Golgo 13 14

Golgo 13, Special Edition Volume 3, Chapter 14 (pp. 178~220)


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BA-BA—NG
THWUCK
BA-BA—NG

GA-GA-WII—NG


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ZA-WII—NG
TH-THUCK

Bannings the Hunter

[x5]CLACK

Part 1: ICPO

=Ready, right!
[x4]CLACK
=Shooting line ready!


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[x4]CLACK

=Ready, left!
[x3]CLACK

=Fire!
[x2]BA-BA—NG


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=That's all the information Bannings has gathered on the crème de la crème of organized crime...//The man known as Golgo 13!

=Ms. Kyoko! Auguste! Cougar!
=You won't have a chance without good teamwork, understood!? Don't try to do anything fancy on your own!

BAA—M


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[x3]CLACK

=Bannings!

GRUCK

=What do you think you're doing!? You're going to quit?
=Bannings!


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BATHUMP


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Part 2: Belling the Cat

=...It's already been 3 years since I started investigating the phantom hitman known as Golgo 13... I've scrambled across the globe following his footsteps, and searched... Those were long, dark days, and my mind was constantly clouded in doubt...

=Golgo 13. That name and some rumors were the only clues I had during that first year... But finally, during the second year, I started to see a faint outline of his persona.

=The third year... I became the only detective in the world who understood the man's methods, and his personality... In truth, I am no longer a detective. Not since yesterday...


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SHUCK!

PIP

=I made my report! And that's what they've based their plans on...
=The situation turned out just as I'd feared... A sting operation. I opposed this ridiculous plan, but...


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=I'm against it! I'm absolutely against it! He'll never fall for it, and if by chance he reveals that we attempted such an operation...

=I won't tolerate this insubordination. The decision is final, Bannings!//Now that your investigation has revealed his methods, I believe this to be the best course of action.

=We're facing a killer who leaves no clues. It's the only way we can arrest him!
=I'm telling you!
=He'll never fall for it!

=It's much too dangerous! If this is based on my investigation,//Then I will take responsibility and retract it! Please, anything but a sting operation!

=The decision,
=Is final!


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WHIII—R


<189>
GWUU—SH


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=They failed to understand my argument...//Rather, it was simply foolish of me to try to get them to understand Golgo 13!

=I am at a loss of words to offer a rational explanation.//How does one explain the existence of a man who can view his own thoughts and actions from a completely objective perspective?

=Anyways, what I do know is that he isn't a man to fall for a sting operation... There is only one possible way to bell this cat!
=And I am the only one that can pull it off. Because I am no longer a detective...

=If those three fail... And the operation is revealed to the public, the ICPO will become a target of criticism from across the globe...
=And its reputation as the keeper of justice will be ruined...

=I've been a detective my entire life... And hoped to remain one until the moment I died, but...


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Part 3: Hollywood in the Afternoon


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Part 4: Cisco in the Rain

[x2]GA-TH-TH-THUCK

GREEAK


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GWUUSH...

Part 5: Sting Operation (1)


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KACHUCK


<198>
GWISH

SHWUCK
=Billy Konan//President of M&M Industry Co.


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RRRRR...

[x3]WUSH
BBBBT...


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Part 6: Sting Operation (2)


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CHUK


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CHUK!


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BA-BA—NG
SCHWII—NG


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=Go!

[x4]BARK

TH-THUCK

[x6]BARK


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DASH

[x5]BARK

[x4]BARK
ZWIIISH

PSHHH—


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U-UCK
GLAA—RG

=*cough cough*

=BLEE—CK

=BLEAARG

=Huh!
=A vomiting agent!


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PSHHH—

Z-ZWUSH

CHUK!

=Huh!

=Damn!

DASH


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Z-ZWUSH

[x3]RRR
RRRRR—

[x3]SWISH
RRRR...

BBBBBBT

=Huh!


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BBBT...
[x2]BA—NG

TH-THUCK

BWUSH-BWUSH-BWUSH-BWUSH


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Part 7: A Tape for Revenge

WHIRR—

=Begin...

=I-I am not Billy Konan!
=I... I am a former criminal who was picked out by the ICPO because I resemble him. I-I was forced to cooperate.


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=With assistance from Billy Konan himself, the ICPO used me as bait,//In order to arrest a hitman known as Golgo 13, who leaves behind no clues in any of his hits.
=...Continue...

=The female agent pretended to be Konan's wife, and made contact with Golgo 13...//Konan's death would put an enormous fortune into the wife's hands...//That was the motive they made up to request the assassination.

=We all had bulletproof vests on. The agents were armed, and even had police dogs at hand to detain Golgo 13.

=Though the ICPO has no official right to arrest, in actuality, they have a special group called the International Crime Unit, which seeks to track down international criminals by any means necessary.
=But in carrying out this sting operation, I believe the ICPO has overstepped its boundaries.


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=I am Jim Henderson, and that is my testimony...

=Right, got it. Heh-heh-heh...
=Now this should be interesting!

=J-Just one thing...

=H-How did you know this was a sting operation?
=Your face... He said you had the face of a man who knew he was being targeted.

=Besides, butlers don't bring unimportant phone calls like that to their employer!
=That was a stupid mistake they made trying to make you look like the real thing!

=A-And this tape?
=Running from an enemy does no good!//Quickly regroup, and...

=Go on the offensive.
=That's how a lone wolf protects himself!

=Huh!


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Part 8: A Bouquet to End Things

=Golgo 13...

=My name is Bannings...
=The only way to bell... To cuff you is...

=To kill me first. I see...
=How did you find this place?

=I know you like I know myself...
=Though I wasn't able to figure out where you'd be shooting from...


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=It seems... My worst fears have become reality...

=This is my final attempt to bell you... I've given up my badge... For this...


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BWUSH

ZWUSH

GAWII—NG
BA-BA—NG


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ZWUSH

=Hu... Huh!

GA-GAWII—NG
TWII—NG

=D-Damn! My eyes...


<219>
=The tape...
=Huh!?

=Hey!!


<220>
FWUSH
FWOO—SH

ZWUSH

SHHH—

Published September, 1969.