There was a miasma in Zuo Cun's eyes.
No, it's not miasma.
In the yellow sand, Zuocun raised his hand, feeling the wind and dust flowing through the gaps in his hand.
"Is life shortened again?"
This feeling...is uncomfortable.
Obviously it is to kill evil spirits, this is obviously what I should do, and it can even be done easily, but why——
"Is this really good?"
"In order to kill someone, you came here and paid the price with your life. Although you are special and you will keep all the records of being summoned, but -"
"The feeling of overwhelming pain is always real."
That voice - Zuo Cun's own voice, rang in Zuo Cun's ears.
Ask yourself.
Also answer yourself.
Saber's spiritual base is like this.
The moment the bird's power is unfolded, the entire spiritual base will experience a severe pain that is worse than death, as if the soul is being pulled away together - and it is, bit by bit, bit by bit.
but--
How could you not draw your sword when you see something like that?
Zuo Cun has always been this kind of person.
"You."
"You just don't know how to be kind to yourself."
A shadow——
Is it a shadow?
Zuocun raised his head slightly.
He couldn't see clearly what that face looked like, but...he actually knew who it was.
"General Secretary, you are here."
In the mental world, Zuo Cun smiled relaxedly and calmly.
Perhaps only in a place like this can Zuocun truly laugh.
"I am coming."
"But you're still the same."
"This is your biggest shortcoming."
"You always put yourself in Avici Hell, but you never know how to make yourself comfortable... Even if you are used to it, you can't be like this."
"At least...I don't want you to be like this."
The figure stretched out his hand and gently placed it on Zuo Cun's face.
Zuo Cun finally saw the person in front of him clearly.
Okita Souji's face was in front of him.
"Ah...it's you."
Zuocun sighed again and said.
——Although, he himself didn’t know why he still sighed like this.
Because he had just fought with an evil ghost, he was still in a daze.
"Is it worth exchanging your own pain for a knife that cuts off past karma?"
Miss Okita sat in front of Zuo Cun with a stern look in her eyes.
——It's just an illusion made of a grain of sand in the shadow of life.
Just an illusion.
Zuo Cun thought so.
But he still couldn't help but reach out his hand and touch Okita Souji's face.
Okita Souji's shadow frowned, and then——
He pinched Zuo Cun's face hard.
"Answer me quickly!"
"Ouch..."
Zuomura, who has become like an uncle, still looks like that in front of Okita Souji, who looks extremely young...
simple?
It's like he has never experienced his own life at all.
"Worth it...who knows."
"But sometimes, some things may have to be done even if they are not worth it."
"Soji, do you remember... Mibu Village?"
Zuo Cun put his hands on the ground, raised his head and blinked, looking at... the sky filled with yellow sand.
"...Remember, that's the Rensheng Wolf——"
"No, I'm not talking about the Rensheng Wolf."
Zuo Cun interrupted Xuying's words.
"What I'm talking about is the Mishei Village and the Mishei Temple before the Mishei Wolf was established."
Okita Souji was stunned for a moment, with a look of astonishment on his face.
"Ah... was it that time?"
At that time, there was no real turmoil in the country. At that time, Zuocun and the people of the Natural Rishinryu Examination Hall really parted ways——
At that time, Samura, Okita, and everyone else——
They were all there playing with the children.
"The children are cute, aren't they?"
Zuo Cun said this.
"Yeah...I still remember what they like most is to let their brother Zuo Cun hold them up and jump up to enjoy the scenery in the sky."
"I remember one time, the child named Kakisuke struggled to break free from your arms in the air, but I caught him."
As she said that, Miss Okita also laughed.
That was really a very good memory.
Before embarking on the real path——
There are so many memories like that.
Drinking like crazy with Kondo and Hijikata, teaching children to draw and write with Serizawa and Arami - even the sour milk in Luslan Medical Clinic can be considered wonderful
of memories.
"But you fight with memories like this."
Souji Okita doesn’t think what Samura did was wrong.
She just - she feels sorry for Zuo Cun, that's all.
Because Zuocun will always be like this.
I never consider my pain to be pain.
Walking in this world, Zuo Cun has always put himself out of everything. When one day Zuo Cun can really no longer have to live like this -
To be continued...