Later, Yamazaki failed to make it to Edo. On the way to Edo, he died of his injuries on Mt. Fuji Maru, and had to be buried in water under the grieving gaze and memorial of everyone.

After Edo landed in the castle, the situation on the shogunate's side was not half better.

The Shogun seemed to have completely lost his will to fight, and the views of the lords and factions of Edo Castle gradually gained the upper hand. In order to show his deference and facilitate secret communication with the imperial court, the shogun ordered Matsudaira Yoho, the lord of the Aizu domain, who had served as the guardian of Kyoto and was loyal to the shogunate, and his younger brother, Matsudaira Dingkei, the lord of the Kuwana domain, to not enter the castle. The two brothers were forced to leave Edo and return to their own territories.

This was definitely a heavy blow to the Shinsengumi. Aizu Komatsudaira Yoho's appreciation was the key to the Shinsengumi being able to gain a firm foothold in Kyoto and make a name for themselves in the first place. But now Aizu Gong and his younger brother, who had always been loyal to the shogunate, were abandoned and expelled by the shogun, and Cheng Dù, who was puzzled and angry in everyone's hearts, was thus brushed to a new high.

One day, Kondo and Hijikata went to meet with the general's newly appointed army president, Mamoru Anbo. As a result, when he returned, Kondo's brows were furrowed, and Hijikata looked angry.

It just so happened that everyone was busy all day, and in the temporary station located inside the forging bridge gate, only Okita was recuperating and Chizuru was taking care of him. In addition, the only cadre who handles official duties such as paperwork for the busy deputy chief in the station is the acting leader of the Ichiban group, Liu Quan.

Seeing the expressions of Kondo and Hijikata, Yanagizumi couldn't help but deeply regret that he hadn't studied this history carefully. Relying only on a few popular decal fancy stickers, knowledge is really not enough!

"What the hell is going on? Today...... Wasn't he summoned by Lord Anbo?" After a moment's hesitation, Ryuzumi decided to ask the question anyway.

Kondo, a good old man, had an expression on his face that was almost like a word exhaustion. Earthwork is facial features are almost wrinkled together, and his face is gloomy.

"I didn't expect it...... Mamoru Anbo turned out to be such a person. After a moment of silence, he spoke slowly.

Liu Quan was stunned.

Although the further the situation developed, the more she could not remember the specific historical details, she still remembered the name of Katsu Haizhou. What kind of neon founder of the modern navy, Sakamoto Ryoma's teacher, the Shogunate enlightened faction who contributed to the bloodless opening of Edo - wait, bloodless Kaicheng?!

Once the word popped into her head, she could almost guess why Kondo looked disappointed and Hijikata looked angry.

Although they are both shoguns, they have different positions, so how can they have a good time together.

The boat of friendship is overturning again...... Lately, I've been seeing the boats of friendship capsized, right?

Liu Quan sighed secretly and asked tentatively, "Could it be...... The ambition and determination of Mr. Kondo and Mr. Hijikata are ...... with the intentions of Mamoru Anbo. contradictory?!"

Kondo sighed.

"Lord Anbo...... Have your own plans. As a subordinate, you can only obey ......," he said reluctantly.

However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the angry voice of Hijikata.

“...... Completely ignoring the strategy that Kondo-kun and everyone had seriously discussed, when it comes to battle plans, he only looks around and says something peaceful! It seems that he has no idea of fighting the army properly! Is this really reliable? What is the shogun planning to do by appointing such a person as the president of the army?!"

Willow Springs: ...... Of course, I wanted to open the city bloodlessly - no, this kind of thing must not be said directly.

She was silent for a moment, and vaguely reminded Hijikata: "...... If there were other plans, since they were different from the plans of Mr. Kondo and Mr. Hijikata, there was no need to accept them happily......"

He was silent for a long time before he let out a long sigh.

"I also thought of such a possibility. ...... However, there are still places where they have to appoint us. ”

Liu Quan: It's really hard to guess what the big guys are thinking......

Speaking of this, Kondo finally tried his best to cheer up, and said in a happy tone: "Lord Anbo Mamoru has relayed the order of the Shogun! I want our Shinsengumi to go and occupy and garrison Kofu! The Shogun has also personally issued an internal instruction that if he succeeds in capturing Kofu Castle, he will be rewarded with a territory of one million koku, and everyone below the head of the Shinsengumi will receive it! The director of the bureau will have 100,000 koku, the deputy chief will have 50,000 koku, and the deputy chiefs such as the team leader will assist him, and each of them will be assisted by 30,000 koku!"

