Chapter 9: Life and Death

You stopped Yamaubakiri Kunihiro from carrying Tsurumaru Kuninaga on his shoulders.

"This position is not good for your stomach." You said righteously, and took out another retractable rope and fastened it to the rope that tied Tsurumaru Kuninaga. "Drag him like this, it's better for your body."

As for whether it is good for the mind... I don't understand.

You hummed a song while dragging Tsurumaru Kuninaga forward. Kashuu Kiyomitsu shuddered when he saw this scene. He approached Yamaubakiri Kunihiro and asked quietly, "Master, do you like this Tsurumaru... or do you hate him?"

If the master's love is this deep, then he... Kashuu Kiyomitsu thought with a sad face, then he will try his best to bear it.

Yamaubakiri Kunihiro felt that Kashuai Kiyomitsu was thinking in a very bad way. He really wanted to explain that you must like Tsurumaru Kuninaga, but this behavior has nothing to do with liking someone. It's just a whim of yours... But when the words came to his lips, he really didn't know how to explain this problem to Kashuai Kiyomitsu.

"...Hmm." He answered vaguely, "...you will understand if you spend more time with the master."

The two swordsmen followed you quietly, watching you jump up from time to time, dragging the unconscious Tsurumaru Kuninaga to climb up the tree in a 100-meter sprint to pick strange-shaped fruits, or suddenly diving into the bushes, and then crawling out covered in dust and holding things that should not appear on the battlefield.

They also saw a trash can that suddenly appeared in the bushes, a golden treasure chest hanging on a tree, and a small animal trapped in a trap carrying a large piece of gold...

"So this is what the 5-1 battlefield is like..." Kashuu Kiyomitsu chose his words carefully, "...a lively place?" He sighed, "Really, the master didn't hide his intentions at all..."

There is no way for Rang Ren to pretend not to see it!

"The master has many secrets." Yamaubakiri Kunihiro stopped, picked up the fruit you dropped, and handed it to Kashuu Kiyomitsu, "But we are the master's swords."

So it doesn't matter whether you have secrets or what kind of power you have, the sword that belongs to you will always protect you.

"But, Yamaubakiri..." Kashuu Kiyomitsu didn't take the fruit. He looked at your back, lowered his eyes slightly, and said calmly, "You feel it too, right?"

"The connection between us and the master was just broken."

Those in Honmaru must have felt it, too.

At that moment, it was an established fact that the inquisitor was "dead".

In fact, the reason why Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamaubakiri Kunihiro haven't gone crazy yet is entirely because you are still alive, otherwise they would risk the end of the broken sword and kill your enemy together with the Tsurumaru Kuninaga.

“We need to become stronger.”

Being protected by a beloved master is enough only once.

"As for me... I don't want to be abandoned by my master." Kashuu Kiyomitsu looked at his palm and said with a smile, "The advantage of being a human is that I can make choices that I couldn't make before. If my master dies, I will leave with her."

It's really strange. I've only been with you for a short time, but the feelings I have for you are so unbelievable.

"Hey, Master, let's go back to Honmaru quickly." He came to your side and started to act coquettishly, "I want you to help me paint my nails."

"Eh? Kiyomitsu is quite cute like this."

With your straight male aesthetic sense, you can't even tell the difference between the dozen or so bottles of red nail polish from California Clear. When you think about the last time you helped California Clear paint nail polish on a whim, you get a headache.

Forget it, I'll just decline it.

"Really? Then the master should like me more..."

You answered perfunctorily while oh oh oh uh uh uh, while staring at the marked points on the system map, trying hard to think about where the other treasure chest is... It breaks the game, can't the resource points be made more obvious? The resources are all given for free anyway, can’t they be sent directly to the mailbox?

It's abominable that players have to find it in person. They will give the game a bad review after leaving.

Yamaubakiri Kunihiro stopped where he was and watched quietly as Kashuu Kiyomitsu took the treasure chest down from the tree for you.

"I will..."

The sudden wind blew the words into pieces.

He pulled his hat and walked quickly towards you.

*

After completely clearing 5-1, you pressed the time-space converter with satisfaction and returned to Honmaru with the other blades.

Before you could show off your trophy, Imakaki, who had been waiting next to the converter, jumped into your arms and cried out in a tearful voice, "Master! Are you okay?"

Just kidding, you are a noble player, what can happen to you?

However, the sword's thrust directly hit your stomach, and two health points disappeared. In addition, you ate a little too much in the game, and when the other blades came over and began to ask about it, you opened your mouth and vomited two mouthfuls of strawberry jam - well, the last thing you ate before going into battle was strawberry shortcake, so there was no need for this game to make vomiting so realistic, right? At first glance, it looked like you vomited some dirt.

The player's health bar is marked with a [vomit] status. What happens if you don't vomit? Is there a bug in the character model? Or is it going to turn the player into a jet fighter... Oh, that's not going to happen, right?

You were lost in thought, not noticing the dead silence around you.

You recalled the entire process of capturing the wild Tsurumaru, wiped the non-existent sweat from your forehead, and smiled heartily: "What a thrilling capture battle!"

