Golgo 13 12

Golgo 13, Special Edition Volume 3, Chapter 12 (pp. 48~132)


<48>
GT the Sniper


<49>
Part 1: Beginning


<50>
=現在 几点鈡? (What time is it?)
=快到半夜 (Almost midnight.)

=好! (Good!)
=Will we really receive contact from Golgo 13?

=I don't know... We need to meet the man who will take us to him first.


<51>
=This is the spot...
=Right...

=It's time...

=啊呀!? (Huh!?)


<52>
=Don't move!!

=The CIA!!
=不好!!

[x2]SWUP

[x2]BANG
ZWUP
GWANG


<53>
CRICK-CRICK
SQUEEAK

SQUEEEAK
[x2]GRUCK
[x3]CLANK

[x3]CLANK


<54>
VWHOOOSH
[x4]CLANK

VWOO—SH

=Surround the machine. Be careful!

=Don't move!
=Put down your weapons!

BANG
[x2]GWHUCK


<55>
BAA—NG
ZWII—NG

=Ack!

BWHIT

=Resistance is futile! I'm aiming through a noctovision scope!
=Throw away your guns!

=The next one goes into your heart!

=你到这辺!! (Get over here!!)


<56>
Part 2: Connection


<57>
VROOO—M

=Chinese Intelligence sent an emergency order to the Xinhua News Agency, which holds offices in 64 countries around the world.//The order was to find a man named Golgo 13 within 24 hours... Correct?

=Yes...
=The order was issued by the man who propelled the Sino-Soviet split during the 21st communist party convention...

=The 5th ranking Maoist party member. Correct?

=Xinhua News has tremendous resources, and is under his control!! I already have my answer.
=F-Forget about that...

=When am I going to see Golgo 13!?

=You said you knew how to contact Golgo 13, and we've already used up 20 hours to find you!!

=There's not much time! Hurry up and contact him!
=Don't worry. You will definitely receive contact...


<58>
SCREECH

=What is this?
=Why the surprise? You're right in front of your own hideout!!

=B-But what about...!?
=I will make sure to contact Golgo 13...

=He will make contact with you on his own after that...

=But there's only 4 more hours before our time limit!! Y-You must contact Golgo 13 now, or else...

=I understand...//Just leave it to me.
=B-But...

=If you aren't willing to do as I say, then I suppose I'll just have to...//Forget about this entire meeting...


<59>
=Well?

=A-All right...

=那仏再見 (Then I shall see you again)
BATHUMP!

=D-Don't forget!! It's 4 more hours!
=好!!

VRRR...

SCREE—CH


<60>
Part 3: Visit

=什仏!? (What did you say!?)

=真叫人吓一!! (Unbelievable!!)

=And you just took his word for it and left!?"

=You're not an errand boy!! How could you meet the contact but not the actual man!?
=I-I'm terribly sorry, director!!

=And you settled for that after you'd lost two comrades...

=A leak to the CIA...

=Contact the mainland immediately!!
=Sir.


<61>
CHUK

=I will be resting for a short while... Let me know as soon as you receive word from Golgo 13.
=Yes sir.

SHWUCK

=Who is that!?

DASH
PLICK
CHUK

=Huh!?
=You again!?


<62>
=Who is he!?
=Th-This is Golgo 13's contact.

=Forget about that... Tell me about the job...

=Huh!?
=What exactly do you mean!?

=The contact did his job within the 4 hours...
=And now the man himself has appeared in person...

=Huh!?
=Th-That means...

=You are... Golgo 13!!

=B-But how did you get into this room...?
=You must know more about those techniques than I do...

=I see... So you are Golgo 13...
=対不起... (Please excuse our behavior.)


<63>
=Hm... I should be the one apologizing, visiting you in this manner...
=He told me how you saved his life. I offer you my sincere thanks.

=Please... Take a seat!!

=Ah, yes...
=You never sit in front of anybody.

=So you know some things about me...

=A few things... It's only natural to read the fine print when purchasing an expensive machine.

=By the way, CIA agents appearing at the exact time and location of the meeting means...

=Yes. Embarrassingly enough, there was a leak...


<64>
=But we have already taken steps...

=It should all be over within 10 hours!!//Please take some time to rest until then...
=I thought you were on a time limit... Now that the CIA knows, you're going to await orders from the mainland?

=Exactly. Our purpose for contacting you...
=If those plans have already reached the CIA, then we must await further orders...

=I see...
=So you can't tell me anything about the job until then...

=My apologies... We had expected none of this... I hope you understand.

=But we will do our absolute best to keep you entertained until then.


<65>
=Come this way, please...

[x2]CLAP

CHUK!


<66>
Part 4: Waiting

[x2]SLIP!


<67>
=請到这ル来 (Please...)

=No need for that...

=I'd prefer for you to leave me alone, but if that will cause you trouble, then you can just take a nap on the bed together.

