WEBVTT 00:25.701 --> 00:27.111 Water... 00:30.361 --> 00:32.741 It really is you, Mao. 00:35.411 --> 00:37.861 Shiranui... 02:10.251 --> 02:14.051 SHIRANUI 02:18.971 --> 02:22.931 SHIRANUI 02:23.641 --> 02:25.401 Looking back on it now, 02:26.061 --> 02:29.221 it must have been a selection ritual. 02:30.151 --> 02:34.951 All the apprentices who trained together from a young age were gathered... 02:35.411 --> 02:37.820 White Bone Cave is a natural maze 02:37.821 --> 02:40.660 MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN of countless branching tunnels. 02:40.661 --> 02:41.831 of countless branching tunnels. 02:42.341 --> 02:44.910 All you have to do is make it out alive. 02:44.911 --> 02:46.580 That is all. 02:46.581 --> 02:47.831 Yes, Master. 02:48.251 --> 02:50.841 That is what the Master said. 02:51.631 --> 02:52.710 However... 02:52.711 --> 02:57.050 What he was truly observing was 02:57.051 --> 02:59.681 how we made our way out of that natural maze. 03:06.101 --> 03:09.481 I don't know how many days I wandered in the darkness. 03:14.321 --> 03:19.321 I stepped on the remains of countless people who never made it out alive. 03:22.121 --> 03:25.201 Was my life going to end here? 03:25.681 --> 03:28.121 Just as I was beginning to lose hope... 03:29.501 --> 03:31.830 I saw someone who wasn't a fellow trainee. 03:31.831 --> 03:33.751 I had never seen him before. 03:36.011 --> 03:41.220 Every so often, he would stop and listen carefully, 03:41.221 --> 03:44.271 yet he continued onward without ever losing his way. 03:53.191 --> 03:56.151 I desperately followed him. 03:56.741 --> 03:58.201 And then... 04:01.701 --> 04:06.041 Ah, it's you... 04:06.601 --> 04:10.961 You entered the cave three days after everyone else, didn't you? 04:13.591 --> 04:18.631 I was taught how to read the flow of Water energy and trace the dragon veins. 04:19.511 --> 04:23.441 As I suspected, he was not one of the children from the compound. 04:24.851 --> 04:27.281 After a while, he walked away. 04:27.891 --> 04:29.351 Shiranui. 04:29.811 --> 04:33.111 You followed that child, didn't you? 04:33.961 --> 04:37.361 Be thankful that you at least got out alive. 04:38.861 --> 04:41.861 He looked at me like I was vermin. 04:42.571 --> 04:48.210 From that day on, Master lost all interest in me. 04:48.211 --> 04:50.620 And it got worse... 04:50.621 --> 04:53.170 You have no talent! 04:53.171 --> 04:54.381 Just quit! 04:54.921 --> 04:58.131 Forgive me, Master! 04:58.671 --> 05:02.200 I'd heard rumors that Master had taken in an attendant 05:02.201 --> 05:04.391 from outside the compound. 05:04.931 --> 05:06.890 That was Mao. 05:06.891 --> 05:11.641 The moment I saw him, I knew that he was the child from the cave. 05:13.231 --> 05:16.770 Shiranui... Did you... 05:16.771 --> 05:19.090 MAO ...want to become the successor 05:19.091 --> 05:21.240 to the Goko Clan so badly... 05:21.241 --> 05:23.780 ...that you came to despise me? 05:23.781 --> 05:28.501 I was beaten and berated by Master. 05:29.371 --> 05:33.911 Then an outsider like you shows up and gets chosen as the successor. 05:35.711 --> 05:37.131 Master! 05:38.421 --> 05:39.970 Don't tell me... 05:39.971 --> 05:42.430 The person who killed Master... 05:42.431 --> 05:46.011 ...was you, Shiranui?! 05:47.121 --> 05:49.560 You killed him, didn't you?! 05:49.561 --> 05:50.561 That's why... 05:51.311 --> 05:52.691 That's why...?! 05:57.281 --> 05:58.360 Mao! 05:58.361 --> 05:59.691 You bastard! 06:02.571 --> 06:04.071 That day... 06:04.991 --> 06:10.790 The person who gave me this scar was you, Shiranui?! 06:10.791 --> 06:13.040 You never figured it out? 06:13.041 --> 06:14.831 You've got to be kidding me! 06:16.081 --> 06:16.920 NANOKA KIBA 06:16.921 --> 06:19.590 NANOKA KIBA Mao, we'll be there soon! 06:19.591 --> 06:21.461 OTOYA Hey, Miss Nanoka. 