Who drops a wallet at a place like this...
Hey, that guy has quite a lot, doesn't he?
Hm...?
Ayukawa-sensei found and delivered it to me.
Is that yours?
Yes, thank you.
What's this!?
You must have guts to flirt around with the girls from Sakuraba,
at such an important time like this...
When Ayukawa-sensei found this...
and discovered your depravity, she was shocked.
Say.. it seems like that the content diminished...
Tsukamoto-kun.
Sensei!
I'm sorry...
You!!
After this, you will come to the kendo club after school everyday and get a special training!
I'll work you hard until you are completely exhausted.
Ah... after school special training with Oomichi...
You, what are you doing?
You aren't thinking about going somewhere this weekend again, aren't you?
No way.
After Oomichi-sensei made us work hard,
I don't think there would be any physical strength left.
Is that so?
By the way...
I heard there are guys who are going to *goukons in this world. [blind date]
I guess you've already went to one, right?
Not all, right?
Right.
I did.
Eh?
Recently...
I went to a goukon with who seems to be the son and heir of a wealthy person.
He forcibly concealed this.
So, how did it go?
He proposed marriage to me.
Eh?
And?
My answer was "yes".
What kind of person is he?
Eh?
As a matter of fact, my ancestor was...
a former guard of the treasury of the Tokugawa shogunate.
It's said that he even was the right hand of the Oguri Kozukenosuke.
Mh...
Then he stole some of the shogunate treasure and...
according to the tradition, buried it somewhere near the mansion.
Mh...
Converted into money, it would be 10 billion of worthless yen, wouldn't it.
Mh...
EH!?
Say.. at which place?
It seems like you would know this by solving the hint passed down generation after generation.
But even with knowing my hint...
Excuse me...
It would only be the half, you see.
This is the map handed down in my family.
And this is the hint.
For the remaining half of the hint, there seems to be a set up...
that would make it naturally clear after my marriage.
After all it's about money...
This Saturday I'll go to a greeting with the relatives,
Thus said, we'll meet in front of the train station on Saturday at 7 in the morning.
Say...
How are we related to this...?
It has been decided!
While I am there pretending to marry that guy, you'll go and find that treasure.
And then we'll quickly run away!
EH!?
Fortune, treasure~ treasure, yes~
"Gondou"
It's here.
There are probably things like social rules in that house.
Sensei, why don't you immediately come out with the truth?
Leave it to me!
I'll endure it until you find the treasure.
That's the map of that man that got handed down generation after generation.
If you find out something...
That's right...
Do a nagauta signal. [long epic song with shamisen accompaniment]
Nagauta?
Well then...
You better make sure to find something.
Operation start!
Are you a person from this family?
I am Ayukawa Misako...
Wah! A cute child, isn't he?
Hello~
What was that...
May I come in?
I am Ayukawa Misako.
Shouichirou-san...?
Come in.
Scary...
First, please change into those clothes.
Shouichirou-san.
(Gondou family, eldest son - Shouichirou) Shouichirou-san.
You are late.
Please be more careful from now on.
Please sit down over there.
I am Shouichirou's elder sister, Yayoi.
(Gondou family, eldest daughter - Yayoi) I am Shouichirou's elder sister Yayoi.
From now on, in accordance with the ceremony from the ancient times,
the selection of the bride for the head of Gondou, Gondou Shouichirou, is going to start.
Well, I am here, because Shouichirou-san certainly asked me to marry and to come here.
Everyone has been told that.
We've had you all gather here...
to select the most appropriate woman by a test for our Gondou family.
I didn't hear about something like that.
If you don't like it, please go home.
Well then...
Say.. about what I've been told for if I marry Shouichirou-san,
that I would understand the whereabouts of that treasure handed down generation after generation...
According to the tradition...
there is a set up that the woman who is finally going to be selected
to become his bride, would naturally understand the other half of the hint.
But even up to now...
there have been no explanations how.
Since it's like that...
Then, let's start with you three.
How much your love for Shouichirou is,
please tell us each of you.
Starting with you.
