It's almost in perfect timing - one, Chris's knife in the first, two, the choking sound from the one fighting Hijikata -

- three, Saitou's blade finally whipping itself across his opponent's gut in a flash.

He doesn't feel terribly good about disemboweling a man, when they're supposed to be in pursuit of peace here, even knowing that the man's actions all but invited it.

Right now, though, he doesn't really have time to allow himself the luxury of feeling anything.