...... In fact, this is knowingly asked.

Of course, Yanagizumi knew that at this time, Hijikata had probably already led the remaining men and horses of the Shinsengumi out of Aizu and headed north to Sendai.

Only Saito remained.

Although it was not the little one who said goodbye to her in Aizu Castle in tears and promised to buy her endless cherry blossoms when she reunited, the unforgettable parting at that time is still engraved in the depths of her memory.

Now, where is that man, and the man who stayed to do his best for Aizu, hold up the last signposts of the samurai, and fight to the end for his beliefs?

Yanagizumi wasn't worried that the person in front of him would call Saitoichi here to confront her face to face.

Because Aizu at this moment is too weak to refuse any possible helper. Even if she has ulterior motives, even if she lies about where she came from...... Even if Saito here recognizes that she is not really a "Shinsengumi Ichiban Team Warrior Kiyohara", she can stay as long as she is willing to stay here for the final battle.

After tearing and parting with Koichi, after so much time, can she finally stay, stay in the ruined city of Aizu, do what she couldn't do at that time, and fight side by side with him?

The dark clouds slowly dispersed as the march was annihilated, but the sun did not return to the earth—Willow Springs only now realized that the setting sun hung weakly in the western sky, and the twilight stained half of the sky red.

It was already afternoon when they entered the city, and after a fierce battle, it was sunset.

However, the answer given by the person in front of them next surprised Liu Quan!

The man looked at the armband on Willow Spring's arm, and at her rightful attitude and expression, and at last seemed to take her word in disbelief, but he only shook his head at her question, and replied with an almost blank mechanical expression:

"Mr. Hijikata has led the rest of the Shinsengumi to the north of Sendai with the training team. ”

Liu Quan's expression moved slightly, revealing a surprised expression at the right time.

"How could it be ......?!Shogun, how could you give up Aizu ......?!"

Hearing such a surprised reaction, the man's rigid and stiff face finally fluctuated slightly.

“...... Because," he squirmed, as if trying to squeeze a stiff smile out of his long-unresponsive face, but failed.

“...... Those big guys are already desperate......"

Liu Quan's face was slightly dark.

The man who looked like an officer finally squeezed out a wry smile, but because he had been tortured by the brutal war for so long, even that wry smile seemed very rigid—to be honest, his face stained with black ash and gunpowder smoked as if there were no real emotional fluctuations, and any expression seemed to be a reluctant polite reaction rather than a real emotional projection—he swallowed and said in a more harsh tone: " Because, they think, Aizu will fall sooner or later. ”

Liu Quan didn't know what to say for a while.

Although she knew that this was the truth of history, and that she should not change it, she felt the need to say something in the face of such deep despair and sorrow;

“...... Yes. She finally squeezed a little sound out of her throat.

He didn't deny the young officer's words.

The officer's gaze moved slightly, but he didn't even express his anger, but just stared at her stiffly, as if waiting for her to say something more rude.

"The Shogun has given up a lot of people along the way......"

Liu Quan took a deep breath and felt that his voice was a little hoarse.

"It's not just the Aizu Domain, it's the same with the Shinsengumi. She said.

She had thought about it so many times in the old years that she was even so calm when she said it now.

"The Shinsengumi were assigned to fight in Kofu at that time, but they were actually sent to death. Whether it's Director Kondo or Deputy Director Hijikata, everyone knows this. ”

The officer finally tugged at the corners of his lips slightly, revealing a look of genuine surprise.

...... Maybe it's her lines at this moment that unexpectedly prove her claim to be a Shinsenkoto.

Liu Quan looked at him calmly.

"But we've also come to this point. Every battle has been fought hard...... Now, what we're fighting for is probably no longer the word 'general'......"

said something rebellious, but a slight smile bloomed on her face.

“...... It's faith. She said.

"There must be someone who is willing to stay and fight side by side with Aizu for the sake of Aizu's 300-year-old loyalty...... Until the last moment. ”

"Someone like that...... Like you, they are, true samurai. ”

Her voice fell, and the stiff and numb expression on the officer's face slowly cracked like a mask, and then, as the crack widened, until at last, the true expression of the mask forged by the long and arduous battle could be seen, and the officer sighed silently.

“...... If you're still looking for a team from the Shinsengumi, head out of town. He said simply and directly.

"Although the large army has already left with the training team, your Saito team leader has stayed behind with a dozen people, saying that he will guard Aizu with us. ”

He paused.

“...... Indeed, as you say. Yamaguchi-kun...... No, Saito-kun, a real samurai. ”

There seemed to be a look of unbearability in his gaze, but the weak expression disappeared in a moment. He looked directly at Liu Quan's face, and his voice seemed to erase all personal emotions, and he said unusually bluntly: "Now, they have gone out of the city to the Rulai Hall. ”

Liu Quan was greatly stunned.

"Rulaitang?!"

This place name is somewhat familiar. Before she could think of why she was so impressed, the officer said, "...... You get the idea, right? You're still in time to go to them. ”

...... Rulaido Raid!!

It was a fierce battle in which the new government forces attacked the Shinsengumi guarding Nyoraido at night during the Battle of Aizu, and almost no one was spared in that dangerous situation!

The historical term finally jumped out of the depths of Willow Spring's mind and turned into an alarm bell, buzzing and buzzing in her brain.

