The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Your things must be very important, keep them safe." Washizu returned the bloodstained note.

Now that the person has come back to life, they probably don't need to do such an important thing anymore.

"Thank you...cough...cough cough!!!"

Just as the shogunate soldier was about to take the note from Washizu, he suddenly started coughing.

"Hoo..." He felt a burning pain in his chest, looked up at the gloomy sky, and gained a new understanding of the terror of the evil spirit.

"It seems I'm still not going to get out of here." After pondering his current location, the shogunate soldier sighed, his face ashen.

He felt that he might die from a cursed spirit before he even reached Narukami Taisha.

"In that case, please deliver this note to the shrine maiden of Narukami Shrine. The shogunate will surely reward you handsomely!"

Having learned from his previous experience, the soldier quickly repeated what he had wanted to say before.

"Let me see what it is... Hmm... The rebels destroyed the seal of the evil spirit... The altar of the evil spirit seal on Ba Yun Island is almost completely destroyed..."

Ember snatched the note and read it aloud as he looked at it.

"What? The leak of the shrine was done by those rebels!"

Washizu reacted much faster than Ember. He snatched the note from Ember's hand and read it word by word, afraid of missing anything.

After a long while, he finally closed the note.

Washizu took a few deep breaths, then asked the shogunate soldier in front of him with a solemn expression, "Is everything written here true?"

Now, Washizu's panting was almost as loud as a camel's.

"Absolutely true! I, Gui Liu, guarantee it with my honor as a martial artist!"

"Moreover, I am a member of the Tsurugashi Guard on Yakumo Island. I saw it with my own eyes, and there's no faking it!"

Despite his weakened state, Tuan Gui Liu firmly held up his spear and spoke resolutely.

"You beasts!" Washizu clenched his fists so tightly they cracked. He wanted nothing more than to rush straight to the rebel headquarters and kill these bastards.

In the end, reason prevailed over impulse, and Washizu relaxed his clenched fist.

The disparity in strength between him and the resistance was too great; he had absolutely no chance of winning.

"Yes! A bunch of beasts!" Tuan Gui Liu spat and cursed along.

"What are you looking at?! You shogunate people are all the same!" Seemingly provoked by the fact that the rebels had released the evil spirit, Washizu changed his previously mild-mannered nature and started cursing the shogunate army, pointing his finger at Dan Oniroku's nose.

Oh, no, it's not about criticizing the Shogunate army, it's about criticizing both the resistance army and the Shogunate army together.

"Huh?" Dan Oniroku's indignant eyes suddenly became confused. Wasn't he cursing the rebels? How did he suddenly turn to the shogunate?

"What? Your Shogunate army isn't much better!"

"On Hachiyun Island, there are patients suffering from the Jushin disease. Instead of trying to treat them, your shogunate wants to lure them onto a ship and then sink them to the bottom of the sea!"

"Is this something a human being could do?"

"I thought the rebels would follow the rules, but I didn't expect them to be a bunch of beasts in human skin!"

"Aaaaaah! How did Inazuma become such a horrible sight?! I'm going to cause a bloodbath!!!"

Washizu was seen waving his hands wildly, and his mental state was very unsettling.

However, there are even more unsettling phenomena here than Washizu's corruption.

Yu Jin squatted on the ground, a small notebook appearing in his hand. He wrote down a few lines for every sentence that Washizu and Dan Oniroku said, which looked quite eerie.

Seeing this, Washizu stopped what he was doing. His outburst was because he was under too much pressure and needed to release it.

But this guy in front of me is really crazy.

"What are you doing?" Washizu leaned closer to Ember, wanting to see what was written in his notebook.

"I didn't do anything, just wrote down my thoughts as they came to me." Yu Jin closed the small notebook in his hand.

Thanks to Washizu and Dankiroku, the score between the Shogunate army and the resistance army is about to reach the bottom.

However, Yu Jin still planned to observe further before making a decision, because perhaps there would be an advantage in either the Shogunate army or the resistance army?

"I was just venting my stress, I'm definitely not like that," Washizu said seriously, clinging to Yu Jin's shoulder, as if afraid he wouldn't believe him.

"I believe you." Yu Jin nodded emphatically, afraid of hurting Washijin by saying it out loud. In truth, even if Washijin turned to the dark side, Yu Jin felt that Washijin wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

"But if you keep getting in the way like this, that person will ascend to heaven."

Yu Jin pointed to Dan Oniroku behind Washizu and said.

"I see... I see..."

"No wonder the captain and the others have been gone for so long without anyone coming to their aid..."

"This battle... is eternal... a dream... freedom..."

As he spoke, Oniroku closed his eyes. He drew his wakizashi from his waist and slowly raised it above his head.

"None of those... This battle itself is the greatest sin!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Tuan Guiliu stabbed down hard on the back of his head with a powerful blow, seemingly capable of killing him instantly!

