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ゲームの名は「不可能犯罪」
パタリロ!192
The Name of the Game is "Impossible Crime"
Patalliro! 192

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Panel 1
常春の国マリネラ
A country of everlasting spring, Malynera.

Panel 2
殿下ー
You Highness!

Panel 3
バンコラン少佐からお電話ですよー
There's a call from Major Bancoran.

ギッ
Gi - Squeak

Panel 4
ドゴオッ！
Dogoo! - Whomp!

Panel 5
なっ。。。！なっ。。。！
Wha...! Wha...!

Panel 6
何だ こりゃーっ！
What is this?!

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Panel 1
ズアッ！
Zua! - Fwoom!

Panel 2
ゴーッ
Goo - Rooar

Panel 4
ガッ
Ga - Pow

Panel 5
コーン
Koon - Dong

Panel 6
バシャーッ
Bashaa - Splaash

Panel 7
ゴーッ
Goo - Rooar

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Panel 1
風と共に去りぬ
Gone With the Wind.

Panel 2
何なんですかーっ！
What was that?!

新しく開発したジェットけん玉だ
It's a newly developed cup-and-ball jet game.

Panel 3
特許をとって売り出そうと思ってるんだが出力の調節がむずかしくてな
I was thinking of patenting it and selling it but controlling the output is hard.

Panel 4
わけのわからん物を開発せんといてください あやうくケガするところでしたよ！
Stop building nonsense things! I was nearly injured!

おまえは運がいい手伝わせた連中あ皆 入院してるんだ
You're fortunate. All of the people who helped me are in the hospital.

Panel 5
ウガッ
Ugah

Panel 6
そんな時間があったら仕事をしてください~~~！
If you have that kind of time please do work~~~!

オーイオイ！
Heeey hey!

泣くことはあるまい ところで何か用だったんじゃないか？
Don't cry. Anyhow, didn't you need something?

Panel 7
バンコラン少佐からお電話です
There's a call from Major Bancoran.

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Panel 1
うん？
Hn?

Panel 2
もしもしぼくだ
Hello, it's me.

Panel 3
言っとくが借金の申し込みとかマライヒとの痴話ゲンカの話だったら
I'll tell you, if this is about a loan request or a lover's quarrel with Maraich...

えっ？
Eh?

Panel 4
殺人事件？！
A murder case?!

Panel 5
ぼくの力をかりたいって？ふんふん。。。よし わかった すぐ行く
You want me to lend you my abilities? Hn hn... All right, I understood, I'll go right away.

Panel 6
チン
Chin - Click

Panel 7
殺人事件ですって？！
A murder case?!

バンコランがぼくの協力をもとめるなんてよっぽどのことだ ロンドンへ行ってくる
Bancoran is requesting my cooperation. This is serious. I'm going to London.

Panel 8
シュイーン
Shuiin - Fwoosh

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Panel 1
イライライライラ
Ira ira ira ira - Irritated

Panel 2
パタリロおそいね
Patalliro is late.

何をやってるんだ
What is he doing?

Panel 3
お茶でもいれるよ
I'll get you some tea or something.

Panel 4
シャーッ
Shaa - Flowing water

Panel 6
シャワーの音？！
The sound of the shower?!

シャーッ
Shaa - Poour

Panel 7
ギッ！
Gi! - Squeak!

Panel 8
キャーッ！
Kyaaah!

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Panel 1
ガキッ
Gaki - Crack

Panel 2
何をしとるかー！
What are you doing?!

汗をかいたので
It's because I was sweaty!

Panel 3
あいさつぐらいしろーっ！！
At least say hello!!

ギャーッ！
Gyaaah!

どこから入ったんだろう
I wonder where he came in from.

Panel 4
まあ 今日はわたしが呼んだんだからかんべんしてやるが
Well, I called today because so I'll have mercy on you.

Panel 5
そのかわり まじめに相談にのらんとただではおかんぞ！
But instead, if you don't talk with me seriously you'll pay!

