Soil 17

Soil, Volume 3, Chapter 17 (pp. 7~30)


<7>
=This girl has probably taken refuge...
=By falling into a state of unconsciousness...


<8>
=After all, she's going to have to face the reality of what happened to her when she wakes up...

=Quite appalling, really...
=It's a cruel world, isn't it...

=GRIP

=How much longer are you gonna fool around, Onoda.
=Let's get the hell outta here.

"A Cruel World"


<9>
=Excuse me—
=There's a few things I'd like to ask you...
[x2]=SHUCK

=Oh! H-Hey!
=SWUP
[x2]=SHUCK


<10>
=Man, this is awkward...
=Guess I went a little too far with the scolding...

=Oh.

=Hello there, Mr. Yokoi, and Mr. Onoda.
=He-H-H-H-
=H-Hel-Hel-Hel-

=I see...
=So the girl still hasn't recovered...

=A-A-A-Any witnesses...?
=Well, with the town in this condition...


<11>
=But I'm gonna catch that son of a bitch no matter what!
=I won't rest till I've put the cuffs on him myself!

=Y-Y-You have our full cooperation...
=Ahh!?

=We're dealing with the Suzushiro disappearance!
=We don't have time to stick our heads into stupid cases, you idiot!

=Y-Y-You're calling it a stupid case again...!
=H-H-Have you no compassion, Sergeant Yokoi...?
=HAA—CK

=SPIT
=Let's go, Onoda.
=We gotta find that dick-rubbing brat.
=S-S-S-Sergeant Yokoi—!!


<12>
=Ohh, they're an admirable group of kids.

=They left town after graduating middle school,
=But they're originally from "Soil." They come back every now and then,
=And clean the parks on their own like that...

=They may not look it, but I guess they really love this town...

=Hello sir—
=Hi, hello there.


<13>
=GRACK

=RATTLE RATTLE
=RATTLE

=What the fuck man!?

=Mi-Mit-chan...
=...Mr. Yokoi, what are you...?


<14>
=Excuse us—

=The cops are moving.

=Maybe doing that girl was a bad idea.
=Uck
=Uck

=So what now?
=We're in trouble if she wakes up, right?


<15>
=Just make it so that she doesn't wake up.

=Ohh—

=Yeah, that's true.
=It's sad, but it's the only way.
=DAHHHH

=Wahh... Uck... Uck... Ahhhh...
=Yep yep, you're right Ton-chan.
=It's sad. Really sad.


<16>
=This must've been a lotta work.
=Thanks a lot.

=Alright, then next time...
=I want you to bring us a photo of your parents having sex.
=Huuuh!?

=N-N-N-No way! Th-That's impossible!!
=Huh? What, you think they don't do it?
=Just keep watching them for a while and they'll start it up!

=But... I don't want to...
=I don't want to watch that...

=You have to watch, even if you don't want to!!
=Watch it all with your very own eyes!!


<17>
=Alright, then you wanna come with us?
=To the "Ghost Building?"
=N-N-N-No way!! No way!!

=Alright, then it's a deal.
=And go throw this away.

=Hey, hold on a sec.

=Lemme beat you up for a little bit.
=CLICK


<18>
=...It's silent, just like the rest of the town...

=I wonder what could be troubling the children's minds so much...
=Hah!

=Skipping school. That's the only thing on their minds all year long!


<19>
=AHHH!!!

=Oh... I'm sorry...
=A-Are you alright...?


<20>
=I-I'm sorry, I must look terribly suspicious...

=I excavated these from the empty lot over there,
=It's a Jomon accessory, and...

=Oh. Not interested, huh.
=Uhh, it was Kento-kun, wasn't it...

=He didn't show up to my classes very often...
=And he was just so quiet all the time, and...
=Honestly, he didn't leave much of an impression...


<21>
=Actually, I think I saw more of him when I was outside excavating...

=I saw him walking aimlessly around the empty lots several times...
=This was during school hours, so I was a little worried...

=I guess that's about it...
=Sorry I can't be of much use...


<22>
=U-Umm...
=M-M-M-May I ask you something else?
=Huh?

=A-About that girl who was assaulted the other day,
=I'd like to hear more about when she was discovered...

=*tsk*

=Ma—n

=Empty-handed again, huh.
=Guess it's gonna be noodles back at the station.

=And what is up with you wasting my precious time like that?
=Women start going on a personal crusade when it comes to those kinds of cases.


<23>
=I-It's not because I am a woman...
=A-A-As a detective it is my duty to...

=BLIT
=You gotta finish up your own case first if you're a detective, stooopid.

=We get all worked up each time something comes up,
=But in the end, we haven't gotten anything about the Suzushiro disappearance.

=Let's get the hell outta here, Onoda.
=I'm starving already!
=BLIT


<24>
[x?]HUFF


<25>
[x?]HUFF


<26>
=HAHH!!

=EEK...!!


<27>
=Owwwww

=My blister opened up.

=ZLICK
=...This late already...

=Guess a nap wouldn't...

=UCK


<28>
=...You won't tell anyone I tattled...?
=O-Of course, I promise...

=But did those three really...?

=...Whenever they come back here... They do all kinds of bad stuff, and...
=It's almost like... They have some sort of vendetta against the town...

=But... Nobody knows anything about that...
=Because... Whenever they do something...
=They always make sure to do it where no one's watching...

=Where no one's watching...?

=...The "Ghost Building..."


<29>
=The abandoned building... Out in the empty lot...
=No one goes near it because people say it's haunted...

=They kidnap girls from outside the town...
=And bring them to that building and rape them...

=So... The girl who got attacked the other day...
=Must've also been brought into that building and...

=TRRRR
=UCK

[x6]=TRRR


<30>
[x?]=TRRR