Chapter 28

## Complication

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**Complication** (錯綜, *Sakusō*) is the 28th chapter of the *Golden Kamuy* manga.

## Synopsis

Nihei Tetsuzou and Saichi Sugimoto continue their fight. Sugimoto shouts at Shiraishi to get his gun but Shiraishi is stopped by Nihei's dog Ryu. While Nihei and Sugimoto face off each other in a deadly match, Shiraishi attempts to wrestle Ryu to retrieve the gun. Once armed, Shiraishi draws the gun at Nihei and warns the hunter.

Tanigaki takes Asirpa hostage and orders Shiraishi and Sugimoto to drop their weapons. Furious with Tanigaki using Asirpa as a human shield, Sugimoto loses control and charges at Tanigaki with his bayonet and throws the blade at the man, stabbing him through the palm of his hand and his cheek. Nihei tackles Sugimoto and holds him in a chokehold on the ground. Shiraishi calls out to Tanigaki, saying he should be ashamed of using an innocent child as a hostage. Tanigaki doesn't budge and claims that the last time he saw Asirpa she was carrying a tattooed skin so they shouldn't pretend she has nothing to do with the situation.

Asirpa tries to reason with Tanigaki, telling him that her life isn't worth much to Shiraishi and he will start shooting. She says there's no need for them to shed blood and it's better to calm down and stop fighting. Nihei warns Tanigaki not to trust Asirpa, reminding him that women are frigthening creatures. Tanigaki shouts that he doesn't care whether Asirpa gets hurt in the process, and Sugimoto gives in, telling Shiraishi to drop the gun. Sugimoto then asks Nihei to take Asirpa away so she wouldn't see them being killed.

Nihei agrees and asks Tanigaki to get him some ropes to tie Sugimoto and Shiraishi up. Sugimoto and Shiraishi exchange looks, silently coming up with an escape plan. Nihei proceeds to bandage his injured hand while Tanigaki takes Asirpa away, much to her protest. Distracted by a sudden memory of his daughter, Nihei doesn't notice that Shiraishi and Sugimoto managed to flee. Nihei alerts Tanigaki of the two men escaping. Tanigaki pulls Asirpa's bandana over her mouth to silence her and takes her to the river.

Exhausted and not thinking straight, Tanigaki walks into an Ainu deer trap, *amappo*. Before Asirpa manages to warn him, Tanigaki is struck with a poisoned arrow in his leg. Asirpa commands him to untie her and tells him that since Ainu poisons have no antidote, the only way to save Tanigaki is to carve away the flesh around the wound. Tanigaki agrees to it, and Asirpa dives the blade into Tanigaki's thigh.

Nihei finds Asirpa tending to Tanigaki and realizes that he walked into the deer trap. Asirpa explains that she cut away all the flesh around the wound but since the poison was mixed by someone else she doesn't know if Tanigaki will survive; at any rate, he won't be able to move anytime soon. Asirpa suggests they stop their fight as they didn't come to kill Nihei in the first place. Nihei disregards Asirpa's words and promises Tanigaki to kill the white wolf and bring it back to him. Asirpa is taken aback by Nihei's tenacity. Nihei grabs Asirpa and runs away with her, hoping to get the wolf to come out of the hiding.

As Sugimoto and Shiraishi look for Asirpa and Nihei, Retar is seen running someplace else.

## Character Appearances

* Tetsuzou Nihei
* Sugimoto Saichi
* Ryu
* Shiraishi Yoshitake
* Asirpa
* Tanigaki Genjirou
* Retar *(Cameo)*

## Anime Episode

* Episode 7
* Golden Douga Gekijou: Shiraishi vs. Ryu Episode