Bloody Monday 23

I'll be translating Bloody Monday starting with this chapter.

Chapter 23

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J: I intend to enjoy it from my standpoint.
J: The shining...
J: "Monday Festival", that is.
Title: File 23 Game

K: Enjoy it...huh?
K: That's a pretty bad habit, "J".
J: A bad habit? This stance of mine is my strength.
J: I need to enjoy everything, "K".
J: If people don't do that, then they won't be able to leave good results.

J: Even the Falcon should be enjoying this hazard.
K: The Falcon...him?

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J: If he isn't, then nothing makes any sense.
J: He has to be enjoying this from somewhere in his heart.
J: He's enjoying this game where he and his friends are the pieces...

J: Did you know? He's the hacker who made his way into the Pentagon's system that was said to be impregnable.
J: And he was in high school. He was just a kid.

K: Stopping our plan is nothing but a game to him...Is that what you're saying?

J: Our plan was brought to a standstill when it was almost complete 2 years ago...
J: Wasn't that due to the Falcon "playing"?
J: And that was in spite of the considerable amount of funds and personnel we used...

J: And this time he's managed to defeat both a terrorist and an assassin.
Maya: Good work.
J: We mustn't underestimate how much a child can concentrate on a game.

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J: And... for hackers who have been named geniuses...
J: they can see things normal people can't while inside a computer.

J: That's right...
J: Just like a falcon soaring through the sky...

J: can see a mouse crawling on the ground...

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J: There's no need to worry.
J: I'm close to his age.
Text right of J: Hee hee
J: I won't be like an adult and let my guard down because he's a kid.

J: Well...
J: I want to see it.

J: I, too, have the blood of "God" in my veins.

J: There's one thing I'll prove to you.

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K: Well then...
K: We'll end the introduction here...There's something I want to ask you.
J: I'll tell you anything.

K: The contents of the file left behind by Professor Shikimura.
K: Have you found an answer for me?

J: ...Of course.
J: And...
J: I'm sure "he" has, as well...

Houshou: Fujimaru-kun!

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Fujimaru: Houshou-san.
Fujimaru: How's my father...?

Houshou: He'll be fine. His life isn't in danger.

Houshou: But...he lost a lot of blood, so he's pretty weak.
Houshou: It looks like he needs complete bed rest for a while.

Houshou: Well...the police still suspect Cap Takagi.
Houshou: So they should be here before long. That means he won't be able to act alone anymore.
Houshou: That's actually kind of comforting.

Aoi: But...
Aoi: I really...
Aoi: am glad...

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Houshou: Are you okay?
Munakata: Yes...
Munakata: I'm a bit relieved, so I've gotten a little less nervous...but it's embarrassing.

Houshou: Anyone would react this way after getting wrapped up in this kind of situation.
Houshou: I'll properly introduce myself.
Houshou: I'm Houshou of "Third-i"

Munakata: ...I'm Munakata of the Biochemistry Research Institute.

Houshou: I've heard that you were a good friend of Cap Takagi's late wife...
Munakata: Yes...Since we were in high school.

Houshou: And I heard that you were close with Professor Shikimura.
Munakata: Yes...we were always together back in college...

Fujimaru: Houshou-san!

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Fujimaru: There's something I have to make sure of with my father...
Houshou: You can't do it right away.
Houshou: As I told you, he's really weak.

Fujimaru: ...That's...right.

Houshou: Is it about the Shikimura File?

Fujimaru: Yes...
Fujimaru: Munakata-san, did my father tell you anything about the contents of the file?
Munakata: No, nothing specific...
Muanaka: Takagi-kun didn't tell me so I wouldn't be involved.

Houshou: What do you think it is?

Fujimaru: It's still...
Fujimaru: nothing but...
Fujimaru: a guess, but...

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J: First of all...
J: The file that Okita of "Third-i" gave to Takagi Ryuunosuke...
J: is most likely the data from the analysis of "Bloody-X", the genocide virus brought back from Russia.

J: If so, then two years ago... when our plan was brought to a standstill...
J: The data on "Bloody-X" and the genome of the virus that was seized before it was used...
J: were given to Shikimura.

J: If that's the case...
J: then what he left behind is...

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Fujimaru: I looked at the contents of the file that my father got from Okita-san.
Fujimaru: The feeling I got at first glance...
Fujimaru: was that it looked like it was the genetic information of a virus.

