[Half-hearted of a support as it may be, Hijikata seems grateful (maybe because other people generally vocally shoot his investment in the matter down).]

Yeah! Maybe I really just overlooked something... and if it turns out that no one has really bothered to research them until now - which would be scientific neglect, if you ask me -, then I'll become the first pioneer in the field.

[Godspeed, Hijikata... for now, though, he's content to use up his totem ingredients working alongside Cecelia.]