The translation below is provided by Sanada of Hana-mi.net 

            
Chapter 17

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Chapter 17 - Commander

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SFX: *punch*
Akesato: ......!!
Akesato: !!
Akesato: Come on!
Akesato: Quit it!  Let me go!!
SFX: *push*
Akesato: What the hell are you doing!?
Akesato: Do you even know why I'm here?
Ryouma: ......

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Ryouma: ...Why?
SFX: *push*
Ryouma: Because you're a spy...!!
Akesato: !! Hey...
SFX: *grab*
Ryouma: It really is you!!
Ryouma: Blue eyes... how pretty~!
Akesato: ......
Akesato: ......
SFX: *pull*

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Katsu: What is it?
Katsu handwritten text: [Did something fall?]
Katsu: It suddenly got so quiet...
Aotani handwritten text: Let's go!
Aotani: Maybe Ryouma-san killed the intruder...?
SFX: *bang bang bang*
Aotani: Oh my...
SFX: *spin*
SFX: *slam*
Ryouma: Ahhh!!  
Katsu: ......
Katsu: Ryouma...

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Katsu: Wh... what are you doing with that blonde woman?
SFX: *struggle*
Ryouma: ......
Aotani handwritten text: Oh dear...
Akesato: [Ah...]
Akesato: You... win...
Akesato: [Am I going to die?]
Akesato: !!
SFX: *bite*
Ryouma: She's a new recruit!  *heart*
Akesato: [What?]
Katsu: [WHAT!?]
Ryouma: Blonde Girl!

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Ryouma: Let's...
Ryouma: See the world together!!
Akesato: ......
Akesato: ......what?
Katsu: ...what.
Ryouma: ?
Dog: *howl*

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Akesato: But... why?
SFX: *howl*
SFX: *wind*
SFX: *dramatic noise*
SFX: *dramatic noise*
Kondou: YEAH!!
Kondou: It feels good to be by the sea!!
Kondou: Hiroshima sure is nice, too!!
Kondou: It's good to be back!!
Kondou handwritten text: Wahahahahahahaha!!
Itou: The Seto Inland Sea so tranquil and beautiful, isn't it?

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Text box: In the first month of the first year of the Keiou Era (1865), Kondou and Itou went on behalf of the Shinsengumi to ensure the control of the Choushuu.
Text box: In the hunt for Choushuu radicals, they travelled to Hiroshima.  Afterwards, they visited Iwakuni.
Text box: By the time they returned to Kyoto, a year had passed.
Kondou: So, Yamazaki-kun, what's on your mind?
Kondou: Did you get the medical supplies you needed?
SFX: *sigh*
Susumu: Yes.
Susumu: ...They must have been difficult to obtain.  Forgive me.
Doctor: Wahaha, what are you talking about - isn't it time you went out on your own?
Doctor handwritten text: Now get back to the barracks!  You've passed!
Doctor: When you return, you'll be a full-fledged doctor!!
Kondou: Alright!!  Now how about those souveniers we bought?
SFX: *stretch*
KOndou: We're going to the the capital!!
Itou: Commander Kondou...
Itou: I have a small request.

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SFX: *clop*
SFX: *clop*
SFX: *clop*
Susumu: Is this alright with you?
Susumu: Shouldn't we stop Itou-dono...?
SFX: *clop*
Kondou: Ahh... he's just looking for a little time off.
SFX: *clop*
Susumu: He's asking too much...
Susumu: I get the feeling that man is trying to destroy the Shinsengumi...
Kondou: ......
SFX: *wind*

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SFX: *rustle*
Man: ...Come on in.
SFX: *slam*

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SFX: *dramatic noise*
[note: they're playing chou-han, a dice game - basically people place bets on whether the dice will come up odd or even.  The dealer plays in his underwear to prevent cheating.  Yakuza gamble on this game.]
Men: Odd!!
Men: Even!
Men: Odd!
Men: Odd!
SFX: *slap*
Man: Che...

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Dealer: 4-1, it's odd!!
Man: Yeah!!  Two in a row!!
SFX: *chatter*
Man: Damn it!
Man: Shit!  Not again!
Man: Well, why do you keep betting on "even?"
SFX: *laugh*
SFX: Feh!
Man: Because it's tradition!!
Man: Choushuu men always bet "even!"
Itou: Then the Shogunate must be betting to win, then?
Man: Hey...
Man: You're insulting Satsuma...
Itou: And if I am?
Itou: If I am insulting Satsuma...?
Men: !?
SFX: *swish*

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Men: ......
SFX: Tch...
Men: ......
Itou: May I...
Itou: Have a bit of tobacco?
That pretty guy whose name I can never remember: Yes, sir.
SFX: *long breath*
Itou: Hmmm........
Dealer: ......
Itou: I'm in.

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SFX: *slam*
Men: Odd!
Man: ...Mm?  What was it you were saying just now?
Men: Even!
Man: What about Satsuma...?
Men: Odd!
Man: Ah!!  Damn it, I'm out...
Man handwritten text: Guess I should start praying...
Men: Odd!
Man: Yeah, you better not be talking about Satsuma.
Man: A shogunate retainer coming down here...
Man: But don't you think the Satsuma are moving too slowly?
Man: I'm not just saying that...Katsura-san, the desertee from Tosa, he thinks so too.
Man: He wants to get in touch with Saigou from Satsuma.

