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ニセ札騒動
パタリロ!234
Counterfeit Bill Rebellion
Patalliro! 234

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Panel 1
常春の国マリネラ
A country of everlasting spring, Malynera.

Panel 2
困ります！
We'll get in trouble!

Panel 3
いけません！
だめですってば！
You can't!
I said no!

Panel 4
カッカッカッ
Ka ka ka - Click click click

Panel 5
少佐お願いです！
Major, please!

Panel 6
ブン！
Bun! - Boom!

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Panel 1
パラパラ
Para para - Dry rattle

うわー
Uwaaah

Panel 2
他ならぬ少佐のおっしゃることにはどんなことでも喜んで協力しますがそれだけはだめです！
We'd be happy to cooperate with none other that anything you want, we just can't do this!

Panel 3
カッカッ
Ka ka - Click click

Panel 4
殿下は朝9時より前に起こすと一日中たいへん機嫌が悪いんです
When His Highness is woken up before 9 in the morning he becomes cross all day.

Panel 5
つまりぼくたちの命にかかわるんです！
In short, our lives are on the line!

Panel 6
今8時半ですからなんとかあと30分待っていただくわけには
Please wait 30 minutes, it's 8:30 now.

カッカッ
Ka ka - Click click

少佐！
Major!

Panel 7
だめだ！よし最後の手段！
It's no use! All right, this is our last resort!

Panel 8
クル
Kuru - Spin

ゴンッ
Gon - Bam

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Panel 1
やかましい！
Shut up!

Panel 2
ボッ
Bo - Boom

Panel 3
うわわわ眼力で棒に火がついた
Uwawawah! He set the club on fire with his eye powers!

わたしは怒ってるんだ！
I'm angry!

Panel 4
就寝中
Sleeping

Panel 5
ガチャガチャ
Gacha gacha - Click click

Panel 6
ドン！
Don! - pow!

Panel 7
ギッ
Gi - Squeak

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Panel 2
パタリロ起きろ！
Patalliro, get up!

Panel 4
パタリロ！
Patalliro!

Panel 6
何だこれは
What is this?

ベッドの中に地下への階段が？！
Stairs to an underground bed?!

そんなバカな！
Ridiculous!

Panel 7
ピョン
Pyon - Hop

Panel 8
バフッ
Bafu - Bamf

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Panel 1
あれっ？
Huh?

Panel 2
あれあれっ？！
Huh huh?!

バフバフ
Bafu bafu - Bamf bamf

Panel 3
毛布に絵が描いてあるんだ！
A picture is drawn on the blanket!

なんっ
Wha?

Panel 4
というわけのわからんまねをパタリロはどこだ！
Enough of this nonsense! Where is Patalliro?!

Panel 5
ワーッ
Waaah

Panel 6
バスルームにいました！
He's in the bathroom!

Panel 7
グーガー
Guu gaa - Zzz zzz

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Panel 1
こら
Hey!

ゲソ！
Geso! - Haggard!

ガ。。。
Ga... - Zzz...

Panel 2
目をさませ ベッドの絵にはどういう意味があるんだ！
Open your eyes. Why is there a picture on your bed?!

Panel 3
ぼくは一日12時間寝ないと体調が悪いのだ~~~しかし世の中にはぼくの安眠を妨害しようと考える奴がいるかもしれないから~~~
When I don't sleep for 12 hours a day I don't feel good~~~ But there may be people in the world who would try to interfere with my sleep~~~

Panel 4
ゆうべ9時に寝室に入ってから6時間かけて超写実的な絵を描いたのだ~~~ああしておけばぼくの眠りを邪魔しようと忍びこんできた奴も 絵に気をとられて安眠妨害するのを忘れると思ったのだ~~~
So I drew a very realistic picture of stairs when I went into my bedroom at 9 last night for 6 hours last night~~~. I thought any guys who came in to bother me in my sleep would forget about interfering with my quiet sleep because of the picture~~~.

Panel 5
言ってることはわかるな
I know what he means.

