--MANGA TRANSLATIONS--
--TRIGUN MAXIMUM CHAPTER 33--
Printed in Young King Ours, October 2000
Translation by sumire
Page 151
Vash stands in the midst of the wreckage of July City.
Narration: And so, the legend is handed down--the silhouette of a blonde man standing on a mountain of rubble.
Page 152
Feathers of the Angel Arm are touching Hopperd's eyes, forcing him to relive the Lost July incident.
Hopperd (screams): Don't make me watch it--that moment in July!
Page 153
Meryl screams as she is engulfed by the Angel Arm. She watches Vash's flashbacks in wide-eyed horror.
Page 154
Tears well up in Meryl's eyes as she sees the moment of destruction.
Page 155
Hopperd's screams echo through the complex and are heard by Midvalley.
- Midvalley: Gantlet!?
- No...!!
He's going to use it!?Page 156
Hopperd thumbs a trigger that sets off a bomb planted in the building.
Page 157
Chunks of concrete fall near Wolfwood and Milly.
Wolfwood: Explosives!? They even rigged this place with explosives!?
He points a gun at Milly.
Wolfwood: Run for it before you're buried alive!!
Milly: No--I won't!
Wolfwood: Get out of here, stupid!
Milly, determined, glares back at him.
Wolfwood (thinks): Shit... now she's mixed up in this, too...
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Their attention is diverted by a huge ball of light that consumes all the flying debris and blasts a big hole in the roof of the building.
Page 159
The light of the rising sun streams in through the hole in the roof.
Page 160
Hopperd lies on the ground looking up at the sky.
Hopperd: So I didn't die. Shit.
Midvalley appears in his field of view and points a gun at him.
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- Midvalley: .....
- Hopperd: Hornfreak...
- What are you doing here?
You said you were going to get out of here a long time ago.- Midvalley doesn't answer.
- Hopperd: Your lips are sealed, eh?
- Hopperd: That's right, that's the way to do it.
- Hurry up and finish me off already.
- Hopperd: I probably won't be able to go where she is...
- ...but it's got to be closer than this place.
Page 162
Midvalley: So there's both a heaven and a hell in the next world, huh.
Suddenly Midvalley, without turning, points his gun behind him.
Page 163
Wolfwood is there behind Midvalley with his gun drawn.
Midvalley: ...So, you're still alive.
Wolfwood: Thanks to you. But I'd be a dead man if that
ball of light hadn't swallowed up all the rubble.Page 164
- Midvalley (thinks): He saw that? His vision must be returning.
- Midvalley: Put down your gun, Chapel.
- There's no reason or inclination for us to fight anymore.
Or are you going to keep up your ridiculous act even now? Huh?
Nicholas D. Wolfwood, sworn friend of Vash the Stampede...Page 165
A huge wing unfolds from the wreckage near them.
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They stare at the wing.
Page 167
- Midvalley: Can you feel it? An existence from another dimension...
- The rest of us are just garbage.
If this so much as felt like it, it could wipe us all out.
Not even a single bone--a single drop of blood--a single shred of flesh--would remain of mankind. Complete elimination.
Midvalley: ... I want to get out of here.- I can't stand being near that thing one second more.
You know what I'm talking about, don't you?Wolfwood: That's pretty convenient for you.
Midvalley: Don't talk to me about morals. We'll both get our lips burned.
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- Midvalley: If you're gonna do it, I will too.
- If luck's on your side, great, but what if you go down?
The plan to have them destroy each other goes back to square one.Page 169
- The wing reacts to something.
- Midvalley: What?
- What is it reacting to!?
Hopperd: This... This is... !?
Pages 170-173
Legato comes flying over Midvalley's head, carried by his coffin-bearer on a weird three-wheeled vehicle. He has his "I'm insane and liking it" face on.
Page 174
Midvalley (thinks): Legato... Legato Bluesummers!! What's he doing here!?
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- Legato: What excellent results you've delivered.
- Just as one would expect from the master of sound.
Knives will surely be pleased.
Good work, Gantlet. Give your body a rest.Legato: And now, shall we go home?
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Midvalley just looks at him, then turns away.
Page 177
As Wolfwood looks on, Midvalley suddenly raises his saxophone to his lips.
Page 178
Legato's eye(s) go wide, and there is a loud noise.
Page 179
Legato has made Hopperd shoot Midvalley through the chest.
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Legato smiles.
Hopperd: STOP!
There is an explosion of gunfire and blood.To be continued next issue...