"I just see you unhappy." The woman said coldly.
"Ah?" Jiang Cheng smiled mischievously, "Could it be that... you're jealous?"
The woman's frown was full of disdain, and she made a tut.
"Is there any woman in the universe who would be jealous of a scum like you?"
…
Edo, terminal (space terminal station.)
"I'll leave it to you over there."
"Where's the bill?" asked the woman who was following slowly with her coat in her pocket.
"Don't be so cold. That thing is the umbilical cord that connects us! Without that thing, the umbilical cord between us will be gone! There will be no relationship at all! That kind of thing is too cruel Come on!"
"It's a bond, right? Idiot?" The woman looked disgusted, then raised a hand and shook it, minding her own business and stepped into the slowly opening automatic door of the terminal, "This is the last time, Jiang Cheng . Next time we meet, pay me back all the outstanding debts, including the expenses for these two business trips."
"Can it be divided into installments?"
"Pay it all in one lump sum, and I'll cut off your [beep—] if you're short of it."
Jiang Cheng stopped, smiled helplessly, raised his hand and turned around: "Then... someone will pick you up. Goodbye."
The woman didn't reply, but raised her hand behind her again as a response.
At night, Jiang Cheng walked slowly along the noisy streets of Kabukicho alone. There were constant shouts on the roadside, but Jiang Cheng seemed not to hear them.
To sum it up in one word, it would probably be out of place.
"Ara, Jiang Chengsang, it's really rare. Do you want to go to the store for a drink?"
A Miao's voice came from the side.
Looking at A Miao, who seemed to have just arrived and not yet stepped into the Smile Bar, Jiang Cheng waved his hand and declined: "No, no matter how you look at it, today is not a good time to drink, and...have you forgotten it? A Miao, I was blacklisted by your store manager."
Hearing the sound, A Miao covered her face and laughed: "That's right, we can't forget this. If I knew that I invited you in, the store manager might be really angry."
After bidding farewell to A Miao, Jiang Cheng started up again and wandered around Kabukicho aimlessly.
Looking at Jiang Cheng's back, A Miao noticed something was wrong, but because of someone (Kondo), she didn't pay much attention to it.
"You don't have to worry anymore. There's no need to lock the doors and windows anyway. No matter it's on the ceiling, under the floor, or in the shadow of the wall or telephone pole, there's no longer that gorilla stalker..."
I can't forget, I can't forget what Xin Baji said before he went out. What is missing? Where is the thing that I have been looking for all along that has always been there? Nowhere…
With such a mood and a slightly disappointed expression, A Miao stepped into the Smile Bar.
…
"A fool once asked me, if you could take anything to an uninhabited island, what would it be? I answered him this way - Camu."
As he said that, Xiaoqianxing, who was sitting in a certain booth, looked at the wine glass filled with Camus by two hostesses in front of him and continued his hard-core inner monologue in a deep voice.
[Humans are creatures that want to drink water, but men are creatures that want to drink, and this wine... goes well with everything.]
Xiao Qianxing picked up the wine glass in front of him and shook it.
[It goes well with fish, goes well with meat, goes well with women, goes well with complaints, and goes even better with sobs. Men drink all the delicious and unsavory things in the world with wine, and drink them all in one gulp. But... there's one thing wine doesn't go well with, and that's wine and stupid people.]
As Xiao Qianxing put down his wine glass, he looked at Gintoki and Shiju who were sitting on both sides of the booth, glaring at each other.
Gintoki's slightly frowned brows were filled with some kind of disgust, and he said calmly: "Really, you actually came here to drink with a look of despair on your face. The wine has become unpalatable. Get out of here."
Angry and with veins popping out on his cheeks, Shi Shi curled up his lips with the same look of disgust: "You only come to drink when you are hopeless, then you should get out. Besides, this is my welcome party, What are you here for?"
Gintoki pointed at a young man on the side and replied casually: "You guys dragged me here because you said you had free drinks. Otherwise, if I saw your face, it would look like a wet O-bag during the rainy season. With such a face, who else can drink?"
"Whose face do you think looks like a cyst? I don't want to be said by someone like you who has a shriveled face all year round!"
"A shriveled pouch is always more hygienic than a wet one, you pouch."
"Since they are all O-sacs, there is nothing hygienic or unhygienic about them!"
Looking at the two people arguing, the young man with a scar on his left cheek sitting on the right side of Gintoki, who is a subordinate of Xiaoqian Bank, Aji said: "Brother, it's a good thing that Gin-san was called. The deputy chief also said So depressed, but now so energetic.”
After taking a sip of the Camus in the cup, Xiao Qianxing once again began his hard-core monologue.
[There is one more thing to take to the uninhabited island. A man may be a creature that wants to grab his opponent's bladder at any time.]
