The Eminence in Shadow (2022) s01e09 Episode Script

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They're just some guns
Maybe we should put the soldiers in the front.
You want to use them as shields!?
But without our magic, there's no way we can
I do think it will be difficult to dispel it from outside.
All of our specialists are being held captive
inside the academy.
We can't go through the woods!
There's barbed wire everywhere!
I'm more concerned about the tunnels.
If they've managed to cut off access
to the outside so thoroughly
Do you think they have a spy in the school?
You mean Zenon wasn't the only one?
They don't need to tie us up.
Without our magic, there's nothing we can do.
Even if we did have our magic
We did it!
Impressive.
Yes! We did it!
Now I can control the Eye of Avarice
and stop it from shutting off our magic!
So? What about those hidden tunnels?
Right! According to what Father told me
Now I can go help my father!
Yeah
I love this stuff!
All of this, I'll risk it now
I just stretch out my hand until reaches my ideals
The choices that extend before my eyes
The gears of good and evil go on
Toward just one conclusion
Everything is a Choice of chance
And a signal to the next step
To the edge of possibility
I gaze at that destination
Only one, I don't need anything else
I only want to fix my gaze, to the one
I will never yield this belief and determination
I'll keep them hidden in my heart
Highest, highest, I'm going on
Go to the shadows that are truer than truth
Highest, highest, I'll carry on
Right or wrong, if you desire, maintain your aloofness
#9 The End of a Lie
Mom
The world has lost a great woman.
Your mother was an exceptional researcher.
But more than that, she was a dear friend.
If you're not opposed to it, you can come stay with me.
Father gave me as much love and affection
as he would his own flesh and blood.
He even supported the research my mother left behind.
So now, it's my turn.
I hope your dad is okay.
Oh, Cid, thank you for everything.
I only helped out a little, that's all.
There's nothing left for me to do.
It's all up to you now.
Go save the world.
I'll try!
Where is he?
What is taking Rex so long?
We haven't seen him or any of the guards.
Ms. President
Don't even try.
As we are now, we can't even
block bullets, let alone swords.
Besides, the dense magical energy emanating
from him is in a whole other league.
I don't know if we could beat him,
even if we did have our magic back.
But we can't just sit here!
I know that!
I have to try!
Yo, that's bull's eye number two!
But man, they're pathetic,
letting these commoners' toys take 'em out.
They're a disgrace to the name of Dark Knight!
Put pressure on the wound!
Quiet down!
Ms. President!
President Rose!
We can't!
They're going to kill us all!
This is humiliating!
That's
Father
I'm coming!
What is that light?
What happened?
Ms. President?!
Our magic has been unsealed!
It's time to fight back!
Take their swords!
Surround them!
Secure an escape route!
Dammit!
What are you doing?
Kill them.
Y-yes, sir!
Reinforcements!
They're strong!
Reinforcements!
They're strong!
Outnumber them!
Younger students, get us some swords!
Even just training swords!
Science students, evacuate! Now!
We haven't gotten back the magic
they took from us!
Before I run out completely,
I have to get him!
Is this the end?
No!
Even if I die here,
the others will carry on without me.
Just like I
am carrying on the legacy of his love for me!
What was that?
Well done, my beautiful sword wielder.
What
We are Shadow Garden.
We lurk in the shadows.
We hunt the shadows.
This our chance!
Leave the auditorium!
Carry the injured!
Yes, ma'am!
Hurry!
Where's Father?
I don't see him anywhere!
Fire! And it's spreading!
Ms. President!
Use sword pressure to open a path!
Just get everyone out of here!
They did this in their own territory?
A very bold move.
Lady Gamma
Oh, dear, what a disaster.
What's going on in there?!
We don't know!
One second, we had our magic back,
the next there were flames all over the school!
And there are bodies of dead intruders everywhere!
Anyway, hurry and put out the fires!
The students that were being held hostage
Princess Rose!
Princess Iris
Our magic suddenly came back,
and then these fires broke out everywhere.
What happened in there?
A mysterious organization appeared
and wiped out the terrorists.
They called themselves "Shadow Garden."
And you're sure that's what they said?
Yes, but the terrorists went by the same name.
Just who are they?
We have retrieved all of the necessary articles.
Well done.
All that's left is
He wasn't in the auditorium!
Father, where are you?
What are you doing in that costume
Assistant Principal Lutheran Barnett?
Cid Kagenou
How did you know?
One look, and it was obvious.
I see.
It was the way I walk, or the way I stand.
You have a good eye.
Can I ask you something,
just for my own reference?
What is it?
Why are you doing this?
You don't seem the type to be
into this sort of thing.
"Why," you ask?
At one point in my life,
I had reached the top of the swordfighting world.
That was before you were born.
Right, I heard you won the Bushin Festival.
The Bushin Festival
The real peak is much higher than that.
Although, I doubt you would
understand any of that.
But as soon as I made it to the top, I got sick.
The glory I'd fought so hard to attain
was gone, just like that.
