[Comprehensive] The gap in history

More than a month has passed since the Ikedaya Incident, and the Shinsengumi was invited by the Aizu Domain to jointly fight against the Choshu Domain.

On the eve of the expedition, at night, in Okita Souji's room.

Qingguang and Anding sat on the side of the couch, watching Okita sleeping soundly together.

Unlike Qingguang, who is in a good mood every day, An Ding's eyes reveal a deep-rooted sadness at this time.

Qing Guang glanced at An Ding, couldn't stand it anymore, stretched out his hand to pinch An Ding's cheek and pulled it fiercely: "I said you, you have this expression every night, are you tired of it?"

"Hmm... let go, Qingguang!"

After a while of entanglement, An Ding finally got rid of Qing Guang's claws, and rubbed his cheeks angrily: "What the hell are you doing, idiot!"

"This question should be asked yourself. At night, you have an expression that the lord is about to die. It's super annoying!"

An Ding lowered his eyes, and murmured: "You don't understand, Qing Guang. It's good now, at least the lord can still sleep well, wait for a while..."

The scene of Okita's pale face, coughing all night, and the trembling last scene where he wanted to pick up the knife, but could only hang his hand down, was like a revolving lantern, constantly replaying in An Ding's mind.

Qing Guang slapped An Ding on the head: "I really can't stand it...I said An Ding, did you misunderstand something? We are Fusangshen! And the Okita-kun in front of you is our God judge, right? ? Now we can get along with the lord day and night all day long, being hugged by the lord in the daytime, and put on the pillow by the lord at night, what are you dissatisfied with? This kind of treatment will never be enjoyed again after returning to Honmaru!"

"Honmaru...can we go back?" An Ding's eyes showed confusion.

"That's needless to say? When I go back, I must tell Hasebe how my lord loves me these days, and I'm mad at him, hahaha!" Qingguang recalled Hasebe's unwillingness, and couldn't help laugh out loud.

"Really..." An Ding looked at Qingguang's smiling face and laughed together, "Qingguang, it's the first time I feel that it's really good to have you by my side!"

Qing Guang turned his face away with a reddish face: "It's less nasty!"

Perhaps it was because of Accompanying Okita through the last embarrassing years, An Ding has a gentle and sensitive personality. Once he gets into a dead end, he may never get out of the dead end.

But Kiyomitsu is different. Kiyomitsu's memories of Okita are more of Okita's high-spirited appearance when he was young. Although he was too eager for love because of a broken knife and insecurity, he can often get to the essence when looking at problems.

So when facing Souji Okita whose life will come to an end in 4 years, An Ding thought of Okita's painful look before he died, while Kiyomitsu saw the scene after returning to Honmaru.

Okita who was woken up opened his eyes, glanced at Qingguang and Anding who were talking and laughing, and then closed his eyelids again.

It seems that there is no need to worry about these two guys... But, being woken up like this every night, I will not get enough sleep, okay, I am really sleepy...

The next day, the Shinsengumi went to Kujo Kawara to meet the enemy, and Keisuke Yamanan, Soji Okita, and Heisuke Todo were left behind as wounded.

Kondo, Hijikata, Saito and the others were dressed in light green haori, with white bandages on their heads, and they walked out of the gate neatly, with the bright red Chengzi flag flying in the air.

"Yawn..." Okita was wearing a red kimono, holding a knife, leaning against the door lazily, seeing off his teammates.

Hirasuke scratched his hair on one side, with an expression of unwillingness on his face: "Ahhh! It's just us staying in the garrison, it's super boring! Hey, Director, don't you have anything to say?"

"Isn't this very good, just treat it as recharging your energy." Okita lazily replied.

"The chief didn't rest last night, okay? It's because he couldn't sleep because he was thinking about going out." Shannan pushed his glasses, looking gentle.

"Well~ I guess." Okita couldn't explain to Shannan the reason for being woken up every night, so he simply acquiesced.

Shannan touched the wrist of his left hand with his right hand, and his face was covered with a shadow: "If you are injured, you can return to the team as soon as you recover, and you can fight for a long time in the future, unlike me..." Because the left hand was injured , I can no longer hold a knife!

It's very long, isn't it...

Okita closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep while bathed in the warm sunlight.

On March 1865, 3, Keisuke Yamanan committed seppuku after being arrested for leaving the Shinsengumi. Soji Okita beheaded Shannan's head in order to reduce the pain of Yamanan's seppuku.

On December 1867, 12, in the Oil Koji incident, the Shinsengumi personally assassinated the traitors headed by Ito Kokotaro, and Todo Heisuke was one of the dead.

On July 1868, 7, Okita Souji died of tuberculosis in Edo.

It's also very funny to say, the three people who were left behind this time all had very similar endings!No, it should be said that the ending of the entire Shinsengumi is very similar.

"Boss! Don't sleep here!" Hirasuke patted Okita's shoulder, trying to wake him up.

Shannan expressed concern about the general manager's physical condition: "Since the Ikedaya incident, you have rarely participated in team training, the general manager. Is there any discomfort in your body?"

Okita opened his eyes, looked at Shannan Heisuke's worried look, and felt warm in his heart, just like the sun shining on his body.

