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...Please forgive me if this translation is just basically...bad...I'm already drained from having to retranslate the thing four times (yes, this chapter is that troublesome...T^T ) because of all the problem with my computer, so I didn't proofread it. Sorry...>__<"

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battle.2 "The Arrival at Ouka"
Pg. 1
Kurou - What's this huge wall!!?
** The second chapter of the serialization of the dazzling series! The ultimate 5x5 battle!! **

Usagi - Ouka actually has a very long history
that no one knows whether this wall was made by nature or humans.
This is the unique map of the world I've made myself with the information I have.

Kurou - Wow!! Ouka really covers 1/3 of this world.
-- Toutou --
And this is Toutou? So small...
-- Ouka Wall --
Usagi - As you see, the wall covers the whole Ouka Empire
-- Ouka --
== The other single kanjis on the map are direction...so...North, West and South.

Pg. 2-3
Nishiki - There. Take a look, young one.
That's the Gate of Ouka, which only open during the period of the Grand Competition.

** The gateway to the battle of which the patriots are heading to!!?One must bear one's fangs to be able to
return alive!!! **

Pg. 4
Kurou - Are those people Patriots as well?
Nagasu - They just came in one after another.

Pg. 5
Kurou - Fufu, and they'll know it in the next couple of days.
Seiryumaru - Know what?

Kurou - The name of the Patriot of Toutou, Akazome Kurou.

Pg. 6
Wow~ So this is Ouka?

Pg. 7
People are everywhere!!

The houses are so tall~

And there are tall poles with strings everywhere as well.

Awesome~ Marvelous~
Nagasu - Gosh, this country guy

For an Edo kid like me, this seems totally normal.
You guys think so too, right?

Usagi - Kyaa~ Is that a real Steam Mobile!? This is the first time I've ever seen one.

Girl - Are you a foreigner? And a Patriot!?
Kikuro - Yup
Girl - He's so cool~
Kikuro - I'm Kikuro. Can you cheer for me?
Girl - I will!! I'm going to surely cheer for you!

Pg. 8
Noral - Oh no, I'm late. I'm late!
Nagasu - DOWAH

Noral - Ah~~ Excuse me!!
Where are my glasses?
Nagasu - Hurry and get up!

Noral - Y-...You're the Patriots of Toutou, correct?
Um, I'm the person that got assigned to be your coordinator,
named Noral.

Pg. 9
So, I'll be guiding you to the inn.

Please be careful not to get lost.
Ah, and we have arranged the time for you to buy your souvenir, so do not worried.
Nishiki - Is this a group tour or what...?

Kikuro - Wonderful. We will be staying at one of these hotels...?
Kurou - Wonder if they have a swimming pool.

Usagi - I would like some tools to prepare my Shiden...

Noral - Oh, alright. I was born here, so...
I can ask one of my relatives who're closed to the factory for that.

Nishiki - But speaking of it...
Seiryumaru - It seems as if we came to some shabby place...

Pg. 10
Noral - And this is the inn that you're be using as your base for the meantime.
Kurou - So old!!
Noral - ...Pardon me, but this is my real home. Please make yourself comfortable.

In fact, Patriots are supposed to be staying at the first-class hotel, but
Kurou - The Ouka people are being biased!?

Noral - No, I actually was a bit forgetful, so I didn't get it arranged.
Everyone - Isn't sending this girl to us kind of bias!?

-- That night --
Kurou - Wow, what's this fruit? It's so tasty!!
Nagasu - Its taste is so tense as if it just melt in my mouth!!
Noral - They're called Unash fruits. You can only find them in Ouka.
Nishiki - Gosh,
You guys really seem like you're enjoying yourselves.

So how's the competition this time, Noral-san.
Noral - Just Noral is fine.

Pg. 11
I haven't got the full list yet,
but the teams that stood out in the competition
have already arrived now, including

The Knights of Rozesland,

The Esuom from the ancient empire of the southern jungle,

From Danelia, who would have thought
that their patriots would be a Mafia group. How frightening.

The fighters division from the Great Plain,
Leodom.

Pg. 12
But the number of teams participating this time is more than ever before.
I'm certain that this grand competition will be the biggest in history.

Seiryumaru - And the team that stood out the most?

