The next day.
After a day of working, Gintoki had already adapted well to the environment here. At least, he was no longer as afraid of the floating Stand as he was at the beginning.
Although all the work was done in a mess, such as accidentally throwing away the luggage(head) of the guests and scrubbing the backs of the Stand who was left with only bones, turning the guests into ashes, and so on, the rest of the work was done well.
It was already nighttime.
In Oiwa's room, Gintoki was kneeling on one side of the table, his head lowered in silence.
"Did I see the wrong person?" Oiwa, bit on the peanuts and looked at Gintoki, who had his head lowered in silence, "I received a lot of complaints from the guests. How do you want me to deal with them, Gin?"
"No, no, I think I'm already working very hard." Gintoki's face was covered in cold sweat as he weakly retorted, "I can't even use a Stand to begin with, but I still helped him scrub his back. It's almost time for me to return..."
Before Gintoki could finish speaking, the purple translucent Stand behind the proprietress appeared. She fiercely scolded Gintoki, "Don't think too beautifully! The so-called work needs results first, and then there will be an evaluation! It's meaningless to just work hard without results! You good-for-nothing!"
"What are you talking about?" Gintoki retorted, "Why are you so arrogant? I'm no longer afraid of you. I've seen a lot of things and I'm used to it! Who would be afraid of you..."
Before Gintoki could finish speaking, the purple Stand enlarged itself and roared as it charged toward Gintoki.
Gintoki was so scared that he fell to the ground with his mouth wide open.
"I'm sorry! I seem to be too proud. I'm really sorry!" Gintoki knelt down without hesitation and shouted loudly.
"Just leave it at that, dear," The proprietress waved her hand casually, "We need the help. He's better than nothing."
After the proprietress finished speaking, the purple Stand calmed down and retreated behind Oiwa.
"You don't have to go and receive the guests, GIn," Oiwa looked at Gintoki again and instructed, "Go to the back and do some routine chores. We have an important guest tomorrow. The light of the East, the former Great Gongen, Prince Tokugawa Ieyasu, is coming to our hot spring. The rating of this inn will drop if someone like you were to appear before him. Just stay there obediently."
Gintoki lowered his head and kept silent. However, if you looked closely, you would find that Gintoki's expression was unbearable. His two lifeless eyes were filled with displeasure. He gnashed his teeth as if he was enduring something.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then Kawaki's voice came in, "Umm, Excuse me. Auntie, is dinner ready? I'm hungry."
As soon as Kawaki finished speaking, Gintoki found that the proprietress Stand hid.
"Oh dear, it's Kawaki-kun." Oiwa quickly got up and opened the door. She smiled apologetically and said, "I'm really sorry. I'm really too busy today. Dinner will be ready in a while."
"It doesn't matter," Kawaki touched the back of his head and smiled, "If you're really too busy, it doesn't matter if it's a bit late."
As he spoke, Kawaki suddenly noticed Gintoki who was inside, and asked in confusion, "Huh? Why are you here? Why are you wearing that kind of clothing?"
"Actually..." Just as Gintoki was about to speak, the Stand behind the proprietress appeared again and stared straight at Gintoki, suppressing the words that Gintoki wanted to say.
"Actually, he saw that the work was too hard for an aunt like me, so he thought of coming to help." the proprietress said with a smile, "What a considerate young man."
"I see," Kawaki nodded, then looked at Gintoki and praised, "I didn't expect you to be so kind occasionally."
As he spoke, Kawaki suddenly seemed to think of something. He turned to look at Oiwa again and raised his index finger, "Umm, Auntie, if there is really a lack of manpower, I can also help. After all, I have received so many favors from you. It is really unreasonable not to let me do something, Ahahaha..."
"No, no need!" Oiwa quickly refused, "Kawaki-kun just needs to stay in the room obediently."
"Eh?"
"What I mean is, the two of us are enough. Kawaki-kun seems to have lost a lot of weight. It's only been three years, but I didn't expect you to lose so much weight. Auntie feels very distressed." Oiwa quickly explained, "So at this time, just stay in the room well, and just treat it as a place to relax."
"Really?" Kawaki scratched his head and smiled a little embarrassed, "And I'm not thin."
