Sakayanagi: Am I Cute?

But then came a moment of relief; it would have been better to die.

After all, he almost killed me back then.

"By the way, could you help me contact a school?" Sakayanagi asked readily after a brief pause.

"We've already contacted her. A teacher named Chabashira just came over to inquire about the situation, and she's currently processing your hospital admission procedures."

Sakayanagi breathed a sigh of relief, then realized that her head felt a little uncomfortable, so she subconsciously touched her hair.

Then, a hand covered in blood...

"This is?"

"Cough cough, it seems to be the blood of the deceased."

Sakayanagi felt nauseous all over.

"Can I... can I go take a shower?"

"Of course, I'll contact a nurse for you."

"Thanks."

The hospital that the police brought Sakayanagi to was naturally the best private hospital in Hokkaido, and it was said to be a family business of Kiryuin.

Taking a shower couldn't be easier.

Only after entering the bathroom alone did Sakayanagi realize that something was wrong.

That's right, she wasn't using crutches, but she didn't seem to have any trouble moving around.

What... what's going on?

Sakayanagi was completely baffled. Could this also be Shuichi Kanda did?

After taking a nice, relaxing shower, Sakayanagi changed into a hospital gown and returned to his ward.

Meanwhile, Class A's homeroom teacher Chabashira Sae, was already waiting in the hospital room.

Seeing Sakayanagi walking freely without a cane, Chabashira was naturally quite surprised.

After all, she is the daughter of Chairman Sakayanagi. When she enrolled, the chairman specifically held a meeting with the first-year teachers and explained Sakayanagi's situation.

Logically speaking, she should have no way of getting rid of her crutches, but at this moment, Sakayanagi was indeed walking steadily on the ground.

"Is that strange, Chabashira-sensei?"

Chabashira Sae nodded, and said with interest, "Did you eat some kind of magic pill?"

What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener, because Sakayanagi did indeed realize what she had eaten while she was in a semi-conscious state.

Subconsciously touching his lips, Sakayanagi smiled.

"Maybe I really did take a miracle drug."

However, she clearly didn't want to dwell on this matter.

"Chabashira-sensei, can I be discharged from the hospital today?"

Upon hearing Sakayanagi's words, Chabashira shook his head.

"I'm afraid that won't work. The chairman already knows about this, and he's probably on a plane right now. He should arrive later."

"I see," Sakayanagi nodded and didn't insist any further, and besides, it was good that his father had come.

Chapter 376 Sakayanagi: Am I cute?

Not long after, Sakayanagi's father, Sakayanagi Kousei, arrived. He didn't come alone; he was accompanied by the private doctor who Sakayanagi Arisu's health.

Arriving at the ward, Sakayanagi Kousei finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his daughter. He had been on tenterhooks the whole way, fearing that something might happen to her.

Seeing her looking so energetic, he finally felt a little relieved.

"Father, you've arrived."

Upon seeing her father, Sakayanagi Arisu greeted him cheerfully. However, when she saw the woman behind him, her expression became somewhat strange, a mixture of relief and resistance.

"Arisu, how are you feeling? Is anything bothering you? I brought your aunt along this time, let her check you up."

Upon hearing his daughter's voice, Sakayanagi Kousei immediately bombarded her with a barrage of questions. However, Sakayanagi Arisu seemed accustomed to her father's nervousness and answered each question methodically.

"I feel great right now, and I don't feel uncomfortable at all, but I think I should still get checked out because I've never felt this good before."

Sakayanagi Kousei nodded, then turned slightly. "I'm counting on you, Nao."

"Leave it to me."

Dr. Tojo is a woman who looks only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, but her actual age is much older. She has been taking care of Sakayanagi Arisu very young. Moreover, she is Sakayanagi Arisu's aunt, and her name is Nao Tojo.

After explaining all this, Chairman Sakayanagi turned to Chabashira Sae, who had been standing guard there the whole time.

"Thank you for your hard work, Chabashira-sensei."

"This is what I should do as the teacher in charge. Rather, it's because I didn't keep a close eye on them that they ended up like this."

Chairman Sakayanagi shook his head. "You can't guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days. No matter how you look at it, this matter can't be blamed on Chabashira."

Meanwhile, on the other side, a female doctor named Tojo had already taken out a stethoscope and handed it to Sakayanagi.

"Chabashira-sensei, I'd like to know more about this matter. Let's go outside and talk."

Seeing his father and Chabashira about to leave, Sakayanagi opened his mouth.

"What's wrong, Arisu?"

"No, it's nothing." Sakayanagi just sighed silently, then smiled and shook his head.

After Chabashira and Chairman Sakayanagi left, the results came out quickly in the ward, but the results made Tojo frown.

"What's wrong, Aunt Tojo?"

Seeing her aunt's furrowed brows, Sakayanagi panicked. Had her condition worsened?

But that's not right, I feel perfectly fine.

Could this be a final burst of energy before death? Or perhaps...

Although Sakayanagi was panicking inside, he remained outwardly calm. After a while, Dr. Tojo showed a bored expression.

"Arisu grown up; you can't be fooled anymore."

