Asklepios 4

Yaay, ch 4's done!! But... egg white? Was that actually a good idea?? I mean, I can think of tons of worse stuff but it sounds too smelly for me... Just asking, in case anyone would know... :XD

Well in any case, enjoy this with ch 5!☆

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Page 01

Chapter 4 -- The masked man

Text: No one knows their true self hidden under the mask?!


Page 02

[1]
Text: Laura had her life saved and now...?!
SFX *scribble*

[2]
Laura: Is this ok?
(Pare: Wow...)

Buzz: Y- yes...

Pare: A book made of paper that can only be written in with blood huh?
So how does it work? This "Biblos" thing...

[3]
Rosary: The Biblos is passed down the Asklepios
It's a secret treasure of the Medills...

[4]
Rosary: When the pages of the Biblos are all filled by the "blood signature" of the patients we've saved
Something'll happen...!!

[5]
Pare: And what's that?


Page 03

[1]
Rosary: ...Something
Right, sir?!

Buzz: Huh?! Y- yeah
I guess...

Pare: Both of you have no idea...?

Rosary: Once your arm's healed, you'll be writing in too ok?!
(We've kept your blood for it!!)

[2]
Fabio: Oh, so you guys're gonna cross the San Desau Pass?
Well then, be careful of the "masked man"!!

[T/L note: I read a funny thread about how San Desau may be a Japanese play on words that bandits may spring out: サン・デソー＝山賊出そう。Now I couldn't find a proper spelling so... if it's a real place, pls let me know :XD]

[3]
Rosary: M-
masked man...?

[4]
Fabio: Yeah... From some years ago, an outlaw called the "masked man"'s been living around the pass
They say he's a huge muscular guy wearing a terrifying mask
and he robs travelers, kills them and then eats them up...!!

[5]
Clara: Don't worry, you'll be fine!! Cuz I've never seen him!!
Fabio: Yeah, it's just in case, so you know!!


Page 04

[1]
Rosary: Masked man?! Hmph, whatever!!
He'll be no match for us!!

[2]
Rosary: Whether it be a demon or the devil
I, Rosary, will take him down!!

Pare: Hey you... It's a huge brawny guy
It won't be as easy as beatin' me up ya know?

[3]
Rosary: You wanna see what I can do?!!
Pare: Ugh

[4]
Buzz: Since I met Rosary... I've saved 3 people
with my surgeries...

[5]
Buzz: I'm happy...
I'm just so glad...!!

[6]
Buzz: The 2 years I spent after parting with my dad... I was just so busy running away
and every day was full of misery
But


Page 05

[1]
Buzz: But now...

[2]
Rosary: S-
Sir, watch out!!!

[3]
Buzz: Huh?

[5]
Rosary: Young master!!!


Page 06

[3]
Buzz: Where...?!


Page 07

[3]
SFX *jump*

[4]
Fabio: Yeah... From some years ago, an outlaw called the "masked man"'s been living around the pass

[5]
Fabio: They say he's a huge muscular guy wearing a terrifying mask

[6]
Fabio: and he robs travelers, kills them and then eats them up...!!


Page 08

[1]
Mask: Eat this

[3]
Mask: A tree that was growing on the side of the cliff caught you
You've only suffered some scratches
You were lucky...

[4]
Mask: I'll get some herbs
Rest for a while...


Page 09

[1]
Buzz: U- umm

[2]
Buzz: Th- thank you very much
for everything...

[4]
Buzz: U- umm... could you be
the "masked--
SFX *bang!!*

[5]
Rosary: Young master!!!

[6]
Buzz: Rosary,
Pare-san...

[7]
Rosary: I followed the tracks at the bottom of the cliff
I knew you'd be here...


Page 10

[1]
Mask: Who are you all...?

[2]
Rosary: "Masked man"!!
You've sure got some nerve to kidnap the young master...

[3]
Rosary: Take
this!!!

[5]
Rosary: S-
sir...?!

[6]
Buzz: N- no... Rosary
You've got him all wrong...!!


Page 11

[1]
Mask: The "masked man"...?
So that's what the villagers say...

[2]
Mask: I'm Quasimodo
I've got my reasons for living deep in these mountains
but it doesn't mean I take people and eat them...

[3]
Rosary: I didn't know you were the one that saved the young master
It was my bad, jumping to conclusions...
Allow me to express my apologies by performing harakiri!!
(It's an Eastern tradition)

[4]
Mask: No need...
I'm used to such misunderstandings

(Rosary: Oh, really?)

[5]
Pare: But... I must say you give them a reason
You live alone deep in the mountains and look so scary
No wonder they spread such rumours!!

[7]
Mask: In the past
I was a woodcutter at a village below...


Page 12

[1]
Quasi: Because of my build, people trusted me
and in the village, I even had a fiance

[2]
Quasi: But... A woodcutter never makes much
So to earn more, I signed up to be a mercenary

[3]
Quasi: And then...

[4]
Merc: Quasimodo's been hit!!!
They got his face... Call the medics!!

