Houshin Engi
by Fujisaki Ryuu, adapted from the novel by Ano Tsutomu
published by JUMP Comics; Shueisha, Inc. 
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76.  The Two Princes Return from Kongrong Mountains
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[123]

76.  The Two Princes Return from Kongrong Mountains 

[124]
Taikoubou: --everyone's finally all cured.
Sipuxiang: That's great!

Taikoubou: .....
Sipuxiang: Eh? Goshujin, what's the matter?

Taikoubou: ...I'm thinking about Bunchuu... 
Why hasn't he come for us yet?

[125]
Sipuxiang: ...hmm...  
That's right, he has always been very quick to take action!

Taikoubou: I can only think of two reasons.

Taikoubou: One, he's being stopped by Dakki or Shinkouhyou, or 
killed by them.
The other is that he's fallen into Kingou Island's traps.

(Kingou Islands...one of the two places of Senkai.)
(Bunchuu...Yin's taishi, Kingou's doushi.)

Taikoubou: Or maybe it's both reasons?
Hm, maybe he's being stopped by Dakki and has fallen out with 
the Juttenkun as well?
- That might really be possible. -

(Juttenkun...like Taikoubou's Kongrong Twelve Sennin, are 
Kingou's elite ten.)

Taikoubou: Even so, there's no reason why he wouldn't come!!
Sipuxiang: And if we don't summon the Twelve Sennin, we won't 
defeat him!

Bukichi: Master~~!!

[126]
Bukichi: Announcing the arrival of Buou and Shuukoutan~~!!

(Bukichi...(self proclaimed) disciple of Taikoubou.)

KiHatsu: Taikoubou!  It's been two, three months!!
There was a lot of internal affairs to handle, so we're a 
little late!

(Buou (Ki Hatsu) ... Opposing Yin, Zhou's king.)

Taikoubou: Ohhh---Ki Hatsu, you're finally here!
KiHatsu: How can a revolution have no king?

Taikoubou: --- or maybe Shuukoutan has something he wants to 
say to me?
Shuukoutan: Why do you keep avoiding me?

(Shuukoutan...younger brother of Buou, Zhou's administrator.)

[127]
KiHatsu: But... 
We're looking more and more crowded!!

TouSengyoku: Honey~!  Dinner time~!!

TouSengyoku: Why are you running away!?
Fool!!  This is your dinner!!
Don't moles like earthworms!?!

(Dokouson...earth digging doushi.)
(Tou Sengyoku... originally of Yin, but betrayed Yin because 
of love for Dokouson.)

Youzen: Oh really...
Dokouson, you might as well just eat it!

[128]
Nataku: Hey, you!

Nataku: I've got a better paopei!!
Let me see if I can kill you now!

(Nataku...child of reiju, a youth who is a paopei himself.)

Youzen: /Transform!!/

(Youzen...genius doushi of Kongrong, uses transformation 
skill, Paopei Sansentou & Koutenken.)

Nataku: How's that!?

[129]
KouTenshou: Gyaha~  Brother Nataku's caused an explosion~!

KouTenka: Oi, Tenshou!!
KouTenshou: Ahh!

(Kou Family...originally Yin's Buseiou Kou Hiko's family.  Kou 
Hiko, Tenka and Tenshou have sennin bones.)

KouTenka: Pay attention when you're training!
Four Generals:  Brother Hiko, doesn't Tenshou have sennin 
bones too?

[130]
Kintaku: Oi, Mokutaku!
Mokutaku: What is it, Kintaku?

Kintaku: Nataku's close-quarters spear is really powerful, 
isn't it?
You bullied him around in the past, he'll be wanting 
revenge...

Kintaku: If we get sealed, wouldn't that be distasterous~~!!
Mokutaku: How can you laugh about this!?

(Mokutaku, Kintaku... Nataku's older brothers, doushi of 
Kongrong.)

SoGo & TouKyuukou:  *sigh*...

(Ryuushuuko (yousei))
(Tou Kyuukou  (Tou Sengyoku's father))

(So Go (Dakki's father))
(Teirin)
(So Zenbun (Dakki's brother))

SoGo: Hello, Tou Kyuukou.
TouKyuukou: Hello...Count of Kishuu!

SoGo: Actually, I've been driven insane by that dear daughter 
of mine...
TouKyuukou: What a coincidence!  My daughter's also fallen for 
a fool, causing me worries...

