Kiseiju 寄生獣 Volume 1 Original story & art Copyright (C) 1990 Hitoshi Iwaaki/Kodansha This English translation Copyright (C) 1993 Goddess Studio Translation by Hiroshi Haga (hh0u+@andrew.cmu.edu) Proofreading by Iain Sinclair (axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au) CHARACTERS: Izumi Shinichi 泉 新一 Miggy ミギィー Murano Satomi 村野里美 Ryoko Tamiya 田宮良子 =========================================================================== Chapter 1: "Intrusion" ---------------- p.4 (Someone on Earth just happened to think, "If the human population was halved, how much forest would not be burnt down....?") ---------------- p.5 (Someone on Earth just happened to think, "If the human population was reduced to one percent, would the amount of toxic waste be reduced to one percent...?") (Out of the blue, someone on Earth thought, "We must protect the future of all life on Earth.....") --------------- p.7 (They were the size of a tennis ball. Their number, unknown.) --------------- p.12 Wife: Hm...is something wrong? --------------- p.15 Shinichi: S-snake! A snake in here! Shit, where did it come from!? Shinichi: Damn, I'll smash it good! It better not be poisonous. Shinichi: Where is it! Shinichi: Hm! --------------- p.16 Shinichi: What!? Shinichi: Ouch!! Shinichi: Arghh Shinichi: I-it dived into my arm!? Shinichi: Arrrrrrgh. --------------- p.17 Shinichi: Oh god, it's coming up through my arm!! Mother: What is it? It's Shinichi's voice. Father: How noisy... Doesn't he realize what time it is? --------------- p.18 Father: Shinichi! What's the matter, Shinichi! Shinichi: H-help me! Mother: Shinichi! Father: What on Earth are you doing? Mother: What are you doing tying up your arm!? Shinichi: No, don't! Don't untie it!! Shinichi: A snake! A snake is in my arm! Father: What.....? --------------- p.19 Father: Gosh, what kind of daydream are you having? Shinichi: It's true!! It pierced my hand and went inside!! Father: It pierced your hand? A snake! Yeah, right! Father: So where's the hole? Shinichi: Wh...what!? Father: Shinichi, you're not taking drugs or anything, are you? Shinichi: No, not at all!! Mother: Hahaha, no way. Don't be ridiculous, dear. Shinichi: Strange..? Father: Well...I doubt that you've been studying so hard that you're neurotic... Anyway, I guess we don't have to take him to a doctor... --------------- p.20 Mother: Change into your pyjamas and have a nice sleep. Shinichi: Was it a dream...? Or was it a hallucination...? It doesn't hurt any more, anyway. Voice: (Damn....) Voice: (I failed...how disappointing..) Shinichi: Disappointing...? What is...? Voice: (Shut up!!) --------------- p. 21 Shinichi: Wah! Shinichi: Fuck, it's morning already. I wanted to sleep more... Father: Morning, did you find the snake? Shinichi: It become a bit numb.... Mother: That's 'cause you tied it up when you were half asleep. Shinichi: Yeah, I got a bit of a surprise last night. Father: That's my line. (For that family, the morning wasn't particularly different from any other... However, in a house 10 km away...) --------------- p.21 Masako: I'm off to school! Toshiko: Bye! Masako: Bye, mum! Toshiko: Ah, Masako, here's your lunch! Masako: Oops, I almost forgot. Toshiko: Oh, darling, you haven't changed yet? Toshiko: You'll be late for work. The kids already went to school... --------------- p.22 News: Next, we report on this morning's faces, from all over... Toshiko: What's the matter? You'd better finish your breakfast soon. Toshiko: W-what, wait....what? Husband: Y...ou...r...bre...ak..fa..st. (splat) --------------- p.26 Shinichi: Ack, it's happening again. Girl: What's wrong? Shinichi: Something's wrong with my hand since this morning. It gets numb sometimes. Girl: Your hand? Shinichi: Well, to tell you the truth, last night.... Girl: Hahaa, so you were half asleep? Shinichi: I'm serious, it was burrowing like a mole.... Teacher: (No private talk while in class.) --------------- p.27 Students: He's gonna throw it. Teacher: (Teaching at school for 11 years, now I'm a darts expert!) Teacher: What! Shinichi: Heh? Face the front? --------------- p.28 Teacher: Shinichi Izumi! Are you trying to make fun of me! Shinichi: Sir? Shinichi: That idiot, hitting my head. Guy: It's your fault for making fun of him.... He takes great pride in his chalk throwing ability. Shinichi: Making fun of him? I did? Shinichi: What? I don't remember I did anything like that. Guy: Shinichi, your.... Shinichi: What? --------------- p.29 Girl: What do you think you're doing! You pervert!! Shinichi: Heh? Shinichi: What the hell's going on? Everyone's acting weird today! Guy: You're the one who's weird! What's with your hand!! Shinichi: My hand? Shinichi: W-what? N-n-n-n-no shit!? Shinichi: This is weird...... Guy: D-don't come near me! --------------- p.30 Shinichi: Ah, it's normal now. Shinichi: (Hmmmmm, is it my right hand that is weird or my mind?) G. teach.: Want to leave early? Shinichi: Yes. I feel very sick.... Shinichi: (Perhaps, maybe, the last night's incident wasn't a dream...) Voice: (This is very regrettable....I failed.... How disappointing... what a disappointment....) --------------- p.31 Shinichi: So what's so disappointing about...? Shinichi: Ah! (Shinichi's hand is attached to another student's face) Guy 1: Which school are you at? Guy 2: You sure got some guts. Shinichi: Well, ah, I..I... Guy 1: So why don't we get off at the next station, sweety? Guy 2: Heh heh heh, don't mess with us, shithead! --------------- p.32 Shinichi: Wait a sec! Something's wrong with my right hand today! Guy 3: Heheh, what? What did you say? Shinichi: Ouch. --------------- p.33 Guy 3: Did you forget your wallet? Voice: Breathing? Blood pressure? ....enemy? --------------- p.35 Guys: What the fuck is he. What the fuck is he? Shinichi: That's why I told you to wait. Guys: You little asshole! .. --------------- p.38 Mother: Oh, you're early today. --------------- p.39 Shinichi: What is it? What the hell is it....? It's not my right hand? Shinichi: I'm gonna test it out... Shinichi: Don't dodge it! Shinichi: (I can't feel my right hand any more!) --------------- p.40 Miggy: I'm so disappointed. I'm....a right hand...failed. Shinichi: Where's my right hand? Miggy: I ate it. --------------- p.41 Shinichi: Hahahahaha, what? What the hell are you talking about! Aha, ahahahahahaha..... Shinichi: Hnf! Miggy: I can't....talk correctly much....right now. Teach me...Shinichi. --------------- p.42 News: This is the six o'clock evening news. The Japanese government today passed the three clauses supplied by the OECD committee. Kiseiju: this is the 6 oclock evening news the japanese government today passed the three clauses supplied by the oecd committee. Voice: I'm home! Kiseiju: Welcome home. END - Chapt.1 "Intrusion" ========================================================================= Chapter 2: "Wild Beast" --------------- p.43 Shinichi: ....morning? It's morning. Shinichi: Morning, morning! Morning, morning, morning! Shinichi: It's morning and still.... --------------- p.44 Shinichi: I can't wake up from the nightmare..... --------------- p.45 Shinichi: (It's still reading...) Hey! Miggy: What is it? Shinichi: I think I'm going to see a doctor today. Miggy: For what purpose? Shinichi: I'm going to... Shinichi: ask him to cut you off from me!! --------------- p.46 Miggy: I'll be in trouble then... I live off the nutrients in Shinichi's blood. Shinichi: ("I"? What does IT think it is....) Miggy: Therefore if I get cut off from Shinichi, I will wither and die. Miggy: Also, you'll lose your right hand as well. Cutting me off does not benefit either of us. Shinichi: What are you talking about! You ate my right hand!? You said it yourself yesterday!! Miggy: Hm, that wasn't worded correctly. Miggy: Let us work it out this way: while I'm sleeping, I'll reconnect the circuit to be under your control, like before. Shinichi: What...? --------------- p.47 Miggy: That seems reasonable, don't you think? ...From now on, we must help each other in order to survive. We have no other way. Miggy: I'm tired, so I will sleep. Use it carefully. Shinichi: Hey! Shinichi: I'm talking to you! Shinichi: Ow. I can feel things again. Shinichi: Go sleep forever!! You eyeball bastard!! Shinichi: Hm... so I have to clean this up? --------------- p.48 Mother: What's wrong? You're eating well today. Shinichi: Well, I'm pretty hungry for some reason. Shinichi: ........... --------------- p.49 Teacher: (....It's strange, though...I definitely saw him catch my chalk with only his little finger and third finger....) Shinichi: Ouch! Shinichi: What was that for, sir! Teacher: What? Teacher: Oh....I-I'm sorry. Shinichi: Yeah, sure. --------------- p.50 News: The incident occured in a residential area of the city in Kanagawa prefecture. The victims were recognized as the housewife, Toshiko Fujii, 39 years old, the eldest daughter, Masako Fujii, 14 years old, and the eldest son, Minoru Fujii, 10 years old. Mother: Oh dear, how terrible... News: However, their bodies were so badly mutilated that the police doesn't yet know either the way they died, nor the murder weapon used. XX police department thinks that the husband of the family, 45 years old, might have something to do with the murder, and are investigating his whereabouts. Shinichi: I guess I just have to see a doctor... --------------- p.51 Shinichi: But it'll cause quite a stir if I show this to a doctor.... Doc: What is this lifeform!? Students: W-what are you! Don't come near me!! Shinichi: But if they cut off my arm and made it a sample, I lose my right arm and gain nothing.... Oh well, as long as this thing is sleeping, my arm is OK... Satomi: Chop, chop. Shinichi: Waaaaah--! Shinichi: Oh, it's you, Satomi. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack! Satomi: You just get surprised too easily. --------------- p.52 Satomi: I heard you went home early yesterday. Shinichi: Yeah, I felt sick... Satomi: I see...by the way, if you don't attend the club moew often, the president will be mad again. Shinichi: Oh yeah, that's right. Satomi: That's all I wanted to tell you... bye. Shinichi: H-hey.... Shinichi: (Strange girl...) Miggy: Shinichi. Shinichi: Oh, gee...you woke up already? --------------- p.53 Miggy: Because you got very surprised when you saw that female. I'm sensitive to those kinds of signals. Miggy: Shinichi, you were thinking about how you wanted to copulate with that female, right? Shinichi: Copu.... Shinichi: W-what the hell are you talking about!! Miggy: I can sense that, from even slight changes in your blood. Miggy: I also can sense when you're sleepy, hungry, excited, and so on. Shinichi: Y-you, you....!! Miggy: Don't get so excited.... Also, it's not good idea to restrain your urination. (Shinichi is taking a leak) Miggy: Shinichi. --------------- p.54 Shinichi: What! Don't speak up in public! Miggy: Will you make this reproductive organ erect? Shinichi: Say what!? Shinichi: Ah, wait... What're you doing!! Stop it! Ah, wow.... Shinichi: Asshole! Miggy: It's cold, Shinichi. Shinichi: Shut the fuck up!! Guy: Hey....was he talking to his dick just now? --------------- p.55 Shinichi: Goddamned alien.... Miggy: An alien? What is that? Shinichi: It's you! You must have came from space, right!? That snakey thing was your true colors!! Miggy: Just as you suggested, there was nothing about me in any of your books on Earth lifeforms. Shinichi: Of course, you alien! Miggy: I don't know where I came from. My oldest memory is a feeling of regret for not being able to consume your brain.... Shinichi: Are you saying that you're going to take over my head next....? Miggy: If I can do just that, I already have done so. However, that's impossible now. It's too late, since I matured without eating your brain. ....most regrettable. --------------- p.56 Shinichi: If you'd have taken over my brain, what'd have happened? Miggy: I think a man-like creature whose head can change its shape would have been born. Shinichi: Gosh, how disgusting! Satomi: (Ah, it's Shinichi.... I wonder what he's doing talking to himself again?) Satomi: (I'll surprise him again. I like people who get surprised easily.) Satomi: Ch-op! Satomi: Wow, awesome! (Shinichi grabs Satomi's hand without turning around) --------------- p.57 Shinichi: Huh? Shinichi: Wah, Satomi! Satomi: Ohh, like you didn't know... Shinichi: Listen! If you don't want to get cut off from my arm, don't say a word! Got it!? Satomi: Shinichi. Shinichi: Yeah? Satomi: Are you okay? Shinichi: Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Oh, er, aren't you hungry? Satomi: No, but I'm thirsty. Shinichi: (Strange...I have a good appetite today.) Shinichi: (Maybe because of this eyeball bastard!?) --------------- p.58 Shinichi: (Hmmmm, what do I have to do...) Shinichi: (She's gonna be disgusted and afraid of me if she found out about the creature in my right hand...) Shinichi: Say, Satomi, do you like animals? Satomi: Yeah, I do. Satomi: As long as they're not snakes. Shinichi: If, I mean only if a part of my body is..... Shinichi: Uwaaaah---!!! (Miggy has turned Shinichi's hand into a reproductive organ. ^_^) --------------- p.59 Shinichi: N-nothing! Nothing at all!! Shinichi: I'm fine.... Satomi: See ya. Shinichi: Yeah. Satomi: Shinichi... Shinichi: Hm? ---------------- p.60 Satomi: You're...Shinichi Izumi...right? Shinichi: What are you talking about, of course I am. ---------------- p.61 Shinichi: Now, speak! What were you trying to do back there!? Miggy: I was curious about the human reproductive process. Shinichi, you have a desire to copulate with Satomi, yet you go about it in a roundabout way, so... Shinichi: We're not dogs, you know!! Miggy: I know that. Miggy: I didn't think you'd get so angry. I think I need to know more about human society, it seems. Shinichi: Definitely! Shinichi: I'm dead-tired mentally and physically because of you... Miggy: Hm, that's not good. Please take care of your body. Miggy: Shinichi. Shinichi: Shut up! Shinichi: Leave me alone for a moment, will you. ---------------- p.62 Shinichi: (And quite a few days went by, but I didn't even want to talk to my parents about it.) Narration: X city, Osaka prefecture. Man: Yuck, I drunk too much... ---------------- p.63 Narration: Y city, Miyagi prefecture. Woman: Mrs. Nakamura, your washing will get soaked. (Is she not at home?) Kiyaaaa--! (Mrs. Nakamura is hanging on the line.) (Back at the Izumis...) Father: Jesus, another `mincemeat' murder! This is the 6th case. I bet this isn't the doing of just one guy. Father: Could be the work of some crazy occult group or something. Mother: How terrible... I can't believe people can actually do such things.... Father: But why do they have to mince the bodies? Hmm, they detected saliva of someone other than the victim!? I see, they eat the victims after mincing