[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

Qianzuru's tears, which had stopped for a while, flowed down again in strings.

"...Why...?" She said sobbingly, "Why, you deliberately said that...?"

"I know, you said, father, father...I also know, one day...but why, let me see? In front of me...I don't want to...Mr. Blade, I don't want to hate You..."

"Also, I don't want to understand what's going on with the Yukimura family now..."

Looking at the girl wiping her tears with both hands, Nueno softened her eyes, "It doesn't matter if you don't need to understand. The ghost race is a race that conforms to nature. Only by accepting and aware of your own mind can you not regret yourself. You just have to follow your own. Just go with your heart."

"Before that, worry and think as hard as you can."

Seeing that the conversation here came to an end, Nue Ye turned to look at Chikage Kazama, and gradually restrained his emotions.

"You've seen it all." Nueno said with certainty, "Now I just have to ask you one question, will you become the leader of the Western Ghost Clan?"

"What do you mean?" After this period of time, Chikage Kazama was able to restrain her fear well, and he responded with the same haughty attitude as before.

Nueno ignored it, and asked again: "Will you become the leader of the Western Ghost Clan?"

"Who else but me?" Kazama sneered, showing disdain for this question.

"Very good." Nueno nodded slightly, "Stay with me for the next two months, after I teach you everything you need to know, I will give you my token, and then the Suzuka clan will help You take that seat."

Chikage Kazama seemed to be taken aback by the development of the situation, and asked with an unhappy expression, "What do you mean?!"

"I mean, it is absolutely impossible for Yukimura Tsunamichi to do this alone, and his assistant is Michio Kazama." Nueno's words clearly dropped a bomb in everyone's hearts, "Knowing that I will attack Tsunamichi , They should be unable to hold back, and they will come to me soon.”

"Before they are all put to death, I must decide on the next successor, and then train well, sit in that position, and deal with follow-up issues."

"What are you talking about? Kill them all? Do you think it's such a simple thing?" Kazama said in disbelief, "You know that you will face the counterattack of your father, and you want to do it?"

"This is my responsibility." Nueno looked at him, "If I break the rules I set, I won't be able to convince others."

"This is the best way to protect the remaining ghosts."

"That's not it!!" Chikage Kazama rushed forward angrily, grabbing Nueno's skirt, "What do you know? What role are you? It's a matter of course! Didn't we almost get killed before!? Yukimura even On the brink of extinction!! What did you do again? Kill the ghosts? Yukimura Tsunamichi is right, you only exist to kill the ghosts! You will only point the blade at your own clansmen!!"

"...You want to listen to my explanation one by one?" Nueno raised his eyebrows.

"You still want to make excuses!" When Chikage Kazama heard this, her anger grew even higher, and she wished to punch the guy in front of her. Of course, he did so.

Seeing him swinging his fist towards him, Nue Ye's eyes froze, and after his short body dodged, he also punched back, hitting Chikage Kazama's abdomen vigorously.

Picking up the young master of the ghost clan who was knocked unconscious by his own punch, Nue Ye had no choice but to mutter in a low voice: "You did it first, I'm justified in self-defense."

Seeing that the usually invincible ghosts were solved so easily, the three members of the Shinsengumi could no longer be surprised for the second time. They should have been stuck in the embarrassment of not knowing how to speak, but luckily Nueno greeted them first.

"Long time no see. Although there may be many things I want to talk about, it's not a good environment for reminiscing about old times. Let's talk again in a few days. The army should stay here for a few more days." After a pause, General Nue Turning his gaze to Hirasuke, his eyes swept over the other person's body, and after confirming that he had not suffered any serious injuries, he calmed down, "I live in the house in the west city, Chizuru knows, otherwise it is okay to go to the foreign goods store over there. Ask about my location, three days later, I will be waiting for you.”

"Qianzuru will go back with you for the time being. Compared with staying with me, being with you should be more at ease."

"...Please go back and rest well."

Putting aside his words, Nueno nodded slightly, and left with Chikage Kazama on his shoulders, as if he didn't even hear Hirasuke's urgency.

Just like in the beginning.

After several ups and downs, Nueno quickly disappeared into the night sky. He didn't know that after he left, Hijikata Toshisan finally couldn't bear the intense pain in his head and passed out on the ground.

During his coma, he clearly felt something popping up, and then disappearing quickly, one after another, every time he wanted to see the thing that popped up, another force stopped him , to distract him, and then the picture disappears, never to be seen again.

The spirit was intertwined with tension and disappointment. Hijikata Toshisan was extremely exhausted, but he had to continue to bear the pain of memory emergence and rupture. He lay in bed moaning for a day, and finally he was able to stabilize with the help of medicine. to sleep.

The others didn't know the cause of the earth's nightmare, so they could only worry on the sidelines.

Even Chizuru, who finally came back, let go of her troubles and took care of Hijikata wholeheartedly.

Maybe... this is just an excuse to escape.

Back at the temporary residence, Nueno first placed Chikage Kazama on the tatami, and after lighting a candle, he could see the room clearly.

He took out the quilt, spread it out, put the person on it, covered the quilt, closed the door, and left Chikage Kazama in that room.

Chizuru's things can be sent to the Shinsengumi tomorrow, but as for myself... I should clean it up.

The stained blood seeped into the underwear, Nue Ye dragged his tired body, boiled hot water, and soaked his whole body in the moderate temperature water to relieve fatigue.

He picked up a white cloth and wiped his face, his freshly washed hair hung down and floated on the water, forming a sinuous arc.

The night outside the wooden window is twinkling with stars. Unlike a hundred years ago, the starlight has become increasingly dimmer.

Nueno knew that with the development of electricity, the night would become brighter and brighter, and finally, the light on the ground would cover the brilliance of the sky.

The era I am familiar with is approaching step by step. I thought it would take a long time, but I didn't expect that time is more cruel than imagined——passing by in an extremely fast way.

I... can't go back.

But there is no way to escape.

Today he unexpectedly recalled a lot of the past, piecemeal, although not all of them are good memories, but these are all proofs that he has lived through these times and cannot be escaped.

Even at the beginning... until now, there is a voice in my heart that cannot be ignored, calling for myself to seek relief and leave this shackle forever and ever.

Wringing out the water drops again, Nueno put the cloth strips on the edge of the barrel, stepped out of the tub, wiped off the moisture, put on underwear and warm clothes, and returned to the main house.

Undisturbed Kazama who was still asleep, Nue took out quilts and mats in the next room, did not spread them flat, but stacked them against the wall, covered with quilts to keep warm.

Even the habit of falling asleep in this way... I can't get rid of it.

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