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My First Night Shift Saved the City
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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.
00:00:08Why? 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.
00:00:46No 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.
00:01:46Rule 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.
00:02:09Rule 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?
00:02:26Boss, I'm on camera!
00:02:28I didn't break this junk, so don't touch my paycheck!
00:02:33This mess is giving me a headache.
00:02:37There comes my work ethic.
00:02:39Rule 5.
00:02:49No bearing, needs a heavy duty pin.
00:02:54Rule 6.
00:02:57Rule 6.
00:02:58Rule 7.
00:02:59Rule 6.
00:03:03Rule 6.
00:03:03Rule 6.
00:03:09Rule 7.
00:03:12I don't know what to do.
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.
00:04:44To be continued...
00:04:49Perfect. True art. If that were a corpse, the grieving family would worship me.
00:05:26Kind of like when you killed a mirror demon and got its power. The power of the S rank Octo
00:05:32Armasura now belongs to whoever took it down.
00:05:36Who took out the Octo Armasura last night?
00:05:45Who is it?
00:05:47Sean, huge news! The city was locked down last night! They say it's because of this S rank demon! The
00:05:51news is scrubbed everywhere! My buddy took this picture! Dope! Huh?
00:05:56That's the statue I restored last night. Someone photoshopped it, blew it up and slapped on some lightning! Dumb Chuck!
00:06:02He'll believe any gossip!
00:06:03Stop buying such fake edited crap! I've been a mortician for years, never once seen any real paranormal junk! Get
00:06:09your ass back to work!
00:06:11But come to think of it weird! After a night shift, I'm not even tired! If anything, I feel much
00:06:16stronger!
00:06:20Hold up! When did Rule 5 show up?
00:06:29Did someone find out I restored that statue? And sneak in last night to add this rule, just to pin
00:06:35it on me?
00:06:39Mr. Lang, you... you're still alive?
00:06:42Of course I'm alive! You think I'm a ghost?
00:06:46You made it through night one! Well done!
00:06:49Ms. Swan! The rules have won more than yesterday! Did you guys sneak that in?
00:06:55Stop asking! Just follow every single rule there is! No questions asked! That's how you'll last longer!
00:07:01Mr. Look! I restored that statue! And let me be clear! Long before my shift, that statue had been in
00:07:06pieces!
00:07:06I didn't break it before restoring it! Don't you dock my pay over this!
00:07:10What? You restored the Octo-Arma Sura? Quick! Take me to it! Now!
00:07:28Huh? You actually restored the Octo-Arma Sura? No doubt! You see, I've had this weird ability! No matter what
00:07:35it misses, one look and I instantly know what it's supposed to look like whole!
00:07:46Over the years as a mortician, I have pieced together countless bodies and received real five-star feedback!
00:07:52Since you restored it, you're responsible for it!
00:07:58If it breaks again, whatever happens, you'll answer for it!
00:08:05Hey! No way! This thing was always trashed! I restored it! Why is it on me if it breaks again?
00:08:14Are you looking for an excuse to dock my pay? And hey! Tell me this! I restored it! What's in
00:08:23it for me?
00:08:24You've gotten the reward!
00:08:28What reward? I got nothing! Pretty women are the best liars! Is she trying to score something for nothing?
00:08:41Alright! You'll keep the reward you've gotten! And as the boss says, for every artifact you restore, I'll throw in
00:08:48an extra 100k!
00:08:50100k per piece? Ms. Swan, now you're talking! You could've just said you'd pay! You've got a deal! Problem solved!
00:08:58Deal! Deal! Being paid, I can restore every single artifact in this whole museum! I'll make them all shine like
00:09:04new!
00:09:19100k per piece! 10 pieces? A million! Yeah! Jackpot!
00:09:30Here we go! Another night ship! On top of pulling guard duty, tonight I'll restore another artifact!
00:09:50Huh? What happened?
00:09:57Weird! These are not natural cracks! Someone hacked at it with a sword or an axe! Who the hell did
00:10:02this?
00:10:04Is it Mrs. Swan?
00:10:06Is it Mrs. Swan? Guess not!
00:10:07That woman spent all day breathing down my neck like a forewoman! She never got the chance!
00:10:18Screw it! I'll patch it up!
00:10:29Gonna restore one more piece tonight! Also, I need to step up patrols! Whoever did this, you're done!
