"Hey, enough..." Mutsu glanced at Shinpachi, frowning, "They're currently..."
"No, no! There's really sothing strange over there!" Shinpachi pointed anxiously. Mutsu-san, just take a look. It's sothing very familiar and quite odd! It feels like sothing we've seen recently, even if it's missing a piece!"
"Tha... that's..." Mutsu finally saw what Shinpachi was pointing at, an odd object, and quickly turned back to call out to Sakamoto and the others, "Hey! Look over there, Sakamoto!"
"Enough already, Mutsu..." Sakamoto stopped, looking back with lifeless eyes, "Right now, these unimportant things are just..."
"I told you to look over there!" Mutsu angrily kicked Sakamoto and stomped on him, "Lift your head and look properly! You idiot! Fool! Producer!"
"Producer?" Shinpachi interjected, "Why 'producer' after 'idiot' and 'fool'?"
"Oh!" Sakamoto finally looked in the direction Mutsu was pointing and exclaid, "Unbelievable! Gin-san, look! There's a blonde, wavy-haired lady!"
"I didn't an there!" Mutsu stomped on Sakamoto again and lifted him by the collar, "Over there!"
"All I see is a giant robot..." Sakamoto grumbled, "I'm not Kawaki; I don't like that kind of thing. I prefer that blonde wavy-haired lady over there!"
Sakamoto turned towards a blonde woman waving at him from a shop door and said, "See you after I pay my respects to our friend~."
"You should be the one being paid respects!" Mutsu, veins bulging on her forehead, threw Sakamoto to the ground with one hand.
Crash! "Ugh!" Sakamoto coughed up blood, rolling his eyes, but weakly added, "Charge it... to Kawaki's account..."
Even unconscious, Sakamoto couldn't avoid Mutsu's continued stomping.
"Mutsu-san," Shinpachi adjusted his glasses, "Do you have sothing against Sakamoto's... area? At this rate, we really will have to pay respects to it..."
"But seriously, why is..." Mutsu looked again at the giant white robot, "Gundam... in Yoshiwara?"
"Mutsu-san, you almost said it... you almost said Gundam..." Shinpachi muttered, then focused on the robot, "I don't know why the destroyed chas are here, but if soone could remove the mosaic, there's only one person I know... that reckless Kawaki-san..."
"So that ans..." Mutsu started, but a familiar voice interrupted from ahead.
"Yo, long ti no see, Kagura, and Gintoki." Tsukuyo approached the cigarette holder in hand and greeted them.
Gintoki and Kagura stopped, half-closed their eyes, and stared at the unhard Tsukuyo.
After several seconds, Gintoki murmured, "Huh?"
"Great, Kagura," Gintoki said warmly, "Even if that idiot isn't around, this woman should take responsibility and give you... an allowance every month."
"Yes!" Kagura bead, "That's great!"
"Is that all you can think of?!" Shinpachi shouted, "Is that all you have to say?! Seriously?!"
"What are you talking about, Shinpachi?" Gintoki seriously said, " our Yorozuya inco relies on that idiot giving Kagura allowance! Sadaharu's dog food, and our monthly trips to the steakhouse... they're all funded by that allowance!"
"It has nothing to do with you! It's Kagura's allowance!" Shinpachi fud, "What's with the steakhouse trips? I never knew about those! Did you go without ?"
"Why did you tell him, Gin-san?" Kagura whispered to Gintoki, "We won't take you next ti."
"Why do I feel like I'm being left out?" Shinpachi sighed, "But now isn't the ti for this!"
"Why is everyone here in Yoshiwara?" Tsukuyo asked impatiently, "Yoshiwara isn't a place for kids. Go ho."
Shinpachi quickly asked, "Tsukuyo-san, there are many things I want to say, and I don't know where to start, but... is Kawaki-san... okay? Or is he... still alive?"
"Huh?" Tsukuyo pointed to the cha, "He's over there. Whether he's alive, I don't know."
"Huh?" Shinpachi slowly turned to see Kawaki standing on the cha's shoulder, looking up at the sky.
"Huh?!"
As Shinpachi struggled to process his feelings, they heard hurried footsteps and Sougo's voice.
"Boss—! Sothing's wrong!" Sougo ran towards Kawaki, shouting, "A teor! A teor is about to hit Edo!"
"What?! A teor?!" Shinpachi panicked, "Okita-san, what's going on with the teor? A teor is coming?"
"Look up!" Sougo replied without turning back.
