[Gintama] Killing Knight

"Takasugi Shinsuke——!!"

With a cry of suppressed anger, the visitor ignored the persuasion and obstruction of the people behind him, and kicked open the tightly closed Japanese room sliding door.

In the quiet and somewhat desolate and dilapidated small Japanese room, there was a faint smog that even covered the air with a hazy white veil. The man sitting in the corner of the Japanese room stepped over a few steps, grabbed his collar and knocked him hard on the floor.

The man behind opened his mouth, not knowing how to persuade the scene, and finally closed the door and left, leaving a little space for the two.

Takasugi Shinsuke didn't care about the action of being suppressed, but knocked on the pipe in his hand, the person who was pressing him was enraged by his action, grabbed the pipe and threw it aside.

Shinsuke Takasugi finally responded.

The fine strands of hair were scattered around his ears, revealing the tightly wrapped gauze around his left eye. The other eye was almost lifeless, and the only light left was terrifyingly bright. He laughed softly, and finally the laughter grew louder Bigger, almost laughing.

"Guang, this is really ironic."

The white gauze stings the person's eyes.

"..."

Sakata let go of his bare hands, and Takasugi Shinsuke sat up in a leisurely manner, without tidying his collar, just sat there casually, without letting go of his hostility, "Aren't you leaving?"

When Hikaru Sakata heard this, the anger that had been slowly subsiding ignited again, and it was even more intense than when it came.

"What do you mean!? Are you giving such an order to make all the team members follow you to die?! Jinsuke! Can you calm down!?"

This is not the first time!

The quarrel in the house was still going on, and Xiaosuke Shirai wandered around outside worriedly, glanced at the camp that was temporarily tied up, which was obviously much more messy than the orderly one in the past, with a suffocating breath in his chest, and could only He sighed heavily for distraction.

The captain... and the governor...

He listened carefully to the level of the quarrel in the room, and was going to call Lord Gui immediately if the situation was not right.

But thinking of the tired look that flashed across the other's face when he went to find Master Gui last time, he was suddenly a little unsure whether his actions were right or not.

"Takasugi! You—"

The sound stopped abruptly.

However, Xiaosuke Shirai breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he could still control it this time, and then he felt sorry for the captain. After experiencing this situation several times, he already knew that when it ended like this, it was usually the captain who wanted to Beat the governor but finally held back.

Then the next thing is...

Bang!

Hikaru Sakata slammed the door, and quickly changed his expression a second before seeing him, suppressing the gloomy expression on his face, and at least calmly called him, "Shirai, let's go back."

"...Yes, Captain."

The riots in the army could not be stopped.

Ever since the Heavenly Daoists intervened in the war and finally defeated the barbarian army, all the troops have been devastated, lifeless and no longer have the vitality before.

Or in other words, there was a problem with the pillars of the several armies that had undergone major changes, which more or less affected the people below.

It would be fine if they cheered up, but conflicts, quarrels, knots, hatred...

There are more and more deserters in the army, and the pursuers of the shogunate are chasing after them, and more and more teammates are dying.

And Bai Yasha left the battlefield long ago.

The two pillars of the Ghost Squad began to split slowly, and only the frantic nobleman struggled with painstaking efforts to maintain the last bit of peace.

People are in turmoil.

——"Protection? What do you think your weak knife can protect now?"

Takasugi Shinsuke's mocking tone seemed to be still ringing in his ears, Sakata Hikaru slowly clenched his fist, just like when she first heard this sentence, she immediately lost any words.

What was Jinsuke's expression at that time?She didn't notice it at all, and when she came back to her senses, the other party had turned her back in the narrow space that had been silent for a long time, leaving behind a sentence that was still without any emotion.

——"Leave the ghost soldiers."

She suddenly opened her eyes wide, and Shinsuke Takasugi's tone was cold.

- "I don't need a guy who just rebels against my decisions."

Hikaru Sakata let out a breath, and pulled the thin blanket on her body. The thin clothes could not cover the cold air, and it seemed as if she was about to get into her bones. She could only smile wryly, why didn't she feel so difficult before.

But it's not unknown.

That person's final decision.

The news that Yinshi was in Edo was sent by someone. Although he didn't say anything, she knew it was him.

Just thinking about it casually seems to be able to imitate his slightly mocking tone in his mind——

'It's better for you to get together with that idiot, the ghost soldiers don't need you anymore, get out of here. '

And then she really left.

He left the ghost army alone, leaving him alone to support the precarious situation.

Betrayal?No, sooner or later there will be a day when they can maintain their relationship in this peaceful way, but why, they are so uneasy.

But soon, she knew why.

Hikaru Sakata stared in astonishment at the mighty crowd, which was almost one-third of the number when she left the team, almost going crazy, "What are you doing!?"

"Captain Sakata! We don't want to follow that lunatic Takasugi Shinsuke anymore!" A man at the head shouted, bowing to her solemnly with a respectful expression, "We think that only you, Captain Sakata, can lead the Ghost Squad correctly. It is following you!"

"Yes, yes! Eliminate Takasugi Shinsuke! Take back the ghost soldiers!"

"We are willing to honor Hikaru Sakata as governor!"

"Rehabilitate Lord Sakata!"

"I am willing to follow the captain all the time!"

The crowd broke out with different voices, but Sakata Hikaru slowly calmed down.

She slowly looked at the man who came out to speak first, she knew him, his name was Seiichiro Tateishi, Shinsuke Takasugi pointed it out to her, he was an ambitious guy, but his methods couldn't beat Takasugi, and he was still easy to use, Only then did he stay in the position of a captain.

Now... using her name to instigate a group of people who either rebelled or followed her sincerely to rebel.

Everyone thought she was kicked out of the ghost army by Takasugi Shinsuke, but she knew that she was not.

