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Well, let's see how you do.

He never does things by halves.

Are you all right?

I came so close to driving you
from this world without meaning to.

Nikichi, this is no time
to sit here trembling.

If I want to stay here, I must do something
about that failed tsukumogami.

I'll need your help.

Yours as well, Sasuke.

Forget my health for now.

We need to focus on how
to face that failed tsukumogami.

You will help me, won't you?

SHABAKE

WHEREABOUTS

I finally understand whose orders
brought you here.

Lady Ogin. My grandmother.
She told you to come, didn't she?

Yes.

She did.

I've had a feeling on and off for a while now
that you don't really serve me.

But now I get why.

It explains so much, although I still have
a hard time swallowing some parts.

Including Nikichi's first love
being Lady Ogin?

Sasuke!

Huh? Is that true?

Yes.

The two ladies I told you about,
Lady Yoshino and Madam Oyoshi...

were in fact Lady Ogin.

I had no idea.

Sasuke, why couldn't you
just leave that alone?

In any case, the "Lord Bell" whom Lady Ogin
met after that was Master Isaburo.

I see.

Now, I promised Lord Mikoshi no Nyudo
I'd deal with this failed tsukumogami.

So we'd better work out a plan fast.

Right now, it's probably searching
for Han-gon Incense

in the body of the samurai
who attacked Eikichi.

I can't let any more people
get hurt because of me.

Right.

I got some sea bream, so I made shioyaki.

I took out all the fine bones myself.

Eat up now.

Thanks, Okuma.

Say, Okuma, when I was little, around the time
we got into the medicine business,

didn't you tell me the Nagasakiya
had a guardian deity?

Oh, did I say that?

I think you might have been right.

My, what's come over you?

It's just a feeling I had.

Ichitaro.

I'll bring you tea, Madam.

I see. So you've heard everything.

Yes.

And I'd like to ask a favor.

I appreciate the help.

Thank you, sir.

Would you call Nikichi and Sasuke for me?

Yes, sir. If you'll excuse me.

Young Master, what are those?

Amulets.

I asked the shop boys
to get them for me.

Will they make any difference?

They'd better.

I gave a fortune to the famous monks
Kancho of Ueno and Jushin of Toeizan for them.

A fortune? How much exactly?

It was 25 ryo for 50 spirit-sealing amulets
from the venerable Kancho.

And another 25 for a protective sword
the venerable Jushin claims can cut spirits.

Priests these days are certainly greedy.

By the way, Young Master,
where did you get the money?

Surely not even you keep
that much in your wallet?

I couldn't bring myself to ask Dad,
so I got it from Mom.

I told her I wanted 100 ryo,
and she gave me a gold koban.

I'm amazed she gave you such a sum.

What did you say you wanted it for?

I didn't give her a reason.

But I think she could tell.

All that money for trinkets
that might not even work?

Hey, Byobu Nozoki.

What is it, Young Master? I was just nap—

Um, did this work on you?

That's a spirit-sealing talisman!

Do you want to trap me in here?

Of course not.

I want to see if they worked.
Just a little test.

You're heartless. And after all
the devotion I've shown you.

Sorry. Don't be mad.
I didn't think they'd work so well.

Come to think of it...

I don't see the yanari, either.

I guess we'd better paste amulets on the road
from Shohei Bridge to Shinobazu Pond.

That failure has been roaming near Toricho,
drawn by the scent of Han-gon Incense.

Most of the victims came from here, too.

I'd like to start by blocking the area
with amulets to drive it away.

If it descends into a fight,
the fewer people and houses around, the better.

HONBASHI | TORICHO | (NAGASAKIYA)

Once we've made sure it won't
come near the Nagasakiya for a bit,

I'll go somewhere far from here.

The failed tsukumogami should follow me,
lured by the scent of the incense.

SHINOBAZU POND | (TOEIZAN) | NORTH

Are you thinking Toeizan Temple in Ueno?

Yes. Edo's merchant houses and
samurai estates everywhere you look.

There aren't many places it's safe
to let that failure run amok.

The temple is far from Toricho,
but its grounds will give us plenty of space.

Plus, Kancho and Jushin both live in Ueno.

If I can't handle the failed tsukumogami,
I can get them to seal it away.

I hope the amulets justify
the 25 ryo they cost first.

I'd like to get our money's worth.

You saw just now. They work fine.

Now for the scent to lure
the failed tsukumogami.

We need fake Han-gon Incense,
but I have no idea what it smells like.

The scent should not prove difficult.

Enter.

Oh, sorry about that.

I'm amazed you two can stand it.

We're a cut above.

So? What do you mean, the Han-gon Incense
scent "shouldn't prove difficult"?

The valuable medicine Madam Otae
once burned and inhaled

came wrapped in a little parcel
of pale-pink paper.

Madam Otae, intent in her desire
for a safe birth,

gave the wrapping paper to the Inari shrine
with her other offerings.

That paper might still bear
a strong scent of the incense.

Even a faint vestige
may well draw the creature.

I bet that will work.

Young Master, let's go look now.

Right.

I feel like a burglar.

I know I'm supposed
to be stopping a murderer,

but I don't remember
any heroes of legend acting like this.

What choice do we have?
We're merchants, not samurai.

We can't neglect our business
or day-to-day affairs.

We're out to vanquish a murderous spirit
between sorting cargo and mixing drugs.

Not exactly thrilling, is it?

