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MEPHISTO #27
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129) Chapter VI 6 - The Man Who Turned To Stone
130) 1: Journalist 2: Pharmacist 3: Banker 4: Real Estate Manager 5: Lawyer... 6: 5 Men gathered in a single building by Alma...
131) 1: While their occupations differ, they all share a love for the occult. 2: And tonight, Alma is hosting a playful evening of "100 Tales." 3: She had a certain reason for this, however... 4: Which four out of the five men did not notice...
132) 1: "100 Tales" is a Japanese game where a group of people take turns telling creepy stories until they reach the 100th, 2: where it is said that a real creature of the night will appear. 3: This instance of the game had reached its climax. Everyone was quite tired, but the candles that kept getting put out one by one was so unnerving it had managed to keep up the atmosphere...
133) 1: ...the end... 2: Seriously, the curses of cats are truly things to be feared... 3(2b): I see...that was really a ghastly story... 4: There goes the 98th... 5: Next, it's your turn. 6: Haah... 7: Well, now that you mention it... 8: It really embarrasses me to say this, but I'm all out of stories...
134) 1: Would someone mind telling one in my place? 2: The truth is, I already went through all the stories I had prepared too... 3: I guess... 4: even for occult-lovers like us, getting to 100 with only 6 people proved too difficult a task. 5: We're so close, though... 6: Only two left... 7: Mmmm...
135) 1: Alright then, I'll go... 2: This was a special story I saved for the end. It's based on reality... 3: I was 26 at the time... 4: It was my dream to become a lawyer...
136) 1(2b): Since I came from a poor family who couldn't afford to send me much allowance, I had to work during the day to save up for my education fees...all my other free time was spent studying for the bar exam.
137) 1: Then, one day... 2: Yo! 3: So we meet again... 4: I really hate this guy... 5: That was the genuine thought that ran through my mind at that moment.
138) 1(2b): What's that? You live around here? 2: His name was Ooba Toshio...a struggling scriptwriter... 3: When did you move here? 4: He was a friend of mine in college, but by this point I had already cut my ties with him. 5: He was so lazy, and was so conceited, and thought he was so cool...he really got on my nerves... 6: He was the kind of guy who seemed determined to leave some sort of wound in my heart every time we met. 7(2b): Ohh! That looks like a nice apartment.
139) 1(2b): Anything good in here? I'm so thirsty... 2: Oh! Beer! 3: Shameless as always... 4: Puhaaaaah! 5(2b): He really made it seem like a coincidence...but it's clear that he came here for a certain reason... 6: What could it be...? 7(2b): Is he in debt? Then he's got the wrong house. 8: Hmmm... 9: You really are something. 10: How many times will you have to fail to understand? 11: You just got out of college, and you still want to take exams...? 12: Those guts are about the only good quality you've got. 13: Is that all you came here to say...?
140) 1: What, you trying to start a fight? 2: You think *I* am?! 3: I'm not like you! 4(3b): This time for sure...I absolutely have to pass this exam! Not only for myself...but for my parents, who have allowed me this selfishness for so long... 5: I don't have the time to listen to your sarcasm... 6: How petty... 7(2b): So what about your parents? You really want to make it big that badly? 8: Sometimes you just gotta cut loose and go with the flow. 9(2b): Alcohol, women...it'll change your worldview. 10: Would you mind leaving...? 11(2b): Sheesh...so it won't help no matter what I say, eh?
141) 1: Of all things, however, I can't believe you'd have the gall to make me sound like some good-for-nothing... 2: If you think I've just been mulling around on the edge of the movie biz this whole time, you're in for a big surprise! 3: When the times comes, I know how to make ends meet! 4(2b): Check this out! The script I'm working on right now might be bought by a sponsor! 5: This is his deposit money! 6: So you didn't come to ask for money... 7: This is what I'm talkin' about! 8: Who you trying to kid, man?! 9: Hey, how about it? Let's go hit up the town with this money tonight! 10: We'll go ALLLL out... 11: The exam was drawing ever closer, and I needed cash. 12(2b): With my salary from being a lathe operator, however, I was just barely able to survive. I was the one who was in debt.
142) 1(3b): Even if I ask you like this? We need to watch out for each other when we're in trouble, right? I promise I'll pay it right back when the exam's finished! 2: No way... 3: If you want money to go play around with me, then I'll think about it... 4: But I refuse to take part in building your road to success... 5: I thought we were friends... 6(2b): I'm shocked...when I met you back there, 7: you were clearly making an unpleasant face. I didn't expect to hear that line from you... 8: Makes me wanna puke...
143) 1: But it's true that I do owe you something. 2: Here! 3: You can pay me back without interest once you hit it big. 4: So you better work hard and pass that exam, alright? 5: Heheheh... 6: Oobaaaa!
147) 1: Kukuku... 2: Haha... 3: No way! 4: I'll never let it happen... 5: There's no way I'm sacrificing my life all for the sake of that rotten piece of shit...how could I stand to let such a ridiculous thing happen?! 6: I should just think of this as training... 7: That's it... 8: Lawyer training... 9: Valuable training where I can actually experience the psychology of a criminal... 10: Fufu...
148) top sfx: *saw saw* 1: Luckily, there shouldn't have been anyone who knew about the relationship I had with Ooba...and with the way he was, it wouldn't have been strange for him to suddenly disappear... 2: A murder case without a corpse...judging from past examples, cases in where it's hard to come up with any evidence usually end up with nonprosecution...
149) 1: So it's all a matter of how expertly I dispose of the corpse...
151) 1: Haa haa 2: Haa.. 3: Strangely enough, everything went fine for me after that. 4: I passed the bar exam, finishing two years of training, and started up my own practice by the end of my third year. 5(2b): Everything went along so smoothly that it actually felt a bit creepy. Like there was some huge pitfall awaiting me somewhere... 6: At the least, though, there were no investigations made about Ooba after the event, and it appeared that his whereabouts had been left as unknown...
153) 1: Hey...what's this red stain from? 2: I dunno... 3: I didn't even notice it until now... 4: It must be mold. Ewww... 5: This isn't mold. 6: Then what is it? 7: Who knows...it's like the concrete itself is stained. 8(2b): How can that be...it's been getting bigger in the past few days. 9: Anyway, what do you say we just repaint this spot?
154) 1: Nnnnn... 2: Uuu?! 3(2b): This is so weird...we painted right over it...!!
155) 1: Yo! 2: So we meet again... 3: What a coincidence... 4(2b): I've been here for five years, but...I never thought I'd meet you again here, of all places. 5(2b): My body was smashed to bits and turned into concrete, but...I don't hate you for it... 6(2b): It's nice and cool here, it feels good. Like finally finding a nice place to rest.
156) 1: Except it's really boring. 2(2b): Shut up! Shut up!! 3(2b): Hey, hey, that's uncalled for. We're friends, aren't we...? 4: By the way, I have a favor to ask. 5: I was never able to finish my script, and it's really been bugging me. 6: It's my finest work, so I want to make it complete... 7: I can't even hold a pen now, as I'm sure you can see... 8(2b): I'll forget about the money I lent you. So in return... 9: Give me your right hand! 10: Uuuu!
157) 1: Uwaaaahhh...?!
158) 1: Ummm, excuse me, but... 2: Your right hand... 3: No! It's not like we think you actually killed someone, it's just... 4: Fufufu...does it bother you? 5: Then see for yourselves...
159) 1: Ohhh! 2: P-phew! 3: Haha...give another point to that fellow... 4: That story sounded so real. 5: Now then... 6: It looks like we're down... 7: to today's finale, Alma-san... 8: Then we'll finally be able to see if that old saying about "100 Tales" is true or not... 9: Fufufu... 10: Whether a real creature of the night will appear or not... 11: Before that, let's take a coffee break. 12: Good idea! 13: It's 5 AM on the dot... 14: Almost time for morning to come...
160) 1: Shall we begin, then? 2: I... 3(2b): The truth about myself is...I've kept it hidden until now, but I am actually a witch. 4: And...?
161) 1: The end. 2: What?! 3: Oh, come on... 4(2b): That's not even a story...you can't expect us to laugh at a joke like that this late in the game! 5: Then what do I need to do to get you to believe that I am a witch...? 6: Hahaha...well, to be honest... 7: I can't even believe that witches actually exist! 8: Haven't you seen them on TV before? 9(3b): They ride around on brooms, disappear into thin air...transform into animals... 10: Then... 11: How about this?!
162) 1: Uwaaahh?! 2: Fufufu...
164) 1: Gyaaaaaahhh!! 2: A-a monsterrrr!! 3: He 4: He he... 5: Heeeelp! 6: Uuuu... 7: Look into my eyes!
165) 1: Huh?! 2: Gyaaaahhh! 3(2b): H...help me...
166) 1: Sorry for frightening you. 2: You all just saw a hallucination due to group hypnosis. 3: I put a drug that would make it easier for you all to fall under into the coffee you just drank. 4: Is he...dead? 5: No...merely sleeping.
167) 1: Still, though... 2: Speaking about one's own crime as if it was a piece of entertainment, feeling no qualms about revealing one's evil deeds, is the pinnacle of arrogance... 3: All I really wanted was a clue... 4: His pride dug his own grave for him. 5: What do you intend to do with him? 6: Ooba-san... 7: Revenge for my son... 8: I should hate his killer enough to kill him myself, but my son is also at fault... 9: I should simply leave it up to the police and pray for a fair trail, but... 10: Just as he said, it will be hard to come up with any evidence now...
168) 1: Would you be alright with him turning himself in? 2: Well, of course... 3: But...how could we ever get him to admit to his own crime... 4: Fufu... 5: Did you forget about my hypnosis...?
Chapter VI 6 - The Man Who Turned To Stone / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/31258[English] [Translation] Mephisto 26 by molokidan2011-08-31T00:25:02+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com*Only for use by I-M.
MEPHISTO #26
105) Chapter VI 5 - Despot
106) 1(2b): President Vallivalli of the Sabbath Republic, a small island in the Caribbean Sea, went missing this morning. In the face of an armed citizen's riot, the President escaped his personal residence and rode on an American aircraft to France. 2(2b): Through the collapse of the Vallivalli machine, which has ruled the country through a fear-based dictatorship, a period of dark politics rampant with hunger, tyranny, and injustice has come to an end.
107) 1: Living off his 400,000,000 dollars' worth of foreign assets, President Vallivalli is reported to be living an elegant, utopian life now that he has defected to France... 2: In response to this, 3: the French government has indifferently stated that they are merely permitting his temporary stay there due to a request from the US, and noted that a forced deportation in the future would be possible. 4: During his Presidency, Mr. Vallivalli was famous for being a charismatic leader said to possess magical powers. As of now, however, he has lost every last one of his admirers...
108) 1: Through the instant concentration of psychic subconscious abilities, Alma is capable of tripping through space and time. 2: Due to this, the sensors of her consciousness picked up on a certain signal spreading through the physical world one night.
109) 1: She was currently asleep at the time, so Alma's body responded to the signal semi-reflexively.
110) 1: Ohhh?!
111) 1: I finally did it! 2: I finally summoned a demon!!
112) 1: Look at that! Now do you see how powerful I am?! 2: I told you my black magic wasn't all a farce... 3: Awawah... 4: Hey! You don't have to run! 5: This witch is my ally! 6: Are you... 7: President Vallivalli from the Sabbath Republic...?! 8: gggh! 9: Now this is a surprise...so you're a witch keen to the goings-on of this world...? 10: And you seem to understand my speech...
113) 1: Looks like my luck finally returned to me, just when I started on my decline...fufufu... 2: Don't you dare tell anyone about this! Got it?! 3: Y-yes, sir! 4: What? They'll extend the time until my deportation if I move to the country?!
114) 1(2b): Yes...apparently they don't want to have to be responsible for protecting you. 2(2b): Dammit! They're all irresponsible bastards just like the others... 3: to be honest, it's the fault of that French policy of keeping the people idiotic and easily subjugated during the colonization period. 4: They destroyed our culture, and then planted the seeds of development... 5(2b): I'm not going to rely on them anymore! I don't care if the French government tries to get rid of me, I have a stronger ally on my side! 6-7: Go home! 8: Right, Alma...?
115) 1: A... 2: CHOO! 3: It looks sunny outside, I wonder why it's so cold in here... 4(2b): Ahh, the truth is... 5: You bastard! 6: How dare you bring another woman in here while I was out! 7(2b): Wait, Catherine! You've got it wrong! 8: You probably won't believe me even if I tell you, but she... 9(2b): Damn right I won't believe you! I've had it up to here with your lies, just like the citizens of Sabbath!
116) 1: And what about you, going around shopping in Paris without taking any protection?! 2: Ufu! Dreamy, isn't it? 3(2b): This fur coat...is it sable?! Then it must have cost at least $1,000,000... 4(2b): $1,500,000. It was on sale, so I decided to pick it up. 5: I can't believe you... 6: You must have been the one who turned the cooler on in this room, too... 7: We can't afford luxuries anymore like we used to be able to! 8: Huh? What happened to your hidden savings? 9: Everyone found out about them, so I can't use them anymore... 10(2b): Hmph! I thought as much. So all that stuff about you living a life of luxury in France was a lie too, then... 11: You good-for-nothing...! 12: Shut up! 13: Chairman Felix of the new government...
117) 1: has promised to enact a yearly election and install a new constitution of laws. 2: He has also stated that he will keep working to uncover all of Mr. Vallivalli's hidden funds and strictly deal with them to the utmost degree. 3: Shut up, you impostor! 4: Ahhhh, I can't stand this! 5: If I don't do something about that bastard soon, I'll never be able to focus on anything! 6: Almaaaa! 7: Where are you, Alma?! 8: Ohh, Alma.. 9: Why such a scary face...?!
118) 1: I found a lot of female corpses in the kitchen freezer. 2: Oh, is that all... 3(2b): Those are all the sacrifices I used to summon you. Don't worry about it! They were all filthy foreign whores to begin with. 4: More importantly, it's time for your first job. 5: Curse that Felix to death! 6: I've already finished the preparations. 7: Here's a wax doll of him... 8: and needles. 9: I've tried this numerous times myself, but for some reason, my chanting never had any effect... 10(2b): You're missing something important: a piece of hair or a nail. Something from that person's body is necessary...
119) 1: Mufufu...I thought you'd say that. 2: Let me show you my beloved collection, then! 3: It's second only to my own life! 4: The spies I've sent all over the world have worked hard to gather up personal effects from leaders all over the world! 5(2b): A polyp Reagan had removed...skin from Gorbachev's head...and a piece of Nakasone's hair. That one sure took a while... 6: etc, etc. 7: If all these world leaders died at once, the whole world would be thrown into a panic... 8: Then if you and I teamed up and dashed in at that very moment, taking over the world would be a cinch! 9: Wahahahaha!!
120) 1: But you know, there's an easier way to accomplish this instead of going through all that. 2: What?! 3: Ufufu... 4(2b): Come on up...and have sex with me... 5: What are you talking about...?!
121) 1: Are you saying that if I have sex with you than I can inherit the world?! 2: Yes. 3: There's no way... 4: But... 5: Even if it isn't true, I suppose it's worth a try... 6: Ufufu... 7: Ohh, Alma... 8: You seductive, man-hungry witch... 9: Damn him! 10: I knew it...
122) 1: You cheater!! 2: Kyaah?!
124) 1: Where are we?! 2: Just as you wished, the world is yours. 3: What?! 4: This is the earth of the distant future... 5: Humanity has already died out, and you are the only survivors... 6: That can't be! 7: Rest at ease, the earth is currently reviving itself. 8: There is water, and if you work hard, you'll be able to find food, too. 9: Is this some bad joke?!
125) 1: You are both despots until die. 2: You traitor! 3: Even you're going to abandon me, too?! 4(2b): Come on and do something! How can you leave us in a place like this?! 5: Wait! Almaaa!! 6: Almaaaaa! 7: I'm sorry!
126) 1: I was wrong...! 2(2b): I'll repent for all my past sins! Just...please, help me! 3: Hey...! 4: You bow down too! 5: Kyaaah! 6: Are those words true...? 7: I promise! 8: Hm? 9(2b): Ahh?! Felix?!