them. Mother: Dear! Please don't say "mince" again and again. We have hamburgers for dinner, you know, don't you think, Shinichi? ---------------- p.64 Shinichi: Huh...yeah, they're delicious, mom. Mother: (He sure eats a lot these days...I wonder if he gets fat.) Mother: Say, Shinichi, do you have something on your mind... that's troubling you? Shinichi: Eh....not really. Why? Mother: Well, I just thought you might have... Shinichi: That was delicious, mom. Mother: Don't you think he's changed a bit these days? Father: Well, we change...everyone changes. It's a trite way to put it, but "no one stays a kid forever." Mother: No, I didn't mean that way... (.........) ---------------- p.65 Shinichi: (To tell you the truth, I got quite used to it eventually. I don't mind its presence much anymore.) Shinichi: (It must've learned and understood a lot about human behavior, it almost never did strange things or rebelled against me now.) Shinichi: (Also, it always worries about my health...well, that, of course, is because it doesn't wanna die since it's living off me.) Shinichi: (But, anyhow, I kinda think we might be able to get along with each other nowadays....) Shinichi: I think you need a name... Miggy: No thank you, I'm neither a human nor a pet. ---------------- p.66 Shinichi: But...calling you "you" or "him" all the time doesn't feel right... Miggy: ..... Then call me "Miggy." Shinichi: What? Miggy? Miggy: I matured by eating your right hand, so "Miggy." ["Miggy" = "Righty"] Shinichi: (Gee, he's a pretty easygoing fellow.) Shinichi: Okay, from now on you're Miggy! Hahaha. Miggy: Stop! Shinichi: What is it! Don't shout aloud in a public place! Miggy: There is one of my kind nearby. Shinichi: What? ---------------- p.67 Miggy: One of my kind. The same species!! Shinichi: Are you sure!? H-how do you know!? Miggy: I sense it...the pattern, the mental pattern... This is the first time I've sensed it. But I know! It's one of my kind!! Miggy: Approx. 200m ahead of us!! ---------------- p.68 Miggy: Turn left at the corner ahead. Miggy: Hm, he sensed us as well. Miggy: What's wrong? Go ahead.... Shinichi: But...doesn't 'one of your kind' mean a man with his brain taken over...? Shinichi: N-no, I don't want to see something sick like that!! Shinichi: M-Miggy! ---------------- p.69 Miggy: I must know my true identity precisely. I think that it is as important to you as it is to me. Shinichi: A-alright.... Miggy: 20m ahead....it must be around that corner.... Shinichi: (I have a bad feeling about this...) Miggy: Mm, it's in the middle of eating. Shinichi: Really? ---------------- p.70 Shinichi: A d-dog!? Shinichi: No shit! A dog is eating a dog!! ---------------- p.71 Dog: You....failed...,too? Shinichi: God, p-please, a dog doesn't speak!! Dog: I'm...discontent...about.... what animal...I...live off ....and...you're...discontent...about where...you...live... Miggy: Get out of here! Shinichi: What? Miggy: Run! Fast!! Shinichi: H-hey! ---------------- p.72 Shinichi: What's the matter! You tells me to go, and then tells me to run away! Miggy: I sensed that he wanted to kill us! He's very interested in you because you're still human. Miggy: Hm, he seems to fight us. Miggy: We'll fight here. Shinichi: What!? We fight!? ---------------- p.73 Miggy: Well, if you die, I'll be dead, too, so... Miggy: Here comes! Shinichi: No way, this must be a dream....!? Shinichi: That's too goddamn ridiculous to believe!! ---------------- p.74 Shinichi: Miggy.... ---------------- p.76 Shinichi: Wow....!! Shinichi: Miggy! Shinichi: A-a heart!? ---------------- p.77 Miggy: Look! He'll die soon. Shinichi: That was quick... Miggy: As I thought, he was utilizing the dog's internal and digestive organs. Shinichi: So there were more of you... Miggy: Only the head is his real self. He controls the nerves and then controls the whole body, but since he, himself, changed into a pair of wings, his attentiveness loosened and that made a dead angle for him. Shinichi: Miggy, when you finally met one of your kind.... ---------------- p.78 Miggy: A dog...partly it's because of the environment where he matured, but he didn't study much apparently. So I won. Shinichi: Miggy.... Shinichi: I felt a shiver down my spine when I heard that.... I don't know how to put it, but it just doesn't have any compassion... It's just like talking to an insect. Shinichi: And I just happened to remember about the mincemeat murdering cases happening everywhere... Miggy: Shinichi, it's cold. END - Chapt.2 "Wild Beast" ============================================================================= Chapter 3: "Contact" ---------------- p.81 Man: I'll escort you home. ---------------- p.82 Thug: Heheh. Thanks for helping back there, let me return the favor. ---------------- p.83 Man: Ha ha ha! Persistent, aren't you? Man: Gee, you know, my stomach might burst if I have to do 4 people. Woman: Four people? Thugs: W-what the hell!? Man: I don't know, why don't you guess? (Thugs get a sudden death) ---------------- p.84 Man: Heheh... That's overkill... I used too much force and circled twice... ---------------- p.85 Woman: Haah.. Ahh... Man: Dear me, what an awful voice... Man: Just in case, maybe I should change my face to something different. ---------------- p.86 (The 'mincemeat' murders... dead bodies so badly torn apart that they were called "mincemeat murders". They were discovered all over the world.) (They were especially concentrated in large cities, in densely populated areas...) (The identity of the enemy -- people no longer said "the killer" -- still remained a mystery.) (Except to this one person here...) Shinichi: .... ---------------- p.87 Shinichi: So, are they the work of your lot? Miggy: Definitely... I can tell after seeing that dog. Miggy: The ones that live on dogs eat dogs, the ones that live on humans eat humans... Miggy: We're a new lifeform that specializes in cannibalism. Miggy: What are you thinking? Shinichi: I...I wonder whether or not to just keep my mouth shut. Miggy: What do you mean by "keep your mouth shut"? Shinichi: I can't just leave them be... They're killing people. Shinichi: What do you mean by "can't leave them be"? Shinichi: Don't you see? Only we know their true identity! ---------------- p.88 Shinichi: If this keeps up, there'll be more victims! So... Shinichi: ...so... Shinichi: I thought it'd be good if I made it public, and let them do research on you... Miggy: ! Do you understand what you're saying? I don't understand Shinichi's logic. Miggy: My species are only 'feeding', correct? It's a natural act for any creature. Miggy: Shinichi hates to see his own species get eaten? Shinichi: Of course! Humans' lives are precious!! Miggy: I don't understand.... Only your own life is precious.... I never considered any other life precious except mine. Shinichi: I'm sure! You're a beast, you're an insect! Miggy: Is that... an insult? ---------------- p.89 Miggy: Shinichi... if you try to harm me in any way, I'll stop it with all my strength. Shinichi: Oh yeah? That's funny! A parasite who lives on me, thinking he can survive turning against me! Miggy: I'll spare your life.... but I can make you mute easily. Miggy: Also, I can deprive you of your sight or hearing... (Miggy forms a nasty-looking blade out of himself) Shinichi: What... Miggy: Hmmm....what a strong feeling of dread. You should rest a little. Shinichi: Devil...! ---------------- p.90 