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.
He probably feels like the vice-commander 
has changed as the company has grown.
يشعر غالباً بأنّ نائب القائد قد تغيّر مع نموّ السّريّة
Er spürt, wie sich der Vizekommandant
mit dem Wachstum der Truppe verändert hat.
il croit que sire Hijikata a changé
à cause de notre expansion,
probabilmente crede che il vice-comandante
 sia cambiato col crescere della compagnia.
Ele deve ter sentido que o vice-comandante
mudou com o crescimento da companhia.
Ему кажется, заместитель изменился
после расширения отряда.