"There were people who loathed one other." "their souls soaked in blood..." "And their bonds were broken by blades... their sincerity walls... please die... please die..." "Clouds shroud a night with a waning moon quivering in the haze" "A cruel trap involving a pair of crucified fledglings since smoldering feelings lie firmly in their hearts destruction!" "severely as a flower pierce with a trembling blade" "Even when I shut the fated tears deep within my eyes my eyelids still remember you" "Tender Emotions" "Now the Kouga know we're up to something!" "We have no choice now but to slay Gennosuke at once!" "What is it?" "A Kouga?" "The way she carries herself..." "She could well be one listed on the roster..." "Might you be from Kouga Manjidani?" "There's no need to take a stance." "we are from Iga but surely you know that Kouga and Iga are no longer enemies." "Forgive me." "I've not introduced myself." "My name is Yakushiji Tenzen." "Okoi." "Okoi" "We were actually sent to Manjidani at Gennosuke-sama's request but the people there misunderstood and drove us out most furiously..." "That's what you get for underestimating the Kouga." "We can't possibly return to Gennosuke-sama with such shame." "What do you say?" "Could you accompany us back to see him?" "Is Gennosuke-sama all right?" "!" "All right?" How silly... what could we possibly do to him?" "That's true." "that's all the more reason to come." "You're welcome to visit Iga to see for yourself." "I'll go ask the people in Manjidani!" "Leave her to me!" "Halt!" "Got him!" "Okoi..." "Nenki." "Do not kill her." "I have things to ask this girl..." "Now you say so..." "She could also be bait for slaying Gennosuke." "We can remove her name from the roster after that." "not even Danjo!" "I'm a day behind Shogen." "The Kouga could already have the scroll..." "Meaning everyone in Tsubagakure could be" "Hotarubi!" "Hotarubi!" "Hotarubi!" "Yashamaru-dono..." "I say we raid Iga!" "Gyobu." "Are you just going to overlook what they did?" "!" "Do not forget." "Gennosuke-sama is in Tsubagakure." "Besides..." "Because we let them go they will expect us to attack Tsubagakure in return." "You're going to leave Gennosuke-sama to die for fear of that?" "!" "Hyoma!" "He would never be so easily slain by the likes of the Iga." "S-still!" "We will go to Tsubagakure." "To inquire of his well-being." "But first there is something we must make certain of..." "Why the Iga would attack Manjidani when a truce between Kouga and Iga draws near..." "It may be the doing of someone who despises that truce." "Even many of our own would love to attack the Iga if not for the anti-war pact... the pact." "Do you suppose it could have been nullified?" "W-what?" "!" "Gyobu." "You said you heard suspicious words from Yakushiji Tenzen while inside the wall... but don't let your guard down." "Kazamachi Shogen did give you that much trouble all on his own." "If Shogen was trying to return to Manjidani with an urgent message but was slain by them en route their true motive could be" "All right!" "I'll check out the Tokaido Road!" "will go." "Yasha..." "Yasha..." "Yashamaru..." "Who's there?" "!" "Yashamaru... 'Tis Yakushiji..." "Tenzen-sama!" "Where are you?" "!" "Where are you at?" "!" "Tenzen-sama!" "I cannot show myself for certain reasons..." "Yashamaru." "Why have you returned from Sunpu?" "Tenzen-sama!" "Something big?" "What exactly happened there?" "Tenzen-sama is the reason you can't show yourself because you've been killed?" "!" "Killed?" "!" "Was it by the hands of the Kouga's Kazamachi Shogen?" "!" "Indeed..." "It was Kazamachi Shogen." "P-please forgive me!" "Being the novice that I am" "I was fooled and had the roster stolen by Kouga Danjo!" "Roster?" "everyone in Tsubagakure?" "!" "Rest easy." "Everyone is fine." "Yashamaru..." "What is this " roster" ?" "Tenzen-sama!" "right in front of Hattori-sama at Sunpu declared that the anti-war pact between Iga and Kouga is nullified!" "What?" "!" "That's not him!" "Now I've done it!" "There you are!" "huh?" "!" "Must be one of the Ten!" "A return gift will save some face for me!" "Have a taste of my Kokujou's hell!" "Yashamaru..." "Gyobu..." "I owe you one..." "I wanted to keep him alive to make him spill the details but he left me no choice..." "That was a real bombshell he blurted out..." "It's just as Hyoma thought..." "Yes..." "Still... what is this " roster" ?" "Oboro-sama?" "N-not at all!" "Akeginu." "Is that" "Yes." "Tenzen-sama and the others returned shortly ago..." "Oh!" "Gennosuke-sama!" "T-the messenger I" "Calm down." "The messenger I sent has returned!" "He says that Udono-sama is well!" "I see..." "Thank goodness!" "Tenzen and the others appear to have returned as well!" "I was a little worried." "There are people who don't enjoy the idea of a truce..." "Gennosuke-sama?" "it seems I was just imagining things." "Oboro-dono!" "I've pared and tied the Kouga girl up in the saltstore for now." "Good work..." "Amayo." "What of Gennosuke?" "It seems he was sniffing around for some reason but there's no need to worry." "I gave advance instructions to Oboro-sama's likely messengers." "Does he suspect?" "Never fear." "He has Oboro-sama's innocent eyes on him;" "there is no man alive who would mistrust them." "So Oboro-sama's love-drenched eyes will actually drive her lover into the jaws of death." "Such irony..." "Tenzen." "Isn't it about time we tell Oboro-sama all that has happened?" "If Yasha still hasn't returned we can probably count him among the dead..." "I just hope the tender emotions won't hinder her ability." "How cruel it is to not know... will Oboro-sama also be soaked by the rain?" "We're not going back to Kouga to report?" "Time is of the essence." "Let's keep going." "Yes... even with everyone in the Kouga clan you and I are the only ones capable of rescuing Gennosuke-sama from the Tsubagakure valley." "I'm impressed every time I see it..." "Girl..." "The mist of sorrow softly touches these lips blotted with red droplets" "The mirror in the sky beautifully illuminates the distance in the night" "Giving more than a passing thought to the myriad of showering stars firmly bind them" "Those beautiful eyes that sparkle with a lazuline hue..." "Even if they wind up closed by a harbinger from the darkness since no one can steal the bridge of connected dreams they still reflect the limitless tomorrow" "Violation and disgrace loom toward the prisoner." "Her chilling technique is finally brought to light." "The maiden filled with unpolished beauty works her magic." "a coarse man collapses and crawls." "And the moment that will shatter the dreams of spring closes in." "On the next Basilisk ~ Kouga Ninpouchou" "Hell of Human Skin" "Next Episode" "Violation and disgrace loom toward the prisoner." "Her chilling technique is finally brought to light." "The maiden filled with unpolished beauty works her magic." "a coarse man collapses and crawls." "And the moment that will shatter the dreams of spring closes in." "On the next Basilisk ~ Kouga Ninpouchou" "Hell of Human Skin"