[Gintama] Immortal

The clouds exposed a gap, and the light of the sky dripped down.The translucent light slanted down, outlining the broken walls and ruins in the corner of Luoyangxing.

Weeds grow in the gaps between the stone bricks, green vines climb up the gray broken wall, the light and shadow are silent, desolate and beautiful.

The vision of blood loss is dim, and the sky seems very far away.Lying in a pool of warm blood, vitality continued to flow from his body, he slowly told Gao Shan the truth about Xu and Yoshida Shoyo, and suddenly felt very relaxed in his heart, like a traveler who has trekked through the severe cold and snow, and finally arrived at the resting place place.

Many years ago, he crawled out a bloody path in the sea of ​​fire, driven by the instinct of life, controlled by the fear of death, dragging his blood-stained body forward like an ant.

Climbed until he couldn't move anymore, all the blood in his body seemed to be drained, and finally he waited for death in despair.

Now, the undead blood in his body was about to dry up, Oboro only felt relieved.

……why?

Presumably because it was enough.

Looking back at his life without glory, it was full of crimes and blood.Maybe people like him should have died in the sea of ​​fire back then.

But he has no regrets.

He is such a despicable and twisted person. When he is about to die, he thinks more about his own selfishness than confession and atonement.

The number one disciple of Yoshida Shoyo.

...he has no regrets.

The time was silent, and there was no sound around.

"...Using Altana to cause riots and wars on a cosmic scale is Xu's true purpose."

Staring at the glimmer of light in the gaps in the clouds, the gray sky was far away, his eyes were lax, and his always gloomy expression became calm, as if there was a little more gentleness.

"……where is she?"

Takasugi stood against the light, his deep voice could not distinguish between emotions and anger.

He lowered his eyes and asked, "Where did Naluo lock her up?"

Hazy didn't answer.

Body temperature was lost with the blood, and his consciousness gradually became hazy. He closed his eyes, and what he saw was the academy in the deep mountains.The red maple is flowing, falling slowly like golden-red feathers, and the door of the Japanese room is half open. At that time, Yae's state has shown signs of decline. maple.

"...Please don't try to take that person away." Halo said.

Those two figures nestled under the eaves of the corridor, and the thick and colorful late autumn framed in the silent world.

Yafold moved her fingers, found Xu's palm, put her hand on it, and lightly overlapped her five fingers.

"Before everything is over, let's end the void. Follow your inner soul, follow Yoshida Shoyang's will, and fight." Hazy voice said.

"But, there's only one thing..."

The forests were all dyed, and the courtyard became a crimson river.Yazhong leaned against Xu and fell asleep again, Xu sat for a while under the eaves of the corridor, motionless like a cold stone sculpture.

After a long time, he turned his head sideways, and his light-colored hair fell silently from his shoulders.The scarlet eyes drooped, and he folded his fingers together, putting the soft and warm hand into the palm that was used to holding the sword, and interlocking the five fingers.

Immediately, he leaned slightly——

Feng Ying walked around, and the light and shadow falling from the corridor eaves briefly covered the figures of the two.

"Only that person, please don't... take it away from Xu."

The field of vision dimmed, and I could vaguely see the burning sea of ​​fire, the country ridges blooming with wild flowers, and at the end of the road, the sound of reading books came from the private school.

The stars were twinkling in the night sky, and Songyang smiled and said to him: "Although there are only you and me now, it would be great if we could gather many juniors under this pine tree in the future."

The stone steps were covered with moss, and the person holding the bamboo leaf rice ball stopped in front of him, and said with a smile, "Hi, I'm Yae. May I call you Oboro?"

The fire was crackling, he raised his head in a daze, Songyang said gently:

"From now on, you are the big brother."

... Junior brother?

The sky was shining, and in that gentle scene, I closed my eyes.

——I am so looking forward to it.

……

Edo Bay.

Naraku, who was disguised as a commoner, attacked from the left side. The believer cut him off with a single knife, and jumped up instantly stepping on the corpse. The cold knife light flashed, and the blood spattered violently. fall down.

"Hurry up." She said to the three people in Wanshiwu behind her, "If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to catch up."

Not long after the battle of Luoyang ended, riots broke out in Altana on multiple planets. In order to avenge the Heavenly Daoists, the cosmic coalition forces assembled troops to fight against the earth.

Represented by Tokugawa Yoshiki, Gui and Tatsuma finally reached an agreement with Admiral Zique to stand still. At this time, Naraku suddenly launched an attack and raided the garrison of the Allied Forces of Heaven and Man on Earth. The agreement was invalidated, and the flames of war ignited again.

