Yami no Matsuei
                       Suoodo no K/King of Swords 3
                            By Matsushita Yoko
                      Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

"Quotes" mean that someone is talking.
Unformatted text without quotes are narration that often appear in boxes.
Italics are someone's thoughts.
Smaller font are comments outside of speaking bubbles or thought boxes that
are usually handwritten into the manga.
{Bracketed items} are comments by translator.
[Square bracketed items] are descriptions of something from the manga.

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"Is she alright? Tsubaki-hime. She fainted so suddenly..."

Akiyama: "It appears to be because of the shock of what happened to
Muraki-sensei."
Akiyama: "She seems to have finally settled down."

Abiko: "I'm sorry...I'm still only a [medical] student. I couldn't be of
any help..."

Akiyama: "No."
Akiyama: "You've been of great help, Abiko-san."
Akiyama: "If Muraki-sensei was still alive..."

[As Abiko and Akiyama leave, Tsuzuki notices something on a dresser.]

Tsuzuki: ?
This is...?

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[Everyone is gathered and seated to hear the results of the autopsy.]

Abiko: "I've tried to do an autopsy. Muraki-san's cause of death is the
same as Wakabayashi-san's, strychnin in the wine."
Abiko: "Time of death was between 2 and 3:30 am."
Abiko: "I can't confidentally say anything more..."

Hohjou: "I've had enough!!"
Hohjou: "Turn the ship back!! You still want to continue this trip with two
people killed!!?"

Kakyouin: "We can't do that."
Kakyouin: "If they knew...that my ship had a killer on board..."

Hohjou: "Wha...!?"
Hohjou: "You're more worried about your money than our lives!?"
Hohjou: "I get it now, Kakyouin."
Hohjou: "If I die tonight, I will haunt you until you die!!!"

[Hohjou storms out.]

Abiko: "Uh...um...the heart was ripped out of Wakabayashi-san correct?"

Tsuzuki: "Eh? Yes..."

Abiko: "I wonder why? But Sensei's body didn't have a single wound on it."
Very nice skin.

[Kakyouin doesn't like the sound of that.]

Tsuzuki: "Is that true?"

Abiko: "Yes." There wasn't much blood.

Tsuzuki: Muraki's heart still remained [in his body]...?

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[Hisoka and Tsuzuki returning to their room/suite.]

Tsuzuki: "Hey..."
Tsuzuki: "You think Muraki is really dead?"
Tsuzuki: "Not that I'm all broken up about it."
Tsuzuki: "But that he died so simply."

Hisoka: "..."
Hisoka: The man who killed me
Hisoka: That most hateful man has died.
Hisoka: Why is it that I feel nothing.
Hisoka: Am I angry that I couldn't get my revenge with my own hands?
Hisoka: Am I disappointed that it was just a normal human?
Hisoka: Or was it...
Hisoka: Really, what do I
Hisoka: Think about
Hisoka: That man called Muraki?

Truly, about Muraki...

[Back in their suite]

GuShoShin: "Ah, Tsuzuki-san."
GuShoShin: "I thought we should send everything we've learned so far
concerning this investigation to EnMaCho"
GuShoShin: "Has the investigation progressed any today?"

Tsuzuki: "Hm? Oh...that's right."
Tsuzuki: "Well, we're currently sidetracked by the murder cases but you
want an explanation for the original Hong Kong missing persons case right?"

GuShoShin: "Right right."

Tsuzuki: "Strictly speaking, does the missing persons case have any
connection to the Kakyouin Group? More or less."
Tsuzuki: "I heard this in the Casino, that there was a female dealer who
worked on the ship but disappeared several years back."
Tsuzuki: "Her name was Eileen."
Tsuzuki: "Much later, a discrepency was found"
Tsuzuki: "Between the list of guests and actual number of guests on board."

Tsuzuki: "There was one extra name."
Tsuzuki: "The name of the missing girl."
Tsuzuki: "Then we have this unexplainable series of killings."
Tsuzuki: A tarot card is always left at the site of the killing.
Tsuzuki: A message card sent to Tsubaki-hime describing the manner of
death.
Tsuzuki: "Though we first suspected Muraki, he's now been killed."
Tsuzuki: "There seems to be a hidden meaning to the missing Eileen's
existence."
Tsuzuki: "The messages were all sent to Tsubaki-hime specifically."
Tsuzuki: "...the killer may be an acquaintance of hers."
Tsuzuki: "I'll leave the Tsubaki-hime angle to you, Hisoka."
Tsuzuki: "I'll investigate Eileen's disappearance. This will of course be
in parallel with our initial investigation."

