The end of the curtain

? That night when he returned to the village covered in blood, Qianhe was really startled, and rushed over to ask anxiously.Then, they saw Mr. Hijikata following behind with a dark face. Although Sakurai was afraid of Hijikata sometimes, his expression did not fluctuate.

It's useless to say more without explaining.

"Yeah, it's so late, Mr. Hijikata and Xiao Qianzuru haven't slept~" The expression on the director's face didn't change, he said calmly, just put his hands on his waist habitually On the handle of the knife in the middle, he walked over with leisurely steps.

Yes, the only ones waiting at the door were Mr. Hijikata and Chizuru, their shadows were drawn very long by the flickering candlelight.

"Boss, you should explain what's going on." Hijikata's low tone was filled with imperceptible anger, Chizuru raised his head to look at Hijikata with a gloomy expression, and then turned his head to look at Sakurai.

Sakurai's delicate face was stained with drops of splashed blood, and the dried blood showed a dull crimson.She pursed her lips without saying a word, lowered her eyes slightly, and stood just behind the tall chief executive.

"Explain what?" The chief minister pretended not to understand, so he dragged the end of the sound, then turned his head slightly to look at Sakurai, and then smiled lightly, pretending to understand, "Oh, it turns out that this child has so much blood splashed on him, Really careless—”

Sakurai didn't want to talk, but she knew very well in her heart that the chief executive already knew that she had discovered the existence of Raksha. For the Shinsengumi, there is an extra threat.If Mr. Hijikata and the others knew about this, they didn't know how to deal with themselves.

It won't be too much trouble then...

Tufang was agitated by the director's cryptic words. As the team doctor of the newly selected team, it's fine if he doesn't see anyone for a day, but what's the matter with her being so bloody?I don't know that the rules in the game prohibit any team members from the newly selected team from fighting privately outside?

As the truth of the matter seemed to be gradually surfacing, Sakurai did not explain anything in a panic, but remained silent, quietly waiting for the chief executive to tell the truth.

"——Xiaoxu went on a date with me, but this child lost his temper halfway, and when he found her, he saw someone bullying her."

"...?!!!...!!!" Hearing that Sakurai suddenly widened his eyes and cast an incredulous look at the chief executive, Chizuru's face turned slightly red, and then he gently pulled Sakurai's sleeve, whispering He asked cautiously, "Really, Xiaoxu?"

—Of course not!Chizuru, don't get me wrong!me……

But Chizuru was obviously not what Sakurai thought in his mind, but looked sideways at Mr. Hijikata with a gloomy face, and a faint gentle smile appeared on her face involuntarily, and no one saw it.

"--What's going on with that blood?!" Tu Fang tried his best to suppress his anger, as if he wanted to cover up something and didn't want to alarm everyone.It was only later that Sakurai found out that Hijikata didn't want to disturb Ito Kokotaro. In fact, although Mr. Hijikata usually looks serious, he is a very defensive person.

The corner of the director's lips twitched into a deep smile, and he didn't answer the earthwork's words, but acquiesced in the earthwork's question.Qianhe first thought about it carefully, then raised his head and looked at the chief executive: "Mr. Okita, those people—"

"—Kill it." The tone was very gentle and even said this sentence with a smile, although it was said so.But when thinking of Chikage Kazama, the chief executive's emerald green imperceptibly flashed a trace of hostility.

... I can't believe that the chief executive didn't tell the truth... But chief executive, killing people is not an easy task, why are you able to face it with such a nonchalant attitude?

Hijikata is very clear that the chief commander is clearly "talking nonsense with his eyes open", why is Sakurai's body stained with blood, it is normal for the chief minister to have no blood on his body, but seeing that there is no wound on Sakurai's body , it would be too far-fetched to follow the current explanation given by the general manager.

Hijikata looked directly at the Chief Director. In fact, regarding Sakurai, as long as he didn't hurt the Shinsengumi, he didn't want to pursue so much. On the contrary, Hijikata already regarded her as one of his own in his heart more or less like Chizuru.And for almost a year, I haven't seen Sakurai doing any restless actions, only occasionally making mistakes.

The chief executive did not evade the gaze of the earthworker until a moment of silence, but the earthworker sighed softly and turned around: "You make up your own mind."

In fact, the general manager is like a younger brother to the earthwork.Although the general manager sometimes does things too much, but the earth side chooses to be tolerant...

The figure has gone, and the light-colored cherry blossom petals are flying silently on the soft silver moonlight.

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A piece of falling cherry blossoms soaked in the rain all night, scattered and landed on the quaint bluestone path, or floated leisurely on the edge of the clear rainwater beach, the golden sunlight shone on the water beach, emitting Shine like broken gold.

