Okay. That should do it.
Wow. Do you make everything yourself?
Yeah, most things.
I learned most of it from my dad.
Some of it's self-taught.
I was alone in the mountains.
I'd like to take some practice shots.
Yuru-san, could you teach me to use a weapon?
I… want to become stronger.
Okay. Sure.
Hello.
Oh.
It's you, uh…
Makoto. Tachikawa Makoto.
Good to see you again.
Right, Makoto-san. Hello.
It's the lady with the fox and raccoon dog.
Are you working today?
Yup. Jin-san asked me to come in.
Hello, Akai-san and Midori-san.
By the way, we haven't seen their abilities yet.
They're good at kidnapping.
Snatching people.
Isn't that Hamura's Yin-Yang's specialty, too?
Hiding and spitting people back out again.
Oh, that's why you were hired to kidnap us.
Mako-chan, how do your Daemons kidnap people?
Mako-chan?
Akai-san can transform into people, so they honey trap targets.
Midori-san can… you know…
They say a raccoon dog's b*lls are as broad as eight tatami mats.
They stretch out a ton, like a net.
Then they can instantly envelop someone to kidnap them.
They use their eight-mat b*lls to envelop and kidnap people.
The little guy once fought in the Shikoku tanuki war, and…
Imagine being kidnapped in a raccoon dog's nut sack.
That's horrifying.
Thank you for kidnapping me before Midori-san could get to me, Yin-Yang.
Midori-san is the most horrific Daemon ever.
By the way, Jin-san, I heard you called Makoto-san in for work.
Are you planning to use Midori-san to kidnap my brother?
No.
I had Makoto-san come to look for the nonexistent west gate.
Huh?
There was definitely a gate here.
Just inside, there was a big rock and some loquat and pear trees.
This is definitely where the west gate was.
Why isn't it here?
Sensei-chan can rewrite reality.
But Hagure-sensei's Daemon's creations
stay black and white for a while, so we'd know if it was him.
There's a faint line here.
Where?
Hey, you're right. What a clean line.
There's one over here, too.
This is about the width of a gate.
Were these made by a razor?
No…
It was something sharper.
Shingo-sama, you have a guest at the front desk.
Sure. Send them through.
Excuse us.
Hello, Uncle.
You look well, Asuma.
Thankfully, yes.
Sorry for always making you come to see me.
If you really feel that way, you could visit the manor once in a while.
Yeah, right.
I don't need Fuyuki's Blacklist reading my information.
You won't catch me entering that place unarmed and without any Daemons.
Nobody would attack you even if you're unarmed.
What happened after that?
Nothing.
As I reported,
Asa-san stayed with the Kagemoris, and Yuru-kun went with Tadera.
How could you let the Seal kid go?
Huh, Asuma?
Quit wasting time.
Why haven't you used this golden opportunity
to capture one of the twins?
Yuru-kun and his Daemons aren't easily beaten.
You'd know that if you came to the manor.
Make that mangaka disappear.
Then you'll be the next clan head.
Even if Hagure-kun died,
I doubt the current head would instantly drop dead.
If you can't overpower them, then win over Asa.
She's a naïve little girl.
Just sweet talk her until she's yours.
It's a crime for an adult to make advances on a sixteen-year-old.
What are you, a square?
You're as useless as your mother.
Since I have nothing else to report, I'll be going now.
You should come stop by the manor sometime.
Man, shut up.
Oh? Did your nephew leave already?
Yeah. I forgot to tell him you're here.
Whatever. You'll see each other again.
Shingo-san, you need to train your nephew better.
He'll trip you up if you underestimate him just because he's family.
Taking care of one kid is hard enough.
Two is another story.
Are you sure we'll be okay?
It'll be fine. He's got his shit together.
He's responsible.
After freeing Tenaga-Ashinaga,
he was willing to give his own life to fix it.
He's smart enough to figure out what we wanted to know, too.
He's a good kid. It'll be fine.
Sometimes the kids who try the hardest to be good
are the most emotionally exhausted.
Found it. This is it, right?
What is that?
The municipal site on missing persons.
It's an archive of the last day missing people were seen.
I dug through the Tohoku records from before Yuru-kun's birth.
Kinjo Nagisa.
Hiking registration form found in Old Higashi Village Trailhead mailbox.
The date and age matches.
Her address isn't listed, though.
Is that my mother?
Yeah. This is probably Nagisa-san.
Asa said Mother is originally from Okinawa.
Kinjo is a common name in Okinawa.
KINJO NAGISA
This is how you write Okinawa.
They said Nagisa was going back home to visit her parents.
Yeah.
Which means your grandparents live there.
Heave! Ho! - Heave! Ho!
I tailed Tadera Ryu and found his hideout.
You tailed him?
Why would you do that?
We're trying to earn the brother's trust.
They'll think the clan put the tails on them.
It was a type of barrier called a Lost House after all.
Two of my subordinates tailing him died.
They went missing again?
No, they died.
A nineteen-year-old and forty-year-old.
Both single men with no friends or family.
We can use their identities,
so I'll leave them as officially alive in their family registers.
If a nineteen-year-old woman had died,
Gabby-chan-san could've used her identity. It's a shame.
Or Asa-san.
Deceased sixteen-year-old girls without friends or family
are hard to come by.
Gabby-chan-san seems fine with things the way they are.
And I doubt Asa-san would agree to claim someone's identity as her own.
Hello?
Jin-chan, are you at the manor?
Someone called Asa.
It's her grandma in Okinawa.
I'm doing great.
Yes. I'm glad you're well, too.
