Look inside more carefully!
Don't you see a small Kuro rolling around inside?
I don't see anything.
Hey. Stop, Hot Springs Guy.
I'm a delicate ball right now. Handle me with care.
See? He just spoke!
I don't hear anything.
Huh?!
It just looks like a solid black ball to us.
But you can hear his voice, right?
Either way.
The man of Sloth can get out if we break this black ball, right?
Tetsu! Be careful not to hurt Kuro!
Right.
Kuro, tell us if it hurts!
We haven't done anything yet!
Here I go!
Oh. Wait, Tetsu.
Huh?
That's not it.
This isn't the right way to get Kuro back.
What do you mean?
Mahiru...
Thinking simply, I should be the one to do it!
I have to do it with my own hands!
That isn't the problem here...
Episode 8: "Nothing Begins Without Action..."
Even Big Bro Mahiru can't break it...
Well, maybe we're going about it wrong.
Tetsu, you have a guest.
Licht has been kidnapped?
I-I'm sorry!
I went to go save him, but I couldn't do anything.
Licht-san even protected me.
Even Lawless.
This Tsubaki fellow must be quite a strong vampire.
I'm glad to see that you're still safe.
I'm very sorry!
No, I should take this chance...
...to ask Tsubaki how to quiet those two down!
Kranz-san! Please calm down!
We will definitely rescue those two before midnight.
Rescuing them is our priority. We'll try to avoid any conflict.
Can that mascot fight at all?
Gill is the subclass of Lawless. He is quite good at fighting.
First, we have to hide our hostage from Tsubaki.
It's hard to believe he'll trade hostages quietly.
Hey, Misono.
We can let Lila free once we get Lawless and Licht-san, right?
It'd be best if we could rescue them without giving up our hostage.
We might be able to use him for other negotiations...
No, we should give him back!
Getting them back is enough. You said it was a trade on the phone.
Fine! Fine!
You are such a hard-headed bastard!
U-Um, Mahiru.
Hm?
Thank you.
Why are you doing this for me?
Didn't I already say?
It's not that I want to fight.
It's better to solve things peacefully if we can.
Do you have a way to fight against vampires, Kranz-san?
You need this to take care of vampires, right?
A water gun?
Lend me a hand.
What is it?
This isn't normal water.
It doesn't hurt normal people, but against vampires...
Hugh!
Huh?! You were a vampire?
He looks the most vampire-like of us all!
I can slow down the vampires a bit with this holy water.
What in the world?!
Such a rude man!
No, sorry about that.
No! No! No! No!
I use this when Lawless gets too unreasonable.
We have to stay at the top floor of hotels!
So there are tools like this, too.
Where did you get it?
There's an antique dealer that deals with this kind of thing.
Antique dealer?!
Yeah, he's a bit of a peculiar fellow.
You know him?
Store Owner Abel-chan's Blog♥
It has to be him.
I'll try stopping by his shop.
That man is no good.
Huh? Why?
He just isn't! Don't trust him!
But!
N-Now, now, Misono.
There's not much choice.
And I might be able to ask him and the Servamp of Envy to help us.
Then, we'll separate ways here.
There isn't much time.
Misono. Tetsu.
Don't be too reckless.
Hmph!
That's the last thing I want to hear coming out of your mouth!
It'll be fine.
Being reckless is about the only thing I can do.
You make it sound like I made a completely reckless plan!
No, I trust you.
Um, I'm very sorry about Licht-san.
Licht-san has amazing talent as the Eve of a Servamp.
Licht would hate hearing you say the word "talent."
Huh?
Licht grew up in the countryside of Vienna,
as a normal child who liked climbing trees.
He started playing the piano completely on his own.
Day after day, he sat at the piano, imagining the tears of a grand audience.
Then, at a certain competition when he was seven...
His parents, who travelled the world to perform concerts,
both came for the first time to listen.
Licht was very happy, but his hair turned white from the nervousness.
He was going to make his dream a reality in front of his parents.
Not only his hair, but his mind went completely blank as well.
However...
...his hard work didn't betray him.
Someone described it as an angel descending.
One part of Licht's hair is white, right?
It's the only part that doesn't grow back black.
It isn't talent that accomplishes things, but imagination and effort.
So depending on your effort, you could become a world-renowned pianist!
Oh, you still think I want to become a pianist.
I hope the place is easy to find.
I'm so sleepy from your recklessness.
I'm going to sleep.
Hey, Kuro.
You awake?
Are you...?
What?! Fox! From where?!
Too bad.
My subclass isn't with you?
