Lady Snowblood Page #4

...she traveled the land, seeking

out her enemies...

...and left their corpses withou

a second glance.

Her name was Shurayuki...

the child of vengeance.

Certainly...

The person who told Ashiro Ryurei

about you... was indeed I!

Why did you have to, sir?!

I just cannot comprehend... why

you did that, Reverend.

Don't you see?

It's bail, to lure out...

...the one villain that remains:

Kitahama Okono.

Matsuemon's men are not

without their limits.

However... should Ryurei's novel

become widely read...

...I'm certain that Okono

will read it.

And, when she does... she will

surely take action.

That will be... the moment when

you can at last destroy her.

Besides, you see...

...I've come to really like...

this Ryurei fellow.

He's using his talents as a writer...

...to express his hostility and malice

towards the political system.

He may be a rogue, but I felt

strongly that he's be...

...the ideal man to write your story,

a tale of the netherworlds.

But, will Kitahama Okono take action...?

Will she reveal herself?

You must wait and see...

You must be patient.

Yuki, you must not rush things.

If you must endure a moment

of peace and tranquility...

...when the winds of carnage do not blow

the snow of the netherworlds...

...your Bhudda will not punish you.

...to Mount Kazusa...

...from Mount Kazusa, looking into

the valley...

...a little child picks up a pebble...

Born to settle and old score.

Born to seek vengeance.

Yet, listening to the children sing,

she could not help but be moved.

As she continued to travel her

lonely path...

...the glimmers of the past became

dimmer and dimmer.

Just tell me, please...

...that this is merely fiction!

That it's all made up, just to

make it interesting reading!

No... I've written nothing

but the truth.

You're not lying...

It's all truth.

Then... Oyuki... killed my dad...

Just who are you?

I'm... Banzo's...

I'm Takemura Banzo's daughter.

This is awful! Just awful!

So now we have... another

girl seeking vengeance.

Born under unlucky stars,

both of you...

...you... and her.

Wait!

Wait, why don't you?!

There's no way... No way can

you understand how I feel!

I do!

I can understand...

Are you... Ashio Ryurei?

Yeah, so what do you want from me?

Because your "Lady Snowblood"

story seems all-too real...

...the people have become confused and

riotous. So, we must question you.

Come with us to headquarters!

You've got to be kidding me...

Silence! Take him!

Quiet!

Hey! We don't got all day!

Who is it?

Who are you?

Takemura Kobue.

Kobue? Takemura?

You must be Banzo's...

Did you come here to see Yuki?

I wouldn't ever want to see her!

Then what brings you here?

Ashio Ryurei got arrested

by some cops.

I didn't know that there was a

police station there, though...

...inside a restaurant called

"Kagetsu", that is...

Wait! Wait a second! Wait, I said!

Take that!

You bastard! You f***in' retard!

Get up!

Scum!

There!

C'mon! Out with it!

Where's Shurayuki?!

I spent a cosiderable amount of time

reading the story in your paper.

Clearly, it's based on a real event.

There's no way someone who didn't

know Shurayuki could've written it.

Kitahama Okono... So you've revealed

yourself, just as I expected.

So, the money you pocketed from that

ruthless murder twenty years ago...

...paid for this shady little hideout

of yours, eh?

That sure is nice to know.

Silence!

Tell me! Where's Shurayuki?!

Tell me!

Tell me! Tell me!

I don't know! I'm not

in touch with her!

You stubborn fool!

Don't hold back! Go ahead

and beat this scumbag!

Dumb ass!

Suffer! Suffer a lot more!

Suffer!

There!

That should be enough. Let's

hold off for the time being.

But...

He's no good to us if he's dead.

We'll use him as bait.

Bait?

Yes. Shurayuki will, without a

doubt, soon show up.

She's here!

So you've come, Shurayuki!

I've been waiting for you.

Kitahama Okono... as last...

at last we meet!

That's right! I deliberately acted

just as you hoped I would.

Thunder-Sand Bomb!

What?! Thunder-Sand?!

Hold your breath!

Hold your breath!

Be careful!

Shurayuki!

Oyuki...

Okono...

Has she escaped?!

It's all done now,

Yuki...

...your vengeance... everything.

Is it really over? Is it supposed

to feel like this?

It is over...

It's all done now.

Just forget it all.

Can the netherworld's snow, soaked in

bloody carnage, regain it's purity...?

You were born inside a jail,

a child of vengeance...

How can you live like a normal

human being, Yuki?

I do remember...

...from the moment I was born...

I remember everything I saw...

I can still picture it before

my eyes...

That's why...

...my mother's vengeance is my own.

This revenge... is mine.

"Chapter Four:
"

Just as I thought... you

are alive after all.

I was hoping that I was only

imagining things...

Why... did you fake your deah?

Who are you talking about?

If you're talking about a wretch named

Tsukamoto Gishiro, he's dead.

He died when his ship foundered

three years ago...

That's not true! Gishiro is alive!

He's right here!

Right in front of my eyes!

The boat that you were on...

yes, it did sink...

But... as the police were after

you for opium smuggling...

...the shipwreck provided you with

a wonderful opportunity...

...to fake your own death!

You survived... and continue to

engage in shady dealings.

You haven't changed...

You haven't changed at all since

you ran away ten years ago.

Why did you come here?

To make you forget about things...

...about Tsukamoto Gishiro...

and the man you saw...

You must forget them all.

Your Shurayukihime story is at an end.

With Kitahama Okono's death,

it's all over.

There's no more to write about.

Are you threatening me?

It's so like you.

No. Just giving advice.

Let me tell you something...

These days I'm mostly involved

in the weapons trade.

Even the government can't buy

weapons without my involvement.

I believe that Japan will soon

be at war.

Japan is streangthening its military forces

and preparing them for the conflict...

...and I'm lending them a hand,

helping to expand the Empire.

I don't have time for some silly,

twenty-year old tale vengeance.

The place where I conduct most of

my business is the Rokumeikan.

It's supposed to be the place where

we negotiate with foreign powers...

...and debate the use of Western

ideas to modernize our society.

But, what really goes on there are...

...nightly parties for the

elite members of our society...

...who indulge themselves in self-

gratification and hedonism.

Despite this, society is changing.

And I will float with the tide...

...all the time harvesting more

money and power!

It's fine to be concerned with justice

and conscience, or upholding principles...

...yet, in the end, it's all nothing more than

empty words, at least in this filthy hole.

Forget newspapers and all that,

why don't you?

If you feel like it, you can

come work for me.

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