Shinpachi looked up to see a massive teor falling like a fireball. "There's really a teor! What do we do, Gin-san?! That teor will destroy all of Edo! We're going to die!"
"Don't worry, if it were before, Edo might be dood, but now..." Sougo looked at Kawaki entering the cha's cockpit, "We have Gundam... I an, Guts-man!"
"Did you just say Gundam?" Shinpachi sighed.
In the cockpit, Kawaki buckled up, eyes severe, and pushed the control lever. The cha slowly rose.
Through the display, seeing the panicked citizens, Kawaki's eyes were filled with determination.
"It's just a teor! I'll push it back!" Kawaki controlled the cha, raising its arms, "Gundam... isn't just for show!"
"Did he just say Gundam?" Shinpachi sighed again.
...
At dusk, Kawaki erged from the cha that had deflected the teor.
Bathed in the golden light, his dirt-covered face was resolute. A long silence followed from Kawaki and all of Edo.
Finally, he raised his fist high and shouted, "We... won again!"
"Whoa!!!" The entire city erupted in cheers.
But the next mont...
"Victory, my ass!" Shinpachi, Gintoki, and Kagura yelled, kicking Kawaki dozens of ters away.
Bruised and battered, Kawaki got up, smiling and waving, "Yo, long ti no see."
"Long ti no see, my ass!" Gintoki roared, veins bulging, "Weren't you supposed to be dead?! Why are you back, acting like nothing happened?! Why reenact a classic Gundam scene?! Why is there another cha?!"
"Dead? Who's dead?" Kawaki asked, confused, while Kagura punched him in the stomach, "Who died?"
"You said you wouldn't co back to Earth with us!" Shinpachi yelled.
"Yeah, so I didn't co back with you..." Kawaki pointed to Tsukuyo, "I ca back with Tsukuyo."
"So, what about next month's allowance?!" Kagura demanded, clenching her fists.
"Ah, that..." Kawaki scratched his head, "I spent it all on this cha I found in that massage room. It costs a lot to maintain every month, so I have no money left for gas. It's really troubling, ahahaha..."
"You idiot! Don't say things that can be misunderstood!" Kagura tackled Kawaki, punching him.
"Wait," Shinpachi interrupted, "Did you find the only intact cha in SAGI's base and return to Earth in it with Tsukuyo?"
"Wasn't that explained clearly?" Tsukuyo replied, puzzled, "I... understood everything."
"We didn't!" Shinpachi snapped, "Explain it properly! Everyone thought it was a farewell! Our experience was terrible!"
"Exactly!" Kawaki said, crossing his arms, "I told you the cockpit could only fit one person, but you insisted on squeezing in. My first cha experience was awful! Tsukuyo!"
"Can I kill him now?" Shinpachi asked Gintoki and Kagura.
"We're thinking the sa thing." Gintoki and Kagura nodded, cracking their knuckles as they approached Kawaki.
But Katsura's shout interrupted.
"Kawaki—hey—" Katsura ran over, waving.
Seeing the creature following Katsura, Shinpachi and the others turned expressionless.
"Zura?" Kawaki glanced at Katsura, "Why are you here now?"
"It's not Zura, it's Katsura!" Katsura corrected excitedly, "Kawaki! I did it! I made this cha a symbol of hope for Edo's people! Now, more than the corrupt governnt, Edo's people believe in this cha! Co, my friend! Let's save this country together with this symbol of hope for Earth!"
"No one asked you to do that!" Kawaki kicked Katsura. Why did you say such things so naturally? Was the teor your doing?!"
"That was just part of the plan," Katsura said, unfazed, "As a substitute for people's hearts. It's the fastest thod."
"Katsura-san," Shinpachi asked, "What's that behind you?"
"Huh?" Katsura looked back and realized, "Oh! You an Elizabeth! Hey, Elizabeth, long ti no see. Say hello."
"Long ti no see, everyone," Elizabeth raised a sign.
"Wasn't Elizabeth supposed to be on a spaceship?" Shinpachi's eye twitched.
Katsura explained, "Oh! That was the Monday-only standby Elizabeth. This is the real one, back from vacation. Take a closer look, Shinpachi-kun, it should be familiar. Rember the Benizakura Arc..."
Gintoki and the other's faces dark, fists clenched, silently approached Katsura and Kawaki...
What followed was too grueso to describe.
In summary... at sunset, the blood of three people... or rather, two people and a machine... stained the entire Yoshiwara.
Waking up in the middle of the night, Kawaki ignored the blood-soaked Katsura, clutching his head and shouting in despair.
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