127) 1: Kyaaaaah?! You!! 2: When did we...?! 3(3b): That's the tyrant who massacred 10,000 of our comrades! It's impossible to forgive him now! Give him the death penalty! 4: The death penalty! 5: Hang him!! 6: Quiet, everyone!! 7: The terrifying days of washing away blood with blood are over... 8: As a testament to that, I will make you two the first people to receive the grace of our new peace constitution.
128) 1: Now, hopefully I can sleep without any interruptions... 2: Good night... 3(2b): The new leader of the Sabbath Republic, President Felix, has shown mercy on ex-President Vallivalli and his wife, and deported them, as a representation of the birth of democracy that values human rights throughout the whole world.
Chapter VI 5 - Despot / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/31257[English] [Translation] Mephisto 25 by molokidan2011-08-31T00:24:41+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com*Only for use by I-M.
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81) Chapter VI 4 - Trip Game
84) 1: shooh!
85) 1(2b): Wait! Alma! 2: Fufufu... 3: I want to stay together a little bit longer. 4(2b): We can't. You know it's too dangerous to keep going like this. 5: I really enjoyed it... 6: Me too...
86) 1: Uuu... 2(2b): Whew...no matter how many times I do that... 3(2b): it always blows my mind. To think that we could take a trip across the world just sitting here... 4(2b): And it isn't like virtual reality. It's completely real! 5: This is the first time I've experienced such hypnosis... 6: Alma! How about we go to Antartica next? 7: Let's watch the aurora together!
87) 1: Sorry, but let's call it quits here... 2: Eh? 3: This is different from hypnosis. 4: This controls your brain directly, and it's very dangerous for a normal human like you. 5: Are you saying you aren't a normal human? 6: In any case, there's no telling what kind of side effects it may have... 7: That's what I'm afraid of... 8(2b): But it's already my fourth time. See...? There's nothing wrong with me! 9: That's not all! 10: You work as a cameraman, and you have a family... 11: You can't keep running away from that. 12: The first time you came here, you were extremely neurotic... 13: I just tried doing the trip game as a way to give you a change of pace.
88) 1: If you end up becoming dependent on the game, though, then it won't solve anything. 2(2b): Alright...let's stop playing the game. 3: In return, I have a request! 4: Will you model for me?! 5: Not in the game, but for real work! I want to take your pictures! 6: Just once will be enough! 7: Sure...if you're fine with using someone like me... 8: Thank you. 9(2b): Okay, then the day after tomorrow...it's a promise!
89) 1-5: grin
90) 1: I'm sick and tired of this... 2: Of...what? 3: This agency job. 4: Shooting these kid models day in and day out... 5: Having to bow my head and thank those stuck-up little brats all the time... 6: I can't wait to go independent and shoot the photos I want to... 7: Well that's why you have to do your best right now! 8: You don't understand what it feels like... 9(2b): Oh, come on! That's all you ever say...
91) 1: Just bear it for now! 2(2b): The loan on this apartment, school fees...we don't have time to be complaining about things like that. 3: What happened to my life... 4: Just where did I go wrong...? 5: Come on! Say goodnight to papa! 6(2b): Papaaa! Papaaa! 7: Good niiight! 9: Don't forget your promise, papa! 10: Promise...? 11: Oh, would you get it together already?! 12(2b): You promised to take them to an amusement park the day after tomorrow, on your day off! Oh yeah...I forgot!
92) 1: Sorry 2: for calling you out so suddenly... 3(2b): I finally got a day off, but then I got stuck into doing some family service...oh my... 4(2b): I'm impressed...so you really are fulfilling your duties as a father after all. 5(2b): Yeah...I guess...to me, though, they're duties and nothing more...
93) 1: Are you...married? 2: Never thought about it... 3: But a beautiful woman like you must get approached by men all the time, right? 4: Don't you have a boyfriend right now? 5(2b): Well...I did have one in the past... 6: But what does that matter?
94) 1: Hmmm... 2: Guess I'm not a total failure after all...
95) 1: Huh?! 2: A man's corpse... 3: How can that be...?! 4: I didn't notice when I was shooting...
96) 1: Oh my God! 2: I'm not lying! 3: You can see it right in the photo. 4: There was someone aiming at you with a pistol from the bushes back there! 5: I'm worried about you. 6: I'm going to come over right now.
97) 1: This is a side-effect from the trip game. 2: Eh?! 3: As we continued our games, some kind of changes must have occured in your brain, unsealing abilities that you were unable to use up until now. 4: Like thoughtography... 5: In other words, your subconscious desires were directly infused onto the film in a symbolic state... 6: The pistol represents your masculinity. 7(2b): And the male corpse represents your desire to have me all to yourself...I suppose...fufu... 8: You've got to be kidding me!
98) 1: How could I believe something so ridiculous... 2: Cheese! 3: What are you doing...? 4: Hurry up and take the picture! 5: Ah...
99) 1: clack! 2: I don't know... 3: It defies explanation. 4: You mean something happened to my brain...?! 5(2b): No, that can't be! It was right in the actual photo! 6(2b): A photo taken by a camera! How could I control a machine?
100) 1: Looks like the side-effects are progressing... 2: Maybe... 3: You're projecting your own future into these pictures... 4: Impossible... 5: I can't believe that... 6: Let's make this the last time we meet... 7: At this rate, you'll only end up making your family suffer... 8: Make it one more time... 9: I want to trip with you...
101) 1: Please... 2: Alright... 3: Just relax... 4: Concentrate all your nerves into your forehead. 5: Don't think about anything... 6: Alma... 7: I want to be with you! 8: I love you...
102) 1(2b): So the photos are true...I could throw away my whole family if it just meant being with you! 2: You can't do that... 3: I possess... 4: many secrets that cannot come to light... 5: As you once said... 6: I am not a normal human...
103) 1(2b): No matter what you may be, my feelings cannot lie! 2: I don't think I could ever forget you...for the rest of my life... 3: I'll erase your memories, then... 4: What?! 5: It looks like that's the only way... 6: Papa! 7: Come on, hurry it up!
104) 1: Okay, don't rush me! 2: Hurry! Hurry! 3(2b): It's been such a long time since we all went on a drive as a family! I'm just so happy! 4: Huh?! 5: Was there a girl that beautiful in our building?! 6: Come on! 7: Ow... 8: Letting your eyes stray is the prime way to cause an accident! 9: Sorry.
Chapter VI 4 - Trip Game / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/31256[English] [Translation] Mephisto 24 by molokidan2011-08-31T00:24:17+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.com*Only for use by I-M.
MEPHISTO #24
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57) Chapter VI 3 - The Death of a Certain Man
59) 1: Woah... 2(2b): Oh crap...it's already this late...?
60) 1: Uuu...?! 2: Wahhhh! 3: Huh?!
61) 1: Ah... 2(2b): It's dark...I can't see anything... 3: Can't feel anything... 4: Am I going to die like this...? 5(2b): No! I don't want to die like some cockroach! 6(2b): Besides, I can't die right now! If I do, then my wife and daughter will be thrust out in the cold!
62) 1(2b): My daughter is only four...she should be starting preschool this year... 2(2b): And my wife is still young...she's naive, inexperienced, and knows nothing about the world... 3: I haven't paid much attention to them lately. 4: They both must be feeling very lonely... 5: I wish I could see their faces one more time... 6(2b): And I wish I could apologize to them...for everything... 7: And for the future... 8: And then... 9: I want to say goodbye to them... 10(2b): Okay...this must be some stroke of fate. I'll grant your wish.
63) 1(2b): Who is it? Who is talking to me... 2(2b): I suppose I might as well give you...half a day. 3: I'll tell the you of the past what will happen twelve hours later. 4: It's even possible that your life could be saved... 5: But the power of fate is tremendous. 6: Be sure not to forget that... 7: slump...
64) 1: Huh?! 2: Snicker... 3: Ufufu... 4: Look, he woke up right in time for lunch! 5: Alright, time to eat! 6: Ahaha! 7: It was just a dream...
65) 1(2b): What's wrong? Don't feel well? 2: Nah, it's nothing... 3: Is it a phenomenon again? 4: What? 5: A psychic phenomenon... 6: Seeing UFOs or speaking with ghosts...that's your special talent, Shin-chan. 7: Yeah... 8: She's right... 9: It might be bothering me so much because it's a premonition... 10: I'm going to leave early today! 11: Eh? 12: But you promised to tell me the rest of what happened last night after work! 13: Sorry, but it'll have to wait for tomorrow!
66) 1: If it's a premonition, then I'll be hit by a car at midnight and die... 2: This is it... 3: This is the place where I get run over... 4: Which means all I have to do is make sure I'm not in this spot at that time! 5: I'll make sure to get as far away as possible... 6: But if something still happened...! 7: Yeah! If by chance... 8: But the power of fate is tremendous... 9: Be sure not to forget that...
67) 1: Oh, you're home?! 2: What are you doing back so early...? 3(2b): The truth is, I have to go out of the office tonight, and won't be home. I came back to tell you. 4: Where's Mayumi?! 5: You liar! 6: Eh? 7: You're going to her place, aren't you... 8: So you knew... 9: But believe in me, Noriko! 10(2b): Tonight is really something different! Something much more important!
68) 1: I intend to flat out break it off with her... 2: I even told her about it last night! 3: Oh...so you met her yesterday, too... 4: Noriko... 5: Papa! 6: Mayumi! 7: What are you all dressed up for? 8: Today she got her preschool uniform. 9: She kept insisting over and over that she was going to wear it... 10: Ahaha! It looks great on you! 11: Believe in me, Noriko... 12: I love both you and Mayumi from the bottom of my heart...
69) 1: Kyahaha... 2(2b): ...so you would like the recipient of your life insurance to me your wife's name, is that correct? 3: Yes. 4(2b): Thank you very much. We will send you your insurance card at a later date. 5: So, just to make sure! If I were to die in an accident today... 6: then 100,000,000 yen would be paid to my wife! 7: Yes, exactly... 8: Now my fallback preparations are complete. 9: All I need to do now is get as far away as I can from that spot.
70) 1: tap 2: Ah...you?! 3(2b): What do you mean "you"... 4: You say you want to break up, and then all of a sudden we're strangers...? 5: Just where are you trying to disappear to? 6: You're not trying to run away, are you...? 7: Yeah right! 8: I just thought I'd go take a trip to a hot springs as a diversion... 9(2b): I've been feeling too stressed lately...haha... 10: Come with me for a minute. 11: No, stop!
71) 1(2b): No! I won't let go until you say yes! 2: I feel like if I let you go now, then I'll never be able to see you again! 3(2b): Alright...I'll go with you... 4: But only for an hour. 5: I guess I do still have some time to spare...
72) 1: Ahh...Shin-chan! 2: Naoko! 3: Ahhhhhhhhhhh 4(2b): What are you in such a hustle for, Shin-chan... 5: Fufu...
73) 1: This might be the last time I ever sleep with a woman... 2(2b): Let's see if I can guess what you're thinking, Shin-chan...that this might be the last time we're together? 3: No, that's not it! 4: That's not what I meant! 5: You and I go back farther than you and your wife, you know. 6: It's impossible for us to split up at this point... 7: So promise me... 8: That you'll never say you want to break up again... 9: Mmmmmm... 10: Okay?! 11: This is my answer! 12: Kyahhh! 13: Aaaahhhh....mmm
74) 1: click click 2: zzzzzzz 3: Ahh! 4: What time is it right now?! 5: Why don't you look at your watch? 6: Oh no! 7: The last train already left... 8: Ahhhhhh, I'm such an idiot! 9(2b): So...just stay with me tonight, then...it's fine, isn't it? 10: Wait?! 11: 12:20... 12(2b): Haha...wait a minute...
75) 1: Hahahahahahahaha! 2: What's wrong? 3(2b): Look at me! I'm absolutely fine! 4: What are you talking about? 5: Kukukuku... 6: Hey, Shin-chan! 7(2b): Sorry, Naoko! But can you drive me home? 8: Ehh?! 9(2b): I really was stupid...to believe that dream would actually come true... 10(2b): Fufu...they're probably both asleep by now...I'll appear right by both their pillows and give them a big surprise! Kuku! 11: Shin-chan...
76) 1: screech! 2(2b): Eh? You want me to get out here? 3: What'll you do if your wife sees me? 4: Oh yeah... 5: Thanks, Naoko... 6: Good night! 7: So I guess no matter what I do... 8: Shin-chan simply treats me like a sex object...
77) 1: Hm? 2: Ahh?! 3: I knew it! 4(2b): Ummm...have we met somewhere before...? 5: Hurry up and get out of here! 6: Ehh?! 7: Sorry, Shin-chan... 8: But I'm more naive and delicate...
78) 1: than you think! 2: Ahh!
79) 1: Watch out!
80) Chapter VI 3 - The Death of a Certain Man / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/25477[English] [Translation] Mephisto 23 by molokidan2010-10-19T23:26:14+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #23
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33) Chapter VI 2 - The Golden Figures of the Aztecs
37) 1: Gugigigigigigi... 2: Uuuuunnn... 3: A cocaine addict... 4(2b): Hah hah 5: Two hours have passed... 6: Looks like the danger is gone...
38) 1: How do you feel? 2: Mu...?! 3: This? 4: I already took the bullets out. 5: I won't call the police, so relax. 6: More importantly, do you have some sort of business with my shop? 7: I heard you can buy cocaine here... 8: My...where might you have heard such a thing...?
39) 1: Of course I'm not asking for it for free. 2: How about this... 3: It's pure gold...heheheh... 4: Don't misunderstand. 5: I'm not a drug dealer. 6(2b): It'd be better for you to get hospitalized and go through detox...you could still make it now. 7: I'll give it to you. 8: Eh?
40) 1: As thanks for fixing up my wounds...besides, I just wanted to show my big bro up. 2: Your big bro? 3: He stole that figure from its native place in Mexico. It's a really valuable antique... 4: My bro's most prized treasure... 5: Then why... 6: Ohh... 7: I can't say any more than that... 8(2b): I know. You boys are smuggling in cocaine from Mexico. 9: You're pretty sharp... 10: But...if that's so, then I can't understand why you're a junkie. 11: My brother... 12: made me this way...
41) 1: I was against doing a dangerous job like this at the start. 2: I wanted to wash my hands of it as soon as possible, but my bro wouldn't allow it. 3: Oh... 4: How sad... 5: If you're going to take pity on me, then could you give me something to eat...? 6: Just when I thought I was gonna be alright, my stomach started growling. I'm so hungry I could die... 7: So you'll trust me? 8(2b): You aren't a normal person...and at the least, not the type of woman who'll run away... 9: Fufufu...thank you. 10(2b): Wait a moment, then. I'll go buy something... 11: Come back quickly, please...
42) 1: Huh?!
43) 1: That was truly careless of you, sister...
44) 1(2b): C'mon...you've got to have a lot more visitors than that, right? 2: You should lock the door and close up before you leave. 3: I'd like some coffee too. 4: Make it in front of me. 5: I would be in trouble if you put some poison in there or something... 6: Right, Ms. Pharmacist Lady? 7: I called the police. 8: Liar... 9: I followed you before coming here.
45) 1(2b): I don't know why, but you're really good at taking care of people...my little bro owes you... 2: So you really were brothers... 3: So what? 4: He was a useless coward, with a big body and nothing more. 5: And of all things, he tried to steal from me... 6: He cut our brotherly ties on his own... 7: This is the natural result. 8(2b): Is that trinket really that valuable? Of course... 9: You probably don't know, but this is a Golden Figure from the Aztec empire... 10: I know...
46) 1: It's a statue of a young priest who served the Aztec god who created all of mankind, Quetzacoatl... 2(2b): In order to prevent the death of the sun and the destruction of the universe, the Aztecs offered up the blood and hearts of human beings at the top of the great palace to provide the sun with energy. 3: That statue was created as a symbol that the youth was going to become a sacrifice...
47) 1: The Aztecs' theory of the afterlife stated that only people who were sacrificed would be able to go to Heaven... 2: That's why to them, being chosen as a sacrifice was the highest honor... 3(2b): You sure are erudite, sister...but I didn't come here to study up on history. 4: I just thought it'd be useful later. 5: Alright...and after history class comes health class. 6: Hurry up and take it off. 7(2b): Beautiful women are lucky, you know? They can get out of situations without being killed...
48) 1: You sure know how to strip... 2: I'm impressed. 3: Now get over here... 4: Heheheh... 5: What is a jewel like you doing in a place like this...? 6: Such a waste... 7: Become my woman, and you'll never have to worry about anything again...