Noral - Well, of course,

it's the Ouka Royal Family...the prince team.

I've heard that he concealed himself into the Ouka's competition of candidacy...
There has been rumors that he himself is a battle genius as well...

Pg. 13
Easily won through the battles
without even a single sighting of either his weapon or his technique,
as if he's just innocently fooling around like a kid.

Seiryumaru - As expected from the prince of Ouka.
Well, he does to live up to his name after all.

Kikuro - Let's just give it our best then...
Usagi - I agreed.

Nagasu - Scared already?
Kurou - Huh?
Of what?

Nishiki - We'll see about that once we get there.
Let's go to be for now, shall we? We don't want any jet-lagging around here.
Everyone - Alright!

Pg. 14
Nishiki - Still only 1/3 of the power I've back then...

Hah

Pg. 15
Kurou - Yoh-
hoh
Nishiki - Kurou!?

Kurou - Nugh, Niphigi? (Hm, Nishiki?)
Nuar dreibhing ned nat nuight nah bhell? (You're training late at night as well?)
Nishiki - I don't get what you're saying!

Kurou - Hmph
Nishiki - You really are like a monkey.

Kurou - Look.

Pg. 16
There're lots of those fruits we had for dessert up there.
Everyone seems to like it, so I'm thinking of having these for our breakfast.

Nishiki - Speaking of it, you climb trees as your training?
Kurou - Hm
Yup

But in the past, my dad
used to have me do something a lot more awesome than this.

To strengthen me up even on the inside,
he let me climb the biggest dam in Taiyou Peninsula with bare hands.

I had to cling onto the very little scaffold with all I have...

Pg. 17
Tsubame - Time's up.

Hey, hang on tightly, OK!!?
The waterway is about to open now!

Pg. 18
Kurou - Uwa
GUWAAH

Tsubame - Don't let go,
or else you'll die!!

The golden rule of warrior is to never let go of your weapon!
Same goes for your victory. Once you got those tiny pieces of victory in your hand, never let go of it!!

The only time you can let go...
is when there's someone else to pass on your will.

Pg. 19
Kurou - Don't worry!

I'll never let go of whatever I'm already hanging on to!!
I'll inherit your techniques, your swords, your will, everything you have and will never loosen them out!!

So I continue my special climbing training even while my dad is away.
There's nothing I cannot climb now.
Nishiki - Tsubame, looks like your teaching is a bit too biased toward climbing here, but...
your son sure follows you really closely.

Kurou - By the way, is it really OK for a sick man to move around like this?
Nishiki - Hm?
Well, my body is made to hold the sword after all.
If I don't go around swinging my sword a bit, it would get worse.

Sound cool, didn't I?

Kurou - What cool!!?

Pg. 20
Hiyah
Hiyah
Hiyah
Nishiki - Uwa, that's dangerous.

Kurou - You aren't at all cool!!

I'll show the world!!
What the coolness of this Akazome Kurou is like!!

Pg. 21
Nishiki - Hmph
Let me see it then. I'm putting high hope on you.

Kurou - Oops

-- Owner of the inn, Nori --

Nishiki - Sorry, this guy will go buy the tools to fix it up right now.
Kurou - Ouch.

Nishiki - Alright, get going!

Pg. 22
Kurou - Where am I?

Paper - Inn -> Downtown -> Home Center

Kurou - Aow, forget it.
I'm off having fun with this money now.

...Don't know if Nishiki will kill me for that or not though.

Marimari - Hello~~

Ah, sorry,
you don't have to be that alerted.

You look kind of troubled, so I was thinking
whether I should help you out a bit.

Pg. 23
So, where are you going?

Kurou - Home Center.
She's really shady.

Marimari - Oh, Home Center, right? Then!
It's that way, just go right straight there!!

Well then, excuse me, Mr. Foreigner!
I'm kind of busy, so I'm off now.

Pg. 24
Kurou - The city people...
sure are weird.

Ah
EEH!!

My money!! It's gone!!

That girl stole it!?

STOP RIGHT THERE!!

Pg. 25
Fing - Stop!!

Pg. 26
Kurou - ...That girl stole your money as well...?
Fing - You too!?
Now that's quite surprising. She also got my money as well.
Hahahaha
Kurou - Umm, is that something you should be laughing about?

