Sauichiro: rebuilding Ashina from the obliteration of the pillar

Chapter 197 Departure from Weiming Castle

The reason why Rinakizuo burst into tears this time is because the masters of these figures are his children who have never returned.

Some faces he hadn't seen in more than 30 years, but he still remembered them clearly.They are so young, but they are all so hardworking, so good...and so understanding.Everyone, at least accompanied him through a period of lonely and tormenting days.

They are not only mentors and apprentices who have learned from preaching, but also family members who support each other.

But why, why can an ordinary vine attack mountain training take them away?

"Don't cry anymore."

The child in the old man's arms raised her head, she was a small girl with a gentle expression, and she was looking at the mother-in-law's tearful eyes with a smile on her face.

"We like Mr. Ryotaki the most!"

"Really... really wild rice!"

Hearing this familiar mantra, the old man couldn't bear it any longer, knelt down on the ground with a plop, hugged the child and cried loudly.

"Where did you go? Where did you go?!"

"I've been waiting for you——I've been waiting for you for so long!!!"

Obviously, this sudden surprise made him temporarily forget the fact that these children had died.

Seeing this, the other twelve children gathered around one after another, forming a huge circle and hugging the weeping Lin Taki Zuojin tightly one after another.

It's a reunion that transcends the boundaries of life and death.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka stood in the distance holding a white windmill, with his mouth slightly open.

He fixed his deep pool-like eyes on one of the figures with yellow-pink hair, his upper lip trembled slightly, as if he wanted to call out a name, but he found that his throat was like an unoiled machine.

Until the other party called out his name first.

"Courageous."

"..."

Gradually, a faint light began to fill Tomioka Yoshiyuki's pupils.

He walked forward step by step like a stiff puppet. With each step, the light in his eyes became brighter, but his expression also became complicated visibly.

When he came in front of the flesh-colored haired boy, the latter suddenly frowned and raised his right hand, but the corner of his scarred mouth curled up slightly.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka instinctively shrank his shoulders, subconsciously covered his left cheek, and a trace of long-standing and familiar astonishment flashed in his eyes.

Suddenly, a forgotten memory flooded his mind.

That was four years ago.in the same place.

It was the boy in front of him who slapped him and then said something to him.

"Don't say 'it's fine if you die yourself' again, such nonsense! Even if you only need to say it just once, I will break up with you on the spot!"

"Your sister, who was supposed to marry someone else the next day, knew that she might die, but bravely protected you behind her."

"Only you... You must not insult my sister's kindness like this!"

"You must not die! You must risk your life for this sister, entrust your future to you, and pass it on!"

"understand?"

Voices from the depths of memory echoed in the darkness.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka didn't understand why he would forget such a profound memory.

He...had said that a long time ago, why did he still live like that afterwards, living with self-pity and self-pity.

In the end, in the end, I let him down, and I let my sister down too.

Tomioka Yoshiyuki took off the hand covering his cheek in shame, lowered his eyelids, and planned to meet the slap that should have fallen on his face.

But what he waited for was just a warm palm, gently covering the skin that ached from the memory being stimulated.

The gentleness of that movement is no less than that of the style when he was applying the medicine.

"I'm sorry, Giyuu."

The boy still had the immature voice when he was 13 years old.The foreheads of the two touched each other, just like when they parted on the mountain of vines.

"I never thought that leaving you alone would lead to such a hard life."

Yoshiyuki Tomioka's face was numb, but he finally came to his senses and squeezed out the name of his old friend from his hoarse throat.

"Sakura..."

……

Ten minutes later, after the brief reunion ended, Yi Yong told the ins and outs of the white windmill.

"This was given to me by a girl I met on the road when I left the headquarters last night and just entered Tokyo..."

Yi Yong was a little nervous under the watchful eyes of fourteen pairs of eyes, but everyone was happy for him seeing his obvious emotional changes.

Apparently, while the souls of Ryodaki Sakonji's students are trapped here, they still have a way of knowing most of what happens to those close to them.

"Although I don't know the girl, I know a companion next to the girl."

"That child's name is Xiaotaro. He and Jiulang helped in the Butterfly House before. This white windmill was originally a toy in his hand."

Zuo Rinaki narrowed his eyes for the next time: "Toys?"