Miggy: (Shinichi... I looked up 'devil' in some books... I think the creature that exists on Earth, and is the closest to it, is humankind... Humans kill and eat many species of lifeforms, however our species eats only one or two species... How modest of us.) Shinichi: I don't want to hear that kind of logic. Mother: Oh, are you going out, Shinichi? ---------------- p.91 (Shinichi is walking on a crowded street.) Shinichi: (People are getting killed... and only I know who the killers are.) Pollster: Hi there. Pollster: Are you a highschool student? Can you spare a moment? Say, what are your plans for the future? Going on to higher education? Going to work? Oh, and your grades? Pollster: Oh, now, what do you think makes your life worthwhile. Pollster: What do you think a human being's happiness is? Guy: Gaargh, what a horrible tasting hamburger! Girl: Just throw it away, then. ---------------- p.92 Shinichi: It's mince. Pollster: What? Pollster: Oh, wait a sec, you there! Headline: (work) of the Devil Again, a horrific dead body discovered! The 41st victim. Man: (Humph... humans, who slaughter cows and pigs indifferently, are surprised -- as if it were something new.) ---------------- p.93 Man: Hm? Man: (Hmm, that's unusual... one of my kind, just over there.) Miggy: Shinichi... Hey, Shinichi! Shinichi: Huh? Miggy: He's coming closer, he's one of my kind. Shinichi: Eh....? Miggy: He's in the crowd to the left. Miggy: I can't discern who it is because there are too many people, but I'm certain he's there. ---------------- p.94 Miggy: We'd better get away from him! If he senses your presence, there'll be another killing! Miggy: Faster! Miggy: He's closing the distance! He's following us! Shinichi: What!? ---------------- p.95 Shinichi: Miggy, I suppose he's on the train... Miggy: Yes... he's on this train... Miggy: Two couches behind. Shinichi: Heheh... maybe he'll invite me to join the cannibalism club or something... Miggy: Hey, this is not a joke! Miggy: Hey, Shinichi, where do you think you're going!? ---------------- p.96 Miggy: He's only about 40m behind us! Shinichi: I wanna see him! I wanna see the face of a murderer. Miggy: Don't be ridiculous! You'll get us killed! Shinichi: You protect me. Miggy: ...I doubt it'll be like the last one with the dog.... Shinichi: I don't think anyone'll see us here. Miggy: I don't understand human emotions.... I see your fear is gone right now, why is that? ---------------- p.97 Shinichi: Many people, fellow human beings, are getting killed....I know the killers' identity...and yet, you say I should just sit back and watch? Shinichi: I'll fight! For the human race!! Shinichi: But....to do that, I need your power... Lend me a hand! Miggy: .... Shinichi: Please! Miggy! Miggy: 5 more meters. ---------------- p.98 Man: Now I see... that's why you ran. ---------------- p.99 Man: The human's brain still remains whole.... This is a a very dangerous being, indeed. Shinichi: Y-you monster! Man: What did you say? Miggy: Do not move! If you try to attack this human, I'll kill you! Man: Wait, wait...I see, I understand what you're saying, the right hand. ---------------- p.100 Man: However, the right hand, you just have to move into me. Shinichi: !? Miggy: Move? I thought a moving is impossible at this moment. Man: Huh.... You need to study more. You're correct that moving from a simple arm to a complicated head is impossible. Man: But, from an arm to another arm is easy. (The man's head swiftly changes into a blade and severs his arm.) ---------------- p.101 Shinichi: Aaah... Uaaargh!! Man: Hahaha, now, what do you say!? I reserved you a seat! Do you believe me now!? ---------------- p.102 Man: So! Why don't you move into me and become my right arm! When two of us live on one body, we'll get stronger!! Man: Why the hesitation!? Kill that human immediately and come to me!! You're wasting my blood. Man: Heheh, two of us controlling one body, we can live at least 140 years... ---------------- p.103 Shinichi: M... Miggy.... Man: You're making me impatient. Oh well, if I just cut the human's head off, you have no choice! Shinichi: (W-wait a se...) (As the man's head unfolds into a huge blade, lunging for Shinichi's head, Miggy turns into a three-pronged claw. Miggy cuts the man's blade-head off in a single stroke, and impales it.) ---------------- p.106 Man: H-have you gone mad!! Man: Y-you, bastard!! ---------------- p.107 Man: M-my body... My.... Man: M...y.... Shinichi: Miggy... Did you do it to save me.... Shinichi: I-I'm sorry....I didn't know this would happen... Miggy: ...I just wasn't certain if I could survive the move. ...I only value my life. Miggy: I'm tired, so I shall sleep.... ---------------- p.108 Man: (M-my body...M...y...) Shinichi: Say, Miggy... (Miggy isn't there. Shinichi makes a phone call) Shinichi: Are you free right now? Not really... No, not at all... It's nothing important, really. ---------------- p.109 Satomi: Was I late? Satomi: My parents are picky about me going out right now. 'Cause, you know, there are some dangerous things happening out there, like the mincemeat murders... Don't you think it's terrible, the mincemeat murders... Ah, how silly of me, is that meat souce? I'm sorry! Satomi: Shinichi, you look different these days... You look gloomy. Shinichi: Do you think so? But I got an appetite. Satomi: No kidding, you'll get fat. You'll become a gloomy fatso. Shinichi: What in the world is that? Satomi: Ah, a park! Satomi: I want to play in the sand! Shinichi: ..... ---------------- p.110 (A cat is buried up to its neck in the sandpit. Some kids are throwing rocks at it) Kid 1: That was close! Kid 2: Heh, eheheheh. Kid 1: Missed! ---------------- p.111 Satomi: How cruel... Shinichi: Those brats... Satomi: L-let's go! I don't want to see something like that! Shinichi: Yeah, I agree. Kid 1: Who the hell is that? Shinichi: Hey, why don't you cut it out? Kid 3: Huh? ---------------- p.112 (Shinichi frees the cat) Satomi: Izumi-kun... Shinichi: Animals are not your toys! Every creature is alive! Just like you!! ---------------- p.113 Kid 1: No shit! Kid 3: How corny! Kid 2: Is he serious! Kid 1: Hey.... Kid 3: Heheh. Kid 1: Here goes... Satomi: Watch out! ---------------- p.114 Shinichi: (Do you want me to eat you...) ---------------- p.115 Shinichi: Wanna go? Kid 3: H...hey... did you see that... Kid 2: M-must be a figment of my imagination... ---------------- p.116 Satomi: Shinichi. Shinichi: Yes? Satomi: You're..Shinichi Izumi.....right? Shinichi: Yes...of course. END - Chapter 3: "Contact" ============================================================================= Chapter 4: "Deadly Sense" ------------- p.118 (That day... people in the park were so scared by the 'first' animal that suddenly appeared in their midst, that they barely noticed the presence of the 'second' animal...) People: Waaah! Arrrgh! ------------- p.119 Lion: Roaaar! Man: Eh?....this is real...? Lion: Graw! Man: Heh!? ------------- p.120 (This lion is no beast from the wilderness.) (Tended by humans all his life, he wasn't even slightly afraid of them.) (He wasn't hungry. He killed because he wanted to.) Man2: Hey, this way! ("I see.") ("My fangs and claws were for this purpose.") ------------- p.121 ("But, these creatures are so soft and fragile!") Man3: Where's the police!! Where the hell are they! ("I was ruled by something like these?") (Soon, he'd be riddled by the bullets