Zettai Karen Children 230

Chapter 230

01

SFX: Unhook
SFX: Unhook

Box: Former Black Phantom Ninja Hanzo

Mirage: No way...!!
Mirage: That's what you really look like!?
SFX: Nod nod

Mirage: Are all of our espers into that kind of thing...!!?
SFX: Disappointing
Shirt: Ninpuuden Maruto

Kashiwagi: Please give up on getting me married...
Kashiwagi: and work towards giving someone else happiness.

Kashiwagi: Getting this guy would be way too difficult.
Text: Here
Woman: Don't be silly!
Woman: If I go all out, I can get you married to anyone you want.

Minamoto's mother: Formidable!! He truly is a formidable foe!!!
SFX: Jahn jahn jahn
Woman: He's like an impregnable fortress!!
Woman: Is this what you call an "impossible challenge"!!?

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02

Text: The cultural festival!! You can't enjoy it on an empty stomach!
Title: 230th sense. Phantom Portrait (3)
Right of title: Shiina Takashi

03

Chief: Fortunately, so far...

04

Chief: there have been no major incidents...
Chief: and the preparations for the festival have continued smoothly!!

Chief: But I shouldn't have to say that today is the most important day of all!!
Chief: Okay, men!?
Chief: The treasures of our country, "The Children", are taking part in this festival!!

Chief: We will use all our resources to protect it!!
Men: Yes, sir!!
Box: Previously: The cultural festival draws near. The Children's class is performing a play along with members of P.A.N.D.R.A. But Hyoubu has realized Yuuri is a Black Phantom esper and is intending to go to the festival...

05

Men: Scramble!!
Box: The day of the festival 4:20 AM. Operation "School Storm" begins.
SFX: Rooooar
SFX: Engine warming up
Men: All craft head out!!

Men: This is not a drill!!
SFX: Waves...
Men: Dive!! Dive!! Dive!!

SFX: Running...
Men: Hurry, hurry, hurry!!

SFX: Vrrrrr

06

Minamoto: Um...
Minamoto: You can stop all that!

Minamoto: The operation is cancelled!!
Minamoto: All hands return to base!!
Chief: What?
Chief: You bastard!!
SFX: Tighten
Kashiwagi: Calm down!!
Box: The same day 4:25 AM. The operation is cancelled.

Chief: Why!?
Chief: They're working so hard on this!!
Minamoto: Then what the hell are you doing!?
Minamoto: That was enough fire-power to destroy the world 7 times over!!
SFX: Anger!!

Chief: P.A.N.D.R.A's coming to the festival today, too!
Chief: They're just brazenly coming in as legal guardians!!
Chief: We have to be there to stop them!!
SFX: Snap snap

07

Minamoto: They won't...
Minamoto: ruin what those kids have put their hearts into.
Minamoto: ...I think!

Top Sign: Private Rokujou Academy Middle and High School Cultural Festival
Left Sign: Cultural Festival

Board: Roku-Middle-Fest

08

Chief: Is this really okay!?
Chief: They only have normal security measures.
Minamoto: It's fine.
Minamoto: Both The Children and the P.A.N.D.R.A kids are looking forward to this.
Minamoto: And Hyoubu has no reason to ruin it.

09

Minamoto: Right, director?

Minamoto: Director?
Fujiko: Eh?
Fujiko: Oh, right.

Fujiko: Hyoubu may be a truly despicable esper...
Fujiko: but it seems he really does care about those kids.
Fujiko: I doubt they'll pull anything here.

Fujiko: But what was with...
Fujiko: that killing intent back then...?
Hyoubu: I'm in a really bad mood right now!

10

Fujiko: What was he so mad about...?

Chief: But...
Chief: delinquents trying to look tough often cause problems at other schools at times like this!!
Chief: That's how it worked when I was in school!

Minamoto: He's not a delinquent...
SFX: Sneak up...
Minamoto: He wouldn't do something that childish...

Hyoubu: Yo!!
Minamoto: Nah!?
SFX: Wham!!

11

Hyoubu: Looks like everyone's here.
Hyoubu: Let's just forget about our troubles with each other and just have fun.
Hyoubu: Like adults.
Text: Ah ha ha ha

Minamoto: Adults don't jab people in the back of the knee!!
Hyoubu: It's just a greeting.
Minamoto: Eh!? You wanna take this outside!?
Hyoubu: You just can't take a joke.

Hyoubu: Nah!?
Yo: Hey heeey!!
SFX: Wham!!

12

Hyoubu: What the fuck are you doing!?
Yo: Huh?
Yo: I thought it was just a greeting...
Hyoubu: Shut up!!

Fujiko: I thought he might...
Fujiko: but I can't believe he actually wore that school uniform here.
Momiji: I know...

Sakaki: Oh.

Kids: You came!!

13

Minamoto: ...Oh.
Hyoubu: Hm...

Aoi: Well?

Mio: How do we look?

14

Hyoubu: Great.
Hyoubu: They're perfect for you.
Kazura: Really!?
Minamoto: You're already wearing your costumes?
Minamoto: Isn't it still a while until your performance?
Kaoru: But they're so cute.

Kashiwagi: You made these yourselves?
Kaoru: Well, we got a lot of help from Minamoto.
Text: Eh heh heh
Aoi: Patty designed them.

Fujiko: Okay, let's take a picture of you all!!
Fujiko: We need something to show your parents who had to work and couldn't come!
Shiho: Yay!!

Yo: ...Hey.
Sakaki: What?

15

Yo: This school...
Yo: has a high school to it too, right?
Sakaki: Yeah.
Sakaki: It's in a different area.

Yo: I'm going over there.
Yo: I prefer high school girls to middle school ones.
Sakaki: Wait a second!!
Sakaki: I have to keep an eye on you, so I'm going too!!

SFX: Snap

Fujiko: Okay, let's take another one!
Fujiko: Kiritsubo-kun, you take it!
SFX: Excitement
Chief: What, no!!
Chief: I want to be in all of them!!
SFX: Chatter chatter
Minamoto: Just set it to auto...
SFX: Excitement

16

Nai: There's B.A.B.E.L. and P.A.N.D.R.A...
Nai: but Yuuri-sama isn't with them.

Nai: I was told not to use my powers...
Nai: so how am I supposed to find her?
Hanzo: Leave it to me.
Hanzo: I am a ninja after all.

Hanzo: Rin!!
Hanzo: Pyo!!
Hanzo: To!!
Hanzo: Sha!!
Hanzo: Kai!!
Hanzo: Jin!!
SFX: Hand motions

Hanzo: Retsu!!
Hanzo: Zai!!
SFX: Spin spin spin
Hanzo: Zen!!

17

SFX: Dramatic action
On booklet:
Roku High - Roku Middle Festival 38th
School Grounds Guide and Program
Rokujou Festival Committee

Hanzo: For now, let's check their classroom.
Hanzo: It's over here.
Nai: S-
Nai: So cool...!!

Yuuri: Uuh...
Yuuri: No matter how many times I go over it, I don't feel ready.

Text: Ahh...
Yuuri: I feel like my mind's going to go blank when it's my line.

18

Kugutsu: You don't have to worry about that.
SFX: Appear

Kugutsu: We'll take care of everything afterwards.
Setsuko: That's right,
Setsuko: Little Miss Black Phantom!
Text: Just before the performance begins the assassins from P.A.N.D.R.A arrive!!

Phantom: They know Yuuri's...
Phantom: true identity!?

Box: To be continued in Issue 42