1 00:00:29,717 --> 00:00:31,636 That one... is the same... 2 00:00:32,178 --> 00:00:33,096 I have to help her! 3 00:00:34,806 --> 00:00:36,140 That girl is me! 4 00:00:51,114 --> 00:00:51,990 Mao! 5 00:01:03,209 --> 00:01:05,336 Something flew out... 6 00:01:15,513 --> 00:01:16,389 Mao... 7 00:01:20,727 --> 00:01:23,187 MAO 8 00:01:23,688 --> 00:01:24,605 NANOKA KIBA 9 00:01:24,606 --> 00:01:25,939 NANOKA KIBA He's back to normal... 10 00:01:25,940 --> 00:01:26,316 NANOKA KIBA 11 00:01:27,275 --> 00:01:28,109 Mao! 12 00:01:30,612 --> 00:01:31,529 Mao... 13 00:01:41,664 --> 00:01:43,458 Oh dear! He's naked... 14 00:01:44,042 --> 00:01:44,959 What should I do? 15 00:01:45,543 --> 00:01:46,209 Miss Nanoka, we need to take Master Mao somewhere safe. 16 00:01:46,210 --> 00:01:48,129 OTOYA Miss Nanoka, we need to take Master Mao somewhere safe. 17 00:01:49,213 --> 00:01:50,214 R-Right... 18 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,091 He's unconscious. 19 00:01:52,383 --> 00:01:53,259 Yes... 20 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,553 But... how? 21 00:01:55,803 --> 00:01:57,138 He's naked... 22 00:01:57,722 --> 00:01:58,848 What should I do? 23 00:02:00,433 --> 00:02:02,393 - Dr. Mao! - Dr. Mao! 24 00:03:39,699 --> 00:03:42,952 THE NEW VESSEL 25 00:03:45,037 --> 00:03:46,080 Well, you see... 26 00:03:46,414 --> 00:03:49,375 The evil energy emanating from the giant cat's head was so terrifying 27 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:52,795 that we couldn't go anywhere near Fifth Street. 28 00:03:53,421 --> 00:03:56,132 Is Dr. Mao alright? 29 00:03:56,507 --> 00:03:57,508 I don't know. 30 00:03:57,925 --> 00:03:59,468 He's pretty devastated after letting 31 00:03:59,469 --> 00:04:02,263 the Byoki he'd been chasing for years get away... 32 00:04:03,139 --> 00:04:04,015 Otoya... 33 00:04:04,974 --> 00:04:06,976 Master Mao, you're awake? 34 00:04:09,645 --> 00:04:10,646 Where's Nanoka? 35 00:04:11,272 --> 00:04:13,441 At the moment, Nanoka is... 36 00:04:15,693 --> 00:04:17,612 Is that the Imperial Capital in the distance? 37 00:04:17,737 --> 00:04:20,448 Yeah, it's horrible... It's a sea of flames. 38 00:04:21,157 --> 00:04:23,868 This area and Fifth Street were devastated. 39 00:04:24,660 --> 00:04:26,996 What happened to the keystone, though? 40 00:04:27,872 --> 00:04:29,999 It vanished, leaving behind a gaping hole. 41 00:04:31,167 --> 00:04:32,376 The keystone... 42 00:04:33,544 --> 00:04:36,255 The Byoki that had been hiding beneath the keystone... 43 00:04:36,339 --> 00:04:38,466 escaped because of the earthquake. 44 00:04:39,550 --> 00:04:43,179 We thought the Byoki's barrier had disappeared... 45 00:04:43,554 --> 00:04:46,307 but the force of the earthquake erupted out of the gate... 46 00:04:50,645 --> 00:04:52,396 ...causing the sinkhole accident. 47 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:01,697 And I was dragged into the Taisho era. 48 00:05:03,699 --> 00:05:06,410 But why? Was it just a coincidence? 49 00:05:07,870 --> 00:05:09,664 Give me your body... 50 00:05:09,872 --> 00:05:12,041 and become one with me. 51 00:05:12,625 --> 00:05:13,543 Mao... 52 00:05:14,001 --> 00:05:16,921 You are a vessel found only once in a thousand years. 