Chapter 13 Chapter 12 Killing Sound

On that day, Chisato went to Aranosuke's hiding place as usual.Aranosuke sat on the floor. "Can you bear it like this?" Qianli asked him. "It doesn't matter anymore. I've been practicing walking since today. I walked around the social affairs office in the morning, and I didn't feel much pain. It's a lot of trouble for you. Twelve days, maybe thirteen days. " Aranosuke said, the tone of letting you suffer more made Qianli shiver. "What are you going to do after you recover?" "I'm going to try to find refuge with the general who is serving in Oda's side."

"Get out of here?" "certainly." "I don't want to leave you, no matter where you go, I will go with you." "It's different now, and that's going to trip me up. It won't be long before there's war again." "I'll go with you when the war starts. I don't want to stay here." "Of course, I can't leave you here. I don't want to leave you to Hayato. I will take you with me wherever I go, and I want to keep you as my own." Aranosuke said boldly.In fact, Qianli didn't believe his words, she was worried that the young warrior would slip away quietly when she wasn't paying attention.

"Give me the long and short knives." "Then you can't leave the body, I'll leave this to you." Aranosuke said as he took out a small bag from under the quilt and handed it to Chisato. "what is this?" "All the money and the documents of Oda's retainers. These are my most important things." "It's no use handing over these things." "Then, let me give you my heart." "Heart?!" "I give you my heart, but I have to exchange it with your body." He stretched out his hand as he spoke, but immediately retracted it.

"Here, I always feel that Hayato is peeping. After two or three days, let's leave here together." Aranosuke said.There seemed to be no falsehood in his words. Around noon that day, an old servant guarding the samurai's house ran into Qianli's house in a panic. "It's terrible outside the city. It seems that there was a big battle in Yamazaki yesterday, and the wise master suffered a disastrous defeat. Since early this morning, people who escaped from Yamazaki have entered the city one after another." He added: "The people who leave here don't know what happened. Most of the wise people who have been told by others have died in battle, and only a few survived."

Chiri immediately thought of Hayato.No matter how much I don't love Hayato, it's all thanks to Hayato that I can live to this day.Although he never revealed a word of admiration to himself, he is the only person he adores, which is the clearest in Qianli's heart.Although I don't expect him to come back, I always hope that he can survive in peace. In the afternoon, the old servant came again. "See if the enemy hasn't entered the city yet, maybe they will attack tomorrow. The outside of Sakamoto Castle is empty, only a few dogs are left. Who knows what will happen, get ready to flee."

After the old servant left, Qianli immediately ran to the place where Aranosuke was hiding, but unexpectedly he had already learned about the situation of the battle. "It's too late!" Aranosuke said while sitting on the floor, "It's too late. Ote Aranosuke has been abandoned by God!" When he said it, he was desperate, as if he was crying or wailing.Other than that, he said nothing. "How do you know?" "I vaguely heard the sound of the conch horn along with the wind. I felt strange, so I ran outside the city to see it. It's too late, what a pity!"

"What will you do in the future?" "Without any plans, everything is too late." "Can the enemy come over?" "My own people are worse than the enemy...for now, I have to stay here, and tomorrow I will climb to a high place to watch the siege....I'm going to sleep." Aranosuke lay on the floor alone, covered with a quilt.Extreme frustration and despair overwhelmed the young warrior. When Qianli returned home, he put aside the matter of Aranosuke for the time being, and thought of the matter of Hayato again.For some reason, a great uneasiness haunted Qianli all the time.

This anxiety became reality that night. The old servant came here for the third time, and he said: "There is one thing, but it's a bit difficult to talk about. On the way from Mount Rui..." He paused when he said this. "Please tell me." Qianli felt that his face had lost all color. "I just heard it, but I still don't know how reliable it is..." "Where did you hear that?" "The Houtou samurai from our samurai house who went out to fight told me. He said that Mr. Hayato was dying there. He had already carried it to the temple with a big hackberry tree at the entrance of the village. He told you to pray for him quickly."

"Where's the samurai?" "It seems to be entering the city." "Then, I'll go. Could you please go with me?" "That can't be done. It's just because tonight is different." The old servant said timidly. "How far is it to get there?" "It's not far. It's only half a minute away, and it's at the foot of this mountain." "thank you." After the old servant left, Qianli rushed to the place where Aranosuke was hiding.Lights leaked from there. The door opened at once, and Aranosuke was still sitting on the quilt as in the daytime.

"It's too late, it's too late!" The unfortunate young warrior still muttered the same words as he had said during the day. "Master Hayato has passed away!" Qian Li said, using an affirmative word.She thought Hayato must be dead.This has now become an absolutely true fact in her heart. "What?" Aranosuke seemed taken aback suddenly.Qianli repeated what the old servant said in detail.Then she added: "I beg you one thing. I would like you to go with me to bury his body in the monastery." Aranosuke didn't answer. After a while, the fire went out, and the room was pitch black.

"I beg you, I beg you!" Qianli begged him bitterly. I don't know how much time has passed, but there is a sudden movement in the darkness. kill!kill! It was the shocking killing sound of sitting and drawing a knife. kill!kill!kill! The killing sounds continued. When the voice stopped, Aranosuke said: "Okay, I'll go with you. I've fought Hayato twice; the first time, I nearly lost my life, and the second time, my fate was so twisted. What a pity, I should have killed him! " Aranosuke walked down the hall, followed by Chisato. After passing the samurai residence and walking down the hillside, there are several piles of bonfires scattered on the lakeside, as if to house the defeated soldiers.It was a weird night where it was hard to tell whether it was bright or dark. Although it was very quiet, it seemed that the sound of the earthquake could be heard, maybe it was the sound of distant disturbances carried by the wind. Qianli had memories of such a night, it was the eve before the fall of Xinfu City. "Tonight, I will act as a gravedigger and bury you graciously!" Aranosuke said. Chisato swallowed hard, because Hayato's death made her sad, and Aranosuke began to be courteous to her, which made her feel warm again; however, this also aroused her heartache even more.