Girl - Kyaa
Marimari - Sorry!

Girl - Ah! My Unash Fruits!
Someone, help me pick them up!!

Pg. 27
Kurou - Hey!?

Fing - Hah

Girl - Thank you very much.

Pg. 28
Kurou - Watch out!!

I'm getting there!!

Girl - Kyaa
Boy - Sis

Pg. 29
Fing - What the heck is that?
Girl - It stopped...
Boy - Eek
Eek
Sis

Pg. 30
Fing - Wow, that was one great power you have there.
Normal people would have broken their fingers doing that.

Kurou - Your speed is also beyond the word normal,
and your movement is really smooth.

Fing - You think so!! I'm really proud of those myself too.
I thought you wouldn't notice it since you did something great yourself!!

More like, I usually didn't get the sincere words of phrase like that.
I'm curious now!! What's your name?

Kurou - I'm Kurou.
And you?

Pg. 31
Fing - Alright,
I'm Fing.
A shake of hands?

Nice to meet you, Kurou.
Kurou - Me...
Me too.

(This country really has lots of strange people...)

...Wait!! Where's that girl now?
Fing - No way!

Pg. 32
Kurou - What's this place?

Fing - A gambling colosseum.
I think she'll probably hide somewhere here.

Hey, mister.
Sign - Reception

Fing - Is there still any empty space for today's competitor?
Reception - Um, yes, there still is.

Fing - This guy said he wants to enter.
Name's Kurou.
Kurou - Wha!?

Pg. 33
Wait a sec, and why do I have to enter!!?
Fing - You're broke, aren't you? You'll need some money to enter as an audience, you know?
Kurou - Oh, I see.
...then why don't you enter then?
Reception - Kurou, right?
Kurou - Hey, don't just write my name down, old man.

Fing - Well, I'm off searching in the town a bit then.
You do the search for here then!!

Kurou - I got tricked again.

Reception - You don't look like a local person though. Are you a Patriot?
Kurou - Yeah, I am.

Reception - That would be good. There's one more Patriot who just entered today's competition as well.

She bet all her money on herself as well,
a female patriot with a wheelbarrow.
Kurou - A bingo?

Pg. 34
Let me fight with that girl, old man.

Reception - Oh, alright. Your battle with her will become our main event for the day as well...
so I'll let you.
Kurou - Right on.

Audiences - There!
Yeah!
Kill him!

Uwooo
Haah

Pg. 35
Kurou - I would never think that you're also a Patriot.

This'll make a perfect real-time learning for me then.
Good job ravaging the naivety of a country guy like me.

Marimari - Oh, well, I put down all those money on myself though, so
how 'bout this? You let me win and the two of us can divide up the money.

Pg. 36
Kurou - While this is my chance to test out the power of a real Patriot?
If I fight, I'll never hold back.

Marimari - You held more grudge than I thought.
Kurou - And you can't buy back my naivety with money, can't you?

Marimari - Well, guess I'm left with no choice...
If that's what you want...

I'll let you feel the pain of the real battle,
even though I actually wanted to spare you.

Commentator - And here's today's main event!!

Pg. 37
Kurou from Toutou
VS.
Marimari from our Ouka;
Two Patriots will be fighting for us to see today!!

Then let me introduce proudly introduce
the stage of our colosseum to both of them then!!

Pg. 38-39
Rotate

Well then, what kind of battle will they show us
with this kind of complex stadium?

Kurou - What's this?
How can I fight on this kind of ground!!?

Pg. 40
Marimari - Hahaha, what are you doing?
Your balance is really bad over there.
Look at me, for example,

Commentator - Wow, she pedal with the rotating gear!!
Marimari now has the head-start!

Pg. 41
Kurou - Heck.

Commentator - Oh, that was close, Kurou. He almost got caught inside the gear!!

Marimari - Whee~

Reverse turn!!

Pg. 42
I'll show you how the real Patriot fights as you wish now then.

Commentator - What is this!?
Marimari is pedaling at high speed with the gear's rotation!!

And Kurou still didn't even get a firm standing ground!

Pg. 43
Kurou - Kuh
GAAH
Commentator - Kurou is mangled as if he's inside the whirlwind!!

Marimari - Ahahahahahaha

Kurou - Ugh
Dammit

Would you stop
guffawing already!!!