of the zookeepers and policemen.) (But he has no inkling of his fate.) (For the first time, he is seeing a great new world with his own eyes, walking through it on his own feet.) (Ever since he escaped his cage two hours ago, right up until now,) (He was invincible.) Man4: Hee--! ------------- p.122 (His very first hunt.) ("Strong... yes, I'm strong!") Man5: What is this? Man5: Lions don't inhabit these areas... it must be a domesticated one which escaped. ------------- p.123 ("What? Why isn't he afraid of me?") Man3: H-hey! That guy must be crazy! ("No!...this is a different creature!") ("It has the same smell as the other ones, but it's a different creature.") ------------- p.124 ("Stonger than me....!?") Man5: A strong sense of terror... The mammals are all 'pain-haters.' ------------- p.125 (This lion was a pet all his life, from the day he was born.) (He couldn't trust his new-found, embryonic instincts.) ("I don't know what is it, but he doesn't have any weapon! It doesn't have fangs or claws like I do!") ------------- p.126 Lion: Graw! ------------- p.128 (What in hell's name happened...) (Although there were many witnesses, no one truly understood what took place...not a single one.) ------------- p.129 (The man who was splashed with blood walked out of the scene at a brisk pace....) Man6: I thought I saw that guy's head go like this... Man2: Must be a figment of your imagination...ha, ha..no way. (The people who were there eventually concluded that the man must have thrown some sort of explosive at the lion.) Man7: Yike. ------------- p.130 Shinichi: (Get in!) Shinichi: I scored a goal again, not bad, eh. Satomi: Nice shot, Shinichi! man7: Humph! Satomi: Yaho! Shinichi: Heh heh. ------------- p.131 Shinichi: Ouch. Shinichi: (What the hell? What's wrong with him?) Someone: We don't have much time left! 5 seconds left! Shinichi: (Oh well, what the fuck!) Satomi: Wow! Awesome!! Girl: I can't believe it. Satomi: Well done! Shinichi: It's sheer luck, I'm sure. man7: (Damn you, Shinichi!) ------------- p.133 Shinichi: Just sheer luck, eh... Shinichi: This can't be sheer luck... Shinichi: Hey, Miggy! You're awake, aren't you!? man7: Shinichi... ------------- p.134 Shinichi: ....Don't you see, you didn't have to do anything. It was just a recreation.... There was no purpose. Maybe it was senseless and pointless to you, but.. Miggy: Okay, understood. ...I'm tired, so I'm going to sleep. Shinichi: Yeah, go ahead, sleep. Shinichi: Geez, I'm getting tired as well. man7: Hey, Shinichi! Shinichi: O-oh, you were here... man7: What were you doing talking to yourself? Practicing how to get off with a girl? Shinichi: Well, let's change and go home! man7: Wait a minute! man7: Satomi Murano in Class 3, you know I've liked her for ages, don't you? Shinichi: Heh, really? ------------- p.135 Shinichi: So what! Do I have to do what you want just because you like her? man7: Fight me! Shinichi: Huh? Shinichi: Hahaha...no kidding. Shinichi: Ouch, you really hurt me! Shinichi: Y-you want to fist-fight!? Shinichi: Y-you know, we should consider her feelings as well... Shinichi: Ouch! man7: What's the matter! Can't you hit me back? Shinichi: (I always thought there was something weird about this guy, but I didn't think he was this weird...!!) Shinichi: Wah! Shinichi: (Damn! Just when I thought he went to sleep....Miggy's gonna wake up again!) man7: What? You think all you need to handle me is your left arm, eh? Shinichi: Hey, com'n, let's talk this out... ------------- p.137 Shinichi: Ack! Argh, aww.. Shinichi: (Oh, no!) man7: You wimpy little motherfucker!! Shinichi: Stop it! ------------- p.139 Shinichi: Shit, it sounded pretty bad. Shinichi: Idiot, restrain yourself a bit, okay!! Miggy: Idiot? ------------- p.140 Miggy: The word 'Idiot' should be used to refer to one who is stupider than oneself. Shinichi: What do you mean by that! Shinichi: ...You didn't kill him, did you? Miggy: Do you think I'd do it that hard (against a human)? Miggy: But why don't you touch his jaw, it might be broken. Shinichi: Oh, god, no kidding! man7: Hmmmm, ah, Shinichi! ------------- p.141 Shinichi: Oh, he's alright. man7: Wah-wah! Shinichi: What's wrong? man7: O-okay, y-you win! Shinichi: Huh? Why is he so scared....? Shinichi: Ah! Maybe he saw your one eyeball face? Miggy: Not a chance. Miggy: He is just a great 'pain-hater', I think. END - Chapter 4: "Deadly Sense" =============================================================================== Chapter 5: "Bookworm" ----------- p.144 Shinichi: I'm home. Mom: Welcome home. ...Oh, you went to the library again? Mom: You're really turning into a bookworm. Shinichi: Heh heh. Shinichi: Whew-, it's not like I'm gonna read them or anything. ----------- p.145 Shinichi: But you sure like to study. Shinichi: Yeah! Why don't you study for my college entrance exam, too? Then I'm sure I gonna get in easily... Miggy: ...... Miggy: Study for the exam? Isn't that like some kind of a code? What I need is the knowledge to survive. Shinichi: Spoilsport. ----------- p.146 Shinichi: How depressing, soon they'll be saying, "Shinichi Izumi's right hand is smarter than his head." (That's right....these guys get smarter by studying as well...) (The parasite, which took over my right hand... his kind are supposed to be all over the world.) (I don't know how many there are... but I know they came into our world about 5 months ago.) (To describe what kind of creature they are....) (First, things like this invade human bodies,) (then, take over the brains.) (Second, they merge with the human body parts above the neck and control the bodies. In short, the heads are replaced with them.) ----------- p.147 (They look human alright, but...) (they can change their form, and can stretch like rubber or harden like steel, and they're real strong...) (The parasites themselves are their brains, their eyes, and their sensory organs.) (And, yet, despite having so much power, they need human internal organs and digestive organs to survive.) (So, no matter how much they try to be something else, they're still just a 'parasite', which dies quickly after being cut off from the human body.) (But what I don't understand is their food.) (Why do they eat humans?) ----------- p.148 (It's like cannibalism.) (The humans' dead bodies, their victims, were always mutilated... and the general public, not having the first idea about them, calls them "mincemeat murders".) (I asked Miggy about it, once before...) Shinichi: Hey, Miggy, why are your "kind" acting like cannibals? Miggy: Who knows... I don't know what hunger is, since I extract nutrients directly from your blood. Shinichi: I see. Miggy: Is that... delicious? ----------- p.149 (I'm a special case. The thing failed to take over my brain, but took over my right arm instead. Anyway, it still needs to rely on \ my internal organs, so that's why we have this strange relationship no\ w.) (Oh, and its name is 'Miggy'.) Mom: Shinichi, dinner's ready! Shinichi: Hm. Shinichi: Hey, it's dinner. Miggy: Hmm... Shinichi: Geeez. ----------- p.150 (When Miggy goes to sleep completely, it becomes a normal right hand.) (My parents...) (If it was my parents who were taken over by Miggy, they'd have been first on the menu.) Dad: The 84th victim already! Jesus, within only 5 months, and that's just in our country alone. Mom: It's so common nowadays, hearing about it doesn't worry me any more. (Tonight's