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starlady!!! page 01
Dolls will certainly not betray you.
Chapter 22: Champion
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!!! page 02
FX: Wham
Wham
FX: Whizz
Whoosh
FX: Machinery whirring
Whirring
Personel: Assault group squad leader Captain William Perry: heart rate 10% increase.
Awakening level 4.3%.
He's in an agitated state.
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!!! page 03
Nishijima: He's overwhelming that "Black Reaper."
Ha ha ha.
The power of the black dandelion really is the real thing.
We've lost more soldiers than i thought at the beginning, but…
That too is necessary.
Dude: Right now I want a lot more data.
FX: Sudden
FX: Biting
Nishijima: Doctor Etou.
What's the status of the black dandelion?
Etou: Co-co-Commander Nishijima!
A-a-amazing, it's surprising!
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!!! page 04
Etou: L-l-look at this root!
From the outside it's al-al-almost like the dandelion is absorbing something…
Hee hee.
FX: Bubbling
Etou: Its li-life power is increasing, and it keeps growing!
Nishijima: …Is the capsule all right?
Etou: Of course!
The only su-su-surprise is its speed.
That this would happen is outside our pr-pr-predictions.
On the other hand!
Leveraging that speed, there's a gr-gr-great chance we'll be able to clone it!
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!!! page 05
Etou: …I can start as soon as I receive permission.
I'll make ten times…no, one hundred times the current quantity
Of awakening material!
Nishijima: …All right.
You have permission.
…But, you absolutely must not kill the dandelion.
Etou: Th-that's…of course!
Nishijima: If you let the flower die, you'll end up like Nina Kandaswami.
FX: Boop
Etou: Right…
Huh?
……
So, she's dead.
We…Well……
It makes no difference to me…
Hee hee.
Nishijima: What's the remaining time for the soldiers' awakening?
Headphones: The Harvest pursuit squad has 60 minutes,
And the Umi-Hotaru assault squad has 30 minutes.
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!!! page 06
Headphones guy: It's possible to prolong it with an additional dose, but that's physically and mentally dangerous.
Nishijima: …They'd better hurry.
Right then.
FX: Bullets nicking the wall
FX: Ka-chunk
FX: Gun rattling
Soldier: He's tough.
FX: Automatic gunfire
Soldier: Yeah…But he's hunted down.
Contact says beyond that is…
FX: Gunfire
FX: Slam
FX: Rip
FX: Ka-thunk
Parcel: Ah!
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!!! page 07
Parcel: A toilet!?
It's a…
A dead end.
Shit…
I wasn't aware of this…
Shi…
FX: Being thrown
Champ: !
……
FX: Slam
Parcel: Champ!?
!?
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!!! page 08
FX: Thump
Clench
Rattle
Yin: …
FX: Ka-boom
Parcel: Augh!
Cha…
Champ!
FX: Collapsing
FX: Crumbling
Soldiers: Yeah!
Got him!
!?
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!!! page 09
FX: Menacing atmosphere
Soldiers: ……
FX: Gun action
Cain: Sorry for the wait.
You get him?
!
…What the hell is that…
FX: Smoking
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!!! page 10
FX: Flash
Champ: Object protection program: highest priority.
Full-force mode.
FX: Whirr
FX: Whooshing step
Cain: Machine monster!
FX: Gunfire
FX: Bullets ricocheting
FX: Gunfire
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!!! page 11
FX: Pounding
Parcel: Don't overdo it, Champ!
You…
You're--!
Champ: Move away from the door.
FX: Bullets ricocheting
Champ: To a safe place.
It is prohibited to enter here.
FX: Bullets pinging
Parcel: Champ!
FX: Gunfire
Cain: Tch.
5.56mm bullets won't reveal his limits.
FX: Shove
Cain: Hold on.
I'll slice him up with my power.
FX: Glare
FX: Clench
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!!! page 12
Cain: Eat this.
FX: Boom boom boom
FX: Slam slam slam
FX: Crumbling
FX: Thrum
FX: Thrumming
FX: Whirring
Cain: Is he invulnerable?
