Tegami Bachi 23 - Honey Waters

Sarah use the spirit amber and chanted Black Needle on one of the gathered people. Surprised, Lag made a bit of noise and was noticed by the people at the gathering, whom despise anyone linked with the government (Bees included). Connor eventually drag Lag and ran away, but they're caught quickly and Niche was unable to save them because of the poisonous honey water she drank in last episode. Lucky for Lag, Master Hunt came to him and throw him away to safety, before Lag was dragged into hiding by a girl who later introduced herself as Ann Grado, 14 years old. She brought lag through an abandoned underground passageway to a sack containing a bunch of letters. There' she told the whole story behind the appearance of those called "One who Unable to Become Spirit" into the ties, growing influences and cut ties with the government and letter deliveries. There are however people who didn't side with the group and still writing letters, but they were unable to deliver it because on their first attempt, the sender (who was Ann's father) was attacked by a Gaichuu and lost heart as a result. Ann then want lag to deliver all those letters for her because he is the only one capable of doing the job.

To the captured Niche and Connor, the people exposed her arm and found that her arm resembled almost like Master Hunt's arm - a Maka. Sarah then realized that Niche's arm is different in that it doesn't have any operation scar like master Hunt's, meaning that Niche is what they call a "true" One Unable to become Spirit. Sarah want to use this chance to offer Niche to someone and joined something called "Reverse", so that they can lead a good life in the capital. Master Hunt who did not agree with all the deceit they've done to the people all along, tried to persuade Sarah from continuing their lies, but she persist. Connor who was faking his unconsciousness all along, heard all the conversations and then had a talk with Master Hunt. He noticed how the Spirit Amber was fake due to the light emitted when Sarah chant the Black Needle. Soon afterward, Gus (Connor's dingo) appeared from underground to save him, but they was interrupted by a gaichuu, who apparently was attracted to the letters carried by lag in the underground passage. Lag and Connor later combined force to fight the Gaichuu, with Lag being the decoy and Connor showing his Shindan for the first time, Yellow Explosion land mines. Unfortunately the deceived people of the town thought the Gaichuu was brought by the Bees, and wanted to offer Lag and Ann to the monsters, but was stopped by Master Hunt. Before long, a Blue Needle shindan appeared, along with Zazie...

comments: The conspiracy in the town is nearly exposed, too bad for the people who wholeheartedly believes in the crap spread by Sarah. Finally we see the real Connor in action. I've always wondered how he did his job as a letter bee especially while dealing with Gaichuu, and it's finally shown to us, fighting with the use of land mines (lol "the land mines I bury are fragments of my hunger"), with the help of Gus. His ability to dig even the sturdiest floow amazed me. But then I wonder how did Connor aimed Gaichuu's weak point if land mines are all he got. Seeing that even Zazie came to help right in the end, it appears that there's even bigger issue lies ahead. Anyway, since the spirit amber that Sarah use is fake, does that mean these events had little to do with Gauche?
Seems like Sarah also has her own sad story with Master Hunt in the past which leads to what they've done at present (and why they hate the government), hopefully it's not going to be a tear jerking episode lol (*cough ep15cough*). Would love to see what's actually happened to Master Hunt and the Artificial Project he's involved with (the origin of his arm), and where the term "One Unable to become Spiri" came from, and how it was related to Maka. Well at least he (and Sarah, partially) isn't a bad person.
p/s: what's with Ann's tsun attitude lol