A nice bath during the day is the best.
Now then.
Thank you.
Getting to eat my favorite kanpyou roll in the bath is also a marvelous thing.
Yes, indeed.
It would be splendid if these peaceful days could go on forever.
Yes, hello?
Work! Stupid Kaoru!
Katana Maidens
Episode 15 Slothful Person's Honor
I've completed the aradama subduing mission, you damn brute.
I mean, president.
Just who are you calling a damn brute?
Here you call me director.
Good work. Now, about your next mission.
Wait, wait, wait!
I've been running around like crazy without a break for the past four months!
Give me a break already!
Now, about your next mission.
Damn it! I've never seen you so obviously pretend not to hear me!
I'm having you lead the team as captain and you'll go to Gunma.
Wait, I don't have a passport.
Don't make fun of Gunma.
Supposedly there is a secret hot springs there.
Take care of your mission happily and I'll give you the break you want.
Isn't that what you said?!
I said after your mission was finished!
What does it matter? We can't find the main aradama anyway.
The signals my finder was detecting were too small
and we couldn't determine the exact location.
Even Nene couldn't track it down.
And the eyewitness reports were vague.
In the end I tried the human-wave tactic of looking for it with my own eyes.
As the subjugation leader I believe in the search team
and have prepared the optimum conditions and am waiting for the news
that the aradama has been spotted.
You use your legs and search, too.
Right where it hurts.
As things are, as long as there is even the slightest threat of aradama,
we can't indulge in civilian actions. Understood?
And that is why
I've arranged a back-up
to give you a kick in your lazy butt.
Get ready for a surprise.
God, everyone is so afraid of a bunch of lame aradama.
Which means, Vice Captain Kiryuu,
before I use the ryokan as my lodgings,
I think I will make it look like I was searching for aradama.
You could at least try to mask your true intentions a bit more, Captain.
Now then, roll-call.
One!
Two!
Three!
Four!
Five!
All right, we're all here.
We gained one?!
What are you doing here, Sayaka?
I finished my mission with Kanami early.
So the director told me to come here.
Itomi Sayaka, now entering under Mashiko Kaoru's command.
What are your orders?
Gosh, it was about five meters tall.
It killed at least ten bears single-handedly
and had bright red blood drippings from its claws and fangs.
That old man flourishes his eyewitness account more each time.
We haven't even seen a single dead bear.
The elderly do enjoy talking to younger people.
Is that enough?
I have finished gathering information from the eyewitness.
I would like to proceed with searching now. What are your orders?
Right, well, go ahead and search for it.
Roger.
Since we cannot detect any regularity in the witnessed location,
I will extend the search range.
But if we expand the area too much, will that not make the holes bigger?
I will double the scope.
That is her physical ability even without using the Hachiman power?
We can definitely expand two times with that.
That overly serious weirdo.
Do you dislike team member Itomi?
I'm not good with overly serious types.
Though the reaction I get
when I tease the same serious type Hiyoyon the no-chest is super pleasant.
I haven't seen her in so long.
Anyway, I think you should apologize profusely to this Hiyoyon person.
Keep Out
Okay, that's enough for today.
The mountain gets dangerous when it gets dark,
so be grateful to your captain for ending things early and get some rest at the inn.
You really helped us out, Itomi-san.
Our search range dramatically expanded.
But we didn't find it.
We'll find it tomorrow.
We're expecting good things.
Unlike with the captain.
Is it just me, or have my stocks hit an all-time low since Sayaka got here?
It is just you.
Your stock was already at an all-time low before she got here.
I will definitely find the aradama tomorrow.
You can relax a bit, you know.
No direct damage by this aradama has been reported at all in this instance.
Sana's gaze can't reach you here, so take it easy.
Missions are to be finished quickly.
A Toji's duty is to destroy aradama.
That's true.
You're correct as a Toji.
I don't understand what you mean.
Don't worry about it, you don't need to.
My skin just gets so shiny after being in a hot spring.
Hey, what happened to Sayaka?
She did not return to the room after dinner.
I wanted to ask her about her love interests.
Right?
Okay, that's fine then.
Jeez, what is she off doing by herself?
I-It's not like I'm worried about her
acting cold like she's venting her anger or anything.
Speaking of, Nene's gone, too.
That's not right.
Do it like this.
What are they doing?
You okay? You have to be careful.
So even she can look like that?
Kaoru-chan? This is out of the blue.
You've teamed up with Sayaka a lot, right?
How do you usually spend your time with her?
Talking about swordfighting of course!
Oh yeah, she even let me
spar with her recently.
Kanami
While Sayaka is intense, Kanami is even worse.
What a pain.
I think I am actually worried.
Because Saaya is with Kaoru?
Kaoru-chan tends to find things quite bothersome.
There's no need to worry.
Despite how she seems, Kaoru is a kind girl.
After all, she's a member of the Mashiko family
that's been living with aradama for 400 years.
Hey there, Sayaka, you afraid?
Fight, Itomi-san!
Take the captain down!
What do you mean?
Nothing really, when you go to a hot springs you play ping-pong.
We're in the middle of a mission.
Still so serious?
Dummy, resting and playing are part of the mission, too.
Mission...?
Like this?
Even with Nene by your side you're still an amateur at playing.
