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[p001]
Box: For me, the current state of things is unappealing.
Box: For decades...there haven't been any wars and no one has died an untimely death.
Box: Thanks to that, I'm starving and on the verge of exhaustion.
??? (thoughts): It's time...
(left) Before that dark look...
[p002]
(right) A story comes to life...
???: Yo,
???: Boy.
???: Want to
(bottom, author) Horie Ryuu
[p003]
???: Make a deal with me?
(top, star) The story of a truth that must not be told!! A dark suspenseful 49p. oneshot!!
[p004]
Man: Phantom...
Man: That's right. Surely... that man was a phantom...
Man: Our boss is special...
Man: No one is a match for him.
Man: The same goes for you cops...
Man: Kukuku... you can't become that man's opponent, either.
Man 2: The year and a half we've spent in pursuit of your fucking "Phantom" organization...
Man 2: We have lost a large number of subordinates, and haven't been able to find the key to this...
Man 2: I'll ask you one last thing.
Man 2: Just what is your boss? Tell us everything you know.
[p005]
Man: I said it already, didn't I?
Man: That you guys can't become boss' opponent.
Man 2: Shit... choosing death over betrayal, huh...
Man 2: If that's the case...
Man 2: We can only rely on... the Investigation Bureau's Roxy...
[p006]
???: Boooss~~
???: Boss
???: Come on ouuuut~~~
Man: BOOOSS
Man: HEY!
Girl: W-would he really come out just like that?!
Girl: Um...
Girl: Heey!
[p007]
Man: Yeah... boss is the capricious sort.
Man: Searching for him like this and looking after him will be your job, newbie.
Girl: R...
Girl: Right...
(left of girl) This is work...?
Man: Ah.
Man: Speaking of which... boss sighted!!
Girl: Wh...
Girl: EEHH...?!
[p008]
(next to girl) ...ha?
Man: Booooss! It's dangerous up there, please come down!!
Girl (thoughts): Boss?!
Girl (thoughts): Ehh... that's him?!
Boss: Who's that?
[p009]
Man: She's the new maid hired by your head caretaker!
Girl: But he...
Girl: Looks like a kid...
Man: Like I said, it's dangerous up there, so please hurry and come down!!
Boss: Is this a water strider?
(next to Boss) Here.
Girl (thoughts): He is a kid!!
Man: You can play with it afterward!!
Man: Ahh!
Man: Look, don't say anything else and come d...
[p010]
Man: Oooh?!
Man: Bo...
Man: Boss, are you injured!!
[p011]
(above girl) Hm?
(above Boss) Staaare
Man: BOSS?!
Man: Are you alright?! Does it hurt anywhere?!
Man: Oooh, you poor thing, everything is alright now!!
Girl: Umm... is there still work to do today after this?
Man: Hm?!
Man: No... that's all for today.
Man: It's already getting dark.
Man: You only need to take care of boss when he's out during the day.
Girl: Hah...?
[p012]
Girl: W-well, then.
Girl: I'll head back to my room!
Man: Hm...
Man: Wait a moment.
Man: Your movements just now were pretty good for a maid...
Man: Have you... been up to something?
[p013]
Girl: Yes...
Girl: Because physical strength is essential to a maid's job.
Man: I see...
Man: That's true...
Man: Haa...
Man: Ahh, crap! It's already sunset!
Man: Boss, let's get you back to your room.
Boss: Why?
Man: Because, now hurry!
[p014]
???: So it's you, Roxy.
Roxy: Chief.
Chief: What is it?
Roxy: What is it, you ask... this is our scheduled contact time. That's what we decided on, right?
Roxy: My infiltration of the organization has been successful!
[p015]
Chief: Ahh, that's right... so that's what it was...
Roxy: Is everything alright, chief...?
Roxy: Anyway! My report! This organization is really strange...
Chief: It's fine... you don't have to report...
Roxy: The one they call "boss" is just a kid, and...
Roxy: Wai-WHAT?! What did you just say?!
Chief: From now on, we won't need a scheduled contact time.
Chief: Concentrate on furthering your investigative infiltration.
Chief: Alright? This is an order.
Chief: Continue your investigation as you have been.
Roxy: Ye...
Roxy: Understood...
[p016]
Boss: It's...
Boss: BREAKFAST TIIIIIME
Roxy: BLEGH?!
Roxy: KYAA?!
Boss: Morn~ing
Roxy: Don't just go saying morn~ing! Just what are...
Roxy: In a person's room...!
