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Saitou Hajime
vs.
Uonuma Usui

Moving along in Shishio's base, Saitou had volunteered to deal with Usui, allowing Kenshin, Sanosuke, and Yumi to move along. The first thing Saitou did was use his Gatotsu attack. The blind Hitokiri Usui simply blocked Saitou's attack with his rochin and countered with his Pouken Pougyoku Hyakka Ryouran, wounding Saitou's right hand, left shoulder, and right leg. Abrutely, the fight was paused while Usui told his story about how he can fight using his Shin Gan. Saitou listens and finds the story a complete joke. Usui claimed that he had been waiting to kill Shishio after Shishio had blinded him, but Saitou knows Usui is too much of a coward to do so.


Outraged and embarassed that Saitou had seen his true intentions, Usui charged towards the Miburo. Again, Saitou executed his Gatotsu, but this time, Usui held out his turtle shell shield. Saitou had hit that. Usui's shield was not so easy to go through as Saitou had thought. Taking advantage of the situation, Usui stabbed Saitou in his left thigh with the rochin. The same set of moves were then repeated, but now, both of Saitou's legs had been stabbed. Following, Usui got into Saitou's face, making him unable to use the Gatotsu. To prove Usui wrong, Saitou showed off his Zero Gatotsu, which broke Usui's shield and drilled him onto a wall, leaving him hanging as he died.