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デュモンへの挑戦
パタリロ!123
A Challenge to Dumont
Patalliro! 123

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Panel 1
常春の国マリネラ
A country of everlasting spring, Malynera.

Panel 2
殿下ーちゃんとお仕事してますかー
Your Highness, are you working~?

Panel 3
カリカリカリ
Kari kari kari - Scratch scratch scratch

けっこうけっこう
Splendid, splendid.

Panel 4
いつもそんなに素直だと助かるんですけどね。おやつ置いときますよ
It would help if you were always so obedient. I came to leave a snack.

Panel 5
カリカリカリ
Kari kari kari - Scratch scratch scratch

Panel 6
いやー 殿下がまじめだと宮殿の中が静かだこと
Well, when His Highness is serious the palace is quiet.

ハッハッ
Ha ha

Panel 7
グッ
Gu - Squish

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Panel 1
ゴトッ
Goto - Clunk

Panel 2
えっ？
Eh?

パッ
Pa - Jump

Panel 3
カリカリカリ
Kari kari kari - Scratch scratch scratch

Panel 5
グッ
Gu - Squish

Panel 6
ゴトッ
Goto - Clunk

Panel 7
えっ？
Eh?

Panel 8
パッ
Pa - Pop

Panel 9
カリカリカリ
Kari kari kari - Scratch scratch scratch

Panel 10
ドン！
Don! - Thud!

ゴトッ
Goto - Clunk

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Panel 1
わーっ 何だこれはーっ！！
Waaah, what is this?!!

Panel 2
やられたー！
We've been tricked!

バタバタ
Bata bata - Clatter clatter

Panel 3
どうした
What's wrong?

また殿下にだまされた！
His Highness tricked us again!

Panel 4
見てくれ こんな物を作って仕事をしてるように見せかけてたんだ！
Look. He built this so it would look like he was doing work!

なんとまあ。。。
Really now...

Panel 5
こんな物を作るより仕事をしてた方が楽だと思うんだが
He thought it was easier to build this than to work.

たまたま電気のコードをふんで気がついたが そうでなければだまされっぱなしになるところだったー！
If I hadn't stepped on the electric cord by chance I would have kept being deceived!

Panel 6
そんなことより早く殿下を見つけなくてはまたどこかに隠れてるにちがいない！
More importantly, we have to hurry and find His Highness. He must be hiding somewhere again!

あ~~~っ も~~~っ！
Aaah~, again~~~!

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Panel 1
おや？
Oh?

Panel 2
こんにちは
Hello.

Panel 3
お久しぶりです
It's been awhile.

パタリロに用があるんだけどいる？
I have business with Patalliro, is he here?

Panel 4
今日はめずらしくまじめに仕事を
Today he's been unusually serious about work.

ダダーッ
Da daa - Stomp stomp

ドドドド
Do do do do - Stomp stomp stomp stomp

Panel 5
してないみたいだね
It seems he's not doing it.

ですね
Seems so.

Panel 6
いたか？！
Was he here?!

見つからない！だんだん隠れ場所が巧妙になってくるようだ！
I didn't find him! It seems he's getting more clever about his hiding places!

Panel 7
急いでるんだけどなあ
They're rushing but...

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Panel 1
よし
All right.

ピッ
Pi - Pull out

Panel 3
こんな罠にひっかかりますかね
I wonder if this trap will catch him.

大丈夫。パタリロが新札の匂いに抵抗できるわけがない
It's fine. Patalliro can't resist the scent of a new bill.

Panel 4
常人には嗅ぎわけられない新札の匂い
Ordinary people can't sniff out a new bill.

Panel 8
スーッ
Suu - Sniff

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Panel 1
ザバッ
Zaba - Splash

Panel 2
あっ きた！
Ah, he came!

しっ！
Shh!

Panel 3
フンフンフン
Hun hun hun - Sniff sniff sniff

Panel 4
ミーッ
Mii - Meow

Panel 5
警戒してますね
He's cautious.

思ったよりかしこいな
He's smarter than I expected.

Panel 6
フンフンフン
Hun hun hun - Sniff sniff sniff

Panel 8
フンフン フンフン
Hun hun hun hun - Sniff sniff sniff sniff

Panel 9
ミギャッ
Migya - Mrowr

Panel 10
バーン！
Baan! - Baam!

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Panel 1
おまえのせいでつかまったじゃないかー！！
I was caught because of you!!

