The Shinshogumi is located in Honganji Temple, west of Kyoto. As soon as I arrived at the temple, I saw a wooden sign with the name of the new group nailed in front of the temple gate, and there were two team members dressed in light green feathers guarding the door. He gave me another curious look.

The chief secretary smiled at them and led me into the temple. The red maple in the temple is everywhere, like the clouds shrouded in the courtyard, there are many chrysanthemums of different colors planted in front of the corridor, the white is pure, the pink is soft, the yellow is gorgeous, the petals fall on the stone floor with the wind, the wooden cloister, and the scattered red leaves complement each other, there is a special charm.

From time to time, a member of the team in light green feathers walked past us, and the director greeted them with a smile, and they all looked at me with a hint of curiosity. Also, I'm a girl who seems to be a bit eye-catching.

"Director-General, it doesn't matter if you bring me here, right?" I asked, somewhat skeptically.

"It's okay, it's okay." He smiled and shook his head.

I followed the director through the courtyard and came to an open field, where many people were standing. I looked around and suddenly saw a familiar person, "Mr. Saito!" I smiled and beckoned to him, even though he and I didn't have more than ten words combined, and eight of them were "clear soup ramen". But after all, it's also a familiar face, and it's still a little intimate to see it suddenly.

He glanced at me and nodded slightly, as if he had said hello. It's not easy, it's counted as giving me face, and I reacted a little.

"Director-General, who is this woman?" A burly young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes stood in front of us and asked with a grin.

Before the director could answer, he seemed to think of something, and said again: "This can't be your woman, good boy, I've finally opened my mind." ”

The head secretary's face turned red all of a sudden, and he said in a low voice: "Mr. Nagakura, don't talk nonsense, she is my friend. ”

The head secretary called him Mr. Nagakura, so this man must be the captain of the second team, Nagakura Shinpachi. "My name is Xiao Yin, first time we met, hello everyone, I am a friend of the general director." I smiled at everyone.

"You call him the Director-General? Didn't use honorifics? Yongcang still didn't give up, and glared at me with a fierce look. However, his face looks quite vicious without pretending.

"Mr. Nagakura......" The chief secretary was about to speak, when he was suddenly interrupted by another voice.

"Xinba, okay, stop playing, otherwise I'll scare the woman in the head office away." A tall, round-faced man walked over and patted Nagakura's shoulder with a smile, and Nagasura's face loosened its muscles and laughed.

I looked at the head office with a smile and a smile, what a woman in the head office, the more I explained, the more confused it became, but for most people in that era, there was only one relationship between men and women.

In the midst of everyone's laughter, the head director's face became redder and redder, and he said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, my partners are so casual." ”

"It's okay, I won't care, I won't lose a piece of meat if I am teased by them." I smiled at him.

He laughed again.

"Everyone is almost ready, let's change into equipment and start the game." A magnetic voice came into my ears, dark as a twilight whisper, but clear as if it lingered around me, and it couldn't be said to be good. Someone with such a voice must be a great person.

I followed the prestige and was confronted by two men in black kimonos. Both looked to be in their early thirties, one of them was of medium height, with his hair in a bun, and his faces were kind and slightly majestic. This man is not like the owner of that voice, I turned my eyes to the tall man, he is the same as the general secretary, his hair is not knotted, just tied up a long hair at random, black hair flutters in the wind, blowing over his handsome cheeks, a pair of bottomless brown eyes, faintly glowing with amber, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, showing a little uninhibited, this man is not a simple character at first glance, if I guess correctly, he should be the master of that voice.

"The one who was talking just now was our deputy head of Hijikata, and next to him was Director Kondo." The Director-General whispered in my ear.

It turns out that the man is Hijikata Suizo, who is known as the devil's deputy chief by cruel means, what the hell is going on, the devil's deputy chief, the son of the devil, and the men related to the ghost word why are they so handsome, if they are ghosts, then hell should also become heaven.

I've read in books that Isamu Kondo, Toshizo Hijikata, and the head secretary all met in a test guard hall in a rural area called Tama, and they were all brothers under the sect of Kondo Shusuke, a natural rein-ryu sect. In particular, Kondo and Hijikata have known each other since they were seventeen years old and have a close relationship. In their eyes, the head office is like a younger brother.

Hijikata's gaze swept over me coldly, and then looked at the head office, and said, "This is the one you mentioned...... Friends? ”

The Director-General nodded, smiling innocently.

