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デュモン登場
パタリロ!120
Dumont's Debut 
Patalliro! 120

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Panel 2
カチャッ
Kacha - Click

Panel 3
デュモンだ
It's Dumont.

Panel 4
ああ もうすぐ出かけるまもなく客が来るので待っているところだ
Aah, I'll be leaving soon. I'm waiting because guests will be arriving soon.

Panel 5
バタバタバタ
Bata bata bata - Clatter clatter

Panel 6
来たようだ
It seems they've come.

チャッ
Cha - Click

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Panel 1
ビン！
Bin! - Veen!

Panel 2
プルプルプル
Puru puru puru - Jiggle jiggle

Panel 3
バーン
Baan - Baam

Panel 4
スコットランドヤードだ。神妙にしろ！！
This is Scotland Yard. Come quietly!!

Panel 5
シュッ
Shu - Swoosh

Panel 6
ガシャン
Gashan - Smack

バチッ
Bachi - Clack

Panel 7
バリバリバリ
Bari bari bari - Crackle crackle

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Panel 1
クイッ
Kui - Jerk

Panel 2
バチッ
Bachi - Crack

Panel 4
ドウー
Dou - Thud

Panel 5
用はすんだ
仕事にかかる
My business is finished.
I'll get to work.

Panel 6
チン
Chin - Click

Panel 7
コッ
Ko - Tap

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Panel 1
ゆっくりしていってくれ。部屋代は払ってあるから遠慮はいらん
Take your time. The room is paid for so there's no need to be reserved.

Panel 3
カシーンカシーン
Kashiin kashiin - Click click

Panel 4
キーン
Kiin - Scree

ゴオオオオ。。。
Gooooo.... - Roooooar...

Panel 5
パシャッパシャッパシャッ
Pasha pasha pasha - Click click click

Panel 7
着いたか。よしすぐこちらへお連れしてくれ
He's arrived? All right, bring him here immediately.

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Panel 1
リーデントホテル最上階のスイートルームだ。報道陣にはヘルトンと言ってある。あとでクレームがつくだろうが保安上やむをえん
It's a suite on the top floor of the Leadent Hotel. The reporters were told it was the Helton. Although they'll probably file claims later it's unavoidable to ensure security.

少佐
Major.

Panel 2
ホテル内の最終チェックを終わりました 怪しい人物装置その他疑わしい物は一切ありません
We finished checking who was last in the hotel. There weren't any suspicious people, devices or anything else doubtful.

よし だが油断するなよ
All right, but don't be unprepared.

Panel 3
しかし 何と言いますか。もうひとつこの任務にはのれませんねえ
But what will we say? I don't feel like taking up this job.

うん？
Hn?

Panel 4
南アフリカ ダンビラ共和国のゾミン大統領と言えば恐怖政治で有名な独裁者ですよ。クーデターで政権をにぎってから彼に殺された人間は数しれません
President Zomin of the Danbira Republic in South Africa is a dictator famous for terrorism. After coming into power in a coup d'etat a lot of people have been killed.

Panel 5
去年 独裁政治に反対する若者を五百人公開処刑したのも彼だったな
Last year he also executed 500 people publicly who opposed his dictatorship.

ひどいもんだ
That's cruel.

まったく
Indeed.

Panel 6
相手が悪魔だろうが小型のヒットラーだろうが命令とあれば警護するのがわれわれの仕事だ。文句を言うな
He's a demon but he's a small fry compared to Hitler and if we get orders to escort him it's our job. Stop complaining.

シュボッ
Shubo - Fwoosh

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Panel 1
しかしあんな奴殺された方が世の中のためになりますよ
But if we killed him it would be better for the world.

おい！
Hey!

Panel 2
ハッ
Hah

すみません。言いすぎました
Sorry. I said too much.

Panel 3
わたしも同感だ
I agree.

あ
Ah.

Panel 4
ただしそれが他の国でならだよその国で殺されるんならわたしもとっておきのシャンペンで祝杯をあげてもいい
However, if he's killed in another country I may drink a toast with the best champagne as well.

Panel 5
しかしこの英国で暗殺などというまねは絶対にさせん！とくにデュモンが動いているとあってはな！
But I won't allow him to be assassinated in England! Especially since Dumont is on the move.

ギュッ
Gyu - Twist

Panel 6
デュモン？
Dumont?

知らんのか
You don't know?

Panel 7
盗み殺人破壊工作なんでもござれのプロフェッショナルで今 売り出し中の男だ
He's a professional whether it's theft, murder or subversive activities. Right now he's a rising star.

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Panel 1
なんだ新参者か。なら少佐が気にすることもあるまい
What, a newcomer? Someone like you doesn't need to worry about that, Major.

おまえら少し自分の無知を自覚しろ
Be a little conscious of your own ignorance.

Panel 2
並の新参者とはわけがちがうぞ。受けあった仕事はすべて成功させているんだ。それもいちいちカンにさわるやり方でな
He's not your average newcomer. He takes on and guarantees success on his work and has been successful every time. On top of that how he does it each time gets on my nerves.

Panel 3
といいますと？
Meaning?

すべて不可能犯罪なんだ
They were all impossible crimes.

Panel 4
はあ？
Huh?

Panel 5
たとえば誰かが奴にカンづめを盗めと依頼したとする
For example, suppose someone asked him to steal something from inside a tin can.

Panel 6
中身はシャケですか。クジラですか。自分はサバの水煮が好きですが
Is salmon inside? Or whale? I like boiled mackerel myself.

Panel 7
中身なぞどうでもいい！
The contents don't matter!

ゴキッ
Goki - Smack

Panel 8
よくやった。上司のわたしがなぐると労働問題に発展するおそれがある
Well done. If I hit people as your boss it could develop into a labor problem.

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Panel 1
普通の奴ならカンづめごと盗みだすだろう。しかしデュモンはカンづめをあけずに中身だけ盗むんだ
If it was a normal person they would probably steal the can. But Dumont steals the contents without opening the can.

Panel 2
そんなバカな！
That's ridiculous!

Panel 3
本当だ！
It's true!

ドゴッ
Dogo - Pow

Panel 4
殺人でも必ずそれを密室殺人にしたてあげる。デュモンのしわざとわかっていてもどうやって殺したかさえわからない。始末で 各国の警察の面目は丸つぶれだ
Even murders he always murders them in a room that's locked from the inside. Even if we know Dumont did it we still don't know how he killed them. The reputation of the police in each country has fallen dealing with this.

Panel 5
ハハッ。。。なかなかすごい奴のようで。。。
Ha ha... He seems pretty incredible...

Panel 6
デュモンはすでにわが国に潜入している先日ヤードがとらえようとしてひどい目に合わされたのだ
Dumont has already snuck into our country. The other day the Yard tried to capture him and suffered a cruel fate.

Panel 7
これでなぜしっかり警備しなければならんかわかっただろう！目の前で密室殺人なぞやられたらMI6の立場がどうなるか！
Now do you understand why we must keep up a reliable defense?! If he's murdered behind a locked door what will happen to MI6's position?!

はっ！
Yes sir!

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Panel 1
少佐！大統領がお着きになりました！
Major! The president has arrived!

Panel 2
よし すぐスイートルームへ
All right, take him to his room immediately!

少佐ー！
Majooor!

バタバタバタ
Bata bata bata - Clatter clatter

Panel 3
怪しい人物をつかまえました！
We've caught a suspicious person!

Panel 4
なにっ？！
What?!

Panel 5
大統領を急いで部屋へ！その怪しい奴を連れてこい！
Rush the president to his room! Bring the suspicious person here!

ダダッ
Da da - Stomp stomp

Panel 6
やっ
Yo.
*Patalliro is disguised as Nakasone Yasuhiro, the former Prime Minister of Japan.

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Panel 1
くだらん変装はやめろ。このつぶれ笹ダンゴが！！
Knock off the idiotic disguises! You close-eyed sasadango!!
*Sasadango is a type of dumpling.

Panel 2
ども
Hi.

んっ？！誰だそれは！
Hn?! Who is that?!

Panel 3
金丸です
Kanemaru.
*Kanemaru Shin, a former Japanese politician.

自民党の幹事長なんぞ知るか~~~っ！！
Like I'd know the chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party~~~!!

Panel 4
やっぱり中曽根さんほど顔と知られてない
As I thought, his face isn't as well known as Mr. Nakasone's.

二階堂さんの方がよかったでしょうか
Maybe Mr. Nikaido would have been better?
*Nikaido Susumu, a former member of Japan's House of Representatives.

Panel 5
自民党といえば
Speaking of the Liberal Democratic Party...

Panel 6
実はここふた晩続けてお化粧する夢を見てしまいまして
Actually for two nights I've seen dreams about cosmetics.

自民党となんか関係あるのか？
How is that related to the Liberal Democratic Party?

Panel 7
ありませんけど気になるんです
It's not but it makes me uneasy.

欲求不満なんだろう
It's probably frustration.

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Panel 1
新入りはよくおぼえておけ。これがマリネラの粗大ゴミだ
Newcomers, remember this well. This is Malynera's over-sized garbage.

Panel 2
ああ それがうわさのパタリロ国王
Aah, that's the rumored King Patalliro?

本物ですか？まさかとは思いますがデュモンの変装などということはないでしょうね？
He's real thing? I never would have thought that, are you sure it's not one of Dumont's disguises?