Man: It's breakfast time. Hurry and get dressed, maid.
Roxy: YOU TOO!
[p017]
Roxy: Does everyone gather together like this for every meal?
Man: Yeah.
Man: This is a family rule that boss decided.
[p018]
Man: Aren't you going to look surprised at all?
(above man) Staaare
(above Roxy) Haa!
Man: Didn't you think this was a much more horrible organization?
Man: You can think that way.
Man: We aren't the sort you see everywhere...
Man: We're different from normal mafia... we're special.
Man: Aaall of us were once...
Man: stray hoodlums.
Man: The one thing which ties us together is our boss...
[p019]
Man: We, who are drawn together by the boss
Man: are like a real family.
Roxy: Heehh...
Boss: You've got a family too, right miss?
Roxy: No.
[p020]
Roxy: I've been alone since the day I was born and...
Roxy: Always
Roxy: Devote myself whole-heartedly to my work...
Roxy (thoughts): Roxy,
Roxy (thoughts): This is an investigative infiltration!
Man: We have obtained information regarding "Phantom".
Man: You will slip inside their organization under the guise of a maid.
[p021]
Roxy: I...will?
Man: Investigative infiltration is
Man: best suited for someone like you, who has no family.
Roxy: Hm? Is this...
Man: It's material concerning "Phantom".
Roxy: From the reporters and police who... pursued "Phantom"?
Man: That's right.
Man: But they all failed.
Man: One step away from catching its trail...
Man: they would return, bodies akin to an empty husk...
Man: and even their souls appeared to have left them.
Roxy (thoughts): The boss who runs such a terrible organization
Roxy (thoughts): must definitely be a horrible demon of a man...!
[p022]
Man: Roxy, infiltrate their group and
Man: return with proof!!
Roxy: So that's why
Roxy: I don't have
Roxy: a family.
Boss: Then,
Boss: stay with us!
[p023]
Man: By the way, Roxy,
Man: You don't have to look after the boss today.
(left of man) Well then, better get up.
Roxy: Eh?
Man: We're following the boss on an outing.
Man: So we'll be out until nighttime.
Roxy (thoughts): Then...
Roxy (thoughts): that means...!
[p024]
Roxy: It's...
Roxy: Already dark out...
Roxy: I spent half the day... there just isn't any proof, no matter where I look...
Roxy: Furthermore...
Roxy (thoughts): Can you really call those guys
Roxy (thoughts): the demon-like group "Phantom"...
Roxy (thoughts): No one would be able to find proof... but... but...
Roxy (thoughts): ...hm?
[p025]
Roxy: Th...
Roxy: This is...
Roxy (thoughts): A tremendous number... of heavy weaponry.
Roxy (thoughts): And swords!
Roxy (thoughts): They can't...
Roxy (thoughts): talk their way out of this one!
[p026]
Roxy (thoughts): It's all
Roxy (thoughts): over for them!!
sfx bubble: Clatter
Roxy: Aah...?!
[p027]
Roxy: Boss...!
Roxy: I thought...
Roxy: You weren't coming back until nightttime...?!
Boss: That was a lie. Everyone...
Boss: Went out because I told them to.
Roxy: Wh...
Roxy: Why would you...
[p028]
Boss: Because...
Boss: I wanted to talk to you.
Boss: To Roxy, the investigation agent.
Roxy: Wh
Roxy: Ho
Roxy: How did you-?!
Boss: I knew yesterday evening.
Boss: Since then... I've been watching you...
Boss: Because I didn't want to believe you were an enemy.
[p029]
Boss: But that's alright.
Boss: Because matters have been settled.
Roxy: ...That's right.
Roxy: All that's left is a single phone call, and the police force will come and break down the door...
Roxy: It's over.
Boss: Is it?!
Roxy: ...Haah?!
Roxy: Asking if...
[p030]
Roxy: Kyaa?!
[p031]
Boss: Everything was
Boss: Settled already, yesterday evening.
Box: What...? This feeling...
Boss: Let me
Boss: To tell you...
Boss: About yesterday evening...
[p032]
Man: Boss, let's get you back to your room.
Boss: Why?
Man: Because, now hurry!
Man: At last...
Man: The day has come to an end.
Man: This is your time, boss!
[p033]
Man: A few days ago...
Man: One of our members was hung from the top of a building.
Man: We've located the bastards responsible.
Man: What should we do,
Man: Boss...!
[p035]
Boss: Let's go.
Boss: I'll settle things...
[p036]
Officer: GUAAA!
