Murder is an act that has nothing to do with beautiful words, and no playwright, no matter how famous, can praise it for granted.

Even if he is burdened with justice, righteousness, and loyalty, he still can't hide that he is doing something that takes the lives of others.

Okita is the one who knows this best.

But someone has to do the dirty thing, and that's the same on either side, with the glamorous man standing on the bright side and the butcher standing behind him, as has been the case since ancient times.

Dressed in the blue Haori of the Shinsengumi, the sword of the head secretary seemed to turn into a silver moon hanging high in the sky against the background of the moonlight, and each time the light flickered was the fall of a life, and the man's face was hidden under the shadow of the sword, and those who were killed by it had no chance to find out the face of the person who killed them.

'Kikuichi Bunjo Norimune' was returned to the scabbard, and the General Secretary knew that tonight would be another triumphant battle for their new selection.

"Why, the interest doesn't seem to be high." Saito's blood was covered in the same blood as the head secretary and every member of the Shinsengumi present, but he was still calm, violent but gentlemanly, and a vicious wolf who enjoyed killing, and this thirst for murder was also one of the best in the Shinsengumi.

"No, I just don't feel like I'm thinking as much in my head as I used to."

"A fierce battle is coming." Saito smiled indifferently: "If we continue like this, the high-ranking people of the Choshu Domain should not be able to sit still and take action."

"Maybe."

"Whew, it's great that you can calm down at this point."

The head office didn't continue to talk, it was time to close the team immediately, and he had to do what he reported to Isamu Kondo.

"Asakura already has a sense of going, and she will leave the Shinsengumi after this incident is over." Saito walked side by side with the head office, pretending that he had no intention, and he said that he wanted to test the former first swordsman of the Shinsengumi.

When it came to the matter of the Seven Truths, the head of the department did not waver in his breath.

"It seems that I am indeed ready to be enlightened"

"I probably won't live much longer." The general secretary, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Now I can still act like this because I have practiced martial arts all year round and my physique is much stronger than ordinary people, but it is estimated that in less than two or three years, no matter how skilled I am in swordsmanship, I will not be able to live." ”

When talking about his life and death, the tone of the general director was like talking about chickens, ducks, cats and dogs in captivity, and he didn't seem to take it seriously at all.

"Is your lung disease incurable?" Keen to the point of Saito Ichi, he can't hide what kind of state the head office's body is.

"The gods have descended to earth, I don't know if I can save it, haha."

"It's not that funny."

The so-called jealous talent, the young man has a rare talent, has a good ambition, and has the opportunity to leave a name in history, but unfortunately God did not favor him, and the head office has already contracted an incurable disease at a young age.

"So, you didn't choose Asakura."

"I'm actually quite unwilling." The head secretary nodded, his tone couldn't tell that he was unwilling, but Saito knew that Okita head secretary was a man who had learned to hide his emotions with a mask early on, and his current inner thoughts were not consistent with his performance.

"Well, unwillingly." Repeating what he said, the general secretary nodded slightly and said, "It's a pity that I can't convince myself." ”

"The future that Isamu Kondo brings to you is more important"

"Mr. Saito, I know."

"Me? All I have to do is kill. ”

"After cutting through the madness and chaos of this era, although Mr. Saito is thirsty for killing, he is still a righteous person, and he is not terrible."

"Whew, understood." The summer night is still very hot, the sun is shining fiercely during the day, and I can't stand the temperature, and the night is the temperature of human blood, which is actually a little hotter than the sun.

"You know that you don't have a long life, so you find a place where you have the only time left to live."

Fight for the Shinsengumi until you see the light after chaos on the bloody path, or use your body to open the way for that future.

That's the choice you, Soji Okita.

"If only I could end it all while I lived." This desire is what little willfulness he has left.

"You guy"

Saito is not good at comforting others.

All he could say was already stored in his sword, and it would be hypocritical to talk any more.

The road ahead, let's go slowly, after all, the future has not yet been determined.

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The grand memorial service is still being held, and it will last for more than a month.

This kind of memorial will be a good stage. At this moment, the love of Eagle Palace puts himself in the position of "organizer" to look at this grand event.

"Almost, it's time."

A portable shrine dedicated to the gods, a dancing girl performing arts, and people who are immersed in joy and forget their pain for a while.

"Sometimes I don't feel like a businessman."

There is only Kyoichi by her beloved, but she doesn't seem to be saying this to Kyoichi.

"What do I really want for myself? I've already spent a lot of money, and I don't value anything else. ”

She changed into the clothes she liked, and the easy-to-move dress was her favorite, and although the men's clothes were a bit nondescript to wear on her, even so beloved didn't want to touch those kimonos and sleeves.

"Let's go, Kyoichi, it's time to go."

"Yes"

It has been determined that there are no people sent by the shogunate or the Shinsengumi to monitor the surrounding area of the residence.,Even if there is a beloved stand-in, he will perfectly repeat his daily routine without being discovered.。

"Miss, I don't think what you're trying to do is appropriate."

Kyoichi finally expressed his opinion, and he used soft words such as inappropriate.

"You're acting too excited."

"Excited?"

"With all due respect, it doesn't seem that the eldest lady wants to protect her own interests, but wants to do more."

"Oh? How to say. "All along, Kyoichi would not have objections to her decision, but today it is a little abnormal.

"Miss, aren't you afraid of getting on fire?"

"If the fire I light can burn itself to ashes, then let the horse come, hehe, Kyoichi, you know what? There are not many opportunities in life to find what you really want. ”

I was lucky.

I found my chance.

Takanomiya feels that she will never regret her decision today in the future.