Nanami Akashi was born with dignity discarded.

What is the use of dignity for a man of humble origin like him? Dignity cannot be exchanged for a full meal, and dignity cannot be exchanged for tomorrow's life.

Dead, nothing.

So what he hates the most are those samurai who can commit suicide by disembowelment for the sake of bushido.

What's the point of you dying? Is it nobler than a bumper like me, nobler than a scoundrel like me? What's the use of being noble, I will live, I am the winner.

He was still just a teenager and thought so, he, he despaired of the world too early, he was just a beast, was there anything more important to a beast than to live?

"Today's weather, good, the sky is so blue."

On a good day with a refreshing experience, Edo Castle is still bustling with people and is so prosperous that you will never see it anywhere else, so why is it Edo! Edo under the rule of the shogunate, these conditions were enough for her prosperity.

Nanami Akashi wandered the streets, bored, kicking pebbles at will, daydreaming, but accidentally knocked down the old man who had changed from his body, and the old man fell to the ground with a bang.

"Oh no, it's okay, old man!?" Akashi hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm too careless when I walk." The old man obviously fell not lightly, but he did not pursue Akashi's fault too much.

Akashi smiled, helped the old man pick up the scattered luggage, patted the dust off it and handed it to the old man.

"The old man came to Edo alone?"

"Hmm."

"It's a great place! Hee-hee" Akashi bowed goodbye to the old man and left.

"That's good, young man." The old man was also in a good mood, and with a little emotion in his heart, he continued his trip.

Akashi turned around and saw that the old man had walked away, his pace slowed down, and the sunny and cheerful smile on his face disappeared, he sneered and weighed the extra money bag in his hand.

"Heh, the old ghost has a lot of silver."

He stole the old man's money, and took other people's money when he helped the old man up, and it was not the first time he had done this kind of petty theft when he was skilled, and even if the thief was discovered, he couldn't make waves like a little person, but if he wasn't discovered, then his next meal would have a place.

Life is rewarding only when there are risks, isn't it?

Anyway, no one will be nosy without opening their eyes, and everyone is silently implementing this set of rules of the game.

"Stop!"

A boy who seemed to be about Akashi's age stood in front of him and grabbed him.

Today, there are some that are not eye-opening.

“！”

Akashi was a little taken aback, but quickly became calm.

The person who came was not an adult, and he was a little thin, compared to Akashi, who had been out for a long time and was full of strength, this guy was simply a small thing, although he was very well-dressed and had a sword at his waist to look like a samurai's child.

But what is only one person afraid of, killing people in the street? Playing with him?

"What are you doing here? Gremlin. ”

"Hand over the money bag!"

The boy pointed to the money bag in Akashi's hand.

"What? Has the samurai master also learned to rob the people's money? ”

"The money bag is not yours." To put it succinctly, the boy had no intention of playing with Akashi, he pulled out his knife and pointed at Akashi, repeating it again

"Hand over the money bag."

Akashi took two steps back.

This guy in front of you, seriously! Damn, samurai are all crazy?

"Cut, to you is. Akashi threw the money bag into the boy's hand and muttered in a low voice, "Samurai can only dare to be so great with a sword." ”

Of course, he just said that, it is natural for a samurai to hold a sword, this is power, people with power make the rules of the game, and people without power accompany them to play games, what can they complain about?

I think I'm unlucky today, heh, can't good weather bring me good luck?

"My name is Hayato Asakura."

Akashi was a little incomprehensible, and suddenly blew up his name? Asakura? Is this surname famous?

He was hit hard in the nose by a punch, and Akashi suddenly felt that his eyes were shining with gold stars, and he must have had a nosebleed now.

"You!!"

"I don't use a knife, I'll beat you with my fist."

Hayato said lightly.

"Huh."

That's what you said, Akashi grinned, it's really a fool, if you don't need a knife, do you come with your bare hands? The samurai are all stupid.

Stupid just die.

Akashi clenched his fists and scuffled with Falato, although Hayato looked thin but his strength was not small at all, and the two tore for a long time and did not distinguish the winner.

In the end, in order not to be caught by adults, Akashi ran away. While escaping, he did not forget to turn around and spit on Falato.

The first encounter was not good.

When I get home, it's just a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

"Fighting with someone else again?"

There is a woman in the family who is slightly older than Akashi, he is Akashi's sister, two years older than him, and the only person who is related to him by blood, and likewise, a humble person with no dignity.

The communication between the sister and brother has always been straightforward, they have very little to talk about, and the relationship seems to be not good.

"Well, I met a little samurai master"

"Samurai?" His sister frowned: "It's okay to make trouble." ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

"Really?"

"Hmm"

"Then, let's eat."

Their siblings are both people who don't show their feelings very well, and they don't have a good relationship?

No one has a bad relationship with the person with whom they depend on their lives.

Drinking the porridge, Akashi's mind has been feeling his nose hurt again in the boy named Falyato, this guy, he swore to meet Hayato next time, and without saying a word, he would just give him a look on the face.

"Although the samurai are not smart, this is the first time I've seen someone stupid like that."

Talking to himself, the other samurai probably stabbed him to death with knives a long time ago.

A few days later, Akashi's sister died.

Killed by a drunken samurai.

Akashi weakly accepts the news of his sister's death. He can only accept that this is bad luck, the game is lost, and the person who loses can't change it.

In the face of the powerlessness of the strong, Nanami Akashi experienced this powerlessness that penetrated deep into the bone marrow for the first time.

"Stand down, you guys." Nanami Akashi motioned for his men not to move. Then let go of Asakura Nanami.

"You have a good daughter, like you." He said, "Tomorrow I will go to you, don't think about running away, my men will surround that village, and if you escape, we will kill you." ”

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