In Order to Become a Heroic Spirit, I Had to Do Things in History

Resisting it now will be in vain.

It can't really continue the life of the shogunate, it's just lingering and waiting for the end of life.

Before crossing the strait and heading to Ezo, the last squad leader of the Shinsengumi also left the Shinsengumi.

"So isn't it ugly that we lost?"

Saito sat on the stool with Erlang's legs crossed, his expression blank.

"Aizu is no more..."

"So what's the next step, Deputy Chief?"

Hijikata Toshio looked at the map.

"...Go north, cross the strait to Ezo."

Saito sighed and stood up.

"Since that's the case...then I'm going to quit."

Hijikata Toshizo raised his head and looked at Saito calmly.

"What did you say?"

"...Didn't you hear, I'm going to quit." Saito looked at Hijikata Toshizo's eyes, and his tone was full of helplessness.

===Chapter 420 Target Ezo===

"Saito's Hajime is leaving, so this is saying goodbye."

"what do you mean?"

"Literally." Saito shook his head with a dull expression, "It's no longer interesting to stay under your command."

Hijikata Toshio didn't speak, just remained silent.

The air was silent.

"Is the person who left the team going to cut his abdomen?" Saito's hand has already climbed on the hilt of Wakizai's knife.

If the local party said that he wanted to cut his abdomen, maybe he would actually cut his abdomen.

Tu Fang's eyes were complicated, with a tear and sadness that he didn't want to fall.

"...No, it's no longer needed."

"I'll just lead the team by myself."

Saito looked at Hijikata Toshizo for a long time.

"...I said, Deputy Chief. No, Mr. Hijikata."

"Enough is enough."

Toshizo Hijikata picked up a pen, continued to observe the map, and at the same time asked Saito: "What do you mean enough?"

"You don't know what I'm referring to?" Saito rolled his eyes, "Director Kondo is dead, and Okita is no longer here."

"There are few old acquaintances left."

"understand?"

The hand holding the pen stopped.

"It's not over yet... The Shinsengumi isn't over yet."

"It's over!" Saito slapped the table suddenly.

Tears flowed from Saito's eyes and wet the map.

"Where is the new selection group, can you wake up a bit?!"

"If you weren't Kiwi, would you really think I would stand here and persuade you?"

"The Shinsengumi has ended!"

Hijikata Suishan looked at the tears and said slowly, "...I."

Saito stared blankly at Hijikata Toshizo: "What did you say?"

Hijikata Toshio said loudly, "I'm the Shinsengumi!"

"...Deputy Chief...you still..."

Hijikata Suizan looked ahead, his body was shaking, but he was speechless.

Saito suddenly smiled and wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Well, goodbye then."

"You can die alone like this."

"...Saito!" Hijikata suddenly shouted.

"...Is there anything else, Mr. Hijikata?" Saitoichi didn't want to look back.

Hijikata Toshizo stood up, took out an envelope from his arms, and put it in Saitoichi's hand.

"Please help me bring this...to Zuo Village...please...bye."

Saitoichi said nothing, put the envelope away, and left without looking back.

"...just do it until you die."

......

February.

Zuo Village shovels snow in the courtyard.

Suddenly a man was found standing at the gate of the courtyard.

"...Are you, Saito?" Zuo Cun straightened his stooped body and looked at the figure wearing a trench coat standing at his door.

"Yo, long time no see." Saito's scarred face smiled, "Can I come in?"

Zuo Cun put the broom aside and clapped his hands: "Come in."

Then he turned his head and shouted into the room, "Shina, there's a guest at home!"

The two were sitting in the living room, and Shiina brought the tea set over.

"Shina has grown up completely." Saito sighed, "I feel that I am still relatively young, but only when I face Shiina will I feel a little older."

"Long time no see, Saito-san." Shiona also greeted with a smile.

After Shiina left the living room, Saito put his head close: "How old is Shiina?"

"It's almost nineteen, what's wrong?"

"Why haven't you married yet?" Saito scratched the back of his head.

"I asked her, and she said she couldn't find her sweetheart, so I'll let her go." Zuo Cun picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

Now the cottage has been turned into a large mansion with several rooms.

"It looks like you don't have knives anymore." Saito sighed and looked at the four knives hanging on the wall.

Hepu, Pheasant Feather, Poin Ling... and California Qingguang.

Saito looked at California Qingguang, wondering what he was thinking.

"What's the point of holding a knife, I don't want to kill anyone anymore, just put it down." Zuo Cun took a sip of tea with mockery in his eyes, "It's you, why did you come to my place? ."

"I've left the Shinsengumi now, and I'm already a pure freelancer, so it doesn't matter where I go." Saito shrugged and pouted, "I was the first to Thinking of your old friend, I came to see you."

"Old friend...you're the only old friend left..." Zuo Village Chief sighed, "But seeing you still live so casually makes me happy. better."

Saito was silent.

The air was silent for a while.

"Take me to see... Inoue and Okita." Saito picked up the teacup, drank the tea, and said in a low voice.

"Okay." Zuo Cun nodded.

After lunch, Zuo Village first brought Saito to the river, where Gen Saburo Inoue was buried.

The two accompanied Inoue for a while, and then came to a cherry blossom forest.

Now the cherry tree is just beginning to branch, and the leaves have not yet grown.

But it won't be long before the garden is full of spring.

Saito stood in front of Okita's tombstone and stopped for a while.

He stood up, took a letter out of his arms, and handed it to Zuo Cun.

"...Who wrote this letter to me?" Zuo Cun took the letter.

"Hijikata." Saito put his hands in his pockets, "When I left the Shinsengumi, Hijikata asked me to bring it to you."

"Is it earthwork..."

Zuo Cun opened the letter to see what the earthwork had written to him.

After reading the letter, the village chief Zuo sighed.

"That is to say...I hope I go to Ezo...do you want to compare the sword with him again..."

"It turned out to be this..." Saito touched his chin, "So are you going?"

Zuo Cun didn't speak, just folded the letter, put it in his arms, turned his head and walked away.

"Ah? Zuo Village?" Saito was a little confused about Zuo Village's attitude.

Zuo Village walked home, and Saito just followed behind.

Zuo Cun took off the eagle feather weave from the wall, put it on his body, and then took off the crane, pheasant and poisonous feathers.

"I said...don't want to pick up these old guys..."

Zuo Cun tied two knots in his belt and tied up He Pu and Chi Yu.