[Gintama] Where is the soft girl that was agreed?

After the shogunate army stayed in Nagoya for two days, they joined the nearby garrison. After waking up in a daze, the intelligence officer was already in the garrison camp, and was teased by his companions: "Did you see something wrong?" Is it time to watch? I was knocked out and fell at the door of that lord, but then again, Lord Kutiao is indeed a great beauty. That figure and appearance, tsk tsk, I just don’t know why I hang a knife in the door every day On the body, it is really violent."

The intelligence officer frowned, and muttered in his heart, "If you have the ability, go to that adult." He was inadvertently reminded by his companion, and suddenly remembered the long light pink hair he saw before his vision blurred, Eyes widened, he grabbed his companion's shoulder and said eagerly, "By the way, Master Kutiao?"

"Huh?" The companion was stunned for a moment, and then replied in a low voice, "You kid, haven't you woken up yet? After receiving the order from the shogunate, she set off to return to the capital. I'm afraid she's almost there now."

It was something unknown to the intelligence agent who had suffered an indiscriminate disaster. The day before the news from the shogunate came, the girl's room was lit all night in the Nagoya hotel.

On the table is a map that is spread out layer by layer and marked. The scope is so large that it almost covers all the main roads from Kyoto to Edo.Refreshing with tea, Kutiao Xiashi kept simulating the multi-party contest in his mind, and then kept negating, outlining and marking out the key areas combined with intelligence one by one, until the sky was twilight, and finally came to a conclusion.

"It's useless." Someone suddenly said.

Konoe Qiannai quietly sneaked into her room at the dawn of dawn and before the evening dew dried.She is still wearing gorgeous twelve singles, with two samurai knives, one red and one black, pinned to her waist. In the hands of the Heavenly Daoists, Sakata Gintoki will definitely die, and everything you have done will become useless."

"How is brother?" She raised her lips and changed the subject as if she didn't hear China's question.

"Not bad? I heard that Kujo Cang has left most of the affairs of Kujo's family to Qingji, and he will formally hand over the rights in his hands to Kiyoji in a short time, right?" He raised his hand and brushed his long hair, Konoe China replied casually, jumped off the window sill, walked forward, reached out and tapped her forehead, "I will help you take care of the next thing, just do what you want, disabled It doesn't matter if you die, you can't blame others."

"But..." After a short pause, she curled her thin lips and whispered softly, "If you can come back, let's participate in next year's Gion Festival together."

Although, that is a road of no return.

The sky of Edo was torn apart by spaceships passing by by chance, and the gray sky was so gloomy that it seemed to be falling, crushing the city and cracking it, leaving corpses everywhere.

The battlefield was full of mourners, and the wind blew past the edge of the cliff whistling with the smell of rust.The smell of gunpowder smoke and blood on the battlefield kept rushing into the lungs, and for the first time it was so oppressive that people couldn't even breathe.

They were trapped in the mud, but they could only step inside without hesitation, watching the mud slowly tighten their necks.

"Your disciples, will you choose to walk the road of death in vain with you? Or," the celestial being standing on the edge of the cliff wearing a cloak, said in an extremely cold tone, "will use those hands to kill the teacher, choose The way to survive?"

The teacher kneeling on the cliff wearing shackles and ropes, and his companion who fell face to face on the ground and was also tightly tied up with ropes.

Is to choose to die with the teacher.

Or choose to kill the teacher with his own hands to save their lives.

Sakata Gintoki, who was walking forward with two samurai swords on one left and one right, felt as if the sword in his hand weighed a thousand catties, and his mind was full of thoughts about skipping classes and kicking the gym when he was in Matsushita Village School There are also trivial things like making rice balls together.

And the person who picked him up with a smile, gave him a samurai|sword, and gave him a place to live——Yoshida Matsuyo.

His hands clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white, but his silent movement when he raised the knife was like a whine.

—— "Silver, I'll leave the rest to you!"

The person in memory said with a gentle smile.

"Gintoki...Stop, stop!" Takasugi Shinsuke completely lost his usual calmness, his voice trembled uncontrollably, his pride and self-confidence were all defeated in an instant, "Please!"

Yoshida Matsuyo looked sideways at him and smiled slightly.

—— "Please protect your companions and protect everyone."

