Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

He raised his head subconsciously and with difficulty, wanting to see what happened to that Miss Kujo—no, the former team member of the Shinsengumi.Can the Rakshasa body be able to withstand this intensive rain of bullets? ...

However, he was once again disappointed.

Because Miss Kujo is still standing there.Although there were indeed several more bloodstains on the clothes than before, her expression was still very calm, and she didn't even show any pain - the only unusual thing was probably her snow-white hair.The sunlight that falls through the dense branches and leaves in the forest casts dots on the snow-white hair, so that for a moment, the top of her hair even seems to reflect a faint halo.

As if aware of his gaze, Miss Jiutiao slowly curled the corners of her lips, her eyes fell to his face, and then to his injured waist and legs.After seeing those injuries, she didn't show much pride, but sighed lightly.

"...It seems that your last wish cannot be fulfilled." She said calmly.

Xixiang was confused for a moment at first, and then he realized that she was referring to the hope he had just said to "get out of the road and cut seppuku calmly".

He couldn't help but smiled wryly, nodded, and replied with a sigh: "...Really."

Even though he agreed with her, he still wanted to try to sit up and maintain a little bit of dignity and image.

However, as soon as he tried to prop up his body a little with his uninjured arm, he felt the sharp pain from the wound pierced by the bullet in his waist, and the stabbing pain came suddenly, as if a famous and extremely sharp knife swung down suddenly, cutting there. It was as irresistible as a long and deep wound; being attacked by this pain, his arm suddenly lost all strength, and with a bend of his elbow, he fell down again with a bang.

He fell to the ground, the ground was uneven, and the gravel was mixed with the sharp stones smashed by the bullets, which made his skin ache.He was gasping for breath, and the sound from his throat was like a broken, old bellows.

He fell a few steps away from her feet.In his field of vision, there used to be the country, His Majesty, important ministers, and unquenchable ambitions; but now only the tattered pair of dusty and blood-stained leather boots on her feet remained.

He was panting with difficulty, staring at those boots, imagining how ten years ago, the person wearing these boots bent his knees and fell to his knees in the distant Bentendaiba of Hakodate, with the shiny dagger thrown Falling at his feet, he bowed his head in humiliation towards the new government army led by Sa Chang; imagining how the person wearing these boots was thrown into prison, and how he escaped the cruel and strict screening at that time, and fled back to Tokyo. She transformed herself into the young lady of the declining old Chinese family...

Then, he heard her speak.

"Do you think you have defeated the Shinsengumi? Do you think that if you kill Mr. Kondo, others will submit as you wish?"

Then, the pair of boots in his field of vision shifted slightly.He was surprised to find that she really bent one knee, half squatted and half knelt down—but that action was just to bring her closer to him, so that he could clearly recognize the expression on his face—she was still holding a rifle in her left hand / gun, while bending his right elbow and propping it on his knee, just staring at him leisurely.

"Even, you think that the person in front of you has surrendered to Satsuma, and thinking about it will make you feel better, doesn't it?"

There was a hint of a smile in her voice.

"Unfortunately, I am not among the Shinsengumi members who surrendered at Bentendaiba." She revealed the answer leisurely.

After a pause, there was a hint of malice in her voice.

"...the deputy head of the Shinsengumi back then—no, the director—Toshizo Hijikata, he wasn't among those people either."

"Because he didn't die at all~"

Xixiang Takamori:? !

This news seemed to hit his nerves in an instant.A huge force came from nowhere, causing him to prop up his body suddenly, raised his head, and stared fiercely at the happy smiling face of Miss Jiutiao in front of him.

"You said... what?!" He panted heavily, and squeezed out these few words from his throat.

"You're lying! I, can I still remember... Hijikata Toshizo, died in Hakodate...even, he couldn't reach... Bentendaiba! So...you said he didn't surrender there...nor question--"

However, Miss Kutiao slowly shook her head with a smile, with a hint of condescension, arrogance and pity on her face.Almost immediately he was sure that she was doing this irritating look on purpose!

"It is true that Mr. Hijikata is not at Bentendaiba. Because—"

She suddenly smiled, leaned forward, and lowered her voice, as if what a huge secret she was about to tell.

"...I saved him." She whispered with a smile.

"Now, he should come here soon... Let's see the end of Satsuma. This time, he will take away the victory—"

"...with the 'Xinxuan Brigade' over there."

