Chapter 9: Don't Touch God And You Won't Be Cursed
* Expression similar to, "Let sleeping dogs lie."
Translated by : Kaori Hasegawa
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Proofread by : Mike Chapman and Shampoo
Story and Art by : Masakazu Katsura
<174> Ayumi: The rumor is true.
<175> Len: Hiromu-kun! Chase after her! Hurry, go after her!
Hiromu: It's okay.
Len: Eh?? What do you mean?
Toshiki: That was not well done.
Girl: Wait, you!
<176>
Girl: What do you want! What did you do to Ayumi!?
Len: Well... About the rumor about her.
Sound: Pan.
Len: Ouch...
Hiromu: H-Hey!
Girl: That rumor is a lie!!
<177>
Sound: Ta.
Hiromu: Ah, just a minute, this!
Sound: Gu.
Girl: What.
Len: I'm glad the rumor was a lie.
<178>
Toshiki: Hey, I wonder why she said it was true, even if it's
not.
Hiromu: ...I don't know...
Toshiki: So...Maybe she doesn't like Hiromu...
Len: Stupid, it's the opposite.
Len: She likes you, so she said it. Can't you see it in
her mood?
Len: Oh... So what I said was correct...
<179>
Len: I have something to do, so you guys go ahead and go
home.
Toshiki: H-Hey.
Toshiki: Hiromu... What do you think? Saying something true
is false, and she likes you...
What does it mean?
Hiromu: Of course I don't know...
Toshiki: Let's think about it.
Hiromu: It's all right. Even if she likes me and lied to me.
Either way, she's trying to get me to hate her,
right?
Toshiki: If you talk like that, then who is Len-chan working
so hard for?
<180>
Hiromu: But...
Toshiki: Then, fine. I'll think by myself. For myself.
Toshiki: I don't know what girls are thinking... I want to
understand a little bit,
Toshiki: What does breaking up even though you like a person
mean? Well... Um... If I think simply and
heartfully... Does it mean, "you're too good for
me?"... Then she has some regret... Or, she
committed a crime in the past or something...
<181>
Toshiki: ...Not suitable for Hiromu... If she found out about
your fascination with girls...
Toshiki: Maybe the rumor was too exaggerated, but... She may
not be a virgin...
Sound: Chira.
Toshiki: I'm just kidding! Well!! Think of another reason!!
Hiromu: ...If so, she's a person from a different world.
Even if I could go out with her... She's not, a guy
like me would have problems later, and we would be
hopeless... Then I shouldn't do anything, "Don't
touch God, and you won't be cursed."
<182>
Len: Ah.
Len: Hey, i want to talk to you.
<183>
Girl: Ayumi, you, go home. I'll talk to her.
Girl: This is fine.
Len: Then, here.
Girl: And, what? Finish up quickly.
Len: I'm thinking about finding the source of the rumor
and stopping it... Please, help me.
<184>
Girl: Strange girl.
People: You are betraying me. Come with us.
People: All right, all right.
Girl: The source of the rumor is that one, the one in the
middle, who has the lighter-colored hair.
<184>
Len: Oh... He looks handsome.
Girl: Ayumi's ex-boyfriend...
Len: Eh!? Shirakawa-san's ex-boyfriend? Eh, why would he
spread such a rumor.
Girl: Hah.
Len: Okay!
Girl: Okay? What are you going to do!?
Len: I'm going to complain about the rumor.
<186>
Girl: You're stupid. It's impossible. Don't even try.
Len: Nothing will happen if someone tries. Like this,
Shirakawa-san will keep being hurt by the rumor.
It's not good.
Len: Then, I'm sorry to take up your time.
Girl: Ah.
Girl: I'm sorry that I slapped you earlier...
Len: That's okay. It was because of your kindness, so.
<187>
Sound: Ta ta ta ta ta.
Len: I'm home.
Toshiki: Kuka.
Len: What an easy-going guy.
Toshiki: Ku.
Len: Hey. Listen. The truth about the rumor is coming
out.
<188>
Toshiki: Oh... Len-chan, you're here. Welcome home.
Len: Gee... How can you sleep while everyone else is
worrying.
Toshiki: I got sleepy because I was thinking about difficult
issues.
Len: And! I found out which guy is spreading the rumor!
Toshiki: Wow! Are you serious!!
Len: Leave it to me!! i tried to talk to him, but he
refused me. Too bad!!
Hiromu: Len-chan... Just for me...
Toshiki: And! And! Who is he!
Len: Well, it's shocking.
<189>
Len: Shirakawa-san's ex-boyfriend.
Toshiki
& Hiromu: Eh!?
Toshiki: Just like I thought.
Len: Eh? As you thought, what!? What!?
Toshiki: Well... I was thinking about the psychology behind
trying to be hated.
Toshiki: If she found out the Hiromu is fastidious about
girls, she may not be as naive as Hiromu thinks...
She may not be a virgin... And, if she had a bad
boyfriend, there is a stronger possibility...
Len: Wow, it's sharp thinking for your level!!
Toshiki: Take off the "for your level" part.
<190>
Len: But, it's not such a big problem...
Hiromu: Hey... Len-chan...
Hiromu: I was thinking...but, you're...nice to me, and I
have fun being with you...
If I live like this, with you, my wound may get
better...
Len: What do you mean?
Hiromu: I mean... Well... My level is different from hers...
Or a different world. She's already an adult, and
I'm still a kid... How can I say... I think...
It's impossible...
<191>
Len: Hiromu-kun, I've lost all my respect for you. What
do you think girls are!?
Len: Don't you think girls are human!! You said something
that sounds nice, but.
I heard it as, "Experienced girls don't have a right
to go out with me!!"
Hiromu: She's angry... This is the first time I've seen her
angry...
Sound: Kuru...
Len: Hold me, right now!!
Toshiki: Eh!?
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