The shogunate orders the Shinsengumi to move their headquarters to the Fushimi Magistrate's Office to combat the Satsuma and Choshu factions. A few days later, Kondo is shot on his way back from attending a war council, leaving him on the verge of death. The news makes Okita drag himself, weakened by his illness, to Sannan's rooms.
Day by day, the battle with the Satsuma-Choshu forces grows fiercer, and the Shinsengumi is made to feel the disadvantage of their inferior numbers. Amidst all of this, Hijikata comes to a decision.
I pray that my goodwill will not be wasted.
آمل ألّا تذهب نيّتي الطيّبة أدراج الرّياح
Ich bete, dass mein guter Wille
nicht mit Füßen getreten wird.
Espero que mi buena voluntad
no caiga en saco roto.
Espero que mi buena voluntad
no caiga en saco roto.
J’espère que ma prévenance
ne sera pas vaine.
Spero che le mie buone intenzioni 
non vengano sprecate.
Peço apenas que minha boa
vontade não seja desperdiçada.
Я прошу, чтобы от моей доброй
воли не отворачивались.