ワーン
Waaahn

わざわざたずねてきたのにかくれんぼなんかしてるからだ
Because I came here especially to visit and yet you were playing hide-and-seek.

Panel 2
そういえば何しにきたんだ。相談ごとなら力になるぞ。えんりょしないで言ってみろ。うん？ほら言ってみろ
Come to think of it, what did you come here for? I'll be helpful if it's for a consultation. Don't hold back and speak. Well? Come on, talk.

Panel 3
そんなこと言って少しでも仕事にとりかかるのをおくらせたいだけなんだろう
You're only saying that because you want to put off doing work for a little bit.

Panel 4
バッ
Ba - Smack

Panel 5
うわあああ！！
Uwaaaah!!

Panel 6
13日の金曜日
Friday the 13nth
*A reference to the horror franchise.

Panel 7
ひややかなまなざし
Cold glare

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Panel 2
インド人
An Indian.

やめい！
Stop!

Panel 3
ぼくの話を聞く気があるのかないのか！
Are you interested in hearing my story or not?!

もちろんあるとも話してみろ
Of course I am. Tell me.

Panel 4
つまり
In short

ソーメン
Fine white noodles

Panel 6
バンコランとケンカしていらだってるんだ。まじめに聞かないとただじゃおかないぞ！
I'm irritated because I had a fight with Bancoran. You'll regret it if you don't listen seriously!

わかったわかった
I get it, I get it.

Panel 7
なにバンコランとケンカ？！
What did you have a fight with Bancoran about?!

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Panel 1
あいつまた浮気でもしたか
Is he having an affair again?

それならケンカにはならないよ。ぼくが一方的にやっつけるだけだ
If that was the case it wouldn't be a fight. It'd be a one-sided beat-down.

Panel 2
デュモンの件さ。やられっぱなしだから。彼 きげんが悪いんだ。毎日帰りもおそいし外へ食事にも連れてってくれないし
だからつまり。。。
It the Dumont Case. Because he keeps working on it he's in a bad mood. Every day he comes home late and he never takes me out to eat.
So, in other words...

Panel 3
おまえが文句を言ったら売り言葉に買い言葉でケンカになったと
When you complained he responded tit for tat and it became a fight.

そうなんだ。彼の言い分がひどいんだよ！
That's right. He said terrible things to me!

Panel 4
こないだも夜中に帰ってきたから最近おそいねって一言言ったら 彼なんて言ったと思う？！
The other day he came home at the dead of night, and when I said a single word about him being late recently what do you think he said?!

Panel 5
うるさいな。仕事だからしょうがないだろう！文句ばかり言ってると きれいな顔がだいなしだぞ！
Shut up. I can't do anything about it because it's work! When all you do is complain it spoils your beautiful face!

Panel 6
と こうなんだ！ひどいと思わない？！
Just like that! Don't you think that's cruel?!

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Panel 1
だからぼくも言ってやったんだ
So I said:

なにさ！あなたはとびきりのハンサムでやさしいからさぞきれいなお仕事が待ってるんでしょうよ！
What?! Since you're so extraordinarily handsome and kind I'm sure your beautiful work is waiting for you!

Panel 2
なんだ その言い方はわたしが浮気してるとでも言うのか！おまえこそものすごく美しいスタイルもばつぐんだから 道を行く男たちがほってはおくまい！
What? You say that like I'm having an affair! I'm sure your extraordinarily gorgeous style is so distinguished that men going down the road can't leave you alone!

Panel 3
こんなこと言うんだよ！
He said that!

Panel 4
おまえ 何しにきたんだ？
What did you come here for?

Panel 5
だからバンコランとケンカして
Because I had a fight with Bancoran!

帰って風呂に入って寝ろ！！
Go home, take a bath and go to sleep!!

Panel 6
そんなバカ話聞くくらいなら仕事してた方がましじゃわい
I'd rather work that listen to a story that stupid.

いや 本筋はこれからなんだ
Well, what will be the main story then?

Panel 7
ガタガタ言ってるととんでもないことをやっちゃうぞ！
If you keep rambling on I'll do outrageous things!

Panel 8
えっ 何を？！
Eh, what?!

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Panel 1
パッ！
Pa! - Pop!

Panel 2
ウン！
Ung!

Panel 3
う~~~ん！
Uu~~~~ng!

Panel 4
ムリン
Murin - Strain

Panel 5
ソコ
Bottom.

