HELLSING Chapter 2 "Elevator Action (1)"

Elevator Action (1) (エレベーターアクション (1),) is the first part of Elevator Action and the second chapter of Hellsing Volume 3. It is also the twelfth chapter of the Hellsing manga.

Synopsis
Alucard and Seras arrive in Rio de Janeiro along with Pip Bernadotte and the Wild Geese. Seras spends much of her time asleep, conversing with the spirit of her weapon until she is awakened by Alucard who tells her things are getting interesting. The hotel is surrounded by the police and army as Alucard and Seras are branded International Terrorists.

Plot
Alucard and Seras arrive to the Hotel "Rio" where they are staying. The front manager spots Seras' coffin and states that it is too big to be taken up, with Alucard using hypnosis to convince the manager that there is no issue. Pip, witnessing this, asks what Alucard is doing, before Alucard asks how things are coming along. Pip tells him that things are going too well. They take Seras up, and Pip comments on how unfair it is that Alucard and Seras get a high-end hotel while Pip and the Wild Geese have to stay in a roach motel. Alucard states that there is charm in a humble motel sometimes. Alucard mentions that Seras is being too quiet, and Pip states that she must have tired herself out from the trip and is likely sleeping now.

Inside of the coffin, Seras is asleep, where she is met by the spirit of her gun, Hallconnen. At first it startles her, but she recovers when it asks her to not pull away, as it merely wants to cheer her on. As a token of its kindness towards her, it allows her to ask one question. She mentions that recently her life has been beset by calamity after calamity, and asks if her life will always be so terrible. Hallconnen states that it will, but when Seras begins to spiral into dispair, it tells her that it was only joking and tells her to awaken, as Alucard is waiting for her.

She opens her eyes to see the dark, shadowy figure of Alucard lingering over her, telling her to wake up, as things are suddenly interesting. She wakes up to see a military helicopter circling their room. They turn on the television to find that they have been accused of an act of terrorism, and that they have killed many people in the hotel and have taken hostages. Walter is working his rear off trying to appease the members of the Convention of Twelve while Integra looks out the window and declares that if Millennium seeks war, they will follow it. Elsewhere, members of Millennium are watching the same feed with great interest.

Appearances (In Order)

 * Alucard
 * Pip Bernadotte
 * Seras Victoria
 * The Spirit of Hallconnen
 * Walter C. Dornez
 * Sir Penwood (Mentioned)
 * Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
 * The Doctor
 * The Captain
 * The Major (Hidden)

Organizations

 * Hellsing Organisation
 * The Convention of Twelve
 * Millennium Organization

Trivia

 * In this chapter, Alucard goes by the alias "J.H. Blenner". While it is unknown if this is a true reference, during the opening years of the 1900s, there was a Hebrew-Language Author named | Yosef Haim Brenner, whose name could be translated as "J.H Brenner", as Yosef would be localized a "Joseph" in English, with the "L" in the name "Blenner" being a mistranslated "R" as the letter "R" in Japanese is used for both R and L at the same time.
 * J.H Blenner may also be a reference to the Irish Author named "J.H Brennan", whom wrote the "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" book which the name "Alucard" Originates from.