Golgo 13 3

Golgo 13, Special Edition Volume 1, Chapter 3 (pp. 156~230)


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Perversion of the Wolf and Rose


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Part 1: The Person in the Scope

=Granada, Spain


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[x3]GWHII—CK

[x2]GWHII—CK

BEE—P

SHUCK

=It's time...


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=Right on time...

VROOO—


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=Huh!?

=A woman!!

G-GRIP...

[x3]GWHII—CK


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Part 2: The Rose Picker

JUCK
[x4]CHA
[x2]TAN!!
[x2]JUCK


OLE—!!!!
PAULO!!
TAN//TA-TA-TA-TA//TAN//TAN!!

[x2]CHA
[x4]JUCK
TAP


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PLICK!!

PLICK!!

=A rose preys on everything around it in order to grow beautiful...

=When the buds emerge, one nips all the buds, except the one at the very tip...

=I've treasured my daughter like a rose!! And just as I'd hoped, my daughter blossomed into the most beautiful flower on this planet!! The time right before bloom is of utmost importance to a rose... You wouldn't understand the deep care one puts unto raising something they love. One must protect it from anything and everything.

=I can handle most of the pests that bother roses... But there is one called the nematode. This one is quite a pain, and can only be killed with a chemical called chloropicrin DD.


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=That's the reason I hired you for thirty thousand dollars!!

=I've never appeared in front of my employer twice for one hit...

=How do you explain this!?

=My target was supposed to be male.
=How did a woman take his place?
=Th-That's impossible!! We even checked the plates. We definitely saw him step into that car!!

=He drove to the harbor at Málaga, then fled the country by ship, just as we'd expected. He got on that car!! We contacted you immediately to get into position.

=The car arrived at my location as scheduled... But it was definitely a woman.
=It's understandable if that woman had been your daughter, but... You've told me that she looks nothing like the woman I saw...

=By the way, this may be an overstep, but...
=Leaving the man who picked her aside, you're not going to search for your precious rose?


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SQUEAK...

=Thank you, madam...

PLICK

=All right...
=Now stand back!!


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SQUEAK

A rose... Is beautiful because one cares for it... When a flower tries to blossom on its own, it becomes garish and loses its beauty.

=Let me answer your question, Señor.
=Once a rose has been nipped and placed in a vase, it can never blossom again...

PLICK

=And if that rose drops into the river... The river will never allow it to return to its place, even when the rose desires to return...
=Besides... I've grown too old to chase the flow of that river...

=But my daughter... Miraca, I will never forgive the man who took her from me!!

=I could tolerate a man Miraca loved from her heart...
=But this man leaked a scandal on the French ambassador's wife before taking Miraca!!


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=Just by my count, he's targeted numerous illustrious women!! And every single one of them...

=Has disappeared afterwards...

=A-And now, he's preyed on my precious flower!!
=He is the unforgivable vermin, nematoda!!

=I-I'll pay any amount of money!!
=I don't care how long it takes!! Chase him, chase him to the ends of the earth and punish him!! Please Señor!! =Promise me, promise, that you will kill that bastard!!

=P-Please promise me, Corse Rodríguez, that you will send that scumbag to hell!!

=I have no interest in your flower playing... But I will finish any job I've taken on!!


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Part 3: The Man called Yellow Rose

=The wife of the French ambassador to Spain...

=Heh-heh... She's more than 20 years younger than the ambassador.
=Guess it's understandable that she would run off with another man.

=I don't think that one needs any explaining, but it's the Queen of Hollywood, star actress Kitty Moore!!

=I've heard about Kitty Moore's disappearance... This is also the work of the gigolo they call the "Yellow Rose (Foetida)"?

=Heh-heh... You can count on my info!!


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=All of these are famous woman, but the way they were seduced, and the timing, definitely the work of the "Yellow Rose." Cupped 'em in his hand and whisked 'em away!!

=Heh-heh... Wouldn't ya like to be in his shoes someday!! If I were him, I'd... Oops, sorry. Guess that's another story. Heh-heh...

=With this much information...
=Why can't anyone get a photo of this man?

=Well... He's a pretty cautious guy, no-one's even got a clear description of him, let alone a photo...

