--MANGA TRANSLATIONS--
--TRIGUN MAXIMUM CHAPTER 34--
Printed in Young King Ours, November 2000
Translation by sumire
Page 121
Midvalley, attempting to attack Legato, has just been shot through the chest by Hopperd, his hand manipulated by Legato.
Page 122
Legato sends his big souped-up motorcycle smashing into Midvalley's upper body in a splatter of blood.
Page 123
Hopperd screams, and the angel wing emerging from the rubble reaches out and seizes the front wheel of the motorcycle.
Page 124
Wolfwood points his gun at Legato; Legato makes Hopperd take aim at Wolfwood.
Page 125
Vash appears under the wing, his eyes blanked out and the angel-arm effect appearing even on his face.
Page 126
- Legato: I feel faint.
- To betray Him, before my very eyes--
--Of course death is the only result.Page 127
Tears stream from Legato's visible eye.
- Hopperd (laughs dryly): Why...
- "The Beast"... I eliminated him... didn't I...?
- Beast: Yes...
Page 128
Beast: But that's not the full answer.
A slender figure, tan with longish straight fair hair, appears with a few fluttering butterflies.
- Beast: You're terrible to us, aren't you.
- It's quite hard, you know, "supplying" a new "terminal."
Page 129
Wolfwood: You...
Panel comparing Zazie the Beast and the new Beast. The new Beast looks sort of like a teenage girl, several years older than Zazie.
Wolfwood: ...You're the Beast!?
Wolfwood, who has one gun trained on Legato, points the other at the Beast. The Beast also brings a gun to bear on Wolfwood.
Beast: Don't try anything funny! For one thing, it's impossible to completely kill us.
Page 130
- Hopperd (to Legato): I don't know what's going on...
- ...but evidently, you were in on everything.
You were playing with us...Hopperd's hand trembles.
Page 131
Wolfwood (thinks): What? He's moving..!? He's resisting Legato's power!?
Hopperd screams. Vash reacts.
Page 132
Wolfwood (thinks): That's it! He's got his hands full just trying to keep Tongari in check!
Hopperd aims his gun at Legato.
Page 133
The Beast aims his other gun at Hopperd.
Page 134
Hopperd has a gun pointed at Legato. The Beast has guns pointed at Hopperd and Wolfwood. Wolfwood has guns pointed at Legato and the Beast. And Vash has a wing on Legato's motorcycle.
- Wolfwood: Well.
- Things are getting complicated.
This could all go to hell in a second.Page 135
- Hopperd (thinks): Shit... Here I am, ready to throw my life away...
- ...and the one thing I can't move is my trigger finger--it's like it's not even there.
- Wolfwood (thinks): This stalemate is balanced on a single finger...
- Legato Bluesummers... This is the first time I've ever seen you in such a tight spot.
Now...
...Who's going to play the next card?Pages 136-137
Suddenly, Meryl bursts from beneath Vash's wings with the gun she picked up from Zazie.
Page 138
Legato winces at Meryl's shot near the left side of his face.
Page 139
Hopperd, regaining control of his finger, shoots Legato in the face.
Pages 140-141
The Beast shoots Hopperd in his right shoulder/neck.
Wolfwood shoots the Beast in the right thigh.
Blood spatters from the unseen left side of Legato's face.
As the Beast falls, he shoots Wolfwood in the left arm.Page 142
Vash's wing throws Legato and his bearer from the motorcycle.
Page 143
Legato's bearer lands in an upright position.
Everyone freezes.Page 144
- Legato: Friendship.
- Trust.
Desire.
Hatred.
You are all uncertain.
You all carry too many unnecessary burdens.
You need... Only. One. Thing.
Absolute devotion to Him. That ought to be all you need.The left side of Legato's face is twisted into an evil mask. His left eye, visible through his bangs, is wide open.
- Legato: If you cannot even be a pawn...
- ...Die here now with this one.
- Page 145
Meryl screams and Hopperd is horrified as Midvalley's corpse rises to its feet.
Page 146
Hopperd screams.
Vash's wing reacts.Page 147
Something streaks past Midvalley.
Legato's bearer blocks it with his/her hand.
It is the Angel Arm gun.Page 148
The core of the Angel Arm glows. Vash looks like a wild animal ready to attack.
Page 149
Wolfwood: No! That's...!
Everyone, including Legato, looks scared.
Page 150
Suddenly an enormous spike impales the bearer's hand (and the angel arm?) against the ground. Legato and Vash stare at each other intensely.
To be continued next issue...