[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

Twisting his wrist, Nueno gestured towards the next student, asking the other student to continue to receive training. After a few counter moves, he briefly pointed out the opponent's lack of basic movements. This is a must for apprentices who come to the dojo every week to learn The weekly test, and the advice I get is the direction I must work hard for next week.

"Hey, your steps are still wrong! Don't hesitate every time you start nervously! Be firm and take every time seriously!" reprimanded the slightly hesitant student in front of him, and Nueno tapped the student's toes with a wooden knife , "Every time you have to use your toes hard, so that you can have the greatest impact!"

"Yes!" The other party answered earnestly.

"Change to another one!" Nue Ye called out, retracting the knife, wiping the sweat dripping from his chin.

"Yes!" The next student hurried up to take over the position, set up the starting posture, and stepped out with his right foot, "Drink──!"

After all the students had finished their rounds, Nueno looked at the number of students who had decreased recently, let them sit in a line in front of him, nodded to Furukawa, and then said: "I asked everyone to stay today because I want to follow You are talking about some very important things. I believe that everyone who lives in the city closest to the emperor has already noticed it? Many students have left the dojo..."

"In this regard, Mr. Furukawa and I have only a few things in common. I want to tell you that if you still want to continue learning kendo, then the two of us will definitely continue to teach; if you don't want to learn or are unable to continue due to various factors Come here, we won't embarrass you, we just hope that you can take a road that you won't regret, whether you want to join this oncoming war, or find a safe place to hide, this is reasonable Even if I can’t tell you how to take the right path, I believe you will find the answer in the end.”

After finishing speaking, Nueno breathed a sigh of relief, and showed a faint encouraging smile to everyone, "Then, thank you all for today, and in the coming New Year, please take a good rest!"

After the words were over, Nue Ye and Gu Chuan watched the apprentices leave in twos and threes. At the end, Nue Ye turned around and asked Gu Chuan: "Then how do you want to live? Do you want to go home for the New Year?"

Gu Chuan thought for a while and said, "I'm probably going back this year... My younger brother seems to have given birth to a baby. As an older brother, I need to go back and celebrate..."

"Hehe, isn't this great?" Nue Ye patted the other person's shoulder, "Just go back and have a good rest! ... If possible, stay there and open a dojo and teach students by yourself. Very good? The burden is relatively light!"

"It's so easy to open a dojo?" Gu Chuan smiled awkwardly, "But to be honest, when I got busy, I realized that even my younger brother had a baby... In the end, I myself Still alone! Really..."

"Huh? Didn't I see you at the market last time—" Nueno said in surprise, but he was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"Did you see it!?" Furukawa shouted in surprise, "Oh my god! Did you see it!?"

Nueno nodded silently.

Recently, in order to find a chance to meet Chizuru who is staying in the Shinsengumi, Nueno would find a reason to wander around the castle whenever he had free time, and I saw it one time... But... "Why are you so nervous?"

"Uh..." Gu Chuan was stunned for a moment, unable to say, "Maybe I didn't expect to be seen by someone I know, so I was a little nervous?"

"If you like it, hurry up and marry her!" Nueno said directly, tilting her head.

To be honest, he often egged on people younger than himself in this kind of thing.

"What sarcastic words are you talking about!" Furukawa pushed Nueno's shoulder angrily, "Go find your own first!"

Nueno did not continue to refute this time, but ended the topic with a shrug.

If you really say it, it will probably cause an uproar, right?

As the new year is getting closer and the weather is getting colder, the first snow has already finished without knowing it. In the following days, the roads in Kyoto will be covered with a thin layer of frost every morning. All must play up the spirit of 12 points.

Nue Ye put on the overcoat he bought from a foreign merchant earlier, and after collecting clothes for a whole summer, they are still in good condition and keep warm.

Of course, he also found an opportunity to buy winter clothes for Ryunosuke. He didn't know where he was last time he spent the winter, so Nueno could only take him to the street to buy more warm clothes and bedding. This kind of purchase was also made by Qing Ji and the others. It was a long time ago, and Nue Ye couldn't help but look at the new products a few more times.

Although Ryunosuke was also very excited, but because he didn't spend his own money, he was still a little trembling. Seeing that Nueno cared so much, he went shopping with Nueno.

"By the way, do you want to help Hirasuke buy something?" Looking at the style he likes, Ryunosuke asked coldly, "New Year's gift or something."

Nueno, who was thinking about it, froze for a moment, then turned to look at Ryunosuke, "Why did you mention it all of a sudden?"

"Of course it's because──" Ryunosuke's eyes drifted, and finally he was defeated by Nueno's gaze, "Okay! I think it should be fair! So you should buy him something too!!" After finishing speaking, he went directly I ran outside the store to hide from Nueno.

