Darker Than Black - Shikkoku no Hana - 5

This is for M7's use only.



page 1

title) Pandora
panel) Where there's a will, there's a way!

page 2

b1-7) haa
b8) Where are you going?
b9) kuhahaha!
b10) Hah!
b11) ugh

page 3

b1) snap
b2) Argh!
b3) How do you like
b4) the taste of my blood?
b5) ughh
b6) Uwaahhhhh!
b7) ughhhn...
b8) giggles // You can't get away.
bubble sfx.) click
b9) But you should already know this, // nii-san.

pge 4

panel sfx.1) tap(x3)
panel sfx.2) Kaboom!
b1) guaaarghh
b2) That's right.
b3) I'll prove it to you...
b4) That her prophecy was right.

page 5

b1) November 11!?
b2) He's right Hei.
b3) Carmine!
b4) This is the future you chose.
b5) Seriously, you're as much trouble now as you were then.
b6) Don't be like that. // That's the kind of guy he is.
b7) Hoan...
b8) Even Mao... why?
b9) Because you're responsible for all this,
b0) Hei.

page 6

b1) You have to take responsibility for all this.
b2) Amber.
b3) If you don't stop him, // normal people and contractors will face a new type of danger.
b4) YOU'RE going to have to stop him, // Hei.
b5) Wait!
b6) It's true he's dangerous, but... // What are you really after?

page 7

b1) The ball's in your court, // Hei...
b2) Amber, wait!
b3) Go get em'!
b4) Later.
b5) Good bye.
b6) Wait.
b7) Don't go!
b8) There's still more to talk about...
b9) Don't go!
b10) phew // All irrational things will be erased. // phew
b11) Dreams are irrational.

page 8

b1) The last thing that needs erasing is you,
b2) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
b3) Ha!
b4-6) haa
b7) It was a dream...

page 9

paper) If you've found this memo, it means you've chosen to follow this future. And if so he'll definitely come... The contractor that leaves a black dandelion. You're the only one that can stop him. Since you chose this path, that responsibility falls on your shoulders, Hei. From Amber.
b1) Amber...
b2) Hei?
b3) Sorry, did I wake you?
b4) Don't worry, it's nothig. // You can go back to sleep.
b5) 11:40...
b6) I only slept for 2 hours...

page 10

b1) gruummmmbbblllee
b2) haha...
b3) That's right, we haven't eaten dinner yet.
b4) I'll make us something.
b5) I should also change my clothes...
b6) And do the laundry.
b7) As you guys already know,

page 11

b1) I was experimenting on a particle accelerator that would build a wall to enclose this gate altogther. // I would get the particle's to move at 99.99% the speed of light, and force their way into the gate and attack from inside.
b2) I was trying to completely destroy the gate!
b3) If the gate is gone, the contractors will go with it.
b4) Th-this is way over my head...
b5) The 'Tokyo Explosion' was...
b6) one of the means of preventing me from succeeding.
b7) They were trying to make the gate untouchable,
b8) all as an attempt to protect it from us normal people.

page 12

b1) ...The name of the group of conractos was "Evening Prim Rose"...
b2) Their leader was called February, aka Amber...
b3) ...but the Tokyo Explosion didn't actually happen, it ended in failure.
b4) So did your Saturn Ring plan, professor Shredder.
b5) That's right.
b6) My Saturn Ring was destroyed by Bk-201.
b7) He chose the future of normal people, // and that of contractors!
b8) That was a total surprise!
b9) Although it only delayed the downward spiral, I'm sure he thought...
b0) By the way professor...
b1) hm?

page 13

b1) What does this have to do with the black dandelions?
b2) Oh yeah, that's right. // I got a little off my original topic.
b3) What I was getting at was,
b4) my Saturn Ring would completely destroy the gate. // However,
b5) Not everyone shared my enthusiasm, especially those whose experiments produced good results were very vocal in their resistance. // That's why there were a lot of other projects going on at the same time.
b6) And one of those was the 'black flower'!
b7) There was this parasitic plant that looked like a black dandelion within the gate.
b8) A parasitic plant!?

page 14

b1) It wasn't my project so I don't know all the details, but...
b2) It happened 2 years ago.
b3) That attached itself to one of the investigators that came back that day.
b4) At first no one noticed because it wasn't apparent, and it didn't show any signs of change.f
b5) But a few days later, // something triggered a violent change in the investigator!
b6) With strength that was unheard of, he killed everyone that was in the lab that day.

page 15

b1) By the time security got there,
b2) that investigator was in a pool of his own blood, // and had a number of those black flowers sprouting from his body.
b3) I remember it clearly because things were crazy in Pandora because of it.
b4) If you're saying he had strength that was unheard of...
b5) That means he became a contractor right?
b6) I don't think so. At the very best,
b7) he got a power that was close to a contractors.
b8) And to back this up, a star wasn't made for him.

page 16

b1) That's all I know concerning the black flowers. // It's not my experiment.
b2) Besides,
b3) it's outside my field of expertise.
b4) Then,
b5) the dead contractor you mentioned before with the ability to decompound material gained this ability from the parasite?
b6) No, no, he was a normal contractor.
b7) He...
b8) Professor Shredder.
b9) hm?
b10) Time's up.
b11) Already?
b12) Yes, it's already midnight.
b13) Please wait, we haven't gotten to the meat of the coversation!
b14) You were only given till midnight.
b15) Or is it the Japanese police don't know how to keep their word?

page 17

b1) tsk.
b2) You can always come back tomorrow. // I have nothing on my schedule.
b3) Or if you want, I can introduce you to the person experimenting on those black flowers.
b4) You can do that!? // Please do, thanks!
b5) What was there name again...
b6) Was it, Mihna-kun?
b7) Ah look, // she's right there.
b8) Mihna Kandaswami-kun.

page 18

b1) Ah...
b2) You're time is up, now come with me.
b3) This way.
b4) It's been a while professor Shredder.
b5) Hey Mihna-kun, and Sergey-kun. // I was just talking about your experiment...

page 19

b1) They really just ran us out back there.
b2) That's okay, we got a clue to what that black flower is and it's effect.
b3) We don't know whether or not the person is a contractor, but we do know they get something close to the power of a contractor.
b4) Will you be coming back tomorrow?
b5) Of course!
b6) There's still a ton of things I want to ask professor Shredder. // And I need to meet with that Mihna Kandaswami person to.
b7) But that's only if they'll grant me an appointment.

page 20

b1) I think it would be best to bring some chocolates or something...
b2) But with their level of security, I don't they'd let it in.
b3) Us getting in and being able to talk to him is close to a miracle with their level of security.
b4) But since we know that Pandora is now involved...
b5) What's wrong?
b6) This isn't the road we took to get in!!
b7) Huh!?
b8) B-b-but it was a one way street like this!
b9) It looks the same, but on our way in we turned to the right!
b10) So on our way out we she have to turn to the left!
b11) They changed where we put our car!
b12) W-w-what are we going to do now?

page 21

b1) Ootsuka, check our weapons!
b2) Ye.. // yes ma'am.
bubble sfx.) beep(x3)
b3) They're gone!
b4) The anti-contractor wired gun too, // all of them are gone!
b5) tsk...
b6) They really got us...

page 23

b1) kyaaahhh!
b2) tsk.

page 24

b1) khah...
bubble sfx.) beep (x2)
b2) We're done.
b3) Good job Parcel.
b4) You're next target is BK-201.
b5) Okay.