In Order to Become a Heroic Spirit, I Had to Do Things in History

===Chapter 330 Seventh old friend reunion===

Zuo Cun stood with a knife, the corpses of a group of bandits behind him.

Lately...the number of bandits feels like they've increased again.

Zuo Cun took out a cloth with an expressionless face and wiped off the blood on the pheasant feathers.

The observations along the way, except for the villages next to the big city, can be regarded as peaceful, these relatively far away villages...

It can only be said that the number of Zuo Village murders has risen by a level.

Japan...has turned to hell.

With a long sigh, Zuo Cun rubbed his temples.

Since leaving Mizuji Temple, he has been feeling that something is wrong with his emotions.

Become more silent and irritable than ever.

"Huh?" He suddenly felt a vibration in the air above, and looked up subconsciously.

Although he didn't see anything, Zuo Cun felt that something was approaching him.

But not malicious.

Suddenly, he thought of something, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Is it Sakamoto?"

This place is a deserted mountain and an old forest. No one will appear except for the bandit, so Miss Aaron did not hide her figure. She appeared directly from the clouds and waved at Zuo Cun.

Today's weather is not very good, although there is no rain, it is overcast and the clouds are low.

Miss Aaron fell to the ground, and Ryoma Sakamoto, who had not seen him for a long time, greeted Zuo Village: "Yo, long time no see."

"You bastard." Zuo Cun laughed involuntarily.

The two hugged each other gently while laughing and patted each other on the back.

"Stare—" Miss Aaron, who turned back into a human body, appeared, "Miss Aaron is here too."

"Long time no see Miss Aaron." Zuo Cun also patted Miss Aaron on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"How did you find me?"

"We met Senior Brother Shannan Jingzhu in a village. He told me that you had just left, and I asked Miss Aaron to follow your breath." Longma glanced at the corpse behind Zuo Village and said I don't care very much, "Let's talk in another place."

Living in hell, even if Ryoma doesn't want to take the initiative to kill, he will definitely take the initiative to adapt to other people's killing.

"Yeah." Zuo Cun used a cloth to wipe off a little blood that had been splattered on his face, and put the pheasant feather back into its sheath.

The three left, leaving behind a pile of corpses.

......

"What have you been doing this year?" Zuo Cun leaned his two knives against the table and asked Longma.

Zuocun and Longma went to the tavern in the village and sat down in a corner with few people.

When old friends meet again, naturally they want some wine.

"I first went back to Tosa, I learned something at the beginning of the year, and then I went back to Edo to see if I could find you, and then I found it." Ryoma smiled and poured the wine and handed it to Aaron Miss, "what about you, what have you been doing this year?"

"I also learned something." Zuo Cun took a sip of wine and exhaled comfortably, "What did you learn?"

"I have a relationship with Tosa, and the contact has learned Western artillery bombardment techniques." Ryoma looked at the wine in the bowl, and his own face was reflected in the wine, "For this country now, Haiquan is the most important thing in the world. It is very important to learn artillery techniques without delay.”

"I organized a group of people and wanted to set up a group on the Tosa side to see if they could enter the core of the Tosa Domain."

"As a big clan near the sea, there are many ports in Tosa. I can buy some ships and find a way to see if I can train a group of navies. As for the attitude of the shogunate... They can't protect themselves, but I am One person in the shogunate is quite interested."

Zuo Cun's heart thumped, and he blurted out, "It can't be Masahiro Abe."

"No." Ryoma smiled and shook his head, "It's the other one, the instructor of the warship training center in Edo, Katsu Kaishu. But he doesn't seem to be in Edo during this time, but he frequently goes to Kyoto, I always thought. Meet Katsumi-sama."

Ryoma said regretfully: "Although the shogunate itself is equivalent to a big tree that is about to die from illness, there are still individual roots that are trying to absorb nutrients, although the nutrients they absorb can't save this big tree."

"What did you say about Masahiro Abe? I heard...he was assassinated recently?" Ryoma's eyes were a little strange.

Zuo Cun sighed and thought for a moment.

"Ryoma, what's your assessment of Abe Masahiro Senior Middle School?" After thinking about it, Zuo Village decided not to tell the truth first.

Ryoma didn't doubt Zuo Cun too much, he touched his chin: "If we only rely on rumors, that Abe Masahiro should be a wise man who knows the world, but I haven't seen the real person. I don't make many comments, but some of the policies he made can really show that he wants to help this decadent shogunate in the last struggle, and this is what I think."

"...I met this old middle school in winter." Zuo Cun was silent for a few seconds, took a swig of wine, and said so.

"Wait a minute." Longma was stunned when he heard Zuo Cun's words, and then seemed to think of something. He looked around, but no one noticed this except Miss Aaron, who was eating a lot.