53 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:21,092 A vessel found only once in a thousand years? 54 00:05:21,926 --> 00:05:25,763 How is it that you, like Mao, 55 00:05:25,805 --> 00:05:28,558 also carry the blood of the Byoki? 56 00:05:29,851 --> 00:05:35,064 You, too, are worthy of becoming my vessel. 57 00:05:36,941 --> 00:05:39,402 Was I chosen to be its new vessel? 58 00:05:40,194 --> 00:05:42,488 A vessel found only once in a thousand years? 59 00:05:42,780 --> 00:05:44,574 I'm not quite sure... 60 00:05:45,074 --> 00:05:48,744 Maybe it means they are a good match. A good fit. 61 00:05:50,913 --> 00:05:51,873 It wants me... 62 00:05:51,914 --> 00:05:54,166 as its vessel to replace Mao?! 63 00:05:55,209 --> 00:05:56,127 Nanoka. 64 00:05:57,587 --> 00:05:59,630 Oh... Mao. 65 00:06:00,256 --> 00:06:01,757 Are you feeling better now? 66 00:06:04,051 --> 00:06:04,969 Mao? 67 00:06:06,262 --> 00:06:09,390 Did I hear you say that you are that young child? 68 00:06:09,932 --> 00:06:10,808 Huh? 69 00:06:11,517 --> 00:06:12,518 Yes. 70 00:06:13,060 --> 00:06:16,606 It feels like the sequence of time is all jumbled up though. 71 00:06:17,607 --> 00:06:18,649 In that moment, 72 00:06:19,066 --> 00:06:21,944 the best I could do was to send a guardian shikigami. 73 00:06:25,406 --> 00:06:29,243 The Byoki escaped into your world beyond the barrier... 74 00:06:29,911 --> 00:06:31,787 and is targeting you. 75 00:06:44,592 --> 00:06:46,594 The gate of the barrier is still intact... 76 00:06:47,803 --> 00:06:49,805 even though the town has been reduced to ashes. 77 00:06:51,557 --> 00:06:52,642 If I go through it... 78 00:06:52,975 --> 00:06:54,894 can I return to the present? 79 00:07:06,739 --> 00:07:07,698 Miss Nanoka. 80 00:07:08,366 --> 00:07:09,325 Otoya... 81 00:07:10,284 --> 00:07:11,952 What will you do now? 82 00:07:13,329 --> 00:07:15,665 That's a good question... What should I do? 83 00:07:19,835 --> 00:07:20,753 Where's Mao? 84 00:07:21,212 --> 00:07:22,672 He seems pretty down... 85 00:07:23,172 --> 00:07:25,800 Oh... because he let the Byoki get away? 86 00:07:26,342 --> 00:07:28,344 That's partly the reason, of course, 87 00:07:28,928 --> 00:07:31,555 but when he's in that beast form, 88 00:07:31,764 --> 00:07:33,724 he's barely conscious of what's happening... 89 00:07:34,016 --> 00:07:36,686 So afterwards, he tends to get very worried about what happened. 90 00:07:38,813 --> 00:07:40,981 Like a drunk person regretting what they've done? 91 00:07:41,273 --> 00:07:42,149 Kind of... 92 00:07:42,692 --> 00:07:45,778 He asked for a detailed account of what happened 93 00:07:45,820 --> 00:07:47,321 while he was in beast form. 94 00:07:59,291 --> 00:08:01,210 He looks deep in thought... 95 00:08:01,711 --> 00:08:02,586 What are those? 96 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,630 They are the katashiro for shikigami. 97 00:08:04,964 --> 00:08:06,090 Oh... 98 00:08:07,216 --> 00:08:08,509 Come to think of it... 99 00:08:09,009 --> 00:08:12,263 Mao said he sent a guardian shikigami. 