Chapter 3 | Part 19: One More Time
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Translation under the cut.
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Joker: I thought I’d be fine dying at any time…
[WHISTLING]

[CETUS’ CRY]

Joker: What’s wrong, Cetus? Come… It should be easy for you to kill a lone piece of trash like me, shouldn’t it?
Joker: Come this way… Come on!
Joker: Come this way… Come on!

Joker: There’s no point in me being alive…
Joker: I thought― BELIEVED that I didn’t care about when I’d disappear…
Joker: But, thinking about it… since when did I have such thoughts?
Joker: I thought― BELIEVED that I didn’t care about when I’d disappear…
Joker: But, thinking about it… since when did I have such thoughts?

Abel: W… Why is Joker...!?
Krone: Fuck if I know!! More importantly, this moron’s too damn close to Cetus!!
Burgess: He won’t get out unscathed if Cetus rushes at him with this little distance between them!
Krone: I know you’re a spineless coward, but fuck, don’t be so reckless!
Krone: Fuck if I know!! More importantly, this moron’s too damn close to Cetus!!
Burgess: He won’t get out unscathed if Cetus rushes at him with this little distance between them!
Krone: I know you’re a spineless coward, but fuck, don’t be so reckless!
[KRONE RUNS OFF]
Ian: Krone!? W-Wait up! Don’t run off on your own!!

Joker: I believed that in order for trash like myself to be able to continue living in this hellhole...
Joker: …I would have had to erase my own existence.
Joker: …But I was wrong.
Joker: …I would have had to erase my own existence.
Joker: …But I was wrong.

Orochi: Joker… he…
Niko: …That fucking moron!!
Niko: …That fucking moron!!

Joker: One more time… just one more time will be enough.
Joker: Just this once…
Joker: …I want to believe in myself.
Joker: Just this once…
Joker: …I want to believe in myself.

Joker: I told you to come here, Cetus!!!
Joker: Try and kill me like you killed them! I’m not afraid of you anymore!!!
Joker: Try and kill me like you killed them! I’m not afraid of you anymore!!!
[WHISTLING]

[CETUS’ CRY]
[STOMPING]

Abel: It’s comin’ for him!?
Krone: Fuck! We won’t make it in time!
Ian: Avoid it, Joker!! RUN!!!!
Krone: Fuck! We won’t make it in time!
Ian: Avoid it, Joker!! RUN!!!!
Joker: …...
Gerard: W-Why isn’t he moving!?
Dolly: No way, don’t tell me he’s frozen up in fear!?
Dolly: No way, don’t tell me he’s frozen up in fear!?

[CETUS’ CRY]
[STOMPING]

Joker: Come on… come on… come on… come on…
Joker: It’s alright… they’ll come… I know it…
Joker: They’ll be coming…
Joker: …at the perfect timing!!
Joker: It’s alright… they’ll come… I know it…
Joker: They’ll be coming…
Joker: …at the perfect timing!!
[ENGINE SOUND]

[CETUS’ CRY]

[CRASH]

Niko: UARRRRGGGHHHH!!!

[CETUS’ CRY]

Abel: Niko!? And Orochi, too!
Niko: LET’S DESTROY THIS MOTHERFUCKER WHILE IT’S DOOOOWN!!!

[CETUS’ CRY]

Dolly: W-We can beat it!?
Gerard: Let’s go!! Let’s take it down this way!!
Gerard: Let’s go!! Let’s take it down this way!!

[CETUS’ CRY]

Niko: Huh!?
[STOMP]

[CETUS’ CRY]

Orochi: I-It… resisted…?
Niko: U-Unbelievable… W… Why…
Niko: U-Unbelievable… W… Why…

[CETUS’ CRY]

Orochi: Huh!? Shit! Niko, dodge!
[JOKER SHIELDS NIKO]
Joker: ARRGHH!
Niko: J-Joker!? Why did you…
Niko: J-Joker!? Why did you…
Joker: …What… are you doing?
Niko: ...What?
Joker: …Don’t just stand there when you’ve come all the way here!
Joker: You’re much stronger than me, aren’t you!? Then, destroy it!!
Niko: You…
Niko: ...What?
Joker: …Don’t just stand there when you’ve come all the way here!
Joker: You’re much stronger than me, aren’t you!? Then, destroy it!!
Niko: You…
Abel: Joker’s right!!
Orochi: ! You guys…
Abel: Just one more push, alright!? We can end this with all of our strength!!

