Sannan has been using materials left behind by Kodo to continue to try to improve the medicine in secret. He drinks the medicine and transforms into something which is no longer human. After seeing the wound Sannan infected on Chizuru heal in an instant, Hijikata asks her if she's a rasetsu, but...
Later, the commotion over Sannan adds to the decision to move the Shinsengumi headquarters to Nishi Hongwanji. Chizuru continues to search for her father, but she is unable to find any clues to his whereabouts. Then one day, Chizuru happens to overhear Okita's secret.
If ever a time comes when you are powerless 
to prevent a loss, you will think...
إذا مرّت عليك لحظات تكون فيها أضعف
...من أن تمنع خسارة، سوف تقول لنفسك
Sobald man zu schwach ist, um eine
Niederlage abzuwenden, wird man denken:
Si llega un momento
en el que se sientan impotentes,
Si llega un momento
en el que os sintáis impotentes,
face au danger,
les faibles penseront toujours
se mai ci fosse un momento in cui ti sentissi impotente 
nel prevenire una perdita, penseresti...
Um dia, vocês se depararão com
uma derrota inevitável e pensarão:
когда почувствуешь себя
беспомощным, тебя посетит мысль: