PDLP Chapter 637 A Long-Awaited Rest
Chapter 637 A Long-Awaited Rest
"Yes, that's more like it~"
Upon hearing this, Yoruichi's gloomy expression instantly brightened, and she nodded with a smile at Yuuko before leaving the room.
Yu Zi watched her departing figure speechlessly, her lips twitching slightly.
After Yoruichi left, Yuuko tried again to repair the wound on her chest, but she was unable to regenerate it.
She silently picked up her Zanpakuto, as if complaining or talking to herself: "Can an ordinary Zanpakuto do this?"
"This is the master's will."
The butterfly did not respond.
Yuko sighed. It seemed she was about to experience the pain again after a long time.
After a while...
Yoruichi brought the food, set it up on a low table, and placed it in front of Ikuko. It was a bowl of steaming white porridge, which was very fitting for Ikuko's status as an injured person.
Seeing this, Yuko seemed to understand Yoruichi's strange behavior just now, and waved her hand helplessly: "What... so Yoruichi made it herself."
"No wonder you wanted me to try it..."
"Shut up, you idiot!" Yoruichi's wheat-colored cheeks flushed slightly as she gave a coquettish scolding and picked up a spoon to shove it into Yuuko's face.
"...I'm not at the point where I need to be fed." Yuko sweated and politely declined Yoruichi's offer.
Yoruichi paused, staring blankly at her: "Is that so? I hope you won't regret it."
"I'll handle this little thing... hiss~"
As soon as Yu Zi picked up the spoon and moved it, her arm aggravated the injury in her chest, causing another wave of pain that almost made her drop the spoon.
"I've never felt this much pain before..." Yuko said weakly, curled up.
Yoruichi rolled her eyes, picked up the spoon, blew on it, and brought it to Yuuko's lips: "That's because deep down you know the injury can be easily healed, since the pain is only temporary."
"Probably..." Yuko didn't refuse again and opened her mouth to take the spoon in.
Yoruichi asked, "How is it? Don't let its appearance fool you, this is my masterpiece."
"It looks alright... actually, it just tastes like ordinary white porridge," Yu Zi said, embarrassed. "But it's already quite impressive that it didn't burn at the bottom."
"Ah, that..." Yoruichi's eyes suddenly became unfocused, and she looked away, not daring to look at Yuuko.
"Huh? Is it burnt?" Yu Zi looked slightly surprised and blinked. "No way, even if it's just the white porridge on top, I can still taste the burnt smell at the bottom."
"But the taste just now definitely didn't have a burnt smell."
“Because…” Yoruichi rubbed her forehead, “This is the fourth batch…”
"..." Yuko's mouth gaped slightly. "Excuse me, but what about the person in front..."
"Oh, don't worry, I just gave it to Mr. Kurosaki who's seeing patients at the clinic downstairs, so it won't go to waste," Yoruichi quickly replied, then scooped up some more porridge and fed it to Yuuko.
Chew, chew, chew...
Yuko sighed, "That's good."
Yoruichi patiently finished feeding him a bowl: "Want some more?"
Yuko shook her head: "No, to be honest, I don't have much of an appetite."
"You wouldn't be disgusted by me..."
Yuko smiled slightly: "No, Yoruichi's congee is very well cooked."
"But my body was not completely affected, and I still have enough strength. It's just that my flesh and blood cannot regenerate, so I need to rest for a while."
"I just used the Hui Dao technique for treatment, and I estimate that I will need about ten days to half a month of rest."
"Ten days to half a month... that's already outrageous, okay?" Yoruichi's lips twitched slightly. "With injuries of that severity, if the blade had been slightly off-center, it could have killed someone."
Yu Zi rubbed her temples with a wry smile: "That Butterfly guy really didn't hold back at all."
Yoruichi pointed out incisively, "If we're talking about showing no mercy, wasn't that move Yuuko herself walking right into it?"
“That’s true, but who knew she could actually…” Yu Zi paused here, then sighed, “Well, I was indeed careless.”
"I never expected that it could interfere with my regeneration."
"No wonder she was so confident that she could defeat me in three moves. She was sure I would use a trade of injuries to limit her. I was really outmaneuvered."
Yoru's eyelids drooped slightly; Yuuko was completely unaware of why her own Zanpakuto had rejected her.
This idiot.
