Immediately after that, however, the news of political change in Kyoto was conveyed to HIRANO; he was shocked to know that the just cause for raising an army was lost, now Tenchu-gumi was labeled as a mob, and the order to hunt down and kill the group was issued.
しかし、直後に京での政変が伝えられ、挙兵の大義名分が失われた上に天誅組が暴徒と決め付けられ追討の命が下されたことを知り、愕然とする。