Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

When Saito woke up, he found himself nestled in a room filled with wailing and groaning/groaning sounds. There seemed to be pain in many places on his body. Someone took an awl and pierced it hard.

He tried to jump up immediately, to see what the place was.However, he struggled to move for a long time, but he could only move his fingers slightly.

He didn't give up, and worked hard for a long time, and finally moved his legs and feet again - but this was already the limit, and it was completely impossible to get up.

This situation made him feel angry for a while, he wanted to curse "Damn it!", but in his ears, it seemed that there was only a hoarse and indistinct voice coming from his throat.

This time it seemed that he had finally caught the attention of the people around him.After some whispers(?) that seemed so far away that he could barely hear them, someone seemed to hurry up to his side and leaned over.

"Yamaguchi-kun?"

Saito responded with an "ah" with great effort, indicating that he heard it.

Then the voice became joyful.

"Great!... You finally woke up! You have been in a coma for several days, and everyone dare not have too high expectations..."

Saito was stunned for a moment, and then struggled to squeeze out another sentence of "stupid tape" from his throat, as words of comfort to the person beside him who cared about him.

Maybe it was because he was able to have a simple conversation with himself and his consciousness was much clearer, the voice sounded happier.

"Sanchuan-kun is still in a meeting now... I have asked someone to inform him! He should be here soon-by the way, how about drinking a little water? The doctor will come later..."

As he said that, the man quickly supported his shoulders—as if deliberately avoiding his wound, because he didn’t feel any pain from the wound being touched—and put his upper body on it with some difficulty. He got up, leaned back against the wall, and leaned back like that, barely sitting up.

Saito really felt thirsty, so when the other party brought a bowl of water, he honestly squeezed out a thank you, and then reached out to take the water bowl.

Who knows that the other party didn't let go, and said in his mouth: "...No, Yamaguchi-kun probably can't hold the bowl steadily now, so please hold the bowl—"

Before the other party finished speaking, Saito's fingers, which had become extremely sluggish due to serious injuries—both movements and sensations—touched the other party's hand.

As a result, both he and the other party were slightly taken aback.

Although his senses had become much duller due to serious injuries, the touch from his fingertips was very clear—it was a pair of women's hands.

Even though the hands seemed rough due to working or holding weapons or lack of maintenance, judging from the size of the skeleton, there was no doubt that the other party was a woman.

After a moment of sluggishness, Saito suddenly opened his eyes wide, and at the same time turned to the direction of that person——

Squatting there, holding a bowl of water in her hand, was a young girl with a somewhat familiar face.

But it wasn't who he imagined.

Saito was stunned for a moment, then immediately lowered his eyes, and subconsciously apologized: "I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..."

The young girl was taken aback for a moment, then blinked, to hide her surprise, and smiled generously.

"It's all right. The doctor is coming soon. Before that, can you force yourself to drink some water?"

Fortunately, the doctor came soon, followed by Yamakawa Daizo, the commander-in-chief of the Aizu Castle Defense, who also conveyed the concerns and greetings of the Aizu feudal lord, Matsudaira Yohosuke.

After these things were finally over, Saitoichi felt exhausted.

All the wounds on his body were properly bandaged and treated, and everyone treated him with the same enthusiasm as before; the young girl who had taken care of him was also very concerned about him, and in the evening, she brought him hot porridge.

"The doctor said you can only take this now... Please use as much as you can if you can." She put the wooden tray next to his bedside and said to him gently.

Before she was about to leave, Saito hesitated for a moment, but stopped her.

"……please wait a while."

His voice was low because of his injuries and weakness, but she didn't miss his words.

She turned her head again and answered patiently, "Yes?"

Before speaking, Saito paused, as if pondering his words; but he quickly abandoned this futile attempt, and asked in an unusually candid tone: "Excuse me... That...uh, woman, where did she go?"

The young girl was slightly taken aback. "……female?"

For some reason, when describing the other party in more detail, Saitoichi felt a little fever on his face.

...Maybe it's because I was seriously injured, so my body has a fever, right?

He thought about it, and said, "It's that... er... young woman whose hair is all white for some reason. Maybe... surnamed Shinoda?"

The doubts on the young girl's face became more obvious.

"I'm sorry...but I haven't seen a young woman with all white hair?" she said hesitantly.

Saitoichi:? !

He was about to jump up from the bed in an instant, but as soon as he moved slightly, there were bursts of dull pain all over his body, which made him fall back heavily.

"Haven't seen it?!" He asked in a low voice, "Then... who sent me back?!"

The young girl seemed to be taken aback by his shock, she hurriedly bowed to check his condition, and at the same time replied in a comforting manner: "Don't worry, I still remember the person who brought you back, because I happened to be at the city gate at the time." Responsible for taking care of wounded soldiers."

Saitoichi had to lie back down again, but his gaze was fixed on the young girl's face, waiting for her reply.

Sensing his eagerness to know the answer, the young girl smiled reassuringly, saw that his exposed wound hadn't burst open, leaned over and sat next to his bed, and said, "Yes. A man and a woman sent you back, they are indeed young... However, that girl's hair is black, and she doesn't have such a surprising appearance as white hair..."

Saitoichi:? !

Although he was full of doubts, he knew that now was not a good time to ask.So he waited quietly for the young girl to continue.

