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I don't understand why his Excellency is so open to you about that kind of secret.

If we are breaking the rule of foreign voyage prohibition, then we must be ready to fight.

Is this a battleship?

I too am being watched by the Sakurada complex.

Orie was shaken by the suggestion of her mother Masae to kill Hikoma.

To clear Kawamura's suspicion, Orie has stolen a book from Seizan's room.

Then she saw Kawamura following Hikoma.

Kawamura-sama.

But he injured himself unexpectedly and unavoidably doing this gig.

What are you blabbing about? I'm killing you!

When Hikoma was in a difficult situation, Kawamura unexpectedly saved him.

And then, Orie has decided to leave Matsura minor mansion.

*Eng sub provided by Kz*

"Tsuma wa Kunoichi"

Ready to quit?

No. Not yet.

More, more.

- Sakurada Complex -

Why did you want to leave Matsura minor mansion? - Sakurada Complex -

Why did you want to leave Matsura minor mansion?

Futaboshi Hikoma has started to attend sword lesson at a Dojo in the minor mansion.

I was afraid of bumping in to him due to his frequent visit.

I thought that would be very dangerous even with a disguise.

From now on don't ask for instruction until next task is assigned.

Welcome back. Potato candy.

I was bored without any companion while Orie was gone.

Haven't you been going to see your favorite play?

Your favorite, Sawamura Shinnosho.

I could see him any time, but won't be able to marry him anyway.

What a repellent job.

I envy you, Orie.

What about?

Although you won't be able to see him, you have someone in your heart.

It's been 6 months already.

Please let me see her soon.

You are very eager.

What are you doing?

You are also very eager for your sword lesson.

You walk funny.

My entire body hurts from bruises.

I could see that.

What's up?

His Excellency wants you.

I just saw him the other day.

He seems to have more interesting stories to tell.

Sensei!

Ah, Sensei. How was flower watching?

I wish I wouldn't have gone. It was too crowded.

Tarokichi almost got lost there.

It was a hassle. But it was good!

There, there. Let's go.

Good. Good.

Here, father. Let's go to Honjo, then.

- Honjo Matsura minor mansion -

Ouch. Ouch.

"The Guide book of Western style weapons” has been stolen.

No. I didn't do anything.

Osato the rice cook vanished at the same time.

Osato? That chubby one.

Ah. Eh? So?

After her disappearance, we checked Kazusa location based on her job record.

There was no house for someone called Osato there.

She must have been a secret agent in disguise.

If "The Guide book of Western style weapons" has been stolen by her, his Excellency may be in trouble.

What do you mean by trouble?

I've written many things inside the book.

About the use of cannon and rifles.

If that Osato was an agent, everything makes sense.

I heard you were attacked by someone while watching the doll that supposed to walk at night.

And there was someone who saved you.

If that was Osato.

She also must have known about a male kitchen helper being an agent.

Thus she managed to get rid of him from the mansion.

That's what I don't understand.

If she came to spy on this mansion, then there would have been no reason to save you.

This is Osato's room.

But she never let me come inside here.

Um…. Has Osato ever talked about something like Hirado?

Huh? No. No idea.

Ah, work. Sorry. Bye.

1, 2, 3, 4.

5, 6.

Ah, I can see 7 stars.

Yeah. If you connected all of them by lines, wouldn't it look like the shape of a ladle?

That's right! Shape of a ladle.

Yeah. That's called a dipper star as well as the seven stars of the north.

Orie.

Father.

We are going out. So please.

- Fukagawa Morishita-cho -

I have been waiting for you.

Senemon.

It's first time for Hikoma. Give him a tour.

Yes.

Um....

I am thinking about this place for my retirement residence.

Actually, I bought this form a shipping agency which we do business with.

This belongs to Saikaiya on the record.

Here, here. Let's have some tea.

Senemon. Sure enough, this place is good.

Is that so?

I will take care of this garden little by little.

Ganjiro.

I will be living here as a care taker of this mansion.

There. Tea.

But, why this mansion?

First of all, this place doesn't have any atmosphere of samurai household.

It's better to be compact than too big to be secure.

Your Excellency, what are you planning to do?

I want this to be a gathering place for young people who would take on their future with dreams.

Hikoma. You may utilize this place as you wish.

Me, too?

Don't you have something to dream about for the future?

Yes, I do. For example, about ships.

Then.

This is that foreign ship which drifted to Hirado.

Hikoma. Yes.

Why don't you pretend to be a captain and modify this ship?

Me?

To sail over to the outer sea, what needs to be repaired and modified?

Put all the knowledge of a nautical enthusiast in to this ship.

How many cannons do we need? Where shall we place loopholes?

Why do we need such things?

Just to sail to the outer seas, why do we have to be ready for the battle?

I only want to acquire navigation techniques by the wind and the stars.

And then, I just want to see the foreign countries with my own eyes.

