Fourteen 73

FOURTEEN #73

tl by molokidan

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Chapter Three
The Blood of Immortality[21]

212)
1: In the sky, a light fiber sun was shining.

213)
1: I had never seen or heard of these black clouds or black rain that America was afraid of.
2: And this was a man-made forest, after all, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
3: Within the underground forest there were fields,
4: and rivers,
5: making it a carbon copy of actual nature.

214)
1: We decided to have lunch under a big tree.
2: That's when it happened.
3: All of a sudden, black clouds appeared!!
4: Ahhh!!
5: I couldn't believe it.
6: Why would black clouds appear in an underground forest...

215)
1: The other guests having picnics were frightened,
2: and bean pointing at the clouds.
3: boom
4: zahhhh
5: Ahh!!

216)
1: juuuuun
2-3: Gyaaahh!!
4: juuun
5: Gyaaaaaaaahhh!!

217)
1-4: Gyaaaaaaahhhhhh!!

218)
1: They were severely acidic rainclouds!!
2: I couldn't believe it!! How could acidic rainclouds appear in an underground forest, where the air is computer-adjusted?!
3: The clouds attacked us!!
4: It was completely unexpected!!
5: Uwahhh!!
6: boom
7: zaaaahhhh
8: And then, some rain got in America's hair!!
9: juuuun

219)
1-2: juuuun
3: Instinctively, I guarded America's hair with my hand!!
4: juun
5: Uwahh!!
6: Finally, we managed to escape the rain!!

220)
1: It continued to melt down the trees,
2-3: crack
4: and then suddenly disappeared!
5-6: haa haa
7: No matter how much I think, this scenario seems impossible!!
8: I'm glad America's hair was only singed a little bit!
9: And from that moment on, I became able to forgive America's green hair!!
10: No, it wasn't just forgiveness: I became able to love every aspect about America!!
11: From that day forward, I embraced America wholly as my son!!

221)
1: Then America's conversations with Bobby began happening even more often!!
2: What are they talking about?
3: Then America started complaining to me.
4: Help the sea!! Help the sky!!
5: Help the earth!!
6: Unfortunately, I didn't really understand what he was saying.
7: It's true that it seemed like he was trying to tell me something important...
8: America also realized that his message wasn't reaching me, so he cried in the end.
9: My son wants to tell me something.
10: But unfortunately, we weren't able to understand each other then.

222)
1: That reminds me...I also can't get the cutting down of that three-thousand year Japanese cedar tree on the Canadian border out of my mind.
2: One day, a request to have it cut down came to me.
3: It was apparently dying...
4: so the only answer seemed to be to cut it down.
5: I got ready to sign it. And then...

223)
1: boom
2: Papa!! No!!
3-4: Don't cut it down!!
5: Eh?
6: I didn't even tell my wife about the tree. And of course not America...
7: You can't cut it!! Help it!!
8: Help it!!
9: Alright, I will.
10: Really?
11: Yes, really.
12: I lied.
13: And then...
14: I signed and approved the request to cut it down.

224)
1: The three-thousand year Japanese cedar tree was cut down.
2: gohhh
3: snap snap
4: zuuuu
5: Gyaahhh!!

225)
1: The tree got cut!!
2: Papaaaaa!!
3: The tree!!
4: It got cut!!
5: At that moment, anger surfaced on America's face.
6: Papa!!
7: You lied!!
8: Papa!!
9: You lied!!
10: America!!
11: The tree was rotting!!
12: No!!
13: It was alive!!
14: It was always alive!!

226)
1: But you killed it!!
2: It's all
3: over!!