Panel 6
ゼエゼエゼエ
Zee zee zee - Wheeze wheeze wheeze

Panel 7
で 本筋というのは？
So what's the main story?

ハアハア
Haah haah

ちょっと待ってくれ。呼吸がととのうまで。。。
Wait a minute. Until I catch my breath...

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Panel 1
実は デュモンをつかまえる手助けをしてほしいんだ
Actually, I wanted your help to catch Dumont.

Panel 2
何かアイデアがあるのか？！
You have an idea?!

Panel 3
ぼくの友人にロンドンのさる侯爵がいるんだけど2日前 彼の家から代々伝わる家宝のティアラが盗みだされたんだ。犯人はもちろんデュモン金庫の中に彼の名刺が置いてあった。
My friend is a certain marquis in London but 2 nights ago a family heirloom of his, a tiara, that was passed from generation to generation was stolen. The criminal, of course, was Dumont. He left his business card in the vault.

Panel 4
あいかわらずキザな奴だ。しかしそんな盗難事件があったとは聞いてないが
Conceited as ever. But, I haven't heard that there was such a theft.

Panel 5
公表してないんだ。なぜってデュモンが盗んで行ったのはイミテーションだったからさ
It wasn't announced officially.Because it was an imitation that Dumont stole.

なんだって？！デュモンがそんなミスを犯すか？！
What?! Dumont made a mistake?!

Panel 6
侯爵本人も知らなかったんだ。実は侯爵夫人がたいへんなギャンブル好きでね。借金のかたにご主人に内緒で持ち出して イミテーションの方を金庫に入れておいたんだ
The marquis himself didn't know. The truth is the marchioness is a serious lover of gambling. She kept the debts secret to her husband, and she put the imitation in the safe.

Panel 7
なるほど
I see.

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Panel 1
夫人からその話を聞いて侯爵も最初が怒ったけど まあ盗まれるよりはよかったとあわてて買いもどしたんだ。ところが安心したのもつかのま
When his wife told him the marquis was angry at first but, well, he was relieved that he could repurchase it rather than it being stolen. But that peace of mind was transient.

Panel 2
よく考えたらニセ物だと気づいたらデュモンは必ずもう一度盗みにくるはずだ。それであわててぼくに相談しにきたんだけどね
When he thought about it, when Dumont realizes it's a fake he'll definitely come to steal it again. So in a panic he came to consult with me.

Panel 3
それでどうする気だ
So what do you plan on doing?

君の所で新しい大金庫を買ったって聞いたけど
I heard you bought a new large safe at your place.

Panel 4
ああ 以前の放射性同位元素を使ったやつは結局役に立たなくてな
Aah, the radioisotope he used before didn't help after all.

Panel 5
そうか 新しい金庫にそのティアラを入れといてほしいってわけだな
安心しろ。今度の金庫は絶対どんなどろぼうにも破れらないなにしろ金庫の鍵は
I see, he wants to put the tiara in a new safe.
Don't worry. This time no matter what kind of thief he is he absolutely won't be able to break into the safe and in any case the key to the safe is

Panel 6
これだ
this.

Panel 7
豚の置き物？
The figurehead of a pig?

ハッハッ
Ha ha

なかなかうまいことを
How very clever.

Panel 8
ぼくの思考波だ！ぼくが開けと念じない限り金庫はあかないんだ！！
It's my brain waves! Unless I'm thinking about opening it, the safe won't open!!

あっそう
Ah, I see.

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Panel 1
いかにデュモンといえどもあの金庫は絶対破れないぞ。まあ大船にのった気でいろ
Not even Dumont will be able to break into that safe. Well, you can depend on me.

ハッハッ
Ha ha

そうかな？
Is that so?

Panel 2
デュモンを甘く見ない方がいいぼくがティアラをあずかったことをかぎつけて必ずマリネラにやってくるだろう。そして必ず盗み出そうとするはずだ。
Dumont shouldn't be underestimated. I kept the tiara and brought it with me so he'll definitely sniff it out and come to Malynera. And he'll definitely try to steal it.

Panel 3
えっ？あずかったっておまえがティアラを持ってるのか？
Eh? You kept it? So you have the tiara?

Panel 4
人にまかせて 途中ですり変えられちゃたまらないからね
If I left it to people it could be secretly swapped out on the way.

Panel 5
ぼくの手で運んでぼくの手で金庫に入れる。そしてデュモンを待つ
I carried it here in my hands and will put it in the safe with my hands. And wait for Dumont.

