Depressive Screenwriter

Approaching eight o'clock in the evening, Zhai Shiqing was already waiting in front of her computer for the release of the second episode of Rurouni Kenshin.

Ever since watching the first episode of Rurouni Kenshin three days ago, the fate of both Kenshin and the female lead, and where the two characters' futures would lead, had become a point of entanglement in her mind these past few days.

Although this drama wasn't perfect in some aspects of its production quality, it didn't affect her instant love for it.

She spent time browsing through the comments section to pass the time, and as soon as eight o'clock arrived, she refreshed the webpage. Sure enough, the paid link for the second episode of Rurouni Kenshin appeared.

She clicked on the second episode.

The scene picked up from the rainy night in the first episode, at the place where Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe first met.

Blood streamed down Kenshin's face, and opposite him, Yukishiro Tomoe, in a white robe stained with blood, had a dazed look in her eyes.

She had come here after drinking, witnessed Kenshin's killing scene, and then, after seeing the blood flowing down Kenshin's cheek, took two steps forward and fainted in Kenshin's arms.

The blood dripping from the unhealed wound on Kenshin's face landed on Yukishiro Tomoe's face, and with the added charm of their good looks, this scene was as beautiful as an artistic painting.

Kenshin, who was still contemplating whether to kill the woman in front of him who had seen him, now had an increasingly complex expression.

No matter how much of a ruthless killer he was, could he kill a drunken woman?

A faint, doting smile flashed across Zhai Shiqing's lips at this moment.

So that's how it is, Kenshin and the female lead met like this.

The following plot became somewhat more daily-life oriented.

Kenshin didn't have the heart to kill her and brought Yukishiro Tomoe back to his assassin's hideout. Because of this, Yukishiro Tomoe was regarded as his woman by the people in the hideout, and she naturally stayed here to handle some chores and cooking.

The organization behind Kenshin also investigated Yukishiro Tomoe's background, but ultimately only obtained information about her being the daughter of a fallen samurai. No one dared to drive away the person Kenshin brought back.

However, Kenshin being ambushed indicated that there was a traitor within the organization.

Thus, at the beginning of the second episode, it began to introduce the organization Kenshin belonged to and the details of his daily life with Yukishiro Tomoe.

Yukishiro Tomoe's daily routine was to work as a handyman in the hideout.

And Kenshin's daily routine was to kill people.

Sometimes he would go out in plain clothes, only to return with his sword stained with blood.

Sometimes he would go out in plain clothes, returning covered in blood.

No matter what enemies he faced or what missions he undertook, Kenshin always managed to come back alive.

Yukishiro Tomoe helped him change his clothes, and he slowly adapted to having Yukishiro Tomoe's care by his side.

【It's like a married couple's life.】

At this moment, a comment floated across the screen.

Zhai Shiqing deeply agreed.

But after all, it couldn't really be a married couple.

The scene shifted.

Kenshin was sleeping in the room with his sword in his arms, handsome, peaceful, and defenseless.

Four big words flashed in Zhai Shiqing's mind.

Supreme beauty.

Yukishiro Tomoe saw this and wanted to put a scarf on Kenshin.

She came close to Kenshin, looking at his sleeping face.

"Child," Yukishiro Tomoe whispered.

Zhai Shiqing could understand the meaning in Yukishiro Tomoe's expression.

This child, however, was the infamous Manslayer who struck fear into the hearts of Kyoto's dignitaries.

Everyone only knew that there was such an assassin in Kyoto, but they didn't know who he was, what age he was, or what gender he was.

Yukishiro Tomoe was the only one who had seen Kenshin kill and lived.

And only Yukishiro Tomoe knew that such a manslayer was actually just a boy whose expression was gentle and childlike when he fell asleep.

"A child can also kill."

Yukishiro Tomoe's hand touched the wound on Kenshin's face, her tone and eyes changed, becoming somewhat complicated and unbearable.

Her hand touched the scar on Kenshin's face, and Kenshin, who was sleeping soundly like a child and posed no danger, suddenly opened his eyes.

Like a man-eating lion, the sword in his hand was instantly drawn and placed on Yukishiro Tomoe's throat.

Zhai Shiqing's hand trembled, almost knocking over her water glass.

The scene of Kenshin angrily drawing his sword in the drama was handsome and terrifying, so fast that Zhai Shiqing's heart pounded wildly.

Fortunately, Kenshin saw Yukishiro Tomoe in time and stopped in time.

"I'm sorry," Kenshin said, looking at the scarf around his body, apologizing with his back to Yukishiro Tomoe.

"Do you plan to keep killing people in the future?" Yukishiro Tomoe asked after calming down.

"You are the one who can't find a place to settle down! You can't fall asleep without holding your sword."

Her tone was not angry, just a little distressed.