わからんわ！
I don't get it!

Panel 6
どこの世界に安眠するために肝心な睡眠時間をけずるバカがいる！
In what world would you waste valuable sleeping hours in order to sleep peaceful?! It's idiocy!

Panel 7
あっそうか
Ah, I see.

それにどこの誰が忍びこんで眠りの邪魔をするというのだー！
Besides, who would sneak in to bother you in your sleep?!

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Panel 1
フーッ
Fuu - Phew

Panel 2
世の中にそんなアホなまねをするヒマ人がいるわけがないなのにそんなことにおびえて睡眠時間を割いて絵などを描いて。。。
There can't be someone with so much free time in the world that they'd do such a stupid thing. Just the idea of that is frightening, wasting sleeping hours to draw a picture...

Panel 3
何か強迫観念にかられてるんじゃないか
Maybe he was seized by some sort of obsession?

えっ？
Eh?

Panel 4
普通の生物じゃないんだ ひねくれた知性がこうじて心身症になりかけてるんじゃないか
He's not an ordinary life form. He may have gotten a psychosomatic disorder because of his rebellious brain.

心身症？！
A psychosomatic disorder?!

Panel 5
心身症だって？
A psychosomatic disorder?

ピクッ
Piku - Shock

Panel 7
えっ？
Eh?

Panel 8
しんしんしょーしんすんさんしょん
Psy-cho-so-ma-tic dis-ord-er.
*In Japanese, there's a play on the sounds here, but it doesn't translate very well.

ガチッ
Gachi - Click

Panel 9
何をやってる
What are you doing?

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Panel 1
ふむふむ
Hmm hmm.

Panel 2
しんしんしょーしんしゅんさんそんしょー
Psy-cho-so-ma-tic dis-ord-er.

Panel 3
心身症 新春シャンソンショーだ~~~
Psychosomatic disorder, New Year's Chanson Show~~~.
*More wordplay. In Japanese, "psychosomatic disorder" is "shinshinshou", so it sounds similar to "Chanson Show".

そう言ったじゃないですか
I didn't say that.

おのれら~~~
You~~~.

Panel 4
ジリリリ
Jiririri - Riiing

Panel 5
リリリリリリリ
Ri ri ri ri ri ri ri - Riiiiiiiiing

Panel 6
ガバッ！
Gaba! - Fwip!

Panel 7
あー よく寝た
Aaah, I slept well.

フアー
Yaaawn

おい！こら！
Hey! Hey!

Panel 8
おや バンコラン
Oh, Bancoran?

おや バンコラン
じゃない！
Don't "Oh, Bancoran?"
me!

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Panel 1
ずいぶんスッキリした顔をしているな
You look awfully refreshed.

おかげさまで
Thanks to you.

Panel 2
おまえ 一日12時間寝ないと体調が悪いんじゃないのか
Are you in bad shape when you don't sleep for 12 hours a day?

そうだ
That's right.

Panel 3
6時間しか寝てないのにどうしてスッキリしてるんだ
You slept less than 6 hours, so why are you refreshed?

Panel 4
6時間？何を言ってるゆうべ9時にベッドに入って たっぷり12時間寝たぞ
6 hours? What are you saying? I went to bed as 9 last night. I got a full 12 hours of sleep.

どーゆーことだ
What's the meaning of this?

たぶん寝ぼけたんでしょう
He was probably half-asleep.

Panel 5
うん？
Hmm?

Panel 6
つまり殿下はずっと寝てたんですよ 寝ぼけて絵を描いたんです
In short, His Highness was sleeping the whole time. He drew the picture in his sleep.

Panel 7
寝ぼけて絵を描いただと~~~！！
Like you can draw in your sleep~~~!!

Panel 8
絵とは？
A picture?

毛布に描いたんですよ
You drew on the blanket.

Panel 9
寝ながらそーゆーものが描けるとはやっぱりぼくは芸術家なのだな
I was able to draw that while I was asleep? I knew it, I'm an artist.

