(Eshiko Sugata's Opening Monologue)
Hello again, everyone. Sugata Eshiko at your service.
Tell me: have you ever heard of the manga series Judas?
Judas is a manga series about a man aptly named "Man of Judas". The "Man of Judas" is cursed to kill 666 human beings to regain his humanity but uses a cross-dressing slave boy named Eve to commit the murders since he has no corporeal body and is forbidden from making contact with humans.
Why am I addressing this? Because Judas was written by ORIGINAL HLP author, Minazuki Suu. Also, because "Man of Judas" will be appearing in today's chapter, just like in the ORIGINAL unbent version.
Because of this, however, "Man of Judas" will NOT be genderbent, and thus is owned by Minazuki-san, NOT MrWii000.
(End of Opening Monologue)
Inside Sora's house, Sora and Icarus were changing into kimono robes. "Put your arm through the sleeve," instructed Sora. "Then cross the left-handed side over the RIGHT."
"Like THIS?" Icarus did as he was instructed as he put on his kimono robe.
"They're called 'yukata'," explained Sora. "There's going to be a festival at the nearby shrine tonight. And everybody wears these robes at festivals."
"Oh, Master!" The Angeloid boy looked out the creeked-open window all of a sudden. Confused, Sora looked through the crack and...
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!"
Enraged, Sora threw the window open, exposing her chibitized childhood friend spying on them both. "PERVERT!"
*CHOP*
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The perverted girl was knocked off the roof of Sora's house in one chop.
Meanwhile, a mysterious man in a black jacket and black pants was walking along a dirt road; in her left hand was a chain that pulled a vampire-like coffin; in his right hand was a pistol.
That night, the festival had begun, and many had attended, including Sora, Icarus, and the modernized Tomoko.
"WOW! There're more people here than LAST year!" cried Sora. "Check out the cotton candy! The dumplings! The fried soba!"
"Is food REALLY the only thing you think about at festivals?" Tomoko asked as she held her arms behind her back.
"What's wrong with THAT?"
"Because you'll get fat and—"
Sora furiously turned around and held his hand in a chopping position, chibitizing Tomoko.
"—EEK! WHAT?! I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING!" Tomoko panicked. Just then, she noticed Icarus knelt down at one of the stalls; in his arms were a bunch of baby chicks. "ICARUS!" Tomoko screamed. "I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ALL OF THOSE! PUT THEM BACK!"
Modernized, Tomoko continued looking at the stands with Sora. Just then, they noticed a stand with a bunch of pigeons seated on the stand. Suddenly, the pigeons flew to reveal the host of the stand. "Welcome," the host said when a malicious grin. Behind him were an assortment of guns.
"Man, Tomo-chan, I hate to hide behind you, but this rifle range guy SCARES me," Sora whispered as she hid behind Tomoko.
"He seems to have a lot of guns," said Sugata from right next to them, "but no prizes. And no shooting targets either."
"Senpai?!" Tomoko exclaimed. "What are YOU doing here?"
"Makoto invited me."
"What'cha think?" called out a voice from the top of nearby stairs; it was Makoto. "I thought this festival needed something to make the festival livelier. So, we, the Satsukitane family, invited an S-Class assassin, wanted in over fifty countries, and with a ¥9.9 billion bounty on his head, to spice things up!"
"What are you talking about, Prez?" asked Tomoko.
"He's hosting a simple survival game," explained the teenage gangsta, "you merely shoot at your opponents with cork guns, and the last man standing wins ¥10 million."
The entire crowd gasped at the shock of the prize money.
"How interesting," Sugata said as he grabbed a sniper rifle. "We would win enough yen to buy our own dreams."
"Sounds like fun!" Sora cheered. "Come on, Tomo-chan! Let's join!"
"I've got a bad feeling about this," Tomoko thought as she picked up a revolver.
The entire festival attendees gathered at the shrine at the top of the hill, with Makoto hosting them. "Okay, everybody to your starting positions!" Hearing Makoto's words, the entire crowd fled, with the exception of Tomoko.
Makoto held his gun in the air. "In 3...2...1..."
*BANG*
"...GO!"
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"SHIT!" Tomoko quickly ducked to avoid getting hit by the bullets in the crossfire. "I gotta get the hell outta here!" She crawled on her stomach to—
*BANG*
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" yelled an old lady with two pistols.
"WAH! The old lady from the community center!" exclaimed Tomoko. "I thought your leg hurt!"
"The thought of winning ¥10 million magically healed it up!"
*BANG*
She began firing Tomoko, forcing the teenage girl to flee for her—
*SCREECH*
Just then, she stopped in her tracks at who was blocking her: a slightly younger woman with a tommy gun who yelled, "YOU'RE DEAD!"
"The vegetable-selling lady!"
"I GOTCHA NOW!" yelled a man from around a tree with a pistol.
"THE FISHERMAN!"
*BANG*
*BANG* *BANG*
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
Tomoko ran for her chibitized life as the three other opponents attempted to chase the poor girl down.
"It's Sakurai-chan!"
"Let's GET her!"
"Yeah!"
Three other teenage boys suddenly joined the fray.
"Damn, Sakurai-chan! I never knew everybody LOVED you that much!" taunted Makoto.
