Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

Hijikata Toshiro, standing behind the bushes, lightly clenched his fist and praised Yamazaki and the others.

"Smash him away!"

Upon receiving Hijikata Toshiro's order, Yamazaki, fully armed in Western-style armor, brandished his badminton racket and said confidently, "Understood, Vice-Commander!"

The next second, Yamazaki, brimming with confidence, took a step forward. The heavy armor made his movements somewhat stiff, and he slid backward on the tiles, falling to the ground with a rather nimble motion. He rolled rapidly down the sloping roof, knocking all his companions away...

One shot, and it hits!

A successful ambush failed in a subtle way!

boom----

The group triggered a landmine as they fell to the ground, unleashing a torrent of flames that engulfed several people. A section of the embankment was also destroyed by the force of the explosion, with splinters of wood and broken tiles scattering over them...

"Great!" said Fang Rui, who was watching the show.

Hijikata Toshiro's face darkened, and he looked like he wanted to punch someone. "What the hell is that guy doing out here?!"

"How foolish! The Shinsengumi!"

Seeing that the threat had been eliminated, the phantom thief in loincloth instantly regained his smug demeanor, laughing wildly as he showed off with a series of side somersaults. Then, grabbing the eaves, he swung like a swing into the side of the house...

beep...

The moment he landed, a rapid ringing of a bell rang out. The expression on Phantom Thief Loincloth's face changed instantly. Before he could even make a move to escape, the explosion had already occurred...

boom----

Flames erupted, and the explosion destroyed another section of the side. Broken pieces of wood and tiles piled up into a rubble heap, with the Phantom Thief's loincloth buried at the bottom, only one hand sticking out.

Looking at the dilapidated room, Fang Rui muttered to himself, "How did you guys manage to bury landmines under the floorboards?"

"It's very simple. Just place the landmines under the floor. If you walk past the landmines, there will be a vibration..."

Okita Sougo briefly explained the principle: "Normal walking might not trigger it, but he jumped so forcefully..."

The fact that Fang Rui and the others could guess what was left unsaid can only be attributed to a coincidence.

"Ah! Look there!"

Kagura raised her hand and pointed to a spot in the air. Everyone's gaze followed, and they saw pure white fluttering in the wind, slowly descending...

“Uh…” Fang Rui remained silent and did not make any comment.

The others blinked slightly, their gazes following the pure white triangular undergarment until it reached the top of the garbage heap.

puff--

A hand reached out from the pile of garbage and accurately grabbed the triangular piece of clothing.

"You're all so naive..."

"This little setback can't defeat me!"

The phantom thief sat up from the pile of garbage, his head bowed, his eyes sunken in shadow, looking very serious.

"Oh~~~"

The crowd gasped in surprise as they looked at the still-mobile Phantom Thief Loincloth. Being hit head-on by a landmine and still able to jump around was enough to prove that this person was physically very strong...

Fang Rui turned his gaze to the others. Compared to them, the thief's physique was still somewhat inferior.

To be precise, people in the world today are generally quite physically strong; even ordinary people are very resilient. As for why…

Perhaps due to the energy of the dragon veins, this energy exists on some planets and can flow in interstellar space; it is a special kind of energy.

The planet's dragon vein energy is exceptionally active and abundant, indirectly strengthening the physique of its inhabitants, which seems to be a perfectly normal situation.

Thinking this, Fang Rui turned his gaze to the space station in the distance. Speaking of planetary energy, chakra... to be precise, tailed beast chakra is also derived from planetary energy.

Whether it's the chakra of the tailed beasts or the dragon vein energy of the Gintama world, both possess a trace of creative and healing abilities...

In some ways, the two are similar, perhaps because they are both forms of planetary energy.

'I need to find an opportunity to see it for myself.'

The space station is located at one of the nodes in the path of the dragon vein's energy flow, and it is also where the energy surges the highest.

Besides this, there are other dragon vein nodes, but their energy output efficiency is not as high as this one, and their stability is not as good.

Therefore, if Fang Rui wants to see it for himself, he can look for other dragon vein nodes.

Before the descent of the celestial beings, there was a shrine specifically for guarding and suppressing the dragon vein's rebellion. There should be corresponding records, and even if the information in the records is incomplete, it is still useful.

After the celestial beings descended, the shrine was demolished, but the shrine's successor still lives, and the books that record information...

'It should be there... right?'

Considering the shrine maiden's act of sending away the "divine beast" that suppressed the dragon vein's energy, Fang Rui doubted whether the books left behind by the shrine could be preserved intact.

Hopefully it's well-preserved.

Fang Rui hoped that even if it wasn't saved properly, it wouldn't matter. Spending some money to find relevant information from Sakata Gintoki would also be a solution.

Gathering his thoughts, Fang Rui refocused his attention on the current situation.

At this point, the Phantom Thief Loincloth and Shimura Tae and the others had already started fighting. However, "fighting" isn't quite accurate; a more accurate description would be that they were being delivered one after another...

