Helpless

What followed was a series of changes, so fast that people could hardly take their eyes off them.

Not long after, it seemed that he met the celestial being who took Mr. Songyang away. When fighting with him, Takasugi's left eye was injured, and there was no possibility of recovery.When Yinshi brought him back, his face was covered in blood, his left eye was tightly closed, and the blood flowing out of it was stained with dust and had turned black, and even formed scabs.

She sat beside him silently, following the instructions of the military doctor, helping him clean up the wound on his eye.He refused to undergo local anesthesia, and maintained an extremely conscious will, accepting all this without saying a word or changing his face.

——Accepting this life that is constantly being deprived.The heart-wrenching pain will always be engraved in the memory, and it can be recalled very quickly no matter when.

The camp was very quiet, and the military doctor quickly and skillfully dealt with the eye injury of Takasugi.Anyuan's mood has been low since seeing the teacher's head a few days ago, and now he is going on a mission with the team, Sugiyama Xi can only ask the people he knows to take care of him.She knew that she couldn't be chaotic. The situation at this time was too chaotic, it was a mess, the forces and troops sent by the heavenly beings were getting stronger and stronger, and the shogunate was completely unreliable.They have all become independent and helpless existences. Although they haven't said anything, how long they can last is a question that must be considered.

"To prevent infection, you must pay attention to changing the dressing on the wound these days." The military doctor walked out of the camp before telling her in a low voice, "Please pay more attention to Takasugi-kun's injury. If there is something wrong, please let me know immediately. .In addition, the medicine powder is extremely medicinal, and it may be extremely painful when applied, but I believe that with Takasugi-kun's perseverance and determination, he may not accept anesthetics, so he did not keep it."

"I know, I'm sorry to trouble you." She nodded, "Yes, in the current situation, save as much medicine as possible." After a pause, she added, "The batch of medicine from the rear has been delayed for a long time. I am worried that something will happen on the road, and I will send someone to investigate later. What is the stockpile of medicines in the medical camp now? How long can it last?"

……

After talking about medical matters for a while, she watched the military doctor leave, lowered her eyes, hesitated for a few seconds, and then turned around and re-entered the tent: "...Wait, I know you are powerful, but lie down first, and I have to give you the medicine first." You need to apply some medicine to be sure!"

She gently dipped the powder on the wound of his left eye with a cotton swab, and noticed that the corners of his eyebrows twitched suddenly, which was not obvious, and it could even be said that his face was expressionless, but—it must be very It hurts.Without empathy, she couldn't guess whether the pain when the eye was injured was the same as the pain when the eye was injured.But if the magic stick said it, she knew it.

"Tong is your subordinate now. I want him to go to the rear to deal with the medicine for the time being. I need your nod and order." She said softly, "His current state is not suitable for the battlefield. You know, he is not good at it." Fighting, let alone being so distracted now."

"He won't."

"That's why I told you to go down as the leader of the ghost army—"

"What do you think the next step will be?" He asked suddenly.

She froze for a moment, and thought about it carefully: "... If the current situation continues, it is not optimistic at all. Recently, after receiving tips one after another, several large groups of anti-barbarians have chosen to obey the orders of the shogunate and gave up the struggle. "

He slowly closed the only right eye that can be used to look at the world now, and asked: "Then?"

"Then what awaits them is the elimination of fate without exception, although they think it is a way to protect themselves." She sneered mockingly, lowered the corners of her mouth, narrowed her eyes slightly, and analyzed clearly in an objective tone, "These troops had a great reputation when fighting against barbarians. Now the shogunate has ordered a ban on fighting against barbarians because of collusion with heaven and man. Even if they succumb, heaven and man will not let them go. It is conceivable that once they put down their weapons, they can All they do is sit and wait to die. The internal operation of the government is very complicated, and they will have [-] reasons and methods to die, and even die without knowing the reason.”

Speaking of this, she paused for a while, and then said with a little hesitation: "But if we continue to fight, it is inevitable that we will not take the same path with them. The current situation is too isolated and unfavorable for us...Jin Zhu , you have an idea, don't you?"

"Tell me what you think first."

