Using his tanuki powers, he took a sniff of the fabric and followed the scent. Maho cleaned up the hut while her husband and Tanuki son tracked down the Yokai hunter. Hisoki and Yaketsuku left the hut and followed the scent in the hut. They find the Yokai traps that the Yokai hunter left in there. Luckily, they were skilled ninjas and evaded the traps.
They saw the Yokai hunter relaxing near the campfire and laughing at the poor Yokai trapped in their cages. Hisoki spots his tanuki family in cages. Hisoki was about to tell, but his human father shushed him that the Yokai hunter might hear them. They then hatched a plan to save the tanuki family and the other yokai…
The Yokai hunter is a large, excessively muscular man with wild hair tied up into a ponytail and wears a large white headband (with the same yokai hunter logo) that encircles his huge forehead. Despite his massive physique and big square jawline, he had a small nose, small blue eyes, and short eyebrows. He wears a white samurai kimono, but with sleeves ripped off to show off his tattooed shoulders and burly arms. The tattoos show the yokai he hunts.
The Yokai hunter had already finished his twelfth bottle of sake and he felt he could go for another's sake. He looked inside his bag for sake, but he frowned when there was nothing left. A voice suddenly called.
"Excuse me"
The Yokai hunter turned around and saw a young man with blue hair and blue eyes and wear blue clothes. He is around eighteen years old. This is Hisoki. The Yokai hunter raised an eyebrow and snorted gruffly. He said with a deep, tough and loud tone and Hisoki could smell sake from the Yokai hunter's powerful breath.
"Well, pipsqueak, what're you doing around here? I've got lots of yokai to deal with. Make it quick."
Hisoki fiddled his feet shyly and said.
"I was thinking if I could apply to be your apprentice. I heard you were a famous Yokai hunter who captured Yokai all over japan hoping to sell them"
Hearing the young man's words makes the Yokai hunter grin out of pride.
"A famous yokai hunter, you say?" He guffaws. "Well, you came here to the right place! My name is Isamu Takeo and I'm going to show you all of my greatest yokai hunts!"
He began bragging about how he tricked a Futakuchi-Onna into eating super spicy wasabi, out-wrestled the Kappa, strangled the RokuroKubi into unconsciousness, stole the club from an Oni and many of his incredible hunts. Hisoki began listening to Isamu Takeo's amazing yokai hunts. After listening to Isamu Takeo boasting about his adventures in yokai hunting, Hisoki asked.
"I saw a family of tanukis in one of your cages. What are you going to do with them?"
Isamu Takeo chuckled and smirked.
"I'm planning to sell their fur to a wealthy Daimyo and he will give me ten enormous bags of gold and an unlimited supply of sake as a reward!"
Isamu Takeo pulled out his knife and whispered evilly.
"I'm going to skin their fur tomorrow morning"
Hisoki smiled and pulled out a bottle of sake. He whispered.
"Here is your reward for capturing the Tanukis"
Isamu Takeo's eyes widened like plates and his jaws drool like waterfalls when he saw the bottle of sake that Hisoki was holding, but he felt suspicious.
"Take a sip yourself, I want to know what this sake tastes like"
Hisoki nodded and pulled out a small cup. He pretended to pour the sake on the cup and he pretended to sip it. He licked his lips.
"The sweetest, most delicious and finest sake I ever tasted in my life! You should try it!"
Delighted, Isamu Takeo snatched the bottle of sake from Hisoki's hand and chug it all down. He threw out the empty bottle.
"You right! This is the best sake I ever tasted in my life! Can you tell me who brewed this sake?"
Suddenly, The Yokai hunter felt very sleepy, and he ended up falling on the floor headfirst.
THUD!!!
There is a huge snore and Hisoki pulls out a cheeky grin. He added the sake with the same sleeping powder that Hisoki accidentally smelled. Thankfully, Hisoki avoided smelling the powder this time. His human father came out from the shadows with the keys. While Hisoki distracts the Yokai Hunter, Yaketsuku stealthily snatched the keys from him. They use the keys to unlock the cages and free the Tanuki family and all the yokai. They escaped from Isamu Takeo and went to the hut that Maho had finished cleaning.