novelraw Chapter 693 [Chapter 4] 116
Chapter 693 [Chapter 4] 116
The moon is dark and the wind is high.
A group of men carried a caged sedan chair and ran quickly on the street in the middle of the night.Their footsteps were chaotic, and if you look carefully, you can also see a trace of panic in their expressions; to be precise, they should show a state of leaderless.
Their goal is very clear - to rush to the intersection of Shichijo Street and Yukoji Street, and then immediately squat down in disorder to check the body of Ito Kokotaro who was discarded there.Afterwards, some of them uttered angry shouts and howls of grief.
"Sir!... Ah, who murdered you, sir!!"
"What kind of people from Tosa... Mr. is wise, it is impossible to rashly conflict with those people!"
"No, Mister must have been assassinated by those people from the Shinsengumi...those guys, the murder group from the countryside..."
"Hurry up and bring over the cage, we can't let Mr. lie on the ground like this..."
On the wall of a certain house by the road, leaning against a dozen bamboo poles.Wooden boxes for storage and storage are stacked under the bamboo poles, forming an excellent hiding place.
Behind the cover of bamboo poles and wooden boxes, Yongcang Shinpachi said in a low voice: "...there are more people than expected."
Liu Quan was lying in ambush near Yongcang, when he heard this sentence, his eyes flickered slightly.
There are only three people besides Yongcang and Harada that the deputy chief sent to Youxiaolu tonight.Perhaps it was because there were not many guards in the imperial mausoleum, and the deputy chief thought that helpers like the three Ping soldiers who did not know the truth did not need to be dispatched too much, so as not to let Ping Zhu go in the chaos of the war and let the wind leak or show his flaws; So now when Yongcang took a look at it, there were more than a dozen people on the other side, who had an advantage in numbers, so he couldn't help being a little annoyed.
Although I don't know the exact number of people who participated in the battle in the history of the Youxiaolu Incident, the current disparity between the number of the enemy and the enemy is nearly one to four, which still makes Liu Quan slightly frowned, and a bad feeling emerges in his heart.
Is this... also because the time retrograde army has already intervened? !
Liu Quan watched Yongcang slowly draw out his saber, followed by himself, followed Yongcang and Yuantian out of hiding place, and quickly surrounded the group of people in the middle of the street.
Although the difference in numbers made this so-called siege look a bit ridiculous, none of the imperial tomb guards who realized they were being ambushed by the Shinsengumi could laugh.
Needless to say a word, as if this is enough to make them understand that tonight will be a long and endless night of darkness; the guards of the Imperial Tomb drew out the knives at their waists, lined up silently, and pointed at the light-clothed onion in front of them. Six people of Irohaori.
Since one's own side is at a disadvantage, there is no need to stick to anything.Yongcura glanced at Hirasuke, who was standing in the Imperial Tomb Guards' camp and also raised his sword, and then yelled loudly, launching the first attack.
In the middle of the night, on the originally quiet street, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly shook the sky.
Of course, the guards of the Imperial Tomb were not all the ones who were just trying to catch their reputation, and boasted in vain. There were quite a few of them who were not low in force, and they caused some troubles for Yongcang, Yuantian and Liuquan.
Of course, there is Pingsuke among them.
It's not the same as the Hirasuke boy in her memory. Although the Hirasuke here has a thin and young face, he has undoubtedly grown into a young man.
Although complex and painful emotions rolled in his eyes when he watched Yongcura and Harada, Ito's death undoubtedly caused him a great mental shock, which made him feel emotionally still in the new election. He wavered back and forth between the group and the Imperial Tomb Guards, but firmly (?) stood on the side of the Imperial Tomb Guards.
I don't know if it was God's will or a coincidence, not long after the battle started, Hirasuke faced Liu Quan between frequent offensive and defensive transitions and changing positions.
When the eyes of the two met in the air for the first time tonight, Liu Quan noticed that there was a look of surprise in Heisuke's eyes.
