Shingo Narumi is not a man of his own words, and of course it is impossible to joke at this time.

To be honest, tonight's Uesugi Kiyoshi has a somewhat irritable temper.

He has never been the kind of person who draws his sword indiscriminately and cuts people.

I'm afraid that eighty percent of his bad mood tonight is due to the death of Shiina Kikyo.

People still have distant relatives, and no matter how many innocent people die here, there is no Shiina Kikyo who died in his arms, which makes him even more uncomfortable.

Therefore, what he is doing now, although he is saying high-sounding words, there is also an undeniable reason for "venting anger", and he does not deny this in his heart.

He is not a saint, he only needs four words, and he is worthy of his heart.

No matter how presumptuous he is tonight, he has not crossed the bottom line of his heart, so he has no regrets.

Shouted by Shingo Narumi, Uesugi Kiyoshi looked there, his expression was a little solemn, and it seemed that he was deaf to Isamu Miyagawa's words.

But he didn't go it right away, and he always had to start and finish.

The chief of the Shinsengumi hadn't spoken yet, but it was Ryunosuke Akutagawa who came over first.

"I mean, Uesugi, you're almost deflated, aren't you?"

"Well, how can I say it, if you kill Isamu Miyagawa... I don't really care. ”

"The Shinsengumi, in the final analysis, are just a dog under the command of those political parties, and I don't mean to belittle them, the Collectibles Association, in the eyes of the big names in this country, has a similar image to them."

"But one is a wild dog and the other is a domestic dog."

"Miyagawa Yong is not a powerful child, he is lucky, he links to the heroic soul of Kondo Yong, his swordsmanship qualifications are good, and he met a good teacher to pass on his art, plus the help of nobles, so he has become a climate."

"But if he dies at your hand... Not a big deal. ”

"There's no need for me and you to go around in circles, one is Miyagawa Isamu of the Shinsengumi, and the other is you with the Phoenix House standing behind you, those politicians will never avenge Miyagawa Isake."

"A top-notch chaebol is much more important than a dog."

"Even if he is an obedient dog who has done a lot of dirty work for the people in charge of the cabinet, this will not get any recognition, those big people are much more cold-blooded and ruthless than me."

"But if you slaughter the Shinsengumi... It's a little excessive. ”

"If you slaughter Isamu Miyagawa, you can blame your master and his personal grudges, and use the duel of the swordsman to exonerate."

"Then if you wipe out all the Shinsengumi, it will be [contempt for state organs], it will be a ridiculous thing to tear your face, and the entire police line will go crazy, and Kudo will not be able to suppress this."

"It's a matter of nature, and it's a matter of principle – don't blame me for being long-winded, make a decision when you've thought about it."

The victory and defeat were divided, and Uesugi Kiyoshi was also liberated from the "fighting state".

It may be that a fight released the anger in his heart, coupled with the good news of "people have been rescued", his mood was a little better, and he rolled his eyes angrily.

"You think I'm so much of a murderer?"

“...”

"Not really."

"I'm amazed by what you've done tonight—don't worry, I'm not going to make it hard for you."

"Get out of the way, I'll go talk to Chief Miyagawa."

Uesugi Kiyoshi patted Akutagawa Ryunosuke on the shoulder and walked towards Isamu Miyagawa.

The chief of the Shinsengumi issued a declaration of defeat, and the Mibu wolves under his command naturally did not have any fighting intentions.

The fighting stopped.

The mess on the ground after the fight is even more shocking.

This room was originally used as a place of worship, and after the monk was abolished by Uesugi Kiyoshi, the men and women who were still piston to their heart's content were basically killed.

They're drained, mentally and physically—literally.

Human life is so cheap and fragile that it makes people feel helpless.

Uesugi Kiyoshi strode forward, and Maki Higashimi covered his lower abdomen with a painful expression, but he still followed step by step, holding tightly in the boat, looking at the master and apprentice opposite, there was no kindness in his eyes.