"How can you be even more extreme than me?!"

Washizu delivered another powerful flying kick, sending Dan Oniroku sprawling face-first into the mud.

"Bah bah bah!"

"Don't stop me! The Shogunate army is so wicked, and I am a soldier of such a wicked army. Now, I can only atone for my sins with my death!"

Tuan Guiliu crawled down to pick up the wakizashi from the muddy ground, but Yu Jin kicked it away.

"Fly!"

With a kick from the embers, the wakizashi on the ground turned into a shooting star in the sky.

Seeing the still struggling Tuan Gui Liu on the ground, Yu Jin pressed it down directly.

"What's so bad about suicide? Behave yourself!"

Chapter 408 Expanding Travel Destinations

2024-01-12

"If you're so capable, go up there and eliminate all those inhuman beings in the Shogunate army. What's the point of suicide?"

While pressing down on Tuan Gui Liu, Yu Jin tapped his head and said with exasperation.

"Eliminate them all?"

Tuan Gui Liu froze, his face contorted with a death wish, muttering to himself the words Yu Jin had just spoken.

Seeing Tuan Guiliu's expression, Yu Jin nodded inwardly, realizing that he had indeed enlightened him.

As a martial artist, what kind of hero commits suicide? With so many inhuman creatures like Inazuma, he should at least take one or two insects with him before he dies.

However, he was proven wrong the very next moment.

"Give me a knife and let me end my life."

After a brief period of confusion, Tuan Guiliu started acting like he was dying again.

"Hey! I've figured it out, you're just trying to escape, aren't you?" Yu Jin saw Tuan Gui Liu wriggling on the muddy ground and picked him up like a chick.

"I didn't! Don't make false accusations!" Tuan Gui Liu struggled in Yu Jin's hands, but he soon realized that even if he used all his strength, the strange guy in front of him wouldn't budge at all.

Recalling the scene where Yu Jin easily saved him from the brink of death, Tuan Gui Liu felt that he had probably met a master.

As a result, the once struggling Tuan Gui Liu quickly wilted and turned into a frostbitten eggplant.

"What can I do? I'm just a foot soldier. The Kujo family is the one in control of the shogunate."

"That's a family with a thousand-year history. If I go up there, it would be like a mayfly trying to shake a tree—that would be giving me too much credit. I might as well just die."

"It can preserve my honor, and also protect the wealth of my family and friends." As Tuan Gui Liu spoke, his tone became increasingly low, as if he was about to cry.

Feeling the force in his hand dissipate, Yu Jin released his grip on Dan Oni-roku.

He pondered Tuan Guiliu's words and finally made the following assessment: "Isn't this still running away?"

"Running away from your responsibilities, running away from the guilt in your heart, running away from the important decisions you need to make..."

Yu Jin shook his head and rattled off a long string of words, the core idea of ​​which was just one thing—to prove that Gui Liu of the group was running away.

Upon hearing this, Washizu, who was standing nearby, nodded in agreement, a rare occurrence for him.

“That’s true. Putting everything else aside, if you die, who will deliver the news of the pervasive evil spirits on Hachiyū Island to Narukami Taisha?”

"It's no use. From what you're saying, the Shogunate army already knew about the outbreak of the evil spirits on Hachi-yū Island."

"The fact that Narukami Taisha hasn't sent a shrine maiden to suppress the evil spirit can only mean that the Kujo family has kept the news from them."

"Me, a mere pawn, thinking I could betray you? I'd be lucky I didn't get stabbed eight times in the back and commit suicide."

The resolute spirit that Tuan Gui Liu had displayed in his dying moments, which had been evident as he tried to convey the message, was instantly shattered.

When a person's spirit is strong enough, nothing can destroy it; but sometimes, it is surprisingly easy to break it.

The Demon Six in front of us is a perfect example. He didn't even flinch despite suffering such severe injuries before.

But now, Ember looked up and down at the hunched-over Tuan Gui Liu. He had no energy left; it had all been released.

“You… sigh—” Washizu listened to Dan Oniroku’s complaints and felt the weight of the burden on his shoulders.

The Kujo family... Just thinking about that behemoth made Washizu tremble. How could he possibly ask Dan Oniroku, who was inferior to him in every way, to fight against this ancient family?

"If you have nowhere to go, you can come to our Hiki Village."

"But let's get this straight: stay calm if you see anything unusual. Also, don't refuse to do anything when asked to do it."

Washizu patted Dan Oniroku on the shoulder, then took off his mask and said with a smile.

"What are you..."

When Dankiroku saw the downy hair growing on both sides of Washizu's cheeks, his eyes widened in surprise.

This level of hair density is absolutely not something a normal person could have.

"It's because he hasn't shaved his beard in a year," Yu Jin said, leaning closer to examine the fine hairs on Washijin's face.