# E6 - The Secrets of the Thief
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***SIGN*** Tokaido Highway
Utsunoya Pass, Suruga
**[00:06] Hei**
Sorry, Chugo, for making you
accompany me to my father's grave.
**[00:13] Chu**
Chief!
**[00:14] Girl**
I'm exhausted!
**[00:15] Girl**
Want to stop by again?
**[00:16] Girl**
You bet!
**[00:17] Chu**
Did you see that?
**[00:19] Chu**
They really aren't like the girls in Edo!
**[00:22] Chu**
They've got a distinct,
wild flavor to them.
**[00:28] Chu**
Speaking of which, are you hungry?
**[00:30] Chu**
I wonder what the local specialty is...
**[00:34] Hei**
Hey, Chugo.
**[00:36] Chu**
Yes?
**[00:37] Hei**
We'll part ways here.
**[00:39] Hei**
I'd like to proceed in my own time.
**[00:41] Hei**
You go on ahead to the post station.
**[00:43] Chu**
Oh, I couldn't!
**[00:46] Chu**
Your wife insisted that I look after you!
**[00:53] Hei**
That nag, Hisae...
**[01:00] Chu**
I'm a member of the
Arson & Theft Department!
**[01:02] Chu**
I could never accept a bri—
**[01:04] Hei**
This could buy you your fill of that
'wild flavor' outside of Edo, right?
**[01:17] Hei**
Rabbits are such docile creatures.
**[01:20] Hei**
At last, I can enjoy the quiet.
***SIGN*** The Secrets of the Thief
**[02:47] Bandit**
Who the hell are you?
**[03:00] Numa**
I am the magistrate of Mitsuke-juku
in Enshu, Numata Jinzo!
**[03:06] Numa**
Why are you protecting these criminals?
**[03:12] Hei**
Criminals?
**[03:13] Numa**
Yes.
**[03:14] Numa**
They're servants of the Mitsuke-juku
brewery belonging to Masuya Ichigoro,
**[03:19] ---**
Tadaroku and Omoyo.
**[03:21] Numa**
They stole money from
their master, Ichigoro,
**[03:26] ---**
then tried to elope.
**[03:28] Numa**
They are utterly depraved!
**[03:30] Man**
That's right.
**[03:34] Hei**
Is this true?
**[03:36] Tada**
Yes...
**[03:59] Zen**
My!
**[04:01] Zen**
Hello there, sir!
**[04:07] Zen**
I saw those moves of yours!
**[04:08] Zen**
Like lightning!
**[04:10] Zen**
Whoosh! Crash!
**[04:12] Zen**
I couldn't believe my eyes!
**[04:14] Zen**
You must be a well-renowned samurai, eh?
**[04:17] Zen**
Well? Am I right?
**[04:17] Hei**
*Another annoying fly...*
**[04:22] Zen**
Wait a minute, sir!
**[04:25] Zen**
The name's Zenpachi.
**[04:28] Zen**
I come here frequently to hawk my wares.
**[04:34] Hei**
Delicious!
**[04:35] Zen**
Right?
**[04:36] Zen**
Now about that man, Masaya Ichigoro,
that they mentioned...
**[04:40] Zen**
In addition to brewing, he's a
moneylender who runs a brothel!
**[04:45] Zen**
He's known in the area as a right bastard!
**[04:48] Zen**
He starves his servants and
works them like slaves.
**[04:52] Zen**
Rumors say he treats them worse than cattle!
**[04:55] Zen**
I'll bet you those two ran off because
they couldn't take it anymore!
**[04:58] Zen**
And the money they took was just two ryo!
**[05:03] Zen**
I think they've been through hell.
**[05:07] Zen**
Don't you agree, sir?
**[05:08] Zen**
Wait, what?
**[05:12] Hei**
*Sorry, old man.*
**[05:14] Hei**
*It's my first solo trip in a while.*
**[05:16] Hei**
*I want to take it at my own pace.*
**[05:19] Hei**
*Although, I must say...*
**[05:22] Hei**
*I didn't even notice him sneaking up on me.*
***SIGN*** Shima-ya Inn
**[05:42] Zen**
Sir!
**[05:44] Zen**
I'll wash your back!
**[05:46] Hei**
I guess I don't have a choice!
**[05:48] Zen**
That's the way!
**[05:54] Zen**
Look at that musculature!