わかったわかった で話というのは？
I get it, I get it, so what do you want to talk about?

Panel 6
実は
Actually...

腹がへったな
I'm hungry.

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あがっ！
Agah!

Panel 2
冗談はやめた方がいいよ この事件には麻薬がからんでるんだ
You should stop joking. This case involves drugs.

げっ？！
Geh?!

Panel 3
それを早く言わんか！麻薬となるとバンコランは人が変わるじゃないか！
Why didn't you say that earlier?! Bancoran is a different person when it comes to drugs!

だからさ
So?

Panel 4
悪かった まじめに話を聞こう
My bad. I'll listen seriously.

最初からそういう態度でいればいいんだ！
You should have acted like this from the start!

バカめ！
Idiot!

Panel 5
ハイクラックというのを知ってるか？
Have you heard of "high crack"?

Panel 6
新しい痔の薬か？
Is that a new medicine for hemorrhoids?

Panel 7
知らないんだからしょうがないだろう！
I don't know so I can't help it!

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Panel 1
ハイクラックは最近北欧から流行り始めた新種の麻薬だ
High Crack is a new kind of drug that has become fashionable in Northern Europe recently.

北欧？麻薬というと南米が原産って気がするが
Northern Europe? When you say "drugs", it feels like it would originate in South America.

Panel 2
これは大麻からつくられるのではない 北欧のどこかの工場で化学的に合成されているらしいのだ
This drug isn't made there. It seems it's being synthesized chemically in a factory somewhere in Northern Europe.

Panel 3
ハイクラックを吸飲すると体温と脈拍数が極端に低下して強烈な幻覚作用が生じる 二・三回の使用で完全に中毒になるという恐ろしい薬だ
When the suck in High Crack, the body temperature and pulse rate fall extremely low, and they start having intense hallucinations. It's a dreadful drug that is extremely addictive when used a few times.

ほやー
Whoa

Panel 4
各国の特務機関が懸命に捜査しているが工場のありかはおろか運ばれるルートさえつかめていない
The secret service in each country is investigating earnestly, but we can't find the whereabouts of the factory, not to mention their route of transportation.

何しろ まったくの新種だから麻薬犬も役に立たないんだ
At any rate, since it's a new drug, drug sniffing dogs haven't been any help, either.

Panel 5
そりゃ やっかいなしろものだな
That's a bothersome thing.

Panel 6
しかし ゆうべヒースロー空港でとうとう このハイクラックが発見された
However, last night we finally detected High Crack at the Heathrow Airport.

関税係官のおてがらか？！
Because of a customs official?!

Panel 7
いや まったくの偶然だ
No, it was completely by chance.

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なんでも荷役運搬人の一人が勤務中なのにお酒を飲んで酔っらってフォークリフトで荷物をいくつかふみつぶしちゃったんだって
One of the people who was working loading and unloading was drunk and he crushed several pieces of luggage with a forklift.

その中の小荷物から銀色のハイクラックがこぼれ出ていたというわけだ
Silver High Crack spilled out from one of the small packages.

Panel 2
悪いことはできんものだなあ
He could do no wrong.

おまえも気をつけろ
You should be careful, too.

Panel 3
とにかく それからただちに空港警備室 スコットランドヤードと連絡が行き この件で協同して調査を進めていた わたしの所へも通報があったわけだ
Anyhow, the airport security immediately contacted Scotland Yard and cooperated to advance the investigation into this case. A report reached me.

やっと 手がかりがつかめたわけだな それからどうした
So you finally got a clue. Then what happened?

Panel 4
荷物を元通りにして受け取り人が現れるのを待った
We waited for the person who was meant to receive the package to appear.

Panel 5
今朝になって現れたのは20歳前後ブロンドの青年だった
This morning, a blond man around twenty years old appeared.

Panel 6
学生風か？
School-aged?

