101Leafy researched the game with the Hilltop Works fan translation patch, English translation by Cargodin
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A shoe merchant on Lung Shing Road who scoffs at anyone going into the hutongs and tells the player about a dream in which his house burns around him.
Old Shoe Merchant speaks 10 times in the script, in Lung Shing Road.
Stage: Lung Shing Road
Each block is one message window, with a link to the place in the script where it appears.
You're not from around here.
Do you plan to look for the mirror merchant inside the hutongs? Heh-heh. Don't waste your time. The malice will swallow you up well before you get that chance!
なんだ、お前？どこから来たんだ？
鏡屋みたいに、胡同（フートン）に入ろうっていうのか？へっ、無駄なことよ。邪気に飲み込まれて、それまでよ。
Do you know what "wangren" are and how they're born?
When humans deeply resonate with an object, they risk eventually becoming half-human, half-object monsters. Tell me. If you were a wangren, what object would you be?
あんた、妄人（ワンニン）って知ってるか？
自分のことを物だと思い込んで、そのうち半分物になってしまったやつらのことだ。あんただったら、どんな物を思い浮かべるんだ？
You like microwaves, huh... Lucky for you, no shops sell those!
電子レンジが好きなのか…へっそんなもん、この街には売ってねえよ。
You like electric fans, huh... Lucky for you, no shops sell those!
扇風機が好きなのか…へっそんなもん、この街には売ってねえよ。
You like refrigerators, huh... Lucky for you, no shops sell those!
冷蔵庫が好きなのか…へっそんなもん、この街には売ってねえよ。
Wanna know what's on my mind? Dreams. My dreams are... exceptional, heh-heh!
俺が考えてること、教えてやろうか？夢だよ、夢のことだ。俺の夢は、格別なんだ、へっへっへ。
Let me tell you about my dream! Heh-heh, no matter how tired I get, it's always the same dream!
夢の話だぁ、ひっひっひ、夢だよ夢！ここで、うとうとしてると決まって同じ夢を見るんだ…
Ahaha! What a weird dream I had!
My house suddenly caught fire, and the floors and ceilings lit up in seconds. Only, it never got any hotter. I stood in its red flames just fine.
My body fat melted and my skin peeled, but I felt neither heat nor pain. Heh-heh, no heat and no pain...
あはは、変な夢なんだ、これが…
俺の家に急に火がついて、あっと言う間に床も天井も真っ赤になってしまうんだ、なのに俺はいっこうに熱くならない、炎の中で平気なんだよ。
体が熱で溶けてべろべろ剥けていくのに、熱くも、痛くもないんだ、へへへへ、熱くも痛くもない…
Heh-heh, my body melted and peeled, but I felt neither heat nor pain.
体が燃えて溶けてるのに、熱くも痛くもないんだ、へへへへ…
HEH-HEH-HEH! No matter how much I burn, I feel no heat. No matter how hot,
I feel no burns. I'm... I'm crackling. I'm on fire! HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH!
はははははははは、燃えてるのに熱くない、燃えてるのに熱くない…
ぱちぱちめらめら、俺が燃えてるんだ、はははははははは…
English translations by Cargodin for Hilltop Works Fan Translation Patch: https://www.patreon.com/hilltopworks/posts/kowloons-gate-160555525?collection=18503