Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Chapter 255

"There's nothing wrong...but it's worrying!" she blurted out.

Obviously knowing that this is a great intervention in history and the plot, if he succeeds in persuading Xiaoyi, it may trigger the inertia of the plot in this world. However, these words seem to be lost, completely out of control Flowing from the mouth.

"I also said 'Yi-kun's life is precious, there is nothing wrong with pursuing such precious things'!! Don't selectively lose your memory of what I said, Yi-kun!!"

Saito was silent for a moment.

"...What is 'selective amnesia'." He said confusedly.

Liu Quan: "..."

When is this so natural to ask questions like a curious baby, is it really okay Yijun! ?

"It's just what I said to me, some remember it, some don't remember it, and generally speaking, those who remember it are bad things..." She explained angrily.

Saito seemed to think about it seriously, and then said quietly: "No, so I don't have any selective amnesia."

Liu Quan:? !

He continued calmly: "...because I remember everything you said to me."

Liu Quan:! ! !

"...Is it strange?" Seeing her stunned expression, his serious posture finally collapsed a little, and a trace of confusion floated in his tone.

"My memory has always been very good. ... However, after thinking about it seriously, it is still very surprising to find that I can remember everything you said. From this point of view, maybe ... is It's a little strange." He continued in an objective narrative tone.

"I remember you once said, 'There is no right or wrong in ambition, and there is no right or wrong in ideals. Choose the path you firmly believe in, and then work hard to the end. This is what a real man does.'"

He thought slowly and said.

"That's what you answered me when I didn't say to you confidently 'I don't have eyes that can tell what's right from what's wrong'."

After a pause, he actually smiled slightly.

"...After hearing the news that the Shinsengumi and the shogunate troops must go north, I have been thinking about what I should do and what is the right thing to do..."

"Later, these words of yours came to mind one by one." He showed a refreshing smile.

"...When I couldn't make a decision, what you said helped me a lot. Just like the previous few times when I was in a difficult battle, you always showed up to support me..."

His dark blue eyes rested quietly on her face, and for a moment he seemed to want to penetrate her eyes and see into her heart.

"I have been taking care of you all this time, Mr. Xueye. I don't know how to thank you..."

Liu Quan felt a sudden sore nose.

"...I, no matter what I say, I can't change your decision, right? Yi-kun?" She finally found her voice, but when she opened her mouth, she found that her voice trembled.

Saito showed a slightly shocked expression, then fell silent, and did not answer her directly.

"Don't...don't just say such words like exit words casually, Yijun!" Liu Quan finally roared, clenched his fists with both hands, roared fiercely, and his veins burst out.

"Even... even if you want to stay, it's okay! When the battle here is over, you can still come to us, and we will continue to work together... because... because Ichi-kun is not like Souji-kun, from the beginning You grew up in the test hall, right?! Didn’t you grow up well, complete what you wanted to do, and then come to the test hall to be with everyone? Now... now you just need to do and Just do the same thing at the beginning! Complete what you feel must be done, and then... Just take a big step to catch up! Come and meet us, join us, fight side by side together again, and face all opponents..."

The nose became more and more sore, and the voice began to tremble, until it sounded a little shrill.

"Stay... It's okay to stay! It's as if I believe that Ichi-kun will catch up! Because no matter how fierce and cruel the battle is, I still believe that Ichi-kun will not die and will live to the end !No matter how dangerous and difficult it is, he will definitely come to us alive with a firm heart... I firmly believe that!"

Saito: "...!!!"

Saito seemed genuinely stunned.

He showed a look of astonishment, and stared at her with slightly wide eyes.After a while, his expression suddenly softened, as if her words had awakened some wonderful memories, he smiled slightly.

He didn't speak.But she still seems to have a text.

"When the time comes... when the time comes," she said loudly, as if she had exhausted all her strength, "when we meet again... If you really want to thank me, then, then... give me Sakuramochi!! "

Saito was slightly taken aback, the lines on his face softened suddenly, he looked straight into her eyes frankly, with a gentle and nostalgic smile on his face.

"Ah," he said, "I will definitely remember to give you the 'Sakura Mochi that you can't finish eating'."

【Saito-kun, why don't you come to Xiaomei anymore?Did you see someone else? !You forgot that you used to like me so much, and you gave me a lot of cute wagashi, cherry cakes that I can't finish...]

She remembered for a moment that she pretended to be a poor girl who was abandoned by a heartbreaker in order to find a reasonable and unsuspected excuse to call Saito away from Gaotai Temple, the residence of the Imperial Tomb Guards, before the Youkoji Incident. The child, ran to the door of Yuezhenin Temple in Kodaiji Temple and cried and shouted.

