Chapter 088
There was a gentle knock on the shoji door. Qingxi placed the neatly folded clothes in front of the door and said to the people in the room, "Mr. Beimingyu, I asked Mei to find the largest clothes here. See if you can wear them."
"Thanks."
Beimingyu Xingming's voice came from inside the door. After hearing it, Qingxi walked to the next room.
Yagen Toushirou's house is just like him, neat and meticulous, but also has some private personal preferences in some small details.
Qingxi looked around and then looked away.
What else could she do if she didn't retract it? She stared at the sliding door that separated them. Then, because she couldn't control the Eye of Dialysis well, it penetrated the sliding door and saw their bodies. Then it penetrated their bodies and saw their muscles, then their bones, and their internal organs... From some angles, they were really (emphasis) seen through.
Brush——
The sliding door that served as a wall was pulled open from the next door. Tsurumaru Kuninaga lowered his head, pulled up his clothes, and walked over. Qingxi took out a brazier, threw a large piece of burning red stone into it, and said to Beimingyu, "Mr. Beimingyu, bring over your wet clothes and warm them up."
It's okay for Tsurumaru Kuninaga, as he already has spare clothes here, so he has something to wear after changing. But it's different for Gyomei Onmyoujima. Not only are there no spare clothes for him here, even if he can wear the clothes he's wearing, he still needs to go on patrol later, and ordinary clothes have no defensive effect. But the uniforms of the Demon Slayer Corps are different.
Because the clothes themselves are made of special fibers, they are more wear-resistant than ordinary fabrics to a certain extent, and can provide a certain degree of protection for the ghost hunter himself. So the clothes that Beimingyu Xingming wore today got a little dirty after running in the rain, but it would be better to let him wear them when he goes on patrol after drying them for a while.
Beimingyu Xingming paused as he was about to step forward, then he took the clothes that he had wrung out and was about to hang in the corridor. Qingxi took out a small clothes rack and hung his clothes on it next to the brazier.
Flint, a natural high-temperature stone found in the wild, was used as an essential item for camping in the wild after it was discovered.
Beimingyu Xingming's clothes were very large, but after blocking most of the heat from the flint, the temperature in the room was still gradually rising.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga glanced at Kiyoki's right hand, which was still shaking even when it was placed on her lap. He lowered his head and used the tools Kiyoki had given her to maintain the kitchen knife. However, he couldn't help but ask without waiting for Ueno Arata to come over: "Master, what were you doing just now, stabbing Mr. Kitani in the heart with a kitchen knife?"
Qingxi, who was still in high spirits at the moment, felt a little hungry. She took some food and placed it between the three of them, then took out a bowl of fried noodles and started eating.
After a few mouthfuls of food went into her stomach, Qingxi, feeling that her empty stomach had been somewhat filled, looked up and mumbled with something in her mouth, "Mr. Kitani's ribs are all broken, and one of them pierced his heart."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga hummed, indicating that he was listening while also waiting for the girl's next words.
Qingxi: "The kitchen knife you are holding in your hand is called the Susheng Knife. I won't explain the reason for this, it's quite long. It's probably because most Susheng knives are forged by combining organisms with self-regeneration functions and minerals that can promote their functions.
Its advantage lies in regeneration.
For example, if I use this knife technique on a certain part of an ingredient, while I remove the ingredient from this part, the ingredient from that part will be regenerated."
The girl calmly explained the facts to the two people, but in contrast, the two people being explained gasped as if they had never seen the world before.
"Don't be shocked." Qingxi continued to explain, "This technique is extremely powerful in its practicality, but it's also extremely difficult to master. In the world of gourmet food, there are only a few who can fully master it. As for me, if it weren't for the aid of the Dialysis Eye, I wouldn't even have the 60% confidence I told Dr. Ueno before. I'd have to drop it to 30% to truly master this near-divine skill.
After all, the difficulty here is to cut the knife through the gaps between cells without damaging them. This overwhelming difficulty alone eliminates 90% of chefs."
"I see."
