Tennis Shinsengumi's Blood Dance Sakura

"Tezuka...it's great to be able to come to the beach." Atobe stretched his limbs facing the rough sea. Recently, he has been busy with government affairs and rarely went out.Mountains of documents are piled up in sight, waiting to be processed, and people can become restless.Breathing the slightly salty air, the vast expanse of smoke and waves expands the vision, extending to the sky, and the heart becomes as open as the sea.

"Atobe, I asked you out this time because I actually have something to discuss with you." Tezuka said truthfully.

"Well, what's the matter? If it's official business, I don't need to talk about it now, ha ha!" Atobe laughed, "Now I only hope to go out to sea with you in a speedboat, bumping in the waves, roaring in the sea wind!" The Ministry also specially prepared a small boat, which was tied to the rock and rose and fell with the waves.

"Atobe..." Tezuka swallowed the words again, seeing Atobe's high interest, Tezuka couldn't bear to pour cold water on him.The two jumped into the boat.Atobe untied the cable, turned back and smiled, "Tezuka, just sit on the boat and enjoy the scenery, let me take you to ride the wind and waves!"

The most primitive scull boat, carrying two people, braves the waves on the sea.Leaving the beach, the field of vision is wider and the view is boundless.It doesn't matter whether the times created them or they created the times. The important thing is that they will use their lives to write a strong stroke in history.The afternoon sun fell through the clouds, sparkling on the sea, and a few seagulls skimmed across the water, flying freely in the sky.

"Tezuka, since Yoshiki Tokugawa became the general, the shogunate has hired French instructors to train a new type of army. It is estimated that the shogunate army will have a new look in the next battle." Tezuka didn't want to mention official business, but Atobe himself But he brought it up first, and then apologized, but a smile spread across his face.Atobe, who came out of the defeat in the last war, is full of hope and pride in his tone. No matter how corrupt and backward the shogunate is, he is tirelessly doing his best to save it. This is what makes Atobe admirable place. "The combat effectiveness of the navy will also double. We have already started to purchase new warships from foreign countries. And there are people who have returned from overseas to serve as naval commanders. They will definitely not lose to Yukimura and the others."

"Well, however, Atobe, if you were asked to choose between the future of the shogunate and the future of the nation, what would you choose? Tezuka knows it's a bit tricky to ask, but isn't it too cruel to directly ask Atobe to return up?

"Choice?" Atobe turned his head, stunned for a moment, his face could not hide his surprise, and then said seriously, "Is it necessary to choose? The future of the shogunate is the same as the future of the nation, Tezuka."

"The trace department..."

"What? Tezuka, have you changed your mind now?" Atobe smiled sadly, "Do you think the future of the nation will be born in the hands of Yukimura?"

"I didn't mean that, this is an opportunity..." Before Tezuka finished speaking, he heard a horn sound from the sea, Atobe turned his head, and saw a small boat speeding towards this side from the end of his vision. There were only two people on the boat, one was driving the boat, while the other stood nimbly on the bow, ignoring the waves.The person at the bow blew the horn again, as if to say hello to this side.Atobe looked at Tezuka in surprise, but didn't find any surprised look on Tezuka's face. He thought, could it be that Tezuka arranged it?

The boat rushed over, and when it passed by, it dexterously turned around and merged with Atobe's boat.The faces of the people on the boat seemed to be familiar, but Atobe couldn't remember it for a while, and looked at Tezuka suspiciously.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Atobe? Today is such a good time to swim in the sea?" The person standing at the bow teased, speaking with an accent of Okinawan dialect.

"It's you?" Atobe remembered when he heard the accents of the two people. The people on board turned out to be the group of radical exiles from Higa.Since he and Tezuka let them out after the assassination of the general, they disappeared without a trace. "Why do you want to assassinate me again?" Atobe sneered.

"Assassination or something has nothing to do with us." Said Kai Yujiro at the bow of the ship, "I came here today at the request of someone."

Atobe looked back at Tezuka suspiciously again. "Have Yukimura and the others arrived?" Tezuka asked.

"Baishi invited him personally." Ping Guchang, who was driving the boat, replied.

Tezuka nodded, then turned around and said, "Atobe, I want to take you to meet some people today."

Seeing that Tezuka didn't explain, Atobe didn't ask anymore, and followed their boat.But secretly surprised in his heart, Tezuka actually kept in touch with people in Higa without telling himself, and the people he was going to meet today turned out to be Yukimura and the others. Is it necessary to hide it from him?

The boat sailed lightly through the wind and waves, and soon saw a large merchant ship parked on the sea, gradually approaching, Atobe saw clearly the words "Sea Aid Team" written on the flag hanging on the bow and fluttering in the wind. large characters.The captain of the sea aid team is called Sakamoto Ryoma, who is a very active businessman on the political stage recently. It was under his help that Changzhou was able to reach an alliance with Satsuma, which was also the key to the failure of the Zhenglong War.Atobe looked at Tezuka suspiciously again, Tezuka smiled and said, "I also heard about them from Gan there recently! I didn't expect the Haiyuan team to be someone we know."

