AR∀GO 16

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1)
Shannon: Joe’s current case…
May have some sort of connection to Patchman.
A murderer who targets people at random, the mysterious wounds left on the forehead…there are a lot of similarities.
Side Text: Happening at the same time as Arago hunts for the phantom killer...
Arago: What the hell do you mean the old man has been hunting Patchman!?
SFX: *Smooch*
*Smooch*
Rio: Arago!!
Arago
-City of London Police's Special Crimes Investigator-
SFX: *Stomp*
Rio: What!?
Shannon: Calm down, I was just about to tell you.
Kids these days are so impatient.
It’s a story from 20 years ago.
I was pretty young back then too.

2)
Alfred: The victim has a burn mark on his neck…
And we’ve discovered that his right leg has been cut off.
Top Text: Volume 1 is now on sale!
Alfred: It’s the “Patchman” M.O.*, Detective Sergeant Shannon. (TL: Modus Operandi)
Shannon: You sure came to that conclusion fast. Well let’s just wait for those two to get here…
Rupert: We’ll take over from here! Thanks for your help!!
Text: Shedding light on Patchman and Joe’s past…!!
Arago
-City of London Police's Special Crimes Investigator-
Chapter 16: Joe’s Past
Arai Takahiro

3)
Shannon: I’m glad that the both of you are here sergeants Sullivan and Rupert.
Oops, sorry. The two of you were just promoted to investigator this week weren’t you?
By this time next week you’ll both be inspectors? You guys are rising through the ranks pretty fast.
Rupert: Knock it off Shannon.
Let’s wrap this case up,
Joe.
Alright!! Let’s start making preparations for the party!!
Alfred: Inspector Sullivan, it’s an honor to meet you!!
Joe: And you are?
Alfred: I’m Alfred Millar, I was just assigned to the CID today!
Rupert: Oh, a fan of mine?
Shannon: I don’t think so Rupert.
Rupert: Well if he’s a fan of Joe then he should be my fan too!
We’re one body and soul, partners rely on each other in life and death!
Stop butting in already!

4)
Shannon: Rupert who acted like a child but showed sharp intuition,
And Joe who was passionate and had the will and drive to pursue any case,
Those two who you just wouldn’t think would work well together solved difficult cases one after another. I expected them to do the same thing that time…everyone else did as well.
But…we were wrong.
There was no progress in the case…
And the victims kept increasing.
The police were facing heavy criticism.
Person: Just what the hell are the police doing!?
Far from resolving the situation, it only got progressively worse.
But the light on the investigation never went out. (Line I'm not sure about)
A sense of justice and responsibiiity is what kept Joe strong. Time had passed and yet he only became even more absorbed with the case…

5)
Rupert: Joooe, are you still working?
Play with me!
Don’t you think I’m cute!?
Joe: Stop playing around Rupert.
Rupert: Hey! Don’t do that to my daughter’s picture!!
Joe: Just hurry up and go home.
Your little girl is waiting for you all alone, you don’t have to keep me company.
SFX: *sigh*
Rupert: Stop saying such cold things partner!
Here, I found something interesting.
SFX: *Cough*
*Cough*
Joe: What are these, some old case files.
Newspapers? Patchman? These have to be over 50 years old.
Rupert: Read these parts…here and here.

6)
Joe: A handprint burned into the neck of the victim…
A severed right arm…
Rupert…
Where did you get these!?
Rupert: The basement criminal archives.
You have any idea how troublesome that was?
Joe: This case is exactly like the one in London over 50 years ago. What does this mean?
Rupert: Joe, I’ve got a bad feeling about this…
What if we’re really going up against a demon?
Joe: There are no demons, only humans who act like demons.

7)
There’s a possibility of a copycat murderer, we need to start searching for people familiar with criminal history!
We’ll start with this newspaper’s publisher…
Rupert: Joe!
Good grief, I’m just not a good match for Joe's vitality.
Princess.
Joe! You hungry? Let’s get something to eat!!
Look, Shannon and Alf will come along too…
Why don’t you take a break!
Joe: I’m fine.
Rupert: This is how you act when your partner invites you out?

