My personal opinion on Gensokyo

After hearing the explanations of Shang Yang and Miss Jue, Shimura Shinpachi was extremely surprised and blurted out. Kagura beside him also looked very surprised.

"...Really? Even in times like this, you can still find the treasure hidden by the 'ghost'."

After listening quietly to the explanations of the young man and the girl, Sakata Gintoki half-opened his eyes and spoke lightly.

"You are indeed a wealthy businessman at such a young age."

"You're too kind, Mr. Sakata."

After saying this modestly and nonchalantly, the young man with gray hair lowered his head and carefully examined the children's old toys on the table one by one.

In fact, some of these "old toys" cannot be called "toys" at all, but are old things.

Rare old ox horn combs, faded paper balloons, inconspicuous worn-out tea sets, and even barbaric items brought by barbarian merchants who came to this country in the past.

“…Wait, wait a minute!”

Seeing the young businessman talking to himself while looking at the old things brought by the children, Shimura Shinpachi hurriedly spoke up to dissuade him.

"Mr. Shang Yang, those are the children's treasures..."

"That's right, Shang Jun!"

Kagura also protested.

"Those are the children's most precious treasures. They didn't agree to sell them to you!"

"Don't worry, Shimura-kun, Miss Kagura, our 'Shangya' will certainly use the appropriate price to exchange with these children, and will not let these children suffer any loss."

After waving his hand, Shang Yang turned around and calmly suggested to the children who seemed at a loss as to what he had said.

"Well, my dear customers, we at the Merchant House would love to purchase your treasures. Of course, based on the principle of fair trade, we at the Merchant House will offer you the most suitable 'goods' in exchange."

"This 'goods' is: the complete destruction of the place that killed your teacher, the underground fighting arena 'Purgatory Gate'."

Not caring about how shocking his speech was, the young man with gray hair, a young businessman, just asked the completely stunned children in a calm manner.

"Well, do you agree to this deal?"

Within three minutes, he fell silent again.

After a moment of hesitation, the children burst into tears of joy again.

"...Tsk, I thought this guy with silver curly hair was the only idiot on this street who would die for his own aesthetics."

After taking another puff of his cigarette, the Shinsengumi's vice-captain, Hijikata Jushiro, spoke calmly.

"I didn't expect there were so many idiots on this street. It really is Kabukicho. Hey, Mr. General, this is a dangerous business. There's no chance of making money. You'll lose everything."

"That's not the case, Deputy Director Hijikata-sama."

Upon hearing this, Shang Yang spoke calmly.

"My intuition as a businessman tells me that the profit from this deal will be unexpectedly large."

"...Businessman's intuition? Hey, stop kidding, Mr. Big Businessman."

Hearing Shang Yang's obviously perfunctory answer, Sakata Gintoki half-opened his dead fish eyes, stared at the mysterious young man in front of him, and spoke lazily.

"You don't even look like a businessman at all. Putting aside the question of making money or losing money, what you value isn't tangible money."

"Ah... have you been noticed?"

Hearing the lazy speech of the Yorozuya boss, the young man with gray hair rubbed his hair helplessly.

Then, all the perfunctory expressions disappeared from the young man's face.

Shang Yang's calm tone reached the ears of everyone in the room.

"My personal reasons are actually not that complicated, but very simple."

"...What those scumbags in Purgatory did has saddened my wife, so I plan to destroy them."

Although Shang Yang spoke coolly and blurred Jue's identity intentionally or unintentionally, Miss Jue did not feel shy for the time being, nor did she intend to beat Shang Yang up.

Now is not the time to settle these accounts.

As Shang Yang finished speaking, Ai opened her cherry lips and took over her lover's words.

"If Mr. Daoxin died in the arena, I would be sad, but I wouldn't have any other plans. However, as an evil ghost, Mr. Daoxin has already planned to leave hell and atone for his sins."

"At that time, Mr. Daoxin, who was an evil spirit, had already died."

"The mercenaries of Purgatory Gate didn't kill a demon from Hell, but a father whose children could be proud of him."

Volume 4 Edo Chronicles: Chapter 198: The Resurrection of the Demon

"……Yeah."

After hearing the statements of the young man and the girl, Sakata Gintoki still half-opened his eyes and spoke lightly in a nonchalant tone.

"Although I really want to say something similar to the mayonnaise bastard next to you, I'm not in a position to say such things. So, I will handle this in my own way. As for you guys, do as you please."

"...What are you talking about, Gin?"

As Sakata Gintoki finished speaking, Shimura Shinpachi tied a cheap elephant toy to his head with a relaxed tone.

"How can we let you, Yin, take all the commissions our Wanshiwu has received? Mr. Shang Yang, we will assist you in obtaining the treasures from here as a reward, okay?"

"Yeah, that's right!"

Kagura also spoke in a relaxed tone as she picked up a small toy.

"We are also part of the Yorozuya!"

"of course can."

Looking at Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura picking up the toys and then following Gintoki out of the Yorozuya door, Shangyang shrugged and replied.

"After all, this is also a demolition job, and we trust everyone at the Yorozuya."

"...Really? One or two of them are like this."

Looking at the three people from the Yorozuya team walking out of the door with steady steps, Hijikata Jushiro couldn't help but scratch his head in annoyance.

"What the hell is going on? Has this world become a world of idiots?"

"You're right, Mr. Hijikata. What a bunch of idiots you are."

