Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 173

(WJ 2008 #02)

Target 173 From the Second Sword Emperor

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Lal: What!?
You've seen this round-shaped machine before!?

[The machine in Chrome's and Tsuna's dream…
It's also in the Millefiore hideout!?]

Tsuna: Yeah…
And, standing in front of it was…

Tsuna: Irie Shouichi…

Lal: Wha!!
Irie Shouichi!?

Fuuta: Tsuna-nii, where did you see it!?
Hayato: Was it the reference room or somewhere!?

Tsuna: Ah, no. Well, that is…
It…it was in a dream…

Lal: !

Hayato: !!

-2-

Lal: In a dream!!?

Lal: Are you trying to be funny, Sawada!!?
Tsuna: Eeee!
I'm sorry! That was not my intention!!

Reborn: So?
What else did you see?

Lal: Reborn!

Reborn: Well, how about it, Tsuna?

Tsuna: Uh… Uhm…
It's only a hazy memory, but…
There may have been someone other than Irie Shouichi looking at this too…
え…んと…かすかにしか覚えてないんだけど……
入江正一以外の誰かもいてこれを見てたんだ…

Tsuna: It seems like there's something very important inside…
中にすごく大事なものが入ってるみたいで……

Reborn: Something
important…?

-3-

Reborn: Surprisingly, this white, round-shaped machine could…
hold the key to unlocking the mystery behind Irie Shouichi and everything else.

Lal: Are you insane, Reborn!? It's just a dream!!

Reborn: What's wrong with that? There's a high probability that it's a key installation anyway.
Making that one of our targets is not without merit.

Ryouhei: Hrm.
He has a point there.

Reborn: Besides, when our senses are well-honed, mysterious premonitions like these are possible.
Because something like that happened to me too, when I got this pacifier.
それに神経がとぎすまされてるとこういう不思議なことはあるもんだ
オレもこのおしゃぶりをゲットするときに似たようなことがあったからな

-4-

Tsuna: Eh!?

Lal: !!

Reborn: All right, Yamamoto. Let's resume our training.
You seem to be the one lagging behind the most right now.
Yamamoto: Eh? Aah!
OK!

Yamamoto: I'll give you a ride, little guy.
Reborn: Thank you.

Tsuna: Hey, Lal… What did he mean by getting the pacifier?
Lal: Why don't you ask him yourself?
Don't rely on me for everything.
いちいちオレに甘えるな

Tsuna: Huh? Ahh…

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Yamamoto: What!!
Uwaaah!

Yamamoto: Gahh!

Yamamoto: This is terrible…
I thought that was a really good move though.

Reborn: Yes. That was a good one.
I had to get a little serious too.
Yamamoto: Haha! You're just being nice.
It felt like you still had plenty to spare.
ハハッよく言うぜ　まだまだ余裕って感じだったぞ

Yamamoto: Still…
You're really strong, little guy.

Reborn: But, of course.
I'm the world's greatest hitman, after all.

Yamamoto: That could very well be true!
But, you're still so small. Just when did you start training yourself?

-8-

Reborn: Before I became a baby.

Yamamoto: Hn?

Reborn: Oops, that was a close call. We'll leave that discussion till after your training is complete.
Yamamoto: ……

Reborn: Now that you're able to handle the Box and Flames with Shigure Kintoki,
we can move on to the next stage.

Reborn: From here on, you will be advancing your sword techniques beyond what I can teach you.
Instead…

Reborn: We're going to lift the ban on this guy.
Box: The Making of the Sword Emperor

Yamamoto: ?

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Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
Amano Akira

Target 173 From the Second Sword Emperor

[They serve different masters, and the way they handle their swords are also different.
But, the path of the sword they walk are the same---]

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Yamamoto: The Making of the Sword Emperor…?

Yamamoto: The sword emperor is that guy Squalo defeated to enter the Varia, right?
Reborn: You have a good memory.
That's right. Týr was the emperor of swords and a person to be feared. He was Varia's Boss before Xanxus.
剣の帝王と恐れられたザンザスの前のヴァリアーのボステュールのことだ

Reborn: And, this here, is from the second sword emperor, who took that title after the Ring Battles. It's a documentary video of how he kept that seat firmly secured.
そしてこれはリング争奪戦後に誕生した二代目剣帝がその座を不動の物にするまでの記録ビデオだ
Yamamoto: The second?

Reborn: It's playing now.
Yamamoto: ?

[screen]
The Making of the Sword Emperor
The First Opponent
VS Liu Yun

Yamamoto: What the heck?

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Squalo: Vooooi!!
If you're not going to come over here, I'm going for you!!!

Yamamoto: S-Squalo!!

Reborn: This is a collection of videos Squalo made of his 100 battles that secured him the title of Sword Emperor.
これはスクアーロが剣帝を名乗るために自分に課した100番勝負を収めたビデオだ

Reborn: You were aiming for the Major League then, and he sent it to you one battle at a time.
大リーグを目指すお前に一勝負づつ送られてきたそうだ
Yamamoto: Eh!?
Reborn: For boasting value, you know.

Yamamoto: Boast…
Boasting!?

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Reborn: Of course, that was probably not his true intentions.
Squalo was able to see through your ability with a sword better than anyone else.
That's why he left a video recording of his own secret techniques.
もちろん本心は違うだろうな
スクアーロは誰よりもおまえの剣の才を見抜き買っていた
だから自分の秘剣を映像に残してまで

Reborn: He wanted to draw you back to the path of the sword…
お前を剣の道に引きずり込もうと…

Squalo: Let's up the speed!!!

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Reborn: (He's completely engrossed now.
Just as I thought, he's about to enter a world that only those who use a sword themselves would comprehend.)

Reborn: Three days later, I'll be back to spar with you as a final test. If you can strike me just once, you pass.
三日後に抜き打ちの最終試験をしにくるからな　オレに一太刀でも浴びせられたら合格だぞ
You're on your own now.

Yamamoto: Little guy…

Reborn: You've been trained by the world's greatest hitman.
Have some confidence in yourself and attain the highest level with your sword.
おまえは世界一のヒットマンに鍛えられたんだ　自信を持って剣を極めろよ

Yamamoto: That's true!
All right! If I pass, little guy, you'll tell me your secret, right!
Reborn: Yes.
That was our promise.

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Then…

Each of them continued to train to an even higher level.
それぞれが更なる高みへと修業をしていた

3 days later

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Shigure
Souen Style
時雨蒼燕流

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Special Style Tenth Form
特式　十の型

Scontro di Rodine [*Italian for Clash of the Swallow]
燕特攻（スコントロ・ディ・ローンディネ）

Reborn: You pass.

[sparked off by the second sword emperor, Squalo,
his natural born talent has created out a new "special style"!!]

…end

PS. This translation is for exclusive use by Ueda's scanlation.