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00:00:00I'm Sean Leng, a mortician who handles the bodies.
00:00:03But today, I landed a gig at a private museum as a part-time night guard.
00:00:09Why? Because the pay is insane. It's 10k a day.
00:00:16Why burn it?
00:00:17That way the agreement kicks in.
00:00:20Mr. Leng, welcome to private museum number 9.
00:00:25Listen up. You work a full month, then you get paid.
00:00:28If you don't, you will owe a crazy penalty.
00:00:32For whatever else happens, you're on your own.
00:00:42The hell is that?
00:00:44Our last night guard.
00:00:47No way a man could end up like that.
00:00:49What a heartless witch.
00:00:50So if she gets me to sign, then makes me quit to pocket the penalty fee?
00:00:54A death like that? Even I would be lost.
00:00:57Almost time. I gotta go.
00:01:03Hope you can last longer.
00:01:13Rule 1. Museum hours. Midnight to 6am. Don't show up during the day.
00:01:17Rule 2. If the eyes of the glazed funerary lion move, cover it with a red cloth.
00:01:22Do not lock eyes with it.
00:01:24Rule 3. The bleeding hairpin.
00:01:26If you hear a woman crying, act like you hear nothing.
00:01:30And don't answer any of her questions.
00:01:34Rule 4. The bronze warrior is missing its head.
00:01:38If it comes begging you for a head, toss it the mannequin head from your desk, then lock the office
00:01:42door.
00:01:45Rule 4. Who's trying to pull some ghostly crap?
00:02:00I'm a mortician.
00:02:02I've mended a corpse in pieces, all alone, in the dead of night.
00:02:06No death or horror can surprise me now.
00:02:10Rule 4. The bronze warrior is missing its head.
00:02:12Rule 4. The bronze warrior is missing its head.
00:02:14Rule 5. What a dump of a museum.
00:02:16How come everything's all busted to hell?
00:02:20Rule 5. Boss, I'm on camera.
00:02:28I didn't break this junk, so don't touch my paycheck.
00:02:33Rule 5. This mess is giving me a headache.
00:02:37Rule 5. There comes my work ethic.
00:02:39Rule 5.
00:02:50No bearing, needs a heavy duty pin.
00:03:20Pull him up!
00:03:23Pull him up!
00:03:44It's an S-rank demon! No way we can handle that! Evacuate the whole city now!
00:04:11Huh? Where does that come from?
00:04:14Still crooked, unstable. Gotta lock it in with a bracket.
00:04:20S-rank demon!
00:04:26C-IT EAT!
00:04:32You cannot destroy it.
00:04:37You cannot destroy it.
00:04:39You cannot destroy it.
00:04:40I cannot destroy it.
00:04:41You cannot destroy it.
00:04:50Perfect. True art, if that were a corpse, the Grieving family would worship me.
00:05:07Pierced by a hundred-yard spike, tied by chains from nowhere, an S-rank demon got wiped out just like
00:05:13that.
00:05:14What demon-demur are we looking at here?
00:05:17Captain White, the S-rank Octo-Armasura, is it really just gone?
00:05:21Nope, the power of a demon never disappears, it transfers.
00:05:26Kind of like when you killed a mirror demon and got its power.
00:05:30The power of the S-rank Octo-Armasura now belongs to whoever took it down.
00:05:36Who took out the Octo-Armasura last night?
00:05:46Who is it?
00:05:47Sean, huge news, the city was locked down last night.
00:05:49They say it's because of this S-rank demon, the news is scrubbed everywhere.
00:05:53My buddy took this picture. Dope, huh?
00:05:57That's the statue I restored last night.
00:05:59Someone photoshopped it, blew it up, and slapped on some lightning.
00:06:02Dumb Chuck, he'll believe any gossip.
00:06:03Stop buying such fake edited crap.
00:06:05I've been a mortician for years, never once seen any real paranormal junk.
00:06:09Get your ass back to work.
00:06:11But come to think of it, weird.
00:06:13After a night shift, I'm not even tired.
00:06:15If anything, I feel much stronger.
00:06:20Hold up.
00:06:22When did rule 5 show up?
00:06:29Did someone find out I restored that statue?
00:06:32And sneak in last night to add this rule, just to pin it on me?
00:06:39Mr. Lang, you, you're still alive?
00:06:42Of course I'm alive.
00:06:44You think I'm a ghost?
00:06:46You made it through night one.
00:06:48Well done.
00:06:49Ms. Swan, the rules have won more than yesterday.
00:06:52Did you guys sneak that in?
00:06:55Stop asking.
00:06:56Just follow every single rule there is.
00:06:58No questions asked.
00:07:00That's how you last longer.
00:07:02Look, I restored that statue.
00:07:03And let me be clear.
00:07:04Long before my shift, that statue had been in pieces.
00:07:06I didn't break it before restoring it.
00:07:08Don't you dock my pay over this.
00:07:10What?
00:07:11You restored the Octo-Armor Sura?
00:07:14Quick, take me to it, now.
00:07:28Huh?
00:07:29Huh?
00:07:29You actually restored the Octo-Armor Sura?
00:07:31No doubt.
00:07:33You see, I've had this weird ability.
00:07:34No matter what it misses, one look and I instantly know what it's supposed to look like whole.
00:07:46The Octo-Armor Sura is a mortician.
00:07:47Over the years as a mortician, I have pieced together countless bodies and received real five-star feedback.
00:07:53Since you restored it, you're responsible for it.
00:07:58If it breaks again, whatever happens, you'll answer for it.
00:08:05Hey!
00:08:05No way!
00:08:06This thing was always trashed!
00:08:08I restored it!
00:08:09Why is it on me if it breaks again?
00:08:14Are you looking for an excuse to dock my pay?
00:08:18And hey, tell me this.
00:08:21I restored it.
00:08:22What's in it for me?
00:08:24You've gotten the reward.