00:10:48This is it! A small chip! Easy restore!
00:10:51This is it! A small chip! Easy restore!
00:11:14Once this one's done, that's another 100k!
00:11:29A hundred grand! A hundred grand! A hundred grand!
00:11:54What the hell? Where are my tools? Where did my tools go? They walked off?
00:12:04Who the heck did this?
00:12:07Who the heck did this?
00:12:11Gotcha!
00:12:26Nobody here? The one who destroyed the Octo-Arm Asura might be just the creep who swiped my tools!
00:12:32Right! The camera! It tells all!
00:12:43Rule 6! Before restoring any artifact, always check how the others around it react!
00:12:52Who's playing ghosts now? So to restore one piece, I need permission from the others here?
00:12:58You're telling me those other artifacts stole my tools? Bullshit!
00:13:02No way some metal could come to life!
00:13:05Nah, I'm being played! When I find out who, you're done!
00:13:09Gotta pull up the cameras! Then 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! Nothing happened the whole night! Easy money! Jackpot!
00:13:50Day 2! While on patrol, I accidentally found that some pieces had changed poses!
00:13:55The bronze warrior's arm was raised higher! The bejeweled lady was staring at me!
00:13:58Ah! They were not in those poses before!
00:14:01Day 3!
00:14:02I told Ms. Swan about it! She said it was all in my head, cause I had too much free
00:14:06time!
00:14:07I could go fix the broken artifacts if I feel bored during the night shift, and she'd pay me a
00:14:11fat bonus for that!
00:14:12Day 4!
00:14:13For the money, I started restoring the broken bronze mirror, but they don't want to be restored!
00:14:17That night, a bronze sword flew out of its display case! It whizzed past my scalp, almost stuck into my
00:14:23skull!
00:14:25I get it now! I shouldn't have restored that thing!
00:14:28I stared at that mirror! My fingers started hardening! It turned white! Like porcelain!
00:14:34Aye, I'm becoming part of it!
00:14:36If what this diary says is true, that pile of porcelain shards I saw was really the last guard!
00:14:42I see, everything clicks, even why my tools got stolen, but this is seriously nuts!
00:14:51Wait a minute! While I was restoring the same mirror, I had my face right in front of it! I
00:14:55also touched it!
00:14:56Why did nothing happen to me?
00:14:58Who's there?
00:15:01Who's there?
00:15:08Who's there?
00:15:28Who the hell did this?
00:15:32Before restoring any artifact, always check how the others around it react.
00:15:43Screw it! I'm restoring this mirror anyway!
00:16:01I guess I was worried for nothing!
00:16:03Can't believe I bought those shitty rules!
00:16:11Who's there!
00:16:19Not delirious!
00:16:20What does that mean to you?
00:16:24Not delirious!
00:16:28Without delirious!
00:16:28Yup!
00:16:34I thought that was awful, man!
00:16:35It was awful to me!
00:16:35Those things really can move!
00:17:05Since when did I get reflexes this quick and 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?
00:18:09That 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.
00:20:02But, 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?
00:20:41Am 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?
00:21:13Mr. Leng, breaking 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.
00:21:45If you stay here, they may hesitate to mess with you.
00:21:48But if you leave, they'll follow you right out the door.
00:21:52If you stay here, they may hesitate to mess with you.
00:21:55But if you leave, they'll follow you right out the door.
00:22:00Huh?
00:22:00Stop bluffing with that crap!
00:22:02Fine, go ahead and leave.
00:22:05But, if you just stick around, starting tonight for every artifact you restore, your pay gets multiplied by 10.
00:22:14By 10?
00:22:15Before it was 100k per piece.
00:22:17And now, that's a million, right?
00:22:20Yep.
00:22:21I mean, I will do anything for that cash.
00:22:25But you have to tell me what the hell this museum is.
00:22:27Why does all that junk move on its own?
00:22:29Is this place haunted?
00:22:33Mr. Lang, you ask too many questions.
00:22:36At this museum, the truth costs more than anything else.
00:22:40You want answers?
00:22:42Fine.
00:22:42For every artifact you successfully restore, I'll answer one of your questions.
00:22:47Good luck.
00:22:48For tonight.
00:22:57Rule 7.
00:22:58You're safe only with the Guardians.
00:23:00Assume they like you.
00:23:03Another one just magically appears.