夜の街角で客を待っていそうなタイプだったよ
He seemed to be the type waiting for a visitor on a street corner at night.

Panel 7
おまえたちの同類か
The same type as you?

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それから われわれはヤードと緊密に連絡をとりながら尾行を開始したのだ
From there, we've kept close contact with the Yard while shadowing him.

Panel 2
しばらく走って青年がタクシーを降りたのは市のはずれにある 小さなアパートメントの前だった
After running after him for awhile, he got out of a taxi on the outskirts of the city in front of a small apartment.

Panel 3
中に入りました 部屋は一階のようです
He went inside. He seems to have entered a room on the first floor.

おまえたちは窓を見張れ
You guys watch the window.

サッ
Sa - Swish

Panel 4
ふみこみますか？
A raid?

まだだ 仲間が現れるか 奴が出かけるのを待つ
Not yet. Wait to see if someone joins him or comes out.

Panel 5
ところが ものの10分もたたないうちに
However, not even ten minutes had passed when...

Panel 6
ガーン！
Gaan! - Pow!

Panel 7
銃声が？！
A gunshot?!

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Panel 1
われわれは間髪をおかず飛びこんだ！
In a flash we dove in!

バーン！
Baan! - Baam!

Panel 2
むっ？！
Nn?!

Panel 4
青年は死んでいた
The man was dead.

Panel 5
ダッ！
Da! - Tap!

Panel 6
ザッ
Za - Swish

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Panel 2
拳銃はこちらの部屋のベッドの上にあります！
A gun is on the bed in this room!

何っ？！
What?!

Panel 3
窓は？！
The windows?!

Panel 4
内側から鍵がかかってます
It's locked from the inside.

ガタガタ
Gata gata - Clatter clatter

Panel 5
誰か窓から出たか？
Did someone go out the window?

はあっ？！猫の子一匹と言いたいが猫についてるノミだって出てないぞ 何しろ今まで閉めきってたんだから
Haah?! I'd say not even a kitten, but not even a flea on a cat came out. Anyway, it's been shut up to now.

Panel 6
とすると犯人はまだこの部屋の中だ！
Meaning the killer is still in this room!

Panel 7
ギクッ
Giku - Shock

チャッ！
Cha - Click

Panel 8
しかし 部屋には誰もいなかった
However, there was no one in the room.

Panel 9
なにい？！
Whaat?!

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Panel 1
他に人間が隠れられそうな所はありません
There don't seem to be any places a man could hide.

麻薬の包みはどうした！
What happened to the package of drugs?!

Panel 2
あらためて部屋中をさがしたが包みも消えていた
We searched the room again but the package had disappeared.

Panel 3
なんじゃとて！
What?!

Panel 4
わけがわかりませんね 窓は閉めきってあったし唯一の出入口のドアは通路にはりこんだ連中が見張ってたんです
I don't understand it. The window was closed, and a group was watching the path to the only door as an entrance and exit.

なのに犯人も包みも消えてしまった。。。
Even so, the criminal and the package disappeared...

Panel 5
犯人はわからんが薬の方は洗面台で流してしまったのかもしれんぞ
I don't know about the criminal is but the drugs were probably poured down the sink.

末端価格でいくらすると思ってるんだ
How much do you think the street value was?

Panel 6
だいいち麻薬は流しても包み紙が残ってるはずだ
First, even if the drugs were poured away, the package should still be left.

それも燃やして灰を流したのかもしれん
Maybe they burned it and drained the ashes.

Panel 7
ありそうにないことだがそういう痕跡があるかどうか調べろ
Doubtful, but check for traces.

はっ！
Yes sir!

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Panel 1
そうこうしているうちにヤードの検死医がやってきた
While they were doing that, the coroner from the Yard came.

やあ ドクター
Yo, doctor.

少佐 しばらくだな
Major, it's been awhile.

Panel 3
これがホトケさんか 裸にしたのは君の趣味かね
This is the body? Is stripping them your hobby?

