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Kyohachi School

I had a feeling you'd come here.

Whenever you're ready.

Right.

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H-Huh?

A d-duel?

Th-That's weird. I thought we came here to check up on a lady who's expecting.

So, uh, anyway, would you mind cooling it with the blood and violence?

I'll be quiet now.

If I may.

Nio.

Please be quiet for a moment.

Nio-kun.

Yotaro-san, why are you doing this?

Nagi-san's with child. Shouldn't you be at her side?

Nagi...

isn't here.

What?

She's not even in the city.

I sent her to stay with relatives last night.

She'll be safe there.

Yotaro-san, I don't think you understand the seriousness of what's happening,

and what might happen in this city.

That's a Risshidan coat, isn't it?

Naozumi-san, a man who's been in and out of this dojo, is—

Naozumi is my older brother.

H-He's your brother?

Yes.

Th-Then, all the more reason! Let's talk to him together and get him to stop this!

I'll fill you in on what they're trying to do.

Don't bother. I know all of it.

My brother told me.

They'll set fire to Kyoto and spark a new age of war.

I know. What an outrageous idea.

But...

I joined them fully aware of the facts.

Th-They're going to burn down the city! Are you okay with that?

Everyone has something they want to protect.

It comes down to what each of us values more.

Nagi knows as well, of course.

I-I get it. Naozumi-san's threatening you, isn't he?

And you can't go against your older brother.

He'll hurt you if you don't cooperate.

Maybe not just you, but your family, too.

So you couldn't refuse him, right?

I'm glad.

I'd prefer not to have to kill a child.

Y-Yotaro-san.

Couldn't you have turned back somewhere along the way?

No, I don't think I could have.

Protecting this dojo means the world to me.

Nio. There's no getting around it now.

We must stop him by force.

You always speak sense.

Kondo-san.

Please don't kill him.

I beg you.

Kondo-san can handle things here.

Let's go, Sakura-san.

Huh?

H-Hang on.

Where are we going?

I can't stop Yotaro-san.

So...

I'll focus on what I can do.

We'll find and talk to Nagi-san.

What? Weren't you listening back there?

He said Nagi-san's no longer in the city.

I think she is.

Huh?

Nagi-san was incredibly grateful to this family.

I know she'd come back.

Even if she had to come alone.

Um, aren't you scared to give birth?

It seems like it must hurt.

Of course I'm scared.

But I'm in no rush.

No rush?

Well, tomorrow's me will figure something out.

Nagi-san's too strong a person not to.

Nagi-san!

Excuse us.

Nagi-san! It's me, Nio!

Nagi-san!

Good evening! Are you home?

Nagi-san!

N-Nio-kun.

Nagi-san!

Nagi-san, are you hurt?

Please have a seat.

Have a seat.

R-Right.

My name is Sakura.

I'm Nagi.

Th-There's no one else home?

Correct. I came back without telling anyone.

W-Would you, um, please hear me out?

Keep calm. Try not to be shocked.

It's about what's happening. Or rather, what's about to happen.

About what you and Yotaro-san are about to get caught up in.

It could spell disaster for Kyoto!

I really mean it—

I know.

I know everything.

I've passed the point of no return.

The authorities will investigate this dojo sooner or later.

We'll stage our uprising first.

In three days' time, on the night of the new moon.

It's all right. You don't need to worry.

Someone from the cadet branch will come for you tomorrow.

I want you and the child you're carrying to leave the city.

Yotaro-san...

Nagi-san.

I'm sorry.

Risshi

I have no other choice. If I don't do this, I'll never be able to face my brother.

Nagi-san.

Take care of the child.

Yotaro-san told me everything.

About his brother Naozumi's plan,

and that it was happening today.

Naozumi-san and his friends won't stop.

Yotaro-san has made his peace with that.

So...

I've made up my mind to fight, too.

You, too, Nagi-san?

Yotaro-san doesn't know I've come back.

I made that decision myself.

Still, I won't leave this house.

That's my resolution and my battle.

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Of course, I'll be punished if the uprising fails.

The Shogunate may even abolish our family line.

I may pay with my life.

I don't understand.

I don't understand what you're saying at all.

Why do this?

Does it mean more than your life?

You wouldn't understand those feelings, nor the weight of them.

I don't expect you to. No one can take someone else's place.

B-But innocent people will get hurt.

That's a fire on the far bank.

A fire on... What?

Even if a fire breaks out, it won't reach me across the river.

Do you really mean that?

Of course I do.

Everyone should start by protecting what's close to them.

Nothing too far away is worth the effort.

Some people just draw bigger circles than others.

I know it.

Even if you won't admit it, or don't realize it, it's true.

My circle is small, I suppose.

You'll protect what's close to you? So everyone outside is the enemy?

That's right.

I can't defend more than this mat I'm sitting on.

Just this child, Yotaro-san,

and our home.

What I see as my side...

is the other side to you.

B-But...

Nio-kun, do you want to shoulder every tragedy from now until the end of the world?

N-No, I don't.

But the least I can do is try.

