As Fujiwara Hidehiro, the true master of the Oshu Fujiwara clan over the past few decades, said, in the early afternoon of this day, a lot of heavy clouds suddenly rose in the clear sky, gradually dyeing the blue sky blue-gray.

...... It's going to change.

The other five people, known as the "Six Flowers", remained waiting outside the hall of the Gara Imperial Palace, but the one who was the leader re-entered the hall with Izumi Gozen to meet Hidehiro-sama.

After he came to Hiraizumi, because of his outstanding demeanor and elegant manners, as well as his rare handsome face, there has been a lot of speculation and discussion.

Around him, there are also many legends that seem to be true and false. For example, legend has it that Kamakuraden once said with appreciation, "The Heike family has Major General Sakurame, and we Genji also have a romantic figure comparable to Major General Sakurame."

For another example, everyone has a legend that he is the illegitimate son of a certain noble and elegant man in Beijing, although he can't be publicly acknowledged, but he is also interested in cultivating, so he is sent to the hands of Kamakura Palace, so that he can have a good future - however, I don't know what Kamakura Palace's idea is, he actually let him come to Hiraizumi to serve in Izumi Gozen, which is equivalent to sending a talented person to Oshu!

And so on, rumors are rife. However, even if his position seems to be on Genji's side, it is difficult to shake everyone's preconceived opinion of him.

In the hall of the Gara Imperial Palace, when Fujiwara Hidehiro, the head of the Oshu Fujiwara clan, finally saw this legendary elegant figure comparable to Major General Sakurame, although he had a special heart, he couldn't help but admire: "What a person who deserves his name! In time, I will definitely be able to become a member of the palace with this talent and appearance......

Willow Springs Inner OS: ...... This world of faces!

Three Days Moon Sect near: "Ahahaha." ...... It is a great honor to receive a word of praise from the lord. ”

He actually played the legendary "illegitimate son of a big man in Beijing, and an elegant person sent by Kamakura Hall to serve in Izumi in front of the Izumi Palace".

Of course, after Fujiwara Hidehiro "greatly appreciated" him, he gave him a banquet with great enthusiasm and specially invited him to the banquet.

No one knows what happened that night. When Fujiwara Yasuhiro inquired, the attendant of the Gara Imperial Palace just said:

The lord of the palace feasted in the back garden at night, and the three halls of the palace and his close retainers, the head of the "six flowers", were lined up in the banquet. At first, the atmosphere was so good that the lord of the palace even retired to the outside room, jokingly saying that he wanted to see the sword dance of His Excellency Sanjo, which was comparable to that of Major General Sakurame. However, soon after, for unknown reasons in the palace, Sanjoden and the Lord of the Palace turned against each other and stabbed the Lord with the sword he used during the sword dance. The Lord of the Imperial Pavilion didn't have time to react in a hurry, and the way to retreat was blocked by Izumi Gozen, so he was unfortunately stabbed-

However, this story, in the eyes of the Three Sun Moon Sect, known as the "Three Halls", is like this:

After a long interview, the Female Inquisitor finally withdrew from the hall and came to the side hall where they were waiting for the Mourning Gods.

Although the heroic laughter of the Lord of Oshu could be faintly heard coming from the hall during the interview, the female inquisitor who returned to them looked more tired than ever.

After responding to their inquiries about "how was this meeting?" with silence, the female inquisitor seemed to have finally made up her mind, and after making sure that no one was watching around, she said something terrible.

She said that the lord of Oshu claimed that his days were numbered, but in order to contain the tide of the battle and delay the next war with Genji, he decided to direct and stage an assassination by himself.

She said that because she was here from Genji's "Izumi Gozen", she was forced to agree to Fujiwara Hidehiro's request to serve as the assassin.

After everyone showed extremely shocked expressions, the female god judge seemed to think for a while before slowly saying her plan.

She said that, in her opinion, there are only a few important nodes that can shake this plot - the assassination of Yasuhiro Fujiwara, the return of Miko Hakuryu, and now she will face the death of Fujiwara Hidehiro, the third generation head of the Oshu Fujiwara clan.

