1 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:31,615 That one... is the same... 2 00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:33,075 I have to help her! 3 00:00:34,785 --> 00:00:36,119 That girl is me! 4 00:00:51,093 --> 00:00:51,969 Mao! 5 00:01:03,188 --> 00:01:05,315 Something flew out... 6 00:01:15,492 --> 00:01:16,368 Mao... 7 00:01:20,706 --> 00:01:23,166 MAO 8 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:24,584 NANOKA KIBA 9 00:01:24,585 --> 00:01:25,918 NANOKA KIBA He's back to normal... 10 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:26,295 NANOKA KIBA 11 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:28,088 Mao! 12 00:01:30,591 --> 00:01:31,508 Mao... 13 00:01:41,643 --> 00:01:43,437 Oh dear! He's naked... 14 00:01:44,021 --> 00:01:44,938 What should I do? 15 00:01:45,522 --> 00:01:46,188 Miss Nanoka, we need to take Master Mao somewhere safe. 16 00:01:46,189 --> 00:01:48,108 OTOYA Miss Nanoka, we need to take Master Mao somewhere safe. 17 00:01:49,192 --> 00:01:50,193 R-Right... 18 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:52,070 He's unconscious. 19 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:53,238 Yes... 20 00:01:53,739 --> 00:01:55,532 But... how? 21 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:57,117 He's naked... 22 00:01:57,701 --> 00:01:58,827 What should I do? 23 00:02:00,412 --> 00:02:02,372 - Dr. Mao! - Dr. Mao! 24 00:03:39,678 --> 00:03:42,931 THE NEW VESSEL 25 00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:46,059 Well, you see... 26 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:49,354 The evil energy emanating from the giant cat's head was so terrifying 27 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:52,774 that we couldn't go anywhere near Fifth Street. 28 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,111 Is Dr. Mao alright? 29 00:03:56,486 --> 00:03:57,487 I don't know. 30 00:03:57,904 --> 00:03:59,447 He's pretty devastated after letting 31 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:02,242 the Byoki he'd been chasing for years get away... 32 00:04:03,118 --> 00:04:03,994 Otoya... 33 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:06,955 Master Mao, you're awake? 34 00:04:09,624 --> 00:04:10,625 Where's Nanoka? 35 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:13,420 At the moment, Nanoka is... 36 00:04:15,672 --> 00:04:17,591 Is that the Imperial Capital in the distance? 37 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:20,427 Yeah, it's horrible... It's a sea of flames. 38 00:04:21,136 --> 00:04:23,847 This area and Fifth Street were devastated. 39 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:26,975 What happened to the keystone, though? 40 00:04:27,851 --> 00:04:29,978 It vanished, leaving behind a gaping hole. 41 00:04:31,146 --> 00:04:32,355 The keystone... 42 00:04:33,523 --> 00:04:36,317 The Byoki that had been hiding beneath the keystone... 43 00:04:36,318 --> 00:04:38,445 escaped because of the earthquake. 44 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:43,158 We thought the Byoki's barrier had disappeared... 45 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:46,286 but the force of the earthquake erupted out of the gate... 46 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:52,375 ...causing the sinkhole accident. 47 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:01,676 And I was dragged into the Taisho era. 48 00:05:03,678 --> 00:05:06,389 But why? Was it just a coincidence? 49 00:05:07,849 --> 00:05:09,643 Give me your body... 50 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:12,020 and become one with me. 51 00:05:12,604 --> 00:05:13,522 Mao... 52 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:16,900 You are a vessel found only once in a thousand years. 53 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:21,071 A vessel found only once in a thousand years? 54 00:05:21,905 --> 00:05:25,783 How is it that you, like Mao, 55 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:28,537 also carry the blood of the Byoki? 56 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:35,043 You, too, are worthy of becoming my vessel. 57 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,381 Was I chosen to be its new vessel? 58 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,467 A vessel found only once in a thousand years? 59 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:44,553 I'm not quite sure... 60 00:05:45,053 --> 00:05:48,723 Maybe it means they are a good match. A good fit. 61 00:05:50,892 --> 00:05:51,892 It wants me... 62 00:05:51,893 --> 00:05:54,145 as its vessel to replace Mao?! 63 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:56,106 Nanoka. 64 00:05:57,566 --> 00:05:59,609 Oh... Mao. 65 00:06:00,235 --> 00:06:01,736 Are you feeling better now? 66 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:04,948 Mao? 67 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:09,369 Did I hear you say that you are that young child? 68 00:06:09,911 --> 00:06:10,787 Huh? 69 00:06:11,496 --> 00:06:12,497 Yes. 70 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:16,585 It feels like the sequence of time is all jumbled up though. 