She smiled and said with a hint of exclamation: "What is the ending of this story, Mr. Saigo? The Shinsengumi is still alive, and there is still a ray of fire in this world; but Satsuma, who was once so powerful, insisted on Satsuma, who was wiped out by the Shinsengumi—"

She dragged out the ending and didn't continue.

Xixiang's eyes darkened severely.

At this moment, strangely, he suddenly remembered some old things that he had long forgotten.

He remembered that after Kondo Yuryuyama was captured, those vassals who were a bit old-fashioned and insisted on the samurai style of doing things—such as Arima Tengta, the Satsuma vassal—actually clamored to say, “Even a thief has three Separation", even agree with Kondo's so-called "loyalty". The timid former generals of the Tokugawa family wrote back denying Kondo's status as Tokugawa's retainer, and in order to protect his safety, he also took the initiative to implore the chief sa to punish Kondo as soon as possible After the crime, I have to appeal to him for Kondo, hoping that he can forgive Kondo.

However, when he was in the Satsuma Domain residence in Edo at that time, how did he respond when he received a letter of appeal written by Arima on behalf of Kondo?

He said that the generals of the Tokugawa family had nowhere to vent their anger and hatred; "Let Kondo do this task."

Then he went a step further and made it clearer.

His answer was, "Let Kondo bear the hatred of the soldiers who died in battle and the hatred of soldiers who survived."

At that time, after he said it, he put the matter behind him.Because in his opinion, both Isamu Kondo and Shinsengumi are dead. Gone are the days when the "Wolf of Mibu" ran across Kyoto and fought bravely.What follows is an era in which Satsuma, who is in full swing, will dominate.

However, ten years later, this sentence suddenly appeared in his mind again.And, it is becoming more and more obvious.

Now, the woman squatting in front of him had only one message in the final analysis.

The hatred between the Shinsengumi and the Aizu clan back then has now returned to Satsuma.

The hatred left by Kondo, who died regretfully, and the hatred held by Hijikata, who is still alive, are now brought together by this woman in front of him; he will bear it——

Xixiang let out a long breath.

"...Who else is around?" he asked abruptly.

"I don't want a guy from the Shinsengumi to intervene for me. ... I don't think you want to do that either?"

Then, he heard her laugh softly.

"That's right," she replied, and answered his question.

"Bian Jian has already left, and said that he will bring someone to block you again... probably will not come back again."

"Tirino and Murata are both separated from us. If you want someone to intervene for you...I'm afraid you will have to hold on for a while longer."

The tone of her speaking these words was very calm and without ups and downs, as if she was just narrating an established fact, without any hatred or joy.

At that moment, Xixiang suddenly realized something.That is - in her eyes, he seems to be a dead person at this moment.

For a moment Xixiang wanted to laugh.He also wanted to ask her, "Do you think it's over once I die? Do you think the hatred between Satsuma and Aizu can be eliminated from now on?"

Then he heard her voice, and suddenly realized that he had actually spoken the words.

"No," she said.

"I'm not that naive either. I believe in the principles that children would shout out through gritted teeth..."

"At any rate, I have grown so many years in this world... I know that the world of adults is definitely not that simple. The hatred between Satsuma and Aizu... and the Shinsengumi is something deeper, not just a simple sentence 'Different standpoints' or 'winners and losers' can be described..."

"It's like Okubo-kun who is staying in Tokyo now. Isn't he your old friend? Isn't he your best friend? But now, he will send you to die with tears, isn't he?"

Xixiang always felt that he seemed to hear some kind of irony in the last few words, but when he forced his eyes to look, he only saw a calm expression on the face of Miss Kutiao in front of him.

But in the next second, her eyes curved slyly, revealing a childish and triumphant expression like a child.

"...However, even though I said it so rationally, it's still very happy to see Satsuma finally let go of this day~" she said in a singing tone.

"Although this can only bring some psychological comfort to those who are still alive, it cannot bring any benefits to the dead, but in the final analysis, the matter of 'comforting the dead' is only to make people who are still alive feel better. some."

Before she finished speaking, a loud roar suddenly came from behind them, as if they were extremely shocked.

"This...what's going on here?! Mr. Xixiang...was shot?!"

The author has something to say:

February 10:

Because I have something to do on Tuesday, so the next update will be on Wednesday~~

The tooth is defeated, the calculation is wrong again...

Because I think I need to link Xigo’s end with Kondo-san’s original execution.

I swear that the next chapter or the next chapter will definitely let the deputy chief appear w

In this chapter, Takamori Nishigo's final execution decision on Kondo-san comes from the Taiga drama "Shinsengumi".

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