"Did they say they were going to do that?" Fourteen lowered his head and asked slowly.
"Kagura-chan!" Shinpachi was surprised, "Didn't you go to Miss Yueyong's place? Speaking of which, Jiang Chengsang is really..."
Kagura, who selectively skipped Shinpachi's questions, said as he walked: "In order to save the gorillas, they are willing to join forces with anyone, but..."
As he said that, Kagura remembered what the unmoved Sougo said at that time: "I can't take action. The fourth rule of the Bureau's regulations is that when the director is absent, the deputy chief takes over as the director and leads the team. Soldier You must obey him. Unless he gives instructions, I will not act. We have come to this point, whether it is to rescue Mr. Kondo or to abandon Mr. Kondo, I will advance and retreat with that person."
After experiencing this memory, Fourteen picked up the sword beside him and stood slowly in the rain. He lowered his head and was silent for a long time before walking slowly towards the door.
During the whole process, Fourteen didn't say another word. At the same time, Kagura and the other three didn't say anything more, they just looked at Fourteen's back quietly.
…
"Kagura-chan, Jiang Cheng-san..." Shinpachi hesitated before speaking.
"Ah, he left in a very cunning manner. He didn't leave Aru with even a penny of pocket money or alimony."
"No, that's not what I'm talking about. Are you just looking for that kind of thing?" Shinbachi complained.
Kagura sighed softly: "I don't know, I don't know where to find some answers, Aru. Whether it's the mayonnaise controller, Ginjiang, or my uncle, they all have their own answers in their hearts. I should I don’t know which answer to choose. It seems that no one’s answer is wrong, and it seems that no one’s answer is right. I... don’t know.”
"Kagura..."
Kagura gradually clenched her fists: "If you work hard because you want to protect something, but you will lose more things that you should protect, what should you do? This is the topic given to me by my uncle and Gin-chan, I can't figure it out.
But... just when I was having a headache, I noticed that this kind of question... can only be asked by people who have experienced it. Although they don't know what they have lost, it must be something very important.
So cunning, so cunning, using what you have experienced to test your descendants. So... I just don't want to think about it anymore, I want to choose Aru the same way they once did! The answer is this! It’s a child’s nature to imitate adults, Aru! "
"Kagura-chan..." A Miao covered her mouth in disbelief.
"Although I don't know what my uncle is thinking many times, but..." As he said that, Kagura turned back and looked at the dark sky, "He will never do nothing at a time like this! Even if he has to leave, ...We also need to say goodbye properly! I want to tell him this truth!"
At this time, Yue Yong, who had been leaning on the outer wall of the dojo, gently exhaled a puff of smoke, started, and left slowly.
…
"Once you take action, you can't look back, but if you continue to work hard for this country, you won't be able to protect anyone from this country. Those of you who died following the corrupt laws can't save your companions or your loved ones. It is even more impossible to save this country. If there are still people to protect, break this twisted cage! If there are still things that cannot be protected, break the rusty shackles! The one who lets you hold the sword in your hand is A fragile law that changes with the times? No! The iron law that you swear with your soul should be the law of the game."
While Katsura in prison was talking about this in a long way, in Edo in the distance, Shizuo unknowingly came to the door of the Shinsengumi storehouse, drew his sword and cut off the seal on the door.
But just when Fourteen reached out to push the door open, his hand suddenly stopped. After a moment of pause, he retracted his hand.
"Did you leave something behind?" Gintoki came to the side at some point and asked, holding his hands.
"Ah, yes. But if we try to snatch it back, we will be completely finished. If we open this door, we can't come back here again."
Gintoki took off his hat and glanced at the sky casually with his unmotivated and lazy eyes: "I am the same. I have experienced similar things before. There are two things I want to protect, and I don't want to lose either. But if I don't If you give up one of them, you lose both at the same time.”
"Which one did you choose?"
"I originally wanted to protect both, but this is equivalent to giving up both at the same time. I still often dream that there might have been a better way or something. But..."
With that said, Gintoki turned around and walked towards Fourteen, came to the door, and put his hand on the closed door of the Shinsengumi Storehouse.
"There's no need for you to be confused, right? It's still too late."
After being stunned for a while, Fourteen put his hand on the door, and together with Gintoki, he pushed open the door of the Shinsengumi Storehouse and stepped into the marriage...ahem...