51) 1: Uuu... 2(2b): Where am I?! Am I seeing a dream?!
52) 1: Where the hell am I?! 2: You just learned about this place, didn't you...?
53) 1: That's impossible!! 2: Look...this is you. 3: Congratulations...you'll be able to go to Heaven...
54) 1: Stop! 2: What are you doing?! 3: Hohohohoho! 4(2b): Help me! Let me go! I... 5(2b): This is a dream...it has to be a dream...
55) 1(2b): This can't be... 2: Gyaaahhh!
56) 1: National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico
Chapter VI 2 - The Golden Figures of the Aztecs / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/25183[English] [Translation] Mephisto 22 by molokidan2010-10-05T09:12:56+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #22
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6) Table of Contents
Chapter VI
The Strange Chronicles of Alma 9
1 Painted Hell 9
2 The Golden Figures of the Aztecs 33
3 The Death of a Certain Man 57
4 Trip Game 81
7) 5 Despot 105
6 The Man Who Turned To Stone 129
7 The Nameless Star 169
8 The Day The World Stood Still 205
Afterword 230
9) Chapter 6 - The Strange Chronicles of Alma
1 - Painted Hell
10) 1: The painting emitted colors more conspicuous than any other piece on display. 2(2b): All people who came to visit the art museum could not keep themselves from coming to a stop in front of the painting, where they would then ponder the meaning of the word "HELL" written below it. 3: When they began walking again, their faces looked like those of people who had just waken up from some horrible nightmare. 4: So creepy...
11) 1: The painting was discussed heavily among experts. 2: "It's a masterpiece." "No, it's trite." "It's beautiful." "It's cursed." "It's suspicious"... 3: It came from a run-of-the-mill old painter who was ignored throughout his entire career, and only fell into the limelight a single time. This painting was a posthumous work of his. 4: That painting was the man's last work before he suddenly disappeared.
12) 1: What is that sound...? 2: Ahhh...that...? 3: They're building an addition on to the studio. 4: Sorry for the noise...
13) 1: They're all so beautiful... 2: Oh really...? 3: The public prefers to call them mundane... 4(2b): Ridiculous...they're quite the opposite. 5: Your paintings are simply too refined for this time period. 6(2b): Thank you...you and my wife are the only people who tell me that. 7: Your wife? 8(2b): Excuse me, but the tea is done.
14) 1: You must be tired. 2: Thank you. 3: How about you take a break as well? 4: It's not good for your body to work too hard. 5: Well, I'll be off now. 6: What a beautiful wife you have. 7(2b): Seems like she'd be a better model than me...hahaha... 8: My wife is an even more pious Christian than I... 9: Nude modeling is the one thing she won't do for me.
15) 1(2b): Aside from that, however, she really works hard for this old man. She also understands my paintings well. 2(2b): The townspeople pry on and on because of our age difference, but...it won't matter what I try and say to people who don't understand my paintings. 3: I... 4: and constantly thanking the God that embodies the bond between my wife and I, and nothing more. 5: My passion as a painter symbolizes the total devotion of my body and soul to the spirit of the Lord. 6: It's like being in a mental state similar to Christ's 12 Disciples.
16) 1: Mmmmm...
17) 1: Welcome. 2(2b): Excuse me...would you mind giving me a bit more sleeping aid?
18) 1: This is really against the law, you know. 2: I am deeply indebted. 3: This worsening insomnia only adds to my problems... 4: Is something wrong? 5: The truth is, I have started on a new piece... 6: A great work that could rival even "The Last Judgment" of Michaelangelo. 7: How wonderful...I would love to see it. 8: I can't seem to move forward, however. 9(2b): The problem is a very important part of the piece: the image of "Hell"...I don't want to make it look too fantastic... 10: I want to paint a perfect image of Hell! 11: There are dealers who have denied me personal exhibitions due to the religious imagery in my work being too strong... 12: And other critics laugh at me, saying I'm only emulating the religious paintings of Europe...
19) 1: I want to create something that will wipe those smirks off their faces... 2: A genuine Hell, that greatly exceeds the imagination of humanity... 3(2b): If I could see it right before my eyes, it'd be perfect, but...to be honest, I don't think it's going to happen... 4: How lamentable... 5: It doesn't seem like I will be able to break through this wall... 6(2b): Alright then...I'll show Hell to you. 7(2b): Hahaha...it's not nice to tease your elders, now... 8: Wait just a moment.
20) 1(2b): Oh, enough with the jokes...what are you saying you can do with something like this...? 2: Can you promise not to regret it? 3: Within this crystal, you will see the Hell you seek. 4: Even if it greatly changes your life, 5: can you promise not to regret your decision? 6: I promise... 7: Then, by my guest...
21) 1: Ohhhhhhh... 22) 1: Is your husband still drawing these things? 2: These scribbles won't earn a penny. 3: Of course not, it's simply what he does to amuse himself... 4: If you don't finish things up soon, he'll run the inheritance dry. 5: Don't worry. 6: The cost for his art supplies haven't put the slightest dent in it...
23) 1: I...got this manor appraised in secret. 2: Even with a low estimation, it's apparently worth 500,000,000... 3: Was that your goal from the start? 4: What was yours? 5: Me? Or... 6: Money? 7: Fufufu...
24) 1: Ahhh...
26) 1: Yes? 2(2b): Once you make some tea...come to my studio at once. 3: Ooh, how unusual!
28) 1: Nnnn... 2: Huh?! 3: Ahh... 4: Dear... 5: What are you doing?! 6: What are you doing with me?!
29) 1: Kyaaaaaa?! 2: Dear! 3: Is this a cruel joke?! 4: What did I do...?! 5: Gyaaaaaaahhh!!
30) 1(2b): Haa haa 2: Haa...
31) 1(2b): I...intended to have no regrets by any means... 2: For I... 3: have no other attachments to this world now... 4: Do you still feel that you are in a mental state similar to Christ's 12 Disciples? 5: As if... 6: Much repentance awaits me... 7: I understand... 8: Allow me to grant your wish once more, then. 9: Just who are you...Alma? 10: Hohoho...
32) 1: "He secretly committed suicide"...was the rumor that passed around, but Alma knew more than anyone that that wasn't the case.
Chapter VI 1 - Painted Hell / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13545[English] [Translation] Mephisto 21 by molokidan2009-06-26T12:32:14+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #21
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215) Chapter V - A Moment of Infinity
Sign: Tokyo Regional Courthouse
216) J: We will now present the judicial decision in regards to the defendant, Rudou Reiji.
217) J: The defendant J: is sentenced to death. sfx: zawa x3 J: The judges have decided that while the defendant's abnormality and inability to suppress sexual desires may derive from the mental state in which he was born, J: the fact remains that his crimes were meticulously planned ordeals, and so they have determined that there is no possibility that the defendant is suffering from any sort of remarkable mental illness.
218) J: Furthermore, when asked if he regretted his crimes in the previous trial, the defendant stated that if given the chance would like to commit similar acts again, J: thereby forcing the court to conclude that the defendant will not better himself even if given a sentence in prison. Y: Uuuuu... L: Please accept my deepest condolences. It appears that my power was not enough... Y(2b): No...thank you for all your help.
219) sfx: kaaaaan x4 sfx: ka... ?: Hey, Rudou... ?(2b): This may sound like pointless chatter to you, but almost all defendants who receive the death penalty appeal to a higher court afterwards...you still have the right to do that. ?(2b): In 10 hours, the period of appeal will be over, so...you might want to seriously think about it one more time.
220) ?: Guess you've already prepared yourself... R: Huh?! R: You're...?! sfx: gacha A: Fufufu... R: I've been waiting, Alma... R: After reading about the accident in the paper, I knew it couldn't be... A: I leaped just seconds before the explosion.
221) R: So that explosion was your doing as well? A: Forget about that for now...how about leaping once more with me? R: Alright... A: Where do you want to go? R(2b): I can't get Youko out of my mind...I want to see her future. A: I thought so... A: There's one condition, though. A: I won't allow you to come face to face with her. R: Understood. A(2b): Okay then...that's all you need to worry about.
222) sfx: pon!
223) sfx: pon! Y: Reiji! Y: Mama's going out shopping for a bit, so keep an eye on the house for me! R: Okay!
224) R: Oh...so she has a child... A: And named him after you... R: I suppose it's normal for her to have a child or two after ten years... A: She seems rather happy, doesn't she...? A: Relieved? R: I don't know who her husband is, but it looks like I'm completely out of the picture. R(2b): This may sound a little like I'm having trouble letting go...but can you go meet with her for me?! A: Sure.
225) Y: I never thought I'd see you again in a place like this... A: It has been 10 years, hasn't it...? Y: I don't know who you are or where you're from, but I always wished I could meet you once more in order to properly thank you. Y: Thanks to you reuniting me with Rudou-kun that night, Y: I was able to receive the joy I have now... A: Which means...? Y: My only son, Reiji, was conceived then... A: That can't be... Y: Huh...what do you mean? Y: Don't worry, there's no mistaking it.
226) Y(2b): I have a proper job now, too...and even though it's just the two of us, every day is filled with happiness. A: How could conception be possible without the physical intermingling of two bodies...? A: I have no choice but to believe, though... A: That in this universe, there still exists greater powers that even I cannot perceive... A: How should I explain this to Rudou...? A: No...it's probably better for him if I keep quiet...
227) R(2b): I see...so the three of them are living happily together... R: In a world without any disconnected from me... R: Alright...I have no regrets now. A: If you really feel that way, then you should be able to escape. R(3b): Escape...and then what?! Creep through the world like a rat for the rest of my life, only to finally turn into a decrepit old man and rot away?! R: No thanks... A: Do you have some kind of plan...?
228) A: "The Philosopher's Stone?!" R: I'm going to bet everything on this final chance. R: Even though we only leaped a few times, I think I've gotten the hang of it. R: All that's left for me now is to trusted in my sharpened concentration... R: To manifest the energy of my consciousness, which is eternally aiming towards contact with the outer realm, to its maximum limit, R: under the objective world's contradicting hypotheses, which aim to thwart it...that's my theory... A: In other words, in the moment you die as a result of the death penalty... A: You're going to attempt to invert that "moment" into "infinity."
229) A: That's quite a groundbreaking experiment. R: I have confidence in it. R(2b): But in order for success, I need to use these remaining days until my execution to separate myself from daily life and begin meditating. Until the end, I won't be able to meet with you. A: Okay. A: If you succeed, where are you planning to leap to? R(2b): Oh yeah...the medieval ages, definitely... R: The culture of the Dark Ages fits my nature more than other... A: I'll pray for you. R: Thank you. R: If everything goes right, I'll be sure to summon you time to time during my invocations. A: Go right ahead... A(2b): I'll come flying in from anywhere...fufufu...
230) sfx: ga sfx: taaaaaaan!
231) The 15th Century Brittany, France
232) 1: The military commander of Jeanne d'Arc, who once emitted brilliant beams of light around the nation, Baron Gilles de Rais, later became infamous for his unscrupulous and lewd habits, earning himself the nickname "Bluebeard." 2: In September of 1440, Gilles de Rais was interrogated under prosecuted on charges of murder, sodomy, child killings, and heresy. Some theorists believe the man's incrimination was a conspiracy of the Duke of Brittany, who later claimed all of the Baron's land.
233) 1: According to historical records, Gilles, who was never known for showing respect to traditional customs or morals, started to gain interest in alchemy and astrology. Later, in order to perform numerous demonic rites, he partnered with a magician named Francesco Prelati, and is said to have abducted, tortured, and killed over 200 children... 2: On October 26, 1446 he was hung with his accomplice. 3: Even today, the process of how Gilles' character diverged from his previously honorable self is still unclear... M: Hooo...
234) M(2b): Nakashima-kun! Can you go buy me some Piron? N: Sure. N: But do you really think there will be a pharmacy open this late? M: You won't know for sure unless you go look, now will you?! N: Yeah... N: Tch! N: I knew it, it's closed... N: I wonder if there are any other places still open...
235) N: Huh? N: I don't remember there ever being a pharmacy here... N: Excuse me... A: Welcome! N: Ah! N: Uh-ummm... N: Pi... N: Piron, please! A: Sure thing. A: That'll be 700 yen. Box: Anti-Sleep/Anti-Lethargy Piron Internal Medication
236) A: Thank you very much!
Mephisto[2] / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13541[English] [Translation] Mephisto 20 by molokidan2009-06-26T08:07:29+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #20
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193) Chapter IV 4 - Atavism
194) Y: Rudou-kun! Y: Huh?!
195) Y: Rudou-kun...? Y: Was it all a dream...? Y(2b): No, that can't be...I can still the warmth of Rudou-kun on my body, even now... Y: We embraced, and then I realized... Y: The love we had before hasn't changed at all...
196) M: Thank you, thank you! M: That's it for today! B: Ehhh?! How come? M: You're all done, too. G: Eh? Us too? G: What's going on? M: Go and enjoy your freedom for once in a while. M: Just make sure you come back by tommorrow night! ?: How's tonight's star?
197) M: As you can see... M: I've done an elaborate job on her makeup... ?: Beautiful... ?: Our customers will surely be pleased with this... ?: It almost makes you not worth wasting on a show like this. ?(2b): I have no idea how you tamed the Colonel...but so be it...
198) ?: No matter what sort of tragedy befalls you, you always sit there so coolly, like you're invincible...sneering like that with those eyes, as if you can see through everything... ?: Why...?! ?: You're so damn bewitching...! ?: Whenever I look at you it feels like my body will freeze over, right down to the bones. ?: Just what are you?! ?(2b): You can't be Natsukawa Mariko...you aren't that snobby... ?: I... ?: I've made every single woman I've come across that interests me into my own possession... ?: But for some reason, it's different with you...
199) ?: Those eyes of yours seem like they're hiding a secret weapon or something. It's frightening... ?: Hmph... ?: That just makes me even more excited for tonight's show... ?: I'm going to expose your weak point, here and now! ?: You're going revert to just another woman, screaming and going mad with ecstacy... sfx: hehehe ?: Fufufu...I can't wait.
203) sfx: kiiiiiin! sfx: gooooo
204) M(2b): I wonder what kind of show they're gonna put on tonight...I'm kind of sick of SM stuff. F: The performance tonight is supposed to be this club's masterpiece... C: It's not just some live show. F: Almost time... B(bottom): Is she a beauty? ?: Just you wait and see.
205) F: Here's the finishing touch. G: Don't worry, it's only a moderate dose... M(2b): Otherwise you'd really lose your marbles...heheh... B: We gotta bet and see how many times she cums...that's part of the fun! ?(2b): Thanks for your patience, gents...make sure you stick around and keeping watching 'til the very end.
206) sfx: jah! M: Ohhhh!
207) M: Natsukawa Mariko?! ?: Who's that brave woman taking on five Africans at once? Why, it's the actress, Natsukawa Mariko... M: She was supposed to have disappeared...?! M: I can't believe it...
209) sfx: kiiiiiiiin
210) ?: Fufufu... sfx: gooooh
214) Chapter IV 4 - Atavism / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13537[English] [Translation] Mephisto 19 by molokidan2009-06-26T03:17:33+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #19
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171) Chapter IV 3 - Alma's Stratagem
175) G(2b): Poor Yumiko...she looks half-dead... ?: This is no laughing matter!
176) W: If someone tries to make me partner up with that pervert, I'm gonna quit! G: Dummy...do you wanna die? W: Die? No way... G: Oh, yes...those scumbags are more than capable. G: We're just consumable supplies to them. W: That's horrible... G(3b): Oh really? I'm quite satisfied, actually. This way I never have to go looking for sex or money. Hohoho, so that's it... G: Yumiko just had bad luck.
177) B: What are you making over there? A: Fufufu... B: By the way, has anyone ever told you that you really resemble the actress Natsukawa Mariko? A: Yes...I hear that often... G: Yeah, you look just like her! B: I think you might even be prettier than her! A: Why thank you. G: Beauties get treated special here, you know. W: Youko-chan just recently got promoted to the boss's mistress, you know. G(3b): Oh, really? What a shame! I doubt that girl's very happy...she could never get used to this lifestyle. A: Why, then?! A: Would you mind telling me a little about that person?
