Chapter 14 No Friends Want to Love Me
The pink-haired boy leaned down and put his face reverently close to the hooded boy.
"Give me a chance, let me try to get into your heart."
Uncle Sukuna, who was forced to eavesdrop, said: Why do you sorcerers speak in such a strange way?
Jiu Fang Zhen stood there in a daze with a blank face. His long-furrowed brows relaxed involuntarily, his pupils dilated, and his sight focused on the face that was so close to him.
“…”
It was so quiet. Where were the insects chirping? Where was the wind blowing? Why could he only hear the breathing of the person in front of him?
What are you doing...let me see your face...?
The Nine Squares Formation stood still, all their attention focused on the pink-haired boy.
I saw it, short pink spiked hair, black sideburns, light golden pupils, and... a sincere and determined look in her eyes.
Why? Why are you trying to get into my heart?
Do you know me? Do you know that I have killed people?
It's just a fool who knows nothing and is talking nonsense here!
He is no different from those guys who are overly sympathetic and stand on a moral high ground and want to "inform" him!
I don’t…
"Huha-Huha-" Jiu Fang Zhen suddenly gasped violently. He then realized that he had been holding his breath for a long time without knowing when.
Instead of dodging the breath spraying on his face, Yuji Itadori took advantage of his height and put his hands on the boy's shoulders, further blocking his retreat and preventing him from escaping.
"You can try to treat me as a friend. Good friends will not hurt each other." Still in a serious tone.
His breathing gradually calmed down. Jiu Fang Zhen raised his hand and roughly waved away the hand that was pressing on his shoulder. His body suddenly felt lighter.
"You wish!"
Yuji Itadori breathed a sigh of relief. He heard the boy's bluff and saw that his heart was already wavering.
He replied, "Hey! Why is that?"
"Stop talking nonsense. If you want to leave, leave quickly, or take me back to the dormitory."
"Okay, friends should help each other."
"I didn't ask you to!"
"Oh! You admit that I am your friend..."
"I have no friends."
"I know, I'm trying my best!"
…
There will be no results.
*
Jiang Jiu covered his heart and went back to Honmaru.
Yuji Itadori is such a great NPC! Not to mention the 15- or 16-year-old high school students who have never seen the world, even the old office workers who have graduated and worked for many years can't withstand such a direct attack!
Jiu Fangzhen went back to the room and fell on the bed, letting his heart churn, sometimes angry and sometimes happy. Jiang Jiu felt that the thoughts of such adolescents were too far away from an adult like him. It was okay to feel it lightly, but being immersed in such youthful thoughts would always remind him that he was old, which was too unfriendly to a mature adult like him!
Slip away!
Cut back to Shirasugawa, the Osaka Castle activity has come to an end, and today is the last day of the excavation activity. The first troops to go out have been completely taken up by the Awataguchi sword faction, and everyone is eager to take advantage of the last chance to bring more family members home.
Bai Suchuan understood their thoughts of missing their loved ones and was happy to see it happen, so he gave the first team the greatest support. He gave them all the sword equipment, glove equipment, and props.
Awataguchi and his companions were deeply moved, and they tried their best to go deep into the darkness of Osaka Castle and bring back more treasure chests full of Kopan for the Honmaru to repay the Shinsengumi for their full support.
Shirasu was not keen on material things. He was already satisfied with what he had to eat and use, and material things were nothing to him. However, he also knew that it would cost a lot to maintain a large group of people in Honmaru, so he handed over the financial power to Hasebe, who was good at management, and Hakata Toushiro, who was good at investment, and became a hands-off manager.
Even after simply giving up his power, I felt a pang of guilt when I saw Hasebe's workload increase dramatically...
He thought about handing over the job of taking care of his daily life to someone else? Let Hasebe concentrate on the management of Honmaru, which would be more comfortable. It happened that Yagen Toushirou took the initiative to volunteer, saying that he was good at clerical work...
