"The two of us, the Destruction Army can hog the prey all to ourselves." "Right, Fuji?" "M-Monster!" "So..." "It looks like the end..." "Yes." "Normal humans must know when to give up." "You should all meet your end honorably!" "Dammit..." "We came this far, all of us fighting through our injuries..." "And Lord Aoshi will finally be back, too..." "Now, at the very end..." "We get a monster like this?" "Kaoru..." "I know..." "I have no intentions of giving up." "I promised Kenshin that we would all go back to Tokyo together." "But..." "It might not work out this time..." "Not yet!" "It's not over yet!" "Soon..." "Kenshin will come back..." "Back here!" "He will defeat Shishio's whole group, and come back here!" "Until then, we can't give up!" "Yahiko!" "Yahiko..." "I will fight!" "Even if a monster appears, even if the world comes to an end..." "I will keep my promise with Kenshin!" "Oh, brother." "It looks like you don't understand your current situation at all." "Let me be the one to inform you of your position." "You don't even have a one in 10,000 chance to survive." "Situational analysis from a logical viewpoint, point one..." "I'll start with the possibility of Himura the Battousai's return." "From all logic, this is very close to zero." "Lord Shishio always ends his duels with a fatality..." "It is easier than spotting a fire to see where the Battousai is headed." "Dead men return to the underworld, not here." "Situational analysis from a logical viewpoint, point two..." "A study of your current combat abilities..." "Well it is amazing that women and children defeated three of the Juppongatana." "However, as a result of the harsh fighting you are beaten and bruised all over." "Frankly put, you don't have much strength left." "And, situational analysis from a logical viewpoint, number three." "A study of the combat abilities of the Destruction Army..." "This will be easier to display than explain in words..." "Fuji..." "Okina!" "Because of those points, one, two, and three there can be only one conclusion!" "You have virtually no hope!" "Only death awaits!" "So what?" "Yahiko..." "I don't care about logic!" "No matter what anyone says I will believe in Kenshin!" "You think Battousai will appear if you believe in him?" "Before death, are you getting confused between dreams and reality?" "I, who have been living several times longer than you, will teach you plenty." "If you believe, you will be betrayed." "That is how the world operates." "Die, kid!" "Yahiko!" "Kenshin!" "Yahiko!" "Kenshin!" "Kenshin!" "Kaoru..." "Hey kid, thanks for the shout." "You, who believed in my stupid apprentice until the very end have just won." "T-That is..." "Seijuro Hiko..." "Successor of the Hiten Mitsurugi Style!" "Kenshin's master, Seijuro Hiko!" "How can..." "I see..." "Kenshin told me he already had made plans..." "He was talking about his master, Hiko." "To catch, and then reflect that monster's sword..." "What's wrong, kid?" "Did your legs give out as soon as the tension broke?" "S-Shut up!" "If you're gonna come, do it a little earlier!" "Don't show up at the last minute to make yourself look cool, dammit!" "If you have a problem, tell it to my stupid apprentice." "It's all his fault for not giving me any directions." "Thanks to him, I ended up searching the entire city of Kyoto." "Now, it's dangerous, so stay back." "Truly..." "Thank you, truly..." "Now..." "Shall we begin?" "I see..." "Eyes full of spirit, unlike anything I've seen recently." "That single strike was rather done well, too." "Grasping the inside of the hand at the moment of impact..." "You followed the basics of martial arts very well..." "So you are the master of that Battousai the Manslayer..." "Dealing with Fuji's giant sword..." "However, no matter how strong the ant it is no match for a mammoth!" "There is no human that can match Fuji, the monster of the century!" "Old man, if you're going to talk to yourself, do it elsewhere." "I'm talking to Fuji, of the Destruction Army." "Talk to that monster?" "Can words really get through to that monster?" "All I needed was one swing of your sword!" "Your sword spoke volumes about you..." "You're not the big lug the old man thinks you are." "Moreover, you aren't a monster!" "You are a true martial artist, one of the few remaining!" "What?" "Until now, none have understood you for who you are." "Your strange shape..." "It has caused you to be misunderstood, and you've had a very painful life." "But Fuji..." "You should put an end to that." "Stop being used by someone who is stupid compared to you." "S-Stupid?" "You mean me?" "You are a martial artist." "Regain your pride!" "Don't lend him an ear, Fuji!" "All you need to do is listen to what I tell you to do!" "Without me, you would have been gone long ago!" "Don't forget, you owe me!" "You need to thank me!" "Fuji!" "Listen to what I have to say!" "There he is!" "There he is!" "You ran away all the way over here?" "We finally caught up!" "H-He's coming!" "Don't look away!" "Oh, over here, we found him!" "l-ls that human?" "It's not human, it's a monster!" "Yeah, it's a monster!" "It will eat everyone up if we don't stop it!" "Please get rid of it quickly!" "Fire!" "Back then, I was the one who found you almost dead, covered in blood." "You just need to think about paying me back for that favor!" "Old man!" "I'm the one talking to Fuji!" "You stay quiet!" "Scary..." "Nothing less from the master..." "Fuji, get rid of your armor." "With that heavy armor weighing down your body and soul you'll have no chance against me." "You're sure to die with the next strike." "So, he's saying he's really powerful..." "How conceited..." "I'm in love!" "He's so cool!" "Sir Hiko!" "Don't be fooled!" "He's trying to trick you into removing your armor and lowering your defenses!" "You've been a real martial artist, and loyal to a dumb master." "I wish someone I know could see your faithfulness..." "But, isn't it about time that you start choosing battles with your own will?" "Even with