1931 The Grand Punk Railroad: Local



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The second Light Novel of this series is 1931 Local Chapter The Grand Punk Railroad (1931 鈍行編 The Grand Punk Railroad)

It was published on August 2003 and it's 333 pages long.

ISBN 978-4840224369

Translated to English by Untuned-Strings at February 2012.

Colour Pages
Introducing: 

Black Suits (Lemures): Goose Perkins, Spike, Chane

White Suits (Russo Mafia): Ladd Russo, Lua Klein

Delinquents: Jacuzzi Splott, Nice Holyston, Donny, Nick, Jack

Contents Page: Isaac Dian, Miria Harvent, the Young Conductor

Epilogue I
Main Points: 

F.B.I. Agents Bill Sullivan and Edward Noah inspect the countless bodies around the train tracks. The existence of their immortal superior is implied. It is revealed that the F.B.I.'s main concern was the presence of a known immortal on the Flying Pussyfoot and his involvement on the whole incident.

Prologue I
Main Points: 

Isaac and Miria are mining for gold at California without any positive results. They receive a letter from Ennis to go to New York. They decide to commit a robbery at Chicago and then take the Flying Pussyfoot to New York.

Prologue II
Main Points: 

Jacuzzi is threatened by the Russo Mafia for the illegal drug trafficking in their territory. The other deliquents appear and kill the Russo men.

They discuss a plan on robbing baggage on the Flying Pussyfoot.

Prologue III
Main Points: 

Goose gathers the Lemures to talk about the possibility of treachery among their ranks. The traitor appears to be Neider, a Russo Mafia spy. However it is revealed that the traitors are more than one. Goose bribes the traitors and they kill each other. Chane disarms(literally) Neider. The remaining Lemures tie Neider and lock him with the dead bodies in a remote house in the desert, then leave on a military car. Fnally, Spike shoots using his sniper rifle a bomb next to the aforementioned house from afar. The traitors gone, Goose speaks of their plan to take Flying Pussyfoot's passengers hostage. They will be wearing black because this plan will signal the death of their organisation.

Prologue IV
Main Points: 

The head of the Russo Mafia, Placido Russo is furious about the delinquent's practices and Neider's failure. His nephew Ladd appears, introduces his fiance Lua and informs Placido that he'll be conducting a slaughter in the Flying Pussyfoot, along with some of his bloodthirsty friends. They will be wearing white suits in order to have the blood of their victims visible on them.

Prologue V
Main Points: 

The Flying Pussyfoot is ready to go. Embark of (in order of appearance): Isaac and Miria. The Lemures. The delinquents. Czeslaw Meyer. The Russo Mafia killers. Natalie and Mary Beriam. The Grey Magician. The Woman in Work's Wear. The Young Conductor.

Local Episode ~A Man Who Doesn't Cry~
The main story happens here.

From the viewpoints of Jacuzzi Splot's gang, Russo killers, the Lemures and Isaac and Miria.

Terminal
Main Points: 

The Gandor Brothers, Firo, Ennis and Maiza gather to welcome their visitors who were supposed to have ridden the Flying Pussyfoot. It is revealed that Claire was not the Woman in Works Wear and the alchemist was not the Grey Magician.