The young captain of the Shinsengumi's First Division also approached the table, picked up one of the cheap funny glasses and put it on, his tone flat.

"To actually give one's life for something like this... is simply stupid."

"That's right..."

Hearing what Okita Sougo said, Hijikata Jushiro agreed while looking at the door.

When he turned around, he was startled to see Okita Sougo walking past him wearing a pair of funny glasses.

"Hey! What are you going to do?!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hijikata."

The young man, captain of the Shinsengumi's First Division, turned around and pushed up the frames of his funny glasses.

"Actually, I'm a fool too."

After saying this, Okita Sougo walked out of the Yorozuya without looking back and headed towards Sakata Gintoki, Shimura Shinpachi, and Kagura.

"whispering sound……"

Seeing what Okita Sougo did, Hijikata Toshiro scratched the back of his head as if he was bothered, then turned around and cast an unfriendly look at the young businessman and two girls who stayed in the Yorozuya besides the uneasy children.

"So, Mr. General Resident Boss, what are you going to do?"

"Sir, our goal is not revenge."

Hearing this, Shang Yang waved his hand and asked seriously.

"Let me ask you a question, Vice-Captain. If the Tendoushu wanted to rescue someone from the shogunate's prison, how difficult would it be for them?"

“Ah, the Celestial Beings…”

Hijikata Toshiro threw away the cigarette butt, took out a lighter, lit another cigarette for himself, took a puff, and answered lightly.

"It's a piece of cake...right?"

"I see."

Hearing this, Shang Yang nodded slightly thoughtfully.

"Then, those who need to be eliminated are all the scum who maintain the 'Purgatory Gate' system."

"Eliminate the guys who keep Purgatory running?"

Hearing Shang Yang's words, Hijikata Toshiro glanced thoughtfully at the calm-looking young man with gray hair, and took another deep puff of his cigarette.

"That's a really big move, huh, now that things have come to this, there's nothing we can do."

Having said this, Hijikata Jushiro turned his back and spoke in a calm tone.

"The Shinsengumi received a report of a major murder at an underground business in Edo. While investigating, they unexpectedly busted the illegal underground fighting arena, 'Rengokuguan.' We were completely unaware of the internal conflict within 'Rengokuguan' that occurred before our arrival."

Hearing what Hijikata Toshiro said, Shang Yang smiled, and as he left the living room with Ai and Jue and walked towards the door, he raised his hand and waved to the deputy leader of the Shinsengumi who was smoking with his head down.

"Then, thank you very much, Your Excellency."

In the underground of Edo, there is the underground fighting arena "Purgatory Gate".

Although surrounded by a dozen ronin warriors holding samurai swords, the Dakini people, who were like ghosts in the myths and legends of this country, and the new generation of Emperor Ghost Lion of Purgatory Pass, did not care at all. He grabbed the head of a ronin warrior who was very close to him. With his huge wrist strength, he directly crushed the jaw bone of the ronin warrior and knocked away another attacking ronin warrior.

Then, the ghost lion swung the huge iron rod and fiercely smashed the other three ronin warriors away.

Seeing such a bloody fight, the countless human villains and celestial villains sitting around the arena let out deafening and crazy screams, cheering for the ghost lion.

On the highest viewing platform, a big man in a coat and a big hat praised lightly.

"What a terrifying power! As expected of a demon lion from the Dajini tribe! No wonder he could easily defeat that Kidomaru."

Although he said the word "chilled", the tone of the big man wearing a bamboo hat did not fluctuate at all, as if he did not take the power of the ghost lion into consideration at all.

It's not contempt or disdain, but outright neglect.

"Haha, compared to the ghost lion, these warriors now are as powerless as children."

"But that fellow Kidomaru is really stupid."

When the big man in the conical hat finished speaking, the manager of Purgatory who was serving beside him complained dissatisfiedly.

"Why don't you just listen to us? That way, you won't become a mutilated corpse."

Almost at the same time, as the supervisor's voice had just fallen, a burst of surprised and panicked shouts came from the field. The big man wearing a bamboo hat and the supervisor who were noticed subconsciously looked towards the arena.

The sudden appearance of a person in the arena surprised the big man under the bamboo hat and the manager of Purgatory Gate.

"...Ghost, Kidomaru?!"

The man who appeared on the field was a man dressed in black, half wearing a white kimono with blue cloud patterns, a wooden sword tied around his waist, and a red demon mask. The red demon mask was the mask worn by the former champion of the Purgatory Gate, Kidomaru.

"Why, why would Kidomaru..."

Looking at this 'Kidomaru' who suddenly appeared in the arena, the director was so shocked that he muttered to himself in disbelief.

"Hasn't that guy been..."

"Haha, this is interesting, isn't it?"

The big man in the conical hat looked thoughtfully at the 'Kidomaru' in the arena, and spoke slowly and with great interest.

"Kidomaru has once again crawled out of hell to avenge us."

Volume 4, Edo Chronicles: Chapter 199: The Yorozuya Makes Trouble at Purgatory Gate

"Why are you here, man?"

Staring at the man in front of him wearing a red ghost mask, Ghost Lion asked in confusion.

"I should have finished you off..."

"Oh? It was you who killed me."

From behind the ghost mask came Sakata Gintoki's usual unmotivated tone.

"Of course I'm just mad and can't sleep, so I'm up again. How are you going to compensate me, you bastard?"