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starlady!!! page 01
Chapter 14: Abigail's Attack
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!!! page 02
Misaki: This is...
No...
FX: Dry and crumbling
This was...
The black flower...?
Saitou: Chief! Are you all right?
Misaki: I'm fine, Saitou.
Contact the office about the leak from the water pipe in the public utility conduit.
FX: Spray
Misaki: And check the gas pipes, too.
Then, these flowers…
Saitou: …What about the flowers, Chief?
Misaki: No…
Right now, these flowers here……
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!!! page 03
Misaki: What about Harvest?
Did he disappear too?
Saitou: Disappeared?
What are you talking about?
The anesthetic has him sleeping like a baby.
FX: Boom
Saitou: It's a total victory for us, Chief!
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!!! page 04
Misaki: …
…I see.
FX: Sigh of relief
Misaki: Well done.
Saitou: It's a credit to you, Chief.
Obtaining the cooperation of Pandora's Dr. Sergei,
Finding and deploying the electricity countermeasures.
Misaki: Flattery will get you nowhere, Saitou.
…Besides, don't talk about the information provider so casually.
Saitou: So…sorry.
FX: Crunch
SWAT guy: If you're going to let him ride in the van, tie him down.
Misaki: …
And don't forget to connect the battery,
So that there's electricity flowing at all times.
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!!! page 05
FX: Beep
Misaki: …Ohtsuka, it's me.
We captured Harvest unharmed.
He's being transported from here to a prison compound.
Ohtsuka: You did it, Chief!
Sergei: Congratulations, Officer Kirihara. Now we should be able to put a brake on the black flower's indiscriminate diffusion.
Misaki: ……
It would be good if we could, but…
Besides that, what happened over there?
What about the girl's protection?
Sergei: ?
We heard that custody of the girl had been secured from Harvest.
It seems that she had some kind of trouble and is now unconscious.
Rather, that's preferable.
Misaki: Preferable?
Mina: We can slow the progression of her symptoms.
Misaki: ?
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Mina: I said this at the beginning, but the black flower is a parasitic substance from within the Gate.
It's the same as an disease.
The progression of symptoms isn't connected to the size of her ability, but to her life.
Misaki: Wha--……
Please say those kinds of things quicker!
Mina: I'm sorry.
Misaki: What's the death rate for those patients infected?
Mina: ……
With one exception, 100%……
Misaki: 100…!!?
Mina: ……The only exception is Harvest……
…But,
He should have died once, too.
Misaki: He did die.
……Speaking of which, the same as Dr. Schroeder……
Shi--…
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!!! page 07
Misaki: Saitou, take care of him!
FX: Off running
Saitou: Huh?
Sergei: Wait! Even if you go now, it's pointless, Parcel will soon…
FX: Beep
Chief: Where are you going, Kirihara?
Saitou: Ch…Chief?
FX: Sound of an engine
FX: Rumbling
Kouno: Huh?
Matsumoto: What's wrong, Kouno?
Kouno: Was there no response, Matsumoto-san?
FX: Rumbling
Matsumoto: From the weird plug in his head?
Kouno: No, his leg, his leg!
He wore this sort of tight pants?
Matsumoto: !
Kouno: Something more like this weird, hairy…
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!!! page 08
Matsumoto: He's…
FX: Menacing atmosphere
FX: Glare
FX: Plunk
Driver: Woah,
What!!?
FX: Screeching
FX: Fwoop
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!!! page 09
FX: Smack
Driver: Aaauugh!
FX: Screeching
Hei: …
Parcel: How is she, BK-201?
Hei: …She has a high fever.
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!!! page 10
Hei: It's the body's natural reaction against a foreign invader.
When she lost consciousness, that appeared on the surface.
Besides, this big a flower coming out of her body would produce a fever anyway.
……But Azusa opening her eyes and recognizing reality would be even more dangerous.
Parcel: …So if the flower withers, she'll die?
Right,
Then we'll hurry.
Sergei or Mina will do something.
Hei: Sergei Vecktrof and Mina Kandaswami?
