Billy Bat 22

(Note: 900th translation!!)

BILLY BAT #22

tl by molokidan

01)
S: Hnnnn!!
S: Huh?
S: That's weird...?
S: Tei!!
S: Huh?
S: Wh...why? Why won't it fly straight...
S: Wahhh!!

02)
N: Is that the one you've got your eyes on?
N: Yes. His nameis Kanbei.
K: Dahhh!!
K: Kuh!!
G: Looks like my heel lock gotcha!!

03)
G: Uwa, slippery...oil...?
G: Owww!!
N: What do you think?
N: Mmm...he certainly does stand out...
sfx: zah
G: Where are you hiding...?
G: Shin-chan, throw the string ball and get him to come out!
S: B...but someone messed with this ball, and it won't throw straight anymore...
S: Besides, I was already killed...

04)
G: Someone messed with the ball...?
G: Kan-chan...
G: Get out here, Kan-chan!!
G: Come out and fight like a man!!
sfx: ring ring
G: You think I'm going to fall into another one of your stupid traps?!
G: You're planning to trick me then come from behind, aren't you?!
G: Ubuhh!!

05)
G: Guwahhh!!
N: Excellent work, Kanbei!!
N: We'll be sure to build you up especially strong.
K: Thank you very much.
K: But...
N: But...?
G: Dammit...Kanbei...
G: Attacking people from behind is so cowardly...
G: Hm?

06)
K: I can't do anything by myself!!
K: It's only when I'm together with my allies that I can gain the power to protect the land of Iga!!
Chapter 22 - The Scroll of Momochi [5]

07)
N: I see...you really are a cut above the rest, after all...

08)
K: Where's the scroll?
K: Is it in your pocket there? Give it to me!!
Y: Do I have to repeat myself?
Y: Let's bury it...
K: You have no right to take that scroll!!
K: That scroll was entrusted to me by Momochi-sama!!
Y: If we're talking about who really owns that scroll...

09)
Y: then it belongs to me.
K: S...stop speaking nonsense!!
Y: I was a spy hired from Iga by the Shimazu clan.
Y: I was protecting a barbarian monk who came proselytizing to this land...
Y: Making sure he made it safely to India was my job.
Y: As fate had it, though, that monk...

10)
Y: ended up being an extraordinary man...
Y: I converted.
Y: Which means...
Y: I'm actually not supposed to be swinging things like this around.
K: You...
K: took out this many by yourself...?

11)
Y: After reaching the land of the Ming...
Y: he collapsed...
Y: and a severe disease pushed him straight into his dying hour.
Y: ...that's when he entrusted the scroll to me.
Y: Get back!
K: Eh...?

12)
Y: The next ones are here.

15)
sfx: zah... x2

16)
sfx: zuboh
K: A...amazing...
K: You saved my life again...

17)
Y: Shall we bury these bodies before the scroll...?
Y: My real specialty...
Y: is praying, you know.
Y: Your body should still be a bit numb, but keep a lookout.
Y: Aaand, up you go...
Y: I returned to Japan after receiving the scroll.

18)
Y: But, unsure of what to do with it...
sfx: dosa
Y: I found myself lost.
Y: Why was I chosen to be the carrier...?
Y: Did anything strange happen when you were holding the scroll?
K: No...
Y: Is that so...I see...

19)
Y: I presented the scroll to the three houses of Iga.
Y: But...
Y: That ended up being a mistake.
Y: This isn't something for men to possess.
sfx: dosa
Y: If they do...
Y: they lose themselves.

20)
B: Cut 'im up!
B: C'mon, what are you doing?! This is the perfect chance!
K: Wh...
K: What...?
B: What do you mean what?!
K: Is this the bat's voice?!
K: Where? Where are you?!
B: Oh, come on, you just saw where I am!
B: In the old guy's pocket.

21)
B: Now hurry up and cut him!
K: I...I'm hearing this voice inside my head...
K: What does this mean? Have I already started losing my mind...?!
B: Anyway, he's completely open right now!
B: Just hurry up and slash him from behind!
K: I can't do something so cowardly!!
B: Cowardly?!
B: Uhyahyahya! I never thought I'd hear that word come out of your mouth!!

22)
B: Cowardice is your middle name, isn't it?!
K: Stop it!!
B: You're so esteemed due to your cowardly ways, after all.
K: Stop it!!
B: The fact that you were chosen as the cream of the crop...
B: is cowardly in and of itself.

23)
B: That old guy looked pretty strong, right?
B: Of course he did! It's because I was telling him, you know, "go left, go right, slice now"...
B: I was guiding him the whole time.
K: I cannot kill a man I owe my life to.
B: You'll end up doing it sooner or later. So just kill him now!
K: But cutting him from behind...
B: Cutting people from behind...cowardice...lies...
B(2b): They're all war tactics!! Aren't they?
B: If you have me, you'll become stronger!! I'll make you into the greatest shinobi that ever lived!!

24)
K: But he saved my life...
B: That's what you want, isn't it?
B: It's a historical truth.

Next: Nov. 26