Just by closing your eyes, you can feel your life flowing away.
Time passes even while asleep.
Waking time passes too.
Myself - I'm about to die.
Listening to the cry of eagles outside the cave, Shinmon Musashi Shou Fujiwara Genshin thought so.
But his current thoughts are not about lamentation and self-pity.
But——
Why am I not dead yet?
If you want to die, die quickly, okay?
I don't even have the strength to commit suicide now, okay? Then why--don't you let me just die?
I didn’t expect that at the end of my life, I would be longing for such a death...
Waiting for fate——I am already a little impatient.
He seems to have established a fact.
I, the new soldier, Musashi, Fujiwara Genshin, will die here.
I will definitely die here.
This body has reached its end, and no matter what kind of magic or evil methods are used, I can no longer live on.
Even his current state is no different from death.
My old body has long been unable to move. If I force myself to stand up - no, can I still stand up?
Ha ha--
old.
Really old.
boring.
Omissions.
emptiness.
After all, these are just the dull feelings brought by time.
Probably...Iori will laugh at him.
He would say something like this - Oh, my master usually teaches me skills so sternly and teaches me so sternly, but now -
It seems that there is no so-called "realm of emptiness" at all.
Although - it is indeed still there.
Once you reach the empty seat, there will be no more changes.
After killing again and again, over and over again, I finally reached a state that I will never lose.
And what about after being empty?
...maybe it is the so-called "virtual".
Maybe this is how the word emptiness comes from?
But——compared to before, perhaps the condition of this body is pretty good.
At least there is no longer such a violent cough, as if it wants to cough up everything in the body.
If the final moment can be ushered in now——
...didn’t come.
Tsk.
What a great time to fight.
It is obvious that the art of war that turns one's heart into nothingness is the best in the world, but at this moment, I actually started to get anxious...
But the fire burning in my heart will never go out.
But it will never go out.
Although his body is obviously old, as if he will die in the next moment, his spirit is still like that of a young man.
Ah, now that I think about it...
He is exactly the same as his father.
I am indeed the son of Wuerzhai.
...This can be regarded as a direct lineage.
I will never be satisfied, even if I know my destiny is there, I will never waver. The old man really passed this down to me completely.
No, it might be something like a curse?
Famous all over the world - not satisfied.
Death is imminent - dissatisfied.
Tsk.
The name Shin-Mun was inherited from Muer-sai.
Now that I think about it, I should have insisted that I would never change. I should have been the pure Miyamoto Musashi, not the new Musashi.
However, the moment this idea came into being, the old man's body began to tremble violently.
"no no......"
That, is my old karma...
...
Ahhh.
I really can't hold on any longer.
So – come on!
I beg you!
O fate of death—come!
......Alas.
If this world is really hell.
...
"I'm so exhausted - I can't walk anymore! I need to add some salt now! Drinking water all the time will cause diarrhea!"
Musashi sat under the shade of a tree and wailed loudly.
"And Mr. Tajima doesn't plan to pay us, does he? He really doesn't plan to pay us, right?"
"This is too much!"
This woman looks very angry now.
"Salt is still a rare thing now. If you want to replenish it, let's wait until the castle town and think of a solution - by the way, we are not far from the castle town now. How about we stop insisting?"
Samura said to Musashi.
"Ah... Why don't you give me water first and let me take a few sips..."
After taking the water glass from Zuo Cun's hand and taking a few sips, Musashi finally regained some of his energy.
"You think he went too far? Not only did he not pay us, but he also asked us to go on patrol to check if there are any weird things causing trouble after Tomoe Gozen was eliminated!?"
"...There is still some reward. The supplies we get are basically from Tajima Mamoru."
Zuomura squinted, glanced at one side of the road, and then said to Musashi.
Kato Danzo was still there. Although he wasn't staring at them deliberately, he was definitely there.
"That's not the problem..."
Musashi shook his head.
"We have accomplished great feats, right? We have conquered Tomoe Gozen and defeated the enemy's generals, right?"
Boom!
She punched the ground hard.
"Even if we are just ronin, not the adults of the Wu family, we are more likely to be manipulated by him - but he can't do this to us!"
"And the weirdness can't be found at all... We have searched all around Mr. Xi, and we haven't found any remaining weirdness."
Zuo Cun licked his lips.
It's really torturous.
Although there were other people patrolling, the area he and Musashi were responsible for was the largest, and just walking around was enough to make people lie on the ground so tired that they didn't want to move.
"Anyway, let's do this for today. It's over."
Samura pulled Musashi up from the ground.
"...Well, just think of it as cultivation. This can be considered a kind of hardship."
After sighing, Musashi finally cheered up.
Practice.
Anyone with a sword in their hand can cut off tangible objects.
The "emptiness" that Musashi pursues is the ultimate sword that can cut through invisible things.
She has been destined to pursue this since the time of her father's new life.
This time... maybe it can really happen.
Treasure Courtyard Yinshun, Ba Yuqian.
Lancer Purgatorio, Archer Inferno.
Heroic swordsman.
Fight against these big demons, survive, and learn as much experience as you can from them.
Moreover, following Anno Zumura who has reached the end, she can also see something.
...I should know by then.
Know who you really are.
Know why you should end.
If the ending is reached in this way - I think I can accept it regardless of the physical theory.
Musashi smiled and walked in front of Zuo Cun.
Zuo Cun was stunned for a moment, looked at Musashi's back, and sighed softly.
Holding the horse, the two of them walked towards the castle town together.