cloudy heart

There were twists and turns，the man who made the current political line.
It was Sakamoto and Nakaoka of Tosa.
And Katsu of Plenipotentiary of Tokugawa.
He was a master of Sakamoto.

"If Sakamoto and Nakaoka alive now."
At this time Tosa samurai would have thought so many times.

When Yoshinobu returned  the regime to Imperial court at Kyoto.
Tosa was at the center of the times.
But after the assassination of them，Tosa was receding rapidly from the times.

"Satsuma errand boy."
Part of them might had so snorting.
　
"They were killed by the Shinsengumi."
At that time Tosa samurai believed so.
Sasaki of Mimawarigumi had been killed already on battle of Toba Fushimi.
　

Itabashi is about 6 km north of the chiyoda castle.
Nakasendo troops were stationed here.
Therefore many Tosa samurai were on there.　
Almost of them also had revered Sakamoto and Nakaoka.

They insisted on the death penalty of Kondo.



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"We want to help the lives of Kondo."
Satsuma had claimed so.
　
"Satsuma can not know our feeling.
How many Tosa people have been killed by Shinsengumi?"　
Listen to this，they were furious.
　
A key member of Tosa.
Before Restoration they were almost dead as front-line soldiers of the revolution.
Conversely Satsuma had almost survived.
(This is issue of the political system of Tosa.)
　
Tosa was only insisted on the death penalty.
Death penalty of Kondo finally decided.　
　

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Midnight of one day.
There was a visitor to Katsu.
It was Hijikata.
　
"Currently, Kondo is in a dangerous situation.
Please help to rescue him.
　
Just before his appearance，he tried to commit suicide in our defensive position.
Do not give up until the end.
You have a duty to live as a leader of Shinsengumi.
I said so.
I have stopped his suicide.
　
But he is about to be executed.
I must help him."
Hijikata said to Katsu.
　
"It's impossible.
I think you can understanding about it.
Now, it is very important to the survival of the Tokugawa.
They has also suspecting my involvement to Kondo.
It is evident by the questioning to Kondo.
I can not take hasty action."
Katsu replied so.　　
　
"He is immediate follower of the Tokugawa.
He fought at the risk of life and limb for Tokugawa."　
　

"Tokugawa become a dangerous situation.
I can not do it for one vassal."
　
"Kondo is my best friend.
Please help me to rescue him."
　
Katsu was silence.
Hijikata was gone.

　
　
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”Hijikata came to visit me.
He was talking about in Nagareyama.”　
Katsu only wrote it in his diary.

"I had letting die without helping Kondo."
With this that he did not write.　

　
　
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Kondo was executed in Itabashi.
His head became an expose in Kyoto as scumbag.