Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Hijikata left Shimada in Aizu, and was ready to support Saito who had reached the front line of Monari Toge at any time.After that, he and Liu Quan set off for Sendai.

One night on their way to Sendai, Okita and Chizuru intercepted them on the mountain road.

Sure enough, they also got the news of Kondo's martyrdom.Okita came here on purpose to question Hijikata.

The two were at war in an instant.Okita grabbed Hijikata by the collar and pushed him all the way back until Hijikata's back hit a tree hard, as if his fist would land on the face of the former deputy chief in the next second of.

Qianhe watched them nervously, as if planning to rush up to fight at any moment.

Liu Quan grabbed Qianhe's sleeve calmly.

"They'll take care of it." She said flatly, "Let them handle it themselves."

Qianhe didn't dare to rush forward after hearing the words, but still watched Okita and Hijikata very nervously.

"...Actually, he should have come to beat me up." Liu Quan laughed at himself, "I'm the one who accepted the mission but failed to rescue him."

...It was in vain that the Vice President gritted his teeth and promised to give up the favorability caused by the plot inertia of the original [Deputy Long Line], and forced himself to fulfill her wish.

For a moment, she suddenly thought of the older sister in this body who stayed in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

Although Liu Quan himself has never really met the elder sister who is valued by "Jiutiao Noriko" who has the attribute of sister control, but... to have such an attribute setting, presumably there should be a deep relationship between the sisters Bar.

What is Noriko's sister doing now?Knowing that her sister has defected from the Kujo family, joined her side, and is ready to fight to the end?

Did she get any true feelings in that resplendent palace?

In any case, as the first emperor's servant and the adopted daughter of the Jiutiao family, as long as she is obedient and obedient, she will have a promising future.

As for her younger sister, maybe she ended up in Hakodate in Hokkaido—now "Ezo".

Together with the new chief of the Shinsengumi who is being questioned by the collar of the first swordsman at the end of the Bakumatsu, he either dies or survives a narrow escape.

These are two completely opposite destinies.

After a brief distraction, she suddenly heard a bang from under the tree.

It turned out that Okita, who ran away violently, punched Hijikata hard, knocking the vice-captain of Oni flying.

……enough!If you don't pull up now, when will you wait!

Qianhe and Liuquan hurried forward.Chizuru grabbed Okita's arm, and Liuquan rushed to Hijikata's side.

Maybe it's because Okita has already turned into a Rakshasa, and Hijikata didn't drink the water that changed because Chizuru didn't follow his route. As a pure human body, he can't resist Okita's punch at all. Even though he was on guard, he still fell into an extremely embarrassing situation.

He got up from the ground a little annoyed.And when he found that Liu Quan was squatting beside him with a face full of concern, but didn't intend to help him at all, his brows frowned even tighter.

Okita stood where he was, staring at the embarrassed Hijikata bitterly.

"If I punch you, I'll let you go." He said with a hint of reluctance, his eyes seemed to want to chop off the earthwork, and he knew that he would regret it because of it.

"...I didn't forgive you!" He raised his voice and emphasized again.

Hijikata stared back at Okita in displeasure.

Okita spoke again.This time the tone was much more sincere than before.

"I...maybe changed a little bit. Things that I didn't understand before seem to understand a little bit now."

Hijikata narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing such confessional words.

Kondo's martyrdom will always be a scar on the hearts of those present.And, a deep gulf has been created between them.In the future, will this gap be filled with more mutual understanding, mutual support and more bonds?Or will it eventually lead the people who met briefly in this dark mountain to different directions?

With such awareness, Liu Quan looked at Okita and decided to admit his mistake first.

"I'm sorry... Souji-kun, it's my inability to rescue Mr. Kondo..."

However, before she finished speaking, Hijikata sighed slightly.

"Kondo-kun chose to die himself in order to create a chance for us to escape."

He began to tell Okita everything that happened at that time in a low tone.

