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.
I will not fail. The company...
...لن أفشل. السريّة
Ich werde nicht versagen. Die Truppe …
No fallaré. Ni a la organización,
No fallaré. Ni a la organización,
Io non fallirò. Proteggerò...
Eu vou proteger a companhia...
Я выстою. Я защищу