"The shape of the demonic spirit is determined by human fate and karma." "As such I want your "Truth" and "Reasoning."" "You must tell me everything!" "Yo, yo, yonaka ni bakko suru chimi mouryou" "Marude ikaino ichimi routou" "Mitai na rhymer rhyme shini toujou" "Kikoetarou?" "Yamini hibiku oto" "Bibitte kyomi nai furi shiyouto" "Koukishin wa hini hini jyoushou" "Nara check shini ikou, here we, here we go ya'll!" "Ayashi ayaushi ma no chimi mouryou" "Tabun jigoku wa manpai" "Afure dashita renchuu ga dantai de retsu wo nashite" "Kono yo ni stand-by" "Yatsura no bun basho ga mazu tannai" "Dooride kisetsu towazu atsui hazu" "Aete heat up sasu ikatsui verse wo" "Kamashite ase kakasuzo" "Douse yakedaro kikasena gasshou wo yo!" "HA!" "Koitsuwa marude kajiba" "Sugee nekki tamacchimau shimaguni" "DANGER!" "Masu masu agacchimau COME ON!" "(Kono Jipangu mouchoi de panku!" ")" "HA!" "Koitsuwa marude kajiba" "Sugee nekki tamacchimau shimaguni" "DANGER!" "Masu masu agacchimau COME ON!" "(Kono Jipangu mouchoi de panku!" ")" "Act Two" "Hey, I'm out of sake." "Someone get me some more." "Sato..." "Right away!" "Kayo, go get it." "Hurry, fetch the good sake." "You know where we keep it." "I-I don't want to..." "What do you mean?" "!" "You were the one he asked!" "I don't want to leave this room!" "How dare you talk back to me!" "Hey!" "Where do you think you're going?" "I need some salt." "I might as well get the sake, too." "Don't move unless I tell you to!" "It will come for us again." "I need to be ready for it." "No way!" "Stay put!" "You haven't earned my trust yet." "Then why don't you come along with me?" "I'd appreciate it if you did, actually." "Sure!" "I'll go!" "I'm sorry for foiling your one and only opportunity to escape!" "I'm opening it." "I sure am lucky, having a bodyguard." "I'll go as well!" "Now, then..." "Shall we get going?" "You're heading to the kitchen?" "I just need some salt." "Yeah, right." "He's going to try and poison us!" "He's not like that." "Why do you have to talk about him like that?" "Well, uh..." "Where is it?" "I'll go get it." "We keep it behind the stove." "Wait right there." "You won't leave or anything, right?" "I won't move!" "Don't you worry!" "Ow!" "Who spilled oil over here?" "It's usually stored some place out of the way." "Inexcusable!" "Who could have done this?" "Hey!" "You expect me to carry this?" "!" "To make sure I don't have a chance to poison it." "You overheard me?" "You talk so loud, it'd be impossible not to hear you." "You're making fun of me!" "Uh-oh." "You noticed." "Hold it!" "Where are you going?" "!" "I said we need to be ready." "I brought some sake." "What is that?" "You've never seen salt?" "I know it's salt!" "I'm asking you what it's for!" "I thought you'd do something more fancy with it." "What the hell is this?" "You can make fun of it all you want." "However, don't break the line." "Line?" "Of salt?" "Exactly." "It's all just superstition." "Don't make a big deal about it." "If that's what you think, that's fine." "But do not step into the enclosure of salt." "For any reason." "Umm, is there anything I can help with?" "Actually, there is." "You are much more dependable than this half-wit, big mouth." "Who are you calling a half-wit?" "!" "Hold this." "Hand me what's in the box, one thing at a time." "All right!" " What's that contraption?" " Never seen a scale?" "A scale?" "Hold out your finger." "It's okay." "Just like that." "I think it likes you, Kayo." "Lift your finger up a little." "Keep doing that." "Okay!" "What are you measuring with this?" "The weight of a demonic spirit?" "Distance." "Distance?" "To measure the distance to the demonic spirit." "Don't you know what scales are for?" "They aren't for measuring distance, they're for weight!" "Hey!" "Are you listening?" "You said you were going to get rid of the demonic spirit." "Yeah." "Then we shouldn't be wasting our time like this!" "Hurry up and kill that evil beast!" "If you can't do it, then you've been lying all along!" "I'm sure I told you." "To destroy the demonic spirit, we still need the "Truth" and "Reasoning" behind it." "Until those become clear, the sword can't be unsheathed." "The nature of human fate and karma... gives "Shape" to the demonic spirit." "I want to know the "Truth" and "Reasoning."" "So, what is this "Truth" and "Reasoning" you talk about?" "And why should we talk about them?" ""Truth" is the basic facts." ""Reasoning" is the motive behind its grudge." "So, what about it?" "Something happened and for whatever reason, the spirit bears a grudge." "Unless everything becomes clear, the sword will hold no power and cannot cut down the demonic spirit." "The reason behind it, huh?" "Firstly, why are there no cats in this house?" "Someone must have done something to a cat." "What could it have been?" "A cat's grudge can haunt humans?" "You think a lowly beast is capable of such an extreme act?" "I wouldn't know." "But there's definitely a demonic spirit." "But, a grudge?" "I mean, they kept coming into