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Sapporo Shinsengumi Elegy Pt. 5: The House of Apples and Jurou Abe (札幌新撰組エレジーPt。 5:りんごの家と阿部十郎 Sapporo shinsenkumi erejī Pt. 5: Ringonoie to abe jūrō) is the fortieth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc manga.

Synposis[]

Sou finishes sharping his swords and comments how the true value is when a person dies. Sou then wonders how beautiful the death of Saito and Shinpachi will be. Suddenly the head of the Yaminobu arrives, which Sou wonder if her mission was a success. She presents Sou with the head of Yamagata, but reveals that its actually his double. Sou crushes the doubles head, and comments about how boring the double's death is. The head reveals that she heard that Yamagata had come to Hokkaido is secret, and explains how Yamagata is a crafty man. Sou mentions how their secret talks have not come to fruition and wonder if their messages have not been acknowledges. The head then presents Sou with a message, which explains that fifth experiment will be finished with the next assassination and that Sou is to assassinate any official until his blades are damages or no longer sharp. Sou then heads out and starts his mission by killing four officials.

At Abe's house, Abe confronts Eiji when Abe's wife arrives home. Abe's wife introduces herself to Eiji and tells them to come in. Before heading in, Abe tells Eiji to not reveal about his decoy duty. Once inside, Abe's wife asks about Eiji and Abe working together but Eiji panics and says that they are apple loving pals. Eiji tries to explain his reason for loving apples and takes a bite out of an apples, but finds it disgusting. Abe and his wife explains that they have stored apple from last years crop and have been tasting them little by little if their taste has changed. Abe's wife tells Eiji about Johnny Appleseed and who he was. Abe's wife then explains how she wishes for more apples to be sold in japan to help with the sick and the weak. Suddenly Abe's son arrives and introduces himself, and explains that he attends Sapporo agricultural college. Abe's wife then prepares dinner, which Eiji joins them. After dinner, Abe's wife and son bid Eiji farewell, while Abe brings Eiji outside. Before Eiji leaves, Abe tells Eiji to tell the others that the night rounds will begin tomorrow at ten and to tell Saito and the others to not be late. Eiji tells Abe to quick being the decoy since this is not the kind of life threatening job the he should be doing without telling his family. Abe replies that this is none of Eiji's concern, and if he has a problem with other people then he should quit the military and enjoy the civilization of the Meiji Era.

Later, Eiji meets with Saito and Shinpachi and states that he believes that Abe is not the mole. Shinpachi reveals that he meet with an old friend of his and mentions that their is no mole in the government. Shinpachi also mentions how its pointless to play decoy since the officials are taking the order lightly and still going out at night. Saito asks why Eiji thinks this, which Eiji replies that Abe may be crooked but he felt that he is not evil. Saito then thinks about Takeo dying words.

Suddenly Ijikawa is informed that the manslayer is back and has killed seven officials already. Ijikawa is also informed that manslayer is dragging bodies behind them while heading towards the government office.

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Chapter Notes[]

  • Yamagata Aritomo has secretly come to Hokkiado.
    • The Yaminobu was given a mission to kill Yamagata, but ended up killing his double.
  • Sou Hyoube is given the order to end the fifth experiment, by killing any official until his blades are damaged or no longer sharp.
  • Jurou Abe is revealed to have a wife and Son.
  • Abe reports to Saito that he fells that Abe is not the mole and explains his reasoning.
  • Ijikawa is told that Sou has killed seven officials and is heading to the government building.
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