My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Similarly, seeing Shang Yang saying goodbye to Dao Xin, Ai gently lifted up the little girl sitting on her legs and let her sit on the wooden steps. Then she stood up, bowed to Dao Xin, and left this place, which was rumored to be the residence of evil ghosts, together with Shang Yang and the three people from the Wanshiwu.

Looking at this group of strange people leaving, the boy couldn't help but ask Dao Xin in some surprise.

"...Come to think of it, this is the first time we have a guest at home, Teacher."

"Yes."

Hearing this, Dao Xin nodded calmly.

“What rare guests…”

Kabukicho, in front of Toshi Tavern.

"Then, Sakata-kun, we'll go back."

Waving his hand towards the three people from the Wanshiwu, Shang Yang spoke with some helplessness.

"I expected to see a ghost's 'rare treasure,' but instead I saw a father's 'rare treasure.' Well, Sakata-kun, I've completely given up on finding business there. This is all I have to say about my 'business'."

"So much the better."

Hearing this, Gintoki half-opened his eyes and advised.

"Just take care of your own business. It's not a good thing to get too involved in this kind of thing."

"I should be the one to tell you this, Mr. Sakata."

After hearing Gintoki's advice, Shangyang shrugged his shoulders, and after seeing Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura had already entered the Tose Tavern, he continued casually.

"The backstage behind that underground fighting arena is the Tiandao Clan. They are the brains of the world, so please take good care of yourselves."

“…Hey! How do you know that?!”

Hearing the important information that Shang Yang suddenly revealed, Gintoki was stunned and asked eagerly.

"The Celestial Path Group is..."

However, before Gintoki could finish his question, Shangyang and Ai turned around and walked towards the "business house" opposite. As they left, Shangyang waved without looking back, and his faint tone reached Gintoki's ears.

"As long as Sakata-kun continues his investigation, someone will naturally tell you what the Tendoushu do. This information I'm sharing is my token of gratitude for leading you to the Purgatory Pass, the Kidōmaru, and the rare treasures guarded by the demons."

"Information is also a kind of goods. If you continue to talk about it, I will ask you, Mr. Sakata, to pay for the information."

Commercial building, living room.

This living room is of course not the reception hall in front, but the living room of the house behind the shop where Shang Yang, Ai and other girls live.

The front is a shop for business, and the back is a home. Because it was too troublesome and out of habit, Shang Yang also copied the layout of the hot spring villa.

In the living room, after listening to Shang Yang's whole story, except for Shang Yang and Ai, the other four girls also showed a thoughtful expression.

After all, this is also the "plot event" in which Shang Yang, Ai, Kaguya, Jue, Renren and Shana first come into contact with this "Gintama world".

According to the original "plot" of this Purgatory Gate incident, the underground fighter, Kidomaru Nobuyuki, who no longer wants to fight in the underground fighting arena in exchange for money to raise his children, will quietly leave Edo with his children on a night not long from now.

However, just as Kidomaru Doshin was on his way out, he was discovered by the "Tendoushu" and was about to escape from the Reinryu. He was attacked and killed by the Onishishi of the Geni tribe, one of the three major mercenary races in the universe, who was chosen by the "Tendoushu" to be the new generation fighting emperor of the Purgatory. This triggered the Yorozuya trio and the Shinsengumi's First Division Captain Okita Sougo to avenge Doshin and cause a big disturbance in the Purgatory, which was eventually attacked and destroyed by the Shinsengumi.

After a brief chat, the girls all agreed that they should help Michinobu when he took his children away from Edo, so that this middle-aged man who wanted to turn over a new leaf and become a man that his children could proudly call their father could leave Edo safely.

As for the issue of Purgatory, Sougo Okita of the Shinsengumi will definitely not allow such a place that makes him want to vomit to continue to exist, and Gintoki Sakata will not be the kind of person who gives up halfway.