Of course, this look of astonishment had already appeared on Heisuke's face when she saw her jumping out with Yongcang and Harada just now—after all, as the former member of the Royal Tomb Guards, "Qingyuan", now he is back again. Standing with the members of the Shinsengumi; and the appearance of Yongcang and Harada, and even the appearance of "Qingyuan" with them, can make others infer a conclusion——
Kiyohara was appointed by the director and deputy director of the Shinsengumi.Moreover, he has won the trust of the director and the deputy director, so he can participate in the task of intercepting and killing the guards of the Royal Tomb after leaving the Shinsengumi and serving as a guard of the Royal Tomb for so long-this shows his loyalty and firmness, It was approved by Shinsengumi Director Kondo and Deputy Director Hijikata.
However, Hirasuke has suffered a double blow just now—first, Saito took the initiative to reveal his undercover identity and left the Royal Tomb Guard; then Mr. Ito's death, in such a cold night, lying alone on the street , There are still condensed, hard and cold bloodstains on the clothes.
Now, it's Qingyuan again!Standing on the side of his former companion, wearing a light green haori, as if he made such a huge mistake of leaving the Shinsengumi and joining the Royal Tomb Guards, he could not shake his confidence, because all the betrayal of the Shinsengumi and The recognition of Mr. Ito is all fake, it's all played out by him!
Thinking about it now, Kiyohara never really recognized Mr. Ito, nor did he really regard Mr. Ito or him as his companion; Sorry days, what are those two doing?Are you secretly laughing at his stupidity, ignorance, and wishful thinking? !
This kind of self-loathing caused by the conflict between the two camps is mixed with the firm confidence in Kiyohara and Saito from the beginning without making a wrong choice, so now you can easily get rid of the side that restrains you and return to yourself The envy of the camp that really wants to stay; and the fact that I naively thought Mr. Ito as my teacher and a talent that the Shinsengumi desperately needed and kindly invited him to join, but was concealed by the other party. , the self-hatred and regret that led to the split of the Shinsengumi and the departure of Mr. Shannan and a series of tragedies, mixed in Todo Heisuke's heart, forming a rapidly rotating vortex.
The vortex kept expanding, and finally wanted to turn into a black hole, as if it would swallow his reason and his whole body in the next moment.
Hirasuke suddenly let out a loud roar.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!!"
Before the shouts fell, he had already launched an attack on Qingyuan in front of him.
Perhaps because of thoughts and feelings such as "It doesn't matter if you die here today, because you have to bear such pain, conflicts and regrets, life is really worse than death", what Hirasuke used was to completely ignore and kill the enemy. A desperate Saburo-style trick that hurts one thousand and eight hundred.
This made Liu Quan's style of play that focused on blocking at the beginning and didn't intend to hurt him suddenly became very difficult.
After all, Liu Quan didn't intend to be unfavorable to Hirasuke at first.Because according to historical records, it was not the team member named "Qingyuan" from the Shinsengumi who killed Hirasuke.In fact, on this night in history, that "Qingyuan" was away on a business trip in Ise, so he escaped unharmed.Now that there is no way to fight in the name of "Qingyuan", she also hopes to try not to be too active, so as not to violate the authenticity of history on this point——
She turned abruptly to the right, dodging Hirasuke's blow.The blade of the tachi was cut almost flat against her face, and the wind brought by the blade even brushed the broken hair on her temples.
Liu Quan:! ! !
She looked up sharply.
The facial features on Hirasuke's face in front of him were almost all twisted together, showing a desperate expression, and his eyes shot out a light that was so stubborn that it was almost painful and distorted; after seeing her dodge the blow in a thrilling manner, his pupils widened slightly A little older, he quickly lowered his brows and narrowed his pupils, showing a fierce look, and his nose was slightly wrinkled. Holding the handle of the knife with both hands, he jumped forward again, and swung the blade at her.
"Drink!"