178) G(2b): I don't really know too much myself...she wasn't much of a talker, you know. G: According to what she told me about her one time, though, Youko has a history of getting mixed up with the wrong people... G(2b): Apparently, she has no relatives...and no luck when it comes to men, either...
179) G: You get it now, right? G: Women like that just spiral further and further downwards in this world. Y: Uuuu... sfx: knock knock Y: Huh?!
180) A: Come on...hurry! Y: Wait! Where are we going?! A: Rudou-kun's waiting. Y: Eh?! Y: But he should still be in the middle of his court trial... A: We don't have much time, so I'll tell you the details later...
181) A: Come on...! Y: no! Y: I can't meet him! A: This is rather sudden, so I understand your not being able to organize your feelings. He's waiting for you right now, though. A: And Rudou-kun still loves you, even now. Y: If that's the case... Y: Then he really has no right to see me... A: You're a prostitute, and he's a serial killer. A: Two peas in a pod...there's no reason to hold back! Y(2b): What a horrible thing to say! How could you?! A: I'm losing my patience with you...
182) A: Don't make me have to use force! Y: Ah! Y: Uuu... R: Stop it! R: Have you gone nuts, Alma?! A: She's just unconscious! A: Either way, she won't be able to make contact with you unless she's asleep.
183) R: What's wrong, Alma? R: This isn't like you... A: Just hurry up and unite with her. R: Unite?! R: But how... A: How do you think? Just lay on top of her.
185) Y: Kyaaaaaaaaahh! R: Please, wait, Youko! R(2b) I'm sorry! I know I must have made you remember these horrible memories, but... R: Youko...
186) Y: Rudou-kun...
187) A: Uu...! ?: Where's Youko? M: Don't fuck with us! ?: You're one impudent slut...still don't understand your place, huh? ?: You're a bitch!
188) ?: And whether you live or die, bitch, is all up to your master! M: Heheheh... M: That's it! Slap the bitch and make her bark! B(2b): Hey, anyone wanna take care of this dog? It's mating season! G: Hee hee hee! A: Boss! A: It's the Colonel. ?: Mmm...
189) ?: Perfect timing. ?: A Colonel from the Air Force has just come by. ?(2b): I'm going to leave you disciplining up to the Colonel...and save the interrogation for later. ?: But it'll be an inconvenience if he kills you, so I'll tell him to go a little easy. ?: Hahaha! ?: Hee hee hee! sfx: batan! sfx: giii
190) C: Mmm...just what the doctor ordered. C: Fufufu...
191) A: Wait... A: You can do whatever you want to me...but before that, let just have a smoke. sfx: kachih sfx: fuuuuu C: Mu...
192) A: Take off my leash. A: Good boy... A: Now then, listen carefully to what I have to say... A: And do exactly as I tell you.
Chapter IV 3 - Alma's Stratagem / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13528[English] [Translation] Mephisto 18 by molokidan2009-06-26T02:48:50+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #18
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149) Chapter IV 2 - Meat Market
150) sfx: gih! sfx: cha! sfx: batan!
152) ?: Who's that woman...? M: Heheh...I think she's looking for a lesbian partner... M: Madonna! G: Hey, you're up.
153) (*t/l note: the author decided not to put on English dialogue for some reason in some of these bubbles, so I'm going to take the liberty of filling them in.) B: Yeah, she looks great! A: Wait! A: She's mine. B: Say what?! N: Now, now...
154) ?: Hey... M: Yes sir. M: Excuse me, miss... M: Would you mind not escorting our workers out from the premises....? M(2b): She does belong to our establishment, after all...heheheh.... M: We have a room prepared for you on the second floor. M: Enjoy yourselves...
156) ?: I knew it... M(2b): Th-the actress...Na-Na-Natsukawa Mariko?! M: I-I'm gonna make this the front page of the Friday! ?: There's no need for that. M: Ehhhh?! A: What slime... A: Guess I have no choice...
157) A: Kamizono Youko-san...right? Y: Eh?! Y: How do you know my name..? A: They're watching us, so no matter what I say, just act naturally, okay? A: I've come to save you. Y: Why... Y: Who are you?
158) A: I'm an acquaintance of Rudou-kun. Y: Rudou-kun...?! Y: But how... A: Just leave everything to me... Y: No! I'll be killed! Y: We both will...
162) Y: Uuuu... sfx: batan! Y: Stop it! Don't kill her! ?: You think I'd kill something like that...? What a waste... Y: Ahh!
164) sfx: ra sfx: ra sfx: ah ?: She's your replacement. Y: Eh?
165) ?: I'm going to make her into the biggest earner this American military-offer class shop has ever seen... ?: You're relieved from your duties. ?: Happy? ?: You're going to become my mistress... ?: Youko...
167) ?: No running away for you... ?(2b): Fufufu...see ya later. sfx: batan! sfx: gachan!
168) R: So the huntress has become the hunted, huh...? R: How pathetic, Alma... R: It's because you underestimated them... R: Why didn't you use that hypnosis you're so good at or anything? A: Nothing like that will work in the darkness... R(2b): These days, it's Japanese women who buy the American soldiers...I'm amazed that a place like this still exists... (*t/l note: the author has just made a genius commentary on Japanese society with this tiny little line -- these days in Japan, hostess clubs run by women charge men an arm and a leg for companionship, instead of old-school prostitute rings run by men. Of course, prostitution still exists, but not in the rampant form it used to) A: It's just the law of supply and demand. R: You're acting so carefree, Alma...those bastards intend to turn you into an addict! A: Fufufu...
169) A: Unfortunately, stimulants have no effect on my body. R: Then why... R: What do you plan to do now?! R: If only...if only I had my physical body, I'd be able to do something... A(2b): You don't need to do anything. More importantly, you should go back soon... A(2b): If you don't...there's a chance you could become the prisoner of an impure spirit wandering the Lesser Astral Dimension... R: Stop making fun of me... A: Two more days... A: That's more than enough time... A: to eradicate all this vermin.
170) Chapter IV 2 - Meat Market / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13526[English] [Translation] Mephisto 17 by molokidan2009-06-26T02:22:04+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #17
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127) Chapter IV - Rudou and Youko
1 Astral Projection
130) sfx: kiiiiiiin
132) M(2b): Excuse me...umm, I'm the lawyer who just called here... sfx: gata gata M: Ahh! sfx: gata gata
133) Y: Ah Y: Ahh... ?: Make yourself at home, sensei. ?: It's hot as hell out there...we appreciate you coming all the way here. ?(2b): Hey! Get the sensei a cold drink, would ya? B: Yes sir! ?: Here you go.
134) Y: Ahhhhhhhh sfx: kiiiiiin Y(2b): Haa, haa... ?: Youko... ?: Don't make such vulgar sounds in front of our guest.
135) L(2b): No, excuse me...I can see she is busy right now... L: Allow me explain the circumstances in her place. L: The truth is... L: We'd like Youko-san to come and testify in court once more. ?: Again...? ?: I thought we had a promise of one time only? L: Back then, she was only danced around by the prosecuting side! I'm positive that her testimony didn't go the way Youko-san would have wanted it to! L: But with her testimony now, I am positive that we can save my client from his predicament! ?(2b): I already told you. Digging up old skeletons from the past is only a bother to her. L: I want to hear a statement from her mouth!
136) L: Youko-san, please! L: At this rate, Rudou-kun will surely be given the death penalty! sfx: gatan ?: You really don't know when to quit, sensei... sfx: jiiii ?: Fufufu...
137) Y: Uuu... L: Unfortunately for you, though... L: I don't think she's in the condition to be giving any 'statements' right now... M: Heheheh... M: Hee hee hee...
138) sfx: gachan!
139) Note: I'm going to free you. Eat every last bite. -Alma sfx: gachan! R: Mumu...
140) D(2b): He's been asleep for over 24 hours...but we haven't found any abnormalities about his body. D(2b): Apparently something similar happened before. Yes...but that was late at night. D(2b): It'll be a problem if we're blamed for this...good thing there's still some more time until the next hearing. D(2b): For now, we'll just keep things on the downlow and watch him. Understood.
(*t/l note: Qabbalistic Cross Rite, translation is: The Kingdom...The Power...And the Glory...Forever and Ever)
143) R: Alma...?! R: Huh?! R: Wah! What happened to me?! A(2b): You've been freed from your body of flesh and entered into the astral plane...you are now in the form of what mortals refer to as the "soul."
144) R(2b): The soul...so this is what parapsychologists refer to as an out-of-body experience... R: I understand the theory... R: But I still can't believe it... R: No! I can accept this. R: I'll believe whatever you say, Alma... R(2b): This is the first time I've experienced such a thing. It's amazing! R: I'm so glad to have such a great friend. A: Ufufu... A: Now I'm going to guide you to her. R: To Youko?! R: You know where she is?! R: But why in this form?! R: What will happen to my body?! R: Why do you want me to meet Youko?!
145) A: Your mandala has been tranquilized, so you will continue sleeping for three days. A: As long as your body does not die, you can always go back to it. A: Additionally, your job is not to meet with her, but to make contact with her soul... R: What?! A: She is currently the victim of a local crime syndicate whose territory is an American military base town... R: ...I thought so... A(2b): Saving her from small-time thugs like that is a simple task...just leave that to me... A: Saving her soul from the deeply-rooted suffering and despair that confines it, however... A: That is something only you can do...
148) Chapter IV 1 - Astral Projection / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13363[English] [Translation] Mephisto 16 by molokidan2009-06-19T08:50:01+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #16
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103) Chapter III 12 Reflections in the Water
104) V: What should we do...?! B: Forget her. Light him up! B: No one will stand in my way... R: Uwaaaahhh! Alma, save me...
105) B: Look! B: She gave up and is starting to leave... R: Gyaaaaaahh! Wait, please, Almaaaaaa!! R: How can you be so cruel?! R: Kill me quickly! V: What's wrong? B: Geh?!
106) B: This can't be...?!
107) sfx: bakin! B: Uwaaaaahhhhh! V: Hiiieeeeee
108) V:wah! V: P-please, spare us... R: Owwww! R: Forget about them! R: Hurry up and put out this fire!
109) R: W-what are you going to do...?! sfx: shaaaaaah! R: Uwahh?! sfx: juuuuuh!
111) A: How are you feeling? A(2b): Drink this, it'll give you strength.
112) R: I can't believe you'd actually piss on me like that... A: I'd never do such a vulgar thing. R: Then it was an illusion after all...?! A(3b): Just a simple trick...if you crush hallucinogenic plants like belladonna into a fine powder, sprinkle it on dry sticks, A: and then burn it, smoke that increases the effectiveness of mass hypnosis on those who inhale it will be produced. R: I see... R: Now that you mention it, the furnace was lit in the cellar back there... A: Exactly.
113) R(2b): Hmmm...amazing. So what we call witchcraft is just the mastery of natural science...would that be an accurate way to describe it...? A: Hoho...I'm honored. R: Alma! R: Marry me! A: What's this all of a sudden? R: I'm serious! R: Let's make the best of our inseparable fate and live together in this time period! R(2b): I hunger for your knowledge! I want to learn as much as I can from you! R: Reason, faith, free science, and the harmony of the holy mysteries... R: Let us pursue the secrets of the Almighty and build up a single microcosmos together... R: In return... A: In return?
114) R: I'll teach you the pleasures of being a woman. A: Oh my... sfx: pasa A: Sounds interesting...but impossible. R: Why? A(2b): You have a past. Unless you can free yourself from its shackles, your existence in this time will be ever transient... R(2b): That shouldn't be! I'm completely free right now. A(2b): You just think you are...in the deepest reaches of your psyche, however, an unerasable consciousness of your sins still exists...
115) R: Huh?! R: Enough already! R: Why do you enjoy tormenting me with that illusion so much?! A(2b): That wasn't an illusion -- it was merely a projection from your heart. A: Now you do you understand...? A(2b): Her existence is like the trigger for an explosive within you...an explosive so powerful it's capable of destroying "The Philosopher's Stone." R: Wait!
116) R: What now, then?! R: Just what am I supposed to do?!
117) A: First, you need to fix your eyes on the truth! R: The truth?! A: Take a look. A: What do you see? R: What do I see? R: My face is reflecting in the water... A: You've heard of crystalmancy, the art of predicting the future using magic mirrors, correct? A: Much like that, this water reflects the present. A: A present that you absolutely need to understand. R: Ahh?!
118) R: Youko...she looks just how she did when I saw her in court... R(2b): Poor thing...why does her face look so exhausted...? R: Youko...?! R: What's with all that gaudy makeup?!
119) R: And those clothes...they look just like a prostitute's...?!
120) R: Youko!
121) sfx: bashan!
122) R: Lies! R: Please tell me that was all a lie! R: I'm begging you, Alma! R: Tell me everything I saw right now was...
123) R: It's all my fault, isn't it... R: I'm the one who made Youko turn out that way... A: Let's return to your world now... A: You're the only one capable of saving her... R: Yes...
126) A: Rudou... A: It's not like I feel it's my job or obligation to lend you a hand like this... A: It's just because I like you...
Chapter III 12 Reflections in the Water / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13335[English] [Translation] Mephisto 15 by molokidan2009-06-18T05:58:10+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #15
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79) Chapter III 11 Gehenna
80) R: Rain again, huh...? sfx: zaaaa
81) R: Lucky bastard... R: But this luck means nothing in the face of God... R(2b): Gradually, the rain will cease...and your body shall become ash...
82) R(2b): Do not allow...anyone to disturb my slumber...
86) R: Huh?! R: Wahh!! C: Come... C: Come... R: Stop! R(2b): You filthy monsters! Let me go! C: Come...
87) C: Come... R: What do you intend to do with me?! C: Come... C: Everyone's calling for you... C: The victims of your selfish desires... C: The souls of all those who were kicked down into the abyss of despair are calling for you. R: Uuu!
88) R(2b): Please, wait...forgive me! sfx: giiiiihh R: I was mistaken!
89) R: I'll do anything! R: Allow me to atone for my sins! C: It's too late... R: Uwaaaaahhhhh! sfx: batan! R: Gyaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!
90) R: Again... R: I can't stand this anymore! R(2b): Stop torturing me like this...I feel like I'm going to go mad... R: You useless ingrates! sfx: zaaaah
91) sfx: giih R: Muh?!
92) R: Or could it be... R: ...that I've already gone insane?
93) R: Alma! R: So it was you all along!
94) R: Bitch... sfx: yoroh! A(2b): Stop this. You'll just expedite your own death... sfx: gachin!
97) G: Open the gate! G(2b): I have brought the elixir! The antidote has arrived from Venice! ?: Thank you for traveling such a long way. G: However... G: It appears I am too late...
98) G: As I expected, he died from poisoning... G: I have read about such things in a book written by a Neapolitan wizard... G: In it contained a story about a woman who hid poison in her own genitals and engaged in sexual intercourse with a man... M: And now we'll be next... B: What?! M(2b): We took part in the witch hunt, after all! If a witch is really the one who did this, then it only makes sense that she'll take her revenge on us as well. B: Impossible!
99) V: The inquisition is the will of God! M(2b): If that's the case, then why must Master Remy, who should have received more grace than anyone else for his efforts, die in such a grotesque manner?! V: We all blindly stole the authority of God and used it for our own vile purposes, without even thinking of the consequences... V: There's no reason to waste time arguing any more than this. B: You coward! M: What should we do? V(2b): Well, we're technically mercenaries, aren't we...? Guess it's time to find a new employer... B: What are you all talking about?! B: This castle, which controls the vast plains of Lorraine, has just lost its master! It's all ours! B: It's a blessing that we cannot go on without taking advantage of!
101) B: This is the least we can do to hold a memorial for Master Remy. B: Don't think badly of us for it, eh? R: Is this really the end...? R: Almaaa!
102) M: Ohhhhh?!
Chapter III 11 Gehenna/Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/13325[English] [Translation] Mephisto 14 by molokidan2009-06-17T14:52:55+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #14
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55) Chapter III 10 Curse
56) B: What's wrong? ...you don't look too good... M(2b): Mmm...I just couldn't sleep last night... B: The truth is, I couldn't either. B: In the middle of the night, I woke up to these eerie footsteps, and couldn't sleep a wink after that... M: It wasn't just a hallucination, then!