71 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:18,628 In that moment, 72 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:21,923 the best I could do was to send a guardian shikigami. 73 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:29,222 The Byoki escaped into your world beyond the barrier... 74 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,766 and is targeting you. 75 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,573 The gate of the barrier is still intact... 76 00:06:47,782 --> 00:06:49,784 even though the town has been reduced to ashes. 77 00:06:51,536 --> 00:06:52,621 If I go through it... 78 00:06:52,954 --> 00:06:54,873 can I return to the present? 79 00:07:06,718 --> 00:07:07,677 Miss Nanoka. 80 00:07:08,345 --> 00:07:09,304 Otoya... 81 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:11,931 What will you do now? 82 00:07:13,308 --> 00:07:15,644 That's a good question... What should I do? 83 00:07:19,814 --> 00:07:20,732 Where's Mao? 84 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:22,651 He seems pretty down... 85 00:07:23,151 --> 00:07:25,779 Oh... because he let the Byoki get away? 86 00:07:26,321 --> 00:07:28,323 That's partly the reason, of course, 87 00:07:28,907 --> 00:07:31,534 but when he's in that beast form, 88 00:07:31,743 --> 00:07:33,703 he's barely conscious of what's happening... 89 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:36,665 So afterwards, he tends to get very worried about what happened. 90 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:40,960 Like a drunk person regretting what they've done? 91 00:07:41,252 --> 00:07:42,128 Kind of... 92 00:07:42,671 --> 00:07:45,798 He asked for a detailed account of what happened 93 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:47,300 while he was in beast form. 94 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:01,189 He looks deep in thought... 95 00:08:01,690 --> 00:08:02,565 What are those? 96 00:08:02,899 --> 00:08:04,609 They are the katashiro for shikigami. 97 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:06,069 Oh... 98 00:08:07,195 --> 00:08:08,488 Come to think of it... 99 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:12,242 Mao said he sent a guardian shikigami. 100 00:08:18,790 --> 00:08:19,958 Oh, Nanoka... 101 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,252 What will you do from now? 102 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:25,046 Yes... About that... 103 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:28,383 I'm afraid... 104 00:08:29,968 --> 00:08:32,387 The Byoki escaped into your world. 105 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:35,890 Unfortunately, I can't pass through that barrier... 106 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:39,601 And I feel uneasy about sending you home alone. 107 00:08:39,602 --> 00:08:41,104 Oh right... 108 00:08:41,438 --> 00:08:42,981 There's that, too... 109 00:08:45,817 --> 00:08:47,360 Was there something else? 110 00:08:48,403 --> 00:08:51,488 Ever since my parents died in the accident, 111 00:08:51,489 --> 00:08:54,451 I was raised by my grandfather. 112 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:57,287 He was so kind. 113 00:08:57,912 --> 00:08:59,664 He was always by my side. 114 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,045 But... I remembered something... 115 00:09:05,628 --> 00:09:06,963 The day my parents died... 116 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,258 and I was pulled into the Taisho era... 117 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:11,675 NANOKA'S GRANDPA 118 00:09:11,676 --> 00:09:12,719 NANOKA'S GRANDPA Grandpa was... 119 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:13,802 NANOKA'S GRANDPA on his deathbed. 120 00:09:13,803 --> 00:09:14,179 on his deathbed. 121 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:18,433 A dying man's lifespan was extended!? 122 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:20,852 Nanoka... 123 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:23,313 As I've told you, 124 00:09:23,646 --> 00:09:25,940 the Byoki can manipulate a person's lifespan. 125 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:30,361 The Byoki extended Grandpa's life? 126 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:32,614 For what purpose...? 127 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:36,034 But that would mean... 128 00:09:36,493 --> 00:09:39,079 that Grandpa is under the Byoki's control. 129 00:09:39,704 --> 00:09:43,750 He may have been keeping an eye on you as he raised you. 130 00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:45,251 Huh? 131 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:47,087 Grandpa was...? 132 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:54,052 It's going to be alright, Nanoka. 133 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:56,221 Grandpa's going to be with you. 134 00:09:56,805 --> 00:09:58,640 Nanoka! My word, what happened? 