Parcel: You know them? They're my bosses now.
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!!! page 11
Hei: Before I left the Syndicate, I did a job once…
I cannot trust that man.
Parcel: That so?
He's the one who protected your Doll.
Hei: To use me, right?
Parcel: That's right, but even so,
If he hadn't, your Doll might have fallen into your enemies' hands.
She might have died.
He's treated me well, too, since I was small.
And he saved Champ when he was on the verge of being scrapped.
He's a surprisingly good guy.
Hei: ……
Parcel: Believe me!
In the worst case,
I'll let you and the Doll escape to wherever you like,
OK?
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!!! page 12
Hei: ……Fine.
…But this doesn't mean I've become your compatriot.
Whoever gets in my way, I'll kill!
Parcel: Suit yourself. Though you can't kill me!
Here, take this.
It's your face, right?
You'd be in trouble if you lost it.
Hei: ……
It's not a face.
Parcel: Huh!?
No way!
FX: Revelation
Hei: Never mind, let's move already.
FX: Quick movement
Hei: !
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!!! page 13
FX: Wham
Parcel: Augh!
FX: Impact
FX: Drooping
Hei: Parcel!
FX: Creak
Abigail: ……
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!!! page 14
FX: High-pitched noise
Hei: A contractor…
!!?
What the…!?
FX: Paralysis
FX: Crunch
Abigail: Right now you can't perceive things correctly.
Hei: Shi…
Abigail: You've lost your sense of balance, and you can't even stand properly.
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!!! page 15
Abigail: I think it's nice to meet you, BK-201.
I am Abigail Croft.
FX: Shink
Hei: ……
Abigail: ……You dropped it.
The knife.
FX: Dropping it
Hei: …!!?
!?
Abigail: And I'm over here.
Hei: …
Abigail: Handling weapons while your brain isn't functioning properly is not advised.
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!!! page 16
Hei: ……What's your objective?
Abigail: You know, but you ask.
Are you trying to waste time?
Of course, it's that girl,
The black flower.
Hei: ……
You think I'll hand her over obediently?
Abigail: …At the least, speak before you're robbed.
Hei: !
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!!! page 17
Hei: Shi--…
FX: Impact
FX: Brief licking
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!!! page 18
Abigail: There's a thin scent of blood.
FX: Licking
Abigail: And salt.
A young and mysterious flavor survives.
The old age and despair of the edge of death.
Hei: Wait…
Abigail: And after, the disease-carrier, too.
…Your mental confusion will last for five minutes.
Until then, you can do nothing.
Hei: ……
Abigail: Farewell, BK-201.
Don't think ill of me.
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!!! page 19
FX: Vong
Hei: Where did that little…
FX: Vong
Parcel: Here!
FX: Fwoosh
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!!! page 20-21
Abigail: Tch.
FX: Glare
Parcel: Waugh!?
FX: Surrounded
FX: Protruding
Abigail: !
FX: Thump
FX: Landing
Parcel: Take back the girl, Champ!!!
FX: Roar
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!!! page 22
FX: Rushing
Abigail: Shi…
FX: Glare
Abigail: Even if your whole body is huge…
FX: Momentary dizziness
FX: Impact
Abigail: !?
Why?
Your perceptions should be completely deranged…
FX: Rushing sound
FX: Spinning
FX: Squeeze
Abigail: He's…
A machine!
Let go!
Let go, rubbish heap!
Yin: Hei.
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!!! page 23
FX: Quick movement
Abigail: !!!
FX: Cutting
Abdiel: …!?
It hasn't been five minutes…
FX: Jerk
Abigail: Eeek!
FX: Ripping
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!!! page 24
Asuka: ……!!!
FX: Strong twitching
Hei: Azusa…!!!
Shi…
FX: Crunch
Yin: Hei!
Abigail: I'll take the flower at least.
Parcel: She's…she's running away…
FX: Springing forward
Hei: Leave her alone, Parcel…
More importantly, right now……
Chapter 14: Abigail's Attack
---------------
!!! page 02
Misaki: This is...
