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You'll be fine, Nanoka.
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I will be at your side.
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Promise?!
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No!!
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I can't do it!! I'm scared!
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They're gross!
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Nanoka.
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You can do it.
Try it again.
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No!
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{\an8}NANOKA KIBA MAO
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Keep your eyes on him.
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Focus your energy and
aim for the tanden.
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Thrust!
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He turned back into a human.
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Water? Where's it going?!
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Mao!
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Okay, another one.
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Okay!
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That's it, Nanoka.
Keep going like that.
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Got it!
Mao, stay by my side, okay?
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Don't leave me!
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Where'd he go?!
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The water he coughed up
is running away.
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Where is it going?
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It's them! Those shikigami are
the source of all this!
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{\an8}HYAKKA
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They're getting away!
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Huh?! They didn't change back!
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Why?! So creepy!
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Okay... that's enough.
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What's up with that girl?
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{\an8}OTOYA
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Miss Nanoka is actually
a pretty good fighter.
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Eww!
What're you doing?
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Thanks to you,
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the shikigami coughed out
its cursed talisman.
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What's it say?
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I bet it's an order to hunt us down
and kill us, right?
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Can I see?
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"If Mao is alive,
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capture him alive
and bring him to me."
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That's what it says.
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What? Only Mao?
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What about me?!
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It's a good thing they didn't want you.
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You're not suited to
fighting Water spells.
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D-Damn!
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Who could it be?
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Otoya. A brush.
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Yes.
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Mao?
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Swallow this.
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Return to your master.
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H-Hey!
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So you're just letting them go?
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Even if we destroy the shikigami here,
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I have a feeling more
will simply keep coming.
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We can't continue with this.
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What is this place?
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My lower belly hurts...
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That's why...
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I've set a trap.
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{\an8}TAIZANFUKUN
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Before the big earthquake
happened,
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the Byoki was hiding in this hole.
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Those shikigami...
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were ordered to capture me alive.
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Not to kill me.
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It means that
someone wants to see you.
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But that was...
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a pretty rough invitation.
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It doesn't seem like they wanted
to have a peaceful chat.
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Whoever controls those shikigami
wasn't targeting me,
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but most likely the Byoki.
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What?
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More specifically,
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they're after a spell from the secret
scrolls that the Byoki devoured.
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{\an8}BYOKI
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The secret spell of Taizanfukun?
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Taiza... what?
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A spell for manipulating
human lifespans.
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The ultimate secret art of Onmyodo.
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That is Taizanfukun.
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Oh... so that's what it's called?
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Hyakka, you believed I was working
with the Byoki, didn't you?
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Right.
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And I haven't forgotten!
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He completely forgot.
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And he came to us for help.
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It means others are thinking
the same thing.
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Including whoever is behind this attack.
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That is why we're luring them to us.
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I get it, so this is a trap...
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That's why you fed the shikigami
a new command?
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That's right.
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What did you write?
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"We found Mao,
but he resisted capture.
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The most we could do was
confine him to a single location.
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Master, we need you
to go there yourself."
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Huh?
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What's the matter?
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What is that?
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Was that a whale?!
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No... it looked way stranger!
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How're you feeling today, Nanoka?
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Here are the notes from
the classes you missed.
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{\an8}HARUKA HITOMI YUI NAKAGAWA
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I took notes for you, just in case.
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Thank you! That's so helpful!
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Good thing we're an integrated
middle and high school.
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No entrance exams to study for.
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They're all so sweet!
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By the way, Nanoka,
that part is going to be on the test.
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{\an8}SHIRAHA
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{\an8}TAISHO DEMOCRACY
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The Taisho period shows us...
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Compared to them, Mao is so...
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It'll take a few days before
the shikigami's master gets here.
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I don't mind you going back home,
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but I want you to come back here
as soon as you can.
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Are you...
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telling me to fight alongside you?
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Of course.
You need to gain experience.
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That guy has absolutely
no intention
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of protecting a frail girl like me.
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That kinda hurts my feelings...
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That settles it.
I'll take some time off for a few days.
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Oh, I know...
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I'll have Shiraha look up that
Taizan something or other spell...
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that Mao was talking about!
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So what's the story about
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that girl Nanoka ?
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It's hard to explain...
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She's like me.
We were both cursed by the Byoki.
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Cursed, huh?
