Tougen Anki, chapter 253 translation
253 The Archives
Shiki: Rokuro and Kuina got captured too?!
Homare: We lost contact with them all of a sudden...
Shiki: I think I might know where they got taken...!
Homare: Eh?! Really?!
Shiki: Yeah, let's hurry and pick 'em up! Oh, right. Before we do that. Rei! Told ya, yeah?! That my friends'd come for me.
Rei: The person who came doesn't look all that reliable...
Homare: Aw-aw-aw... I'm sorry about that.
Shiki: She may not look it, but she is very reliable! Right?!
Homare: U-Umm... I-I can do quite a bit...
Text: [Getting-full-of-herself meter}
Shiki: Byoubugauraa!
Homare: Divine punishment for getting full of myself is swift...
Shiki: I won the bet, didn't I. But it's you who gets to decide if you wanna try living for revenge. If you really wanna die so bad, I won't stop you anymore. And if you dunno what to do, you're welcome to come find us any time. Well, see ya! And good luck!
Homare: Ichinose-san... Maybe you should have Oiranzaka-sensei take a look at you...
Shiki: Nah... Rokuro and Kuina come first!
Homare: If only I could bring out oneechan, we could escape this place faster... but I'm unable to bring her out for a while after I already have once.
Shiki: Don't sweat it! Let's just hurry!
ramblng
Shiki: What the?!
Box: Chairman's office
Secretary: Chairman, sir, are you sure about destroying the facility?
Chairman: No matter. It's emergency. If by some chance the test subjects escape, they might make it here and who knows what they'd want to do then. It's better to kill them by burying them alive. Hurry it up, we're making our getaway now.
rambling
Shiki: This looks dangerous as hell! I think it's about to collapse?!
Homare: This is the third underground floor! If it collapses, we'll be buried alive...!
Shiki: There might be other oni held here, no?
Homare: There weren't any on the first 2 basement floors, but I'm not sure about this one...
Shiki: Then we'll search as we're moving along! Heey! Anyone alive here?!
Inou: Enki-sama...
Shiki: I think I heard an old man's voice!
Homare: But there is a wall in the way...
Shiki: Not a problem! You okay?!
Inou: Ooh... so you are... the next generation's Enki-sama... I can scarcely believe I was blessed to meet the god of flames twice in one lifetime...
Shiki: How come you know I'm Enki?
Inou: This warm presence... so nostalgic... how could I ever forget it... I was the one who was by the side of the previous generation's Enki-sama, after all...
Shiki: He's gone senile.
Homare: We learned in class that it has been a few centuries since the preceding generation of the Children of Kishin had emerged...
Shiki: Woah! This doesn't look good! Anyway, let's get outta here now, old man! Even Dr.Flighty-Flirt is powerless to cure senility, is he?
[t/n: "Chara-sen" in original Japanese. It's Shiki's nickname for Kyouya, stands for Charai-sensei based on Kyouya's chatty easygoing personality (that's what "charai" is, basically a player, a social butterfly)]
Inou: I am not senile. The current generation's Enki-sama is quite outspoken, I see.
Shiki: Oh c'mon, I mean the previous Children of Kishin lived some centuries ago, yeah? How old exactly would that make you then, old man?
Inou: My age is due to my ability.
Shiki: Ability?
Inou: "Longevity". Such is my useless ability.
Shiki: Longevity, huh? Sounds fishy as hell!
Homare: So you actually knew the Child of Kishin of the previous generation?
Inou: Yes... He was a sagacious and gentle-mannered person. Very much unlike you.
Shiki: Shut up!
Inou: I still remember the day when I bore witness to the last moments of Enki-sama as he lived out his allotted lifespan...
Shiki: You mean the previous Enki died naturally from old age?! So it's like Subaru said. Not every Child of Kishin has a short life, huh.
Inou: ... What is it you are saying?
Shiki: I just heard that the Children of Kishin are real short-lived! But lately some started saying it's not necessarily true, and now I don't know which it is!
Inou: Hmm... As I thought... It appears the history and legends did get twisted with passing time... and the predecessors' idea was right after all...
Shiki: What d'you mean?
Inou: cough cough
Shiki: Are you okay, old man?!
Inou: panting It appears I possess no time to tell you everything... If you wish to know the truth... make your way to the Sakurajima island in Kagoshima. There, you shall find a shard of history...
Shiki: Sakurajima? Shard of history? Whatcha even talking about?
Inou: No matter how many times historical happenings are rewritten, the truth left behind and passed down by those who fought in each era cannot be completely erased... No matter how many layers of lies it is covered up with, the truth shall always come to light in the end. The Archives in which thousands of oni, risking their lives, left the records of the truth are to be found there. The people should learn about it... about the truth of this world... What are oni? And what are Momotarou? What is the berserk state? And what are the Children of Kishin...? The answers to all of these questions are found in the Archives...