00:08:28What reward?
00:08:29I got nothing.
00:08:31Pretty women are the best liars.
00:08:33Is she trying to score something for nothing?
00:08:41Alright.
00:08:42You'll keep the reward you've gotten.
00:08:44And as the boss says, for every artifact you restore, I'll throw in an extra 100k.
00:08:50100k per piece?
00:08:52Ms. Swan, now you're talking.
00:08:54You could have just said you'd pay.
00:08:56You've got a deal.
00:08:57Problem solved.
00:08:58Deal!
00:08:58Deal!
00:08:59Being paid, I can restore every single artifact in this whole museum.
00:09:03I'll make them all shine like new.
00:09:18100k per piece.
00:09:20100k per piece.
00:09:3210 pieces?
00:09:34Hard duty.
00:09:34Tonight I'll restore another artifact.
00:09:52What happened?
00:09:57Weird.
00:09:58These are not natural cracks.
00:09:59Someone hacked at it with a sword or an axe.
00:10:01Who the hell did this?
00:10:04Is it Mrs. Swan?
00:10:06Guess not.
00:10:07That woman spent all day breathing down my neck like a forewoman.
00:10:10She never got the chance.
00:10:18Screw it.
00:10:19I'll patch it up.
00:10:29Gonna restore one more piece tonight.
00:10:31Also, I need to step up patrols.
00:10:34Whoever did this, you're done.
00:10:49This is it.
00:10:50A small chip.
00:10:51Easy restore.
00:11:14Once this one's done, that's another 100k.
00:11:29A hundred grand.
00:11:31A hundred grand.
00:11:41A hundred grand.
00:11:42A hundred grand.
00:11:50A hundred grand.
00:11:54What the hell?
00:11:56Where are my tools?
00:11:58Where did my tools go?
00:11:59They walked off?
00:12:04Who the heck did this?
00:12:11Gotcha.
00:12:26Nobody here?
00:12:28The one who destroyed the Octo-Arm Asura might be just the creep who swiped my tools.
00:12:33Right.
00:12:34The camera.
00:12:35It tells all.
00:12:44Rule 6.
00:12:45Before restoring any artifact, always check how the others around it react.
00:12:53Who's playing ghosts now?
00:12:54So to restore one piece, I need permission from the others here?
00:12:58You're telling me those other artifacts stole my tools?
00:13:01Bullshit.
00:13:02No way some metal could come to life.
00:13:05Nah, I'm being played.
00:13:06When I find out who, you're done.
00:13:09Gotta pull up the cameras.
00:13:10Then the truth will come out.
00:13:23The hell, no signal?
00:13:29The cameras got messed with too?
00:13:38This is the last guard's diary.
00:13:42Day 1.
00:13:44I started as the night guard at this museum.
00:13:46Nothing happened the whole night.
00:13:48Easy money.
00:13:49Jackpot.
00:13:50Day 2.
00:13:51While on patrol, I accidentally found that some pieces had changed poses.
00:13:55The bronze warrior's arm was raised higher.
00:13:57The bejeweled lady was staring at me.
00:13:58Ah!
00:13:59They were not in those poses before!
00:14:01Day 3.
00:14:02I told Ms. Swan about it.
00:14:04She said it was all in my head, because I had too much free time.
00:14:07I could go fix the broken artifacts if I feel bored during the night shift.
00:14:10And she'd pay me a fat bonus for that.
00:14:12Day 4.
00:14:13For the money, I started restoring the broken bronze mirror.
00:14:16But they don't want to be restored.
00:14:18That night, a bronze sword flew out of its display case.
00:14:20It whizzed past my scalp, almost stuck into my skull.
00:14:25I get it now.
00:14:26I shouldn't have restored that thing.
00:14:28I stared at that mirror.
00:14:29My fingers started hardening.
00:14:30It turned white.
00:14:32Like porcelain.
00:14:34I, I'm becoming part of it.
00:14:37If what this diary says is true, that pile of porcelain shards I saw was really the last guard.
00:14:42I see.
00:14:43Everything clicks, even why my tools got stolen.
00:14:45But this is seriously knots.
00:14:51Wait a minute.
00:14:51While I was restoring the same mirror, I had my face right in front of it.
00:14:55I also touched it.
00:14:56Why did nothing happen to me?
00:15:00Who's there?
00:15:28Who the hell did this?
00:15:32Who the hell did this?
00:15:33Before restoring any artifact, always check how the others around it react.
00:15:43Screw it.
00:15:44I'm restoring this mirror anyway.
00:16:00I guess I was worried for nothing.
00:16:03Can't believe I bought those shitty rules.
00:16:05due to a
00:16:23I have no idea.
00:16:34Come on!
00:16:35Those things really can move!
00:17:05Since when did I get reflexes this quick?
00:17:08And such strength?
00:17:09I'm practically Superman now.
00:17:11No wonder I felt super strong during the day.
00:17:13It wasn't in my head!
00:17:20The hell is that thing doing?
00:17:22Throwing in the towel?
00:17:43Are you kidding me?
00:18:10That hunk of junk is literally trying to kill me!
00:18:15I quit!
00:18:16Time to haul ass!
00:18:43What is this? A museum or a haunted house?
00:18:50They play dirty too?
00:19:05They play dirty too!
00:19:23Phew! Finally stopped!
00:19:52What a shame.
00:19:54They're all busted up.
00:20:03But Hammer...
00:20:08You... you were smiling?
00:20:14Another creepy area.
00:20:16What a shitty museum so full of creepy trouble.
00:20:36No way!
00:20:37My wound healed up overnight!
00:20:40What crazy regeneration!
00:20:42Am I even human anymore?
00:20:55Perfect timing!
00:20:56Guess you figured it out.
00:20:58This isn't a normal museum, is it?
00:21:00Those artifacts freaking move!
00:21:02They steal!
00:21:03They swing swords at me!
00:21:05This isn't just a gig!
