"Hey, Daigoro!" "Miss Itsuko!" "Miss!" "Daigoro!" "Daigoro!" "Daigoro!" "Daigoro, Daigoro!" "It's a lie!" "This is a lie, right?" "Please wake up!" "This can't be..." "Daigoro!" "I warned you not to mess with us if you value your life!" "What was that?" "Sano, you'll leave him up to me, that you will." "Sure..." "Don't be afraid, slay them!" "I see..." "No wonder why Katsu relies on you." "I have already proven that reliance to be misplaced, that I have." "I won't let anyone get in the way of our plans." "I'll fight him." "All of you, get the others!" "Yeah!" "Don't think you'll just walk away from here without a scratch!" "Here, I'll take you all on!" "Not only did you kidnap Miss ltsuko but now Mr. Daigoro..." "I won't forgive you!" "Dammit!" "I'll avenge him!" "Come on!" "What are you doing this for?" "Why are you after Sir Katsu?" "Slaying him is the first step for the Beni-aoi, and the first step in our plans." "Why do you have such a grudge against Sir Katsu?" "Because of him, the regime was forced to suffer a humiliating loss!" "Vassals were exiled without a chance to fight for the pride of the samurai." "Our Lord Yoshinobu, the shogun is still being imprisoned by the Meiji government." "But that is something that the shogun, Lord Yoshinobu, decided for himself and it's not as if you don't know why." "To save Edo, is that it?" "How naive!" "It's all a part of Katsu's conspiracy!" "Since the Revolution, he's been spending his life peacefully using the massive amount of hidden funds left by the Tokugawas!" "Is that true?" "It wasn't Lord Yoshinobu's plan to give up the castle without a fight?" "It wasn't his plan at all." "Kaishu Katsu received a huge inheritance from the Tokugawas claiming he was holding onto it for the shogun." "But what's really going on?" "The shogun is still imprisoned by the government, and is not free..." "But Katsu is free to use the money." "For what good..." "For what good did I bear with such humiliation for the past ten years?" "Damn you, Katsu!" "Wait." "If you slay Katsu now, nothing will come of it." "Besides, it doesn't look like you even own a sword..." "Without proof of Katsu's betrayal it would look like you only had a personal grudge, and you don't want that to happen, right?" "I have an idea." "I will let you get revenge on Katsu for everyone he's wronged and cut open a path to your future." "What are you saying?" "Just do what I tell you to do..." "Who the hell are you?" "I will never repeat that humiliation again!" "Miss Itsuko!" "Hey, how is he?" "Is he really dead?" "Sir Katsu isn't the person you think he is, that he is not!" "What do you know?" "You don't know what we've gone through since the Revolution!" "Don't think that you're the only one who lived through tough times..." "Sano..." "You're the only one left now." "This is the end of the Beni-aoi." "This is the only way left for me!" "Daigoro..." "Miss Itsuko?" "Daigoro!" "What..." "What happened to me?" "Are you really all right?" "What about your wounds?" "Wounds?" "It hurts..." "The treasured book I got from my instructor!" "Can it be that he was saved by that book?" "What a lucky guy!" "Yeah!" "O-Oh, I see..." "I..." "Sir Okuma, it's better than anything to see that you are safe." "Don't worry us like that!" "Come on, get a grip!" "Miss Itsuko?" "I was so worried!" "Oh, yeah..." "I'm sorry!" "But, thank you for coming to save me!" "Oh, um..." "What's this?" "Mr. Himura!" "Chief!" "What in the world?" "That's what I would like to know." "Someone sent a report to the police." "Who let the police know?" "Here we were, doing our best to keep this a secret..." "Who was that report from?" "I don't know, exactly." "We got a letter saying that there was a young girl imprisoned here..." "In fact, there were two." "Two letters?" "To inform the police, and then not come himself..." "I guess his life and money were more important than his daughter's life." "That's the kind of man Katsu is." "My instructor is not a man of that sort!" "He always told me about how he lived through times when so many lives were lost." "That was why he felt especially responsible for the times to come..." "Hey." "In any case, we should leave the rest to the police." "But will it be all right?" "The government keeps an eye on him as it is..." "The old man can handle this much!" "Kenshin?" "What's wrong?" "Yeah..." "Isn't everything settled?" "He said that they received two reports, that he did..." "Yes." "I wonder who sent them?" "Since he's not here yet, one was from the old man, right?" "Then, what about the second one?" "Kenshin?" "Sir Katsu!" "So, it really was you..." "Sir..." "What you're looking for isn't in there." "You really understand how I think, correct?" "Even with my daughter as a hostage there's no way that I would reveal the location of the money so easily." "Therefore, the only alternative is to find the map leading to the money hidden somewhere around here." "You knew that the map was right here, didn't you?" "You thought that if you