[Gintama] Mr. Songyang that day

But Gui obviously won't tell Songyang this.

He is considering how to explain the burning of the private school to Songyang.

This is also the reason why Yinshi was reluctant to relax Yang and return to Changzhou, but Gui still persuaded Yinshi with "the teacher will remember one day".

He knew what Yinshi was afraid of, and to be honest, he didn't dare to recall those pasts.

The current teacher has not remembered that he died once, let alone why he died, and at whose hands he died.

It's not Yinshi's fault.

Of course Gui knew who was behind the scenes, otherwise he would not have carried out such a ridiculous and unscrupulous operation for this purpose.

Wanting to find the dawn of Edo is not a joke, it is what he wants to implement all his life, subverting the world that took away the teacher.

"No, that guy is always a loner. Really, the guy who blackmails his old classmates as soon as he graduates is not reliable at all. Teacher, don't be deceived by this type of man in the future! It's still good to get married. I need to find a good man like Yinshi so that I can..."

Then the forehead was hit by a wooden board, and it was Elizabeth who raised the sign angrily.

"Mr. Gui, please guide the way carefully, and don't say strange things to Senior Songyang."

"Woooooo Elizabeth is getting more and more fierce..."

Chatting all the way, when we arrived in Cheung Chau, it was close to the sunset of that day.

Songyang followed Gui and Elizabeth to their foothold in Cheung Chau, and Gui first went to visit relatives and friends to boost the morale of the army, leaving Elizabeth to accompany Songyang.

Songyang was instinctively familiar with the surrounding scene, and planned to go out for a walk, Elizabeth naturally followed.

She didn't forget to wear a disguised wig and mask, and carefully hid her original hair. She was wearing a furisode kimono lent to her by Shinpachi's sister, Miu.

That is also a good girl with a friendly personality (Ginshi + Shinpachi: Are you sure???), Songyang gets along well with her, and her cooking skills are as bad as fate, and she is also very experienced in raising children. common topic.

And after knowing that Songyang was Yinshi's teacher, she didn't have any doubts about her unusually young appearance, but looked at Yinshi with perverted eyes, and asked Songyang with a smile.

"If you fall in love with Senior Songyang so much, I will deal with this kind of natural scum who attacked my teacher for free."

"Please don't involve Ah Yin in the extra actions other than giving clothes!"

Songyang didn't quite understand what they were talking about, but he still kindly rejected A Miao's suggestion.

"It's okay, Yinshi said that to protect me."

"...It's quite natural, Senior Songyang's words."

At that time, A Miao shook her head helplessly and made such an evaluation.

The daily life of Wanshiwu is always lively and lively. During the day, two energetic children will come to work. From time to time, a female employee from downstairs will come to collect the rent. When Songyang hears the news and wants to go and see Pushed into the bedroom by Yinshi in a panic, he tried to drive people away by himself.

When Yinshi went out to do tasks, Songyang would sometimes be in a daze on the balcony, and he could see the trio of Wanshiwu chasing something noisily passing by downstairs, Yinshi would subconsciously raise his head, meet Songyang's eyes and then Quickly look away.

——Yin Shi is still awkward.

Songyang gradually remembered the memories of getting along with Yinshi when he was young, and remembered where he picked up Yinshi, and traveled around with Yinshi, who was still skinny at that time, and where he finally settled down.

I just can't remember who I am.

But she knew her dragon vein physique, her strength so strong that ordinary people feared it, and her familiarity with battles and battlefields made her also have some guesses.

And that woman exactly like her, Xu.

— But these must not be told to the two children.

Songyang is clear about her character. In the past, she definitely concealed her true identity in order to firmly protect those children.

This is also the reason why she wants to go back to Cheung Chau.Maybe she'll leave something important there.

Songyang is walking forward almost following the memory of his body.

She walked across a beautiful field.

The color of the setting sun fell into her eyes, and the ruined scene in the distance made her freeze in place.

Is it war?

The village that should be bustling in her memory is only ruined, and it seems that it has lost its popularity for a long time.She stepped over the ruins and continued to walk in, and finally reached the corner of the village where the private school should have been.

——But there is only one decent door, and the vigorous pine tree in front of the door is completely opposite to the surrounding scene.

