Monster Volume 2 : Surprise Party Chapter 8 (16) The Ex-Soldier and the Little Girl - Page 187 - [Kiesen Police Station, Germany] Lunge: You came from the foreign division of the French Army... Girl: (splash) Lunge: In '79, after you went freelance, you participated in the war in Nicaragua... Girl: (splash) Lunge: You aided the anti-government guerillas in Afghanistan from '81 to '84... In '87, you played a critical role for the Mossad in their secret campaign to assassinate radical Islamic leaders... Chapter 8 : The Ex-Soldier and the Little Girl Lunge: Quite a glorious battle history you have. (tatap) Mr. Hugo Bernhardt. - Page 188 - Chapter 8 : The Ex-Soldier and the Little Girl - Page 189 - Lunge: With a mercenary of your experience holding a seminar... Your graduates must be superb students, indeed. I'm certain our young men could use the benefit of your lectures and discipline. Man: Er... well... Lunge: And was this man a superb student as well? Around five months ago, he should have been in the area of your special training grounds. - Page 190 - Lunge: With a scalpel, he is a genius... Is he as accomplished with a gun? Bernhardt: I do not wish to talk about my pupils. Lunge: I see... - Page 191 - [Five months ago] Bernhardt: Have you been taught anything about guns before? Tenma: No... Bernhardt: Hmph... self-taught, then. Tenma: No... I've never shot one. Bernhardt: Not once? Tenma: Never. - Page 192 - Tenma: I realize this is an unreasonable request. But, you're the only one... Bernhardt: Hmph, doesn't matter what you know, 'cause I make you forget it anyway... But... Tenma: But...? Bernhardt: You're the first who's never shot a gun once. Jump-rope. Whether you have any experience or not, this is how I start you off. Just like her. - Page 193 - Bernhardt: Quit wastin' time!! Get to it!! Tenma: Y-yessir!! Bernhardt: Do it faster!! Faster!! Tenma: Ah... Bernhardt: Watch your balance!! Faster!! Rope: (thwop)(thwop)(thwop) - Page 194 - Tenma: (huff)(huff)(huff) (huff)(huff)(huff) (huff)(huff)(huff) I just can't do it as well as you... (huff)(huff) Do you always watch over the training in place of the instructor like that? (huff)(huff) Fine, I'll do it. You don't have to glare at me... I have to do it... - Page 195 - Tenma: It's a brambling... I wonder if she's getting food for her chicks? (thwip)(thwip)(thwip) - Page 196 - Dishes: (clink)(clink clink) (clink)(clink) Bernhardt: So tired, you lost your appetite? Tenma: Uh... I suppose... Bernhardt: Eating's a part of training, too. Eat. Tenma: Okay. Door: (creak) Tenma: Is that your dau... granddaughter? Bernhardt: No. - Page 197 - Bernhardt: I shot her mother to death. Right in front of her eyes. It was in Myanmar. Ran into a little hut in the jungle, and there they were. The mother had a gun. If I had been a split-second late, I would be dead. - Page 198 - Bernhardt: So I took the girl with me. She's never smiled once since the day she started living with me. She'll probably hate me her entire life. That's what happens when you pick up a gun. If you don't like it... Then don't pick it up. - Page 199 - Tenma: (huff)(huff) (huff)(huff) (huff)(huff) (huff)(huff) (huff)(huff) - Page 200 - Tenma: (huff) What a great smell. (huff) (huff)(huff) It's the smell of daphne. WHOA!! (crack crunch) Oof... Owwww... - Page 201 - Tenma: Thank you... Bernhardt: Okay, bang bang!! Two shots. ALWAYS shoot twice when you pull the trigger. You shoot twice, the probability you killed the target jumps through the roof. If you can't do that... You're dead. - Page 202 - Bernhardt: What the hell is this? - Page 203 - Tenma: You always cook for me, so I thought I'd try making you a Japanese dish called nikujaga. That means "meat and potatoes." But I don't know if you'll like it or not... Tenma: They're chopsticks. I made them by whittling branches. This'll make it more Japanese... Girl: (munch munch) Tenma: Wow, you're good at using them. Heh heh... Heh heh heh... - Page 204 - Bernhardt: (plonk) (plonk) Tenma: Heh heh heh. Dishes: (clink)(clink clink) Tenma: (huff)(huff) - Page 205 - Tenma: What's wrong? Bird: (tweet tweet) Tenma: A baby brambling. It fell from the nest. Ah!! No, you have to put it back!! It'll die!! It's too hard to raise them away from the nest. They rarely ever survive. - Page 206 - Tenma: Lets put it back in the nest. Back to its mama... Okay?! Bernhardt: Three seconds!! Everything happens in three seconds!! Sight your target, and pull the trigger!! Hesitate for just a second... - Page 207 - Bernhardt: And you'll be the one lying dead on the ground!! Lunge: So... what kind of grades did he graduate with? After those five months... Bernhardt: His skill was perfect. His stamina passed. His concentration was pre-eminent. However... Lunge: However...? Bernhardt: Shooting a human target was something entirely different. Lunge: Hmmm. - Page 208 - Bernhardt: Whether you can shoot the first guy or not... That is where the paths split... between whether you can use a gun or not. Lunge: I see... And which path did he take? Fine... So, do you know his current location? If you do, I would very much like to hear it. - Page 209 - [Thank you for these past five months.] [Here is the rest of the course payment.] [And, please enjoy the nikujaga I made. Thank you very much.] Girl: (chomp)(chomp) Bernhardt: Dammit... (plonk) Shit!! Girl: Heehee! - Page 210 - Girl: Heehee! Bernhardt: She laughed... Lunge: Well? You know where he is, don't you? - Page 211 - Bernhardt: I cannot tell you. Lunge: Very well. You may go. Door: (creak) - Page 212 - - Chapter 8 End - - Volume 2 End -