Chapter 101 Reporting the Message

  A few days later, the sun gradually set in the west, but the troops were inexplicably thrown into chaos. One by one, they hastily put on their armor, picked up their swords and rushed out, with a sense of going to battle at any moment.

  "What's wrong with them?" I stared at them blankly, completely bewildered. Now I regret not listening to them carefully...

  Master, I just overheard that they've received intel from a spy in Chōshū and it seems like those guys are going to meet up tonight, so the Shinsengumi is preparing for a raid. Kagami shook her long ears, seemingly excited for the upcoming battle.

  "……Nai-chan, don't tell me you like fighting." My mouth twitched slightly and I hoped that was just my imagination earlier.

  "Ah, yeah!! Kanata loves fighting the most!!" Kanata's excited loud voice seemed to be proclaiming just how much she loved fighting.

  【……】I stared at Sena for a while, then weakly shifted my gaze to the ceiling. Sena, it's not that I'm saying you're wrong or anything, but as a rabbit, shouldn't you be a bit more gentle? It's better for your future marriage prospects, you know? With this fondness of yours for fighting, are you sure you don't have some kind of genetic mutation or something? If you end up not being able to get married in the future, don't come crying to me.

  From Shinsengumi's mouth, I learned that the new selection group was divided into two small teams and started searching for streets from different directions. The ones who advanced towards Akaike were Kondo and ten others, while those who advanced towards Shikoku were Totsuka and twenty-four others. However, to make a sarcastic comment, the people of Shinsengumi are really pitifully few in number, going to kill enemies with only over thirty people on the battlefield, they should be grateful that they were not born in China, otherwise they would have been trampled by the horses long ago.

  "Although it's just a nominal thing, I borrowed the order to guard the Tonryosho from the director. The new selection group Tonryosho which is short-handed may be attacked." Sanson said with a self-deprecating tone, as if the shadow in his heart deepened "So please stay within my line of sight. If an emergency occurs, I will give instructions."

  "Uh-huh." I nodded and silently complained about the trouble again.

  Just as the atmosphere was becoming heavy, the sliding doors were quietly opened. "The meeting place for the Sannan General and them has already been decided to be Ikedaya."

  "This is troublesome, the new selection group's luck really is bad." Although Yamazaki's tone was light, his expression was very serious. The true destination was Shikoku-ya, so only a small portion of the troops advanced towards Ikeda-ya.

  Ikeda-ya? I raised an eyebrow, a faint smile playing on my lips. I remembered that there was indeed an incident involving Ikeda-ya in the data, and Tot-chan really is unlucky ~ outnumbered, hopefully he'll come back unscathed.

  【……You're just gloating.】Kanna weakly retorted, recalling how she had inadvertently talked back last time and was punished by her mischievous master to eat carrots for a week; now the mere thought of carrots made her stomach ache.

  "Yamasaki-kun, can you do me a favor?" Yamazaki was asked by Sanada. "First, please tell Taira no Tsunemori, who is advancing to Akōgishi, about the enemy at Ikedaya. Also, it's a lot of trouble, but please take this child with you and deliver the message."

  The person known as Yamazaki always dresses like a ninja and wears a mask, every time I see him it reminds me of Kakashi. However, compared to Kakashi who never takes off his mask no matter the season or weather, even if the world is destroyed, Yamazaki is much better, at least he doesn't wear the mask when he's not fighting and wears a kimono instead.

  This kid... is he talking about me? I'm not a child, why does he always say "this kid", "this kid's"... my body is clearly 16 years old now.

  【……】Well aware of the childishness and occasional eccentricity of their master, Kagami.

  "Even if you say that, I can handle this kind of errand by myself." Sakaki looked at me with a cold gaze and explained in a flat tone.

  I also shot him a defiant glance and threw in a dirty look for good measure. Don't think that just because your purple eyes are pretty, you can give me attitude, humph!

  "It's possible that we'll be intercepted by other ronin on the way," he said, a gentle smile spreading across his face, just like before - though to me it was all just a show. "So... do you understand what I mean?"

  Yamazaki nodded "I'll stop the reinforcements from Nagasaki, at least let her meet up with Tani's troops?"

  It's possible that there are reinforcements on the other side of Nagashima, and if the messenger encounters enemies along the way, Yamazaki will have to spend extra time dealing with them, which means he'll be late meeting up with Tsuchiya and the others. I can understand this point. Although it's a hassle, if the Shinsengumi's surprise attack fails this time, my mission will likely be hindered as well. This time, let's just consider it as my accommodation and food expenses, even though it's not like I'm cooking at all, and the dishes are really hard to eat.

  "Of course, I didn't think Yamazaki-kun would fail." Yamanaka added with a benevolent smile "We're short-handed now and there's a lot of work to be done by you, also need to contact Hikone Domain and the Shoshidai"

  I sympathetically glanced at the purple-eyed youth as I had to contact three places that were quite far apart.