Nueno looked at Ryunosuke's many small gestures of intimacy recently, held back his laughter, and hurriedly finished picking out the things. The large things were sent to the store another day, and he lifted the small things and walked out through the curtain, " Alright, let's go drink a bowl of sweet soup to warm up!"

"Okay!" Ryunosuke nodded, and was startled by Nueno's movement of wrapping a cloth scarf around his neck with both hands. "Huh?"

"I just saw a fabric that is suitable for a scarf, and it will keep you warmer when you wrap it around your neck." Nueno wrapped the fabric twice, and finally passed the head and tail through it, and fixed it neatly. "Sure enough, Ryunosuke is also quite suitable for bright colors."

Ryunosuke touched the scarf in a daze, it was soft and warm to the touch, he couldn't help laughing, "Thank you."

Seeing this, Nueye rubbed Ryunosuke's head, eyes full of doting.

This year is very simple, or it is very simple for Nueno, but for Kiyotsugu, Xiaoshan and Ryunosuke, Nueno's year can be called traditional and cumbersome, but they do not know that Nueno has omitted many small steps.

Hang elaborate decorations made of evergreen plants such as pine, Chinese oak, and poplar at the entrance of the dojo. After cleaning the whole house, Qingji was pulled out of that room by the way, leading Xiaoshan and the two of them. I did things like rushing in together to fight and so on. In short, it was rare to make everyone who stayed in the entire dojo move.

After cleaning, hang up decorations, put Kagami cakes in front of the altar to worship, and Nueno starts to buy everything needed for the New Year, raw materials for making soba noodles, and Osechi dishes to be served on New Year’s Day, etc., and go out After running several times, I still couldn't buy everything. Finally, I got everything. It's only one day away from the big dark day before the New Year.

On this day, Nueno took the opportunity to go to the market to see if there were any fresh catches. He wanted to buy them and treat them as a meal during the Chinese New Year. However, he found a man standing in the market staring at the fish thinking people.

"...Mr. Yamazaki..." Nueno finally called out when he was a little surprised to see someone here.

Yamazaki noticed that someone was calling his name, frowned slightly and turned around. When he saw Nueno, he put on a subtle expression, "Mr. Nueno...?"

"Hmm...buying for the team?" Nueno asked, looking at the object the other party was staring at just now.

"New Year's shopping." Yamazaki didn't say much, and then went back to study by himself.

Nueno thought for a while, and finally asked, "What do you want to buy this for?"

After all, there was a man standing in front of the booth staring at it but he couldn't make a move. The owner's face was obviously troubled.

On the other hand, Yamazaki's expression seemed to have no concept of these things at all, with a dull expression on his face.

Nueno stretched out his hand, and based on his previous experience of purchasing with the people from the Shinsengumi, he chose several cheap and fresh fish, and after asking for the other things he wanted, he handed over the catch to Yamazaki. superior.

"These should be enough for you to eat for a while, if you still need it, you might as well tell me, I can accompany you to another side to have a look..." Nue Ye's expression was indifferent, as far as Yamazaki could see, he couldn't detect it If there is any abnormal emotion, it seems that she is just passing by and reaching out to help. "Usually it's Saito who comes out to do the shopping, isn't it? Why did you change today?"

"Mr. Saito is out on patrol..." Seeing that the other party has no malice, he took the things in a hurry, but when Yamazaki was about to pay, Nueno stopped him.

"It's okay, let's treat this as an unexpected gift when I saw you before the Chinese New Year!" Nueno stretched out his hand and waved it left and right, "Is there anything else?"

"Uh...Actually, because the team has been too busy lately... nothing has been prepared..." After finishing speaking, Yamazaki lowered his head in shame.

"..." Nueno looked at the other party expressionlessly.

After a while, he put one hand on Yamazaki's shoulder.

"Then, shall we start rushing?"

The author has something to say:

Sliding success! ! (beat up)

I can't bear to say...it's Yamazaki who is completely dragged down by the other members of the Shinsengumi... (hides face)

Every time I write about his dull appearance, I feel very cured. He is really my first life for Hakuouki, but it’s a pity that the scenes in this article are divided up to now... (Continue to hide his face)

Then let me say that the next chapter can finally change the year... (with blood on his face)

How long have I wanted to change this... I'm sorry I'm a procrastinator...QAQ

Thank you for your perseverance, it is still a happy update after the tenth birthday!

Recently, a little determination has emerged. Don't you take advantage of the opportunity? (Hello)

In addition, because it is a bit rushed, it may be repaired later.

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