Kenshin confronts Sanosuke, who wields the giant Zanbato with ease. However, Sanosuke shows his incredible durability after withstanding a strike from Kenshin with ease. This leads Kenshin to instead launch a barrage of blows at him, and Sanosuke falls to the ground. For a moment it looked as if victory has been decided. However, while Sanosuke is in a daze, he recalls the reason for his obsession with victory, his past from ten years ago when he was in the Sekiho Army...
"Fake Imperial Army, Sekiho Army,
First Unit Captain, Sozo Sagara.
،قائد الوحدة الأولى لجيش سِكيهو
!الجيش الامبراطوريّ المزيّف، ساغارا سوزو
Sagara Sōzō, der Kommandant der ersten
Einheit der falschen Sekihōtai-Armee
Sozo Sagara, capitán del ejército falso
de la Brigada de la Dignidad Roja…
"El capitán de la Primera Brigada
de las falsas Sekihotai, Sozo Sagara.
Sozo Sagara, chef de la 1re unité
des imposteurs du Sekihôtai,
"नकली साम्राज्य की सेना, सेकिहो सेना,
पहली टुकड़ी का कप्तान, सोज़ो सागारा।
Sozo Sagara, comandante della prima unità
del falso esercito del Sekihotai.
Capitão do 1º Pelotão do exército
falso Sekihotai, Sagara Souzou.
Содзо Сагара, командир первого отряда
ненастоящего войска Сэкихотай!