luck

There was Goushi of Tosa named ”Nakaoka Shintaro”.
Of course he was the same group as Sakamoto.
But he stayed in Tosa and became a member of the Guard of before lord of Tosa.
　
This before lord was Tosa's lord of de facto.
However，he was assassinated his prime minister and had been deprived of real power at this point.
This Guards might be like Jailer by his point of view.
And political changes had occurred in Kyoto.


Maybe in usually case，Nakaoka had been dead at this time.
Because Tosa's purge of after this was terrible.
However，he was out from Tosa by chance.
He became such a state like exile in Choshu and participated in the battle of Kyoto.

Nobody know the luck of a person.
After this he became person representing Tosa with Sakamoto.
By the way，these two people was assassinated together.
But two persons idea was completely different.


In short，Nakaoka’s idea was "victory or defeat".
Nakaoka claims only a war against Tokugawa.
Sakamoto's idea was ”do our best for future of Japan”.

That said，their relationship was not necessarily bad.
Above all，both of them did not like the conspiracy and assassination.

"If Satsuma and Choshu do cooperation，win surely to the Tokugawa.
We can work in a neutral position.
Tosa Ronin have to do is to work for it."　
　

Nakaoka had a strong conviction.
He consulted with Sakamoto and began activities to realization of the alliance.

Choshu and Satsuma also knew well the importance of the alliance.
More than anything，Tokugawa military invasion to Choshu was imminent
Eventually  Saigo's secret visit to Choshu was determined.

However，Saigo did not come to choshu on the day of the appointment.

They certainly departed satsuma by ship with Nakaoka.
Then they left Nakaoka in the opposite shore and went directly to Kyoto.

"We was taken in by the Satsuma again.”
Choshu was cold fury.