His presence... was faint?
I can't sense it at all. Is there really something strange about it?
Uryu Ishida stared at the tree in the middle of the lake, a little embarrassed.
Hearing that this man might be dangerous, Chizuru hesitated. "What should we do now? Should we let Orihime heal him?"
If Orihime decided to do it, she would accept it, even if the man attacked them when he woke up.
But there was a more reliable adult here. Surely it was better to trust her.
"We can't stop halfway through healing him, can we?" Yuko shrugged. "Besides, I'd be in trouble if he died now."
Chizuru looked baffled. "What do you mean?"
"Well..." Put on the spot, Yuko had no idea how to explain it. She hadn't even heard the whole story herself. "Anyway, this guy's master belongs to the Kuchiki Family. He's sort of Rukia's... uncle's generation?"
"Huh?! Rukia's uncle?!" Even Orihime looked up from her treatment.
"No, I just mean they're about that close in the family tree. What do you call your grandfather's son-in-law again?" Yuko frowned. She had never understood family relationships.
Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, plus her other grandparents—that was as far as her understanding went. It wasn't as though she had any other relatives.
"Should I go ride a kiddie car first?"
What the hell did a kiddie car have to do with anything?!
Ishida looked faintly embarrassed. "...Great-uncle by marriage, I think."
Yuko slammed her right fist into her left palm. "Oh! Then I was right!"
That was what she'd been thinking of!
As everyone stared at her...
"Hah!" Muramasa's eyes snapped open. Warm orange light filled his vision. Then he saw the crowd around him and nearly panicked on the spot.
Orihime hurried to reassure him. "Please don't move