01x68 - Yon Jigen Yashiki Ni Hisomu Wana

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There is an unusual and troubling movement
taking place in the Human Realm.

Having gone through the information,

Koenma immediately sent Botan to Yusuke.

However, before Botan could request him
to investigate,

Yusuke was called out by three students
from other schools and abducted!

What in the world has happened to Yusuke?

"The Traps Lurking
Inside Yojigen Mansion."

"We'll be waiting at Yojigen Mansion

in the Rokurokubi block
tonight at 11 o'clock.

Bring as many others as you like.

However, make sure that the trio
of Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama come.

If these conditions are not observed,
we cannot guarantee Urameshi's life."

He really has been abducted.

Sheesh, I can't believe it.
Not Urameshi...

But his opponents
also know about Kurama and Hiei.

If they really have captured Urameshi,

then these are no ordinary enemies.

In any case, we need
to let Kurama know about this first.

-Do you know where he is?
-Yes.

Kurama's school is two train stops away.

Let's go. Puu-chan, you go home.

MEIO PRIVATE ACADEMY

School hours are now over.

Students who are still on school grounds,

please return home promptly.

Please, Minamino, I'm begging you!

Be the club president!
I'm asking you sincerely!

Senpai, I'm only in my second year.
Besides, I don't feel obligated.

No, that's not true! You're the only one
who can save our weak biology club!

Since you are at the top of your class
and so popular with the female students,

only you can get us a budget increase
from the student council!

-Please!
-Please!

I'm flattered to have you say so,
but I'm sorry.

Please wait!

I'm not moving
from here until you say yes!

-I don't know what to do.
-Kurama!

That voice...

Where are you? Come out!

Kurama!

Hold on. You're too loud.

If I'm not loud, he won't hear me, right?
Come on, get out!

Kurama!

Minamino!

Please! Say yes, okay?

No, this isn't the time for...

Okay? Minamino?

Kurama!

Oh, here you are! We've been
looking all over for you, Kura...

Oh, dear.

What do you guys want?

Who's Kurama?

It's nothing, pay no attention!
It's a nickname. Right, Kuwabara-kun?

This is awkward!
Around here, I am Minamino!

Sorry.

So what are you here for?

Oh, right. Look at this!

Do you have any ideas about who they are?

No, not at all.

There are only five more hours
before 11 o'clock.

Do you know where Hiei is?

Good question. I don't have any idea.

He's on probation
with the Spirit Realm Court,

so I don't think he would go too far away.

Damn!

If only Hiei were here,
we could find him using his Jagan eye!

That's right!

You're pretty anxious, huh?

This hurts!

What? Yusuke has been abducted?

Yes. We just received word from Botan.

Jorge Saotome, if you're trying to
kiss up to me, it's not going to work.

The identities of the criminals
are unknown, as well as their objective,

and they don't have any demands
to speak of.

Don't we know anything else?

Yes. As far as the situation goes
at the time of the abduction,

it says that he was going to fight with
some humans when he disappeared.

What?

This couldn't have anything to do
with this troubling movement

that I wanted Yusuke to investigate,
could it?

-I should have known...
-Jorge!

So what do we do?

Things aren't looking good,
but let's split up and look for him.

Botan, can't you ask Koenma
to help us look for him?

No, I can't. It's in order to solve cases
that deal with the Human Realm

that we even have
a Spirit Realm Detective...

That's right!
The Seven Tools of the Spirit Realm!

What are those?

When I gave Yusuke
his first set of orders,

Yes, Kurama, when you and Hiei
were on the wanted list...

Wait, wasn't there one other guy?
Oh, well...

Anyhow, they were used
by Yusuke at the time.

They got broken right away,

but they should have been fixed
in the Spirit Realm.

I'd forgotten all about them since then.

It seems kind of fishy, doesn't it?

But right now, it looks like
relying on them is all we can do.

All right then! I'll go get them!

Okay then, we'll meet you
in the park in an hour.

You got it!

For now, I just brought them all.

It's like a spy set!

So which one do we use?

Let's see... Oh, right!

How about the Yokikei?

It's high-powered enough
to pick up any Yokai around.

But then, we wouldn't actually know

if we were picking up Hiei
or something else, right?