"Hikachu?" Atobe asked in surprise.This is really unimaginable, and the soldiers waited for three days with admiration. A few years ago, they were down-and-out warriors who were imprisoned. They did not expect that a few years later, they would have established a famous sea aid team.

"Correct." Kai Yujiro snapped his fingers and blew the horn again.Someone on the merchant ship also waved in this direction.

Tezuka briefly introduced their exciting and sad adventures.After they came out of the prison, they began to wander around, impoverished and desperate. They could only look at the ocean and sigh, but the boat they were on sank in a storm.After experiencing a series of ups and downs, fate began to turn around, and good luck finally favored them.Washed up on the beach, they found a stranded ship with a large amount of gold coins remaining in the wreckage.From the captain's diary, they learned that it was originally a Dutch ship carrying gold coins to Japan for business, but they did not expect to encounter wind and waves and hit the rocks and died.They then used the money to buy state-of-the-art ships from foreigners and started a business of smuggling guns.

(This paragraph draws on the lines of "British Court Ball")

Atobe is dubious, such a story is like a legend in a novel.

"But it's all because the minister changed his name!" Kai Yujiro couldn't hide his excitement.

"name?"

"Yes, the name Ryoma has a halo effect. No matter what kind of difficulties you encounter, you can always turn bad luck into good luck."

"Cut! It's pure nonsense." Atobe said very disdainfully.

The boat gradually approached the merchant ship, grabbed the merchant ship and lowered the rope ladder, and Tezuka took the lead and jumped up.Kite Eishiro, who is now called Sakamoto Ryoma, has already greeted him at the bow.

"Atobe, long time no see." A very oppressive voice sounded from above his head, Atobe raised his head, looked at Sanada's tall figure, and snorted coldly, feeling uncomfortable being looked down upon, "Sanada, the last time I Oshima, Hiyoshi and Yueren have been taken care of."

The first official meeting since time travel was full of gunpowder.After going through so many things, it is difficult for each other to achieve the hostility or admiration that is simply expressed when playing tennis!There are so many intricate stories in every look.

Jumping onto the bow from Sanada's side, Tezuka stretched out his hand to pull Atobe, "Atobe, this is the first gathering since we crossed, you, and Yukimura, the two people who hold the future of Japan, I think you should sit Come down and talk about the future trend of Japan!" Tezuka said earnestly, "I think it will be our common dream to find peaceful means to solve the current problems."

"Hmph, is that so?" Atobe sneered, noncommittal, that guy Yukimura has done so many things, is it possible to stop here?

Yukimura Yun smiled lightly, melting all the gunpowder smoke into his gentle eyes, "Atobe, please give me more advice today!"

"Don't dare." Atobe responded coldly, but looking at Yukimura, Atobe felt an inexplicable sense of unease.His body seemed to have become light and light, as if he might fly away at any time, and the smile on his face also gave people an unreal feeling.Atobe himself couldn't explain it clearly, but there was a feeling that Yukimura no longer belonged to the world, and his whole body exuded an aura of otherworldly fireworks.Looking at Tezuka, the other party seemed to have the same feeling.

The meeting took place in the cabin. Atobe, Tezuka, Shiraishi, Kite, Yukimura, and Sanada, the five tennis club ministers and deputy ministers finally sat together for the first time since time travel to discuss the future of the nation.But the talks did not go in the direction Tezuka expected.

Atobe couldn't help but sneer at the new government program in front of him. All the programs were just strategies against the shogunate, and the so-called discussion was just a polite way of putting pressure on himself.Returning the great government is actually synonymous with surrendering without a fight.This is unacceptable to him.

"I won't accept it, Tezuka." Atobe threw the paper in his hand on the ground, and all he cared about was Tezuka.

"Atobe, this is our only chance to resolve the current predicament peacefully, you think again." Tezuka persuaded.

"No need, Tezuka, no matter how long I think about it, I will not change my attitude." Atobe said firmly, leaving no room for it.

"Then, don't blame me for being rude!" Shiraishi suddenly had a gun in his hand, and pointed the black muzzle at the back of Atobe's head.

"Shiraishi, what are you doing?" Tezuka asked anxiously.Such an accident was unexpected by Tezuka, and he also did not believe Shiraishi was such an impulsive person.

"Needless to say, we've dealt with him." Shiraishi said calmly, his eyes were peaceful, and he couldn't see any murderous intent, but Tezuka felt an open-minded aura that seemed to see through everything.He carefully observed the development of the situation, because his invitation put Atobe in danger, which he could not forgive himself.

"Great, this is what you call the road to peace, right?" Atobe sarcastically smiled at Tezuka by the way.Tezuka, you are so naive!Everyone's so-called peace is just an excuse to let the situation develop in its own powerful direction.

