[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

In addition to being asked to help pay attention to the hydrangea planting that day, during the Gion Festival, Nueno was asked by Ayako to be the guard for the middle days. He simply regarded it as a holiday for the children, and ended the teaching at the dojo early in those few days. They enjoyed the ceremony, and they rushed to the city to help.

The guard he met before had already left, but this time he saw a new face again, Nue Ye nodded to each other, introduced each other, then sat by the wall and closed his eyes to rest.

Humans come and go all around, and there's no way to pause.

After sitting here, most of the night passed.

Feeling that sitting for a long time made his body stiff, Nue Ye said his goodbyes, walked out from the back door, leaned against the alley behind, and let out a soft breath.

The atmosphere in Huajie is chaotic.

Human beings are floating with a frivolous aura, which is mixed with the smell of a lot of ghosts. Some have met and some have not met. This kind of difference will be particularly sensitive when you close your eyes, especially when there are some ghosts in it. The smell of Rakshasa is mixed in it.

That day in the Shinsengumi, although Nueno refrained from disposing of those rakshasa on the spot, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong afterwards.

Obviously can't tolerate it, but they want to use these experimental products for other reasons.

Lowering his eyes, Nueno let the entire shadow cover his expression, and chuckled a few times.

──One day, I will definitely receive retribution.

"Neno... blade?"

It seemed that after a long time, a hesitant voice sounded in his ear, Nueno still held that posture, with his head down, unable to see his expression clearly.

"Yamazaki?"

"...It's me." The crisp sound of clogs hitting the ground, getting closer and closer to me step by step.

When the opponent's feet appeared in his field of vision, Nueno raised his head, facing the beautiful woman with a lively appearance and a charming figure.

Appropriate makeup on the delicate appearance, wearing a gorgeous and graceful bright yellow multi-layered kimono, and the pansy pendant on the head swaying with the movement, let the usually taciturn Shinsengumi inspector just have another soft appearance.

Apart from the voice, Nue can only guess the person's true face from the vague memory between the eyebrows and facial features.

"Really..." Sighing at this superb camouflage technique, Nueno couldn't help asking, "Is it okay to call me suddenly?"

The beautiful beauty lightly pursed her bright red lips, "No problem."

"Normal girls wouldn't come here." Nueno pointed out again.

"……no problem."

"Hehe... I'm really ashamed..." Nueno withdrew his gaze after hiding the exclamation that might reveal his identity, "So, what do you want me to do?"

"I'm investigating... about the ghost clan." After a while, Yamazaki lowered his voice, "It's similar to ordinary people, but its ability is much higher, but, why?"

"You want to ask, why do the ghost clan get involved in this kind of thing, or why don't the ghost clan take the high position?" Nueno put his hands into his sleeves and tilted his head to ask. "You will come to me and ask me, is there any doubt about me?"

"...I will not report this matter to the deputy chief and the bureau chief."

"Hehe, even if you don't say it, they probably thought of it." Shrugging, Nueno said indifferently, "It's just that even for this sake, I still don't think this is a good time."

"──In other words, I still won't tell you."

"You mean, as long as the timing is right, you will tell us?" The beauty raised her brows and eyes, revealing another style.

Seeing this scene, Nueno smiled, "It's okay to understand it this way."

"Since I met you here, I happen to have some things that need people's attention, but I can't tell Shinsengumi directly... Maybe I can get through you?" Changing his tone, Nueno straightened his body and looked behind him According to the light, a man in a beautiful dress whose lines are smudged. "About the future."

"...What did you see?" Yamazaki asked softly, trembling slightly in his heart.

"Since you have started to investigate the news of the ghost clan...they may also find you, plus the Rakshasa incident...the future between the Shinsengumi and the ghost clan is bound to be entangled because of a certain cause, I I can't be sure that this is a good thing, nor can I be sure that this is a bad thing..." Nueno's calm tone came from the depths of the alley, "Just like I refused to join the Shinsengumi from the beginning, I don't want to get involved in this At most, I’m just a powerless bystander.”

"That's why I came to Serizawa, Shannan, and even you. As a bystander, I must remind you that you should pay more attention to the mental state of your team members."

"It's too easy to go to a dead end. Sometimes, it's not something to be proud of."

"Ghosts... After all, they are not too different from you..."

Raising his hand, Nueno's thumb brushed the corner of the opponent's eyes, and tucked the drooping sideburns behind the opponent's ear.

"The moonlight is intoxicating... Life is intoxicating...I only hope..."

"The end...don't come while intoxicated..."

In the end, Nue Ye only asked Yamazaki to pay attention to the night road back, and then turned around and returned to Xingxuan, leaning on the position at the beginning, holding the knife in his chest, and took a deep breath, as if he had just held his breath for a long time generally.

Just like the Shinsengumi anomaly that both of them knew, they also knew that a woman was watching them silently from the window sill on the second floor.

After all, he couldn't respond.

Perhaps...it would be a better ending for Lianmei if she doesn't appear here anymore.

The ambiguous gesture he made at the end was actually a fluke in Nue Ye's heart.

If only people's hearts were as simple as imagined.

The wave of the new era is sweeping.

Not long after the Shinsengumi officially became the shogunate, they all moved to Fudotang Village in the suburbs.

At night, Okita Souji, who was sitting quietly in the veranda with his clothes on, met Kaoru who had malicious intentions, and got the Bian Ruoshui, which was said to be Tsunamichi's latest creation.

"This can cure your illness." The boy who looked like Chizuru raised the corners of his mouth, showing a completely different smile.

Throbbing in his heart, Okita calmly took Bian Ruoshui into his arms, and with a smile, used words to stimulate people until he left angrily.

Teenagers with bad water in their stomachs are plotting against each other.

When news about the return of the shogun's great power was spreading throughout Kyoto, the Shinsengumi ushered in Saito Kazu. They learned from his mouth that the Imperial Tomb Guards had decided to assassinate Isamu Kondo. The army took the lead in drawing up a plan to assassinate the guards of the imperial mausoleum, eliminating hidden dangers invisible.

After knowing the news, Harada and Nagakura approached Hirasuke again. The two of them had tried to persuade Hirasuke to return to the Shinsengumi before, but now it became more frequent. Later, even Chizuru went to work hard. To make him change his mind.

Seeing his ex-partner persuading him so hard, Hirasuke couldn't help being a little moved, and almost let go of his agreement several times, but thinking of the friendship with Ito, the words always stopped on his lips, and he couldn't fully say it.

He also didn't want to be hostile to his former companions, but the current guards of the Imperial Tomb, and the Xinxuangumi were in a desperate situation.

This is something he didn't want to see in the first place.

At first, he was happy that the dispute could be resolved peacefully, but the truth is not that simple.

Finally, Hirasuke said, "I see... I will tell Ito at the end of the year that I will leave the Royal Tomb Guard after the New Year."

Give me a little buffer so that I can make up for it and make up for the guilt I have felt towards Ito.

Hearing this answer, the three showed delighted expressions, and welcomed Hirasuke happily.

But the young man barely smiled, and after dealing with them, he turned and went back.

He seemed to understand... why Nueno was like this, and kept saying that in his ear.

Because sometimes, the decision is not so simple, just say a word.

The author has something to say:

This is the update on the 14th.

I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day and a happy Lantern Festival.

That day, because of sitting in the car for too long and feeling sick to my stomach, I couldn't take it after typing a few words, so I had to go to bed first.

I am sorry.

The next chapter is the Aurakoji Incident.

Hope...it won't get stuck. (cover face)