He shook his head violently, then suddenly slammed it into the wall beside him. Blood covered his head and face, and he passed out.
Tetsu no Sosuke stared, dumbfounded.
What was that supposed to be?
He went over to the man and checked his breathing. Once he was sure he was still alive, he laid him somewhere stable, searched the surrounding area for suitable materials to use as makeshift bandages, and dressed his wound.
After all, both his wife and his sister-in-law had studied medicine. Although Tetsu no Sosuke had never delved deeply into it, even as an amateur, he could manage a simple bandaging job.
In fact, he had even practiced bandaging on his sister-in-law before.
Looking at the unconscious young man, Tetsu no Sosuke sank into thought.
One thing was certain now: the young man was definitely ill.
His relatively normal state was probably the one he had been in just now.
In that state, his reasoning had been fairly clear. The reason he had suddenly slammed his head into the wall was probably that Tetsu no Sosuke's question had triggered an episode.
That would explain why Kyou-chan and Ken-kun had believed the words of someone mentally impaired.
Yet in his mentally impaired state, he had been playing two people.
A mother and her son...
Some things simply could not come out of nowhere. Whatever state a person was in, he would not conjure up imaginary figures out of thin air.
Tetsu no Sosuke stretched his imagination as far as he could.
"Then could this son and mother represent two very important figures in his life?"
Tetsu no Sosuke glanced at him, but imagination alone was not enough to connect all these things.
"But he really does seem to have seen Nakime, and he thought she looked a