Kiseiju 寄生獣 Volume 2 Original story & art Copyright (C) 1991 Iwaaki Hitoshi/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 Izumi Kazuyuki 泉 一之 Izumi Nobuko 泉 信子 Miggy ミギィー Murano Satomi 村野里美 Tamiya Ryoko 田宮良子 Kana 加奈 Mitsuo 光夫 Nagai 長井 Kamijou 上条 Hayase Makiko 早瀬 真樹子 =========================================================================== Chapter 8: "Species" -------------- p.3 Shinichi: Wah- -------------- p.4 A: What's this pipe.... the leg of a desk!? -------------- p.5 Miggy: We got it! It's bleeding everywhere, it's a fatal wound! Shinichi: Ouch.... A: I didn't expect... the weak and cowardly human-part to attack... Shinichi: Wow.... Miggy: Wait, let's see what it'll do now. -------------- p.6 A: Gahfu....gagegegegege.... Miggy: It's very panicked. A: (An artery near the heart got damaged....must stop the bleeding...) A: (Pulling out the pipe won't... stop the bleeding...) -------------- p.7 Shinichi: Argh! Miggy: I see... If the pipe pierces right through its back, it closes off the outlet. Miggy: Okay, follow it. Let's finish it. Shinichi: No... No! I've had enough!! Miggy: But....it's still dangerous like that... Shinichi: I-I'm supposed to be a killer!? Miggy: That's not a human, is that? -------------- p.8 A: (I'm going to be killed by a human? Me.... This is not what's supposed to happen... This is not reasonable!!) A: (Oh, no.... This body's not usable anymore...) A: (I must transfer! I don't know this'll work out or not, but..) A: (I'll have to live together in Tamiya Ryoko's body. Where is it?) Ryoko: ...... -------------- p.9 Student: Oh, the police really came! Miggy: Alright....anyway, let's leave this place. A: (20 meters more...) A: (That room!) (BOOM) -------------- p.11 Newspaper: "Homicidal Maniac Bursts Into High School" - Two teachers dead. All students were unharmed. The suspect suicided?! A mysterious gas explosion. Many bloodstains were found on the fourth floor. News: Also, the suspect's body was found around the laboratory room, but the upper body was blown away. Therefore, it'll take more time to identify the suspect. Dad: Where's Shinichi? Mom: Well... he's been lying down on his bed since he got home. Dad: I see.... Well, I'm glad he's safe. -------------- p.12 Shinichi: (A month has gone by since then. The school eventually quietened down.) Shinichi: I'm going. Ad: The homicidal maniac "A", who broke into a highschool, hasn't been identified. Shinichi: ("A" is still "A", I see.) Shinichi: (Tamiya Ryoko who, I believe, finished off "A" comes to school everyday, as if nothing happened.) -------------- p.13 Shinichi: (I haven't heard about any murders around her area... But I know she's killing people, even now!) Shinichi: (I can't keep going on like this.) Satomi: You look really depressed. Satomi: Are you okay? Shinichi: Oh.... Yeah.... Satomi: You're recovered from the flu, right? Shinichi: Yes.... Satomi: Wow, a U.F.O!! Shinichi: Yes.... Satomi: Shinichi, you're an idiot, aren't you? Shinichi: Yes.... -------------- p.14 Shinichi: Let's kill Tamiya Ryoko! Shinichi: I was just chickening out... I can't let her do whatever she wants. Miggy: No, forget it.... Probably, we'll lose... Shinichi: Why? Miggy: It's not simple-minded like "A". No simple trickery'll fool her, I think. You know my fighting method, right? Most of them are attacks by either deception or surprise. -------------- p.15 Shinichi: You're chickening out, Miggy. Miggy: Besides... Miggy: Are you going to kill the baby, too? Shinichi: Huh? Miggy: The baby inside it is a genuine human being. I don't care less for it, but you don't want to kill the baby, do you? Miggy: Shinichi, you think dangerously nowadays. Shinichi: I don't wanna hear that from YOU! (However....) Teacher: I mean, Miss Tamiya, -------------- p.16 Teacher: Your being pregnant itself is a happy event, but Teacher: You're an educator! And you're unmarried. On top of that, you refuse to reveal who your baby's father is, what are you trying to do!? Teacher: You're hardly an ideal role model for the students! Teachers: You mean.. it's not like you don't want to say who it is, but you simply don't know who it is? This is a big problem. Ryoko: This was unexpected... I couldn't conceive an ending like this. Ryoko: I'll be in trouble if I get too many attention from people around me for a thing like this. I'll quit Tamiya Ryoko from now. -------------- p.17 Teacher: W-wait, Miss Tamiya! Teacher: What do you mean!? Teacher: Besides, what are you going to do now.... Ryoko: I quitted being Tamiya Ryoko. Ryoko: What I mean, in short, is that... -------------- p.18 Ryoko: 'Tamiya Ryoko' is gone. So there is no reason for me to let people around me... including you... live. Shinichi: W-why do you kill human... Shinichi: My right hand is living off my blood! Which means, off the normal human diet! Shinichi: Can't you live without making humans your food, too!? Ryoko: I'm sure it's possible. Shinichi: T-then! Ryoko: A fly knows how to fly without being taught. -------------- p.19 Ryoko: A spider knows how to spin webs without being taught. Why is that? Shinichi: W-what!? What're you talking about all of sudden? Ryoko: I think...both the fly and the spider are just following an 'order'. I think all creatures on Earth were given some kind of an 'order'... Shinichi: What the hell is she talking about... do you know? Miggy: ..... Ryoko: Humans don't receive an 'order'? Shinichi: So what... what's that... a talk about god or something? Ryoko: When I took over the brain of a human, I received an 'order': -------------- p.20 Ryoko: "Eat up this species." -------------- p.21 Shinichi: An 'Order'....!? -------------- p.22 Shinichi: T-tell me one thing... Shinichi: What're you going to do with your baby? Ryoko: I'll give birth to it. I'm sure I can use it for some kind of an experiment. Ryoko: If not, I'll just eat it. Shinichi: Y--you... g-g.. !! Miggy: Calm down, Shinichi! At such close range, we'll be wounded, too! -------------- p.23 Ryoko: You're becoming a bit too bothersome... Die. Miggy: (As I expected, more than two patterns of attack... We're in deep trouble!) Shinichi: Shit... -------------- p.24 Ryoko: You...you're merging, although only a little. -------------- p.25 Ryoko: Interesting... I shouldn't kill you after all. Shinichi: H-hey! Shinichi: Merged? Chapter 9: 'Mother' -------------- p.29 R's mom: Ryoko! What happened!? The school called me, so I flew straight here to see what happened. I was really worried! Ryoko: (Tamiya Ryoko's mother, I see...) Ryoko: I'm sorry about that, mother.... I was on my way to go out, so can we talk about it later? mom: Ryoko.... Ryoko: I'll be back soon. mom: Wait! -------------- p.30 mom: Look at me! mom: W-who are you? -------------- p.31 mom: H-how can it p-possible? Ryoko...where is Ryoko!? mom: Where is she!! Where did you put Ryoko!? mom: Oh, god... p-police!! -------------- p.32 Ryoko: (How did she find out? In this short time?) Ryoko: (My face and voice are not noticeably different from that of Ryoko Tamiya...) Ryoko: (I don't understand... I don't think this middle-aged woman had any special power...) Ryoko: (In any case, I should cast away this identity soon...and I should deal with this body just in case....) -------------- p.33 (These days, the number of 'mincemeat' murders have decreased drastically. This gave people some sort of relief, but