100 00:08:18,811 --> 00:08:19,979 Oh, Nanoka... 101 00:08:20,521 --> 00:08:22,273 What will you do from now? 102 00:08:22,648 --> 00:08:25,067 Yes... About that... 103 00:08:27,194 --> 00:08:28,404 I'm afraid... 104 00:08:29,989 --> 00:08:32,408 The Byoki escaped into your world. 105 00:08:33,033 --> 00:08:35,911 Unfortunately, I can't pass through that barrier... 106 00:08:36,328 --> 00:08:39,540 And I feel uneasy about sending you home alone. 107 00:08:39,623 --> 00:08:41,125 Oh right... 108 00:08:41,459 --> 00:08:43,002 There's that, too... 109 00:08:45,838 --> 00:08:47,381 Was there something else? 110 00:08:48,424 --> 00:08:51,509 Ever since my parents died in the accident, 111 00:08:51,510 --> 00:08:54,472 I was raised by my grandfather. 112 00:08:55,681 --> 00:08:57,308 He was so kind. 113 00:08:57,933 --> 00:08:59,685 He was always by my side. 114 00:09:02,521 --> 00:09:05,066 But... I remembered something... 115 00:09:05,649 --> 00:09:06,984 The day my parents died... 116 00:09:07,610 --> 00:09:10,279 and I was pulled into the Taisho era... 117 00:09:11,030 --> 00:09:11,696 NANOKA'S GRANDPA 118 00:09:11,697 --> 00:09:12,740 NANOKA'S GRANDPA Grandpa was... 119 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:13,823 NANOKA'S GRANDPA on his deathbed. 120 00:09:13,824 --> 00:09:14,200 on his deathbed. 121 00:09:15,701 --> 00:09:18,454 A dying man's lifespan was extended!? 122 00:09:19,997 --> 00:09:20,873 Nanoka... 123 00:09:22,166 --> 00:09:23,334 As I've told you, 124 00:09:23,667 --> 00:09:25,961 the Byoki can manipulate a person's lifespan. 125 00:09:27,671 --> 00:09:30,382 The Byoki extended Grandpa's life? 126 00:09:31,425 --> 00:09:32,635 For what purpose...? 127 00:09:33,928 --> 00:09:36,055 But that would mean... 128 00:09:36,514 --> 00:09:39,100 that Grandpa is under the Byoki's control. 129 00:09:39,725 --> 00:09:43,771 He may have been keeping an eye on you as he raised you. 130 00:09:44,396 --> 00:09:45,272 Huh? 131 00:09:45,564 --> 00:09:47,108 Grandpa was...? 132 00:09:51,779 --> 00:09:54,073 It's going to be alright, Nanoka. 133 00:09:54,448 --> 00:09:56,242 Grandpa's going to be with you. 134 00:09:56,826 --> 00:09:58,661 Nanoka! My word, what happened? 135 00:09:58,953 --> 00:10:00,454 Are you feeling unwell? 136 00:10:00,871 --> 00:10:03,958 Your injury from yesterday... Are you all right now? 137 00:10:04,291 --> 00:10:06,335 You've always been frail, 138 00:10:06,502 --> 00:10:08,170 so you need to be careful. 139 00:10:09,171 --> 00:10:11,507 He's... keeping me under watch? 140 00:10:11,882 --> 00:10:12,758 Nanoka... 141 00:10:13,509 --> 00:10:14,677 If you go back now, 142 00:10:14,885 --> 00:10:18,848 the Byoki might turn you into its vessel. 143 00:10:21,725 --> 00:10:22,601 So... 144 00:10:24,728 --> 00:10:26,897 If you're afraid, stay here... 145 00:10:27,481 --> 00:10:28,607 With me. 146 00:10:29,567 --> 00:10:30,442 What? 147 00:10:30,693 --> 00:10:32,319 Did he just... 148 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,283 ask me to stay with him forever? 