If the situation changes, Shang Yang and girls like Ai, Jue, etc. will naturally take action to destroy the underground fighting arena of Purgatory Pass.

Shang Yang's "Heavenly Demon Reincarnation" can disguise Shang Yang and the girls as other people. Then they just need to make a big fuss and attract the intervention of the Shinsengumi, the police organization directly under the shogunate.

However, even though she had made the decision to help, Ai still felt a little inexplicably concerned. Noticing that Ai was a little distracted, Shana, who was about to get up and go upstairs to look for something, couldn't help but ask curiously.

"...What's wrong? Ai, is there something wrong?"

"……without."

Hearing this, Ai came back to his senses and shook his head slightly as if feeling a little confused.

"I'm just a little concerned..."

At the same time, in the underground fighting arena "Purgatory Gate", the special viewing seats.

“There haven’t been any exciting shows lately.”

Standing on a high place, overlooking the life-and-death fight in the arena, the "person" wearing a large bamboo hat and a thick coat that covered his body tightly commented indifferently. Then, the adult turned around and asked casually.

"Where's Kidomaru?"

"This, this..."

Hearing the question from this distinguished lord, the person in charge of Purgatory Pass answered respectfully.

"He seems to have found some excuse recently and hasn't been appearing much."

"Humph, it seems that guy wants to quit while he's ahead."

Hearing this, the big man wearing a bamboo hat snorted coldly.

"Do you know the reason?"

"...There's a rumor that Kidomaru adopted many abandoned orphans."

Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead, the person in charge answered hurriedly with some uncertainty.

"Perhaps Kidomaru doesn't want to be a 'ghost' anymore, and wants to be a 'father' instead."

"The ghost, moved by family affection, wants to protect its 'rare treasure' wholeheartedly."

The big man in the conical hat shook his head.

"Never mind. Dying to protect a 'rare treasure' is a ghost's fate. Let it be. I've already prepared a countermeasure."

The next day, noon.

Shang Yang, who had just finished lunch and was standing outside yawning, saw Gintoki slowly coming back from the other end of the street.

After Gintoki approached, Shangyang asked casually.

"Sakata-kun, someone has already told you what the Tendoushu does, right?"

"...Ah, that mayonnaise addict (Hijikata Jushiro, the Shinsengumi's vice-captain) already told me."

Hearing Shang Yang's question, Gintoki still answered with his dead fish eyes half open.

"To make me pretend that none of this happened, that guy even treated me to an upgraded version of Hijikata's special fried pork cutlet rice, which looked like dog food."

"……oh?"

Hearing this, the gray-haired businessman asked thoughtfully.

"Then, Mr. Sakata, have you forgotten about this?"

"How could I possibly forget?"

Hearing this, Gintoki raised his hand, scratched his natural silver curly hair, and spoke lightly as if he was bothered.

"I saw that disgusting fried pork cutlet rice. I can't forget it even if I want to."

"I see."

Shang Yang nodded slightly in understanding.

"Then please be careful."

Volume 4 Edo Chronicles: Chapter 190 Another Visit

Looking at Gintoki, who seemed to be drunk and whose steps became unsteady, going upstairs and entering the Yorozuya, Shang Yang asked casually without turning his head, as if he was thinking about something.

"Love, are you going to visit those kids again now?"

As the young man finished speaking, a girl with long dark hair, wearing a simple black and white dress and holding a paper bag of candies in her right hand, walked out of the house and nodded slightly.

The jet-black hair also swayed gently with the girl's movements.

"Yeah, I'm a little concerned."

After expressing her wish, Ai turned her gaze to Shang Yang. A hint of inquiry flashed in her clear dark red eyes, and she asked softly.

"Is it okay for me to do this?"

"Of course it doesn't matter."

Upon hearing this, Shang Yang answered without hesitation, and then asked with concern.

"Do you need me to go with you?"

"Hmm~"

Nodding, Ai replied softly.

