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: 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?

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 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.

Orochi: Joker… he…

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: I told you to come here, Cetus!!!

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!!!!

Joker: …...

Gerard: W-Why isn’t he moving!?

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!!

[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!!

[CETUS’ CRY]

Niko: Huh!?

[STOMP]

[CETUS’ CRY]

Orochi: I-It… resisted…?

Niko: U-Unbelievable… W… Why…

[CETUS’ CRY]

Orochi: Huh!? Shit! Niko, dodge!

[JOKER SHIELDS NIKO]

Joker: ARRGHH!

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…

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…

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!

[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]

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…

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.

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?

Dolly: Haha… hahaha. What an odd pair you guys make…

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!

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.

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.

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: I know.

Niko: ...Huh?

Joker: …Let’s head to that place.