That voice!
Kuro! Hide!
There wasn't an explosion? An illusion?
Was that black fox... Tsubaki?!
What's going on?
That was a terrible wake-up call.
Kuro! Are you okay?
Of course I am.
I'm a vampire.
I'm immortal.
You should worry about yourself more.
You're not too convincing in that form!
But...
I'm relieved you're still able to wise-crack.
Tsubaki is already on the move.
Let's hurry, Kuro!
Shirota Mahiru doesn't have the hostage.
Too bad.
Wrong guy.
Then, next...
Miku-Miku, welcome back!
Huh?
Well, I have something to report.
I broke something you treasure today.
But, you know, it's your fault for putting something you value in my reach...
H-Huh?
See this?
The head came off. It's okay, though!
I melted the head and made it into a special juice!
Now you can become one with the one you love so much!
Cheers!
Hm?
Who are you?
This place is more like a general store than an antique store.
Um, is this place, well...
Mikuni isn't here right now.
Mikuni?
Um, are you a friend of Mikuni-san?
Friend? Of that guy?
Gross.
Huh?
What about you? Are you one of Mikuni's servants?
I'm not!
I am an acquaintance of his named Shirota Mahiru.
So, Satou Haruka-kun.
Who?! My name is Shirota Mahiru!
Every syllable was wrong!
Hm? Shirota Mahiru?
Welcome to my research laboratory!
Now, now. Sit down, Yamada Kakeru-kun!
My name is Shirota Mahiru!
It's time for fun experiments with the doctor!
Have some tea!
Wait, what's going on?
I welcome you, Eve of Sloth!
Cheers! Hanaoka Mitsuru-kun!
Who the hell is that?!
Hmm, I'm not good at remembering people's names.
There's not much meaning in it.
H-Hey, what are you doing?!
Shirota Mahiru.
There we go.
Welcome, Shirota Mahiru-kun!
U-Um, who are you?!
I'm sort of a scholar. Sort of a researcher.
My specialty is vampires.
Huh?!
Johannes Mimir Faustus.
It's my name. My name.
The symbols that denote me as an individual.
You can call me Doctor, Johannes, Hans, Faust, Mimir.
Call me what you wish. More importantly—
Johann!
Welcome back, Miku-Miku!
I told you not to enter without permission!
And where did the head of my dear Violeta go?!
Um!
Hello, Mahiru-kun. Do you have business at my store?
Um, well, Mikuni-san?
Oh, I never told you my name.
It's Arisuin Mikuni.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for taking care of my little brother.
M-Misono's big brother?!
Arisuin Mikuni
Arisuin Misono
Arisuin Mikuni
So different!
You definitely can't trust that man!
But why is Misono... Are you and Misono...?
Now, quickly! Let me touch your vampire!
Whoa! Hey!
Let me examine him! Give me a specimen!
He's a cat, right? The Servamp of Sloth! Where is he? Where is he?
Where is he?!
This is him?!
Ohh?
We're looking for a way to turn him back to normal.
A phenomenon shrouded in mystery!
Cheers to the infinite possibilities in this world!
If only time would stop. I can't help crying from the beauty.
Huh?
Thank you for a world of mysteries!
Now! Come to my laboratory!
Huh?
Ouch.
I didn't fall through the mirror.
A revolving door?
This place...
It's time for fun experiments with the doctor.
I had Doudou examine this stupid photo in Higan's phone.
No mistake.
The Tokyo Opera Hall is showing in that picture.
The room that would show the opera hall from that angle is...
One of the top floors of the Tokyo World Tree Hotel.
It's got to be here.
Wow!
This hotel has 45 upper floors and five underground floors.
If you take advantage of the height,
you can separate two people beyond the distance limit.
I see.
So Licht and Lawless should be on the bottom and top floors of the hotel.
I believe that Tsubaki and the strongest subclass that attacked Licht,
Higan, are guarding each of them.
You're amazing.
Don't be impressed with something like this.
I'm just saying that it is the most likely possibility.
Then, I'm going to go rest.
Huh? Bastard, what are you thinking?
Tell me how you want me to move, once you decide.
That's my turn to shine.
Yes, it is best to recover your stamina as much as possible.
Bastard, are you all right with that?!
This is a plan that puts your life on the line.
It's fine.
I trust you.
We have no choice but to go all out after hearing that.
I planned to do that from the beginning!
I'd like to scout the hotel first...
...but I'm sure Tsubaki's subclass know our faces.
The only person whose face isn't known...
165.2 centimeters tall.