GuShoShin: "I'll have to get in contact with my younger brother to get some
information on this Eileen."

Tsuzuki: "And of course say mention that I'm working very hard."

GuShoShin: Okay okay.
GuShoShin: "...huh?"

Hisoka: "What is it, GuShoShin (Elder)?"

GuShoShin: "This is strange..."
GuShoShin: "I can't get in contact with EnMaCho..."

Tsuzuki: "EHHHH! Wait a minute!! What's going on, GuShoShin!!!"

GuShoShin: "I don't know!"
GuShoShin: "I can only guess that there is some electrical intereference
somewhere along the line!!"

Tsuzuki: "What are we going to do... If we don't send in any progress
report, KaCho will think I'm slacking off."

GuShoShin: "There is another way."
GuShoShin: "Let's tie a message to one of Tsuzuki-san's birds."
GuShoShin: "Surely someone will find it."

{Theria-san: The 'bird' is like the one he used in the second story to find
Hisoka. It's called a 'tsukaima', a usuable demon/magic. I'm leaning
towards magic because the Shinigamis don't deal with the Demon World.}

Tsuzuki: "I wonder if it'll be alright..."

GuShoShin: "It'll be fine. If it can't find anyone, it'll come back."
GuShoShin: "Besides which, you have other things to do don't you? You still
haven't found the serial killer on board yet right?"

Tsuzuki: "Uh...yeah..."
Tsuzuki: That's right.
Tsuzuki: Who killed Muraki...

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[Back on the Casino floor]

Tsuzuki: Ace of Wands, King of Swords...
Tsuzuki: "Honestly, what kind of meaning do these have...?"

Hisoka: "Isn't finding the culprit more important than finding the meaning
of the cards?"
Hisoka: "Like does this Eileen really exist?"
Hisoka: "As an example."

Tsuzki: "You... your doubting my information?"
Tsuzuki: "The rumor in the casino and the guest list...those indicate her
existence."

Hisoka: "But the truth is no one has seen this person no?"
Hisoka: Muraki had said it before, that with the security on the 6th Level,
it would be impossible for anyone to sneak in and out from another level.
Hisoka: And the killer has killed both Wakabayashi and Muraki now.
Hisoka: "Still, no matter how wide it is, there's always a limit. You think
that in the span of three days it is possible that not once has the person
been noticed?"
Hisoka: "This is only my guess but..."
Hisoka: "If this Eileen exists,"
Hisoka: "Wouldn't someone be hiding her...?"

Tsuzuki: "Humph."

Hisoka: "Or they could be trying to deceive us, with a girl who doesn't
exist."
Hisoka: "Making a dummy 'Eileen', using it until we arrive in Hong Kong"
Hisoka: "It would keep them completely safe."

Tsuzuki: "That...is also possible."
Tsuzuki: "But take a good look at the two cards."
Tsuzuki: "I borrowed this from Tsubaki-hime-s room."

Hisoka: "A guide to divining with Tarot Cards?"

Tsuzuki: "Old Wakabayashi's Ace of Wands is a White."
Tsuzuki: "Muraki's King of Swords is Marseille."

{Matsushita-sensei: The White deck and Marseille deck are two different
Tarot Card types. The White deck originates in England, the Marseille deck
in France.}

Tsuzuki: If it's just a mark on the dead bodies,
Tsuzuki: It should be enough to just use the same deck of cards...
Tsuzuki: "Why did the culprit purposely use a card from a different deck?
Why was the King of Swords cut in two?"

Hisoka: "I won't say anything. There's too little information."

Tsuzuki: Muraki's card can mean a man of power or a man of cruelty.
Tsuzuki: "I can only think that this card has some kind of special
meaning."
Tsuzuki: A message from the killer...

Hohjou: "Hiiii, boys. I've come to play!
[Hohjou is wearing a japanese kimono complete with matching bag and hair
style.]

Tsuzuki: "Hohjou-san..."

Hohjou: "You two look like you're havnig some kind of discussion in this
casino."
Hohjou: "Just what is it about?"

Tsuzuki: "Eh? Ah, no, nothing really..."

Hohjou: "It looks reeeeally suspicious ne..."

Tsuzuki: "Eh ah...No, it's just..."
Tsuzuki: Ack, need to change the subject.
Tsuzuki: "Ho...Hohjou-san what a gorgeous bracelet you have!" Looks really
expensive.

