Golgo 13 15

Golgo 13, Special Edition Volume 3, Chapter 15 (pp. 222~264)


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ZWU—SH


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Part 1: Vermillion

=I told her to wipe it so it wouldn't cloud over...!


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=No gown, either! What a useless girl!

[x2]TIING!

[x2]KNOCK!

=Come in! How many times do I need to tell you, the gown should be...!
CHUK


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=Heh-heh-heh... You're as beautiful as ever, honey!//You've become even more beautiful after leaving me!

=I thought I would hand you a little gift today... Heh-heh-heh...//Look, this gown has your favorite color, vermillion, in the shape of my favorite, the tarantula!

=Heh-heh-heh...

=Heh-heh-heh...

FWUSH...

=Heh-heh-heh-heh...


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Part 2: Vermillion (2)

=Located in the suburbs of Lisbon, Portugal... Is the manor of the 4th generation Parker family head, G. Andre Parker. The locals call it the Villa Tejo (The mansion of O Tejo)...


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AHHH—

=What's wrong!?
D-Dache
=Th-The lady! The lady's been...!

=N-Nancy!!


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=Nancy! Wake up! Nancy!!

=Dear!
=What happened!?

Part 3: Silver Gray


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=Loving Couple Celebrates 5th Anniversary!! Mr. G. Andre Parker, one of the wealthiest men in the world, is now in the 5th year of marriage with his current wife, Nancy.

Mr. Parker's improved state of health can be attributed to his wife's endearing care, and her charming looks are now the talk of the socialite world. The couple has invited several close friends to the Villa Tejo, and...


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=Where is the couple?
=S-Sir.

=Sorry for the wait, my wife was feeling ill...
=My apologies, everyone!
=That's no good. Perhaps it would be best for you to take some rest?

=We are your close friends, Nancy! There's no need to worry about us!

=He's right, Nancy!


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=Thank you, but I'm alright.
=Please, make yourselves at home.

=What is it, Nancy?
=Wh-What is this!?

=It's... Just a lighter.
=Ahh!


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=Huh!

=Wh-Whose lighter is this!?

=Wh-Who put this lighter over here!?
=I-I'm terribly sorry. I don't ever recall seeing it...

=That's strange...//Let me have a look!

=Hm, silver gray... A rather nice one, I must say.
=And an engraving of a tarantula! How unique!


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SHWUCK

Part 4: Muddy Color

ZZ...

PLICK


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=Time for work, Charlotte!

DWHUCK

=Uck!
GRIP

=I said, it's time for work, honey!//Did you hear me this time!?
SHWUCK!


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Part 5: Muddy Color (2)


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[x2]CLICK

HUH

THUCK

BWIP

G-GRIP

ZZT

[x2]ZUP

=Ahh...


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=You really are beautiful, honey...

=There's no man that can resist your charms. Heh-heh-heh...

=I've become a topflight hitman, thanks to you...
=Of course, it's only natural for a woman to devote herself to her husband, heh-heh-heh...

SHWUCK!

Part 6: Muddy Color (3)

=How are you feeling?
=Dear...


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=Yes, I'm... Much better...
=Ah, that's good to hear!

=The guests?
=They've already been shown to their rooms.
=They send their thanks.

=Right then, good night...

BATHUMP...

FWOO—SH


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GLUB GLUB...

=Alright, the game's over, Ms. Charlotte!
CLACK!
=We know you're Dache's woman, and that you've helped him carry out his hits.

=The thing is, we don't have a scrap of evidence! But if you would just put in a little word, it'll solve everything! I'm telling you, this is for your own good!


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=You're a good girl. I don't know what happened between you two, but a girl like you doesn't need to...

=P-Please, stop!

=I-I don't know anything...

=You can start over! You're still young! We can help you!//We'll shorten your sentence if you provide a testimony.//And we'll try our best to provide you with a better future! I, Kohback, swear on my life!

=You must make a decision, Charlotte!


<242>
=We sentence the defendant to death!


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Part 7: Colorless

SCREECH

CHUK!


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GACHUK...

=Charlotte!
=I-I mean Mrs. Parker!

=How can I help you?
=H-He's back...

=D-Dache has come back!
=Wh-What!? Yellow Dache!?

=I-Impossible, he was taken to the electric chair!

=B-But, i-it has to be him! I-It has to be Dache!

=H-Have a seat!
=Please!
ZZT...


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GACHUK!

=So he was granted amnesty and sentenced for life...//Then released on bail with a huge sum of money...
=Bail?

=A big-shot must've made a move... They said it happened 2 years ago.

=Damn, I can't believe this...//I retired and moved over here, and had no idea any of this was going on.

=I'd just assumed he was dead this whole time...

=What we do know is that he's undergone plastic surgery.//And that he's dropped off the radar completely.//...Which means he must've changed his face and bodily features entirely!

