Haumea.
Shut up!
Don't say a word.
Let's go.
We're meeting up with the others.
Right.
We will guide the empire to its true form.
Fire Force
Chapter 3
Episode 1 Indomitable Resolve
Amaterasu is operating at normal levels today.
Let us give thanks to our god, Sol, and spend our day wholesomely.
Solar Era Year 198
Tokyo Empire
Special Fire Force Company 8 Engineer
U N P O W E R E D
Vulcan Joseph
Lisa Isaribe
Third Generation Pyrokinetic
A Lovely Barbecue
Lieutenant Second Generation Pyrokinetic
Takehisa Hinawa
Special Fire Force Company 8's report on special duties.
First, the operation to investigate the continent outside the empire.
According to the joint investigation force created by the 2nd, 4th, and 8th,
information relating to the Great Cataclysm of 250 years ago was found near the Spatial Tear.
Amid ruins resembling the perpetual thermal energy plant, Amaterasu,
a nest of Demon Infernals was successfully laid to rest.
Second Class Fire Soldier (Suspended)
Third Generation Pyrokinetic
Tamaki Kotatsu
Maki Oze
Second Generation Pyrokinetic
Special Fire Force Company 8 Unit Leader
Second, the operation to investigate Haijima Industries.
Our investigation confirmed that Haijima Industries and the White Clad
do not have a collaborative relationship.
Also, in the case of Rekka Hoshimiya, formerly of the 1st,
insects triggered artificial Infernalization, and Nataku Son was taken into custody.
As his possession of an Adolla Burst has been confirmed,
Haijima Industries' custody of him will continue.
Viktor Licht
Science Officer
Unpowered
I R I S
Unpowered
Sister
Special Fire Force Company 8
Third, the joint operation between the 2nd and 8th
to investigate the experimental facilities in the Nether.
The Imperial Army discovered a White Clad human experimentation facility in the Nether.
We received their request and joined the investigation.
The joint investigation of the 2nd, 8th,
and First Lieutenant Takigi Oze of the Imperial Army
discovered the White Clad's plan to destroy the ground under the Tokyo Empire.
That plan was successfully stopped.
As a result of our actions in all of these operations,
the connections between us, SFF Company 8, and various powers within the empire
have grown reliably stronger.
Special Fire Force Company 8 Second Class Fire Soldier
S H I N R A
Kusakabe
Arthur Boyle
Special Fire Force Company 8 Second Class Fire Soldier
That concludes my report.
Akitaru Obi
Captain
U N P O W E R E D
Asakusa and Haijima have both promised us their cooperation.
You're saying that this disunited empire is at last becoming one.
This time, the connections will be strong ones.
Very good, Obi! Well done!
If the empire aligns with the Special Fire Force at its center,
it will be a huge step forward in unraveling the mystery of spontaneous human combustion!
We formed the 8th, and now we've finally made it this far.
This is all thanks to your support, Chief.
No, Obi, the credit goes to you.
Thank you for uniting the empire.
We still have a long way to go.
It seems noisy out there, doesn't it?
Excuse the interruption.
We're from the Tokyo Imperial Army.
I am currently fulfilling my duty to report to the Fire Chief.
What business could the army possibly have here?
Akitaru Obi, you will come with us.
Please, don't resist. I will put these handcuffs—
You're taking him in?
What's the meaning of this?
It's all right. This must be some sort of mistake.
Please tell Hinawa about this.
Why are the White Clad here?
Fire Force
Chapter 3
Fire Force
Chapter 3
Stop there!
Stupid knight!
What'd you say, stupid devil?
I, the Knight King, shall seal you away! You should be grateful, Devil!
I'm not a devil! I'm a hero!
Hey! Both of you!
Seriously?
Sister!
Please use that thing you got from Vulcan.
Understood!
Látom!
Stupid kni—
Looks like that thing I made just in case ended up coming in handy.
Going to Asakusa has really helped you improve, Tamaki-chan.
Thank you so much!
Though it looks like your lecher lure is the same as always.
