Title Mibu'ko: Haijime Saitou
Chapter Rei (Zero)
By Shinda Kiokuryoku
Aku. Soku. Zan.
Slay evil immediately.
These three words have been the basis of my existence for longer than I can remember.
Three simple words. Words that, if used incorrectly by any member of the Shinsengumi, would be the false wielder's doom.
Punishment has only been performed once, though the perpetrator had gotten away. He was a repulsive man. A man who lusted for blood, not caring which side of the conflict shed that blood. In a way, I had helped create this man. Now I understand some of the Battousai's regrets from the time of the Bakumatsu no Douran.
Still, I am very different from my fellow Hitokiri, the Battousai. I have regrets for those I left alive, not those who's blood I spilled. As I sit here at my desk, I wonder: how many men have I destroyed by turning them into killers?