=It's a habit...//Nothing to worry yourself about...


<68>
=A habit?
=He must mean he doesn't want to get careless by entering the bed...

=Careless? B-But we aren't...

=The client may not always turn out to be an ally...


<69>
=Truly... A machine...

=Unbelievable...

Part 5: Training


<71>
=25 minutes...

CHUK!

SLUCK

SWUP-CHUK

SHUCK


<72>
[x2]GRIP

[x2]TUG

=Morning exercises... I suppose.

=T-The speed of that right draw... How many could actually match...

=她不!! (None!)
=He's even better than expected...
=Sir!!

=This man might really pull it off...


<73>
Part 6: Business Deal

=早!! (Good morning)
BATHUMP

=All the business with the CIA has been dealt with!! There is no longer any reason for concern!!
=Discipline by blood, huh...

=Precisely!! In our language, the phrase is "Eliminate the traitors..."

=I am Lihua, an operative of the united front!!//We shall be proceeding with the operation as planned!! Therefore, I would like to arrange our contract at once...


<74>
=30 million in Japanese yen!! It's been exchanged to dollars and wired to a Swiss bank account!!//Here are the bonds!!

=A line is available if you would like confirmation...

=That doesn't seem necessary...

=As for your other condition, we will reveal our plans to you in their entirety!!

=We are running short on time. We must depart immediately!!

=I will explain everything on the way!!
=Before that...

=Why don't you introduce me... To the gentleman in the back...

=H-He is just a subordinate of mine...


<75>
=W-Wait!!

=Farewell... I doubt we will ever cross paths again.

=W-Why!?

=Forgive me... I am Hsu Sheng, the one in charge... But I have rarely shown my face in public before...
=You were able to eliminate the traitor quickly because you knew exactly who it was beforehand. Yet, you didn't get rid of them until just now!!

=Which means that the traitor was too well-known to eliminate for any old reason. Your country is currently in the midst of a Cultural Revolution. Which means that the traitor was part of the Liu party...
=An even higher-ranking official must take charge in order to eliminate someone like that.

=And finishing it in 10 hours or less means that you departed Beijing and...
=Exactly right!! My deepest apologies!!

=Please disregard my presence and cooperate with us!!
=Mr. Golgo 13!!


<76>
Part 7: Actual Spot

RRRR...

=Swiss-Austrian border...


<77>
GRRRR—

GWOO—M


<78>
HOOT—

GUUSH—

[x2]SLIP

CLACK


<79>
=The Austrian railroad's Transalpine departs from Vienna//And travels to Basel, Switzerland at 110km/h!!
=This is our current location!!

=This is the time schedule we calculated. And the departure times from the Dornbirn station!!
=The target must be shot...

=Aboard the Transalpine!! If there is even a possibility of doing it there...

=But this is really the only way we can think of!!
=The only possible chance to target him would be aboard this train!!

=Allow me to explain!! The target is currently under custody at the U.S. embassy in Vienna!!//Guarded by over 20 CIA agents. All veterans.

=And the 2km surrounding the embassy have been cordoned by a special order from the Austrian government. Essentially to a state of martial law...

=Additional CIA agents have been deployed throughout the city. An assassination at the embassy is out of the question!!

=Hmm—...


<80>
=In four days, at 6am of the 16th, the target will be transported to West Station via Mariahilfer street.
=10 or more vehicles will likely depart from the embassy.//For both camouflage and protection...//Therefore, there is no way for us to tell which vehicle the target is in!!

=The vehicles will of course be bulletproofed, and agents will be prowling the route to the station.

=The guards will form a "human wall" for cover inside the station!!
=We can't disguise an accident, and we can't plant explosives either!! The CIA will be deploying their special forces unit...

=Even if that were a possibility, we absolutely cannot move to such measures!! If anything were to happen to ordinary citizens, the relationship between our country and Austria would rapidly deteriorate!!

=Which means...
=That we must find a way somewhere along the train's route...

=What about after he enters Switzerland...?


<81>
=U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk is scheduled to arrive in Switzerland at noon for an unofficial visit.

=The CIA is transporting the target to Switzerland to arrange a top secret meeting between Rusk and the target.
=Two bigwigs, huh...

=We must succeed, even if we know all this is impossible... If we fail, we will be...

=Penalty by death... I see!!

=An assassination in Switzerland will add yet another layer of impossibility to the already impossible...
=Precisely!! With your skills and experience... We are hoping you can find some shred of possibility!!

=Tell me about the inside of the train...
=Sir!
BEEP

SST SST...

=The CIA will have the target board compartment #101...!!


<82>
Part 8: Shooting Mark

=Vienna, Austria...//U.S. embassy...

=You will be boarding compartment #101.
=好了!! (Understood!!)