The moment the door was opened, Fourteen couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw all the members of the Shinsengumi standing in the rain, all ready to go, standing upright in the rain, saluting and blessing... ahem... saluting as usual and waiting for his orders. eyes.
Gintoki's tone was relaxed and calm: "I can still protect both of them now, if it's you... If it's you..."
After Gintoki said that, the Shinsengumi uniform was thrown directly in front of Fourteen, and at the same time, Sougo's voice sounded.
"Deputy Commander, you left something behind. Change your clothes quickly! Give the order quickly!"
Fourteen lit up a cigarette, lowered his head, picked up his coat and put it on his body, and started slowly.
"There is no need for me to give orders. Anyone who scribbles graffiti on my clothes will commit seppuku!"
On the back of Fourteen's coat, the huge white word "idiot" is extremely conspicuous!
…
At dusk, the dock.
The Shinsengumi and the Katsura faction merged.
[It seems you have made up your mind.]Elizabeth held up the billboard.
"What determination?" Shi Shi, holding a cigarette in his mouth, asked calmly, "Determination to fight with you?"
Hearing this, all the Gui faction were on alert, but Fourteenth continued indifferently: "Do you think the Shinsengumi and the anti-Yi patriots will really join forces? How can both of us forget the hatred in the past? As long as you are still the anti-yi patriots , as long as we are the true selection team, we are destined to fight each other.
In other words, this joint battle is our last battle! Neither you nor we can look back. There is no need for you and me to forget the past hatred and our own positions. Just wave the sword in your hands in your own way, and we, as the Shinsengumi, will wave the sword in our hands until the last moment...
And in the future, if in the so-called new era, we encounter a group of fools who are nothing, you and I will no longer have to fight each other with swords, but we can have a good time over wine. Together with you and my general..."
"Hmm!!" × n
…
An abandoned cemetery somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
Jiang Chengcheng, who was soaked in the rain, stood at a high place and looked quietly at these former comrades-in-arms. Some of them were also classmates from the Matsushita Village School, and more were those who joined in the middle and truly fought to change the country.
"gone."
After hearing such a voice behind him, Jiang Cheng glanced at the cemetery in front of him for the last time, and then turned around.
Click!
The sound of putting on a mask.
…
Black Rope Island.
After listening to Gui's words, Kondo said: "You will die! If you do this, everyone... including the Fourteenth and others, as well as your partners, will die in vain! We can't let them do it for me..."
"No one will die," Katsura interrupted Kondo, "because I know how difficult the Shinsengumi is, and you should also know how tenacious the anti-Yi patriots are. If we and the anti-Yi patriots are If we join forces, there is nothing to be afraid of, be it the country or anything else! And Kondo, although you and I have different positions, our passion to die for our country is the same!"
"Really..."
Matsudaira's emotion suddenly came from the prison on Kondo's right.
"Someone has said the same thing to you before, Gui, I'm talking about you. Really, what happened to this world? The generals and the evil party in the world actually said the same thing. Who is crazy?"
"Uncle..." Kondo shouted with a solemn brow.
"I made an agreement with this lunatic... Those who remain will go and create a new world."
"Tch!" After spitting, Lord Songping stood up slowly, "Really, it seems you are both crazy. Gui, give me that little pill or something right away."
"Uncle, you...what are you..."
"Now that the whole country is our enemy, there is no need to worry about the difference between ourselves and our enemies at this time. As long as I am willing to smoke another cigarette, whether it is Lord Yama or Sakyamuni, they will be my teammates. "
"Hmph," Gui chuckled softly, "Only such a master can have such a retainer. Okay, I understand, let's go together, that man's former enemy and former retainer...together towards his dream world...move forward towards a new dawn for this country!"
After that, Gui threw the little blue pill in his hand hard, but... it hit the iron fence in front of him, and rebounded... into Gui's mouth.
Looking at Gui who fell to the ground instantly, Kondo fell silent.
"Gui!! What a mess! He rushed in to save people without authorization, but he fell into a state of suspended animation in advance without authorization!"
"Hey! What should I do!" Lord Matsudaira asked, "I haven't heard a word about the opportunity to escape from prison! Wake him up quickly!"
"This guy has faked his death, how should I wake him up!"
(End of chapter)