As soon as he mentioned this to Hasebe, Yakiri Hasebe knelt on the ground and shed wide noodles tears, and apologized: "It was Hasebe who failed to take good care of you. Lord, if you fire me, Hasebe will never complain..."
Isn’t this quite a complaint?
Shirasuga repeatedly comforted Hasebe, whose face had turned gloomy, and said, "You did a great job. I was just worried that you had too much work, so I wanted to ask someone else to help share the burden." "Whether it's the work of a close attendant or the management of Honmaru affairs, Hasebe has done a perfect job!"
Jiang Jiu: I’m so scared, this inward-looking attitude towards work and this kind of dedication to becoming a social animal, every capitalist needs talents like you!
However, this is not the first time that Hasebe has been suggested by the Shinsengumi to reduce his workload. This time, he almost lost his position as a close attendant to the Lord! Hasebe reflected that he should clarify one central idea - to become the most trusted and sharpest sword beside the Lord!
Since he has to act around the central idea, he cannot just immerse himself in the tedious affairs of the Honmaru, but must focus on the work of a close attendant, take better care of the lord and meet all of his needs!
Behind Hasebe's resolute back, the flame of faith burned!
The Honmaru now has a large number of people, enough to form one team for battle and two teams for expedition. The internal affairs can also be completed by the Fusangshen in rotation, so there is no need to work every day.
Except for the Awataguchi First Unit, who are very excited and actively request to go out every day, and the Yakiri Hasebe who is full of corporate consciousness, the others are still very leisurely. Every day in the Honmaru, you can see twos and threes of Fusangshen gathering to play and drink tea.
Shirasagi now has one more tea friend.
It is historically ancient tachi, Uguisumaru of the ancient Bizen sword school.
This adult tachi with brown hair has a gentle and kind personality, probably because it was forged too long ago. Although it was once a precious item, it looks at other tsukumogami like young juniors, and always has kindness in its eyes.
Yingwan also loved tea tasting. He would always drink tea and eat snacks leisurely under the eaves of the courtyard, enjoying the breeze passing through the hall and the cheerful chirping of birds.
Shirasu also likes to drink tea when he is free. After learning that Uguisumaru likes to drink tea, he specially gave him his collection of tea, and then received the same gift in return. As they came and went, they would often sit together to drink tea and enjoy their leisure time.
Bai Qichuan felt that this kind of life was very comfortable. He was a peaceful person who did not like fighting. If he could live in peace in a corner and ignore worldly affairs, he could stay there forever.
Yingwan was a little confused, "Excuse me, how old are you?"
Shirasu Chuan: "Twenty-five."
Uguisumaru was even more confused. "I was born in the Eien period of the Heian period, which is more than a thousand years ago. The long years have made me indifferent to many things, but why is the Shinsengumi so young, no different from me?"
Why? Jiang Jiu said happily: Because the system set Bai Qichuan as an ancient gentleman. Do you know what a gentleman means? It is a saint with noble character, good cultivation and knowledge, gentle and polite! And he is different from you. Bai Qichuan, that coward, dare not go to the battlefield!
"It's just that we have similar hobbies and personalities. It can't be said that we are indifferent to each other." Bai Qichuan smiled helplessly.
Uguisumaru looked at the peaceful aura around the Shinsengumi and responded with a smile without saying anything more.
Humans are always keen on pursuing fame and fortune, money, power, identity, status symbols... These famous swords among famous swords have always been pursued by many Shinsengumi, who are willing to spend a fortune to collect them. After obtaining them, they are loved and treated with the best treatment. This is human nature. As a vested interest, although Uguisumaru is helpless, he does not comment.
But this Shinsengumi also clearly loved swords - Uguisumaru could confirm this from the eager look he occasionally gave their true forms, but he was not keen on drawing all his spiritual energy to forge swords frequently, and he did not care how glorious their reputation and past were. Even if he occasionally talked about these things with interest, he would not treat them biasedly.
He treats all knives equally.
Even if one has never counted the number of Shinsengumi who can do this, one knows how rare it is.