In order to protect everyone in the Shinsengumi and to delay time, Kondo did not reveal his identity as the director of the Shinsengumi, nor did he give his real name. With a determination to die, he smiled and said it was okay, suppressing Hijikata’s strong objections , went to the enemy line alone.

"...Kondo-kun is too famous in Kyoto. Of course he will be seen through." Hijikata added bitterly.

Liu Quan listened to Tufang's narration and his attitude of not defending himself at all, so he couldn't help but raise his voice again, cut off Tufang's narration, and interjected.

"Mr. Hijikata ran around, desperately begging to spare Mr. Kondo's life... He begged many, many people, important ministers of the shogunate, Lord Katsuan, and Aizu...even..."

Her voice suddenly stopped.Looking over Okita's shoulder, he touched Chizuru who had been clasping his hands tightly on his chest, as if praying that the conflict between Okita and Hijikata would end peacefully and that no one would be hurt.

...even, in order to be able to rescue Kondo, he did not hesitate to make a promise against his will to her, intending to forgive her for concealing her true background and deceiving him in the past, and to bear the burden of forcing her back into the darkness behind him to take risks. Heavy Responsibility——

So low-key, so humiliating, not hesitating to turn into a demon, not hesitating to sacrifice others, not hesitating to dedicate himself...

But the greatest sacrifice he made was stuck in her throat, and she couldn't form a proper language to say it and tell Okita who couldn't understand it.

Tufang stopped her abruptly.

"Enough! There's nothing to say. All of this is my responsibility." He said this with a stern tone, but he didn't look at Liu Quan once.

"...failed to stop the execution." He concluded in a blunt tone.

Okita's expression gradually became sad, and he made a helpless gesture.

"I thought it might be like that... Really, it really looks like Mr. Kondo's style."

He complained, laughing sadly.

"But... Even so... I still don't want Mr. Kondo to die!" He suddenly shouted, with grief and anger written all over his face.

...Even the Shinsengumi's seemingly omnipotent Oni's deputy chief can't do things.

... Hijikata, like Okita, also wanted Kondo to survive.

Okita already understood all of this, but this fact was particularly hard to accept.

Of all the failures the Shinsengumi have endured so far, this is probably the biggest and most irreversible.

Okita's vision became confused.

"In the future, what should we do?"

At that moment, he seemed to have returned to the kid who only knew how to wield wooden knives in Tama's testing hall.But at that time, the man who was stroking the top of his head and smiling affectionately, who taught him swordsmanship disappeared forever.In front of him was only the young man with the medicine box on his back, who had just returned from outside and was watching him carefully.

Responding to Okita's gaze, Hijikata smiled slightly.

"Kondo-kun entrusted the Shinsengumi to me. I can't give up fighting." He replied firmly.

Okita was silent and didn't speak immediately.

"The Shinsengumi and I are going north together... What will you two do? If you want to come along, I'm very welcome." His eyes drifted from Okita to Chizuru behind Okita, and he smiled.

Okita paused for a moment, and then quietly said in a determined tone: "I can't go with Hijikata-san."

At that moment, the expression on Hijikata's face turned into a helpless wry smile.

"……yes?"

His expression is extremely lonely, but he seems to be extremely relieved—is it because knowing that he and Okita can finally understand each other, or is it because there is a possibility of continuing to live after seeing Okita?

Afterwards, Okita and Chizuru said they would go to Chizuru's hometown, but Hijikata did not force it.Basically, if he hadn't drank the water, Okita's life would have been gone by now; so every second he is alive now is earned, even if Hijikata doesn't know the exact time of Okita's death in history, he can still From the condition of his condition worsening before he drank the water that turned into water, he can predict the result that is not far away.

In short, in view of such thoughts, Hijikata did not persuade Okita in any way.Although most of the talents of the Shinsengumi back then have gone away, everyone is very important now——

On the mountain road, Okita and Chizuru say goodbye to Liuquan briefly.

