Bleach 645

Chapter 645
Don’t Chase a Shadow

Page 01
Sidetext ：遠方から瞬時に移動して来た享楽！！尸魂界の存亡をかけた究極の死亡遊戯が始まる――――！！
Kyouraku moves in from afar in the blink of an eye!! With Soul Society’s survival on the line, the ultimate game of death begins------!!

Lille：（何が起きた？）
(What just happened?)

Lille：（あの距離からここまで）
(How did he instantly get behind me)

Lille：（僕に気付かせず）
(From that far away)

Lille：（どうやって一瞬で回り込んだ―――――――！？）
(Without me noticing---------!?)

Kyouraku：あれ？
Huh?

Page 02
Kyouraku：もしかしてやったことない？
Haven’t you ever played
Kyouraku：だるまさんがころんだ
“Down Goes the Daruma Doll” before?

Lille：・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
………………
Lille：・・・・・・何がころんだって？
……Down goes the what?

Kyouraku：あ――――
Ahhhhh
Kyouraku：やっぱりないかァ
I suppose you wouldn’t have played it
Kyouraku：まァ滅却師はコッチと文化が違いそうだもんね
I mean, since Quincy culture doesn’t seem to be the same as ours

Kyouraku：それはさておき
But putting that aside

Page 03
Kyouraku：今のについてこれるとは
I can’t believe you were able to keep up with me

Kyouraku：腕を上げたねえ　七緒ちゃん
You’ve gotten better, Nanao-chan

Nanao：・・・・・・余り
……I don’t really feel
Nanao：褒められてる気がしませんね
Much like I’m being complimented

Kyouraku：褒めてるさ
Oh you are
Kyouraku：今回は危ないからみんなのとこへ行ってなさい
Things are gonna be pretty dangerous this time, so head on back to the others

Nanao：お断りします
I decline that order

Kyouraku：んじゃあ
Alright then
Kyouraku：みんなに先に行くよう伝えてきて
Go tell the others to go ahead without me and then come back

Nanao：・・・・・・・・・・・・わかりました
…………Understood
Nanao：伝えて戻ってきます
I’ll convey your message and report back

Nanao：隊長
Captain

Page 04
Nanao：戻る前に死んでたら
If you die before I return
Nanao：死体の胸毛を剃りますから
I’ll shave the chest hair off of your corpse

Kyouraku：身元不明になるからやめて
Don’t do that, they won’t be able to ID my body

Kyouraku：・・・やれやれ・・・
…Man oh man…

Kyouraku：なーんか言う事がリサちゃんに似てきたねぇ・・・
The things she says sound more like Lisa-chan all the time…
Lille：茶番は終わったか？
Finished with your little show?

Kyouraku：ひどい言われようだなぁ
That’s a terrible way to put it
Lille：こちらにはお前達全員のこれまでの戦いの情報がある
We have all of the information about every Shinigami’s battles thus far

Lille：お前の斬魄刀の能力は「子供の遊びを現実にする」ことだ
Your Zanpakutou’s ability is making children’s games into reality
Lille：今のもその“遊び”か？
Is what you did just now one of those “games”?

Page 05
Kyouraku：さすがに霊王宮まで立ち入る面子だ
You really know your stuff. Just as I’d expect from anybody
Kyouraku：よく知ってる
Who could make it into the Spirit Palace
Kyouraku：たしかに　破面の一番さんとはだるまさんがころんだじゃ遊んでないね
It’s true, I never played “Down Goes the Daruma Doll” with Arrancar Number 1

Kyouraku：だるまさんがころんだは
“Down Goes the Daruma Doll” is a game
Kyouraku：鬼が目かくししてかけ声とともにふり返り
Where the person who is “It” covers their eyes, then turns around while calling out
Kyouraku：動いた人をつかまえる遊びだよ
And catches anybody who’s moving