00:23:07The Guardians?
00:23:08So those huge bronze statues are called the Guardians?
00:23:10Then what are those moving things outside?
00:23:12They're cursed?
00:23:13Ghosts?
00:23:13Or maybe they are being suppressed?
00:23:18As for whether they like me, I hid there and didn't get kicked out.
00:23:22So I'm guessing, yeah.
00:23:23If something creepy happens again tonight, I'll just go straight there.
00:23:25No idea how these rules keep showing up, but I gotta say, they tell the truth.
00:23:30Now I've got a backup plan.
00:23:32Gotta get to work.
00:23:34Rule 4.
00:23:35The 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.
00:23:41Rule 4.
00:23:42The Headless Bronze Warrior.
00:23:45Should be an easy restore.
00:23:48That's the one.
00:23:50Back when I was a mortician, I got headless bodies from car wrecks.
00:23:54Still, I used plaster and clay and sculpted exact replicas.
00:24:16No original head?
00:24:18Then I'll make you a brand new one myself.
00:24:36Nailed it.
00:25:01Coming.
00:25:02Coming.
00:25:18Wait here.
00:25:42All right.
00:25:43You want a 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.
00:26:17I'm burning.
00:26:25Team A's gone dark.
00:26:26Team B is shattered.
00:26:28Team C, all of Team C just flatlined.
00:26:34Where's my body?
00:26:43Give me your body.
00:27:01In the last 72 hours, the demonic invasion in town has tripled, and the most dangerous
00:27:05one, 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-ranked 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.
00:27:40We, 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.
00:28:23Is it...
00:28:25...completely dead now?
00:28:37Bird Hammer, who's that?
00:28:40The Forger.
00:28:44This S-ranked Demon was crafted by someone with an intention.
00:28:47It can't be.
00:28:49Apart from the Bronze Head.
00:28:51That demon also has a body.
00:28:53And it's missing.
00:28:54Remember?
00:28:55That thing is at least S-ranked 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.
00:29:08Why am I stuck cleaning the front desk too?
00:29:12Hmm?
00:29:13What's this?
00:29:27Hold on.
00:29:29This woman.
00:29:31That's Ms. Swan.
00:29:32But this photo gotta be years old.
00:29:41The Olympic Games.
00:29:43Amsterdam.
00:29:46The Olympic Games, Amsterdam.
00:29:48That's literally in 1928.
00:29:52Almost a century ago.
00:29:57If this is really Ms. Swan.
00:30:00Then she's been alive for over a century.
00:30:21Miss Swan.
00:30:23Morning.
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-Arma Sura was just cracked open.
00:30:40The pieces can be put together.
00:30:42But the head of that Bronze Warrior was totally gone.
00:30:45How could you fix that?
00:30:47Come on.
00:30:48Why the big whoop?
00:30:49Its head was missing.
00:30:50So 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.
00:31:28What's the big deal?
00:31:30The one net will hit your account on time.
00:31:32I've got things to do.
00:31:33Bye.
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?
00:31:46Is you?
00:31:51A woman who has lived one hundred 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.
00:32:58Some 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.
00:33:13Full 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.
00:33:39Take my advice.
00:33:41Some things are better left unknown.
00:33:44F-
00:33:44Why all the secrecy?
00:33:47Hey, listen.
00:33:49Remember the photo of the Octo Armassura?
00:33:52Did you Photoshop it?
00:33:54Sean, make fun of my weight as you want.
00:33:56But 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.
00:34:08Got nuked from the internet right away.
00:34:10Wiped 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.
00:34:38All the while crying for its body.
00:34:40Lots of people got killed.
00:34:41So, 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.
00:35:00Demon control division?
00:35:04What is that?
00:35:07Sean, you came to the right guy, you know.
00:35:09The DCD is a top-secret special official agency
00:35:12set up to handle the paranormal incidents
00:35:15that happen all over the country
00:35:16and 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
00:35:31and they've taken that bronze head.
00:35:32In their internal archives,
00:35:33there must be some info on Bird Hammer
00:35:35and Private Museum No. 9.
00:35:37If I get into the DCD,
00:35:39I'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, you 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
00:36:09and pass their trials,
00:36:10they'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,
00:37:04there's something alive staring at us.
00:37:07The second I walked in,
00:37:08I 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,
00:37:22the examiner and deputy captain of the DCD.