news was about the 'Mincemeat murders'.) (The butchered bodies, the remains of humans which were eaten by 'parasites', were simply causing terror throughout the world.) ----------- p.151 (When it started to happen, they said it was 'some wild beast' or 'some psycho'...) (but because of the huge number of victims, and it because it was happening all over the world, without one single person being, they're now saying that it's the work of some satanic cult or crime organization.) (But one person knows the truth......maybe I'm the only one in the whole world.) Shinichi: Shit...I really feel bad about it... Miggy: What? Shinichi: Nothing... Shinichi: See you later, Mom! ----------- p.152 Mom: Aaaaaaaahh! Shinichi: What is it? Mom: Co- co-!! (the insecticide, insecticide) Mom: (the fly swatter, fly swatter) Shinichi: Huh, I didn't know cockroaches were around at this time of year. ----------- p.153 Shinichi: Good. Mom: Ah...ah... Shinichi: I'm going. Mom: Darling! Dad: What...what's wrong? Mom: Shinichi grabbed a cockroach with his bare hands! Dad: Oh, and then? Mom: Before... he wasn't like that... Dad: It's nothing you have to cry over... (Damn, women from good familes are always like this even if they become mothers...) ----------- p.154 Satomi: Shinichi. Shinichi: Yo. Satomi: Good morning. Satomi: You were awesome in the last basket ball game. Shinichi: Haha, I was just lucky. Satomi: Lately... Shinichi: Yes? Satomi: You have changed. Shinichi: Er... you mean me? Shinichi: You were saying something like that before. Satomi: Yes, but you've changed again. Shinichi: Don't think about people too much, OK? (Whew, don't startle me like that...she must have good intuition, if I'm not careful she might even find out about the right hand...) ----------- p.155 Satomi: You've become happier, Shinichi. Shinichi: Ah, re-really? Shinichi: Now that you mention it, Satomi, lately, you... Satomi: Hm, what is it, eh, eh? Shinichi: Well...ah... Satomi: Hey, what is it? Man: Humph, don't show off about how happy you guys are from the morning! Fuck you! Miggy: Shinichi. Shinichi: Huh? ----------- p.156 Shinichi: (What?) Shinichi: (I thought I heard a voice...) Miggy: Here. Satomi: What's up? Shinichi: Miggy, you bastard... no wonder I felt so creepy! Shinichi: Oh....nothing. Miggy: I'll talk quietly, so listen silently. ----------- p.157 Miggy: My "kind" is somewhere around here. Shinichi: (What!) Shinichi: Again? Miggy: It's coming closer. (Another thing about these parasites... they can sense each other. If another parabeast is within a 300m radius, they can sense each other's brain waves, or something.) Shinichi: But Miggy, there haven't been any "mincemeat murders" around here... Miggy: Maybe it's just that no body has been found yet. Miggy: It is approx. 60m away... it's inside this building. Shinichi: (No way...) ----------- p.158 Shinichi: (It's in the school...!?) Satomi: What's wrong, Shinichi? Satomi: Oh, no, the bell's gonna ring! Satomi: See ya! Shinichi: Ah, wait! Hey! ----------- p.159 (Inside the gym) ----------- p.160 Shinichi: (Where!) Shinichi: (Which one is it!?) Shinichi: (Male!) Shinichi: (Or female!) ----------- p.161 Shinichi: Miggy, what's the distance!? Miggy: Approx. 30m. It's definitely inside here. Shinichi: Damn! Miggy: Don't be impatient. In this mess, it wouldn't be able to find us, besides... Miggy: I don't think it's stupid enough to attack us in front of this many people. Miggy: It's diagonally 25m on our upper left. Miggy: It's outside the lines... which means it's not one of the students. Shinichi: Does that mean it's a teacher!? ----------- p.162 Miggy: It's trying to find us, too. But with so many students around us, it can't seem to specify which one of us is us... Miggy: Don't stare at her! We'll be discovered! Teacher: Erm... I'd like to introduce a new teacher, who will replace Mr. Matsuyama, who is now in hospital after the car accident. She'll be teaching mathematics. Shinichi: (A new teacher...) Teacher: Mrs. Tamiya.. Tamiya: My name is Ryoko Tamiya. I'll try my best to teach you. Thank you. Miggy: That's the one! Shinichi: (What!?) ----------- p.163 Teacher: The class teacher for 1-3 will be replaced by the deputy class teacher, Mr. Yamamoto, and the deputy class teacher will be Mrs. Tamiya... Shinichi: (1-3?) Shinichi: (It's her class!) Miggy: Don't look, Shinichi! ----------- p.166 Student 1: Hey, she's looking this way. Student 2: Don't you think she's a babe? Shinichi: (She found us...) END - Chapter 5: "Bookworm" =============================================================================== Chapter 6: "Ryoko Tamiya" ------------- p.168 Ryoko: You, Ryoko: You in the grey suit, standing diagonally behind me! Ryoko: Stop touching others' bodies so carelessly. Man1: What? Man2: A groper? ------------- p.169 Groper: N-no, it's not me! (Damn, how did she find out? I was standing where where she shouldn't have been able to see me!) Girl1: Oh god, I saw him every morning... Girl2: I didn't know he was a groper!? Groper: No shit, this is a false accusation! Groper: T-take it back, you! Ryoko: You're making a scene. I forgave you, so why don't you be quiet? Man3: Hahaha, the groper is being a bad loser. Groper: Hey...were you really looking? How could you tell it was really me!? Ryoko: I said you're making a scene. Groper: I won't shut up until you take back what you said!! ------------- p.170 Groper: Ack! Ryoko: (How bothersome.) Man:4 No way... (Ryoko smashes the groper with her fist, and throws him out of the train.) ------------- p.171 Voice: Boarders, please don't enter until the passengers are safely out of the carriage... ------------- p.172 Passengers: Did you see that? She threw him out with only one arm. Girl2: Awesome! Ryoko: (It's dislocated...) Ryoko: (As I expected, the female bone structure is not that sturdy... I have to treat it more carefully.) (A passenger watches speechless as Ryoko shoves her arm back in place with a loud 'crack'.) Ryoko: (Okay, it's fixed...) Narration: Ryoko Tamiya, 24-years-old, single, high school teacher. She is listed on the family register as a 'real living human', too. Girl: Good morning! ------------- p.173 Shinichi: (Oh, man...what the hell is happening, geez....) (Taught math by a monster... this must be a joke.) Ryoko: Do problem 6-12 applying this. Shinichi: (I can't believe Miggy can be asleep at such a bad time...) (Flashback to Shinichi's room) Miggy: I'm surprised to see something like it! Miggy: It retains the identity of the original human, even though it replaced the original's head! I can't believe it hasn't been discovered! Shinichi: Hey, don't get tangled up. ------------- p.174 Miggy: And it's acting as a teacher, teaching humans. We're dealing with an incredible talent! Shinichi: Hey... what's with this praising the enemy stuff? Shinichi: We've got to do something. Miggy: What do you mean by 'We've got to do something'? Shinichi: Idiot! She's coming to school every day! She's gonna eat everybody! Miggy: No, that's unthinkable. It wants to blend into human society. Therefore, it shouldn't eat humans in and around its immediate environment... People around its address and working place should be safe. Shinichi: How do we know that.... Miggy: In any case, we should observe the situation more. I bet it'll make contact with us soon... Ryoko: Shinichi. Shinichi: (Here it comes!) Shinichi: (You want to fight now!?) ------------- p.175 