Chapter 97 Dilemma: Tangible things will eventually dissipate, and you and I will only...
When the eighteen-year-old Gojo Satoru was about to do something big, there might be someone holding the reins for him, but when the twenty-eight-year-old Gojo Satoru really made up his mind, no one could stop him.
Spellcasters and ordinary people have different ways of dealing with trouble, but they all share the same idea of catching the leader first. When the armed forces sent by the Black Organization were all in vain, they could only be shattered under the thunderous dimensionality reduction attack of Gojo Satoru's forces and scattered to dark corners everywhere, hoping to hide from the searchlight of the sorcery world.
This transnational criminal organization that aroused the vigilance of many countries became precarious in just a few months. With the assistance of the public security organs, its huge branches were drastically removed, leaving only a few of the most mysterious core members, who have not been arrested so far.
As a key figure who has been providing help, Fūya Rei knows that Gojo Satoru's calm anger has not disappeared. The key to this "revenge" lies in the people who know the secret.
It is undeniable that such a swift and decisive action has reduced countless casualties among the police and made the rampant crimes of the organization disappear.
Furiya Ling was extremely busy with this, and sometimes he would think painfully and happily in the endless work:
How wonderful! The career and belief he was willing to devote his whole life to finally saw the dawn of fulfillment when he was thirty years old.
That’s great…
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If human history is a weathered wall, with each brick and tile representing one thing, then the Time Travel Army is equivalent to constantly attacking the wall, while the Time Government is constantly repairing the cracks.
The government of time built their home behind the city wall. No matter what, they would prioritize repairing the city wall rather than tearing it down and rebuilding it. Even if a certain place was already as thin as paper, the government of time would tend to: even if they put on a fig leaf and then slowly fill it up, they couldn't let everything behind it be cut off from now on! Fortunately, this situation did not happen even at the most critical moment of the decisive battle.
However, the length of the city wall was beyond imagination, and no matter how many Fusangshen and Shinsengumi there were, they could not maintain it all the time. Therefore, they often repelled the Time Travel Army when the enemy was sabotaging, but they did not expect that the solid city wall would crack from the inside, and it would be shaky with a slight push from the outside!
Shirasu Chuan received a more complicated task than ever before.
He knew that Tsurumaru Kuninaga was left in the human world, and that his body had not recovered after returning from the human world, and his legs were lame. When he just woke up, the government of time was afraid that he would be traumatized, so they sent Kitsunesuke to tell him considerately that he could refuse to go into battle in this era from now on, which was a care for the precious Shinsengumi.
But he avoided all the sword men and asked Kitsunesuke to pass on the message, hoping that he would be informed of the relevant tasks at this time first.
Under the strict defense of many Tsukumogami in Honmaru, Shirasuga is unable to go to the real world in person, both subjectively and objectively, and can only use missions to find opportunities to contact Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
Before receiving the mission, his focus and mind were undeniably concentrated on the painful and lingering feelings. How could he easily get over the feelings that were forcibly torn apart? But after reading the background of the mission again and again, he could not focus on his own little love.
Mikazuki Munechika was the first to notice Shirasu River's abnormality.
Compared to the Yakiri Hasebe who is eager to serve his master day and night and the short sword who likes to act like a spoiled child and stick to the Shinsengumi, Mikazuki Munechika rarely expresses his thoughts and emotions. The noble katana is always calm, and even if it occasionally does something ridiculous, it will only make people feel that the bright moon in the sky is also reflected in the pool, and there is a sense of intimacy that can be touched by reaching out. What is the bright moon thinking in her heart, and how can mortals on earth know it?
It has been two days since Shirasu Gawa received the mission, and no Tsukumogami has received the order to go into battle.
Under the moonlight, Mikazuki Munechika stood under the rustling tree, looking at the brightly lit castle tower not far away, and the Shinsengumi who was looking up information by the window despite his schedule. Logically speaking, if the Time Traveling Army, which also walks outside of time, appeared, it would be urgent to send out the swordsman Fusangjin to destroy them! But the Shinsengumi had been delaying for two days, and no Kitsunesuke appeared to urge them, so the possibility of fighting the Time Traveling Army could be ruled out.
"Alukei, you've been secretly staying up late again!"
Shirasuka had obviously become much thinner after a serious illness. Due to the night vision improved by the tachi, Mikazuki Munechika, who was standing far away, could not see Shirasuka's face clearly, but he could clearly hear the angry voice of Yasakiri Hasebe who had hurried over, and he even forgot his usual solemnity.
