TRIGUN STAMPEDE

Good morning, Jeff.

Good morning, Arthur.

Good morning, Kate.

Good morning, everyone.

Vash, come back immediately!

This is a Level E-3 emergency.

Formation maintenance program: phase 5 recalculating.

This ship is in free fall.

Please evacuate as quickly as possible.

Once again, please evacuate as quickly as possible.

She's not here!

Vash!

Nai! Rem!

What's going on?! Why is the ship in free fall?!

Everything's fine. The ship's AI is just exaggerating.

Now follow me, you two.

Get inside. And hurry.

What about everyone still sleeping?

They'll be able to escape, right?

Of course they will.

Now get ready.

You come too, Rem.

I love you both.

Rem?

Vash, Nai... I want you two to survive.

Meeting you...

...has brought me so much joy!

R-Rem!

REM!

The time is now 10:00 AM on the morning of May 25th.

This is November Public Broadcasting's satellite news,

where we bring you the latest news from all regions.

The JuLai government has announced a new Most Wanted fugitive.

JuLai doesn't do that often.

Man, what a waste.

He is considered a person of interest in a series of mass murders.

You tryin' to die young, newbie?

You shouldn't be drinking while we're working anyway, Roberto.

Any cities with information are asked to reach out.

Moreover...

My name is not "newbie."

Thanks for the update.

Graduated from November University, huh?

Pretty elite.

Becoming a reporter was my dream.

Not much of a dream.

Someday I'll be on the news desk—

Wow, I didn't know we had a rising star on this little gossip piece.

This is why I didn't want to babysit a newbie.

We're on the job.

Also, please refer to me by my name.

I'm Meryl Stryfe.

That so?

Well, let me tell you something, newbie.

This scorching planet, Noman's Land,

is cruel beyond belief.

It's a dog-eat-dog world.

You'll find out soon enough.

You've got a lot to learn about doing what it takes to survive, young lady.

Are you done mocking me?

You're spilling my booze!

Just you wait until I get my big scoop...

Right, sure.

I'll be running the news bureau!

Calm down, would you?

Are you listening?

Yeah, yeah.

I forgot to charge the battery...

You'll be toast before you know it.

I'm thirsty...

Does that "Humanoid Typhoon" or whatever even exist?

You've seriously never heard of him?

If you meet him, you're done for.

He's a walking disaster.

That's how he got that nickname...

The Humanoid Typhoon.

Real people aren't monsters like that. There's no way.

But I won't give up, no matter how unreasonable the assignment!

Sure.

No matter how long it takes, I'll get my scoop—

Roberto!

That'd be the aftermath.

Looks like the work of the Bad Lads Gang.

They really did a number on this corpse.

There it goes.

Creepy...

I agree. Let's go.

Hey, hold on!

But...

We can't just leave him hanging here.

Hey...

Thank you.

Are you a gunman?

Yeah, I guess... But I'm not much of a fighter.

A gunman who's not a fighter?

Lost technology, eh?

I recognize those uniforms.

What are the JuLai military police doing all the way out here?

Military police?

They can help us!

Hey!

Over here!

Good, a person.

Have you seen this man around here?

Well? Have you, young lady?

What has this man done?

Reporters, eh?

You must have heard of him, then.

They call him the Humanoid Typhoon.

He's killed folks all over, and he's running around destroying plants.

He's a vicious criminal with a $$6,000,000 bounty on his head.

So, have you seen him or not?

I saw him!

Over there!

He went that way!

You should have said so sooner, fool!

Thank you!

I'll turn you over to the military police after I get an exclusive interview!

Well done, newbie.

My name's Meryl Stryfe.

And besides, if he's been falsely accused,

it's our job as reporters to clear his name.

Running into such nice folks... I can't believe my luck!

What a blessing!

Oh, don't go flattering me.

There's something sketchy about him.

Why don't we do the exclusive interview at the diner instead of out here?

What?

Huh?

There's a diner?

Yeah?

Wh-Why didn't you say so earlier?!

Is it this way?

W-W-W-W-Wait! Not that way!

So is it this way?

Er, no...

Then it has to be this way!

No, not exactly...

The Humanoid Typhoon, huh?

Is there really a diner?

Vash the Stampede.

Yes...

Then tell me where it is!

Just who is he?

Damn it!

Water...

The western city of Jeneora Rock.

Oh my.

This ain't a place for kids, little miss!

Water, please.

I can't hear you if you don't speak up.

I figured she'd be here!

This newbie's more trouble than most.

Vash!

Got a second on the way, Rosa?

Looks like it.

Where's the hubby?

I kicked his lazy ass out.

You never change.

You two seem pretty close...

He saved the whole town of Jeneora Rock, after all.

He did?

And just who are you, exactly?

What are you planning to do with Vash?