Seeing that Uesugi Kiyoshi was not good, Okita Sakura wanted to block in front of the master even if she broke an arm, but she was pushed aside by Miyagawa Yong's shoulders.

Face to face, the young man with armor and feathers just looked at the sloppy middle-aged man with an embarrassed expression and wounds all over his body, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long silence, Uesugi Kiyoshi sighed and shook his head.

"Even if you lose, even if the Shinsengumi are beaten like this, your eyes still haven't changed - you don't have the slightest intention of repenting, you feel that you did the right thing."

“...”

"In his position, in his government, I remember that you have a police rank, watching these people die like this, don't you really feel guilty at all?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi frowned, using the scrutinizing attitude and tone of a victor.

Miyagawa Yuto chuckled, glanced around, and then looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi's determined face, although still a little childish, and his laughter turned into a cough.

After the violent cough subsided, he raised his eyelids and looked at him with emotion.

"Uesugi Kiyoshi... When I was your age, I thought the same way you think now. ”

"I am successful in learning the sword, holding my own force, and I feel that it is my life's wish to punish evil and promote good, and to uphold justice, and I hope that this sword can be wielded with value."

"You ask me if my teacher taught me the rules of a swordsman when he taught me the sword? Of course he taught, and I learned pretty well. ”

"When I first became famous, I was still in Tokyo, and there was only one swordsman who could match me, and there was only one master in the entire city of Tokyo."

"But... So what? ”

Miyagawa Yong laughed miserably, as if he remembered some painful memories, and even the muscles on his face twitched unconsciously.

"You should know that there is a shortcut to transcendence."

"Just like what a monk did in your hands, the faith and soul of mortals are of great benefit to the strength of transcendentals."

"This kind of behavior is expressly forbidden by almost all those in power in this country, whether they are transcendent or mortal, and once discovered, there is no mercy."

"But..."

"Is that really the case?"

"Who hasn't done human trials? Is your collectibles association clean? Didn't you study the ghosts and gods you contained? ”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa was watching a play, and he couldn't bear to hear this.

"Hey, don't spew blood, we in the Collectibles Society have never used innocent mortals for transcendent research - speak responsibly, you know?"

Miyagawa glanced at Akutagawa Ryunosuke with disdain.

"Hehe... Why, those who are secretive are not considered people? ”

"How many of the secret rites you have taken in will have a good death?"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa pursed his lips and looked at Kiyoshi Oesugi, he couldn't refute this, because the Mystic Rite had little hope of being saved, the Collectibles Guild was not idealistic enough to save potential enemies, and the way they treated the Ritual Captives was indeed not very friendly.

Uesugi Kiyoshi sneered and shook his head disapprerovingly.

"You call me naïve... I don't think you're very good either—enemies, of course not human, do you think I'm the Virgin of worship somewhere? Compassion for all things in the world? ”

Miyagawa glanced at Uesugi Kiyoshi deeply, did not argue, but continued: "It's okay, Uesugi Kiyoshi, don't you want to know why I tolerate Matsubara Tadarei?" ”

"Don't you want to ask me why I'm so indifferent to the deaths of these people?"

"Okay, I'll tell you."

"Because... I've seen so much! ”

Miyagawa Yong's expression was solemn, and he subconsciously straightened his waist, and the whole person was like an ancient sword that had experienced vicissitudes, paranoid, old, and full of decay, but it still showed its edge.

"When I was a teenager, I fought with swords in all directions, and I would be slashed when I was evil, high-spirited, self-proclaimed justice, and infinite scenery."

"At that time, I had just joined the Shinsengumi, and no one of my swordsmanship peers was incapable, slaying ghosts and exorcism, and making countless achievements, so I could be described as the first person."

"I'm a little proud, but I don't think my pride is wrong."

"Isn't the sword used to enforce justice?"

"Until one day, I was out on patrol and happened to bump into a transcendent person who was trying to molest a little girl who had just entered the kingdom."

