Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

The woman named "Kirishimasue" who is said to be the owner of the dojo in the family also came at about the same time as the "Renza Izo" of the Tosa King Party - Okada Izo.

It was the first time for Liu Quan to meet these two people, so he couldn't help but look at their strange combination with a little curiosity.

Liu Quan didn't know about Hijikata and Okita's meeting with them in Shimabara before--it doesn't have to be known to ordinary soldiers.So for Okada Izo, she still knows a little bit about the title of "the king's party's cut", but for the Kirishima pole that Okita mercilessly asked her to cut off when she went out today, Yukiba has nothing to do with it. learn.

Compared with Chizuru, Ms. Kirishima Kou is undoubtedly a tougher and stronger girl.Her appearance is not as exquisite and cute as Qianzuru's, and her facial features are not as beautiful as Qianzuru's. The red bandages were tied up, exposing half of the arms for easy movement; there were long black wristbands on the wrists, and a pair of long and short knives stuck in the belt.

...It is indeed the girl who runs a dojo at home at first glance.This girl's combat effectiveness is absolutely far from Qianhe's.Liu Quan thought to himself.

However, compared to her who has served as a death squad several times and exchanged a lot of shopping skills from the system bacteria, she is really not good enough.The deputy chief was right.

Standing next to her, the "Ren Zhan Yi Zang" of the Tosa King Party, who unexpectedly resembles Saito and wears a long scarf, has an unexpectedly young face, like a young man who doesn't know much about the world.Although I heard that his age is a few years older than hers, but with this innocent look on his face, when he glanced at his identified "enemies" - Hijikata and Yanagizumi from the Shinsengumi - there was a feeling of innocence. A ruthless and complex face was revealed in an instant, which made Liu Quan slightly stunned for a moment.

...It seems that it is a beast raised by someone as a pure killing tool...

Liu Quan was faintly on guard, and greeted the scrutiny of Kirishima Sasuke and Okada Izo who were facing him.Same as her, it was the first time for the two of them to meet her, so they couldn't help but have to check things out first.

Hijikata said calmly: "This is the Shinsengumi Ichiba team member, Kiyohara Yukiha."

Just saying her name was enough to startle Kirishima Sae for a moment—"Yukiba" definitely sounded like a woman's name.

Sure enough, the next sentence of the ghost's deputy chief exposed her disguise.

"She's a woman just like you, Kirishima-kun."

Kirishima Koue was obviously taken aback.

Although Liu Quan's appearance is undoubtedly much prettier than hers, it's not like there are no beautiful men these days - isn't the Oni's Deputy Chief of the Shinsengumi in front of him receiving a lot of inexplicable love letters just because he is a handsome man.

But the man and woman in front of them seem to be very straightforward people.I don't have so many twists and turns in my head...and her appearance in men's clothing is very professional, so it's probably why I can't guess her true face.

……Pitiful.He looked like he was taken aback.

Liu Quan thought so in his heart, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he nodded towards Kirishima Kou.

"It's our first time meeting, please take care of me, Kirishima-kun."

Kirishima Kou and the scary-named "Ren Zhan Yi Zang" looked even more surprised.Probably they didn't expect that in the "Wolf of Misheng" who they regarded as evil spirits in the eyes of them, there were not only female soldiers, but also unexpectedly gentle attitudes.

... It's ridiculous.When it's time to draw my sword, I don't hesitate as much as any member of the Shinsengumi.Kirishima-kun.

She thought so in her heart, and looked at the deputy head of the ghost in front of her and frowned slightly.

"Hey—you don't have to be so polite, Qingyuan!" He said in a tone that seemed to be complaining and reprimanding, and his voice sank slightly.

"Lieutenant before soldiers, Deputy Chief." She still smiled and replied with a good temper.

That's right, her gentle appearance is also a disguise to paralyze the opponent.

She hasn't fought against Koe Kirishima before, so she doesn't know how good her skills are.You can't underestimate the enemy just because the deputy chief said that she will definitely be able to defeat this girl.

The preparations that should be done in advance must be done well, including this layer of soft and friendly camouflage.

Seeing the boy-like man who claimed to be a member of the King's Party stood up and was about to go out, Tufang suddenly stopped him.

"Ah, there is no need to wait next door like last time." He casually said to Yi Zang.

Izo seemed a little at a loss for a while, and cast his eyes on the girl beside him, Kirishima Sasuke.

Akira Kirishima also seems to be a little confused about what the Deputy Oni of the Shinsengumi is going to do, but it is of course a good thing that the companions do not have to be isolated in the next room, and they can support each other in time if there is a change-in this way She nodded to Yizang with the thought.

So Yizang sat down next to her again.Liu Quan also sat down next to Tu Fang.The slight smile that was raised when she greeted her earlier has not completely disappeared from her face.

She drank her tea slowly, listening to the conversation between Hijikata and Kirishima Kame.

Of course, their conversation involved a huge dark secret about the Shinsengumi-"Shinsengumi".