Kyouraku：きまりは３つ
There are 3 rules

Kyouraku：一、鬼は参加者から必ず見える場所に居なくちゃならない
First, the “It” must be somewhere the players can see him
Kyouraku：二、参加者は“鬼”に動いてるところを見られたら負け
Second, if the “It” sees a player moving, that player loses
Kyouraku：三、参加者は“鬼”に見られる前に“鬼”に触れば勝ち
Third, if a player touches the “It” before the “It” sees them, that player wins

Lille：成程
I see
Lille：チョコラテ・イングレスか
So it’s Chocolate Ingles*
*TN: What? Tried a few translations / google searches and couldn’t find anything about this, so I just transcribed the katakana. If anyone has information, please contact me.

Kyouraku：なんだ
Huh?
Kyouraku：似たのがあるんじゃないか
So you do have something like it?
Kyouraku：説明してソンした
Explaining was a waste of time, then

Page 06
Lille：お前がその遊びを始めると
When you begin the game
Lille：“鬼”の放った霊圧での攻撃が必ず見えるようになる
The attacks the “It” makes with reiatsu become visible
Lille：そして
And you

Lille：“鬼”に見られる前に触れるように
Gain the ability to take the shortest path along the reiatsu the “It” has released
Lille：“鬼”の放った霊圧の軌道上を最短距離で移動できるようになる
In order to touch them before they see you

Lille：その間
Meanwhile
Lille：“鬼”は止まってる姿の幻覚を見る
The “It” sees an illusion of you standing still

Lille：そんなところだろう
It works something like that, right?

Lille：随分とそっちに都合の良いルールに見えるが
Seems to me the rules are heavily in your favor

Page 07
Lille：動いてるところを見られたら“負け”
But if you’re seen while moving, you “lose”
Lille：ということは
Which means
Lille：“幻覚”に気付いてお前を見つける事さえできれば
If the “It” can just notice the “illusion” and find you

Lille：お前は死ぬ
You’ll die

Kyouraku：流石だねぇ
Nicely done
Kyouraku：理解が早くて助かるよ
It helps that you figure things out quickly

Lille：「助かる」か？
“Helps”?
Lille：僕にルールを教えたのはミスだったろう
It was a mistake to teach me the rules
Lille：もうこの“遊び”は使えない
Now you can’t use that “game” anymore

Kyouraku：そんな事ァ無い
Not at all

Page 08
Kyouraku：お互いがルールを知ってからが“遊び”だろ？
It only becomes a “game” once both sides know the rules, right?

Kyouraku：ああそれから
Oh, and one more thing
Kyouraku：今の話には一つ間違いがある
You made one mistake

Kyouraku：さっきキミの見た“止まったまま”のボクの姿は
The me you saw “standing in place”
Kyouraku：幻覚じゃない
Wasn’t an illusion

Kyouraku：現実にキミは
You were looking
Kyouraku：ボクを見てる
At the real me

Lille：何・・・・・・？
What……?

Page 09
Kyouraku：霊圧を感じ取る感覚のことを
The sense used to feel reiatsu
Kyouraku：「霊覚」とか「霊圧知覚」とか言うんだけど
Is called “Spirit Sense” or “Reiatsu Perception”

Kyouraku：霊圧を以て戦う者は全員
Everyone who fights with reiatsu
Kyouraku：無意識に「視覚」とこの「霊覚」の両方を同時に使ってものを見てる
Unconsciously uses both “sight” and that “spirit sense” to see things

Kyouraku：そして　戦闘に集中すればするほどその比重は「霊覚」の方が圧倒的に高まっていく
And the harder you concentrate on the battle, the more dominant “spirit sense” becomes
Kyouraku：つまり
In other words
Kyouraku：無意識に“目”ではものを見なくなる
You stop seeing things with your eyes and don’t even realize it

Kyouraku：そこへ
So
Kyouraku：霊圧そのものを「ボク」だと見誤るように
I consolidated my very reiatsu and left it in that spot
Kyouraku：ギュッと固めてあそこに置いてきたのさ
So that you’d mistake it for me

Lille：馬鹿な
Ridiculous
Lille：それだけの事で見誤る訳が―――――
I wouldn’t mistake something like that for-------
Kyouraku：見誤るさ
Sure you would

Kyouraku：ボクを誰だと思ってんの
Who do you think I am?

