"More anxious than I am." Without saying much else, Jiu Ming waved a hand. Several strands of green light merged into the green-haired little girl's body, and the wounds all over her rapidly healed. Once he was done, Jiu Ming lightly clapped his hands. "All right. Which one of you is going to help clean her up?"
After helping her tend to her wounds, Jiu Ming clapped his hands and stepped aside, pointing in one direction. "The bathroom's over there~"
"Leave it to this Regiment Leader."
Haruhi casually waved a hand. Not minding the blood and grime on the green-haired little girl at all, she picked her up and headed for the bathroom. Jiu Ming remained where he was, mulling things over. The little girl's injuries were a chaotic mess—some looked like they had been left by the claws of some wild beast, while others resembled cuts made by a sharp weapon like a blade.
There were even wounds from needle pricks.
And quite a few old injuries as well.
"Seriously... what was I thinking back then?" Clicking his tongue softly, Jiu Ming shook his head. "Come to think of it, she really is lucky to have run into an Invitation Card..."
[No. Because she had already visited the Mysterious Shop and had a connection with you, her chances of encountering an Invitation Card during the large-scale random distribution of Invitation Cards were very high.]
Panel-kun explained.
Jiu Ming nodded. A connection... right, that verbal agreement from back then. Jiu Ming himself had nearly forgotten all about it. "All right, but why didn't she come immediately after receiving that thing? Why drag it out for so long and end up like this...?"
[Go ask her yourself. It's not as though I'm omnipotent.]
"Tch, I wasn't asking you." Jiu Ming flicked