"stop--"

"Thank you." Those were his mentor's last words before he died. There was no trace of hatred or resignation, but a peaceful smile to thank him as the executioner.

A knife fell.

"Gintoki!" Takasugi Shinsuke yelled frantically, struggling to stand up with his arms bound by ropes, and rushed towards him, his voice hoarse like a man-eating beast.

The dagger in Oboro's hand came out, and the next moment Shinsuke Takasugi was firmly subdued by the people of Amaterasu Institute, and Oboro said coldly: "Please cherish the life you bought with the teacher's life." .”

"Are you going to let these people live? Obscure." The celestial being wearing a bamboo hat sneered, obviously his proposal to force Sakata Gintoki to choose one of the two just now was just a high-level teasing and ridicule.

"It's the last wish of an old friend of mine." Obscure lowered the bamboo hat, "It's a pity that the duel with her that failed to decide the winner three years ago will never have a chance in the future."

"She..." Sakata Gintoki's voice was hoarse and difficult when he spoke, he only uttered a word lightly, and then he was too exhausted to utter the slightest sound.

The blood on his hands was still warm, and his heart felt like a piece of flesh had been dug out, and it hurt so badly, Sakata Gintoki felt blood and tears running down his face, so he didn't have the energy to ask again.

The hazy voice came to his mind clearly, he wanted to block his ears but he couldn't even raise his hands, he could only hear him say: "Two days ago, you should have died at the hands of the 'Tajini' tribe and the shogunate army." I don't know what method that woman used. All the shogunate troops stationed in Edo were transferred away, and nearly ten "tea guinea" masters disappeared one after another, but you are still wasting the escape she won for you. Chances are really stupid."

I don't know who that last sentence refers to.

Yeah, stupid.

It rained for a long time after that day, and the vast rain seemed to wash away all the sins in this world, annihilating the entire battlefield, but it couldn't wash away the blood on his hands.

On the day when Songyang was buried, Sakata Gintoki was punched hard by Takasugi Shinsuke. He didn't resist, but fell into the mud, and Takasugi Shinsuke grabbed his collar and scolded him with bloodshot eyes. , Sakata Gintoki turned a deaf ear to it, and then Takasugi Shinsuke was pulled away by Katsura Kotaro.

Since then, they have parted ways and haven't met each other for a long time.

A few days later, he was stranded in Edo, seeing his companions put down their knives and leave one by one, without stopping them, and even persuaded others to put down their knives and leave as soon as possible.

Sometimes he would think of Xia Shi, she didn't think they would win from the beginning, and the ending was as she expected.

The name Sangjiagou couldn't be more suitable for him now.

It was another former companion who obeyed the shogunate's "Abolition of Sword Order" and put down the samurai|sword in his hand.On the day of his departure, his companion spent all his savings to buy two altars of high-quality wine, and sat with him to drink under the eaves of the alley where wild cats and puppies gathered.

After drinking a jar of wine, the companion's eyes dodged, and he lowered his head as if uneasily: "That...Yin Sang."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Sakata Gintoki found out that this guy was hiding something from him before, and now it seems that the other party is finally planning to tell.

"Before... Xia Sang came to look for you when you and Mr. Gui were out on errands." What his companion said made his mood sink suddenly. The companion carefully observed Sakata Yinshi's expression and spoke softly. Said softly, "She seemed to be in a hurry, but when I thought that she was a traitor, I became furious and didn't let her in, probably because she was injured a little bit, and she couldn't beat me, so I left, left I asked you to find her on the bridge over Gucun...Sorry, Yinsang, I..."

"Ah." With a protracted tone, Sakata Gintoki raised his head and looked at the sky. Today's sky is unexpectedly blue, as clear as a blue. He replied, "The rest of the jar of wine is mine."

☆, "Fanwai·Li"

When the running bamboo in the courtyard hit the fifth sound, the maid standing aside finally couldn't hold back, and urged in a low voice: "Master Jinwei, the time is coming..."

Hearing her words, the pink-haired girl sitting on the bamboo mat on the eaves turned her head slightly, and slid her hand over the black mourning dress that was put aside.

Today is the anniversary of the death of Kujo Natsumi, the only daughter of Kujo Soo, one of the Gosho families. On the journey back to Kyoto from Nagoya, she was attacked by rebels and died.

