Chapter 066 66

"…What do you think?"

After the meeting, Okita-kun and Okita-san walked back to California Kiyomitsu and Yamato-mori's stable room, one after the other, thinking about the information they had obtained before.

"Sama Haruaki will probably be asked to keep silent about her discovery soon." Ms. Okita tilted her head and looked at the full moon in the night sky. "A discovery of that level should have touched upon the truth of this world... or its essence. And the Heroic Throne is more informed than Chaldea itself - this Honmaru Judge is the equivalent of Avalon's Ghost."

"I think that the data of this world will be completely stuffed into the Chaldean database sooner or later. And this world itself is obviously not suitable for directly revealing the truth."

At breakfast time the next day, Okita-kun and Okita-san discovered that many Servants were missing as soon as they arrived at Hiroma - it seemed that Abe Haruaki had influenced a large number of Servants, making them curious about the truth, so they chose to repatriate them in order to maintain stability.

"However, even if a large number of people are repatriated, it can only be regarded as sending back the group who are watching the excitement." Okita-kun placed the red bean rice cake soup in front of Miss Okita and quickly looked at the people eating. "Even now, some of those who are left here are considered the former owners of a certain sword. Repatriating more people is simply saying that we have a problem."

"Let's continue our tour of the places we didn't visit yesterday?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato Moriyasu stayed in the self-service area for a long time, and finally sat down next to them when the conversation between Okita-kun and Okita-san came to an end. "There are still many places to visit in Honmaru."

"Today, I want to see how our acquaintances get along with the sword men they once held." Ms. Okita chewed the rice cake happily, thinking about the members she knew, "Let's go find Mr. Hijikata first. I believe that something big will happen today - let's wait until she makes trouble before we talk about it."

After breakfast, the four of them arrived at the fighting arena earlier than the two swordsmen who were scheduled to spar with each other - and then each of them took a bamboo sword and started fighting.

Although Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamatomori Yasusada always complain that it's like looking in a mirror when they practice sparring, they are obviously very enthusiastic about practicing with Okita-san and Okita-kun, and each one is more active than the other - but when the two swordsmen who were scheduled to spar with each other arrived at the hand-to-hand combat arena, what they saw was not four people fighting each other, but four people gathered together to study the sword skills of Okita Souji when he was alive.

"The normal three-stage thrust is from top to bottom, but Okita-kun and Okita-san's three-stage thrust is to attack the same point." Kashuu Kiyomitsu said as he demonstrated with a bamboo sword, "and the speed is very fast, so it looks like only one attack - in this way, the opponent can't escape... am I right?"

"Yeah, we won't fire flares like other Sabers." Ms. Okita narrowed her eyes and smiled, nodding vigorously to Kashuu Kiyomitsu. "Well, this is just the three-stage thrust in life. After becoming a Heroic Spirit, the three-stage thrust has been sublimated into our Noble Phantasm, which also makes the three-stage thrust change from 'almost simultaneous' to 'completely simultaneous'."

"At the moment of the three-step thrust, the first thrust, the second thrust, and the third thrust 'exist' at the same position at the same time." Okita-kun stood up, holding the bamboo sword tightly, and demonstrated the three-step thrust used by the servants. "Even if you can defend against the first thrust, you will still be pierced by the second and third thrusts in the same position."

"This is the Noble Phantasm that we, as Heroic Spirits, possess. It is the anti-human sword that can kill with certainty - the Nameless Three-Stage Blade."

The light green feathers are a good identification mark for the sword men - Ryokan Weisha, who was assigned to the hand-to-hand arena like yesterday, reacted completely differently to this. If there weren't a group of servants following behind, the difference in atmosphere between the two would have become even more obvious.

"Kiyomitsu! Anding!" The policeman in red sportswear waved happily towards the arena, "Did you bring Okita-kun and Okita-san to the arena?"

"Ah, here they are." Kashuu Kiyomitsu smiled and put away his bamboo sword. He introduced the swordsman who came here to Okita-kun and Okita-san. "This is Horikawa Kunihiro. Like Izumi-no-kami Kanesada, he is Mr. Hijikata's favorite sword. Oh, the hand-to-hand combat field is really lively today. Even the company commander Mr. Sone is here."

"Ah, that's true." Yamato-no-kami Yasunari followed Kashuu Kiyomitsu's line of sight and noticed Nagase Yakotetsu, who was following behind with his arms folded across his chest. He also saw a number of Servants from the late shogunate period. "And, looking at the number of Servants... Could it be that all Servants except those from the Warring States period have followed us?!"

"The group from the Heian period are almost all repatriated today. Excluding the group from the Warring States period, the only one left is the Bakumatsu period." Ms. Okita complained helplessly, while asking Kashu Kiyomisu and Yamato-no-kami Yasusada, "So, there are a lot of swordsmen coming to the tug-of-war field today, right? The Shinsengumi, the Restorationists..."

"Ah, almost everyone from the late shogunate is here." Kashuu Kiyomitsu glanced at the huge crowd and complained about the internal mechanism of the government of time, "It seems that the internal mechanism of the hand-to-hand field will be upgraded to zero today - then again, isn't the numerical quantification given by the government a bit too outrageous? No matter how hard you work, you can only increase it by one, and the two values ​​have to be random..."

