Chapter 172 Tennis 60

When Kurikawa Sana and Tezuka Kunimitsu were rescued, the Atobe family's helicopter arrived at the scene.

The aftershocks of the magnitude 7 earthquake had dissipated, and reporters from various media outlets had rushed to the scene. Countless cameras were pointed in the same direction, and the same scene appeared on the live broadcasts of many television stations.

The crane pried up the rubble and lifted up one stone slab at a time until, at the very bottom, a triangle made of two stone slabs was discovered.

"Radar life detector, breathing signal detected!"

"There are two people here!"

As the crane moved the two slabs of stone away, the scene inside finally became apparent.

The boy with short brown hair held the black-haired girl in his arms in a protective gesture. There were no obvious wounds on his body, the only thing that was broken was his gold-rimmed glasses lying on the ground.

To face the collapsed objects without any injuries in an earthquake of this magnitude is a miracle among miracles.

On the contrary, the black-haired girl closed her eyes tightly, her face was shockingly pale, and her extremely delicate and beautiful facial features created an almost astonishing beauty against her pale face.

The girl's clothes had been stained dark red by blood, and on the ground were traces of her dried blood. Only her weak, almost inaudible breathing proved that she was still alive.

Almost everyone present was stunned, including the rescue Self-Defense Forces and the media on the scene.

For no other reason than shock, shock at the miracle I witnessed with my own eyes.

Rescuing two survivors was normal, but they all recognized the boy and girl in front of them. If they knew what they had experienced during the earthquake, they would be surprised that they survived.

The earthquake in Nagano Prefecture occurred yesterday. Since yesterday, all news about the earthquake, big and small, have attracted much attention. One of the most heartbreaking scenes is a surveillance video on this commercial street.

Surveillance footage showed that at the critical moment when the entire building was about to collapse, the rescued black-haired girl, regardless of the danger to her own life, turned around and threw the boy behind her to the ground without hesitation. Her own back was straightened, and her slender body was used to protect the boy from the falling wall slab.

From last night till now, the online news pages and comment sections have been almost entirely filled with comments of shock and admiration.

[Oh my god... This is so heartbreaking. This guy is definitely going to be crushed into a meat patty...]

[…Please don’t say that, maybe a miracle will happen.]

It's so cruel... I can't bear to watch it a second time. It's hard not to cry over this kind of news footage.

[Looks like they're still two students. Hope they're safe and sound (pray with hands folded. emoji)]

This girl is so brave and admirable. Her instinctive reaction is absolutely genuine. She's willing to sacrifice her own life for the other person without hesitation... (Shocking emoji)

[I wonder if they're a couple or siblings? If someone were to save me like this, and if I could survive... I'd love her for the rest of my life.]

…

Similar comments filled the screen. Countless netizens and citizens were worried about the situation of the young boy and girl and followed the subsequent reports, but almost everyone assumed that they had unfortunately died.

Just when everyone thought there was no way they would survive, a miracle happened.

After a brief silence, reporters and anchors from various TV stations took a deep breath and began their passionate reports to the cameras.

"This station reports that after a day and night of rescue efforts, the boy and girl, who attracted much attention during the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Nagano Prefecture, have finally been successfully rescued!"

"It's unbelievable that even with such a heavy wall slab falling, two students...especially this girl, are still alive—"

"This is a hymn to human courage and vitality, an incomparable miracle!"

"Our reporter interviewed a doctor who said that when a person is at the end of their rope, the body will have an amazing burst of adrenaline, which may be the only reason to explain the girl's miraculous survival."

"Thanks to the collapse, the two bottom slabs formed a stable triangle with the ground. This is the miracle triangle of life!"

…

Keigo Atobe parachuted down from the helicopter. He released the parachute and stared blankly at Sana Kurikawa being carried onto a stretcher by medical staff and sent into the ambulance.

Plop, plop, plop...

Atobe Keigo raised his hand to cover his heart, almost unable to breathe.

It turns out that tachycardia, when the heart rate beats too fast, can be so painful.

Has Sana been suffering like this all along?

Ever since he learned that Kurikawa Sana was in the epicenter of the earthquake in Nagano Prefecture, Keigo Atobe has been in this state. His heart felt like it was being tightly squeezed by an invisible big hand, kneading and pinching it repeatedly, causing unbearable pain.

When he saw the surveillance video on the news, the pain became even more intense. The panic he was already feeling because he couldn't contact Sana Kurikawa because her phone was turned off was further magnified until he couldn't breathe.

I almost thought I was going to lose her forever.

He no longer had time to think about why she was in Nagano Prefecture with Tezuka. He also didn't want to dwell on why she risked her own life to save Tezuka...

Atobe Keigo only knew one thing.

That is - fortunately... fortunately she is okay, she is still alive.

Fortunately, both she and Tezuka were safe.

No, to be more precise, it was Tezuka who was safe and sound. Tezuka was well protected by her, and he even walked to the ambulance by himself. There were no obvious scars on his body, especially on his left arm, where not even a speck of dust could be seen. It was simply a miracle.

But Sana was badly injured.

Her blood was all over the floor, and when she was carried into the ambulance, the medical staff were extremely cautious.

Because everyone saw that the back of the girl's shirt was completely torn, revealing her bloody back, proving that she had actually used her slender body to carry a stone slab as heavy as a wall.

Under her support, the stone slabs fell to the left and right, forming a stable triangle on the left and right, which withstood the rest of the collapsed objects that fell one after another and the several aftershocks that followed.

Seeing the girl's blood-soaked back, the rescue workers, medical staff and media at the scene all looked at her with pity, heartache and incomparable admiration.

Atobe Keigo's fingertips were trembling slightly.

He and Yukimura Seiichi are the few people who know Sana's physical condition. Tezuka probably doesn't know about her illness.

Atobe Keigo didn't know and couldn't imagine how Sana managed to save Tezuka Kunimitsu with her heart that could almost be described as "broken".

He even wondered if Sana had a tendency to self-destruct.

Because she felt that she didn't know how long she could live, she was determined to exchange her life for someone else's, not caring what would happen to her body.

Atobe Keigo closed his eyes, and the feeling of heartache became even stronger.

He hoped she could cherish herself a little more.

I hope she knows that there are many people who care about her deeply, and if anything happens to her, they will...

…

When Keigo Atobe and the Hyotei people arrived at Nagano Prefectural Hospital, they saw Seiichi Yukimura already standing at the door of the operating room. Keigo Atobe was not surprised at all.

Yukimura Seiichi's face was as heavy as his. Kurikawa Sana was performing emergency surgery to suture and stop bleeding on her back wound. Everyone was waiting outside the operating room.

The only surprise was that the regular players of Seigaku also arrived and were talking with Kunimitsu Tezuka. Tezuka's parents and family also seemed to be on their way.

Tezuka was indeed not seriously injured, save for a minor scratch on his back when Sana tackled him, which has been treated.

When the nurses were treating him, they couldn't help but sigh in shock at how minor his injuries were.

The red light in the operating room finally turned green, indicating that Kurikawa Sana's surgery was complete. The doctor came out of the operating room. Everyone's breathing stopped at the same time.

"Doctor, how is she?!——"