Twenty minutes late...
You must be Inquisitor Cortion.
I'm Amon with the STN-J.
If you'll come with us, we'll show you to your...
Please, let me carry your luggage.
The air here... is oppressive.
I feel like it'll disappear...
...the instant I look away.
I just kept counting...
...all the many traces of loneliness...
...that I'd vomited up.
In this time that seems so dry,
...my heart is thrashing around and drowning.
It takes those lies that make my head spin...
...and tears them to pieces.
And the place I lose my way in...
...is a dim, hazy world.
What about over here?
Hang on a minute. I'm trying something right now.
Look, I'm telling you that won't work!
Why don't you do it yourself, then?
Why should I have to do it?
Come on, try the next one!
Fine, fine...
What is it?
Oh, it's nothing important.
Go on back to sleep, Miss Karasuma.
You're not looking at some strange website, are you?
Of course not. We're not the Chief.
I don't know about that...
Browsing of porn sites during work hours is prohibited.
Inquisitor?
Yup.
You mean the Inquisitor who's coming today?
Nobody ever tells us anything around here.
So we thought we'd poke around a bit.
Can't get in?
That's an Inquisitor for you.
Protection this tough is definitely out of the ordinary.
Which means that this guy is a real bigshot.
But why would somebody that important come here?
For a Witch inquisition, of course. To see if we can use him as a Hunter.
Use WHO?
If you're so curious, why not ask him yourself?
If I could do that, I wouldn't be going to all this trouble.
Still, this whole thing is a little fishy.
Hey, maybe we can get through using this Witch here as a starting point.
I dunno... It might be impossible.
Inquisition of heresy, huh...?
Anyway, could you just give it a try?
You there.
I want you to pull over past the next light.
But St. Sebastian Church is...
Understood.
Is this all right...
Wait, where are you...
It's just you here?
What?
Uh, yes, sir. I just got a call from Amon.
From Amon?
He said the Inquisitor had arrived at the church he'll be staying at.
I see.
He also said the Inquisitor wanted to begin the inquisition right away,
...so he wants Miss Karasuma and Sakaki to go retrieve the subject.
So, this is the man to be put before the inquisition, then?
Yes, sir. Our list didn't pick him up at all.
What routes did the Inquisitor use to find this guy?
I hear that they work on completely different operating principles than we do...
Different principles?
Yes, just like those of the Middle Ages.
I'm sure that this case is something of that sort.
Michael, forward that man's data to my office.
I see, boss...
Up to a point, an Al can determine if a person can really be used as a Hunter,
...but the final decision has to be made by a human.
You understand why?
Of course.
The only people authorized to make that final decision are the Inquisitors.
In other words, a single word from him will determine if you're the Hunter or the prey.
That's why he's considered to be so important.
That bothers me.
This is the place.
I knew you would come.
Observe.
This is an Inquisition Machine.
Human beings pay back money they borrow!
We're here from Shinjuku Hello Work.
It's about your application.
What do you want?
Shirou Masuda?
T-That's right...
What... What are you people doing?
I want you to come with us for a bit.
Go where?
Warrant for Inquisition
That's a...
I actually don't believe that these devices are necessary,
...but the people at the Factory don't seem to agree.
During mine, it was just words.
Just words?
I see, that's what they seemed like to you.
Do you remember the symbols I gave you when I questioned you?
The eight runes the Hagal...
The sacred numbers linked to the secret mysteries of the Craft.
But that can be forbidden fruit.
Through bestowing the power of God,
...the test of temptation separates the lambs into angels and fallen angels by...
Power of God...? Sig?
At the time, of course, I don't think you truly comprehended the true nature...
...of the fruit of knowledge that I brought about in you.
- But that was... - They're here.
Let us begin at once, then.
Bring him to me.
Yes, sir.
They're about to start.
I see...
Can you patch the video feed through to me?
Here you go.
Two years ago, a corpse that had been brutally crushed...
...was found in the middle of Tokyo.
Because the corpse had been so badly damaged,
...the police ruled the death accidental.
However, the truth lies somewhere else entirely.
What are you implying?
You know.
You alone know what that man was crushed by.
I don't know. I don't know anything about that.
The Hagal of the stone axe.
Yes, this is the symbol of evil deeds that you used...
...in accordance with the Gematria of the Sepher Yetzirah, the Book of Creation,
...to release your own Craft!
What... What the hell are you talking about?
Destruction, ruin, revenge.
You unleashed the dark desires hidden in the depths of your soul.
You're wrong... You're wrong...
Did you enjoy it?
Did you enjoy watching someone being crushed with the power of your own mind?
You're wrong!
I was only protecting myself!
