A wonderful morning!
Such a refreshing morning...
And cleansing the body with refreshing water...
That is also wonderful!
He strained his back?
And so Miss Kaoru and Yahiko went to the clinic to help out, that they did.
Kenshin, wouldn't it have been better for you to go?
Why is that?
Think about it.
What can those two do?
You have a point...
It would be nice if they didn't give Miss Megumi headaches, that it would...
Well, it has nothing to do with me.
Don't cry!
It'll heal if you just lick it!
Is it my turn yet?
I'll go take a look!
It will be fine if you keep it from moving, like this.
Don't force yourself to move it for a while.
Yes ma'am.
Miss Kaoru, how is it over there?
Oh my.
Oh, this is weird.
Sheesh, it's all because you didn't stay still!
What the hell are you doing, Kaoru?
But...
Call in the next person.
Grandma!
Wait up!
H-Hey now...
Both of you!
Go play somewhere outside!
You have no need to worry.
I'll give you some medicine...
...please take it every morning and evening.
Thank you very much.
And um... lady doctor...
Yes?
Don't worry about the money.
Just think about recovering from your illness.
I'm sorry for all this trouble as usual...
Doctor!
What's wrong?
A fight at the gambling joint.
The guys from Hishimanji let one of those wooden cannons go!
They always are so damn ruthless!
We'll talk about that later!
If we don't treat him now, his life will be in danger!
Put him down over there!
Miss Kaoru, get me some bleached cotton!
All right!
Yahiko, get some antiseptic lotion!
Yeah!
Hold yourself together!
Disinfect the wound!
We'll begin.
Hey now, are we gonna be all right with a woman?
He has lacerations all over his body.
Since they weren't cut cleanly by a sword, it may be tricky.
His arms and legs...
...hold them down.
Thank you...
This should do it.
He's all right now...
Thanks.
Welcome.
Your usual table?
No, she was pretty amazing for a woman.
She never lost the calm look on her face...
...and sewed up his wounds as if she was sewing a kimono.
And she's beautiful to boot!
Man, I wanna get sick and have her treat me gently!
But please pay your tab before getting sick.
I want more rice.
Really, these people...
Doctor, is that medicine bitter?
Just a little.
But you have to bear with it.
It will make it much easier for you to breathe.
So how is Kaede's condition?
I can't say that it's good.
She's rather weakened right now...
This room has bad sunlight.
You have to move her to a room with better ventilation.
Doctor, please give us the more expensive medicine!
We'll pay, no matter how much!
Please, give us the most expensive one.
Please, save Kaede.
I will leave the same medicine Doctor Gensai prescribed.
But, you have to make sure she takes it.
They just don't get it.
They think that if they have enough money, they can buy anything.
Even the lives of people.
That girl's not going to survive?
If she takes that medicine as prescribed and rests...
...she should head towards recovery.
But she's in danger if she does anything to strain her heart.
What's wrong?
M-My stomach started hurting all of a sudden...
It hurts!
Someone call a doctor!
Hey, wait a minute!
No need to worry, the doctor from all the local rumors is here!
The lady doctor from the clinic!
Yeah, the Rose of the Sewing Needle!
Are you a doctor?
Help me!
Let's go...
W-Wait a minute!
Megumi!
Hey now!
Are you gonna leave a sick guy here and walk away?
Aren't you the lady doctor from all the rumors?
...or are you saying you can't cure him?
Take a look at him, will ya?
Yeah...
He's so pitiful...
I wonder why she won't look at him?
Really.
What are ya gonna do, lady doctor?
I can only heal the ill.
Please move out of my way.
Hey now, are you running away?
What's that supposed to mean?
Hey!
Someone ill?
Leave all ailing people to me!
I am Raikou!
I am one with mystical powers from the gods...
...obtained from years of training in the mountains!
There is no illness I cannot cure!
Is that for real, man?
I'm begging ya!
Help me!
Understood!
Kokuku byouma!
Onriedo abiraunkensowaka!
You should take this!
It is holy water, imbued with mystical powers from the gods!
I-I'm healed!
It doesn't hurt at all!
This is amazing!
He healed the guy without touching him!
Doctor Raikou is miraculous...
...a medicine man who can cure any illness!
Lord Raikou, I have someone ill at home.
Please have a look at him!
Please look at my husband too!
Did you see that, Yahiko?
Y-Yeah...
Please, Doctor Raikou!
Doctor Raikou!
I see...
Hey, Kenshin, do you think that is for real?
To be able to heal the sick with mystical powers from the gods?
No idea...
But it really was amazing.
And I was disappointed with Megumi.
She left the sick guy alone and went ahead.
I'm sure it was because...
...Miss Megumi saw something no one else could, that she did.
What do you mean by that?
Well, I have no idea what it is either, that I don't.
Really?
That went really well!
Keep it up.
Spread the rumor that the doctor broad is a quack.
That way, all of her patients will come running to us.
Right, Doctor Raikou?
That's right!
Nothing is impossible when I, Lord Raikou...
...teams up with the Hishimanji!
No matter how much we charge, they'll gladly put out the money!
No doubt.
Let both of us make a hefty profit from this.
