Arachnid 68 PR

Arachnid Chapter Translation Script by Nitori, PR by meterion

[47]
alive-
alive...

[49]
I was aware about this being named "Sasori", but...
I had known about this being named "Sasori", but...

But, I'm glad I survived.
But, I'm glad it turned out alright.

The both of us!
For the both of us!

[50]
Please give me an answer, right!
Please, answer me now!

Otherwise-
Or else...

[51]
The one who bullied you harshly,
The one who bullied you cruelly,

the one who you pointed at a gun towards in the washroom,
the one who you pointed a gun at in the washroom,

the one who chatted with you about her favourite light novels in the middle of the night,
the one who had late-night talks with you about her favourite light novels,

was all me, but...
were all me, but...

[55]
since you're forced to struggle over your strategy.
since you're struggling with your current strategy.

the inside of your body is wrapped with "thread"
the inside of your body is wrapped in "thread"

and you are barely standing.
and you can barely stand.

You're looking to figure out a way to close in on me
You're looking for a way to close in on me

is to attempt to confuse your enemy
is to try to confuse your enemy,

and lure them into becoming careless
lure them into becoming careless,

[56]
to force them to approach you instead.
and force them to approach you instead.

being read by her completely?
being completely read by her?

This isn't a trick.
It's not a trick.

It's just that I try as best as I can
I just try to, as best as I can,

to connect our consciousnesses together
connect our consciousnesses together

like radio waves
like radio waves,

[57]
and then directly read your thoughts
and read the thoughts

from your mind!
directly from your mind!

[58]
Over a trivial incident, you completely reconsidered how
How over a trivial incident,

I bullied you horribly
you completely disregarded how I bullied you horribly

and you felt that I was a one-of-a-kind friend
and suddenly felt that I was a one-of-a-kind friend

that could be mistaken for your mother-
that you could even mistake for your mother-

While I was getting to know Tajima-san,
As I got to know Tajima-san,

I found that there were tons of places where you were kind or worthy of respect,
I saw a lot of times where you were kind or worthy of my respect,

 [61]
Fabre predicted its existence, but ultimately couldn't find it.
Fabre theorized its existence, but ultimately couldn't find it.

Its life cycle is almost entirely as a parasite,
It lives almost its entire life as a parasite.

and when the males copulate, they emerge into the outer world for a very short amount of time, but...
When the males copulate, they emerge into the outer world for a very short period of time, but...

since there's practically no need for them to ever change their forms,
since there's practically no need for their bodies to develop,

[62]
with a "larvae form" that's shaped like a maggot's.
with a "larvae form" shaped like a maggot's.

This is a phenomenon called "neoteny".
It is a phenomenon known as "neoteny".

it simultaneously possesses the sociability of an imago and the adaptability of a larva.
it can possess both the sociability of an imago and the adaptability of a larva.

[bottom gutter] PR: Imago (plural imagines) - in biology, the final adult stage of an insect after metamorphosis.

[63]
will be held by neoteny.
may exist within neoteny.

At the time,
At that time,

me not dying to Sasori's poison
my not dying to Sasori's poison

was the same as Imomushi's case.
was because, like Inomushi,

It was because of my "Adaptive Mutant" body.
I have an "Adaptive Mutant" body.

An adaptive ability that's unique to larvae repels the effect of medicine.
An adaptive ability unique to larvae that can reject the effect of drugs.

It's that sort of constitution.
It's a sort of innate constitution.

[64]
so I fell into an asphyxiated state.
so I fell into a state of near-death.

Well... Thanks to that,
But... Thanks to that,

I managed to get away without being assaulted by the army ants though!
I managed to get away without being assaulted by the army ants!

[65]
you would've lived
then you would've been alive

far longer than I was born, right?
since long before I was born, right?

I'm physically around 15 years old, but...
Physically, I'm around 15 years old, but...

 [67]
severed lives, raised lives, and controlled lives.
ended lives, nurtured lives, and controlled lives.

The peak of mankind that historically nobody has been able to reach,
The peak of mankind that, historically, nobody had ever reached,

Today of all days,
Today, of all days,

and constantly being saved
and was constantly being saved