Main Story/Chapter Three

Drive my stakes into every inch of this earth!

地上に杭を打ち込めー！

Hahahahah! More, more! Drive them in deeper!

ヒャッハッハッハッ！食い込め食い込め！もっと食い込め！

You still following me around like a lost princess, Ashura?

まーだ俺様に付きまとっているのかい？阿修羅ちゃん。

Don't pick fights you can't win, Pazuzu.

舐めた口を利くな……パズズ。

Oooh, I'm so terribly scared!

お～、怖ッ。

Listen here, princess. I've got my hands full with the ritual right now, and I got no time to play around with you.

あのね阿修羅ちゃん。今は儀式の真っ最中で、俺様は君に構っている暇はないの。

What ritual?

儀式？

Mara... oops, *Lord* Mara wants to rule the world, you see. I'm supposed to be helping him with that.

マーラ……じゃなかった、マーラ様が地上を支配したいんだと。俺様はそのお手伝い。

...

……。

Aren't those big, mean buddhas giving you the cold shoulder? You should come work under me.

お前さん、仏どもに仲間はずれにされてるんだろ？俺の下で働けよ。

You know, even though I've come down to the human world and all, I got nobody to *really* open my heart to, you feel me? Got me feeling so very lonely. I'll treat you right. Whaddya say?

俺もさ、せっかくこの世に復活したっていうのに、心許せる手下がいなくてさびしーんだよ。悪い扱いにはしないぜ。

...

……。

This is the direction that Karura said the demon took off in...

迦楼羅はこっちの方角に悪魔が向かったって言ってたけど……。

This overwhelming presence of vice in the air... It appears he wasn't mistaken.

この夥しい煩悩の気配……。どうやら間違いはなさそうですね。

We're facing... someone who can release toxic miasma... Don't get too far away... from me...

相手は……瘴気の使い手……。僕から……離れないでね……。

...

……。

Taishakuten, have you been listening?

帝釈天、聞いているのですか？

Yes, of course.

はっ。

If it's Ashura you're worried about, I'm sure you'll find him in a jiffy!

阿修羅ならすぐ見つかるよ。

Ah, no, that's not what I...

いえ、そいうわけでは……。

Ah... did something happen between you two?

帝釈天と阿修羅って、なにかあったの？

Well... if I had to put a name to it, I suppose it would be fate.

一言でいえば、因縁でしょうか……。

Fate?

因縁？

Seishi, now's not the time for this.

勢至、今はそれどころではありません。

Ah, you're right. I'm sorry, Brother.

あ、そうだね。ごめんね、にいちゃん。

Taishakuten. Ensure your mind does not stray from the mission. Are we clear?

帝釈天。任務に集中するように。いいですね。

Perfectly.

御意。

I can sense the miasma... in the air... The enemy... is near...

瘴気を……確認……。標的は……近くにいる……。

Seishi, Taishakuten. Eliminating the demon is your highest priority.

勢至、帝釈天。速やかに煩悩の排除を。

On it!

了解！

Commencing the attack.

取り掛かります。

The earth is shaking...!

地面が揺れてる……。

Are you worn out from all this fighting?

帝釈天は戦いすぎて疲れてるんだよ。

No, I can feel it too. It doesn't feel like an earthquake, though...

いえ、私も揺れを感じました。地震とは違うような……。

I hear a... strange sound...

妙な音も……聞こえる……。

Proceed with caution.

慎重に先に進みましょう。

Oh, you guys were right. Even I feel the tremor this time.

あ、本当だ。地面が揺れた。

Yes, this one was stronger than the last.

ええ。先ほどより、大きくなっているようですね。

Oh, so that's what this means...

そういうことか……。

Have you figured something out?

どうかしたのですか？

I think I know... what the enemy's after...

敵の狙いが……わかった気がする……。

Lord Yakushi Nyorai, what would that be?

薬師如来さま、その狙いってなんですか？

They want to...

それは……。

A swarm of vices is approaching. Moving in to intercept.

