Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Looking around, even the main hall of the shrine, which can be seen clearly during the day, is now completely integrated into the night. Compared with the daytime, the mysterious color has increased a lot.

Although the lively atmosphere during the day is very good, maybe she prefers the quiet atmosphere like now.

Hijikata's tone was unexpectedly peaceful, not like a boss talking to a subordinate, but more like a conversation between equal friends.

"Then, let's take a look around. Even if it's a security mission, it should look like you're actually visiting the festival."

Liu Quan lifted his spirits and replied loudly: "Okay!"

The two of them began to visit the festival at a speed many times slower than during the day.

It is estimated that the store is about to close, and those leftover products are almost all sold at a reduced price.

Many parents came to the ceremony with their children, probably because it was getting late, and the children fell asleep on their father's back.

There are also couples and couples walking side by side. They must also plan to go to the shrine to participate in tonight's special event.Speaking of which, what is the event—a special prayer session for couples?

Liu Quan stared at the people and scenery passing by with a completely new and strange eyes.

"The festival is about to end. It seems a bit lonely." Hijikata said as if he was having a casual conversation.

Liu Quan felt a little melancholy for a while, but soon regained his composure.

"That's right... But, summer has just begun, and festivals will be held in other places soon."

The earth side cast a sidelong glance at her.

"At that time, I will continue to work as a security guard and run around. Make up your mind?"

Liu Quan said loudly with great enthusiasm: "Yes! Please rest assured and leave it to me!"

Earth could not help but laugh.

"Really... Don't speak in that rude man's tone when you are wearing a women's yukata!" He said jokingly.

Indeed, this women's yukata pattern that Kondo prepared for Izumi Yanagi tonight is beautiful.

The base color is purple, and above it is a pattern of clusters of light white and light purple flowers.The image and persona of Kiyohara Yukiha belong to the tall category among women, and her figure is slender and slender due to long-term sword practice. She is wrapped in such a beautiful yukata, which is different from the petite and cute girls nowadays. The generous and tough beauty is like a reed that will never bow in the strong wind.

When approaching the gate of the shrine, Liu Quan deliberately moved a little closer to Hijikata.The props bought from the stalls along the way also played a good role in camouflage—in order to make it easier for the earthworker to draw the knife at any time, she walked on the left side of the earthworker, and naturally held the sleeve of his bathrobe with her right hand , holding a candy apple in his left hand.

The moment Liu Quan held his sleeves, Tufang seemed to be surprised for a moment.However, he quickly covered up that emotion, and the uncomfortable expression Liu Quan expected didn't even appear on his face.

At the entrance, they were not hindered by anything.

After successfully entering the shrine, they looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief in unison.

This shrine is small, so the courtyard is not too big.And compared with the daytime, the number of people suddenly decreased a lot.So no matter how slow you walk, it doesn't take long to reach the other end of the shrine.

Hijikata looked around and let out a wry smile. "Oh, I walked into the courtyard without knowing it."

Of course Liu Quan didn't forget what kind of business they came out with tonight.She erected the radar antenna above her head almost immediately (fog!), her eyes scanned around vigilantly, and she said, "If you dare to come here, you will never come back! Slaughter and bury a dragon Kamogawa water burial!" [-]% off!" look.

Seeing her serious and hard-working expression with her eyes wide open like a Shiba Inu, Hijikata suddenly gave a wry smile.

"Hey, you look weird, don't you?"

It is rare for the deputy chief to speak in such a mocking tone with a hint of helplessness. Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied with a natural attitude: "Of course. What if another plan pops up from some dark corner?" What about the unruly rogues who set fire to or stab people or destroy shrines?"

Tu Fang stared at Liu Quan curiously for a moment.Probably because the capable vigilance of a soldier on her body doesn't match the slender and feminine features in a women's bathrobe, so people can't help but feel novel and take a second look.

Then, he suddenly found a place under a tree beside him and sat down on the ground, mockingly said in a relaxed tone: "Speaking of which, those guys are not mushrooms after the rain, how could they grow back immediately... It’s all here and there’s nothing unusual, so it shouldn’t be a big deal. Compared to that, now that you’re here, let’s sit down and rest for a while.”

Liu Quan was dumbfounded for a moment.

Rain, mushrooms after rain...

It seems that it is unexpectedly suitable, right?But when did the deputy chief's language skills advance to such a high level?Also, System Bacteria, did you secretly poke and really exchange for the deputy chief's missing [Sense of Humor] skill? !

