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He opened his clothes, exposed his belly, and asked for his sword... Anyone who saw Nishino's actions would know what he wanted to do.

"Nishino-kun..."

Ebina couldn't stop talking.

He subconsciously turned to look at Ichinose.

Ichinose closed his eyes and shook his head.

"..."

Ebina didn't speak, didn't sigh, didn't show sadness, and had no intention of blaming Ichinose.

Because he already knew that Nishino was dying...

There is not a single piece of good flesh on his body, and the blood in his body is almost drained... Anyone with a little common sense, after seeing Nishino's terrifying appearance, will know that there is no chance of him surviving...

At this time, Nishino twitched the corners of his mouth and let out a self-deprecating chuckle.

"I'm going to die anyway... just let me... die with dignity... Doesn't anyone have a sword...? That's fine..."

Nishino pulled out the wakizashi from his waist with one hand.

Since his right palm was still tightly bound to the hilt of his sword, he was left with only one left hand to use.

"Who... is willing to be my... wrong person...?"

[Note: Error: Refers to the beheading of a person committing suicide in the Japanese seppuku ritual, so that the person who commits seppuku will die faster and avoid pain and torture]

Ebina and others looked at each other, but no one came forward.

Not everyone can make mistakes.

According to the rules, the wrong person cannot chop off the head of the person who commits seppuku. Otherwise, it will be a great disrespect to the person who commits seppuku.

A qualified fault requires cutting off the neck but not completely, leaving the head and neck still slightly involved.

This decapitation method is called "head-holding" - when the head and neck are connected by only a little skin, the severed head will fall into the arms of the person committing seppuku under the pull of gravity, hence the name.

The knife must be cut from the gap between the third and fourth bones of the cervical vertebrae to achieve the best beheading effect.

The person who commits seppuku will move around in pain after inserting the knife into the stomach, and even if it fails, his whole body will tremble, which makes it even more difficult to decapitate the wrong person.

It requires not only a strong psychological quality, but also precise knife skills that can accurately cut off the opponent's head and neck until only a trace of skin is left connected to the opponent's head and neck even if the target moves randomly... It cannot be done unless you are a top swordsman.

The skill of the wrongdoer was so poor that he could not successfully cut off the head of the seppuku-harassed person even with several blows. As a result, the seppuku-harassed person suffered extremely painful physical torture before dying - this kind of tragedy is not uncommon.

Just when Ebina was hesitating, a calm male voice intervened between them.

"...I'll do it."

Qingteng supported Echizenzumi Tsuna and Roku Shoukenzhong on his waist, and stepped forward.

If you want to say who has the best swordsmanship among everyone present...it is undoubtedly Qingdeng.

Seeing Qingden taking the initiative to ask for a job, Ebina had no reason to stop him.

He turned his head and signaled Ichinose and Akutsu with his eyes, and the three of them stepped back to give them enough space.

Qingden walked slowly to the left rear of Nishino.

"Nioh, continue."

Saying that, Ebina threw a bamboo tube to Ayoto.

"There is water in the bamboo tube."

After hearing this, Qingdeng nodded knowingly, then pulled out the Echizen Sutashi Roku Shou Kaneshige, unscrewed the bamboo tube, and poured the water in the tube onto the blade.

The person in charge washes the blade with clean water - this is one of the necessary rituals for seppuku.

"Is it wrong that the famous... Niou... comes to tell me...? Hahaha... I am so lucky..."

Nishino raised his head and looked at Qingden with an expression that was half-smiling.

"Speaking of which...ever since you moved to the right...after Huo Fu Thieves Reform...I have never...talked to you..."

Qingden nodded slightly.

"Indeed."

"Hmph... Obviously more than a year ago... you were just... a very ineffective... stupid person... but now... you are on the rise... the title of 'Renou' is famous far and wide... Even so... maybe

It's a little late...but now you...really make me...impressive..."

This is probably the so-called "when a person is about to die, his words are also good".

Nishino's eyes were calm and indifferent, without a trace of jealousy or ridicule.

"I understand a little bit... Lu Zijing found out that Lu Ziming was not in the same mood as Wu Xia Amen..."

Qingdeng pursed his lips and said:

"To each other. In my opinion, you have changed a lot."

"Change...? What changes have happened to me...?"

Nishino's expression was colored with confusion.

There was a brief silence as Qingdeng was formulating his words.

"To be honest, I don't know how to describe it. To put it bluntly... you used to be like a cold puppet, but now you have a slightly more 'human' flavor."

Speaking of this, Qingdeng paused for a while before continuing:

"It seems that you have gone through a lot of things."

Of course Qingto didn't know what Nishino had been thinking recently, but he could clearly feel it from his eyes: the man in front of him was no longer the rigid, aloof and aloof person he had known before.

Stay away from the "puppet".

"'people'……?"

Nishino blinked, a faint light overflowing from his eyes.

For a few moments, he was panic-stricken, unable to laugh or cry, and felt lost...the three emotions were beautifully mixed on his face.

"No longer a 'samurai'... but a 'human being'..."

After mumbling like he was chewing every word, Nishino took a deep breath, straightened his back, sat upright, looked straight ahead, and took off his shirt from his right arm.

Seeing this, Qingdeng spread his legs silently and held the wet saber in an eight-pair stance.

[Note·Bashuang: The posture of standing the sword vertically in front of the right side of the body]

Nishino held the sword in one hand and slowly held the wakizashi vertically on the left side of his abdomen...but he still didn't draw the sword.

"...Tachibana Aoden."

"Um?"

"I...violated the moral principles of a samurai..."

"From the moment I drew my sword against... Sakai-sama, who is honored by the temple... I have been... a sinful... 'disloyal' person..."

"When I arrive... in that world... will my ancestors... scold me...?"

"Thinking of this...I'm a little...scared..."

Nishino looked as if nothing had happened, and there was even a slight curve in the corner of his mouth.

But if you observe carefully, you can find that although the amplitude is very small, the hand holding the knife is indeed trembling slightly...

Qingdeng lowered his eyebrows for a moment as if embarrassed, and then immediately sighed helplessly.

"This world, that world... is in so much trouble. Don't go anywhere, be a free soul who is no longer bound by anything."

When he said the last sentence, his tone suddenly became more precise, and his response was so powerful that it was like a bolt from the blue.

After hearing this, Nishino was startled, and then he squeezed out a dumbfounded wry smile bit by bit:

"A free soul soaring thousands of miles across the sky... That would be too lonely...?"

"Well... that's not necessarily the case."

Qingden paused for a moment and looked at the distant sky, as if letting his thoughts fly to a distant place that was not here.

"When I die one day, you can meet me. Although I can't guarantee that we two can get along."

Nishino turned his head and looked directly at Qingden, the emotion contained in his eyes was difficult to grasp.

After a moment, he slowly turned his face and gaze back to the front - Qingdeng couldn't see the expression on his face.

"Ju Qingden."

He still had a calm attitude, but there was a bit more of a relieved tone in his tone.

"Thanks."

The moment the words fell, the sharp blade sank into the abdomen!

Without saying a word, Nishino slowly pulled the blade to the right side of his abdomen.
To be continued...