Nishijima: No.
Continue your attack, sub-leader Cain.
Cain: That voice… Commander.
Nishijima: Its body is made from titanium ally and carbon nanotubes.
In its shock absorption structure and phase, its strength is like a tank.
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!!! page 13
Nishijima: At the least, it's a defective article whose rejection has been decided by the research group.
It has a fatal flaw.
Cain: Flaw?
Nishijima: Yes.
As high-end as its machine components are, there's a problem it can't avoid.
Heat.
Cain: Heat……
Nishijima: Watch.
Why won't it move from that spot?
From a capability standpoint, it would certainly be better to come out and shoot.
But it can't.
It cannot move from that spot.
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!!! page 14
Nishijima: It's proof that the temperature of its machine components
FX: Steaming
Is already close to physically dangerous levels.
FX: Air moving
FX: Whirring
FX: Slam
FX: Whirring
Cain: Ha ha. I see.
In other words, if I make it move, its innards'll be that much closer to death.
Is that it?
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!!! page 15
Cain: In that case, talk is cheap.
FX: Clench
FX: Running footsteps
Cain: At close quarters,
I'll increase its body weight to the limit.
My ability's
Name is "egotistical repulsiion."
Behold.
FX: Blazing
Parcel: Champ!
FX: Thuump
FX: Crackling
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!!! page 16
FX: Thump…
Thump…
Nishijima: All right.
This is all taken care of.
Connect me to the general next.
FX: Thump
Parcel: Champ!
FX: Thud
Crackling
Shit…
FX: Crushed
Parcel: My ears…
If I had my ears, it wouldn't be like this…
FX: Thump
Parcel: …That's right!
Give me your hands a moment.
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!!! page 17
FX: Popping up
Parcel: Right!
Yin: ……
FX: Sudden
Parcel: It's no good…
FX: Rolling around
If they're not proper ears…
FX: Thud
FX: Crackling
FX: Th-thud
Parcel: The ventilation shaft entrance…
FX: Patter
Parcel: That's it.
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!!! page 18
Parcel: Ack--
FX: Sawing
FX: Falling
FX: Crackling
Parcel: Wait here.
FX: Th-thud
Parcel: Yeah……
Wait for me, Champ.
As soon as I grab my replacement ears I'll come back to save you.
FX: Boom boom
Cain: You don't intend to move from there for anything, huh?
FX: Boom
Cain: How about if you collapse?
FX: Boom
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!!! page 19
FX: Boom
Cain: How about this?
FX: Crumbling
FX: Boom
FX: Crumbling
Cain: How about this?
How about this?
FX: Boom
FX: Crackling
Parcel: Hang in there,
Champ.
What are you doing, BK-201?
Your doll is in a pinch too.
FX: Swiftly
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!!! page 20
Barry: The kid fled through the ducts.
Annoying…
The man-sized doll is desperately strong, but it's just a bug.
Should I follow the kid?
Seems like he plans to regain his powers,
But that'll be dangerous.
This guy's stubbornness was considerable, but--
Now then…
FX: Click (chambering a round)
FX: Rustling
Hei: …
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!!! page 21
Hei: There is only one chance.
Maxley: You can hear me, right?
It's me, Maxley.
Give BK-201 the finish and join up with the squad.
Annhilate the survivors.
You've got a little more than 10 minutes.
Hei: Don't get cocky.
There is no chance to run.
Maxley: After ten minutes, this place will be destroyed regardless of whether there are survivors.
That's it.
Barry: You heard the man, BK-201.
…Even if I say that, you're not listening.
Hei: Concentrate.
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!!! page 22-23
FX: Clatter
Parcel: Augh!
Soldiers: Huh?
Parcel: Damn it…
FX: Slam
Cain: Breathing hard
You been roasted good yet?
Barry: Die.
FX: Gaping
Hei: It's you who will die!
Dolls will certainly not betray you.