From the family of ex-earl Fujishiro, the third daughter,
my name is Chikako.
Earl?
As for me,
in my whole life,
I'll value Mr. Shouichirou more than my own life.
From the family of ex-baron Hirota, the second daughter,
my name is Rei.
Baron?
As for me, in my whole life,
I'll value Mr. Shouichiriou,
10 times, no.. 100 times...
more than my own life.
The eldest daughter of chief clerk Ayukawa Muneo,
my name is Misako.
Add the love of these two and...
double that amount to get the dimension of my love.
I heard from Shouichirou, that...
your strong point is your English, right?
Yes.
Such a thing won't be of any use here, if that's what you intended.
Ha...
About what you three just said,
about that you certainly will value Shouichirou more than your own life...
Those feelings aren't fabricated lies, right?
- Yes - Yes
Well then please put your seal on this written oath.
"If I were to become his bride, even if that would mean to lose my life,
there won't be any objections."
In the past, there was a person who wasn't appropriate for the Gondou family,
once she became the bride, she disappeared, stirring up much anger to the ancestor,
although she many times said to willfully want to drop her previous life.
"A believer is able, a priest isn't."
"White rice is able, brown rice isn't."
"The second daughter is able, the eldest isn't."
What does this mean?
Hey,
don't you think this is our chance?
If Ayukawa...
really had to marry that Gondou Shouichiriou,
she would have to quit her job as a teacher.
I see.. and then...
the next one would definitely be a more upright teacher, right?
That's right.
Well then, from now on we will perform the first test.
Shouichiriou, please leave from your seat.
Yes.
In sequential order, you will take something out of this vase.
Well, would you be so kind and start?
Yes.
There is such a thing inside.
Please, you can keep it as memory.
I'm grateful!
Please, you can keep it as memory.
Huh?
What are you doing?
Nothing...
Now, when a greedy person puts his hand inside the vase and...
tries to grasp as many gold coins as possible,
it is said that he won't be able to take out his hand again. That's a classical test.
Unreliable...
As expected, the caught person wouldn't like it.
And those gold coins are all forgery.
"Shiro"... [white]
"ki"...? [tree]
Then, the next text will be held after 1 o'clock.
Everyone please put on this hood when meeting in the secret room.
What is it, Eiko-san?
The selection of the daughter-in-law for the Gondou family...
has nothing to do with your branch family.
(Gondou branch family, daughter-in-law - Eiko) Look really carefully, Matsutarou.
(Gondou branch family, eldest son - Matsutarou) Look really carefully, Matsutarou.
(Gondou branch family, eldest son - Matsutarou) The position as the head of the Gondou family...
will very soon become yours.
Translator: HPriest Editor: furransu Japanese subs by rokonoko Timings by tianj
What's that?
A nagauta practice.
You'll become less capable, if you stop for one day...
Hey, why don't we make a team?
What?
After all you are also only here for the money, aren't you?
If us two collaborate,
we would first drive out that Fujishiro woman.
After that you should be at ease, since you don't have to fight two people.
How do you want to drive her out?
When she's alone, we will strangle her neck and make her faint.
And then we will give testimonies for each other to create an alibi for us.
For me to do such a thing is a bit...
That's too bad.
Well, then I will have to team up with the other woman.
Take care, okay?
Sensei~
You... Come quickly when I call you!
Sorry.. We misunderstood it with a howling dog.
Shut up!
Anyway, I discovered a new hint,
"white" and "tree"
"White" and "tree"?
It was on the vase used during the test.
For the other half of the hint to find the treasure,
it says that you are naturally supposed to understand them when you win through the test.
Thus said...
The hints are hidden on the tools used during the tests.
Nothing?
Misako-chan, can I come in?
Yes.
Shouichirou-san
I'm really sorry for today.
My mother and my older sister sure are outmoded.
We have to do this kind of ceremony for form's sake.
But a bride nomination and then then those two...
I'm sorry.
It sure is troublesome, but the families...
of distant relatives wanted their daughters to participate in the bride selection.
Misako-san...
For me, I understand...
that the one with the only true feelings,
is you.