=By the way Señor, about the French ambassador's wife. I've got some hot new info on her if you'd like? Heh-heh...
=Tell me...

=Heh-heh, then maybe you can spice up the payment a little too?
=Just tell me, all right!!


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=O-Okay then, let's leave the money talk for later... Turns out, the ambassador's wife's been found!!
=You're saying she trotted back home to the ambassador's?

=Nope, you see, heh-heh...

=She was found dead in a desert near Esfahan in Iran, but the strange thing is...

=The French embassy's been trying to cover it up, but the ambassador's wife. They found her stark naked, and apparently she took 'em clothes off herself...

=A high-class woman wouldn't take off her underwear no matter how hot it was, right!! But they found her in a pose like she was raving mad for a man!!

=Heh-heh... The "Yellow Rose" must've made her sex crazy!!

=So he's using an aphrodisiac to infatuate women...

=Huh!?
=Nothing...
=Is that all the information you have on the "Yellow Rose"

=Oh yeah, this one might not be directly relevant, but...


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=There's this place that sells porn films to rich dudes... And recently, all their clients stopped buying films. They desperately tried to find out why, and it turns out the clients were buying films from a different place.

=And when they got their hands on one of these films, they say the woman was the star actress Kitty Moore.

=W-Well, it's probably a fake, but I was sniffing around about the "Yellow Rose," so...

PLIP!

GLAT!

=W-Why, thanks!! Heh-heh...


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Part 4: The Spectacular Movie

=Hi-yah!!
CHUK

[x2]BWHII—P

BAA—NG
GABOO—M

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CHUK!

[x5]CLAP

=Your skills are astounding, Mr. Córdoba!! Nobody here in Portugal can match your skills!!

=How about it, just shooting targets is a bore. Why don't we bet on something?
=H-Heavens no!! I am certain to lose!!

SHUCK!


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=Hi-yah!!

SWISH
SWISH

BAA—NG
BAGOO—M

BLIT

BLIT

CHUK


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CHUK

KACHICK

=Hi-yah!!

SWISH

SWISH

GABAA—NG
BAGOO—M


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=W-Wonderful!!

=My—! How wonderful!! Wonderful!!


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=Thank you, Thank you.


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=Hey there!!

=So you've come tonight as well?

=Yes, Mr. Córdoba invited me.

=Heh-heh... It seems even Mr. Córdoba was amazed by your shooting skills.

=By the way, are you aware of tonight's show?
=Hmm?

=Heh-heh... So you're not aware!! It'll be quite a sight!!

=Mr. Córdoba has told everyone to have "high hopes" for tonight. It should be a treat!! Heh-heh...


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=All right, everyone!!


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=It's time for the special show you've all been waiting for. Please head over to the cabin.

=Here it is, the special night-show. Heh-heh...

=Everyone, as always, I ask you to swear on your honor before we begin the show.

=As ladies and gentlemen, we swear never to speak about what occurs here.

=We swear!!


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=Heh-heh...

=Very well!!
=Now let's begin!!

=Start it!!

=Huh!!

=Oh!!
=My!!
=Th-That's!?


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=That woman is Catherine Rock, widow of the assassinated American president!!

=I-Is this real, Mr. Córdoba!?

=Heh-heh... Do you think I would ever be tricked into buying a fake!?

=A-Amazing, this is the spectacle of the century!!

=Ahh...
=Catherine, Catherine!!

=A-Ahh...


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TH-TH-TH-THUD...


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Part 5: Follow that Film!!

=Hmm? Where did that fellow go?

=He's still young. His patience must've run out. Heh-heh...

=I'll be leaving now.
=I've truly been made to see the power of the great Mr. Córdoba tonight.

=See you soon...
TH-TH-THUD...


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CHUK!

=Come!!

=Come to me Cole!!

=Make love to me!!

BWUSH


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=Ohhh, Cole!!

=Sorry to interrupt, but I have a question for you...

=Y-You!!

=Wh-What do you think you're doing!? How rude!!

=Why, I'll leave as soon as you answer my question, Mr. Córdoba!!

=Wh-What do you want to ask!?

=Tonight's show.
=How did you get that film?

=Ugh!!

=Y-You... Were a police operative!?


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=You're not answering my question... How did you get that film?

