Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

The days that Liu Quan had been waiting anxiously with anxiety finally arrived.

One day in March, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

There was no patrol task for the first team this day, and Liu Quan, who got a day off by accident, was in a good mood early in the morning.

Even when she met Mikazuki Muneki who was sitting in a corner where no one else could find her in the courtyard, drinking tea leisurely, she still had the time to recite a vice-long haiku.

"Beautiful day in March / The drizzle slanted and entered the water / Deep soaked the bottom of the pool--"

San Riyue put down the teacup, and raised those two elegant eyebrows in surprise.

"Oh? The main hall is in a very good mood today." He said with a smile.

Liu Quan also smiled, "Really?...Probably because I always feel that I have made progress recently-is this my illusion? In short, it is better than the previous situation of being clueless, stagnant, and frustrating There are many more, so I feel better before I know it."

Sanriyue raised her eyebrows even higher.

"...Progress?" He smiled. "From this, what is the goal of the main hall? Ah, even an old man like me can't help but want to know."

Liu Quan: ...Too bad, Sankaiyue is not Jiansang, if he really has doubts about my purpose, how should he deal with it?I can't just say that I plan to attack the Deputy Chief of the Shinsengumi, let him prostrate himself under my horse's hakama, and obey what I say unconditionally! !

She raised up an index finger, as if a light bulb had been lighted with a "ding" on her head, and answered with a mischievous smile: "...Ah, the goal, of course, is to flatten Kyoto today and conquer the world tomorrow! Our journey It’s the sea of ​​stars!!”

Sanriyue Zongjin: "..."

Rarely, the handsome Fu Sangshen was also dumbfounded for a moment.

"Hahahaha, the main hall also has a childish side." After a moment of silence, he smiled tolerantly and gently.

In a remote corner of the courtyard, a female judge in men's clothing (?) and the handsome Fu Sangshen are sitting side by side in a corridor where no one passes by. A cup of steaming tea is placed beside Fu Sangshen; Blowing down bursts of pink petals across the blooming cherry trees in the courtyard.

It was a wonderful atmosphere, until Izumi Mori Kanesada rushed to break it.

"So you're here, Yukiba-chan!" Kanesan, who had been casually addressing her in various disrespectful tones after receiving Liu Quan's permission, seemed a little anxious at this moment.

Perhaps Fu Sangshen, who loves knives as the deputy commander, felt the indignation, anger, helplessness, trouble, powerlessness and other bad emotions from the master at this moment.

"... Hurry up to the lobby, that Kokotaro Ito officially asked Kondo-san and Hijikata-san to leave the team!! Hijikata-san couldn't stop this, everyone is in the lobby now...!"

Surprised, Liu Quan stood up abruptly.

"...Is it today?!" Her eyes wandered to a luxuriant cherry blossom tree, and she thought to herself.After a while, she ran towards the hall without looking back.

Behind her, Sanri Yuezong nearly picked up the cup of tea again, put it to his lips, but did not drink it for a long time.A wisp of fine white, dense hot air rose slowly from the teacup, lingering between his extremely handsome face.

"...At this time, it is useless to call the main hall, Izumi Shoujun." He said slowly.

Kazumi Mamoru Kanesada stood there, with a rare worry in his eyes, watching Liu Quan's figure run away; after hearing this sentence, he turned around with a puzzled expression on his face.

"What?...I just feel that the general must be notified when such a big event happened." He replied in a blunt tone, "I remember we talked about this topic....The future future and destiny of the Shinsengumi, I know it, and you know it too. But Yukiba-chan doesn't know..."

"So, what are you planning to lead the main hall to change, Izumi Shoujun?" Sanri Yuezong's slender brows were slightly horizontal, and his beautiful face was tense.

Izumi Mori Kanesada was stunned for a moment, his expression suddenly became a little dazed.He lowered his head, as if he was trying his best to think about the hint of danger in Sanriyue's words; then he raised his head suddenly, and said loudly as if justifying: "...No! I, I just think that Xueyejiang also You should... you should know these things, yes! As a general, you should keep informed and vigilant about these important matters that happened in the Shinsengumi! That's it!"