"If Shang Yang is willing."

"Then let's go together."

After hearing Ai's words, Shang Yang straightened up and left the threshold he was leaning on. He glanced at the several shop assistants (in anthropomorphic figures) coming and going in the store, then raised his hand to ruffle his hair.

"Sana and Kagura are out. They feel a little restless and seem to want to take a nap. Kaguya is pulling Renren to assemble a model together. I seem to be the only one who can go with Ai at the moment."

Mysterious Voice: "If you don't mind, I'll go too?"

Shang Yang had just finished speaking when a girl's voice that seemed a little bored was heard, causing Shang Yang and Ai to subconsciously turn sideways and look in the direction where the girl's voice came from.

The girl with short lavender hair yawned loudly, rubbed her eyes sleepily, walked out of the store, and spoke softly in a tone that sounded a little bored.

"I'm a little sleepy, but I don't think I'd particularly like a nap. So, I'd like to go with you guys, just as a walk after dinner."

In the outskirts of Edo, there is an old wooden house where Kidomaru Doshin and his family temporarily live.

Similar to yesterday, when Shang Yang, Ai and Jue arrived here together, they saw the children adopted by Kidomaru Doshin happily chasing and playing on the grass outside the wooden house.

One of the boys, upon seeing the young man and two girls walking towards them, immediately shouted loudly.

"Ah! It's the older brother and sister who came to visit our teacher yesterday!"

Hearing the little boy's cry, several younger children who were playing on the grass suddenly rushed over to Ai.

Seeing these children surrounding her, a gentle smile appeared on Ai's pretty face.

Bending down, Ai picked up one of the girls, who looked only two or three years old. The little girl wasn't shy at all, and instead took the initiative to hug Ai, rubbing her cheek against Ai's affectionately, and making happy noises in her childish voice.

"Sister, sister, welcome~"

I have to say that Ai has a very high affinity for children. Just by playing with them for a while yesterday, these children all remembered Ai and were very affectionate towards the girl with long black hair.

"Well, Xiao Ai is really popular..."

Seeing many children running to Ai's side, Jue looked at the children who didn't dare to approach him because of his strange appearance (note: the big eyeballs floating on Jue's chest, Jue's pupils), and sighed helplessly.

He casually walked to the wooden steps outside the wooden house and slowly sat down. Jue just quietly watched Ai playing with the children not far away.

Seeing that the model sister, Miss Gu Mingdijue, looked a little depressed, Shang Yang shrugged his shoulders, glanced at the children here, reached out and pulled out a boy who looked the oldest from the group of children, and asked casually.

"Where is your teacher?"

"The teacher went out to work. He prepared rice balls for us early in the morning and then left."

Hearing the question from the gray-haired young man in front of him, the boy answered without hesitation.

"The teacher should be back in the afternoon. It's usually like this."

"I see."

Hearing this, Shang Yang nodded slightly, then glanced at the children who were playing on the grass but consciously did not stray too far from the wooden house, and shook his head.

"Looks like I'll have to help the ghost look after the 'rare treasure' this afternoon."

At the same time, beside Jue.

“…That, that.”

Just as Jue was looking at Ai and the children not far away with a little depression, a little girl of four or five years old, wearing an old gray kimono, approached Jue cautiously and asked in a low voice timidly.

"Sister, are you a celestial being?"

"……Eh?"

Jue, who was a little distracted, heard the child's voice suddenly sounded beside her, and subconsciously turned sideways. As Miss Jue turned sideways, the big eyeball floating on Jue's chest - Jue's pupil, also turned.

The big eyeball floating in the air stared at the little human girl in front of it without any emotion and indifference, which scared the little girl who had just mustered up her courage back several steps.

Seeing the frightened look on the little girl's face, Jue was stunned for a moment, then he smiled softly, raised his hand to block the sight of Jue Zhitong's big eyeballs, and comforted her softly.