Claymore 84

Finished. thanks for you patience.
Speedscans did hit after my inital post, so hopefully this trans will clarify some stuff...

Remember, I'm using stateside accepted names to be consistent with the volumes on sale. i don't like most of them either but better not to leave everyone guessing who's who.

01
left vertical: Unexpectedly, Clare and the others run into Rubel when visiting a small town. What does he have to say about the Organization's actions...!?

-Huh. To think there was an Awakened here...

-Ah, pardon me. I believe they're called "Voracious Eaters" by the commonfolk?
-Still, to have defeated her without breaking a sweat with just the 3 of you
-is quite a feat

-Why...
-are you here too?

-Sheer coincidence
-There were three soldiers, so there were three of us. What's odd about that?

3 bubbles here are sfx, "zawa" which is mumbling/murmuring from the crowd

-I think we need to go somewhere else
-We have too much company here

02
SCENE.84 - 蠱惑の使者 - The Seductive Messenger

right vertical: The black spider's web continues to entangle whomever it catches...

lower corner - YAGI NORIHIRO

03
-H-hey, Clare...
-Who is this guy?

-He gave me my orders
-From back when I was a soldier

-Woah, now...don't brush off the question so quickly!
-We go farther back than that

-I taught you
-Just about everything besides how to fight, isn't that correct?

-There's no need to be so stiff
-I'm offering to answer all of your questions, you know

04
-like what?

-The Organization has currently been redirecting our forces
-In order to find a missing soldier in these Western parts

-She's our Number 6...
-We're looking for Renée

-As the number implies, she has the skills to show for it
-But, her real talents lie in wide-range Youki detection
-You could say she's quite literally our "eyes"

05
-Around the time that we lost contact with her,
-We came across some interesting information

-Details about the blunders of our elite ranks
-It turns out that some of these who were attacked by Riful, the Abyssal One, had their lives rescued by someone

-While we are interested in learning who that is,
-The bigger problem were the words that Riful said to them

-She mentioned that she was searching for someone who excels in reading Youki
-She's no doubt planning to use this for some devious scheme...

06
-While we're not sure what she has in store, it's likely nothing good for us
-That's why we're making every effort to find Renée undetected before this happens

-Since we're talking about someone skilled in Youki detection...
-There's a strong chance she wants to awaken and obtain something...

07
-So what exactly is this thing
-that you think Riful has?

-Sharp as ever, I see
-We have no proof but we have one guess

-Out with it

-7 years ago...
-The one who killed Luciela, the Abyssal One of the South...

-At the time she was our Number 5
-We think it's Rafaela's "shell"

08
-Well?
-Find anything?

-Haa x3

-P-please...
-I can't c-concentrate...
-Let me regenerate my limbs first...

09
-Well aren't we bossy?
-You really think I care?

-I'm serious!!
-Look, my specialty is in wide-range Youki reading, not diving into Youki to search for something!

-And if that wasn't enough, that...thing...is sealing off its consciousness. I have to dive even deeper than if I was dealing with an Abyssal One!!
-That's why at the very least you should let me do it while i'm fully recovered!
-I can't concentrate on this while worrying about how much time I have left until I can't regenerate any more!

-BELIEVE ME! I'M TELLING THE TRUTH!
-It's hard enough just maintaining my consciousness!!

10
-Well, you're certainly right...
-Okay, I'll let you recover

-N-no, Riful!!
-She'll just run away!

-No need to worry
-She may be fast, but not faster than me--and she knows it

-But if by some remote chance you decide to run...
-Even my gentle self won't be able to stay this nice...

-If you don't want to be reduced to a slab of meat that doesn't remotely resemble a human,
-I'd listen to me if I were you

11
-gulp...

-It's okay, Duph
-Remove her chains

-Kuh...

12
-Meki (squeeze)

-GUNHGA---!!

-You listen to me, bitch
-If you dare betray Riful and run,
-I'll be the first to smash your head in!

-Haa x3

-What are you doing, Duph?
-Let her start already

13
-The only way to recover your right arm is to regenerate it
-but your legs will go faster if you reattach these pieces
-On the bright side, they're still fresh!

-Work fast
-If I detect even a hint of you trying to buy time, i promise your head will roll

-haa x3

14
-biki x4

-biki x3

-biki x3

-biki x3

-deep within its consciousness...

15
-yes, even deeper than that...
-within a seemingly never-ending darkness, I felt it

-A fusion of their minds...
-The glimmer of being so different it was impossible to tell it came from either of them...

-As if a candle that could be blown out in a slight breath, or like a mist that hovered within the darkness, this light...
-was so fragile that I was afraid to touch it

-...but

16-17 don't go into the light...

18
-what I found after diving so deep was a condensed Youki so immeasurable
-that it tore my consciousness to shreds in mere seconds

-...no!
-no, never...!
-It should never be awakened!!

