[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

During this period of time, the Shinsengumi decided to transfer the settlement from the original Mibuji Temple to Nishi Honganji Temple. All the staff moved, packed up their belongings and utensils, expelled the monks from Nishi Honganji Temple, and started a new life.

Nueno also learned from a conversation with Dr. Matsumoto that he would go to the Shinsengumi for a Western-style health check the next day, so he had the urge to follow him temporarily.

When I mentioned it to Dr. Matsumoto, the other party showed a very welcoming look: "Great! I was still thinking if I was the only one doing this, would I be able to finish it even after the sun goes down? If Nueno It would be great if you could help me!"

"If Dr. Matsumoto thinks there is no problem, I will arrive on time tomorrow. Please tell me what I should do to avoid confusion and you won't be able to take the time to guide me." With a modest smile, Nueno said .

"No problem, no problem! Probably..."

Matsumoto detailed a lot of inspection items, which were roughly the same as what Nueno remembered. Nueno confirmed it once, and after making an appointment with the other party, he said goodbye first.

When he came to the village, he climbed over the wall while no one was paying attention, and landed in a dark courtyard with no people in the south of the mountain at this time.

The distribution of rooms in Nishi Honganji Temple and the location of the temple buildings, through Shannan, has long been familiar to Nue Ye, and the two still maintain this secret alliance. This check is not only to ensure that unexpected factors can be ruled out when the two sides meet, but also In order for Nue Ye to escape in an emergency.

Falling to the ground silently, Nue Ye saw that there was no one else in Shannan's room, so he stepped onto the corridor and tapped on the paper door.

"... Nueno? Please come in."

Shannan's voice came from inside, Nueye didn't think much, opened the paper door, and met the person who was reading in the dark room with only one lamp on.

"Even if you can't bask in the sun, you don't have to make your room like this?" Nueno looked at the heavy curtains around him and the documents and data piled up to the ceiling, and made a rare joke.

"...Hehe, I am already dead in the eyes of the world, so it is not an exaggeration to create an environment suitable for concentration, right?" Shannan sat on his knees and turned around, facing Nueno, "I'm sorry, because of the movement to get refreshments It’s too big, I’m afraid I can’t entertain it properly.”

"Why did you suddenly become unfamiliar?" Nueno frowned, "I don't mind this kind of thing, the point is... you said 'you're dead'? What's going on?"

"Hijikata and the others knew that I drank the water that changed, and they also knew about my problems. When I was not getting along well with Ito Kokotaro, they took advantage of this and lied about my death as a step to suppress Ito. Chess.” Talking about the plan, Shannan said it calmly, as if the protagonist in the painting is not himself, “So I can only stay in this house and study hard day and night.”

"You just let them use it like this?" A trace of astonishment floated in Nue Ye's eyes.

"Of course I also have my considerations. If I fake my death, in addition to fulfilling my last sliver of value as a samurai, it will also give me time to devote myself to the research of turning into water. Regarding this, the shogunate never gave up." Qing Shannan laugh.

Staring at the man with a literati-like smile in front of him, Nueno sighed, "If you tell them that the antidote exists, it shouldn't be like this... You're not so calm at all, are you?"

When Shannan heard this, he put away his smile and put on an expressionless face.

"How far have you used your body?" Nueno asked further.

Shan Nan looked at the person in front of him, and said slowly, "I just drank the water that changed my mind, recorded my physical condition, then drank the antidote you gave me, recorded it, and drank the water that changed my body... that's all."

"You!" Nueno's eyes widened suddenly, "Give me your hand!"

"It's okay, I've checked it myself." Shannan shook his head, trying to reject Nueno's request.

"Come here," Nueno said sharply.

"It's really fine..."

As soon as he was halfway through the conversation, Nue Ye directly grabbed the opponent's hand and placed it in front of the table to think carefully.

After a while, he asked Shannan to open his mouth to check his teeth and tongue coating, pressed a few parts, and then let go with a frown.

"How? I said it's fine, right? Recently, the desire for blood has faded a lot. It should be a good thing, right?" Shannan rolled up his sleeves and restored his original indifferent smile.

"No." Nueno resolutely denied, "If this continues, even if you get the complete antidote, you won't be able to turn back into a human being."

"……yes?"

After a while, Shannan said quietly.

"But I still don't feel regretful, Nueno."

The next day, Nueno met with Dr. Matsumoto with a heavy expression on his face, and began the health checkup of the Shinsengumi under the eyes of several people who were more or less surprised.

Yukimura Chizuru automatically ran over to help, and tried to use clumsy skills to ask about the status of the information she had received before, but Nueno shook her head slightly and stopped her from going back.

Even though the number of team members increased a lot, the queues of people lined up in two rows were still exhausted quickly. When the sun was westward, the inspections of all the general team members and the inspections of several captains who were mixed in with the general team members were finally over. .

There are a few people who need special services, Kondo, Hijikata, Ito, and Okita.

The first two people dragged on until now because they were too busy with work, and Ito made a special request. In the end, the situation of Okita... Matsumoto reminded him implicitly, so he went to the main house because he wanted to report to Kondo, and was in charge of the other three people. Okita handed over to Nueno for inspection.

Although Nueno was a little confused, he still took over the job, grabbed someone casually and asked where Okita was resting, and went there with the medicine box for inspection.

"Ban... Nueno!" Hirasuke called out from behind, quickening his pace to catch up. "whats up with you today……"

"I happened to know Dr. Matsumoto... We had a similar relationship on some things... so I was invited to help." After Nueno finished speaking briefly, he reached out and rubbed Heisuke's forehead, "It's great that he is recovering well. If If you usually have a headache, don’t force it.”

"I know..." Hirasuke replied softly, lowering his gaze.

"...Then let's go back." Nueno smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, "I still have to go to Okita for a final check, it doesn't matter if you don't have to come."

"it is good……"

Nueno withdrew his hand, seeing Hirasuke showing a downcast expression, blinked, bent down to Heisuke's ear, and whispered, "I'm glad I held back a few days ago and didn't leave any marks on your body. "

"!!" Hirasuke immediately covered his ears, and jumped back, avoiding Nueno's breath.

"You you you..." What are you talking about? ! !

Nueno stood up again, smiled again, and waved goodbye, "Go back early."

"Damn it!" Glaring at Nueno, Hirasuke gritted his teeth and ran away without looking back.

Because of the conversation that happened in the middle, when Nue found Okita, he was in an unprecedentedly good mood. As soon as they met, Okita used his poisonous mouth to make fun of him directly.

"Yo──how could it be our Master Nueno? When will the majestic Serizawa guard become a little Ran doctor?"

Nue Ye secretly rolled his eyes, and said in his heart: I knew, this kid is not so forgetful, new and old grudges are coming up, right?

Thinking that he had to show a gentle attitude to face this patient who knew at first glance that he would not cooperate, Nueno sighed heavily in his heart again.

Why can't this guy be as cute as Hirasuke?

The author has something to say:

I have been away for nearly two weeks, everyone, please don’t be like this, I have a heart to fill in the hole... It’s just that I don’t have much motivation to write articles... (guilty)

I said, what should I do if Yamazaki and Kazama have no clue about the strategy... So I can only be doomed to continue to drag the plot until the strategy is successful, right? (dry laugh)

My head is filled with the plot at the very end, I don't know what's in the middle...