Sanri Yuezong took a sip of tea slowly.

"Hehehe, is that so?" He said lightly.

The hands holding the teacup fell on his knees, and his eyes passed the tall figure of Izumi Mori Kanesada to the direction where Liu Quan left.

"Izumi Shoujun, what do you think about your former master and your current general?" He asked leisurely.

Izumi Mori Kanesada was stunned. "……ha?!"

Mikazuki Zongjin added another sentence.

"Well, maybe I should say, what does Izumi Mori-kun think of the relationship between Hijikata-kun and the main palace?"

Izumi Mori Kanesada was tongue-tied, as if a bomb had been dropped on his head, and it exploded.

"That, that...! I, I think..." He stammered, as if he lost the ability to think for a moment, his face flushed, he didn't know whether he was angry or shocked by the explosive question that San Riyue suddenly threw on his head, It took a while to come up with a decent answer.

"...Yukiba-chan is a smart, brave and reliable person, so Mr. Hijikata trusts her and entrusts her to do a lot of things. It's also a very normal thing!"

Sanri Yuezong sighed leisurely.

"Really. . . . I hope that's all it is."

And Liu Quan, the God Judge (Wu!) who left the two of them behind without hesitation, Fu Sangshen, was on his way to the hall.

...but it seems to be too late.

The hall of Nishi Honganji Temple is actually a huge hall similar to the main hall. The tall, spacious and bright hall has a solemn and generous momentum.On the side outside the door is the wall, along which a long row of cherry blossom trees are planted.

When Liu Quan rushed there panting, before he saw the situation in the hall, he suddenly saw a young man in black with a white scarf around his neck standing under the cherry tree.

Liu Quan slammed on the brakes and stopped a few steps away from Saito.It's a pity that because I was running in a hurry just now, I don't know why I feel a tingling pain in my abdomen, so I have to press that part with my right hand, and I can't catch my breath.

Saito turned his face when he heard her footsteps, and when he realized that it was her, his face moved subtly.

... Then I turned my head back and looked up at the cherry blossoms all over the tree.

"This is the first time I have enjoyed cherry blossoms in Kyoto like this." He suddenly spoke, but what he said seemed to be a topic completely unrelated to today's events.

The breeze blows slowly, and the petals on the branches are blown down one after another.

"Times change, everything is impermanent...whether it's the current situation, thinking, or this Shinsengumi." He continued, as if he didn't expect to hear any answer from Liu Quan, with a calm tone.

For some reason, Liu Quan suddenly thought of the haiku that he borrowed from the deputy chief when he disguised himself as an oiran during the introspection in Shimabara and was forced to accompany the guest to show off his literary talents.

【The years are often similar

The flowers are still blooming

The fleeting time reminds each other】

However, at such a moment, such a sentence must never be uttered.

"Confused and confused / My ambition is embarrassing but resolute / The law has no hesitation—"

She dragged her voice a little longer and read like this.

Saito turned his head to look at her in surprise. "This is……!?"

Liu Quan smiled. "The haiku written by the deputy chief... Souji-kun once stole the 'Toyotama Faku Collection' where the deputy chief recorded his own haikus. In order not to be found by the deputy chief, he forced it to me and asked me to hide it in my In the room. Although I quickly returned it to the deputy chief, the haiku I read privately at that time, I just remembered it firmly."

After explaining why she was able to recite the deputy director's works twice in a row, her voice became slightly lighter.

"So, Yi-kun must be able to understand what the deputy chief wants to convey in this haiku, right?"

The expression on Saito's face changed from bewilderment to deep thought, and then slowly turned to astonishment.Finally, he lowered his eyebrows and nodded heavily.

"Indeed. I seem to understand what you mean—"

He paused.

"... Mr. Xue Ye."

Liu Quan frowned and smiled.

"Not everything has changed...and I believe in the things that haven't changed." Saito slightly emphasized his tone, and the emphasis fell on the word "believe".

Pink cherry blossom petals fluttered down on Saito's hair, shoulders, and clothes.He turned his head back and looked up at the cherry blossoms on the branches, with a faint smile on his face.

