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Chapter 968 Vomiting! [4100]

The next day, night——

Edo, temporary clinic——

"Hurry and bring the injured over here!"

"Are there any vacant beds?"

"Bring me another roll of linen!"

"Where's the medicine? Hasn't it arrived yet?"

"We've already gone to Mito Domain to make the purchase! We'll be there in two hours!"

"Ahhhhh! It hurts! Doctor! Help me!"

"Stop making noise! ​​Am I not helping you? Quick! Get some people to hold him down!"

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The doctor's shouts, the wounded's shouts...all kinds of shouts like these were heard continuously, filling every corner of the clinic.

The soldiers’ battle is over...but the doctors’ battle has just begun.

Batches of injured people were sent to makeshift clinics.

From Gomemi Hoin (the Shogun's personal physician) to ordinary doctors in the community, all were mobilized.

In the clinic, doctors are busy as hell, and their figures can be seen running back and forth everywhere.

The intensity of yesterday's battle was truly unbearable to watch.

From the outskirts of Edo to Edo Castle, corpses were everywhere and there were countless wounded.

Due to the backwardness of medical technology, there are very few doctors, and even fewer doctors who can treat knife wounds, gunshot wounds and other injuries.

The vast majority of doctors - especially many folk doctors - are half witch doctors and can only treat colds and stomachaches.

The scarcity of excellent doctors makes the treatment progress very slow.

Even after a whole day of intensive treatment, there are still many injured people waiting in line.

Anyone with a little empathy would not remain indifferent after hearing these tragic groans and screams.

Therefore, many people resolutely walked into the clinic and spontaneously served as laborers.

It would be impossible to ask people like them who don't know medical skills to treat injuries.

However, they are still capable of simple tasks such as carrying the injured and boiling hot water.

Thanks to the help of these people, we were able to fill the manpower gap.

People who understand medical skills are responsible for treating the wounded with all their efforts.

Those who don’t know medical skills focus on logistics work.

In this way, the clinic's manpower gap was temporarily filled.

Although the clinic was still filled with an atmosphere of temper and anxiety, order was still maintained and the treatment progress was being advanced smoothly and forcefully.

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Clinic, a ward——

Qing Deng and other members of the Chiba family stood in a row, waiting silently outside the room.

Regarding Qing Deng’s injuries… In a nutshell: although he was not fatally injured, he had many minor injuries!

Shuten-doji's blade cut countless wounds of varying sizes on his body.

If Qing Deng didn't have the talent "Blood Lock +7", the blood flowing from these wounds alone would be enough to make him faint once or twice after the battle.

Severe injuries, coupled with the fatigue accumulated since the "Second Great Return from China"...

Let's put it this way - after the doctor checked Qing Deng's physical condition, he was stunned on the spot, his jaw almost dropped to the ground, and he blurted out: "Lord Niou! Your body is in such a state, how can you still stay awake? Quick! Lie down! Don't sit!"

After completing the basic treatment, the doctor specifically told Qing Deng: You must rest in bed and not get out of bed and walk around!
Apparently, he ignored the doctor's advice and quietly gave up his bed, leaving it for someone else in need.

Others who did the same thing included Chiba Shigetaro and Chiba Michisaburo.

Both of them were also seriously injured, and were wrapped in no less sackcloth than Qing Deng.

Just like Qing Deng, as soon as the doctor who treated them left, they got out of bed and vacated the bed that was not yet warm enough.

In comparison, Chiba Tamon Shiro's injury was much lighter. His forehead was merely scratched by a bayonet, which he simply wrapped with a piece of linen.

Chiba Sadakichi's injuries were lighter...to be precise, he was not injured at all!
Looking closely at his performance in the battle, his contributions and hard work are beyond reproach.

Wherever there were many enemies, he would swing his sword and kill them; wherever support was needed, he would support it without hesitation.

After Chiba Eijiro and others went to support Akasaka Gomon, he was like a rubber nail, firmly nailed to Kohinata Gomon, and filled the combat power gap of Chiba Eijiro and others with his own strength, and repeatedly repelled the enemy's attacks.

After the battle, people rushed to check Chiba Sadakichi's body, only to find that except for his slightly dirty clothes, everything was as good as before, he was not injured at all, and he fought the whole battle in one piece!
Facts have proved that your uncle is still your uncle.

