[Sword Three] How to break the lady who is a technical emperor

The Meng Lan Bon Festival is coming soon, and on this day, Okita Souji and Shinpachi received a strange task.

"Huh? Are you kidding?" Xinpachi raised his eyebrows and said, "There is a foreign lady who is very interested in the Menglan Basin Festival, so she wants us to protect her until the end? It's too much, it can't be fun at all. It's gone!"

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it." Okita said, but he recalled the voice he heard in the foreign district that day.

coincidence?He thought, then it would be better to confirm it in person.

So he accepted the task very calmly.

Together with Shinpachi, who has been chattering and complaining, they came to the place agreed with the other party before, and the two waited idly.

As the sun and dusk approached, the lanterns were lit up one by one. From a distance, they seemed to be floating in mid-air.

Okita looked at those lanterns, and couldn't help but recall the last time he came to Qingluo's place that day, and saw her silhouette flying the lanterns in mid-air.The dim light is so warm that it makes everything look unreal.

"Okita?" Shinpachi's call interrupted Okita Souji's recollection, he froze for a moment, and said to Shinpachi, "What's wrong?"

"It's just a lantern. As for being fascinated?" Shinpachi couldn't help asking doubtfully, "I just called you for a long time and there was no response... Well, it's almost here, we're almost there. .....Huh?"

Waiting at the appointed place was not the woman in western clothes that Shinpachi thought, but two women in kimonos and masks, the difference was only that the taller one had long dark brown hair.

The tall woman was wearing a ghost mask, and the other was wearing a white fox mask. When she saw the two people approaching, she nodded slightly at them.

"The two of you must be Mr. Okita and Mr. Yongcang." The white fox girl said with a smile, "I've been waiting for a long time."

"No, no, we are." Originally expected that the other party might be late, so Nagakura Shinpachi said a little bit later than the agreed time, embarrassed.

"I'm sorry for being late." Okita smiled generously.

The evil ghost woman snorted disdainfully, and said to Shinpachi, "A person who claims to be a man can't even keep the agreement he made with a lady. He is really a man in vain."

Although her Japanese still has an obvious accent, it is already very rare and excellent for a foreigner.But compared to this, Souji Okita was more interested in the expression of his friend who was obviously stunned and terrified after hearing the voice.

"You you you you you you, how could it be you!" Yongcang Shinpachi pointed at the woman wearing the ghost mask as if recalling some extremely bad memories, as if she was a ghost at this moment.

It was rare to see such a Shinpachi, and Souji Okita was watching with a smile on his side without making a sound.Intuition told him that if he kept silent at this time, he would hear more gossip.

"Why can't it be me?" The woman wearing the ghost mask lifted half of the mask, revealing a Westerner's face and a pair of beautiful blue eyes like a frozen lake in deep winter. The woman's tall Raising his eyebrows, he looked down at Nagakura Shinpachi condescendingly.After a long while, he showed a bad smile, "It was just a try, but I didn't expect to meet you. That's good, then half of my reservation with others has been fulfilled. Well, your name is Okita Souji Isn't it?" She said to Okita who was on the side, "someone asked me to bring you this knife, and asked you not to run around. Well, I know your companion, and it's enough to have him, you two have fun Come on, let's go first."

After all, without waiting for other people's reactions, such as the desperate expression on the face of Nagakura Shinpachi, and the thoughtful expression of the non-party Okita Souji, he simply dragged Shinpachi and left.

".......Ah."

At this moment, a very light, but very familiar laughter sounded not far away, fleeting, like a small wave floating in the hustle and bustle of the surrounding inconspicuous.

But for Director Okita, it was like a thunder that could not be ignored. He almost subconsciously wanted to chase in the direction of the sound, but at this moment, the Menglan Bon Festival officially started, and the surging crowd instantly Rushing over, Mr. Okita was pushed further and further away involuntarily.

It's disgusting... Souji Okita covered his face, and after being silent for a while, he managed to squeeze out of the crowd, came to a secluded grassland and sat down in frustration.

It's like this every time, it's really useless.

The night sky in summer night is very beautiful, the young man raised his head, and saw the stars as expected, not far away is the bustling Menglan Basin Festival, but his side is very quiet, so quiet that only the stars and his own knife are in the distance. Be with him.

He took out the knife given to him by the western woman, exerted force on his hand, and pulled it out with one stroke.

Great knife!He couldn't help admiring in his heart.

