Chapter 254

## Uworamkotte

* Volume
* Magazine

**Uworamkotte**, or **Uoramkote** (ウオラㇺコテ, *Uoramkote*)is the 254th chapter of the *Golden Kamuy* manga. In the magazine version it was initially called **Cornered Rat** (窮鼠, *Kyūso*)

## Synopsis

Ogata realizes that the reason Sugimoto's Group weren’t as cautious about him was because they had a sniper on their side and begins to wonder who the sniper is before thinking about Vasily. He initially dismisses the possibility of it being Vasily but recognizes that Vasily would keep chasing after him until either one of them is dead and so prepares to make a counter-attack. In the brewery, Hijikata’s team continues to look for Ostrog who tries to slip past them. As they close in on Ostrog, he spots a pile of straw wrappers and lights them on fire, driving Hijikata’s team outside, thus giving Ostrog an opportunity to escape.

Usami continues to chase after Kadokura who quickly loses stamina as Usami catches up to him and knocks him against the wall. Usami mocks Kadokura for his stomach guts before deducing that it is actually a tattooed skin that Hijikata gave to him for safekeeping. He begins to carve up Kadokura’s clothes, causing the skin to fall onto the floor before slapping Kadokura, asking if he has more skins hidden on him. As Usami rips off more of Kadokura’s clothes, he spots something that catches his attention before hearing footsteps on the stairs.

Usami readies himself for a fight before being distracted by Kadokura attempting to flee just as Ogata runs into the room. Usami kicks Ogata and attempts to stab him with his saber but Ogata swiftly dodges it and breaks the saber with the butt of his rifle. In the deep part of the brewery, Asirpa realizes she has come to a dead end before being confronted by Ostrog who recognizes her as an Ainu. Ostrog begins to speak of an Ainu story that he had heard about an island full of only women who became pregant just by having the wind hit them on their bottoms.

Asirpa recalls a time that she had spent with Wilk asking him about the story and wondering about how she was born. Wilk tells her that he and her mother, Riratte had done *uworamkotte*, confusing Asirpa with its meaning. Asirpa asks Ostrog where he had heard that story and Ostrog explains that in the Western world, they have a similar story in the Bible about the Virgin Mary. Asirpa begins to realize who Ostrog is and he exclaims that the women he had killed were in the wrong and so absolved them of their sins with his semen, which he called holy water.

Asirpa is upset by Ostrog’s testimony but Ostrog asks her to let the East wind hit her bottom, saying that she was born the same way. However, Asirpa says that her parents had performed *uworamkotte*, joining hearts with each other and it was through them loving each other that she was born. She draws out her *sutu* and hits Ostrog in the knee, causing him to collapse in pain before giving him an uppercut hit to the chin.

## Character Appearances

* Asirpa
* Saichi Sugimoto *(Cover)*
* Hyakunosuke Ogata
* Vasily *(Flashback)*
* Toshizou Hijikata
* Anji Toni
* Michael Ostrog
* Kantarou
* Rikimatsu Ariko
* Shinpachi Nagakura
* Tokishige Usami
* Kadokura
* Osoma’s Mother *(Flashback)*
* Wilk *(Flashback)*
* Riratte *(Flashback)*

## Trivia

* The title **Cornered Rat** (窮鼠, *Kyūso*) has previously been used for Chapter 9.