There must be iron-like will and determination in his heart.Are you planning to be loyal to the Shinsengumi, to the deputy chief he admires, and to be the sharpest knife in the deputy chief's hand?

...You are really reliable, Kazu-kun.

It's a pity that no words of encouragement or words of praise can be said at this moment.

And she, as a long-time deputy head fan and fanatic, seems to have no stance or motivation to keep Saito.

So, we can only part here.

"It's not bad to believe in what you choose."

In the end, he could only say something in such an ambiguous tone, and in order to deceive people, he had to add a hint of mockery and warning gestures in it. Liu Quan said this, but stayed at the previous position, and did not go up to stand. To Saito's side.

With a distance of a few steps, it was as if a gap had been drawn between the two of them because of their different choices.Although their expressions were very calm, and they even had strange smiles on their faces, but with the cherry blossom petals falling in the wind, the sense of bleakness was gradually coming up.

Hasty footsteps came from behind.Did someone come to urge Saito to leave with them?

"It's a pity that we have to say goodbye here, Yijun." Liu Quan finally said, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and the smile seemed to gradually become a little sad.

Saito finally nodded, cast her a deep look, and then turned his back to her.

"Ah." He replied simply.

"I, will miss the sakura mochi for ten people." Sensing that the person behind him was getting closer and closer, Liu Quan said jokingly, and changed an attitude somewhat similar to that of Okita.

Saito didn't look back, nor did he answer.

Liu Quan didn't seem to have any intention of waiting for his answer, and continued to smile, and said slowly: "...But the next time we meet, I won't be merciful."

The people running behind seemed to have stopped when they heard the declaration of hidden hatred.

Liu Quan slightly raised his eyelids, and glanced at the visitor.

A young man with a handsome face.Ito Kokotaro's younger brother, the leader of the Shinsengumi's Nine Divisions, Suzuki Miki Saburo—a character who has been renamed Miki Saburo.

Speaking of it, Ito's original surname is Suzuki, and it seems that he changed his surname because he entered the Ito family and inherited the dojo as a son-in-law.But later I heard that he divorced the daughter of the real Ito family, and he declared that he would "do some great things for this country" and joined the Shinsengumi with his younger brother.Now, since he wanted to leave, he would of course take his younger brother with him.

A sarcasm smile appeared on the corner of Liu Quan's lips, and Saburo Miki was slapped with his eyes like a knife, and continued the ruthless and indifferent lines he had said to Saito earlier.

"When we meet again——Saito, I will, I will kill you?" She laughed softly.

"Will draw/draw a knife on you no matter the time—because you cost me a friend."

Saito was silent for a long time, and finally said without looking back: "...It's a pity."

Then, he raised his voice slightly, calling for Miki Saburo behind her.

"...Let's go."

As if Miki Saburo had been reminded, he quickly walked around Liu Quan who was standing straight in place with his back straight, and hurriedly followed Saito's footsteps.

Standing behind them, Liu Quan watched Saito's back, saw him stepping steadily and calmly, and gradually moved away from her sight and away from the Shinsengumi village, and finally sighed softly.

"what a pity."

The author has something to say:

February 3:

Well, this chapter tried to use a knife man's stalk, and specially explained it for the little angels who don't know this stalk.

The biggest task of Touken in Touken Ranbu is to stop those who try to change history and ensure that no matter how tragic the history is, it will develop according to the correct historical facts【.

So Izumi Shou Kanesada had a special incident when he and Horikawa Kunihiro were in Hakodate, crying because the deputy commander died in Hakodate, and then there was a group of guys called "Historical Revisionists" (time-traveling army) who planned to To change this period of history, the task of the knife men is to stop this group of people while crying, and ensure that the deputy chief receives the lunch box on time [Oh leak is too cruel

In this chapter, Grandpa is warning Jiansang not to become a retrograde army himself, and intends to change history to save the deputy chief. . .So Jiansang desperately denied it like being stepped on the tail.

In addition, the haiku that the girl used to TX the grandfather, the original text is "三日月の水の底照る春の雨", so everyone understands it. . .Grandpa means that Master, you are in the mood to TX me, it must be very happy today [.