Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor Page #3

...which permits us ronin to band together for

the purpose of removing the foreigners.

We have been ordered to return to Edo

at once and undertake this task.

Everyone!

Let us immediately

return to Edo...

...and endeavor to oust

the foreigners!

Serizawa...

Do you understand now?

While you and your men were on your way

from Edo... the situation has changed.

What a load

of crap!

So you still don't get it.

The ronin troops must

return to Edo!

Just a minute!

What is it,

Kondo?

What about guarding the

Shogun here in Kyoto?

We're bowing out.

We have come here to guard

the Shogun during his visit.

Now that we have

arrived in Kyoto...

...we cannot follow you back without any

confirmation from the Shogunate.

Comrade Kondo!

The chain of command

is no longer an issue.

Are we not all warriors who serve the nation

by ridding it of foreign influences?

Indeed, we are all united

in that cause.

Nonetheless, we must

not act irrationally.

If we were to leave now, I believe it would be

tantamount to betraying the will of our ronin.

And so, I, Kondo, and my eight men,

are withdrawing from this group.

And I, Serizawa, and

my five men...

...will also withdraw.

What?

Hey, Kiyokawa...

I may be a hungry wandering ronin...

but I'm not a flip-flopper like you...

...for the Shogunate one minute, and

running off foreigners the next.

Dropping out, eh?

Well, that's a pity.

But know that if

you leave us...

...we shall no longer be responsible

for your livelihood.

All who wish to withdraw should

feel free to do so now.

We ronin will be immediately

departing for Edo.

Everyone should make immediate

preparations!

So that leaves just

thirteen of us.

Bastard. That wiseass

Kiyokawa tricked us.

Someone will eventually

chop him up.

Right, Kon?

"Bakufu:
" the government, or Shogunate.

The Tokugawa Bakufu is nothing

but a bunch of wimps.

They employ 80,000

retainers...

...yet they use starving ronin like us to guard

the Shogun and keep the peace.

They live in luxury, they

don't do a damn thing...

...and hire us ronin to risk

our lives for them.

What a laugh.

What a laugh.

You got that right!

I guess we've all gotten the short end

of the stick. Don't you agree?

So you're all staying

here... what next?

Serizawa, what are

you going to do?

What'll I do...?

I'm a hardline Tengu

group guy.

Don't worry about me, I

can take care of myself.

We are determined to carry on with

our initial task of guarding Kyoto.

How upstanding.

Upstanding indeed...

What are you going to do, sucker an

Osaka tycoon into funding you...

...and take on Choshu and Tosa

with a legion of eight?

I've got to hand it

to you guys...

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