But look!

If you put a piece of the body
of the one you're looking for in here,

like hair, a nail, or something,
it will be fine!

It will locate him for us!

So do we have any Hiei's hair or nails?

In that case, how about this?
The Reito Megane.

With this, we can search
every nook and cranny of this area...

In an hour?

Well then, what if we use the Reigeki Ring

to lay waste to the surrounding area?

Isn't there anything else in here?

Hold on, Kuwa-chan!

Is there a tool
that doesn't have us searching Hiei,

but rather calls him to us?

You dumbass! If there were such a thing,

we wouldn't be going through
all this trouble!

Yes, there is!

The Itako-bue!

This whistle produces sound waves

that can't be heard
by ordinary humans, you see.

The stronger the spiritual power
of the one who blows it,

the farther away a person can hear it.

Even I should be able to make it reach
those within a radius of 100 kilometers.

It sounds terrible, so plug your ears.

Okay.

Okay then, I'm blowing it.

It really does sound terrible.

It does? I can't hear a thing.

Hiei, if you heard that,
please give us a response.

What, a beetle?

What was that loud noise just now?

Hiei! I knew you would come!

What are you talking about?
I never meant to come to where you are.

You're all a nuisance.

Hiei, here.

YOJIGEN MANSION
TONIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK

MAKE SURE THAT
KUWABARA, HIEI, AND KURAMA COME

IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT OBSERVED,
WE CAN'T GUARANTEE URAMESHI'S LIFE

That's what you get, Yusuke.

He probably got all c*ck
after the Dark Tournament.

He'll probably regret it.
There's always a bigger fish.

Aren't you interested?

Doesn't it raise any interest in you
what kind of guys could capture Yusuke?

No. It has nothing to do with me.

If you don't come,
Yusuke could get k*lled!

That b*stard pisses me off!

Why should I have to look after
a fool so big

that he gets caught so easily
after that life-and-death battle?

Well then, suppose his foe possesses
some utterly unknown power...

I only heard about it
a little earlier myself, but recently,

there have been strange powers starting
to appear among some of the humans.

And you're saying Yusuke
was captured by these humans?

Listen, Hiei.

You haven't been officially taken off
the Spirit Realm's wanted list yet, right?

What about it?

If you help us get Yusuke out of there,

what would you say about the Spirit Realm
having nothing more to do with you?

Hey, are you sure about this?

We've got no choice, right?
There's no time!

That's okay, right?

Formally acquitted, huh?

All right, fine.

Then it's settled. Okay, let's hurry!

All right!

What's with this house?

All right, Botan, you stay here.

We don't know
what's going to happen after all.

I'm going in too. Now, with your
spiritual sensitivity knocked out,

I'm the only one
who can use the Seven Tools.

I guess we have no choice. Be careful.

Why did you suddenly stop?

WHOEVER ENTERS THIS HOUSE
MUST BY NO MEANS SAY "HOT." IF THEY DO...

What's with this poster?

It says you can't say "hot."
What's that all about?

A riddle?

No, it's a warning.
I'm not sure of the reason though.

Anyway, watch yourselves.

Yes.

Dammit!

It appears your friends have come
to save you.

Why, you! What the hell
are you planning to do?

What's your objective?

Dammit.

You entered my Territory.

Struggle all you want, it's no use.

As long as I'm stepping on your shadow,
you can't move.

And as for what we're doing,
why don't you just watch closely?

WHOEVER ENTERS THIS HOUSE
MUST BY NO MEANS SAY "HOT." IF THEY DO...

What is this?

What's the deal with this room?

What kind of room is this?

No kidding. And it's so
awfully stuffy and h*...

You'd better not say that.

Kurama.

Have you noticed it?

Yes. From the moment
we walked through the door.

It feels out of place, almost as if
we've entered another dimension.

Welcome!

I see that all of you have come.

You're the one who's behind
all of this nonsense, aren't you?

This isn't my plan alone.

You! You're one of the guys
who called Yusuke out, aren't you?

It's you! Kaito!

You know him?

Kaito Yu.

He's in the same class as me
at Meio Academy.

We're not particularly close.

Of course, I've never told him about me,
Hiei, Yusuke, or you, Kuwabara-kun.

