Beneath the Withering Grass Will Finally End Tomorrow

Xiānshǒu Shujiken was also an old hand in the Shogunate Army. Rumor had it that his strength was surpassed only by General Kujou Sara.

Of course, that might have been a slight exaggeration, but his strength could indeed rank among the top five in the Shogunate Army.

He was also easygoing and immensely popular within the army.

And coincidentally, the Swordfish First Squad captain on the Resistance side, a man named Uji Hiroban, seemed to have lived in the neighboring village to Shujiken since childhood. In a sense, their families could be considered neighbors, except their relationship was...

Put it this way: the best their neighborly relationship had ever been was described as never speaking to each other until they died.

Yes, that was right. Their fathers, who had also been the chiefs of their respective villages, died on the same day. That was the only day their two families met without cursing each other out.

When Shujiken heard that Hiroban had joined the Resistance and even become a captain there, he had directly volunteered for the front lines despite being on the verge of retirement.

Perhaps because Shujiken was a Genshin Impact wielder with a Dendro Vision, even though he was already over fifty and nearing sixty, anyone judging by appearances alone would think he was a man in his thirties at most.

After he arrived on the battlefield, some people learned about the relationship between Shujiken and Hiroban and grew curious about what their childhood interactions had been like.

They had heard that Shujiken and Hiroban had obtained their Visions together, so this soldier wanted to see whether he could gain some inspiration from them and perhaps obtain a Vision himself.

Though the matter had since been resolved, and even if he did obtain a Vision, he would