**[05:57] Zen**
How many men have you slain, sir?
**[06:00] Hei**
Quite a few, I suppose.
**[06:03] Zen**
He says it like it's nothing!
**[06:05] Zen**
Very impressive!
**[06:08] Zen**
Sir... Why don't you tell
me your name already?
**[06:17] Hei**
It's... Kimura.
**[06:22] Hei**
Kimura Heizo.
**[06:24] Zen**
Kimura Heizo?
**[06:26] Zen**
What a cool name!
**[06:27] Zen**
I really like it!
**[06:29] Zen**
Well then, Kimura-sama, where are you headed?
**[06:33] Hei**
Wherever my legs and the wind
take me. A wanderer's life.
**[06:37] Zen**
I see!
**[06:39] Zen**
A wanderer's life, eh?
**[06:41] Zen**
I like you even more now, Kimura-sama!
**[06:44] Zen**
Or Hei-san, I should say!
**[06:46] Hei**
Hei-san, is it?
**[06:48] Hei**
Very impressive.
**[06:49] Zen**
Really, it's nothing.
**[06:52] Zen**
Hei-san...
**[06:53] Zen**
Rather, Kimura Heizo-sama.
**[06:55] Hei**
Why the sudden formality?
**[06:57] Zen**
You said before you lived a wanderer's life.
**[07:01] Hei**
Yes.
**[07:02] Hei**
Ronin like me are a dime a dozen these days.
**[07:06] Hei**
Men with no future, no dreams, and no hopes.
**[07:11] Zen**
Kimura-sama. I was wondering
if you'd help me with my work.
**[07:17] Hei**
Oh? What's your trade, exactly?
**[07:20] Zen**
Theft.
**[07:23] Zen**
I go by the name Isuga no Zenpachi.
**[07:27] Zen**
I've always worked on my own,
**[07:30] Zen**
but I've really come to
like you, Kimura-sama.
**[07:34] Zen**
What do you think?
**[07:41] Zen**
C'mon, Hei-san!
**[07:43] Zen**
I'm serious about this!
**[07:45] Hei**
Sorry, sorry.
**[07:47] Hei**
I thought it might be something like that.
**[07:50] Hei**
All right. It sounds interesting.
**[07:53] Zen**
Then...
**[07:54] Hei**
Sure. If I can be useful, use me.
**[07:58] Zen**
I see, I see!
**[08:00] Zen**
How delightful!
**[08:02] Zen**
Well, then...
**[08:05] Zen**
One word of warning, though,
Hei-san: No killing.
**[08:08] Zen**
No raping women, either.
**[08:10] Zen**
And the most important of all...
**[08:13] Zen**
We don't steal from good people trying
to make their way earnestly in the world.
**[08:19] Zen**
The greedy folks who navigate the world
making others suffer to feed their fortunes...
**[08:25] Zen**
They're the only ones we're
allowed to steal from.
**[08:29] Hei**
You don't have to tell me.
**[08:32] Zen**
Then, a drink to our bond!
**[08:37] Zen**
Now, let's get on to your first job.
**[08:39] Zen**
Our target is...
**[08:40] Hei**
Masuya Ichigoro?
**[08:42] Zen**
That's my Hei-san!
**[08:44] Zen**
You're so quick on the uptake!
***SIGN*** Masu-ya
**[08:51] Zen**
Now, Hei-san...
***SIGN*** Masu
**[08:54] Sign**
You know Numata the magistrate there.
**[08:57] Sign**
The man standing next to him laughing is...
**[08:59] Hei**
Master of the Masu-ya, Masuya Ichigoro?
**[09:02] Zen**
Yes.
**[09:05] Zen**
You see that, Hei-san?
**[09:06] Zen**
That Numata guy doesn't just look the
other way on Greedy Goro's wicked deeds.
**[09:12] Zen**
He's a real piece of work who
arrests anyone who gets in his way.
**[09:18] Zen**
I really hate authority types to begin with.
**[09:22] Zen**
They strut around like they own the place
and push the weak around for sport!
**[09:27] Zen**
Aren't I right, Hei-san?
**[09:31] Hei**
Anyway... what will happen
to those two they took in?
**[09:37] Zen**
Probably throw them somewhere
in the mansion and torture them.
**[09:42] Zen**
To set an example to the others.
**[09:46] Zen**
I stole from the Masu-ya once five years ago.