135 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:00,433 Are you feeling unwell? 136 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:03,937 Your injury from yesterday... Are you all right now? 137 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:06,314 You've always been frail, 138 00:10:06,481 --> 00:10:08,149 so you need to be careful. 139 00:10:09,150 --> 00:10:11,486 He's... keeping me under watch? 140 00:10:11,861 --> 00:10:12,737 Nanoka... 141 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:14,656 If you go back now, 142 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:18,827 the Byoki might turn you into its vessel. 143 00:10:21,704 --> 00:10:22,580 So... 144 00:10:24,707 --> 00:10:26,876 If you're afraid, stay here... 145 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:28,586 With me. 146 00:10:29,546 --> 00:10:30,421 What? 147 00:10:30,672 --> 00:10:32,298 Did he just... 148 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:37,262 ask me to stay with him forever? 149 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:38,638 You're... 150 00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:42,267 physically strong, of course, 151 00:10:42,684 --> 00:10:43,977 but you also have a good heart. 152 00:10:44,435 --> 00:10:45,895 You're honest and brave. 153 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,023 What?! He's suddenly praising me. 154 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:50,525 You... 155 00:10:54,195 --> 00:10:56,865 would be more than capable of working under me. 156 00:10:57,699 --> 00:10:58,575 What?! 157 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:02,912 Also, if you're not on the other side, 158 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,038 the Byoki will eventually return here. 159 00:11:05,039 --> 00:11:06,498 BYOKI the Byoki will eventually return here. 160 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:06,958 BYOKI 161 00:11:07,458 --> 00:11:09,919 You can work as my assistant until then 162 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:12,630 and learn how to fight the Byoki. 163 00:11:13,381 --> 00:11:16,926 No way! Why would I want to be your underling?! 164 00:11:17,552 --> 00:11:18,428 Oh! 165 00:11:22,473 --> 00:11:25,268 Give me a protective amulet, a weapon... 166 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:26,603 or something like that! 167 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:34,235 Miss Nanoka. 168 00:11:35,904 --> 00:11:37,030 Are you going back? 169 00:11:37,572 --> 00:11:38,448 Yes. 170 00:11:38,907 --> 00:11:41,117 I have to find out the truth 171 00:11:41,492 --> 00:11:42,785 about my Grandpa. 172 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:44,829 Nanoka. 173 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:49,292 Mao... 174 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:51,794 W-What're you doing? 175 00:11:57,133 --> 00:11:58,051 What is that? 176 00:11:58,384 --> 00:11:59,552 They're protective stones. 177 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:03,765 They will repel any evil that comes near you. 178 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:05,600 They will protect you... 179 00:12:06,768 --> 00:12:08,144 like a barrier. 180 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:11,022 Okay. Thank you. 181 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:13,441 And on the other side... 182 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:16,236 the guardian shikigami I sent should be there... 183 00:12:17,528 --> 00:12:21,491 I don't know what form it has taken to help you though. 184 00:12:21,991 --> 00:12:23,743 You're saying I have an ally there? 185 00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:26,871 Yes! 186 00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:30,124 I don't know what the future holds... 187 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:34,170 but I'm not facing it alone. 188 00:12:38,174 --> 00:12:39,425 Is something the matter? 189 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:42,428 No... I'll be going, then. 190 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,682 Be careful, Miss Nanoka. 191 00:12:53,314 --> 00:12:55,692 Who could my ally be? 192 00:12:57,110 --> 00:13:00,488 Someone who's close by and always helping me... 193 00:13:05,743 --> 00:13:07,578 SHIRAHA 194 00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:08,913 Nanoka... 195 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:10,498 Shiraha... 196 00:13:11,207 --> 00:13:14,419 Uh... Are you feeling well? 197 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:15,670 Huh? 198 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,965 I heard they let you out from the hospital during summer break, 199 00:13:19,424 --> 00:13:21,801 but you didn't come to school after classes resumed. 200 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:25,847 Oh, right... Second semester already started... 