When Aikawa Kaze woke up again, he froze.
He had expected to open his eyes and see either Shoko Ieiri or Yuta Okkotsu. So far, apart from himself, those were the only two people who had mastered Reverse Cursed Technique well enough to heal others.
Instead, the people he saw when he opened his eyes were Natsume Takashi and Megumi Fushiguro.
Beside Megumi Fushiguro, a deer was kneeling on the ground because it was too large to stand. It was continuously applying Reverse Cursed Technique to him, and when it saw him wake up, excitement flashed in its large eyes.
To put it in human terms, it looked as if it were thinking, I can finally get out of here! It was rather pitiful.
Perhaps because he had only just woken up, Aikawa Kaze stared blankly for a good ten seconds before realizing what this meant.
"That's amazing, Megumi! You tamed another new shikigami! By the way, why are you and Natsume here?"
"..."
At Aikawa Kaze's praise, Megumi Fushiguro seemed about to smile, but he forcibly stopped himself and put on a stern expression.
"Hah, why do you think?! If you hadn't been lucky enough to have Natsume nearby to give you emergency treatment, the consequences would've been unthinkable!"
Megumi Fushiguro really was shaken. Although Toji Fushiguro had found him as quickly as possible, made him tame Round Deer, and then rushed him over at any cost, all that had still taken considerable time.
According to Suguru Geto, if Natsume hadn't used his spirit power to provide emergency treatment and stop Aikawa Kaze's bleeding, he really could have been in danger.
"Aren't you usually pretty good at using Reverse Cursed Technique?!"
Megumi Fushiguro was genuinely a little angry.
"Besides, Gojo Sensei, Mr. Geto, and That Man were all there!