Chapter 35: Takasugi: Hey, Can’t You Two Really Hear?!
"Speaking of which, I heard from Otose that you went to the battlefield too, right?"
"It wasn't anything grand." Gintoki replied casually, "Though, I still lost many friends..."
"Have you never thought of revenge?" Gengai asked slowly. Gintoki was also a little surprised, but Gengai continued, "Haven't you ever thought of striking at the Bakufu and the Amanto for the friends you've lost?"
"Old man, you..."
"Ohh, shoot. I still have to make the final adjustments. I'll go back first." As he spoke, Gengai stood up and leave. He called to Saburo who was not far away, "Hey, Saburo, let's go..."
…
Kawaki, Tsukuyo, Kagura, Shinpachi, and Seita continued to walk and stop in front of every stall until…
"You!" ×2
"Hey, do you really listen to my words?! Freedom, freedom! If you work in a place like this, you will lose your freedom again! Madao!" Kawaki pointed at Hasegawa, who was greeting customers in front of a stall.
"You... Who are you?" Hasegawa was a little confused.
"You bastard! You can even forget the teacher who taught you the meaning of life!" Kawaki said bitterly. At the same time, he covered his face and wept.
"Well, Kawaki-san, since the last time you let Mr. Hasegawa be naked in the rain for a few hours. I heard that Mr. Hasegawa has been ill for a long time. It seems that Mr. Hasegawa's head also burned out, and I can't remember what happened that day... " Shinpachi whispered in Kawaki's ear.
"Well, it doesn't matter. Then just let him remember it again!" Kawaki's face was full of confidence. Just as he was about to give a long speech to let Madao find the true meaning of life again, Tsukuyo hold his neck from behind him.
"Shut up, idiot!"
Hearing this, Kawaki immediately shut his mouth obediently, but he could not help but say, "Tsu-chan, your..."
Before Kawaki could finish speaking. Tsukuyo held him even tighter, until his mouth foaming and rolling his eyes…
"Isn't this Mr. Hasegawa? It seems that you have found a new job! Congratulations!" Shinpachi looked at Hasegawa in front of him and greeted him familiarly.
"Haha, thank you. What are you doing? Are you checking the festival?" Hasegawa scratched his head and looked a little shy.
"A shooting game? Let's try it Kawaki-san, Seita-kun." Shinpachi turned his head and said to Kawaki and the others behind him. However, when he turned around, he saw the half-dead Kawaki and the murderous Tsukuyo. "This is..."
"Go ahead, go ahead! I'll give you guys a discount." Hasegawa replied.
"If I hit it, will you give me anything I want?" Kagura said as she picked up a toy gun from the stall.
"Of course, aim well~Ah!" Just as Hasegawa finished speaking, he was shot in the head. Kagura's first shot directly hit Hasegawa's sunglasses, and the sunglasses fell to the ground at the same time.
"Give me the sunglasses," Kagura said.
"Wait, no, aim at the shelves!" But just as he finished speaking, another shot hit Hasegawa's watch, "It hurts!"
"Watch Get," Sogo said.
Suddenly, an invisible spark appeared between Kagura and Sogo.
"I said I'd give you anything, but you can't have something of mine!" Hasegawa shouted, "Did the two of you hear that?"
However, Kagura and Sogo acted as if they did not hear anything. They both put up their weapons and prepared to shoot again.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of a toy gun firing, Hasegawa was hit…
Behind them, Shinpachi and Seita were speechless.
"Seita, let's go. let's go. Didn't this idiot also say that he must watch the robot show?" As she spoke, Tsukuyo dragged the half-dead Kawaki and turned to leave. Seita heard the sound and followed, turning back to greet Shinpachi.
…
Not far from the stage was a tall watchtower.
Needless to say, it was definitely the place where the general was, and the heavily armed Shinsengumi was under it.
"Toshi, that brat Sogo said he was going to dump, why is he gone forever?" Kondo asked Toshiro, who was beside him.
"That bastard's goofing off again..." Toshiro replied with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Toshi, you can doubt anyone else, but not one of our own. I believe in Sogo," Kondo turned his gaze back again to the front, "I'm sure he's having a hell of a time pushing it out. That's what I believe."
"If that's what you're going to believe, I think it's better to be suspicious," Toshiro complained. "Speaking of which, that kid Yamazaki is really slow."
"What did he do? That kid?"
"Shogun said that he wanted to eat takoyaki. He doesn't have a care in the world..." Before Toshiro could finish, he was interrupted by Yamazaki's voice.
"Vice-Captain, I'm back!" Yamazaki said as he ran. At the same time, he was holding a box in his hand.
