For this speech of Hijikata's, Kondo and the others were utterly captivated! It was truly the feeling of "A word from you is worth more than ten years of study!"
"So specifically, how can we discern who are the people worth cultivating into confidants?" Nagakura craned his neck in the direction where Hijikata was seated, with an eager and focused expression.
Hijikata also enjoyed this feeling of speaking eloquently and discussing national affairs, and upon hearing Nagakura's inquiry, he immediately answered without any hesitation.
Hijikata spoke very happily.
Kondo and the others listened very happily.
Except for one person who listened in great pain...
——When are you all actually going to stop talking?!
Aoto roared like a tyrannosaurus in his heart.
Before Kondo and the others arrived, Aoto and Toshisuke had already been soaking in the bath for some time, so much so that Aoto's hands and feet had become wrinkled from the water.
