sresisttls | Chapter 1 | Part 9: Simple Solution

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[BEAST CRY]

Dolly: Shit… their numbers aren’t decreasing at all!

Burgess: The beasts in the area have all gathered here because of the explosions and flames, haven’t they…

Evan: It’d probably be more accurate to say they were led here…

Volker: Either way, we cannot defeat all of them, nor safely run away if their numbers remain the same.

Flost: We’ll only run out of stamina over time, won’t we…

[BEAST CRY]

Abel: We’ve got no choice but to fight! There’s no way we’re gonna die here!

[EXPLOSION]

Dolly: Argh! Again!?

Burgess: No, that’s—

Burgess: Trueno! Wind!

Trueno: …Why are you here?

Trueno: We told you not to come back.

Wind: Not only did you not listen, you also ended up in this situation… you really are dumb, aren’t you?

Trueno: Hmph, damn… what a pain.

[EXPLOSIONS]

Dolly: Hey! What the fuck are you bastards doing!?

Evan: Probably finishing us off, no?

Abel: T-That’s—

[EXPLOSION]

Volker: Ah! That is…

[BEAST CRY]

Flost: The beasts are separating thanks to the explosions!

Burgess: If we each take one side, we can beat them all! Let’s crush them one by one while we still can!

[BATTLE]

Dolly: What the hell was that for!?

Trueno: We told you not to come back.

Dolly: Huh!? What the hell!?

Abel: Hey, calm down, Dolly!

Dolly: Are you stupid!? We were about to die!

Volker: Trueno, Wind. Those traps were made to restrict the movements of beasts, were they not?

Wind: And what about it? It’s got nothing to do with you, has it?

Volker: …Dolly, it seems you have truly misunderstood the situation.

Dolly: Huh!?

Volker: Those explosions were meant to lay down a trap into which a large amount of beasts would fall. It was arranged so that they would be led there and would not be able to find an escape…

Volker: You were running a test to lure Nandin here, were you not?

Trueno: ………….

Volker: I detect no change in neither your heartbeat nor your facial expression… It seems I can take your silence as an affirmative answer, then.

Dolly: W-Wait! You can’t just agree like—

Volker: Lastly, those bombs they were throwing… were meant to save us.

Volker: It was a way to split up the pack of beasts rather than a measure against us.

Dolly: T-That’s… you’ve got a point, I guess, but…

Volker: To sum it all up, we ourselves fell into the trap Trueno and Wind had set up, and dug our own graves as a result. That is what happened.

Dolly: But we’d heard the explosion noise and decided to go there, didn’t we!?

Wind: Could you not put the blame on us for your own selfish actions?

Evan: We acknowledge we were careless, but don’t be so conceited.

Flost: I agree. Why did you need to act on your own if you were testing out a lure for Nandin?

Trueno: We’re not talking to you.

Dolly: What the hell!?

Burgess: Everyone, wait!

Dolly: Huh!? What do you want now, at a time like this!?

Burgess: …Haha.

Dolly: Eh? B-Burgess…?

Burgess: Excuse me… could you give me a minute?

Dolly: S-Sure…

Burgess: …Trueno, Wind, let me ask you something. Why were you so persistent in acting independently all this time?

Burgess: Your incomprehensible behavior got these guys caught up in dangerous situations, and caused needless misunderstandings between us.

Burgess: There’s no way you hadn’t predicted this could’ve been a possibility… is there?

Trueno, Wind: ………...

Burgess: What in the world do you not like about us?

Burgess: Trueno, Wind, answer me. If our goals are the same, then why do you keep going off on your own?

Burgess: Depending on the answer—

Trueno: …You’re barking up the wrong tree.

Burgess: What…?

Wind: We’ve never had any problem with these guys. That’s not the reason why we’re acting on our own.

Burgess: !? Then why!?

Trueno: We acted the way we wanted to... that’s all.

Wind: Nothing will change even if you’re mad, Burgess. It means nothing to us.

Volker: Oh!

