Billy Bat 20

BILLY BAT #20

tl by molokidan

01)
sfx: gi...
sfx: gishi...

02)
G: Gotcha, Kan-chan!
G: You walked right onto this rope bridge I slung over the river purposefully so I could stop you in your tracks!!
G: Not even you can run over this without taking a little time!
G: Now acknowledge your loss like a man!
G: Go on, say "I lose!"

03)
G: Aw, come on...you don't know when to quit, do you?
k: Gon-chan!
G: What?
K: I...can't swim.
G: Kan-chan!!
K: Gah...
K: Buh...
K: Beh...

04)
G: Kan-chan!! x3
sfx: goboh x4
sfx: bicha x2
G: When you get cornered like that, you should just surrender!
K: The battle's not over yet, I said...
G: If I hadn't saved you, you'd be drowning in the river right now!!

05)
K: A shinobi never surrenders, even if it means drowning...
sfx: guuuuu...
G: That stomach growl would have been the death of you...ah...ah...
G: Ahchoooo!!
K: That sneeze would have been the death of you.
G: Shuddap!!

Chapter 20 - The Scroll of Momochi [3]

06)
K: That rope bridge...
K: A shinobi's hidden bridge...?
K: Or is it a trap...?

07)
K: At Nabari Bridge upstream, I could see the Oda troops' bonfires on the other side...
K: The Akame Bridge up ahead is probably already under their watch...
K: But this bridge...
K: I can't sense a single person around...
K: If I don't cross this river,
K: I won't be able to make it to Kii.
K: This bridge...

08)
K: It's well-made...
K: Doesn't seem like something that was set up recently...
K: Should I go...?
K: I'd like to fill my stomach a bit before doing something so dangerous, though...
K: Almost out of provisions, huh...

09)
K: I wanna eat...
K: my mom's cooking...
K: Mom...I...
K: killed Shin-chan...
K: and Gen-chan...
K: Well then...
K: Here I go.

10)
K: The night rain has caused the water level to rise...
sfx: gah
K: Hang on...!!
K: I'll have to cross it in one breath...!!

11)
sfx: gah x3
K: A little more...
K: Just a little more to the other side...

12)
K: Another person...?!
K: Invisibility...
K: Messhin...!! (*Body Destruction)

13)
K: How long has it been...?
K: The person's gone...
K: Or was it an animal...?
K: Should I keep going...?
K: No, there's no reason to rush. I should wait a little longer...

14)
sfx: guuuuuuu...
sfx: zah
S: I didn't notice at all...
S: Should've known.
S: But a stomach growling means death for shinobi.

15)
G: This is it, Kan-chan.
K: G...Gon-chan...!!
G: Hand over the scroll.
K: I refuse.
G: I have received orders from Momochi Tanbanokami-sama to transport this scroll to Kii!

16)
K: Why are you trying to steal Momochi-sama's scroll?
G: I was hired by Hanzou-sama...
G: That scroll isn't Momochi's possession...
G: It's the treasure of all the men of Kii!
G: You're merely assisting the Momochi house in its betrayal.
K: I was told to save the land of Iga!!
G: What you're trying to save is nothing more than the Momochi clan!!
G: Burn it.

17)
G: The immolation of that scroll is the desire of all three houses of Iga.
G: Momochi Tanba has fallen victim to greed.
G: Conquering the land with that scroll...?
G: Nobunaga is after the same thing.
G: They're trying to use it to get new guns from the barbarians.
K: Barbarians...?
G: That scroll cannot conquer this land.
G: If it is used...
G: The world...
G: will become enveloped in flames.

18)
sfx: chah
K: I need to cut the rope behind me...
K: before Gon-chan attacks...
K: Then I'll be able to escape down the rocks...
G: Hand over the scroll.
K: I refuse.
G: Then I will cut you down!!
K: Cut the rope before Gon-chan's blade falls...!!

19)
sfx: shah
K: Oh no...!!
K: Eh?!

20)
K: Gon-chan...
K: I...
K: can't swim...

21)
G: Kan-chan...
G: I must...recover his corpse.
sfx: zah

22)
sfx: uuu x3

23)
B: uu x2
?: Ya...Yajirou...
Y: Father...!!
?: It is now your turn...
Y: Huh...?
?: Yajirou...
?: You will be the next...carrier...

24)
F: I will now tell you...
F: where I saw the bat as a child...
F: Carry this secret...
F: Carry it, Yajirou...
Y: Xavier-sama...!!

Next: Oct. 29