Panel 3
しっ！
Sh!

Panel 6
盗聴器はないだろうな？
There's no wiretaps?

はっ さきほどよく調べましたから
Yes, we examined closely awhile ago.

Panel 7
よかった。デュモンが聞いたら気を悪くするところだった
That's a relief. Dumont would be offended if he heard that.

念のいった皮肉だなあ
You must be being sarcastic.

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Panel 1
いつの間にそんな芸当をおぼえたんだ ええっ？
Have you memorized tricks like that without noticing, eeh?

レンガか何かないか？ああそこの金づちでいい
Isn't there a brick or something? Aah, that hammer will do.

Panel 2
何しに来た！
What did you come here for?!

大統領に会いにだ
To meet the president.

ウッ。。。
Ugh...

Panel 3
ゾンビがゾミンに何の用だ！
What business does a zombie have with Zomin?!

おいちょっとまともに話をしよう
なっ
Hey, I just want to talk to him directly for a bit.
Yeah?

Panel 4
失敗したSFXが大統領に何の用だと聞いてるんだ！
I asked what an SFX that's gone wrong wants with Zomin?!

Panel 5
つまりだな。あ~~~おまえ大統領がイギリスへ何しに来たかは知ってるんだろうな？
In short. Ah~, do you know what the president has come to England for?

Panel 6
もちろんだ。ダンビラには豊富な鉱物資源があるが長年の政情不安のため産業として確立することができなかった。しかし大統領が政権を掌握したのを機に大々的に鉱業をおこすためわが国に資金援助を要請しに来たのだ
Of course. Although there's abundant mineral resources in Danbira it's been politically unstable for a long time, so it hasn't been able to establish an industry. But the president who has grabbed political power came to request financial support from our country in order to start mining on a grand scale.

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Panel 1
そこだ
There.

Panel 2
ここか？
Here?

そうだ
That's right.

Panel 3
コーン
Koon - Dong

Panel 4
いててて！！
Ow ow ow ow!!

おまえとはどうも落ち着いて話ができんな
Can't you settle down?

Panel 5
つまりその資金援助をマリネラにさせてもらおうというのだ！なんといってもダンビラはダイヤで有名な南アのおとなりさんだからな！
In short, I want to tell him that Malynera will give him financial support! Danbira is next door to South Africa, which is famous for its diamonds to say the least!

Panel 6
ダンビラでもダイヤがでるかもしれんと？そうしたらそのダイヤをマリネラの販売網で売るつもりか？
Diamonds probably come from Danbira too, right? If that's so then do you plan on selling those diamonds on Malynera's sales network?

わかってるじゃないか？大統領に会わせろ
So you understand? Let me see the president.

Panel 7
放り出せ
Throw him out.

ちょっと待てー！
Wait a minute!

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Panel 1
イギリスをはなれてからなら資金援助の話でもなんでもするがいいだがわが国にいる間は絶対に会わせるわけにはいかん！
After he leaves England you can talk to him about financial assistance all you want, but while he's in our country you absolutely can't see him!

なぜ？！
Why?!

Panel 2
おまえは知らんだろうがある男が大統領の命をねらっているんだ。おまえを大統領に会わせてそのすきに乗じられてはかなわん
You probably don't know this but a certain man is after the president's life. If you meet with the president he can take advantage of that chance?

Panel 3
すきに乗じるとは？
How would he take advantage of it?

Panel 4
たとえばおまえの体に爆弾をしかけるとか
For example, strapping a bomb to your body.

そんなバカな
That's ridiculous.

ハッハッ
Ha ha

ゴンゴン
Gon gon - Clang clang

Panel 5
えっ？
Eh?

ジジッ
Ji ji - Fizz

わーっ！！
Waaah!!

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Panel 1
ミャーッ！
Myaaah!

Panel 2
ミャッミャミャッミャーッ！
Myah myah myah myaaah!

名古屋のニワトリです
Chickens from Nagoya.

Panel 3
いててて冗談だってば！
Ow ow ow, it was a joke!

パーンパーン！
Paan paan! - Thwack thwack!

おまえという奴はーっ！！
You!!

Panel 4
こうなったら！
If it's come to this!

ザーッ
Zaa - Rustle

おっ？！
Oh?!

Panel 5
木の葉隠れ！
He's hiding in the foliage!
*In Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga, "Iga no Kagemaru", hiding in foliage was Kagemaru's forte.

Panel 6
ザーッ
Zaa - Rustle

Panel 7
プハッ
Puha - Gasp

苦しい！
That's hard!

Panel 8
今のうち
Now!

ダッ
Da - Tap

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Panel 1
つかまえろ！なんなら射殺しれもかまわん！！
Catch him! I don't care if you shoot him to death!!

Panel 2
ダーッ
Daa - Tap

Panel 3
ここは通さん！
You can't pass here!

Panel 4
ポーン
Poon - Pop

Panel 5
大統領ーっ！
President!

Panel 6
バーン！
Baan! - Baam!

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Panel 2
何事だそうぞうしいとおっしゃってます
He's says, "What's causing all this racket?"

Panel 3
警備責任者のバンコラン少佐です。実はゴキブリが現われまして。。。
I'm Major Bancoran, the one in charge of security. Actually, a cockroach appeared...

Panel 5
つまらんことでさわぐなとおっしゃってます。レセプションが始まる時間までひと眠りするから静かにするようにと
He says not to make a fuss over something so insignificant. He's going to sleep until the reception so please keep it quiet.

はっ 申しわけありません。どうぞごゆっくり
Yes, excuse me. Please take your time.

Panel 6
それから少佐 今夜 仕事が終わったら部屋へ来いとおっしゃってます
He says that after that, when you work is over, Major, to come to his room.

はあ？
Huh?

Panel 8
なかなかいいヒップだ。二人で楽しい夜をすごそうじゃないか と
"You have a good-looking backside. Why don't we have some fun tonight?"

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Panel 1
なっ。。。？！
Wha...?!

ホッホッホッ
Ho ho ho

パタン
Patan - Click

Panel 2
独裁者のうえに男色家か？ますますいやな奴だなあ
On top of being a dictator he's a sodomite? I dislike him more and more.

しかしそくざに同類を見ぬく所なんかはさすがだ
But he was able to spot someone like him almost right away.

Panel 3
一緒にするな！
Don't group me with him!

スカッ
Suka - Whoosh

ボカッ
Boka - Bap

Panel 4
こいつを放り出せ！大統領は一人でおやすみだ。誰も邪魔をするんじゃないぞ！！
Toss out this guy! The president will sleep by himself. Don't let anyone disturb him!!

Panel 5
怒らせちゃったじゃないか
You made him mad.

本当のことを言っただけなのに~~~！
Even though I only said the truth~~~!

Panel 6
ドコッ
Doko - Pow

Panel 8
あいたたたなんて乱暴な奴らだ
Ow ow ow, what violent people.

Panel 9
しかしこのままひきさがるぼくだと思うなよ
But don't think I'll leave like this.

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Panel 3
屋上から地下室まで警備は万全です。アリ一匹出入りするすきはありません
He's thoroughly defended from the roof to the basement. Not even a single ant could get in.

Panel 4
宿泊客のチェックは？
Did you check the guests?

すませました。身元のはっきりしない客にはマンシーマンで見はりをつけてあります
We finished. The guests who didn't clarify who they were man to man are being watched.

Panel 5
スイートルームの下の階の部屋はどうなってる
How about the room below the suite?

Panel 6
うちの部員が詰めてます下の階をふっとばして大統領をまきぞえにしようなんて奴が現われたらただちにつかまえます
Agents are stationed in it. If someone appears trying to get to the president from the lower floor they'll be caught right away.

Panel 7
スイートルームの窓ガラスの強度は？
How strong is the glass of the window in the suite?

近距離からバズーカ砲を射ってもヒビを入れるのがやっとでしょう
Even if you shot it at close range with a bazooka it might crack.

Panel 8
近くのビルは
The nearby buildings.

10階以上の建物はすべて警官が見はってます。近所のビルから狙撃することは不可能です
Police are standing guard from the 10nth floor and up. It's impossible to snipe from a nearby building.

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Panel 1
たとえ狙撃したとしても協力な防弾ガラスにはばまれる。。。か。打つべき手はすべて打ったな
So even if they managed to take a shot the bullet-proof glass should stop them...? Looks like we've covered everything necessary.

Panel 2
おまけにスイートルームのドアの前には常時10人以上の部員がいますからね。透明人間だって忍びこめませんよ
In addition to that there's 10 or more agents in front of the door of the suite. Not even an invisible man could get in.

透明人間なら可能じゃないか？
Wouldn't it be possible if they were invisible?

Panel 3
19の目がドアを見はってるんだぞ。ドアが少しでも開けば必ず見つかる！
19 eyes are watching the door. If the door opens even a little they'll definitely be caught!

20だろう？
Shouldn't it be 20?

Panel 4
一人片目が義眼なんだ
One of them has a glass eyes.

ああ
Aah.

Panel 5
だがくれぐれも油断はするなよ。敵はどんな手でくるかわからんのだぞ
But we can't be negligent. We don't know what kind of tricks our enemy uses.

Panel 6
ヒョオ
Hyoo - Fwoo

Panel 7
ブルル。屋上は冷えるなあ。地下室の方がよかったよ
Brrr. The rooftop is cold. The basement would have been better.