Tachi recalled that since the end of the expedition to the present world, everyone in Honmaru had been suppressing their tension but trying to hide the peaceful atmosphere...
The seriously injured Shinsengumi, the absent Tsurumaru, the emotional Hasebe...
Everyone is trying to live the same life as before, but this effort is the biggest "difference".
The lights in the distance went out, and it seemed that the Shinsengumi had finally compromised under the "oppression" of his attendants.
The graceful sword slowly faded away in the moonlight.
A story unique to the Shinsengumi and Tsurumaru...
The complex look in Hasebe's eyes and his reluctance to speak out every day, expressing his loyalty and honesty...
...Also, standing outside the castle tower late at night, the bright moon seems indifferent and out of touch with the world.
If the person involved never speaks out, who can know those secrets?
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Shirasu's mission is complex, but the core is only one -
Promote death and migration.
The Death Migration is a playground where an ancient sorcerer creates a large number of cursed spirits by creating panic, and then creates a barrier to make humans fight each other. In this process, countless ordinary people become victims, the sorcerer world suffers heavy casualties, and Ryomen Sukuna reappears in the world. After the riot, what is left to the present world is the devastation after the war and the beginning of turmoil in the human regime.
The existence of the magic world can no longer be concealed, and the numerous contradictions make the society that should have returned to peace continue to be in chaos. The impact of the death and extinction migration is not only huge casualties in a short period of time, but also a restless world that cannot be stable for a long time.
This is a bloody history, and the upward spiral of human development was almost stopped!
This piece of history is now crumbling, and the choice of whether to intervene or correct it is in Shirasukawa's hands.
The Time Government stands on the side of human beings and naturally opposes the inhumane behavior of the Death Migration. If the Death Migration cannot be carried out due to various accidents, it will be a good development for human beings. But for the Time Government in the future, every change in history will cause a huge shock, and they cannot bear the consequences of the change! Everything after the time of the change will be reduced to ashes and annihilated, and the Time Government may disappear completely!
Why was such an important task handed over to Shirasu Kawan?
Because the mainstream attitude of the government at that time tended to be conservative, it focused on stabilizing the course of history, advocating that history develop as it was, promoting the resurrection and death of the Death Migration and Ryomen Sukuna, and allowing human society to continue to move forward after the pain.
But the other group is a staunch humanist group. They think that since this change is not the work of historical revisionists, why not remove this worthless historical tumor and heal the pain with a more peaceful transition? There is no need to do anything extra, just let nature take its course!
——This is simply the favorite excuse used by historical revisionists!
If something goes wrong, no one knows what will happen to the Shinsengumi and the swordsman! If the Time Travel Army continues to appear, human history will be turned upside down. Who will stop them then?
This is putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who were destined to be killed or injured, as well as the precarious fate of several generations, on the balance against those members of the Time Government who have a sense of mission and firm beliefs and are responsible for protecting history.
Both groups are just and kind, and no one can make an easy decision.
Under the conflict of the two concepts, Shirasu was assigned a task, but was also hinted that he could find an excuse to delay for a while. It seems that Shirasu, who is not physically fit and has some connection with that period of history but has little to do with it, is the most suitable choice to buffer the sharp conflict!
Shirasu was promised that he would not have to bear any costs or consequences. Although the people in the government of time had different ideas, they were always friendly to their colleagues and would not let the Shinsengumi who had just escaped death bear the consequences. Many neutral Shinsengumi were also watching. No matter what action Shirasu chose to take, no one would blame him.
With the right to make the decision in hand, Bai Suchuan himself will not bear any consequences. All he needs to bear is his own psychological pressure!
Shirasu was urged to go to bed by Yakiri Hasebe, and various fragments flashed through his tired and confused mind. There were lively festivals, brightly dressed pedestrians passing by, fireworks like stars in the river, and soft whispers in his ears.
When he woke up some time ago, he would always think of the bloody knife tip and the terrifying curse spirit when he was alone. Every time this happened, the wound would always ache. At that time, he was extremely afraid, but all he wanted was to bring back the lost people who were left there.
But now, with greater pressure falling on him, he recalled all the good things in the present world. Although he was anxious to find the lost sword at that time, Tsurumaru's presence always soothed his impatience and worries, making this journey easy, as if every day was full of sunshine. Thinking about it now, such days obviously didn't last long, but it seems like a lifetime ago...