the number of missing persons seemed to increase in inverse proportion to the murders. In short, nothing really decreased at all. The parasite beasts learnt that it's safer and less disruptive to make their victims look like they ran off somewhere than to just leave them where they ate them. Sometimes, they cooperate with each other... they'll target a human, especially one living on their own.) -------------- p.34 Shinichi: It's morning... Shinichi: Miggy...? Shinichi: Mi... arrrrrrggggghhhhh! -------------- p.35 Shinichi: Ah-, ah----- Miggy: You surprised me, Shinichi. Shinichi: Wha.... Nobuko: What's the matter? Shouting so loud! Shinichi: Ah, well, d-dream! Just a dream!! Wow, that was a terrible dream!! -------------- p.36 Shinichi: What the hell are you doing!! Miggy: Hm... 3 minutes at the most... that I can be separated from you. Shinichi: Douh!! Taking your morning walk, Master Miggy!? Miggy: I wasn't taking a walk.... It was an experiment in moving. Shinichi: Moving... (Note: Idou (移動, "moving") also means "migration". -IS) Shinichi: I see... Finally you have everything you need to take over my head, eh? Miggy: I told you it's impossible. I don't know how to control the body, since I matured without eating your brain. Miggy: But, maybe I should take a chance. Shinichi: Aarrgghh, I was only kidding! -------------- p.37 Shinichi: ....then, is it possible for the one who took over a brain to transfer from a head to another head? Miggy: In theory... But there might still be a rejection, and besides, it's too risky to do something like that in the first place, no one would think of doing it. (Izumi Shinichi (16) - a high school student) Shinichi: A trip? (Izumi Kazuyuki (44) - Shinichi's father, ex-news reporter, now freelancing.) Kazuyuki: That's right. I'll leave you in the charge of the house for a while. (Izumi Nobuko (40) - Shinichi's mother, a housewife.) Nobuko: Yeah, it's been a quite while since we went away together. -------------- p.38 Nobuko: Always work after work, even our honeymoon trip was halfhearted. Kazuyuki: Well, I think I can finally take a vacation, so... Shinichi: A trip...but isn't it dangerous? Kazuyuki: You mean mincemeat murders? They only occur in the city, mostly, and there's been a big decrease in the number of occurrences. I don't think it's anything to worry about. Shinichi: It only appears to be decreasing, that's all! Besides that, it's not a good idea to roam around an unknown place at a time like this! Nobuko: Are you against this trip? Shinichi: Yes. Kazuyuki: You're not saying you feel lonely staying alone in the house and you're a sophomore....? Shinichi: N-no! Nothing like that!! I'm not talking about anything like that, but they're...!! -------------- p.39 Kazuyuki: "They're"? Shinichi: W-well... Nobuko: Say, Shinichi....if you're really against this trip, I can call it off. Kazuyuki: Oh, com'n, honey. Nobuko: But....I was wondering for some time... you seem to very troubled by something, what is it? Nobuko: Within the past year... you've changed a great deal. I don't know how to put it, but... Shinichi: I haven't got anything bothering me, really. Nobuko: About your friend? Or... Shinichi: No, nothing. Nothing at all. I'm going now. -------------- p.40 Shinichi: Wheee- Miggy: Shinichi, I'll remind you once more.... Shinichi: Never mind, I know. Shinichi: (If I confess to my parents about my right arm, I don't know how Miggy will take it... He just protects my life because his life is my life as well... But my parents are not! He'll just eliminate sources of anxiety if he considers it necessary. In his heart, there is no such thing as 'affection'. In short, Miggy is essentially nothing different from 'A' or 'Tamiya Ryoko'. Nobuko: Hiding..he's hiding something! Kazuyuki: Of course, he's a sophomore in high school. It's natural that he has a few things to hide from his parents. -------------- p.41 Kazuyuki: I think he was just too good before, don't you think? In his case, he didn't rebel much in the first period of rebelliousness which happens most in junior high school years. Kazuyuki: Especially he never went against his mother. Nobuko: I don't remember. Kazuyuki: Perhaps, it's because of the scar on your hand. Nobuko: What? No way.... Nobuko: That happened a long time ago. Shinichi: I'm home. Shinichi: What? It's nothing to worry about so much? -------------- p.42 Miggy: Consider the probabilities. My species mostly inhabits city areas. Your parents said they'll avoid cities. In addition, loners are the ones most likely to be targeted. But your parents will be travelling as a couple. Now, don't you think it's safer than normal for them? Shinichi: I see. Shinichi: If that's so, I shouldn't object to it. Nobuko: Shinichi. Shinichi: Wow! Shinichi: W-w-what!? Nobuko: I thought you were speaking to someone.... Shinichi: I-I was talking to myself! Anyways, what is it!? -------------- p.43 Nobuko: Dinner will be ready soon... Shinichi: Ah, okay... I'll be down a bit later. Shinichi: And, mom! Nobuko: What is it? Shinichi: Please knock the door before opening it! Please don't forget this, okay!! Nobuko: I understand. I'm sorry. Shinichi: Whew-, I thought my heart gonna stop. Miggy: Your heart? That would be my problem, too. -------------- p.44 Nobuko: Shinichi yelled at me. Kazuyuki: What, was he jerking off or something? Shinichi: Say, this morning I was against your trip, but forget about it, okay? Shinichi: I think it's a good idea for you guys to get away from things and relax in the countryside. Shinichi: So, when and how long? Kazuyuki: Well, from this month's... Nobuko: I don't understand. Nobuko: I don't understand you, Shinichi! Shinichi: Huh...? Nobuko: What happened to you! -------------- p.45 Nobuko: You were so against it this morning! What was it!? And now this, all of a sudden! This time, don't you care about your parents anymore!? Shinichi: N-no, nothing like that... Shinichi: What is it! You suddenly.. Nobuko: I can't understand it! I can't understand anything about you!! Something....something is different! Nobuko: As if... as if you're not my child... Kazuyuki: Nobuko! -------------- p.46 Nobuko: Please...tell me... What happened to you? Kazuyuki: Shinichi. -------------- p.47 Shinichi: I... Shinichi: I feel lonely... I'll feel lonely living alone for days. Shinichi: That's what I thought this morning. Shinichi: But when I told my friends about it, they laughed...so I changed my mind. Shinichi: So, I don't feel lonely anymore. If I do, I'll just call my friends over. -------------- p.48 Shinichi: Really...that's all... Shinichi: Can I go now? -------------- p.49 Shinichi: The taxi says it'll be a while. Nobuko: But, I suppose this is the first time we'll travel for several days... We had no time for something like this when we were living in an apartment in Tokyo. Kazuyuki: Yeah, that's true... I was so busy back then. Nobuko: Now that I think of it, it was around that time I got scalded... Nobuko: (sounds some people make when smiling.) (flashback) Shinichi: Hey, mom! Give me a silver plate! -------------- p.50 Nobuko: I'm sorry, but we don't have anything like a silver plate... Shinichi: I need it for a biology experiement tomorrow! Nobuko: Oh, you mean silver as in aluminum foil? Shinichi: Yeah, that's it. Nobuko: Then it's on top of that. But I'm deep-frying tempura right now, so I'll get it for you later... Shinichi: I can get it myself. Nobuko: No, Shinichi... Nobuko: Watch out! -------------- p.51 Shinichi: Ouch.... Nobuko: Gosh, what're you... -------------- p.52 Nobuko: Are you okay!? Shinichi!! Did the oil splash on you!? -------------- p.53 Nobuko: Weren't you hot!? Did you burn yourself somewhere!? Shinichi: Oh, no... Kazuyuki: Nobuko, your hand.... Nobuko: Huh? Nobuko: Wah! Nobuko: It's hot! Shinichi: Ouch. Kazuyuki: Your mother's scald hurts more. -------------- p.54 Kazuyuki: Well, I'll leave everything to you. Shinichi: Okay. Nobuko: Don't forget to lock up and turn off the gas. Shinichi: Sure. Nobuko: See you later. Kazuyuki: Don't worry about us, okay? Shinichi: Yeah. ========================================================================= Chapt. 