The players in the Shinsen group got up early for morning exercises as usual, doing sword swing practice.With shouts and shouts, the bamboo swords and wooden knives in their hands drew beautiful and powerful arcs in the air.

Today, the general manager is responsible for teaching the swordsmanship exercises of the team members. When everyone heard the news, they were all terrified. From the beginning of the practice, they were meticulous and did not dare to be distracted in the slightest, for fear of making a mistake.

Everyone in the Shinsengumi knows how brutal their swordsmanship instructor Okita Souji is, no less cruel than the deputy chief when he tortures criminals.As long as you are a little lazy during practice, or if your movements are not in place, you will be hit with a wooden knife before you can react, and you will grin your teeth for a long time in pain.

What's more serious is that Master Chongtian is still carrying a bamboo sword and wooden knife and said with a smile: "Since you believe in your own strength so much, then it's better than trying it."

That seemingly harmless smile to those soldiers was terrifyingly like the devil's smile from hell.

……

After a lot of crying and screaming, ghosts, wolves and howling, almost none of the past team members "returned alive". The situation is better, but it is more uncomfortable than dying to come back half alive.

So Master Okita is the scariest...

After a heavy rain last night, the cherry blossom petals fell all over the ground, and there was a fresh smell in the air, which smelled very comfortable.

Sakurai sat in a daze under the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard of the dojo, with freshly brewed medicine on the stone slab beside him.

Chizuru's daily compulsory course is washing and cooking, and Sakurai's daily compulsory course is to make medicine, and run after a patient who doesn't obey and take medicine well.

Sometimes it takes a long time to toss, and that person will try his best to tease her. She is so angry that she jumps her feet but is unable to fight back, and she really wants to swear.

But there was one thing that puzzled Sakurai, but he didn't say anything.

Yesterday afternoon, after dinner, he had just helped Qianhe wash the dishes, but Hijikata had someone call her over.

Sakurai wondered if he had done something wrong again, or something more serious.I silently lamented that I was going to be trained again, so I walked all the way in anxiety, but the result was not what I imagined.

Hijikata picked up a long strip wrapped in dark blue linen beside him without saying a word. Sakurai was wondering, but Hijikata handed the thing wrapped in linen to Sakurai, and saw that it was not wrapped. The very tight end of the dark blue linen slipped off, revealing a small section of the jet black hilt with delicate dragon patterns carved on it.

Familiar knife... the Big Dipper...

The beautiful dark purple pupils are not as clear as the chief executive's, but rather deep and elusive.

"This is your sword. As a member of the Shinsengumi, it's hard to justify without your own saber." Hijikata's face, which perfectly blends handsome and delicate, showed a faint smile unique to the deputy chief .

That's right, even Qianhe has her own saber, if she doesn't have it, it really can't be justified.Hijikata knew very well that she knew how to use swordsmanship to some extent. The members of the Shinsengumi did not have a sword to defend themselves when the danger came, so it would not be good to spread the word.

Sakurai took the Big Dipper in a daze, and caressed the rough but not tricky handle of the knife with some astonishment. The sense of familiarity that he hadn't seen for a long time made Sakurai feel like a dream for a moment.

But what was in her mind was not the joy of returning the familiar Big Dipper, but Mr. Hijikata's meaning.

Although Hijikata still has doubts about her to some extent, but... a member of the Shinsengumi is willing to return the Big Dipper to her. Does it represent her trust and acceptance?

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"Come back to your senses~ Are you thinking of something weird?" The chief executive's voice came from beside his ears with a sly smile. Sakurai was so frightened that he suddenly turned around, but he happened to meet the chief minister's pair of eyes. Green eyes with a fox-like smile.

"...No, no..." Sakurai realized that the distance was not good, so he moved back without a trace, but the chief executive pretended not to know and chuckled and followed suit, getting closer and closer until Sakurai About to fall off the stone slab and the medicine bowl beside her, she quickly sat upright and gave him a hard look.

--you do this delibrately! ! !

"Hahahaha..." He laughed without hesitation.

"……"asshole!Do not change!I--

Sakurai suddenly thought that this time he must take revenge on him, so he looked around subconsciously, and glanced at the medicine bowl at the side from the corner of his eye.So she picked up the medicine bowl and gave a light smile that she thought was harmless: "Mr. Zongsi, please drink the medicine."

"..." The chief executive has always had nothing to do with the kind of medicine that is so bitter that you want to vomit, but sometimes he will try his best to evade it, but once Sakurai moves out Kondo-san, he is basically helpless.

