Chapter 145: Muren's swan song (4)

The next day, Muren ordered the firearms battalion to assemble and stand by.

On the high platform, Muren was full of spirit, and Taqib led a group of lieutenants to stand behind it. Three cannons rang out, and drums and trumpets rang out in unison.

Muren stepped forward, opened the deed, and said loudly: "The Shinsengumi have the grace of nurturing me, like a brother and a father, but what is the reason why I repay virtue with resentment today? Looking back, there is no doubt that I have accepted the selfless teachings of the Shinsengumi, and I also love the Shinsengumi from the bottom of my heart. Here I saw the tears of unknown men after the brutal war, and I have shed pure sweat with you, and as comrades, we used to gallop together in the fields of Yamato. The Shinsengumi is my hometown, the only place in Yamato in this hell where I can breathe the cold air! The love I received from the Minister of the Guard, Shogun Matsui Ishine, was innumerable. But why I'm doing this today? It's because I love the Shinsengumi! I saw that after the war, Yamato was robbed of his soul by a short period of peace, and the creatures of Yamato forgot the righteousness of the Yamato nation and lost the spirit of the samurai. Yamato's hundred-year plan was entrusted to the Celestial Empire, and the shame of defeat was unscrupulous but only constantly obscured, and I had to grit my teeth and watch Yamato himself ruin Miè and desecrate Yamato's history and culture! I once dreamed that the Shinsengumi still had the true Yamato spirit and samurai soul remaining. But now it is not even clear who is allegiance! I firmly believe that when the Shinsengumi wakes up, Yamato wakes up. But if the Shinsengumi can't wake up on their own, Yamato, who has been asleep for too long, will never wake up. Each Yamato creature should use all of its strength to 'defend the history, culture, and tradition of Yamato centered on the emperor' as the spirit of the Shinsengumi, and make the Shinsengumi a true imperial guard. Remember this day!

The day that King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya died with his eggs broken! This was a tragic day for the Shinsengumi! On this day, the Shinsengumi was betrayed! From then on, the Shinsengumi would become a 'private' arm! Is there a more ridiculous paradox than this?

I kept looking at the Shinsengumi after this day. If it is really as I dreamed, that there is still the spirit of a samurai in the Shinsengumi, why has it been silent until now? What a contradictory argument to defend something that denies oneself? Can the dignity of a samurai always tolerate such an insult? A samurai should insist on patience, but when the bottom line of patience is broken, it rises up decisively, and this is the real samurai! But the Shinsengumi is still silent like a canary that has been robbed of its voice.

The generals always said, "You can't do anything without orders!" Sadly, the Shinsengumi orders will not be given from the emperor. The Shinsengumi are being taken advantage of by such a traitorous politician wearing a general's hat who castrated the Han people of the Celestial Empire and made it erratic! After being pleased by it, will you continue to walk towards the abyss of your own deception and self-blasphemy, and will the soul of the Shinsengumi rot? Will the Shinsengumi forever be reduced to the private armed forces of a certain creature? Under the leadership of this creature, you will become a mercenary of the Celestial Empire?

We can't wait any longer! We will die together if we revolt for a common goal! Restore Yamato's original posture and die at that time! For the sake of so-called 'respect for life,' should we let the soul of a samurai die? What kind of army is an army that has no more noble pursuit than our own life? Now I will show you where the higher value lies than the 'noble life'! She is not freedom, nor is it Celestialism! It is Yamato! It is the spirit of the samurai! What we love, the Yamato, which has tradition and history! The spirit of the samurai! Now one is revolting, and the other is dying! Because we can rise as a man in the Celestial Empire, we have today's line. Long live the Emperor!Long live the Emperor!Long live the Emperor!"

For a long time, the 1,100 Yamato soldiers on the school field were still standing there neatly, with solemn expressions, without the expected cheers. Muren can be described as enthusiastic at this time, but he was mercilessly mocked by reality. Although its speech was sonorous and powerful, no one responded to it, which was a great mockery and teasing. Muren looked back at Tazib, hoping for a response from him. Tazib, however, is like a clay statue, with a blank pestle. Disheartened by this, Muren realized that his life was coming to an end - and that words that were uttered were as unretractable as arrows that had been shot. It retreated indoors and decided to commit suicide by breaking its stomach.