looked throughout the house while I was out rescuing Itsuko, you would be able to find it." "But for someone as intelligent as you are, that wasn't a good idea." "I really liked your confidence and your talent." "I thought that you would be able to support the weight of the current government even if it strayed..." "To rebuild that government, and gain enough power I need the hidden Tokugawa treasure!" "Some government official told you that?" "Soon, the roster of government offices will be announced." "If I can hand them the hidden Tokugawa treasure before then my rank will increase even more." "I can have a greater influence in politics." "So, the present government has already become so corrupt..." "That is why I..." "Tetsuma, I can't hand you the money, either." "I knew that you would never give me the money, even if I reasoned with you." "And, what will you do?" "I will get the hidden Tokugawa treasure, even if I must use force!" "But still, you are one of my apprentices." "I'll defeat you with my own hands." "Sir, that is nothing but a waste..." "Please just tell me!" "If you really want it that badly, take it after you take my life!" "Sir Katsu..." "You shouldn't draw that sword, that you should not..." "Sir Himura..." "You're..." "Miss Itsuko is all right, that she is." "Father!" "Itsuko!" "There is no need to make things worse." "Put up your sword." "Mr. Tetsuma..." "I am not mistaken!" "I need the money at any cost for my own ideals!" "Tetsuma..." "Mr. Tetsuma..." "Do you know why Sir Katsu waited here for you, alone?" "Even though he knew your plans..." "You are one who should understand what is going through Sir Katsu's mind." "Shut up!" "I've never seen swordsmanship like that." "Kenshin!" "The match is over..." "I am not the kind of man who gives up easily!" "I know that very well." "That's why I don't want you to be doing things like this, Mr. Tetsuma!" "Get out of my way, Daigoro!" "I won't move!" "Move!" "I won't move!" "Please..." "Stop this, Mr. Tetsuma." "You shouldn't be doing this." "You shouldn't..." "I've always strived to be like you!" "I admire you!" "I know that you are the one that understands our instructor's teachings better than anyone, Mr. Tetsuma." "And, you're the one with ideals bigger than anyone else's." "That's not the kind of thing you should be able to buy with money!" "And you, Mr. Tetsuma, should be the one who understands that best of all!" "Don't throw away your ideals!" "Please don't throw them away!" "And, don't make our instructor or Miss Itsuko so sad." "Daigoro..." "I see..." "Then, Sir Tetsuma..." "Yes." "He said he wanted to repent for his sins, and start over..." "Somewhere in the recesses of his heart Sir Tetsuma knew that what he was doing was wrong, that he did..." "And that's why he feared that Sir Katsu or Miss Itsuko would find out about it that he did." "That's why he created the Beni-aoi and went through that much planning to steal the map, wasn't it?" "Because of his own large ideals, he felt very troubled." "Although, some people with big ideas don't seem to have any troubles." "This looks like an interesting book." "Isn't it?" "That's a story about an adventure under the ground." "Daigoro is fine just like that." "Even Father said it's all right for someone to have a big dream like going to the moon so it might as well be him." "Hey, Kenshin, come here for a second." "This is interesting!" "Oh, let's see..." "By the way what happened to the actual map that shows the whereabouts of the money?" "Who knows?" "I don't know, either." "Sir Okuma, what's that book tucked in your shirt?" "Oh, this book?" "It's hard to read now that it's been stained by blood..." "But, since it's a book I received from my instructor and the book that saved my life I just couldn't let it go." "Would you mind if I took a quick look at it?" "Sure, go ahead." "Sir Okuma..." "You take good care of this book, that you should..." "It's filled with Sir Katsu's emotions, that it is..." "Yes!" "Shibata, you've been bailed out." "What?" "The mastermind came and surrendered." "He testified that it was all his plan and that the members of the Beni-aoi had no idea what was going on." "There's been a special plea from the Katsu family as well..." "So, this is a special arrangement." "I'm so sorry..." "Sorry about this." "Everything about this incident is my fault." "Can you forgive him, too?" "But..." "I won't apologize about surrendering the castle without fighting." "That was the best thing I could do at that time." "I still don't think it was a mistake." "Katsu..." "That's why I'm responsible for it." "I have something I need to do before I die." "That's how I'm going to distinguish myself in this Meiji era." "Someday, when you feel like it, come visit me." "I'll be waiting." "We're going home, Daigoro!" "If we're out too late, Father will be mad again!" "O-Okay!" "Sorry to bother you all." "Give my best regards to Sir Katsu." "If you'll excuse us..." "Oh, Miss Itsuko!" "Please wait!" "Oh, brother..."