<83>
=All the CIA operatives in Eastern Europe have been mobilized for your protection!! We guarantee you absolute safety!!

=As for your compartment window, we will attach special bulletproof glass from the inside.

=Every nook and cranny of the compartment itself, will of course be searched throughly by our team.//The rest of the train as well!! Explosives, a gas attack through the ventilation, manipulation of the heating machinery... Every possibility will be accounted for!!

=謝謝您哪!!

=Four guards will be on watch outside your compartment, and a guard will be placed in each of the adjacent compartments!!


<84>
=The conductor and stewards have all been cleared,

=Our team will be bringing in infrared sensors, metal detectors, even Geiger counters!!//The only chance they have left would be explode the train, but I only list that as a theoretical possibility. Not a plan that could actually be carried out.

=6 guards will also be deployed at the Dornbirn station!!
BAM!

=Very impressive...

=Assisting your defection is of the utmost importance to our mission for world peace, Mr. Tok Mei Wang!!

=The CIA is proud to have this opportunity. Now we will learn the structure of the Chinese intelligence agency, along with up to date details on Beijing.//Your assistance will prove a most welcome addition to our plans in the Far East.


<85>
Part 9: Aiming
HO—NK

=After departing from Dornbirn, the Transalpine curves abruptly 5 minutes into its route, and starts running along the border.//And over the 19km route to Rorschach, Switzerland...
SWU—SH

=Its speed drops from 110 to 90km.


<86>
=Stop!!
=Run it again!!

CREE...AK!

[x2]SWU—SH
SW-SWU—SH


<87>
=W-Well? Mr. Golgo 13!!
=I can't say!!

SHWUCK


<88>
SWU—SH

=Does the target have any bodily defects?

=None at all!!
=Oh, excuse me!!

=He has a chronic illness!! Diabetes!!

=Does he take medicine?
=Yes, he's very particular about that... He takes insulin tables each day at the same time.

=What time...?

=3pm exactly!!


<89>
[x3]CLACK

=You said the departure time from Dornbirn was... 2:50?

=Yes, 2:50pm!!

TZZT

SQUIK

=Just one...//Just one tiny possibility!!


<90>
=If the timing is off by even 2 seconds, the plan will be ruined...
=Do you still wish to chance it?
=E-Even if it's one-thousandth of a percentage, as long as there's a chance...

=Then the position...

=Is here!!


Part 10: Fitting


<91>
[x3]CLA—NK
CLANK!

PING!

TI—NK
TINK
TINK!


<92>
CHUK!

[x2]CLACK

KACHIINK

GACHUK!

[x3]CLACK

GACHUK
TII—NG

CREEAK...

[x2]GACHUK


<93>
=Which one?

=Anschütz

=The German-made world's best sniping rifle, huh!! Single-shot bolt action and very little kick, but it's packs a 22-caliber.


<94>
CHUK

BWAP

=Drop the targets in 1 second...

CHUK

[x3]CLICK

BLIP

SHUCK

BAA—NG

BAP

GACHUK

=Yah!!


<95>
CHUK

BAA—NG

BAP

=Customize it to a 30.06...
=And have it shoot armor-piercing bullets...
CHUK

=And an electric-set trigger.

=The hammer drops faster electronically than mechanically.
=It's less than an 0.1 second difference.

=The faster the better. Plus, the gun fires with only a light pull on the trigger, with almost no kick.

=I see this must be serious...//It's not impossible, but I'll need time.
=I only have 10 hours.

=The pay is 20,000 dollars...
=Hmm, I'll give it a shot.


<96>
Part 11: Stock

BWHII—R

=11, 12, 13, 14, 好!!

VRR—


<97>
VRRR—

VRRR

SCREE—CH


<98>
SCREE—CH

GWII—R

VROO—M


<99>
=Passed sniping point!
=10, 9, 8...

=7, 6, 5, 4...
=Ah!!

=什仏!? (What!?)

=不好. (No good)

SCREECH...

=That was no good...?
=4 seconds, director... The margin of error is 2 seconds.

=是!!
=Our 22nd failed attempt...

=But we must keep trying!! But... You're absolutely certain about the calculations?
=Sir.


<100>
=Blue Team is already on its 500th confirmation.//We should receive contact shortly.
=If they find an error there,

=Our Red Team must start everything over again...
=Nobody on the Blue Team has slept these past 2 days...

=They're working like their life depends on it.
=Same goes for us.

=Right, let's begin the 23rd attempt.

Part 12: Count


<101>
GWWW...R

GWUU—SH
RRR...


<102>
[x3]GA-TH-THUCK
[x2]GU-TH-THUCK


<103>
=不好!!

=I think you're walking too slowly... I can't explain why, but...
=I worked alongside that man for 31 years,//And my intuition tells me there is still something wrong with your movements. We need to watch that tape again!!

=They're said to be the world's most patient race... Now I see why.