00:37:25Our recruitment standard is pretty simple.
00:37:27The strong stay,
00:37:28the weak out.
00:37:30You see that bell?
00:37:32Inside it is a trapped A-ranked demon.
00:37:35Codename,
00:37:36Face Eater.
00:37:38You gotta be kidding me.
00:37:40An A-ranked demon?
00:37:41That thing can wipe out half a city.
00:37:43And they keep it in just a bell?
00:37:45Hmm.
00:37:46Quiet.
00:37:47During the test,
00:37:47we will only break part of the seal
00:37:49and let out a tiny fraction of its energy.
00:37:52If you can withstand D-ranked demonic energy,
00:37:55you get to become a trainee demon tamer.
00:37:57If you can withstand C-rank energy,
00:37:59you get to become a C-ranked demon tamer.
00:38:02If you do exceptionally well
00:38:04and withstand B-ranked energy,
00:38:06you get certified as a B-ranked demon tamer.
00:38:11No offense, ma'am,
00:38:12but what rank are you as a demon tamer?
00:38:15Captain White is an A-ranked demon tamer.
00:38:17Only a few people from the DCD
00:38:19have reached that level.
00:38:20As for you rookies,
00:38:21if you can handle D-ranked energy
00:38:23without pissing yourselves,
00:38:24that'd be a huge blessing.
00:38:31A-rank, huh?
00:38:32From how they put it,
00:38:33an A-rank is basically a top-tier badass.
00:38:42I wonder what level I can reach.
00:38:47The test starts now.
00:39:10My face!
00:39:12My face is killing me!
00:39:35I guess I've got this test in the bag.
00:39:43I guess I've got this test in the bag.
00:39:44Seriously, that insane?
00:39:47Keep going.
00:39:49Take it to C-rank.
00:40:04I-I saw it!
00:40:05There are faces in there!
00:40:07So many faces!
00:40:09Get out!
00:40:10Get the hell out of my head!
00:40:12Don't eat me!
00:40:14Don't eat me!
00:40:27That's the best you can do!
00:40:29Now get the hell out!
00:40:31I'm going for something harder here!
00:40:34Take it straight to B-ranked!
00:40:38Take it straight to B-ranked!
00:40:40Oh!
00:40:42Are you sure?
00:40:44Damn sure!
00:40:50Captain White!
00:40:52B-rank!
00:40:53Seriously?
00:40:53I've got it!
00:40:54Relax!
00:40:55Relax!
00:41:00Relax!
00:41:01Relax!
00:41:02Relax!
00:41:02Relax!
00:41:04Relax!
00:41:06Relax!
00:41:06Relax!
00:41:06Deixa me at your face!
00:41:07Your face is so perfect!
00:41:09Let me have a bite!
00:41:10I'm so hungry.
00:41:27My face!
00:41:28My face got ripped off!
00:41:32That rookie is way too cocky. A B rank is way out of a C ranked 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!
00:42:32I don't feel any danger. I can probably take it.
00:42:39Crap! That rookie's got no guts at all. He's frozen in fear by that A rank demon. He can't
00:42:44even dodge now. He's not moving. No way Captain White can save him now.
00:42:54Praise you demon!
00:43:02Get the hell back.
00:43:071
00:43:081
00:43:322
00:43:352
00:43:371
00:43:372
00:44:03Holy 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, you'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!
00:45:18It paid off.
00:45:18With A-rank clearance, I can finally dig into private museum number 9.
00:45:23Sean, 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.
00:45:33What do you mean?
00:45:33There'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 rule, 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.
00:46:39I 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.
00:47:16Commander, a spike of demonic energy detected in the west underground channel.
00:47:21The energy is skyrocketing.
00:47:23The reading is above A-rank.
00:47:24Get the live footage up now.
00:47:32Codename for now, rusted 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.
00:47:44Notify 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.
00:48:26What?
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.
00:48:39What?
00:48:39It's right up ahead.
00:48:43Lock and load!
00:49:01Form up!
00:49:19Get back!
00:49:20Okay.
00:49:26Go to hell!
00:49:51Sean!
00:49:54Sean, don't force it! That thing is too strong!
00:50:05Holy shit! A full strike from an A-ranked demon! Can't even scratch him!
00:50:14Is 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!
00:52:12Forged by Burt Hammer
00:52:19Burt Hammer?
