“<p>Just as yesterday's encounter with the bandits could have gone no worse, today's could have gone no better! Some more bandit scouts attempted to sneak into the village disguised as villagers.
<p>Kyuzo immediately spotted them with his sharp eyes, and warned us. We quickly isolated them, but not before they shot some flaming arrows into the thatched roofs.
<p>Kikuchiyo and I ran from spot to spot trying to dispatch our foes and put out the fires, but thankfully the rains came and drenched the bandits and their fires.
<p>We dispatched the last of them and as I was cleaning up the blood and soot, I received the best news of all. We had sent Katsushiro to the old man of the village to be prepared for burial. However he didcovered that the stab wound had not killed young Katsushiro after all, but the fall and a blow to his head had knocked him into a coma. He awoke during the attack, and the old man says he should be fine after another night's rest!”