How did the good of order become the confidant of the villain? !

Whether referring to the official history known by Yu Gongcui, or simply making judgments based on the current situation, blindly resisting outsiders, and even assassinating businessmen who have relations with heaven and man, there is no such thing as future.

The world is beginning to merge into one, and it will not stop just because the interests of the weaker party are damaged.If it runs counter to the trend of history, it can only be eliminated by history.

Although the original intention of the Anti-barbarian faction may just want to maintain the pride of the samurai and drive away foreign enemies to restore the glory of the shogunate, but the method is wrong, everything is wrong.

"Nowadays the shogunate is suppressing people with lofty ideals, and your father has lived in the court for a long time, so he can't even see the situation clearly. Since you ask this way, it can be seen that he is also dissatisfied with the arrogance of heaven and man on weekdays."

Kawakami nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, obviously he spends most of his daily life in the Martial arts gym, or he leads his younger brothers around and has no chance to deal with heaven and man, but the indignation and disgust on his face is quite real.

"Those ugly monsters... think Edo is a place, but they don't even pay attention to samurai!"

Therefore, it is inevitable to feel uncomfortable after being in the high class of the aristocracy for such a long time, and suddenly met a crazy guy who is pressing on his head and domineering.

In order to maintain their majesty, they can't help but start to lean towards the anti-barbarian faction. This kind of thinking is also understandable.but--

"Now that you stand in public, you are making fun of your own political life. Factions are a hot potato, and if you touch them, you will be peeled off. Why, is someone forcing your father to express his attitude?"

"Uh, it doesn't seem to be there?"

Yugong Cui died of fish eyes.

"Then why is he rushing into the fire pit by himself? Wouldn't it be good to stay away from the vortex and be a small official who is alone?"

Kawakami scratched the hair on the back of his head, he seemed to be convinced, but he was a little bit unwilling, and muttered in a low voice.

"Obviously everyone wants to drive Tianjin out of Edo! It's all because of those soft-boned guys—"

Does it refer to the founding faction who advocated peaceful coexistence with heaven and man?

Eliminate the fear of being affected by the flames of war, face the resentment of the people and the ridicule of the scholar class, and make this decision with a longer-term perspective.

From the perspective of future generations, this is a more sensible approach.

"It doesn't mean that you are right." Yu Gongcui didn't bother to teach him what was right and what was wrong, but just reminded him lightly, "Before you complain next time, remember to think about your father first."

Kawakami, who came back to his senses slowly, covered his mouth, not too slow to be cured, and threatened his colleagues with his eyes not to speak his words, so as not to be used as fuss by those who are interested.

It was getting late, and the shrine was on the mountainside of a remote barren mountain, so it was easy to feel the coolness.

A few dead leaves were whirled and rolled by the wind, Yu Gongcui took an orange from the snack pile in front of him, and tossed it twice.

"Then let's stop here today. Next time, don't ask me so hard. Even someone as rough as Ah Yin will ask me why I keep running out."

"Just tell him to meet your friends! How can a man be bothered by other people's eyes?!"

Kawakami directed the younger brothers to pick up the remaining snacks. Seeing Amamiya Tsui sitting on the stone steps with an orange in a daze, he took the lead and walked towards the torii gate. Before parting, he turned around and waved vigorously.

"Then I'm leaving, boss, how about meeting this time next week, my pocket money will come down soon!"

...Since you say that, I really can't refuse.

There were suddenly more obstacles on the originally unimpeded road ahead, and the boy who was turning his head to bid farewell didn't pay attention, and bumped into it unexpectedly.

He staggered back two steps, staring at the past with an angry brow.

"Who?! Don't you have eyes?"

Under the dark sky, the face that came into view——

Slightly messy purple hair, dark green eyes almost black in the shadows.

Obviously the lines are smooth and the carving is exquisite, but at this moment, it is covered by the astonishing anger that gradually burns from the deepest part, distorted into a terrifying expression that almost wants to choose someone and devour it.

... Shinsuke Takasugi.

Kawakami froze in place immediately, desperately turning his head to think of ways to ease the situation.

It's not that he's afraid of this guy, but in the small martial arts group, who doesn't know that Takasugi Shinsuke is Amamiya Sui's White Moonlight?

In order to avoid misunderstandings, the boss had to be sneaky when meeting with them, for fear of accidentally lowering his favorability. It can be said to be quite humble.

But the worst situation just happened right now, so directly that there was no possibility of being fooled.

He laughed dryly, his eyeballs rolling, and was just about to say haha ​​what a coincidence, believe it or not, we just happened to meet Boss... and Yugong, but before he could utter the clumsy lie, he heard the opposite The little boy asked in a suppressed and deep voice.

"What did you call him just now?"

Kawakami immediately gave up the idea of ​​pretending to be a passerby.

Even the title of "boss" has been heard, there is no need to wash it.

He cast a desperate look for help to Yu Gongcui who was still sitting on the steps, and the latter was carelessly peeling the orange, as if he didn't care about the raging hell situation here, and even lazily urged.

"Didn't I let you go? It will be dark soon."

"...Let's go, let's go now." The boy at the head of Yue Dai trembled, moving small steps away, "Boss, can you handle it by yourself, you really don't need a few brothers to support you?"

The warning sound from the system reminding the trust value to drop also ended, and Yu Gongcui put the peeled orange peel on the stone steps beside him, and cast a very obvious impatient look.

