Criminale! F Animate Tokuten
The Mafia’s Day Off (Gerardo & Lucia)
Gerardo: Inside the weapons storage room at Amphisbaena’s headquarters.
Lucia: Hey, Gerardo. Can’t you do something about this already?
Gerardo: I’m doing my best to think about it.
Anyway, don’t make so much noise right next to my ear! It’s annoying.
Lucia: I’m the one who feels annoyed. Of all the places it could have been, it had to be this dusty one.
Gerardo: You were the one who asked me to lend you the key to the weapons storage room because you wanted something, Lucia!
Lucia: Ah~ I can’t hear you~
Gerardo: Quit messing around and think of something!
What are you going to do about this?
Lucia: My left hand and your right hand are chained together. That’s impossible.
I wonder if it’ll turn out to be a dream if I go to sleep.
[01:02]
Gerardo: I wish that were true. This would even be too much for a nightmare.
Lucia: Exactly.
Anyway… Don’t we have too many accidents with handcuffs?
Gerardo: Definitely. How many times has it been now?
Lucia: How about you try counting? I can’t be bothered, so I’ll leave it to you.
Gerardo: How did this even happen in the first place?
Lucia: Everything started when we entered the weapons storage room together…
Inside the weapons storage room at Amphisbaena’s headquarters. Two hours ago.
Gerardo: Come on. Hurry up and finish what you need to do.
This place is normally off-limits, you know.
Lucia: I’m following the right procedure, so that doesn’t matter!
I just wanted to see if there were any new daggers.
Gerardo: I don’t know anything about that kind of weapon.
Do daggers get worn out?
[02:05]
Lucia: Much more than guns do.
They get blunt.
I don’t pick up every knife I throw either.
Hey… What’s something like this doing here?
Gerardo: Ah… Handcuffs, hmm?
Well… They’re good for restraining people when we take a few prisoners.
It’s better to have them just in case.
Lucia: I don’t want to see any handcuffs again though.
Take this box, Gerardo.
Gerardo: Don’t throw it!
Lucia: Ah… Sorry.
But… Why couldn’t you catch something like that, Gerardo?
Gerardo: It was your fault for throwing it.
Come on, help me clean it up. Everything’s all over the floor.
Lucia: You’re asking too much! I’m busy looking for a dagger right now.
You’re not doing anything, are you?
Ah. I found the daggers.
Oh… There aren’t any good ones here.
[03:07]
Gerardo: Lucia…
Lucia: You’re the Father, so you should make an effort to collect all weapons equally.
Gerardo: Lucia…
Lucia: Never mind, I’ll buy some daggers myself.
I’ll claim the money back as an expense.
Hey… What are you doing?
Gerardo: That should be obvious.
I tried to tidy up the handcuffs and they clicked shut.
Lucia: Huh? How can the Father do something like that?
Gerardo: Isn’t there a key near the box the handcuffs were in?
Lucia: There’s no key here. Isn’t it in the box?
Gerardo: In the box, hmm? It doesn’t look like it…
Lucia: Let me see. I might be able to force them open with a dagger.
[04:01]
Gerardo: That’s impossible. We don’t have anything cheap like that here.
Lucia: Cheap handcuffs…? There must be more important equipment to worry about.
Gerardo: By the way… You…
Lucia: What’s with these handcuffs?! Why are they locked around my wrist?!
Gerardo: Ah… It’ll be fine as long as there’s a key.
We’ll be able to get the handcuffs off easily if we have a key.
Lucia: Why were the handcuffs left around without a key anyway?
Gerardo: I don’t know.
Anyway, as the Father, I’ve decided that handcuffs won’t be allowed in Amphisbaena from now on. Let’s make sure that happens.
Gerardo: Some time later. Inside the weapons storage room at Amphisbaena.
Lucia: How long has it been now?
Gerardo: About two hours.
Lucia: We haven’t made any progress since then?
I’m seriously feeling depressed.
[05:01]
Gerardo: I feel the same way.
If you want some other handcuffs, then I’ve found plenty more.
Lucia: Just how many do we have?!
Gerardo: I was joking. Don’t get so angry!
Hmm? This is…
Lucia: Did you find the key? Thank goodness.
I’ve got something to do later. Could you hurry up and take the handcuffs off?
Gerardo: It’s a one euro coin.
What is it doing here?
This is why the accounts don’t add up. Jeez.
Lucia: Hey! Finding something like that won’t be any help!
Gerardo: I suppose I don’t have a choice. I’m going to give you this one euro coin.
Lucia: I don’t want it! Were you listening to me? I said I’ve got something to do!
Gerardo: I’ve got something important to do too!
I can’t waste my time here.
Give me back that one euro coin then.
Lucia: No way. You gave it to me, so it’s mine!
Gerardo: Give it back.
Lucia: No way.
Gerardo: Give it back!
Lucia: No way!
Lucia & Gerardo: Ah…
[06:01]
Gerardo: Where’d it go?
Lucia: In the space between those shelves…
Gerardo: I can’t reach it.
