"Hmm?"
Hearing that voice, which sounded tough but was actually full of insecurity, Lin Yu and Retsu Unohana almost simultaneously looked toward where it had come from.
"Pfft, little guy, you were the one who got sent flying just now, weren't you?"
Retsu Unohana looked at the little wolf before her, standing on two legs with a yellow triangular scarf around its neck, a scar on its face, and a patched hat on its head. A smiling expression appeared on her face.
"Y-You... what nonsense are you talking about? How could this King possibly have been sent flying?!"
Wolffy immediately grew flustered. Stomping his feet and craning his neck, he spoke, though his tone carried more than a hint of uncertainty.
"Hehe...!"
Retsu Unohana immediately laughed, and even the pain in her body seemed to ease considerably.
"What poor eyesight. This King obviously flew here on his own!"
After hearing her laughter, Wolffy's face actually showed a trace of human-like embarrassment and indignation.
However, perhaps due to animal instinct, Wolffy always felt a soul-deep unease when facing the smiling Retsu Unohana.
So no matter how embarrassed and annoyed he was, he did not dare make any excessive moves toward this seemingly harmless human. He could only mutter softly to express his dissatisfaction.
"Hehe... little guy, you're rather cute! Cough, cough, cough..."
Retsu Unohana laughed even more happily, but she soon broke into a violent coughing fit. A trace of blood slipped from the corner of her mouth and dripped onto her clothes.
"You..."
Wolffy froze at the sight. His hand instinctively reached to the side to grab something, but after grasping at empty air, he realized that he was no longer in his original location and none of his inventions were with him.
"A-Are you all right?"
Wolffy hesitated for