最初からこうだったんです
It was like this from the start.

Panel 4
どっこいしょ
Hold on.

洗面台で何か流した様子はないですね あとで鑑識にくわしく調べさせますが
There were no traces of anything being poured down the washbasin. We'll investigate more closely later.

そうか
I see.

Panel 5
パサッ
Pasa - Rustle

Panel 6
死因は至近距離からの心臓への一発たぶん即死だろう
The cause of death is one shot to the heart at close range. It was an instant death.

Panel 7
解剖するかね？
Shall I conduct an autopsy?

念のためお願いします
Just in case, please.

Panel 8
死体を運びだしてくれ
Please transport the body.

はい
Yes sir.

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Panel 1
そのあと鑑識が入って徹底的に部屋を洗ったが秘密の出入り口も隠し場所も灰の痕跡も何もなかった
We did a criminal investigation of the room after that but there were no secret entrances, places to hide something or traces of ashes.

Panel 2
文字通りの不可能犯罪だ
It's a literally impossible crime.

フウッ
Phew

Panel 3
だから おまえに来てもらったのだ おまえの知性はひねくれてるからかえって こういう不可思議な事件には役に立つかと思ってな
So that's why I had you come. Your perverse mind may be rather useful for a mysterious case like this.

Panel 4
頼む なんとか解決の糸口だけでもみつけてくれ わたしにできるだけの謝礼はする
So, I'm asking you, please find a decisive clue somehow. I'll give you a fair reward.

Panel 5
バンコランにあんな風に言われるとパンダにおしりの穴をなめられてるようなくすぐったい気分だな
When Bancoran talks like that, it gives me a ticklish feeling like a panda is biting my bottom.

なめられたことがあるわけ？
Have you been bitten?

Panel 6
あるわけないだろう
I haven't.

チャクマひひにキン○マをなめられたことはあるが
I tasted chacma baboon testxxles the other day.

どーゆー状況で。。。
What kind of situation was that...?

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Panel 1
話はわかった
I understand what happened.

フッフッフッ
Hu hu hu

Panel 2
ハーッハッハッ
Haa ha ha

自信まんまん！
Brimming with self-confidence!

Panel 3
マライヒ おまえ謎ときは得意だったろう 何も思いつかんのか
Maraich, your good at puzzles. Can't you think of anything?

それが今回は。。。
Not this time...

Panel 4
だらしないな ぼくはもう謎をといてしまったぞ
That's slovenly. I already solved it.

Panel 5
本当か？！
Really?!

灰色の脳細胞にピンときたのだ
It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely.
*A reference to Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.

Panel 6
灰色の単細胞？
Gray brain cells?

そうだ 血のめぐりが悪いからくさって灰色に
That's right. They went bad and turned gray because of poor blood circulation.

ハッハッ
Ha ha

Panel 7
こらっ
Hey!

怒るならのらないで
Don't get mad at me.

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Panel 1
つまり ドアと窓は見はられていて誰も脱出できなかった なのに犯人の姿はなく麻薬の包みも消えていた
In short, the door and window were being watching. No one could escape. Despite that, there was no suspect and the package also disappeared.

Panel 2
おまえたちはむずかしく考えすぎるのだ そもそも犯人なんかいなかったとしたらどうだ
You guys were thinking about it too hard. What if there wasn't a criminal?

Panel 3
何い？！
Whaat?!

Panel 4
真理は常に単純なものだようするに青年は自殺したのだ
The truth is always simple. In a word, the man committed suicide.

自殺だと？！
Suicide?!

Panel 5
おそらく おまえたちに取りかこまれてるのに気づいてもう逃げられないと観念したのだ
Perhaps he realized he was surrounded and couldn't escape and made up his mind.

バカバカしい！拳銃がとなりの部屋にあった事実はどう説明する！
Ridiculous! The pistol was in the next room! How do you explain that fact?!