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The Byoki possesses
human bodies as vessels,
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moving from one host to another.
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Nanoka is being targeted
as its new vessel after me.
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The Byoki escaped to Nanoka's world.
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That is why I want
to teach her how to fight...
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so she can protect herself
even when she's alone.
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Hmm...
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I don't really get it...
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You don't?
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Will this do for a katashiro,
Master Mao?
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Mmhm.
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Oh...
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I'm setting up a decoy in my place.
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This hole is still charged with
the Byoki's yokai energy.
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I see.
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And when the enemy comes
and peers into the hole...
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Yes, once we confirm who they are
and determine
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if they have evil intentions...
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we'll use your dynamite
to cave the hole in
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and trap them underground
for the time being.
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I can't wait to see
who shows up.
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I can think of
several senior apprentices
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who can cast Water spells.
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But was there anyone who would
resort to such aggressive tactics?
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Looks like they're here.
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Wasn't it a bit soon?
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Let's take cover.
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What is that sound?
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What is that?
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Good question.
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Is that...?
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Who the hell is that?
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It's filled with fish.
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Master Mao...
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It knows my name?!
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Hey Mao! You have an idea
of who's controlling that monster?
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Master Mao...
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{\an8}MOKUZU
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You could have told me to get the water...
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Mokuzu...
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Master Mao...
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All I ask for is one spell...
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Pardon?
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Won't you teach me just one spell?
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We've already discussed this.
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I'm in no position to teach you,
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and the Master has
strictly forbidden it.
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I thought that if I served in
an onmyoji compound,
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I might learn at least one spell.
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Do you want to become
an onmyoji, Mokuzu?
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Well, of course.
It's something I've always dreamed of.
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Don't you think
the resemblance is striking?
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Mokuzu, the servant?
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Ahh, yeah.
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That guy used to beg me
to teach him spells too.
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Not that I ever did.
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Mokuzu wasn't a sorcerer.
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Did someone teach him those spells?
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Master Mao...
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Whatever the case,
this thing isn't human.
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Let's do this!
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Ignite!
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Just as it was looking down
into the hole,
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the dynamite exploded...
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00:12:30,521 --> 00:12:32,481
Everything seems to be going
according to plan.
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00:12:32,648 --> 00:12:33,732
Hmm...
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Exactly as planned!
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00:12:45,869 --> 00:12:47,496
It's turning into a giant fish pond.
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Master Mao...
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00:12:56,297 --> 00:12:57,673
Please teach me...
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The secret spell of Taizanfukun ...
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So that was his objective,
just as I suspected.
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00:13:04,054 --> 00:13:05,014
But...
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00:13:05,723 --> 00:13:07,308
Are you Mokuzu?
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The secret spell of Taizanfukun...
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was known only to a select few
at the compound.
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00:13:14,189 --> 00:13:15,316
Why do you know about it?
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00:13:16,108 --> 00:13:20,988
Secret spells are passed on
to the rightful successor.
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00:13:21,488 --> 00:13:22,489
Huh?
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00:13:22,531 --> 00:13:24,575
Who the hell is the rightful successor?
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00:13:25,034 --> 00:13:27,328
Master Mao, you ought to know...
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00:13:27,870 --> 00:13:30,456
After all, you did become one
with the Byoki.
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00:13:32,082 --> 00:13:35,336
The only reason you're still alive now,
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is because the Byoki's power
sustains you.
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00:13:38,630 --> 00:13:39,715
So please...
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00:13:40,591 --> 00:13:42,551
For my sake...
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00:13:43,927 --> 00:13:45,554
What the hell is this guy talking about?
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The one who transformed
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Lady Sana's cat, Haimaru,
into the Byoki was...
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me, Mokuzu!
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00:14:02,613 --> 00:14:03,906
Run, Otoya!
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00:14:29,765 --> 00:14:30,933
Hyakka...!
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00:14:31,809 --> 00:14:34,269
We're inside Mokuzu's body?
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00:14:35,270 --> 00:14:36,480
Master Mao...
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00:14:36,563 --> 00:14:38,357
I shall take you to Kyoto.
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00:14:45,697 --> 00:14:46,657
Master Mao!
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I can't breathe...
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Mao...
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{\an8}HAIMARU LADY SANA
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I think it's best if you stay away
from Mokuzu.
