Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly fell from midair, and fell between Fengjian and Liuquan with a bang, and a cloud of smoke and dust erupted on the ground due to the violent impact; the next second The clock only heard a bang, and Feng Jian's knife struck the black shadow, making a clanging sound.

The smoke and dust dissipated slowly, and the black shadow raised its head——

It turned out to be Tianwu Jiushou!

One of his hands blocked Kazama's blade, and the other held Liu Quan's hand.

He raised his eyes slowly, first glanced at Liu Quan, then turned to Kazama.

"That's enough, Kazama!"

Unexpectedly, he came to stop Kazama.

"Continuing to fight will leave regrets in the world.... Do you want to create another fake that you hate?!"

Kazama followed the direction of Tianwu's eyes, and saw the small bottle containing Changruo water that fell on the ground in front of Tukata.

He let out a fierce "tss", put away the knife, looked past Liu Quan, and looked at the person behind her.

"Your name is Hijikata, right? We'll have a showdown at another day." He said coldly, cast an inexplicable glance at Chizuru, and turned to leave.

Tianwu also followed closely, bowed slightly in the direction of Tufang, Liuquan and Qianhe, and then disappeared with Kazema in a flash.

Almost in the next second, Liu Quan suddenly turned his head to look at Tufang.

"Mr Hijikata!! How are you—"

Earthwork gasped hissingly, his face pale from blood loss.He didn't answer Liu Quan's words, but shouted at Liu Quan and Qianhe in a sharp voice: "...Where's Yamazaki?! How's Yamazaki?!"

...Yamazaki? !

Only then did Liu Quan remember that after Yamazaki prevented himself from following up with Hijikata, he volunteered to go to Diancheng to rescue with the deputy chief.She had no time to think about the urgent situation and the powerful enemy just now, but now that the crisis has passed, she suddenly realized that there was indeed no sign of Yamazaki at the scene.

...And, there is Yuan-san!Yuan Sang is not there either!

Liu Quan looked at Qianhe in astonishment—because the deputy chief was injured, Qianhe was the only one who was safe and sound at the scene, and who was able to recount what happened.

"Where's Yamazaki?! Where's Gen-san?! They...where did they go?!"

Chizuru seemed to be overwhelmed by such a difficult question in an instant.She opened her mouth, with a look of grief on her face.

There was no need for her to answer any more, Liu Quan got the answer he didn't want to hear.

"Impossible...how could..." She murmured, feeling a chill all over her body.

Although she no longer remembers when Gensang died, but Yamazaki... Yamazaki didn't get the lunch right now!This is not the case in history!

She blurted out: "Impossible!! Yamazaki! Yamazaki is also... dead?!"

This loud roar seemed to wake up Qianzuru who had suffered a series of blows and frights in an instant.Her previously dazed expression suddenly changed, and she left the earthwork and rushed forward.

Liu Quan immediately realized that both Yamazaki and Gensan should be somewhere in that direction.She hesitated for a moment, and glanced at Tufang.

Hijikata gritted his teeth and supported his body with "Izumi Mori Kanesada", as if he was about to stand up unsteadily.

Liu Quan hurriedly stepped forward to help him.He didn't refuse her help either.

After struggling to stand up, Tufang shook a bit.He had to put his body's center of gravity on Liu Quan's support.

"Yamazaki... Yuansang... are all in front." He gritted his teeth and said word by word, as if saying this fact had caused him enough pain.Then he strode tenaciously in that direction.

"Yuan Sang... Yuan Sang has already..." With the support of Liu Quan, the two of them slowly moved towards the direction where Qianhe was running.

Liu Quan: ...? !

However, although Hijikata was panting with difficulty, his voice almost distorted by the severe pain, he didn't seem to want to stop.

"When I...arrived...it had already...turned into water, and the bottle was broken...No, there was no time..."

Knowing that Shannan had given Bianruoshui to these cadres, Liu Quan told them, "If you still feel unwilling at the last moment, you can choose to drink it and continue to survive."However, at that time, Shannan did not hand over Bian Ruoshui to her, the acting team leader of the first team.

For some reason, she suddenly remembered the evening of the day when the Youxiaolu incident occurred.

Yuan Sang brought her dinner, smiled kindly, and said that before the deputy chief went out to entertain Ito, he specially told Yuan Sang to stare at Liu Quan and eat all the food, not to be like the chief secretary who has been ill for a long time and has a poor appetite ——

She murmured, "Yuan Sang..."