Madam Otae makes an offering
every day without fail.

I beg your pardon.

It smells sweet.

I see. So this is what
Han-gon Incense smells like.

Isn't it strange?

There's no dust on it,
and the color hasn't faded, either.

Young Master, are you okay?

Um, yeah.

Have I ever smelled like this?

As I am always by your side,
I cannot really say.

Is that how it works?

Now, we had better clean the shrine
in thanks for borrowing this,

then turn in for the night.

Good idea.

Grandmother.

Please watch over me
so I can make it through this mess.

Nikichi, could you bring a mortar,
a hand mill, and a scale from the shop?

Young Master, it's past the fifth watch.
Please call it a day.

Unless I do everything I can,
I won't be able to accept defeat if we fail.

Let it slide a little longer.

Very well. Please wait a moment.

Sasuke.

Yes?

Is something bothering you?

Why don't you tell me about it?

Oh, all right. I see I can't fool you.

No, I just had a hunch.

Well...

Now that we're about to face
the failed tsukumogami with you,

I'm beside myself with worry.

I don't know if I can really keep you safe.

I've made an awful mess of things before.

It was a long time ago now.

At the time, I was at the side
of a certain personage,

and I proved unable to defend them.

So I can't help remembering that now.

If I fail again...

Sasuke, just having you beside me
makes me feel a lot more confident.

You're right.

I shouldn't dwell on
past failures now of all times.

Lady Ogin was kind enough
to give me this place to belong.

Whatever happens...

That reminds me. How did you come
to know Grandmother, anyway?

I first met her around 500 years ago.

Before then, I had no place to live or go.

I merely drifted from place to place on foot.

I met Lady Ogin when I helped her
with an injured Nikichi while traveling.

As thanks, she gave me the name
"Sasuke," and we made a promise.

A promise?

Yes.

Lady Ogin promised to one day give me
something I want with all my heart.

Time went by, I lost my companion,

and I went on a long journey
with no destination in mind.

You're Ogin, aren't you?

I see you still go by Sasuke.

I made you a promise once.

It's taken a long time, but the moment
to keep it has finally arrived.

So, Sasuke, do you know
what I'm about to give you?

I know my heart is full
of happiness right now.

After all, I thought I was going to fade away
without anyone calling my name again.

Thank you for going such a long time
without forgetting me.

Quite wrong, I'm afraid.

Huh? That's not it?

You see, I'm going to
have a grandchild soon,

so I've decided to station spirits
at the child's side as protection.

I'll ask Nikichi, whom you once saved,
but one is too few for comfort.

So, Sasuke...

May I ask you to take up the task as well?

Me? Babysit?

Why would that be what I want most?

Why, Sasuke, you'll find so many things
if you come to the Nagasakiya.

Like a place to belong.

I'm certain my grandchild will take to you.

I think that will give you
someone to care for.

But I...

Life at the crowded Nagasakiya will have
its nuisances after your time on the road.

But I don't think an ordinary life
is so bad, even with its downsides.

"Normal" was not such an easy thing
for me to come by.

So I thought this life
might please you as well.

I understand.

I'm pleased to be of service.

After five centuries, Lady Ogin
gave me this place to belong.

I had no idea.

Young Master, I've brought them.

I see now.

When all's said and done, neither one
of you can stand up to Grandmother.

I mean...

Well, I suppose.

True, both Nikichi and I first came here
on Lady Ogin's orders.

But now I belong here and consider it my duty
to protect you of my own free will.

That goes for me as well.

I know that.

I know, so would you both stop bowing?

AZUMA | COOPER

Like I told you,
Matsunosuke isn't here anymore.

He's gone?

Yes.

He asked for time off, left,
and hasn't come back.

What could be keeping that ungrateful boy?

Is that the truth?

What reason would I have to lie?

Wh-What are you doing?

Young Master.

What are you losing sleep to make?

Medicine.

See, I thought I'd put a drug in the pink paper
so it looks like Han-gon Incense.

That way, it will seem more believable,
and we'll lure the failure out more easily.

You aren't thinking of loading it with poison
and stopping it that way, are you?

You don't think that will work?

I won't pretend no poisons work on spirits,
but they affect us all differently.

It would be nearly impossible
to poison a spirit you don't know.

Well, I'd better make
the fake incense look real anyway.

That should do it.

You were still at work on that?

It's nearing the fourth watch.
Please, you must rest.

You'll collapse before we set out
for Ueno at this rate.

I'd sure look silly then.

Demon-slaying heroes don't get stuck in bed
just because they're worn out.

Whether you sleep or rest,
winning is what matters.

It's us versus it.

You're a merchant to the bone.

Well then.

Good night.

This is our third day
of pasting amulets everywhere.

We must have practically
blocked off Toricho by now.

If we don't finish things soon,
I really will end up bedridden.

Sasuke? Nikichi?

Young Master.

You're already awake?

What's happened?

Fire?

The bell only sounded once,
so it must be far away.

Do you know where it is?

Nothing definite yet,
but it's north of here.

North?

In any case, you'll catch a cold like that.
Put on something warmer.

The fire started far north of here,
near the Kashu estate.

The wind is in the east, so it shouldn't
cross the canal toward us for now.

The Kashu estate?

Is something the matter?

Matsunosuke is apprenticed
at a shop near there.

AZUMA

TRANSLATION: WILLIAM VARTERESIAN