[Lord Gintama] Overlooking the Throne

"To rejoice in suffering, to give victory in battle, and to give life to the dead, this is the promise made by the blood-red stone, which people respectfully call the Philosopher's Stone."

The sky outside has completely darkened, and the fine stars are blurred and blended into the soft mist. Amistoris has entered autumn, and the late nights in the capital are often immersed in mist, like a light veil The graceful face is as unpredictable as a girl.

It was late at night, and there was only a bright light in one corner of the library. In front of the light, a girl wearing a light-colored sweater and slim-fit jeans tied her long purple hair up high, leaning on the bookshelf and flipping through the old books in her hands. After seeing the records of the mysterious stone called the Miracle Stone, his eyes paused and he murmured.

"That's what all alchemists dream of." A man's voice sounded like a sigh came from her side. Ryo Jingu, who had heard the footsteps long ago, showed a proper expression of surprise, and turned to look Go, the bearded man wearing glasses raised his hand like a beckoning cat and said hello, "Yo, Jingu, you're still reading."

"Yes, Mr. Hughes." Ryo Jingomiya nodded, "Because I want to learn more about alchemy, maybe after I learn alchemy, I will be able to find a way to return to my own world."

"Then what's the situation?" Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Hughes, who worked in the military law conference hall of the military department, asked casually, "Is it still the same?"

"Yeah." Jingomiya Ryo suddenly showed a distressed expression, "Although I have worked hard to learn and can draw simple formations, I still can't use alchemy. I don't know if it's because of my talent. problem."

"Haha, Edward said that you are from another world, Jingu. Well, although I didn't notice any difference between you and us." Scratching his head, Hughes with a silly smile extended an invitation to her, " By the way, Jingu, you can ask Brother Elric about alchemy, come to my house, they just came back from the East City, and they are temporarily staying at my house, and little Alicia also asks me every day, "Sister Liang When will my sister come again?" Ah, how about it, my wife Gracia's cooking skills are top-notch."

"Mr. Hughes is worthy of being a famous figure in the military as the 'super-loving daughter's fool father'." Jingu Ryo closed the book and smiled apologetically, "Next time."

"Next time?" Hughes looked disappointed.

"Yeah." Pushing the ancient book back into the bookshelf, Ryo Jingomiya picked up another book with damaged writing nearby, and said with a smile, "Although I am very grateful to Mr. Hughes for the invitation, I would like to read these books again. Book, how about tomorrow? Anyway, I live very close to Mr. Hughes’s house, and I will visit tomorrow, and please ask Mr. Hughes to say hello to Mrs. Gracia and Alicia sauce for me.”

"Okay then." Shrugging, Hughes said, "Then I'll go back to accompany my little Alicia first, Jingu, you have to go back early, it's not safe for a girl to be outside alone."

"Yeah." Jingu Ryo pointed to the lady's military jacket she had put on the chair, blinked and smiled, "Anyway, I'm also a member of the army in name, no fool has the guts to provoke."

After Hughes left, Ryo Jingomiya flipped through the broken ancient book in her hand, and turned to the page she had bookmarked without any surprise.

On the yellowed and fragile pages of the book, a pure white samurai sword is drawn, with intricate patterns, like the silent moonlight flowing, almost jumping off the paper.

"Whoever gets this knife will never recover."

That was the only note about the knife on this page. I was flipping back, and someone ripped off a few pages on purpose. I don't know what was written on it.

It was a knife she was all too familiar with, her saber——Yuehua Yaodao.

Telling half of the lie and half of the truth is the most convincing.

She told Brother Elric that she was not from this world, so she deliberately exposed her eyes.

She said she wanted to learn alchemy and join the army in order to return to her original world.

Edward took her to the capital of Amistoris without any hesitation, and threw her to a colonel named Roy Mustang, and he didn't care about anything.

Roy Mustang is a state-level alchemist with the title of "flame" and works in the Eastern Command.

He was a man who was very ambitious, yet calm and calm.

With just one glance, Jingomiya Ryo judged the personality traits of the person in front of him, so the following conversation became much easier.

This is a very simple transaction. She can join the army and take care of the army's library, where she can consult a variety of top-secret materials and learn alchemy.

Mustang would also give her pointers sometimes, though he said it was unlikely that she could use alchemy, whether it was because she was not from this world.

And she helps him understand other worlds. Edward once said that alchemists are scientists.

Then, by understanding the composition of other worlds, after my own understanding and analysis, maybe I can further improve my alchemy ability.

Because it was just a deal, and she didn't plan to stay here for a long time, Jingong Ryo didn't really want to get close to people in this world.

