Chapter 250

## Fireworks

**Fireworks**, or **Skyrocket** (打ち上げ花火, *Uchiagehanabi*) is the 250th chapter of the *Golden Kamuy* manga.

## Synopsis

As the 7th Division gathers together, Koito wonders where Usami is and Kikuta believes he has gone off to do more semen detective work, alarming Koito and Tsukishima. Kikuta tells them that Usami has already gone ahead as he had managed to find out information about the next killing. However, since the reporter was able to escape from Usami, there is a possibilty that the authorities will be at the scene as well so they cannot wait for Tsurumi to arrive and must catch the criminal themselves.

In front of the Sapporo Brewery, Usami asks the streetwalker about the layout of the map, unaware that the streetwalker is Kadokura in disguise. Kadokura is horrified to see Usami, calling him even more dangerous than Jack the Ripper. From a distance, Ushiyama and Kirawus recognizes Usami as being a soldier from the 7th Division, wondering if he is alone. Kadokura begins to run away but trips and falls over, causing Usami to lean over to help him.

Elsewhere, Sugimoto is also on the lookout for Ogata and tells Asirpa to stay in places where Ogata cannot see her. However, Asirpa reveals that Hijikata had told her that Ogata is still on the search for the gold and is skeptical that he would try to kill her. Sugimoto still doubts Ogata, noting that since he is all by himself now he might try to ruin everything for everyone involved in the gold chase and disappoint them all. Asirap wonders if that really is all there is to it, recalling Ogata’s words to her.

With the light from the match, Usami is able to see Kadokura’s face clearly, surprised to see that he is still alive and assuming that he has been reduced to working as a male prostitute. Kadokura begins to let out a scream and Usami prepares to make his move, wondering if Hijikata is in town as well. Just then Ushiyama comes charging at Usami and Usami hits him in the face with the butt of his rifle. However, Ushiyama is unfazed and grabs Usami’s collar and Kirawus sets off the fireworks.

In another area of the brewery, Kantarou is approached by a man in a hat and is horrified to see him wielding a knife in his hand. Just as Kirawus’s fireworks begin to explode, Hijikata confronts the killer and recognizes him as a foreigner. Meanwhile, Nagakura is furious that someone else had set off their fireworks by mistake as the whole town bears witness to the spectacle in the sky.

A flashback occurs in which a young boy is being constantly compared to his father and expected to live up to his father’s expectations. However the boy ends up being scolded by his father for causing trouble at the military preparatory academy and that he has not made a single friend so far. If the boy were to end up being kicked out of the academy then he is no longer welcome at home before being warned not to disappoint his father. The boy, now grown up as Ueji begins to laugh at the fireworks show.

On the outskirts of town, Tsurumi watches the fireworks and wonders if there is a festival underway. Sugimoto and Asirpa makes a run to the source of the fireworks, with Sugimoto declaring that he will be the one to get Jack the Ripper’s skin.

## Character Appearances

* Hajime Tsukishima
* Kouhei Nikaidou
* Kikuta
* Otonoshin Koito
* Tokishige Usami
* Kadokura
* Tatsuma Ushiyama
* Kirawus
* Saichi Sugimoto
* Asirpa
* Yoshitake Shiraishi
* Hyakunosuke Ogata
* Kiroranke *(Flashback)*
* Kantarou
* Shinpachi Nagakura
* Toshizou Hijikata
* Michael Ostrog
* Fusatarou Oosawa
* Rikimatsu Ariko
* Anji Toni
* Vasily
* Keiji Ueji