{"id":4332,"date":"2025-04-17T20:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/%e3%82%a8%e3%83%94%e3%82%bd%e3%83%bc%e3%83%89%ef%bc%95%ef%bd%9c%e9%80%94%e5%88%87%e3%82%8c%e3%82%8b%e9%a3%9b%e8%a1%8c%e3%81%a8%e5%bd%b1%e3%81%ae%e8%bf%bd%e8%b7%a1%e8%80%85\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:51:04","slug":"bs-s1-ep5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/en\/bs-s1-ep5\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 5: The Road Blocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8\"]{margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);font-size:24px;}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_bf25d3-d8\">Dialogue with the Spirits of the Skin<br>A Mystical Beauty Saga<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_dd83af-fd\">Season 1 \u2013 When the Moon Descends: The Tale of the Loquat Spirit<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-size:20px;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4332_d99c65-a2\">Episode 5: The Road Blocked<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 1: Inside Itami Airport\" class=\"wp-image-4970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-1-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The departure lobby of Itami Airport.<br>Morning light streamed through the glass ceiling.<br>Outside, the sky was clear, not a cloud in sight.<br>No wind. On the runway, aircraft stood neatly in line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014And yet.<br>What was this hush that blanketed the entire airport?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodama Takano halted.<br>It was not temperature. Not humidity.<br>It was a subtle \u201calignment,\u201d grating faintly within his skin.<br>As though the very space had arranged itself, waiting for something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He checked his smartphone.<br>Not only his flight to Naha\u2014<br>every single departure from Itami was marked:<br>\u201cCancelled due to technical trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026What the\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His voice never left his lips,<br>but within his chest there was a faint strike of sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was no accident.<br>No natural phenomenon.<br>It was deliberate.<br>They had been <em>stopped.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 2: Takano walking inside the airport\" class=\"wp-image-5233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-2-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-2-1-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-2-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At that moment, the announcement came overhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll domestic flights from Itami Airport today have been cancelled, due to technical issues\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A wave of unrest spread through the lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery flight\u2026?\u201d<br>\u201cWhat are we supposed to do?\u201d<br>\u201cI\u2019ll never make it in time\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some ran to find alternatives.<br>Others crowded the counters.<br>Voices of urgency tangled in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And beneath the noise, another <em>silence.<\/em><br>Not one that sound could mask.<br>A hidden current, flowing at the bottom of the space\u2014<br>an invisible operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano let his gaze wander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 3: Spy team in black suits\" class=\"wp-image-4975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-3-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By the ticket gates, in the shadow of a shop, near a vending machine.<br>Men in suits, scattered casually.<br>Their movements held no flaw.<br>Smartphones in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But each wore the same black earpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That alone was more than enough of a sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was happening here was no coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cosmetics industry was a battlefield of beauty.<br>Especially with fermentation\u2014new ingredients could mean vast profit.<br>Fermentation conditions, extraction methods, storage techniques.<br>Even securing just one could lock the market under patent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the scenes, constant wars of information raged.<br>Illicit trades, leaks, the poaching of researchers\u2014<br>sometimes even the disappearance of entire developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 4: Dark image of the industry\u2019s underworld\" class=\"wp-image-4977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-4-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano lived in the midst of such a world.<br>He was long accustomed to being watched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vial of Shisui at his chest swayed faintly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He walked to a column apart from the gates,<br>leaning into its shadow, surveying the concourse.<br>He noted the placement of each man in black.<br>None looked directly at him.<br>But that, in itself, was unnatural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The counters ran as usual.<br>The staff smiled, unbroken.<br>The displays shifted, the announcements clear.<br>Only the planes\u2014did not move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want me to go\u2026<br>Or is it something waiting where I\u2019m headed?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not quite a thought,<br>not quite a whisper\u2014<br>just a question without shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this carefully arranged halt\u2014<br>it was a headwind against the journey itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 5: Takano checking alternate routes on his phone\" class=\"wp-image-4979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-5-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano seated himself on a bench at the far end of the lobby.<br>He stretched his spine, calmed his breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two days until the full moon.<br>If he could not reach Okinawa,<br>the promise with the loquat would break.<br>And with nature, there could be no delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his phone, maps and timetables glowed.<br>Shinkansen. Ferries. Overland drives.<br>One by one, he examined them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 6: Image of Shinkansen and ferry routes\" class=\"wp-image-4981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-6-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Southward on the expressway, ferry from Kagoshima.<br>A long detour, but better to be pursued\u2014or to lure pursuit.<br>With the skies blocked,<br>only a journey with footprints remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the corner of his sight,<br>he sensed those men again.<br>Still unmoving.<br>Still blind to him.<br>And yet the taut stillness clung thick in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano rose and began to walk.<br>His pace did not falter.<br>At his chest, Shisui swayed once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The battle was beginning\u2014<br>quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 7: Takano with sunglasses, eyes glowing red\" class=\"wp-image-4983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep5-7-300x169.jpg 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