When Kujo Natsushi was alive, he did his best for the Kujo family and the public. The emperor sympathized with the Kujo family's middle-aged bereaved daughter, bestowed pearls, and added official positions.

Her death was expected by all, and the rhetoric put on the table is also acceptable, so it can be said to be gratifying.

Xia Shi’s teacher is Ikeuchi, the head of the Kankage-ryu. He is the best among samurai in terms of skill and knowledge, but sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to know too much and see too clearly. For example, he left the Kutiao family three years ago. Chi Nei participated in the war against barbarians.

At the moment when the public has already cooperated with heaven and man, Chi Nei's decision is undoubtedly an unforgivable betrayal for the public.They even asked the shogunate to send people from Tianzhaoyuan to hunt down Chi Nei.It was at that time that Xia Shi confronted the public for the first time. Despite the pressure of the family and the shackles of responsibility, she finally chose to compromise and escape.

Konoe China still remembers that on the day she was killed in Ikeuchi, Xia Shi was away for a while, and when she came back later, she smiled gently as if nothing had happened, practicing kendo, reading military books, the teacher His death didn't seem to have any effect on her.

"I'm very worried about Xia Shi." Xia Shi's brother Kijo Kiyoji sighed helplessly, the corners of his eyes and brows were full of loneliness, "I'm holding everything in my heart, and it's hard to be alone."

Because telling him is useless, it will only make him worry in vain.

Konoe China thought casually, curling her thin lips as if there was nothing.Although it might be a bit arrogant to think so, perhaps, she is the person who knows Xia Shi best, maybe she knows her better than Xia Shi himself.

That person Xia Shi is full of flaws.

Childish, reckless, and stupid.

Konoe China thought so from the first time he met Natsumi.After her father died, Konoe China, who was supposed to inherit the Konoe family, was usurped by her uncle and locked in the house by her uncle. She said that she was "recovering from illness", and she didn't know how long she hadn't seen the sun.

"Knock knock—" Suddenly the window, which had been silent for a long time, was knocked. The inside of the window was nailed to death with nails and wooden boards. It looked like an ordinary window from the outside, but the door could not be opened inside.

"Hey, is the one inside the Konoe family's head, Konoe China?" It was a girl's warm and soft voice. She pushed the nailed window outside the window and muttered softly, "It seems that the inside is the It's nailed, is that... is Qiannai in it? If yes, please respond."

She didn't know who it was, and she was worried that it was someone sent by her uncle to test her, so she hesitated for a while, but finally didn't answer.

"If you don't want to answer, forget it." The person outside the door said, "But I hope you can still be in this room tomorrow, and I will come to rescue you."

The tone is determined and serious.

Konoe China was stunned, and the footsteps outside the window were already running farther and farther away.

She didn't have any expectations for this, and she didn't even care.She didn't know who the other party was, she didn't know why she was rescued, and she had no way of knowing whether what the other party said was true or not. What's more, even if what the girl said was true, the head of the Five Photographers, the Konoe family The courtyard is not something that the other party can come to whenever they want.

But the girl arrived as promised, instead of recklessly prying open the door that locked her, but she was released openly and aboveboard.Only then did Konoe China know the other party's true identity—Natsumi Kujo, the only daughter of the head of the Kujo family.

Natsumi Kujo, who was nine years old at the time, still had the heart of a child, and begged her father Kujo Cang to negotiate with her uncle, so that Konoe China could see the outside world again on the grounds that he would practice kendo to strengthen his body. world.

It's just that the considerations and darkness in everyone's heart were not understood by Xia Shi at that time.Konoe China was not so dull as to tell the truth that her uncle had put her under house arrest after she was released. Instead, she pretended to be without talent and talent, blinded her uncle's eyes, and gave herself room to grow. .

Uncle is trying to sell Kujo Ao face, Konoe China's father and Kujo Ao were once close friends, so it is reasonable for Kujo Ao to say this, but now Konoe China, who is only eight|nine years old, is no threat to him , is a girl again, so a little slack.

And Kujo Ao is betting that she can become his pawn and take back the Konoe family, and even if Konoe China fails, the impact on him is insignificant.

Everyone has their own thoughts, and there is only Jiujo Xiashi who is a fool.

Konoe China once thought so.