"This is neither an uninhabited island nor has it anything to do with O-sac."
A Miao, who came quietly behind Xiao Qianxing, casually took off the hard-core monologue on the side of Xiao Qianxing's head and stuck it on Xiao Qianxing's head.
Ignoring Xiao Qianxing, who was screaming with blood spurting from his head, A Miao held up [Ahhhh!]The inner monologue card looked at Gintoki and Shiju who were fighting back and forth with their hard-core monologues.
"Hurry up and stop it. If you want to cause trouble in our store, go back as soon as possible."
[Before that, please don’t interpret my hard-core declaration casually, let alone use it as a weapon, okay? !]
"Even so, if you still really want to have a drink," A Miao said, lowering her head and sitting down on the booth with a complicated expression, "I wouldn't mind drinking with you."
Fourteen, who stopped moving, replied calmly with a cigarette in his mouth: "You can pour us wine with your face, and we won't be drunk. If you have anything to ask, don't ask it in a place like this. Find a sober place. I'll ask you again when I have time. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to answer you, because I don't know what to do myself. And now my friends have all gone their separate ways. What kind of ghost deputy chief is there? Do you think it's funny? Without him... I can't do anything."
Looking at Fourteen, whose eyes were dull and lifeless, no one said anything. But at this moment, along with the clatter of footsteps, Sasaki's voice came from behind Fourteen.
"Why do you say that? You have done a very good job. Although you lost everything because of your stupid boss, you are still doing your best for Edo as a policeman. I really should praise you a few times, let me As the chief of the police department, I personally... should praise you, this lost dog."
Fourteen glanced sideways at Sasaki behind him, his whole fist clenched and his eyes flashing coldly.
At this time, Xixi, who was behind Sasaki with his hands behind his back, spoke: "Sasaki, I said, forget about official duties for today. Private visits incognito and exploring the lives of ordinary people are the fun of former General Maomao, right? So, right? Let me learn from you, please don't be rigid and drink as much as you like. Tonight I'm just a commoner Xixi... Just let me listen to the cries of you bereaved dogs."
On the other side, in the almost deserted old alley of Kabukicho, Sougo was walking aimlessly alone with his pants pockets inserted, still wearing the Shinsengumi uniform.
"Are you Okita Sougo of the Shinsengumi?"
Hearing the voice of the strange man behind him, Sougo stopped. At the same time, footsteps approaching closer and closer could be heard in all the surrounding alleys.
Ignoring the rogues who surrounded him with swords on their waists and fierce expressions, Sougo returned without raising his head: "You have the wrong person, get out of here."
"Come with us obediently..."
"Didn't you hear that?" Sougo interrupted the person behind him coldly, "There has been no real selection for a long time, or what? You guys think that we can take revenge now that we are divided, so you came to block me. Already? Now I am a swordsman without an organization. Without the prison thing, I can send you directly to the furnace of hell. Now that I have no obligations and duties, I can fully enjoy my hobbies. .”
The ronin frowned as he looked at Sougo who had his sword drawn and his eyes cold.
"You guy...ah!"
Before he finished speaking, the ronin was trampled to the ground by a white furry pad behind him.
"Get out of the way," Kagura, who had already put on autumn clothes and a scarf, raised her eyes and said calmly, "get in the way of me taking the dog for a walk."
…
On the other side, in the Smile Bar, Xixi, who was sitting in a booth between two waiters, spoke to everyone in the hall in a condescending tone...
"...Everyone, please enjoy your drink. I've reserved this restaurant tonight."
With that said, Xixi picked up the filled wine glass in front of her, then looked at Shi Shi who was standing in front of the table, and motioned to the wine in front of her.
"Drink, you too, join me in praying for Mr. Maomao. Or do you want to pray for your boss?"
With his head lowered and his eyes hidden in the shadows, Fourteen remained silent from beginning to end.
Sasaki on the side said: "Kiki-sama, you are too impatient. Matsudaira Katakurihu and Kondo Isao will not be executed until five days. People closely related to them may start another rebellion."
"As I said just now, forget about official duties for the time being. I have already killed all the traitors and traitors." Xixi shook the wine glass in her hand nonchalantly and glanced at Fourteen. "Why don't we just try and let him be in charge of the execution ground?" How about the guards? It's quite interesting to let my subordinates watch their former boss being executed. It's a good opportunity to test how sincere he is to me. If you dare to shed a tear, I will also give you the guards during the execution of other companions. .”
Looking at the unmoved Shi Shi, there was a bit of anger in his unhappy eyes, "What? Aren't you going to drink? Aren't you going to drink my wine?"
Xixi took a gentle sip of the wine, and the next moment she slammed the wine glass on the table in front of her. The two shocked girls on the side let out short, panicked screams...
(End of chapter)