Panel 6
偶然の結果だ ある医学書によると拳銃で自殺した男が頭をうちぬいた瞬間けいれんを起こして拳銃を30mも放り投げたケースがあるそうだ
That was an unexpected result. According to a certain medical book, there's a case where a man who shot himself in the head convulsed and threw the pistol 30m.

Panel 7
今回も同じことが起こったのさ 青年は死のショックで拳銃をとなりの部屋へ投げてしまったんだ
The same thing happened this time. When the boy died in shock, he threw the gun into the next room.

その可能性はぼくも考えたよ
I considered that possibility, too.

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Panel 1
えっ？！
Eh?!

でも バンコランの話を総合すると青年が死んでいた場所から どう投げてもとなりの部屋のベッドには届かないんだ
But, when you put together Bancoran's story, even if the man threw it when he died it wouldn't reach the bed in the other room.

Panel 2
壁にぶつかってはねかえって
It hit the wall and bounced off.

無理 図面までひいて考えたけど拳銃が空中でブーメランみたいに旋回して飛んでかないとベッドの上には乗っからない
Impossible. I drew a diagram and thought about it, but even if the pistol flew through the air like a boomerang, it wouldn't have landed on top of the bed.

Panel 3
だいいち それでは麻薬が消えた説明はつくまい
First off, that doesn't explained the disappearing drugs.

そっちは自信があるすごい値段で売れる物だからおまえの部下がチョロまかしたんだ
I'm confident about that. One of your agents snuck it out and sold it for a hefty price.

Panel 4
わたしの部下をうたがうつもりか！
You doubt my agents?!

Panel 5
だって ほかに考えようがないから
Because I can't think of anything else!

その可能性はない なぜなら包みが消えているとわかった時
It's not possible. Because when I found out that the package disappeared...

Panel 6
お互いに身体検査をしろ！誰か大金をつかむ誘惑に負けたのかもしれん！
Do a body check of each other! Someone might have been tempted by large money!

エーッ！
Eeeh?!

Panel 7
調べたが何も出なかった
We checked, but nothing came out.

おまえだって信用してないんじゃないか
You didn't trust them either?

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Panel 1
君の推理はそれで終わり？
Is that the end of your reasoning?

おかしいな
Strange.

Panel 2
ちょっと待て 今話を聞いて今すぐというのは無理だ もう少し時間をくれ
Wait a minute. I just heard the story, it's impossible to solve immediately. Give me some more time.

よし夜まで待ってやる
All right. I'll wait until tonight.

Panel 3
夜~~~？！
Tonight~~~?!

Panel 4
こっちは自腹を切って謝礼を払うんだ！
I'll pay your reward with my own money!

Panel 5
ううッ
Uuugh

Panel 6
そんな事件が起きてたんですか
So that's what happened?

Panel 7
麻薬がからむとバンコランは普通じゃなくなるからな なんとか夜までに海容を出さんとぼくを犯人にしたてあげかねんぞ
Bancoran isn't his usual self when it comes to drugs. If I can't pin the criminal by tonight he won't forgive me.

うわお
Whoa

Panel 8
解決できそうなんですか？
Can you solve it?

とにかく事件を整理してみよう
Anyhow, I'm trying to figure this case out.

Panel 9
うーん
Hmm.

Panel 10
グー
Zzz

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Panel 1
寝てどうするんです
How is sleeping going to help?

Panel 2
あたたっ
Ow ow ow

ハッ！
Hah!

Panel 3
ショックで気になってたことを思い出した 青年はなぜ裸だったんだ
The shock made me remember something. Why was the man nude?

えっ？
Eh?

Panel 4
シャワーをあびようとしてたんじゃないですか
Didn't he try to take a shower?

バンコランもそんな風に考えてたみたいだが
Bancoran thought that, too, but...

ガサガサ
Gasa gasa - Rustle rustle

Panel 5
見取り図によるとバスルームはベッドのある部屋の奥だ なぜ はなれた部屋で服をぬいだんだ？
According to the rough sketch, the bathroom is attached to the room with the bed. Why did he take his clothes off in the room and leave?