...What was I thinking at that time... Can you say such a shameful line as if nothing happened? !Is it because the high fever burned up my shame?Or did he forget to take into account the embarrassment and face of himself and Xiaoyi in a hurry?

However, even if it was such a sad thing, now I recall only the warmth and knowing smile.

"I have already reported my decision to the chief of the earthworks and said goodbye to him." Saito said quietly after smiling for a moment because of the memory.

"You and Mr. Hijikata, please look at us. The Shinsengumi's sincere character flag will also fly high in Aizu. Here, there is still a real samurai spirit passed down. The sincere character flag is now a samurai The Shinsengumi is the guidepost to guide the samurai..."

His gaze drifted upwards, and turned to the Shinsengumi's chengzi flag standing in the camp.

There was a look of longing and admiration on his face.Liu Quan thought, that must be his belief.

"I will raise this flag high where the warrior's soul is passed down." He said as if swearing, then looked away and looked at Liu Quan again.

"And Mr. Hijikata... I think he has the obligation to take up that flag and continue to be the guidepost of the samurai." He said calmly, with a look of solemnity in his eyes.

"So... Yukiha-kun, Mr. Hijikata... I'll leave it to you." He paused for a moment before saying this.For the first time, there was a little fluctuation in the voice.

"Mr. Hijikata promised me that he will see the end of the Shinsengumi entrusted to him by everyone. At that time...you don't die, let's witness how far the glory of being a samurai can go together."

Liu Quan looked at him, and what appeared in his mind for a moment was Hijikata's desolate back facing the sunset after evacuating the golden mansion in Liushan, leaving Kondo alone to face the new government army, and beheading all the enemies on the hillside .

And when she was in Youxiaolu, she rushed all the way anxiously, and saw from a distance that at the intersection of Yuxiaojitong and Qijotong, she was surrounded by countless enemies, but she was still upright and unyielding. His snow-white scarf, even the blade of the knife that reflected the cold light under the moonlight was stained with blood, Xiao Yi's back.

...is that what they seek, believe in, and guard?Shidou's last afterimage?

Subconsciously, those who she once regarded as the most reliable people, those whom she relied on, trusted and cared about, and those who she loved sincerely and eagerly as friends, family members and companions, have all left one by one. up.

Now, it's him again.

...Will it survive like in history, Ichi-kun?Wouldn't it be like those companions and friends who had gone through countless sufferings with her, but were finally swallowed up in the unprecedented darkness, were just swept into the vortex by the wind of the times, and disappeared since then? !

Now he is determined to die for his ideals at the peak of his life, but what she can think of repeatedly is the ending of Saito in the historical science post she saw in this life world.

Later, he became Jiro Yamaguchi, Denpachi Ichinose, Goro Fujita... With one name after another, he was tossed in the torrent of rapidly changing times, became a police officer, appeared again in the Southwest War, and finally retired Became a worker at the Women's Higher Normal School, died of stomach problems at an age that most of the other main members of the Shinsengumi couldn't reach...

Such a comfortable end of life, or Shidou who is now determined to defend his beliefs with death, which one is the best for him?

A certain kind of deep sadness and helpless pain flooded Liu Quan's heart.Then, she simply replied: "Okay, I promise you."

"I will not be killed easily."

"Because whether it's me or Mr. Hijikata, they must be the kind of people who can't be killed even if they are killed."

Saito froze for a moment.

Liu Quan smiled.

The scar on the arm from the fierce battle when fleeing Edo had completely healed, leaving only a very light red mark.

It will probably disappear as time goes by.

As long as she survives that long.

"Although there was an experience of almost dying, but in the end I came back to life...Don't worry about Mr. Hijikata, he will definitely fight with the Shinsengumi to the last moment."

"I also swore to Director Kondo that I would fight with the Shinsengumi and Mr. Hijikata to the end."

"So... I also ask Yijun to survive."

She prayed so sincerely.

He obviously didn't die in history, so why did he take a box here for no reason? !

"Having a real samurai like Kazukun and Mr. Hijikata witnessing the end of the Shinsengumi together, it should be better than me, a guy who has lost his reputation. ...Although I won't be afraid of fighting because of it."

Saito first showed a look of astonishment, then his expression gradually softened, and he slightly pursed his lips to show a very shallow smile.

"...Thank you, Xue Ye." He said quietly.

"Mr. Hijikata told me... Even if we part, our hearts will always be gathered under the flag of honesty and will not be separated, because we are all members of the Shinsengumi..."

"All along, with the Shinsengumi... the time spent with you has been the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life."

Liu Quan:! ! !

Tears welled up in my eyes suddenly without warning.

"It's so cunning...Yijun..." Her voice trembled, feeling that the last line of defense of her reason was about to collapse, and tears seemed to flood her right away.