=Right, start the tape.


<104>
=His watch goes off...

=He walks...

=A special tablet of protamine zinc insulin...
=Taken at a temperature of 60 °C...

=Would it be possible in this case... To turn the boiler on just before, so that the water temperature rises to 60° at exactly 3:00?
=No...

=Wang Tok Mei's punctuality borders on insanity. He even notices when his watch falls behind by a second... A man like that has a sixth sense for assessing his own mental state to act in the most practical way possible.


<105>
=Wang's alarm is exactly that. You can see from this film.//He doesn't take the medicine at exactly 3:00. He begins to act at exactly 3:00. Golgo 13 was certain after watching this.

=S-So the man is capable of psychoanalysis as well?

=It appears so... The experts were of the exact same opinion.


Part 13: Repetition

=打了三点了 (After 3:00), 31.6 seconds...

=32 seconds...
=31.9 seconds...


<106>
=500th attempt, 30 seconds...
=好!!
=Contact Red Team immediately.

[x3]CLANK

CHUK!

=Our plan is complete.


<107>
=Black Team, you're up last. Finish before the train is put into the hangar at 0:10. There are 22 electric water pots on the Transalpine!! All of them. Understand? All of them must be...

=Tomorrow!! No matter what happens, it'll all be over tomorrow.

Part 14: Eve


<108>
SST...

SWUP!


<109>
CHUK!

BATHUMP!
=Oh?

=Am I bothering you?

=No... Just...
=I need to get some sleep ahead of tomorrow...

=I'm sorry, I just wanted to discuss something...

=You're going to be the driver, aren't you...?


<110>
=I may not look it, but I do have an international license...//You don't trust me?
=No...

=I'm just worried because the slightest error in your driving will ruin everything, that's all.

=You wished to discuss something?

=When a man and woman must work together... When they need to become one in order to accomplish something,

=The best way to prepare is...

=Don't you think so?

=If you can stand an old woman like me, could I ask you this favor?

GRIP


<111>
BWAP...

Part 15: Guard

GWUU—SH


<112>
GWUU—SH
HOO—T

[x2]GA-TH-THUCK
GU-TH-THUCK

GA-TH-THUCK...
THUCKTHUCK...


<113>
[x3]GA-TH-THUCK
[x3]GU-TH-THUCK

=Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states an individual's right to seek refuge in other countries in the case of persecution, but proving the persecution of an individual is difficult during times of peace.

=Much less in Tok Mei Wang's case, where the defection was the result of an ideological feud. The CIA's intention is to flaunt Wang's defection to the rest of the world, and for that they must make it appear as if he had defected by his own means, leading to the creation of these circumstances.

=And for that reason, they did not place guards within Wang's private quarters...
TH-TH-THUCK
GA-TH-THUCK
TH-TH...


<114>
Part 16: Filling

[x3]GA-TH-THUCK


<115>
=The requested heating pot.

CHUK!

[x3]BZZ...

=All clear.
=Go ahead.
=Thank you...

=The steward. Verified and no sign of weapons. Over.

[x2]GA-TH-THUCK
TH-TH-THUCK


<116>
=The water will begin to boil after it's been plugged in.
=Thanks.

[x3]PIP!

[x2]CHUK

ZZ...

=No sign of poison or radiation.
=No sign of explosives.

[x2]KNOCK

CHUK


<117>
=Everything is going as planned, Mr. Wang. Please rest assured!!
=謝謝

=I'll leave this here.
=We've checked it throughly so there's no reason to worry.

[x2]=謝謝

HOO—T


<118>
Part 18: Barrel

SGREEEEAK

=Border station Dornbirn...//Stoppage time: 7 minutes...


<119>
BATHUMP

GRIN!

VRRR—


<120>
GA-TH-THUCK

=Departure, 14:50 exactly
HOO—T
GATHUCK
THUCK
GA-TH-THUCK

GWUUSH


<121>
Part 18: Trigger


<122>
=Watch out, they're Chinese!!

[x2]GA-TH-THUCK
TH-THUCK

GWUU—SH


<123>
VROO—M

=11, 12, 13, 14, 好!!

GVUUSH


<124>
GWOOO—SH

RRRR...

PLICK!


<125>
BLICK
=AHHH—!!

=AAAA—CK!!

[x2]BZZ
BZZZZZT


<126>
BWUP

CHUK


<127>
DWHUUUU—CK

CHUK
GACHII—NG


<128>
DWHUUU—NG

BWII—P


<129>
DWUDD
THUDD!

SCREE—CH
GWIRR—


<130>
SCREE—CH
ZWUSH


<131>
=Well!? Did you get him!?

HOOO—NK...


<132>
=Defector, Tok Mei Wang shot.//Time 15:00:32...//However, the rest of the world would not learn of these events, through neither print nor voice. FOREVER...

Published August, 1969.