Billy Bat 13

BILLY BAT #13

tl by molokidan

01)
K: Haa x8
B: What's wrong? You look like a crow that just got shot with a cap gun!
B: Huh? Is this difficult Japanese too much for a Japanese-American like you to understand?
B: I'm not the "Bat Boy" that old man drew, you know...
B: And we've already met before. So what's the long face for?
B: It's me. Me!

02)
B: I'm the Billy you drew...
B: Billy Bat.
Chapter 13 - A Forced Destiny

03)
B: Don't believe me? I even have the bat wings, you know.
B: Want me to flutter a little?
B: Fellas don't just fly around whenever they feel like it, though.
K: The catchphrase Billy always says...
B: That's right - I'm the hero you created, Billy-sama!
B: Your girlfriend...sorry to hear about what happened to her.
B: I've said farewell to women many a time, but...

04)
B: Death farewells are truly painful...
B: But with that said...
B: You can't run away.
B: You think it's alright for someone like you, who drew a hero like me,
B: to just keep running away like this?
K: But...
K: what else can I do...?
B: Hooo...
B: Sure beats me how you managed to keep up that mangaka career so long.

05)
B: Draw the next part.
K: The next part...?
B: She told you, remember...?
S: I know you can write a better continuation, Kin-chan...
B: You write the continuation...
B: and then stop it from happening yourself.
K: Stop...what?

06)
B: Right now, they're planning to cover this 20th century in the greatest darkness it's ever seen.
sfx: basha
K: Ah...
K: You're leaving?
sfx: basha
K(2b): J...just tell me one thing! Are you white or black...?

07)
B: I'm...
B: The Billy Bat you created.
K: Is it alright...
K: to keep running like this...?

08)
K: Not one bit...
sfx: miiiin min min min
sfx: miiiin min min min
sfx: zah
Box: GHQ Lodging House
K: I won't...run any more.
K: I'm turning myself in to HQ.
?: Yo...

09)
D: Could you be Kinji?
K: Why do you know my Japanese name...?
D: And you're a mangaka, right?
K: Wha...?! Who are you?!
D: I finally found you.
D: The Japanese-American mangaka working for the occupied forces, Kinji-kun...
Box: Kawaguchi Police Station
Sign: Identification Division

10)
M: Hmph...
M: There's no mistaking it.
M: The corpse found near Yatsuka Station on the Toubu Isezaki Line twenty days ago...
M: And the man in this photograph you brought are one in the same.
M: Here's his post-mortem photo.
D: Yatsuka Station...that's in Souka City, Saitama, right...?
M: Yeah...look, the shape of these glasses are exactly the same.
D: Was it suicide?
M: I can't really say for sure.
M: We get our share of jumpers every year, after all.

11)
M: Oh, but...we were talking off the record, and...
M: we all agreed that this really resembles the Shimoyama case.
D: In what way?
M: Ah, ya know, there's a possibility it was a posthumous accident...like the body was dragged there after it had already died...
D: Why?
M: All the blood was gone.
M: We found some incision-like wounds, too...
M: They also appeared to have been made post-mortem.
D: So then the cause of death is?
M: Like I already told you, suicide.
D: That doesn't make any sense. You seem to have more than enough proof to warrant suspicion that it wasn't a suicide...
M: Well, this is just speculation, that's all, speculation...

12)
M: Ya know, he had taken a blow to the chest...
M: like he died from a fierce karate chop or something.
D: Karate chop...?
M: Kidding, just kidding!
M: I mean, Shimoyama-san's case was determined to be a suicide too, right?
D: This man!!
D: Did you have any witnesses that said they saw a man like this?!
M: No...we've done our share of asking already too, ya know.

13)
M: Just to make sure no one saw any suspicious people around the day of the incident.
M: As a result, we found out that a man like this was sighted numerous times.
D: Th...this guy is...
O: Am I done now...?
D: from the yakitori stand...
M: We've completely investigated this case, you see...
M: It was suicide.

14)
M: Ah...and one more thing...
M: We had a inspector from GHQ come earlier.
D: Who...?
M: A man from the GHQ Special Investigations Unit...
M: named Finney...
D: I assume there was something in particular he wanted to know?
M: Yeah...well, I didn't really understand why, but...

15)
M: he kept asking about an ancient text...
Radio: Tokyo Boogie-Woogie~ Rhythm Uki-uki~ Heart zuki-zuki~ Waku-waku~
R 2: Cross the ocean, and you'll hear the echo of the Tokyo Boogie-Woogie~
D: Hmm...I see.

16)
D: That's pretty mysterious story.
K: You don't have to believe me. I just want to get everything out...
D: Well, don't worry, there's no need to worry.
D: I'm a policeman, remember? I have a knack for telling which parts of your story are fake or not.
D: ...and this is just my intuition, but...
D: You're the white one!
K: How could you know that?!
D: I said it's my intuition, didn't I?
D(2b): If the disappearance of Charlie Ishizuka is brought to the attention of the police, I'll have to bring you in as a prime suspect.

17)
D: I still haven't received any orders yet, though...
D: I came to see you because of a different matter entirely.
D: Didn't I tell you? Zofuu-sensei gave me a personal request.
K: What did sensei want me to do...?
D: I don't believe in any of these new religions one bit, you know.
D: Don't believe in superstitions or prophecies either.
D: If God really exists, he should try giving us policemen a day off once in a while.
D: Something bugs me, though...about what your sensei said...
D: No...what he said about you...
K: Eh...?
D: Doesn't anything come to mind...?

18)
K: W...well, lots of manga come to mind, but...
D: No, that isn't what I meant...
D: Seriously think about it. Doesn't a big train accident or anything like that
D: come to mind?
K: Wh...what are you talking about?
D: Like I said...
R: This just in!
R: At 9:23 pm today, a train malfunctioned inside Mitaka Station.
R: 6 passengers were caught underneath the tracks and died instantly...

19)
R: Additionally, a train fell off the tracks and crashed into a nearby shopping area, injuring over 20 people...
D: It's just like the picture...
K: Eh...?
D: It's all just like the picture Zofuu-sensei drew!! Of Mitaka...
K: Mitaka...?
S: Should we kill you at Mitaka?
K: Sensei...
K: Zofuu-sensei drew the Shimoyama incident in a manga word for word.
D: He said you were the only one who can stop this!

20)
D: And that you need to return to America...!!
Z: You're the only one left who is capable of stopping this!!
S: I know you can do it, Kin-chan...
B: You write the continuation...
B: and then stop it from happening yourself.

21)
sfx: dah
B: Which way, which way?!
B: You can see better from over there!!

22)
M: What do you want, kid?! Stop trying to push your way in!!
B: Kyaaaa! Wow, look at his face!

23)
sfx: haax3
M: Ohh!
M: Here he comes!
B: Eheheh! Let's do it!
B: Take this!!

24)
W: Ohhh!!
sfx: zuza...
sfx: zuza...
sfx: za...

Next: July 16.