Yoruichi was silent for a moment, then suddenly heard Ikuko speak.
"In the end, it was Yoruichi's fault that I lost to the butterfly."
"Huh?" Yoruichi snapped back to reality, stunned.
Yuko said dejectedly, "It's all because Yoruichi interrupted me at the crucial moment, otherwise Butterfly would have already lost."
Yoruichi felt a vein throb on her forehead, desperately trying to calm herself down.
Calm down, calm down!
This idiot is a wounded patient!
If it were before the end of this battle, Yoruichi would indeed feel guilty because of those words.
But you couldn't have beaten them anyway!
Yuko suddenly stretched out her hands to Yoruichi: "Yorichi, put me down."
"You treat me like a servant."
"Otherwise? Wasn't Yoruichi here precisely to take care of me?"
Yoru's eyelid twitched: "...While that's true, it's really annoying that you treat people like they're entitled to be bossed around."
"I'll just leave you to your own devices that night." Yu Zi turned her head away sadly, but a smile curved her lips.
When Yoruichi saw the corner of her mouth that was secretly smiling, she almost couldn't resist giving her a whack on the head.
In the end, Yoruichi comforted herself and gave in.
……
During these days, Yoruichi never left Ikuko's side and took care of her constantly.
Actually, there's no need for any special care. Whether as a ghost or as the Grim Reaper, there are no physiological problems.
If you really want to say something, Yoruichi was just keeping an eye on Yuuko to prevent her from getting up and making her injuries worse.
After a week of care, Yu Zi's chest injury still ached slightly, but it was much better than in the first few days; at least it wasn't so painful that she couldn't move.
On this day, Yuko stood up from her hospital bed with Yoruichi's help.
"Yoshi! You're standing up!"
Yuko was being supported by Yoruichi with one hand, while she loosely clenched her other fist.
Yoruichi shook her head helplessly: "Can you stop acting like a child and just lie in bed and rest?"
“I once tried lying down and doing nothing for several years, and then I got completely fed up with it.”
"...You're not human either."
How incredibly bored must someone be to do something like that?
Yuko turned her head in confusion: "Isn't this obvious?"
Yoruichi didn't continue arguing with Yuuko about this topic, and instead helped her up, asking, "Would you like to go downstairs for a walk?"
"Of course, I need to see if Mr. Kurosaki has made a mess of my clinic."
"...Hearing you say that, Mr. Kurosaki will probably feel like he's wasted his kindness."
The two joked and teased each other as they went downstairs.
It was just past 2 PM, the busiest time of day for patients, and Kurosaki Isshin and Masaki were busy at the clinic.
After the busiest period, the store quieted down for a while. Kurosaki wiped the sweat from his brow, lay back in his chair, and sighed, "Honestly, why didn't Yuuko-nee just hire a few nurses?"
"I'm so sorry I didn't hire a few nurses."
Yu Zi's voice came from behind him, making him turn around subconsciously.
Masaki spotted Yuuko first and went up to her, asking with concern, "Yuuko, why did you come downstairs?"
Yu Zi smiled slightly: "Well, because I feel that my body has almost recovered."
When Yuko was in bed, the two of them would often come upstairs to visit her. During that time, Urahara Kisuke also came a few times with Tetsusai and the two little devils.
These people can be said to be all of Yuko's interpersonal relationships in the real world.
“Even so, you still need to rest for a while longer to recover from your injuries.” Masaki Kurosaki pushed a chair over for Yuuko to sit down without further ado. “Honestly, Yoruichi-san, you should have been more firm in rejecting Yuuko.”
Yoruichi shrugged, indicating that she couldn't persuade this stubborn person.
Yu Zi smiled and nodded apologetically to the two of them: "I'm so sorry, I'm about to get married, but I still have to trouble you to come and help me."
Masaki Kurosaki shook her head seriously: "What nonsense are you talking about? Your affairs are much more important than marriage."
Click~
Yuuko and Yoruichi seemed to hear a sound of something breaking. They turned around and saw that what had broken was Kurosaki Isshin.
He sat in the chair, his face ashen, seemingly deeply affected by Masaki's words.
Yuko couldn't help but chuckle: "I understand what Masaki means, but marriage is one of the most important things in the world, so please don't say things like that again."
Masaki paused for a moment, a slight blush rising to her cheeks: "I...I understand."
