Tennis Shinsengumi's Blood Dance Sakura

Atobe raised his head from the thick history book, blew out the candlelight on the desk, and the twilight of dawn had shone into the room through the window paper.Another sleepless night.Opening the window, the fresh air rushed in, and he stretched his body.Recently, I have made an appointment with Tezuka to practice sword every night. No matter how busy or tired he is, that time is what he cherishes most.Only two people get along, two people confront each other, he wants to gradually become stronger in that person's eyes.He longed to be corrected by that person, to be praised by that person, to be what he was expected to be, even though he rarely spoke.But last night he didn't show up, maybe he was delayed by something, maybe he would come back later, it was with this expectation that he didn't close his eyes all night.

"Tezuka..." He called that person's name to himself, a little warm and a little sad.His confrontation with that man started from the moment he was in junior high school, and he has always been regarded as an opponent that he must defeat no matter what, but that time, he used a long plate to drag down Tezuka, who had an arm injury, and won the The long-lost victory, but I can't be happy about it.I am getting more and more confused deep in my heart, why am I so disappointed when I succeed?Is it because the goal you have been chasing has finally been left behind by you and you have lost motivation?Or was it a little mean to win that way?No, neither.A different kind of emotion raised his head deep in his heart. What he wanted most all the time was not victory, but the gaze of that man. He thought that as long as he became stronger than him, he would be able to get his favor. , but he ruined his left hand because of it...

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Atobe looked back from the past, and saw the person he had been waiting for appearing at the door, thinking it was an illusion, he rubbed his eyes, feeling extremely excited, Tezuka, you still care about me, right? , no matter how late it is, I will definitely come...

"What is this?" Before he could speak, Tezuka threw a letter in front of Atobe, with unprecedented anger in his tone!

Atobe frowned and picked up the letter from the ground, only Tezuka could make him bend over.He took it out and saw that it turned out to be a secret decree from Matsudaira Rongbao, ordering Serizawa duck to use Bianruoshui to establish a Raksha team for the shogunate.He laughed, "You don't think I wrote this, do you?"

"Of course not. But dare you say you didn't know about it?"

When Atobe saw that Tezuka came to Xingshi to inquire about such a letter that had nothing to do with him, he felt very unhappy, and said coldly, "So what if I know? I don't care about such trivial matters at all, so what ?”

Tezuka suddenly took a step forward and grabbed his collar, and said sharply, "Small matter? Do you know that what you thought was a small matter almost killed Bu Er?"

Atobe was taken aback. He had indeed seen this letter when he was sorting out the old documents of Matsudaira Yohoho, and he was going to tell Tezuka, but he took care of everything and forgot about it afterwards. "Buer?" Hearing this name, I suddenly felt sour in my heart. This man has only one person in his eyes, and every time he sees Buer, his eyes are always tender. "What's the matter?"

"He's unconscious now. And the dry arm is gone, you know? There's no way to get it back. If you'd have told me about it sooner, this wouldn't have happened!"

Atobe sneered and said, "Really? Then what are you going to do now? Do you want me to pay for their lives?" Just because of a little negligence of his own, he got such an attitude from Tezuka, which was too much for him. It's not fair anymore!

Tezuka sighed, and let go of the hand that was holding his collar. He shouldn't blame Atobe so much. He clearly felt that the person who should be blamed was himself. It was his negligence that caused such a thing to happen. He had long ago It can be seen that Serizawa Duck is not a kind person, but he failed to raise his vigilance! "Sorry, Atobe! I'm in a bad mood!"

Atobe sighed, and at that moment he suddenly felt relieved, this person was willing to lose his temper to himself and reveal his true feelings, but he felt very happy.He said softly, "Forget it, Tezuka. I am also responsible for this matter." He poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.

"Thank you!" Tezuka calmed down for a while, and then told Atobe everything that happened that night.

"It turns out that there is such a thing. When I first saw the words "change like water", I didn't pay attention to it at all. I thought it was some kind of stimulant to stimulate people's potential at best, just like athletes can eat it. Play at a better level." Atobe pondered for a moment, then said, "If this is the case, then another matter cannot be taken lightly!"

"Oh?"

Atobe walked to the bookshelf, rummaged for a while, took a notebook and went to the chair beside Tezuka and sat down, "It's about the legend of ghosts." Atobe flipped through the notebook and said, "I thought that It’s just a legend, but if Changruoshui is true, then the ghosts must be real.” He remembered what Nioh Masaharu said that day, “Mere human beings want to compete with the ghosts!” It seems that not only the ghosts are real existence, and Nio's current body is likely to be the ghost clan.

