Mithril's West Pacific Combat Unit Base
The metal fatigue on the variable torque screw
can be seen to be more than we expected.
Expectation and hope are always to disappoint us.
I think the Tuahar de Danaan is doing a lot better than we expected.
A Cat and a Kitten's Rock & Roll
Yo! Welcome back! I'm visiting your place.
No wonder I could smell cigarettes.
What? I've been using the ventilator.
I wonder what the cleaning lady, who loves to gossip,
will think when she sees this mess?
People may think that I drink and smoke like a cheap bar girl.
I can't stand that!
What's that? Are you talking about me?
Tell me who else does such things!
What the heck?!
So for highly ranked Miss Testarossa
all women who drink and smoke are bitches?
Could you stop speaking like that?
You sound like a gang member in a B movie.
What are you talking about?
You're like the big, bad boss of the gang, aren't you?
You're insulting me! I'm trying hard every day
so that people don't think of this organization like that.
But the lower-level workers, like you, are behaving like this.
Lower-level worker?!
How can you say such a thing?
I'm saying that your irresponsible attitude like this is lower-level.
I wish you would recognize who you are!
Oh, my, you're talking so high and mighty.
You always hide under water, sit back in the chair
and give us orders. That's all you do.
You're insulting me so much! You'll never know what my job is!
That's right.
It must be too difficult to imagine what my responsibility is like
for someone from the Marine Corps with a brain made of muscles.
Shut up!
If you say so, why don't you lay your life on the line
and stand in the line of fire sometime?!
You're just relying on the high-performance M9.
Do you think that makes you a hero?
How do you know? You can't even operate an AS!
I can do that, but I choose not to.
Is that right?
Yes, I can operate it much better than you,
a savage who only relies on her instinct
and cannot make the most of the performance of an M9.
Damn little kid...
Why don't you show me then?
If you say so, why don't we have a match in AS's?
If I lose, I'll run a lap around the base naked.
Naked?!
I may allow you to wear underwear.
All right, that's fine.
Let's have a match in AS's.
I'll correct your self-conceit.
I'll do anything, even run a lap naked, if I lose.
Damn, Melissa...
I hate her!
Additional equipment:
Paint bullets, training ATD, training blade.
Permission for use granted. Teresa Testarossa.
P.S. Don't be a coward.
The loser must run a lap around the base, naked!
Naked?! Oh, Tessa-chan... Or Mao...
Am I not good enough?
The gentle Captain is doing this.
Are you going to accept it?
I will. After all, she did issue the challenge.
You shouldn't. Don't you feel sorry for her?
Right, it's a waste of your time.
No way! I'm planning on teasing her a lot.
Until she says, "I'm sorry" in tears,
I'll keep pushing her around.
She looks extremely happy.
Are you a sadist after all? You're not acting like an adult.
It's the same with her. She is such a little kid.
Who did you say is a little kid?
I'll go check on...
Oh, here's Miss Captain.
You must be thinking you can beat me easily,
but it won't happen like that.
Besides that, can you really run a lap around the base naked?
Same to you.
Sergeant Sagara!
Yes!
I have something to talk to you about. Please come with me.
Yes, Ma'am!
Tessa's naked body?!
Sousuke!
It's okay. You can't help it if it's your job.
Ha, ha, ha, and ha to you!
Shall we start soon?
Yes, please, coach.
Well, Captain... Please don't call me "coach".
But you're a coach. I'll call you Sagara-san if you prefer.
I'd appreciate it if you would.
Yes, coach! I mean, Sagara-san.
The experts can climb up without the ladder, but please do not try.
Even in the sit-down position, the height is four meters.
It's about two stories high.
Please don't try.
Please go up there.
Yes!
Oops-a-daisy, it's quite difficult.
Ouch...
Captain, are you hurt?
I'm all right.
I'm sorry, and I feel a bit lucky.
Captain?!
This is not good, extremely not good.
I've done it! I'm in, Sagara-san!
Now, please step out with one foot.
Yes, I will.
Here I go!
Captain!
Captain, please stop moving. Captain!
Help me!
Stay still! Don't move!
I can't stop it. I can't stop!
Captain!
Oh, you smell of alcohol.
Give me the usual stuff, barkeeper.
Me too, give me another one.