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Panel 1
ドンドン
Don don - Pow pow

Panel 2
頭が痛い~~~！！
Ow, my head~~~!!

殿下だから頭痛ですむ
It's a headache because it's His Highness.

普通の人間なら即死だ
A normal person would have died.

Panel 3
まあいい
That's enough.

よくない！
I hate you!

Panel 4
今日は用があって来たんだ
I came today because of business.

ビラッ
Bira - Flap

Panel 6
何をしているバンコラン君にコーヒーをお持ちしろ！
What are you doing? Bring Bancoran some coffee!

Panel 7
インスタントじゃないぞ 最上級のブルマンだ！文明堂のカステラもお出しするんだ！
Not the instant stuff! The finest Blue Mountain Coffee! Serve sponge cake from Bunmeidou!
*Bunmeido is a snack shop in Japan.

あわわ
Awawah

Panel 8
バンコラン おまえも人間的に成長したな
Bancoran, you're also a grown human.

Panel 9
何のことだ
What about it?

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Panel 1
何って ぼくの所にたずねて来て お土産に札を出すなんて見上げた心がけだ
"What"? You can to visit and brought a gift. That's admirable dedication.

Panel 2
誰が土産なぞ持ってくるか この札に見おぼえはないか
Who brought a gift? Don't you recognize this bill?

えっ
Eh?

Panel 3
おやマリネラの紙幣だな
Oh, it's a note from Malynera.

Panel 4
いくらぼくがお金が好きだからって札の一枚一枚に見おぼえなんか
No matter how much I like money, I can't recognize every single bill.

それはマリネラ貿易省からサビル・ローの洋服店に支払われた中の一枚だ
That bill was from the Malynera Trade Ministry. It was used to pay a tailor shop in Savile Row.

Panel 5
サビル・ロー？英国にある洋服屋が軒を並べる有名な通りだな 日本語の背広の語原になったという
Savile Row? That's a famous street in England where tailors shops are lined up side by side. It's where the word for business suits in Japan comes from.

Panel 6
あそこの店に支払われたというなら国営マリネラデパートが服地か何か買ったんだろう これがどうした
You say that some apparel or something was paid by Malynera's state department? What about it?

ニセ札だ
It's a counterfeit.

Panel 7
えっ？
Eh?

Panel 8
じっ！
Ji! - Stare!

Panel 9
まちがいじゃないのか ニセ札には見えんぞ
Are you sure? It doesn't look like a counterfeit.

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Panel 1
貿易省から届いた現金の中に同一番号の札が15枚あったのだ！
15 bills with the same number were in the cash that arrived from the trade ministry!

バッ
Ba - Bam

Panel 2
いくらマリネラがいいかげんな国でも同じ番号の札を流通させたりしないだろう！
How irresponsible would Malynera have to be to circulate bills with the same number?!

それはそうだが
You have a point.

Panel 3
ありゃ ほんとに同じ番号だな
Oh, they really are the same number.

Panel 4
見そこなったぞ パタリロ！
I misjudged you, Patalliro!

Panel 5
はっ？
Huh?

Panel 6
意地きたなくてがめつくて救いようのない強欲な守銭奴なのは知ってたがニセ札づくりまでやるとは見下げはてた奴だ！
I knew you were such a greedy miser that your avarice and greed were boundless, but even you should despise counterfeits!

Panel 7
またんかい
Wait a minute.

なんだ！
What?!

Panel 8
守銭道の信奉者としてぼくは純粋に金銭を愛している しかしひねくれた見方をすればそれが意地きたないとかがめついと見えるかもしれない それは認めよう
I love money as a follower of the way of money. But, from other viewpoints, that might look like avarice and greed. I'll admit that.

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Panel 1
だがニセ札づくりなどと呼ばれるいわれば絶対に
But when it comes to making counterfeits, I would

Panel 2
ない
never!

ビシッ！
Bishi! - Crack!

Panel 3
むっ！
Nn!