さあ
Who knows?

Panel 6
これをつきつめてみよう 人間はどういう時裸になる
Let's think about this. Why do people take off their clothes?

Panel 7
まず お風呂に入る時ですね
First, when they're going to take a bath.

それから 泳ぐ時
And when they're swimming.

水着を着るだろう
They would probably wear a swimsuit.

Panel 8
裸で泳ぐ人もいるぞ
There are people who swim naked, too.

そりゃ そうだけど
You have a point.

どっちにしてもアパートの部屋にプールがあるとは思えんな
Either way, there wasn't a pool in the apartment's room.

Panel 9
寝る時裸になる人もいますね
Some people sleep in the nude.

うーむ
Hmm.

あっ それから寝るって意味がちがいますけど
Ah, and there's a different meaning to "sleep".

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Panel 1
少佐とマライヒさんがいいことする時なんか
Like when the Major and Maraich do fun things.

それがあったか
Is that possible?

ヒッヒッ
Hee hee

Panel 2
服をぬぐとはかぎらないよ
They might not take off their clothes.

Panel 3
じっ
Ji - Stare

えっ？
Eh?

Panel 4
ぼく 何かおかしなこと言った？！ねえ！
Did I say something strange?! Huh?!

ほっとこう
Let's leave him alone.

Panel 5
ほかに裸というと
What other reasons are there to be nude.

すもう取りがそうだな
Sumo wrestling, maybe.

Panel 6
アホか すっ裸ですもうを取る関取がどこにいる
Are you stupid? In what rank are sumo wrestlers completely naked?

北勝海がフルチンで出てきたら ハルミちゃんが泣いて喜ぶじゃないか
If Hokutoumi came out doing the full monty, wouldn't Harumi cry with joy?
*Hokutoumi was a sumo wrestler.

※ 注 ハルミちゃんモルモットを飼ってるアシスタント
*Note: Harumi-chan is a pet marmotte my assistant is raising.

Panel 7
寺尾だったら
If it was Terao.

キャーッ！
Kyaaah!

Panel 8
あにはからんや その昔 豊作を祈願して神社にすもうを奉納する時はみんな裸だったんだ
Contrary to expectations, long ago, when praying for a good harvest, Shinto shrines would hold sumo matches and everyone was naked.

本当か？！
Really?!

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Panel 1
武器を隠してないと証明するためだったんですね 今でも しきりの時 手をひろげて見せるのはそのなごりですよ
It was in order to prove a weapon wasn't hidden, right? Even now, each time they spread their arms to show they have no weapons as a memory of that.

Panel 2
武器を隠してない証明か
Proof that they have no weapons?

ふーん
Hmm.

Panel 3
ピッ
Pi - Ping

んっ？
Nn?

Panel 4
ピピッ
Pi pi - Ping ping

おおっ？！
Ooh?!

Panel 5
ピピピッ
Pi pi pi - Ping ping ping

おおおおっ？！
Ooooh?!

Panel 6
隠してない？！
It wasn't hidden?!

ピーンピーン
Piin piin - Ping ping

Panel 7
なんだって？！そうすると！
What?! If he did that...!

Panel 8
いやまさか！
No way!

だがしかし！
But, it could...!

Panel 9
何か思いついたらしいな
It seems he thought of something.

Panel 8
わかったー！！
I get it!!

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Panel 1
検死医をつかまえろ！！
Arrest the coroner!!

Panel 3
寝ぼけてるのか？
Are you half-asleep?

めいっぱい起きてるわい！
I'm awake with all my might!

Panel 4
ドクターが何の関係がある！彼が犯人だなどと言ったらはりたおすぞ！
How is the doctor connected?! If you say he's the criminal, I'll knock you down!

とにかく話を聞け！
Listen to me anyway!

