Okita Soki related to Zhang Heng about the recent happenings brewing within the Shinsengumi. It appeared that Kyoto's public security was worsening by the day, and the general's behavior was getting more and more ambiguous. The director Kondo Isami and the deputy Hijikata Toshizō were getting increasingly worried. With the rapidly deteriorating situation, rumors that a new government would soon be propped up began to spread widely among the public.
The ronin in the group also began to worry about their future. If the new government fell into the Tobaku Sect's hands, they would definitely come up with everything they had to destroy Shinsengumi since it was the shogunate's main force.
While everyone was panicking, Okita Soki, trying to make a full recovery at home, was exceptionally calm.
