Chapter 95 Three cycles.
It took exactly two hours to get back to Honmaru.
Well, even the people present didn't know how things turned out like that.
The atmosphere was originally quite solemn, but the Shinsengumi suddenly laughed without any negative emotion.
Then they were ordered to clear out all the time-traveling troops within five kilometers before and after the entire time point within one hour.
Grass.
Five kilometers back and forth, five kilometers.
Even if they came one by one like cutting melons and vegetables, it would take a long time just to run, and they would have to conduct a carpet search, and there is a possibility that they would run into the more difficult inspectors again.
As everyone knows, the speed of a katana is actually not much faster than that of a normal male, so the six blades looked at each other and decisively split up to act. For a whole hour, I ran and killed, ran and killed. When I was carrying a pile of dropped daggers back, I saw the Shinsengumi was counting the stopwatch.
Sweating all over.
Everyone was in a heavy mood when they left, and when they came back, not only their moods but also their expressions were heavy. However, the Shinsengumi acted as if he had discovered nothing, waved his hand and returned to the castle tower.
At least, judging from the attitude of the Shinsengumi, he will not tell the other swords about this.
They were afraid that after learning about this, the Shinsengumi would tell other swordsmen who were not careful with their mouths, or that they would be scared away by this reality, so they did this. But seeing how the Shinsengumi is now unshakable, there's nothing to worry about in the future.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who loved cleanliness the most, was considered to be one of the most agile people, but he was unlucky enough to run into two waves of inspectors, one against six. Not only was his white clothes stained with large patches of blood and mud, his face was not clean either, and was covered in dust and dirt. I ran all the way back to take a shower, and scared a lot of swords and knives. I thought something had happened during this outing.
The swordsmen dared not complain about the inhuman orders of the Shinsengumi. They could only smile implicitly and say that this experience was very good and they found the feeling of fighting that they had not felt for a long time. Each of them was a genius in acting, and they fooled their companions into believing that the battle was going to be intense.
The clever swords slowly raised a question mark.
Do they remember that the retroactive army was very weak at the time of Edo? Has the situation outside changed again?
He paid no attention to how those swordsmen with great acting skills were crawling in the dark. He went around and returned to the castle tower. He didn't see the "time" when he should have been taking a walk outside, but he saw a group of short swordsmen sitting together for a picnic. They greeted him when they saw him.
"General! Do you want to eat together?"
Since the awakening of Ichikami Chokudaikiri Mitsutada in Honmaru, the quality of food has improved immediately. Because there are so many blades, it's a bit too much to let a few swords be responsible for the meals of a hundred people, so the swords actually prepare food in their own sword factions, and the sword factions with fewer blades will get together.
Every knife school has some good cooking skills, and if things really don’t work out, there are still other knives from other schools to come to the rescue. However, there is actually a big difference between being able to cook and cooking well. Among them, the Changchuan school is well-known for its good cooking skills.
The mental outlook of the Changchuan faction is different from others. They are affectionately called the Cowherd Group. They are very energetic and smooth.
The opposite is true for the neighbor who comes here to cook. When he cooks for himself, he feels very depressed.
Among the Kuritaguchi faction which has a total of 18 swords, well, only Ichigo Ichijin and his younger brothers can do the work. It’s not that there are no other people in the family. There are, but they are either fox-sculpture fanatics or cool guys who have never done any housework.
The daggers are all a bit childish, they like to do something fancy and occasionally go out for picnics. They cook their own meals and eat however they like, no one can interfere, so they are very free.
Occasionally they would take in the short knives who came to the party and eat together, so you guys who came to the party... (pointing and gesticulating).
It wasn't the first time they went out for a picnic, but Chiba refused and asked them if they knew where "time" had gone.
"Mr. and Kitsunesuke returned to the castle tower together."
"Kitsune no Suke?"
Since Kitsunesuke's death, he has rarely appeared in Honmaru. When he has something to do, he will come to find Sengenmaku, and when he has nothing to do, he will find a quiet place to stay. Although his enthusiasm and coldness are very disparate, Kitsunesuke cannot be considered a living creature, and it is nonsense to try to find the logic behind his behavior.
What concerns Sengenmaku is that "time" brought Kitsunesuke back to the castle tower. What can make him take action must have triggered a key node. After counting all the rules he had instilled in me, it seemed that one of them was "entertaining guests". However, Kitsunesuke has met "Time", and this guest is probably not Kitsunesuke.
When he pushed open the door and saw the cold and lifeless eyes of the nurse sitting quietly across from the low table, Qian Jianmu understood everything.
