As soon as the name was spoken, there was a moment of silence at the scene.

Then, it was Kiyohara Yukiha who quietly broke the silence that suddenly made the atmosphere dull to the point of suffocation.

"It may be a bit rude to say that, but for some reason, there may be a god inquisitor who prefers knee pills. ”

Although she knew that her words were just a temptation, Kanno still raised her voice slightly with a little anxiety.

“...... However, not every God Inquisitor who prefers knee pills is handsome, short, and extremely strong, and has a bitter hatred for Mustache Cut!"

Despite the discussion of him and his brother, the fallen mustache still lowered his eyebrows and grasped his broken body knife, and stood there like a stone statue.

Even though his body had been deformed and bone spurs had grown due to the dark fall, and his eyes had degenerated into a terrible blood-red, he still looked handsome and had an outstanding temperament when he stood quietly, and indeed lived up to his name as "Genji's Heavy Treasure".

And to be able to persecute such a person who has lost his life to such an extent...... If it's not the kind of person who is born with a twisted and radical personality, then it's-

Is there really a reason to hate him—or whoever he represents?

A cold wind blows through the woods in 1869. This may be her last hiding place after she can no longer return to her hometown and future.

For the sake of the mother-in-law Hibiki who has never met, will she be able to do this?

However, the answer gradually emerged in my heart.

No, not for Granny Hibiki.

At first, I became curious about Hibiki's mother-in-law, after I was chosen to be the inquisitor. Because my parents have been talking at home about how wonderful Granny Hibiki was, who also served as a god judge, and even dedicating her youth and life for the sake of high justice, and dying young at a young age, I have a moderate longing for such a wonderful Granny Hibiki.

However, after tracking down the deeds of Xiangzi's mother-in-law, I gradually discovered that the truth was not a beautiful story at all.

An ordinary girl who brings out her potential, fights a terrible enemy she has never heard of for the sake of passion and justice, grows and strengthens herself on the way, and finally wins the love of the noble, handsome, gentle and powerful gods who have always accompanied her in the battle—this is the story woven by her family and friends who do not know the truth, for the sake of Hibiki's mother-in-law.

This is not true. With a beautiful vision of being deceived by lies, joining yourself as a god judge looks like a joke.

What's worse is that the last series of steps in her life from her retirement to her death seem to be shrouded in fog.

The gentle and handsome gods were not in love, and they agreed to stay by her side only because they could not refuse the lord's request. The earnest boss kicked her away like an empty bottle. In the end, Granny Hibiki, who died silently in an unknown place, was able to grasp that none of them were real or meaningful. ——This kind of life, leaving oneself as a junior, is not to follow, not to envy, but to hate and pity.

Now that I think about it, how did it all start? Was it because I felt deceived and betrayed, and did I feel the urge for anger and revenge? Or because in the process of investigating the truth and revenge, I unexpectedly found myself falling in love with the god who didn't like me at all, just like Granny Hibiki?

In order to be angry with him, in order to prove that she is smarter, stronger, and more actionable than Granny Hibiki, she has carried out her original will and has been working hard to investigate, trying to prove that she has the ability and wisdom to act as the savior of those inquisitors who have been cannon fodder by the government of the time like Granny Hibiki. However, in the end, she didn't have that much ability, so she could only take the opportunity to carry out the mission together and escape from her colleagues in the last moments before the incident, and put all the blame on the colleague who carried out the mission with her - the nasty woman who finally won the love of the gods, Kiyohara Yukiha.

And now, the nasty woman still stands calmly in front of her. Behind her, she kept saying that the people she had once followed had died there. However, this cruel reality still seems to be unable to shake her will and determination.

...... So, at the end of the day, you can rely on a little bit of the strong opponent that you will defeat, right?

I can't go back. It's the same as Hibiki's mother-in-law. And the one who caused himself and Granny Hibiki to fall into such a situation, in addition to his own weakness and ignorance, there should be a culprit that needs to be investigated-

So, she can do it by entrusting the obligation to expose these tragedies to Kiyohara Yukiha, right?!

Kannaku smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head.

"I can't go back. She said abruptly in an unusually brisk tone.

"However, there are many truths hidden there...... Don't you want to know how Gen Yoshitsune, as a historical figure, escaped that doomed cruel fate?"

She paused for a moment, looked at Qingyuan Yukiye's calm eyes, and turned her face slightly in the direction of the woods behind them, and took a dose of fierce medicine.

"Don't you want to know, as a historical figure who is also destined to die young, how can Gen Yoshitsune escape that fate, but Hijikata Suizo must be plotted and tragically sacrificed here here in Hakodate again and again?!"

"Don't you want to know why Hijikata didn't have such an opportunity to come to your side and survive as your fellow Inquisitor?"

"Qingyuan-kun......" she dragged out her last note slightly, and there seemed to be a sigh of empathy in her voice.

"Think about it! His ideals can be implemented in the era to come...... Wielding a sword, he fights for the great righteousness of maintaining the peace of the world, and no one can fail to recognize his achievements and exploits......"

She peered into her opponent's face and suddenly changed the subject.

"He respects the value of the sword, and he can give the sword the best play...... He would be a better candidate for the Inquisitor than Gen Yoshijing, but the government of time didn't choose him—don't you want to know why? Don't you want to fight for him if you have the chance?"

