Golgo 13 5

Golgo 13, Special Edition Volume 2, Chapter 5 (pp. 4~47)


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Sleepers in the Cage


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VRRRR...

TH-TH-TH-THUD...


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[x3]WHIRR
[x3]BUZZ

VRR
VRRRR...

TH-TH-TH-THUD...


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GACHII—NG
VOO—SH

[x2]JUCK

[x2]CLI—CK CLA—CK


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Part 1: Pandora's Isle

=Be hopeful... Huh...?
=What's the meaning of that?


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=The warden's words.
=...To think someone would put that on a prison where all the inmates have life or death sentences.


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=North Prison floats in the middle of Bristol Bay, Alaska... However... it's known by the name Pandora's Isle to outlaws across the globe. But for what reason...!?


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=Warden's room...

=Duke Togo... Japanese-American, huh! Quite a dignified name. Born in Regina, 29 years of age... Burglary, sexual assault, arson, attempted murder, destruction of public property. Personality: cold and brutal. Past of alcoholism. Ha, a drunk eh...

=Life sentence, of course. With zero possibility of civilized return!

=I am Warden Kykers. Don't try to cause us any trouble, No. 57...
=Hey! Answer the warden!

=Very well.
=No. 57, there's something I want you to see.

=Take a look at the courtyard!
=C'mon.


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=It's a prisoner detection light. A single prisoner unaccounted for, and that thing turns red...
=Don't even think about making that thing turn red!

=Listen, there isn't a single shred of hope for you in-between tomorrow and yesterday.
=Nothing!
=Remember this well!

=Is that what you meant by "Be Hopeful?"

=Ah...
=So you've got the guts to question me, the warden!?

=Very well, I'll give you your answer...

=A strange thing happens when prisoners arrive here. You tell them to die, and they cling to life.
=Tell them to be hopeful, and they lose all hope.


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=I see, words only becoming of a shriveled old midget.

=T-Try saying those words one more time...
=A-And I'll have you shot on the spot...!

=Take him away!
=And don't give him any meals until after tomorrow night.
=Sir!

=However...
=Do make him go to the dining room with all the other prisoners. Heh-heh...

=Take him away!
BAM

=Prison South Quad...


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=Newcomer!
=Cell A-314...

GWIII—SH

GACHIK

S-SQUEEAK

GACHII—NG


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=How 'bout you introduce yourself, newbie!?

=Hey! Newbie!
=W-Wait a second.

=Th-This guy...!
=What, what about him!?

=AHH!!

=D-Don't know... I don't know nothing.
=I-I was wrong!


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Part 2: The Chained Beasts

=Next morning...

GACHII—NG


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[x5]ZUSH

[x3]ZUSH

KACHUCK

=None for you! Just sit there quietly like you did last night and watch the others eat!


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=We'll scrounge up a meal for you later. Please be patient for now...

=Of course, you're the man that didn't break even when you were in the "Coffin of Golgotha" for over a week in that prison in West Germany.

=Taking away a few meals won't do any...


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=Uck!

=S-Sorry, forgive me. I'm not going to tell anyone...

=I-I don't think you should stare at them like that.
=Huh?

=They're from the special ward in the West Quad!


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=Special ward?
=They do everything. Escape attempts, beating up guards...

=They're not scared of anything. Of course, I guess it's only natural since they know they're going to the chair any day now.

=Condemned criminals, huh...

=Besides, those guys...
=No talking!

=Talk and we'll send you to the disciplinary cells!

=Wh-What's with that attitude!?

=You've got a problem with my attitude, Mr. Bulldog?
=Wh-What!?

=Why, I just found it amusing that I'm being held here by a bunch of bulldogs.

=Wh-Wh-Why you—!


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=Son of a bitch!
DASH
SWUP

CRACK
[x3]GRUCK
ZWU—SH

D-DASH
DASH

THUD

CRACK

THUCK


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GRACK

=Yeah—!
=There you go—!
=Keep it up—!

=*shouting*
=*shouting*

BATHUCK


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=Sh-Shit—!

=Stop, stop this instant!

=Y-You again...

=I thought I warned you not to try anything. Are you aware of Alaskan penal code, Article 350!?
=Never heard of it.

=Then I'll explain it to your face. Current prisoners sentenced for life who have caused severe bodily injury while incarcerated...
=Will be sentenced to death!

=I see... So evoking that article is your jurisdiction here, huh...

=You're still new. If you get down on your knees and beg, I'll forgive you for today.
=Get down right now and beg for my forgiveness!


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=Making me lower my head isn't going to make your midget body any bigger.

*silence—*

=Under Article 350, I am hereby sentencing you to death...
=And transferring you to the special ward in the West Quad...


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Part 3: Zallas the Blue-Eyed

=West Quad, 4th floor...


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[x2]KNOCK


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=Hey, No. 7?

=What do you want?
=They call me "Zallas the Blue-Eyed."

=Duke Togo...
=A jap, huh...

=If there's something you want, then spit it.
=I was about to go to sleep.

=It's been a while since I met a tough dude like you.

=Good night...

=W-Wait a second! Hold up...
=Just tell me what this is all about!

=...What do you mean!?
=There's nobody in this world who'd willingly take the death penalty. But your attitude today, you seemed like you weren't scared of being put to death at all.

=You're acting like you don't care because you know you're going to get out anyways, Togo!


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=Heh-heh... Zallas! Are you stupid!? Where do you think this is!?

=Pandora's Isle, said to be completely inescapable... Twelve have tried to escape, but none of them lived to tell the tale. Some have even made it outside the building, but...