Chapter 22: Champion
---------------
!!! page 02
FX: Wham
Wham
FX: Whizz
Whoosh
FX: Machinery whirring
Whirring
Personel: Assault group squad leader Captain William Perry: heart rate 10% increase.
Awakening level 4.3%.
He's in an agitated state.
---------------
!!! page 03
Nishijima: He's overwhelming that "Black Reaper."
Ha ha ha.
The power of the black dandelion really is the real thing.
We've lost more soldiers than i thought at the beginning, but…
That too is necessary.
Dude: Right now I want a lot more data.
FX: Sudden
FX: Biting
Nishijima: Doctor Etou.
What's the status of the black dandelion?
Etou: Co-co-Commander Nishijima!
A-a-amazing, it's surprising!
---------------
!!! page 04
Etou: L-l-look at this root!
From the outside it's al-al-almost like the dandelion is absorbing something…
Hee hee.
FX: Bubbling
Etou: Its li-life power is increasing, and it keeps growing!
Nishijima: …Is the capsule all right?
Etou: Of course!
The only su-su-surprise is its speed.
That this would happen is outside our pr-pr-predictions.
On the other hand!
Leveraging that speed, there's a gr-gr-great chance we'll be able to clone it!
---------------
!!! page 05
Etou: …I can start as soon as I receive permission.
I'll make ten times…no, one hundred times the current quantity
Of awakening material!
Nishijima: …All right.
You have permission.
…But, you absolutely must not kill the dandelion.
Etou: Th-that's…of course!
Nishijima: If you let the flower die, you'll end up like Nina Kandaswami.
FX: Boop
Etou: Right…
Huh?
……
So, she's dead.
We…Well……
It makes no difference to me…
Hee hee.
Nishijima: What's the remaining time for the soldiers' awakening?
Headphones: The Harvest pursuit squad has 60 minutes,
And the Umi-Hotaru assault squad has 30 minutes.
---------------
!!! page 06
Headphones guy: It's possible to prolong it with an additional dose, but that's physically and mentally dangerous.
Nishijima: …They'd better hurry.
Right then.
FX: Bullets nicking the wall
FX: Ka-chunk
FX: Gun rattling
Soldier: He's tough.
FX: Automatic gunfire
Soldier: Yeah…But he's hunted down.
Contact says beyond that is…
FX: Gunfire
FX: Slam
FX: Rip
FX: Ka-thunk
Parcel: Ah!
---------------
!!! page 07
Parcel: A toilet!?
It's a…
A dead end.
Shit…
I wasn't aware of this…
Shi…
FX: Being thrown
Champ: !
……
FX: Slam
Parcel: Champ!?
!?
---------------
!!! page 08
FX: Thump
Clench
Rattle
Yin: …
FX: Ka-boom
Parcel: Augh!
Cha…
Champ!
FX: Collapsing
FX: Crumbling
Soldiers: Yeah!
Got him!
!?
---------------
!!! page 09
FX: Menacing atmosphere
Soldiers: ……
FX: Gun action
Cain: Sorry for the wait.
You get him?
!
…What the hell is that…
FX: Smoking
---------------
!!! page 10
FX: Flash
Champ: Object protection program: highest priority.
Full-force mode.
FX: Whirr
FX: Whooshing step
Cain: Machine monster!
FX: Gunfire
FX: Bullets ricocheting
FX: Gunfire
---------------
!!! page 11
FX: Pounding
Parcel: Don't overdo it, Champ!
You…
You're--!
Champ: Move away from the door.
FX: Bullets ricocheting
Champ: To a safe place.
It is prohibited to enter here.
FX: Bullets pinging
Parcel: Champ!
FX: Gunfire
Cain: Tch.
5.56mm bullets won't reveal his limits.
FX: Shove
Cain: Hold on.
I'll slice him up with my power.
FX: Glare
FX: Clench
---------------
!!! page 12
Cain: Eat this.
FX: Boom boom boom
FX: Slam slam slam
FX: Crumbling
FX: Thrum
FX: Thrumming
FX: Whirring
Cain: Is he invulnerable?
