[Comprehensive] Can I go to your house for an interview?

Liangzi said, "Miss Liangzi, what are you going to do? There are soldiers guarding the side door now, so you will be seen if you send it out."

"You don't need to worry about that." Hijikata Toshisan frowned slightly, "You go first."

"Sorry, Miss Nishijima, it seems that your interview can only end here." After the chief executive left, Toshizo Hijikata expressed his apology, "I'll find someone to send you back."

"No, no, it's me who should say I'm sorry, and I shouldn't disturb Mr. Hijikata's normal work and life." Ryoko, who was kneeling, leaned over to express her thanks, "Besides, I've got a very good interview. "

"It's fine if that's the case." Hijikata Toshizo still nodded in apology, "Obviously I promised Ms. Nishijima that I could accept the interview, but I stopped midway. I always feel sorry."

"It's all right, and Mr. Hijikata doesn't need to find someone to deliver it. I don't want you to be punished because of me." Liangzi stood up and said with a smile, "Don't look at me like this, I still have some kung fu on me, so I don't need to attract people." Carefully roll away from the fence without anyone noticing."

"Miss Nishijima, there is no need..."

Hijikata Suisan was taken aback for a moment, and quickly stopped Ryoko.

"No! I don't want to see Hijikata-san get cut into his stomach or receive some strange punishment," Ryoko still took the chief executive's words seriously, "I also hope to see Hijikata-san one day and continue to chat."

While saying these words, Ryoko had already climbed onto the wall.

"Okay, if there is such a day, let's continue the interview tonight."

Hijikata Toshisan didn't stop Ryoko, he just stood there and nodded slightly.

Ryoko, who had climbed down the wall of Nishi Honganji Temple, landed steadily, avoiding all the people with agile movements. Just as she was about to trot away, someone grabbed her wrist.

"..."

"I'll send you off for the master."

Just when Ryoko was about to turn around and stun the visitor, he heard a familiar voice, and immediately turned his worries into joy.

"Mr. Izumi Mori Kanesada! I thought you wouldn't come out!"

"It stands to reason that I shouldn't show up at random, but Miss is not afraid of me, and it's only natural when she sees me." Izumi Mori Kanesada smiled, "How, Miss, are you satisfied with my master?"

"Satisfied! This is the first time I have interviewed someone like Mr. Hijikata!" Ryoko's eyes sparkled, and she did not hide her joy.

Especially after the interview with Oni Wu Tsuji, after comparing the two of them, a high verdict was made immediately!

"That's good. I'm also very satisfied to become the master's sword." Izumi Mori Kanesada responded with a smile.

Issue 002: At Hanami Koji (End)

After Hijikata Toshisan opened the sliding door of the room, he didn't close it, but went to light the lamp on the table.

The fire illuminated the dark room, allowing Ryoko to see the path under her feet.

"Okay, Miss Nishijima, please come in—"

Hijikata Toshizo, who had been operating under Ryoko's nose, didn't hide anything, and returned to the door after the room was illuminated.It seemed that he was worried that the room was too dark and that Ryoko, who was not familiar with the layout of the room, would trip over it or something.

"Then...excuse me."

Ryoko nodded slightly, and walked into Hijikata Toshizo's room.

This is an ordinary Japanese-style room.

A knife rack was placed in a conspicuous place in the room. There was no knife on the knife rack, but it was wiped clean.

Not far from the knife rest is a table full of documents, and there are also a lot of papers full of words piled up beside the table.Although they were placed on the tatami mats, they were still neat and not scattered everywhere, presumably their owner was sorting them out.

While Ryoko was looking at the room, Hijikata Toshizo put the saber back on the knife holder, took off the bloody haori, put it aside, lit the bonfire in the middle of the room, boiled water, and put the The low table by the wall was moved to a place close to the campfire, invited Liangzi over, and made another cup of tea for Liangzi.

"Thank you Mr. Hijikata, there is no need to entertain me like this."

Hijikata Toshizan was a little flattered to entertain Ryoko. He entertained him in such a late winter night, which made Ryoko feel like he was a guest.

"I'm a vulgar person, I don't know how to be polite, please forgive me if I don't entertain well." Said Toshizo Hijikata, who was sitting opposite Ryoko.

"Already very thoughtful!" Ryoko quickly waved his hand, "Mr. Hijikata's behavior makes me feel embarrassed to come to the door empty-handed. Really, Mr. Hijikata doesn't need to be so polite."

"I rarely hear such words." Hijikata Toshizo said, "After the Shinsengumi came to Kyoto, most of the people living in Kyoto looked down on us, thinking that we were vulgar country people and lackeys of the shogunate."

"The Shinsengumi is an organization that protects Kyoto, right?" Ryoko recalled what Toshizo Hijikata told the soldiers to clean up the bodies when they left Hanami Koji, so as not to scare the early risers. "Even so, they will Is that what you say?"