Page 10
Kyouraku：護廷十三隊総隊長
Head Captain of the Gotei 13
Kyouraku：京楽春水だよ
Kyouraku Shunsui

Page 11
Kyouraku：だ
Down
Kyouraku：るま
Goes
Kyouraku：さん
The
Kyouraku：が
Daruma

Page 12
Lille：こっちだろ？
Here, right?

Lille：言ったよね
I told you
Lille：もうこの“遊び”は使えない
You can’t use this “game” anymore

Page 13
Kyouraku：読むねえ！
Good read!
Kyouraku：“影鬼”を一発目でかわされたのは初めてだよ！
That’s the first time anyone’s dodged the first attack from “Kageoni”!

Page 14
Lille：それも言った！
I told you that too!
Lille：こちらにはお前達のこれまでの戦い全ての情報がある！
We have all of the information about all of your battles thus far!

Lille：そして
And

Kyouraku：！？
!?

Lille：お前達にこちらの情報は無い
You don’t have any information about us

Kyouraku：かわしたと思ったんだけどね
And here I thought I’d dodged that
Kyouraku：教えてくれないのは不公平じゃないのかい
Don’t you think it’s a little unfair not to tell me anything?

Page 15
Lille：公平な戦いをしたいとも思わないし
I’m not looking for a fair fight
Lille：教えたところで公平になるとも思わないが
And I don’t think telling you would make it fair, either
Lille：教えよう
But I’ll tell you anyway

Lille：星十字騎士団“X”
I am Stern Ritter “X”
Lille：“万物貫通”のリジェ・バロ
Lille Barro, “The X-Axis”*
*TN: Kanji mean “All Matter Penetration”
Lille：僕の力は全てを貫く
My power penetrates all

Lille：そこに“かわす”という概念の
There is no room for the concept of “dodging”
Lille：介在する余地は無い
To enter into the equation

Page 16
Kyouraku：影を見たかい
Did you look at my shadow?

Kyouraku：どうやってかわした？ってカオだけど
The looks on your face says “how’d he dodge that?”
Kyouraku：心配いらない
Don’t worry
Kyouraku：キミの言う通りかわしちゃいない
Just like you said, I didn’t dodge a thing
Kyouraku：キミが残像を撃っただけの話さ
You just shot an afterimage is all

Kyouraku：“影送り”って言うんだ
It’s called “Kageokuri”*
*TN: Shadow Sending
Kyouraku：影を強く見つめて別の場所へ残像を映す遊びだよ
It’s a kind of game where you stare really hard at a shadow and see the afterimage in a different place

Kyouraku：キミほどの“霊覚”で見つめれば
If you stare with a “spirit sense” as great as yours
Kyouraku：そりゃ残像も強く残る
The afterimage will remain even more strongly

Page 17
Kyouraku：子供の遊びの怖いところはいつ・何の遊びが始まるのか見当もつかない所さ
That’s the scary thing about kids’ games, you have no idea what kind of game it’s gonna be or when it’s gonna start

Kyouraku：どんなに興が乗らなくても
No matter how not into it you are
Kyouraku：手を引かれたら一巻の終わり
Once you’ve been pulled in, that’s all she wrote
Kyouraku：死ぬまで付き合わされるのさ
They’ll make you play until you die

Sidetext：遊びは深みへ！！
The game deepens!!

Kyouraku：キミももう手を引かれてる
And you’ve already been pulled in
Kyouraku：死ぬまで遊び明かそうじゃないの
So how about we play ‘til we die?