# E39 - The Smell of Sulfur
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***SIGN*** Noboribetsu Hell Valley
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***SIGN*** NOBORIBETSU
**[00:06] Narrator**
* At the time, Noboribetsu was*
* Hokkaido's largest hot springs area.*
**[00:11] Narrator**
*The springs there had healing properties,*
**[00:15] Narrator**
* and after the Sino-Japanese War*
* and Russo-Japanese War,*
**[00:18] Narrator**
* the 7th Division would send*
* their sick and wounded.*
***SIGN*** Noboribetsu's Famous
"Burning Waterfall"
**[00:26] Nikaido**
I feel so good!
**[00:28] Usami**
I'm reborn!
**[00:33] Kikuta**
Privates Nikaido and Usami...
**[00:39] Kikuta**
Did you just get here today?
**[00:41] Usami**
Warrant Officer Kikuta.
**[00:46] Usami**
How is your recuperation going?
**[00:48] Kikuta**
Oh, did Lieutenant Tsurumi send you because
he was worried about how I was doing?
**[00:56] Kikuta**
He must be looking forward to how much
stronger his army will be after my arrival.
**[01:04] Kikuta**
By the way, did you hear that strange
story Private Ariko was telling?
**[01:09] Nikaido**
What did he say?
**[01:11] Kikuta**
Last night, he met a strange man in
a hot spring further up the mountain.
**[01:17] Kikuta**
The man was running through the snow,
**[01:18] Kikuta**
at night, carrying no light
and wearing geta sandals.
**[01:22] Kikuta**
Strange, yes?
**[01:24] Usami**
My left ball is changing
places with my right ball!
***SIGN*** Golden Kamuy
***SIGN*** Episode Thirty-Nine
The Smell of Sulfur
**[03:01] Usami**
A man wearing geta sandals
on a dark, snowy mountain?
**[03:05] Usami**
Well, there are snow geta
you can wear in winter.
**[03:08] Usami**
And if he was running in the dark, perhaps
his eyes were simply used to the darkness.
**[03:13] Usami**
What's so strange about that? Sheesh...
**[03:18] Usami**
Anyway, busy now!
**[03:21] Kikuta**
He can tell you himself.
**[03:23] Kikuta**
Right, Private Ariko?
**[03:26] Ariko**
I heard the sound of geta, but the
footprints on the ground weren't from geta.
**[03:31] Ariko**
They were from straw boots.
**[03:34] Usami**
And so? Why is this so important to you?
**[03:37] Kikuta**
There was more to the story, right, Ariko?
**[03:40] Ariko**
The clothes he wore were... curious.
**[03:44] Ariko**
The pattern on them was unusual.
**[03:46] Nikaido**
Like how?
**[03:48] Ariko**
I couldn't really say,
because it was so dark...
**[03:53] Nikaido**
You two have been here
since the end of the war.
**[03:56] Nikaido**
The hot springs have scrambled your brains.
**[03:59] Usami**
Now, now, Nikaido.
**[04:05] Nikaido**
What were you doing at a hot spring that
far up in the mountains, Private Ariko?
**[04:10] Ariko**
It's a secret hot springs
that only the Ainu know about.
**[04:13] Nikaido**
You an Ainu?
**[04:16] Ariko**
Yes.
**[04:16] Usami**
Perhaps he's an Ainu, too?
**[04:19] Usami**
And the strange patterns on his
clothes were an Ainu pattern.
**[04:23] Ariko**
I would recognize an Ainu pattern.
**[04:25] Kikuta**
Something about this story
seemed really strange to me.
**[04:29] Kikuta**
Am I just thinking about it too much?
**[04:31] Kikuta**
You know anything, Mister Masseur?
**[04:33] Toni**
Clothing with strange Ainu patterns?
**[04:37] Toni**
I'll tell you if I see any.
**[04:41] Usami**
That's funny!
**[04:54] Nikaido**
No way! How?
**[04:58] Kikuta**
Come on, help me out, Nikaido.
**[05:03] Kikuta**
Tell me what the tattoos on the prisoners
who escaped from Abashiri looked like.
**[05:12] Nikaido**
Never seen one.
**[05:18] Soldier A**
Let's go eat.
**[05:22] Kikuta**
Ariko, go ask at your village if anyone
else has seen this strange man.
**[05:28] Ariko**
Understood.
**[05:29] Kikuta**
We're in a bad spot because
of Usami and Nikaido.
**[05:32] Kikuta**
Those assholes don't believe us.
**[05:34] Kikuta**
If we want to go back to serving under
Lieutenant Tsurumi, we'd want to bring a gift.
**[05:41] Nikaido**
Are we taking Warrant Officer Kikuta
and Private Ariko back to Abashiri?