"No, in Auntie's eyes, you are really tired now. It is better to relax."
"Aunt..." Kawaki wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, "You are really too good to me. I will never forget you in this life. In the future, I will come to visit you at this time every year! Absolutely!"
The moment these words came out, the smile on Oiwa's face instantly froze.
...
Seeing Kawaki covering his eyes and leaving with a face full of emotion, Oiwa let out a sigh of relief. She then muttered to herself, "Why did I save him at that time? If I had known earlier, wouldn't it be better to let him starve to death in the mountains?"
Just as she finished speaking, Oiwa suddenly reacted. She turned around and glanced at Gintoki then remind him, "Don't think about making use of Kawaki-kun to do some boring things. But even if you say so, he will definitely not believe your words because he can't see the Stand."
Gintoki secretly spat, and at the same time, he also made up his mind...
...
Late at night, Gintoki secretly came to the door of Kawaki's room. He held back his fear and closed his eyes, ignoring the countless hands that poked out from the hole. Step by step, he went down the stairs...
Standing by Kawaki's bedside and looking at Kawaki who was drooling and sleeping soundly, Gintoki felt a burst of irritability for no reason. He immediately kicked him hard, sending him flying.
"Ah!" Kawaki rubbed his head and stood up from the ground. When he saw the person in front of him clearly, he immediately shouted, "What are you doing! Bastard! Why did you do this kind of annoying thing when others are sleeping!"
"Why your head! Why are you still sleeping at this time?! You should also notice that something is wrong with this inn!"
Ignoring Gintoki's ridicule, Kawaki sighed heavily and said, "You have been crazy for two days. You did it on purpose, right? You definitely didn't want me to have a good rest on purpose, right? Doesn't the protagonist have a vacation? There should be a holiday, right? I'm begging you, how about letting me have a good rest? I can let you be the protagonist for this period of time."
"Are you an idiot?! An absolute idiot?!" Gintoki scolded with veins bursting, "It's fine if you don't notice anything else, don't you also notice that yours only knows how to eat and has no beauty at all idiot niece who wasted seiyuu resources already playing UNO for more than a whole day?!"
"Has she been playing for a whole day?" Kawaki's expression froze slightly and he nodded slightly, "Indeed, it's a bit too much to play for a day in a row. But isn't it normal to be playful at this age? I remember when we were the same age as Kagura, didn't we often play games all night?"
"Take a good look at it first!" As he spoke, Gintoki angrily pulled Kawaki up and climbed up the stairs.
...
"Shh, be quiet. They should still be playing games at this time. Take a good look at them. As long as you see them, I believe you can understand the importance of this situation."
Gintoki squatted at the door of Otae and the others' room and gestured to Kawaki to be quiet. Then, he carefully opened the door and signaled Kawaki to take a look.
"This isn't good, right?" Kawaki replied in a low voice, "After all, it's the girls' room. Isn't it bad to peek like this? By the way, Gintoki, are you this kind of person? Do you still have this kind of peeping hobby?"
"Shut up! Just honestly look at it!" As he spoke, Gintoki pressed Kawaki's head against the crack of the door.
Kawaki's eyes were just facing the crack of the door. Looking at the scene in the room, Kawaki's pupils contracted slightly, and he quickly moved his gaze away, standing up with some lingering fear.
"Do you see it? Do you see the situation inside?" Gintoki whispered.
"Ah, I see it. It is indeed a very serious matter," Kawaki nodded and said with a serious face, "In that case, I can't keep silent anymore. Leave it to me, Gintoki!"
"Hey, I haven't said anything yet. By the way, do you really understand it?"
"Ah, I have completely understood it. No wonder you are so anxious, Gintoki. Leave it to me!" As he spoke, Kawaki opened the door of the room and pointed at Shinpachi who was sleeping soundly on the floor, and he shouted, "Hey! Shinpachi! Don't sleep in a girl's room!"
"You don't understand at all!" Gintoki was in a bad mood. However, when he saw the scene in the room, he was shocked. He saw that the people in the room were all lying on the tatami and sleeping. All of them were normal! There was no Demon Kakka!
"Ah, so it's Kawaki-san." Shinpachi rubbed his eyes and sat up. "It's strange. I seem to be playing UNO. Why did I fall asleep unconsciously..."
