In Hijikata's opinion, although the Kirino Toshiaki in front of him - after many years, he really doesn't remember what the "human slash halfjiro" looked like - he doesn't look like one of the four major people at all, but his skills have not been completely lost, and it still caused them some trouble.

After exchanging words with Kiyohara Yukiba, Hijikata felt that he should take the responsibility of fighting this "human slash hanjiro" in close quarters - not only because he was better than her, not just because she was injured, but as a man, he couldn't hide behind his woman and sit back and watch her fight alone—— so after the "human slash hanjiro" re-erected his sword, Hijikata also rushed forward with the same neat sword.

It's not that he didn't think that this cunning "human slash Hanjiro" would arrange some ambushers in the nearby mountains and forests like just now, and wait for them to fight before waiting for an opportunity to give him or Kiyohara Yukiha a shot. But now that Kiyohara Yukiha had set up the rifle he had captured from that despicable ambusher, he had been on guard for what he had always thought was foolproof of leaving his back to her to guard while he was fighting.

...... Although he was almost blinded by grief and anger on the slopes of the Flowing Mountain, he rushed into the enemy line as if he was dying, but after calming down and thinking back on that day, he did not forget the crisp gunshots from behind him when he swung his knife in the pile of enemies.

The gunshots were spaced just right, so that he would not waste bullets or accidentally hit him by being too nervous, nor would he let the enemy rush up and cause him trouble because he had been aiming too long, and after each shot, a gun-wielding enemy fell, and in a matter of moments, all he had to deal with was the same sword-wielding enemies as him.

And if you just compete in swordsmanship, the deputy head of the Shinsengumi won't lose to anyone.

Now, too—

At that time, the "Men Kill Half Jiro" was menacing, the offensive was urgent and fierce, and even Hijikata had a little difficulty coping with it for a while—after all, he was no longer the young man who had reached the peak of his physical strength and combat strength ten years ago.

After ten years of seclusion in the mountains near Hakodate, even though he still practiced wielding his sword regularly, he didn't have a dojo or a skilled swordsman to keep his hands together, and in previous battles, his swordsmanship, experience, and fighting spirit were enough to deal with those enemies, but now, facing "Rencho Hanjiro", a guy who practiced diligently and maintained better swordsmanship and physical fitness, Hijikata felt the pressure almost immediately.

...... Damn it!

Ten years ago, I was able to fight with the general of the ghost clan, but now I have fallen to the point where it is difficult to defeat even a desperate ronin?!

Hijikata felt a pang of agitation.

Of course, he will not fall to the point where he can't cope for a while. But the situation of not being able to attack for a long time is not pleasant, not to mention that the opponent in front of him seems to be more physically fit and able to deal with it than himself.

When Dangdang sounded several times in a row, the sound of gold and iron from the collision of blades was particularly clear on the battlefield where the sound of guns and cannons had gradually thinned out.

Hijikata failed to strike a blow and retreated back to its original position, still holding its sword, but his face was even more ugly.

Calm down and think about it, the other party used a silver bullet that could hurt the rakshasa . Although they had been hunted down for several months, and had been hiding in such deep mountains for nearly a month, it could almost be said that they were almost running out of ammunition, but it was still unknown how many silver bullets were left in the opponent's hand, and they could not be risked.

In addition, the other party's physical fitness is really too good...... right? Even if he didn't deal with "Rencho Hanjiro" many times back then, he can still estimate the age of the other party - based on a man around forty years old, that guy's physical fitness is simply good...... Not really?!

It's almost like - a young man in his twenties is pretending to be a forty-year-old "Toshiaki Kirino"?!

Hijikata's mind moved slightly, and he immediately shouted:

“...... You're not 'Guy Hachijiro'!!!!"

In fact, he is not absolutely sure, he is just suspicious - but when facing the enemy, there is a glimmer of hope to disturb the other party's mind and will, and this is his principle.

Although he is one of the famous swordsmen of the Shinsengumi, he is not bound by those rigid principles when he is against the enemy, and he often uses clever tricks such as "raising the earth and blinding the eyes" (?), so now when he thinks about it, he immediately calls it out, at least it can make the opponent stunned and slow down to show his flaws, right?

...... However, what happened next was simply beyond his expectations.

The man on the opposite side, who was still aggressive, with his teeth and claws, was really stunned when he heard this!

The next moment, his face turned pale!

His right arm moved, and for a moment it seemed as if he wanted to take a step forward and swing his sword, but he only tossed for a moment, and his right hand was weakly raised halfway up before swinging it again and then falling down.

The change in the inside of his body seemed to surprise him, and he lowered his head in disbelief and stared at his right hand and legs.

The next moment, as if he refused to believe this fact, he took another step, raised his right hand staggeringly, barely raised the knife above his head, and then, as if drunk, his arm trembled and he swung the knife down—

However, this time the knife was weak and weak, and it did not touch the corners of the earth's clothes. In front of him, Kirino Toshiaki seemed to have exhausted all his strength, his right hand fell suddenly, and his body shook as if he could no longer maintain his balance, and he had to poke the tip of the Taidao in his hand down into the soil, and with the help of this posture, he was able to support the center of gravity of his body.

Then, with his eyes down, he gasped violently for a few moments, as if he had exhausted all his strength after a few attempts to swing his sword, and he was exhausted, and for a moment there was an old look on his face—

Wait, old?!

Toshiaki Kirino slowly raised his head.

Then, he saw a clear surprise on the face of the fallen female inquisitor in front of him.

At this moment, in Liu Quan's eyes, the fellow Inquisitor who pretended to be "Kirino Toshiaki", although his face did not change much—not even a few more wrinkles or the like—but his eyelids seemed to droop a little from fatigue in an instant, and the folds of his eyebrows became much looser as if they were tired, and although there were some dirty marks on his face after a battle, it could not hide the blue and gray color on his face.

