[Gintama] Immortal

The confinement room on the second floor was dimly lit, and the small wooden window faced the inner alley, through which one could vaguely see the chaos on the street.

Out of professional habits, Oboro stood sideways by the window, hiding in the heavy shadow of dust.

This angle can capture the movement of the outside world as much as possible. The waiter in the Shimo house hurried past the alley with a lantern in hand. The sound of footsteps did not go away for a long time. movement.

After a while, after these voices faded away, Oboro withdrew his gaze and silently looked at Yae.

It was probably due to the lighting in the room, but there seemed to be a bit of condemnation in the other party's calm eyes.

It's a bit of a hassle to explain why they're hiding in the same brig at this time.

To make a long story short... Probably Oboro's professionalism is very awe-inspiring.

Yae knew that Oboro was a model employee of Amaterasu-in Naraku, but he couldn't make the other party let go by shouting the forbidden words that made all the males turn pale.

When she reacted, it had turned into two people avoiding pursuit together.

Yae took a deep look at Hakuro.For Xu, the other party is really loyal to the level of death.

Immediately, she sincerely apologized:

"I'm sorry just now."

The light in the confinement room was very dark, and the old tatami mats exuded a musty smell that had not been washed for a long time.

There is a gap between the closed partitions, and the light from outside spills in, winding into a thin dividing line in the darkness.

Oboro raised her hand, peeling off the meaningless fake mask.

Four years of time didn't seem to have changed the other person much. The man standing in the darkness was still pale, like a beast that hadn't seen light for a long time, his jaw was thin and sharp, and his bloodless lips were as thin as usual.

To use Yae's own words to describe it, it was a face that didn't look happy at all.

"Have you had a regular schedule in recent years?"

When Kato Kyoko died of physical exhaustion, it was six years after the end of the Anti-barbarian War.

For her, she just "died", and then returned to the present world when she opened her eyes, and the four years of blankness were fleeting.

The interval between this period is actually a gamble. She cannot grasp the time needed for her re-transformation. If it is ten years, decades, or even 100 years... then in the eyes of ordinary people, she is no different from death.

She didn't answer her words, but said in a vague and concise way:

"Master Xu wants you to go back."

"..."

Yae rubbed the center of his brows, and tried his best to choose his words: "No, that, don't you think there is something wrong with this sentence?"

Oboro looked at her expressionlessly: "This is Master Xu's order."

"...I have no affiliation with him." Yae felt a little headache.

After thinking about it, she continued: "Can you please tell him, just say that I have something to do recently, and I won't go back for the time being."

Halfway through, she groaned again: "But if you do this, it's equivalent to seeing me but not taking me back. If the mission fails, it will be very troublesome, right? ... It still doesn't work, it's really bad .”

Standing in the shadow by the window, she was silent for a moment, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice with slight hesitation:

"……Are you angry?"

Yae was taken aback for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, the corners of her mouth curled:

"...Is it Oboro or the thirteenth generation of Naraku from Amaterasu-in who asked this question?"

"..."

There was no answer from the darkness.

"I'm not angry, it's the truth."

Yae leaned back slightly against the wall.

"He used me. In order to leave Tianzhaoyuan Naraku, I also gave up resistance and actively cooperated with the enemy's actions, so the current situation is-we are even."

After a pause, she added: "At least, I'll take it as if we're even."

He closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Then..."

"I'm useless now." Yae said patiently, "The Heavenly Daoists have already been fooled once, and they won't bite the bait again. Furthermore, weapons that can severely damage Altana mutants do exist. Such important information , I also helped him test it out. I am not interested in rewards for meritorious deeds, but the freedom to go wherever I want, shouldn't I be given back?"

Xu's strength and age are all there, she is not worried that he will be defeated in the political struggle.

She also noticed when talking with Ye Wang Fengxian before, that Xu can now negotiate with other forces as a member of the Heavenly Dao, and he already has the right in his hands, completely getting rid of the passive situation where he had no status before.

"Look, the current situation doesn't require me to go back, right? He can completely turn others around by himself, right?"

"..."

"Besides, I can't leak information to others at all. The binding force of language is very useful to me. Since I have made a promise, I can't break my promise. If you still don't feel relieved, I can prove..."

"not like this."

Hazy suddenly whispered.

