Aftermath

Symptoms: Congenital heart failure...

Then came a bunch of messy introductions, and finally a conclusion.

[Without timely treatment, there is an 80% chance of death within ten minutes. Is a specific treatment available?]

Seeing Sakayanagi's white hair stained red with blood, Sakayanagi Shuichi Kanda sighed. "Thank goodness you arrived in time. Thank goodness it was me." Then he clicked "Yes."

Chapter 375 Aftermath

After feeding half of the special medicine generated by the Medical Kit to Sakayanagi, her breathing finally stabilized, and Shuichi Kanda breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, at least I survived.

Shuichi Kanda could even catch his breath, police sirens blared outside, growing ever closer.

Perfect timing, they came just in time to clean the floor.

Shuichi Kanda took off his trench coat, wrapped it around Sakayanagi, and then picked him up.

To be honest, this is the first time I've ever carried a girl in a princess carry.

When Shuichi Kanda carried Sakayanagi out, Sudo had already placed the unconscious Shiranami and the other person in a safe place.

Although the ground was cold, there was nowhere else to put it now.

"Um, is Sakayanagi alright?"

"His breathing is relatively stable, but I think it would be better to send him to the hospital for observation for a couple of days." Shuichi Kanda nodded.

Sudo scratched his head, unsure how to proceed, and turned to wake the two unconscious people.

Just then, a police car appeared at the corner not far away, and the people in the police car seemed to have seen Shuichi Kanda, so they immediately stopped a short distance away.

Then two policemen got out of the car and immediately walked towards Shuichi Kanda, stopping not far from him.

One of the older policemen took something out of his outer pocket—a small notebook—and opened it, presenting it to Shuichi Kanda.

"I am Takemura from the Metropolitan Police Department. Put down the hostage you are holding."

Shuichi Kanda clearly saw what he pulled out: his police ID.

"Oh, you've misunderstood. I'm not a kidnapper, I'm the one reporting the crime."

Shuichi Kanda's casual words startled Takemura, who then looked doubtful, because Sakayanagi, who was wrapped in a trench coat, was in his arms.

But you could tell from her exposed hair that it was definitely blood.

Moreover, that's a phenomenon that only results from massive bleeding.

It was precisely because of this that the two policemen refrained from taking any rash action.

"Takemura, what are you doing!?"

Just as the three were in a slight stalemate, a stern voice rang out from behind the two.

"Inspector Higashino, actually..."

Then, the man called Inspector Higashino appeared from behind the two of them. Of course, he also saw Shuichi Kanda holding Sakayanagi immediately.

In just a short while, a large number of police officers appeared in this secluded alley and surrounded the dilapidated dojo.

Shuichi Kanda and Sudo were, of course, also within the encirclement.

"You must be Kanda- kun? I'm so glad to see you're alright."

Shuichi Kanda eyebrow. "You know me?"

"The head of the Kiryuin showed me your photo."

Shuichi Kanda nodded, and Sudo, standing beside him, also breathed a sigh of relief. It would have been terrible if they had been mistaken for kidnappers.

Although he had been in fights in high school, fighting with students and fighting with the police were two completely different things, and he didn't think he could beat the police.

"Since you know her, that makes things easier. My classmate is injured, and I hope you can take her to the hospital for treatment immediately."

"Of course, that's no problem."

Then, Inspector Higashino waved his hand, and two female police officers stepped out from the ranks and came to Shuichi Kanda, taking the still unconscious Sakayanagi Arisu from Shuichi Kanda's arms.

At this moment, Shiranami and the other person who had fainted from fright earlier also woke up. Seeing such a large scene, they subconsciously shrank into the corner.

Shuichi Kanda watched as Sakayanagi was put into the police car, then took his cell phone out of his pants pocket.

Can I make a phone call?

As he spoke, he waved his phone.

"Sure."

Inspector Higashino immediately agreed to Shuichi Kanda's actions, after all, he had received instructions from his superiors before setting off.

Shuichi Kanda was calling Kiryuin Miki to express his gratitude.

After all, under normal circumstances, he, as the police inspector, would not be involved in such a kidnapping incident between students. As a result, not only was the police inspector mobilized, but a large number of police officers also came. If it weren't for Mrs. Kiryuin's intervention, Shuichi Kanda not believe it.

"Hello, this is Shuichi Kanda."

After the call connected, Shuichi Kanda immediately identified himself, and Kiryuin Miki immediately began to explain the current situation.

"Have you seen the police? They just received a report..."

"It was my classmate who made the call. The person has been rescued and has already met with Inspector Higashino."

Hearing Shuichi Kanda's words, Kiryuin Miki breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Shuichi Kanda come to interrogate him, but it turned out he had come to express his gratitude. That's good, at least his efforts weren't in vain.

"It's good that everyone is safe and sound." Kiryuin Miki also regained her usual calm tone.

"There's just one problem."

Upon hearing Shuichi Kanda's words, Kiryuin Miki immediately asked a question.

"What's wrong?"

