Reika knew that she was in danger, but she had no regrets at this time.
If this was my bad end, then at least I made the right choice in the end.
A shadow fell from the sky and suddenly broke into his sight, as well as a blue and white haori that fluttered down and caressed his eyelashes and the tip of his nose with "Third Division" written on it, interrupting the revolving door of scenes passing in front of Reika.
"Vertical!"
Stop drinking with one shout!
Two galloping horses, each dragging half a carriage, flew past the girl.
"Ichimonji!"
When the girls saw their companions who were about to be brutally beaten by horses, before they could even let out a sad exclamation, their jaws dropped in shock at what happened in front of them.
"Cut!"
A man holding a long sword stood in front of Reika. With the forceful posture, he twisted his waist completely backwards for the sword in his hand. The skirt of the blue and white haori fluttered with the strong wind blowing by him and the range of movements, gently caressing the girl who also had her hair blown up by her ears.
The two of them seemed to have cut off the oncoming wave with themselves as the center, and stood up facing the opened road. Next to them, they were separated into left and right sides by a carriage that was cut in half in the middle. They were dragged by two horses and passed quickly from the left and right sides.
The girls' wide eyes were full of blue.
The aftermath of the impact and the strong wind that hit her face not only blew up the girl's blue bangs, but also the hairpin clipped on her head was lifted up and flew to the distant horizon.
"Uu——!"
"Boom!"
Everything happened so fast in front of them that Reika and Ayumi on the ground hadn't even recovered their brains yet. When they finally woke up, they hurriedly patted themselves up and down to make sure there were no missing arms or legs.
"Reika, Ayumi! Are you okay?"
He nodded blankly. At this time, Reika's eyes were completely focused on the blue and white ronin's back in front of him. He stood the knife at his side and coolly shook up the few strands of bangs hanging from his forehead. Who could this man with his slicked back hair be if he wasn't the Ash he had glimpsed earlier?
"Ah... I'm fine."
"Great, Ayumi—Ayumi?!"
Unlike Reika, who could still remain calm, Ayumi, who was called, froze on the spot, and fell straight backwards after a while. Others hurriedly rushed over to support her, leaving only Reika and Ash behind them looking at each other.
Did this person, Ash, save me?
Reika felt as if his heart jumped a little.
Obviously, because of my own understanding, I deliberately resisted staying away from him and didn't believe him... but he saved me regardless of past grudges? Could it be that I am actually too narrow-minded?
"That..." Thinking of this, the guilty girl folded her hands in front of her and whispered, preparing to bow to Ash. "Thank you, thank you."
Looking at the back of the girl's bent head, Ash's eyes narrowed slightly.
Put that passerby NPC aside for now... Isn't this our self-proclaimed blue lady?
Just in time, the opportunity is rare.
"Miss, why do you suddenly appear in such a place?" Ash's words made Reika's bowing action stay in the middle. Different from the development of traditional stories, the other party did not say "Are you okay?" Such a development of a hero saving the United States who asked for help, stood up and faced the man facing Reika, maintaining the indifference on his face, and a manic smile on his lips.
This person...!
Feeling bad Reika slowly raised his head, and saw no other emotions from those miniature eyes. He couldn't even be sure whether he split open the carriage like a magic weapon descending from the sky to save himself, or... he would do this just because he could do it?
At least that was all she could read in Ash's eyes at this moment.
Before the thing born in my heart could determine its attributes, it was kicked to pieces by the unscrupulous Ash.
"Didn't your parents teach you the rules of not crossing the road?"
It's like the players deliberately lead the game plot to a bad end in order to collect all CGs. For example, if a child wants to see the internal structure, he or she may irreversibly remove the robot's limbs.
What the girl felt was such pure and innocent "malice".
"I——"
For no reason, a chill penetrated my whole body.
The "dragon" dyed in the color of dusk suddenly penetrates into the life of fairy tales.