文句を言うな。一時間で交替だ
Don't complain. We switch in one hour.

Panel 8
カッ
Ka - Light

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Panel 1
ズドーン
Zudoon - Booom

Panel 2
なんだ？！
What?!

ダダッ
Da da - Tap tap

Panel 3
ハッ
Hah

Panel 4
あぶないあぶない。陽動作戦かもしれん
Watch out, watch out. It's probably a diversion.

ピタッ
Pita - Freeze

Panel 5
おい何があったんだ！
Hey, what happened?!

すごい煙でよく見えんがどうもタンクローリーが火災を起こしたらしい
I couldn't see well because of the smoke but it looks like a tanker caught on fire.

Panel 6
ゴオオオー
Gooooo - Roooooar

Panel 7
どうした！今の爆発音はなんだ！
What's wrong?! What was that explosion just now?!

Panel 8
車の事故のようです。今 警察と連絡をとってます！
Seems it was a car accident. We just contacted the police!

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Panel 1
事故だとお？！
An accident?!

Panel 2
来い！スイートルームだ！
Come! It's the suite!

Panel 3
チーン
Chiin - Tick

Panel 4
シュー
Shuu - Swoosh

Panel 5
こんな所まで煙が。。。？
The smoke is all the way up here...?

あっ少佐！今の爆発音はなんですか。火事ですか？！
Ah, Major! What was that explosion just now? Is there a fire?!

Panel 6
今 調べているそれよりこの煙はどこから入ってくるんだ
We're investigating now. Besides that, where is this smoke coming in from?

さあ 爆発音と同時にモアっと
Who knows, it started smoking up at the same time as the explosion.

Panel 7
あっあそこに怪しい人影が！
Ah, there's a suspicious shadow over there!

Panel 8
なにっ？！
What?!

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Panel 1
おい怪しい奴はどこだ！何も見えんぞ！
Hey, where's a suspicious person?! I can't see anything!

ゴホ。。。ゴホ。。。
Goho... goho... - Cough... cough...

Panel 2
ドアの前をはなれるな！
Don't leave from in front of the door!

サッ
Sa - Swish

おい 今さけんだのは誰だ！
Hey, who just shouted?!

Panel 3
スス
Su su - Whoosh

Panel 4
そこだ！つかまえろ！
There! Catch him!

Panel 5
くそっどこのどいつだ！
Damn, who on Earth is it?!

Panel 6
ダダッ
Da da - Tap tap

ボカッ！
Boka! - Pow!

グエッ
Gweh

Panel 7
ダッ
Da - Tap

Panel 8
パタリロ？！
Patalliro?!

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Panel 1
そうか車の事故を起こしたのはきさまだな！
I see, you're the one who caused the car accident!

ズボッ
Zubo - Ram

わーっ！！
Waaah!!

Panel 2
姑息な手段を使いおって！
I was using makeshift methods!

はなせーっ！なんとしても大統領に会うんだーっ！！
Let me gooo! I'm going to meet the president no matter what it takes!!

Panel 3
待て！
Wait!

ピタッ
Pita - Stop

Panel 4
みんな事故現場に気をとられてスキができると思ったのにそうならなかったのはなぜだ？
I thought while everyone was distracted by the accident I'd have a chance, why didn't that happen?

おまえの読みが浅かっただけのことだ！
It's just your reading that was frivolous!

Panel 5
なんだ そうか
What? Is that so?

ハッハッ
Ha ha

まったく！
Geez!

Panel 6
待てーっ！！
Waaait!!

シャッ
Sha - Swish

Panel 7
ボン！
Bon! - Boom!

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Panel 1
いったいどうなってるんだ！
What the hell is happening?!

Panel 2
ササッ
Sa sa - Swish swish

えっ？
Eh?

Panel 3
大統領！お話が！
President! Let's talk!

ギッ！
Gi! - Squeak!

Panel 4
待てとゆーに！！
I told you to wait!!

わっ！
Wah!

Panel 5
ゴロゴロ
Goro goro - Roll roll

Panel 6
少佐！大丈夫ですか？！
Major! Are you ok?!

モクモク
Moku moku - Clouds of smoke

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Panel 1
少佐？！
Major?!

入るな！ドアを見はっていろ！
Don't come in! Stand watch by the door!

Panel 2
誰かこの部屋から出ようとする者がいたらそれが女王陛下でもかまわん！射殺しろ！
If someone tries to leave this room I don't care if it's Her Majesty the Queen! Shoot them dead!

Panel 3
どっ。。。どうしたんだ？
Wh... what happened?

Panel 4
死んでる
He died.

ええっ？！
Eeh?!

Panel 5
ロープのような物で首をしめられたあとがある。。。絞殺だ。。。
It looks like he was strangle with a rope... A hanging...

Panel 7
窓は全部内側から鍵がかかっている。。。
All the windows are locked from the inside...

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Panel 1
チャッ
Cha - Click

Panel 4
室内には誰もいない。。。
No one is inside the room...

Panel 5
この部屋に出入りした者は？！
Did anyone come in and out of this room?!

大統領がおやすみになるとおっしゃってドアをしめられてから誰一人 出入りした者はありません！われわれ全員が見はっていたんですからたしかです！
The president said he was going to take a nap so we closed the door and not a single person when in or out! I'm certain, we were standing guard the whole time!

Panel 6
この窓の鍵を外から閉めることは可能か？！
Is it possible to lock this window from the outside?!

Panel 7
不可能です！吸盤を使ってここまで登ってくるどろぼうがいるかもしれないので外側からは絶対開閉できない鍵をつけたとホテルの者が言っておりました！
Impossible! Since it's possible a thief might climb up using suckers someone from the hotel said attached locks that absolutely can't be opened or closed from the outside!

Panel 8
ガッ
Ga - Bam

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Panel 1
密室殺人か！
A murder behind a locked door!

Panel 2
犯行現場は高層ビルの最上階たった一つのドアはMI6の部員たちがかため窓は内側から鍵がかかっていた
The scene of the crime was the top of a high rise building with just one door fortified by MI6 agents and with windows that had locks on the inside.

完全な密室状況である
It was the perfect room that couldn't be entered.

Panel 3
デュモンめ。いったいどうやって。。。？！
That Dumont. How the hell did he do it...?!

Panel 5
わかったMI6の部員に仲間がいるんだ
I get it. He had a partner in MI6.

部員たちは関係ありません
The agents weren't connected.

Panel 6
じゃあ自殺するように催眠術がかけてあったとか
Then he hypnotized him to commit suicide.

そんなズルはしませんちゃんとデュモンが自分の手で絞め殺したんです
It wasn't something that sneaky. Dumont strangled him with his own hands.

Panel 7
さて この謎ときは次回に。。。
Then, this puzzle next time...

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Panel 2
トントントントン
Ton ton ton ton - Tap tap tap tap

Panel 4
何をやってる
What are you doing?

例の謎とき
The usual puzzle.

Panel 5
その話はやめてくれ
Stop talking about that.

パサッ
Pasa - Rustle

Panel 6
この2週間というものあの事件を解決しようと軍の大型コンピューターまで動員したがむだ骨だったんだ。謎という言葉を聞くだけでうんざりする
For about 2 weeks the army has used their huge computers to try and solve this incident but it's useless. I'm sick of hearing the word "puzzle".

Panel 7
うんざりする？
Sick of it?

正確に言うとわめきだしたくなる
I'm going to scream if I hear it again.

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Panel 2
謎
Puzzle.

うが~~~っ！！
Ugaaah~~~!!

Panel 3
パタリロみたいなまねはやめろ！！
Stop acting like Patalliro!!

クックッ
Ku ku - Giggle

Panel 4
笑いごとじゃないぞまったく！あのくそいまいましいデュモンのおかげでMI6の面目は丸つぶれなんだ！
This isn't a laughing matter! Geez! Thanks to that damn annoying Dumont MI6's reputation is ruined!

そうでもないんじゃない？
But that's not true?

Panel 5
なにっ？！
What?!

エキセントリックな事件だからさかんにマスコミが取り上げてるけど 警備人を非難してるものはひとつもないよ
The media picked up on it quickly because it was such an eccentric incident, but none have blamed the guards.

Panel 6
ガイ者がガイ者だからね。むしろ警備担当のMI6に好意的な見方をしてる方が多いみたい
Because the victim is who he is. Rather, there seems to be many viewpoints that are favorable for MI6 being in charge of security.

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Panel 1
というと？！
Meaning?!

犯人にしてやられたのはたしかだけど そのおかげで好ましからざる人物が死んでよかったって。。。もちろんそんなにはっきりとは書いてないけどね
Although it's clear a criminal got the best of you the person who died because of that wasn't welcome anyway... Of course they didn't blatantly write that.

Panel 2
もっと極端なのになると実はMI6と犯人がしめしあわせてたんじゃないかって。そうでもなければあんな密室殺人が成立するはずがないってさ
Although it was an extreme crime it's been proven MI6 didn't conspire with the criminal. If that's true, a murder behind locked doors shouldn't be possible.

それが事実ならどんなに気が楽か
How is that fact supposed to make me feel better?

Panel 3
しかしそれは事実ではないしおかげでわたしのプライドはたいへん傷ついている
But that isn't true and thanks to that my pride has been seriously wounded.

