蛍火艶夜 chapter 7

ch 7
--Lieutenant Commander Koji Sakanoue: Part 1--

##p1
MARCH
1945.
IT WAS
SUCH AN
UNPLEAS-
ANT DAY.
THIS
OPERATION
WAS A DIRECT
ORDER OF HIS
MAJESTY THE
EMPEROR...
NEXT TIME,
THEY'LL SEE
THE TRUE
POWER OF
OUR IMPERIAL
JAPANESE
NAVY...
HEY! DRINK,
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
SAKANOUE!!
YES,
SIR,
MN!
MN!
NOT
HERE.
LET'S
GO NEXT
DOOR.
NAVY AIR
SERVICE
HADN'T HAD
ANY WINS
FOR TWO
WEEKS
NOW.
SORTIES
ARE A
GAMBLE
WHERE
WE KEEP
LOSING.
FRUS-
TRATED
SOL-
DIERS
BEGAN
FIGHT-
ING...
RIGHT
IN THE
MORN-
ING.
THE
CENTRAL
FIGURE
OF THOSE
FIGHTS
IS SUCH A
TROUBLE-
MAKER.

##p2
FLIGHT
PETTY
OFFICER
FIRST
CLASS
HAYATO
BAN.
HE'S SHOT
DOWN MANY
ENEMY FIGHTER
AIRCRAFTS, BUT
HE'S THOUGHT-
LESS, SHORT-
TEMPERED,
AND INSOLENT,
ESPECIALLY
AGAINST HIS
SUPERIORS.
HE
WAS KICKED
OUT OF HIS
PREVIOUS UNIT
AND WAS
TRANSFERRED
TO US LAST
MONTH.
I'M
WORRIED
THAT HE
MIGHT BE
CAUSING
TROUBLE
AGAIN.
**WAAAH**
AH.
AND THIS
"STRATEGY
MEETING."
EXCUSE
ME, BUT
I BETTER
HEAD
BACK...
TO THE
BARRACKS
FOR MY
PATROL
DUTY.
**YAP**
**YAP**
AAH!
AH!
NO
NEED TO
DRIVE ME
BACK.
I WAS
ESPE-
CIALLY
IRRITAT-
ED THAT
DAY...
SINCE
SO MANY
ANNOYING
THINGS
HAPPENED.

##p3
**CLATTER**
HEY!!
LIGHT'S OUT
ALREADY!
HEY!!
STOP!
**SILENCE**
UGH.
SO
ANNOY-
ING.
I HAVE
TO FIGURE
OUT WHO
THEY ARE
TOMORROW
MORNING.
**RATTLE**
**CREAK**

##p4
**GAPE**
**TWITCH**
Hff!
Hff!
Hff!
**TWITCH**
I KNEW
RIGHT
AWAY.

##p5
EVEN
WITH
HIS FACE
HIDDEN...
I COULD
TELL IT
WAS
THAT..
TROUBLE-
MAKER.
CREAK
UGH!
**CREAK**
UGGGH...
THERE'S
BLOOD
ON HIS
HEAD.
THEY
MUST VE
ATTACKED
HIM FROM
BEHIND.
MN!
AGH!
**CREAK**
**CREAK**
HAAH!
BFT!
**SLIP**

##p6
I'LL
KILL YOU!
KILL YOU!
KILL YOU!
KILL YOU-
UU!
ARRRGH!
ILL SHOOT
YOU DOWN!
ILL KILL
YOU ALL!!!
**GRAB**
S-
SHUT
UP!
BE
QUIET!
UGH.
**KICK**
MNNN!
UGH!
**SLAM**

##p7
UGH!
**SMASH**
**CREAK**
GILL
**CREAK**
UG-
GGH!
GILL U!
GILL U!

##p8
**WET**
**CREAK**
**CREAK**
Haah.
Hff.
**DRIP**
Hff.
Hff.
MN!
MNNN...
AH!
YOU
DON'T
DO...
THINGS
LIKE
THAT,
DO
YOU?

##p9
LIVING AS
A MILITARY
MAN...
IN
THESE...
BARRACKS...
**CLINK**
THIS
WAS THE
FIRST
TIME...
I
BECAME
HARD.

##p10
RISE
UP!
RISE
UP!
**GLOOM**
I'VE
DONE
IT...
NOW.
FORCED
MYSELF...
ON A
SOLDIER.
And
l only
Untied
his
hands...
And
left him
there
alone.
ATTEN-
TION!
WHEN I
BECAME
SOBER...
IN THE
MORN-
ING...
I HAD
NO IDEA
WHY I DID
SUCH A
THING.
AND
BAN...
OF ALL
PEOPLE.
**STOMP**

##p11
**STOMP**
DIE!
YOU
DIRTY
PER-
VERT!

