Chapter 57: The Stability Maintainer
Ba couldn't agree with the old man's words. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
She looked left and right, but did not see her brother. A bad thought came to her mind, and she hurriedly asked, "What about the others, why aren't they here?"
The old man sat back down and replied, "They are scattered in the mountains, ready to ambush that fellow." β
That guy is the executioner who drew his sword.
"Why don't you wait for my report?"
"Report?" the old man laughed, "Isn't it the weakness of the sword?"
The only sharp weapon used in Xuedaiba's life is the scissors used for flower arrangement.
The reason why a weak woman like her can become the collaborator of Dark Naiwu is that she is tasked with approaching the sword and finding out his weaknesses.
After all, this woman is too weak, so weak that people can't be wary.
"That doesn't need anymore. The old man said, "Or rather, it wasn't needed in the first place." β
Ba Leng said: "No, then why let me approach him?" As she was talking, she suddenly thought of a possibility, and said in surprise: "You want to ......"
"Not bad!"
The old man had no intention of concealing it.
This woman is also half of his own person, and he has always been more caring for his own people.
"After living with the sword for so long, you should know him as a person, right?" he said with some embarrassment: "Although he has killed countless people and looks like a ruthless executioner, he is a man who can move emotions, which is really unexpected." β
"Now that guy's biggest weakness...... That's you!"
Is...... I?
A look of surprise appeared on Ba's face, and then it turned to unease.
"That's how you planned to do it at first, that's why you let me ......"
"Is there so?" continued the old man, "he is on his way here, to see you. However, knowing that the woman he loved was actually a traitor who betrayed him, he must be in turmoil at the moment. Now he should not be able to exert his original strength, which has achieved our goal. β
The executioner drew his sword and had a good reputation, and the old man never thought that the Dark Warrior Society was his opponent.
Even though they have killed many famous people, they are still weak.
Farmers, butchers, merchants, and even the disabled and freaks who were born deformed, that's all there is to Dark Naiwu.
It is not at the same level as those samurai who have systematically learned kendo boxing.
One is a lark in the sky, and the other is a bed bug in a mud pit.
But he's been struggling in the mud for thirty years, and he's got so many knives that even bed bugs get smarter.
Others kill by the sword, they kill by careful planning.
The psychological and physical state of the opponent, the timing of the ambush, the use of things around them, and even the tone of speech during battle, everything was in their plan.
Often, in order to achieve the desired goal, the layout alone can be as long as a year.
Ever since Dark Naiwu established such a system, he has never missed a beat.
It's slow, but surprisingly effective.
But it can also ......
"Despicable!" is a rare word to hear.
The old man smiled, and he didn't mind at all, because Ba was right.
Don't dare to challenge it with dignity, but hide in the shadows to make ghosts, which is despicable.
"But it's not despicable, the bones have long since turned to ashes!" the old man said flatly: "At my age, my reputation and other things have long been out of sight." β
Ba's hand slowly reached behind his back.
There was the short knife she had been carrying in the first place.
Now that Kaoru has found it, there is no reason to stay any longer.
But no sooner had the dagger drawn than a finger's width when the old man leapt in front of her. First snatched her with a knife, then slapped her to the ground with a backhand, and finally caught Kaoru who was about to fall to the ground.
The clean and neat movements don't look like an old man can do it at all.
Before he could react, Ba had already fallen to the ground. The corners of his mouth were broken, his cheeks were red and swollen, blood was slowly flowing out, and his head was buzzing.
Kaoru wakes up from her sleep and cries.
The old man teased him a few times, and then asked Kaoru to calm down.
Skillful is a bit excessive.
"You're in love with him, aren't you? That's how troublesome women are. The old man said: "But it is also this that attracts men deeply." β
He gently placed Xiao Kaoru next to the Buddha statue, and continued: "People's feelings are easy to change. Like me, thirty years ago I couldn't remember my wife and children, but now I can't even remember what they looked like. β
But it's not surprising that the stronger the emotion, the more uncontrollable it becomes. It's the same with love and hate, and sometimes, it can be thinner than a piece of paper. β
"This is the sin of man!"
