Everyone in the family has superpowers except me

After crossing the mountains that were flattened by artillery fire in the middle, there is a town not far away.

That city is not that big, and certainly not as prosperous as Edo, but it is already the busiest in this area full of fields and small rivers in the countryside.Because, the other villages nearby either disappeared under the artillery fire together with the flying rocks, or the whole village had packed up their few belongings and fled in fear a long time ago.

Only this city can still be popular.

However, most of them are anxious women and children, even the elderly are rarely seen.

The geisha accompanying the drink hurried in and out of the crowded area, and there was laughter, although some of it was forced laughter.The bamboo curtain that makes the indoor scene connect virtual and real is hanging down. In the elegant courtyard, there are loud and rude noises. During the period, some people are vaguely flattering, and from time to time they say something that they think they can please. The topic of big people, in order to try to increase their own sense of existence.

"Congratulations, my lord, this time... hehe, you have made another great contribution."

A thin man with sunken cheeks opened the conversation first, and leaned his head sideways from the arms of the gorgeously dressed women, his face, which was blue and white from the alcohol, showed a look of flattery .

As soon as he said this, his colleagues who were having fun here together immediately cast angrily eyes, as if saying that you are so cunning that you even flattered first, they gave each other a clear look, and then, one after another A word of flattery embraced her.

"As expected of Mr. Yamada! He actually borrowed the power of heaven and man to solve the vanguard team that caused the general a headache, and get rid of a major problem among the people with lofty ideals!"

"Although we didn't completely wipe out the Ghost Squad, just getting rid of one of the Takasugi brothers is a great achievement. The general will reward you..."

All the flushed faces were trying to protrude, and the nearly identical expressions were all mixed together, turning into a uniform blur, which set off the geisha's pale face with a stiff look.

The potbellied man in the center surrounded by more women is the center of their flattery.Judging from the details of the corners of his mouth slightly hooked and the eyebrows stretched, he was obviously quite satisfied with these flattering words, but after listening to them, he shook his head and said a few words of modesty in a pretentious manner: "Well~ it's not like this— —haven’t heard from Lord Ozma yet, but I think the result is—”

Ozma is the name of the celestial officer he secretly contacted, that is, the commander who drove the airship to conquer the "ants".

The small wine glass was casually thrown on the small case, and the undrinked wine was spilled in a circle with the shaking of the wine glass. The nearest geisha quickly picked it up and filled it up, smiling coquettishly and tenderly. The ground sent the rim of the cup to the mouth of the adults.

Yamada teased her a few words, squinted his eyes and gulped it down.

"Whether it is the vanguard team or the entire anti-barbarian patriots, they are all mobs who can't make it!"

"My lord is saying that they are a group of foolish people who oppose the shogunate like undead fleas, but they don't know how beneficial it is to cooperate with heaven and man. It's good to die, everyone is dead, hahaha."

The toasts are staggered, and the sound is crisp.

They drank bottle after bottle of wine, and the noise with more and more alcohol smell still didn't stop.In this group of people, there are ministers sent by the shogunate to communicate with heaven and man, and there are also squires who deliberately come to flatter.The squire came here to get some "news from above" from the minister to protect his own interests, but the minister has been dazzled, and after a while he was groggy and confused. How could he remember those things he transferred? The innocent samurai who turned around and sold without hesitation?

He might still remember a little bit, but he didn't take it to heart at all.From the beginning, they were regarded as corpses in advance. The samurai only had a tattered sword wrapped in white cloth in his hand, and they were a group of stupid people who dismissed them.

In fact, it is normal for ministers to have such thoughts, and the result is indeed like that.

On the day when the airship arrived in that area of ​​heaven, the sharpest blade of the barbarian army, which was as famous as the ghost army, was almost wiped out. Captain Takasugi Bai was lucky to survive to the end, but the enemy sent out such a large force just to drive them to a dead end .In the last scene, Takasugi Bai, who was seriously injured, was blocked in front of the hanging cliff by heaven and man—and the army of the shogunate.

After he died, even if he realized that he had been betrayed by his fellow human beings, the dead man would not be able to take revenge—but, who would have expected that the "dead man" would come back again?

Qi Mubai never thought that when he picked up the sword again, he would be in such a mood.

It wasn't pleasant, and I didn't have any strong emotional fluctuations in my heart, but it wasn't too bad, I can only say...it's amazing.

In the memory he got from the "future", he should have held the sword again in Sawada Shiro's life. The reason is completely different from today, and there is no excitement in his heart. The voice said calmly, he didn't want to worry about anything else, he just wanted to find some meaning of life for himself, for example, take this opportunity to stay away from his family in this life, so that he won't have too many complicated feelings, and when he dies It won't implicate them anymore.

Qi Mubai can understand Sawada Shiro's choice, after all, he can empathize with the emotions at that time, but... different, still different.

It seems that old friends who haven't seen for many years suddenly meet, look at each other, smile, sweep away the strangeness, and then are deeply touched by the familiarity and trust in the heart.

This is his original sword, obtained from his mentor Yoshida Shoyo, and has been with Gao Sugibai until the last moment of his life. When he died, the sword was broken.When he "encountered" it again, Qi Mubai's heart suddenly calmed down. He obviously hadn't used a sword for so many years, but when his body moved, all his memories were gathered together, even including the murderous Feel.

Gao Shanbai has never been bloodthirsty, but he will not shy away from those who should be killed.

When the blade of the sword pierces a person's body without haste, time in the whole world seems to slow down at this moment.The exaggerated slow motion is presented here, and the blood flower is slowly flying in front of the eyes, spinning, brushing the drooping eyelashes dangerously, and finally bending the weeds silently.

