The end of the curtain

?Looking at him without any hesitation, Hijikata Toshisan actually slowly withdrew his sword and turned his back on his back, but his voice was equally low: "I warn you first—if you dare to make any wrong choice If you do something unfavorable, I will kill you!" No more words, and before I could speak, he had already walked towards the Ikeda house.

I was naturally a little surprised in my heart, but I followed him in decisively...

The strong smell of blood rushed to our faces as I stepped into the door with Tufang.There were unsightly scars everywhere, and there were bloody corpses all around, and the bloodshot eyes were so wide open that they couldn't die.The pale paper door was splashed with pale blood-colored chrysanthemums one after another, which looked extraordinarily eerie under the dim yellow flickering candlelight.

I stared at the scene in front of me in a daze, and felt a chill creeping up from the soles of my feet.That was not an emotion of fear, but an inexplicable sense of familiarity in the face of such a bloody scene!

"If you are afraid, then leave!" Hijikata Toshisan said with a gloomy expression when he saw that I was frozen there.I froze again, but shook my head.Looking carefully, I saw that Shinpachi, Saito and the others lost their usual gentleness. At this time, they had already grasped the knife in their hands and turned into bloodthirsty demon sons.

"Xiaoxu, Mr. Hijikata..." Facing my arrival, Shinpachi was unbelievable as expected, and Saito's expression was as calm as ever.Tufang just pointed to the stairs not far away, and said calmly, "... If you're worried... the head office should be on the second floor..." The deputy director of Tufang, who was simple and horrified.

As soon as Hijikata finished speaking, everyone understood why I appeared here, and a wretched and ambiguous smile immediately appeared on Shinpachi's face, with an expression of "Oh~ so that's the case~".The corner of my mouth twitched slightly, what is this!But I was too lazy to argue with him so much, I bowed respectfully to Hijikata, and quickly ran to the second floor.

If I remember correctly, during the Battle of Ikedaya, Chikage Kazama appeared, and Souji Okita suffered from tuberculosis, and then...

The bloodstains all over the place had already dried up to a dull red color, proclaiming that its body had lost its vitality and was hopeless.I was scurrying around like a headless chicken, with no idea which direction to go other than a blood-red, lifeless room.

Then, I saw Hirasuke with blood all over his face, slumped powerlessly in the corridor.I quickly ran over and crouched beside Hirasuke to check his injuries.The wound was a bit deep, there was a lot of blood, and there were signs of a concussion.Hirasuke, who woke up slowly, was about to sit up, but I pushed him down.

"Hirasuke, don't get up yet! I don't know if you have any internal injuries, take a rest first." While speaking, I quickly put down the knife and placed Hirasuke who gradually calmed down. Gauze and hemostatic medicine were quickly and carefully wrapped up for him.

"...Xiaoxu... Be careful... Go and see the chief, Qianzuru, Qianzuru has already gone in...he, inside..." Hirasuke pointed out to me intermittently, even though he was in so much pain. Clear direction, "...inside, there is a guy with a golden retriever, very powerful... Chief Sidu, he vomited blood..."

—Have you vomited blood? ! !

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I kicked open the half-closed sliding door of the room, only to see Okita standing in front of Chizuru, and Kaga Kiyomitsu, trembling unceasingly, still proudly pointing at Chikage Kazama.Coughing fiercely, but still tightly protecting Qianhe behind his back: "Your opponent... cough cough cough... it's me... don't... hurt her, cough cough..." Qian He hurriedly supported him , with red eyes and an expression of about to cry.

I vaguely saw traces of bright red blood oozing from his left hand covering his mouth, my heart tightened suddenly, and I stared straight at the bright color... Sure enough, an attack has occurred, and it can be cured in the age without antibiotics. Good tuberculosis, is it really just a ridiculous luxury?It's really just like the history has fixed, no matter how hard I try, it will be irreversible after all.

In fact, even though Okita Souji is the executioner of Mibu, but after getting along for so long, he is just a child who is afraid of loneliness and just wants people to care about him. Why did he have to die so early?

——Xiao Xu?

They didn't expect that I would come here, and Chikage Kazama didn't show any surprise, but just showed an evil smile as usual.

"Although thank you very much for helping me last time." I ignored Okita and Chizuru, but quickly walked to Xiangkazama in front of them, and suddenly pulled out the Big Dipper from the scabbard to point to Kazama Chikage, with a determined face, "But, I will never allow you to hurt them again."

"Oh, did you draw a knife to me for a human being who betrayed his master?" Kazama raised his eyebrows with interest and squinted at me condescendingly, sneered disdainfully, and raised his chin slightly, "Even this trash is useless I was vomiting blood."