What was left was ashes as if they had been burned by fire and the broken walls that couldn't see the original appearance, and there was nothing else.

The images of the past jumped through her mind one by one, so fast that she almost couldn't catch them.

Song Yang stood in front of that door and took a deep breath.

The plank jumped into her field of vision.

"Senior Songyang, don't be sad. This is all caused by the war. Although the private school is gone, Mr. Gui and Mr. Yinshi are still there."

What about other students?

Songyang subconsciously wanted to ask this question, but remembered that Gui was not here.

But she remembered the night she was taken from here.

That child, Yin Shi, was kneeling on the ground in embarrassment at that time, looking at her back helplessly, and the voice calling her name was so sad, as if ten years later, the boy's voice still echoed clearly in his ears.

"Songyang!"

Songyang took a step forward involuntarily, crossing the threshold that she or the students of the private school had crossed countless times.

She has come and gone from here countless times, only once she left and never came back.

——Finally repaid this last time.

The innocent and lovely figures of the children ran towards her, and then disappeared under the desolate sunset.

Those who waited for her to come home were no longer here.

"I'm back."

is the place to return to.

——"If I remember correctly, it should be here."

While digging a hole under the pine tree, Elizabeth still held up a sign to explain to Songyang.

"Mr. Gui said that Mr. Yinshi buried the box left by Senior Songyang next to the pine tree before departure."

Songyang saw that Elizabeth was digging hard with his small short hands, so he persuaded him to put down the iron catalpa and continue to dig down to take over Elizabeth's job. After a few strokes, he dug out a rusty iron box.

The moment she got it, she knew it must be something left by herself.

The box contained some old small items, and there were many yellowed papers with childish handwriting on them.

There are also strange and familiar names.

And where are the owners of these names now buried?Which battlefield is it on?Can you still find it?

Songyang knew there were no answers to these questions.

She was just relieved that Gui, Yinshi, and Takasugi were still alive.

Then she covered the box cherishingly, cleaned off the remaining dust on it, hugged it to her chest, and planned to turn her head back.

——At this time, Songyang was keenly aware of the strange aura.

The person who appeared behind her had no intention of hiding his breath, and walked straight towards her, speaking coldly.

"Who are you."

Songyang felt a little strange.She didn't have any negative emotions in this tone like the owner of a private school, and this somewhat vicissitudes of voice made her feel a little familiar.

"Please stand there and don't move."

She said in a low voice.After making sure that the voice was completely different from her real voice, she turned around and looked at the sudden visitor.

The person who came was dressed in the plain attire of a ronin, wearing a straw hat, and his dark gray hair was loose.He is a tall adult male, with a cold and gloomy breath, and his exposed face is so ordinary that he has no features, which is also very strange to Songyang.

And that man has been frozen there since Songyang turned around, with that strange face facing her, Songyang noticed that this man has a pair of eyes that don't match his face.

The eyes looking at her were full of haze, showing complicated hesitation and timidity.

Is it disguised?Songyang couldn't help but make such a guess.

She was sure the face wasn't one of her students, it didn't match the name in the box, or any of her memories.

This kind of camouflage technique commonly used by ninja assassins seems to be able to explain the identity of this man. Obviously, the other party is not an ordinary samurai, but may be an assassin with a goal, in short, he is a troublesome person.

But the aura emanating from this man made her miss it very much, making her feel that she couldn't just let him go.

To be on the safe side, she still asked.

"Are you a student of this private school too?"

Men are strongly shaken by this question.Although the detectable reaction was very weak, Songyang could tell that the man was trembling.

He lowered his head and stared at the ground, as if this simple question caused him so much pain that even his voice was so hoarse that he could barely hear it.

"Yes I am."

After saying this answer, the breath of the strange man's whole body became softer, and the harsh aura just now suddenly faded away.

He repeated it slowly.

"I used to be a student of this private school."

"Is that right?"

Song Yang looked at him, and couldn't help but wonder about the real face of the other party under disguise.

When the other party revealed his identity, he spoke with an imperceptible sense of pride. It seemed that for this man, being a student of Matsushita Private School was something he was proud of.

