Billy Bat 54

Well, somehow, it looks like the scroll's been passed to me.

[Billy Bat 54 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Top: The super-popular bi-weekly series!
Somebody: Billy Bat, huh......?
Title: Chapter 54: Something on the Moon
Side: Those who can hear, and those who can't. Those who can see, and those who can't. Those that are controlled, and those that control.

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[The stuff on the right is a big recap and it's long and not really worth translating.]
Smith: We got this out of your car.
But this is the Chuck Culkin version......
which one do you prefer?
Not feeling like chatting......?

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Smith: Thomas Vallee..........
We found quite a few other things in your car, too.
And M1 rifle.........
3000 rounds of live ammo.
So I heard you're an ex-marine?
But I'll bet even in the marines, you never fired something like this, right?
That printing company you work at in Chicago..........
It was in plain sight from that company's windows......

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Smith: President Kennedy's parade, I mean......
The one that was put on hold.
Oh, that's right.
Someone like you wouldn't be able to cause any danger looking out of that window.
Who asked you?
The mafia? Cuba......? Or was it......
Vallee: "Which"..........

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Vallee: When you said "which" before...... What did you mean?
Smith: ?
Vallee: Billy Bat............
This is the Chuck Culkin version..........
Which one do you prefer?......All that.
Smith: Don't you know?
Vallee: ?
Smith: There's a version with another author.
So then, I would suppose......
He hasn't talked to you...... has he?

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Vallee: Talked to me?
Who?
Smith: Billy Bat.
Yeah, I'm in Chicago right now.
One showed up here, too.
One of the rabbits you were talking about......

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Smith: But this guy doesn't look like the rabbit we're looking for.
At the very least, it doesn't look like he's met Billy Bat.
Kevin: .......Sounds right. Because the man I met in New Orleans was undoubtedly......
the real Oswald.
He made a promise to me.
That he would drop out of the cast of this drama.
Smith: ..........

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Smith: I see...... Anyhow, the President's parade in Chicago got put on hold.
And I persuaded the higher-ups at Dallas towards putting that one on hold, too.
Unfortunately, it looks like the your comic's story deviating from reality.
Kevin: Haha......
Yeah, looks like it.
I guess that's why it's a comic.
Smith: So what do you think......
you're gonna do now?
Kevin: Now............?

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Kevin: I thought I'd draw a drama with a happy ending............
Smith: A happy ending, huh......? Sounds good.
Oh, can you see it from over there, too?
It's a pretty moon, tonight......
Kevin: Yeah......

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[Remember that from... whenever that was. Volume 1 I think.]

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Oswald: Haa
Haa
Haa
Haa
Marina: Are you okay, Lee?
Oswald: Y......Yeah. Just another weird dream......
Marina: You quit the coffee company. Could it be because your new job isn't working out?
Oswald: M......Maybe.
No...... It'll be okay. I'm sure I'll get used to it, soon.
Marina: Do you think that Dallas school book depository Mr. Mohrenschildt introduced you to would have been better?
Oswald: Yeah......
Maybe I'll think it over a little more.

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Oswald: Sorry, Marina.
After you came all the way to New Orleans, now I'm worrying you......
Marina: Yes, I am worried.
Because you're not alone anymore.
Ah!
The baby moved.
Oswald: Really?
And I'll be able to meet it soon. Then I won't even be close to alone......
There'll be three of us together!!

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SFX: DOGAH [If you wanna make up a translation for a sound effect, be my guest.]
Thug: Don't start talking like you're somebody just because you're in a position to collect debts from a bar!!
Got it!?
Don't show your ugly mug around here again, loser!!

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Kurusu: You got beat up again?

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Kurusu: A bourbon mixed with Golden Cola.
You really got beaten badly.
You're a debt collector?
Why would you take a job like that?
Oswald: Go away.
Kurusu: No...... I was just wondering why a man of your caliber would be doing such a job.
Oswald: I don't wanna talk to you.
Get away from me!!

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Kurusu: It's not a job befitting a man who's going to become a hero, don't you think?
Bartender: Sorry for the wait.
SFX: KOTO...
Kurusu: If you have something on your mind, why don't you talk to me about it?
SFX: KARAN

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Kurusu: Another bourbon mixed with Golden Cola......
Hm......
I see, that's quite a complicated story.
Let me get this straight.............
that cartoonist says that unless you drop out of this drama, the President will be assassinated.
That's the first point.
Second,
that cartoonist has to put himself in danger to protect the President, or the President will be assassinated.
And third
if that cartoonist dies this year...... in 1963......

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Kurusu: the world will end......
So you have to protect the cartoonist.
But you've been told you have to get out of this drama......
So that means if you save the cartoonist, the President will die......
Bartender: Sorry for the wait.
SFX: KOTO...
Kurusu: You seem to be going around in a circle.
It's an interesting story.
Oswald: ..........

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Kurusu: And plus............
I have another piece of information that will make it even more complicated.
The cartoonist is trying to save the President, yes?
If he does so, what do you think will happen?
The President...... No, in this case, we know that means Kennedy.
If Kennedy is saved...............
We'll go to the moon sooner.
Oswald: The moon?
Kurusu: Yes...... Man will land on the moon sooner than expected.

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Kurusu: And if they do, they'll find something incredible on the moon.
Oswald: !!

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Kurusu: It's all because Kennedy is absurdly honest.
He says things he doesn't have to say.
......That will cause something terrible......
Oswald: Something terrible......?
Kurusu: It will turn into history's biggest war.
World War 3.
But......
The one thing you have to protect
is your beloved child..........

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Oswald: My kid......
How do you know......
SFX: CHAH
Kurusu: You have to protect the world for the sake of your beloved child.
Ooh, looks like you've finally found the answer.

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Kurusu: To what you becoming a hero means.
SFX: KAH KAH
SFX: KAH

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Oswald: Something incredible......
on the moon..........
Side: While he looks at the moon, what is Kevin thinking......? What has Oswald decided......? Next issue, rapid development!!
Bottom: "Billy Bat" Chapter 54 / End
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