He is still alive.
He's on a business trip.
It doesn't matter. I don't care about him.
But I have a feeling that something very bad may happen.
Not good!
Is it the Lambda Driver?
Come on!
Kashim!
Can you use it?
I will do it!
Kashim!
Gauron!
The Wind Blows at Home, Part 2
They're having a shooting spree with us!
They must have too many bullets to keep in storage.
I wish Mithril's supply personnel did the same.
New ones are coming!
What the hell?! They're this country's regular army!
The buyer of this thing may be this country.
Damn it! Once the sandstorm is over, we could use the ECS.
We don't need small fry!
As long as we have this with us, we won't be able to escape from them.
I've had enough of this! Let's dump it over the cliff!
Let's go down the slope.
What?!
Once we get down there, we'll be in hilly terrain.
It will give us the ability to hide.
How do you know such a thing?
I used to fight on this land.
Here they come!
Lead us, Sergeant!
Roger!
Damn!
They went down with the treasure?
Even though they had the latest model AS's,
if they fell from this height...
Kashim...
This is the last painkiller we have.
We need to remove the bullet as soon as possible.
Don't we have a surgery kit?
Bill had it.
Batist!
Hang in there, Batist! You still owe me $300 from that poker game.
We ended up getting a burden.
A burden?
Damn you! What did you say?
Are you telling us to leave Batist behind?!
No, I'm talking about this nuclear warhead.
Jackson!
I apologize if you misunderstood what I meant.
If you have enough time to argue with your fellow soldiers,
why don't you check the buffer of the M9?
Did you communicate with headquarters?
Long distance communication is out of order because of a bad circuit.
Let's hide the trailer behind a rock
somewhere near here and go to the nearest town.
There must be a telephone we can try to find.
I oppose the idea.
Not you again!
It takes three days to reach the nearest town.
Meanwhile, the enemy is more likely to find it.
We should counterattack instead.
Counterattack? You must be kidding.
We have only four AS's with us.
I don't want to fight a losing battle.
We'll have more of a chance to win this way rather than running away.
This is our unit's mission! You have no right to control us!
Jackson!
Stop, Jack!
Sagara's decision was right.
If we had listened to him, Bill wouldn't have been...
All right, don't talk because I understand.
He knows this land and the target very well.
Listen to his opinion and...
Batist!
Stay with us, Batist!
I appreciate your advice, but your idea is overruled.
Taking Batist to a doctor is the priority. Do you understand?
I do.
We never know where the enemy might be waiting for us. We must be careful.
Roger.
May I ask you something, Sergeant?
What?
Did you say that you used to be a guerilla here? Is it true?
Affirmative.
But it was quite a long time ago when this was a hot spot.
They say Asians look younger though. You must have been...
I had been fighting as a guerrilla since I was eight.
Since eight?
Right.
This area is just like my backyard.
I guess a child guerrilla was unusual.
No, there was another guy.
His name was Zaied and he was three years older than I.
Weren't you bullied?
I had a good relationship.
But...
He may not be alive anymore.
Is that right?
We haven't caught them yet? That nuclear warhead is our merchandise.
We have no excuse that it was stolen.
Don't worry. Kashim hasn't noticed my existence yet.
It's easy to outwit him.
Don't be swayed by pity
just because you've known him since you were a kid, Zaied.
I've seen so many idiots die
because of their dreams or affections.
I'm not going to waste my life like them.
That's good.
But if you want to be on a winning team,
I need to see how good you are.
Captain! I just got back.
We can't even go one kilometer in an hour.
It's always too hot or too cold during a war.
Or we don't know where we are.
Let's go.
Batist?!
Batist? Can you hear me, Batist?!
What's wrong, Gray?
I think the painkiller has worn off.
How long will it take to reach the town, Sergeant?
Another ten hours or so.
As long as the enemy doesn't find us.
Is there anything we can do?
I can't stand it if we lose another member.
We may be able to get a surgery kit.
Where? Is there a village nearby?
No, it's a camp we used to use.
But we need to take a detour.
There's a higher possibility that the enemy may find us.
They changed direction?
Yes, I thought they were going to go over this mountain ridge
and go straight to the town.
They're heading this way now.
They're taking an awfully long way around.
Are they trying to confuse us?
No, Kashim must be heading to...
Here.
Sergeant, did you find the surgery kit?
Not yet.
Oh, my goodness, it looks terrible.
Hey, are you sure you used to live here?
Positive.
You fought at the camp. A losing battle?
Yes, it was.
I found it.
Great!
They're all vacuum packed,
but we should sterilize them in boiling water.
Jackson, give me the light.
Andy, get the boiling water ready.
Okay.
I'll go and watch outside.
Is it done?
Yes, but we can't move him until the fever goes down.
Andy and Jackson are checking
to see if there are any bullets or tools left that we can use.
Is it a good idea to keep hiding here?
No, we should assume that they'll find this place sooner or later.
Also, Gauron knows about this place.
He knows?
When this place was attacked some time ago,
Gauron was one of the attackers.
It was just a coincidence that I was away from the camp spying.
I was just lucky.
If I made a single mistake,
I would've had the same destiny as Zaied.
I'm from Eastern Europe.
As you know, that area has had many civil wars.
I joined a resistance movement and operated an AS.
One day, the enemy surrounded us.
Our support was supposed to come,
but they never came until the end.
Our unit was abandoned.
It happens often.
After that, I wandered to many places
and now I'm a mercenary for Mithril.
Andy, Jackson and Batist all have similar experiences, I guess.
They don't speak out about it though.
Hey, would you stay with our unit after this?
If we need to fill a vacancy, I'd rather have someone skilled.
You've passed the test.
That is...
You can give me the answer when we get back.
Well, think about it.
You ended up having a terrible homecoming, right, Sergeant?
Homecoming?
Oh, Japan is your home country, isn't it?
Home country...
Do you have someone waiting for you in Japan?
No, I don't.
But I kind of have...
There's six hours of time difference between here and Japan.
It's nighttime there.
Thank you, Mao-san.
Do you feel safe if he guards you after all?
I don't mean that though.
It tastes good!
Once his mission is finished, we'll be informed.
Then I'll let you know right away.
Don't worry. He'll be back all right.
Why don't you get a present for him and welcome him?
He'll be coming back exhausted.
Gauron will probably follow his steps from the previous success.
Kashim must be thinking we'll attack the same way as last time.
If we counterattack directly, we'll have no chance.
So, we'll lay an ambush.
They'll lay an ambush and shoot at us.
Kashim must do that.
We should settle somewhere easy for us to shoot
but difficult for them to counterattack.
So...
It's here.
Are you ready?
Affirmative.
From here we can shoot the enemy.
We may not be as good as Kurz though.
I don't like you, Sagara.
Even though you're a kid, you're a smart aleck,
and very blunt but also very skillful.
I hate that kind.
Is that right?
When we get back to headquarters, I'll punch you!
Don't die until then.
I can't promise, but I'll try.
I hate you so much, little kid!
Next Full Metal Panic!
Kashim, there's no place you can escape to.
You won't get any of the usual reinforcements.
Realities are often very harsh.
On the next Full Metal Panic, Episode 17,
"The Wind Blows at Home, Part 3"
The Wind Blows at Home, Part 3
I will not let anyone go home alive!