You want a reason?
I killed your father.
Ogata!
The key is inside you.
The most important key.
Kiroranke nispa, is it true? Did you kill Acha?
Kiroranke nispa.
Kiroranke nispa!
Come back when you've recovered.
I'll fucking end your life then.
Asirpa.
I want to renew our partnership.
Okay.
Toho toho to! Toho toho to! Toho toho to!
KARAFUTO - BORDER SUGIMOTO'S CURRENT LOCATION
Sugimoto and company depart from the Nivkh tribe's village.
They now approach the Japan-Russia border.
GREAT EMPIRE OF JAPAN
Toho toho to! Toho toho to! Toho toho to!
SECOND MARKER - 1906 GREAT EMPIRE OF JAPAN - BORDER
See ya, Russia!
SHISUKA
EPISODE 37 - SEE YA, RUSSIA
We wired First Lieutenant about joining Asirpa and crossing the border.
Good work.
First Lieutenant Tsurumi.
I can't wait to see your face beam with happiness.
I requested he send his response to the Toyohara office.
He must be anticipating meeting Asirpa at his earliest chance.
Let's hurry on.
Let's be on our way.
We need to cover ground while the sun is still out.
Wait a moment. Where's Sugimoto?
Huh?
MISO - SOY SAUCE
Great, I've stocked up on miso.
Asirpa's gonna be excited.
A whole bucket, Sugimoto!
He was with us a moment ago. Where'd he wander off to?
-Get down! -Shiraishi!
Shiraishi, can you move? Find cover behind a building!
They got my leg!
Get inside the shop! You too, Asirpa!
Asirpa, don't move an inch.
Shiraishi is the bait to lure us from cover.
This is a common technique snipers use.
Snipers?
Did you see the shooter?
Don't poke your head out, First Lieutenant.
Tsukishima, give me your hand mirror. I'll locate the shooter.
A hand mirror?
You don't even carry a mirror?
No wonder you got a filthy face!
Get my mirror from my bag.
Found it.
Don't dirty it with your fingerprints, moron!
The attacker is shooting from long range.
Only one man can land a shot from this distance.
Hyakunosuke Ogata!
Ogata is back already!
We can't take a single step.
What do we do now, Tsukishima?
I'll bust his head open and stuff it full of miso!
That was Sugimoto.
I saw him advancing between the buildings.
He hasn't been spotted?
Ogata would not overlook Sugimoto.
Shiraishi, crawl yourself over here.
You'll bleed out without proper treatment!
Shut up! I don't need your help!
Tanigaki, let's push this sleigh over to Shiraishi. We have to help him.
No. If the sniper really is Ogata, then you're the one he's gunning for!
I'm helping him either way!
Stay put, Asirpa!
Hey! Doggies!
Look, a yummy Russian treat!
Come get it!
So you care more about the dogs than me!
Crows!
I'll scatter these snacks and use the crows as cover!
That's it.
Hi-yah!
Adorable.
I've seen that man before.
He was there, I'm certain of it.
Come out. I wasn't able to die.
Let's pick up where we left off.
Is he toying with us?
We'll draw his attention.
-This is for the joint operation. -Joint with whom?
The attacker can safely shoot us from a distance. He has the advantage.
Still, he is vulnerable if we can approach him undetected.
It's a nightmare
to get cornered by Sugimoto the Immortal.
What was that? Something got in the building just now.
It's very close,
like a bear lurking in the bushes.
A vicious creature just waiting for the moment to strike.
I'll let him shoot first.
In the short moment before he can reload and pull the trigger,
I'll lunge.
This gun isn't enough to kill him outright. He'll shoot back.
If I want to immobilize him, it will have to be at close range.
I'll finish you off with my own hands, Ogata.
Mirror!
Naturally, I'm prepared for close range.
Who the hell are you?
Distance.
If I can get some distance, I can shoot him.
What's this? Did you draw it?
Halt! Do not come any closer!
You'll get shot! Halt!
What are you doing there, Mr. Soldier?
Looks like Sugimoto made it.
Asirpa!
Sugimoto!
You know Ogata?
Did you attack us on his orders?
Where is he? Speak.
What's that?
That's you?
Oh, I get it.