Burgess: Cut that out—

Volker: …Burgess.

Volker: ………...

Burgess: Wh—!?

Volker: Go ahead, it is alright. Everything will be over after this.

Burgess: What are you saying!?

Trueno: What a waste of time.

Wind: Yeah. Shall we go, Trueno?

Volker: Burgess!

Burgess: Ugh… Trueno, Wind...!

Wind: You’re persistent, Burgess. How many times are you—

Burgess: I’m begging you… please cooperate... with us.

Dolly: Huh~!? What is he saying now, of all—

Wind: …Hm. Okay.

Dolly: Eh...?

Trueno: We don’t care about helping, just don’t make us waste our time much.

Burgess: Eh? Ah… Is that alright?

Volker: Good grief… Did you really not think about that before?

Abel: Uh… What do you mean…?

Volker: Burgess. You did not ask Trueno and Wind to help even once, did you?

Burgess: No, we did… I’m sure of it.

Volker: I mean, you did not do it yourself.

Burgess: Ah…

Trueno: Whatever… Why are we being involved?

Burgess: It’s because—

Abel: Please help us so we can beat Nandin! We heard from Burgess that you guys are awesome!

Abel: T-That’s because I interrupted him at that point…

Volker: It is not your fault… For them, it is impossible to follow orders unless Burgess is the one to issue them, that is all.

Abel: Uh… in other words?

Volker: In other words, if Burgess had asked them from the start, then this ordeal would have been over and done with.

Evan: E-Eh~? You’re kidding, right? What the…

Volker: Doing as little as pushing the wrong button can lead to things piling up and becoming troublesome, to give a good example.

Flost: However, if the twins had told us that from the start, this situation would have been avoided as well, wouldn’t it?

Volker: Burgess and I know very well that they are not the type to voice those kinds of things.

Volker: With that said, although I am responsible for the shortcomings of my own thinking, you are responsible for having misjudged them as well.

Dolly: No, normally we wouldn’t misjudge people, that’s unreasonable…

Burgess: No… the one at fault here is me, really. Everyone, especially Trueno and Wind… My apologies.

Trueno: Cut it out with that rubbish talk.

Burgess: Eh...?

Volker: Yes, this is a useless discussion. We will never determine what the cause was, or who is to blame for it, and we should not be bothering with that, either.

Abel: Hm, well, everyone, I think it’d be a good idea to forget about it!

Burgess: You guys…

Wind: Well… there’s still one more problem, though. We’re out of explosives because of what happened earlier, see.

Abel: Ah, if that’s the only problem, I gotcha covered!

Trueno: …What?

Abel: Here, have saltpetre! With that, you can get back to makin’ explosives without problem, right?

Trueno: Ha… You can’t fix stupid, huh.

Abel: Ehh, what do you mean~?

Wind: He’s saying we’ll take it, even if your way of doing things is idiotic.

Wind: In other words, it’s fine if you continue being stupid.

Abel: Hm? …What do you mean?

Evan: I think you kinda just proved his point, didn’t you?

Burgess: Yeah, seems like it.

[LIGHT FLASHING]

Lapomme: Seems like it went smoothly.

Trueno: …Nothing changed.

Wind: There was just a flash of light. Is that really all there is to it?

Evan: Yup, it was the same for everyone else.

Flost: You’ll probably understand once you try to fight for real later.

Abel: Alright! Now, we only gotta get Gerard on our side!

Burgess: By the way… is it okay if we leave recruiting him to you?

Dolly: Oh, you mean you’re not coming with us?

Burgess: Yeah. We have 2 days left before Nandin explodes, don’t we? Therefor, we’d like to make other preparations.

Flost: Explosives, right?

Burgess: Indeed. Since Trueno and Wind are helping us, we’ll be able to prepare a considerable amount of explosives starting now.

Evan: Well, we don’t know what will actually be useful against it. We’ll just leave that to you, then, no?

Abel: Gotcha. Well, time for us to meet up with Gerard!