Gamble Fish 19

Chapter 19

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Announcement: Ah, and with that, the closing ceremony for the first term is over.
Title: Fight 19 Break Shot

Announcement: The captain of the billiards team, Asahina Rio-san...
Announcement: will be having a billiards exhibition match now.

Announcement: Those wishing to watch the match should now head to the gymnasium.

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Title: Fight 19 Break Shot

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Natsumi: Thank you for coming out through all that rain!!
Natsumi: The nine-ball exhibition match will be beginning soon!!

Natsumi: The one leading this exhibition will be me...
Natsumi: The mascot and idol of Shishidou Academy, Kimura Natsumi.

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Crowd: Natsumi-chan, you're so cuuute!
Crowd: M-moeeeee!!!

Natsumi: Now turn your attention towards the east entrance!!

Natsumi: She's the pride of the Japanese billiards world!!! Today we'll see the excellent playing style of the world junior champion!!
Natsumi: Here's Asahina Rio!!!

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Crowd: Ohh!! What an imposing figure!!!
Crowd: Such cool beauty!!
Crowd: She's so sexy and cool!!!

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Asahina: Heh heh... Oh, Mika. You've prepared quite the grandiose stage for me.

Crowd: Asahina!! Asahina!!
Crowd: Good luck, Asahina-san!!

Natsumi: And in the west entrance is the challenger whose skills are as yet unknown!!
Natsumi: He's the transfer student who's said to be a storm wrapped in a veil of mystery.
Natsumi: Parents and other non-students came to see this, so I can't say too much...

Natsumi: He's the daredevil extreme challenger!!!
Natsumi: Will he bring about a miracle tonight, as well!!?

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Natsumi: Oh!! He's carrying his cue over his shoulders and looks like he's not worried at all!!!
Natsumi: It's Shirasagi Tomu!!!

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Crowd: Hey, hey!! Shirasagi looks pretty confident!!
Crowd: He couldn't really have hidden skill in billiards, could he!?
Crowd: No way!! It's just another one of his bluffs!!

Crowd: I bet on Asahina!!
Crowd: Me, too.
Crowd: You'd better lose, Shirasagi!!

Mizuhara: Tch!! They're just acting like that because you're up against Asahina...
Mizuhara: And once again the odds are not in your favor...
Tomu: Don't listen to all the noise, Mizuhara.

Yuki: Sh-Shirasagi!!
Tomu: Tsukiyono!?

Yuki: You're the man who destroyed my magic!!
Yuki: I won't accept you losing to that woman!!

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Tomu: Don't worry...
Tomu: You can believe in me.
Yuki: ...Tomu.

Mother: Rio!!
Mother: Rio-chan!! It's your mother!!

Asahina: Mom...So you came to watch.
Mother: Your friend, Mika-san, invited me.
Mother: I took the day off from my part-time job to come!!

Mother: I couldn't buy a bouquet any bigger than this...Sorry.
Asahina: ...Thank you, mom.

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Asahina: Watch me!! I'll give you a wonderful present after this match...
Asahina: Dad, who's in heaven, will surely be glad, too!!

Crowd: Look!! Asahina-san has started practicing!!
Crowd: She's really into this.
Crowd: But I guess that's to be expected when 4.8 million yen is riding on it.

Asahina: This is new felt.
Asahina: Who ordered this?

Gokijima: Umm...

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Gokijima: We're most indebted to you!! I'm Kokijima of Noguchi Billiards!!
On hat: Noguchi Billiards
Nametag: Kokijima
Gokijima: When we heard about your exhibition match, we came and put in new felt!!

Asahina: Thank you...but where's the usual employee?
Text around Gokijima: Eheh eheh eheh
Gokijima: Unfortunately, he had a cold...
Gokijima: So today I get to help out the world champ.

Asahina: Thank you...If anything happens, I'm counting on you.
Gokijima: Heh!! Whatever you need!!

Gokijima: You brat!!!

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Mizuhara: Tomu...you should start warming up soon, too...
Tomu: Yeah...

Mizuhara: Woah!!
Mizuhara: Are you okay, Tomu!?

Tomu: I'm fine...I just stumbled a little.

Natsumi: Senpai...You're trying to look confident in front of Asahina-san, but your energy and strength have to be at their limits...
Natsumi: You've been training for the past 10 days and you've barely gotten any sleep...

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Gokijima: The high-pressure compressed gas cylinder's only got four shots. Okay, kid!?

Gokijima: One's for practice and the rest are for the real thing.
Gokijima: After using it, put the cue back to normal right away!!

Tomu: Here's the 2 million you wanted up front...

Gokijima: Okay, the rest's after the match.
Gokijima: If ya follow my plan, ya can't fail!!

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Natsumi: Okay...Before the match, I'll introduce the sponsor.
Natsumi: "The fully bloomed, beautiful, sublime rose of Shishidou Academy."
Natsumi: ...How can she write that for her introduction?

Natsumi: Shishidou Mika-san!!!
Crowd: Mika-saaan!!
Crowd: So beautiful!!!
Crowd: She doesn't look like she's in middle school at all!!!

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Mika: Okay, you two.
Mika: I want you to play your very best.

Mika: Of course...This being an exhibition match is just what we're officially calling this.
Mika: Are you ready for this nine-ball match over 4.8 million yen, Shirasagi Tomu!?

Tomu: Of course...By the way...
Tomu: What are you going to do if the parents and other non-student observers learn of the bet?

Mika: Don't worry!! I've told the students not to mention it.
Mika: This will be a chance for Rio to shine and your last match at this academy.
Mika: So I had to prepare a stage at least this nice. Ho ho ho ho....

Asahina: This isn't just about money, Shirasagi!!
Asahina: Once this match is over, you'll tell me where your father is.
Tomu: ...Isn't that just if I lose?

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Tomu: The terms for victory are "Winning 3 Games", "Break Nine", and "Running Out".
Tomu: Your intention was to set up hurdles that the amateur you saw me as couldn't achieve...
Tomu: but that was a fatal assumption.

Asahina: Heh...Are you saying the rumors of you not being an amateur were true?
Mika: Don't listen to him, Rio. It's just the psychological tricks he's so good at using.

Tomu: I think I'll practice a bit.

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Asahina: Heh...This is unexpected.

Crowd: Shirasagi's going for a test break!!
Crowd: Now we'll know what he's capable of!!
Crowd: Isn't he just going to screw up right away!?

Gokijima: Don't screw this up, you damn kid!!
Gokijima: The match begins with this test break!!

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Gokijima: One's mental state has an effect on how you play billiards!!
Gokijima: Even the world champ could miss a shot if you shake her confidence.

Gokijima: That brat of a girl is taking you lightly because she thinks you're an amateur.
Gokijima: If you break that assumption, you can turn this around on her!!

Mizuhara: Go, Tomu!!

Tomu: It starts here...
Tomu: What I'm breaking with this test break isn't just the balls!!

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Tomu: I'll break the champ's "heart"!!!!

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Text over Gokijima: Eheh...

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Crowd: Wh-what a powerful break!!
Crowd: Most of the balls have gone in!!
Crowd: Were the rumors of Shirasagi's skill true!!!?

Tomu: A successful beginning...

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Tomu: That was the first step of...
Tomu: the "Perfect Crime of Nine-Ball"...!!!