Who is that?
Oh, this is...
My ex-wife.
Ex...
...wife?
Somebody's crazy enough to marry the captain?
Who are you calling crazy?
You, that's who!
But this is a pairing I can totally see happening!
H-Hardy is here, too!
Books...
Episode 9: The Hakone Mountain Night Battle
Books everywhere.
These are books, too?
I've never seen ones so thin!
Indeed!
So that's the situation.
I understand what's going on, but why?
Why would you drag me into something so dangerous?
She's right.
She may be your ex-wife, but she's still a civilian.
And should we really have dumped Komakado-san like that?
Well, after all that's happened, isn't Komakado-san himself suspicious?
You think he's leaking information?
I won't go that far, but maybe the people around him were.
Were we being tailed, maybe?
If something happens without him, then yeah, we were being tailed.
If not, then he was the cause.
Um...
I don't want anything to happen here.
Tomorrow's my deadline!
Risa-san?
You're Lieutenant Itami's wife, right?
Ex-wife.
Now we're friends, I guess.
Can you really go back to being friends after a divorce?
I don't know how it works for others.
But...
We didn't split up because we were fighting.
And we were a little different than your usual couple.
As a pair of weirdos, our current relationship actually suits us better.
I see.
So you won't deny that we're weirdos, huh?
That wasn't what I—
I had no idea our world had such art!
Princess, this is another world!
Oh, right!
Princess, about that language study? Please recommend me.
You sneaky little...
What should I do?
Okay!
We're going to have fun today!
Huh? We've got bigger problems to deal with right now.
Listen.
My motto is eat, sleep, play.
Life's the little things you do in between.
Anyway,
if the enemy knows where we are, anywhere is dangerous.
We'd be much safer around a lot of people, right?
Yeah! Yeah! Let's go shopping!
Alimony
Shibuya! Harajuku!
Why are you...
You all need a lot of things, right?
Well, we are in Tokyo...
Um...
Actually...
And I'm going to Akihabara.
Shut up.
What about you, Tomita?
Bozes-san wants to go to the library to research this world's literature.
Risa's going shopping, and you're going to the library, huh?
Okay, we'll split up for the morning.
We'll meet at Shinjuku station at 14:00,
and go to the hot springs.
Hooray!
Huh?
You don't want to go shopping, Rory?
I'm fine.
You're coming too, right, Tuka-chan?
She wants to know if you're coming, too.
Yes.
This is my formal wear as a priestess.
I'm not interested in other clothes.
What a wonderful dress!
Welcome!
You three look super-cute!
D-Do we?
I had no idea our world had a place with so many books freely available!
Princess, this is another world!
Oh, right!
So what did you want to see?
Art!
Doujinshi Sales Catalog
It's been, what, twenty years since we first met here?
Yes.
I'd just lost the election and was out of work.
And I was a middle school kid.
Wait, should you really be walking around without any bodyguards?
What are you talking about?
Defense Minister Kanou Tarou
I've got the strongest bodyguard in the world right next to me.
Don't count on me too much.
You seem to be doing well.
You, too, Kanou-san.
It's weird to see that little kid all grown up.
And it's weird to see that old guy a defense minister.
Minister, huh?
It still doesn't feel real.
You asked me if the manga I had was any good,
and the next thing you know we're meeting here.
Life's full of surprises, huh?
I read all the manga you told me about since then.
And I loved all the old manga you lent me.
The ghost-town showdown between the black gunman and the young Asian boy
was really great!
Right? That's the best.
Oh, right.
Here.
Thanks.
I can't even visit a bookstore these days.
And you know...
There are too many people who demand a piece of the pie even though it isn't ready.
And there are a lot of hangers-on who want to join the party.
And to top it all off, the guests of honor are missing.
Are our guests doing well?
Yes.
Glad to hear it.
Now it's time to discipline a naughty little boy.
Lieutenant Itami!
Return to the original plan and go to the inn guarded by the SFG.
As Defense Minister and Minister of the Special Region Response Group,
I'm giving you a direct order!