**[09:50] Hei**
A five-year interval, eh?
**[09:51] Hei**
You think you can pull it off?
**[09:53] Zen**
It's no fun to do it the same way twice.
**[09:56] Zen**
Have a look, now.
**[09:58] Hei**
What about those two? You won't save them?
**[10:02] Zen**
Don't get the wrong idea, Hei-san.
**[10:05] Zen**
We're thieves, that's it.
**[10:06] Zen**
All we're after is the money.
**[10:11] Hei**
Is that how it works?
***SIGN*** Thief Secrets
**[10:15] Sign**
What's that?
**[10:17] Sign**
It looks like a notebook.
**[10:19] Zen**
Never you mind.
**[10:21] Zen**
The job is tomorrow.
**[10:24] Zen**
Let's sleep early tonight.
**[10:37] Hei**
What's wrong? Your stomach?
**[10:38] Zen**
It's really nothing.
**[10:41] Zen**
It happens all the time.
**[10:43] Zen**
It'll settle soon enough.
**[10:51] Zen**
Now, Hei-san.
**[10:52] Zen**
If I don't make it back by
two o'clock in the morning...
**[10:55] Hei**
Yes.
**[10:56] Hei**
I'll do as we discussed.
***SIGN*** Brewery
**[11:02] Zen**
*Listen up, Hei-san.*
**[11:03] Zen**
*This is the plan.*
**[11:05] Zen**
* First, I'll burst in, dressed*
* as a wealthy patron.*
**[11:10] Zen**
I'm a traveler, you see,
**[11:12] Zen**
and I simply couldn't forget
the taste of Masuya-san's wine.
**[11:16] Zen**
I was wondering if this could
buy me a two-handled keg.
**[11:21] Ichi**
How very generous!
**[11:22] Ichi**
Thank you very kindly, sir!
**[11:25] Ichi**
Someone bring tea for this man!
**[11:26] Zen**
*People come and go frequently in the Masu-ya.*
**[11:29] Zen**
* I'll converse with the employees*
* as I wait for my chance.*
**[11:33] Zen**
* Once another wealthy patron appears,*
* I'll make my move.*
**[11:38] Ban**
Well, well!
**[11:40] Ban**
Welcome, Lord Numata!
**[11:43] Ban**
*I'll withdraw from the employees' sight.*
**[11:46] Ban**
I believe I'm in the way, so I'll
leave through the back entrance.
**[11:57] Hei**
* That Zenpachi... I wonder*
* if he's snuck his way in.*
**[12:03] Hei**
*Bunny Boy!*
**[12:05] Hei**
*Did he come to buy women?*
**[12:07] Hei**
There you are!
**[12:10] Hei**
*He won't be getting much sleep tonight.*
**[12:14] Hei**
* But Chugo... my own entertainments*
* will be much more amusing.*
**[12:24] Zen**
Hei-san, keep quiet.
**[12:27] Hei**
I get it now... infiltrating in
the day. It's impressive.
**[12:32] Hei**
*Zenpachi's incredible.*
**[12:35] Hei**
*He's got the night vision of a cat.*
**[12:39] Zen**
This is where he keeps his money!
**[12:42] Hei**
What about the lock?
**[12:44] Zen**
Easily dealt with.
**[12:47] Zen**
There we go. That's my good girl!
**[12:52] Hei**
Nice work, old man.
**[12:55] Zen**
There's no girl in the world
who won't spread for me.
**[13:01] Hei**
There's so much!
**[13:03] Zen**
That Greedy Goro... he's really got a haul.
**[13:07] Hei**
Sir, what are you...
**[13:09] Hei**
Gross!
**[13:10] Zen**
We're in the house of a real bag of shit.
**[13:13] Zen**
I can't help meeting like with like.
**[13:15] Hei**
I've never met a thief like you before.
**[13:23] Zen**
I sure would like two more sets of
hands to help me carry all this.
**[13:29] Zen**
I'm left with no choice.
**[13:30] Zen**
We'll have to find those two
imprisoned young people.
**[13:35] Hei**
Was this your plan all along?
**[13:37] Zen**
Don't be absurd.
**[13:39] Zen**
I'm making this up on the fly!
**[13:44] Man**
I'll get another helping of her tonight.
**[13:46] Man**
It'll be a long night.
**[13:48] Chu**
Please! Please stop!
