Chapter 43—The Call of the Heart (I)

In the present world, Kuza Town, the hospital of the Yulong family.

"Are they alright?" Looking worriedly at Orihime and Chado on the hospital bed, Yulong's gaze stayed on the man in front of him for less than a second, and then immediately moved elsewhere.

"I don't know." Putting down the auscultation equipment in his hand, Ishida Ryuxian's face was indifferent. Ishida Ryuxian, the middle-aged man with short silver-white curly hair and glasses in front of Yulong is cold, handsome, and dashing, who is Yulong's father. Due to some things that happened back then, Long Xian was prejudiced against the blood unity of the exterminator in his body, which also led to the cold relationship between Yulong and him later. So, between two arrogant men, just because of a small contradiction, and neither of them was willing to bow to each other first, which led to a strange relationship between father and son for many years, obviously caring about each other's affairs, but they refused to show a trace of emotion in front of each other.

"What?! I don't know! Yulong's tone suddenly increased by more than ten degrees: "Are you kidding!" Aren't you a doctor? Could it be that you are only a doctor to make money, but you don't know how to do it at all? Hmph, Ishida Ryuxian, in this way, it really looks like your style! Everything he had experienced before had made Yuryu feel upset, especially the choice to "abandon" Ichigo to save Orihime and Chato, who had been like a poisonous snake that was constantly gnawing at Yuryu's heart. Temporarily settled down at this moment, Ichigo was covered in blood, and the image of his heart being pulled out kept repeating, repeating, repeating in Yulong's mind...... The spilled blood and frightened expression made the rain dragon almost go crazy and become extremely irritable! So, after hearing Long Xian's words, Yulong didn't choose to speak, and directly vented all his self-blame on the man in front of him......

Glancing at the rain dragon with a restless face, instinctively opening his body to protect himself like a frightened hedgehog, Long Xian deeply felt the unease, guilt, fear, and irritability in his son's heart...... A trace of regret and reluctance flashed in his eyes under the lenses, Long Xian calmed down and continued to say in a flat tone: "Call your father by name directly, I don't remember that I taught you to be so respectful and inferior, is this your upbringing." "Lifting the frame, Long Xian hid all his emotions in his heart again, "I said I don't know, because they don't need further treatment at all." Are you an idiot? Can't you see that there are no injuries on these two people at all? The man had just fallen into a deep sleep because his body was too weak, and it was enough to recuperate. And this woman, her problems can only rely on herself, and others can't help at all. ”

Hearing Long Xian's accusation that he was uneducated, Yulong's face turned red, revealing a hint of confusion, and he instinctively wanted to apologize, but when he heard the sentence "I don't remember that I taught you", some bad memories crossed his mind, so he stopped this desire again and lowered his head angrily.

"No one can help? On your own? What the hell is going on! Hearing Long Xian mention Orihime's current situation, Yulong instinctively pricked up his ears, and then his face changed greatly: "Didn't she faint because she couldn't stand the stimulation for a while?" ”

"Do you really think so?" Long Xian glanced at him with disdain. That gaze, like a sharp sword, pierced deep into his heart, piercing the pretense of Yulong's self-protection, allowing him to face the cruel truths that he did not want to face. Suddenly, Yulong's face darkened, and he let out a long sigh in his heart......

lost his closest brother, although he has always appeared in front of everyone with a strong face and a warm smile, but when there is no one in the middle of the night, most of them will still cry secretly, that silly girl...... However, at some point, Ichigo's figure entered her heart and began to replace her brother as a support in the depths of her soul and a pillar to live well! Even if you just look at it from a distance every day, you will feel full of strength, full of energy, and full of confidence to live...... Orihime Inoue, such an innocent, kind, gentle and lively girl...... However, because of this, the meaning of the bearing is too heavy, so when Ichigo falls, she will only be the saddest person who will collapse her soul......

"Am I wrong......" Yulong looked up and muttered to himself, his pale and transparent face full of pain. I'm wrong...... "The faces of Ichigo, Chadu, and Orihime alternately appeared in their minds, faster and faster, until finally turned into a white light, filling Yuryu's sight, filling his mind, and everything......

Seeing that a desperate expression began to appear on his son's blank face, Long Xian was distressed, and secretly said that it was going to be bad, stretched out his right hand, turned his palm into a knife, and prepared to knock Yulong unconscious, let him rest for a while first, and make up for a lot of mental energy.

"Ishida, Ishida Yuryu, are you here?" At this moment, there was an anxious call from the corridor outside the door.

This voice, which usually sounds a little unpleasant, is like heaven in Yulong's ears at the moment! (Ichigo and Yuryu are a pair of "happy enemies"-style good friends, who met through fighting at the beginning) Yuryu, who was almost driven crazy by all kinds of negative emotions due to his high sense of responsibility, rushed out of the door like crazy after hearing this voice, ran to the corridor, grabbed Ichigo, who was somewhat inexplicable, and brutally dragged him into the room!

"Hey, Yulong, what are you doing! Let go, bastard! Suddenly attacked, Ichigo, grinning teeth, tried to break Yuryu's hand open, but after trying hard for a while, he still had no choice but to give up......