She said that she thought the farthest time they could go back was here, and that it would have been too far from the Battle of Oshu and the Battle of Atsuga Shizan to shake the story. And the last time Fujiwara Yasuhiro was assassinated, she tried to directly deal with Jiro Kawada, who was supposed to assassinate him in the future, but did it in advance, but she encountered a backlash of historical inertia and failed, indicating that the method was wrong.

Now, she said, is a great opportunity to test whether another important point will work — using the assassination of Fujiwara Hidehiro to see if history can return to square one if the plot of this event is changed.

Therefore, she said, it was necessary for them to cooperate with Fujiwara Hidehiro's plan and pretend to act out the assassination of each other. Perhaps Fujiwara Hidehiro has a deeper purpose than that, but they can at least use this opportunity to try what they want to achieve.

Finally, she looked him directly and said the most incredible arrangement in the matter.

Fujiwara Hidehiro chose the assassin as the candidate, and it was him.

Pretending to be the retainer who was loyal to Izumi Gozen, and even made people feel that there was a little ambiguity in it, before following the female inquisitor to re-enter the hall of the Gara Palace, when the two of them walked alone on the corridor, the female inquisitor suddenly said to him without looking back, "Actually, what awaits us ahead is probably a trap. I hope it's dark in my heart and I'm wrong. ”

He stopped and looked at her with a hint of surprise.

Her expression was a little blurry under the gradual darkness of night and the gradual lighting of the candles at the Gara Imperial Palace.

She slowly turned her head and looked at him and said, "The assassin candidate that person really wants to choose should actually be me." ”

Before he could deliberately show a look of surprise, she turned back and smiled at the winding corridor ahead.

She said: "However, in the end, that adult chose you to carry this pot for me, also because you always let everyone misunderstand that you are the first person I trust by my side." ”

At that moment, he felt that he had several things to say—such as what it meant to "take the blame", how she sensed Fujiwara Hidehiro's murderous intent towards her and her plan to trap her in a catastrophe, and whether she really wanted to assassinate Fujiwara Hidehiro in the end if she chose to do so now - but in the end, he just smiled faintly and responded, "Oh? So, am I?"

His question, not answered.

Because the attendant of the Gara Imperial Palace had already appeared in the corridor in time, and then reported to her that the lord of the Imperial Palace was going to hold a moon-viewing banquet, and said that since Izumi Gozen was also in the Gara Imperial Palace, then let's come together.

This must have been a pre-negotiated dialogue, but looking at the female inquisitor who walked into the hall calmly, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be something on her body, which was different from before.

When they first met, he just thought that this was really a brave child - after all, it was impossible to disguise herself as a man to fight and kill a girl in a murderous group like the Shinsengumi if her courage and swordsmanship were not outstanding.

However, he seems to have only recently begun to think that it is not something that can be achieved by courage or swordsmanship alone if he disguises himself as a man in a murderous group like the Shinsengumi, and at the same time gains the understanding and trust of all the important cadres.

She has a wonderful ability to use her courage to make the other party trust her.

Moreover, she is not the kind of person who has no courage and no strategy. Even if the opponent is an old fox like Fujiwara Hidehiro, who is used to hiding his true thoughts with heroic laughter, it seems that it is not easy to take advantage of her.

He thought so as he followed her into the hall and saluted Fujiwara Hideheng, the lord of Oshu.

...... So, what is the ...... that is coming to my mind now?

It didn't seem to be nervous, because he never seemed to have this emotion.

It didn't seem to be a warning, because inexplicably, he suddenly felt that as long as the two of them went out together, no matter what kind of thing could be solved—this was a kind of confidence, right?

So, when he watched her calmly walk towards Fujiwara Hidehiro, as if she had stood in one position as they had agreed beforehand, and then motioned for him to stand in the opposite direction to "perform a sword dance for Hidehiro Hall", and he found that the two of them were standing in a position sufficient to block all the retreats of Fujiwara Hidehiro, which was probably what she had discussed with the Lord of Oshu, what was in his mind.

