--MANGA TRANSLATIONS--
--TRIGUN MAXIMUM VOLUME 4, CHAPTER 2--
--"BLUESY KILLER HORN"--
Translation by sumire
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- Midvalley (thinks): Monev the Gale... Mine the E.G. Mine... Dominique the Cyclops... Rai-Dei the Blade...
- Grey the Ninelives... Leonof the Puppetmaster...
Their numbers are dwindling... that band of superpowered killing freaks...Pages 30-31
Title page: Midvalley, band, and one dead audience.
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- Midvalley (thinks): All my life, it was always sound that I loved...
- That's all.
Midvalley and Hopperd come to a crack in the floor.
- Midvalley: Right there.
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Hopperd: What is this?
Midvalley: A perfect cross-section. Don't touch the edge--you'll get hurt.
Hopperd peers at the cut surface.
- Midvalley: The "blade" was just a few tenths of a micron thick.
- This whole block is sliced up.
Hopperd: How do you know?
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- Midvalley: I can "hear" it.
- The echo of the wind against the hull is different.
Hopperd: It was "Him"?
- Midvalley: Who else would it be?
- It wasn't human... On the contrary, this is the domain of either gods or devils.
- Midvalley: Incidentally...
- ...it's dangerous on that side, you know.
Hopperd: Shit!! Are you serious!?
Flashback to Midvalley's past.
Midvalley (thinks): Given my line of work, I should have been able to sense trouble coming.
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Midvalley (thinks): But that doesn't work on pure, unadulterated evil.
Knives sits applauding at the back of the room.
Midvalley (thinks): A power that great seizes your fate without warning.
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- Guitarist: Who the fuck are you?
- Knives: Bravo! What a superb performance.
- The resonance of distinct sound waves--murder music!
- Outstanding.
And their dying screams layered over it--what unspeakable beauty.- And above all--
- --killing the entire audience to reach a single target. I like your style!
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The drummer and guitarist stand poised to attack.
Midvalley: Don't do it!
Drummer: Why not, Midvalley!
Guitarist: He knows our method!!
Knives smiles, his arms folded.
- Knives: I'm collecting knives.
- Tough ones, capable of mass slaughter.
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The assembled Gung-Ho-Guns.
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Midvalley and a bloody massacre.
- Midvalley (thinks): I killed.
- And killed.
And killed.
And KILLED!!
As part of "His" special forces...
I silenced every last one who got in the way.
Women... children... infants... elders... No matter how many were slaughtered,
His eyes never showed the slightest pity.Page 41
- Midvalley (thinks): No--just once...
- I thought I saw the faintest shadow of a smile flicker in them.
And thinking back on it now, could it have been satisfaction?
The contentment a man feels upon exterminating a nest of vermin.
And the object of his loathing--we were no exception.Page 42
Midvalley (thinks): A game of death with ludicrous rules...
Legato?: Eternal suffering to Vash the Stampede!
Midvalley (thinks): And there's nowhere to run.
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Legato is reporting to Knives in a big, dark room.
- Legato: At present...
- After receiving word that the attack had begun, contact was lost with the Puppetmaster and Ninelives.
In light of the amount of time that has passed, it is possible that both have been lost.
Continuing, the Beast is presently searching for the target in the surrounding area.
End of report.- Legato: ...and what will you do about...?
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Knives: ?
Legato: The handling of Chapel, Master.
- Knives: Oh, him.
- Things are pretty much going according to my calculations. He's doing a good job, isn't he?
Legato: Master... you mean...?
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Knives yawns and scratches his ear.
Knives: He's part of a special unit. Guide and babysitter.
Legato: Master... this is the first... I had heard of it.
Knives: Oh, really? So...?
Legato: Nothing, Master.
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Legato is carried off by his bearer. Midvalley stands half in darkness.
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- Midvalley (thinks): I can feel the chill creeping over my body.
- Even now that his body is crippled, I don't know whether or not I can beat him.
But--if there is no escape from death--!Page 48
- Midvalley (thinks): A single moment... I blow just once,
- and at a speed of 340 meters per second,
it hits the target's brain...Page 49
Midvalley's flashback.
The instant the guitarist and drummer make their move.Midvalley: STOP!!
Knives raises an Angel Arm blade where his hand should be.
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Sprays of blood and the dismembered parts of his bandmates fly all around Midvalley.
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Return to the present.
Midvalley sinks to the floor, trembling with fear.
Knives sits alone in darkness.
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Vash and Wolfwood are struggling through the desert on foot.
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Vash: Wolfwood!
Wolfwood: What?
- Vash: Promise me...
- ...you'll never, ever buy another lemon--WUH!
Vash collapses.
Wolfwood: Think back, stupid! That was all we could afford, remember?
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Vash(delirious): Rem... Rem... It's all going white...
- Wolfwood: Cripes, you piss me off! And who the hell is that woman!?
- Get up! Or I'm leaving you here!
What happened to that "Mr. Invincible" toughness?
Can't you even walk a few million Iles without water?Wolfwood grinds his heel on Vash's head.
Vash: ow ow ow ow
- Wolfwood (thinks): Damn. This could be bad.
- If he dies here, it all comes to nothing.
Suddenly, Vash raises his head.
Wolfwood: What is it?
- Vash: I hear something!
- The sound of an engine... it's a car!
- Wolfwood: You're right!
- Buddha in hell! Call out to them!
Vash and Wolfwood: HEEEEEEY!!!
The car rumbles closer.
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Their jaws drop as they see Milly driving while Meryl nonchalantly takes a swig of water.
Meryl is clearly miffed.
They drive past, not stopping.Page 57
Wolfwood: Shit! They're really not gonna stop! After them, Tongari!!
Two tiny figures race after the retreating cloud of dust.
- Vash and Wolfwood: WAIT FOR US!
- WE'RE SORRY! WE'RE SORRY! WE SAID WE'RE SORRY!
Their screams for help echo across the desert.
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Midvalley and Hopperd have just demonstrated their skills for Legato.
Midvalley: How about it, Master Legato?
- Legato: That will do.
- That was a fine display of power.
I'm sending both of you together....Continued in Volume 4, Chapter 3: "BOTTOM OF THE DARK"