"Shinpachi-kun, I will never allow you to spend the night in a girl's room! So please go back to your room!" Kawaki crossed his arms and criticized him seriously.
"Sorry, sorry, I think I'm too sleepy." Shinpachi smiled awkwardly, then stood up and walked to his room.
"It's been hard on you, Gintoki. You actually care so much about Kagura-chan's innocence." Kawaki patted Gintoki on the shoulder and said gratefully, "If the news that Kagura-chan slept in the same room as a boy spread out, she would definitely not be able to get married. You must have thought of this to call me here, right? You are really considerate. This time, I really have to thank you."
"Why did it become like this? Why did they become normal as soon as this guy appeared? It is completely incomprehensible!" Gintoki hugged his head and shouted at the sky.
However, just as he finished speaking, Kagura directly stood up and kicked over. Otae's fist and Tsukuyo's kunai arrived at the same time.
Kawaki and Gintoki were hit at the same time, and the two of them were instantly sent flying.
"Sneaking around in a girl's room in the middle of the night. I really misjudged the two of you!" Otae said with a face full of contempt.
"Yes, yes. Even if I know that I have already reached this kind of charming age, you can't peep." Kagura crossed her arms and nodded, her face also full of disdain.
"If there is a next time, I will cripple both of you." Tsukuyo glanced at the two of them indifferently.
"Gintoki, it's all your fault..." Kawaki struggled to get up from the ground, "I was completely misunderstood."
After saying that, Kawaki looked at Kagura and the others and explained, "It's not what you think. It's actually Gintoki..."
Without waiting for Kawaki to finish speaking, Otae closed the door. At the same time, she did not forget to spit.
...
"Really, It's all your fault," Kawaki complained angrily and then turned to leave, "Forget it, I'm so sleepy. I want to have a good rest. Don't bother me anymore, Gintoki."
The expressionless Gintoki stayed in place for a few seconds before raising his head and curling his lips. He muttered with a hopeless face, "Why? Why? Why?!!!"
At this time, in the room of Otae and the others. Otae and the others also sensed that something was wrong.
"Um, what were we doing just now?" Otae asked doubtfully, "Why do I feel like I can't remember it?"
"Didn't you kick Gin-chan and the others away-aru?" Kagura replied.
"No, I mean what we were doing before?"
"I think we were playing UNO." Tsukuyo thought for a moment, then looked up and said with some uncertainty.
"It does seem to be playing UNO," Otae frowned and thought hard, "But why can't I remember the details?"
"If you can't remember, then don't think about it-aru. I'm already very sleepy." As she spoke, Kagura yawned and lay down again, "Hurry up and sleep. Insomnia is the natural enemy of women."
"You're right. I'm indeed a little tired," Otae replied with a smile. Then, she turned off the light and lay down as well, "Go to sleep."
"Yes," Tsukuyo responded and then lay down on the side.
However, just as the three of them closed their eyes, they suddenly opened their eyes at the same time. However, their appearances were no longer the same as before, but the appearance of Demon Kakka!
Demon Kakka Shinpachi pulled open the door of Otae and the others, and once again turned on the lights to start a new round of UNO card showdown. At this time, Gintoki really had the urge to destroy everything...
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Covered by a dirty quilt that was fully patched and squatting behind the screen while listening to the non-stop noise of four people playing UNO cards from behind. Gintoki could only eat peanuts while silently shedding tears.
'Why? Why do I have to fall to this extent?' Gintoki was depressed, 'Did I do something bad? I was suddenly pulled to a strange Stand Inn to work and was inexplicably scolded. I was so tired at work every day, but I couldn't sleep at night because of UNO. And the food was only persimmon flavor peanuts... This humiliation... I can't stand it anymore!'
Looking at the peanuts in his hand, Gintoki finally couldn't bear it anymore. He burst out all the anger in his heart and crushed the peanuts. His expression also became ferocious. His small dead fish eyes burst out a breathtaking cold light. It was... the eyes of revenge...
'I won't swallow my anger anymore...' Gintoki gritted his teeth and made a decision in his heart, 'This time... I will definitely... absolutely...!!'