I just wanted to escape!
To protect yourself?
That's right!
That's right... I wanted to get away.
It was to protect yourself that you took a human life?
Words are such convenient things.
He wasn't human.
He was trying...
...trying to kill me...
It is all right to kill anything that isn't human?
But was he really trying to kill you?
Not human... Not human...
If I hadn't, he would have killed me!
Can you honestly say it wasn't simply a case of overactive imagination?
Can you say that you weren't hoping to kill him from the very beginning?
You're wrong, you're wrong...
...you're wrong, you're wrong!
But death has always followed close at your heels.
That wasn't me! That was a... That was just an...
You're saying, then, that everything that turns on you is crushed?
Not human...!
No! No! No!
No! I'm not a monster!
I'm... I'm...
But you pursued the power of God.
You are a human, yet you desired the power of God!
You fell slave to heresy!
Heresy? Are you saying that I'm the Devil's minion?
You have no one to blame but yourself. You fell of your own free will.
My own free will?
Show me your true self! Reveal yourself to me this instant!
The real me...
Heretic?! Monster?! Devil?! Heretic?!
No, I'm not a monster!
My power... My true power...
Don't come out...
No, please don't...
Kill...
Don't...
I'm gonna kill him...
No, don't!
No, I will kill him!
Please, don't!
Just this one!
No! No! STOP IT!
I'll kill you!
DIE!
Amon!
Stay calm. Just wait.
I didn't want to kill him...
I didn't want to kill anyone...
Thus ends the inquisition.
Let's go.
I didn't want to kill anyone...
But he held up under the inquisition.
That's true, he held up in that room.
But the latent darkness that exists in his soul was laid bare.
The Inquisitor said so himself.
There isn't anyone who doesn't have a little darkness in their soul.
That may be true.
But there are those that are a shade of gray, and those that are truly black.
But...
Wait. He's coming out.
Michael! Masuda is on the move.
Okay. He looks like a dangerous customer, so be careful.
That's the fourth place...
His back must really be to the wall...
Excessive power leads humans to eternal darkness.
It is for this reason that endless patience is required.
Those who awaken to their Craft must endure any treatment.
If they wish to live in this world.
But in the end, that proves to be impossible.
What should I do, then?
You should know the answer to that.
Surrender your will, and leave everything to us.
I didn't ask to have the powers of a Witch.
Why do you use those powers, then?
I don't know why, myself.
Looks like he hasn't had a decent job in the past two years.
For two years?
Something on your mind?
That was right around the time that he started showing signs of his Craft.
You're kidding...!
Can you really say it's out of the question?
To deliberately force someone out of society in order to awaken their powers.
I wouldn't put it past Solomon.
To get a new Hunter, they might go that far.
Tools...
You think I'm wrong?
Oh well. If you find out anything, let me know.
Okay.
This is the real world.
If you refuse to look at it, you'll never to be able to live in it.
Here ya go, one order of Japanese soup-spaghetti!
Ramen
Man, I'm so bummed! My cell phone bill this month was over 20,000 yen!
You're stretching yourself too thin, man.
Hey, I wonder if there's a wallet or something lying around?
He shoots, he scores!
What did I do to you?
Why are you punks doing this to me?
Who the hell are you calling "punks"?!
- Defiant, huh?! - Don't screw with us!
This isn't good...
Think about what you've done!
Who...
Who are they to me?
They think they can do this to me?
Who am I?!
Well, well. He's tougher than he looks.
They started it. It isn't my fault.
They did this to me. It's not my fault...!
Ow!
Stop that, put him down!
You guys, get out of here!
H-Hey, is this for real? What are you doin', man?
Ow!
Hey!
That's enough!
Amon!
I-Is this guy some kinda freak?!
Freak?
You're...
Who are you?
Are you gonna try something on me, too?
Is it that much fun to crush people?
A fallen angel...
What? You, too... You, too?
YOU, TOO?!
I won't let you do this.
Robin, you didn't have to...
About that stone monument he visited...
Folklore has it that it was consecrated to a martyr who was betrayed by her followers.
A martyr?
My guess is that she was probably a Witch.
How is she?
I see.
Does something about Robin worry you?
I will be leaving Japan tonight. I don't think we will meet again.
Because you seem to have finally awakened.
What do you mean?
To the pleasure of using your Craft.
What are you saying?
What are you...
Inquisitor?
Robin is what...?
Just how far back do I need to go?
Tell me.
It's all so vivid that it hurts.
The truth is, nothing can be shared,
...so I never looked back.
...all those promises...
...inside me eventually...
...gave up on that light from some other time,
...like the light of a morning you can't return to.