Michizugawa opened his eyes and saw a white ceiling. He blinked a couple of times before he sat up in his bed as he looked around. He saw many beds and each one was occupied by his fellow officers. He looked for any that survived with him through that hell they've gone through. He saw many faces before his gaze landed on Kristan whose arm was braced
He lingered for a moment before getting up in his bed. The nurse saw this and she immediately headed towards him as she said anxiously
"Sir, you better not move so soon! You'll open your wounds!"
Michizugawa waved his hand and said flatly
"Don't mind me, I'm used to this. And my wounds isn't in my legs anyway"
Then, he walked forward towards Kristan. The nurse looked flustered and didn't know what to do, but she relented anyway. She then go towards the other patients
Michizugawa reached Kristan and he hesitated for a second before he asked him
"Kristan, how many of you managed to escape?"
Kristan immediately looked away from him. He didn't speak for a moment but he then said in a voice devoid of emotion
"Two… only two of us managed to escaped"
Michizugawa closed his eyes. His hands gripped with such strength that his wounds on his upper arm started to bleed again. He then steeled himself as he asked
"Who's the other one that managed to escape?"
This is one question that he dreaded to hear. Even though it's unfair to others who died in the fight. There's one person he really hoped to survive that fight. Kristan expression turned pained as he said in a stifled voice
"It's the police woman"
Then, tears appeared in his eyes as he continued
"All of them… our comrades… all gave their lives to let her escape… because she wants to see her children…khh!"
Kristan couldn't stop his tears anymore as he cried. He covered his eyes with his arm as he said
"The critically injured officers offered themselves as bait to let us escape. As we abandoned them, we were attacked at the road… and only her and me managed to escaped… because the other sacrificed their lives to stop the enemies pursuit"
Michizugawa reached out his hands and gripped Kristan's shoulder. Then, he said to him in a whisper
"Kristan… thank you for surviving"
Then, he stepped back and turned around. As he walked, he hears his sobbing and he remembered his words at the police woman
'Don't lose hope! We can escape from here!'
She did indeed manage to escape. But at what cost? Michizugawa reached his bed as he sat on it. He wanted to think about anything, but there was nothing entering his mind other than the cries of Kristan. He looked around the room, as he takes in the view
'The police force of tokyo… is out of fight'
…
In the hospital of the Yakuza. Ilaya is walking around the room as she observes the injured people around her. She remembered that many people arrived at midnight last night. After opening her eyes this morning, she was depressed by the dream that kept haunting her
But her depression was immediately changed into shock, as she found that her condition is vastly better than yesterday. She immediately remembered the words that Ivana said
'We're going to continue this conversation two days later, you'll be fully recovered by that time'
Ilaya expression immediately turned thoughtful as she pondered
'Is this what she's talking about? She's somewhat sure that I'll recover in just two days, so she knows that our power speeds up recovery? She really knows a lot. I really need to talk with her again'
Then, Ilaya looked around as she saw many people in the room that she's in. She glanced at Yamato and couldn't help but scrunched her expression
She remembered last night that Yamato said to her that it's the police force that is the one making the ruckus in the distance. Only to be disapproven by the wounded people coming to the room late at night!
She immediately glared at him the moment she saw many wounded people and all the pieces clicked. She looked at the sleeping Yamato as she thought
'Yamato is still sleeping. He must have been tired talking to me all night'
Ilaya got up from her bed as she walked around. She looked at the people worriedly and even go to them to closely observe their wounds from time to time. She's still somewhat nervous around them, but adaptability is the greatest strength of mankind, so she just adapted
Then, he saw a man groaning in the bed. He looks like he's in pain even though he's asleep. She immediately headed towards him as she tried to find what's causing the pain. She glanced everywhere but couldn't see any bleeding
Then, she thought about what's causing him to suffer
'Is he having a nightmare?'
Ilaya hesitated for a bit as she held his hand. She sat at the chair as she clasped the man's hand and stared at him. She couldn't help but have a sense of closeness to him
'I'm always having that horrible dream and he's having a nightmare too. I hope his bad dream goes away'
Then, as she watched his expression. His pained expression slowly changed into a serene one and he stopped being in pain. Ilaya let out a sigh of relief as she slowly let go of the man's hand. As she removed her hands, she looked at the man for a bit then started looking around again
She saw many injured people, but it's not that severe. They all have wounds in either arms or legs. As she's observing their wounds, as to find out what type of weapon that hurts them. Her stomach loudly growls!
She hurriedly looked around to see if anyone hears her stomach growling. Thankfully, all of them are asleep and spared her from the embarrassment
'I'm really hungry, I wonder where I can find food'
As she thought about that, a woman entered the room and saw her. The woman then approached her and asked her flatly and became confused
"Why are you moving now? Aren't you still injured?"
As she said that, Ilaya suddenly had a thought
'Ahh! That's right! I'm supposed to be still injured. They didn't know that I have powers'
She then hesitated. By saying that she's still injured, she'll go back to her bed. If she said she's okay now, she'll become suspicious
She then soon came to a decision as she said to her
"It's still hurting, but it's okay now. I'm not going to move a lot anyway so just treat it as an exercise"
As she said that, she couldn't help but sigh mentally
'I'm getting more and more used to lying'
The woman hesitated but nodded and said to her
"Alright, just make sure to not strain yourself"
Ilaya saw that the woman was leaving, then she couldn't help but ask
"Umm… Excuse me. Can I go outside? Maybe just the hallway or garden or something…"
She really wanted to explore this place. Being confined in the bed is bad enough, but being confined to a room is even worse
The woman stopped and turned to her, then said sternly as she gave a warning and approval
"Alright, but don't enter the restricted areas. You can walk around outside"
Ilaya immediately became happy as she walked towards the door leading outside the room