# E5 - Suspicions
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**[00:02] Nagi**
Damn it, Hyoma!
**[00:03] Nagi**
Get back here, you asshole!
**[00:05] Suzuri**
Isn't it a little too early for yelling?
**[00:08] Nagi**
H-Hey, Suzuri!
**[00:09] Nagi**
Put a stop to this nonsense!
**[00:12] Hyoma**
It isn't nonsense.
**[00:14] Hyoma**
Nagatsuki-san was attacked. This is a fact.
**[00:17] Hyoma**
Therefore, as a protective measure,
**[00:19] Hyoma**
I must apply these around the mansion
and its surrounding area!
**[00:22] Hyoma**
These talismans
**[00:25] Hyoma**
will immediately paralyze most tsukumogami
entering their area of effect.
**[00:29] Hyoma**
They're a Saenome secret weapon!
**[00:31] Nagi**
What are you, stupid?!
**[00:32] Nagi**
That shit's powerful enough
to give humans the shakes, too!
**[00:36] Hyoma**
Really?
**[00:37] Nagi**
Besides, the mansion's safe.
**[00:39] Nagi**
Kushige put a barrier up!
**[00:42] Hyoma**
No one mentioned that to me.
**[00:45] Hyoma**
But the truth is...
**[00:46] Nagi**
What?!
**[00:48] Nagi**
Did you already set them up outside?!
**[00:50] Hyoma**
I believed it was for the best!
**[00:51] Nagi**
Take 'em down! Now!
**[00:53] Suzuri**
So much energy.
**[00:55] Suzuri**
Meanwhile, I'm way more worried
about Kushige and Haori.
**[01:03] Suzuri**
Given who it was that issued the invitation...
**[01:07] Suzuri**
It's an open question whether
they'll even make it back safely.
***SIGN*** Malevolent Spirits
***SIGN*** Suspicions
**[02:53] Zohei**
Hey there, you two.
**[02:56] Zohei**
Nice to see you.
**[02:57] Zohei**
I feel like I'm a little too old
for an invitation like this.
**[03:02] Zohei**
It didn't feel that way the last time we met.
**[03:06] Zohei**
How long has it been?
**[03:08] Haori**
Sixteen years, of course.
**[03:11] Haori**
But you look as young and dynamic
as ever to me, Zohei-san.
**[03:15] Zohei**
You do flatter me, Haori-san.
**[03:18] Zohei**
And you're as laconic as ever, Kushige.
**[03:24] Zohei**
I'd love to catch up,
**[03:28] Zohei**
but we should save that for the after-party.
**[03:30] Zohei**
That is...
**[03:32] Zohei**
Assuming we're in any shape
for it after we leave here.
**[03:40] Haori**
*It's my second time meeting him...*
**[03:43] Haori**
*Kai.*
**[03:45] Haori**
*Our last encounter was a brutal one.*
**[03:49] Haori**
*The first thing to look out for is*
**[03:51] Haori**
*a surprise attack to serve as a greeting.*
**[04:07] Zohei**
Hey, now...
**[04:12] Zohei**
You really need to...
**[04:14] Zohei**
find a new way of saying hello already.
**[04:18] Zohei**
Just being around you
is exhausting like this.
**[04:22] Kai**
Do forgive me.
**[04:25] Kai**
Toying with visitors is one of my
few pleasures in this existence.
**[04:36] Kai**
Welcome, Kunato.
***SIGN*** Suit
of
Armor
"Kai"
***SIGN*** Kyoto's
Three Great
Tsukumogami
***SIGN*** — Itsuki —
**[04:46] Kai**
And I'm glad to hear the Nagatsuki have
been doing well since our last meeting.
**[04:51] Zohei**
Did something happen then?
**[04:52] Haori**
Well...
**[04:53] Haori**
A few of our people came to offer
our regards, but lost their tempers...
***SIGN*** Our
***SIGN*** People
**[04:58] Haori**
It turned into all-out war.
**[05:02] Kei**
It was effective at staving
off boredom for me.
**[05:05] Kei**
I'd gladly take a rematch any day.
**[05:09] Zohei**
And you chose *us* to stave off
your boredom this time?
**[05:15] Zohei**
Quite an honor.
**[05:16] Kai**
Now, now. Cheer up.