Kaito, how do you know about us?

What's your purpose in abducting Yusuke?

There's a certain person
who told us of you.

How you were victorious
at a martial arts tournament

called the Dark Tournament.

But it is unexpected
that it would be you, Minamino.

I hear you possess incredible powers.

Would you mind showing me?
The way you control plants?

That's pretty fearsome.

You've never shown that look
on your face around the school, have you?

I also have recently discovered
that I have an odd ability.

Call it a test of strength, I guess,
but I've been wanting to challenge you.

You want to do what, you b*stard?
Don't you talk down to us!

I'll show you...

just how ill-advised
the fight you have picked is!

That won't work.

Silence!

What?

There, you see?

What the hell was that?

The sword broke even before it hit him!

This room, you see,
is a world where only words have power.

Here, you guys will have to fight
by my rules.

Rules, you say?

He means that poster, doesn't he?

Probably.

One day, you see,

I realized that I could create an odd area
of space around me.

So you see, you cannot take any
violent actions while inside this room.

Nobody can.

Hiei-kun, wasn't it?

I hear you're an expert
in sword skills and sorcery.

However, here in my Territory,
you're just an ordinary runt.

Take it easy, Hiei!
He's provoking you! Don't fall for it!

So what happens if I do say it?

Are you saying
that you can k*ll me with words?

Say it, and you'll find out.

Just by saying the word "hot"?

Now you've said it.

Hiei!

Within my Territory, you see,

if you say the word you're not supposed
to say, your soul is taken from you.

Hiei!

-Snap out of it!
-Hey, Hiei!

Hiei!

This makes

two hostages that we have.

Urameshi-kun is on the second floor.

So what are you going to do?

Go home? Fight?

For my part, I've exerted myself.

It's been about a month
since I've had this power, I guess.

I first started out
by learning about my power.

Among those of us who have it,
we call it our Territory.

My Territory
is about ten meters in radius.

You may enter and leave it freely.

It's just that the moment someone
with a little spiritual power enters,

they seem to feel a sense of displacement.

My abilities are as you have seen.

So if we can overcome
your ability and beat you,

Hiei's soul will be returned
to normal, right?

That could be...

I've never been beaten, so I don't know.

Why, you! You won't be so full
of yourself forever, you b*stard!

I'm just telling you the truth.

So anyhow, are you going to go,
or stay and fight me?

It's one or the other.

I'll leave it up to you to decide.

No, there is one other choice.

Really? I can't think of any. What is it?

We should toss Hiei aside
and move forward!

That's all we can do!

Hold on!

Are you saying we should leave
Hiei's soul like this and keep going?

That's what I'm saying!

Botan, it pisses me off
how selfishly he ignored Kurama's warning

and spoke the taboo word.

I'm just saying, why should we have to
look after someone as foolish as that?

Indeed.

What?

I also think that would be best for you.
You're brighter than I expected.

You mind your own business, you b*stard!

Then again,
while I hate to spoil your brilliant idea,

we have already made the first move.

And who are you?

That is the only door
that leads further in.

Yanagisawa there holds the key.

Oh, I'm glad to hear it.

Okay, you, I'm going to ask you nicely.
Hand over the key and step aside.

I don't think so.

Why, you... Don't you know who I am?

You'd better hand it over
while I'm asking nicely.

Well, now... Why don't you hit me
and get it by force,

Kuwa-chan?

What?

Fine then!

You're a forgetful one, huh?

Violence is impossible
within Kaito's Territory.

You'll have to be gentle with me,
won't you? Right?

Dammit!

So what will you do?

It looks like we don't have any
other choice than to play by your rules.

That's right.

If you say the forbidden word, "hot,"
your soul will be taken from you.

Kurama, Kuwabara, and Botan have been
caught up within this mystifying game.

Will Kurama be able to win this game,
restoring Hiei's soul,

and rescue Yusuke, who is unable to move?

See, this is why I don't understand
the way smart people think!

You can't say this,
that word is off-limits too...

What a pain!

Well, we'll just have to
leave this complicated stuff

up to our honor student Kurama-kun.

It's up to you, Kurama!

Next time, "The Power of Taboo!
Kurama's Intellect."

After all, I can't move!