Blood Stains the Snow — Sparks Fly Between Stalks of Bamboo

In which Oyuki struggles with conflicted feelings during a meandering journey through the bamboo forest.

Blood Stains the Snow — Sparks Fly Between Stalks of Bamboo

On a bluff overlooking the bamboo forest, Oyuki watched a crew of Matsumae laborers raising tents and unloading wagons far below, and regretted that she had left that gambler back at the sake house without killing him. How had he known that there was something here worth pursuing?

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