Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Unlike the tense and chaotic situation outside Goryokaku, when Liu Quan rushed into the building inside Goryokaku—the Hakodate Magistrate’s Office—he felt in a daze for a while.

Perhaps it was because she chose a wonderful sneaking route based on her previous knowledge of this building. She entered the Hakodate Monastery through a small window, and then tiptoed along the corner until she touched the building as she wished. At the time of that staircase, no one noticed anything wrong - she just walked in such a big way, with a natural aura of "I am also a staff member here!" One becomes suspicious of her origin.

Moreover, since they hurriedly ran here and there, busy with orders, reports, intelligence gathering, etc., today when the army is overwhelming the border, they have no intention to question a person who looks completely harmless and who is harmful to Wuleng. Guo Nei's topography is well known to young people (?) too.

Although I have already learned from the previous guides that "Mr. Hijikata is not in Enomoto-kun or Otori-kun's office", "Mr. Hijikata is not in the conference room", "Turning three corners and going up one flight of stairs in total. You can find him" so much useful information, on the second floor, Liu Quan still had to look for it room by room.

Finally, when she stood outside a half-opened door, she only glanced into the room, and felt that the blood in her whole body seemed to be frozen at once, and she froze in a daze.

For a moment, she could only stand at the door, trying her best to calm down the overly violent heartbeat and the resulting shortness of breath.Her left hand was placed on the handle of the knife at her waist, and her five fingers clenched the handle as if convulsively, so hard that faint blue veins appeared on the back of her pale hand.

She hesitated, because the half-closed door blocked most of the familiar figure, and she had to open the door to see him completely—on this last day determined by cruel fate, still The real him.

Through the crack of the door, she stared at the figure standing in front of the window with her back to the door, as if she was looking out of the window.Her right hand seemed to be raised slowly involuntarily, until it could touch the door that blocked them; the next moment, she gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and concentrated almost all her strength on the The fingertips of the right hand—

Pushed open the door.

The person in the room——when she pushed the door open, the person with his back to the door, standing in front of the opposite window, looking into the distance, seemed to hear the creaking sound of the door shaft, and turned slowly. turn around.

In an instant, Liu Quan's eyes widened uncontrollably.

He just stood in front of the window, the black suit he was wearing made him look handsome, tall and straight, with extraordinary momentum.His eyes fell on her face, which seemed to shake for a moment; then he said quietly:

"Qingyuan? What are you doing here?"

Liu Quan:! ! !

She opened her mouth.

At that moment, countless words rolled over her chest.In the end, however, she seemed unable to speak a word.

"Tufang, sir..." she murmured.

This reaction seemed to make him feel a little puzzled.He leaned his back against the window frame, folded his arms around his chest, and looked her up and down as if examining her.

"Huh?" he replied, frowning slightly.

"Running back at this time... Did something happen to Benten Odaiba?" He guessed, the expression on his face became more serious because of this inference.

"Shimada and Soma sent you back... do you want to report something to me? The movement of the new government forces? Or is there any special new information?" He thought about it slowly and asked, and then he said something worried: "Didn't you say that you should keep an eye on the situation in Hakodate Bay in the near future? Didn't the people there report the situation to you properly?..."

Liu Quan was silent for a moment, opened his mouth, but finally shook his head.

If she could ignore the truth of history and complete the entrustment of Shimada and Master Soma willfully, she should now say, "The new government forces crossed the sea at night and attacked Bentendaiba. The absolute disadvantage may not last long, please Mr. Hijikata think of a way now."

Or, if it is more cold-blooded, she should procrastinate for a little longer, to the moment when he is destined to go to Bentendaiba to support him, but he will never get there, and then tell him the critical situation in Bentendaiba, and finally sit back and watch him fall On the way, sacrificed on the way to where the companions were—

If everything could be done purely from the heart, she should say "I was entrusted by my companions, and I desperately came back here to ask for your support".

Or should she say "We never lost confidence in Hijikata-san for even a minute, even though the future was hopeless".

It should say "No matter what happens, I believe that Mr. Hijikata can make the best choice".

...It should be said "it is like a dream for me to meet you again like this today".

...It should be said, "Whenever I think of everything you have taught me, those memories can inspire me to keep going".

However, she couldn't say anything.

For a higher goal—the goal of preserving history and the truth—she could only sit back and watch him fall on the road of pursuing his companions again and again.

However, if she really wants to keep doing this, then she temporarily put aside the real mission assigned to her by the government of time today-a rare occasion, not to fight against the time-traveling army to maintain history, but to bring back the fallen What is the purpose of choosing to obey the desperate entrustment of the former comrades in the crisis, overcoming all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and returning to this building.

She wriggled her lips and finally managed to utter a few syllables.