How unbelievable is it that a soul left in the world can manifest itself in a physical form, but it turns out to be just a toy in the hands of a child?

Actually...

After getting the "White Windmill", Genichiro, who has the spiritual vision, felt that it was a little redundant, and didn't think of the usefulness of this thing, so he handed it to Kotaro at the suggestion of Bianwaka Miko.

Because the relationship between Kotaro and Bianruo Miko is already very close, and Kuro has been busy studying recently, he has no time to play with him at all, so Genichiro asked Kotaro to accompany the old lady and Bianruo Miko to find the place where the little gods settled. So much.

After all, with such a big man acting as a bodyguard, there will be less right and wrong along the way.

However, this time Tomioka Yoshiyuki will meet them by chance, Genichiro really doesn't know at all.

anyway.

"Well, that girl seemed to know the purpose of my trip, and also knew that Master Rinaki would definitely refuse to be the instructor of the Demon Slayer Squad's training camp, so she lent me the windmill."

Unknowingly, Tomioka Yoshiyuki's way of addressing Ryotaki Sakonji became more and more smooth.

"She told me, if you refuse, take this windmill and take you to the place I least want to face, and then turn the windmill counterclockwise three times..."

"Then, everyone...all showed up."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Especially Zuo Jinci, who couldn't figure out why a person who had never met would know so many things.

"But, aren't these children enough to prove..."

There was a bitter smile on the old man's face, "Am I really not a qualified teacher? If it wasn't me who taught you the breathing method, maybe you are still alive now, aren't you..."

"What are you talking about?!"

Sato said excitedly, "You are the best trainer we have ever seen, bar none!"

"That's right, there is absolutely no better trainer than Master Rinaki!"

He and his children also echoed.

Mako once again brought out his catchphrase: "We like Mr. Rinaki the most!"

"Besides, we may be able to guess why you feel that way..."

Speaking of this, Zhenzhu's expression was a little hesitant, and he turned to look at his brothers and sisters.

"Do you think it is necessary to tell Mr. Rinaki Taki the truth about our death?"

She didn't say this sentence, but communicated silently through the unique way between ghosts.

"But if he finds out about this, he will definitely collapse..."

A child said this, his eyes full of pity and anxiety.

Another child retorted: "But if we don't say it, he will think wildly and think that he is a bad teacher, so we didn't pass the selection."

Everyone expressed their opinions in a hurry, but both left and right were hovering between these two ideas.

But in the end, Sabito expressed his opinion.

"I can understand why you are unwilling to tell Master Lindaki the truth."

"But in this way, he will refuse the invitation of the Ghost Killing Squad for the wrong reasons."

"If the Ghost Killing Team suffers a serious blow or setback due to their lack of strength, how will Master Rinaki feel when he finds out the truth after his death?"

Although Satoshi's words were harsh, they were the most realistic.

"Besides, he is a strong man. If he doesn't even have the courage to face the truth, how can he cultivate disciples like us?"

"At least each of us didn't run away when we faced that ghost, didn't we?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone no longer had any objections, but it also meant that they finally made a decision.

However, although there was a long meeting between the ghosts, it was only a momentary event for Ryodaki Sakonji and Tomioka Yoshiyuki from the outside world.

Seeing the children who suddenly became serious, Ryodaki Sakonji's expression became a little uneasy.

"You are..."

"Master Lintaki, I know why you are unwilling to accept this invitation, but the reason you found out in your heart is probably completely wrong."

It was Saito who spoke, "In order for you to understand this, we must tell you the real cause of our death."

Zuo Rinaki recently trembled all over his body as if struck by lightning, and he finally had the old look that a 70-year-old should have.

He tremblingly said: "Could it be that there is really something hidden behind this?"

Tomioka Yoshiyuki also showed a dignified look.

Even he is still curious about how such an excellent Sato would die in a place like Mount Fuji.

"Please sit down and listen."

Sato took the children and sat on the ground around Lintaki, but every child looked at the old man with some faint worry in their eyes.

But in the end, Sato still hardened his heart and told the whole story.

In fact, the matter is very simple. Zuo Rinaki encountered a ghost for the first time when he was young.

Because the ghost was weak and not much stronger than ordinary people, Zuo Rinaki captured the ghost to Mt. Fujiji as the "prey" when selecting the official team members.