00:21:07I may die for this shit!
00:21:08I quit!
00:21:09I don't care how much you pay me!
00:21:10I'm done!
00:21:11You're quitting?
00:21:12Mr. Leng!
00:21:14Breaking the contract means a 10 million dollar penalty!
00:21:1710 million?
00:21:18I could never make that much money!
00:21:20Fine!
00:21:21I'll just be a deadbeat!
00:21:22Better than getting killed here!
00:21:27You think you can just walk away now?
00:21:32You restored the Octo-Arma Shura!
00:21:35You saw it yourself!
00:21:37Those things do not want to be restored!
00:21:57You killed him!
00:21:58No man!
00:21:58You were in a部 neighborhood!
00:21:58You fired a�리!
00:22:00Oh!
00:22:00Let's go!
00:22:00Time to get to the exit!
00:22:11No!
00:22:12Make going!
00:22:12multiplied by 10. By 10? Before it was 100k per piece, and now that's a million, right? Yep.
00:22:21I mean, I will do anything for that cash, but you have to tell me what the hell this museum
00:22:27is.
00:22:27Why does all that junk move on its own? Is this place haunted?
00:22:34Mr. Lang, you ask too many questions. At this museum, the truth costs more than anything else.
00:22:40You want answers? Fine. For every artifact you successfully restore, I'll answer one of your questions.
00:22:47Good luck. For tonight.
00:22:57Rule 7. You're safe only with the Guardians. Assume they like you.
00:23:02Another one just magically appears?
00:23:07The Guardians? So those huge bronze statues are called the Guardians? Then what are those moving
00:23:11things outside? They're cursed? Ghosts? Or maybe they are being suppressed?
00:23:18As for whether they like me, I hid there and didn't get kicked out. So I'm guessing yeah,
00:23:23if something creepy happens again tonight, I'll just go straight there.
00:23:26No idea how these rules keep showing up, but I gotta say, they tell the truth.
00:23:31Now I've got a backup plan. Gotta get to work. Rule 4. The Bronze Warrior is missing its head.
00:23:37If it comes begging you for a head, toss at the mannequin head from your desk, then lock the office
00:23:41door.
00:23:42The Headless Bronze Warrior. Should be an easy restore.
00:23:48That's the one. Back when I was a mortician, I got headless bodies from car wrecks. Still,
00:23:54I used plaster and clay and sculpted exact replicas.
00:24:16No original head? Then I'll make you a brand new one myself.
00:24:36Nailed it.
00:24:39Nailed it.
00:24:44Nailed it.
00:25:02Coming.
00:25:17Wait here.
00:25:19Wait here.
00:25:21Wait here.
00:25:27Wait here.
00:25:42All right, you want to head, huh?
00:25:44The original one is gone, but I've made you an exact replica.
00:25:54What the heck?
00:26:07Perfect.
00:26:08One million, baby.
00:26:14What the hell?
00:26:15I'm burning.
00:26:25Team A's gone dark.
00:26:26Team B is shattered.
00:26:28Team C.
00:26:28All of Team C just flatlined.
00:26:34Where's my body?
00:26:42Give me your body.
00:27:01In the last 72 hours, the demonic invasion in town has tripled, and the most dangerous
00:27:06one, codename confirmed, Bronze Head.
00:27:08So far, HQ has lost three A-ranked Demon Tamers and seven B-ranked Demon Tamers.
00:27:14With just a head, it's likely S-rank strong.
00:27:17You bet it is.
00:27:18It's definitely an S-rank.
00:27:20Once it finds a body, it will be catastrophic.
00:27:29The target!
00:27:31It's gone!
00:27:33What?
00:27:33It's gone?
00:27:35How can it be?
00:27:37It's not hiding.
00:27:39We, we lost the Demon's Trace.
00:27:42Pull up the last feed.
00:27:48Body?
00:27:49Where's my body?
00:27:52It found a lead on its body.
00:28:02It's true.
00:28:22Holy moosey.
00:28:23Is it... completely dead now?
00:28:37Bird Hammer? Who's that?
00:28:40The Forger.
00:28:44This S-Rank demon was crafted by someone with an intention.
00:28:47It can't be.
00:28:49Apart from the bronze head, that demon also has a body.
00:28:53And it's missing. Remember? That thing is at least S-Rank strong.
00:28:57Dig up everything you can on Bird Hammer.
00:28:59Track down the origin of this demon.
00:29:07I'm just a night guard. Why am I stuck cleaning the front desk too?
00:29:12Hm?
00:29:13What's this?
00:29:27Hold on. This woman.
00:29:31That's Ms. Swan.
00:29:33But this photo gotta be years old.
00:29:41The Olympic Games...
00:29:44Amsterdam...
00:29:46The Olympic Games, Amsterdam?
00:29:48That's literally in 1928.
00:29:51Almost a century ago.
00:29:58If this is really Ms. Swan, then she's been alive for over a century?
00:30:21Miss Swan, morning.
00:30:24Time to pay up.
00:30:26Pay up?
00:30:27Yeah.
00:30:29I've restored the headless bronze warrior.
00:30:34You restored the headless bronze warrior?
00:30:37No, you didn't.
00:30:38The Octo Armasura was just cracked open.
00:30:41The pieces can be put together, but the head of that bronze warrior was totally gone.
00:30:45How could you fix that?
00:30:47Come on, why the big whoop?
00:30:49Its head was missing, so I just made it a new one.
00:30:55Looks like I was really right about you.
00:30:59Save the flattery.
00:31:05You did promise that every time I restore an artifact, you'll answer a question.
00:31:08So here's my question.
00:31:09Who is the person in this photo?
00:31:11Why does she look exactly like you?
00:31:19This photo was taken.
00:31:21Almost a hundred years ago.
00:31:24Well, she was my grandma.
00:31:26We've got good genes.
00:31:27I take after her.
00:31:29What's the big deal?
