Legend of the Demon Cat Page #5

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Don't bury me.

It's cold down there...

What?

It wasn't me who killed her!

Yunqiao?

Reward! Reward!

Reward!

Don't tell me that was all an illusion.

Yunqiao went mad.

Chunqin is dead.

Did you hear her last words?

Don't bury me, it's cold down there.

The cat said he shared her fate-

was he talking about Lady Yang?

They tried to bury the cat alive.

He was trying to tell us

that Lady Yang was buried alive too.

Do you realise what you're saying?

You say don't let the magic fool you

but you trust everything that cat says.

This time you fell for it, not me!

Who said you could come in?

The door was open.

I told you- Juyi doesn't receive guests!

What good is that?

The cat saw these drawings

and made Chunqin your vision of Lady Yang.

From palace to brothel to Yunqiao's house-

he has been guiding you towards the truth.

But why me?

Because of your poem.

I also understand

that if Lady Yang was buried alive

then your years of toil were wasted.

Understand?

You just get here and you understand?

Cold nights agonizing over a single word-

what do you know of "toil"?

Because you are Juyi.

Because thirty years have passed,

and only you keep Lady Yang in your heart.

Her death is recorded in history!

The rebellion, Emperor Li's escape,

and the mutiny of his troops,

forced him to order

Eunuch Gao to strangle her.

You know

a scribe can falsify records.

That's why

I risked my life to steal the evidence.

Oh?

From the palace? Let's see it!

'Jade Girl' was her baby name.

A lock of hair- it was a token of her love.

Emperor Li died years ago,

leaving behind countless treasures.

But his most secret treasure chest

held only this silk pouch.

If he didn't adore her,

why keep a lock of her hair there?

You're in love with her too.

You're as obsessed as him.

I want justice for her.

The dynasty's decline wasn't her fault.

She shouldn't be buried alone.

So I'll do what Emperor Li could not-

I'll bring her back to life!

But as you wrote,

you had doubts.

Aware of this,

the demon cat is trying to tell you

you didn't get the story right.

Sure, I'll never write as well as Li Bo.

I'm happy to live in his shadow.

Just don't say my poem is a lie.

Speaking of lies,

I'm a fake myself.

You're not a monk?

I'm an ordinary shaman.

Japan's top exorcist is my master.

But he is unwell,

so sent me in his stead.

I'm here for the Tantric teachings.

Kukai-

In all my years, I've yet

to find enlightenment.

I suffer in mind and body.

China has obtained the Tantric teachings

for release from the cycle of life and death.

Kukai,

please,

you must bring back these teachings.

And so I resolved to come here.

Those were his last words.

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