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starlady!!! page 01
War itself is my life.
Chapter 19: The Strongest Squad
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!!! page 02
Radio: The targets are seven. Inside there are two contractors and two dolls.
The huge male contractor is an experimental battle-type machine called D-weapon.
Don't get careless and think little of him.
FX: Helicopter blades
Radio: As soon as you see the kid, kill him.
He has a dangerous ability.
And BK-201.
That one is formidable.
Catch him!
FX: Helicopter blades
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!!! page 03
Vectrov: Probably
The invading squad is General Alexei's.
Hei: !
Reynaldo Alexei?
Parcel: You know him?
Hei: In South America he was called "the iron man."
Vectrof: We've known since the Heaven's War in South America that he hates completed contractors.
At a guess, he's number one within the group behind the black flower plot.
I didn't think it would be this soon, but this place is no longer safe.
They'll undoubtedly use their awakened subjects first.
Parcel: You said it'd be fine.
Hei: Do all of them have the power of the black flower…?
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!!! page 04
Mina: Bu…but…
The awakened ability has an an individual basis.
They absolutely will be different from Azura-san's level…
Hei: The lethal strength of pros and amateurs is different.
Parcel.
Parcel: Hm?
Take everyone as far away from here as you can.
I'll deal with these guys here.
FX: Heavy footsteps
FX: Slam!
FX: Gun action
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!!! page 05
Mina: Wa…
Please wait!
Why?
Why can't you run together?
With us…
Hei: This lot found this place easily.
If they're serious they'll follow you no matter where you hide.
All the more, if they have the power of the black flower.
If I don't stop them now, before they gain experience, they'll be trouble in the future.
Hurry.
Be quick!
Yin.
Stay with these guys until I return.
Parcel: Sheesh--
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!!! page 06
Parcel: Didn't I tell you it'd be all right?
I said this is a place that can't be entered without my ability.
FX: Pounding feet
Soldier: The door is welded shut.
Soldier: Leave it to me.
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!!! page 07
FX: Explosion
FX: Metallic whoosh
FX: Cre-ack
FX: Bam
Hei: Don't be naive about these guys.
No matter what you did, they'll come here.
Do as I say, Parcel.
Parcel: They absolutely can't get in here from there.
FX: Guns up
Parcel: I said, here…
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!!! page 08
Soldier: …!?
Sign: Dead end, idiots
Parcel: isn't really Umihotaru.
Mina: Huh!?
FX: Rattling
FX: Hmm
Soldier: We found the room empty, General.
There's no one here.
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!!! page 09
Alexei: What!?
What about underground?
Soldiers: …
…There is no underground.
The tunnel is completely underwater.
FX: Kerplunk kerplunk
Perry: …
FX: Slam
Alexei: Shit.
Where did they vanish to?
Mina: …What do you mean, Parcel?
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!!! page 10
Parcel: I can't tell you the real deal.
This place is my secret base.
Hei: Is it a lie that this place doesn't have any entrances or exits?
To make people think it's Umihotaru?
Parcel: Deceiving people is wrong.
Hei: You're a surprising brat.
Mina: …So in other words, you didn't trust us at all.
It's a little bit of a shock…
Parcel: Did you forget that I'm a contractor?
Contractors lie without emotion.
It's something I absolutely won't tell anyone.
FX: Chortling
Vectrof: …It's certainly a contractor way of thinking.
Hei: Yin.
Where are we really?
Parcel: Hey! No fair!!
Asking the doll!
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!!! page 11
Soldiers: Withdrawal.
Let's go, Captain Perry.
Perry: Shut up.
Soldiers: ?
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!!! page 12
FX: Loud silence
FX: Rustling
FX: Vibrations
FX: Kerplunk kerplunk kerplunk
FX: Rumbling
Soldiers: …Captain?
FX: Fast
FX: Crunch
FX: Scattering scattering
Perry: Follow my signal after ten minutes are up.