"Even so! I will never let you touch them again!" I firmly refused to give in.

"...was protected by Xiaoxu... It's really embarrassing...cough cough..." Coughing almost out of strength, a happy smile suddenly appeared on Okita Kiyoshi's face, pale and feeble, not the playfulness and banter of the past , but out of joy, "...cough cough cough cough, it turns out...Xiao Xu is...so fond of Zongsi so much, why...cough cough..."

"..." Oh my god...

"Then—" Chikage Kazama's lips curled gracefully, and the cruelty in her eyes was suddenly obvious, "Come and try your sword, Ms. Sakurai." As soon as the words fell, I only felt that the front of my face was brushed quickly. The speed of breaking the wind was slightly painful, and I subconsciously swung my knife to block it——

A golden ray of light was wasted in the thrust, but Kazama's expression changed slightly, and the strength of his hand slowed down a lot.

Although the shock made my tiger's mouth very painful, I actually took his attack completely!I thought that there was no chance of winning, but I also found it inconceivable. Where did that golden light just come from?

"Hmph—when you just broke in, my mission was also completed—" Chikage Kazama suddenly withdrew her sword, and gave me a meaningful look, with an inexplicable smile on her lips, bewitchingly like The blood cherry blossoms blooming in the dark night, he jumped out of the open lattice window, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Okita managed to recover a little bit from the severe cough, and when he saw Kazama Leaving his expression changed, he staggered two steps to catch up with the previous stagger and fell to the floor: "—Wait a minute! I... Can still... fight..."

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The morning star in the east, exuding soft white light, quietly rises in the sound of everything. Although it is not as bright as the sun and the moon, it is as beautiful as a lotus flower that is serene and pure.

In the Ikedaya incident, the Shinsengumi became famous in the first battle. Soon, the deeds of the Shinsengumi will spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kyoto, and will be recorded in history in the future.But Shinsengumi's colleagues in Victory have suffered almost as much.Two team captains were seriously injured, one team member died, and there were many other injured players...

The so-called serious injury of Okita Souji is not called at all, it can only be said that tuberculosis broke out completely during excessive exercise.It was difficult to hide the current situation from himself, and he would know it soon.That's right, no matter how serious the bronchitis is, it won't cause hemoptysis.Although he didn't say a word later, and smiled heartlessly and charmingly as always, but in fact, he probably guessed something in his heart.

Okita fell into a semi-comatose state, and was carried back by the crowd at dawn.Although no one would doubt him based on his superb swordsmanship, the explanation for his vomiting of blood is the coma and hemoptysis caused by the gravity attack on his chest.

Although he would wake up after a good rest, his tuberculosis was really beginning to torture him.If he knew his true illness, what would he think in his heart?He should be angry that I didn't tell him, right?All this is just a matter of time.

It was night, and the desolate moonlight shrouded a layer of silver-white gauze on the wooden floor.After all, the night of bloody battle subsided. Tomorrow, the Shinsengumi greeted not only the dawn of a new day, but also the complete disgust and panic of the people of Kyoto.

There is nothing serious about taking care of the wounds of Hirasuke and the other wounded.I think I'd better leave before Okita wakes up.From what I knew of him, if I hadn't left to be seen by him after he came to his senses, he would have played tricks on me with his unruliness.

Two unextinguished paper lanterns hung high above the entrance of the Shinsengumi’s garrison. The dim light shone on the person’s body, and a long black trail stretched out on the smooth gravel road. silhouette.

Even though I tried to evade again and again, Qianhe ran out alone, "Xiaoxu, is it really okay for you to go back by yourself?" of.But after getting along with her seriously, I realized that Qianhe has always treated others with sincerity and kindness.

"Of course it doesn't matter, little Qianhe." I didn't hold back for a moment, I still took advantage of my height and reached out to rub Qianhe's fine bangs.I don't know why, Qianzuru seems to exude a kind of "come and bully me" calling power, "Go back quickly, a girl's house is not allowed to come out at night, otherwise you will meet a pervert~"

——A girl can’t come out casually at night, otherwise she will meet a pervert~

I never thought that this sentence would become an excuse for others to refute me later.

"Oh? Really...yes, I'm sorry!" Qianhe was so natural that even after being tricked, she kept apologizing to others without knowing why.

"Pfft——" I couldn't help but chuckled at Qianzuru's innocence, "Go back, goodbye!" When Qianhe didn't understand and was about to ask me what was going on, I pointed to the Shinsengumi settlement door, turned and left. ?