The end of the curtain

?Swiftly cut a sharp silver arc in the midair covered with snowflakes. The move is absolutely merciless and full of killing intent.

——It was a truly cruel killing intent.

Ah Yin raised the corners of her lips and smiled, and her figure unconsciously turned to the other side in an instant, and Ah Xue's clothes didn't even touch the corner of her clothes.The purple eyes looked at Axue who jumped up and stood opposite her with a smile, and then Ayin looked up at the snowy sky, and said with a smile: "...Kite... Are you angry? It's daytime now ~"

The words and sentences seemed to have deep meaning, so naturally Ashe couldn't understand, and realized that the person in front of him could dodge without haste and didn't take special precautions, and Asue didn't attack rashly again, but It was staring at A Yin with a vigilant face.

"Hey, sister Axue, stop playing, and go home obediently." Ah Yin's chuckling voice suddenly came faintly, like an illusory mist, "And the one below, there are some things that you should not do It’s too much, and in the end it’s not necessarily who suffers.”

The girl with the beautiful bun was slightly taken aback, but there was no expression on her face.The anger in Axue's heart was on the verge of hearing the words, but at this time the girl gave a gift like a lady, and said with a gentle smile: "Thank you for reminding me, Nan Yunxun is very grateful, but there are some things It must be done."

It's just that those soft words of gratitude contained murderous intentions, more of a warning and viciousness.

"...Forget it, forget it, it's up to you..." Ah Yin suddenly looked at her helplessly, the face-changing speed was faster than turning the pages of a book, just like seeing an old friend.

"——If you don't want to die, you can ignore this matter! Otherwise, I will kill you!!" It is not so much that Ah Xue is issuing an order to drive away the guest, it is better to say that Ah Xue is using the sharp gun in his hand as a way to attack Ah Yin. Threats and harsh warnings.

"Tsk tsk, Ah Xue has become like this, your sister will be very disappointed with you." You don't know, half of your sister's idiot gave up her pursuit because of you, "But, A Yin, I still want to I want to keep this little life for fun, goodbye, you can do it for yourself!~~~"

Only Ah Xue's angry glaring face and Nan Yunxun thoughtful were left behind, and Ah Yin's pretty green figure had disappeared in the vast white snow.

The footprints printed on the ground were covered with snow again.

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In April of the second year of Yingqing——

The snow flies away, ushering in another year of spring season in a hurry.

Although Japan is a high-latitude country close to the northern frigid zone, there are obvious differences between different regions throughout the year, but the area where the Satsuma Domain is located is the southernmost place in Japan, and the temperature is warmer than other areas.

At this time, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the cherry blossoms in the Satsuma area are in full bloom.

The densely packed cherry blossoms filled the entire yard, like a sea of ​​pink and white flowers surging, and the unique delicate and beautiful smell of cherry blossoms faintly wafted in the air, which lightly penetrated into the hearts of the people.

A gust of breeze blows slowly, blowing the cherry rain all over the place.Like a butterfly dancing, charming and graceful.

After several months of training, when Sakurai picked up the heavy "Big Dipper" again, he no longer felt jerky or even a little strenuous.

Shiranui sat leisurely with his legs crossed on the wall of the yard, and looked at Sakurai who was swinging a sword and practicing thrusting with great interest.

The so-called "promise", Sakurai still doesn't quite understand how to implement it and what he should do.But to keep practicing swordsmanship every day, this is what Kazama Chikage said.There was no one to guide her, but after teaching two tricks, she was asked to practice on her own. Only when Shiranui said a few words occasionally, she corrected them silently.

She felt that she was still not the Sakurai Xu she used to be, and she didn't know any martial arts at all in modern times, and it was quite difficult to practice.But in order to get Xiaoxue's whereabouts from Kazama's mouth, she gritted her teeth and endured it.

"Little girl, the posture is a bit wrong—" Shiranui touched his chin with his hand in a thoughtful manner, and he just said there, "Your background and family conditions are good. , because I haven't practiced that thing very much, and I have become unfamiliar with it over the years, and there are still many places that I haven't learned well. What a valuable Sakurai family."

...No, it's worth...hehe, is it...it's really useless, even though my mind is filled with advanced medical technology of the 21st century, I can't even cure the general director's illness...

He squinted his grape-colored eyes and looked at Sakurai who had a calm expression but his heart was turbulent at this moment. There was a smile in his eyes that didn't mean anything, but he seemed arrogant in a frivolous way, but he didn't continue the topic.Instead, he suddenly and nimbly jumped down from the top of the wall, and the Taidao he held in his hand pierced towards Sakurai quickly, swiftly like thunder and lightning.

Sakurai was shocked by the sudden situation in front of him, before he had time to react and use any moves to deal with it, the hand holding the Big Dipper had already subconsciously greeted him, subconsciously exhausting all his strength because of self-defense.

"Dang——" the Big Dipper whizzed across the pink cherry blossoms in mid-air, and then lay down on the yellow soil covered with petals.

Sakurai stared blankly at his empty hands, unable to react for a long time, the cock in his hand had already been blown away by the other party.

