Inquisitor's Melancholy

"Sakura, it has been blooming for a long time."

Okita Souji looked at the cherry blossom tree in front of him and said with a sigh.The flowering period of the cherry blossoms is extremely short, but the cherry blossoms here have been blooming since the day Li Xian arrived, and they have not withered until now.

From this aspect, Li Xian is really an incredible person.

"The garden of spring, the cherry blossoms are beautiful, and the plum blossoms are also beautiful."

"Hahaha...has it been so long? Retsuru, you were still copying the haiku collection written by Mr. Hijikata, and now you can say a few words yourself, but this is not spring." Mr. Okita Si lay on his side on the partition, chatting with Li Xian in a relaxed manner.

"I didn't say this, but an important friend. Thinking about it...Mr. Hijikata and he both like haiku and songs."

Thinking of Kasuga before, Izumi Mori Kanesada wrote this haiku with unknown meaning in the short book, and Horikawa Kunihiro was still applauding beside him, Rezuru lowered his eyes and smiled, he hadn't seen them for so long, and he missed them a little.

……Eh?Wait, what did Souji Okita just say?

"Mr. Hijikata, you said this collection of haiku was written by Mr. Hijikata himself?"

Rezuru took out "Toyotama Haiku Collection" from his arms and shook it in front of Okita Souji. Compared to Retsuru's surprise, Okita Souji also raised his head and stared at Rezuru, "... ...Why are you here? When Hijikata-san came over before, did he give you the haiku collection? ...Tsk, that guy never let me touch it!"

Souji Okita pursed his lips, expressing dissatisfaction with Hijikata Toshizo's differential treatment.

Obviously he is already 26 years old, acting coquettishly can be said to be at his fingertips.But his cute baby face just doesn't tell his age. Rei Xian sat beside Souji Okita and rubbed the top of his head lightly, "Mr. To mock him?"

He thought the name Toyotama was too familiar before, but after Mr. Okita said this, Rexian remembered that Toyotama was Hijikata Toshizo's pseudonym, and he didn't expect that he would hand him such an important item.

It would be great if there was a chance to return Hijikata Toshizo.

"Ah, I'm a little jealous to see you cherish the haiku collection given by Mr. Hijikata so much..."

Director Okita lay down again, looked at the cherry blossom tree, and then suddenly thought of something, he turned his head slightly, "Ri Xian, can you help me get the short book on the desk in the room, as well as the pen and ink ?"

"Is it the short book with aqua color on the top and bottom? You wait for me to download it."

Lixian got up and walked towards Mr. Okita's living room. The short book Mr. Mr. Okita mentioned had been placed on his desk several days ago, but there was nothing written on it.Because the water color of the short book is very beautiful, Li Xian pays attention to it a little bit, so now he has successfully found the short book that Souji Okita mentioned.

After Li Xian left, Okita Souji raised his hand and tried to shake it vigorously, until fine beads of sweat overflowed from his forehead, Okita Souji found that he couldn't even clenched his hand into a strong fist .Giving up on clenching his fist, Souji Okita placed his hand on the partition and closed his eyes.

To be able to persist for so long, both Sakura and his body are very powerful.

He should be satisfied too.

But in his heart, it was as if something was stabbing inside, the slight itching gradually expanded until the pain was so painful that he couldn't even breathe.

"Boss, I brought it here."

After hearing Retsuru's voice, Okita Souji returned to his previous state, and looked at him with a smile, "Yes, it's the short book. Don't look at me like this, I also like haiku, so I'll let you see my The level is good.

Although there is no way to write a whole book for you to transcribe like Hijikata-san, but this one is for you to write. "

"Okay, what kind of haiku?"

Because Okita Souji was lying lazily on the partition, Reixu didn’t think he would get up and write haiku, just as Rexian also wanted to test what he had learned these days, it would be better if he could write, If you encounter uncommon characters that you can't write, then... say Okita Souji's haiku is not good, and change it.

"Stay still, through the darkness, flowers and water."

Okita Souji looked at the cherry blossoms and said, his voice came to Lixian's ears calmly and indifferently, causing his pen tip, which was eager to try, to stop in mid-air.

"Are you sure you want to write this song?"

Reishen asked with difficulty in a jerky voice, he remembered this haiku very clearly, it was Okita Souji's passed away work.

Generally, under the artistic conception of passing away, everyone will lament the fate of flowers that must be scattered when they wither, but this word laments the fate that flowers and water have to be separated and only bound, and the feeling of unwillingness to bow to such a fate .

A samurai will not spare his own life, but the most painful thing is the feeling of powerlessness when he can no longer protect the people and things he wants to protect.

