Shed Seven - See You'se At The Barras

Where's the slasher?

Take a look.

Where's Shinyao?

Wasn't she inside the building?

We searched every floor.

Wayne?

Guess we're starting from scratch with your friend.

I didn't mean to kill him.

It's okay.

You did everything you could to protect me.

I'm really happy. Thanks.

So, did he leave any clues?

No. There was just this coat by the time we arrived.

Yeah, that's right.

Sha Rijan.

A hundred years ago,

she was the strongest hunter of the shadows that dominated London.

She was what you'd call an Umbra Hunter.

It's likely she became internationally famous

after she fought and killed Count Dracula,

the powerful Umbra who had London in a whirlpool of fear at the time.

Episode 3 Twisted Bond

Dracula?

By the way, they say when she fought Count Dracula

she was always accompanied by a powerful jiangshi.

Everyone's so powerful.

I was Rijan-sama's tool before arriving in London.

Her tool?

While Sha Rijan should've been an Umbra's worst nightmare,

her philosophy was different from other Umbra hunters.

She sought not to eradicate Umbra, but to coexist with them.

Coexist?

Respecting each other's territory without drawing lines too sharply.

A world where humans and shadows could eventually coexist peacefully.

That was the guiding principle of Rijan-sama

and the Twilights Organization she founded with her allies.

Rijan established Café Forbidden

so humans could become accustomed to Umbra.

That's what I've gathered about the history of the secret organization

called Twilights from documents written at the time.

If you want to know more, Rijan-san's study is on the top floor.

Look there.

I can't keep up.

I can't believe my great-grandmother was the leader of such a questionable organization.

It's not questionable.

Unlike a hundred years ago, now we have international support.

We have ties to governments and law enforcement in various countries.

Now I really can't keep up.

In any case, the Twilights will rescue your friend

and prove that humans and Umbra can get along.

But Shinyao was kidnapped by Umbra.

Just as there are those who seek harmony between humans and Umbra,

naturally there are those who think differently.

The hawks, basically.

They desire prosperity for Umbra and sow confusion among humans.

In other words, those people...

No, the Umbra hate my great-grandmother.

I was their real target.

Well...

Shinyao was kidnapped because of me and my family.

That's not true.

There's no need for you to shoulder the hatred of an entire family.

Luke-san?

You're having negative thoughts because you're hungry.

Eat some of this and cheer up.

Luke, how many times do I have to tell you to keep that away from my tea?

You should have some garlic once in a while.

It'll give you energy.

It would have the opposite effect.

Besides, I'm an immortal vampire.

Can you call yourself a vampire when you haven't sucked anyone's blood in a hundred years?

What?

Blood is no different than seawater.

Nutritionally speaking, it's not strictly necessary.

Isn't that a total rejection of your kind's identity?

Eat.

You made this?

It's not poisoned.

I don't want to harm humans.

You're telling me that now, after I thought I was going to die?

Are you going to eat or not?

I get what you're trying to say,

but the guy who taught me to cook was careless.

He taught me ratios and seasoning based on feel.

You don't have to force yourself.

I'm not. Overall, it's good.

What does that mean?

I was just thinking it's true when they say hunger is the greatest spice.

Will I get to see Ton?

You will.

She'll come to see you.

I thought you were sleeping upstairs.

I couldn't sleep.

You haven't slept in two days.

My jet lag just disappeared.

Don't worry about it. It's not your fault.

Not that me telling you that would make you accept it.

The more others protect you, the more it hurts.

The more you're told you're not responsible, the more you feel responsible.

You wish people would leave you alone.

It makes you want to tell people you'll decide for yourself if it's your fault.

Can I really interpret this as you trying to cheer me up rather than pick me up?

Of course.

I don't go after weakened girls.

The real battle begins once you've recovered.

Doesn't that lower your odds?

Don't say that. It's a question of policy.

Hey, miss.

Not as a Twilight, but as myself,

I promise I'll rescue your friend.

That won't happen.

Rescuing Shinyao is my right.

What? Tch.

I did some research on Snowmary.

Snowmary. That's the company that developed the app.

Yeah, but I can't find anything recent.

They were founded three years ago.

Their main office is here in London.

In addition to the Magic Mirror app,

they've developed search apps, map apps, and health apps.

They're a promising company that's growing rapidly.

So they combined all that technology to predict people's actions.

Who's behind them?

I looked at their capital ties and banks, but didn't find anything suspicious.

It doesn't make any sense in the first place that a rising IT company

would be working with Umbra.

You're right.

They enjoy terrorizing humans.

Running a proper company in human society has to be some kind of joke.

What should I do?

Should I keep looking into it?

Do that. I'll try something else.

Chris.

Hey. It's been a while...

Brother.

Where's the hostage?

Where's Baileu Ton?

Not here. I came alone.

That wasn't our agreement, bro.

The hostage in exchange for Baileu Ton.

Isn't that what I told you?

Why, Chris? Why do you hate humans?

Our home wasn't destroyed by humans.

It was Umbra we believed were our allies.

Yeah. We were branded traitors and purged

because of the real traitors, influenced by human society.

Why do you hate humans when you understand all that?

You're the one who doesn't understand, Brother.

I don't hate humans.

The only one I hate...

is you, Luke!

Wake up, Vlad.

Don't tell me you're gone, too.

That hurts.

It's an emergency, Vlad. Luke-san's missing.

I baked some cookies for him, so I was looking for him.

Why didn't you come to me first?

What?

I think you should consider yourself lucky.

Hey!

What does that mean?

Luke's probably out hitting on some woman at a pub.

He has the day off today.

But he was acting strange earlier.

He promised he'd rescue Shinyao himself.

He seemed so serious.

He's so easy to read.

Does he know where the enemy is?

How did he find them?

Why didn't he tell us?