Chapter 78
Yagen Toushirou never knew that just visiting the cemetery to sweep the graves and see the deceased could never come back.
After waiting until sunset and the moon was high in the sky but no one came back, Yagen Toushirou gave up and changed into his battle uniform, took his own body and the Nichirin Sword, and after getting the route to the cemetery from Ueno Arata, he set out alone at night.
After rushing all the way, and killing one or two ghosts hiding in the mountains and forests, Yagen Toushirou arrived at the entrance of the cemetery.
There was no need to investigate further. Among the gloomy tombstones in the whole garden, there was only one place where a bonfire was burning. By the light of the fire, he could also see a tent next to it that did not belong to this era.
A question mark slowly appeared in Yagen Toushirou's mind.
What the hell is Tsurumaru Kuninaga doing?
Instead of coming back after dark, he set up a tent and camped in the cemetery. How come I didn’t know that he had such a hobby?
Also, why are there so many dead souls in this cemetery still staying here and not going to the underworld?
What was their intention in surrounding Tsurumaru and the general?
One question mark after another flashed through Yagen Toushirou's mind, but he still maintained his usual calmness and composure.
The hand on the hilt of the knife relaxed slightly, but he still did not move it away. He walked along the bluestone road towards the direction of the fire, gradually passing through those souls. He stood beside the two people, one big and one small, who were gathered around the campfire.
"General, and you, Tsurumaru," Yagen Toushirou took a deep breath, "Why didn't you return to the clinic after dark?"
As early as when Yagen Toushirou was standing at the entrance of the cemetery, Kiyoki and Tsurumaru Kuninaga were reminded by the souls in the garden. Facing Yagen Toushirou's low mood, Kiyoki also felt that she was quite innocent. She turned her gaze to Tsurumaru Kuninaga and asked him to come out and explain himself.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who was still waiting to be rescued by his master and spared from being stabbed by Yagen Toushirou: ...
No, Master, since I have tried so hard to help you find a solution and it has worked, please say a good word for me QAQ
However, Qingxi silently closed her eyes and continued to try hard to control the spiritual power in her body to integrate with the Eye of Dialysis.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "..."
Yagen Toushirou's purple pupils fell on him, and the hand on the hilt of the knife gripped the hilt tightly. The next moment, a cold light suddenly appeared in the scabbard. Tsurumaru Kuninaga believed that if he did not give an explanation, the other party would really be ready to have a real sword fight with him in the cemetery.
"I'll explain." Tsurumaru Kuninaga surrendered. He pulled Yagen Toushirou and asked him to sit on the small stool next to him that Qingxi had just taken out for him.
Yagen Toushirou sheathed his sword and sat down as the other party wished.
Without asking the other party whether he had eaten, Tsurumaru Kuninaga took a clean empty bowl and poured him a bowl of soup, while explaining to him why they did not return to the clinic today.
Yagen Toushirou slowly drank from his bowl of soup. After the other party explained Kiyokisi's situation, he concluded, "In other words, Tsurumaru guided the admiral to control the spiritual power within his body, which resulted in the spiritual power and the Eye of Perception becoming mixed together. The admiral's Eye of Perception can no longer be closed, and it continues to penetrate external objects and see through the inner world."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga nodded sadly and innocently, "I didn't expect this to happen with the two 'standard configurations' given to her by the master's system.
Logically speaking, since there are plug-ins available, shouldn’t they be compatible with each other?
I've always thought so.
As a result, the two are compatible, but the owner still has to polish and balance them.
Better to be buried in a pile of bones in the cemetery than to go back and look through everyone's clothes to see what's underneath.
So we didn't go back.
…Anyway, that’s probably the situation.”
Knowing that Tsurumaru Kuninaga didn't want to see a Shinsengumi in this state, Yagen Toushirou let out a long sigh and said, "Tomorrow, if the general is still in this state, I will go back to the clinic to pack the general's luggage. In the afternoon, we will accompany the general to see Mr. Beiming Island."
This was a decision made by Xingming of Beiming Island before, so it wouldn't be surprising for them to go there tomorrow.
"Just let Tsurumaru go with me." Qingxi spoke at this time. She opened her eyes and was still the same as before. Wherever her eyes went, she would first see the most superficial things, and then after staring at a point for a long time, her sight would penetrate the surface and see the inside.
After experiencing such an afternoon, Qingxi was used to it. She blinked and said to Yaoyan Toushirou, "Yaken, you stay in the clinic."
It's no problem for the clinic to lose one person who helps the wounded recover, but if two people who perform surgery on the wounded who reattached broken limbs leave at once, the clinic will be too busy to handle the situation.
Even though Qingxi didn't explain much, Yagen Toushirou understood it at this time.
"I see." He lowered his head and chuckled. "The general who still considers others is truly gentle."
"I'm not," Qingxi retorted. "Who knows me better than me?"
