Yanagizumi and Knemaru made it back to the outside of the city without incident.

By this time it was already light, and after rejoining the mourning gods who had gathered around, they chose a high ground not far away that was suitable for watching, and looked at the new government troops that had been assembled at the city gate.

Hotaru mischievously counted the hundreds of artillery pieces brought by the new government forces - by the way, he reported their layout to the Female Inquisitor.

Before Yanagiquan and Knemaru returned, the candlestick had already carefully summarized the various information that everyone had gathered, and at this moment, he was reporting and analyzing it to Yanagiquan one by one.

The two brothers, Ichijin and Yaoyan, were separated from each other, guarding both sides of the high ground in case someone discovered their presence and attacked them, or if they suddenly discovered the unexpected situation of the time-retrospective march.

Knee Pill habitually stood beside the Female Inquisitor, but he was soon skillfully dispatched by the Three Moons to guard the direction behind the high ground.

So now standing there, carefully observing the battle in Utsunomiya Castle, there are actually only two people left.

The Female Judge of the Gods, and the Three Days and the Moon Sect are near.

Standing under a large tree on the high ground, the female inquisitor seemed to be looking at Utsunomiya Castle, which had fallen into a scuffle, and as if she was not looking at anything, but was simply distracted or thinking.

After a while, when the gates of Utsunomiya Castle were about to be bombarded by the artillery of the new government army, Mikazuki Munejin, who had been standing beside her without saying a word, suddenly spoke leisurely.

"This time, I'm going to lose—"

The Divine Inquisitor froze slightly, and immediately turned her head to stare at him.

A faint smile pursed on the corner of the handsome Fu Fushen's lips, and he was baptized by the strange eyes of the God Judge, and he calmly finished the following words.

“...... New selection. ”

It seemed somewhat provocative to speak of this fact now, but the Lady Judge listened to him spit out the term with an unchanging expression, and bowed her head slightly, and said, "...... It seems that this is the case. ”

Receiving a reaction that was not quite the same as expected, the Three Days Moon Sect raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Xue Ye-kun, there seems to be something different-" He suddenly leaned down slightly and leaned closer to her ear, and said leisurely.

At this time, the female inquisitor had already turned around again, continued to look at the fierce battle that broke out at the gate of Utsunomiya Castle, and said, "...... Really?"

The three days of the moon sect nearly hooked the corners of his lips.

"Yes. He affirmed it again.

The female inquisitor also had a faint smile on her face.

"Well, hopefully for the better. She said casually. Suddenly, the pupils of his eyes shrank suddenly!

Because just now, the artillery of the new government army has gone through another salvo, and the huge wooden gate of Utsunomiya Castle finally could not withstand the power of this modern firearm, and it made a tooth-aching, creaking sound, and shook and fell!

The morale of the troops on the side of the new government army was greatly boosted! They let out a roar and shouted for killing, and they swarmed up from the gap opened by the artillery and poured into the city!

The Divine Inquisitor stared at the crack in the city gate without frowning, and only after most of the new government troops had rushed into the city did she sigh, turn around, and say, "Let's go too." ”

Ichijo, Yaoken, and Knee Pill all withdrew their gaze, and Hotaru and Candlestick Kiritsu Tadashi also withdrew their vigilant hands on the hilt of the knife on their waists and straightened up, only the Three Days, who was standing next to the female God Judge, asked with a smile, "What's the time?"

The Inquisitor was still looking in the direction of Utsunomiya Castle, and after a moment, she suddenly strode down the hillside of the small plateau without looking back.

"There's no such thing as the best time. Her voice drifted in the morning breeze along with the choking smoke from the battlefield.

"It's time to prepare for the worst. ”

According to the content of the task she had assigned in advance, as soon as she entered the city, the Fu Mourning Gods scattered - Hotaruru, Candlestick Kiritsu Tadada, Ichi Ichijo, and Yakuken went to the four directions of Utsunomiya Castle to be on guard;

As for one of the five swords in the world, he was originally asked to go to the castle town to monitor whether there was time to trace the march and make chaos in the place where the battle line was the front line, but he said with a natural attitude, "I am already an old grandfather, and the opportunity to express itself should be given to the young man", and naturally gave up the task of going to the castle town to Knemaru.

Liu Quan: No, don't pretend to be amnesic...... Have you forgotten that the knee pill is also Genji Shigebo, and is about the same age as you?

However, during the war, she didn't have too much thought about arguing with the Three Sun Moon Sect. After simply instructing Kneemaru to "report any problems immediately", she continued down the street.

