Volume 1 - CH 5

Chapter 5「処刑」Execution (Part 1~!)

This will be the first half of it, then my next post will cover the second half of the chapter~~ I’m starting to read the novel aloud to my friend over Google Hangouts, so I guess when I mean “Summary” it actually means more like I am paraphrasing the light novel…or moreso what I would say out loud? I just don’t have to worry about translating the words exactly as given as much.

I hope you don’t mind that’s it’s a bit verbose to read…I try to include as many details as possible, because I can’t imagine another translator is casually going to take the plunge and provide further minor details.

….So if this is the one translation that survives on the internet, at least I tried!

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Taking one for the team fandom here.

Pages 64-65

There are less than 20 minutes until the beginning of the executions. For the past ten minutes, Guy and Kakashi have been observing the enemy from the ventilation ducts. It seems that the enemy has a comrade on the ground who has already conveyed the circumstances of the situation to Konohagakure.

Not only that, but now the enemies have destroyed the door to the pilothouse (/steering room) and have the pilots under control. In a barking voice, the leader asks if he’s speaking to the Hokage, and demands for the release of Garyo. It seems as though they have begun negotiations with Tsunade. He says that they are not going to wait, and in twenty minutes, they will seriously begin the executions. If Garyo is not released by noon, then every ten minutes, a passenger will be killed.

The man leaves the pilothouse and then announces the same information to the passengers. The passengers huddle up, and an unrest travels among them. Guy asks Kakashi what they should do. Kakashi says that if they make a wrong move, the enemy will blow up the ship. But they can’t lower the altitude of the ship …The ventilation duct continues towards the pilothouse. Kakashi asks Guy if it’s okay to entrust a responsibility to him because he seems to be able to crawl.

Immediately, the enemies fling several kunai at the ceiling, breaking through it. One grazes the tip of Kakashi’s nose. Kakashi and Guy (who’s face is drained of colour) dodge left and right. A lance gets thrust through the ceiling, grazing Guy’s face and through their hair.

Pages 66-67

Kakashi asks Guy if he’s okay. Guy replies by asking what’s happening. They then notice that these are not ordinary spears. They were like icicles, swords of ice. The daggers were tearing the ventilation duct into pieces, persisting in pursuit of Kakashi and Guy. Kakashi beckons Guy towards the pilothouse, and Guy agrees. They orient themselves back-to-back continuing to crawl along the ventiliation duct, twisting their bodies several times while avoiding the swords of ice.

[T/N]

木端微塵= Woodchip/splinter + atom/particle = to break something into tiny fragments.

Kakashi will use the jutsu quite a few more times in the novel. This is only the first usage. Ch. 7 you will see him using it in battle.

Kakashi fell into a restroom. When he noticed, he was entangled with the woman in the blue dress. The woman opens her mouth to scream, but Kakashi quickly stops her from doing so. He shushes her, and stops up her mouth. She struggles, trying to escape from him in some way while making muffled groans. Kakashi tells her that he is not a suspicious person.

He recognizes her as the women from that moment before. She has flowing, long curly hair with large pupils. It’s fresh in his memory. He tells her that they met a while ago. He asks her if she remembers him from when he caught her as she was falling (=from the scene from Ch.2). The woman then seems to remember him. Kakashi asks her that if he releases his hand, then would she please be silent. With frightened eyes, she nods affirmatively. As he releases his hand from her mouth, Kakashi introduces himself as a shinobi from Konohagakure.

Pages 68-69

Kakashi explains that he’s part of the guards for the sight-seeing flight. He then asks her why the woman is in this sort of place. She catches her breathe and replies that when the enemies were raiding, she went into the restroom. Kakashi asks her if she just hid like that. She nods again. In the bathroom stall, their bodies are nestled close to eachother, and then they stand up. A faint lavender scent tickles Kakashi’s nose. He tells her that at any rate, they should leave there.

He looks up at the hole in the ceiling, and sees evidence of the swords of ice has disappeared. He wonders if Guy had managed to skillfully escape. He tells her to escape through the hole in the ceiling, and though she hesitates, she feels relieved. Kakashi smiles sweetly at her, telling her that it’s fine, because the exit will be immediately next to the kitchen. She blinks her eyes in surprise. He asks her what’s wrong, but she averts her eyes in a hurry. He tells her “Lets go!”. Kakashi lifts her up, and pushes her into the ventilation duct. He follows after her, and they proceed to crawl inside of it. They jump down from it once they reach the kitchen where Kakashi and Guy had initially gotten inside of the ventilation duct. In the kitchen, Guy’s abandoned wheelchair is still there.