You're looking for Ogata.
Oh, you recognized Shiraishi and Asirpa.
These two are unrelated.
He's the bad guy!
That's right! Good!
Ogata shot me too.
Do you understand? Bang!
Hold on, I'll draw it for you.
Ogata shot me at Abashiri Prison.
He then captured Asirpa.
Ogata conspired with Kiroranke and shot me and Nopperabo.
Though, I don't know how long they've been working together.
No, not a spider!
Asirpa's poison arrow pierced Ogata's eye.
I don't think she meant to do it, though.
I gouged his eye out and saved him. I didn't want his blood to taint Asirpa.
OGATA RAN AWAY
When I see Asirpa, I feel hope
that maybe that innocence I had as a kid is still deep inside me.
She gives me hope.
-What are you doing, Sugimoto? -Huh?
He must be a Russian soldier positioned at the border to finish Kiroranke nispa.
This man is dead.
This man escaped. We don't know his whereabouts.
We are here for the child.
We are unaffiliated with the emperor's assassination.
Hey, Mr. Russian Soldier,
next time you're looking for someone, why don't you ask if they're there
before you shoot someone in the leg?
Got anything to say about that?
Or is there no way to say "sorry" in Russian?
Looks like he can't speak well with that injury.
Go back to Russia already, dumb idiot!
That Russian's following us.
I bet he stole that horse.
Maybe he still thinks we were involved in the assassination.
No, he's no longer interested in Kiroranke nispa.
He drew on the back of the wanted poster.
Maybe he thinks we'll lead him to Ogata.
He won't give up until one of them ends up dead.
If he ain't dead, he ain't defeated.
Do you think Ogata will return?
If you really are the missing key to solve the code, then maybe.
But it looked like he tried to kill me.
Is Ogata really after the treasure?
Maybe he enjoys watching the mayhem he created.
Sofia is the only one who can tell us the whole truth.
I'd like to go find her on the continent,
but Sergeant doesn't care about doing that at all.
Their priority is to take you back, Asirpa.
Even Tanigaki came all this way
just to bring you back to Huci to make her happy.
Kiroranke nispa and Sofia planned to gather comrades in their land
and cross the sea to Japan.
Sofia isn't the kind of person who would remain in Russia.
LAKE AKAN - ABASHIRI
Back in the day,
Lake Akan's perimeters were settled
by miners and sockeye salmon fishermen.
INN
Ushiyama and Hijikata.
We haven't heard from them in two whole days.
Something must have happened.
They could've gotten lucky with ladies.
Even if they found trouble, those two could handle it.
All right, I get it.
Please wait here, Nagakura.
Let's go, Kirawus.
INN
It's possible they were killed while going after the fugitive
rumored to be in hiding near Lake Akan.
Those two, defeated?
You have a point. The convict isn't much of a fighter,
but he's sly as a fox.
Kadokura, have you met this convict?
I used to be the warden.
I'm even more familiar with the wrinkles of his anus than his face.
His anus?
As a livestock vet,
this man looked after domesticated horses all across Hokkaido.
Waichirou Sekiya confessed to killing at least 30
using all sorts of poisons such as strychnine, cyanide, and arsenic.
All poisons used to exterminate wolves.
CELL NUMBER FOUR
Miso masks the bitterness.
I tested it out by mixing poison in one of the three bowls of miso soup.
Wolfsbane tastes bitter.
Though he fussed over the strange flavor, he licked the bowl clean.
Dumbass! Stop your bullshit!
No wonder you're a yakuza boss. You're unbelievably lucky.
I like to watch luck play out.
I've killed many unlucky fellows.
While working in the prison field,
Sekiya picked wolfsbane without our knowledge.
After that incident,
I had to search him thoroughly every time he went outside.
I even had to inspect his asshole.
The poison would wreck him if he stuck wolfsbane up his ass.
Like hell he'd hide it in there.
You're not very bright, are you?
I looked at his asshole for nothing.
Ang ang.
Have you seen a man with a bump on his forehead and a man with long gray hair?
No idea, Son.
Kirawus.
There's an Ainu man over there. Go ask him too.
Don't order me around, asshole checker.
I work with the man who hired you, you know.
I'm always stuck in middle management.
