From the place pointed out by the hand of the Shokannon...
...the path to the base of the grand Fuji will be opened.
However, that is a perilous path...
...and it also leads to the bottom of the abyss.
The bottom of the abyss...
To be exactly that, how uncreative.
Enough wisecracks.
Well, let's go!
This is truly amazing...
It's just like a sanctuary from mythical times!
In the end, they were just copying the orientals.
I see...
What's wrong, Second Lieutenant Schneider?
These are stalactites...
Over many years...
...they have attached themselves to the surface of the wooden structures.
They look different from other Japanese structures, even though they are wood.
Miss Misanagi, your ancestors really made this?
According to our legends...
Before becoming allies with the powerful Yamato forces...
...ancient Suwa supposedly had a prosperous civilization of its own.
They are the ancestors of the Sanada clan...
Truly, the knowledge of the monkeys...
To want the entire country of Japan in exchange for the Elixir...
...those ancestors left behind...
You used a lot of intelligence for a little monkey.
If you value your life, get that filthy hand off of me.
What?
Miss Misanagi, who are these people?
My personal bodyguards...
The Three Sanada Demons.
Interesting...
Let's see how skilled they really are!
Second Lieutenant Lentz...
We didn't come here to fight.
If you stop acting so rudely, Mr. Lentz...
...I'm sure they won't lay a finger on you.
Rude?
The code of the knight emphasizes courage, politeness, and glory...
There is no difference between Germany...
...and Japan in terms of politeness to ladies, is there?
All right...
Then, let's hurry on ahead.
Yes...
Traditionally, we show respect to ladies by letting them go ahead of us.
Please, go on ahead.
I see...
Miss Misao...
Miss Kaoru...
Are you two all right?
My head hurts...
And this smell...
What in the world happened to us?
I don't know...
At this rate, we'll follow in the footsteps of those who came here before us.
Those who came before?
That means, below us...
I'm sorry!
Please don't come out and haunt us in a place like this...
But, to think that the Black Knights are allied with the Sanada Ninja Squad...
It's your fault!
Shut up!
Nobody asked you to come here!
What?
This is because you rushed in without trying to figure anything out first!
What was that?
You Westernized idiot!
You're a blockhead!
Shut up!
You spiky chestnut-head!
That's enough!
Who do you think you two are fighting on top of?
Sheesh, of all times...
Well, I'm glad that everyone's all right...
You know, Kenshin...
What are we going to do now?
We can't just sit here and let them take the treasure...
Let's get out of here, it's muggy...
And on top of that, this smell...
It's familiar...
But, it's too dark to find the exit.
Hey, who do you think you're with right now?
For a ninja, this is common sense!
Just wait a sec, I'll light a fire!
She's from the Oniwaban Group, all right!
How reliable!
You can't!
This smell is sulfur!
And, if there are corpses lying around like Kenshin says...
...combined with the phosphors, this place is like a natural match!
If you light a fire, we'll have a huge explosion!
But just this much sulfur...
...can't do much harm to the human body...
However...
I see...
When a volcano is active...
...the amount of gas that escapes keeps increasing.
This is no time to be calmly analyzing the situation!
At the rate we're going, we'll all be toast before an hour passes!
No way!
Kenshin, do something!
I-I am not one for academics...
This strong smell...
What should we do?
It's a dead end!
There's nowhere else for us to go!
I don't want to turn into bones in a place like this!
I can't breathe...
Sanosuke, do something!
What about that big mouth you always brag with?
I don't want to hear that from you!
If I could do something...
...I would have done it!
Kenshin, I can't...
This sound...
Amazing!
I think we just avoided being suffocated...
A water vein!
There must be the path of an underground river beyond this wall!
If we can ride the current, maybe we can get out of here.
Now is the time to bet...
Sano, it's your turn!
All right!
All I have to do is break this wall, right?
Hey, which way?
This is my first time in here.
There's no way for me to know!
This is...
Can it be?
What's wrong?
Take a look at this.
What does this mean?
There is a subtle difference, but it is uncanny...