Reika opened her mouth to explain, but in a flash, the sword was pointed at her throat. The silver blade made the girl's throat swell and she swallowed a stream of saliva.
Gulu...
It was obvious that there were other companions behind him, but at this moment, only Reika was targeted. The others were worried about the fallen Ayumi, and knew nothing about what happened behind him.
"You said we should keep a distance, right?" Ash, whose body began to smell like iron and blood, almost narrowed his eyes into a thin slit like a thread. "Feel free to trespass on my territory."
"Kill without mercy!"
The murderous aura, for some reason, was instantly released in the direction of Reika without any care, as murderous as the extreme cold.
It was as if the air was frozen... No, it was colder than that.
Like blood freezing, the beating heart is pierced by spikes of ice pumping from within. Like a spine that has been scraped off and replaced with an icicle of the same mold.
Reika can easily find all kinds of metaphors and adjectives, but none of them can accurately and truly describe her feelings at the moment.
It was obvious that the power he used was also the power of ice, but in the face of the fear transformed from this single-minded murderous intention, apart from this overwhelming and indescribable sense of oppression, he could not even muster the will to resist.
It is not the despair-inducing darkness of the Tragedy Kingdom, but a purer will that only exists for the purpose of plundering and destroying anything.
Now Reika is like a real person who has experienced death once.
My calves began to tremble unnoticeably. Even if I wanted to cry loudly, even the remaining strength had disappeared...
I want to run away, I want to turn around and run away now!
But——
Why...Ash, is this what you mean by keeping a distance?
Still want to... take my life!
What I didn't understand from the beginning was, who are you?!
As if to confirm something, even though the sting on her lips kept reminding her, Reika still stood there, staring into those eyes that showed no emotion except malice.
Ash's smile became even wider now.
Chapter 98 Ash on the movie set
The cold, fear, and unspeakable suffocation almost took away the air the girl breathed. The fact that she could still stand here and confront Ash instead of running away immediately was the best she could do.
"Ka-that performance just now was really wonderful!"
The director's voice came from behind, and the icy cold murderous intent instantly turned into an emotionless smile.
"Ah! Ash-sensei!"
Hearing the name of the director, the others behind him also came back to their senses. Under the surprised and surprised eyes of all the girls, Ash, who had played a trick in the sun, put away the knife and put the weapon in the sheath on the waist in the direction of the thumb. With the crisp sound of the knife and the sheath, Reika's consciousness finally came back from this indescribable extreme cold and suffocating hell.
Only then did she realize that the time spent losing herself in the outside world was only a moment.
The appearance of a smiling face broke Ash's previous indifference. When Ash walked in and stood with them, Reika began to feel as if everything before was just a dream caused by his own illusion.
However, how is this possible?
"You're not scared at all. You're doing pretty well."
Ash is very happy now, because he just deliberately followed one of the directions of the bad end predicted by Dark Sword and did exactly the same thing.
The general direction is the same, but there are some changes. For example, in the prophecy he saw, this poor girl leaked out on the spot.
Change is a good thing. Compared with the terrible bad end, the most fearful thing is the unchanged result. Hmm... It's interesting. Do you want to try it again?
"Huh-haa-!"
The girl who retreated continuously covered her flat chest with both hands. Reika was panting heavily as if she was surviving a disaster, and her blue hair was moistened with cold sweat.
Not scared? Seriously, did you treat this as a prank?! I almost couldn't control my body!
Or... is this a test for me?
Sakagami Ayumi, who didn't understand anything during the whole process, was already lying on the ground and about to spit bubbles like a crab.
"Blue." The fingers of both hands were intertwined, and Ash said something Reika couldn't understand. "Your blade is really blue."
"What... what do you mean?"
She didn't know if she was too frightened, but only she could hear Reika's voice.
Ash didn't seem to answer her question.
"Wow, you're worthy of Ash-sensei, that moment was so beautiful!" After finally rushing over, the panting director glanced at the horses parked in the distance, then at Ayumi and Reika, who were unharmed but frightened, and wiped the sweat from their faces with his arms in relief.
