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[whimsical music playing]

[Cikapasi] ♪ Moocher, moocher, moocher Mooch, mooch, mooch ♪

♪ Moocher, moocher, moocher Mooch, mooch, mooch ♪

♪ Tanigaki nispa is the king of moochers ♪

♪ He relies on Inkarmat for everything ♪

♪ It's nice to be a mooch Mooching is the best-- ♪

It's bad to leech off others.

In this world, each of us earns our own way.

♪ Tanigaki nispa is a mooch… ♪

Hey, wait.

Look, Cikapasi.

This was left by a brown bear.

Ainu have a spell they use to chase away all the bears.

-[leaves rustle] -[gasps]

It doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl,

if a brown bear attacks,

show the bear this part, and it will run away.

Tanigaki nispa,

if a bear is about to attack us, would you show him your penis?

Cikapasi,

if a bear comes, I'll shoot it… with this.

You'll shoot it while showing your penis?

So cool!

No.

I'm not showing my penis to a bear.

[Cikapasi] ♪ Square, triangular, round ♪

♪ Everyone's penis is different, hey ♪

♪ Penis, pe-pe-pe-penis… ♪

[Tanigaki sighs]

[apprehensive music fades in]

Hello, excuse me. Have you seen…

Let me guess.

If I get it right, then you'll owe me.

What's this?

Ueinkar. Second sight.

[music becomes spiritual]

You are looking… for a missing woman, right?

You plan to use this woman's skills to make money for yourself.

That's why she ran away from you.

[music fades out]

I see. You've met Chizuko already, right?

That's how you know.

Damn it.

Don't screw around.

Chizuko?

A famous psychic who estimated the location of the mines in Kumamoto.

We were heading to a meeting with some Yubari Coal Mining Corporation fat cats

when she ran off.

I have no choice.

You're going to pose as Chizuko Mizuhashi.

[tense music fades in]

Oh, how interesting.

Why not?

Right.

[narrator] During the last years of the Meiji era,

psychics who claimed to be mind readers and clairvoyants

began to appear in Japan one after the other,

leading to an unprecedented spike in the occult.

One of those clairvoyants was Chizuko Mizuhashi.

A famous female psychic.

Chizuko used her abilities to find the Manda Coal Mine

at the request of the mining company in Kumamoto.

In return, she was given a reward

that would today be the equivalent of 20 million yen.

[circus music playing]

Stop.

Those men over there are from the mining company.

Be quiet and let me do the talking.

With your charm and aura, I'm sure they'll buy it.

I'll give you a tip if all goes well.

I have never attempted to guess the location of coal before.

All you have to do is point at the mountains.

Miss Mizuhashi and Mr. Kawahara?

-[Kawahara] Yes. -[music stops]

[Kawahara] Nice to meet you.

I hope you won't think I'm being rude, but I'd love it if you tell me the letter

that is written on this paper inside of this envelope.

Saeki!

Surely they won't mind this small test.

[exhales through nose] Sorry, but… it's hard for Chizuko to concentrate here.

Can she not use her gifts at will then, as we were told?

Or is it that she feels hesitant to show off here out in the open?

You're extremely rude.

You call us here then require a test of her abilities?

Out of the question.

Goodbye.

Hey. What are you doing?

[spiritual music fading in]

[music darkens]

[Inkarmat] Ihuminu.

In order to sense if what we're looking for is within the mountain,

I must become one with the mountain itself,

so I can feel where to find it with my body.

It's this way.

[chuckles]

Wow!

Hey, Tanigaki nispa.

-Hm? -Aren't those boobs Inkarmat's?

How far are you taking us?

Just tell them it's anywhere.

All you have to say is that you saw something black.

[Inkarmat] This way.

[music intensifies]

-Chi-- Chizuko?! -[music fades out]

Brother-in-law… why are you here?

[Inkarmat] You are Miss Chizuko, right?

[man 1] Uh?

[man 2] B… but then… who are you?

-[Saeki] He brought her as a replacement. -[man 2] Oh!

I would guess his sister got tired

of having to put up with this fraud, and she ran off.