201 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:27,390 And uh... 202 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:30,476 I think I saw you once at 203 00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:33,146 this deserted shopping street, but then... 204 00:13:33,730 --> 00:13:35,148 I lost sight of you. 205 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:41,738 It might have been my imagination, but... 206 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:44,282 when I saw you, you looked troubled. 207 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:47,910 That was the day I went to see Mao... 208 00:13:48,036 --> 00:13:49,954 and the earthquake happened. 209 00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:53,750 Listen, if there's anything I can do to help, 210 00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:55,334 just ask. 211 00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:56,377 Huh?! 212 00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:58,379 And on the other side, 213 00:13:59,088 --> 00:14:01,883 the guardian shikigami I sent should be there... 214 00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:05,887 Could it be...?! 215 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:07,764 Could it be Shiraha? 216 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,391 Miss Nanoka. 217 00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:14,520 Thank goodness you're back safely. 218 00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:16,188 FUNA UOZUMI 219 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:17,982 FUNA UOZUMI I'm here to pick you up. 220 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:19,650 Uozumi... 221 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:26,574 Just a minute. I need to talk with Shiraha. 222 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:30,703 What?! I-I can't believe Nanoka... 223 00:14:31,496 --> 00:14:34,040 wants to talk with me! 224 00:14:34,624 --> 00:14:37,293 I'm sorry, Uozumi, would you mind going back without me? 225 00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:39,378 Let's go, Shiraha. 226 00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:43,091 Miss Nanoka. 227 00:14:45,093 --> 00:14:47,470 You met Master Mao, didn't you? 228 00:14:47,970 --> 00:14:48,846 What?! 229 00:15:01,025 --> 00:15:02,818 Did you see that, Daddy! 230 00:15:02,819 --> 00:15:03,903 I did it! 231 00:15:05,029 --> 00:15:07,156 After Mom and Dad died... 232 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:10,243 I started living with Grandpa... 233 00:15:11,327 --> 00:15:12,829 Soon after that, 234 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:14,747 Uozumi joined us as a live-in housekeeper. 235 00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:17,917 Even as a child, 236 00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:20,586 I thought she didn't seem entirely human... 237 00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:24,090 So you're a shikigami? 238 00:15:24,715 --> 00:15:25,675 Yes. 239 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:29,220 In the midst of the great earthquake, 240 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,473 I left my katashiro at Master Mao's command... 241 00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:38,020 and followed the Byoki and you to this place. 242 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:41,941 I'm going to tell you what I saw at the time. 243 00:15:43,067 --> 00:15:45,403 The moment you passed through the barrier, 244 00:15:46,070 --> 00:15:47,863 you were covered in the poisoned blood 245 00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:49,490 of the wounded Byoki. 246 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:53,411 An ordinary person would have died instantly. 247 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:56,914 The Byoki disappeared somewhere. 248 00:15:57,748 --> 00:15:59,791 EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER You were taken to a hospital most likely the same one 249 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:00,459 You were taken to a hospital most likely the same one 250 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:04,714 your grandfather had been admitted to. 251 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:06,591 Nanoka... 252 00:16:08,217 --> 00:16:10,052 Nanoka... Nanoka... 253 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:12,180 Nanoka... 254 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:15,975 Grandpa was supposed to be in critical condition... 255 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:21,105 The doctors said it was a miracle. 256 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:23,983 The Byoki extended his life? 257 00:16:24,567 --> 00:16:25,443 But why? 258 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:31,824 I believe it needed someone to protect and raise you. 259 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:34,827 So once I grew up, 260 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,330 it planned to make me its vessel? 261 00:16:38,122 --> 00:16:43,044 My duty was to keep you away from the Byoki 262 00:16:43,419 --> 00:16:45,129 and protect you. 263 00:16:46,756 --> 00:16:49,634 You survived exposure to the Byoki's blood... 