Tougen Anki, chapter 254 translation
254 For this day
Shiki: The Archives? What's that!
Homare: It sounds like something of incredible importance...
Inou: cough cough
Shiki: If you know what's in them, just tell m...
rambling
Shiki: Okay, first we get out of here, and then you'll tell me all you know in detail!
Inou: ...No... There is no time... Please put me down...
Shiki: Whatcha saying! We're getting away from here!
Inou: Please... There is no time... The world works in the strangest ways... Just when this longevity, my detestable ability... cough... finally gained meaning, the flame of my life is about to go out...
Shiki: What're you saying?! Can't you talk in simpler terms?!
Inou: It means I'm about to die... And before I do, please... would you be so kind as to show me Enki's flames...?
Shiki: I just need to go Enki mode, yeah?
Inou: Yes...
Shiki: Done.
Inou: Ooh... so beautiful... How my heart sings at this honor of meeting you across times and epochs... There were times when I loathed my longevity, but.. now I am grateful for it from the bottom of my heart... This warmth is like it was on that day... Thank you, dear boy... May I know your name...?
Shiki: It's Ichinose Shiki.
Inou: Ichinose... Shiki... I see... A beautiful name... However, Shiki... you still are only using but a fraction of Enki's power...
Shiki: Really?
Inou: The Enki-sama I knew was more... more like a god in appearance...
Shiki: God...?
Inou: But 'tis a talk of the ultimate peak... First, you shall need to take the first step on the path to that peak...
Shiki: Your wordings suck! Talk in clearer terms!
Inou: Fufufu... You truly are the polar opposite of your predecessor in every aspect... There is a higher level to Enki's power. It lies beyond the red flame... The blue flame is the first step toward it...
Shiki: The blue flame?! How do you produce it?!
Inou: Focus your mind on making your flame run across every blood vessel penetrating every part of your body... and when the flame which returned to your heart starts eroding your brain like it is about to consume it all and reduce it to ashes... conquer your fear and surrender to the flame. If you can do this, you shall be even stronger...
Shiki: Stronger...
Inou: One warning I must give you... Do not let the "voice" lead you astray.
Shiki: The voice...?
Inou: You shall know when you try it...
Shiki: I don't really get it, but I guess I'll... try it...
Homare: It's about to collapse!
Shiki: For real...
Inou: You two should be on your way...
Shiki: Huh?!
Inou: My lifespan is about to run out...
Shiki: Enough of that already!!! You and my old man both, why are you old people always itch to play the 'I'm dying' card so bad?! Don't be so quick to give up! It's gonna be okay! If we show you to Dr. Flighty Flirt, you might still make it...
Inou: I thought everything about you differs from your predecessor's... but that kindness... is the same as his...
Shiki: Then live and tell me all about it! About that predecessor and stuff! You know so much, old man, it's gotta be a blast! Before you told me I knew nothing about the Enki power or about the Archives! It can't be just a coincidence! I wouldn't have had any way of learning about any of that without meeting you!
Inou: (...Oh... I see... Yes... I'm sure now... It is for this day that I was born... And this hateful power of longevity because of which I was always forced to watch all of my friends depart before me one after another... was for today... was bestowed upon me so I could meet this child here and now... so that the light connecting the past and the present does not die out... connecting it across the time is what my duty is... If so... then I have no more regrets...) My name is... Inou... not "old... man"...
Shiki: Eh?! Inou... what?
Inou: Shiki... This world... I shall leave it... in your hands... Only you and your friends... can save... it...
Shiki: Old man Inou...?
Homare: Ichinose-san... He is already...
Shiki: ...Dammit.
Homare: The crumbling is intensifying!
Shiki: I'm sorry, old man Inou... I promise I'll give you proper burial once this's all over...
Box: Auction venue
Box: Hello, I'm Kiriyama Rokuro and I'm on the verge of dying... Partly because I got captured by Momo...
Kuroba: 5 million, anyone? Then how about half that price? Taking into account the lot's poor health we can lower the price down to 1 million.
Box: They made me into a lot at an auction without asking and stuck the price tag on me the same way... No one makes any attempt to buy me and my heart is about to die from the fact...
Kuina: I'll buy him! Rokuro's mine! (I'll pay with my body!!!)
Kuroba: Let's drop it all the way down then! How about 500 thousand?