There is only a small piece of strange color in the green leaves, and slowly, I can only hear sharp weapons passing through the flesh one after another, blood drops sprinkled among the leaves, polluting one piece, and soon, another piece.

The grass that had not yet been broken by footsteps was stained with blood.

As soon as he stepped into this courtyard, Qi Mubai realized that his current state was like becoming Takasugi Bai again.There are no obstacles, no extra emotions, his body and mind are filled with the idea of ​​"revenge", his eyes have already changed.

Before he came, he guessed that Yamada would definitely not stay in the barracks obediently. However, even if he was a greedy guy who was afraid of death, even if he went out to have fun, he would bring a few teams to surround the tavern for safety.

It stands to reason that it is difficult to break through the heavy encirclement single-handedly, or be exhausted, or be shot to death before approaching the yard.However, it was not an ordinary person who barged in this time.

Although there were only four of them, only two of them actually did it.

"You, you are... ah!"

——Takasugi White.

I don't know who called out the name in a trembling voice first, Qi Mubai didn't even see what that person looked like, and saw a bloody arrow shot from the man's neck, and his face fell on the ground indistinctly. In the middle of the bloody stone ground.

At the end of the day, Squalo is just there to help, but he's clearly into it.A person like him doesn't seem to need someone to fight by his side, but at this moment, Qi Mubai is on the same battlefield as him.

Neither of them glanced at the ground from the corner of their eyes.

He turned around, raised his hand, and lowered his wrist fiercely. Blood overflowed, and the guard in front of him fell down. The next moment, he turned around and passed by face to face, raising the tip of his sword again. .When he turned around, Qi Mubai heard the man laugh wantonly.

Not far away, the other two hadn't entered the battlefield yet, not only because of the strong smell of blood inside.

Dino (ashamed): "I knew I should have brought Romano here... Saiki-kun, I'm sorry to trouble you!"

Saiki Kusuo: "...it doesn't matter."

At this time, he was the only one who could be optimistic that this grown man who was always in trouble would die suddenly without accident. Fortunately, everything was going well ahead and they didn't need to intervene.

The two watched silently for a while. During this period, Dino secretly observed the pink-haired boy beside him.

He was a little surprised, but at the same time he couldn't help but realize that this young man named Kusuo Saiki was the one with the most hidden ability, and he was so calm, as if the person who was fighting bloody battle was not his cousin.

"Well, I don't care about Squalo, brother—I mean your cousin, if he says it, it's good to take this opportunity to vent." Dinuoyin was a little calm.

Saiki Kusuo was noncommittal.

"By the way, Qi Mu-jun, don't you think so," he said suddenly, "Brother, the way he looks in our eyes is always unreal."

"What is he thinking, what is he really like... I thought I knew it well before, but now I realize that I—"

bang.

Qi Mubai ignored the disheveled woman and went straight into the room.He didn't say anything, and it seemed that he couldn't hear the noisy wailing and trembling begging for mercy.In front of the fat man who couldn't move, he looked down from above, his dark blue eyes reflected a cold sword light.

"You—Takasugi Shiro, no, Takasugi-sama! Please please don't—you can't—"

The head was separated from the body immediately.

The killing paused for now.

However, the three people watching his back at the door frowned in unison.

Dino sighed, and grabbed Squalo who was about to step forward.

Standing in the filthy blood, the young man who hung his head for an unknown amount of time finally turned his head to look at them.

"Can you please do me one last favor?"

The survivors of the vanguard team waited for the captain who hadn't returned all night, and they were exhausted. When they desperately wanted to go out to find someone, they waited for them—a carriage and a doctor they didn't know where they got?

However, at the same time, bad news came.

"Let's go, before the shogunate finds out, leave as soon as possible, catch up with the army that left earlier, and explain the situation to Yinshi and the others. Stay and continue fighting, or hide your identity and live as ordinary people, it doesn't matter."

"...Takasugi-sama?!"

"Don't call me my lord, I'm just a selfish...a guy who left you out of willfulness. Well, the vanguard team-disband." He stuck the wiped sword on the ground, took a step back, ignoring The stunned subordinates shouted and left.

Qi Mubai stood on a cliff deep in the forest.

There is only dry and cracked land below, which is barren and boundless. It seems that the dead bones of animals or humans can still be seen on that land.

The night has passed.

He looked into the distance and saw the golden line looming behind the mountain, and said in his heart.

Takasugi Shiro died in the past night, before dawn.Now that I think about it, it’s a bit of a pity, because the sunrise seen here is not so beautiful.

First, thousands of golden threads shot out in all directions, split the sky, crossed the border, and let the golden clouds come.He raised his hand and dropped the head wrapped in rags from the cliff——

Just like back then, he watched helplessly as the last subordinate and friend died under the gunshot and fell at his feet.Because everyone on the other side wanted to capture Takasugi Shiro alive, he was able to barely stand at the end, but...

It doesn't make sense anymore.

So he dropped his sword and jumped down the cliff.

——It seemed that there was also a distant and heavy muffled sound.

……

thump.

Ripples appeared inexplicably in the calm tea.

The man who had closed his eyes and meditated slowly opened his eyes. He was sitting by the window, and the smoke rose from the pipe in his hand, making the night view of the lake outside the window blurry.

"...Master Jin Zhu, Master Jin Zhu?"

After only a short while, the faint trance in the man's eyes quickly disappeared.

"nothing."

Just a little distracted.