57) F: I didn't see anything with my own eyes, but those footsteps sounded much like those of an armored knight. B(2b): But there's no reason a man in armor would be walking around alone. Whose work is this?! M: Probably a ghost's... B: Impossible! V: This might have nothing to do with it, but...yesterday, all of the rats escaped from the cellar, I hear. F: The serfs were claiming it's an omen of this castle's downfall. M: A war?! Sounds interesting. B: Yeah, all this downtime lately hasn't been giving us mercenaries anything to be proud of. F: A war isn't the only possibility. F: This could be the prelude to another plague. Something serious might happen to our Lord. B: Which would mean...
58) B: This is a witch's curse... sfx: zaaa B: Master Remy sure is late... B: He's never missed his morning perfume bath before... F: I'd not expect that law-loving Lord of ours to sleep in, either... F: Well? Go and check on him already!
59) B: Master Remy! B: We have finished preparing everything... sfx: giii... B: Uwaaahh?! R: Uuuu.....muh....
60) G: Somehow, through all my incompetence, I have managed to come up with a diagnosis, sire... G: Your symptoms greatly resemble a poisoned condition caused by "Cantarella," G: a drug used by the infamous Borgia family during their reign in Italy. R: You're saying I've been poisoned...? G(3b): A lethargic body, with wrinkled skin...sunk-in eyes, extreme chills, and difficulty breathing...after wandering for some time along the barrier between this world and the next, you will soon find yourself in the inevitable embrace of death.
61) R: But who... G: I suspect the deed was done by a Protestant assassin... R: Hang every last member of yesterday's kitchen staff...leave not a man alive... G: Yes, sire! G: But... R: What?! G: This recent incident has greatly shaken up the men within this castle. G(3b): Some retainers are claiming this is a witch's curse...or that perhaps a witch mixed poison in with the wellwater. The list goes on and on...many rumors have begun circulating. G: Please, sir...! R: Hmph! Thanks to those imbeciles I won't even be able to get some decent rest.
62) R: Well, you iconoclasts?! R: Now are you satisfied?!
63) R: Imprisoned witches! Suspects! Sinners! R: And this time, God's judgment has come to be passed on these nefarious creatures who attempted to poison me! R: I may be a little tired, but my righteous mission burns as strong as it ever has! R(2b): Yet, there are still miscreants spouting off nonsense about a witch's curse! Their lack of faith shall be met with swift judgment! M: All hail Master Remy!
64) sfx: gachan!
65) sfx: gachan! x2 M: Hey, did you hear that?! M: It's those footsteps again... B(2b): I dunno what you're talking about! I can't hear anything!
74) R: Mm?! R: What is the meaning of this...?! R: The blood...
75) R: No matter how many times I wash it... R: It won't come off! R: Uuu...?! R: Gyaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!! sfx: kekeke
76) R(2b): Haa...haa... R: Ha... R: Uuuuu! R: Uuuuu... G: Master Remy! G(2b): Master Remy! Please try and relax, sire! G: Come to your senses! R: How much longer do I have left? G(3b): As a poison, Cantarella has a unique quality about it...depending on the way it is mixed and prepared, it can become capable of killing its victim within a day...or a month... G: And sometimes, even a year.
77) G: Therefore, I cannot give you an accurate estimate. R: You don't have to be tactful here... G: Judging from your symptoms, I fear you have only a week left... G: But there is no reason to be discouraged, G: for I have already acquired a wonder drug capable of curing any poison! R: What?! G: It is an expensive ox bezoar from the Orient, known as "Nui-Haung!" G: Just give me five days... R: Hmph...Oriental medicine, huh...? R: I completely forgot... R: That Oriental...! R: He must be part of this!
78) R(2b): That son of a bitch...cleverly working me into his conspiracy! R(2b): I'll kill him! I'll burn him alive!! G: Master Remy?!
Chapter III 10 Curse / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/12092[English] [Translation] Mephisto 13 by molokidan2009-05-08T13:38:37+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #13
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33) Chapter III 9 Interment of Blood
34) R: Toward the human world, to the world of plants and animals and all its prosperity...thou willfully performeth baneful black magic... R: thou hath steppeth out of the territory of both nature and the Heavens... R: turned thy back on the Almighty God... R: and abandoned thyself to Satan, in return for black magic...
35) R(2b): In the name of Jesus Christ, we hereby chastise thee. Pray that there still exists the slightest hint of God in thy vile soul...and pray that thy accursed spirit be capable of receiving salvation.
36) sfx: jyuuuuuuuu R: God, who plunged Satan into the deepest abyss of Hell... R: The all-seeing, all-knowing God who controleth the wind, storms, and seas commandeth thee. R(2b): Fear! And listen!
37) R(2b): Enemy of the devout, enemy of the human race! Designer of death, destroyer of justice! R: Seducer of men who burn the wicked! R: She who betrayeth her country, she who wreakeath discord! R: Mediator of sorrow...
38) R(2b): No matter how thou stand and resist...know that thou feeble body shall be destroyed in front of Jesus Christ! R: Fear the ones offered up as sacrifices by Issac, and the ones sold off by Joseph, who became lambs and were killed... R: And lastly, fear the one who became human, was sacrificed on the cross, and then went down to attain victory in even Hell!
39) R(2b): By our omnipotent God, thou shall be prosecuted as a criminal who hath broken His laws... R: Fufufu... R: Now have you realized it...? R(2b): You! Surrender under the name of your true master, and repent! R: If you do, I may even be willing to set you free... R: Uuu...!
40) R: What a stubborn one... R: There now remains no other fate for you.
41) R(2b): Rudou! Demonstrate your specialty to your heart's content for us. M: Those eyes! M: Crush this witch's evil eyes!
43) R(2b): Alma! I won't fall for that trick again! R: Forgive me!
44) M: Who told you to kill her?! R: Alma...if there is anything I can still do for you... R: it would be to kill you in one blow... sfx: gan! M: And I had just finally started to get into a good mood, too... M: Shut him up in the dungeon! M: I don't care what you do with him! He chose this for himself.
45) R: I still have things to finish with this woman, however. R: I will dissect her corpse and establish the study of witches' anatomy from a medical perspective. R: Fufufu...this will be groundbreaking. R(2b): I'm a bit disappointed in you though, Alma...to think you'd just end up another pathetic corpse without any sort of resistance... R: Witches must really just be the servants of Satan after all. sfx: bikun! M: Wahh?! R: Don't worry! It's just rigor mortis.
46) R: Mu...! sfx: bikun! x2 M: Uwaaaahhh!
47) sfx: gokih!
48) R: Uuuu....muh. M: Are you alright? R: A final useless struggle before death, huh...? R: I'm too tired to continue things now... R: Let's deal with the body tomorrow.
50) sfx: gachan
51) sfx: gachan
52) sfx: gachan... sfx: gachan sfx: gachan!
53) sfx: giii
54) Chapter III 9 Execution of Blood/End https://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/12085[English] [Translation] Mephisto 12 by molokidan2009-05-08T08:22:39+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #12
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09) Chapter III - The Judged
8 Nightmare
10) sfx: gara gara gara
11) sfx: gara gara gara x3
12) sfx: gara gara gara gara R: Ahh?! R: Alma...
13) sfx: pita pita M: Fufufu...
14) M: Heheheh. sfx: birih! sfx: biiii
15) M: Heheh... M: Owwww! M: Take her away. M: Yes sir!
18) A: Ah! A: Rudou?! R: Now we're in the opposite position as we were in my time, aren't we? R: What confounding fates we have...
19) A: You bastard... R: Surprised? R: The master of this castle has taken a liking to me. R: Here, eat this. R: If you don't, you'll die. R: The nobles in this castle are planning to feast on you tonight. R(2b): Before they split your body apart with torture, there will be starving beasts waiting to take turns on your body...this is some Inquisition. R(4b): In Shakespeare's Macbeth, a person just like you said this: "Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair." Beautiful ones are befouled, and the truly befouled ones are those that grip power...the Middle Ages were the most barbaric, illogical of them all.
20) R: I feel bad for you, but there's nothing I can do... R: See ya...
28) M: A poisonous snake! B: What's going on here?! M: Witches are supposed to be able to use creatures like snakes and lizards to do their bidding... B: I'll report this to Master Remy.
29) R: There is no longer need for an interrogation now. R: She will pay with her life for killing one of my subordinates. R: What is the woman's name?! M: Alma Raune. She was arrested under suspicious of using witchcraft. R: Alma...! R: I-it can't be?! ...!
30) R(2b): That can't be her! I saw it with my own eyes! I saw that woman burn up with my own eyes! A(2b): Hohoho...I can come back to life as many times as I want. A: Until the wounds of that time heal... A: Until my revenge is complete... R: Revenge...?! R: On me...?! R: Preposterous! R: What do you intend to do with that bound body of yours?!
31) R: You have no straw doll with which to control humans, nor do you have any poison prepared. R: Your name will be added to our records, and nothing more. R(2b): If you truly are immortal, then all the better. You will prove to be a priceless research specimen for the book I'm writing! R: I'll subject you to a plethora of atrocious methods of torture unparalleled by any other! R: And when I get tired of that, I'll cut your body to pieces let the crows gorge on your remains! R: Wa ha ha! R: Ha ha ha ha...
32) Ha ha ha ha ha
Chapter III 8 Nightmare / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/10390[English] [Translation] Mephisto 11 by molokidan2009-03-14T14:45:57+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #11
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219) Chapter III 7 - Inquisition
220) B: "A prisoner may be promised immunity or reduced punishment if he accuses his accomplices." sfx: gyaaaaaaaaahh! M: Forgive me! I will tell you everything! M: I turned my back on the almighty God.
221) M(2b): I sold my soul to a demon...please, forgive me... T: You took part in a demonic sabbath, didn't you?! M: Yes, I did. T: Tell us the names of all those who were also present! M(3b): The mason Anglai's daughter...the dyer, Martin...the harnesser Silberman, and his wife... T: And the money-exchanger, Lualdi? M: Eh? T: Stop acting innocent! He was one of you too, wasn't he?! M: Hiieee!! T: Understand what I'm saying? Depending on what information you give me, I could have you penalty of being burned at the stake alive reduced to only a beheading... M: Yes, it is exactly as you say! Lualdi was also there... N: Well said. N: Alright then! Take him away.
222) N: Good work. I'm pretty sure the money-exchanger Lualdi is the richest man in this area. T(2b): Yes, my lord...with his savings, we should be able to gain enough money to finish the renovations on the castle. B: "One should not stop at enforced torture on the children of the accused in order to force a confession out of them."
223) M: Lyudmila Minazzoli, age six. M: Her parents, the accused, have long since fled. L: My papa and mama aren't witches! N: They abandoned you. N: There is no reason to stand and defend such cruel parents. L(2b): Papa said...that demons don't exist... L: That demons were only things created to force people to believe in God... L: Therefore, God doesn't actually exist either! L: If he really did exist, there's no way he'd allow such horrible things to happen! N: Silence! N: Shut up!!
224) N(2b): The denial of God is a heavily punishable crime. Don't expect us to have mercy on you just because you're a child! N: I will have you baptized by this whip until you decide to repent. sfx: pashih L: Owwwww! sfx: pisshih! L: Mamaaaaa! N: Come now, don't ease up! N: This is the will of God! Do not hold back!
225) L: Papa, help me... M: Please, forgive me...I cannot do this. N: You imbecile! R: Allow me, sir.
226) sfx: don don don B: "Utilize the abilities of experienced spies to assist in forcing confessions out of the accused." S: Open up! S: This is the church! Open up immediately! sfx: don don M: Yes, hold on... sfx: gacha S: To the room in the far back of the attic! S: Hurry!! M: Kyaaah!
227) M: Judge Rabelais...?! M: Don't tell me you're here for her?! M(2b): You've got it wrong! Mistress Alma is not a witch! She saved the life of my son! This entire town is indebted to her! R: Cease this at once. R: If you try and cover for a witch, my lady, you too shall receive the same punishment... sfx: dah! A: Huh?!
228) R: Fufufu... R(2b): Alma Raune...your crimes of using black magic to heal the sick are profanities to our divine God, and disrupt the order of our modern society. R: Therefore, you are to undergo a heresy trial to determine your punishment. sfx: gyaaaaaah
229) sfx: gakuh
230) N: That's enough. M: Stop it! R(2b): Haa, haa! R(2b): Haa, haa! R: Haa... R: Have you realized now that I was not speaking falsely about where my loyalties lie...? N: Mmm...
231) N: Rudou... N: Did you bear some sort of grudge toward that child? R: Grudge...? R: Of course not! R: I just refuse to forgive heretics. N(2b): Wa ha ha! As expected of a staunch hunter of heretics, enlisted by Queen Elizabeth herself!
232) sfx: waaaah P: Please, help me! P(2b): I'm not a witch*! It was a trap! I was framed!! * line: At this time, heretics were called witches regardless of sex. W(2b): Wahahahaha! You just don't know when to give up!
233) W(2b): Hmph! What a fool Lualdi is! It feels good just watching him. W: I hear he was doing some rather vicious moneylending in secret. L: Dammit! W: Getting reported on by someone in secret for a grudge they have towards you is your own fault, I guess. R(2b): Listen carefully, Lualdi. I am now going to explain to you the test you will undergo. R(2b): It is said that clean water that has been blessed repels witches...therefore, if you drown, you are innocent. And if you do not, it is proof that you are guilty. R: Begin! L: Waaaaaaah! sfx: garagaragara sfx: dobon! sfx: buku buku buku
234) L: bubah sfx: gara gara gara R: You shall be imprisoned until a proper decision is announced. sfx: wahahahaha L(2b): You've got to be kidding me! The only reason I floated is because I'm fat! L: Damn you all! I'm going to curse all the bastards in this town! W: Huh?! W: Oh no... W: Ohh, God... W: Fufufu...
235) M(2b): Ahhhh, I never thought something like this would happen...it's all my fault... B: Sister! sfx: gara gara gara sfx: bashah!
236) A: What should I do...? ?: You should be more sure of the answer to that question than anyone else... A(2b): Whose voice is that...?! A demon's?!
237) ?: You are free to call me whatever you like. ?(2b): However, do note that the Christian Church has an extremely skewed concept of what I really am. Logic systems such as "orthodoxy" and "heresy" have nothing to do with me. ?: I also make no distinction between "black magic" and "white magic." ?: The only thing I do not forgive, in fact, are those who attempt to use me to strengthen themselves. ?(2b): I bear responsibility towards you on the account that I received your soul from your father. And you bear responsibility toward Rudou Reiji. ?: I shall I do what I should for you.
238) sfx: zabah! P: Ohhhh! B: "Accused who have already been prosecuted once are not to be released at all; rather, they are to undergo thorough inquiry." B: "Furthermore, those who have been imprisoned solely on suspicion undergo torture as well, since the suspicions should serve as more than enough reason." O(2b): Judging from the above proof, it is clear that the accused is guilty...as there is no possible room for any sort of excuse to the matter, I would like the press on, but... O: I would like to give the accused just one final change to become honest with us.
239) A: I am not a witch. O(3b): I have no choice, then. This holy court wishes for the salvation of heretics through instructing them, and does not lust for blood. Therefore, we must entrust the enforcement of the guilty one's punishment up to a vulgar common court. There, I expect you will be tortured heartlessly until they force you to confess. O: Are you fine with that? O: This trial is now closed!
240) M(2b): Please! Overlook this! We'll give you however much money you demand. S: Silence! S(3b): Hey, woman! You may think you've got some guts, but you're just going to regret it in the end. Sir Nicholas Remy isn't a man to be underestimated. A: Hohohohoho... sfx: gara gara gara
241) sfx: gara gara gara gara B: "Witches are not to be put to death without first confessing, and are to be tortured continuously until they acknowledge their own crimes from the bottom of their hearts."
242) B: "In order to punish the most detestable crime, witches are to be punished with the utmost brutality."
Mephisto[1]/Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/10387[English] [Translation] Mephisto 10 by molokidan2009-03-14T13:16:02+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #10
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195) Chapter III 6 - Destiny
198) sfx: waaaaaaaan
199) sfx: kon kon A: Is something wrong?! Madam? A: Madam? M: Ahhhh, oh God... A: Ah! sfx: eeeeen sfx: eeeeen sfx: mamaaaaaaa M: God... M(2b): This child has done no wrong. Please, your mercy... M: Lady Alma, I beg you... M: Could you please pray with me for this child...? A: When did he contract the disease? M: One week ago, spots began appearing on his legs...