10: 'Trifling, but important' -------------- p.56 Shinichi: Damn, as soon as I start living alone, I wake up late. Shinichi: You were up all the time, why didn't you wake me up on time! Miggy: I don't know about human society. Miggy: The reason you slept late is because your body needed it. It's good to rest. Miggy: Your health is my health, too. Shinichi: Yeah, sure... -------------- p.57 Shinichi: I'm not going to make it for the first period, so I'll go slow, I guess. Shinichi: Miggy, are you awake? Miggy: What? I'm a bit sleepy... Shinichi: My mom said, before leaving, 'I have changed a great deal'. What I really mean is, I'm wondering how I've changed... I don't feel any different, you know. Shinichi: (She said it, too.) Satomi: You have changed, Shinichi. -------------- p.58 Miggy: I don't know really. To me, it's not a big problem. I'm a little sleepy... Ryoko: You...you're merging, although only a little. Shinichi: What did she mean by "merging"! Miggy: My body is connected via nerves and fluids to your whole body... which means, to your brain, too. Shinichi: Okay. Miggy: Maybe that's why. Shinichi: Hmmm... Shinichi: What? Why what? -------------- p.59 Miggy: I mean, because of that, there may be some change in your brain. Tamiya Ryoko noticed it and felt something inhuman in you. Shinichi: Inhuman? I'm a normal human being, except for my right hand. Miggy: I'm not sure of that. Miggy: I'm not surprised in the least to see some changes in your mental structure... In any case, it's not a significant problem. I'm going to sleep. Shinichi: Wha-what did you say!? Hey!? Satomi: Hey! Wake up! Hey! -------------- p.60 Shinichi: Don't say something weird like that! Shinichi: (Merging...) Ryoko: Interesting....I shouldn't kill you after all. Shinichi: (If their cold and cruel mind is getting to me...) Nobuko: Something...something is different! Satomi: You have changed. -------------- p.61 Shinichi: Stop!! Shinichi: (My mind is the same as any normal human's!) Shinichi: (I don't feel like I want to eat humans, besides...) Shinichi: (What's this? What a dirty bag.) Shinichi: Humph! -------------- p.62 Shinichi: Wait a minute... I've seen this bag somewhere... Mitsuo: Hey, stand up, you son of a bitch! Shinichi: (Wow, it's a fight!) -------------- p.63 Shinichi: (Hm? It's Nagai!) Shinichi: Stop it. -------------- p.64 Mitsuo: Who are you? Shinichi: He's my classmate... I don't know why you're doing this, but I think you're overdoing it. Nagai: Izumi...! guys: *laugh* Kana: Your classmate, you say... -------------- p.65 guy: Good morning! Are you awake now? guy: Why don't you go to school, eh? Mitsuo: If he's in the same class then he's from Nishi High, too. guy: Should we get an allowance off him? Kana: Forget it, that's too cruel. -------------- p.66 guy: Hey! He's still up. Shinichi: (It's just a fight...) Shinichi: (Anyway, I can't do anything about it with my strength.) Shinichi: (I'm sorry, Nagai.) Miggy: The thing I really don't understand about the human mind is 'self-sacrifice'. Miggy: In short, even though it'll be to one's disadvantage, he/she does something for someone else... I don't understand this at all. Shinichi: (Human mind?) -------------- p.67 Shinichi: (But in this case, it's natural to run... No, I should fight!? As a human!) Shinichi: (It may be my loss for doing it, but...feeling guilty about running way is humans. That's what makes us different from.. them!) Shinichi: I-I said stop it! Why don't you fight fair! Mitsuo: Are you seriously saying that? Shinichi: T-that's right! Shinichi: (Haha...I regret it a bit already.) -------------- p.68 Mitsuo: Uraaa!! Kana: Hey, stop it! Mitsuo: Shut up! A wimpy poser like this guy pisses me off most! -------------- p.69 Shinichi: (Oh, no! I forgot to warn Miggy in advance!) Kana: I said STOP IT! Kana: You look stupid getting all upset with someone like that... Mitsuo: Huh! Kana: You're stupid, too... Despite being weak... -------------- p.72 Kana: Wow! Kana: W-what the hell are you... Mitsuo: Hey, let's go, Kana. Shinichi: Are you alright, Nagai? -------------- p.73 Nagai: Are you stupid or something? Shinichi: That's what makes us different from the other animals... I'm a human, you know. Nagai: .....? Kamijou: Hey, Shinichi! Kami: Nagai says you fought some guys from Kita High Shinichi: I didn't fight them, they beat me up! Kami: They're around here a lot these days... They're making troubles with our school's idiots, I hear. Kami: Nagai's one of the idiots. Shinichi: I see. -------------- p.74 Satomi: Say, what happened to your face? Shinichi, you've been fighting, too? You're too wimpy for that. Kana: I see, you have a girlfriend. Shinichi: You're the girl from this morning... Shinichi: Do you have something more to say? -------------- p.75 Kana: Say, why didn't you run away there? Kana: Hey, isn't he a weirdo? He's not normal? Satomi: Huh... Satomi: Y-yeah, he might be weird a bit, but... it's not important or anything. Shinichi: Let's go. Kana: Don't try to be cool! Someone like you, who poses as a good guy, is usually doing something bad when nobody's looking! Satomi: Hey, who is she? She's scary. Shinichi: She's nothing. Mitsuo: Hey...so what was that you wanted to do with him! -------------- p.76 Mitsuo: Kana...you changed your taste in men? Mitsuo: You said you hate a greenhorn who poses as a good guy... Kana: Yes, I hate them. Kana: Men...must have a wild nature in them. Kana: (Yes...inhumanly wild...) Kana: Are you jealous? Mitsuo: Huh!? O..of who!! -------------- p.77 (A few days later.) Kana: (Sheesh, Mitsuo's jealousy is like a disease.) Kana: (What? They always go home together?) Kana: (Looks like kiddy stuff.) Kana: (huh?) -------------- p.78 Mitsuo: (Heh, here comes the poser!) Satomi: Shinichi! Mitsuo: I have no business with you. You can go home now. Shinichi: L-let her go. Mitsuo: No, I can't do that. But you can go. Shinichi: What? -------------- p.79 Satomi: You're hurting me! Mitsuo: Go home. You don't have to pose as a good guy anymore. -------------- p.80 Mitsuo: Here! Mitsuo: How's this. Shinichi: Ow! Satomi: Shinichi! Satomi: Stop it! Monster! Bastard! Mitsuo: Just go home. Shinichi: Arrrgh... Mitsuo: (Look at him, Kana... What can you see in a wimpy guy like him? In no time, he'll run away, leaving his girl behind.) Miggy: Shinichi! Shinichi: Miggy, go back to sleep! Don't do anything now! Miggy: Depends on the situation, though. Shinichi: Don't worry. Shinichi: (It's okay if I don't get hit anymore, right!) -------------- p.81 Shinichi: Ouch! Miggy: Shinichi, I'll tell