Sure enough, that unreliable aunt was teasing me again.

Sakayanagi was speechless for a moment. "She's forty years old, yet she still loves to joke around so much."

"Wrong, it's eighteen years and two hundred and forty-five months!" Tojo immediately corrected.

However, Sakayanagi clearly didn't want to pay attention to her; she only wanted to know her current situation.

"Putting that aside for now, how exactly is my health?"

"Let's put that aside for now. Age is a very important thing for women." Tojo protested symbolically at first, then his expression turned serious. "Arisu, I don't know what you've been through lately, but I can tell you with certainty that while your illness hasn't been cured, it has been greatly alleviated."

Sakayanagi paused, unsure of what to say.

Although she felt much better, receiving this answer from Tojo still left her somewhat dazed.

"To what extent specifically?"

To this question, Tojo shook his head.

"I don't know, but at least I won't need crutches to walk anymore, but having children is still unlikely."

Sakayanagi was initially pleased to hear the first half of the sentence, but upon hearing the second half, Sakayanagi immediately blushed with embarrassment.

What does this have to do with anything? Why did this suddenly come up?

"Of course, this is just my initial assessment. You'll have a full check-up after your school trip ends and you return to school."

As he spoke, he pulled a stethoscope from Sakayanagi's clothes and then smelled it near his nose.

"Mmm, it smells so good."

This thuggish behavior made Sakayanagi laugh in anger. She was supposed to be his aunt, but she acted like this.

That's why I don't want to be alone with you.

Meanwhile, in the corridor, Chabashira had already told Chairman Sakayanagi everything he knew.

"That's all I know. You can ask Kanda, who rescued the students, for more details."

Chairman Sakayanagi nodded. So it was that person who made the move. In that case, there shouldn't be any problems.

"I understand. I'll keep an eye on Arisu here, Chabashira-sensei. You should go back and rest."

Chabashira nodded, then turned and left.

Sakayanagi wasn't the only student kidnapped; she had several others to comfort.

Afterwards, Chairman Sakayanagi returned to the ward and learned about his daughter's condition from Tojo.

Has your heart condition improved?

Chairman Sakayanagi's first reaction was that it was impossible.

He, as her father, knew his daughter's illness better than she did; she had a congenital heart condition that was currently incurable with technology.

However, he quickly realized a possibility: Shuichi Kanda had done something to his daughter.

Legend has it that the Kanda Family possesses a cure-all medicine, but such a thing is extremely rare and hard to come by, and the Sakayanagi Family, with its limited resources, simply cannot obtain it...

But given the current situation, this is the only possibility.

"Father, I want to be discharged from the hospital today."

Sakayanagi's voice brought him back to his senses, but he didn't answer. Instead, he looked at Tojo beside him, his questioning intent clear.

"You can be discharged, but I don't recommend you continue with the school trip for the next few days."

Tojo acted very seriously at this point and gave some very pertinent advice.

What do you think, Arisu?

"Yes, I'm fine."

"In that case, I'll go take care of the formalities. Arisu, you get ready."

By the time Sakayanagi finished the formalities and left the hospital to return to the hotel, it was almost evening. At that moment, Sakayanagi felt very hungry, even hungrier than usual at mealtimes.

So she hummed a song and walked towards the cafeteria alone.

Sakayanagi's unusual behavior naturally attracted a lot of attention.

That's right, the biggest difference between her and others today is that she wasn't using crutches.

Another difference was that she was humming a song.

"Um... Classmate Sakayanagi." Finally, as she reached the cafeteria entrance, someone couldn't sit still any longer. "Are you alright?"

The girl who asked her the question was from Class B, Yamamura, a girl with a very low profile, but at this moment she had a worried expression on her face.

"I'm fine, what could possibly be wrong with me?" Sakayanagi flashed a cute smile. "By the way, I'm going to eat later, want to come along?"

Although Yamamura didn't know what was wrong with Sakayanagi, he still nodded mechanically.

Your leg...

"My leg is perfectly fine, isn't it?"

As he spoke, Sakayanagi walked around the Yamamura once.

The Yamamura was even more confused now. Had Classmate Sakayanagi been lying to us all along? Was she actually healthy?

Tonight, Sakayanagi ate a lot for dinner, about the amount a normal girl would eat in one meal. This surprised Sakayanagi, as she used to have a very small appetite, after all, she was petite.

Putting down her chopsticks, Sakayanagi clasped her hands together in satisfaction; she had never eaten so much before.

After returning the tableware to its designated location, Sakayanagi saw the person she had been wanting to see ever since she woke up at the cafeteria entrance.

After returning to the hotel from the police station, Shuichi Kanda drank some water and went straight to bed. When he woke up, it was already dark, and he was starving.

However, the time he woke up was also quite coincidental; it was just the hotel's mealtime, and he could eat for free in the cafeteria, so he quickly washed up and went to the cafeteria.

Then, just as I reached the entrance of the cafeteria, I saw Sakayanagi Arisu.

Shuichi Kanda immediately surprised; wasn't this guy supposed to have been taken to the hospital?