AR∀GO 33

Page 1:
Arai Takahiro
Chapter 33: Monster of Legends
Side Text: Arago-------------------
A man with the power of the supernatural in his arm,
A new threat awaits him!!!
A new hair raising chapter breaks through with center color pages!!!
Arago
-City of London Police’s Special Crimes Investigator-

Page 2:
Box: London
East Side
-Late at night-
SFX: *Shatter*
*Break*
*Chomp*
*Chew*
Side Text: A new case….!!?

Page 3:
Man: You’ve got some balls breaking into my store…hope you’re ready for this!!
Now stand up and turn around!!
SFX: *Chomp*
*Chew*
*Chomp*
Man: …?

Page 4:
SFX (In bottom panel): Howwwwwwwl

Page 5:
Arago: What a mess!!
Joe: There was a lot of damage done to the interior of the store, but the cash register was untouched.
It seems like whoever did this wasn’t after money.
Arago: What about the victim?
Joe: Rob Stone, 38 years old. He was the owner of this store.
That rifle…it’s bent?
Man: Oh, this is the store owner’s hunting rifle. We’re still not sure why it was bent…
Joe: He’s going to be in trouble…even if he only used the gun in self defense.
SFX: *Push*
Arago: So the victim is still alive?
Joe: Yes, it seems one of his employees took him to the hospital…

Page 6:
Detective: Well well, you two sure got here fast.
Arago:Get out you sarcastic bastard!!
Larry: Che, damned sucker…
Joe: So, what’s the victim’s condition?
Detective: It’s not looking good. He’s got some huge lacerations and bite marks.
He was delirious afterwards…muttering something about a “black shadow.”
Right now, we’re looking into gangs that may have had a grudge against him.
Arago: Black shadow…?
Detective: Oh yeah, there was one thing that was strange.
We weren’t able to find the enzyme in the bite marks on the victim.
Joe: So we can say for certain that a human wasn’t the one who bit him…
Arago: What are you talking about? An enzyme…
Joe: Ah…

Page 7:
Saliva contain a substance that assists with the digestion process, most herbivores and omnivores possess have it…
But carnivores don’t.
Arago: Carnivores…so the criminal was an animal!?
Joe: Probably, probably.
Arago: What the victim was muttering…
Bite marks that a human couldn’t have made, scratch marks…
Got ya!
I know who the criminal is!
SFX: Fufufu
Joe: Really Arago?
Arago: The criminal is a carnivore that escaped from the zoo!!

Page 8:
That’s it, it was some huge lion or tiger.
How’s that!
SFX: Phhh
Kukukuku
Detective: How dumb are you? A tiger escaping is a big deal, something like that would have been in the news right away!
Larry: Oh I know, maybe a polar bear bent the gun too!
Thanks for the laugh, stupid sucker!
Arago: I, I’m serious!!
God dammit!!
Treating me like an idiot…
Ghari: Please calm down master…

Page 9:
That was pretty funny though…
That part about the zoo…
Arago: Wait a minute!
What about a werewolf?
They eat meat, right?
Ghari: Um, master…
You’ve been watching too much TV.
Arago: Huh!? You’re telling me that fairies and ghosts exist but werewolves don’t?
Ghari: Contrary to what you might think, werewolves are just one big lie.
Trust me, I’m an expert on these types of things.

Page 10:
Strange legends of creatures called werewolves, or lycanthropes, have spread far and wide within Europe.
They always have human form, and for some reason (during the full moon, or by magic) change shape.
After they transform they become immortal, and they’ll attack domesticated animals, humans, and even their own blood relatives because of their desire for raw flesh…
However, in modern times most believe they were just hallucinations caused by eating toxins such as alkaloid that had infected “rye bread.”
There’s a strong belief that ergotism was the model for werewolves…
Because of the increased sensitivity of their sensory organs, and their increased activity at night, there are some who think that the werewolf legend originated from rabies patients.
Arago: Che….snap out of it, your making a habit out of this monster skull…
Ghari: Monster skull…
Arago: In that case, what attacked him,
What the……

Page 11:
It’s here!!! A wolf!!?
Woahhh!!
Coco: Kyaaa!! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!
Stop! Get off him!
Rio: You’re sloppy, Arago.
That’s why Colo-chan keeps beating you.
Arago: Rio!!
Coco!!
SFX *Pant*
*Pant*

Page 12:
Arago: You guys are here too…
Coco: Yep!
Rio: Everyone in the firearms unit is really tense.
Because of the strange way the victim was wounded.
Really, the old man looked like he was racking his head over this…
Oh yeah, Coco. The old man’s inside the store, you should go see him.
Coco: Papa is? I’m going to go say hi.
Arago: What’s wrong all of the sudden?
Coco: It’s like he’s afraid of something…
He even has his tail between his legs…
Arago: Afraid of what?
Coco: What’s wrong Colo, why won’t you go into the store?
SFX: *Glance*

Page 13:
Arago: Does he smell something from the scene of the crime?
Some kind of smell that would scare Colo…
So that’s it….
Got ya!!!
I just need to investigate a little more!!
Coco: Senpai!
Arago: I’m taking off, tell the old man not to overdo too much!
Rio: You shouldn’t either.
Coco: Wow, senpai is so cool~~~
Rio: Heheh. Yeah, he is.
Rio & Coco: Huh!!

Page 14:
Ghari: What’s wrong master? Rushing over to the grocer’s market…
Arago: No, I just realized, that store that was attacked, it would have been a lot worse if the fresh meat corner here had been attacked. If it gets hungry again…
Ghari: Don’t tell me you still think that a werewolf was responsible?
Arago: A werewolf’s favorite food is raw meat, right?
Ghari: But it’s just a legend…
Arago: Don’t let that fool you.
A carnivorous animal,
What the victim was muttering…
And the thing that scared Colo…
Being able to make animals docile,
It must be pretty fierce if they don’t want to go up against it.
Ghari: …..

Page 15:
Let’s just call it quits already master.
SFX: Hmmm…..
Ghari: We’ll be doing this for a year if we go through every grocery store in London.
Arago: Getting caught up on something like that…
!?
A warehouse…a storehouse for groceries…
SFX: Woof!
Bark!!
Ghari: Master!!

Page 16:
SFX: *Grrrrr*
Arago: He’s scared…just like Colo was!!
What the hell!? The door is…
SFX: *Ugh*
This smell…
He’s a really sloppy eater…
SFX: *Chomp*
Arago: !?
Meat?
Leftovers?
Ghari: Ma-ma-ma-master…

Page 17:
SFX: *Grr*
*Growl*
Ghari: It can’t be…
It’s a real...
Arago: Yeah…
Now do you believe me…

Page 18:
It’s got to be 2…no more like 3 meters tall…
And that thing’s supposed to be immortal…?
Can I even beat it!?

Page 19:
Bottom text: A real werewolf right before their eyes…!!! Are the legends of its power true, or does it go beyond even that!!?