[Lord Gintama] Overlooking the Throne

Crackling, the sound of fire burning wood.

The red fire light illuminated half of the sky, so gorgeous that it seemed to be dripping with blood, while the sky on the other side was black as far as the eye could see.

Xuanyue hangs high, and the moon is shining like a practice.

The exhausted boy leaned against the tree trunk, looking at the burning house with a gloomy expression.

The neighing of the horse disturbed the eerie silence of the night.

Turning his red eyes slightly, he saw the purple-haired girl who rolled down from the fierce horse in embarrassment.

"...cough cough..." The dust choked into her lungs, and the girl got up from the ground, covered her mouth with the sleeve of her kimono and coughed violently, then stood up slowly while supporting the ground.

Her pupils constricted suddenly, and she staggered towards Matsushita Village School.

Sparks flew everywhere, and the burned beams suddenly collapsed. The flying sparks landed on her sleeve, burning a small black hole.

She finally stopped and looked at the collapsed house quietly, without crying or making a fuss.

For Sakata Gintoki, that day was a nightmare.

It was as if someone forcibly engraved those tragic scenes on his heart.

Every beat was accompanied by bursts of pain.

Sakata Gintoki didn't deliberately forget about it, but the scene other than the burning house was blurred by his subconscious neglect.

I just vaguely remember that the girl stood in front of the collapsed house for a long, long time, watching it gradually collapse and turn into ashes.

Then, a strange soft smile appeared.

The wind was blowing head-on, and the ashes were all over the sky, like strands of dried iris petals. She turned and left, with her back to him and the wind, with a soft voice: "Yinshi, goodbye, I think I should go."

time to go?

where to go?

"..." The girl's footsteps gradually faded away until they disappeared completely. She raised her head slightly and leaned her head against the tree trunk. Looking at the cherry blossoms above her head that had already withered, she suddenly remembered their "every year in this cherry blossom tree." The promise of viewing cherry blossoms under the tree", closed his eyelids, and responded softly, "Ah, goodbye."

……

In the scorching summer, there was not a single customer in this simple and rustic teahouse.

Accompanied by the suffocating stench, the owner of the teahouse pinched his nose and lifted the white cloth covering the corpse little by little. After accidentally glancing at the corpse, the corners of his eyes twitched, feeling the pain in his stomach. Stomach acid surged up violently, causing him to hide aside and retch uncontrollably.

The corpse under the white cloth was not as ferocious as imagined, because the long-term exposure to the sun had caused the corpse to fester badly, and the rotten muscles were covered with fly larvae, slowly wriggling little by little, gradually covering his whole body. Zhang's face, together with his ferocious expression, was also covered.

However, although his original appearance could not be seen anymore, observing the green skin of this corpse and the prominent skull features, regardless of factors such as corpse spots, it was unmistakable that this was the corpse of a Tujini celestial being.

There was a wound on the neck of the corpse, which was very slender. In addition to the degree of decay of the corpse, it could not be seen unless you looked closely. The maggots inside were writhing freely. He frowned, revealing a disgusted expression.

"Takasugi." Maeda Tsubasa, a former classmate of Matsushita Village School and an active member of the Oni Soldiers, asked after ordering the white cloth to be covered back, "Did you find anything?"

"Well, there are many similarities with the few cases we suspected before." Shinsuke Takasugi nodded and said, "For example, there is only one fatal wound on the body, the knife wound is slender, and the bones can be seen deep. All the dead are Celestial beings, except for some exceptions, the murderer is obviously a kendo master who is good at fast swords... It is very likely that he is the person we are looking for."

Ghost Slash...means a person who can kill even ghosts.

But can such a person, in a sense, still be called a human being?

If such a person is recruited into the ghost army, it will undoubtedly be a huge hidden danger for the ghost army.

"..." An obvious worry flashed across his black eyes, knowing that the decision made by Shinsuke Takasugi would never be easily changed, Maeda Tsubasa thought for a while, but swallowed back the comfort that came to his lips.

"Maeda, what else did you find out about Oni Zhan?" Not noticing Maeda Tsubasa's worry, Takasugi Shinsuke glanced at him with a calm expression.

"..."

——"Ghost Zhan, usually likes to wear a black cloak, can't see his face clearly, reticent, and moves extremely fast, often fatal with one move, and mostly targets heaven and humans."

Before Maeda Tsubasa had time to answer, a clear voice suddenly came.

Following the sound, the long-haired boy in a kimono jumped down from the wall calmly, with a smile on his face: "Takasugi, long time no see."

"Wig." Shinsuke Takasugi showed a slightly surprised expression, "Why are you here?"

"Just like you, I came here because I got the news of Oni Zhan's haunting." Katsura Kotaro explained solemnly, "Although there is a word ghost in both Oni Zhan and Ghost Soldiers, but Takasugi, give up, I will never put it The Ghost Slash was handed over to the Ghost Soldier."

