[Gintama] Immortal

Tianzheng six years (1578)

Danbo Country, Helu County.

The clouds were layered, and the sky was half cloudy and half clear.The sunlight moves with the sea of ​​clouds, and the falling beam is thin and long, as thin as a blade.

The smell of blood and soil wafted in the wind, the arrow feathers howled, the air was torn like cloth, and the galloping horse's hooves flattened the blades of grass, and leaped into the air with the wind.

The martial attendant on the horse turned around, pulled out his long knife, swiped it a few times, and split the cold and sharp rain of arrows.

Boom——The horse's hooves landed on the ground, the smooth muscles contracted and opened, and they stomped heavily on the ground again——

The warriors on horseback galloped across the fields of the battlefield, and they were about to sink into the hidden forest.

"Fire—!" "Don't let him escape—!"

The blunderbuss directly in front raised their barrels.

The martial attendant cut off the leather belt of the saddle with a single knife, and the center of gravity instantly tilted. Almost at the same time, the buckshot grazed the armor of the helmet, causing a dazzling spark.

With half of his body hanging on the horse's back, the valet bent down to fish it out, pulled out the spear stuck on the corpse, pulled it neatly, and threw the spear out.

The line of gunmen scattered, and the martial attendant lowered his body on his horseback, ready to break through, when the horse under him suddenly suffered from pain, let out a mournful cry, and fell down unexpectedly.

The huge force directly threw the man out of the saddle, "he" fell on the grass, the armor hit the raised stones heavily, and rolled several times in succession before barely stopping the momentum.

The sky and the earth turned upside down, and the martial attendant—Yae—raised her head, she tried hard to turn her stiff eyeballs, and looked at the shrouded figure in a daze.

The figure raised the sword in his hand high, and the hat was printed with the papaya pattern of the enemy army - the Oda family.

The tip of the knife pointed at her head held a cold light, as bright as snow.

...well, all right.It seems that today is here first.

Yae didn't bother to close his eyes.

She kept her eyes open, watching the enemy's head fly out the next moment.

Like a flower bone that has been twisted off by someone, the head disappeared from the bare neck.

The headless corpse paused, then fell down with the splashing blood.

The position where she fell was a bit unfortunate, and Yae didn't have time to dodge, and was directly hit by the corpse on the face, which covered her face with blood.

"..."

She is no different from a corpse at present, and she seems to have no right to despise others.

Yazhong pushed away the heavy corpse, sat up, and saw a black figure not unexpectedly.

The bamboo hat, mask, and Zen staff, if it weren't for the blood all over the ground, he would have looked like a wandering monk who happened to pass by here, his calm expression didn't fluctuate in the slightest, and his posture when he swung his knife seemed to be an undead on the battlefield.

One, two, three...

Methodical, as fixed as the rhythm of chanting.Blood bloomed like flowers, splashing on the dark ground.

The blood and hustle and bustle receded, and the silence shrouded like winter.

Yae tilted her head, and there was no living person left around. She is currently a corpse, so she is naturally not counted. Xu is far from the standard of ordinary people, so she is not counted.

Xu put away the knife, and the blood-stained tip slid back into the sheath.

Yae tilted her head to look at him, trying to vibrate her barely usable vocal cords:

"...neck...neck."

The fall from the horse broke her neck.

During the virtual hacking period, she tried hard to break her head several times, but she couldn't get her head back.

The corpse was already fragile, and the helmet was still very heavy. Yae felt that his vision was gradually tilting to one side, and he desperately shouted in his heart:

Head... head head head head is going to fall.

Let's chirp.

No, it was a click.

Xu Xu stretched out his hand expressionlessly, and snapped her head back.

Corrected.

Yae was immediately moved to tears.

"……Thanks……"

Xu turned and left.

"..."

Yae was immediately unmoved, not at all.

She jumped up from the ground, patted the dust on the armor, and followed with a bang.

In the sixth year of Tensho (1578), the war between the Oda Army and Tamba was in its second year.