"In those days, this kind of bastard scum was that I knew that person, he was a gentleman, and he was lucky to link the heroic soul, relying on a somewhat powerful Lao Tzu, he was often lawless, and I saw that he was unhappy for a long time."

"This will make me bump, how can he be so presumptuous, I directly started to cut his hamstrings, kicked off his offspring, this person is a waste."

"At that time, I, like you, was jealous and hateful, and wanted to do justice to anyone I saw, and I couldn't rub a little sand in my eyes."

Uesugi Kiyoshi was silent, but Maki Tofumi, who was on the side, was intrigued by this story.

She asked softly, "... And then what? ”

"And then?"

Isamu Miyagawa laughed a few times.

"The supernova Jianhao of the Shinsengumi, a strong contender for the future leader of the Shinsengumi, that gentleman is just a high-ranking government official - for ordinary people, it is indeed a big mountain, but give him a hundred guts, and he will not dare to seek revenge on me."

"But, they can play yin."

"Soon after that, a rare and large-scale gathering of mystical rituals broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo district, which is my jurisdiction."

"I could have arrived in time to stop the disaster."

"But... I was stumbled by the gentleman who bribed the operator in my precinct and slowed down the flow of information by five minutes. ”

"In just five minutes, do you know how many people died?"

"The sacrificial ceremony was completed, the ghost and god clones came, a fight destroyed a block and a half, and countless mortals were killed and injured, just to suppress this matter afterwards, it took countless means and efforts from the government and the organization of the transcendental."

"The men, women, and children who became sacrifices together were more than seven hundred."

"Three thousand were killed by the fighting."

"The cause... Just because I offended a high-ranking official, because his son committed a crime, he was mercilessly punished, and because of this, he wanted to take revenge on me, to make me make mistakes, to suspend me, and to make me ruined. ”

"That's because of this."

"Thousands died."

"At that moment, I finally understood that sometimes it is difficult for people to understand each other, and what is more important than Mount Tai in your eyes may not be worth mentioning in the eyes of some people, and it is difficult to reach a consensus."

"After that, I was dismissed from my job and turned from a supernova to a sinner, but I don't care about that."

"I sneaked into the house of that high-ranking official at night, and personally killed his son, who was struggling in bed, and hung him up, so that he could taste all the torture I could."

"He ended up begging me to kill him, but so what?"

"Can the dead come back?"

"The death of those men... Who is responsible? ”

"I gradually understood that only that high-sounding heart of justice is useless."

"To save people, a sword alone is not enough."

"I slowly reined in my temperament, climbed up step by step in the system, I greeted my boss with a smile, was humble and polite to my colleagues, and cared for and recognized my subordinates, and it took me nearly 20 years to go from a sinner to the chief of the Shinsengumi."

"Now, I am in command of hundreds of swordsmen in the Shinsengumi, guarding Kyoto, I dare not say how much credit I have, at least I can protect the safety of one party, what's wrong with this?"

"Matsubara is greedy for money, and he is very hostile to other transcendent organizations, arrogant, and looks down on them, I know this, but he is extremely powerful in the fourth team, and he is brave when he fights with ghosts and gods, and never flinchs, how many lives has he saved over the years?"

"Can I withdraw him and kill him because he collected some black money? With one less team, what does the Shinsengumi do? ”

"You ask me if I know anything about the anomaly here? I know. ”

"Two weeks ago, I thought something was wrong around here, and sure enough, it didn't take long for your president to be attacked."

"But you figured it out, this is there, this is Shinkyogoku, the largest shopping street in Kyoto, there is no one!"

"Not to mention that this is the jurisdiction of Matsubara Tadari, I don't follow the rules without permission, even if I come here to quell the ghost and god disaster, do you know how serious the consequences may be?"

"Today you were lucky enough to run into a depraved transcendent and quickly subdued him - but did you think he might have some means of hiding?"

"What if he could summon the spirits to come? And what if he has the means of mass destruction? What if Shinkyoji is ruined by him? ”

"Who is responsible?"

