Fourteen 121

FOURTEEN #121

tl by molokidan

19)
CHAPTER FOUR
THE EARTH IN PERIL [28]

20)
1: The human race will end at 14...but,
2: slam
3: but how could I let that happen?! Look at this!!
4: This is the report on all the lucky children found for the "child selection."
5: Ahh!

21)
1: Th-this is...
2: c-could this be...
3: T-Tarou-kun?!

22)
1: That's right! It looks just like Tarou, doesn't it? That's a montage the computer created in order to represent the "requirements of a truly lucky child."
2: We entered all the lucky conditions we could think of, and that's what it came up with.
3: We have no idea which children are really the lucky ones, though.
4-5: crumple
6-7: boom

23)
1: What is taht rumbling...?!
2: According to the graph shown at the earth conference, something is supposed to happen around this time.
3: It sounds like it's coming from Tarou-kun's room.
4: Let's go see.
5: creak

24)
1: Ahhh?!
2: zzzz
3: Ohh, he just fell out of his bed.
4: Look at his face...don't you think it's dignified?
5: You can call me a smitten parent, but I really think that Tarou is the luckiest child in the world.

25)
1: And you absolutely must have Tarou-kun ride in that rocket and escape the twisted disaster that will happen here three years from now, I see.
2: Exactly.
3: This is just between you and me, but no matter what other people may say, I refuse to not save my son. I believe he has enough of a right to be saved.
4: Understood.

26)
1: Ahhh!!
2: grip

28)
1: Are you alright, sir?
2: I'm fine...but suddenly got really dizzy...
3: Me too...
4: Don't you feel like you're carsick or something?

29)
1: beep
2: This is Ebihara from the earthquake forecast division. The revolving of the earth went awry just now.
3: The revolving of the earth?!
4: That wasn't even shown on the graph!!
5: What's going on with this planet/!
6: Sir.
7: You do know that the earth's rotations are speeding up, right?
8: They're actually speeding up quicker than we could have imagined.

30)
1: After more than three months' time, we won't even be able to send a rocket off.
2: You know, that carsick feeling you were talking about is really lingering...I got it often as a child, though.
3: Maybe it's because Tarou fell off his bed.
4: Maybe we didn't notice it ourselves, but Tarou was affected by a change in gravity.
5: crack
6: Ahhh!!
7: slice

31)
1: T-Tarou!!
2: That was close.
3: If T-Tarou hadn't fallen from the bed, he would have...
4: That's it!!
5: Yamakawa!! We can find lucky children!!
6: Huh?!
7: Just look at the data in your hands!!
8: We must choose children to represent Japan.

32)
1: I couldn't manage to accept it myself!! But now, I know that those ten names that have appeared absolutely must be chosen!!
2: When I saw Tarou just now, though, I thought of something.
3: Abe Motoi, age 3.
4: Satou Shouta, age 3.
5: Ooshima Ririna, age 3.
6: Suzuki Hiroki, age 3.
7: Hojou Emiri, age 3.
8: Araki Tsubasa, age 3.
9: Kouga Shinobu, age 3.
10: Kouga Sube, age 2.
11: Miyuki Ryuu, age 3.
12: Nakaguma Nagare, age 3.
13: I want to center this selection around these ten children and Tarou!! We can choose up to 100 children. I just hope they come to answer my expectations.
14: My expectations, which are...

33)
1: which are...

34)
1: Apartment
Green Manor
2: Kiyora.
3: What an unlucky star you were born under...
4: But don't worry, mommy's at your side.