The war is at a stalemate, and Amaterasu-in Naraku doesn't have much to do. She is bored with idleness. After she becomes proficient at stealing war horses, she becomes more daring. Recently, she finally caught the attention of the Oda army and reaped a hearty pursuit. kill.

The forest is quiet, and the lonely song of a bird echoes in the air.Yae limped and caught up with the black figure.Xu glanced at her indifferently, his bright red pupils showed no emotion, he didn't seem to be blaming her, but he didn't mean to ask her well either.

Yae has long been accustomed to Xu's lukewarm reaction, she coughed a few times and asked:

"...The status quo, do you want to continue?"

Five years ago, with the defeat of the general Ashikaga, the Muromachi Shogunate completely disappeared.

After being driven out of Kyoto by the demon king of the Oda family, the Ashikaga clan took refuge in the Mori clan of the Aki country, and started anti-Oda activities vigorously.

Ashikaga issued orders to the daimyos of various countries to crusade against Oda.But in March of this year, Uesugi Nobuken died of illness, and the Uesugi family fell into civil strife over the issue of heirs.In April, Masao Akai of Kuroi Castle in Tanba Kingdom also died of illness.

Most of the siege network against Oda collapsed at once, and Ashikaga collapsed a little bit.

To what extent did it collapse?I suddenly thought of Naraku, who had been sitting on the cold bench for a long time.

The last shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate—no, a shogun who died in name only—had issued a secret order to assassinate Hiro yesterday, asking him to go to Azuchi Castle to take the head of that thief Oda.

Xu didn't refuse, but he didn't leave either, and he was still staying in Danba.

After all, Amaterasu-in Naraku is no longer under the control of Ashikaga.In this chaotic age of lords competing for the title, examples of anti-killing the master are as common as eating and drinking.

Yae wouldn't be surprised at all if Xu planned to quit the job and take Amaterasuin Naraku with him to fly solo.

"Are you going?" Yae walked around in front of him.

Whether to choose to work alone or to choose another owner, the fate of Amaterasu-in Naraku is at a fork in the road, so she will naturally be a little curious.

"It has nothing to do with you." Xu Xu changed direction.

"Hey, wait."

Yae took three steps and ran over in two steps at a time, but was tripped by a protruding tree root without noticing it for a while.

It's really nothing to trip over, but her neck has just been connected, and if she falls again, she may not be able to break it back.

Before she broke her fragile neck, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed her collar, stopping her fall just in time.

Ignoring the heavy armor, Xu directly lifted her aside like picking up a child, and put her down casually.

Then, he withdrew his hand and stepped past her without looking sideways.

Yae stood where he was, looked at the heavy and blood-stained armor, sighed, and left the temporarily borrowed body.

Without her conscious drive, the corpse fell to the ground with a thud, head down, and did not move.

"Void."

She ran to the black figure, although she couldn't touch the real thing, she still put on a show and reached out to pull his sleeve.

"I've been bored to death lately."

"...Is that why you sneaked into the enemy's camp?"

Xu Xu's eyes seem to say: "Then die."

Whoa, super grim.

But Yae is not afraid of him at all, and will not be cowardly at all.

"Oh, I was seen through by you." She narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"I've heard that Azuchi City is quite nice and prosperous, much better than the barren little place like Danbo." She said, "Shall we go together?"

"What can you do when you go, stand and watch eagerly." Xu mocked coldly.

"Yeah, I just want to watch." Yae chose to give up without hesitation.

"I heard that there are many southern barbarians in Antu City, and there are many things that I have never seen before. I just want to take a look."

Vibrant green spreads from the ground to the treetops, the soil covers the insects, and the sound of gurgling water gradually becomes clearer.

Xu Xu took out the bamboo tube he carried with him, squatted down by the stream, and was very skilled in pretending to be deaf and dumb.

She leaned close to Xu: "Although Amaterasu-in Naraku and Oda had feuds and grievances, but you see, Oda is planning to win you over regardless of the past. Even if you don't want to show face in the open, go secretly It’s good to have a look and get familiar with the working environment in the future.”

In a time of turmoil, the line between enemy and friend is blurred.As long as the interests are aligned, there is no such thing as an overnight feud.

