I'm going now.
Be careful.
Good morning.
We've come to pick you up.
You guys don't have to.
Kumohira-sensei told us that we should keep our eye on you.
Then, can you remind me to buy Shiratama's cat food when we come back?
Who would've thought that all of the Banten ninja technique scrolls would be kept at a school?
It surprised me.
You guys should head back to Banten.
When you get there, I'd like you to destroy all of the Banten scrolls I've kept hidden in the school.
Judging from the events that happened in Fuuma...
Kairoushuu doesn't seem to have any intentions of taking you just yet.
Before they can defend themselves, Kairoushuu is most likely thinking of ways to steal the other villages' kinjutsu.
In order to not affect things in the real world, you must continue to go to school.
Shimizu will go with you in case anything happens.
Oh, and also...
Make sure you eat properly.
Shower every day.
Brush your teeth before sleeping.
I'll walk back as soon as I can.
Normally, you'd never think it'd be in a place like this.
Isn't it safer here than in Kurohima-sensei's desk?
Oh, I guess so.
Banten was formed during the Sengoku era, when several ninjas from Iga decided to form their own small village.
The leader of the village is the one who wrote the kinjutsu "Engetsurin".
It is one of the five great powers to be accounted for, but...
As you can see, the club is in quite a poor state.
So where is this essential kinjutsu "Engetsurin"...
You aren't going to destroy that too, are you?
Even I don't know the whereabouts of the kinjutsu.
Eh?
I asked him before about it...
It's in a place where it should be and in a place where it should be hidden.
You shouldn't have to worry about it.
...is what he said.
So I think it should be okay.
Hmm?
Well, as long as Thobari-sensei didn't let his tongue slip, I suppose that means it's safe.
Let's get started.
Note: A chant that means, Fire shall be the victory over wood.
Ka Shou Moku Koku
I suppose the wound healed due to Juuji's medicine.
However, my eyesight hasn't returned.
My wound healed perfectly fine last time.
Are you listening, fairy of the Shinrabanshou?
Now, off to the third floor.
The Shinrabanshou that everyone's after...
Maybe, it has already left me...
By the way, Raimei-san, will it be okay to be away from your school in Tokyo?
It'll be fine.
I can just study here.
But, wouldn't your parents be worried?
They passed away a long time ago.
I'm a girl of solitude beyond the heavens.
Hea-
What do you mean, "Solitude beyond the heavens?"
Well that's...
Solitude beyond the heavens, solitude beyond the heavens.
I guess it would mean, I have no family or friends, and that I'm all alone.
Then, what are we to you?
We're friends, right?
Yup, you're no girl of solitude beyond the heavens.
This stands out, so I'll just go leave it in a locker in one of the classrooms
Go on ahead without me.
Oh, Raimei-san.
We'll be heading to the music room.
I got it!
Friends...
In the Shimizu clan, these katanas are handed down from generation to generation, the soul of a samurai.
Their names are Gamon.
As long as you're not prepared to die then you must not use this blade.
That is the way of the samurai the Shimizu clan live by.
The Shinrabanshou is a bizarre and powerful technique that threatens the real world and the world of Nabari.
Should the technique not be sealed...
...it would be several hundred years before it would reappear.
In order to tame this immortal beast...
...the events that created the Fuuma village in the real world, brought forth birth of the Shimizu clan.
Walk along with your katana as proof of being a samurai.
In order to stop any evil within Nabari and the misuse of the Shinrabanshou, we will cut down any foolish people who try.
Remember this well.
Do you understand, Raikou, Raimei?
If they found out that I'm only with Miharu to get closer to the Kairoushuu...
I wonder what they would say.
It'd be worst if he didn't say anything at all.
Kumohira-sensei said he'd be coming back tomorrow from Fuuma.
By walking?
I brought your food.
Then, we'll see you tomorrow.
Welcome back.
Your teacher came to visit.
Note: Mie, a prefecture in the Kinki area.
He says he's transferring to the Mie.
