When both of them agree to a true sword duel, this battle is not child's play.

Isamu Kondo acquiesced to Nanami as the representative of the Shinsengumi, and Sasaki Saburo also had enough trust in Imai Shinnu.

If you defeat the opponent within three moves of the seven realities, it will be the victory of the Shinsengumi, otherwise you will fall behind the disadvantage of the return group, which shows that the opponent has the ability to wait until the support arrives, and then I am afraid that it will be a situation where neither side can benefit from the fish and the net.

So now, this is a step, maybe it's good for both parties, and Qishi knows that.

"I'm practicing a sword that kills with one hit." The believer said to Qishi: "I won't release the water, wait until you have time to come up with the third move." ”

Everyone was sitting in the ashinigumi's dojo, and the two people in the center had already set up their sword drawing posture and were just waiting for the moment to strike.

It was very quiet.

Qishi closed his eyes slightly, he had been in the hustle and bustle for a long time, thinking that such a quiet moment was really not enjoyed for a long time, and he felt a little addicted and didn't want to break this quietness.

Takanomiya thinks that she can stop everything there.

When he was about to leave the tavern that day, he thought of Katsu Haizhou, who had a relationship, so he asked some questions about Takanomiya's beloved with curiosity.

"After all, what do you think of such a fight?"

"See? If I were to judge a short-sighted woman like me, everything that happened between the small Mikai and Shinsengumi was a joke, whether it was the battle between the small Miwai-gumi and the Shinsengumi, or the reformers of the Tokugawa shogunate, or the foreigners and the country of Japan. ”

"Joke ......" Qishi has no real sense of such troubled times, what is engraved in the depths of her soul is a more distinct, more than a hundred years later, so no matter how sad and happy she is here, even with a loved one, a respected person, but she has never been able to simply accept the existing things, maybe she is still dreaming of being able to go back?

"It's a joke, I know what the final outcome will be but still struggle in vain. I fantasized that maybe if I tried harder, I would be able to get a good ending for myself, so I started war again and again...... It is estimated that there are few people in ancient and modern China and abroad who will not do this. ”

"How stupid."

Knowing that there is a flame in front of him, but he is still like a moth going forward and throwing himself into the red lotus and then turning into ashes, I am afraid that I can't find any other adjectives except stupid Qishi.

"This is human...... My Eagle Naigong beloved and you Asakura Qishi are both human beings. ”

No matter what era or dimension we live in, we are all human beings.

The struggle of mankind is always terminated in the struggle, and no one will sit down and accept the outcome that was known from the beginning until they hit the south wall and hit their heads to the point of breaking their heads and bleeding.

After stepping out of his right foot, Qishi stepped forward and stepped out of his left foot.

“？！ Left foot? Yamanan Keisuke couldn't help but speak, why did the posture of Qishi is sword drawing technique step out of his left foot, the people present are all swordsmen who have been immersed in kendo for many years, and it is impossible not to know the common sense about sword drawing.

Usually, a person who uses the knife drawing technique will take a right step instead of a left step to prevent his knife from injuring his leg.

Moreover, this is a redundant action.

Why does Asakura Nanami have superfluous moves in such a duel?

As early as the moment when Qishi stepped out of his right foot, the letter girl had also made a move, she was a woman with a congenital disadvantage in strength, so she and Qishi were also a swordsman who relied on speed and agility to win.

Therefore, Qishi's knife is slow.

It is undeniable that the speed of the Flying Sword Stream is slower because of this more than one step.

That's what everybody thinks.

……

……

"Mr. Takanomiya, where are you going?"

Yuuka is not yet ready to return to Shinsengumi, so Beloved arranges for Kyoichi to keep her safe temporarily.

Now Takano Miyakyo walks along the road to the village near Kyoto Castle with Kiri Yuuka.

“……”

The man walked in front without saying a word, even though the fog cut was fragrant and peerless, he didn't look at it a few times, as if it was a stone statue that couldn't speak.

Yuuka has probably understood this man's personality through getting along these days, so she didn't expect to get an answer when she asked.

Regardless of whether the dirt on the road would stain his clothes and shoes, Yuuka followed closely behind Kyoichi without falling half a step. After that, she walked for a long time, and it was not until she felt that her feet were aching that Kyoichi finally stopped.

"Here we are." He said.

The destination is a prosaic home.

Then Kyoichi went up and knocked on the door, and it was a woman in her forties who came out to open the door, and she bowed to Kyoichi and said something as if she knew him.

Then, when the woman invited Kyoichi to sit in the house, she found Yuuka standing behind him.

"This young lady is." The woman was a little stunned when she saw Yuuka, she stretched out her hand as if she wanted to touch her face, but stopped in mid-air, and then smiled awkwardly and asked Yuuka's identity.

"She's a retainer of the Eagle Palace, just like me."

"Retainer, I was shocked, this young lady and Akiko look very similar to ......"

"Akiko?" Yuuka subconsciously repeated the unfamiliar name.

"Yes, that's the name of my daughter who has passed away, Akiko is really, but the girl's family went to Kyoto alone or something, she has been alive and kicking like a boy since she was a child, but, who would have thought...... Who thought ......"

