:53:04
Perform your duty with care.
:53:07
I must protest!
:53:11
To act as my second,
:53:12
I have named
three specially selected men.
:53:17
I must have one of these three.
:53:22
Are you deaf?
:53:29
All three you name are ill
and are not present today.
:53:34
I explained this very clearly.
Did you not hear?
:53:40
Then in that case,
I have no choice.
:53:46
I must call off my harakiri for now.
:53:50
Enough, Hanshiro Tsugumo!
:53:54
Your extortion scheme
has gone too far.
:53:58
It's bad enough to march in here
demanding a place to perform harakiri,
:54:03
but then you quibble endlessly
over naming your second.
:54:06
You never intended to commit harakiri.
:54:10
All you really want is money!
:54:12
Counselor!
:54:14
If I were the extortionist you say,
:54:17
would I be calmly sitting here
on this platform?
:54:20
- Then why do you not quietly proceed?
- I am fully prepared to die.
:54:25
But cutting my belly open
does not in itself
:54:28
ensure smooth passage
to the netherworld.
:54:31
I need someone to expeditiously
strike off my head -
:54:35
a swordsman of reliable skill.
:54:40
I do not perform harakiri
to atone for a crime or offense.
:54:44
The least I can expect
is to choose my own second.