00:31:30The one that will hit your account on time.
00:31:32I've got things to do.
00:31:34Bye.
00:31:39Your grandma?
00:31:40Your grandma wore the same heels as you.
00:31:43Ms. Swan?
00:31:44The woman in that photo is you.
00:31:51A woman who has lived 100 years.
00:31:53And those busted and creepy artifacts.
00:31:56This museum is hiding something huge.
00:32:00Don't think she'll tell me the truth.
00:32:01I gotta dig into it.
00:32:07This museum's been around for ages.
00:32:09There must be something about it online.
00:32:21No results found?
00:32:23This is a museum in the downtown.
00:32:35Bingo!
00:32:37The eccentrics of the 1920s?
00:32:39Just the era I'm looking into.
00:32:47Son of a!
00:32:48I saw it clearly!
00:32:49It got wiped in one second!
00:32:56That's some exact blocking and deletion.
00:32:59Some serious force is covering up everything about this museum and Burt Hammer.
00:33:06Guess I'm not finding anything online.
00:33:09Gotta hit up Chuck for some leads.
00:33:11He's got connections full of juicy info.
00:33:24Sean!
00:33:25You've been ghosting everyone for days.
00:33:27You even turned down the mortician gigs.
00:33:30What kind of business are you in now?
00:33:35I got a night shift side job.
00:33:38Chuck, take my advice.
00:33:41Some things are better left unknown.
00:33:44Why all the secrecy?
00:33:47Hey, listen.
00:33:49Remember the photo of the Octo Armasura?
00:33:52Did you photoshop it?
00:33:54Sean, make fun of my weight as you want, but show some respect for my intel.
00:33:59That photo's the real deal.
00:34:04Sean, check this out.
00:34:06It's a demon.
00:34:07This pic just got dropped, got nuked from the internet right away, wiped everywhere.
00:34:11But I grabbed a screenshot.
00:34:13I was so quick.
00:34:22Wait.
00:34:24Isn't that the head I sculpted last night?
00:34:26For the headless bronze warrior?
00:34:28That's just the head.
00:34:33Slack-jawed, huh?
00:34:35This bronze head was going around killing people, all the while crying for its body.
00:34:40Lots of people got killed.
00:34:42So Miss Swan wasn't lying to me.
00:34:44Leaving the museum brings huge trouble.
00:34:46What happened next?
00:34:47Where did that thing go?
00:34:49See, you're clueless.
00:34:52The demon control division was on it.
00:34:55They've taken care of that head and taken it away.
00:35:00The demon control division?
00:35:04What is that?
00:35:07Sean, you came to the right guy, you know.
00:35:10The DCD is a top secret special official agency set up to handle the paranormal incidents that happen
00:35:15all over the country and can't be explained by science.
00:35:19Word is, there's been more and more demonic invasion.
00:35:22The DCD is short-staffed.
00:35:23They're recruiting talent nationwide.
00:35:28The DCD specializes in paranormal incidents and they've taken that bronze head.
00:35:32In their internal archives, there must be some info on Bird Hammer and private museum number nine.
00:35:37If I get into the DCD, I'll be able to dig into the museum.
00:35:44Chuck, do you know anyone from the DCD?
00:35:47I want to join them.
00:35:51Holy crap!
00:35:52You lost your mind!
00:35:53That's a special official agency.
00:35:55Those guys exercise demons.
00:35:57They are legends.
00:35:57No way I'd know big shots like that.
00:35:59But you said they're recruiting talent.
00:36:02They are.
00:36:03But they've got crazy bars.
00:36:06If you prove you've got some special ability and pass their trials, they'll let you in by exception.
00:36:24Special abilities.
00:36:27Something like this.
00:36:35Huh?
00:36:36Sean, you?
00:36:37You have a special ability.
00:36:40Chuck, sign me up.
00:37:02Inside that bell, there's something alive staring at us.
00:37:07The second I walked in, I felt breathless.
00:37:10What are the DCD's trials even about?
00:37:18Thanks for joining the DCD's trials.
00:37:20I'm Jean White, the examiner and deputy captain of the DCD.
00:37:25Our recruitment standard is pretty simple.
00:37:27The strong stay, the weak out.
00:37:30You see that bell?
00:37:32Inside it is a trapped A-rank demon, code name, Face Eater.
00:37:38You gotta be kidding me.
00:37:40An A-rank demon?
00:37:41That thing can wipe out half a city, and they keep it in just a bell?
00:37:46Quiet.
00:37:47During the test, we will only break part of the seal and let out a tiny fraction of its energy.
00:37:52If you can withstand D-rank demonic energy, you get to become a trainee demon tamer.
00:37:57If you can withstand C-rank energy, you get to become a C-rank demon tamer.
00:38:02If you do exceptionally well and withstand B-rank energy, you get certified as a B-rank demon tamer.
00:38:11No offense, ma'am, but what rank are you as a demon tamer?
00:38:15Captain White is an A-rank demon tamer.
00:38:18Only a few people from the DCD have reached that level.
00:38:20As for you rookies, if you can handle D-rank energy without pissing yourselves, that'd be a huge blessing.
00:38:31A-rank, huh?
00:38:32From how they put it, an A-rank is basically a top tier badass.
00:38:42Wonder what level I can reach.
00:38:44Wonder what level I can reach.
00:38:47The test starts now.
00:38:49Wonder what level I can reach.
00:39:10My face!
00:39:13Wonder what level I can reach.
00:39:29Wonder what level I can reach.
00:39:30Wonder what level I can reach.
00:39:36Guess I've got this test in the bag.
