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.
They might have fired on us by mistake. 
If we talk to them, then—
—لعلّهم أطلقوا علينا بالخطأ. إذا تكلّمنا معهم، حينها
Vielleicht haben sie aus Versehen
auf uns geschossen. Reden wi…
Puede que se confundieran.
Si hablamos con ellos…
Puede que se confundieran.
Si hablamos con ellos…
Peut-être était-ce une erreur !
Ils ont tiré en pensant que…
Magari ci hanno sparato per sbaglio.
Eles podem ter se enganado.
Vamos tentar conversar e...
Может, они не узнали нас.
Я поговорю...