Rurouni Kenshin Chapter #190 "Fighting Among Three" (Part Two of Volume One) Pg 1. Kaoru: Shoot! Megumi's right. I have to be more aware!! Pg 3 Gein: (thinks) ... that man's rather clever and his reflexes are quick... ! Although he got injured by my Senwan attack, his response is immediate. Fastest yet optimal movement!! He's tough!! But there is truely no one better to put Iwanbo to the test!! Let's go Battosai!! Pg 5. Megumi: He's driving punches at Ken san... Kaoru: yeah, suddenly I can see what it's all about. Their attacks, I see it all clear. Megumi: Really? Kaoru: But... Megumi: but? Kaoru: Aside from hitting and cutting having no effect, it doesn't look like the twist and cut method will work anymore either. If this goes on any longer, Kenshin's obviously going to get worn out and in the long run, it'll be at his disadvantage. And even if Kenshin defeats Iwanbo, the true opponent is still ahead... Pg 6. Megumi: Doesn't Kenshin have any other attacks? Kaoru: um, there is one, but... Kenshin: very twistable arm.... Gein: ...distracting? Page 7. Kenshin: (hold sakabato above his brows, pointing down.) -----a little Kaoru: yes... Mechanical puppet Iwanbo cannot be slashed, but a thrust-stab is more likely possible. A while ago when Kenshin was defending himself proved it. (an image with Kenshin holding the right arm against the attack.) However, is is hard to aim at a rotating limb. The chances are high for Kenshin if he can consider the rotating force and difference between their weights for him to stop the flipping. Page 8. Only one place... to aim. In that humongous body.... furthermore into that point of the main body---- The point of control is Gein's own left arm!! If Kenshin focuses on that, he'll wreck Iwanbo's left arm as well!! Kaoru: Only that.... "thrust-stab" by nature is a strong killing technique, so under Kenshin's oath of non-killing, it doesn't exist. No matter how difficult, there is only one point to aim at... Gein: a "thrust-stab"? (thinking) Just as I thought, it must be his last resort indeed. The fourth device, the "Stab-proof Armor"! These steel strings, braided together into a net, creates a stiff yet flexible armor to act against a thrust-stab! ... or it should be that way, but that guy has already out-witted my attacks twice beyond my expectation... So I'm not so sure if my mechanics will succeed for sure anymore... Roughly meaning there's a chance for him... Page 10. Gein: LET'S FIGHT!! (Kenshin jumps down from the wall.) Kaoru & Megumi: They've begun! Page 11. (Kenshin's sakabato aims to a small rock, pointing at it and lead it to hit Iwanbo's left part of the chest near the left shoulder.) Page 12. (Kenshin landed.) Megumi: Did it work? Page 13. (Iwanbo's left arm hitting towards Kenshin.) Kaoru: (thinking) No! It didn't work!! Gein: (chuckling) It was truly a beautiful thrust-stab! But you wasted half your energy just because a piece of scrap got in your way!! When it gets down to the bitter end, fate forbids your victory!! Pg 14. (Iwanbo's arm and fingers twisting.) Gein: The victory of my beauty of performance!! Iwanbo's final blow!! --Senshi Senwangeki-- Kaoru: Ken...! Page 15. (Iwanbo stop all of a sudden, Kenshin stand right infront of the left arm.) Kaoru: shi... Gein: wh... what is this!! Why'd it stop!! Why won't it move!! Page 16. Kenshin: Just by using your fingers to make things turn is truely an extraordinary skill... To that extent, the structure is perhaps the same with human body, to be able to be extremely complicated yet delicate. Gein: you don't mean.... Kenshin: For example, the arm and shoulder need to be jointed in order to move in a continuous motion. Just like blood should flow smoothly in a human body. Gein: (thinking, while looking at his left hand) That thrust-stab was aiming at "this" in the very beginning...! A foreign object stuck inside Iwanbo's body, so that's why it stopped the mechanics---!! Page 17. Kenshin: Bleeding and feeling pain are important signals because they let your body know of injury and danger.... You reason of loss is because you don't know the taste of blood and pain. Just to try and see the taste of blood and pain is good... even for once. Because of that, we understand that our lives are of great importance. Kenshin: Now for your toy that's in my way, as I said before, I'll tear it to shreds! --Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu Ougi-- Page 18. 19. Kaoru, Megumi, and Gein: !!! Kenshin: --Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki-- --End of Chapter 190--- Translated by: Tomoe