He found this girl to replace her.

-Am I incorrect, sir? -[man 2] Oh?

I warned you not to put your faith in con artists and psychics.

A complete waste of time.

[man 2] No… Ah!

-[Kawahara] Hey. -[gun clicks]

Just where d'you think you're going?

-Brother-in-law, stop this at once! -[Kawahara] Shut your mouth!

[man 1] Mr. Kawahara, the directors went back to town.

[Kawahara] Tie this Ainu woman up so she doesn't run away.

-[man 2] Yes, sir. -[Kawahara] She could still prove useful.

[man 1] Understood, sir.

-[gasps] -[dark music fades in]

-[music intensifies] -[gasps]

[music fades out]

They have guns! I'm scared.

Wha… what do we do? We have to help.

I'm not sure.

It's Inkarmat.

It's hard to tell what she's thinking.

I think she can handle herself.

But I thought we were acting like a family?

Inkarmat is a part of that.

Our family.

[rock music playing]

We have to rescue her.

That's right, Cikapasi!

One must rise to the occasion and fight.

We need to become boners now, Cikapasi.

We are

boners.

[music intensifies]

[Kawahara] Huh?

[footsteps approaching]

[dramatic music playing]

That woman is my family.

[Kawahara] A single-bullet Murata rifle?

You really think you can kill me with one shot?

[man 1] You okay?

[gun cocks]

[loud whoosh echoes]

[man 2 shrieks]

-[music becomes chaotic] -[Kawahara groans]

[music fades out]

My goodness, this is an eventful journey.

You came to my rescue.

You should thank Cikapasi for that.

He said because you're family, that we had to.

[Cikapasi chuckles]

I think the three of us should share a meal together.

It's my treat.

Ah, yeah! [giggling]

[Chizuko] Excuse me.

[Inkarmat] Miss Chizuko?

You three are heading east, is that right?

-Who exactly are you? -[Chizuko] You must not go.

The journey will be far too dangerous for you.

The man that you're chasing will kill you.

[ambient music playing]

[somber tone plays]

[dramatic music playing]

ASAHIKAWA

[narrator] Asahikawa. The Military Capital.

To counter the Russian Empire's southward expansion,

Asahikawa was developed as Hokkaido's defense anchor

and the military base of the Seventh Division.

At the time, it was considered a metropolis.

Along with Hakodate, Otaru, and Sapporo.

[Sugimoto] This place is booming.

Even though it's in the middle of Hokkaido and nowhere near a port.

[Hijikata] Asahikawa has one thing to thank for its prosperity,

the Kamikawa Road.

It is said that along the road are buried innumerable bodies

of the men who labored to create it.

These men were prisoners.

People who lost during the Boshin War or the Satsuma Rebellion.

These prisoners

suffered from hunger and cold and finally died.

Warriors who were called

national traitors.

Losers are always wrong,

but winners write history.

Remember that in war,

being the loser is not an option.

[thoughtful string music playing]

[music ends]

[Hijikata] Where do you think the Seventh Division

would be holding Shiraishi?

It's a big place.

There's no way we can go looking through each building without getting caught.

Suzukawa has to go in.

He can make them bring Shiraishi to us.

[Ogata] These petty tricks won't work if First Lieutenant Tsurumi's there.

Kantaro sent word earlier. Tsurumi isn't here.

As it turns out… he's in Otaru.

[Ogata] That little thug from the hideout?

I don't understand why Tsurumi hasn't left Otaru yet.

We saw them in Yubari last, he should be chasing us.

What if he wants us to gather all the tattoos?

Then he can steal them from us later.

He would do that.

He may have already started making preparations

for what he will do with the gold.

I saw the number on the uniforms of the men who took Shiraishi.

It was 27.

[Sugimoto] It's one of the four regiments stationed in Asahikawa.

The 27th Infantry Regiment.

This is the barracks that houses that unit.

[Ogata] The 27th Regiment?

[Sugimoto] What's wrong, Ogata?

[scoffs] Are you all idiots?

[Sugimoto] No way.

That means Tsurumi is in the same regiment.

