Gamble Fish 24

Chapter 24

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Natsumi: Shirasagi has come back with his first win!!
Natsumi: Now the number of sets won is at 2 - 1!!
Title: Fight 24 "Perfect Crime" Final Mission

Asahina: He did it... He destroyed my safety!!
Mika: Ridiculous... He has to have used some trick!!

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Natsumi: The fourth set will begin with Shirasagi's break shot.
Mizuhara: This is your chance, Tomu!!
Tomu: Yeah...
Natsumi: Shirasagi is getting his break cue now.

Gokijima: Don't screw it up, kid.

Mizuhara: G-Gokijima!!

Gokijima: I'm back...And you need my help, right?
Gokijima: Let's work together for our mutual monetary benefit.

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Tomu: I'm shocked...As soon as the winds change, you come right on back.
Gokijima: Heh heh... That's what proper adults do.

Gokijima: Just don't forget about my reward if you win.
Gokijima: I get 2 million if you do.

Tomu: That's fine...
Tomu: We can finally get back to the original plan now.

Mizuhara: Tom's break shot has finally come!!
Mizuhara: Now he'll show off the power of the "Gokijima Custom"!!

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Natsumi: And the fourth set begins.
Natsumi: Shirasagi begins with his break shot!!

Mizuhara: Th-this is gonna work, right, Gokijima?
Mizuhara: If he shoots from the right, your special stickers will make all 9 balls go in, right?
Gokijima: Of course!! My plan is perfect!!

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Natsumi: Here it is!! That super powerful break!!

Asahina: Eh!!?

Gokijima: Ah!!
Mizuhara: Wha-!?

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Natsumi: Th-the cue baaaaall!!!!

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Gokijima: He missed!! He hit it from above with all that power!!
Gokijima: The cue ball bounced up off the 1-ball!!

Tomu: Kh!!
SFX: *click*

Mizuhara: Get out of the way, Tomu!!!
Mizuhara: If you touch it, you get a foul!!!

Tomu: Gh!!

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Natsumi: I-it's on the table!!!
Natsumi: He just barely made it!!!

Crowd: Look!! Most of the balls are gone from the table!!
Crowd: All that's left is, um...

Natsumi: The 9-ball!!!
Natsumi: The 9-ball is...

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Natsumi: The 9-ball is iiiin!!!
Natsumi: Shirasagi achieved "Break Nine"!!
Natsumi: He's caught up with Asahina. It's now 2 - 2!!!

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Gokijima: Hoo... That damn kid scared me...
Mizuhara: He made it.
Mizuhara: Another couple of centimeters and it would've been off the table...

Tomu: Hoo...

Mika: Kh!! Damn!! Now Shirasagi gets the next break too.
Mika: If he manages to "Run Out", we lose!!

Asahina: It's all because of that break...
Asahina: I've never seen a break that powerful. Not even among the top adult pros...

Asahina: Shirasagi!!!

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Asahina: I want to try out...
Asahina: your cue!!

Mizuhara: Wha-!!?

Gokijima: Oh, shit!! If she tries it out, it'll be obvious it's a rigged cue!!

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Tomu: I'm shocked.
Tomu: Are you trying to say that I've done something to my cue?

Asahina: The cue ball occasionally flies a meter into the air when you screw up a break shot.
Asahina: But with yours, it flew 5 or 6 meters up...There's clearly something up!!

Asahina: Even among the top pros, the cue's speed is only about 50 kilometers an hour...
Asahina: By my estimation, yours had to have been going at least twice that!!
Asahina: That's not natural!! There's a chance you're cheating!!

Crowd: It's true...I've never seen a break like that.
Crowd: And Shirasagi DOES cheat a lot!!

Tomu: ...Fine.

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Tomu: But!!!!

Tomu: If I'm proven innocent...!!
Tomu: I'll have you compensate for thinking I'm cheating!!!

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Mizuhara: Tomu...

Crowd: Shirasagi's always so cool-headed. And yet now he's mad...
Crowd: Could he really not be cheating...?
Crowd: If he is, he wouldn't yell like that.

Mika: That kind of intimidation won't work on me!!
Mika: Just hand over the cue, you cheating gambler!!!

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Mika: Try it out, Rio!!
Asahina: Okay!!

Gokijima: I-it's over!! The cue still has 2 blasts of compressed air...

Asahina: Eh?

Gokijima: Ho!?

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Asahina: I-it's just a break cue!?
Mika: Eh!?
Asahina: It's true it's heavier than a normal cue, but that's not unusual for a break cue...

Mika: You're joking! Are you saying that's his true skill...!?

Tomu: Do you believe me now, Mika-san?
Tomu: You now owe me one over this false accusation. Heh heh heh...
Mika: Ugh...

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Gokijima: Wh-what happened?
Mizuhara: Why didn't the cue do its thing?

Tomu: I made my decision at once.

Tomu: When I stood up...I pushed the cue against the ground in order to let out the rest of the compressed air.
Tomu: I had my back to Asahina and the table blocked the view from the stands in front of me, so almost no one could see the cue's movement.

Mizuhara: I see!! So you yelled like that to cover up the sound of the compressed air!!
Gokijima: W-wait. That means...!

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Gokijima: You've used up your remainin' two shots!
Gokijima: What are you goin' to do about the next break!!?
Tomu: Aren't there other ways of doing it?

Gokijima: You idiot!! For an amatuer like you to "Run Out"...
Gokijima: you have to use that cue in order to get most of the balls in on your break!!

Tomu: I'll just have to bet on...
Tomu: Gokijima the hustler's final trick!!

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Natsumi: Okay, we're heading into the fifth set at 2 - 2!!
Natsumi: Once again, Shirasagi gets the break shot!!

Gokijima: You're crazy. The power break was the plan for runnin' out...

Tomu: I'm doing it, Gokijima!!

Gokijima: Fine!! Let's go, kid!!
Gokijima: The final strategy for the "Perfect Crime of Nine-Ball"!!