ケンタッキープライドチキン
Kentucky Pride Chicken

なんなんだ
What's that?

Panel 4
あれっ？
Huh?

Panel 6
この記事は？
The article?

ん？
Hn?

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ああ どこかの金持ちが仏教に帰依したのを記念してロンドン博物館に純金の大仏を寄贈したんだ
純金といってももちろん金むくってわけじゃない。ブロンズの像の上に金の板をはりつけた物だがそれでも金の重量は数百キロになる
Aah, a rich person somewhere converted to Buddhism and donated a large golden statue to a museum in London as a commemoration.
Of course, even though they say it's pure gold it's not. It's a bronze statue with gold plates on top, but even so it still has several hundred kilos of weight in gold.

Panel 2
値段にしたら天文学的な数字だから博物館でもよろこんで。。。
The price is astronomical so I'm glad it's in a place like a museum...

ちがうよ。そのとなりの小さな記事
No. This small article next to it.

Panel 3
なんだ？
What?

先日の密室殺人事件の秘密をときあかした人には10万ドルの賞金をだすっていうやつ
Someone put up a prize of of 100,000 dollars to the person who can explain the puzzle of the secret murder that happened behind locked doors the other day.

Panel 4
ホテルがだしたんだ
The hotel put it up.

ホテルが？
The hotel?

Panel 5
あれ以来客足がとだえてるんだそうだ。鍵をかけておいても殺人者が平気で出入りできるような所にはこわくて泊まれないということらしい
It seems customers have stopped going since. They don't want to stay at a place that a murderer can casually get in and out of even if they lock the doors.

Panel 6
たいへんだね
That's rough.

たいへんなのはこっちだ
I'm the one who has it rough.

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Panel 1
MI6は無能だと皮肉られているようなものだ
MI6 is being mocked for being incompetent.

あっまたプライドが。。。
Ah, my pride again...

ケンタッキープライドチキン
Kentucky Pride Chicken

もーえーっちゅーんじゃ
Using it again?

Panel 2
ふーん。。。
Hmm...

Panel 3
ちょっと一緒に来てくれない？
Will you come with me for a bit?

えっどこへ？
Eh, where to?

Panel 4
マリネラ大使館
Malynera Embassy

だんだんちがってくるじゃないか
It's gradually changing, isn't it?

Panel 5
おや お二人おそろいで
Oh, you came together.

Panel 6
パタリロは？
Where's Patalliro?

マリネラですよ。そうたびたび遊びにこられちゃかないません
In Malynera. He's been playing a lot so he hasn't come here.

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Panel 1
話があるんだけど
I need to talk to him.

テレビ電話をどうぞ
Use this TV phone.

Panel 3
もしもし？
Hello?

Panel 4
マライヒが話があるって？
What is Maraich talking to?

今テレビと話してます
He's talking to a TV right now.

Panel 5
もっとちゃんと部下のしつけをしろ！！
Train your employees more!!

何を怒ってるんだ
What are you mad about?

Panel 6
まあいい。これを見ろ！
That's enough. Look at this!

Panel 7
その仏像がどうしたって？
What about that Buddha statue?

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Panel 1
そのとなりの記事だ！！
The article next to it!!

いきなり電話をかけてきて怒るなとゆーに
You called me up suddenly to yell at me?

Panel 2
となりというと
"Next to it", huh?

Panel 4
10万ドル。。。？
100,000 dollars...?

Panel 5
誰も真相は知らないんだ。皆が納得できる仮説をたてさえすればそれで10万ドルだ。悪い話じゃないだろう？
No one knows the truth. If anyone can figure out a convincing hypothesis they'll get 100,000 dollars. It's not bad story, is it?

Panel 6
なぜこの記事をぼくに？
Why are you showing me this article?

君だってあの事件には興味があるだろう？なんと言っても現場にいたんだから
Even you must be interested in the incident? Because it's in the spot you were at.

Panel 7
そりゃあ もちろんだけどいくら考えてもあの謎はとけなかったぞ
That's true of course but no matter how much I think about it I haven't solved the puzzle.

真剣に考えてないからさ！
Because you aren't trying seriously!

Panel 8
でも今度はちがう！10万ドルがからんでるんだ！
But this time is different! Because there's 100,000 dollars!

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Panel 1
10万ドル！
100,000 dollars!

金
Money

Panel 2
よくの皮のつっぱった君のことだ。お金がもうかるとなえれば頭の働きもちがってくるはずだ。一生懸命考えて解答を出してくれ！
You're greedier than anyone. If you want to earn that money you need to use your head. Think as hard as you can and figure out the answer!

Panel 3
ちょっと待て。おまえがなぜそう真剣になるんだ
Wait a minute. Why are you so serious?

このままじゃMI6の信用はガタガタだ！バンコランのためさ！
The confidence of MI6 is rattled! It's for Bancoran!

Panel 4
ふーむ
Hmm

Panel 5
ひとつ考えてみてくれ。もちろん10万ドルは君のものだ。われわれは解答さえわかればいい！
Think of one. Of course, the 100,000 will be yours. We just need an answer!

Panel 6
パタパタ
Pata pata - Pitter-patter

Panel 7
10万か。。。
100,000...?

Panel 8
よしわかった。やってみよう
All right, I get it. I'll try.

ありがたい恩に着るよ！
Thanks, I owe you!

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Panel 1
さっそく思索活動に入ろう。何かわかったら連絡するから
I will start meditating immediately. If I think of something I'll contact you.

頼むよ。それじゃ
I'm leaving it to you. Well then.

Panel 2
ピーン
Piin - Ping

Panel 3
えさはまいた。。。
The bait is set...

Panel 4
パキッ
Paki - Snap

はっ
Hah

Panel 5
むこうのタマネギに連絡してくれ。パタリロがどこかへ電話をかけたり出かけるようなそぶりを見せたらすぐこちらへ通報するようにって
Contact the Tamanegi over there. If Patalliro contacts anyone or looks like he's going to go out have them report here immediately.

はっ？はあ
Huh? Yes.

Panel 6
マライヒ これはいったいどういうことなんだ。説明してくれんとわからんぞ
Maraich, what's the meaning of this? Explain, I don't get it.

Panel 7
そうですよ。殿下にお金の話をするなんて危険ですよ
That's right. Telling His Highness about money is dangerous.

まあまあ
Now now.

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Panel 1
もちろんこれは例の密室殺人の謎をとくためさ。うまくいけばデュモンをつかまえられるよ
Of course it's to solve the mystery of the murder in a locked room. If it goes well we can catch Dumont.

なんだと？！
What?!

Panel 2
マライヒさん！もしかしたら あの殺人事件の秘密がわかったんですか？！
Mr. Maraich! Perhaps, you know the secret of the murder case?!

Panel 3
まあね
Well...

Panel 4
教えろ！！
Tell me!!

教えてください！あの事件のことを考えると夜も眠れないんです！
Please tell us! I can't sleep at night thinking about that incident!

Panel 5
ぼくも事件の全貌がわかったわけじゃない。ただデュモンがどうやって密室状況を作りだしたか思いついたことがあるんだ
I don't know the full story behind the incident either. But, I was struck with an idea while I was thinking about Dumont's situation in the locked room.

Panel 6
じらさないでくださ~い！
Please don't tease us!

まあまあ
Now now.

Panel 7
つまりこういうことさ
In short, it's like this.

Panel 8
ゴクン
Gokun - Gulp

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Panel 1
あの事件は一見不可能犯罪のように見えるしかしどんなマジックにもタネがあるようにあの事件にもトリックがあるはずだ
The crime seems impossible when you take a glance at the case, but just like there's a trick to magic there must be a trick to that incident, too.

Panel 2
それはわかっている！
I know that!

そうですその先を！
That's right, get to the point!

Panel 3
あの事件で確実なことは何かそれは大統領が殺されたということだ。そして大統領が殺されたということは誰かがあの部屋に入り大統領を殺してから出て行ったということになる
In that incident it's certain that the president was killed somehow. And because the president was killed it means that someone left after they went into that room and killed the president.

Panel 4
でもそれが不可能なんでしょう？
But isn't that impossible?

ちがう。本当に不可能だったら大統領は死んでないはずだ
No. If it was really impossible then the president wouldn't be dead.

Panel 5
でも現に大統領は殺されている。つまりそれが可能だったということだ
But the president was killed. In short, that means it was possible.

Panel 6
はあ。。。
Hah...

Panel 7
では犯人はどこから出入りしたのか
まずドアは？
Then the criminal went in and out from somewhere.
First off, the door?

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Panel 1
うちの部員が見張っていた大統領がひと眠りするために自分でドアをしめてから猫の子一匹出入りしていない
Our agents were watching it to the president could sleep. He closed it himself and not even a kitten could get in or out.

Panel 2
では窓は？
And the window?

Panel 3
かりに犯人が窓から出て行ったとしても外から鍵をかけることは不可能だ
Even if a criminal left from the window it's impossible to lock it from the outside.

Panel 4
たしかに外から鍵はかけられないけどでも内側からならかけられるよ
To be sure, it can't be locked from the outside but it can be locked from the inside.

あたりまえだ！しかしそれでは犯人も外へ出られない！
Naturally! But then a criminal couldn't go outside, either!

Panel 5
犯人が出て行ってから他の誰かが鍵をかけたのだとしたら？
Suppose someone locked it after the criminal left?

