Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 125. The Mystery Behind a Tying Relationship. 2
Kaito starts to look at Ryou flatly.
“You are the second person to try to match me with that crazy woman. Mr. bartender is the first person”
“But it's true, right?! Although after that I was kicked by him, but I could see his red face blushing like a heroine who had just met her first love in shoujo manga! Don't underestimate otaku's thoughts yes!”
“R–Ryou, you got kicked?! What...what's all right?!” Kino panicked
“Ki–Kino, I'm fine. Don't panic like that or your wounds will open later”
“But...kicked it..”.
“Disregard that problem. I will protest after this. Back to the point. Oh! To where it was..”.
“Until you say not to underestimate otaku” Kaito replied in a flat tone
“Oh, yes there. Okay. Don't underestimate otaku's thoughts!!” Ryou again pointed at Kaito
“What is shoujo manga and otaku? Food name?” ask Kaito
“Something you won't understand. The point is I know that the two demons were involved because of you!”
“Why am I to blame?” Kaito tried to defend himself
“Because that demonic woman fell in love with you!!”
“Must be sure. She's already married”
“But she is beautiful”
“I don't like beautiful women who can behead a human. Different stories that the woman can behead hunted” animals
“Oi, you.if he can decapitate a human head means he can behead a game animal as well. You didn't think that way, did you?” Ryou looked at Kaito with a strange look
“Hmm, you're right. I think he can definitely behead a deer or a forest rabbit”
The direction of this conversation eventually returned to being unclear. It seems that Kino who tried to be patient was tested again.
“Ehem!”
“......!!” the two people were shocked and looked towards Kino simultaneously
“Have finished discussing the beautiful woman who can behead? Are there any more types of women who can behead anything else you want to discuss first? I'll listen to” Kino smile kindly
It seemed, Ryou and Kaito would not see that smile as an eco-friendly smile. Instantly, they were silent.
“Su–su–. Yes, it's done. Ma– let's continue yes, Nii-san. Don't be angry yes, later your wound will heal long because your veins ketarik” Ryou began rubbing the shoulders of the brother to seduce him so as not to get angry
After sighing, Kino resumed her conversation.
“Alright, we continue first. As mentioned earlier, everyone involved with the nine children was five people. Then for the place, it looks like it's just that bar and the black market. Is there anything else you want to add?”
Ryou and Kaito fell silent. They shook their heads in a sign that there was no other possibility.
“What should we do now?” ask Kaito
“For now, it seems like we just need to wait until we can meet again with Theo-kun and others”
“I think they'll be back here again. The boy named Michaela said he would bring cream cake for you” Ryou said
“Let's wait until they come” Kaito starts leaning his back on the chair
Kino kept quiet for a while and started asking other things.
“What are your weapons still on a young man named Riz?”
“Bar”
“Do you not want to check it? Maybe the young man is still waiting outside”
“Kurasa no. I'm sure he might be back with the bar manager and the boys” Kaito replied calmly
“So. All right, if Kaito-san says so”
Near his bed, Kino saw a teapot of water and his glass. Ryou looked towards what Kino saw and asked.
“Are you thirsty?”
“No. I just thought.Even when I get hurt like this, I still don't feel hungry and thirsty. If it wasn't for being asked by the doctor to take the medicine, I wouldn't feel drowsiness either. My body smells the same as before. No smell at all”
“Effects of this ‘world’ influence and your pocket watch” replied Kaito in a relaxed tone
Kino's speechless. Maybe Kino did not feel thirsty as he said. But as a patient who is being treated, Ryou wants his older brother to recover quickly.
“Haus or not, you must drink” Ryou gave a glass of water to the brother
“Thank you. I'll drink”
Kino drinks the water. As expected, his esophagus did not feel completely refreshed from swallowing water. It doesn't feel much different.
Kaito who leaned back his body started to think something. He went back and asked the two brothers.
“You guys, do you still have any money left?”
“Money?”
“True. Money”
Ryou opened the drawer from the table beside the patient's bed. In the drawer there is a small pocket owned by Kino that he kept there, as well as a silver pocket watch. Ryou took the bag and counted it. He also did not forget to take the rest of the money held by him out of his pants pocket.
“Total all my money and Kino there is 700 Franc”
Kaito took the money he had saved and counted it.
