Nurarihyon no Mago 11

(WJ 2008 #26)

Nurarihyon no Mago 11

-01-

(Overlay text) The sons of Karasu Tengu, the Sanba Karasu, have appeared!!

- I dare you to say that one more time, my stupid sons!
- If it's Gyuuki…

-02-

- I'm sticking to my guns. We have eye witness information.
- I ain't saying that without reason… The crows of Ukiyoe District saw it.

- Hrm…

- Hello?
- Oh, is that Ao?

- Yes, yes.
- I see. You're going after the young master…

- What!

- What did you say!?
- You're… heading for Mt Nejireme right now!?

-03-

Nurarihyon no Mago
Shiibashi Hiroshi

Act 11
Rikuo, Sojourn on Mt. Nejireme

(Overlay text) Gyuuki – Lives on Mt. Nejireme. An ingenious traitor.

-04-

- …This is no good.
- I can't get through…

- What should I do…
- (Gyuuki Clan)
- (Even within the Nura Clan… they're quite a powerful faction.)

- (Aotabou…)
- (He didn't manage to come along. He must have failed…)
(written) He's one of our staff, so I thought it'd be okay…

- (Maybe he was told something by mistake? If that's the case…)

- (Young master…)
- (No, now is not the time… He's still in his completely oblivious day form...)

-05-

- (If anything does happen…)
- (I'll… protect the young master myself!!)

- No more~~~
- I wanna go home! No more mountains!!

- Look at that! That's a humongous claw! We're gonna die~~
- We'll be eaten up~~ Youkai are coming!

- Yeah! Torii-san and Maki-san are right!
- We should all turn back right now!

- OK, Nura!! You lead the way!!

-06-

- Hold it right there!!
- Now that it's dark, the danger going down the mountain is worse!!
- Besides, there are no more buses going back.

- Heheh!! What's there to be afraid of, you guys?!
- My villa is right here~ Isn't it!!
- This is the front line of youkai research on this mountain!!
- Of course, the security is top notch too!!

- Security? Against youkai?
- Does it work…??
- Yeah, what Nura said.
- Our servants come here every now and then, but I've never heard of anything appearing.
- Not even once, you know!?

- You guys are just worry warts!!
- Hahaha…
- Well… Although I said it, the Gyuuki is just a legend.
- That claw may have been made by somebody, right~~

- No… That's…

-07-

- All right, all right, even sensei said it, right!
- The hot springs and food are waiting for you, ok?
- That's… Uuuu~~

- Besides, we have her!! If something really does happen, she's here!
- Our young onmyouji, Keikain Yura-kun!!

- Right!? Yura-kun, everything's a-okay, right!?

- (I don't have any receipts…)
- (Ahh… I'll use the expired coupons.)

-08-

- Ah, sensei, you should come along too…
- No, I have to go down now.
- Wouldn't want to get in the way.

- Oh-oh, really…?
- I was hoping to hear more stories from you though.

- No, no.

- My job here is done.

-09-

- That's right… It's dangerous at night.
- So, you must not wander around outside.

- Ehh…
- What am I doing here…?

- New moon tonight.
- It'll be a stormy night.

-10-

- This is an appropriate night…
- To hunt down the general's head.

- Gozumaru.

- Hey, Nuzumaru.
- You've done well holding your position.

- It's been tough.
- What's next?

- Our boy chief, Rikuo… is constantly surrounded by his aides.
- I don't know *which* one though.

-11-

- First, let's split them all up.
- Then—we'll get rid of them one by one.

- Ooohhh!

- Ooohhh!

-12-

- Uwaaa~~
- This is exciting~~~
- Lifestyle of the rich~~
- Hahaha!
- My father loves the mountains, so he had this villa built.
- It was adapted for youkai research on this mountain.

- Huuh….

- Come, you've waited long for this.
- Inside is a deluxe hot spring!
- Ladies… you should go in first.

- Uwaaaa~~~ Incredible~~~!
- It's too wonderful for words~~~

- We're going in right away!!
- Let's go~ Kana~~~ Tsurara~~~

-13-

- This is our chance!

- We can go on with our "Nighttime Youkai Search" now!!
- Since the nuisance people are out of the way!!
- R-right now~~?!

- Idiot!! How could you have forgotten our objective, Shima-kun!!

- Our objective is!!
- To be caught by the youkai, right!?

- Ehhh!!?
(written) That's the first I've heard of it~~
- You heard Adashibara-sensei's message earlier, right?
- We mustn't wander outside… at night!!
- We'll definitely get to meet him here!!

-14-

- The master of
- Youkai!

- Come on, there are still so many youkai spots left.
- Eeeek~~~

- Wait… hold on!!
- It's not a good idea to go out!!

- You guys are taking the youkai too lightly!
- There are some who will really… kill people!

- Rikuo…?
- Hnn~? Nura-kun~?
- And, *what* do you know about youkai, hmmm?

- There's no use trying to stop us!! We're not like you! We're active when it comes to youkai!!

-15-

- If you insist on going… I'm coming along!!
- It's way too dangerous for just the two of you!!

- Why's that!!
- Wait for me!!

- If that's the case, I'm going too!!

- (Tsurara!?)
- (I can't let Young Master go into danger by himself!)

- Heheheh…
- Heh…

-16-

- Ahh~~~ <3
- I'm so glad we came here~~~

- I have zero interest in youkai or whatever.
- But, I love this villa~
- Kiyotsugu-kun is really something.

- I'm following him for life~~
- Maki, you're so materialistic~
- But~~~

- What're the benefits of this hot spring?
- I can't read it through all this steam—

-17-

- (……Oh yeah, why was Rikuo-kun… able to read that?)
- (His eyes… aren't very good, right?)

- (Come to think of it, Rikuo-kun's changed since he started wearing his glasses…)
- (Long ago… he used to like teasing… and he stood out more in class.)

- (Now… he's just an errand boy…)
- (It's a little… strange…)

- Eh? Where's Tsurara-chan?
- Oh yeah…

- Wait…
- (Don't tell me… the two of them… slipped away in the night!?)
- (That girl---)

- I'm done!
- That's fast!

-18/19-

- We should take our time with this~

- Heh heh…
- They've well and properly split up…

- All right, guys… Let's get rid of them.

(Overlay text) The Kiyo Cross Squad are in dire straits!!

…end

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PS. I can't wait till the next chapter! :o