ティアラで奴をおびき寄せようってわけか。しかし来るかな？待ち伏せしてることに気がつくかもしれんぞ
So you'll lure him with the tiara? But will he come? He'll probably realize it's an ambush.

Panel 6
来るさ
罠だとわかっていても必ず来る彼はそういう男だ
He'll come.
Even if he knows it's a trap he'll come. He's that kind of man.

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Panel 1
もう来ている
I've already come.

Panel 3
これがその金庫だ。ずいぶんシンプルだろう
This is the safe. I should be very simple.

そうだね。あるのはハンドルだけで ロック装置もない
I see. There's only a handle, there's no locking device.

Panel 4
ぼくの思考波に感応しなければ絶対開かない仕組みになっているのだ。無理にあけるためには 金庫全体を破壊しなければならない
If there's no response to my brain waves it absolutely won't open no matter what. To open it by force you'd have to destroy the whole safe.

Panel 5
おまけに扉がしまってからちょうど一時間後に中の空気は吸い出され。不活性ガスが注入されるこれこそどんな金庫破りも歯が立たない。究極の金庫なのだ
On top of that after the door is closed the air will be sucked out in exactly one hour. It'd be too difficult for any safecracker to pour in an inert gas. It's the ultimate safe.

Panel 6
でも人間の作った物に完全ということはありえないよ
But it's impossible for something humans made to be perfect.

この金庫だけは例外だ。なにしろぼくが設計したんだからな
Except for this safe. Because I designed it.

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Panel 1
君の設計か。。。とすると並の人間に歯が立たないのはたしかだな
You designed it...? Meaning it's definitely too difficult for a normal human.

あまりほめるな
You speak too highly of me.

ハッハッ
Ha ha

Panel 2
でも。。。
But...

Panel 3
もしも君に催眠術をかけて扉を開かせようとしたら？！
What if someone tried to hypnotize you to open the door?!

ハッハッ
Ha ha

正常時の思考波にしか感応しないようになっている
It responds only to my normal brain waves.

Panel 4
厳重だな。。。でもデュモンなら何か思いつくかもしれない
デュモンならどうするか。。。
It's strict... But Dumont will think of something.
What will Dumont do...?

Panel 5
むだなエネルギーは使わん方がいいぞ。それよりティアラをしまおう
He shouldn't waste his energy. Now then, let's put away the tiara.

Panel 6
といっても裸のままではまずいな
But it's bad to leave it bare like this.

出入りの職人にケースを作らせましょうか
Should I have a craftsman create case for it?

Panel 7
どれくらいかかる？
How long would it take?

二・三日あれば
A few days.

Panel 8
ということだがかまわんか？
Is that all right with you?

いいよ。どうせデュモンをつかまえるまでは帰らないつもりだったから
That's fine. I don't plan on going home until I've caught Dumont anyway.

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Panel 1
ケースができるまでティアラはぼくが肌身はなさず持ってるよ
I'll always carry the tiara with me until the case is made.

それが一番安全かもしれんな。念のため見はりをつけさせよう
That's probably safest. Just to be sure I'll put up a watch-out.

Panel 2
一日
One day

ブヒッ
Buhi - Squeal

はじらうブタ
Shy pig

Panel 3
二日と何事もなく過ぎ
Two days passed, nothing happened.

寝る時は外に出てくれないかなあ
When he's asleep we don't step outside.

Panel 4
いよいよ三日目
Finally, the third day.

このへんで外国小咄を一発
Around here we'll have one foreign anecdote.

Panel 5
先日娘にピアノを買ってやったんだ
The other day I bought my daughter a piano.

Panel 6
どうなりました
What happened?

Panel 7
もうかったよ
I profited.

Panel 8
どうして
How?

となりの家を半値で買いとった
I bought the neighbor's house at half price.

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Panel 1
そんなことを言ってる間に ケースができあがってきた
While he was saying that the case was finished.

Panel 2
ずいぶん立派なのを作ったな
You made it very splendidly.

由緒正しい品物をおさめるにはやはりこれくらいでないと
It should be like this for such an old and honorable article.

Panel 3
まあいいだろう。支払いはいつも通り頭金なしの10回払いだぞ
Well, that's fine. Payment will be in the usual 10 payments without a deposit.

はっそれでは
Yes. Well then.