He lowered his head and asked Zuo Cun in a low voice, "You didn't kill him, right?"

Zuo Village nodded.

Ryoma sighed: "He... did you have any conflict?"

"It's not a contradiction, he wants to recruit me." Zuo Village poured himself a bowl of wine again, "I don't want to work under the shogunate, and Abe Masahiro... It's not like rumors. The one in it."

"After the recruitment failed, he wanted to kill me. I killed two of his subordinates and left."

"Later, about a month ago, I left Kyoto, and he sent his ninjas... Then, he died."

Ryoma couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat when he looked at Zuo Cun who said these words plainly.

Although Zuo Village said it simply, the process in the middle...

"When you started, didn't let others see you clearly." Longma was a little worried about Zuo Cun.

He didn't feel sorry for Abe Masahiro, after all, even if Abe Masahiro was really wise, he was just a piece of bark on a sick tree that didn't want to fall off.

Both Longma and Zuocun are loggers, and they may have the tenacity to appreciate the bark, but instead of paying attention to the bark that has fallen to the ground, it is better to care more about their fellow loggers.

"No, I didn't bring Hepu and Pheasant with me at the time, and I even put on ninja clothes. As for the weapon, this is what I used."

Zuo Cun picked up the scorpion from his chest and handed it to Ryoma.

Longma pressed the owl back to Zuocun's chest and shook his head: "Let's talk about other topics, what have you learned during this time?"

"I'm... learning English." Zuo Cun wanted to pour more wine, but found that the wine tank was empty.

===Chapter 330 Eight I will force myself to move forward===

"You mean... the American language?" Ryoma remembered what English was.

Zuo Cun nodded and put down the wine bowl: "Yes, during this time, I found an English teacher in Kyoto, and I have been learning English until I learned it recently."

"That's it."

Longma was immediately happy.

He thinks about things comprehensively and thinks very far, and even he has already thought about how he will die in the future.

So Zuo Cun said that after he learned the American language, Ryoma immediately thought of many things in the future.

If he wants to have some actions involving the navy in Tosa, then in the future, he will definitely contact foreigners.

At this time, if there is a person who understands a foreign language by my side, then many things will become very simple.

At the very least, the barriers to communication will be reduced a lot.

"As expected of you, you are very thoughtful." Longma excitedly wanted to pat Zuo Cun on the shoulder, but found that Zuo Cun was already drunk.

With a sigh, "Miss Aaron and I only drank a bowl of two kilograms of liquor... When did you become so addicted to alcohol?"

"It's not long, it's just two days." Zuo Cun hiccupped.

Even though he was drunk, he still maintained a considerable degree of sobriety.

But Zuo Cun really rarely drinks so much alcohol.

...... Maybe Zuo Cun's mood is not right these days.

From the conversation with Shimazaki Hijikata on the eve of Mibu Village's departure, this kind of inconsistency started.

If it's just a disagreement, it's a good solution, but, in the final analysis...  

It was Zuo Cun who saw the possibility of confrontation in the future.

Shimazaki Isamu and Hijikata Toshizo seldom go out. They lack knowledge but are full of ambition and have no room to perform. Their goal is only to serve the shogunate.

Zuo Cun bluntly invited everyone in the Examination Hall to try to walk their own way, walk more outside, and work hard for the reform of this country.

But Shimazaki and Hijikata, whose thoughts have been solidified to a certain extent... After thinking, they rejected Zuomura's proposal.

They are not like Zuo Cun, they have nothing to worry about, nor are they like Longma, they have a little strength at home.

They are just warriors who stand out among the most common people, and they should feel that relying on the government is the best way to advance.

Therefore, the ending of the previous few days was naturally... a breakup.

Everyone is already an adult, and Zuo Cun can no longer control their thoughts too much.

When leaving, Shimazaki, the heartless big brother, patted Zuo Cun on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Even if we take different paths in the future, we will still be good friends, right?"

In this regard, Zuo Cun nodded.

However, he knew in his heart... Really embarked on a different path, friend, can we continue to do it?

The way of life among samurai is well known to everyone.

As long as it is on the battlefield, as long as the knife is drawn, then, even the most intimate friends, must be prepared to be hacked to death.

This is the samurai.

It looks bright and beautiful, but it is actually an identity that deviates from human nature and tramples on feelings.

Zuo Cun has been asking himself these days since he left.

Are you really ready to do anything for this country?

"Ryoma, I've got my answer now." Zuo Cun lowered his head, the broken hair on his forehead covered his eyes and the things that shouldn't exist on his eyes.

"I may never find my answer, but . . . I will push myself forward, as always."

"Just like... when Kurokawa went down to the village."