"On the contrary, if you don't take it seriously, there will be no improvement at all."

"Kiyomi, you know the lord doesn't really care about this." Yamato-no-kami Yasunari sighed helplessly, watching the crowd gradually approach the arena. "Come to think of it, the original members of Chaldea's Shinsengumi were only Mr. Hijikata, Ms. Okita, and Mr. Okita?"

"Actually, there was also Saito-san..." Ms. Okita exchanged glances with Okita-kun, and replied to Yamato-no-kami Yasunari with a smile, "But the Master probably sent him back along with the Heian-kyō group as a group of people who had nothing to do but join in the fun. After all, the only Servants who remained in Honmaru today, besides the Chaldean staff on vacation, were the ones who had possessed you in the past."

"Mr. Saito... is the captain of the third division, right?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu thought for a moment, "The government doesn't have the sword that Mr. Saito once held - no wonder he was also included in the lively servants and deported... From this point of view, it's not that there are only so few people in Chaldea's Shinsengumi, but that the government has too few Shinsengumi swords."

"We can always meet our old companions in the future - as long as time is long enough." Ms. Okita was silent for a moment, and chose to tell the two that there were actually members of the Shinsengumi left in Chaldea. "Mr. Nagakura didn't come this time, but he is different from us. He looks like an old man."

"Although we both died young, Heroic Spirits usually manifest in their prime..." Okita-kun hurriedly took over what Okita-san said, winking at Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato-mori Yasunari, "This is to say that Mr. Nagakura's prime was when he was old!!!"

——Although the two of them knew the true state of Nagakura Shinpachi's Heroic Spirit, this did not prevent them from talking nonsense in front of Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato-mori Yasunari, who knew nothing about the state of Nagakura Shinpachi's Heroic Spirit.

——Thanks to the Master’s ability to lie in front of different people without batting an eyelid, the two of them were able to learn the same thing.

After everyone entered the hand-to-hand combat area, the atmosphere became like a meeting or discussion session.

"I am Hijikata Toshizo's favorite sword, a handsome and powerful famous sword, Izumi-no-kami—"

"Mr. Kan!"

"Hello!!!"

Most of the swordsmen interrupted Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada's self-introduction with a smile, and then continued to exchange their names with the Servants. Sakamoto Ryoma, who stayed away from the center of the dispute, held down the great demon that became his Noble Phantasm to stop her from eating the swordsmen, and dealt with the swordsmen around him who were also from Tosa with a wry smile.

——Although the number of swordsmen in the Tosa-gumi is not as many as that in the Shinsengumi, the only one who can deal with them is Sakamoto Ryoma, and his companion Okada Izou has long gone off to slack off.

All in all, it took a long time for the scene to regain its calm.

Of course, this also means that new turmoil is about to happen.

"Mr. Hijikata is scary, isn't he?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu sat next to Miss Okita, looking at Hijikata Toshinari's tough profile and whispered to her for approval.

"He looks like a devil - even more so when you look at that face." Yamato-mori Yasusada, who was sitting next to Okita-kun, turned his head and complained about Hijikata Toshizo together with Kashuu Kiyomitsu.

"The devil vice-captain from hell..." Okita-kun and Miss Okita exchanged glances, recalling certain events that happened in the past. "After all, Hijikata-san is the devil vice-captain himself, right? A scary and strict devil vice-captain."

"A devil breeds a devil." Ms. Okita smiled and winked at Okita-kun. "After all, even we wouldn't want to mess with Mr. Hijikata when he's in Devil Vice-Captain mode. Let me think... maybe only the Master can be the only one in the world who can face the Devil Vice-Captain head-on."

"Haha, at most we will be called children of the devil by those who fear us. We are still far from Mr. Hijikata's level." Okita-kun laughed.

"So, most of the guys who look like ghosts are--"

"Hey!!!" The first person to notice that the four people here were talking bad about Hijikata Toshizo was definitely not Izumi-no-kami Kanesada, but he was definitely the first person to speak up about this matter, "Have you said enough bad things about Hijikata-san? He is so strict because he wants to manage the Shinsengumi well!! And Hijikata-san himself also strictly abides by the rules of the Shinsengumi, right!!!"

"Oh, of course." Ms. Okita smiled and looked at Hijikata Toshizo, who was sandwiched between Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada and Horikawa Kunihiro, and winked at Okita-kun. "But not everyone can use a skill like 'Law of the Game' - the captain, vice-captain, general manager, and director of the Shinsengumi all have the Noble Phantasm of the Banner of Truth, but the skill of 'Law of the Game' is only available to Mr. Hijikata."

"The Law of the Game is a skill that imposes forced restraints on oneself," Okita-kun added. "Once the prohibition is violated, you will be harmed - but when Mr. Hijikata uses this skill, his own abilities are enhanced. Apart from Mr. Hijikata, no one in our Shinsengumi can do it - Mr. Saito can't do it, Mr. Nagakura can't do it, Mr. Kondo can't do it... and even less can we."

"That is an ability that only belongs to the vice-captain of the demon."