Jormungand 1

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Jormungand, Volume 1, Chapter 1 (pp. 5~56)


<5>
Chapter 1 | Flaming Hare

=My father and mother were killed by a prototype fighter jet, a new bomb, just like that one—
*plane noises*

=Anyone who designs, makes, sells, or uses weapons,

=Has my eternal hatred.
THUD


<6>
=Walk smartly!!

=But whether God knew of these feelings or not...

=C'mon, recruit Jonah! One-two, one-two.
=She was a young weapons merchant by the name of Koko Hekmatyar.//I'd begun my travels with an arms dealer.

=Heh-heh.


<7>
Chapter 1 | Flaming Hare


<8>
=I've assembled all 8 of my subordinates here.
=You're gonna be the 9th member.//They're all total weirdos, but you don't need to be scared of them.

=This is our first meeting,
=But unfortunately, we don't have time to sit around.//There's been a slight—
=Problem.

=That's why we're bugged up in this godforsaken town in the middle of Eastern Europe.


<9>
=You're gonna help us solve this problem.

=This is one of the ceremonies welcoming you to my "platoon,"
CHUK
=And a test to gauge your capabilities.

=Mao.
=Wilee.

=? Miss Koko, Who is that boy...?

=This?
GACHUK


<10>
BLAM
GONK
=Attention everyone!!

=This is Jonah!


<11>
=So the new recruit,
=Was a child soldier!!?//And he's packing heat! Freaky—!!

[x2]RABBLE

=Speaking of child soldiers, in the summer of '91 I was walking behind this unit in Somalia, and a little kid with an anti-tank land mine...
[x3]MUMBLE
=Blows 30 soldiers and their AFV straight into the air. And I'll never forget how the...

=Alright alright! Don't get scared!!
[x2]CLAP

=Tojo.
=Explain the situation so he can understand!


<12>
=Nothing's changed.//Please make the phone call to the Interior Ministry's Central Customs Safety Forces, Miss Koko.
=Our freight container is still being held up,

=And those petty customs officials are acting like babies.

*rumbling*
=Hmm—

=If we play along, and bribe the customs officials,
=Our checkbook's totally gonna come up red this quarter!! They weren't planning to let us pass from the start!

=So basically,
*turns*


<13>
=We're going to get our property back.
=Okay?

=...None of that matters.
=All I need is a target and a location... Nothing else.

=Valmet!
[x2]CLAP
=Lehm! Prepare for action!! Now!!


<14>
=...Miss Hekmatyar, are you saying all this,
=With full knowledge of the effect,
[black box]A certain country in Eastern Europe.

=That "container" could have on our country?
=No, not just our country! Our neighbors will be—


<15>
=We simply cannot hand that thing over to the army!

[black box]Office of the Vice-Minister of the Interior

=You need to understand—!

=Don't fuck with me!!
=If that's how you wanna play—!!
THUD
CRASH


<16>
=Then I'm not gonna hold back either.
=You better not regret this, you little bitch.

=That's my line, dumbass.


<17>
PLICK

=Jonah,

=So? What do you think of your new colleagues?


<18>
CHIK
CHIK
=...Nothing.

What a surly little guy
You are—

=Before hiring you, I dug up everything there is to know about you.
=Where you've lived. Where you've fought.//What you like. What you don't like.
=What you did to get thrown out of your former outfit.


<19>
=You hate weapons, don't you Jonah?

CLOCK
CHIK

CLICK
CLOCK


<21>
=...Don't even wanna answer?


<22>
GASHUCK
KACHING
=I don't like talking.

=I get that,//But that's not gonna fly from here on out.

=...So?//What do you think, Valmet?

=Ohh, about Jonah?
=I haven't spoken a word with him yet. I don't know what to think.


<23>
=But yes,
=He's got unbelievably sharp senses.//I'm worried about Koko!
=Being alone in a car with a dangerous child soldier like that...!

=It's always the same. Whenever there's a new recruit.
=She gets ahead of herself! If anything happens to Koko, I'm going to dismember him and then take my own life.//*...cough!*

=Hey, Lehm!

=Being alone with someone doesn't give you an excuse to smoke! {And in this sealed space, too!}
Alright Alright
=When did you manage to light that thing!?

=The smell is going to stick to my hair!

VROOOM


<24>
=Hey.

=What? What? Ask me anything!
=Your policy for dealing with tails.
=Well duh,

=Swiftest are the victors!!

=The one-hit kill!!


<25>
*gunfire*

=Phew—
=He's popping it.

*gunfire*

=Jonah!?
=Jonah!?


<26&27>
=They're after us!!

*gunfire*
=They've opened fire! All units respond!! Stay on them!!
=Drag them off the freeway!!

=Jonah!
=Jonah!


<28>
=Can you give me a heads up before you start shooting!?
=You freaked me out!!

