Set concurrently with the events of episode 12. The Hidoro gang, which previously controlled the town of Barato, have been wracked by infighting after being split by the ambitious Umakichi. After Hijikata and Ogata separately learn the gang has a tattooed skin, Hijikata joins the Hidoro gang, while Ogata joins the Umakichi gang. The Umakichi gang abducts Chieko, the pregnant mistress of the Hidoro gang's boss; the child's father is secretly Shinpei, the boss' son. The gangs agree to trade the ta
Around a campfire, Shiraishi tells Toshizō Hijikata, Nagakura Shinpachi, Inkarmat and Kiroranke, of his time in Kabato Prison when he met Chouan Kumagishi, a master forger. Shiraishi asked him to draw a shunga for him which he kept for company, but Kumagishi drew the face of a nun who visited prisoners called Sister Miyazawa. Shiraishi thought the picture was badly drawn, a round face with tiny features, but after a while he fell in love with her and decided to escape and meet her. He made a dup
Asirpa negotiates with the American trader Mr. Eddie Dunn for the return of a sealskin wedding garment worn by her great aunt, but he will only sell it to her if she kills a huge bear which has been attacking his horses. Asirpa, Sugimoto, Kiroranke and Shiraishi and one of Dunn's men track the bear, but Asirpa realizes that there are three bears. The group take shelter in an abandoned house, but Dunn's man is grabbed through a window and killed by a bear. The situation is dire as they have not a
Botaro has his own ideas about what to do with the gold.
Asirpa is captured by Lt. Tsurumi, and learns the truth about the gold.
Asirpa learns of her father's dark past.
The final attempt to crack the code begins.
Years ago, Sugimoto was recruited for a certain operation in Tokyo...
The location of the gold is finally revealed.
The final search for the gold begins at Goryoukaku as the 7th Division closes in.
Lt. Tsurumi's assault on Goryoukaku begins in full force.
Tsurumi's forces make their way inside Goryoukaku, and Asirpa must decide to stay or flee.
Sugimoto and Asirpa flee Goryoukaku and board a nearby train.