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The next day, everyone came to visit.
Draken was surprisingly cooperative and didn't make a fuss about being discharged. He probably didn't want to worry everyone.
“We’ve succeeded, haven’t we?” Takeshi and Yuko said when no one was looking.
Yuko shook her head: "Not yet, the culprit hasn't been dealt with. Do you remember the name that person who loves beauty and God mentioned yesterday?"
"Kisaki Tetsuta, this person is extremely dangerous. This is also what I need to tell you. The first time I transmigrated, it was my friend, Chidou Atsushi, who pushed me off the platform. He said he was acting on Kisaki's orders." Takedo looked puzzled as he said this, "But I don't know why he would do all this?"
Yuko was also clueless and unwilling to think about it. She believed that Tetsuta Kisaki posed a potential threat to their future. What mattered now was Draken, and Yuko asked Takedo, "Can Takedo-kun go back to the future?"
Wu Dao asked with some doubt, "Is it possible? Shall we go back now?"
Yuko hummed in agreement, then said, "Confirm Draken's safety." She wanted to know if Kisaki would continue to target Draken.
“What are you whispering about?” Emma noticed them.
"Yuko seems to be whispering to Takedo a lot lately," Nono chimed in.
Yuko laughed and replied, "We were talking about whether to celebrate when Draken is discharged from the hospital." She can now lie without batting an eye; I wonder if that counts as growth.
Yuko's words made everyone a little excited, as if it wasn't to celebrate Draken's discharge from the hospital, but rather to celebrate the gathering itself.
However, Draken, who was at the center of the conversation, didn't seem very happy. While everyone was chattering about how to celebrate, Yuko asked him, "You seem unhappy."
"No, it's just that this hospital and that girl's are the same." He then realized Yuko might not know who the girl he was talking about was, and tried to say it was nothing. Mikey, who had overheard, chimed in, "The girl who was hurt by Chang Nei?"
Draken looked a little melancholy: "I wonder how she is now. No matter what, it's because of us that she ended up like this."
"Kin-zai is worrying too much," Mikey commented indifferently.
Perhaps because Draken had mentioned it, Yuko turned back when she left the hospital. She didn't go back to Draken's room, but instead headed to the intensive care unit. Only when she got there did she realize she didn't know Draken's name. Fortunately, after asking around, she found that there was only one other girl of similar age hospitalized in the entire ward. Apparently, she was out of danger and had been transferred to a regular ward a couple of days ago, but her injuries were still too severe for her to get out of bed.
Yuko glanced through the glass window in the door.
Several tubes were inserted into the girl's body. Her left eye had suffered a retinal detachment due to an injury and was bandaged after surgery. Her relatively intact right eye stared blankly at the ceiling. The doctor said that the girl's psychological trauma was more severe than her physical pain. Yuko saw the girl's mother accidentally knock over a cup while tidying up, and the girl trembled uncontrollably at the slightest noise. The panicked mother quickly hugged her, comforting her and telling her not to be afraid, and then she herself began to cry.
The harm this accident has brought to this family is undoubtedly devastating.
Yuko didn't continue watching and quietly left.
Draken was discharged from the hospital shortly afterward.
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Meanwhile, Huayuan Martial Arts returned to the future.
The first thing he did was contact Naoto.
However, in this future, Hinata is still caught up in the Touman incident and unfortunately dies.
Emma Sano died.
Kazutora Hanomiya and Keisuke Chichi died.
The meteor will perish, and Takiya Hideo and Takiya Genji will die.
Yuko Takiya...committed suicide.
"This isn't right!" Hanagaki Takedo couldn't accept this result. What exactly went wrong? The others didn't know, but Yuko had promised him she would try to live, so how could she have committed suicide?!
"Calm down," Naoto advised. He didn't know what Buddy had done in the past, but, "You did manage to save Draken, didn't you? At least he's still alive."
"Yes!" Wu Dao suddenly realized that Draken was still alive. He was the only one who knew everything, and he had to see him! "Please, Naoto, I must see Draken!"
Naoto Tachibana, fully aware of the importance of his request, replied, "I will find a way."
Through Naoto Tachibana's arrangement, Takedo Hanagaki was given the opportunity to visit Kenji Ryuguji, a death row inmate.
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Inside the visiting room, Wu Dao waited anxiously until he heard the door open. Draken, who was handcuffed, was brought in and seemed quite surprised to see Wu Dao.
"It's been a long time... Wu Xiaodao."
This title may seem like yesterday to Wudao, but for Draken it has spanned countless days and nights.