Panel 5
キッ
Ki - Squeak

Panel 6
なんだ ケースの下はがらんどうか
What? It's empty under the case?

よーし さっそくティアラを金庫におさめよう
All right, let's store the tiara in the safe at once.

Panel 8
ニッ
Ni - Smile

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Panel 1
うっ。。。ううっ。。。
Ugh... uugh...

Panel 2
ギイーッ
Giii - Squeal

Panel 3
ガコーン！
Gakoon! - Thump!

Panel 4
これでよしと
マライヒ ティアラはこれで絶対安全だぞ
That should do it.
Maraich, with this the tiara will absolutely be safe.

Panel 5
おや？
Oh?

Panel 6
おい マライヒはどこだ
Hey, where did Maraich go?

あっ 殿下背中に
Ah, there's something on your back.

Panel 7
マライヒさんの字ですね
It's Maraich's writing.

パタリロへ扉をしめて30分たったらもう一度金庫をあけてくれ。頼んだよ
To Patalliro, when you close the door and 30 minutes have passed, open the safe once again. I'm counting on you.

Panel 8
あん？？
Ahn??

Panel 9
カタンコトン
Katan koton - Clink clink

Panel 10
キッ
Ki - Squeak

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Panel 1
スッ。。。
Su... - Slip...

Panel 2
パタン
Patan - Click

Panel 3
途中で入ったのではありません。デュモンは最初からケースに隠れていたのです
He didn't get in en route. Dumont was hiding inside the case from the beginning.

Panel 4
では なぜタマネギに気づかれなかったのでしょう
So, why didn't the Tamanegi see him?

実は
Actually

Panel 5
ケースにこういう風に鏡がはってあったのです
There was a mirror inside the case like this.

Panel 6
そうすると Aの部分がBに反射して
When done like the, the A portion would reflect in the B part.

Panel 7
こう見えるのです
So it looks like this.

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Panel 1
これは舞台奇術でよく使われるトリックです。簡単ですが知らない人には見やぶれません
This is a trick often used in stage magic. Although it's simple, a person who doesn't know it won't see through it.

隠れるスペースはごくせまいのですが デュモンはヨガの心得があるので忍んでいられたのです。なお 下についている車輪がたいへん軽く回るのでデュモンの体重も気づかれなかったのでした
Although the space was very narrow, Dumont knows yoga so he endured it. Still more, since the wheels attached to the bottom turned very easily they didn't notice Dumont's weight.

Panel 2
さて
Now then.

Panel 3
シュッ
Shu - Swoosh

Panel 4
ガシャン
Gashan - Crash

Panel 7
マライヒ君？！
Maraich?!

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Panel 1
金庫におさめる前にティアラを盗めば簡単だけど あなたならそうはしないと思った。名誉にかけても金庫を破って盗みだすはずだ
I thought it would be easy to steal the tiara before it was stored in the safe you wouldn't do that. You could break in and steal it even from a reputable safe.

Panel 2
それではどうやってこの難攻不落の金庫をあけるかむずかしい問題だったけどたった一つだけ方法があることに気がついた
So, even though this is an impregnable safe that would be difficult to open, I noticed there was only one way.

Panel 3
中に入って内部からあけるんだ！どんな金庫も中から破られることまで想定して作られていない！
Go inside and open it from the inside! Safes aren't made with the assumption that they'll be broken from the inside!

Panel 4
どんな方法で忍びこむかはわからなかったけど でも中で待っていれば必ずあなたに会えると信じていたよ
図星だったね
I didn't know how you would sneak in but I believed I would definitely see you if I waited inside.
Bull's-eye.

Panel 5
頭がいいな。。。というよりわたしと思考方法が似ているのかもしれん
Intelligent... You think like me.

ズイー
Zui - Intense stare

Panel 6
おっと こんな所であなたとやりあう気はないよ
Sorry, I have no intention of quarreling with you in a place like this.

Panel 7
フッ
Hu

それもそうだ
Me neither.

Panel 8
しかし困ったことをしてくれたな。この装置がなくてはいくらわたしでも素手で扉はあけられないぞ
But you've put us in a fix. Without my equipment not even I can open this door with ym bare hands.

大丈夫。パタリロが30分後にあけてくれるよ
It's fine. Patalliro will open it after 30 minutes.

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Panel 1
うしろにタマネギたちをひきつれてね。それであなたも一巻の終わりだ
Along with the Tamanegi behind him. And it'll be the end of the line for you.