As she spoke, she covered her face and cried and fell to her knees.

"Akiko ......" is as smart as Yuuka, and probably guessed the identity of this mother who cried bitterly at the thought of her lost daughter.

The family of the girl who died for herself who should have died is right in front of her. Yuuka wanted to tell the truth, but the words stopped in her throat and couldn't come out, and unconsciously, she just tried to stabilize her trembling hands to help her up.

Takanonomiya Kyoichi will come today because of his beloved, and he came to convey a message to Akiko's family that the prisoner who killed Akiko has been found, and Takanonomiya's beloved will give their family a lot of money as "compensation".

The "prisoner" is Nagato, the man who committed suicide because he didn't want his wife and children to fall into crisis, and because he felt guilty for his lord.

During the whole process, Yuka didn't say another word until she left, and she didn't even want to look up to look directly into the eyes of Akiko's parents and brother.

Hearing that the prisoner was caught, the joy and gratitude of Akiko's family was real. Such a tangible emotion is a hundred times sharper than the sharpest knife, and it hurts to pierce Yuuka's heart.

It was getting late on the way back.

They were still walking, and on the way Yuuka asked Kyoichi.

"At that time, why did you let me go out and introduce the people who returned to the group to take the bait?"

“……”

"Why should anyone else be involved?"

“……”

"Do you obey all the words that Eagle Naigong's heart loves?"

There was no questioning or angry emotion in Yuuka's words, she was long past the age of impulsive emotion, and if she didn't understand what was hidden behind these things, she wouldn't be standing here, but some things are one thing to understand, and it's another thing to accept them.

"Hmm." Jing nodded, "Obey." ”

After that, he was as silent as the stone when he came.

……

……

"Ugh......" Isamu Kondo sighed.

Asakura Nanami's sword has been refined one step further.

This girl will not stop until she goes on the path of kendo.

“！”

The broken blade in her hand seemed to convey to Shinme the conclusive reality that she had lost, and the three moves were not reached, and the first sword clash alone had already decided the winner.

Nanami Asakura, the girl in front of her slashed the weapon in her hand with a sword that was so fast that her eyes couldn't catch it.

"What is this?" I don't understand it at all......

"Flying Edgeworth...... Probably, I don't know if it counts, because my master didn't teach me such tricks. ”

Qishi put away the knife, she didn't care about the letter girl anymore, looked directly at Sasaki Sazaburo and asked.

"Chief Sasaki, can you give the order to retreat?

？ ”

"Hahaha...... Sure enough, it's the ghost of the sword, and I lost. Sasaki Saburo admits that he failed.

"Chief!" Shinnu wanted to say something, but Sasaki Saburo stopped her with a wave of his hand.

"From start to finish, we lost, Imai-kun."

“…… It's ...... "Even if they are unwilling, but it is true that as Sasaki said, they lost and fell into the trap of others from beginning to end, and they lost very completely."

"Kondo, you can intervene in the patrol in Kyoto, you can deal with those people in Changzhou, we will not act like a hidden arrow behind our backs, you can rest assured."

"Sasaki-kun is serious."

That's what Isamu Kondo wants to see.

"Let's go."

Sasaki took everyone back, and finally represented the end of the incident.

Under the beloved advice of the Eagle Palace, the next actions of the Shinsengumi can be justified.

"I'm sure you're right." The love found Nanami, and she was also followed by the head office, because Kyoichi had something to do, so she borrowed the head secretary from the Shinsengumi to protect her temporarily, and now it's time to "return".

"That Imai has a hard and terrible life, so the swordsmanship is also quite masterful, but you still won."

Beloved was smiling, and she really never worried about other variables.

"I kind of regret knowing you now." Seven truths.

"You're not as good a friend as I thought you were at first." Beloved is also very calm, saying what is in his heart.

"Eagle no Palace beloved, I decided one thing."

"Oh?"

"I'll go to you when all is said and done." The Seven Truths were just decided.

"I'll probably kill you then."

"Kill me...... Beloved pinched his nose with his hand and looked away from Qishi, "Well, let's talk about it then...... So, goodbye, I'll contact you if there's something, by the way, I'll let Kyoichi send it back tomorrow Miss Kirikiri. ”

Things have all been settled, and Takanomiya's beloved leaves the Shinsengumi, and her figure disappears into the distant corner as it gets late.

"She's gone."

"Hmm."

"Let's go back too."

"Director-General......

“？”

Nanami looked up into the eyes of the director-general.

"Are you acting, when you go to save me."

"yes, doesn't that mean okay? Pretend you're caught, and then I'll rescue you and run away together, what? The general secretary was a little puzzled, why Qishi suddenly asked him these things now.

"It's acting...... I'm scared to death......" Nanami smiled as if she had let go of something.

"At that time, I really almost thought that you liked me, but I was acting. Okay, let's go back, Yuuka will come back tomorrow and the two of us should get ready to welcome her, after all, she is only familiar with you and me in the Shinsengumi. ”

Acting?

Soji almost tried to grab Nanami's wrist and hold her.

That feeling is actually not acting, but the sluggish girl can't detect it.

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