**[05:18] Kai**
In exchange for staying locked up in here,
**[05:22] Kai**
I'm allowed choose anyone to
be my playmate at any time.
**[05:25] Kai**
It was the Saenome who offered
these terms to me, wasn't it?
**[05:31] Zohei**
I wish I could go back in time and
pop those Saenomes in the nose!
**[05:37] Kai**
Absolutely agreed.
**[05:39] Haori**
*One of Kyoto's Three Great Tsukumogami...*
**[05:42] Haori**
*The suit of armor, Kai.*
**[05:45] Haori**
* Saenome documents say he first*
* appeared early in the Edo Period...*
**[05:50] Haori**
* That he started out as a special*
* exception to fight with them,*
**[05:54] Haori**
*but then, fearful of his power,*
**[05:56] Haori**
* they sealed him behind a barrier created by*
* the shrine fence tsukumogami, Itsuki.*
**[06:02] Haori**
*One of the strongest.*
**[06:05] Kai**
I called you here because
I heard some very interesting news...
**[06:10] Kai**
Itsuki.
**[06:12] Kai**
Kunato, they say your grandson has
come to stay at the Nagatsuki household.
**[06:17] Kai**
Quite an interesting development.
**[06:19] Kai**
Tell me about it.
**[06:20] Kai**
I have food and drink available.
**[06:25] Zohei**
Actually, I reserved lodging elsewhere.
**[06:29] Zohei**
I'd prefer to leave here by six.
**[06:35] Kai**
Cancel the reservation.
**[06:38] Kai**
Your next few days belong to me.
**[06:42] Haori**
D—
**[06:43] Zohei**
Days, plural?
**[06:47] Haori**
*What's truly terrifying about him...*
**[06:51] Haori**
*If he chooses you to pass the time with him,*
**[06:54] Haori**
* you could be held captive*
* for an extended period of time.*
**[06:58] Kai**
I'd like to hear absolutely everything.
**[07:02] Kai**
Go on.
**[07:04] Zohei**
*I knew it.*
**[07:08] Hyoma**
One, two, three...
**[07:11] Hyoma**
Just four left.
**[07:13] Hyoma**
A shame. I felt so sure they were necessary.
**[07:16] (Flashback) Nagi**
They affect humans with
a strong sixth sense, too!
**[07:19] (Flashback) Nagi**
You're supposed to be protecting Botan,
but you're just gonna upset her, man!
**[07:26] Hyoma**
*It is curious, though.*
**[07:28] Hyoma**
* A tsukumogami with a grudge against them*
* attempted to take Nagatsuki-san hostage.*
**[07:34] Hyoma**
* This should have been a predictable*
* consequence of their actions,*
**[07:37] Hyoma**
* yet they haven't resorted*
* to measures like this.*
**[07:40] Hyoma**
* They must have great confidence*
* in whatever defenses they have.*
**[07:47] Hyoma**
* Or is there something about Nagatsuki-san*
* herself that makes protection unnecessary?*
**[07:54] Hyoma**
* It occurs to me that*
* I know very little about her.*
**[08:02] Hyoma**
Yes.
**[08:04] Hyoma**
Only three remain now.
**[08:10] Hyoma**
What in the world...
**[08:14] Kai**
He sounds very interesting.
**[08:16] Kai**
Hyoma, his name was?
**[08:19] Kai**
I see...
**[08:20] Kai**
So you sent him to the Nagatsukis
not for training, but for reformation.
**[08:27] Kai**
A man, heart frozen by hatred...
**[08:30] Kai**
Could the warmth of a simulated
family free it from its icy prison?
**[08:33] Haori**
Hey! Don't sleep yet!
**[08:35] Kai**
In other words, can the deepest darkness
of the human heart be expunged?
**[08:41] Kai**
Would that be your thesis?
**[08:44] Kai**
But you must be cautious.
**[08:47] Kai**
Regardless of your reasons,
**[08:49] Kai**
you've sent a third party to Nagatsuki Botan.
***SIGN*** Don't make use of Nagatsuki Botan
**[08:58] Kai**
"Don't make use of Nagatsuki Botan."
**[09:01] Kai**
You surely know the meaning
of this unwritten law.
**[09:06] Kai**
The potential that lies within her could be
a boon to either human or tsukumogami.
**[09:13] Kai**
She therefore cannot be allowed
to take either side.