149 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:38,659 You're... 150 00:10:40,286 --> 00:10:42,288 physically strong, of course, 151 00:10:42,705 --> 00:10:43,998 but you also have a good heart. 152 00:10:44,456 --> 00:10:45,916 You're honest and brave. 153 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:49,044 What?! He's suddenly praising me. 154 00:10:49,670 --> 00:10:50,546 You... 155 00:10:54,216 --> 00:10:56,886 would be more than capable of working under me. 156 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:58,596 What?! 157 00:10:59,847 --> 00:11:02,933 Also, if you're not on the other side, 158 00:11:03,517 --> 00:11:05,059 the Byoki will eventually return here. 159 00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:06,519 BYOKI the Byoki will eventually return here. 160 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:06,979 BYOKI 161 00:11:07,479 --> 00:11:09,940 You can work as my assistant until then 162 00:11:10,357 --> 00:11:12,651 and learn how to fight the Byoki. 163 00:11:13,402 --> 00:11:16,947 No way! Why would I want to be your underling?! 164 00:11:17,573 --> 00:11:18,449 Oh! 165 00:11:22,494 --> 00:11:25,289 Give me a protective amulet, a weapon... 166 00:11:25,539 --> 00:11:26,624 or something like that! 167 00:11:33,380 --> 00:11:34,256 Miss Nanoka. 168 00:11:35,925 --> 00:11:37,051 Are you going back? 169 00:11:37,593 --> 00:11:38,469 Yes. 170 00:11:38,928 --> 00:11:41,138 I have to find out the truth 171 00:11:41,513 --> 00:11:42,806 about my Grandpa. 172 00:11:43,974 --> 00:11:44,850 Nanoka. 173 00:11:48,354 --> 00:11:49,313 Mao... 174 00:11:50,481 --> 00:11:51,815 W-What're you doing? 175 00:11:57,154 --> 00:11:58,072 What is that? 176 00:11:58,405 --> 00:11:59,573 They're protective stones. 177 00:12:00,241 --> 00:12:03,786 They will repel any evil that comes near you. 178 00:12:04,245 --> 00:12:05,621 They will protect you... 179 00:12:06,789 --> 00:12:08,165 like a barrier. 180 00:12:09,124 --> 00:12:11,043 Okay. Thank you. 181 00:12:12,169 --> 00:12:13,462 And on the other side... 182 00:12:13,754 --> 00:12:16,257 the guardian shikigami I sent should be there... 183 00:12:17,549 --> 00:12:21,512 I don't know what form it has taken to help you though. 184 00:12:22,012 --> 00:12:23,764 You're saying I have an ally there? 185 00:12:26,016 --> 00:12:26,892 Yes! 186 00:12:27,935 --> 00:12:30,145 I don't know what the future holds... 187 00:12:32,314 --> 00:12:34,191 but I'm not facing it alone. 188 00:12:38,195 --> 00:12:39,446 Is something the matter? 189 00:12:40,114 --> 00:12:42,449 No... I'll be going, then. 190 00:12:43,951 --> 00:12:45,703 Be careful, Miss Nanoka. 191 00:12:53,335 --> 00:12:55,713 Who could my ally be? 192 00:12:57,131 --> 00:13:00,509 Someone who's close by and always helping me... 193 00:13:05,764 --> 00:13:07,599 SHIRAHA 194 00:13:07,891 --> 00:13:08,934 Nanoka... 195 00:13:09,351 --> 00:13:10,519 Shiraha... 196 00:13:11,228 --> 00:13:14,440 Uh... Are you feeling well? 197 00:13:14,815 --> 00:13:15,691 Huh? 198 00:13:15,941 --> 00:13:18,986 I heard they let you out from the hospital during summer break, 199 00:13:19,445 --> 00:13:21,822 but you didn't come to school after classes resumed. 