the kitchen, so I'd splash water or chase them out." "But they wouldn't hold grudges or haunt us for that?" "There's no way!" "It's possible." "Why?" "It's not that serious." "Demonic spirits have their own reasoning." "Their grudges can sometimes never be explained or understood." "Like a big misunderstanding, the grudge may not require any logic or coherence." "No way..." "Other people have done stuff a lot worse than what I did!" "Wh-What do you mean?" "I know about it!" "Ms. Sato has been buying cats." "Buying cats?" "All I did was pay for them and nothing more." "And?" "What happened to them?" "I don't know what became of those cats." "It was all Yahei's doing." "Whose money was it?" "You don't have to answer..." "It was Sasaoka's!" "Sasaoka told me to buy the cats, and Yahei took them away." "That's all I know." "Actually..." "Well..." "We slayed them." "Isn't that right?" "I think about twenty of them." " We got some good imitation" " How could you...?" "!" " We got some good imitation Kotetsu katanas." "Even though they were fake, the blades were good quality." "The fur of a cat is very soft." "The bones are delicate, but the hide is thick." "It's perfect for testing a katana." "Right, Sasaoka?" "Indeed." "Forgive my impudence Master Yoshikuni but don't you feel that's somewhat unjust?" "Sasaoka, why didn't you prevent this?" "Remonstrance is part of a vassal's duty!" "So we should have killed dogs instead?" "That's not what I'm implying!" "It's proper to suggest an alternative if you criticize a decision." "You've just demonstrated your discontent, Katsuyama." "Discontent?" "!" "More importantly, didn't you recommend Yoshiaki over Yoshikuni as the successor to the house?" "How do you plan to take responsibility for our situation?" "How can you keep such a straight face in these grave circumstances?" "I don't work under you, Katsuyama." "So you've revealed your true intentions, Sasaoka!" "Enough of this!" "This is hardly the time!" "But elder master..." "Silence, Sasaoka." "Now, both of you..." "Stop your quarrelling and focus on what we should do." "Mao, who agreed to sacrifice herself for our clan, is lying here in this state." "I don't want to show her such an unsightly scene." "Try and understand." "Yes, sir!" "Does anyone know what time it is?" "Sometime just after midnight." "There's no way dawn won't come, is there?" "That's just not possible!" "What's the matter?" "A noise." "Oh, no!" "It might be a visitor!" "Wait." "What is it?" "It's impossible for anyone to visit." "How can you be so sure?" "We're surrounded by a barrier." "The demon's territory lies just outside that barrier." "It's not possible for a human to cross its territory for a visit." "Demonic spirits..." "Is it a cat?" "Damn it!" "Why did this have to happen?" "Just as things were looking better." "Damn it..." "Damn it!" "My dear..." "Mizue..." "Mizue..." "Mizue..." "Mizue..." "Mizue..." "Mizue?" "Mao..." "Mao..." "Mao, I'm sorry..." "Mao!" "My poor Mao!" "Lady Mi... zu... e..." "It's Tamaki!" " Mizue?" "!" " It's Tamaki!" " Mizue?" "!" " Forgive me!" "Tamaki?" "Did she say Tamaki?" "!" "Lady Mizue!" "I'll do anything to make it up to you!" "Stay away from me!" "Spare me!" "Oh, no!" "What?" "!" "Get back!" "Run to the back!" "Master Odajima!" "Mi... zue?" "You demon!" "No!" "Goblin Cat!" "Take this!" "Take some salt!" "What are you angry about?" "What's your "Reasoning?" "!"" "And your "Truth?" "!"" "What is it?" "!" "So that was the demonic spirit, Goblin Cat?" "Yes." "Where is Yoshiaki?" "Is Katsuyama dead?" "Most likely." "That's a pity." "Don't bear a grudge." "And if you must, then hold it" " Ms. Sato..." " against the Goblin Cat." "Who was that?" "That was one part of the "Truth."" "And the "Shape" of the "Reasoning."" "The lady of the house referred to her as Tamaki." "Does anyone know who she is?" "What was that?" "The barrier has been broken in one room." "It will be here very soon." "Can't you unsheathe it yet?" "Hurry up and do it!" "You'll have to ask it yourself." "Then again..." "Even if I manage to unsheathe the sword there is no guarantee I will triumph over the demon's power." "What?" "!" "But you said this was the sword of Taima!" "A sword is manipulated by humans." "There are limits to even my abilities." "We can still retreat to the rooms further back." " Wow..." " What the.." "Why is there a wedding kimono?" "It's useless!" "Useless!" "Useless!" "Useless!" "There's no way out of this!" "You know something, don't you?" "It's all your fault." " That's the wedding kimono" " It's all you fault!" " the demon was wearing!" " You summoned the demon!" " You summoned the demon!" "I get it now." "The "Truth" of the Goblin Cat was you all along!" "To be continued..." "Sora wo umeru hana no iro" "Utsuri ni kerina waga koi" "Yagate subete ga sugisaru atomo" "Anata dake wo omou" "Itsuka haruno yuumagure" "Hajimete kuchizuke shita" "Maboroshi no youna kaori no nakade" "Anata dake wo omou" "Anata no muneni kono mi wo makase" "Watashi wa shinde yukou"