=S-So that's why... H-He could... H-He must be nearby...

=Ahh!
=Be strong!


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=This past year... I've felt like someone has been watching me... From the darkness...//I've always been hounded by those feelings...//A-And... Now this lighter... H-He is definitely among them... One of those guests,//Is... Him!
=You must be strong!

=Y-You promised didn't you? 5 years ago, that you would help me! Help protect me...//That's why I've come here. Help, you must help me. My husband knows nothing.//If anything happens to that benevolent husband of mine... I will...

=Very well! I'll put my life on the line as promised! I may be retired, but I served as police chief for over 10 years!//Dache is no match for me...

=I don't know how he's disguised himself, but I've been exposing the true colors of colorless killers my entire life. I'll find him out no matter what.

KACHUK


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Part 8: Distinction

=The playboy, Sir. Landsberry Gordon. He's very unlikely to be Dache.//Yes, he's known my husband for over 10 years...

=Assumption is the biggest danger of them all... Segel Armigund, the doctor...//Doctor Segel is a highly-regarded doctor in these parts!

=Charlie is a world-famous photographer...
=I suppose there's no way to fool people with those professions... Next is,

=Mr. & Mrs. Snow...

=No... They're both far too well-known in the socialite world....
=And Anne would notice immediately if something were to happen to her husband! Or do you think an accomplice is also disguised as Anne!?

=Which leaves...
BASHUCK!


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=Father Cardhu...
=He must be in his room...

=I don't know him very well, but he's one of my husband's oldest friends. He came by just 2 months ago...//My husband was overjoyed! And since even I wasn't aware of him,//There's no way Dache could be disguised as him. My husband was the one who invited him, after all...

=Ahh... I don't know!//I just don't!

=H-He has to be among them! But now that I think about it, none of them are the suspicious in the slightest. But, but still!
=Calm down!

=Think carefully!//What about Carl, the butler!?

=He's worked here even before my husband was born. It's simply out of the question.

=Who!?
=W-Who could it be!?


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=It's a pleasure to meet you.
=Dear, this is the interior designer, Mr. Fetter.
=Ah, hello!

=Remodeling, eh?
=Yes, my room... I thought I could use a change of atmosphere...

=Well, give her whatever she wants.
=I'll try my best, sir.


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=That's Father Cardhu.

=I-It's him...

=Huh!?

=I-I can tell, those are the eyes of a professional!


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=Father Cardhu!?

=I'm sure of it! Those aren't the eyes of a man who's devoted himself to god!

=They're the eyes of a wolf! A professional hunter!

=S-So Father Cardhu is ...?

=Listen carefully, you've got to trust me and do exactly as I say!

=There's only one way to defeat him!

=Wh-What's that red mark on your handkerchief?
=Huh?

=Ahh!
=Uhh!

=D-Damn, when did he...!

=Dache, that scum!


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Part 9: Dead Color


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[x4]CLACK!

STOPS!


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[x2]KNOCK
=Yes...

CHUK...

=You wanted to have a confession...?


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Dache

BA-BA—NG

TH-THUD
BA—NG
GAWUU—NG


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GA-BA—NG
BA—NG

B-BWUSH

G-G-GRIP
CRRREAK...

=Ahh...


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=W-Who are you...!?
=H-How did you...?

=You made a mistake in taking on the invitation only noticeable to those of the trade... Yellow Dache!

=Huh!?

=That gun must be a lady's revolver judging from the sound...
=You were probably intending to kill me and frame her, but...//Your petty plan of sending this lady to the electric chair...

=Has backfired, due to your lack of composure in analyzing my presence here...//You should've been more careful instead of jumping at the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone...

[x4]BRIP


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THUD

=Nancy!
GACHUK

=Dear!

=D-D-Damn!
ZZT...


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=Nancy!

ZZT...

=Y-You see, Father Cardhu's real name is Mr. Togo. He is a bodyguard I hired to protect you!
=Th-Then you...!?

=I know... About your past...

=It's alright! It's alright, Nancy!


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=Wh-What going on!? What were those gunshots!?


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BATHUMP!

BWUSH

BWUP

SHWUCK

[x2]ZZ—T

=Yes...
=Yes, it's done...//I've gotten rid of Yellow Dache... Right...

=Mr. Parker still thinks I'm just a bodyguard...
=Right... Well then.

GACHUK!

FWOO—SH


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Part 10: Salmon Pink

=Nancy! Nancy!


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=Wh-What is the matter, Master Parker!?

=C-Carl, have you seen Nancy?
=No, not this morning...

=Sh-She's not here! She's nowhere to be found!
=All of her belongings are missing from her room!
=Huh!?

=Th-Then the lady has...!
=B-But why!?

=Why must Nancy leave me like this...?
=Why!?

BATHUMP
VRRRR...


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VRRR...

Published October, 1969.