Chapter 333: Moderate Self-Adjustment Is Very Important!
After saying that, Shinpachi took out a small booklet from his bosom and began to flip through it with his head lowered.
"It's called Senboukyou, right..." Shinpachi muttered to himself as he flipped through the pages, "Don't worry, don't worry. Wait for me to find it..."
However, before Shinpachi could find it, he suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder. He immediately raised his head.
"Look over there." Kawaki pointed to the wooden sign stuck in the snow beside him and then pointed to the signboard on the door which was half covered by the snow.
"Eh... that signboard..." Shinpachi adjusted his glasses and looked up at the signboard at the door, "It really Senboukyou!!"
"Didn't I tell you all already?" Kawaki snorted, "I definitely didn't remember the wrong way."
After saying that, Kawaki directly stepped into Senboukyou's entrance. Seeing this, Tsukuyo, Otae, and Kagura also followed him.
"Hey, wait a moment! Are we really going to live in such a shabby inn?" Standing in place, Gintoki shouted to Otae and the others who had just stepped into the door, "Is this really open? There is no aura of living people at all."
"Didn't Kawaki-san say it already?" Otae turned her head and said doubtfully, "Although it is a bit broken, maybe the inn is modernized. This kind of contrasting decoration is very popular now."
"I can't tell at all!" Gintoki shouted.
"In short, let's find someone." Otae turned around again, "Kagura-chan, Miss Tsukuyo, let's go."
"Are you serious?" Gintoki kept yelling on the spot, "Hey, hey, let's forget about it. This is a monster nest, right? Why are there so many crows flying? That idiot Kawaki can't see the problem. Can't you see it? Let me go. I don't want to stay in this place."
"Then what, I don't have a psychic physique, but I always feel like that..." Shinpachi forced a smile.
"What is that?" Gintoki looked at Shinpachi.
"Nothing..." Shinpachi lowered his head and replied. Then, he also fell silent.
"Can you not do this? Please, don't be like this." Gintoki laughed bitterly and pleaded.
Suddenly, Gintoki inadvertently saw a figure of a girl with long hair in white clothes in the snow not far away. He immediately felt relieved and reminded them, "Yes, yes, yes, there is someone here. Shinpachi, that should be an employee, right?"
As he spoke, Gintoki shouted at the figure not far away, "Excuse me! Mrs. Terado from Edo referred us here. Excuse me!!"
However, the figure acted as if she had not heard anything and continued to walk calmly on the snow with her back to Gintoki.
"Didn't you hear me?" Gintoki asked doubtfully.
Just as Gintoki finished speaking, Shinpachi, who was standing behind Gintoki, raised his hand and heavily patted Gintoki's shoulder.
"What are you doing? It hurts." Gintoki frowned and complained as he turned his face away.
"Gin... Gin-san..." The expressionless Shinpachi lowered his head. Then, he raised his head and continued with a terrified expression, "That... that person walked on the snow, but she did not leave any footprints..."
Gintoki looked at the barefoot girl in white walking further and further away until the figure of the girl disappeared. The expression on Gintoki's face had already frozen. It was only after a few seconds that he finally reacted again.
Gintoki clutched his head, with a face full of despair.
"Wha-wha-wha-what happened, ah, that!" Gintoki was somewhat incoherent and even the corners of his eyes were overflowing with tears, "Gho... Ghost?! Is it a ghost?!"
But in the next moment...
"No, no, no, how could that be possible?" Gintoki hurriedly corrected himself, his face covered in cold sweat, "How could there be a ghost in broad daylight? No, no, absolutely not! No! I absolutely won't believe it!"
Looking at Gintoki who was about to go crazy, Shinpachi hurriedly comforted him, "Wait, calm down! Gin-san! It... It must be because the snow from yesterday was frozen, so hard that no footprints could be left."
"Ah! That's right! That's definitely the case!" Gintoki quickly turned around and laughed.
"But that person also looks quite strange. Not only you can't hear any sound from her, but don't you think that she is also a little translucent?" Shinpachi continued.
"You should stop before you go too far." Hearing this, Gintoki complained in an exaggerated manner, "Didn't nothing happen? What translucent? In this era, even trash bags are translucent. So there must be people who are translucent, right?"
Looking at the silent Shinpachi, Gintoki paused for a moment before continuing, "What? Are you afraid? Could it be that you are afraid? It's okay, let's go back. It's fine for me. If you care so much, let's go back!"