However, what he didn't expect was that relying on its own cunning nature, the ghost lived smoothly in the vines. The ghost survived the last time it retired and was not killed. It's getting stronger and stronger, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it is the most powerful ghost in Fuji Shishan.

At that time, the retired Ryodaki Sakonji also started accepting apprentices.However, in order for the children to pass the trial smoothly, he made a fox mask for all the children according to the rules of his hometown, which is said to be able to ward off disasters and evil spirits, and resolve crises.

But it is this mask that has become a reminder for children.

The ghost recognized the identities of these children through the masks, so it specifically selected the disciple of Rin Taki Zuo Jinci to attack!
When meeting weak ones, it's easy to say, and you can kill them easily.

But when it met a powerful swordsman like Mako or Sato, the ghost would curse Ryotaki Sakinji himself or insult the children who had been killed by him before, and then provoke them into chaos, and take advantage of their weaknesses before killing them.

It wasn't until Xianichiro cleaned the entire Fujishiyama last time that the ghost was too big to be used for experiments, so the passing Gu Yingzhong solved it.Of course, the children didn't know about this part, they only knew that all the ghosts on the rattan mat mountain were dead.

It is conceivable that when Zuo Rinaki heard the story for the first time and found out that it was the mask he made himself that sent the children to a dead end, what a terrifying storm arose in his heart.

"I... sorry... I don't know..."

Guilt slanted toward Lindaki like a landslide and tsunami, and just when Lindaki was about to be completely submerged, Zhenmu obediently came to him.

"You don't need to apologize to us, Mr. Ryodaki."

"Whether you will be killed by that ghost is not something you can decide."

"In fact, everyone has made a decision when they entered Fuji Attack Mountain. We must not let other people be killed by ghosts in front of us! Because we are Zhu's disciples!"

"Even without the mask, even if the ghost didn't take the initiative to find us, we would never run away and let it hurt other children. Isn't this the awareness we have had since the moment we decided to join the ghost killing team? "

Zhenmo said slowly: "Although it's not good to boast like this...but you have indeed cultivated the bravest swordsman."

The old man's bloodshot eyes stared forward blankly: "You..."

"We are so lucky to be your students.

Mako held Rinaki Sakonji's index finger.

"Now you have the opportunity to train more swordsmen to become such people. The more powerful swordsmen there are, the faster the ghosts will disappear."

"So, please pass on our will to more people like the volunteer brother. Otherwise, our sacrifice will really be meaningless."

Zuo Rinaki scanned the familiar faces for the last time, and finally nodded with a sob, "I know, I won't... let my children down."

"As expected, we like Mr. Rinaki Taki the most!"

After the children yelled for a while, Sato suddenly reminded: "In this case, it's time for us to leave here."

"leave?"

Lin Taki was a little dazed recently.

"Yeah, the knot between you and Junior Brother Yiyong has been untied, the ghost has been killed, and we have no reason to stay in the world anymore. It's time to become a Buddha."

Mako reluctantly tugged on Rinaki Sakinji's sleeve.

"However, if there is an afterlife, I will still be a student of Master Ryodaki."

Then, she changed her voice, "Of course, in a world without ghosts."

Lin Takizuo was taken aback for the first time, and then showed a kind smile: "Then it's settled."

"Yeah!" Makoto nodded vigorously.

"Yiyong, the next thing is up to you."

Sato patted Yiyong's shoulder, "Don't show that reluctant expression, remember what I told you, I must not let me meet you within 50 years, you must at least live as long as Master. "

"If I met you in that world ahead of time, I would beat you hard."

Tomioka Yoshiyuki suddenly burst into tears and smiled: "I know."

Saying this, he bid farewell to his senior brothers and sisters one by one, and then turned the windmill clockwise under everyone's gaze.

Suddenly, the thick fog dissipated, golden sunlight poured down through the gaps in the cumulus clouds, and all the children disappeared, leaving only two tired humans.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka lost his best friend once again.

But this time, he found the light in his eyes, and vowed that he would never throw it away again.

"Master Rinaki, it's time for us to leave. There is another important meeting that requires us to be present."

"Where? Headquarters?"

"No, this time, let's go to Weiming City."

(End of this chapter)