This is also the original setting in the game. In short, the shogunate has developed a magical and evil potion "Change Like Water", which has the miraculous effect of bringing the dead back to life. However, after drinking it, it will become called "Raksha", In fact, it is a species like Western vampires, who are afraid of sunlight and daylight—of course, if they really go out in broad daylight, they will not be burned to death immediately—the value of force and other personal values ​​​​can be multiplied by N times in an instant, but This is at the cost of burning the remaining lives; and after becoming a Rakshasa, it is difficult to restrain oneself, thirsty for blood, and wanton killings also happen from time to time.

The shogunate handed over the potion to the Shinsengumi and ordered a secret experiment.Some team members who violated the law in the game and had to be cut into their stomachs drank the turning water and turned into Rakshasas. These people are called "Shinsengumi".However, since Rakshasa's madness is difficult to control, they have become one of the sources of evil at night in Kyoto.Sister Kirishima Shoko who came to negotiate today is precisely because she witnessed a Raksha wearing Shinsengumi's light green haori doing evil at night, and because her brother disappeared inexplicably, she plucked up the courage to go directly to the deputy Oni of the Shinsengumi long.

Liu Quan has a habit that I don't know if it is a skill, that is, she can really turn a deaf ear to what she shouldn't or doesn't want to hear.While drinking tea, she smiled and wrote back and forth on the small table in front of her with her fingertips dipped in the tea. No one could see what she wrote, but she just read from Hijikata and Kirishima Kame. From the very beginning of their conversation, he was busy, as if he had no interest in what the two of them were talking about, and didn't want to listen to it at all.

Even when Hijikata mentioned the word "Raksha", her fingers writing on the table did not stop at all.With such an attitude of simply turning a deaf ear to Shinsengumi's insidiousness, even Hijikata, who was talking on the sidelines and watching Kirishima Ame, couldn't help but look sideways at her for a moment.

... She is really very leisurely.It seems that they really have no interest in Shinsengumi's secrets.No, maybe she wasn't listening at all.Because when he was talking about Rakshasa, he noticed that she was chanting silently, as if she was reciting a book or composing a poem, completely immersed in her own world.

Hijikata couldn't help being distracted when Kirishima Sasuke, who was always asking him worriedly about his brother, leaned slightly towards the subordinate beside him who was always enjoying himself, and lowered his voice He shouted, "Hey, what are you doing?"

She probably didn't expect that she would be yelled at by the deputy chief for making it clear that she didn't want to listen to Shinsengumi's secrets. She was obviously stunned for a moment, then raised her head and replied with a smile: "...practice writing."

This answer stumped Shinsengumi's Deputy Oni for a while.Tufang felt an inexplicable annoyance, and he didn't know who to attack.

If the guy who came with him tonight was the guy from the chief who likes to play pranks against him, of course he can scold him at will.But now she was just a girl, and she just sat there obediently writing and drawing from beginning to end, completely not getting involved in the business he was talking about—there was really no reason to reprimand her.But... I really feel very depressed if I don't have an attack!

His face couldn't help but sink.

He clearly knew that what he was discussing with that Kirishima Sasuke was an important matter related to the secret experiment of the Shinsengumi, not to mention that this woman had various unclear connections with those respectable sects, and beside her was a "human cut" "Yi Zang", and she couldn't simply kill her because she witnessed those crazy Rakshas killing people in the street; but... the subordinate I brought really had a relationship with her immediate superior—— The team leader, like Souji Okita, has the miraculous ability to make people inexplicably angry without making a sound!

"...The Shinsengumi really doesn't know about your brother's whereabouts." He barely suppressed the slight dissatisfaction with her leisurely attitude in his heart, and said to Kirishima Koe with a straight face.

"Those 'Rakshasas'...you might as well regard them as ghosts like mountain ghosts and fox spirits." He gave an explanation that outsiders could understand best. "It's just that these ghosts exist in the world."

Kirishima Kou looked a little dubious.But this is also understandable.This woman's family runs a dojo, and she has seen more of the world than those ordinary girls from towns, and she mixes with those respectful guys. They are all big villains, and all bad things are related to them", and he has also witnessed the scene of Luo Sha's murder... If he can get rid of it in a few words, he won't have to meet and negotiate with her twice in a row.

At this time, Liu Quan, who seemed to be casually drinking tea to practice calligraphy, suddenly smiled slightly.

"I said... What kind of answer does Kirishima-kun want to get from the deputy chief?" She said in an extremely gentle tone, which didn't sound like the usual man who was stronger than ordinary men Form a backbone team.

Kirishima Kou seemed surprised, and immediately turned his gaze to Yanagi Izumi's direction.

Liu Quan's right index finger was still stretched out, and he tapped on the table, as if he stopped halfway through writing a word.She raised her head and looked calmly at the tip of Kirishima.

"There's no need for the deputy chief to lie to you. If your brother's whereabouts are indeed related to the Shinsengumi—whether he was killed or taken away—the deputy chief will admit it frankly. Although it is different from your position, but The dignified Shinsengumi will not fall to the point where even a man’s life and death can’t be afforded.” She continued to speak lightly, and in the gap between pauses, she flicked her fingertips to the right, as if she had completed the task just now. The last stroke of that unfinished word.