"I'm not very familiar with the appearance of those two people... Maybe they are newcomers." The young girl continued to recall.

"At that time, you were already unconscious... When they came to the city gate, they looked very embarrassed... I told them that I was the one who took care of the wounded soldiers in the women's team here, so the young girl asked my name……"

"I replied that my name was Gao Muzhen... It was strange that after hearing my name, the young girl suddenly showed a reassuring look on her face. She seemed to be looking at me warily..."

Speaking of this, Gao Muzhen laughed.Maybe it was because the meeting and conversation at that time were a bit interesting, she smiled before continuing to narrate: "...I just handed you over to me so readily, and then walked away without looking back..."

Saito didn't notice that his voice suddenly raised an octave—although for him, even if he raised an octave, the tone of his voice at this moment was very limited.

"... Gone?!"

But this was enough to make Gao Muzhen stunned.

After a moment of stupefaction, the young girl sitting beside his bed slowly stretched her eyebrows, as if she had come to some conclusion, her gaze suddenly became a little sympathetic and regretful looking at him.

"Yes. . . . 'What I most wanted to do, has been done'—that's what she said."

Hearing this sentence, Saitoichi looked shocked, and seemed to let out a "ha——" in his throat unconsciously.

Gao Muzhen pursed her lips, and smiled at him with sympathy and relief.

"I even asked her if there was anything I wanted to tell her..."

Saitoichi: "...Yes, is it...then...then?"

For some reason, this clumsy reaction deepened the sympathy and tenderness in Gao Muzhen's heart.She stared sideways at his deep and dark eyes, and said softly:

"She... asked me a very strange question."

Saito was taken aback. "...strange...question?"

Gao Muzhen blinked.

"Yes."

"She said... 'Have you ever heard of Yoshimitsu Awataguchi?'"

Saito moved his lips and made an "ah" mouth shape, as if he was thinking.

Gao Muzhen didn't mean to make him think hard.She quickly gave him the answer.

"She said: 'He is a famous dagger maker, and the only Taidao inscribed in his life is called "Yiqi Yizhen", which is the only treasure in his life."

Her clear eyes cast on his face, with a hint of soft comfort and anticipation.

"...Although I don't quite understand why she said these things, but... I think you can understand."

Saitoichi's eyes flickered several times, as if he was in deep thought; finally, his eyes fell silent.

He turned his gaze away, staring overhead.

"...No, I don't understand at all." He said softly.

I don’t understand why she came to save him under a pseudonym, why she desperately wanted to bring him back to Aizu City, why the inexplicable sense of familiarity with her looming in his heart came from, and even Everything she said to him—

"Shinoda... Kazuo."

He moved his lips and said the name silently.

Her whole being is like a mystery.

For example, her swordsmanship is so good, where did she practice it?For example, why did those youths and teenagers who followed her obey her words?For example, why those monsters that descended from the big orange hole in the sky can only be slain by the sword of her—and the youths and teenagers she brought.

...For example, why did she say "no matter how many times, I will rush to support you".

Saito was in a trance thinking, he didn't even know when Gao Muzhen got up quietly and left quietly.

Finally, when he noticed, it was completely dark in the room.

Ah, another night has come.

However, what came to his mind at this moment was what she said with a smile to his team member Arai in the trenches in front of Tathagata Hall, "I will definitely let Yamaguchi-kun see the sunrise tomorrow."

Heh... what is that.

Thinking about it now, it was a promise.

For the illusory favor bestowed on her by others many years ago, what comes to his mind now is the back view of her walking through the field intertwined with bullets and bullets, desperately trying to bring him back to Aizu City.

He didn't understand her from beginning to end.Maybe... there will never be a chance to get to know her again, right?

A deep sigh escaped his throat.

At this moment, he seemed to suddenly understand something.

"'One issue, one strike'...?" he said as if talking to himself.

Then, he turned his gaze back to the void above his head.

For some reason, a premonition that I would never see her again rose in my heart.

It has nothing to do with the fact that the precarious Aizu Castle may be broken at any time, and they may be sacrificed at any time in the cruel battle. It is just a frank intuition; At that time, almost at the same time, I remembered what I had inadvertently said in Kyoto when I heard that Harada Sanosuke was yelling to get married, and when he was teaching bachelors like them the secrets of love with a serious face.

【Well... at least, when you think of her, you have a gentle and loving heart...】

Saitoichi thought as he looked up at the void above his head that was gradually being darkened by the twilight.

... What if the mood is not "gentle and loving", but "gentle and regretful"? !What is that?

However, no one will answer him.

Zuo Nosuke had already died in the Ueno battle with his comrades from the Zhangyi team.

Saito blinked slowly.

If he had to give that mood a name, he thought he already knew what to call it.

Then, let’s call it “one session, one meeting”.

The author has something to say:

February 1:

Well, the Aizu chapter ends here.

Because I like Xiao Yi so much, I can’t help but take another look at him [Huh]

Starting tomorrow, maybe some sugar hhh

So for this chapter from Xiaoyi’s perspective, let’s have some soundtrack~~

The soundtrack of this chapter: Xue Hualu's ED "Dream-atruelovetale-", which has appeared many times before w

Since JJ doesn't let you post the link now, if you try to listen online, you can only trouble everyone to search by yourself, sorry for the inconvenience~~