[Comprehensive Manga] The good year of making copies

That night.

The bluestone slabs are icy cold, and the night wind penetrates through the gaps in the stone slabs, and penetrates some thin clothes. The midsummer night also makes people feel bitingly cool.

The moonlight shone in through the narrow window, and the fine dust flying in the air turned into white light spots, drifting and drifting under the moonlight.

The dry yellow grass spread on the ground could not prevent the penetration of the deep dew at night, and it was slightly damp and cold.

The lock hanging on the cell door was new, with no traces of rust, and the cell door was also new, with no musty smell or wear and tear from long-term use.

The Zhenxuan group arranged Gui in a single cell at the corner, completely unable to see the cell full of people who had walked all the way before.

They have to pay attention to Gui's title and record in the battle against barbarians.

Xia Chuan was relatively better, also at the corner, but he could see part of the corridor and other prisoners who were also watching him.

Xia Chuan looked at the iron chains that locked his feet, and glanced at Gui who was sitting in the cell on the other side.

"Why didn't you resist when you were caught? It's your left hand that was handcuffed." It's fine if Gui didn't resist, because Mao wanted to hold him down and not let him run...Xia Chuan looked at Gui, who was sitting upright with a very calm expression, and stood up Test the length of the iron chain on your feet.

"Actually... I'm left-handed." Gui looked at Xia Chuan with a serious expression.

piss off!

"Well, it is said that there are many colleagues who have been captured here." Gui still knelt on the haystack and remained motionless, "How can you catch a tiger if you don't enter the tiger's den."

"Oh..." Xia Chuan stopped about one meter away from the prison door, the iron chain that locked his right foot was stretched and he could no longer move a step forward.

Xia Chuan raised his hand and compared the distance between his fingertips and the prison door, it was still far behind, then stretched forward again, and gave up.

Escaping from prison requires deduction of crime points, but his current crime points are already overwhelmed, and the debt is not heavy.

Withdrawing his hand, Xia Chuan changed his foot. Because the iron chain bound his right foot, he could only kick the door with his left foot, which was relatively weak.

The iron chain tied three times around the door rang a few times, but the wooden prison door remained motionless.

"Wigs, although it's a very good attitude to stay calm in times of crisis..."

"It's not a wig, it's Gui!" After Gui retorted, he put his hands in his sleeves and glanced outside the prison: "Actually, I tried to pick the lock."

"……and then."

"Then my hand slipped." Gui looked at Xia Chuan with a serious expression, and glanced at the corridor outside the prison again.

Xia Chuan followed Gui's line of sight, and with the good night vision of the elves, he saw the small iron pieces that fell on the ground: "..." How slippery your hands are to be able to slide the tools so far!Zero friction hello!

"Actually..." Gui glanced at Xia Chuan who was on the ground, and took out a grenade, two grenades, and three grenades from his arms... "I still have these."

Xia Chuan no longer wants to know why these dangerous goods were not taken away: "Blow up here!"

"I can't escape." Gui retracted one by one, still maintaining a very deep and serious expression, "Both my legs are shackled, and besides, after sitting for so long, my legs seem... to be numb. "

Oh Fuck!Who's going to make a fool of this guy!

……

"That...Xia Chuan-sang." Gui looked at Xia Chuan who was sitting in the opposite cell studying the iron chains tied to his feet for a while. He paused for a long time before waiting for the other party's answer, and then spoke again.

"Sorry we didn't think you were alive..."

Xia Chuan raised his head and glanced at Gui who was leaning against the wall and started to stretch his legs, he pursed his lips and said nothing.

He didn't know how to answer Gui, told him it was okay?The other party will definitely not think it's okay.Tell him he doesn't care?Gui certainly wouldn't think that he really didn't care.

After all, it is unforgivable for these people to abandon their comrades who have not been confirmed dead on the battlefield.

But even Takasugi was left there... Should I say this is a touching trust or something...

Xia Chuan threw down the iron chain in his hand, and thought about what Gui told him about their respective escapes.

Maybe Takasugi was just seriously injured and didn't have time to leave the battlefield - he was still worried about the huge crater in the center of the battlefield, with a diameter of seven or eight meters by visual measurement, and there were no corpses around except for the clods lifted up by the air waves.

Probably either it was instantly sublimated into a wisp in the air, or it was turned into dust in the air waves.

Speaking of which, the distance between Takasugi and the crater was not too far, and he probably had the ability to escape but lost consciousness due to the shock wave of the explosion.

"Thank you for saving Takasugi." Gui thumped his legs, leaning against the somewhat cold wall, "When there were only five people left, I thought none of us would survive."

[Gui Xiaotaro favorability +2. 】

Xia Chuan looked at the favorability score of 23 hanging behind Gui's name, and was completely silent.

"Xia Chuan-sang." Gui supported the wall and stood up. Xia Chuan's silent attitude made him a little worried. After hesitating for a while, he still said what was in his heart.

"Although it's rude, can you please stop Takasugi when he's about to hurt himself?"

What makes you think that the Leader is an existence that a small character in his camp can interfere with? Xia Chuan remained silent, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

In an awkward silence, Xia Chuan glanced at his attribute panel, "I'll sleep for a while."

