Kinnikuman 61

Suguru (disguised as the obvious stereotype that is Chanelman), has begun to take on the WSC one by one! But how long will his successes last in his operation...and how will the WSF be affected by this move?

Chapter 61: Clash in Las Vegas

98.
Caption: Kinnikuman’s Battle Route

99.
Map: American Choujin World Power Distribution Map
Caption: Illinois
Narrator: Chicago, Illinois…Choujin Council Territory
Announcer: And he’s done it. The scarred Choujin The Bulldozer has magnificently successfully defended his Chicago title!!
Bulldozer: Guhehe…My wounds have increased by one again~~
Suguru: Heheh…I’ll add a few more to them!
Bulldozer: N?

100.
Bulldozer: Uwa, what are you doing!?
Harrison: Cha…Chanelman!!
Suguru: 48 Killer Techniques---!!
(TN: Either “48 Killer Techniques” or “48 Killer Moves” can be used for Suguru’s trademark moves at this point)

101.
Harrison: Bulldozer!!
Harrison: ………!!
Harrison: We…we’ll catch Chanelman this time.
Rhodes: He should still be near—look for him--!!
Attendants: He ran off--!!
Narrator: Chanelman’s outrage didn’t end with just New York and Chicago…

102.
Narrator: Starting in Michigan and in North Carolina and Florida, The Chanelman mercilessly destroyed the district champions of the WSC and left sunglasses on the side of the ring…
Map: MICHIGAN / NORTH CAROLINA / FLORIDA
Phreas: As Choujin quietly sleep, the dubiously shining sunglasses are their dark terror. What is Chanelman’s true identity!?...huh…
Meat: I’ve bought your glasses, Prince!
Suguru: Ooh!
Suguru: What are these!? Aren’t all of these toys~~~!!
Meat: We had no choice. We only had five dollars left……
Phreas: I’m…I’m sorry. The Choujin Association will not take responsibility for the sunglasses…

103.
Map: American Choujin World Power Distribution Map
Caption: Minnesota
Narrator: WSC Minnesota Champion, waiting room of Bob Winkle…
Winkle: Cal…calm down…
Winkle: He’s gone after all my other colleagues…they should be coming for me……
Winkle: No, even if he wanted me as an example, The Chanelman’s appearances are always after a match…if I have an iron security guard, I should avoid his attacks.
Winkle: Of course. Of course. I’ll be safe!!

104.
Suguru: What an idiot. I’m not restricted to appear after a match.

105.
Reporter: Chairman Harrison, is it fine to think that this is the work of the Choujin Association?
Harrison: Clearly, the Choujin that could be taunting us until now are not from the Choujin Association! The only ones that could think of doing this are the Choujin Federation!!
Reporters: Eeh…!?
Reporter: How…however, the Council and the Federation are cooperating…
Harrison: That’s on the surface…They too are within us wanting a united American champion…
Harrison: For that reason, we shouldn’t choose this means! If that’s what they want, then we shouldn’t choose this means!!
Harrison: It’s accepted: if this is already how it comes with this challenge, then we’ll cut ties with the Federation too…it’s an all-out 3-sided war of the three groups: Choujin Association, Choujin Council and Choujin Federation!!

106.
Map: American Choujin World Power Distribution Map
Caption: California
Narrator: Las Vegas, Nevada, thwhere the same as Bata and K Hamada…in the town that harvests thousands is Chairman Sheik Alien of the WSF.
Narrator: WSF Headquarters
Sheik: What!? Chanelman is a spy of the Federation~~~!?
Sheik: Has…Has Harrison lost it~~there must be some misunderstanding.
Bozu: It’s a conspiracy. Someone is pulling the strings from behind the scenes, making both organizations fight.
Bozu: Chairman, perhaps it’s the Choujin Association…

107.
Sheik: What, the Choujin Association?
Sheik: Ha hahahahaha…you’re overthinking. They’ve gathered loser Choujin. They’ve decided now to tremble in St. Louis!!
Bozu: If it was him, he could have done it. Yes, it could only be him!!
Speaker: Champion, prepare yourself for Lumber Jack Joe……
Bozu: Yes, understood.
Narrator: The Choujin Federation’s alias is the Choujin Mafia. Their fund sources are provided from the drug trade, gambling management and suppressing uprisings. However, holding the biggest weight is the earnings from a secret show called “Lumber Jack Joe”. This “Lumber Jack Joe” is where high-rollers gamble by having fun with death-matchs of fellow Choujin while they’re drinking up…

108-109.
Sheik: Ladies and Gentlemen, now we’re reaching today’s main event. We’re holding a match of champion Skull Boze vs. King Crusher!!
Gamblers: O—K, 3,000 DOLLARS ON SKULL BOZE---!! I’LL HAVE 5,000 DOLLARS ON CRUSHER~~~!! I’LL BET 6,000 DOLLARS ON THE CHAMPION!!
Suguru: Oh—oh—I expected Las Vegas to be the gambling city. Both men and women are enthusiastic…
Suguru: Kukuku…the Federation and the Council are breaking apart…somehow this going according to the chairman’s operations…
Sheik: And now, with the betting complete, the pulverizing Crusher is entering from the Blue corner!!
Crowds: Aah.

110.
Sheik & Bozu: Rhodes…!
Rhodes: A present!!
Harrison: Sheik, I know what you’re doing.
Suguru: Uhyo—this has gotten interesting…

TN: While I don't want to reveal the truth, the fact that the so-called allies that are the WSC and the WSF are starting to fray over the actions of Kinnikuman is just a lot of fun to watch. Skull Bozu is creep through and through and shows more of this creep side with each chapter...while Rhodes just seems like a scapegoat caught in the war as Harrison just seems to keep speaking for him and telling him what to do. I sort of feel sorry for him...but that's probably his "Andre the Giant" side speaking out. On the other hand, I like Suguru's rampage through the WSC montage, which while merely taking out wrestlers (they really aren't anything like real Choujin compared to the Olympics) is a lot of fun in seeing him take them apart as part of the whole storyline.