200 00:13:22,323 --> 00:13:25,868 Oh, right... Second semester already started... 201 00:13:26,327 --> 00:13:27,411 And uh... 202 00:13:28,662 --> 00:13:30,497 I think I saw you once at 203 00:13:30,622 --> 00:13:33,167 this deserted shopping street, but then... 204 00:13:33,751 --> 00:13:35,169 I lost sight of you. 205 00:13:38,672 --> 00:13:41,759 It might have been my imagination, but... 206 00:13:42,593 --> 00:13:44,303 when I saw you, you looked troubled. 207 00:13:45,220 --> 00:13:47,931 That was the day I went to see Mao... 208 00:13:48,057 --> 00:13:49,975 and the earthquake happened. 209 00:13:50,726 --> 00:13:53,771 Listen, if there's anything I can do to help, 210 00:13:54,438 --> 00:13:55,355 just ask. 211 00:13:55,564 --> 00:13:56,398 Huh?! 212 00:13:56,940 --> 00:13:58,400 And on the other side, 213 00:13:59,109 --> 00:14:01,904 the guardian shikigami I sent should be there... 214 00:14:04,656 --> 00:14:05,908 Could it be...?! 215 00:14:06,325 --> 00:14:07,785 Could it be Shiraha? 216 00:14:08,994 --> 00:14:10,412 Miss Nanoka. 217 00:14:12,081 --> 00:14:14,541 Thank goodness you're back safely. 218 00:14:15,918 --> 00:14:16,209 FUNA UOZUMI 219 00:14:16,210 --> 00:14:18,003 FUNA UOZUMI I'm here to pick you up. 220 00:14:18,629 --> 00:14:19,671 Uozumi... 221 00:14:22,549 --> 00:14:26,595 Just a minute. I need to talk with Shiraha. 222 00:14:27,012 --> 00:14:30,724 What?! I-I can't believe Nanoka... 223 00:14:31,517 --> 00:14:34,061 wants to talk with me! 224 00:14:34,645 --> 00:14:37,314 I'm sorry, Uozumi, would you mind going back without me? 225 00:14:38,315 --> 00:14:39,399 Let's go, Shiraha. 226 00:14:41,819 --> 00:14:43,112 Miss Nanoka. 227 00:14:45,114 --> 00:14:47,491 You met Master Mao, didn't you? 228 00:14:47,991 --> 00:14:48,867 What?! 229 00:15:01,046 --> 00:15:02,756 Did you see that, Daddy! 230 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:03,924 I did it! 231 00:15:05,050 --> 00:15:07,177 After Mom and Dad died... 232 00:15:08,095 --> 00:15:10,264 I started living with Grandpa... 233 00:15:11,348 --> 00:15:12,850 Soon after that, 234 00:15:13,058 --> 00:15:14,768 Uozumi joined us as a live-in housekeeper. 235 00:15:16,812 --> 00:15:17,938 Even as a child, 236 00:15:18,105 --> 00:15:20,607 I thought she didn't seem entirely human... 237 00:15:22,526 --> 00:15:24,111 So you're a shikigami? 238 00:15:24,736 --> 00:15:25,696 Yes. 239 00:15:27,364 --> 00:15:29,241 In the midst of the great earthquake, 240 00:15:29,741 --> 00:15:32,494 I left my katashiro at Master Mao's command... 241 00:15:33,453 --> 00:15:38,041 and followed the Byoki and you to this place. 242 00:15:39,459 --> 00:15:41,962 I'm going to tell you what I saw at the time. 243 00:15:43,088 --> 00:15:45,424 The moment you passed through the barrier, 244 00:15:46,091 --> 00:15:47,884 you were covered in the poisoned blood 245 00:15:47,885 --> 00:15:49,511 of the wounded Byoki. 246 00:15:50,304 --> 00:15:53,432 An ordinary person would have died instantly. 247 00:15:54,892 --> 00:15:56,935 The Byoki disappeared somewhere. 