Bloody Monday Season 2 - Pandora's Box 42

Chapter 42

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Top: Volume 4 is on sale now!!
Title: File 42 Point Blank Battle
Hibiki: Because I'm going to be...
Hibiki: Mizusawa Hibiki, a Japanese citizen!!
SFX: Glare
Bottom of panel: Ryuumon Ryou x Megumi Kouji

Fujimaru: Hibikiiii!!

Text: Two powers of the world of darkness are going to clash!!

Peter: Hansel, how about you show him the power of...
Peter: the youngest master sergeant in the French Foreign Legion.
SFX: Hold up gun
Hansel: Roger that!

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SFX: Doo doo
Fujimaru: Damn it!!!

Fujimaru: If the backup isn't going to make it there in time, Hibiki's in trouble!!
Fujimaru: Minami-san!! Take me to where she is!
SFX: Type
SFX: Type type
SFX: Type
Minami: Do you know where that is?

Fujimaru: She's most likely in the exact opposite direction.
SFX: Type type
Minami: Why?

Fujimaru: Because that's what I would do!
Fujimaru: If he hacked into all the cell towers in the area, that would be the easiest way to throw us off the trail without giving contradictory information.

Kanou: Wait. That's the direction the police riot squad went in...
SFX: Rinnng

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Kanou: This is Kanou of "Third-i"...
Kanou: Eh!?

Fujimaru: What is it!?

SFX: Heartbeat
Fujimaru: Is it about Hibiki...?

Kanou: The riot squad has shot and killed a man they believe to be Hino Alexei.

Fujimaru: ...Eh?

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Hibiki: One went on ahead...?

Hibiki: Is he going to go get some means of escape they have hidden ahead?
Hibiki: If so, the other has noticed me and is staying here to hold me off.

Hansel: Ah, there he is.
Hansel: It doesn't look like he's approaching... Well, there's no need to force him into a fight.

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Hansel: If I just wait here for 10 minutes, Peter Pan will be back with the vehicle.
Hansel: But...

SFX: Disappear

Hansel: Tch. He's making his move!

Hibiki: If the other one gets back with their means of escape, I won't be able to track them!!
SFX: Run run run
Hibiki: I'll take this guy out and us his corpse to lure the other one out!!!

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SFX: Run run run

Hansel: He's fast.
Hansel: The scope's no good.
Hansel: I keep losing sight of him.

SFX: Heartbeat heartbeat
Hansel: Not yet...
Hansel: It's still too soon...

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SFX: Run run run
Hansel: Not yet...
Hansel: Draw him out further...
SFX: Heartbeat

SFX: Heartbeat heartbeat

SFX: Run run run

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Hansel: Now!!

SFX: Bang bang bang bang bang

SFX: Hide

SFX: Kachunk

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Hansel: Hoo...
Hansel: Did I get him?

SFX: Silence...

SFX: Wind blowing

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SFX: Rustle
SFX: Aim

SFX: Flap flap flap

SFX: Shock

SFX: Bang

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Hansel: A woman!?

SFX: Bang

SFX: Bang
SFX: Graze

SFX: Graze
Hibiki: ...h!!!

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SFX: Hide

Hansel: Tch.
Hansel: Looks like my abilities have dulled a bit.
Hansel: My body's reactions are too slow.

Hansel: So it was a woman. And a young one at that.
Hansel: A female agent. So they have those in this country.
Hansel: And, unfortunately, she's faster than I am.
Hansel: What do I do now?

Hibiki: He managed to avoid my attack at that range...
Hibiki: And he managed to fire back even though I grazed him.
Hibiki: I can't let my guard down!!

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SFX: Exhale

Hibiki: I have to...
Hibiki: take him out!!
SFX: Run

SFX: Jump
SFX: Bang bang bang
SFX: Thunk thunk

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SFX: Vrrrr

Hibiki: More terrorists!?

SFX: Bang bang
SFX: Thunk

Hansel: Peter Pan!!
Hansel: That was fast! Who are they?
SFX: Rush over
Peter: I happened to meet up with them on the way.

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Hansel: I see...

Hansel: Hey.
Hansel: You all take care of that woman!
Men: Got it!
SFX: Vrrrr

SFX: Bang
Hansel: Okay.
Hansel: Let's get out of here, Peter.
SFX: Sit
SFX: Bang
Peter: You aren't going to help them?
SFX: Bang
Hansel: No...

Hansel: They'll have to be very lucky to manage to kill her.
SFX: Bang bang

SFX: Vrrrr

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Men: Oh ho ho!
Men: A woman?
SFX: Vrrrr
SFX: Hold up gun
Men: What do we do if she's cute?

Men: Let's shoot her arms and legs and then have some fun before we kill her!
SFX: Bang

SFX: Kaboom
SFX: Yelling

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SFX: Step step
Men: Eahh...
Man: D-Damn it!!

SFX: Bang

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Fujimaru: Wh-
Fujimaru: What the...?

SFX: Roaring flames

Minami: That foreign agent did this...?

Minami: Unbelievable...
Fujimaru: Hibiki!!!

Hibiki: Fujimaru!
SFX: Brighten up

Fujimaru: Hibiki, are you hurt?
Hibiki: No, I'm fine!!

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Hibiki: Will you hold me tight like you promised?

SFX: Brush

Fujimaru: I'm so glad you're all right.
SFX: Hug
Hibiki: Fujimaru...

Text: She wields a great power for Fujimaru's sake. What if that power were to be...?
Bottom: To be continued in Issue 43