She asked several questions in one go, believing that she had enough weight, but her opponent remained unmoved. This made her more and more agitated.

"Is that how you treat the people who love you, Kiyohara Yukiba?!" she exclaimed.

"You don't have to hide anything from me. As a woman, you and I both know in our hearts—why would he treat you differently if it weren't for the fact that he had at least a special affection for you?, but don't tell me that you're a better swordsman than all the swordsmen of the Shinsengumi—" she shouted, her screaming violently and her muscles bursting out.

"His love for you is not worth it for you to fight for him a chance to realize his ideals and be able to survive!"

Before she could finish speaking, there was a sudden choking sound beside her.

It's one of the Fu mourning gods who has been cautiously trying to suppress his feelings since he walked out of the woods, keeping silent, and standing vigilantly behind Kiyohara Yukiro.

At this moment, his palm moved slightly, and he pulled out the sword in the sheath with a choking sound. His face flushed, and the veins on his forehead bulged out, as if he could no longer bear the excitement and anger that her words had aroused in him, and he bowed slightly, took a step, and exclaimed, "Damn it——! if you continue to talk nonsense, I will never spare you——!!"

There was no Rin-in-a-kami, and his expression was grim. Almost at the same time, Kiyohara Yukiha, who had been silent and almost indifferent, raised his left hand like lightning and placed it in front of Izumi Morikane, blocking his movements.

"Kane-san, no!"

Izumi Mamoru paused.

"Why?!" he asked rhetorically in disbelief, still resting his hand on the hilt of his sword in a fit of rage, glaring at the woman in front of him who dared to make up the deputy chief and his current lord.

"It's really infuriating to have such an attitude as a sinner who has taken off! Even if you put it in the past, you don't have to say more to her! Didn't it say in the law in the bureau, if you take it off without permission, you will have to cut your stomach-"

"There is no law in the game anymore!" Kiyohara Yukiha suddenly raised his voice an octave, interrupting Izumi Morikane's angry remarks.

Izumi Shou was stunned.

"Hey...... Don't be incited by her!" His voice was suddenly lowered by her muffling, but the admonition was still strong, perhaps with a hint of concern and anxiety.

"The law does not disappear with the death of man. ...... Aren't you supposed to know this better than anyone else?"

Although his voice was a little lower, Izumi's tone was not empty. Perhaps because he was confident that what he said was the most correct truth, he stared at the former Shinsengumi Ichiban Group leader in front of him, and said vigorously:

"Mr. Hijikata, I once turned down the invitation of the Frenchmen here. Although I don't quite understand ...... But I remember that the Frenchmen appreciated his talent and wanted to ask him to be an officer. However, Mr. Hijikata almost immediately refused......"

As he spoke, he raised his head with his chest held up, as proud as he was proud.

"Because Mr. Hijikata has his own beliefs and will. Whether it is a Frenchman, a future government of time, an officer, or a judge of the gods...... He wouldn't have done anything else if he had left everything here behind and gone somewhere else to do something! Because this is Mr. Hijikata! The pillar that supported the shogunate to the end! Even if the shogun had been able to support the shogunate for so long, if there was no Mr. Hijikata, it would have collapsed immediately......"

At this point, his voice darkened a little along with his tone, but he immediately tried to cheer himself up, and said in a loud voice:

"Have you forgotten Mr. Hijikata's last words of death, Yukiba-kun! He doesn't need you to fight for him to have any chance to live! He knows what his fate is, and he accepts it frankly, this is the great thing about Mr. Hijikata!"

He saw the bright dark eyes of the Divine Inquisitor in front of him widening wider. There was a glint of water in those dark crystal eyes.

When he said these words, he actually wanted to cry a little.

Just now, he once again witnessed Mr. Hijikata's last moments.

It was torture to experience the same moment every time, but he was sure that he had not mistaken Mr. Hijikata's true intentions.

If he hadn't been ready to sacrifice himself for the last time, he wouldn't have sent his little surname Tetsunosuke Ichimura back to his hometown in Hinojuku with him for a long time, the sword he had been with him for a long time and had followed him through countless battles.

Therefore, he must not let her be led astray by someone's unreasonable nonsense now. Mr. Hijikata's good consciousness can't be distorted by others so simply!

"Yukiba-kun, do you know what Mr. Hijikata's last words of death were!" he shouted loudly, emphasizing once again.

"If you know, read it out loud, and if you read it, you will surely understand what he really means—"

He saw her dark eyes, washed by tears, slowly turn twice.

Then, the corners of her lips slowly curled upward.

"Lonely Minister's Death on Ezo Island, Loyal to the Soul of the East ...... Forever," she whispered, word by word, and at the end she blinked her eyelids, and a teardrop fell down her cheek with a snap.

"I see. She said.

Before Izumi could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard her say something terrible.

"I want to respect Mr. Hijikata's will. In the same way, I want to seek the truth. ”

Izumi Shoukanji: "What ——?!"

The former Shinsengumi Ichiban Group Acting Team Leader took a deep breath.

When this sentence was spoken, it was as if the wooden cork that was deeply wedged into her heart was suddenly pulled open, and the aura on Kiyohara Yukiha's body, which had been the acting leader of the Ichiban Group of the Shinsengumi, suddenly burst out.

"Mr. Hijikata wants to uphold his faith, so let me defend justice. ”

She said firmly.