Zero In 29

unfoo: So after a brief period off of Zeroin, I decided on v6.

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Piece:29
Working-up

04
?: Minkei is... a civilian police force constructed by the Japanese government as a means of support for the police with their permission.
?: They are designed to handle the intensification of heinous crimes that the traditional police organization has not been able to cope with.
?: The administrations creed is that age, sex, and academic background are ignored in favor of the ability.
?: "Minkei's agents" strike fear in the hearts of people.
?: This story about those who are called agents
Mikuru: Morning...
?: IS

*Note: If it hasn't been mentioned before, Minkei = Min(kan) kei(kantai) = Civilian police force

05
?: A prologue
Girl: Heyyo
Mikuru: Civil rights Mikuru~ bow wow wow
Mikuru: passionate detective dog~

Guy: Lucky us. We get to see Nazume in the morning <3
Guy: She's so fine.

Mikuru: Hacha, right away we already have Dark Sonobe mode in full effect...
Mikuru BG: She's got the perfect look for it...
Forehead: Cold Compress


06
Mikuru: What're you being so gloomy for in the morning?
Sonobe: Buu
Sonobe: Buu

Mikuru: Y-you look really sick...

Mikuru: What's wrong now?
Mikuru: Tell your big sister.

Sonobe: R-really? You'll help, Nazumecchan?
Mikuru: Well, we are friends.
Mikuru Small: Here, use this hanky.

Sonobe BG: Give me some material for my manga!!!
Mikuru BG: I knew it...


07
Sonobe: Even though I have less than a week before deadline~~~
Sonobe: I haven't even finished the storyboard~

Mikuru: What happened to that?
Mikuru: Ya know, didn't you say before that if you only glanced at a face, an idea would come into your head?

Sonobe: I burned myself out...
Mikuru: Huh?

Sonobe: For 15 consecutive weeks, I drew new books of the Nazumecchan series.
Sonobe BG: That was the brute route...
Sonobe: Fufufufu, even the astonishing me overheated my senses. Everything is completely blank... Dammit!
Sign: Every week new books!
Sonobe BG: I'm tired. I want to sleep. Uhihi

Sonobe: Come on, please. Just give me some inspiration!
Sonobe: You have some kind of secret, right?! right?!
Mikuru: Of course no~t
Mikuru BG: Nya


08
Sonobe: Give me anything~ Like you stepped on shit or you didn't change underwear for 3 days or today is your period~~
Mikuru: Pah - what're you saying? ...And why are you only saying dirty jokes!
Mikuru: Waah, it's become the source of some bad rumors~!
Guy: On that day, Mikuru-san...
Guy: For 3 days, panties...

Masumi: I see now, that is pretty bad.
Mikuru: Isn't it, Masumi?

Masumi: Yeah, you oughta change your underwear everyday.
Masumi BG: As a girl...
Mikuru BG: Gaah! That's not what I was talking about.
Sonobe BG: Uhh~
Mikuru: I do change them everyday!

Guy: Nazume changes her underwear.
Guy: Yup, I heard it. Everyday.
Mikuru BG: What have I done~
Mikuru: Ahhh, why me?

*sfx*

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Kou: Umm...

Kou: You know, sometimes I don't change mine for 3...
Mikuru: Can it!

Mikuru: Look, the teacher is coming. Break it up! Break it up!
Ujiie BG: Tsch, boring.
Masumi BG: Hya~ that one sounded nice~
Kou: Eh?
Kou: Eh?

Sonobe: That's how it is.


10
Sonobe: This is the 3rd "For Sakura's manga's benefit" discussion~~
*sfx*
Masumi: Stop being forgetful and putting a realistic number in their so subtly.
Masumi BG: It's hard to make a comeback to that.

Masumi: But this is the first time I've thought about Nazume's room.

Masumi: Let's see, Cds she listens to... Whoa! It's all western stuff...
Masumi Small: Makes sense, she is only half-Japanese.
Sonobe: Hey! You there! Why are you distracting everyone?! We got together here today to help me think of ideas.
Masumi: Hey, Nazume, let me see your photo albums.

Nazume: Don't ignore me!
Mikuru: Ahhh, I don't really have any old photos, cause I thought it was boring.


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Sonobe: Well, what do you think of my manga, Nazumecchan?
Sonobe: That's the Nazumecchan series.

Mikuru: Hmmmm

Mikuru: It's interesting.
Mikuru BG: Surprisingly so...

Mikuru: I can't believe this came from those wild ideas you were drawing on the back of tests.
Mikuru: ...If you look at it like that, it's really amazing.
Sonobe: I was once part of the Wall Club* *note*
*Note: Wall club = Doujin club/Fanmade comics club

Ujiie: But the art isn't so hot.
Mikuru: Yeah, doesn't really stand out.
Masumi: Pretty dull.
Sonobe BG: You guys are mean~
Sonobe: Don't say that~


12
Mikuru: Hey, Sonobe. Is this heroine gonna hook up with this guy in the end?
Sonobe: Ohh, now you've got it, Nazumecchan!