200) M(2b): To think that a child like this would be ravaged by such an impure disease...ohhh, Pierre! Hold on, my darling! A: That's strange...if it really was syphilis, there's no way the symptoms would worsen that quickly... A: Madam, this child does not have the French disease. M: Ehh?! A: It even spread through my town in the country once, a bit ago... A: This disease is glanders, a contagious disease carried by horses and donkeys that sometimes is transferred to humans. M: Then...he can be saved?! A: What a problem...this disease is actually even more dangerous than syphilis... A: At this rate, his intestines will be the next to go, and he'll die...
201) M: Ahhh, Lady Alma! M(2b): I have no money to buy any medicine! A(2b): Could it be that what these townspeople are fearing as syphilis is actually a chronic glanders epidemic...? If that's the case, I could make medicine to cure it... A: But...
202) sfx: guh sfx: guh sfx: bon! A: Madam, please spread this medicine on his body every day. M: If you do this, the boy's life will surely be saved. M: Are you a doctor?! A: Yes, well...because of a certain reason, I stopped doing business. A: This is simply my thanks to you for giving me a room here for free.
203) A(2b): But you must do something for me...keep this a secret from the other townspeople at all costs! A: This is something for only you and I to know! A: Can you do that for me? M: O-of course!
206) sfx: gara gara gara sfx: biiiiin! sfx: goboh N: Is he dead...? M: Apparently... N: If only he would have confessed, we could have given him a better death...
207) W: Uaaahh, uaaaaahh! M: #18, Marie Collete! W: Auuu... N(2b): Hmph! You're just pretending to be a mute, aren't you?! N: Let's tear off that fake flesh of yours and see who you really are. W: Uyaaaaah, uyaaaaaaaaaaah!
208) W: Uuu...aaaaauuuuuuuuuuu!! W: Uuuuuuuu!! M: All you have to do is admit you're a wtich. M: If you don't, we'll hurt you even more! M: You're a witch, aren't you?! W: Au! Au!
209) M: She's nodding. N: That won't do! N: We cannot stop here while she's still carrying on this insolent act of hers. N: You must tell us you're a witch form your own mouth. N(2b): Your torture is too weak! Witches don't feel pain from little things like this. N: Fufufu... sfx: gyaaaaaaaah! sfx: gugih!
210) M: She's lost consciousness... N: When she awakes, you are to continue. N: Confession or death...two in one.
212) Whether witches confessed or not, the result was the same. If they confessed, they would be found guilty and killed. If they didn't confess, the torture would only continue. This torture was infinite in both trials and the time in which these trials took place. There is no real way to discern a witch from a normal human being. -Friedrich von Spee, "Cautio Criminalis," 1631
213) P: Please! P: Please! P: Please, Mistress Alma, give medicine to me too! P: Please heal me... P: I'll give you all the land I own, so please... P: Mistress Alma! For the love of God! M(2b): Look at this child! See?! See what good health he's in?! M: There is no way to express my gratitude!
214) A: Madam...you told someone, didn't you...? M: Keeping such a great joy all to myself was just too great a burden to bear! M: Mistress Alma, you have become the savior of this town! sfx: gacha M: Get out!
215) M: We have brought him, Sir Remy. N: Enter. N: You are able to speak a little English, correct? R: Yes...a little. N: I have also studied a little. N: Have you ever been to England? R: Yes! R: I was there suppressing witchcraft under the orders of Queen Elizabeth. N: What...?! R(2b): Listen to what I have to say! I too hate witches from the bottom of my heart! R(2b): They also despise me. And so, I momentarily fell into one of their traps!
216) R(2b): Please allow me to work for you. I am sure my knowledge will be of use. R: I pledge my loyalty to you, Sir Remy! N: Hmmm... R: Say yes! R: This is the kind of world I've always hoped for! D: That Alma woman...just what is she?
217) P: Shut up! How should I know?! P: I don't care who it is, I won't forgive anyone who steals business away from me! P: Ever since that woman started passing out medicine here, my shop hasn't had a single customer! D(2b): Expensive medicine that doesn't work, or cheap medicine that works very well...it isn't even a question. P: SHUT UP! (I said!) D: What should we do...? E: Are you the one who called me...?
218) E: Is it true that there is a witch here? P: Why, if it isn't Judge Rabelais! P: It's so obvious that this one is a witch that we shouldn't even have to rely on your great witch-discerning powers this time. P(2b): If there is any sort of medicine that can possibly outdo Oriental ingredients purchased straight from Venicia, it'd have to be something created by one practiced in the black arts. P(2b): "Death" to witches! That woman has no other fate than to be crushed under the hand of heretic extermination!
Chapter III 6 - Destiny/Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/10381[English] [Translation] Mephisto 9 by molokidan2009-03-14T09:35:49+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #9
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173) Chapter III 5 - Homecoming
174) R(2b): Alma! Wake up, Alma! sfx: zah R: Ah!
175) sfx in panels 1-3: bark sfx in panels 4-5: dokah
176) sfx: dododododo
177) R: Uuu! sfx: zuzazazaza
178) R: Uuuuu... B: Hmm...a foreigner, I see... B: Where are you from? R: Where am I?! R: What do you intend to do with me...?! B: I can't understand what he's saying. A(2b): He must be one of the barbarians from the far east. Perhaps he was a stowaway on a Spanish ship?
179) A: The woman disappeared! B: So she was alive... B: Normally, I would behead you on the spot right here. Since I haven't found any prey today, though, you'll have to do... B: A rare Oriental like you will be a fine present for the Lord. R: Stop! R: What are you doing?! R: Almaaaaaa!! R: Help meeee!!
180) sfx: basha
181) sfx: basha A: Ah!
182) R: Almaaaaaaaa!!
183) O(2b): OK, we're here. This is the town... A: It seems rather quiet. O: It's because of the French. A: The French? O: Heheheh... O: That's just what the Romans with the French disease say.
184) A: Huh?! A: Syphilis... O: This place used to be bustling, but now it's just a town of death. O(2b): Thanks to that, though, my business is really thriving...heheheh... W: Do you sell medicine? O: The ingredients are all in here, you can just sell it on to the apothecary. A: These are all just spices, aren't they?
185) A: All the apothecaries in this age were frauds, after all... O(2b): Heheheh...the rich will pay fortunes for "Miracle Potions," you know...even if all it really does is calm them a bit, they don't mind. O: Despite your youth, you speak like you've been through a hell of a lot... O: Could it be that you're actually a necromancer? O(2b): Heh heh heh! If you're not, then don't get naked and bathe yourself in broad daylight like that! O: If spies from the church find you, they'll call you a witch and burn you up right there on the spot. O: Look! O: You can see the castle on the top of that mountain, right?
186) O: That castle is a stronghold of human sin! O(2b): The Lord of that castle, Nicholas Remy wants the position of Chief Public Prosecutor so badly that he's gone nearly insane working so hard to expose more and more witches each day. He's turning into an Angel of Death with all these murder trials! O(2b): But that isn't all. He's also been inviting bored nobles to nightly banquets at his manor. O: There are rumors that he's been turning his prisoners into playthings and prey for his guests. A(2b): You sure it's alright to be telling me things like that...? What if I went to report it in secret? O: Heh heh heh! A: Thank you, mister. O: May you be in good health.
187) A: How ironic, after saying all that to Rudou... A: I was the one bound by my abhorrent memories and was pulled back to my own time... A(2b): And now I've gotten Rudou wrapped up in this too...what a shame... A: I wonder where he is now... A: More importantly, what am I doing...? A: Even after being treated like that, I still find myself worrying about him... ?: Look at this and let your imagination run wild! W: Oh my!!
188) W: How stimulating! W: It even has a direct autograph by Giulio Romano on it! M(2b): Ha ha ha! An Etrurian artist already drew one like that over 2000 years ago! X: So group sex has existed for long...? X: Her breasts are Schwaben, and her nipples Kärnten! X: Her buttocks Poland, and her cunte Bavaria! X: Lastly, her smooth, supple hips be Austria!
189) X: Both legs Rhein...this is how a beautiful woman should be! W(bottom): This is the newest style, "Topless Mode." M: It seems as if the peasants have been spreading around a horrible pustula disease recently... M(2b): Punishment for their impiety! They should all be burned at the stake! M: It's a sexual curse the American Indians placed on the Conquistadores, I hear. W(bottom): Wonderful!
190) W(2b): Hohoho! Those Germans do make curious glasses. W: Please, join hands with me, just once... P: Heeeey, you! M(bottom): Absit omen, absit omen... P: Is there no iron man in here with the power to break through this hateful chastity belt?! W(bottom): Hohohohoho... N: Everyone! N: Pardon me for interrupting your merrymaking, but I would like you to listen to what I have to say.
191) N: Today, my men worked hard in their deer hunting today, all in order for this magnificent feast before you. N(2b): Unfortunately, they were unable to shoot down any prey. Instead, however, they got their hands on something interesting...
192) N(2b): He seems to be an Oriental. The interesting part, however, is that he was found completely naked in a field, and since he does not speak our language, we are confounded as to where he could have come from. M: Ohhh...! N: He does not appear to be one of humble birth, however. N: As we found him attempting to rape one of the women within our fief, we inded to give him the proper punishment and then display his head for all to see. W: What a waste... W: It's the first time I've ever seen an Oriental! W: He doesn't smell, and his skin is so clean and pretty...
193) W: I've heard that Orientals' rods are hard and delicate. W: Let's find out... M: Fuhaha...what an enviable bastard... M: My wife is unable to contain her lust for him! N: Are there none among you gentlemen who wish to conquer this man?! G: I shall take him... M: No, you can't! He'll die! G: Get down.
194) R: Stooooop!! R: You degenerates...!! M: Guheheheh... sfx: gyaaaaaahhhhh!
Chapter III 5 - Homecoming/Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/10341[English] [Translation] Mephisto 8 by molokidan2009-03-13T14:53:24+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #8
156) G: I expect many of you in the audience can still recall the details of this shocking incident, G: Since the criminal at the time was not yet 18 years of age, his name and details regarding his identity were concealed. G(2b): Because of this, his sentence was also extremely softened. Despite receiving a life sentence in his first trial, it was shortened to only eight years, and he was later released on parole. G: Now, after witnessing how after less than two years after getting out of jail, he has already committed such horrible crimes again, G: I think it is plain to see that the defendant's time in custody did nothing to change his abnormal tendencies.
157) G(2b): The defendant has clearly stated that if given the chance, he would commit more crimes similar to what we have already seen, so I think it would be wise for us to consider all the information we've heard in conjunction with what he is pleading.
158) R: zu... sfx: koh koh koh sfx: sara sara sfx: kon kon
160) A: Fufu... R: How did you get in here...? A: Things like this are like child's play to me. R: That's what I thought... R: Why are you leaving me in here to rot like this, then?! A: I can't have you escaping from jail. The effects on society would be too great... A: I try not to use my powers without involving innocent people as much as I can. R: Ahhhhhh, what horrible luck I have! R: I've never heard of a witch being so considerate! A: Anyway, with "The Philosopher's Stone," escaping jail would be meaningless.
161) R: "The Philosopher's Stone"...? R: Hmph! I'm sick of all your bullshit! R(2b): We didn't conquer time at all! That was just hypnosis, pure and simple! You seem to be pretty good at creating illusions, but I won't let you trick me again! R(2b): Why was Youko at Pompeii in ancient Rome?! When I think about it, there were tons of weird things back there! R: Just quit messing around with me! A: All you experienced in Pompeii was real. A: The girl named Youko, however, was an image you materialized on your own... R: What do you mean...?
162) A: As long as that attachment you have for Youko exists, it will be impossible for you to get your hands on "The Philosopher's Stone"... A(3b): No matter how many leaps in time we make, worldly thoughts such as those will only hinder your consciousness from expanding...and you will be pulled back to reality over and over again... A: Those tears you showed everyone in court... A: They were real, weren't they...? R: I unwillingly... R: ruined Youko's life...
163) R: That weariness I saw in Youko, after laying eyes on her for the first time in 10 years...it seems like she's felt nothing but pain ever since I killed her parents... R: Even now, I still life Youko... R: In order to save her, I will carry out any atonement. A: I feel like this is the first time I've seen any fragment of humanity with you... A: If possible... A: I would like to help you...
164) A: Ahhh?! A: Ku...ahhhhh...! A: Uuuuuu... R: Wahaha! It's just like the book told me!
165) R(2b): People say salt keeps demons away...I guess they were right. R: I've been secretly saving up salt for a chance like this. R(2b): Does it hurt?! This is what you get for looking down on humans! R: I doubt this little has what it takes to kill you... R: After all, it'd be too much of a loss for me if you died... A: Uuuuu... R(2b): You have no right to tell me anything about my relationship with Youko...all you need to do is follow my orders, and nothing more. R: Fufufu...
166) R: Alma... R: You're far more attractive than Mariko ever was... R: Fufufu... R: Just the idea of violating a witch drives me wild...
167) A: Uuu... R(2b): What a surprise...despite the fact that your entire body should be numb, it seems like you still have feeling down there. R: Go ahead, enjoy it as much as you want...
168) A: Aaaaaaaahhh...ahhh... V: Fufufu...
169) V: Such a waste to have to burn a woman like you...
170) A: Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh A: Ahhh...
171) R: Huh?!
172) R: Wh...where the hell are we...?!
Chapter III 4 - Counterattack/Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/10302[English] [Translation] Mephisto 7 by molokidan2009-03-12T19:20:56+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #7
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129) M: Now then, please tell us all you can about the witness, Rudou Reiji's past.
130) Chapter III 3 - Youko Y: I was in the same class as him...Rudou-kun...for three years in middle school. Y: At the time, he was quiet and a bit weak, and was often the target of bullies. G: Kyaaaa! G: How cruel! G: Gross! R(2b): It looks like the anaesthesia isn't working...it's throbbing...
131) T: Quiet, everyone! T: This is another important part of your studies! Take it seriously! G: This one's got some sexy thighs! G: Hee hee hee... G: Ah...I cut too deeply! P(2b): Yo, Rudou! You got some more bread again today? P(2b): Poor thing...he doesn't have a mom to pack lunches for him! P(2b): Eating bread every day isn't very healthy! You should work on getting some animal proteins once in a while! P: Yeah, yeah! P: Here, eat this!
132) P: Don't be shy. P: C'mon! G: There they go again... G: Poor Rudou-kun... T: What are you doing?! T: We're in the middle of class here! Sit back down in your seats! P: Hey, this ain't none of your business, miss... P(2b): If this class is so important, why aren't you dissecting them as well, huh? I'm sure you could still learn a thing or two! Y: Stop it, you guys! G: Youko! Stay out of it!
133) P: No matter how smart you may be, that pale face of yours will keep you from being popular with the girls! P: Here, open up and say aaaah... sfx: gabuh! P: Ahh?!
134) sfx: bari bari sfx: buchih! P: Kyaaaaah! P(2): Gegeh?! H...he really ate it... P: Oeeeehhhhh! P: Th-that's so gross! P: He finally must have gone crazy!
135) G: whisper whisper P(2b): Hey...is it true that you really ate a frog?! P: Tell me what it tasted like! P: Hey, snake boy! Don't forget tonight's dinner! sfx: bitan! F: gekoh! sfx: wahahahaha Y: Rudou-kun...
136) sfx: ding dong ding dong Y: Rudou-kun, here... Y(2b): I made enough for two, so...would you like to eat with me? R: Kamizono-kun... Y(2b): Sorry...I know it's none of my business... R: Thank you... P: Tch!
137) R(2b): When I was 10, my dad died in an accident...and then, before even waiting for a year, my mom found a new man and disappeared. R: Right now my grandfather on my mother's side is looking after me...but they just treat me like a huge burden... Y: So that's it... Y: It really must be hard for you. R(2b): I didn't intend to talk to you about this, though. The truth is, there's something I want to ask you... Y: Eh? R(2b): Are the rumors true? Are you really going out with that Hamamoto guy...? R(2b): Rumor is a soft way to put it...it's pretty much a half-truth now! Are you really going out with him after all?! Y: Who cares whether I am or not...?
