HELLSING Chapter 7 "Finesthour (3)"

Finesthour (3) (ファイネストアワー (3),) is the seventh chapter of Hellsing: Volume 9. It is also the Seventy-Fifth chapter of the Hellsing manga and is and is the third and final out of three parts of Finesthour.

Summary
As Luke Valentine emerges from the corpse of the Hound of Baskerville, The Doctor tells The Major that, that's Warrant Officer Luke Valentine after he failed to remember who the familiar face is. Shortly after he emerges however, Walter begins to ensnare Luke with his Monofilament Wires and then however in the midst of doing so; he breaks down and his body begins to shake uncontrollably. However, knowing the warnings he was told he knew there was no other way and continues the assault on Alucard by controlling both Baskerville and Luke like a puppet, but shortly after Alucard destroys his puppet.

Synopsis
Emerging out of the corpse of the hellhound, Luke Valentine tries to comprehend about everything that's happening around him and however, still sweats in fear because of his confrontation with Alucard. The Major, realizing the familiar face tries to remember who it is, but fails to remember his name however remembers that he's a brother of someone, then the Doctor reminds him that, that is Warrant Officer Luke Valentine, and says that it seems that he was eaten by the dog and taken into it; the dog died, the control ratio changed and he manifested.

Back at the battlefield, Luke Valentine was suddenly ensnared by the wires of Walter C. Dornez, as his torso was grabbed he screamed in confusion until then, Walter's wire stabs through the whole mouth of Luke and then as Walter tries to get a hold of Luke's body who struggles to get out of Walter's hold, Luke bleeds through the hole Walter created and in pain, makes unintelligible noises while Walter says that he had never expected him to emerge, and if he too fancy himself as a Nazi Soldier, he'll fight for him. But then suddenly, Walter's body begins to shake uncontrollably and in response, Walter says that his body is not lasting due to the procedure he took to reverse the age of his body. He then goes on stating that he should've been aware of when he performed his treachery- aware when he became this way.

As Alucard emerges from the smoke of the collapsing parts of the building with a left hand that's destroyed, he regenerates not so long after and smiles as he blood falls all over his face, bleeding through his mouth and eyes; he takes a breathe. Soon enough, Walter then continues his assault at Alucard by controlling the body of both the Baskerville, and Luke Valentine like a puppet; using them to strike Alucard who finally finishes regenerating, and very much still recognizes who Luke is. Dodging the first strike of Baskerville and Luke as both of them surrounds Alucard, his right arm however was bitten off. Then as he views the body of Luke, Alucard smiles and cracks a joke about how Luke doesn't digest well either; an undigested, washout, turning into shit. Directed at Walter, Alucard says that he's got an interesting marionette he picked up.

But however, Walter was about to respond; if not for his body to collapse and he begins to bleed and cough up blood profusely. However, he forces himself to finish the battle and states that he can't die yet because he still has not defeated Alucard. At the Deus Ex Machina, the Doctor who's watching this fight and who's the one who experimented on Walter to reverse his age; says that there sure enough, there just was not enough time and it was quite a rash surgery. But then, The Major without any remorse states that Millennium gave all that just for that surgery, and in return, they took everything from him; his life, his master, his faith, his loyalty- bet them all, and it's still not enough. So he borrowed stakes from Millennium's Yakuza-like group.

The Major goes on to state that even if the interest is so exorbitant, his body is destroyed once day breaks and the morning comes. He then states that Walter had bet everything over fifty years for a game against Alucard. But just like them, Walter bet everything on one night's game; fate shuffled the cards for one table, just one hand. The Major then says that his opponents a Joker, and asks him his next move. Back at the battleground, Walter gets a hold of Baskerville and Luke and begins to play them around using their abilities to attack Alucard who dodges every move they make, but soon enough; Walter controls Luke to slide the pistol he had hidden in his sleeves and begins to shoot Alucard; who cocks his gun, the Casull, with his mouth. Telling him that, the move he did was not bad as he manically smiles, Alucard turns around to see Baskerville and says that it's a waste to feed him to the dog, and just soon after was caught by the mouth of the hellhound.

But then as he smiles in return, it was his plan all along to be caught in a situation like this; so, he reverses his body to look at Luke's corpse and plant the Casull under Luke's chin, saying "Checkmate," before pulling the trigger and ending Luke once and for all. Baskerville too. All of them soon crashes and makes a cloud of smoke as blood splatters on the ground. With a cloud of smoke raging from the crash, Walter says that he's lost his puppet, but; he's have Alucard cornered.

Characters

 * Luke Valentine
 * The Doctor
 * The Major
 * Walter C. Dornez
 * Alucard

Organizations

 * Millennium Organization
 * Hellsing Organisation