Alyosha 6

General tl note: Ameria, Washingson are not misspellings.

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The Fighting High School Girl * Sixth Installment
Alyosha
Re: 006 A New Menace
Left vertical: Targeting Alyosha, *that* Great Power begins to move---!?
Bottom: Kondoh Rururu

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p1
Box: Amerian Federal Bureau of Investigation
//Box: Commonly known as: FBI
We have carried out an investigation into the two corpses discovered in Japan the other day
//We have determined that there is a high possibility they were members of the former Estolakian "Karamazov" assassination squad

p2
Box: Acting FBI Director // William Otto

p2/3
The fact that the people who we hadn't been able to catch by the tail have revealed themselves
//Might be due to the effect of the internal disturbance in Estolakia
This is an opportunity for us, who have suffered untold grief thanks to "Karamazov"
♣ Alyosha's rival appears!?

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p1
We have decided to dispatch an investigative agent to Japan in regard to this case
Katie, please explain the details
NB: Katie? That girl?

p2

p3
Katie: Hello
Box: FBI Agent Katie Lindberg
Big box:
Katie Lindberg (16)
FBI Academy: An expert who created the database for the Violence Analysis Center and carried out the analysis of the data
Throughout career, deduced the perpetrators of the Fifth Avenue bombing incident, the Virginia serial kidnappings incident, the large scale police officer drug trade incident, among others, which led to these cases being solved.

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p1
The results of the investigation. There is a clear dichotomy between the new assassination squad the new Estolakian political order is setting up and "Karamazov".
//The corpses from the other day are likely victims of the dispute between the faction of the new order and the faction of the old order.
//It is believed that it will take quite some time for the hostilities to die down.

p2
Wouldn't it be better to leave their civil strife alone? {small}: And wait until they weaken each other

p3
Katie: Are you stupid?
Wha-?

p4
Leave them?
//If the new order faction triumphs in the conflict, their true power will be appraised highly
//If the old order faction wins, they will once again be highly appraised, and it can be expected that third countries will take them under their wing and support them with funds.
In that case, this baddest, strongest assassination squad will once again roam in secret all over the world

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p1
The fact that the present incident took place in Japan is of great advantage to us
//That's because FBI can't operate freely in former socialist countries such as Estolakia and Solessia

p2
But the most delicious tidbit is that
//The new order faction's target is Kortik, who has gone into hiding

p3
SFX: *murmur* *murmur* *murmur*
Kortik!?
That legendary assassin is in Japan!?

p4
The reputational dividends for bringing down Kortik will be immeasurable
//If we were to capture Kortik before those guys, it would be a giant step toward eliminating "Karamazov"

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p1
But is there any need for you to go to Japan?
//A more experienced agent... Well, this is a mission where losing one's life is quite possible...

p2
Of course, there is a reason for that

p3
It's because Kortik is a high school student
//This is the conclusion from the profiling we conducted
I will be able to conduct an undercover investigation in a high school

p4

p5
Kortik is a student? It's absurd, a joke!
She has been carrying out heinous crimes for more than 10 years

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p1
You may laugh if you wish, but I hope you realize that you're only exposing your ignorance

p2
But don't forget that there has been a considerable number of talented nonconformists in this world
Box:
Katie Lindberg (16)
IQ: 161
Scored 1500 (out of 1600) on the SAT (college admission suitability exam) at the age of 6
Graduated from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) at the top of her class at the age of 12

p3 (under p1)
There was another objective when I volunteered to go to Japan this time...

p4 (left of p3)
NB: It isn't anything that has to do with you after all
She's just a cheeky brat... She's headed straight for trouble

p5 (under p3)
It's in your hands, Katie
NB: Finally, to Japan...

p6
I'll have me some fun there!

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p1
Nayuki Estate

p2
Ojou-sama, it's morning
Box: Nayuki Miru (16)
Ojou-sama

p3/4/5

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p1
Huh?

p2
Box: Alyosha Stalina (16)
Good morning, Ojou-sama

p3
Miru: Alyosha-chan?
Alyosha: Breakfast will be ready soon

p4
Alyosha: Please hurry and change
NB: That's right, Alyosha-chan now works in our mansion

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p1
Alyosha-chan, I'm sorry it's gotten so weird
You don't have to be so formal when we're alone

p2
Please wait a little. You can look around if you want.

p3

p4
Plastic scissors?

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p1
Piropiropirooon! // Magical snip-snap!
Miracle sewing dress-UP!! // Chararara

p2
Miru: Alyosha-chan, don't!
NB: Hawawawa
Miru: That's just a toy from my favorite anime when I was little...
Scissors: I won't forgive unseemly dress!
//Scissors: Fashion of justice Magical Sewing 5

p3
Magical sewing
Snip-snap fire

p4
...I have that DVD, want to watch?