Panel 4
ほらほらひさしぶりのシリアス顔
Hey, hey, a serious face after so long.

ひっひきょうな
C-Creepy

何をやってるんだか
What are you doing?

Panel 5
少佐 殿下の言う通りですよ
Major, it's as His Highness says.

Panel 6
別に犯罪だからというわけじゃなく
小銭のためなら殿下は人殺しだって平気でやりますから
そうじゃなくてニセ札づくりなんてのは殿下の性格に合わないんですよ
I wouldn't say that he wouldn't commit a crime.
His Highness would even kill for small change.
But making counterfeit bills doesn't fit with His Highness' character.

Panel 7
考えてみてください 本当に大もうけしようと思ったらダイヤ産業に力を入れればいいんです でもそうしないで殿下はつまらないことをやっては小銭をかせぐのが好きなんです その殿下がお札を偽造するなんて芸のないことを考えるわけがないんです
Please think about it. If he really wanted to make a large profit, he should put emphasis on the diamond industry. But His Highness finds that boring, so he likes earning small change other ways. There's no way you could think that His Highness would make fake bills.

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Panel 1
説得力に欠けるな
You're lacking in persuasive power.

出番です
It's your turn.

説得ならまかせとけ
If it's persuasion you want, leave it to me.

Panel 2
説得その一
ぼくは国王だ
Persuasion one.
I'm a king.

Panel 3
知ってるとも そのせいでわたしの人生に苦労の種がふえたのだ
I know that. My life has been filled with trouble because of it.

ギュッ
Gyu - Twist

Panel 4
説得その二ぼくは国王であると同時に 造幣局長もかねている
Persuasion two. I'm the director of the mint at the same time that I'm the king.

Panel 5
何？
What?

紙幣や貨幣をつくる責任者だということです
He's the person in charge of making the bills and coins.

Panel 6
説得その三 お金をつくる機械はこのマリネラ宮殿の地下にありぼくだけが近づくことができる
Persuasion three. The only one who can approach the moneymaking machine in Malynera palace' basement is me.

Panel 7
お金をつくるのはぼくの仕事で 時々一人で地下に降りてつくっているのだ こんな楽しみを他人とわかちあいたくないからな
Sometimes I go underground by myself to work making money, because I don't want to share such pleasure with others.

Panel 8
さて説得その四 ここまで話してわかったと思うが
Now, persuasion four. Speaking this far, I think you understand.

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Panel 1
ぼくはいくらでも本物のお金をつくることができるのだ そのぼくがニセ札をつくる必要が
I can make as much real money as I want. Why would I need to make counterfeit bills?

Panel 2
どこにある
Why?

むむっ
Nng

Panel 3
しかし金銭流通量は決まっているはずだ
But the amount of money circulated is set.

Panel 4
もちろんだ 一年につくるお金の量は予算会議で決定している いくら楽しいからってバンバンつくってそれを流通させたらインフレになるからな
Of course, the amount made each year is decided because inflation would happen if I made as much as I wanted.

Panel 5
しかし15枚ぐらいお札がふえたところでどうということはない
さあ本物のお金をつくる権限を持ったぼくがなぜニセ札を
But it wouldn't be a big deal to create 15 bills.
So why would I, who can make real money, make counterfeit bills?

Panel 6
つくらなくちゃならんのか説明してもらおう
Explain why I would need to make them.

むむむっ
Nnng

Panel 7
おかしい
Funny.

ハッハッハッ
Ha ha ha

Panel 8
何がおかしい
What's funny?

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Panel 1
こいつはよくわけのわからん金もうけを考えては 結局失敗してるだろう！
I don't understand why, but since it's moneymaking, it must have been a blunder!

よく見てますね
Look closely.

Panel 2
なぜだ！自由に金をつくれるなら 楽にもうけることができるのになぜ余計な苦労をするんだ！
Why?! If I can make money freely and profit easily, why would I bother with that?!

Panel 3
ですから殿下はダイヤ産業でもうける数銃億ドルよりも
His Highness makes hundreds of millions of dollars from the diamond industry.

