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Young Master, terrible news.
Eikichi has been stabbed.

Why?

We just received word. The Miharuya's heir
was attacked near Shohei Bridge.

How is he?

I don't know.

But an eyewitness claims
he was bleeding profusely.

Are you all right, Young Master?

Shall I lay out your bedding?

I'm going to the shop.

You mustn't go visit Eikichi.

The culprit is still on the loose.
It's not safe to go out.

I won't go anywhere.
I'd only interrupt his treatment.

In that case...

Dad, it's Eikichi.

I just heard. He's been stabbed.

Really, no one is safe these days.

Dad, please. Call Dr. Genshin
and send him to Eikichi.

But Eikichi has his own parents.

Everyone knows Dr. Genshin charges a fortune.
The Miharuya can't afford him.

Dad, if the only old friend I've got dies,
I'll end up sick in bed.

SHABAKE

FACT AND FICTION

This iwaokoshi came in
from Osaka yesterday.

I thought it might be a little tough
for a get-well gift, but here.

Wow.

Give it to Oharu if you're not up to it yet.

Nah, I can eat no problem.

It's good. I guess this stuff's
famous for a reason.

Man, I never thought the day would come
where I'd be paying you a get-well visit.

Between the doctor and the gift,
you really went all out for me.

Well, it was my fault you got attacked.

It was a gray-haired samurai
who slashed me, though.

Ichitaro, since when have you
walked around with a pair of swords?

You wouldn't have gone near Shohei Bridge
if I hadn't asked you to do that favor for me.

Young Master, were you still trying to meet
with Matsunosuke after that scolding?

I asked Eikichi to take him a little money.

Matsunosuke's in danger of losing his job.

What reason is that
for you to send him money?

Nikichi, don't be like that.

As a matter of fact, I only survived
because of Ichitaro's money.

What do you mean?

That day, when I was almost
in sight of Shohei Bridge,

a samurai drew his short sword
and stabbed me out of nowhere.

He sliced me right across the belly,

but I had the packet of money
inside my kimono.

The blade slid off it, so I got away
with a cut to my side.

What was the man who attacked you like?

Thinking about it, there was
something funny about him.

First off, why didn't he go
for his longsword instead?

That's a good question.

He came up to me out of the blue and said,
"I smell it. You have it, don't you?"

Crazy, right?

I figured he was hard up and got out
my wallet, but he slashed at me.

I told Chief Higiri...

and it stumped him, too.

I bet it did.

That clinches it. The failed
tsukumogami attacked Eikichi.

But why Eikichi? He doesn't deal in medicines.

What could have drawn
the failed tsukumogami to him?

Eikichi, the day you got attacked,
were you carrying a medicine case?

A medicine case? No.

Anything with a strong aroma?

I don't normally carry anything like that.

I see.

Oh, hang on. I forgot one thing.

The samurai carried off
the note you wrote. Sorry.

He did?

What note?

It was just a slip of paper.

I only wrote the names "Nagasakiya"
and "Matsunosuke of the Azumaya" on it.

What would he want with that?

It fell out of my kimono
with the money when he cut me.

The samurai didn't even look at the money.
He just took the paper and left.

I was so relieved, I forgot
all about the paper until just now.

Here's your money. It's all there.

Spend it on food that will give you strength.

But, I mean...

Don't worry about anything except
taking care of yourself and getting well.

This really is the opposite of normal.

It gives me kind of a weird feeling.

I'm grateful to you, Eikichi.

You're always doing me favors.

The feeling's mutual.

Young Master, too long
a visit may tire Eikichi out.

Right.

Eikichi, I'll come again, okay?

It was cold out, wasn't it?
I'll fetch you tea right away.

What is it, Young Master?
You look positively grim.

Listen, Nikichi, Sasuke.

Do you think Eikichi was attacked
because he was mistaken for me?

Now there's a surprise. Why do you ask?

The day that hawker attacked us,

he said, "This is the scent.
There's no mistake," in front of me.

Eikichi was carrying a note I'd written.

And the samurai made himself scarce
as soon as he had that note.

It would be a shame if Eikichi was hurt
because he was mistaken for an apothecary.

That's not the point, and you know it.

The scent of whatever the failed
tsukumogami wants is around me.

But I don't carry a medicine case at home,

and I don't keep anything
special in mine, anyway.

So what on earth can it smell?

What does it all mean?

How should we know?

I cannot even imagine what goes on
in a failed tsukumogami's mind.

But you know more about me than I do myself.

You've acted oddly knowing ever since
my grandfather brought you here.

Say what you like, but we cannot
tell you something we do not know.

Young Master, do you have a moment?

Byobu Nozoki, this is no business of yours.

Be silent.

Inugami. Hakutaku. You have a visitor.

Why, Lord Mikoshi no Nyudo. I had no idea
you planned to honor us with a visit.

Please, right this way.

Pardon the intrusion, Young Master.

Why, you look well today.
That's one thing to be glad of.

Thank you kindly.

Lord Nyudo, what brings you here today?

As to that, Young Master, what I have
to say may sound strange to you,

but it concerns you, so listen well.

Me?

I came here at the request
of the esteemed kawagoromo.

The inugami and hakutaku have pressed
many spirits into service lately.

She wondered what had happened and
grew concerned for the frail young master.

Who is this kawagoromo?

Ogin, of course.

Nagasakiya Isaburo's wife, Ogin.
Otae's mother and your grandmother.

But I heard my grandmother died young.

Ogin is a spirit, and a great one at that.
She is three millennia old.

We've known each other since the old days.

A spirit?

What's this? Can't bring yourself to believe me?

Then, why do you think spirits wait on you?

And you can tell when spirits
are about, can't you?