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Man: But there's no way those two can talk to eachother.
Itou: [Trapped by their own egos... Satsuma and Choushuu are like the proverbial dog and monkey who constantly bicker...]
Itou: [...It really is impossible.]
Itou: [But if we had both Katsura and Saigou...]
Itou: [...And a united Choushuu...]
Itou: "Even!!"
SFX: *slam*
Itou: [That could be an interesting gamble...]

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Dealer: ......
SFX: *slide*
Dealer: Snake eyes, it's even!!
SFX: Waaaaaah!!
Itou: Fufufu.
Pretty Guy: That's so like you, Sensei!!
Pretty Guy: A decisive victory!!
Man: ...That's amazing!  He won so much in just one round!
Man: And with "even!!?"
Man: Hey!!  What's going on!!
SFX: *puff*
Man: Just when I give up, you go and win!
Man: It has to be a trick!!
SFX: *slam*

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SFX: *ominous sound*
Hikagami: .......
Man: Wah!  No way... that Hikagami guy moved...
Man: So what...
SFX: *wave*
Man: I don't want a fight in my shop!
Man: Ahhh!!\
SFX: *slam*

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SFX: *movement*
Men: ......
Hikagami: Master...
Hikagami: Master...
SFX: *swish*
Hikagami: Master...

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Suzu: ..Itou-sama.
Suzu: I've been expecting you.
Suzu: Please, come closer...
SFX: *swish*
SFX: *swish*
SFX: *swish*
SFX: *swish*
SFX: *swish*

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Itou: ...Well?
Itou: Why did you summon me so suddenly...?
Suzu: There was no need to be so rude.
Suzu: ...I wouldn't want to have to reveal your background to our Choushuu friends.
Suzu: I'd like to continue our previous conversation.
Suzu: ...It is only by luck that I have the honor of speaking to you.
Itou: So you brought me to this shop?
Itou: Why bring me here?
Itou: What is this "luck" you speak of?
Suzu: Ah, luck!  It's luck...!
SFX: *slide*
Suzu: That has brought us together.

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Suzu: You could even say it was fate.
Suzu: Perhaps fate makes this significant.
Suzu (continued): A destined meeting between two people who share certain common interests.
Itou: ...!
Itou: Heh...
Itou: Well, well...
Itou: You're such a pretty young thing...
Itou: It's hard to believe you could be so sly...

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Itou: So... this "Yamatoya" is a money laundering business...
Itou: What does that have to do with me?
Suzu: ...Soon, this country will face a great shock...
Suzu: The weak shogunate will fall in a battle greater than anything simple rebels could pull off...
Suzu: And when that time comes, you will proudly display the golden imperial crest.
Suzu: But we will require weapons and supplies.  Please deliver them to the Yamatoya.
Suzu: Bring only the highest quality small artillery and cannons.
Suzu: And I assure you... the attack on the shogunate will be swift and deadly...
Itou: .....

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Itou: .....Fufu.
Itou: Very well.
Itou: I trust our meeting has been mutually profitable, Yamatoya-san?
Suzu: .....That was not what I really wanted to ask you.
Itou: As long as it cannot harm me...
Itou: There are no limits to what I am willing to do.
SFX: *smile*
Suzu: Natsuki, Tsumori.
Suzu: Bring it to me...
SFX: *nod*

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Suzu: Please take it.
Suzu: Although it appears heavy...
Suzu: Please don't remove the collar.
Itou: Ah...
Itou: What a cute little kitten...
Suzu: ......
Suzu: ...Itou-sama.
Suzu: I have a good feeling about our business partnership.
Suzu: My true request...
Suzu: ...Yes.

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Suzu: I'd like...
Suzu: For you to remain close to the Shinsengumi.
Suzu: Very close...

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Souji: Tetsu-kuuuun!
SFX: *sizzle*
Souji: Tetsu-kun, what are you doing?
Souji: Hurry up and bring the soy sauce!
SFX: *fan*
Souji: Wah!
SFX: *smoke*
SFX: *cough*
Hijikata: ...Damn it.
Hijikata: Hey, Souji, you shouldn't be out in this cold.
Hijikata: I could do that!
SFX: *cough cough*
Souji handwritten text: [I just can't stop the smoke!]
Souji: No way!
Souji: If you cook, they'll be burnt black on both sides!!
Hijikata: Don't they taste better that way?

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Saizou: BUKI!!  BUKIBUKI!!
Tetsu: Oh shit.
Tetsu: Okita-saaaan!  I've got your soy sauce!!
Tetsu handwritten text: [Wait up!]
Souji: Yes!  Thank you! *heart*
Text box: It is twelfth month of the first year of Keiou (1865).

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Text box: All appears peaceful and quiet...
Text box: Time passes ever so slowly.
Text box: People are changing...
Text box: Consumed by a vague sense of uneasiness. 

Text box: The winter of 1865 is coming to an end...