After leaving the Kaneko Mansion, Hijikata, Yanagizumi, and the other Shinsengumi team members ran along the darkening mountain path.

Twilight has covered the entire forest.

Suddenly, in the shadows of the dense forest ahead, several figures with guns flashed.

"Hey, you guys, stop me, what are you doing in this place!?"

Hijikata didn't say a word, and he didn't slow down at all, but quickly pulled out the knife at his waist in the process of rushing forward, rushed forward with an indomitable momentum, and swung it down with great strength when the opponent was caught off guard.

"Get out of my way!!!Don't get in my way!!"

There were a few smacks, accompanied by the dull sound of the blade splitting the flesh and the screams of the other party, and several corpses fell to the ground with a thud in an instant.

Hijikata finally stopped, standing in front of the corpses of the new government soldiers, his right hand swinging the sword, the blood droplets on the blade, his face gloomy as if a storm was about to erupt.

"You're really unlucky, I'm in a terrible mood right now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another shout was heard on the hillside not far away, accompanied by the click of the bolt of the gun.

"Who are you?!"

Everyone looked back together, and saw a dozen soldiers in the uniforms of the new government army lined up on the top of the slope, as well as a small leader or something like a knife pointed in their direction.

Luckily, it looked like there were only three people on the other side with guns. Unfortunately, it is not known how many people are still lying in ambush at the top of the slope without revealing their figures.

Hijikata was stunned, quickly weighed the situation, and immediately ordered: "Shimada, I'll contain you here." You lead everyone to break through the enemy's encirclement from the mountain road next to you, and leave quickly!"

Shimada, who is big and loyal, is not stupid, and knows that now is not the time to push or twist. He replied simply, "Yes!" and then turned to the other team members and shouted, "Everyone follow me!"

Shimada and the rest of the team turned to the right and ran into another wood. However, Liu Quan, the acting leader of the Ichiban group, stood still in place.

In the face of a sudden and intractable enemy, she is also thinking quickly about countermeasures.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to really follow the orders of the deputy commander and leave him here alone to contain the enemy. However, trying to persuade the deputy chief not to fight alone like one enemy and ten enemies and send him to death, the deputy chief was deeply hit by the fact that Kondo-san left him alone in the Kaneko-san mansion and himself led the soldiers to retreat, and now that the small universe has exploded, it is obviously impossible to succeed. So she'd better hurry up and think of some other way to fight her way out of the predicament in front of her.

Taking advantage of the short time before the outbreak of this small encounter, Liu Quan was in a hurry, picked up the infantry/gun left behind by the enemy soldiers on the ground who had been slashed by Hijikata with lightning speed, and frantically called the system bacteria in his brain.

[Hey!System bacteria!Human life is at stake!!If you can still allow me to redeem huàn skills, quickly give me how to use the step/gun!!]

Although she suddenly blocked her top skills last time, the system bacteria still did not abandon the player.

It popped up almost immediately.

Approve the player's request.] Players who apply for the "Advanced Firearms Use" skill need to deduct 150,000 points, is it possible to redeem huàn?]

Liu Quan didn't have time to think more about whether this point requirement was more or less, whether it was considered a robbery while the fire was burning, and resolutely replied: [Yes!

The system announced in an old-fashioned tone: [The player has successfully redeemed the huàn "Advanced Firearms Use" skill. Good luck. 】

Then he dived again without warning.

Liu Quan gritted his teeth, picked up the foot/gun that seemed to be extraordinarily heavy and unlucky, and following a new instinct that had emerged in his body, he put the butt of the gun against his right shoulder, squinted his left eye and tried to aim.

It was strange that at that moment, as if she had shot this old-fashioned rifle like this countless times, the enemy in the distance seemed to be extremely clear in her field of vision, and the rough crosshair seemed to become extremely accurate, accurately targeting an unfortunate enemy for her.

Before Hijikata continued to draw his sword and rush forward, determined to fight the enemy soldiers armed with the latest foreign guns of this era, the crisp sound of gunfire suddenly rang out behind him.

"Bang!"

An enemy soldier with a gun at the top of the slope fell in response.

Liu Quan didn't have time to be complacent, and quickly locked on to the next enemy. The same guy with a gun.

"Bang!

Several gunshots rang out in succession.

Of course, there are times when there are shortages, but the "advanced firearm use" skill of [Produced by System Bacteria, Must Be a Boutique] really lives up to the golden sign of System Bacteria, as well as the word "advanced" in its name.

Both the speed and the accuracy are simply terrible. For someone who has only played a laser shooter game in a playground in the Bunsen world, the results of Willow Spring's first use of the old-fashioned foot/gun are simply amazing.

Before she could use all the bullets in the rifle she had picked up, the three only enemy soldiers with guns at the top of the slope had already received their lunches.

