Location: Shi Association - Southern Branch, Section 2
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Director! How could this even be considered tolerable?
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
Suppress your feelings. And remind yourself; money, fame, and power rule over this world.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
He may be a Color, but that does not excuse the severity of a Fixer who doesn’t even belong to our Association setting us all up.
(Note 1)
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
He’s doing it so blatantly, too…
(Note 2)
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
…So what? Are you gonna betray the Association, kill Branch Manager Thelma, and then kill the Blue Reverberation for our freedom?
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
…I don’t see a way out of this… I heard even the Smiling Faces are involved…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
This is rotten to the core…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Director, what has become of the core values of the Shi? The very identity of our association…
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
If you want to overthrow the system, have patience.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
And sharpen your strength. There is nothing we can do in our current state.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
The director is right. We… can’t do anything about it right now…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Dammit… He’s leaving us with all these dangerous requests, knowing that we’re fatigued…
(Note 3)
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Director Yujin will rise to become the president of Shi one day.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
We’ll be able to shake up this corrupted system once that time comes.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
We are Section 2. Our role is to simply take care of the tasks given to us.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Director… We’ve been dealing with Urban Nightmare-class cases for ten consecutive days.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Taking out the patriarch of the Naraku Clan, the retrieval of oblivion ingots, the destruction of the Fragment from Beyond, demolishing the Thin Beef Skirt Factory, and eliminating the captain of The Steel Comrades just yesterday.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
We had to resolve all these requests in the last ten days, without even a break…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
We normally shouldn’t be handling more than one such case per week…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Most Fixers of the Southern Branch’s Section 2 have already died.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
And none of those who survived are in good enough condition to proceed with another request, including us.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
We’re on the brink of a breakdown, both physically and mentally…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
You’ve seen how Section 3 and its Associate Offices got wiped out in a wave of unreasonable requests, and the same is happening to us now…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
And most of all, your condition is looking worse than any of us, Director Yujin…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
You stood at the front and fought more vehemently than anyone, to keep others from getting hurt…
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
Broken parts can be mended, and wounds can be sewn up.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
…Your injuries are simply too severe to be healed up in a day or two, director.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Everyone in Section 2 has suffered damage that would take much longer than a few days to recover, in fact. Unless we had K Corp’s Singularity or something…
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
You worry too much. We’ll handle the Library request just like any other requests we’ve done so far.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Director Yujin! Even if we were to handle this job successfully, they’ll still hand us yet more absurd cases!
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
…Valentin has a point. We might have to receive endless requests until Section 2 is annihilated and you are killed, director…
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
I do have plans. In the end, the root of this matter lies with the Blue Reverberation.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
We aren’t heading to the Library simply to obey our superiors’ orders…
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
Our objective is to retrieve the books of the Musicians of Bremen.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
…They’re what we need to uncover the Blue Reverberation’s plots.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
What do you mean…?
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
I received a tip off that the person who appeared to be the leader of a Syndicate named the Musicians of Bremen spoke with the Blue Reverberation some time ago.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Are you suggesting that the books of the Musicians could contain information about the Blue Reverberation?
(Note 4)
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
We will at least be able to find out what he is conspiring.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Then, the reason you sent Full-Stop Office to assassinate the Church of Gears was also…
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
…I understand your intention. But acquiring that information isn’t going to be the end of it.
(Note 5)
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
What exactly are you planning to do?
(Note 6)
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
I will take my own measures once this request is done.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Can we actually trust this, director? Can you promise us that you aren’t going to harm yourself for the sake of Section 2?
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
You’ve always been so self-sacrificing, director…
(Note 7)
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
You can count on me. I know my own life matters.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
We can’t turn the tide if we’re dead.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
Gather up the ones who can still move and fight. We don’t want to bring anyone who will only prove to be a burden there.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Understood.
Location: Inside the Library
Servant Roland
She’s still honest to a fault.
Library Director Angela
Are you really sure you’re just a small, no-name Fixer?
Library Director Angela
Even I can tell that your connections are simply too broad and deep for a mediocre Fixer at this point.
Servant Roland
To answer your question, yes, I’m only a Grade 9 Fixer.
Servant Roland
That’s after I fell to rock bottom in a turn of events, though. I used to be a common Fixer, really.
Library Director Angela
Is that so? What grade were you at before, then?
Servant Roland
Would you believe me if I said I was a… kickass Grade 1 Fixer!
Library Director Angela
It’s honestly hard to believe, but… if you say so.
Servant Roland
Wow, that was a lot less distrust than I expected…
Servant Roland
Anyway, I was just an ordinary Fixer who mostly collected intel. That’s why I got so many connections.
Servant Roland
I can only put up a decent fight now thanks to the new body you gave me and the Library’s powers.
Library Director Angela
You said trust is important in this business, right? Is it okay to see an acquaintance of yours die like that?
Servant Roland
It’s unfortunate to see ‘em struggle, yeah. Here’s the thing, though; we only saw things from their perspective.
Servant Roland
You think they’re free from the blame of killing some other people who struggled for life and fought for change?
Library Director Angela
I suppose not.
Servant Roland
That’s how it is. Someone they killed must have been in circumstances as unfortunate as theirs.
Servant Roland
Well, unless they weren’t. Point is, there’s no way for everyone to be equally happy. It’s a matter of perspective.
Library Director Angela
So they opt to simply do their work without ever trying to get to know each other.
Servant Roland
Everyone has their own stories.
Servant Roland
But we can’t give up ours for the sake of someone else’s. Like what we’re doing.
Servant Roland
That’s that, and this is this.
Location: Library Entrance
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
We’ve done all the first aid we could give.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Director…
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
Focus on the work for now. We’ll take care of what we can first.
Library Director Angela
Greetings, dear guests.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
Greetings. I am Yujin, Director of Shi’s Section 2. Introduce yourselves, everyone.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Huh? But…
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
When someone greets us, it’s only polite for us to greet them back, isn’t it?
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Tenma
Yessir! I am Tenma, Associate Fixer in Section 2 of the Shi.
Shi S. Section 2 Fixer Valentin
Valentin, Associate Fixer in Section 2 of the Shi.
Library Director Angela
I am Angela, the director and librarian of my role’s namesake.
Shi S. Section 2 Director Yujin
I came here through the invitation to acquire the books that are said to be here.
Library Director Angela
Then may you find your books in this place, dear guests.