19
-Did I not make myself clear?
-Trying to buy time will only get you killed, dear

-Haa x3

-F-forgive me...
small bubbles all "haa" x3
-Regenerating and reattaching limbs...
-Isn't something I've had much practice doing, so it's taking me a while

-You feeling all right?
-Your face is completely pale
sfx bubble: whoosh

-Anyway, concentrate on finishing your legs
-It wouldn't be funny to have you dying from blood loss before you finish healing

-haa x3

20
-biki x3

-How terrible
-I could not tell whether or not that being was superior to Riful

-But I was certain about one fact.
-If that being was set free, something far greater than my worst fears would come true

-It would pulverize me like dust the second it comes to life
-As well as that vulgar brute next to Riful
-the only one left standing would be the one deserving of the name an Abyssal One...a level far beyond my league

21
-I need my legs...
-Because at all costs...
-I have to get out of here

-I could care less what happens to my right arm
-All I need is a body that can sustain my escape from this place as fast as possible

-I don't want to die
-from some stupid power struggle between monsters

22
-It was 7 years ago,
-On the day that Isley and Luciela waged war, that Rafaela went missing
-She was intent on ending her sister Luciela's life by her own hands

-The end result was that Isley won the battle, but Luciela's remains and Rafaela's whereabouts were both left unsettled
-Not long thereafter, we also received reports that Isley and Riful made contact to the South
-These facts led me to that conclusion

23
-Luciela and Rafaela were basically on par with each other
-That's why if Riful can turn Rafaela into an Awakened and gain her as an ally, she can change the balance of power in no time at all

-...so?
-What is it you want from us?

-Oh, nothing...
-I just wanted to answer the questions that were bothering you
-I don't have any ulterior motives
-We're good friends, you and I

-Whatever your affairs are after this is none of my concern
-I just gave you the information you were looking for

24
-Just like the way you gave Miria
-Information about the warring continent beyond the world we know
-To manipulate her actions, I see...

-W-WHA?!

25
-Heh, so you heard about that?
-Good to know she's still alive

-So there really were more survivors of the Northern War than just you three...
-Judging by the swords that were missing on the remains of the battlefield,
-That would include Miria, Helen, Deneve, Tabitha, and Undine...

-But I couldn't possibly imagine Undine leaving her deceased friend's sword behind
-Which would mean that out of the other 4, one of you have taken her sword instead...?

26
-Bastard...
-Who the hell are you?

-You tell me
-You seem to have a pretty good idea of what's going on

-He's from the other side

-The warring continent is divided between the Organization and their enemy
-So you must be a spy for the enemy, am I right?

-Eh!?

27
-H-hold on there guys...
-If you're saying he's an enemy of the Organization,
-Aren't our goals the same? Are you implying he can become our ally!?

-I wouldn't go that far
-He may have given us information, but he's not helping us
-You could say he's even more dangerous than them

-In fact, the truth was
-He was trying to get rid of the four of us who had half-awakened over 7 years ago

-kukuku
-...so that's how it is

-Miria must have told everything about me only to you
-Likely due to our deep ties with one another

28
-You see, half-Awakeneds are an outcome we'd rather avoid
-If the Organization uses you as a basis for further research, they may actually discover a way to create an Awakened that can be controlled...and that would be troublesome

-The first half-Awakened I was aware of was Miria, based on Ophelia's report
-Luckily, I was the only one to receive it. Though I said I'd carry it on, I kept silent

-So next, I tried to leak the information about the warring continent to Miria, in the hopes she would go AWOL...
-but she turned out to be a lot smarter than that
-and failed to act as I'd hoped

-I was hoping by forcing her to the front in the Northern War this matter would have ended
-But to think that 4 in total would survive? My, oh my

-So what now?
-Are you going to report this and have a squad sent to dispatch us?

29
-Why bother? You've left the Organization and become their enemies...a very useful situation from our standpoint
-You want to destroy the Organization? Please, by all means, go for it

-Just one favor, though--please don't share with them the fact that you've half-awakened
-I'm sure you wouldn't want to become a human guinea pig anyway, right?

-I-if you're a spy from the enemy side,
-Surely you could have pursued a plan that's more likely to succeed??

-There's no meaning in me trying to destroy them
-I'd much rather they destroy themselves

-why?

30
-Even if we could destroy their facilities here, they'd just as soon build a new one somewhere even farther away
-If that wasn't enough, it would be even harder to plant a spy inside the second time around

-Faced with that possibility, I'd much rather be hiding and watching from the sidelines
-If I can destroy them from the inside-out through small actions that don't catch their attention, what more could I ask for?

-If they are destroyed by their own experiments gone awry, then...
-I'm sure they'll think twice about trying it again

31
left vertical: Rubel, the man who has stirred up soldiers from the shadows...are they nothing but pawns in his plans?!

-All that being said, I still don't understand why you'd bother to tell us about the search for the missing soldier
-If Riful succeeds in awakening Rafaela, then wouldn't that cause more trouble for the Organization?

-It's because he's hoping our kind souls will become wrapped up in this mess

-huh?

-He knows we can't possibly defeat Riful
-Say whatever he likes, but I know he'd like nothing more than to see all of us half-Awakeneds dead

CLAYMORE - TO BE CONTINUED IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE
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