Zuocun woke up.
He looked at Miss Aaron, who was staring at him closely in the dark night, and smiled involuntarily.
"I didn't expect that the first person I saw in hell was the person who killed me... How did you die?"
Miss Aaron's face was expressionless.
"What stupid things are you talking about, you bastard." She poked the sleeping Ryoma, "Hey, that guy is awake, Ryoma."
"Huh?" Zuo Cun reflected.
"Ah ah ah, I actually fell asleep." Ryoma touched his head and sat up. The first thing he saw was Zuomura's blank eyes.
Ryoma sighed.
Two people sit facing each other.
"I lost, why didn't you kill me?" Zuo Cun said with a frown.
In his understanding, in a duel, the winner will kill his respectable opponent without hesitation, while the loser will not hesitate to give up his life.
The bandits killed by Zuocun:? ? ?
"I'm sorry." Ryoma lowered his head without hesitation and pressed Miss Aaron's head down at the same time.
In his interactions with Miss Aaron, Ryoma rarely made decisions for the not-so-smart Miss Aaron, but this time, he really felt sorry for this gentleman.
"I'm sorry..." Miss Aaron was a little reluctant, but she still said to Zuocun.
"Why...why do you want to apologize to me?" Zuo Cun was a little confused.
"Let me explain." Ryoma raised his head and showed an embarrassed expression.
Samura sat on the tatami and looked at Ryoma.
He could feel that his injury... was quite serious. Pheasant Yu was placed on the table on the other side of the room.
But the feeling of danger before was gone, so Zuo Cun decided to listen to what this man wanted to say.
"My name is Sakamoto Ryoma, from Tosa, Beichen Itto-ryu." Ryoma leaned slightly and briefly introduced himself, "This is Miss Aaron, she, uh..."
Miss Aaron looked confused.
Ryoma was a little confused, how should I introduce Miss Aaron.
"If you are willing to explain it to me, I will not tell it." Zuocun said proactively.
Judging from the current situation, the other party is not like yesterday, so it is okay to show a little kindness. Besides, he has been bandaged.
Although the injury itself was caused by the opponent.
"Ah, that's it...Thank you for your understanding." Ryoma smiled.
Yesterday, Zuo Cun came over indiscriminately and he was still a little worried about the opponent's character, but now it seems...
Well, if you encounter someone following you, you will naturally draw your sword.
"My...name is Samura Anno, a wild samurai, Hyakori-ryu." Zuomura put his hands on his legs, his eyes slightly cold, "Can you tell me why you are following me?"
Ryoma was silent.
His philosophy was only mentioned to his two closest relatives and friends, Miss Aaron and Okada Izo, and was never mentioned to anyone else.
Therefore, instead of answering Zuocun's question directly, he chose to ask back.
"Mr. Zuomura, I can answer why I am following you, but before that, I want to ask." Ryoma looked at the young and thin face of Zuomura Annuo opposite him through the moonlight, "What do you think about this? What does the country think?"
Zuo Cun was a little confused.
this problem......
"I'm just a wanderer with no fixed abode, why would you ask me such a question." Zuocun shook his head.
"You are a powerful warrior. You must have your own opinions or creeds. I just want to hear them." Ryoma always maintained a smile and looked at Zuomura.
"I will tell you my own opinion first, is it okay if you tell me later?" Ryoma asked.
Zuocun thought for a moment and nodded.
"This country needs change."
"And the best time for change is almost here."
The two said these two sentences one after another.
Ryoma's eyes sparkled, and Zuomura looked at Ryoma in surprise.
"Mr. Samura..." Sakamoto Ryoma was a little excited.
Miss Aaron hid behind Ryoma, looking at the increasingly uncomfortable atmosphere with a stern look on her face.
"Samura-kun, the reason why Miss Aaron and I followed you yesterday was actually just to see what kind of person you are."
"We met at the post house a few days ago. We met once. Although you didn't have a knife in your hand, you were very powerful. I paid attention to you at that time."
Ryoma also relaxed a little and began to narrate quietly to Zuo Cun, who also sat quietly and listened.
"It was with the intention of making friends, but it turned out to be self-defeating."
Ryoma leaned over and apologized again: "I'm very sorry, Samura-kun. I will bear the full responsibility for what happened yesterday and the wounds on your body. I..."
"Miss Aaron will also bear it!" Miss Aaron was obviously apologizing, but she put on a strong posture.
Zuo Cun sighed.
Is this what it turns out to be...
"If you approach me in any other way, I won't draw the sword." He complained.
"I'm sorry..." Ryoma also sighed.
The atmosphere suddenly fell into awkwardness.
"Samura-kun just mentioned change, right?" Ryoma continued the previous topic, "So from Samura's point of view, how to change?"
Zuo Cun touched his chin.
"I don't know, I'm measuring the land of Japan with my own feet right now."
"It was in search of answers that I chose to travel to Japan."
"However, one thing is clear to me."
When meeting like-minded people, Zuo Cun, who tends to be indifferent, also started chatting.
"I spent some time in Kyoto, and during that time, I realized it."
"The root of why this country is so powerless is the shogunate."
"After Perry's second voyage, two ports were opened." Zuo Cun's eyes were sharp. "After that, the country's economy undoubtedly revived."
"But it also made the whole world see clearly the incompetence of the shogunate."
"Without defense and arrogance, the enemy will be frightened and confused just by standing in front of you."
"Both the number of ashigaru and the number of weapons and equipment are seriously insufficient. The urgent redeployment of manpower from various places has caused the already panicked people to become even more panicked, leading to a surge in the number of bandits in various places."
During the period from Kyoto to Nagoya, there were no less than a hundred ghosts of bandits under Zuomura.
This number is much greater than before.
"But I don't know how to change all this. After all, I only have one person and one knife."
"That's why I set out on a journey to find the answer."
Ryoma looked at Zuomura who spoke seriously, his eyes shining.
Isn't this what I want to find, a like-minded person!
Miss Aaron was a little bored and floated quietly in the air.
Why is this hateful man just like Ryoma, always talking like this?