It seems that this haiku is very sad, but in fact it reveals incomparable strength.

Now, is Okita Souji uttering this haiku with such an idea?

"Yes, please write it down. This is the work I am most proud of." Okita Souji said to Li Xian with a smile. If possible, he actually wanted to write it down by himself, but his right hand , Not only can't hold the sword, but even the pen.

"……it is good."

Li Xian wrote the haiku he said on the front of the booklet, then turned it to the back and signed it: Shinsengumi Okita Souji

"How? Let me see."

Li Xian handed over the short booklet, Director Okita took it carefully, held it in the palm of his hand, looked at the clear and elegant handwriting on it, "It's so good,... so good..."

Mr. Okita kept repeating these three words, and then put them on his chest like a treasure. He closed his eyes and raised the corners of his lips. me?"

"Ah."

"You can't let go until I wake up."

"Ah."

"It's such a beautiful dream. There are cherry blossoms, you, and Kondo-sensei is still alive... Ah... I don't want to wake up..."

"Ah."

"Li Xian, can you finally tell me, who are you... come here... and what is it for?"

Director Okita's voice gradually dropped, his consciousness had already begun to blur, only the scent of cherry blossoms lingering in his nose was so clear, and later, even the scent of cherry blossoms was gone, he did not wait for that person's answer.

What a pity...

Lixian remained silent. He looked up at the cherry blossom petals flying all over the sky. The cherry blossoms were still blooming to their heart's content, but they withered in an instant as if someone had pressed a shortcut key.

No matter how powerful his spiritual power is, if the cherry blossoms go against their original flowering period and bloom for so long, they won't be able to hold on.

After the cherry blossom petals fell down, covering the ground with a layer of cherry red and covering Souji Okita's body, Li Xian opened his mouth to speak.

"I am Reishen, the God Judge. I came here to meet Shinsengumi and Souji Okita."

"... Can't hear you anymore? It's really a pity... Mr. Xiao, please have a good rest. When you open your eyes, you will definitely see the most beautiful cherry blossoms."

The hand that shook with Okita Souji was very strong, because Rexian himself is also a person with a cold body, his fingertips are cold, and in this scorching summer, I don't know that Okita Souji's hand is cooler , or his hands are cooler.

When Mr. You Zhu found Li Xian, he was living on the streets of Edo, what should I say?It seemed that Mr. You Zhu was living in poverty. Although Mr. You Zhu knew that Li Xian had no money, the first thing he said after seeing him was to ask him to take him to dinner, which was a bit too much.

"Master Li Xian, as your person in charge, I can interview you about the fact that you almost became the first God judge who starved to death in the mission era. How do you feel?"

Mr. You Zhu propped his chin with one hand, watching the elegant and reserved Li Xian eating the noodles in the bowl, obviously in a wolfish manner.

"Ah, about this, because an unreliable person in charge revoked my language interpretation function, so that I couldn't complete the task smoothly. And because my spiritual power was exhausted, I couldn't even go back to Honmaru. I was stranded for many days during the mission. It was because this unreliable person in charge didn't come to take me away as soon as possible, so I almost starved to death."

Li Xian drank the last sip of soup from the bottom of the bowl, and then answered Mr. You Zhu's question.

He didn't lie, all this is Mr. You Zhu's fault.

"I believe in your ball."

In a moment of excitement, Mr. You Zhu uttered a sentence in his native language. Seeing the shopkeeper looking at him suspiciously, Mr. You Zhu fake coughed twice, and returned to his previous appearance of a gentle scum, as indifferent as if the sentence just now was not He said the same.

"Leaving aside the rest, what is your spiritual power used for? Li Xian, you should be aware of your power, it's not something you can squander."

Mr. You Zhu's expression became serious, Li Xian's spiritual power was very strong, what did he do to make his power exhausted, and he couldn't recover in a short time.

"Cherry blossoms, all of them are used to make the cherry blossoms bloom." Li Xian smiled at Mr. Youzhu, as if reminiscing, and said: "Ah, what a beautiful cherry blossom... next time, do you want to try to let other flowers also bloom?" What about opening? No, that seems to be out of my control."

"Do not make jokes."

Mr. You Zhu looked a little angry, and what was even more angry was that he couldn't figure out what the young man in front of him was thinking. Maybe since the first time they met, Mr. You Zhu couldn't understand what the boy was thinking, or maybe he didn't know anything. think.

"Forget it, you wouldn't say it if I asked you. Lixian, when you chose to be a god judge, you should understand that the god judge obeys the government of time. The government of time has given you freedom, but there are also A forbidden area that must not be violated, such as... trying to change history."

