"Wait-!!!"
Kokichi Muta stopped Akutagawa Shang with almost the loudest shout he could manage at that moment.
His entire chest ached from the strain...
It felt as though, if he could move, he might have lunged straight at Akutagawa Shang and clamped a hand over his mouth...
At that point, Akutagawa Shang also realized he seemed to have gotten a little off topic...
"Uh..."
"All right, let's talk business now..."
"Phew..."
Seeing that Akutagawa Shang had finally stopped obsessing over his Old Beijing chicken wrap, Kokichi Muta finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He composed himself and once again looked solemnly at the man before him...
"How are you planning... to heal my body...?"
However, faced with Kokichi Muta's question,
Akutagawa Shang merely scratched his head and said:
"Uh..."
"I can't right now..."
"Because I don't know how to heal people..."
"Whaaat-?!!!"
Kokichi Muta slammed his sole remaining intact hand against the edge, sending water splashing out of the bathtub...
At the same time, the Mechamaru puppets standing by in the dark corners
all lit up with red light in their eyes, locking straight onto him...
"So you really were just messing with me-?!!!"
But faced with Kokichi Muta's fury, Akutagawa Shang merely waved a hand, his expression calm...
"Hey..."
"Don't be so impatient... Muta..."
"I only said I didn't know how to heal you, not that you couldn't be healed..."
Kokichi Muta leaned against the edge of the bathtub, panting heavily...
"Hah..."
"What exactly do you mean...?!!!"
"Listen..."
"After a while..."
"It could be a few months, or it could be a few days..."
"A strange person will come to you with a strange special grade cursed spirit..."
"That unusual cursed spirit has the bizarre ability to alter souls..."
"His ability is the key to healing you..."
Hearing what