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.
Perhaps as a result of that, the edict board
 listing the crimes of the Choshu
لعلّ نتيجة ذلك أدرجَ مجلس التّشريع جرائم التشوشو
Infolgedessen wurde die Tafel
Quizá por eso,
el edicto del puente Sanjo Ohashi
Quizá por eso,
el edicto del puente Sanjo Ohashi
Depuis, au pont de Sanjô,
Forse per questo motivo
la bacheca sul ponte Sanjou Ouhashi,
E por consequência disso, a placa
instalada na ponte Sanjo Ohashi,
Некие негодяи сбросили