The fox looked at him quietly, as quiet as some kind of statue. Qian Jianmu lowered his eyes, took off the daggers on his legs and waist and put them aside, then boiled another pot of hot tea. "Time" silently made way, and Sengenmaku sat opposite Kitsunesuke, poured it a cup, and also poured a cup for "Time".
After the whole set of actions was completed, Qian Jianmu asked the question.
"haven't seen you for a long time?"
"Not for a long time. To me, time has no meaning."
There was no ups and downs in Kitsunesuke's voice, but Chigenmaku strangely heard a hint of loss:
"I came to see you."
"Looking for me?"
"You devoured a part of time." Kitsunesuke sat upright and stated a reality: "You have the ability to cross worlds, which is something that my world and your world cannot do."
"So you want my help?" Qian Jianmu looked at him with interest. "Before that, I want to know the relationship between the sword, the retrogression army, and the inspection of non-violence. Since you want to ask for help, it's okay for you to tell me, right?"
"...I can tell you." Kitsunesuke's eyes flickered for a moment, and he seemed to be even more depressed, mumbling vaguely. "Anyway..."
It lowered its head, as if thinking about how to explain, but before that, it turned its head to look in the direction of "time".
"this……?"
"It doesn't matter. He has no thoughts and no memories."
Qian Jianmu explained without much concern, but after he finished explaining, he paused slightly.
What this state of the living dead will eventually become remains a difficult question.
"Really? Okay." Kitsunesuke tilted his head, adjusted his sitting position, and looked directly into Senjianmaku's eyes.
"Let's start with your question. Since you're out in battle today, you probably have some guesses... This world has been restarted twice."
The main world of the sword world is a very ordinary planet, with two invisible ring-shaped debris belts quietly surrounding the edge of the planet. Each time fragment that makes up this ring comes from the previous two world destructions.
These fragmented time and space were integrated and managed, and were later called Honmaru.
In 2200, the first group of historical revisionists spontaneously developed a time jump machine and jumped back to the present, with the purpose of changing only some minor things in the past.
Someone died unexpectedly, and someone wants to bring it back. There is nothing wrong with wanting to save someone. Saving one person alone will not have any major impact on history. The corrective nature of history can remain stable for a certain period of time. However, human desires are endless, and they soon went too far.
A guy with abundant spiritual power among the historical revisionists encounters the Tsukumogami who is about to dissipate. Fusangshen also had regrets, as the previous master died without saying goodbye, and his plan failed at the last minute. Oda Nobunaga alone was considered an arsonist among the swordsmen in Honmaru. Regarding the Honnoji Incident, if there was a chance, there would definitely be swords that tried to help him escape death.
The first destruction, the swords that tried to change history succeeded in their reckless excess, and the world collapsed. The radical party in the sword, those tsukumogami who are obsessed with changing history and distorting it excessively, and even actively participate in history, turned into the time-traveling army at the moment before the world completely fell, and completely merged with the rules of time.
Among them, the Tsukumogami who tried to stop his kind from changing history but failed was formatted as the Inspector General. Because they only know how to stop the actions of the Tsukumogami, they treat both those who "harm history" and those who "Tsukumogami" with the same hostility and will give them equal treatment.
The moment history was officially changed, the world had actually collapsed, because the future of 2200 no longer existed. The world consciousness still possessed the power of time and space at this moment. It tried its best to go back in time, back to before the historical revisionists started to make trouble. But what has happened cannot be washed away. The remnants of the world's destruction surround the world endlessly, and those demonized Tsukumogami that have been integrated into the rules have also become the by-products of this world.
After the first reboot, shortly after 2200, historical revisionists reappeared.
However, at this moment, historical revisionism was just the spark that ignited the powder keg, and they were even quickly eliminated on the battlefield. The moment the act of "jumping time" became a reality, the Time Travel Army was officially mobilized and became the protagonist in changing history.
However, at this moment, the Time Traveling Army and the Inspector General do not have a large force. They still act as individuals and have a certain degree of demonized low-level intelligence. One side is changing history at all costs, and the other side is destroying the Tsukumogami at all costs. Aside from their twisted wills, they are no different from normal swords.
At the same time, the world established the Time Government, and found inspiration from the Time Traveling Army. It began to recruit swordsmen, and at the same time developed the Tsukumogami's carriers. Taking the time fragments outside the planet as the base point, it was transformed into Honmaru, and the "Touken Ranbu" plan was launched, recruiting Shinsengumi to go to war to protect history.
However, soon, big problems arose.