"What exactly happened? Why are you here? Why are Mikey and Dongwan like this?" Wudao desperately wanted to know the answers.
Draken seemed stumped by his question, because he didn't know where to begin. So much had happened along the way, and everything seemed to have changed suddenly.
He was exhausted. Draken said wearily, "I haven't seen Mikey in a long time, and I have no idea what he's thinking."
Wu Dao was stunned for a moment. He couldn't believe that Mikey and Draken had become like this. He then asked, "Do you still remember Yuko Takiya?"
Draken seemed to be touched by a deeper pain because of this name. His voice was a little unsteady: "How could I forget? Yes, how could I forget? I remember that day after everyone dispersed, Mikey and I took Yuko home, and Yuko seemed normal during that time. But when we went to Yuko's house to find her the next day, her family told us that she had committed suicide in the bathroom with her shoelaces the night before."
What kind of despair would drive someone to choose such a way to die?
In addition to the news of her death, Yuko's brother also gave Mikey a suicide note.
The suicide note contained only one sentence: It's all my fault for not protecting Emma. I'm so sorry…
Genji said that Yuko had been receiving psychological treatment since Emma's death, and he originally thought that with the help of her friends Nono and others, Yuko had recovered.
Because she has always appeared optimistic and strong.
During the farewell ceremony before cremation, even though they saw the body with their own eyes, they still couldn't believe that Yuko was dead.
That day, Draken watched Mikey stand beside Yuko's body and tell him that Yuko had hugged him for the first time that night before they parted. He even teased her about how she had suddenly become so bold.
"If I had realized something was wrong with her, could I have prevented this from happening? If I had expressed myself better, telling her how much I cherished and loved her, could I have kept her?" After saying this, Mikey broke down in tears. He bent down and kissed his beloved girl one last time. "I'm the one who should be apologizing. I didn't protect you both. I'm so sorry..."
Draken couldn't bear to watch and turned his head away, but at that moment he noticed that Yuko's tightly clenched right hand had opened. To his even greater surprise, there was a bell lying inside Yuko's right hand—the very bell that Ichiko had lost.
"Everything changed after that. Mikey killed Ichiko. Later I found out that someone told Mikey the real reason for Yuko's supposed suicide. It was a huge lie, and Mikey and we were all deceived by this person."
"Who lied to you?" This time, Wu Dao was not overwhelmed by the large amount of information and surprisingly grasped the key point with great clarity.
"Kisaki, it was him. If I had found out sooner, things wouldn't have turned out this way!" Without Kisaki, Emma, Yuko, and Kazutora wouldn't have died, and Mikey and Dongwan wouldn't be in this state. For the past few years, he'd been completely fooled by Kisaki. Draken's heart churned with hatred, his eyes bloodshot. "If I could do it all over again, I would definitely kill Kisaki!"
Wu Dao didn't have time to continue the conversation; his visit was over. He had to leave.
Xisaki and Yihu.
These are the people connected to Yuko's suicide.
I must tell her everything!
Meanwhile, Yuko Takiya was busy arranging a meeting between Apei and Apa. Fortunately, her senior brother had connections in Shaoguan, so the meeting wasn't difficult. However, if she were to be lectured and have her hanging out with biker gangs discovered by her teacher, she would be in for a rough time.
Yuko felt helpless and didn't defend them, only saying that she wouldn't go astray.
After coming out, Ape thanked Yuko, saying, "I will never forget your great kindness!"
Yuko: "..."
Yuko accepted Apei's thanks without refusing or being overly modest, and said with a smile, "It's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up."
Ape scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly: "Actually, I don't know what happened. I just heard it from someone and impulsively believed it."
Yuko, who had been smiling, froze on her face: "You mean someone instigated you to ambush Draken?"
When Apei heard Yuko ask this, he quickly explained, "No, no, that guy probably didn't do it on purpose. He was actually quite nice. He even treated me to a popsicle when he saw I was unhappy, and told me that it was normal for me to be angry because everyone abandoned Apa, and things like that. I don't remember the specifics."
Yuko didn't want to alert him. Knowing Ape's personality, if she told him he'd been tricked, he'd definitely rush to cause trouble for Kisaki. That wasn't the kind of development Yuko wanted to see. So, she calmly asked, "Kisaki? Is she your friend?"
Ape shook his head: "He's a newcomer. He was originally the vice chief who loves beauty and God. It seems that there was discord within their organization. He also disapproved of the incident where the chief hurt Apa's friend, so he brought his people to join Dongwan."
