Rin-in-a-kami: "......"

Although the tone of this rhetorical question is calm, the content is actually a little sharp. Kannain found it difficult to answer, so he kept silent.

Kiyohara Yukiha doesn't seem to have the intention of letting her bow down and admit her mistakes or express her feelings. She just said it so calmly.

"From the standpoint of being a mortal, the three days and the moon are indeed at fault. He couldn't be sure of his true intentions, so he let Lady Hibiki waste the best time of her life in vain with an ambiguous attitude......"

"However, the Three Days and Moon Sect is near, and it is not a mortal. He's a knife. How do you expect the sword to fully understand the feelings of mortals? ”

"Perhaps after they acquired mortal bodies through the spiritual power provided by the Inquisitors, they would also understand and learn the emotions of mortals...... Unfortunately, Lady Hibiki appeared and demanded that he reciprocate with equally deep and complex emotions before he fully understood the complex and deep emotions that we mortals possessed......"

She sighed again, her still bright black eyes staring straight at Kamino Rin.

"I'm sorry. …… I didn't mean to say good things about my Honmaru's mourning god, but...... How do you scoop water out of an empty jug? That's it......"

Kannain was silent for a long time. Unexpectedly, she didn't scream and refute anymore, or continued to tell the life story of Kannoko, and held grievances for her.

Then, she slowly curled the corners of her lips and smiled.

"So you're saying that you're not going to scoop water out of these empty jugs, are you? ”

Kiyohara Yukiha was silent for a moment, as if she didn't expect her first sentence to be this. Then, as if pondering how to phrase her inner feelings for the most complicated moment, she smiled reluctantly, and the smile flashed across her face, a little shaky and pale.

"In the woods behind me, Mr. Hijikata has just died...... At such a moment, do you want me to think about scooping water from an empty jug? She smiled wryly and shook her head.

"But maybe I cried for days, closed the door and nobody, every night, every day, regretting that I could do nothing for him but to see him die...... Then, when I reopen the door, I start thinking about scooping water from an empty jug. She blinked, and there seemed to be a bright layer of water in her sockets. But soon, she shook her head again as if self-deprecatingly, and laughed silently.

"Mortals, most people don't have innate superpowers, so if you want to survive in this difficult world, you have to be stronger than you think...... Being deceived, betrayed, encountering terrible difficulties, losing a lover, losing a family, losing a companion, and enduring great grief, you can get up and continue to walk in pain—"

"Because if we don't do this, we won't be able to face a fate and a world that is a thousand times ten thousand times stronger than us. ”

This is a precious quality that a mortal person should have. If you abandon such qualities, you will not survive. ”

She said thoughtfully, then raised her gaze and nodded towards Kanna.

"I guess that's why Lady Hibiki would give up her life and leave the world so simply, while mortals like me have been stubbornly and embarrassed, crying no matter how bad things are. ”

"You ......!!"

She blurted out a word in shock and anger, and after thinking about it carefully, she felt as if she really had nothing to say.

Oh, yes. Every word that Kiyohara Yukiha said was correct.

Even if she is obsessed with proving that the Three Days Moon Sect is inherently cold, what can she fight for Granny Hibiki? Falling in love with someone who is not worthy of trust to Granny Hibiki herself, and spending her whole life for it, is such a life considered good?

Moreover, what is even more tragic is that it proves that this person who is cold in nature actually has moments of sincere emotions, but the person who can trigger his sincere emotions is not Granny Hibiki, nor himself - but someone else.

This is the source of her refusal to believe the truth and her desire to fight this injustice to the end.

Convinced that there are some people in this world who are beloved darlings, and after wanting to become such darlings but not being able to get them, their faces and hearts are distorted by jealousy, and they degenerate into monsters of darkness in their hearts, and then they are in the company of these evil spirits-

Kanna Rinyin blurted out, "How do you know that others are not crying and trying to go down!"

Kiyohara Yukiha: "......"

As if surprised by the sudden outburst of emotion from Kanna's voice, Kiyohara Yukiha pondered and did not speak immediately.

This gave Kanna the illusion that she had suddenly gained the upper hand (?), and she immediately continued to shout in a fierce voice:

"Don't say pretty things—— not every time you cry like this, you can reach the perfect end...... You should know that too?!Once at a time, what can you do after being disappointed?......!"

Kiyohara Yukiha seemed a little surprised, her eyes flickered for a moment, and then she sighed slightly.

"Even disappointment is not a reason to fall. She replied.

"Isn't it natural for us to ......be mortal, not gods, disappointed or to fail? How many times have you repeated this process to achieve victory? ”

She said so frankly, her eyes gradually condensed, as if she remembered something, and sadness appeared in her expression.