Hikoma. If this ship was completed, you would be able to go to the foreign countries, too.

How about the forbidden law?

As long as that wicked law remains, our country would be left behind.

It's time to be ready for the future.

Something you can't discuss at Sakurada complex?

I brought this out of Matsura minor mansion.

Why don't you hand it over to Kawamura-sama!?

I've been contemplating about that.

Why do you contemplate!?

If I handed this over, then Hikoma-san would be in trouble along with Seizan.

No time to hold back for something like that!

I know that.

No. You don't know.

Hesitating because of a man.

Between a man and mission.

Mom.

Why did you make me in to a Shinobi?

Was there any other way for a Shinobi's child?

That's why I trained you.

If you were not strong, you can't survive as a Shinobi.

Skill and braveness. To be better than anybody.

You became so.

I didn't want to.

Becoming a better as a Shinobi means to become better at deceiving people.

Using people's kindness to your own advantage to be sneaky.

Yeah, that's right.

So I became a woman who doesn't hesitate to kill.

I became a shameless woman who would let men fondle myself for the missions.

That's how Shinobi should be.

Mom, did you live like that?

Thus, I was born as a result of letting someone fondle you, right?

So I've been thinking I was born without your wish.

You've been really tough to me ever since I was little.

You never smiled at me in our daily lives as well as while training me to be a Shinobi.

You never held me dearly.

Everybody says you think of own mother wholeheartedly.

Warm and becomes nostalgic to think of.

But, I never thought that way even once.

Even when I was far away from Edo, I never became nostalgic to think about you.

I've been always alone since young.

I never knew the warmness of family.

But finally….

I was finally able to get to know that.

At Hirado…

That one month I spent with Hikoma-san.

He taught me both joy and warmth of life.

That's Orihime.

That?

So, what would you like to do?

I don't want to lose Hikoma-san.

Understood.

However, seal the feeling of yours for a while.

Got that?

Do you see Orie and Masae sometimes?

Yes.

How are they?

Nothing special.

Truly?

Weren't you asked to hand letter from Orie at Matsura minor mansion to Masae?

Spy them.

Orie and I are like sisters who shared same mother's milk.

Aunty Masae also took care of me after my mother died.

That would be convenient.

This is a duty for someone who reports to me.

I can't do anything to betray them.

If you refuse, I will kill you right here.

You may leave.

You are generous toward Orie and Masae pair.

Is it Junpei?

You usually get rid of suspicion right away.

When I was in Hirado, I visited Nagasaki few times.

Nagasaki had Chinese people as well as Dutch people.

I saw and ate very novel things which our country doesn't have.

What did you eat? Sensei.

Something like ham.

I shouldn't say it laud within a temple.

That's cured or smoked pig meat.

What's a pig?

It's smaller than cow. How can I explain it?

Ah! Talking about a cow. I drunk cow's milk called Miruku.

Dutch people seem to drink that every day.

If you do, won't you become a cow?

That won't happen.

Sensei, what are you planning to plant here?

As a starter, beans.

Then, egg plants, squashes, and cucumbers.

Also sweet potatoes when in season.

We can get by with them if the year was bad for rice crop.

What would you do with the harvest?

We share and take them home.

Really? Yeah.

My mom would like that!

Here, let's do it. Do it. Do it.

- Fukagawa Morishita Mansion -

Your Excellency, this is how to tread bellows and send wind.

When will it be operational?

When we get a lot of coals and iron sand, and scrap metals.

I have arranged to have coal delivered via the river.

How about the book which has been stolen?

So far, I haven't heard anything from the government.

It's creepy to have nothing happening.

“Calm before the storm”, isn't it?

Saikaiya-san, you would also be in trouble if anything happened.

Aunty. Yeah.

Where is Orie?

She is out to do her hair.

What's up?

Um, nothing important.

Aunty, have you noticed?

What?

Orie has a man whom she has feelings for.

Really? Never heard about it.

That's a husband from Hirado who came to look for Orie in Edo.

Can't be.

Seems like he was a nice man.

She said she wanted to see him again.

Never heard about that.

How about you?

What? About a man.

Weren't you following an actor from Ichimura-za?

That's just for fun.

Hey. Yeah?

Is Orie's father still alive?

Why?

When she was little, she said she would like to see her dad heartily.

Why do you bring that up now?

I just remembered about it.

I remember hearing this from my mom.

Omasa-san was in Hirado for 2 years. Then she gave birth to Orie as soon as she was back in Edo.

So?

So, she said Orie's father must be someone in Hirado.

Kawamura-sama has suspicion on us.

Ocho is spying on us by his order.

Ocho?

We must display our loyalty toward Kawamura household. Otherwise we would be suspected even more.

Hand that book over promptly.

I told Kawamura-sama that I brought nothing.

Then sneak in there and steal again.

To the minor mansion?