Sorry about that.
But you were able to defeat that person who attacked you in the Nether, weren't you?
Assault, wasn't it?
No, that was just...
He did that on his own.
It's very reassuring.
Shinra and Arthur also seem to have acquired new techniques in Asakusa.
Yes. Shinra says he imagines death to draw on the hysterical strength found at a fire site.
Does Arthur-san visualize death, too?
No. I asked Arthur about his, and...
How did I access my hysterical strength, you ask?
When I imagined possessing all the most powerful equipment
Quite unfortunately, the data from slot 1 has disappeared. Take a moment to collect yourself, and then let's try again!
and having all my stats maxed, and then the game data disappeared...
Begin adventure
Adjust settings
I was able to access it.
They do say there's only a hairsbreadth separating idiocy from genius.
Yes, Arthur is definitely a genius at idiocy.
Ever since the Great Cataclysm,
the people of the Tokyo Empire have lived in fear of spontaneous human combustion.
Now is the time for the empire to be reborn. It must unite as one.
Special Fire Grand Cathedral 1
At the Curia?
We've been told to appear there at once.
I wonder why they'd summon all of us together.
Something big must have happened.
The Curia
I've been waiting for you...
Captain Leonard Burns.
What business do you have for us?
Up to this point,
the empire has been unable to move as one due to the many powers gathered within it.
Now, however, there is a true need for unification.
For the sake of the empire.
And for the sake of our god, Sol.
With them by our sides, we will become one.
As possessors of the Adolla Burst, they are true believers of our god, Sol.
They are enemies of the empire!
Raffles-sama, come here, quickly!
Is it really that strange for us to be here,
Leonard Burns?
Of course it is!
The land below ground suits you all much better!
We've simply returned to the place where we belong.
Traitors, you will leave this sacred place!
Stand back, Haumea. Stay behind me.
It's fine.
I'll fiddle with my own brain and speak seriously.
This is the Curia!
This is the heart of the Holy Sol Temple.
We have no intention of fighting here.
We have simply come here to talk.
You come in here still wearing your dirty outside shoes, and you're saying what?
Karim!
As they said, this is the Curia.
If you don't intend to fight, then why have you come here?
What are you after?
"OTHER WORLD"
Other World. Evangelist. God. Holy Mother. Adolla Link.
"Evangelist"
"God"
"Holy Mother"
"Adolla Link"
I'll read Burns' thoughts with my Talking Head.
Captain Burns, you've already realized, haven't you?
Realized what?
"Wary"
That right eye that you've lost is the greatest proof of it, isn't it?
"Fear"
"Sense of Duty"
"Awareness"
You have seen the truth of this world.
"Refusal"
But you are unable to verify it.
"Interest"
"Doubt"
Your goals as devout priests and ours are the same, I believe.
You're saying we're the same? You can't just declare that!
Do you mean Rekka Hoshimiya?
"Grudges"
"Retrospection"
"Regret"
Rekka Hoshimiya was a devout believer who fell following the path of evangelism.
You people killed him, didn't you?
In the pursuit of our great goals, it was a necessary sacrifice.
"Intent to Kill"
"Rage"
What "great goals"? You're just murderers!
What value is there in morals created by humans?
"Hesitation"
"Objection"
"Resistance"
And you're saying you've had divine revelations?
That's just you blabbering!
Can't you feel it in the words we speak?
"Inquiry"
"Analysis"
My words are spoken on behalf of our god!
"Recollection"
You should be able to sense in them a fragment of the will of the great cosmos.
We know what your goal is. It's to recreate the Great Cataclysm, right?
That is no more than the mechanism of our great objective.
"Despair"
"Righteousness"
"Rejection"
We, the followers of the Holy Sol Temple, seek only to follow the will of our god, Sol.
The Great Cataclysm itself isn't the goal?
And you're saying that our god, Sol, wishes this?
"Confusion"
Captain Leonard Burns.
In exchange for that right eye, you must have seen it.
The true state of this world...
