Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Liu Quan returned to the room and continued his confinement and self-reflection punishment.

But this state of affairs did not last long.

Just when Liu Quan was thinking wildly, guessing what the Changzhou Clan spy Gu Gao, who was captured by Okita, had confessed, and how the Shinsengumi would react, the door was suddenly opened.A familiar voice sounded immediately.

"Hey, you...!" The visitor seemed to pause, as if he didn't know what to call her.After a while, he made a random choice.

"Qingyuan! Get ready immediately and gather at the gate! Follow my team to Shikokuya to sweep up the Changzhou rogues tonight!"

Liu Quan stood up suddenly, his eyes widened in surprise.

Hijikata, deputy head of the Shinsengumi, was standing at the door.He was already dressed in light green feathers, and he was wearing a bowl gold on his forehead to protect his forehead. He stood there, with the dark night behind him, which made him very imposing.

"I...can I go too?!" Liu Quan couldn't believe his ears.

Hijikata replied impatiently: "Ah, yes. Otherwise, why would I call you.... Remember not to dress up as a woman."

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, as if he had just realized the meaning contained in this notice from the earthwork.She opened her mouth, but finally said a clumsy word.

"Yes!...that...excuse me...deputy chief, am I, am I acting with...a team?"

Tufang glanced at her when he heard the words, and seemed to have sensed the meaning behind her simple question, but he didn't seem to be in the mood to play charades with her, so he simply replied: "No. The first team is led by the chief executive, Follow Kondo-kun to Ikedaya. Follow me to Shikokuya."

A certain disappointed expression flashed across Liu Quan's face in an instant.Tufang keenly caught it, but he didn't say anything.Liu Quan also quickly concealed this inappropriate expression, nodded calmly, and nodded towards Tu Fang.

"Yes, Deputy Chief!"

At the gate of the garrison, Liu Quan joined the team under Tufang's command.

The fact that Hijikata pried out from the mouth of Gu Gao, the spy of the Changzhou clan earlier, is that tonight the nobles and clansmen of the Changzhou clan will gather somewhere in Kyoto, and the Shinsengumi will be divided into two teams to conduct inspections—in other words, they will be in the When the Changzhou vassals gathered, they would catch them all.

Tonight's division of labor is that Kondo, director of the Shinsengumi, will take Okita Souji, Nagakura Shinpachi, Todo Heisuke and others to Ikedaya.Hijikata took Saitoichi, Harada Sanosuke and others to Shikokuya.I don't know if they decided that the Shikoku House is a more likely location, and the earthwork team has more people.In contrast, Kondo's team is a small but elite combination.

Because of the current epidemic that is raging in the Shinsengumi, there is a serious shortage of manpower.Therefore, Liu Quan, who was temporarily locked up and ordered to reflect, had to fight.

However, Liu Quan, who originally belonged to the first group, was assigned to his own group by Hijikata.

The reason for this assignment may be that the team leader Okita has not yet forgiven the guy who successfully deceived him so easily, or it may be that Hijikata still wants to monitor her nearby.Although she has been publicly recruited to enter the Shinsengumi, how to deal with the exposure of her female identity like before, and there are no clear regulations in the game-after all, who would have thought that a woman would dress up and join the Shinsengumi? !

Liu Quan tidied up the scarf that covered his neck.

In the first group, she was the only one who was assigned to Hijikata's side, and even the group leader, Okita, went to Ikedaya.

This strange grouping seems to have attracted the attention of some team members.However, as one of the most skilled team members other than cadres, it seems that she should enjoy some privileges and the favor of high-level officials at this time.

So everyone packed up and went out.The street was silent in the middle of the night, only the sound of footsteps from the Xinxuan team.

Liu Quan followed Tufang closely, making up his mind not to do anything that would make him suspicious or angry.

In fact, although Liu Quan has played this game and read some historical materials and novels related to the end of the Bakumatsu in the Jataka world, he does not know the Shinsengumi very well, let alone these people in the Shinsengumi.

Regarding Hijikata, she only knew a few bits and pieces of impression words before-"I heard that he looks very good", "The nickname is 'Deputy Chief of the Demon'", "The brain of the Shinsengumi and the actual control by"...and so on.

I don't know anything else.

But now, when her identity as a woman is exposed, she suddenly realizes one thing, that is, if she wants to stay in the Shinsengumi as before, she must win over the director Kondo and the deputy director Hijikata. On my own side, give myself enough understanding and protection.

...Otherwise, she will be cut down by Okita sooner or later.

Kondo will undoubtedly be on her side, and the remaining thorny issue is the deputy chief of Oni, Hijikata.

Although tonight he ordered her to play before her confinement period expired because there were too few team members who could be on duty, it probably didn't mean that he would let her go without hesitation.Deliberately putting her in the team he led instead of letting her return to Ichibangumi Okita's command, in addition to preventing Okita's anger that may not have calmed down on her, probably also has an element of personal monitoring.

