Short Program 9

Short Program, Volume 1, Chapter 9 (pp. 267~284)


<267>
What in the World
Part 2


<268>
=Clairvoyance!?

=Yep!//100% when it comes to numbers!

=Seriously...?

=Even in that card game,//I knew exactly what was coming up!

=Well then—
=—But, it doesn't do me any good...

=Huh...?

=I tell anyone,
=And it always turn out wrong...

=When I just watch, I'm always 100% right...//Even lottery tickets. I know exactly what the winner is...//But if I buy one or tell anyone else, I'm always wrong.


<269>
=Hmm—

=It's okay,//You don't have to believe me.

=I can't prove it,//Plus, it's a totally useless ability!
=Who cares.

=Oops, sorry.//I'm supposed to be a shoujo manga artist!
=There's no way a shoujo manga artist could be that cute!
[bubble]HAHA...

=Ah...

=Th-That was him in the manga!
=I would never say such a...


<270>
=—Anyways,

=Enter famed detective.

=If I can't get names,
=I've got this!

=Heh-heh...
=—Exactly//Handwriting!

=Leave the best for last—//It's how I roll.

=—Which means,
=Hey,//Ms. Flight Attendant!

=I'm writing a letter to my friend...//But I forgot how to spell this word—


<271>
="Absolute deadline"//—Can you write that here?
=Huh?

=Ab...//So...
=Mr. Detective, come quickly!

=Here,//Take a look!
=What a noisy manga artist...

=What's he doing?
=Can't you see? That's...

=The famous geoglyph from Peru!
=He's really taken to this alien thing, hasn't he—


<272>
=Hey there—!

=Here,//Mr. Detective!
PLOP

=Can't believe you didn't know something that simple!//You should be ashamed of yourself!
=Thanks...

[bubble]Attention Please
=No way—
[x2]THUD

=She can't...

[x2]Absolute deadline


<273>
[x3]Absolute deadline

THUCK

*wriggle*


<274>
=Satomi Nishijima...

=The past 3 years... //Through sadness and hardship,
=Her letters had given me so much strength...

=Her kindness, her sensitivity.
=What an ideal person she was...

=...Was.
GUFFAW


<275>
=You're not going to ski?//Mr. Detective...

=No...
=My stomach is a little...

=A stomach ache before your favorite meal...
=A turtle climbed to the top of the tree,//And crashed right to the ground!

=And again and again!//A couple birds saw how pathetic this was—!

=You know what they said?
=Nope.

="It's time to tell him he's adopted."


<276>
=Cha-ching,//Get it!?
=That's hilarious!
HAH-HAH-HAH
*whistle*

=My—How jolly!
=A masked ball in the snowy mountains—This is great!

=I'll write a short story about all this!
=Let's see, in two parts of—//20 pages and 18 pages!

=It's bound to be a best-seller!//GUFFAW
[bubble]Moron//Needs more pages
=Are you okay?//Your stomach...

=Huh?
=Stomach!

=Oh,//Yes...

=I'm not asking her to be this cute or anything...


<277>
=Just plain...//—No,//Even that face...
PHEW

=If only the kindness and sensitivity were real...
=We need more,//More beer—!
=Hurry up, you old hag!

GUFFAW
=Damn it...//I gotta get drunk—!
=Here you go.
=Oh,//Thanks...

=Hey,//Whoa...
=What's wrong with me?
SOB

=Dang...


<278>
=You dropped this.
=Huh?

=Lottery ticket...
=Was it no good?

=Oh, no...
=I don't know yet...

=Hmm... Guess I did buy this...//Forgot all about it—

=...Yeah,//Maybe after I dream a little more...
=Huh?

=Oh,
=Just some jibba-jabba!

=Show me the ticket number!
=Huh?


<279>
=—Here.

=Oh,//I'm not gonna say anything—

=Clairvoyance goes wrong if she tells anyone...

=Hey—None for you, Keiichi-san!
=You've still got entrance exams!
[bubble]YEP


<280>
[x2]BWOOP

[x2]THUD

[bubble]Hi

=Have you seen this man anywhere!?

=There he is—!
=Huh!!
[bubble]Drink up

[x2]ZWUSH

=Keiichi...

=OOPS


<281>
=P-Please save me, good people of Earth!!//I have an important mission—!

BATHUMP

[x2]BWOOP

=Not to worry—//We'll be sure to keep The Earth safe!//Hah-hah!

=You've got quite a poor disguise for a detective!

SWUP

=Ah.

=The one who knit it knows best—
=Last year's birthday gift!


<282>
=Thanks for wearing it.
[x2]shuff

Absolute deadline!

=Yes, it's my handwriting!//The flight attendant asked me.

=DA-DUM—!


<283>
=Hey, look!//The ambulance went up the mountain.
=Hospital must be up there, I guess...

=Alright!//Now I can really start studying for those entrance exams—!

=Remember your application number?

=Yeah.
=No. 2407

=2407...

=Don't worry! You'll get in!
=Really!?


<284>
=Ah...

[x2]BWOOP
The End

=I-I wasn't//Not one frame...!
=Well,//That's it for now
[x2]THUP

What in the World, Part 2 (END)