[Black Basket] Winter Cherry Blossoms

When the speedboat of Akashi's family arrived at the place where everyone fell into the water, Morito had already left quietly. Masao Nakamura's men helped pull the three of them onto the speedboat, and brought large absorbent towels to those who were suffering from the cold.

At this time, Saya had fallen into a coma, her body temperature was also dropping, and Akashi's physical condition was not quite right.With his physique, it would not be a problem to soak in the icy seawater for a short period of time, but the thick smoke he inhaled in the warehouse before still made him feel uncomfortable, but even so, he still held on to his body and did not let go of his arms. Saya.

"Master, you're tired, let's put Miss Saya down first." Seeing Akashi's complexion turning sour, Masao Nakamura persuaded him from the side, hoping that Akashi could take a break occasionally and not overwork himself.

"I'm fine, I can hold on until I get on the helicopter."

Akashi is most aware of the changes in his body. Even if he feels unwell, he has to watch Saya out of danger to be at ease. Compared with the injury of his lover, his symptoms are nothing.

The speedboat carried the three people and headed towards the location where the medical helicopter was parked. On the coast, the police had already stationed near the helicopter, and all the medical personnel were in place, waiting for the speedboat to pick them up to return.Lina stood on the shore, walking anxiously, looking at the sea ahead with the binoculars from time to time, hoping that the three speedboats going out would bring back the people she knew well.

"Miss Reina, look ahead, Mr. Nakamura and Master Zheng are back."

More than half an hour after the helicopter landed, Masao Nakamura's subordinates first saw small black shadows moving on the sea surface, and the speedboats sent out were carrying Akashi and his party to the coastal pier where they were.Seeing this, Reina finally let go of her hanging heart. She immediately mobilized members of Akashi's family to cooperate with the medical staff, preparing to move the injured to the helicopter.

As the sound of the speedboat's motor became clearer and the distance between the speedboat and the coastal pier was getting closer, Lina really welcomed her relatives back.However, when she saw her cousin and Sha Ye who came back from the rescue, she was frightened.One fell into a coma and was dying, and the other was exhausted and was being carried back to the shore by Masao Nakamura.

"Seijuro, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"

Reina ran over in a hurry, trying to wake up Akashi who was in a coma. She had never seen her cousin's face look so bad, nor did she think that he would be physically exhausted. What happened when he went to the warehouse? What's up?

Without time to answer Reina's question, Masao Nakamura handed over Akashi and Saya to the medical staff.After a preliminary diagnosis by the doctor, Akashi felt slight discomfort because of inhaling the smoke from the fire, and he only needs to rest and rest after being admitted to the hospital to recover.But Saya was not as lucky as him. Her injuries had deteriorated and she had to undergo surgery as soon as possible. The nurse put an oxygen mask on her for this. Immediately afterwards, other medical staff lifted her onto a stand and carried her to the helicopter. airplane.

In order to watch Akashi and Saya throughout the process, Reina and Masao Nakamura also boarded the helicopter, leaving only some personnel to deal with the police and record relevant statements.The helicopter slowly took off, and on the way to the hospital, Reina asked about what happened in the warehouse, but Masao Nakamura did not speak, but refused to answer her question on the grounds that it was not appropriate to talk now.

Masao Nakamura's weird reaction made Reina suspicious, so she followed his wishes and kept silent all the way, not asking any more curious questions.A strange atmosphere spreads inside the cabin. Although the dangerous warehouse has escaped, the crisis has not disappeared. On the contrary, new dangers are emerging with Saya's rescue, and the escaped old fox seems to have other plans to implement.

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A large general hospital located in downtown Tokyo received two emergency patients on this day. One was suspected of having sepsis and urgently needed to enter the operating room for surgery, while the other was unwell due to smoke inhalation during the fire, plus fever Has been sent to the general ward for infusion therapy.

Of course, saving lives and healing the wounded is the bounden duty of medical staff, and gossip is not the focus of their work.However, the strange thing also began after the two patients were officially admitted to the ward.The one with the mildest illness was visited by many people one after another shortly after she checked in. Numerous condolence gifts filled the couch in the private ward, while the girl who had just finished the operation was still wearing an oxygen mask and no one cared about her. , only nurses and doctors make occasional rounds.

Until the night, her condition was still unstable. While other patients were sleeping soundly, the doctors and nurses on duty were still coming in and out of her ward.The treatment process was very long, and it was not completed until the next morning, when the girl's relatives got the news and rushed to the hospital.

"Sorry, Miss Hashimoto hasn't woken up yet, so it's not appropriate to visit for now."

