The current's changed?
Yeah. All of a sudden, we can't catch any fish.
All we're getting is...
Dammit! It's happened again!
It's tangled in the net!
He's at the bottom of the sea now?
You've got to be kidding me.
Did you find Shiranui's shrine, Master Kamon?
I did.
But with it down there, there's not much we can do.
Do you intend to kill Shiranui, Master Kamon?
That depends.
What's that bastard...
Shiranui plotting now?
We're performing a spirit-summoning ritual?
Yes.
We summon the soul that dwells within this hair.
Come forth, by sacred decree!
Masago!
That night, Masago had asked me to come out...
and wait for her at a shack on Northern Beach.
But she didn't come.
If Masago's hair came from Shiranui's shrine,
that would mean...
Yeah.
We need to squeeze the truth out of Shiranui.
Master Shiranui, the hair has broken through the barrier.
It's possible that moving the shrine from Kyoto...
has compromised the barrier.
Truly...
there's nothing more terrifying...
than a woman's tenacity.
Isn't that right, Masago?
Let's head back, Kamon.
KAMON
Kamon is trying so hard...
Yes.
OTOYA NANOKA KIBA He's probably trying to break the shrine's barrier
with Wood energy.
Lady Masago...
was so beautiful.
Is her soul...
inside the shrine?
Looks like...
someone troublesome's here.
Natsuno?!
What're you doing here?
Oh...
You're that girl who was with Mao.
Natsuno...
Natsuno?!
What do you want, Mao?
Why'd you call me here with a butterfly talisman?
MAO
We'd like to ask for your help.
MAO
So...
you want to go to the shrine at the bottom of the sea?
Yes.
But first, Mao...
Do you really think it's a good idea to bring together
survivors of the Goshikido so easily?
Oh, that's right. There was that rule that
those summoned to the Goshikido have to kill each other.
Do you...
want all of us to kill each other, Natsuno?
Who knows?
So Kamon, you're the one who needs my help?
Yeah.
Natsuno... I wasn't expecting you to still be alive.
Hey, are you sure this is okay?
Yes, that's why I asked her to come.
It was a big gamble, though.
At least Natsuno...
was never interested in the Goko Clan's succession.
I'll help you, Kamon.
But in return...
keep your nose out of my business.
I-Incredible!
Impressive, Natsuno.
Well then, we're going underwater using this.
But it's going to be difficult
to keep this earthen doll intact beneath the sea.
So that's where...
you come in.
Huh? Me?!
You're of the Earth element.
Give me a hand.
Uh... W-What am I supposed to do?!
Natsuno...
I wasn't planning on taking Nanoka underwater.
I intended to have her wait on shore.
He's right, this is too dangerous.
Shiranui will resist, and Mao won't be able to stay focused.
Because you'd be worried about me?!
Of course. It's a matter of life and death.
Shall we give up, then?
No! I'll do it!
Hey...
THE UNDERSEA SHRINE
Everyone, get inside.
Nanoka and I will keep channeling our energy into the earthen doll.
- Show me your hands. - Okay.
With these prayer beads, our energies will become one.
Copy my hand seals.
Got it.
Great Yin, source of all life.
Spirit of the waters.
Answer the Void and the Northern Stars.
Tortoise and Serpent, unite as one.
Traverse the Six Directions.
Strike awe into all spirits.
Let nothing remain unseen.
Let no vow go unfulfilled.
From the end of one age to the next.
Mao...
Natsuno is being surprisingly cooperative, don't you think?
You don't trust Lady Natsuno, do you?
Well, for now, I'll just be grateful.
The barrier is blocking us.
Swiftly, swiftly, as the law commands.
May this sacred vow be fulfilled.
We've broken through.
Black evil energy?!
What is this evil energy?
He's probably buying time to escape.
He's not getting away!
Mao...
SHIRANUI I never expected you to come to me.
I suppose...
you're tagging along with Kamon today?
So, you know why we've come, Shiranui.
What did you do to Masago?
Oh... you mean the hair?
What a nuisance.
I went through all the trouble to move my shrine here...
but I never anticipated Masago's hair
to break through the barrier.
So this wasn't a trap?!
The spirit we summoned from that hair
wasn't from a living person.
Where is Masago?
Of course she's dead...
She's been dead for 900 years.
Did you kill her?
MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN Shiranui.
MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN Keep an eye on Masago.
Master?
What do you mean?
Don't let her escape the compound.
