Kenshin confronts Sanosuke, who wields the giant Zanbato with ease. However, Sanosuke shows his incredible durability after withstanding a strike from Kenshin with ease. This leads Kenshin to instead launch a barrage of blows at him, and Sanosuke falls to the ground. For a moment it looked as if victory has been decided. However, while Sanosuke is in a daze, he recalls the reason for his obsession with victory, his past from ten years ago when he was in the Sekiho Army...
had been heading north along Tosando,
،اتّجهت صوب الشّمال عبر منطقة توساندو
Sie waren nach Norden unterwegs
llevaba la noticia al pueblo del recorte
a la mitad del impuesto anual
marchaba al norte por Tosando,
remontait la route du Tôsan vers le nord
en annonçant que le nouveau régime
पूराना क्योटो
सेटा
stava marciando verso nord 
attraverso il Tosando
foi subindo pela estrada Tosando
шёл вдоль древнего Тосандо
и распространял вести о том,