Ryoko: What's wrong? Do the next problem, please. Shinichi: Eh, that... umm, that's... Shinichi: (Damn, playing innocent, are you!) Student: Bow. Ryoko: Shinichi. Shinichi: Huh? Ryoko: Please stop by the office for a moment, later today. Shinichi: (Here it comes, for real this time!) ------------- p.176 Guy1: Hey, Shinichi! I envy you! Shinichi: Huh? Guy2: I sure wouldn't mind being tutored by a gorgeous teacher like her. Guy3: Damn, she likes a guy like Shinichi, eh? Shinichi: W-what're you talking about!! Shinichi: You don't know what you're asking!! Shinichi: Miggy, are you asleep? Miggy: I'm awake. Miggy: The opponent is approximately 6 meters away. Shinichi: I can see that! ------------- p.177 Ryoko: Shinichi... Izumi? Ryoko: You know of my true identity? Shinichi: .....yeah. Ryoko: You reply to your teacher with "yeah"? Ryoko: You need not be nervous like that, your right hand should know that I mean no harm. Ryoko: Besides, if it happened at this distance, we'd both be fatally wounded. ------------- p.178 Ryoko: I want to talk with you a lot more, but it's impossible to do so at school, so can you come to the 'Herald' cafe in front of the train station, after school? Miggy: I understand. Shinichi: Ah, deciding by yourself! What are you gonna do if it's a trap! Shinichi: N-no, I won't go there! Ryoko: I don't understand why humans lack so much rationality. Shinichi: What! Ryoko: If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead by now. Ryoko: I'm interested.....this is the first time I've seen a case like yours. I want data. Ryoko: Exchanging information about each other... and I'd like to talk about our future as well.... Ryoko: So that's that. ------------- p.179 Teacher: Miss Tamiya, you got any plans this after school? Ryoko: Yes. I want to talk to a student about his career. Miggy: Here she comes. Miggy: Shinichi, pull your sleeves up. Shinichi: Why? We're not going to fight, right? Miggy: Well, two 'persons' are coming. Shinichi: What? Miggy: I should've said two 'beasts', rather, hm? Shinichi: Wha-what? ------------- p.180 Shinichi: This is a trap after all!? Miggy: We don't know that, yet. Waitress: Welcome! (Heartbeats) Miggy: Shinichi, can't you stop your heart beating so fast? It's stopping me from calming down. Shinichi: Don't say the impossible! Ryoko: Let me introduce... well, since he doesn't have a name, let's say, "Mr. A." ------------- p.181 A: What is this....I can't call something like this one of our kind! (Miggy forms into a vicious set of blades.. A's head begins to split) ------------- p.182 Ryoko: Stop it! Ryoko: I explained it to you earlier. There is no merit to either of us fighting now and here. Waitress: Hey, master, those three are a bit strange... Master: Why? Waitress: Because what they're talking about is really strange. Master: Well, there are many things in the world. Waitress: But... Ryoko: I see. Those 2 are all you've met before..? Ryoko: By the way, Shinichi, what are we - from your point of view? ------------- p.183 Shinichi: What are you? What else are you but human-eating monsters? Ryoko: ...We had.. Ryoko: sex, as an experiment. Waitress: I-I'm sorry! Ryoko: As a result, I'm pregnant. Ryoko: Now, here's a question. ------------- p.184 Ryoko: What is it that's growing inside my womb right now? Shinichi: T-that is... Miggy: Just an ordinary 'human', right? Ryoko: You're our kind, you know well. Ryoko: That's right. It's just an ordinary baby. If that is so, what are we? ------------- p.185 Ryoko: Have you heard of a species that has no reproductive power and eats its own kind? Miggy: I'm wondering about that as well. Shinichi: You guys are totally off the planet... A: I'm going. A: I have no interest in this matter. It's not like anything will change even if we find out our true identity. A: I eat when hungry, A: I fight when things get in the way. ------------- p.186 Waitress: Thank you for coming. Ryoko: I suppose it's a difference in where we grow up. Ryoko: Now, Shinichi. Ryoko: Let me advise you, since humans sometimes act erratically. Ryoko: If you cause trouble by going against me.... Ryoko: You'll be in more trouble than me since you can't change your face. Ryoko: You have friends in my class, too, don't you? Shinichi: What? Ryoko: I want to keep my identity as a 'human' so I don't want to do anything reckless, ------------- p.187 Ryoko: But if I become serious, Ryoko: I can wipe out a class in a matter of 3 seconds. Miggy: What a beast! Instilling such fear into Shinichi. Miggy: That's cold! What are you doing to me, Shinichi! ------------- p.188 Groper: Hey, wait, sis. Groper: You haven't forgotten my face, have you? Groper: You know, I have to ride that train every day... Groper: Hey... what're you going to do about it? ------------- p.189 Groper: What am I supposed to do tomorrow? Wear a mask while going to work? Ryoko: First they act bold, then they suddenly become nervous... I don't know why human behavior is so erratic... Groper: Don't be a smart ass, you bitch! ------------- p.190 Ryoko: I'm sorry, I'm not hungry right now. Groper: Argh.... Narration: It hasn't been long since the parasite beasts were born... Even Ryoko Tamiya, who excels in inteligence among their kind, made a mistake through lack of experience. She let Shinichi and Mr. A meet each other... END - Chapter 6: "Ryoko Tamiya" =============================================================================== Chapter 7: "An attack" ------------- p.191 A: The conclusion I came to... is different to that of "Ryoko Tamiya". He must be taken care of now. That kid is too dangerous. ------------- p.192 Miggy: Shinichi. ------------- p.193 Miggy: Looks like we have trouble. Shinichi: What's up? Miggy: He's coming here! He's like a mass of murderous intent!! Girl: Miss Tamiya? Ryoko: The fool. Guy: Huh? ------------- p.194 Teacher: Excuse me...are you a parent of a student here? They're in class right now. H-hey, you! ------------- p.195 Ryoko: I'll make it private-study hour today. Shinichi: Umm... does 'coming here' mean he's coming to kill us? Miggy: Isn't it obvious? It's probably the one we met at the cafe. Shinichi: You mean A!? ------------- p.196 Teacher: What a savage... attacking people just like that... Teachers: We should kick him out! Be careful! Teacher: Hey, wait! Teachers: Who are you? We're not going to let you hurt one of our students! A: Get out of my way. Teacher: Ooops (that was close) ------------- p.197 Teacher: Eh? Wh-what!? Teacher: Argh! ------------- p.198 A: It's broken already. The human 'hand' is too weak. It's useless as a weapon. Teacher: Ack... ------------- p.199 Teacher: Wah-----! Teacher: Arrrrgh! Miggy: It just removed three 'obstacles'. Shinichi: Y-you mean it killed people!? Miggy: I don't know precisely... A most arrogant fellow..... Teachers: Wah----! ------------- p.200 Teacher: Get the police and an ambulance!! He's got a knife or something! Teacher: No, wait...! First, we have to evacuate the students!! Announcement: An e-emergency announcement! Right now, an o-outsider has intruded inside the school! Therefore, the students in Building B, please evacuate to the field and group into your classes, following your teacher's directions. Use Building C's stairway, and please don't go near Building A... Guys: An outsider? What the hell... Girls: An evacuation? What's going on? Girl: Sounds like he's really dangerous. Guy: But sounds