The Kurogasa has entered
Tani's residence. As he stands before everyone, Tani announces
that the hired bodyguard who kills the Kurogasa will receive
five times the pay promised, plus an officer's position
in the military. With that said, many of the bodyguards
charge foolishly for the Kurogasa. In a few swipes, they
are killed. After witnessing the death of their comrades,
a bunch of bodyguards for Tani begin to flee. The Kurogasa,
however, won't let them escape. He uses the Shin no Ippou
technique to paralyze everyone in the room - everyone, except
Kenshin.
Kenshin leaps from behind
Sanosuke and towards the Kurogasa. Both draw their swords
and pass by one another. Kenshin has taken a cut to his
left arm. Kenshin and the Kurogasa look at one another.
Just by description and the usage of their sword, both seem
to know who one another really is. The Kurogasa is a killer
for hire with no loyalty whose real name is Udou Jin'e and
Kenshin is, of course, the Hitokiri Battousai. Jin'e would
like to fight Kenshin, as fighting the legendary hitokiri
is quite a dream, but first, he rushes over to kill his
original target, Tani.
Sanosuke, standing next to
Tani, breaks out of the Shin no Ippou and grabs a statue
which he hurls at the quickly approaching Kurogasa. Sanosuke
does manage to break Jin'e's sword with the statue, but
the broken blade is driven into his wrist. Jin'e laughs
as blood gushes out of Sanosuke's wrist, prompting Kenshin
to charge. Both Kenshin and Jin'e clash with their swords
for a brief moment until Jin'e leaps on the windowsill.
The Kurogasa has changed his target. It is now the former
Hitokiri Battousai, Himura Kenshin. And so, Udou Jin'e the
Kurogasa departs.
Now that everyone can move,
a doctor is quickly called for. Sanosuke is fine, but Uramura
is concerned about Kenshin being the target. All along,
Kenshin knew that the outcome would come out like so. However,
Kenshin wanted to settle things on that night, rather than
having a lost hitokiri running around freely in the Meiji
Era.