This is a crest that has been passed down by the Sanada ninjas...
None other than us are aware of its existence...
It's just a coincidence.
Schneider, are there any clues other than the crest?
Yes...
Let's see...
I can't read it well because it is worn down...
...but, I believe that the letters engraved here closely resemble...
...ancient letters of the western world.
First Lieutenant Meldars!
There is another one like it over here!
What does this mean?
It looks like there is one for every fork in the path...
I guess these are guideposts left behind by my ancestors...
What's wrong?
Oh, well...
I am reminded of a legend that has been passed down in our culture...
A legend?
Yes...
They say that some of our ancestors became sea-faring folk...
...and that they travelled to the far east.
I just thought that perhaps your ancestors, Miss Misanagi...
...and mine were connected some time in the distant past...
You were thinking such a thing?
You're a funny guy.
I hear that a lot.
Well, let's go...
...while it's still night.
Yes.
I drank some of the water...
Look at all of you...
Don't you know how to land?
I had no time for that...
This is when those trained in the ninja arts have an advantage.
Kenshin!
Someone is collapsed over here!
Who would be all the way out here?
You're forgetting someone over here...
Over here!
Yutaro is looking him over!
Oh, he's...
One of the Sanada ninjas!
Is he dead?
No, he's alive...
...but mortally wounded.
If we don't do anything...
You...
Don't move.
You're badly injured!
Shut up!
I-I am a shinobi, to say the least...
I won't go down quietly!
Damn him...
Miss Misao!
I don't understand it, that I do not.
This is the headquarters of the Sanada Ninja Squad.
So, who did this to him?
I have no need to tell you!
So, now what?
I'll take you with me as my gift to the afterlife!
No matter what happened, your life has been spared.
There is no need to carelessly throw it away again.
If you're not going to attack, I will!
He passed out again.
What?
He's in danger...
We have to operate immediately!
Operate?
I'll do it.
Everyone, please help me!
Yutaro...
All right...
Although I may not be much help, I will do my best.
These are all the tools I have.
I can use the kunai as a scalpel...
Oh, there's needle and thread.
This'll do.
The water's boiling!
find a concave rock, and fill it with the hot water!
Hot, hot!
Boy, that looks really hot...
Careful, what happens if you get some on me?
Yutaro, what are you going to do?
Sterilization...
I can't touch a wound while I'm not clean...
Idiot, that water's practically boiling!
You're going to get burned!
Yutaro!
Idiot, pull your hands out right away!
Not yet...
You idiot!
You stay quiet!
This is to save my patient!
Patient?
He's our enemy!
For a doctor, he's a patient!
In medicine, there are no allies or foes.
To save as many sick or wounded people as possible...
That's how a doctor fights!
Is he going to be all right?
I closed up his wounds...
But I was just imitating the Doctor...
But right now, I hope that he makes it from the bottom of my heart.
You were wonderful, Sir Yutaro, that you were.
I understand just how great western medicine is now.
Thanks, everyone...
Well, let's go...
We have to go back there again...
I can't let them have the Divine Elixir.
Sir Yutaro...
But, we might be too late...
I realized it when I performed the operation...
...the Divine Elixir is necessary for medicine to expand...
We can't let it just be a tool for their ambitions...
I-In that case...
You shouldn't move yet!
Yutaro, was it?
Take me with you.
I know a secret passageway.
A passageway?
I am Kaita of the Sanada Clan...
No, I don't think I can claim the name of Sanada anymore...
Don't be fooled.
This may be a trap.
I won't be able to live with myself...
...if we believe he was betrayed by his comrades, only to be backstabbed.
I understand your doubt.
But you have no time to waste, right?
Then, take me along with you.
When we make it through here...
...we will reach the place you were when you fell.
Does it hurt?
No, don't worry about me.
I just faltered...
Let's hurry.
Himura.
What is it?
Can we really trust that guy?
I can understand why you would be worried, Miss Misao.
But, why don't we just trust Sir Kaita for now?
Oh, wait, Kenshin!
Hey, he was a pretty nice guy even when he was our enemy.
Well, that's true...