...It seems that he must be placed in the most important position and studied thoroughly, as the primary goal of the strategy...

…Otherwise, there would be no need for Okita to draw the sword himself, and Hijikata might just throw her a sentence "Shidou is not enlightened, go to harakiri" one day, and then kill her cleanly.Probably at that time, she won't even have the option to drink water that turns into water...

Liu Quan followed Tu Fang with a heavy heart, and did not lose his vigilance because of this.

When Chizuru followed the direction of the game and came panting, telling everyone that Ikedaya was the correct target, Liu Quan made a decision without hesitation.

Although Ikeda House is a good place to earn experience points and reputation points tonight, but in order to conquer Hijikata, we must not give up the opportunity to Miss Qianhe in vain.

... Then again, two days ago, she seemed to see Qianzuru talking to Okita and Saito in the courtyard.

It seems that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

When Hijikata ordered Saito and Harada to take their team members to Ikedaya for support, Liu Quan quietly approached Qianzuru who was out of breath and couldn't even stand still, and reached out to support her.

"Thank you. Because of your order, we were able to respond in time."

Qianhe turned his head to look at Liuquan in surprise.

Because Liu Quan didn't deliberately hide her clear female voice, and this voice was different from her usual voice, Qianhe seemed to hear something for a moment, but blinked in disbelief. Eye.

Liu Quan smiled at her under the dim moonlight.

"Oh, I was discovered by you. I am a woman just like you." She whispered, "However, you must keep it a secret, or I will die."

Chizuru immediately covered her mouth with her hand, opened her eyes wide, and shook her head like a rattle.

Liu Quan couldn't help smiling, but immediately held back his smile and put on a worried expression.

"It's dangerous for you to go back to the garrison alone. Do you want to go with the deputy chief, or go to the Ikeda house with Saito-kun and the others to rescue?...Speaking of which, it must be very difficult for Okita-kun and Todo-kun to face several times the number of enemies there. Work hard... I don't know if they are injured? If they are injured, is there anyone to take care of them?..."

Qianzuru's eyes widened again, and she immediately said, "I, I'm going to Ikedaya!"

Liu Quan evoked a smug smile in the shadows.

"Don't worry, the deputy chief's safety is entrusted to me. My skills are very good, huh?" She lowered her voice and said with a smile to Qianzuru and Saito and Harada behind her.

Those two people had complex expressions, as if they didn't know what face to put on after knowing her identity as a woman, to face this comrade who used to get along day and night, and casually judged Shimabara's popular geisha with the team members. Same.

Although she was with Hijikata's team, she didn't belong to Saito or Harada's subordinates—her team leader Okita followed Kondo to Ikedaya.So her fate has not yet been assigned.

For this kind of joke as usual, it should be said that it is a bit presumptuous. In the past, it might have been reprimanded by the local officials.But now Hijikata just glanced at her with a frown, as if for a moment he wanted to ask her to go to Ikedaya to support him, but he also thought about her identity as a woman, and he was annoyed and endured this order.

Everyone left one after another, and Tufang didn't say a word to Liu Quan behind him, and walked straight through one alley after another.

In fact, Liu Quan also has a little understanding of the other things that the earthwork has to do - thanks to the fact that he played this game a few years ago, and now he still has a little impression of the plot in his mind.

Hijikata intends to intercept those Aizu feudal soldiers and Kyoto bosses who were unwilling to fight before, but now that the overall situation in Ikedaya has been settled, they plan to dispatch all to grab the credit.

In the eyes of those people, the Shinsengumi are nothing more than a group of rogues from the countryside, not even serious samurai, but just a group of dirt dogs that they can drive and push over if they have dirty work.No one really identifies with them, let alone relies on them.

Now, what they want to fight for themselves is such a status and such respect.

To make it impossible for anyone to ignore the existence of the Shinsengumi, affirm their efforts and abilities, trust their loyalty, and recognize them as an important organization.

However, in order to achieve this goal, everyone is fighting with their lives.Everyone in Ikedaya is like this, and now Hijikata, who is walking through the streets of Kyoto at night, intends to single-handedly stop those guys with big backgrounds who come to grab credit, and it's also like this.

Now besides her, he has no other subordinates by his side.

So Liu Quan's right hand rested tightly on the hilt of the sword, his whole body tensed up, and he scanned the deserted street at night.

Suddenly, she heard Hijikata's wry smile.

"...Really. I didn't give you an order to die, did I?"

Liu Quan's body froze slightly, but his right hand did not leave the sword hilt.

"If you want to die so much, why didn't you go to Ikeda House just now?" Hijikata asked lightly again.

Liu Quan was silent for a moment.

Since there was no one else present besides the two of them, she didn't bother to use that low voice masquerading as a man.

"Because I still have a mission to complete here."

The clear female voice that has not been used for a long time, although the tone is very light, it still sounds as clear and beautiful as dew dripping from the eaves in such a dark night.

