has happened to you?
I...
A battle to save the world has begun,
and our comrade's life is in danger.
Of course I can't act like I normally do.
But...
Adlet-san is our comrade.
What else did you think he was?
Goldov, I've known for a long time how you feel.
But this isn't the time.
I don't have time to deal with your jealousy.
You're right... I wasn't thinking straight.
Then I'll forget about this.
As you say.
You're sixteen years old. Still a kid.
You're such a reliable person, I'd forgotten...
I guess we didn't
understand each other as well as I'd thought.
Knew it. No way in.
You have a lot of things there.
Can any of them tell you when someone's lying?
They're all tools to help fight fiends.
If you aren't the seventh,
that means someone entered the temple before you.
But the seal is perfect. No way through.
So what happened?
It was probably a Saint.
Maura says there's no such thing, right?
Maura may not know about that ability.
It's possible they're hiding some of their abilities, too.
True. Which means we're stuck...
Hey, if I were killed,
who do you think would be suspected next?
Flamie, definitely.
Yeah, I'm sure.
What are you doing?
Nothing.
Someone's back?
I imagined it?
Yeah.
But someone might come back soon...
Yeah, should we give up, and search for the eighth?
By the way...
How, exactly, does the barrier activate?
I didn't go to the fortress, so I don't know.
Maura didn't tell you? The barrier...
Something wrong?
How to activate the barrier?
That's right.
The ones who know are myself, Flamie,
Goldov, Nachetanya, and Maura.
The only ones who don't know are Hans and...
Chamot!
Is she the seventh?
No...
I want to ask her something.
Where is she?
She should be playing nearby, somewhere.
It would be bad if I went.
You go.
And what did you want to ask her?
Well...
What is it?
Let's give up on this area...
It might be better
to find Adlet-san and protect him.
Princess.
Why do you suspect Hans?
I wasn't thinking straight, either.
I didn't tell you the most important thing.
There's one thing that I can't stop thinking about.
Chamot is right here.
Kitty-san, was he not the fake?
Why are you talking to him?
Nyaa! Don't attack him, Chamot!
I found out he isn't our enemy...
Weird. How?
Well...
You don't need to tell me.
It doesn't matter.
Chamot's bored of staying here.
It's boring being alone, and there's nothing to play with.
I want to go defeat the Demon God already.
I see. Me, too.
Then there's something I want to ask you.
Something very important
for figuring out the seventh's identity.
I'm done talking about that...
Who cares who's real and who's fake?
You first, Adlet...
If it isn't you, then Flamie.
If it isn't her, then Kitty-san.
If it isn't him, then the princess and the big guy.
Of course, it can't be Maura-obachan,
so I won't kill her.
Wait, Chamot. What are you saying?
If I kill everyone, I'm sure to find the enemy.
Chamot can handle the Demon God alone!
Nyaa! N-Nyaa!
What is this?
No way.
Fiends?
I'll tell you how it works.
There's a swamp inside Chamot's stomach.
And all the things Chamot's ever eaten
live happily down there!
Get them!
Run!
Agreed!
The forest is no good, either!
Inside the salt pillars!
The barrier isn't working on them!
Damn it!
They spent time in a Saint's stomach, so the pillars treat them as Saints?
I'm going to complain to the Salt Saint sometime soon!
What the heck?
They instantly regenerate?
Crap! No wonder Flamie ran!
Nyargh!
What the hell are you doing, Chamot?
Why are you attacking Hans, too?!
It doesn't matter, does it?
There's no proof Kitty-san isn't the fake, either.
What are you thinking?
Chamot has a good idea! Kitty-san,
kill Adlet.
If the barrier turns off, I won't kill you.
Don't worry. I won't do that.
Hans,
if we're truly done for, escape on your own.
Shut up. Don't tell me what to do.
Let's go!
Nyaa!
Episode 9 Blossoms of Doubt
Next time: Blossoms of Doubt.