--MANGA TRANSLATIONS--
--TRIGUN MAXIMUM VOLUME 5, CHAPTER 4--
--"The Villain"--
Translation by sumire
Second draft
Page 93
Vash stands in the midst of the wreckage of July City.
Narration: And so, the legend is told of a blonde man standing on a mountain of rubble.
Page 94
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 95
Meryl screams as she is engulfed by the Angel Arm. She watches Vash's flashbacks in wide-eyed horror.
Page 96
Tears well up in Meryl's eyes as she sees the moment of destruction.
Page 97
Midvalley hears Hopperd's screams echoing through the complex.
- Midvalley: Gantlet!?
- Shit...!!
He's going to use it!?Page 98
Hopperd thumbs a trigger that sets off a bomb planted in the building.
Page 99
Chunks of concrete fall near Wolfwood and Milly.
Wolfwood: A bomb!? They even rigged this place to explode!?
He points a gun at Milly.
Wolfwood: Run for it before you're buried alive!!
Milly: No--I'm not leaving!
Wolfwood: I'm telling you to get the hell out of here!
Milly, determined, glares back at him.
- Wolfwood (thinks): This isn't working...
- Damn it, she's in this too deep...
Page 100
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 101
The light of the rising sun streams in through the hole in the roof.
Page 102
Hopperd lies on the ground looking up at the sky.
Hopperd: I'm still alive. Shit.
Midvalley appears in his field of view and points a gun at him.
Page 103
- Midvalley: .....
- Hopperd: Hornfreak...
- What are you doing here?
You were supposed to have been long gone by now.- Midvalley doesn't answer.
- Hopperd: Here to silence me, 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 104
Midvalley: There is no heaven and hell.
Suddenly Midvalley, without turning, points his gun behind him.
Page 105
Wolfwood is there behind Midvalley with his gun drawn.
- Midvalley: .....
- ...So, you're still alive.
- Wolfwood (sarcastically): Thanks for your concern.
- But I'd be a dead man if that ball of light hadn't swallowed up all the debris.
Page 106
- Midvalley (thinks): He saw that? His vision must be returning.
- Midvalley: Put down your gun, Chapel.
- There's no reason 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 107
They are startled by the huge wing uhat nfolds from the wreckage near them.
Page 108
They stare at the wing.
Page 109
- Midvalley: Can you feel it? A higher existence...
- 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: This talk is pretty convenient for you.
Midvalley: Don't talk to me about morals. We'll both get our lips burned.
Page 110
- Midvalley: If you're serious about doing it, I am 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 111
- The wing reacts to something.
- Midvalley: What?
- What is it reacting to!?
Hopperd: This... This is... !?
Pages 112-113
Legato comes flying over Midvalley's head.
Pages 114-115
He is carried by his coffin-bearer on a weird three-wheeled vehicle.
Page 116
Legato has his "I'm insane and liking it" face on.
Midvalley (thinks): Legato... Legato Bluesummers!! What's he doing here!?
Page 117
- Legato: Haven't you led things to a fine result.
- Just as I expected from the Master of Sound.
Legato: Won't Knives be pleased...
Legato: Good work, Gantlet. Give your body a rest.
Legato: And now, shall we go home?
Page 118
Midvalley just looks at him, then turns away.
Page 119
As Wolfwood looks on, Midvalley suddenly raises his saxophone to his lips.
Page 120
Legato's eye(s) go wide, and there is a loud noise.
Page 121
Legato has made Hopperd shoot Midvalley through the chest.
Page 122
Legato smiles.
Hopperd: STOP!
There is an explosion of gunfire and blood.To be continued...