Looking at the smile of the general secretary, Hijikata's eyes gradually softened, and he said, "Then go and prepare." ”

"Ah Sui, let's have a fight, we used to play this game a lot when we were in Tama, and suddenly I missed it a little." Director Kondo on the side said with a smile, his voice low but gentle.

"Hmm." Hijikata nodded, and the moment he turned his head to look at Kondo, I clearly saw the transparent tenderness flickering in his eyes, and for a while, the cold arrogance was gone, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and a special feeling slowly flowed between them. The relationship between them seems to be very delicate.

The so-called joint battle game is divided into a white team and a red team, each team of six people, each team member is tied to a porcelain plate, holding a wooden knife or bamboo sword, looking for an opportunity to break the porcelain plate on the opponent's forehead, the team member who is broken immediately wants to withdraw from the joint battle, which group of players first all quit even if they lose, the other team is the winner.

Isamu Kondo, Soji, Shinhachi and others are in the red group, and Hijikata, Saito, Saburo and others are in the white group, and the strength is comparable. I and the rest of the team watched the game with relish and cheered them on.

It's the first time I've seen the swordsmanship of the head office, I saw his light and agile figure flickering, only to hear two crisp sounds, the other party has two plates broken, the onlookers cheered, and the white group's Saito is not a fuel-efficient lamp, before I can see his movements, the red group heard a crisp sound.

The battle was fierce, and I watched the game excitedly, but at the same time I was a little worried about the illness of the director-general.

Crackling, a few more crisp sounds, even Kondo and Hijikata were defeated, and only the head secretary and Saito were still facing each other on the field.

"It's the two strongest people in our new group." Kondo laughed.

"Director-General, come on!" I made a V at him. He was stunned for a moment, then immediately burst into a big smile and nodded at me. I glanced to the side casually, just in time to see Tsujimasa looking at me thoughtfully, I smiled at him, and quickly looked away, probably because of the nickname of the devil's deputy chief, and he seemed to have a sense of oppression when he looked at me.

As soon as the head secretary raised his bamboo sword, he stabbed at Saito with his unique stabbing technique, and Saito raised his sword frame to fire the first blow, but the head secretary had the second and third blows left, and he stabbed it with one sword, retracted it in an instant, and stabbed it again. The series of movements seems to be done in one go, and the speed is incomparable. At the third blow, only a snap was heard, and the porcelain plate on Saito's forehead was shattered!

The Director-General has won! There was a shout of admiration around me, and I jumped up, rushed up and hugged him, and said, "Great, great!" ”

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, I felt a chill rise from my back, and when I glanced to the side, everyone looked at me in surprise, what was there to be surprised, strange......

"Ahh When I realized that I was too excited and hugged the head office, I couldn't help but scream and jumped away. Damn, I forgot, this is not modern, this is 150 years ago, and an ordinary hug is a shocking act of my wife here......

"I'm sorry, Director-General, I didn't mean to." I quickly apologized, how did I feel as if I was a pervert taking advantage of him. "I'm so happy that I ......"

"I know," he laughed again, "wasn't Xiao Yin trying to cheer me on just now?" ”

"yes, hehe, don't get me wrong." I laughed dryly.

"Director-General, your woman still moves with Allah!" Xinba is there again, lest the world will not be chaotic. I quickly turned around and rolled his eyes.

"Mr. Nagakura, my name is Kogakure, and the woman in the head office doesn't seem to be my name." A teasing smile tugged at my lips and said, "If I call Mr. Nagakura a man like so-and-so, I don't think Mr. Nagakura will like it either." "Anyway, with the general secretary by my side, I'm not afraid.

There was a burst of laughter around him, and the head secretary seemed to be embarrassed to laugh out loud, and the corners of Saito's mouth twitched slightly.

"Ah, Director-General, you still don't care about the woman who disciplines you!" Shinpachi's face wrinkled into a bun and yelled loudly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the chief secretary forced a smile and gave me a look, and I immediately understood, and hurried to follow him to the back courtyard.

"Hahaha!" As soon as he entered the courtyard, the head secretary laughed out loud and said, "It's the first time I've seen Mr. Nagakura get angry like that." ”

"Well, his face is angry like a bun." I couldn't help but say.