No...
FX: Dry and crumbling
This was...
The black flower...?
Saitou: Chief! Are you all right?
Misaki: I'm fine, Saitou.
Contact the office about the leak from the water pipe in the public utility conduit.
FX: Spray
Misaki: And check the gas pipes, too.
Then, these flowers…
Saitou: …What about the flowers, Chief?
Misaki: No…
Right now, these flowers here……
---------------
!!! page 03
Misaki: What about Harvest?
Did he disappear too?
Saitou: Disappeared?
What are you talking about?
The anesthetic has him sleeping like a baby.
FX: Boom
Saitou: It's a total victory for us, Chief!
---------------
!!! page 04
Misaki: …
…I see.
FX: Sigh of relief
Misaki: Well done.
Saitou: It's a credit to you, Chief.
Obtaining the cooperation of Pandora's Dr. Sergei,
Finding and deploying the electricity countermeasures.
Misaki: Flattery will get you nowhere, Saitou.
…Besides, don't talk about the information provider so casually.
Saitou: So…sorry.
FX: Crunch
SWAT guy: If you're going to let him ride in the van, tie him down.
Misaki: …
And don't forget to connect the battery,
So that there's electricity flowing at all times.
---------------
!!! page 05
FX: Beep
Misaki: …Ohtsuka, it's me.
We captured Harvest unharmed.
He's being transported from here to a prison compound.
Ohtsuka: You did it, Chief!
Sergei: Congratulations, Officer Kirihara. Now we should be able to put a brake on the black flower's indiscriminate diffusion.
Misaki: ……
It would be good if we could, but…
Besides that, what happened over there?
What about the girl's protection?
Sergei: ?
We heard that custody of the girl had been secured from Harvest.
It seems that she had some kind of trouble and is now unconscious.
Rather, that's preferable.
Misaki: Preferable?
Mina: We can slow the progression of her symptoms.
Misaki: ?
---------------
!!! page 06
Mina: I said this at the beginning, but the black flower is a parasitic substance from within the Gate.
It's the same as an disease.
The progression of symptoms isn't connected to the size of her ability, but to her life.
Misaki: Wha--……
Please say those kinds of things quicker!
Mina: I'm sorry.
Misaki: What's the death rate for those patients infected?
Mina: ……
With one exception, 100%……
Misaki: 100…!!?
Mina: ……The only exception is Harvest……
…But,
He should have died once, too.
Misaki: He did die.
……Speaking of which, the same as Dr. Schroeder……
Shi--…
---------------
!!! page 07
Misaki: Saitou, take care of him!
FX: Off running
Saitou: Huh?
Sergei: Wait! Even if you go now, it's pointless, Parcel will soon…
FX: Beep
Chief: Where are you going, Kirihara?
Saitou: Ch…Chief?
FX: Sound of an engine
FX: Rumbling
Kouno: Huh?
Matsumoto: What's wrong, Kouno?
Kouno: Was there no response, Matsumoto-san?
FX: Rumbling
Matsumoto: From the weird plug in his head?
Kouno: No, his leg, his leg!
He wore this sort of tight pants?
Matsumoto: !
Kouno: Something more like this weird, hairy…
---------------
!!! page 08
Matsumoto: He's…
FX: Menacing atmosphere
FX: Glare
FX: Plunk
Driver: Woah,
What!!?
FX: Screeching
FX: Fwoop
---------------
!!! page 09
FX: Smack
Driver: Aaauugh!
FX: Screeching
Hei: …
Parcel: How is she, BK-201?
Hei: …She has a high fever.
---------------
!!! page 10
Hei: It's the body's natural reaction against a foreign invader.
When she lost consciousness, that appeared on the surface.
Besides, this big a flower coming out of her body would produce a fever anyway.
……But Azusa opening her eyes and recognizing reality would be even more dangerous.
Parcel: …So if the flower withers, she'll die?
Right,
Then we'll hurry.
Sergei or Mina will do something.
Hei: Sergei Vecktrof and Mina Kandaswami?
