Hijikata knelt beside her, panting, leaning down to stare at her face. His beautiful features had been distorted by the sudden fright, his face was pale, and cold sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead. His body seemed to tremble violently as his gaze made contact with a weak eye that peeked out from under her laboriously propped eyelids.

"In the end...... What the hell is going on?!you...... Are you okay?!"

He didn't need to ask any more to see the blood oozing from her lower left abdomen, which had stained the part of the coat that was identical to the one he was wearing, a strange dark reddish black-brown.

Her head was buzzing, she felt the blood vessels near her temples throbbing and pounding, her whole body was hot and cold, she opened her mouth, but the sound seemed to be in her throat, and she didn't say anything at first.

The expression on Hijikata's face seemed to be about to lose his coolness, his eyebrows wrinkled into deep marks, he hesitated, and stretched out his hand to cover the blood stain on her left lower abdomen, but almost immediately retracted his hand as if he had been pricked by a needle, and as soon as he turned his palm, the red liquid stained with his palm was clearly displayed in front of his eyes. His face immediately lost its color, pale as if he were the one who had been shot.

"This ...... What's going on?!" His voice trembled clearly, and he raised his voice in a hoarse voice, and asked her sternly.

Liu Quan reluctantly tugged the corners of his lips upward, and it took a lot of effort to squeeze out a few words.

"No, it's okay...... It's just that...... Stray...... No, it's not a vital part......"

Hijikata's shoulders trembled violently. His gaze suddenly slid to the side, sliding over her short hair, tangled in blood and dust, that was scattered on the ground at the back of her head, and finally fixed on her oversized men's coat.

The look of confusion in his beautiful eyes flashed for only a moment, and then it was overtaken by extreme anger and pain. His expression distorted slightly, as if he had fully understood the trick she had played earlier in Wulengkuo.

"You...... You were going to dress up like me and go to Bentendaiba?!" he questioned her, as if incredulous.

"Why are you doing this?!...... Do you want to-" He sobbed with difficulty, and seemed to spit out the ominous inference below in great pain.

“…… Die for me?!"

"No...... That's not ......" Liu Quan immediately denied it, but she was dying from her serious injuries, and her voice was extremely weak, as if this rebuttal was not convincing at all.

Hijikata did not accept her claims.

“…… I'll take you back to Golengkaku right away. He gritted his teeth and glared at her face, and his gaze turned to the left of her lower abdomen, where the new blood seemed to have ceased to seep out, but the large dark stain of blood was enough to be shocking.

He made a quick decision, temporarily abandoning her motives and the truth of the matter, and reached out to her knees and shoulders, as if intending to pick her up.

The horse he rode on took a few steps beside him, snorting and snorting.

"No......," Liu Quan stopped in a low voice. Hijikata's hand, which was about to touch her body, froze in mid-air almost immediately, looking down at her pale face in amazement.

On the way here, what did the phylogenetic bacteria say?

If your crazy plan succeeds, the only thing you have to consider will be how to get out of this world in a reasonable way.

Also, [Even if you fail, you will definitely be able to distract that person from Hijikata Suizo to pay attention to the unusual situation of your loss of contact here, and slow down his pace of going to Bentendaiba to die.] 】

Originally...... Unlocked the system bacteria of the [Attitude Pack], and it did hint at something important to her in her words.

Liu Quan slowly smiled towards the earth.

"I ...... I probably ...... Can only be followed...... Mr. Hijikata...... It's here......" She squeezed out the lethal line word by word from between her teeth with great difficulty.

The earthwork was suffocated, as if his breath had been temporarily stagnant for a few seconds. His face immediately turned purple, and he shouted in a suffocating voice, "You...... What do you say?!"

Liu Quan felt as if his consciousness might break free from his body at any moment and rise infinitely into the air. She struggled to tug at the river with the tremendous force that was about to carry her consciousness out of her shell, maintaining her consciousness for as long as she could, for another second.

…… I'm not completely sure that I can drag this person from death. How can you faint weakly now?!

"Please...... Please live, Hijikata...... Sir......" she struggled to say.

