The Last Samurai Page #6

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Very good!

I asked Sugi-dono to come with me,

but he's busy tonight.

Well...

I'm happy to hear he is alive.

I was surprised to learn that he

now owns a barbershop.

What are you doing now?

Are you married?

Tell me.

Hey! Do you stlll thlnk

of me like you used to?

You know, I'm still the same man.

No, you've changed.

Have I?

Why do you say that?

Tell me.

It's your moustache.

My moustache?

Of course, it shows

that you are successful.

I understand why you wear one

but I fear that you pride

will drive you to make mistakes.

Strange.

Sugi-san just told me the same thing.

It's strange, all right.

But don't let my words

worry you.

I only want you to be careful.

You are right.

But let's drink tonight.

Just the two of us.

As in the old days.

Oh, it smells so nice.

Is that perfume?

Yes, it's made in France.

I'll give you some next time.

I'd like that.

Please...

So?

Are you ready?

Just a moment!

Do I have to get all

my hair cut off?

No, you don't have to,

but most people do so.

I have had this way

since I was a child.

My wife said she would leave me

if I didn't have my hair cut.

How will you cut my hair?

Well, first I'll shorten the sides

and leave it long at the back,

then bring hair from the side to

cover the front bald spot.

I will look awful.

Now, when the wind blows

everyone will see my shaved spot!

Yes, it will take time to

grow in like mine.

Anyway, 25 sen is too much!

No, yours will cost 38 sen.

I'll come back later,

after I talk to my family.

I'll look like I'm wearing a

bird's nest on my head!

Thank you very much.

You haven't changed a bit.

It's been a long time.

I hear about you all the

time from Kirino-san.

I'm ashamed tosay

I'm still living as I did before.

- Come on in.

- No, it's fine here.

I just wanted to...

see your face.

Actually, in a few weeks,

I'll be going to England.

You're lucky.

I'd like to go abroad.

When do you plan on returning?

I may not.

I see.

Well, I'll make you some tea.

Have a seat.

I'll go!

Special edition!

I never forgot the taste of

that rice soup.

You gave me so long ago.

There it is.

Ministre Saigo to quit!

Saigo.

He will stop being a minister.

That means...

Hanjiro-san will, too.

Sugi-dono! It's Kirino!

Sugi!

What's going on so late at night?

Actually,

I'll be going back Satsuma

with Saigo.

The world has turned upside down.

We always followed Saigo-san,

believing he was right.

Yes but...

The new civilian government

does what the westerners want.

They're not as daring as Saigo.

When I go back to Satsume,

I'll teach.

But everything is not over.

I'll come back to Tokyo.

But, for now, I will

shave my mustache,

and go back to being a farmer.

Sugi-dono!

Will you shave off my mustache?

Sugi-dono.

I smell nice, don't I?

It's expensive perfume, isn't it?

It's made in France.

Oshuni-san sent it to me the other day.

She put a note inside.

She's going to England.

She came here to tell me, too.

Is that so?

I just met you gain,

you and Oshuni-san.

And our ways must part already.

- Toranosuke.

- Uncle.

Here's a man who says

he was in Kyoto with Satsuma the same

time as you, so I brought him here

Hayakawa Esuke is my name.

I have not known your uncle for long.

- We met...

- At the bathhouse.

It does not matter.

- Will you have a shave while we talk?

- No, no, I can't. I'm still on duty.

It's all right because you have nothing

to do but sit around and chat with us.

Will you have tea?

Thank you.

You must have killed many

people during the war.

Please tell me about it.

I will have something to tell

my geishas who love heroes stories.

Well... I often met tough

enemies

but the toughest

was the Tokugawa spy.

Really? That's interesting.

At the tlme, men of both Tokugawa

and Satsuma men were spying each other.

They were In Kyoto In large

numbers back then.

But the samurai I killed

was not an ordinary one.

He was the Top General of

the Tokugawa Clan in Kyoto.

Did you say 'Top General'?

How old was he?

All I know is that he had grey hair.

Where was it?

In an alley,

near Shirikawa brige.

Did you kill the man yourself?

Yes, of course.

It only took one cut.

Tea is getting cold.

Are you crazy?

Your swordsmanship is very poor.

You couldn't have killed him.

You knew that spy?

When I got back to hlm,

he was dying.

The man who killed him

had to be very good.

Were you really there?

To tell the truth...

when I got there,

it was over.

But I'm sure that Kirino-san

knows more about it.

Kirino-san?

Was he there with you?

Yes.

When I found him in the alley.

He was wounded.

I wanted to help hlm back

to the Satsume House

and while I was helping him,

I notlced that spy,

lying on the ground.

So... Kirino-san killed him?

I don't know

if Kirino killed him.

You should ask him.

Kagoshima

Sugi-dono...

Sugi-dono!

It is you!

Welcome!

How did you find me?

Someone showed me the way.

Is it so?

But why are you here?

I wanted to ask you about something.

Oh, you came all the way from Tokyo?

It must be important.

Come with me.

Seven years ago...

Did you kill a man named

Ikemoto Mohei?

I killed so many people,

I can't remember all of them.

In Kyoto, on Shirakawa Street

the night of September 13.

You attacked Tokugawa spies.

Have this.

A grey-haired man

in ordinary clothes.

Yes! I remember!

He was a very good swordsman,

how could I forget him?

Did you kill him?

Yes, I killed him.

But...

he got me too.

He appeared suddenly in front of him.

He wounded me,

I still have the scar.

Why are you talking about him?

Kirino-san,

you killed my father.

Ikemoto-sensei...

was more

than a father to me!

Sugi-dono...

do the people of Edo still hold

a grudge against us?

A grudge?

You killed many people

during those times too...

- We're even.

- No!

I only killed for justice.

But you killed without any reason

when the Satsuma told you to.

I understand what you're trying to say,

But Saigo-san is preparing

an attack on Tokyo.

We'll take over the government.

So I have no time for

your revenge game!

You're still living in the old world!

What?!

The new government

is stronger than you think!

If you try to do that,

you'll be finished!

If Saigo-san is on our side,

we can do it!

Saigo-san won't do it anyway!

I will make him do it!

He is a big fool if he listens to you!

Sugi-dono!

Say that again!

Saigo-san is a big old fool!

He's finished.

You called Saigo-san a fool!

I can't forgive you!

Saigo-san and you are both fools!

Sugi-dono.

Why didn't you kill me?

You could have done it.

You were better.

Before he died,

Ikemoto-Sensei forbade me

to avenge his death.

I finally understood.

When I was about to kill you.

You're not my enemy, Kirino-san

The power of the Satsuma clan

killed Sensei.

Kirino-san...

I will go back to Tokyo.

Sometimes we can't

avoid something,

even if we want to.

These are Ikomoto-sensei's words

You're going to attack Tokyo

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