20th Century Boys
	 Volume 4 : Love and Peace
	  Chapter Thirty-Five
	   Connections

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<<Man: {I want to be stronger...
	Stronger...
	Stronger...
	I WANT TO BE STRONGER!!}

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Chapter 35 : Connections

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Manjoume: This far away, I don't think there's any concern about pursuers.

[Outskirts of Bangkok, Summer 2000]

Shogun: You have my thanks.  If you hadn't shown up, we'd be dead.

Manjoume: Oh...  I'm simply glad to be of help...
	A Japanese man in the slums of Thailand,
	helping people stay on their feet from the shadows...
	is an example some of my fellow Cabinet members could learn from.  This is heartening news to me.

Shogun: I'm not as great as you make me out to be.

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Shogun: We'll wait for the first bus to come.

Manjoume: Stay safe.
	I hope your child's sickness is healed...

Shogun: Friendship Party, House of Representatives, Manjoume Inshuu...
	Anywho... we got 10 minutes to wait for the bus...

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Mei: Thank you, Shogun.

Shogun: You don't need to.

Mei: Now I can finally see my son.

Shogun: That's good...
	But your family needed the money you were making in Bangkok, right?
	Here, take this.  It's not much.

Mei: I...  I can't, Shogun.  You already risked your life to save me, I just...

Shogun: Take it!!
	Hospital fees for your kid.

Mei: I'll thank you with my body!!

Shogun: Whoa!!

Mei: We can do whatever you want!!

Shogun: CUT IT OUT!!

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Mei: Thank you...
	Thank you...  thank you...
	Your muscles are so big, Shogun...
	I was amazed at how strong you are.

Shogun: Not really.

Mei: You are!  You beat up those bad guys like nothing.

Shogun: It's not me, but my teacher, who's strong.

Mei: Teacher...?

Shogun: Yeah.  I met a monk in the jungle...

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Shogun: The monk said to me...

<<Monk: Done already, Ant Child?

<<Shogun: Hahh
	Hahh
	Hahh
	What can I do to be stronger...?
	Hahh
	Hahh

<<Monk: Be stronger...?
	To have "strength",
	One must know "weakness"...
	And "weakness",
	is "timidity"...

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<<Monk: "Timidity" is...
	to wait for "something important"...
	To wait for "something important",
	is "strength".
	Are you hungry?
	You can eat those locusts hopping around, Ant Child.

Shogun: Without anything important...
	I could never be "strong"...

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Mei: I think your son was waiting for you.
	I think he waited until the very end, Shogun.
	You've got something important right here.

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Mei: Bye...

Shogun: With his mom back, your kid's sickness will disappear.

Mei: Shogun...

Shogun: Hmm?

Mei: We're friends, right?

Shogun: Of course, Mei...
	Friends.

Mei: See?  That's another important thing.

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Door: (Psshhhh)

[Within Bangkok]

Sign: Fujiyama Travel

Isono: Oooh, you came back at the perfect time.
	Just got another job for ya.

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Shogun: Gimme a break for today...  I'm takin' a nap.

Isono: Another Japanese tourist got suckered into a rip-off bar.

Shogun: Good night.

Isono: Are you sure about this?  I mean...
	Gosh, how am I supposed to make a fake visa...?

Shogun: (zzz)

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Shogun: Mei...
	MEI!!

Isono: Oh man, she's bleedin' all over!!
	She's been stabbed in the stomach!!

Shogun: Call a doctor!!

Isono: But a doctor...  I don't want this to turn into a catastrophe...

Shogun: Black market or not, just GET A DOCTOR!!

Isono: O...  okay!!

Shogun: Why did you come back to Bangkok?!

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Mei: Had to...  let you know...
	Shogun...

Shogun: Let me know what...?

Mei: I remembered...  that I saw...  that man...

Shogun: What man...?

Mei: When Chaipon...  gave me the drugs...
	He came...  out of the room...

Shogun: Who did...?

Mei: Japanese...  Cabinet member...

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Mei: He followed... the bus...
	I saw his face...  he'll kill me...
	You too, Shogun...
	He'll try to kill you, too...
	Chaipon's assassins...
	are under hire from him...
	You're an "impediment"...

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Shogun: Okay...  okay, don't talk...

Mei: I...  ran...
	Got stabbed, but ran...
	Hard as I could, here...

Shogun: Yeah...  you did great...  you made it all the way.

Mei: Shogun...
	Shogun...  friends...
	Very important...

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Isono: Damn...  black market doc's out on call...
	Oh...
	She's dead...
	Ohhhh boy.  What are we gonna do...

Phone: (RRR)

Isono: Hello, this is Fujiyama Travel.

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Isono: Hey...  call for you.
	C'mon!  This guy's been calling day and night.
	Just take the phone!!  He's in a hurry.

Shogun: Hello...

Phone: Is that you, Otcho?

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Shogun: Who is this...?

Phone: It's me.
	Kenji.

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