あの国王は記憶力はいい方か？
Does that king have a good memory?

Panel 2
一つのことに熱中するとほかのことは忘れてしまうタイプに見えるが
He seems the type to forget other things when he's absorbed in one thing.

そんな所はあるね。でもそれが何か？
He's like that, but what about it?

Panel 3
まもなくわたしの部下が町に火を放つことになっている。逃げやすくするための陽動作戦のつもりだったが もしそちらに気をとられてしまったら
My subordinates will be setting fire to a town soon. I intended for it to be a diversionary tactic to make it easy to escape but that will probably distract him.

Panel 5
殿下ー！！
Your Highness!!

バタバタ
Bata bata - Clatter clatter

Panel 6
たいへんです 市内が火事です！原因はわかりませんが同時に三か所で火の手があがったもようです！
This is bad, the city is on fire! Although we don't know the cause it seems to have burst into flames simultaneously at three places!

なんだと？！
What?!

Panel 7
すぐ消防隊を出動させろ！全市に火災警報を発令するんだ！
Send out the fire brigade immediately! Declare a fire warning over the whole city!

はっ！
Yes sir!

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Panel 2
45分たった
完全に忘れられたようだな
Only 45 minutes.
It seems we've been completely forgotten.

冗談じゃない！扉をしめて一時間たつと中の空気が吸いだされるんだよ！
This isn't a joke! When the door is shut for an hour the air will be sucked out from inside!

Panel 3
こんな所であなたと心中なんかまっぴらだ！なんとか出られないの？！
Don't you have anything in mind?! Some way to escape?!

かんじんの装置を壊したのは誰だ
Who broke my essential equipment?

Panel 4
さわいでもしかたあるまい。国王が思いだしてくれるのを待つしかない
It won't help to make a fuss. All we can do is wait for the king to remember.

ドサッ
Dosa - Thud

Panel 5
おい ガソリンスタンドに火が回るぞ！化学消防隊は何をしてるんだ！
Hey, the fire is surrounding the gas station! What is the chemical fire brigade doing?!

ゴーッ
Goo - Roooar

Panel 6
だまってると息がつまりそうだ。何か話をしようよ
I'll have trouble breathing if it's quiet. Let's talk about something.

Panel 7
なぜ不可能犯罪にこだわるの？
Why are you obsessed with impossible crimes?

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Panel 1
。。。わたしはみなし子だった。。。わたしをひろって育ててくれたのはマリアという女スリだった。
...I was an orphan... A girl pickpocket named Maria found me and raised me.

Panel 2
わたしが7つか8つだった。ある日のこと マリアが大ケガをして帰ってきたスリの現場を警官に見つかって射たれたのだ
I was 7 or 8. One day Maria came back with a serious injury. Police caught her pick-pocketing and shot her.

Panel 3
すぐ警官が追いかけてきた
The police were pursuing her nearby.

ドン！ドン！
Don! Don! - Bam! Bam!

おい 警察だ！あけろ！
Hey, it's the police! Open up!

Panel 4
マリアはまもなくわたしの腕の中でこときれた。わたしはマリアの体をどこかに隠さなくてはならなかった
Soon Maria died in my arms. I had to hide her body somewhere.

Panel 5
なぜ？！
Why?!

そのころ犯罪者の死体は警察病院に運ばれて解剖実験に使われる習慣だったのだ。憎い警察にマリアをメチャメチャにされるのは耐えられなかった
In those days it was custom to transport criminal's bodies to the police hospital to use them for experimental analysis. I couldn't stand to let those detestable police tear apart Maria.

Panel 6
シューッ
Shuu - Shwoosh

Panel 7
空気が！
The air!

Panel 8
30分ほどすると応援が到着したらしくてドアがものすごい音と共に破られた
After about 30 minutes reinforcements seemingly arrived and they broke down the door with a terrible sound.

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Panel 1
警官はすぐ家さがしを始めたせまい家の中にはテーブルに椅子にベッド それに本箱がわりに使っていたダンボールの小箱が三・四個あっただけだ。もとより秘密のかくし場所などあるはずもなかったが マリアの死体は見つからなかった
The police began searching the small house immediately; the table, chairs and bed. There were only three or four small cardboard boxes we used instead of a bookcase. Although there wasn't anyplace that could have been used as a secret hiding place, Maria's body wasn't found.