you their strength for your reference. Miggy: If your strength counts as 10, that big one is about 18. Miggy: The right one is 13 and the left is 14. Shinichi: What're you talking about at a time like this! Miggy: Even cats and dogs have the ability to measure the strength of their opponents. Animals avoid the unfavorable fights. Shinichi: S-so what? -------------- p.82 Satomi: Please stop it, please! Shinichi: Humans have times when they can't pull back no matter what. That's why we're different from you guys! Shinichi: Hrgh! Shinichi: Miggy! The right hand's sensation is dull! Give me full control! Mitsuo: What're you... -------------- p.83 Mitsuo: ...mumbl.. Mitsuo: ...ing... Mitsuo: ...about! Satomi: Shinichi! Shinichi: Argh... Mitsuo: (Son of a bitch... You're not going to run no matter what, eh! You want to look good doing that much!) Shinichi: L-let her go! Or else... -------------- p.84 Shinichi: W-wait, idiot! Mitsuo: Or else? What? You gonna tell your mother about this? Kana: Cut it out, Mitsuo! You're such a cheap bastard! Mitsuo: Ka...Kana... Kami: Hey, you guys! You're screwing with innocent people? -------------- p.85 Kami: Near our homeground, too. You sure have guts. Kana: Damn! Mitsuo: Ah, Kana! Nagai: We'll let her go. We're different from you guys. Nagai: Let me pay back for the last time! Shinichi: Kamijou... Nagai... -------------- p.86 Miggy: Attacking a small number with a large number. As animals, they're saner than Shinichi. Shinichi: Shut up, I'm a human! Satomi: Shinichi! Satomi: Are you okay!? Shinichi: Y-yeah. Kami: Go home, will ya? I feel stupid fighting with you two around. -------------- p.87 Shinichi: It's alright now. It's not like I can't walk. Satomi: No, I want to see you to home. Shinichi: Come in, there is no one in my house now. Satomi: I'm really sorry. Shinichi: I don't think this is something you have to apologise. Ouch! -------------- p.88 Satomi: What? Your right hand is clean. Satomi: Look at your left hand, it's full of scars. Shinichi: Oh, yeah... Shinichi: Say...am I strange? Shinichi: Am I so different from the normal? Satomi: Yes. Satomi: You're definitely different from the normal! Shinichi: Where! Satomi: You're so cool. Satomi: Normally, nobody would do that much! -------------- p.89 Shinichi: That's...a compliment, right? Satomi: Of course! Shinichi: It's 5:30... Shinichi: Wanna stay over? Satomi: No, I'll go home. -------------- p.90 Miggy: I thought that I'd get to see human copulation... Shinichi: Get lost. Kana: (That bastard...) Kana: (Trying to look cool although he's such a wimp...what the hell is he..) END - Chapter 10: 'Trifling, yet important' ============================================================================= Chaptier 11: 'Farewell' -------------- p.91 woman: We came pretty far. Cars are really fast. man: Huh? I guess. man: Are you busy tomorrow? woman: Not really. man: Okay! Then, let's go a little further! I know this place which looks beautiful. man: ...in the morning. (The woman met the man just a few hours ago and got into his car when she was invited.) (The man's objective was to have sex with the woman. However, the woman's objective was to feed on him.) ---------------- p.92 (Their mind devoid of affection, cold like a machine... all parasite beasts have that characteristic, but they differ in subtle ways, dictated by their environment and their host's personality.) (This woman's head is neither impatient, like 'A', nor highly intelligent, like 'Tamiya Ryoko', nor inquisitive, like 'Miggy'. We may categorise it as a 'reserved conformist'.) (Until an accident happens a few minutes later...) woman: What's this belt for? man: Hey, don't tell me this is your first time riding a car... man: Hahahahaha...what are... -------------- p.94 parasite: Gugu...no... -------------- p.95 parasite: Oh, no...the body won't move! parasite: *coughing up blood* parasite: (The internal organs are all messed up. This body will die!) parasite: (What about the man?) -------------- p.96 man: *uurgh* ^_^ parasite: (Damn... I see...that's what the belt is for...) parasite: (I have only one choice left in this situation... Transfer onto this man's body.) parasite: (I wonder if this'll be successful...but anyway, the place to transfer onto should be his head. The control of male and female bodies shouldn't be that different.) parasite: (Cut off his neck, bonding anew and then, revive the body... it must be done in an instant.) -------------- p.98 parasite: (What's wrong... Move... Move! Move!) *heartbeat* parasite: (Moved!) parasite: (Now, the legs!) -------------- p.99 parasite: (Yes... At last, I did it!) parasite: (Moves! Moves! I'm alive!) parasite: (I think his face was like this.) parasite: (I wonder where this is.) -------------- p.100 Driver: Anyways, what were you doing down there this early in the morning? parasite: I-I g-got l-lost... driver: Huh? You got a pretty terrible voice... driver: Your shirt's collar is all red.. you had a nosebleed? parasite: How far is it to the town? driver: Well, it's not really a town... We'll be there soon. -------------- p.101 driver: Ah! What the hell are you doing! driver: Pissing on the seat! You daydreaming or something, you idiot! driver: Do it by the side of the road! parasite: (Damn...the genitals are quite different from the female's, I can't control them properly.) parasite: Argh. parasite: (What's the matter... Can't move! It's a rejection! Damn!) -------------- p.102 parasite: (I can't live on male bodies anymore... they must be female...) parasite: (It was a bad idea to leave the town! I have to find a woman fast and transfer again...) -------------- p.103 Nobuko: Hello... Oh, you were sleeping? Shinichi: Hm. Nobuko: You'll be late for school if you weren't awake at this time... are you eating breakfast? Shinichi: Hmmmmm. Nobuko: He's sleep-talking. -------------- p.104 Nobuko: Are you fine? Shinichi: Yes... I'm fine... Nobuko: Gee, don't yawn on the phone. Nobuko: Eat breakfast and go to the school, okay? Shinichi: O- Shinichi: -kay. Nobuko: He hasn't matured a bit. Nobuko: Tomorrow, we'll be at home... This trip was really fun. Kazuyuki: It's not bad to take a trip with only two of us sometimes... -------------- p.105 Kazuyuki: What's up? Nobuko: It's Shinichi... I talked to him... Nobuko: ...on the telephone after quite some time, but he's his normal self. unconcerned and everything... Kazuyuki: You thought he'll be feeling lonely? Kazuyuki: It's like that. He's a sophomore in high school. He's tougher than he looks. Kazuyuki: I think he can live on his own, I'm sure. Nobuko: Maybe you're right. parasite: (A woman!) parasite: (Somehow...somehow I need to get her body..) -------------- p.106 Nobuko: It's beautiful... Nobuko: This place is really nice. Kazuyuki: Yes... Nobuko: Someday I want to bring Shinichi here... Kazuyuki: Hahaha, wherever you are, you always talk about Shinichi... Kazuyuki: Nobuko...!! -------------- p.107 Nobuko: Yes? -------------- p.108 Shinichi: Let's see, what should I eat tonight. Miggy: Shinichi. Shinichi: What is it? Miggy: Your diet is not not nutritionally balanced. Shinichi: What? Miggy: Eating out is okay, but you should think about the nutritious value. Especially plants. Besides eating raw vegetables, you should eat more cooked vegetables. Shinichi: Gosh, you're talking like the vegetable juice