This is not the emotion that faking or lying should generate.

——Probably saw Songyang's doubts, or misunderstood that Songyang was also a private school student after being disguised, the man took the initiative to explain.

"I was the first student before you, so there's no way you've met me."

This surprised Song Yang, who was planning to go over to have a further conversation with him, and stopped.

It is precisely because the other party seems to say that none of the words seem to be lies, Songyang feels distressed.

Isn't Yinshi her first student?Is it someone you knew before you met Gintoki?So will this man know her real identity?

What about the past with this man?Why didn't Yin Shi or Gui mention the existence of this man?Did she not mention it?

Songyang decided to stop going around in circles with him, and asked directly.

"Can you take off your disguise?"

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but froze.Because she was a little impatient, she forgot to lower her voice. She spoke in her own voice just now. If the other party was someone who knew him well, she would probably be able to hear it from her voice soon.

as predicted.

The man who claimed to be her first disciple raised his head, and the only pair of eyes that were not disguised were firmly fixed on her body, showing great shock and disbelief.

"Your voice……"

——Songyang looked over his shoulder and saw Gui and a group of people with lofty ideals not far away who were advancing this way, and the man obviously noticed this too.

Songyang wasn't sure if he recognized himself because of this, but this man really didn't have time to pursue it any further.

Before Gui's gaze turned to this direction, the man, under Songyang's attention, quickly passed by her and disappeared between the mountains and forests.

Song Yang met Elizabeth's gaze, shook his head slightly, and begged him in a low voice to hide this encounter from Gui.

She intuited that Gui and Yinshi didn't know the existence of this man.

"Wow, why did the teacher bring Elizabeth here, didn't he say he came with me! As a result, the relationship between Elizabeth and the teacher is getting better and better!"

Gui didn't mind the scorching gazes of his subordinates at all, and threw himself into Songyang's arms, feeling the cold temperature of the iron box.

He froze, raised his head cautiously to check Songyang's expression, and said hesitantly.

"Teacher, don't you have anything to ask?"

But Songyang just bent the corners of his lips and reached out to stroke Gui's long hair.

"I remember that Kotaro wrote in the employment survey report that he wanted to be the Prime Minister, right?"

"Does the teacher remember?"

Gui opened his eyes wide in surprise.He tends to chatter when it comes to topics of interest.

"This is a very important goal in my life. Not only the employment survey report, but also in the composition "My Teacher" I also used [-] words to explain the various things I will implement after I was taught by the teacher and became the Prime Minister. The measures and legal results were ridiculed by Yin Shi and said that I was whimsical. Fortunately, the teacher gave me an excellent grade! I like the teacher the most!"

"That composition is also stored in the box."

"Is it Mr. Gui's masterpiece when he was young!"

"Can we take a look!"

"Master Songyang, please let us pass it on and read it!"

A group of people with lofty ideals stared at the box in Songyang's hands with enthusiasm, which made Songyang feel uncomfortable and twitched the corners of his mouth.

"...That's fine, but Kotaro?"

"Oh! Take my composition as the goal, let's work hard together!"

"Wow! Is this the great work of Mr. Gui when he was young!"

Chatting with Gui will lead to strange topics if you are not careful.

Song Yang looked at those high-spirited fighters against barbarians, smiled and shook his head.Gui on one side turned his head to look at her.

"The teacher suddenly said this, there must be other reasons."

"Ah, that's right."

Song Yang sighed.For some reason, the box in my arms became much heavier.

It contains not only the warm memories brought by those children, but also those children's innocent dreams and expectations for the future.

——But it all came to an abrupt end at that moment.

"When Gui becomes the prime minister, let's rebuild the private school together, shall we?"

"Of course it is!"

"Also...the names of the students in the private school are all recorded here. I think that when the time comes, I will set up a memorial tablet for those children who have passed away, and put it next to the pine tree, so that they can also go home."

Gui knew that Songyang would be able to guess the truth behind it, but when Songyang really brought up these very painful memories for them during the era of barbarians, he felt a sore nose.

But he quickly adjusted and raised a bright smile at the light-haired teacher with a gentle expression.

"Listen to the teacher!"

——As long as this person is still there, there is still a place to go back to.