AR∀GO 14

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Man: Dammit I’m late,

I need to hurry and get back…

Side Text: A new installment arrives!! What incident will happen next in London!?

Text Next to Title: The highly super-sensational police action!!

Man: Sorry! Are you hurt!

SFX: *Shake*

*Shake*

Bottom Text: The popular “Darren Shan” movie is now open to the public!!

Man: That old man was really short.

?

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That light….fireworks at a time like this?

!?

Wh-what the hell!? It’s coming this way!!

No stay away! Ahhh!!

SFX: *turn*

*Uhhh*

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Text: Wait…..Don’t leave me behind!!

Side Text: Volume 1 is now on sale!!

Arai Takahiro

Chapter 14: The Arrowhead of Fairies

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CSI: The victim is 32-year-old Brian Park, a banker.

His wallet and wristwatch were stolen. It looks like it was a robbery.

Joe: He was assaulted and yet there aren’t any signs of it?

CSI: We’ll have to wait for the autopsy for cause of death…

Joe: There’s a small wound on his forehead…

CSI: Huh?

The same as the victims from two previous murder cases.

What’s with these murders?

We still don’t know the cause of death.

And we aren’t going to find a one for this case as well.

A phantom killer who attacks people at random,

An unknown cause of death,

A wound on the forehead…

It makes you think some terrible things, doesn’t it?

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CSI: That weird guy who came for this case…why’s he here?

Just leave these weird cases to assistant inspector Joe Sullivan.

He takes these things seriously. That’s why he hasn’t been promoted.

Joe: ?

……..

Arago: Phew. That was close.

If he sees me here….

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CSI: I haven’t seen Shannon yet, is he working somewhere else?

Arago: Ah! Calm down! Calm down!!

I have to do this!!

This is so I can stay in the CID….

Joe, is there a case!?

I’m going too!!

Joe: Arago, I told you before already, I won’t work with someone so reckless.

Arago: Old man!!

You aren’t taking me along!?

Are we partners!?

Joe: ……..

Partners?

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You’re on standby, use that time to let your head cool down.

Arago: Now that Shannon’s back, they’re just going to toss me aside!!

But they’re making a big mistake if they think they can just do that to me…

It looks like the guys here figured out the connection between the three murders,

SFX: *Open*

He noticed the small wound all of the victims had, just what you would expect
from the old man.

There doesn't seem to be any direct link between the wound and the cause of death though, it's not surprising that they would overlook it.

Just watch, I’ll catch the criminal faster than all of them…

And I’ll prove that I’m more useful that Shannon!!

Rio: What are you laughing about? It’s really creppy.

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Arago: Rio!? What are you doing here!?

Rio: My job. What are you doing sneaking around?

Didn’t Joe leave already?

Joe-saaaaaan!!

Arago: Shhhhh!

Shhhhhh!!

Rio: What!! You’re investigating on your own!?

Arago: Keep you voice down!!

Rio: Why aren’t you with Joe?

Arago: Huh!? Uh….no reason.

Rio: You know, you’re a really bad liar.

Arago: I’m not lying!!

You have a “habit” of touching your ear every time you lie…

You’ve had it since you were a kid, you just never realized it.

Text next to flashback Aragos: Haha, it doesn’t hurt.

I can hold it!!

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Arago: Seriously!?

Rio: You probably would never have noticed if I hadn't said anything.

Joe’s your only friend inside of the CID.

If you did something to make him mad then why don’t you just apologize
already?

Your partners after all.

Arago: …..It won’t matter.

He never thought of me as his partner.

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A-anyway, don’t tell Joe about this!

Rio: Arago!!!

Arago: this is an important moment deciding on whether I can stay in the CID or not, so don't let anyone know about this!!!!

You don't have to worry about the old man and me!

There was nothing wrong from the beginning!!

Rio: Good grief…..

That hopeless liar.

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Ghari: Gufufu

There’s nowhere left for you to run little miss….

Such fair white skin and luscious red lips ….

You have all of the things these bones don’t… (Text in corner of bubble: Hihi)

Well then…

It’s time to eattttt!!!

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Huh?

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What the hell!? What just happened!?

You killed me!! You killed me!!!

Arago: You’re causing trouble again, Gharivega!!

This time, I’m not going to go easy on you…

A….

A doll!?

Ghari: Th…that voice! It can’t be!!

What the heck are you doing with a doll…

This is stupid, I didn’t even have to hide my face.

I was out here trying to stop the phantom killer,

And just when I thought I had hit the jackpot,

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You had to distract me with your stupid game!!

Ghari: Bastard!!

See for yourself! I’m not doing anything wrong

I changed after master* put the fear of God into me. (TL: Referring to Arago)

After such a long time I had finally gotten my upper body back, and now…..well
it’s alright, it’ll grow back again eventually.

Well….I’ll just…be going now…

Arago: Yeah, get lost already.

Just great, I’m right back where I started

I don’t have a single clue…

At this point any kind of information would be fine….

Information, information….

Hold on a sec!!

Ghari: Eek!!

Arago: There are some things I want to ask you….are you going to cooperate?

Ghari: But, I’m really busy…

Arago: Are you refusing?

Ghari: ………….no

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Arago: You really are a stubborn bastard, managing to survive somehow.

Ghari: I could say the same about you.

You still have Master Patch’s power, haven’t you seen difficult times since then?

Arago: Pipe down and take a look at this already!!

Ghari: Bastard!

Arago: Well, do you know anything?

Ghari: Well, in my own expert opinion…

Arago: Expert?

Ghari: Your criminal is using a very dangerous weapon,

Known as “The arrowhead of fairies”

Arago: Fairies?

Ghari:It’s a pretty well known tale among humans, various sicknesses and accidents were attributed to being shot with this arrowhead.

In other words, the cause of all the sudden deaths is some guy shooting them
with it.

Or rather…it’s probably the real thing….

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Arago: There are really Fairies in this world?

Ghari: There are, quite a few actually. They live among humans.

But in all of London…

I only know of one …

Who possesses the Arrowhead of Fairies…

The shoe fairy, Leprechaun.

Shoe Shiner: It seems your job involves a lot of walking sir.

An inspector for an insurance agency…or perhaps a detective?

Joe: How did you know?

Shoe Shiner: Heh, I’ve been doing this for a long time.

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Joe: There’s no mistaking the wear on those shoes,

You seem to be very good at your job.

Shoe Shiner: Thank you very much.

Joe: Ah, I have one question though.

Recently, there have been some random attacks happening in this neighborhood,

Do you know anything?

Shoe Shiner: Oh…I don’t pay much attention to the happenings of the world….

Joe: Is that so, well do you recognize these?

Arago: So this shoe fairy is living among humans?

Ghari: Yep, the leprechaun usually works in that area!!

Shoe Shiner: Where did you get those?

Joe: A short old man in red clothes.

The truth is that in all of the crime scenes, witnesses testified seeing a man
matching your description.

I’m very sorry, but I’d like to have a little talk with you for a while…

Won’t you come with me to the station?

Arago: Where is he usually?

Ghari: The leprechaun takes on the identity of a human,

That person is…

The Burlington Arcade’s shoe shiner.

Side Text: Have both Arago and Joe reached the Leprechaun in their own separate ways?