Date Masamune.
We've been told to find her.
She escaped from prison and is still on the run.
We cannot leave her.
Do I have to handle this?
You know her well, Higurashi-kun.
Don't say it like that, it's creepy.
Chief
I just found her and threw her in prison.
But you found her interesting, right?
Sure.
But you'd need more lives than
a cat to go after her and survive.
Correct.
But you know what this place is, right?
The Warring States General Countermeasures Department,
AKA WarGen.
The place where we handle incidents
caused by warring states generals.
Then you understand why
you have to chase the escapee Date Masamune.
Can I start tomorrow?
Start today.
And I'm assigning you a new partner.
I told you we were getting someone new.
You did.
A warring states general who wanted to help us.
Her name was the same
as the leader of the Green Gang, Katakura...
See? Beautiful isn't she?
Katakura Kojuro.
Nice to meet you, Higurashi-san.
We've been instructed to follow Date Masamune's
trail from the beginning again.
So I've been told.
You've completely lost track of her, haven't you?
Try too hard
and you'll get hurt.
Some things are best not to pursue too hard.
But isn't that your job as a police officer?
That's why we have to chase her.
You were her teacher, right?
Any ideas?
None, especially.
I'd like to check this again.
Do you really plan to catch her?
Of course.
I'd like to think I've done everything I can for that to happen.
Otherwise you wouldn't be allowed into WarGen, yeah.
Yes.
You're a cold person.
Then would you rather I met up with her and ran away?
Masamune-san wouldn't be so lonely then.
Answer me seriously.
You could, but you'd get caught eventually.
Even if you weren't,
you could never forget you were being hunted.
True.
Then what's wrong with me helping the police?
Nothing's wrong.
You're doing the right thing.
But sometimes even if it's the right thing to do,
people can't do it.
I don't believe so.
Anyone who's committed a crime must be punished,
even, no, especially if they're close to me.
That's one way to look at things.
I'll do my job.
I hope so.
Of course I will.
Did you forget what our department is called?
The Warring States General Countermeasures Department, yes?
Masamune-san saved me when I was being hassled
by a group of teenage thugs.
That's news to me.
So she's assaulting minors now?
Were you listening to me?
She saved me!
The police wouldn't help, but you're
going to arrest her, anyway?
This is above my pay grade.
Once we catch her you can talk to the judge.
Two coffees, yes?
I don't think you should be staring
at girls as they walk away.
You're right.
Honestly, I didn't think she'd be this easy to track.
What have the police here been doing?
Anyway, I guess your old student is an interesting person.
What do you mean?
She never stays in one place for long,
but she causes tons of trouble.
Are you insulting her?
Complimenting her.
If I had that kind of sense of smell,
I'd have been promoted by now.
You seem to have the wrong idea, Higurashi-san.
Whether she's helping someone or not,
what she's doing is against the law.
I cannot agree with it.
So you want to catch her before she
commits any more crimes.
Yes.
I probably shouldn't be saying this,
but are you that set on throwing your master in jail?
I want her to atone for her crimes.
If in this era that means going to prison,
I will send her there.
I knew this already,
but you really are cold.
Supposedly she's a warring states general.
Someone you know?
Mogami Yoshiaki-sama.
But she was a rival of Masamune-sama's in the
struggle for succession.
So she didn't like Masamune-san.
Yes.
So I can't imagine she'd go to meet her.
Yes, but if she's an enemy of Masamune,
then maybe she'll give us information.
True.
If she has any, that is.
Thanks for waiting. Here's your coffee.
Th-Thanks.
I can't believe it!
What are you thinking, Kojuro-san?!
I thought you would be her ally, no matter what happened.
But now you're working with the police to arrest her?
But this is...
Katakura.
Looks like our information was bad.
Yes. But I wasn't lying to you.
I didn't think you were.
If you weren't lying then there's only one other possibility:
her opinion of Masamune-san changed since she came here.
Looks like you finally got it.
She's met with Masamune.
Then I'll...
You stay quiet.
Yoshimitsu-chan, was it?
Yoshiaki!
Sorry, sorry.
I don't know much about you or Katakura.
But I've followed her this far
so I think I know a good deal about Masamune-san.
But still you're planning
on arresting her with Kojuro-san, aren't you?
Not at all. I'm not like her.
I'm not going to arrest her.
Higurashi-san.
You shut up.
Yes.
True, according to our laws, she's done something wrong,
but I don't think she's a bad person.
You don't either, do you?
Yeah.
Then would you tell me what you know?
At this rate, she's going to be arrested
and thrown back in jail.
I met her a while ago.
In an old abandoned mansion I went to with some friends.
Do you know where she went after that?
I don't.
She knocked me out and left without saying anything.
But you're worried about her anyway?
You're a kind girl.
That's not true.
Would you tell us where that place is, just in case?
You're willing to lie
with a straight face if it gets you information, aren't you?
"I'm not like Katakura."
I don't know how you could say that.
The two of us are acting out of different motives, aren't we?
Actually, are you into little girls?
You treated Yoshiaki-sama
very differently than you treat me.
Masamune-san's doing something bad and she's still very popular.
And you're doing something good and nobody likes you.
I'm accustomed to it.
This is Higurashi.
What is it chief?
Yes. I'll be there soon.
Katakura's with me, so she'll come, too.
Did something happen?
Masamune-san's been found.
She's living in a fishing village in Kanezawa with two women.
A Kanezawa fishing village?
You look like you want to head straight there.
I just don't want to lose her again.
You really are cold.
I'm almost there.
Wait there for me, Masamune-sama.