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p1
TV: Magical Sewing 5
Miru: The main character Shushu uses magical scissors to make battle dress and weapons to fight the enemy
//Miru: Look, the dress fairy Kilt is in the upper right! Her country had been invaded by the evil Hippeeda army...

p2
Alyosha was watching Japanese anime for the first time. Alyosha had only seen plainly-colored puppet cartoons in Estolakia, so this was a dazzling, brilliant splash of color to her.

p3
Magical snip-snap ♪
//Snip-snap power ♪

p4
Alyosha-chan, you can keep these if you'd like ♥ I have another pair (a backup)

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p1

p1
In Solessia and surrounding region, there is a custom to greet or express gratitude among intimate friends by a kiss on the mouth

p2
Alyosha: Ah
Miru: Wha- What!?

p3
Alyosha: Breakfast...
Miru: That's true, we'll be late if we don't hurry

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p1/2

p3
xxx: I just heard about it, there'll be another exchange student in our class
yyy: From where?
xxx: They said from Ameria. A girl.

p4
They'll have a cold war with Alyosha-chan
It's just a matter of time

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p1
Miracle sewing dress-UP ♪

p2
Miru: Alyosha-chan, you brought that here!? You can't, put them away!!
NB: She's strange as usual
NB: Yeah

p3
Alright, everyone please sit down

p4
Lindberg-san, please greet everyone

p5
I'm Katie Lindberg. I'm from Washingson in Ameria.
This is my first time in Japan, so I don't know anything, but please bear with me.

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p1
Your Japanese is so good
Where did you learn it?

p2
Japanese is a very logical language, so if you understand that logic, it's not all that difficult. It belongs to a peculiar language family not related to either the Indo-European or the Sino-Tibetan families.
But if you research further, the Altaic family, or as a component of the Southern family of languages, is extremely...
NB: Uh... Who is this girl?

p3/4

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p1
That's Alyosha Stalina!
At the present stage of the investigation, she is the one most likely to be Kortik

p2
An exchange student from Solessia...
...Or so she says. I will have to ascertain her real identity myself.

p3
You're a foreign student too? Nice to meet you

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p1
top left: Ohhhh

p2
It's a cold war between east and west
Awawawa
A button war!
Alyosha-chan...
*tl note: Japanese expression "button war" means "war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button"

p3
Lunch break

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p1

p2
Alyosha-chan, you shouldn't have behaved like that back then

p3
Since Lindberg-san did her best to meet you half-way, you should try to get along

p4
Thank you, Nayuki-san

p5
You can call me Katie!

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p1
Thanks for this morning, Alyosha-san

p2
Katie: Do you mind if I eat with you?
Miru: No, please go ahead

p3

p4
Katie: So Alyosha-san is now working at your house, Miru-san?
Miru: Yes, because she lost support from her country
Katie: Hmmmm...

p5
Granted that Solessia's government is unstable, but isn't it unnatural to cut off funding so suddenly? ---But if we suppose that it was caused by the internal strife in Estolakia, then it all begins to fit...

p6
I knew it, Alyosha Stalina is suspicious
I'm going to probe further!
Alyosha-san, since you're also an exchange student, can I ask you about various things?

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p1
NB: All incidents related to Kortik have been filed away inside this head
Katie: What do you do on your days off?
Katie: Since when are the two of you friends?
Katie: What do you think of Japan?
NB: I will expose your true identity through casual chit-chat!!

p2
...What kinds of things do you like, Alyosha-san?

p3

p4
The atmosphere has changed...

p5
Is she on to me!?

p6
!
Oh no-...

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p1
Magical snip-snap
Miracle sewing dress-UP ♥

p2
Scissors: Fashion of justice Magical Sewing 5
Alyosha: Thing I like
Miru: Alyosha-chan, don't swing it in front of people...

p3
The Sewing Cashmere transforming item "Magical Scissors"!!
NB: Kyaaa ♥
A TTS special order color model, 4410 yen, limited edition of 150 items

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p1
Alyosha-san, you like Magical Sewing 5!?

p2
Me too!! MagiSew5 is the best!

p3
Of course, good things surpass national borders and are loved all over!
//Just to think I'd meet a wonderful foreigner like you in Japan!
//The people around me in Ameria think I'm a nerd and make fun of me, but I'm an intellectual
//Can jocks or queen bees ever understand the Japanese otaku culture!?

p4
The love for Japanese characters is the greatest in the world. There are cute characters here all over the streets!
//Adults walk around casually reading manga or playing games
//70 new anime episodes are shown on TV each week!
//There's no other country in the world as cool as this
//I've always dreamed and dreamed of going to Japan, and I'm finally here!
Super happy ♥
->The other objective

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p1
Alright, do you want to go to Akihabara together on the next day off?

p2
right: Anime Manga Cosplay Maids
center: Akihabara
left: Games Figurines Doujinshi Electronics

p3
Katie: I'll go
//Katie: Miru, you're a wonderful person!
Miru: Alyosha-chan, come with us too

p4
Alyosha: ...But don't I have to work?
Miru: Don't worry! I'll tell the head maid to let you go
Katie: Maid?

p5
Miru: Yes, Alyosha-chan works as a maid in our house ♥
NB: A live maid!?

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p7
Miru: A- Are you alright!? Katie-chan!?
NB: Tissue tissue
Katie: Japan is the best...
Box: A group of three friends, Katie Lindberg (FBI agent), Alyosha Stalina (former "Karamazov" assassin), Nayuki Miru (natural airhead), is hereby formed

right vertical: ♣ ...Somehow, Alyosha's future is worrisome, in a different sense...

Alyosha!⑥/END >>> To be continued in the next issue (on sale Nov 30)