Chapter 286

## Time Limit

**Time Limit** (タイムリミット, *Taimurimitto*) is the 286th chapter of the *Golden Kamuy* manga.

## Synopsis

As Kadokura and Kirawus prepares to leap into action, Kantarou asks Kadokura if he is sure about fighting against the 7th Division. Kadokura says that they have no choice as the warships arrived earlier than expected and that if they don't do something, they all will be wiped out. He decides to focus on the bombardments from the warships, which Kantarou finds to be an extremely dangerous mission. Kadokura tells Kantarou not to die either and informs Kirawus that they must find Mansur, one of Sofia's men, and borrow him.

As the Russian revolutionaries readies themselves for battle, Kadokura finds Mansur and tells him that they must go, to which Mansur nods and grabs his shovel. Elsewhere, Tsurumi tells Nagakura to drop the terrible performance as he is an expert in seeing through lies. Nagakura just chuckles and asks Tsurumi if he knows how much of what he said was the truth before throwing a stone at one of the soldiers watching over him. He then quickly grabs the other soldier's rifle and aims it towards Tsurumi's horse, shooting it before Tsurumi could fire with his own gun and knocks the other soldier out.

Nagakura manages to escape as Tsurumi attempts to shoot him and he unknowingly runs past Ogata into a dojo where he finds a couple of swords lying on a stand. One of the soldiers attempts to look for Nagakura but is quickly cut down by Nagakura who had taken one of the swords. As Hijikata studies the tattooed skins, Ushiyama notes that Tsurumi's men who could not fit on the destroyers are coming by train, which means that they would be here at any minute now. Ushiyama suggests that since the bombardments have stopped they should take this opportunity to get Asirpa and the land deed out of the war zone.

Shiraishi agrees, saying that he along with everyone else has no use for a land deed and that Hijikata can use it to argue that the land belongs to the Republic of Ezo so it should still have some value to him. He declares that since they've made it this far with the gold right under their feet, there is no way he is going to give up. Asirpa then decides that she will stay as well, saying that she wants to be of use to everyone and see things through. Ushiyama begins to object but Sugimoto stops him, saying that if things get worse, he will take Asirpa out of Fort Goryokaku to somewhere safe and then come back to help fight against the 7th Division.

Kadokura finds Hijikata in the storehouse, informing him of what had happened to Nagakura and that perhaps due to his efforts, the cannons have stopped. As Kadokura prepares to head back out, a strong gust of wind sends one of the tattooed skin flying and it lands on top of the other tattooed skins. Upon seeing this, Hijikata realizes something and tells Kadokura to get going as quickly as he can and Kadokura sends safe wishes to him before running off. Ushiyama wonders that since Hijikata had sent Kadokura off on a dangerous mission, it means that he will no longer run and get ready to fight. Hijikata turns to Asirpa, telling her that by staying in the storehouse, she will likely get a chance to understand how her father felt. As Hijikata prepares to head off, he declares that a very lucky man brought a fortunate wind along with him and that that very wind shall guide them all to victory.

## Character Appearances

* Kantarou Okuyama
* Kirawus
* Toshiyuki Kadokura
* Mansur *(Debut)*
* Tokushirou Tsurumi
* Shinpachi Nagakura
* Hyakunosuke Ogata
* Toshizou Hijikata
* Tatsuma Ushiyama
* Asirpa
* Saichi Sugimoto
* Yoshitake Shiraishi
* Anji Toni