The light from outside the window shone in.

Dividing the two people with their backs to each other into two worlds.

Zhai Shiqing was completely immersed in the plot at this moment.

Did Yukishiro Tomoe know that Kenshin was the one who killed her fiancé?

If she finds out later, will she still treat Kenshin so gently?

"I am the Manslayer who brings the rain of blood, I won't let your belongings be stained with blood," Kenshin said, returning Yukishiro Tomoe's scarf to her, his tone becoming calm.

【What a big jerk.】

Zhai Shiqing couldn't help but send a comment to complain.

He's single based on his own merits.

Yukishiro Tomoe took the scarf, her eyes becoming even more unreadable.

She turned around and prepared to leave the house.

Behind her.

"Miss Tomoe, thank you."

Kenshin's voice sounded.

At this moment, Zhai Shiqing's heart cheered up again.

It seems that Kenshin's mouth still occasionally brings sugar!

Although there wasn't much fighting in this episode so far, the daily life and emotional progress between Yukishiro Tomoe and Kenshin were more interesting to Zhai Shiqing than the first episode.

The organization behind Kenshin knew that someone wanted to cause chaos in Kyoto, reminding Kenshin to leave with his loved ones if necessary.

That night, Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe sat facing each other, drinking.

"Has the blood on your face stopped?"

"Forgot."

"Then that means the wound has healed."

"It's just that the blood is no longer flowing."

"When I see that wound, I wonder, what was the person you killed thinking at that time."

Zhai Shiqing's heart ached a little at this moment.

Kiyosato, who was killed by Kenshin, Kiyosato, who left this wound on Kenshin, what was he thinking before he died?

He was thinking of Yukishiro Tomoe!

Regretting coming to Kyoto.

Regretting the idea of marrying you again for the sake of success, ultimately leaving you alone.

And now, Yukishiro Tomoe was sitting with Kenshin, who killed her fiancé, drinking and discussing such things.

The sense of fate and irony was at its peak at this moment.

"Although you say that killing people is for the happiness of the people, I don't think there is happiness in this world that can be exchanged for killing people," Yukishiro Tomoe's clear pupils stared at Kenshin.

"I'm not killing indiscriminately," Kenshin picked up his wine glass.

"That is to say, you are estimating how much survival value the other party has. And you, you leave this matter to others to do, just listening to the instructions of the people above."

The dialogue between Yukishiro Tomoe and Kenshin showed the ideological gap between the two.

Was anyone wrong?

Zhai Shiqing was silent.

A good drama is always so thought-provoking.

An impressive female lead will never be limited to petty love affairs.

Yukishiro Tomoe realized that Kenshin couldn't continue like this.

With just two episodes, the characters of Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe were completely established.

Just like the title of the second episode, "Stray Cat."

Yukishiro Tomoe came to Kyoto alone after her fiancé was killed, relying on alcohol to forget her troubles, and that's how she met the Manslayer Kenshin.

And Kenshin's ideal of saving the suffering people also deviated from the path with constant killing.

Both of them are stray cats on the road of life.

Next was the climax of the second episode.

The entire Shinsengumi mobilized in Kyoto to search for the hideout of Kenshin and his group of assassins, preparing to wipe them out.

And Kenshin, with one hand grabbing Yukishiro Tomoe's wrist and the other hand holding a sharp blade, did not let go of Yukishiro Tomoe even in the face of the life-and-death danger of being besieged by a group of Shinsengumi.

Kenshin chopped and sliced all the way, like a god of slaughter, roaring and pulling Yukishiro Tomoe to rush out of Kyoto.

This fight was even more amazing than the first episode, and Zhai Shiqing was even more moved than in the first episode.

If he wanted to leave, he could just abandon Yukishiro Tomoe, no one could stop him.

But he was surrounded by dozens of people and didn't abandon Yukishiro Tomoe.

At the end of the story, Kenshin led Yukishiro Tomoe out of the Shinsengumi's encirclement.

"Let's go to Otsu, there, we will hide as husband and wife."

Kenshin said this to Yukishiro Tomoe.

But when Kenshin turned around, Yukishiro Tomoe looked at Kenshin's back and took out a dagger from her sleeve.

The ending song started.

Zhai Shiqing's expression was a little dazed.

What did that last scene mean?

Did Yukishiro Tomoe want to kill Kenshin?

Why?

Zhai Shiqing could only think of one possibility.

Unless.

She knew that Kenshin was the murderer who killed her fiancé Kiyosato.

Damn it.

Having figured this out.

Zhai Shiqing became nervous.

Isn't this drama going to be a tragedy later on?

With Kenshin's character and strength, if Yukishiro Tomoe really wanted to kill him, she would be courting death.

Also, ending it here? What's wrong with the screenwriter again?