248 00:15:57,769 --> 00:15:59,812 EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER You were taken to a hospital most likely the same one 249 00:15:59,813 --> 00:16:00,480 You were taken to a hospital most likely the same one 250 00:16:00,814 --> 00:16:04,735 your grandfather had been admitted to. 251 00:16:05,611 --> 00:16:06,612 Nanoka... 252 00:16:08,238 --> 00:16:10,073 Nanoka... Nanoka... 253 00:16:11,158 --> 00:16:12,201 Nanoka... 254 00:16:13,827 --> 00:16:15,996 Grandpa was supposed to be in critical condition... 255 00:16:16,914 --> 00:16:21,126 The doctors said it was a miracle. 256 00:16:21,793 --> 00:16:24,004 The Byoki extended his life? 257 00:16:24,588 --> 00:16:25,464 But why? 258 00:16:26,256 --> 00:16:31,845 I believe it needed someone to protect and raise you. 259 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:34,848 So once I grew up, 260 00:16:35,432 --> 00:16:37,351 it planned to make me its vessel? 261 00:16:38,143 --> 00:16:43,065 My duty was to keep you away from the Byoki 262 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,150 and protect you. 263 00:16:46,777 --> 00:16:49,655 You survived exposure to the Byoki's blood... 264 00:16:50,364 --> 00:16:53,659 and gained the yokai powers needed to become a suitable vessel. 265 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:56,745 That is why I took it upon myself... 266 00:16:56,787 --> 00:17:00,040 to strip away your yokai powers completely... 267 00:17:01,041 --> 00:17:03,085 and seal them away. 268 00:17:04,836 --> 00:17:05,712 Now I get it! 269 00:17:07,130 --> 00:17:10,175 Those smoothies that taste like rotten mud... 270 00:17:10,842 --> 00:17:12,719 I blended a secret herbal mixture 271 00:17:12,886 --> 00:17:16,515 to suppress your powers and mask your presence. 272 00:17:17,349 --> 00:17:21,061 But... wasn't Grandpa connected to the Byoki? 273 00:17:21,728 --> 00:17:24,856 That's something I don't understand either. 274 00:17:26,984 --> 00:17:29,069 While you were away, 275 00:17:29,861 --> 00:17:32,030 your grandfather barely moved, 276 00:17:32,447 --> 00:17:34,032 or would be in a deep sleep. 277 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,994 It's almost as if... 278 00:17:38,078 --> 00:17:41,540 he's living only for you, Nanoka. 279 00:17:48,505 --> 00:17:49,506 We're home! 280 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,135 Nanoka... 281 00:17:53,677 --> 00:17:54,803 Grandpa... 282 00:17:55,429 --> 00:17:57,097 I've been worried sick... 283 00:17:57,764 --> 00:18:00,100 Where on earth have you been? 284 00:18:01,685 --> 00:18:02,769 The protective stones... 285 00:18:04,146 --> 00:18:07,774 They will repel any evil that comes near you. 286 00:18:08,275 --> 00:18:09,568 They will protect you... 287 00:18:10,485 --> 00:18:11,820 like a barrier. 288 00:18:13,530 --> 00:18:15,324 Is everything okay, Nanoka? 289 00:18:15,907 --> 00:18:16,992 Grandpa... 290 00:18:17,993 --> 00:18:19,161 Nanoka... 291 00:18:19,494 --> 00:18:20,537 I'm so relieved... 292 00:18:23,915 --> 00:18:25,167 Welcome back... 293 00:18:26,710 --> 00:18:28,128 Nanoka. 294 00:18:29,463 --> 00:18:30,714 Grandpa! 