Parcel: You know them? They're my bosses now.
---------------
!!! page 11
Hei: Before I left the Syndicate, I did a job once…
I cannot trust that man.
Parcel: That so?
He's the one who protected your Doll.
Hei: To use me, right?
Parcel: That's right, but even so,
If he hadn't, your Doll might have fallen into your enemies' hands.
She might have died.
He's treated me well, too, since I was small.
And he saved Champ when he was on the verge of being scrapped.
He's a surprisingly good guy.
Hei: ……
Parcel: Believe me!
In the worst case,
I'll let you and the Doll escape to wherever you like,
OK?
---------------
!!! page 12
Hei: ……Fine.
…But this doesn't mean I've become your compatriot.
Whoever gets in my way, I'll kill!
Parcel: Suit yourself. Though you can't kill me!
Here, take this.
It's your face, right?
You'd be in trouble if you lost it.
Hei: ……
It's not a face.
Parcel: Huh!?
No way!
FX: Revelation
Hei: Never mind, let's move already.
FX: Quick movement
Hei: !
---------------
!!! page 13
FX: Wham
Parcel: Augh!
FX: Impact
FX: Drooping
Hei: Parcel!
FX: Creak
Abigail: ……
---------------
!!! page 14
FX: High-pitched noise
Hei: A contractor…
!!?
What the…!?
FX: Paralysis
FX: Crunch
Abigail: Right now you can't perceive things correctly.
Hei: Shi…
Abigail: You've lost your sense of balance, and you can't even stand properly.
---------------
!!! page 15
Abigail: I think it's nice to meet you, BK-201.
I am Abigail Croft.
FX: Shink
Hei: ……
Abigail: ……You dropped it.
The knife.
FX: Dropping it
Hei: …!!?
!?
Abigail: And I'm over here.
Hei: …
Abigail: Handling weapons while your brain isn't functioning properly is not advised.
---------------
!!! page 16
Hei: ……What's your objective?
Abigail: You know, but you ask.
Are you trying to waste time?
Of course, it's that girl,
The black flower.
Hei: ……
You think I'll hand her over obediently?
Abigail: …At the least, speak before you're robbed.
Hei: !
---------------
!!! page 17
Hei: Shi--…
FX: Impact
FX: Brief licking
---------------
!!! page 18
Abigail: There's a thin scent of blood.
FX: Licking
Abigail: And salt.
A young and mysterious flavor survives.
The old age and despair of the edge of death.
Hei: Wait…
Abigail: And after, the disease-carrier, too.
…Your mental confusion will last for five minutes.
Until then, you can do nothing.
Hei: ……
Abigail: Farewell, BK-201.
Don't think ill of me.
---------------
!!! page 19
FX: Vong
Hei: Where did that little…
FX: Vong
Parcel: Here!
FX: Fwoosh
---------------
!!! page 20-21
Abigail: Tch.
FX: Glare
Parcel: Waugh!?
FX: Surrounded
FX: Protruding
Abigail: !
FX: Thump
FX: Landing
Parcel: Take back the girl, Champ!!!
FX: Roar
---------------
!!! page 22
FX: Rushing
Abigail: Shi…
FX: Glare
Abigail: Even if your whole body is huge…
FX: Momentary dizziness
FX: Impact
Abigail: !?
Why?
Your perceptions should be completely deranged…
FX: Rushing sound
FX: Spinning
FX: Squeeze
Abigail: He's…
A machine!
Let go!
Let go, rubbish heap!
Yin: Hei.
---------------
!!! page 23
FX: Quick movement
Abigail: !!!
FX: Cutting
Abdiel: …!?
It hasn't been five minutes…
FX: Jerk
Abigail: Eeek!
FX: Ripping
---------------
!!! page 24
Asuka: ……!!!
FX: Strong twitching
Hei: Azusa…!!!
Shi…
FX: Crunch
Yin: Hei!
Abigail: I'll take the flower at least.
Parcel: She's…she's running away…
FX: Springing forward
Hei: Leave her alone, Parcel…
More importantly, right now……
