[Lord Gintama] Overlooking the Throne

The night is dark, as thick as splashed ink, but it is not peaceful.

Huge explosions were heard from the deck of the spaceship, one after another, with a potential to overwhelm the sea—it was Maeda Tsubasa and the others, who were attacking the spaceship by borrowing the abandoned fort on the city.

Although the fort that was abandoned by the shogunate did not play much role in the final analysis, it was enough to attract the attention of the group of celestial beings.

The spaceship remained motionless under the fierce attack of the people with lofty ideals against barbarians. Stray bullets flew past the hull, crackling, like the sound of firecrackers in solar terms.

"Master Yoshida, the war has begun."

Under the intensive attack, the impregnable spaceship of heaven and man did not appear flustered. With the sound of clicking, the heaven and man above began to fight in an orderly manner.

Kenta Maruyama caught a glimpse of his companion who was obviously at a disadvantage, frowned slightly, and reminded anxiously.

"Well, I know." Nodding, Yoshida Chiu looked towards a certain place in the forest, "They are here."

The wind is howling and the leaves are rustling.

In the shadows of the trees, two people walked out slowly.

One after the other.

It is the celestial being and the shogunate.

Kenta Maruyama put his hand on the hilt of the knife, and before drawing the knife out of its sheath, Inoue stopped him: "Something is wrong, wait and see."

"..." Stopping his hands, Maruyama Kenta did not retract the samurai sword that had been pulled out a little into the scabbard, but just stared at the girl's back with a serious expression, "Master Yoshida, what do you mean?"

"Maruyama-kun, you misunderstood." Turning around, Yoshida Chiha showed a nice smile, and wrote lightly, "I have absolutely no intention of betraying the ghost soldiers, they are here to help us complete this battle plan, For example... send us to the spaceship."

"Miss Yoshida." The man who pressed the knife against the cold sweating Tianren's neck and pushed him forward had no expression on his face, "The small airship is ready, please check and accept it, Miss."

"Yeah." Yoshida Chiha nodded, looked at Kimura Kaituo's empty and lifeless eyes, and smiled, "Then thank you, Kimura-kun."

……

Smuggling onto the spaceship of the Cha Doulan star is much easier than imagined.

Under the successive onslaughts, the spaceship shook slightly.

"I wish you a successful start."

On the deck of the small airship, the Tea Doulan star was prostrate on the ground, his body gradually getting colder.

Blood dripped down the sharp samurai sword in Kimura Kaitaku's hand, and the man bowed with an indifferent expression.

"Go back to the shogunate first, don't expose it." Yoshida Chiha casually ordered, turned her head to Maruyama Kenta and Inoue and said, "I didn't get the layout of the spaceship. To save time, let's act separately. The main goal is to destroy the main control room, and if possible, steal some secrets."

"...Yes, Master Yoshida." Unconsciously paused, Kenta Maruyama bowed his head in agreement, and after hearing the voice of heaven and man talking not far away, he glanced at Kaitaku Kimura who kept the same expression, Then he left with Inoue.

Stray bullets hit the deck of the spaceship, and sparks burst out, deafening.

After Kimura Kaitaku drove the small flying boat and landed quietly, Yoshida Chiha headed in the opposite direction from Maruyama Kenta and Inoue.

For Yoshida Chiha, who is good at assassination, it is very easy to not be noticed by these heavenly beings.

The layout of the cabin was similar, but at the end of the corridor, she stopped.

In the cabin in front of her, she could feel a bone-chilling chill just by standing at the door. As she approached, the moonlight around her waist suddenly burst into clanking sounds.

One sound after another, like... the devil's angry roar?

Surprised by his own idea, after the sound of hurried footsteps came from behind, Yoshida Chiha opened the door of a cabin and hid in.

"what happened?"

"Call Dr. Nakajima over."

"The doctor is not here."

"What the hell is going on, that damn earth bug!"

The heavenly beings who rushed over were discussing in one go, and after a brief quarrel, following the principle that the minority obeys the majority, passed the decision to "open the door of the research room to have a look".

After the iris recognition opened the door, the cold air suddenly hit.

As the door of the research room was slowly opened, the moonlight on Yoshida Chiu's waist suddenly let out a long howling sound that was more mournful than before.