Even though his temples are gray, the founder of Beichen Ittoryu has not lost his charm.

Because the injuries were relatively minor, Chiba Sadakichi and Chiba Tamon Shiro have been helping out in the clinic since last night.

Taking advantage of the break time, they waited outside the ward with Qing Deng and others.

At this moment, the irritable Chiba Shigetaro crossed his arms over his chest, his right leg trembling constantly, and he kept muttering:

"Tsk... not ready yet..."

After being quiet for a while, he could no longer stand. He first walked around in circles, then hurriedly walked away, and then hurriedly walked back...

If it were an ordinary time, Chiba Sadakichi would have yelled at him impatiently and asked him to behave himself.

But at this critical moment, Chiba Sadakichi didn't have the time to care about Chiba Shigetaro.

Whether it was Qing Deng or the other swordsmen of the Chiba family, they all felt that every second passed like a year.

Finally… after a long wait, there was finally movement in the ward in front of them.

A very young man and woman pushed open the door and walked out of the room slowly.

These two people are Qing Deng's old acquaintances - Kitagawa Jin and Tachibana Saki from Jin Medical Clinic.

Seeing the couple coming out, Qing Deng and the others immediately became alert and rushed over to greet them:
Before they could speak, Beifang Ren spoke directly:

"Eijiro survived first."

He paused, then changed his tone to a half-joking one:
"He is so lucky. If it were someone else, they would have died long ago after suffering such serious injuries."

His sigh did not win the support of Qing Deng and others - because after hearing the first half of his sentence, they no longer cared about anything else, and they impatiently stepped forward and rushed into the room in a panic.

As soon as they stepped over the threshold, the pungent smell of blood immediately dominated their noses.

There was only one bed in the not very spacious ward.

Chiba Eijiro, his upper body wrapped in thick linen, lying on this hospital bed like a mummy.

His face and lips were terribly pale, without a trace of blood.

At first glance, it looks like death.

However, if you look closely, you can find that he is still breathing.

Although the amplitude was small, his chest was indeed rising and falling slightly!

Looking at Chiba Eijiro who had "come back from the dead", Qing Deng and others were all stunned.

They stood in a daze beside Chiba Eijiro's bed for a long time without saying a word. The ward was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Chiba Sadakichi's murmur broke the silence:
"Still alive... Eijiro is still alive..."

Before he finished speaking, his lips trembled violently and he could no longer speak. His muttering was like a secret code to break the curse, releasing Qing Deng and the others from their "petrification".

Suddenly, Qing Deng staggered and almost fell to the ground. He raised his hand to hold the wall next to him and barely managed to stabilize his body.

Intense sadness can paralyze people - and so can intense joy.

This is the situation of Qing Deng at the moment.

His heart was filled with an extremely strong joy, but he didn't know how to express it. He could only stare at Chiba Eijiro on the hospital bed with a straight gaze and a stiff expression.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if all the words in the world were used, they would not be able to describe his mood at that moment.

At that time... when his "corpse" was found in the Honmaru of Edo Castle, Qing Deng really thought that Chiba Eijiro was dead.

In fact, it is not surprising that Qingdeng made such a judgment.

At that time, Chiba Eijiro had his eyes half open, without any breath, and his chest was no longer rising or falling... No matter from which angle you looked at it, he was a dead man who could not be deader.

After the battle, the swordsmen of the Chiba family suppressed their grief, found a cart, and prepared to transport Chiba Eijiro's "corpse" back to Xuanwu Hall for burial on a certain day.

On the way to Genbukan, they accidentally ran into Kitagawa Jin - at that time, Kitagawa Jin had accepted the call of the shogunate and was rushing to a temporary clinic to treat the wounded.

Beifang Ren glanced at Chiba Eijiro's "corpse" and raised his eyebrows:

"Huh? He's not dead yet, don't rush to bury him!"

His words were like a bomb, causing Chiba Sadayoshi and others to tremble violently.

Kitagawa Jin explained Chiba Eijiro's symptoms in a concise manner.

Simply put, Chiba Eijiro is in a state called "suspended death".

As the name suggests, he only looks dead, but he is not actually dead yet.

According to Kitagawa Jin's explanation, this was because Chiba Eijiro was seriously injured, so he entered this special state of "neither dead nor dead".

This statement may seem absurd, but it is not.

Throughout history, both in the East and the West, stories of "famous doctors bringing the dead back to life with a few simple tricks" have always been common.