295 00:18:36,219 --> 00:18:39,431 This is my dear, sweet Grandpa! 296 00:19:00,744 --> 00:19:01,202 TENKO 297 00:19:01,203 --> 00:19:02,370 TENKO Dr. Mao? 298 00:19:02,371 --> 00:19:02,663 TENKO 299 00:19:04,373 --> 00:19:05,624 May I come in? 300 00:19:06,541 --> 00:19:10,128 I thought you might need supplies, so I put some things together. 301 00:19:10,837 --> 00:19:11,797 Tenko. 302 00:19:12,339 --> 00:19:14,424 I'm glad to see you're okay. 303 00:19:15,092 --> 00:19:15,967 Yes. 304 00:19:19,763 --> 00:19:21,431 Oh! Clothes. 305 00:19:21,973 --> 00:19:23,642 How did you manage to get these? 306 00:19:24,142 --> 00:19:25,894 How is Milk Hall? 307 00:19:26,478 --> 00:19:29,272 There are cracks, but it managed to survive. 308 00:19:29,773 --> 00:19:32,109 We'll be closed for a while, though. 309 00:19:33,568 --> 00:19:35,404 I heard about what happened, Dr. Mao. 310 00:19:36,988 --> 00:19:38,989 So you finally confronted the Byoki you've been 311 00:19:38,990 --> 00:19:40,575 searching for all these years... 312 00:19:41,910 --> 00:19:42,786 Indeed. 313 00:19:43,203 --> 00:19:46,289 But in the end, I let it get away. 314 00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:49,167 Nothing... 315 00:19:49,543 --> 00:19:50,585 was resolved. 316 00:19:52,337 --> 00:19:56,007 Mao, can it be that you don't know... 317 00:19:56,717 --> 00:20:00,595 what truly happened back then? 318 00:20:01,638 --> 00:20:02,681 What? 319 00:20:03,348 --> 00:20:06,476 Do you not know who murdered your master... 320 00:20:06,601 --> 00:20:09,396 burned down the Treasure House... 321 00:20:09,896 --> 00:20:12,816 and shot you with arrows? 322 00:20:14,443 --> 00:20:16,194 We were framed... 323 00:20:16,737 --> 00:20:18,739 Both you and I... 324 00:20:19,948 --> 00:20:22,909 What was the Byoki trying to tell me? 325 00:20:23,827 --> 00:20:25,495 Dr. Mao, I suppose... 326 00:20:25,954 --> 00:20:28,123 I shouldn't bring up the flaming heads. 327 00:20:28,582 --> 00:20:29,583 Flaming heads? 328 00:20:30,333 --> 00:20:34,212 A great many people died in the big earthquake. 329 00:20:35,297 --> 00:20:37,047 In the burned ruins of the Imperial Capital, 330 00:20:37,048 --> 00:20:39,676 there are still bodies that haven't been recovered. 331 00:20:41,094 --> 00:20:42,512 Apparently at night... 332 00:20:43,221 --> 00:20:46,725 we don't know if they are heads that have separated from the corpses, 333 00:20:47,517 --> 00:20:50,312 but they fly about, enveloped in flames. 334 00:20:54,232 --> 00:20:55,650 Excuse me... Master Mao. 335 00:20:57,152 --> 00:20:59,988 What were those things that attacked Fifth Street... 336 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,157 on the day of the big earthquake? 337 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,747 I thought they might be ayakashi attracted to the Byoki's evil aura... 338 00:21:09,247 --> 00:21:13,502 Yes, but they didn't appear to be connected to the Byoki. 339 00:21:14,044 --> 00:21:16,963 Were they different from the flaming heads in the capital? 340 00:21:17,547 --> 00:21:19,257 From what I saw... 341 00:21:19,633 --> 00:21:21,968 They looked like very ancient heads. 