Yamase-sensei.
I have to go out for errands, so can I count on you to take care of the place?
Sure.
Thank you, I'll see you later.
Well, sit down.
Is there something I can help you with? Kairoushuu's Yamase-sensei.
I've been waiting for you. There's a favour I'd like to ask of you.
A favour?
Bring me salvation.
Ask someone in Kairoushuu for that.
I was a member of a faction in Iga.
I threw away my family and abandoned my friends.
I swore to follow the leader's orders and finally made my way to the upper ranks.
However...
For someone like me who's failed the Kairoushuu once...
...it isn't a place I can return to.
Sensei, you wouldn't happen to be...
...a person of solitude beyond the heavens?
I beg you.
I only ask that you fix a bit of my past.
You must have moments in your past that you regret, right?
I don't.
Well, adults do!
Even if you change my past a bit, it's possible I could have a fresh start within Kairoushuu.
It should be possible if you use the Shinrabanshou!
The way I am now, I cannot.
Then...
I heard a rumour that if you drink the blood of the owner of Shinrabanshou you can obtain its wisdom.
Dammit!
Stop.
You're a Kairoushuu, right?
Who knows...
You really don't know when to give up.
If you just stayed as you were in the real world, you wouldn't have to die.
You're going to kill me?
The world of Nabari...
...isn't so generous.
Please, stop!
Wait a sec, Kouichi.
I wasn't able to get information in Fuuma, but this time I will without fail.
Do you know of a Shimizu Raikou?
He's a man who carries the same katana as me.
Raikou?
My brother!
Raimei, I will be joining Kairoushuu.
My brother who betrayed his way of the samurai and brought dishonour to his pride.
The man who killed my father and mother!
Answer me, do you know him?
Around five years ago...
...when I was still living in the suburbs of Iga.
A meeting was held by a small group of people to discuss the Kairoushuu's motives and how to counter them.
With Kairoushuu on the loose, it was the Iga ninjas' duty to deal with them.
At that moment, I wanted to secretly transfer to Kairoushuu.
And in the middle of the meeting I left.
At that time, a slender looking student appeared, carrying a Japanese sword.
A student and a Japanese sword?
I do remember him asking about how to contact Kairoushuu.
I think he mentioned something like...
Shimizu Raikou.
I am a samurai.
So, where is Raikou now!?
I don't know!
That was the last time I saw him.
I'm really not lying! I'm telling the truth!
Please believe me! I really don't know anything else.
Raimei-san.
In this era, all ninjas have their ulterior motives.
Yes, the Hijutsu.
People only become friendly with you because they desire its power, Rokujo.
As long as you carry the Shinrabanshou within you, there will be countless numbers of people who will want to use you.
Your friends are no different.
How much longer can you stand it?
Uh, Miharu...
I...
You want to use me to get closer to Kairoushuu, right?
Are you angry?
Not really, everyone's like that anyway.
Everyone he says...
It's like he said, everyone's after it.
It might not even be inside me anymore.
I'm your ally.
Before I met you, all I could think of was using you and achieving my revenge.
But that's not how it is anymore.
Of course, I will not stop looking for Raikou.
But I can promise you this...
I will not keep any more secrets from you, and I will never betray you.
Trust me.
I trust you, Raimei.
I'm feeling a bit alienated here.
Durandal style Irish braise.
It's a dish from my home country.
Let's see, let's see!
Looks delicious!
Even after moving to Japan, I make it quite often.
Did you come to Japan alone?
Nope, I was forcefully brought here by my crazy ninja mania fan of a grandfather.
Forcefully?
Yes...
As reluctant as I was, I was still forced onto an airplane.
Saying things like, "You will become a full-fledged ninja."
Doing what he wanted with my life.
From a foreign country, he made himself familiar with the world of Nabari.
He tried to use his own strength to get a hold of the Hijutsu.
And even dragged me into all of it.
Hey, you! What do you think you're doing?
