Iron Knight 12

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[p001]

Soldier: Evacuate the citizens quickly!!
Soldier: Get them out of the base as fast as you can!!
Soldier: The Three-Eyes' attention is completely focused elsewhere!!

Saku: ...Go get him, kid...

(left): The future is in Teppei's hands...!!

(below panel): IRON KNIGHT

[p002]

(top):
IRON KNIGHT
Chapter 12: Flaming Hell Sword
Kikuta: Now, Mr. iron knight!!
Kikuta: This is where it all ends!!
(bottom): Yagi Tomohiro

(right): Firing... at that massive frame!!

[p003]

Kikuta: Unless you hit me personally, it won't hurt or even itch, you know?!

Teppei: Then I'll just plow my way through!!

Kikuta: That cannon wasn't made with firing accuracy in mind to begin with!
Kikuta: You've got no choice but to get closer!!

[p004]

Kikuta: But you must be a real idiot to fight against this combined form in close quarters!!

Teppei: Sucker!!

[p005]

Kikuta: Too bad! You missed!

Kikuta: Have you already forgotten

Kikuta: what this body is capable of?!

Teppei: Kh!!

Teppei: In that case...!!

[p006]

(Teppei): Just like that time...!

Teppei: I'll use my full power to smash that body into tiny pieces!!

[p007]

Teppei: Huff
Teppei: Huff
Teppei: Huff
Teppei: ...Hmph.

Teppei: What a sad sight!
Kikuta: You sure are.

[p008]

Kikuta: No matter how strong your explosion may be,
Kikuta: it can only scratch the surface of this massive armor of flesh.
Kikuta: A nuclear blast might work, though!

Kikuta: And now it's my turn.

[p010]

Crowd: KYAAAH!!

Saku: Kid...!!

[p011]

Kikuta: Hahahaha...!
Kikuta: Pretty impressive power, isn't it?

Kikuta: That was no mere tank gun.
Kikuta: The tip of the shell is made of metal you refined.
Kikuta: I borrowed the scraps left over from when you were crafting that cannon.

Kikuta: No matter how hard your outer casing,
Kikuta: if it's struck by an object that's just as hard, it'll break.

Kikuta: It was a trump card created to use against you, but, well...
Kikuta: A one-hit KO like this isn't all that satisfying.

[p012]

Kikuta: You, who fought with the citizens' lives on the line and still lost,
Kikuta: will die alongside the rest who bear that burden!
連帯責任でみんなとまとめて死刑!

(Teppei): God...
(Teppei): dammit...
sfx bubble: Huff
sfx bubble: Huff
sfx bubble: Huff
(Teppei): This can't be...
(Teppei): how it ends...

Kikuta: A weak hero just won't cut it.
Kikuta: Villains can do whatever they want and run away when it suits them, but
Kikuta: heroes have to protect the civilians and can't run away at all. They really have it rough.

Kikuta: That's why evil wins out nowadays.
Kikuta: It's easy to do and much more fun.

[p013]

(Teppei): Ah...

(Teppei): I'm sorry...

(Teppei): I came here to protect everyone, but...
(Teppei): I wasn't able to...

(Teppei): Forgive me.

[p014]

(Teppei): ...Ah...!!
(Teppei): Ahhh...!!

(Teppei): Ahhh...!! No...!!
(Teppei): I can't die...!! I can't lose...!!

(Teppei): I can't be defeated here!!

Kikuta: Oh?
Kikuta: Standing up again, huh? You're sure tough, aren't you.
Kikuta: Well, you're already finished, so it's not like it matters.

[p015]

Teppei: I'm...!!
Teppei: Not done yet...!!

Teppei: Someone like you wouldn't understand...!!
Teppei: People who protect others will always win in the end...!!

Teppei: They absolutely can't lose, so
Teppei: they're sure to win!!

(Teppei): It's hot...
(Teppei): Molten iron is coursing through my body.

(Teppei): It feels like I'm dying, like my body is falling apart, burning and melting.
(Teppei): This must be what I'd been unconsciously suppressing all this time...

[p016]

(Teppei): I'll release everything stored within this
(Teppei): iron shell of mine...!!

[p017]

Crowd: UWAAH!!
Crowd: AHH!!

Kikuta: Being gutsy is all well and good, but
Kikuta: I already told you that an explosion attack won't work against me.

[p018]

Kikuta: That's...?!
Kikuta: Thermal cutting?!
Kikuta: He's concentrating the heat and burning through?!

[p019]

(left): That blade carries with it his burning soul.