00:39:43seriously that insane
00:39:47keep going take it to C rank
00:40:04I saw it there are faces in there so many faces
00:40:09get out get the hell out of my head don't eat me
00:40:13don't eat me
00:40:27that's the best you can do now get the hell out
00:40:31I'm going for something harder here take it straight to be right
00:40:38take it straight to be ranked
00:40:42are you sure damn sure
00:40:50captain white be rank seriously I've got it
00:40:54relax
00:41:06give me your face your face is so perfect let me have a bite
00:41:10I'm so hungry
00:41:27my face my face got ripped off
00:41:32that rookie is way too cocky a b rank is way out of a c ranks league we've been recruiting
00:41:37for years only a handful have passed the b rank trial straight up
00:41:42wait check that rookie out
00:42:03oh shit the demon is out it's after that guy
00:42:06fall back
00:42:27come on run now
00:42:32I don't feel any danger
00:42:35I can probably take it
00:42:39crap that rookie's got no guts at all
00:42:41he's frozen in fear by that a rank demon
00:42:43he can't even dodge now he's not moving
00:42:46no way captain white can save him now
00:42:54praise you demon
00:43:02get the hell back
00:43:04get the hell back
00:43:24profoot
00:43:26you
00:43:26you
00:43:26you
00:43:27Oh, my God.
00:44:04Holy shit.
00:44:06Face Eater, the A-rank demon is gone.
00:44:09That rookie wasted it and crushed the bell.
00:44:13With just one freaking strike.
00:44:21Wait, is this really a test for rookies?
00:44:23He punched an A-rank demon into oblivion?
00:44:29I haven't ever been this strong back in the museum.
00:44:43Sean, congrats.
00:44:46You passed the test.
00:44:48You're now one of us.
00:44:51The higher-ups of the DCD made a call.
00:44:54You're certified as an A-rank demon tamer.
00:45:07A-rank demon tamers are the absolute core muscles of the DCD.
00:45:11Starting today, you get top-tier pay and a fat bonus.
00:45:14Also, you may access all the intel and resources.
00:45:17Sweet, it paid off.
00:45:18With A-rank clearance, I can finally dig into private museum number nine.
00:45:22Sean, I gotta warn you about this.
00:45:25Your power feels weird.
00:45:27It isn't anything you trained for.
00:45:29It's like something you reap from a demon.
00:45:32What do you mean?
00:45:34There's a definite rule about demons.
00:45:37A demon's power never disappears.
00:45:39It transfers.
00:45:40Even when an S-rank demon gets put down.
00:45:43Its power doesn't vanish.
00:45:45It jumps straight to the demon's killer.
00:45:52A demon's power never disappears.
00:45:54It transfers.
00:45:57You just killed Face Eater, the A-rank demon.
00:46:00By the said move, you've now inherited its power.
00:46:02And you'd gotten some power before that.
00:46:05According to our assessment, you're at least a top A-rank.
00:46:10Kill some demon and you get its power?
00:46:17Ever since I restored the Octawar Masura and the Bronze Warrior, my body has started mutating.
00:46:23So the Octawar Masura and that Bronze Warrior are both demons.
00:46:27But here's the thing.
00:46:28I didn't kill them.
00:46:30I just restored them.
00:46:33Damn, you're going too deep.
00:46:34I don't get it.
00:46:35Truth is, I used to work as a mortician.
00:46:37You know, that gig had me around corpses.
00:46:40I may have come into contact with a ghost.
00:46:44We won't make you talk.
00:46:46If you're not up for it.
00:46:48Strong demon tamers have their own secrets.
00:46:51As long as you use your power against demons, you are one of us.
00:46:55Sean, on behalf of the DCD's task force, I approve your membership.
00:46:59Welcome aboard.
00:47:06It's a pleasure.
00:47:13It's a pleasure.
00:47:16Commander!
00:47:17A spike of demonic energy detected in the West Underground Channel.
00:47:21The energy is skyrocketing.
00:47:22The reading is above A-rank.
00:47:24Get the live footage up now.
00:47:32Codename for now.
00:47:34Rusted Centipede.
00:47:35Two repair crews are down in the channel.
00:47:36They got attacked.
00:47:37It's heavy casualties.
00:47:39We have to stop it underground ASAP.
00:47:41It can't crawl up to the street.
00:47:45Notify Captain White of this now.
00:47:47Tell her to lead the task force into the channel to suppress that demon.
00:48:04Normally, new recruits go through at least two weeks of training before they ever see field duty.
00:48:13But things are crazy right now.
00:48:15And also, clearly you are way better than an ordinary rookie.
00:48:20Hope you understand.
00:48:23Got it.
00:48:26Dude, this is the real deal.
00:48:28We're facing a genuine A-rank demon.
00:48:30Things are tougher than the trials you took.
00:48:32No buckling at the knees or quitting.
00:48:38Halt.
00:48:40It's right up ahead.
00:48:43Lock and load!
00:49:00Form up!
00:49:02Form up!
00:49:19Get back!
00:49:20Okay.
00:49:26Go to hell!
00:49:28Go!
00:49:29Go!
00:49:30Go!
00:49:30Go!
00:49:31Go!
00:49:31Go!
00:49:51Sean!
00:49:54Sean!
00:49:55Sean!
00:49:55Don't force it!
00:49:55That thing is too strong!
00:50:05Holy shit! A full strike from an A-ranked demon. Can't even scratch him.
00:50:13Is he... is he really just a rookie?
00:50:26You done, worm? Trying to run? My turn now.
00:50:33Up you go!
00:51:02No way that guy is a rookie.
00:51:05I think he's even.
00:51:09More vicious than a demon.
00:51:20How dare you snarl at me.
00:51:48Shatter!
00:52:13Forged by Burt Hammer.
00:52:21The bronze statue of a guardian. What does it have to do with this A rank demon thing?
00:52:35Burt Hammer again?
00:52:38Captain White, you know Burt Hammer?
00:52:41Let's head back to HQ. Then you will know.
00:53:02Check this out.
00:53:11The head from Chuck's photo. An exact match of the one I made.
00:53:19And I never even saw the original head of that bronze warrior. Is this a coincidence or what?
