Dear!
The baguettes have finished rising!
Hey, you!
You listening to me?
I said hold it!
I'm with a customer right now!
And he's a customer for the weapons shop.
These are great! Just great!
Oh, you're here, Zazie?
Yo!
Lemme borrow the old man a bit, 'kay?
So you're the customer? Oh, well.
That's right.
Zazie is Sinners Weapons Shop's most valued customer, after all.
Say what?
This is Sinners Bread and Weapons Shop!
Whatever.
I'll bake the baguettes myself.
Yeah, sorry about this.
Shindanjuu, Tempest Op. 3.
I only service it, and it sure is a nice gun.
But you're overusing it, as usual.
Too bad. 'Cause I'm up against a bunch of bastards who can't be killed unless I overuse it.
I heard all about how you concentrated too much on fighting gaichuu
and ended up getting the letters you're delivering dirty!
How many times has it been now?
Who cares...
It's not like you couldn't read 'em anymore.
Ow!
What was that for?
The reason I sell you Letter Bees weapons is so that you can do your job safely.
Defeating gaichuu is part of our job, you know.
Yeah, it's a part...
A part of your job delivering letters.
You know, Pops!
You know why I became a Letter Bee.
Soup?
He always has it ready to feed them the moment they regain consciousness.
Even though their eyes are open...
So that's what happens when you're done in by the gaichuu...
But, that boy... He never cried even once.
So I can get vengeance...
Oh yeah, I've been coming up with a new creation.
A new creation?
Bread!
A new bread.
When your next job, er, delivery is over, come and try it out, okay?
Here. Maintenance is all finished.
Okay. I'll be happy to make sure this new bread of yours won't poison people.
Do you ever run out of that snark?
I'll hold you to that.
Yup, it's a promise.
Lost Letters
Finally made it back to the Bee-Hive.
I'm hungry!
After I report that I've finished, we'll hurry straight home.
Did something happen?
Lag!
A gaichuu got Zazie!
Zazie!
Don't give me that look, man!
It's just a scratch, as you can see-ow!
Just a scratch, you were saying?
That hurt, damn it!
You crappy doctor!
Who's a crappy doctor, you say?!
You, obviously!
Where are you touching, you perv!
Who's a perv again?
Maybe you'd rather I dissect you...
Zazie...
You crossed the Hart Desert again?
It's my choice.
The Hart Desert is here in front of Graysteel City, right?
Right.
However it's recommended that you take the long way around through Shura canyon.
Basically passing through the Hart Desert is like a shortcut.
A shortcut? But it's not recommended?
The Hart Desert is spotted with gaichuu territories.
And thanks to the shifting sands, those territories are constantly moving.
So despite that, Zazie always takes the dangerous route through the Hart Desert to Graysteel City?
Yeah...
Why?
Okay!
I've finished my special soup for you!
Now put away the map.
T-This is...
That super disgusting...
Yup.
I-I have some things I need to do.
I'll have your soup some other time, Sylvette!
Connor!
Good night!
Right! Sleep tight!
The reason that Zazie always crosses the Hart Desert?
Yeah. Yesterday you didn't get a chance to tell me.
I'm not sure I'm the one to say...
It's simple.
Moc Sullivan.
I suppose it's not a surprise that the newcomer wouldn't know.
That guy prefers killing gaichuu over delivering letters.
Otherwise he wouldn't have been able to throw away those letters in order to escape from that gaichuu.
Throw away letters?
Seems that's why he's still alive.
But, that's...
Zazie wouldn't...
A Letter Bee who throws away letters...
Lag!
Lag, Niche!
Zazie, answer me.
I want you to tell me why you lost those letters.
Lost letters?
Fine, then I'll change the question.
What was the gaichuu that injured you?
Letter Bees are public servants.
To maintain the public trust, we must retrieve those letters to Graysteel City without delay, and finish the delivery.
I said I'll do it already!
I can't rely on you injured like this.
I was planning on dispatching someone else, but to do that I need to know about the gaichuu...
