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.
He said he didn't need an escort so big 
that it would leave this place shorthanded,
قال بأنّه لم يكن بحاجة لمرافقة كبيرة
،تترك هذا المكان ناقصاً من الحراسة
Er wollte keine zu große Eskorte,
damit er stets kurzfristig losziehen kann,
Dijo que no necesitaba escolta
para no dejar esto desprotegido,
Dijo que no necesitaba escolta
para no dejar esto desprotegido,
Il refusait toute garde
pour laisser les hommes à leurs postes.
Ha detto di non volere una scorta troppo numerosa
 per non lasciare sguarnita questa base
Ele disse que não queria uma escolta grande,
para não deixar a base desguarnecida.
Он отказался от большой охраны,
чтобы не оставить нас без людей,