Lady Snowblood Page #3

One!

One, folks!

One, folks!

Banzo!

Hey, gimme a card.

Right, next round...

Place your bets!

Place your bets, please.

Place your bets, please.

All right! Four, folks!

Four, folks!

yeah! I got it!

Four, folks!

Four, folks!

Place your next bets, please!

Here we go.

All right. Place your bets please.

Place your bets please.

Here we go.

Next bet...

Here we go.

Bets please.

Bets please.

No more bets!

Score!

Hold it!

Mr. Takemura... we need to talk!

Please forgive me...

Can't do it.

S... Spare me...

Boss...

Huh?

Why don't we roll him up and

throw him into the sea!

Don't be in such a hurry.

First, we should torture him

as much as we want.

P... Please forgive me!

Y... You can have Kobue...

Too late for that, you smartass!

Fool...!

Please wait.

As a professional, it is my fault

that I did not detect his cheating.

Allow me to pay compensation.

It's none of your concern! Butt out!

Just what the hell is going on?!

What is that you want, stranger?

I beg you please...

I must ask you to spare his life,

no matter what the cost.

Don't tell me that you knew

that he was cheating?!

Well, in any case...

Masa... Kame... let him go.

Boss!

We shouldn't cpmcern ourselves with

trivialities like this all the time.

I appreciate this, sir.

You bastard! The next time you

show up...

...forget being rolled up and

thrown into the sea...

...you'll be shredded to bits

and fed to the pigs!

You bastard!

Oh?

What brings you here?

If something happens, you should

go to Tokyo.

Okiku of Tajire, in Ueno's 7th ward,

can put you in touch with me.

Thanks, but I can't leave

my dad here.

You're still hanging around?

I owe you one for what you

did for me earlier.

But, you know... it wouldn't

really matter anyway...

...wheter I lived or died...

If it weren't for my daughter...

By the way... why did you

save my life?

Because we have a little business

to take care of, Takemura Banzo!

Shall we go?

Go? Where to? Who are you anyway?!

I've come to take you away... to take

you to where you truly belong.

Come now... it's time to start the

journey of death.

Who... Who are you?

Just who are you?

What are you gonna do to me?

Are you scared, Banzo?

I bet you are.

A man like you has memories

so gruesome...

...that you can't forget them

even if you want to.

What are you talking about?

A long, long time ago...

...you lived in the village of Kiochi.

That's what I'm talking about.

You, Tsukamoto Gishiro...

...Kitashama Okono...

...and Shokei Tokuichi...

the four of you...

...in order to swindle money from

the unsuspecting villagers...

...killed an innocent man...

...and raped and tortured his wife

for three days and three nights.

I know nothing! I know nothing

about it!

Look closely at my face.

Doesn't this face remind you

of somebody...

...somebody that you have raped?

My name is Shurayuki.

There was a woman who died in

a jail... who died cursing you.

I'm the daughter of

Kashima Sayo.

I was wrong.

I was wrong.

They made me do it...

I've never been able to forget it...

even to this day! Please...!

Where is Gishiro?

Where os Okono?

I don't know! I really don't know!

Please forgive me!

Please spare me!

I will neither forgive nor spare you!

Please...

Please don't kill me...

Don't slay me...

I beg you... please...

Please, I beg you...

If I die... what happens to my

daughter...

...what about my daughter Kobue?

Please! Please!

For Kobue's sake...

An eye for an eye!

All life is transitory...

the virtuous, eternal.

Having slain one of her enemies,

it is now the break of dawn.

The sea assaulted the shore, as if it

was reflecting Yuki's innermost feelings.

In this journey of vengeance, the end

was receeding from view.

Chapter Three:
Umbrella of Blood,

Heart of Strewn Flowers

"Tsukamoto Gishiro"

"Tajire"

It's just so unfortunate...

When we heard from you that Gishiro

was dead...

...she didn't want to believe it,

no matter what I said.

But, now that she's seen his tombstone

with her own eyes...

...well, what else can we do?

It's just to bad...

If only we had...

If only we had gone searching

much earlier...

When did he die?

Three years ago...

...a shipwreck during a voyage to

America, or so the story goes.

When he was alive, Gishiro

was said to have...

...been involved with foreigners,

smuggling opium.

Three years ago?

Yuki had just come to me to receive

pickpocketing training.

The training I have received from the

Reerend... and from you Auntie...

...it's all so that I can personally

avenge my mother's death.

Gishiro was the leader

of the four villains...

How I longed to destroy him...

...stricking him down with the sword of

vengeance, for my mother's sake.

Oyuki!

Be strong...

Don't you know that you've still

got to face one more wrongdoer?!

Sir Matsuemon...

I beseech you...

Please try to find Kitahama Okono

as fast as you can.

I have my men working on it, but...

...there's only so much we can do.

Looking for someone?

We meet at last. I've been looking

for you everywhere.

What do you want from me?

I'd like you to explain something.

That tombstone... belonged to a

Tsukamoto Gishiro, did it not?

There's nothing I can tell you.

I doubt that's true...

You shredded flowers left as

an offering to the dead...

...something no one would do

without a good reason.

So you had something against him...

That man, that is.

It's none of your business.

My name is Ashiro Ryurei.

See, I publish a cheap little rag

called "The People's Paper."

I also write novels too,

when I feel like it.

I guess you could say that I'm just

a walking hunk of curiosity.

If something catches my attention...

...I'll sniff out the truth,

no matter what.

You sound like you're a stray dog.

Yes... If I find some leftover

meat, then I'm doing well.

It's best if you stop bothering

me from now on.

What makes you say that?

That unwise curiosity of yours

might cost you your life.

Is that a threat?

If you like

You know, people call me

"the man of threats."

People fear me because I use my

newspaper as a weapon...

...basically I'm a dirty blackmailer.

So. when somebody threats me instead...

...that makes me even more curious.

What is it that you want?

Please don't think that I'm trying

to threaten you...

I just want to know what's going on.

Leave me alone.

Shu

Shura

(Netherworlds

Shura Yuki

(Netherworlds Snow

Shura Yuki Hime

(Netherworlds Snow Lady)

By Ashio Ryurei

It was the sixth year of Meiji,

that long ago.

A tragedy befell an innocent family...

gruesome, horrific, and hellish.

They were victims of a blood-chilling

plot.

Time has passed, but who

will exact vengeance?

Time has passed, but what dark

deed remains unavenged?

Whose tears fill the river of revenge?

Whose sould is filled with

turbulent Karma?

Who kills without premeditation,

without any thought for her own safety?

Knowing neither forgiveness

nor compassion...

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