I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

Few people know that in the history of Japan, there was once "the earliest democratic republic in Asia" that survived only 125 days...

In April 1868, after the Tokugawa shogunate surrendered to the Allied Forces of Sacho, the shogunate navy pursued Enomoto Takehiro and gathered the remaining supporters. They became the "Ezo Republic" through voting in Hakodate, Hokkaido, also known as "Ezo General Tokugawa's vassals and samurai country", and was recognized by the British and French consuls as a de facto independent country.

And the highest authority of the Ezo Republic was established in this Goryokaku fortress!

In Goryokaku City, amid Kono Ichiro's cries, the black beam of light that penetrated the sky and the earth slowly shrank and merged into the man's body.

"Hey... I..."

The man wearing a motorcycle helmet twisted his head like moving his muscles and bones, and then lifted the glass mask covering his face...

"...How long have you been asleep?"

This is a handsome man who looks to be in his early thirties, with a face like a crown jade, sword eyebrows and star eyes, and a cold and stern expression.

In those eyes with reddened whites and sharp as eagles, there was a real murderous intent exuding.

"My lord, it has been more than 150 years since you were enshrined in the 'Inverse Pentagram'."

Unwilling to meet his gaze, Kono Ichiro cautiously lowered his head and replied respectfully.

"It's been so long..."

It was only at this moment that the man reached out and touched the motorcycle helmet on his head with belated awareness: "This helmet is so strange..."

"My lord, please slow down..."

He frowned slightly, as if he felt a little stuffy, and raised his hand to take it off.

"Um?"

But along with the helmet being taken off, there was also his handsome head on the neck!

"Let me explain..."

Suddenly switching to holding his head in the palm of his hand, admiring the wonderful view of his neck-length broken body, even this man who walked all the way from the Shura field was stunned for a moment.

"Master Tufang, when you passed away, your head was beheaded by the royal family and taken away, and your whereabouts are still unknown..."

On the side, Kono Ichiro closed his nearly dislocated jaw and explained respectfully.

"It is precisely because of this that under the enshrining of the 'Inverse Pentagram' and members of the sect, your body has been cast into the body of ghosts and gods in just a hundred years, but your soul has never been able to wake up because of the incomplete head..."

"Until, we got this helmet that can reshape the head and soul from a certain organization!"

"Hmph, even though I, Hijikata Toshisan, was a defeated general, I died dignifiedly in battle..."

Hearing Kono Ichiro's words, the men in the city couldn't help but groaned coldly.

"This is a fact that the royal family can't hide even if they beheaded!"

In the Edo period, for respectable samurai, the winner would generously bestow the highest courtesy of "seppuku".

Only those enemies who are heinous or extremely feared will be beheaded for fear of causing trouble after death.

"Have you heard, this ghost calls himself 'Hikata Toshisan'!"

"Just kidding, how is that kind of character possible?!"

"However, Kono and the others are wearing such strange weaving feathers, maybe it is really possible..."

The excessive amount of information in the dialogue between the two in the city made Sen Luosi and several of his subordinates who were "squatting on the door" look at each other blankly...

From the establishment of the Shinsengumi in 1863 to the demise of the "Ezo Republic" in 1869, most of the team members who licked blood and killed like hemp did not die well.

Director Isamu Kondo was beheaded by the royal family, the top master Okita Souji died of tuberculosis, former director Serizawa Kamo, general manager Yamanan Keisuke, and staff officer Ito Kokotaro were all purged internally before the Eighth Century War...

Most of the rest of the team members also died halfway during the war due to assassination, seppuku, injury and other reasons, or they left the group secretly and wandered around the world incognito.

Among them, only Hijikata Toshizo, a handsome boy with both civil and military skills and known as the "deputy commander of the ghost", has always been carrying the name of the Shinsengumi, fighting in the Battle of Toba Fushimi, Edo Kaijo, and the Battle of Aizu. , the Battle of Hakodate and the forefront of a series of battles...

After watching the Shinsengumi companions fall beside him one by one, he fought more and more bravely, beat the Saga League in local wars, fought to the last moment to assist the shogunate, and witnessed the Shinsengumi from scratch with his life There is a process from existence to non-existence.

"This weaving feather costs a full four taels of money. It is not durable, and the color is too eye-catching. It has been changed to black since Ikeda House."

Inside Goryokaku, Hijikata Toshizan lowered his eyelids, scanning the group of men kneeling in front of him.

"This is the last order left by Lord Soma. I hope that when you wake up, you will be able to see the original weaving feather of the Shinsengumi for the first time..."

Kono Ichiro waved his hand, and someone held up a stack of red cloth from the side and shook it away vigorously.

"Also, the group flag back then, together with your favorite mayonnaise and matcha steamed buns, has been preserved until now."

A "Sincerity Flag" with fan-shaped stripes, yellow letters on a red background, and blood-red, fluttering in the black wind and snow!

"Master Xiangma has a heart..."

Looking at the light-white weave feathers on the men in front of him and the Cheng character flag fluttering in the wind, Hijikata Toshizo had a nostalgic smile on his lips.

"What happened to him later?"

He couldn't help recalling the sonorous enthusiasm and glorious years when the Shinsengumi was first established.

The wanton and frivolous in Edo and Kyoto in the first half of his life, and the gold and iron horse all the way north in the second half of his life, passed by like a busy traffic.

"After you fell into a deep sleep, Soma-sama succeeded the team leader, and together with Enomoto-sama, surrendered to the imperial family on behalf of the Shinsengumi and the Republic of Ezo..."

When asked this question, Kono Ichiro couldn't help crying: "You must not violate Bushido, you must not leave the organization without authorization, you must not raise funds and accept bribes in private, you must not engage in litigation and mediation, and you must not engage in private fights without reason. Anyone who violates the above regulations will be punished with a heart-to-heart apology... "

"After hiding your body in the Inverse Pentagram Formation, Master Soma felt ashamed of violating the 'in-game law', and led the remaining team members to perform seppuku outside the city."

"The lonely official died on the island of Ezo, and his loyal soul defended Dongfangjun forever... The hypocritical royal family finally won..."

Reflecting on Kono's words, Hijikata Toshizo sighed slightly, and looked up at the black snow-covered night sky above his head: "One hundred and fifty years, the Shinsengumi, the Shogunate, and the Ezo Republic are already dust of history. Now, whose world is it?"

"My lord, right now, it is still the royal family's world..."

"However, the orphans, family members, and the people of Hakodate never gave up! We have inherited the name of the 'Tukata Religion' for generations, secretly enshrined your tablet, and have been waiting for this day..."

Kono stood up slowly, took the red flag from the side, and waved it in the wind and snow with difficulty and stubbornness.

"My lord, the 'Reverse Pentagram' has long been integrated with you, and the grievances accumulated in it for a full 150 years are enough to turn the entire Hokkaido into your domain... As long as you are here, the Shinsengumi will start from here Not disbanded, the brand new Ezo Republic will also be reborn under your leadership!"