And when she was 12 years old, after she cut off her uncle's head and got rid of the control of the Jiutiao family, she curiously asked Xia Shi a question: "Hey, Xia Shi, if you knew these things four years ago, how would you still know?" Will you save me?"

"I knew it four years ago." At that time, Xia Shi blinked in confusion, and after a quick reaction, puffed up her cheeks, "Qianna, you don't think I'm an idiot, do you? I know, everything all know."

In the last sentence, she unconsciously lowered her voice, looking a little lonely.

It was then that Konoe China really discovered that Kujo Natsumi is a very contradictory person, her reason made her make a calm choice, and her feelings made her so contradictory that she made a lot of things that even Natsumi herself didn't realize. , conform to the behavior of the heart.

So Xia Shi like this is actually the most unsuitable person to be a spy.

Even if she later put on a false mask, learned to be submissive, and stopped showing all her emotions stupidly, she still couldn't learn how not to care about a person.

Therefore, even Xia Shi himself didn't notice that all his plans started from the first moment he saw that person.

She plotted his life and plotted her own death.

This is also something that the people she protects don't know.Compared with his frail elder brother, Kujo Natsushi, who is a genius of swordsmanship and proficient in military affairs, undoubtedly has a higher prestige among the public, but that is something that Kujo Ao, the head of the Kujo family, can't bear, because she is just a woman.

And the existence of Jiutiao Xiashi is another thorn in the eyes of the people in the power vortex headed by her.

Yes, Kujo Natsumi's death has only advantages and no disadvantages for Konoe China.Although there are still many uses for her now, so she can live in peace for the time being, but she knows everything.

Kujo Natsumi, the stupidest thing about her is that she knows everything but can't do anything.

Perhaps, to be able to die for the one she loves in the end is something to be thankful for her.

Konoe China thought so, picked up the pure black mourning clothes, and stood up while supporting the bamboo mat.

It's a pity that we won't be able to participate in next year's Gion Festival together.

☆, "Fanwai·Rain"

A light rain began to fall outside the window, beating on the wooden railing outside the window and the papered window paper, and the crackling noise was disturbing.

Today’s Wanshiwu still has no entrustment. When Sakata Gintoki woke up from the nightmare, he rested his hands on the tatami for a while, and then opened the paper door as usual, and shouted: "Shinpachi, Kagura-chan—— "

Surprisingly no one answered him today.

"Strange, normally these two would have been hiding in the living room and stealing my strawberry milk and pudding from Ah Yin." Sakata Yinshi muttered, turning his head to look at the big white dog lying on the wooden floor beside him Dingchun, "Dingchun, do you know where the big stomach girl and the others went?"

Dingchun wagged his tail and turned his head towards the table, only then did Sakata Gintoki notice a note left on it, so he picked up the post-it note and read it out: "Gin-san, Kagura and I went to my sister's house Xinbaliu; PS: Xiaoyin, you haven’t woken up anyway. The milk in the refrigerator seems to be expired, so this queen helped you solve Alu, thank me. Xinbaliu...Xinbaliu is a ghost! "

Sakata Yintoki rushed to the refrigerator and opened the refrigerator door, looked at the empty storage inside, felt ashamed, and bumped his head against the refrigerator: "Ayin, my milk has never been put out of date, okay? "

"Gin-sang's [哗——] I [哗——] [哗——] [哗——] A voice suddenly came from the ceiling that made Sakata Gintoki's face turn black, and he didn't even look at it. Putting his hands on the back of the purple-haired woman's head, he stuffed the female ninja with shaking M glasses into the refrigerator.

"That's enough, what did you say? Hey! It's all been muted!" Sakata Gintoki casually covered the refrigerator door that couldn't be closed at the moment, feeling that everything was not going well today, and suddenly remembered that "JUMP" was released It's almost time, so I took out my wallet and walked out the door while flipping through it, "Ah, I spent almost all the money on playing pachinko last time, no, no, Yin, my luck is not so bad, today Go win one more and come back!"

Facts have proved that Sakata Gintoki's luck is not so bad.

After the money was almost ready, he looked at the pachinko machine blankly, and finally felt bored after a long while. He peeled off the fluffy natural curls, looked at the calendar on the wall, his eyes flickered, and mentioned He took out the plastic bag containing "Shounen Jump", picked up the umbrella again, and walked out the door.

