[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

Walking in the slightly cluttered alleyway, Nue Ye opened the curtain of a bookstore, picked up a book of folklore and flipped through it, thinking about the scene he just saw in his heart.

Yukimura Tsunamichi and the ghosts walking together──There is nothing unusual about this picture itself. There are not only two ghosts left in this world, Yukimura Tsunamichi and himself. The western ghost clan also has its own inheritance, so ghosts and ghosts stand Together, as far as normal circumstances are concerned, there is nothing strange about it.

But after what Xuecun is doing now, Nueno has reason to doubt them.

Whether Tsunamichi Yukimura's experiment of creating water-changing water came from his own intention, or from the instruction of the entire ghost clan, there was a little confusion in Nue Ye's mind.

If Xuecun has maintained a solitary state as before, Nuye can be sure that Xuecun wants to create a Rakshasa by himself, and wants to unilaterally cooperate with the shogunate to obtain higher power or benefits; The other ghosts joined the line because the two have the same interests, or did they come to stop it?Nueno was not sure.

Nueno was very sure that after he found out that Yukimura had come to Kyoto to work for the shogunate, no one from the Oni clan would come to report this to him.

Do you feel that no one above you is in charge, so you start to promote racial supremacy?Nueno sneered.

Taking out the book and several other books in his hand, Nueno threw down the change and gave Saito a slightly embarrassed look. "Thank you for waiting for me."

Saito didn't say anything, just carried the things in his hands and followed Nueno's footsteps.

All in all, there is no doubt that Xuecun and the Western Ghost Clan are connected online again.

After buying the last item, Nue Ye took the opportunity to ask the fish vendor at the side for some unwanted internal organs, and prepared to feed the kittens hiding under the house.

Quietly watching Nueno chatting with the peddler without any barriers, Saito's indigo eyes revealed a gentle light.

Following Nue Ye, there is always a vague feeling of being taken care of by others, which is very comfortable and reassuring.

Although Nueno doesn't look as strong as Shinpachi or Harada, but a spontaneous openness is one of the few people in the Shinsengumi except Kondo who has it.

It's just... "Neuno, why are you so indifferent to Shinkami's death?"

Looking at the satisfied young man next to him, Saito couldn't help asking.

Unlike other people who have already understood their personality, Nueno's thoughts have always been difficult for him to grasp.

Even though they noticed that Kondo and the others were purging the Serizawa faction, they didn't panic at all, and they still helped the Shinsengumi with simple daily chores without any grievances.

Nueno glanced at him with some surprise: "Ah, I would like to ask, seeing me as an 'outsider' still wandering in the group, don't you think I'm an eyesore?"

Smiling, Nueno continued: "I just established a relationship with Sir Serizawa unilaterally. Aren't you all present that day?"

"But if Serizawa asks you to turn against us, you won't refuse?" Looking at the young man in front of him, Saito asked sharply.

"He won't do that." Surprisingly, Nueno said with certainty. "Compared to you up-and-coming fledglings, what he's doing is very annoying, but very effective, don't you think?"

"what do you mean……"

"I can only say that as long as Master Serizawa wants me to leave, I will go back to the dojo." Thinking of this, Nueno felt a little lonely, "I'm sorry for leaving the dojo to Furukawa for so long."

"Then why did you want to be Serizawa-sama's diner in the first place?" Saito finally asked the long-buried doubt, and Saito had a strange idea from the bottom of his heart.

"Because...he's very interesting!" The same answer appeared again, and Nueno answered lightly. "It's like you don't usually talk much, but you are always responsible for the external speech of the Shinsengumi. I am very yearning for such a contradiction."

"And from my point of view," Nueno said in a deep voice, interrupting Saito's original intention to continue the investigation: "As long as the day of wearing a sword is not over, I will not be afraid of death. Is self-awareness necessary for a samurai? It’s really stupid to do something that people can catch yourself, isn’t it?”

And Serizawa actually did it so boldly, perhaps because this kind of behavior was so in line with his own temperament that no one noticed this abrupt point.

In other words, even with suspicion, it is time to eradicate the cancer.

"Saito, why did you pick up the knife?" Narrowing his eyes, Nueno's backlit face seemed to be sprinkled with gold powder, full of a tolerant smile. "If you are determined, please ignore other people's words and move straight forward."

Stretching out his hand, as if a very patient elder was enlightening the younger generation, Nueno brushed Saito's hair behind his ears, looked straight into the other's very beautiful eyes, "Even if you cut at your beloved, you shouldn't There is too much hesitation, because this is your decision, isn't it?"

Nue Ye didn't want to cause those children to deviate because of his appearance.Even if I know that this world is not the world without a trace of fantasy in my memory, I still hold such a faint hope.

──Live this life well.

Just like what his master said in his heart before he died, Nue Ye knew that it was all for their own good.

Even though the ghost with the beautiful white hair fluttering only exists in the thin memory, Nueno has never forgotten the tenderness of the two hands holding hands in the 300 years after his death.

The steam was puffing upwards, Saito looked at the radish on the cutting board in front of him, and slowed down the smooth movements in his hands, and then, his eyes uncontrollably looked at another figure who was busy beside him.

What form will love start with?

It is the moment when the other party has entered the bottom of my heart, no matter whether you find it or not.

It's not that he didn't notice some of Hirasuke's recent small actions, as well as Ryunosuke's strange gaze at Nueno.

The knife in his hand moved again, but more slowly and cautiously than before.

How this world will go is beyond expectations. The deputy chief's plan is there, and he will take advantage of Serizawa's defenselessness to deal with the other party at any time, but the existence of Nueno has become the most difficult to make a decision.

Although he didn't say it clearly, those who have tested him know that his attitude towards Serizawa is not very loyal, and the way the two get along is more like planning and consulting than the host and diners .

There is no attitude of revenge for Serizawa, and no sign of letting go, more like...waiting for something.

From the fact that he rejected Hijikata's invitation at the beginning, but turned to Serizawa's sect in the end, it can be known that what he wanted was not the Shinsengumi, but something that only Serizawa could give him. It just said: "He thinks Serizawa is very interesting", and did not explain it in detail.

He was originally a person who was kept in secret. After getting along for so long, the deputy chief and the supervisor still couldn't find out the slightest bit of his origin, which was very suspicious.The paradox is that everyone unknowingly succumbed to his attitude and acquiesced to the fact that he joined the Shinsengumi to live.

Put the sliced ​​radishes into the stew pot, add soy sauce, other seasonings, and vegetables, cover the pot, turn the fire on and let it turn down slightly, Saito walked over to accompany Nueno to pack the food boxes, and took out the pickles , the two helped each other with a tacit understanding, silently, but revealing small coordination.

The entire kitchen space is filled with the sound of nature with its own tone.There is no redundant human voice, but it seems so warm and beautiful in this chaotic generation.

At such a moment when no one notices, Nueno has become the daily life of the Shinsengumi. Even if a piece of the puzzle is missing, it becomes incomplete.

The author has something to say:

I forgot to ask in the last chapter, everyone should be able to guess who that ghost is, right?

In other words, a certain line is about to start~~

But Nue Ye doesn't know him now, and he doesn't know Nue Ye, so... it won't be so fast! ☆(be beaten)

Yijunhui is the one who silently sees everything. (laugh)

Hijikata and Yamazaki...you two...orz while others are slowly progressing

Forget it, let's continue to live here.