Soil 8

Soil, Volume 2, Chapter 8 (pp. 7~30)


<8>
=GRACK

[x5]=TRRR
=UCK


<9>
[x6]=TRRR
[screen]Anonymous Caller

=Hello, this is Kataoka.

=Hello...?

=We paid our share...
=How come you won't pay yours...?

=Huh?


<10>
=Unbelievable...
=You really call yourself a human being...?
=BLICK

[x4]=TRRRR
=UCK

=PIP
[screen]Anonymous Caller

=...Who is this...?
=What do you want...?

=Ingrate...
=BLICK


<11>
=What's wrong, Mom?
=UCK

=...Nothing, just a wrong number.
=KACHUK

=TRRRR
[screen]Anonymous Caller

[x6]=TRRR


<12>
[x?]TRRR

"Disturbance"


<13>
=What are you doing, Sergeant Yokoi?
=Ahh?


<14>
=Hmph. Boring.
[x3]=SNIFF
=I guess this couple never tried anything kinky with their sex life.

=Hey hey!//Mr. Tamura!!

=The crumbs!
=Didn't I ask you to wipe them off before entering the crime scene!?
=Ohh, sorry.

=Sergeant Yokoi!!
=Detective Tamura!!

=Given the lack of leads since the start of the investigation,
=It appears as though our morale could use some improvement!


<15>
=What's wrong, Onoda? You having your period?
=Ended the other day, sir!!

=The Suzushiro Family and Officer Ichinose might still be in peril at this very moment!!
=In order to ease the pain of the townspeople, we must...

=Umm...

=They told me to take this thing, sooo...
=I'd like you to take a look before I forget.

=It's,
=The Suzushiro family's phone records.


<16>
=...What in the world is this...?

=They've gotten nearly 500 calls every day since last month.
=And from multiple callers, too...

=...Prank calls...?//But who would...?

=Well, ya know.
=They're all from people in this town, right?

=Yep. Tens of homes.
=From all over the town.

=Told you so.//There's no such thing as "normal people," this day and age.


<17>
=...But why would they...?

=We'd know if we asked those guys.

=Don't ask me...
=How should I know?

=I want the doctor to come in too.
=I've had to cancel all of his appointments.


<18>
=Oops!
=CLOT

=But still...
=He's not at home, and he won't answer the phone, either...

=Maybe he's at like, a dentist's society meeting?
=He's gotten called up for one of those before!

=He had to like, help out with a thesis or something!
=It's not the first time it's happened, okay!?

=...That's troubling... And at a time like this...


<19>
=I never thought the "collection" would go so badly...

=And the town is going into a bad mood again...
=Really...

=We were supposed to save the Suzushiros, but...
=Now the town is in even worse shape than before...

=If only the council president were here...

=BZZT


<20>
[x4]=TRRR

=I'm sorry, I don't know anything.
[x3]=TRRR

=...Bu-

=But you see! Your number was on the Suzushiro Family's phone records...!
=Well of course we called them when we needed to talk.

=Bu-B-B-B-But! Look, you called 28 times in just one day!
=And this went on right up to the time of their disappearance!
[x4]=TRRR


<21>
[x7]TRRR
=And many of the other "Soil" residents were engaging in similar activity!
=This was clearly carried out with some sort of "intent..."

=So what if there was...?

=We hated that family!
=Everyone hated them!

=Is this what you wanted to hear?


<22>
=I have nothing further to tell you!
=Huh!? Hey! Wait...
=Goodbye!

=GRUCK
=Ah!

=Ouch!

=BATHUMP
=GACHUK

=Wh-W-W-W-What's the meaning of this!?
=It's the same thing, everywhere we go!
=Calm down, Onoda.

="normal people" are really the hardest to deal with.
=Even mobsters are easier to figure out than this.
[x3]=SNIFF


<23>
[x3]=SWISH

=Hmph...
=Dunno what's it is, but...


<24>
=Something's up...
=...Yes sir...

[x6]=TRRR
[screen]Anonymous Caller


<25>
=KACHUK

=It's alright.
=Just go away.

=Mom...//Did something happen with Mizuki's place...?

=This has nothing to do with you!
=Go to your room!
=UCK

=...Hello...?


<26>
=Who are you...?
=Why are you doing this...?

=Speak up,
=You hypocrite!!

=I don't give a damn about the Suzushiros!//You all paid just to look good!

=The police came, didn't they...?

=You're the culprit, aren't you...

=Don't be stupid!!
=GACHUK

=TRRRR


<27>
[x?]TRRR


<28>
[x4]=ZWISH

[x4]=ZUP


<29>
=ZZT
=ZZZT

=ZZZZT


<30>
=ZZZT

=ZZT