Ch. 11: Tears of Ice~~

Pages 150-151

Kakashi was taken into the ingredient and food storage area of the kitchen. The two shinobi violently kick him into the room, and with a kachan (door locking sound), they close the door. The shinobi were guffawing and sneering: Can you believe it? We captured that- Hatake Kakashi!. They keep shouting and guffawing. The other comrade chimes in with even more boisterous laughter: Yeah! The Ryuuha Armament Alliance is the best!.

Meanwhile, the atmospheric pressure onboard the ship is declining. Its evident that the oxygen is becoming insufficient. If oxygen is not getting diffused in the brain, humans experience further abnormal behavior and sensations.

The enemy shinobi continue to mock Kakashi, kicking and pounding on the door. Anyway, Kakashi continues to think about the situation. After experiencing an uplifted mood, both the ability to concentrate as well as aptitude in making judgments will begin to decline (due to the insufficient oxygenation=hypoxia). And so, there wont be energy in the muscles. Youll lose your mind. Before long, youll fall into a comatose or lethargic state. Worst case, youll die.

[T/N]

Pages 152-153

[T/N]

The Armstrong limit, often called Armstrong's line, is the altitude that produces an atmospheric pressure so low (0.0618atmosphere or 6.3 kPa (1.9 inHg)) that water boils at the normal temperature of the human body: 37 C (98.6 F).

The altitude is variously reported as being between 18,90019,350 meters (62,00063,500 feet, or about 12 miles (10 nmi).

Pages 154-155

Kakashi knocks out both of the enemies. A minute later, Kakashi imprisoned the two fainted shinobi into the food storage area. He then leaves the kitchen. He jumps down from the scaffolding thats hanging in midair at the ships hold. Once again, he wanted to summon Pakkun and his Ninken. However, the way he could knead chakra had changed. He will be frozen from his feet upwards if he tries to do that. (==His chakra must keep circulating in order to stop the progression of Jisarehyou. He cannot knead chakra for jutsu because its preoccupied with keeping him from being frozen). He has no choice but to go on the search for the Aobiko on his own. There are wooden boxes piled up in the ships hold. But whatever was inside of them would probably not be suspicious things. Theres alcohol and groceries, as well as parachute vests

When Aobiko comes into contact with water, it detonates. In a normal container, moisture could leech into it. Water and the Aobiko should mix together at an opportune time. So there must be a special container for the Aobiko. However, a vessel like that is no where to be found. An unpleasant sensation travels through Kakashis chest. He thinks to himself, If I were Rahyo, where would I probably conceal the Aobiko? He couldnt think of it.

Kakashi looks up at the buoyancy component. On the scaffolding thats hanging in midair, he was thinking about the bottom of the air sac of the Tobishachimaru. If Rahyo intends to ram the ship into the Houzukijyou, perhaps he has prepared and hidden the Aobiko in the air sac. It would likely be the most efficient and probable scenario.

For moisture, they could use Kahyos ice. With the impact of the crash, the air sac will explode. The ice will dissolve, and then the Aobiko will detonate. Houzukijyou would then be completely destroyed.

Kakashi backpedals. He thinks to himself again. That sort of scenario cant be correct. He had been denying an ominous feeling from the beginning.

If the Tobishachimaru crashes into the Houzukijyou, then Garyo might inadvertently die if he gets mixed into the scenario. However, they intend to rescue him. On the ground, the accomplices of the enemy are on standby. Perhaps Rahyo intends to throw the Aobiko from the sky and onto the Houzukijyou.

Pages 156-157

And so, while Shikamaru and the other shinobi are dealing with the chaos, the enemy should be trying to rescue Garyo. Kakashi then mentally gets into contact with Ino again. He tells her that he thinks Rahyos plan involves dropping the Aobiko from the ship. In that case, a signal is needed to cue the attack. He warns that they should be cautious and watchful of their surroundings. Perhaps something like a beacon will be that signal.

Then, Kakashi hears footsteps descending from the ramp. They resounded through the emptiness of the ships hold. Kakashi promptly concealed himself behind some wooden boxes. Two shinobi are visible. They are trying to lift up a wooden box, which seems to have an unknown seal on it. The ships hull slants because of the wind. One of the shinobi, who is holding one side of wooden box, suddenly falters. The other one who is supporting the other side then scolds his comrade: Be careful! Do you want to die?!.

With that threatening attitude, the one who almost dropped the wooden box then turns ghastly pale. Perhaps because they are experiencing hypoxia (due to the altitude), their concentration is lacking. They continue to carefully carry the wooden box. They are turning back towards the dining room lounge. Kakashi promptly inspects the remaining wooden boxes. It seems that they had carried away a box that was packed with parachute vests.

Its difficult for Kakashi to follow after the shinobi, since he cant knead chakra. He runs up the ramp. Going by the scaffolding, he heads back to the kitchen. He was going to use the ventilation ducts, but reconsidered. He needed to stealthily approach the dining room lounge again. If he cant properly knead chakra, then if Kahyo attacks him with icicles again, he would be helpless.

Fortunately, the kitchen and lounge are connected by a doorway. Near that entrance, the grand piano had toppled over. Quickly jumping into the shadow, he watched over the situation. Rahyo was near the doorway of the pilothouse. Some time ago, the wooden boxes had been opened.

Pages 158-159

Overhead, the slanted chandelier is dangerously swaying. The passengers have been rounded up by the enemies. They are grouped near the ice that was blocking up the hole. The figure of Kahyo is also there. Rahyo tells them that the Ryuuha Armament Alliance does not like senseless slaughter. From now on, theyll release the hostages. The passengers glance at each other. The enemy shinobi are presenting them with parachute vests. There were shouts of joy.

