novelraw Chapter 691 [Chapter 4] 114
Chapter 691 [Chapter 4] 114
Liu Quan reluctantly held back the laughter that was about to burst out of his throat, coughed, and suggested kindly: "...It's better to leave one or two people here to take care of Yi Dong's body, at least send someone back quickly Report to the chief and the deputy chief... This is not a situation that you can decide at will, in case the Shinsengumi misses the opportunity to control the situation because of the delay, who of you can bear the anger of the deputy chief?"
Proposing [Vice Chief's Wrath] as a trump card is really effective.Those simple-minded youths who only wanted to go out to kill people, but didn't think about what to do after killing people, couldn't help shaking their bodies when they heard the words, and immediately shouted like a swarm of bees:
"Yes, I have to report to the deputy chief as soon as possible...Even if you are scolded, you can't hide the development of the situation..."
"And this... what this guy said! It's safest to let the deputy chief interrogate him if it's true or not!"
Liu Quan: "..."
She almost didn't smile bitterly.
...Hey, the deputy chief is the one who used torture to pry Kotaka Shuntaro's mouth open, uncovered the conspiracy of the extremist rogues, and then made the Shinsengumi shine through the Ikedaya incident and appeared on the stage of the end of the Bakuma. ...
Really - how much hatred is there? !How much hatred? !
At this time, those team members who wanted to kill Kokotaro Ito but came a step behind were still whispering to each other.
"So who should be kept here to guard... who should go back and report..."
"That...you can't let Qingyuan stay here, right? What if it's a trick?"
"But, if he really had a plan, killing Ito just for that would be too..."
Liu Quan couldn't take it anymore.
"Have you discussed it? Has no one reported back?"
As if they didn't expect to be questioned by her suddenly, those people turned their heads to look at her in surprise.
"If you're worried, just leave one person here to watch me." She suggested straightforwardly, "The others go back and ask the deputy chief to come over....It's always been his job to take care of such terrible things, right?"
There seemed to be some relaxed and nostalgic meaning in that rhetorical question. The young team members were taken aback for a moment, as if they felt that there was no better solution than this for the time being, so they quickly divided up according to her suggestion. Good work.
When the three were about to leave, Liu Quan called out again behind them.
"Hi, Dashi."
The Shinsengumi's "human cut" Oishi Yujiro turned around.
He is a young man with ordinary appearance, but extraordinarily gloomy eyes and thin cheeks. He has carried out many shady assassination missions.This time, no matter whether he was given such an order or decided to assassinate Kokotaro Ito out of his own loyalty to Kondo, in history, he was the one who assassinated Ito.
Liu Quan smiled.
"When you go back to report to the deputy chief, remember to say that you assassinated Ito," she said.
Dashi opened his eyes slightly for a moment.The gloomy demeanor seemed to have faded a little because of surprise.
Liu Quan continued: "...Otherwise, you have to report truthfully, 'Because I came too late, Ito almost ran away, and in the end it was Kiyohara who acted on my behalf to successfully execute your order. In terms of the completion of this task , I didn’t actually do anything oh’?”
Dashi's eyes flashed, as if he had figured out the key to this, his face involuntarily became more gloomy.
Liu Quan smiled, and continued as if nothing had happened: "You just need to report, 'I have completed the task you assigned, of course Yito is cunning and difficult, so in the process of assassination, thanks to Qing Yuan's support ’, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds. ——The first achievement is still yours, and the reputation is also yours; as for me, I can also explain why I appear here, can’t I?”
Oishi Yujiro: "..."
There seemed to be a thick cloud in his eyes. After rolling back and forth a few times, he seemed to finally understand the main point of her words. After silently nodding heavily, he ran in the same direction as when he was striding.
Liu Quan was left where he was, looking at the team member surnamed "Miyata".
Although Miyata also seemed to be very wary of her, it seemed that because she was afraid of her strength, she kept walking around and didn't dare to get close to her.
Of course, this behavior can also be interpreted as "seriously guarding Ito's body".
During the free time while waiting for the hard-working deputy chief to arrive at the scene to take care of the aftermath, since standing here is very boring, Liu Quan began to think about other thoughts actively [Fog]
So when the hard-working deputy chief finally arrived with Shimada out of breath, Liu Quan had almost completely extracted all the information he wanted to know from Miyata.
For example, the deputy chief, another example, the deputy chief, and the deputy chief [not
In short, she now knew that for some reason, Miyata, Oishi and their party were indeed blocked in the middle of the road by Satsuma soldiers and surrounded.Later, if the Satsuma soldiers hadn't "suspiciously messed up their positions, maybe someone made trouble for them at night", they might have been dragged down until now, not to mention rushing to Youkoji to assassinate Ito.
