Torrential rain poured down.

Raindrops clattered on the courtyard floor outside the porch, as if a warning of danger approached rhythmically, and occasionally the sky rumbled through the thunderous lightning, and the cloudy night sky was briefly illuminated. The wind blew more violently into the hall through the open door, blowing the lights in the hall flickering.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru sat there cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, and his attitude was calm. Looking at it from afar, his collection of famous knives surrounded him like a forest with a cold light, and on the table in front of him, the carefully cooked delicacies had long been cold.

Liu Quan carried the large body knife that was as long as a long light, and felt that standing by the door was inevitably a little dangerous to be wet by the rain, so he walked back to the hall, found a low table at random, sat down next to it, supported his face with his elbow on the table, supported his face with one hand, and looked at the courtyard outside the door in the rainstorm.

Suddenly, she heard Yoshiteru Ashikaga's voice behind her.

"You say, what do people think before they die?"

Although the topic was a little creepy, Ashikaga Yoshiteru sat still unmoved, based on the distance of the voice, and Yanagizumi speculated that he was probably just trying to break the suffocating silence in the room by having a casual chat with her.

So Liu Quan still maintained the same casual posture as before, and replied, "Maybe it's thinking about something...... Someone who is important to you, for example...... The kind that will be in your heart?"

Before she could finish speaking, Ashikaga Yoshiteru snorted.

"Do you want to say the beloved? ”

Before answering, Liu Quan paused subtly.

"Well...... That doesn't seem like a bad thing to say......"

Ashikaga Yoshiteru interrupted her.

"You speak as if you were facing such a thing as death. There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone, but it sounded like a kind of self-deprecation that was about to tense to the extreme.

"I'd love to know what will happen and what will happen in my mind. ”

Yanagizumi turned his face away in surprise, still holding his chin in the same position as before, looking at Ashikaga Yoshiteru. She thought for a moment and whispered, "...... Maybe you're right. Do you think of your loved ones...... It's the person who thinks it's the most important thing in my heart, and that's it. ”

"Oh?" said Ashikaga Yoshiteru, "so it seems like you've really faced this dilemma at one time – except today." ”

Liu Quan smiled bitterly.

...... Yes, I've had at least two near-death experiences — but I can't even say that to death.

She had to say it differently.

"A few years ago, I accidentally fell into the water and almost drowned...... At the moment of losing consciousness, what comes to mind is indeed a very important person. But...... Later, Lucky was rescued. Because of this, I have a little experience of boasting in front of the princess. She said as softly as she could.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru raised his eyebrows.

"Oh~?" he didn't quite believe her words, but he didn't seem to intend to delve into it, smiled, and casually continued the pointless chatter.

“...... At that time, I guess I thought of Matsudaira-kun, right?"

Liu Quan froze slightly.

Forget it, it doesn't matter if you're honest. Anyway, the person in front of him can't survive tonight-

"Nope. She replied, "I didn't know Changguang-kun at that time." Thought of ...... In fact, it is a senior that he should respect very much...... Or rather, a character like a brother. ”

"Senior, brother?" Ashikaga Yoshiki seemed to be a little interested, he thought about it, smiled suddenly, and shook his head.

"Well, I only have one brother...... Now that I think about it, behind me, he wasn't that reliable...... Let's hope he can save his life and die a good death. He said in a sloppy and casual tone.

Then, as if he had thought about it again.

“...... I hope those guys won't embarrass their daughters, and see how much kindness ......they have for the sake of Lord Guan Bai."

"Oh, and my mother. Keisuin-sama, you must have heard of it. ”

Liu Quan actually had a question mark in her head, and she hadn't heard of his biological mother, but of course it was not appropriate to deny it now, so she bowed her head slightly and replied, "...... Yes. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru laughed.

"Well, she's a very strong woman, and sometimes even I admire her...... I went to say goodbye to her in the afternoon, and she was still saying to me, 'Do what you have to do.'" ”

Liu Quan was surprised for a moment.

"Oh...... That's ......," she replied incoherently, not knowing for a moment what to say.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru suddenly burst out laughing.

"I should have said something better, but I'd leave it at that. He said.

Outside the door, mixed with the sound of rain, there began to be a jumble of footsteps from far and near.

Ashikaga Yoshiki suddenly stood up and pulled the nearest knife from the tatami mat beside him.

"You have one last bit of time to think about your beloved. "Then, let's fight." ”

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, then stood up and clenched the "Great Panruo Changguang" in his hand.

...... His gaze couldn't help but cross the hall and fall to the "Three Days Moon Zongjin" that was inserted downward on the tatami mat by the tip of the knife at this moment.

The next moment, she was shocked to find that a burst of black gas gathered into a wind and quickly rolled up in the hall!

The black gas swept through the hall and wrapped around the bodies of the famous knives on the tatami mats, and as the black mist grew thicker and thicker, the entangled blades were almost completely submerged in the thick black mist.

Willow Springs: !!

Without thinking about why this happened, she immediately threw the "Great Prajna Changguang" held in her right hand onto the table in front of her, reached into the placket of her waist, and took out the body knife of Yakuken and Wuhu Retreat - this was something she had already thought of when she retreated from Kiyomizu Temple, and asked Yakuken and Five Tigers to give her the body knife and bring it into Nijo Castle, so that she could summon them from the knife again at any time when she needed to- Infused with spiritual power, a white light flashed, and Fu Fushen, who had retreated from Yaoyan and the Five Tigers, immediately appeared in front of her.