Willow Springs: ...... What a great reward, isn't it?

Seeing her look of can't complain, Hijikata frowned.

"What? Do you have something to say?"

Liu Quan: I don't have anything to say, anyway, the general's wish will never be fulfilled...... He didn't want to resist Sa Changjun, and now he was drunk with a reward for his subordinates with a fief that was almost going into someone else's pocket......

Liu Quan: "No, it's just that I didn't know why I thought of a similar situation before......

Hijikata was stunned. "What kind of situation?!"

Liu Quan smiled slyly.

"I'm the only one who hasn't received a bounty since the Ikedaya incident, Vice Chief. She tried her best to show a look of happiness for this so-called inspiring good news, and said with a smile, "So I probably didn't hope to get the general's reward this time, what a pity~ I had to watch with reverence that Mr. Kondo and Mr. Hijikata have become flags with tens of thousands of stones in the territory~"

Earthwork: "......"

"Ah~ah, speaking of which, everyone promised to pool money to give you a gift as compensation, but only Mr. Hijikata hasn't given you a gift yet, right? ”

Suddenly, a teasing voice rang out behind him.

As soon as I heard this kind of earth-stepping speech, who else did I come besides Okita?

Today he seems to look good, wearing the orange feather weaving, I don't know when he has stood at the door, leaning against the wall, and his posture looks very chic. At first glance, it seems that he is the leader of the Shinsengumi Ichiban Group who shook Kyoto a few years ago.

Being trampled on a sore foot, Hijikata straightened his back suddenly, his face changed back and forth several times, and his face sank and he was about to get angry.

Liu Quan hurriedly interrupted.

"Why did the chief secretary get up? It's so cold, you should wrap yourself in a quilt and get a good night's sleep. It's the best weather to sleep in the house, and I don't even want to get up—"

Okita smiled lightly and glanced at her.

"I sleep every day, and I can tell which day is suitable and which is not. There seemed to be a sharp hint of affection in his words, but the smile on his face hid the sharpness and bitterness well.

Then he turned to Kondo.

"I hear you, Mr. Kondo. The Shogun is planning to send our Shinsengumi to attack Kofu, right?

Before he could finish his sentence, he was rudely interrupted by Hijikata.

"Don't make a fuss, Director-General! Wait until you are well and come back to the battle! If we must force the wounded and sick to go to the battlefield, then what will we become! Looking at the current situation, there is still a lot of fighting with the group of Sa Chang, you should quickly recover from your illness, and you will have a chance to go to the battlefield! Not this time!"

Okita's face flashed with a look of surprise and disbelief at such a blunt refusal, and there was a little hurt in his expression, but the next second he perfectly hid all the unexpected feelings, and his face reappeared with his customary, somewhat mischievous smile.

"Oh, Mr. Hijikata, it's so cruel~" He said in a tone similar to coquettishness, but his eyes stared fiercely at Hijikata's face, and the tone of his voice and his eyes formed a sharp contrast.

"Mr. Kondo, just promise to take me with you~ Mr. Hijikata must want to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield himself, so that even my 30,000 stone fiefdom will be swallowed together~ In that case, although it is still not as good as Mr. Kondo's 100,000 stones, he can also claim that he is an 80,000 stone flag book everywhere~ It just so happens that this place is not far from Tama's hometown, and Mr. Hijikata must feel that if he boasts so much in front of everyone in his hometown, there will be many girls who want to marry Master Hagimoto, and they will marry the vice head of the Shinsengumi~”

Liu Quan: "......"

Earthwork: "!!"

Liu Quan felt that he had suffered from his boss's map cannon, and it was a heart-wrenching blow...... No, the real sword kills.

“...... What the hell are you talking nonsense!!" Hijikata roared.

Okita grinned and made up for it.

"Eh~ Could it be that I remembered wrong~ Obviously when I was in Mibu Village before, didn't Mr. Hijikata send back the love letters written to you by those girls when he sent letters to his home?" He leaned his hands against the wall, glanced at Liu Quan's face playfully, and then slid away, blinking his eyes with a smile, Shi Shiran looked at Hijikata in a frenzy.

Earthwork: "......"

This is definitely black history that can't be erased!

Liu Quan didn't know whether it was better to sit by and watch the play, or to come out and save the deputy chief's colorful face.

But before she could decide her position, Okita of the oni beast pointed the finger at her without warning.

"Hey, Yukiba-chan, you think so too, don't you?"

