Tennis Shinsengumi's Blood Dance Sakura

Chapter 38 The Crimson Snowy Night

Two days later, on that gloomy afternoon, Tezuka and the Shinsengumi boarded Takehiro Natsumoto's ship and left the ancient city of Osaka.A few days later, the bloodless Kaesong of Osaka.At the same time, the emperor issued a formal order to crusade against the shogunate.

When Tezuka and the others arrived in Edo, it was dusk, and the entire ancient city was shrouded in twilight, giving it a very unreal feeling.Thinking about traveling through Tokyo, where the National Tennis Tournament was held before, they couldn’t imagine that Edo was its predecessor. The wooden shops and houses lined up on both sides of the road disappeared without a trace in the next 200 years, and they were towering into the sky. Replaced by high-rise buildings, those drinking and singing, those lights and streamers, are they all just fleeting and fleeting?The shogunate will perish one day, that is the ending they knew before, but they can no longer predict whether the result of their time travel is to rewrite history or restore history.It's just that they are here at this moment, and the mission they are carrying makes them unable to put down the sword in their hands.Even if the shogunate was rotten, so was the new government established with British support.The new government, which was in a financial crisis, was unable to fulfill the tax reduction and exemption policies promised in order to win the hearts of the people, and finally became a blank check.In terms of attitudes towards foreigners, there is no essential difference between the new government and the shogunate, and the degree of obedience is more than that.Perhaps, as Atobe said, this war has nothing to do with justice, but a struggle for power.Lofty ideals are just a high-sounding argument for a power struggle.

After resting in Edo for a month, the divisional struggle within the shogunate intensified.The shogunate split into two major forces, the submissive faction and the main combat faction, but Tokugawa Yoshiki remained the same and insisted on surrendering. He appointed the submissive faction Katsu Kaishu as the president of the army to handle the affairs of the shogunate with full power.Edo seems to have become a replica of Osaka, and their retreat has become meaningless.But the main combat faction has its own backbone and dignity. Even if Tokugawa Yoshiki surrenders, they intend to fight to the end.

Atobe suddenly visited this morning, and had a small gathering with the Shinsengumi for a while, talking about the situation, Atobe asked, "What are your plans?"

"That's still a question, there's no reason to back down at this time." Taocheng expressed his attitude full of fighting spirit, as long as there is a one in ten thousand chance, they will not give up. This is what they have learned on the court, no doubt More suitable for the battlefield. "In the name of respecting the king and fighting barbarians, but using British guns to baptize the land of Japan, how can such a new government make people submit? Is it Echizen?"

Echizen nodded.Everyone has no objection.Atobe then said, "If we don't want to sit still, we still have a lot of things we can do. After the rest, I want to send you as the Koshu township team to stop the attack of the new government army."

The new government forces that have been asking the Tokugawa family to return the territory are now attacking the city and occupying the territory. Atobe intends to send two township teams from Koshu and Shinshu to prevent them from advancing eastward.

"Okay, let's have a big fight!" Taocheng said, "We are not weak enough to be slaughtered, and we are getting tired of staying here these days."

Everyone also ignited their fighting spirit again and set off in full gear.However, things did not go as smoothly as they had imagined. Although they received military expenses from the shogunate due to a shortage of troops, they had to recruit their own team members, which delayed some time. When they arrived at the village near Koshu, it was already dusk , But unfortunately they got the news that the new government army had occupied Koshu City one day in advance.

Everyone in the Shinsengumi was very surprised. Defending the city and attacking the city are completely different things. They have limited troops, and they can barely handle the defense. If they attack the city, it is absolutely impossible not to have more troops than the opponent!

"The army that entered Jiazhou is a bit strange." The villager said, "Just after they arrived last night, a strange death happened in our village!"

"Strange death?" Dashi looked at the crowd, and everyone thought of the terrifying team, the Rakshasa team.

"Yes, it is said to be a death incident, but it is not. A person encountered a vampire-like monster wearing a new government military uniform at night. He thought he would die and was frightened into a faint, but when he woke up, he found that there was blood all around him, but I left two tooth marks on my neck, and nothing else happened. And many such large bloodstains were found around the village, but there were no casualties, which sounds very strange."

