Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

... In fact, the current Tathagata Hall can't be called "appearance".

It stands to reason that there should be a village there, or at least there should be a house - but now the silhouettes of the houses that emerge under the cover of night and the reflection of artillery fire only have abrupt and collapsed lines, where doors and windows should have been Now it's just a black hole, and the door panels and window sashes are completely gone.

The terrain around Tathagata Hall is not much better either.

What should have been hills and wilderness is now full of potholes here and there - simple trenches dug by people, and holes made by shells - trees have been blown down, trenches have been blown down in some places, By the occasional firelight, I could still see a few spots where people lay motionless—probably dead.

Faced with such a tragic situation, Liu Quan was completely stunned.

She stood on the small hill, as if in a daze for a long time, before subconsciously wriggling her lips and said something—and that sentence was made entirely by her subconscious directing her mouth to move. The brain didn't understand what I just said until it received a few almost broken syllables from the faint breath sound heard in my ears, and then creaked and creaked for a while.

... She said "one king".

She wanted to ask, Yijun, how did you survive in such a desperate situation?

Although she knew that the person in history had nothing to do with her at all, but at this moment, when the tragic scene of Tathagata Hall was completely and truly presented in front of her eyes, a floating projection of herself in the Endless Hall also appeared in her mind Here, the scene I saw.

The enemy soldiers holding the imperial flag of brocade were lined up in front of him. The front row of enemy soldiers half-kneeled on the ground and formed a shooting posture. Point to him alone.And Xiao Yi drew his sword and charged towards the enemy, the hem of his long black dress fluttered in the wind, forming a chic and decisive arc——

He shouted loudly: Saitoichi, the leader of the third group of the new selection group, swears to the flag of sincerity that from now on, you will not be allowed to pass!

Liu Quan stood on a gently sloping hill, staring blankly at the scene in front of him.

Then, without looking back, she ordered: "Guangzhong, you stay here and watch over Miss Kanna. She is in this state, it is not suitable to appear in front of others... You should pay attention to concealment, and you can observe it well here." The movement in the direction of Tathagata Hall. If we retreat once, you can come and meet us again."

Candlestick Qie Guangzhong nodded, and responded loudly: "Chengzhi!"

Liu Quan nodded slightly, and then shouted: "Others, come with me to Tathagata Hall!"

Then, without waiting for the Fusangshen behind her to respond, she rushed down the hillside like that, passed through the artillery fire exploding around her body, and rushed straight to the almost ruined Tathagata Hall.

Even Liu Quan, who doesn't know much about the details of this real history, probably began to understand in his subconscious at this moment, that no one would be spared in this way-and in history, the Shinsengumi After a long night, they each broke through at dawn, and finally several people survived, among them Saito Kazu.

But now, the fierce offensive and more violent shelling came earlier than expected.

Maybe this is the hand and foot of the time retrograde army?Gradually, they are no longer satisfied with simply sending out dark swords to kill, and what they focus on has become something deeper - changing history from the source, killing important people, or forcing the government of time to send The god-inspectors went out to kill important people, just like Yanagizumi once encountered in Utsunomiya Castle in 1868.

And this night, Liu Quan was almost sure that his guess was correct—the breakthrough point chosen by the time-traveling army was indeed the leader of the third division of the Shinsengumi and the captain of the Shinsengumi of Aizu who survived the surprise attack on the Tathagata Hall , Saito one.

Unlike what happened in history, they wanted Saito to die.

Liu Quan gritted his teeth, rushed across the uneven battlefield, and——

The way was blocked by a young man who stood up unsteadily, but still vigilantly held the rifle/gun in his hand, pointing at her, a suspicious figure.

"Hey! Stop! Who are you?!"

Liu Quan slammed on the brakes and stopped in front of that person.

No, she didn't know this person.Moreover, judging from this person's aura, he is not Saitoichi.

Liu Quan paused for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he did not have the BUFF blessing of [Advanced Disguise Technique], so he should look like a young woman in men's clothing—then, in such a late night, the entire city of Aizu When you are desperate and unable to rescue the Shinsengumi who are stuck here, what kind of person will go through the battlefield full of gunfire and appear in the Tathagata Hall that is almost in ruins?

"...I'm here to support you." She paused, and said in a steady voice, with a certain powerful and irrefutable momentum in her tone.

"Take me to see Yamaguchi-kun."

The young man stared at her suspiciously.Before he could figure out whether to follow the young woman's words and take her to meet their captain, or continue to be vigilant and questioned, he heard a voice behind him.

