Within the Shinsengumi, distrust of Ito's faction is increasing, and Nagakura Shinpachi's irritation with Hijikata for not saying anything grows.
Around the same time, there's a string of incidents in which the shogunate's edict boards that stand along the roadsides in the capital are pulled out of the ground. The Shinsengumi is ordered to guard them.
Later, Harada Sanosuke receives a cash reward for successfully protecting the edict boards. He and a group of like-minded members set out to go drinking. In high spirits, they head for their destination not knowing that Hijikata is waiting there.
With Lord Iemochi's passing, the Choshu
 have dealt a blow to the shogunate.
بوفاة الحاكم إيموتشي، يكون التشوشو 
قد حقّقوا ضربة للشوغونيّة
Mit Fürst Iemochis Ableben haben die Choshu
dem Shogunat eine Niederlage beschert.
Con la muerte del señor Iemochi,
Con la muerte del señor Iemochi,
Le shogun Iemochi est mort,
Con la morte del signore Iemochi, 
Choushuu ha inflitto una dure sconfitta allo shogunato.
Vocês devem saber que a morte do Lorde Iemochi
foi um golpe duro de Choshu contra o xogunato.
С кончиной лорда Иэмоти
 Тёсю нанесли поражение сёгунату.