8)
Oh I get it, you’re going with some young girl aren’t you?
Joe: I’m busy.
Rupert: Don’t worry, you won’t hurt my feelings. Just bring her along!
Even if you put all of your effort into this on your own you aren’t going to make any progress.
Joe: That’s right,
We haven’t made any progress.
I’m tired of you not doing anything! You don’t even work on this during your “free time!!”
If you used that time to pursue this case then maybe we would have uncovered something by now!
Compared to you,
I’ve been putting in twice as much, no three times as much effort!
Ah….

9)
I’m sorry, I get like that when I haven’t slept…
You three go ahead,
I’m going to stay here.
Shannon: Thinking back on it now, Joe was probably jealous of all of the things Rupert had.
None of us knew that he was bearing those kinds of feelings.
Alfred: Should we be worried about Joe-san?
Rupert: If he collapses from exhaustion we’ll just carry him to the hospital.
Sorry, could you guys wait up for me!
Shannon: Just hurry back Rupert.
Those pink tulips,
Can I get a bouquet of them?
Woman: Of course.
Rupert: It’s my princess’s birthday.
Woman: Ahh, she’s so adorable.
Rupert: Isn’t she? (Small text in bubble: Hehehe)

10)
They’re perfect for her…
This’ll be good.
She’ll be happy to get something from him!
Oh, excuse me.
Hey! Sorry to keep you guys waiting.
Shannon: Wh, what happened to your shirt!?
Alfred: Rupert-san!!
Rupert: My shirt?

11)
Shannon: Were you attacked!? Were you stabbed!? Where’ the wound!!
Rupert: No, it’s not my blood…
Back then…
It was that man I passed by before!!
Shannon: Man!?
Rupert: You saw him! Which way did he go!?
Shannon: I don’t know!!
Rupert: Block off the neighborhood!
And call in for backup!!

12)
Where did he go!?
It’s him!!!
Shannon: Surely that person,
Was not meant to open that lid of hell.

13)
Rupert: Wh…what is this…
Shannon: Decaying, and bleached white as bone…Rupert discovered a mountain of piled up corpses.
Even after looking at all of the citizens, vagrants, and illegal immigrants who had been treated as missing up until that point,
Rupert: AA
Shannon: In the end, the police were never able to identify any of Patchman’s victims,
Rupert: AA
Shannon: That were in that place.
Rupert: AAAHHH!!

14) Because it’s been raining every day,
Be sure to watch out for the raised waters from the Thames.
Alright.
We’ve received permission to investigate underground.
Joe: London underground, a network of secret tunnels that were originally designed as air raid shelters during the Second World War.
There’s a strong possibility that Patchman has been operating from them.
I’ll go in alone, I don’t mind.

15)
Rupert: Don’t get ahead of yourself.
I’m going too.
Joe: Don’t be stupid! Your daughter’s birthday is today, go back already!!
Rupert: I’m the only witness who saw him, right? You still need to question me.
Joe: All you saw was his back!!
Rupert: Wherever you go I go too.
That’s what it means to be partners, right?
So today when I go back, it’ll be the two of us!
I won’t be buying flowers for the Princess from you anymore!
So let’s finish things up here fast and walk back home!!
Don’t forget Joe!!

16)
Joe: Yeah, I got it. Be sure to protect your princess Mr. Knight.
Shannon: They acted like idiots.
Just the two of them, chasing after some monster that no one had ever seen underground.
Arago: Joe has been hunting Patchman….
Rio: So then…Joe-san and Rupert-san are…
Shannon: Yeah, those two…
Joe: What are you talking about in a place like this?
You couldn’t think of a more appropriate place?

17)
Shannon: Joe! Hold on!
Arago: Old man!
This portrait that was on top of your desk,
Where did you get it?
Arago: Crap! The portrait that the Leprechaun drew!!
I left it on my desk!
Joe: Where did you get this!!
Shannon: What the hell is wrong with you Joe!? Calm down!!
Joe: Just as I made contact with a material witness for the case I’m on right now, the man I suspect is the criminal attacked us.
This is a portrait of that person.
The face that I saw then, there was one other witness aside from me…
Shannon: Another one?
Joe: I finally met him Shannon.
I knew he was still in London.

18)
The man in the black hood was “Patchman”.
Shannon: Joe! Where did you get that wound!?
Joe: Did you draw this?
Or was it the witness that was kidnapped!?
Were you at the scene!?
Answer me, Arago Hunt!!!
Side Text: Joe suspects that Arago is Patchman. How will he get through this!?