Uguisumaru actually admired this young Shinsengumi for the first time. Even though he knew that the age and mental state of a Tsukumogami and a Shinsengumi with a short life span could not match, he still knew that even in the old age of humans, there were few who had such a calm attitude towards life.
How precious it is to meet such a master who is not materialistic!
Yingwan's invitations to tea have become more frequent.
Shirasuga also felt that Uguisumaru was a very strange person, no, a Tsukumogami.
He looked very steady and elegant, exactly like the scholar who had been in the government for a long time in Bai Suchuan's impression. Even his clumsiness in internal affairs was like that of a young man from a wealthy family who had not experienced the wind and rain, whose hands and feet were uncoordinated and could not work, and who only knew how to recite poems and compose couplets.
Uma Touban fed the horses rice balls, and Hata Touban was lazy all day... Even Shirasu Kawa would never do this.
He is also a sword tsukumogami incarnated from weapons, possessing fighting abilities that are unmatched by humans. Even though he does not have much combat experience for the time being, he is not afraid to drink blood on the battlefield.
While drinking tea and chatting with him, Bai Suchuan was also curious and gradually got to know him.
Shirasu felt that these tsukumogami had their own histories, and most of them had legendary and dramatic experiences. In their first-person perspective, he learned a lot about the heavy history of the change of dynasties in ancient Japan. This sense of heaviness and novelty made him very addicted, and he also learned to understand the evolution of the complex personalities of the swords during the conversation.
Each person's unique outlook on life and values allow him to appreciate a lot.
Yakiri Hasebe: My lord always loves to drink tea and paint. Should I also find the singing fairy to learn some elegant things?
+1 for Hasebe's schedule.
Under the dim sunset, the two "old men" drank tea leisurely and listened quietly to the singing of orioles.
Kiyomitsu from California returned from the expedition and passed by in his battle uniform. Shirasu called out to him, "Kiyomitsu!"
Receiving the call from the Shinsengumi, Kashuu Kiyomitsu walked towards them, still a little tired, "Master, huh, I'm back! I got a lot of resources!"
Shirasuga: "Thank you for your hard work, Kiyomitsu. You are very capable."
"Hehe, after all, although I'm not easy to control, my performance is top-notch!"*
Bai Suchuan patted the seat beside him and said, "Would you like to sit down and rest for a while?"
Kashuai Qingguang was of course happy to do so, but said, "Master, my clothes are covered in dust now. They are not cute at all! Let me go back and change into clean clothes first."
Of course Bai Suchuan couldn't refuse. If it were him, he would be so dirty that he couldn't wait to change.
But he seemed to have some words that were difficult to say, and hesitantly whispered to California Qingguang before he left, "Qingguang, can you lend me your knife?"
"Woooa! Master, are you finally going to love me?"
"?"
Kashuu Kiyomitsu was surprised. He was the original sword of Honmaru, not forged by the Shinsengumi, but sent directly by the Government of Time. In his memory, his master had never caressed him as tenderly as he did now when he got the new sword.
He always thought that his appearance was not as cute as the new sword, otherwise why didn't the Shinsengumi look at him with fondness?
His appearance did not attract his master, which made him feel a little depressed. At work, he also had no chance to recommend himself to the Shinsengumi.
He thought he was very capable, and was recognized by the government of the time as one of the five initial swordsmen whose personality was very suitable for being a valet. However, on the second day after he arrived, the job of valet was taken over by Yakiri Hasebe, and the opportunity to take care of his master slipped away. The key point is that Hasebe did everything very well, and it was impossible to find fault with him and replace him...
Damn it, I still can’t do it!
Who would have thought that the master would actually ask to see his true form!
Sure enough, if you dress up nice and cute, you will be loved! Hehe!
California Qingguang untied the knife quickly and handed over the body.
Then, it was as if all the exhaustion in his body disappeared completely, and he quickly ran to his room, "Master, I will be back soon! Please treat me well!"
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