"Ikuko-nee!" Kurosaki Isshin looked at Ikuko with tears in his eyes.
Yuko opened her mouth: "...It's a bit disgusting, uncle."
"Big, uncle!"
Kurosaki Isshin was deeply shocked. "Converted to my current age, I'm only in my early twenties!"
Yu Zi replied expressionlessly, "It's probably because you're more mature."
"Old, mature..."
Kurosaki Isshin was even more devastated.
Watching the interaction between the two, Masaki Kurosaki couldn't stop smiling. After a moment, she said seriously, "But when we first heard the news, we were quite frightened. We never expected that Yuko would be seriously injured."
Kurosaki Isshin's expression returned to normal: "That's right."
He was far more shocked than Masaki had imagined a serious injury!
Masaki was unaware of Ikuko's true identity, so when she heard the news, she assumed that Ikuko had been attacked by something like a Hollow.
He was different. He learned from Yuko about her super-fast regeneration ability, which was enough to support regeneration even when only a few cells remained.
What could possibly have caused her such severe damage?
It's worth noting that even the former captain couldn't accomplish this.
To prevent the Grim Reapers from learning about this extraordinary event, even the later captains mostly only had a basic understanding of the rebellion a hundred years ago, and knew nothing about the more detailed issues involved.
He was absolutely shocked at the time, okay?
The result was unexpected...
Yuko grabbed a handful of her hair: "I never expected this either. I never expected to lose to my own Zanpakuto while searching for Bankai, and to end up in such a sorry state."
Kurosaki Isshin nodded silently. It was indeed exaggerated. He hadn't expected that Ikuko's Zanpakuto ability could completely block her regeneration ability.
This is something even the captain couldn't do.
"That's amazing, Yuuko." Masaki looked at her with admiration. "That's the Grim Reaper's strongest weapon."
Yuko smiled and shook her head: "But I failed."
Yoruichi's lips twitched: "Didn't you never think of obtaining Bankai this way in the first place?"
He even said he wanted to go eat something good with his Zanpakuto.
She has never seen anything so incredible in her entire life.
“But I’m very serious when I’m fighting…” Yuko paused, then abruptly slammed her right fist into her left palm. “I understand, Yoruichi!”
"What's going on all of a sudden?" Ye Yi looked speechless.
"The reason why the butterfly rejected me."
Yoruichi paused for a moment, her expression becoming more serious.
Do you understand now?
As expected of Yu...
Yuko said firmly, "Is it because my attitude was too lax?"
"...Huh?" Yoru's expression became somewhat wooden.
"So, Ren really is very serious. He must have disapproved of my carefree attitude, which is why he rejected me."
"No way!" Yoruichi really wanted to shout that out loud.
Masaki tilted her head, somewhat confused: "Is that so?"
"Probably definitely!" Yuko said confidently.
The direction is off!
Yoruichi was internally ranting and raving.
At this rate, when will they ever understand?
Is Dr. Kurosaki here?
Just then, a patient arrived at the door.
"Ah, isn't this Dr. Yu Zi? I heard you fell down the stairs. How are you feeling?"
"I'm much better now, thank you for your concern."
So that's the excuse you used.
During the time he took over the clinic, there were no problems. On the contrary, because of his enthusiasm, there seemed to be more patients. No wonder he complained that he wanted to hire a few nurses to do odd jobs.
Seeing that Yoruichi was also dragged along, and the three of them busied themselves helping her take care of the clinic, Yuko felt a warm feeling rise in her heart for no reason.
This is really... I really don't want to die like this...
……
"I said, what are you trying to do sitting there?"
Late at night, Yoruichi came from the next room to check on Yuko, but couldn't find her in the room. After quickly sensing her surroundings, she found Yuko on the wall on the third-floor rooftop.
"They even managed to leave in the middle of the night, concealing their presence."
If it were a normal wake-up, Yoruichi would have noticed.
Yuko sat quietly on the wall with her back to Yoruichi.
Yoruichi frowned, walked over, climbed over the wall, and sat down next to Yuuko, looking at her.
"Hey, you idiot, what are you doing up on the roof so late at night instead of sleeping?"
Yuko, dressed in simple pajamas, stared blankly at the bustling street below: "Do you think that if I lose the ability to regenerate, I can just die?"
Yoruichi was stunned.