And today's Shinsengumi has not changed much from the historical situation.
"...If Mr. Shannan is still around, maybe he can think of a better way to stop Ito," Miyata said with a longing(?) expression.It seems that he is not only a veteran team player, but also a general manager.
After hearing these words, Liu Quan was silent for a long time.
Finally, she raised her eyes to look at the moonlight that seemed unexpectedly bright at this moment.
"...No. Mr. Sannan, he was threatened by Ito's existence... Maybe the difference in ambition is also one of the reasons, but..."
She said words that Miyata couldn't understand as if she was talking to herself.
Miyata: "? Hey, do you know Mr. Shannan very well?"
Then, he saw a strange look on the face of the suspected traitor in front of him.It seemed as if he wanted to smile, but for a moment his expression suddenly darkened because of something he thought of; finally, he heard the other party say:
"...No. I don't know him...it's a pity."
When Qingyuan uttered the words "It's a pity", there seemed to be a trace of difficulty in his tone, which made the syllables seem to be squeezed out from between his teeth, making his voice a little hoarse .
Miyata:?
Although he really admired the chief executive in the past, that was all in the past.But...this Qingyuan, when he mentioned the chief, seemed...very sad?Could it be that...he decided to leave the team and join the Royal Tomb Guard because...he was dissatisfied with Mr. Shannan's death?After all, if there were no strict rules in the game, Mr. Shannan would not have to die—and the maker of the rules in the game will come soon.
For some reason, Miyata suddenly felt anxious.It seems that the intuition is clamoring, there is a kind of unreal premonition, as if if Kiyohara and the deputy chief are asked to meet later, maybe, maybe something terrible will happen——
"Hey! Don't do stupid things!" The honest man Miyata was a little bit embarrassed, but for the sake of the kindness that the person in front of him still had towards the chief executive, he warned him.
Hearing this sentence, Kiyohara turned his gaze away as if surprised, and glanced at him.
For some reason, Miyata always feels the meaning of that look, as if Kiyohara only really looked at himself at this moment.
...Somewhat subtly upset, but Miyata, strangely, didn't have the will to protest or yell at this guy.
So he just muttered angrily, "Don't underestimate people, boy!" as a protest, and didn't immediately draw out his knife to fight this arrogant boy.
And they don't have much time to fight.Because the Deputy Chief Oni of the Shinsengumi has arrived in a hurry.
He didn't have time to exchange greetings or perform any scenes of reunion and reunion after a long absence, so he knelt down to inspect Ito's body, and asked about the incident in detail-there were more and more loopholes in Dashi's narration. Being able to help out reasonably and cleverly at the critical moment, and bring his unconvincing story back to the right track--finally, with a dubious expression on his face, after thinking for a while, the deputy chief ordered Oishi and Miyata Moved the body of Kokotaro Ito aside, leaned against the wall beside the road in a sitting posture, pretended to be drunk and sat there, and then ordered Oishi and Miyata to go back to the village first with a dark face. After the two left, he turned to Liu Quan who was on the side.
"You! Do you think I'm a fool?! Do you think that if you teach Dashi to say that, I won't be able to tell the truth of the matter!" The deputy chief roared at her with his head full of faces.
Liu Quan: "...Ahaha."
Seemingly dissatisfied with her dry laugh in reply, the Deputy Chief's snarl continued.
"...Didn't I warn you not to act rashly! I didn't give you an order to die or attack Ito! Just do what you should do! Didn't I already give you the order to attack Ito? Anyone else?"
The slightly embarrassed smile that appeared on Liu Quan's face because he was suddenly swept by the deputy chief's anger gradually froze.
"I'm doing what I'm supposed to do... yeah."
She repeated in a low voice the key words in the deputy chief's words, and suddenly raised her eyes.
Those eyes, which were like two balls of black crystals, looked extraordinarily bright under the moonlight, and there seemed to be a cluster of small flames beating in the depths of the eyes.
"At that time, Dashi and the others hadn't arrived yet... and Yidong was about to leave from here. Once we return to the Imperial Tomb Guard's quarters, we won't have such a good chance..." She said slowly and clearly.
"So, I think, this is what I have to do. . . . for Director Kondo, for you—"
"Eliminate the traitors of the Shinsengumi."
The author has something to say:
February 10:
The number of words on this week's list is [-], so it is almost equal to [-] words per day, and it will take five days to update.
Sorry for not updating yesterday, I feel down because something happened T_T
Then there was no inspiration at night, and I felt better after re-reading the Taiga Drama Shinsengumi, so a new idea appeared, and I expected to write it tomorrow.