BG: She's the heroine who has to hide the fact that she's a spy and fights.
BG: And he's the hero that understands and follows her.
BG: A tragic passionate love.

Sonobe: The story is quite simply a climax!
Sonobe: A climax of passionate love! ...passionate love...

Sonobe: But I've never experienced passionate love, so I dun get it~~
Mikuru BG: If you're not there, you can't live it, huh~~
Mikuru: And that's why we have this sleepover, Sonobe.

Mikuru BG: Besides, what's with this setup... it's like she's hit the mark on almost everything about me.
Mikuru BG: Sonobe... is quite terrifying.
Masumi: Mikuru?


13
Sonobe: So everyone who has dated a guy
Sonobe: Show of hands!

Sonobe: I've gathered such selfish girls...
Sonobe BG: Ahh, they aren't helpful at all.
Masumi: Don't act as if you're any different!

Sonobe: Hey, Nazumecchan. You've got a guy you like, right?!
Sonobe: There is, isn't there? Just say it!
Sonobe: The other girls are dead to me.
Mikuru: No... I mean, even if I were to say it...


14
Mikuru: I can't live up to your expectations.
Mikuru: For me, papa is the best.

Masumi: And there you have it. She's a daddy's girl.
Masumi BG: Is he really that good?
Ujiie: That's her problem.

Mikuru: There's nothing wrong with it.
*sfx* Dingdong

Mikuru: You can't count on me.
Mikuru: Oh right, mama is out.
*sfx* Dingdong

Mikuru: I'm coming!
Ujiie BG: By the way, when I drew it, it comes out like this!
Sonobe BG: It's great!


15
Kou: Oh Hello, Mikuru-san.
Mikuru: Shi-Shiraishi-kun.

Mikuru: I-is something up? We getting called out?
Kou: Nah, the commander just asked me to pick up a gun for her from your mom.
Kou: Haha, it'd be great if she just picked up her own gun.


16
Sonobe: Nazumecchan, where's the bathroom~~
Mikuru: Nyaa!
Kou: Oh
Kou BG: It's Sonobe-san.

Mikuru: Sorry!
Kou: Dowah

Mikuru: Make yourself at home. It's right in there.
Sonobe: ?
Kou: Ow

Sonobe: Wasn't there just a boy here?
Mikuru: N-no, course not. It was just a newspaper solicitor. A so-li-ci-tor.


17
BG: This is really bad...
BG: I don't know how it happened, but having this girl known things is dangerous!
BG: Somehow, I have to make it out of here...

Mom: Ara, welcome, Shiraishi-kun. Come on in.
Mikuru: Ara
Kou: No, right now I'm a bit busy...

Mikuru: Mama~~~!
Mom: I'm home. You know, Mikuru. It's not good to leave your friends waiting outside.

Mikuru: *symbols*
Mom: ?

Sonobe: Sh-Shiraishi-kun... why are you here?
Sonobe: No way... don't tell me.


18
Mikuru: S-Sonobe, it's not what you think... Y-you see, it's ya know
Sonobe: What? What? <3
Kou: You see, I was just asked by someone to come here...
Sonobe: You were asked? To do what? <3
Kou: Um, w-well that is...

*sfx*
Mikuru BG: Mama~~ Do something, since this is your fault!
White BG: Eye contact!

Sonobe: What? <3
Mikuru BG: Hey, do something~ do something right this instant~
Sonobe: What? <3
Mom: Ahh, Mikuru is asking for help with such a dreadful look.

Mom: I see. She wants to keep Shiraishi-kun a secret.
Mom: Well, there's not helping it, since she's still a young girl.

Mom: Fufufu, this is a chance for me to show my stuff as a mom!
Mom: Leave it to me, Mikuru!
Mom: Ah, he's just...


19
Mom: an non blood-related sibling.


20
Mikuru BG:: A sibling~~~
Mikuru BG: Sibling~~~

Sonobe: Thank you God~~~

Sonobe BG: That's it. Actually, they are not blood-related siblings... Furthermore, with this...
Sonobe BG: ...If it's like this, then like that...
Sonobe BG: and then mess it around~~


21
Sonobe: Ahahahahaha! I've got it~~
Sonobe: The demon inside of me is awakeeeee.

Sonobe: Keekekekekeke

Mom: Ok! Perfect.<3

BG: Epilogue

Ujiie: Jeez, Sonobe really roped us in all of a sudden.
*sfx* Dingdong


22
Hisa: Sup. Tsuyuka-san, can you fix my gun...?

BG: Flesh...

BG: Flesh *note*

BG: Evil face <3
Hisa: What's with you, kid?

Ujiie: Marry me. <3
Ujiie BG: Kyun <3
Hisa: Hells no.
Hisa Small: And don't close the door.

Sonobe: Welcome, flatfoot!*
*Note: Flatfoot = detective
Sonobe BG: I can still continue this series. <3
Masumi BG: Why did we...
Mikuru: A flatfoot~~

Piece 29 End

Endnote: I'm not sure about the "flatfoot (beta)" meaning in this case. It seemed like the definition that made the most sense, but if anyone knows better, let me know.