"I don't know what you're talking about. He lowered his voice and replied coldly.

"But I'm not going to hand her over to someone like you who came from an unknown source. No one. ”

When the young man heard this, he laughed in a low voice as if he had heard a very funny joke.

"This guy...... I really didn't tell you anything?" he smiled, and actually took another step forward.

And Kiyohara Yukiba, who was standing in front of him, unexpectedly took a step back.

...... It seemed like the first time she'd backed away against any of her opponents.

Such a thought suddenly appeared in Hijikata's heart.

"I'm this guy's brother. ”

The young man's smile and tone were very soft, but Hijikata noticed that Kiyohara Yukiha's body was trembling slightly.

Earthwork:!!!

He was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that this young man should be considered from Chōshū! Because according to Kiyohara Yukiha's previous account, she only had one sister, but now she didn't know where she had gone—and the person who could be called her brother could only undoubtedly come from her uncle's house, who had fallen to the Choshu domain a long time ago!

His right hand tightly grasped the handle of the "Izumi Shoukan Kansei" knife, and the back of his hand was so hard that the back of his hand was faintly stretched.

Drawing a knife now is not the best way to deal with the situation, but in such a situation, it is not clear whether the other party is coming from, whether it is good or malicious, and it is not clear how many people they brought with them or what they want to do. You must be vigilant at all times, and be aware of fighting as soon as something happens!

Compared to his tension, the other party unexpectedly seemed relaxed.

Perhaps because he felt that he had grasped the secrets and handles of the two of them, and that he was invincible, the young man did not seem to be in a hurry to make a move, but like a mischievous cat, he wanted to turn his prey upside down and play with it between his palms, infinitely prolonging the uncertainty and pain caused by this subtle torment, and entertaining himself with this condescending point of view, as if doing so would bring him the supreme pleasure of mastering the fate of others.

“...... It turns out that you don't know anything. What a poor man? ”

The polite title was suddenly withdrawn, and the young man smiled, his tone still very calm, but the impudence and hostility contained in it became more and more distinct.

"You, are you still guarding me as if I was from Choshu?...... It's pathetic. He continued with a sigh.

"Looking at the stupid appearance of a liar girl like you who doesn't know anything, but is desperately trying to maintain this liar girl who is good at lying, I can't help but sigh - it turns out that the deputy head of the Shinsengumi, who is famous in Kyoto, is nothing more than that~"

The young man spoke in a tone that resembled singing.

"Live...... Shut up!!" Kiyohara Yukiha, who was on the side, suddenly blurted out and shouted.

The young man's face was always smiling.

"My sister, do you have any questions?"

"Don't you want to introduce each other for us?"

"Then I'll do it myself?...... My name is Kujo Michikiyo. ”

"Although you're just a samurai from the countryside...... But how do the children of the public family name it, you should have a little common sense, right?"

Kujo Michikiyo said as if rude.

Earthwork was slightly stunned.

"Kujo ......?"

Kujou Michiyoshi smiled slightly.

"Ah~ That's right, it's the 'Kujo' you thought of. ...... The main family of my family is the Kujo family, one of the five families of the Fujiwara Kita family, and as a branch, we now have a great opportunity to join the Matsuden clan, which is also a member of the Seki family. ”

"By the way~ You still don't know the real identity and name of this girl, right? Well, let me introduce you - this is the adopted daughter of our Kujo family, Noriko. ”

The earthwork was like being electrocuted in an instant. Although he had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but show an extremely shocked expression on his face.

Regent's ...... The adopted daughter of the branch?!

In this era, the adopted daughter of such a great aristocratic family...... Right?!Frankly speaking with a little irreverence, once as this young man who claims to be "Kujo Daoqing" said, after their group successfully entered the Matsuden family, then as the adopted daughter of the Matsuden family, even if she wants to marry someone as noble as Aizu Gong, it is not completely impossible for her, then, why would such a person disguise herself as a man and devote herself to the "rural ronin group" like the Shinsengumi, who are despised by those big people, and follow them to fight and kill, and be born and die?!

He subconsciously looked at her back. However, he could not see her expression, and he did not know that now her lips trembled, her face was pale, and she could not say a word.

The man who claimed to be Kujo Michiyo always had a gentle smile on his face, his tone was soft, but his tone was full of Sen Han's killing intent.

"How's that? Hijikata-kun, have you figured it out?"

"Sa, thank me for awakening you, the poor man who has been deceived by women, right?"

"Ask me why I have suddenly spoken the truth to you now?—— because those who do not obey me will be ruined. ...... My sister knows this all too well. ”

He casually glanced at Kiyohara Yukiba, who was standing there in silence, as if to enhance the persuasiveness of his words.

