Monster Volume 18 : Scenery of the Doomsday Chapter the Hundred-and-Fifty-Second A Fictitious Man - Page 9 - Tenma: (hahh)(hahh)(hahh) (splash)(splash) Chapter 152 : A Fictitious Man Tenma: An officer... His gun's been taken... Sound: (za...) - Page 10 - Tenma: You there, don't move!! Man: (splash) Save... the town... Tenma: Who shot you? Man: Massacre... in town... - Page 11 - Man: First... several... armed men... came into town... Eventually, the townsfolk... got guns as well, and started shooting each other... I have to go... Call... for help... I'm... a schoolteacher from a nearby town... Several of my students... live here... Have to at least... save the children... Have to... - Page 12 - Man: (slip) Tenma: (grab) Chapter 152 : A Fictitious Man - Page 13 - Lunge: Johan... The first time I heard that name... Was in a questioning room at Dusseldorf Station, on a rainy day like this, in 1995... It was uttered by a brain surgeon... To repeat his statements, it went a bit like this... When he escaped from East Germany in 1986, the government official Liebert had twin children with him... Right after escaping, the Liebert family was shot, the father and mother killed. The twin boy survived with a bullet in his head, and his sister was in a state of shock... - Page 14 - Lunge: This surgeon performed an operation on the boy, and managed to save his life. (tap tap tap) But surprisingly enough, that boy... Used poisoned candies to kill the director, head surgeon, and chief of surgery of the Eisler Memorial Hospital, and escaped with his sister... He reappeared nine years later, and killed a state police officer, once again with poisoned candy... And shot that surgeon's patient, Adolf Junkers, right before his eyes... His name was Johan Liebert... Afterwards, that surgeon, an important witness in those cases, went on the run... - Page 15 - Lunge: And after a very long time, I've finally caught up to him. Grimmer: Dr. Tenma... So, you finally admit that your internal logic was flawed. That Tenma is innocent... Lunge: No... As I told you, my methods are to find truths from truths... In my mind, he is still a very important witness... To me, Johan is nothing but a fictitious man. - Page 16 - Lunge: A fictitious man... Those words captivated me during my vacation. What should a real, existing man do in order to become a fictitious man...? The answer is simple. He must get rid of all the people who know him, and his past... until, finally... All of his acquaintances and surroundings have been erased... I don't know how far back he will have to go... But in the end, he will turn out like the ending of your storybook, Mr. Bonaparta... "Even though he had finally found a name, there was no one around to call him by it." - Page 17 - [Johan was such a wonderful name, too.] Lunge: If we assume that is what's happening to this town, right now... Grimmer: It's what I'd do, if I were Johan... I am also a fictitious man... I am not the man named Neumayer who signed the hotel registry, nor am I the man known as Wolfgang Grimmer. - Page 18 - Grimmer: I am no one. So, we'll disappear together... With the others who had their memories, names and emotions stolen... Bonaparta: I've waited... I've simply been waiting here, for him to declare my final sentence... - Page 19 - Bonaparta: I'm not afraid of dying... But I don't know how to repay what I've done... So I will simply accept what happens here... Grimmer: You've waited...? You're not afraid of dying...? Do you understand what a crime you've committed...?! Do you understand what you brought forth to destroy Western civilization?! For your stupid political games...!! - Page 20 - Grimmer: Do you understand what it means to destroy the very nucleus of human good and evil...?! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU AWAKEN THE MONSTER INSIDE A HUMAN BEING...?! People... People are supposed to think their food is delicious... They're supposed to look forward to picnics on their days off... They're supposed to think the beer they drink after work tastes especially good... - Page 21 - Grimmer: People... People... People are supposed to feel misery with their entire soul when their children die... I won't let you die... I'm going to take you out of this town alive, so you can tell the entire world what you did... You're going to let the world know who the monster that you awoke is... - Page 22 - Grimmer: I'm going to keep you safe until that happens... Lunge: (click)(click) (click) Where is Johan...? Old Man: I... don't know... Lunge: There must be someone orchestrating this slaughter. Where is he? - Page 23 - Old Man: I don't... know... Lunge: Where? Tenma: Another gunshot... Person: (dash) - Page 24 - Tenma: Wait!! (splash) Wait up! I'm not going to shoot you!! Is anyone there? I won't do anything... Look, I'm putting my gun right here. Gun: (clunk) - Page 25 - Tenma: Can you see it? Look, I've got nothing else. Door: (creak) Tenma: It's okay... Don't be afraid... How many of you are here...? Woman: Five children, and the two of us... - Page 26 - Tenma: I've come to help you. Trust me. This place is dangerous, understand? You have to leave the town. Route 298 is just through the woods to the north. The river overflowed, so you can't get there using the path. You'll have to walk about 5 km west, through the forest. Kids: Waah... Sniff Sniff Wahhh... Tenma: Don't cry!! I'll take you to the path as it enters the woods!! Can you run?! - Page 27 - Old Man: Th... The man giving orders is staying in the Hotel Bergbach... Lunge: Very good... ...but this is still the only gun we have... Door: (clunk) Grimmer: These two were outside... Husband: I'm so sorry... Wife: This all happened because we won the lottery... Husband: If we had alerted someone sooner, when we found Konrad's body... Wife: Before the whole town went crazy... - Page 28 - Lunge: You bought all of these? Husband: But I ain't shot 'em once yet! I swear!! Lunge: (chk) I'll borrow this and this. Keep the hotel safe. Grimmer: And you...? - Page 29 - Lunge: (click) Grimmer: The enemy aren't the only ones with guns out there. Some of the townsfolk have them. Lunge: I'm an officer. I can tell the difference. Oh... Mr. Grimmer... When this job is finished, buy me a beer. - Page 30 - Grimmer: Sure thing... A good one... People: (splash)(splash)(splash) Tenma: Run!! People: (splash splash) Tenma: You must survive!! - Chapter 152 End -