I'll show you how to really play.
I'm pretty sure a flag just went up effortlessly.
Let's do this, Sayaka!
You're incredible, Itomi-san!
You are surprisingly weak, Captain.
You only need a burst of power
to take down an enemy in one strike with Yakumaru Jigen style.
Hey, wait a minute.
With my okatana a brat like you can't take me.
Resorting to refreshingly unfair tactics?
I respect you in the opposite sense, Captain!
Good luck, Itomi-san!
A junior dominating a senior!
Please do not destroy the room.
You have some nerve, prepare yourself.
You will report this to the director.
I beg for mercy.
Like this?
Satsuki Yomi.
President Souraku.
Tsubakuro Family
I'm sure Tsubakuro-san was happy.
She likely had some regrets,
but even so, she was able to stand on stage.
She was able to fight and die as a Toji.
You understand Yume well.
What are you going to do?
Now that Yukari is gone.
Even if Yukari-sama isn't here, my loyalty will not change.
How is the princess?
She has wandered off somewhere again.
Keep Out
Now then, we will investigate the B route.
We will contact you immediately if we find anything.
Well, don't strain yourselves too much.
Yes, ma'am.
Shall we get going then?
That tickles.
She's totally bonded with my pet.
Oh, that's right.
Nene has gotten attached to Sayaka.
Which means that Sayaka has more of a future than Hiyoyon's flat-chest.
And, sent.
That's it. I'm going to kill you.
This is definitely the best.
Are you okay?
I-I'm totally... fine.
I can keep going.
Sorry, I lied.
You don't get to say anything being over there.
You can understand what its saying?
I can't, but I can understand what it's trying to say.
Is this the aradama that's been causing all the fuss around here?
About time.
I guess there's nothing for it when it was
such a small signal that gave even Nene trouble.
Go on, go back in the forest already.
Don't just go carelessly doing things.
Why?
A Toji's job is to destroy aradama.
Yes, that's right.
It's right, but I don't like it.
Look.
Even Nene isn't showing any hostility towards it.
An aradama is an aradama.
If we leave it be, it might harm someone someday.
I see, you may be right.
Once it becomes an aradama, we have to kill it.
Okay. What about Nene, then?
According to you're saying,
we'd have to kill this utterly neglected playful little guy.
Can you kill it, Sayaka?
No, I can't kill Nene.
Nene.
I was mistaken?
You're not mistaken.
That's how a normal Toji thinks.
But you do have to stop killing things
without thinking about it just because you're a Toji.
Really think things through before you kill.
There might be other aradama like this one.
Think before I kill?
At least, that's how the Mashiko clan has been doing things for years.
But I only realized that I was doing this myself just recently
so I can't really talk down to you about it.
I still don't really understand.
But I do want to think things through.
That's enough for now.
But what do we do about this aradama?
Basically you need to think of an aradama like a wild bear.
As long as you stay away from its territory you won't need to track it down.
Is that you've been abandoning the mission?
No, I just normally avoid working.
Now then, what'll we say to the president?
Nene?
What's wrong?
Why did that suddenly happen?
Dunno, but that's not the aradama from before anymore.
No...
The Mashiko history is pretty sketchy on this.
That's why I also know where to draw the line.
Kaoru!
Think, believe, and when that is not enough,
take on its bared fangs and face it with your sword.
That is the Mashiko's distinction.
So I'll do it.
The noro is supposed to be enshrined in a local shrine.
We will handle the collection and guarding of it, you two please rest.
Are we really okay to be heading back first?
There's a Toji who steals noro.
Yeah, that's right.
But they won't go after such lame noro so deep in the woods like this.
Besides, you can really rely on motivated people to handle anything.
Well, now that the mission is over, shall we play for real?
Damn it, the hits just keep on coming!
We finally meet.
The scent of this noro...
I see, so you were the one who has been following me?
Give back the noro you've stolen.
Then...
Curse you,
that's the Niten Ichi style!
I can feel it coming from your okatana.
Is it longing? Grief? Anger? No, hesitation?
It seems that you cannot even make up your own mind.
Be quiet!
I just have to last for a moment!
Is that also part of the cause of your hesitation?
I told you to be quiet!
You have rather piqued my interest, Shidou Maki.
Wait!
Hey, are you guys still alive?!
They've just fainted.
I knew it, you're—
Shidou Maki.
Did you do this to them?
Hey, wait!
Kaoru, the noro is gone.
Damn it, curse her.
They're okay. They just used up their utsushi.
It was that hooded figure.
Yeah, it was definitely Shidou Maki.
I'm sorry though, we lost the noro.
I see, good work.
That's it? You're not mad?
You destroyed the aradama and took care of peoples' concerns, right?
Then there's no problem.
I believed you! Director, I mean, old lady!
Hey, that correction wasn't necessary now, was it?
Why are you calling me old lady? You'll be an old lady some day, too!
Here, you report to her, too.
Are you listening to me?!
Hello?
A-Ah, sorry about that Sayaka for forcing you to deal with her.
She taught me something valuable about being a Toji.
I see.
She said playing was also part of the mission.
Okay, give me back to Kaoru.
Dash!
Hey, don't you run away, Kaoru!
I know that's what you're doing!
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