Liu Quan didn't have time to be complacent, "It turns out that labor and management still have a bit of talent for being snipers", and saw that the deputy commander was only delayed for a moment because of the gunfire coming from behind him, and then after seeing the three gunmen fall to the ground and die, he continued to rush to the top of the slope with a knife and was not afraid of death, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Hey-wait!!I'll go too!!" she immediately bent down and picked up a foot/gun left behind by an enemy soldier from the ground, and rushed up the hill after the figure of Hijikata.

...... However, the deputy chief of the small universe eruption, as long as he faces an enemy who only holds a sword instead of a gun, he can go forward and achieve the final victory.

Liu Quan felt as if she had climbed to the top of the slope a few minutes late, but the first thing she could see was that the deputy commander was shuttling among a dozen enemy soldiers, waving the sword "Izumi Shoukan Kansei" with a swift and agile attitude like a god, and where the cold blade passed, bright red blood gushed out, and the enemy who had no power to fight back fell heavily to the ground, and the blood that flowed red stained the ground on the slope.

And in that bright red land, Hijikata stood with his back to her, facing the sunset.

The orange-red twilight haze had stained the sky red, and the surrounding treetops had been painted with a beautiful golden color. There are orange clouds floating in the sky, and no matter how you look at it, it looks like the most ordinary, most beautiful twilight that is no different from usual.

However, Hijikata's shoulders slumped slightly, and he stood there with his head bowed, still holding the famous sword he had used to kill the enemy in his right hand. Under the beautiful sunset, his slender figure is no longer straight, looking lonely and lonely, with a sense of wordless sadness.

Liu Quan couldn't help but slowly put down the step/gun in his hand. Then, as soon as her hand was released, the □□ fell heavily to the ground with a thud.

As if alarmed by this voice, Hijikata finally spoke.

“...... Shimada they, did they manage to escape. ”

Liu Quan hesitated.

"I guess it'...... because we've already killed all the enemies......"

Hearing her answer, he paused.

“...... Is it. There seemed to be a deep sigh in his voice.

"You, hurry up now. He said suddenly, without warning.

Liu Quan: ?!

"You say...... What?!" She couldn't believe her ears.

Hijikata was silent for a few seconds before answering her, and then said in a somewhat painful tone, "You go." ...... Go somewhere else by yourself and don't stay in such a dangerous place anymore......"

At first it sounded like he was telling her to get out of the place where a fierce battle had just taken place. But for some reason, she just knew that he meant something else.

She pretended not to understand the true meaning of his words.

"I'm not afraid of such a dangerous place. She replied calmly, "I'm a member of the Shinsengumi, and I've only passed the rigorous test of joining the team—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Hijikata suddenly let out a low chuckle.

...... Tooth failure, visual inspection deputy chief, this is a harbinger of entering the blackened ghost animal branch line or a disheartened plot?!

Before Liu Quan could figure out how to drag the deputy chief back from the dangerous road, he heard Hijikata speak lightly.

"yes, you're a very capable guy. Just now, I saw a new skill. ...... How much else do you have to hide from anyone to see......"

Willow Springs: ...... Tennis, count.

However, of course she knew that this was not the time to complain or joke!

"Do you dare to stay here? I'm a soul bleak that even my own generals would dare to abandon?!"

Liu Quan: ......!?

As soon as he made a start, the fierce feelings of anger, self-blame, remorse, and pain that had been barely suppressed in the heart of the deputy chief, who had been silent since he escaped from the Kaneko Mansion, burst out.

“...... I don't deserve to be trusted or followed by anyone. So you should hurry up and go—"

Liu Quan finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Why should I go?!...... Have you forgotten that you didn't tell me in the first place, 'Your future behavior of planning to quit the Shinsengumi, for whatever reason, is a violation of the law of the game, and you must have a seppuku!'!" she raised her voice slightly, barely holding back the angry and powerless pain that was churning in her chest.

Perhaps because she mentioned the law of the bureau he had formulated, Hijikata's back trembled slightly. Then, he lowered his head a little lower, and his hands clenched into fists, as if he was barely suppressing some kind of intense emotion in his heart.

"Is it 'the law of the game'...... What am I doing all this qiē for......" he muttered to himself, his voice inevitably shaking.

"What the hell did I get all this way for?......!Is it just to hand over Kondo-kun to the enemy at that time?......!"

Hijikata's voice was hoarse, as if he was about to cry bitterly. As if to mobilize the strength of his whole body to resist and suppress that impulse, he shivered with patience.

"I have been trying hard to support him and send him to a higher and higher place, to make him a true and noble samurai recognized by the world...... and I have always wanted to see how poor dojo owners and common people like us, who were born in the countryside and looked down upon, could go by their own efforts...... I thought he would be happy if I did that...... It turned out to make him feel embarrassed, and it made him get to where he is today......!"

His voice snapped off, and a moment later, he let out a suffocating roar.

"Why am I the only one standing here now?!Why would I leave Kondo-kun alone and escape by myself?!"