Now, his whole person looks like a skin that has fallen into decline and cannot be recovered, and the aura that was still high just now has all disappeared at this moment, his face is gray and his expression is incredulous, and the arrogant and invincible aura has disappeared without a trace.

Hijikata watched in amazement as this originally powerful enemy changed its appearance in an instant, but he soon realized that Kiyohara Yukiha behind him didn't seem to be so shocked by this.

He still didn't dare to relax his guard for a moment, arched himself slightly, tightened his fingers holding the hilt of the knife, and asked in a deep voice without looking back: "His body ...... What's going on?"

However, she did not answer him directly, but said softly in a tone that mixed surprise and exclamation: "...... So that's what happens when you're discovered—"

Earthwork:?

However, Toshiaki Kirino seemed to understand. A look of resentment erupted in his eyes for a moment.

"No, it can't be ——!," he screamed.

But the intense confusion, fear, and wavering that emanated from him could be clearly felt even by Hijikata, who didn't understand what was going on.

It was as if he felt her nasal chuckle behind him at the moment.

“...... It seems that you didn't listen to the training when you joined the company, did you?" she asked with a smile, and even the killing intent that had just emanated from her body because she was engrossed in guarding the surrounding situation with her gun in her hand became very faint.

"'When performing missions in the history and mission world, you must not reveal yourself without permission...... The true identity, once-'"

She repeated a passage from the Code of Judges issued by the government of the time, but because Hijikata was in front of her, she paused several times in just one sentence, and finally had to stop altogether, because the words underneath were—

"Once the original characters of the era discover that the true identity of the Inquisitor is not the inhabitant of the era, it is highly likely that history will immediately produce an exclusive reaction, greatly weakening the power of the Inquisitor himself, and eventually excluding the history of the era."

This is followed by a more icy explanation.

“...... There is no way to save yourself. Therefore, the Inquisitor should exercise extreme caution at all times in the execution of his mission."

This passage is often overlooked, because in fact, ordinary God Inquisitors do not need to go out into battle, just assign a team to pay the mourning gods, and even if they really want to go out to defend history in a certain era, they only need to fight against the march of time. It is extremely rare for such a protracted task to find yourself an identity that is enough to disguise and lurk.

...... However, the fact that the history of the government that the government was responsible for maintaining and the so-called "same sub-world" that a certain force represented by the system bacteria was responsible for maintaining was able to rendezvous and merge shows that the situation has reached an extremely urgent juncture.

So this time, whether it was the "Kirino Toshiaki" sent by the government of the time, or the willow springs who were temporarily and urgently recalled by the system bacteria, they were actually out of the battle alone, and they were not allowed to carry the critical situation of Fu Fu's help.

In fact, that is to say, in the past, if Fu Fushen went out with him, even if the God Inquisitor lost his mind for a moment and took a reckless risk and had the possibility of violating his principles, then Fu Fushen would dissuade him—just like the Three Days Moon Sect did to Liu Quan.

But now, in this era, there is no such person who will stop "Toshiaki Kirino" from doing whatever he wants. And the identity chosen by "Kirino Toshiaki" is so convenient and easy to influence the course of history—to be exact, the various decisions of the Satsuma army—and no one can doubt that the mainstay of the Saigo faction, who has always followed Saigo Temple loyally to the end, is only the inquisitor who wants to ensure that history can progress to the end in its original state.

However, now, the power of history is finally going to be swallowed back on him.

Thinking of this, Liu Quan suddenly had an idea, as if he had an understanding!

She blurted out, "You're 'Toshiaki Kirino'! So, you have to die here too——! because that's what is going to happen—"

Almost the moment she blurted out this conclusion, the facial features on the face of Toshiaki Kirino in front of her suddenly distorted.

He was aware of this fact almost at the same time as her - the "Kirino Toshiaki" he replaced must die here today, but the identity of the "Kiyohara Yukiba" she used was probably originally faked, a figure that did not exist in history!

So—

If there were no interference from the kind of external forces that intervened in the march back in time, the power of history itself would not have allowed him, "Kirino Toshiaki", to live against historical facts! However, she, Kiyohara Yukiba, the "only female member of the Shinsengumi" who could not have really appeared in history in the first place, would not have been restrained and punished by the power of history, and she would not have died here!

Originally...... The wheels of history are rolling by, will he be the only one who will be crushed here?!

The unwillingness in Kirino Toshiaki's heart almost instantly rolled upwards like a fire and burned violently! Without thinking about it, he decisively threw away the knife in his hand, quickly reached into his arms, and raised his hand again in a second-

In Ryuquan's memory, everything that happened in that brief moment seemed like infinite slow motion, the time was stretched very long, the sun was dazzling, and the distance between them seemed to disappear in an instant, so close that she could see Kirino Toshiaki's twisted and huddled facial features, and his hideous and malicious face—

Also, his movements.

His movements, as if in slow motion, were clearly reflected on her retina with every frame of his hand gliding through the air, and the same thing engraved in her eyes was the thing he held in his hand and pulled out of his arms, small in shape, with a metallic cold glow, and the muzzle of the gun pointed at her and the lieutenant in a black hole—

It's a hand/gun! a hand/gun that shouldn't exist in this day and age in terms of that shape and model!

The author has something to say: Day:

It was supposed to be updated yesterday, but it hasn't been written well......

I finally stayed up until the evening and wrote a little more smoothly, but I ended up writing a little more, so I didn't update until now, sorry.

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Next update: this weekend. I try to be more w on Saturday nights

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