Hohjou: "Oh, you noticed?"
Hohjou: "On the first day we came, I took it from Wakabayashi." 18 karat
emerald bracelet.

{Matsushita-sensei: That old man...carrying something like this...}

Tsuzuki: "Isn't that stealing...?"

Hohjou: "Well, I've made a lot of good thoughts for him so it's only right
that I get something in return."
Hohjou: "No reason to let anyone use this nice, mature body for free now."
O hohohohohohohoho.
Hohjou: But I don't have a habit of stealing so don't you tell anyone.

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[Hisoka is walking by himself on Level 6.]

Hisoka: The true meaning
Hisoka: Hidden in the Tarot
Hisoka: "That thing"
Hisoka: "Is there someone other than the killer who knows?

[Hisoka happens to look around.]

Hisoka: The door to Muraki's room...
Hisoka: ...is open.
Hisoka: Why...?
Hisoka: The owner should have locked that room...
Hisoka: It can't be!!?

[Tsubaki is sitting in the room.]

Tsubaki: Sensei...

Hisoka: "!!"
Hisoka: "Tsubaki-hime...! What are you doing here."

Tsubaki: "... Azumi..."

Hisoka: "Don't startle me like that. Honestly... Because the door was open,
I thought the dead had returned to life."

Tsubaki: "I'm sorry."
Tsubaki: "...I just wanted..."
Tsubaki: "...to see his face one more time..."

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[Tsubaki and Hisoka have moved up to the deck.]

Tsubaki: "The first time I met Sensei was seven years ago. I was around ten
then."
Tsubaki: For a long time, mother's heart had been weak. She was repeatedly
hospitalized.
Tsubaki: "Sensei had been my mother's chief physician. My heart condition
was probably inherited from her."
Tsubaki: "Japan didn't allow heart transplants so everyone had their
operations in other countries."
Tsubaki: But those who got the transplants were the fortunate ones.
Tsubaki: There were still those few who died waiting for a donor to be
found.
Tsubaki: "My mother used to say it often..."
Tsubaki: "That angels were white and demons were black..."
Tsubaki: That soon a white angel would come
Tsubaki: To make mother happy
Tsubaki: I honestly believe that
Tsubaki: Kept praying for the day the white angel would come
Tsubaki: I didn't know that that meant 'death'
Tsubaki: So
Tsubaki: I met the angel
Tsubaki: From top to bottom
Tsubaki: Completely white
Tsubaki: An angel with metallic silver-colored eyes
Tsubaki: A messanger of God
Tsubaki: I loved him
Tsubaki: "Why...!!?"
Tsubaki: Always looking at him longing
Tsubaki: "Why did Sensei have to die...? Why...!!!"

Hisoka: " 'Punishment' "

 'Doll'

Hisoka: "If he's an angel"
Hisoka: "Then that angel is called 'Destruction'"
Hisoka: "You don't know the real him."

My

Cute little dolls...

Hisoka: A monster that won't stop until making everything into nothing...

Tsubaki: "I...because of my health, have been alone a lot."
Tsubaki: "No friends."
Tsubaki: "Lonely..."
Tsubaki: That time, Sensei was kind to me
Tsubaki: Since when did I look to Sensei with those eyes
Tsubaki: But it's different
Tsubaki: Sensei...
Tsubaki: "That person..."
Tsubaki: "Is a demon."
Tsubaki: A large sparkling white wings
Tsubaki: Hiding his face
Tsubaki: Demon
Tsubaki: "I'm sorry...saying such strange things."

Hisoka: I had forgotten.
Hisoka: Though he was the most vile person to me
Hisoka: To her, Muraki has a different existence
Hisoka: "...it's alright."
Hisoka: But what...?
Hisoka: This irritation, vexation
Hisoka: Toward Muraki
Hisoka: Am I sympathizing with Tsubaki-hime?
Hisoka: These things called emotions are tiring
Hisoka: To me

Tsubaki: "Anyway...it's completely one-sided."
Tsubaki: "Sensei has a girl he loves."
Tsubaki: "It's been...a very long time that he keeps thinking of her..."
Tsubaki: "Isn't that nice?"
Tsubaki: "I would like that too."

[Hisoka is shocked.]

Hisoka: That guy has a girl...

Tsubaki: "It's a childhood friend."

When Tsubaki-hime met the young nobleman Alman, she got the nourishment to
live.

Tsubaki: "...Azumi."

With that person, she started her life again.

Tsubaki: "It's alright for only the duration of this cruise but..."
Tsubaki: "Will you be my Alman?"