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00:14:57,292 --> 00:14:58,335
Lady Sana...
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00:14:58,877 --> 00:15:00,295
Has he done something wrong?
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00:15:01,046 --> 00:15:02,548
For some time now,
Mokuzu has been
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pestering various apprentices
to teach him onmyo spells.
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00:15:08,137 --> 00:15:10,264
But ever since you were chosen
as the successor,
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he's been behaving strangely...
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00:15:16,270 --> 00:15:17,396
I would often notice him...
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staring at me.
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00:15:19,606 --> 00:15:20,607
Staring at you?
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00:15:21,233 --> 00:15:22,609
I can't quite describe it,
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00:15:23,318 --> 00:15:24,778
but his eyes were...
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00:15:26,530 --> 00:15:27,489
It was...
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00:15:27,906 --> 00:15:28,782
as though...
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00:15:30,159 --> 00:15:32,619
someone else was watching me.
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00:15:36,456 --> 00:15:38,750
Someone is pulling Mokuzu's strings...
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00:15:42,838 --> 00:15:45,090
No one has ever escaped...
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after being trapped inside my body.
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00:16:01,648 --> 00:16:04,693
That's... Mokuzu...
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00:16:08,488 --> 00:16:11,909
It would be pointless if you die here.
255
00:16:12,409 --> 00:16:15,162
While you sleep in
the belly of the shark,
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I will take you to Kyoto.
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00:16:28,258 --> 00:16:29,218
What?!
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00:16:59,331 --> 00:17:00,207
Master Mao...
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00:17:03,543 --> 00:17:04,503
Mokuzu...
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00:17:04,878 --> 00:17:06,630
Who taught you these spells?
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00:17:07,589 --> 00:17:08,507
Master Hyakka...
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00:17:10,467 --> 00:17:11,343
Otoya...
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00:17:11,551 --> 00:17:12,594
How's Hyakka?
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00:17:12,928 --> 00:17:13,929
He drowned...
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00:17:14,221 --> 00:17:15,305
and he's dead.
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00:17:15,889 --> 00:17:18,183
I'm the one they're after,
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00:17:19,101 --> 00:17:20,811
and yet I dragged him into this.
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00:17:21,561 --> 00:17:22,688
Master Mao...
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00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:26,024
You haven't changed.
You were always a kind person.
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00:17:26,566 --> 00:17:29,069
There's no need for you
to blame yourself.
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If others get involved,
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I was ordered to kill them,
as well.
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Others...?!
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Does he mean the senior apprentices
who were summoned to the Goshikido?!
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So I was collateral damage?!
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He came back to life again...
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Damn! I thought I was going to die.
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No, you were actually dead.
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Mokuzu...
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You mentioned that you were the one...
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who turned Lady Sana's cat,
Haimaru, into the Byoki.
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Was that someone else's order too?!
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Yes.
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I asked the apprentices at
the compound to teach me spells,
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but all of them turned me down.
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Except that person...
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You'll teach me?
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Thank you very much!
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Yes, of course!
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If you teach me...
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I will do anything you ask!
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I did as I was told.
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I secretly took Haimaru away...
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and tossed him into the kodoku pit
that had been dug there.
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The pit was filled with
venomous insects,
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snakes, wild dogs and boar, but...
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Haimaru killed and devoured them all.
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That's how he became
the deadliest kodoku...
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The Byoki.
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For what purpose?
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So that's it...
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Someone is using the Byoki
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to curse us to death.
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Mao?! Your eyes...
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I will explain later, Hyakka.
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But then, the Byoki
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devoured the secret scrolls
of Taizanfukun...
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and became one with you, Master Mao.
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When that happened,
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I worried that I would not
be taught any spells,
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but as you can see...
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I have become a fine onmyoji.
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No, Mokuzu.
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You're already...
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It appears he was dead
from the beginning.
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Mokuzu had no ulterior motives...
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He was simply a man obsessed
with learning spells.
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So someone took advantage of that
and turned him into a pawn.
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Yes. Most likely.
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But...
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Haimaru hates being touched
by anyone but me...
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Haimaru never took to anyone
besides Lady Sana and me.
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So why would Haimaru go along quietly
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instead of running away?
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Something doesn't add up.
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I found it in one try.
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Taizanfukun.
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What?!
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This is what you're looking for,
right, Nanoka?
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Taizanfukun...