After listening to the general idea, the two of them understood it and at the same time felt fortunate for Kitaya Genei in their hearts. They were fortunate that Qingxi's hands did not shake when he used the Su Sheng kitchen knife on him, and that he did not damage a single cell. Otherwise, the piece of his heart that was cut off would not only not grow back, but he would also be stabbed to death by a kitchen knife.
If that were the case, he would be in great trouble. It was possible that his soul would come to settle accounts with Qingxi after his death.
After finishing a serving of fried noodles, Qingxi smacked her lips. She felt about 70% full, but at the same time, she wanted to have some dessert...
So after Tsurumaru Kuninaga returned the maintained kitchen knife to Kiyoki, the three of them snuggled up in Yagen Toushirou's room and ate red bean rice cake soup together.
A bowl of warm red bean rice cake that was not hot but not hot went into her stomach. Logically, she should feel satisfied since even the last little flaw was gone. However, she felt as if she had forgotten something. She thought about it in circles but couldn't remember it. She had no choice but to ask the two people around her for help.
"Mr. Beiming Island, Tsurumaru, do you have a feeling that we seem to have forgotten something?" she asked.
As he slowly swallowed the rice cake in his mouth, Beiming Island Xingming was stunned for a moment, as if he was trying hard to recall something. Tsurumaru Kuninaga beside him tilted his head and thought for a while, but couldn't think of anything they had forgotten. He said, "No."
After he finished speaking, he tilted his head and looked back at Qingxi.
"There must be." Qingxi said firmly, but she just couldn't remember it.
So she had no choice but to turn her gaze to Beimingyu Xingming who was still thinking about him.
After a while, the young monk asked a question, "Axi, where is Jiro who brought you here?"
The girl's blue eyes widened little by little.
Oh shit! How could she have forgotten that?
Where is Jiro?
As soon as she arrived here, Yao Yan took her to change clothes, and now she didn't know where it was.
Qingxi stood up and said guiltily, "Well, I'll go look for it in the crow house."
"I'll go." Tsurumaru Kuninaga said, pushing the girl who had stood up back down.
"No, I'll go." Qingxi sat down and pulled Tsurumaru Kuninaga back. It was not that she was suddenly being pretentious or something, but she was worried that if she didn't even put in a show of effort, Jiro might get so angry that he would bite her if he found out.
When the two of them were pulling and tugging at each other, neither of them noticed that Beimingyu Xingming seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Beiming Island Xingming lowered his head and silently ate the red bean rice cake:...I originally wanted to remind you, but forget it, you're already here.
Gah——
The huge black bird stood in front of the door, occupying most of the door. Qingxi froze when she heard the noise. She turned her head with difficulty and met Jiro's angry gaze.
Qingxi: “…”
He quickly pulled out a large towel and covered Jiro with it, and called Tsurumaru Kuninaga to help wipe the old man's wet feathers.
Then, he took the initiative and said, "Hey, Jiro, where did you go just now? I looked for you everywhere after I came back, but I couldn't find you."
As Tsurumaru Kuninaga, stifling a laugh, rubbed Jiro's fur, she quickly produced a large bowl of raw food, one vegetarian and two meat dishes, and placed it in front of him. "Look, I've even prepared your portion. Try it and see if you like it."
Jiro's head was aching from being rubbed by the two people, one big and one small. He was obviously still very angry because Qingxi was so heartless. After he brought her here, she just left him behind. However, after seeing the three large basins in front of him that did not look like food for crows at all, he was a little confused again. Could it be that he really misunderstood?
Look at Qingxi's sincere expression... or is he just trying to trick Crow? Jiro thought to himself with certainty.
But seeing that she was acting so sincerely, it would be fine this time, but if it happened again, it would definitely nag her.
Seeing that Jiro was finally willing to lower his head to eat, Qingxi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that this time he was finally done for.
But at the same time, if something like this happens again next time, it will be difficult to fool it.
She rubbed Jiro's feathers from head to toe with a towel, soaking up half of the rainwater. Then she pulled its three food bowls into the house and let it come in to be warmed by the heater before she sat back in her original position.
Beimingyu Xingming listened to the girl whispering "It's really hard for me", and he couldn't help but laugh and sigh in his heart.