Nishijima: No.
Continue your attack, sub-leader Cain.
Cain: That voice… Commander.
Nishijima: Its body is made from titanium ally and carbon nanotubes.
In its shock absorption structure and phase, its strength is like a tank.
---------------
!!! page 13
Nishijima: At the least, it's a defective article whose rejection has been decided by the research group.
It has a fatal flaw.
Cain: Flaw?
Nishijima: Yes.
As high-end as its machine components are, there's a problem it can't avoid.
Heat.
Cain: Heat……
Nishijima: Watch.
Why won't it move from that spot?
From a capability standpoint, it would certainly be better to come out and shoot.
But it can't.
It cannot move from that spot.
---------------
!!! page 14
Nishijima: It's proof that the temperature of its machine components
FX: Steaming
Is already close to physically dangerous levels.
FX: Air moving
FX: Whirring
FX: Slam
FX: Whirring
Cain: Ha ha. I see.
In other words, if I make it move, its innards'll be that much closer to death.
Is that it?
---------------
!!! page 15
Cain: In that case, talk is cheap.
FX: Clench
FX: Running footsteps
Cain: At close quarters,
I'll increase its body weight to the limit.
My ability's
Name is "egotistical repulsiion."
Behold.
FX: Blazing
Parcel: Champ!
FX: Thuump
FX: Crackling
---------------
!!! page 16
FX: Thump…
Thump…
Nishijima: All right.
This is all taken care of.
Connect me to the general next.
FX: Thump
Parcel: Champ!
FX: Thud
Crackling
Shit…
FX: Crushed
Parcel: My ears…
If I had my ears, it wouldn't be like this…
FX: Thump
Parcel: …That's right!
Give me your hands a moment.
---------------
!!! page 17
FX: Popping up
Parcel: Right!
Yin: ……
FX: Sudden
Parcel: It's no good…
FX: Rolling around
If they're not proper ears…
FX: Thud
FX: Crackling
FX: Th-thud
Parcel: The ventilation shaft entrance…
FX: Patter
Parcel: That's it.
---------------
!!! page 18
Parcel: Ack--
FX: Sawing
FX: Falling
FX: Crackling
Parcel: Wait here.
FX: Th-thud
Parcel: Yeah……
Wait for me, Champ.
As soon as I grab my replacement ears I'll come back to save you.
FX: Boom boom
Cain: You don't intend to move from there for anything, huh?
FX: Boom
Cain: How about if you collapse?
FX: Boom
---------------
!!! page 19
FX: Boom
Cain: How about this?
FX: Crumbling
FX: Boom
FX: Crumbling
Cain: How about this?
How about this?
FX: Boom
FX: Crackling
Parcel: Hang in there,
Champ.
What are you doing, BK-201?
Your doll is in a pinch too.
FX: Swiftly
---------------
!!! page 20
Barry: The kid fled through the ducts.
Annoying…
The man-sized doll is desperately strong, but it's just a bug.
Should I follow the kid?
Seems like he plans to regain his powers,
But that'll be dangerous.
This guy's stubbornness was considerable, but--
Now then…
FX: Click (chambering a round)
FX: Rustling
Hei: …
---------------
!!! page 21
Hei: There is only one chance.
Maxley: You can hear me, right?
It's me, Maxley.
Give BK-201 the finish and join up with the squad.
Annhilate the survivors.
You've got a little more than 10 minutes.
Hei: Don't get cocky.
There is no chance to run.
Maxley: After ten minutes, this place will be destroyed regardless of whether there are survivors.
That's it.
Barry: You heard the man, BK-201.
…Even if I say that, you're not listening.
Hei: Concentrate.
---------------
!!! page 22-23
FX: Clatter
Parcel: Augh!
Soldiers: Huh?
Parcel: Damn it…
FX: Slam
Cain: Breathing hard
You been roasted good yet?
Barry: Die.
FX: Gaping
Hei: It's you who will die!