In the past few days, the head nurse has said this to the girl's family members more than once.It worked on the first day, but in the next few days, the family members began to ask about the progress of the girl's condition. The head nurse had no choice but to explain the truth to them when they were annoyed and helpless.

"The doctor said that her condition is recurring, and the antibiotics she used before are not effective. Now she is still observing the development of her condition after changing the dressing. I hope that the new drug can make her high fever subside. You should wait for her body to improve before coming to visit her. Bar."

The head nurse changed another way of saying that she finally allowed the family members to leave temporarily, and the injured girl was just as she said, lying on the hospital bed and struggling with the serious illness.The persistent high fever made her mentally unable to wake up temporarily, causing her to spend most of the time in her sleep.

Whether that painful feeling is just a nightmare or a real wandering in front of the boundary between life and death, I am afraid that only she knows best.

where is this place?Why did she come here?

Saya found himself in a strange place, there was darkness behind him, and the front was shrouded in thick fog, and he couldn't see anything clearly.On the side of the road, she vaguely saw a plant swaying in the breeze. She squatted curiously and reached out to pick the plant. It turned out that it was not a wild flower and weed on the roadside, but a red amaryllis flower. It is the Manzhushahua blooming on the roadside of Huangquan, which is specially designed to lead the way to Huangquan for the dead.

So she is on the road to hell now?

Saya turned around and looked at the endless darkness behind her, then looked at the foggy road to the underworld ahead, and finally, she decided to go to the depths of the fog.Because, her mission has been completed, and she no longer needs to be nostalgic for the world. The only regret in her heart may be Akashi and her grandparents. She cannot fulfill the agreement with her lover, and she cannot take care of her grandparents. If it can be longer, maybe the situation will change.

Holding the flowers in his hand, Saya walked forward slowly and entered the dense fog.What makes people feel weird is that the scenery seen in the thick fog is completely different from the scene seen outside.Appearing in front of her, except for the large manzhusawa, there are almost no large buildings, and even the figures can only be vaguely seen. They are all dressed in white and look sluggish. No one answered.

Are they the dead?

Walking along with those figures, and meeting more similar people on the way, Saya unknowingly came to a big river, where obviously there were more dead people, and they were all wandering by the river bank, not daring to take a step forward.However, in order to cross the big river, most people still went to line up somewhere. Seeing this, Saya also lined up behind the dead, but before she reached the tail of the dragon, she was suddenly pulled away. back.

"No, that's an exclusive channel for the dead, and the living can't queue."

A gentle voice sounded behind Saya. She turned her head and looked at the person who was holding her. Soon, a surprised expression appeared on her face. She never thought that she would meet the figure in her memory here .

"Mrs. Riko?"

Saya recognized the middle-aged beautiful woman in front of her as Akashi's mother, Reiko Kasuga. In fact, she had seen her since she was a child, but under the pressure of long-term study and training, she forgot the most important part of it.Now, the gentle face of the past reappeared, and that forgotten memory slowly emerged in her mind.

"We meet again, Saya, I will hardly recognize you when you grow up." Reiko walked up to Saya with a smile, took her hand and left the team of the dead, and took her to a place far away from the river. open space.

"Mrs. Reiko, why are you here? That river..."

Saya was sitting on a big rock, looking at the turbulent crowd by the river, her body was still a little uncontrollable and wanted to go there. Fortunately, Reiko next to her dispelled her thoughts again, and her heart gradually settled down .

"Saya, you are still alive, the River of Three Ways is not where you are going."

Reiko calmed Saya's emotions, and then talked about the reason why she stayed on the river bank, "And I wandered by the river for many years to prevent you and Seijuro from coming here, and I didn't queue up to cross the river, but I I still didn't expect to see you by the river."

Speaking of her coming to the bank of the River of Three Ways through the Road to the Underworld, Saya was silent for a long time before she said: "Perhaps this is the arrangement of fate. My mission is over, and it is time to leave."

"What about Seijuro? You have the heart to leave him alone?"

Although Reiko didn't know why Saya came to the River of Three Ways, she always believed that Saya could survive even in danger.Who told the bond between the two of them was already deep, even if King Hades wanted to take her away, her son would probably come here to snatch him.

"I... can't let him go, but thinking that staying with him will cause more troubles, I think it's better to leave, it's good for him." Saya told Lizi what was in her heart. It was a rare gift for her to meet and fall in love with Akashi, but she failed to fulfill the agreement with him, and he would definitely blame her for the rest of her life.