Chapter 66: The First Sword Meeting, Six Blades in attendance
“Crack!”
"Tsurumaru-dono!!"
"Hahaha, okay, okay, Kokitsunemaru, come along too."
"Sanriyuedian, don't make trouble with him!"
"Haha, isn't this interesting? Hasebe, why are you hiding? Come on, three, two, one!"
“No one wants to see a photo like this when they wake up!! Yamaubakiri, speak up, Yamaubakiri…!”
"...Anyway, since it's Tsurumaru-dono, let me take the camera. A replica like me..."
"This has nothing to do with whether it's a replica or the real thing, don't spoil Tsurumaru-dono! Where's Yakumi? Yakumi—why did you go to retrieve the fragments of Ichiki-dono?!"
"...I can't escape anyway, so I can still find a part of Ichiki-nii."
"...Don't despair! When this group photo is finally taken out, will everyone still have to figure out which one is theirs?"
"Isn't that funny? It must have been a big scare!"
As expected of a night-fighting sword, with its superior mobility and age that was totally out of place, Tsurumaru happily bullied everyone, including his already broken companions.
"You're looking forward to it, aren't you? Are you worried about your master's mood? It's okay! Look, he didn't stop you."
"My Lord...! Wait a minute, Tsurumaru-dono..."
"You didn't resist very hard, come and stand here... Mikazuki-dono and Kogunimaru-dono can just stand at the back! Don't crowd, this place is reserved for the master...!"
In short, it was a mess. A few minutes later, the quiet and sad hand entered the room and it was refreshed. After thinking rationally, he gave up resistance and thought that the 'group photo' would not let him escape, so he quietly put away his elder brother's blade. Ubakiri Kunihiro, who was not good at refusing his senior's words, quietly squatted by the pond and tried to suggest that he take the photo, but was rejected again. After a brief surprise, Mikazuki and Kogumumaru quickly agreed to the proposal but quietly stood at a farther position to avoid any sudden disaster. Only Yakiri Hasebe put up a last-ditch effort for the Shinsengumi, but he was soon defeated.
It seems that although the sword man was horrified by this proposal, he did not have any obvious objection, and seemed to be resigned to it. Perhaps it was the long-awaited reunion that clouded his heart, or the familiarity of the broken relationship that blinded his eyes, or perhaps it was the days and months without the Shinsengumi that were successfully PUA'd by Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who hated peace. Even Yakiri Hasebe only put up a weak resistance in order to protect the mind of the Shinsengumi after being shocked, but seeing that Sengenmaku showed no anger, he was dragged into the photo group with a complicated expression.
Seeing himself being stared at by a group of blades, Qian Jianmu wanted to leave but felt it was not an option. He could only light a candle in his heart for the swordsmen lying in the mixed mass grave type ICU ward, and then walked to the empty seat.
"Look at the camera, three, two, one!"
A white light flashed, and in the photo were a few people with subtle expressions, a person with a happy face, and a pool of comrades' remains.
……Help! Nothing is right!
**
The Shinsengumi took the dinner and left. It was late at night and cooking the new ingredients would take time. He took the canned crab meat and bread from the box, distributed the desserts and snacks, picked up another box, and left quickly.
The sword men collectively moved their position to a large room suitable for meetings for an internal meeting.
After a crazy afternoon of fun, Tsurumaru Kuninaga leaned against the wall, listening to Yakiri Hasebe describing his recent arrangements. His golden eyes were fixed on the distant sunset and the five tall buildings in the distance, with a nonchalant look, and it was hard to tell whether he had listened or not.
"Yakuen, the master's friend lives in the castle tower. His condition is a bit special. Please go and check on his physical condition tomorrow." Yakiri Hasebe whispered.
"Physical condition?" Yao Yan didn't quite understand and he thought for a moment. "Are you injured?"
"No, he is sick." Hasebe stated after hesitating.
"Sick? In Honmaru?" Yagen Toushirou showed an expression of complete incomprehension.
The Honmaru is filled with spiritual power. Part of the spiritual power provided by the Shinsengumi is directly supplied to the sword, and the other part is used to activate the Honmaru. The activated Honmaru will naturally replenish some spiritual power, which can be used for planting or constructing the environment.
Spiritual power has no substantial effect and cannot be used for attack. It is useless other than supplying energy and repairing things. But spiritual power is a special power within the human body, and its effect on physical fitness is considerable. When a Shinsengumi joins the Honmaru, his time is equivalent to standing still, his spiritual power is activated, and he is unlikely to get sick if he immerses himself in a space with high concentration of spiritual power for a long time.
It is very rare to get sick in Honmaru and to have a serious illness that requires medical treatment.
"He is a spiritual power insulator. Spiritual power has no effect on him." Yakiri Hasebe sighed, "And he is very dangerous... more dangerous than anyone I have ever seen..."
Swords are weapons of destruction and are instinctively sensitive to danger and blood. Except for the Shinsengumi who was either insane or used to it, everyone who came into contact with that man's sword would feel shocked and terrified from the bottom of their hearts under his half-smile.
He definitely killed people, not just one person, but a much larger and more terrifying number of people. Just looking at that person, it seemed as if one could see a bloody road, black chains and blood all over the ground, wailing and pungent gunpowder smoke.