=That was it for them. No way they could swim against that current...
=The wardens even know where the drowned bodies will turn up...

=Let me add a little to that. All of the ones who made it outside were held in cells facing the ocean! The ones who tried to escape from these cells facing the courtyard were...
=I know! It's impossible to get up to the roof because of the searchlights! Four of them tried to climb up the waterpipe on the wall, but...

=All shot dead!
=You're saying it's impossible to hide from those lights!?

=You want to escape, Zallas!?


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=T-Togo, s-so you really...
=Y-You really know a way out!?

=Huh!

GACHU—K


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=Hey! Togo!
=Togo!

=I hear you.
=Lower your voice. You'll wake the others.

=A-All right...

=The factory division is on the 5th and 6th floors, right?
=That's right. They make automobile parts and furniture there.

=Is there any way to get materials from there?
=It depends... Probably.

=Then listen carefully! First we need sandpaper. Then the filings they use to polish engine exhaust pipes. Some vaseline—Toothpaste if there isn't any. And some machine oil. The kind that's thick and greasy.

=That kind of stuff should be no problem. Leave it to me.
=But... What is all that going to do!?

=Feel free to back out if you don't trust me...

=A-All right, all right...


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Part 4: Pandora's Box

—Pandora, the woman created from mud, brought with her to the land, a box containing every disaster and evil in the universe. She opened its lid, allowing all the contents to escape outside in a whirlpool of evil! Frightened, she tried to close the lid when she heard a little voice coming from inside... "Let me out, too. For I am hope—." (Greek mythology)


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=I threaded the socks to make a thick string, coated it with vaseline and rubbed in the flecks from the sandpaper...

=The "string file" and the grease are both ready...
=Good...

=We'll do it tonight!

=Right!

Part 5: The Lid Has Opened


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[x3]GWISH

[x3]GWISH

[x3]KWISH

BLUNCK

CUKCUK

=There!
SHWUCK

[x4]KNOCK

=Not finished...
[x2]KNOCK...


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=Huh!
[x3]KNOCK

=All right!

WUSH

ZZT

=Hurry!

=Right!

ZZZ—T


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=The color of that rope made from the mattress will blend in with the wall. They won't find it till later.

=We're heading for that waterpipe on the opposite wall. Let's move!

SW—

WUSH


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=*pant pant*

=Listen, we climb the pipe after the next light passes!

=B-But, no matter what we...

=W-We won't be able to...
=Then you can stay right here.

=W-We're really going to be okay...? Even if the light shines on us!?

=Yes.
=As long as you can keep up with me...

=It's coming, get ready!


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=Let's go!
=You're done for if you lag behind the slightest bit.

TAP

=T-The light, the light is...
=Don't stop. Hurry!

[x4]RUCK


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[x2]*flare*

[x2]SW—

=A-Ack!

=Don't slow down!
=Now's our chance! Hurry!


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=Wh-Why!? Why didn't they see us when they had the light shining right on our backs!?
=Halation!

=The same principle that creates the blind spot when you stare straight into a pair of headlights! Objects within the halation are impossible to see through the naked eye. That spot where we crossed the searchlights...

=The 5th floor window just so happens to create the angle we needed! I discovered that the two lights create a halation when the entrance angle and reflection angle are both approximately 30 degrees.
=The timing of the lights causes it to occur once every 31 cycles.

=U-Unbelievable. Y-You're unbelievable, man...

=Now then, let's be found and take a dunk in the water, shall we!
=Right.

WOOO—P


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GRA-TA-TA-TA-TA...

DAA—SH

BIP
[x2]BAP


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Part 6: Where the Corpses Drift

=What!?

=Th-Those fools!
=Didn't anyone tell them this place is completely inescapable...
=Sh-Should we begin a search!?

=No need to hurry. We know where the corpses drift to, anyways.
=Just go fetch the bodies after they've drowned!
=Yes sir!

=Damn them!
=Ruining my record as warden like this!

=But how did they...
=Get all the way to the roof!?

ZABOO—M

ZWUU—SH

=Now I understand why we rubbed grease all over our bodies. This way we won't freeze to death.


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=Whup!
ZWUU—SH

[x2]ZLIT
GRIP

=Thanks, guess it's all over if you lose concentration!

=Try not to talk. Conserve your energy.
=Right...

=D-Damn it, can't they show up, already!?

[x5]THUCK

=Those damned idiots.

=Maybe they were just trying to leave an impression.
=Hah-hah-hah...

TH-TH-THUD...


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=Hm!?

=Whoa!

DASH

=Ack—...

WHUCK

TAP

=Y-Yes, we did it!
=Nobody will suspect anything if we head straight for the place where the corpses end up!

=Heh-heh-heh, serves those bastards right!


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TH-TH-TH-THUD...

Part 7: Death Do Us Part


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=Heh-heh-heh...

=What's wrong!? We've got to hurry...

=W-Wow!

=Y-You even had something like that!?

=U-Unbelievable. You're really unbelieva...

=Hi-Hiding something like that here means—!?
=Y-You...


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BWHUP

=They said they didn't have the patience to wait for your execution...
=This was my job.
=Sh-Shit, th-they thought I would r-rat them out... before I died...

=U-Ugh...

=My name is... Golgo 13...

=This is the first time... I've ever revealed my name to my target... Zallas the Blue-Eyed!

[x2]ZWUSH


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=Pandora's Isle... So named by one of its dead inmates...
=Amid this fearsome and most awful plenty,//people, naked and in terror, were running//without hope of refuge or of heliotrope.//From Dante's Inferno

Published March, 1969.