[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

The next day, Nueno still didn't pay much attention to other people's situation, and concentrated on thinking about the things he should do after entering Sendai, and after breakfast, he took Chizuru and set off.

After Harada weakly waved Qianzuru farewell, he finally couldn't help but asked his companions with strange expressions: "What are you guys thinking?"

When Okita heard it, he immediately evoked a strange smile, "It has nothing to do with you."

"..." Harada, who was blocked by a sentence, could only helplessly scratch the ends of his hair, comforting himself in his heart. Since it has nothing to do with him, he shouldn't need to worry too much...

As soon as he entered the city, Nueno immediately slowed down, found a tea pavilion, and pulled Chizuru to rest inside.

He first ordered the simplest pastries and hot tea, and pushed them in front of Qianzuru, while he picked up another cup of hot tea and sipped slowly.

"Mr. Blade...thank you." Chizuru called out, smiling softly, holding hot tea in both hands to warm his palms.

"Is it tiring to follow my footsteps?" Nue Ye said, "Take a rest first. After I find a place to stay today, I will put down my things and come out to find someone."

Chizuru nodded obediently.

"Next, please ask Chizuru to help me find Hisuke and Hijikata. I have something else to deal with. Can you?"

"no problem."

"Then thank you in advance." Nueno blinked, "But Chizuru, don't forget to bring your sword. It is also very important to have a way to protect yourself in a critical moment."

"I see."

After listening to Nueno's orders, the two of them rested for a while before Nueno walked towards the shop Rigi had mentioned before. After communicating with the person in charge, the two were taken to the next residence.

After allocating the room, Nueno and Chizuru went out again and split into two groups. Chizuru went to the Shinsengumi's current station, and Nueno found a remote place after sensing the situation in Sendai. With one leap, he jumped onto the edge of the city and began to observe the configuration of the entire city.

Looking at the buildings and passage designs of the entire city, Nueno's calm state of mind began to become heavy.

He couldn't say why, but he always felt a vague sense of foreboding.

Of course, one of the reasons may also be that the bloody smell in Sendai City began to become stronger at some point.

After staying on the city wall for a while, Nue Ye jumped off the high place, touched the weapon in his arms, and narrowed his eyes.

"Just in case, is it better to prepare an extra knife?"

While Chizuru found Shinsengumi, Nueno also found Shannan who was staying in Sendai Castle.

After sneaking in without a sound, he deliberately made some noises to remind the other party.

"Who!?" Shannan immediately grabbed the knife and turned to ask.

"I, Nue Yeba." Nue Ye did not dodge at all, and let Shannan point the sword at him. "Can I let it go?"

"...Why are you here?" Shannan asked with a surprised look at first.

"I followed Tsunamichi here, and I happened to hear interesting rumors." Nueno told the information he had just heard from the shop indifferently, "People in Sendai City have been fluctuating recently... because of the case of killing people with a knife ?”

"...Probably, I can't go out during the day, so I don't know much." Shannan subtly said, "Then how did you find me? What's the matter?"

Of course, Nueno didn't let him transfer so easily, and continued: "I remember that for a while, there were often cases of knife trial murders in Kyoto, many of which were solved by the Shinsengumi..."

"Are you here to talk to me about killing someone with a knife today?" Shannan adjusted his glasses and asked with a half-smile.

"Almost. I think this is a good opening, isn't it?" Nueno hooked his lips, "Although you may not know it clearly, there are many lost things in corners that ordinary people can't detect..."

"Since you have something to do with me, why don't you just get right to the point?"

"Because I need to observe your attitude first." Nueno said sarcastically, "You probably have contact with Tsunamichi here, right? Can you tell me about your new discoveries?"

"Why should I tell you?" Shannan's tone suddenly became cold.

"No progress... right?" Nueno shrugged, took out a bottle of potion from his sleeve pocket, and threw it in front of Shannan, "Although this thing should be useless to you now, there is still a little more Consolation, now that Hijikata, Hirasuke, Soji, and Saito have all drank it, more than half of the Shinsengumi cadres have become Rakshasa, do you know that?"

"...No surprise." Shannan drank the potion and put the bottle aside, "Then what?"

"You probably want to find a breakthrough point from Tsunamichi himself, but judging from the situation of killing people with a sword, you probably haven't made much progress, right? Tsunamichi doesn't care about the lives of ordinary people at all, so he doesn't want to restrain Rakshasa Behavior, so...some things can only be done by yourself, right?"

"...I can't believe you've just stepped into Sendai Castle."

"Ah, I'm really being watched." Nueno said without any surprise, "If that's the case, can you let me stay here until Chizuru is captured?"

"No problem." Shannan put away the knife and even took out tea to entertain him. "However, Tsunamichi will probably choose to strike near dusk, and there is still a while."

"I see." Nueno smiled, "I just want to tell you one more thing. Although you look fine on the surface, your body probably won't last long... Are you still conducting experiments?"

"No more." Shannan denied, "Recently, he has gone in another direction... Nueno, do you think it is possible to establish an environment where Rakshasa and human beings live in peace...?"

"Do you think it is possible for ghosts and humans to live in peace?" Nueno raised an eyebrow and asked.

"...If it's Chizuru..."

"That child is an exception." Nueno interrupted, "You should refer to other ghosts."

"It seems impossible." Shannan said, frowning, "But if it's impossible, how can we survive after drinking water?"

Nue Ye took a sip of tea, and then said slowly, "The ghosts have survived until now, why can't you survive?"

"Isn't it the same? The ghost race doesn't have the flaws of Rakshasa...it really is an imitation, and it is destined to be inferior?" Shannan was asked by Nuye, and he laughed for a while.

"It still depends on you." Nueno said flatly, "It's the last step and you're still fighting for your ideals...Do you need me to be your backing? It's because you're a little frank today."

"Hehe, since Chizuru is here, Yukimura Tsunamichi and Hijikata should not be able to hold back anymore." Shannan said, "What kind of retreat are you going to give me?"

"Of course... to make your death less miserable."

When he said this, Nue drew his fingers on the rim of the cup, and his tone was so flat that Shannan couldn't help but feel as if he saw another person.

"Really." Shannan smiled, "You are the one who hides the deepest."

Nueno was noncommittal, "If the deepest hiding can solve the trouble, I would rather be isolated from the crowd like this."

"It seems that you also have new troubles."

"……I guess so."

The author has something to say:

Use the new year to cool off... Anyway, Hakuouki's plot is about to _climax, haha.

So at the last moment, Nue Ye ran to talk nonsense with Shannan, hehe.

happy mid-Autumn Festival!No meat to eat today~