[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

The sound of snowmelt is very small, but when you calm down, the sound of water droplets falling and snow blocks falling along gravity has been ringing outdoors, and the land and creatures that have passed through the winter will begin to slowly change under the sun and the sun. Restoring vitality under the moisture of moisture.

Nueno closed his eyes, quietly listening to the natural sounds outside, away from the noise of the military camp, the nature of Ezo is slowly waking up.

Because of the nature of his own power, such an environment is quite comfortable for Nueno. The energy flowing in the air will circulate with the power in his body, so the cold is not fatal to him.

In fact, if they had any brains, they would not have chosen to start the war at this time.

But Nue also knows that his existence is too mysterious for other ghosts, what's more, few people know that there is a "priest" in the ghosts.

This is the inevitable influence of the evolution of the times. Just like the "royal family" in the ghost clan in the past, but now it has been replaced by the "nobility". The leaders of the east and west have been given responsibility and status. actual leaders.

If it takes a little longer, maybe even the leaders of the east and west will be forgotten, and the ghost clan will completely become a legend, and even people who have the blood of the ghost clan will laugh at it.

Nueno has seen too many things like this.

While waiting for Hijikata, Nueno thought of many thoughts in the past, until the man next to him moved his body, he came back to his senses and asked softly, "Are you awake? Are you still tired?"

Hijikata blinked, straightened up, and waited until his consciousness was fully recovered before replying, "I've had a lot of rest."

"Really?" Nueno straightened his hair for him, "Then would you like to hear something from me?"

"What's the matter?" Hijikata moved his hand held by Nueno, but he didn't want to separate.

"Let the Rakshasa team go back." Nue Ye said quietly, "They won't live long. If they go back now, at least they can finish what they want to do."

Hijikata looked into Nueno's eyes, "How do you know?"

"Ghosts are very sensitive to the "anger" of human beings." Nueno said with a smile that he didn't know the truth. "The rest of their breath is getting weaker and weaker, of course I can feel it."

"what about me?

The earth party suppressed the urge to ask back immediately, and nodded, "I see, anyway, their military records are already on my side, and I can make them fake death by modifying them."

"Thank you. But there is one more thing." Nueno continued: "In the next battle, Shannan will replace you...You and Heisuke will follow me, join up with Azume and the others, and get the relief medicine brought by Ryunosuke .”

"After dealing with the matter of the ghost clan at the end, I will take you back to drink the antidote."

"No!" Hijikata said immediately, frowning, "I can't leave here!"

"You must come with me." Nueno strengthened his tone, "The blood I drank for you before has long since lost its effect, don't think I can't feel it! It's such an urgent situation, do you want to die? !"

"What about Shannan? Do you want to treat him as an abandoned child and let him go to die instead of me?!"

"His situation is complicated... Anyhow, I've already talked to him, and he's willing to do it." Nueno shook his head and said, "You can't wait any longer, you're only one step away from crossing the line, and you'll be fine by then." Even the antidote can’t save it.”

"I don't need an antidote!" Pulling Nueno's hand away abruptly, Hijikata stood up and shouted at Nueno. "Absconding is not what a samurai should do! I will never leave for this reason!"

"Then do you want to die?" Nueno asked.

"Of course I don't want to die! But if I had to choose, I would rather die on the battlefield with my soldiers!" Hijikata looked at the man in front of him and growled. "Even Mr. Kondo is gone... If I don't persevere, who else can persevere?!"

"If I run away, how can I face Mr. Kondo and the soldiers who are looking up to me?!"

Seeing Hijikata's angry look, Nueno didn't feel much surprise in his heart, he just stepped forward and hugged him when Hijikata couldn't suppress the Rakshasa impulse because of his emotional agitation.

"Look at you, you can't control it when you get a little excited... How much help do you want to help the Ezo Army with this body? You think I don't know your thoughts, I know it very well, but not only do I know it, but I also know it Knowing that if you don't survive to see the country you fought to change, all your efforts will be self-satisfying for you."

"Why do you always think about going forward and laying your life on the road for future generations, but you don't think about how to make the most of your life and let it exceed the influence it should have?"

"Why... you always use righteous words to beautify your dreams, but you never thought of convincing your family members to let them watch you go forward bravely for their happiness?"

Clinging tightly to the person in his arms, feeling his body getting thinner and thinner recently, Nueno said in a hoarse voice, "Could it be that I want you to survive, and you all reject me?"

After the words fell, Nueno didn't say anything more. After Hijikata calmed down, he let go of the person, opened the distance between the two, and looked at Hijikata's resolute purple eyes as usual.

"If you want, take Shannan with you. He won't go back...because he's the fastest one among you to break down." Nue Ye opened his eyes and whispered, "If you want me to fulfill you , why not fulfill him too.”

Suppressing the melancholy that kept popping up in his heart, Nueye turned and walked out of Hijikata's office, found Shannan, told him Hijikata's decision, and asked him to arrange other Rakshasa matters.

After Shannan understood, he lowered his head to record for a while, and then suddenly asked, "You seem a little dissatisfied?"

Nueno was stunned by this sudden question, "...probably."

"Did you quarrel with Hijikata?"

"Not really. It's just that the things you value are different." Nueno said helplessly, hooking the corners of his mouth. "Maybe it's because I've seen too many deaths, so I think the most important thing is to live... I won't give up until you are saved."

"But not everyone, right?"

"Um?"

"You don't want everyone to live, do you?"

"Basically yes, but the most important thing is to hope that the people around me can live...so that people all over the world can live? I'm not a god, of course I won't be overwhelmed...if it's the end of my life, I won't either Reluctantly, I just don't like seeing life cut off before it gets to the right end."

"Basically, having such thoughts is already beyond one's capabilities." Shannan bowed his head and snorted.

"Are you overthinking yourself... I will get the answer after I do it." Nueno chuckled. "At least, when Yukimura Tsunamichi took out the Raksha potion at the beginning, I really didn't think about making an antidote...not even a relieving medicine, but in fact, not only did I make it, but I also made it Let you live until now."

"Shannan, have you ever thought about the lifespan of a Rakshasa?"

"Five years?" Shannan seemed to be interested and raised his head to guess.

"If there is no success in "ghost transformation"—that is, turning into a real ghost, then the lifespan of a Rakshasa is at most two years. I have seen that the longest is three years, but you... As I said, there are at least five years left If you can live, you won’t lie.”

"So, do you dare to say that my efforts are useless?"

Leaving behind a meaningful smile, Nueno didn't stay long, went to the dormitory where the Rakshasa were resting alone, conveyed Hijikata and Shannan's decision to the others, and started arranging for several people to leave.

Although dealing with smuggling in wartime is more troublesome, after Nue Ye spent a lot of effort, he still let other people leave the barracks in different ways, temporarily arrange people to hide in the farmhouse, and let them go back after the war subsided. to Honshu.

In the end, Nueno told Hirasuke to let him decide.

"I know I can't influence your decision, just like I can't stop Shannan and Suisan." Standing in front of the man, he smiled calmly, as if he was saying something ordinary. "I'll stay there, wait until Ryunosuke and Ah Chuo come, and finish what I should do."

"If you want, you know where to find me."

The author has something to say:

I didn't update it on time during this period... I suddenly saw the collection... Uh, isn't it only 600+?

...Why did it increase..._(:3)∠)_

I hope there will be another chapter, I hope... (Can you turn off the sword man?)