Why don't you have something else?
It's okay. Give it to me, mister.
Oh, my goodness...
Tessa seems to be seriously practicing.
How stupid. I feel sorry for Sousuke too.
You're the stupid one.
All her life, she's been forced to prove that she can do
whatever someone has told her she can't.
You told Tessa that she couldn't operate an AS.
That was something you shouldn't have said.
I know that.
I know her favorite snack, the bugs she hates, her bra size...
I just don't like the way she pretends
to be strong and independent unnecessarily.
Is that true?
Yes, it's true. She's so pathetic.
She believes she can change the world.
She's so childish.
How about you when you were her age?
I was a lot stupider than she is.
What?
Is that the truth?
Right, it may be the truth.
I must have an inferiority complex.
Sagara-san, you're also thinking that I can't win.
That is... It's not true.
It's all right. You don't need to say that.
I'm not stupid and I think I know how to fight.
You're saying that you plan on winning?
Yes, the other reason I asked Sagara-san to be my coach
is to ask your opinions too.
See, this area doesn't have good visibility
because of the thick bushes. Here the soil is very soft.
Thinking of the weight of the M9...
What do you think?
It's a good plan.
Is that right? I'm so glad. It was worth thinking very hard.
You may want to change the direction to this way
when you think about the time of the day.
You'd be against the light.
I see.
But no matter what you do, you'll have only one chance.
If it doesn't work after I try, I'll give up.
I'll surprise Melissa.
Surprise her?
Yes, if I can do that, running a lap around the base naked is nothing.
It's true.
She's late!
Hey, Miss.
What?
Have you read about Miyamoto Musashi?
Is that the name of a battleship?
Never mind.
No way?!
A gas turbine engine?!
An M6?
I see. She prefers the easy handling to the specs.
You kept me waiting for a while.
I'm sorry.
I had a light lunch because I was hungry.
Melissa...
What?
You don't need to pull your punches.
That's fine.
11 o'clock, distance 6.
The target is one AS. Set up Alpha 1.
Here I go. I'm going to finish her off.
You missed.
Why?
You didn't hit her directly. You hit the tree in front.
What are you talking about?
If it was a real bullet, it would have blown away the tree all together.
But you didn't shoot a real bullet. They are paint bullets.
Oh, my goodness.
All missed. They didn't hit directly.
What the hell?!
She missed. You're lucky, Mao.
If it was a real bullet, the debris would have damaged your sensors.
Really, Tessa is doing well. Good luck!
You guys!
It's all right. I just need to shoot her with a bullet directly, right?
Affirmative.
Then, watch me well!
Be prepared, baby.
Don't fall down. I mustn't fall down.
This is the battlefield of AS's.
If they were real bullets...
Melissa is always fighting in a place like this.
We're both women, but we are at different levels.
I can't... I can't beat her!
Captain!
You're getting too slow. Calm down and move.
I know that, but...
You'll be all right. You can do it. I guarantee it!
I guarantee it!
Yes!
It's quicker than I thought, but...
Let's finish this.
ECS?!
No reaction. What does it mean?
I'm impressed, really, but...
I feel sorry for her though.
No point in doing that.
Alpha 1 has been lost.
Please hit it!
I lost. Congrats. I was totally wiped out.
I won't complain that it's not fair to prepare a trap.
Or that the judge was on her side.
Or everybody was supporting Tessa and how unfortunate and lonely I am.
I won't say any of these.
If it was a real battle, I would've won.
I won't insist ungracefully like that.
You sound like you have a whole lot of complaints.
Danger is the next-door neighbor to security.
That's right. Danger is the next-door neighbor to security.
Oh, my god... What am I doing? Oh, my...
Melissa...
I'm sorry that I told you so many terrible things.
I need to thank your workers.
I'm sorry I did such a silly thing.
I'm glad I lost. It must be natural this way.
But this is it, no more.
I had enough of AS's.
Excuse me...
What happened to "running a lap around the base naked"?
You're the worst.
Next Full Metal Panic!
The Self-Defense Force is going to be challenged to an extreme AS battle.
For pride, for love and for "I couldn't say no."
On the next Full Metal Panic: Episode 14, "Is Narashino Burning?"
Is Narashino Burning?
The key word for victory is "grated radish".
You're kidding.