Hey!
Yes?
Booze! Yes?
We don't need any money, go steal it from somewhere!
Yeah!
Starting with that broad...
...we'll put all the doctors in this area outta business.
Maybe I won't be healed here after all...
The old man over at the kimono shop...
...was also healed by Lord Raikou's prayers, I hear.
The powers of the gods are amazing...
Y-Yeah...
It's that lady doctor from the clinic.
From the rumors?
The quack doctor.
What?
Try saying that again!
That's the quack doctor?
I hear you have to be really careful around her.
Really, it's no joke.
If she really did abandon a sick man...
What the hell is going on?
That goes to table one.
Raikou favors the rich patients out of the people who rush over to his place...
...after hearing good things about him.
He's charging some absurd price for this "holy water" liquid medicine...
...that he prays to make.
And the guys spreading the bad rumors about the lady doctor...
...are all from the Hishimanji!
Hishimanji?
T-The group that fired that wooden cannon at the gambling joint!
Because they don't know their limits...
...they're more persistent and worse off than any yakuza.
Sano...
It looks like some troublesome guys have their eyes on our lady doctor...
What's that?
Here she is!
What are you going to do with little Kaede?
What's this?
If you force her to move...
They're going to pray to the miraculous medicine man Raikou...
...because they can't leave her to a quack lady doctor!
No, you can't!
What did ya say?
What the hell are you doing?
Shut up!
You guys are...
There is no need for you...
...a quack doctor who abandons ill men suffering right before her eyes!
Leave this place now!
I won't forgive you!
Stop it!
Let go of me...
There is no way illness can be cured from prayer!
I won't forgive you for toying with people's emotions!
Leave it to me!
I'll find out...
...where they're going!
Kokuku byouma!
Onriedo abiraunkensowaka!
Stop that now!
W-What is it?
I'm in the middle of my prayer!
Don't you get it yet, Mr. Kanekura?
What will cure little Kaede is not the power of money!
Y-you're...
B-But, they say that you abandoned a suffering man...
He was faking it.
There is no way for me to cure someone who is not ill.
Goddammit!
What did ya say just now?
That's quite an accusation you just made, eh?
You...
You're the sick guy from that incident!
So what if I am?
I can't let you go home quietly after all this, you know!
What in the world is...
It's a little too late to realize what's going on!
Everyone was being fooled by their little act!
I've been looking for you, Hishimanji...
I'm here to cash in on the fight you picked with my friends...
Sanosuke!
What was that?
Get him!
Slow...
Too slow.
You bastard!
Megumi!
Get the girl!
You little brat!
Head!
Chest!
Little Kaede...
I won't let you interfere!
Doctor...
For now, you have nothing to worry about.
T-Thank you very much.
I don't know how to thank you for this...
I don't need any thanks.
More than that, I need you to believe what I have to say.
To cure an illness, you need proper treatment and rest.
And more than anything else...
...you need to give the ill person warm love from all those around her.
Throwing money will not do any more good.
Look out!
Everyone, duck!
You sure have guts to pick a fight against us Hishimanji!
Right?
They brought out the wooden cannon!
Y-You've got to be kidding!
Do it!
S-Stop it...
My mansion will be destroyed...
Hey, get the hell out here...
...if ya don't wanna get killed!
This "get killed" idea is far from peaceful, that it is...
They say "don't heal what is not broken."
So I decided not to bother your fake faith healing...
...because it seemed helpful to some...
Kenshin!
But it seems you have gone too far, that you have.
What?
What can some vagabond do?
We have this!
Fire!
Kenshin!
Wha...
This reverse-blade sword mercilessly cuts anything nonliving.
S-Shut up!
Get him!
They weren't an enemy fit for Kenshin after all!
H-Help me!
It feels like my insides burst!
I-It hurts!
You should do something with your own prayers!
There's no way my fake praying could cure it!
He finally admitted it himself.
I'm begging you!
I see, you are in trouble.
If I leave you here, your intestines will rot, and you'll die...
But depending on the following conditions, I might help you.
What, what?
It's Lord Raikou's estate!
Well, well...
I apologize for causing a disturbance, that I do.
See?
Look, everyone!
Raikou admitted that he was a quack doctor!
Come to our place later.
Leave 'em.
They can do no evil as long as they're in pain.
Medicine is for everyone.
We shouldn't segregate.
Wait, you're also...
It's like a mosquito bite.
If I treated each and every one, I'd never see the end of it.
Amazing.
Raikou's pain seems to have gone away with one dose.
What's that medicine called?
That was just water.
And he was cured drinking that, that he was?
That's so stupid!
Dr. Gensai's back is better...
...so I guess all's well that ends well, that it is.
Lately, when I go on my rounds...
...everyone asks about the lady doctor.
I see, I see...
But I'm a little envious.
I wish potential students came knocking at our door.
You both may be skilled...
...but you're lacking in both sex appeal and mastery...
What was that?
Wait, Yahiko!
Ah well...
It really lacks romance...
The lady doctor is the best after all.
But, there's something even the lady doctor can't cure.
What's that?
All right, next person!
I'll cure anyone who's not lovesick!