Are you a god? The Buddha, maybe?

You're just being conceited.

That day we took the boat together...

Look.

A crescent moon?

Gorgeous, isn't it?

Isn't it funny how everything beautiful is missing something?

Remember how I said a crescent moon is beautiful because it's missing something?

People are the same.

We're all weak. We all lack something.

You may be kind, honest, righteous, and strong,

but you think a little too highly of yourself.

You can't save anyone like that.

Why?

What's the point of hurting a kid like him? I don't get it.

You don't care what happens to anyone else?

Because there are people like that...

Because there are people like that...

Nio-kun, you are not sitting opposite a saint.

Just one feeble human.

No. I can't do it.

I can't convince someone like her.

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It's not fair.

You're just too strong, Nagi-san!

Thank you. Even if it's sarcasm, no one's ever said that to me before.

Nagi-san!

Are you all right?

Nagi-san!

Nagi-san! Nagi-san!

No way! Is she in labor?

The baby could be on its way!

What?

Nagi-san!

Hang in there, Nagi-san!

She's been in pain for a while. Probably the whole time we were here.

Wh-What should we do?

Huh? Don't ask me.

What should we do? There's no one else around.

For now, go boil some water!

R-Right! Hot water, coming up!

And get some clean cloths. As many as you can find.

Right.

Hurry!

Right!

She was in pain all this time, and enduring it.

But when I came, she still made the effort to talk with me.

How could I have missed something like that?

I-Is someone there?

It's an emergency!

Nagi-san's about to give birth, so, um...

What's wrong? That can't be all you're made of.

Enough tricks.

How can a guy that big move so fast?

Say, I don't see any fire.

Looks like you failed, huh?

This city that's gone soft isn't the only thing I want to burn away.

What?

I want that cursed house gone, too.

What are you doing there?

Wait, the Risshidan? But why here?

Oh, it's just some kid.

S-Someone—

Don't make a fuss.

No one'll come, anyway.

You're setting fire to this house?

But why? Why?

No idea, but I've got my orders.

Don't interfere.

What should I do here? If he starts that fire, it's all over.

I must stop him.

Please wait a moment.

The lady of this house is about to give birth.

I don't want to think what will happen if you set this place on fire now.

Not my problem.

It's no use. I can't reason with him.

I've got to fight.

Steel? Or wood?

Take it.

Yes, sir.

I-It's certainly heavy.

We all carry something that makes the weight worth it.

You shoulder something important, too.

Don't forget that.

Never stop feeling that weight.

Nio, what is your burden?

I want to make a world where townspeople feel safe to go out at night.

Good.

I want to make a world where kids feel safe to cry.

Good.

I want to make a world where the weak aren't abused.

Good.

I really do need to stop those people!

Killing people to change the world has to be wrong.

Thank you for this sword, sir.

I promise I'll use it with care.

You're taking both? They'll get in the way.

I'll use this one.

This is my soul! I won't use it!

I know what I said back then, but...

Forgive me, Hijikata-san.

I'm going to draw!

If I lose here, everyone's hard work will be for nothing.

No matter what, I must stop him.

P-Please leave!

I really will kill you if you don't!

Stay out of my way.

I've never swung a real sword before, but...

Here goes.

D-Damn.

Mind you own business, brat.

I-I've got to put it out quick.

I-It's burning. The house is going to burn down.

Nio-kun!

What are you doing? Get away from there!

Your hair's on fire!

What should I do?

I'm sorry. I don't know what to do.

I couldn't stop it!

Oh, no! Nagi-san!

The house...

The ceiling, too...

Get it together, Nio-kun!

This is no time for whining.

Sakura-san...

We've got to do what we can.

What we can...

Of course! Y-Yes, you're right!

It's too dangerous here. We've got to move Nagi-san.

Know anyone we can count on?

There's my granny. She knows how to deliver babies.

How far does she live from here?

Just over the bridge.

Great. Nio-kun, wheel that wagon outside into the courtyard.

Right. We should go out the back before the fire spreads.

Okay. Let's hurry.

Lives are on the line. I need to help!

That's what I came here for.

What's wrong, Kondo-san? The fight's already started.

You're acting so cautious. Nothing like the other day.

Just to be clear, are you truly content with this?

We fight with steel.

I could die, of course, but so could you.

Why ask now?

You have a wife, and a baby on the way.

No worries there.

I've already divorced her.

You parted ways?

Neither I nor my dojo will get out of this unscathed,

but my family problems won't affect Nagi or her child now.

And I'm to blame for the Risshidan forming in the first place.

This is my atonement as a brother and my duty as head of the Kyohachi family.

As such, my resolve is set.

Is yours?

In any case, we can fight without regrets.

You see how it is.

Prepared for

What Comes

Next time

I am Kondo Isami.

Yotaro-dono, you are a magnificent swordsman, but this is necessary.

Like you, I have steeled myself.

No matter your past or your regrets,

we've passed the point of no return.

Next time: "Crime and Fortune."

It's not to be missed.

Crime

and Fortune