[As Hijikata read the response, pulling his tablet closer and closer to his face with each sentence, he almost smiled. Finally, someone who understood what needed to be done. He didn't know what this guy was making, but any constructive progress at all was far beyond what Hijikata was accustomed to in this place.
The mention of a monster had him quirking an eyebrow, though his face only grew more severe as he read. Whoever this 'vice commander of the Shinsengumi' was, he deserved some commendation.
Wait.
Hijikata spit all over his screen, eyes bulging as he jerked the tablet away from himself in his moment of realization.
Leave it to Okita to find the supplies for something [could be an explosive]. Leave it to Okita to manage to build something [probably an explosive] in a desolate winter wasteland. But like hell he'd leave it to Okita to use whatever this was [it couldn't really be an explosive, right?] to 'benefit the community'.
To think he'd almost thanked this guy.]
Oi, Sogo. What's this monster you're talking about?
[Like he had to ask. Hijikata wasn't even giving his subordinate the benefit of the doubt here, he was simply trying to divert a conversation that would end up with everyone behaving in an embarrassing way in public. He really was hallucinating, thinking he could avoid a situation like that.]
PLEASE DO NOT BE <3
The mention of a monster had him quirking an eyebrow, though his face only grew more severe as he read. Whoever this 'vice commander of the Shinsengumi' was, he deserved some commendation.
Wait.
Hijikata spit all over his screen, eyes bulging as he jerked the tablet away from himself in his moment of realization.
Leave it to Okita to find the supplies for something [could be an explosive]. Leave it to Okita to manage to build something [probably an explosive] in a desolate winter wasteland. But like hell he'd leave it to Okita to use whatever this was [it couldn't really be an explosive, right?] to 'benefit the community'.
To think he'd almost thanked this guy.]
Oi, Sogo. What's this monster you're talking about?
[Like he had to ask. Hijikata wasn't even giving his subordinate the benefit of the doubt here, he was simply trying to divert a conversation that would end up with everyone behaving in an embarrassing way in public. He really was hallucinating, thinking he could avoid a situation like that.]