[Gintama] Immortal

The snow is very thick, piled up in the clear and cold courtyard, so white that there are no wrinkles.

When stepping into the snow, the biting chill spreads along the skin and seeps into the frozen blue blood vessels.The clear and incomparable pain evokes the real feeling of being alive, and every time he takes a step in the snow, the real pain becomes more and more vivid.

Click, click.

She stepped on her voice, leaving her tracks in the pure white snow.But soon, the biting chill gradually faded away, the pain became numb, and the clear sense rooted in reality at that moment gradually disappeared in a distance that she couldn't reach.

Yae stopped in the snow.

The bare cherry trees are covered with crystal frost and snow, and their branches reach out to the blue winter sky.She looked up at the sky between white and black, the quiet colors just existed there, flat like a piece of clip art.

She didn't leave the academy, and she didn't do anything out of the ordinary, but walking barefoot in the snow seemed to be one of the forbidden things. Soon Naraku invited her back to the burning charcoal-burning room, and after a while, she returned The hunched pharmacist was summoned.

Yae felt that this was unnecessary, since it wasn't her body that was sick.Besides, watered by the blood of the dragon vein, this body would not die even if it was buried in the snow overnight.

Thinking of being buried in the snow, Yazhong thought about it, and the old monster-like pharmacist seemed to see what she was thinking, and said in an old voice: "You need to rest. Whether it is for yourself or others, please reduce the amount of time recently. Unnecessary activity."

The doctor has already spoken like this, and it seems that it is not good to always increase the workload of Naraku around him. Yae nodded with a lack of interest.

This nest lasted for several days.

At the beginning, Nai Luo would look at her anxiously, wondering if she was planning something wrong, but for a few days, her range of activities was limited to within three meters near the bed, and she gradually withdrew from frequent checks.

Yae thought he had discovered the benefits of hibernation.

Don't think about anything, don't feel anything, just lazily curl up in the warm blanket, occasionally looking at the courtyard in a daze.

The bamboo curtains in summer have been removed long ago, and thick wooden boards have been installed on the promenade, which is completely enclosed at night, so that it is pitch black and nothing can be seen.

But it was so dark that nothing could be seen, and when the wooden boards were opened little by little in the morning, and the morning light slanted in reflecting the snow, it seemed so interesting.

For this fun, Yae has been waking up on time every morning recently.

Amaterasu-in Naraku's imperial law is strict, everyone does everything with a strict eye, and the time to open the wooden board is fixed every morning.

Early this morning, Yae woke up on time as usual, and when he turned his head casually, he found a flower petal beside the bed that should not appear in this cold season.

The light pink petals fell on the white bed sheet. Her eyes followed the bright and lively colors and looked up. A branch of cherry blossoms bloomed in a green glaze bottle, with pink petals on the slender stems. The beautiful cherry blossoms are clustered together tenderly, covered with a layer of light golden yarn by the morning light.

Yae stretched out her hand, and the cherry blossoms that touched her fingertips were delicate and soft, like a fine mist, held in her palm like a small fluff.

When approaching, the faint fragrance of flowers came faintly in the air, adding a touch of spring fragrance to this snowy winter day.

This is the earliest Hanfeizakura in the flowering period of cherry blossoms.

But in this season, if you want to find the hanfei cherry in full bloom, you have to go to the islands further south of Kyushu to try your luck.

The light pink petals are soft like little clouds, and Yae is in a daze for a moment, and a shivering warmth suddenly fills her heart.

She withdrew her hand and turned to look at the figure standing on the edge of the corridor across the courtyard.The four eyes met, and the latter looked away indifferently, as if he just happened to pass by here, and turned around calmly and was about to leave.

"Void."

Yae called him.

Her voice was not loud, even a little soft.

That cold and dark name, accompanied by 500 years of slaughter, became gentle and warm in her mouth, and suddenly became something that people could hug.

"come over."

She stretched her hand towards him, leaning forward slightly.Unreserved attitude.

"Come here."

When he came back to his senses, his body moved by itself.

I don't know how long I stayed outside, Xu's body was covered with wet and cold air, mixed with agglomerated snow particles, before the person approached, the cold breath rushed to his face first.

Yae stretched out her arms to wrap his arms around his neck, and snuggled into that cold embrace, which was as soft as a pool of water that would melt in his palm at any time.

But the first thing to melt was the ice and snow on his body.Just when he got out of bed, she pressed against him like a small heater, quickly dispelling the bitter chill.

The difference in height between the two was there, and Ren Yazhong hugged him without saying a word, burying his head in the socket of his shoulder.

The scarlet eyes are slightly lowered, the long black hair hangs down Yae's shoulders, and the white underwear outlines a soft waist that can't be grasped, which can easily be broken.

"I thought you hated flowers."

Yae's voice was tinged with laughter, but there seemed to be something else in it.

She rubbed against his neck, her tone almost happy.

"Finally changed your mind?"

"...that kind of short-lived things, what's there to appreciate." There was a slight mockery in the look between Xu Xu's eyebrows.

"Yeah," Yae laughed lowly, "That kind of thing will wither in a few days, and it will turn into dust soon. I seem to have heard similar remarks before."

She raised her head from Xu Xu's arms and looked at him seriously.

"But I like flowers."

She leaned forward slightly, and kissed him lightly on the left side of his jaw.

"You know I like it too."

With hot warmth surging in her heart, she hugged him softly, kissed the corner of his cold lips, and narrowed her eyes with a smile: "That's enough."

Nothing happened.

The sarcasm smile disappeared at some point, and with all expression removed, he lowered his eyes slightly, the blood in his eyes was bottomless, making it impossible to see what was going on in his heart.

"……continue."