He turned his head to look at her with the same gloomy look, but there was something different in his eyes.

"You shouldn't have chosen human beings between human beings and human beings."

"...?" Yae couldn't get back to his senses: "Wait, when did this become a multiple-choice question?"

Hazy lowered his eyes: "At that time, the Heavenly Daoists were eager to obtain the perfect experimental body, and the forces opposing the Heavenly Daoists wanted to destroy Altana's biological experiment. In that kind of isolated and helpless situation, if you want to survive , so we can only stay in Amaterasu Temple Naraku."

"If you run away alone, you will be hit by enemies, but if you ask Songyang's disciples for help, you will put them in the same dangerous situation."

From the moment Xu took her away from the lab, she was tied to the same boat by him.Whether she admits it or not, it looks like this to the outside world.

"There is no shelter for you in the outside world, only Amaterasu Temple Naraku can give you shelter. But even so, you still escaped." Obscure's voice was low and hoarse.

"Even if there is no way to retreat and nowhere to escape, and the only option is to stay with Master Xu, you still left—for the disciples of Songyang."

"...I wasn't doing multiple-choice questions at the time."

Yae looked away.

"It's better to say that I had no choice at the time. As a pawn to be used, I just let the people who want to get rid of me get rid of me."

Hazy frowned slightly: "That's not part of Master Xu's plan. You were not going to die in the first place."

"There will always be something wrong with planning this kind of thing." Yae looked at him, "It's arrogant to think that you can control everything. Even gods can't completely do what they want."

"Even so, you shouldn't choose someone other than Lord Xu."

"It's not a multiple-choice question, it never was."

The people hiding in the darkness fell into a brief silence.

"But for Mr. Xu, this is."

"...Hao, this is just your personal speculation." Yae said softly, "Besides, I don't want to quarrel with him."

"I never wanted to conflict with him." She took a slight breath, "But I have other things I want to do than being placed on the chessboard to destroy the world."

"So please don't stop me."

Thin rays of light fell into the darkness from the gaps in the partition, like rivers on a map, standing still in place.

The streets outside have returned to the hustle and bustle of the past, and the clear and elegant strings of the shamisen can be heard from a distance. If you listen carefully, you can also hear the laughter of men and women, the crisp sound of cups colliding, and the unhurried drum beats. When you close your eyes, you can see the skirts of the geisha sweeping the floor and the dancing fans folded in their hands.

"Songyang's disciples are so important?" He asked in a deep voice.

Putting her hands on the partition, Yae stood still for a moment, her tone softened: "Sorry, I don't plan to go back yet."

"...People change." Obscure's expression was neither sad nor happy, as if he was just talking about other people's affairs, and it was true.

"Songyang's disciples are now nothing but ghosts wandering in the world seeking revenge from heaven."

Yae frowned slightly: "Are you talking about Jinsuke?"

When she just returned to the human world, she actually followed Gao Shan for a period of time without Gao Shan's knowledge.Later, some shogunate officials planned to harm Takasugi, so in desperation, she attached herself to the wandering girl who committed suicide, and hurried to find someone.

"Takasugi Shinsuke colluded with key officials of the shogunate, secretly killed officials of other factions, and manipulated factional struggles within the shogunate. Now he has formed an alliance with the pirate Chunyu. He is the most radical and dangerous criminal who threatens the current regime."

Dim face continued expressionless: "Why did he form an alliance with Chun Yu, do you want to guess?"

"..."

"The alliance gift he presented is a classmate who shared life and death in the past."

"Sakata Gintoki and Katsura Kotaro once joined forces to fight Haruyu. In order to promote the alliance, Takasugi Shinsuke chose to betray his former companions. The three have now parted ways, and the paths will not overlap again."

Seeing Yazhong standing beside the partition and not saying a word, he took a step forward, and the silver needle hidden in his sleeve slipped silently into his palm.

"Please come back with me."

Yae suddenly raised his head.

"...Those two people are still alive." She looked at Oboro, as if this was the answer, and repeated: "Gintoki and Kotaro are still alive."

After she closed her mouth, she suddenly tore open the partition, and a large amount of light from outside poured in, cutting through the thick darkness of the confinement room sharply and unimpeded.

"Tell your men to stand down."

The silk and bamboo on the street outside is melodious, and the lights in the promenade are brightly lit, but it is deadly quiet.

