After defeating Arundo Akamatsu, Kenshin returns to the Kamiya Dojo and sees Hajime Saito. Hajime had introduced himself to Kaoru and Yahiko as Goro Fujita, the police officer, and they had invited him into the Dojo without any suspicion. Hajime criticizes Kenshin and the others for their naivety. Over the past ten years that Kenshin had washed his hands of manslaying, Hajime had honed his killing intent and skills as a hitman, and now Hajime's ferocity was aimed at them.
First rule of the Shinsengumi,
،أوّل قاعدة للشّينسنغومي
Artikel eins der Shinsengumi-Regeln:
La primera norma del Shinsegumi es nunca
volver la espalda al camino del samurái.
La primera norma del Shinsegumi es
no apartarse del camino del samurái.
Article 1 du Code de l’honneur
Первый пункт устава Синсэнгуми гласит:
«Никогда не показывай спину врагу».