"For the sake of real peace, I don't mind being a despicable executioner." Baishi said indifferently, he had already made all the resolutions.He doesn't pay attention to the evaluation of the world at all. If the goal of peace can be achieved by sacrificing one or two people, he doesn't mind his hands being stained with blood.

"Whatever you want!" Atobe sneered, closing his eyes, he had no doubt that Shiraishi would click the trigger.It is indeed not worth dying here, but it is impossible for him to compromise.He hates this kind of person who does despicable and shameless things, but still labels himself a hero in his heart.

"Okay, I will grant your courage!" Baishi smiled slightly, and slowly pulled the trigger with his slender fingers.

"Don't!" Tezuka yelled, grabbed Shiraishi's hesitation and rushed forward, pulled Atobe from under the muzzle of the gun into his arms, and blocked the muzzle with his body.The gunshot sounded at that moment, scaring away the waterfowl perched on the water.

"Tezuka!" Atobe yelled, turned around and hugged Tezuka, "How are you?"

"It's okay..." Tezuka looked back at Shiraishi in surprise as he turned the pistol with his fingers, and then put it in his arms.His eyes revealed a complex melancholy.

"You bastard, are you kidding me?" Atobe was furious when he realized that the shot had been shot towards the sky just now.

"Ah, Baishi, you're so bad, you're playing a prank!" Xiao Jin jumped out from nowhere and shouted loudly.

"No, I really wanted to shoot just now. Atobe's death is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the shogunate." Shiraishi sighed slightly, "But I changed my mind just now."

"Oh? Shiraishi, you are too fickle."

"I didn't expect that I would also become sentimental, but after seeing a good scene, the trip was worthwhile."

"What play? What play?" Xiao Jin was still asking.

"Emotional drama, there is love in the world, I always think it is very beautiful!" Putting away his gentle eyes, Shiraishi picked up the political platform that Atobu had just thrown away from the ground, and put it in his arms, "Xiao Jin, let's go, there is still a good show Waiting for us."

"What? What?" Xiao Jin clapped his hands and jumped around beside Bai Shi.

"Shiraishi, what are you going to do?" Atobe read from his expression an incredible feeling of determination, a sense of detachment that puts life aside.

"Hehe, if I put this piece of paper in front of Tokugawa Yoshiki and point a gun at his head, I don't know how he will react." Shiraishi smiled gently.

"I really want to see it!" Xiao Jin clapped his hands and applauded.

"Let's go! Anyway, even if Atobu agrees, there is no real meaning. It's just that there is one less stumbling block. If the general agrees, it will be really useful!" Shiraishi waved his hand chicly, and jumped lightly from the deck , fell into the small boat floating in the sea, and Xiao Jin followed closely behind.The boat quickly disappeared into the sea shrouded in the setting sun.

In the early summer, the cool wind blows from the sea, and a few white clouds floating in the blue sky are also dyed red by the setting sun. The setting sun is like blood, which reminds people of those bloody dusks they have experienced.

On the return boat, Atobe and Tezuka were unusually silent.In this historical stage of changing times, they each chose different paths and fought for the future of the nation, but they can no longer see clearly what is right and wrong, and they can only let the future judge.But in any case, they will be worthy of their lives, because everyone is fighting with their lives.

"Atobe, you don't think about it anymore?" Tezuka asked. He didn't expect it to go smoothly, but Atobe's firm opposition was unexpected.

"Tezuka, if Shiraishi can successfully persuade the general, I won't do anything." Atobe said sadly, this was his last concession.

"Hey?"

"However, objection is still my position, Tezuka."

"Why are you so determined?"

"Tezuka, things won't develop in the direction you expect." After being immersed in the political circle for several years, Atobe has already experienced the darkness of politics.He is very clear about how the pure and innocent political ideals will encounter setbacks in the dark struggle of interests.Once the great government is returned, the shogunate will automatically give up power, and they can only be slaughtered.All the privileges promised before, without the protection of military power, will all become empty talk.The Aizu Domain and the Shinsengumi have always been the people most hated by the Changzhou faction, and they might become victims of the shogunate's compromise.These have to be considered.The so-called political bureau composed of people from various vassals will also be divided according to military capabilities. It is estimated that only powerful vassals like Changzhou and Satsuma can truly influence the overall situation. True democracy will not appear.

"Atobe, if you really have something to do in the future, I will stand by your side." Tezuka seemed to understand Atobe's heartfelt voice, he had considered everything, but this was the only chance, although There are various disadvantages, but it is necessary to try it. This is the best and fastest way to enrich the country and strengthen the army, which saves unnecessary bloodshed and sacrifices, and can save countless lives.The new government may have to go through a lot of adjustments, but if everyone moves towards the same goal and seeks common ground while reserving differences, everything is possible!

Leave everything to God!

☆, the choice of the future