Chapter 3- Background

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The air felt stiff, and the atmosphere in the room was overbearing.

The two people in the room were silent.

Hijikata sighed, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Yamazaki, are you sure of what you're saying?"

"Hai, Fuku-cho"

"... About that incident, it is treated as a sealed secret and forbidden to be mentioned even in the high levels of the Bakufu. And amongst the Shinsengumi only Kondo-san and I am supposed to know of it, and even so we only just know the littlest of details. How would you know about the incident, and how would you confirm it?"

"Fuku-cho, about that incident 6 years ago, how much do you know about it?"

"You mean about that incident? Most accurately, it would be said as a trade I guess" Hijikata's face darkened.

"Hai, Fuku-cho. That year, in order to maintain good relationships with the Amanto, the Bakufu joined their forces with the Amanto to eradicate the Jouishishi. Also, they even captured their own citizens in that shameless trade off."

"I'd much rather think of that as a rumor... Yamazaki, you're saying... This girl, she was one of those Jouishishi captured by the Bakufu and given to the Amanto?"

"I'm afraid so, Fuku-cho."


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Hmm short chapter hahaha. Please review! ^_^