Muddy 4

make sure to proofread it! kinda rushed through it

01
-Pushuuuu

Chapter 4 - Jasper's woman-hunt
Aimoto Shou

-We're...
-gonna ride it!?

-Yup
-Just wait, I have to buy a ticket

sfx: kyoro kyoro (t/n, my guess is turning head sfx)
-Oh that's right
-I have to buy one for muddy too

-Chara (t/n - clanking coins)

Left vertical: On a journey guided by Muddy's curiosity, is there really an actual destination??

02
-Here

sfx: Jirooo (stare)

-Something wrong?

-I thought infants ride for free!
-....they do....
-Enjoy the ride

-It's moving!!
-Sighhhh

-Hey! Where we goin'??
-Sorry, our destination is up to me this time
-A place we can get some cash...

03
-...huh?

-hey you...hide the kid
-What?!

-Are you deaf?! Quickly!!
-W-what're you d--!?

04
-Ee...
-EEEEK!!!
-Oh--there's plenty of 'em...
-HEY! Pipe down or else!!

-Oh no...

-Attention all you ladies on board this train
-Just leave your seats and follow us
-If you follow our instructions, you won't be hurt. We promise

-What the heck!?

-Ah!
sfx above: Su... (chair sfx)

05
-Agh--!!

-Oops...

-YOU LITTLE TWERP!? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?
-Wha...you're a guy!?

-You got some explaining to do, kid!
-Kuh....

-Cut it out

-You heard Corundum's orders
-beh!
-We're only here to collect the women

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-They got off!!

-Hey!

-YOU TWO! LOOK WHAT YOU DID!!
-huh?
-...no, we...
-WHAT THE HELL AM I GONNA DO NOW!? THOSE BASTARDS DON'T COME AROUND EVERY DAY!

-H-hold on there! What's this all about?
-Haah!?
-Oh, not from around here, huh...what a pain....

-The "Jasper woman-hunts" happening here in Kiyone!!
-You really don't know about it?

-Ja..?
-Jakster?

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-Ok, fine! Listen, Jasper is...
-We will be arriving shortly at Kiyone...repeat Kiyone station...

-Damnit!
-You'd better be prepared if we meet again!

-What's it say?
-Kiyone

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-There's only ladies!
-...m...
-...maybe it's the latest fashion!?
all sfx bubbles say "zawa" which is talking in a crowd

09
-Hey what's this??
-A phone!
-Oh god...don't tell me he's been leading a secret life I didn't know about...

-Ah!!

-What?
-...we're all out...
-of money...

-karan karan (door chime, i think)
-Excuse me~~

-Oh, hello! Welcome to our store
-Uh...well, I
-I'm not here to shop...actually I need to ask a favor...

-Is there a phone I could borrow?

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-Ah!
-My, that was fast
-I'm so sorry, you even had to look after him too...

-All done?
-No one answered...

-Were you calling your wife?
-Ah...no, that's not it...
-karan karan (door chimes again)
-I'm back

-Oh,
-Hari!?
left: ah!
lower right: Wha...!?

-...damn...
-it's you!!

-Right back at ya
-I WORK HERE!
-MOVE IT, YOU'RE IN THE WAY!

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-Nnghrr...!!

-That better?
-Uh...
-t-thanks...

-Hari, how come you came back?
-The plan failed! Big time!
-thanks to a certain SOMEONE over there!

-oh, my...

-Did something happen?
-Well...it was before we arrived here
-By the way...

-Is he a transvestite?
-HUH!?

-Lemme help!
-Then...how about getting off...

12
-I see...

-It's true that this city has gone bananas
-Have you heard about the "women-hunt"?

-Ah! On the train...

-There's a very influential man named Jasper in this city
-It's only recently that things got this bad, but it's all his fault
-To tell you the truth, I was kidnapped by them once too

-Uh...
-But now, you're...?
-I know--why did the let me go?
-And why am I the happy manager of this clothing store?

-It's not just me. Every single woman was taken away
-Yet they always return us courteously the next day
-And it's not like they did anything strange to us where we were held

13
-I have no clue exactly what it is Jasper is trying to do, but
-It's not bothering anyone

-Well...except for her...
-HEY!

-QUIT BUTTING IN WHERE YOU DON'T BELONG!

-Here! Look after your own kid!
-Ah
-thanks...

-Oh yes! I really want to ask what's with the cross dressing party outside...
-I came to this town because I have a friend I wanted to visit, but...
-Well, now I'm a bit worried about him

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-Oh, that...yeah...
-As long as your friend isn't stupid, he should be fine

-They're all after the cash
-Come again?
-That bastard Jasper, after letting women go he slips them cash for their troubles

-It's the way he keeps everyone quiet...all those guys outside are after it
-It's like a million or somewhere around there...

-O-
-One million!?
-milly-on?

-Hmph!
-Just like the rest of them...!

-Once you're done, get outta here!
-The guys in this city don't need anyone's concern! They're all just following the smell of cash!

-Hari...

15
-I'm through with trying to slip into the women-hunt!
-I'll go and confront Jasper directly!

-Oh, almost forgot
-watch out for that kid

-Because you can't tell a kids' gender at first glance, it's possible those guys might've used force
-That's why I told you back then to hid him...if they thought he was a girl things would've gotten ugly
-Even if he's just a baby

-Hey what's a milly-on?

-Um...do you think
-this kid could pass as a girl?

16
-Huh??

-Ahaha...this is amazing!
-Oh that's right, sir?
-Is this yours?
-Hm?

17
-Oh...

-This is the button from my old lab coat!
-It was in this child's pocket
-There was a doctor at Jasper's place who had the same one
-Could you be a doctor too?

-Eh? N-no...this button
-Isn't exactly a doctor's...

-Chimera researcher...
-Why is a Chimera researcher gathering women?

-You...
-You know something about Jasper, don't you!?

-Jasper's residence

-Excuse me, Corundum

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-State your business!
-para (paper sfx)

-Y-yessir! I just wanted to report our latest results
-We've collected blood from 74 more females since our last time

-Just skip to the "results"
-Th--
-They were all negative...
-I see. You may leave
-Go ahead and return all the women to the city

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-With this, that makes a total of 2,456...
-The only one who had a positive response
-Was this girl
microscopic sfx buble - goku goku (glug glug)

-Because her body is immature, it's difficult to tell what will happen
-But it's almost four days since her confinement...
sfx: Gata (roll)

bold: What is this ominous atmosphere?

-It's almost time
-to take action...

-Come closer, we need to talk
-Ugh...
-NO WAY! GET SOME CLOTHES FIRST!

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