Saigo Congdao: ?!

A tear slid down the corner of her inner eye and down her nose, scratching a mark on the thick powder on her face. Although she said "so happy", her tone was like a deep sigh.

Saigo never understood why she was crying.

...... Didn't he say the most ferocious words, spreading out the cruel reality in front of his eyes little by little, poking his lung tubes?!

And...... This kind of empathetic tone describes this kind of end-of-life encounter, and it doesn't seem like talking about the Choshu Domain...... Choshu, however, despite the loss of Mr. Takasugi, still occupies a place in the new government, and has turned from an "enemy of the DPRK" to a place where the fate of the country is decided!

So...... Who is she talking about?! Who is she shedding tears because of?!

For some reason, Saigo didn't think she was crying for Satsuma's end. Although she was sent to him by Satsuma's envoy, it was evident that she had excellent latent talents, and that she had the trust of her brother and his henchmen to take on this important task—but instead of making an effort to facilitate his meeting with his brother, she was quick to spread out the inevitable consequences of the matter to him—

Who is she happy about, and who is she miserable about? What is her purpose? What is her motive? What position is she standing on?

Saigo felt that his questions were so many that they almost overflowed his chest.

And, it seemed to him that she spoke in a manner that was entirely suicidal—as if she had no regard for being alone in the enemy camp, and of the consequences of speaking so plainly in front of him, and that she was simply trying to say the words buried deep in her heart, one by one—

“...... Don't you understand? Your brother has been abandoned by them, and if they really thought your persuasion worked, they wouldn't have sent you here in the first place......"

Saigo said: "......"

Aside from being silent, he didn't know how else he should answer.

What she said was not unreasonable, and he did. But now, there is nothing he can really do, either as a subordinate or as a younger brother, except that the big men who have pinned their hopes in the new government really want to make peace with his brother, and the brother really wants to convey his expectations of them and stop there.

Suddenly, he heard her snort contemptuously.

“...... I've seen this kind of drama before. She said suddenly.

Saigo couldn't help but raise his gaze and stare at her with an inquiring gaze.

He was now beginning to understand why his brother and his trusted henchmen had sent her. For the persuasiveness and incitement of this young girl's words were so extraordinary that one could not help but think in the direction she had expressed.

For example, now, he knew in his heart that she might just throw out a new reason to convince him, and even these eloquent words were part of her excellent speech skills, and he couldn't help but want to hear what similar scenes she had seen before and what the ending was.

She paused appropriately and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"I think I am worthy of my heart, but I have no way out...... I hoped that the big man who would sit in a higher position in the court would appreciate his loyalty, but he was ruthlessly abandoned, and even sent you to death indifferently-"

She spoke slowly, word by word, and the narrative even had a sense of flashback for a moment, as if an old picture had really unfolded in front of the listener, and the story of the heroes who had been forced to the end of the road in the past was re-presented in front of others.

"At the end of the day, no one really believes in your loyalty, and no one really cares about your sacrifice...... In the midst of the battles, your companions scattered one by one, and had to say goodbye to them, and in the end, the righteousness you believed in and relied on was also gone, and your loyalty was exchanged for betrayal, and your faith was exchanged for parting—"

There was a deep sigh in her voice. The situation she depicts is involuntarily convincing even for the battle-hardened Saigo Remichi, because the story she describes is too thrilling, embarrassing, and desperate.

“...... All you can do in the end is risk your life and prove your faith. ”

Saigo Congdo: !!

But the moment her words fell, she suddenly opened her eyes wide, leaned forward, her eyes staring at him with fierce eyes, and a great burst of courage bloomed on her body.

"How's that?...... In the end, even if your faith is proven, you have to die to do it—it's so simple, do you think your brother won't understand?

Saigo, who had been sitting earlier, suddenly leaned back from the road and sat down on the tatami mat. He felt his knees tremble so much that he could not support the weight of his body, and when he sat down, he found that his heart was so shaken that even his hands were shaking, and his throat was tight, and he could not make a sound.

...... That's because he knew in his heart that what she was saying was the truth.

Before he left Tokyo, Okubo and his people had already discussed in the military council what the situation would be, and his brother would have to die to put an end to it.

He sat down on the tatami mat, spitting weakly, as if a knife was churning in his chest for a moment, cutting the flesh and blood in his body, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't even breathe. She, on the other hand, leaned over slightly, staring straight at him, oblivious to his contradictions, pain, and struggles.

