"So, using the word 'sincerity' as the symbol of the Shinsengumi can be regarded as commemorating it."

"To commemorate the first successful battle I have fought in my life."

"As for the last one, it is also the most important reason why I prefer the word 'sincerity'..."

Speaking of this, Qingdeng suddenly fell silent.

It seems that he is formulating words and brewing emotions.

At the same time, his expression became visibly serious.

Everyone was affected by his solemn appearance one after another. They unconsciously straightened their waists, sat upright, pointed their ears, and listened carefully.

"The word 'sincerity' has many meanings such as 'honesty' and 'loyalty'."

Qingdeng slowly scanned the faces of everyone present.

“Where does the name of our army’s ‘New Selection’ come from?”

"In this bloody and chaotic world, we have been chosen by the times. At the same time, we have chosen a new 'road'."

"I hope that all officers and men of the Shinsengumi - including you - will be sincerely loyal to their beliefs!"

"Whether it is pain or sadness, whether it is bitterness or exhaustion, you must run all the way on the road you have chosen! Carry out the will of 'sincerity' and live up to the name of 'new choice'!"

Short but yet sonorous... everyone was shocked by its momentum.

Even Serizawa Kamo, Shinami Nishiki, who had always been at odds with Aoto, and Kiyokawa Hachiro, who was determined to plot chaos, couldn't help but feel shuddered at this moment.

Carry out the will of "sincerity" and live up to the name of "new selection"... While everyone invariably repeated these words in their hearts, they turned their heads and looked at the "sincerity flag" in Qingdeng's hand again.

Compared with the first time they saw this flag just now, their eyes all changed significantly at this time.

Qingdeng’s words continued:

"By the way, the colors chosen for this flag also contain unusual meanings."

"As you can see, the background color of this flag is blood red, and the word 'Sincerity' in the center and the mountain pattern below are white."

"Blood red symbolizes sacrifice; white symbolizes no distracting thoughts about 'sincerity'."

"In addition to the 'Sincerity Flag', I also commissioned Mr. Yagi to make another... although it is not a military flag, it is also an extremely important flag."

With that said, Qingdeng put down the "Sincerity Flag" in his hand, and then took out a new flag from his arms.

This time, Qingdeng did not whet everyone's appetite.

After quickly taking out the new flag, he unfolded it directly.

This new flag doesn't have any fancy content, it's just plain black text on a white background.

On the right side is the inscription "The Glory of Death".

On the left side is written "The disgrace of no life".

Together they are eight powerful characters - "There is glory in death, but there is no shame in life."

The words come from "Wu Zi's Art of War: The Fourth Treatise on Generals".

The original text is "On the day when a division comes out, there will be glory in death, but there will be disgrace in life." It means that after the army goes to the battlefield, it must be prepared to sacrifice itself gloriously, but not to save its life in humiliation.

"I call it the 'War Flag'."

Qingdeng said softly.

The tone was quite calm.

"As the name suggests, this is a flag used to supervise battles."

"Under normal circumstances, we would never fly this flag easily."

"This flag will only be raised in a decisive battle with the enemy, or in a life-or-death situation."

"The moment this flag stands, it is the time to fight to the death! The whole army must be determined to die! Whenever the battle begins, the enemy must be killed heroically!"

"Victory or death!"

"When approaching battle, anyone who retreats first regardless of the army will be killed immediately!"

"When approaching battle, the army ignores whoever retreats first, and the rear team will kill the front team!"

"If you don't shrink back, behead immediately!"

"Anyone who retreats hastily will be killed immediately!"

"Everything is like this - there is glory in death, but no shame in life!"

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng narrowed his eyes, and a cold light burst out from his eyes.

Those words that seemed to hide a sharp edge made many people present shrink their necks uncontrollably.

Fortunately, it only took a moment for Qingdeng to put away his momentum and at the same time put away the "War Supervisory Flag" in his hand.

"Okay, I have distributed uniforms to you, and I have also shown you the military flag and war flag of our army. If you have nothing to report to me, this meeting will be..."

Qingdeng hasn’t finished speaking yet——

"Your Majesty the Governor! Your Majesty the Governor!"

An anxious shout coming from the direction of the corridor interrupted his words.

At the same time, a figure kneeling on one knee appeared outside the door.

Qingdeng raised his eyebrows and asked:

"What's the matter?"

The figure outside the door took a deep breath and responded loudly but stammeringly:

"Yes, there's a sedan coming here! I'm looking for the governor by name!"

In an instant... literally in an instant, the atmosphere in the meeting hall changed suddenly! The scene was filled with a gasping, stinging tension.

Qingdeng and everyone else's faces were all discolored.

Even an idiot like Sanosuke Harada knows what "a express sedan is coming here" means.

Qingdeng reacted immediately and quickly ordered:

"The director, deputy director, chief and staff stay! Others step back! Bring the express sedan in!"

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After a while, a young man lying on the tatami, who seemed to be about to die at any time, braced himself and said intermittently:

"Suppressing Ambassador... Your Excellency... Ise... a large-scale... attack...! The enemy force... exceeds 10,000...! Please... send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible...!"

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