:10:02
So now it seems it's our turn.
:10:07
How shall we respond?
:10:10
Let me think.
:10:14
It's amazing how such foolishness
can take hold.
:10:17
Blame it on what
the Sengoku Clan did.
:10:20
Say what you will, that was a mistake.
- I disagree, Yazaki.
:10:24
That's not necessarily true.
- Why not?
:10:27
The fellow who went to the Sengoku house
was serious about disemboweling himself.
:10:33
There was nothing dishonorable
about his intent.
:10:35
Precisely because
they were touched by his sincerity,
:10:39
the Sengoku house decided
to take him in as a back-room retainer.
:10:45
That was good.
They made the right decision in that case.
:10:49
The problem
:10:51
is the shameless imitators
who have followed.
:10:56
They have no intention whatsoever
of performing harakiri,
:10:59
and just because they're hurting a little
for food and clothing,
:11:02
they show up at our gate
to practice their thinly disguised extortion.
:11:04
We can't very well allow him
to disembowel himself in our gateway.
:11:10
Our only choice is to follow
the example of other clans:
:11:13
Give him a little something
and ask him to leave.
:11:17
No.
:11:19
That will not do.
:11:23
If we give him money
and send him away,
:11:25
he'll soon be followed by others.
:11:28
One after the other,
:11:31
like ants drawn to a mound of sugar.
:11:36
Ever since the Battle of Sekigahara,
:11:38
Edo has been teeming with ronin -
masterless samurai.
:11:42
They're like wild dogs
roving about in search of prey.
:11:48
Think what people will say.
:11:54
"The House of Iyi has gone soft
like the others.
:11:58
Everybody thought they had backbone,
so until now, the ronin avoided their gate.