The cicadas are constantly chirping, the ground is steaming, and the streets are deserted. This may be the most realistic portrayal of this hot summer.
Except for a few people, most people would stay at home at this noon. The few people (Kagura) who were holding umbrellas and sweating like rain still spoke out in despair.
“It’s so hot Aru…”
Gintoki, who also had dull eyes and a face full of despair, said in a voice without enthusiasm: "What kind of trouble is this summer going to bring? Today is said to be the highest temperature in the history of meteorological observation."
With confused eyes and glasses that were sweating without any break, he weakly answered the words: "Is this also the impact of the greenhouse effect? What will the earth become like?"
"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Kagura replied disdainfully, and then rolled her eyes at Tianmaki and Shinpachi, who were shamelessly leaning against her side to enjoy the parasol, "I'm talking about you two clinging to each other. Me, I'm almost dying of heat. Get out of here! This is my parasol, Aru!"
"Don't speak so loudly, others will suspect you."
Gintoki warned weakly, and then looked not far away at the target of this commissioned mission or the target of surveillance—the uncle who had an extramarital affair and his cheating partner.
"On a hot day, it's even more suspicious that we move around like three brothers in a dumpling, okay?!" Kagura complained wildly with her eyes rolled.
Gintoki replied helplessly: "If we go out into the sun on such a hot day, the three dumpling brothers will turn into the three skewer brothers. Just let us hide for a while. Don't always enjoy the coolness under the umbrella."
"What are you talking about?!" Kagura was unhappy for a moment and retorted excitedly: "I'm not Aru who just holds a parasol all day long because I like him! We, the Night Rabbit clan..."
"Okay, okay," Gintoki interrupted Kagura impatiently, "Anyway, the setting of being afraid of the sun has probably been forgotten, right? Isn't this setting difficult to deal with?"
"Huh? What did you say!"
Xin Baji took over the words tepidly: "Up to now, I haven't held an umbrella several times and just ran around in the sun. Don't worry about character settings. It's already so hot. These things Throw it all away."
"Don't use the hot weather as a shield to say such outrageous things! These two bastards!"
"It's been such a long time, it's inevitable that there will be one or two annoying settings," Gintoki replied nonchalantly, "Everyone will definitely understand, it's like the next shot suddenly lacks a parasol. Or a pair of glasses or something, no one will complain about it.”
"You know how to complain!!" Xin Bajiu immediately retorted at the top of his voice, "If the setting is messed up, it is equivalent to directly erasing a character, okay?!"
"That's enough! Stop talking nonsense and get out of here!" Kagura rolled her eyes and kicked Gintoki out first, then kicked Shinpachi out angrily, "I'm almost suffocated!"
"No, no!" Gintoki got into the umbrella again and fought with Kagura for control of the umbrella. At the same time, he replied angrily, "I don't want to become a roasted person! Absolutely not!!"
At the same time, Xinbajiu was also trying his best to compete with the two people under the umbrella for the small shade of the umbrella. But suddenly, Xinbajiu discovered something, pointed to the target in front of him and disappeared at the corner of the street and said: " Yin Sang! The target is heading towards the love hotel street!"
"What?!" Gintoki was startled, and at the same time he grabbed Kagura's parasol and rushed towards the street corner ahead, "Hurry up and take out the camera!"
However, after Gintoki and Shinpachi rushed to the intersection of this so-called love hotel, they discovered that the target was no longer there, or in other words, the two people should have gotten into a certain love hotel.
"Too bad, the two of them escaped." Xin Baji said bitterly, "This is obviously a great opportunity to seize the evidence of cheating."
"No, they must be in some hotel, right?" Gintoki replied, "There's no other way, let's just keep watching here and aim for the moment they come out."
"Huh?" Shinpachi said in surprise, then turned to look at Gintoki, "Do you want to be in this scorching hell?"
"Anyway, I'll keep an eye here for now, and you guys will change shifts in about thirty minutes." After saying that, Gintoki turned his head and looked aside, "Hey, Kagura, lend me your parasol."
Shinpachi, who was on the side, pointed to the parasol in Gintoki's hand expressionlessly and reminded: "As for the parasol, Gin-san, you already have it."
"Oh! Oops!" Gintoki noticed the parasol in his hand, and then shouted to Kagura, who was crawling to the ground in a large shape not far away: "Hey, Kagura, I borrowed this parasol first. .”
But... Kagura, who was lying on the ground, showed no reaction, as if he didn't hear anything.
"Hey... are you listening? Kagura?" Gintoki called out a second time tentatively.
But... there was still no response, lying motionless on the ground.
At this time, Shinpachi raised his glasses and said, "Hey, Gin-san, don't you think Kagura-chan looks a little weird?"
At this time, the two people realized and trotted over quickly.
"Kagura-chan." Shinpachi lowered his head and called out, but there was no response.
"Hey, Kami..." Sensing something was wrong, Gintoki instantly threw away the parasol in his hand, squatted down and helped up the girl who, although not delicate, seemed extremely fragile at the moment.