つまんないことで手に入れる小銭の方が好きなんです
He's bored with that, so he likes making small change instead.

Panel 4
わからん
I don't get it.

Panel 5
ぼくたちだってわかりませんよ
Even we don't get it.

さっき少佐がお札をバラまいた時の殿下の反応をおぼえてますか
Do you remember His Highness' reaction when you showed him the bill?

Panel 6
うん？
Yeah?

お札だからあんなものですがこれが小銭だと
That's because it was paper money. But this is small change.

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Panel 1
チャリーン
Chariin - Dink

Panel 2
ザーッ
Zaa - Swoosh

Panel 3
ぼくのだ！絶対ぼくのだ 誰にも渡すものか！
It's mine! It's absolutely mine! I won't hand it over to anyone!

お札の方が10倍も価値があることを頭ではわかってると思うんですが
He knows the paper money has 10 times the value in his head, but

Panel 4
あの性格を理解しようとしてもムダですよ
it's no use trying to understand his personality.

殿下がああいう人間だとあるがままに受け入れるしかないです
It's just how he is, we have no choice but to accept it.

あああ
Aaah

Panel 5
ポタン
Potan - Drip

Panel 6
ポーッ
Poo - Shine

おお
Ooh

Panel 7
このニセ札 本物の札と同じ再生蛍光紙を使ってる
This counterfeit bill uses the same fluorescent paper that real bills do.

印刷にもまったく乱れがない 殿下これは地下の印刷機でつくったものではないでしょうか
There's no mistakes in the printing at all. Did Your Highness make this with the underground printing machine?

何い？！
Whaaat?!

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Panel 1
わかりやすく印刷機と呼んでますが 実際は複製機です この独特な仕上がり具合は他の印刷機では出さないと思うんですが
It's clearly a printing press, but actually a reproduction machine. I don't think other machines would have this particular finish.

Panel 2
複製機？
A reproduction machine?

普通のコピー機が一万倍ぐらい進化したものだと思えばいい
It's like an ordinary copy machine evolved about ten thousand times.

Panel 3
地下の印刷機には 元になるお札「原版」が一枚組みこまれていてスイッチを入れると人工知能の働きで 続き番号だけが変化しながら次々にお札がコピーさる
When the original "pressing plates" for the bills in the underground printing press are put in and it's turned on, paper money is copied one after another with just the number changing using artificial intelligence.

Panel 4
つまり原版の通し番号はPATA000000それが000001 000002 と番号だけがカウントアップしてあとの部分は原版と完全に同一にコピーされるのだ
In short, the serial number on the original plate is PATA000000. After that it goes up 000001, 000002, and makes copies identical to the original.

Panel 5
スイッチを入れるだけでどんどんお札が出来あがるというわけです
The paper money is made steadily only when it's turned on.

もちろんその機械でニセ札をつくることもできる
Of course, that machine could make fakes, too.

Panel 6
ニセ札の一番の特徴は 何枚もある札の番号がすべて同じだということだ 人工知能のプログラムを変えて同じ番号の札を大量につくることはもちろん可能だし
It's said that the prominent feature on the counterfeit bills is that they all have the same number. It would be possible to change the program of the AI to give them the same numbers.

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Panel 1
もしこの札が ぼくしか近づけないはずの機械でつくられたものだとするなら たしかに誰かが地下に忍びこんでそーゆーことをやってのけやのだろう
If we assume this bill was made by the machine only I could get close to, someone must have snuck into the basement and done it.

しかし
But

Panel 2
本物の札をつくる機械のプログラムを変えてわざわざニセ札をつくる必要がどこにある？
Why would they change the programming to make real bills and purposely make fake bills?

Panel 3
あっそうか もし まんまと地下に忍びこんだ奴がいたとしたら いくらでも本物を手に入れることができたわけだ
Ah, I see. If someone was able to sneak into the basement, they could make as much of the real thing as they wanted.

