Freesia 79

Freesia, Chapter 79 (Monthly Ikki, July 2009)


<1>
=Souda...!
Chapter 79: One-Man Enterprise (2)

=What's wrong, Bobby?

=I'll keep him busy,
=You get back to the bus, Tanaka-kun.


<2>
=Wha...

=What are you talking about! We're going back together!
=You're not planning to duke it out with that monster, are you!?

=6 of my men died.
=I can't run back without doing anything.

=I don't need anymore memories,
=That'll wake me up in the middle of the night.

=I'd rather fight and regret,
=Than run and regret it anyways.

=Bobby...

=Hurry.//He's coming.


<3>
=Please stand back!
=You can't go into the store right now!

=Someone's shooting a gun in there...!
GACHUK
=There's lots of bodies on the ground!
=The phones aren't working...!

=We can't let you in at the moment because of the electric leakage!//Yeah right!

=My car...!//Where's my bus!?

=Fuck...!
=It's still not here!


<4>
[bubble]B..

WOOOOO


<5>
WOOOO

=Air-raid alert! Air-raid alert!//In 120 seconds, the entire area will become a light-outs zone.
=If you are in a vehicle, please turn off the engine and disembark, leaving the key in place.//All persons should make their way to the nearest subway or shelter immediately.

=Sure this isn't another false alarm!?
=It's probably a drill.
=Dad's not answering his phone!
=Hurry hurry.
=Just shoot 'em down quickly, okay—!?


<6>
WOOOOOOO


<7>
=What's going on...?
=Sirens...?

=You again... I seem to run into you a lot.//So you were tailing me again.
=This time you aren't hesitant though...//Which makes it easier for me, actually.

=Concentrate.
=He's trying to pry into your psyche by making useless banter.

=What I'm seeing now is just an afterimage.
=Every piece of information he's giving me is part of his trap.

=In any case,
=I've got to aim somewhere within that square frame...


<8>
=It's like a goal kick.//It's a question of probability, but there's ways to improve my chances.
=Take the mental initiative and make myself unpredictable.
=Anything to get his mind confused...

=Uhh... Let's see.

=What?

=Oh yeah!
=Did you know "The Phantom is my friend?"

=Phantom?//Friend?

=It worked!?


<9>
SWUP

=I think...


<10>
[x4]WHAP


<12>
=Ahh...!
=The flowers I got from Miho-chan...

=How dare you!


<13>
BWIP

=The lights...
THUD

=It's da—rk!
=Watch your step...
=Mommy!
=Don't worry, the emergency lights will start working!
=What's that sound...!?


<14>
=Ahh!

=Whoa!
FWOOSH
[x3]BRIP

GWUUUSH
=It's a bombing!
=They got the communications center!
=After they just moved it, too...


<15>
=Tanaka-kun, where are you—!

=Th...!
=There they are!

=He—y!
=Tanaka-kun—!


<16>
=Shit...

=Tanaka...!//Kuu—n!

=Tanaka...!
=Whoa!
=Pull 'em down!
=Get off, you piece of shit!

=Bobby...
=You gotta hold up a little longer than that...


<17>
=Tanaka...
=Kuu—n.

=Hey,
=It's Tanaka-kun!
=EEK!

=Where are you going!?


<18>
THUD
=Ow...!

=Watch where you're going, dick-head!
=The aircraft is the enemy's newest stealth fighter.

=Number of enemies is unknown. Infiltration route is confirmed. Guiding units for interception.
=Additional reinforcements coming in from the north.

=Where are they...? Nothing's coming up on the radar.

=I can't find it.


<19>
=Why...!?
=Why am I being chased around like this!?

=Listen, that thing!
=Was an accident! How many times do I need to repeat myself!?

=That bitch...
=Stole my mom's bracelet.

=That's why no matter how hard I looked...!
=I couldn't find it...!

=Thanks to her...
=Mom abandoned me.


<20>
=Bastard...!
[x3]THUD


<21>
=So,//That's the deal—

=Looks like yet another completely irrational job,
=Is about to get finished.
TAP


<22>
ZWUP..

=I'm a busy man.
=I've got other things to take care of.


<23>
=Stop—!
ZZT
THUCK

=Well, I know you probably want to have your own say, but
=It's my job, you see—

=Why me!?//There's other people you can take revenge on!

=Like where.


<24>
=Look, up there!
=There's a mass murderer—!

=You kill him,//And you'll make everyone happy!
=Right!?//Hero! You're gonna be a hero—!

=Oh—
=You... Don't seem to understand anything.
GWUUUSH

=You see...


<25>
=That person,
=Is just doing their job.
RRRRRRRR

=Just like me.


<26>
=Wait...

THUUUD