Liu Quan: ...... "What do you think"?

However, she can also understand Okita's pain of not being able to compete because of his poor physical condition. With a sigh, she decided to take a step back.

"What do you mean by the general's reward?" she replied with a smile, and sighed loudly on purpose. "I can't get what I do. ”

Okita stared quietly at the woman who had temporarily taken over as his head of the group, and after a moment, he suddenly smiled toothy.

"No," he said, "I mean, 'a lot of girls who want to marry Master Kimoto.'" ”

Willow Springs: ...... Is it because I, as a woman, can I take the place of your position and your right to appear? Although I know that I can't deal with a patient who is arrogant and has a very high ghost value, but you are really ...... like a child with a temper and affection It's so infuriating and funny, Mr. Chief?

"Yes. I'd also like to see Tama's 'many girls who want to marry Master Hagimoto'. She smiled and calmly replied, "I'm going to pull them all away before they drown Mr. Kondo?"

The flames of war suddenly burned to Kondo, and Kondo, the good old man, blinked as if he couldn't react.

"How—How can there be me?!Obviously, when I was in Tama, the girls preferred Ah Sui, right......

Willow Springs: ...... Ah, I was struck by the director...... No, I didn't want to hit it.

The expression on Hijikata's face simply can't be described as colorful.

"Kondo-kun, why can't even you ......" He finally couldn't help but roll his eyes—an expression that was extremely rare on the face of the deputy chief of the demons—and suddenly turned his anger on the initiator.

After everyone goes out, this temporary cantonment is probably not a good place to recuperate, I have already contacted Zhimu-kun who lives in the Valley of Qianda for you, thanks to his care, if you live in his house to recuperate, we can rest assured when we go out...... You get ready, and you'll be gone in a few days. ”

Okita was stunned. The light-hearted, ghostly teasing smile of the previous one froze on his still young and handsome face.

"Oh, are you in such a hurry to get rid of me, Mr. Hijikata?" he grinned slowly again as he seemed to digest the news after a moment of silence longer than usual.

"Look, I'm really okay - would you like to try a sumo warm-up?" he said half-jokingly, looking as if he was really going to bend down and do the half-squat and stomp on the ground of the Hercules.

Liu Quan couldn't help but look away. Although Okita's face was still smiling, his beautiful eyes had completely darkened and lost all their brilliance. His tall body also seemed to be much more rickety in an instant, like a desperate child who knew that he was about to be abandoned, but there was nothing he could do.

The first person I met after entering this world was this person. Defeated by his fierce swordsmanship almost instantly, that scene is still vivid, but what will happen to the still young eldest child in front of him?

...... It shouldn't be like this. There is an unscientific change like water in this world, and the unscientific little Chizuru should be able to let him survive unscientifically......?!

"Speaking of which, didn't Chizuru-chan say that she didn't plan to return to her home in Edo. As if he wanted to seize the last chance to save the life of the young swordsman in front of him, Liu Quan opened his mouth eagerly.

"Then, then ......! Can you ask Chizuru-chan to take care of the chief secretary here after everyone is out of the Jiafu?!" She was like a vicious female partner who was really eager to reject her rival, and she didn't care about whether Xiao Qianhe still had the idea of taking the deputy long line, and couldn't wait to throw out this mention.

The other three people present: "......!!!"

After being stunned for a moment by this explosive tiyì, the first person to react was actually Kondo.

"Ahaha, it would be great if I could please Yukimura-kun. Kondo smiled as if he had a little relieved.

After the initial surprise, Okita's expression became a slight smile, glanced at Liu Quan, and winked at her, clearly signaling, "Although your simple and rude mention is a little reckless, but I think it is also beneficial to me, so be it~ Next, you can do a good job of realizing your conspiracy against the deputy chief."

Willow Springs: ......

Earthwork:......

"Then, I'll go and tell Yukimura-kun in person, this is a serious request from the other party! As long as it's for the head office, I'll seriously ask the other party!" Kondo's face was filled with a bright smile that said, "Ahh

Okita muttered, "...... Whatever you want. ”

Hijikata was silent and did not speak.

Liu Quan smiled and said, "It's good. The 100,000 stone flag master is more reliable than the 50,000 stone one. ”

Hijikata: "...... What the hell are you talking about, don't listen to the nonsense of the Director-General, and follow him to mess around! Haven't you been telling you this from the beginning to the present!"

Wow, the deputy chief was furious.

Yanagizumi ignored the deputy chief's roar, smiled and said, "I'm going to call Chizuru-chan!"