06:21.961 --> 06:24.091 The Metal aura is leading to those doors. 06:28.851 --> 06:31.350 HYAKKA - KAMON An underground bunker? 06:31.351 --> 06:33.600 The trail of Metal aura leads this way. 06:33.601 --> 06:34.690 Let's go in. 06:34.691 --> 06:36.561 We're going inside?! 06:43.611 --> 06:47.871 Mao's Sword of Hagunsei is quite handy, isn't it? 06:48.371 --> 06:50.620 That sword is bad news. 06:50.621 --> 06:55.250 Once, when I held it, I vomited blood and nearly died. 06:55.251 --> 06:58.201 No, you actually did die. 06:59.131 --> 07:01.130 If I had the chance, 07:01.131 --> 07:04.631 I wanted to kill the Master with my own hands 07:05.121 --> 07:08.981 rather than let him be killed by an outsider like you. 07:09.851 --> 07:13.640 You would have killed him to become the successor of the Goko Clan? 07:13.641 --> 07:17.970 But then, the secret spell of Taizanfukun was snatched away 07:17.971 --> 07:21.521 by you and Byouki, and the two of you fled. 07:22.191 --> 07:28.161 Now then, Mao, you're going to teach me the Taizanfukun spell. 07:28.701 --> 07:34.201 Byouki's head escaped with the Taizanfukun spell. 07:35.041 --> 07:39.061 Shiranui doesn't know that. 07:41.041 --> 07:42.800 I'll teach it to you. 07:42.801 --> 07:44.550 Oh? 07:44.551 --> 07:48.681 But first, there's something I need to ask you. 07:49.301 --> 07:52.051 What did you do to Lady Sana? 07:53.811 --> 07:55.811 That day... 07:56.231 --> 07:58.001 They said Lady Sana died. 07:58.851 --> 08:01.001 Some even claimed that I killed her. 08:02.231 --> 08:06.161 But she's alive and working for you. 08:12.491 --> 08:14.201 Why?! 08:17.431 --> 08:21.320 So he's met Yurako, huh. 08:21.321 --> 08:23.590 What's the matter, Mao? 08:23.591 --> 08:26.631 You're still hung up on Sana? 08:40.771 --> 08:42.131 Mao! 08:42.901 --> 08:43.771 Nanoka! 08:44.471 --> 08:46.530 What is this...? 08:46.531 --> 08:48.650 Is this Mao's blood?! 08:48.651 --> 08:50.320 Nanoka... 08:50.321 --> 08:51.840 My sword! 08:51.841 --> 08:53.530 O-Okay. 08:53.531 --> 08:59.041 That is the power of Byouki's blood flowing through me. 08:59.781 --> 09:01.620 Shiranui... 09:01.621 --> 09:05.040 Tell me what you did to Lady Sana! 09:05.041 --> 09:07.920 What? That's Shiranui? 09:07.921 --> 09:10.171 Shiranui?! 09:10.591 --> 09:12.930 Why are there so many of you? 09:12.931 --> 09:15.180 Are you all in this together? 09:15.181 --> 09:18.430 Please answer me, Shiranui. 09:18.431 --> 09:22.730 Why is Lady Sana alive and with you? 09:22.731 --> 09:25.360 How is she alive?! 09:25.361 --> 09:27.360 Who knows? 09:27.361 --> 09:32.860 She's staying with me by her own choice. 09:32.861 --> 09:34.161 Liar! 09:40.751 --> 09:45.040 Oh? Was that energy from the Sword of Hagunsei? 09:45.041 --> 09:46.750 He didn't even swing it. 09:46.751 --> 09:51.590 I'm surprised you can raise your voice like that. 09:51.591 --> 09:54.241 Is it because of Lady Sana? 09:55.341 --> 09:58.470 Her wish was the same as mine. 09:58.471 --> 10:02.350 We prolong the lives of the powerful who govern the nation 10:02.351 --> 10:06.110 and, when asked, curse their political rivals. 10:06.111 --> 10:10.991 That is how we keep the Goko Clan's legacy alive. 10:12.241 --> 10:16.320 I will obey my father's wishes. 10:16.321 --> 10:22.000 Lady Sana was prepared to carry on the legacy of the Goko Clan! 10:22.001 --> 10:23.211 But...! 10:23.681 --> 10:28.130 To deceive everyone by making her corpse seem alive... 10:28.131 --> 10:32.011 She would never have wanted such a twisted existence! 10:35.201 --> 10:37.140 Twisted, you say? 10:37.141 --> 10:42.851 This would all be over if you just handed over the secret spell of Taizanfukun! 