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.
All this time, could it be that I'm just 
having a long, happy dream?
طوال هذا الوقت، هل يُعقل بأنّني أشاهد
مجرّد حلم سعيد وطويل؟
Träume ich die ganze Zeit
nur einen schönen, langen Traum?
¿será que todo esto no es más
que un sueño largo y alegre?
¿será que todo esto no es más
que un sueño largo y alegre?
que nous sommes plongés
dans un long et doux rêve.
E se per tutto questo tempo 
avessi soltanto fatto un bel sogno?
Será que tudo isso foi apenas
um longo e belo sonho?
может, всё это — всего лишь
очень долгий и счастливый сон?