Although I have experienced many times of life and death in this world, watching Shannan Heisuke become a Rakshasa in front of my eyes, but this kind of person who seems to be very close to me really lost his life, and it is impossible to become a Rakshasa It is the first time to come back and experience with everyone.

She suddenly remembered the past yesterday, when she decided to go to Longyun Temple alone to reinforce Xiaoyi, the words that Tufang shouted behind her.

[Don't die! !Come back alive! ! 】

Mr. Hijikata...doesn't want to see any important companions die.However, just one day after the war, he had already lost an important companion.

Liu Quan suddenly felt a burst of grief and sentimentality, mixed with sympathy for Hijikata's helpless mood, prompting her to turn her face slightly, looking at Hijikata's face that was so close to her at this moment.

"Mr. Hijikata..." she called softly.

"Isn't it... I didn't ask you to come..." Hijikata seemed to have not heard her soft call, his eyes were fixed on the place in front of Qianzuru who had crouched down, and his voice was erratic like It's as if consciousness is floating in another dimension.

Liu Quan's back stiffened suddenly, and he was choked up for a few seconds before he said weakly, "Because... I'm worried about Mr. Tukata."

Tufang suddenly laughed softly.

His breathing seemed to carry pain from both body and mind, hearing it in Liu Quan's ears, it suddenly made her feel terrified.

"Is it... because, you're worried about me..." He said slowly, walking forward step by step under her support and support.

"I'm worried that I... don't have such a strong ability... Will I fail... Will I die here?" He chuckled softly.

Liu Quan was terrified, feeling as if he had chosen the wrong choice for the dialogue just now, causing the deputy chief to seem to be entering some terrible blackening branch line, and immediately uttered words to put out the fire.

"No! This has nothing to do with Mr. Hijikata's ability at all. It's better to say that no matter how powerful you are, I still have this stupid impulse..."

The profile of Tufang's face was tense, his lips were tightly pressed, and the corners of his lips were pressed down, as if he didn't listen to her words at all.

"I can't bear it anymore...whether it's the cowardly shogunate, or those ghosts who have been making trouble..." He said every word.

"Even this... even a woman would not trust my own ability... I have to rely on a woman's protection... to survive—"

"No!!" Liu Quan sternly shouted, feeling that the situation was completely out of her control. If she didn't take some strong medicine, her failure would come earlier than expected!

"...Why do I worry about Mr. Hijikata, don't you really know?" She hesitated for a while, and finally gritted her teeth and said this sentence.

Tu Fang's footsteps stopped suddenly, and he turned his head to stare at Liu Quan with a shocked expression on his face!

However, in the next second, because this action touched the wound on his shoulder, he showed a painful expression, and let out a muffled groan in his throat.

Liu Quan hurriedly avoided the wound on his shoulder, and supported him vigorously.

"Mr. Hijikata!..."

After shaking for a while, he finally managed to stand still. Hijikata lowered his head, and a wry smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Idiot...Do you know what I'm talking about..." He whispered as if talking to himself.

"The situation has deteriorated to this point...it's not the time to talk about this..." His voice became softer and softer, and the final sound was almost covered up in his mouth.

Liu Quan pricked up his ears, but he didn't hear what he said clearly.

But she didn't have the chance to ask questions.Because there was a familiar cry behind them.

"Mr. Hijikata——Gen-san——Yamazaki——Where are you——"

It's Shinpachi's loud voice.

Liu Quan looked back in astonishment, and the figures of Shinpachi, Harada and Saito running towards this side with all their strength gradually appeared in the field of vision in the dawn.

They quickly caught up with Tufang and Liuquan.As soon as they stopped, they were shocked.

"What's going on here?!" Harada asked in a shocked tone, and immediately came up to help Liu Quan hold up the injured deputy chief.

The native voice was low.

"Shinpachi, help take care of Yamazaki."

Shinpachi hurried past them, ran to Chizuru, knelt down to check on Yamazaki's injury.

Saito followed without saying a word. When Shinpachi bent down to bandage Yamazaki's wound, he rushed straight to Uncle Inoue who was lying a few meters away.

However, he only took one look and knew that he was powerless.He couldn't help turning his head back, his tone fluctuated.

"Deputy chief, what happened here?!" There was shock and pain in his voice.

Harada supported Hijikata, who was pale due to excessive blood loss, and handed over his spear/spear to Liu Quan to help hold it.

Seeing that Qianhe was also busy taking care of Yamazaki's injury, Liu Quan had no choice but to speak first.

