Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 152

He may look like a mummy, but Djoser of Pharaoh Sphinx claims that he's actually an immortal! Yet with Senkuu delivering serious blows and even chopping his arms with no harm to him, is this mummy-man's claim true!?

Chp. 152: Disciple of Cartouche

27.
Djoser: Understand this: when facing this immortal body which doesn’t bleed even a drop of blood, you don’t even have a chance to win.
Senkuu: ……………!!
Toramaru: This…is ridiculous: can you believe this~~~~!!
Togashi: Th…that mummy-man Djoser re…reattached the arm Se…Senkuu had sliced off-----!!

28.
(Title Page…may the JoJo comparisons continue)

29.
Djoser: It’s best to truly prepare yourself at the verge of your death!!
Djoser: Nu!!
Djoser: Th…this is…………!!

30.
Senkuu: RIKU-KE OUGI: SENJOU KEKKAIJIN!!
(TN: Reminder “Senjou Kekkaijin” = “Thousand-Piece Crazy-World Array”)
Djoser: ………………!!
Senkuu: With this, now you can’t move from that place. If you take even a step, those steel wires that are sharpened like blades will come to rip apart your whole body.
Djoser: You unawaringly…………!!

31.
Toramaru: There…it is~~~!! The special technique we saw against Achilles the Unicycle of the Olympus 16-Battle Gods in the Preliminary League~~~~! And now his cincher: the murder tops---!!
Djoser: !!

32.
Toramaru: He…did it---!! The top has broken through his headpiece and completely gone through the top of his head----!
Togashi: Wi…with that, I’m…certain he’s already dying, re…regardless of how he’s called a monster!!
Momotarou: No, not yet……!! It seems Senkuu is fighting an opponent that’s unimaginable in our imaginations.
Toramaru: Huh…!!

33.
Djoser: It’s useless……!! With Djoser as your opponent, all deeds become wicked mischief!

34.
Djoser: With that, your intention has completely run out.
Toramaru: He…he’s alive!! He…had it gone through the top of his head and yet th…that guy is still alive---!
Togashi: D…damn, he’s done something that cold.
Djoser: If you thought I could escape a thing of that standard, I always can, but
Djoser: Personally, I don’t need to move.
Djoser: You should see this.
Senkuu: What’s going on……….!? With bandages wrapped around his face, what’s hard to understand is he can speak without moving his lips at all. His immortal body does have some secret after all………!!

35.
Djoser: Funu!!
Senkuu: !!
Djoser: P – S HISHOUGI: DISCIPLE OF CARTOUCHE!!
(TN: 1. “Cartouche no Shito” = “Disciple of Cartouche”
2. A cartouche is an oblong enclosure that speaks the royal name of the pharaoh, in use since the 4th Dynasty…though strangely, this name wasn’t given by the Egyptians but by the French who invaded and saw them similar to “paper powder cartridges”, which is “cartouche” in French, during Napoleon’s invasion; the Egyptian name is “shenu” and is tied to the “shen ring” which is part of the Egyptian iconography of “eternity”)

36.
Senkuu: ………………!!
Toramaru: Wh…what---!! That’s…stupid!
Togashi: Th…that guy is going towards Senkuu with the hand that he chopped off himself----!!

37.
Senkuu: KU!!

38.
Togashi: He…hey, this is getting confusing already----!! Th…that hand is rushing with tremendous force as if it’s a living thing that possesses it’s own will----!
Djoser: Are you fine………!? Being preoccupied by just one hand.
Senkuu: Huh…!?

39.
Senkuu: Wh…what: y…you chopped off your other arm as well!!
(TN: “It’s just a flesh wound”)
Senkuu: Nu!!
Senkuu: Gua!!

40.
Senkuu: GAHA!!
Toramaru: ………………!!
Togashi: Se…Senkuu’s be…been hurt---!! Th…that’s quite a deep wound---!
Toramaru: N…no……!! Th…that guy really isn’t human, he…he may be a monster that’s lived 5,000 years………! I…I somehow have come to believe this…………..!!

41.
Djoser: I’m appreciative.
Djoser: It seems I took out just your vitals, but that is all…!! Though you’re defeated, I don’t need to use both arms with your state.
Senkuu: ………………!!

42.
Senkuu: What’s that: the steam-like thing that’s emerging from his feet……!! IT’S…SWEAT……!?
Djoser: Kill him!!
Senkuu: NOW I’VE GOT THE SECRET TO HIS IMMORTALITY……!!

43.
Senkuu: RIKU-KE OUGI: KANTENBAI!!
(TN: “Kantenbai” = “Return the Squeaking Cup”)
Djoser: !!

44.
Djoser: Fool: even if you’re a person who kills by my own hands……………!!
Djoser: Mu!!
Djoser: …………..!!

45.
Toramaru: L…look: b…blood---!!
Togashi: The top is gushing out blood from the top of his gouged-out foot----!!
Senkuu: It seems you too are a living human. I’ve read your true identity……………!!

TN: Hmmm...so he can get his arms chopped off like it's nothing (and run around like the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail...with Thing from the Addams Family controlling his dropped hands), yet his feet bleed...yeah, I guess we'll have to let that sink in somehow but at least Djoser is starting to figure out the truth regarding Djoser. I found that even though Senkuu was able to use his previous abilities on the mummy, it was treated quite differently...and the fact that he tricked him to take the top that would lead to the strange damage was a nice touch. But of course...there probably are going to be more Polnareff comparisons to go through with this...