**[09:18] Kai**
"The head of the Saenome and
Nagatsuki Botan's attendant tsukumogami
**[09:25] Kai**
have conspired to send a subordinate
to woo her to their side..."
**[09:31] Kai**
Some may find that
interpretation... convincing.
**[09:35] Kai**
If so, something may occur.
**[09:40] Hyoma**
Impossible.
**[09:41] Hyoma**
*It's been burned away.*
**[09:43] Hyoma**
* Which means the talisman activated,*
* but its power was superceded.*
**[09:56] Haori**
I recognize the need to offer
a full account to others...
**[10:01] Haori**
But I was afraid it might trigger
a fight for a share of Botan's power.
**[10:10] Kai**
It's a matter that requires great patience.
**[10:12] Kai**
Though I believe others will
already be jumping the gun...
**[10:25] Kai**
But at least it's entertaining,
so it's a welcome turn for me.
**[10:32] Aogi**
Hey, you.
**[10:34] Aogi**
You know who put up that talisman?
**[10:40] Aogi**
Or maybe... it was you?
**[10:45] Hyoma**
*They're...*
**[10:47] Hyoma**
*stronger than most.*
**[10:50] Aogi**
Bingo?
**[10:57] Yu**
I was wondering why I suddenly felt sick.
**[11:01] Yu**
I happened upon a rather bizarre barrier.
**[11:04] Yu**
Is it crime prevention month
and I simply forgot?
**[11:06] Nagi**
* Actually, that was Hyoma*
* running off half-cocked.*
**[11:11] Nagi**
*We're in the process of taking 'em down now.*
**[11:14] Nagi**
Glad to hear you found one.
**[11:15] Nagi**
Give him a call and then help us out.
**[11:19] Kagami**
The closer we come...
**[11:21] Suzuri**
Th-The tingling...
**[11:26] Haori**
I c-can't...
**[11:29] Haori**
take it... anymore.
**[11:35] Kai**
Goodness, what a slovenly display.
**[11:38] Kai**
We'll have to call a recess.
**[11:40] Itsuki**
Very well.
**[11:42] Itsuki**
By the way,
**[11:43] Itsuki**
shouldn't you have pressed them harder?
**[11:45] Itsuki**
That story they told...
**[11:47] Itsuki**
They're still hiding something from you.
**[11:52] Kai**
I suspected as much.
**[11:54] Kai**
It seems they'd already taken
my warning into account.
**[11:59] Kai**
They welcomed a foreign presence
into the Nagatsuki Household,
**[12:02] Kai**
even knowing the risk it would incur.
**[12:05] Kai**
But there's no need to rush.
**[12:08] Kai**
It's important to enjoy the process.
**[12:13] Kai**
Set up a network to watch for activity.
**[12:16] Kai**
If anything happens,
I'd like a front-row seat.
**[12:27] Aogi**
Haven't seen that sort of talisman
around here before.
**[12:31] Aogi**
Figured it had to have been
stuck up there by some newcomer.
**[12:37] Aogi**
We're looking for a guy named Kunato.
**[12:41] Aogi**
We've got quite a few questions for the guy.
**[12:44] Aogi**
So...
**[12:46] Aogi**
Would that be you, then?
**[12:48] Hyoma**
*If they're aware of my presence,*
**[12:51] Hyoma**
* they must be monitoring movements*
* around the Nagatsuki household.*
**[12:55] Hyoma**
* Which suggests they're allied*
* with the tsukumogami*
**[12:58] Hyoma**
*with a grudge against the Nagatsuki ones.*
**[13:03] Aogi**
Hey. You listening?
**[13:06] Hyoma**
*Their numbers are vast, then.*
**[13:08] Hyoma**
* They could prove a real*
* threat to Nagatsuki-san.*
**[13:13] Aogi**
Hey!
**[13:15] Hyoma**
I'm from the government office.
**[13:17] Hyoma**
I'm investigating reports of a
curious new barrier in the area.
**[13:21] Hyoma**
I'm not the person you're seeking.
**[13:24] Aogi**
Eh?
**[13:25] Hyoma**
Do you know anything about
the person who put them up?
**[13:29] Hyoma**
"Kunato," you said?
**[13:32] Aogi**
No... nothing in-depth.
**[13:35] Hyoma**
I see. Thank you.