Liu Quan had no choice but to raise his hand hastily.
With a clang, the blade of the knife in her hand collided with Hirasuke's blade in mid-air, making a low and ominous sound.
Liu Quan held Hirasuke's knife with all his strength, because he pursed his lips slightly and wrinkled the tip of his nose, as if he had exhausted all his strength, trying to slowly press down her blade with brute force until he let go——
Liu Quan was quick to gain wit and kicked in the air.
There was a rustling sound, and the dust on the leveled street suddenly flew up.
Pingzhu subconsciously let go of his strength.The next moment he heard Qing Yuan on the opposite side yell, and the knife in his hand shook vigorously, swinging his blade away.
Before Hirasuke had time to be upset—because the little advantage he had just gained was wiped out by the opponent’s coup in an instant—he heard his opponent’s proud voice raised, carelessly, as if he wanted to piss him off Same.
"Hey! How about this trick 'Spreading the earth and blinding the eyes'!"
Pingsuke: "..."
For some reason, he froze for a moment, then lowered his gaze slightly, and smiled as if lost.
"It turns out...the person who has never changed is you." He whispered as if talking to himself.
Liu Quan:?
Hirasuke continued: "And those of us, have we all changed..."
Liu Quan: "..."
She began to understand a little bit what Hirasuke wanted to express.However, due to the position, personality and identity of the loyal team member of the Shinsengumi and the undercover "Qing Yuan" among the guards of the Imperial Tomb, she can't say anything more; so she can only smile wryly, After deliberating for a while, grasping the setting as "Qingyuan", he replied cautiously: "...It's not too late. As long as Hirasuke-kun comes back—"
Who knows which word in this sentence touched Hirasuke's already fragile nerves.He suddenly raised his head, and suspicious tears welled up in those big, bright pupils that looked like teenagers.
He shouted loudly: "...NO!!"
Liu Quan:! ! !
She opened her eyes slightly, staring at the excited Hirasuke in surprise.
As for Hirasuke, perhaps he also noticed her surprise, the previous aura suddenly disappeared, he smiled lightly as if he was lost, and lowered his voice.
"Yeah...it's impossible."
His voice was low as a whisper.
"No matter how much you want to go back to the way it was before...it's impossible..."
Liu Quan:! ?
In the doujin world she experienced, she didn't actually witness the scene where Hirasuke was seriously injured in Yukoji.Because when she accepted Shannan's follow-up order and hurried to Youxiaolu, Hirasuke was seriously injured enough to threaten her life. In addition, the big steward of the ghost clan, Amegiri Jiushou, led the soldiers of the Satsuma army, and faced Sai, who was fighting alone. The vines formed a siege, so she didn't think about Heisuke at all, and quickly jumped into the battle.
Afterwards, when I returned to the village, although I heard that Hirasuke had to drink water to become a Rakshasa because of his serious injuries, he had the opportunity to prolong his life by several years compared with history; so the truth of losing such a companion The feeling and pain were also delayed for several years, and the location was also postponed from Yukoji to Sendai City.
So now standing on the street of Yukoji, beside the corpses of several imperial tomb guards, including the real Kokotaro Ito, facing this young man who looked like he was just in his early 20s, she suddenly felt There was a real sense—and pain—that he was about to lose an important companion here and now.
She couldn't help but widen her eyes, staring intently at the young man who was about to lose his young life, and there was an impulse in her heart to comfort him at the last moment of his life; she couldn't help taking a step forward, and said : "No, Hirasuke-kun... everyone is obviously waiting for you to come back—"
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly opened her eyes wide!
Because she saw behind Hirasuke, a soldier in Shinsengumi's light green haori, suddenly raised the sword in his hand high towards Hirasuke's body!