commercials. Miggy: The meal your mother makes was always well-balanced. A meal like that is favorable. Shinichi: Huh, I can eat that tomorrow. -------------- p.109 Shinichi: Wait a moment. Shinichi: What about your species! Eating only humans! Do you think that is well-balanced!? Miggy: That's true. You noticed a good point. I wonder why that is. Shinichi: Heh heh heh, you don't know! -------------- p.110 Kana: Yo! We met again. Are you alone today? Shinichi: It's you... Kana: Hey, we're going the same way. Kana: Maybe we've met before many times. Kana: I'm sorry about the last time. Shinichi: Huh? Kana: About Mitsuo and the others... -------------- p.111 Shinichi: Don't worry about it... those three got beaten up good, too, you know. Kana: Then, let's shake hands! Kana: At least, we're reconciled now. Shinichi: Oh...okay... -------------- p.112 Shinichi: Ah, I'm getting off at this station... Shinichi: Bye! -------------- p.113 Miggy: Shinichi. Miggy: That woman...you should be careful around her. She's not normal. Shinichi: What do you mean? Miggy: It seems she can barely sense the brain wave only we, parasites, can feel. Shinichi: What!? Shinichi: But she's a human... Then, perhaps, she is... Shinichi: An ESPer? Miggy: No, nothing like that. But you can't be too careful. Miggy: Satomi, who you like, also has keen senses. Miggy: However, that woman is in a different class from Satomi. If I send a signal to her within 50m, she might respond to it. Shinichi: I see... Miggy: We shouldn't go near her if possible. Shinichi: Yeah... -------------- p.114 grocer: Hey, come in, come in, they're cheap! Shinichi: This is the last day I'll eat alone, and I'll cook for myself for the first time. Shinichi: (Cooked vegetables besides raw ones...) Shinichi: Well, it's edible.... Shinichi: It's edible, but bad. Miggy: Shinichi, that meal was pretty good. Shinichi: (Bastard...the taste doesn't matter to him at all...) -------------- p.115 Shinichi: Yes? Kazuyuki: Shinichi! Shinichi: Father? Kazuyuki: I-I can't go home tomorrow! Your mother... Shinichi: Huh!? F-father, what's the matter? Kazuyuki: I have to go to the police... I have to report about that monster... -------------- p.116 Shinichi: Father...father!! Shinichi: What happened to my mother? Kazuyuki: Nobuko... Kazuyuki: di... Kazuyuki: Shinichi! Listen, pull yourself together, okay!! Right now... (telephone goes off) Shinichi: Father! -------------- p.117 Kazuyuki: Damn, it's cut off... man: What the hell!! Don't stand in the middle of the road, mister! Kazuyuki: I'm sorry, but can I have some coins... man: H-hey!! man: What the fuck! He's badly wounded! man2: What are we going to do!? man: What do you think! Call an ambulance! woman: Don't you think it's faster to take him in the car? man: I don't know where the hospital is! Ah, hello!! -------------- p.118 *heartbeat* Shinichi: (Father...M-monster...you mean..) Shinichi: (Mother...) Shinichi: (Where are they now, and what happened!!) Miggy: What's wrong, Shinichi? END - Chapter 11: 'Farewell' =============================================================================== Chapter 12: 'A hole in the breast' -------------- p.120 Shinichi: (Father... Mother... Where are you? Where is this?) Kazuyuki: We'll decide where to stay on each day, so we don't have any detailed schedule! Nobuko: It's flexible, we can relax more, I think. -------------- p.121 Shinichi: (Father...) Kazuyuki: I can't go home tomorrow... Your mother... Shinichi: (My mother? My mother...what?) Kazuyuki: That monster... Shinichi: My mother, not the monster! Kazuyuki: Shinichi... Shinichi: (Mother!) -------------- p.122 woman: Hi, good morning. -------------- p.123 Satomi's friend: Good morning. Satomi: Morning! teacher: Okay, now Shinichi do the next one... teacher: Oh, he's absent. Shinichi: Why? -------------- p.124 Shinichi: Why, why don't they contact me! It's almost sunset! I don't know what's going on with that one call! Kazuyuki: Nobuko...di... Shinichi! Listen, pull yourself together, okay! Shinichi: If I know where they are at least... Miggy: Shinichi, please eat something, and you're short of sleep, too. Shinichi: Monster... Father said so definitely on the phone! Shinichi: Monster... That's right! What else is there besides your kind when people say 'monster'! You... Miggy: Wait, Shinichi! Miggy: My species. My kind appeared! Shinichi: What're you talking about... Miggy: Just now, one of my species appeared near here. -------------- p.125 Shinichi: Heh, there are so many of them, those monsters! Miggy: It's approaching very fast. The distance is approx. 200 meters. Miggy: It knows of our presence, but...I'm not sure of its intent. Miggy: We need to be prepared to fight. It does not have a hostile feeling toward us, yet. However, going from past examples, it'll most probably attack us once it sees our state. In that case, one who takes the initiative wins. Miggy: Shinichi... What's wrong, Shinichi? Shinichi: It's your fault... Shinichi: I was against this trip from the beginning, but since you told me it's safe... Miggy: About your parents... I did not say 'it's safe'. I said the probabilities were that it was safer than usual. I thought you understood it yourself. Shinichi: Shut up! -------------- p.126 Shinichi: In the beginning... In the beginning when a strange creature got into my right hand... Shinichi: That's right! I should've confessed about it! Shinichi: Cut off my right hand! And told everyone, and caused a big stir! Miggy: Shinichi... Shinichi: Even before she went on the trip, mom noticed that I was hiding something, and asked me to say what it was, but I.... Miggy: Shinichi...I understand you want to blame me a lot for what happened. but right now, please think about the battle ahead. Let us talk about this again later. Shinichi: Talk again later? Humph! Miggy: The distance to the enemy is approx. 30 meters. As I expected, its destination is here. Shinichi: Humph! Shinichi: The preparation to fight... -------------- p.127 Miggy: No. You just need to be ready for the battle. There is no need for a weapon. Miggy: Before it judges us as its enemy, I'll kill it in one blow. Shinichi: I can't be empty-handed... Shinichi: I hate them, hate them very much right now, those fucking monsters! Miggy: It stopped. It's in front of the door already! Miggy: It's not pushing the doorbell. Shinichi: Haha, the monsters push the doorbell and say hello to each other? Shinichi: How come it has my home's door key? -------------- p.128 Shinichi: It came inside... -------------- p.130 Shinichi: Mother! What...? -------------- p.131 Shinichi: Mother? parasite: That man hasn't returned, yet? Shinichi: Mother... Miggy: Shinichi, it's not your mother! Shinichi: Mother, welcome home.... What? It's strange...mother? parasite: What is the meaning of this? Why are you live on the hand? -------------- p.132 Miggy: It took your mother's head. Shinichi: Huh? My hand? Oh...yeah, you mean this? I-I wanted to tell to you about this a lot sooner, but... Shinichi: ..you know, I didn't want to surprise you... Miggy: Shinichi, it's not her! Shinichi: Shut up! parasite: Did that man die as I thought? No... I should go back to that place and confirm it again. Miggy: Shinichi! The cooking knife is in my way! Move it! Shinichi: Miggy... Shut up... -------------- p.133 Shinichi: There's something wrong when