Hijikata, on the other hand, had already turned around after saying to Qianzuru, "I'll take care of the general manager", and walked towards the direction of the army as if he was going to leave Liu Quan behind.

Chong Tian still looked familiar, smiling at Liu Quan's crooked lips.

"Hey, Yuki-chan, you've already decided?"

Liu Quan glanced at him.His complexion is not bad, even if Chang Ruo Shui was exhausting his life, it also subdued the tuberculosis in his body.In this age without antibiotics, it's hard to say whether his choice of drinking water changed was right or wrong.

"...Yes." She answered him with a smile, and for some reason suddenly remembered Izumi Mori Kanesada's trick of "swirling the earth to blind the eyes".It is said that through textual research, Kanesang's unique move was used by the vice-president in history - so, the vice-president's fighting methods are really diverse? !

"It's probably because someone raised the soil and fascinated his eyes."

Okita probably didn't expect her to joke like that, he was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"Hey, you are such an interesting girl, it's really amazing to see someone who is so boring." He commented unceremoniously.

Qianhe was listening to the dialogue between the two of them getting more and more unreliable, and he came up to stop him with black lines and anxiety.

"That... Mr. Xueye," she looked at Liu Quan cautiously, with a warm smile on her face.

"Take care. No matter what happens, please live."

Liu Quan said with a smile: "Oh, I dare not promise you this?"

A shadow of astonishment and sadness flashed across Chizuru's face for an instant.

But before she could say anything, Liu Quan went on to say: "But I can guarantee that I will try my best to live until the last moment."

"I want to witness the last moments of the Shinsengumi, and I will definitely work hard to maintain the name of the Shinsengumi and make it last as long as possible."

"And, I will follow the deputy chief until the end."

"These are the vows I made to Director Kondo, and I will definitely abide by them."

Hearing her mention Kondo, Okita's bright smile disappeared unknowingly, and a shadow passed between his handsome brows.

"That's how it is..." he said in a trance, then lifted his spirits again and stared at Liu Quan under the moonlight.

"Being able to make such an agreement with you must be because he thinks that Xueyejiang is a person worth entrusting..."

I don't know why, looking at his young and beautiful face and his thoughtful expression, Liu Quan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.

That kind of pain is completely different from realizing that Hijikata planned to make a promise against his heart in order to ask her to save Kondo at the beginning, but a kind of sadness of realizing that all the good things in the world are about to be scattered.

Including the young man in front of him who is superb in swordsmanship and smiles nonchalantly.

...No, maybe he shouldn't be called a boy anymore.He seems to be 24 years old.

...Before she knew it, in this world, she was already 26 years old...

All the best years are left in a place never thought of before, in a time never noticed before.

"...Mr. Zong Si." She finally called him softly.

"You and Xiao Qianhe, both take good care of yourself. Because I always look forward to where we will meet again someday in the future."

A surprised and touched expression appeared on Okita's face for a moment, then he smiled, stretched out his hand and patted her on the shoulder proudly.

"...What, big sister." He called her casually like this, with a nasty smile on his face, the same as before.

"Until we meet again next time, don't let the deputy chief run away with other women." He winked at her narrowly.

"... Chief Si-kun!!" Before Liu Quan could speak, Qianhe yelled, feeling anxious and embarrassed by Okita's completely nonsensical remarks without respect or politeness.

Liu Quan burst out laughing.

Strangely, when Harada held a bounty to entertain guests in Shimabara, the words that Huakui Junju said came back to his memory.

【...The deputy chief Hijikata of the Shinsengumi, unexpectedly he is a handsome and handsome man. 】

"Really....According to what you said, maybe I should have flattened Shimabara long ago." She said plausibly, and patted the hilt of the sword hanging from her waist.

"...The ones who are bothered by that are Satoshi and Shinpachi, right?!" Okita laughed loudly.

Liu Quan laughed hard.Chizuru looked back and forth between the two of them, and finally smiled as if she was relaxed.

