Saike Once Again 55

My Body really has to stop doing this thing where it's sick all weekend and gets better just in time for work Monday morning.



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SAIKE ONCE AGAIN.
(Side text- The beautiful lass with eyes of insight…)
(Side text- Her form is that of a living God.)
Take 55: Advice.
FUKUCHI TSUBASA
{Kumari: A little girl who is worshipped as the avatar of the goddess Kumari. Apparently, In order to become Kumari, she had to fulfill 32 strict conditions.}
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002
(Side text- The one before Saike’s gaze is…?)
Saike: Ah…
She’s “Kumari”?!
{That little kid…}
{Is the oracle holder who can heal anything?}

003
Guard: Kumari-sama! You mustn’t show your face!
These idiotic tourists will take your picture!!
Ana: We’re not idiotic tourists!!
Kumari! You’re the “Healing God” who can fix any kind of sickness right?!
We have a guy here who needs your healing powers!
Please!!
Guard: What kind of nonsense are you talking about?!
Kumari is…
Kumari: I understand.
I shall speak with you all.

004
Saike: This girl is Kumari…
She really is a child..
(Sfx- Chokooon)
Kumari: You people came from Japan?
Eiji: Yeah.
Kumari: I’m sorry about before.
My people were rude to you.
Saike: N—No, we were at fault too…

005
Kumari: You all…
Are oracle holder’s right?
Saike: You know about Oracles?
Kumari: I saw your strange battle earlier…
And it is as I thought….
I am an oracle holder as well.
Eiji: The ability fumes are coming out.
There’s no mistaking it.
Saike: Th—then you really are the healing God?!
Kumari: What is your name?
Saike: S—Saike.
Kuzushiro Saike!
Kumari: I see.
Then I will be frank with you.

006
Kumari: Saike…
I do not have the ability to heal you.
Ana: N—No way!! But…
Kumari: It is true I am an oracle holder…
But I do not possess the ability to heal.
Eiji: Damn that guide and his vagueness….
(Sfx- Handwritten- Next time I see him he’s dead.)
(Handwritten- Friends!)

007
Ana: Damn! And here we thought we had found what we were looking for so quickly!
Saike: That’s how it goes, we’ll just start gathering information from the start again…
Kumari: Wait.
While I cannot heal you,
There is something I must tell you.
In regard to the oracle holder who can heal everything.

008
Kumari: It would seem that someone called the “Healing God” does live somewhere up in the mountains to the north.
People from around the world rely on the oracle as well as the sick of this land.
Though people generally give up on finding the Healing God and return home…
Especially those like you who are fooled and brought here to see me.
Ana: Tell us what we should do,
Kumari!!

009
Kumari: Go to “Pohkara”.
Go west from Kathmandu….it is the centermost city in Nepal.
The entrance to the northern mountains is there.
And you there…
You can identify ability users, right?
To catch a thief you must use a thief!
The oracle holders in Pohkara are sure to know something.

010
Kumari: This is all I have to say to you.
Saike: Awesome!
We’ve got a new lead!
(Sfx- Wah!)
Ana: Yeah!
Thanks Kumari!!
You’ve been a big help!
(Sfx- Gashihh *grab*)
Kumari: Since I was three years old, I have been “Kumari”.
I do not set foot outside of this place for any reason other than festivals.
Sometimes I gaze outside the window from the inner garden….that scenery is my life.
This is my daily life but…
Today….

011
Ana: Our friend is on the verge of death!!
Kumari: I have seen how having comrades is a wonderful thing.
I would advise you treasure each other from now on as well.

012
Ana: Allright! We’ve gotten some new information!
Now let’s head to “Pohkara”!!
Saike: It’s weird she’s in high spirits….
Eiji: Yeah.
Ana: Let’s goo!
To Pohkara!
Yaaaay!!
Eiji: You’d think after meeting Kumari she’d have more to think about…
Like how a kid like that could be so mature….and so on.
(Handwritten- She even manages to hide her sentimentality.)
Ana: Did you say something eyebrows?!
(Handwritten- You’ve got no Delicacy at all, Hizu-kun.)

013
Ana: She’s putting her all into her work as Kumari.
So then we too have to do our best in what we set out to do.
Right, Saike?
Saike: Yeah…
That’s right Ana.
(Handwritten- But for now we should really find a place to stay overnight, and set out tomorrow.)
(Handwritten- I—I know that!)
Eiji: Kumari.
There’s one thing I want to ask you.
Kumari: What is it?

014
Eiji: How did you know Saike is suffering from an illness?
We didn’t say anything about “Needing someone who can heal” him.
However you already knew that much about Saike.
Kumari: I see, you’re quite sharp.
Then there’s no point in hiding it.
My “Oracle” is. . “Lifeline eye”.
Which in short is the ability to see how long someone’s lifespan will be.

015
Kumari: I can see that Saike’s body is a mess.
The pain that his body is in is one I haven’t seen this year.
Perhaps this distortion is one he shoulders himself?
Within his eyes I see a deep darkness and light.
You would do well to keep your eyes on Saike.
For “death” will soon be upon him.

016
Eiji: Tell me.
How much of a life span does he have left?
Kumari: Saike’s life....
He has….
Saike: Hizu-kun!
Hizu-kun!
Eiji: What is it Saike?
I said I’d see your final moments, man.
Saike: What are you sleep talking for?
The bus is here!
(Sfx- Kiii *reeeeh*)

017
(Sfx- Gata gata gata *bump bump bmp)
(Handwritten- There are people on top, is that okay?)
(Sfx- Gata gata *Bump bump*)
(Sfx- Sukaaah *snooore*)
(Sfx- Sukaaah sukaaah *snore snooore*)
{Saike, I will see your final moments…}
{But “now” is not the time.}

018
{Saike’s life…}
{He has….}
(Sfx- Gata gata gata gata *thump thump*)
{I will distort it…}
{Your lifeline…}
(Bottom text- Hizu burns with the desire to save Saike. Next issue, we enter “Pohkara” in search for those who know the “Healing God!”)
TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE 44.