But it’s not okay to use this method too much, and Sakurai basically doesn’t know how to use it. After all, the chief executive is not a kid who is easy to deceive, but a fox.

Just when Sakurai looked at the unpredictable expression of the general manager and thought he had "won the victory", the general manager suddenly brought his handsome face closer again, with an extremely sly and dangerous smile on the corner of his lips: "Xiaoxu is Are you seducing me, don't cry and beg the chief when the time comes~"

"——!!!" Nani? ! !

Speaking of which, the chief executive directly reached out and grabbed her slender wrist. Sakurai was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly reacted. He only felt the anger in his heart rising up, and he kicked her without hesitation. past.

——I (mother) seduced your sister! ! ! !

[Okay, I'm being rude and swearing. . .Today, when Sakura-chan was in class, she was deliberately hit on the back by a classmate with a basketball. Sakura-chan stood up and turned around and said "Fuck!!!". . .Mommy, my little heart is about to be smashed and spit out. . . 】

Then, the bowl of medicine was sprinkled so gorgeously, Sakurai looked at it wanting to cry without tears, but the chief executive laughed wildly and triumphantly.

——The medicine I have worked so hard for so long...

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Therefore, the person who delivered the medicine to the general manager and supervised him to take the medicine was the most unlucky and courageous person in the world.

Sakurai had no choice but to go back and fry the medicine again. When she was extremely reluctant but could only return to the dojo angrily, the chief seemed to have finished teaching the soldiers how to use swordsmanship, with a relaxed expression on her face. Erlang sat lazily on the stone slab.

……asshole……

...I want to kill you...

……asshole……

Sakurai couldn't help cursing a few times viciously in his heart, but he still had no ambition to go back and "beg" the general manager to drink the medicine.

"Sousse-kun... drink, drink medicine!" Since that incident, Sakurai never called her Mr. Okita again, but he still couldn't overcome the barrier in his heart, so he just called him Sousse-kun, but Sousse-san Didn't say anything.

"Well——" Slowly turning away from the face facing the blue sky just now, the chief executive smiled and pretended to have just seen her, but when he saw the medicine in her hand, he shook his head childishly as usual, "don't want."

"..." Come again! ?What a hassle!Souji Okita, I want to crush you!However, it’s impossible not to take medicine. If you don’t take medicine, your condition will deteriorate faster if you don’t get a certain control. This is absolutely impossible...

She pursed her lips slightly and seemed a bit reluctant, but she still insisted on sending it over.The director looked at her nodding her head, looking stubborn and unyielding as if she was being bullied. Suddenly, an idea came up in his heart to tease her.

"I want to eat Jinping Tang—" The intentionally protracted tone seemed to be coquettish but lazy.

"Huh? That... is gone." Sakurai showed all kinds of childish behaviors to the chief executive, and sometimes he would inevitably feel a little headache.Usually when she is not clear-headed, she is easily teased by sly foxes.

Seeing Sakurai's confused look again, the general manager suddenly became more playful, but he still looked leisurely: "If you don't have Jinpingtang, don't take medicine—"

"..." Sakurai didn't know that he had been hooked, and was still very helpless, "...Well, you finish eating first, and I'll buy it for you later, okay?" It was like actively suppressing anxiety and coaxing A naughty child.

"No, I want Jinpingtang now, or I won't drink it~"

"..." But she won't be able to go out until this afternoon at least. Don't think she's free.The seasons have changed recently, and most of the team members in the village have various degrees of diseases, or latent diseases caused by not paying attention to their health all the year round.A few days ago, I accidentally mentioned it to Mr. Kondo. Mr. Kondo was still a little nervous and asked if it was okay, so he decided to find a time for Dr. Matsumoto Yoshitsumi from Makunodo to come over and do a general physical examination.

Because he considered that Sakurai was a girl after all, and it was not easy to check the health of hundreds of people in the village by himself.

The chief executive didn't take it seriously, as the so-called "girls who are easy to be soft-hearted are easy to deceive", this is one of the experiences that the chief executive has summed up in the two years he has known Sakurai.

"But……"

"Conditions~" Taking advantage of this opportunity, the chief executive unhurriedly stated his ultimate goal. At the same time, he narrowed his emerald-green fox eyes slightly, and looked at Sakura with interest. well.

"..." Well... a certain girl lowered her head decadently, so that you could drink the medicine, so as not to delay your illness.As long as I can do it, no matter what, I can do my best.

"Swordsmanship." As soon as the words came out, the chief executive laughed inexplicably, and Sakurai suddenly widened his black eyes that were as black as moyu. ?