"Who is there!"

At the same time as the roar fell, the bullet penetrated the door panel and passed by the girl's side.

"..." It's really troublesome.

Slightly drooping eyes, the girl showed a slightly helpless expression.

……

The corpses on the ground had ferocious faces, and some of them were still in the posture of drawing their knives, but they were killed by the girl with a knife before they even drew/drawn out their weapons.

Viscous blood flowed quietly on the reflective metal floor.

Dazzling and alluring.

Swallowing, Yoshida Chiha, who unexpectedly felt a little thirsty, frowned suspiciously, then stepped over the corpse and walked into the research room.

Immediately afterwards, the light purple eyes that were as quiet as glass were filled with astonishment.

In rows of petri dishes, naked young children, eyes closed, pale cheeks, as if dead.

Only the electrocardiogram connected to the petri dish was still fluctuating weakly.

But what was connected to the petri dish was a pair of cold samurai swords.

The whole body is plain white, as vast as snow.

The moonlight around her waist was still clanking.

It was like a young child full of resentment and anger... crying helplessly and in despair.

……

Blood splattered, covering Kenta Maruyama's eyes.

"Inoue, are you alright?" he yelled, expecting a response from his companion.

After finally finding the main control room, Kenta Maruyama, who was ambushing in the middle of the heavenly beings, reached the limit of both mental and physical strength while struggling to deal with the endless series of heavenly beings.

Can not be done.

Can't give up yet!

Otherwise, wouldn't the efforts and sacrifices made by Maeda... his companions in order to contain these heavenly beings be in vain?

He cut off the arm of the celestial being in front of him with a single knife, and his figure shook, but he didn't get a response from Inoue.

"Inoue!" Shouting his companion's name, Kenta Maruyama's inner uneasiness expanded.

"Be careful behind you!"

While Kenta Maruyama turned his head to look, he heard the girl's nervous reminder.

Surprised, he immediately backhanded the knife without looking back, and stabbed into the stomach of the heavenly being behind him, stirred it hard, and then pulled it out.

Bleeding.

At some point, the purple-haired girl appeared in the main control room, surrounded by a pile of corpses, she shook off the blood stains on the knife, pointed to the side, and leaned against the door to breathe, but still held tightly Inoue didn't put down his samurai sword, and tried to stand up and continue fighting, with a smile on his face: "Mr. Inoue is fine. I just found the structural diagram of the spaceship in a research room, so I came here quickly."

"..."

"Hey, Maruyama-kun." Yoshida Chiha turned sideways to avoid the rushing celestial being, flipped her wrist, and cut off the celestial being's head. Obviously she was also injured a lot, but the girl still said with a smile on her face, "I know that Maruyama-kun has a lot of opinions on me, and thinks that I am not suitable to be the vice-governor of the ghost army, but the most important thing now is to kill these celestial beings and save Inoue-kun, right? So, please Let's put down our grievances for a while and cooperate."

"..."

"Ah, I'm ashamed to say it." With an embarrassed expression, Yoshida Chiha pursed her lips with a serious expression, "I don't know anything about machinery, and I don't know how to destroy it. All I can do is stop it. These enemies are nothing more, so please let me hand over the task of destroying the main control room to you, Maruyama-kun."

It was clear at a glance which was easier to stop these enemies or destroy the machinery in the main control room.

"..." After a long silence, Kenta Maruyama chopped off the arm of a screaming celestial being again, withdrew his knife and returned to defense, lowering his eyes, "I'm sorry to trouble you...Deputy Governor."

"Hmm." The girl nodded, sheathed the saber, faced Kenta Maruyama's direction, held her breath, and drew the saber.

That is Juhe Zhan.

Draw the knife instantly, and then defeat the enemy with one move.

The blood is like the flowers on the road of Naihe, blooming all over the place, and it is like offering sacrifices.

There are not many samurai who are proficient in machinery in the ghost army. According to Takasugi Shinsuke, there used to be a boy named Hiraga Saburo, the son of Hiraga Gengai, the first inventor of Edo. He was good at machinery, but unfortunately he died. up.

But it is very coincidental that in order to protect important information, the spaceship of the Cha Doulan star will activate the automatic destruction system after the machinery in the main control room is severely damaged.

