Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Liu Quan: ...! ! !

With a trace of peace of mind, a trace of relief, a trace of relief and joy of "this person really didn't disappoint me, that's great", mixed with the incomparable hardships along the way, and hearing the deputy chief's almost overwhelming The grievance, sadness, anger and disbelief that she felt when asking for help, all kinds of emotions rushed into her heart at that moment; almost at the same time, tears of weakness rushed into her eyes in an instant.

In order to conceal that emotion, she turned her head away fiercely, and purposely inserted the [Mass-produced Longquan Sword] back into the scabbard with a loud clang.

Regarding her naive approach, Saito just glanced at her, and said in a very calm tone: "Come back with us first. Then talk about other things."

After Hijikata was injured, Saito, who has been replacing the deputy commander and leading the entire Shinsengumi, is undoubtedly extremely authoritative in the minds of these team members.Now that he has made a choice, even if the other team members have objections, they will not express it at this time.

Therefore, the rest of the soldiers continued to perform defense and guard tasks on the mountain road here, while Liu Quan followed Saito to the not far away Baihe City.

Along the way, through Saito's concise explanation, Liu Quancai finally made up for the lesson of "Current Trends" that he had missed after being placed under house arrest by Jiu Tiao Daoqing.

After Edo's bloodless opening, because of dissatisfaction with the new government's attitude towards the extinction of the Aizu Domain, and because of the new government's Ou Zhenfu staff officer, Sera Shuzo from the Choshu Domain, not only ignored the Sendai Domain's hope that the new government could The efforts to mediate by leniently punishing Aizu, strongly advocating that Aizu Gong Matsuhira and his adopted son must "sacrifice their heads", and also threatened in a secret letter that "Ou is the enemy", aroused the anger and wariness of the Ou feudal clan.

More than 20 feudal clans including Sendai, Yonezawa, Matsumae, Morioka, and Nihonmatsu, together with the "Six Families of North Vietnam" such as Nagaoka, Shinbata, and Kurokawa, formed the "Oyu-Vietnamese Feudal Alliance", and was The Aizu Domain and the Shonai Domain, declared as "North Korea Enemies", decided to fight side by side to resist the new government forces; at the same time, they set up the central organization of the alliance, the Public Council, in Shirakawa City.

Therefore, what they are going to now is also Shirakawa Castle, which was recently captured by Aizu.

"It's a coincidence that you came back... The deputy chief is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow to rejoin the Shinsengumi team." Standing in the lobby of the garrison, Saito said to Liu Quan solemnly.

"The Battle of Utsunomiya was extremely fierce...the deputy commander was seriously injured at that time, and had to leave the team temporarily to recuperate." He continued, seemingly hesitating for a moment, before pointing out the heaviest problem lying in front of them. The problem.

"About Mr. Kondo's martyrdom... If you find it really hard to tell, let me tell the deputy chief about it tomorrow."

Liu Quan:! ?

After saying this proposal, Saito withdrew his gaze from looking out the window, and cast it calmly on her face.

"I can put it mildly—just call him the Chief, and he'll probably understand."

He took a deep breath.

"The deputy chief will understand that from now on, it will be his job to lead the Shinsengumi."

"...There will be no more Director Kondo."

Although his tone was very calm, Liu Quan read some indescribable pain in it.The emotion pained her, but it also inspired her courage.

"...No, thank you, Yi-kun."

As if surprised to hear such a response, Saito slightly opened his eyes wide.

Liu Quan wanted to raise the corners of his mouth and give him a reassuring smile, but failed.

"This is the task I accepted from the deputy chief. If I fail to complete it, I must go to him in person to receive the punishment."

"Director Kondo was a true samurai until the end. As his subordinate, I should show the same courage."

After she explained so briefly, Saito was silent for a moment.

For a few seconds, the only thing echoing in the hall was the slightly heavy breathing of the two of them because they were suppressing their grief.

Then, Saito said quietly: "If you think this is better, then do it."

He turned and walked outside, "I asked Shimada to arrange a room for you. Rumors that you have surrendered to them from the new government army have already spread in the team. After meeting the deputy chief and clarifying this Before this incident, you'd better be careful in everything. Moreover, all forces gather here, and everyone has their own plans..."

Liu Quan stared at his handsome and straight back dressed in black, although she was still troubled by the martyrdom of the chief and the pain of not being able to explain to the deputy chief, she slowly pursed her lips and relaxed slightly between her brows .

...Is he still caring about his valued companion in a serious preaching way as before, Kazu-kun?

That's it.

In this way... it can let her know that in this turbulent time, there is always one person who remains unchanged.No matter what kind of difficulties he encounters, even when others refuse to believe in himself, or when he can't even believe in himself, he always stands there calmly, trustworthy and dependable, the most Loyal companion and friend—

This is the advantage of Xiaoyi.