The pain in the left lower abdomen seemed to be less intense. It was as if almost all the life force had turned into hot blood and drained from that wound. With all his strength, Liu Quan barely raised a little right hand towards the earth.

The hand was almost immediately clasped into his hand. Their palms were stained with the sticky, warm red liquid that flowed from her body, and he gripped her hand as if he wanted to embed it into his flesh and body.

"Shinsengumi...... You are still needed...... Don't let it be spiritual...... Die today......" She felt as if her brain was gradually being injected with warm water, and it was like a warm laziness basking in the sun, as if she didn't want to move anything, didn't want to say anything, her brain stopped working, and she was able to say these words, completely because they had been a subconscious habit that she had repeatedly deliberated and silently recited in her heart countless times since a long, long time ago.

Strangely, she was gradually able to speak longer sentences. The pain in my body seems to have disappeared for a while.

…… Worst. But don't be a "back-to-the-light" thing......

This thought, which was akin to self-deprecation, instantly surfaced in her almost frozen brain, and Liu Quan slowly unfolded a pale and fluttering smile.

She grabbed Hijikata's large, slightly trembling hand with her backhand.

Hijikata was silent, as if he had solidified into a statue, motionless.

"Rest assured...... I'm not going to die like this...... I'm just a little tired......" she assured with a smile, her eyes falling on his undisguised look of grief.

“…… Please stop!!"

Hijikata, who had been silent all along, holding her hand, suddenly burst out with a roar without warning.

Liu Quan seemed to be startled, and immediately closed his mouth, his thin white teeth biting his lower lip, and with a confused and incomprehensible expression, he stared aggrievedly at his face as if he had become extremely angry.

"Lying, are you happy?!" he stared at her closely, his eyes seemed to erupt with anger, and as if he had been in extreme pain and would not use any embellishment, and his fierce words erupted at her, a seriously injured person.

"Why did you refuse to go back to Wulengguo?!Is it because of ...... You feel like you're going to die, there's no need to go back, or do you think you can't hold on anymore to get back there?!" He asked her pointedly, his words as direct and sharp as his saber "Izumi Mori Kanesada", splitting their hearts.

Ryuzumi looked at Hijikata's face flushed with anger in astonishment.

This isn't the first time she's been yelled at by the Shinsengumi's deputy chief...... But it must be the last time, right......?

She looked at his angry face with nostalgia, the corners of her lips slowly raised, and the smile on her face became real.

“…… I'm sorry. She apologized frankly, and a layer of helpless sadness gradually appeared in her eyes.

"I didn't expect it...... It's going to be like this...... "she still told a little lie," but ...... This realization...... Sent to ...... long ago When you do death...... It's already done......"

"My life...... Ran out...... But Mr. Hijikata's ...... Definitely not. Her breathing became extremely slow, her mind began to dizzy, and her vision began to blur a little, and she could not concentrate on everything as if she were going to see through a layer of blinding white light.

To tell the truth, is the death-free gold medal guaranteed by the system bacteria still effective...... ? !

However, even so, it is necessary to continue to complete the task...... Because I have paid such a huge price, if this world is going to collapse, I am too sorry for my huge sacrifice?!

"If I'm next to the Santu River...... Haven't waited long enough...... I saw Mr. Hijikata's words...... I will definitely ...... I hate you deeply?"

She said jokingly as if out of breath, but her expression was very serious.

"So...... Don't come too early and get annoying......"

Hijikata frowned as if he couldn't bear it, and closed his eyes tightly. But the fragile look on his face only stopped for a moment, and he soon opened his eyes again, and a look of determination appeared on his face, as if he had made up some kind of determination, and he stared at Liu Quan's face, which had completely lost its blood.

"Won't let you go there right now. He said simply.

Liu Quan was so tired that his eyes were about to close. She was struggling with the last of her strength, against the surging drowsiness that came in—

But Hijikata's words seemed to carry some kind of fierce and irreversible determination, and in an instant awakened Liu Quan's consciousness. She couldn't help but open her eyes slightly and look at his face in amazement.

“…… Earthwork...... ...... sir!?"