Hayate no Gotoku! 268

Chapter 268

01

Box: Sunday June 12th
Hayate: Milady!!
SFX: Run

Hayate: Milady!!! Please wait!!

Nagi: Damn it...!!
Nagi: Damn it, Luca...!!

Box: That afternoon...
SFX: Grip

Box: On top of Sunshine 60 in Ikebukuro...
Nagi: Aaaaaaaahh!!!
Box: his lady screamed.

Left margin: A new development!! His lady runs!! And roars!!

Bottom: The popular national butler comic gets a color spread!

02-03

Title: Chapter 268 "The long story is over. How about you read the story from here on, too?"
Text: A new development!! His lady has returned to Japan and to a fierce G-pen battle with a new character!!

04

Box: ...is what will happen.
Box: But this is the story of what happened about a month earlier.

Nagi: And so...
Nagi: We'll be leaving this mansion.

SFX: Utter shock

Klaus: What do you mean "...and so," milady!!!!?
SFX: Forceful
SFX left of Nagi: Grip

Left margin: Come to think of it, the "King's Jewel" with the Sanzenin inheritance riding on it was destroyed. ...She has to leave the mansion!?

05

Nagi: Shut up. If you want to know the details of what happened, read Volumes 23 and 24 which are both coming out this week.
Klaus: You don't have to advertise it in the comic like that!!
SFX: Throb throb
Text left of Nagi: That hurt my ears.

Nagi: If you have any complaints tell them to the old man!!
Nagi: It's because of what he said that things ended up like this.

Klaus: What...!!?
Klaus: Then I'm off to confirm Mikado-sama's intentions!!
SFX: Wave
Nagi: Goodbyyyye.

Nagi: But...

Nagi: a new...
Nagi: house, huh?

06

Hayate: I'm sorry, Maria-san.
Hayate: It's my fault that things ended up like this.

Maria: Well, it's not so bad.
Maria: Being in a different environment will be good for her.
SFX: Pour

Hayate: But...she has lost the Sanzenin inheritance.
Maria: So it seems.

Maria: But even that...
Maria: is a good thing.
Hayate: A-a good thing...!? No...!!

Hayate: Now that she's lost the inheritance...
Hayate: she can't live her life of absolute freedom anymore.

Hayate: She won't be able to play video games and read manga all day long.
Hayate: She won't be able to buy every anime DVD that comes to mind even she doesn't really want it.
Hayate: She'll have to work hard every single day and live a serious life...!!

07

Maria: That's what...
Maria: I'm saying is a good thing.

Hayate: ...Eh?
Text above Hayate: Eh? Eh?
Hayate: ...Um...so...
Maria: She'll stop living the self-indulgent life of a NEET and start living a serious life, right?

Maria: And that's...
Maria: a wonderful thing.
SFX: Smile

Hayate: Eh...?
Hayate: But...
Hayate: That's, um..

Hayate: Huh...?
SFX: Sip

08

Nagi: Uh ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa!!
Nagi: You're naive!!
Nagi: You're much too naive, Maria!!
SFX: Baaaam

Nagi: I, Sanzenin Nagi...
Nagi: would be troubled if you were to always take me lightly as if were the same as a NEET or hikikomori!!

Maria: You trouble us, but we don't take you lightly.
Hayate: You don't give us a chance to take you lightly.
Nagi: What!?

Maria: Well? How are you going to trouble us today?
Hayate: You shouldn't trouble Maria-san too much, milady.
Nagi: Ha...!! That's not what I'm here to do!!

Nagi: I may have lost the inheritance...
Nagi: but I, Sanzenin Nagi, am still going to say "no thank you" to hard work!!!

09

Maria: That's the kind of horrible thing that all of humanity wishes they could say.
Hayate: Yes, it is.

Maria: Well, you certainly have the determination...
Maria: but what are you planning on doing?
Nagi: Hmph!! That's obvious. I just have to set things up so I can make money by messing around all day!!

Maria: Make money by...
Hayate: messing around all day?

Nagi: In other words...!!
Nagi: I'll get my income via rent!!!