all your strength, there are some you can't defeat." "One as such as that is before you for the first time ever." "Fuji!" "He's crying..." "Tears of joy." "Tears of joy?" "It is probably the case that Fuji has never been seen as anything but a monster by anyone in his life." "However, Hiko didn't overlook his sadness, and his martial artist's soul..." "And Fuji is answering to that." "Seijuro Hiko..." "What a marvelous man." "But since he took his armor off, isn't he even stronger?" "Isn't that a bad thing?" "Idiot!" "That's the good part!" "What's that mean?" "He's a little irritating, but when he acts that bad-ass..." "I have no choice but to think that he's really cool." "Fuji..." "N-N-Now, let..." "Fuji..." "Let's go!" "An honest fight!" "They stopped..." "Reach..." "I'm guessing that where Fuji stopped is just barely outside Hiko's reach." "The reach of a sword is like a barrier, when dealing with a master of his level." "Fuji can't step in any further..." "This stalemate will continue for a while." "But, the decision will be made in an instant." "The deciding factor will be how Hiko retaliates from Fuji's full-power swing!" "I hope so." "If the battle doesn't get decided in an instant, then this whole area will be reduced to rubble!" "You all talk too much..." "Seijuro Hiko is Kenshin's master!" "We don't have to worry about our hopes he's already seen to the bottom of them!" "And, he is sure to win!" "What's wrong?" "Are you afraid of me?" "Here I come." "Two-handed style!" "Oh no!" "Oh, the perfect tactic!" "That way, your power is doubled!" "He did it!" "So powerful that the corpse is destroyed!" "Just as I thought, Fuji..." "No, our Destruction Army, is strongest!" "Right, Fuji..." "I have no complaints about that attack..." "But it is a shame, Fuji..." "Go!" "Hiten Mitsurugi Style..." "Kuzu Ryu Sen." "No holding back..." "That's the difference between Kenshin and him." "Did he kill him?" "Oh, look his blade was flipped, like the reverse-blade sword..." "Then..." "With a large body, you have to have the stamina to match." "This much won't put an end to him." "You're so cool, Sir Hiko!" "True..." "The last attack was wonderful..." "For once, he fought someone who understood him with all his strength." "And spoke he through his sword..." "Fuji is satisfied though he was defeated..." "This guy isn't dead yet, either." "In the end, he was just a loudmouth." "This type always lives on and on, despite everything." "As a fellow old man, I am very embarrassed by him." "Oh, brother." "I don't know if he'll come back alive or not but I've fulfilled my promise to my stupid apprentice." "Now, just believe in him and wait." "Yes..." "The battle is over." "We won?" "We kept the promise we made to Kenshin!" "Hurray!" "Now, all we do is wait for Kenshin to come back!" "Kenshin!" "What's wrong?" "No, just now..." "Miss Kaoru's voice?" "I am sane, that I am." "I think that wound gave you a fever and it's getting to your head..." "Excuse me!" "But, I am relieved after hearing Miss Kaoru's voice, even if it was just me..." "I'm sure that the Aoiya is all right, that it is." "You're amazingly optimistic right now." "Do you believe in him?" "That master of yours..." "Seijuro Hiko has never broken a promise, not even once." "That's a beautiful relationship between master and apprentice." "What's wrong, Houji?" "A telegraph from our communications man in Kyoto..." "The assault on the Aoiya has failed..." "Iwanbou has run away..." "Henya, Kamatari, Fuji, and Saizuchi have been captured!" "In other words, the Juppongatana are almost completely gone." "How?" "That group, including Fuji, cannot possibly lose..." "How?" "It just means that they were stronger than us, nothing more." "In this world, only the fittest survive." "If you are strong, you live if you are weak, you die." "But it's all right." "Because I am strong." "It's no problem if I work hard enough for all ten of the Juppongatana, right?" "Well then, I'll be on my way." "I am once again amazed..." "In this situation, he shows no confusion..." "It's been a while since he lost the emotions of anger and sadness..." "If you are strong, you live if you are weak, you die." "That is the only reason that he lives on." "If you are strong, you live if you are weak, you die." "Those were words I taught him." "They are the only truth of this world..." "Oh, I've had enough!" "Shut up!" "How come you're pissed, with me taking the time to carry you?" "What woman would be happy about being carried around like a dog?" "Then you want me to do this?" "Absolutely not!" "I don't want to either!" "What was that?" "Miss Yumi, it's the next room, that it is." "We're finally here..." "You should be aware of who is waiting for you." "Sojiro the Tenken..." "I hear his name a lot, but is he strong?" "The strongest of the Juppongatana!" "That young man broke my previous reverse-blade sword, that he did." "l-I can't believe it!" "Surpassing Kenshin in Battoujutsu?" "Back then, we both retreated, calling it a draw." "But, if we had not it's obvious who had the upper hand, looking at each sword..." "Kenshin..." "But now, I have the principle forge of the reverse-blade sword, Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki and this time, I can't afford to lose, that I can not." "Here we go." "You can't go back if I open this door..." "Sojiro the Tenken..." "Moves like a phantom he is impossible to predict because he has no emotions." "...and, he has one more ability that he never showed Battousai back then." "His true power, what allowed him to assassinate Lord Okubo..." "Sojiro Seta, the most powerful warrior of chaos I have found and recreated." "Can you find a way to defeat him?" "It's time to see your skills, Battousai!" "Welcome, Mr. Himura..." "The strongest swordsman of the Juppongatana stands before Kenshin..." "Sojiro Seta..." "The precise movements of his Tenken..." "His mysterious smile and, his merciless blade work Kenshin into a corner." "Next time..." "Look forward to it, please!"