Kondo Isao rushed out, then stepped on a landmine...

Sakata Gintoki rushed out, then stepped on a landmine...

In the two pits, two people were lying in slightly awkward positions.

Seeing this, the others did not rush forward rashly, after all, the courtyard was full of landmines, but no one remembered their locations.

Rather than preventing thieves from approaching the target location, it's more about hindering security personnel from providing protection...

Seeing the entire process of the two being defeated, Phantom Thief Loincloth became even more arrogant. Even though he didn't say "You two are not worthy of catching me," everyone could tell from his attitude.

Seeing this pervert so arrogant, Fang Rui was also quite annoyed. After all, he was the one being looked down upon, so how could he be in a good mood...

"I have a suggestion for you: step on them and rush over."

Fang Rui pointed to the two people lying in the pit and gave a reasonably good suggestion that would allow them to safely reach the other side.

Upon hearing this, Hijikata Toshiro and Okita Sougo didn't immediately sort out their thoughts, while Shimura Tae had already stepped over the two of them and rushed to the other side without the slightest hesitation.

As for Kagura, she was already shouting, "Big Sister, so cool!"

Shinpachi Shimura looked at Fang Rui with a subtle gaze. Fang Rui responded calmly and confidently, "Isn't it normal to make reasonable use of everything available in battle?"

Hijikata Toshiro and Okita Sougo remained silent. "What you said makes a lot of sense, but..."

They really are using their companions as stepping stones...

Thinking of this, the two paused for a moment. It seemed like a very normal situation. It was normal to cooperate with each other on the battlefield. In some situations, it was also normal to jump up by stepping on a comrade's shoulders.

Therefore, neither of them said anything.

Now that the case of catching the phantom thief has ended, Okita Sougo no longer hides anything, since a little interrogation would reveal the truth.

Rather than letting Hijikata Toshiro guess, it's better to add fuel to the fire while the other's anger hasn't completely subsided...

“Mr. Hijikata, actually the ‘gift’ you received was from me.”

After saying that, Okita Sougo turned around and ran away, which was very smooth and effortless.

"What did you say? Stop right there!"

Hijikata Toshiro roared and chased after Okita Sougo, the two of them following closely behind with a rapid "beep beep beep" sound.

A few seconds later, the two stopped chasing each other and looked down at the unremarkable ground...

Boom boom boom...

One explosion after another formed a circle around Hengdao Field, then coalesced into a fiery mushroom, rolling and rapidly expanding.

"That's fucking dangerous!"

Holding Shimura Shinpachi in his arms, Fang Rui turned and leaped onto the wall, using it as leverage to jump away into the distance...

Kagura followed closely behind, escaping with Fang Rui out of the dojo.

"What an exceptionally... noisy fireworks display?" Fang Rui couldn't find the right words to describe it, and tentatively commented as he looked at the rolling flames.

"A-Gin, are you alright?" Kagura asked worriedly.

Shinpachi Shimura stared blankly at the crumbling wall.

"It's alright, but the injury is a bit serious."

Since the landmines provided by the Shinsengumi were not particularly powerful, and all the landmines at their location had already been used up, Sakata Gintoki and the others were not injured. Their injuries were caused little by little by the wind from the explosions that whipped up pieces of wood and tiles, hitting them bit by bit.

As for Hijikata Toshiro and Okita Sougo, they jumped towards the wall just before being hit by the explosion, thus avoiding being hit by the blast but being engulfed by flames...

The burns are somewhat severe.

"Really?" Shimura Shinpachi instantly perked up, looking at Fang Rui with anticipation.

Without Fang Rui's rescue, Shimura Shinpachi would have remained at the Hengdo Stadium, and he would have been one of the injured.

They were all wounded, and they knew each other's situation, so their anxiety was naturally not as intense as when they knew nothing at all.

"Yes, I'm sure."

Fang Rui's tone was very certain, then he asked another question: "Don't worry! Should we call an ambulance, or find a doctor to go in with us?"

"I need to call an ambulance and find a doctor." Shinpachi Shimura chose to do both.

Even without seeing their injuries, he could guess from the power of the previous explosion that their injuries must be serious. Treating them first and then sending them to the hospital was the right thing to do.

"Alright! You go find the doctor, Kagura and I will go in and check on the situation."

Shinpachi Shimura didn't refute Fang Rui's suggestion, nodded slightly, and then turned and ran...

Fang Rui and Kagura returned to Hengdo Academy, only to find all the buildings destroyed and reduced to ruins.

Since most landmines are buried in open areas, buildings are destroyed by the violent blast waves and flames, not by the direct impact of the explosion.

In other words, items that are well-preserved should be undamaged.

After parting ways with Kagura, the two went in different directions to search for the person. They then transported the person they found to the entrance and waited for the doctor to arrive...

While waiting for the doctor, Fang Rui checked on the injuries of the group; they weren't serious...