Looking at these people, Hikaru Sakata felt cold all over his body.

Hikaru Sakata was placed under house arrest.

The reason is very simple, Tateishi Seiichiro used her name to form the rebel army, but she will never let her really control the army.

Hikaru Sakata could only huddle in the room, and Tachishi came to her every day pretending to discuss important issues with her, but he just came to Liwei and...to show off.

As early as the first day, when Hikaru Sakata was thinking not to act rashly, slowly gathering power and controlling the army in his own hands, Tateishi led a few people to find her, looked at her for a while, and showed an unclear smile.

He put the saber in his hand on the table, and said respectfully, "For the self-defense of Mr. Sakata, you should bring this saber with you."

The next sentence he said slowly made Hikaru Sakata's body stiff, "But I heard that Mr. Sakata, his swordsmanship has deteriorated a lot recently..." Tateishi got the effect he wanted, and smiled triumphantly, "For Sakata For the safety of your lord, I'd better send a few more people to protect you."

Hikaru Sakata stared at the saber, his hands trembling slightly.

The overwhelming blood seemed to overwhelm her sanity, and the chaotic picture on the cliff that day broke into her mind, and her breathing became disordered in an instant.

Seeing Sakata Hikaru bowing his head and not speaking, Lishi was almost laughing wildly. In the past, he had been pressed on his head by this woman, but now he finally caught him. How could he not be happy!

Hikaru Sakata waited for him to leave, and finally raised his head, looking in the direction of his departure expressionlessly.

This idiot really thought she had no other choice but force?Among other things, Shirai Kosuke also came here.

Hikaru Sakata knew him somewhat, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood his purpose. He managed to meet him from a distance, and was finally relieved when he saw the gesture he secretly made.

Three days later, the rebel army also rioted. Xiaosuke Shirai first broke through the room where Hikaru Sakata was under house arrest, and took her out.

By the time Tateishi, who was caught off guard, had assembled and listened to his team rushing over, Hikaru Sakata and the others had already assembled and stood firmly in front of the rebel army.

Hikaru Sakata took a deep breath. Most of the teammates behind her were her direct subordinates in the past. At this moment, under the persuasion of Shirai Kosuke, they stood behind her without hesitation.

Lishi was furious, "You... Master Sakata! What are you doing?"

Hikaru Sakata pulled out his sword silently, threw the scabbard on the ground, and pointed the blade directly at Tateishi's head. Seeing the flashing cold light, the other party trembled for a moment, but he immediately calmed down when he thought of something, "You want to let us down Is everyone expecting you!?"

"Stop talking nonsense, I never said that I was kicked out by Jinsuke." Sakata Hikaru was extremely cold, "No matter what, I won't let you hurt the Ghost Soldiers and Jinsuke."

Li Shi's face became particularly ugly, he sneered, "So what, with your current skills..."

With his eyes bursting out, Lishi's last vision was a heightened perspective, and the blood bursting from his neck instantly, and then, the world was dark.

Hikaru Sakata tried his best to stabilize his hand, concealed the trembling of his wrist calmly, pretended to be nonchalant, and ordered, "Eliminate the traitors!"

When Hikaru Sakata thought about it in the future, she had to admit that these were the four words she regretted the most.

At that time, her heart was filled with miscellaneous thoughts, she didn't notice it at all, and she didn't think about it...

The people behind the standing stone are not all people who want to betray the ghost army.

Some of them just couldn't bear the weird atmosphere of the Ghost Squad at that time, and were instigated by Standing Stone without knowing the truth, hoping that she would take them out...teammates.

Those rebels were not all wiped out, but because Sakata Hikaru once faced Gintoki's swordsman and was shaken. When she held the knife, she was not as sharp as before, but as slow as a beginner. So in order to cover up, she had to use more Much thought is put on how to control the knife.

The only thing I can remember is that the last person who died under her hands, at the last moment, suddenly pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying, and there was still a faint reverence in his eyes, "Sakata... my lord..."

... Hikaru Sakata remembered that she had seen him.

It was after a battle, and he was still a new soldier who hadn’t been to the battlefield a few times. On the way back, his face was as pale as paper, trembling, and he was ridiculed by some veterans. She passed by at that time, and stopped them So he helped him back.

What happened next?Can't remember.

What is his name?It is no longer possible to know.

At that time, how many people like this did she kill?How many comrades' blood will be stained on this knife?

The movement at that time alarmed the shogunate, and the shogunate sent troops again. They had no choice but to escape. Hikaru Sakata, who was still letting them go back, could not leave easily, so he had to retreat all the way to Edo.

At that time, Sakata Hikaru could no longer hold the knife in his hand.

She has a will to die.

At least want to send the last teammate out.

As a result, things are unpredictable.

I obviously don't want to do this...why exactly...

And there are many, many things that Hikari Sakata doesn't know.

For example, after she left, Katsura Kotaro and Takasugi Shinsuke also parted ways; The shogunate chased and killed the dead and wounded, and those who were captured alive were all beheaded by the Edo moat for public display; In the winter when Hikaru Sakata first entered Yoshiwara, Gintoki Sakata, who was wearing a thin yukata, collapsed in the cemetery, met Grandma Toshi, and lived in the second floor of the winery where she had lived for three years.

There are many, many things she doesn't know.

For example, when she was away, the three classmates and friends finally confronted each other, and then formally broke up.

The road is getting farther and farther away.

And the person Hikaru Sakata thought owed the most, had already made an alliance with Chunyu when they met again.

The author has something to say: memories are just like this, but in fact, the writing is not very cruel.

It's just too weak.

He obviously didn't want to do this, but he was forced to come to that ending step by step.

The next chapter will be officially Yoshihara.