Panel 6
共犯者がいたというのか？！
An accomplice?!

でもそれも不可能ですよ！誰もあの部屋に入ってないんですから！
But that's impossible, too! No one entered that room!

Panel 7
いや窓の鍵をしめるチャンスのあった人物が一人だけいる！
No, there was just one person who had a chance to lock the window!

Panel 8
なんだと？！それは誰だ！
What?! Who?!

Panel 9
彼さ
Him.

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Panel 2
パッ！！
Pa!!

Panel 3
パタリロが~~~っ？！
Patalliro~~~?!

殿下が~~~？！
His Highness~~~?!

Panel 4
あなたとパタリロはもみあって一緒に部屋の中になだれこんだ。そして あなたは死体を発見あなたの注意は一瞬死体にうばわれた
You and Patalliro struggled and rushed into the room together. And, upon discover of the dead body your attention was taken by the body for a moment.

Panel 6
外から部屋をのぞきこんだ部員たちも流れこんだ煙のために一瞬 視界を失った
Because the smoke was pouring in your agents who looked in from outside had lost their field of vision for that moment, too.

少佐！
Major!

大丈夫ですか？！
Are you okay?!

Panel 7
人間ばなれした敏捷性をほこるパタリロのこと一瞬のスキさえあれば
Even if he only had a momentary gap, Patalliro boasts about his superhuman agility.

ダッ
Da - Tap

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Panel 1
ガチャッ
Gacha - Click

Panel 2
ペタッ
Peta - Land

Panel 3
どっ。。。どうしたんだ？
Wh... what happened?

Panel 4
完全な盲点だったわけだな
It was the perfect blind spot.

Panel 5
パタリロが無関係な事件にしゃしゃりでてくるのはいつものことだから誰も気にとめなかったんだけど 今度だけは彼もなんらかの目的があって行動していたんだ
No one thought Patalliro crashing in was related to the incident so they never paid attention to it but just this once he was acting for a purpose.

Panel 6
でっ でもどうして殿下がデュモンの片棒をかつぐんです？！
B, but why would His Highness be Dumont's accomplice?!

それはこれからわかると思うよ
I think we'll understand after this.

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Panel 1
どっちにしてもこれ以外にあの密室殺人を説明する方法があるとはぼくには思えないな
Either way, I can't think of any other way to explain the murder behind locked doors besides this.

Panel 2
そうかあの人間モドキが。。。
I see, that pseudo-human...

殿下~~~っ！なぜそんなまねを~~~っ！
Your Highness~~~! Why did you do it~~~!

Panel 3
マライヒさーん！
Maraaaich!

ハッ
Hah

Panel 4
マリネラから連絡がありました 殿下がロンドンに行くと言って出かけたそうです！
We've been contacted from Malynera! It seems His Highness said he was going to London!

Panel 5
釣れた！
He was lured in!

Panel 6
バンコランすぐ部下を動員して！空港を見はらせるんだ！
Bancoran, mobilize your agents immediately! Stand guard at the airport!

Panel 7
キーン
Kiin - Scree

ゴオオオオ
Gooooo - Roooooar

Panel 8
ガヤガヤ
Gaya gaya - Crowd chatter

Panel 9
バタン！
Batan! - Slam!

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Panel 1
ブルンブルン
Burun burun - Vroom vroom

バーッ
Baa - Vroo

Panel 2
ブロオオ
Burooo - Vroo

Panel 3
ブローッ
Buroo - Vroo

Panel 4
キー
Kii - Scree

バタン！
Batan! - Slam!

Panel 5
バーッ
Baa - Vroo

Panel 6
デュモン！
いるか？！
Dumont!
Are you here?!

Panel 7
パタリロ国王
King Patalliro.

Panel 8
カッ
Ka - Click

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Panel 1
いきなり呼びだして何の用だ。わたしは依頼人に2度会うことは好まないのだが
What business did you suddenly call me for? I don't like to meet with clients twice.

Panel 2
かたいことを言うな。しかし君の仕事は実にあざやかだった。特に黒い気球のアイデアは秀逸だったな
Don't be so formal. But your work was truly brilliant. The black balloon idea was especially brilliant.

Panel 3
まず君がまっ黒な気球にのってホテルの上で待機している
First taking a pitch black balloon and waiting by the hotel.

Panel 4
そこで君の部下がタンクローリーを爆破
Then your subordinate blew up a tanker.

Panel 5
それを合図にホテルのすぐ上まで降下するが煙に隠れて屋上のMI6たちには何も見えない
At that sign you descended to the top of the hotel immediately but the MI6 agents couldn't see anything because of the smoke.

Panel 6
部屋では大統領が爆発音で目をさます
The sound of the explosion woke up the president in his room.

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Panel 1
現役の軍人で しかもいつ寝首をかかれるかわからない独裁者のゾミンが爆発音を聞いて不審に思わないはずがない。彼は窓をあける
すると
An active soldier and moreover the dictator of Zomin who didn't know when he might be assassinated in his sleep, he couldn't hear an explosion and not think it was suspicious. He opened the window.
And...

Panel 3
ビシッ！
Bishi! - Snap!

Panel 4
上空から黒いロープが降りてきて大統領をつり上げるジタバタするのも数十秒だ。やがて完全に息の音が止まる
The black rope came down from the sky and suspended the president. He struggled for dozens of seconds. Finally the sound of his breath stopped.

Panel 5
そのあとは反動をつけて死体を窓の中に放りこみロープをたぐりよせればそれで終わりだ
簡潔にして明瞭。いや まことにあざやか
After that reaction, you tossed the body through the window and reeled in the rope and it was over.
It's brief and clear. No, truly clear.

アッパレアッパレ
Splendid splendid

Panel 6
なーるほど
I see.

Panel 7
そういうことか
So that's how.

Panel 8
もちろんそのあとぼくの活躍があってはじめて密室状況ができあがったわけだが
Of course, it was only my actions after that that it became a case where the room was locked up.

ちょっと待て
Wait a minute.

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Panel 1
わたしが君に手助けを頼んだわけではない。上空からでも窓の鍵を閉める方法が四通りはあったのだが 君がどうしても手伝いたいと言うから
I did not ask for you to help. I had four methods to lock the window even from the sky, but you said that you wanted to help.

そうそうそういう話だったな
Right, right, I did say that.

Panel 2
ここからが本題なのだが実はその上空から鍵を閉める方法というのを考えてもらいたいのだ
That's the main subject from here. The truth is I want to know how you could lock it from the sky.

Panel 3
なぜ
Why?

10万ドルが。。。いやつまり
100,000 dollars... Well, in short.

Panel 4
ぼくがかかわらずに鍵を閉める方法がわかれば10万ドル。。。いやその
It'll be 100,000 dollars if I know a method to lock it that doesn't involve me... Well, no.

何なんだはっきりしろ！
What is it? Make yourself clear!

Panel 5
殿下ー！
Your Highneeess!

ギクッ
Giku - Shock

Panel 6
あっバカ！
Ah, you idiot!

聞きましたよ。一国の王たる者がなぜそんな犯罪者の手伝いを。。。
We heard. Why would the king of an entire country help a criminal...

Panel 7
はかったな！
You deceived me!

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Panel 1
デュモン！ちがうんだこれは。。。
Dumont! No, this is...

スッ
Su - Whoosh

Panel 2
待ってくれ10万ドル！！
Wait, the 100,000 dollars!!

Panel 3
殿下！
Your Highness!

わーっ！！
Waaah!!

Panel 4
追え！絶対逃がすんじゃないぞ！
Catch him! Don't let him escape no matter what!

ダダッ
Da da - Stomp stomp

Panel 5
ダッ
Da - Tap

Panel 7
いたか？！
Is he here?!

いや！どこへ隠れたんだ！
No! He hid somewhere!

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Panel 1-3
ジリリリリリ
Jiririririri - Sirens

Panel 4
ジリリリリ
Jiriririri - Sirens

ここは？！
That's?!

博物館です！
It's the museum!

Panel 5
デュモンの奴ここに忍びこんでぼくたちをやりすごすつもりが警報装置にひっかかったらしい！
It seems Dumont was planning on sneaking in here to get by us but the alarm caught him!

Panel 6
包囲しろ！MI6のメンツにかけてもつかまえるんだ！！
Surround it! We'll catch him for the honor of MI6!!

ワーッ
Waaah

Panel 7
チッ
Damn

Panel 8
あっ？！止まれ何者だ！
Ah?! Stop! Who are you?!

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Panel 1
ピッ
Pi - Snap

Panel 2
ボン！
Bon! - Poof!

Panel 3
ゲ~~~ッ！ゲホンゲホン！
Geeeh~! Cough cough!

サッ
Sa - Swish

Panel 5
キッ
Ki - Squeak

Panel 6
ガチャガチャ
Gacha gacha - Click click

Panel 7
サッ
Sa - Swish

バタン！
Batan! - Slam!

Panel 8
ガチャガチャ
Gacha gacha - Click click

ピーン！
Piin! - Ping!

Panel 9
フウ。。。
Phew...

カッ
Ka - Tap

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Panel 1
ドーン！
Doon! - Astonished!

Panel 2
あそこに入ったぞ！
He went in there!

Panel 3
ガチャガチャ
Gacha gacha - Click click

くそっあかない鍵に何か細工をしたな！
Damn, I can't open it. He doctored the key somehow!

