This is a locked chapterSTORY 99: THE NUNNERY, GREATER STILL
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The narrator tells us that the ten greatest swordsmen of all time are in Aizu. They're not good enough to go to school, and they don't deserve to be there. The narrator asks who these men are, and the answer is that they're the "greatest of the swordsmen" . But the narrator doesn't know why. He's just trying to figure out what's going on. He asks the narrator to tell him the story of the "unmentionable nunnery" and the "greater still father" , who's about to give the "high priest" a hard time for indicting him for the "treachery" of his own son . The priest is all, "You're right, dad, I'm going to indict you for the murder of your own son." The father is all "Gee, that's a bad idea." The priest's all "Yeah, yeah, yeah." But the father's got a better idea. He tells the priest that he's already punished the "hori clan" for their "traitorous" behavior, and he'll do it again if the priest won't drop the charges against him. The man's not going to listen to the priest, he says, because it's the shogun's job to protect the rights of the people, not his own. The shogun has already ordered the execution of hori's son , but the priest refuses to accept the punishment. The father says, "I'm not wrong to bring you to justice, but you're wrong to say that I am wrong to punish you for turning against your
This is a locked chapterSTORY 99: THE NUNNERY, GREATER STILL
About This Chapter
The narrator tells us that the ten greatest swordsmen of all time are in Aizu. They're not good enough to go to school, and they don't deserve to be there. The narrator asks who these men are, and the answer is that they're the "greatest of the swordsmen" . But the narrator doesn't know why. He's just trying to figure out what's going on. He asks the narrator to tell him the story of the "unmentionable nunnery" and the "greater still father" , who's about to give the "high priest" a hard time for indicting him for the "treachery" of his own son . The priest is all, "You're right, dad, I'm going to indict you for the murder of your own son." The father is all "Gee, that's a bad idea." The priest's all "Yeah, yeah, yeah." But the father's got a better idea. He tells the priest that he's already punished the "hori clan" for their "traitorous" behavior, and he'll do it again if the priest won't drop the charges against him. The man's not going to listen to the priest, he says, because it's the shogun's job to protect the rights of the people, not his own. The shogun has already ordered the execution of hori's son , but the priest refuses to accept the punishment. The father says, "I'm not wrong to bring you to justice, but you're wrong to say that I am wrong to punish you for turning against your