I also knew that Masago hated the Goko Clan.
Especially...
after Daigo was cursed to death.
So, that night...
Miss Masago!
Where are you going?
Shiranui...
MASAGO
Turn a blind eye, Shiranui.
I have no intention of ever coming back.
- Why are you doing this? - I...
...was summoned to the Goshikido.
So it was Masago who was summoned, after all.
And yet, she died?
Masago told me what happened at the Goshikido.
Mao...
She even told me you were the sacrifice.
Then they told me to kill sorcerers I'd never even met.
But...
I can't do such a thing.
Miss Masago...
Miss Masago...!
Miss Masago!
The moment Masago died,
the ayakashi began swarming around me.
Curse Mao to death.
If you lack the resolve to do that...
then die right here.
I thought they were going to kill me,
but here I am, still alive.
So instead of Masago...
you replaced her in the circle of the Goshikido?
Tell me, Kamon...
You weren't at the compound that night either, were you?
Were you planning to run away with Masago?
Masago...
was planning to run away with me?!
If so, Masago is dead because of you!
Well then, it's about time...
you died.
Well then, it's about time you died.
Mao, you're coming with me.
The black evil energy again...
It's not emanating from Shiranui.
It's coming from behind him!
Kamon...
I have no more use for you.
Coral?!
It's too hard!
Kamon...
I can't breathe...
Masago...
I thought Masago was the only Water sorcerer
who'd been summoned to the Goshikido.
That's why that day...
Kamon...
Tonight. At the usual place.
If she knew that I was also summoned to the Goshikido,
what would Masago do?
At the compound, one person after another was cursed to death.
Those who'd been summoned to the Goshikido
knew what it meant, so they were prepared, but...
Come on. Who's doing that?
Maybe I should get away from this compound right now...
and take Masago with me.
What would Masago say?
Oh... if I had only spoken to Masago sooner...
Kamon...
Were you planning to run away with Masago?
Masago is dead because of you!
Masago...
I'm sorry I wasn't by your side...
in your final moments.
Kamon...
Not even a scratch!
Ayakashi are inside the black evil energy?!
I've got to...
get rid of them quickly!
There are too many...
You're wasting your time...
The ayakashi will just keep coming.
Meanwhile, Kamon will...
Kamon...
Reveal your true form.
Let your presence be revealed.
Let even the Five Sacred Mountains bow.
Swiftly, swiftly, as the law commands.
- Let no vow go unfulfilled. - Mao and Kamon are taking too long...
Will they be okay, Natsuno?
No, it's not looking good.
By the way, Nanoka...
can you swim?
I'm a weakling,
so I could only dogpaddle about 10 meters in swimming class...
It's not safe here. We have to go!
Okay!
The water split apart...
Amazing!
Yurako?!
Kamon.
Those who were summoned to the Goshikido
can injure and kill one another.
If Shiranui truly inherited
the Goshikido's fate from Masago...
Kamon will be killed by Shiranui.
I can... breathe...?
Masago...
Is this...
Masago's hair?!
Yurako is spewing black evil energy!
That same evil energy is connected to the entrance!
Natsuno!
The water's flooding out of the main hall!
He's using a Water attack.
Now I see why they haven't come back.
An Earth sorcerer?!
Is that Natsuno?!
Kamon!
Hair...
Is Masago protecting him?
You're pissing me off...
While I was in there, I did a lot of thinking.
You became immortal because you were caught up
in the circle of the Goshikido.
You have my sympathies for that.
But to say that Masago died
because of our rendezvous...
You've no right to say that.
Still, I'll let it slide.
However...
Someone like you...
has no right to call Masago by her name!
That's what he was mad about?
Mao!
Nanoka... Natsuno...
No doubt about it.
It's the same black evil energy.
Yurako...
is here.
Lady Sana?!
And another thing.
Why is Masago's hair in your shrine?
This evil energy...
The night that Lady Sana died,
I saw the same evil energy at the compound.
What?!
The same evil energy, from 900 years ago,
when Lady Sana died?!
Yes, I'm positive...
Natsuno!
Miss Natsuno.
Mao.
Mao...
Lady... Sana...
Mao...
NEXT TIME
I'm taking Masago back.
It tore out Lady Sana's heart.
Her heart?!
I saw Sana's blood-red heart.
I worry so much about you...
Why can't you understand that?!
Me too...
I've been trying to be mindful of your feelings...
but you never even notice me!
Next time: Sana's Heart