I'm coming to arrest you.
Thank you for coming so far.
I'm sure Masamune would be very happy.
No, we're here for the investigation.
Would you tell us about her?
Yes.
She loved to watch the sea.
She would watch it all the time.
Since she was on the run from the police,
I told her to stop.
But she wasn't the type to listen.
I understand.
She went to look at the sea yesterday, too.
Takase-san found her there.
Takase-san?
The local policeman.
I see.
And so she was running from him
when she was chased to a cliff...
And was shot and fell into the water.
Yes.
You look like you want to say something.
Should I?
You don't have to tell me.
Yes, you don't have to.
Katakura, would you look after Keiko-san for a while?
Huh?
I'm going to speak with the villagers.
I'll go with you.
I don't want anyone to think this is
interfering with the job I'm doing.
I guess you wouldn't understand, so I'll tell you.
If the person you love dies, it hurts to be alone.
I'm sorry, Katakura-san.
I guess I'm interfering with your work.
No. I apologize for Higurashi's rudeness.
I wish I could cry like her.
Um, Katakura-san, what's your full name?
It's Katakura Kojuro, why do you ask?
Kojuro...
Got a second, Katakura?
I'm fine.
Yes, I'm all right now.
Sorry for bothering you.
I know it hurts, but this is our job.
I know.
I'll get to the point:
there was nothing contradictory in the villagers' stories.
Then did she really die?
It would seem so.
Did they find the body?
If you saw the place where it happened, you wouldn't ask.
Did they?
No.
Of course they didn't.
There's no way somebody could
survive a fall off that cliff.
The waters are below, but the currents are rough,
too rough to swim.
Then...
Well, if warring states generals are made
of metal stronger than those rocks, we might find her.
You're a cold person.
Normally, if a friend of yours died,
you wouldn't ask if they found the body.
You'd be too scared.
Then should I not have?
To be honest, no matter what you said,
I believed that you were ready
to betray me and run away with Masamune-san.
Sorry I didn't live up to your expectations.
You're disappointed that I'm only interested in my work, right?
Yes. That's exactly right.
I'm going to head back.
What?
We've been running around without any kind of rest.
Masamune-san won't run anymore.
There's no reason to hurry.
Yes.
May I go to the site while you rest?
The site, huh?
Yeah, that's important.
I'll check it tomorrow.
Yes. Good work today, Higurashi-san.
You, too, Katakura.
So Masamune-sama died here...
Will you honestly not listen to a word I say?
I'm sorry I wasn't a cute girl like Keiko-san.
The only thing I care about is my work!
I'm fine, even if you leave me alone!
Kojuro.
I didn't think you'd try and follow me.
Masamune-sama, you're supposed to be dead...
You're supposed to be dead... So why?
You never cry when you're in pain.
Yes.
I'm crying because I got to see you.
I...
But how are you?
The villagers lied for me.
If I'm dead, the police will stop looking for me.
So you tricked everyone?
So you could escape punishment for your crimes?
True, it's not something to be proud of.
Then why?
I believed in you, that you'd never do something like that!
It was because I wanted to apologize to you.
Apologize to me?
I couldn't be arrested until I apologized to you.
I'm so very sorry, Kojuro.
Masamune-sama?
I was deceived by the Yakuza
and damaged your reputation, as you were my instructor.
You did.
So I'd like to ask you again, knowing this.
Please stay with me.
Are you telling me to escape with a criminal?
Do you think I'd let you do that?
I know and I'm asking anyway.
Asking despite knowing you wouldn't do anything that
isn't upright and honest.
You said you were going to apologize,
but those were just words!
I know it's wrong, but I can't change how I live.
I can't change how I live either.
But I also don't want to leave you.
Is there nothing we can do?
I don't know.
Who's there?
If you don't come out, I'll assume you're an enemy.
Stylish...
Hold on!
Higurashi!
You just attacked me?
You're pretty riled up.
Kojuro, do you know him?
He's my superior in the police force.
But, Higurashi-san, why?
The villagers were cold.
They seemed to be very grateful to you,
but at the same time they held a funeral the day you fell off the cliff.
That's not normal at all.
So you let Kojuro go and waited for me to appear?
I didn't expect you to bite the hook this soon, honestly.
But you may not be able to reel me in.
Come to think of it,
I was rather rude the first time we met.
I didn't know you were a princess.
You're that detective?
Both of us were ignorant.
I don't blame you for that.
However, if you intend to punish Kojuro as a traitor,
I cannot ignore that.
I'd rather tell my boss you got away
than get killed trying to arrest you.
But you said you'd do your job.
That the warring states generals were your enemy...
That's before I knew what they were like.
Masamune-san died when she fell off the cliff.
And so you quit WarGen.
That's what I'll tell them.
But...
If you still don't like that, then I'll give you an order:
stay by her side and watch her forever.
If it's an order I don't have a choice.
The job's too much of a pain to leave to anybody else.
Sorry I said you were a cold.
You're pretty when you smile.
D-Don't be weird.
That's sexual harassment.
Anyway, I'm tired, so I'm going back to the hotel.
Are you sure about going with me?
Masamune-sama!
The only one I want to be with is you.
Is that a problem?
Not a problem, and I'm not worried at all.
Now then...
What should we do?
For now, I'd like to get away from this dangerous place.
Yeah.
M-Masamune-sama?
Where do you want to go?
Anywhere you go...
Thank you, Kojuro.
Next time is the Dune, Amago Tsunehisa-dono!
Next time on Sengoku Collection: "The Dune!"
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We should do them properly!