00:52:22The bronze statue of a guardian? What does it have to do with this A-ranked demon thing?
00:52:35Burt Hammer again?
00:52:38Captain White! You know Burt Hammer?
00:52:41Let's head back to HQ!
00:52:44Then 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?
00:53:24You okay? You've seen this before?
00:53:28Ah, nope! But this head really gives me the creeps!
00:53:34This is an S-ranked 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!
00:53:46Captain White!
00:53:48Who is Burt Hammer anyway?
00:53:50According to the external intel we found,
00:53:53Burt Hammer was a legendary figure back in the 1920s.
00:53:57It's said that he 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!
00:54:16All 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!
00:54:30I'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!
00:54:44Sean, 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!
00:55:02Private Museum Number 9!
00:55:03Number 9 Project of Demon Control!
00:55:04They both have Number 9 in their names!
00:55:06They are both related to Burt Hammer!
00:55:08No 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!
00:55:40First thing next morning, I'll threaten to stop my restoration work and make Ms. Swan spill the beans!
00:55:47If she feeds me that my grandma shit again, I'm done with this job!
00:56:15Missing?
00:56:17No kidding!
00:56:19It's Rusted Centipede!
00:56:20No kidding!
00:56:20The demon!
00:56:21We met underground during the day!
00:56:23It really came from this museum!
00:56:25But it was a tiny little thing inside here!
00:56:28Why did it turn into a monster outside?
00:56:30The artifacts here move and attack, sure!
00:56:32But they're no match for the A rank and S rank demons outside in size and strengths!
00:56:37What the hell is going on?
00:56:561...2...3...10...
00:57:10Over 30 empty display stands, each with a missing tag!
00:57:15So that means...
00:57:18There 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?
00:57:50Piece 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?
00:58:13Will you help me?
00:58:15Answer me!
00:58:28Done!
00:58:41I heard it!
00:58:42These artifacts are like the living!
00:58:45They breathe faintly!
00:58:52Who is it?
00:58:53Who's sighing?
00:58:59Was it the museum itself sighing?
00:59:06Every piece of crop here moves on its own!
00:59:10Don't tell me!
00:59:12The building itself is also a living thing!
00:59:33Ms. Swan, I restored another one for you!
00:59:37Good work!
00:59:39The one downer restoration fee will be wired to you soon, as I promised!
00:59:45I better get every penny of that money!
00:59:47But besides the cash!
00:59:49Per our deal!
00:59:51You'll give me an answer to a question!
00:59:55And, it's gotta be the honest truth!
00:59:57So stop feeding me that my grandma shit!
00:59:59Don't ever lie to me again!
01:00:00Or else, no matter how much you pay!
01:00:03I'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?
01:00:10And what is it's connection to the number 9 project of demon control?
01:00:14How?
01:00:14How do you know about that project?
01:00:17None of your business!
01:00:19Now, give me the truth!
01:00:25You've heard of that project so I'll spill the beans!
01:00:28This private museum is actually a tomb!
01:00:32A tomb?
01:00:33Well, private museum number 9!
01:00:35Is the number 9 project of demon control!
01:00:42A tomb?
01:00:44Whose tomb is it?
01:00:45And what about Bird Hammer?
01:00:47Who the hell is that?
01:00:48What's his role in this?
01:00:50Mr. Leng!
01:00:52I lied to you before!
01:00:54So to make it up to you, I answered two of your questions!
01:00:57I told you what this museum is!
01:01:00And how it relates to the project!
01:01:02But then you fired off five more questions!
01:01:06Ms. Swan!
01:01:08Don't try to game the system on me!
01:01:10Rules are rules!
01:01:12You wanna know whose tomb this is?
01:01:15And who Bird Hammer is?
01:01:17Earn it!
01:01:18Restore more stuff tonight!
01:01:31Number 9 project of demon control is the museum!
01:01:34And the museum is a tomb!
01:01:38But whose tomb is it?
01:01:40Who is buried here?
01:01:43Who is buried here?
01:01:51Your 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!
01:02:10This is an incomplete file!
01:02:12In other words, the file got heavily censored!
01:02:15Higher ups understand that we're investigating the surge of demons!
01:02:19They know it's likely connected to the Number 9 project!
01:02:22Actually, they went to talk with the participants of the project!