00:53:25You okay? You've seen this before?
00:53:28Ah, nope. But this head really gives me the creeps.
00:53:34This is an S rank demon KO'd by some mysterious demon tamer.
00:53:38Just like that A rank centipede.
00:53:41It's got the name on it, the name of Burt Hammer.
00:53:47Captain White, who is Burt Hammer anyway?
00:53:50According to the external intel we found, Burt Hammer was a legendary figure back in the 1920s. It's said that
00:53:58he was a legendary craftsman.
00:54:00With hands that could work magic and breathe spirit into dead things.
00:54:04However, when it comes to his life story and how he died, records of that are all classified.
00:54:11Classified? Even you have no access?
00:54:13Not just me. Even the commander can't access them.
00:54:17All intel on Burt Hammer has been locked away in a top secret SSS rank file called Number 9 Project
00:54:22of Demon Control.
00:54:24What? Number 9 Project of Demon Control?
00:54:27Yeah, a level 1 secret from the earliest days. I've applied to 1HQ for partial access.
00:54:34Both the A rank rusted centipede and this bronze head are tied to Burt Hammer in some way.
00:54:38Anyway, we should start digging into Burt Hammer and the Number 9 Project of Demon Control.
00:54:42The approval should take a few days. Sean, I know you're itching to go, but this is a huge deal.
00:54:48Just hang tight for now. I'll hit you up the second the file lands.
00:55:00Private Museum Number 9. Number 9 Project of Demon Control. They both have Number 9 in their names.
00:55:06They are both related to Burt Hammer. No way.
00:55:09So that museum has another role other than a building full of creepy artifacts.
00:55:14Sean, you following?
00:55:21Got it. I'll be waiting.
00:55:38Tonight, I'm restoring one more artifact. First thing next morning, I'll threaten to stop my restoration work.
00:55:44And make Ms. Swan spill the beans.
00:55:47If she feeds me that my grandma shit again, I'm done with this job.
00:56:14Missing?
00:56:18No kidding. It's rusted centipede. The demon. We met underground during the day. It really came from this museum.
00:56:25But it was a tiny little thing inside here. Why did it turn into a monster outside?
00:56:30The artifacts here move and attack sure, but they're no match for the A rank and S rank demons outside
00:56:35in size and strengths.
00:56:36What the hell is going on?
00:56:38What the hell is going on?
00:56:46One, two, three, ten.
00:57:10Over 30 empty display stands, each with a missing tag.
00:57:15So that means there are at least 30 more demons out there going around killing people like rusted centipede did.
00:57:40I'll restore it tonight.
00:57:49Act like I hear nothing? Piece of cake.
00:58:04Can you see me?
00:58:07First rule of a mortician. Never get distracted on the job.
00:58:11Why won't you answer me? Will you help me?
00:58:16Answer me!
00:58:28Done.
00:58:41I heard it. These artifacts are like the living. They breathe faintly.
00:58:46I heard it. These artifacts are like the living. They breathe faintly.
00:58:51Who is it? Who's sighing?
00:58:55Who is it? Who's sighing?
00:58:58Was it the museum itself sighing?
00:59:07Every piece of crap here moves on its own. Don't tell me. The building itself is also a living thing.
00:59:33Ms. Swan. I restored another one for you.
00:59:37Good work. The one downer restoration fee will be wired to you soon, as I promised.
00:59:45I better get every penny of that money. But besides the cash, per our deal, you'll give me an answer
00:59:52to a question.
00:59:55And, it's gotta be the honest truth. So stop feeding me that my grandma shit. Don't ever lie to me
01:00:00again. Or else, no matter how much you pay, I'll never restore a single thing here again.
01:00:06What do you wanna know?
01:00:08What's the real story behind this museum? And what is its connection to the number 9 project of Demon Control?
01:00:13How? How do you know about that project?
01:00:17None of your business. Now, give me the truth.
01:00:25You've heard of that project, so I'll spill the beans. This private museum is actually a tomb.
01:00:32A tomb?
01:00:33Private museum number 9 is the number 9 project of Demon Control.
01:00:42A tomb? Whose tomb is it? And what about Bird Hammer? Who the hell is that? What's his role in
01:00:49this?
01:00:50Mr. Lang. I lied to you before. So to make it up to you, I answered two of your questions.
01:00:58I told you what this museum is, and how it relates to the project. But then you fired off five
01:01:04more questions.
01:01:07Ms. Swan, don't try to game the system on me.
01:01:10Rules are rules. You wanna know whose tomb this is? And who Bird Hammer is?
01:01:17Earn it. Restore more stuff tonight.
01:01:31Number 9 project of Demon Control is the museum. And the museum is a tomb. But whose tomb is it?
01:01:40Who is buried here?
01:01:50Your requested file is finally approved.
01:02:00Finally got it.
01:02:04What the hell?
01:02:07When I first got it, I felt shocked too. This is an incomplete file. In other words, the file got
01:02:14heavily censored. Higher-ups understand that we're investigating the surge of demons. They know it's likely connected to the number
01:02:219 project.
01:02:22Actually, they went to talk with the participants of the project. But those people were stubborn. They don't want the
01:02:28file released to the DCD. That's why the higher-ups can only give us these heavily censored scraps.
01:02:35Participants of the number 9 project? This project dates back over 80 years. How come the participants are still alive?
01:02:43How old would they be now?
01:02:51They've lived over 100 years. Not like that's impossible. I mean, Mrs. Swan's been around for over a century.
01:03:01Flesh is the vessel.
01:03:07Given to the seal. The seal stands.
01:03:15What does that even mean?
01:03:20Hold on.
01:03:24Fourteen people.
01:03:26But why fourteen?
01:03:29So the statue with the bird hammer tag was one of the demon tamers who died to set the seal.
01:03:36But the museum only has 12 intact statues.
01:03:39With the shattered one included, that's only 13 altogether.
01:03:43So where is the 14th one?
