Darker Than Black - Shikkoku no Hana - 3

This is for Nereidaia's use only.




page 1

title) Black flower.
panel) The inescapable past, the unforgivable sin.

page 2

b1) I'm Kirihara from the public safety division sect.4
b2) I'm looking for a high school girl about this tall who's soaking wet,
b3) did she run by here?
b4) Judging by her uniform, she's from Mizugaoko high.
b5) No, I haven't seen anyone fitting that description. // Is there some kind of trouble?
b6) No there isn't... // Just...
b7) I want to become...
b8) I want to become a contractor.
b9) I don't think I was hearing things when she said
b0) I want to become a contractor.

page 3

box1) There's been a lot of coverage given to contractors lately.
tv) Contractor Special! // I saw a late night superman! // Exclusive!
box2) It's only theories and heresay, but...
box3) It's no big surprise that there are people who want become a contractor now.
b1) But still...
b2) Why do I feel so uneasy about this?
b3) Ma'am,
b4) would you like us to back you up?
b5) No, that's not necessary. // Sorry for taking your time.
b6) If you do find anything, radio me.
b7) I can't mobilize the force just because I'm feeling uneasy.
b8) She must have been seen by someone! // I'll keep asking around...

page 4

b1) tsk.
b2) I didn't make it in time.

page 5

b1) whistle(x2)
b2) Whoa!
b3) That stinks! // What the hell is that!?
b4) eeek
b5) Ihn,
b6) which way did he go?
b7) 400m
b8) North north west

page 6

b1) He's in a building under construction.
b2) Is that watching eye BK-201's doll?
b3) Watching eye?
b4) Don't worry, since you're not a contractor, you can't see it.

page 7

b1) Is that it?
b2) What do you think?
b3) Hells gate.

page 8

b1) That's right. Where everything began.
b2) What you're actually seeing is the wall around it though.
b3) The broad gate to destruction...
b4) crunch
b5) huengh
b6) cough
b7) What are you doing?

page 9

b1) I'm just paying my dues.
b2) Payment?
b3) When a contractor uses their ability, they need to 'pay' something in return.
b4) In my case, I need to swallow something round. // If its too small, it wont do, and if it's too big it'll get stuck in my throat and I'll suffocate.
b5) Something in between is just right.
b6) Exactly how much do you know about contractors?
b7) That they have amazing powers... // and that they have no emotions...
b8) Well, you're not wrong, // but...
b9) You're a little off to say that we don't have any emotions.

page 10

b1) Contractors only make rational decisions.
b2) Our brains wont accept anything irrational.
b3) That's the biggest difference between us and normal man.
b4) Rational...
b5) To put it simply, // it's like doing something for someone.
b6) If you know that its a waste of time, a contractor will not do it.
b7) But think about it...
b8) Does that make contractor's a special breed?
b9) No.
b0) Normal man are the anomlies.

page 11

b1) In nature, // plants and animals will adapt to their surroundings, and make rational adjustments to survive.
b2) Irrationality does not exist there.
b3) But man has stepped out of the bounds of rationality,
b4) and has made something as irrational as public order and thrown the world into chaos.
b5) Well without public order, they couldn't maintain the masses that have lost their rationality.
b6) What I'm trying to say is,
b7) becoming a contractor, // is the natural thing to do.

page 12

b1) Do you want to become a contractor?
b2) Yes.
b3) When you become one will you destroy those irrational ones that are making you suffer?
b3) I will.
b4) I want to become a contractor!
b5) As you wish.

page 13

b1) Mesh code HV-117...
b2) I, Harvest, will
b3) bring you to the right path.

page 14

panel) There's something written all over his body.
b1) hngh
b2) Do you like flowers?

page 15

panel) A black... dandelion?
b1) Are they up here?
b2) Huh? You saw her?
b3) Yeah, she was with 2 guys around her age...
b4) Where'd they go?
b5) Uh, I'm pretty sure // they went to one of the back streets over there.

page 16

b1) Thanks.
b2) I really don't like where this is going!
b3) Did I make it in time?
b4) It's all over.

page 17

b1) huh?
b2) It's over?

page 18

b1) Have I already become a contractor?
b2) No,
b3) you've only completed the preparational ceremony to become one.
b4) Look at your inner thigh.
b5) When that mark on your leg sprouts,
b6) is when you'll awake as a true contractor.

page 19

b1) And what's needed for it to sprout is...
b2) That's far enough, Harvest!

page 20

b1) tsk!
b2) Are you planning on making another victim!?
b3) ku....
b4) kukukuku
b5) You're already here BK-201.
b6) The exception of exceptions within the rational contractors.

page 21

b1) If I do say so myself, you're the most irrational person out there.
b2) You're being chased yourself, so why are you following me around?
b3) Because you're trying break my... // the thing we're trying our hardest
b4) to protect!!

page 22

b1) I'm going to send you and that flower to hell! // Harvest!!
b2) fufu
b3) However,
b4) kyahh!
b5) KYAHHH!!

page 23

b1) I'm not going anywhere.
b2) Neither is this flower.
b3) dammit.
b4) KYAAAHHH!!
b5) I'll see you again BK-201.
b6) Suck your thumb and watch what happens.
b7) tsk...

page 24

b1) DAMMIT!
b2) Hey! // What the... what's going on here!?
b3) There's a hole in the ceiling!
b4) The building turned into sand and cushioned me...
b5) Amazing...
b6) This is what a contractor can do...
b7) I can too...