親友の仇である新見錦を、斉藤一は壮絶な死闘の末に討ち取り、ここに一連の陰謀劇は幕を閉じた。
しかし、それは新たなる、そして最後の内部抗争の始まりに過ぎなかった。
After a fierce battle, Saito Hajime defeated Niimi Nishiki, the man who had killed his best friend, bringing the series of conspiracies to a close.
However, this was only the beginning of a new, and final, internal conflict.