Ow...
It's you!
I'll recover those letters and finish the delivery!
Zazie, will you still refuse to talk about the gaichuu?
It was an Absynt.
An Absynt?
Lag, can I count on you?
Yes.
I've defeated Absynts before, together with Niche.
I wish I could go with you, but I have another delivery, unfortunately.
I'll be fine. Later!
Wait... Why couldn't Zazie handle a gaichuu the level of an Absynt?
It looks like Steak found the letters.
The letters are up there?
Leave this to me!
W-What?
It's the gaichuu, Absynt!
Absynt's gap is...
There!
Red Needle!
All right!
What's wrong, Niche?
This gaichuu isn't defeated yet.
The Red Needle's heart didn't resonate?
Steak?
It has two gaps?!
What in the world?
It's time to change your bandages.
And I was just kidding about the dissection thing...
Master?
If you're looking for that kid, he left.
You saw, but didn't stop him?
Do you always do that?
I tried to stop him...
But it seemed like he had a reason that drove him to go.
Lag!
Uh, oh!
T-That's...
Zazie!
Sorry for being late.
Why?
We'll talk after we finish this guy!
Right!
Bastard... Don't think you can escape!
Zazie, now's our chance! Let's get away from here!
Stop kiddin' around!
I've got a bone to pick with that Absynt!
You think I'm gonna run away and let this guy free?
But we've got back the letters...
But I've still got a job to finish.
That guy prefers killing gaichuu over delivering letters.
It's true that exterminating gaichuu is part of our job, but we have a duty that's more important than that!
Delivering letters.
The reason I sell you Letter Bees weapons is so that you can do your job safely.
Defeating gaichuu is part of our job, you know.
Yeah, it's a part...
A part of your job delivering letters.
You're sounding a lot like Pops.
What?
I know already, okay?
Then you didn't actually throw away the letters to get away from the gaichuu, did you?
What?!
Red Needle!
My shindan doesn't work on this guy!
One more time!
Thanks, Wasiolka...
The letters!
Wait, the letters...
I have to deliver...
...those letters!
I promised...
Zazie!
What are you doing?
I knew it!
I knew you'd never throw away letters to run away!
You got hurt because you cared so much about delivering the letters.
Well, duh.
Lag, I need your help.
That Absynt's got two gaps, it's some mutant...
If you shoot a single shindan into one of the gaps, it'll spit it out the other one.
So that's why it wouldn't resonate inside of it.
But, if we shoot shindans into both gaps at the same time, what do you think will happen?
Let's go, Lag!
Yeah!
Niche, I'm counting on you...
Leave it to me!
Unfurl your wings, damn it! Blue Thorn!
There!
Shindanjuu Tempest Op. 3!
Shindanjuu Nocturne Op. 20!
The bullet I shoot is a fragment of my heart!
The shells I shoot are fragments of my malice!
Shindan loaded!
Resound, Blue Thorn!
Resound, Red Needle!
I said resound! Resound!
We got it!
Yeah, thanks to you.
Don't worry about it. I'll finish the delivery to Graysteel City...
Nope, I'm going too.
But, you're injured!
I told you already, it's just a scratch.
And delivering these letters was my job in the first place.
Well not anymore. Aria-san asked me to deliver them, so...
Why wouldn't you report this to Aria-san?
About how this Absynt had two gaps so you couldn't beat it by yourself...
And if I had?
She'd have sent two other Letter Bees than me.
But...
Then I wouldn't have been able to get revenge.
So you purposefully...
Yeah, so I could bring that guy down.
Zazie...
All so I could make sure the letters were delivered safely.
And I promised...
What?!
You haven't finished your new bread yet?
Oh yeah, sorry...
And after I went through all that trouble to keep my promise.
Promise?
What promise?
Something wrong?
Here, have some. You haven't eaten yet, right?
Don't mind if I do!
Did you say something?
If I hadn't made that promise to you, then...
Thanks for waiting!
I might have made him cry about now...
What's that supposed to mean?
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