Crime?
Ba didn't understand.
"If you are innocent, why should you suffer in this hell?" said the old man with a long sigh, "no matter how good an executioner is, he is as vulnerable as a baby in the face of love and sin!"
"Is it just to kill people with such foresight?" Ba sat on the ground and stared at the old man intently.
Obviously, every word is full of wisdom, but why use such wisdom to kill.
The old man looked at Ba without flinching, and then gave the answer: "Yes, just to kill people!"
Because if you don't kill people, you can't live.
Ba's face showed a determined look, and he opened his mouth to bite off his tongue.
At least, Kenshin can't die for me!
She is gentle, but not weak.
Regardless of how it was before, but now, she didn't want Kenshin to be harmed.
Obviously his fiancΓ© was killed by him, but he fell in love with him again.
Maybe a bad woman like me should have died.
If I'm his weakness, then just make it gone!
But before she could bite down, a hand firmly pinched her cheek.
The old man had seen many people who had committed suicide by biting their tongues, and he had seen Ba's thoughts early in the morning.
His hand was on Ba's face, and he easily stopped her from committing suicide.
"Don't mess around!"
"It takes a lot of strength and awareness to kill yourself by biting your tongue," he said. And...... Even if you die, you won't change anything. β
Draw the knife and fast, or die.
The power of one person is too small to save others, let alone the world.
The only thing you can do is to live as long as you can.
The old man let go of his hand.
"But if you really want to die, whatever you want, I won't save you a second time, but don't forget your original purpose. β
Ba shuddered.
"Kiyosato Mingliang, isn't this man irreplaceable to you?" the old man said, "At least, you should be irreplaceable to him." Otherwise, he would not have gone to the turbulent Kyoto if he was not good at swordsmanship. He did not hesitate to risk his life, but he also wanted to bring you happiness. β
"That's it, that's it...... As long as he stays with me, that's enough. β
Ba is just such a humble hope.
"This is the sin of being a man!" said the old man with emotion, "In order to make a woman happy, a man must protect the family, protect the village, and even protect the world of Tokugawa." β
"I don't dare to say what happened to the Tokugawa shogunate, but at least it gave people a fairly stable environment. If it does, so does personal happiness. I don't know anything about the Restoration, but in my opinion, it's like a struggle for power between the daimyos, and in the end there must be a battle. But since it is a war, there will be people who will die, many, many people will die. If killing a few people can save more people, then I'd rather bear this sin. β
"As long as someone wants to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, even if it is a seedling, I will uproot him! This cautious approach is the reason for the 300 years of peace and prosperity in the Tokugawa era. β
After the old man finished speaking, he sighed again: "You may not believe it, but we are also protecting the happiness of the people!"
The same purpose, but the creation of a completely different concept.
One wants to stick to the rules, the other wants to break the status quo.
The tragedy of this era is not famine, disease, poverty.
It's that they can't understand each other.
The poor and the rich, the powerful and the common, the Westerners and the Japanese, all of them cannot understand each other.
The boundaries between right and wrong, change, and even if you don't agree with each other, you have to fight for life and death.
It's a pity that there are many things in the world that can't tell right from wrong.
Is it wrong for Dark Naiwu to want to maintain social stability and let everyone live and work in peace and contentment?
Kenshin wants to create a beautiful new era and let everyone have happiness, is it wrong?
That's right!
But these two parties have never been masked, and they are already enemies of life and death.
If Kenshin represents the Restoration, then Dark Naiwu represents the Stability Maintainer.
It's not about profit and power, it's just about the expectations of the current life.
Change, with no change.
Only with the sword can be decided.
Becoming a king or defeating a king is like this, step by step to the present.