Hey, chubby boy! Stop right there!
Did you see a ghostly old man with long gray hair?
How did I do?
What?
I've seen foreigners dance in Hakodate.
What if I dance on skates?
An ingenious invention, don't you think?
Thus the very first Japanese figure skater was born.
Whatever.
I've seen the man you're talking about.
Yesterday, I saw him standing right around there.
Around here?
What's this?
Those are silkworm cocoons.
Inside them are pills made from either arsenic, puffer fish poison,
strychnine, or cyanide.
Half of the cocoons aren't poisoned.
Choose and swallow just one, and I'll free Ushiyama.
I don't intend to play your games.
I'll chase you to land's end and skin you alive.
So you are Toshizou Hijikata.
What does a man like you plan to do with the fortune of a lifetime?
I'm intrigued.
He's got a horse. He can get away.
I used a sliver of puffer fish poison to immobilize Ushiyama.
I buried him in a casket after stupefying him with Korean morning glory.
The casket has air inlets, but he has no access to water.
You have no time to waste chasing me.
I have a copy of Ushiyama's codes.
He didn't hesitate to swallow the pill when I told him
that I buried you.
If you are on the right path, you will be blessed with luck.
You will have luck on your side.
If you swallow the poisoned cocoon, then you were on the wrong path.
Now, try your luck.
Even though all the poisoned pills had a lethal dose,
amazingly, he's still alive.
From the looks of it, he swallowed puffer fish poison.
His allies will trade the codes
in exchange for Hijikata's life.
I have to hide him somewhere safe.
What's this?
The boy's statement and these strange shells.
Now I see.
This case is a dead end!
Hey, you.
I was hoping for sockeyes, but only smelts are biting today.
I don't need this much. Want some?
I'd be happy to oblige.
Fry them up and enjoy them with others.
Sockeyes are active around dawn when it's still dark out.
You won't have much luck with them around this time.
You aren't from around here, are you?
No.
Kadokura, look at all this fish.
Oh, smelts.
Let's snack on these and wait for the other two at the inn.
Head back, already?
A single smelt out of the bunch.
I stuffed tetrodotoxin in it.
This poison won't dissolve, even if it's cooked or fried.
Will you be blessed or cursed?
I have given you a fateful choice.
No way.
My bad, Kirawus. These were gifted smelt too.
No, not that.
No, it's fine. I'm painfully aware.
A fire broke out and burned down my house, nobody else's.
In middle school, a group of 40 of us were walking together.
I was the only one who fell in a manure pile covered by snow.
I've always had bad luck.
That's the hand I've been dealt.
Former warden Kadokura, the man blessed with luck.
FIRST LIEUTENANT TOKUSHIROU TSURUMI
SERGEANT HAJIME TSUKISHIMA
SECOND LIEUTENANT OTONOSHIN KOITO
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS KOUHEI AND YOUHEI NIKAIDOU
SUPERIOR PRIVATE TOKISHIGE USAMI
SECOND LIEUTENANT YUUSAKU HANAZAWA
IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY FIRST CLASS RIKIMATSU ARIKO - IPOPTE
WARRANT OFFICER MOKUTAROU KIKUTA
TOSHIZOU HIJIKATA MERCILESS VICE-COMMANDER
TATSUUMA USHIYAMA USHIYAMA THE UNDEFEATED
SHINPACHI NAGAKURA
DR. KANO IENAGA
TOSHIYUKI KADOKURA
KIRAWUS
TAKUBOKU ISHIKAWA
KANTAROU OKUYAMA
ANJI TONI - THE BLIND GUNMAN
TOSHIZOU HIJIKATA
SUPERIOR PRIVATE HYAKUNOSUKE OGATA
SOFIA GOLDEN HAND
HEITA MATSUDA
JACK THE RIPPER KEIJI UEJI
WAICHIROU SEKIYA
BOUTAROU THE PIRATE
WILK
VASILY PAVLICHENKO
CIKAPASI - ENONOKA - RYU
YOSHITAKE SHIRAISHI
INKARMAT
GENJIROU TANIGAKI
ASIRPA
SAICHI SUGIMOTO
HOKKAIDO KONJIN INQUIRER
Next episode: Cocoon.