Come on!"【4500】

In the third year of Wenjiu (1863), early morning on October 12th——

Kyoto, Mibu Township, Shinsengumi Village, Council Hall—

Harada Sanosuke: "Tsk... I'm so sleepy... Why do we have to have a meeting in the early morning? I didn't even get enough sleep..."

Genzaburo Inoue: "I heard that something very important will be announced to us."

Nagakura Shinpachi: "'A very important event'? What?"

Saitoichi: "Who knows."

Shinami Nishiki: "Did another rebellion break out somewhere?"

Shannan Keisuke: "About this, I can tell you with certainty: there is no such thing."

Toudo Heisuke: "Mr. Kondo, Mr. Hijikata, Mr. Shannan, do you have any gossip over there?"

Hijikata Toshizo: "Well... we do know some gossip. However, because Tachibana asked us to keep it a secret in advance, we can't comment."

Serizawa Duck: "Cut, what..."

Isamu Kondo: "Okay, everyone, be quiet. Mr. Tachibana is about to arrive."

…

Early in the morning, the Shinsengumi generals gathered together in the meeting hall.

They were divided into two rows on the left and right according to their status, and sat down in order.

Not long after, with a "crash" sound, the side door facing the main seat was slowly opened, and Qingdeng stepped inside.

The generals who were sitting upright one second now bent down, lowered their heads, and saluted Qingdeng respectfully.

Qingdeng strode toward the main seat.

As soon as he sat down, he continued to display his vigorous and resolute personality, which does not like procrastination, and announced in a voice like a bell:

"The reason why I have hastily summoned you all today is to announce a happy event: from today on, the position of 'chief' will no longer be vacant!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene was immediately filled with emotions of surprise.

Except for a few people such as Kondo Isamu and Hijikata Toshizo, the rest of them all looked at each other with surprise on their faces.

The first generation chief of the Shinsengumi was born - this is indeed a great event that deserves to be widely publicized.

After a brief period of surprise, everyone's mood gradually turned into curiosity.

Who is it?

Who is so powerful that he can take the position of room chief?

In terms of status, the room chief is on the same level as the deputy chief, chief, and director, and is second only to Qingto who is the chief general.

In other words, if you can become the director of the finance office, it will not be an ordinary career!

He will overpower Souji, Nagakura Shinpachi and other division captains, and directly become one of the senior leaders of the Shinsengumi!

Apart from the utilitarian factors, the extremely high requirements required to be qualified for this position also made everyone full of curiosity about this new colleague who suddenly arrived.

Taking charge of the logistics of a new selection group... everyone has a clear understanding of how difficult this job is.

The work content of the director, deputy director and chief executive can all be supplemented by experience.

But that's not the case with the room manager.

The head of the department needs to deal with mathematics frequently, and one of the characteristics of mathematics is that "if you can, you can, and if you can't, you can't."

Your hard work or the accumulation of personal experience cannot help you become a math master.

Just because this kind of "mathematical" talent is so rare, this position has been vacant until now.

Ever since, at this moment, everyone stretched their necks and looked around, eager to see who the room chief was, how old he was, and how long he was, who had finally filled the long vacancy.

What does it look like?

After everyone's emotions calmed down a little, Qingdeng raised his neck and said loudly:

"Come in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the main door of the meeting hall opened.

In an instant, everyone at the scene raised their eyes and looked in the direction of the door.

Outside the door, there is nothing but a clean corridor.

I was looking forward to it...but not even a ghost was seen.

Such a scene naturally confused everyone.

However, Qingdeng seemed to have expected this.

He smiled slightly, and then changed to a gentle tone:

"Don't be afraid, we are all our own people here, no outsiders."

"..."

Qingdeng's words finally caused movement outside the gate and broke the silence.

Pache, Pache, Pache, Pache, Pache...

The sound of clothes scraping against the floor.

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap...

Footsteps from far to near.

After a while, a petite and cute girl appeared in front of everyone.

She wears a goose-yellow inner coat, a light onion-colored haori from the Shinsengumi, a white hakama on the lower body, and a pair of clean white socks on her two little feet.

She is simply a serious Japanese girl - judging from her clothing, this is indeed the case.

Long golden hair with slightly curled ends; sapphire-like eyes; three-dimensional and slender facial features... Anyone who is not blind can clearly see these three striking features that are different from Oriental people.

Except for Kondo Isamu, Hijikata Toshizo, Kinoshita Mai and other people who knew the truth in advance, the others all stared at Elodie with their eyes widened at this time, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Serizawa frowned and curled his lips:

"Yiren...?!"

Next to him, Xinjian Jin, also had a similar violent reaction.

Both of them are fans of Mito Studies.

The theory of "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians" originated from the Mito School.

Therefore, although Serizawa Kamo and others are not as full of crazy ideas as the radical anti-war faction, they have absolutely no favorable impression of Westerners.

As for Nagakura Shinpachi, Saito Ichi and others, their expressions can be described as various at this time.

After years of exposure, they all have more or less negative impressions of Westerners.

We can't blame them for this, it's purely a matter of the general environment.

There is a lack of media channels nowadays.

Under such circumstances, the news related to Westerners circulating in the market was basically not positive.

Not to mention the long-ago "Black Ship Incident" (1853).

Not long ago, the huge British fleet blocked the Edo Bay and demanded huge compensation from the shogunate.

They couldn't tell the difference between the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the country of Lu. They only knew that these guys were a bunch of barbarians with thick body odor and strong body odor.

If the British take the blame, the barbarians from other countries will also take the blame!

Of course, there were also very few people who showed interesting reactions that were completely different from the atmosphere at the scene:

Genzaburo Inoue murmured:

"Hey...it turns out that Westerners look like this..."

Todo Heisuke asked involuntarily:

"Mr. Inoue, have you never seen a barbarian before?"

Genzaburo Inoue spread his hands:

"I haven't traveled far since I was born, and I basically stayed in Edo all the time. How could I possibly meet barbarians?"

When she reached the center of the meeting hall, Elodie stopped.

It can be seen that she is very nervous.

His lips were pursed tightly, his face was slightly pale, and his limbs were as stiff as if each joint was tied with screws.

Everyone present looked at her with merciless scrutiny, so much so that the air around her seemed to sink to the ground, revealing an indescribable sense of solemnity.

At first glance, it gives people the illusion of "a pitiful little sheep and a group of big tigers watching her".

If measured by the current average height in Japan, Elodie, who is 1.42 meters tall, is not short.

Throwing her among the "all tall" Shinsengumi generals, she naturally looks small.

But if you put her on the street, her height will be very harmonious and nothing special.

Never underestimate the average height of Japanese people.
To be continued...