Axi's mental age is older than any of them, well, of course, except for the sword tsukumogami, but in terms of personality, she is purer than them, the adults. Her happiness and unhappiness are all shown on her face, and even if there is something in her heart, she can't hide it for long. It is precisely this personality that, even though she repeatedly stated that she is an adult, both herself and the lord would tend to treat her as a child.
Neither Beimeishima Xingmei nor Qingxi waited until Kitani Genei's operation was over. The former was almost done with patrol, and the other was in a state of fullness after the stimulation of the strong mint wore off. So after accompanying Beimeishima Xingmei to the cafeteria for dinner, she kept yawning when she came back. When Tsurumaru Kuninaga urged her to go to bed, he could also explain to Ueno Arata if he came to ask her. After all, she had already explained it to them before, and he was still able to repeat the words.
But Qingxi started to act pretentiously again before going to bed. She had been caught in the rain, so she had to take a nice hot shower.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga was so annoyed that he had no choice but to go next door, pick up her bucket and go to the bathroom next to the clinic to take a shower.
You can take a shower in the crow house, but you have to boil hot water again. No matter how you think about it, it is more convenient than the clinic in front.
After taking a shower and changing into loose pajamas, Qingxi said good night to Jiro who was waiting in the room, then crawled into bed, and the next second she started snoring.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga sat aside eating the five-spice dried meat that Qingxi had taken out and never put back. He looked at the girl who had wrapped herself up like a ball and couldn't help but chuckle.
Genei Kitaya's surgery was not completed until eight o'clock in the evening, but he was still in critical condition, so someone needed to measure his temperature every once in a while.
Yagen Toushirou took a quick look at himself before coming over to get a change of clothes. Seeing the people already asleep in the room, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Tired?"
In the past, the general would not go to bed before ten o'clock in the clinic, but today she had already gone to bed at just after eight o'clock. No matter how he thought about it, he was probably just tired today.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga pointed to the large plate of dried meat in front of him, which he had already eaten most of, and indicated that if he wanted to eat, he could help himself. Then he said, "I am definitely tired, but that's not the only reason."
Yagen Toushirou's purple eyes swept over the dried meat and then looked up at him, quietly waiting for his next words.
"For the past month or so, the owner has been obsessed with stockpiling winter supplies and brewing wine. This morning, he was there testing wine before dawn, got drunk, and slept all morning. Later, I heard about Mr. Kitani's situation. He was dug out from under his covers by Mr. Beimingyu and I."
Thinking of the refreshing minty scent he had just smelled from his own general, Yagen Toushirou understood. However, to be able to use such unheard-of swordsmanship in that state, the general was truly amazing.
Thinking this in his mind, he took his change of clothes and went to take a shower. When he came back, he happened to meet Ueno Arata who came to look for Kiyokuni, and then listened to Tsurumaru Kuninaga's explanation of the sword skills that the general had just used.
Seeing Ueno Arata's disappointed expression, he summarized the meaning of Tsurumaru Kuninaga's words: the master has only mastered 30% of this sword skill, and the remaining 30% depends on her eyes. It was purely luck that she was able to remove Mr. Kitani's heart that was pierced by the ribs and regenerate the broken heart, so don't expect to learn it. You can't learn it, and you can't learn it. Let's just be down-to-earth human beings.
Ueno Arata was very disappointed, but it was also within his expectations. His eyes were fixed on the girl who hadn't woken up after talking for so long. He said, "Do you want to carry her to the dormitory to rest?"
Tsurumaru Kuninaga waved his hand and said, "After we confirm that Mr. Kitani is alright, we will go back to Beiming Island to stay. We won't bother you anymore."
Ueno Arata frowned, "Her eyes haven't healed yet?"
Apart from him and Tomioka Giyu, who was deliberately told vaguely that he was still a patient, he was the only one who knew her true condition. However, he always made excuses to other people in the clinic, saying that he was in a bad mood and had to leave the clinic temporarily.
He thought that after so much time had passed, the problem should have been solved.
"Not yet." Tsurumaru Kuninaga said. "Don't count on it this year, let's just wait and see if it gets better next year."
Ueno Arata clicked his tongue, looking as if he had a toothache.
Then he said, "I'm leaving now," and went back.
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