The blade of this knife is thin and thin, and just by waving it lightly, it can bring out a flickering cold light like starlight, which is beautiful and dangerous.

There is a line of characters engraved on the body of the blade, and the word "chrysanthemum" means "Zong".

Seeing Lie Xinxi, Chong Tian simply practiced the knife under the starlight, one move after another, the knife had just arrived in his hands, but he felt that the knife was born for him, holding it in his hand When he held it in his hand, the knife seemed to be integrated with him like his own arm.

Every samurai, especially an excellent samurai, has a fanatical obsession with good swords. Okita Souji is a very good samurai, so he is also particularly enthusiastic about swords, but he doesn't show it.

"Sure enough, this knife looks like it was made for you." Unexpectedly, a voice came from behind him, and Souji Okita turned around, only to find a woman wearing a white fox mask standing behind him and looking at him .

"It turned out to be you." Okita put away the knife, picked up his previous saber, and said, "Because there were too many people, we broke up, I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter." The white fox girl covered her face with her sleeves and smiled lightly, "I was just a companion at first, since the Lord has already left, it doesn't matter what I do, but I didn't expect that I could be with you just by walking casually." You just ran into it here."

"Do you know who gave this knife?" Okita asked, "I hope I can thank you in person."

"..." The white fox woman seemed to be surprised, and she paused for a while before saying, "Well," her voice was always carrying an extremely elegant smile similar to her demeanor, "although I'm telling you it's not No, but I will take this opportunity to make a cheeky request to you."

"What request?" Okita said.

"Would you like to accompany me to the Menglan Basin Festival?" the white fox woman said, looking at the lively scene not far away. "After shopping around... not only this knife, but also one thing you want to know, I will tell you."

"...Okay." Seeing the white fox woman's desolate figure, Okita said.

"Then let's go." The white fox girl smiled.

Okita looked at her back and suddenly thought of someone.Coupled with the woman's previous words, Okita felt hesitant.

In this way, the two returned to the Menglan Pen Festival.

The crowd, lively, noisy, happy, it seems that everyone is immersed in the festival.

"Meng Lan Basin Festival..." After a while of silence, the woman suddenly said, "It's actually Ghost Festival."

"Ghost Festival? There seems to be such a saying." Okita Souji thought for a while and said.

"The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the day when the gates of the underworld are opened." The woman said, "In a year, there is only one day when the ghosts in the underworld can return to the human world to find the person they have missed for a long time."

"I think this may be the reason why people wear masks." The woman said, although she couldn't see her expression, Okita felt that the corners of her mouth must be curled up under the mask, "In this way, you can deceive yourself I fell into a dream that lasted all night, didn't I?"

"Dream...?" Director Okita raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes far away, "In the dream, can you meet the person you want to see?"

"Who knows." The white fox woman whispered.

From the beginning to the present, the two did not exchange names, nor did they ask about each other's past, but they chatted freely, as if they had been good friends for many years.

Okita closed his eyes, took a deep breath and opened them again. The lively scene remained unchanged, but the white fox girl beside him disappeared.

He stood alone in the bustling street, and around him, the faces of the laughing crowd gradually became blurred, together with the lanterns hanging above the street, and the shops on both sides became abstract, leaving only Indistinct outlines.Even though he was walking among such a lively crowd, the whole world was as lonely and quiet as if he was the only one.

In this way, it really seemed like an extremely lively, yet extremely quiet dreamland.

Director Okita walked forward silently and slowly, at this moment, a red, very attractive-looking candied haws was handed over from the side.

He looked along the candied haws, saw a slender white hand holding the end of the candied haws, and then looked over——

He suddenly didn't dare to look over.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and continue." A voice rang out, but it wasn't the one he was familiar with.

Okita Souji was taken aback, and looked up, the phantom of the girl in the complicated and gorgeous black clothes had disappeared, replaced by a little girl in a white kimono and a tanuki mask.

He took the candied haws from the girl's hand and ate them.

"Ms. Ben gave you a bunch of candied haws because of your pity, and didn't even say thank you?" The girl sighed pretendingly, "Are all adults so rude?"

Mr. Okita, who had said a few words, laughed, and said with a crooked smile, "Sorry, I forgot."

"The world of adults is really strange." After the girl pretended to be deep and said something, she bounced away from Okita.

When I ate the second candied haws from Okita, there was another person beside me.

"Ah, have you seen my brother?" With short hair cut and wearing a simple kimono, the woman put on a paper mask carelessly, revealing a very nice arc on the lower half of her face, perhaps After searching for a long time, her tone was very anxious.