"NO, THEY DON'T!" Tomoko jumped behind a tree. "*GASP* *GASP* I should be safe for now!"
"OH NO, YOU'RE NOT!" The old lady suddenly leapt at Tomoko, ready to gun her down. "YOU'RE—"
*BANG*
The old woman suddenly fell to the ground as she was shot in the head.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
The teenage boys were hit and knocked to the ground as well.
"DAMMIT!" yelled the fisherman. "A Sniper!"
From atop a tree, Sugata stood with a sniper rifle in her hand. She pointed her sniper at the fisherman...
*BANG*
...the vegetable saleswoman...
*BANG*
...and finally, at—
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Suddenly, green bullets rained down from the sky, hitting Sugata and knocking her out of the tree.
Others began to flee in terror as the one who was shooting at them...was Icarus with a turret gun in his hands.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
One-by-one, the contestant fell under the Angeloid's reign of terror.
"RUN!"
"SOMEBODY! HELP US!"
"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!"
By the time the shooting stopped, it was all over, with Icarus standing atop a mountain of corpse, all by his own—
*BANG*
Icarus suddenly chibitized as he got shot in the head by his master.
"WHAT THE HELL, ICARUS?! YOU'RE GOING OVERBOARD! GET OUTTA HERE! NOW!" his master ordered.
"As you wish, Master." Icarus flew off with his turret gun.
"Well, I guess that's a few less psychos to deal with, thanks to Icarus," thought Tomoko. "Maybe winning ¥10 million won't be so hard AFTER all."
Tomoko arrived back at the gun booth, where Man of Judas sat in patience. "Hey, what's-your-name? Judas? How many are left?" Tomoko panted. "I'm still in the game." Oddly enough, Judas remained silent. "Well? HOW MANY?" Tomoko demanded.
Rather than answer, Judas pulled out his own gun and pointed it at the air with a malicious grin across his face.
*BANG* *SNAP*
The bullet hit the tree branch, which fell off right next to Tomoko.
"WHAT THE...?!" the perverted female panicked. "WAIT A SEC! IS THAT..."
"That's right," whispered Judas. "This is one of two real guns that I mixed into the game."
"TWO! But then who has..."
"THERE you are!" Sora suddenly caught up to the panicking perverted girl. "Tomo-chan! I've been looking everywhere for you. Now, I can...FINALLY TAKE YOU DOWN!" Sora chibitized as he pointed his gun at his childhood friend.
"EEK! IS THAT THE OTHER REAL GUN!" Tomoko screamed at Judas.
Judas merely shrugged.
*BANG*
Sora shot at Tomoko, but barely missed; the bullet left a trail of smoke, as did smoke coming out of the bullet hole. "WO-O-O-OW! THAT LOOKED WAY TOO REAL!" An insane smile crossed his face.
"SORA! STOP! THAT IS REAL!" Tomoko ran for her life.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH!" Sora continued shooting like a maniac, chasing his terrified friend up the stairs to the shrine. "ONCE YOUR OUT, ¥10 MILLION WILL BE ALL MINE! BYE BYE!" He aimed his pistol at his friend to deliver the final blow.
"SORA!" cried Tomoko. "PLEASE STOP! DON'T!"
*FLAP* *BANG*
Modernized, Tomoko held up her arms as her life was about to come to an end...but nothing happened. As she opened her eyes, she saw that she was just fine. But then she looked and saw Sora, also modernized, still holding his pistol, staring with wide-open, shocked, horrified eyes at what he had just did. Looking down, Tomoko saw a winged boy lying on the ground with his eyes closed, and a bullet mark on his forehead. Tomoko couldn't take what had just happened; she fell to her knees and, with tears in her eyes, screamed, "ICARUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!" in a loud and agonizing—
"Yes, Master?" Icarus sat straight up, shocking his master, chibitizing her, and making her fall backwards.
"What the hell is your skin MADE of?" the modernized Tomoko asked as she applied bandages on her Angeloid's forehead. "You nearly scared me to death."
Makoto and Sugata had recently joined up to Tomoko and Sora, who was shivering while still holding his pistol. "So, who's the winner?" Sugata asked as she took the pistol out of Sora's hands. "I mean, you and Sora ARE the only two left, Tomoko."
"Actually, there's ONE more contestant I forgot to mention," said Makoto.
*SNAP*
At the moment the purple-dreaded boy snapped his fingers, pigeons flew out from the top of the stairs and the Man of Judas stepped up. "Are you kids ready?"
The three contestants faced each other down like ANY western movie; on one side stood Sora and a chibitized Tomoko; the other: Man of Judas.
The three of them held each of their pistols, ready to deliver the final shot...
*BANG* *BANG*
Tomoko and a chibitized Sora laid on the ground in defeat with smoke coming from their bruised foreheads.
"Man of Judas WINS!" announced Makoto. "Congratulations, homeboy. Here's your ¥10 million."
"Thank you," Judas said with a smile as he grabbed his chained coffin and walked off. "See you NEXT year."
"You too!"
"But not ME!" thought the devastated Tomoko. "I've had enough of guns for one night!"
End
Cast:
Man of Judas: Jurota Kosugi (Japanese); Christopher Sabat (English)