A series of explosions from the spaceship resounded through the sky, dyeing the dark sky a brilliant fiery red.

The sea of ​​flames soared into the sky, and the broken fragments of the spacecraft fell from the clouds and bounced on the ground, making a sizzling sound, scorched as black as dust.

At the last moment, Yoshida Chiha, who escaped with the help of the escape pod, stood on the top of the empty city wall, listening to the cheers behind his companions who were heartily relieved, watching the sky burn and slowly sinking towards the ground The spaceship in front of him didn't show any expression.

Only the light purple eyes, reflecting the firelight, scorched like the sun, revealing some strange emotions.

——"The famous knife Yuehua, which has been polished for 12 years, is always like a frosty moon on the blade. When you look at its patterns, it is as bright as a river of stars. Watching its light, it is as muddy as water melting into ice. It is different. People say, this knife is weird, it clanks and sounds like a ghost weeping and singing, so it's called a demon knife."

As for the demon sword... it is very suitable for her.

Tightening his palms tightly and holding the cold scabbard in his hand, Yoshida Chiha turned around and said to his companions, "I think we should go back, or they should be in a hurry."

……

"That figure descended from the sky, its clothes were stained with blood, like a Shura bathed in blood, the white knife in his hand turned over, and like an onmyoji who subdued a ghost, he cut off all the demons and monsters in this world, worthy of the name of ghost slayer!"

A few days later, when Katsura Kotaro recited this kind of lines that can be called a middle school two in a serious tone, Yoshida Chiha stared at Sakata Gin who couldn't stop laughing with a smile on his face, until he slowly He stopped laughing, made a fist with his right hand, put it on his lips and pretended to cough guiltily, then looked at Gui Xiaotaro again and asked, "So?"

"In order to praise Qian Yu for your outstanding contribution to the cause of fighting barbarians." Katsura Kotaro, who couldn't read his face at all, patted the girl's shoulder with a serious expression, "So here is an important escort mission to give to Chiba you."

"Praise corresponds to a reward, right? Mission or something, are you sure it's not a punishment?" Yoshida Chiu tilted his head and looked at the two people in the tent with burning eyes, "Are you guys hiding something from me?"

"As a person with lofty ideals, you must have the spirit of selflessness, such as carrying out the tasks assigned to you by your superiors without hesitation, and using all your pocket money to buy strawberry milk and "Youth Jump" for your boss." Sakata Gintoki patted Yoshida Chiha on the other shoulder, with a serious face, "So, the task of escorting the military equipment to Yamaguchi Prefecture is entrusted to you, and when you arrive in Yamaguchi County, don't forget to bring me a copy of "JUMP". "

"My boss is not you." With purple eyes narrowed, Yoshida Chiu looked at the two pretending to be calm, and was silent for a while, with a firm tone, "You two definitely have something to hide from me."

"Ah, I'm so wordy." His eyes flickered, and Sakata Gintoki turned his head slightly, and said casually, "This time the armaments are made by the person praised as 'the loud voice' with great painstaking efforts. Getting it is very important to us, so just don’t be careless.”

"It's the 'Dragon of Katsurahama' Sakamoto Tatsuma." Calmly correcting Sakata Gintoki's intentionally wrong title, Katsura Kotaro took over the topic and explained, "Yamaguchi Prefecture is the birthplace of the Ghost Army, and Misaki-san is also there. It is undoubtedly necessary to escort the very important armaments that will not be useful for the time being.”

"but……"

"Only letting you go alone is an affirmation of your strength." The curtain was lifted, and the purple-haired boy walked in from outside the tent, glanced at the girl, with a calm expression, "And Yinshi and I have wigs There are other things to deal with."

"What kind of thing?"

"We received a report that Tianren suddenly attacked a city in the south of Changzhou Fan." Takasugi Shinsuke said indifferently, "Tianren sent Chenluo, one of the three major mercenary races in the universe, and it is said that there is also Tuji. Heavenly beings of the Ni tribe, the situation is urgent."

"I see." Pursing her lips, Yoshida Chiha half-closed her eyelids, suppressing the ups and downs in her purple eyes, as if she was persuaded by Takasugi Shinsuke's words, and did not mention this matter again.