On one side of the village square, in the room preparing for the performance, a somewhat frivolous-looking red-haired young man was instructing the invited kabuki actor, Izumo Akun, on the technique of playing the shamisen.
"So why should I play this!"
Izumo Aguo looked extremely reluctant.
"My job is to dance the soul-soothing dance! It's not just to play the shamisen!"
Qilin'er from Changzhou looked glib and smiled.
"Even a soul-stirring dance needs excellent accompaniment, right? Since it's a kabuki performance, it definitely needs accompaniment, right?"
"Then if I go to play the shamisen, who will do the soul-stirring dance?"
Izumo Aguo looked troubled by this man's entanglement, and tapped his shamisen helplessly.
Takasugi taught for a few days, and with Izumo Aguo's understanding ability, he easily understood how to play the shamisen, but the problem was...
It's not necessary!
...
"Mr. Samura."
Fujimaru Ritsuka naturally said hello to Samura who was bringing his wife and daughter.
"Miss Fujimaru, we are going to the west side of the village, do you want to come together?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka gave Samura a careful and generous blow.
Different from the state in Chaldea, Zuocun now looks...somewhat changed.
According to Fujimaru Ritsuka's impression, Samura is actually quite young in both mentality and appearance. His mind is open to the point of being a bit out-of-the-box, and he plays a somewhat elusive role in Chaldea. This is his basic impression of Samura.
But this Zuocun in front of me...
Apart from anything else, from the looks of it, there is no feeling of being young.
Although it is not to the level of an uncle, but...
In short, it doesn’t have the feeling of being a young person.
It gives people a peaceful middle-aged feeling.
It's very strange, considering Fujimaru Ritsuka's past feelings.
Ms. Souji is also different from before... She didn't feel so gentle before? After all, she is still a Mibu wolf after all. Now she really feels like a wife, and...
Is that place bigger?
Fujimaru Ritsuka touched his chin and fell into thought.
"Ritsuka, this is very rude."
Yukina poked Fujimaru Ritsuka helplessly.
"Ah, hug, sorry. Let's go together too."
Fujimaru Ritsuka came to his senses, laughed sarcastically, and quickly agreed.
Miss Izumo Akuno's shamisen performance?
By the way, does Miss Yun Aguo actually know shamisen?
.......
When we arrived at the square on the west side of the village, many people had already gathered here.
"Ah, Zuo Cun."
Sakamoto Ryoma, wearing a navy blue Wu uniform, said hello to Zuomura.
"Ryoma, Miss Aaron."
Zuo Cun responded without missing Miss Aaron who was hiding behind Ryoma.
"Miss Aaron felt a strange aura, Zuo Cun, who are these three people?"
Miss Aaron lay on Ryoma's shoulder and looked curiously at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Yukina's mother and son.
"They are travelers passing through the village and want to stay in the village for a few days."
"Miss Fujimaru, this is the guard at the village gate, Mr. Sakamoto."
Zuocun introduced each other.
Ryoma also had a knife on his waist.
"The guard at the mountain gate? Isn't he Mr. Li Shuwen?"
"Mr. Li Shuwen is the guard of the village gate. If I am in charge, it is the road to the top of the mountain."
Ryoma Sakamoto explained with a smile.
"The surrounding area of the village is sealed off. If you want to go up the mountain, there is basically only one way to go."
"The shrine is just above the mountain road, and going up further is the lake on the top of the mountain."
"Locked?"
Zhizhi frowned slightly.
"There are still some dangers around the village at night."
Zuo Cun explained.
"That's why the village built a fence to protect everyone, and set up two entrances and exits, which were guarded by Mr. Li Shuwen and Long Ma respectively."
"I see...but what's the danger?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded, indicating that he understood, but then raised a new question.
"That one only appears at night...ah, that kabuki came out."
Samura wanted to continue explaining, but when he turned around, he found that the "Kabuki" with a huge machine had already walked onto the stage with an impatient look.
Kabuki actually specifically refers to male actors, but Izumo Akuno is the ancestor of this performance form, and she didn't have so many rules when she created this performance form.
"Miss Aguo, please come on."
A guy who forced the ancestor of kabuki to play shamisen smiled and encouraged him from the audience.
"The director is here too."
Souji Samura said hello to a man who looked like he had thick hair.
"Um."
Hijikata Toisho looked serious and nodded.
"It's off-duty time now. I originally wanted to go to the izakaya, but then I found something more interesting here, so I came here. But the fact that you are here, Souji, means that the guy from Samura is also here, right?
"
Hijikata Toshizo's eyes became dangerous.
"Is it time for him to pick up the sword again? I came to this village just for him."
He looked quite unhappy.
"If nothing else happens, Danna probably doesn't want to pick up the sword anymore."
The Souji didn't know why, but he pursed his lips and smiled, as if there was something he was not saying.
Not picking up the sword...maybe the best choice for Zuo Cun.
"Damn it - Zuomura! You bastard! Show your courage! Pick up your sword and fight me in a duel!!!"
Hijikata became angry and yelled loudly and went to Zuo Cun.
"I'm sorry, Hijikata. As it turns out, I still feel that swords are no longer suitable for me."
Samura smiled and declined Hijikata's invitation to a duel.
"The director started again..."
Shannan Keisuke followed behind and sighed, shaking his head.
"Isn't it like this every day? Just get used to it."
Saito held a piece of grass in his mouth and looked contented.
"So why did that damn guy from Zuomura put down his sword?"
Nagakura Shinpachi looked as unhappy as Hijikata.
And why is he so old?
On the stage, Izumo Aguo sat on the mat, not paying attention to the commotion below, closed his eyes, and picked up his shamisen.
She doesn't need to say anything, she just needs to perform.
Thumb——
The unique sound of the shamisen sounded.
The square suddenly became quiet.
As Izumo Akuno started playing with his eyes closed, everyone fell silent and listened quietly to Izumo Akuno's performance.
It's just that... there's one person who looks a little restless.
That was Takasugi who asked Izumo Akun to perform shamisen.
He found a shamisen from somewhere, and he was already eager to run up and play with Izumo Akuno.