**[13:51] Omo**
Stop it, please!
**[13:53] ---**
No more!
**[13:56] Man**
What, time for a shift change al—
**[13:59] Man**
Hey, who are you?!
**[14:04] Zen**
We need your help.
**[14:21] Zen**
They saw us, eh?
**[14:23] Numa**
Where are they? Find them!
**[14:26] Numa**
There!
**[14:27] Numa**
Is that them?
**[14:28] Numa**
How about this way?
**[14:29] Numa**
That way?
**[14:30] Numa**
Find them!
**[14:32] Ichi**
Hey! How can you be napping
at a time like this?
**[14:36] Numa**
You people! Did the thieves come here?
**[14:39] Maid**
What?
**[14:40] Maid**
I'm sure I'd have seen them.
**[14:42] Maid**
Thieves? Here?
**[14:44] Maid**
How terrifying!
**[14:47] Numa**
Where could they have gone?
**[14:48] Ichi**
What are you doing? You get to looking, too!
**[14:54] Maid**
It should be safe now.
**[14:57] Hei**
Thank you for the help.
**[14:58] Zen**
Thank you. You saved us.
**[15:00] Maid**
It's nothing.
**[15:01] Maid**
I liked sticking it to him.
**[15:03] Maid**
Wait.
**[15:05] Maid**
Make it to safety, won't you?
**[15:09] Zen**
Yes, leave it to me!
**[15:11] Hei**
But I'm impressed.
**[15:14] ---**
You knew the servants would protect us?
**[15:16] Zen**
I know how it feels to be
treated badly by an employer.
**[15:27] Hei**
What are you doing?
**[15:28] Zen**
Just watch and see.
**[15:33] Hei**
A hidden passage?
**[15:35] Zen**
Greedy Goro probably designed it in case of
fire or an attack so he could escape on his own.
**[15:42] Man**
That way!
**[15:43] Man**
I heard a sound that way!
**[15:45] Zen**
Hurry!
**[15:46] Zen**
This should take us outside!
**[15:59] Hei**
What's wrong, old man?
**[16:04] Zen**
It's not here.
**[16:05] Zen**
Damn it...
**[16:06] Hei**
What is it? What's gone?
**[16:09] Zen**
Sorry, I just dropped something.
**[16:13] Zen**
Don't worry about me.
**[16:14] Zen**
Head off on your own.
***SIGN*** Thief Secrets
**[16:43] Zen**
H-Hei-san!
**[16:50] Hei**
*Don't worry.*
**[16:51] Hei**
*I gave them the light and sent them on ahead.*
**[16:54] Hei**
*You have better night vision than I.*
**[16:56] Hei**
*I'll be your legs.*
**[16:58] Hei**
*You be my eyes!*
**[17:01] Zen**
*Right!*
**[17:09] Zen**
Here's your share.
**[17:11] Tada**
There's so much.
**[17:13] Zen**
Take the money and find
yourselves a new home.
**[17:17] Tada**
Thank you! Thank you!
**[17:19] Omo**
We'll owe you for life!
**[17:21] Zen**
No need for all that.
**[17:22] Zen**
Go on, go on!
**[17:28] Zen**
What is it, sir?
**[17:30] Hei**
I like that expression on you.
**[17:32] Zen**
Enough of that. You're embarrassing me!
**[17:39] Numa**
Find them! Find them!
**[17:41] Numa**
They can't have gone far!
***SIGN*** T
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**[17:44] Hei**
*Thief Secrets*?
**[17:45] Zen**
Go ahead and read it.
**[17:49] Hei**
Hey old man, this is—
**[17:51] Zen**
It explains the best nights for
thieving, how to pick lock
**[17:54] ---**
and how to get away if you fail...
**[17:57] Zen**
Everything I've learned
about thieving in my life.
**[18:03] Zen**
And not just that.
**[18:05] Zen**
From Oshu in the north
to Nagato in the west,
**[18:07] ---**
it lists the merchant and warrior
mansions I've hit, thirty-two in all.
**[18:11] Zen**
It lists their family traditions,
the dispositions of master and wife,
**[18:14] ---**
and even the number of servants.
**[18:17] Hei**
Nothing in Edo, though?
**[18:19] Zen**
Edo's the one place I avoid.
**[18:21] Zen**
They've got this annoying old bloke with
the Arson & Theft Department called Onihei.