"It's that look," Rei suddenly passed through the wall and appeared next to Gintoki, "I have been waiting for that kind of look. From the first time we met, I believed that you were a man who could make changes in this inn. I was also angry with the fact that I was almost exhausted by work yet my meager salary was all taken by the proprietress."
After saying that, Rei turned to look at Gintoki, who was still a little confused and continued, "Gin, in my opinion, you have the potential to be a Stand user who can rival the proprietress. Let me be your Stand, so join me in launching reforms in this hot spring inn!"
After saying that, Rei reached out to Gintoki.
"That..." Gintoki scratched his head, "I just made up my mind to find that idiot to squeeze for a night because I couldn't sleep because of the noise today."
"..." Rei was silent for a few seconds before speaking again, "Are you testing me because you are worrying that I'm the proprietress spy? Not bad, you should still be cautious in this situation. As expected of the man I like. But you can rest assured about this. I'm not the proprietress spy."
"Please spare me. I haven't slept for two days. Can you let me sleep peacefully?" Gintoki lowered his head and sighed, "I have already made up my mind to go find that idiot and sleep in his for a night, and you popped out to talk about such a troublesome matter."
"Gin..."
"Can you really win?" Gintoki raised his head and his eyes finally became serious, "The proprietress Stand..."
"The strongest Stand of Senboukyou "TAGOSAKU", the proprietress' husband who died ten years ago who joined hands with the proprietress to control this Senboukyou Hot Spring Inn after he passed away," Rei explained unhurriedly, and a rare trace of seriousness appeared on her face, "I don't need to say anything. An ordinary Stand wouldn't be a match for it even if they joined forces. However, an evil spirit can only be dealt with by an evil spirit."
Hearing this, Gintoki snorted softly and then reached out his hand to the hand that Rei handed over...
That night, Gintoki joined forces with Rei and used peanuts to bribe the three people in briefs...
...
The next day, Gintoki did not do anything unexpected throughout the morning. He continued to work obediently to ensure that no clues were found.
However, at noon...
Outside Senboukyou's door, a group of Stands working for the inn lined up on both sides of the road. At the same time, they bowed their heads to welcome Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The proprietress, Oiwa, had already taken the lead to run out to welcome them. Gintoki and Rei led the briefs trio, watching this scene from afar in the inn.
But to be honest, Ieyasu was indeed more famous than the briefs trio. Just the subordinates who surrounded him were almost hundreds of Stand, and he was also carried by a group of Stand as he traveled.
Looking at the brief trio on the other side, although they were once famous in history, because of a certain idiot, now they only had underwear on their bodies. Thinking of this, Gintoki inexplicably felt that the brief trio in front of him was somewhat pitiful.
...
"Sure enough, Ieyasu came," Gintoki put away the telescope and curled his lips. Then he turned to look at the three people who were staring at each other. He shouted, "Listen up, Nobunaga, Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi. Your mission is the same as what I told you last night. You have to do all kinds of things to anger Ieyasu and mess up the whole welcoming meeting, then let the evaluation of this inn slip and destroy the entire hot spring inn in one fell swoop! Do you understand?"
Looking at the three people who were completely ignoring his words and were still angry with each other, Gintoki sighed and then said again, "Rei, think of a way to throw the three of them into the hole to accompany that idiot."
"Understood," Rei replied.
"I'm sorry! We will work hard!" The three of them knelt down in front of Gintoki at the same time, "Please don't do that!"
'It's still better to use that idiot.' Gintoki was secretly delighted in his heart. Then, he looked at the peanut in his hand and hook the corners of his mouth in disdain, 'What peanut? Is it comparable to that idiot? It seems that the proprietress of this inn doesn't know the wonderful use of that idiot!'
...
In the afternoon, in the male bath changing room, Gintoki, Rei and the brief trio were secretly lying in wait here.
"All in all, let's go into the bath first," Gintoki whispered, "As long as someone enters the bath, anyone will become defenseless."
"A surprise attack tactic? It reminds me of Honnoji Temple." Mitsuhide sighed slightly.
Nobunaga was a little unhappy and grabbed Mitsuhide's neck, "I say, you are not reflecting on yourself, right? Why do you want to think of Honnoji Temple? I don't want to recall it at all!"