Lucia: You’re right.
Gerardo: Stay calm.
We won’t be able to get the handcuffs off like this. I’ve got to get out of this situation quickly and fulfil my promise.
Lucia: What a coincidence. I’ve got a very important promise too.
I wouldn’t have hesitated to kill if you weren’t the Father.
Gerardo: As the Father, I’m happy to have such a considerate ally.
Lucia: Well, of course I was joking about killing anyone.
It’d be fine as long as your hand was separated from the rest of your body.
Gerardo: Okay, okay. I’m tired of responding to your jokes already.
Anyway… Are you sure there isn’t anything we can do?
You can open the locks with one of those knives, right?
Lucia: You use those on normal doors. They won’t fit in such a small lock.
Gerardo: There’s nothing we can do then.
It’ll take 48 hours to get another key.
[07:05]
Lucia: Your brain is like gelato again! I think there’s a problem with you saying we’ll be able to get another key after 48 hours! Aren’t you just trying to get in the way of my important appointment?
Gerardo: I’m not! I’ve got an important appointment too. It’s just as important to me as Amphisbaena.
Lucia: I’ve got an important arrangement I need to carry out, even if it means killing ten people!
I can’t stay here wasting time.
Gerardo: Huh? Just ten people?
It’s nothing compared to my arrangement then.
Lucia: O-One hundred! Not even killing one hundred people would be enough!
Gerardo: Hmph. How many people do you think there are in Amphisbaena?
My arrangement is important enough for me to give all of them up.
Lucia: Don’t sell out all your subordinates! You’re the Father, aren’t you?
Anyway, it’s an important arrangement! I don’t have time to be talking to you like this!
Gerardo: The same goes for me!
Every minute is important! I won’t make it in time to that arrangement without the key.
In other words…
[08:11]
Lucia: You should have done that from the beginning.
Cut off your arm and cut open your noisy mouth.
Gerardo: That’s exactly how it is.
I’m going to fill you with bullets and shoot off your arm.
Lucia: Sorry, but I’ll do anything, no matter what it takes.
It really is an important arrangement, you see.
It’s unfortunate that you ended up handcuffed to me.
Gerardo: Us men both have something we can’t give up.
Let’s settle this, Lucia!
Lucia: Huh? What are you doing here?
Gerardo: What happened? Why do you look so angry?
[09:01]
Lucia: It’s not like that! I wasn’t messing around!
I was just about to go and meet you…
Gerardo: These…? As you can see, they’re handcuffs.
No… I wasn’t messing around!
Lucia: That’s right! We ended up in handcuffs and we were pointing our weapons at each other, but it’s not like we were messing around!
Gerardo: Exactly! It’s just as Lucia said!
Lucia: Hey, Gerardo… Your arrangement was…
Gerardo: Yes.
Lucia… Your arrangement was also…
Lucia: Then… Weren’t you just going to be carrying stuff?!
Why’d you say you’d give up everyone in Amphisbaena for that?!
Gerardo: You can’t really say anything either!
Lucia: Hmm? That’s…
Gerardo: That’s… The key to the handcuffs, isn’t it?
You’re amazing! It’s only natural that Father’s daughter would find it as soon as she arrived!
[10:02]
Lucia: Give me that key.
Then I’ll carry your things, or do anything else you want…
Gerardo: Eh? Did you just say no?
Lucia: Wait a minute!
I don’t know about Gerardo, but I was desperately trying to find the key so I could go and meet you.
Gerardo: What do you mean by that?!
I was looking for the key so I could keep my promise to you!
Lucia: You were saying crazy and unrealistic stuff, weren’t you?
Gerardo: For starters, it was your fault for throwing the box with the handcuffs in it!
Lucia: You were the one who got caught in the handcuffs! I just got dragged into this!
Gerardo: Huh? Then give me back that one euro coin!
Lucia: The one euro coin has nothing to do with this!
You… Are you angry?
Gerardo: Calm down! It’s not like we forgot about you!
We were trying our best to make sure it didn’t seem like that!
Lucia: That’s right! So take off the handcuffs and we’ll start over.
[11:03]
Gerardo: I’m sorry about what happened to our arrangement. I’m sorry, so give us the key.
Lucia: Hey… Let’s go and have something delicious to eat!
Gerardo and I will pay for it! So don’t be angry!
Gerardo: The key…
Lucia: What should we do, Gerardo?
Gerardo: We’ll have to run after her and apologise!
Do you want us to be chained together forever?!
Lucia: No way!
Gerardo: You idiot! Don’t run wherever you like when we’re handcuffed together!
Lucia: You were the one who said we should run after her! Follow me!
Bashiek
Saki-san, Thank you as always for this and all your previous and upcoming posts about Criminale! Please keep up the good work!! Take care. Sincerely, Bashiek
Saki
You’re welcome! I’m glad you always enjoy Criminale!
BluexRose
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You don’t know how much I love this saga and I was waiting for the translation. Thank you for the amazing work!
Saki
You’re welcome! It’s one of my favourite series too! ♥