"When I went to rescue my classmate, I was a little too rough with the kidnappers."

"Oh, that's all there is to it," Kiryuin Miki breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, I can handle this." Kiryuin Miki said confidently.

"That's good. If you encounter any problems, you can contact our family directly."

"Kanda, please rest assured."

Kiryuin Miki reassured Shuichi Kanda again over the phone.

Shuichi Kanda then hung up the phone.

At that moment, Takemura also came out with the rookie policeman, but the rookie policeman was clearly not in a good condition, his face was very pale.

"How's it inside?"

"Inspector, things are a bit complicated." Takemura took a deep breath, then glanced at the composed Shuichi Kanda and said in a low voice.

"What's wrong?"

"There are more than a dozen people inside, probably the kidnappers, but they are all unconscious. I've done a preliminary check of their injuries, and even the least injured have several broken bones."

Higashino nodded, not taking it to heart. This was nothing; during a gang fight, the number of injured was definitely much higher.

There are only a dozen or so people, so there's absolutely no pressure.

Takemura, sensing the inspector's thoughts, continued, "Besides that, there was also a headless body. Judging from the traces at the scene, it looked like the head suddenly exploded, with blood and brain matter splattered all over the ground. Based on preliminary deductions, it was caused by a heavy sniper rifle."

"Nonsense! How could students possibly have heavy weapons? Lead the way, I want to see the scene myself."

Higashino's expression darkened, as if he didn't quite believe Takemura's assessment.

But a few minutes later, Higashino also came out with a frown.

Because Takemura's judgment was correct; such a horrific scene, with even the skull completely shattered, could only have been achieved with a large-scale sniper cannon.

But there were no bullet holes or anything like that at the scene, so what exactly happened?

However, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out that this was caused by a pebble, so Higashino could only seek the answer from Shuichi Kanda.

"Kanda- kun, may I ask you a few questions?"

"Sure."

Shuichi Kanda had anticipated the police's questioning. After all, someone had died there, and whether out of professional ethics or something else, the police would naturally want to know the cause and effect of the incident.

"Please come this way."

So, Shuichi Kanda followed Higashino to the side, waiting for the other's questions.

"Did you hit those people inside?"

"That's right, because the other person assaulted my classmate, I was angry and didn't hold back."

You call that being reckless or lacking in self-control?

Any heavier, and someone would probably die on the spot.

However, Higashino didn't care about that. They were all a bunch of social scum anyway. Even without today's incident, they would probably have joined a gang and died in a shootout.

Higashino nodded and continued, "The headless corpse inside..."

"That was the body of our former senior, Miyabi Nagumo. After I had defeated the others, he suddenly pulled out a knife, pointed it at my classmate's neck, and threatened me to leave the room."

I did as he said, but after I left the room, for some reason his head suddenly exploded. The two girls over there should have seen this most clearly, since they were the closest at the time."

He then recounted the events from when he received Onodera's call to when he encountered the police, omitting, of course, the fact that he had blown Nagumo's head off with a rock.

Higashino was speechless upon hearing Shuichi Kanda's words.

Although Shuichi Kanda's words were very logical, Higashino simply couldn't believe them.

How could a person's head suddenly explode for no reason?

However, Kanda Shuichi Kanda showed no sign of guilt, leaving Higashino helpless. Besides, the head of the Kiryuin Family had specifically given instructions regarding this young man before their deployment today...

Therefore, Higashino was unable to continue asking questions.

However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.

So, Shuichi Kanda others went to the police station in a police car, gave their statements, and were then taken to a hotel.

During this time, Shuichi Kanda also called Chabashira to let him know he was safe.

When Shuichi Kanda returned, all the students who had gone to the zoo had already returned, except for Sakayanagi, who had not yet returned.

After Shuichi Kanda went straight back to his room, spread out his bed, and lay down to sleep.

On the other side, Sakayanagi also woke up from her deep sleep. She felt wonderful, better than she had ever felt in her memory.

Are you awake?

An unfamiliar female voice sounded from the side, Sakayanagi subconsciously turned his head.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Kiyohara Miyu, and I'm a police officer."

The police? That means I'm safe.

Then, Sakayanagi looked around and realized that the smell of disinfectant was everywhere.

"Excuse me, were you the ones who rescued me?"

Sakayanagi vaguely remembered that it was Shuichi Kanda saved him and gave him something to drink.

However, she was in a daze at the time, Shuichi Kanda wasn't here now, so she was starting to doubt if she was dreaming.

"No, when we arrived, a very handsome guy carried you out."

Carry him out?

Sakayanagi looked slightly dazed. In other words, it wasn't a dream?

Seeing Sakayanagi's expression, the policewoman grinned slyly.

"By the way, we have some questions we'd like to ask you. Is it convenient for you to answer them now?" she said, taking out a small notebook.

After thinking for a moment, Sakayanagi nodded.

Then came the routine questioning, but upon hearing that Nagumo was dead, Sakayanagi was utterly shocked. Nagumo, he, is dead?