Listen, Usami. We're only scouts.
We need to lie low until Lieutenant Tsurumi catches up.
But if we're too slow, won't the killer get away?
Hijikata's group might sniff out the serial killer
and come looking in Sapporo.
We can't face them alone.
Look, Kirawus! Someone dropped a coin.
What is it?
I just thought I heard the voice of someone who is dead.
One sen!
It's your lucky day.
Sapporo is crawling with officials who are after the killer,
and Tsukisappu's guys are combing the prostitution quarter.
Lieutenant Tsurumi's lot might show up too.
It's no easy feat to escape the god of death.
Superior Private Ogata!
That you would betray Tsurumi
is something I didn't know.
I didn't think you would be a traitor either.
How about disguising yourselves as peddlers again?
Has a suspicious Japanese person been this way, asking about gold dust?
It's a guy with a strange tattoo.
No one's been here,
but I heard there was a tattooed man at the coal mine in Utashinai.
Seems like he was selling candy or something.
Come get your candy
Hey, kid, wanna try some?
Can I?
Well, of course! Hold out your hand.
What? It's just coal.
Your face! You should see your face!
So sorry. Please forgive me.
As an apology, I'll give you something even better.
Just follow me.
Really? What is it?
Just wait and see.
EPISODE 47 - STEAMBOAT
Come and get your candy
One bag is just two rin
Hey, you. Octopus candy guy.
Will you take off your clothes if I buy some candy?
What? Why?
Why? Because I want to have a look.
I was wondering what kind of nipples you have.
I only sell candy in exchange for money.
-No free nipple peep shows. -Well, then I don't need any candy.
My nipples don't come as cheaply as that!
What the hell!
Oh, dear. Looks like you'd better change.
Get off me!
Those guys are dodgy.
Must be rival candy sellers who came to harass us. Let's rough 'em up!
Oh, no!
Don't roll in there!
Hey, boy, have you seen a street vendor with a strange tattoo?
Yep. Was over there.
What? You're sure?
Candy for me, please.
Just watch. The candy will appear here.
No way. Really?
Boo!
Hey, candy man.
I heard that you might have some unusual tattoos.
Really? I'd love to see them.
Peekaboo.
OUTRAGE
Are those all tattoos?
Good, right?
I did the whole lot myself.
Wow! All by yourself?
How pointless.
So those are his unusual tattoos.
What a face!
Thank you for your time.
LOCATION - SARU RIVER
What's next? Down south to the Saru River?
But I'm also wondering about those murders in Sapporo.
We could go there first.
Boss Wakayama's look of disappointment was also a great face…
You'll never find that gold!
Come get your candy
Asirpa,
did that guy really say we'll never find the gold?
That's what it sounded like to me.
What now?
Shall we stop searching for the pirate and go after that candy guy?
I should have stripped him naked just to make sure.
Let's head to Sapporo for now.
We can take a boat down the Ishikari River to Ebetsu.
A boat?
The route on land will be slushy from the melting snow.
If we go by boat, we'll save time and effort.
TOPPU RIVER VALLEY AINU SETTLEMENT
Long ago, the Ainu buried some gold.
I heard a rumor that you know where it is
because your older brother was involved.
I heard that someone killed my brother and others
before moving it and hiding it somewhere else.
Where did he hide it? You know, don't you?
I do.
Boutarou,
how much can we trust what this old man is saying?
By the way, which river did the buried gold come from?
Do you know?
I heard that it comes from several rivers.
Toppu River, Sorachi River,
Saru River, Shiriuchi River…
Exactly the same places that guy said.
And where did they gather all the gold dust together?
-Gondou. -Yes?
Bring three more bales.
KAMIKAWA MARU
We'll reach Ebetsu before noon.
Zukin-chan didn't want to come with us?
He wanted to stay with his horse.
He's keeping his distance from us,
waiting for Ogata to show up.
He thinks of you as bait.
MAIL - ORDERS
Who are those men?
They're in our path and drawing closer.
We spent everything we have in that Ainu village.
So before we set out, we'll have to do a little work.
Aren't they that mob that people say has been attacking ships?
You're right.
Well, they won't mess with me. Let's get rid of them!
What was that?
Take that!
Stop the ship.
What?
The pirate!
Hello, Shiraishi!
Who are you guys?
Watch out! They're together!
No way! No, we're not!
Back up.
You idiot! He'll shoot you!
I've got no choice.
Well, how nice of you.
Hey, Shiraishi, you've got one reliable henchman.
I'm impressed.
There's a steamboat headed upriver.
Uh-oh.
Wait a second, Sugimoto.