your right hand speaks in the first place, right, mom? parasite: The right hand. What an unfortunate case... Under the control of a human, unable to take over the brain. Shinichi: No... Shinichi: M-mother! I'll tell you all I was keeping secret, so please don't do bad jokes like this! Miggy: Shinichi! Wake up! Your mother is already... Shinichi: Shut up, shut up! You're the monster!! -------------- p.134 Shinichi: If you speak up anymore, I'll cut you off! Miggy: Shi...!! Shinichi: Mother. Shinichi: Mother. Shinichi: You still remember, right? That scald on your hand... -------------- p.135 Shinichi: I....every time I see it, I feel guilty and... Shinichi: ...think I should apologize to you... Shinichi: Mo... Miggy: Shinichi!! -------------- p.137 parasite: I pierced through the heart, the human part is instantly dead. parasite: And you'll die in a few minutes... Give up. Accept that it's the life span for one who couldn't take a human brain. -------------- p.138 Miggy: (A few minutes left... I guess I just have to try hard.) Miggy: (A direct hit to the heart... It's impossible to fix it in a few minutes. But then, if I don't do anything, Shinichi's brain will die. There's only one option left...) Miggy: (I myself have to merge with the heart!) Miggy: (Stop the gap and at the same time, activate the heart and the lungs, and also circulate blood into myself. That one succeeded in transferring its head, it seems, but...) Miggy: (...my case is riskier.) -------------- p.139 *heart beat* *breathing* Miggy: (Good. It'll recover, I think. But I can't expect it to heal naturally.) Miggy: (Gather cells from the whole body little by little, and fix & strengthen the wounded part.) Miggy: (And, little by little I'll go back to the right hand.... through the veins... as the fix progresses.) -------------- p.140 Satomi: (He's absent today, too...) -------------- p.141 Miggy: (Sugar...) -------------- p.142 (3 days later) *telephone* Shinichi: Hm... -------------- p.143 (breathing and well, look at the pictures!) -------------- p.145 Shinichi: (The hole is closed.... It looks welded rather than stitched....) Shinichi: (Miggy?) Shinichi: (Miggy cured it...?) Shinichi: It was... -------------- p.146-7 Shinichi: It wasn't a dream... -------------- p.148 Shinichi: Hello? nurse: Oh, good. I finally got you. Is this Mr. Izumi? This is Kazuyuki Izumi's house, right? Are you his son? Shinichi: Yes. nurse: Yes? Yes, he's fine. He's sleeping right now, but he's not in a critical condition. nurse: So, please bring a change of clothes when you visit him. -------------- p.149 Shinichi: I'll go now, so... Shinichi: Where is your hospital located? nurse: It's Izu, Shizuoka. Shinichi: (Father! He's alright!) parasite: I should go back to that place and confirm it again. Shinichi: (I've gotta hurry!) -------------- p.150 Satomi: Shinichi... -------------- p.151 Satomi: W-well, you've been absent from school lately, and you also said your father and mother is on a trip.... Satomi: So I thought you might be sick and staying in the house alone.... Shinichi: My father got wounded over there. Satomi: Eh!? Satomi: Th..then your mother is coping on her own... -------------- p.152 Shinichi: I'll be away from school for a while... Satomi: Sh... Satomi: Shinichi.... -------------- p.153 Satomi: Shinichi! Satomi: Y-you'll be back a-again, right? -------------- p.154 Shinichi: Death to that one.... END - Chapter 12: 'A hole in the breast' ============================================================================== Chapter 13: 'No tears' -------------- p.155 JR clerk: Sakurazaki in Izu, you say....take a bus from Mishima... JR: No, a ferry from Numazu gets you there faster! Shinichi: Then, a ticket to Numazu, please. someone: To the port? That's the boarding station. -------------- p.157 Makiko: (Gosh, why is Terai here!) Makiko: (I'm in trouble!) -------------- p.158 Shinichi: (That monster...was seen by father, and it let him get away. Therefore, it looked up our address and came over.) parasite: That man hasn't returned, yet? Shinichi: (Where did it find out our address? From the baggage? Or from the inn? It'll find out about the hospital soon enough, I bet.) Shinichi: (Quickly....quickly!) -------------- p.159 Teacher: Damn, it's too bright on this side. Teacher: Whew... Makiko: (Oh, no.) Makiko: Excuse me, is it OK if I sit here? Makiko: (To evade them, pretend like we're a couple.) -------------- p.160 Makiko: (I wonder what's wrong...he looks really sad.) Shinichi: Are you from Sakurazaki? Makiko: Huh? Yes... Shinichi: Then, you know where Sakurazaki Hospital is? Makiko: Yes. I know it well. Teacher: Aren't you a student from our school? Makiko: Huh. No. No, I'm not. -------------- p.161 Makiko: (Oh, shit....) Makiko: E-excuse me! Makiko: Can you keep this for me? Inside your bag? Makiko: If they find it, they'll take it away! I skipped the school today and went to Numazu to shop, but those two are my teachers! Makiko: Please! Shinichi: Sure. Terai: As I thought, you're Hayase. -------------- p.162 Terai: Why are you here? School isn't closed today. Makiko: Ah....hahahaha, you, too. Terai: Stupid girl, we're here on working trip! Terai: Show me your bag for a second. Makiko: What, don't! Terai: Your school uniform is inside. I see, you changed your clothes on the way to the school and... Your parents don't know about this, either, do they! Teacher: You there! Makiko: Oh, he has nothing to do with me! Teacher: Be quiet. -------------- p.163 Terai: You...I never seen your face, but you're a high school student, aren't you? Terai: I'm Terai, a student counsellor at a junior high in Sakurazaki. What is your relation with Makiko? Shinichi: Nothing. Terai: I don't really want to interfere with whatever you outsiders do, but keep away from my students. Makiko: Hey, Mr. Terai, he's nothing like that, I said! Makiko: Ouch! -------------- p.164 Terai: You're still a junior high school student, do you understand that!! But you're skipping school and dating some guy, this is a disgrace! Shinichi: What...the hell are you, making noises and all... Terai: What did you say? Terai: Hey! I'll check your bag, too, okay! -------------- p.165 Shinichi: What're you doing!! -------------- p.166 (Sakurazaki port) Teacher: What's the matter? That's not like you. You've never been intimidated by any students before. Terai: His eyes... didn't you see them? Teacher: Huh? Terai: They were... filled with a real murderous intent. -------------- p.167 Makiko: Thank you. Makiko: But, that was really something. You made that Terai flinch. Makiko: You don't look that strong, though. Makiko: No, this way! Makiko: To Sakurazaki Hospital, right? It's near my house. -------------- p.168 doctor: Are you alright, Mr. Izumi? The police are here again. Kazuyuki: Thank you. Police: I went there. The inn you last stayed around the cliff where you fell. Kazuyuki: And what did you find!? Police: It was the afternoon of the 18th, you said your wife was murdered... Kazuyuki: Yes. -------------- p.169 Police: And right after that, the murderer...no, 'something' attacked you and you fell over a cliff into the sea. Police: From there, you drifted to a shore on the north side. When you became conscious, it was already nighttime. It was in the early morning of the 19th when you were carried into this hospital by an ambulance. Police: Is this correct? Kazuyuki: Yes. Doctor: The early morning of 19th it is. Kazuyuki: So, you couldn't find...find my wife's body? Police: Mr. Izumi, your wife is alive. Kazuyuki: What!? -------------- p.170 Police: On the 18th, the day you fell over the cliff... in the evening, your wife stayed at the same inn. Kazuyuki: No way! Police: The landlord of the inn says... landlord: Yes...that morning, the couple prepared to depart and said they'll be out for a stroll. landlord: Their luggage was left behind, but they didn't come back even when noon was approaching. So I went to search for them. landlord: After a while, the wife came from the opposite direction alone... -------------- p.171 landlord: She passed by me as if we never met before, so I called to stop her. landlord: But then.... landlord: She said, "My husband went home on urgent business, but I'll be staying one more night." landlord: I thought they had a quarrel and went their own ways. landlord: Yes, she was the same person. I remember she had a scald mark on her right hand well. -------------- p.172 Kazuyuki: No...that can't be... That must be an impostor! Doctor: Mr. Izumi... Perhaps, the 'reality' before you fell & the 'nightmare' after you fell got mixed up and the shock altered the sequence of your memory, I think. Kazuyuki: That wasn't a dream. Definitely not a dream!! Police: Mr. Izumi, you have a life insurance policy. Have you had some trouble with your wife recently? Kazuyuki: What do you mean? Kazuyuki: Are you saying my wife pushed me over the cliff? -------------- p.173 Makiko: Here it is. Shinichi: Thank you. Makiko: Oh, say! Makiko: Where're you staying tonight? Shinichi: I was hoping I could stay in the patient's room. Makiko: I see.. Shinichi: What is it? Makiko: Nothing. Bye! -------------- p.174 Kazuyuki: Please get out! Shinichi: (That's dad's voice!) Shinichi: (Father!) Shinichi: Father! -------------- p.175 Kazuyuki: Shinichi! Shinichi: Fa... Kazuyuki: I'm sorry for making you worry. Shinichi: ah.. er.. -------------- p.176 Shinichi: M-mother is... Shinichi: (It's so horrible... so heartbreaking that I couldn't even speak, yet... for some reason, no tears welled up in my eyes.) -------------- p.177 Kazuyuki: Are you okay? Are you alright? Shinichi! Shinichi: *breathing deeply* Shinichi: Father.... Kazuyuki: Shinichi... Your mother got involved in some accident and we don't know her whereabouts. Shinichi: What!? -------------- p.178 Shinichi: Father...didn't you see? Shinichi: Saw what? Shinichi: What do you mean... Kazuyuki: Yes. I had some bad dream. Because I hit my head. Shinichi: (Dream!? A lie!) Kazuyuki: I left the police to find your mother. I'll be hospitalized for 7 days, but otherwise I'll be fine. Shinichi: (What're you talking about...what're you talking about, father!) Kazuyuki: Shinichi...did something happen at home? Shinichi: What do you mean 'did something happen'!? -------------- p.179 Shinichi: Mother was killed! By a monster!! Kazuyuki: D-did I say something that ridiculous over the phone? Kazuyuki: I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! It's a mistake! Shinichi: Huh? Shinichi: (H-he really believes it was a dream!?) -------------- p.180 Kazuyuki: Shinichi...as you see, I'm alright, so relax a few days and go home. Kazuyuki: It may be painful, but please pull yourself together and hang in there or a while. If you've got any problems, talk to your uncle in Chiba. Shinichi: Father... Shinichi: I have something I want to talk to you about... About mother and the monster... Kazuyuki: Shinichi! Kazuyuki: Shinichi, please...not now... Shinichi: (Father...) Shinichi: (Crying... You know that mother died, after all...) -------------- p.181 Shinichi: (You don't have to lie to me... Do you think I don't know anything?) Shinichi: (I want to tell you the identity of the monster! What the one who killed my mother looks like!) Shinichi: (If only, if only Miggy was really the ally of humans...!) Shinichi: Here's your clothes. Kazuyuki: Shinichi, where are you staying? How much money did you bring? Shinichi: I'll stay here. Kazuyuki: But you can't sleep well here. You want to take a bath, too, no? Kazuyuki: There is a hotel by the beach, so stay there. It's off-season, so if you call now, you can get a room, I'm sure. -------------- p.182 Shinichi: (Hospital.... Wait!) Shinichi: (Miggy is asleep...) Shinichi: (I may be able to expose the identity of the parasite beast now!) Shinichi: (No...not now! To find the enemy and to fight it, I need his abilities...) Shinichi: (So pathetic! In the end, I have no choice but to depend on his power!) Shinichi: What!? Sakurazaki Hotel is that far!? nurse: It's not far away. It's just 300 meters or so. Shinichi: (300 meters... That's the maximum limit Miggy can detect an enemy. When the enemy appears at the hospital, it's too late!) -------------- p.183 Shinichi: (Alright! I'll find a room within 100m. radius of the hospital.) landlord/lady: Huh? You're alone? / Without a reservation and alone... / I'm sorry, but we don't have any rooms left. Shinichi: (It'll be night soon... Maybe I should go back to the hospital.) Shinichi: (Just behind the hospital... It'll be nice if I can stay here.) -------------- p.184 landlady: Alone? Hmmm, we have rooms, but... landlady: (No doubt! I can tell. He must be a runaway boy!) landlady: Are you a high school student? Is it your school's holiday? Shinichi: O-oh, my father is in that hospital over there. He's been hospitalized, so... landlady: Really? Makiko: Yes, really! landlady: Makiko! Makiko: Right? END - Chapter 13: 'No tears' ============================================================================= Chapter 14: 'Comrade' -------------- p.186 Shinichi: (Father must have seen mother being murdered.) Shinichi: (Despite that, he must not have mentioned it because it was such an unbelievable sight, and he wouldn't know how to explain it, I think.) Shinichi: (I have to confess to father about all of this sooner or later... but right now, protecting father's life comes first...) -------------- p.187 Shinichi: (And avenging mother!) Makiko: Hello, your dinner's ready. Shinichi: Thank you. (I can hear people's movement well. Are the walls thin, or has my hearing gotten keener?) -------------- p.188 Shinichi: Thanks for the dinner. Makiko's mom: You're welcome. mom: (Wow...he ate well despite looking so morbid.) Miggy: Shinichi... I want to talk with you. Shinichi: What is it? Miggy: A very important matter. I thought it might be better to keep it secret, but I decided to tell you after all. Miggy: Shinichi...I know you care about your parents very much and compared to that, you take me lightly...no, think me as a nuisance. Miggy: You can say we're allies, and at the same time enemies of a different species. -------------- p.189 Shinichi: What's your point? Miggy: That day... there was a change in my body while I was in the process of repairing you. Shinichi: A change? Miggy: It's a weak point. I now have a weak point that my other 'parasite comrades' don't have. Miggy: I sleep completely for approximately 4 hours out of a day. Shinichi: Is that all...you have slept from time to time since I got you. Miggy: No, nothing like that! -------------- p.190 Miggy: Previously, even I was sleeping, I woke up at some minor thing. such as your being surprised and when your breathing