"Mr. Hijikata... Bentendaiba, over there—"

The calm expression on Hijikata's face gradually disappeared.His face sank, and his voice was terribly serious.

"Benten Odaiba, what's wrong?!" He left the window and came to her in a few steps, his voice lowered an octave.

……no.

Now is not the time to tell the truth.

If she told the fact that Bentendaiba was besieged by enemies several times her own, would the vice-captain leave Goryokaku early and go to Bentendaiba to support everyone in the Shinsengumi?

... When the real new government army's general offensive in history begins, there will be no deputy commander in Goryokaku. At that time, what should we do?

Last time... when the new government army launched a general attack on Hakodate, she thought it was the time-traveling army that moved Mr. Hijikata from Goryokaku, and the moment where his whereabouts are unknown will repeat itself!

...Or, if she chooses to tell the truth at this moment, the distorted history of the last battle in Hakodate will be the future she will face? !

That distortion was caused by her? !

Thinking of such a horrifying deduction, Liu Quan shivered almost immediately.

She shook her head reflexively.

"No...no. Everything, normal—" She spat out these syllables with difficulty, but the five fingers of her left hand subconsciously tightened again, and the fingers holding the handle of the knife at her waist seemed to have a spasm.

Earthwork looked even more surprised.

"Then why did you suddenly come back at this time—"

Before he could finish his sentence, she interrupted him slightly rudely.

"...Mr. Hijikata." She called his last name again.

Earthwork:?

He frowned, and looked suspiciously at one of the most senior members of the Shinsengumi in front of him. He couldn't figure out that she was so reckless to leave Bentendaiba at the most critical moment of this kind of battle, and just suddenly appeared in front of him. In front of him, why did he come here, and what did he want to say to him.

She spoke again before his limited patience ran out.

"I, today... Originally, I planned to attack someone."

Earth Fang: "...who?"

He was just about to ask who made her report so solemnly, when he saw her smile like she was about to cry.

"...A, ex-friend—" she said.

Earthwork:? !

"A friend from the past?!" He couldn't help repeating her adjectives, and asked in surprise: "Your friend from the past, what are you doing in a place like Hakodate at this time? Since it's you who are going to crusade , so... did he work for the new government army?"

She was silent for a moment.

"...Maybe it is." She replied in a low voice.

"According to the calculation, it should be... last year? After some disputes, she ran away... I didn't find her whereabouts until today." She said slowly.

Hijikata: "Ah, yes, yes... Isn't that good."

She explained what happened so vaguely that he couldn't guess what the situation was; but the wise and mighty deputy chief couldn't lose his character, so he had no choice but to respond in such an ambiguous manner.

Fortunately, she didn't intend to stop here, but continued to explain.

"At that time, it was...a disagreement, right? There was a fierce dispute, and finally a fight was fought, and I won..."

Earthwork: "Oh... oh."

Ah, I also know that with her skill, if the opponent is not very difficult, or the opponent uses a new type of firearm as a weapon, she should still be able to gain the upper hand.

"...However, she escaped again. Her whereabouts are unknown...to this day." She continued.

Earthwork: "..."

So, this guy rushed in with a look of urgency and urgency, and also showed a clumsy look about to cry, so it turned out that he was forced to go on a crusade and turned into a hostile friend.

He coughed heavily, feeling slightly embarrassed because he was not used to discussing such complicated emotions with her.

"I'm very busy." He said roughly, after thinking about it, he added a word of concern.

"...So, after you win? What are you going to do? That friend who betrayed you, what are you going to do?"

She looked a little shocked.But she quickly reacted and showed a wry smile.

"... Her? I don't know," she said.

"Actually, I don't want to know... If possible, I don't even want to attack her, because it won't help at all..."

Earthwork:? !

He was very surprised and couldn't help blurting out: "What?"

As a result, her shoulders trembled almost immediately.

She raised her gaze to look at him, and for a moment a guilty expression appeared on her face.

That expression made him guess almost immediately—maybe she planned to be lenient and let that "old friend" go? !

This guess made him want to sigh.

If it were placed in the former Kyoto, her unnecessary kindness could be regarded as a mistake, and it was worth his shouting "Shidou is not enlightened, go to harakiri".

But now, what are you talking about?

His face darkened for a moment, and he smiled wryly again.

Don't cut seppuku, they will always meet their end here.

...because this is their fate.

As a samurai, he has reached his final destiny.The only thing to consider is how to uphold the faith and be active with dignity until the end——

"...Really." He replied in a deep voice like a sigh, and didn't ask too much about her motives and reasons for planning to do so, but turned to the huge desk in the middle of the room.

There is a huge sand table on the table, and the military posture deduction on the sand table is almost exactly the same as the correct posture.