"You should be the one who is most afraid of this place, right? You should be the one who wants to go back the most, right?" There were several black lines at the corner of Shinpachi's eyes. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Gintoki, who was still trembling with his arms crossed, "Besides, even if you want to go back, there is only one bus trip to this place every day. Today, we can only live here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gintoki looked at Shinpachi with a face full of despair. However, he quickly changed his casual expression and forcibly comforted himself, "Wait a minute, Shinpachi. What is this feeling? We must be thinking too much. That is definitely an illusion. Such a rare opportunity, please be happy."
After saying that, Gintoki also followed in the direction of Kawaki and the others.
"You're right. It must be our imagination." Shinpachi also followed and smiled, "I'm sorry, Gin-san. I said a lot of things that scared you."
"No, no, I don't know why you are apologizing." Gintoki quickly replied, then pretended to be calm and smiled, "What is fear? What? Who can teach me what fear is?"
"That's true, hahaha..." Just as Shinpachi finished speaking, he suddenly discovered that Gintoki's legs were still trembling uncontrollably...
...
Kawaki, who was walking at the front, stopped and shouted at the run-down inn in front of him, "Auntie!!"
However, just as he finished speaking, a kunai accurately stabbed into the back of Kawaki's head. A few tenths of a second later, a large amount of blood spurted out from the back of Kawaki. Kawaki... fell to the ground.
A few seconds later, Kawaki came back to life. He stood up from where he was and turned his head to shout without thinking, "What are you doing?!"
"Didn't you say you can't be rude?" Tsukuyo glanced at Kawaki indifferently, "That kind of shouting is not polite."
"Can't you remind me in another way?!" Kawaki retorted, "If ordinary people were treated like this, they would have died many times already!"
"Aren't you fine?" Tsukuyo retorted nonchalantly.
"Hey!"
...
"Sorry for the lack of manners. Because I'm the only one in the inn, I'm sorry for the lack of hospitality. Please forgive me."
Hearing this familiar voice, Kawaki stopped arguing with Tsukuyo. He turned around and looked at the middle-aged proprietress behind him with short purple hair and heavy makeup: Oiwa.
"Auntie! Long time no see!" Kawaki came in front of Oiwa and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, revealing a look of gratitude.
The moment she saw Kawaki, the smile on Oiwa's face froze, but it quickly returned to normal. She raised her head and covered her mouth with a smile, "Oh dear, I was wondering who it was. I didn't expect it to be Kawaki-kun. It's really been a long time."
However, the careful Tsukuyo caught the change in Oiwa's expression in that instant. Compared to surprise, it was more like fear...
"Yes, I really miss it. I haven't seen you for several years." Kawaki crossed his arms and said with an emotional face. As he spoke, Kawaki suddenly thought of something and pointed to Tsukuyo beside him, "Auntie, I brought a guest this time."
"Is it your girlfriend?" Oiwa covered her mouth and revealed a mocking smile, "I thought that Kawaki-kun was already married."
"How is it possible? If a man is bound by something like marriage, he will lose the most precious freedom as a human being!" Kawaki argued seriously.
At this time, Gintoki and Shinpachi also stepped into the door and stood beside Kagura and Otae. They looked at the non-mainstream proprietress and Kawaki who were reminiscing about the past.
"That's great, Gin-san." Only then did Shinpachi let out a sigh of relief, "Looks like it really is open for business. Gin-san, there really isn't any problem here."
"Oh, I forgot." Kawaki suddenly reacted and pointed at Gintoki and the others, "They seem to be guests too, but don't be too polite. Although I just met them on the road, I got to know them. It's enough to entertain them casually. If there are no spare rooms, they can just sleep on the snow outside. Ahahaha..."
"Don't joke around!" Gintoki shouted unhappily, "How could there be an inn that allows guests to sleep on the snowy ground!"
Looking at Gintoki and the others, Oiwa thought to herself, 'It turns out that these people were introduced by Otose...'
"Really. Your joking again, Kawaki-kun." Oiwa scolded with a smile. Then, she took a step forward and nodded slightly at Gintoki and the others. She greeted them with a smile, "You must have been introduced here by Otose. I'm really sorry for my lack of manners. Thank you all for coming all the way here today. Hello everyone, I am the innkeeper of this inn, Oiwa."
"I already said there's no need to be polite. Auntie, we already know each other," Kawaki said nonchalantly.
"No, whether you are an acquaintance or not, you're all guests," Oiwa retorted with a smile, "You can't lose your manners when dealing with guests."
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