Semelparous Chapter 5

Semelparous

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Chapter 5
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BOARD: Overall Results
       1st Kaminoi Youko

>That girl in first place is a new graduate, right?
>At least, that's what the rumors say...

-She was not yet made aware of the truth.

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>We will not ask for forgiveness.
>These,

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>are sins
>we must bear---- (NOTE: You can play around with how to work this in the boxes. The paneling for this doesn't seem to be that important, so let's prioritize readability.)

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>I passed the exam!

>Amazing...! You pulled it off right after graduating!?
>You've always had a good head on your shoulders,
>but you still work harder than everyone else.
>You should hurry up and become pros too, okay?
>I can't even take notes properly.

>Well, I'll be going to the hospital now. See you!

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>Mio~ *musical note*

>Ah, Onee-chan!
>How was the exam?

>I passed, of course!
>Of course you did!

>Now you won't have to worry about money, okay?

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>But still, I would have been fine staying in a ward.
>Private rooms are expensive, right?

>I already told you. It's fine! You have a weak heart,
>so I don't want you to be stressed out.

>Thanks.

>I wish I could be a bastioner too...
>I want to help you, Onee-chan...

>It's okay.

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>As long as you're here, Mio, that's enough for me. I'll even take on the world for you.

>But if you didn't have to take care of me, I'm sure you'll...

>If you weren't here for me, I think would have given up on everything a long time ago.
>Onee-chan...

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>Kaminoi!

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>You alright?
>Thank you, Captain.

>You rest here. I'll take it out.
>No.

>Please let me at it.

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>Good work out there.
>Thank you very much.

>I have to go to the hospital again, so I'll be going on ahead.
>Make sure you get there fast.

>We sure are lucky to get an amazing new recruit!
>She'll get even stronger from now on.

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>Ughh...
>Guh...!

>There's only one of them... why's it so strong...?

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>Haah
>Haaah

>It's... finally over...
>Haah
>Haah

>All targets eliminated at 1942 hours.
>Two survivors confirmed out of 16 deployed.

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>Huh?

>The time of death was 7:42 PM...

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>How...?
>It has been happening frequently in Japan for some time now...
>The cause of death was acute heart failure due to complications with her condition...

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>You haven't eaten anything in three days... You should at least SOMETHING.
>......

>I prepared some food for you.

>It was also at 7:42...

>when my younger sister died...
>!

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>This is Matsushiba Keiko. She's a colleague of mine and one of the analysts here.
>Nice to meet you.

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>Then... It's all my fault...
>I... killed Mio...?

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>It's up to you whether you want to stay with us or not...

>But don't force yourself to stay...

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Captain...

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>Are you sure you want to stay with us, Youko-chan?
>I can't stop. Not anymore...
>I became a Bastioner for Mio's sake...
>but because of it, I ended up killing her myself...

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>If I stop now, the fact that I killed her
>would lose all meaning.

>"Meaning..." (Man, this word gets thrown around in this manga a lot, and it's not really a word that has a solid one word English translation. "意味"  can mean, "meaning," "purpose," "significance," "reason," etc. I'll try to work something out later.)

>With these two hands,
>I will eliminate all my enemies.

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>It's not even six yet...

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>Mmm...

>Ah, sorry. I must've woken you up...
>No...

>Were you able to sleep?
>I was able to calm down because you were here, Captain...
>Thanks to you, I was able to sleep.

>Then, do you want to sleep together every day?

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>If that's okay with you...
>I'll be very happy.

>!

>I'll sleep a little bit more...
>......

>She's a lot more honest with herself when she's sleepy...
>How cute...

>Don't die before I do, okay?