Kawakami got it immediately, and ran away with his brothers in his hands.

Sakata Gintoki, who passed by them, didn't know what happened, but he felt vaguely familiar with the leader.

He schemingly took Katsura Kotaro half a step into the torii gate, not paying attention to Takasugi's constipated face, standing on the edge of the shrine, with his hips akimbo looking at the barren mountain that had been shrouded in night fog, and he couldn't see anything clearly. sigh.

"Wow, what a view!"

"Damn it if you can see clearly, do you think you are an owl?"

Katsura Kotaro, who followed after him, rolled his eyes at him and mercilessly criticized this pretentious behavior.Sakata Gintoki didn't care, he smiled and took back his pose, and rushed towards the orange in Amamiya Tsui's hand.

"I even peeled the skin for Ah Yin! It's so caring, I'm so touched! I promise to eat every petal in my stomach, and let this love become the nourishment for Ah Yin's growth!"

"……enough!!"

The dark-faced Takasugi Shinsuke was ignored by his friends for a long time, and finally broke out unbearably.

Sakata Gintoki was taken aback, and tentatively handed out the half of the orange he had snatched.

"Don't be so fussy about being a human being, Takasugi-kun, otherwise you will become bald like the guy who just went down the mountain. At worst, I will give you a little bit? Let me tell you first, it's only a little bit the size of Ah Yin's little finger?"

With the help of Gao Shanjin, it took a lot of effort to pull the topic in his head back from the orange, and mercilessly questioned Yu Gongcui who was putting a piece of pulp into his mouth.

"What's your relationship with those guys?! Now that I think about it, there were a lot of doubts when you helped me out of the village school. Could it be that you were acting from the beginning to the end?"

Amamiya Tsui, who was being crazily accused, had no emotional fluctuations. On the contrary, Katsura Kotaro, who was trying to look at the night scene, slowly turned his head. Got full marks in all subjects.

You finally see reality Takasugi!Take the first step to become a sad adult! !

"So you're asking me to explain?"

Yugong Cui swallowed the orange, and tilted her head indifferently, "I thought Ah Yin had already told you. Even if he didn't, at least Gui told you—about what kind of person I am."

Takasugi Shinsuke froze for a moment, and immediately recalled clearly the sad expression on his little friend who hurriedly reported the information after the sword fight with Gintoki after being hit by him.

Are those words actually true?

He tried his best to take a deep breath to calm down the inexplicable anger, and eliminated all the factors that hindered his thinking.

If the facts were indeed as the man said, and it was just a scene directed and acted by himself to get close to him, then the self who had been guilty for a long time because he couldn't say "thank you" was like a living joke.

Trying my best to recall the scene of that day...the cramped alleys, the dirt road with potholes, and the distorted and proud faces of the teenagers.

I thought it would be impossible to be kind no matter what——no.Rather than saying "impossible", when he heard that due to his own reasons, the village school would be inspected, he was stimulated by the sudden anger and clenched his fists tightly.

He is not afraid.

But the opponent has a large number of people and comes prepared, so he will be beaten up at least.

The ruthless awareness of fighting for life has just been completed, and the next second, the dregs who had been screaming and laughing around him fled away, with an all-too-understood panic on their faces.

I was stunned for a moment.

What followed immediately was a sense of relief and a sense of dazed ease.

[Have you been rescued? 】

At the end of the alley, a child with black hair and black eyes was holding the dilapidated wooden knife of the dojo, and another one stuck in his waist, looking at him silently.

"Fear?"

"If they were really afraid of me, they wouldn't have bothered you so many times in the past."

——He is quite sure that these are not lies either.

If two truths contradict each other, which one is better to believe?Almost pleading, he looked at Yu Gongcui on the stone steps, who looked like he had nothing to do with him, and his tone of voice had become quite stern and weak.

"What's going on, can't you tell me yourself?"

When Takasugi finished eating oranges during the battle between heaven and man, Amamiya Tsui stood up from the steps, yawned and stretched.

"It's just like what you saw. As for the reason for doing this, you won't believe it if I tell you the hated one?"

Facing Takasugi who was eager to deny, he raised his index finger and gestured for silence.

"I have never lied to you, but your impression of 'Amiya Cui' is always changing. Make flawed inferences from one-sided scenes, and once you insist on something, you will firmly believe that it is true. You are too deep in your own world."

"If I want to give a convincing testimony, I only need a few words, but does this kind of thing make sense? You trust your own judgment so much, why don't you think about it?"

There was no fun in the dusty abandoned shrine, the night was cold, Amamiya Sui didn't stay any longer, and left with Sakata Gintoki who had finished watching the talk.

When passing by Shinsuke Takasugi with clenched fists and an uncertain expression, he stopped without warning, moved forward slightly, and spoke with a very slight breath like a gnat.

"Do you still remember that before I came to the village school, you punched me?" He vainly nodded his nose, "It's right here."

In fact, Takasugi-san, who has almost completely forgotten about it: "...Remember, remember?"

"Just remember."

Yu Gongcui patted the shoulder of the young boy with a dazed face meaningfully, his eyes were slightly bent, and he smiled happily, "Don't you want to know the reason why I did this? It's actually very simple."

Looking at the other party's eyes widened due to curiosity, he whispered more and more lightly with a slight smile, like an innocent child who is really ignorant of the world.

"——I just thought it would be very interesting to bully you."