"Ghost tribe?"

"Well. According to Matsudaira Rongbao's memorandum, there is an isolated village not far from Edo, where there lives a clan called ghosts. It is said that ghosts have magical powers beyond ordinary people, and amazing But because of intermarriage with humans for generations, there are fewer and fewer people with pure ghost blood. They have two swords that have been passed down from generation to generation. As long as the two swords are combined, they can produce amazing power and cause changes in nature. The Great Kanto Earthquake a few years ago was caused by the combination of two swords.”

"What?" Tezuka's face changed slightly. The Great Kanto Earthquake a few years ago dealt a fatal blow to the crumbling shogunate building. Many victims were displaced and the economy was severely damaged. All of these aggravated social instability.People who lost their loved ones blamed the shogunate for the source of their pain, and more people took up arms and joined the ranks against the shogunate.Although the riots were severely suppressed again and again, the people complained, and the century-old building of the shogunate became even more decayed!

"Then this time travel..."

"Well, I think so too." Atobe continued flipping through his notes and said, "This crossing is probably also the result of the combination of two swords."

"Then if you find those two swords, you can time travel back!" A flame of hope ignited in Tezuka's heart. This was the first time he knew the clues about time travel after coming here.

Atobe shook his head, "It is recorded here that the holy swords of the ghost clan have souls, and only their masters can open them. Even if we find those two swords, those two people, whose bodies have lost their souls, will not be able to open the holy swords again." .”

"Do you already know who those two people are?"

"Tezuka, you should have guessed it too, right?"

Tezuka raised his head and looked at Atobe, he had obviously guessed that such a peerless face was not the beauty of ordinary people at all.

Atobe nodded, "I guess it's him too."

"What about the other one?"

"The other is the captain of the Raiders, Shinsaku Takasugi." Atobe said.Although they haven't seen that person yet, they have already guessed whose soul passed through Takasugi Shinsaku's body, the son of God, Yukimura Seiichi!

"Well, the story is not over yet!" Atobe continued, "Many years ago, Shinsaku Takasugi left the ghost village and studied in the private school of the thinker Yoshida Shoin in Changzhou. Later, he used the private school of Yoshida Shoin as his base to start Prepare a plan against the shogunate. A few years ago, Matsudaira Rongbao secretly met a person with pure ghost blood. That person told Matsudaira Rongbao about the Great Kanto Earthquake and the secrets of the ghost clan. He also said that Katsura Kogoro and others around Shinsaku Takasugi are descendants of ghosts and humans, and possess extraordinary abilities. If they fight against the shogunate, it will be very detrimental to the shogunate. Matsudaira kept that person for the shogunate. It is said that his ability alone cannot compete with Takasugi, and he will use Bian Ruoshui to build an immortal army for the shogunate."

"Bian Ruoshui is a ghost?" Tezuka asked in surprise.

"Bian Ruo Shui is brewed from the fruit of the ghost tree's sacred tree, the snow cherry tree. The army is planning, but the shogunate is even more afraid of the power of the two swords. No matter what, they must get another sword. After the address of the ghost village, Matsudaira Rongbao sent an army of 3000 people to blood-wash the village where the ghost clan lived for generations, and the ghost clan disappeared from then on.”

"Where's the other sword?"

"It just says whereabouts are unknown. Well, have you seen Souji's sword?"

The sword in Bu's second hand usually doesn't look strange at all, there are faint patterns on the sword body, but they have been worn away by the years.At this time, he couldn't help but think of the time last night when Bu Er, who had become like water and his soul came out of his body, was holding the virtual sword, the sword body was glowing with a faint blue light, and the sword body was faintly decorated with cherry blossom petals.An ordinary sword instantly turned into a horrifying sword of death. Is it because it has been stained with the blood of countless souls? Furious, chilling?

"Where is the person who betrayed the ghost clan in the story?"

"There is no record." Atobe said, "But if the sword is in the hands of Okita Souji, that person must not be him, otherwise, the shogunate would not use such a person to snatch the holy sword."

"En." Tezuka nodded, and came to the window, watching a red sun rising, a new day began, but the shogunate was dark, and the future was a dark night without light.The shogunate has fallen to the point of using such inhumane methods to maintain its rule. What else can people expect?He recognizes Atobe's ability and appreciates his ambition, but the shogunate itself is like a big tree that has decayed from the foundation, can it be revived with a few fresh branches and leaves?