Panel 4
サッ
Sa - Swish

Panel 5
ハッ
Hah

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Panel 1
これは。。。
This is...

マライヒどうした！
Maraich, what's wrong?!

バタバタバタ
Bata bata bata - Clatter clatter

Panel 2
おおっ？！
Ooh?!

例の仏像だよ
It's the Buddhist statue from before.

Panel 3
警備員！MI6だ。あのドアの他にこの展示室の出入り口はっ
Guards! This is MI6. Is there any other doors to get in and out of that display room?

ありません！
None!

Panel 4
床は？！壁は天井はどうなってる！外に脱け出せる所はないか？！
And the floor?! How about the walls and the ceiling?! Is there anyplace he could slip outside?!

Panel 5
ここをどこだと思ってるんです！床も天井もどろぼうよけに厚さ1mのコンクリートで固めてありますよ！
Where do you think this is?! The floor and ceiling all fortified by 1m thick conrete to keep out thieves!

じゃあ仏像はどこから入れたんだ
Then how did the Buddha statue get in?

Panel 6
この正面からです。仏像を入れてから厚さ3センチの超硬ガラスをはめこんだんです
From the front. After putting the Buddha statue inside, a 3cm super hard glass was inlayed.

ということは
So that means

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Panel 1
デュモン きさまは袋のネズミだ！もう逃げられんぞ観念しろ！！
Dumont, you're cornered like a rat! You have nowhere to run, accept it!!

厚さ3センチと言ったでしょう。どなっても聞こえませんよ
I said it was 3cm thick. He can't hear you even if you shout.

Panel 3
何か言ってるみたい
It looks like he's saying something.

Panel 4
えーと。。。諸君追いかけっこはなかなか楽しかった
Umm... Gentleman, playing tag was quite enjoyable.

こいつ隠し芸に読唇術をやるんです
His hidden talent is reading lips.

んっ？！
Hn?!

Panel 5
しかしお遊びは終わりだ。わたしはこれで失礼するついてはこの仏像を手みやげにいただいていくのであしからず
But playtime is over. Excuse me for now, because I'm going to take this Buddha statue as a gift.

Panel 6
なんだと？！
What?!

Panel 7
サッ
Sa - Swish

Panel 8
カッ
Ka - Light

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Panel 1
ズウン
Zuun - Boom

Panel 2
ハッ
Hah

Panel 3
カッ
Ka - Tap

Panel 4
デュモンは？！
Dumont is?!

出てきません！
He can't get out!

Panel 5
ゴホンゴホン
Gohon gohon - Cough cough

デュモンめ。いったい何のまねだ！
Dumont! What are you doing?!

Panel 6
ああっ？！
Aah?!

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Panel 2
どっ どうしたんだ！デュモンは？！仏像は？！
Wh, what happened?! To Dumont?! To the statue?!

Panel 3
消えた。。。
They vanished...

Panel 5
ファサ。。。
Fasaa... - Rustle...

Panel 6
ガッガッ
Ga ga - Bam bam

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Panel 1
ドンドン
Don don - Smack smack

Panel 2
脱け穴などはなさそうです！がんじょうなもんです！
There shouldn't be any escape holes! It's solid!

Panel 3
あれだけの仏像なら少なく見ても十数トンはある。たとえ四方が開け放しになっていても一瞬のうちに動かすことなど不可能だ
Just looking at it that Buddha statue must be at least ten-odd tons. Even if it was wide open on all sides it would be impossible to move it in an instant.

Panel 4
デュモンめ
Dumont.

Panel 5
いったいどんな魔法を使った。。。
What kind of magic did he use...

Panel 6
デュモンがうみだした新しい謎
Dumont created a new puzzle.

仏像は？デュモンはどこへ消えたのか
The statue? Where did Dumont disappear?

さらにお話は続きます
The story continues on even further.

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Panel 1
ガヤガヤ
Gaya gaya - Chatter chatter

Panel 2
わーん！！
Waaahn!!

Panel 3
泣いてもだめです！
It's no use even if you cry!

Panel 5
と言って笑える立場でもないでしょーが！！
But this is no time to laugh!!

Panel 6
白状するんです！なぜデュモンなんかと手を組んだんですか！
Confess! Why did you join forces with someone like Dumont?!

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Panel 1
話すもんか！
As if I'd talk!

Panel 2
話さないと言ったら絶対に話さないぞ！ぼくは意志が固いんだ。たとえどんな拷問を受けたって白状なんかするものか！！
When I say I won't talk I absolutely won't talk! My will is strong. Even if you torture me I'll never confess!!

Panel 3
乗せますよ
I'll put it on you.

わ~~~ん！白状するからかんべんしてくれ~~~っ！！
Waaahn~! I'll confess so forgive me~~~!!

Panel 4
実はこれには深い理由があるのだ
The truth is a had a profound reason.
*Here reason is "wake" in the original Japanese.

クスン
Kusun - Sniff

Panel 5
そうでしょうともその理由を話すんです
If that's true tell us that reason.

その理由は
That reason is...

Panel 6
その理由は？！
That reason it?!

わ！
Wah!

Panel 7
毛！
Hair!
*In Japanese he screams "wa" and says "ke" (hair).

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Panel 2
だからゾミンという奴はとんだくわせ者だったのだー！！
Anyway, that guy from Zomin was unexpectedly a scammer!!

ゴゴゴゴ
Go go go go - Rumble

Panel 3
自分の国のためとか何とか言いながら イギリスから借りたお金で武器を買いそれで南アを占領するつもりだったのだ！
While he was saying it was for the sake of his country, he planned on borrowing money from England to buy arms and occupying South Africa!

Panel 4
ダイヤ産出量世界一のあの南アをですか！
Doesn't South Africa have the best diamond yield in the world?!

Panel 5
その通り！あんな奴に世界一のダイヤ産出国を自由にさせてみろ。世界中のダイヤ産業はめちゃくちゃになってしまうしひいては世界経済がたいへんなことになってしまう！
That's right! That guy would have been able to free use of the best diamonds in the world. The diamond industry around the world would have fallen into chaos, and not just that but the world's economy would have been in trouble!

Panel 6
だからダイヤのとれるソ連とオーストラリアそれに中央アフリカ共和国とマリネラが5万ドルずつ出しあってゾミンを始末することにしたのだー！
So to get the diamonds the Soviet Union, Australia, the Central African Republic and Malynera decided to send 50,000 dollars respectively and deal with Zomin!

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Panel 1
なぜわれわれに相談しなかったんです！
Why didn't you discuss it with us?!

ゴオーッ
Gooo - Roooar

だからそれはつまり
Because, in short...

Panel 2
ヒョイ
Hyoi - Pop

Panel 3
博物館の中で何をはしゃいでいる
What are you doing frolicking around inside a museum?

Panel 4
デュモンは普通10万ドルで仕事を請け負うのだそうだ
I've heard Dumont usually contracts work for 100,000 dollars.

といいますと？
Meaning?

Panel 5
この変態ペイズリー自分が窓口になるとか言って他の3国から15万ドル受けとりそのうち5万ドルをネコババしてデュモンと話をつけたんだろう
This is abnormal paisley said he would be the contact person, he received 150,000 from three other countries, pocketed 50,000 dollars and negotiated with Dumont.

Panel 6
殿下ー！何というセコイまねを！
Your Highness! How can you be so cheap!

いつものことだ
He always has been.

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Panel 1
パタリロは殺人幇助にとわれないの？
Can't you charge Patalliro for assisting in a murder?

残念ながら大統領暗殺事件に関しては調査を打ち切るように上層部から言ってきた
Unfortunately, I've been told by the powers-that-be that the investigation into the president's assassination case is close.

Panel 2
あの大統領 よっぽど嫌われてたんだね
That president really was detested.

そんなことはどうでもいい！
That doesn't matter!

Panel 3
こうなったらゾミンもつぶれ大福も関係ない！要はデュモンだ！！
Now that it's come to this I don't care about Zomin and that crushed rice cake! The bottom line is Dumont!!

Panel 4
上がなんと言おうとかまうものか！デュモンをつかまえてギュウという目に会わせてやる！
I don't care what they say at the top! I'll catch Dumont and make him suffer!

ピシッ
Pishi - Crack

Panel 5
今度は仏像盗難事件の犯人として追うわけだな
This time you're pursuing the criminal behind the theft of the Buddha statue.

その通り！
That's right!

Panel 6
解決できそうか？
Is it solvable?

。。。むずかしいな。認めたくはないがデュモンという奴よほど頭が切れるらしい
...It will be difficult. I don't want to accept it but that Dumont is very sharp.

Panel 7
というよりおまえがバカなんだろう
Or you're an idiot.

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Panel 1
エッエッ
Egh egh

だめだよ。プライドを傷つけられて頭にきてるんだから
It's no use. He's mad because his pride is hurt.

Panel 2
少佐！
Major!

Panel 3
ちょっと来てください！展示屋の床が変です！
Please come here a minute! There's something strange about the floor in the exhibition room!

Panel 4
ザワザワ
Zawa zawa - Chatter chatter

Panel 5
ごらんの通り床はむきだしのコンクリートですが あそこに丸いあとがあるんです
Looking at the floor it looks like bare concrete but there's a trace of a circle left.

