Taboo of Tarot Page #5

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You must be mistaken.

Let's try the back door.

The back is on the river.

- madam.

- What?

We're going down.

must we?

Get me five lanterns and a ladder.

Why so many lanterns?

There you are.

I see now.

Not bad, eh?

Take a look down there.

See anyone?

No one.

I'll go down then.

my leg's broken.

Who's there?

In the name of the Shinsen militia.

Kano!

Hang on.

You're coming around. Sozaburo.

Finally. I was worried.

I feel better now. You all right?

"On December 22nd of that year,

"Commander Kondo

returned from Hiroshima.

"A banquet in his honor

was held that evening.

Delicious.

Kyoto sake is the best there is.

The Choshu clan is feigning loyalty

to the emperor and the shogunate.

But they've got a secret agenda.

They're arming for combat.

The shogunate is too weak.

They should attack now,

smash them, occupy the land,

before it's too late.

But, Commander Kondo,

last year,

Choshu served

the isolationist cause,

combatting foreign invaders.

Every patriot praised their valor.

Do you support isolationism?

Yes, of course.

Then you should be

more tolerant with them.

Foreign cannons being,

unfortunately, more effective,

in coastal areas,

Choshu batteries were wiped out.

And you believe

the shogunate should eliminate

an already suffering clan?

A samurai does not behave that way.

A samurai does not behave...

You mean that it's beneath him?

Exactly.

A true samurai is distinguished

by his sense of forbearance.

Or, to put it more simply,

by his mercy.

I know what you meant.

I'm sure you do.

As our journey progressed

you understood me better and better.

Hijikata...

I assure you, Hijikata...

What?

Well that... Commander Kondo...

the more he saw of the deplorable

situation in Choshu,

the more his opinion changed.

I believe our commander

is the only one to restore order

to the reigning confusion in Kyoto.

Is that so?

What's your opinion?

About this issue.

It doesn't interest me at all.

Excuse me.

I'm glad to see you again.

I thought you were laid up.

I was ashamed to face you,

but I changed my mind.

You've been apprised?

In a general way.

I apologize for the deaths

and injuries caused

by my blundering.

Your injury?

I fell from a ladder.

How is Kano?

No damage to that prettyface?

Whywere you coaching him?

Do you, too, have that leaning?

Not at all. But...

But?

I'm beginning to see

how certain men can be unsettled.

Sozaburo...

I wouldn't do that.

Sozaburo, are you that much

in love with Tashiro?

Why?

Even with me?

you remain somehow attached to him.

Leave him.

I can't.

He keeps clutching?

Not really.

Then why?

I'll kill...

you...

No, not you.

Lieut. Commander, it's Yamazaki.

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