--MANGA TRANSLATIONS--
--TRIGUN MAXIMUM VOLUME 5, CHAPTER 5--
--"DEATH DEAL"--
Translation by sumire
Second draft
Page 123
Midvalley, attempting to attack Legato, has just been shot through the chest by Hopperd, his hand manipulated by Legato.
Page 124
Legato sends his big souped-up motorcycle smashing into Midvalley's upper body in a splatter of blood.
Page 125
Hopperd screams, and the angel wing emerging from the rubble reaches out and seizes the front wheel of the motorcycle.
Page 126
Wolfwood points his gun at Legato; Legato makes Hopperd take aim at Wolfwood.
Page 127
Vash emerges from under the wing, his eyes blanked out and the angel-arm effect appearing even on his face.
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- Legato: I feel faint.
- To betray Him, before my very eyes--
--Of course death is the only result.Tears stream from Legato's visible eye.
Page 129
- Hopperd: Why...
- "The Beast"... I eliminated him... I thought...
- Beast: You did...
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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."
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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!
- It's impossible to completely kill us, for one thing.
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- 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.
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Wolfwood (thinks): What? He's moving..!? He's resisting Legato's power!?
Hopperd screams. Vash reacts.
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Wolfwood (thinks): That's it! He's got his hands full just trying to keep Tongari in check!
Hopperd aims his gun at Legato.
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The Beast aims his other gun at Hopperd.
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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, well.
- Things are getting complicated.
This could all go to hell in a second.Page 137
- Hopperd (thinks): Shit... Here I am, ready to throw my life away...
- ...and the one thing I can't move is my trigger finger.
- 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 138-139
Suddenly, Meryl bursts from beneath Vash's wings with Zazie's gun.
Page 140
Legato winces at Meryl's shot near the left side of his face.
Page 141
Hopperd, regaining control of his finger, shoots Legato in the face.
Pages 142-143
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 144
Vash's wing throws Legato and his bearer from the motorcycle.
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Legato's bearer lands in an upright position.
Everyone freezes.Page 146
- Legato: Friendship.
- Trust.
Desire.
Hatred.
You all are flawed.
You carry too many unnecessary burdens.
Only. One. Thing--
Absolute devotion to Him--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...
- ...Then you die here, too.
- Page 147
To Hopperd and Meryl's horror, Midvalley's corpse rises to its feet.
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Hopperd screams.
Vash's wing reacts.Page 149
Something streaks past Midvalley.
Legato's bearer blocks it with his/her hand.
It is the Angel Arm gun.Page 150
The core of the Angel Arm glows. Vash looks like a wild animal ready to attack.
Page 151
Wolfwood: This is bad! That's...!
Everyone, including Legato, looks scared.
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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 ...