Panel 5
青年は なぜ裸だったと思う！
Think, why was the man naked?!

少佐を喜ばすため
In order to delight the major.

Panel 6
なんだとー！
Whaaat?!

よけいなことを！
Don't say too much!

Panel 7
逆に考えてみろ！もし青年が服を着ていたら どうなったか！
Try thinking about it in reverse! If the man was getting dressed, what happened?!

Panel 9
少佐 麻薬が見あたりません
Major, the drugs weren't found.

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Panel 1
被害者が身につけてるかもしれん さぐってみろ
The victim probably had it. Search for it.

当然こうなったはずだ！おまえ 青年の体をあらためたか？！
Naturally, that should be right! Did you change the man's body?!

Panel 2
いや
No.

そうだろう！裸だから何も持ってないと常識的の判断してしまったんだ！
That's right! It's sensible to think that because he was nude that he didn't have anything!

Panel 3
待て 青年の体の下に隠してあったというのか？！それならドクターが気づいたはずだ！
Wait. It was hidden under the man's body?! Then the doctor should have noticed!

Panel 4
だから 検死医が持ちさったんだ！
So the coroner took it!

Panel 6
検死医ができ心で麻薬をネコババしたなんて単純な問題じゃないぞ！なぜなら 自分の体を最初にあらためるのが検死医だとわかってたから青年は腹の下に麻薬を隠したんだ！
The coroner didn't simply snatch the drugs on a whim, though! Because the man knew it was the coroner to begin with, so he changed his form first and he hid the drugs under his stomach!

Panel 7
そうとはかぎるまい
Not necessarily.

バカもん！誰に発見されるかわからなければそもそも隠す必要もあるまい！
Stupid! If he didn't know he was found he wouldn't have had to hide from the beginning!

Panel 8
よーするに二人はグル！検死医も麻薬組織の一員だということだ！
In a word, there were two accomplices! The coroner is also part of the drug ring!

Panel 9
本部に連絡してくれ
Contact headquarters.

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Panel 1
まだ信じられんが筋は通ってる
I still don't believe it but it's reasonable.

Panel 2
ここから先は純粋に推測だがおそらく検死医は今朝ヤードに行って初めてゆうべの空港のできごとを聞いたのだ
It's purely conjecture from here, but the coroner probably went to the Yard in the morning and heard about the incident at the airport for the first time.

Panel 3
あわを食って運び屋役の青年と連絡をとろうとしたが青年は出かけたあとだった
Flustered, he tried to get in contact with the man who was the courier, but the man had already gone out.

どうしてわかる
How do you know that?

Panel 4
連絡がついていれば空港に行くわけないだろう！
If he was able to contact him, he wouldn't have gone to the airport!

ああ。。。
Aah...

Panel 5
おそらく電話をかけ続けてたんだろうな やばいことになっていると伝えることができたのは青年がアパートに着いてからだ それから検死医は知恵をしぼった なにしろ仲間の身柄と麻薬を救わなきゃならんのだからの
He probably kept calling. After the man arrived at the apartment, it was possible for him to tell him that it was dangerous. The coroner racked his mind. Anyhow, he needed to rescue his colleague and the drugs.

あーしゃべりづめで疲れる
Ah, I'm tired of talking.

Panel 6
おそらく それで たぶんこういう指示を出したのだ
Anyhow, then he probably gave him these instructions.

まず裸になる
First, strip naked.

床にむけて拳銃を発射してとなりの部屋のベッドに置く
(捜査を混乱させて青年の体から注意をそらすため)
Shoot the gun at the floor and place it on the bed in the next room.
(It would confuse the investigation and distract the attention from his body.)

胸かどこかに傷をつけて血を出し包みの上に横たわる
(血のりで弾痕が隠れる)
Damage his chest somewhere, bleed and lie on the package.
(The blood hid the bullet marks.)

Panel 7
被害者は死んでたんじゃなかったのか？！
The victim wasn't dead?!

たぶんな
Probably not.