……

Accepting Xiaoyi's advice, she nestled peacefully in her room all day—in fact, it was also because of the accumulation of hardships from being under house arrest to escaping, and then to traveling all the way, which made her extremely tired. A chance to rest—afterwards, in the evening of the second day, Hijikata Toshizo, the deputy head of the Shinsengumi, finally arrived at Shirakawa City and joined the Shinsengumi main team.

Shimada knocked on the door and told Liu Quan to go to the hall.When walking in the corridor, the loyal Shimada hesitated to speak several times.

Shimada is a good old man who "if you sincerely clarify the facts to him, he will immediately and sincerely believe".And now that such a simple and kind person looks at her hesitantly, it can only show that the situation on the side of the deputy chief is really not good.

Finally, when he was about to reach the hall, Shimada still couldn't help reminding Liu Quan: "Qingyuan-kun... the deputy chief is still injured, so when you tell him about the chief... the last situation of the chief, you must... er ..."

Liu Quan stood still outside the hall, looked at Shimada, but didn't know what to answer him for a while.

Did you say "Don't worry, I will tell the deputy chief tactfully"?Or do you say, "Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, so it's better to throw out this explosive news as soon as it comes up, so as not to delay it for a long time, and finally have to say it"?

...What kind of method is used to inform the other party of the bad news of Kondo's martyrdom is not a good way for Hijikata who respects and admires Kondo like a father and brother.

This question is not a sub-question, but a proposition.

Liu Quan sighed.

"... Don't worry, I believe I will... be a little bit more measured." She could only say so vaguely.

Shimada nodded silently, then turned sideways and asked her to enter the hall first.

Liu Quan took a deep breath, and then walked towards the door.

She saw the earth cube sitting on the chair in the middle of the hall at a glance.

It is said that his right foot was injured in the Battle of Utsunomiya, and it was difficult for him to walk for a long time.In this era of no tetanus vaccine and no antibiotics, a foot injury can kill a person.So now he looks haggard, with a sense of exhaustion on his face, he has lost some weight, his complexion is not good, his cheeks are completely pale, and there are deep dark circles under his eyes.

Perhaps because of the unhealed foot injury, he could only sit there to avoid causing more unnecessary burden to the injured foot.When he heard footsteps coming from the gate, he raised his gaze slightly, and locked her gaze in mid-air in an instant.At that moment, there was a wave of fluctuation in his eyes.

And when he saw the man in the dusty world, for some reason, besides excitement, there was also fear in Liu Quan's chest.

Yes, fear.

The hasty parting last time was mixed with unbelievably sharp pain and embarrassment, and each had unspeakable guilt and helplessness towards each other in their hearts... But now, they are far away from Edo. The place reunited, but at this time, the person he wanted to save even though he was desperate was no longer in this world.

He didn't hesitate to lower his figure and sacrifice all his goodwill and admiration in her heart—perhaps even his initial feelings—to save the person, but she failed to rescue him.

What will the future of Shinsengumi look like?What will become of the two of them?Between the two of them... what will become of it?All these questions have no answers.

And now, what attitude and expression should she use to face him? !

Liu Quan walked up slowly step by step, and finally stopped a few steps away from Tufang, looked directly at him, and said in a low voice: "...deputy chief, I am glad to see that you are still alive."

Without the little girl Qianhe by his side, he didn't get entangled by that handsome ghost Kazama in Utsunomiya Castle like in the sub-long line of the original game.So now all the injuries on his body were caused during the siege.

Moreover, she doesn't look very good, but she doesn't know it.

That night she fought against more than 20 people alone on the streets of Edo. Although Mikazuki Zong was close to the battle, she couldn't use his superb strength as a Wuhuatachi, so she could only use long-range attacks to help out; His special skills were blocked by the system, so he could only fight hard with swordsmanship. Although he didn't know how to take advantage of it, he was scratched and stabbed in many places during the melee, and the pain was unbearable.

Several days have passed until now, and her arm that is exposed outside the sleeve is still tightly wrapped with bandages, all the way to the back of her hand-although she has exchanged the special wound medicine for external application and internal administration made by modern technology with the system bacteria, But it always takes a little time for the wound to heal, and even washing is very inconvenient.

Hijikata's eyes fell on the tightly wrapped white bandage on the back of her hand hanging by her side, and a look of astonishment flashed across her eyes.

Then he opened his mouth and answered her.

"……Do not make jokes."

The author has something to say:

February 5:

Still struggling to catch up. . .And the fatigue caused by the business trip has not disappeared. . . QQ

Hope to be able to enter the super emotional plot soon~~