FX: Beep
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!!! page 13
FX: Ca-plak
FX: Psh
Soldiers: Captain!
FX: Splash
FX: Blub blub blub
FX: Ominous
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!!! page 14
Mina: A wind tower!?
Parcel: Ah, it's ruined.
That's right.
It's a huge ventilation tower in the middle of the aquarium tunnel!
Arrow: Umihotaru
Label: Kawasaki reclaimed "Wind Tower"
Text above: Tokyo Bay Aquarium
Below: Aqua tunnel
Arrow: Ukisho IC
Parcel: We're lodged right beneath that opening.
Mina: …Here wasn't underwater…
Hei: What would you do if they'd noticed?
Parcel: If they came from above Champ would sense it.
And then we could run.
FX: Clicking open
Parcel: Right--
FX: Creaking
Parcel: Look:
This is the tunnel's ventilation device.
FX: Wind howling
Parcel: It's not moving, and the inside is filled with water.
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!!! page 15
Hei: Don't lie to me next time.
Parcel: At this point I won't lie!
Dolls: …
Hei: How do we get to the top of the man-made island?
Parcel: The entrance is closed, but over…
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!!! page 16
FX: Realization
FX: Wham
Parcel: Huh?
FX: Whoosh
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!!! page 17
FX: Crumbling
Parcel: !!?
My ear…!!
Champ: !
Yin: Hei.
FX: Chuck
Parcel: My ear's taken!
FX: Augh--
FX: Slam
Perry: I was aiming for your neck…
Hei: This guy…He swam within the tunnel…!
FX: Sudden
Hei: …!
FX: Glare
FX: Twisting
FX: Intent
Hei: What's his ability!?
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!!! page 18
FX: Whistling
FX: Tearing
FX: Sharp twist
Hei: !!
FX: Slam-kick
Hei: …!
FX: Markedly
FX: Growling
FX: Fwish
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!!! page 19
FX: Snap
FX: Landing
Perry: Sigh--
Hei: He's strong…!!
FX: Ka-chak
Dolls: !!?
Hei: Da…
FX: Bam Bam
FX: Whi-wham
Whi-wham
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!!! page 20
Champ: Guardian program activated.
FX: Hiss-snap
Perry: So that guy's…
FX: Rapid fire
FX: Screech
Perry: Indeed, he's tough.
FX: Sudden
FX: Landing
Hei: Even if his power is Asuka's model, and his movements are so preternaturally it's like he uses gravity, he's still human…
But…!
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!!! page 21
Hei: This guy's reflexes
Are extraordinary!
Perry: As expected, BK-201.
There is only what the general has chosen to acknowledge.
Hei: ……!!
Parcel.
Get everyone away from here immediately!!
Parcel: But I…
Without my ears, my power…
Hei: You have spares?
Parcel: !
…I do!
But…
They're in my bag.
Hei: Go get them!
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!!! page 22
Parcel: Right!
FX: Footstep
Parcel: Let's go, you two.
Perry: Look out above.
Champ: !
FX: Ka-boom
Parcel: !!?
FX: Falling debris
Parcel: Waugh!
FX: Slam
FX: Slap slap
FX: Boom boom boom
FX: Drop-slam
FX: Thud thud
Perry: You're a strong guy.
Could you escape that well?
Hei: …amn.
FX: Boom
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!!! page 23
Hei: ……
FX: Slithering
FX: Guns clattering
Soldier: Sorry for the wait, Perry.
FX: Beep beep beep
Perry: Don't sweat it, Cain.
---------------
!!! page 24
Perry: This guy's my prey.
You guys take care of the kid who ran inside.
Cain: ……Understood.
FX: Surprise
Hei: Wait.
All of you
Will die here.
Apparently Umihotaru is a parking garage on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay. Reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay! It's where all the cool people hang out if you believe anime.
War itself is my life.