01:02:25But those people were stubborn!
01:02:27They don't want the file released to the DCD!
01:02:30That's why the higher ups can only give us these heavily censored scraps!
01:02:35Participants of the Number 9 project!
01:02:37This project dates back over 80 years!
01:02:40How come the participants are still alive?
01:02:43How old would they be now?
01:02:51They've lived over a hundred years!
01:02:53Not like that's impossible!
01:02:55I mean, Mrs. Swan's been around for over a century!
01:03:01Flesh is the vessel!
01:03:06Given to the seal!
01:03:08The 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
01:03:32Was one of the demon tamers who died to set the seal!
01:03:36But the museum only has twelve intact statues!
01:03:39With the shattered one included!
01:03:42That's only thirteen altogether!
01:03:43So where is the fourteenth one?
01:03:48Sean!
01:03:48I don't know!
01:03:49Heard hammer might be!
01:03:52One of the fourteen 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!
01:04:28Our recon team is trapped down there!
01:04:31No idea if they're dead!
01:04:32Lead the team there and rescue them!
01:04:34Copy that!
01:04:49Crazy magnetic field!
01:04:51Strong interference!
01:04:52The 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!
01:05:31They're getting swarmed!
01:05:37Crump!
01:05:38I'm done!
01:05:56Captain White!
01:05:57Sean!
01:05:58You finally made it!
01:06:02Check this wall!
01:06:12No way!
01:06:13The patterns of these rooms!
01:06:14They look the same as the ones from those golden markings at the feet!
01:06:18Of 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
01:06:40tag missing!
01:06:41This isn't some ancient tomb!
01:06:42This is where the museum artifacts were kept!
01:06:46Sean!
01:06:47Sean!
01:06:47Look at this!
01:06:51You locked me up for 50 years!
01:06:53And now, I'm gonna 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!
01:07:20And even with those missing artifacts!
01:07:24Captain White!
01:07:25Can I borrow them for now?
01:07:27You mean these artifacts?
01:07:29Yeah!
01:07:30They're a huge help to me!
01:07:31Can't explain it right now!
01:07:33You were a huge help in this rescue!
01:07:35So yeah!
01:07:36You 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!
01:08:21Two million!
01:08:22Even better!
01:08:24Ms. Swan!
01:08:25Will 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!
01:08:34Of this creepy private museum!
01:08:47I lost him again!
01:08:56The second!
01:08:58His night shift ends!
01:09:00Sean goes completely missing!
01:09:02I've been tracking him step by step!
01:09:05But every time he gets near this block!
01:09:07He just vanishes into thin air!
01:09:09No traces!
01:09:10None!
01:09:11No matter what!
01:09:14The minute he joined the DCD!
01:09:17He pulled A rank clearance to dig into the Number 9 project!
01:09:21He's got that terrifying power!
01:09:23Yet he's ignorant of the demonic power rule!
01:09:26Sean!
01:09:27What are you really?
01:09:35One!
01:09:36Two!
01:09:37Three!
01:09:40Eleven!
01:09:41Twelve!
01:09:45This smashed one included!
01:09:47That makes thirteen statues in total!
01:09:49But it was fourteen demon tamers!
01:09:51Giving away their flesh!
01:09:52As the vessels!
01:09:54The fourteenth one!
01:09:56Who is it really?
01:09:57Where'd it go?
01:10:17Asking for trouble!
01:10:18Scam!
01:10:30Asking for trouble!
01:10:32Scam!
01:10:51I get it now!
01:10:53I get it now!
01:10:53Hey you!
01:10:54The Guardians!
01:10:55You've been burning through your life force to suppress the demonic artifacts here!
01:11:00Your bodies are cracking!
01:11:01Cause your power's been drained!
01:11:03And that collapsed statue?
01:11:04Maybe it died from running out of power!
01:11:08Was that you protecting me just now?
01:11:12I got it!
01:11:18I got it!
01:11:20I got it!
01:11:25Birdhammer the Smith!
01:11:27Rider the martial artist!
01:11:29Potter the Potter!
01:11:31Web the Weaver!
01:11:33Hopper the Musician!
01:11:35Black the Calligrapher!
01:11:36Stone the Carver!
01:11:38Lacquer the Painter!
01:11:40Jade the Engraver!
01:11:41Wood the Musician!