138) R(2b): I do! I have feelings for you too! R: Don't go out with him! R: You probably don't know, but he's actually controlling all the bullies in our class from behind the scenes! R: He's a bad person from the inside out! R: You're being tricked! That guy's human trash!! Y: Stop it, Rudou-kun! Y: I didn't think you were the kind of person to speak so biasedly like that... R: I was just thinking of your safety... Y: Well it's none of your business!
139) R: Kamizono-kun! P: Hey, snake boy...
140) P: Wait!
141) P: Heheheh... P: Unless you want this to happen again, you'd better not go harrasssing the boss's girl again. P: Got it?! G: Uuu...!
142) P: What's wrong...? P: He's laughing... P(2b): What a creep...those eyes aren't human... P: That's why he's the snake boy! P(2b): Heheheh...we'd better stop. He's starting to look at us with those snake eyes like we're a bunch of frogs... P: C'mon, let's beat it. R: Youko... R: I won't let anyone else... R: have her...
143) bottle: Chloroform sfx: gara gara H: Youko...you here?
144) H: Youko...are you hiding from me? H: What a weirdo...you're the one that called me out here in the first place... H: Uu...?! H: Uuu... R: Fufufu...
145) R: I've always wanted to be a pathologist... R: There's a theme that many philosophers and poets have written about pondered throughout the ages... R: The mysterious of human "death" that these men lawfully expose... R: There is one impossible theme for pathologists, however... R: The very theme I am about to expose through this autospy -- the mysterious of human "life"... R: Just like the executioners in Auschwitz... R: At this moment, I will be able to fully understand their excitement... sfx: pih
146) T(2b): Hey, you! What are you doing in here?! Y: Rudou-kun was sent to a penitentiary. Y: Luckily, the wounds on Hamamoto-kun weren't critical, and he was saved... Y: I failed to heed Rudou-kun's warning, though... Y: And before I knew it, I was aborting Hamamoto-kun's baby within me...leaving a critical wound on my own heart.
147) Y: The only thing that existed to comfort me were the daily letters I received from that penitentiary. letter: Kamizono Youko-sama Y: The only one who still loved me dearly, after the way I turned out... Y: As a result, I came to earnestly anticipate Rudou-kun's return. Y: Having become hysterical over the results of the problem that happened with Hamamoto-kun, my parents immediately sent all the letters back... sfx: zaaaah! sfx: basha! Y: On the contrary, however, that ended up bringing on an even worse result...
148) sfx: doshaaaa sfx: don sfx: don sfx: don sign: Kamizono
149) R: Open up, please! R(2b): I need to see Youko-san! Please, open up! F: Y...you're...?! F: Did you escape?! F: You think I'd let a criminal meet with my daughter?! F(2b): Hurry up and get out of here! I'm gonna call the police! Y: Rudou-kun! F: Get back in there!
150) F: Don't ever send another letter here, ever! F: If you care anything about my daughter's future, then never come here again!! sfx: pishah! R: Youkooooooooooo!!
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105) A: You can open your eyes now. R(2b): What is this place...? I feel dizzy... A: You'll get used to it soon. R: I can hear something...like the voices of a crowd...
106) Chapter III 2 - Leap
107) R: The Colosseum?! sfx: waaaaaah
108) R: How can this be...?! A(3b): What you see before your eyes is neither an illusion nor a dream. In an instant, we have traveled 1900 years into the past to the ancient city of Rome. R: I can't believe this... A: It looks like the gladiators' battle is just about to begin. A: Let's watch for a bit.
110) sfx: Gah! sfx: kan kan kan sfx: zuh sfx: gashan!
111) sfx: waaaaaaah sfx: zun!
112) sfx: waaaaah A: What's wrong? This doesn't seem like you. A: In this age, watching such battles was a way for the Romans to relieve their frustration. A: This is because the magnificent "Pax Romana" was actually just a magnificent amount of free time and boredom. R: I wonder what they think when they look at us...? A: They're more focus on other things right now. A: Look! It's time for today's main event.
113) A: Emperors throughout history have always strived to keep two things alive more than anything else: "bread and entertainment," both of which the masses have constantly anticipated. A: In this case, festival days featuring events such as these numbered over 200 a year. A(2b): Not even this much bloodshed was enough to appease the desires of most of those in power, though, and so they would nightly engage in even more atrocious and decadent self-indulgent pleasures... A(2b): The Tyrants Nero, Tiberius, Caracalla, and Caligula...they're all your superiors. R: Ahh?!
114) A: Something wrong? R: What's going to happen to them...?!
115) A(2b): They're all Christians who have been sentenced to death, and will become prey for starving beasts. L: grrrrr sfx: gara gara gara R: Stop them!!
116) sfx: doooooon R: Uwahh! sfx: zuzuzuzuzu
117) R: What's happening?! A: A volcano is erupting! R: Volcano?! R(3b): I see...I thought I had seen that mountain somewhere before...Mount Vesuvius! R: That means this place is...?! sfx: dokan!
118) R: Pompeii!! R(2b): Oct. 24, 79 AD! On this day, the entire city of Pompeii was instantly buried under volcanic ash and lava! A: Rudou! Where are you going?!
121) sfx: waaaaah R(2b): Let's try not to get caught up in all the panic. As long as we don't get in a hurry, we should be fine...according to history, 90% of the citizens were saved, after all. R: Hang in there!
122) Mount Vesuvius
Located on the coast of the Bay of Naples in eastern Italy that brought upon the death of 10,000 to 25,000 people in 79 AD. It has been recorded as erupting approximately 50 times since, including a particularly devastating one in 1631 which buried many villages under lava flows and killed roughly 3,000 people.
A: Hey, Rudou, let's rest for a bit. R: No! If we waste too much time, the toxic gas might reach us.
123) Pompeii
Fell under Roman rule in 89 BC, and became a prosperous center of both agriculture and business, and also flourished as a health resort for Roman aristocrats. Pompeii has often been called a miniature version of Rome's golden age.
A: I'm fine, but that girl...
124) R(3b): Fine...luckily, there seems to be a water supply here. Let's stop for a moment. A: You're really showing me a side I didn't expect to see. sfx: hyuuun A: Watch out!
125) sfx: gushan! R: Youko!!
126) sfx: dotah! P: Hey! What's wrong?! P: Hey!
127) P: What happened? P: We're not sure. He just suddenly fell unconscious when speaking with his visitor. P: Could this be a chronic disease? P: We don't have any records of something like that. P: He seems to merely be sleeping now, though. His pulse and blood pressure are both normal. P: Hmmm...I suppose there's no need to call a specialist, then... P(2b): Tomorrow is supposed to be the next day of the trial...we'll just have to tell them it isn't possible for him to make it. G: In order to fully perceive the complicated structure of the defendant, Rudou Reiji, as a human, we would like to take this opportunity to introduce an extremely important witness to the trial. G(2b): We believe this witness's testimony may have the power to completely overthrow the defense side's theory of the defendant's loss of sanity and weakened mental state during the period of the crimes.
128) G: Now then, would the witness, Kamizono Youko-san please come to the stand? Y: I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
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82) newspaper headlines:
Modern Madness
A Man Possessed by a Demon
The serial kidnapper and killer is caught! The end draws near to one of the most evil cases in all history The criminal confesses to everything Impossible! Unbelievable! Unforgivable!
Merciless! Sacrifices for the Devil A cruel child killer unlike no other All 8 kidnapped children determined dead Families filled with sadness and anger
Insanity?! The child kidnapper and killer, Rudou Reiji A man possessing a wide array of perversions
83) newspaper: The serial child kidnapping and murder case Trial Begins The long line to receive an admission ticket
Chapter III The Judged 1 - The Philosopher's Stone
84) G: Now what are you doing? R: Next I'd burn some poisonous plants, like wijnruit and hyos, with some incense. G: For what purpose? R: For my Lord, Satan. R: Then I'd draw a circle on the floor with a blade and start writing some magical inscriptions inside. R: Would you like me to write everything? G: No...just give us the general idea. R: There are many different kinds of demonic invocations. R: I tried them all, but didn't end up with much success. R: That's when I started wondering if there was something wrong with my sacrifices to the demons. G: Tell us a little more about that...
85) R: At first I started using things like baby birds and doves. R: But it wasn't until the first time I used a baby boy that I saw any real results. R: This is how I did it. R: After chanting, I cut open the child's throat with a blade like so. R: The blood of a young child is said to wash away the sins of Satanists. R: Then I poured the blood into a sacred cup, mixed it with wine, and drank it. R: Thanks to our hard work and efforts, we finally succeeded in summoning a demon with on our 9th try. R: However, what appeared to me was not a demon, but a witch. R: I realized that even if the summoning did work, I still must have made an error somewhere.
86) R(2b): I just wonder what that error was...I decided I'd have to review and analyze everything so far, then try once more. G: That is the end of our recording, why displays the defendant's motive for killing as well as his violent tendencies. G: After being shown this tape, G: the defendant has shown no signs of regret, and rather, seems to only want more, as the expression on his face has grown more and more joyous -- the sign of a truly evil man. G: Even we, who were there to do the inspection ourselves, are feeling our blood run cold just watching it again.
87) D: Your honor! This is no more than personal opinion. J: Objection sustained. J: However, I approve of this video as far as showing proof of the defendant's motives goes. J: Additionally, in the video, he said the "ninth" victim...but according to our evidence, there were only eight sacrifices... G: Yes... G: We expect that this is either a mistake in the defendant's memory, or that he still has some currently unidentified crimes left... G: We would like to confirm that here and now in this public trial. J: The defendant, Rudou Reiji... R: Yes.
88) J: Do you really believe that things like demons and witches exist in this world? R(2b): Just like I've said many times before, I have succeeded in summoning a demon, and exchanged words with a witch. Also... R(2b): I doubt you will believe me, but...Judge! R: Prosecutor! R: Lawyer! R: And all of you in the audience! R: As shameless as it may seem, at this very moment, that witch...
89) R: is among us! G: Your honor! G(4b): From this insane declaration right now, I think it's become rather clear that my client is not only a fanatic believer, but also a man possessing an irrational concept of right and wrong. Along with that, we have accused him of natural insanity. I think it is rather easy to understand that at the time of these crimes, he had already long since lost any sort of sanity, and was acting under a state of severe mental illness. G: Therefore... G: I request that my client receive intense psychiatric examination!
90) P: You have an interview!
91) R: Your traitor... A(2b): Hohoho...that's some greeting. After I went out of my way to come see you... A(2b): It looks like you admitted to all your crimes. I was really surprised, though...I didn't expect you to keep such a straight face in court... R: I had no choice. R: Since you set me up... A: Don't worry. A: To him, our conversation just sounds like everyday talk.
92) R: It was because you set me up without any defense... A: Don't misunderstand. I haven't done anything. R: Then who's the one who hid Mariko's corpse?! A: Well of course I did that. It'd be strange if there were two Natsukawa Marikos, wouldn't it? R: You aren't Mariko! A(2b): That's right...I'm Alma. And now, I've just woken up from a long slumber... R: Thanks to me... A(2b): I don't like being waken up, so please excuse my unsociability. R: Morals and a sense of duty exist even in the demon world, right? R(2b): I made a pact with you. Do something already! A: What do you want? If your psychiatric examinations go the right way, you'll be declared innocent. R: What I want isn't something meager like that!
93) R: I want "The Philosopher's Stone" in my hands! P: It's time. R(3b): The stone! Teach me the secrets of the stone! As long as I can get my hands on that, I won't need anything else. R: I'll cut all my ties with you! R: Almaaa!
94) G: Witness, Shimabara Masao! G: How would you explain the misunderstanding and falling out that happened between you and the defendant, Rudou Reiji? G: Allow me to question you about the details, then. G: What were the motives for the other four killings? M: Those... M: happened when we kidnapped the third child...I think. M: The child kept crying, and we couldn't keep my hands on him... M: So he... M: he took a machete and... M: suddenly...
95) M: stabbed it down into the child's brain. M: The child died instantly... G: Continue. M: P...please forgive me... M: No more, I... M: I just can't go on... M: Uuuaaah.... M: Kuku...uuuuuuu...
96) G: Well then, since the witness is no longer present, I'd like to provide a supplement to his testimony. M: Uuuu... L: Your honor! L: This clearly goes against Judicial Rule 320, "Proof otherwise bounded in hearsay is not permissible!" J: Judging from the witness's attitude just now... J: in this case, there is more than enough situational assurance that this supplement will be believable. J: Whether or not this proof will be admitted to the case will be decided later, but for now, I will permit you to supplement the testimony. J: Please continue. G: Yes, your honor. G(2b): The truth is! Half of those eight poor souls that were preyed on... G: actually became abominable sexual sacrifices to fulfill the defendant, Rudou Reiji's perverted sexual desires!!
97) G: To Rudou Reiji, the screams and agonizing groans of his sacrifices trapped in the basement gave him a feeling of pleasure far better than any orgasm... G: He also mentioned that one time, when he cut off a victim's head with his knife and saw all the lukewarm blood pouring out, that it gave him a feeling of extreme pleasure... G: He also enjoyed cutting open the stomach of one boy, pulling out his guts and smelling the stench of his innards... G: as well as smashing open the head of one other boy's with a bat and watching the brains splatter across the room. M: Stop it!!
98) G: As you can see...the defendant had absolutely no concept on how to stop his malicious deeds. G(2b): I believe that his accomplice, Shimabara Masao's rebellious attitude toward the defendant comes from a mixture of sympathy, disgust, and fear toward what has been done. G: After the crimes were committed, and the defendant's lust was temporarily subsided and once again supressed into a comatose state...Shimabara Masao was left to clean things up. G: This is the hair-raising truth that was hidden with those eight indescribable corpses... G: ...that we dug up from the ground in that basement. G: Your honor!
99) G: Please observe the hearts of the grieving families before you. A: Looks like you're really in trouble now...
100) A(2b): Alright. I'll teach you the secrets of "The Philosopher's Stone." R: What?! A: "The Philosopher's Stone" grants the bearer a broad superhuman ability... R: Superhuman ability...?! A: Anyone who uses this secret art will become freed from the concept of death, and in turn gain the power to conquer even time itself. R: Immortality and eternal youth?!
101) A(2b): Throw away all mundane concepts like that here and now. This power doesn't transcend death, nor does it negate it. A: The most simple way to think of it would to be imagining yourself living in a completely extrasensory world. A(2b): And then, through constant contact with the outside world, your consciousness only expands, until you are able to perceive the objective world only through its dynamic and organic connections to yourself... A: "The Philosopher's Stone" is yours... R: Wait a minute! I don't understand a word you're saying...
102) A(2b): Don't worry, just do as I say...bring your head closer to mine... A: Closer... A(2b): That's it...now, I'm going to stimulate all the subconscious abilities lying dormant in your frontal lobes. A: Clear your mind of all thoughts! A: Become insentient, and concentrate all your energies in a single spot on your forehead.
104) Chapter III 1 - The Philosopher's Stone / Endhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/molokidan/releases/9957[English] [Translation] Mephisto 4 by molokidan2009-03-02T07:18:38+00:00molokidanadmin@mangahelpers.comMEPHISTO #4
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61) Chapter II - [3] Reincarnation R: Uwaahhh!!
62) TV: Good morning. TV: For today's Cooking Memo, I'll be showing you part two of my family's famous fish dishes, TV: sardines in plain yogurt sauce.
63) R: Uu... R: Hey, wake up.
64) R(2b): Was it all a dream...?! No! It can't be, I'm positive something appeared last night... G: Mmmm... G: Wh...what happened...? G: Uuu...! G: Uwaaaahhhhh!!
65) M(3b): Let me go! I didn't kill her! I, I just... R: Settle down, Masao! M: I'm done! I can't take this anymore!! R: Masao! M(2b): It's an omen! We're going to be cursed! Forgive me! R: You idiot! Get ahold of yourself!! R: That person wasn't Mariko! R: You should be celebrating...we finally did it! R: We summoned a demon! M(2B): This is perfect timing then! I don't want to have anything to do with a real demon!!
66) R(2b): What are you saying, all of a sudden? You became my accomplice with full preparation for what was going to happen, didn't you? M: Leave me alone! M: I've had enough! M: I admit I was a little interested at first, but I refuse to sell my soul to a demon! R: Masaooo!! R: Hmph...damn coward...