She suddenly understood the meaning of the officer's last words.

If you go to them now, you will still have time to see them alive...... If you go late, you'll have to bury their bodies - right?!

Liu Quan's face sank suddenly!

“...... I'll go right away. She said briefly, not even saying goodbye, and turned to leave.

The officer stared at the back of the young man who claimed to be the "Shinsengumi Ichiban Team Soldier Kiyohara".

He was dressed in a neatly fitting men's dress, the lower half of his slender legs were wrapped in a pair of knee-length black leather boots, he was of average height for a man, and he had a somewhat delicate baby face, but his aura was inexplicably strong—that momentum seemed to be generated by his experience and his deep belief in his swordsmanship, and in such a desperate end, his awe-inspiring confidence was like a strong will to sustain him and the people around him.

This dazzling belief was like a spark dancing in the darkness, and he had seen it in others—in Saito Ichi, the leader of the Shinsengumi Sanban Group, who had already led the last of his subordinates out of the city to Nurado.

At this moment, the young men and teenagers who had just repelled the strange monsters, all in different postures, but all holding knives instead of rifles, also gathered silently from all the places where they stood, followed behind the young team member of the Shinsengumi, and walked towards the city gate. In their direction, a deep twilight had fallen from the sky, as if it were about to descend on the earth and envelop the world.

As if realizing that this was probably the last figure he could see, the officer closed his eyes slightly, and then opened them again, and his expressionless face, which had been frozen into a cast of copper and iron, was frozen countless times of life and death, and re-revealed a wry smile, and muttered, "Ah...... Is this the 'Wolf of Mibo' back then......?"

And no one answered him. The soldier who had just escaped death stood stunned, looking around the tattered streets with a dreamy expression on his face—but the monsters that had almost taken his life were now invisible, not even the corpses remained.

Looking at his dazed subordinates, the officer slowly put away the wry smile on his face.

“...... Back then, the 'Mibu wolf' that roamed the streets of Kyoto probably looked like this. He said to himself.

And his evaluation, of course Liu Quan doesn't know.

She was leading the six mourning gods who followed her out of the battle, running in the fields outside Aizu Castle.

As soon as she heard the name of the place, she immediately realized that the key to this task must be here. After all, in history, on September 4, the fourth year of Keio, the most famous and important event that took place in Aizu should be the Nyorado attack.

Although she only had a vague impression of the term "Nyorado Raid", for example, the new government army attacked Nyorado at night, and there were only about a dozen people stationed there in the Shinsengumi, and many were wounded and killed in the fierce battle, but miraculously several people were able to break out of the siege and survive, including Saito Ichi, who was seriously wounded but still escaped from the enemy's encirclement, and finally survived.

At the moment, there are probably two options for marching back in time. The first is to assist the Shinsengumi to turn defeat into victory and annihilate the incoming new government forces - this idea is too difficult to implement, and the second is to kill the surviving members of the Shinsengumi against historical facts, such as the actual leader of the Aizu Shinsengumi, Saito Ichi!

Yes. Saito is the key figure. Liu Quan thought.

It makes no sense to attack the other Hei soldiers who survived or the ordinary cadres of the Shinsengumi who stayed in Aizu. Only Saito, the leader of the Shinsengumi Sanban Group, Saito Ichi, who replaced Hijikata in Aizu to lead the Shinsengumi, is the target of the Time-Traced March, there is no doubt about it!

Although he knew that Saito here was not the one who said goodbye to him outside Aizu Castle and said that he would buy her endless cherry blossoms when they met again again, Yanagizumi's anxious mood did not diminish in the slightest.

It is reasonable, for the sake of the task, or for the sake of human affection...... It's impossible to sit idly by, right?!

Liu Quan's face flashed with a fierce color, and he turned back to Fu Fu's mourning gods and shouted: "Let's rush to Nyolaido immediately! We must ensure the safety of the lives of the important members of the Shinsengumi who should have survived in the 'Nuraido Raid' that happened tonight! The time-traced march is most likely to attack them, after all, the current Aizu Castle still has the strength to fight, and it is not a place that can be captured in advance——"

Before she could finish her words, she heard a sneer from ahead.

There were farmlands and fields on both sides, and at this moment they stepped on a field path that was not much wider than the ridges.

And at the end of the road, there stood a slender figure. Behind that figure, there were also six mourning gods gathered there.

Liu Quan slowed his pace until he came to a complete stop a few steps away from the figure.

She felt for a moment that she should be a little surprised. And yet I felt as if I wasn't surprised.

She stopped, her chest rising and falling from the gallop she had just had, her breath panting slightly, and only a pair of eyes that were unusually bright with anxiety and anger stared directly at the figure that stood in her way.

"What the hell do you want to do, Miss Kanna?!" she asked, raising her voice.

And across from her, a bright and hypocritical smile slowly bloomed on Kanna's face.

"What do I want to do?" she said slowly, repeating Willow Quan's question, and then, smiling even wider.

“...... I want you dead. Her voice suddenly became cold, not at all matching the smile on her face.

"I want you to be like my mother-in-law—"

She suddenly raised the sword in her hand. The cold light of the blade flickered, and the tip of the knife pointed directly at the Three Sun Moon Sect who was standing behind Liu Quan.

“...... In his arms, he just swallowed his last breath and died pitifully!"

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