Text: Income Via Rent: The standard for living the life of leisure. Simply put, one buys an entire apartment building and rents out the rooms.
Text: If people who actually pay their rent live in the rooms, one can just sleep and do whatever and still gain an income. It is the dream of NEETs.

10

Maria: I see...So you rent out all the rooms except the one we're living in and gain your income that way.
Nagi: Exactly!!

Maria: But isn't there a major problem with that?
Nagi: Wh-what!?

Maria: In this recession...
Maria: it won't be so easy to find tenants.

Nagi: Uh...

Maria: Without tenants, you won't get any rent, and, therefore, no income.
Maria: And if you don't maintain the building, it'll start falling apart..

Maria: Since you only know how business works in theory...
Maria: who knows if you could actually make an income...

11

Nagi: That...
Nagi: all depends on the building!!

Nagi: If I have great apartments...
Nagi: the tenants won't be able to help but come live there!!

Hayate: I see!!
Hayate: So do you have an idea where we could find an apartment building like that, milady!?

Nagi: Th-that's what we'll start looking for now!!
Hayate: She didn't think this through...
Maria: She didn't think this through, did she?

Nagi: Anyway!!
Nagi: What's important is living a life where we deal with this kind of thing ASAP!!
Nagi: So, Hayate!!
Hayate: Y-yes, milady!!

12

SFX: Bam

Nagi: This is my allowance of 20 million yen!!
Nagi: Go buy an apartment building that fits our needs with it!!

Hayate: But even if you give me that much money all of a sudden...
Hayate: I've never bought a house before!!

Maria: But Nagi and I have never lived in a normal building like that...
Maria: so wouldn't it be even harder for us?
Hayate: Th-that might just be true...

Nagi: Don't worry.

Nagi: Whatever house you choose...
Nagi: I won't complain.

13

Nagi: So...I leave it to you.

Hayate: It's true that...
Hayate: I'm concerned about the future...

Hayate: but this is for their sakes.
Hayate: Understood!!
Hayate: I'll make sure to find the very best building!!
Hayate: I have to do my best!!

Hayate: But even though 20 million yen is a lot of money...
Hayate: it will be a bit difficult getting a wholesale lease in Tokyo with it.

Hayate: For now I'll check the ads we got in the mail...
First headline: Super Cheap!! 300 Million Yen
2nd headline: New Building! Dirt Cheap
At bottom of 2nd ad: Only 200 Million
3rd headline: Super Cheap Apartment

14

Hayate: These are expensive...!!
Hayate: That's Tokyo for you!! A really cheap house has a really high price!!

Hayate: This makes me look differently at all the normal houses along the streets.
Hayate: How hard are the parents of the world working to get a house?

Hayate: Oh, this is no time for admiration.
Hayate: I need to...
SFX: Lean in

SFX: Wave wave

SFX: Bam

15

Tama: Make sure to get a building with a big yard.
Tama: Understand? A big yard.
Hayate: Uhehhh...

Hayate: Wh-why does it need one...?
Tama: Isn't that obvious!!

Tama: W-without a big yard...
Tama: She'll...
Tama: aban...
Tama: abandon me because she doesn't have the money to keep me.

Tama: I-I-I don't want that!!
Tama: So make sure the new house has one!!

Tama: If paying for my food is a problem, I'll somehow make do with eating the grass...
SFX: Clench...
Tama: So...so...

Tama: Make sure...
Tama: you find a house with room to keep me!!

16

Tama: Please...
Tama: I'm serious...
SFX: Crying

Hayate: Okay.

Hayate: This is all my fault...
Hayate: so I'll make sure to...
Hayate: do something...
Hayate: about your food and a place for you to live, Tama.

Tama: Hayate...

Tama: Wait, this is all your fault!?
SFX: Crush
SFX: Bam Smash
Hayate: Waaah!! What are you doing!? St-stop!!

17

Hayate: There are...
Hayate: a lot of difficult hurdles in this...
Text above Hayate: Ow ow ow
SFX: Stumble

Hayate: A new...
Hayate: house, huh?

Right margin: The butler's new mission is to find a building matching her hopes. Their new life away from the mansion rests on Hayate's shoulders...