"I see." Yuko seemed uninterested in the topic and didn't continue. She changed the subject, asking him how Apa looked.
After chatting, the two broke up.
During the days they waited for Wudao to return, Yuko contacted Ichigo. After telling him about Kisaki's actions behind the scenes, Ichigo revealed that they had learned that someone was also instigating Apa's revenge against Nagauchi. Furthermore, they suspected that this person wasn't only targeting Apa, and their decision was made to investigate what this person was up to. Yuko tried to dissuade them, but all she received was the reply, "Don't worry, we'll be careful."
Having never faced danger directly, they are fearless and incredibly bold.
Yuko had considered arresting Tetsuta Kisaki directly, but perhaps due to her past indecisiveness and excessive sense of morality, she seemed to lack a reason to push herself.
And this reason will be brought about by martial arts.
The first thing Wudao did upon returning was to inform Yuko of the information he knew. Because of the urgency, Wudao even disregarded the Meteor Society's intimidation and rushed straight there after obtaining the address.
Fortunately, Takiya Hideo wasn't home. However, the servants who had watched her grow up were quite surprised, as this was the first time their young lady had brought a male friend home.
Yuko noticed Wudao's anxiety and didn't let him speak immediately. Instead, she told him to sit down and rest to calm down. A servant brought tea, and Wudao took the teacup. His hands trembled slightly without his noticing. Seeing this, Yuko asked worriedly, "What happened?"
Before Wu Dao could even speak, tears welled up in his eyes: "We failed, we failed!"
In the ensuing passionate yet poignant explanation of martial arts, Yuko finally understood what he was saying.
Wu Dao looked up at her: "I'm sorry, I said I would help you, but I..."
Yuko grasped Wudao's cold hands with both of her own, looked at him, and gave him strength: "No need to apologize. When you return to the future, the 'you' left here doesn't know what will happen in the future, so how can you say it's your fault?" Yuko told him firmly and calmly, "Don't be afraid, we haven't lost yet."
Yuko took a tissue to wipe away Takedo's tears, and asked someone to bring paper and pen, where she listed the known events so far.
Apa's friend was hurt.
Apei betrayed Dongwan.
Qing generals were instructed to kill Draken.
And Emma's death and his own.
The mastermind behind all of these events is the same person, Tetsuta Kisaki.
For a long time, Yuko had been troubled by Emma's death. Now that she knew who the murderer was, Yuko was not afraid at all, but instead felt a little relieved.
Once you know who the enemy is, things become much easier.
Yuko sighed and put down her pen, looking up at Budo: "Since Draken says that everything was done by Kisaki, he must know the truth before he's so sure. Ichigo and Jichang have now joined an organization called Headless Angels because they're investigating Kisaki, and they suspect that Kisaki is the leader behind it all. So it's not surprising that Kisaki got Ichigo's bell. I think he probably did something bad to me and then framed Ichigo."
"So, Ichiko and the field didn't leave Dongwan because they couldn't stand Draken..." Wudao suddenly realized, then asked, "The bad thing, you mean?" Wudao was still relatively naive and couldn't imagine what the so-called bad thing was.
After meeting the injured girl at the hospital, Yuko did some research and discovered that in addition to physical injuries, she had also suffered severe sexual assault.
Yuko had suffered the same fate as her deceased husband, Shimizu, when she was a child. Yuko deeply understood that this was a wound that could never be healed for a woman.
Yuko's eyes darkened at this thought; the crimes committed by Kisaki Tetsuta were unforgivable. But now was not the time to be angry. Yuko calmed her anger and continued, "In the future you went to this time, Kisaki was the deputy leader of Touman. So it's understandable that he wanted to murder Draken, the current deputy leader, and take his place. He's very clever. First, he harmed Apa, and then he tried to use Apei to eliminate Draken. Did you notice? His targets seem to be Touman's core members. I think his next target will be Ichiko."
"But why did he do all this?" This was something Wu Dao had always been unable to understand.
Yuko looked puzzled. She didn't understand why Takedo wanted to investigate Kisaki's purpose. She looked at Takedo and said, "Takedo, it's not our job to understand criminals. It's our job to stop them."
"That's true..." Wudao felt like he had forgotten something about Kisaki, but he couldn't remember it and had to give up. He then asked, "You just said you had a solution. What should we do?"
Yuko leaned closer to Budo and whispered in his ear, "We need Budo's help..."
After hearing Yuko's plan, Wudao couldn't help but show worry on his face: "Wouldn't it be a little dangerous to do this?"
Yuko gave him a reassuring look: "Don't worry, I'll prepare in advance."
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