Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 134

He is the youngest priest in the history of his sect, choosing to enter the real world to prove their strength. Now, with his entire army crushed by Otokojuku, can the leader of the mysterious Gandhara take on the team by himself!?

Chp. 134: The High Priest of Gandhara!!

27.
Ryuuhou: Uoocchichichi~~~~~!!
Date: If you want to jump into the sea, it’s over there.
Toramaru: He…did it~~!! A turnaround victory for Date~~~!
Togashi: That Ryuuhou can’t fight anymore with those burns!! Great there Date, the best man in Japan---!!

28.
(Title Page…so then with Momo finally entering legitimately [and only the High Priest left for Gandhara], this is definitely a stance for a final battle)

29.
Caption: THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAIN RANGE, 7,700 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL………………HEADQUARTERS OF GANDHARA

30.
Voice: I don’t believe this: Gyuuhou, Enpou, and now even Ryuuhou……!!

31.
Bearded Priest: Now all that’s left is just the young master…………!!
Mustache Priest: This man’s power has been approved by all of the elders that are here…
Pimpled Priest: However, it is unbelievable that he is the only one in this world that is called absolute, outside the heart of Buddha.
(TN: This part was rather confusing about how he is speaking of the High Priest: it sounds like he is calling him the only “absolute being” in this world, which perhaps could have something to do with enlightenment but could also have to do with his fighting abilities, though with the “outside the heart of Buddha” comment, it becomes a tad harder considering that it is known that Buddha is “complete” through his enlightenment of the truth of the world. I probably did translate this wrong but I tried my best)
Blind Priest: It is absolutely unforgivable if it happens by any chance to the young master, the legitimate successor of our Gandhara clan which possesses three-thousand years of history. Whatever happens, if we don’t protect the young master……that is our mission.
Bearded Priest: If he had our power even over there, it would be simple. Are the preparations ready!?
Blind Priest: Here it is: Gandhara’s secret Higan Enjusatsu!!
(TN: “Higan Enjusatsu” = “Grudge-Killing Curse of Higan”; “Higan” = the week during the two equinoxes in both March and September when people head to Buddhist temples to renew their devotion to their religion, held then due to the improved weather around those times of year)

32.
Bearded Priest: I’ve already seen the man of Otokojuku who will be fighting the young master.
Bearded Priest: The man with a headband tied on his head………!! However it comes forth, this man’s fate is death!
Bearded Priest: Fuffuffu: the young master is a proud man with a violent temperament………!! He will become angry like a raging fire if he discovers we elders helped him out, but with this method, he won’t find out.
Toramaru: Ah…ah…ACHO~~O!!
Togashi: Ah.

33.
Toramaru: Aah!! Wh…what is that---!
Togashi: It’s…snow---!! Indeed if you think its cold, then it snows---!
Date: All that left is only the general of Gandhara……If we win this, then we’ll finally advance to the Tenchou Gorin Daibukai Finals League.
Momotarou: Right.
Momotarou: Leave this match to me.
Manjimaru: Aah, no one will complain of that.
Rasetsu: The movement to the finals should be decided by your hands, as general of Otokojuku.
Hien: Dokugantetsu, Henshouki, Eikei………the dead trio should be thinking this as well.

34.
Momotarou: Watch me: your deaths were not useless for us.

35.
Toramaru: Ooh---!! We ask you to do this, Momo---!
Togashi: Wh—at, if this is Momo’s turn, then we should watch this relieved!!
Date: No, we shouldn’t be unprepared.
Senkuu: His opponent is a man who stands at the summit of five-thousand: his rank should be different from our opponents until now.
Toramaru: Hyoo—it’s coming to snow increasingly worse and worse---!!
Momotarou: !!
Momotarou: …………What is this bizarre sensation!? It’s as if the entire battleground is being covered by a power of unknown character……!!

36.
Momotarou: !!

37.
“Gandhara High-Priest”: You say you’re from Otokojuku………splendid; I hadn’t thought at all that all of you would have done this much.
Shu Kougen: My name is Shu Kougen, the 57th High Priest of Gandhara!! Betting my title, I alone will protect the honor and tradition of Gandhara!!
Toramaru: He…he’s the general of Gandhara……!!
Togashi: Whatever sort of guy I thought he was, he’s still young!! And further he has long hair even though he’s a priest.
(TN: A typical custom of Buddhist priests is to shave their heads, thus making the long hair of Shu Kougen shocking)

38.
Shu Kougen: Give me your name!!
Momotarou: HEAD OF THE FIRST-YEARS OF OTOKOJUKU: TSURUGI MOMOTAROU!!

39.
Shu Kougen: Ha--!!
Momotarou: Nuu!!

40.
Toramaru: He’s really doing it: that guy who stated he’s the Head Priest!!
Togashi: Those blades on both his arms and legs have been thrown out with the speed without losing a breath~~~!!
Shu Kougen: OOOOH~~~!!

41.
Togashi & Toramaru: Mo…Momo---!!

42.
Shu Kougen: GUFU!!
Shu Kougen: Fu, as expected of just calling yourself of the head of Otokojuku.
Toramaru: A…simultaneous strike……!!
Shu Kougen: However, the heavens desire my victory. The best proof is this thickening snow!!

43.
Momotarou: !!
Momotarou: Uh!!

44.
Momotarou: WH…WHAT---!!
Momotarou: ……………………!!
Toramaru: He…disappeared---!! The…form of the Head Priest couldn’t be seen anywhere from the moment he opened up that one strip of cloth---!
Momotarou: !!

45.
Shu Kougen: FUFFUFFU: THIS IS GANDHARA HIOUGI: SENSHOU GOHOUJIN!! ALREADY THIS IS NOTHING BUT CERTAIN DEATH FOR YOU!!
(TN: “Senshou Gohoujin” = “Broadly Submerged Five-Direction Array”)

TN: There's something about this fight that seems to disturb me. It isn't Shu Kougen, who is showing some "interesting" skills (yeah, disappearing and leaving things to living blades) as he takes to the field. It isn't even the snow, which was a tad coincidental but...well, it's Otokojuku, we have to take that for granted. No, the disturbing part of the chapter was those four old monks at Gandhara HQ deciding to take matters into their own hands with Momo, cursing him to help their "boss" win. I sort of wish we got a bit more about the dynamics of Gandhara, considering that we've known from the start of the whole sequence of fights that the new leader is a youngster and there is a whole dynamic regarding the levels of responsibility and respect and mistrust within their group...but with the simplistic style of the series, that would be asking too much. But hey, the fight did start off well enough, considering it is Momo fighting him...