Roger.
I bought too much.
The bows here are amazing!
Books are essential.
It's hard to get stuff like this in our world, even if you special order it.
What's wrong?
They said art,
so I thought they meant Greek and Roman statues,
but evidently that wasn't it.
You probably had a better shot finding the "literature" they wanted in Ikebukuro.
Okay, off to the hot springs!
Yeah!
Yeah.
Defense Minister
Hello, Minister.
Oh, hey there.
I'm Colonel Ryuuzaki, director of the General Staff HQ's Special Planning Room.
Nice to meet you.
Yeah, nice to meet you.
Archer, three heat sources 150 meters to the NNE.
From 10 o' clock to 11 o' clock.
Designating them targets Alpha 1, 2, 3.
This is Archer. Visual on target Alpha.
Countermeasure 03. Understood?
Lancer moving to point Tango.
Clear.
Archer, eliminate targets Alpha 1, 2, and 3.
To be honest, this isn't how I envisioned war.
Modern war is either
fourth-generation warfare, a blend of police tactics and guerrilla warfare,
or operations where plans are laid out beforehand
and the target is destroyed in a single strike.
This one is the former.
Put it on the monitor.
Roger.
The Sankai Roukaku.
A hot springs inn known for its scenic open-air baths.
This will be our stage for today.
Oh, it seems they've arrived.
Sankai Roukaku
Archer, move to point Romeo.
Continue to monitor the subject.
Saber, heat source detected at point Delta.
Please confirm immediately.
The Special Forces Group,
the JSDF's best soldiers, are deployed around the area.
I hear Itami was one of them, too.
Well... that's true.
Open-Air Baths
What is it?
I felt someone looking at us.
Is it the captain?
Archer, what's wrong?
Your heart rate skyrocketed.
I just locked eyes with Subject Black.
It felt like she was going to kill me.
Impossible.
You're separated by more than 450 meters.
No, she detected me for sure.
My intuition is telling me...
She's dangerous. Extremely dangerous.
Understood.
Move to point Kilo immediately.
Our aide on the inside will take over monitoring the bath and locker room.
Wow!
It's like a whole spring turned into hot water!
I've never seen so much hot water.
They turned a lake into a bath? Amazing.
I had no idea our world had something so revolutionary!
Princess, this is another world.
Oh, right!
Amazing, right?
Hold it!
First, you wash yourself.
Seems they're here.
Attention all Servants. The grail has been filled.
I repeat, the grail has been filled.
And so, the Defense Force fought
Sankai Roukaku
This is bliss.
Yes.
We're all alone here, huh?
Yes.
I'm into women!
Don't get the wrong idea!
Hey, Kuribayashi-san, got any interesting stories?
About romance or something?
Let me see...
I think Tomita-chan has the hots for Bozes-san...
What?
What do you think?
Of course you noticed, right?
Knights are forbidden from engaging in such relationships...
And I have my family and position to consider...
Don't say things like that here!
Princess!
Now, out with it.
I'm dying to hear about what kind of man you like.
M-Milady, please stop!
I can use this in my doujins!
By the way, Risa.
Me?
How are things between you and Itami now?
Things?
Your divorce.
Yeah, I want to hear about that, too!
Why'd you marry a guy like that?
Oh, well, I'd known him since middle school.
And I knew his personality and family and stuff pretty well.
So you married him?
I didn't have enough money to eat, and his stable salary seemed strangely appealing.
So I said,
"Please take care of me! I'll marry you in exchange!"
Then why'd you divorce him?
The Ginza incident was pretty dangerous, right?
When I heard he was going to the Special Region,
I asked him why he'd go somewhere so dangerous, and he said,
"No matter what happens, the insurance money will be there, so don't worry about that."
He didn't understand anything.
Not how I felt, or how any of the people around him felt.
That's why you divorced him, yeah?
I thought we needed to start over.
This is Archer. I have visual on the target.
Countermeasure 03. Understood?
Roger.