"..." She was silent for a longer time this time before she spoke, "I talked about this with Chen Ma, and God is a very good solution." Seeing that he didn't move, she continued, "Our group will definitely not It will be tolerated by the shogunate, and absolutely must not submit to the shogunate. However, it is hard to say if this continues, but if we leave the earth, maybe-"

"Is this your escape?"

"……Eh?"

"So at that time, you hid in the bushes and watched the teacher being taken away by those guys?" He opened his eyes and looked at her fixedly.

"... Shinsuke Takasugi, if you want to quarrel, you can speak up."

"It's straightforward enough, Sugiyama Nozomi, you are so cowardly, you are not qualified to step onto the battlefield with a knife in your hand."

"It has nothing to do with the topic we're talking about now, right?! And damn it! You think I'm willing? If there were no beasts like gods and humans in this world, I don't know how happy I am! Who would come to such a shitty place? I can show you the hula dance every day in my hometown!"

"I will never retreat." His voice was as deep as her heart. "No matter what is ahead, as long as I hold the knife in my hand, it is enough for me to cut it off."

Looking at him like this, she suddenly remembered how many years ago, that little tsundere with a chubby face who was pulling twenty-five to eighty thousand a day.Later, after he went to the battlefield, he had a rare (?) serious and upright face, which almost made her forget his dark history... Ah, has his nature finally recovered?No, this is not nature, is it?

Is the left eye a switch?Did some program start automatically?

She thought so inappropriately, her body moved involuntarily, she took the initiative to stretch out her hand, put it on his hand, and said something like 'how did you come up with it'.

"Can I apply to be that knife? Can the first one submit the application be exempted from the test?"

...Ah, what am I thinking?

It's cold.

"Ah... I mean... if you lack a knife for cutting vegetables and cooking, I can also do it. I'm not bad at cooking."

Continue to be cold.

"Ahem, what about shaving your beard? Didn't you say that men will grow XX stubble after XX time? That's right! I said where do you shave your beard every day?!"

Still cold.

"...Okay, I know the answer, at least you can send me a good person card and say something like 'Actually you are a good girl', hey!" She withdrew her hand resentfully.

○I never receive a good person card, and the other party’s answer is very uniform: You are not kidding○

——Gin-san, as a man full of charm, I would never receive such a thing! BY Sakata Gintoki

——Yin Sang, you are a good person PS When will you pay me my salary? BY Shimura Shinpachi

——Silver sauce, you are a good person Aru PS Kiko, if you say that, you will treat me to the buffet Aru! BY Kagura

——Danna, you are a good person PS, that violent girl with a big stomach over there, come here and let me beat you up. BY Okita Sougo

——How could I say such things to this bastard? ! PS Zongwu, get the hell out of here and go back to work! BY Hijikata Shiro

--fourteen!You broke formation! PS Wanshiwu, you are really a good person, as long as you help me and Ms. A Miao connect with each other... BY Kondo Hoon

——You are the one who broke the formation!And you give up that meaningless fantasy, give it up quickly! BY Shimura Shinpachi

——Brother, you said it too cruelly, right?Face the world with kindness, or your sister will weep for it too. BY Isao Kondo

—Who is your brother!Don't bark!My sister is already crying for the gorilla stalker behind her who never dies! BY Shimura Shinpachi

In the next second, her hand was firmly contained.There is a layer of calluses on his palm, which is formed by holding a knife and slashing all the year round.

"If you're conscious enough," he said.

—— She has already done something about enlightenment.Whether it is life or hell, if you want to go, you must not go alone, because there is nothing more terrible than loneliness and loneliness.

***

Then, he finally broke his face with the shogunate.

Then, An Yuantong also died.

...What the hell is going on in this world?Are you sick?No, she must have burnt out her brain. Maybe she woke up and found that everything was just a dream. Teacher Songyang was sitting beside her bed, holding a medicine bowl, accusing with a smile: "It's all said to be cool." When it’s time, go into the water and fish.”

"Teacher, listen to me. Obasan from the west of the village said that fish soup can make people smarter. I did it for the sake of Kotaro." She would definitely answer so righteously.

But this is a dream that will never come true again.