You're small.
What is the point of doing this?!
Be quiet. I'm taking some of your hair.
Ouch!
Any history of illness? Chronic conditions?
I don't!
I want you to look at Kuro, not me.
What do you plan to do after getting Sloth back to normal?
Are you going to go and break Tsubaki?
Huh?
Vampires are immortal. Do you know how to break them properly?
Break vampires?
You mean... how to kill vampires?
So, you don't know.
You should know as an Eve.
Vampires are essentially immortal...
...but subclass are broken when a Servamp sucks their blood.
It's like cannibalism and so unsightly.
There is also a way to break Servamps, too.
Their name and their object.
Those two things are, what connect an Eve and a Servamp.
You gave him something along with a name to form your contract, right?
Huh? I didn't give Kuro anything—
Oh.
I did!
I gave a cat a bell!
It was something so small!
Servamps are sins and Eves are their reason.
You just need to break the connection.
In other words, the item received from their Eve.
If you do that, the Servamp will...
I just want to know how to turn Kuro back to normal.
There's no known method.
Servamps cause all sorts of unexplainable phenomenons,
but I never thought I would personally witness it like this!
You're not an Eve or a subclass, right, Doctor?
Why do you research vampires?
I'm on a little boat.
Huh?
I'm going against the current of the river, downstream to upstream.
If you want something more, you move forward with all your might.
If you try to stop, you fall behind.
Humans can never stop moving.
If they do not yearn for something... Right!
Nothing begins without action!
You gain nothing if you do nothing!
Satisfaction is stagnation! Stagnation is death!
I want to know! See! Feel! Experience! Understand!
This monster is amazing, but we know nothing about him!
This monster's strength was amazing.
He won every battle he fought! The ultimate soldier!
Now it's a war between vampires?
I have to thank the Servamp of Melancholy!
In every era, wars have created progress!
I need Sloth to quickly revert back and use his powers.
It's not that I want power...
Hm?
I want to become a person who can face Kuro properly.
I have no interest in such sentimental things.
Well, have some tea.
Oh, thank you.
I don't know how to break the ball,
but there is worth in trying this method.
Huh?
I'm talking about the human Eve entering the mind of a Servamp
and interacting with them directly.
You're as rough as usual.
What did I just drink?!
There is already a method to enter the mind of a vampire!
To think the day would come that I could test it on the eldest brother of Sloth!
Good luck, Shirota Mahiru-kun.
A poem for you as you depart.
They hid him.
What do you mean?
The hostage.
I don't see him around Lust or Pride.
Higan
They made me wait a long time.
Oh, hello.
Yes, it's me.
Yes.
Well, they have called for me. I'm off.
It's a trap, young master! Don't believe them!
We should be the ones to go!
It's not that I don't trust you all.
It's the opposite.
I'm going because I believe in you all.
You all know this well, right?
No matter who betrays me, I won't betray anyone.
He's out! He's out! He really came out!
He's out! It's Tsubaki!
Is that so? Great!
He left the roof and went west! Sending an image now!
Okay! Let's move!
Um, Misono?
What kind of cosplay is that?
They're disguises!
Disguises are a must during infiltration!
I increased my height by 15 cm!
No one will know it's me!
Please don't trip!
Excuse me, are there any rooms available on the top floor?
Yes, let me check.
Arigato! Tokyo the best! Shibuya! Harajuku!
He's overdoing it a bit, but that's all right.
Oh! Mistake! How could I?!
I am very sorry.
We have long-term guests on floors 43 and above.
I asked about the basement...
...but they only use the first four floors for parking.
Even though there are five floors?
I rented a room on the 41 st floor.
It seems you need a cardkey to go higher than the 40th floor.
Please watch to see if the enemy makes any moves from there, Mr. Rozen.
Sendagaya, I will get on the elevator as planned.
Wait for my signal.
Yeah.
Our goal isn't to defeat him.
If we can rescue them and escape before Tsubaki comes back...
Watanuki Sakuya?!
He knows?
Or is he just coming back to home base?
Going up.
I don't want to lie anymore.
The words "I believe in you" is a curse.
No, it's a spell.
If the one who hears it feels cursed, they are.
You thought you pushed the button to the 41st floor.
The button for floor 41 should be higher up than the first floor, right?
Is that really true?
The button order is flipped!
This is why...
...I hate lying.
Even though I don't want to lie anymore!
Episode 9 "I'm Not Wrong"
Miki-Miku. Lend me this. I won't look at it with lustful eyes.
Don't touch my Abel! Stupid! Stop!