"Okay. Let me put it another way.... A woman who can't beat the sword in my hand is not allowed to approach the deputy commander?" Liu Quan laughed loudly, which was as clear and melodious as a silver bell in the silent night.

"..." Qianzuru showed a surprised expression on his face, and his inner OS was written all over his face like "Which woman can beat Yukiba-kun you".

... Unlike her, Chizuru is always so serious and sincere.

Liu Quan knows that sometimes the bad factors in his personality are similar to those of Okita, but he doesn't know that it is to deliberately create a similar to him [the result of years of licking blood with knives, precariousness, and walking on the edge of a cliff]. The image, or pure congeniality.

…It’s great to be alive in this day and age and to know some of you.

"Okay." Liu Quan managed to hold back his smile, and there was still a happy light dancing in his eyes.

"I'd better catch up before the deputy chief leaves me ten miles away. Souji-kun, and Chizuru-chan... I know where Chizuru's hometown is. Later... if there is a chance, maybe I will Are you going to visit?"

Chizuru smiled happily.

Okita grinned, his white teeth gleaming in the dark night.

Turning around and waving at them frequently, Liu Quan ran up and met the figure standing on the mountain road not far away.

Unlike the gentle expression when he said to Chizuru just now, "I'm begging you, the chief commander", Hijikata's expression now is so ugly that it looks like he was shouting "Shidou is not enlightened, go to harakiri", and the name alone can scare Oni's deputy chief who cries for children nearby.

"...What the hell are you talking to them about?"

Liu Quan had just chased after him, and when he was out of breath, he suddenly turned his head and growled in her face.

"...Huh?!" Liu Quan was confused and blinked his eyes for no reason.

Then she reacted almost immediately - it seemed that the few words she had jokingly talked with Okita had entered into the ears of him, the person at the center of the topic.

Liu Quan laughed.

"Does the deputy chief mean... I'm going to flatten Shimabara? Or is the general manager asking me not to let other women get close to the deputy chief?" She asked him with a smile, her tone calm, as if she wasn't shy at all.

Even in the dark night, Hijikata's face could be vaguely seen turning red by the moonlight.After hearing her rhetorical question, the dark clouds hovering above his head almost became concrete.

"...can you please shut up!" He growled, then lowered his voice angrily, and muttered: "...why is everyone begging you to do such a boring thing! Really Did you ask me about my wishes!..."

In the shadow of the dark night, the smile on Liu Quan's face froze slightly.Immediately, she resumed the smiling expression before, and echoed as if nothing had happened: "...Yeah, why?"

Tufang let out an annoyed "tss", then turned his head away and strode forward, leaving Liuquan on the mountain path.

Liu Quan did not follow immediately, but stood behind him, looking at his tall and slender back, which made people look up to and reassure.

……It's ok.

...It doesn't matter even if your wishes are contrary to those other people's request.

Because the courage in my heart is still burning.Moreover, it can continue to burn like this until the end of the world.

I don't need your permission.After I have achieved my ultimate goal, I will stop without you telling me, and then I will respect your wishes and get away with it.

But before that, sorry, it seems that you have to continue to endure.Because I will never give up.

……never.

Tu Fang suddenly stopped on the mountain road, remained silent for a moment, did not turn his head, and shouted impatiently: "Hey, why don't you hurry up and follow?! Are you planning to leave the team now?!"

Liu Quan looked at his back, the corners of his lips slowly curled up, and a smile appeared.

"I don't. If you leave the team without authorization, you will be cut through your stomach. I don't want to do it for this kind of thing." She said words that she always felt familiar with, and started to run on the mountain road, catching up with his figure.

The author has something to say:

February 5:

So this chapter is the home field of Mr. Zongsi [No

When I write about Mr. Zongsi, it is easy for me to explode the word count [.

There are actually more words than the previous chapter. . .My liver is trembling [no]

PS. Thank you for the cute little angel’s meow and encouragement~~(づ￣3￣)づ╭～