Soil 18

Soil, Volume 3, Chapter 18 (pp. 33~56)


<33>
=L-L-Look, I asked you to stop calling this number....

=Huh? But aren't you "20 year old office worker seeking to grumble about her boss?"
=You registered on that dating site, didn't you?
=T-T-T-That was just on the impulse of the moment...

=Why don't you tell me what you're having trouble with?
=I might be able to help you out.

=I... I-I-I am...
=Hmm?
=I am...


<34>
=I am 26 years old! I am an officer in the criminal investigation department!
=And I am willing to take on any case! No matter how difficult it may be!

=BLICK

=THUD
=UREEEEEEEEEEK!!
[x2]=FWAP

=GREEAK

=That day, Mr. Tokita was doing his excavation work in this vicinity...
[x2]=GREAK
=The girl came walking over from this direction... And fell.
=GREEE
[circle]TOKITA


<35>
=However, no matter how far you walk...
=GREEE
[circle]TOKITA

=Over in this direction...
=GREEE
=It's all empty lots. As far as the eye can see...

=GREEAK

=What lies beyond this point...?
=GREAK
=Think, Onoda...
=GREAK
[x2]=CLAT

=Think...
=GRIT
=GREEE
=GRIT

=GOCK

"Ghost Building"
=Oh!


<36>
=She's not moving at all.

=What should we do now...?
=How do you get a person to die...?


<37>
=Let's keep it simple.
=Something where we can tell "Oh, she just died."
=DAHHHH

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

WHOOOOOSH


<38>
WHOOSH
[x2]=RATTLE

WHOOOSH
[x3]=SHUCK

WHOOSH...
=O-O-O-Officer Katakuri!?
=Oh! Ms. Onoda!?


<39>
=Uhh, I just got a call from the hospital...!
=The girl...! Miss Kataoka has been kidnapped...!!
=Whaaat!?

=S-S-S-So do you k-k-know where she is...!?
=Yes!
WHOOOSH
=C-C-Could it be the abandoned building up ahead...!?
=Huh!? How did you know!?

=H-Hey, Ms. Onoda!!
[x3]=GASP
=Huh!?

=Please gimme a ride!!
=Oh! I-I-I'm terribly sorry!!
WHOOSH


<40>
=...She's alive...

=I can feel her blood pumping...

=Wonder how many seconds it takes.
=AHHHH
=DAHHHH

=...This is boring.

=Why don't you put up a fight?
=You're about to die right now.


<41>
=Yeah, you get pretty worked up when they put up a fight, Mit-chan.
=Like getting bitten and stuff.

=...That bitch...

=I've still got the scar left...

=Yeah... That girl was crazy.//Just lying out on the road like that...

=But we didn't do anything bad.
=She was the one lying there like an idiot.
=She was asking for it.

=She can't complain even if she gets kidnapped.


<42>
=Ahh Uhh... Ahh Ahh...

=Huh? Did you get a hard-on from remembering, Ton-chan?//She was a cute girl, wasn't she.

=Uhh...

=AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


<43>
=GRICK
=GAH-HEE!?

=AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
=BWHIP
=Oh?
=Oh?

=THUCK

=ZZZZT
=CLANG
=CRASH


<44>
=THUMP
=Ack!

=Who the hell is this?
=How'd you crawl in here?
=Huh?

[x3]=THUD

=THUD
=Oh? Oh? What's this place?


<45>
=Wow.
=COUGH!
=COUGH!
=You were here this whole time?

=COUGH!
=So you must know all about us, huh?
=COUGH!

=Guess we don't have a choice then...
=I feel sorry for you, but...
=CLICK

=...Was it... You... Guys...?
=Huh?

=What did... You do...
=To Mizuki...?


<46>
=Mizuki?
=The girl who bit you, Mit-chan.
=She went missing and the town is making a big deal about it.

=Give... Mizu...
=Ki... Back...!

=How should we know,
=Shithead.

=She was lying on the ground so we tried to do her,
=But she put up a fight and got away! That's all!

=GRIT

=Give her... Back...
=G-G-GRIT

=Give... Mizuki...
=Back...!


<47>
=UH... UH... UHH...
=HEE... HEE...

=HEE...
=WAHHHH...

=WAHH...
=JERK

WHACK


<48>
=Shut the fuck up!! We didn't even do anything to her!!
=We didn't do anything bad!!
=It's not our fucking fault!
[x3]=GRACK

=Give her... Back...
=STOPS

=Give...

=Mizuki... Back...

=TUG

=Mi... Mit-chan...!?
=Shut up! I'm gonna fuck this bitch up!!
=I'm gonna fuck him up, damn it!!


<49>
=FLASH

=Man, I feel so pathetic...

=I've been such a fool this whole time...
=Maybe I'm not cut out to be a police officer...

=I-I feel the same way sometimes...
=Especially when I'm watching Sergeant Yokoi...

[x2]=SHUFF
=Perhaps detectives are meant to be that way...//But is that really how a human being should behave...?


<50>
=B-By the way...//I-I-Is this place really haunted...?

=Of course not.
=These places always come with rumors like that.

=I-I thought so...
=It's just your typical...

=WAHHHHHHHHHH!!!


<51>
=WAHHH!! WAHHH!!
=M-Ms. Onoda, that's...!

THUD

=Hey!! Are you okay!? Are you hurt!?
=S-She doesn't appear to have any new injuries...

=Either way, it's a good thing she's...

=Safe...


<52>
=NWAHHHHHHHHH!!
GONK

=THUD

=NAHHHHHHHH!!
=WHOAAA!!

=CLANG

=GAHHHHHHHHHH


<53>
=HI-YAHHHHHHH!!
=GRINK

=THUD


<54>
=Th-Thanks a lot, Ms. Onoda...
[x2]=RATTLE

=I've been taking sports sword-fighting classes back at the station!!
=Sports...? What was that...?

=...What about the other two...?
=We should get this girl over to the car first...


<55>
=Shit... Someone ratted on us...

=We should get outta here, Mit-chan...

=GRIT

=H-Hold on a sec, Mit-chan...
=You're just a bit worked up right now, so...

=Do it or else you're dead.

=And after that, the bitch that ratted on us,
=Is dead.


<56>
[x6]=ZUP

=SWUP

[x4]=ZUP