rate falters. Miggy: Or when my species appear with in 300 meter radius from me. Shinichi: Your species...! Miggy: Yes... But this sleep doesn't have that function anymore. In short, if an enemy appears within that 4 hours, everything is over. Miggy: To fix your heart, I left your right shoulder for a long time... as a result, my body constitution has slightly changed. Shinichi: Then, you were sleeping when we arrived in this island and before and for some time after that? Shinichi: Why didn't you tell me about this sooner! -------------- p.191 Miggy: You acquired a great hostility toward me, a parasite beast, since your mother was killed. Miggy: I think it's very dangerous to teach you my weak point, therefore, hesitated till now. Miggy: However, I judge that it'll be more dangerous if you don't know about it. Miggy: Do you understand? -------------- p.192 Shinichi: I...I don't consider you as an enemy anymore... Shinichi: You saved my life after all.... Miggy: That expression is not accurate. It's my life as well. Makiko: Hi, good morning! -------------- p.193 Makiko: Wow! You look healthy today. Makiko: You looked so haggard yesterday. Makiko: You must've slept well. Shinichi: (Maybe because I ate a lot?) Kazuyuki: Yo! -------------- p.194 Kazuyuki: Did you sleep well? Shinichi: Yeah. Shinichi: (I'll be going home after staying 2 days in this town, supposedly as father told me.) Shinichi: (But, I can't do that...until father can leave the hospital.) Shinichi: (Or till that monster appears!) Kazuyuki: Shinichi. Kazuyuki: The sea here is beautiful. Why don't you go and have a swim? -------------- p.195 Shinichi: Okay. Shinichi: (While Miggy is in deep sleep, I have to keep watch with my own eyes. I'll let Miggy sleep during the day, when more people are present and the possibility of the assault is minimised, if possible.) Makiko's mom: (What? That boy...) -------------- p.196 mom: So...how long will you be staying after all? Shinichi: Until my father can leave the hospital, if you don't mind. mom: I see.. Shinichi: Well, I have enough money, I think... mom: Oh, no, I didn't mean anything like that. Makiko: I'm home. Gee, it's hot out. Makiko: Is Mr. Izumi in? mom: Yes. mom: Wait, Makiko! You have some business with him or something? -------------- p.197 Makiko: No. It's nothing really. mom: Oh, god! mom: Listen! He's a visitor! not your friend, okay!? Makiko: I know that. mom: I feel really worried looking at you, somehow. Makiko: Why is that? mom: Because! First of all, we don't know who he is at all... Shinichi: Excuse me... -------------- p.198 Shinichi: How far is it to the sea from here in meters? mom: O-oh, the sea? The sea... mom: I-I don't know how far in meters... But it's about 5 min. or so... Shinichi: 5 minutes... Shinichi: I should go after all, then. Makiko's dad: In front of the hospital all the time...? mom: That's right. Don't you think that's strange? dad: Hmmmm. -------------- p.199 grandpa: I know! He means 'Father' as in not his parent! grandpa: He means a yakuza godfather! There must've been a war between yakuzas and the godfather got wounded or something, so he was hospitalized here. Therefore, a young man from the mafia was sent to keep a watch in front of the hospital just in case. dad: Then, that boy who is staying here is a gangster!? Makiko: No way, what are you talking about, grandpa! mom: Although he's strange, that doesn't seem right. Makiko: Of course not! Have you gone senile or something!? grandpa: What did you say! -------------- p.200 Makiko: He seems to be here under some circumstances, but someone like him, who looks kind and quiet, can't be a gangster. brother: A-ha, sis, brother: You fell in love with a gangster... Shinichi: (There are two roads into this town...another is by ship... Shinichi: (Which will it take?) -------------- p.201 Miggy: Shinichi, I'm sleepy. Very sleepy... Go to the front of the hospital immediately. Shinichi: So suddenly? Can't you try to stay awake? Miggy: No...I feel like I'm falling over into a bottom of a deep valley. Shinichi: It's a different time from yesterday's sleep, too. Miggy: Listen, Shinichi... don't even think about fighting it if it comes... you have no chance... against it....if...I'm...as..leep... Shinichi: Yeah, I know. I should shout and make a lot of noise, right!? To get people's attention. Shinichi: He's asleep. -------------- p.202 Shinichi: (So hot...) Shinichi: (It looks cooler inside, but there are too many people inside so that it's hard to check.) Shinichi: (I have to watch the back entrance, too.) Makiko: Hello. Shinichi: Hi...you're Makiko? Makiko: Just call me Maki. -------------- p.203 Maki: Sitting here all day? You're really worried about your father. Shinichi: Sorta...I have nothing else to do, besides. Maki: I see. Maki: The box you kept for me before... Shinichi: Yes? Maki: You know, in the ferry. Shinichi: Oh. Maki: It's a birthday present to my sempai at school. Shinichi: I see. Maki: But he's so popular... -------------- p.204 Maki: Do you have a girlfriend or someone like that...? Miggy: I'm awake, Shinichi. Shinichi: Okay. Shinichi: Well, let's go back. Miggy: Huh? Shinichi: It's too hot here. Maki: *laugh* Maki: Swim if it's hot, you're in Sakurazaki, you know! -------------- p.205 Maki: You should tan a bit at the beach. Maki: You have a pale-looking body, you know! -------------- p.206 Miggy: Shinichi, a parasite! Miggy: The distance is about 300 meters to the beach. Shinichi: (Finally...it has came!!) Shinichi: Maki! -------------- p.207 Shinichi: Where is the road to the beach!? Maki: Huh? You don't have to swim if you don't want to... Are you angry? Maki: Go down the road and... Maki: Wait! Maki: (When you go straight, the road is blocked with a seawall, so turn left before you get to the end...) Maki: Oh, geez! -------------- p.208 Maki: Hey, wait! -------------- p.209 Maki: (H-he's so fast!) Miggy: Shinichi, I'll ask you just in case! Shinichi: What is it!? Miggy: It's okay to kill it, right!? -------------- p.211 Shinichi: Of course!! I can't stand the idea of those things roaming around in this world! Maki: See, I told you...it's a dead end. Maki: So, you have to go around that way... -------------- p.213 Maki: N-no way... -------------- p.214 Shinichi: Something hides itself at that end... Shinichi: It's that monster!? Miggy: Shinichi, I have one more thing to tell you. I realized clearly just now.... Shinichi: Tell me later! Shinichi: (I won't let you get away!) Shinichi: (How dare you kill my mother!) -------------- p.215 Shinichi: Don't move! -------------- p.216 Shinichi: N-not the same one!! -------------- p.217 Shinichi: It's not that monster... Shinichi: But he's a monster, too, isn't he, Miggy! man: Wait... Wait a second! Shinichi: What's wrong, Miggy? Miggy: This one...the human brain is intact. Shinichi: What!? -------------- p.218 man: Hahahahaha Mouth: Wow, that's unique! A hand!! Shinichi: Shit!! Shinichi: H-his brain is eaten!! His face changed... -------------- p.219 man: N-no! It's true! Really! Mouth: Yeah, it's for real, dude. Miggy: It's true, Shinichi. His brain is intact. Miggy: The lower half of his face to the front side of his neck to his upper chest... man: Yes... -------------- p.220 Mouth: We're comrades, I suppose! Shinichi: (No shit!) END - Chapter 14: 'Comrade' Hiroshi Haga 芳賀 大志 (heretic+@cmu.edu)