Confession
	 by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
	  and Kaiji Kawaguchi
	   Part Five

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Asai: Huff,
	Huff.
	Huff.

Confession

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Asai: Huff,
	Huff.
	Huff.

Ishikura: You OK...?
	That was a crazy idea, anyways...

Asai: S...
	Sorry...
	Sorry...

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Ishikura: That's right...  you should rest more...
	Me too, but you're much more exhausted...
	All we have to do...  is wait...
	Nothing to do but wait...

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Asai: {Huh...
	What is he doing...?
	Wait...
	Isn't something wrong here...?}

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Asai: {I mean, think about it.
	If he was watching for me...
	He didn't have to stand in that spot...
	He could stand at the entrance...
	It's the easiest place to see from...
	He didn't have to watch in such a way that he was almost hiding...
	It's like, where he was standing...
	was closer to a SPYING location than a lookout location.
	He hid to the side and waited for me...
	In other words...
	A surprise attack...}

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Asai: {Yes...  he was plotting a surprise attack.
	That's why he was there...!}

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Asai: {In that light, his knocking on the window
	was letting me know he was there so I wouldn't get suspicious, rather than having me see him first...}

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Asai: {If he wants to kill me...
	Then why doesn't he try...?
	Why...
	That's it!}

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Asai: {I have the upper hand, that's why!!
	With the state of his leg...
	He has no chance of winning in a normal confrontation.
	Even if he has a weapon, if I deflect his first attack,
	he doesn't stand a chance afterward.}

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Asai: {If he can't turn as well as he wants, it will be simple for me to get behind him...
	Which means...
	The extent of his knife advantage is unclear!
	If he screws up once and shows that he intends to kill me,
	then he won't have any excuses left.
	Self-defense.
	If I have to kill him, I have an excuse.
	That's why...}

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Asai: {He's playing it careful!!
	That's right...  if it comes to a fight...}

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Asai: {I'm the stronger one!!}

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Ishikura: Look at those eyes...
	I wouldn't do that...

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Asai: Huh?!

Ishikura: I...
	Have always been indebted to you...
	Not just in this emergency situation...
	I'm pessimistic and uncooperative...  I stumble into my surroundings,
	changing jobs...
	And you...
	were the only kind soul...

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Ishikura: You never discriminated against me...  you're very important to me...
	You were my only sanctuary in the entire world, my panacea.
	I could confide all of my stupidity...  my anger...  my sadness to you...
	I've never had...
	Another friend like you.
	Never...
	So...  why...
	would you think...

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Ishikura: That I would kill you...?

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Asai: {Talk about frankness...!}
	I know, Ishikura...  I know...
	{He really speaks from the heart...}

Ishikura: I see...

Sfx: *kaching*

Asai: {What was that sound?
	A knife?!}

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Ishikura: Go to sleep...
	You ought to sleep...

Asai: Yeah...
	{I have to concentrate for the next day...  no, two days...
	I can't drop my guard!!
	Even if Ishikura tries to kill me...  I'll be fine if I don't take my eyes off him.
	I can survive!!}

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Clock: *bonggg* *bonggg* *bonggg* *bonggg*
	*bonggg* *bonggg*

Asai: Morning...

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Asai: {Then why...?}
	What the?

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Asai: {...nighttime?!}

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Asai: {Is it...
	still night...?
	That can't be...}

Ishikura: Hmm...  seven.

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Asai: {7 o'clock...  it must be morning...
	Then...  why is it so dark?!
	H-has something happened...
	TO MY EYES?!}

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