##p12
UGH!
TERUI!!
YOU THINK
YOUR TINY
DICK
COULD...
BAN!!
KEEP
ME
DOWN,
HUH?!
SORIMACHI.
KOKUBO.
MAWATARI.
YOU WERE
ALL THERE
TOO.
WAIT
FOR
YOUR
TURN!
NOW I
KNOW WHO
WAS THERE
LAST NIGHT.
STOP IT,
BAN!!
**CONFUSED**
I'LL
KILL ALL
OF YOU.
EEEEK!
**CRASH**

##p13
**ROAR**
GET
HIM!
**Aaaaah!**
HE WAS
THROWN
INTO A
CELL.
I HEARD
HIS SEN-
TENCE IS
THREE
DAYS.
GUARD.
I NEED
TO TALK
TO HIM.
YOU CAN
GO TAKE
A BREAK.
YES,
SIR!
SO
IT WAS
JUST A
CAVE
WE
DUG.
IT WAS A
HORRIBLE
SPACE
WITH NO
DOOR TO
KEEP THE
WIND OUT.

##p14
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
SAKANOUE?!
WHY
ARE
YOU...
IN
THIS DIS-
GUSTING
PLACE?
NOT
EVEN A
TATAMI
MAT.
WHAT A
HORRIBLE
PLACE.
HEY...
LAST
NIGHT...
DID
YoU...

##p15
**KICK**
HOW
DARE YOU
TALK TO
ME LIKE
THAT!
*COUGH*
IT'S
NIGHT-
TIME.
NIGHT-
TIME...
AGAIN.
**RATTLE**

##p16
ARE
YOU...
COM-
PLETELY
INSANE?!!
STOP!
PERVERT!
PER-...
AH!
I'VE
NEVER
BEEN...
A PERVERT
BEFORE.

##p17
WITH MY WIFE
BACK HOME...
I DID WHAT I
HAD TO DO LIKE
A TEXTBOOK...
AND
MADE HER
BEAR TWO
CHILDREN.
THAT WAS
IT FOR
US.
I WAS NEVER
INTERESTED IN
ANY WOMAN I
WAS GIVEN.
I DON'T
LIKE THEIR
HIPS.
THEY
LOOK SO
FRAGILE,
LIKE THEY
COULD
BREAK ANY
TIME.
OW!
NO!
STOP..
**CREAK**
**PUSH**
**PUSH**
Hff!
Hff!
**THROB**
**THROB**
**LICK**
**TWITCH**
EEK!
**SHLP**
**SHLP**
**SHLP**

##p18
**THRUST**
UGH!
OH!
**BANG**
**SLIDE**
**SLAM**
AH...
AH!
HFF!
**DIZZY**
AH!
**SMACK**
AH!
HFF! AH!
**SMACK**

##p19
AH!
HFF.
**SMACK**
AH!
**CREAK**
**BANG**
**BANG**
I'LL
KILL...
I'LL.
KILL...
KILL
YOU.
HUFF.
MN.
HFF.
**CREAK**
**SPURT**
**TWITCH**
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
SAKANOUE.
ARE YOU
FINISHED
WITH YOUR
BUSINESS...?
**TMP**
Hff.

##p20
**SHOUT**
**SHOUT**
OUR
OPERATION
FAILED
AGAIN
TODAY.
МАУВЕ
BECAUSE
BAN WASN'T
THERE...
MEN
WERE
MOSTLY
QUIET.
THE
NIGHT...
IS AP-
PROACH-
ING AGAIN.

##p21
**FLICK**
**WIGGLE**

##p22
I SUP-
POSE...
IM A
PERVERT
NOW.
**RATTLE**
I DON'T
KNOW...
WHAT I
SHOULD
DO.
WHY
DON'T
YOU
JOIN...
THE
SPECIAL
ATTACK
UNIT AND
DIE?
**PUSH**
**THUD.**

##p23
THE
SPECIAL
ATTACK
UNIT?
I SAW
IT IN KATORI.
TWO MONTHS
AGO.
YOU FLY
INTO...
ENEMY
BATTLE-
SHIPS
WITH
YOUR
PLANE.
**SHOVE**
**CRUNCH**
WHY
DON'T
YOU
PLUNGE
INTO...
ENEMY
BATTLE-
SHIPS
INSTEAD
OF ME?
**TIGHTEN**
HUH.
**PULL **
**SQUEEZE**
I'LL
THINK
ABOUT
IT.
UGH!
UGG...

