[Gintama] Immortal

There is no medium for sound transmission, and the dark universe is quiet and eternal.

The blurred starlight traveled a long distance, and finally reached the human beings who observed it, and each encounter took a long time.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling porthole, Yae looked up at the starry sky, staring intently at the far end.

In her arms was a heavy astronomy book with colorful bookmarks.It is now the seventh day since leaving the earth, and the activities of all the personnel on the ship have gradually decreased. She is idle every day, and her biggest hobby has become observing the stars along the way.

The M17 nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, is nearly [-] light-years away from Earth.

Although the pictures in the book are magnificent and magnificent, the nebula is a diffuse celestial body formed by the gathering of cosmic dust and gas. When you really get close, the scenery you see is not so beautiful and bright, but it has a soft and misty light.

The rest room is empty and quiet. There is nothing to do before arriving at the transiting planet. Naluo on this ship will not come here. Over time, this place seems to become a space that belongs only to her.

Stretching out his hand and touching the cold and transparent barrier with his fingertips, Yae curiously felt the metal that was different from any material on the earth, and looked at his own reflection on the porthole.

The women in the first half of the twenties wore bean-colored feathers, and their long black hair was loosely tied, hanging down from their shoulders to their waists.

I don't know if it's an illusion... It seems that every time the setting is black and straight.

Yae looked at her own reflection, and after a moment, she looked away.

There was a slight vibration from the metal floor of the rest room, and the porthole adjusted the light and dimmed.Blinking her eyes, she saw a warning sign of a small cosmic dust storm displayed on the porthole of the switching function. She was about to take a step back, as if being squeezed by an invisible air flow, the entire ship shook violently, and the ground immediately tilted.

Losing the center of gravity, the field of vision suddenly turned back, and Yae let out a "huh", calmly preparing for contact with the ground.

"Plop" - there was no pain.

It was the sound of her heart beating briefly in her chest.

The momentum of falling suddenly stopped, Yae opened his eyes, and met the scarlet pupils looking down at him.

"...Good evening." It should be nighttime on Earth now.

Standing there in a pitch-black cloak, although the expression behind the mask is not real, it must be a sarcasm.

Leaning half in his arms, Yae freed his hand and clapped like a sea otter: "You caught it in time."

Every time he travels as a member of the Heavenly Dao, Xu always wears this uniquely designed outfit, covering himself from head to toe.

After seeing it more times, she gave up complaining and chose to embrace this different aesthetic.

How does that word describe it?

Diversification, yes, we must learn to accept the diversity of aesthetics.

The small dust storm came and went quickly, the alarm was lifted, the portholes were brightened again, and the distant nebula spread in the endless void.

"Want to look at the stars and the moon with me, from poetry to philosophy of life?" Yae's expression was sincere, and her voice was also very sincere.

Xu Xu bent his eyebrows, and his voice was low and cold: "Do you really want me to throw you to the ground so much?"

"Oh, don't, don't, for the sake of the friendship we have known for 500 years." Yae grabbed his arm and quickly stood up straight consciously.

How does it feel to travel to space with a nest of Naraku?

First of all, the concept of tourism does not exist.

Secondly, you'd better learn to entertain yourself, because even hugging a tree is more interesting than being with this group of people.

The smooth-moving ship hummed lowly, the nebula spread out quietly and silently, and the aggregated interstellar matter refracted hazy and beautiful light.

"...Don't you find it incredible?" Yae decided to find something to talk about.

Without turning his head, Xu's voice was full of indifference, and that indifferent smile was like a mask stuck on his face.

"What do you mean?"

"Of course it's a nebula." Yae raised his hand and touched the icy porthole. "When a long-lived star dies, it throws the remaining matter into the universe. The nebula we see now is the burnt out star left behind. wreckage."

Glancing at her in vain, he curled his lips with a half-smile: "Are you dazzled by this grand finale?"

"Maybe." Yae murmured.

"Even the stars cannot escape the fate of death." Xu retracted his gaze slowly: "Whether it is the sun or other stars, all the light will be exhausted one day, and darkness is the eternal tone in the universe. It's a pity Creatures that are as short-lived as humans are too short-sighted to truly appreciate this fact."

"... Having said that, isn't there such a theory?" Yae tapped on the transparent metal barrier, "The universe was created from the Big Bang more than 100 billion years ago, and the initial energy and matter were combined into a more complex structure. Constantly evolving, and then one day, a star was born, and after a long period of time, the born star gave birth to a new life form under one ten-millionth of the complex conditions."