He stood up straight, put his hands in his sleeves, held the sword in his arms, and smiled a little in his eyes: "Didn't you say that you should take care of your wounds? Let's go, you talk slowly, I'll go to catch up on sleep first."

Saying that, Okita turned around, waved his hands back, and walked back to the room slowly.

"Master..." An Ding's worried voice came from behind, "You must really want to change history, right? If Okita-kun wasn't my lord, I might..."

Hearing this, Okita stopped and looked at the white clouds in the sky: "I want to change history, isn't this a matter of course?"

"Hey! My lord! Could it be that you..." Qing Guang couldn't help crying out anxiously.

"Listen to what I have to say, Kiyomitsu." Okita tapped Kiyomitsu's head with the body of Kiyomitsu in his hand, "There is some history, even if it is forced to change, it doesn't make any sense, right?"

"For example, Mr. Yamanan and Heisuke's departure from the Shinsengumi has something to do with Kokotaro Ito. If this person did not join the Shinsengumi, Mr. Yamanan and Heisuke never left. You say, their fate What will happen?"

Qingguang scratched his head: "Of course I will stay in the Shinsengumi! Isn't that great?"

"Yeah, but even if no one from the Shinsengumi leaves, the war will not be delayed by it. The dying shogunate army, no matter how many highly skilled samurai are added, is no match for the guns in hand The Meiji government, rather than die humiliatingly on the guillotine, it is better to end your life as a samurai."

Okita was just like this, talking about history indifferently as an outsider, but Qingguang and An Ding could hear the deep sorrow in Okita's plain tone.

"My lord..." An Ding bit her lip, and then said firmly, "Don't worry about us, if you want to do something, just do it, I will always support you!"

Okita smiled and rubbed An Ding's head, whose height had shrunk a lot: "The trend of history cannot be changed by me alone. There is only one way for the Shinsengumi to survive, and that is to join the Meiji government. However, Is this Shinsengumi really the Shinsengumi in our hearts?"

The reason why the Shinsengumi is remembered and cherished by people is precisely because it defends the spirit of bushido-this spirit is written by the members of the Shinsengumi time and time again with blood.

They know that they can't do it, and they use the ancient swords to resist the advanced guns again and again, and use the blood of their hearts to write the souls of the warriors. The greatness of the Flag of Sincerity.

"So, that's good!"

Yes, that's... just fine!

This is the best ending for both the Shinsengumi and the future of this era.

There will be regrets, and there will be pain, but in this world, has there ever been a perfect thing?

All he can do is to fight for the Shinsengumi to the last drop of blood as before.

On August 1864, 8, after being repulsed by the Aizu Domain and the Shinsengumi, the Choshu Domain set fire to Kyoto, and a large area of ​​blocks, shrines, and temples were reduced to ashes.

After the "Change of the Forbidden Gate", the power of the Changzhou Domain was greatly damaged. Tokugawa Yoshiki and Aizu, who were the main force in the crusade, became the rulers of Kyoto. .

"Ha!" Okita knocked out the bamboo sword in Ping's assistant with a single knife, retracted his posture, and said with a smile, "Give it up."

"Huh! Really, your saber skills are still so sharp, Chief!" Hirasuke sighed, and then sat on the training ground without any image, his sweat glistening in the sun.

Okita also put away the bamboo sword, and sat next to Hirasuke: "Just now you used the Hokushin One Sword Style, I remember that you, like Mr. Shannan, learned swordsmanship in Chiba Dojo before joining Mr. Kondo's training center."

Hirasuke sat cross-legged and straightened his body, and immediately regained his spirit: "That's right! That's Mr. Yin Dong's dojo! Speaking of which, Mr. Kondo may ask me to go to Edo to recruit team members recently. I want Mr. Ito to do the same. Join the Shinsengumi together!"

Hirasuke's eyes were shining like a small animal at this time, Hirasuke... adored Kokotaro Ito very much.

After Ito joined the Shinsengumi, the Hokushin One Sword Style and the Natural Rishin Style, the Shinsengumi was divided into the School of Respecting the King and Fighting Barbarians and the School of Saba, just like the school of swords.

"Hey, Souji, what is your expression? What do you think of the idea of ​​letting Mr. Ito join the Shinsengumi? Let me tell you, Mr. Ito is really talented..." Heisuke chattered on the side As if wanting Okita to agree with him.

Okita did not interrupt Hirasuke, but listened patiently to Hirasuke: "I admit that person's talent, but I'm afraid I will disappoint you. No matter what, I can't like Mr. Ito. If I say this, you will give up. Any thoughts on inviting Mr. Ito over here?"

"Uh... what?" Hirasuke was a little puzzled after hearing this, "But Mr. Kondo also agrees with this idea! The addition of Mr. Ito can make the Shinsengumi stronger, right?"

"Then do it! But remember, never let yourself regret it!" Okita stood up, hugged Heisuke's head and rubbed it constantly, then waved away, "Today it's my turn to go to the street with Saito On duty, go first."

"What, it's really strange, Director." Hirasuke, who stayed where he was, scratched his head in doubt.

Sometimes, knowing nothing is really a kind of happiness!

However, even if one day we face each other with swords, in my heart, you will always be a member of the Shinsengumi.

Because we all do the same thing:

Sincerity in the heart, sincerity in the sword.