Yes.
Well, I wonder what the next test will be about?
We are supposed to wear this hood when we gather again...
You will have a meeting with my mother Fuyu.
The hood is an evident for that she won't judge people by their outward appearance.
What are we getting asked?
Well, that's...
about things a man like me wouldn't know.
"A believer is able, a priest isn't."
"White rice is able, brown rice isn't."
"The second daughter is able, the eldest isn't."
"White" and "tree"
You got something?
Look, look...
"A believer is able, a priest isn't."
When we take the "shinja" and write it with that, [believer]
it becomes the kanji for "moukaru" [to be profitable]
"Rice is able, unmilled rice isn't."
"shiro" and "gome" become "kasu" [sake less]
"The second daughter is able, the eldest isn't."
"tsuki" and "onna" become "sugata" [appearance]
I see.
You combine the characters and it becomes another word with a different kanji.
So, if we use this and solve the next code...
The next is "shiro" and "ki" [white and tree]
If we join them together, we should also get a different kanji, shouldn't we?
"shiro" and "ki" .. "kashiwa" ? [oak]
Was there a place with oaks?
Oak.. oak...
It says there is an oak field!
Gah, really annoying, that social studies report...
Huh? Aren't those?
Imamura-kun~
What are you doing?
Huh? What's the matter with you all?
We came here for social studies to investigate about the buried treasure of Tokugawa.
We heard it was somewhere around here, so...
It's as we thought.
We are also here for that and we just found out the location of the hiding place.
Eh?
Well...
I'm sorry for the late introduction,
my name is Ayukawa Misako.
(Gondou family, mother - Fuyu) You can put in a mouth,
(Gondou family, mother - Fuyu) but not a nose.
You can put in an ear, but not an eye.
You can put in a tree, but not water.
When it opens, what's inside?
Eh?
You don't know?
If so, we are done.
Please wait inside.
Huh? Where's Fujishiro-san?
Yeah.. she didn't come.
She didn't go after you?
No.
You both certainly went before me...
Well, maybe she gave up on the way and ran away?
That's not possible.
I waited there and from that room to here...
There's nowhere she could have hid or sneaked away.
Strange, isn't it?
Oak field, oak field...
It's probably around here...
I think...
Around here you say...
It's spacious, isn't it?
For now.. let's try to dig?
What's with those guys...
They said they found it, but they are quite wishy-washy...
This isn't working out well.
Hey, still?
Hey, that...?
After Fujishiro-san met my mother Fuyu,
just while entering the inner room, she trick-likely disappeared and...
her corpse was found in an oak field inside the forest...
So, what were you high school students doing at such a place?
Well, that's...
..what our teacher ordered us.
Teacher?
I'm sincerely sorry.
Next to my job as a nagauta instructor,
I've also been teaching those kids English at their high school.
Come on, you know it's not good to come to such a place... Bad!
No, Misako-san...
Those kids undoubtedly...
came because they were worried about you.
You can say that it's an evidence for how much your students missed you.
I guess that's right...
You are?
We came here for social studies...
Say, leaving that aside, shouldn't we first inform the police about that person...
Police? What are you talking about?
Such a thing would interrupt the selection of the bride.
The heir of the Gondou family...
You never know when to give up, Yayoi-san.
In fact, isn't it frightening?
The abominable secret of the Gondou family is coming to light...
What are you talking about? Eiko-san..
Becoming flustered like that too.. I wonder if that rumor was true?
The criminal is naturally supposed to be exposed with the next test.
Inside here is the coffin of the deceased ancestor.
After you open the coffin and count to 100, please come out again.
The tradition says that if a person with an evil spirit enters that room,
he won't come out again, because he got taken away into the world of the dead.
Well then, let's start with you.
Yes...
Wow.. that's intense...
What? Empty?
Thank god...
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8..
90,91,92..98,99,100!!
Huh? It won't open!
Do I have to push more? It won't open..!
What happened?
Nothing...
- Then next is Hirota-san. - Yes.
Hey, did she lock it from the outside?
She locked it right after you went in.