Don't kill him yet! He might have some information!
Uh-oh!
Sugimoto wants to kill him!
He's very impatient!
We're looking for anyone who knows
where the Ainu first hid the gold.
Oh, you too?
So you heard it somewhere too?
That the tattoo code can no longer be solved?
Boutarou!
There's another boat coming into our path ahead!
Get the boat moving.
He's got a gun!
Robbers!
Block the doors and stay low.
They'll regret choosing to board my ship
as they rot in hell.
In those days, mailmen were armed with pistols.
Don't try anything funny with me.
Come on. Go quickly.
Hey, open up in here!
Welcome to the River of Death!
A gunshot!
He did it! He got him!
What an incredible mailman!
In all his 35 years of delivering mail,
he had never shot his firearm before.
But actually, Vasily had fired at the same time.
It was his shot that made the hit.
Asirpa!
Kiss my lead balls!
The passengers are under attack! Go back!
Uh-oh. They're following us!
Shift over.
Hey, hey, hey! He's gonna smash into us!
Yeah! How's that, Shiraishi?
Nice one, pirate! We got away!
Send letters from hell, you maggots!
Someone dropped this gun!
I'm the mailman from hell!
That guy is the biggest danger.
Boutarou! Three men down!
Who killed them?
There's some crazy, messed-up mailman inside!
Only one shot left. Got any spare ammo?
Over there! That's the guy's knapsack, the one that had the gun!
Wait! It's not in there!
How dare he attack my men.
Asirpa! Get down!
Get down!
Come on, then.
Stop! You might hurt Asirpa!
I'll be mailing warrants to send you to hell, you scoundrels!
Time to die!
I swear I'm gonna kill that guy.
I'm clean out of shots.
There are more bullets over there! Quickly!
Where?
Get out of here!
That bastard.
Sugimoto!
Asirpa! Are you hurt?
Boutarou.
The mailman's escaped, but he left the loot.
Sugimoto! We have something to ask him, don't we?
So, your name is Sugimoto?
Just over a year ago,
I met an escaped prisoner in Sapporo,
a yakuza boss named Wakayama.
I was going to kill him and skin him,
but his henchmen surrounded me.
You cannot solve the tattoo code.
Why not?
You'll either drown and become fish food
or be eaten by bears in the mountains.
Or perhaps…
your efforts will be ruined by some other weirdo.
He was so convinced that obtaining my tattoo was pointless
that he didn't even bother to take my skin.
Doesn't that tie up with what Asirpa heard that candy man saying?
You're right.
So I gave up on the skins too.
That may be so, but where did the Ainu hide the gold?
Well, wouldn't you like to know.
You might be able to get close to the area where the buried gold is,
but I doubt that Nopperabo would hide it somewhere easy to find.
Even small coins in your pocket can be hard to find.
So, how about we join forces?
I like you, Shiraishi. You're so funny.
And I like strong guys like Sugimoto even more.
But we'll argue over who gets the lion's share.
You can be important retainers in my country.
There's that guy again who never says anything with sense.
I'm gonna become king of a small, warm island in Southeast Asia.
I'll grow fruit and sell it in other countries,
and have my face etched into the currency.
And I'll have so many children that they'll take over the country.
Doesn't it sound great?
You always talked about that.
Why does everyone want to run a whole country?
Sugimoto, do you have family?
What? No.
Maybe you killed your whole family.
What? Did you?
I didn't kill them.
It was tuberculosis.
That's enough of this.
Then you understand.
My whole family died from smallpox.
No one would speak to us
or touch us.
We had no place to belong in our own home.
So as a child, I decided
that if I made my own country, no one could drive me way.
King, right?
Nurture your dreams and look to the future.
That's how I stopped living in fear.
Maybe that's why I never got infected.
I brushed it aside with my state of mind.
Saichi,
don't hope to find a hospital bed for me.
I won't last that long.
You are so kind.
That's why you always have bad luck.
I was also meddlesome by nature.
That part of me was hard to change.
I'll ask again at the hospital tomorrow.
Wait. Don't black cats cure tuberculosis?
You're no help either.
Off you go.
You don't want to get tuberculosis too.
Forget about me.
Living for yourself
isn't such a bad thing, Saichi.
Go and find a place where you can be happy.
I won't give up.
Try and kill me!
I am immortal!
If you find the gold,
what will you do to be happy, Sugimoto?
Do you have a dream?
Boutarou! We've reached Ebetsu!
Sorry for all of the chaos, everyone.
As an apology,
I will refrain from robbing you of your money and belongings.
I'll just take the mail full of money. That's all.
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
TATSUMA 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: "Fire."