So, we just head straight down from here.
This way, we'll be able to catch up with them.
Yeah...
I'll go first.
One at a time, right?
As quietly as possible...
There's one over here!
What?
The redheaded swordsman and his group?
Ren, Zan...
You two engage in battle along with Baku.
Miss Misanagi...
What are these bats?
The servants of a shinobi are not always human.
How interesting...
So beasts are their servants...
How fitting for a barbaric eastern monkey.
What?
What the hell are they?
Baku's bats are short-tempered.
You'll get seriously hurt if you make them mad.
How marvelous...
That's enough!
Get a move on!
I take back what I just said...
When they are like this, they are rather cute.
I'm surprised.
It's the first time I've seen the bats like that around anyone but myself or Baku.
Oh?
Does that mean I can become a ninja as well?
We'll see about that.
A shinobi's training is very difficult.
Please, do go easy on me.
Miss Misanagi.
You said something about the redheaded swordsman?
Yes, apparently they have made their way back.
Furthermore, it seems that Kaita is the one guiding them.
What was that?
Impossible!
I finished off that guy named Kaita myself!
But for some reason, Kaita and the swordsman lived.
They are closing in on us, using our secret passageway...
I see, he lives...
That redheaded samurai...
Two weaklings...
Let's go again, Sano...
Kenshin...
Let me do it!
Idiot...
Dojo swordsmanship won't work at all with this bad footing!
These are shinobi, remember?
But you told me earlier, Sanosuke...
That if Yutaro was going to save people with medicine...
...I'd save people with my sword...
So, I...
I'm telling you, there's a time and a place!
Sano...
It seems that Yahiko was touched by Sir Yutaro's actions...
Yahiko, I have a rather dangerous mission for you.
Will you still accept it?
Yeah!
Hey, are you looking for me?
That kid?
He is still alive?
I'm not just a kid!
It's Mister Yahiko Myojin of the Kamiya Kasshin Style to you!
Come on, I'll take you on!
We'll shut that wisecracking mouth of yours!
Yahiko!
All clear.
Hey, can you stand up?
That was a great act!
Shut up!
Stop being sarcastic!
I wasn't...
You looked pretty cool!
Come on!
Yeah!
Well...
...let's go!
This is amazing...
Why are there Western buildings in a place like this?
A-Are these the ruins that the doctor was talking about?
New opponents, Kenshin?
What idiot would throw around dangerous toys like these?
Looks like we've got another crazy guy over here...
Our first prey in a while...
I'll be sure to make this fun, or I won't be satisfied.
Sano, stay alert!
I know.
I have to go join them!
Don't!
What?
Those are two of the Three Sanada Demons.
Zan the Headhunter...
...and Ren the Giant Serpent.
They're not opponents you can handle.
Don't make fun of me!
I may not look like much...
W-What are these bats?
So, he's been lurking nearby...
The last of the Three Sanada Demons...
Baku, the Shadowmaster.
If it's not one thing, it's another...
I would like to face that samurai once...
During the Revolution, that man was called a legendary manslayer...
His name was Himura, the Battousai...
Himura the Battousai...
To hear that he is a legendary manslayer...
I want to fight him even more now.
Unfortunately, that's impossible.
The Three Sanada Demons are probably putting an end to his life right now.
That's a shame...
Schneider, what are you doing?
Hurry up and come here!
Oh, I'm sorry...
We're coming.
Of course, if he was someone who would fall so easily...
...I wouldn't want to fight him in the first place...
What is this?
Be careful!
They're vampire bats!
Don't mess up a maiden's fair complexion!
That hurt, you jerk!
Oh shi...
Idiot, stay out of the way!
Move!
Mr. Sanosuke!
I finally caught you...
I'm not going to let go of you easily!
What a talent!
I can't predict the movements of his whip!
Battousai the Manslayer...
Your sword art is as good as the rumors say...
But can you penetrate the reach of my Double Serpent?
If I can't get close, there is only one way!
Do Ryu Sen!
Double Serpent...
Death Run!
Do Ryu Sen...
...doesn't work on him!