The Kagemoris are taking good care of me. Yes.
I'm sorry. I still don't know where Father and Mother went.
I see.
I still expect Nagisa to turn up out of the blue someday.
But my body's starting to show its age.
I want to see Nagisa, of course,
but I'd really love to see you.
You're my dear granddaughter.
Just once, I'd like to see you while I'm still well.
I'm sorry, Grandmother.
I can't visit you yet.
I'd just cause trouble for you.
Yes. I'm glad I got to hear your voice.
I hope you'll call me again sometime. Bye.
My grandmother was exactly the same.
Every single word and phrase was exactly the same.
KINJO
Just once, I'd like to see you while I'm still well.
You're my dear granddaughter.
Just once, I'd like to see you while I'm still well.
I'd like to see you.
It's okay. I'm okay.
Scumbags.
If we talk to those Kinjos, could we learn something about my mother?
How many Kinjos do you think there are in Okinawa?
It's the first or second most common family name.
Nagisa-san went missing while going to visit her parents.
It'd be dangerous to reach out to her family there.
We could be exposing them to threats.
Or someone's already set a trap at Kinjo-san's house and is lying in wait.
The Kagemori family offered Nagisa-san their protection.
They'd know which Kinjos are her family.
If they haven't taken them in yet, then…
Well, you know what that means.
I guess we'll follow the lead on my predecessor.
I'm going to see the shaman.
PRAYERS
EXORCISMS SPIRITUAL HEALING
Hello.
Welcome.
You don't usually come in the afternoon.
I don't have any other customers, so close the shop.
Sure thing.
How was the village? Peaceful as always?
About that…
Azami-chan from the village is turning seven.
Could she get a prayer?
Sure. She should get vaccinated.
Measles and rubella, right?
I'll get them ready.
Also, the village was attacked and wrecked by Kagemoris.
You should've led with that!
Why are you tacking that onto a request for vaccines?!
Isn't the attack the main issue?!
The main dish is served after the apps.
You've heard one of the twins is with the Kagemoris, right?
You mean Asa.
She acquired the power of Break and broke open Higashi Village's barrier.
She brought Kagemori forces with her.
What about Yuru?
Did they take him? - No.
Granny Yamaha ordered me to take Yuru and run.
He lives down here now.
We rumbled with the Kagemoris who found us while leaving the mountain,
but we eventually lost them.
I'm begging you, don't let Yuru fall into someone else's hands, too.
Was it really the power of Break?
Definitely. She said she gained the power after dying once.
I thought Break and Seal were just the delusions of old-timers.
Anyway, I'm not confident I can protect him by myself.
I'd like to pick my predecessor's brain, but I don't know where he is.
You still can't get in touch with him?
I haven't heard from him in ten years.
Has he contacted you?
Like you, I haven't heard a peep.
Then maybe he really is dead somewhere.
Should I ask my Higashi Village contacts if they know anything?
I'd appreciate that.
So, where are you hiding Yuru now?
At my secret hideout.
He'll be safe there.
Actually, he's surprisingly hot-blooded.
He was saying, "Whoever you are, if you want my head, come and get it."
"Once I defeat my attackers, I'll squeeze them for all the information I can."
He's looking for a fight.
Yeah, it's a pain.
I wish he'd put himself in my shoes.
Anyway, I'm busy with that, so I can't visit the village for a while.
I see.
Then maybe I'll deliver Azami-chan's "prayers" and check on the village.
Thanks.
A lot of guys were injured, so bring lots of medicine.
Oh, maybe that's why.
Last night, I was approached by some freak in the street.
He had katanas.
No, they were probably Daemons.
He instantly closed the space between us…
And he cut you?
No.
When I came to, I was lying in the street.
I didn't have any injuries.
I wonder what his deal was.
Maybe he's a perv.
Maybe he was poking around since Yuru's with us.
Katana Daemons?
I'll be careful, too.
Let me know if you learn anything about my predecessor.
You bet.
Don't let anyone follow you when you enter the village, Shaman.
I'll be plenty careful.
Oh my.
My, my, my. This is awful.
Everyone's mourning their dead.
It's the shaman!
Yama-san! - Hey, kids.
You're all right.
Yama-san.
Some weird guys came and killed lots of people.
Dera-san told me about it.
They had big flying bird things and things that shot metal balls.
Right and Left are gone, too.
An evil god must've entered the village.
I wonder if Right and Left were broken.
They cut a bunch of grown ups in half with an invisible power.
They got Azami's mom, too.
Okay, here comes the god.
You'll feel a little pinch.
Okay, all done.
Now you're protected from evil gods of sickness.
You can take the mask off, Azami-chan.
Her mother was beheaded right in front of her.
Damn it. Those Kagemoris will pay.
Yama-san, are you okay?
The Kagemoris aren't following you, are they?
Someone was tailing me, but I managed to lose them.
We should've done something to acquire Seal sooner.
Then we could've fought back against the Kagemoris.
Five.
Five carefully-selected "bandits" were sent after Yuru.
Not a single one made it back.
The boy's skilled enough to shoot down pheasants.
Humans are too slow for him.
You wouldn't stand a chance.
You'd have to take a hostage.
Right?
What?
Hello, Higashi Village.
What?! What is this?
You're that pervert on the prowl after dark.
Rude.
I'm no night prowler. I'm Ivan Yosano.
What happened?
What's going on?
Oh, you can't see Daemons.
That makes this easy.
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That face…
You're the fake Asa, aren't you?
Go pay them a visit.
Want to stop by the rest area?
Go help Yuru.