Causes of death are many and varied. Old age, suicide, illness...
But the cause of death that scares the most people in this day and age...
is death by fire.
Take that!
Fire Force
Chapter 3
Episode 6 "Beyond Prayer's End"
That child's ability to concentrate on prayer is incredible.
Your baptismal name shall be Leonard, the lion who dispels evil.
Engrave that way of life into your very being.
I am honored.
Látom.
Are you still praying, Leonard Burns?
Even though you carry a distrust of this empire, this world, within you?
You're certainly working hard. I'm impressed.
We both exchanged one eye for a glimpse of the dissonance in this world.
Why would you pray after that?
To whom? For what? And to what purpose?
Did your remaining eye get crushed?
Wake up already.
There you go again, not saying a word.
There is no need to put my actions into words.
I am a priest who serves God.
No matter what may happen,
I will continue to pray.
Hey, Burns. You ever heard of the word "freedom"?
You're one of Holy Sol's Shadows. You have no freedom, so why speak of it?
That's why I want to be free.
If nothing else, I want to think freely.
I have always believed in God.
The form of my belief has not changed.
Even if God isn't there?
Even then.
Isn't it suffocating, living that way?
If God is not there,
then where do our prayers go?
The diary of the wife of Raffles I...
and the truth of the Holy Sol faith written within it.
The founder of the Holy Sol faith was someone who had become a stranger to her.
Holy Sol Temple
But even if there was no God,
the people were saved by the miracle known as Amaterasu.
In that case, where was the God we believed in?
What I saw in that moment was madness.
I was touched by an overwhelming correct answer and an overwhelming insanity.
That was the ultimate end of the people's ruin.
What are my prayers?
Why have I been praying?
Was it for the salvation of my comrades, of the people?
Who have I been praying to?
For what? And to what purpose?
No, my prayers have wanted for nothing.
Pure, innocent prayer. Praying itself was the objective.
And now I have found it— the destination of my prayers.
Did you give up?
My prayers have wanted for nothing. In which case...
I need only serve the end which lies beyond prayer.
You're just a bumbling old guy causing problems for everyone.
One day, you will all understand, too.
I'm never giving up!
I've already told you!
If that's your intent, then show you can surpass me, young man!
It will not be an old soldier like me who destroys order and discipline!
You're still too far.
Corna!
Even old soldiers have their pride!
If you're talking about pride, new soldiers...
We new soldiers have it, too!
If that's all you've got, you won't be able to change a single thing!
I'm still... just getting started!
A fight between the kid's pride and the old man's...
This fight is never gonna end until the kid surpasses the old man.
If you wanna take a spin with me that badly...
He's a mass of energy. Is he planning to compel submission through brute force?
I'm still not getting enough speed!
Kinetic energy equals mass times acceleration.
If I go fast enough, I'll never lose to anyone in a battle of strength!
I've gotta go faster!
Is this all...
your strength of will amounts to?
A dark hero like me won't be the one to change things.
It'll be a real hero.
Shinra!
There's no time to rest!
Go faster!
Just as you struggle in this fight, you are merely struggling against the world!
If you don't know what to do, then struggling's all that's left!
Or should young people just agree and obey without a fight?
Is that what you want?
Do I look like a man who would despise such things?
Don't think you know me! I would gladly welcome that!
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Then I'll keep showing you until you're satisfied!
I'm going to become a hero!
I promised. I will protect my mother and Sho.
I will protect Sho and the 8th—my family.
To do that... I will knock down both this world and God!
Is something wrong?
Captain?
Something came and caused interference with my universe.
An Adolla Link?
Sho!
Who is that? This warm feeling...
You, who interfered with my universe. Who are you?
Older brother?
By the time I was old enough to understand things,
I'd lost my family, lost everything dear to me.
That's why, for me, there are no low-value or high-value lives.
Everyone's lives are important.
I want to become a hero who saves everyone.
Even now, that hasn't changed.
But...
there are precious lives that I have to protect, no matter what.
