ตอนที่ 9: รินต้องฝ่าฟันกับดักและอันตรายเพื่อขอผ่านประตูที่คุ้มกันโดยมีชาวบ้านผู้ไม่เต็มใจคอยช่วยเหลือ

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Rin encounters a ronin carrying a severed head who only says he is from the Shingyoto-ryu, Ibane School, and to be beware. At the Ohara tea stop, Rin sees a wanted poster for her and Manji. Rin asks the Nakamaya couple living near the Kobotoke gate to help her pass as a member of their family. They refuse and tell her the story of a desperate prostitute they helped three years earlier who was caught and beheaded. Nevertheless, she convinces them to help her, and Nakamaya takes her to the gate. Rin is closely questioned by the suspicious commissioner Shamada. Fortunately, Nakamaya's wife fully briefed Rin with enough accurate facts to convince Shimada of her identity, including a fake cesarean scar on her stomach and they are both allowed to pass. Later, Rin realizes that Nakamaya's wife took half of her money as payment for the extreme risk they took to help her. (Source: Wikipedia)