Her first subconscious reaction was to shout out a warning to Hirasuke, telling him to "be careful behind you!".However, the tenacious and solid rationality that has been tempered through long-term training and tossing around in multiple worlds suddenly emerged from the depths of her body, and then dominated her entire body, causing her to open her mouth slightly. , the warning words "Be careful of sneak attacks from behind!" suddenly turned into a hard lump, choked in her throat, and firmly blocked all the passages for her to speak.
She made no sound at all.
Even raising her hand and pointing at Hirasuke's back as a warning, her body that has been dominated by a stubborn and almost cold and powerful reason, did not make it.
Sometimes, on a ruthless battlefield—or rather, at a juncture in history—a subtle dislocation or lag in time or space can trigger completely different consequences.
Like now.
Liu Quan watched helplessly as the soldier from the Xinxuan Group Ping team slashed down with a swish.Then there was a toothache, small dull sound under the sharp blade, and the blade sliced through human flesh.Even in such a dark night, Liu Quan could still see a cloud of blood erupting from Hirasuke's back!
Liu Quan:! ! !
"No! Hirasuke-kun!!" she yelled.
Almost at the same time, Hirasuke, who seemed to be immersed in fighting and talking with her before, and forgot to guard against the sneak attacking enemy behind him, his body shook suddenly, his expression was instantly distorted by the severe pain, and he let out a scream.
Then, he seemed to immediately forget about the opponent in front of him, and turned around staggeringly, as if he wanted to fight back with a sword, to teach that vicious opponent who had no Shidao spirit at all and dared to sneak attack from behind the opponent.
However, his movements of turning around and swinging the knife have become extremely slow and rigid due to the serious injury and sudden massive blood loss, like a puppet.
Before he could raise the knife, the sneak attacker behind him, whose face was distorted by excitement, surprise, fear, panic, etc., attacked again first, holding the handle of the knife with both hands , swung the knife towards Heisuke's face.
Swish.
Hirasuke's head and neck, following the opponent's knife, suddenly fell back.
Liu Quan:! ?
Before she rushed up to stop the team member who was eager to do great work and who was afraid of the leader of the original Shinsengumi No. [-] team who sneaked up from behind, Yongcang's angry voice sounded behind her:
"Hey!! Miura, you bastard - stop!!"
Perhaps it was because of hearing Nagakura's roar, Heisuke, who was already on the verge of collapse, turned half of his body back staggeringly and tenaciously, as if he wanted to take another look at Nagakura and his best friend back then. Harada.
However, this action caused Liu Quan, who had excellent eyesight, to immediately change color in shock.
Because this action made Hirasuke's front face her again, with the moonlight shining, she almost immediately saw that there was a terrifying huge wound on Hirasuke's face, slanting down from the forehead to the bridge of the nose, long and thin Deep, blood and flesh rolled, a large amount of blood gushing from the wound slid down both sides of Heisuke's nose, staining most of the lower half of his face red.
Liu Quan felt that the blood in his whole body froze in an instant.
As if her blood had frozen, she felt chills all over her body, and even her vision blurred.She felt that she opened her mouth uncontrollably, trying to call Heisuke's name, but her voice was stuck somewhere and couldn't come out.
In her blurred and blurred vision, Hirasuke shook a few more times.Then, he fell to the ground in front of her.
He fell face down, and the blood gushing from the huge and terrifying wound on his face immediately stained the small pavement under his face red.His knife fell not far from him.
Liu Quan seemed to hear Harada's voice, and shouted with a heart-piercing feeling that didn't fit his swordsman personality: "Pingzhu!!!"
The author has something to say:
February 11:
I'm sorry everyone, these two days I'm finally tired... I have a severe viral cold, and no medicine is too effective...
This week's list, I finally didn't put everyone's pigeons on the list [gratified face]
I don't know if it will be on the list next week. If there is, I will continue to work hard. Of course, if not, I will continue to work hard!
In short, there will be all kinds of huge brain holes in the future, and everyone's favorite sword may also debut for the first time [Wai Xiao
I will not update on Thursday, let me delay for a day.Update on Friday~~