Chapter 19: The Strongest Squad
---------------
!!! page 02
Radio: The targets are seven. Inside there are two contractors and two dolls.
The huge male contractor is an experimental battle-type machine called D-weapon.
Don't get careless and think little of him.
FX: Helicopter blades
Radio: As soon as you see the kid, kill him.
He has a dangerous ability.
And BK-201.
That one is formidable.
Catch him!
FX: Helicopter blades
---------------
!!! page 03
Vectrov: Probably
The invading squad is General Alexei's.
Hei: !
Reynaldo Alexei?
Parcel: You know him?
Hei: In South America he was called "the iron man."
Vectrof: We've known since the Heaven's War in South America that he hates completed contractors.
At a guess, he's number one within the group behind the black flower plot.
I didn't think it would be this soon, but this place is no longer safe.
They'll undoubtedly use their awakened subjects first.
Parcel: You said it'd be fine.
Hei: Do all of them have the power of the black flower…?
---------------
!!! page 04
Mina: Bu…but…
The awakened ability has an an individual basis.
They absolutely will be different from Azura-san's level…
Hei: The lethal strength of pros and amateurs is different.
Parcel.
Parcel: Hm?
Take everyone as far away from here as you can.
I'll deal with these guys here.
FX: Heavy footsteps
FX: Slam!
FX: Gun action
---------------
!!! page 05
Mina: Wa…
Please wait!
Why?
Why can't you run together?
With us…
Hei: This lot found this place easily.
If they're serious they'll follow you no matter where you hide.
All the more, if they have the power of the black flower.
If I don't stop them now, before they gain experience, they'll be trouble in the future.
Hurry.
Be quick!
Yin.
Stay with these guys until I return.
Parcel: Sheesh--
---------------
!!! page 06
Parcel: Didn't I tell you it'd be all right?
I said this is a place that can't be entered without my ability.
FX: Pounding feet
Soldier: The door is welded shut.
Soldier: Leave it to me.
---------------
!!! page 07
FX: Explosion
FX: Metallic whoosh
FX: Cre-ack
FX: Bam
Hei: Don't be naive about these guys.
No matter what you did, they'll come here.
Do as I say, Parcel.
Parcel: They absolutely can't get in here from there.
FX: Guns up
Parcel: I said, here…
---------------
!!! page 08
Soldier: …!?
Sign: Dead end, idiots
Parcel: isn't really Umihotaru.
Mina: Huh!?
FX: Rattling
FX: Hmm
Soldier: We found the room empty, General.
There's no one here.
---------------
!!! page 09
Alexei: What!?
What about underground?
Soldiers: …
…There is no underground.
The tunnel is completely underwater.
FX: Kerplunk kerplunk
Perry: …
FX: Slam
Alexei: Shit.
Where did they vanish to?
Mina: …What do you mean, Parcel?
---------------
!!! page 10
Parcel: I can't tell you the real deal.
This place is my secret base.
Hei: Is it a lie that this place doesn't have any entrances or exits?
To make people think it's Umihotaru?
Parcel: Deceiving people is wrong.
Hei: You're a surprising brat.
Mina: …So in other words, you didn't trust us at all.
It's a little bit of a shock…
Parcel: Did you forget that I'm a contractor?
Contractors lie without emotion.
It's something I absolutely won't tell anyone.
FX: Chortling
Vectrof: …It's certainly a contractor way of thinking.
Hei: Yin.
Where are we really?
Parcel: Hey! No fair!!
Asking the doll!
---------------
!!! page 11
Soldiers: Withdrawal.
Let's go, Captain Perry.
Perry: Shut up.
Soldiers: ?
---------------
!!! page 12
FX: Loud silence
FX: Rustling
FX: Vibrations
FX: Kerplunk kerplunk kerplunk
FX: Rumbling
Soldiers: …Captain?
FX: Fast
FX: Crunch
FX: Scattering scattering
Perry: Follow my signal after ten minutes are up.
