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 -
Instead, he will feel that life is meaningless.
So he jumped off the Eagle's Fall Cliff.
"Essentially, what I do now is the same thing as what I did back then."
"After all, when I think about that time, I can't help but feel like I want to protect everything."
"But this is not the same as the mission I came here this time...but it still needs to be done. It needs to be done."
Zuo Cun repeated his last two sentences.
"Soji, you know, actually...actually, I sometimes wonder what kind of child it would be if we two had a child."
Faced with this topic, Miss Okita did not show too much shyness, but smiled.
"If so - he must be a very happy child."
"I have a strong and majestic father, an equally strong but gentle mother, and a beautiful sister who can also use a gun."
My sister is definitely referring to Souna.
Okita Souji knows some of Souna's thoughts, but I'm sorry...
It is absolutely impossible for Ms. Okita to admit defeat.
"...I really hope to live in a peaceful era."
Zuo Cun said this——
He raised his head and looked.
However, they discovered that Miss Okita had disappeared at some point.
He stood up suddenly and looked around at a loss.
But he only felt dust passing through his fingertips - as if someone had grabbed his hand.
This is not a place to reminisce about the past.
It's okay to open your eyes again.
Zuo Cun sighed and opened his eyes again.
This is a pain that must be endured.
As long as you fight with your spirit base, you will see this scene repeatedly.
But he won't stop, but he can't stop.
——We must not stop before completing this matter.
"Mr. Samura, are you awake?"
What I saw when I opened my eyes was Fujimaru Ritsuka.