"After all, it's cruel to watch you die like this, knowing nothing—so I'm going to tell you all the truth until then. ”

“...... Or, would you rather listen to the woman you like tell you than to listen to me, a stranger?"

Intense anger and resentment, as well as the fear of losing a qiē and failing here, swelled through her chest with crazy emotion, and Willow's body trembled as a result.

"Hu ...... Nonsense!" she finally couldn't hold back and blurted out angrily.

"I want to inherit the Matsuden family...... That's your own delusion, right?!You can't even inherit a declining branch like the Kujo family! What kind of life I'm willing to choose, that's my business, and it has nothing to do with my surname or identity, right??"

Once he finally burst out of his mouth, those thoughtless words poured out of his heart like a flood.

"Adopting someone as an adopted daughter without permission...... Don't make a decision wishfully! Didn't you resort to this trick in order to win me over?!Do you think I care about the identity of this adopted daughter, and have the same ridiculous dream as you to be able to join a famous family?!"

Completely ignoring whether these words were convincing, and no longer thinking about whether saying this would collapse the character and whether it would conflict with the original author's setting, she shouted hard.

"Compared to the Kujo family or the Matsuden family, the place I want to stay in is the Shinsengumi! It's the place that you rudely call the 'Ronin Gumi of the Countryside' or 'Mibu Wolf'! Because it's a place where I can feel the value of my own existence, the warmth of fighting side by side with my companions and being cared for, and the meaning of my efforts so far!......

Kujo Daoqing seemed to be slightly stunned, and he paused for a rare moment before lowering his gaze slightly, letting out a series of chuckles full of ghost beasts.

"Hehehehehehe......"

"Finally, do you have the most undesirable truth, my dear sister. ”

His tone was so soft that it was almost creepy.

"But don't say pretty things, sister. ”

"Do you want to impress the deputy head of the Shinsengumi, you really think that the deputy chief of the demons who led the wolf of Mibu to rampant in Kyoto back then is a little too simple, right?!"

"Things have nothing to do with the ridiculous warmth or the meaning of existence that you feel...... It's about why you came to the Shinsengumi, and why you think you have the value of being wooed...... Right?"

"Your motivation, the value you've contributed to the Kujo family...... That's what matters, isn't it? ”

He suddenly raised his eyes, and his cold gaze swept over her face for a moment, and finally locked onto the earthwork standing not far behind her. He looked directly at Hijikata's face and chuckled softly.

"You've been shaken, isn't it, the vice president of the Shinsengumi?"

He deliberately and rudely referred to Hijikata with this title over and over again, reminding him of the tragic reality that the Shinsengumi, who had condensed all his hard work, had been destroyed in Hakodate and that he was no longer a deputy chief to rely on.

"I was deceived by such a woman to gain my trust...... It's really ...... that as the deputy head of the Shinsengumi, he would make such a big mistake Unreliable?!"

He sneered uncontrollably, with a shocked look on his face, and then turned to gloomy earthwork.

"Look at you like this, failure is inevitable. ”

He suddenly gave a slight high-five. On the mountain road behind him, six or seven figures flashed in an instant. It seems that it is the helper he brought from this visit.

It's strange that Kujo Michikiyo only brought so many people with him—maybe it was some kind of motivation to make a big splash and worry that bringing too many people would alarm others?Or was there something deeper about it? Or was he confident enough in the skills of these people that he would be able to capture his disobedient sister and eliminate the deputy head of the Shinsengumi?

Those few people didn't speak, they completely obeyed the orders of Kujo Daoqing, and immediately after they appeared, they lined up behind Kujo Daoqing in a semicircular position, staring at Liu Quan and Hijikata with fierce eyes, and each of them pulled out the knife at his waist.

Hijikata didn't have time to think carefully, so he immediately dodged in front of Liu Quan and pulled out the "Izumi Shou and Set". He deliberately took a few more steps forward, widening the distance between himself and Liu Quan, and then turned his face slightly sideways.

"Stand back. He commanded her in a deep voice, "I'll deal with these guys." These people are not my opponents. ”

Liu Quan hesitated for a moment, and just as he wanted to say something, Jiujo Daoqing had already Shi Shiran walked aside, and thoughtfully gave up the open space outside the door of the cabin to the few obviously skilled thugs he brought and the deputy head of the Shinsengumi on the opposite side.

Those people were not entangled in whether it was an obstacle to morality or morality to dominate the outnumbered, and they rushed up and surrounded the earth in an instant.