When looking at Li Xian, Mr. You Zhu always felt uneasy, and the thin and wounded figure appeared in front of Mr. You Zhu countless times.The child had grown so big back then, but watching him grow up, watching him excellently complete every task given by the government of the time, Mr. You Zhu became more and more worried.

That child, what is going on in your heart?

He could only give such advice to Li Xian as the person in charge of the Chinese God Trials, and he was worried even though Li Xian had never done anything illegal.If someone like Li Xian really set foot in the restricted area, what would happen?

"Trying to change history...Mr. Youzhu, you think too highly of me, I can't even change myself, what else can I change?...I'm full, go with me to a place first, and then I should go back Honmaru is gone, those sword men are still waiting for me."

"Where?"

Mr. You Zhu asked puzzledly, he has already returned to the present world, is there any place Li Xian wants to go?

Following the pace of Lixian, they came to a high ground, and looking down, there was a temple, which was the special name of the Bodhi Temple of the Okita Family, but only the chief priest in June would be open to the public.

"I remembered, was your previous mission era the era when the Ikedaya incident happened? Have you met Souji Okita?"

Mr. You Zhu looked at the temple in the distance, it is still winter here in this world, even if you want to come to sacrifice to that Okita Shoji, you should wait until June.

"Well, if you... really want to go in, the government of time can still give you... the back door."

Scratching his own nose, Mr. You Zhu hesitated and said.After all, his punishment this time really made Li Xian suffer a lot, and he didn't feel very good about it. Although Li Xian's ability to interpret language has been restored now, it seems that it is not impossible to add another insignificant compensation accept.

"It's not necessary."

Lixian held the bouquet of cherry blossoms in his hand, then threw it forward vigorously, then he turned to look at Mr. Youzhu, "It's time to go back to Honmaru."

[Another version of the ending: For you, change history]

Lixian was wearing the simplest jeans with a hoodie. With his slender figure, handsome face, and excellent temperament, the nurses in the hospital couldn't help but stop and observe him secretly, not to mention that Lixian was still holding a Eye-catching cherry blossom bouquet.

"Isn't the man who walked past just now very handsome?"

A nurse grabbed the little friend beside her and said.

"It's really good, but if someone is holding flowers in his hand, he must be here to see his girlfriend, so don't think about it."

"But it's not roses, maybe it's not for your girlfriend?"

"You don't allow other people's girlfriends to like peach blossoms?"

"..."

"Sister, please, those are cherry blossoms!"

Li Xian ignored the small discussions coming from behind. He looked at the address in his hand, found the room number, pushed the door and walked in, and handed over the bouquet of cherry blossoms, "How about it? The cherry blossoms are beautiful, yes. Bar?"

"Yes, no matter when and where you look, it's beautiful."

The young man with a pale face on the hospital bed took the cherry blossoms with a smile, and then looked out of the window, "This place is just like what you said, with beautiful flowers and a warm sun, where everyone can have a full meal and take a nap , is a good place."

"I won't lie to you about this kind of thing. Then, please take care of your body as soon as possible. As you can see, the doctors here are even more skilled than Dr. Matsumoto."

"Hearing you say that, Dr. Matsumoto will be angry again?"

"Hahaha, maybe."

Li Xian then looked at the hospital bed next to the young man, "Are you still awake?"

"Well, after all, the injury was serious, but don't worry, the evil spirits I know are not so easily defeated."

"Then return this thing to him when he wakes up. Oh, by the way, if you want to learn the language here, you must at least copy Tang poems and Song poems a thousand times. Don't forget."

Li Xian took out a book and put it on the small cabinet next to the hospital bed, with the words "Fengyu Haiku Collection" written on the cover.Seeing this, the young man didn't say much, just smiled, and when Li Xian was about to leave, he yelled, "I haven't waited for your answer, so don't you plan to say it now?"

"Heh, you are really persistent. Then... I am the god judge Reixian, and the purpose is to meet the Shinsengumi and you."

"It's been a long time, Okita Souji."

The author has something to say:

Some readers, little angels, guessed this ending, which scared me so much that I almost changed it temporarily, but forget it, this is the best arrangement for the general manager, and my little angels are so smart, there is really no way~

...Uh, and... Anyway, saving one is saving, and saving two is also saving, so I'll just grab Hijikata Toshisan by the way, isn't it too much?After all, the whereabouts of Tufang's remains were unknown in history, and it seemed that they were buried with other soldiers who died in battle. If they were still alive, who would know?