Even the sense of danger brought by this temperament and the subtle mixture of spiritual insulation physique, they instinctively felt that it was not just as simple as spiritual insulation, it should have a more terrifying and huge impact, dangerous, absolutely dangerous.
Yaogen Toushirou, who listened carefully, frowned and said hesitantly:
"…Although it is a sword that does not harm its master, it is also responsible for medical-related aspects. But I have not studied medicine, but perhaps I can make prescriptions, bandage and sew, and more…"
No matter how powerful a knife is, it is impossible for it to learn modern medicine in an instant. Considering the man's condition, I'm afraid there is nothing he can do.
"But he is the master's guest, so let him try it a little."
Because they are the host's guests, they are vigilant but never show fear, and they try to be comprehensive in their fear. These swords have done their best in dealing with the situation.
"As for Yamaubakiri Kunihiro... Kitsunesuke hasn't contacted the Government of Time yet. Before that, could you sort out the details of the Honmaru? We have never encountered a new Shinsengumi before, so I'm sorry to bother you with this."
Yamaubakiri Kunihiro lowered his eyes. He was not so cowering at this moment, and a calm expression covered his face:
"I see."
"... I haven't contacted the Time Government... ah, that's not so strange." Tsurumaru said softly, "It would be strange if we could contact them."
"I have new information." Mikazuki waited until they finished talking before finally speaking: "This Honmaru is not an independent Honmaru. There is another world outside. The Shinsengumi need to maintain their spiritual power and cannot leave the Honmaru. We contacted the people outside this morning and obtained the coordinates of that world. We can go to the living world now."
“…A new world?!”
"Ah, that's it." Tsurumaru Kuninaga looked at the five dark buildings and said, "How magnificent! If this were the real world, it would be really scary."
"Then our original world... has already..." Yamaubakiri Kunihiro raised his head.
"Don't worry, the compass is not damaged and it's not over yet." Mikazuki shook his head.
"Hey, Mikazuki, the Shinsengumi can't leave Honmaru?" Tsurumaru turned his head.
Mikazuki lowered his eyes, a look of confusion on his face. Before he could speak, Kogumumaru added:
"The world outside is completely different from our world, and the space-time coding is also very different. If the Shinsengumi leaves Honmaru, it is equivalent to going to another world. Now the spiritual power supply of the entire Honmaru is on the Shinsengumi. Once he leaves here, the spiritual power will not be supplied normally, and the hand pool will be quickly exhausted... He probably understands this."
The Shinsengumi was trapped in Honmaru and used as a blood bag. If Honmaru was the Shinsengumi, it would be fine, but at this point, the few swords that appeared before more or less understood that the Shinsengumi was related to the outside world. The Man'ya could not be opened, and the only place they could go was the battlefield. It is very cruel to let the Shinsengumi be trapped in Honmaru like this.
"I met a smart boy this morning. I think he should be a friend of the Shinsengumi, but..." The blue-haired young man suddenly sighed.
"Ah... the spiritual energy supply problem can be solved... but we have to go to Wanwu." Tsurumaru Kuninaga muttered without any context.
"Speaking of Wanwu, that fox is not right." Yaoyan, who had been silent, spoke up, "It's very strange."
They had never had Kitsune no Sasuke, and all contact was directly communicated with the Time Government through the 'eunuchs' who took turns, but they had all seen Kitsune no Sasuke in other memories.
Although Kitsunesuke is ostensibly a communicator for connecting three parties, in order to avoid accusations of privacy surveillance, its existence is very marginal. As animal-shaped bionic foxes developed by the Government of Time, all Kitsunesuke are uniformly blank when they leave the factory. They cannot remember the environment in which they worked last time. All they have in their brains are the basic data of the swordsmen and the main official rules of the Honmaru. They are pure, clean and unbiased, and their emotions can only be cultivated slowly after birth. But this fox in Honmaru actually knew their situation and even made judgments beyond the basic information.
According to the basic information, its first reaction when fighting with knives should be to collect the four initial knives first, because since they are initial knives, these knives can do everything more or less. But it actually chose Hasebe, who was not the original sword but was better at internal affairs and more loyal. You should know that the image of Yakiri Hasebe in the information is not very good. He has a very violent temper and it is impossible to detect his true nature unless you get along with him for a long time.
So what does Kitsunesuke know? How does it know the common evaluation of the Shinsengumi? Since it knows so much, how could it not realize that the broken knife means death? And after the broken knives were reassembled, why did it regard all the knives as newly forged? There are so many inconsistencies, but it is still unaware of them. What is going on? Is it really in contact with the Government of Time?
The swords stopped talking, they all knew that something was wrong with Kitsunesuke. Out of respect, the government at that time did not place Kitsunesuke in Honmaru, who might pose a surveillance risk, because they did not trust Kitsunesuke in the first place. The abnormality of Honmaru Kitsunesuke made them even more alert, and many times they would deliberately force Kitsunesuke to stay and not let it follow the Shinsengumi.
In the silence, Tsurumaru, who was leaning against the wall, suddenly whispered:
"A ghost is coming."
In the shadows in the distance, dark shadows were rustling and surging.
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