We don't know who else is watching besides Ocho.

Do it well.

I want to go in to Matsura minor mansion one more time.

Why?

Actually, I left the book I have stolen hidden there.

I wasn't able to retrieve it when I was leaving the mansion.

When are you planning to go?

How about tonight.

Very well.

We don't know who else is watching besides Ocho.

Have you retrieved the item?

Junpei the dusk, aren't you?

Let me have what's on your back.

No. It is my duty to deliver this.

It is also my duty to get hold of that.

Kawamura-sama didn't tell me that.

I told you now. Give it.

I don't believe it unless Kawamura-sama tells me in person.

Are you forcing?

I was told to kill you if you refuse.

Then, are you killing me?

Humph!

Have you had the Dusk watch me when I was sneaking in to Matsura minor mansion?

No.

Good work.

Orie. Yes.

Be my wife.

But, that was….

I haven't received your answer yet.

Father. Here.

Soba vender was just at the man street.

There, there. Hashi, hashi.

There, bring that over here.

Ah, this. Here, here.

It's fine. Hot, hot hot. Idatakimasu.

Thank you.

Ah, what's up tonight?

You think the rice cook Osato from the mansion was your wife, don't you?

You think person who saved you on the New Year's night was also your wife Orie from Hirado, who was disguised as Osato.

I'm not just wondering. I am certain of that.

She stayed nearby and watched out for me secretly.

And then, she saved me from a danger.

I swear she did not run from me.

You are too naïve. Father.

What?

It's not time to be drowned in a feeling like that.

You don't understand how critical it is.

Stealing his Excellency's book means, your wife is now turned in to our enemy.

As you know, his Excellency had written many things in to that book.

If that was given to the government, not only his Excellency but Matsura clan's future would be at risk.

Your heart is still filled with such a person and you can't give up.

That's rebellion against his Excellency and the entire clan!

Criticizing me while you are just an adopted son mine?

You can't stop the feeling.

You must.

Ganjiro.

Since I have been around longer, I get to know about how secret agents are.

They disguise themselves and sneak in to the mansion of their target.

Their duty requires very strong determination.

Suppress self and fondle other people's feelings.

They don't feel difficulty on accepting irrational occasions.

For a female Shinobi, they would give up their own body for the duty.

Ganjiro!

Your wife must have been operating that way.

It's easy for them to pretend love.

She must have acted as a perfect wife for her duty.

You need to wake up already.

Even if you ever meet her again, her feelings for you wouldn't be the same.

Father. You end up suffering from it.

So what?

Therefore.

Do you know Orie?

No.

Have you ever seen her?

No I haven't.

Have you ever talked to Orie?

No.

Have you ever been touched by her tenderness?

No.

Have you ever seen her delightful smiles?

Have you ever eaten Orie's breakfast and dinner!?

I know all of them.

Orie came all by herself by rowing the boat over the channel to marry me.

I was filled by her sincerity in that one month.

I hate to dumper such a feeling.

What!?

I was told by his Excellency.

There was someone who saved you from danger before.

If that was also your wife, then there would be a concern.

She must have deviated from what she was ordered.

Meaning?

Your wife's status may be in trouble.

How about the book?

Handed over.

Orie.

Mom.

I will defect from Oniwaban.

If something happened to Matsura household, Hikoma-san would be in some kind of trouble.

Yeah. Expelled from the territory, or death sentence.

I want to avoid that no matter what.

You understand what that means, right?

You would be hunted by Kawamura-sama.

Understood.

You just have to run, then.

Keep running and running. You just have to keep running until they give up.

Mom.

You are stronger than I am now.

However, just like hiding your skills to your own family, you must not be suspected until you are perfectly ready to defect.

You even have to watch out what you say and what you see.

It would be the end if you were detected.

I know.

20 rifles.

4 canons.

This can be read as preparing for a ship.

Yes.

Seizan could be building a battle ship secretly.

That's disturbing.

If he is preparing a battle ship with weapons, then that's clearly a rebellion toward the government.

That is treason.

I will return to the castle, and show this to other officials.

Yes.

Just as we planned, we would be able to dissipate Matsura Seizan.

You are here.

Your Excellency, I can't apologize enough.

Apologize?

My wife was…um. Her conduct, meaning….

She disguised her as Osato and came inside the mansion, and then stole your important item.

I feel greatly regretful.

Will you cut your gut for it?

So? So….

If disaster is about to fall on to your Excellency and the clan, then I must prevent that from happening.

Will you?

Are you saying it is husband's duty to clear wife's misconduct?

If so, why don't you do it with your own way?

My own way?

This is it!

Make many copies of stolen book.

Of course along with your Excellency's writing, too.

Ah, thank you.

Seizan will be summoned by the government soon.

We are afraid that unwanted hostility might be directed to us

Why have you defected also?

You kill Futaboshi Hikoma.