The terminal's behind you.
端末使うならそこにあるぜ…。
101Leafy researched the game with the Hilltop Works fan translation patch, English translation by Cargodin
Richリッチ
Rich is at the bar in Kowloonfront where Xiaohei turned up two years ago and now sometimes helps out. He advises against Hyper-Comm, which connects to the human unconscious and leaves many users' minds broken.
Rich speaks 43 times in the script, in Kowloonfront.
Stage: Kowloonfront
Every line
Each block is one message window, with a link to the place in the script where it appears.
You should avoid Hyper-Communication. In "Hyper-Comm", you chat by linking your own subconscious over the Net. Overusing it can legit fry your brain. Even if it didn't, the Net crowd isn't worth getting yourself tied up with. At this point, I'd be shocked to meet a Net user who wasn't a piece of work.
生体通信だけはお勧めしないぜ、俺は。生体通信てえのは人間の無意識の中につながる通信で、壊れてしまうやつが多いんだ、頭がさ。ネットの連中にもあんまりかかわらないほうがいいぜ。あいつら別な意味で、すっかりやられちまってるからな。
Did Xiaohei tell you about her sister? Her having family at all is news to me.
When she first wandered into the hotel and started lending a hand two years ago, all the gal had was her name.
どうした、あいつなんか言ってたか？どうせ、また、姉貴の話だろ。
あいつぁ、２年前にひょっこりやって来て、たまにこのバーを手伝ったりしてるんだけど、こんなこと初めてだ。
You here to see Xiaohei? Sorry, think you just missed her. Didn't she go to the pawner's?
どうした？小黒ならさっき出て行ったよ。質屋のところじゃないのか。
You found an access card? Good work. Almost time for those Rhizome members to log on for another chat, I think. You can't access their chatroom unless you're a registered member.
カード、手に入れたのか。よかったな。そういや、そろそろリゾームの会員たちのおしゃべりが始まる頃だ。でも、登録してなけりゃ、アクセスできないがな。
Everything okay? You don't look so hot... Actually, here's some advice:
What happens in Kowloon Walled City stays the hell out of your mouth, got it?
Silence is the golden standard for anyone who wants to survive in this city.
あんた、顔色悪いぜ、大丈夫かい。いいか、ひとつ忠告しておく。
この街で起きたことは、絶対に自分だけの心にしまっておくんだ。
それが、この街の住人のルールだ、わかったな。
Oh, right. Xiaohei said she wanted to tell you something private. Would you... mind checking on her? Her room's on the second floor.
そうだ、小黒が、あんたに話したいことがあるそうだ。…なんか様子が変なんだ、見てやってくれないか。２階にいるよ。
I'll never understand what's going on in her brain.
How can one person get so wrapped up in meeting an older sister you have no proof is actually there?!
どうにも分からねえんだ、あいつの考えてること。
いるのか、いねえのかハッキリしねえ姉貴のことで、なんであんなに真剣になれるんだ？
If you up and told me I had a brother, I wouldn't believe you.
俺に兄弟がいるなんて言われてもなあ、ぴんとこないよ。
Xiaohei's one busy kid to keep running in and out like this.
That Mr. So-and-so guy is only getting her hopes up with all these "theories" and "findings". I sorta want to take a deeper look into the guy, but... Go settle your own business for now. Did you see that the mirror merchant from Lung Shing Road e-mailed you?
小黒のやつ、出たり入ったり、忙しいやつだ。
あのなんとか先生に、また余計な入れ知恵でもされたんじゃないのか。あいつの様子は俺がちゃんと見といてやるからさ、あんたは自分の用事を済ませちまったらどうだい。メールが来てるよ、龍城路の鏡屋からだ。
Be careful going back to the Deep. There's no telling how much worse the area's gotten since you left.
奥に入るんなら気を付けな。ここより、やばいことになっているかも知れんからな。
Get anything cool done? I think you-know-who was waiting for you to hurry back, but...
Xiaohei was fiddling with the terminal earlier.
Maybe she sent an e-mail to someone. After that? Gone, but maybe she's at that loner's in the Seafood Centre.
あんたなんかしでかしたのか。今のやつ、あんたが戻ってくるのを待ちかまえていたみたいだったな。
それで、小黒はどこ行ったんだ？さっき、なにやらしきりと端末いじってたけど、
誰かにメールでも送ってたのかなあ。そのあとフッと出て行っちまった。あの海鮮中心の先生ンとこか？
Weird. Xiaohei's not back yet. Where the heck did she go?
