Soil 11

Soil, Volume 2, Chapter 11 (pp. 85~110)


<85>
=20:48,
=The paper boy delivers the late evening paper.


<86>
=20:51,

=Mr. Masateru Suzushiro picks up the evening paper.

=Goes back inside.

=...And now...
"Exposed"

=The time of the incident...


<87>
=The blackout happens...

=At 20:59...

=ZWISH

=ZZZZT....


<88>
=Huh?

=Huh?
=I didn't do anything!

=U-Umm...
=I-It appears as though... The blackout caused all the cameras to cease function...


<89>
=ZZZZT...

=Nothing was recorded until 6:42...
=When the electricity was restored...

=Huh? What? Then what about the other one!?
=The middle school!?
=L-Likewise...

=ZZZZT....


<90>
=When the cameras started working again in the morning...
=The "salt mountain" was already...

=Whaaaaaaat!? Are you seriousssssss!?
=Well, it should've been obvious. It was a blackout, after all.

=Which means,
=The council leader didn't know what happened that night either.

=...So the question is,//Why did Mrs. Miyahara kill the council president...?

=We-

=Well, about that...


<91>
=GLUCK

[x3]=ZZT

[x2]=ZZZT

[x2]=ZZZZT


<92>
=EEK...! EEK...!
=EEEEEEEEK...!

=I-I'm sorry...!
=I'm sorry...!

=...She's not in any condition to be questioned...

=Does she knows the whereabouts of her son...?
=Dunno unless we ask her.

=But... Honestly, I just can't imagine...
=That Kento would...


<93>
=...He didn't have very many friends.
=I saw him alone most of the time...

=I only thought of him as a shy and inconspicuous teenager...

=It seemed like he was very attached to his mother...
=Maybe because he lost his father at an early age...

=Look, what've I told you about looks deceiving!?//No one shows their true colors until they've locked the door to their own room!

=Who knows what this ugly bitch is doing when she's by herself.
=UCK


<94>
=Huh? Did you jerk your head just now?//Are you doing weird stuff like that?
=Hey, Ms. Onoda?
=Sh-Shut up!!

=Anyways,//That's all for the previews.
=PAT

=This stuff is even more interesting.
=And it's all caught on tape, ya know!?
=Huh?

=BZZT
=TINK


<95>
[x2]=TINK

[x2]=CLICK
=...It's my fault...

=...It's all my fault...

=All because... I'm so tainted...

=Everyone around me... Is becoming tainted because of me...


<96>
=I'm probably going to...
=Taint this entire world...

=GARUCK

=Ms. Kosaka's coming back soon.


<97>
=You're here for counseling, aren't you?
=Why don't you go wait inside?

=I just need to hand this to her.

=Hey, why're you standing in the corner?//Why don't you sit down?


<98>
=Here, c'mon.

=BWHIP

=...S-Sorry...

=...You'll get tainted...
=...If you touch me...

=PFFT!


<99>
[x2]=AH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!
=So you really do talk like that!

=Hey, you're...
=Kento from Class B, aren't you?

=Everyone says you're gloomy.
=That you don't talk to anybody.

=And you're always in the counseling room when you come to school.

=I'm Mizuki Suzushiro,
=From Class C.


<100>
[x2]=GRIT

[x2]=GRIT
=...This is all my fault...//My fault that something like this happened...

=All because I...
[tag]8th Grade, Class C//Mizuki Suzushiro
=Tainted you...

=...Mizuki...

=I'm...
=Going to save you...

=I'll find you...
=No matter what...


<101>
=All they do is keep secrets...
[letter]To the cItizEns Of soiL NEw ToWn
=Just one scrap of paper...

[far right]GET OUT
[top right]LIAR LIAR
[bottom right]ASSHOLE
[center sign]CRIMINAL
[top left]CULPRIT
[bottom left]HYPOCRITE
=Makes them go crazy...

[door]DEATH

=Something's going to happen...


<102>
=Come!
=Just keep walking!

=They won't be able to act like innocent bystanders anymore...

=It won't be long...
=Before I find out...

=Who took you...
=From me...

=The people from the town will open their mouths...


<103>
=...Every secret will come to light...


<104>
=I heard the council president doesn't have any relatives...
=What? Then this is coming out of the council fund?

=How terrible... A murder, in our town...
=My children are terrified after what happened to the Suzushiros too...

=But why would Mrs. Miyahara kill the council president...?
=Yes, Mrs. Miyahara...
=Why did she...?

=Was Kento her son's name...?
=I feel sorry for him. Having a murderer for a mother...

=I heard he's staying in Nagano, but...
=He probably won't be...
=Yeah...


<105>
=...the nerve to show her face...

=Hey!//Wait a second!

=...Yes?

=Don't play dumb... I know it's you people!!
=You're the ones making those nasty phone-calls everyday!

=...Nasty...? ...Really?
=You're one to talk...
=What does that mean!?

=Everyone knows what you were doing...


<106>
=What did you do the Suzushiros...?

=And a kidnapping in the end... Dear dear...

=Then what about you!?
=Don't you dare pretend like you're innocent!!
=AHHH!


<107>
=Stop it! Not in front of the children!!
=What are you talking about!? It's your fault that my kids are suffering!!

=You hated the Suzushiros too, didn't you!?

=You did horrible things because you wanted to get rid of them, didn't you!?

=Don't pretend like you're weren't involved!!


<108>
=Wasn't everyone doing it!?

=Everyone here is the same!!