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00:20:32,961 --> 00:20:33,837
Wow...
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A spell for manipulating
human lifespans.
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The ultimate secret art of Onmyodo.
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The way he said it,
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I thought it would be
a secret shrouded in mystery.
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Since you asked me to look into it,
I summarized the main points.
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Shiraha, you're the best!
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To begin with,
Taizan is a sacred mountain in China.
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Taizanfukun is a Taoist deity
that predates even Jugondo.
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It's said that Taizanfukun governs
human lifespans and souls.
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Governs human lifespans?
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In Japan, Taizanfukun was
especially revered within Onmyodo,
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and the Taizanfukun Rite was
one of its central rituals.
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It was a secret rite performed
only within the Imperial Court,
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reserved exclusively for the nobility.
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00:21:22,177 --> 00:21:24,471
Okay, so...
According to this source...
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There is only a single
recorded instance that
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the secret technique of Taizanfukun
was actually used.
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When a high priest fell gravely ill,
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his grief-stricken disciples
tried every prayer they could,
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but he didn't recover.
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00:21:39,236 --> 00:21:41,695
So, they summoned Abe no Seimei,
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the leading master
of Onmyodo at the time.
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Abe no Seimei?!
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00:21:45,033 --> 00:21:46,409
So he's real?
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00:21:46,535 --> 00:21:47,994
He actually existed.
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00:21:48,370 --> 00:21:49,246
Oh...
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00:21:49,329 --> 00:21:51,665
I only know him as
a character in games and stuff.
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In preparation for
the Taizanfukun Rite,
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Seimei asked if any disciple
would offer their own life
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in exchange for their master's.
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00:22:01,299 --> 00:22:02,759
While others hesitated,
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00:22:03,051 --> 00:22:04,678
one monk stepped forward.
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Seimei wrote the monk's name
onto a prayer text
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that was dedicated to Taizanfukun,
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and offered it in the rite.
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00:22:13,019 --> 00:22:16,231
Then suddenly,
the master's illness began to improve.
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00:22:16,606 --> 00:22:19,150
Did the monk who offered his life die—
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00:22:19,276 --> 00:22:21,069
No, he didn't.
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00:22:21,319 --> 00:22:22,237
Huh?
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Both the master and the disciple
lived long lives.
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00:22:25,574 --> 00:22:26,575
I wonder why?
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Perhaps Taizanfukun, the deity himself,
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took pity on the monk who
offered up his life for his master...
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and spared him.
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I see...
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The monk was praised,
and later rose to prominence.
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00:22:40,005 --> 00:22:42,340
It kind of has a happy ending.
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00:22:42,674 --> 00:22:43,592
Yeah.
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Halfway through, it starts sounding
like a Buddhist sermon.
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{\an8}TAIZANFUKUN
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So Taizanfukun is
a life-substitution spell,
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and exchanges one life for another.
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00:22:53,059 --> 00:22:55,687
It seems to require
another person's life.
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00:22:57,355 --> 00:22:59,691
The Byoki manipulates human lifespans...
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Using someone else's life?
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Please eat, Nanoka.
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00:23:05,488 --> 00:23:06,781
With all that's happened,
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00:23:07,157 --> 00:23:09,618
it's a good thing
Miss Nanoka wasn't here.
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00:23:10,619 --> 00:23:11,620
Yes...
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00:24:47,298 --> 00:24:48,842
Oh, Mr. Kuchinawa...
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Will you be leaving us already?
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00:24:51,594 --> 00:24:52,470
Yes.
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00:24:53,388 --> 00:24:54,431
Thank you for the stay.
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00:24:56,975 --> 00:24:58,560
Things never slow down, do they?
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00:24:58,643 --> 00:25:00,687
And here I am in Kyoto
for the first time in ages...
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Beniko, did you find anything?
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{\an8}KAMON BENIKO
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00:25:06,568 --> 00:25:08,069
Yes, I did, Master Kamon.
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00:25:08,862 --> 00:25:10,739
There's a daughter of
an aristocratic family...
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00:25:11,364 --> 00:25:12,907
An aristocrat's daughter...
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00:25:13,450 --> 00:25:14,451
Very good.
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00:25:15,660 --> 00:25:18,830
She was critically ill, but
the family called a spiritual healer.
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00:25:19,372 --> 00:25:21,249
She is completely recovered now.
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