01:11:42the carpenter. Forging, painting, carving, weaving, lacquer arts, music, calligraphy,
01:11:50stone arts, jade arts, carpentry, pottery. Birdhammer was a smith, so all the bronzes
01:11:55here were cast by him. Does that mean those porcelains were made by Potter? And the bejeweled
01:12:03lady? It was a painting by Bosich the artist? The bleeding hairpin was made by Jade, the
01:12:09engraver. So every single artifact in this museum was made by the Guardians? I chose to become a
01:12:24statue, to guard this place for a century, the age to come. Do not grieve, we have no regrets.
01:12:57Work faster! The clock is ticking. Something's off. The extra rules that popped up out of nowhere
01:13:04were all like type text. But these sentences? So sloppy and rushed. Clearly handwritten.
01:13:10And the color's different. This looks like blood. What the hell are you?
01:13:20Holy crap!
01:13:24This handbook is a living thing. And it can answer my questions?
01:13:36So we get to communicate? Good. Listen up. Who the hell created you?
01:13:48The one who wanted the future age to last.
01:13:53Then tell me. What is this museum really? Who's buried underneath? And the 14th Guardian?
01:13:59Where are they?
01:14:04Go ask her. Who do you mean? Could it be Miss Swan?
01:14:11Hey! Quit playing possum! Do you mean Miss Swan or not? Why do I have to keep restoring artifacts?
01:14:17Spit it out already!
01:14:21Hey! Codex of the Oracle!
01:14:23Hey, buddy! You there?
01:14:29Damn it! Don't you bail on me now!
01:14:40I'll go ask her then.
01:14:42Fine. I'll take it that it meant Miss Swan.
01:14:51Miss Swan, morning.
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.
01:15:12Come again?
01:15:14For real? You found the artifacts we lost?
01:15:17While on that, did 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, a slick old timer, is 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, he's gonna destroy everything you built.
01:15:49Mr. Lang, I 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.
01:16:03All right.
01:16:04I won't beat around the bush.
01:16:10Miss Swan, tell me.
01:16:12Should I call this thing a handbook?
01:16:14Or should I call it Codex 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.
01:16:31Ms. Swan, let'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.
01:16:56All right, 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, haven't you?
01:17:13By now,
01:17:14you should have memorized that 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,
01:17:29you're actually having them resealed.
01:17:32Having them sealed is the same as having them killed.
01:17:35That means,
01:17:36the moment you have an artifact restored 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 are freaking terrifying demons.
01:17:58And the ones that got lost out there
01:18:00have 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 whenever 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 was 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 5 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 5 exhibition areas
01:18:48were built according to the toughest formation
01:18:51there is.
01:18:51A formation of 5 celestial peaks.
01:18:54This museum itself,
01:18:56it's one massive,
01:18:57god-tier magical formation.
01:20:15From the statues of the Guardians, this whole formation gets its power.
01:20:20For a century, they've been stuck here as living bronze and stone.
01:20:24They've been burning themselves out to keep the formation running.
01:20:28So that the thousands of demons here could stay suppressed.
01:20:37Sean, now you know everything.
01:20:40The Guardian's power is almost drained dry.
01:20:42The formation will soon fall.
01:20:47So listen, forget our old rules.
01:20:50Starting tonight, you're not restoring just one artifact a day.
01:20:53Instead, you'll restore at least ten pieces every day.
01:20:58Ten pieces a day?
01:20:59Holy crap, that's a death sentence.
01:21:02The demons will tear me to shreds.
01:21:04Don't worry.
01:21:05You've got the Guardians in here.
01:21:07We'll burn our last ounce of strength.
01:21:09And even sacrifice the museum just to protect you.
01:21:12And to help you.
01:21:14Sean, we're out of time.
01:21:15That person is coming.
01:21:16You must go all out now.
01:21:18Work as fast as you can.
01:21:20Restore every last artifact in this museum.
01:21:22Only by restoring them can you keep getting stronger.
01:21:25In the end, you must inherit the twelve Guardians' power.
01:21:29And become the strongest Demon Tamer alive.
01:21:32Only then can you take their place and end this everlasting nightmare.
01:21:44Ten pieces a day, huh?
01:21:47I'm in.
01:21:49I landed myself with this mess after all.
01:21:52As a mortician, I'll strip this tomb clean.
01:21:55I'll wipe the demons all out one by one.
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