シューッ
Shuu - Swoosh

Panel 2
たった一つの出入り口であるドアはずっと警官が見張っていたのだ。マリアをどこかにやれるはずがないのに見つからないものだから警官は怒ってずいぶんわたしを責めた
The police had been watching the door which was the only entrance. Although Maria couldn't have been sent to someone she wasn't found and the got mad and blamed me.

シューシュー
Shuu shuu - Swoosh swoosh

Panel 3
だが わたしは
But I

口を割らなかった警官もあきらめて帰っていった
didn't confess. The police gave up and went home.

Panel 4
シューッ
Shuu - Swoosh

マリアはどこに？
Where was Maria?

ハアハア
Haah haah

Panel 5
ダンボールの中
Inside the cardboard boxes.

えっ でも小箱って
Eh, but weren't they small?

Panel 6
まさか！
No way!

Panel 7
そうだ 警察に渡して解剖されるくらいなら いっそわたしの手でと
That's right. I'd rather do it with my own hands than let the police dissect her.

体をバラバラにしてダンボールに隠したのだ
I hid her body in the boxes in pieces.

シューッ
Shuu - Swoosh

Panel 8
わたしの犯罪の記録は不可能犯罪から始まったのだ。今さらつまらない事件をひき起こしたのではマリアに申しわけがたたない
That was my first recorded impossible crime. I can't use Maria as an excuse for the petty incidents I've caused after all this time.

ハッハッ
Hah hah

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Panel 1
ハア
Haah

息が。。。！！
I'm ch...!!

Panel 2
パタリロ。。。
Patalliro...

Panel 5
パチッ
Pachi - Snap

Panel 6
おっ 気がついたぞ！
Oh, he came to!

Panel 7
パタリロ？！デュモンは？！ティアラは？！
Patalliro?! Where is Dumont?! And the tiara?!

それはこっちが聞きたいわい！
I'm the one who wanted to ask you that!

Panel 8
火事に気をとられて忘れていたが一時間ちょっとしてから思いだして金庫をあけたんだ！するとおまえが倒れていてティアラもなくなってるじゃないか！！
I was pre-occupied with the fire and forgot but after an hour I remembered to open to safe! There you had collapsed and the tiara was gone!!

Panel 9
そのあと非常ベルを鳴らしたりしてゴタゴタしてたんですが。金庫の中をよく見たら 仲間が一人消防隊の服装をはがされて気絶していたんです。おまけにそのそばに小型の酸素ボンベが落ちてたんですが。これはどういうことなんでしょう
After that the emergency bell rang and it became confused. When we took a good look inside the safe, one person from the fire brigade had his clothes removed and had fainted. On top of that a small oxygen tank had fallen by him. What does this all mean?

せまいな
Small

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Panel 1
酸素ボンベ？！
An oxygen tank?!

Panel 2
やられたー！一時間以内に扉を破る自信はあったけど念のために酸素ボンベを用意してたんだ！デュモンの奴ー！！
He tricked me! He was confident he could break the door in an hour but he prepared an oxygen tank just in case! That Dumont!!

デュモンがいたのか？どこへ消えたんだ
Dumont was there? Where did he disappear?

Panel 3
ぼくが気を失なったあとボンベで呼吸しながら君が扉をあけるのを待ってたんだ！そして君たちがぼくやティアラに気を取られてるすきにタマネギをなぐり倒して服をうばい それを着て堂々と逃げだしたんだよ！
After I lost consciousness he breathed using the tank and waited for you to open the door! Then while you were distracted by me and the tiara he knocked out a Tamanegi and stole his clothes, and boldly escaped wearing that!

Panel 4
そういえば消防隊の制服はヘルメットに長いコートですからね
Come to think of it, the fire brigade's uniform is a helmet and long coat.

あのさわぎの中じゃ制服を着てる奴の顔をいちいち確かめたりしないからなあ
In the uproar a person wearing that uniform wouldn't be checked.

Panel 5
デュモンめー！！
Dumont!!

Panel 6
どっちにしてもまたもやデュモンにしてやられたわけか
Either way, it looks like Dumont tricked us again.

Panel 7
今度こそ！今度こそただじゃおかないぞー！！
Next time! Next time he'll pay!!

バンバン
Ban ban - Bam bam

Panel 8
犯罪の芸術家デュモン
The artist of crime, Dumont.

いずれまた登場します
He'll appear again another time.

デュモンへの挑戦/おわり
A Challenge to Dumont / End