:11:02
It sure feels like
spring today!
:11:04
Sure does. It's already February 20th.
So the good weather is no surprise.
:11:09
There must be a lot of visitors
coming to Edo.
:11:11
We've a lot to be
thankful for.
:11:14
By the way... have you found
an appointment yet, or...?
:11:16
Well... nothing ever goes
as one would hope.
:11:22
That must be Elder
li, right?
:11:23
Yes. It's time for him
to leave the Castle.
:11:28
Anytime you see him, he looks
like a man full of vigor.
:11:30
Surely. He's the strong right hand
of the Shogun, after all.
:11:35
If it weren't for him, our business
wouldn't be prospering as it is.
:11:39
I have much to
thank him for.
:11:41
As always, leading the procession
of men are...
:11:45
...Nishikawa Chuuzaemon and
about thirty of his aides.
:11:49
With their guards, they totaled
approximately sixty in all.
:11:53
The procession, and the number
of men, hasn't changed.
:11:57
It is said that there's a
spy among the men...
:12:00
...but, could it really
be true?
:12:02
Mito Mansion
...but, could it really
be true?
:12:03
To investigate Niiro Tsuruchiyo's
abode, a meeting is held...
:12:07
...between Inada Juzo and two other
men. It is February 21st.
:12:11
His home is a disheveled and
bare hut built out of mud...
:12:14
...by the Kanda-Kamakura riverbed,
in a little-traveled area.
:12:25
What does he do to earn
his three meals a day?
:12:27
Sir?
:12:28
Sir?
What does he do for living?
:12:30
Sir, from what I can gather, he
doesn't have a steady job.
:12:35
If one could call it
an occupation...
:12:37
...he bodyguards for Bizenya Tatsukichi,
an employment agent in Fujimi Village.
:12:40
We know that a monster like
you is working here!
:12:44
We'd like to save face... but,
no, not for this pittance!
:12:50
So, it's a pittance. What're
you gonna do about it?
:12:52
This is what
I'll do!
:12:59
Go back where you came
from, you pest!