小黒いなかったか…おかしいなあ、あいつどこ行きやがったんだろう。
I just checked Xiaohei's room. Where did she disappear to? She didn't even lock her door!
今、あいつの部屋見てきたんだ。どこ行っちまったんだ、鍵もかけないで…
Word going around is the Twin Centre has some big flashy event today. Talk about last-minute, huh.
今日は双子中心でイベントがあるって噂だ。それも急にだ。
I assume Xiaohei gave up halfway through using this terminal, given how it keeps acting up.
端末の調子が悪いんだ。それで…小黒のやつ、さっきは途中で諦めたんだな。
Did Xiaohei go to the Twin Centre to use their indoor terminal? Tch. Whatever the case, someone needs to go ask Kidz to fix mine for me.
小黒のやつ、双子中心の端末でも使いに行ったのかなあ。チッ、こうゆう時にキッズのやつがいりゃあ、端末ぐらい…
I heard Xiaohei got herself into some trouble over in the Deep.
That was reckless of her, rushing in alone like that!
Xiaohei has no business butting her head into all this nonsense! We can't draw attention like that,
but maybe she'll listen to you. For now, she took that hermit statue out to show Mr. Xia.
... It wouldn't take this long for him to appraise it, would it?
小黒のやつ、ディープで危なかったんだって？
一人で入って行くなんて、そりゃ無茶だ。
あいつ、妙なことに首、突っ込みすぎなんじゃないか。今、あんまり派手に動くと、やばいよ。
あんたからも言ってやってくれ。あいつ、仙人の像を持って、あの夏先生ンところへ行ったぞ。
…鑑定でもしてもらっているんじゃないか？
The terminal's busted. It wouldn't stop making weird noises earlier, so I unplugged it.
だめだろう、その端末。さっきから変な音が止まらないんで、電源落としたんだ。
Did Xiaohei mention a hermit statue? I think the onmyoji told her about it. What I want to know is... How did she get in touch with that onmyoji in the first place?
小黒から仙人像の話、聞いたか？あいつ、その話、陰陽師から教えてもらったらしいが…。しかし陰陽師なんかと、どうやって連絡取ったんだろう。
Did Xiaohei mention a hermit statue? I think the onmyoji told her about it. What I want to know is... How did she get in touch with that onmyoji in the first place?
小黒から仙人像の話、聞いたか？あいつ、その話、陰陽師から教えてもらったらしいが…。しかし陰陽師なんかと、どうやって連絡取ったんだろう。
You're going to some faraway time, huh. I heard that the onmyoji said so. ... Oh, Xiaohei. She sure says the most random things sometimes.
そういや、あんた、どこか遠い時代に行くんだって？陰陽師がそんなこと言ってたらしいぞ。…小黒のやつ、時々突拍子もないこと言うからなあ。
Where'd you run off to? Xiaohei's looking for some kind of doctor this time. Said he needs to be taken back to his rightful place. I don't know. And who is this "doctor", huh? Certainly not her sister...
あんた、どこ行ってたんだ？そりゃそうと小黒のやつ、どこかの医者を捜すんだってよ。なんでも、その医者を元の場所に戻すんだとか。よくわかんねえなあ。そもそも医者って誰なんだ？そいつが姉貴なのか？
The whole city's on edge now, what with that seminar afoot.
It might not be a good time to draw attention to yourself.
なんか街中がセミナーでピリピリしてるな…
今はあまり派手な動きをしないほうがいいかもしれんぞ。
Looks like you got an e-mail, but I doubt you'll be able to read it with things being as they are. Something's not right here.
あんたあてにメールが来てたみたいだけど、あの調子じゃ読めたもんじゃないな。…何が悪いんだ？
The terminal was making noises before. Did it fix itself?
さっき、端末が変な音を出してたけど、直ったのか？
Hey, you got an e-mail! It's from Wei. He's got something to tell you.
おい、メールだ！ウェイからだよ。あんたに話があるそうだ。
What's he need help with? Something happen at the seminar? Wei is the leader of Zecoo. They're the resistance that's trying to stop the Snakes.
どうした！セミナーで何か起きたんじゃないか？ウェイは是空のリーダーなんだ。スネークに対抗しているレジスタンスだよ。
Did you read the e-mail I sent? I meant to say that the physician Xiaohei's looking for is a wangren. Makes you wonder. If he's not a human physician, and it's so hard to find him, how's the guy still in business?