When he followed her instructions and was casually wielding his sword, he suddenly changed direction and stabbed Fujiwara Hidehiro, he suddenly understood.

That feeling is worry.

He worries that she'll do something crazy that he won't be able to respond to in time — even if it's good for the world.

Ah, in this sense, she really looks like a good member of the Shinsengumi, because isn't this style of "doing crazy things to carry on your beliefs" unique to those people?

He didn't know what kind of expression he had on his face, but he watched as the Lord of Oshu, the old man with a furious beard, a very bold smile, and a very dignified face with a sinking face, shouted "What are you going to do?" under his blade, and then shouted "Someone!", and turned back and rushed in the direction where the Witch was standing.

...... Then, as if his composure had ended in an instant.

Because, he was shocked to find that in the hand of the female god judge, at some point, a bright and unsheathed short knife actually appeared!

...... Is this also what she discussed with the Lord of Oshu......?!

The next moment he got the answer.

Because Fujiwara Hidehiro seemed to stumble in her direction from the moment his knife changed direction and stabbed himself halfway, he stumbled and fled in her direction, as if he didn't care about him who had been chasing after him because he was instructed to do so, as if he wanted to assassinate, and shouted as he ran: "Miss Noriko, save me!"

When he got here, it was the same script she had told him. He assassinated the third generation of the Oshu Fujiwara clan "out of strong jealousy and loyalty to Kamakura-den", because Hidehiro-sama was preparing to hold a formal ceremony for his son and heir to the next head of the family, Taiheng Temple, and Miss Noriko, who had been sent by Genji, to marry, and of course, as a goal to change Taiheng-sama's opinion of Miss Noriko, Miss Noriko must immediately come out to protect Hideyo-sama, and without hesitation to abandon him, a retainer who seemed to be loyal and full of admiration for her—

However, the next moment, he saw an amazing picture.

Faced with the sharp blade that the female inquisitor suddenly held in her hand, the Lord of Oshu had no intention of dodging.

The old man paused slightly, and then continued to rush in the direction of the female inquisitor.

The Three Sun Moon Sect approached the blade of the knife slightly and slashed at them.

He had deliberately missed Fujiwara Hidehiro's body when he slashed down, and if Hidehiro had maintained his previous route, his knife would have swept across Hideyo's shoulder and swept diagonally to the right across the opponent's arm.

But the next moment he heard the old man groan in pain.

"Ugh!!"

The Three Sun Moon Sect opened its crescent-shaped pupils slightly for a moment.

He heard the Witch Judge laugh softly.

"Hehehehehehe......"

Unexpectedly, she said the next sentence in a tone so soft that it was almost as if nothing had happened.

"Xiuheng Palace, it was designed a long time ago. ”

She said. In her naturally lowered right hand, the short knife she held was stained with blood, and drops of bright red blood fell to the ground at her feet.

Fujiwara Hidehiro clutched somewhere between his waist and abdomen, as if the pain had made him unable to stand up straight with dignity anymore, and he stood there slightly bent, his face pale and a low, intermittent smile.

"Really...... It's amazing...... Little girl, how ...... is it Calm, yes, because...... Guessed it、I really want you to ...... What has been accomplished、——?"

Unexpectedly, the calm sharpness that had been displayed in the corridor outside the hall disappeared from her body without a trace, and the current female inquisitor raised her eyes to look at the injured Lord Xiuheng in front of her.

He stepped over Fujiwara's shoulders and saw the look.

...... It's total, it's a look of suffering from love, almost desperate. Anyone who sees it will feel the hopeless love surging in her chest.

Then, he heard her voice tremble, but said in an unusually calm tone, "...... After hearing this proposal, it quickly understood. ”

Fujiwara Hidehiro: "...... Oh?!"

The author has something to say: July 16:

Well, because there was no update yesterday, so let's write a little more today.