Just now, she tried her best to block it with a backhand attack, but she didn't have that chance at all, and the knife flew a few feet away.If she really met the enemy, she would have died under the opponent's hands.

...It's so powerful, it's so powerful...Is this the power of the ghost clan...

"Hey, I'm back to my senses..." Shiranui waved the shining sword in his hand casually, with a somewhat smug expression on his face, "You are not of the power type like Amagiri, so you saw it just now, use all your strength The end result is that you have no chance to defend, let alone counterattack. Therefore, moves are very important to you, and winning by cleverness is the root of your victory or defeat."

"...Ah, ah..." Sakurai nodded to him dully as a response, obviously still a little bit lost.After that, she walked slowly to the cherry blossom tree in front of her, and gently picked up the Big Dipper.

Seeing the sharp blade of the Big Dipper shining coolly in the sun, Sakurai suddenly felt a little distressed.It's like feeling sorry for something you love and cherish.

It's kind of weird...

"It won't be so easy to practice in a while, you continue." Shiranui seemed to have a sense of accomplishment for his position as a swordsmanship instructor. He said, turned around smartly, and swaggered away from the cherry blossoms. "Ah, that guy in Kazama should do something, after all, Satsuma's kindness has to be repaid, and it's really troublesome for ghosts and humans to get involved..."

Satsuma, she knows that the Kazama family, like the Sakurai family, survived because of their protection a long time ago, and now this kindness cannot be repaid.

And the promises and responsibilities she has to bear inexplicably when she came to this world, she has to work hard...

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When it was close to lunch time, Masako and another maid came and went in a hurry in the corridor.When he first came here, Sakurai once wondered whether it doesn’t matter whether the ghosts eat or not, but after thinking about it, isn’t Qianhe also a member of the ghosts? Three meals.

Thinking that it was almost time for lunch, she had practiced for more than an hour. Ever since Shiranui knocked her Big Dipper into the air, she was not in the mood to continue practicing sword skills, so she decided to go back to her room to take a rest and sort out the things that were not done last night. The drug formula is sorted out.

The room Kazama arranged for himself was not big, and the location was a bit remote, but if he wanted to go back to the room, no matter which way he went, he had to pass through the largest room in Kazama's house.

Sakurai retracted the □□ into the sheath in his hand, looked up at the simple and elegant Japanese-style house and the soft cherry blossoms, then took off his clogs and stepped onto the corridor.

The layout of the Japanese room is generally square, and the decoration is simple and clear. There are two sliding doors, one in front and one in the back.One sliding door leads to the courtyard and the other to the inner corridor.

Sakurai happened to be walking through the inner corridor, a long corridor leading to the front end with Japanese room sliding doors on the left and right sides.When passing by the door of Hiroma, before he had time to walk over, he overheard discussions coming from inside.

"This matter is not easy to handle given the current situation in Kyoto. In short, everything is going according to plan." It was the voice of a strange man who sounded about thirty or forty years old.Before Sakurai had time to react, he heard the creaking sound of cloth rubbing when someone got up from the poorly soundproofed sliding door, and the sound of slow footsteps as they opened another sliding door and left. .

...Plan, plan...Kyoto? ...

Sakurai was slightly taken aback, the first thing that flashed in her mind was the Shinsengumi, but she soon realized that she might have heard something she shouldn't have heard, and if she continued to listen here, she would definitely get into trouble upper body, so he was about to leave immediately.

"——How long do you plan to stay outside the door?" Chikage Kazama's unique deep voice came from the Japanese room, with his unique calmness and ghost clan's arrogance and looseness.It was like enjoying a cup of good tea just now, carelessly.

Sakurai froze for a moment, but quickly realized that Chikage Kazama was talking about her.Although it was unavoidable to be a little apprehensive, she didn't deliberately eavesdrop, but accidentally caught her ear.Thinking that he was not afraid of the shadow slanting, he gently opened the sliding door and walked in slowly.

——I didn't hear anything, I just heard the last sentence... No!The last sentence... It seems, it seems to be the key point...

"...I, I'm sorry." No matter how she explained it, she seemed to be at fault, and with a trace of inexplicable guilt, she nodded and apologized to Kazama in a low voice.

Kazama Chikage gracefully raised her hand and took a sip of her tea. Her crimson eyes showed a lazy look, but she clearly carried a frivolous smile: "Oh? Why do you have to apologize?"

"...Because...because——" Sakurai hesitated for a long time and couldn't answer, and his hands tightly grasped the soft fabric of the women's kimono.However, she saw that the tea in Chikage Kazama's cup had already been drunk, and Chikage Kazama's eyes seemed to indicate something.

Although Sakurai is not a person who is very good at observing words and expressions, he quickly comprehends it.Quickly squatting down and temporarily putting the Big Dipper on the floor beside him, he hurriedly filled the cup with tea and wine for Kazama.

People who don't know how to make Japanese tea and don't know how to pour tea according to Japanese etiquette, but unexpectedly look a little clumsy and cute when pouring tea.

Chikage Kazama thought so in her heart, and her blood-colored eyes looked at Sakurai who was pouring tea with her head down, gradually becoming like Shiranui-looking at the interesting little animals with interest.

If Sakurai knew, she would definitely become very depressed. ?