After learning of a plan to attack the Shinsengumi Command Post, Hijikata and the others decide to raid a meeting of Imperial Loyalists, which include men from Choushuu. The meeting will be held at either Shikokuya or Ikedaya. It's impossible to know which based solely on the information provided by Yamazaki Susumu and the other intelligence agents. With no other choice, the Shinsengumi splits into two squads. Kondou takes ten men to Ikedaya, while Hijikata takes twenty four to Shikokuya, but then...
They say it will be difficult 
for him to hold a sword again.
يُقال بأنّه سيكون من الصّعب له أن
يحمل سيفاً من جديد
Er wird wohl nie wieder
ein Schwert tragen können.
No podrá volver a empuñar una espada.
No podrá volver a empuñar una espada.
Il ne pourra sans doute plus
manier le sabre.
Temo che gli sarà difficile 
impugnare di nuovo una spada.
Ele terá dificuldade para voltar
a empunhar uma espada.
Говорят, он больше
не сможет держать меч.