Chapter 063
"These two bento boxes, the smaller one is for Iguro, and the larger one is for Kabukimaru. Although they're freshly made, it's getting hot now, so they won't keep well. It's better to eat them soon... Especially Kabukimaru's. It's all raw meat, and I didn't put any other seasonings in it, so it won't keep well. Eat it soon."
As the days passed, spring gradually came to the summer solstice, and some ghost hunters who had completed their recovery were about to leave the clinic.
At the entrance of the clinic, Qingxi came to see her off after learning that Iguro Obana's broken leg had completely healed.
Of course, people were just a by-product, and she was mainly reluctant to part with Diwan.
The weather is getting hot, and there's a cold snake wrapped around your neck. Well, those who understand will understand.
Seeing the girl's burning gaze on Kabutomaru and the obvious difference in treatment, Iguro Obanai took the lunch box and turned away without saying a word to her.
"Hey! Iguro, can't you really lend me the Kabushige for a few months? I'll return it to you after the summer." Looking at the boy's back, Qingxi asked again without giving up.
However, what responded to her was the sudden disappearance of Iguro Obana.
Qingxi: "..." Yihei, you are such a dog!!!
She curled her lips and turned back.
It was fine before. When spring came, the temperature was suitable and the breeze was gentle, so she could stay in the kitchen and it was fine. But when summer came, she felt a little uncomfortable cooking for nearly ninety crows three times a day without air conditioning or electric fans and when she herself was still a bean sprout.
Originally, when Iguro Obana was recuperating from his injuries, she took Kabutoshi Maru with her and she could enjoy the cool feeling on her neck. But now that his injuries have healed and the mission has arrived, Kabutoshi Maru has been taken away by him. Now that she has no coolness left, she feels a little depressed.
Qingxi looked through the daily records of the crow house and almost cried with joy. That was great. Just as she had guessed before, there were definitely a few mutant crows among the twenty-six crows she had left behind. This time there were seven, a full seven. She was one step closer to the forty mutant crows mentioned by Ubuyashiki Yoya.
After feeding the seven mutant crows a meal, she wrote a letter with a pen and slipped it into the small mailbox at the feet of one of the crows. She patted each of their heads and said, "Go, all seven of you, go to headquarters. The lord will arrange your next tasks."
After thinking about it, Qingxi felt that her intention to chase the crows away was too obvious, so she added, "Of course, if you are free, you can come here. If I am here, I will make you something delicious."
The seven crows could understand simple human language. After understanding the meaning of Qingxi's words, the seven of them flapped their wings and turned into a flash of lightning and flew towards the headquarters.
At the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, Ubuyashiki Kōya, who was looking at the messages brought back by the crows one after another and selecting the ones that were not related to demons, stopped reading the letters. He looked up and his eyes fell on the seven crows standing quietly in the corridor.
Ubuyashiki Tenon, who was helping to tidy up, stood up and walked out of the house. She squatted down and took the letter brought by the crow with a small mailbox tied to its only foot.
After reading the letter handed over by Ubuyashiki Amane, Ubuyashiki Kyoya was in a good mood because seven more capable people had joined his "Sky News Network".
Including the original five, the sky information network composed of eleven mutant crows is still a little too small, but it can be deployed in local areas. He believes that as the news of demons is transmitted faster and the people from the Demon Slayer Corps arrive in time, fewer and fewer families will be destroyed by demons. By then, Muzan Kibutsuji, who realizes this, will also be forced into a hurry.
After figuring everything out, Ubuyashiki Yoya regained his composure and began assigning tasks to the seven crows one by one.
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"Last time it was my left eye, this time it's my right eye. Mr. Harada, just tell me, are you dissatisfied with the color of your eyes and so you think it would be best to be blinded by a ghost?"
"Ahahaha, that was just an accident. I'm not dissatisfied with my eyes."
"But you still got it hurt."
"...Sorry, sorry, um, can it be cured? Like last time?"
"It can't be cured. There's no hope. Just give up."
"Eh? Eh? Is it really incurable?"
"right!"
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Tengen Uzui had never seen such an irresponsible medical staff. He began to doubt the credibility of the words of the Anbu personnel who had carried him here before, that the best doctor in the Demon Slayer Corps was here.
Even a small medical staff can be so arrogant and preach to an injured Demon Slayer. Are you sure that the little girl didn't get in through the back door to make a living?
Looking at her domineering look, and that middle-aged ghost hunter who obviously looked very capable and could kill people with just a draw of his sword, but was timid and smiled... Uzui Tengen could be sure that the little girl with black hair and looks that barely met his aesthetic standards must have some extraordinary identity.
Harada Shinnosuke also felt that he was in a difficult situation at this moment. Although the demon he encountered this time was not very powerful, its blood demon technique was a little difficult to deal with. This caused his right eye to be injured and he could not see, his Nichirin sword was broken, and two of his ribs were broken.
These are actually not a big deal.
The problem is the swordsmith who is responsible for forging his own sword.
As a knife maker, he treats the knife he forges as his own son. But in the end, his "son died". Who wouldn't be angry?
What's even worse is that the swordsmith who was responsible for forging his own Nichirin sword happened to come to the clinic today to deliver a sword to the ghost hunter who was recovering here. When he met him, he was poked in the head and sprayed.
Those words like "Why do you look fine, but your sword is broken?", "How many Nichirin swords have you broken?", "Is this how you treat my hard work?", "I'll stab you to death, stab you to death, stab you to death, stab you to death..." were still ringing in my ears even after I left the swordsmith's room.