**[18:25] Zen**
Take it from me and stay
away from Edo, Hei-san.
**[18:30] Zen**
What do you think, Hei-san?
**[18:32] Zen**
Will you take it from me?
**[18:35] Hei**
But old man... this is your treasure.
It's like your soul.
**[18:41] Zen**
That's why I want you to have it, Hei-san.
**[18:48] Zen**
I don't have much longer to go.
**[18:50] Zen**
Six months, at best.
**[18:54] Hei**
I see.
**[18:56] Hei**
That's why, after working
so long on your own,
**[18:58] Hei**
you sought out a partner in crime?
**[19:01] Hei**
To find a successor to your
"secrets of the thief"...
**[19:06] Zen**
That's right.
**[19:07] Zen**
But it couldn't just be anyone.
**[19:10] Zen**
Hei-san, if you take over for me,
**[19:13] Zen**
then even if I die, my soul—
the soul of Zenpachi—
**[19:18] ---**
could continue to live on inside you.
**[19:20] Zen**
That's how it felt to me.
**[19:23] Zen**
Please, Hei-san.
**[19:25] Zen**
Take it, won't you?
**[19:26] Zen**
Please, take it!
**[19:29] Hei**
Zenpachi...
**[19:32] Zen**
H-How?!
**[19:34] Numa**
Last night, you infiltrated
the Masu-ya brewery,
**[19:36] ---**
stole the money,
and kidnapped employees there!
**[19:40] Numa**
Turn yourselves in!
**[19:43] Hei**
Do you have proof of this?
**[19:45] Numa**
We'll show no mercy if you resist!
**[19:49] Hei**
I might not mind slaying authority
types like you once in a while.
**[19:55] Chu**
Hold it, hold it, hold it!
**[19:58] Chu**
What are you people doing?!
**[20:00] Chu**
Th-This is the chief of the Arson &
Theft Department, Hasegawa Heizo-sama!
**[20:06] Zen**
O-Onihei?!
**[20:09] Hei**
Numata-san, was it?
**[20:10] Hei**
Zenpachi here has been
with me since last night.
**[20:15] Hei**
He couldn't have robbed the Masu-ya.
**[20:17] Numa**
B-But...
**[20:18] Hei**
What's wrong? You don't believe me?
**[20:24] Hei**
You're taking bribes from
the Masu-ya, aren't you?
**[20:36] Hei**
I'm just a traveler for today.
**[20:38] Hei**
I'll let you go this once.
**[20:41] Hei**
You won't be so lucky next time.
**[20:44] Hei**
Sorry about that, old man.
**[20:46] Zen**
M-My back!
**[20:49] Doc**
You're all better now.
**[20:53] Doc**
This is amazing! Doctors are truly divine!
**[20:57] Hei**
Happy for you, old man.
**[21:02] Zen**
If you want to arrest me, go ahead.
**[21:05] Zen**
Though I might not live
through my sentencing.
**[21:10] Hei**
Don't be silly.
**[21:11] Hei**
You're not dying.
**[21:14] Hei**
Am I right, doc?
**[21:15] Doc**
The pain in your stomach is psychosomatic.
**[21:20] Doc**
That means it's all in your head.
**[21:24] Doc**
You convinced yourself you didn't have long
to live and you've been stewing over it.
**[21:28] Doc**
That's the source of your pain.
**[21:31] Zen**
Then how much longer do I have?
**[21:33] Doc**
I'd say ten years at the least.
***SIGN*** Thief Secrets
**[21:42] Hei**
Thanks for looking after me on the road.
**[21:44] Hei**
Take care.
**[21:46] Zen**
Sir...
**[21:47] Hei**
But next time we meet,
I won't go so easy on you.
**[21:51] Hei**
Let's go, Chugo.
**[21:52] Zen**
A-Are you sure you want to let me go?
**[21:55] Zen**
Hei-san... I mean, Hasegawa-sama?
**[21:57] Hei**
What are you talking about?
**[21:59] Hei**
Today, I'm Kimura Heizo.
**[22:02] Zen**
Goodbye, Hei-san!
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[23:41] Zen**
The captured thief is a young
man Heizo met when he was young.
**[23:47] Zen**
What is his tragic past?
**[23:50] ---**
Next time on *Onihei*:
***SIGN*** The Pot-Smashing Boy
**[23:51] ---**
"The Pot-Smashing Boy."