Looking at Kagura, who had his eyes closed, a painful expression on his face and was still panting, Gintoki shouted again: "Kagura, hey! Kagura!"
At the same time, Shinpachi also realized something was wrong and said urgently: "Kagura-chan!!"
…
Oedo Hospital.
In a certain doctor's office, Gintoki, who looked a bit restless on his face, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and nervously asked the doctor in front of him who looked very similar to a certain crew member next door.
"Um...doctor, how is Kagura doing?"
"It's just heatstroke," the doctor replied.
Hearing the sound, Shinpachi and Gintoki breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"That's great..." Xin Baji said happily.
But before the two of them could relax for two seconds, the doctor continued: "It seems like that, but there is something wrong with her condition."
"Huh?"×2
Gintoki and Shinpachi raised their heads at the same time, and their expressions that had just relaxed changed at the same time.
The doctor looked at the medical examination report on Kagura in his hand and said slowly: "I temporarily performed emergency treatment, but the fever has not gone away. She is not an earthling, right? And she seems to be a very rare celestial being. It's a pity. , Our hospital does not have detailed data on the Night Rabbit clan. But I heard that the Night Rabbits are a race that is completely immune to sunlight. You..."
As he said that, the doctor raised his head and stared at the two of them with sharp eyes, "...Do you know what happened? For example, she was exposed to the sun for a long time or something."
Just for a moment, Gintoki and Shinpachi lowered their heads at the same time.
"No, I don't know." Gintoki said, but cold sweat broke out drop by drop on his face, and his pupils began to tremble at the same time.
The doctor continued: "Perhaps it could be that he was overworking without replenishing fluids on such a hot day."
"No, I don't know!"
"Prepare to hospitalize her. Let's wait and see for a while." As he said, the doctor placed Kagura's pathology report on the table beside him. "During this period, I will check the detailed data and whether she can be admitted." hospital. For now, I can’t tell whether she will get better or worse... "
…
Gintoki and Shinpachi walked out of the doctor's office silently and closed the door silently. They remained silent at the door for a long time with their heads lowered and their faces dark.
"It's...our fault," Shinpachi broke the silence, closing his eyes with an unbearable expression on his face, "It's all our fault for underestimating Kagura's settings that it turned out like that!!"
"You... are cold, calm down." Gintoki patted Shinpachi on the shoulder. Although he didn't feel confident, he still comforted him as he walked: "It's not a serious illness. She has been jumping around in the sun so far. Even though it’s hot this time, it won’t be so serious.”
Shinpachi walked with his head lowered while unable to hide his disappointment and said: "Maybe she has been forcing herself to survive in front of us. Kagura-chan has been stranded on the earth for a long time. Maybe one day her body will be swallowed by the sun. .”
Listening to Shinpachi's words, Gintoki's face became increasingly ugly.
"Ah! It's all our fault!" Xin Baji suddenly stopped and complained to himself while banging his head against the wall, "It's all our fault! If we were more reliable, we wouldn't be like this. !”
"Don't worry so much!" Gintoki hurriedly shouted and comforted, "How could she lose to the sun! And don't forget, she is not the only Night Rabbit on Earth! A certain idiot is enough to Nothing happened after being on earth for twenty years! In the past, that fool’s favorite thing was to bask in the sun on the roof at noon! If that guy is fine, then neither will Kagura, who is related by blood. Something will happen! Don’t worry, let go..."
Before Gintoki finished speaking, he suddenly heard the urgent voices of nurses coming from the side, accompanied by the sound of rapid footsteps.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!!"
"Emergency surgery! Arrange emergency surgery quickly!"
"How is your breathing? Ah! No! Artificial respiration! Hurry up!"
"Are you ready for the stun gun?! Hurry up!!"
…
Looking at Jiang Cheng who passed by on the hospital bed and rolled his eyes in pain, as well as the nurses who crowded around him nervously and pushed him towards the operating room, Gintoki and Shinpachi looked at each other. … fell silent.
After that, Yueyong, who was walking slowly and heavily, shook his head gently and sighed after seeing Gintoki and Shinpachi.
"Be... well prepared." Yue Yong said, and then slowly walked towards the operating room again.
After Yue Yong left, Xin Baji finally reacted, and he banged his head against the wall again and again.
"Kagura-chan!!"
"Hey! I told you to calm down!!" Gintoki widened his bloodshot eyes and yelled, "Genes can evolve, don't you know?" Don’t you know that a generation is strong?! Kagura is definitely much better than that guy who is in trouble like a woman every month! He must be shouting in the ward at this moment, "Is anything other than raw egg rice bowl human beings allowed to eat?" "Woolen cloth! Believe her! "
With that said, Gintoki opened the door to the ward on the side and said hello to Kagura who was sitting on the hospital bed in a relaxed tone: "Really? Kagura?"
Kagura, who was sitting on the hospital bed in a hospital gown, looked at the patient meal in front of her with dull eyes, and Kugimiya spoke Mandarin for the first time.
