Chapter 233

## Candy Peddler

**Candy Peddler**, or **Candy Seller** (飴売り, *Ameuri*) is the 233rd chapter of the *Golden Kamuy* manga.

## Synopsis

Sugimoto talks about Boutarou the Pirate, noting that he is a robber and a murderer with a long list of crimes and wonders why he would be working as a peddler, to which Shiraishi agrees as well. Sugimoto believes that the peddler must be a different tattooed convict and asks Shiraishi if he can think of anyone who used to work as a candy peddler. Shiraishi states that nobody else comes to mind, noting that there are plenty of convicts whose faces he does not know either, despite him being a well-known person in Abashiri.

Sugimoto’s Group arrives in Utashinai and finds several peddlers selling their wares, including one selling candies, which they immediately confronts. Sugimoto asks him to take his clothes off, causing the peddler to become suspicious and Sugimoto says that he simply wishes to see his nipples. However, the peddler says that he cannot let him see his nipples for free and Sugimoto exclaims that he does not need the candy. The peddler then becomes upset, saying that his nipples aren’t that cheap.

Nearby, Shiraishi splashes some water onto another candy peddler in an attempt to get him to take his clothes off. However, the peddler elbows Shiraishi in the face, causing Sugimoto’s Group to flee as the surrounding peddlers believes that they must be rival peddlers trying to hurt their business. Elsewhere, a young boy is playing with his ball when he accidentally kicks it into a storm drain and finds Shiraishi who has retrieved his ball, asking him if he has seen any peddlers with strange tattoos.

The boy confirms that he has seen one nearby and Shiraishi is able to find him, asking if he can have some candy. The peddler puts a straw basket on his box, saying that candy will come out and picks it up to reveal that it is just a puppet in the box trick. Shiraishi then tells the peddler that he had heard he has some strange tattoo and the peddler pulls up the paper covering his face to reveal that he has tattoos all over his face. Sugimoto’s Group are bewildered by his appearance and Sugimoto laments that they had just wasted time looking for him.

The peddler takes a look at Sugimoto’s forlorn face and begins to laugh at his expression. As Sugimoto’s Group begins to leave, talking about the serial killer in Sapporo, the peddler mentions that Wakayama’s disappointed face was great as well, referring to him as boss. Hearing Wakayama’s name, Asirpa turns around only to find that the peddler has boarded a train and hears him saying that they will never be able to find the gold. Asirpa calls out to Sugimoto to search for the candy peddler but they are unable to find him.

At an Ainu settlement near the Toppu River, Boutarou the Pirate speaks with an Ainu elder about the hidden gold and the elder doubts that he will be able to find it. Boutarou says that it is fine and that he only needs to know where it is hidden. He also asks from which river the buried gold came from and the elder reveals the names of all of the rivers, which Boutarou confirms matches up with Heita’s information. He then asks the elder where the buried gold was all gathered up at.

## Character Appearances

* Yoshitake Shiraishi
* Saichi Sugimoto
* Fusatarou Oosawa
* Asirpa
* Vasily
* Candy Peddler
* Kiichirou Wakayama *(Flashback)*
* Heita Matsuda *(Flashback)*