  "You're Yuki Murakami, aren't you? I've heard you know some self-defense techniques." Sakaki looked at me with a hint of skepticism in his eyes, as if he thought that as a weak woman, I was going to be nothing but a death sentence.

  "Hmm." I nodded half-heartedly, compared to this rascal, I'm a genuine ninja, although this body is too clumsy and weak, and can't use ninjutsu or anything. But my skills in this world are still good enough to roam the streets, and now I can even use Alice and magic, who's my opponent! Hahaha...

  【囧…………】Just now, Sena curiously sneaked a peek at her master's inner thoughts and was left speechless again. She knew that her master's illness had relapsed, and the more she looked at some strange things, the more she deviated from normalcy.

  "Although it's regrettable, I can't guarantee your safety. If you're okay with that, then let's travel together." Yamazaki looked at me seriously, leaving no room for refusal.

  "Hmm, it seems interesting. The only thing that interests me is watching some of the younger ones, like Soichiro and Tota, take down enemies. I have to go, though - I heard the voice of the main god, and it seems this task has something to do with Ikada-ya."

  Branch Mission: Injure Kazekiri Kikyo, Reward 200 upon success, Penalty of 1000 upon failure.

  The main god is really inhumane, the deduction of points is doubled, it's too pitiful! Main god, you are a total trash!! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

  "So I accept the command of the General." Yamazaki bowed his head to indicate that he had received the order, and after saying "Run with all your might" to me, he rushed out of the room.

  I followed behind Yamazaki, running and despising him again in my heart. He could have teleported instantly, but instead he wanted to run the whole course like a marathon, how troublesome is that? (In this world of Kizuna, there's no one as abnormal as you.)

  After running for a while, I'm already panting, didn't expect this body to be even more useless than I imagined, it's just like being a delicate lady waiting to get married in a boudoir...

  As I was running, several men with menacing faces suddenly appeared halfway. Yamazaki told me to run quickly and meet Toshiro, then charged towards those men. I looked at him silently for three seconds, if you die, Yamazaki, I'll come back to collect your body, rest in peace, after muttering this, I turned around and ran away swiftly.

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  ………

  "Hey! Long time no see, Tōhō-san." I sauntered up to Tōhō's front, raising my hand in greeting.

  "What are you doing here?" Tsuchida frowned.

  "Are you okay? Sneaking out of the dormitory will get you chopped by Mr. Tsuchida, you know?" Origuchi looked at me with concern.

  "I didn't come out on my own, it was San'nansan who said one person is good for passing messages, so I came with Yamazaki-kun. San'nan-san told me to inform you that the target this time is Ikedayasan, please go and support quickly." I said with a hint of resentment, "You dare to cut me? Be careful or I'll shoot you with one bullet."

  【......The master is really insincere. 】 Sena complained again, but this time she strongly agreed with her master's words. How dare he do that to his servant?! Be careful or she'll bite him to death!!

  "Is the target over there?" Tsuchida's expression turned serious in an instant.

  "Is the enemy's meeting place Tikedaya?" When I heard Saito's affirmative words, Totsuka pointed at me.

  "Yama won't just watch her escape either, which means she was ordered by the General to come out of the barracks." Tsuchiya.

  "Thanks for finding us, aren't you unfamiliar with Kyoto's terrain?" - Harada.

  "It was Yamazaki who brought me here, but we encountered enemies on the way and he went to kill them." I silently despised Harada for a moment, being imprisoned day and night, it's impossible to get familiar even if you want to.

  Tsuchida thought for a moment and seemed to have made up his mind, assigning tasks decisively. "Saito and Harada will lead the team to Ikeda-ya, I'll take care of other things."

  I gave Tu Fang a meaningful look, and unexpectedly he was quite handsome in this aspect of combat, worthy of being the male lead.

  "It's dangerous for you to act alone, come with us or the vice captain." Xiao Yi said lightly as he turned around, but I knew he was worried about my safety.

  "QUQ, I'll go with Xiao Yi." I quickly followed Xiao Yi, no way would I follow that guy who always has a frown on his face, even though his eyes are quite handsome and sometimes very charming.

  "...Follow me." Xiao Yi pursed her lips, remained silent for a moment, then spat out two words and quickly walked towards the direction of Ichida-ya.

  Why does the master like this guy who wears a scarf all year round?! Kanade glared at Xiao Yi with dissatisfaction, gritted her teeth and thought to herself that as a spirit pet, she couldn't compare to a human. Kanade felt that her self-esteem had been severely damaged.

  Because Xiao Yi is so pretty and gentle, I couldn't help but sneak another glance at her.

  Kanaya regretted asking this question, how could she not know that the master of her house was a color control. Moreover, as the former owner of the blood tribe, there were only handsome men around him, and his aesthetic vision was naturally very high, and there were no ugly people in the blood tribe.