Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Chapter 13

The Assassination of Sakamoto Ryoma (, Ryōma Ansatsu) is the 13th chapter of Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!.
==Plot==
A few days later, Ryoma, Hijikata, Okita, Nagakura, Nakaoka and Otose meet at the Terada Inn. Nakaoka has obtained a picture of the fake "Sakamoto Ryoma" and he shows it to the real Ryoma, who is crestfallen to see that the imposter is indeed Takechi, who somehow faked his death. The group conclude that Takechi and Lord Yamauchi have been manipulating the Shogunate, Choshu and Satsuma to push them towards civil war, likely so that they'll destroy each other and Tosa will emerge as the most powerful faction in the country afterwards. When they ponder how to stop them, Hijikata reveals he already had a plan: At that point, Todo joins them, revealing that he'd only pretended to side with Ito. Hijikata had long suspected Ito of being a traitor and he asked Todo to serve as a double agent. Todo informs them that through Ito he's learned Takechi has been trying to meet with the Sat-Cho Alliance leaders, but they've been refusing. Thus, if Ryoma can convince Saigo and Katsura to agree to the meeting, they can lure Takechi into a trap. Otose offers to let the group use another inn she manages, the Omi Inn, as the place for the ambush.
Ryoma contacts and convinces Saigo and Katsura to go along with their plan. The group then gathers again, only for Todo to arrive with a fatal bullet wound. Takeda had suspected he was a double agent and followed him to his meeting with the others, where he overheard their plan. Afterwards, Takeda ambushed Todo and wounded him before fleeing, saying he would kill Katsura. While the rest rush Todo to a doctor, Ryoma goes to Katsura's home to stop Takeda. He finds him holding Ikumatsu hostage and, much to Ryoma's surprise, Takeda offers to not sabotage their plans in exchange for a bribe. Angered by Takeda's amoral greed, Ryoma instead attacks him, leading to a duel where Takeda is killed. Afterwards, Okita and Nagakura ditch Todo and Takeda's bodies in the street together and make it look like the same person killed them, thus covering up Todo's double agent status.
The night of the meeting between Takechi and the Sat-Cho leaders arrives. Nakaoka goes to the Omi Inn first, since he'll serve as the mediator and must welcome Takechi. After waiting a while, Ryoma, Hijikata, Okita and Nagakura assault the inn, leading to the raid seen in the story's prologue. Ryoma fights his way to the meeting room, where he finds Nakaoka wounded, with Commander Ito of the newly formed Goryo Eji and Commander Sasaki of the Mimawarigumi standing over him. It turns out Takechi foresaw this trap and he brought the Goryo Eji and the Mimawarigumi to kill Ryoma and his allies. Ryoma furiously berates Takechi for betraying Yoshida just to satisfy his lust for power. However, Takechi insists he had Toyo killed because he was too moderate and the Tosa Loyalists needed him and his radical, ruthless leadership to take over Japan and reform it to avoid being conquered by foreign powers. Ryoma tries to attack Takechi, but Ito and Sasaki hold him back. The three conspirators escape, leaving Ryoma and his allies to fight their way past the Mimawarigumi and the Goryo Eji to escape the building.
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Category:Like a Dragon: Ishin! Chapter Summaries