"Xia Xi, are you all right? The Upper Rank didn't hurt you, did he?!"
"Big Radish, you actually drove off an Upper Rank?!"
"Big Brother! You even beat Upper Rank One?!"
Xia Xi was reassuring the worried Kocho Sisters when he heard this and turned to glare at Kyojuro.
How did the story keep getting more ridiculous?
At this rate, would they be saying he had killed Muzan Kibutsuji next?
"Don't talk nonsense. I only drove off a little redhead."
Kyojuro said, "Understood, Big Brother! I won't tell just anyone."
Kanae and Shinobu went over to Igarashi to see what they could do to help.
But they found that, however they thought it over, they could not have done better than Xia Xi.
"Xia Xi, Lord Mist Pillar..."
Had she been the one treating him, she would probably still have been desperately trying to keep him breathing.
There was no way she could already have been resting off to the side like Xia Xi.
Xia Xi waved a hand. "He won't die for now. Once we get to the Butterfly Mansion, he'll still need several major operations."
"Right, that Western medical equipment is still usable, isn't it?"
The girl nodded, looking at Igarashi, who was resting with his eyes closed, with a complicated gaze.
Lord Mist Pillar was hurt this badly.
Could Xia Xi, who was even younger than him, have suffered some hidden injuries too?
Was he just forcing himself to hold on right now?
Beside her, Shinobu Kocho felt her nose sting.
To her, their life back in Yokohama was still vivid in her mind.
Whether it was the sight of Igarashi crouching down to pat her head and offer her guidance, or his standing as a senior and Xia Xi's Senior Brother.
All of it had made