"What's going on, Arai?"

The young man's shoulders shook suddenly like a conditioned reflex, and then his whole body seemed to be filled with an inexplicable aura immediately, and his shoulders straightened up.The rifle/gun in his hand was still firmly pointed at Liu Quan, but his tone seemed to have let go of the previous heavy pressure of being disturbed by doubts and vigilance like a frightened bird, with a hint of joy.

"team leader!"

Liu Quan suddenly raised his head, looked past the young man called "Arai" and looked at the young man in military uniform walking up behind him.

The young man has a slightly elongated face, serious expression and unsmiling expression; he has a pair of gloomy and deep eyes, but when he raises his eyes to look at the other party, his eyes are quite bright and energetic, which makes people feel like The horrifying feeling of being gently scraped across the skin and skeleton by the sharp blade.

This person was the person she had fought to the death on the street outside the Masuya on the [-]th day of the sixth month in the first year of Yuanzhi.

It's the real Shinsengumi third division leader, Saito Kazu.

Facing the sharp and appraising eyes, Liu Quan secretly took a deep breath, suppressed all the emotions and thoughts in his heart, and smiled slightly.

"Captain Yamaguchi," she said.

At this time in history, Kazu Saito had already changed his name to Jiro Yamaguchi, and of course Liu Quan would not make a mistake on such a crucial issue.

Saito's cold gaze stayed on her face, as if through the moonlight and the occasional artillery fire not far away, he saw clearly for the first time that the person talking to his team was actually a young man. woman; his gaze could not help but fluctuate slightly.

He seemed to consider it for a while, and then said in a rigid and cold tone: "I am.... Then, who are you? Why do you still come here at this moment?"

His eyes slightly left her face, and he glanced back at the people she brought, as if counting them in his heart: two young men, and three teenagers—this strange combination seemed a bit suspicious, He couldn't help but slowly frowned, his expression becoming colder.

However, the young woman standing in front of him didn't feel guilty at all, and she didn't avoid his sharp scrutiny. Instead, she looked straight into his face with an astonishingly frank attitude, and answered frankly: : "...I was originally a member of the women's team."

Saitoichi didn't seem to buy her statement right away.

"...Women's team?" He slowly repeated her words, and said calmly, "I'm sorry... But I don't remember that there is a member like you in the women's team."

The young woman opposite seemed to be calmer than him. In the night, facing such questioning, she raised the corners of her lips slightly.

"You probably don't know me...but you must remember the place Iwaki Masuya in Osaka."

The eyes of the fusangshen who were mistaken for young boys behind her almost turned into circles of mosquito coils.

Although they have lived in this world for a very long time as swords, it is impossible for them to know everything in the world.

Only Hakata, barely able to make a rough guess based on his previous experience with merchants——

However, the next moment, their god judge automatically gave the answer.

"Iwaki Masuya is a Wufuya located by the Koryo Bridge in Osaka. At the beginning, a group of rogues broke into there and forcibly extorted money from the boss... At that time, when we were desperate, it was the lords of the Shinsengumi who rushed in. , saved us..."

Suddenly, a ray of light flashed across Saitoichi's eyes.

And with the flash of that ray of light, the young woman in front of him said something that surprised him in a tone of emotion and reminiscence.

"Maybe you don't know, I was there that day—"

She slowly dragged out the ending sound, and her eyes gradually became deep and long.

"I have always wanted to repay the favor of the Shinsengumi."

The young man surnamed "Xinjing" next to him heard such a bizarre story, even though it was between fierce battles, he still couldn't help his curiosity and excitement, and interjected: "Hey! Could it be that Wufu House daughter! But how did you come to Aizu..."

Maybe this is also the question in Saito's mind, so he just moved his eyes slightly, and didn't immediately stop Arai's impolite interjection.

Faced with this kind of impolite question, the young woman in front of them smiled ambiguously, and did not refuse to answer, but lowered her eyes slightly, showing a bit of sadness.

"...Because I married a man whose hometown is in Aizu... Well, when we first met, he just said that it happened to be this kind of time, since I have learned some skills, I have to go outside to make a living... Later, I followed him back to my hometown; afterward, those Sa Chang people called me, and he also..."

A thin layer of mist appeared in her big bright eyes at the right time, as if her throat was choked by sudden grief, and she couldn't continue speaking.

Arai didn't dare to ask any more questions.Even his captain didn't seem to expect the ins and outs to be like this, and coughed awkwardly.