##p24
TODAY...
TO
MAKE IT
EASIER
FOR
YOU...
**PLOP**
I
BROUGHT
SOME
OIL.
**CREAK**
?!
GROSS!
STOP
IT!
**DRIP**
Hff
UGH.
**SHLP**
UGH!
EEP!
uff.
**SHLP**
**TWITCH**
**SLIP**
AH?!
**SHIVER**
**SHLP**
UGH.
UGH?!
**STRETCH**
Hff!
**SHLP**
UGH.
HFF!
Huff!
**SHLP**
MN.
MN!

##p25
**SLAM**
**SLIP**
AMAZ-
ING!
AAH!
**SHLP**
**CLENCH**
HAAH!
AH.
**SMACK**
HAAH!
OH.
IT'S GOOD!
SO GOOD,
BAN!
DIE!
DIE...
**CREAK**

##p26
MY
HEAD'S
BLANK.
DIE!
**BANG**
**SMACK**
**BANG**
I
CAN'T
THINK
ABOUT
ANY-
THING.
**TREMBLE**
**SHIVER**
**TWICH**
**SPURT**
**SPURT**
I'M...
GOING
CRAZY...
**SHAKE**
GET
ON...
GET
ON...
A
FIGHTER
PLANE.
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER.
I'LL...
I'LL
SHOOT
YOU
DOWN.

##p27
COULDN'T
GO...
ON THE
THIRD DAY
BECAUSE
OF A MEET-
ING...
SPECIAL
ATTACK...
WE
MIGHT
HAVE NO
CHOICE...
BUT TO
DO THAT
TOO.

##p28
LOOK
AT THOSE
DIRTY
HIPS.
SO
HE'S
FREE
NOW.
**YAP **
**YAP **
I WANT
TO GRAB
THEM...
AND
MAKE
HIM
SQUIRM
AGAIN.
**YAP**
**YAP**
SO...
I'M INTO
MEN...
ARE YOU
LISTENING,
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
SAKANOUE?!!
**CHATTER**
**CHATTER**
WHOA!
IT'S BAN.
LET'S
DRINK
OVER
THERE.

##p29
I CANT
APPROACH
HIM.
DOESN'T
HE...
HAVE ANY
FRIENDS
AT ALL?
what's
Lieutenant
Commander
doing?
It's too
uncomfort-
able to
drink
today.
I
GUESS...
I DON'T
HAVE ANY
EITHER.

##p30
DAMN
IT!
**TMP**
THIS IS
UNUSU-
AL...
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
SAKANOUE
IS FLYING.

##p31
I DIDN'T
EXPECT
TO HAVE
A CHANCE
TO...
SHOOT
YOU
DOWN
THIS
SOON.
**CLINK**
WHOA!
... BAN.
DID YOU
TELL...
ANYONE?
TELL
WHAT?
DO
YOU MEAN
HOW YOU'RE
OBSESSED
WITH MY
REAR?
NAH. I
HAVEN'T
TOLD
ANYONE.
**EXHALE**
**ROLL**
**ROLL**

##p32
I WANT
TO DO IT
AGAIN.
HUH?!!
HAHA!
HAHAHAHAHA!
WELL,
I KNOW WHAT
YOU MEAN.
HAHA-
HAHA!
ONE
TIME...
I RAN
INTO A
WOMAN I'D
DUMPED
BECAUSE
SHE GOT
PREGNANT...
AND
I TOLD
HER THE
SAME THING.
SHE SLAPPED
ME PRETTY
GOOD!
HAHAHA...
ONCE YOU'VE
HAD SOMEONE,
YOU CAN'T LOOK
AT THEM IN ANY
OTHER WAY,
CAN YOU?!

##p33
HELL
NO.
**TMP**
**TMP**
LIEU-
TENANT
сом-
MANDER
SAKA-
NOUE.
EVERYONE'S
WAITING FOR
YOU OVER
THERE!
УЕАН.
L-
LET'S
GO.
?
YES,
SIR!
NO.
I CAN'T
DO THAT
WITH JUST
ANYONE.

##p34
FLIGHT
PETTY
OFFICER
FIRST
CLASS
AKIHIRO
TERUI
FLIGHT
SEAMAN
SECOND
CLASS
YASABURO
SAKUTA
FLIGHT
PETTY
OFFICER
FIRST
CLASS
TOMO
MAWATARI
**DIIING**
TERUI,
SAKUTA,
AND
MAWA-
TARI...
WE
FINALLY
GOT TO
FIGHT,
BUT...
ALL
WE
MAN-
AGED
WERE
LOSS-
ES.
**STOMP**
**STOMP**

##p35
**SMASH**
TAKE
THAT!!
**SMASH**
YOU DIS-
GUSTING
PER-
VERTS!!
SERVES
YOU
RIGHT!!
**SPIT**
GO TO
HELL.
SILENCE

##p36
**SLIP**
HELL...
HUH?
PERHAPS...
THAT'S
WHAT I
DESERVE.