01:03:48Sean.
01:03:49Bird hammer might be...
01:03:52One of the 14 participants of the project.
01:03:54All the high-level demons popping out lately are connected to him.
01:03:58And that means the number 9 project has gone off the rails.
01:04:03We gotta find the real site of this project.
01:04:06Only by digging into that, can we stop the demon crisis at the source.
01:04:10I know where the site is.
01:04:13But trust me.
01:04:15That place is complicated as hell.
01:04:21Gene, Sean, move out now.
01:04:23An abnormal surge of demonic energy detected in a newly excavated suburban ancient tomb.
01:04:29Our recon team is trapped down there.
01:04:31No idea if they're dead. Lead a team there and rescue them.
01:04:34Copy that.
01:04:49Crazy magnetic field. Strong interference. The detector can't locate the recon team.
01:04:57Flashlight off.
01:04:59Allow me.
01:05:28Over there, to the west.
01:05:30300 wide out. They're getting swarmed.
01:05:37Crap. I'm done.
01:05:56Captain White, Sean. You finally made it.
01:06:02Check this wall.
01:06:12No way. The patterns of these rooms, they look the same as the ones from those golden markings at the
01:06:17feet of the Guardians.
01:06:25Over there.
01:06:35The size and shape of this slot, it's an exact match to the empty stands, the ones with the tag
01:06:40missing.
01:06:41This isn't some ancient tomb. This is where the museum artifacts were kept.
01:06:47Sean, look at this.
01:06:51You locked me up for 50 years, and now I'm going to destroy everything you built.
01:06:57What does that mean?
01:07:05These are...
01:07:11The lost broken artifacts from the museum.
01:07:14Why are they here?
01:07:16Whoever that is, they're deeply connected with private museum number 9, and even with those missing artifacts.
01:07:24Captain White, can I borrow them for now?
01:07:27You mean these artifacts?
01:07:29Yeah, they're a huge help to me. Can't explain it right now.
01:07:33You are a huge help in this rescue, so yeah, you can take them.
01:07:39Thanks.
01:08:09You're back home.
01:08:11I tracked down the lost artifacts and brought them home.
01:08:15That's something as tough as restoring a busted artifact.
01:08:18A million per piece.
01:08:20Two pieces, two million.
01:08:22Even better.
01:08:24Miss Swan will answer two more of my questions.
01:08:27I gotta find and restore more artifacts.
01:08:30Then it won't be long.
01:08:32Before I get to the bottom of this creepy private museum.
01:08:47I lost him again.
01:08:57The second, his night shift ends, Sean goes completely missing.
01:09:03I've been tracking him step by step, but every time he gets near this block, he just vanishes into thin
01:09:08air.
01:09:09No traces, none, no matter what.
01:09:14The minute he joined the DCD, he pulled A rank clearance to dig into the number 9 project.
01:09:21He's got that terrifying power, yet he's ignorant of the demonic power rule.
01:09:26Sean, what are you really?
01:09:351, 2, 3, 11, 12.
01:09:45This smashed one included, that makes 13 statues in total.
01:09:49But it was 14 demon tamers, giving away their flesh, as the vessels.
01:09:54The 14th one.
01:09:56Who is it really?
01:09:57Where'd it go?
01:10:17Asking for trouble, scam?
01:10:18I don't know.
01:10:23What are you?
01:10:23What are you doing?
01:10:51I get it now.
01:10:53Hey you, the Guardians.
01:10:56You've been burning through your life force to suppress the demonic artifacts here.
01:11:00Your bodies are cracking, because your power's been drained.
01:11:02And that collapsed statue?
01:11:04Maybe it died from running out of power.
01:11:08Was that you protecting me just now?
01:11:29I don't know.
01:11:48Music, calligraphy, stone arts, jade arts, culpentry, pottery.
01:11:53Birdhammer was a smith, so all the bronzes here were cast by him.
01:11:57Does that mean those porcelains were made by Potter?
01:12:02And the Bejeweled Lady?
01:12:04It was a painting by Bosich the artist?
01:12:06The bleeding hairpin was made by Jade, the engraver.
01:12:11So every single artifact in this museum was made by the Guardians?
01:12:23I chose to become a statue, to guard this place for a century, the age to come.
01:12:28Do not grieve.
01:12:30We have no regrets.
01:12:57Work faster.
01:12:58The clock is ticking.
01:13:00Something's off.
01:13:02The extra rules that popped up out of nowhere were all like type text.
01:13:06But these sentences?
01:13:07So sloppy and rushed.
01:13:09Clearly handwritten.
01:13:10And the color's different.
01:13:12This looks like blood.
01:13:14What the hell are you?
01:13:24This handbook is a living thing.
01:13:27And it can answer my questions?
01:13:36So we get to communicate?
01:13:38Good.
01:13:39Listen up.
01:13:40Who the hell created you?
01:13:48The one who wanted the future age to last.
01:13:53Then tell me.
01:13:54What is this museum really?
01:13:56Who's buried underneath?
01:13:58And the 14th Guardian.
01:13:59Where are they?
01:14:04Go ask her.
01:14:05Who do you mean?
01:14:06Could it be Miss Swan?
01:14:11Hey!
01:14:12Quit playing possum!
01:14:13Do you mean Miss Swan or not?
01:14:14Why do I have to keep restoring artifacts?
01:14:17Spit it out already!
01:14:20Hey!
01:14:21Codex of the Oracle.
01:14:23Hey buddy!
01:14:24You there?
01:14:29Damn it!
01:14:31Don't you bail on me now!
01:14:40I'll go ask her then.
01:14:42Fine.
01:14:43I'll take it that it meant Miss Swan.
01:14:51Miss Swan.
01:14:52Morning.
01:14:53Looks like you didn't restore any artifact last night.
01:14:58True, I didn't restore any broken ones.
01:15:00But I did something harder than restoration.
01:15:03Oh?
