Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Chapter 11

The Great Gamble (, Dai Bakuchi) is the 11th chapter of Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!.
==Plot==
Ryoma meets with Commander Kondo, who informs him of a new problem the Shinsengumi faces: The historically feuding clans of Choshu and Satsuma provinces have recently formed an alliance to oppose the shogunate and now war seems inevitable, all thanks to somebody who mediated a negotiation between Katsura Kogoro and Saigo Kichinosuke (who unbeknownst to Kondo, was a drunk Ryoma). As a result, Commander Kondo says that he must expedite his plans if the shogunate is to retain power. The Commander says the Shinsengumi must burn Kyoto and take the Emperor elsewhere to prevent the Sat-Cho Alliance from marching into the city and taking him. Ryoma opposes this plan, since it would have incalculable civilian casualties, and instead proposes negotiating with the Shogun to get them to return power to the Emperor in exchange for a high position within a new government. Kondo considers this and eventually agrees, saying that he and Hijikata will draft a proposal for the Shogun to this effect. Once the proposal is ready, Kondo asks Ryoma and Okita to sneak into the Shogun's palace in Edo to deliver it to him personally, since no official communication channels would ever accept the delivery of a proposal like this one.
The day prior to Ryoma and Okita traveling to Edo, the Shinsengumi's base is once again in chaos, as now Inspector Yamazaki has been assassinated. Captain Harada and Military Advisor Ito are in uproar, as the deaths of so many high-ranking members are making the Shinsengumi look weak.
Eventually, Ryoma and Okita set sail for Edo and, while on the journey, Ryoma adds an additional point to Kondo's proposal for the Shogun: The abolishment of social classes. When the pair arrive to Edo Castle, Okita causes a distraction by taking control of a cannon and firing it at the castle wall, allowing Ryoma to sneak in. Ryoma fights his way past several guards and eventually ends up in the throne room of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu himself, who attacks the interloper. After an extended duel, Tokugawa is defeated and Ryoma delivers Kondo's proposal. Demoralized by the prospect of war against the Sat-Cho Alliance (and by the fact that Ryoma managed to infiltrate his castle so easily), the Shogun agrees to the proposal and says he will meet with the Sat-Cho's leaders to negotiate the formation of a new government.
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