67) R: But I'm not like that... R: What do you think I overcame those countless dangers for? R: They were all for you! R: Not stop hiding and show yourself! R: I am your new master! R: I'll give you my soul, whatever you want! R: In return, you must obey your master's orders, R: and help my realize my ambitions! R: Shit...it's ignoring me... R: Uuu...?!
68) R: Geh?!
69) R: Fu... R: Fufufu... R: Appearing in the form of Mariko was a really bad joke... R: Was this another one of those? Or is it just your way of saving hello? R(2b): Are you an Emperor of Hell? Or an Archduke...? R(2b): A Prime Minister? Or just a Gang Leader? I have no idea... sfx: shaa R: But it seems the demon that heeded my call... R: enjoys pulling pranks...
70) R: Stop this!! R(2b): Do you think...threats like these are enough to do me in?! R: Uuu...!
71) R: Or are you merely trying to test me... R: to see whether I'm truly worthy... R: of sealing a pact with you or not?! R: Goddamn you! R: Fucker!
72) R: Waaaaaahhhh!! R: Son of a bitch! R: H... R: Help me...
74) R: Gyaaaaaahhhhh!
76) R: Mu... R(2b): Haa, haa... R: Haa... R: Uuuuu... TV: Our guest today on Tetsuko's Room is a very beautiful lady... R(2b): Dammit...that was unfair...hurry up and show me your true form already...
77) TV(2b): She possesses beautiful features not usually seen on many Japanese females, and along with her amazing performances, has garnered a great deal of interest from the public lady. I introduce to you the actress Natsukawa Mariko-san! T: Nice to meet you, welcome! M: Thank you for having me. R: Mariko?! T: I hear your next movie will be an original courtroom thriller from the director Umemoto Seichou. M(3b): Yes, that's right. That's why I've decided to take part in an actual jury soon, in order to know more about the atmosphere and feelings of such a place.
78) M: I especially think it'd be a good idea for me to join the jury of the serial kidnapping trial that will soon happen. T(2b): Ah, please excuse me. I'm bit estranged from the happenings in the world...was the criminal of that case already caught? M: No...he's still on the large. My intuition is telling me, though, that it's just a matter of time. R: Fuck you! M: Hohohohoho...
79) A: I am Alma... A: A descendant of Eve...an envoy of Satan...an incarnation of the great Sophia... A: Hohohohoho... R: Wait!! A: Rudou Reiji! R: Huh?!
80) P: We are arresting you under the suspicion of being involved in a serial kidnapping! P(2b): We have you completely surrounded! Come out with your hands up!! M(2b): For give me, Rudou! I didn't think things would turn out this way...! P: Silence!
38) R: Father...please forgive my sins. R: I took yet another...innocent life, in a vicious manner... M: His tears at that moment were genuine tears of regret. M: The truth is, this man, Rudou Reiji, was repenting for what he did the previous night from the bottom of his heart. M: However, beneath this pious attitude of his lies another brutal, polar opposite persona.
39) R: "The Philosopher's Stone"..."The Fifth Element"... R: they apparently have the ability to turn base metals into gold. R: Alchemists took salt, urine, semen, anything they could get their hands on, and burned, mixed, refrigerated, and did whatever they could in order to try and draw out this power. R: According to an interpretation of the esoteric Hebrew text, the "Qabbalah," which has been the mindspring for demonic fantasies in the minds of many, speaks of "The Philosopher's Stone" as being the mediator between reason and religion. R: It's also commonly referred to as the spiritual stone of perpetual youth and immortality. R: Hmmm...
40) R: Reason and religion, power and freedom, the harmony of science and divine mysteries...and then, R: "The Philosopher's Stone" itself...if only I could figure out the mysterious behind it, this symbol of vast knowledge... R: I want to know the mysterious of this all-powerful God of ours. R: It is possible to gain control over a single microcosmos...? R: This is why the devil's knowledge is also absolutely necessary! R: He must know! R: The secrets of "The Philosopher's Stone!" The key to perpetual youth and immortality! B: Count me out! B: I can't go on with this any further. R: What?!
41) B: So the sacrifice of a young boy is necessary for the demonic invocation, fine! But I can't do any more than this. B: Did you read the paper this morning? B: The police have already looked for a man who resembles me all yesterday, and they have tens of thousands of policemen on watch now. Newspaper: Serial Child Kidnappings A woman in Hachiouji has sighted the suspect! There are already eight witnesses! Is the criminal a pervert? B: If it's purely devil worship you're after, then I'll help out... B: But it just seems like you've been getting more and more perverted lately. B: All this looks like to me is that you've started to confuse the distinction between divine pleasure and physical pleasure, and your work has turned into nothing more than bloodshed for your own perverted sexual desires. R: I'll complete it this time! Just watch me! B: There's no need for that. I already saw you transform into a utter demon last night.
42) B: When he reaches a dead end in his ponderings or his work, he often loses himself in religious hymns. B: The only way I can understand why such a learned man as him became so concentrated on occult things such as black magic is because there is only a paper-thin difference between demon worship and divine praise contained in such music.
43) B: Also, due to what fundamental sexual perversion theory tells me, if his intoxication with these religious hymns truly does induce an ecstatic feeling of sexual lust within him, then it would explain his cruel nature and desire to sin. R: Masao! R: There's one other way... R: that I can get my hands on children, without anyone getting in my way or finding out, and I won't even need your help.
44) W: Thanks for your hard work. M: No, thank you! B: Yeah, it was fabulous! Fabulous!
45) B: Shall I give you a ride home? W: No thanks, I'm fine on my own today. W: Ah...Manager... M: Hm? W: No...I suppose I'll go home alone after all. M: What...? You're acting a bit strange today, Mariko-chan. M: Everyone has one or two scandals they're worried about getting out, you know, M: but you don't have to worry about hiding anything from me. M: I'll listen to any problem you have. M: With the sudden skyrocketing popularity of the actress Natsukawa Mariko, right now is the most important time for her career. W: You're right... M: Well then, I'll come pick you up at 10 tomorrow. W: Good night.
46) M: Ahhh... M: Rei-chan... M: I love it! M: I love it! M: M...more!
47) M: Ahhhhhhhhhh! M: Hoo... M: Hey, Rei-chan...
48) M: I can't keep hiding things like this anymore. M: I was really nervous at my shoot today that someone would find out. R: It's been four months, hasn't it... M: It's already been five. M: Spiritually, and physically as well, I can't take it anymore... M: Tomorrow I'm going to explain things to my manager. R: You're going to quit being a model...? M: If it means I'll get to be together with you, Rei-chan, then I don't have any regrets about leaving my job. M: You just have to promise me in return, Rei-chan. R: What? M: That you'll do something about this boring room once we get married! R: The inside of a house isn't supposed to be dark!
49) R: Alright, fine. R: Would you like some coffee? M: Well! M: I think I would. R: Fufufu... R: Let us begin...
52) R: Hideous master of war, R: Provider of the blessing known as sin! R: The great supervisor of all corruption, Satan! R: We offer this act of worship unto you, R: righteous god of human reason... R: Factom, R: Est!
53) R: Patris R: et R: filii! R: et...spiritus R: sancti... R: Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood...
54) R: Demonic Emperor, Satan! Beelzebub! Astaroth! R: Show yourself tonight and speak to us! R: Allow our prayers to reach your ears!
55) R: Can you hear my voice?! R: Satan... R: Uu?! S: Uwaa..! R: Don't move out of the circle!! R: Ohhh?!
56) R: Ma... R: Mariko?!
57)
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28) Chapter II - Rudou Reiji
1 Abduction
30) R: Why don't you play with all the other boys? B: I can't. I'm no good at baseball, so they won't let me play along. R: You know what? I'm gonna give this RC car to you. B: Ehhh? Really?! R: Forget that for now, though. Wanna come to my house and play? R: I'll let you ride in a real Ferrari! B: OK!
31) sfx: kiiih R: You're pretty late...
32) R: So what? B: Making other people do the dirty work for you, and then making them wait while you have fun... B: Were you at some girl's place again?! R: What, are you jealous? B: This isn't the time for jokes... R: Where is he? B: The basement. He wouldn't stop crying, it was a real pain in the ass.
33) R: You poor thing... R: Sorry about that friend of mine, I admit he's a bit rough. R: There's nothing to be afraid of. R: I've come here to help you, you know... R: What a horrible man, gagging a kid like this... R: You must have really suffered, huh? R: Sssssh! R: Keep quiet! R: You're gonna escape here together with me. R: Do you think you have enough courage to do that? B: Yeah! R: Good, good boy...
34) R: Alright then, don't move. I'm gonna cut the rope off you with this knife here... R: That's it, keep still... R: Ku ku ku ku...
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05) Mephisto 1
Miyama Noboru
06) Table of Contents
Prologue 9
Chapter I The Legend of Alma
Chapter II Rudou Reiji
1 Abduction 28
2 Demonic Invocation 35
3 Reincarnation 58
07) Chapter III The Judged 81
1 The Philosopher's Stone 81
2 Leap 105
3 Sweets 129
4 Counterattack 151
5 Homecoming 173
6 Destiny 195
7 Inquisition 219
Postscript 244
09) PROLOGUE
In medieval times, after the Catholic Church failed in their Crusades, society was in turmoil due to repeated religious crises and the prevalent spreading of the Black Plague. In order to conquer this unrest, the church shifted the blame to heretics, and from the end of the 12th century to the beginning the 18th century, a mass inquisition was carried out in the form of a witch hunt.
The inquisition's violence was intensified during end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, during the end of the Protestant Reformation. The number of witches burned up during this period is said to total in around 9,000,000.
The Old Testament - "Exodus" Chapter 22, Verse 18: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
10) Witchcraft Trials
In order to determine whether a witch has made a pact with the devil, they were to be stripped naked and had every hair shaved from their body. Private areas that were normally not seen by the naked eye were inspected with great diligence. Then, if they were stabbed with needles and felt no pain nor shed any blood, they were considered to be witches.
11) Following this, the thumbs of their right hands were tied to the big toes of their left legs, and they were to be thrown in rivers. If they sank, they were innocent. If they floated, they were guilty. This sorting method was thought to be very accurate, since the children of Satan were believed to be repelled from water.
Women suspected of being witches were often prosecuted based off secret information and rumors. After their trials, they were cruelly tortured and forced to admit their sins, then burned at the stake.
12) Witches (An image of witches during a Black Mass) -Jean Bodin, "De la demonomanie des sorciers"
1. They deny God and all religion. 2. They curse, blaspheme and provoke God with all despite. 3. They give their faith to the devil, and they worship and offer sacrifice unto him. 4. They do solemnly vow and promise all their progeny unto the devil. 5. They sacrifice their own children to the devil before baptism, holding them up into the air unto him, and then thrust a needle unto their brains. 6. They burn their children when they have sacrificed them. 7. They swear to the devil to bring as many into that society as they can. 8. They swear by the name of the devil. 9. They engage in incestuous adultery with spirits. 10. They boil infants (after they have murdered them unbaptising them) until their flesh be made potable. 11. They eat the flesh and drink the blood of men and children openly. 12. They kill men with poison. 13. They kill men's cattle. 14. They betwitch men's corn, and bring hunger and barrenness into the country; they ride and fly in the air, bring storms, make tempests, et cetera. 15. They engage in venery with a devil called Incubus, even when they lie in bed with their husbands, and have children by them, which become the best witches.
13) Mephisto
Chapter I - The Legend of Alma
14) B: At the end of the 16th century, Jean was acting as a doctor in the countryside of the French province Lorraine, currently boiling his blood over research on the disease known as the Black Death which was plaguing people all around. B: Just around that time, his beloved wife Madeline fell victim to the plague, leaving him to curse his own uselessness while lamenting his loss. B: As he wandered through this abyss of despair, he eventually caved in and resorted to signing a pact with the devil, through the help of the forbidden art of black magic.
15) J: Satan, my demonic emperor! J: Please write my name into your black books. J: If there is any hope of saving my wife Madeleine, I shall offer my life to you. rooster sfx: Morning! B: The next thing he knew, Jean found himself in the middle of a barren field.
16) B: The massive goat, the witch, the vapors that had made him feel like vomiting, the farm women who had invited him in to the Sabbath... B: They had all vanished like mist...it was as if it had all been an illusion. J: Was it real, or was I merely dreaming...? B: Several days later, though, after returning home, Jean was greeted by his wife Madeleine, who had completely recovered from her illness. M: Dear! B: While welcoming this unforeseen turn of events, he also realized that this meant his life would soon be taken, and cemented his resolve. J: So the sabbath that night really did happen...
17) B: However, after that, no sign of any demons coming to claim his life appeared, and peaceful days continued on just as always. B: Finally, despite having given up any hopes of pregnancy long ago, Madeleine found out she was to bear a child, B: and so Jean was tortured by constant nightmares. upper left text (right side): The child will be born as an offspring of the devil! upper left text (left side): The child will be born as a devout servant of the devil! B: It was, without a doubt, the condition the devil had placed upon Jean's pact.
18) B: Unable to bear it any longer, he called upon three pious monks to perform an exorcism. B: The exorcism only appeared to aggravate the demon's condition, though, and Jean's wife Madeleine ended up dying at the end of a painful, abnormal birth. B: And so, as if to clearly prove the reality of the situation, a demonic seal that looked like a scar in the shape of a snake appeared across stomach of the child, who had had a healthy birth and was making noise in high spirits. B: Jean, suffering in misery of the weight of his sins, had all his energy sapped away by his own agony, and left this world forever. J: Do not allow the villagers to suspect that you are a witch... B: This happened on his sole daughter Alma's 10th birthday.
19) B: The days and months went on, and the matured Alma took up her father's job serving the sick in her village. B: That wasn't all, though -- through alchemy, she produced gold and secretly distributed it to starving farmers. B: This, coupled with her beauty, caused rumors of Alma to spread all through the Lorraine region. B: It was no surprise, then, that word of this woman reached the ears of Nicolas Remy, the region's magistrate.
20) B: In 1575, Remy was promoted from the position of Lieutenant General of Vosges to secretary to Duke Charles III of Lorraine. After making a name for himself through his service to the duke, he gained the seat of magistrate and chief public prosecutor. B: Having acquired a virtual license to kill, Remy devoted all of his energy to the exposure of witchcraft, and fully exercising his unscrupulous, fanatical arm toward brutal witch subjugation. B: Before long, Alma was suspected of being a witch after healing all of the sick in her village, and was imprisoned until the day of her trial was decided.
21) B: Alma's fortune was seized and split between the inspector, the priest, and the magistrate himself. B: In this way, witch hunts were also a profitable business venture. R: It is my dream to one day see every witch in this land burning to death all at the once. R: Wahahaha!! R: Mmmmm...how beautiful. F: Don't be fooled by outward appearances!
22) sfx: biri biri F: Look here! F: This scar means that she is a witch who has signed a pact with the devil... F: And the fact that when she's stabbed here with a needle, no blood comes out, is all the more proof! B: There was a trick to using these pins in a way so that they would only sink into the flesh. B: It is said that pinners would master this technique in order to sell off women as witches and make fortunes in return... R: Strip her down and strap her onto the table! M: Yes sir!
23) F: Witches raise their familiars using their own blood, so the instrument she uses should be hidden somewhere in her body. F: If we can't find it on the surface... F: This place looks suspicious! A: Uuuu... R: Mmmmm... R: But I doubt a mere finger will reach all the way inside...
24) R: Well, Alma...? There is now longer any reason to doubt the suspicions surrounding you. R: If you still insist on claiming your innocence, though, R: we'll just have to torture the witnesses we already gathered up. B: Through the black magic witches possess, escaping from such disgrace was thought to be an extremely easy task for them. B: If that was to happen, though, the authorities were prepared to crucify innocent people as punishment.
25) B: Alma allowed herself to be made into a witch, and this self-sacrifice and love that filled her mind was, on the contrary, something much more similar to white magic. B: In the end, the witch Alma bid an eternal farewell to this era.
26) B: After all, no matter how one acted in a time like this, where the average person was controlled by absolutist theories and delusions, it always came down to a matter of fire and oil. B: Trouble like this wasn't anything Alma had wished for.
27) B: To witches, though, physical "death" is truly like the gestation that gives birth to new "life." B: After escaping through a spiritual body, they go retroactively upstream to the primordial world, and become one with a universal consciousness. B: In other words, they leave on a journey that transcends the intricate simulacra of both time and space...