"As long as my own safety isn't at stake, I'll help others. But once that happens, I'll turn around and walk away, not even trying," she said. "So, fundamentally, I'm a cold-hearted person."
"To put it another way, this is the saying 'If you're poor, you should take care of yourself; if you're rich, you should help the world.' It's a choice that ordinary people would make," Tsurumaru Kuninaga interjected. "So, Master, at most you can be considered an ordinary person, not a heartless person."
He turned his head to look back at the soul of Harada Shinnosuke, who hadn't been able to leave because he was worried about Qingxi's condition. He continued, "Otherwise, Master, you can ask Mr. Harada what he thinks of you."
"By the way, Master, you haven't asked Mr. Harada whether the hydrangea hairband on your head looks good or not. Why don't you ask him as well?" he added.
It's not good to always hold people back from going to hell to be reincarnated.
So if you have anything to say, just say it quickly and let the other person leave without any attachment.
"Tsurumaru, stop talking nonsense." Qingxi said as she raised her foot and kicked his calf, and then her eyes couldn't help but follow the direction of his gaze.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga stood up and began to help clear the area. "Next is the private chat time for the girl and the uncle. The other souls can rest if they need to, or do other things if they need to... Girls, it's inevitable that they won't be able to speak up when there are a lot of people around, so please be a little understanding."
Compared to Tsurumaru Kuninaga's super hatred-attracting (Kiyori's hatred-attracting) way of clearing the field, the other souls were much more perceptive and considerate than him. They dispersed from the cemetery in groups of three or five and disappeared into the woods.
In an instant, only three people and one soul were left in the entire cemetery.
Yagen Toushirou drank the soup in the bowl, stood up, and walked along the same path he came from to the stone steps he had come up, while Tsurumaru Kuninaga tacitly went to the other end of the bluestone road.
In this way, only Qingxi and Harada Shinnosuke were left on the entire bluestone road.
Qingxi really wanted to call back the two people who had already left, and tell them that there was no need to be like this.
But, Qingdu has been in such a state, what else can she do? Call them all back?
Forget it, let it be.
One soul and one person, one big and one small, looked at each other, and finally it was Harada Shinnosuke who spoke first.
He still looked the same as when he was alive, showing Qingxi a bright and somewhat foolish smile, "Axi, I thought you wouldn't come to see me."
Qingmian didn't explain much, and said vaguely: "My eyes were not very good those days, and they were covered with gauze because of the medicine."
She was still in the state of a red-eyed rabbit, and Harada Shinnosuke knew her condition after just one look.
Harada Shinnosuke's eyes fell on Qingxi's hair, and he said complacently: "The hydrangea hair tie matches Aki very well, it's refreshing."
"That's what the store owner who sold it to me told me," Harada Shinnosuke stroked his chin with his right hand, pretending to be trying to recall. "Oh, the store owner said the hydrangea's flower language is 'happiness', and giving it to a friend means wishing her a happy life."
"Where's the Hinami doll?" Qingxi asked.
"Well," Harada Shinnosuke said, his eyes wandering a little as he suddenly got stuck. "...I saw it, so I, uh, bought it."
After that, he even tried to explain himself with a desperate desire: "Aki, you're fine the way you are now. There's no need to belittle yourself, but I absolutely do not regard you as a substitute for my little Sakurako (shocked)!!!"
Qingxi was silent for a moment, then chuckled, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. "I think so too. Otherwise, when Mr. Harada goes to the underworld and finds out that Sakurako knows what he did there, she might not want you as her father."
"Thank you. The hydrangea hairband is beautiful, and the Hinami doll is also very nice. I like it very much." Qingxi looked up at Harada Shinnosuke, a smile on her face for a long time. "Finally, I want to share [happiness] with Mr. Harada. I hope that after Mr. Harada goes down, he can find his wife and Sakurako as soon as possible. Then, in his next life, he can live a [happy and perfect] life with his wife and Sakurako in a peaceful world without ghosts and wars."
"Oh, TOEFL."
The smile on the face of the middle-aged man who was blessed by the girl grew a little bigger, from the original six points of naivety to ten points of naivety.
Just as the man and the soul were smiling and blessing each other, a ray of warm sunlight appeared, centered on Harada Shinnosuke, illuminating the small space where he was.
In the sunlight, Qingxi vaguely saw two figures gradually appearing beside Harada Shinnosuke.
A young woman dressed as a woman and a girl with shoulder-length black hair and a sweet smile.
The moment the two figures, one big and one small, appeared, she saw Harada Shinnosuke squatting down, picking up the girl with one hand and holding the woman with the other.
Qingxi realized that they were Mr. Harada's wife and children.
Watching them say goodbye to him, Qingxi raised his hand and waved to them.
Be happy!
The warm sunlight disappeared, and the figures of the three people also disappeared. Qingxi put down his hand and silently repeated the sentence in his heart.
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