The woman started to say something, but then Kakashi quickly gnaws at his thumb and presses his palm into the floor: Kuchiyose no Jutsu! With a boom, white smoke emerges. Pakkun, Buru (Bull), Urushi, Guruko, Shiba, Bisuke, Uuhei, and Akino…His eight Ninken (Ninja Dogs) appear. The woman is surprised and asks what are they. Buru asks where they are: Isn’t it Kakashi? It’s been a while! Kakashi shushes them, gesturing with his index finger to his mouth. He tells Buru that his voice is too loud. Akino, who’s wearing sunglasses, notes that it seems like it’s a shabby place. He also says to Kakashi that it seems as though he’s still hesitating about formally becoming Hokage. Apart from that, Kakashi asks them to lend him some strength.

Pages 70-71

Pakkun asks Kakashi what’s happening, as it’s unusual for him to seem so flustered like this. Kakashi responds that there’s no time to talk about the details. He tells his Ninken that they are 5,000 meters above the ground in the sky. The facial expressions of the Ninken become tense immediately. Kakashi quickly continues and informs them that in various places onboard the ship, there are exploding tags that are set as traps. He asks them to please find all of the exploding tags without being noticed by the enemy. Pakkun leads the pack of Ninken, and they disperse.

Kakashi then asks the woman to please stay hidden where they are, as he tries to turn back towards the ventilation ducts. But the woman pulls on his clothes, and Kakashi asks what she’s doing, especially since the executions are almost about to start and he’s trying to stop it from happening. She repeats that the demands of the raiders is for the release of Garyo, as she heard the rattling voice when she was hiding in the bathroom. Kakashi nods. She asks why it’s not the case that they are complying to the demand. If they continue to hesitate, then the victims will only increase.

Kakashi responds that it’s impossible do such a thing, even if they wanted to. The woman asks why. Kakashi responds that if they obey those sorts of people even once, then order will collapse. She laughs scornfully, stating that just a year ago, they were at war, but yet talk about such order now. She then apologizes and lowers her eyes, and then continues:

Kakashi says that he understands what she means. However, as for the Ryuuha Armament Alliance, they have their own form of justice.

Pages 72-73

Kakashi says that nevertheless, they still cannot release Garyo. The woman presses him again, not even in exchange for the life of all the passengers onboard? Kakashi shrugs and responds that no matter what, he will protect everyone. He concedes that there may be a few victims…but as for the lives in front of his eyes, he would like to rescue as many as he possibly can. The woman’s eyes get moist, and her lips tremble. Then Kakashi continues:

Kakashi returned to crawling along the ventilation duct. He smashes open the lattice cover and jumps down and into the dining room lounge. Emerging from the ceiling, the Ryuuha Armament Alliance shinobi immediately rush at him and hurl several kunai. Kakashi bends at the waist, and while upturning the arm of an enemy who’s holding a kunai, he nimbly deals a blow to him. One person is blown away. Without any delay, he kicks the next guy. Without leisure to take a breath, he unleashes a barrage at the third enemy. In the blink of an eye, three enemies lay collapsed at Kakashi’s feet.

The remaining enemy’s eyes become bloodshot. The leader bellows at the subordinates to wait, and so their movements stop. He orders them to return to their post, and not to carelessly leave their duty, which is observing the passengers. In addition, since they are fighting the Copy Ninja Kakashi, and they are no match for him. Kakashi scans his surroundings: including the shinobi that he defeated, there’s nine people. The passengers are all gathered in the center of the lounge. Their faces are mixed with fear and anticipation, attentively watching over the situation.

[T/N] This is all taijutsu, no names are given.

Pages 74-75

[T/N]

Kakashi says that Konoha will not negotiate with outlaws like them. The leader says he wonders about that claim. The enemy boldly smiles, points, and casually chooses one of the passengers. Just like that, the victim begins to moan. The body of the passenger suddenly is encased in ice, frozen with a face filled with dread. The remaining passengers scream. The leader asks again if Kakashi is willing to negotiate. Kakashi shouts for him to stop, but the leader takes it as if it was pleasant compliment. With a satisfied look, the man closes his eyes and raises his arms again like a conductor of a symphony, and then casually points to the next victim. The passenger tries to escape, but is frozen mid-attempt.

