The - Rurouni Kenshin

The opium lord—, a wealthy industrialist with samurai roots and Western cannons—sends a former Shinsengumi captain named Saito Hajime to eliminate Kenshin. Saito does not work for money; he works for order. He sees Kenshin as a feral dog who should have been shot after the revolution.

"Then I'm coming with you."

Kenshin stumbles into their lives when he stops a gang of opium thugs from seizing Kaoru’s land deed. He does not kill them. He simply redirects their strikes—using the sakabatō to break wrists and knock men unconscious. One thug slashes his back. Kenshin does not flinch. He smiles, says "oro?" —and ends the fight. The Rurouni Kenshin

"Kenshin!" she shouts. "If you become the manslayer again, Tomoe's death meant nothing!"

"…Oro?"

For the first time in ten years, Kenshin does not smile. His grip on the sakabatō turns white. Kaoru, chained to a pillar, sees his eyes go flat and cold.

"Wherever there are people who need help that no one else will give." The opium lord—, a wealthy industrialist with samurai

They clash. Saito's gatotsu thrust pierces Kenshin's shoulder. Kenshin's sakabatō snaps Saito's ribs. Neither wins. Both bleed.