"I... I know Ichi-kun will not die!! Just like I know Ichi-kun will never regret the decision I made today, because this is the most correct thing for Ichi-kun at this moment..."

Her lips trembled, and there were vivid tears in her voice, as if she could no longer maintain a calm and warm smile on her face.

"So... can you stop talking to me in this farewell tone! Didn't you say that you will catch up to us soon!?"

Big tears fell from his eyes one after another, Liu Quan didn't know that his eyes were already red at the moment, and he trembled all over because he was enduring the weak, crying urge.

Saito was slightly taken aback, and soon his dark blue eyes softened, and he looked at her softly and brightly, with a faint smile, he suddenly reached out and touched the top of her head.

"Well, I know." His voice was quiet and peaceful, just like the fresh and peaceful feeling of seeing the first ray of sunlight piercing through the dense canopy of trees and falling on the ground in the mountains and forests in the early morning.

"Speaking of it... this is the second time you have cried in front of me." There was a trace of warmth in his smile, which was nostalgic for the past. A wolf without a mouth".

【Saito-kun, why don't you come to Xiaomei anymore?Did you see someone else? ! 】

"I promise you, I will desperately kill the enemy, and I will definitely desperately survive... I will look for you again..."

【You forgot that you used to like me so much, you even gave me a lot of cute wagashi, cherry pancakes that you can't finish...】

"Then, I'll bring you a cherry cake that you can't finish eating as a thank you."

Liu Quan:! ! !

【I don't dislike you.I didn't even look at anyone else...]

For some reason, this sentence popped into my mind suddenly.

At the time, I thought it was the worst moment ever.But now I know that the worst moment is far from coming.Compared with now, every word I said and everything I experienced at that time, no matter how difficult or embarrassing it was, seemed so beautiful, so unreal, hard to find, and can only be recalled——

"Damn it, Yi-kun...!! Don't... don't make me cry...!?"

In an instant, tears gushed out like an instant eruption.

...The system is on the top, the player... The player suddenly wants to rush up, hug this object that is not within the range of the strategy you specified, and feel irrationally that it doesn't matter even if the plot inertia of the world loses balance because of this ——This is so swollen! !

This kind of emotion must be because I know that the person in front of me, as an important friend and companion in my life—rather than a relatively important character in the strategy process—is so kind, warm and irresistible. instead...

Just like if it was Okita and Shannan standing in front of her today... maybe, maybe, she would also want to rush up to hug them recklessly and recklessly, in a small but futile delusion that she could save their lives by doing so Elapsed process?

Because just talking, just looking, just shaking hands and saying goodbye... It's not enough at all.It is completely unable to help her overcome the weak parting feelings that surfaced in her heart when she parted, unable to express how much she valued and cared for the person in front of her in her heart, and unable to convey her strong hope that they would always live well and live. After a long, long time, to meet her again alive...almost crazy and desperate expectation——

Saito, who was suddenly attacked by her violent burst of tears for the second time, seemed much calmer than the first time.

He smiled gently, rubbed the top of her head with his left hand a little harder.

"Okay, don't cry." There was a little helplessness in his voice, and there was a trace of warmth that was almost imperceptible.Compared with her gawking tears like a fountain, his gaze is calm and gentle, like the vast and clear night sky unexpectedly high and clear tonight.

"I won't simply die like this. I swear on the name of the Shinsengumi," he said.

The moon in the night sky quietly exudes a soft brilliance.This parting night was actually a sunny night.

Saito looked away slightly, and glanced at the night sky.Then, as if he remembered something, he said in a trance: "...the moonlight tonight is so beautiful."

Liu Quan was stunned, his body froze involuntarily, and then he realized that Saito must have remembered the scene when they sat side by side on the steps of a roadside house and talked after the fierce battle in Youxiaolu.

What did she say at that time?

[I just feel sorry.Because I don't want to see the companions I have always cared about, trusted, and spent many of the best years of my life with, leaving so easily. 】

[For this, I have to do my best. 】

Once again deeply confirming this point in his heart, Liu Quan took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and showed a refreshing and straightforward smile.

"...Yeah," she said.

"I think so."

The author has something to say:

February 5:

Speaking of which, when I write about people other than the deputy chief, I get angry. . .What the hell is going on?【.

Xiaoyi really is my love [Get kicked away

He will never take a lunch box!Absolutely not!Won't! 【Important things should be said three times

Then, the soundtrack of this chapter is still the same as the previous chapter. It is the ED of the Saito chapter of the OVA "Hakuoki Snowfall", "The Whisperofsnowfalling-"

The full version is much better than the short version in the anime ED song, especially the arrangement. I suggest you go to Du Niang to watch the whole song~~ Because many places have canceled the sharing function, you can listen to it online~~