[5]
Quasi: Fortunately my life was saved, but...


Page 13

[1]
Quasi: I ended up like this...

[2]
Quasi: I got back from the war
and when my fiance saw my face, she ran away...

[3]
Quasi: The villagers sympathised with me
but instead of helping, it made me feel worse
So that's why I wear a mask and stay in this mountain...

[5]
Quasi: Your injuries aren't that bad
Tomorrow morning, you should leave... I'll give you the directions
If the rumours about me...


Page 14

[1]
Quasi: end up getting you guys into trouble, it'd make my living alone here pointless...

[3]
Buzz: Ro- Rosary...

[4]
Buzz: Is it ok if we stay here a bit longer...?
I want to... heal Quasimodo-san...

[5]
Rosary: Y-
young master...

[6]
Pare: H- hey, Buzz!!
Whaddya mean "heal"...

[7]
Pare: It's not like when you fixed my arm ya know?
That guy doesn't have a nose anymore
No doctor, no matter how skillful he is, can grow a nose that isn't there right?!


Page 15

[1]
Buzz: ...But
I have to make it grow

[2]
Buzz: Cuz I'm not just a "skilled doctor"
I've inherited the title "Asklepios"...

[3]
Quasi: You wanna
fix my nose...?!

[4]
Buzz: Y- yes
I'm Buzz Medill Asklepios... and I'm a surgeon
I know how to

SFX *thud thud*

[5]
Buzz: fix your nose...!!

[6]
Quasi: I get it that you wanna give me something in return, but I don't want it
I'm not interested in dreaming the impossible...


Page 16

[1]
SFX *bang*

[2]
Pare: Old man Quasi,
I've no idea how he plans ta do it too

[3]
Pare: But it's a fact
that he reattached my arm when it was ripped apart...
Don't ya think it's worth bettin' on the impossible?

[4]
Rosary: Pare...!!

[6]
Pare: Rhi-
"Rhinoplasty"...?!


Page 17

[1]
Buzz: Yes...
First

[2]
Buzz: We sculpt a precise outline of his nose

[3]
Buzz: And with that, we cut the skin of his left upper arm as needed

[4]
Buzz: Leaving a part of the skin attached to the arm, we carefully suture the rest to his face
Once we've formed the bridge of his nose, we cover the site with cloth that's been soaked in egg white

[5]
Buzz: And with that, the first step
of the operation's finished...

[6]
Pare: H- hey!! You mean you're leaving it like this?!
His arm's still stuck to his face!!

Rosary: Oh, shut up
Buzz: It-
it'll be fine...

[7]
Buzz: Until the grafted nose starts it's initial adherence to the face
we use the blood supply from his arm to prevent ischaemic necrosis


Page 18

[1]
Buzz: And once it has adhered* to the site, the graft can be cut away from the arm
and we'd have the "base"...

*Text: A thin fibrin network temporarily anchors the graft allowing subsequent revascularisation and regeneration.

[T/L note: The * text is not a direct translation but factual info from what I understand of the process. The direct translation would be: For the tissues to stick together]

[2]
Buzz: It'll take some time but... I will,
definitely, fix Quasimodo-san's nose...!!

[3]
Pare: Making a nose out of an arm...?!
What an idea...!!

[4]
Snake Column
Just for extra info!! A more crude form of rhinoplasty was first practiced in ancient India
Rhinoplasty is said to be the beginning of the "reconstructive surgery" we now have

Uchimizu: The idea came about cuz noses were amputated as punishment for crimes!

[5]
Rosary: But sir... I can understand you wanted to do this in return for his help
but you seem really into this case, as if there's more to it


Page 19

[1]
Buzz: He's just like me,
the way I was just a while ago...

[2]
Buzz: I ran away from people too... and there was a period when I had to live all alone
Back then it was really

[3]
Buzz: really hard
and miserable...

[4]
Buzz: I wanted to help Quasimodo-san
escape from that misery...
That's why...


Page 20

[3]
Quasi: ...I look much better
than I used to...

[4]
Quasi: Thanks so much
Buzz...!!


Page 21

[2]
Quasi: You should be able to make your way from here
As for me, I'll be selling that cottage and returning the village...

Rosary: Ohhhhh!!! I can see a village below!!!

Buzz: U- umm
thank you for bringing us all the way here... Quasimodo-san

[4]
Quasi: I'm the one who should be thanking you...
Oh yeah, didn't you guys say the church's after you?

(Rosary: Yaaaay!!)
Buzz: U-uh, yeah...

[5]
Quasi: Well if things get bad, come to me
I'll always have a hideout prepared for you--

SFX *hyu...*


Page 22

[2]
Pare: Huh?

[3]
Pare: Guh!!!

[5]
Buzz: Qu- Quasimodo-san,
Pare-san...


Page 23

[2]
Buzz: Is-
Could this be...

[3]
Buzz: the real "masked man"...?!!

Text: The group are in danger once again...!!