Her eyes also fell on the sand table.After a while, she suddenly asked:

"If I told you... that Bentendaiba needs your support, what would you do, Hijikata-san?"

Tufang seemed a little surprised, turned his head and glanced at her, pondered for a moment, and replied decisively:

"...When that time comes, I'll be there."

She seemed a little surprised and a little bit emotional, and finally, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief——

However, what Tufang said next shocked her so much that she was stunned.

"...but right now, it's not time to strike. I have to stay here," he said.

Liu Quan raised his head suddenly, and even took a step forward unconsciously!

"Mr. Hijikata!" she called.

Hijikata seemed startled by her sudden shout.With a little dissatisfaction, he glanced at her again.

"Didn't you just say that those are all 'assumptions'..." He said angrily.

"If you dare to ask me to answer the hypothetical question at this time, it's a waste of my time..." He murmured and complained, walked to the table a few steps, touched his chin, bent down, and carefully Observing the part of the terrain on the sand table that belongs to Bentendaiba.

"You really dare to say it." He said again without raising his head, frowning and moved a few small flags to the high place of Benten Odaiba.

But he shook his head again almost at once, and put the little flags back in their place.

"You can't mobilize these people..." He thought, and said to himself, as if he was completely immersed in his own thoughts.

Then, she stood behind him and said very naturally: "Mr. Hijikata..."

Tufang responded casually, "...Huh?"

She asked: "...do you know what punishment I will receive if I go back without completing the task?"

Tufang concentrated on studying the sand table and replied casually, "I don't know."

Then, as if she still didn't give up, she asked a little too long-windedly.

"...Why did Hijikata-san's Honmaru go to waste?"

Hijikata, who was about to move another small flag elsewhere to Bentendaiba for a look, suddenly stopped moving his hand.

After a moment of stagnation, he simply threw the small flag in his hand into the sand table, turned around slowly, and stared at Liu Quan standing behind him.

"...What strange words are you talking about, Qingyuan?" He asked slowly.

Instead, Liu Quan revealed a faint, confident smile.

"Mr. Hijikata, you recognize me."

Earth frowned.

"What nonsense. Of course I know you, you're—"

She ended up interrupting him, slightly rudely, before he could finish.

"I'm Kiyohara Yukiya, a member of the first team of the Shinsengumi." She said loudly.

"You should only know me, 'Qingyuan', right?"

Earthwork's brows furrowed even tighter.

"What are you talking about. The Shinsengumi shouldn't have a second person with the surname 'Kyohara', right?..."

No, actually there are.She said silently in her heart.

In history, the real Shinsengumi team member "Kyohara" was a betrayer. He not only followed Ito Kokotaro to leave the Shinsengumi, but also became a member of the Royal Tomb Guard and the New Government Army—

You don't know a guy like that, do you.

The expression on her face became very strange for a moment.As if confirming the wildest and most impossible conjecture in her heart, she tried her best to suppress the untimely ecstasy and excitement, which made her expression a little stiff——

...However, since the government of time can even get Minamoto Yoshitsune, who should have died in Hiraizumi Takakan long ago, to be a god judge, then in this crazy and chaotic world, is there anything crazy enough to completely subvert thinking and unexpected? Things won't happen? !

The corners of Liu Quan's mouth slowly opened, revealing a huge smile.

"...Mr. Hijikata." She whispered the title again.

Earthwork: "..."

He seemed to have been overwhelmed by the content of her free-spirited conversation.

"Ah," he replied curtly, looking impatient with the layers of confusion she had caused.

"What the hell are you going to say?"

She was silent for a long time.

When the air in the room became dull, she suddenly let go of her left hand holding the handle of the knife, and suddenly took a few steps forward.

In this way, she came to him.

She went straight to a place only one step away from him before stopping, and slightly raised her head to look at him.

In terms of the relationship between "Deputy Commander" and "Team Soldier", this distance is undoubtedly too close; however, if it is defined by another relationship they used to get along with, this distance is just right.

Hijikata really didn't show much surprise or offended expression.He just narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes fell to her face, and he waited calmly for her to continue to move - or to speak.

Liu Quan smiled.

"...Why did you come here, Hijikata-san?"

Tu Fang was slightly taken aback.

"It's to continue fighting with the samurai and those guys. ... Do you still ask such an obvious thing." A look of displeasure was evident on his face.

As a result, the woman in front of her just smiled, as if she wasn't sorry for it at all.

The next moment, she stood in front of him, her shoulder-length half-short hair turned snow white without warning!

The author has something to say:

February 4:

Give you the deputy chief you want hhh

There should be another update before midnight tonight.

I am rushing to code, although there is an outline to support it, but if there is still a bug, please point it out and I will fix it again.

In addition, the origin of the deputy chief's identity is not a bug.