The lounge falls silent, and only the sobbing of a woman can be heard. The leader turns to face Kakashi, and says although it was a bit hasty, at any rate, time would have been up. He says that he intended to only kill one of the passengers, but because of Kakashi, he killed two of them. Kakashi curses at him. The leader says that if he felt like it, he could freeze all of the passengers in the room at once. Kakashi glares at the enemy, and says that if he does that, then they would lose all of their negotiation hostages.

Page 76

The leader asks again, will Konoha negotiate with terrorists like them? Whether or not they have the hostages as part of their negotiation tactics, they have nothing to do with it if Konoha's stance will not change anyway. If that’s the case and Konoha does not accept the arrangements of the negotiation, then they are willing to continue killing everyone on the sight-seeing flight. Kakashi grinds his back molars.

The leader faces towards Kakashi as he orders one of his subordinates to take a passenger to the pilothouse and report to Konoha what had just transpired. The leader tells Kakashi that if he obediently surrenders to being captured, then he will allow the passengers to survive for another ten minutes. If he opposes that suggestion, then they will continue to kill them off as planned. Kakashi and the leader exchange glances.

Chapter 5「処刑」Execution (Part 2//Remainder of the Excerpt~!!)

Must keep typing on my laptop…

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Page 77

The man really seems intent on doing it. Kakashi sees both of the enemy’s hands preparing like hooked talons, and has another intuition. If Kakashi moves even a finger, they will surely massacre the hostages. Sighing, Kakashi releases fighting spirit throughout his whole body in resignation. Immediately, the enemies leap towards Kakashi, and bind his arms behind his back. The shinobi that Kakashi had defeated a while ago rise up from the ground, and then proceed to severely beat Kakashi in the face.

Pages 78-79

From behind, Kakashi hears a satisfied voice, saying this predicament is fine. He shouldn’t be able to escape. Cold sweat is gushing down his face, and he crumbles down to his knees. He tells them that if they’re going to kill someone, to kill him first. He shouts at them multiple times, but they laugh scornfully at him. The value of his life is a hundred times more valuable than that of a passenger. Kakashi might be useful in negotiations with Konoha. That’s why about ten minutes later, they kill a woman. She was wearing a radiant gorgeous black dress with jewelry.

They repeat again that it’s one of two options: the release of Garyo, or they kill another hostage. The passengers can all hear the angry voice from the pilothouse. They are demanding that Konoha gets into contact with them within ten minutes, or else they kill two more people. He tells them that it’s because of Konoha that people are continuing to die.

Kakashi curses and deeply regrets his decision. They’re running out of patience. If the altitude was lower, they could do something. Kakashi wonder what should be done. His irritation at the situation is so intense that it erases the pain caused by his broken fingers. His mind fully operational, he hears a small voice that is directly addressing him. Three minutes until the next execution. Suddenly, he hears a voice. “Kakashi-sensei, can you hear me? If you can hear me, please reply”. Kakashi responds to Ino from her Shindenshin no Jutsu (/Mind-Body Transmission Technique). He asks Ino how she knows that he’s on the Tobishachimaru. She tells him that Lee admitted to it.

Pages 80-81

Kakashi realizes what’s happening. Ino asks if he’s okay, and if he’s been captured by the enemy . Kakashi asks her if she’s able to contact Guy and that he’s alright. More importantly, in three more minutes, another execution will happen. In order to not be detected by the enemy, they had travelled inside an opening in the ventilation ducts in the ceiling. Ino tells him that Pakkun and the Ninken have successfully gathered all of the exploding tags and given them to Guy (who is all thumbs-up about it). She says that Guy will engage the leader in battle, and that will give Kakashi the opportunity to usher the passengers towards the warehouse. Tsunade has confirmed with the Wave Country that there’s a huge box there, and the contents inside of it are giant parachutes.

Kakashi disagrees with the plan. After all, among the passengers, there are disguised enemies. Ino informs him that Sai is currently on standby in the office of the Hokage. He asks for them to send over Sai, since with his Choujyuu Giga, he might be able to rescue them. He tells Ino how the members of the Ryuuha Armament Alliace have boarded the ship: by replacing the original passengers. At any rate, Kakashi says that he will cause an uproar and attempt to stall for more time. It’s almost time for another execution. Ino’s voice then vanishes from inside his mind.