Dashi had already guessed the general course of the matter. The wandering Rakshasa night chose someone to devour, but was cleared up in time and took away the body.Gan promised to destroy the Rakshasa team, but why did those people appear here again?If they are allowed to continue wandering, the whole village may become their food, and Koshu cannot escape such a fate.Tezuka ordered to set up camp in the village and wait for the change.

Snowflakes came with the night, one after another, and covered the small village in the mountains with silver clothes.The village was only two miles away from the Koshu Basin at the foot of the mountain. Tezuka arranged for a sentry to patrol around, and he walked out of the residence after dinner.The snow has stopped, and the cold brilliance of the bright moon is reflected by the white snow, diluting the heavy night, even without a torch, it can be seen clearly.Tezuka walked forward along a line of patrolling footprints on the snow, and walked out of the village surrounded by small forests. Tezuka suddenly smelled a delicate fragrance, like the elegant fragrance of cherry blossoms, which was faint but could not be diffused.It felt so familiar, it was the unique scent of blood, he had smelled it before.If it is here, then the person who cleared the Rakshasa who attacked the villagers last night is also the same!Could it be that he was attacked by Rakshasa?There are not many human beings who can hurt Budu in this world!After distinguishing the direction of the fragrance, Tezuka was about to rush over there, but Tezuka suddenly noticed inexplicable changes in his body, a hot feeling spread in his body, and the long suppressed desire for blood woke up at this moment.

Why?It's obviously just a scent, not the smell of blood, and I haven't exhausted my skills before, so I don't need blood to replenish it at all!But the body's desire for blood is like a burning flame, which cannot be quenched.Could it be that the blood of the ghost race itself has a strong attraction to Luo Sha?

"Tezuka? Are you okay?" Yuta, who was following up, saw Tezuka's strange behavior and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"I'm fine." Tezuka said with difficulty, "It's your brother, go and save him, the direction of the scent."

"Oh!" Yuta agreed in amazement. It was a matter of brother's life and death. She rushed forward without time to ask, but just after running for a while, a few blurred figures appeared in her vision. His mouth was covered.After being horrified, he turned his head and saw that it was Echizen, and there were Taocheng, Hecun and others behind Echizen.Echizen pulled him to crouch in a ditch, and pointed to the front.There are more and more figures in the field of vision, as if driven by something to go in the same direction, too focused but forget everything around.

Yutai gasped, those figures with white hair and red eyes, wearing the military uniform of the new government army, turned out to be Rakshasa! "My brother is dangerous."

Echizen motioned him to keep his voice low, and then pointed to the direction of the Rakshasas. Under a big tree farther away, a slender figure stood tall and graceful, with long hair and clothes fluttering in the wind, and a long sword shining like moonlight. Insert it not far from your feet.The snowflakes on the top of the head are fluttering in the wind, like cherry blossoms flying in the sky.No, those are not snowflakes, but cherry blossoms!The cherry blossoms full of trees bloomed in the snow!Yuta stared at everything in front of him dumbfounded, lost all language!

"Let's wait and see the show," Taocheng whispered in his ear, "Your brother is attracting Rakshasa, his blood dripped on the cherry tree, and it actually made it bloom in winter, it is even more miraculous than the snow in June! "

Yuta nodded numbly, although he had heard about all kinds of abnormalities of his brother, except for that time against Sanada, he had never seen him before!I saw that the attracted Rakshasa gathered more and more, and there seemed to be an invisible barrier in front of Fuer, which made them stay a few meters away and hesitate to move forward, but they were about to move.After a few minutes of stalemate like this, finally a few Rakshasa crossed the barrier invisible to the naked eye and walked towards Buer. The sword light rose and fell, and in the blink of an eye, those Rakshasa had been torn in half, and the blood was on the It spread on the snow, but aroused more desires, and the entire Rakshasa group became restless.

"No, they might attack in groups!" Kawamura said worriedly.

At this moment, there were a few terrified cries, breaking Ye's tranquility!