Shiraishi is likely being held in secret by the 27th Regiment.

The commander of the 27th Regiment

is under First Lieutenant Tsurumi's influence, Lieutenant Colonel Yodogawa.

[slow rock music playing]

SEVENTH DIVISION 27TH REGIMENT HEADQUARTERS

Why would the Abashiri Prison warden want to meet with me?

Did he say what he wanted?

[music intensifies]

[music ends]

I'm Abashiri Prison's warden, Shirosuke Inudo.

Nice to meet you.

[Sugimoto hoarsely] Inudooo!

Um… and… who is that man?

This is one of our guards at Abashiri.

Sugimoto.

Five years ago, one of our inmates, who goes by Ienaga,

ripped off much of his face and ate it.

He may not look like much but he is an outstanding subordinate.

[Sugimoto] I… nu… do.

Uh, I-- I'm sorry to hear that.

By the way, you may have forgotten,

this is actually not the first time you and I have met.

[tense music playing]

You must forgive my rudeness.

Could you remind me where?

We exchanged greetings once at an acquaintance's funeral

over ten years ago.

[music becomes chaotic]

I'm not surprised that you don't remember.

There were so many people there to offer condolences.

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

[Yodogawa] So tell me, what business brings you here today?

[Suzukawa] I heard Yoshitake Shiraishi was captured and taken here.

I've come to bring him back to Abashiri Prison.

Shiraishi?

No one with that name is currently h--

Don't play dumb with me!

[Sugimoto] Inudo. Inudooo.

I know for certain that the ones who snuck into my prison while I was away,

the ones who tried to illegally transport prisoners but let them all escape,

are under this roof.

We all know I am cleaning up the mess that the Seventh Division created,

Regimental Commander.

[suspenseful music playing]

Contact the first lieutenant in Otaru. Hurry.

[footsteps receding rapidly]

We got a message from Asahikawa.

A man claiming to be the warden of Abashiri Prison

demands we hand over Shiraishi.

Shirosuke Inudo?

What is the meaning of all this?

Shiraishi is not for sale.

Of course. These are counterfeit notes.

This is the printing plate.

It was confiscated from Choan Kumagishi, a brilliant counterfeiter.

We captured him after he escaped from Kabato Prison.

What do you know about the Continental currency

during the time of America's independence?

Or about Napoleon and Austria's currency?

Distributing counterfeit notes from the enemy country in wartime

is one of the most effective ways to disrupt their economy.

Kumagishi can make the most exquisite counterfeit banknotes

for whichever country one might desire.

I have no doubt that he could be very useful

for the future of the Japanese army.

That is, of course, if you're interested.

Kumagishi for Shiraishi.

It's a fair trade.

[telephone rings]

Long distance!

Seventh Division, 27th Regiment's headquarters in Asahikawa.

Lieutenant Colonel,

now the Russo-Japanese War is over,

all the other regimental commanders who were lieutenant colonels

have been promoted to colonel.

But you remain a lieutenant colonel, Regimental Commander.

Don't you feel as though you've been overlooked?

With this, they won't be able to overlook you.

[Sugimoto] Inudo!

Tsurumi here!

Don't follow Yodogawa's arbitrary decisions!

Shiraishi is not allowed to talk to anyone!

Send Second Lieutenant Koito!

Second Lieutenant Koito.

Bad news for everyone.

[music fades out]

What's going on?

Hey.

Gimme a hint?

[Suzukawa] I prefer to do the trade with my men present.

Kumagishi is outside as we speak, so let's go out and finish this.

I'm afraid the prisoner escape has really forced us all to be more cautious.

[Yodogawa] I understand.

[whispering] Did Sugimoto come all this way to get me back?

[solemn whooshing]

[somber tone plays]

[Yodogawa] Second Lieutenant Koito, what are you doing here?

[Koito] Lieutenant Colonel Yodogawa,

First Lieutenant Tsurumi has called with instructions for us.

He says no one is allowed to speak with Shiraishi

until he arrives in Asahikawa.

[Suzukawa] Strange that you would have to follow a first lieutenant's orders,

Lieutenant Colonel Yodogawa.

