"How to do it…" Hijikata naturally answered, "Of course, it's the belief that we must survive no matter what. If we have that, it should work…"
"No, no, no. Just that alone is not enough." Akira raised a finger and shook it. "To survive in this extre weather, that alone is not enough. In this situation, we should…"
Three minutes later...
"What?!" After listening to Akira's words, Hijikata showed a strange expression. "Imagine?! Imagine it's a scorching sumr?! How can we imagine that when it's this cold?"
"We'll talk about that later, but don't you think this thod makes sense?" Akira asked. "If it works, it can at least make us temporarily ignore the cold."
"It does seem that way…" Hijikata muttered, frowning. "But sothing feels off…"
"If you can't think of anything wrong, it's actually correct!" Sogo chid in.
Akira snapped his fingers and said, "Exactly! If you can't think of anything wrong, it proves it's right!"
"So, what exactly should we do?" Hijikata asked, puzzled. "No matter what, I can't imagine the heat of sumr in this weather."
"True…" Akira nodded, then began to think, touching his chin. "We need to co up with so morable sumr scenes…"
"I know, I know! The ocean!" Kagura raised her hand and said.
"Good one, Kagura!" Akira praised.
"The beach!" Shinpachi raised his hand and said.
"Nice one, Shinpachi!" Akira praised again.
"Bikinis!" Gintoki raised his hand.
"This guy must have forgotten about the cold! Next!"
"Fireworks… the fireworks festival…" Tsukuyo said uncertainly.
"OUT!!" Akira crossed his arms in an X, "Although that's correct, that kind of answer doesn't fit your character! So, OUT!"
As he finished speaking, Akira fell backward, with several kunai on his forehead.
"Waterlons…" Sogo raised his hand.
"Bonus points!" Akira, struggling, raised his thumb, then got up and said, "Alright, with these elents, imagining a hot sumr will be easy! Co on, everyone, start imagining those elents! Even if your body doesn't feel it, let your heart feel the heat!"
"Um, Boss…" Sogo raised his hand, "Just imagining might be a bit difficult. Shouldn't we practice a bit? It would be easier to grasp the sumr feel."
"True…" Akira nodded in agreent and then turned to Gintoki and Hijikata. "What do you think? Should we play so sumr gas to feel the sumr vibe?"
"If it can increase our chances of survival, it's worth a try." Hijikata nodded.
"Then, let's have you… play the waterlon in the waterlon splitting ga…" Akira, Sogo, and Gintoki said in unison with mischievous smiles.
Seeing their sinister smiles, Hijikata realized what was happening and tried to protest but was quickly gagged with a towel by Sogo and tied up by Gintoki with a rope they found.
"Mmm! Mmm!" Hijikata struggled and made muffled sounds.
"Vice Chief is such a good person~," Sogo said, moved. "Sacrificing himself for us~"
"Yes, we misunderstood you before. Didn't expect you to be like this." Gintoki said seriously.
"Mmm! Mmm!" Buried in the snow with only his head exposed, Hijikata cursed them in his mind: Damn you! Rember this! I'll get you for this!
"The Sadist Trio is amazing…" Shinpachi comnted expressionlessly.
"Who will split the waterlon?" Akira raised a stick and a white cloth and asked.
"Let do it." Sogo took the stick and cloth from Akira, showing a gentle smile. "Although there were many unpleasant incidents with the Vice Chief, now… at least let send him off. With this stick in my hand…"
"That's too naive!" Gintoki took the stick and cloth from Sogo, his expression turning serious. "I should do it! When I was a kid, I could find a waterlon just by its sweetness! Now, I can find his head just by my hatred for his V-shaped bangs!"
"Really?" Shinpachi asked Akira softly.
"No, he's lying," Akira replied softly. "When Gintoki was a kid, he claid he could find a waterlon by its sweetness but ended up falling into the sea and never swam again."
"So that's why Gintoki-san can't swim…"
"Alright! Decided! Gintoki will be the stick handler!" Akira announced with a smile.
"Stop making up non-existent terms," Tsukuyo coldly reminded.
"All set!" Gintoki, now blindfolded, shouted.
"Wait…" Kagura raised her hand and started thinking, "I feel… sothing is missing from Gin-san to really feel the sumr vibe…"
"Now that you ntion it, it does feel that way…" Akira nodded in agreent.
"Indeed, it does feel like that," Sogo added.
"I've got it!" Kagura said, eyes shining. "I know what Gin-san is missing!"
"Coincidentally, we also figured it out!" Akira and Sogo said in unison.
"I have a bad feeling…" Shinpachi muttered, "Sothing weird is definitely going to happen."
"Probably…" Tsukuyo agreed softly.
Three minutes later, Gintoki, now stripped to strawberry-patterned boxers and shivering, asked, "Um… Kagura… chan?"
"Perfect now!" Kagura gave a thumbs-up, "You look very sumry now!"
"Did we get the Sadist Trio mbers wrong from the start?" Shinpachi asked Tsukuyo, "These three seem like the official mbers. Gintoki-san is just a temporary mber who can be kicked out anyti. This is too tragic! Too tragic!"
"Gintoki, ready!" Akira waved.
"Boss, left, left."
"No, you've gone too far, right a bit, Gin-san!"
"No, left!"
"Right!"
"It's so cold I can't hear what you're saying!" Gintoki shouted, veins popping.
"Now!!" Akira shouted.
"Whatever, let's end this farce!" With that, Gintoki swung the stick down hard.
And so… Gintoki, swinging the stick too forcefully, lost his balance and scread as he fell off the cliff.
"Yare yare, Gintoki is so careless~."
"Yes, Gin-san is such a klutz~."
"Hey, Boss—" Sogo leaned over the cliff and shouted, "Still alive down there—?"
Three seconds later, a furious roar ca from the bottom of the cliff: "I'll kill you all!!!"
"Seems he's fine, that's good~"
"Why do you sound disappointed, Akira-san?" Shinpachi asked expressionlessly.
Ten minutes later...
Gintoki, now dressed and shivering with frozen snot hanging from his nose, chattered, "It's… your turn now!" He glared at Akira and the others.
"Right! Your turn now!" Hijikata agreed with Gintoki this ti.
"What turn?" Akira looked confused.
"Don't play dumb! It's your turn to feel the sumr vibe!" Gintoki shouted, veins popping.
"No, regarding that…" Akira raised a finger, smiling, "We all denied that crazy thod. It didn't work~."
Hearing this, Gintoki and Hijikata's veins popped again.
"Yes, no effect at all~" Kagura nodded but then looked puzzled, "But why didn't it work?"
"Probably because our imagination wasn't strong enough." Sogo analyzed.
"Yeah, that's it." Akira and Kagura nodded in agreent.
"Can I kill them?" Gintoki asked Hijikata as he stood up, face dark.
"Funny, I was about to ask the sa." Hijikata replied, standing up as well.
Then, the two charged at Akira's group with a roar. But just then, Katsura's voice ca from nearby.
"Everyone, over here," Katsura, wearing two large snowballs, waved. It's not the ti to fight. I found a snow cave. Co on."
"Katsura, who said you could move freely?" Sogo frowned.
"I'm getting used to this body," Katsura replied, pointing to a cave not far away, "I found this cave while investigating."
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