The road leading to the entrance is blocked by figures in black monk robes. Nuo Da’s wandering people go to the empty building, and the figures of Naraku are waiting in the corridor. The cold metal Zen knife reflects the brilliant lanterns, which is so strange that it seems to be still. picture scroll.

He closed his eyes, his deep voice was calm and indifferent, like the snow on the top of the mountain that hadn't melted for a thousand years.

"Do it."

Gunshots sounded suddenly at this time, and the imported glazed lamps shattered in response, like thousands of snowflakes scattered one after another.

Nai Luo, who was guarding the stairs, fell down, and the ground was stained red with blood.The others turned around in unison, and a figure draped in ink-gold arabesque patterns emerged from the dispersed smoke. His dark blue right pupil narrowed slightly, and the corner of his mouth curled into a smile that was not a smile. It was the governor of the ghost army, Gao Shanjin. help.

The team members behind him drew their knives, and Youzi held up his guns, staring unkindly in the direction of Obscure.

Lazily holding the pipe in his mouth, as if he was just looking for flowers and willows, Takasugi seemed to stand there calmly, looking at the eyes of the Naraku crowd, revealing a cold and bitter intent.

Of course he remembered who these people were.

Slightly raised the corners of his lips, trying his best to suppress the scorching hatred in his heart, Takasugi exhaled a puff of smoke, and gracefully snatched away Obscure's lines:

"Do it."

……

Yae thinks Yewang Fengxian is going to be mad with anger.

The estimate here is a nine out of ten estimate.

The three forces fought in Yoshihara, and the battle scene in Youkuo was too chaotic. Except for Naraku, who was very recognizable in pitch black like a crow, Yoshihara's Self-Defense Force Baihua rushed in, and the leading woman was wearing a black maple leaf pattern. The kimono, the cold and beautiful face with scars, and the capable and stern figure are extremely impressive.

The ghost soldiers began to retreat in several groups. She followed Takasugi out of Yoshihara and returned to the area near Sensoji Temple in Edo.

There are traditional wooden buildings on both sides of the long and narrow alley, one of them opened the purple curtain, and the kind-faced proprietress ran up wiping her apron, and respectfully welcomed Takasugi inside.

This seems to be one of the hidden strongholds of the ghost soldiers in Edo.

Yae walked up the narrow and steep wooden stairs to the tea room on the second floor, and Takasugi retreated from the others and stood quietly by the window.

The tea kettle is steaming softly, and the faint fragrance lingers in the Japanese room.

This is a place suitable for relaxation. Calligraphy and paintings are hung in the alcove, early summer flowers are placed in the vase, and exquisite tea bowls are placed on the tray. It is a quiet and peaceful place, which is like a world away from the luxurious and gorgeous Yoshihara.

Yae closed the partition behind him, and looked at the back of the silent figure standing in the tea room with a saber.

... what would he ask her?

Did she also borrow other people's body movements in private school?What happened to her death that year?Why did Amaterasu-in Naraku appear in Yoshiwara?What is her relationship with those people?

Looking at the back figure, Yae was in a daze. For a very short moment, he seemed to have returned to the shrine in the snow-covered mountains many years ago.

The vicious ronin kidnapped the students of the private school. Takasugi and Gintoki ran to rescue them privately, but were surrounded by the superior number of enemies and fell into trouble.

——"Do you know how to use a knife?"

The child protected by her showed a look of surprise and uncertainty.

She cared for that body very well, like a woman from an ordinary family, with no calluses on her hands, and she always just looked at it with a smile when she was taking kendo classes in private schools.

Doubts took root then, but the child didn't bring it up to anyone else after he returned to the private school.

...Now finally... have to face it?

After a long silence, Takasugi still didn't turn around.

That figure stood by the window, as if trying to suppress something, took a deep breath and let it out, and then slowly opened his mouth in a hoarse voice:

"Who is the teacher?"

Yae's expression went blank for a moment.

Smart people are sometimes terribly smart indeed.

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Second update (1/1)

Takasugi is a person who dares to think and act

"The person who can realize the big talk is called Yingjie. I never say the big talk that can't be done."

The thinking of smart people is good at jumping, and they can think outside the shackles of the framework of common sense

Yae’s true identity has a secret → Yae and Matsuyo are very close → Matsuyo’s identity is probably also hidden