[Yodogawa] Get out! I didn't call for you!

Mr. Inudo!

Deek, the waither's gettin' warm.

"Dick"?

[Koito sighs] I'd heard, Mr. Inudo,

that when you worked as a prison warden at Kabato Prison in Tsukigata,

you interacted with many prisoners from the Satsuma Domain.

Subsequently, you became fluent in the Satsuma dialect.

Is that all true?

[suspenseful music playing]

[Yodogawa] Koito! What are you playing at?

Would you mind translating for everyone else in the room?

[music intensifying]

It gits cauld when the sun goes doon.

[dark rock music playing]

Y'ill need a brazier in the morn.

[Suzukawa] Ah hae one all tae myself.

Hae ye ever tried Satsuma fried fish cakes?

Goes well wit' a tan o' shochu.

I have no idea what they're saying.

Are they speaking the same language as the rest of us?

Ah hear ye're a tippler.

[Suzukawa] Ye shuid hae seen me as a laddie.

[Koito] First Lieutenant Tsurumi's intel says Shirosuke Inudo can't drink.

Lieutenant Colonel, this man implied he was a heavy drinker.

He's an imposter!

[growls] I'll teach you to screw with me!

I should've turned this convict into a skin suit when he first got here!

-Hang on! Wait, wait, wait! -Please don't kill Shiraishi!

If you do, the first lieutenant will be angry with me!

[Shiraishi] Don't shoot! [whooping]

Stop!

[Shiraishi whimpers]

-Argh! -Argh!

-Get them! -Yes, sir!

[dramatic music playing]

They brought friends. [sighs]

-Ouch, ouch, ouch! -This way, Shiraishi.

Kiroranke and the others are waiting with horses.

-Sugimoto, are you… are you okay? -We have to run! [grunts]

-[man 1] That way! -[man 2] Hey, over here! After them!

Move! Get them!

Get ahead of them!

[Koito] Don't let them get away!

[Ogata] Sugimoto! To the South!

Those gunshots drew too much attention. Now the whole regiment's on your ass.

Wait, slow down! Sugimoto was shot!

If he's immortal, now's the time to prove it.

He needs help! There's no way he can keep running like this with his wounds!

Shiraishi, if this is where I die, you have to get Asirpa to Abashiri Prison.

-[soldiers shouting] -[music intensifies]

-[Koito] Get the injured one! -[man 1] Yes, sir!

-[man 2] Don't let them escape! -[man 3] This way!

-[man 4] Get 'em! -[man 5] We need to get ahead of 'em!

[man 6] Go! After them!

This way!

[Sugimoto] Hey, what is that?

[Ogata] It's a flying balloon ship prototype!

[Shiraishi] New plan! Let's steal that!

[music intensifies]

-[Sugimoto] No one move! -[Ogata] Everyone, stand back!

Farther back!

[Shiraishi] Hey, you! Turn it on!

No questions!

I am telling you to get this thing in the air!

-[man] I got it! -[Shiraishi] Hurry!

Okay, that's enough! We're done with you!

-[gunshot] -[Shiraishi gasps]

He's a persistent one, isn't he?

[sighs] Gimme your sword. I'll fight him.

[Ogata] He uses the Jigen-ryu sword style.

He's not someone you can beat after being shot twice.

Is that you, Ogata?

[dramatic music playing]

You… you bastard! [gasps]

Y-- you measly little traitor!

Argh!

You turned your back on First Lieutenant Tsurumi!

Ah never liked the cut o' yer jib, ya ken?

Think ah'm just a pampered git, dae ye?

Ye took the piss ahint me back!

As usual, I can't understand a single word you're saying, Second Lieutenant Koito.

It's impossible to understand your Satsuma dialect when you're like this.

Ah'll cut ye bastards tae pieces!

[shrieks]

Get outta the way!

[music stops]

[dramatic music playing]

[Koito shrieking]

[shrieking continues]

Yee-haaa!

[music stops]

-[man] Wait! -[dramatic music playing]

Sugimoto, get on!

Asirpa!

