[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

Putting the dry food into the car, Nueno nodded to Kiyosuke and Xiaoshan who came to see him off, gave Ryunosuke a hug, and set off to leave.

Yamazaki still stayed in the carriage, and the two of them drove overnight again, heading in the direction of Ueno.

Before arriving at Kuanyong Temple, the faint smell of gunpowder smoke from the battlefield was mixed with the smell of Rakshasa's blood, which was too numerous to ignore.

As he got closer to the destination, Nueno's brows became tighter and tighter, as if he couldn't bear such a scene.

"What's the matter?" Yamazaki opened the curtain of the car and leaned forward to ask.

Nueno frowned tightly, and said, "Yukimura Tsunamichi does not know how to create so many rakshasa... This is equivalent to the number of a company. From this point of view, the villages along the way must have been poisoned, Because they have absolutely no way to suppress their appetite. They will definitely attack humans.”

"What!?" Yamazaki looked at Nueno in shock, "That is to say, did the new government army really send Rakshasa to the front without considering the consequences?"

"That seems to be the case." Nueno rubbed his forehead, and Rigi told him about the recent movements of the ghosts in the capital, "The ghosts that originally cooperated with the new government army seem to be showing signs of leaving recently. I think it may be because of the tendency It is a good thing that Rakshasa’s faction is squeezed out, but in contrast, the number of Rakshasa will inevitably increase greatly to meet the needs of war.”

"Now, there is no last room for maneuver."

"You mean...to kill all Rakshasa parts?" Yamazaki asked.

"Not only." Nueno raised his horsewhip again, speeding up, "Yukimura Tsunichi must be punished as he should."

As soon as he arrived at Kan'ei Temple, Nue Ye took a look at the military deployment around him. He let the two armies fight during the day, and at dusk, he took Yamazaki to the entrance of the village and looked towards the direction where the Rakshasa breath was strongest.

"Ah? Why are you here?" A familiar voice sounded from behind, Nue and Ye turned their heads, and saw the scene of Shiranui approaching with a musket on his shoulder.

"Shiranui." He said hello, and Nueno said, "Harada told me that there will be a Rakshasa army here, so I asked him to take Chizuru to take refuge first, and I will come first."

"Really──" curled his lips, Shiranui glanced at Yamazaki next to him, "That guy won't get in the way?"

"He is not expected to go to the front line. When the army comes, he will retreat to cover." Nue Ye shook his head, "Do you have enough ammunition?"

Shiranui shook the bullet magazine hanging beside him, and said triumphantly, "Do you think this is enough?"

"It's a bit dangerous." Nueno said mercilessly, "It's best to prepare a short knife, just in case."

"Hmph!" Shaking his head and ignoring Nueno's words, Shiranui walked to the front, pulled out the other musket with the other hand, and raised it forward, "Things that tarnish the pride of the ghost clan are absolutely not allowed!"

Nueno glanced at him, feeling helpless.Because to him, the pride of the ghost clan is actually a very fragile thing, but the current ghost clan is holding on tightly and refuses to let go.

This kind of pride is vulnerable to the crisis of genocide.

Hasn't it happened once before?

It was also because of Chang Ruo Shui... that I survived that crisis...

But Shiranui didn't know his identity, so Nueno didn't think too much about it, just pulled out the knife, let Yamazaki retreat to the tree behind, and waited for the beast to come under the night.

Swing, swing, swing again.

The movements of the hands have become standard, the arc of the knees increases and decreases with the steps from time to time, and the dodging movements also become quite thrilling with the passage of time. The blade hits.

Nueno dodged skillfully. Because he used a melee weapon, he was surrounded by rakshasas that rushed in like a tide shortly after the start of the battle. Shiranui looked at the gap and fired bullets at the rakshasas. As time passed, more and more Rakshasa attacked him, and the battle gradually turned into close combat. The only cover left was Yamazaki.

Facing the intensive attack of forty or so Rakshasa, the three of them had no terrain advantage, and faced with greedy opponents who were as relentless as a pack of wolves, they could only grit their teeth and hold on.

Nueno clenched his hands tightly on the knife in his hand, glanced at Shiranui quickly, and counted the number of Rakshasa in his mind.

Tsunamichi Yukimura was watching, he knew it.

He could probably guess what that man was planning.

But this is definitely not the reason for his fear.

Trying his best to avoid all attacks that might cause wounds, Nue Ye lowered his eyes and flashed a stabbing knife towards him again, lowered his body, aimed at the gap that was exposed for a moment, and broke through the encirclement of Raksha with his toes. After holding his breath for a short time, , he took a breath of scorching air.