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Panel 1
ハイクラックを吸飲すると体温と脈拍が急激に低下すると言ったろう 青年が常習者でおまえたちが飛びこむ前に薬をやったとすれば青ざめた顔で死んだように見えたはずだ
He said to suck up the high crack and his pulse and body temperature and pulse fell suddenly. If the man was a user who did the drugs before you dove in, his pale face would have looked dead.

せまいよー
This is narrow.

Panel 2
しかし 死んでるか生きてるかぐらい
But was he dead or alive?

ふだんのおまえなら だまされなかったかもしれんが しかし 麻薬がからむとおまえは頭に血がのぼるからな
Normally you wouldn't have been fooled, but when drugs are involved  you get hot-tempered.

Panel 3
反論できない
I can't deny that.

Panel 4
バンコラン死体が消えたって！
Bancoran, the body disappeared!

何い？！
Whaat?!

Panel 5
自動車で死体を運びだしたんだけど途中でドクターが自分が運転するからって係員を降ろして そのままどこかへ行っちゃったんだって！
The corpse was transported in a vehicle but on the way the doctor drove himself. He dropped off the attendant and then went somewhere!

Panel 6
決まりだな
It's settled.

Panel 8
あらためて部屋を調べさせたら おまえの言った通り血のりの下に弾痕があったそうだ
When we investigated the room again, bullet holes were under the blood like you said.

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Panel 1
血がかたまって ふたのようになっていたので発見できなかったのだ
The blood has collected, so it made a lid and it couldn't be detected.

フウッ
Phew

Panel 2
短時間にこれだけのトリックを考えたドクターもたいした悪知恵だが見破ったおまえもなかなかのものだな
The doctor knew this trick would only work for a short time, too. It was crafty. You're something to see through it.

ほめるなとゆーに
Don't praise me.

Panel 3
おまえにほめられるとインドほえじかにタマタマ袋をなめられてるような変な気分になる
When you praise me, I get the strange feeling that an Indian muntjac is nibbling at my testicles.

Panel 4
だから そーゆー経験があるのかおまえは
Have you ever experienced that?

手配はしたんだろうな
You've probably made arrangements.

Panel 5
もちろんだ 捕えるのは時間の問題だ
Of course. It's a matter of time before they're caught.

Panel 6
麻薬組織の実体がつかめなかったのも無理はない身内に裏切り者がいたんだからな
It's understandable that the drug ring couldn't be caught since if there were rats among you.

ところで謝礼の件だが
By the way, about the reward...

Panel 7
そらきた
Here it comes.

いくら欲しい
How much do you want?

Panel 8
マリネラへ来てくれ おまえたちの体で払ってもらう
Come to Malynera. You'll pay me with your bodies.

Panel 9
なんだと？！
What?!

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Panel 1
ゴオッ！
Goo! - Roar!

Panel 2
ガッ！
Ga! - Bam!

Panel 3
ゴーッ
Goo - Rooar

Panel 4
さすがにバンコランだ！タマネギたちは簡単にはじき飛ばされて実験にならなかったんだ！
As expected of Bancoran! He repelled the Tamanegi easily and it wasn't an experiment!

Panel 5
よしもっと出力を上げろ！
All right, raise the output!

ちょっとー！いつまでこんなことを続けるつもりなのー！
Waaait! How long do you plan on continuing this?!

Panel 6
決まってるだろう！バンコランの給料から払える謝礼なんて たかが知れてるからこのジェットけん玉で特許をとって大もうけするんだ！
It's settled! I can't expect much of a reward paid from Bancoran's salary so I'll get a patent and make a huge profit from this jet cup-and-ball game!

Panel 7
完成するまでおまえたちはぼくの奴隷だー！
You're my slave until it's completed!

あーん！！
Aaahn!!

ゲームの名は「不可能犯罪」/おわり
The Name of the Game is "Impossible Crime" / End

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キャーッ！
Kyaaah!