The more you get, the harder it is to lose.

Instead of that, it's better not to get it in the first place.

She will not stay here. One day, she will find a way to return to her own world and kill that person.

Red-black hostility filled the light purple pupils, and he squeezed the corner of the book in his hand, Jingu Ryo closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes had returned to their usual tranquility.

She closed the book, put it back on the bookshelf, picked up the military jacket on the chair, put it on, pinned Yuehua around her waist, and walked out of the library.

The last soft light in the library was finally extinguished.

The street outside was unnaturally quiet.

Although it was not the first time that he came back so late, Ryo Jingomiya always felt that the atmosphere tonight was extraordinarily weird.

The wind rustled the leaves, and there was a faint smell of blood not far away, which was quickly blown away by the wind and blended into the deep night.

But the ghoul girl with an exceptionally keen sense of smell stopped abruptly, turned her head, and looked at the long, dark alley.

From there came the rich and fragrant aroma of flesh and blood.

But she always felt that she had smelled such a smell somewhere.

After a moment of hesitation, Jingomiya Ryo stepped into the alley.

The mouse squeaked and scurried past, and when he had completely walked through the dark alley, Ryo Jingomiya came to a telephone booth.

Blood, viscous, bright red blood, flowed out from the phone booth, filled with moonlight, sparkling.

The man lying in a pool of blood was still holding the receiver of the phone with one hand, but that call would never be made again.

Matthew Hughes.

The man whom she had just met more than an hour ago, the man who boasted to her of his well-behaved daughter and gentle wife every day, died at this moment.

She also promised him to visit them tomorrow.

Ryo Jingong couldn't tell what kind of mood she was in now, she said she cared, but she didn't care too much, anyway, people will die, during the war against barbarians, she had stepped on the corpses of her companions countless times, and she didn't have any Do you feel?

She couldn't even remember the faces of most of the people inside, because too many people died.

She is a ghoul who can only survive by eating people.

Human life was not important to her.

Just looking at the man's gradually cooling body, Ryo Jingomiya still showed a disappointed expression.

Maybe it's a feeling like "it's a little pity"?

"Ah, are you an acquaintance?" The voice of the young man with a strange smile suddenly sounded behind her, and the cold gun was aimed at the back of her head, "Did that guy Hughes tell you anything? Well, it doesn't matter, No matter what he said, it would be better to kill you, so that no one will know."

"Well, I think so too." Jingomiya Ryo didn't look back, "But if it's a sneak attack, it's better not to make any noise."

"What—" he was slightly taken aback, the boy's voice stopped abruptly, blood spurted out from under his right rib, and the girl who slashed backhand stirred the sharp samurai sword, then turned around, and sucked the blood that had fallen into his body. The blade was slowly drawn out.

when?

The boy who didn't see the girl's actions just now fell down and lay on the ground, seeing the purple-haired oriental girl take out a handkerchief from her arms, wiped the blood off the knife, glanced at him expressionlessly, turned and left Lost.

Ah, my heart is broken.

Ordinary people would have died long ago, right?

Ren, the artificial human with the "Sage's Stone" as his heart, quickly recovered the texture in the pool of blood, and then lurked in the past silently, took out the dagger at his waist, and slowly approached The girl who walked away.

Ryo Jingomiya, who didn't know that the person behind him could be resurrected continuously, subconsciously sensed that someone was approaching, so he drew his sword and slashed back.

Bleeding.

Ren fell into a pool of blood again.

Jingu Ryo's eyes showed shock, and it was just such a short moment of relaxation. There was a pain in the abdomen, and Jingu Ryo, who was pierced by a sharp blade, covered the twisted and painful abdomen that was pierced through, and turned his head.

In the dim vision, she saw a charming woman slowly approaching her, with bright red and glaring blood flowing on her hands.

Is there a second person?Careless.

Moreover, if she guessed correctly, the woman's hand just now turned into a sharp knife approaching, so she failed to detect the aura of someone approaching.

Jingu Ryo saw that there was a tattoo of ouroboros on the woman's chest.

In a daze, she heard the conversation between the boy and the woman.

"Last, who asked you to meddle in your own business?"

"Hey, Ren, have you been killed twice? Also, this is the person my father wants, so I can't kill her."

"Ha, why don't you kill this nasty woman and stay? And what if she wakes up halfway?"

"I just smeared an anesthetic on my hands. As for what to do, that's the business of my father. We just need to do it."

"..."

After listening to the conversation between the two, the girl could no longer control her drowsiness, and her chaotic consciousness finally sank into the darkness.