Officer: Wh
Officer: Why can't our bullets hit him?!
Officer: Hii!
Officer: Hiii!
Chief: W-wait!
Chief: I get it! I get it, so-!
Chief: I-I'll give you some information!
Chief: So, please... spare me!
[p037]
Boss: ...talk, and we'll see.
Chief: Aah
Chief: A new maid...
Chief: Joined you guys, right? Named Roxy...
Chief: That woman is from an investigation and infiltration agency!
Chief: Additionally,
Chief: All sorts of military forces are being deployed! I am the only one who can stop them! So...
Boss: I see...
Boss: That was some valuable information.
Boss: You... only want your life saved, correct?
[p038]
Chief: P-
Chief: Please!
Boss: The chief...
Boss: Spoke your name, Roxy.
Boss: After that... well, what do you think happened.
Roxy: A...are the chief
Roxy: And policemen alright?!
Boss: Kukuku...
Boss: You're pretty kind, huh...
Boss: Worrying about the guy who sold you out?
Boss: As promised,
Boss: Nobody was killed.
[p039]
Roxy: ...you... just what are you?
Roxy: You're not... human...?
Boss: You want to hear about me?
Boss: We're already off the topic at hand, but...
Boss: A boy was dying by the side of the road.
Boss: What that boy wanted more than anything was a family...
Man: Good. I'll give you a little present.
Man: Surround yourself with an excellent family!
[p040]
Boss: In exchange, what I received was... half of this body.
Boss: I don't feel the pain of starving anymore...
Roxy: ...starving...?
(Boss sfx): Cough cough cough
Boss: Already
Boss: Dawn, huh...
[p041]
Boss: This enjoyable time passes in the blink of an eye...
Boss: You should return to your room already.
Roxy: ...haah?
Roxy: Wh-what are you saying?!
Roxy: I don't have... any reason to sta...
Boss: This family...
Boss: Needs a woman like you.
Boss: I said it before.
Boss: That I want you to stay here from now on.
[p042]
Roxy: Th-that's impossible!
Roxy: You think after all this, that I could stay here?!
Boss: That's right, we're
Boss: Off the original topic again, aren't we.
Boss: Here.
Phone: Chief.
[p043]
Roxy (thoughts): It's my... voice?!
Phone: What is it?
Roxy (thoughts): ! ... even the chief's voice...
Phone: What is it, you ask...
Phone: This is our scheduled contact time. That's what we decided on, right?
(Phone screen): Playback
Phone: My infiltration of the organization
Phone: Has been successful!
Phone: Ahh, that's right... so that's what it was...
Roxy (thoughts): These voices...
Roxy (thoughts): A recording of last night's...
Roxy (thoughts): ...phone call?!
Roxy: ...why?
Roxy: Just how...
Roxy: When?
Roxy: When did you record this? That conversation...
[p044]
Roxy (thoughts): ...Back then?
Roxy (thoughts): The scheduled contact time on the first night...
Roxy (thoughts): Back then...
Roxy (thoughts): The chief had already...!
Chief: Hii!
Chief: Pl-
Chief: Please wait!
Chief: I told you, didn't I, so spare meeee!!
[p045]
Text: By that time, it was already too late!
[p046]
Text: Everything was...
Boss: I...
Boss: Won't allow anyone to kill your subordinates.
Boss: But you killed my family, didn't you?
Boss: And to protect yourself, you ratted out the investigation and infiltration agency...
Text: Settled already!!
Boss: So naturally, I can eat your soul, right?
[p047]
sfx box: Click
Chief: So it's you, Roxy.
Roxy: Chief.
Chief: It's fine... you don't have to report...
Chief: From now on, we won't need a scheduled contact time.
Chief: Concentrate on furthering your investigative infiltration.
Boss: Kukuku...
Chief: Alright? This is an order.
Boss: Well,
Boss: That's how it is, Roxy.
[p048]
Boss: You should really abide by your superior's orders.
Roxy: Ha...
[p049]
(left) This is the greatness of our boss!!
Men: Haaah...?
Boss: Like I saaaaid~~~
Boss: There's a new addition to the family!
Boss: The Official Investigation and Infiltration Bureau's Roxy-san...
Men: Wait, hold on a sec boooss!
Men: What the hell is an Official Investigation and Infiltration Bureau?!
Men: Don't let a police dog into our family!!
Man: L...let me talk to the nighttime boss...
Men: DAMMIT, NIGHTTIME BOSSSSS!
(bottom) Phantom ...end.