Harada Shinnosuke thought that after experiencing the swordsmith's wave of anger, nothing would happen next. As a result, he looked at Kiyoki's eyes, and then was scolded by the girl for the second time.
He seriously suspected that he might be unlucky today.
"Oh, right." Harada Shinnosuke moved sideways and brought a nicely wrapped box of snacks to her. "When I came here earlier, I saw someone making octopus balls, so I bought a box. It shouldn't be cold yet, Aki, eat it quickly."
What to eat? At this time, shouldn’t you come to her again and ask if your eyes are really beyond saving?
What's the point of asking her to eat octopus balls?
Qingxi really wanted to get angry at this moment, but the middle-aged man who was bending over to hand her octopus balls had a smile on his face as if nothing had happened, and she felt a little choked again.
After holding it in for a long time, she took the octopus balls and stuffed them into the bed next to her. Seeing the other person's confused face, she patted the empty bed and urged Harada Shinnosuke, "Hurry up, lie down and let me check first."
Harada Shinnosuke lay down as the girl wished, and at the same time sighed in his heart, okay, okay, I've passed this level.
Seeing that the patient was already lying down, Qingxi quickly climbed onto the bed and checked his right eye that could not be opened.
"Last time, only the cornea of my left eye was damaged a little. This time, Mr. Harada, you're really amazing. You almost destroyed the entire cornea."
Qingxi calmed down briefly after finding the fruit peel soaked in wine that she had used to patch up his cornea last time. Only after the cornea of her right eye was repaired did she start talking again.
"Ahhh... Well, it seems that a seriously injured patient has been sent here. I'm fine now. You don't have to worry about me. Go and do your work first."
Seeing that things were not going well, Harada Shinnosuke quickly spoke up to try to interrupt.
Qingxi simply glanced towards the window, then a sweet smile appeared on her face. "It's okay, Sister A Ling and the others can handle it. I'm currently working on another mission assigned to me by the Lord, so... I'm temporarily working part-time at the clinic."
Harada Shinnosuke was totally surprised: "..."
But before Harada Shinnosuke could think of anything else to attract the girl's attention, a female voice sounded and rescued him.
"Aki, it's a good thing you're here. Doctor Ueno just went out for something. Mr. Yaken is currently operating on another patient with a broken limb. There's another one over here. Could you please operate on him?"
"I'll be there right away." Qingxi responded while looking at Harada Shinnosuke. This time he managed to escape.
She deftly gathered her two low ponytails together, twisted them a few times, and then used the chopsticks she carried with her to wrap them up. In an instant, she looked refreshed and capable, and then she ran towards Mei.
Harada Shinnosuke stared at the chopsticks on the girl's head for a long time before retracting his gaze. He leaned over and took back the box of octopus balls from the "fellow patient" lying in the bed next to him. Seeing that the boy's eyes were fixed on the bed where Qingxi was, he said in the tone of an old father, "Don't you believe that Axi can perform an operation?"
Uzui Tengen stared intently at the octopus dumpling that had been forced into his hand and then taken back. Then his gaze shifted to Harada Shinnosuke's face. He curled his lips and snorted coldly, "Of course, isn't that right? Who would believe that a brat like that could treat someone?"
"Then you are really blind." said Harada Shinnosuke.
After enduring for a long time, Uzui Tengen couldn't hold it back any longer and said angrily, "Hey! Uncle, are you the father of that shriveled brat? Why are you always bragging about him?
Only here in the Demon Slayer Corps, the clinic is willing to accept children of that age to help. Go out and look at other clinics, who would hire someone of that age? Is she ten years old? No, she is not even five years old yet.
"She's eight years old this year. She came here a few months before the New Year the year before last. Last year, she single-handedly subdued all the demon hunters in the clinic who didn't rest properly. She was the lead surgeon, and Dr. Ueno was her assistant. Together, they reattached the arm of a Demon Slayer who had a broken arm. After the injury healed, that member couldn't be a demon hunter anymore, but he switched to the Anbu. The only problem with his broken arm is that it's a little less flexible than a normal person's, and he can't lift heavy objects." Harada Shinnosuke raised his chin towards Kiyoki, "So, this isn't her first surgery."
After he finished speaking, he did not forget to give Uzui Tengen a fatherly look that said, "Do you still look down on her?"
He came from a ninja family where the law of the jungle prevailed. Even though he had left the family with his three wives last year, some things were already deeply engraved in his bones and he would never be able to get rid of them in his lifetime.
For example, the attitude towards the strong.
Although, the other party is only a "strong man" in the field she is good at.
Of course, you can also regard it as knowing the times.
Because no one knows when they will be seriously injured and need treatment from a skilled doctor.
Watching the girl's smooth surgical procedure, her calm expression and her orderly coordination with the assistants, except that she looked a little ridiculous because she was too short and had to stand on a stool, even though her forehead, face and clothes were covered with sweat, making her look like she had just crawled out of the water, Uzui Tengen could no longer say that the other party had come in through the back door.
"As for your question about whether Aki is my daughter—" Harada Shinnosuke suddenly changed the subject, his tone becoming strange. He had a greasy smile on his face, "Given the extent of your injuries, I will definitely leave before you. You can ask Aki yourself then."
Uzui Tengen: “…” Thank you, but seeing your expression now I don’t want to ask anymore.
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