On the night they arrived in Kyoto, Hachiro gathered his group of Roshi at Shintoku-ji Temple in Mibu and stated that their real purpose was not to guard the Shogun but to be the vanguard of Sonno joi.
京都に到着した夜、八郎は浪士を壬生の新徳寺に集め本当の目的は将軍警護でなく、尊王攘夷の先鋒にあると述べる。