The last thing I want to do is bait someone as dangerous as him with aggression.
[JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR. gathering information comes first, and since takasugi hasn't made a move as far as hijikata is aware of, there's no need to go guns blazing only to be cornered by a tiger who has schemed more than what he appeared.]
[to be giving an inkling of what katsura himself plans to do, however, leaves the vice-chief silent for a hesitant minute. katsura and takasugi aren't on the same level, he knows as much, but then there's a lot of history he does not know about.]
[but he, the police, and katsura, the terrorist, have common interests regarding the situation at hand.]
[he adds helpfully:] Then you better make sure not to give him reason to bite back with a vengeance. He shouldn't have the resources he had back in Edo, much less from the Harusame pirates.
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[JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR. gathering information comes first, and since takasugi hasn't made a move as far as hijikata is aware of, there's no need to go guns blazing only to be cornered by a tiger who has schemed more than what he appeared.]
[to be giving an inkling of what katsura himself plans to do, however, leaves the vice-chief silent for a hesitant minute. katsura and takasugi aren't on the same level, he knows as much, but then there's a lot of history he does not know about.]
[but he, the police, and katsura, the terrorist, have common interests regarding the situation at hand.]
[he adds helpfully:] Then you better make sure not to give him reason to bite back with a vengeance. He shouldn't have the resources he had back in Edo, much less from the Harusame pirates.