As you spoke, strawberry jam started to flow from the corners of your mouth.

Damn it, it turns out this state is a passive debuff, and you’ll make a gurgling sound when you open your mouth.

But why is it so quiet? Don't these blades talk?

Kitsunesuke, who came late, ran over and whispered, "Master Judge, you are finally back..." Before he could finish the rest of the words, he saw the unknown vomit on the ground and the strawberry jam at the corner of your mouth.

Kitsunesuke:?

Three seconds later, Kitsunesuke let out a sharp cry: "Judge-sama aa ...

*

The blade that was awakened by Kitsunesuke's shout restarted from its shutdown state and began to howl like ghosts, each one crying louder than the other, as if it had some terminal illness and would die in the next second.

You covered your ears and tried to run away, but Kasen Kanesada grabbed Xiaofei's neck and lifted him up in the air. You punched and kicked him in the air, but didn't cause any damage. In the end, you were taken to Yagen Toushirou's room in a depressed mood and forced to undergo a full body examination.

"I have a little indigestion. I think it's because I ate too many different kinds of food." Yaken Toushirou pushed his glasses. "General, remember to avoid certain foods recently." He took out some dark herbs from the cabinet behind him. The mirror reflected an eerie white light. "I'm studying Chinese medicine recently. I can give you some Chinese medicine to regulate your stomach."

You've been playing games, so what's wrong with eating a little more? You look away with a guilty conscience. Isn't it just shaved ice and fried chicken legs in the morning, vitamin C juice with seafood at noon, raw marinated beef offal noodles at night, and some small cakes, ice cream, cream puffs, and chocolates in between? Wait, I'll let you use your eloquent tongue to make excuses. No, it's a tricky excuse, and no, explain it.

The NPCs didn't listen to your explanation, deprived you of your right to eat and drink as much as you wanted, and stuffed you with a bowl of freshly boiled Chinese medicine.

So this game is set in the year 2205, why are you still eating boiled Chinese medicine? Your whole face is wrinkled, and your sense of taste is quietly reduced by 90%.

You drank the Chinese medicine feeling refreshed, and returned to the castle tower in a swagger, facing the suspicious looks of Yakugen Toushirou and Kasen Kanesada.

When you push open the door, you see Tsurumaru Kuninaga hanging upside down in the air, squirming.

You're wrong. You entered the wrong door. Otherwise, how could the bird that you asked Yamaubakiri Kunihiro to take for a walk in the Honmaru appear in your room?

"Excuse me."

You politely exit the room, close the door, and then open it again.

The hung Tsurumaru Kuninaga did not disappear. He struggled to turn himself around and said cheerfully: "Hey, little judge, can you put me down?"

Actually, I don't really want to collect this Tsurumaru Kuninaga in the Honmaru, but I've already caught it, so what else can I do? I'll just add 1 to the illustrated book.

After you put the blade down and were about to untie the rope, you remembered that the blade had rejected you before. What if the blade planned to run away? So you didn't give the blade a chance to speak, and directly placed your hand on the blade of Tsurumaru Kuninaga, pouring spiritual power into it.

"Hey, wait a minute, so much spiritual power will..." Tsurumaru Kuninaga was so shocked that his crane feathers were about to fall off, but the next second, he sensed the strange smell of your spiritual power, his face changed drastically, and he tilted his head and began to spit out jade steel, "No... cough... ugh..."

Wow, your eyes light up, it's worthy of being the blade you chose, even the jade steel it spits out is pitch black.

You no longer have to work hard on practicing the colorful black vomit waterfall.

Because Tsurumaru Kuninaga did it!

"Ah..." Tsurumaru Kuninaga lay half dead on the ground, "What a shock..."

The question that has troubled him for so long, he actually...spit it out just like that? Although your spiritual power is also a big problem, but... you are now his master, so there is no problem! He stood up and squatted in front of you, smiling and said: "Although I have already said it, as the master's sword, you should still introduce yourself formally, right?"

"Hey, I'm Tsurumaru Kuninaga. Are you scared by my sudden appearance?"

You look at the system prompt of the illustration +1 and are quite satisfied. Just as you are about to meow, you see the system connected to the smart facial recognition at the doorstep urgently interrupts you with a message:

[You have a new acquaintance visiting, please check in time]

You don’t have many acquaintances in Mihua, and each one is more painful to you because of your social anxiety.

There was no time to explain, and you didn't know what it would be like to be offline in this game, so you could only keep smiling and say to Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "I might suddenly faint or die, or disappear on the spot, but don't worry, Tsurumaru-san, just bear with it and don't be afraid of me making a big fuss."

You clicked Exit Game.

You fell straight into Tsurumaru Kuni's eternal embrace.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga:?

The bewildered Tsurumaru Kuninaga holds your body which is getting colder and colder, and starts to panic: "Hey, this fright is not fun..."

Without being able to think, he held you in his arms and jumped out of the second-floor window.

"Kitsunesuke! Yakuken!"

"Something happened to the master!"