When I closed my eyes, I recalled the dream I had in the morning. In the dream, she was standing in the rain, covered in blood, and couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears on her face. Looking at him, he whispered like a sigh: "Why, you don't want to come..."

In the dream, he didn't know why he didn't go up, and she didn't come over either.

Then he was woken up by the sound of rain outside the window. Although it was a disturbing sound of rain, he was a little bit thankful, both thankful and disgusted, just like he hoped to see her but was afraid of seeing her.Sakata Gintoki later went to the bridge in Tanimura, as his companion said, but she didn’t show up, so I guess it’s natural, but I went there many times, and I didn’t feel that I was waiting for something or mourning something. I just went, and I didn't go until I moved to Kabukicho, which was too far away.

Xia Shi.

Sakata Gintoki recited the name silently in his heart, and couldn't tell what kind of feelings he should have towards her. He actually couldn't understand her, because in front of him, most of the time she was acting in a mask, Even Sakata Gintoki himself couldn't tell whether he liked her or the person she acted out.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

When he heard the news of Xia Shi's death from Oboro, Sakata Gintoki still had a little bit of luck, her skills were not bad, so she wouldn't die so easily, didn't it mean that the disaster would last for a thousand years?How can there be such a cheap thing when you run away after being a spy and cheating on your feelings?

Until I met Konoe China later, the girl wearing a fox mask I met on the battlefield, when I met her without a mask for the first time, Sakata Gintoki didn't even remember who this person was, so he stopped It was because the other party shouted: "Bai Yasha."

"Shall we have a drink together?" It was an autumn day the year before last, and the pink-haired girl in furisode kimono narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "Today is Natsushi's death day."

According to Konoe China, after the war ended, Tianren abandoned the public house and stabilized the status and power of the shogunate, and the current public house is already in jeopardy, precarious in the power struggle, and she has no need to arrest him up.

"So..." Konoe China, who acted extreme and cruel on the battlefield, at first glance is a beautiful and well-behaved little girl after taking off the mask, but her bad personality has not changed at all, "Let's talk about Xia Shi thing?"

People die like a lamp going out, and knowing these things can't change anything.

But the idea of ​​"wanting to understand her" was extremely clear at that moment, making Sakata Gintoki drink and chat with this girl who had a duel game on the battlefield a few years ago.

So he knew many things, her mentor, her family, her situation and dilemma in the public... and her final decision and adventure—from the moment she met him, she was planning own death.

Their encounter and acquaintance were all planned by her.

Sakata Gintoki should have hated all of this, but at least he knew that he never hated her.

The rain was beating on the umbrella with a crisp sound. When the silver-haired man was passing by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the shop, he accidentally saw a blurry figure passing by with an umbrella on the other side of the road.

She has long black hair that is as soft as satin, and is wearing a light blue furisode kimono with a goldfish pattern. The pattern on the light yellow umbrella in her hand is exquisite, slightly covering her side face.

That is……--

When he came back to his senses, Sakata Gintoki had already stopped suddenly, turned around and rushed over. There were still many people running home on the rainy day, ignoring the scolding he heard when he pushed the crowd away, he tried his best to catch up with the hallucinated The hazy figure, until the crossroad ahead blocked his next step.

Panting heavily, his heart was beating like a drum, and his gaze swept across every street quickly. People walked by in twos and threes in the streets and alleys he could see through. Wet his hair and kimono, and the water drops slid down his hair and onto his face and soaked into his collar. Sakata Gintoki covered his face with his right hand to cover all his expressions, and there was a sound like a mosquito between his fingers. Na's sentence: "How is it possible..."

Even though he clearly knew this fact, he couldn't ignore the feeling of disappointment in his heart.

At this moment, he heard a girl's soft and soft voice from behind him, with a little hesitation and confusion: "Excuse me... this comic book, sir, did you drop it?"

☆, "Fanwai · Kizuna"

The girl standing in front of him handed him a copy of "Shounen Jump" that was covered in rain.

The girl in the black-haired kimono looked at him with clear and bright eyes full of doubts, and slightly pursed her thin light pink lips, looking a little pale and thin.