メール、読んでくれたか…。さっきあんたに言い忘れたけど、小黒が捜している医者は妄人だそうだ。…なんでまた…妄人ってことは医者の姿でも、人間の姿でもないはずなのに…どうやって捜すんだ？
Xiaohei's looking for a wangren. But she wouldn't seriously walk into Wangren Road just for that, would she?
妄人を捜すと言ってもなあ…まさか妄人路に入ったわけじゃないだろうな。
If you walk in empty-handed, you risk getting captured by wangren. Be careful, and check your e-mail.
手ぶらではいるとあんたが妄人に取り込まれてしまう…気を付けな。そうだ、メールが来ていたぞ。
Xia's card was infected with a virus... Kidz explained to me that that's why all the terminals kept screwing up.
夏先生のカードが汚染されていたんだそうだ。端末がうまく機能しないのはそのせいだって、キッズが言ってたよ。
Speaking of wangren, you must know by now that Xiaohei was looking for one.
知ってるか？小黒は妄人を捜して西城路に入ったそうだ。
Both the water and air along West City Road seem stagnant... Find Xiaohei as soon as you can.
西城路は水も空気もよどみきっているらしい。…一刻も早く小黒を見つけるんだ。
Wei told me you were dropping by. I'm Rich. What can I help with, the Kowloonet terminal? Right behind you.
ウェイがいってたのはあんたのことか…。俺がリッチだ。よろしくな。で、何の用かな？端末使うならそこにあるぜ…。
You can't log onto Kowloonet without an unmodded access card.
People space out and drop their cards all the time, so it doesn't hurt to pluck one off the ground. Not so many pedestrians anymore, but that's Kowloon for you.
If Wei didn't warn me you'd be here, I would've told your gumshoe-looking mug to shove it at the door... Hey, what's with that wooden tag?
ちゃんと端末、使いたけりゃ、改造してないカードがいるぜ。
アクセスカードはよく忘れてくやつがいるから探してみるといい。もっとも、今どき出歩くやつも少ないだろうがな。…ここのところ、この九龍は様子が変なんだ。
ウェイの紹介がなけりゃ、あんたみたいな見知らぬやつにゃぁ、とっとと出てってもらってるとこだ。…何だい、その札？
Hey, what's with that wooden tag?
…何だい、その札？
Oh, brother. Did that pawner ask you to deliver this to Xiaohei? If you need to, look upstairs.
なんだ、小黒のやつ、質屋になにか頼んでいたのか。あんた、それを知らせに来たんだな。小黒なら２階だ。
Xiaohei's been going on about her sister these days out of nowhere. Says she shows up in her dreams with some "prophecy" of their reunion. And Xiaohei actually buys it! If Xiaohei is a twin though, and her story is real, the Snakes are gonna target her big time. The Snakes are gathering twins and stealing away their powers. They're not good people.
小黒のやつな、急に姉貴姉貴って言い出して。なんでも夢に姉貴が出てきて、あいつとの出会いを予言したとかなんとか。もう、すっかり信じこんでるんだ。もしその姉貴とやらが双子だったら、スネークのやつらに目をつけられちまうよ。やつら、なんでも双子の力を集めてるって話だ。ヤバイよなあ。
I see. In the end, both Mafei... and that Connie woman are...
そうか…媽妃もついに……コニーって女は…。
But what's that about taking that "Xuanji" wangren back to where he belongs?
しかし…その玄機とかいう妄人を元の場所に戻すってのは…どういうことなんだ？
Xiaohei, even if you really do have a sister...
What the heck does she care about Xuanji? He's a wangren, isn't he?
You'd better find him fast then. The delusion saturation in the district's amping up as we speak.
Even he won't be able to hold out much longer in this environment.
小黒、姉貴のこと、どうやら本当なんだな…。
けど、なんで玄機のことなんか言うんだ？そいつ、妄人なんだろ？
こうなったら一刻も早く玄機っていう妄人を見つけなきゃな。今、街中で妄想のレベルが高くなってる。
やつも、持ちこたえられなくなっているはずだ…。
I'm sure you've caught all this by now, but mingli is the precious power that the Snakes want to take for themselves. The only power they have is jiaming. The one true wielder of genuine mingli in this city is Xiaohei, so her power is what the Snakes really want.
そうか！スネークのやつらが玄機を妄人路ごと消してしまおうとしてるんだ。妄想のレベルが上がったのも、スネークの仕業に違いない。
English translations by Cargodin for Hilltop Works Fan Translation Patch: https://www.patreon.com/hilltopworks/posts/kowloons-gate-160555525?collection=18503