Spotting Guy in the opening in the ceiling ventilation duct, he firmly gives another thumbs-up and smiles. Kakashi thinks he’s an idiot, as that’s unnecessary right now. They can hear the loud footsteps of the leader returning from the pilothouse. Guy ducks back into the darkness of the ventilation duct. The leader bellows that it’s about time for another execution. He tells the passengers that they should bear a grudge against Konohagakure Village for this situation: since instead of protecting all of their lives, they defending the life of a criminal (Garyo).

Pages 82-83

The leader approaches and the passengers shut their eyes, shrinking away. He slowly raises his arms, saying it’s pathetic, but one of them is next. But then…Boom! There’s a roaring sound from the stern of the ship, and the rest of his words are cut off. The hull inclines to a huge slope, so the passengers scream and tumble on the floor. Of course, the enemies also lose their balance, and needed something to support themselves up. A shrill sounds emits from an alarm buzzer. The leader shouts, asking what happened. There seems to be an outbreak of a fire at the stern of the ship. Shinobi leap out of the pilothouse. Someone seems to have blown up the propulsion component.

Kakashi rolls his eyes, thinking Guy did it. He must have used all of the exploding tags that Pakkun had gathered. The leader approaches, and then grips Kakashi’s hair, demanding to know if he has an accomplice and what he has done. Kakashi gives him a cold glare, telling him that he doesn’t know. But at any rate, they ought to extinguish that fire (the earlier the better, right?~). The air sac’s buoyancy component is right above the propulsion segment. At first, Kakashi expects the enemy to be flustered. However, the rage and impatience has vanished on his face. The enemy seems to be enjoying this turn of events. An intense uneasiness runs through Kakashi’s spine.

The ringing of the alarm buzzer ceases. The passengers timidly get back up. The shinobi have returned and have reported that the fire has been extinguished. About two of the propellers were damaged, but the buoyancy component was unharmed. Repair of the hole that the explosion had caused has already been tended to. They announce that they are still able to glide through the air.

Pages 84-85

The leader is enjoyably smiling from the depths of heart at Kakashi. It seems that they had anticipated such event that Konoha shinobi would infiltrate the ship. Why wouldn’t the enemy anticipate it with prepared countermeasures? He calls out to Kahyo, and the grin on his face vanishes. Kakashi asks if that’s what their trump card is. It seems that with hyouton (ice release), the fire was extinguished, and the hole was patched. Afterall, Guy and Kakashi had already discovered their first trump card, which was exploding tags. Kakashi looks up at the ceiling, and tells him to look upwards too.

The heel of Guy’s foot dropped, and there’s an explosion on the crown of the enemy’s head. The hull of the ship trembled. The force was tremendous, and creates giant hole in the floor. If it wasn’t for the plumbing space beneath the floorboards, the enemy’s body would have pierced through the bottom of the ship. He probably would have been struck out and into the sky.

Pages 86-87

In the darkness of the floor beneath them, the electrical cables that were cut are crackling and sparking. Guy coolly tells Kakashi that he’s been keeping him waiting. Guy addresses the passengers. He’s in pain because of his foot, and has teary eyes. However, he strikes a ‘Nice-Guy Pose’. He tells them to be relieved and to feel secure, since Konoha’s Noble Green Wild Beast of Prey has arrived. However, he cuts himself off...

Uppu! He then crawls on all fours, gags, and vomits. His seasickness is horrible. A second later, Kakashi calls out to him to watch out from behind. Guy raises his upper body, and swerves around to headbutt the enemy in the face. The enemy is blown away. Looking at the fallen enemy, Guy mindlessly forgets about the pain in his leg, with a blank look on his face. It seems that the attack also stopped the movements of the other enemy shinobi. Guy readies himself, and he’s surrounded by the careful enemy shinobi. Guy tries to play it cool, saying that it was all calculated, all while he’s hopping on one leg. He places both hands on his hips, and sticks out his chest (Guy gets a ‘Don!’ sound effect for his proud posture).

Kakashi calls him out on it, as it’s an obvious rouse, since Guy’s face is ghastly pale. Anyway, Kakashi tells Guy that he ought to cut the ropes that are binding him. As Guy steps towards Kakashi’s side, suddenly…Boom! The floorboards exploded. A giant fist from beneath the floor is punching upwards.

Page 88

Guy leaps backwards. Rubbish is blinding his field of vision. Splinters are raining incessantly above Kakashi. The enemy shinobi shout with joy for their leader, as it seems that he’s okay. Advancing through the rubbish, it is indeed their leader. The man tells them that his name is “羅氷//Rahyo” , as he'll be the guy who will obliterate them.

//End Translation

//End Chapter 5