Black smoke engulfed the flames, and the port piled with containers was filled with blood and corpses.

The letter girl signaled the three of them to stop, and she squatted down in a hidden place, watching the battle vigilantly.

Seeing the tragic situation at the port, Kagura and Shinpachi were surprised and forgot to react for a while.Yinshi stood expressionless, and the red pupils hidden in the shadows were calm and solemn, no longer the usual casual and leisurely.

The letter girl looked away from the corpse: "To Xu, these people are just props."

"Be careful," she looked at Yinshi. "In order to cause this war, Xu took half of Chunyu's forces into his command not long ago, but now those people have been dealt with, and the Fifth Division has not left a single person alive. You guys The next thing we have to face is this kind of enemy. If you hesitate a little, you will definitely die."

"Ah, I know." Yinshi whispered, "If you don't fight, if you don't defeat him, it won't end."

Xinnv stared at him steadily, Kagura and Shinpachi turned their eyes back, as if they wanted to say something to Gintoki, their expressions looked a bit worried.

At this moment, a huge explosion sound suddenly came from the direction of the port.The battleship was engulfed in flames, the explosion roared and swept in, the sea water boiled and churned, and the ground trembled violently, almost as if it would split from under its feet for a moment.

The flames shot into the sky, and after the black smoke cleared, a figure strolled out of the sea of ​​flames.

"You guys are finally here." Xu Xu bent his eyes, with a cold smile on his lips, "I'm getting impatient."

Before he finished speaking, there was a clang, he drew the knife out of its sheath, and caught the sharp edge of the knife that was suddenly thrown by Yin Shi.

Metal sparks burst out, and he stood there in vain, as if he didn't feel the chill coming from Yinshi's knife. He swung forward lightly, forcing Yinshi to retreat.

Naraku rushed forward, and the three believers were entangled by the enemy and couldn't get out for a while. He got up from the pile of corpses and stabbed at Gintoki, but was pierced through the chest by Shiroyasha in a state of rage, and the sharp point of the knife came out of his back. , shining bright red in the light of the fire.

"What's the matter? It's so murderous." Xu smiled, sliced ​​open Naraku's body and threw it at him, and Yin Shi appeared behind him in an instant.Turning the handle of the knife in his palm, he immediately changed to holding the knife in his backhand, maintaining that gentle expression, and swung it quickly and fiercely behind him.

One hit missed, Yinshi's knife rubbed against Xu's blade arc and sharply cut upwards, Xu raised his eyebrows slightly, turned his head to avoid the sharpened blade against his face, and hit Yinshi's abdomen with his palm.

The terrifying force shattered the meridians of flesh and blood in his body, Yin Shi's face turned livid in an instant, and he vomited out blood and minced meat when he bent over.

He was bent down by Xu Xu, and staggered a few steps back, but his knees refused to bend, Xu raised the saber, and the believer girl rushed from the side with a murderous look, the long saber slashed, and the air screamed sharply.Xu retreated away, the hem of the black kimono fluttered, and then fell down.

"... Yinshi." The letter girl stared at Xu nervously, not daring to look away, her cold voice concealed worry.

Coughing up blood and foam, Yinshi clenched the knife tightly and stood up again.

He raised his head, and the silvery hair fell into his eyes, which were as red as blood.

"...What did you do to her?"

"What's the matter?"

Xu Xu asked gently.His expression was flawless, perfect like a mask, without a single crack.

"Stop joking with me." Yinshi's voice was tense, his face was as cold as ice, "Yae—where is she now?"

Hearing this name, Xu Xu's eyes seemed to move.

The point of the knife drooped slightly, and he stared at Yin for a moment, as if carefully studying whether he was lying.

With his chest rising and falling with hoarse breathing, Yinshi looked at him coldly, with ice-cold anger in his eyes.

It doesn't look like it's acting.

Holding back his smile, Xu's expression finally changed.

"...You asked me, where is she?" His voice dropped, "Shouldn't I be the one to ask you this question?"

Taking a step forward, Naluo, who had half of his head burned off, dragged his body to stand up, and the believer girl pierced his chest with a knife, but the enemy directly raised his hand to grab her knife, and refused to let go after the palm was cut to reveal the bones .

More Naraku surged up, the metal Zen staff pierced down like rain, Yinshi slammed the believer away, the sharp tip of the staff brushed his cheek and nailed his arm into the ground, he turned around and shot down the sneak attacking enemy, splashing hot blood It covered his face, dripping down his jaw.

