The person who had sent Hajime to face Kenshin was none other than the Head of the Home Ministry, former Satsuma Domain Revolutionary warrior, Toshimichi Okubo. He asks Kenshin to go to Kyoto to stop the secret plans of a man who claims to be the legitimate successor of the Hitokiri Battosai. However, that man was supposed to have been killed 10 years ago by his own comrades in the government, as they regarded him as a threat. Receiving this request to conduct an assassination, what will Kenshin's answer be...?
as an obligation of the Shinsengumi
who lived on into the Meiji Era.
عن طريق معاقبة طفيليّات مثلكم
.ممّن يمتصّون دماء مجتمع ميجي
Dies ist die Pflicht der Shinsengumi,
der Meiji-Ära gerecht zu werden.
y cumplir mi deber como un miembro del
Shinsengumi que vive en estos tiempos.
y cumplir en estos tiempos
con mi deber de miembro del Shinsengumi.
en punissant les parasites
qui exploitent la société de Meiji.
E lo faccio come dovere nei confronti 
dei sopravvissuti della Shinsengumi!
para executar as pragas que
usam esta era devorar os outros.
И, как член Синсэнгуми, доживший
до Мэйдзи, я исполню свой долг!