FX: Beep
---------------
!!! page 13
FX: Ca-plak
FX: Psh
Soldiers: Captain!
FX: Splash
FX: Blub blub blub
FX: Ominous
---------------
!!! page 14
Mina: A wind tower!?
Parcel: Ah, it's ruined.
That's right.
It's a huge ventilation tower in the middle of the aquarium tunnel!
Arrow: Umihotaru
Label: Kawasaki reclaimed "Wind Tower"
Text above: Tokyo Bay Aquarium
Below: Aqua tunnel
Arrow: Ukisho IC
Parcel: We're lodged right beneath that opening.
Mina: …Here wasn't underwater…
Hei: What would you do if they'd noticed?
Parcel: If they came from above Champ would sense it.
And then we could run.
FX: Clicking open
Parcel: Right--
FX: Creaking
Parcel: Look:
This is the tunnel's ventilation device.
FX: Wind howling
Parcel: It's not moving, and the inside is filled with water.
---------------
!!! page 15
Hei: Don't lie to me next time.
Parcel: At this point I won't lie!
Dolls: …
Hei: How do we get to the top of the man-made island?
Parcel: The entrance is closed, but over…
---------------
!!! page 16
FX: Realization
FX: Wham
Parcel: Huh?
FX: Whoosh
---------------
!!! page 17
FX: Crumbling
Parcel: !!?
My ear…!!
Champ: !
Yin: Hei.
FX: Chuck
Parcel: My ear's taken!
FX: Augh--
FX: Slam
Perry: I was aiming for your neck…
Hei: This guy…He swam within the tunnel…!
FX: Sudden
Hei: …!
FX: Glare
FX: Twisting
FX: Intent
Hei: What's his ability!?
---------------
!!! page 18
FX: Whistling
FX: Tearing
FX: Sharp twist
Hei: !!
FX: Slam-kick
Hei: …!
FX: Markedly
FX: Growling
FX: Fwish
---------------
!!! page 19
FX: Snap
FX: Landing
Perry: Sigh--
Hei: He's strong…!!
FX: Ka-chak
Dolls: !!?
Hei: Da…
FX: Bam Bam
FX: Whi-wham
Whi-wham
---------------
!!! page 20
Champ: Guardian program activated.
FX: Hiss-snap
Perry: So that guy's…
FX: Rapid fire
FX: Screech
Perry: Indeed, he's tough.
FX: Sudden
FX: Landing
Hei: Even if his power is Asuka's model, and his movements are so preternaturally it's like he uses gravity, he's still human…
But…!
---------------
!!! page 21
Hei: This guy's reflexes
Are extraordinary!
Perry: As expected, BK-201.
There is only what the general has chosen to acknowledge.
Hei: ……!!
Parcel.
Get everyone away from here immediately!!
Parcel: But I…
Without my ears, my power…
Hei: You have spares?
Parcel: !
…I do!
But…
They're in my bag.
Hei: Go get them!
---------------
!!! page 22
Parcel: Right!
FX: Footstep
Parcel: Let's go, you two.
Perry: Look out above.
Champ: !
FX: Ka-boom
Parcel: !!?
FX: Falling debris
Parcel: Waugh!
FX: Slam
FX: Slap slap
FX: Boom boom boom
FX: Drop-slam
FX: Thud thud
Perry: You're a strong guy.
Could you escape that well?
Hei: …amn.
FX: Boom
---------------
!!! page 23
Hei: ……
FX: Slithering
FX: Guns clattering
Soldier: Sorry for the wait, Perry.
FX: Beep beep beep
Perry: Don't sweat it, Cain.
---------------
!!! page 24
Perry: This guy's my prey.
You guys take care of the kid who ran inside.
Cain: ……Understood.
FX: Surprise
Hei: Wait.
All of you
Will die here.
Apparently Umihotaru is a parking garage on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay. Reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay! It's where all the cool people hang out if you believe anime.