10:44.131 --> 10:48.401 I would never hand over the spell to someone like you! 11:02.201 --> 11:04.290 Your legs... 11:04.291 --> 11:08.291 What? You really don't remember? 11:09.221 --> 11:11.090 Mao betrayed us! 11:11.091 --> 11:14.420 He's controlling Byouki to destroy the compound! 11:14.421 --> 11:15.760 Don't falter! 11:15.761 --> 11:19.300 Mao killed our Master! He's our sworn enemy now! 11:19.301 --> 11:21.181 Finish him off! 11:37.951 --> 11:39.381 I did that? 11:40.241 --> 11:44.750 I borrowed these legs from the shikigami Kairyu. 11:44.751 --> 11:48.620 Thanks to them, I can never leave the water. 11:48.621 --> 11:54.510 So, is that why you never left Kyoto and kept sending assassins? 11:54.511 --> 11:58.361 That's right. I'll send as many as it takes. 12:01.761 --> 12:03.011 Stop! 12:05.771 --> 12:07.480 Why are you stopping me?! 12:07.481 --> 12:09.690 Are you a fool? 12:09.691 --> 12:11.240 The moment you go into the water, 12:11.241 --> 12:13.481 you're playing right into Shiranui's hands. 12:26.501 --> 12:28.390 YURAKO 12:28.391 --> 12:31.501 So you ended up meeting Mao? 12:32.841 --> 12:37.261 I wonder what Mao thought when he saw me? 12:37.701 --> 12:40.441 HAKUBI Poor Lady Yurako. 12:42.471 --> 12:44.181 You monster. 12:53.981 --> 12:55.571 Dammit. 12:57.861 --> 13:00.571 We followed the Metal shikigami here... 13:01.281 --> 13:04.990 Which means Shiranui is working with a Metal sorcerer. 13:04.991 --> 13:08.750 I was so close... I almost had him. 13:08.751 --> 13:11.000 He'll be back sooner or later. 13:11.001 --> 13:13.750 Seems like he's got a serious grudge against you. 13:13.751 --> 13:16.501 Well, I'd hold a grudge too. 13:17.131 --> 13:20.920 You cut off his legs and left him like that. 13:20.921 --> 13:26.310 Mao, you really don't remember what happened back then? 13:26.311 --> 13:29.561 No, I don't remember. 13:30.071 --> 13:33.850 To be honest, I never paid much attention to Shiranui. 13:33.851 --> 13:35.560 Man, that's cold. 13:35.561 --> 13:37.900 Anyway, let's go home. 13:37.901 --> 13:39.070 It's cold here. 13:39.071 --> 13:41.590 Go back without me. 13:41.591 --> 13:44.320 I'm going to rest a bit first. 13:44.321 --> 13:46.950 Huh? You can't walk? 13:46.951 --> 13:49.910 What? You seemed fine a moment ago. 13:49.911 --> 13:53.170 No, he was shot several times 13:53.171 --> 13:55.191 by the Metal shikigami. 13:58.381 --> 14:01.090 I see. So what happened earlier 14:01.091 --> 14:05.641 was because talking about Lady Sana made your blood boil? 14:15.651 --> 14:16.980 Nanoka, what are you doing?! 14:16.981 --> 14:18.980 Giving you my blood. 14:18.981 --> 14:20.230 You can't walk, right? 14:20.231 --> 14:22.650 I told you, you can't do that. 14:22.651 --> 14:24.780 It might shorten your life. 14:24.781 --> 14:25.911 I don't care! 14:31.541 --> 14:34.000 Kamon's not going to help, is he? 14:34.001 --> 14:36.450 He'd hate getting his coat dirty. 14:36.451 --> 14:39.461 And Hyakka's too small to carry you. 14:40.001 --> 14:44.300 Well, you're not wrong. I can't stand getting my coat dirty. 14:44.301 --> 14:47.141 Nanoka, did you just make fun of me?! 14:49.891 --> 14:50.891 Ah... 14:51.601 --> 14:54.771 The wounds are healing. 15:05.951 --> 15:07.240 Sheesh. 15:07.241 --> 15:10.450 Now she passes out, and we have to carry her. 15:10.451 --> 15:12.950 Mao, want to switch? 15:12.951 --> 15:15.710 I'd be happy to carry Nanoka. 15:15.711 --> 15:19.041 No, Nanoka is my responsibility. 15:20.381 --> 15:23.171 I made her push herself too hard again. 15:23.801 --> 15:26.931 I can't let this continue. 15:30.051 --> 15:32.470 Miss Nanoka, are you going back already? 15:32.471 --> 15:35.810 Yes. I want to go home and get a good rest. 15:35.811 --> 15:37.980 And Mao, don't push yourself too hard either. 