Hisoka: "No way I'd be a stupid noble like that." A guy who lied to his
father, caused a girl to die.
Hisoka: "Let's go." [Grabs Tsubaki's wrist.]
Hisoka: "The sea breeze is bad for your health."

Tsubaki: "..."
Tsubaki: "Uhn..."

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[Somewhere else on the 6th Level, someone opens a door and steps into a
room. It looks to be a guy who hasn't tucked in his shirt though you can't
see anything above his shoulders. You can see Hohjou's emerald bracelet and
the hand reaches for it.]

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Tsuzuki: "I'm back."
[Looks like he has back cramps.]
Tsuzuki: "Aaaaaaah. I'm tired. Standing all day long really puts out the
waist."

GuShoShin: "You're talking like an old man."
GuShoShin: "Besides, there's something a bit strange."

Tsuzuki: "What?"

GuShoShin: "The messanger we sent to EnMaCho this morning hasn't returned."

GuShoShin: "I expected it would be back with a reply by now..."

Tsuzuki: "It's alright. Give it a night."
Tsuzuki: "I'm tired. I'm going to sleep now."

GuShoShin: "Ah! Tsuzuki-san!?"

[There appears to be some sounds outside. They open the door and look out.
Is that really a good idea, GuShoShin? (sweatdrop)]

Tsuzuki: "What is it? The owner's and Hohjou-san's voices."

GuShoShin: "Sounds like an argument."

Tsuzuki: "Speaking of which, there's been a rather tense mood since
yesterday."

GuShoShin: "They don't get along well do they?"

Tsuzuki: "Hisoka?"

GuShoShin: "He's withdrawn to his room since earlier."

[Hisoka is sitting in his room but he isn't reading. Just sitting as if
thinking.]

Hisoka: "!?"

[There was a noise or something. But everything seems quiet.]

Hisoka: "My imagination...?"
Hisoka: I thought I heard a strange sound or something.

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[There is the now infamous envelope and camelia flower.]

Tsubaki: "Wh...when I opened the door it was...there...!!"

Akiyama: "There, there, Tsubaki-sama."
Akiyama: "It's alright."

Tsuzuki: A message card
Tsuzuki: To Tsubaki-hime's room
Tsuzuki: Who...
Tsuzuki: Who is it this time...!!
[There is Abiko, Tsubaki, and Akiyama along with Tsuzuki and Hisoka.]
Tsuzuki: "!!"
Tsuzuki: It can't be!?
[Running]
Tsuzuki: "Hohjou-san!!"

[In the room there is a closed straw weave box out of which some ribbons
and a piece of cloth hang out. The edge of the cloth is blood soaked.]

Tsuzuki: !?
Tsuzuki: "What is clothes box?"

Akiyama: "It is Hohjou-sama's clothing trunk."
Akiyama: "I brought it here."

Tsuzuki: The kimono's sleeve is blood stained...?

[Tsuzuki opens the box.]

Tsubaki: "Kyaaaa!!!"

Beloved Tsubaki-hime

[Another Tarot card falls to the ground.]

I give to you one that loves you truly.
Heartless dolls closed in a contrived box...
Six of Pentacles.

[Hohjou is in the box, blindfolded but in the manner of someone who is
blond as there is blood trails from her eyes. Her kimono has been loosened
and lowered, enough so that the killer could remove her heart.]

Tsuzuki: Hohjou-san...!!

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JuOhCho's fifth court district, EnMaCho

Konoe: "....................."
Konoe: "They're LATE!!!"
Konoe: "No reports for four days, what the hell are you doing
Tsuzukiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!" [Konoe is breathing fire literally.]

Tatsumi: "We haven't heard anything." Ah, the papers...
Tatsumi: "I thought it would be fine because GuShoShin (elder) would be
with them..."

GuShoShin (younger): [rushing in]"It's terrible, KaCho-san!!"
GuShoShin (younger): "I can't get in contact with my elder brother!!!"

[Konoe, pausing in his paper crumpling tantrum, and Tatsumi are wide-eyed.]

Konoe: "WHAT!!?

Tatsumi: "What is the meaning of this? They took communication equipment
with them didn't they?"

GuShoShin: "I don't know...There may be some kind of electrical
interference somewhere..."

Konoe: [fallen back in his chair] "What is going on..."
"The reason for this communication failure."

[Konoe apparently has gotten up to look out of the window.]

Konoe: "Tatsumi!!"

Tatsumi: "Yes."

Konoe: "Draw up a joint team with the peace preservation division!!"
Konoe: "Go to the Queen Camelia!!!"

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