Monster Volume 6 : The Secret Woods Chapter the Forty-Fifth The Men's Dining Table - Page 73 - Eva: Ha... Haha... I guess I really shouldn't have seen him, then... That beautiful blond boy I saw a year ago, on that rainy night... Chapter 45 : The Men's Dining Table - Page 74 - Eva: So anyone who sees "Johan" must die... Is that it...? Chapter 45 : The Men's Dining Table - Page 75 - Eva: I heard three gunshots, and got frightened and ran off. I was sure that Dr. Tenma had been shot... But the next day, there was an article in the paper saying a man named Junkers had been shot three times... That boy did it, didn't he? Can you shoot me? If you do, you won't get them. - Page 76 - Eva: Those photos you were looking for, of Johan as a child... What do you think will happen if you shoot me? The photos will automatically be handed over to men in the BKA. If you want the photos... You'll have to tell me where Tenma is. - Page 77 - Roberto: Heh... Hehehe... Hehahahaha!! Eva: W... what's so funny?! Roberto: Your legs... are shaking. You act unfazed, yet you can barely stand, can't you? Eva: (shiver)(shiver) (shiver)(shiver) hahh hahh (fmp) hahh hahh hahh Roberto: Hehehehe... - Page 78 - Roberto: You're a funny woman. (clunk) I'll tell you. Eva: What is Tenma doing?! Roberto: He's a doctor, of course. An "underground" one... Eva: Where?! Roberto: There was a man who clawed his way up to the No. 2 position in a syndicate in Hanover... The boss there got scared and tried to off him, but he got away with just a few injuries... they screwed up. So... Tenma's taking care of this guy. - Page 79 - Roberto: In a mansion near Fussen... - Page 80 - Dieter: Why are you just standing there? What's your name, mister? It'll be lunchtime soon. - Page 81 - Man: What are you doing? Tenma: Well... The weather's nice, so I thought we'd have some lunch outside... Man: Lunch outside...? Tenma: Dieter, bring some utensils and plates. Dieter: OK! Tenma: Your wounds are healing nicely, so I think you should get some sun, as well! Man: I really owe you my life, Dr. Tenma. You worked a perfect surgery on me in that run-down little bumpkin hospital. Tenma: Oh, no... your head wound was just a graze... And your leg was a simple puncture. Your anterior tibial artery is okay... you're lucky! - Page 82 - Man: I'm lucky... huh! Heckel: All right, we're ready to eat!! Tenma: Ooh, smells nice!! Utensils: (clink)(clink) (tchik)(clank) Tenma: It's good, isn't it? Heckel's cooking isn't actually half bad. Heckel: Whaddaya mean... half bad?! This is young duck cooked in a Marengo style, but the sauce is what makes it great. Just like the recipe at the three-star restaurant, "Le Petit Besson"... Dieter: Your explanations take so long. Heckel: Cause you're a kid, you don't understand what I'm saying. - Page 83 - Tenma: I think it would taste better if you splashed a little shoyu on it. Heckel: All you ever talk about is soy sauce! You gotta problem with my flavoring?! Man: A dining table... This must be a dining table... I did... anything I could to make money... What did I... want to do with all that money...? - Page 84 - Man: I abandoned my parents, made enemies of my brothers, my wife and child were murdered... When all I wanted was to eat at a dining table like this... Money corrupts people... Have you heard this story? Five years ago, here in Germany... something like a bank was created, that held a monopoly on all underground funds... - Page 85 - Man: The work they did was spectacular. They took dirty money from the syndicates and cleaned until it was nice and legit. Heckel: Money laundering, right? Man: Yes... This organization acted just like a real bank, lending money and making transactions... In just five years, they made a fortune of millions... Heckel: Wowwww!! Man: However... this year, the man who sat at the top and made all the decisions disappeared! What do you think happened? Chaos. You couldn't even imagine it. - Page 86 - Man: The people who were left started a giant battle over the rest of the money... Most of them died... and the group was destroyed. All they had to do was get around a table and eat together... Heckel: So, where'd he end up going? You know... the top man who disappeared all of a sudden. Probably got himself killed, that's what... - Page 87 - Man: Nope... he's still alive, somewhere. Could be... a student at some school. Heckel: Student? Man: Yeah... You'd be surprised... The rumor was, the guy... no, the kid... when he made the group five years ago... Was just a 15-year old boy. - Page 88 - Heckel: 15-yea... Hahaha!! Don't be silly! What could a kid like that do?! Man: But he did. As if he was experimenting in an adult's game of money... Like a child destroying a line of ants... Tenma: Where... Where was this underground bank held...? Man: The group's headquarters were in Dusseldorf... The man at the top always moved from place to place as he gave orders... Tenma: The last time... he disappeared, where did he go...? Man: I don't know the details... But they say all the men with money signs in their eyes flocked to Munich... - Page 89 - Tenma: Munich... Heckel: What's up, Doc? You don't look so hot. Dieter: Hey... Let's call that guy at the bottom of the hill up for lunch. Tenma: Oh... yeah... Good idea! Man: His job is to be my bodyguard. He's been working for me for years... Tenma: You're as good as dead to the rest of the world. Or do you think there are still people chasing you? - Page 90 - Tenma: Do you still plan on living a life that requires constant guard? Man: Kid... go call Helmut... Dieter: So his name is Helmut?! Man: Yeah... Tell him his job as a bodyguard is over... He's my last friend and follower. Tell him to come up to the table so we can discuss what will happen from now on... - Page 91 - - Page 92 - Roberto: Tenma's up in the mansion. You want to kill him, don't you? - Page 93 - Dieter: Hey, Mr. Helmut!! It's lunchtime!! Everyone's waiting for you!! Mr. Helmut!! - Page 94 - - Chapter 45 Owari -