"Hurry up, something has happened to Orihime! Hurry up and help her! You are the only one in this world who can help her! Rushing to Orihime's hospital bed like a gust of wind, Yuryu grabbed Ichigo's shoulders tightly with both hands, looking excited.

"What?! What's wrong with Orihime! Hearing this, Ichigo, who was shaken and dizzy, didn't care about the trouble of Yuryu, opened his hand, strode out, and came to Orihime, carefully examining Orihime, who was lying quietly on the bed.

"This guy is exactly the same as that bastard back then...... "The relieved Ryuxian saw that Ichigo regarded himself as a transparent person from beginning to end, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and an unhappy face suddenly appeared in his heart." Alas, that guy has lived quite hard for more than ten years...... After so many years, it should come to an end......"

"Forget it, this era belongs to this group of young people, just leave it to them to toss it themselves!" Long Xian smiled indifferently and shook his head slightly: "We old guys, it's better to be nosy." Glancing back at the two people beside the bed, Long Xian smiled wistfully, walked out silently, took the door, and left quietly.

On the hospital bed, Orihime lay quietly. The long orange hair is draped on both sides at will, the long eyelashes, the small and delicate nose, the slightly pursed lips, and the proud figure that the white quilt can't hide...... Orihime is like a princess who has fallen into a deep sleep, showing her beautiful and tranquil side. It's just that if it weren't for the pale face and the lips that have lost their rosy color and the slightly frowning eyebrows, everything would have looked better.

"What the hell happened to Orihime? Obviously not injured, and the body is very normal, why do you fall asleep? After feeling it carefully, Ichigo asked Yulong with a tight frown, "How long has this been happening?" ”

"Since Chadu is fine, could it be that the strong uneasiness I suddenly felt before came from Orihime?" Just before that, about five minutes after Ichigo said goodbye to Mako and the others, a sudden palpitation hit Ichigo, causing him to feel a strong sense of unease. That feeling, as if a person who was very important to him was about to leave him, and waves of colic suddenly drowned Ichigo entirely, just like the heartache when he learned that his mother Masaki had died......

"It happened, only about ten minutes ago."

"Sure enough!" Yuryu's words confirmed Ichigo's guess. "Sure enough, something happened to Orihime!" After receiving the pain before, according to the inexplicable connection in the dark, Ichigo ran all the way to the hospital of the Ishida family.

"According to that person's observation and my analysis," Yulong paused, and then said, "It should be that after seeing you die in front of her, Orihime was in a state of confusion and didn't want to believe this fact, so she used her spiritual power to build a virtual spiritual world, locked herself in it, and didn't want to come out. However, her subconscious still knows the fact that you are 'dead', so as time passes, her soul will gradually sink and eventually be devoured...... If that time really comes, it's too late! ”

"But, thankfully, you made it in time!" After Ichigo appeared, the rational and wise rain dragon of the past seemed to gradually return, "Orihime should still just stay in that spiritual world now, well, even if she is unlucky, she has just begun to sink, and there is still room for everything!" Ichigo, it's up to you next! "Oh, yes, Ichigo. I also saw that you seem to be dead, and even your heart was dug out by that leopard-like guy, and blood gushed out! Why ...... now" Yulong is also full of interest in the "supernatural events" that happened to Ichigo that he saw with his own eyes!

"What!!" Ichigo's heart was shocked, his eyes were wide open, his pupils were constricted, and he grabbed Yulong's shoulders in disbelief and kept shaking: "What did you say?!" My heart was gouged out by Grimmajo! How can it be! ”

"Why, don't you know what's going on?" Yulong looked weird: "Don't you have any memory about that?" ”

With a tense face, Ichigo shook his head gloomily: "I'm not impressed at all!" All I remember was being furious when Chato was pierced in the abdomen by Grimmajo, and then his head 'banged' and I didn't know anything after that...... Can you tell me what you know? ”

Rolling his eyes, Yulong's thoughts raced and he said, "When we arrived, in addition to seeing Cha Du who was seriously injured and lying on the ground, there was also the fact that you were wearing a strange hideous mask and fighting that Grim Jo. Then, you seriously injure him, but he suddenly transforms into a half-human, half-leopard form, and pulls out your heart in just a few moves! When Orihime saw this scene, she fainted at that time! Then, I thought you were dead at that time, and I was holding the two of them, and I was busy running for my life, so I didn't pay attention to what happened to you later......" Speaking of this, Yulong quietly glanced at Ichigo, and saw that Ichigo didn't notice himself at all, and suddenly I didn't know whether to be happy or frustrated......

"Did so much happen again!" Ichigo's face became more and more ugly, and he inadvertently clenched his fists tighter and tighter, until his nails pierced deep into the flesh and a trace of pain came!

"The weird mask, the loss of consciousness, is it what those people call a power rampage...... Why is the poached heart still beating in the chest...... Grimmajo, who almost killed me, where did he go, and why did he leave......" A chaotic mind entangled in Ichigo's mind made him almost crazy!

Wiping the blood that overflowed from the corner of his mouth, Ichigo's eyes were as cold as iron!

Taking a deep breath, Ichigo said calmly, "Let's not talk about this for now, let's heal Orihime first!" ”

"Hiss~" For some reason, Ichigo, who was as plain as water at the moment, made Yulong shiver fiercely!