After Yayoi-san also counted to 100, she opened the door.
The point is that the person who feels guilty and...
rapidly starts to count to 100, won't be able to open the door.
Don't you think it's an arrangement to make that person panic?
Such a stupid test...
Although you've been caught...
- What? - Yes...
1,2,3..
98,99,100
Huh?
That foolish...
Where did she go?
There is nowhere to hide.
You also can't get out of here...
That's weird...
We got dragged into a terrible incident again...
It became like that, although we didn't want to find a treasure.
Everything is only their fault...
Let's quickly find the treasure and leave.
Do we have to dig everywhere?
Sis...
She stirred up the anger of your ancestor.
The one who remains is you, right?
After that will be the last test.
Thank you very much that you took care of those two.
The remaining one!
The remaining one, please also take care of her.
I'm in big trouble the way it is...
If you fail the next test, you will share the same fate...
And since you have the most evil spirit...
Shut up!!
That's not because of that ancestor.
Somebody among them is doing that.
Since it became like that, we have no choice but to quickly find the treasure and leave.
Alright, what that old woman said...
is the next hint.
"You can put in a mouth, but not a nose."
"You can put in an ear, but not an eye."
"You can put in a tree, but not water."
When it opens, what's inside?
I got it!
It's pointing to the kanji for "gate".
"You can put in a mouth, [gate with mouth = question]
but not a nose."
"You can put in an ear, [gate with ear = hear]
but not an eye."
"You can put in a tree, [gate with tree = leisure]
but not water."
I see!
"The thing inside when it opens."
When it opens...
Inside when it opens? [kanji for open]
That's it.
This is a mark for a torii. [shinto shrine archway]
Torii? [shinto shrine archway]
Wait...
I saw this somewhere...
Ah!
Isn't that the coffin room where Hirota-san disappeared from?
As I thought...
Hey, look!
So, the treasure is inside here!?
It seems like it's empty...
You!
Step inside.
Come on!
Yes.
You, stand next to him.
Yes.
You...
Don't you notice something, when you look at them?
Imamura...
Your hair is standing up.
Eh?
Evil~
That's not it!!
Don't you think the height of those two is different?
There is probably something on the bottom of that coffin.
Look! A loophole!
Are we trying to enter?
Sensei!
It's dangerous though...
You are right.. then...
After you!
Eh??
Ah, the back of the house.
That hurts...
Ouch...
Sensei! Here...
This is the place where Hirota-san got killed!
I understand.
During the test, Hirota-san for sure recognized it as the entrance to the treasure...
..and secretly went inside.
That's how Hirota disappeared from the coffin room.
And when she passed through the loophole, she got out here.
The criminal approached the treasure searching Hirota from behind and killed her.
I don't believe it, though.
Hirota-san would have needed to solve the puzzle, wouldn't she?
The criminal certainly must have secretly informed Hirota about it.
I see.
So, also with Fujishiro-san,
the criminal also must have given her the solution on purpose.
While thinking about the treasure, Fujishiro-san...
secretly went to the oak field and then got killed.
Sensei, please look at that.
A next hint?
Huh? That person...
That's Fuyu-san.
Where's she going at such a time?
A buddhist mortuary tablet...
It's for her deceased husband, I guess.
Hey, look!
Gondou Shouichirou??
Is Shouichirou-san already dead?
If this is Shouichirou's, then who is...?
Well then, from here we are starting with the final test.
At least that was my intention, but we will stop here.
As a matter of fact, the treasure our ancestor left behind...
had already been found long ago.
Eh?
This is one part of it.
The least I could do to apology for all the frightening things that happened.
Please, you can take it home with you.
You are the criminal, right?
The pattern of that kimono.
There was a sketch of the same pattern at the place where Hirota-san got killed.
It wasn't the next hint,
it's a sketch left behind by Hirota-san...
to point out the criminal.
So, what if I did?
The exclusion of the inappropriate women for Shouichirou is my duty.
But killing...
Everyone is suffering the consequences of their own deeds.
All I did was secretly giving both of them the answer to the riddle.
Fujishiro-san thought the treasure would be in the oak field.