Our SFG is doing well.
Itami did this, too?
Not all our soldiers are combat experts.
Some of them were recruited because they had special skills.
Like him?
He's the best there is at running from danger or things he doesn't like.
When Itami gets serious, no one can catch him.
Is our SFG so pitiful that they can't even catch one man?
Or is he just that amazing?
I want to stay here until the end of the year!
I want to forget about work!
You know that's impossible.
Tomita!
You men!
You're coming with us!
Enemy group Alpha has suffered more than 10 casualties.
They're falling back.
Group Bravo is preparing to fall back.
Still no movement from group Charlie.
What are they thinking?
They know we're prepared for this now.
Either they didn't anticipate our defense,
or it's possible the three groups are working for different people.
I can't figure out their political objective.
These attacks are meaningless...
Would you find out where they're from for me?
I've got a bad feeling about this.
Kryptek's latest camo.
For survival gamers, they sure are well-equipped.
You can buy all this stuff in Akihabara, except for the gun.
For real?
You are permitted to use your lights, but only for a short time.
This is Saber. The enemies appear to be one African and one Caucasian.
Get me the Prime Minister!
How did you get these documents?
We were lucky to get them before they were taken to the media.
According to our intelligence agency,
they contain information about the cabinet ministers
in your government engaging in corruption and bribery.
Thank you.
Oh, just consider it a sign of our friendship.
And so I've got a request.
What is it?
You have guests from the Special Region there, don't you?
I'd like to invite them to visit our union.
I see.
I'll take a letter of invitation to them, then.
No,
I'd like to sent our agents directly.
But they're extremely well-guarded.
Could you do something about that? As a sign of our friendship.
Friendship, huh?
Yes.
Very well. But all I can promise is to deal with the guards.
If our guests should happen to escape, you won't hold us responsible, yes?
Of course.
My nation's agents are very talented.
Canceled?
What do you mean, you want us to stop guarding the guests, Prime Minister?
Calm down, Kanou-san.
I'm upset as well.
But with all this information on a scandal...
That doesn't mean...
All I promised was that we would stop guarding them.
The government did not promise to turn them over.
If I give up power now,
their plan is finished.
The dirt they have will be worthless.
Motoi-san, if you do that, your career in politics is over.
I don't care.
If I'm going to do it, I'd prefer my name went down in history.
And Kanou-san.
Take care of Japan for me.
That fool.
An unfamiliar ceiling?
What happened?
Ow...
I see.
You know, it's a shame
I won't get to see what you'd look like in your twenties.
Once I abandon my physical body and ascend to godhood,
I can change my form however I like.
But in exchange, I lose both the demands and pleasures of the flesh.
Someone's fighting very close to here, right?
Because of that, I can't sleep.
What will you do for me?
I don't know...
It's killing me!
Will you just let me kill them...
Or will you do something about it, Youji?
Something?
It's an ambush!
Ramirez, don't just shoot blindly!
Agent Heidegger
I didn't think Japanese SOGs were this good.
I was in Force Recon, and I can't touch them.
Roger, Sam, stay put.
Mike!
Goldman, is Mike alive?
No. He's been shot between the eyes.
Damn it!
Agent Roger
They were supposed to be amateurs!
We've never taken losses like this.
Requesting permission to withdraw.
We can't go home empty-handed.
The grail has been shattered.
Repeat, the grail has been shattered.
All units, the mission has been canceled.
Fall back to the rendezvous point.
Agent Chuck
Roger.
Okay, looks like the higher-ups have worked things out.
We'll go pick up our guests as planned.
As planned? After all these casualties?
Shut up, Roger.
The mission isn't over yet.
You shut up, too, Chuck.
If the political deal went well, we're fine.
Let's go.
Th-There are laws in this country, child protection laws...
Y-You can't do that stuff with kids.
Oh? I'm a kid?
You think so?
No, I...
Really?
This is bad, really.
Am I really a child?
Episode 10 Despair and Hope
Next time on Gate: Despair and Hope.