And those teenagers standing behind her didn't seem to have heard such an astonishing story, and their eyes widened in surprise when they heard this.

Saito coughed again, and changed the subject a little uncomfortably.

"Cough...so, you joined the women's team...?"

The young woman in front of her heard his question and raised her eyes to look at him again.Only then did he realize that her eyes were extremely clear, and in the night, it looked like a deep pool with silver waves on the water surface under the moonlight.

"Yes," she replied.

Saito looked away from her briefly, and glanced at the person standing behind her.

"So, those people are...?" he asked.

Hearing his question, she didn't answer immediately, but smiled ambiguously.

"Yamaguchi-kun must be clear in his heart that there is no army in Aizu City that can come to support..." she said.

Saito replied solemnly: "This is natural. We did not expect the current Aizu to allocate precious troops to support us... When we decided to stay, we decided to fight for Aizu, even if we sacrificed It doesn't matter-"

Then, he saw the young woman and smiled again.On the battlefield where there were occasional gunshots—yes, they had withstood another attack from the long Sa army before this, and now it was probably a short period of adjustment and calm before the next attack—her cocky The corners of the raised lips looked so out of place and too eye-catching.

“That’s why we feel compelled to be here,” she said, with undeniable force in her calm voice.

"Me, and these people... I tried my best to find people who are willing to come with me in Aizu City..."

Her bright eyes fell on his appearance, which was disgraced by shelling and hand-to-hand combat, and his military uniform was stained with blood.

"There's not much I can do...but if you allow me to fight with you, then let me repay the kindness that the Shinsengumi once bestowed on me."

He heard her speak loudly, without any hesitation in her voice.Her eyes were clear and firm, almost making him smile bitterly for a moment.

At the moment when he was almost at the end of his life, he never thought that he could get such unexpected support.

Although for some reason he always feels that this face of hers is somewhat familiar, as if he has seen her face somewhere before, but now is not a good time to get to the bottom of it.What's more, they really have nothing worth calculating by others—even enemies.

Even if she—and the people she brought—were really the enemy, it didn't matter.In fact, even if those Sachang people did not send some disguised spies or undercover agents, they would not be able to survive until this time tomorrow.

Tathagata Hall will sooner or later fall to the enemy.Just as the entire Aizu domain will fall to the enemy sooner or later.A day earlier or a day later will not change the final result.

It doesn't matter, however.What matters is whether he is fighting for what he believes in.Whether everything he has done today is worthy of what he has always trusted and pursued, whether he will regret or regret when he thinks about it in the future——

And now, unexpectedly, in this mortal situation, there are still people who are willing to support him, willing to respect the beliefs he upholds, and willing to bet their lives and everything just like him for the words Shinsengumi. To fight valiantly...

He curled the corners of his lips soundlessly, and felt that his face, which had been made extremely rigid by the long and arduous battle and the constant parting with his companions along the way, seemed to have some signs of relaxation.

He nodded to her, indicating that she could follow; before turning and walking back into their guarded trenches, he asked again: "...So, what should I call you?"

Strangely, after hearing such a simple question, she didn't answer it right away.

The pause seemed to last for a long time, so long that he had to stop again, turned around, and looked at her strangely.

Then, he saw a bright smile slowly spread on her face.In this murderous, dark night, that smile was so bright that it was almost dazzling, he had to narrow his eyes slightly.

"Kazoo Shinoda." He heard her say that.

"My name is Shinoda Kazuo."

The author has something to say:

February 1:

Totally ill... yet I seem to have nine thousand words left to write.

Try to see it.

This chapter uses a lot of stalks related to Xiaoyi in the previous article hhh

Let's make some notes.

During the defense of Aizu, the women of Aizu City also formed a women's team, who fought as bravely as the men and sacrificed countless lives.

Iwaki Masuya in Osaka is a Wufu house.Hijikata and Shannan once took people on a business trip to Osaka, and a fierce fight broke out in Iwaki Masuya with an unsuccessful rogue who was going to blackmail him. Shannan's saber "Chixin Chongguang" was broken during the battle, and Shannan was also seriously injured.In Hakuouki's original work, this injury prompted Shannan to finally make up his mind to drink the water of change and become a Rakshasa.

PS. January 1th: Let me explain, the Gofuya in Osaka where the Shannan jackknife was injured, some materials say it is called "Iwaki Masuya", and some materials (including Hakuouki's work) say It is called "Iwaki Masuya", so here I still use the same term as in Hakuouki before w