15:37.981 --> 15:39.731 I'm fine now. 15:40.111 --> 15:41.861 My wounds have healed. 15:45.741 --> 15:47.110 Got it. 15:47.111 --> 15:48.451 Well, I'll see you, then. 15:55.411 --> 15:58.541 I've never seen Mao like that before. 15:59.371 --> 16:03.840 Lady Sana is working for Shiranui... 16:03.841 --> 16:07.841 She's staying with me by her own choice. 16:08.321 --> 16:09.761 Liar! 16:10.391 --> 16:13.681 He's totally jealous of Shiranui. 16:14.711 --> 16:17.810 Lady Sana was in love with someone else. 16:17.811 --> 16:20.851 Was that person Shiranui? 16:21.361 --> 16:23.641 I find that hard to believe. 16:24.151 --> 16:28.360 But even though it was one-sided, he clearly still loves her. 16:28.361 --> 16:30.491 Out of the way! 16:36.161 --> 16:40.541 Was that really Lady Sana? 16:45.301 --> 16:47.210 BYOUKI Byouki?! 16:47.211 --> 16:52.220 If you wish to see me, call my name at any time. 16:52.221 --> 16:55.350 W-Why is he here?! 16:55.351 --> 16:57.641 I didn't call him here... 16:58.931 --> 17:01.850 You gave Mao your blood again, didn't you? 17:01.851 --> 17:04.230 What? You know? 17:04.231 --> 17:06.760 Mao and Nanoka... 17:06.761 --> 17:10.131 The blood that flows through both of you is mine. 17:10.881 --> 17:12.490 Of course I can tell. 17:12.491 --> 17:17.810 So he's been watching me this whole time as his new vessel? 17:17.811 --> 17:19.001 But... 17:19.491 --> 17:24.250 You told me before that you had no intention of harming me, right? 17:24.251 --> 17:28.631 Yes. You have nothing to fear from me. 17:29.211 --> 17:32.511 Then tell me about Lady Sana. 17:33.751 --> 17:35.081 Sana? 17:35.511 --> 17:38.771 You were once Lady Sana's pet cat, right? 17:42.551 --> 17:43.901 Haimaru. 17:49.401 --> 17:51.900 Extra! Extra! 17:51.901 --> 17:54.871 Mysterious massacre at Hitokabe Village! 17:55.991 --> 17:57.490 "A postman discovered 17:57.491 --> 18:00.161 the gruesome scene at the village and alerted the authorities." 18:00.831 --> 18:03.490 "The villagers had been killed with what appeared to be 18:03.491 --> 18:05.960 a single thrust from a sharp blade." 18:05.961 --> 18:10.920 I saw things that looked like metal scarecrows leaving the village. 18:10.921 --> 18:13.841 That's what the postman stated. 18:14.511 --> 18:16.351 Metal scarecrows?! 18:16.901 --> 18:19.351 Could they be the same ones from back then? 18:22.521 --> 18:25.521 What was Lady Sana like? 18:26.101 --> 18:27.611 Sana was... 18:30.691 --> 18:33.781 That is a shikigami, Haimaru. 18:37.821 --> 18:39.490 SANA It vanished. 18:39.491 --> 18:40.291 SANA 18:40.871 --> 18:43.220 You know, Haimaru... 18:43.221 --> 18:45.541 HAIMARU This is a house of curses. 18:46.041 --> 18:49.130 Nobles secretly come here 18:49.131 --> 18:53.130 and entrust us with the names, hair, or nails of the people they wish to curse. 18:53.131 --> 18:57.250 Then an onmyoji from this house casts the curse. 18:57.251 --> 19:01.890 But if the target is protected by a more skilled onmyoji, 19:01.891 --> 19:03.730 they might cast a counterspell back at us. 19:03.731 --> 19:09.690 Or onmyoji from the outside who oppose this house may send curses of their own. 19:09.691 --> 19:16.381 And yet, every one of those curses disappears above the compound. 19:17.451 --> 19:19.910 No, that's not quite right. 19:19.911 --> 19:22.121 They simply become invisible. 19:23.331 --> 19:27.380 Are you saying that Lady Sana could see them? 19:27.381 --> 19:29.460 Was she able to cast Onmyo spells? 19:29.461 --> 19:32.960 Sana was not a sorcerer. 19:32.961 --> 19:37.081 But on the nights when someone came to commission a curse... 19:42.041 --> 19:46.101 The master of the compound, Sana's father... 19:52.071 --> 19:55.360 ...would gather up the black vapor... 19:55.361 --> 19:58.450 ...and hand it to a sorcerer on the compound. 