They were originally going to the castle town of the rustic city, but they encountered something strange on the way, and they happened to meet Fujimaru Ritsuka and Musashi's group, so they escaped death.
"Axiu, what kind of city is Rustic City?"
Musashi leaned down and asked Ah Xiu curiously.
"Well...it looks like a big, big city with many, many people in it."
"Um, is this really okay? Even though it was Mr. Senko Muramasa who asked us to take him..."
Fujimaru Ritsuka still felt that it was a bit inappropriate to bring Azumi and Tasuke out.
Muramasa was going to bury the villagers who died because of Hohoin Yinshun, so he could only entrust them to take care of Azai and Tiansuke, but the current situation...
"Anyway, as long as we enter the city quickly before nightfall, it'll be alright, right?"
After a moment of silence, Musashi could only pretend to be cheerful.
No matter what, you can't show distressed expressions to the children, right?
Zuo Cun didn't seem to care much about this. There was a sparrow in his hand and he was teasing it.
He likes birds. If he lived in a stable era, he would never pick up a sword, but would become a character related to birds.
Maybe he is a scholar who studies birds? Of course, he may also be a painter who specializes in painting birds.
"Mr. Samura, it's really easy to attract birds."
Fujimaru Ritsuka noticed the sparrow in Samura's hand and sighed involuntarily.
There are many records about Zuo Cun and birds, which can be regarded as very distinctive character characteristics. After all, Zuo Cun's three swords are even named after birds.
"It's a wonderful creature."
Zuo Cun smiled and gently caressed the sparrow's head with the back of his index finger, and the sparrow also looked like he was enjoying it.
Both humans and birds are enjoying this moment.
"At times like this, I feel a little calmer... This can be regarded as the strength these little guys give me."
As he said that, another sparrow landed on Zuo Cun's shoulder and started chirping, looking very curious and happy.
"Ah, so amazing..."
Azui looked at the two sparrows on Zuo Cun's body in great surprise.
"Master Samurai is so awesome...! A-Ziu also likes to be friends with birds, but every time A-Ziu gets close to these cute sparrows, they fly away in fear!"
"How did the samurai become friends with the sparrow? Can you teach Axiu?"
Zuo Cun lowered his head and glanced at Ah Sui.
Ah Xiu's eyes were full of expectation.
Zuo Cun showed a smile to Ah Xiu.
"Here, hold out your hand."
Ah Sui handed Tasuke, who was carrying Tiansuke, to Musashi, and then stretched out his hand expectantly.
Zuo Cun put the sparrow in his hand on Ah Xiu's hand.
"Be good and don't move too much. It won't be afraid of you."
After stroking the sparrow's head with the back of his hand, Zuomura said with a smile.
"ah......"
Ah Xiu's eyes seemed to be sparkling, and he gently moved the sparrow to his eyes.
The sparrow tilted its head, looking a little curious, but didn't leave.
Not only did it not leave, it even stood on Ah Xiu's hand very affectionately and chirped twice.
"Ah ha ha......"
Ah Xiu looked very happy.
Samura compared his hand to the shape of a whistle and blew it loudly.
A cry sounded like a bird's song.
And Zuo Cun's cry was answered.
At first, it was just a little chirping that sounded far away.
And within two minutes, you can see all kinds of birds flying from all directions.
There are sparrows, turtle doves, ravens, and even many other birds. Some of them are known to A-Xiang, but there are more that A-Xiang doesn't know - but there are always a lot of them!
"Wow, wow wow, wow..."
Ah Xiu couldn't even see clearly.
"Mr. Samura, can you actually do such a stunt...!?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes were shining as if it was the first day she met Samura.
A raven landed on her head and made a quacking sound.
"This is not a stunt or a skill, it's just...a little skill that I had before I was alive."
Zuo Cun couldn't help but smile when he saw a pheasant being held in his hand.
"But to be honest, sometimes I feel that this kind of love is heavy."
He remembered the time when he had to sleep in a tree because he couldn't find a village or a shrine...
Because all kinds of birds are very close to him, after seeing Zuo Cun sleeping in a tree, the birds will also stay on him.
Then, as we all know, birds cannot control their own excretion because there is no sphincter in the cloaca...
So sometimes, when Zuo Cun wakes up from the tree in the morning, he will find that his body is covered with heavy love from birds.
This can be regarded as a little anecdote unique to Zuomura Annuo.
"Is this how you learned your Hyakutori-ryu from these little guys?"
Musashi's points of interest were obviously not the same as those of others.
"yes."
Zuo Cun nodded.
"It was only after experiencing the lightness of the crane, the agility of the bird, and the swiftness of the eagle that I was able to create my own swordsmanship."
Letting the pheasant fly in his hand, Zuo Cun had no intention of retaining these little guys and chuckled.
"If I had not created Hyakutori-ryu at that time, I would have traveled around the country and returned to the Zen Rishin-ryu Shoeikan to learn Natural Rishin-ryu with Mr. Kondo Shusuke."
Zuo Cun said and waved his hand.
All the birds immediately dispersed, leaving only the sparrow left in Ah Xiu's hand.
The sparrow pecked Ah Sui's head gently and then flew away chirping.
"ah......"
Ah Xiu looked a little disappointed.
"Don't worry, it has become your friend. I believe it will come to visit you in the future."
After touching Ah Xiu's head, Zuo Cun comforted the child softly.
"Well, thank you, samurai-sama!"
Ah Xiu nodded seriously, feeling very excited anyway.
"I think this is something to be thankful for."
Musashi put Tasuke back on Azai's back and looked at Zuomura with a smile.
"After all, I can't imagine a Samura Ano who is not Hyakori-ryu."
"Just like I can't imagine not being first-class again."
She thinks that in a certain sense, this is the uniqueness of her and him being "unparalleled in the world".
Have your own unique swordsmanship and so on.
"Indeed, I can't imagine it."
Zuocun also nodded.
But what he had in mind was not swordsmanship.
If I returned to the Natural Rishin-ryu Trial Guard Hall...
I probably won't be a reformer in the future.
Rather, what does a certain division captain of the Shinsengumi look like?