"Didn't I say no? I don't have any appetite."
"But if you don't eat, your body won't be able to hold on." The nurse on the side advised kindly.
At this time, the expressions of Gintoki and Shinpachi on the side changed from shock to some kind of panic.
"You won't get better after eating it, right?" Kagura continued with dull eyes, "I know my own body best, ahem..."
Seeing Kagura suddenly covering her mouth and coughing, Shinpachi quickly trotted to the hospital bed: "Kagura-chan!"
"Ah..." Still staring with eyes that were lifeless and relieved, Kagura said feebly: "You two are here..."
"Kagura-chan, what's wrong with you!" Shinpachi asked in a panic.
Gintoki's mouth twitched, his head was covered in cold sweat, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Why are you speaking in Mandarin? Why did you suddenly start coughing?"
Shinpachi bit his lower lip, with a look of pain on his face: "You...you actually didn't even eat, it's...so serious...!!"
"I'm sorry," Kagura lowered her head and showed an unusually relieved self-blaming expression, and apologized softly: "It's all my fault for messing up all the work. I tried hard not to cause you any trouble, but it seems to have had the opposite effect. You don't have to worry about me anymore. Yes, I know it will become like this one day. People like us who are bloodthirsty and dangerous and can only survive in the shadows are really not worthy of living on such a sun-drenched planet. Under such a warm sun , there is no place for us. But..."
As he spoke, Kagura raised his hand with the hanging needle inserted and gently placed it on his forehead, blocking his eyes from the dazzling sunlight.
"... Even if my body is burned by the scorching sun, even if I am tortured by this unbearable pain, and my life is constantly being shortened, I don't want to leave you. Maybe this is just my willfulness."
With cold sweat on his face, a stiff expression, and black lines in his eyes, Gintoki panicked: "Are you in so much pain?" ! Have you always been patient? !]
"So don't worry about me anymore, Gin-chan." Kagura looked up, smiled softly and continued, "It's not Gin-chan's fault."
[No, this is obviously my fault! It’s really all my fault!]
"Hey... Kagura," Gintoki took two steps forward, pretending to be calm, and shouted tentatively, "Stop joking with us. Isn't this just heat stroke? It's okay. You, you are too exaggerated. Stop it. Don't worry, it will get better soon."
Saying that, Gintoki tentatively patted Kagura's back to cheer her up.
Who would have expected…
"Wow!!" Kagura spat out a large mouthful of "blood" in an instant, and the large amount of blood instantly dyed a large area of Kagura's quilt red.
"Kagura-chan!!" Shinpachi screamed in horror.
"What did you just do!" The nurse rushed forward, "Call the doctor! Call the doctor quickly!"
"Kagura-chan! Kagura-chan!!" Shinpachi shouted sadly.
As for Gintoki, his face had long lost any trace of calmness, leaving only a certain despair and... self-blame.
"Leave this to us first!" the nurse said while pushing Gintoki and Shinpachi out, "Don't continue to stimulate her!"
Ignoring the knock on the door and Xin Baji's incessant shouting, the nurse dragged out a whole box of empty persimmon juice from under the hospital bed and complained: "Really, what are you doing? Although I told you to replenish water, you naturally can’t eat after drinking so much.”
"Cheese-" Kagura just raised her head and wiped the persimmon juice from the corner of her mouth, "I'm sorry."
Immediately afterwards, Kagura secretly smiled evilly and thought in her heart: [Hmph, it's more effective than imagined. Let's feel more responsibility and blame ourselves even more! How dare you despise other people's heavy settings and treat others casually? Please reflect on it, Aru! Fortunately, this hospital didn't have enough knowledge about night rabbits, and no one found out that I just had a common fever and cold. Now is the best time! Let you know how heavy my setting is and how important my existence is! I'll just stay like this for a while longer and have fun with them...hehehehe...]
…
"First...don't give up in a hurry!"
Outside the ward, Gintoki raised his head. Although his eyes were still trembling, he still said encouragingly: "There is another one on the other side! I know him! I will never end the fun because of this kind of thing! As long as that If the idiot is okay, Kagura will be fine in the end! Okay! Come with me to see that idiot! Ahaha..."
Afterwards, Gintoki took care of himself and walked towards the ward next to him, holding Shinpachi's shoulders.
Gintoki opened the door and said easily: "Hey, Jiang Cheng, I just saw you..."
But before he finished speaking, Gintoki suddenly saw Jiang Cheng, who was sitting on the hospital bed wearing a hospital gown, opening his mouth and spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
And...not just vomiting blood, but also...a large amount of black blood clots.
"Ah, it's Gintoki..." Jiang Cheng wiped the "blood" from the corner of his mouth and raised his head tremblingly, "Thank you so much for coming to see me at this time, but I..."
"We went to the wrong room, sorry."
After that, Gintoki closed the sliding door and stood outside the door with a dark face, just silent.
(End of chapter)