01:15:04What is it?
01:15:05I brought back two artifacts that went missing.
01:15:08A bronze vessel and half a jade pendant.
01:15:11I've put them back on their display stands.
01:15:13Come again?
01:15:14For real?
01:15:15You found the artifacts we lost?
01:15:17While on that,
01:15:19did you run into that person?
01:15:21That person?
01:15:23Which person is she asking about?
01:15:28The one who carved those words on the hidden chamber's wall?
01:15:31Even Miss Swan,
01:15:33a slick old timer,
01:15:33is nervous.
01:15:34That person's gotta be a true nightmare.
01:15:36Yeah, I did.
01:15:40I was asked to pass you a message.
01:15:42You locked him up for 50 years.
01:15:44And now,
01:15:44he's gonna destroy everything you built.
01:15:49Mr. Lang,
01:15:50Mr. Lang,
01:15:50I don't know where you heard that.
01:15:51But if you really ran into that person,
01:15:54given your poor skills,
01:15:55no way you'd make it back alive.
01:15:57Damn it!
01:15:58She's belittling me.
01:15:59She has no idea how strong I am now.
01:16:03Alright.
01:16:04I won't beat around the bush.
01:16:10Miss Swan,
01:16:11tell me,
01:16:12should I call this thing a handbook?
01:16:14Or should I call it Codex of the Oracle?
01:16:17Codex of the Oracle?
01:16:19What?
01:16:20You talked with it?
01:16:22What did it tell you?
01:16:23It said I gotta stay alive and restore more.
01:16:25It also said that if I have questions,
01:16:28I should ask you.
01:16:31Miss Swan,
01:16:32let's be honest with each other.
01:16:33I know what you want.
01:16:34You want me to keep restoring artifacts in this museum.
01:16:37I can agree to that
01:16:38and keep doing this life-threatening shit.
01:16:40Only if you answer all my questions.
01:16:41No more secrets or lies.
01:16:49That thing is willing to guide you.
01:16:52Guess it's really accepted you.
01:16:56Alright, deal.
01:16:57Ask me anything.
01:16:58If I know it,
01:16:59I'll tell you.
01:17:00Question 1.
01:17:01All those broken artifacts in the museum,
01:17:04what are they?
01:17:05And also,
01:17:06why is it that every time I restore them,
01:17:08I end up getting some crazy power boost?
01:17:11Mr. Lang,
01:17:12you've joined the DCD,
01:17:13haven't you?
01:17:14By now,
01:17:14you should have memorized
01:17:15that definite rule of power.
01:17:17The power of a demon never disappears.
01:17:20It transfers.
01:17:21Right.
01:17:21In this world,
01:17:22demons are immortal.
01:17:24The only way to truly wipe one out
01:17:26is to have it sealed.
01:17:27When you're restoring the broken artifacts,
01:17:30you're actually having them resealed.
01:17:32Having them sealed
01:17:33is the same as having them killed.
01:17:35That means,
01:17:37the moment you have an artifact
01:17:38restored and resealed again,
01:17:40its power gets pulled out of it.
01:17:42And then,
01:17:43the power transfers right into you.
01:17:46That's why you keep getting stronger.
01:17:50I see.
01:17:52Question 2.
01:17:52All those busted artifacts
01:17:54are freaking terrifying demons.
01:17:58And the ones that got lost out there
01:18:01have world-shattering power.
01:18:03But why,
01:18:03inside the museum,
01:18:04are they stuck as tiny,
01:18:06lifeless objects?
01:18:07Most of them can barely even twitch.
01:18:09And also,
01:18:10even I myself feel so much weaker
01:18:12whenever I'm inside here.
01:18:13When I'm here,
01:18:14I can't access most of my power.
01:18:16Actually,
01:18:17that's the whole reason
01:18:18Private Museum No. 9
01:18:20was built.
01:18:21Inside the museum,
01:18:23every single demonic power
01:18:25must be absolutely suppressed.
01:18:28Get suppressed inside here?
01:18:31Sean,
01:18:32have you thought about this?
01:18:33Why are there only
01:18:34five main sections here?
01:18:37Bronze arts,
01:18:38jade arts,
01:18:39calligraphy and paintings,
01:18:41ceramics,
01:18:42terracotta arts.
01:18:43Any story behind that?
01:18:46These five exhibition areas
01:18:48were built according
01:18:49to the toughest formation there is,
01:18:52the formation of
01:18:52five celestial peaks.
01:18:54This museum itself,
01:18:56it's one massive
01:18:57god-tier magical formation.
01:19:18So,
01:19:44it's one massive
01:20:15From the statues of the Guardians, this whole formation gets its power. For a century, they've been stuck here as
01:20:23living bronze and stone. They've been burning themselves out to keep the formation running. So that the thousands of demons
01:20:30here could stay suppressed.
01:20:37Sean, now you know everything. The Guardian's power is almost drained dry. The formation will soon fall.
01:20:47So listen, forget our old rules. Starting tonight, you're not restoring just one artifact a day. Instead, you'll restore at
01:20:56least ten pieces every day.
01:20:58Ten pieces a day? Holy crap, that's a death sentence! The demons will tear me to shreds!
01:21:03Don't worry. You've got the Guardians in here. You'll burn our last ounce of strength. And even sacrifice the museum
01:21:10just to protect you. And to help you.
01:21:13Sean, we're out of time. That person is coming. You must go all out now. Work as fast as you
01:21:19can. Restore every last artifact in this museum. Only by restoring them can you keep getting stronger.
01:21:25In the end, you must inherit the Twelve Guardian's power and become the strongest Demon Tamer alive. Only then can
01:21:33you take their place and end this everlasting nightmare.
01:21:45Ten pieces a day, huh? I'm in.
01:21:49I landed myself with this mess after all. As a mortician, I'll strip this tomb clean. I'll wipe the demons
01:21:56all out one by one.
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