Kurenai 26

Chapter 26

01

Yuuno: Leave.

Yuuno: We no longer need you.

Shinkurou: Wait...
Shinkurou: Yuuno-sa...

Text: He doesn't get to argue! She responds with a single strike!!

02

Red Cap: ...Heh.

Red Cap: How sad,
Red Cap: Yuu-chan.

03

Text: The best fortune gets you smiling!!
Small text to the left of the big text: ...but not everyone gets that fortune.

Title: Chapter 26: Identity

Ginko: ...rou!!

04

Shinkurou: Ginko...

Ginko: The Akuu Company attacked, didn't they?
Ginko: What happened to the Houzuki family?
Ginko: Where's Houzuki-senpai...?

05

Ginko: Shinkurou...?

Shinkurou: I...

Shinkurou: couldn't do...anything...
Shinkurou: Just like you said...

Box: And...

06

Box: Yuuno-san and that man disappeared...

Box: Chi-chan and master, too.

Box: And Meiri...

Box: Everyone...

Text: The next day.

Sign: Samidare Apartments

Tamaki: Morning, Shinkurou-kun.

07

Shinkurou: Tamaki-san...?

Tamaki: Ginko-chan brought you here.
Tamaki: Don't you remember?

Tamaki: And she's been attending to you this whole time. Wiping away your sweat and such.

Tamaki: You just can't move at all after bringing out the horn.

Tamaki: You should thank her with a kiss.

08

Murasaki: I've come over to play, Shinkurou!!

Murasaki: Shinkurou...
Murasaki: Why are you injured?

Murasaki: What happened!?

Shinkurou: Nothing...

09

Murasaki: Something clearly happened!!

Shinkurou: I'm serious. Nothing happened...
Murasaki: Tell me, Shinkurou!!
Murasaki: Something happened!!
Murasaki: Tell me what it was, Shin-...!!

Shinkurou: I said nothing happened!!

10

Shinkurou: Uh...

Ginko: What are you-...?

Ginko: Shinkurou!!

11

Yamie: The tears of children are nice.

Yamie: They're like crystallized emotion...
Yamie: They're like jewels.

Yamie: Don't you think so,
Yamie: boy?

Box: Stop it...

12

Box: Don't criticize me.

Box: I abandoned Yuuno-san.
Box: I burdened Ginko with bringing me back from the brink of death.
Box: I made Murasaki cry...

13

Box: What is this?
Box: It's like I'm just a horrible person.
Box: Why I am I like this...?
Box: Is it because I lost to him?

Box: That's it.

Box: I should have been more serious back then.
Box: I should have been as "serious" as he was...

Box: I need to be willing to kill.
Box: I need to intend to kill.

Benika: What are you thinking about?

14

Tamaki: Aren't you going to go after him?

15

Ginko: No.

Ginko: I have nothing to say to an idiot who makes girls cry.
Ginko: He needs to cool his head a bit...

Murasaki: Shinkurou isn't an idiot!!
Murasaki: Take that back, Ginko!!!

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Murasaki: Shinkurou...!!
Murasaki: saved me from Ryuuji-niisama!!

Murasaki: He taught me so many important things!!

Murasaki: Because of Shinkurou...!!
Murasaki: I...
Murasaki: I...

17

Ginko: ...That's right.
Ginko: Sorry...
Ginko: I'm sorry, Murasaki-chan.

Ginko: It's okay.
Ginko: He'll come back.

Ginko: Lin-san...

Ginko: There's something I want to check on, so I'll be leaving for a bit.
Ginko: I leave Murasaki-chan to you.

18

Shinkurou: I just...
Shinkurou: wanted to be strong.

Shinkurou: I wanted to be strong like you, Benika-san.

Shinkurou: But I had it all taken from me.
Shinkurou: And in the end, even Yuuno-san said she didn't need me...

Shinkurou: He didn't hesitate at all in his attack.
Shinkurou: If I could be like him...I wouldn't have been so pathetic...

19

Benika: Grit your teeth, Shinkurou.

Shinkurou: Eh?

Benika: Are you trying to change your job from dispute mediator to soldier-for-hire?

20

Benika: Why did you go to the Houzuki house?
Benika: Was it to win a fight?
Benika: No.

Benika: It was to save Houzuki Yuuno.

Benika: Being a dispute mediator...
Benika: isn't about winning or losing.

21

Benika: It's about dealing with what's happening right in front of you.
Benika: Don't lose sight of who you are.

Benika: Now...Sorry, but we need to get on to the main issue at hand.
Benika: I don't have any time to spare.

Benika: Yayoi.

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Shinkurou: Ch...

Shinkurou: Chi-chan!!

Chizuru: Wahhhh
Shinkurou: Wh...

Shinkurou: Why do you have her...?

Benika: The leader of the Houzuki left her with me.
Shinkurou: M...
Shinkurou: Master did!?

23

Benika: I'm not good with kids.

Benika: So I want you to take care of her.

Benika: I'm counting on you.
Shinkurou: W...

Shinkurou: Wait!!
Shinkurou: Is Master...
Shinkurou: Are they all alright!!?

Benika: That old man isn't the type to go down so easily.

24

Benika: Anyway...I'm counting on you.

Sign: Samidare

Murasaki: Will this really work?

25

Tamaki: Ahh! You're so cute!
Murasaki: Will this really cheer Shinkurou up?
Text left of Murasaki: And I feel like I've done something like this before.

Tamaki: Yes. Nothing's better than a maid outfit or a shrine maiden outfit to make guys happy.
Lin: Why did I have to...?

Murasaki(?): Tamaki-san, you think like an old man.
Tamaki: Oh, thank you.
Text left of Tamaki's bubble: Eh heh heh heh heh

Shinkurou: What are you all doing?

26

Murasaki: Sh...!!
Murasaki: Shinkurou!!

Tamaki: Oh.
Tamaki: Chi-chan!!
Tamaki: I'm so glad you're all right!

27

Murasaki: I heard about Yuuno...
Murasaki: from Ginko.

Murasaki: You didn't tell me.
Murasaki: You're being distant...

Murasaki: Do you...not need me anymore?

Shinkurou: O-of course I do...
Murasaki: Then!

Murasaki: Tell me everything.
Murasaki: Tell me the painful things, the sad things, and the happy things!

Murasaki: If you...
Murasaki: say you need me...

28

Murasaki: I'll make sure I do my best...
Murasaki: to live up to that...!

Shinkurou: ...Murasaki.

29

Ginko: Oh, so you're back?
Ginko: You lolicon.

Shinkurou: G-Ginko!

Murasaki: What's a "lolicon"?

Tamaki: Well, it's-

Ginko: The Houzukis are safe.

30

Shinkurou: Really!?
Ginko: I looked into a lot of things while you were gone.

Ginko: It seems they managed to get through the attack.
Ginko: They're hiding right now, most likely looking for a chance to attack back.

Ginko: The same can't be said for Houzuki-senpai...

Shinkurou: Wh-where's Yuuno-san...!?

Ginko: First...
Ginko: I found out who that white-haired man you mentioned is.

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Ginko: His real name is Akama Seki.
Ginko: Code name "Red Cap".

Ginko: He's a soldier-for-hire for the Akuu Company...
Ginko: And a former...student of the "Houzuki".

Ginko: He's...your predecessor.

Left margin: Shock!! His enemy is his predecessor who he didn't know existed!