“Our is about 670 Francs. The total is 1,370 francs. Not much but not a little too”
“Do you want all that money?” ask Ryou
“Don't you guys think..It's possible that the medicines we once bought for preparation to ‘world night’ that time could have an effect for Kino's wounds now”
Ryou looks happy and immediately approaches Kaito by giving all the money he has put into that small pocket.
“This! Take this all with you and buy that medicine now!”
“Will not know if not tried. I'll go buy it. You guys wait here. I'll be back” soon
“Be careful, Kaito-san”
“Remember yes, do not return if you do not bring the medicine!!”
“Ryou, can't say that to Kaito-san”
“Anything you have to take her! Don't come back empty-handed, Kaito!”
“Ryou” Kino tries to calm her sister
“I know. I'll take him, don't worry. I go first”
Kaito came out of the room telling the Yuki brothers now. Ryou sat back on Kino's bed and stroked his bandaged left arm.
“What...it still hurts?”
“Not” Kino smiled
“You lied. Where maybe it doesn't hurt” already
“If I say this hurts, Ryou will definitely get more anxious. I don't want my sister to be anxious and blame herself anymore”
“……”
Ryou hugged the older brother again with a sad face.
“Nii-san.
“Why go back to spoiled mode like this?”
“I'm sorry I”
“I don't count Ryou's apologies, but I'm sure the number must have exceeded ten” Kino chuckled as he stroked his sister's hair
Ryou let go of his embrace and lowered his head. Kino tried to cheer up the younger brother and there seemed to be a good topic that might melt the atmosphere.
“Ryou, as long as I was asleep earlier I dreamed”
“Dreams?” Ryou immediately raised his head and looked curious
“True. It doesn't seem to be a dream because it really happened to me and Ryou”
“What is it?”
“Remember when I was a kid, during the summer holidays? At that time, Ryou was 10 years old and you were angry with me for leaving you and going out alone. Then–”
“Then I was mad at you because my game was left at home”
“Ryou remember?”
In Ryou's heart, he muttered.
‘There's no way I've forgotten that! Because of me, you get hurt on the beach until you pass out to find your dad's gift beach ball! I've sworn ever since to pay more attention to you and protect you from getting hurt again! But, I never did it right’
“Ryou?” Kino saw the moody face of the younger brother and called out to him
“I. After that, I just remember we were better and never fought again since then”
Ryou lied to Kino. Kino just laughed at hearing that and confirmed it.
“There is one more dream that seems familiar also to Ryou”
“What?”
“Dreams about you being called to the counseling room and scolded by Sakizawa-sensei for breaking the window of the school. Remember no?”
“Oh, about that. Of course remember! Fake-haired fat man! Ahaha, I remember Higurashi-sensei giving him that nickname! Pfft...ahahaha!” Ryou started laughing out loud
Kino began to smile because he managed to turn the cloudy atmosphere into cheerful again.
“Did you really dream all that just now, Kino?”
“True. I think for two days I fell asleep, I kind of went back to the past”
“So”
“So, does that mean we have been in this weird ‘world’ for five days?” ask Kino
“Yap, exactly. Not felt, right? It's like we're becoming kamikakushi or something
“Do not scare. We're alive, Ryou”
“I know we're alive. We explore places like this fantasy world also unlike the isekai anime. Usually they have to get hit by a truck first or suddenly a magic circle appears. Or the most terrible like anime corpse party. Clearly, going into a fantasy world with that pocket watch is barely on the anime list I've ever seen”
“Be–so” Kino responds with a thin smile
It could be said, Kino was not very familiar with the words of the younger brother but he tried to agree.
“Perhaps if we return to Japan later and send our experience in the form of novels or animated videos, it could be appointed as an anime or manga! We can be rich after that! Good idea, right?” Ryou became enthusiastic
“I think it can be done after we find a way back to Japan, ya”
“You're right”
Both were silent for a moment. But that silence did not last long. Ryou started to think of more serious things.
“Kino, regarding our conversation earlier about Kaito's memory gem...Do you have any guesses or anything related to that? Maybe there's something you didn't talk about just now”
“I have no guess as to where or who has Kaito-san's memory. I'm just sure that one of those kids owns or is directly related to his location”
“I don't want to imagine this, but could it be that the gem is on the black market?”
“Dark market?”
“What do you think?”
Kino was silent and said nothing. As if there were still things that made him doubt, he could only rethink.
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