"Some villagers saw it!" Echizen had already found the direction behind Fuji, and several villagers appeared, perhaps attracted by the strange fragrance. When they came out to check, they saw such a horrifying scene, and immediately collapsed on the ground , at a loss.

"Looks like it's time for us to make our debut!" Taocheng said, beckoning the team members to jump out of the ditch and run towards the villagers.The team members brought today are veteran players who have been through battles for a long time, but facing so many Rakshasa at the same time is still unavoidable.

"Senior Fuji, it seems that there is no way for you to show off by yourself today!" Echizen and Yuta drew their swords and outflanked the Rakshamen from behind.

"The streamer of the Moon Waterfall can be saved tonight!"

"It's a pity for the moonlight tonight!" Dashi and Kikumaru jumped out from another direction. They knew that although the moon waterfall streamlight was convenient, it was a trick that consumed a lot of internal energy. They didn't want to add new burdens to Fuji's body, so everyone They all want to do their best.

"It's a rare event!" Qian and Lian Er were the ones who arrived late.

"Senior, is this your so-called promise?" Echizen said a little displeased, letting Fuji attract Rakshasa and then annihilating him is not a good plan, and it's still near the village. One mistake, I don't know how many people will fall into their plate.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but Echizen is still as sharp!" Gan stepped forward and pulled Echizen's scarf kindly.

"Tch, senior is still unreliable!" Echizen replied coldly.

"I'm sorry, something happened, the Rakshasa lost control, and in the end they had no choice but to make a move!" Lian Er explained, "Otherwise, it would not be Fuji's turn to make a move."

"Why should we clean up the mess of the ghost soldiers?"

"The ghost soldier team has another team of Rakshasa to deal with."

"In Koshu City? The doctor really has a good plan!" Echizen sneered.Let the Rakshasa team enter Koshu first, and then let the Ghost Soldier team capture Koshu in the name of cleaning up the Rakshasa team, and let the Rakshasa outside the city consume the combat power of the Shinsengumi by the way, killing two birds with one stone!

Lian Er snorted coldly and said nothing more.Gan hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said, "Echizen, now is not the time to argue." He knew that this was not a planned strategy, but the progress of things led to such a result, maybe this is God's will.The Rakshasa, who had sensed their fate a few days ago, escaped the control and marched towards Koshu, while the Ghost Squad was chasing after them.The Rakshasa team has become a stain on the rule of the new government. At this critical moment of winning the hearts of the people, letting this kind of thing flow into the people will undoubtedly have a serious impact on their reputation. Even if they have a strong fighting force, they will have to clean it up .However, the Rakshasa team entered Koshu first, and the ghost army could only capture the city overnight. After suffering heavy losses, they were unable to take care of the remaining soldiers scattered around the city, so this task fell to the Xinsengumi. body!

Seeing Taocheng and Hecun protect the villagers and leave the scene, a killing begins!The barrier opened by Fuji hindered the transmission of the sound, isolating the last roar of all life in this small space.They once sold their souls for their ideals and became the executioners of the Ghost Squad, opening the way to the future for them, but now they are betrayed by the Ghost Squad because of political influence. Their lives are a kind of sorrow!

"The new era they expected is already in front of them, and their death can be regarded as seeking benevolence!" Lian Er said.

"Your so-called benevolence and righteousness really don't dare to learn!" Buer sneered.

"We don't need to engage in unnecessary verbal disputes, let history judge everything!"

"Then I really look forward to seeing today's scene in the history you wrote!"

The splashed blood melted the white snowflakes under the feet, dyed the frozen ground red, and the falling flowers like snow gradually turned red. When all the Rakshasa fell, the crimson cherry blossoms above the head were in full swing, like a raging fire. It's a common occurrence in dreams.His eyes swept over everyone in Qingxue, but only the person who led the chief executive home in his dream was missing.

"Where's Tezuka?" Fuji asked.

"It was still there just now." Yuta said.

Fuji nodded, he could think of how his blood would affect Tezuka, adding to his needless pain, he could only say sorry.

☆、Detached feelings

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