[music stops]

[music restarts]

[Shiraishi] Hey, Sugimoto!

[shrieks]

[classic rock guitar plays]

[men gasping]

[man] After them!

[Koito] Ow. Ow. Ow.

Ow! Ouch!

Shiraishi!

[Shiraishi laughing]

-Bye, Koitooooo! -[dramatic music playing]

[laughter continues]

[Ushiyama] What's that?

I was right. Those gunshots that we heard earlier were theirs.

They're getting away on that thing.

[music intensifies]

-[breathing shakily] -[music fades out]

[poignant music playing]

[sighs]

First Lieutenant Tsurumi…

I failed you…

[breathes shakily, gasps]

[sobbing]

The bullet passed straight through your shoulder.

But the one that hit your chest is still inside you.

We'll have to remove it later.

I never guessed that you'd take such a risk to get me outta there.

I'm the Escape King, you know?

I could've escaped all by myself.

No one else wanted to come get you.

Huh? What?

The only one who said we should save you was Sugimoto.

[gasps] Sugimoto!

For Abashiri Prison.

I knew you were going to come in handy.

I made the decision to rescue you because I believe in you.

[Shiraishi chuckles]

But then I had another thought.

I remembered Hijikata from the herring lodge.

[somber music playing]

Shiraishi,

you were spying for Hijikata, weren't you?

[Shiraishi breathes shakily]

Sharing every little thing that we learned with him.

[Shiraishi gasping]

Wait a minute!

[dark music playing]

Look at this.

Isn't that…

[Sugimoto] It's a copy of Kazuo Henmi's tattoo.

-That you gave to Ushiyama in Sapporo. -Kazuo Henmi's tattoo.

Hijikata asked me to take a look at it.

That's when I knew…

[music intensifies]

…the copy was a fake.

[scoffs] So it appears you didn't betray us after all.

[laughing]

Oh-ho-ho! You guessed it! [laughing]

[sighs] I told you guys.

I bet… everything on you guys.

Not to change the subject,

but does anyone know how to land this thing?

Ogata? Ogaata?!

[evocative music playing]

[Sugimoto] We've put some space between us.

We're about 40 kilometers east of the barracks.

We were pretty conspicuous in that thing. I'm sure that they know where we are.

If we stay here much longer, they'll catch up.

What's that?

[Asirpa] Retannoya. I found some yarrow too.

Crushing the leaves and putting them on the wound will help stop the bleeding.

[Shiraishi] Ew.

They're here.

[suspenseful music playing]

-They've found us. -[man] Over there!

Our only option is to escape by way of Mount Taisetsu. Let's hurry!

Come on, you're not serious.

We're going to that mountain?

MOUNT TAISETSU

[somber music playing]

[narrator] Mount Taisetsu is the name of a mountain range

scaling over 2,000 meters in altitude.

It consists of over 20 peaks.

This includes Mount Asahidake, Hokkaido's tallest mountain.

[music intensifies]

[music becomes spiritual]

[Sugimoto] This isn't good. Weather's getting worse, and fast.

[Shiraishi] The wind is so cold!

[Sugimoto] It's like the middle of winter.

[quavering] Hey! We should head back down!

[Ogata] They're still chasing us. Or have you forgotten?

[Asirpa] The wind's getting stronger. It seems like it'll rain soon.

[Shiraishi] Shall we make a hole in the snow, take refuge?

[Asirpa] There's not enough snow left to protect us.

[Ogata] We need to find somewhere to take shelter!

Otherwise, we'll all die of hypothermia!

[Asirpa] Those yuk.

Sugimoto, shoot down the males.

You want me to shoot them?

All we need are a few of the big ones.

[Sugimoto] Two with one shot?!

[Asirpa] Remove their organs and peel their pelts quickly.

Doesn't have to be perfect.

Does the bullet wound still hurt, Sugimoto?

[wind howling]

[Sugimoto] It's okay.

I'll be better in the morning.

[Asirpa] Suzukawa…

is he dead?

Asirpa, don't.

Suzukawa was a bad guy.

If bad people don't have a heart,

then pain isn't something they feel.