"You're late! You better gave had them put mayonnaise on it!" Toshiro said as he took the box. However, when Toshiro opened the box, he was stunned. "Hey, this is..." There was only three takoyaki in the box…
"Actually, I was in such a rush that I tripped and they fell out on the way back! Forgive me. I, Sagaru Yamazaki, have made a blunder I will regret my entire life." Yamazaki said solemnly.
"Is that so? I think that the sauce that you haven't wiped clean was the blunder you'd regret your entire life." Just as Toshiro finished speaking, Yamazaki turned and ran.
Toshiro handed the takoyaki in his hand to Kondo and turned to chase after him. In just an instant, Yamazaki was stepped onto the ground by Toshiro.
"No, this is the sauce of the pancakes I ate on the way!" Yamazaki said as he blocked.
However, Toshiro still did not stop his foot. He kept stepping and kept saying, "Who believes in you!"
However, when he turned around and saw Kondo eating. Toshiro was in a bad mood, "Hey! Why are you eating too!"
"Don't be so tense, Toshi. Today is the festival," Kondo said while eating.
"How is that possible!" Toshiro retorted, "That bastard Takasugi has no political beliefs at all. He only enjoys creating chaos. How can that bastard miss such a large-scale festival?"
Just as he finished speaking, a firework lit up the night sky, shocking both Toshiro and Kondo…
On the other side…
"Next is the show of Edo No. 1 Robot Technician Hiraga Gengai!" After saying that, the host walked off the stage and left the stage for Gengai and Saburo.
At this time, Gintoki was at the back of the crowd, looking at the fireworks in the sky. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Sure enough, the more gorgeous the ceremony, the better..." A familiar voice sounded behind Gintoki. In an instant, Gintoki reacted and was about to draw his sword. The same was true for Takasugi who spoke.
However, in the next moment, both of them were stunned. Both their hands and sword were blocked by a huge force.
"Hey, hey, it's against the rules to use a sword without a referee~" Kawaki's voice rang out, and at the same time, Gintoki and Takasugi also withdrew their sword.
Seeing this scene, Kawaki grinned and said, "Hey, isn't this Takaji?" He patted Takasugi on the shoulder.
Although this title made Takasugi very unhappy. But in order to maintain his character image, he sneered and said to Gintoki, "The so-called White Yaksha is actually calculated from behind. Gintoki, have you become weaker?"
"Hey, why are you ignoring me Takaji? Takaji?" Kawaki shouted again.
"Kawaki, you remembered it wrong, it should be Taka[Beep—], not Takaji." Gintoki retorted.
"Huh? Really? Then it's Taka[Beep—]. Long time no see, Taka[Beep—]." After Kawaki finished speaking. Even Takasugi, who thought that he needed to maintain his aloof persona, could not help but feel the veins on his face twitch.
"I'm not here to play tricks with you two. Just watch obediently. The exceptionally wonderful show is about to start." As he spoke, Takasugi began to laugh.
On the stage, old man Gengai finally began his show. Old man Gengai ordered Saburo to aim at the watchtower in the distance... With a loud explosion, the entire watchtower was shrouded in smoke, and all the spectators began to scatter and flee.
"It's a smoke grenade!" Toshiro shouted, "Everyone, guard the watchtower. Don't let a rat escape!"
Just as he finished speaking, everyone in Shinsengumi's group noticed that there were robots appearing in the smoke…
"Do you still remember? The two of you," Takasugi walked to the side and leaned against a stall. He looked at the sky and continued, "How I once led a volunteer army called [Kiheitai]? There was a man named Saburo who was not good at swords but was very good at machinery. He often said things like [I didn't join to fight a war; I came to fight my father]. He was a guy who would not talk about his father for even three sentences."
"It's just such a guy, but he died before he could return to his father's side. It's really too much. We all risked our lives to protect our country from the Amanto, but the all-important Bakufu quickly bow down to the Amanto. The Kiheitai was no exception. We were caught in the purge and eventually destroyed. When he saw his son's head exposed for public viewing by the riverbed, who knows what his old man thought."
"Takasugi, you were the one who instigated that old man, right?" Gintoki turned around and said at the same time.
Kawaki, who was at the side, lowered his head and did not speak. However, Tsukuyo was bandaging Kawaki's hand that had just been cut because he hold Takasugi's sword. After bandaging it, Tsukuyo left with Seita.
"Instigating? What nonsense are you talking about? His fangs were already showing. I just polished them. I can understand the pain of that old man. Because there is also a beast in my body that keeps whispering twenty-four hours a day, [Take revenge for your friends], [Let those souls taste the pain of the past], [Kill them], [Kill them]. Such a voice echoed in my ears, can't you two really hear?! " As he said that, Takasugi snorted and looked at Kawaki and Gintoki.
"No, you really can't hear it. You who turn a blind eye to the past and live at ease, and you who have pulled your fangs now, can't understand our feelings!"