The road was already lined with crumbling ruins and houses set ablaze by artillery fire, choking black ash and smoke wafting through the air. Screams and cries were endless.

The fire that had been ignited by the shogunate forces when they captured the town a few days earlier had burned all night before it had just been extinguished, and now the ruins of the roadside that had not been burned down had been destroyed again.

Liu Quan stepped over the bloodstains, potholes, and broken bricks and tiles on the ground, and walked straight in a certain direction with a blank face.

The Three Days Moon Sect followed behind her, and then suddenly said in a loud voice: "...... Could it be that you're going to the main camp where the Shinsengumi is stationed? It's rare to have such a warm guest for a second visit in such a short period of time, and it will bring them a certain amount of fright, hahaha. ”

Yanagizumi walked around a wooden pillar that had fallen on the street blocking her way, and her eyes lingered for a moment on the body of a soldier dressed in the color of the shogunate's uniform, which was lying down on the side of the road, and said calmly, "I didn't visit the Shinsengumi Honjin after entering the castle this morning. ...... I haven't met Mr. Hijikata either, if that's what you really want to know. ”

The three days of the Moon Sect were close to the handle of the main knife at his waist, and the index finger of his left hand, which had been tapping lightly on the blade while walking, suddenly paused. After a few seconds, his black leather gloved hand folded its fingers, clenched the hilt, and said nonchalantly, "Ah, that's surprising - I thought you had taken such great risks to sneak into the city before the battle just to meet the deputy head of the Shinsengumi?"

Liu Quan continued to walk expressionlessly, and replied without looking back: "That's how it was. ...... But now I've changed my mind. ”

“...... Why?" asked the Three Moons Sect quickly.

As if he was finally tired of this kind of conversation of playing dumb riddles in circles, Liu Quan turned around and looked directly at Fu Fushen, the most handsome of the five swords in the world, with a trace of exhaustion in his eyes.

"Nothing. She replied lightly.

“...... It's just that he's no longer my general now. I'm no longer his subordinate......"

As she said this, her eyes flickered slightly.

"I have my own tasks that I have to complete. No matter what time in the world...... The paths he and I are going to take are different. ”

There seemed to be a deep sigh in her final note, but she didn't show much sentimentality, but pressed the hilt of the knife at her waist, and continued to turn around and stride forward.

"I'm coming this way because I don't think the time-retraced march will just be counted as this—now that Utsunomiya Castle has been breached by the new government forces, and they still haven't taken action, then their focus must be on changing the important facts after that—" She began to recount her thoughtful reasoning as she walked, in a very calm tone.

"That is, the injury of Mr. Hijikata, who is the vice head of the Shinsengumi, and the head of the training team, Noboru Akizuki. ”

The Three Sun Moon Sect bowed slightly, as if he was not surprised that she would come to such a bold inference.

The corners of his lips smiled slightly, and he responded in a tone similar to an exclamation: "...... Is it. ”

Then, without warning, he took two steps forward and circled in front of her, blocking her way. In the street, where there was no trace of a living person, he stretched out his right hand wearing black leather gloves and lifted the jaw of the female inquisitor, staring at her deeply.

"In that case, I'll help you. He said lightly, his index finger covered by a black leather glove slowly rubbing the arc of her jaw.

Although whispered so close to the beautiful magnetic voice, the Witch Judge stood still expressionless. In the eyes that were forced to look at him because their jaws were raised, the original dark eyes precipitated, and they looked as cold and unfluctuating as a deep pool of silence.

Of course, it didn't seem that the three days Moon Sojin had any intention of provoking her nerves further here.

After briefly tracing the curve of her cheek to her chin with his leather glove-covered fingertips, he simply let go of his hand and took a step back, looking at her with a smile, his left hand holding the hilt of the knife at his waist.

"Then, I'll go to the position of the training team for you and reconnoiter it well. He said in a long time, deliberately biting the term "training team" a little harder, and sure enough, he saw her face change slightly.

As if he still felt that this was not enough, he Shi Shiran added another sentence.

"Is it okay to leave you here alone?...... I'll leave you to monitor the Shinsengumi. ”

The center of the Witch's brow jumped slightly.

“...... Of course. She replied in a rigid tone.

"That's what I'm here for. ”

After the three days of Yuezong left, the female inquisitor stood on the street, looked around carefully, and then walked to the corpse of the soldier lying on the side of the road, bent down slightly, and as soon as she raised her hand, she lifted the fallen wooden plank next to the corpse, and pulled it out from under the wooden plank—an old-fashioned rifle gun covered with dust and scarred on the body of the gun!

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