"Since I am assigned to the deputy chief's team tonight, it is also my mission to ensure the deputy chief's safety."

The earth side was silent for a moment.

Before he could speak, six or seven people suddenly appeared in the alley next to him.

Liu Quan drew his sword in an instant.

For camouflage, the hilt is made to resemble the hilt of a tachi sword.But the blade of the sword cannot be easily fooled. Compared with the blade of the Taidao, it is wider and thicker, and has a relatively straight blade.

In fact, a closer look raises reasonable doubts—whether this strange weapon really counts as a Taidao.And Liu Quan didn't have the habit of wearing wakizashi at the same time.However, in view of the various freaks in the Shinsengumi—such as Harada who uses a spear/gun, and Saito who is left-handed—there are not many, so Liu Quan, who only wears a strangely shaped sword on his waist, It didn't attract too much unnecessary attention.

...The opponent is a vassal of the Choshu Domain.After seeing the iconic light onion-colored haori on Hijikata and Liuquan, he raised the Taidao without saying a word, and slashed across.

With two bangs, Liu Quan, who took two steps forward, had already received the attack from that person.At this time, the swordsmanship she exchanged from System Bacteria can be seen to be obviously different from the Dongying swordsmanship.

Her moves are lighter and more nimble, and she basically doesn't use head-to-head moves, but wins with endless changes.In just a few minutes, she has changed several attack methods.Chi Chi several times, and there was a dull and small sound of the sword point piercing flesh and blood.

The earth side is also unequivocal.In fact, it is said that his knife skills are also very impressive.In addition to not being as fancy and light as Liu Quan's movements, his moves are more calm and sharp, with an imposing manner.

Soon, the six or seven Changzhou vassals fell to the ground motionless.

Tu Fang glanced at Liu Quan, but said flatly as always: "Good job."

Then he crossed the path to the street and stopped.

Liu Quan looked around and found that Tufang was walking along a small path just now.The main road he is standing on now is four-way.If you follow the small path between the houses on the road on their left and go straight ahead, you will reach the Sanjo Bridge.Then turn left again, and go straight along the main road named Sanjo Street, which is the main place of the fierce battle tonight-Ikeda House.

Liu Quan understood what was happening in an instant, and let out a soft sneer in his throat.

"It was like that just now, and I didn't see a single official... Really, if this is the case, you should unceremoniously leave everything to the Shinsengumi and go back to the countryside by yourself?"

Tu Fang calmly stopped her.

"... Yukiya-kun." At this moment of attending work as Shinsengumi, he still used her male alias to call her, just like before.

"Those timid guys must only want to do something eye-catching in their minds."

Liu Quan paused for a moment, then continued to use his lower voice before, playing the role of Kiyohara Yukiya nonchalantly.

"You mean... to grab credit?"

The earthworker coughed.At this moment, Yamazaki in black appeared quietly.

"Hey, Yamazaki-kun." Liu Quan greeted him casually.

"All those annoying guys just now have been cleared?"

Yamazaki nodded silently at her, and turned to Hijikata.

"You've heard about Ikedaya, right? I accepted the order from Chief Yamanan to contact the Aizu Clan and Soji—"

The earthwork also nodded.

"That's right. The next instruction is to pursue. Yamazaki-kun, please go to Ikedaya to inquire about Kondo-kun's progress."

Without saying a word, Yamazaki turned around and disappeared into the dark night again.

Then, Hijikata raised his voice a little, and shouted in a cold voice: "Official with a guy on his waist, come and say hello to the deputy chief of the Shinsengumi."

A flame of anger flickered deep in his cold eyes.

However, Liu Quan relaxed his tense posture, slowly placed his right hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and muttered in a low voice: "Really... If I knew it was such a mission, I shouldn't have done it so early just now." Wipe the knife and put it back..."

Tufang glanced at her when he heard the words, and said lightly: "...At this time, there is no need to learn the attitude of your team leader."

Sure enough, Liu Quan's attitude now is very similar to that of the team leader Okita.

"Really... Do you have any self-consciousness as a girl?"

Tufang squeezed out such a complaint from between his teeth with a voice close to a whisper.

Then, he straightened his face, and with a cold and serious expression, he faced the nearly hundred people who almost crowded the road.

Those people came out slowly, with leisurely steps.Standing at the end of the alley, just watching these people who are only waiting to get credit after the incident, for some reason, a strange layer of anger welled up in Liu Quan's chest.

"……Hey!"

Before her hand touched the hilt of the sword and pulled it out lightly, Earth Fang's voice sounded, stopping her intentional or unintentional intimidation in time.

"Don't worry, the Shinsengumi won't make it easy for those people." He narrowed his slender eyes and smiled.

"...Even if you don't go to Ikedaya, it won't affect our final victory."

Liu Quan paused slightly with his fingers holding the hilt of the sword.

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February 2:

I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year, a happy family, and great luck in grabbing red envelopes! ^^