Gintama 673

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GINTAMA
Lesson 673: Ghost.
SORACHI HIDEAKI
(Side text -Not even a trace of it's former glory is left...)

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Gintoki: That's weird...
Can't say I remember a grave like this...
Here at the Shouka Sonjuku.
On that point...
I also don't remember it being a skeevy enough place that Ghosts just hang out in the middle of the day either.
Takasugi: Heh...
A Ghost huh?
Is that what I look like to you?
Though really, I've been unclear on whether you were alive or dead this whole time too.

005
Takasugi: Frankly I should have made a grave for you too here, but...
I went and made that promise, unfortunately....
That I'd...
Bring him back here to the Shouka sonjuku.
Gintoki: Then ain't it about time you passed on?
Your business is done, yeah?
Takasugi: Done?
I thought it was only the others who could spout bullshit like that.
See, I realized no matter how many times I attempt to save or destroy this world...
There's something that persists—that won't end.
And it's because we realized this,
that we came here, right?

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(Sfx- Gakiiiinnn claaaang)

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(Sfx- Iiiiiiiiii)
(Sfx- Doohhh tddsh)

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(Sfx- Bukiiikiii giiiiiin claaaannng)
Gintoki: Hate to break it to you....
But I ain't so free that I can offer incense to the ghost of a dude that died a while back.
Takasugi: Is that so?
Then what have you been doing these last two years?
Going as far as throwing away those toys you used to play house....
What the hell are you looking for?!
(Sfx- Dooooon thooooom)
(Sfx- Gasaaahhh cssshht)
(Sfx- Gakiiiinnn claaaaang)

009
(Sfx- Giyaaannn claaaang)
(Sfx- Ooohhhh fwhooooom)
Takasugi: Then...
As a ghost...
Are you looking for a fellow ghost?

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Takasugi: Gintoki...
He is no longer in a domain you can reach.
Only a Ghost can grasp other ghosts.
Or is it....
That you're coming to join us?
(Sfx- Tsuhhhuhhh dsshhh)

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Gintoki: Takasugi...
You didn't—-
(Sfx- Zazaaaah dssssh)
Dude: We've found the wanted Takasugi Shinsuke!
Lay down your arms and obediently come with us!
Takasugi: You haven't made any progress at all but you call yourself a new government? Give me a break.
Here you are still chasing around small fry....
(Sfx- Fuhhh whooh*)
(Sfx- Doohh thok)
Gintoki: Ngh!
Takasugi: I'd say there's someone way more scary than me here...
Wouldn't you agree, Shiroyasha?

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Gintoki: Takasugi!!
(Sfx- Zauuhh shfft)
Takasugi: I...
will bring this to an end.
You're much better suited to that cozy life of yours playing house.
While the getting is good, you'd better get out of here.
Gintoki: Takasugiiii!!!
(Sfx- Gaaahhh shffft)
Dude: B—bastard!!
You're Takasugi's comrade aren't you?
Gintoki: ...Did it look that way to you?
Sure, why not. I prefer that than joining with you morons.
(Sfx- Bakiiiii crack)
???: Let's stop it there.
(Sfx- Zaaahh Sffft)

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Hijikata: Backwaters cops like these....
Rarely run into a villain of your caliber, so they don't know what to do with themselves.
And here I was thinking I had nothing but time on my hands,
but then some badass prey drops into my hands.
Can't wait to test out my skills.
So the hero of two years prior who saved the world...
Is conspiring in secret with a long time friend and conspirator and got duped into some kinda evil plot?

014
Gintoki: ARE YOUR EARS DECORATIONS, DUMBASS? I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT WE WERE CONSPIRING TO DESTROY THE WORLD TOGETHER!!
Hijikata: AT LEAST TRY TO DENY IT!!
You do realize this is the part where you try to prove yourself innocent right? More like there's not even a means you have to do something that extreme in the first place!!
Gintoki: If you KNOW that, then why the hell are you asking me?
OK, you got me. I called Takasugi out here and then beat the shit out of him with a remote control.
Hijikata: Is that what you call a denial?! You just confessed to a different crime altogether!!
Gintoki: Honestly? I don't even care enough to give an excuse. Go on and torture and have me killed as some sort of petty revenge for your demotion.
(Handwritten- Let's just do this shit and get it over with.)
Hijikata: Who got demoted....?
Gintoki: Oh? So you came out here to the Ozarks for fun then?
Eh, I don't give a crap if you wanna keep tight lipped since all we've got is time.
Hey, hit us up with two katsudon. One should be dripping with mayo.
(Handwritten- Yessir.)
Hijikata: So....why does it suddenly feel like I'm the one being investigated??
Gintoki: It's the golden rule, buddy. You want people to be upfront with you then you gotta be upfront with them.
So go ahead Toshi, hit me with everything you've been storing up over the last two years. I'll take it all.
Hijikata: WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME WITH STRICT BUT WARM EYES?!

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Hijikata: A lot's happened in the Shinsengumi, so we've scattered for a bit.
Sure I got transferred out to the country but in no way is this a demotion, got it?
Well...it has been two years since I left there...
But I hear Edo's been through a lot of changes.
Though...
Seems like you're exactly the same as always.
I think sometimes about how you must be living....
Abandoning Edo and the Yorozuya do disappear for two years...
Heh, it's stupid though...
'Cause all that comes to mind is that dopey face of yours I've gotten tired of seeing.
So now I just gotta know...
What made you leave Edo, Yorozuya?
And what the hell have you been up to in the last two years?
Did you find anything there –in the Shouka Sonjuku?

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Gintoki: Nothing's there...
At least not anymore.
Maybe there was something in that place at one point a long tiem ago...
But considering you guys were watching the place waiting for Takasugi the friendly ghost to show up, I'm sure you know all about it.
While it's true that guy did more than his fair share to help in the war that just ended...
I can't pretend “that” didn't happen.
Two years ago on the day the war ended...
Takasugi was hiding, on the verge of death.
Did you know that something else....
disappeared from the Amenotori?

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Hijikata: The Tendoushuu.
Sure, the liberation front said they'd free the universe from the Tendoushu's grasp....
But the truth of the matter is that they'd been captured and that was hushed up.
On first glance it looked like they were nothing but piles of flesh, but...
they were alive.
And I think you....
know the how and why.

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Hijikata: The immortal blood of Utsuro...
remains inside of them.
And that they...
disappeared along with Takasugi means only one thing.
There have been rumors in countries around the universe that have been freed from the Tendoushuu's control and gotten a grip on their Altana....
That the Tendoushuu are back, and terrorism is at an all time high.

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Hijikata: They're saying they've returned....
to take back the stolen Altana.
Can't verify whether this is true or not,
but something is starting.
And within that vortex....
standing in the center is that man.
(Side text- What does he think of this world....?)
GINTAMA LESSON 673.....................END