"..." He should have guessed that his old classmate's head was always abnormal, Takasugi Shinsuke sneered, "In this case, let's each use his own ability, and see who can find Oni Zhan first."

……

"Nation of Samurai", that's how their country was called many years ago.

More than ten years ago, the power of the heavens and humans suddenly descended from the sky became more and more powerful, bullying and aggression were everywhere, so the war between the earthlings and the heavens broke out instantly, and a large number of warriors and fighters from the barbarian faction participated in the battle with the heavens. people fight.But the cowardly and incompetent shogunate finally bowed their heads to Tianren after seeing the powerful strength of Tianren, gave up the samurai, signed an unequal treaty with Tianren without authorization, and allowed them to enter the country.

This is the world they live in.

A war-torn world full of betrayal and despair.

The crimson sunset and the bloody battlefield reflected each other, he cut open the last celestial being standing in front of him, blood sprayed on Gui Xiaotaro's face like splashed ink, his black eyes were full of exhaustion, he kicked rough The angry Katsura Kotaro stuck the sword in the ground, and squatted down holding the samurai sword.

"Mr. Gui!"

"I'm fine." He waved his hand, refused the support of his subordinates, and stood up with a knife. Gui Xiaotaro looked down at the corpses of heaven and humans on the ground, and frowned.

Soldiers rely mainly on food, and without food, there will be no soldiers.

No matter how off-line, Gui Xiaotaro also knows the importance of food for the people with lofty ideals, so this time, the food donated by the rich businessmen who secretly supported the people, whether it is the escort route or the escort, was personally drawn up and selected by him. .

But still in an ambush.

Although he always wanted to deliberately ignore that possibility in his heart, but as the leader of the barbarians, he did not allow such personal feelings to be mixed. He had to make the clearest and most reasonable judgment.

"Mr. Gui, the food is fine." After hearing the report from his subordinate, Gui Xiaotaro finally breathed a sigh of relief, but his subordinate's expression was not relaxed at all, showing a hesitant expression, "It's just... Kimura escaped. .”

"..." Is it really him?

After a long silence, Gui Xiaotaro said: "It's okay, don't be in a hurry to catch him, the military rations and tonight's plan are more important."

"Isn't that plan going to be changed?" Mulu was surprised, and the subordinate's tone was obviously worried, "Mr. Gui, excuse me, Kimura...is probably a traitor. If this is true, Then tonight's plan is very likely to be exposed."

"I know." Nodding, Katsura Kotaro said in a serious tone, "Don't worry, Ueno, I have my own discretion in this matter...Compared with this, I am more worried about who will take over Kimura's position. Sure enough, I still want to kill the ghost." Come in, not only can fill the vacancy, maybe you can also summon Sauron, call the dawn of Edo together, and move towards the new world."

Ueno Yuu: "..."

Before following Katsura Kotaro, the well-known leader of the Fight Against Barbarians, Ueno Yu once heard from others that the frantic noble son Katsura Kotaro was actually a guy who was "handsome for less than three seconds".

At that time, Ueno Yu, who was full of admiration for Katsura Kotaro, didn't believe this rhetoric at all, until he officially became Katsura Kotaro's subordinate, although his admiration only increased, but he also had to admit that sometimes the words of others were also golden jade good words.

"Please watch less jumps, Mr. Gui." Ueno Yu said expressionlessly.

……

The sun was covered by dark clouds, the sky was gloomy, the city was bleeding and drifting, and the bones were exposed, but in this city that first took refuge in heaven and man, the tallest building was full of extravagance.

In the wine forest and meat pool, she smiled coquettishly.

"Ah, good wine." Unscrupulously kissing the charming girl beside him, the daimyo who was drunk at the feast was suddenly disturbed by his subordinates who rushed in stumbling in, showing an impatient expression, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Report daimyo, there seem to be a few suspicious people outside the city." The visitor cupped his fists and knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and spoke in a humble tone.

"Another patriot." Waving his hand, the daimyo said casually, "Let a few people go out and send them away."

"but……"

"That's enough, you go out." Pushing away the woman in her arms, under the bewildered gaze of the woman, the daimyo stood up and said to the banquet guests, "You can eat or drink as much as you want, old man Go take a bath first, drink too much wine, it's really a headache, so I won't accompany you."

The guests all nodded their heads in agreement, and they didn't show any concern at all about the episode that suddenly broke into the banquet.

"The person who came must be Mr. Gui. Don't worry, daimyo, there are subordinates here." The seemingly gentle man in kimono under the seat raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Then I will leave it to you, Mucun." The old man replied casually, but his eyes did not fall on the man. He was looking at the magnificent picture of mountains and rivers on the wall from the beginning to the end, and his cloudy eyes slightly moved. Turned around, then staggered towards the inner room.

The author has something to say: this chapter is completed, I can’t describe the war and write about the barbarians, I’m just dying QAQ