The Place Nearest to You

Chapter 9

The development of the situation was not as simple as Ando thought.

The two of them were indeed brave enough to kill a lot of enemies, but there were too many of them, and they seemed to have planned to wear them down by taking turns.

What was worse was that the enemy seemed to be getting braver as they fought, and more and more people were approaching them.

At this time, Okita and Ando were back to back, and their blood-stained swords were held horizontally in front of their chests.

Ando was panting heavily. She could not see Okita's expression clearly, nor could she feel his chaotic breathing. She only felt that his back was as straight as a mountain.

"Okita -senpai," Ando tried to smile, but she did not realize that Okita, whose back was facing her, could not see it.

"Are we going to die here?

Actually, I'm not afraid of death, but I always feel that there are so many things that I haven't done yet. It's really a pity.

Okita -senpai should have faced this situation countless times. At that time, what were you thinking? "

"I was thinking about a woman."

Okita answered lazily, then killed the people who rushed towards him, and said coldly, "I never think about death."

His moves were very practical, but also very elegant. Watching him kill people was a pleasure.

His opponents were like tiny ants, and even if they were in groups, they would be easily crushed by him.

And his figure was so elegant, even if he was doing cruel things, she could not help but be attracted to him.

Ando did not have time to enjoy his one-man show. Although it was a pity, since he trusted her and left his back to her, she had to protect him with all her might.

As for the woman Okita was thinking about, she did not have the energy to care.

No matter what they would face after their strength was exhausted, at least, at this moment, she had to protect something with all her might. As for whether she died or lived, it did not matter. Anyway, before death came, she would try her best to survive.

"Shinsengumi, routine inspection!"

The voice that usually sounded irritable to Ando was now like the sound of nature in his ears. When he saw Hijikata Juushirou leading a group of team members here, Ando breathed a sigh of relief.

She put down the weapon in her hand and watched as her companions surrounded the room. They moved in an orderly manner and were rather fast. Perhaps she was too engrossed in the task, but she did not notice such a large group of people entering the room.

She walked to Okita's side and faintly heard the latter make a "tsk" sound. She laughed sullenly.

After the entire scene was under control, Hijikata walked to Okita's side and said coldly, "Acting without authorization, copy the rules of the game a hundred times."

At this time, Okita did not disdain the vice commander's abuse of power as usual. Instead, he nodded hesitantly.

She was like a child who had been caught doing something wrong by her parents. She was rather cute.

"And you," Hijikata turned to Ando. "Same as him."

"Oh," Ando responded obediently. She was willing to copy the rules a thousand times, let alone a hundred times.

There was no doubt that Tu Fang was opposed to their sudden attack, but he was also worried about their safety. Although the way he dealt with the situation was still so fierce and scary, he was actually a very gentle person, wasn't he?

Thinking of this, Ando looked up at Hijikata. The latter was looking at Okita with concern, as if to see if he was injured.

"I thought that if I came a little later, I would be able to see your body," Hijikata said, but he did not mean what he said.

'The vice commander is really not honest at all.'

Ando thought to herself.

Okita took out a cannon and fired. Black smoke filled the entire room, and the door that had been destroyed many times finally turned into ashes. Okita walked out of the smoke and said in a nonchalant tone, "Sorry, vice commander, I saw a mosquito attacking you."

"You were aiming at me!" Hijikata dodged skillfully. There was almost no trace of cannon fodder on his body.

Okita said with some regret, "Tsk, I was discovered."

"…" Ando wondered if she should get to know the Okita senpai that she worshipped.

Why did she suddenly feel that what he said about murdering the vice commander was true?

Time was a very strange thing.

When she didn't have much contact with Okita and Hijikata, she thought that Okita was a handsome and harmless young man, and that Hijikata was a terrible boss with a bad temper. But as time passed, she realized that this terrible boss was actually gentle and would care for his subordinates. This handsome young man, on the other hand, was not harmless at all. He was strong, a little willful, and liked to play pranks.

She was overjoyed by these small discoveries, as if she had found a treasure.

In the end, the casino was wiped out by Hijikata, but there was nothing they could do about the big frog behind the scenes. They had already offended him enough in the past, so it didn't matter if they added another one this time.

At this time, she was not in the mood to worry about these things at all. She was copying the rules of the game one by one in front of the desk. There were two hundred of them, including Okita, who was sleeping on the table at this time.

An incredible thought suddenly flashed through her mind, and that was — —

Did Senior Okita already know that the vice commander would punish him for copying the rules of the game, so he specifically found a scapegoat, which was her, to act together with him?

Damn, why did she feel that Senior Okita was up to no good recently?