Kurenai 22

Chapter 22

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Lucy: And so...
Lucy: That "incident" the other day was a complete coincidence.
Text: Kirihiko is having a secret meeting with Lucy May of the Akuu Company!?

Lucy: The Akuu Company will go anywhere if we're asked to do a job.
Lucy: Who would have thought that you would be in that hotel, Kirihiko-kun...? I certainly didn't.

Lucy: But...I did learn one thing.

Title: Chapter 22 Friends

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Lucy: Kirihiko-kun...
Lucy: You have a lot of friends.

Lucy: You really seem to get along well.
Lucy: When did you make so many friends...?

Lucy: ...Ah.

Lucy: Ha ha. Oh, sorry about that.
Lucy: I guess I was mistaken!

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Lucy: You having "friends"... Ha ha.
Lucy: Yeah, right.

Lucy: Sorry...As assistant director of HR...I can't let that happen.
Lucy: Who would someone let a wild animal make friends?

Lucy: But there is one thing you should be proud of, Kirihiko-kun.
Lucy: You are the Akuu Company's leading...
SFX: *grab*

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Kirihiko: Shut up,
Kirihiko: Lucy May.

Lucy: A butter KNIFE...huh?

Lucy: Well, seeing as I'm shutting up...
Lucy: I'd like to hear about a certain talented person who was present at the incident the other day...

Lucy: It was a male high school student...

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Lucy: Oh, how scary.

Lucy: That's right.
Lucy: This is good enough for you.

Lucy: You don't need friends.

Lucy: I'll contact you later.
Lucy: Kirihiko-kun.

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Text: In the gap between destruction and solitude...

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Kirihiko: How dare she ask me about such worthless shit...
Kirihiko: That bitch...

Guy: Ow!

Guy: Hey.

Guy: Hey! You ran into me!
Guy: How can you just ignore me like that...?

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Guy: Ee...!!

Guy: Eee!!
Guy: Sh-she's a monster!!

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Shinkurou: Kirihiko-chan.

Kirihiko: Onii-san...

Tamaki: ...Huh?

Tamaki: It's Kirihiko-chan.

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Shinkurou: By the way...

Shinkurou: Are you always the only one here, Ginko...?
Shinkurou: Isn't this the newspaper club's room?

Ginko: This is my room.
Ginko: Didn't you know?

Shinkurou: I guess the rumor that she drove out all the other club members was true...
Ginko: More importantly...
Ginko: You should be careful.

Shinkurou: Eh?

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Ginko: The group you beat up at the pool the other day...
Ginko: seemed to have gotten some help from the "Akuu Company".

Ginko: It's a huge syndicate in the under world.
Ginko: They aren't someone you want to make enemies of.

Ginko: That said...that group was clearly made up of amateurs.
Ginko: So I don't think you have to worry too much.

Shinkurou: The Akuu Company again, huh...?

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Tamaki: Shinkurou-kun?

Tamaki: He would be at school.

SFX: *climb*

Murasaki: Kh...

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Murasaki: Nhh...

Murasaki: Mh?

Murasaki: O-oh, thanks.
Murasaki: I don't know who you are, but...

Murasaki: Oh...
Murasaki: It's Kirihiko.

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Murasaki: Oh.
Murasaki: You came for Shinkurou, too...

Murasaki: I just really wanted to see him all of a sudden.
Murasaki: So I snuck out of school!

Murasaki: Keep it a secret, okay?

Murasaki: Let's ask those people if they know where Shinkurou is!

Murasaki: Hey...

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Yuuno: Eh?

Yuuno: Oh, Murasaki-chan.

Yuuno: Why are you here?

Yuuno: Shouldn't you be at your school...?

Murasaki: Run, Kirihiko!!
Yuuno: Murasaki-chan!!

Girl: Houzuki-san, do you know them?

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Lin: Kurenai Shinkurou!!

Lin: Where is Murasaki-sama!?
Shinkurou: Eh...?
Shinkurou: Lin-san...?
Lin: I know from her GPS that she's at this school!!

Shinkurou: Wh-what has Murasaki done!?

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Sign: Biology Lab

Murasaki: You hide in here, Kirihiko.

Murasaki: I'll go look for Shinkurou.

Kirihiko: ...Friends.
Kirihiko: Friends.

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Kirihiko: Ah...

Yuuno: I don't see Murasaki-chan here...
Yuuno: Have you gotten lost...
Yuuno: Kirihiko-san...?

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Yuuno: "Kirishima"
Yuuno: Kirihiko-san.

Yuuno: This is the first chance I've had to talk with you one on one.

Yuuno: I was surprised when I first met you.
Yuuno: "Kirishima" is one of the Thirteen Inner Families. The same as "Houzuki".

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Yuuno: And seeing as you're named "Kirihiko"...
Yuuno: you must be a direct descendant of the head family.

Yuuno: "Kirihiko"...

Yuuno: That name is given to the one who takes over the family occupation of hit man...

Yuuno: If Murasaki-chan knew who you really were, she wouldn't act like this towards you...

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Lucy: You don't need friends.

Yuuno: Why are you...
Yuuno: getting close to Shinkurou-san?

Yuuno: Answer me honestly.

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Murasaki: What are you doing, Yuuno!?

Yuuno: M...
Yuuno: Murasaki-chan!?

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Murasaki: Yuuno!!
Murasaki: Don't be mean to Kirihiko...!!

Murasaki: Ah...

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Murasaki: Wha...!?

Murasaki: A-are you okay, Kirihiko!?

Kirihiko: I'm fine.

Murasaki: Sorry...
Murasaki: I thought I would be able to find Shinkurou if I managed to climb up somewhere high.

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Murasaki: Kirihiko.

Murasaki: Don't think badly of Yuuno.

Murasaki: Yuuno's a good person.
Murasaki: She may be part of the "Inner Families", but she invited me into her house and gave me food...

Murasaki: You can't know the truth just by what you read in books or what people tell you.
Murasaki: Yuuno taught me that.

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Murasaki: I won't make any judgments about you based on the fact you're part of the Thirteen Inner Families.

Yuuno: Murasaki-chan...
Yuuno: She knows Kirihiko-san is a "Kirishima"...

Murasaki: Thank you for saving me,

Murasaki: Kirihiko.

Murasaki: We're friends!

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Kirihiko: Friends...
Kirihiko: I'm happy...

Yuuno: Kirihiko-san.

Yuuno: I-I don't trust you, but...
Yuuno: I won't stop Murasaki-chan...

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Kirihiko: We're friends.

Lin: Murasaki-sama!!

Shinkurou: ...Huh?

Shinkurou: Yuuno-san and...
Shinkurou: Kirihiko-chan!?

Shinkurou: Why are you two here as well...?

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Kirihiko: We're friends.

Yuuno: Wh-why did you only hug Shinkurou-san!!?
Yuuno: There's something wrong with that!
Kirihiko: No, there isn't.
Murasaki: Kirihiko!!
Murasaki: Get off, it's my turn!!
Kirihiko: No.
Shinkurou: Wh...
Shinkurou: What's going on!!?

Lin: Are you people always like this?
Ginko: Please don't put me in the same category as them.

Text to the left of the last panel: The hug signifies someone "special"!?