Chapter 7: Sweet Dreams and Nightmares

Chapter 7: Sweet Dreams and Nightmares

"You guys don't know yet, but Kawaki likes Chinese food the most. Besides Shouyou, I don't think he has ever invited anyone to eat the food in his hands." Gintoki said with a smile.

"Is that so? Then I will wait to taste the delicious food with anticipation!" Katsura replied.

"Hmph, it's just cheap pork." Takasugi snorted in disdain, "But since you've invited me sincerely, it would be a bit unreasonable if I don't try it."

At this time, the people holding lanterns finally discovered Kawaki and his group.

"Hey, those little brats over there, what are they doing here in the middle of the night?" The middle-aged man with a lantern pointed the lantern at Kawaki and the others.

"Shoka Sonjuku, Yoshida Shouyou's disciple, Sakata Gintoki!"

"Same as above, Kawaki! / Katsura Kotarou! / Takasugi Shinsuke!"

"Charge!" The four of them shouted at the same time as they charged toward the middle-aged men with buns.

When everyone saw this, they all placed their hands on the swords on their waists, "What are you brats trying to do!" A bun hair man shouted, and everyone was ready to draw their swords.

However, at this moment, Shouyou's voice came from behind the bun hair men, "Everyone, please don't draw your swords!"

In an instant, the few bun hair men turned to look at Shouyou in shock. Kawaki and the others also stopped in their tracks.

"I hope that both sides can exercise restraint. Let's just drop this matter. Please don't force me to draw my sword." Shouyou continued.

"Yoshida Shouyou, you bastard!" A bun hair man shouted. At the same time, several bun hair men all turned around and looked at Shouyou with unkind faces. They were all ready to fight.

However, Shouyou did not care at all. He continued to walk toward Kawaki and the other three people. These bun hair men were frightened by Shouyou's aura and consciously made way.

"No matter how much you exaggerate, I will listen to you. If you think we are in the way, we'll just move out from here. But, if you dare to fight against my students, it is not impossible to seriously subvert a country."

Just as Shouyou said the two words "but", the group of bun hair men discovered that the swords on their waists had all been cut off. At the same time, perhaps only Kawaki noticed that Shouyou's pupils had turned... red at a certain moment. However, Kawaki thought that he had seen it wrongly.

The bun hair men cried out in alarm and hurriedly fled in the direction they came from. The lanterns in their hands were also thrown away in a hurry.

"Shouyou..." Kawaki was still very happy to see Shouyou.

"Yare yare." Looking at the four little ones who were looking at him, Shouyou continued, "I thought I had already sent all the students home. I didn't expect that there were still a few little brats here."

"However, I'm sorry. Student," Shouyou looked at Takasugi, "There is no dojo or school for you to challenge here."

"You don't have to worry. The one I want to challenge is not the dojo. It's you, Shouyou-sensei!" Takasugi raised his head and said.

Following that, Katsura said with a longing gaze, "For us, even if Sensei is in the field, it is our school for us."

"Besides, whether it is your or our Bushido, they are not so fragile as to be broken by such a small thing, right?" Takasugi said immediately.

"Kawaki, Gintoki, you really brought students who are more arrogant than you to my school," Shouyou said as he came to the front of the four little ones.

"Hurry up and say it. Stop keeping me in suspense!"

"Have a sip. I found it in many places, Chinese White Liquor." Gintoki picked up a bottle of wine from his side and handed it to Kawaki, "Only you can gulp down this spicy wine."

Kawaki took the wine, unscrewed the lid, and gulped down a few mouthfuls, "Tell me, what is the new situation?"

"A man called Sakamoto Tatsuma, [The Dragon of Katsurahama] contacted us. He claimed that he could solve our financial problems and wanted to join us." In the end, Gintoki still said it out loud.

"Do you know the details?"

"Yes, according to our investigation results, he is just a simple wealthy young man," Gintoki replied.

"Zura," Kawaki could not think of any strategy by himself. He kicked Katsura, who was snoring beside him.

"It's not Zura; it's Katsura!" Katsura instantly woke up and shouted at the same time.

"Serious business, what do you think of the [The Dragon of Katsurahama]?" Kawaki asked,

"It's not Katsurahama, it's Katsura!" Katsura got up and rubbed his butt that Kawaki kicked.

"If he wants to join, let him join. We don't have any other way now. If he can solve our supplies problem, then we can still fight. Otherwise, this war will be over for us." Takasugi lay beside him and said, "Moreover, we can't always rely on Gintoki to take you to play Pachinko to earn military expenses. If we are as unlucky as last time..."

Since then, everyone has gradually understood Kawaki's ability. However, he would fall asleep for one to three days in the middle of every month. These days, the luck of the people who were with Kawaki would be particularly good. For example, when Gintoki brought the sleeping Kawaki with him, Gintoki had a 90% chance of winning the Pachinko game. If he didn't bring Kawaki, Gintoki had a 90% chance of losing. On one of the previous occasions, Kawaki's lucky bonus suddenly failed once, causing the entire army expense to dwindle for a whole month!

Another characteristic of Kawaki was that he could not drink any wine other than Chinese white wine. After drinking it, he would get drunk. Moreover, not only was he simply drunk, he could cause trouble. Gintoki and the other two could not hold down the drunk Kawaki.

However, this also developed another function of Kawaki, which was that if they encountered an opponent that was difficult to deal with. They would pour Kawaki two mouthfuls of other wine and throw it into the enemy, and then the problem would be solved.

[Foreign Voice]: Why do I feel a little pitiful, being lucky E and a war machine

"Although I don't like that kind of rich young man, I agree with Takasugi." Gintoki leaned against the wall and said.

"Then, let him join. I am also curious about what kind of man he is."

At night, Kawaki was lying alone on the roof, looking at the stars in the sky.

"Hey," Takasugi shouted, threw a bottle of cola over, and walked to Kawaki.

Kawaki took the cola, opened the lid, and took a sip.

"What are you thinking about?" Takasugi asked.

"I'm thinking about how to make myself not think about anything."

"Humans are not that simple creatures!" Takasugi said sternly.

"Who knows? Right now, I don't want to think about anything. I don't want to think about winning or losing. I don't want to think about right or wrong. I don't want to think about whether this war is meaningful or not. I also don't want to think about what the outcome will be." Kawaki replied casually.