＄03-00-07-06-4-0 [soundStopAll] [enableFullScreen] [charaSet A 6030000 1 Danzo] [charaSet B 7006300 1 "Sakata Kintoki"] [charaSet C 98074000 1 Minamoto-no-Raikou] [charaSet D 98074000 1 Minamoto-no-Raikou_Silhouette] [charaFilter D silhouette 00000080] [charaSet E 1098201500 1 Child] [charaSet F 1098201500 1 Nursery_Silhouette] [charaFilter F silhouette 00000080] [charaSet G 1098203400 1 Maidservant] [imageSet H back10000 1] [charaScale H 1.05] [cameraMove 0.1 0,0 1.01] [scene 101900] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [se ad663] [wt 2.0] [seStop ad663 1.5] [scene 102600 1.5] [wt 2.5] [bgm BGM_EVENT_66 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Maidservant Welcome back! [k] [charaFace G 2] ＠Maidservant ...Oh? Is your other companion not with you? [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Danzo? She had somethin' to take care of first. [k] [charaFadeTime H 0.2 0.5] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki (I prob'ly shouldn't say she's out on a scoutin' mission. It'll just make her worry.) [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki (Gotta say though, these Heroic Spirit people are pretty amazin'.) [k] [charaFadeout H 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaFace B 0] ＠Sakata Kintoki Don't worry, it's nothin' major.[sr]She'll be back soon enough. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Maidservant I see... Then I hope to see her safe return shortly. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Oh, I know the sun's out and all, but I wouldn't recommend leavin' the house just yet. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki There might still be oni out there. [k] [charaFace B 11] ＠Sakata Kintoki Oh, come to think of it, this house has a Bounded Field of its own, right? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Maidservant Of course. It has been in place since Lord Tametoki lived here, and it has never once been breached. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Well, that's good to hear.[sr]So where's Kaoruko? She in the back? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 2] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Maidservant Oh, no, actually. [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Maidservant She said she didn't want to make Lady Shoushi worry, so she set off for the palace first thing in the morning. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Damn, talk about bein' responsible! Then again, it don't surprise me at all that Lady Fujiwara-no-Kaoruko would be such a faithful retainer. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace B 11] [wt 1.2] [charaFace B 0] ＠Sakata Kintoki By the way, Kaoruko DID take the carriage, right? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 1] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Maidservant Oh yes, of course! [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Good. Those talismans Lord Seimei put on it ought to make a solid illusion. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki And she should be fine once she makes it to the palace, since it's got some seriously tough Bounded Fields. Doubt even that Caster can break through 'em. [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki All right then, in the meantime, I guess we just wait for Danzo's report. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki She said she'd check in on the palace from a distance too, so she might even see Kaoruko while she's there. [k] ？1：Good point. ？2：I agree. We should wait for Danzo to get back. ？！ [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 2] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] ＠Maidservant A-all right, if you'll excuse me, I'll go prepare your breakfasts at once. [k] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Sounds great! Thanks! [k] [messageOff] [charaTalk G] [se ad1000] [seVolume ad1000 0 0.2] [wt 1.0] [seStop ad1000 1.0] [wt 1.0] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...Phew. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Man. I never imagined an oni'd be one of the Masters. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Guess it kinda makes sense. She's reeeally strong, and Kaoruko got chosen as well for a whole different kinda strength. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Still... An oni, of all things. [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_66 2.0] [charaFace B 7] [wt 1.2] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...And Shuten, at that. [k] ？1：It was pretty obvious you two had met before. ？2：I take it you and Shuten-Douji already knew each other? ？！ [charaFace B 9] ＠Sakata Kintoki Yeah. We go back a ways, much as I wish we didn't. [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_70 0.1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Shuten-Douji and Ibaraki-Douji are both crazy dangerous, even for oni. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki They're ridiculously strong, ridiculously tough, and they know how to use sorcery of a kind. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki They've even got an oni castle of sorts up on Mt. Ooe where they keep their underlings. In addition to Torakuma, they've also got Hoshikuma, Kanekuma, and Kuma-Douji. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Oni used to only be solitary creatures, but those two have been gatherin' them up in their castle. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Right now, you can still count their numbers on both hands...but eventually, they could have a full-blown oni army. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Long story short, Shuten-Douji and Ibaraki-Douji are on a whole different level from your typical oni. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Even Lord Abe-no-Seimei said they're the greatest threat Kyo's ever seen. [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki But the weird thing is... [k] [messageOff] [charaFace B 7] [charaMove B 0,-10 0.8] [wt 1.2] [charaMove B 0,0 0.6] [wt 0.8] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...I haven't heard a word about them actually eatin' people. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki And not just tonight, either. All the time. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki I don't know about Ibaraki... [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...but Shuten's definitely just playin' around. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki I know for a fact she used to eat people,[sr]but nowadays, she just...doesn't. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki It's all a game to her.[sr]Killing, stealing, torturing... Everything. [k] ？1：So, Shuten-Douji's trying NOT to kill people? ？2：So, Shuten-Douji's avoiding killing people on purpose? ？！ [charaFace B 9] ＠Sakata Kintoki For now, anyway. Which means she must be holdin' back a hell of a lot. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Hell, when I fought her about half a year ago, she cut my left arm to shreds and almost tore it right off, and that was still just her playin' around. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Luckily, Lord Seimei managed to put me back together. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Basically, as far as she's concerned, all living things[line 2][sr]human, beast, or whatever[line 2]are just toys for her to play with. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki She's that freakin' strong. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki It's no wonder Lord Seimei says she's the leader of all oni, and the closest one there is to an oni from the kingdom of demons. [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Sakata Kintoki There's more stories I've heard about her, too. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki They say that back when she lived on a mountain in some other country... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...she'd go around killin' people left and right, devourin' them whole, and line up their heads and...other parts for all kinds of messed up games. [k] [charaFace B 7] ＠Sakata Kintoki And there's no tellin' when she might start doin' the same thing here in Kyo. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...[sr]... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...[wt 1.0]... [k] ？1：Kintoki? ？！ [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...You know, since I'm supposedta be a Genji warrior... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...maybe I shouldn't've let up until I'd cut both their heads off. [k] [charaFace B 7] ＠Sakata Kintoki But...somethin' about that just doesn't seem right to me. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki I've fought Shuten lotsa times by now, and Ibaraki's right. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki I just can't bring myself to really go for their heads. [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki It's like... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki What'd happen if I cut off their heads now? [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Somethin' about that just doesn't feel right to me. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki If I cut off the head of an oni who might talk a good game... [k] [charaFace B 9] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...but hasn't actually eaten anyone... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...would I really be proud of what I did when I dig into breakfast the next day? [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki No. I couldn't. [k] [charaFace B 7] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...[sr]... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...Oh, this might be a good way to put it. [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Sakata Kintoki It wouldn't be golden. [k] ？1：... ？！ [charaFace B 0] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...Hm? [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki What is it, [%1]?[sr]Why're you lookin' so down? [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki I'm just thinkin' here, so there's no need for you to look so sad, right? [k] ？1：No, there isn't. ＠Sakata Kintoki Right? [k] ？2：I just feel like...I really know what you meant. [charaFace B 7] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...I see. So you get it, huh. [k] ？！ [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_70 2.0] [wt 1.2] [charaFace B 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki All right, enough of that! First, we have breakfast, then we take a nice long nap while we wait for Lady Danzo to get back! [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Besides, it's a real bad idea to fight when you ain't been getting' enough sleep! [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.5] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [scene 102500] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [wt 0.8] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [se ad73] [fowardEffect bit_talk_quickmove] [charaSpecialEffect A appearance 1 0.25] [wt 0.4] ＠Danzo I have returned. [k] ？1：Welcome back, Danzo! ？！ [bgm BGM_EVENT_77 0.1] [charaFace A 4] ＠Danzo Forgive me for taking so long.[sr]I was out tracking the oni. [k] ＠Danzo It was more difficult than I expected, as Shuten-Douji's group came and went at a moment's notice. [k] ＠Danzo They would appear somewhere in the city seemingly at random, roam for a bit... [k] ＠Danzo ...then disappear again after thrashing a group of officers or Genji warriors out on patrol. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Hmm? [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki I can understand showin' up at different places at random, since it sounded like that's what that spell of theirs did. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Hell, that Caster bastard said as much right before they disappeared. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki But... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki You said they didn't stick around long before disappearin' again with that spell of theirs, over and over? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo Correct. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Why in the world would they do that? [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki If there was somethin' they wanted, or somewhere they wanted to go, they'd usually head straight there. [k] [charaFace B 7] ＠Sakata Kintoki Are they just playin' around? Hmm... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo There is one other item of note. Genji warriors have been stationed at various posts throughout the city, on orders from the main Genji house... [k] ＠Danzo ...but there were no signs of any unusual activity at the palace. [k] ＠Danzo Speaking of which, I also saw Lady Kaoruko arrive safely at the palace in her carriage. Fortunately, she did not encounter the oni on her way there. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki So Lady Kaoruko's safe? That's great. [k] [charaFace B 7] ＠Sakata Kintoki But no unusual activity at the palace, huh... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Maybe they already know Shuten was behind last night's attack, and that she's one of the Imperial Warriors... [k] [charaFace B 6] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...and decided they didn't need to do anythin'. Heh. That does sound like somethin' the Minister of the Left would do. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo Even so, that still leaves the question of what it is the oni are after... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 9] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Could you tell us exactly where[sr]it was they showed up, Danzo? [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_77 3.0] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo Of course. After we fought them, they first appeared at the intersection of Higashi Kyougoku Road and Hachijou Street. [k] ＠Danzo They next appeared at the intersection of Nishinotouin Road and Rokujou Street, then Sai Road and Gojou Street. [k] ＠Danzo They showed up on the west side of Tsuchimikado Road... [k] ＠Danzo ...and finally, at the intersection of Omiya Road and Gojou Street. [k] ？1：Let me plot all this on a map. ？2：Let's see, where's some paper... ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 0] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki I'll go borrow a brush and an inkstone. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [bgm BGM_EVENT_48 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 9] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Okay, let's do this. [k] [charaFace B 4] ＠Sakata Kintoki At the intersections of Higashi Kyogoku and Hachijou, Nishinotouin and Rokujou, and Sai and Gojou... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...Then on the west side of Tsuchimikado, and the intersection of Omiya and Gojou. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Oh, and we fought 'em at the intersection of Omiya Road and Sanjou Street. [k] ？1：Do you know which direction they were headed in each area? ？！ [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo I do. [k] ＠Danzo They headed northwest at the intersection of Higashi Kyougoku and Hachijou, north-northwest at Nishinotouin and Rokujou... [k] ＠Danzo ...northeast at Sai and Gojou, north-northeast at Omiya and Gojou... [k] ＠Danzo ...east on the west side of Tsuchimikado Road,[sr]and northeast at Omiya and Sanjou... [k] [messageOff] [wt 1.2] [charaFace A 4] ＠Danzo ...I'm so sorry, Master. Lord Kintoki.[sr]I should have realized it sooner. [k] ＠Danzo Since I already had a map of Heian-kyo on file in my database, I can only assume that my circuits were malfunctioning. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Danzo Please, take a look at this. [k] [messageOff] [se ade174] [seVolume ade174 0 0.4] [wt 1.0] ＠Danzo If we draw lines along the paths the oni took from every location they visited... [k] [messageOff] [se ade174] [seVolume ade174 0 0.4] [wt 1.0] ＠Danzo ...and we note where they intersect... [k] ？1：...All the lines meet in a single location... ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 5] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki Aha! So that's what they're after! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo I believe so. [k] ＠Danzo Perhaps the reason they disappeared whenever they encountered resistance was not to draw attention away from their destination... [k] ＠Danzo ...but to prevent warriors from gathering in other locations while they were fighting. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 7] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...Then they're definitely just playin' around. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki Four Heavenly Kings aside, no regular Genji warriors could give Shuten a fight when she's serious. [k] [charaFace B 0] ＠Sakata Kintoki Still, thanks to their playin', we now know exactly where they're headed: the place where these lines cross! [k] [charaFace B 5] ＠Sakata Kintoki So let's see where it is... [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo It appears to be in eastern Kyo, around the Ogimachi district. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 4] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...G-gotcha. So that's their game, huh. [k] ？1：You know this place, Kintoki? ？2：Does somebody live there or something? ？！ ＠Sakata Kintoki Yeah, you could say that. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace B 7] [wt 1.2] [charaFace B 5] ＠Sakata Kintoki There's a house near there that belongs to someone pretty much everyone in Kyo knows about. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki It's not far from here. [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki We could walk there in a few minutes. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo Lord Kintoki... [k] ＠Danzo ...could you please tell us who this person is? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 7] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...[sr]... [k] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...[sr]... [k] [charaFace B 9] ＠Sakata Kintoki ...[wt 1.5]Abe-no-Seimei. [k] ？1：Why am I not surprised? [charaFadeout B 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Danzo Abe-no-Seimei, the strongest and most famous onmyouji of the Heian period! [k] ＠Danzo I even heard his name spoken in reverent tones during the age of war some hundreds of years later. I don't believe any onmyouji has ever surpassed him. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFace B 9] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] ？2：The strongest onmyouji of the Heian period! ？！ ＠Sakata Kintoki And it looks like their destination is right around his house. [k] [messageOff] [charaFace B 7] [charaMove B 0,-10 0.8] [wt 1.2] [charaMove B 0,0 0.4] [wt 0.8] [charaFace B 5] ＠Sakata Kintoki Come on, let's get goin'! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2.0] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_48 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.5] [soundStopAll] [end]