Panel 6
まるで丸くみぞを掘ってそこへ新しくコンクリートを流しこんだようですね
It looks like a completely circular ditch was dug there and new concrete was poured in.

コンコン
Kon kon - Knock knock

Panel 7
あれっ？！
Huh?!

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Panel 1
ガッガッ
Ga ga - Bam bam

Panel 2
コンコン
Kon kon - Knock knock

Panel 3
そこだけ音がちがう！下が空洞になってるんじゃないか？！
The sound is different there! Is it hollow below?!

Panel 4
おい つるはしはないか？！何か持って来い！！
Hey, do you have a pickaxe?! Bring something!!

ダッ
Da - Tap

Panel 5
ガッガッ
Ga ga - Bam bam

Panel 6
ボコッ
Boko - Bash

Panel 7
おい どうだ。下はどうなってる！
Hey, how is it? What's below?!

Panel 8
地下道が掘られてますが3mほど先にがれきの山があって通れません！あとで道をふさいだものと思われます！
Although an underground passage was dug there's a mountain of rubble about 3m ahead that I can't get by! I think the path is blocked!

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Panel 1
何だと？！
What?!

犯人の遺留品はないか？！よく調べてみろ！
Did the criminal leave anything behind?! Investigate closely!

はっ えーと。。。
Yes, umm...

Panel 2
わーっ！こんな所に変死体が！！
Waaah! There's a strange body!!

Panel 3
何っ？！
What?!

Panel 5
ひきずり出して本当の変死体にしてやれ！！
Drag it out and see if its a real body!!

キャーッ！
Kyaaah!

Panel 6
デュモンはあそこから逃げたのかな？
I wonder if Dumont fled from there?

まさか だいいちあんな所から仏像を盗みだすのは不可能だ
No way, first it's impossible for him to steal the Buddha statue from that place.

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Panel 1
ガヤガヤザワザワ
Gaya gaya zawa zawa - Chatter chatter

Panel 3
ターッ
Taa - Tap

Panel 4
おーおどろいた。本当に変死体にされるかと思った
I-I'm surprised. They really thought it was a strange dead body.

つまらない冗談をやるからさ
Because it's a dull joke.

Panel 5
つまらないとはなんだ今のギャグなんかかなりハイブロウな方だぞ
What's dull about it? That gag just now was a very highbrow one.

Panel 6
何をかくそう ぼくは普段からギャグを考えてこれにメモしておくのだ
As a matter of fact, I think of gags regularly and make a note of them in this.

ちらしの裏の白いのをまとめてある
It's the reverse side of white leaflets all put together.

Panel 7
この中からできのいいのだけを選んでやってるのだ。つまらないのは全部ボツにしてるんだぞ
I only choose the best of these. The boring ones are all rejected.

考えごとをしてるんだ。少し静かにしてくれないか
I'm thinking. Can't you be a bit quieter?

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Panel 1
あっ そう
Ah, I see.

Panel 3
ボツにしたやつの中から一つ聞かせてやろうかたとえばこんなのだ
For example, here's one of the ones I rejected.

Panel 4
廊下に卵のオモチャを置いておく
I would place a toy egg in the hallway.

Panel 5
誰かがそれを見つける
Someone would find it.

Panel 6
何だろうと思ってあけてみると中にその本人がすごく気にしてることが書いてあるのだ
When he wondered what it was and tried to open it there would be something written inside that the person cares a lot about.

Panel 7
君は痔だ
You have hemorrhoids.

ズキーン！
Zukiin! - Sting!

Panel 8
そこへ出て行ってすかさずこう言う
I'm telling you without a moment's delay to go over there.

ものが卵だけに胸をエグられたろう
It should be EGGouge to the chest.

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Panel 1
ほんとにつまらんな
That's really dull.

いいからだまっててくれ！
Just shut up!

Panel 2
デュモンがどうやって仏像を消したか考えてるんだ！もう少しでわかりそうなんだから静かにしててくれ！！
I'm thinking about how Dumont made the statue disappear! I've almost got it so be quiet!!

Panel 3
んー
Nn.

Panel 4
ブッブッブッ
Bu bu bu - Demoralized

Panel 5
もしも。。。ひょっとしたら。。。
If... Maybe...

Panel 6
中華料理は好きが？
Do you like Chinese food?

Panel 7
バキャッ！
Bakya! - Pow!

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Panel 1
ハッ
Hah

そうか！
That's it!

Panel 2
おい パタリロ！
Hey, Patalliro!

コーン
Koon - Clack

Panel 4
なぜこんな所で気絶なんかしてるんだ！起きろ 事件の謎がとけたぞ！！
Why are you laying out in a place like this?! Wake up, I've solved the puzzle!!

Panel 5
重さ十数トンの仏像を一瞬のうちに消せるわけがない！あれは本物の仏像じゃなかったんだ！！
There's now way he could make a ten-odd ton Buddha statue disappear in an instant! That wasn't the real Buddha statue!!

Panel 6
何っ？！片桐機長がどうしたって？！
What?! What about Pilot Katagiri?!
*Katagiri was a pilot who seemingly had a fit of mental illness and crashed Japan Airlines Flight 350 in 1982.

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Panel 1
デュモンは以前からあれを盗みだすつもりで準備を進めてたんだ！
Dumont planned on stealing it previously and prepared in advance!

Panel 2
何だって？！それはどういうことだ！
What?! How could he do that?!

ガバッ
Gaba - Reel

Panel 3
まだ脳が寝てるな？
Is your brain still asleep?

Panel 4
なぜそんなことを言う！！
Why would you say that?!!

こっちだ！
I'm over here!

Panel 5
つまりデュモン一味は地下道を掘って展示室に忍びこみ本物の仏像は解体してすでに運びだしていたんだ
In short, Dumont and gang dug a subterranean tunnel and snuck into the exhibition room, dismantled the real Buddha statue and had already carried it out.

Panel 6
解体って電気ノコかなんかで切断してか？
"Dismantled". By cutting it with a circular saw or something?

そうだ
That's right.

Panel 7
そんなはずがあるか！そんなことやってたら巡回中の警備員にすぐ見つかってしまうじゃないか！
As if he could do that! If he did that wouldn't the patrolling officers see him right away?!

Panel 8
そこを見つからないようにする
He made sure they wouldn't see him.

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Panel 1
たとえば金色のプラスチックの板かなんかであらかじめ仏像の形を作っておき
For example, he could have made an Buddha statue beforehand using golden plastic boards.

Panel 2
それを細断して展示室に運びこんで
He cut it and carried it to the exhibition room.

Panel 3
本物の前に組み立てるんだ。そうすれば後ろで何をやっていても正面からは見えないだろう
He assembled it in front of the real one. In that case, they couldn't see what he was doing behind it from the front.

Panel 4
ガラスは3cmの厚さがあるから中の物音は聞こえない。そうやって堂々と仏像を盗み出してから
Since the glass is 3cm thick they couldn't hear the noise inside. After doing that he stole the Buddha statue without reserve.

Panel 5
床にあけた穴の回りに即乾性の接着剤をぬりつけて
He smeared quick-drying glue around the hole in the floor.

Panel 6
下からコンクリートの板をはめこむ それで作業は終わりだ
He inserted a concrete slab from below and the job was complete.

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Panel 1
あとに残ったのは床の丸いあとと 一見本物のように見えるけど実はうすっぺらなプラスチックの仏像もどきだけ
After the traces left a circle on the floor, and although it was a cheap fake statue it looked like the real thing at a glance.

Panel 2
ということはデュモンはそこまで準備を進めておいて われわれをこの博物館に呼び寄せたのか
That means prepared so far in advance that he called us to the museum?

Panel 3
まさか初めからわれわれを観客にするつもりではなかったろうけど 追跡されたのをさいわいに ぼくたちの前でマジックを披露したわけだね
No way, he never planned on making it into a spectacle but fortunately we saw his magic when we pursued him.

Panel 4
つまりデュモンは近いうちにここの見物人かなんかの前で仏像を盗みだす予定だったわけだな？！
In short, Dumont was going to steal the Buddha statue in front of spectators before long?!

準備ばんたんととのっていたのさ。今になって考えればもしそういう用意ができていなければ わざわざこんな所へ逃げこむはずがないよ
Everything was prepared for it. If he didn't think it was ready he wouldn't have run into a place like this on purpose.

Panel 5
かんじんの消失のトリックは？
And the main disappearing trick?

Panel 6
そう おそらく。。。
Yes, he probably...

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Panel 1
仏像もどきはものすごく燃えやすいプラスチックでできていたんじゃないかな。それなら爆発の瞬間に燃えつきてしまったはずだ
Wouldn't the fake Buddha statue made of plastic burn extremely easily? If so it would have ignited in the explosion.

Panel 2
デュモンはどうなったんだ！！
What happened to Dumont?!!

それなんだけど。。。
I'm not sure but...

Panel 3
デュモンだって魔法使いじゃない。。。展示室から出るためにはたった一つしかないドアから出ていかなければならなかったはずだ。。。
Not even Dumont is a sorcerer... The only way to leave the exhibition room was through one door...

ということは。。。
Meaning...

Panel 4
ということは何らかの方法でドアから出て行ったということだ
Meaning he left through the door somehow.

結論はそうなんだ。だけどいくらみんなが仏像消失に気をとられていたといっても。。。
That's my conclusion. But how could he when everyone's attention was on the statue that disappeared...

