Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Sanri Yuezong stared at the seemingly calm face of the female God-inspector, sighed silently, and said:

"Since you have decided to maintain this world...then you must be aware of the sacrifice you have to make."

Under the bright sun at noon, the small stream in the mountains made the sound of water; on the other side, on the lawn that was warmed by the sun and gave off a fresh grass fragrance, there was the sound of Sanri Yuezong's hand that she was actually very happy. Appreciative voice, calm tone, with a rare softness, if they were not discussing such a cruel topic - Liu Quan thought, this is actually a very wonderful scene.

"If you decide that belief is true... go for it."

When he said this, he paused again.

"Perhaps in the future, there will be things that shake you... or cause you pain," said the beautiful and magnetic voice slowly.For some reason, a trace of calming power emerged from that calm tone.

"...But, it's not like you thought at the time—you're never alone at any point."

Liu Quan:? !

Although her eyes were still closed, her eyeballs moved under her eyelids—a subtle emotion welled up in her heart because of this sentence.

"What... what do you mean?!" She was silent for a moment before slowly asking, her voice sounded like a hoarse feeling of suffocation.

Although it seemed that she had said something extraordinary, Sanka Yue Zongjin, who was sitting next to her, still sounded calm, like the most stable, most powerful, and most unshakable existence, existing in the world as a matter of course, two days a day One day, one year, two years, one century, two centuries... Eternal existence just like that.

He chuckled softly.

"Ah, it means—"

He slightly lengthened the ending.

Suddenly, he seemed to change his posture, Liu Quan heard the fabric of his clothes rubbing against the lawn, making a rustling sound.

"Go back," he said.

"Under the mountain... in that Honmaru, everyone is looking forward to you."

When he said these words, the most beautiful of the five swordsmen in the world, that always unpredictable tone and detached attitude disappeared.He stared down at the half-closed female interrogator, his tone unusually gentle.

"They are looking forward to the God-inspector who can return to that Honmaru, not someone else, nor your predecessor..."

"It's you, Mr. Xueye."

The eyes of the female judge suddenly opened!

As soon as she opened her eyes like this, her sight almost immediately met the sight of him looking down at her.The moment the eyes met, there was an indescribable emotion in her eyes shaking, and then slowly settled down, like leaves drifting with the waves on the water surface, and finally slowly moved by the flowing water below her. Wet, and then floated and sank to the bottom of the water.

She just looked at him in silence, and after an unknown amount of time, the corners of her lips slowly curled up.

"...Really." She replied hoarsely.

"Hey ~ yes." Sanri Yuezong replied with a smile.

Perhaps because he hurried out after hearing the news, he didn't change into that beautiful and cool blue hunting suit.Now he is still wearing the inner uniform that he wears every day in Honmaru. He is wearing bunts, thermal underwear necessary for the elderly, and a yellow turban with his knife pattern on his head; it looks like this , as if he was not as imposing as when he came out, but his face was looking down at her with the back of the light, and his expression was a little unclear, but he could clearly see his soft eyebrows and slightly curved lips.

He is now supporting the ground with one hand, turning his body slightly to look at her, his body knife is placed horizontally on the lawn beside his legs; looking over his shoulder and the top of his head, it is the endless blue sky today, and the sun is clear.

From this point of view, Utsunomiya Castle, full of smoke, gunfire and ruins, seems like a dream.

Liu Quan blinked slowly.

Then she felt Mikazuki Zongjin's other hand come around and land on the top of her head, paused slightly, and gently stroked her hair.That action was full of indescribable consolation and love, which made her forget what she was going to say next, but widened her eyes.

"But--"

"Hush." ​​She had just uttered a word when he interrupted her softly.

"Even if you don't believe what the old man said, you can still believe a little... the result of your own efforts, how about it?"

Liu Quan:! ! !

She felt speechless for a moment.

No, it wasn't because Sanriyue Zongjin said something natural that choked her up, nor was it because he made a request that was too exorbitant to agree to.

It's because he said very good words...so good words, so good...the moment he heard it, it almost made people cry?

She felt that her feelings at the moment must have been seen through by him.Because the smile on the corner of Sanri Yuezong's lips gradually deepened, he even slightly bent the arm supporting his body, as if he was about to lower his body and slowly approach her face; Rubbing, rustling.

