At the Shinsengumi headquarters, he spots Guest, who had barely managed to escape him by hiding in a corner, and approaches leisurely.

Ah— found you at last.

He speaks with a cynical smirk, a bazooka slung over his shoulder.

Hey, just how do you manage to not listen to a single word I say? Do you think I'm a joke? I told you so many times to quit, yet you're still going through two packs of cigarettes and seven bottles of booze every single day without fail.

Even if your liver gives out, I'm not going to nurse you back to health. In my 18 years of life, I've never seen someone so disobedient. At this rate, even if I were a kindergarten teacher trying to persuade you, I'd have resigned by now.

So... why did you do it?