リクツにあわんだろーが
It's irrational.

Panel 4
うーむ
Hmm

動機の推定はさておき
Aside from the presumptive motives...

Panel 5
まず地下に忍びこんだ人間を見つけだしてはどうだ 犯人がわかれば おのずから動機も判明するだろう
How about finding out who snuck into the basement, first? If you find the criminal, the motives will also be revealed in time.

それもそうだな
You have a point.

Panel 7
ここにセンサーがあり
There's a sensor here.

Panel 8
この前で一定のパターンにしたがって手を動かすことによって
I move my hand in a fixed pattern in front of this.

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Panel 1
隠し部屋のトビラ開く
The door to the hidden room opens.

ガコーン
Gakoon - Clang

Panel 2
この中に
Inside here...

Panel 3
地下室への鍵が保管されているのだ
I keep the key to the basement.

Panel 4
地下室に続くドアはこの鍵がなければ絶対開かないし
I continue to the basement. This door absolutely won't open for any other key.

Panel 5
またこの隠し部屋へはぼくしか入れない 地下室に忍びこむのはまず不可能だという意味がわかるだろう
Again, only I can get into this hidden room. Meaning it would be impossible to sneak into the basement first.

チャラチャラ
Chara chara - Jingle jingle

Panel 6
何者かが一時的にその鍵を盗みだしたり あるいは合い鍵をつくったという可能性は？
Is it possible the key was stolen temporarily or copied?

むずかしいと思うがなあ
I would think it would be difficult.

Panel 7
うん？！
Hn?!

Panel 8
おかしぞ！ピカピカにみがいてあるはずの鍵に白っぽい曇りがある！
Strange! The key looks cloudy but it should be polished to a shine!

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Panel 1
ピキーン
Pikiin - Ping

Panel 2
微量の小麦粉が付着している
A small amount of wheat flour is clinging to it.

Panel 3
小麦粉？！
Wheat flour?!

そうかわかった！
I see, I got it!

Panel 4
二・三か月前だ！ぼくが隠し部屋で極秘ファイルのチェックをしていた時
It was a few months ago! When I checked the top secret files in the hidden room...

Panel 5
バタン
Batan - Slam

すみません！
Excuse me!

Panel 6
帳簿の整理にてまどっちゃって！
Delay the arranging of the ledger!

すぐにお掃除しますから
Because we're going to clean immediately!

Panel 8
他人がいる時隠し部屋を開けてたことはなかったからまずいな とは思ったんだ しかし隠し部屋があることは秘密でも何でもないからまあいいやと思ってチェックに没頭していたんだ
I didn't think it was bad because the secret room wasn't open when others were there. But, even if the hidden room wasn't a secret, I figured it was fine, and engrossed myself in checking.

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Panel 1
あの時掃除に来たのは誰だ！
Who came to clean back then?!

はい！
Here!

Panel 2
おまえたち三人お互いの行動に注意していたか！
What were you three planning to do together?!

Panel 3
いえ別に
Nothing in particular.

みんな別々の所を掃除してましたから
Everyone was cleaning in a different place.

Panel 4
それでわかった！三人の中の誰かが隠し部屋が開いてるのを見て千載一遇のチャンスと考え 目立たないように部屋を出て台所から小麦粉を持ってきて
That's it! Someone of the three people saw the secret room opened, and thought it was a once in a lifetime chance. Please, go get some flour from the kitchen discreetly.

Panel 5
鍵を取り
Take the key.

Panel 6
ねった 小麦粉で型をとって
It was kneaded. Cut out the pattern with flour.

Panel 7
合い鍵をつくったのだ おまえたち三人の中の誰かが犯人だ！
A master key was made. The culprits were you three!

Panel 8
ええっ？！
Eeeh?!

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Panel 1
他の者は退出しろ！わかりやすいように
Everyone else, leave! So we can easily tell them apart.

シャシャッ
Sha sha - Swish swish

Panel 3
さあどうやって白状させてほしい！
Now, fess up!

