Although I didn't know much about history in my previous life, I still had a slight concept of the Shinsengumi, although this concept only stayed at the names of a heroic organization and a few of its celebrities.

Of course, the current Shinsengumi is still just a weak Ronin group, born out of Kiyokawa Hachiro's plan of only about thirty people.

On the way to Kyoto, she was bored, and Nanami sat on the edge of the carriage with Asaki in her arms and listened to the sound of her heartbeat, which was slow and deep, and the scenery she saw in her dream from time to time was like a ghost in her eyes.

I'm going to leave soon, so don't worry about it so much.

"Yuxiang ......" Qishi spoke.

Yuuka is next to Qishi, she doesn't seem to feel idle at all, she hasn't said much since she got into the car, and she hasn't moved her hands and feet much, this kind of meditation skill......

“……？” When Yuuka heard Qishi shouting, she turned her head to look at Qishi, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay......"

Where are you a monk who has attained enlightenment......

Qishi originally thought that there was not much time for a few people to get together, and he wanted to chat with Yuuka more, but when he really went to talk, he was already out of words just by shouting a name.

Moreover, his head is a little congested, and he can't speak.

"Now, Director-General."

Blushing to avoid Yuuka, Nanami simply went to talk to the general secretary who was driving the carriage.

"I've always wanted to ask you."

"One, has there always been something?"

This time, I didn't feel comfortable but became the head office. Of course, because his back was to Qishi, Qishi didn't notice anything wrong?

She simply took this opportunity to ask the doubts she had always had in her heart.

"I remember you said earlier that Mr. Kondo stayed in Kyoto with the few ronins who didn't go with Hachiro Kiyokawa and had the support of the shogunate, and is now working as a guard for Kyoto?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"I said, if you really don't want me to worry, just tell the truth." Qishi said: "It's not an exaggeration for me to say that I am a 'martial artist', although I am a martial artist, it doesn't mean that I really don't have the brain to think about something." ”

At first, she didn't realize that something was wrong, probably because her mind was filled with all kinds of complicated things at that time, but after she calmed down, she realized how ridiculous the head office's statement at that time was.

The ronin left behind by Isamu Kondo's organization to guard Kyoto?

The real term of the "Ronin Left Behind" should be the "remnants of the rebel army", and there is a foolish leader in the world who will let the remnants of an organization that tries to threaten his position be the guardian of his own doorstep......

"Okita-kun, don't lie." Yuuka stepped forward to ease the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

"Nanami doesn't look like an ordinary girl after all, does she?"

The meaning behind this sentence is probably that if Okita-kun wants to reassure Nanami really , what you have to do is to confess the truth, after all, she won't pretend not to understand and let you fool the past.

"The shogunate, all support for the ronin group has been withdrawn."

As expected.

"Today's ronin group was taken in by the lord of the Aizu domain, so it was difficult to make a living, and the number of people dropped to twenty-four."

There are only twenty-four people left in the Ronin group, which is really not good news.

The Director-General smiled wryly.

"It's really an existential crisis."

"Even if that's the case, still hold on?" After listening to the general secretary, Qishi completely understood

"Mr. Kondo is a strong swordsman, and so are you, the head secretary, and the rest of the ronin group must also have their own abilities, but the shogunate's plan to keep you and let you fight against the forces of the shogunate is to grind you to death and polish you little by little, not to really want to appoint you."

It is impossible for the Director-General not to understand this truth.

"No wonder you're always sad."

"In fact, there are still places that are not very peaceful inside." The general secretary simply shook out all the inside stories he knew one by one.

If you knew about my difficulties, would you choose to stay and help me? The Director-General did not have such a small expectation.

"In addition to the faction led by Brother Kondo, there is also a faction in the current ronin group, that is, the Mito ronin led by Serizawa Duck."

In such a small organization, there are still two factions.

"There shouldn't be any trouble now, after all, both sides know that now is not the time for infighting."

The Ronin team moves forward cautiously and looks for opportunities to grow in the midst of crisis.

"Brother Kondo once said something to me, do you want to hear it?"

"Come on, there's always something to talk about along the way."

"After Hachiro Kiyokawa's death, Brother Kondo sent me a letter in which he not only explained the recent difficulties of the ronin group and urged me to go to Kyoto as soon as possible, but also expressed his condolences to Hachiro Kiyokawa."

For Isamu Kondo, Hachiro Kiyokawa's death has to be said to be a sad event for him.

"Brother Kondo said, 'Mr. Kiyokawa did something that should have been right in the wrong way, so he had to die, and I also expected Mr. Kiyokawa's death, but it was an expectation but not my heart, and I thought about Mr. Kiyokawa's ambition to honor the king, and I felt that this was also my goal, but I asked me to do it correctly without following in the footsteps.' In fact, Kondo believes that our righteous way is not much different from the so-called Shogunate...... On the side of the shogunate, the ronin group hopes that the change of the shogunate will not be based on the sea of corpses and blood. ”

"To put it simply, the Ronin group is here to cut off the flames of war with their own strength." Nanami said, "The bloodshed is borne by those in high positions, and the samurai have enjoyed the privilege of three hundred years, and it is time to step up and do their duty...... Such. ”

"Yes."

The grasshopper shakes the tree, and the desire is not self-sufficient.

"Actually, it's the same thing that the shogunate wants to do." Yuuka whispered, but the chief secretary and Nanami could hear her words very clearly.

"Killing the roadblockers, I'm going to be the boss, that's how it feels."

One sentence breaks the source.

The enemies of the Ronin Group are not only the Restoration Warriors who have fallen to the Shogunate, but even the Shogunate is actually their enemy.

Yuuka sighed with emotion: "Okita-kun, do you want to be a hero?" ”

"Not really."

Soji Okita never thought about heroes or anything, but when he was a child, he thought about what he had to do to make his life more comfortable.

And now I found it.

"Director-General, I wish you peace, and don't die if you realize your ambitions."

Nanami lowered his head and put his hand on the right shoulder of the chief director.

"Lend you good words."

He has been unable to turn back, in two senses.