Liu Quan quickly handed the body knife back to them, and hastily explained, "This may be the ghost of the time-tracing army, and they must be dealt with!"

Although it was the appearance of a young boy, Yao Yan and Wuhu Hui were Fu Fu Shen who had already undergone polarization cultivation after all, and after a short stunned moment, they immediately clenched their main body knives and prepared to attack.

Liu Quan didn't have time to tell them more, he bent down and picked up the "Great Buddha Changguang" body knife from the low table, held the handle of the knife in front of him with his left hand, and put his two fingers together in the middle of his right hand, and the void swept along the blade of the knife-

The white light flashed, and the great long light appeared in front of her without warning.

He blinked as he stood still, as if he had suddenly returned from the bloody battle at the gate to the glorious hall that had not yet been breached by the thieves, and for a moment he was a little unable to come back to his senses, but his gaze was almost immediately on her, and then he quickly turned around and glanced at the current situation in the hall, and immediately understood the purpose of his recall by her.

Because in this brief interval, the swords surrounded by the black mist had already rattled, and then—

The black mist dissipated, and a huge and ominous black shadow appeared in place.

Before Liu Quan could give the order to fight with the time-traveling army, he was surprised to see those strange and distorted black shadows, and actually took a big stride, as if he had not even noticed the existence of the sword in the hall, and rushed to the corridor outside the hall—and then, there was a scream, the sound of the wind as the sword swung, and the dull sound of the blade entering the flesh, and the next moment, with a thud, blood splattered out, staining the shoji door near the place of the incident bright red!

Liu Quan: ?!

Yaoyan roared in a voice: "This ...... What's going on?!"

The great long light let out a contemptuous laugh.

"Oh, I see. Interesting - well, do you want to change history by killing all of the Miyoshi family's people early? ”

Willow Springs: !!

At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was still standing in the hall, seemed to have finally woken up from the shock of the inhuman scene just now, and he stared in amazement at the great mangamitsu and the two young men who suddenly appeared in the hall, and then turned his gaze to the willow spring that had summoned them out. Finally, his voice trembled, shouting his questions.

"Ayuki?!Matsudaira?!...... Who the hell are they?!What are those black monsters?!"

Daizenjaka Nagamitsu sighed lightly, and did not answer Ashikaga Yoshiki's question, but held his main body knife and walked to the door of the hall, as if to monitor the movements of those time-traced marches.

The five tigers seemed to be startled by this roar, their bodies trembled, and a little panic welled up in their wide eyes. The good brother Yaoyan hurriedly walked to his side and reached out to press his shoulder, as if comforting him.

Yanagizumi closed his eyes and exhaled a sigh before he reopened his eyes and looked directly at Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The sense of timidity and caution that she had deliberately displayed in order to disguise herself as a fledgling new maid was completely gone, and she no longer showed obedience and humility to the general in front of her as a maid, and now she looked back at him calmly and calmly, as if the two of them were two completely equal individuals, and there was no difference in status.

"Those black monsters just now are a kind of monster. She said, "It's made by some of the same monsters as them, who have quietly attached themselves to your sword at some point." It's just that they chose to show up at this time......"

Although she didn't answer who she was, these words temporarily solved Ashikaga Yoshiteru's doubts. Ashikaga Yoshiki paused for a moment, then asked, "So, what is their purpose?......!" Are you going to make a mess?!"

This time, Liu Quan didn't answer him.

...... What did she have to answer? Reply, "No, those youkai are here to save you, and they want to defy history and let you live for a long time instead of dying at this time"?!

Just when she didn't know what to say and fell into silence in embarrassment, Da Prajna Changguang suddenly turned back from the door.

The vague smile that always wore on his handsome face was gone, and he said in a low voice, "Those time-tracing marches have been successful. ”

Sure enough, the shouts of slaughter that had just gotten closer and closer outside the corridor had almost completely silenced, and only the blood-stained shoji door was still a reminder of how swift and one-sided the killing had been there.

Da Praruo Changguang's face was solemn, and the back of his right hand, which was holding the main knife, seemed to be tightened, so tight that the joints of his phalanges were bulging.

"The people killed by the Miyoshi family have all been wiped out. His voice sounded even deeper, "I'm afraid this is the plan for the march back in time." ”

Of course, Ashikaga Yoshiteru couldn't quite understand the full meaning of what Daipraya Nagamitsu said, but this did not prevent him from understanding the fact that "all the members of the Miyoshi family have been wiped out". His face suddenly pleased.

"W-So, are those monsters here to help me!?

However, his joy at the end of his life was ruthlessly interrupted by the new young maid, Ah Xue.

Her thin shoulders seemed to tremble slightly, as if they were about to be bent by some kind of heavy pressure. Then, without warning, she resolutely pulled the thin belt around her waist, and the small sleeves of the light Su Fanghua on her body opened to the sides.

Before Ashikaga Yoshiki could be surprised by her inexplicable behavior, he saw her shake her shoulder slightly—the small sleeve slipped down and was ruthlessly taken off and thrown aside. Beneath the light Su Fang-colored sleeves, she wore an iris-colored blouse and a cyanotic hakama, the hem of which was tucked into the hakama, and if it weren't for the wrong color, it looked like a shrine maiden costume.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru seemed to suddenly understand something.

This is...... It's an easy-to-fight outfit.

So...... From the very beginning, was that what she had been up to, wearing a battle outfit in her small sleeves, intending to assassinate the general at the right moment?!