Panel 7
もしデュモンがマントの下に警備員の服を着こんでいたとしたら？！
What if Dumont was wearing a guard's uniform under his mantle?!

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Panel 1
何っ？！
What?!

Panel 3
そうか！！
That's it!!

Panel 4
そうだ！
It is!

Panel 5
どーゆーことだ？！
What is?!

Panel 6
つまりデュモンはあの時
In short, at that time Dumont

Panel 7
仏像のうしろに隠れ爆弾をセットしてから
hid behind the Buddha statue, set the explosives

Panel 8
バッ
Ba - Bam

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Panel 2
バサッ
Basa - Rustle

Panel 3
チッ
Chi - Tick

Panel 5
仏像は消滅し爆風でドアは吹きとんだ
デュモンはすかさず
The Buddha statue vanished and the door was blown open.
Dumont wasted no time.

Panel 6
サッ
Sa - Swish

Panel 7
ドアの外にうずくまりみんなが仏像が消えたのに目をうばわれているすきに
He crouched down beside the door and while everyone was fixated on by the Buddha disappearing

Panel 8
ゆうゆうと立ち去った。。。
He quietly left...

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Panel 1
たいへんだ！バンコラーン！
This is bad! Bancoraaan!

Panel 2
すぐ手配して！デュモンはおそらく警備員の姿で
Search around here! Dumont is probably disguised as a guard!

まったく
Really.

Panel 3
なんというずるがしこい。。。
How sly...

Panel 5
バンコランは？
Where's Bancoran?

Panel 6
ゆうべからMI6に詰めっきりだよ
He's been at MI6 since last night.

仕事というよりもう意地だな
It's more about him being stubborn than about work anymore.

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Panel 1
ピンポーン
Pin poon - Ding dong

Panel 2
おや？
Oh?

Panel 3
ごめん ちょっと出てくれないか
Sorry, will you answer that?

Panel 4
バカを言え。うかつに出て印鑑のセールスマンかなんかだったらどうする。こういう時はまず相手をたしかめるのだ
Give me a break. What will I do if I carelessly let in some stamp salesman? I'll check who it is, first.

Panel 5
山！
Mountain!

Panel 6
シーン
Shiin - Silence

Panel 7
そんなんで相手がわかるのか？
Do you know who it is?

Panel 8
すくなくとも赤穂浪士ではない。
It's at least not the 47 Ronin.

さっさと出ろ！！
Hurry up and open it!!

Panel 9
うるさい奴だ
He's fussy.

ガチャッ
Gacha - Click

Panel 10
魚っ！
Gyo! - Startled!

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Panel 1
わわわ。。。
Wawawah...

Panel 2
どうした？お客さんは誰だったの？
What's wrong? Who was the guest?

Panel 4
ハッ
Hah

Panel 5
デュモン！何しに来た！！
Dumont! What did you come here for?!!

MI6バンコラン少佐の愛人マライヒ。。。か
Major Bancoran of MI6's lover, Maraich...?

Panel 6
君の推理はなかなかみごとだった。それを伝えにきたのだ
You reasoning is considering admirable. I came to tell you that.

Panel 7
おまえ マライヒが仏像消失の謎ときをしたのをなぜ？！
How do you know it was Maraich who solved the puzzle of the disappearing Buddha statue?!

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自慢できる話ではないが密閉された展示室の中でドアを吹きとばすほどの爆風を体に受けたのだ。さすがにしばらくは動きがとれず 博物館のしげみの中で休んでいた。そこで君たちの話を聞いたのだ
Although it's not something I can brag about, the blast that blew off the door to the exhibition room also hit my body. As you could expect, I couldn't maneuver around for a little while; I was resting in the thickets in the museum. I heard your conversation there.

Panel 2
あの時！
Back then!

Panel 3
うかつだった！てっきり遠くへ逃げのびたと思ったのに！
That was careless! I would have thought for sure you'd run far away by then!

灯台もと暗しだな
The lighthouse doesn't shine on its base.

Panel 4
で？それだけのことを言うためにわざわざ？
And? Did you come here just to tell me that?

Panel 5
いいや
君は頭が切れる。このままにしておいてはこれからいつまた邪魔になるかもしれない
No.
You're sharp. If I leave things like they are you'll probably become a hindrance again sometime.

Panel 7
たしかあの引き出しに。。。
I'm sure that drawer...

Panel 8
サッ
Sa - Swish

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Panel 1
デュモン動くな！！
Dumont, don't move!!

チャッ
Cha - Click

Panel 2
ジャッ
Ja - Thack

ビクッ
Biku - Shock

Panel 3
ザラ
Zara - Roughly

Panel 4
うわ~~~っ！さすがと言うか
Uwaaah~! I mean, as I expected.

Panel 5
ガーン
Gaan - pow

Panel 7
誰も弾丸をぬいたとは言っていない
No one said that I took out the bullets.

ドッ
Do - Thud

Panel 8
勘ちがいしないでもらおう。わたしは無益な殺生をする気はないのだ
Don't misunderstand. I don't believe in useless killing.

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Panel 1
たとえその気になっても。。。
Even if you did...

フッ
Hu

Panel 2
うぬぼれるな！君はかなり腕が立つようだが 上には上がいるのだぞ！
Don't be conceited! You are considerably talented but there is always someone better!

Panel 3
カッ
Ka - Rage

Panel 4
君とあらそいに来たのではない。わたしと賭をしないか？
I didn't come to quarrel with you. Would you like to make a bet with me?

賭？！
A bet?!

Panel 5
君が勝ったらわたしはこのままおとなしく引き下がる。だがわたしが勝ったら君はひとつだけわたしの言うことをきくのだ
If you win I'll quietly withdraw. But if I win you have to do just one thing I tell you to.

Panel 6
賭だって？
The bet?

彼が勝ったらこれから彼のやることに口を出さないとか約束させる気だろう
If he wins he plans on making me promise not to poke my nose into what he's doing from now on.

Panel 7
賭の方法は？
What kind of bet?

コインを持ってるか？
Do you have a coin?

Panel 8
アンケラン王国の石の貨幣なら
If it's a stone coin from the Ankelan Kingdom.

おかしな物を。。。
That's an odd thing...

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Panel 1
まあいい。調べた所では君はナイフが得意だそうだな。このコインを投げ上げて先にナイフでたたき割った方が勝ちというのは？
Well, that's fine. When I checked it seems your strong point is with knives. How about if you break this coin with a knife when I throw it up in the air, you win?

Panel 2
いいだろう
That's fine.

Panel 3
マライヒにナイフで対抗しようとはデュモンめ。よほど自身があるのかはったりがきついのか。。。
He's going up again Maraich with a knife, that Dumont. Is he that good or is it a intense bluff...

Panel 4
それでは
Well then...

Panel 5
ピッ
Pi - Ping

Panel 6
サッ
Sa - Swish

Panel 7
ガッ
Ga - Grab

Panel 8
バッ
Ba - Whoosh

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Panel 1
そんな物で目がくらまされると思うか！
Do you think you can hide it with that?!

Panel 2
シャッ
Sha - Swoosh

Panel 3
シャッ
Sha - Swoosh

Panel 4
クルクル
Kuru kuru - Spin spin

Panel 5
ズポッ
Zupo - Slip

カーン
Kaan - Cling

Panel 6
ああっ？！
Aah?!

Panel 8
ガッ
Ga - Clang

Panel 9
カーン
Kaan - Clang

Panel 10
カラン
Karan - Clunk

カラカラ
Kara kara - Clatter

Panel 11
わたしの勝ちだ。
I win.

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Panel 1
おい 今のやり方は問題があるぞ！マライヒ文句を言ってやれ！！
Hey, there's a problem with the way he just won! Maraich, complain about it!!

いや。。。
No...

Panel 2
負けは負けだ
何をすればいい。。。？
A loss is a loss.
What do you want me to do...?

Panel 3
目をとじろ！
Close your eyes!

Panel 4
ビクッ
Biku - Startled

Panel 7
美味だ
Exquisite.

Panel 8
シュッ
Shu - Swoosh

Panel 9
ボウッ
Bou - Whoosh

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Panel 1
わっ？！
Wah?!

ボーッ
Boo - Whoosh

わたしは聡明で美しい少年が好きなんだよ。君が邪魔だと言ったのはウソだこれからもみごとな推理でわたしを楽しませてくれたまえ
I like bright beautiful boys. It was a lie when I said you would be a hindrance - keep delighting me with your admirable reasoning.

ハーッハッハッ
Haa ha ha

Panel 2
デュモン！さてはきさまマライヒのキスを盗むためにわざわざ！
Dumont! So you came here to still a kiss from Maraich!

Panel 3
サーッ
Saa - Swish

Panel 4
ハッ
Hah

消えた！
He vanished!

Panel 5
やることなすこと必要以上にハデな奴だ
The things he does are a lot flashier than necessary.

デュモン！
Dumont!

Panel 6
今度会ったらただじゃおかない！！
You'll pay for this next time we meet!!

Panel 7
仏像だけかと思ったらマライヒのキスまで盗んでいったデュモン
Dumont not only stole the Buddha statue but even a kiss from Maraich.

また近いうちに登場します
He'll appear again soon.

デュモン登場/おわり
Dumont's Debut / End

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