Now is not the time to be brave.

Using his toes again, he sprinted towards Raksha who was about to run towards the city, and cut off the opponent's head neatly from behind. Nueno stopped and regained his posture.

They can't be allowed to threaten Ah Tuo either.

The skin touching the handle of the knife began to emit bursts of white smoke, and the dark eyes in Nue Ye's eyes flashed red, and then the brilliance became more and more intense, and finally covered the calm color, revealing the ferocious pupils.

Opening his sharp teeth, Nue Ye shouted at Shiranui: "Stay back! Shiranui!"

"What are you talking about──!!" Shiranui replied irritably, the end of his eyes accidentally glanced at the change of Nueno, and the whole person couldn't help being stunned, and was almost cut in the arm by Rakshasa, after recovering and holding the knife, The corners of his mouth raised angrily: "Damn it! So that's how it is!!"

So, without stopping, he leaped back vigorously, retreated behind Nue Ye, and at the same time quickly changed the magazine.

There was a gap, and there was nothing to worry about in front of him. Nue Ye's right hand holding the knife quickly swept from left to right, and the knife light with icy air flew out with the movement, heading towards The remaining Rakshasa went straight away.

The air dropped several degrees in an instant, and at the same time, Luo Sha, who had come into contact with the knife light, also broke into two pieces at that moment, and the immobile piece of meat fell from midair and hit the ground with a clatter.

"You bastard──!! You still hide this hand!" Seeing this scene, Shiranui laughed happily, and the triggers of both hands did not hesitate, and then shot at those Rakshasa who had escaped unharmed. "Die to me!! Monster──!!"

Yamazaki saw this scene from the front sight, pursed his lips, and turned the gun head at the same time, looking at the sneaky figure who had been lurking in the bushes.

Tsunami Yukimura's eyes were also shining red. When he saw this scene, he looked a little panicked and unwilling, and then quickly disappeared into the depths of the woods.

After Nueno and Shiranui finished solving the remaining Rakshasa, and after confirming that nothing was missed, Yamazaki jumped down from the tree and said to Nueno, "Yukimura Tsunamichi is gone."

"Ah." Nueno responded, but frowned while staring at the knife in front of his eyes, and looked up carefully.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Yamazaki asked curiously.

"It's about to break." Nueno sighed, put the knife back into its sheath, "A normal knife can only be lasted twice, and it will break soon, so I don't like to use the ability of ghosts."

"Ah? Why?" After Shiranui put away the gun, he crossed his arms and asked, "It's so strong, why don't you use the knives of the ghost clan?"

Nue Ye glanced at the other party, "Generally, the knives of the ghost clan are things that represent status. It is impossible to find a sword without an owner so easily. And even if it is a sword of the ghost clan, it is only about four times. It’s also broken.”

"...!" Shiranui opened his mouth wide in surprise, "No way..."

"Anyway, Shiranui, don't tell what you saw here today." Nueno didn't explain much, stared at him directly and warned: "For the sake of saving your life, forget about these things."

Shiranui was stunned for a moment, then said, "Okay..."

Nueno said again: "Since the matter is settled, you should go back quickly. Don't think that I didn't notice that you have not recovered from your previous injuries and you came here again! I don't care if you and Kaoru Nagumo want to run around, but Don't run to the battlefield to join in the fun!"

"Why did you connect me with that guy! I don't know where that guy went!" Upon hearing that, Shiranui immediately retorted angrily: "The one who really ran away without seeing anyone is him! What are you talking about! Got it!"

"However, I have something to confirm with you." At this point, Shiranui straightened his expression, "Is your last name 'Neye'?"

Nueno raised his eyebrows, "Of course."

"That's right... In my impression, the ghost clan doesn't seem to have this surname." Shiranui narrowed his eyes, "You are a ghost clan, right? And it's quite strong..."

"Ah." Nueno didn't say much, patted Yamazaki on the shoulder, and took the lead to leave.

"Hey──you didn't lie to me, did you?" Shiranui suddenly asked loudly from behind.

Seeing Nueno shaking his head helplessly, Yamazaki took him away without saying a word.

The remnants of the battlefield, including blood and flesh, were deserted one by one over time, and finally drifted into the night sky in the evening wind.

──Nothing.

This is the sorrow of Rakshasa itself.

The author has something to say:

It's fun to write battles.

I’m making up for it recently, the characters in the revolutionary machine Valvrave are too beautiful, so I can’t help but make up all kinds of brains... (Hide face)

I kind of want to write a story that subverts the plot w