:55:05
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to pry.
:55:09
No, I don't mind.
:55:12
Little Miki's father
:55:18
was a close relative of mine.
:55:23
He served at a shrine
on Mt. Tsukuba, but...
:55:26
Served at a shrine?
You mean he was a priest?
:55:31
Yes.
:55:34
But then somehow or other
:55:37
he got caught up in this.
:55:40
Oh, I'm sorry.
:55:42
I suppose you mean this?
:55:44
Yes.
:55:48
He went bad.
:55:49
In the end he got tangled up
in a turf war
:55:54
and got himself killed.
:56:00
What was his name?
:56:03
Shodayu Tsukuba.
:56:06
Shodayu Tsukuba.
:56:10
I'm sure you've never heard of him.
:56:16
He was just one of the thugs
killed in the fracas.
:56:21
There's no reason
anyone would know his name.
:56:23
He was a common thug
hardly worth more than a piece of trash.
:56:29
His wife had run out on him,
:56:31
so this child, who was with
a foster family, was left all alone.
:56:37
And I'm her closest relative.
:56:40
I see.
:56:43
And then?
:56:47
I had never had any luck
finding a husband,
:56:52
and I was working at Monzencho
on Mt. Tsukuba at that time.
:56:55
Hello?
:56:57
Do you know it?
:56:59
Yes, a town bustling
with pilgrims to Mt. Tsukuba.