Gui heard the soft sound of shackles, and Xia Chuan walked into a dark corner under the dim light—there was a bed of tied hay, and it was the only dry and warm place in the cold and humid prison.

He moved his lips and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything until he saw Xia Chuan curled up on the straw bed and fell asleep.

He worried about Takasugi.

When he was at the Matsushita private school, Takasugi was the one who reassured the teacher the most, and also the one who worried the teacher the most.

He remembered that time when the teacher patted him on the head, a crack appeared on the face that always had a gentle smile: "Look at Gao Shan, he's afraid..."

Gui waited for a long time but did not wait for the next sentence.

After less than half a month, the Matsushita private school was burned by the attacking gods.

That is their home.

Takasugi has been crazy since that day.

Gui finally understood what the teacher wanted to say but withheld.

During the march, Gui kept paying attention to Gao Shan's movements, and Chen Ma took good care of Gao Shan——Chen Ma was older than them, and he was the closest to talk to the teacher.

Takasugi wanted to rush into the fire scene that day, but Chenma stopped him, knocked him out and took him away.

Later, they went to join the army, and under the influence of Takasugi's sentence "the shogunate is ready to surrender", they left the army and founded their own team.

Most of the initial fees were borne by Chen Ma.

They never asked about the source of the funds, and Chen Ma just laughed and didn't pay much attention.

The war against barbarians was very fierce. Every day, people were injured, some died, some escaped, some became suspicious, and some spies even came in and pulled them into the ambush circle.

They survived one by one, and at the same time, the heavenly man and the shogunate raised their attention.

result……

Now this is the result.

Takasugi knew that he was still alive but didn't come to him. He knew that Takasugi was also hesitant in Edo.

Mr. Songyang is the ideal that Takasugi looks up to.

He failed the teacher's expectations, and the beast in Gao Shan's heart finally broke free from its shackles and exposed its sharp claws and fangs.

Gui rubbed the tip of his cool nose and sighed softly.

From now on, what Takasugi will do has little to do with him.

All he can do is to provide a way out when Takasugi fails and is desperate—although he doesn't think Takasugi will accept it, but this is only what he can do for his former classmates and comrades-in-arms.

Takasugi is too proud and paranoid.

Even if he is good enough, this pride and paranoia will destroy him.

With this realization, Gui felt even more uncomfortable.

Gao Shan was the first to start studying with him. From the beginning of eating and living together, to the time of going through life and death together for more than ten years, how could he ignore this relationship.

Gui looked at his callused hand from holding the sword for a long time, and rubbed it for a while.

What if the Matsushita Private School hadn't been destroyed.

What if Teacher Songyang hadn't been killed by the shogunate.

If there is no war against barbarians, there will be no ghost soldiers.

What if the shogunate had not announced its surrender.

What if... there is no existence of heaven and man...

The earth obviously belongs to human beings, why should human beings run rampant like this, but human beings have become slaves who need to crawl on the ground instead.

Thinking of what he saw on the street since he was stationed in Edo, and the shocked expressions of the samurai in the surrounding cells when he was locked in.

Gui clenched his hands tightly, and his black eyes looked even more gloomy in the night.

"Where is Kotaro Katsura!"

The sound of shackles colliding suddenly came to mind in the prison, awakening Gui who was in deep thought.

Similarly, Xia Chuan, who was opposite Gui, was also awakened—not by the sound of the shackles, but by a dream.

"Xia Chuan-sang?"

"...It's okay." Xia Chuan touched the sweat that came out of shock, and twitched the corners of his mouth.

That dream must not be real...he's just homesick...that's all...probably...

==# Is it really a dream?

Xia Chuan raised his head and glanced at the donkey-headed man in kimono who was walking towards them. He was stunned for a moment, and saw red circles under the feet of the other party and his subordinates.

"..." Oh, long time no see monster.

"Is this Gui Xiaotaro?" The other party looked at Xia Chuan with his chin in his hand, and his eyes fell on the ring on Xia Chuan's hand.

His eyes lit up, he waved his hoof and raised his voice: "Why is such a damned criminal still wearing such a precious ring! Go in and get it for me!"

Xia Chuan was depressed, why is his hatred value so high...

Seeing that the monster opened the cell door and walked in to approach him, is it really a man to just open the door like that?What about the real select group?What are you eating.

The other two donkey-headed men walked in. Xia Chuan watched each other approaching with a blank face. He was calmly equipped with a weapon that had been retracted from his backpack because he was arrested by the Shinsengumi, and stabbed the two celestial beings who were approaching. The three celestial beings who stayed outside and sent experience to get it done.

Glancing at the prison door and the shackles on his feet, he squatted down and turned out a large bunch of keys held by the corpse of Tianren and aligned them with his own shackles one by one.

If only there was a Ranger, able to pick the lock.

"Click."

Bingo!Xia Chuan couldn't help but raised the corner of his mouth, got out of the cell door and threw the key to Gui who gave him a thumbs up.

"I'll go out and have a look, and you can take it easy on your own." As for the others...what do you want to do.

After speaking, he launched a quick run and rushed to the door.