"When I arrived, I happened to be surrounded by Satsuma soldiers and shot at the deputy chief...the deputy chief was injured because of this. At that time, Kazama was also there, saying that he was going to fight the deputy chief...but later He left. Yamazaki and Gen-san—" She choked up before continuing, "Probably already...already..."

She felt that she could not speak any more.

"I didn't expect... I would sacrifice the soldiers and survive myself." Tufang said suddenly.

Chizuru raised his head abruptly.

"No...it's not like this!! Mr. Hijikata rushed here and saved me...Diancheng, Diancheng closed the city gates, and I heard that we came to ask for help, and still shot at me and Yuansang..." She began to weep, and began in fits and starts to relate the misfortunes of that long night.

"They...they wanted to chase me and Yuansang, saying that with...with the heads of the Shinsengumi, Chief Sa can... welcome them happily!"

"Yuan Sang asked me to run first...then...then..." She burst into sobs, sobbing hard.

Tufang interrupted her with a deep voice.

"...It's my fault that I didn't arrive in time." There was a deep sigh in his weak and tired voice.

Chizuru sobbed, and argued with her eyes wide open: "...how could it be! Without Mr. Hijikata, I would have... long ago..."

Shinpachi finished bandaging Yamazaki's wound, thought for a while, and said aloud: "No, Yamazaki is seriously injured. On the left, we two take turns to come, we must carry him back!"

Harada froze for a moment, then looked at Hijikata who he was supporting. "So... what about the deputy chief?"

"...I can walk by myself." Hijikata said in a weak and firm voice, "Yamazaki was injured to prevent Kazama from attacking me...We must not leave him here."

……

In the end, Saito and Liu Quan dug a pit beside the road and buried Uncle Inoue.

Chizuru supported Tukata, stood aside and watched them.Harada and Shinpachi first left with Yamazaki on their backs.

No one spoke, and there was no sound other than the dull sound of Saito and Liu Quan digging the soil with wooden sticks.

Until they carried Uncle Inoue into the shallow pit and watched the loess gradually submerge Uncle Inoue's familiar and gentle face, finally came the sound of Chizuru's sobbing.

Strangely, Liu Quan didn't have the urge to cry.She just dug the soil numbly and stiffly, and then sprinkled the dug-up soil on Uncle Inoue's body and face in handfuls.Her movements were mechanical and a little slow, and the expression on her face was also a little frozen, as if her facial features had lost all the instinct to move and make expressions at this moment.

Obviously, he was still smiling and reporting the latest battle situation to her yesterday... When she rushed into the Fushimi Enforcement Office in a hurry, Gen-san stood so faithfully and reliably in the hall, and at such a critical moment, he was still smiling. With a tolerant and funny expression, watching the scene where she was yelled at by the deputy chief because she almost bumped into her...

If that scene hadn't happened yesterday, in a war that was destined to fail, she would have had the illusion that they had experienced countless warm daily lives together.Because such and such things are yelled at by the deputy chief, and when he is depressed, Yuan Sang will come out to persuade him, and he will comfort himself like a reliable and trustworthy elder——

However, Yuansang, who always smiled kindly, was loving and reliable like a father, has been left forever in the past yesterday.

In the end, she and Saito completed the difficult work together.A small grave was erected by the side of the road, Yuansang's saber was stuck on the grave with the tip facing down as a tombstone, and Chizuru offered a bouquet of temporarily picked wild flowers under the knife.

After the ceremony-like process was over, the four of them stood there for a while, as if none of them intended to leave as soon as possible.

After a long silence, Saito calmly spoke.

"Deputy chief, what should we do next?"

The earth side did not speak.

Liu Quan suddenly smiled softly, with a hint of choking in his laughter.

"Yesterday... when I rushed back to the Fushimi Monastery and found that everyone had already left there and went out on their own, Gen-san once said... If you don't stop those people, there is no point in doing anything else."

She raised her eyes and turned to the earthwork.

"So, according to Yuan Sang's words, stop those people. That's what makes sense. Isn't it, Deputy Chief?"

Earthwork's body trembled slightly.

After a moment of silence, he replied: "...Yes."

He looked at the knife stuck in the grave.

"Gen-san, we are going to enter Osaka Castle."

His voice was still low and weak, but his tone had regained firmness.It was as if a fiery determination was burning in his chest again.

"There, we won't lose again!"

The author has something to say:

February 4:

Thank you for your understanding. . .In the past few days, I may have been busy with coding, and I have no time for typesetting or catching bugs. Please forgive me [Doxiaza]

Well, I don't know if I should say it, the little high-energy warning ahead [No