like fun, too. Teacher: Hey, guys, be quiet! ------------- p.201 Shinichi: Shit, coming here in broad daylight! Miggy: It's optimistic... and has no plan. Miggy: It thinks, even if it causes a big incident, changing its face solves everything... it's very different from Ryoko Tamiya. Shinichi: Now that you mentioned it, where is Ryoko Tamiya? Miggy: It's at about 150m away from us. Seems like it'll be observing our fight. Shinichi: Huh! At least we don't have to fight her too... Shinichi: Let's see, the problem is how to escape... Miggy: Escape? Why? Shinichi: Because.... Miggy: It came after us in the middle of the day, unconcerned about witnesses, so it'll come after us even if we escape... If that's so, it'd be best we kill it here for good. Miggy: We'll have more advantages inside the school....I have a plan. We'll turn its 'coercive characteristic' against it. Teacher: Now, class 5, we'll go now together! ------------- p.202 Shinichi: What's your 'plan'? Miggy: Be quiet and just walk in the middle of your class. Guy: Hey, Shinichi, what're you muttering to yourself? Shinichi: Oh, nothing. Guy: Anyway, something like this is fun once in a while... it's so exciting. Shinichi: (Geez, what a happy-go-lucky guy!) guy: Hey, isn't that him? The outsider? students: What, where, where? guy: What? Just that old guy? Shinichi: (It's 'A'!) ------------- p.203 Shinichi: Uh, Miggy, can we fight in this crowd? Miggy: It'll attack us first. Miggy: 'A' and I can locate each other because of the brain wave thing. Shinichi: Isn't that convenient. Miggy: However, if either of them blends in a crowd of people, one can't pin-point the other. Shinichi: I see...so, we got the upper hand. We can pick him out because he wears different clothes, but on the other hand, he can't find us if we don't look at him. Miggy: So it is... but A'd attack coercively anyway. Miggy: While A's slaughtering people in front of us, I'll go and pierce it's heart... actually, it's a very straightforward plan. ------------- p.204 Shinichi: People in front of us? Shinichi: Slaughter!? Miggy: That's right. Shinichi, you're in the middle of the class, in short, behind a 'wall of meat'. For A, it's an obstacle, for us, it's a shield. Shinichi: A-a wall of meat? Shinichi: I was forgetting what your "kind" is really like!! Guys: Ouch! Huh, huh? Guy: What's wrong with him? ------------- p.205 Miggy: Hey, Shinichi, you don't like my plan? Shinichi: Of course not! How many people were you planning to kill!! Miggy: But it's to protect your life. Miggy: I'm planning to pierce A's body along with the wall of meat as well. Because that's safer. Sacrifice others' lives for one's survival. All animals do just that. Miggy: Hurry up and blend into the class, Shinichi! Shinichi: Your Japanese.. it's pretty damn good.. Shinichi: Why is it... you can understand human language so well, yet... Satomi: Hey, you! ------------- p.206 Shinichi: Satomi... Satomi: What're you doing up here? Satomi: You heard it, right? Some weirdo's come into our school. Seems like he's pretty dangerous. Satomi: Let's evacuate together! Shinichi: Oh, no, no thanks, I have an errand... Satomi: Forgot something? I'll go with you! Shinichi: Don't come near me! Go away!! Satomi: Wh... ------------- p.207 Shinichi: Oh, well, I meant, I have a cold, you see... Miggy: Now I remember. Humans are a unique animal which commits suicide. Shinichi: Hey, I don't want to die yet, y'know! ------------- p.208 Guy: They called the police? Girl: Is he a dangerous criminal or something? Guy: Huh, Shinichi is not here. Miggy: What're you doing, Shinichi? Shinichi: I'm wondering about that myself... Shinichi: Well, at least, this'll serve us as some kind of shield... it's a whole lot better than using some "wall of meat"! ------------- p.209 Shinichi: Are you mad at me, Miggy? Miggy: Mad at you? I don't have time for something like that. I have to think up another plan. Miggy: Shinichi, what's the difference between A and us? Shinichi: Difference? He's a murderer and I'm an innocent highschool student. What else... he can become someone else and we can't. He's alone by himself and we're two.... Miggy: Two? Do you think A would look at us as 'two'? Shinichi: What do you mean? ------------- p.210 Shinichi: What the... Shinichi: (What a strength!) Miggy: Here, Shinichi, your weapon. Shinichi: M-my weapon? Miggy: That's right. Miggy: If we fight one on one, 'A' and myself have equal strength... In that case, there is one solution. Miggy: You must join in the fight. ------------- p.211 Miggy: If you panic and thus stands in my way, we lose. On the other hand, if you move effectively, we win! Shinichi: But how can I move 'effectively'? Miggy: We'll decide the roles, you see... Shinichi: Do you think this'll work? I don't feel too good about this... Miggy: Well, we just have to try it and see. Hide your weapon near your body. Shinichi: Ow, I scratched my butt! Shinichi: (Miggy is a lot more professional at 'fighting' compared to me, definitely... He killed two of his 'comrades' before. I just have to trust him right now.) Miggy: Oh, here comes. He's really honest to his feeling. Miggy: The distance between us and 'A' is 3 meters, Shinichi! Shinichi: Three!? ------------- p.212 Shinichi: W-where is he!? I don't see him anywhere!! Miggy: It's below us. ------------- p.213 A: Is this meant to be a barricade? You just closed off your escape route. ------------- p.214 Shinichi: Aaargh, it's a monster!! Now that I see it again, it's nothing but a monster! A: Give up! You have no chance of winning against me, you whose body is not unified! Everything in you except the right hand is nothing but a 'pain-hater'! Shinichi: (I see! He's trying to scare me to get some advantage. I won't let you!!) ------------- p.215 Shinichi: (I-I can't see it, it's too fast...) Shinichi: (H-how am I gonna join in a fight like this!?) ------------- p.216 Miggy: Listen to me carefully. I'll pretend to attack, but in truth, I'll concentrate on defence only. The defence will be almost perfect that way. Shinichi: But who's going to attack, then? Miggy: You are. Shinichi: Me? ------------- p.217 Miggy: I can sense from 'A's previous actions that it underestimates what humans can do. 'A' will be cautious of only me, and probably, Shinichi, your strength is beyond his estimation. That's the weakness we'll exploit. Miggy: I'll 'defend' and you'll 'attack'. This is the most effective method! ------------- p.218 Shinichi: (I'll edge toward him slowly...as if being pulled by Miggy... as if I'm a powerless human.....) Shinichi: (Slowly...) Shinichi: (Don't be afraid... Miggy's defence is perfect! I just have to think about offence.) Miggy: (That's right, Shinichi. What we can do and 'A' cannot is 'division of labor'...) ------------- p.219 Shinichi: (Truly, 'A' wasn't cautious about me concentrating on the super-fast fencing with Miggy. He considers me an 'attachment' to Miggy, but not 'another assault unit'.) Shinichi: (God, I don't want to do this... he's human below the neck, right?) Shinichi: (But, damn it, I have no choice, do I!!) Shinichi: (It went so smoothly. It was almost unbelievable. A had a stupid look on his face. ...and I felt an unpleasant feeling coming from my left hand....) END - Chapter 7: "An attack" =============================================================================== END - Kiseiju vol. 1 Hiroshi Haga 芳賀 大志 (heretic+@cmu.edu)