"Buns? Hahaha! "The chief smiling like a child." If Mr. Nagakura hears it, he will be angry again. ”

Gradually, he stopped laughing, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, looked at me and said, "Xiao Yin, the first time I saw you, I felt that you had a very kind feeling. You remind me of my sister. ”

"Really? Do I look like your sister," I grinned. My brother is so handsome, my sister must be a beauty too, I thought.

He smiled and said, "But it's strange to say, you and my sister are not like each other at all, even the personalities are completely opposite, but why do I think you have something in common." ”

"Of course there are similarities."

"What?"

"We're all women."

"----- hahahaha!"

"Cough cough cough ......" The general secretary let out the heart-wrenching cough again, he didn't have time to take out the handkerchief, a mouthful of red blood sprayed on the yellow chrysanthemum petals in front of him, a little bit of blood red was shocking, and then another mouthful of blood, the yellow petals fell gently, mixed with bright red......

My heart ached violently, "Director-General, how's it going?" I quickly grabbed him.

He pulled out his handkerchief, wiped the blood from his lips, and smiled at me, "I'm fine." ”

"You're vomiting blood, and you're saying it's okay, don't hold on any longer! The painful words are expressed, and it is even more uncomfortable to force a happy face! I couldn't help but get excited.

"Having said that------ I'm fine." He repeated, his smile still the same, but his tone was a touch of certainty.

I looked at him and didn't say anything more, just picked up the bloody petals, put them in a handkerchief, and put them in my arms.

"Thank you," he said softly, his gaze drifting into the distance, thoughtful. Those pure eyes seemed to be shrouded in a faint mist.

Director-General, why do you have to work so hard? Why......

"Director-General, from today onwards, I will be your sister, and I will take good care of you!" I looked him in the eye and said firmly.

"Hehe, you're younger than me, how do you do my sister?" He couldn't help but laugh again, accompanied by a few coughs.

"I don't care, your body will be handed over to me."

"Huh?"

"I mean, your health is in my hands." There seems to be some ambiguity in that sentence just now.

The director smiled softly, and I wanted to look at such a smile forever.

"Director-General!" Saito stood beside us like a ghost at some point, and he whispered a few words in the ear of the chief secretary, and the general secretary's face changed slightly. He blurted out, "Why?" ”

Saito didn't answer, he looked at me and said, "The deputy chief wants to see you alone." ”

"Huh?" My mouth is open in an O shape again, and the devil's deputy wants to see me alone, cold......

"Xiao Yin, I'll talk to the deputy chief and say that you don't want to go." The Director-General said softly.

I thought about it, shook my head again, and said, "It's okay, I'll go, he won't kill me." ”

The Director-General smiled and nodded.

The Devil's Deputy Chief's room was empty, except for a small low table, and in the middle of the room was a white piece of paper, and when I approached it, I saw a few lines of writing on it:

It is strictly forbidden to go against the way of the samurai

It is strictly forbidden to leave the organization

It is strictly forbidden to change the strategy at will

It is strictly forbidden to arbitrarily handle litigation

Private fighting is strictly prohibited

Anyone who violates any of the above provisions will be seppuku

Oh, isn't this the law in the army that was famously cruel formulated by the deputy commander of the earth? Since the establishment of the new writing team, the number of team members who committed suicide by seppuku for violating this law is not small. From the top to the bottom, no matter who it is, as long as someone violates it, the deputy head of the earthwork devil has not let go.

After waiting for a long time, no one came, and this person's shelf was too big. I didn't feel a little bored, I turned around and walked out the door, and as soon as I stepped out of the door, I hit a strong chest, it hurt...... I rubbed my poor nose and looked up to meet the amber glowing eyes.

"Where do you want to go?" He said in a deep voice, an elusive look flashing in his eyes.

"Didn't go anywhere, just waited too long, just walked around." I added the words "waited too long", but it's yours.

He walked in, turned around and said coldly, "Don't come in yet." ”

It cannot be denied that his appearance is impeccable, and his voice is even more sexy, but his attitude is really very unpleasant. He sat down on a tatami mat and said nothing.

"What's the matter with me?" I couldn't help but ask.

He glanced at me coldly with an inquiring gaze and said, "The chief has told you a few times before I met you, and I have some curiosity, but now it seems that this is not enough. ”

I glanced at him and said angrily, "Mr. Hijikata, if I am asked to come and just talk to me about this, then I will take my leave." As I said that, I was about to stand up, but as soon as I moved my body, I felt a murderous aura rushing over my face, and before I could react, he was pressed to the ground with one hand.