**[13:39] Hyoma**
Farewell.
**[13:40] Aogi**
I get it. The government office, huh?
**[13:42] Aogi**
Sounds like tough work.
**[13:46] Aogi**
Hang on! Normies don't know
squat about barriers!
***SIGN*** Kunato
**[13:52] Aogi**
The Kunato seal...
**[13:56] Aogi**
Looks like I've got bingo after all!
**[14:07] Hyoma**
I'm taking you in alive!
**[14:09] Hyoma**
Tell me all about your comrades!
**[14:12] Aogi**
Oh, no...
**[14:13] Aogi**
Just kidding!
**[14:16] Aogi**
You made two mistakes here.
**[14:18] Aogi**
One was failing to land your strike on me.
**[14:21] Aogi**
The other...
**[14:23] Aogi**
was failing to finish off Uchiki-kun.
**[14:43] Aogi**
Well? Cooled your head a bit?
**[14:51] Yu**
*That's right. He did save Botan earlier.*
**[14:57] Yu**
Hello?
**[14:58] Yu**
I found one of your talismans earlier.
**[15:01] Yu**
How many remain?
**[15:04] Yu**
If they're nearby, I'll try to find them.
**[15:07] Yu**
Yes, I'll gladly help clean up
the mess you caused.
**[15:11] Yu**
That's about right, isn't it?
**[15:19] Yu**
Hello? I found one of your—
**[15:21] VO**
*This is the voicemail service center.*
**[15:27] Yu**
I don't have a choice, then.
**[15:33] Yu**
Goodness me...
**[15:38] Aogi**
Don't go too far now, Uchiki-kun.
**[15:42] Aogi**
And you chill out too, buddy.
**[15:44] Aogi**
We brought you here so we
could have a little chat.
**[15:52] Aogi**
You tried that one already.
***SIGN*** Kunato
**[15:54] Aogi**
You know it won't work.
**[15:56] Aogi**
All you did was seal another layer.
**[16:00] Aogi**
You can't reach the core.
**[16:06] Aogi**
Uchiki-kun?! No killing, now!
**[16:09] Aogi**
We've still got to question him!
**[16:16] Hyoma**
I haven't been here long.
**[16:19] Hyoma**
I don't know the vulnerabilities of the
tsukumogami hunters you hate so much.
**[16:24] Hyoma**
You're wasting your time!
**[16:26] Hyoma**
And even if I knew them, I'd never tell you!
**[16:32] Aogi**
You're not really the listening type, are you?
**[16:35] Aogi**
You're stupid, aren't you?
**[16:37] Aogi**
Or are you playing dumb?
**[16:39] Aogi**
Everything you say is so far off the money.
**[16:46] Aogi**
We're asking about *you*.
**[16:49] Aogi**
Don't lie, or you'll regret it.
**[16:52] Aogi**
Entering the Nagatsuki household
like a bolt from the blue...
**[16:56] Aogi**
What exactly are you after?
**[17:00] Aogi**
Do the Kunato seek the power
that Nagatsuki Botan...
**[17:04] Aogi**
that the yorimashi holds?
**[17:06] Hyoma**
Yorimashi? Power?
**[17:09] Aogi**
The Nagatsuki tsukumogami,
who are supposed to be neutral,
**[17:13] Aogi**
have sold that power to the Kunato.
**[17:16] Aogi**
Am I wrong?
**[17:18] Aogi**
If it's true, it means
they broke the rules first.
**[17:23] Aogi**
It'll mean all-out war breaking out
among us for Nagatsuki Botan.
**[17:28] Aogi**
So? Why not tell me already?
**[17:34] Hyoma**
Interesting.
**[17:36] Hyoma**
I've never met tsukumogami like you before.
**[17:40] Hyoma**
You're using psychological warfare—
**[17:42] Hyoma**
lies designed to confuse me—
in order to catch me unawares.
**[17:47] Hyoma**
But I've been doing this
too long to be deceived!
**[17:53] Aogi**
You really don't like listening, do you?!
**[18:07] Hyoma**
I see no reason to heed
the lies of tsukumogami.
**[18:11] Hyoma**
But I've learned one thing from this.
***SIGN*** Kunato
**[18:14] Hyoma**
You have your sights set on Nagatsuki-san.
**[18:17] Hyoma**
Which means...