Recently, Oda has been secretly expressing his friendship with Amaterasu-in Naraku. Although the relationship between the two parties is still hostile on the surface, it is very obvious that Oda wants to win over Naraku.

Yae sighed faintly: "I want to go to Antu City."

"..."

"I really want to visit Antu City."

"..."

"If I continue to stay in Danbo, I will be moldy."

"..."

"I……"

"Quiet." Xu lowered his voice.

Yae stuck for a moment, pursed her lips, and stopped talking.

On the way back, she deliberately kept silent and looked annoyed.

But it should be said that it is better if Xu is blind, or if his heart is made of stone. If she doesn't speak, he won't take the initiative to speak up.So once she quieted down, the two fell silent all the way.

Yae thought about it, and decided to forget it. She couldn't argue with blind people.

Can't even see such obvious anger, what else can it be but blind?

Thinking of it this way, she felt a little more worried, and felt that such a cold and stuffy personality would not be able to coax a little girl, and she was destined to be single for the rest of her life.

Just like the previous sessions, without exception, they were all single to new generation.

Thinking of her hard work for hundreds of years, she almost recommended herself to take her to a brothel, and the result?Today's Tianshaoyuan Naraku Sixth Generation still exudes a single atmosphere.

When she proposed to visit the brothel, the other party's complexion was still very bad, his cold expression always changed, his cold eyes seemed to be able to gouge people out, sharper than a knife.

For several days after that, Xu ignored her.

The nobles in the Heian-kyo period obviously liked these romantic things.What kind of gifting flowers, gifting poems, sometimes falling in love, crying until the heart breaks, but I am busy.

She didn't understand, why Xu Xu didn't seem to have such needs at all.

Yae sat by the round window, looked at Xu and opened the "Langa Sutra".

His eyelids were drooping, and most of his elegant side face was covered by a ferocious tengu mask. When he sat there quietly reading Buddhist scriptures, he could sit there for a whole afternoon without moving.

The sound of fluttering feathers came, and a crow flew into the Japanese room and landed on the table in front of Xu.

Xu stretched out his hand, the crow jumped onto his finger, and stopped there obediently.The pitch-black crow feathers, the white and slender hands, the simple picture has a magical power that makes people unable to take their eyes off it.

Xu took off the bamboo tube tied to its leg, and unfolded the rolled information.

"Task?"

If it was normal, she would have to say so much.

But to be honest, what happened to Tianzhaoyuan Naraku is a fiction and has nothing to do with her.

Yae lay by the window, looking out at the green hills that he had seen hundreds of times outside.

She pretended to be concentrating on admiring the scenery, the rustling sound behind her quieted down, and the crow flapped its wings and flew out of the window again.

After dealing with the matter just now, Xu unfolded the book again.

The Japanese room was quiet, as quiet as before.

Yae couldn't take it anymore.

She stood up, in the gesture of a surrender.

There was no entity, she went straight through the paper door of the Japanese room and walked out.

This mansion is Naraku's hidden stronghold in Danba country. The front yard and backyard are not big, and it seems to be doing business related to timber.

Yae passed by the backyard, and Naraku, dressed as a servant, was sweeping the path, with his bamboo hat held low.

She walked through the wall, but there were already people waiting outside.

"Where are you going?" Behind the mask, Xu still had that indifferent expression.

With a flat tone, without fluctuations, she seemed to hear a hint of danger, but looking at his appearance, she couldn't detect anything unusual.

Yae put it succinctly:

"I can go by myself, don't bother you."

The author has something to say:

Note: The names of historical figures have been changed

Uesugi Kenshin = Uesugi Kenshin

Akai Naomasa = Akai Masao

Southern barbarians: Western missionaries/foreigners

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It seems that there are quite a lot of episodes I want to write.

After thinking about it carefully, I decided to start from the side story of the sixth generation

This episode is a cookie, not long

I have always wanted to write about the 500-year daily life of Amaterasu-in Naraku, but at that time, in order to let Song Yang appear as soon as possible, I cut off many scenes in the sixth generation.

Fanwai cookies are a belated apology, right?