The reason is that these "dead people" are not completely dead, but are just "faking death".

Kitagawa Jin carefully examined Chiba Eijiro's entire body, and then made a firm judgment: as long as there is a skilled doctor to give him full treatment, Chiba Eijiro has a chance of survival!
Fortunately, Beifang Ren happens to be such a skilled doctor!

Beifang Ren's bold words shocked Chiba Sadakichi and others.

They didn't understand what "fake death" was, nor did they understand what means Beifang Ren would use to save Chiba Eijiro, but they understood one thing: Chiba Eijiro had a chance to survive!
Chiba Eijiro's position in the family and their respect and love for him did not allow them to have any hesitation in this matter.

At this point, as long as Chiba Eijiro can be brought back to life, they will accept it even if it ends up being a false alarm!
In this way, Kitagawa Jin personally treated Chiba Eijiro and used his medical skills to the fullest.

After two hours of treatment, he finally brought Chiba Eijiro back to the world!
At this time, Chiba Sadakichi realized it belatedly and turned back, preparing to thank Kitagawa Jin.

"Mr. Beifang, thank you very much..."

However, when he turned around, he found that Bei Fangren had disappeared.

Only his personal assistant, Ms. Tachibana Saki, was still standing there.

Tachibana Saki smiled slightly:
"Mr. Beifang has gone to treat other injured people."

Chiba Sadakichi immediately looked ashamed when he heard this:
"Oh, we are so rude... Mr. Beifang was kind to us, but we didn't even say 'thank you'..."

Tachibana Saki shook her head slightly:

"Don't feel guilty. Mr. Beifang doesn't practice medicine to help people, he never does it to make a lot of money or to have others worship him."

"Being able to see your ecstatic expressions, he has already received the most precious reward."

After saying that, Tachibana Saki bowed slightly, then slowly retreated to take care of other things.

The cheerful mood of the people at the scene made the air in the ward light and cheerful.

The tension and hesitation that had accumulated on their cheeks had now dissipated, transforming into genuine smiles and joy.

Qing Deng, who had been keeping a tense face since yesterday, now relaxed his facial lines a little.

However... before he could relax for long, a sudden shout made his nerves tense again:
"Mr. Tachibana! Mr. Tachibana! Mr. Tachibana, are you there?"

It was the voice of Harada Sanosuke.

After hearing Harada Sanosuke's shout, Qing Deng's expression changed slightly.

He turned his head and glanced at Chiba Sadakichi beside him.

Chiba Sadakichi raised his chin in understanding.

"Tachibana-kun, you should go now. We will take care of Eijiro."

Qing Deng gave him an apologetic look in response, then strode out of the ward.

"Zanosuke! I'm here!"

"Ah! Mr. Tachibana! You're here!"

Harada Sanosuke pushed his way through the crowd and hurried over to Qing Deng.

At this moment, excluding Hijikata Toshizo and Elodie who were still seriously injured, among all the generals around Qing Deng, Harada Sanosuke had the highest rank.

Therefore, Harada Sanosuke became Qing Deng's natural adjutant, assisting Qing Deng in dealing with the aftermath of the battlefield.

"Zanosuke, what's wrong?"

Qing Deng knew very well that if something very urgent had not happened, Harada Sanosuke would never have come running to look for him.

Harada Sanosuke swallowed and looked around with fear.

"Mr. Ju, it's not convenient to talk here. Let's move somewhere else."

It’s not convenient to say here… This sentence made Qing Deng frown.

"follow me."

He led Harada Sanosuke out of the clinic.

……

……

“…Is the news reliable?”

In a corner outside the clinic where no one passed by, Qing Deng and Harada Sanosuke faced each other.

After listening to Harada Sanosuke's report, he immediately frowned and anger appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Harada Sanosuke swallowed again and nodded vigorously:

"Well, this is the news from Mr. Kondo. It should be reliable."

Mr. Kondo is Kondo Isami, who is currently in charge of Gyeonggi Province.

"..."

Qing Deng stopped talking, and his eyes and expression became particularly terrifying.

Harada Sanosuke also pursed his lips, looking sad and angry.

A dead silence fell between the two.

Anyone would have this reaction.

After all... Harada Sanosuke just made this report -

The "Choshu Expedition" failed! The anti-Choshu army failed to destroy the Choshu clan!

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