[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

The sound of footsteps seemed unusually abrupt amidst the rustling leaves.

The man didn't deliberately slow down his footsteps, but just avoided the eyes and ears of everyone, and stepped into the Shinsengumi's compound in the dead of night, his footsteps were as familiar as his own backyard, without any hesitation.

Rounding the corner, the injured team members from the battle at Ikeda House were all arranged here for unified care and treatment. Four dim lights were lit in the corner of the room, and Inoue led the uninjured members of his own team to take care of them here.

Seeing this, Nue Ye retreated to the shadows first, then looked around, tiptoed lightly, stepped on the tree without any effort, and stared through the window from a high place.

Tonight's Shinsengumi did not have extra spare power to patrol the camp, which gave the spies a lot of convenience.

Nueno left a final glance as if confirming, then turned and left.

Okita... Is he terminally ill...?

Only those who are determined to die will be willing to accept fate.

After the Battle of Ikedaya, the Shinsengumi became more usable in the eyes of the shogunate as a combat force——Looking at the official document handed over, the campaign against the Changzhou Domain a month later, the Shinsengumi three words on black paper It is displayed in white on the top.

This large-scale battle at the end of the Edo period, known as the "Change of the Forbidden Gate" in later generations, is also known as the "Change of the Royal Hammer Gate". The key to the growth and decline of the strength between the vassals. After the incident, General Tokugawa even carried out a large-scale sweep to conquer Changzhou.

But in the eyes of the Shinsengumi who have just experienced the Ikeda House Incident, this is not only a good opportunity, but also a cruel reality that must abandon the elite who were seriously injured in the Ikeda House Incident. The first to bear the brunt are the two captains Characters──Okita Souji and Todo Heisuke,

Even though the two expressed their understanding after hearing the instructions, they couldn't hide any regrets about their own inadequacies.

In contrast, Keisuke Shannan, who was still unable to play due to his poor recovery, was wearing the same smile as before, seemingly without any depression.

This behavior of course attracted the attention of the earthwork, but in the later discussion, such confusion was refuted by Kondo, and the earth was convenient to hold back for the time being, and concentrate on discussing the next step of the deployment of troops.

On the other side, Nueno looked at Hirasuke, who hadn't come in the past few days, and could tell from the other party's wound dressing and expression that the other party was not resting peacefully. He sighed inwardly, and began to add soothing to the usually light breakfast. As well as herbal medicine to replenish physical strength, even though the Edo people were not used to western vanilla seasoning, he still forced Ryunosuke and Heisuke to eat it obediently.

During a short break, Nueno waved at Hirasuke, carefully asked about the condition of the other person's body, changed the bandage and wound medicine again, and then slowly hugged the person in his arms so as not to press on the wound.

Even though he knew that the other party was fine, but he endured the feeling of not going to see him, but he was really anxious in his heart until Hirasuke showed up.

"Ah." With a soft call, Hirasuke blushed slightly, and nudged Nueno with his palm, "Ryunosuke will be back later."

"It's okay." Nueno replied softly, "Just be safe."

"..." Lowering his eyes, Hirasuke put his hand on Nueno's shoulder, then slowly closed his arms and hugged him back.

──I really want to leave you here like this.

Nueno didn't say such words, and couldn't say them.He can only hope for every short moment of being together, even if it is so insignificant compared to the years he has passed, but at this moment, he can still only grasp such duckweed.

"Rest well, protect yourself well..." Nue Ye raised his head, groped for the position, and stuck it to the soft tenderness.

Ryunosuke stood aside, and the two walked for a while together and sent Hirasuke off.

On the way back, Ryunosuke held Nueno's hand, which surprised him a bit.

However, Nue Ye didn't say anything, he tightened his hands, and looked into the distance, watching the clouds in the sky roll and stretch.

A lot of things to say are still stuck deep in his throat, which is why Nue is always passive.

He who has too many secrets will be unable to move because of his apologies to others.

Chikage Kazama went to the Shinsengumi village to make a big fuss, and Nueno only found out after the fact.

However, he has long known that the nobles of the ghost clan in the West are very impatient, and they always want to find out as soon as possible about doubts. Since he began to suspect Yukimura Chizuru, then he and the Shinsengumi will definitely be involved in the future.Coupled with his arrogance and arrogance, there is absolutely no good for the two parties to get together.

Nue Ye didn't want to go in and dip into this muddy water again.

He wrote a letter, specifically asking the ghost princess not to disclose her information to others, and then continued to live his usual ordinary life.

At most, during the Forbidden Gate Change, the invading Changzhou deserters were dealt with neatly and thrown away where no one would find them.

After living a peaceful life for a while, I heard a lot of fragmentary information about the Shinsengumi situation from Hirasuke. Since the change of the Forbidden Gate, the Shinsengumi was once again promoted by the Kyoto Guardian. The scope of patrols has expanded a lot. In response to manpower needs, A lot of new members were recruited, among which Kokotaro Ito, who was introduced by Hirasuke, was the most valued.

Kondo was very optimistic about this eloquent and insightful man, and raised his position to the position of a staff officer at once. Such a move certainly aroused a lot of speculation, but after a long time, most people were in Ito's office. The performance eased down, and only a few members of the veteran team were still secretly on guard, among them Toshizo Hijikata was the most.

Under such an impact, Shannan's situation can only be said to be deteriorating. Whenever Nue visits secretly, seeing the madness in the eyes of the other party accumulate and gradually become cloudy, he can't help but look away a little.

One day, Nue Ye took Shannan's recent research report, took out Qingji's latest research and development results from his pocket, and put it in front of Shannan.

"This is..." Keisuke Shannan raised his eyes and asked as his face froze with a smile on his face.

"You know what I'm going to say, this latest experimental drug." Staring at Keisuke Yamanan, Nueno's steady voice conveyed, "If you continue to increase the formula, you will have an accident."

"In front of Chizuru Yukimura, you lost control once, right?"

"……how do you know?"

"Aura, intelligence, whatever you want." Nueno pushed the potion forward again, "If you continue to experiment like this again and again, it will not get better."

"I have no way out."

For the first time, Keisuke Yamanan made his intentions clear.

"...survival is the most important thing."

This is what Nueno has always wanted to tell him.

It's just that these guys couldn't make such a choice at all.

After stepping out of the village, he put the note on the coffee table in Chizuru's room, and Nue Ye left as quietly as when he came.

What was written on it was the news of Tsunami Yukimura──incomplete.

"Yukimura Tsunamichi is currently employed by Satsuma, well. ── Nueno."

The calm on the surface gradually disintegrated amidst the sound of gunfire.

The author has something to say:

Next, I will update this article to the end.

Sorry to keep everyone waiting. (bow)

Dongyang is only left with the completed part of the episode, and the next one... can't be called a stable update, but it can also be regarded as a main update.

Thanks to everyone who reminded me during this period, and then think about what benefits I can give you. (laugh)