Not to be confused with the anime episode Collateral Massacre.
Collateral is the forty-eighth chapter of the Black Lagoon spinoff series Dismemberment Galore! The Gore Gore Girl. It was originally released on August 19, 2023.
Plot[]
Sitting on a curb in an alleyway, an elderly man worries to himself because he "did it again" and wonders what he should do. Coming across him by chance, Sawyer the Cleaner sees him sitting in front of two dead gangsters, but she is not startled. Speaking in Japanese, the old man apologizes for frightening her, asking where the police are since he has committed murder. When Sawyer does not say anything, he speaks in English and asks her if she understands, but she points to her throat scar to indicate that she cannot speak at all. As he tilts his head back in gloom, Sawyer nonchalantly kicks one of the bodies, piquing the man's curiosity.
Just then, two gangsters looking for the old man see him and warn him not to move. One of the men points his pistol at him and asks his friend if he really killed someone. Confirming that it is him, the other gangster recalls that he saw the old man at a bar and exclaims that the bag next to him is full of money. He explains that he is not exactly sure what the elderly man did but remembers seeing two collapsed people when he woke up. Speaking up, the old man rhetorically asks if the city's murderous atmosphere is a daily occurrence and if it is that kind of town. Wondering what the old man is muttering, the bearded gangster pulls the trigger, but the old man dodges the gunshot and quickly beats the man's skull repeatedly. Shocked, the other gangster aims his pistol, but the old man looks directly at him an inch away from his face and begins to beat him to death too, killing him.
Sawyer witness the fight without flinching, and the elderly man casually kneels down to inspect the man's body, plucking out one of his eyes. Curious about his actions, Sawyer kneels next to him and attempts to examine the body as well. He commends her cleverness, and she pulls out the other human eye and shows it to him, flashing a sly grin. Laughing heartily, the elderly man compliments her and asks her if she can do a favor for him, saying that he will thank her for it. At an outdoor dining place, the old man drinks a beverage, and he informs Sawyer that he has been honing the "art" of killing people for 80 years. Nonetheless, he clarifies that the battle beforehand was the first time that he actually killed someone. Sawyer then listens to him claim that he was content in letting himself be killed by the gangsters until he became "greedy" and murdered them instead. Reasoning that he was curious to try it out, he then unzips his bag on the table and asks her to watch him die. Showing her the bundles of ¥10,000 bills inside, he states that he was going to give the money to one of his pupils in town but now wants to give it to her. The amount of money completely surprises Sawyer, who chooses to accept his offer.
Subsequently, the two go to a building where two hooligans sit outside. The old man casually walks ahead, prompting the two men to act on guard as soon as they see him. Though they pull out their guns, the speedy elder pushes one of the man's arms upward as he gouges his eyes and face, and he quickly disarms and attacks the other man, killing them both. Casually tipping his hat, the old man turns around and asks Sawyer if she does not mind cleaning up the entire building after he is finished. Commenting that he may get shot in the blink of an eye, the old man elaborates that he wants her as backup to clean up the entire place just in case. While Sawyer waits outside, an angry gangster inside talks with someone on the phone, angrily telling the caller that he suspects the person of being involved in the diversion. At that point, a blond gangster hears a noise outside the room, so he draws his pistol. As he slowly twists the doorknob and peeks outside, the old man's hand grabs him out of the room. Preparing their weapons in response, the other gangsters begin shooting, but the old man uses the blond gangster's body as a human shield. He immediately throws the dead man at the black-haired gangster, then tossing the latter's body at the bald gangster.
Quickly, the old man beats the bald gangster to death and then runs up to the scared boss, flashing a toothless smile. A scream is heard, and the old man kills the leader. As Sawyer patiently waits, she sees the old man return to the building entrance, and he declares that he has cleaned up the scene of gangsters. She notices a small blood trail behind him, and the elderly man grasps onto his wounded abdomen, joking that it is what happens when he uses his bare hands. He also jokes that he thought he could kill more people and chuckles, but Sawyer merely looks at him with vacant eyes. Smiling, the old man concludes that he has one final request for her, claiming that she likely knows what he wants. Holding his arms out, he happily says that he never had to fight someone armed with a chainsaw before, and Sawyer turns on her chainsaw and runs at him, thrusting it into him as he laughs. Later that night, at a cleaning scene, a cleaner mops the floor when Choptop asks him what Sawyer has been up to. The man tells him that Sawyer returned home with a dead body, shocking Choptop since he wonders if she is skipping out on work. Elsewhere, at her workplace, Sawyer sits on a stool next to a mortuary table, smiling at the body bag containing the elderly corpse laying on the table.