The next moment, Sakata Gintoki embraced her in his arms, and the girl who was bumped back half a step seemed to be stunned, and the comic book in her hand fell back to the ground like that, and was soon soaked by the rain. Wet, the warmth of the girl in his arms was so clear that it made people tremble slightly. The moment she appeared in his field of vision, Sakata Gintoki understood that all his wild thoughts and suppressed thoughts before were all meaningless. Function, and never had such a deep gratitude as at this moment: "Great...you're okay..."

"..." The girl in his arms was silent for a while for some reason, and then continued in his ear, "Of course I'm fine, it's you, sir, I've already called the police, Mr. pervert who randomly attacked women on the street !"

"...Huh?" Sakata Gintoki let go of the girl in surprise, and then his eyes fell on the screen of the mobile phone she was showing him. Only after seeing the dialed number displayed, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "Wait, wait, wait Wait, just kidding, Xia Shi! Although we haven’t seen each other for a few years, you’re not... Well, are you still angry? You’re definitely still angry, right? There’s a reason why I didn’t look for you at that time. , hang up the phone first, calm down and listen to my explanation!"

"Speaking of... isn't this the boss's voice?" After the phone was picked up, the boy's playful and clear voice came out. After a slight pause, the boy immediately shouted at someone on the other end of the phone, "Mr. Tukata, the boss of Master House is molesting women on the street again. Mr. Tukata is really useless. This kind of thing happens frequently in the area under his jurisdiction. Hurry up and work on the useless Mr. Tukata."

After hearing Okita Sougo's deliberate remarks, the girl silently took a step back: "That's what Mr. Police said, habitual pervert, I don't know you."

"Ahhh, don't listen to that tax thief making rumors, hey!" Sakata Gintoki quickly grabbed the girl's shoulders and explained, sensing the defense and alienation in the girl's eyes, recalling what she said just now, a bad guess in his The alarm clock formed, "Wait, wait a minute, you don't have amnesia, do you? Mario has been in 3D with the times. Is it really good that such a vulgar meme like amnesia still appears?"

"..." She still looked dazed, silent and did not respond.

"Okay, perverted molester." A pair of handcuffs were suddenly placed on his left hand, which was supporting the girl's shoulder. Sakata Gintoki turned his head stiffly, and the black-haired, glaucoma-eyed man said solemnly, "If you make an excuse, you will go to the prison Go ahead and talk."

"It just happened to be near here, so I came here, boss." The one who explained Sakata Gintoki's confusion with a smile was a young-looking young man with dark hair, the captain of the Shinsengumi Ichiba team, Sougo Okita, He looked at the girl in kimono and blinked curiously, "Boss, since when did you go to college with Kondo? Why don't you form a stalker alliance with Boss Kondo and the girl with glasses."

"Who's a stalker! Don't put me in a group with an orangutan and a pervert, okay? Hey...listen to my explanation...we really know each other!" Sakata Gintoki, struggling ineffectively, finally He was dragged away by the deputy chief of Shinsengumi Hijikata Toshiro.

……

"Name." In the interrogation room of the Shinsengumi station, Hijikata Shiro, who is known as the deputy chief of the ghost, lit a cigarette with a mayonnaise-shaped lighter that was extremely inconsistent with his chilling title, and held it in his mouth. On, pretending to be a serious question.

"...I told you that I really know her!" Sakata Gintoki, whose hands were handcuffed to the armrest of the chair, wanted to stand up from the chair, "Hurry up and let go of me, an innocent ordinary citizen, believe it or not I sue you for abuse of power, hello!"

A knife was placed on his neck, and the boy holding the knife said lazily, "Interrogation is underway, boss."

"I'm sorry I was wrong." He immediately sat back in his chair.

Okita Sougo withdrew the sword, and after Hijikata Toshiro took Sakata Gintoki away, he stayed and asked the girl some customary questions. She was silent for a while, but there was no major problem with her words.

"Boss, do you really know her?" Thinking of this, Sougo Okita, who was standing aside, added slowly, "She said she didn't know you at all, it can't be the boss, you have recently suffered from delusional disorder, right? Mr. Hijikata, mental illness What's the hospital's phone number?"

"066... ​​No." Hijikata Shiro, who was almost taken into the ditch, held his forehead and sighed helplessly. After finding the topic, he looked squarely at Sakata Gintoki and asked, "You said you knew that lady, So what kind of relationship do you have?"

"Lover." Sakata Gintoki replied affirmatively.

