The Sleep Curse Page #5

Why didn't you open the door?

Take the 4 women away.

Yes!

Don't take my daughter!

Mom!

Dad!

The Japs are coming.

Open the door!

Coming! Coming!

Open the door!

Why didn't you open the door?

- Search!

- Yes!

No! Don't...

Granny, Granny!

I found these.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa?

How come you can read Japanese, Lam Sing?

My father was one of the reformer-officials

of the Ching Dynasty.

Answer me in Japanese!

Yes.

My father was a reformer-official

of the Ching Dynasty.

He ran away to Japan with my mother

to avoid the purges of the Empress.

I was brought up and educated in Japan.

You grew up in Japan.

You should serve our Emperor then.

Come find me at the barracks tomorrow.

I'm Colonel Tanaka.

His book

was not a good choice.

- Let's go!

- Yes!

Hand in the copper! Hand in your copper!

What are they saying?

The Japs want our copper pots.

Kneel! Kneel!

What are you doing? Kneel quick.

They would kill us.

Hand in the copper! Hand in your copper!

That's all?

It's not enough to feed us for one week.

The school has been closed down,

I've lost my job, Mom.

I'll find a way.

I'm not blaming you, Sing.

It's hard to stay alive now, Master.

It's a blessing for you

and our daughter-in-law

to have died young, actually.

Why am I still sticking around?

It's all because of my son and grandson.

Very efficient, the writing is not bad.

I hope the translation is accurate.

Yes! It is.

Turn to the last page of Tales of Ugetsu.

Yes!

Chow Fook!

How are you, Colonel Tanaka!

How may I help you?

This is Lam Sing.

He can help you with

the Hong Kong Charity Foundation.

Thank you.

Be smart.

Did you understand?

Japanese?

This is the Hong Kong Charity Foundation.

Come in.

It's the British-American Powers

who invaded and oppressed us.

Open your eyes.

They are our common enemy.

The Imperial Army

is establishing the Great East Asia

Co-Prosperity Sphere

to liberate us from them,

to fight for freedom on our behalf,

to liberate all of Asia.

Long live the Imperial Army!

Your illness is quite serious, Chuen.

I'll write you a prescription.

Take the medicine home, stir it in water,

and apply it to your skin.

Also burn this spell to ashes

and drink it in wine.

Too bad I can't go to school because of the war.

I miss my classmates.

I couldn't go to school anyway, no matter what.

Why did father send you to school,

and make me learn to write spells,

decoct medicinal herbs,

and help him with alchemy?

Dad says only the first child of the family

gets to learn the art of black magic.

He also says the technique

is only passed on to the male, not the female.

We don't have any brothers.

I was born just a little earlier than you.

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