After a while, his expression became gentle and refined again, and he put on the impeccable mask again.

He held up Yae's waist, lowered his head and bit the corner of her lips, his movements were gentle, but the desire in his voice became heavier, as if he wanted to drag people into the dark quagmire with him.

"continue."

In a low voice.

He kisses her.Compared with kissing, it was more like the bite of some kind of wild beast, as if he wanted to tear her apart and eat them all, but because he was reluctant to give up, he had no choice but to give up and suck kisses repeatedly. Begging, snatching, wanting to snatch back all her distracted attention during this time, imprinting an unchangeable imprint that belongs only to him——

The snow on the branches fell, and the Hanfei cherry blossoms quietly bloomed in the cold morning light.

Concerned about her poor condition, Xu finally stopped.

He hugged her waist and pressed her into his arms.

Just hug her tightly.

"...It won't be long before everything will be over."

Xu's voice is deep and soothing, as if what he is talking about is not the destruction of the world, the demise of the planet, but an insignificant matter, a topic that suddenly comes to mind when chatting.

Yae raised her eyelids, smiled softly, and said softly to her:

"Whether it's mine or your pain—things that never end will soon have their final end."

……

The academy in the deep mountains is isolated from the world, and the passage of time is vague and ambiguous.

Indifference doesn't mean she doesn't know anything, sometimes her consciousness will flow into the distance with the dragon's veins, like water drops re-merging into a rushing river, submerging into the whole regardless of self for a short time.

Yae knew that the outside world had changed.The Nanki faction who supported Tokugawa Shigeru collapsed, Yoshiki Hitohashi ascended to the throne of the shogun, the shogunate was undergoing a political purge, and the Shinsengumi, who was the minion of the former shogun, was completely abolished.

The streets of Edo are no longer bustling and noisy, and the invisible clouds have shrouded heavily, and everywhere is the breath before the storm.

Despite this, the daily life of Tenshoin Naraku, which has remained unchanged for 500 years, continues as always.

She sometimes sits at the tea table, looking at the scenery outside, and suddenly feels that time has never moved forward.The Buddhist temple, the shrine, the rockery and white stones in the yard, and the jackdaws resting on the branches were all the same as what she remembered, as if she just sat on the spot and took a nap, and everything was still the same when she woke up.

The dawn is quiet, the cold mist fills the air, and the world is wrapped in chaotic darkness.

The charcoal had been burning all night in the long brazier, and the embers were still hot.There was a human atmosphere in the academy and outside, Yae continued to pretend to be asleep, Xu Xu opened his eyes in the dark, a trace of displeasure sank in the bright red pupils.

Naluo, who was outside, seemed to feel the cold low pressure, standing motionless in the cold morning mist like a wooden stake.

Yazhong lay on the pillow, and after a while, the arms around her waist were removed, and there was a very slight sound of fabric rubbing, and the body temperature belonging to another person left behind.

The bed seemed a little empty for a moment, Yae didn't turn around.There was the sound of a saber being sabered behind him, and the blade was closed to the mouth of the sheath, making a thin metallic sound.Then, she heard Xu pull open the partition door of the Japanese room, the cold air from outside poured in, and he quickly closed the door.

There was a clatter, a moderate and soft sound.The breath and footsteps outside the door are far away.

Yae didn't ask Xu where she was going, just like he didn't ask her what she saw.

She turned around in the bed, and it seemed that a ray of sky light gradually lit up outside, gradually diffused from the far east.

——Tianzhaoyuan Naraku's big action this time went to many people.

The thirteenth generation and even the former leader led the fleet away in a mighty way, as if they were going to stir up a bloody storm and add fuel to the current chaotic world.Naraku who stayed in the base camp was less than half of what it was in its heyday, and the sight of her was obviously much less.

Yae sat at the table eating breakfast with hot tea in her hand, trying her best to think about how she would pass the long day ahead.

She couldn't come up with any good ideas by herself, so she planned to ask Ayin's opinion during the afternoon tea, drag her to chat, chat about the recent boring weather, or ask her what she thinks about the new general's eyebrows.

Oh no.A Yin might not know that the general has changed.

Then she'd better ask Matsudaira Pianlihu about this person.She didn't see how the former chief of the Metropolitan Police Department was doing, but as he was once a relative of Tokugawa Momo, he must have had a bad time recently, at least he certainly didn't have the time to go to bars to have fun.

Yae set out refreshments and obediently waited until the afternoon.

Ayin didn't come.

Naraku, who always wanted to check on her situation from time to time, didn't show up either.

Yae admits that she has been relatively relaxed recently, like a retired veteran cadre who just wants to eat tea, chat and ignore business.

But she wasn't so dull that she couldn't even notice such an obvious abnormality.

There was a muffled sound of people falling to the ground in the corridor outside, and Yae continued to sit at the table, as if he didn't hear it, and continued to refill a cup of tea for himself.

The base camp of Amaterasu Temple Naraku is an intricate labyrinth. There used to be secret passages leading to other places in this Japanese room, but it was later demolished by Xutongtong.If someone really wanted to see her, that person probably, had to go through the front door.

She didn't close the door of the Japanese room.

Mr. Ninja, whose hair was long enough to cover his eyes, seemed to appear out of thin air. Yae put down his teacup. He had already stood at the door, blocking the not so bright light outside.

"what the hell."

The lazy voice was so steady that the wave that killed someone just now could not be heard.

"I thought there would be some shady and important secrets in this strictly guarded crow's nest."

Hattori Zenzo was leaning against the door frame, his dark ninja uniform was stained with an indistinguishable bloody smell, obviously he was not pleased by Naraku's hands.

"It turned out that after a lot of hard work, all I found was a sick woman."