After a while, Naoyuki NAGAI, a Hakodate bugyo administering the Hakodate port, came over and asked them to wait for a while until Enomoto came back from his business trip to Matsumae.
やがて箱館港を管理する箱館奉行永井尚志に来てもらったが、榎本は松前に出張中であり、帰るまでしばらく待って欲しいと答えた。