煩悩の群れが接近。迎え撃ちます。

This is the area were... one of the Ancient Vices was sealed away...

この地方には……。古の煩悩が封印されてる……。

Ancient vices?

古の煩悩とは？

The term refers to vices that have caused wars and similar such atrocities in the past.

過去に戦乱を引き起こした悪しき煩悩たちのことです。

We deities sealed it away in the land, however...

仏たちによって地中深くに 封印されたのですが、

...If it were to break free now...

もしそれが復活すれば……。

The situation... would get exponentially worse...

事態は……悪化する……。

We cannot permit that to happen, at any costs.

なんとしても阻止しなければなりません。

This is no time to be pulling our punches. Taishakuten?

最早、なりふり構っていられません。帝釈天。

Yes?

はっ。

We will concentrate our piety to attract this vice's attention.

私たちが法力を使って煩悩を引きつけます。

Use that opening and set out for the mountain in which the seal is located.

その隙に封印の地である山の地脈へと向かってください。

You would have Taishakuten go alone? That sounds rather dangerous...

帝釈天、一人で行かせるの？危険だよ。

With Taishakuten's martial prowess, he has nothing to fear. Do you accept, Taishakuten?

帝釈天の実力ならば可能です。引き受けてくれますか？

As you command.

御意。

I must hurry...! I cannot let the seal come undone...

急がねば……！封印を解かれるわけにはいかない。

So whatcha gonna do? Work under me, or not?

どーすんだ？俺の手下になるか、ならないのか？

I refuse. I have no intention of working under anybody.

断る。俺は誰の下にもつくつもりはない……。

Hmph. You know it's because of that cheeky, holier-than-thou attitude that the dieties are never gonna like you.

ふんっ。そんな生意気な態度だから仏たちに嫌われるんだよ。

I couldn't care less about that. Stop this ritual right now. Or else...

そんなことはどうでもいい。儀式とやらを中止しろ。さもなければ……

Or else... what? Are you gonna get down and dirty with me?

さもなければ、なんだ？俺様とやろうってのか？

...

……。

Hahahahah! Too damn bad! While you were chatting me up, the ceremony just reached completion!

ヒャーハッハッハッ！残念でしたー！儀式はテメェとお喋りしてる間に終わったよ！

What!?

！？

You're wide open!

隙あり！

Ugh...!

うぐっ……。

Huuuh. You're not dead... count me impressed.

へー。耐えやがったか……たいしたもんだ。

Up to your cheap tricks again...

ふざけた真似を……。

I wouldn't mind playing with you for longer, but I'm actually quite a busy man, you see, so I'll pass on the torch to Mr. Ancient Vice over here!

相手してやつてもいいが、俺様はテメエと違って多忙の身なんでね一ということで、古の煩悩にバトンターッチ！

Wait, Pazuzu!

待て、パズズ！

Out of my way, vice!

どけ……！

Tch... this vice ain't like the rest of them... Pazuzu, you bastard...

ちっ……ただの煩悩じゃねぇってか……。ふざけやがって……。

Ashura!

阿修羅！

Oh... you haven't kicked the bucket yet, huh?

なんだ貴様……くたばってなかったのか？

You're after the Ancient Vice, aren't you? Be good and wait your turn right there.

貴様の相手は古の煩悩の後だ。そこで順番待ちしてな。

The Ancient Vice? Then... the seal has come undone?

古の煩悩……。封印が解かれてしまったのか！？

I never asked for your help, just so you know.

誰も加勢しろなんて、頼んでない。

I just don't want you to bite the dust before I've had a chance to get the facts of the case out of you, that's all.

事情を聞く前に、お前がやられたら困るからだ。

Don't misunderstand.

勘違いするな。

*I* bite the dust? I can't even laugh at that bad joke!

俺がやられる？ふん……冗談じゃない！

Ah! ...It gave us the slip.

くっ……逃げられた、か。

I would have put it in the ground by now if it hadn't been for you sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.

貴様の邪魔が入らなければ、よかったものを。

What's your relationship with that demon?