Houshou: The genetic information of a virus?
Fujimaru: Yes...the details were too technical for me, so I don't know any more than that.

Fujimaru: But if we assume that they killed Shikimura-san because he was an excellent bacteriologist...
Fujimaru: The contents of this unopened file would be...

Houshou: A vaccine to counteract the virus!?
Munakata: No.
Munakata: A vaccine would be pointless.

Fujimaru: Exactly.
Fujimaru: I didn't really understand, so I did a bit of research.
Fujimaru: It takes time for a vaccine to establish itself in the body and for its protection to begin.
Munakata: Yes...and once the symptoms appear, the vaccine will have no effect.

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J: Even if they vaccinate everyone who has come in contact with the infected...
J: there's no way they'll make it in time.

Fujimaru: In this situation...
Fujimaru: they could start their terrorist attack anywhere with anyone...

J: And they don't have enough time or materials...
J: to vaccinate everyone in Japan.

Fujimaru: But....
Fujimaru: A preventative measure like a vaccine isn't the only way to fight a virus.

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J: Like with the medicine that cures rabies...
J: there are cases where things can be done even after infection.

Fujimaru: Only one answer can be derived from these facts.

Fujimaru: What's in the Shikimura File...
Fujimaru: is something that will kill the virus after it has entered the body.

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Fujimaru & J: An antiviral!!

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K: So it's that...
K: after all.

J: Well, since the virus from 2 years ago was sent to "Third-i"...
J: it was inevitable.

K: Not to mention that with a bacteriologist who represents Japan like Professor Shikimura...
K: to develop an antiviral that can stop the virus isn't surprising since he had 2 years.

J: If he managed to reach the production stage...
J: it might have been produced at some small pharmaceutical company under a different name.
J: The Shikimura File would have that development code.
J: And that's my opinion on the matter, "K".

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K: It would be a major hindrance to our plans if that made its way into the hands of "Third-i"...
K: We have to find it before them and destroy it.
J: True...we need to hurry a bit.

J: We have measures we can take...
J: but against the Falcon, it may do no more than buy us a little time.

J: And...

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Fujimaru: For now...I won't worry about the encryption on the Shikimura File.
Fujimaru: What do the 2 sets of data in the Okita File mean...?

Fujimaru: Alpha Virus and...
Fujimaru: Beta Virus...is it?

Fujimaru: Is there...
Fujimaru: a difference between them...?

Otoya: Asada, calm down a bit.
Otoya: They said that Ryuunosuke-san's condition was stable, didn't they?
Aoi: Th-that's true, but...!
Aoi: He was shot...of course I'm going to be worried!

Otoya: Well, you're worried, but he is Ryuunosuke-san.
Otoya: If the son is the Falcon, then the father is the Phoenix.
Text left of Otoya: He's Phoenix Takagi.

Aoi: Kujou-san...
Aoi: Did something happen between you and Ryuunosuke-sensei...?

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Otoya: A long time ago...
Otoya: I was kidnapped...
Otoya: and he's the one who rescued me.

Aoi: Eh...?

Otoya: When I went with my grandfather to work...
Otoya: I really was young.

Aoi: Is...that so?

Fujimaru: A long time ago...?

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Fujimaru: The dates on the two sets of data are different!
Fujimaru: The Alpha one is recent...
Fujimaru: But the Beta one is from August 2 years ago.

Fujimaru: August....
Fujimaru: Two years ago...!?

J: Right now, he possesses the key that connects the past to the present.

J: He'll realize it before long.
J: He'll find the link between...
J: this "plan" and the "incident from 2 years ago"!!

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Fujimaru: Houshou-san!!
Houshou: Hm!?
Houshou: What is it this time!?

Fujimaru: I need to ask you something!!
Fujimaru: It's about the incident from August of 2 years ago...

Houshou: 2 years ago...
Houshou: I wasn't assigned to "Third-i" yet, but I've seen the records.

Houshou: Fujimaru-kun, you stumbled upon some information on a terror attack while hacking and "Third-i" was able to prevent the worst possible situation from occurring at the beach...

Fujimaru: Yes.
Fujimaru: They prevented the worst possible situation, but...

J: There were...
J: an unprecedented number of deaths...

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J: In that...
J: poison gas terror attack on the police headquarters....