19:58.451 --> 20:02.030 What was that black vapor? 20:02.031 --> 20:03.951 A curse, most likely. 20:04.831 --> 20:10.130 It had the same smell as the shikigami that disappeared above the compound. 20:10.131 --> 20:13.881 A curse came out of Lady Sana's mouth? 20:14.741 --> 20:17.301 Sana was the daughter of the Goko Clan. 20:17.761 --> 20:20.430 That was probably her role. 20:20.431 --> 20:24.850 Wait, did Mao know about any of this? 20:24.851 --> 20:26.980 He couldn't have. 20:26.981 --> 20:30.310 When she was around Mao and the sorcerers of the compound, 20:30.311 --> 20:33.821 Sana was always surrounded by a pure aura. 20:34.981 --> 20:40.740 I don't even know if Sana herself realized her role. 20:40.741 --> 20:42.871 Out of my way! 20:43.451 --> 20:44.660 Tell me... 20:44.661 --> 20:49.371 If I said Lady Sana was alive in the Taisho era, would you believe me? 20:49.921 --> 20:51.881 Sana is dead. 20:52.381 --> 20:54.841 Her heart was torn from her chest. 20:55.881 --> 20:58.880 There's no way she could still be alive. 20:58.881 --> 21:02.781 Then who is that woman? 21:06.181 --> 21:08.560 Isn't this odd, Hyakka? 21:08.561 --> 21:09.851 What do you mean? 21:10.311 --> 21:15.480 The massacre in Hitokabe Village happened less than three days ago, but... 21:15.481 --> 21:19.990 There isn't a single reporter or police officer here. 21:19.991 --> 21:24.740 That just means the newspapers and the police have been told to stay away. 21:24.741 --> 21:26.990 It was the same back then. 21:26.991 --> 21:31.870 Are you talking about when you encountered the metal scarecrows? 21:31.871 --> 21:33.540 Yeah. 21:33.541 --> 21:38.001 It was 20 years ago, when the war with Russia started. 21:38.581 --> 21:42.870 Back then, I was helping out on a farm in a village. 21:42.871 --> 21:44.761 You've sure worked a lot of jobs. 21:45.391 --> 21:47.261 They... 21:50.811 --> 21:53.021 ...appeared out of nowhere. 21:59.401 --> 22:00.741 What the...?! 22:04.741 --> 22:06.911 Everyone in the village was slaughtered. 22:07.621 --> 22:09.450 I barely managed to escape, but... 22:09.451 --> 22:14.960 The incident never made the papers or even sparked a rumor. 22:14.961 --> 22:18.420 So it was as if the massacre had never happened? 22:18.421 --> 22:19.460 Yeah. 22:19.461 --> 22:23.140 But this time, the incident made the papers. 22:23.141 --> 22:25.471 Hyakka, I think this is... 22:33.521 --> 22:35.480 I knew it. 22:35.481 --> 22:38.320 They're the same ones as 20 years ago. 22:38.321 --> 22:43.530 It seems the incident in this village was a trap to lure us out. 22:43.531 --> 22:46.791 That's right. But... 22:47.701 --> 22:52.540 I never expected you to show up as well, Hyakka. 22:52.541 --> 22:53.680 You bastard! 22:53.681 --> 22:56.541 Were you the one behind the scarecrows 20 years ago?! 22:57.631 --> 22:59.240 Well, yes. 22:59.241 --> 23:03.800 Back then, neither of us had the chance to get a good look at each other's faces. 23:03.801 --> 23:06.520 Would you like to see mine? 23:06.521 --> 23:09.181 Before I take out your remaining eye? 23:12.471 --> 23:16.921 This is the man who did that to Hyakka's eye? 24:49.031 --> 24:50.570 NEXT TIME Stay out of this, Mao! 24:50.571 --> 24:52.120 He's mine! 24:52.121 --> 24:54.870 Ordinarily, Fire overcomes Metal. 24:54.871 --> 24:57.000 Master Hyakka should have the advantage, but... 24:57.001 --> 25:02.290 For me, the Goko Clan was where I truly felt comfortable. 25:02.291 --> 25:06.800 But Mao, your betrayal brought about the Goko Clan's downfall. 25:06.801 --> 25:09.670 You're siding with the sham that is the Goko Clan? 25:09.671 --> 25:12.800 A sham? Are you so sure about that? 25:12.801 --> 25:15.100 You hideous monster! 25:15.101 --> 25:17.431 Next time: "Hakubi."