After tearing away the veil of the curtain on which he had relied to conceal herself, she slowly withdrew her hand, sat back straight, and watched him in a dignified posture as he went through the whole process of his inner dying, but there was not even the slightest pity on her face.

I want him to say that at that time, she sat under the lamp, like a god statue, high up and unconscious. But where the lights flickered, a glimmer of light flashed through her pupils, which were as dark as deep pools, casting a shaky shadow over her whitened countenance, and for a moment making her face look like that of the legendary Rakshasa woman—beautiful, cruel, and dangerous.

That look made him suddenly wake up.

...... She wants to prevent possible peace talks.

Her presence may cause more Satsuma boys to die in the mud and torrential rain on the mountain roads outside Kumamoto Castle without any choice......

And the elder brother.

The elder brother doesn't need such a subordinate who will betray him at any time. Then it's up to him — by him—

He suddenly shouted, "Torotaro!"

The loyal guard, who had been on standby in the adjacent cubicle for a long time, slammed open the shoji door.

Then, there was a scene that surprised him.

Before Torotaro could rush in and draw his gun, the young geisha, who was sitting gracefully, suddenly rose to his feet, slashed his back palm into Torotaro's wrist, and shot down the handcuff he had just pulled out of his pocket and had not yet held it firm.

Immediately, a dazzling array of attacks followed. She was merciless, and her shot was like lightning, and she took two fingers straight at the door of Torotaro's face, and stabbed him in the eyes at once, causing him to subconsciously shrink his head, and then, her hand once again turned into a palm knife, aiming at Torotaro's neck exposed because of shrinking his head and covering his face!

The next moment, Torotaro fell heavily without saying a word, with a thud—and then there was a faint sound of furniture falling, and it turned out that his head hit the corner of the table on the floor when he fell.

The series of thumping sounds was simply tooth-souring.

However, she didn't move, and she didn't waste a second looking down at Torotaro's condition, and when she returned her hand, she took out a short knife from her arms, and slashed open the belt she had tied with her backhand - the gorgeous kimono with furisode echoes wide open!

Saigo subconsciously turned his head quickly, but then realized that she must still be wearing muscle loops, and it was impossible for him to see any vivid scenes, and taking off the kimono was just a strategy to kill two birds with one stone - to facilitate her next move, and to use his reaction to subconsciously turn his face away for a moment to gain precious preemptive opportunity!

He immediately turned his head back again, trying to reach for the handcuff that had just been shot down from Torotaro's hand and dropped on the tatami mat.

However, his instant knee-jerk reaction was enough to give her time to attack first. Halfway through his face, he felt a stream of air from the blade in front of him, and then a chill in his neck—the sharp short knife was already there!

Saigo heard her smirk from Michi.

"It's unfortunate," she said, "that even a fool like me isn't so easy to clean up!"

Although what she said sounded like a humble remark, Saigo heard arrogance in it.

He ordered himself to calm down, not to be provoked by her now.

Although the people who had been accompanying them have retreated, there are always patrols outside the door. Even if she hijacked herself, the most she could do was to retreat outside the door and meet people who had come to check on the situation - the question now is, will she wantonly reverse right and wrong in front of those people, fabricate facts, and push him and his brother deeper into the abyss?

He hesitated for a moment, but decided to work with her for the time being.

“...... Miss Kujou," he tried to keep his voice soft, "why bother?"

However, the Kujou lady only sneered.

"Of course," she said, "I had to—I'm sorry, Shingo-sama. ”

Saigo said: "......"

Ah, she poked the sore spot again.

...... Where did my brother get such a troublesome woman?!

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August 17:

Sorry, but this heat cold is really troublesome......

It just doesn't feel like it's too serious, because I don't have a fever, but I have pain all over my body, and I just want to sleep after taking medicine = =

In addition, there were almost 20 chapters to be interrogated last night, and it was very time-consuming to get it.

Fortunately, most of them have been released today.,Only the end of a small line of chapters has to be modified.,In fact, it's not a violation of the plot.,It's just to escape the pursuit of the bad guys.,Pretend to be affectionate.,There's no actual plot.,It's still required to be modified.,Alas.

I don't want to toss it over and over again, so I changed it and emphasized in the article that it was pretending

I really can't help it, after all, I like that plot a lot, and I don't want to delete it entirely

Sorry for the late update today!

Next update: It's still tomorrow, I'll start coding words here. It should be even more tomorrow afternoon!

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