After that, I went in search of a way to cure my disease.
And I found potential in a certain artifact.
Is this going to get long?
A little.
There was a researcher, Sherry's mother
an unfortunate woman who was despised by
the academic world for being too intelligent.
I funded her research,
and she immersed herself in it.
We got along beautifully.
Then, I finally came face to face with
the artifact I had so longed to find, but
That idiotic woman said the
Eye of Avarice was dangerous.
Of all things, she suggested handing it over
to the government for safekeeping.
I sliced her open, starting with her extremities,
working my way inward until finally
I stabbed her through the heart
and gave it a good twist.
Sherry never knew.
She never doubted.
She just took over her mother's research,
never realizing that I was her mother's killer.
My dear, sweet, foolish girl.
Well? Does that answer your question?
Yeah, pretty much.
There's just one thing that bothers me.
And what is that?
Is it true that you used Sherry
for your own selfish ends?
Yes, of course it's true.
Does that anger you?
I'm not sure.
I make a very clear distinction between
what's important to me and what's not.
As people go through life,
they collect more things that have value to them.
They make friends, find significant others, get jobs.
But me?
I trimmed the fat.
And when I was done
all I had left was what I
absolutely couldn't do without.
And that's why I don't particularly care
what happens to anything else.
You mean you don't care what becomes of
the foolish mother and daughter?
I think it's time we got started.
If we dilly-dally too long,
someone will come interrupt.
Indeed.
It's a pity, but it's time to say goodbye.
Farewell, Cid Kagenou.
Where are you going?
You!
Shadow!
Like you, I am a man who has lived by the sword.
I can tell a lot when I come
face to face with an opponent,
including the fact that I am
currently at a disadvantage.
My apologies,
but I'm not going to waste any time
before I pull out all the stops.
It is when you combine the Eye of Avarice with
its control unit that it demonstrates its true value.
Let me show you!
Now is the moment of my rebirth!
Magnificent!
Truly magnificent!
My strength is returning!
My malady is being cured!
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the magical energy running wild?
The power is far beyond any human abilities!
I think I'll try it on you first!
Nice block!
Now how about this?
I admit it: You're strong.
And out of respect for your strength,
I won't hold back, either!
You've compelled me to fight you as an equal.
That will be something to brag about in the afterlife!
So that's really the best you can do.
Not yet! Not yet!!
It's impossible that you can be this good.
But it doesn't matter how strong you are,
it's over for you!
I've made arrangements to ensure
you take the blame for all that's happened!
I've prepared evidence, witness testimonies, everything!
Now you'll be branded as traitors,
and the entire world will be hunting you down!
No amount of strength will save you now!
That's hilarious.
What?!
You think a little thing like that means it's over for us?
You're hilarious.
My organization was never walking
the path of righteousness,
but we don't walk the path of evil either.
We only walk down our own path.
If you can do that, then go ahead.
Bring me the guilt for all the crimes in all the world.
I will gladly accept all of it.
But it won't change anything.
Even with that, I
We will do what we must do.
Then you're not afraid to turn the
entire world against you?
That is what we call hubris, Shadow!
You sliced her open from her extremities to her core,
and ended with her heart, is that right?
You
Father
Father!
No! No!
Why? Why?
Father! Father!
You're better off not knowing.
Father!
No!
Don't you think it turned out nicely?
Shadow, sworn enemy to the kingdom.
Wanted for mass murder, kidnapping,
arson, and robbery.
What a nefarious, evil individual.
Lord Shadow said,
"I will gladly accept the guilt for all the crimes
in the world, but it won't change anything."
Even with that guilt
We will do what we must do.
Wise words.
Indeed.
I had thought we stood for righteousness,
but that's not how he saw it.
We must do our part to live up to his resolve.
Assemble those available of the Seven Shadows.
So they're just gonna close the school
and give us an early summer break.
Um
Thank you for your help the other day.
I didn't really do much.
You did!
If you hadn't helped me, Cid, I could never have
It was nothing; forget about it.
I have something to tell you.
I decided to go study abroad, in Laugus.
The academic city, on the leading edge of science?
That's awesome.
There's something I need to do,
and I can't do it with only the knowledge I have now.
Besides
I have no reason to stay here anymore.
Okay, well, good luck.
Thank you!
I do wish that I could have gotten
to know you better, Cid.
Yeah, maybe next time.
Yes, maybe next time.
Oh, hey
Yes?
Mind if I ask you what it is you need to do?
It's a secret.
It is?
Yes.
Well, until next time.
I
I swear I'll
People say there is no night with no dawn
But I would think it's better without a dawn
The scars we want to hide
All the memories we want to forget
The sun shines light on all of them
Looking for falling stars
I would wander
Until the moment I met you
Those stars that twinkle in the sky
Lead to a path of hope, I'll go to the end of it
I can go forward with no more uncertainty
I'll chase after the prayers that traverse the dark night
Because even if I can't reach you yet
I still want to tell you
Thank you