"All of you, be quiet!" Gintoki turned around and reminded them in a low voice. However, Gintoki saw a figure walking over from the corner of his eyes, "Hey, someone is here. It's Ieyasu! That's Ieyasu, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it!"
Looking at Ieyasu, who was wearing only an official hat and boxing underwear, Gintoki felt a little emotional, "As expected of someone who has conquered the country. Underwear is also different. That's special underwear for boxers. It's gorgeous underwear that is one level higher than ours. In comparison, your underwear is dirty. No wonder you can't unify the country."
"I have unified the country before." Hideyoshi, who was not far behind Gintoki, said.
"When did you unify?" Gintoki turned his face away and ridiculed with a face full of contempt, "Before unifying, wipe off the crap behind your ass first, bastard!"
"Gin, he's here. What should we do?" Rei turned her head and asked.
"Hideyoshi..."
"Yes."
"Exchange the boxer underwear that Ieyasu took off with your underwear," Gintoki ordered.
"Really? No," Hideyoshi said with reluctance on his face, "I don't want the kind of underwear worn by an uncle."
"People who have underwear like yours don't even want it?!"
"Wait a minute," Mitsuhide took off his underwear and said unhappily, "Isn't it a little too biased to only give it to Hideyoshi? I can get boxers' underwear. Let me come and go!"
"What are you going to do?" Gintoki turned his head and shouted in a low voice, "Who would want your unclean but clean underwear?"
Then, looking at the trio who was fighting for the boxers' underwear, Gintoki complained with black lines on his head, "Why are you fighting so hard for the underwear of an uncle? It's disgusting!"
"Gin, Ieyasu has already soaked in." Spirit reminded.
"Alright, start the assault!" Gintoki looked at the three people who had already decided the victor and shouted, "You guys can just fart in the hot spring as much as you want!"
"Really? Spare me," Hideyoshi, who had already changed into boxers' underwear, frowned and complained, "It wasn't easy to get a beautiful boxers' underwear, now you want me to dirty it again?"
Looking at the stain on Hideyoshi's underwear, Gintoki complained, "It's already dirty. It's obviously stained with crap, how dirty is your butt?"
At this moment, a handsome man with orange hair in a ponytail with a towel around his waist walked into the changing room from the hot spring with a refreshing look on his face.
"Gintoki..." Kawaki's eyes lit up, "If you were here, I would have asked you to help me scrub my back. A person can't rub his back alone. It's really distressing~"
"Do you want me to peel off a layer of your skin? Bastard!"
"I'm joking," Kawaki smiled, "No matter what, I don't want to be rubbed on the back by a good-for-nothing uncle like you."
Seeing that Gintoki was about to get angry, Kawaki quickly changed into Senboukyou's bathrobe and walked to the door without looking back. However, just as he was about to step out of the door, Kawaki stopped and gave Gintoki a thumbs up. He smiled and said, "Work hard, Gintoki."
After that, Kawaki turned around and left without looking back.
"That idiot really thought I was working here..." Gintoki was a little speechless. Then, he turned to look at the trio, who was squatting in a corner and shivering with their heads held in their hands because of Kawaki's appearance, "Hey, the assault has begun. Stand up quickly! Speaking of which, aren't you guys too afraid of him?"
The three of them stood up reluctantly and followed Gintoki to the hot spring...
...
"Ah, yes~" Gintoki, who was soaking in the hot spring, looked at Ieyasu who was also enjoying the hot spring not far away, "It's really a good hot spring~"
"Indeed," Ieyasu responded.
"Listen well, you will fart at the same time after I count five times," Gintoki reminded in a low voice, "To the point where you can even crap, understand?"
The three people surrounding Gintoki nodded at the same time in different voices.
"Five... four... three... two... one!"
Just as he finished counting, Gintoki suddenly realized that the brief trio had all their butts aimed at him!
'Not good!'
Boom !!!!
Along with the splash, Gintoki was thrown several meters high into the sky, and then heavily fell to the ground at the side...
'You brief trio, you actually betrayed me!'
"Gin!" Rei hurriedly came over and bent down to check on Gintoki's condition, "Are you alright?"
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