Kahyo tells them that they are sorry. She even helps a passenger with wearing the vest. Outside the ship, the wind is roaring. The Tobishachimaru is shaking and rattling. The ship was currently going through some turbulence. The passengers were completely fascinated by their sudden release from their nightmare. They dont seem suspicious about it. They are all scrambling to get to the vests first. Rahyo shouts at them to not panic. There should be enough parachutes for all of them.

Meanwhile, Kakashis intuition is telling him that this is strange. He wonders why Rahyo is releasing the passengers so easily like this. However, Kahyo is even gallantly lending a hand to the passengers. It didnt seem to be out of wicked thoughts. It seems as though they are truly sorry, from the bottom of their hearts.

Rahyo asks if everyone is already wearing a vest. If they jump, they ought to pull the string thats in front of their chest beforehand. If they do that, then the parachute will open. Kahyo swings her arm, and the ice that was stopping up the hole in the ships hull melted. The ice vanished instantly. From outside, wind and clouds were blowing by.

Theres a commotion among the passengers. They crouch down on the floor. The enemies lend each of them a hand. One by one, the passengers are jumping out of the ship. Rahyo is asking his subordinates what the wind speed is, in addition to what the drop point of the passengers will be. Kakashi did not move his eyes away from observing them.

Kakashi is thinking to himself: Why are they freeing the hostages? Why at this moment? He looks at the surroundings outside the window. Theres only grey rainclouds. Kakashi continues to think about the situation: Furthermore, why is Rahyo concerned about the drop point of the passengers?

Oh no

In an instant, a bit of insight spread through Kakashis body. When they were carrying out the parachutes from the storehouse, the enemies had carelessly dropped a wooden box. At that time, those guys seemed flustered.

Kakashi then realized what Rahyo was planning

Pages 160-161

Kakashi moves his body without even thinking. He yells at the passengers to stop what theyre doing. They must not wear those vests! Rahyo is surprised when Kakashi leaps out from the shadow of the piano. He implores to Kakashi: What the heck are you doing? Kakashi yells back to them:

(= Recall that Kakashi noted grey rainclouds outside the window earlier in this chapter. If any moisture contacts the Aobiko, it explodes! So it must be packed carefully... and so you have to avoid puncturing into the packs, or else you'll be exposing it to moisture.)

Kahyo opened her eyes wide. She then stares at Kakashi, and turns her head to look back at Rahyo. She turns and fixes her gaze on Kakashi again. The passengers then say that the vests wont come off: theyre physically unable to remove them from their bodies. Rahyo laughs, and tells them that its too late for them already.

On Rahyos command, the enemy subordinates seize the passengers who are trying to escape. One by one, the enemy is throwing the passengers off the ship; their screams dwindle until they vanish. Meanwhile, Rahyo scowls at Kakashi. Rahyo yells at them once again: If they had released Garyo-sama, this situation could have been avoided. The responsibility falls on Konoha.

Pages 162-163

That was a huge gamble for Kakashi. If his aim had been off by even a little bit, the Aobiko might have exploded. One by one, the clasps of the vests disperse into sparks. The passengers are then able to take off the vests, and back away from the hole in the ship. Kakashi is watching over their progress with a sidelong glance. Kakashi braces himself with one knee on the floor. Hes breathing hard through his shoulders.

Pages 164-165

Pages 166-167

So because of that damage to the ship, several of the enemies were thrown out of the ship. The border between the air sac of the buoyancy component and the drawing room gondola made an ominous moaning sound. Then, they tore apart. The dining room lounge inclined, and the ceiling was torn. Kakashi yells for everyone to escape to the stern of the ship. The passengers have fallen onto the slanted floor and were tumbling around.

Kahyo created icicles in order to hold back the fire coming from the hole. However, the wind coming in from the hole is agitating the fire and feeding the flames. The blaze suddenly becomes a pillar of fire, and reaches the bottom portion of the air sac. The crimson fire is spreading. Kahyos Jisarenhyou is pushing back the flames, preventing them from spreading further. Her ice covers the air sac, as she wont allow the fire encroach upon it. Kahyo is frantically making seals. She then takes a backward glance at Kakashi.

Meanwhile, Kakashi is guiding the passengers towards the kitchen. He tells them to continue straight ahead, and then theyll reach the stern of the ship. From the pilothouse, they can hear the frantic pilots. They have fallen and are also trying to escape from the area. The pilots tell Kakashi that the gondola is falling! Kakashi grabs their hands, and then pushes them from behind into the kitchen as well. They need to hurry!

But out of the corner of Kakashis eye, he spots Rahyo. Hes running. However, when the floor sank, he slipped. The grand piano then slides out of the hole in the ship, taking with it even more enemies.

Pages 168-169

[T/N]

Kakashis quote is kinda hard to get into English concisely. But it means like you cant be excused from the things that you do, just because you think its for a good cause. No matter what, you should always do good things. So even if the end-game is a good thing, dont do a bunch of horrible things as a means to achieve that end-game. =Horrible things are not permissible, even if the intentions are good. So just keep doing good things all the time.

= Rahyo shouldnt execute people (thats bad!) on his way to achieve their groups goal of equality for everyone (which is presumably good!). He shouldnt do whatever he wants and justify those means for his end. He should figure out a way to do good things on his way towards making equality happen.

//End Translation

//End of Chapter 11