"... Sougo, call the mental hospital." Shirō Hijikata turned his head in silence and said, "The phone number is..."

"Already typing." Okita Sougo actually took out his phone and started pressing keys.

"Wait a minute! It's my ex-girlfriend, is she my ex-girlfriend?" Sakata Gintoki said hurriedly.

"Hello, is this a hospital? There is a prisoner suffering from hysteria here..." Okita Sougo had already started talking into the phone.

"She's really my ex-girlfriend! Don't listen to what people say, hey!" Sakata Gintoki, who failed in an argument, was delayed for half a day in the Shinsengumi, but was released by the two.

Before walking out of the garrison, Sakata Gintoki paused when he remembered something: "By the way, she is now..."

"Sorry." Hijikata Shirō, who lit a cigarette and smoked, guessed what he was going to say before he asked, so he interrupted him, with a light tone, "We can't tell you the news of the victim."

"What the hell is the victim! It's a misunderstanding!" Sakata Gintoki retorted unwillingly with the corner of his mouth twitching.

"You go and explain this to her." Hijikata Toshiro waved his hand and walked into the garrison.

"I can't tell you the information about the victim." When Sakata Gintoki turned his head to look at Okita Sougo aside, the other party also said before he could ask.

"I've already said I'm not a victim!" Sakata Gintoki shaved his hair irritably, looking at a small group of silhouettes cast on the ground by sunlight penetrating through the leaves not far away, his red eyes flashed slightly, and he walked out in frustration .

"... Boss, do you like meatballs?" Okita Sougo behind him suddenly asked a strange question, "I heard that there is a restaurant in the west of Tanimura that has delicious meatballs, so go and have a look if you have time."

After Sakata Gintoki was slightly stunned, he waved his hand and greeted him with his back turned, and couldn't help but raise his lips.

☆, "Fanwai·Chu"

Axia felt that she seemed to be entangled by a strange person recently.

Tanimura Axia is the granddaughter of Tanimura Grandpa, the manager of the Tanimura Maruko shop.Grandpa said that when Axia was young, he had a playful personality, and he would run outside when it was raining. As a result, his feet slipped and fell into the river from the bridge, breaking his head and body, and his bones were weak, so Tancun rarely let Axia out. ... Axia reluctantly accepted this flawed rhetoric.

A-Xia doesn't feel that she is weak, nor does she feel that her personality is playful. On the contrary, most of the time, A-Xia doesn't like to move, and she can read a book for most of the day by herself in the room.And there is a cross-shaped scar on Axia's back, which looks like an old knife, the wound has healed and the scar has become shallower, but it can still be seen that falling from the bridge is so suitable for falling on the knife edge ?

She had reservations about Grandpa's words, but on the surface, Axia seemed to have accepted Grandpa's words completely, without showing any doubt or confusion.

Perhaps it was Axia's actions that reassured Grandpa Tanimura, or maybe it was because of the recent seasons that Grandpa fell ill. He recently handed over the Tanimura meatball shop that he had run for most of his life to Axia.

Axia, who was in charge of purchasing, recently went to a street in Kabukicho, where she met a strange person.When the other party hugged her, he really called the name "Xia Shi".

Who is Xia Shi?

A-Xia was a little puzzled. When she silently recited the name in her heart, she didn't seem to find it strange, but she didn't have any impression either.

Is the other party her acquaintance?

Memory restricts people's behavior and thoughts, and it is also a reflection of one's own experiences and past witnesses. It is a very important thing for everyone, there is no doubt about it.It should be the same for A-Xia, but she sometimes feels panic and uneasy about that unknown memory.

If the "Xia Shi" that that person called was really her, would she be able to learn from there what kind of person she was in the past?How did those knife wounds on the back sometimes come about?

Although A-Xia also had a lot of conjectures about this, but there is no way to confirm it for the time being.

only……

After serving the meatballs on the plate to the customer, Axia raised her head and looked through the open window at a telegraph pole not far from the shop. After she raised her head, the other party hurriedly hid behind the telegraph pole. It's just that the kimono with a white background and blue clouds, and the silver-white fluffy natural curls, are too conspicuous for her to ignore.

This is already the third day, right?

Had she really known such a wriggling stalker in the past?

Tanimura Axia thought with a blank expression.

After tidying up the store and coming out of the meatball shop,