20th Century Boys Volume 4 : Love and Peace Chapter Forty Secret Base - Page 139 - Horizontal Plaque: Ochiai Hat: Flower Shop Hanamaru Chapter 40 : Secret Base Man: Ahem... Flower Guy: Yes? Man: Who did those flowers come from? Flower Guy: Oh... they were ordered. The name's here on the order slip... Let's see... this is comin' all the way from Bangkok, Thailand... It's an order from Fujiyama Travel. - Page 140 - Otcho: ..and that's how you tracked me down in Bangkok? Kenji: Yeah... I went to ask your wife about it... And she said flowers come in every year... On the day of your son Shouta's death... But the flower man told me... Someone else had asked about the sender as well... I'm guessing, one of "Friend"'s men. They're trying to get rid of you. Otcho: Yeah... I know. Aren't you in danger, too? Kenji... Kenji: Look at that. - Page 141 - Sign: CALL 110 THE MOMENT YOU SEE THIS MAN Endou Kenji *Height 175cm, medium build *Long, thin face - sharp eyes Wanted for the bombing of Jounan Medical College, Attack on Friendship Democratic Party Headquarters, as well as numerous counts of obstruction of justice. If you have any eyewitness information, please contact your local police station at once. We are awaiting the assistance of all citizens. Otcho: Wanted for Jounan Medical College bombing... Friendship Party Headquarters attack... You're quite the terrorist. Heh... can't believe the first time I see my old buddy's face is on a wanted poster... Kenji: Yeah... talk about a shitty photo. But Otcho... this is reality. - Page 142 - Kenji: This is the defender of justice who's gonna save the world from danger. (Gatsu: Above the sign in the upper right corner, just put a note that says "this is a sign advertising a brothel "Papaya Paradise") Chapter 40 : Secret Base - Page 143 - Kenji: So it didn't turn into the world we imagined... Was the year 2000 we dreamed of like this...? Girls: Stupid rabbit!! Gyahaha!! Kenji: In the year 2000... Girls: Mustyyyy!! Kenji: This city was supposed to be futuristic. - Page 144 - Otcho: Still... Kenji: Yeah... there's only one thing that's the same between this and what we imagined. In December of 2000... Humanity will be destroyed. And we're the only ones who can stop it. Punk: Watch where you're goin', bunny rabbit!! - Page 145 - Punk: I'll cut off your damn ears!! Kenji: Hmm... Come with me, Otcho. I want to show you something. Go on down. - Page 146 - Kenji: That summer vacation... when we were kids... We built a secret base in that empty field... Can't believe I'm doing the same thing at this age... "ti ekil uoy" Guard: "os taht si" Kenji: "oot em" Hei: C'mon in. (criii) Kenji: Good work. - Page 147 - Kenji: This is a subway platform that got abandoned when the 28th line got moved. Hei: Is dinner ready yet? Kenji: I'll go ask, Hei-san. They were the ones who told me about this place. They can live anywhere. They've taught me a lot of things. - Page 148 - Kenji: Like, where to find tons of edible food thrown away. Now I realize how much food we waste all the time. Here we go... This is our secret base... Our secret base for the year 2000. Not much better than the one in the field, eh? Mama, this is Otcho. Chiyo: What? - Page 149 - Chiyo: Oh my goodness! Ochiai-kun?! Otcho: Nice to see you, ma'am. Chiyo: Oh, look how TALL you are... but why is your hair so long?! Kenji: Go and switch with Hei-san when you're done eating. Bum: Okay! Kanna: Welcome back, Uncle Kenji!! Kenji: My sister's daughter. Otcho: Hello. Kanna: Hello. - Page 150 - Otcho: How old are you? Kanna: Free. Otcho: What's your name? Kanna: Kanna. What's your name? Otcho: My name...? My name is... Otcho... Kenji: Come here for a second, Otcho. Otcho: Where were you training...? - Page 151 - Kenji: Every single gym I could find... Boxing, karate, kickboxing, tae kwon do... Everywhere I went, they told me I had no talent... You see, I just can't hit people in the face. - Page 152 - Kenji: ...then I thought, well, what am I good at...? And I tried to tell people the truth by playing guitar on the street. [If I turned it completely into a song, any passing officer in the "Friend" cult could lock me up.] [So I sang it how I could, sang and sang as it came to me,] [Hoping that someone, anyone would understand what it meant...] [And in the end...] Kenji: It was the same as when I was doing that band. Nobody listened at all. - Page 153 - Kenji: I guess I'm not good at anything... ...so, I tried to make these little toylike explosives. I managed to destroy Jounan Medical College, where they cultivate their germ weapons... But it didn't help that much. Look at this. The laser guns we made up... this is how they made them. It's basically just a weak stungun. I snuck into Friendship Party HQ with it. Stole a bunch of floppy disks... But they're all coded, I can't read them. - Page 154 - Otcho: So you're been doing what's necessary, based on the "Book of Prophecy"... Kenji: Yep... Book: Book of Prophecy Kenji: We don't have time. It's going to be December soon. But I kind of doubt they'll build THIS... They'll probably find some other disaster to cause instead... Otcho: No... I've seen a photo. It's already... - Page 155 - Drawing: GIANT ROBOT Height 50 meters Weight 1 million tons Otcho: Been built. Manjoume: Excellent. - Page 156 - Manjoume: I believe "Friend" will be quite pleased, Professor Shikishima. Shikishima: I kept my end of the deal... Now let me see my daughter. - Chapter 40 Owari -