[CETUS’ CRY]
[BATTLE]

[CETUS’ CRY]

Joker: Huff… huff… hah…
Niko: W-Why… can’t we defeat it? Just how tough is that bastard…
Niko: W-Why… can’t we defeat it? Just how tough is that bastard…
Orochi: …You piece of shit…
Niko: …Orochi?
Orochi: Just how long are you gonna stand there, you massive pile of trash… I’m tired of you…
Orochi: …Just go to hell already!
Niko: …Orochi?
Orochi: Just how long are you gonna stand there, you massive pile of trash… I’m tired of you…
Orochi: …Just go to hell already!
[OROCHI RUNS OFF]
Niko: H-Hey, what are you gonna―
Orochi: CETUUUUUUUUUUS!!!

[CETUS’ CRY]
Orochi: FUCKING FALL DOOOOOOOWN!!!
[METALLIC SOUNDS]
Niko: O-Orochi!?
Orochi: AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!
[METALLIC SOUNDS]
[CETUS’ CRY]
[CETUS’ CRY]

Orochi: Pant… pant… huff… huff…
[CETUS’ CRY]
Orochi: Huff… ah… ah…
[CETUS’ CRY DECREASING IN VOLUME]
Orochi: This is… revenge for them…

Orochi: ...Keep on going down.
Gerard: H-He defeated it?
Cadena: He defeated it… right? That monster… Cetus…
Cadena: He defeated it… right? That monster… Cetus…
Abel: Yeah, we beat it! We did it!! All together!! ALRIIIIIGHT!!
Dolly: Haha! I was seriously shocked though… What was up with Orochi?
Niko: Ha… I told you before, didn’t I? It’s scarier when Orochi’s pissed.
Niko: Ha… I told you before, didn’t I? It’s scarier when Orochi’s pissed.
Orochi: Huff… pant… Hm? U-Uwah!? T-That’s bad. My arm… what should I…
Orochi: H-Hey, Niko! Can you fix it? It’s not moving, though… h-huh? Huuuh?
Orochi: H-Hey, Niko! Can you fix it? It’s not moving, though… h-huh? Huuuh?
Dolly: Haha… hahaha. What an odd pair you guys make…
Niko: I don’t wanna hear that coming from you lot.
Niko: I don’t wanna hear that coming from you lot.
Flost: But to think we actually defeated it… I was constantly scared to death.
Flost: Thank you for saving us, Joker.
Joker: …...
Joker: …It’s nothing.
Abel: C’mon, what’s that “nothin’” for~? You really saved us! And you came back in the end!
Flost: Thank you for saving us, Joker.
Joker: …...
Joker: …It’s nothing.
Abel: C’mon, what’s that “nothin’” for~? You really saved us! And you came back in the end!
Niko: …...
Abel: Ah…
Niko: Looks like we were saved by you.
Joker: Well… maybe.
Niko: It’s not just “maybe”. As usual, you can only talk in a way that pisses me off.
Joker: Well… maybe.
Niko: It’s not just “maybe”. As usual, you can only talk in a way that pisses me off.
Abel: W-Wait, Niko! He saved us, so don’t start fightin’…
Orochi: Don’t stop them, Abel.
Abel: Huh?
Orochi: ...There are things these two need to discuss.
Orochi: Don’t stop them, Abel.
Abel: Huh?
Orochi: ...There are things these two need to discuss.
Niko: …...
Joker: …...
Niko: I… should forgive you.
Niko: I know that, and I don’t need anyone to tell me to do it.
Niko: But… you see…
Joker: ……
Niko: Is it something that can be done as easily as saying “Yeah, thanks for saving my life”...?
Niko: …What should I do? Hey, tell me! Joker!
Niko: What should I do to you!? What should I…
Joker: …...
Joker: …...
Niko: I… should forgive you.
Niko: I know that, and I don’t need anyone to tell me to do it.
Niko: But… you see…
Joker: ……
Niko: Is it something that can be done as easily as saying “Yeah, thanks for saving my life”...?
Niko: …What should I do? Hey, tell me! Joker!
Niko: What should I do to you!? What should I…
Joker: …...
Joker: I know.
Niko: ...Huh?
Joker: …Let’s head to that place.
Niko: ...Huh?
Joker: …Let’s head to that place.