"It's not the first time." Xu's voice was dull and cold, like fog permeating a dark valley, and like cold and smooth silk, without any wrinkles of emotional fluctuations.

"For Songyang's disciples, she would choose to die and leave my side. She has done this more than once."

Yinshi paused suddenly, and in this short moment of distraction, Xu suddenly appeared in front of him, before he had time to raise the knife, Xu's fingers moved slightly, Xu grabbed his throat, and pressed him against the metal with a bang. on the container.

The severe pain exploded, the vision suddenly went black, there was a humming in the head and dizziness, Yinshi subconsciously resisted, he clasped Xu's arm tightly, and his fingers turned so hard that the knuckles turned white.

"... Ah Yin!!"

The voice of calling him was shattering, and the warm liquid dripped down his forehead. The force he used was so great that a piece of the hard container was dented.

"Didn't you ask me where she is now?" Xu smiled and approached Yinshi's ear, and said to him in a soft voice, "Thanks to you, the answer will be revealed soon."

He suddenly increased the strength in his hand, almost crushing the fragile throat of a human being. Yinshi shuddered suddenly, struggling like a beast on the verge of death and lack of oxygen.

"Isn't it very important? Isn't it more precious than your own life?" Xu murmured.

The corners of his lips were still curled, and the darkness in his eyes was bottomless, like an abyss where he could choose someone to swallow: "Then let's make a choice."

The sea of ​​fire was burning, and the black smoke made the sky cloudy.

Gintoki's resistance gradually weakened, Shinpachi and Kagura's voices were on the verge of breaking, and the eyes of the little girl from the Yatu tribe were all red, and her face that was originally white and clean was splattered with blood, which showed her innocence and liveliness.

Xu's face darkened, he raised his head and looked towards the empty place.

"Isn't there yet?"

The only response to him was the crackling and burning sound of destroyed warships.

The voices of the others became so noisy, those cries and roars, the splashing blood and the cold knife light had nothing to do with him, he just felt disgusted.

Those who are destined to die, it is good to die.Creatures that are frantically struggling to survive do not have to be destroyed in the end.

"It doesn't matter if I kill Songyang's disciple?" Xu Xu sneered, his eyes were dark red.

Still no response.

Seeing that Yinshi's aura weakened, a force suddenly surged out of his body.That weak force desperately fought against him, little by little, trying to break his fingers apart.

Xu Xu's eyes darkened.

...Songyang.

Xu regained control of his body, intending to strangle Gintoki's throat again.

Suddenly there was a bitter wind from behind, and the sharp murderous aura rushed towards his heart, Xu had no choice but to let go, Xinnv's long knife sank into the metal container in the next moment, Shinpachi and Kagura's attack came in an instant , All the methods used are reckless.

The letter girl supported Gintoki, ignoring Kagura and Shinpachi, and slashed at Gintoki in an instant!

Blood spurted, the knife pierced his waist and abdomen, and the bullet pierced his chest. Xu Xu's expression was stern, and his murderous intent surged all over his body, but the tip of the knife narrowly escaped at the last moment, almost brushing the side of Yin Shi's neck.

Everything happens in an instant.

Yin Shi raised his head, his eyes were slightly startled, almost in disbelief.

He moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, as if he wanted to call out a certain name.

After receiving the news of the battle, the Allied Forces of Heaven and Man appeared above the port with their battleships. The muzzle light was shining brightly, and then the wind died down.

Xu Xu watched the four people take the opportunity to retreat, and watched the whole body fall into darkness, the loud noise of the explosion drowned out all the sounds, the flames and thick smoke covered the sky, and the sea water was as red as blood.

Just a little bit, as long as the tip of the knife moved a little more, Sakata Gintoki's head would be cut off by him.

……

Yae never showed up.

Xu stood motionless on the spot, bright red blood trickling down the black blade.

tick.tick.

Xu Xu bent the corner of his mouth, unable to smile.

The author has something to say:

①The original text of the manga is taken from the translation of Shuhui

In the period of widowhood, Xu is more irritable

I always feel that in the early stage of the Silver Soul chapter, Xu is a bit fishy [x]

It's not intentional release of water, it's just that I don't bother to do it seriously

Feeling that the protagonist group can't find anything to do, they just stay in the back and make troubles, provoking here and lighting a fire there

Later, I found out, bad, the protagonist team might have to win this time, so they started to fight seriously, but it was too late, too late, and they were overturned

If you are serious from the beginning, the protagonist group may suffer a lot

……

lost in thought