[He jolts a little (not least because of the startled cries and shouts coming from the audience). With the blindfold gone, he sees the swords alright... but what shocks him isn't that he nearly got himself skewered, it's his impaled mayonnaise bottle. He stares at it, lower lip shaking just a little bit.]
What-- what'd you do that for?!
[Meanwhile, the crew is hasting to do damage control. The moderator hurries onto the stage. "Oh no! It looks like you lost the blindfold... that sadly means that you didn't succeed at our Blind Cooking challenge!" He turns to the audience to try and usher them out so they can shut this show down before things escalate further (which they well might, given how Hijikata's shock is about to turn into angry vengeance).]
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What-- what'd you do that for?!
[Meanwhile, the crew is hasting to do damage control. The moderator hurries onto the stage. "Oh no! It looks like you lost the blindfold... that sadly means that you didn't succeed at our Blind Cooking challenge!" He turns to the audience to try and usher them out so they can shut this show down before things escalate further (which they well might, given how Hijikata's shock is about to turn into angry vengeance).]