I'm close to overheating.
Death's weight is pressing down on me hard.
Blue flames.
Hotter, more powerful flames than his usual ones.
Death's Weight
Captain Burns' heat continues to rise even now.
I won't have many chances.
Voltage Nova.
Stage IV!
I'm giving it everything I've got!
Death's Weight
I swore I would pray.
To simply pray. To become a servant of God.
I swore to become this empire's lion...
and expel devils!
Is that all you've got, Devil? What of your feelings about heroes?
Is this all you amount to, Shinra?
God desires destruction.
I am God's servant.
I simply follow that path!
If you would call that raising the banner of rebellion,
then I shall fight against everything in existence!
You can't even beat one old man, you ridiculous upstart!
No matter who I'm up against, no one can stop my kick!
Not you, Captain Burns! Not even God!
Voltage Nova!
I'm getting... torn away!
The Evangelist is the voice of this world.
In other words, God!
This world is headed into ruin! I heard it myself!
Damn it! I will never...
Even if the world tries to burn everything to the ground, I will never see it as right!
Because that would mean Sho and Mom...
Big Brother?
You don't have to worry.
Just be good and wait there, got it?
I swear I'll save you.
Shinra...
He's accelerating from that position?
Then show me that you can blow everything away!
Once I accelerate, no one can stop me!
No matter what kind of conflagration this world tries to start...
my feet...
will send it all flying!
Sweat? Right.
I've been sweating, haven't I?
Being in that insane heat made my sweat vaporize.
Captain Burns.
The fires of the world are big, Shinra.
But it is the young people who carry hope.
Will you acknowledge me a little now?
You've pushed me this far, so a little more than before.
You've grown stronger.
Why didn't you dodge my attacks even once?
Shinra, young people like you are this world's resistance.
As an old man, all I can do is accept what you send my way.
It really is such a cumbersome way to live.
You said the Evangelist is the voice of this world.
If this world—
if God—is trying to turn toward destruction,
then all an old geezer like me can do is obey.
This eye of mine that I left in the past can see only ruin.
Show me you can change it,
and grow stronger than this world.
It's coming.
Yeah.
A new Pillar has been born.
An Adolla Link.
A Demon Infernal? And one of its eyes is...
A doppelganger?
People equal dust.
Return to the dust whence you came.
D-Dragon is...
I'll stop it. Please stand back!
What can a mere human do?
Maki!
What? This...
will kill me.
I can't block it.
Blown away, were they?
What?
We're alive?
Maki, are you hurt?
That was amazing, Maki-san! You blocked it!
What? I thought we didn't stand a chance.
Was that divine Grace?
They're safe! That's Maki-san for you!
Captain Burns, that's—
Stay back!
I told you not to interfere, Haumea.
Captain Burns!
Shinra! Remember why you came here!
But—
We don't know how long Obi will last.
Run, Shinra.
52, I leave the rest to you!
Go, Shinra!
Don't look back! Let's go.
But we can't...
Pray.
My prayers asked for nothing...
but here at the end, I beg of you.
That went well.
Thank you for your excellent hard work, my friends from the 8th!
Now, let's see...
I'll leave it to you.
Understood.
We have no more need of them. Kill everyone but the Pillar.
I'll be the rear guard!
We'll rescue Captain Obi and leave as fast as we can!
This is the end of the 8th, isn't it?
How incredibly tenacious! They're going to survive?
There's no chance of survival. Being tenacious won't be enough.
Wh-Who are you?
Faint.
Hey you! Hold on a—
Wait, that's wrong.
Just a moment!
I am Moonlite Mask.
Gambling and fighting are how I show...
love.
To Be Continued
Fire Force Chapter 3
Just a moment!
Next Time
I am Moonlite Mask.
What is that?
Moonlight?
Benimaru from the 7th, huh?
Captain Shinmon!
I am Moonlite Mask.
Episode 7
Sleeping Truth
Next time, "Sleeping Truth."
Return to the great flame of fire. Látom.