**[05:47] Usami**
No, Lieutenant Tsurumi
is leaving Abashiri soon.
**[05:50] Usami**
We'll meet up with him somewhere.
**[05:52] Nikaido**
What about the fortune-teller
and the old cannibal?
**[05:56] Nikaido**
Will he bring them?
**[05:58] Usami**
That's not my problem.
**[06:01] Usami**
Hey, would you please stop
punching me like that?
**[06:06] Usami**
Massage me carefully. It hurts!
**[06:10] Usami**
You suck at this.
**[06:12] Masseur A**
Oh, sorry.
**[06:17] (Flashback) Masseur A**
Those two that just arrived
were with Lieutenant Tsurumi.
**[06:22] (Flashback) Masseur B**
They're a valuable source of information.
**[06:24] (Flashback) Masseur B**
We should get rid of the soldiers
named Ariko and Kikuta before they
**[06:28] (Flashback) Masseur B**
realize who we are.
**[06:29] (Flashback) Toni**
We should wait for the next new moon.
**[06:32] (Flashback) Toni**
The moonlight off the snow
makes the winter nights bright.
**[06:35] (Flashback) Masseur A**
We need to hurry.
**[06:37] (Flashback) Masseur A**
If we have to leave,
we'll cease to be able to
**[06:40] (Flashback) Masseur A**
give information about the 7th
Division to Hijikata Toshizou.
**[06:44] (Flashback) Masseur B**
Toni-san, you're the one who
let that soldier see you.
**[06:48] (Flashback) Masseur B**
This is your mess to deal with.
**[06:58] Narrator**
* The hot springs he spoke of, further up*
* the mountain than Noboribetsu,*
**[07:01] Narrator**
* is currently known as*
* the Karurusu Hot Springs.*
**[07:04] Narrator**
*The local Ainu called them "penke-yu."*
**[07:10] Kikuta**
Am I going to see the geta
man tonight, I wonder?
**[07:20] Ariko**
Have you seen a man wearing clothes with
a strange pattern around penke-yu lately?
**[07:27] Ariko**
Someone who comes to bathe at dusk.
**[07:35] Kikuta**
*The sound of geta!*
**[07:38] Ainu Woman**
Those aren't clothes.
**[07:41] Ainu Woman**
They were tattoos.
**[07:53] Kikuta**
*This is the man Ariko spoke of.*
**[07:57] Kikuta**
*He has a light with him, but...*
**[07:59] Kikuta**
You there. Take off your
jacket and let me see you.
**[08:18] Toni**
*He can see me?*
**[08:19] Toni**
* I had a light with me to stop his*
* eyes from adjusting to the darkness!*
**[08:26] Kikuta**
*He has friends with him?*
**[08:33] Kikuta**
I can see all of you.
**[08:38] Narrator**
*According to one theory,*
**[08:41] Narrator**
* pirates wore eyepatches so that when they*
* needed to charge below the decks of a ship,*
**[08:45] Narrator**
*they could quickly adjust to the darkness.*
**[08:48] Narrator**
*Warrant Officer Kikuta*
**[08:50] Narrator**
* anticipated a night battle, and had*
* worn an eyepatch since sunset.*
**[08:55] Narrator**
*He could see in the dim darkness just fine!*
**[08:59] Toni**
Retreat! He can see you!
**[09:02] Toni**
That's why I told you to do it
on the night of the new moon!
**[09:06] Masseur B**
That's not good.
**[09:09] Toni**
Go! Go! Get into the valley!
**[09:14] Kikuta**
You ain't getting away.
**[09:33] Kikuta**
I can't see a thing.
**[09:37] Toni**
*I'm sick of the smell of sulfur.*
**[09:40] Toni**
* Once I get my share of the gold,*
* maybe I'll move to the coast.*
**[09:57] Masseur A**
Got him!
**[10:03] Masseur A**
You got him!
**[10:08] Ariko**
That's in the direction of Hell Valley.
**[10:15] Kikuta**
Don't scratch my guns, shithead.
I won these fair and square!
**[10:19] Narrator**
*During the Russo-Japanese War,*
**[10:21] Narrator**
* Warrant Officer Kikuta became*
* obsessed with stealing handguns*
**[10:25] Narrator**
*from the Russia officers he killed.*
**[10:28] Narrator**
*The Nagant M1895 was a personal favorite,*
**[10:32] Narrator**
* so much that he had his*
* men search for them as well.*
**[10:41] Usami**
Don't shoot! It's me!
**[10:45] Masseur B**
There are more with him!
**[10:53] Toni**
*This is going like shit!*
**[10:59] Nikaido**
He fled into the mountains!
**[11:01] Ariko**
Warrant Officer Kikuta!