ひえーっ
Hyeeeh

Panel 4
待たんか乱暴な奴だ この事件はおそらく単独犯だろう とすると残りの二人は無罪だ 無実の人間を痛めつけても意味はあるまい
Wait. I'm not a violent person. This event is probably a single offender. Meaning, the remaining two are innocent. There no point in harming innocent people.

何を言うかりっぱに意味がある
What are you saying? There's a fine reason.

Panel 5
その意味とは？
And that reason is?

Panel 6
楽しい
For fun.

少佐助けてください~~~！
Major, please save me~~~!

Panel 7
三人にしぼれたらあとは時間の問題だ その前に地下の印刷機というのを見ておきたいが
There's a problem of time if we press three people. I'd like to see the underground printing press first.

えーいうっとうしい
Eeeeh, depressing.

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Panel 1
少ーし寿命がのびたな
You lifespan has increased by a bit.

ぴえええ
Pyeeeh

Panel 2
こらはなれろ
Hey, get off.

はなれたくない
I don't want to let go.

Panel 3
あーあ
Aaaah

Panel 4
これから地下室へ行くがその間にバンコランに自己紹介しろ
We'll go to the basement now, but in the meantime introduce yourselves to Bancoran.

Panel 5
一番 タマネギ百三十号去年結婚しまして宿舎で妻と三歳になる息子と暮らしてます  趣味がカラオケです
One. I'm Number 130 of the Tamanegi Force. I was married last year, and I live with my wife and three year old son in the lodging house. My hobby is karaoke.

Panel 6
二番 への31号 独身 おととし海兵隊からタマネギ部隊に移籍しました 美青年の恋人を募集中です 趣味はバードウォッチングとお料理です
Two. I'm Number 31. I transferred to the Tamanegi Force from the Marine Corps two years ago. My sweetheart, a beautiful boy, was recruiting. My hobbies are bird watching and cooking.

いてて
Ow ow.

Panel 7
三番 ガンマ17号 去年タマネギ部隊に入りました まだヒラ隊員ですからお掃除お茶くみコピー取りが主な仕事です 趣味は切手集めです
Three. I'm Number Gamma 17. I joined the Tamanegi Force last year. I'm just an ordinary member, so  mainly clean, and make teas and copies. My hobby is stamp collecting.

ああっヒラだからせまい
Aah, an ordinary member is limited.

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Panel 2
ガチャガチャ
Gacha gacha - Click click

ピーン
Piin - Beep

Panel 3
ゴーン
Goo - Rooar

Panel 4
ありゃ
Huh?

Panel 5
せまくて何にもない部屋だ
It's a small room with nothing in it.

あっ
Yeah.

Panel 7
どーしてあちこちに同じような絵を描くんですか
Why are you drawing that picture all over?

Panel 8
よし
All right.

ピョン
Pyon- Hop

あっバカ
Ah, idiot.

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Panel 1
ズボッ
Zubo - Smash

Panel 2
ガラガラ
Gara gara - Rattle rattle

ガタン
Gatan - Clang

ドシャーン
Doshaan - Thud

Panel 3
本物か描いた絵か見てわからんのか バカたれ
Can't you tell the difference between the real thing and a picture? Idiot.

うげげげ
Ugeh geh geh

Panel 4
それじゃ印刷機を
Then the printing press...

もういい
That's enough.

Panel 5
えっ？
Eh?

Panel 6
犯人がわかった
I know who did it.

ええっ？！
Eeh?!

Panel 7
動機は？
And their motive?

Panel 8
いや動機までは
Not, I don't know that much.

Panel 9
そうか？ぼくは犯人はもちろん さっきの自己紹介を聞いて動機の見当もついたぞ
Really? When I heard their self-introductions a bit ago I imagined what the criminal's motive would be, of course.

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Panel 1
さて犯人は誰でしょう
So, who was the criminal?

Panel 2
アブー
Abuu

Panel 3
よく聞いていればわかるはずだ
You probably knew as soon as you heard it.