264 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:53,638 and gained the yokai powers needed to become a suitable vessel. 265 00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:56,765 That is why I took it upon myself... 266 00:16:56,766 --> 00:17:00,019 to strip away your yokai powers completely... 267 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:03,064 and seal them away. 268 00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:05,691 Now I get it! 269 00:17:07,109 --> 00:17:10,154 Those smoothies that taste like rotten mud... 270 00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:12,698 I blended a secret herbal mixture 271 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:16,494 to suppress your powers and mask your presence. 272 00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:21,040 But... wasn't Grandpa connected to the Byoki? 273 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,835 That's something I don't understand either. 274 00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:29,048 While you were away, 275 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,009 your grandfather barely moved, 276 00:17:32,426 --> 00:17:34,011 or would be in a deep sleep. 277 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:36,973 It's almost as if... 278 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:41,519 he's living only for you, Nanoka. 279 00:17:48,484 --> 00:17:49,485 We're home! 280 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:53,114 Nanoka... 281 00:17:53,656 --> 00:17:54,782 Grandpa... 282 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:57,076 I've been worried sick... 283 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,079 Where on earth have you been? 284 00:18:01,664 --> 00:18:02,748 The protective stones... 285 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:07,753 They will repel any evil that comes near you. 286 00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:09,547 They will protect you... 287 00:18:10,464 --> 00:18:11,799 like a barrier. 288 00:18:13,509 --> 00:18:15,303 Is everything okay, Nanoka? 289 00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:16,971 Grandpa... 290 00:18:17,972 --> 00:18:19,140 Nanoka... 291 00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:20,516 I'm so relieved... 292 00:18:23,894 --> 00:18:25,146 Welcome back... 293 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:28,107 Nanoka. 294 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:30,693 Grandpa! 295 00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:39,410 This is my dear, sweet Grandpa! 296 00:19:00,723 --> 00:19:01,181 TENKO 297 00:19:01,182 --> 00:19:02,349 TENKO Dr. Mao? 298 00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:02,642 TENKO 299 00:19:04,352 --> 00:19:05,603 May I come in? 300 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,107 I thought you might need supplies, so I put some things together. 301 00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:11,776 Tenko. 302 00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:14,403 I'm glad to see you're okay. 303 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:15,946 Yes. 304 00:19:19,742 --> 00:19:21,410 Oh! Clothes. 305 00:19:21,952 --> 00:19:23,621 How did you manage to get these? 306 00:19:24,121 --> 00:19:25,873 How is Milk Hall? 307 00:19:26,457 --> 00:19:29,251 There are cracks, but it managed to survive. 308 00:19:29,752 --> 00:19:32,088 We'll be closed for a while, though. 309 00:19:33,547 --> 00:19:35,383 I heard about what happened, Dr. Mao. 310 00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:38,968 So you finally confronted the Byoki you've been 311 00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:40,554 searching for all these years... 312 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:42,765 Indeed. 313 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:46,268 But in the end, I let it get away. 314 00:19:48,104 --> 00:19:49,146 Nothing... 315 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:50,564 was resolved. 316 00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:55,986 Mao, can it be that you don't know... 317 00:19:56,696 --> 00:20:00,574 what truly happened back then? 318 00:20:01,617 --> 00:20:02,660 What? 319 00:20:03,327 --> 00:20:06,455 Do you not know who murdered your master... 320 00:20:06,580 --> 00:20:09,375 burned down the Treasure House... 321 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,795 and shot you with arrows? 322 00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:16,173 We were framed... 323 00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:18,718 Both you and I... 324 00:20:19,927 --> 00:20:22,888 What was the Byoki trying to tell me? 325 00:20:23,806 --> 00:20:25,474 Dr. Mao, I suppose... 326 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:28,102 I shouldn't bring up the flaming heads. 327 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:29,562 Flaming heads? 328 00:20:30,312 --> 00:20:34,191 A great many people died in the big earthquake. 