Chapter 575 - A Ghost (2/2)

As soon as he landed, someone was waiting to attack him. Fortunately, Soki had antic.i.p.ated the sneak attack, managing to block the attack the moment it struck.

With the help of the moonlight, he could see the opponent’s face clearly. It was a young samurai that was about his age. He was the last samurai tasked to protect s.h.i.+nsaku Takasugi. Seeing that the sneak attack had failed, the opponent soldiered on and continued to attack Soki. He wanted to turn the situation to his advantage.

His swordsmans.h.i.+p bettered most of his peers in all fairness, but he was still incomparable with a master like Okita Soki. When Soki was at his peak state, he could defeat his opponent in less than ten moves. But now, he had consumed too much of his stamina, and he was severely wounded as well.

As a result, it cost him some effort to win this battle. Soki had to use his signature skill to stab the opponent’s throat with his katana. Seeing blood spurting from the mouth of the young samurai, Soki finally felt exhausted. But fortunately, the battle was finally over now. What he needed to do right now was to look for s.h.i.+nsaku Takasugi, who was hiding in the house, and stabbed him in his to make sure that he stayed dead this time.

In fact, Okita Soki wasn’t one to fancy killing people. But in this era, every man was forced to make tough choices.

He was a relatively lazy person and was closest to Kondo Isami, the s.h.i.+nsengumi leader. He followed Kondo Isami from his hometown to Kyoto. The latter wanted to achieve something great. In the end, they chose to join the shogunate.

However, Okita Soki’s mind was not at work at this moment.

Once he dealt with the last samurai, his mind drifted to other places.

“Real headache… How can I see Miss Saya again? Okita Soki had been worrying about this matter for some time now. When the two met for the first time, he forgot to ask her address after a good chatting session. After that, he had “coincidentally” crossed paths with her several times, but he still failed to muster enough courage to ask for her address. Sometimes, he was only dared to look at her from afar.

He also went to consult the most resourceful member of s.h.i.+nsengumi, Hijikata. The latter said to him, “Be brave! Just go and propose the marriage to her father. What she thinks is not important at all.”

Soki scratched his head cheeks repeatedly after hearing Hijikata’s words. He knew something wasn’t right with the idea, not to mention how he didn’t want to be hated by Miss Saya.

The next moment, he heard the sound of a bucket falling to the ground.

Were there more enemies?

Soki turned around abruptly, tightly clutching his katana, and that was when he saw someone he had been dreaming of.

However, this time, her innocent, healing smile was replaced by one of fear.

What was she afraid of?

‘Oh, it’s me. I’m now covered in blood like an evil spirit,’ thought Okita. “I’m sorry that you’ve to see my ugliest side before I could introduce myself to you.”