No matter how well they disguise
themselves as humans?

Then, am I a spirit, too?

Humans have been having children with
fox spirits and the like since ancient times.

The children of such a pairing
are born human.

That said, they do seem to inherit
a modicum of extraordinary power.

Um, I'd like you to tell me
something if you know it.

If I know it, I will.

Does Mom know that
Grandmother was a spirit?

She must. Like you, Otae knows
a spirit when she sees one.

And Ogin lived here until the year
before you were born.

What about Grandfather?

The two of them cared deeply for each other.

Isaburo was already engaged
to a samurai's daughter when he met Ogin.

He cast all that aside to be with Ogin,
knowing she was a spirit.

Ogin's kin seemed to think him
a fine fellow for a human.

Hand in hand, the couple fled to Edo
from the west country.

I hear Ogin's kin did a lot to help them
when they only had each other.

But after everything they gave up,
Grandmother died and left Grandfather alone.

Wait a second.

Grandmother died before I was born.
How can she worry about me now?

What? The kawagoromo passed away?
That's news to me.

She's alive, then?

Alive and well when last I saw her.

She serves the divine Lady Dakiniten now.

Really?

Young Master, there's more to life
than the world you see with your eyes.

Why did Grandmother leave Grandfather and us
after all she had done to be with him?

Lord Nyudo, did the Lady Kawagoromo
bid you tell the young master everything?

I see you're still treating
Ichitaro like a child.

True, from a spirit's perspective,
he's practically a newborn.

But he's human. You can't baby him forever.

They say a string of murders is in progress.

Yes.

I hear a failed tsukumogami
has something to do with it.

I've figured out that much,
but I have no idea what it's after.

Still, something tells me
it thinks I have what it wants.

It must have wanted to become
a tsukumogami a great deal.

Grow too caught up in your own desires
and you lose sight of what's around you.

There was someone like that not long ago.

She was still a young woman,
but not blessed with children.

She did have one child,
but it died soon after.

Her doctors told her then
that she could not hope for another,

but the woman wanted a child at any cost.

She wanted one so badly, in fact,
I wonder if she drove herself mad.

The woman beseeched the gods for a child,
even at the cost of her own life.

And the woman's mother
gave in to her obsession.

She obtained an elixir from Lady Dakiniten
in exchange for her promise of service.

A divine medicine able to restore
the souls of the dead.

It is called Han-gon Incense.

The souls of the dead?

The woman had not intended
to trade her mother away,

but the mother had already left the incense
and departed, leaving her with no choice.

So she used the incense
bestowed by Lady Dakiniten.

And I was born? Thanks to that incense?

Her dead child's soul
was drawn back to this world.

Yes, Otae became a mother.

I was a child who was supposed to have died?

This is all so sudden.

But it does explain an awful lot.

Basically, I returned to this world
using divine medicine.

I'm neither human nor spirit,

but a strange sort of life.

The scent of the medicine.

I used it, so maybe
I still carry its scent on me.

Could the failed tsukumogami
be looking for that medicine

to restore the missing piece
of its own soul?

Nikichi, Sasuke, you've already guessed
the failed tsukumogami

wants that Han-gon Incense, haven't you?

Now, don't get so upset.

Knowing about the Han-gon Incense earlier
wouldn't have helped you fix anything.

I see that. But still.

The elixir is made from the Han-gon Tree
on a hill in the garden of the gods.

It's almost impossible to come by.

What would I have to do to get some?

There is no more in this world.

Huh? So no one can get it?

So we can't settle things by giving
the failed tsukumogami the incense?

Not a chance.

In that case, there are
only two ways left open to us.

We wait for the failed tsukumogami
to weaken and fade away. Or we confront it.

Young Master!

We'll tell it the elixir is gone.
If it listens, all will be well.

If we can't talk sense into it,
we'll have to use force.

In that case, please stay
in the shop for a while longer.

Based on its behavior so far,
I doubt it will listen to reason.

Please listen, Young Master.

We can keep a mere failed tsukumogami
out of this shop, whatever happens.

I swear we'll keep you safe here.

I'm sure that's the best plan.

I'm not eager to confront
the failure myself.

There's no sense slipping out
when I have you here.

Exactly!

However...

If the failed tsukumogami keeps failing
to get Han-gon Incense,

it will grow even more desperate
as its time runs out.

If I run and hide now,
I'll end up wishing I'd never been born.

Lots of people wouldn't have
had to die if not for me.

Unless I act, I may end up cursing myself
because Mom used the incense.

If that happens, it won't be easy
to go on living anyway.

What a mess.

I guess I've got to do something
about that failed tsukumogami.

What are you saying?

Please reconsider!

Good show.

I heard you were always laid up
in bed and at death's door,

but I see you have a core of steel.

I'm going to try to stop the failed tsukumogami
because I feel like I have to.

But I can't pretend
I've got any idea how to do it.

But you'll still make the attempt?

Why, it's providential.

The kawagoromo told me that if your presence
was going to trouble the human realm,

she wished me to take you out of it
and bring you to join her.

So you didn't come just to check in on me?

The kawagoromo serves a goddess now.

No doubt she couldn't bear
to see misfortune spread

because she summoned her grandson
back to this world.

Still, I'm glad you've promised
to sort it out yourself.

You mean if I'd tried to hole up in the shop
and wait out the disaster,

I would have had to die?

Perish the thought.
She would never kill her only grandson.

You would simply have left the human realm.

Seeing as you are the kawagoromo's grandson,

she would probably have put you up
in a corner of Lady Dakiniten's garden.

Then, it would have been no different
from going to the afterlife.

Well, let's see how you do.

TRANSLATION: WILLIAM VARTERESIAN