=Just so you know, I'm not from the police!! So I'm willing to use any method to make you answer!!

DASH

=Huh!!

GLUT

BAA—M

=Agh!!

=If you want, I can pull your hand out and leave your fingers inside the drawer...
=A-A—ck!!

=I-I'll answer, I'll answer so...

=Thank you...


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Part 6: Follow that Film!! #2

=Iran (Persia)


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SWUSH!

PIP!

RRRR...

BRRR...

SCREECH...

=What is it?
=Can you take me to Esfahan?

=Th-This is too much!!
=Just take it...

GLAT!


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=The rest is compensation!!
=Huh!?

=Just start driving...

=O-Okay...

RRRR...
VRR
VRRR

VRROO—M


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=Your name is Ali... You're heading to the carpet factory in Esfahan, right?

=H-How did you know that!?

=You're staying there for the night, then taking the carpets back to Tehran... correct?

=Wh-Who the heck are you!?
=H-How did you know that!?

THUCK

S-SCREEECH—


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=Esfahan...

[x3]THUCK
SCREE—CH

=Where's Ali!?
=He's ill... So I've taken over for this important job!!

=Important job is right!! These carpets are the best in the world, takes three years just to produce one of 'em. They're expensive too, so if you mess any of them, you'll be in debt the rest of your life!!


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RRR—


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[x2]CLACK CLUCK


CLACK
CLACK CLUCK...


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=Who are you?
=The transporter!! I'm the stand-in for Ali. He's ill, you see.

=American brand, take it as a souvenir!!
=My, thank you.
FWOP!

=I didn't know the world's best carpets were being made by these little girls...

=Well, unlike adults, you scold them and they work hard.

=Sorry about the interruption.
=Don't mind it!!


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=That man?
=That transporter Ali was ill, so he came instead.

[x2]SQUEAK—


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Part 7: The Nipped Roses were...

PSS—T

SHWOO—SH


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=A-A—ck!!
=Ar—gh!!

=A-A—gh!!

UGGG—H
[x2]ROLL!
HAACK

[x2]HACK!

BATHUMP


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BII—P

TI-TI-TI...

=An alarm system...

SHUK

BLIP

C-CUK

GWII—SH

TI-TI-TI...

CLICK!


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CHUK!

=Ugh!!

=So I was right...
=Those eyes, those gestures, I knew you weren't an ordinary transporter...


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=You must be the one who attacked Mr. Córdoba to learn about this place...

=Who are you!?

=Search him!!

=Put your hands above your head!!

GG...

WHUP

GUCK
THUCK


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Huh!!

BWHUSH

THUD

GA-BA—NG

TWII—NG
ZASH

BA—NG

BATHUMP

[x2]BLUCK

Open it...


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CHUK!

S-S-SQUEAK...

ZASH
CHUK!

=Damn!!

=Huh!!

=Wa-Watch out, get out your handkerchiefs and cover your mouths!!
=Huh!?
=Hurry up!!


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=It's the nerve gas adamsite!! You'll cease to act human for 48 hours if you breathe this in!!

=He can't escape from inside the factory!! Alert everyone and begin searching immediately!!

=Don't allow him to escape!!
=Capture him at all costs!!
=Yes sir!!

CHUK...

ZWHUSH


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BHAUT
BLIT
=Huck!!

TAP!

DASH


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TI-TI...

PLICK

=I see... All of the women are celebrities...
=But... The man is different for each one!! That gigolo "Yellow Rose" only appears at the very end, huh...


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=I've come this far, but the "Yellow Rose" may not be here after all...

=Rodriguez's daughter Miraca hasn't been filmed yet... Which means she's still in the care of the "Yellow Rose"...

=Hm!?

=A two-way mirror...
=So they film them here too...

C-CUCK...
SQUEAK...


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TI-TI...

=Miraca...!!


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=Wh-Who are you!?
=Don't shout...

=Where's your lover?

=Huh!?

=I'm asking you where the "Yellow Rose" is, Miss Miraca!!

=W-Why do you know my name!?
=That's not important.

=All I want to know is the whereabouts of the "Yellow Rose." The man who took you from Señor Rodriguez!!

=Fa-Father sent you!?
=Father sent you to kill him didn't he!?
=Where is he!?