**[11:04] Kikuta**
Ariko, is that you?
**[11:07] Ariko**
What I saw was a tattoo.
**[11:11] Kikuta**
We'll follow him. After me.
***SIGN*** Golden Kamuy
**[11:23] Kikuta**
Usami, you asshole. Your timing
was a little too convenient.
**[11:27] Kikuta**
You and Nikaido were actually staking
out the Ainu hot springs, weren't you?
**[11:32] Kikuta**
Let me guess: the two of you figured out
what was going on from Ariko's story,
**[11:35] Kikuta**
and were planning on
finding the man before us.
**[11:38] Usami**
Whoops. Guess you figured it out.
**[11:45] Ariko**
Why would a tattooed prisoner
**[11:47] Ariko**
take the risk of hiding at a hot springs
filled with members of the 7th?
**[11:54] Nikaido**
Oh, I've seen him.
**[11:58] Nikaido**
He's a masseur.
**[12:14] Ariko**
His footsteps lead inside.
**[12:17] Ariko**
It's an old mine tunnel. I went
inside once when I was a kid.
**[12:21] Kikuta**
Any other exits?
**[12:22] Ariko**
Several, if they haven't collapsed.
**[12:26] Kikuta**
It's coming from further inside.
**[12:28] Kikuta**
Don't light any matches.
**[12:31] Kikuta**
It'll make you a target.
**[12:44] Usami**
*I can't see a thing.*
**[12:56] Kikuta**
*What's this?*
**[12:57] Kikuta**
*There's something on the ground.*
**[13:00] Kikuta**
* If we're not careful,*
* we'll give away our location.*
**[13:03] Narrator**
* The ice stalagmites created by*
* water dripping to the ground*
**[13:07] Narrator**
* and freezing are called hyoujun,*
* or "ice bamboo shoots."*
**[13:11] Narrator**
* Even in Hokkaido, they can*
* only be seen in a few places.*
**[13:14] Toni**
Now it's my turn.
**[13:18] Kikuta**
* Looks like the prisoner has*
* particularly good ears.*
**[13:24] Kikuta**
* He's using the sound of the*
* ice breaking to target us.*
**[13:30] Ariko**
* I never even noticed the ice*
* when I came here before.*
**[13:34] Ariko**
*If I had a cinoyetat I could avoid them,*
**[13:37] Ariko**
* but a light like that would*
* make me an easy target.*
**[13:51] Kikuta**
Bastard!
**[14:02] Kikuta**
* He's moving fast, but I don't*
* hear any shattering ice.*
**[14:07] Kikuta**
*How is he able to dodge it in this darkness?*
**[14:12] Kikuta**
* And even with the volcanic gases at*
* Hell Valley, he and his buddies...*
**[14:41] Toni**
*A torch?*
**[14:46] Kikuta**
He's a masseur!
**[14:48] Kikuta**
He'd never seen us to begin with.
**[14:51] Toni**
They found me! Now things are bad!
**[14:54] Ariko**
A masseur?
**[14:55] Kikuta**
He's using sound to get an accurate
picture of his surroundings.
**[14:59] Kikuta**
There's probably some secret
to that sound of geta sandals,
**[15:02] Kikuta**
but it doesn't matter.
**[15:10] Kikuta**
So he ran outside?
**[15:15] Usami**
Warrant Officer Kikuta,
I was shot in the leg!
**[15:20] Usami**
Please don't leave me here!
**[15:23] Usami**
It's dark!
**[15:25] Kikuta**
He's so damn annoying.
**[15:27] Ariko**
Let me go alone.
**[15:30] Ariko**
I've got an idea.
**[15:31] Ariko**
A hunt is best done silently and alone.
**[15:34] Kikuta**
Fine.
**[15:36] Kikuta**
Don't let him get away.
**[15:43] Toni**
I need to get the bullet out...
**[15:56] Usami**
Should we really let Ariko go on his own?
**[15:59] Kikuta**
Stop talking.
**[16:01] Kikuta**
You're in no position to question anybody.
**[16:03] Kikuta**
And Ariko was part of the
Mt. Hakkoda search party.
**[16:09] Narrator**
*The Lost March of Mt. Hakkoda!*
**[16:13] Narrator**
*Two years before the Russo-Japanese War,*
**[16:15] Narrator**
*Aomori's 5th Infantry Regiment*
**[16:17] Narrator**
* was doing a march in the snow*
* as part of winter training.*
**[16:19] Narrator**
*During this march 199 men lost their lives,*
**[16:22] Narrator**
* in what was one of the worst*
* mountaineering accidents in history.*
**[16:26] Usami**
He was one of the Ainu brought from Hokkaido?
