:06:00
I'm sorry to barge in like this...
:06:01
I'm sorry to barge in like this...
Sir?
:06:02
Sir?
:06:02
May I ask who you are?
Sir?
:06:03
May I ask who you are?
:06:04
May I ask who you are?
Sir, I may not look like it, but...
:06:07
...thanks to our generous patrons,
I am the manager of Sagamiya.
:06:21
What do they call you?
:06:23
What do they call you?
Sir?
:06:25
Sir?
:06:25
Your name.
Sir?
:06:27
Your name.
:06:27
Your name.
Sir, my name is Okiku.
:06:30
Okiku?!
:06:32
There's no doubt that he's a ronin,
originally from Bishuu?
:06:35
Well, at least that's what he claims.
Nobody has confirmed it yet.
:06:43
So, he lives in a mud hut by
the Kamakura riverbed...
:06:46
...works as a bouncer... a hired body-
guard... and extorts and blackmails?
:06:49
He's a ruffian, indeed!
:06:50
He's a ruffian, indeed!
Yes, sir.
:06:52
Perhaps I got carried away about
increasing our manpower.
:06:56
Seems I've hired someone
we ought to suspect.
:07:03
Niiro isn't the only man we ought to
watch. There's another suspect.
:07:09
Nobody important. One
Kurihara Einosuke.
:07:11
He used to work for Matsudaira Sahyo-
nosuke, the Yada Clan Chief in Joshu.
:07:16
I see... Matsudaira Sahyonosuke
and li Naosuke are...
:07:20
...very close friends. That's
a very obvious connection.
:07:24
Besides, it's... unusual that
he's friends with Niiro.
:07:29
Sir Hoshino... Why not eliminate these
two from our group, right now?
:07:32
No, wait... We can't
possibly do that.
:07:36
These two...
:07:38
...have become well acquainted
with our other men...
:07:41
...and many are undoubtedly
loyal to them.
:07:44
It would be different, if they chose
to leave on their own...
:07:48
...but if we discharge them, it might send
the wrong message to the men.
:07:54
Besides, these two... are
no average swordsmen.
:07:57
So, they'll be very useful
to us, if the need arises.