"What the deputy chief can tell you, I probably have already told you. If it weren't for your blessing, I probably wouldn't have heard as much as the deputy chief said today..." She actually smiled slightly , as if I really felt lucky.

Hijikata frowned, as if he didn't like hearing such jokes.But for some reason, he didn't stop Liu Quan when he said something he didn't like to hear like when he scolded Okita for nonsense.

"The deputy chief may have some words that are not pleasant to hear, and probably not what you want to hear. For example, for your brother's safety, it is best to prepare for the worst..." Liu Quan raised his eyebrows slightly, as if It seems that I don't want to think about this ominous possibility. "However, the deputy chief said this with sincerity. Being attacked by that kind of monster, according to what you said, brother Ling seemed to be at a disadvantage at that time... It is not without reason that he made such an awareness. "

Kirishima Kouji's face changed completely.Silently at the side, Yizang lightly pressed his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist.

"Oh, oh, I'm just telling the truth." Liu Quan's eyes lightly slid over the back of the knuckles of the hand that was holding the handle of the knife, and then stared at the face of Kirishima Koe, looking at the girl in front of him without a trace. There seemed to be a trace of pity in the eyes of the blood-colored face, but more of it was calm and composed.

"As the deputy chief said, it is still too early to say that Brother Ling has suffered misfortune. However, Brother Ling's life and death really have nothing to do with the Shinsengumi. In other words——" She smiled slowly, pausing on the tabletop The fingertips slowly retracted, and the right hand gently pressed the small table.

"The deputy chief didn't give orders against brother Ling. And everything in the Shinsengumi will not be implemented without the deputy chief. I'm sure of this."

This confident speech seemed to overwhelm Kirishima Kou and Okada Izoto on the opposite side.And she has a smile on her face from beginning to end, and her tone is calm and gentle. Compared with what she said to protect the Shinsengumi and the deputy chief of the ghost, it is two extremes.

Okada Izo was originally an extremely bad-spoken person, and his ability to distinguish what other people said was probably judged by observing the reaction of Kirishima Koe.Just now, when Yanagi Izumi asked her to "prepare for the worst" bluntly, her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry, Okada Izo's breath was full of panic, and The killing intent towards Liu Quan who dared to say such words.

But now Kirishima Koe has been able to accept a little bit of reality and has calmed down, and Liu Quan has maintained a gentle tone and smile from beginning to end. With this attitude, it is impossible for Kirishima Koe to get angry with her.Then Okada Izo naturally wouldn't really attack Liu Quan.

"You... you promise?!" Kirishima Kou asked after a period of apparent silence.The object of this sentence is not Tufang, but Liuquan.

Liu Quan raised his eyebrows, and his tone became softer, but there was a touch of determination in his voice, as if she had never doubted that what she said was the truth.

"Of course, Kirishima-kun."

With her hands on the table, her upper body leaned forward slightly, staring straight at the girl in front of her who was obviously also very skilled.

"That's it."

... After that, things ended smoothly.

There was no such extreme situation as Okita said earlier that he had to "kill her".

The royal party's "kill people to hide" is also completely different from the legendary bloodthirsty and ruthless image of killing people like hemp.It's better to say that he unexpectedly has a natural personality that is quite ignorant of world affairs. Not only did he appear extremely inarticulate from beginning to end, he couldn't even catch up with Liu Quan's intentional conversation with him; moreover, he didn't kill many people at all. The kind of blood and sharpness.

...Probably someone taught him not to think there is anything wrong with obediently killing people.If you don't think about it at all after killing someone, and you don't feel the need to think about it, the murder itself will not have any impact on the killer—whether it arouses his sense of guilt or Well, it's better to stimulate his spirit or cold blood.

Liu Quan carefully evaluated Okada Izo, because as a member of the Royalist Party, he is likely to create problems for the Shinsengumi in the future.Maybe someone from the Shinsengumi will have a chance to face him in the future, maybe even have to deal with him.

At the gate of Shimabara's corner house, the two parties parted ways in silence.

Hijikata didn't say anything to Kirishima Sae or Okada Izo, but Liu Quan, who came out behind him, smiled at Okada Izo very friendly, startled him, and hurriedly turned his eyes to After opening, he said to Kirishima Kou gently: "That's the parting, please take care, Kirishima-kun."

This farewell startled Kirishima again.She seems to be a bit conflicted. As a person who is very close to the Zunluan faction, she feels that she should not respond to the kindness expressed by Liu Quan, a member of the Xinsengumi; but at the same time, she really wants to ask Liu Quan, as a woman, why You must survive in the "Wolf of Mibu" and spare no effort to maintain the Shinsengumi.

Liu Quan saw her thoughts from her face and wanted to sigh.

...The two of them, since they are on two sides with very different positions, probably will never be able to understand each other's beliefs and reasons.

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