She secretly went to search for it alone.
Then you...
And then you pretended to be Fujishiro-san and wore the hood...
..and participated in the second test.
The women who went before me...
..were you, right?
Yes.
My mother was surprised, when she heard about...
..that I killed Fujishiro-san, but then she agreed,
yet reluctantly do everything I told her.
However.. how did you get out of there?
At that time...
Thanks to you doing a long and polite bow, I've been saved.
And then next, Hirota-san...
Your mother told her the answer to the riddle.
She entered the coffin in search for the treasure...
..and got out after going through that loophole.
And then you...
Since you know, take it and quickly return home.
This is the last test, isn't it?
Look!
There's a small edge at the grip.
When taking that box and grabbing that grip...
That's right.
That edge is prepared with poison, so that that person would die.
That's the wisdom of our ancestor.
The ceremony that had been handed down within the Goundou family to select the bride,
while giving hints for the treasure,
exists to rapidly exclude those people who only aim for the money.
Then that treasure actually doesn't exist?
No.
The bride that wins through the tests,
is supposed to obtain a big treasure together with her husband.
Where is that?
Well...
I thought you certainly would take that box and die, but...
..now I have no choice but to do it myself.
Hey...
Yayoi-san!
Shouichirou-san...
Sis...
Fuyu-san...
..told us everything.
Yayoi-san...
Shouichirou.
Mother must be worried, can you stay by her side?
Yes.
Everything is just like what you heard from my mother.
Shouichirou is not my real younger brother.
The real Shouichirou died from an illness soon after he was born.
Afraid of the heir of the Gondou family coming to an end,
a newborn boy from a far away family was secretly adopted.
And then that child was brought up as Shouichirou-san...
Yes.
Up until now, only my mother and I knew about this.
Shouichirou has no clue at all.
But if the Gondou family is so much in need of a heir,
then why are you...
..killing all the bride candidates?
That's right. If everyone's gone, the rank as head of the family,
would go to that branch family of Eiko-san, wouldn't it?
Yayoi-san...
This is only my personal assumption, but...
..haven't you in fact the whole time been in love with Shouichirou-san?
For the sake of Gondou family, both of you...
must continue to act as if you two were blood related siblings.
Because of that, you had to hide...
your own feelings for dozens of years..
Therefore you couldn't just hand over Shouichirou-san to somebody else, right?
Listen Yayoi...
From today on this child will be your younger brother,
Shouichirou.
You may absolutely never tell anybody about this.
Okay.
What are you talking about, detective.
Is there any reason why a woman would be so foolish in this world?
You really know the hidden place of the treasure?
Yeah!
Up until now, we got the following hints:
"kashiwa" and "torii" [oak and shinto shrine archway]
Clap your hands and pray at a shinto shrine to find it out. [kashiwa de - clapping hands in front of a Shinto altar]
Take it out!
Don't be stingy!
Let's do it!
Again my money...
Sensei! Huh...?
Look!!
"kodakara" [The treasure, that is a child]
"kodakara iwa" [children rock]
"kodakara shinboku - Child bestowing tree" [children sacred tree]
"kodakara inari" [children inari shrine]
The treasure...
..are children?
This time there will be no mercy!!
You guys!!
Forcibly dragging Ayukawa-sensei to that man for I don't care what reason!!
No, that's...
Imamura-kun..
I was surprised,
..that you would make use of such methods,
only to take revenge on me for finding those pictures.
Ayukawa-sensei...
Listen!!
This week's special training will be like hell!
I don't think you will even be able to walk home anymore.
To begin with, there is only one man...
appropriate enough for Ayukawa-sensei.
You can go, if you got it.
Yes, excuse us.
Yeah
Which reminds me, Sensei...
Yes?
I came across a fashionable Italian restaurant nearby.
Another time we should definitely...
Thanks for your hard work.
Bye.
Thanks for your hard work.
You too.
Geez...
You are really too much...
I nearly got married, didn't I!?
Please.
Hey, you guys!!
Work in exchange for the cost of this meal!
Shoot...
This is delicious~