The shogunate orders the Shinsengumi to move their headquarters to the Fushimi Magistrate's Office to combat the Satsuma and Choshu factions. A few days later, Kondo is shot on his way back from attending a war council, leaving him on the verge of death. The news makes Okita drag himself, weakened by his illness, to Sannan's rooms.
Day by day, the battle with the Satsuma-Choshu forces grows fiercer, and the Shinsengumi is made to feel the disadvantage of their inferior numbers. Amidst all of this, Hijikata comes to a decision.
If you'd fallen from your horses, you wouldn't 
have been able to outrun the assassin.
لو سقطتم عن خيولكم، لما تمكّنتم
من الإفلات من القاتل
Wenn ihr vom Pferd gefallen wärt, hättet ihr
dem Attentäter nicht entkommen können.
Tombés de cheval,
vous n’avez pas pu fuir.
Se foste caduti da cavallo 
non sareste riusciti a seminare gli assassini.
Se vocês tivessem deixado o cavalo,
não teriam conseguido alcançar o assassino.
Упади вы с лошадей, вы бы
не смогли уйти от убийц.