Enduring the feeling of being a little bit too much, Liu Quan also imitated the earthwork, and sat down beside him with his back against the thick tree trunk, with a relaxed smile on his face.

Sitting side by side like this, with your feet out, looking at the stars...

That was a good treatment that she never dared to think of before.

Especially recently, the overall situation in Kyoto is very turbulent.

It was the summer of the second year of Keio, and this should be the last summer we spent together before everything fell apart.

Although neon history is not something she is good at, she also knows that in the following three years of Keio, first the annoying Kokotaro Ito left the team in the name of setting up Imperial Tomb Guards, and took Hirasuke and Saito away; The unsustainable shogunate will have no choice but to announce the return of the great government; and then Ito will force the charge of assassinating Ryoma Sakamoto to the head of the Shinsengumi, and secretly plan to assassinate the director of the Shinsengumi Kondo, which makes the Shinsengumi determined to clean him up The Oil Koji Change...

Then, in the fourth year of Keio, the famous Battle of Toba-Fushimi was about to break out-the first large-scale defeat of the Shinsengumi was about to happen.What followed was a series of bad news, sacrifices, executions, partings...

Until May in the early summer of the second year of Meiji, Hijikata died in Hakodate——

Kyoto is already raining.This seemingly peaceful summer should be the last happiness in their short life.

However, even facing such a cruel road ahead, the air was exceptionally fresh on this clear night.

The night sky is clear and clear, and at this moment they are sitting here, listening attentively, only accompanied by the sound of the gurgling stream passing through the courtyard, and the sound of festival music from afar.

The atmosphere here is quiet, and it is completely unimaginable that a ceremony is being held in the same courtyard.

Even if they had turned around before, all they could see were green trees.At this moment, except for the two of them, there is no other person's breath at all.

The peaceful and gentle beauty now is in stark contrast to the hopeless and cruel farewell that will happen later, and for a moment Liu Quan felt an unreal feeling of bewilderment.

...Do I still have a chance?

Can the derailed world be brought back in time, overcome the inertia of the plot, gain the wholehearted trust of the person next to him, save his life and the lives of others, and let this world survive, develop, and continue forever.

She sighed slightly imperceptibly.

In the quiet summer night, there are occasional insects chirping, and the warm night wind blows the intoxicating fresh aroma of plants and trees.

"It feels so quiet..." Liu Quan let out a long sigh.

Earlier that day, in that dead-end alley, the Capital City sung by Gao Shan suddenly came to her mind.

"Meet and go, go and meet, crying, crying, laughing and laughing are gone. In the end, the wild wind and the autumn wind are parting for a while."

Hijikata turned to her in surprise.

"... Du Duyi? Is this... the Du Yi made by Mr. Jingyi Naobi?"

Liu Quan: "Eh?! Is it the work of Mr. Ii Naosuke?!"

... She also had a vague impression of the name Jingyi Naosuke.The other party used to be the head of the shogunate, and launched the Anzheng Prison, and then seemed to be assassinated by a person who fell behind the curtain.

"I, I didn't know that this was the work of that adult, but I heard someone sing it in a tavern by chance, and thought it was pretty good, so I wrote it down..." She explained hastily.

Earthwork frowned slightly. "...The tavern?! What are you doing in the tavern?"

Liu Quan: ...Deputy Chief, your focus is completely wrong, hey!

However, this kind of complaints is a taboo for the Raiders, so she had no choice but to be busy smoothing the hair of the deputy chief.

"When I was pretending to be a man, I was invited to go to a pub for a drink. It was impossible to say 'I'm sorry, I'm actually a woman' and refuse to go..." She said shamefully, "But of course I won't go again now. Don't worry, Deputy Commander, I will definitely not drink to make a mistake!"

Tufang stared at her, for some reason, she had a mouthless look, it seemed that instead of being smoothed, the hair was blown up even more.

It's over... Did you choose the wrong dialogue option?Visually, this is definitely a sign of a decline in favorability, right? !The system bacteria is on the top, what is the topic that the target of the strategy likes? !

Liu Quan: "...Say, let's talk! I bought a collection of haiku in a bookstore last time, but I still can't understand the mystery of it well... If you have a chance next time, you can ask Mr. Hijikata to teach me how to learn Haiku?"

The purpose of this forcible change of subject was too clear, and what was mentioned was the haiku that Hijikata regarded as one of the dead spots; this made Hijikata startled, and stared at her more severely.

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