This is a nice reminder that no matter how ridiculous the 7th act, we can't forget that they are also extremely competent, especially when working as a group.
It's also neat to see more proof the 7th has internal factions, and that may mean that Tsurmi doesn't have the complete control he thinks he does. I'm still of the mind that the feds are allowing what's going on and have agents placed to swoop in once the gold is found.
Also excited to see how things go with Toni? Will they catch him and skin him? Make him play double agent against Hijikata? Will he defeat the soldier? Or escape? Will the 7th start rounding up all of the anman in the area? Only next week will tell!