"Insects"
"Hell"
"God"
"Truth"
"Rules"
"Higher Dimension"
"World"
"Numbers"
and the future that is to come.
"Desire"
"Curiosity"
What is your group's objective?
"Light"
To turn this watery world into a sun!
Just as the sun did once before!
"Sun"
That's utterly ridiculous.
You're really planning to burn this planet to a crisp?
Prove your faith, Leonard Burns.
"God"
If you truly are as devout a priest as you say, you will have seen
"God"
the complete otherworldliness of it.
God.
Absolute correct judgment.
Absolute blind devotion.
Release beyond the bounds of human knowledge.
Divine madness.
"Conversion"
They took the captain?
As he was giving his report to the Fire Chief at the Fire Defense Agency,
the army came and took him away.
He is currently being detained under the army's observation.
I was told that the White Clad were with the army.
Which means that we should consider the captain to be captured by the White Clad.
How can this be?
Why would they take the captain?
And why would the White Clad be cooperating with the army?
The method by which the White Clad gained access to the heart of our empire is a mystery.
But their objective must be the capture of Shinra, with his Adolla Burst.
Draw!
By offering Shinra as a living sacrifice, I summon the captain!
Hey!
is what I'd like to say, but I'd be okay with that.
No!
The 8th will never sell out its allies!
It was Captain Obi himself who said that.
Out of respect for his words, I will discard Shinra from my deck.
You just really wanna get rid of me, don't you?
We have to hurry. The army will show up here eventually, too.
Those who wish to remain here should stay.
I will prepare to rescue the captain.
When I do, I will likely have to fight agents of the empire.
If you do that, Lieutenant Hinawa...
Yes, I will become a traitor.
That's why I am acting as a private individual.
I am not issuing an order.
Those who would leave should leave!
Once I am branded a rebel, I will no longer be your lieutenant.
I'm going, too!
That's obvious, isn't it? Let's save the captain!
I'm going, too! It's a knight's...
I'm going!
A knight should...
What is it again? A knight... would save him!
Lieutenant, you'll always be our lieutenant!
Don't try to run away from that!
Please don't say such sad things!
Lieutenant!
We love the captain!
Pipe down!
Maki, you have a home to go back to.
I set my heart on being a fire soldier in the 8th.
Say any more and I'll get angry at you, even if you are my lieutenant.
Tamaki, don't force yourself. You've got family.
I don't wanna be labeled a traitor...
but you're all going, right?
So I'm going, too!
That's a good enough reason?
I'm not just getting swept along by what the rest of you think.
I'm not just meekly going with the flow!
BOOM
I am determined! And if everyone is going, then so am I!
Let's go!
She's saying meek things very forcefully.
We are the Fire Force!
We are always ready to move, right?
You've got that right!
This knight is always ready!
Of course we are!
Give our captain back, you jerks!
Since their loyalty to the empire runs so deep,
the 1st and 2nd will become your enemies.
The 8th will be completely on its own.
And yet no one is opting out. That's impressive.
That's the 8th for you!
That's because the 8th is a family.
Inspector Licht, what will you do?
The 8th is chasing the mystery of spontaneous human combustion, which threatens our world.
I knew from the beginning that this meant
the world would turn against you one day.
You're going to become rebels against the world, so your next opponent will be...
The Tokyo Empire.
We've captured Akitaru Obi.
Have you?
Is the recapture of Shinra Kusakabe and his Adolla Burst the will of the Evangelist?
Yes.
Obi will be the bait that lures the Fourth Pillar to us.
And he had a role in the development of Shinra's Adolla Burst.
We must reward him appropriately, don't you think?
He has devoted his life to our god, Sol.
Let us bestow upon him the joy of returning to those flames.
Akitaru Obi...
shall be implanted with an Insect.
To Be Continued
Fire Force Chapter 3
Next Time
We can't afford to lose him here.
The empire needs Obi.
Next time, "Prisoner."
Prisoner
Episode 2
Return to the great flame of fire. Látom.