Kekkaishi 223

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(p1)
Chapter 223: Hiura Souji

[side text: He, who once nearly killed Yoshimori. And now he said he’s here to assist them…?!]

(p2)
[side text: The next target would be Karasumori. In this stressful situation, the person whom Urakai Headquarter has dispatched is…]

Tokine: Ah…// Pleased to meet you too, Souji-kun…

Yoshi: You…

Makio: E~h… Hiura-kun, right?//
Well…// Which division do you belong to?

(p3)
Souji: Division…
Makio: Under the direct supervision of the Headquarter? Or do you belong to any other unit?/ By the way, we’re from “Yagyou”, the execution troop.

Souji: …….// This…/ I don‘t quite get it.

Makio: You don’t get it?//
But you’re still dispatched to Karasumori./ Then who do you submit your report to?
Souji: Report…//
Monsters appear…// and so I…

Makio: (What an emotionless fellow…)// Well then, where is the base that you usually work at?/ Which area do you live?

(p4)
Souji: I was ordered that… I cannot reveal any insiders’ info to the outsiders.

Tokine: Ok./ Since there isn’t any Akayashi left, we shall end the work for today…
Makio+Takemitsu+Todoroki: You guys did a great job~!!

Todoroki: …What to do? Is it better to chase that Souji off?
Takemitsu: But he’s just a child, so I don’t really have the heart to send him back, somehow.

(p5)
Makio: Sen.
Sen: Yes.

Makio: Please keep watch on that boy./ Beside, please check with the Intelligence Team that /is it really true that the Headquarter has only sent one person.

Sen: …….//I got it.

Tokine: (What’s wrong…?// Yoshimori has been so quiet all these times…)

Yoshi: You. Why did you follow us?

(p6)
Souji: Yukimura…san…

Tokine: Ah.// The letter requested for him to stay in my house.
Yoshi: !

Souji: I'm looking forward to my stay.

Yoshi: NO!
Tokine: Yoshimori?

(p7)
Tokine: But the dispatch was very sudden, so it’s expected that he don’t have a place to stay.
Yoshi: No.
Tokine: There’s still a space for him if it’s my house…
Yoshi: No!//
I SAY NO! NEVER!!

Tokine: Hey! Yoshimori?!
Yoshi: ……//
In any case, I will never allow it if it’s your place.//
Therefore, you shall come to mine.

(p8)
Yoshi: We…// We met in Hidagou, right?//
What’s your purpose in Karasumori?//
Is it like what you’d done in Hidagou,// but hunting Karasumori now?

Souji: I didn’t receive… that kind of order.
Yoshi: Then what kind of orders did you receive?!

Souji: Guarding Karasumori and assisting the Kekkaishi there…
Yoshi: I’d heard that already!

Souji: ……//That is all you want to say…?

(p9)
Yoshi: Don’t be stupid!/ Didn’t you plan to kill me back in Hidagou?!// You rascal!/ You must be an accomplice with the Shinyuuchi Hunting’s criminal?!

Souji: ……/ Regarding on this matter…// I was ordered that I cannot speak any words on it.

(p10)
Souji: Well then…/ What should I do…?//
I was ordered that… once I’m here, I must listen to the commands of the Kekkaishi.// What should I do then…?

Yoshi: Ha!/ What the hell is that?// So,/ if I tell you to die, will you?

(p11)
Souji: Ah.//
If that’s the case…// I would not be able to continue the mission…//
Then… how should I deal with my mission…?
Yoshi: What the?! This guy is…?!

Yoshi: Stop putting with that silly show…!// Which idiot would kill themselves when they’re asked to?!//
At least, I want you to react appropriately.//
(He still got those eyes like a dead man…)// If you did anything to my family, I gonna make you pay for this!

(p12)
Souji: Roger.

Sen: (That boy…// The Shinyuuchi Hunting’s…?)

Shuji: Good Morning!
Yoshi: Morning…
Toshi: Yoshi-nii, morning!

Shuji: Yoshimori.// Can you please call that boy who came here yesterday?/ Hiura-kun, is it?
Yoshi: ……//
HEY~ HIURA~~~!!

(p13)
Yoshi: Ugh~AHHH!!//
Oh yeah…// In order to prevent him from doing anything funny, I set a Kekkai to his room…// Kei…(Only come out when it’s morning!)//
Come on, wake up!!// My father even made the breakfast for you, ya know?!

SFX: Wriggle

Souji: …Roger.

Shuji: Hm… Hiura-kun?

(p14)
Shuji: You hold your chopsticks by the wrong side.

Souji: ………..Ah?
Shuji: Not a morning person, I guess?//
Ah!// Your pickled radish has dropped!

Yoshi: (What’s up with him…?)
Toshi: So he’s the one who came to guard Karasumori, right?/ Will he be fine?
Shuji: Speaking of which, where’s your school, Hiura-kun?
Souji: School…//
I don’t go to school.

(p15)
Toshi: I’m going then~!
Shuji: Be careful, ok?

Yoshi: Father.// If anything happens, inform Gramp immediately.//
Take note of Hiura.

Shuji: Hm?/ Um.// (Ahh, that child is a little bothered…)//
Now then, the weather has been so good. Laundry! Laundry!~//
Ahh, Hiura-kun.// You can rest if you’re tired.

(p16)
Yoshi: (What’s wrong with him anyway…?)//
(…He’s a bad guy…Right…?// There are so many things happening at once that I’m confused…)//
(Ok~ There’s a crack in Karasumori right after the fall of Mount Ookubi.)// (And then, I felt a sudden change in Karasumori which wasn’t like before…/ and now that boy appears…)

Sen: (That prophecy might really come true.)

Yoshi: (Would something really happen in Karasumori like what the prophecy has said…?// Is it because of the Hidagou God who is the God of Calamity that it became the start of everything…?)//
(God of Calamity…?)

(p17)
[“Be afraid”//“A God of calamity, fully clad in a bloody stench…”//
”shall descent” // “upon this land.]”

SFX: Ahaha// Ahaha

Yoshi: (No…//It can‘t be…)

(p18)
Shuji: Wow, such brilliant bamboo shoots!//
(Hiura-kun is really a good boy!)

[Sidetext: The enigmatic Hiura-kun.
Please look out for the next issue too!!]