First of all, within Honmaru, it is difficult for swords and Shinsengumi to get along with each other, and the adjustment of concepts will take at least three generations of Shinsengumi before it can be stabilized. Secondly, the Time Travel Army and the Prosecution obtained the carrier of the sword Fusangshen developed by the Time Government.
These carriers are essentially shells dripped with the blood (spiritual power) of the god of sorrows, and they will be activated by the input of spiritual power. However, for the Retrograde Army, which still has wisdom and understands Tsukumogami better, these carriers only need slight modifications and they will be free soldiers.
The Time Travel Army plundered a large number of carriers and mass-produced soldiers. It was even difficult to count how many carriers they produced in those years. The swords in Honmaru are still enduring the painful training with the Shinsengumi, while the Time Travel Army is still constantly weakening their consciousness. In the end, the swords in the Honmaru shattered under the heavy weight. In contrast, the Time Travel Army had to face the situation of lack of spiritual power and alienation after the swords were shattered.
The swords, which had these concepts ingrained into their bones, ultimately chose to self-destruct in order to stabilize the spiritual power of hundreds of millions of time-traveling troops. At this moment, all the swords in Honmaru were shattered, and hundreds of millions of irrational but numerous time-traveling soldiers, who were thirsty for spiritual power and whose minds were full of changing history, launched a massacre against historical figures.
In order to prevent the massacre, the procuratorate also chose to shape and destroy itself, but it was a drop in the bucket.
Faced with the second tragic destruction, the world consciousness made a desperate effort to use all the remaining energy of retrospection and go back to an earlier point in time.
During this restart, the Time Government discovered two light bands. After comparative research, they found that the world had been restarted twice. Because at this time, although the Tracing Army also had the ability to transform carriers into their own kind, they just acted in a rigid manner and had no intelligence at all. So this time they had enough breathing time, and even came up with a new thing called the Cyber ​​Honmaru, and defeated the Time Travel Army in one fell swoop.
However, history did protect, and the enemy did disappear. But this world has already engraved the three parties of Suxing Army, Jianfeiweishi and swords into the rules of balance. These three parties represent the evil, neutrality and justice of this world. There is no pure justice, nor pure evil. The rules are enforced to be constant, and thus swords that travel back in time are created.
"This world is transforming from a high-risk world to a low-risk world. If the transformation can be successful, then there is no need to worry about the balance. The swords will disappear spontaneously, the spiritual power will revive, the monsters will awaken, and the world will have its own balance. There is no way we can face the current tragic situation, but..."
Kitsunesuke took a deep breath:
"Around our world, there is a world that has darkened."
The so-called light and darkness refer to the good and evil values ​​of a world. This is the light and dark balance mentioned earlier.
The world of pure light evolves into a world of light after the final decisive negative energy/evil character disappears, where good and evil become unbalanced and only goodness remains in the world. Such a world will gradually become "petrified", shattered in time and space, becoming specks of light, and falling into other worlds at random, becoming beautiful intentions and sources of energy.
They generally have a name, Paradise, Eden, always.
The world of pure evil is the exact opposite of the world of light. All the decisive positive energy of the world disappears, and the world becomes dark. The darkened world is beyond redemption, with only pure negative energy remaining. These worlds will eventually become dead realms, degrading like corpses, emitting deteriorating energy at all times.
Both photochemistry and darkening are actually rare, but once the process starts, it cannot be stopped. And the moment the process is determined, the world consciousness loses control and falls into a deep sleep until the end.
Therefore, the somewhat strange balance of light and darkness in the sword world is actually a fuse that everyone in the world has. In order to prevent themselves from dying unconsciously, they instinctively leave all light and dark adjustments to the guidance of higher-level rules.
However, this world consciousness is an unlucky one.
At the critical moment when the world's danger level is changing, the world around us is darkening, which is no less than encountering a major earthquake when defusing a mercury balance bomb.
What a unlucky guy.
At this time, let alone whether he can support a restart, restarting is useless. That world has begun to darken, and this energy will continue to be emitted for at least a hundred years. He doesn't think he can last another hundred years.
It’s no wonder that he felt aggrieved. He had been busy for so long that he didn’t even realize that he was infected. Seeing that the world he had worked so hard to maintain was about to fall apart, he was also about to fall apart.
Qian Jianmu looked at it lovingly and poured another cup of tea for "Time" who was standing there in a daze with his eyes open.
"I have a general idea of ​​what I am doing. So, what do you need from me?"
"...The power to go back in time, there is only a little left, less than thirty years..."
Kitsunesuke whispered:
"Even if it means going back or changing their history, please help me go to that world and stop the darkening."
