Ghosts? Any other day he'd usually give no care about supernatural beings when you have something more terrifying in their hands: Amantos. But bringing that up brings Sougo to an idea he cannot resist passing, especially if Hijikata-san is the target. But man, who would've thought he'll be scared of some spooky story?
"I-I saw it! it was real, it was real!"
"Gin-chaaan!"
This girl can't be that naive.
But she did wore a very conspicuous disguise like the China girl she is.
His legs sprinted over the wooden boards, face meeting the whips of the wind and panicked beats of their shoes stomping and rushing around made him feel almost exhausted (and irritated because what the hell's with these mosquitoes?). But that face, if you call that a face, is so fucking disgusting and horrifying and damn, he's not scared of ghosts unlike those two idiots running after them but he can be terrified too. To distract himself, he immediately, sadistically crush her false hope that her shriek could save her 'Gin-chan'.
"Forget about them, it can't be helped!"
He sneaked a peek towards China and noticed how she closes her eyes tightly, how her lips are thinned, and how tense her shoulders are.
Huh, so even she can be worried to a person she just fought and beat up in the morning...
Reminiscing the earlier events, he thinks it's worth it to make the idiots think they, the Shinsengumi, are stupid enough to be fooled because now they are with them to experience the same suffering.
He pointed out a storage room he memorized in his head from their earlier orientation (no, certainly not for any ritual for a particular Hijibaka) and vaguely murmured about going there.
The distraction was effective.
He still secretly wishes that their demonic vice chief be consumed by that demonic-looking amanto.
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Ghosts are unusual beings, even with their lack of presence. But as Gin-chan said to her, people have various ghosts behind them in different forms for various reasons, and if you believe them, you'll be stuck in a loop. Although she's not sure what this means, she knows one thing for sure: Gin-chan is scared of ghosts, judging from his sweaty, cold hands.
"Shinpachi, is Gin-chan dead? Hey, is he dead?"
"Actually a while ago, I used black magic that summons evil spirits to curse Hijikata-san. That must've when..."
This guy is seriously an idiot.
Well, he did exposed her Yato body to sun, which is stupid and low and sadistic.
Because she learned avenge could be a good thing when done properly (courtesy of Gin-chan's teachings), she reached out her pale hands to rip his golden-brown hair, take a stance with her strong knee and fiercely growled as she wrestled with this bastard. The room is cramped and dusty and buzzed noisily with annoying mosquitoes but none of them were bothered by trivial things. She'll just focus on avenging Gin-chan while this sadist can go there in the corner to ponder how stupid his idea of taking over the vice chief's position from that 'Hijibaka whatsoever'.
"Ugh, why are you two always fighting?"
It was a question that theirs fists and idiocy can answer but she sees his apprehension, hesitance and tiredness behind the mask and she stopped.
Hmm, he and his comrades sure are close even when he's the cause of all their demise.
Remembering their initial plan, she supposed it's not that bad to meet the idiotic officers, especially this Sadist Prince.
She walked with them towards the victims of the mosquito Amanto, thinking that a sadist can still have someone who accepts them for what they are.
The avenge is unsuccessful.
But she still wishes for their pain in the ass boss to return safely from Mu Continent without sprouting mosquito wings.
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She ponders when they got excited to finally have someone as a client, and even if it's plain Yamazaki, they could take advantage of their naivety from wearing disguises. And if that bastard lets even Shinpachi to domesticate him like that, well, there's still hope for him then.
He wonders how this day suddenly became livelier even with the atmosphere because of plain Yamazaki, the one who managed to lead them here as they're full of idiocy. Damn, if Kondou-san put his trust to that brat despite the circumstances then she must be something more.
Presently, Yamazaki is half dead and half alive courtesy of 'we are not idiots!' and 'how are we naive?!' and lack of something to blame on and hit at. Meanwhile, Gintoki and Hijikata still jump at the slightest unexpected movement, making the other sadistic pair a little mischievous as Shinpachi complained they're just prolonging their stay in contrast to Kondou's invitation as thanks for 'helping to ward away the bad spirit'.
Yamazaki, who regained consciousness, has been shocked by the gruesome face of the mastermind of this chapter. Poor Yamazaki stilled and left the world before the tied Amanto could even speak to him.
From then on, Shinpachi gained an extreme hatred to mosquitoes and Amantos associated with them, with a face as intense as One Fart Man's.
September 11 - Update
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