**[16:31] Kikuta**
The Ainu search parties walked
through waist-deep freezing water,
**[16:35] Kikuta**
and moved across deep snowy mountains
like they were open plains.
**[16:38] Kikuta**
They found the bodies and brought them back.
**[16:41] Kikuta**
Even the locals were astonished.
**[16:44] Kikuta**
And he knows this mountain
like his own backyard.
**[16:47] Kikuta**
Escaping from Ariko Rikimatsu on
this mountain... is impossible.
**[17:12] Toni**
There's something about those
breaking branches I don't trust.
**[17:41] Toni**
*What is this sound?*
**[17:49] Toni**
*So that's it...*
**[17:51] Toni**
*He led me right where he wanted me,*
**[17:54] Toni**
*to a place where this could easily happen.*
**[18:01] Toni**
I lose.
***SIGN*** Four Days Later
**[18:20] Nikaido**
Where's Warrant Officer Kikuta?
**[18:22] Usami**
He went to the mountains to search again.
**[18:24] Usami**
It's been four days and Private Ariko
isn't back. He's probably dead.
**[18:30] Nikaido**
Did you send a telegram to Lieutenant Tsurumi?
**[18:33] Usami**
Yeah.
**[18:34] Usami**
He says he's coming here.
**[18:37] Usami**
Ariko's dead, and I injured my leg,
**[18:40] Usami**
and we let the prisoner get away.
**[18:44] Usami**
He'll scold me again!
**[18:54] Ainu Woman**
Ipopte...
**[18:59] Kikuta**
Hey, Ariko. If you're alive, say so.
**[19:03] Kikuta**
I was worried.
**[19:04] Ariko**
I've been waiting for you.
**[19:10] Kikuta**
Why did you strip off his skin?
Explain, Ariko.
**[19:13] Ariko**
When I checked the tattoos, I realized that
they stopped at the body's medial line.
**[19:19] Kikuta**
At the medial line?
**[19:21] Ariko**
It was an instruction to strip off
the skin like you would an animal's.
**[19:26] Kikuta**
I see.
**[19:27] Ariko**
It was too deep in the mountains for
me to easily be able to carry it back.
**[19:32] Ariko**
So I stripped it off there.
**[19:34] Ariko**
And there was a chance that Usami
and Nikaido would steal our prize.
**[19:40] Ariko**
So I hid here in the village
until you came to look for me.
**[19:48] Kikuta**
And his gun?
**[19:49] Ariko**
I assumed you'd want it, so I looked for it.
**[19:52] Ariko**
But it was buried in the avalanche.
**[19:55] Ariko**
The only prizes I brought
back are his skin, and this.
**[19:58] Kikuta**
Well done, Ariko.
**[20:00] Kikuta**
You made the right call every time.
**[20:02] Kikuta**
This is the perfect gift
for Lieutenant Tsurumi.
**[20:07] Kikuta**
Now we can get back the time we wasted.
**[20:19] Sugimoto**
Whatcha making, Granny?
**[20:21] Shiraishi**
I hope it's something
that goes well with sake!
**[20:25] Shiraishi**
Rice soaked in water?
**[20:27] Shiraishi**
What are you doing with that?
**[20:40] Narrator**
* It's unknown if it's a*
* Karafuto Ainu tradition,*
**[20:44] Narrator**
* but there is a record of a dish*
* called "Grandma-Chewed Dumplings."*
**[20:48] Narrator**
*The grandchildren said,*
**[20:50] Narrator**
* "It was delicious! It was delicious,*
* and that's all there is to it!"*
**[21:09] Tanigaki**
It's like the kiritanpo we have in Akita,
made by crushing and baking leftover rice.
**[21:14] Shiraishi**
Hey! Hey!
**[21:16] Shiraishi**
Give me more of granny's dumplings!
**[21:19] Old woman**
Pirka, pirka.
**[21:21] Sugimoto**
Make us more, Granny!
**[21:24] Sugimoto**
Okay?
**[21:25] Old woman**
Pirka, pirka.
**[21:27] Shiraishi**
I can't wait anymore, Granny!
**[21:30] Shiraishi**
Put them right into my mouth!
**[21:35] Tanigaki**
*What the hell is wrong with these two?*
**[21:41] Koito**
Tsukishima...
**[21:42] Tsukishima**
Yes?
**[21:43] Koito**
What does bar... "barchonak" mean in Russian?
**[21:48] Tsukishima**
Barchonok?
**[21:50] Tsukishima**
It's what you'd say to make
fun of a noble's son.
**[21:54] Tsukishima**
In other words, a spoiled rich kid.
**[21:58] Tsukishima**
Where did you hear that?
***SIGN*** Next Time
Spoiled Rich Kid
**[23:35] Narrator**
*Next time: "Spoiled Rich Kid"!*