Pg. 44
Bansantou: First Activation!!

Pg. 45
HAAH!!

Commentator - A rapid dodge
with the wheelbarrow!!

Kurou - I get it now. The stage too is a weapon, huh?
This is what the battle of Patriots is like then.

Marimari - Oh? What's that you're saying?
The real battle is far more awesome and scary than this though.
You're shivering in fear already!?

Kurou - Do I look like it?
Actually, I'm shivering with excitement right now though.

Pg. 46
If the stage is also a weapon...

then I can just smash it up!!
Commentator - Wow, what is this he's doing!? Kurou is destroying the stage!!

Pg. 47
Kurou - Hahahaha
Serve you right. You can't do anything as you wish now that...

Pg. 48
Commentator - What's this leg power she has!!?
She's spinning the gigantic gear with her wheelbarrow!

Kurou - Take the advantage of whatever the situation is like.
Is this how Patriots fight?

Marimari - I'll crush you flat!!

Commentator - Marimari uses the giant gear as her wheelbarrow to attack Kurou!!

Pg. 49
Marimari - Wait up. Don't you run away.
Maybe you should just take a short break!!

Kurou - I've go get up there...
and attack her somehow.

Where's it, my victory!?

Tsubame - Once you get the hold of that tiny victory, never let go of it, understand?
Hold onto it!!

Pg. 50
Grab it!!

Commentator - He grabbed it!! Kurou just grabbed onto the gear!
And stops its rotation with his sword plucked into the ground!!

Pg. 51
Marimari - What's with that powerful grip?
...But don't even think you can win my leg power.

Commentator - Ah, Marimari is falling forward from the speeding up gear!!

Marimari - Don't just let go like that!!

Pg. 52-53
Does this mean, you were trying to make me lose my balance!?

Commentator - Kurou is drawing close to Marimari now using the spinning gear!!

Kurou - If I hold on like this, I should be able to finish her off even with only one hand!!
BANSANKISOU

KAZAN!!!

Pg. 54
There comes the result~~!!! Kurou has destroyed Marimari's wheelbarrow!!

Pg. 55
Marimari - My master told me never to get off that wheelbarrow, yet...
Look at what you've done...
WHAT
HAVE YOU DONE!!

Kurou - This isn't good!!

Pg. 56-57

Pg. 58
Fing?

Fing - Yo.

Sorry, Kurou.

Gosh, this idiot, showing her power before the competition like this.
Kurou - You knew her!?

Pg. 59
Fing - She has a lot of power inside her after all,
though she really sucks at controlling it.

So, she was told never to get off that wheelbarrow
in order to adjust her body balance so she can control it.
She follows those words really faithfully as well, but...

she has really sticky finger...
She had stolen even her own master's money before, so...
I'll be sure to discipline her afterwards then.

See ya

Oh, that's right. Kurou,

I never thought you can fight with Marimari that much.
You really are amazing from what I've seen,
but

Pg. 60
If that's all you got, you'll die for sure.

Go make yourself about 100 times stronger and you might be able to fight with me...

We've become friends as well, so let's make our battle a really good one.

Good luck.

Pg. 61
Kurou - Let me down, dammit!
What are you doing!!?
Nagasu - You look good up there, Kurou.
Nishiki - This is your punishment, dumbass!!
Not only do you not get the wall fixed, you even lost all our money!!?
Go reflect your action!!

Usagi - Kurou-san indeed did something really bad, but...
where's my brother...?

Girls - Bye, Kikuro-san.
Kikuro - Thanks, girls.
Girls - And don't get lost again~
Usagi - You're horrible, Kikuro.

Kikuro - Don't say like that, Usagi. At least I got something back as well.
I got the photo of the prince of Ouka.

Pg. 62
Kurou - Fing?
That guy's the prince!!?

Fing - If that's all you got, you'll die for sure.
Kurou - You can say that, hm?

Pg. 63
That's interesting, Fing.
I won't die. I'm going to win this battle.
** After getting a rival, Kurou's fighting spirit burns bright! Next chapter, the grand competition will finally start!! **

Nagasu - What the hell are you smiling about!!
Nishiki told you to reflect your action, didn't he!!?
Kurou - UWAAAA

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