**[18:20] Hyoma**
Seeing as you intend to
attack an ordinary citizen,
**[18:22] Hyoma**
I'm duty-bound to seal you!
**[18:24] Hyoma**
And I will do my duty!
**[18:27] Aogi**
An ordinary citizen?
**[18:29] Aogi**
You're talking about Nagatsuki Botan?
**[18:34] Aogi**
Eh?
**[18:36] Aogi**
You seriously don't kno—
**[18:38] Yu**
He came here to learn from us
as the next head of the Kunato.
**[18:43] Yu**
He's currently a guest under
the guardianship of the Nagatsuki.
**[18:49] Yu**
If you stir up any more trouble
with these false accusations,
**[18:51] Yu**
we're going to have a problem, Aogi.
**[18:55] Aogi**
Yu...
**[18:56] Hyoma**
How did you know we were here?
**[19:04] Yu**
I followed the scraps
of burned-out talismans...
**[19:07] Yu**
And look what a troublesome scene I've found.
**[19:10] Yu**
But Aogi...
**[19:13] Yu**
If you've learned what you need to know,
you should probably leave.
**[19:17] Yu**
Shouldn't you?
**[19:23] Aogi**
Yeah, I'm getting nowhere here.
**[19:26] Aogi**
Doesn't look like he'll
give up anything useful.
**[19:31] Hyoma**
You won't escape!
**[19:34] Yu**
Didn't I tell you?
**[19:36] Yu**
Any more escalation and we'll have a problem.
**[19:38] Yu**
Their methods may be extreme,
but their actions are permitted.
**[19:48] Yu**
Special exceptions...
**[19:49] Yu**
The twelve-layer robe, Uchiki,
***SIGN*** War Fan
Aogi
***SIGN*** Twelve-Layer Robe
Uchiki
**[19:51] Yu**
and the war fan, Aogi.
**[19:54] Yu**
Their primary duties are internal
investigations and intelligence gathering.
**[20:00] Yu**
I'm forced to wonder who hired them today.
**[20:03] Aogi**
Correct.
**[20:05] Aogi**
It seems looking for ulterior motives
in him is a waste of time.
**[20:10] Aogi**
For now, I'll have to buy your explanation—
that it's for training—and withdraw.
**[20:15] Aogi**
Besides...
**[20:18] Aogi**
Someone's been watching us for a while.
**[20:25] Aogi**
I'll admit I went too far,
**[20:27] Aogi**
but I won't apologize.
**[20:28] Aogi**
This is the job, after all.
**[20:31] Aogi**
Although...
**[20:32] Aogi**
I've received requests to investigate what
Kunato is doing at the Nagatsuki Household
**[20:36] Aogi**
from both humans and tsukumogami.
**[20:39] Aogi**
There are many eyes on you.
**[20:42] Aogi**
You'd better watch your backs.
**[20:46] Yu**
Honestly...
**[20:48] Yu**
It's constant trouble.
**[20:52] Hyoma**
*I could have beaten them.*
**[20:54] Hyoma**
*I'd figured out how to beat Uchiki,*
**[20:57] Hyoma**
*and I was an equally able fighter.*
**[20:59] Hyoma**
*Two against one?*
**[21:00] Hyoma**
*Not an issue.*
**[21:02] Hyoma**
* Once one was locked down,*
* I could have easily beat the other.*
**[21:05] Hyoma**
*Had the fight continued, I would have won.*
**[21:08] Hyoma**
Ow!
**[21:09] Yu**
Calm down.
**[21:13] Yu**
You're clearly in bad shape.
**[21:14] Yu**
I'll retrieve the other talismans.
**[21:18] Yu**
Now we're even.
**[21:29] Aogi**
* Do the Kunato seek the power*
* that Nagatsuki Botan...*
**[21:31] (Flashback) Aogi**
Do the Kunato seek the power
that Nagatsuki Botan...
**[21:33] (Flashback) Aogi**
That the yorimashi holds?
**[21:36] (Flashback) Aogi**
Entering the Nagatsuki household...
**[21:38] (Flashback) Aogi**
What exactly are you after?
**[21:44] Hyoma**
*Something's going on here.*
**[21:47] Hyoma**
*Nagatsuki Botan...*
**[21:50] Hyoma**
*I need to learn about her.*
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Botan