He has a reason to go to the present world to look for Tsurumaru, but he can't just send out a team casually. This is simply telling everyone who is paying attention to him that he has made a choice. Shirasu is weighing and analyzing every moment how to save those who died in history while preserving the existence of the existing government of time.
——Yes, from the very beginning, the kind-hearted him never thought of promoting the death migration.
It would be more reassuring to nip this anti-human plan in the bud!
Before he and others could come up with a solution to satisfy both parties, Shirasuga followed the hint from Kitsunesuke, kept his troops on hold, and kept everything a secret from Tsukumogami!
Can it really be kept secret?
The distress and worry of the Shinsengumi are seen by the sword that loves him! The mission information that Shirasu Chuan has been hiding is accidentally seen by the little fox of Minghu, and everyone realizes what kind of dilemma the Shinsengumi is facing!
"Hasebe is willing to share the lord's worries!"
Yakiri Hasebe wished he could go into battle immediately to end his lord's inner torment!
In his opinion, this is not even something to hesitate about! What is more important than the safety of the Shinsengumi? Once the future changes, everything that has been settled will become unpredictable! Will the Time Government never be established? Will the Lord be unable to become a Shinsengumi? Or even... will there be no Lord at all?
Yakiri Hasebe has imagined that if history changes, the "Yakiri Hasebe" Tsukumogami may not be awakened at all! Sword Tsukumogami will not die, they will only remain dormant in their bodies and will never miss the chance to meet the Shinsengumi!
However, he could endure the tragic fate of the imagined "Yakiri Hasebe", but he could not endure the disappearance of the Shinsengumi! Everything he was worried about was based on the Shinsengumi he loved and respected!
He could no longer accept any mistakes from the Shinsengumi!
"General, I am willing to go into battle too!"
"Retreat... that's right!"
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Don’t they know that the future is changing for the better? Not necessarily!
Don't they know that the mission requirement is to help the evil? Of course they know!
Tsukumogami also have a sense of good and evil. After being awakened from objects, they are no longer just dead objects held in the hands of humans and waved around, but souls with hearts and emotions.
It's just that at this moment, their souls are infinitely inclined towards their masters!
Yakiri Hasebe begged the Shinsengumi to change his mind, but unfortunately, Shirasu Gawa had made up his mind.
He would rather his own existence be uncertain than allow the swordsmen of Honmaru to get involved in anything that is against the will of heaven and earth!
When he was struggling mentally, he met with Mikazuki Munechika alone, and his few short words comforted Shirasuka.
He dispelled Shirasu's deepest fear.
"Master, we exist objectively. Changes in the past will not threaten the 'life' of the swordsman, but they will affect you."
"But if there is no spiritual power to awaken the Fusangshen, how can we..."
Mikazuki Munechika noticed Shirasu's distress and hesitation, and his calm voice influenced the Shinsengumi:
"Master, don't overthink things like history and the passage of time."
After one of the five swordsmen in the world, this masterpiece of ingenuity was transformed into a human body, time brought him experience far beyond that of a human, allowing this young man who transcends mortals to show a calm smile to the Shinsengumi he serves.
"After all, tangible things will eventually dissipate, and we are just history."
Bai Qichuan bowed: "Thank you for your advice."
Mikazuki Munechika, who was as elegant as an aristocrat, looked at the haggard but still dignified Shinsengumi and laughed, "Haha, it's just the old man's mumbling..."
Bai Qichuan thought, there is no need to worry about it!
He picked up his pen and wrote down his final decision.
Going into battle, the goal is to kill and strangle the migratory species!
Kitsunesuke relayed Shirasu's decision to the government of the time, and after some hesitation, the top brass allowed Shirasu's action.
They could not send more troops to help Shirasu Chuan, because in order to maintain the stability of time and space and avoid being discovered by the non-violation inspection, the number of people they sent in history must be kept to a minimum, and the way to intervene in history is also strictly limited. However, Shirasu Chuan finally chose to stand on the side of humans instead of really helping the cursed spirits, which made many people who supported the mainstream view feel relieved - after all, no one is a coward! They are just worried that no one can stop the time travel army from disrupting the past!
And who knows, maybe, when the Government of Time disappears, the historical revisionists will disappear with it!
However, before the shaky time point that everyone was worried about posed a threat, the historical revisionists who had been hiding in the dark had already bared their fangs at the Government of Time.
Under the ominous white moon, the mighty army is approaching.
The great invaders are coming.
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