Don't waste your time pitying them.

[Asirpa sighs] That logic won't fool me.

[Sugimoto] That's been my stance on it until now.

Especially during the war.

I told myself that

the Russians didn't suffer as badly when they died as the Japanese did.

On the battlefield,

you need to be able to close off your heart in order to fight.

-[flesh squelches] -[man groaning]

[poignant music playing]

Arrgh!

-Arrrrrrgh! -[inaudible dialogue]

If I hadn't done that then,

I wouldn't have survived.

[Asirpa] Can't you go back to being

who you were before the war?

Some soldiers were able to go back.

Home was still waiting.

Their families were there for them.

That was the only way to get back to who you were.

[music intensifies]

[Sugimoto] But some of us came back to Japan,

and our hearts had changed forever.

They will always remain on that battlefield.

[music intensifies]

[soft squelching]

Asirpa…

are you eating something?

It's the deer's liver.

Sugimoto, you should have some. You lost a lot of blood today.

I wanna eat its brains too.

But that'll have to wait till the winds calm down.

Asirpa, you love brains, don't you?

What about you?

What do you love besides osoma?

You mean food?

Dried persimmons.

[Asirpa] What's that?

Oh, that's right.

Hokkaido doesn't have any persimmon trees.

It's a fruit that's bitter when you eat it.

It's best when dried.

Then it becomes very sweet.

I haven't had a persimmon in years.

The last time I ate it was

before going to war.

So you haven't had any since you returned from the war?

[Umeko] Who…

Who are you?

It was spring, so… there weren't any left.

Makes sense.

Sugimoto, maybe if you eat them again,

you can go back to being the person you were before the war.

[music intensifies]

[inaudible dialogue]

[Asirpa] Once everything is over,

take me to see where you grew up.

I also wanna try eating dried persimmons.

Deal… Sugimoto?

[music intensifies]

Yeah.

[music fades out]

[somber music playing]

[music fades out]

Here.

I received a telegram about Huci's condition.

[Cikapasi] Who sent it?

It's from Asirpa's great-uncle.

A while ago, he worked with some Japanese folks,

and he learned to read and write.

[Cikapasi] What does it say?

"Huci… is making raikuru shiyuku."

A "raikuru shiyuku," what's that?

Raykur shiyuk is a burial shroud.

[subdued music playing]

[Inkarmat] When the Ainu feel their time in this world is coming to an end,

they make their own burial shroud.

Usually, this is done in secret, away from the family.

She had three men traveling with her.

She has no idea she's traveling with a man who will betray her.

A very dangerous man.

My bones never lie.

Asirpa's life will be in danger

if she continues on.

[music becomes tense]

Why'd you have to say that to her?

I only communicated the result of a divination.

[music intensifies]

Hup!

[Inkarmat] There's a traitor in Asirpa's group.

One who has gotten very close.

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

[Koito sobbing]

The first lieutenant will be so angry.

I let Shiraishi escape capture!

He must be furious with me!

[sighs]

[quavering] How did he react?

[gasps] Tell me, Sergeant Tsukishima!

-Uh… -Don't say it!

I already know Tsukishimaaaa!

[wailing]

-Second Lt., pull yourself together. -Sorry!

-I'm sorry! -Come on, look.

-[wailing hysterically] -I brought the photo you asked for.

[gasps]

Ohhhh!

-This… is… -[whimsical music playing]

This is fantastic, Tsukishima! [gasps]

Look at his face! He doesn't even have any scars yet.

The Battle of Mukden hadn't even happened.

[sighs]

What I wouldn't give to be you for one day, Sergeant.

If only I had been born a little earlier,

I could have fought right there alongside him.

[sighs]

[music intensifies]

[gasps]

Yes, it's absolutely perfect, Tsukishima!

I need some smashed rice to make glue for this.

-Do it yourself. -[gasping] Oh!

How's this…

So this is where you're hiding!

[screeches]

First Lieutenant Tsurumi!

I'm sorry, sir.

Ah wis haunless an' let Shiraishi git away.

Ah copied his tat aforehand,

That said, I'm not expecting you to forgive me!