[131]
Raishinshi: Hmm...

Raishinshi: When I woke up this morning, why did I suddenly 
have six wings?!

(Raishinshi... Buou's younger brother, doushi of Kongrong.)

Raishinshi: Could it be HIM doing something to me again!?
I knew I should have killed him long ago!!

(Unchuushi... Kongrong sennin, Raishinshi's master; Specialist 
in genetics, nicknamed Spooky.)

Nankyuukatsu: Hey~  Raishinshi, how's it going?!

(Nankyuukatsu... General of Zhou, more brawn than brain.)

Taikoubou: Everyone is so festive...

[132]
Taikoubou: --- All right, that's enough from everyone!  
I'm dividing the sendou to the north, south and east.

Map : Raishinshi in the north
      Kintaku, Tou Kyuukou and Ryuushuko in the east
      Mokutaku, So Go, So Zenbun and Teirin in the south

Mokutaku: Oh...Taikoubou-shishu!
Taikoubou: What is it?

Mokutaku: I forgot to tell you, Master Genshi Tenson said,
There will be another three or four people coming from 
Kongrong to help us!!

Taikoubou: Three or four people?  
Who are they?

[133]
Mokutaku: I think you know who these... people are!

- Skies above Yin Capital Chouka -

[134]
Shinkouhyou: !
Who are "they"?

(Shinkouhyou... senninkai's most powerful doushi, armed with 
most powerful paopei Raikouben, rides the most powerful 
reijyuu Kokutenko... Taikoubou's rival.)

Shinkouhyou: Hmm... 
Coming from Kongrong to join Taikoubou, huh...

Kokutenko: Well, Shinkouhyou?  You just gonna let them be?

(Kokutenko... Shinkouhyou's transport. Senrigan.)

Shinkouhyou: .....

Shinkouhyou: Kokutenko, even though you have your senrigan,
But you failed to notice an interesting person nearby!

Kokutenko: Eh!?

[135]
(Dakki...empress of the Yin, originally sennyo of Kingou 
Islands, uses her seductive beauty and Keisegan paopei, holds 
power in Yin with Temptation Spell.)

Dakki: Hi!  
I'm capable of anything, you know!

Shinkouhyou: ...how may I help you?

[136]
Dakki: Chou Koumei's henchman Ryo Gaku was defeated.

Dakki: For the sake of Yin, could you give us a hand~~?
If this continues, Yin will be finished!!

Shinkouhyou: For Yin...?

Shinkouhyou: You're kidding, Dakki.  
For the sake of destroying the Yin, you mean?!

[137]
Shinkouhyou: You're hiding a lot of secrets!

Shinkouhyou: Many years ago, you left Kingou and became an 
"independent sennin"...
And Bunchuu, in the same circumstances, left Senninkai for the 
sake of the humans.

Shinkouhyou: But he's still kept a relation with the 
Senninkai.
--- However, you're not the same!  You've cut yourself off 
completely!

Shinkouhyou: Still, you've allowed half the youkai of Kingou 
Islands to stay here in the city!
And the leader of the youkai sennin, Tsuuten Kyoushu hasn't 
said a word...

(Tsuuten Kyoushu... Kingou Islands Leader.)

Dakki: .....  
Tsuuten Kyoushu?

Dakki: Does such a person still exist?

[138]
Shinkouhyou: ... ah, forget it!

Shinkouhyou: I'd like to stay in Chouka, until I know your 
true motives.
So, I might as well help you!

Dakki: How will you help me?

Shinkouhyou: The two heirs of Yin... 
Why not let the two of them kill Taikoubou, how's that?

[139]
- Next day, dawn -

Bukichi:  ... Master ...
(this thing)
Taikoubou: A Kokinrikishi is flying here!

Taikoubou: Eh!?

Otouto-Inkou: Taikoubou!!

[140]
Taikoubou: Ohhh, so the people Mokutaku was talking about are 
Inkou and Inkou!?
Sipuxiang: you guys have grown up!!

Princes Inkou and Inkou.

Emperor of Yin, Chuuou's sons, were about to be assassinated 
by Dakki's minions, but were saved by Taikoubou.  Genshi 
Tenson ordered them to Senninkai for training.

Taikoubou: !!?

[141]
Taikoubou: Shinkouhyou!!

Shinkouhyou: We meet again...
Taikoubou!



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