I'm poison tasting, poison tasting.
Who is this?
Me? I am...
Fuuma Kotarou's alias, "Whirlwind Tarou Zaemon!"
Fuuma-dono!
If you scream out your name like that, then using that appearance of yours has no meaning!
Oh...
Besides that...
I've received a report.
Information concerning the Togakushi village.
This is all the information I have currently obtained.
The Togakushi village seems to have been existing as an employment agency in the heart of the Nagano prefecture.
An agency?
It does sound like something on a small scale, huh?
On the surface, it's just a simple employment agency.
But on the other side...
In other words the world of Nabari.
They provide spy services and a wide range of other services as well.
This must be their current leader.
In other words, the president.
Note: Shugendou, Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts.
Since ancient times, the Izuna have been the ones making the rules in Togakushi.
A village of Shugendou ninjas.
The owners of the kinjutsu, "Izunashingan".
I'm not sure of the details but from its appearance...
...the Izuna laws may be some kind of incantation.
Is this all that's been uncovered?
To even come up with that file...
...three Fuuma ninjas were killed.
Now it is Banten's turn to do their part.
Hold on!
Three people died!?
Even Kairoushuu is using their Kira user.
They sure are moving about very flashy, huh?
We have no reason to hold back either.
Note: Genin, reference to ninjas of lower-rank than himself.
Are you trying to say your genin are not companions who follow your guidance, but just tools?
Yeah, is that bad?
I understand what you're trying to say Thobari.
But this is the world of Nabari we're talking about.
Even though I disagree with the leader's attitude; he's not wrong.
Right, Juuji?
Yes.
But...
As a ninja, I'm prepared for whatever may happen.
I will follow our leader's orders.
Why do you take your lives so lightly!?
No matter how much this is for Rokujo's sake...
Don't you ever think about keeping the damage between enemy and ally to a minimal?
Thobari-kun.
Being naive as you are, do you really think you can protect Miharu-kun?
Even though you lost to the Kira user.
I have my own...
...way of the ninja.
Even if I should lose my head...
I will not kill anyone.
Without killing anyone, I will rid the world of the Hijutsu.
That is why I hate...
...young men.
I knew it's all right but...
The leader's stupid switch just went off.
Which ninja technique are you best at?
D-Dispel seal technique.
Then, show me what your dispel seal technique can do against my transformation technique!
What are...
If you say you're such a hero...
...you must have some amazing strength.
Now is my chance to show you my true appearance!
Dispel seal!
The Dispel seal technique is one that requires speed.
If you want to protect everyone, you require a power that is equally as powerful as the Hijutsu.
However, no matter what kind of superb wisdom you obtain...
...humans would not use it for deeds of justice.
Dispel seal!
Even though I'm dispelling it...
...he's still able to form a new transformation in a split second.
So this is the power of the leader of Fuuma.
There is no way we would let anyone use the Shinrabanshou.
That is...
...our unshakeable decision.
The Shimizu clan endorsed this decision a long time ago.
A collaborative thought of the samurai.
Even Raimei-kun says the same thing as I do.
If you oppose the decision made by Fuuma, then you're no different than the Kairoushuu.
If all you ever think about is me...
...I'll end up hating you.
An opening!!
If you're nice all the time, one day you'll lose everything.
You need to at least learn your limits.
Please deliver Thobari-kun back to Banten.
Leave it to me.
See ya.
A long time ago, I used to have a young heart very much like yours.
Yeah, we're having a lot of trouble here.
Who is it?
Juuji.
Kairoushuu's Yamase is after Miharu again.
Eh?
Thobari's coming back here by car?
Oh, okay.
Bye.
Anyway, we'll just stay here for today.
Stay close to us, Miharu-kun.
Now isn't the time to be doing homework.
The kanji for pearl...
...how do you write it?
What's wrong, Shiratama?
Good evening.
To die for my sake...
It's insane.
It's not like you'll get anything in return.
You only make things worse by being nice.
Next time: Choice.