Chapter 2515

Sakata Gintoki's Kenbunshoku Haki had already reached an advanced level; with a single glance at Shimura Shinpachi, he knew exactly what the other was thinking, and immediately rubbed his brow with some helplessness, though he said nothing more.

What he was considering right now was not... the question of how to overthrow the Amanto's rule—perhaps it could be said the other way around... If he wanted to overthrow the Amanto on Earth, even without Hijikata Toushirou's help, he alone would be more than enough.

Even if his strength fell short when facing the alien forces behind the Amanto, adding in those bigwigs from the guild—so what if they made an enemy of the entire universe? "... This feeling is—!"

Hijikata Toushirou's words suddenly stopped; his eyes narrowed slightly as he looked to one side.

Brilliant radiance suddenly surged up at that spot.

Soon after, the figures of Su Han, Ryougi Shiki, and the others emerged one by one.

"Nine-five-three."

Shimura Shinpachi stared at the scene dumbfounded, almost doubting his own eyes.

He swallowed once, then looked at Kagura beside him and said hoarsely, "The way you mentioned before... that the sonnō jōshi would arrive... is it like this?"

"... It's not! Aru."

Kagura was also shocked, looking this group of people up and down. "The person just now was Gintoki-shi who gathered them together! Using the method of drawing circles in the void... but these people who have arrived now! Appeared out of thin air on their own."

Shimura Shinpachi bit down on his lower lip.

The move before them, similar to spatial teleportation, was already astonishing enough! Yet Sakata Gintoki actually controlled another kind of spatial teleportation as well? No matter...

From any angle one considered it, this was far too incredible.

"It's been a while! You guys."

A faint smile played at the corner of Su Han's mouth as he swept his gaze over the three people before him.

Hijikata Toushirou had a bamboo skewer clenched between his teeth, his tone helpless: "President! Even though we haven't met in person."

"We've been chatting every day in the guild! Under the circumstances, saying 'long time no see' isn't quite appropriate, is it?"

Su Han shrugged.

He offered no reply.

Gudako leaned toward the swordsman beside her and whispered: "Did you see? That guy is... Himura Kenshin! They say his prototype is the famous executioner Kawakami Gensai from the end of the Bakufu era! You must be familiar with Kawakami Gensai, right?"

"Kawakami Hansai, is it... Truly unexpected!"

Okita Souji looked Himura Kenshin up and down, sighing with deep feeling, "Apart from... a certain similarity in temperament! In appearance, he's completely different now."

"... If, under different world circumstances, the appearance was still extremely similar! That would be the thing worth being horrified about, wouldn't it?"

The corner of Himura Kenshin's mouth twitched several times.

"You do have a point!"

Okita Souji scratched his head, then seemed to think of something and stared at Himura Kenshin with keen interest: "Oh right! Since you're this world's Kawakami Gensai, then..."

"How about having a swordsmanship match with me?"

"?"

After a moment of silence, Himura Kenshin looked at Gudako: "Now isn't the time for something like this."

Gudako could only comfort him with a bitter face, and only with great difficulty managed to suppress his fighting spirit.

As for Hijikata Toushirou, he was also looking Okita Souji up and down at this moment, his expression peculiar.

"... What is this situation of yours?"

Sakata Gintoki keenly perceived this point, came to Hijikata Toushirou's side, patted his shoulder, his expression somewhat playful, "Playing around and getting addicted? Or, Okita Souji is your favorite card! And the kind you can never pull? Now you're sighing with deep feeling?"

"... You can shut your mouth now!"

Hijikata Toushirou twitched. Although Okita Souji wasn't his main card, the way he played was truly beyond words.

After hesitating for a moment, seeing Sakata Gintoki's mischievous gaze, he felt it was better to make things clear—otherwise he had a feeling Gintoki would later bring this up in the guild to ruin his reputation and mock him.

"... The reason my emotions changed so greatly! Is only because I suddenly thought that the prototype for that guy Okita Sougo also seems to be Okita Souji."

"... Is that so?"

Sakata Gintoki's expression instantly turned solemn.

"I said long ago... Gintama and Rurouni Kenshin worlds have very high compatibility! Or rather, the backgrounds of the two worlds are very similar."

Su Han calmly interjected into the topic: "Sakata Gintoki and Himura Kenshin share some similarities, and Okita Souji and Okita Sougo also share some similarities... or rather, it's a relationship between prototype and derivative."

"... No!"

Ryougi Shiki, who had been silent all this time, spoke up, delivering a deadpan remark: "According to the discussions in the guild, Sakata Gintoki's prototype is closer to the Bakufu-era Sakata Kintoki... while Himura Kenshin's prototype is Kawakami Gensai! These are two completely different things."

"But personally, I feel that that ultimate winner in life, Sakata Kintoki, and this utterly down-on-his-luck Sakata Gintoki standing before us, share absolutely no resemblance whatsoever."

Su Han said calmly.

Sakata Gintoki: "..."

Su Han's words were like a knife plunged into his heart... and what made him feel even more grief-stricken and indignant was that he actually could not refute it.

"Right! How could someone who can't even pay his rent be a winner in life!"

Sakata Gintoki fell into a bout of self-loathing.

In the next instant, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

Even the previously listless Sakata Gintoki, his gaze also became sharp, a completely different person from before.

If before it was the small talk of old friends meeting, then now, what everyone displayed was... the solemnity of being about to go into battle.

"... What happened?"

Kagura's motion of gnawing on a bun froze, and her expression became: extremely solemn.

Although she's a problem child, she is after all a member of the Yato clan, the universe's battle race.

Extremely sensitive to... changes in atmosphere.