Not only did he rescue these two little girls who had strayed into the scene, but the scene just now that was improvised to show the characteristics of the characters was really amazing!
"This time it's all thanks to the power of Ash-sensei, otherwise it would have caused an accident on the set!"
After saying that, he cast reproachful and angry glances at the silent girls. "Really, you actually ran into the set where we were filming. Do you know how dangerous it was just now?"
Where are your parents? I must complain to them and let them take you home and spank you!
"Okay, I guess they didn't do it on purpose."
The smiling Ash patted the director on the shoulder and greeted the others naturally. There was no trace of the previous murderous scene in his eyes, which made Reika feel in a daze that the previous scene that almost took away his "life" was just a wrong illusion.
Reika couldn't figure it out. She couldn't figure out Ash from the beginning.
"It's almost lunch break time, just in time." Ash naturally lifted the back collars of Ayumi and Reika's clothes, just like lifting a kitten. "These young ladies who are messing around will be taken back and educated by my captain Shinsengumi Third Division."
The director nodded and looked at the back of Ash, who was holding two girls and leading a group of girls away, and couldn't help but admire in his heart.
Ash-sensei You are really working hard, and you are still bringing in the characters at this time.
But he likes to play with girls, a prodigal son who lives among thousands of flowers... Hey, is there such a character in my script?
"I really didn't expect that." Ash shook his head and sighed. "I haven't been in contact with you specifically recently. I thought it would be better for you to practice with the enemies in the future. I didn't expect to meet you here."
Although I didn't hide it on purpose, it was just... that's what fate meant.
But in the time of the sage, I just want to fish. If anyone from the Tragedy Kingdom appears, you can handle it yourself.
The girls, who were as curious as babies, were led through the movie background in the style of an Edo sword and sword film, and their eyes were opened to the exquisite shapes on the left and right.
It's just that Reika remained silent throughout the whole process, and the others had no idea what happened in the previous moment. Only the girl silently stared at the man's back, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Um..." Finally, he came to a rather ancient room and asked cautiously to Yayoi who was pointing. "Onii-sama, what are you doing?"
"If I am in the movie city now, then as you can see, of course I am filming a movie." As he said that, Ash turned his back to them, showing the blue and white Haori with "Third Division" written on the back to the surprised eyes of the girls.
"Shinsengumi Third Division Captain, meet all ladies~"
"It turned out to be an acting show. Why did Ash suddenly become a samurai..." When Akane was nodding proudly, she suddenly reacted and pointed at the long sword on his waist and shouted, "Ah, that's wrong! If it's acting, why does Ash still carry a real sword?!"
"This is a prop sword." He pulled the sword out of its sheath in front of everyone. Under the sparkling silver primer, traces of plastic water lines were clearly visible.
"Then the carriage was split open just now..."
"Don't you think I can't do this if I change my weapon?" He smiled and put the sword back with a clang. Ash said that as long as his posture was correct and he was serious, he could do it without a weapon.
"Yeah... too."
He leisurely chatted with the girls he had become familiar with unconsciously, and Ash casually explained the story of the set to them.
"Well, originally I wanted to play the protagonist once, but unfortunately I seem to be a little too tall, so the role of the protagonist was taken away by Ryotaro."
"No, Ash-sensei, that gentleman here is called Takeru Satoh..."
Following Yayoi's kind reminder, others also laughed, and the originally depressing atmosphere seemed to be getting better and better.
"I said, you guys are having fun talking..."
"But put me down quickly!" If it weren't for the fear of having his clothes pulled apart and being too rude, the blushing Reika, who was still being held in his hand, would have started to make a fuss.
Chapter 99 Ash doesn't believe in marriage
"Oh, sorry."
Loosening her hands casually, Reika quickly landed on her feet. Her trembling calves almost made her fall into the arms of the opposite party. Ayumi's completely confused eyes slowly recovered after she fell directly onto her butt with a "snap".