"I didn't see it, but a little girl just walked past." Okita said.

"Thank you very much." The woman hurriedly left after saluting.

So Okita continued to walk forward, whether the street was long or short, he felt that he had walked for a long time, but he still didn't see the end.

"Ah, this little brother," a coquettish woman came out from nowhere, with a folding fan in her hand covering her half-exposed breasts, curly hair hanging down her cheeks, holding a red painted Wearing an umbrella with cherry blossoms, her slender phoenix eyes have a frivolous smile, and she has a lazy style that cannot be concealed. "Did you see my guest?"

"I didn't see it." Okita smiled.

"Really." The woman showed a very beautiful smile, "Then excuse me."

Okita Souji continued to move forward, he had already eaten the candied haws in his hand, just as Okita Souji threw the wooden stick away, another candied haws was handed over to him.

He subconsciously looked at the candied haws again, but his eyes widened in surprise.

Wearing a pink kimono embroidered with cherry blossoms and a fox mask, the girl held a black umbrella embroidered with silver cherry blossoms in one hand and a bunch of candied haws in the other. Her dark eyes watched quietly through the mask with him.

Although it couldn't be seen from the clothes, but for no reason, Okita Souji thought it was her.

Okita took the candied haws in a daze, and when he saw the girl, he immediately took out another candied haws and ate it.

"Today is Ghost Festival," the girl's cold and indifferent voice sounded, "Take it as a dream."

Mr. Okita ate the candied haws in silence, his hand tightly gripping the handle of the knife revealed his mood.

He has a lot to say and many questions to ask, such as where is she these days, how is the poison on her body, and...how does he miss her.

"I..." After a while of silence, he spoke first, his voice trembling due to the complicated mood.

"I miss you very much." He said, maybe he finally expressed his feelings all the time, and he was suddenly relieved.

"Ok, I know."

"And... I killed someone." He lowered his head and said.

"...Well, I know that too."

"Have you ever liked someone?" he asked again.Then without waiting for the girl to answer, he went on to say, "If you can't say it in reality, you should be able to say it in the dream, right? I... like someone very much."

"To me, she is like a star," the young man narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "It seems that she is within reach, but when I really stretch out my hand, I find that it is not within reach."

"Hey, what should I do?"

"..." This time, there was no answer.

The two walked unhurriedly in the street, no one spoke, but no one felt embarrassed.

Soon, the extremely long street just now came to an end, behind was the hustle and bustle, but in front of it was the silence that was not touched by the hustle and bustle.

"What a pleasant night," said a female voice next to her.

Souji Okita turned his head, and the people around him turned into a white fox woman at some point.

The white fox woman's voice was still smiling, "How is tonight?"

"Well, it's an unforgettable dream." Okita laughed.

"That's right." The white fox girl smiled.

There was a loud noise not far away, and Shinpachi and another woman ran over.

"Yo~" Miss Xixi, who was wearing a ghost mask before, greeted with great vigor, which was inversely proportional to Xinba's various grievances, "It was a good night, thank you for your hard work."

"Where is it?" Okita smiled while admiring his friend's rare face.

"Then I'll go back with her." Miss Xi waved her hand and led the white fox girl away.

Before leaving, the white fox woman turned her head and lifted the mask towards Okita from an angle that Shinpachi couldn't see.

"It really is Ah Ding." Okita Souji murmured to himself.

"What are you talking about?" Shinpachi asked when he regained his vitality when he saw the two walking away.

"It's nothing," Okita said, "It's so late, let's go back too."

"Hey, hey," Shinpachi hurriedly followed, "I was tossed about by Maria all night, but you still came to whet my appetite!"

"Oh," Okita turned his head and said with a smile, "I even know the other party's name."

"What——" Xinba blushed, "This is evil fate, evil fate!"

"Yes." Director Okita nodded and said extremely perfunctorily.

The Menglan Basin Festival behind him is still going on, as unreal as a dream.

"Hey... I heard that the Menglan Basin Festival is a ghost festival."

"It seems to be oh."

"Then do you think we will meet—"

"Hey—don't be scary!"

"Kidding."

"Don't make such a terrible joke casually."

"Ah, I'm sorry, it's just that I met a ghost I haven't seen for a long time just now, I just miss it."

"Hey—it's getting more and more scary, you bastard!"

"Hey, what's behind you?"

"what--"

The night ended with Shinpachi's futile fainting.