329 00:20:35,276 --> 00:20:37,026 In the burned ruins of the Imperial Capital, 330 00:20:37,027 --> 00:20:39,655 there are still bodies that haven't been recovered. 331 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:42,491 Apparently at night... 332 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,704 we don't know if they are heads that have separated from the corpses, 333 00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:50,291 but they fly about, enveloped in flames. 334 00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:55,629 Excuse me... Master Mao. 335 00:20:57,131 --> 00:20:59,967 What were those things that attacked Fifth Street... 336 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:02,136 on the day of the big earthquake? 337 00:21:05,139 --> 00:21:08,726 I thought they might be ayakashi attracted to the Byoki's evil aura... 338 00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:13,481 Yes, but they didn't appear to be connected to the Byoki. 339 00:21:14,023 --> 00:21:16,942 Were they different from the flaming heads in the capital? 340 00:21:17,526 --> 00:21:19,236 From what I saw... 341 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:21,947 They looked like very ancient heads. 342 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:25,159 Flaming heads... 343 00:21:30,498 --> 00:21:31,457 It's a horse's head! 344 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:35,252 You imbecile! 345 00:21:35,753 --> 00:21:36,085 MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN 346 00:21:36,086 --> 00:21:38,506 MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN How could you allow a cursed object to escape the premises?! 347 00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:40,883 What were you thinking?! 348 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,135 You moron! 349 00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:47,556 He's in trouble again... 350 00:21:49,391 --> 00:21:51,727 It's been ages since I last thought about... 351 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:54,939 my senior apprentice from 900 years ago. 352 00:21:56,607 --> 00:21:57,608 My senior apprentice? 353 00:21:57,942 --> 00:21:58,943 That’s impossible! 354 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:03,280 Is something the matter? 355 00:22:03,948 --> 00:22:04,990 Master Mao? 356 00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:07,076 It can't be! 357 00:22:16,961 --> 00:22:19,045 The Asakusa Tower... 358 00:22:19,046 --> 00:22:23,175 Boss, we won't be able to set up the show here for a while. 359 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:25,261 Yeah, I know. 360 00:22:25,469 --> 00:22:26,720 We're going to Osaka. 361 00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:28,514 Pack up, everybody! 362 00:22:28,889 --> 00:22:29,222 FLAMING SKULLS 363 00:22:29,223 --> 00:22:30,306 FLAMING SKULLS Are we all here? 364 00:22:30,307 --> 00:22:30,765 FLAMING SKULLS 365 00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:33,101 FLAMING SKULLS - Snake Girl. - Yes, Boss. 366 00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:35,353 FLAMING SKULLS - Oni Man. - Here, Boss. 367 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,356 - Inch-High Samurai. - Here. 368 00:22:37,648 --> 00:22:39,108 Master of Flaming Heads. 369 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,694 Master of Flaming Heads? 370 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,740 Master of Flaming Heads... you here? 371 00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:48,367 He quit. 372 00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:49,451 Quit?! 373 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:54,456 Yes. He said that his trained skulls all ran away... 374 00:22:54,832 --> 00:22:55,708 Huh?! 375 00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:58,210 B-But, aren't those... 376 00:22:58,502 --> 00:23:00,212 just props?! 377 00:23:21,609 --> 00:23:25,696 I swear... that Byoki put me out of business. 378 00:24:58,205 --> 00:24:59,373 NEXT TIME Ryounkaku? 379 00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:02,001 We passed by it when we arrived at the Imperial Capital. 380 00:25:02,251 --> 00:25:03,918 It was a magnificent building. 381 00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:05,045 It couldn't be... 382 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,046 Or so I thought, but you're... 383 00:25:07,047 --> 00:25:08,090 That blade... 384 00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:10,383 It's the Sword of Hagunsei, isn't it? 385 00:25:10,384 --> 00:25:12,051 Oh no! He's dead?! 386 00:25:12,052 --> 00:25:15,097 In order to inherit the many secret curses, 387 00:25:15,305 --> 00:25:17,641 it is essential to know how to channel 388 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:20,226 the energy from dark emotions. 389 00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:23,022 So that means Mao will become my husband. 390 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:25,315 Next time: Hyakka