=I-I don't know, go away!!

BLAP

=I-It's useless, you think I'd let you kill my love!?

WUSH

TUG!
=A-Ah!!


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=U-Ugh!!
SUP!

=He's close!!

=From Miraca's reaction...
=He definitely hasn't left this place!!

=But engaging him here isn't a good idea...

=Well!? Did you find him!?
=It's no good, we can't find him anywhere!!

=He killed Mr. Jala!! That bastard, maybe he never escaped outside and is still hiding in the building!!


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VWOOO—SH
=Huh!!

=A-A—gh!!
=Whoa—!!

BA-BANG
VROO—M
VWOO—SH

GWHOO—SH

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Part 8: Duel at Persepolis

=Persepolis (Ancient Persian Ruins)


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=They've caught up...
=But...

=None of them!! None of them appears to be the "Yellow Rose"!!

=But he will definitely appear!! His reputation as a gigolo will force him to come after his woman... Besides...
=Miraca knows too much about him. He wouldn't dare to let her live!!

=Guess I'll get rid of the small fry first...

SWUSH


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BAA—NG

BLIP

GW-GWU—NG
GWII—NG

CONK!

PSSS—T

=Urrgh!! A-A—ck!!
=Wh-What's wrong!?

=A-A—ck
=G-Ga—sh!!

SWISH
BAGOO—M


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BLIT

CLA—NK
CLANK!
BAA—NG
GA-GA—NG

SWUSH

GAWU—NG

BLIT

UGG—
ROLL ROLL!
AGGGH
G-GA —SH
U—UCK

=Take your time crawling around. The tourists will find you eventually and get you some help...
CHUK!

=Now show yourself, "Yellow Rose!!" Show yourself before the sun rises and spots you!!

=A-Ah!!
=Huh!?


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=A-Ah...
=What's wrong!?

=The wind is blowing the other direction. It can't be the adamsite... But these cries...

=Huh!?
=A-Ah... Ah!!

=Th-This breath!! Must be the withdrawal symptoms of a coca genus alkaloid!! I-I see, so he used Aphrodisiac No. 0!!

=This was the reason the women were so drawn to him!!
=If No. 0 was applied to the genitalia...

=Ah... Ah, A—h!! Make love!! M-Make love to me!!

=M-Make love to...

=Mine won't do any good...
=Your body won't reach orgasm without the aphrodisiac!!

=A-Ah!!


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=There's only way to prevent the withdrawal symptoms... Introduce a new distress and cause the sensory nerves to concentrate there...
=But will her body be able to handle the adamsite...? But if this continues...

PS—T

=A-Ah!!

CUK...

=G-Gu—ck!!

UHHH—


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Part 9: Distrust of the Wolf and Rose


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=Excuse me Miss, I have a favor to ask...
=Huh?

=You see, my companion has suddenly become ill!!

=I am going to Esfahan to call a doctor and ambulance...
=Can you watch her until I return?
=My, that's unfortunate!!


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=Sure thing, hurry and get some help!!
=Thank you very much.

=Oh, why don't you take my car. It should be a lot quicker than the truck.

=I see, thank you!!

=Let me give her the news!!
=Go ahead...

=Hey, hey you!!


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BAWA—NG

DAP

ZWHUSH

GAWII—NG

BALAA—M

BLIT


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=Y-You saw me through the car mirror...

=No, I was watching you...

ZLAT

ZUSH

=B-But why?

=I've seen your face before... Coincidences don't occur that way!! Especially not when it matters most...

=But to think the "Yellow Rose" was a woman...
=I tried out that act, but I was skeptical... I never imagined that the gigolo would be a woman...

=Hah-hah... Y-You don't get it...
=Y-You don't get anything do you...

=But come to think of it, selling films by putting them in the folds of the world's most expensive carpets... I suppose it could be a woman's idea!!


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CACK

=I-I despise everything!! Everything about the world that made me this way!!

=Hah-hah, but I'm not a woman, nor am I a man!!

=What does that mean!?
=M-My body has...

=Both complete... male and female "utensils"...!!

=Wh-What, What am I!?
=Why was I born!?

=Wh-What am...


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Part 10: Leaving Bullet Marks in the Desert...

VROOO—M


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Published January, 1969.