Calm down, already!

I can't understand your Satsuma dialect when you talk that fast.

Now, take a deep breath.

Oooh.

Ah let Shiraishi git away, bit ah copied his tat afore!

[Tsurumi grumbles] No good!

Tsukishimaaa!

Tell him I let Shiraishi escape, but I got a copy of his tattoo.

[panting]

He said he got a copy of Shiraishi's tattoo.

Why am I the only one you talk to in that fast Satsuma dialect, Second Lieutenant?

Uh… [swallows]

I ordered you not to kill Shiraishi because I think he still has some value

as a pawn in all of this.

And then you hand him directly over to our enemy.

You disappoint me, Second Lieutenant!

[gasping]

[euphoric music playing]

[Tsurumi] Ohhh!

It looks good on you!

It belongs to the prisoner disguised as the Abashiri Prison warden, right?

[gasps]

[Tsurumi] This is certainly an unexpected harvest.

Good job, Second Lieutenant Koito.

However, it's sloppy work.

[music ends]

Oh.

[breathing raggedly]

[Tsurumi] This means the tattooed skins I have in my possession include

the very first skin I acquired that belongs to Mutsuo Tsuyama.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Tsurumi] Second, the one Edogai had, Soroku Funabashi's,

and lastly, the five fakes

that Tsukishima risked his life to bring back from the mines.

-Second Lieutenant. -[gasps]

As of right now, you are dismissed from your mission!

[gasping]

[music winding down]

[gasping]

I want you by my side in the hunt for the prisoners.

[chaotic music playing]

[Koito chuckling]

Tell him I'll do my best.

He wants you to know that he'll do his best.

[music slowly fading out]

[breathing shakily]

[Nagakura] I think it's safe to assume

Suzukawa's skin has made it into Tsurumi's hands by now.

Luckily, we had the wherewithal to draw a copy of it beforehand.

[Nagakura chuckles]

[Ushiyama grumbles]

A traveling merchant said he spotted Sugimoto and the others.

Right now, Kiroranke is after them.

As I'd expect of the Immortal Sugimoto,

he survived after all.

[subdued rock music playing]

We have Ienaga's…

Ushiyama's…

and the one gifted to us by Ogata, Tetsuo Takarai's.

As for this one…

we still can't tell if this is real or fake.

Well then…

how shall we play our next move?

-[Shiraishi] This is so hinna! -Mmm! Hinna, hinna.

Suzukawa said that in Kushiro, we'd find another prisoner.

[Shiraishi] I wonder how many more we have to get before we can get to the treasure.

Well, I think that amongst our group… we have seven.

Takechiyo Goto was the first.

I met him while I was panning for gold dust.

That started this hunt.

Also,

the Escape King, Shiraishi,

and Kanjiro Kasahara.

Additionally, there's Tetsuzo Nihei,

the one who gave his gun to Tanigaki,

Kazuo Henmi, who we found at the herring lodge out in Otaru,

then there's Kiichiro Wakayama, who killed the bear with a sword,

and last, a copy of Suzukawa's.

I'm guessing First Lieutenant Tsurumi has his skin by now.

[music fades out]

I wonder how many tattoos the others have gathered.

[Asirpa] Ogata, when will you finally admit the food is hinna?

Would you say "hinna" if it was actually food you liked?

[Tanigaki] Hey!

[Shiraishi] Oh!

Tanigaki sent another telegram

to that elderly Ainu woman while he was in Kushiro.

It seems they caught up with Sugimoto's group.

[Tsurumi] Good!

I suppose we should get moving as well.

To Abashiri.

[dramatic music playing]

[Hijikata] We'll continue on to Abashiri and meet up with Sugimoto's group.

KUSHIRO

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

-[footsteps echoing] -[somber thrumming]

[unsettling music playing]

[somber tone plays]

[music darkens]

[music becomes spiritual]

[music fades out]

[dramatic music playing]

[music intensifying]

GOLDEN KAMUY

[music intensifying]

[music subsides]

END OF PART ONE

[music fades out]

[upbeat rock music playing]

THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION