Tokugawa Iemo, the actual ruler of the Tokugawa shogunate, the shogun, and the general who conquered the barbarians, was assassinated in a temporary residence in Kyoto on August 3, the third year of Keio. The captains of the various divisions who guarded the Shinsengumi also followed.
Found outside Kyoto, everyone was seriously injured.
The identity of the assassin is clear.
The hero who once killed evil spirits—Haguki Zhan, Samura Anno.
The whole country was in an uproar.
The leader of a country was assassinated, and the incident quickly spread throughout the world.
The most important thing is that after Tokugawa Iemo was assassinated, his head was nowhere to be found, and only his body was found lying in the house.
Kyoto and Edo fell into chaos instantly.
...
"Tokugawa - cough - that guy Tokugawa Iemo is dead?!" Emperor Komei confirmed the news to his ministers in horror.
"Yes... the feudal soldiers who are still in Kyoto have sealed off Kyoto. Several captains of the Shinsengumi were found seriously injured and fainting outside Kyoto, with multiple stab wounds and blunt injuries on their bodies.
The injury is suspected to be related to the battle with the assassin - Yuuki Zamura Ano."
The minister was in a cold sweat and reported tremblingly.
"Be-assassinated?! Assassinated?!" Emperor Xiaomei was frightened and anxious. "Where are the frontline troops? Do the frontline troops know the news?"
"...The message is temporarily blocked."
"What about the shogunate? What are the trends in the shogunate? What are they doing now? Have the assassins been caught?"
"The veterans are currently having an emergency meeting to discuss the candidates for the next general. As for the assassin... we have not caught him."
"Trash! A bunch of trash!" Xiaoming yelled, "I can't even catch an assassin! What's the point of eating!"
Many subordinates did not dare to speak, and the court was completely silent.
Xiaoming clutched his chest, breathing heavily and his face turned red.
"Go, go catch it! Go quickly!!!"
"Yes, I understand!" The subordinate quickly stepped back.
But as I walked, I kept thinking about it.
He was a powerful samurai who was rumored to have killed monsters. He sneaked into the general's residence alone, killed people, and beat up all the powerful captains of the Shinsengumi. How to catch him?
...
Shinsengumi Clinic.
Saitoichi was still in a coma due to his severe head injury, and Nagakura Shinpachi also did not wake up due to his severe head injury.
The remaining three people were silent.
Genzaburo Inoue's eyes were gloomy and he said something silently.
"Please place the responsibility for my failure to protect the general on me this time."
"Captain Inoue, you!" Harada Sanosuke said anxiously, "We are all responsible for this incident, how can you take it all by yourself!"
"Inoue..." Souji Okita looked at Gensaburo Inoue absentmindedly.
Gensaburo Inoue lowered his head: "Don't you understand yet?"
"The general was killed. If no one stepped forward and took responsibility, we... would all die."
He grabbed the quilt and covered himself with it.
"...Then I should come. I was in command that day, and I should bear the responsibility." Chief Okita said loudly.
"...Okita."
Inoue called softly.
"...Inoue?" Souji Okita looked at Gensaburo Inoue in confusion.
"Hijikata, Kondo and I made an agreement."
"You are our little sister. Even if the three of us are not as powerful as you, we will definitely protect you as brothers."
"You can't die, so...the command power that night is in my hands, do you understand?" Genzaburo Inoue looked at Souji Okita with tears in his eyes.
"Captain Inoue, I should be the one to do that -" Harada Sanosuke said eagerly.
"Harada!" Inoue interrupted Harada Sanosuke's words loudly.
Inoue Genzaburo lifted up the quilt and made a doge seat on the bed.
"Please, please promise me!"
"This is my...lifetime request!"
"......please."
"Inoue...why?"
"...Because that night, I realized a fact."
Genzaburo Inoue stood up with a sad expression.
"I...my swordsmanship has come to an end."
"No matter what, I can't do it to the level of you, Captain Saito, Captain Nagakura, and... Zuomura."
"My heart is broken."
"I have no value anymore."
"Let me, a loser, show some value in the end."
...
The third day after Tokugawa Iemo was assassinated.
"Kyoto is already very nervous now. For safety reasons, we will leave for Choshu Domain immediately." Shannan Keisuke said seriously.
Now the remaining feudal soldiers are looking for Anno Samura everywhere like crazy. In order not to be discovered, Shannan Keisuke made this decision.
"Samura hasn't woken up yet...it's troublesome." Okada Izo frowned, looking at Samura who was covered in bandages.
It was impossible not to take Zuo Cun away, but Zuo Cun was still in a coma, and he was afraid of the wound bursting during transportation.
"Mr. Samura, please ask these two gentlemen to take him to my house first. We have a place where we can hide Mr. Samura." Souna said to the side.
"...No need." At this moment, a weak voice came.
Everyone's eyes turned to the hospital bed.
"I will go to Changzhou Domain with you..." Zuo Cun was lying on the bed, his voice a little weak.
"Mr. Samura!" Souna jumped on Samura in surprise.
"Eshina...don't!" Zuomura raised his right hand and gently touched Soina's head.
"Are you serious, Zuocun?" Shannan Keisuke frowned, "Your injury is not healed yet. If you move it easily, the wound will definitely burst."
"I'm fine. The most important thing now is to bring Tokugawa Iemo's head back to Changshu." Zuomura gave the order on the bed, "Shannan, you should take Tokugawa Iemo's head back first."
"But you..." Shannan Keisuke hesitated.
"I'm fine. You should take Tokugawa Iemo's head and leave now, and take away Izo's Tenchu team as well. Don't let my efforts go in vain."
"Yizang and I...wait before leaving." Zuo Cun said without any doubt.
Tokugawa Iemo's head was a top priority and there was no room for error.
"...I understand." Shannan Keisuke nodded, "Izo, stay with me for a while."
"Fine."
The two people walked out side by side.
Souna knelt in front of Samura's bed.
"Eshina...I'm sorry, I..." Zuomura looked at his daughter with a hint of guilt.
"Mr. Samura, please stop talking." Souna looked at Samura angrily, "If you don't want me to worry again, please pay more attention to your own safety next time."
Zuo Cun was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
"I see."
Before lunch, Shannan Keisuke led two teams and set off with Tokugawa Iemo's head.
Yizang stayed with Zuocun for two days. After Zuocun could move freely, the two of them set off again.