From behind him, the warm, bright sunlight streamed down from the clear sky and fell on both of them.The green trees, the grass, the wild flowers, the clear brook, the bright sun—

Compared with hundreds of years ago, the lights gradually dimmed, the autumn insects chirped, and the courtyard of the shrine seemed to be completely different at night.

At that time, the courtyard seemed to be gently reverberating with faint ritual music coming from far away; a man was sitting beside her, leaning against the tree trunk and fell asleep, his long black hair was also slightly tilted. Her head was hanging obliquely towards her side, and the ends of her hair seemed to fall on her shoulders.

At that time, that is something worth looking forward to.Next year's summer festival, next year's summer festival... Looking forward to the summer festival every year, there will be various karma, so that even if they don't go to the festival together at the beginning, they will always go to the festival in the end. Where will we meet at the venue——

However, such a beautiful time, after careful calculation, has been hundreds of years away from her.

The person who was worth looking forward to has already turned into a dry bone in the tomb—or in other words, the person who leaned on her shoulder and fell asleep with a deep breath has never really existed from the beginning.

All the worlds she's experienced are, seriously, delusional.Those people who have met and taken seriously do not exist in reality.No matter how much you look forward to reuniting with him, it is a crazy and unrealizable dream.

Hijikata Suisan is just a microcosm of her nostalgia, experiences, and indelible life.Replacing him with Keigo Atobe, Kunimitsu Tezuka, Reiji Munakata, and Kazu Saito is actually the same.

No one can live permanently attached to a false world.If you want to do this, you must find out the rationality of this illusory existence, and find out the methods and approaches to the world constructed by this illusory following certain laws.

In other words, it is necessary to understand why Genkuro Yoshitsune can exist in this era?What did the government of the time do to him, and what did they want from him?Is there anything that only he can give—whether Fujiwara Yasuhira, Hijikata Toshizo, or even other talented people in history can't give it, and can't satisfy the Tokino Government?

She stared at Fu Sangshen, one of the five swords in the world, who was very close to her, an indescribably handsome face, and suddenly smiled at him.

"I've made up my mind," she said.

Sanri Yuezong's movements paused slightly.

"……what?"

Liu Quan stared at him, looking deeply into his eyes with the shape of crescent moon, without dodging or avoiding, just looking directly at him so frankly.

"...the truth." She said word by word.

"I'm going to find out the truth."

"What did the Government of Time cover up? Why did Genkuro Yoshitsune appear in this world, as a god judge, to live well instead of die?" She thought, and said slowly.

"I can continue to be an ignorant person... As long as I complete the tasks given to me by the Government of Time, I will be able to command this Honmaru that I didn't build myself with satisfaction every day, and wait for death..."

Her smile slowly became a little bit awe-inspiring.

"...but that's not how I live."

Sanri Yuezong's eyes narrowed suddenly!

"It is true that even if I find out the truth, none of the people I miss will come back..."

She looked at him calmly, as if she wanted to affirm the names that came to his mind at the moment—even those names that he didn't know but were deeply imprinted in her heart—and said clearly : "I can't change their fate. But I can say with a clear conscience that 'the questions and possibilities extending from their fate...I have tried my best to investigate and got the answer...although the answer cannot be comforting them'."

"I would like to know--"

Her voice trembled slightly, and there was a layer of suspicious fragility floating there.

"I wonder why they are so special to me, but so insignificant to others... so insignificant that they don't even deserve a special opportunity—"

"...Obviously they have also worked hard to shine in their own lives."

Sanri Yuezong was silent for a long time.

Finally, he sat up slowly, still looking down at her face.His voice was still so calm and gentle.

"And then? Mr. Xueye, after you have deeply fought for those people you miss and fought for them, can you let go of your mind with peace of mind and take a look at them that you have never really looked at before? people?"

Liu Quan:! ?

Seeing her expression of astonishment and shock, One of the Five Swords Under Heaven slowly lowered his eyebrows, showing a kind (?) smile——although the smile was kind and gentle, it didn't reach the bottom of the eyes, as if it was between the two of them. There was a moderate distance between people again.Now they're back on the track of "hand in hand"—and temporarily dismissing that subtle chance to be closer to each other.

"So what do you want from me?" he asked.

Liu Quan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something else for a moment, but finally decided that he should go straight to the point. First, ask her the question that has always troubled her, but pretended not to care about the answer.

"What happened to the former God-inspector?"