……悪魔とはどういう関係だ？

You mean Pazuzu? Wouldn't you like to know...

パズズのことか？さぁな……。

Talk to me, Ashura. What's going on?

話せ、阿修羅。一体、なにがあった？

If you have repeated your past transgression, if you now consort with demons, then I will pass judgement on you with my own hands.

もしお前が再び悪事に加担しているのなら、俺の手で裁く。

*Judgement?* Who the hell do you think you are?

裁く？貴様は何様のつもりだ！

Ugh!

ぐっ！

Since when am I consorting with demons?!

そもそもいつ俺が悪事に加担した！

Have you already forgotten your sin? In the Pure Land, when you attacked the dieties, disrupted the order of things?!

仏界でしでかした行為を忘れたのか！仏たちを襲い、秩序を乱した！

To hell with order!

なにが秩序だ！

Incompetent, idiotic buddhas who call every tragedy, every difficulty an ordeal and look on idly with those holier-than-thou looks on their faces! They had it coming!

試練だと抜かして上から目線でのうのうと悲劇を傍観する無能仏ども！襲われて当然の奴らだ！

You're thinking only of your own selfish wants!

己の欲望を満たしたいだけであろうが！

Ugh! So... this is how absolutely pathetic you become... when you serve an airhead buddha!

うぐっ！こんなもんか……ぽんくら仏に仕えるとここまで情けなくなっちまうんだな！

Argh! You gods-forsaken spoiled *brat*! You never grow up!

ぐっ！いつまでも成長しないガキが！

You're the one who hasn't grown even a little bit...

成長してないのは貴様の方だろうが……。

What?

なにっ？

You focus so obsessively on your goals, you misjudge the truth of everything else. You've always had this stupid tunnel vision.

道理にこだわるがあまり、物事の本質を見誤る……。貴様は昔からそうだ。

Huh?!

！？……っ。

Another quake...

これは……。

Taishakuten!

帝釈天！

Tch. You brought friends, did you...

仲間を連れていやがったか……。

It appears the seal has certainly been broken.

封印は解かれてしまったようですね。

I'll go back Taishakuten up.

帝釈天に加勢してくるよ。

Wait... It's dangerous here...

待って……ここは危険……。

You're not just redoing the seal?

すぐに封印することは？

I can't... do it...

ぼくには……できない……。

No way... Not even Lord Yakushi Nyorai can do it...?

そんな……。薬師如来さまにもできないなんて……。

Taishakuten! We're retreating!

帝釈天！撤退します！

How about you tuck your tail between your legs and go wagging back to those friends of yours.

さっさと尻尾を巻いて逃げたらどうだ。

I'm not leaving you until I get a straight answer.

お前がはっきりと答えるまで、俺はお前を逃さん。

Tch... annoying freak.

うぜぇ……。

How about it, then?

どうなんだ？

The one I'm after is Mara.

……俺の獲物はマーラだ。

Mara!?

マ一ラ……！？

Yep. You and your buddies aren't even on my radar.

そうだ。 貴様らは眼中にねぇよ！

Argh!

ウグッ！

Wait! Ashura!

待てっ！阿修羅！

Taishakuten! Over here! Hurry!

帝釈天！早くこっちに！

The ritual has been completed successfully, and the Ancient Vice has been unsealed.

儀式は成功し、古の煩悩が放たれました。

And Siddhartha's status?

シッダ一ルタの動きは？

The deities appear to have engaged Pazuzu, however the overall plan is proceeding smoothly.

仏たちがパズズと交戦したようですが、計画は順調です。

If you'd have given me the job, I would have someone like Shaka groveling at your feet right about now... you know?

僕にお任せ下されば、釈迦ごとき簡単に葬れますけど……。

That doesn't satisfy me.

それじゃ俺の気がすまないんだよ。

I have to make sure he suffers deeply, like choking the life out of him with the softest of silks, so very, very slowly.

真綿で首を絞めるようにゆっくりゆっくりとシッダールタを苦しめてやらないと。