...As expected of the master of this chaotic world, his moral standards are quite flexible. Protecting history and going back in time is just a matter of thought, without any hesitation.
The purpose of finding him is just that even if it can restart time and go back to the past, but in their current form, they cannot interfere with each other without permission. Only by transferring the ability to individuals who can travel through time can we do something as individuals.
"So, what about the information?"
Kitsunesuke seemed even more depressed, and even a little guilty.
"Because I can't get in touch with him, I don't have any information..."
Noticing that Qian Jianmu's gaze was becoming increasingly speechless, it immediately added:
"After investigation, it was found that there is an independent world fragment surrounding that world. Although it is some distance away from the world itself, it is still within the world. We can trace back from there. If we change the past a little, we may be able to contact the other party's consciousness."
This is a young world. It cannot face everything with ease, nor does it have complicated thoughts and calculations. If he wants help, just ask directly. Since he is not good at communicating with others, he can only show his persistence in a clumsy way.
"If you could please..."
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Ranpo: [About Fukuchi Sakura Maniac…]
Ranpo: [It will be quiet for a few months, but Ranpo-sama has determined that Japan will hold a joint meeting of all countries in one to two years...]
Ranpo: [Ranpo-sama understands his thoughts, but he absolutely, absolutely cannot agree with them. It is too ridiculous! 】
Curtain: [Slightly...]
Ranpo: […Send someone? ...I understand, but...what's his name? The name Dazai Osamu is no longer usable. 】
Mu: [As expected of Ranpo. How about calling him lucky...lucky? 】
Ranpo: [In that case, isn’t calling you Koya not bad instead of Kouya? This is definitely a name that guy wouldn't come up with! 】
Ranpo: [I understand. So that’s how the situation is. Then calling her Sachiko is not bad either, haha.] 】
Mu: [It's troublesome, but he won't mind. If necessary, he can become Sachiko. 】
Ranpo: [How is Edogawa Sachiko? Wow, it feels like I have a new sister. After you leave, I will make good use of her! 】
Mu: [It’s a bit strange to say that…]
Ranpo: [Consider this as payment for your help. Be careful from now on. There are places that Ranpo-sama cannot reach!] 】
Mu: [Do you know this too? You are truly worthy of being Ranpo-sama. 】
Ranpo: [Are you scared? 】
Mu: [Sorry, my mind was so full of admiration that I didn’t have time to be afraid. 】
Ranpo: [You are really good at talking. The president is calling me. Next time, I have to bring some red bean rice cakes in person! >v<】
Feeling that he owed Ranpo a little too much, Chigenmu held his forehead and thought about how to give Ranpo some return.
I couldn't remember it for a moment, so I turned around and saw "time"... Sachiko was watching quietly.
After negotiating with the world, I received sufficient compensation. However, the other world was unknown, and he was not sure how long he would be gone. Before that, he had to properly settle the people around him.
Although it can move normally, it can only understand commands. "Time" will never work without someone watching over it. Although the swords that have turned into a military force have temporarily ceased to move, the invisible ghosts still exist.
Even if his body could restrain the ghost to a certain extent, if it was torn into pieces one by one, not even he could save it.
Fortunately, Dazai Osamu himself has a heavy hell filter. If you don’t look carefully, the 18-year-old Dazai Osamu without the hell filter cannot be recognized as the same person.
If she tied her hair up and put on women's clothes and pretended to be 'Edogawa Sachiko', she could hide the truth.
...I hope I won’t cause any trouble to anyone. Ranpo has been working very hard.
After rewriting the instructions, Qian Jianmu was still a little worried. He called the man over and repeated his name carefully.
"Xing, Xing as in lucky. Xingye, Xingzi, these are both your names, do you recognize them?"
"It's a blessing to be an object, right?"
When the swordsmen put down their knives, they suddenly remembered this word. But he was not very good at coming up with Japanese names, after all, the names of the people he met were already given (……)… and his surname was the unified surname of the batch of people in the training institute, and "Sen" was not a lucky character… It was all very strange.
Edogawa Sachiko, Edogawa Yukiya, they sound like very gentle and happy people.
After repeating it for a long time and making sure that "time" could react, Qian Jianmu looked into his clear eyes without a trace of thought and sighed slowly.
"Maybe it's a good thing for you not to be called Dazai Osamu?"
There was no answer. His reflection appeared faintly in the thoughtless young man's eyes, which were as clear and bright as glass beads.
When Qian Jianmu turned around to make the bed, the quiet young man blinked a little slower.
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