"Even if all of this will die in the end, the fact that light and life can be born from the dark void is like a miracle." Yae softened his expression and added softly: "I think it is very beautiful."

"You will feel that this meaningless reincarnation is worthy of praise, you are still the same as before."

"Such ruthless nihilism, and you're still the same. But should I thank you for not explicitly adding 'foolish and naive' to your assessment of me?"

Xu sneered lightly: "It's good that you understand."

"Thank you so much." Yae bent the corner of his mouth, "The mouth is so poisonous."

The starry sky in the distance shone quietly from time immemorial, she turned her head and chatted with the people around her one after another.

"When you saw the universe for the first time, didn't you feel the moment of shock?"

Curved eyebrows: "What is that boring emotion?"

"...you are really good at talking to death." Yae praised him sincerely.

After a pause, she continued: "This view is really incredible." "I've never seen such an existence." Have you never experienced such feelings? "

The virtual expression remains unchanged: "This is how you feel."

Yae thought about it seriously: "The universe is so vast, even you, there should be things that can touch your heartstrings a little bit."

The years they have lived are but a moment in the history of this world.Even man himself is but a momentary gleam of light in the long darkness, a speck of dust.

Looking down at her, there was no emotion in the bright red pupils, it was still the deep and unwavering expression.

After a while, he looked away lightly.

"……No."

——There is also a possibility that the other party has lost the ability to perceive with the passage of time.

It's not that there are no new things, but even if you encounter the unknown, your mood will not be disturbed again.

No matter how young it looks, for a conscious being, the millennium is heavy enough to wear away any edges and make the heart as still as stagnant water.

Yae stepped forward and put his arms around him.

"……what are you doing?"

"Try to see if you can warm your heart made of stone."

Pressing against his chest, Yae sighed:

"Can't you really feel anything?"

"Like what?" Xu stood on the spot.

"For example, the moment when the heart is hit and it starts beating."

"If you mean the moment when the heart is pierced," Xu raised his hand, and the palm came to her waist, smiling with crooked eyebrows: "There are many "I" moments like that. "

"All biological instincts are to live. Even if I want to die, the heart in my body will keep beating until the last moment," he lowered his voice, with a smile on his lips: "What a contradictory structure."

Without answering immediately, Yae silently tightened her fingers.

"...I actually feel a little lonely."

Outside the landing porthole was the vast Milky Way, she buried her face in the hollow of her shoulder, silently lowering her eyes.

"Why? Too beautiful scenery makes people feel a little lonely for no reason."

Joy that is too great will bring tears, and hatred that is extreme can turn into black sorrow.

Everything in the world seems to have a delicate balance, beautiful things, not so beautiful things, whether it is pain or joy, once the critical point is passed, they will lose their original color.

"Those who want to die can't die, and those who want to live can't live."

Yae smiled softly: "What a contradiction."

But what to do.

"If it was just me, I would feel lonely when I looked up at the stars."

Without you, I would feel very lonely.

Letting go of his hand slightly, Yae raised his head from Xu's embrace.

"You really don't want to go on living any more, do you?"

The flowers blooming in four seasons on the branches, the stars spanning the sky, there are countless small but magnificent miracles in this world, but they can't arouse half of the waves in the other party's heart.

This man's heart died long ago.

She should have known this when she saw the man called a "monster" by the court appearing on the ancient battlefield dragging a dirty and broken sword.

No matter how hard she covered that cold heart, she would not retain the most important residual heat——

The temperature of vitality that allows a person to continue to live.

The appearance of Yoshida Shoyo once made her see unprecedented hope, but even the fragments that had been missed in the past 500 years were mercilessly killed by him himself.

Should I say that this person is extremely loyal to his villain's setting, or does he just want to drag everyone to hell, and he doesn't even want to look at other paths.

If the two were just ordinary acquaintances, ordinary existences with similar life spans, she probably wouldn't be so sad.

If she hadn't met the first boy who was abandoned by humans in the shrine where the mountain cherry blossoms were in full bloom, she would not have understood such profound loneliness.

"I hope you survive."

"I want to live with you."

But individuals have individual choices, and she never interferes.

In the face of the pain that cannot be erased, such selfish words cannot be uttered no matter what.

So Yae just smiled, and said to Xu in a joking tone:

"Does it mean that even if the world is destroyed, I can't wait for your "like"? "