Hunter in the Dark Page #4

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Sasao Heizaburo, a Kitamae samurai.

Sadahachi. Will you take

oriwa to Kamesen?

Oriwa.

No.

I'd hate to part with you. No!

Listen oriwa,

there are things I must do.

I'll go as soon as I finish.

You go first and wait.

No. I don't want to.

- Don't complain!

- No! No! No!

Oriwa!

No!

Boss... That's too much!

- Shut up!

Don't interfere!

Oriwa.

I'll take care of you.

Just be quiet and

do as I say until then.

Got it?

Alright.

Now hurry!

Go.

What are you waiting for?!

Boss!

Boss!

Boss...

Listen, all of you.

Listen to what I'm about to tell you.

Boss...

Why so formal?

As of now

I'm quitting the organization.

- What? What do you mean?

What's this all about?

I have no time to explain.

I'm tired of this kind of life.

I've had enough.

Listen. I'll tell you

one thing before I leave.

Tonight at midnight.

When the bell tolls midnight.

The police will attack this place.

Get your things together and run.

Get out and go where you like!

If you stay here,

you won't live to see tomorrow!

- That can't be!

The money you earned

and saved is in the back room.

Distribute it as your wish.

Boss! Wait a minute!

- Boss...

- Shut up!

I'm not your boss anymore.

No gratitude, no duty.

Forget about it

and think for yourselves!

Understand?

Your father...

Before he left for Edo,

he entrusted me with

this letter case.

He said to give it to you in case

he didn't make it out alive.

It contains the charter

signed by Tokugawa Iyeyasu,

founder of the Shogunate.

Giving Ezo to the Kitamae Clan.

The government cannot ignore it.

I firmly believe it.

Also, it can tell you where

the little lord is. Your father hid him.

So, your father entrusted

me to giVe this to you.

Priest.

What are you saying?

What is it all to me?

Your father died trying to

saVe his clan and his retainers.

Observe your father's will.

That's what you must do.

Why must I be the one to do it?

Man cannot abandon

his past as long as he liVes.

Listen carefully, Heizaburo.

Running away will ruin you.

Stake your life on

reviving the Kitamae Clan.

I don't know.

Look, Heizaburo.

The fate of the

Kitamae Clan is at stake.

I don't know.

Heizaburo!

That sort of thing

has no meaning to me now.

Who are you?

We overheard the best news around.

Sasao Heizaburo!

We'll kill you

and take the letter case!

You're acting only

in your own interest.

Get out!

Heizaburo!

Take this letter case!

Heizaburo!

Heizaburo! Heizaburo!

The letter case! The letter case!

Heizaburo!

Hagino!

Hagino!

Hagino!

Hagino!

Tanigawa-san!

Tanigawa-san.

Get a hold of yourself.

Tanigawa. It's me.

You're all right now.

You can relax.

Tanigawa-san!

Boss...

What happened?

The past... I remember...

Really?

You can remember your past?

I can remember.

Is that so.

That's good. I'm glad.

No! No!

I want to stay as I am.

I'd rather stay as I am.

Tanigawa-san!

Tanigawa-san! Tanigawa-san!

Get a hold of yourself,

Tanigawa-san!

Boss!

Boss, we're here to help you.

Why are you here?

We're determined to die with you.

Fools!

Boss...

Take Tanigawa-san to

Kamesen's warehouse.

OK. Got it.

Tanigawa-san. Don't die! Stay aliVe!

Boss.

We got Tanigawa-san

safely aboard a boat.

Is that so?

Boss, let's hurry to Kamesen.

Oriwa is waiting there.

No.

But...

Never mind. It's all right.

Leave the two alone.

That's what's best.

Boss.

Where are you going?

I haVe something to do at midnight.

At midnight?

I'll meet Shimoguni at the

Somezen Dyeing Shop at twelVe.

Somezen?

Everybody has

already gathered there.

Everybody? What for?

Until you'Ve gotten safely away.

We're supposed

to hold off the police.

Everybody's gathered?

Stupid! Don't do that!

Who are you?

I'm in the same business as you.

I'm Matsu, the tattooed one.

This is a good place for you to die.

I'm here to kill you.

Idiot!

Don't take us lightly.

Gomyo.

Die, you damn officers!

Damn you!

Get out of here!

Gomyo.

If you think you've won

you've got another thing coming.

The roninyou're protecting...

What?

Oren is already after him.

She must have killed him by now.

They must be here!

Look everywhere for them!

Kamesen,

Isn't there any good news yet?

Omon! Omon!

We Iucked out.

He's coming on his own

like a moth to the fire.

Omon, you wait here.

We've arrived, Tanigawa-san.

Don't worry about the boss.

He'll surely come later.

Omon! Omon!

Omon!

Damn it!

Omon, you saw that boat, too?

The one with the ronin aboard.

It disappeared right

in front of my eyes.

Omon, you must know.

Is there a good place to hide a boat?

A secret inlet or something.

There must be a

cave leading to the river.

You know, don't you?

Maybe...

That ronin can earn me money.

Gomyo will be coming here.

Then Shimoguni-san

and the police will rush in.

Shimoguni will win in the end.

It's a good chance to make money.

Omon, will you tell me?

The basement of that

warehouse leads to the river.

That one?

That's perfect.

Omon, hurry and give me the key.

Forgive me.

Please forgive me.

After all I've done!

I don't want to die!

As soon as I find the boss,

I'll bring him here.

Sukegoro-san.

Good Iuck.

I've finally paid...

my debt.

Heizaburo-sama! Heizaburo-sama!

Darling.

I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Oriwa-dono.

No. My name is...

Hagino. I'm your wife...

- Don't say any more!

You mustn't.

Please listen to me.

Go with the boss.

Stay alive with the boss.

Are you Shimoguni-sama?

I implore you.

Please forgive the boss.

The boss?

Instead, I'll tell you where to find

the roninyou're looking for.

Run!

Hurry! Run!

Hurry!

You're Sasao Heizaburo's wife,

Hagino, right?

The two of you,

return to Ezo together.

Go.

Gomyo.

Is that...

the charter that decides

the fate of the Kitamae Clan?

Your dream...

and my way of

life in the darkness...

They're both staked on it.

Very well, Gomyo.

I'll obtain my dream...

.. with my own hands.

THE END:

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