Atobe looked down at the notepad in his hand, there was a secret about the pure-blooded ghosts on it, "The real ghosts all have a fatal flaw, God gave them beauty and mana, but deprived them of Life, every real ghost will die at the best moment in life, just like cherry blossoms, which are gorgeous and fleeting, so they have a name - Hakuouki." Atobe looked at Tezuka bathed in the morning sun Looking at the back in the middle, he hesitated again and again, but finally failed to tell the matter.Since fate cannot be changed, what's the use of telling him?It just adds to the troubles!

"Atobe, I want to tell you something." Tezuka turned around, looked at him, and said very solemnly.

"Huh?" Seeing Tezuka so serious, Atobe couldn't help but get nervous.

"About the Shinsengumi," Tezuka said.

"Oh," Atobe breathed a sigh of relief, "Since Serizawa duck is dead, it's not good for you to be the chief. Ah, it's better for Oishi to be the chief. After all, he is the owner of the test guard now. It’s only natural to be the director. I’ll let you be the deputy director, right?” In this way, you can have more time to practice swords with me, right?He didn't say that.

"That's not what I want to talk about." Tezuka said very seriously, "Atobe, I don't want the Shinsengumi to be the executioner of the shogunate and a weapon for the shogunate to deal with the barbarians. So I want to disband the Shinsengumi."

"What did you say?" Atobe couldn't accept such a fact for a while.

"The barbarians, even if their way of doing things is wrong, their starting point is still good, and they want to benefit the country. I don't want our knives to be stained with their blood, because that is our dream!"

Atobe became anxious, "Tezuka, you want to reject me because of that letter, right? That's not what I meant at all, and I won't allow that kind of thing to happen!"

"No, Atobe, I know that's not what you meant, but that's what the shogunate meant, right?"

"So what? I'll change that!"

Can you really control the situation?Looking at Atobe's eyes full of determination, Tezuka couldn't bear to ask this sentence after all. At this moment, what he should do is to encourage him, not to pour cold water on him, right?He can clearly see how hard Atobe has been working so hard, and his identity prevents him from staying out of things like himself.Tezuka hesitated and asked repeatedly, "What are your plans?"

Director Aji let out a sigh of relief, just now he thought Tezuka was going to "abandon" him like this? "What does Tezuka mean? I want to hear what you mean first."

Tezuka glanced at him, surprised that Atobe, who has always been independent, would ask for other people's opinions. "I hope that the shogunate can let go of the grievances with the anti-barbarian faction and join hands with the powerful vassals to stabilize the domestic situation first, and then learn advanced technology from Western powers to develop the domestic economy and improve military capabilities. This will avoid civil wars and achieve The purpose of making the country rich and the people strong."

"Heroes see the same thing!" Atobe couldn't hide his excitement, "This is exactly what I thought, Tezuka, the combination of public and martial arts-the combination of the imperial court and the shogunate, the powerful and the vassal, jointly create a country with political and economic prosperity, and then put the The great powers drove out in one fell swoop! You see, we have the same ideas, you don’t have to rush to talk about disbanding the Shinsengumi, wouldn’t it be better for us to join hands to create the future of the country!”

Disbandment was just a bad strategy he made to protect Qingxue's team members. Even in this turbulent era, protecting oneself is not the life he wants, but he is still eager to use the sword in his hand to do what he can for the country and the people Things that make your life worthwhile.But seeing Qian's injuries, he hesitated, should he bring a group of people who did not belong to this era into blood and killing?Seeing Bu Er's pale face, he regretted it. He even hoped to put aside all worldly dreams and find a quiet corner to spend the rest of his life with those important people in his life.

Atobe is still eloquently talking about his ambitions, beautiful dreams, and grand plans. He is still the king of the Ice Empire who is full of fighting spirit and unyielding to reality!He won't do what he wants except to win!Tezuka was moved by such enthusiasm.

"Tezuka, how are you? Do you want to disband the Shinsengumi?"

Tezuka shook his head lightly, "But, Atobe, I hope you can give Shinsengumi a little freedom."

"Oh? Tezuka, although in terms of the system, you all want to listen to me, but I never thought of controlling your will. The Shinsengumi is the embodiment of your will, leading your team members to do what you want Bar!"

Tezuka nodded gratefully.

"However, I believe that the combination of public and military forces will definitely be opposed by the barbarian faction. I don't want the capital to become a battlefield. No matter whose blood it is, I don't think that's what you and I want to see. So the task of maintaining law and order in the capital falls It’s up to you and the meeting group.”

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