Panel 4
もちろん犯人は三番だね
The culprit was number three, of course.

Panel 5
さすがにすぐわかったな
As I thought, you knew right away.

当然さ
Of course.

コリッ
Kori - Crunch

Panel 6
コリコリ
Kori kori - Crunch crunch

クイー
Kuii - Turn

Panel 7
だってその地下への階段はあなたも一瞬絵かと思ったんでしょう
For an instant you thought the stairs to the basement were a picture, too.

うむ
Yeah.

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Panel 1
一番も絵とかんちがいしたし二番は完全に絵だと思って地下へころげ落ちてしまったでも三番だけは
One mistook it for a picture, and two thought it was a picture so completely that he fell into the basement. That just leaves three.

ピョン
Pyon - Hop

Panel 2
あっバカ
Ah, stupid.

Panel 3
と 二番が飛び上がった時に言ったんだ
He said that when two jumped.

Panel 4
これは あぶないバカなことをするなという意味でしょう
He was telling him he was stupid for doing something dangerous.

Panel 5
印刷機のある地下室にはパタリロしか近づけなかった つまり階段のある部屋に入ったことがあるのはパタリロだけだったはずなのに
Only Patalliro had been close to the basement with the printing press. In other words, the only one who should have ever entered that room was Patalliro.

Panel 6
三番はそれが本物の階段だということを知っていた 以前に入ったことがあったからさ
Three knew they were real stairs, because he had entered before.

Panel 7
そのとおりだで動機は？
Correct. And his motive?

Panel 8
それはちょっと
That's a bit harder.

パタリロの説明によると
According to Patalliro's explanation...

Panel 9
ポイントは切手集めだ
He's a stamp collector.

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Panel 1
本物の札が手に入るのにあえてニセ札を欲しがるのはどーゆー人種か
He could get real bills, so why would he want fakes?

Panel 2
コレクターいわゆる収集家だ
He's a so-called collector.

Panel 3
野球カードを集めたり こわれた古い時計を集めたり 他人にはガラクタとしか思えない物に何千万という大金をはたくのがそいつらだ
Baseball cards and broken old clocks get collected, and they slap down tens of millions of dollars on things that are trash to other people.

Panel 4
切手収集という言葉を聞いた時ひょっとしたら ニセ札を収集してる奴がいるんじゃないか そしてもしもそいつが珍しい切手を持っていて
When I heard he was a stamp collector, I thought there might be someone who collects counterfeit bills, too. And if he had a rare stamp,

Panel 5
ニセ札となら交換してもいいと言われたなら 自身収集家である 三番 ガンマ17号はその誘惑に勝てなかったんじゃないかと推理したのだ
he might exchange it for counterfeit bills as a collector himself. I inferred that Number Three, Gamma 17, couldn't resist temptation.

Panel 6
本人に問いただしたら 案の定その通りだった 念のためにと大量につくったニセ札の一部が何かの手ちがいで外部に流出したのだな
When we questioned the man himself, sure enough he was right. He made a large quantity of counterfeits just to be sure some leaked to the outside by mistake.

Panel 7
ついでに言うとぼくが寝ぼけてああいう絵を描いたのは 鍵が盗まれた時その物音をかすかに聞いていて
Incidentally, that picture I drew? I heard the faint sound of the key being stolen.

Panel 8
それが心の底に不安を引き起こし 階段のイメージと結びついた結果だと思われる
Deep in my heart it caused anxiety and as a result it seems I drew an image of the stairs.

きっとガンマ17号はひどくしかられたろうね
Gamma 17 was scolded horribly, wasn't he?

Panel 9
いや 金もうけになりそうだというのでパタリロに各国のニセ札づくりを手伝わされてる
No. It seemed profitable, so Patalliro is making him help each country with counterfeit bill making.

あちゃー
Geez

ころんでもただでは起きないパタリロです
When life gives him lemons, Patalliro starts a lemonade stand.

ニセ札騒動/おわり
Counterfeit Bill Rebellion / End