"I think you know the background of my self-proclaimed background, right...... Just now, you also mentioned Mr. Hijikata. ”

"Then you must know what the end of the Shinsengumi is. ”

"From Kyoto, to Fushimi, Toba, to Edo, then to Kofu, to Naruyama, and finally Aizu, Sendai, and Ezo—"

She counted the names of these places related to countless hardships and pains, and her bright eyes seemed to have a flickering water.

Even so, her attitude was unusually calm.

"One by one, the companions fell in front of them, and one by one the companions slowly left along the way, scattered, and turned into the backs of no return, irretrievable ashes......"

"Finally, I came here. Hakodate - you know the importance of this place, right? That's why you chose this place to snipe me, right?"

Under the gloomy sky, the cold wind blew through the treetops, making a desolate sound.

Kannakin snorted and didn't speak immediately.

Kiyohara Yukiha didn't have a seizure, but continued to look at her calmly, almost coldly, with those eyes that were even brighter because of the surging water.

"But you're wrong. ”

"I will never lose to you. Especially not likely to be here. ”

"Because—you're right, in this forest behind me, maybe Mr. Hijikata is no longer alive......"

Her voice finally trembled, and there was a ripple of tears.

But she quickly tried to hold back the weak outpouring of emotion, and slowly raised her right hand. The tip of the sword in her hand, which was stained with black qi but still looked cold and shining, pointed directly at the position of Shen Wuyin's chest.

"Admit defeat, God has no king. She said.

"Because I can't fail again in this place of Hakodate...... I swore it. From now on, I will win...... Whether it's against a time-defying march, or against a former friend or colleague, I have to win. ”

"Because I want Mr. Hijikata to watch how strong I am with everything he has taught me. ”

She curled the corners of her lips slightly, and finally showed a sneer—that smile did not come from the ever-easy-going and friendly God Inquisitor "Kiyohara Yukiba", who debuted halfway but was able to mingle with many colleagues, but from Kiyohara Yukiha, the leader of the Ichiban Group a long time ago, as the wolf of Mibu roamed the streets of Kyoto.

"Didn't you think that Hibiki's death had taught you a good lesson?" she asked with a smile.

"What a coincidence. I've also learned something precious and irreplaceable from life and death—"

Buzz——。

She flicked her wrist slightly, and the power poured into her sword-wielding hand, and the blade made of gold and iron sensed it and made a humming sound.

"What Mr. Hijikata taught me with his life, I can show you now. ”

As if intimidated by her powerful aura, Shen Wuyin was stunned for a while, and stood there without reacting.

But she didn't need to react. After all, whether it was a time-retrospective march or a non-violation, no matter which side of the force she relied on, it had now been wiped out.

Fighting alone, she was not Qingyuan Xueye's opponent in the first place, not to mention that there were still six Fu Fu Gods present.

It was as if she was trying not to show herself frustrated, angry, or defeated. She raised her chin high.

"Hmph, that's a beautiful thing to say...... Do you think you have received some great righteousness from the government of the time?" she sneered, sneering as she sneered at her.

"Do you think you have become a messenger of justice now?...... Hmph, don't you ever run into something suspicious at the Divine Inquisitor's Conference, like—"

She dragged out her last note, and her tone was full of malicious provocation.

"Men of suspicious origin or something? and...... A former inquisitor who will disappear for no apparent reason?"

Before she could say this, it looked as if Kiyohara Yukiha was about to order her subordinates to go up and arrest her, the former Inquisitor who had betrayed the government of the time and escaped.

However, the last killer trick she threw worked.

Kiyohara Yukiha's gaze flickered slightly. She seemed to think about it quickly.

Then, with a snort, she withdrew the tip of the knife that was just inches away from Kan Wuyin's chest!

"What are you trying to hint at me?" her face sank. But Kanna Rinne keenly caught a hint of something to use in her tone - she sounded as if her attitude had softened a little, because she felt that Kanna Rin's topic really intrigued her?

"You can talk about it now. ”

During their argument, Mikazuki Sojin, who had been watching calmly from the side, suddenly interrupted their conversation, which seemed to have suddenly become dangerous.

"Yukiba-kun!" he shouted as if warning.

Qingyuan Yukiye didn't turn his head to look at him who made a sound. She looked as if Kanna had finally uttered the words she had been waiting for, so she was determined to listen to them at all costs.

Three days Moon Sect had to raise his voice again.

“…… No. His face and voice sank, and his tone and expression were almost terrifying.

Kiyohara Yukiha still hasn't looked back.

"Tell me, there is no king. She calmly urged Kanna.