"Not everyone is as fearless as Miss Nishijima," Toshizo Hijikata said bluntly, "Even in the daytime, most people will avoid us when they see us, and they will never come forward like Miss Nishijima. "

Does this mean she is shameless?

Seeing Hijikata Toshizo say such words with a handsome face, Ryoko, who has always been shameless, felt a little embarrassed.Her cheeks were slightly flushed.

"So, Miss Nishijima is not afraid of the Shinsengumi, and she is also a writer. I think you will be able to judge the Shinsengumi fairly without any personal color."

Hijikata Toshisan revealed the reason for agreeing to Ryoko's interview.

"It's absurd...Mr. Hijikata is absurd..." Ryoko, who was embarrassed at first, became a little flustered because of this sentence.

"Then, we're ready to begin—"

Hijikata Toshizo coughed lightly, took out the pen and paper from nowhere, spread the paper in front of Ryoko, handed the pen to Ryoko's hand, and finally brought out the polished ink.

"Mr. Hijikata...is this?" Ryoko, who was sitting upright while writing, looked at the ink cartridge pushed to her right hand, a little dazed.

"Didn't Ms. Nishijima say she wanted to interview me?" Hijikata Suisan sat upright, gesturing at the equipment on the table, and said with a serious expression, "I'm afraid I'll talk too much later, and you won't be able to remember it, so I help you prepare for it." Pen and paper so you can write it down.”

"Emmm——" Ryoko blinked at the thoughtful Hijikata Toshizo.

She looked at Izumi Mori Kanesada who had been put aside by Hijikata Toshizo, her twinkling eyes were full of distress signals.

"I'm used to... pens." Ryoko, who didn't get a response from Izumi Mori Kanesada, found an excuse for herself, "I'm not very good at writing with a brush."

"Pen?" Hijikata Susan had doubts in his eyes.

"It's similar to a dip pen. It's a pen used in Western writing. It needs to be grasped like this." Liangzi gestured with a brush.

"Sorry, there is no such pen in the village." Hijikata Toshisan nodded in understanding, then took the brush from Ryoko, and pulled the paper on the table towards him, "If that's the case, then by Let me ghostwrite and write down what I want to say."

"???"

Seeing that Hijikata began to write quickly without waiting for her to ask a question, Ryoko expressed doubts.

Let her as an interviewer record it, but what is Hijikata Toshizo's own record?

This is an interview, not for him to write an autobiography. Does this rigid warrior pay too much attention to the external situation?

"Mr. Hijikata! This is not such a program!" Sensing that the air was too quiet, Ryoko, who was worried about the silence in the live broadcast room, immediately snatched the paper on the table.

"Program? What program?" Hijikata Toshizo, holding a pen, didn't know what to do.

"That's right, I don't need to write down what Mr. Hijikata said verbatim," Ryoko slapped the paper on the tatami beside him, and said sternly, "It doesn't mean that I have interviewed just sitting and chatting! I As I said before, what I want to know is why Mr. Hijikata appears on the street late at night and does not go home, what is your home like, and what kind of stories are there in you. "

"Oh, that's it..."

Hijikata Toshisan was stunned for a long time before he responded.

that's it?

Seeing Hijikata Toishan's calm expression, Ryoko felt a little discouraged.

"It's not surprising for Shinsengumi to be on the streets of Kyoto anytime."

Just when Ryoko was thinking about how to pry Hijikata Toshisan's mouth open, he seemed to have a clue, and he answered before Ryoko asked, "Now we still have the responsibility to protect the safety of the people in Kyoto, so naturally we need to dispatch Soldiers on patrol."

"Such a patrol...does Mr. Hijikata also need to participate?"

"I will go when there is not enough manpower, but the Shinsengumi has recently recruited a lot of people, and I rarely go out to patrol. Today's situation is a bit special..."

"Is it because of the knife thief?" Ryoko looked at Toshizo Hijikata's saber.

"No," Hijikata Toshizo shook his head, "I went out tonight to attract the remnants of the Shinsengumi's hostile forces, because we assassinated their leader some time ago, if they knew that I was traveling alone, they would definitely not be able to bear it. As for the thief, he just happened to hit him."

"Are you using yourself as a bait?" Ryoko exclaimed, "Mr. Hijikata is really courageous. There are so many of them. If there is no time for support, you are likely to be injured, and maybe..."

"This kind of thing might have happened before, but it won't happen now. You have also seen that even if there is only one person, I can escape unscathed." Hijikata Toshisan shook his head with a smile, "I am much stronger now than before."

"But Hijikata-san isn't bald either... His hair quality is better than mine..."

Ryoko looked at Hijikata Suisan's black, thick and frizz-free long hair,