WHAM
BEE—P
WHOOSH
HO—NK
=Don't be absurd.

=That was just a scout vehicle.//The real fight starts now.
*burning*


<29>
=I've detained the freight container of Koko Hekmatyar, the arms dealer, at my harbor.

=We can't allow it to fall into the hands of the air force.
=Want to know what's inside?

=A state of the art upgrade kit for three of our country's main fighter jets.//This stuff could level the playing field between our air force and our neighbors.


<30>
=The moment it arrives at military headquarters and gets equipped onto the fighters,//Our country could...
=...But that has nothing to do with you police folk.

=Let me repeat myself.
=Do not get the police involved. It's going to get ugly.

=The gunfight's already started?//Well yeah, I sent my outfit in.
=Don't worry, if they can get to the harbor, I lose. I'll withdraw.//Alright, I'm hanging up.


<31>
*gunfire*

=That thing's super tough, {That van.}//And it's little attacks are annoying.


<32>
=Yeah, it's blocking us real tightly.

RA-TA-TA-TAT
TW-TWIING

=We need to hurry, or else Koko's car up ahead is going to get caught from both directions!
=That's their plan.

=Lehm.

=Could you get me right next to that van?
SWISH
=For real?


<33>
BEE—P
HO—NNK

VRR—
[x2]BLAM

GUSH
=Koko!! Left lane!
=Another one!?


<34>
GRUSH
SCREEEEECH


<35>
=Voskhod 6!!
=Hey missy, wanna drive over to the harbor with me?

=That bastard official!!


<36>
[x2]CRUNCH
=But gosh, this is a strong car. {It's bulletproofed, but still.}
=Makes me wanna buy some shares of Volvo.

TAP

GWOOOSH
RA-TA-TAT

*assorted gunfire*


<37>
WHOOSH

SLIP

=GRAWR!


<38>
=Looks like the other two took care of the pursuers.

=As for us,
=They stopped shooting as soon as we got off the freeway.

[x3]FLAP


<39>
=Jonah?//You called me "Koko" just now, didn't you?
=Yeah, I heard you. That was cool, I like that. From now on, you can always...
=Koko!
PING
=Koko!!
[x2]GONK

=It's time to say goodbye.
=See ya, little miss arms dealer.

=Get down!!//It's an anti-tank missile!
WHOOSH


<40&41>
=Blast off to the moon.
SCREECH
THUD


<42>
=It's a Javelin AWS!!

[x2]WHIP
TH-TH-TH-TH-THUD
[x2]RATTLE

PLOP

=Ah-hah-hah.

=20 seconds until next launch!!
=He laughed?


<43>
GRIT

=Don't worry,
=Idiot—! You missed!
=He's not getting another one off.
GRIT


<44>
RA-TA-TAT

BLAM

*gunfire*
BLAM


<45>
BLAM
CLONK


<46>
SHWUCK
WHAM


<47>
=...All shadowing units and Hyulet Harbor security personnel,
=Pull out.

=All Voskhod 6 units, pull out!
=I repeat! Pull out, Voskhod 6!


<48>
=...Let's say you kill me, the arms dealer. Right here. Right now.
=And let's say you've accomplished part of your revenge.


<49>
=Alright! Now my subordinates have surrounded you, so let's have you destroy them and make your getaway, Jonah!
=They may not look it, but they're pretty tough.
=What do you use in order to defeat them? ...That's right, a gun.


<50>
=Can you throw away your weapon?
=No, you can't. You'll never be able to throw away your weapon.
=You hate those things more than anyone else,
=But you also know how strong they can make you, better than anyone else.


<51>
=Fight for me, Jonah.
=I'm an arms dealer.
=I can teach you how to get along with those things.
=Why do you sell weapons, Koko?


<52>
=For world peace.


<53>
GREEEEEE

BIP
WHOOSH...
WHAP

=Vice-Minister!
=The secretariat inspections committee has requested your presence!


<54>
=Our country's headed for war.
=I'll bet you anything. {You listening?}

=There's nothing I can do to stop it now.

=Gee, Jonah.
GRIN GRIN
=Gee, you managed to fend off a Javelin, huh? That's pretty impressive.
*cooking noises*
=I can cook without looking. {Stay seated.}


<55>
=Heh-heh-heh, know why she's making you cook eggs...?
SWIP
MUNCH
=Think about it!

=Are-you-done-yet—?
=Me-so-hungry—
=...So the guys who sell weapons turned out to be like this.
=They may be anomalies.

=This is how I welcome new recruits to my squad.
=From this day on, you are Mr. Egg. With a brand new army, nation, affiliation, and family.


<56>
=You're a promising new colleague, Jonah.//I welcome you.
=But I've decided to stay with them.

=GROSS.
UCK UCK
=This stuff is... GROSS!!
MUNCH MUNCH