"You?"

"If you don't have perfect preparation, you dare to do it, you Collectibles Association work, it's so rough?"

"Unruly imp... Hum! ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi clenched his fists, looking like he wanted to hit someone, but in the end he didn't make a move, and looked at Miyagawa Yong's gaze, which was already complete pity.

"So, that's why you're like this?"

"Boring, boring, shameless..."

"You can say this kind of thing with confidence, it's really hard for you, Chief Miyagawa."

"Hehe... Hahaha. ”

Uesugi Kiyoichi raised his eyes, his eyes like a sword.

"Think about it, now you, for the sake of the so-called superficial peace, can ignore it and let a small number of people sacrifice to achieve a stable life for more people--"

"What is the difference between you like this and the official who concealed information and killed thousands of people in order to avenge his son?"

"At the same time, for the sake of some people, sacrifice others, why do you say that you are so noble?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi saw that Tobun Maki was thoughtful, afraid that this nominal disciple would drill the horns of the bull, patted her on the shoulder, and shook his head.

"Maki, I haven't been teaching you swordsmanship for long, although I am your teacher, but I haven't told you a lot about the principles of being a person and doing things."

"You are not an unreasonable person, I always feel that this kind of thing cannot be imposed on others, such as this Chief Miyagawa, he thinks he is doing the right thing, but I think he is a complete bastard."

"But there are some things I can't help but say."

"You remember."

"Equality for all is nonsense, there is no real fairness in this world."

"Born with a distinction between high and low, a famous lady and an orphan who grew up lonely will be different in the eyes of everyone."

Hearing this, Dongwen Maki looked at the apricots not far away, pursed his lips a little aggrieved, lowered his head, and remembered something else out of place.

Sometimes... The famous lady may not be able to catch up with the girl from a humble background...

She thought.

Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't care so much.

He spoke to Dongwen Maki, but his eyes looked at Miyagawa Yong, and every word was loud.

"Even so, no one in this world deserves to be sacrificed involuntarily for the sake of others."

"As for me, I come from a humble background, so I am a selfish person and my thinking and moral character are not noble."

"I feel like everyone has at least the right to live."

"So youkai cannibalism, I'm angry."

"Isamu Miyagawa, what you do is different from that of demons?"

"Aren't they all cannibalism? It's just that one is naked, and the other is dressed in a layer of righteous disguise. ”

"When we encounter the problem of the tram, shouldn't we do our best to save everyone, even if they die under the tracks, instead of pulling the gate by heart and letting some people die like this?"

That's what the Lord of the Hundred Ghosts did, and so did Uesugi Kiyoshi's philosophy, whether he was naïve or stubborn, and he hated this kind of "abandonment".

Maybe it's because I've lost so much.

“...”

"I'll ask you one last time."

"So, for the sake of the stability of your four teams, and for the sake of Shinkyo not falling into a riot, here because of your dereliction of duty, oh no, because of your deliberate indulgence, it is [a small part] of innocent souls who died in vain."

"Do they deserve to die?"

Isamu Miyagawa was silent for three seconds, then looked up sharply, with deep obsession in his eyes.

How easy is it to correct a person's deep-seated thinking that has been formed for decades?

He nodded firmly.

"Die as you deserve!"

Squeezed out of his throat, the roar from the heart made Uesugi Kiyoshi stunned for a moment.

His spare eyes saw Okita Sakura on the side, and his eyes were fanatical about his master, like a believer to a god.

It seems that the master and apprentice are all the way, or rather, this little girl who doesn't seem to be very old has been instilled with this kind of thinking by Miyagawa Yong since she was a child.

Uesugi Kiyoshi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but felt that everything was in vain.

He sighed and slowly opened his clenched fists.

Oni Che received his call and leaped into his palm.

"Sure enough, the words are not speculative for more than half a sentence."

"In order not to allow more people to [die as they deserve]."

"I'd better kill you..."