342 00:21:23,136 --> 00:21:25,180 Flaming heads... 343 00:21:30,519 --> 00:21:31,478 It's a horse's head! 344 00:21:33,438 --> 00:21:35,273 You imbecile! 345 00:21:35,774 --> 00:21:36,106 MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN 346 00:21:36,107 --> 00:21:38,527 MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN How could you allow a cursed object to escape the premises?! 347 00:21:39,611 --> 00:21:40,904 What were you thinking?! 348 00:21:42,030 --> 00:21:43,156 You moron! 349 00:21:46,076 --> 00:21:47,577 He's in trouble again... 350 00:21:49,412 --> 00:21:51,748 It's been ages since I last thought about... 351 00:21:52,332 --> 00:21:54,960 my senior apprentice from 900 years ago. 352 00:21:56,628 --> 00:21:57,629 My senior apprentice? 353 00:21:57,963 --> 00:21:58,964 That’s impossible! 354 00:22:02,050 --> 00:22:03,301 Is something the matter? 355 00:22:03,969 --> 00:22:05,011 Master Mao? 356 00:22:05,762 --> 00:22:07,097 It can't be! 357 00:22:16,982 --> 00:22:18,984 The Asakusa Tower... 358 00:22:19,067 --> 00:22:23,196 Boss, we won't be able to set up the show here for a while. 359 00:22:23,530 --> 00:22:25,282 Yeah, I know. 360 00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:26,741 We're going to Osaka. 361 00:22:27,117 --> 00:22:28,535 Pack up, everybody! 362 00:22:28,910 --> 00:22:29,243 FLAMING SKULLS 363 00:22:29,244 --> 00:22:30,327 FLAMING SKULLS Are we all here? 364 00:22:30,328 --> 00:22:30,786 FLAMING SKULLS 365 00:22:30,787 --> 00:22:33,081 FLAMING SKULLS - Snake Girl. - Yes, Boss. 366 00:22:33,123 --> 00:22:35,333 FLAMING SKULLS - Oni Man. - Here, Boss. 367 00:22:35,375 --> 00:22:37,377 - Inch-High Samurai. - Here. 368 00:22:37,669 --> 00:22:39,129 Master of Flaming Heads. 369 00:22:40,213 --> 00:22:41,715 Master of Flaming Heads? 370 00:22:44,217 --> 00:22:46,761 Master of Flaming Heads... you here? 371 00:22:47,178 --> 00:22:48,388 He quit. 372 00:22:48,513 --> 00:22:49,472 Quit?! 373 00:22:50,056 --> 00:22:54,477 Yes. He said that his trained skulls all ran away... 374 00:22:54,853 --> 00:22:55,729 Huh?! 375 00:22:55,854 --> 00:22:58,231 B-But, aren't those... 376 00:22:58,523 --> 00:23:00,233 just props?! 377 00:23:21,630 --> 00:23:25,717 I swear... that Byoki put me out of business. 378 00:24:58,226 --> 00:24:59,394 NEXT TIME Ryounkaku? 379 00:24:59,561 --> 00:25:02,022 We passed by it when we arrived at the Imperial Capital. 380 00:25:02,272 --> 00:25:03,898 It was a magnificent building. 381 00:25:03,940 --> 00:25:05,066 It couldn't be... 382 00:25:05,191 --> 00:25:07,027 Or so I thought, but you're... 383 00:25:07,068 --> 00:25:08,111 That blade... 384 00:25:08,319 --> 00:25:10,321 It's the Sword of Hagunsei, isn't it? 385 00:25:10,405 --> 00:25:12,032 Oh no! He's dead?! 386 00:25:12,073 --> 00:25:15,118 In order to inherit the many secret curses, 387 00:25:15,326 --> 00:25:17,662 it is essential to know how to channel 388 00:25:17,787 --> 00:25:20,206 the energy from dark emotions. 389 00:25:20,248 --> 00:25:23,043 So that means Mao will become my husband. 390 00:25:23,543 --> 00:25:25,336 Next time: Hyakka