The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

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"Hey?"

"Eika, where are you? I didn't see you at school, and I didn't see you at home either. Hasn't the matter with Misaka-senpai been resolved yet? No, no, this isn't the time to talk about this. Listen to me, Eika. Shokuhou-senpai... she's in trouble... I don't know what to do, so I thought I'd talk to you about it... but..."

Saten Ruiko's anxious voice came through the phone; her flustered words were somewhat incoherent.

After moving the phone a little further away to make sure that the sound from this side wouldn't reach Saten Ruiko's ears, Inoue Eika interrupted her directly.

"Saten, I already know. The matter of Shokuhou-senpai is basically resolved, so you don't need to worry."

"Really? Phew... That's good! I'm relieved. As long as Yinghua is here, everything can be solved. I've always believed that!"

Saten Ruiko seemed relieved, and her voice sounded less agitated than before.

"By the way, Saten, how did you find out about this?"

"Huh? I..."

Upon hearing Inoue Eika's question, Saten Ruiko's voice became flustered again, hesitant, as if she didn't want to answer it.

"Is it inconvenient? It's okay, if Saten doesn't want to talk about it..."

"No, it's nothing. Actually, I've been working on improving my skills in Shokuhou-senpai's talent workshop lately, but..."

Sensing that Saten Ruiko's voice had suddenly become sorrowful, Inoue Eika asked with some concern:

"what?"

"No, it's nothing! That's all then, goodbye!"

"Forehead……"

Looking at the phone that had already been hung up, Inoue Hideka wearily put the phone back in her pocket.

His intuition told him that Saten Ruiko was hiding something.

As she pondered with doubt, she suddenly felt Misaki Shokuhou in her arms quiet down.

"Shokuhou? Shokuhou! What's wrong?"

Dragging Misaki Shokuhou's soft, boneless body, Inoue Hideka lifted her lowered head and looked at her.

Upon discovering that Misaki Shokuhou had fainted, Inoue Hideka called out to her in concern.

"Don't worry! The virus has been removed from her brain. Maybe she just fainted from exhaustion."

The cold voice of Fubuki Toshinobu came from outside the half-open door. Although it was emotionless and calm, it made Inoue Hideka breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at his bloodied and mangled shoulder, he couldn't help but worry that Toshinobu Fubuki might be horrified if he saw it.

Hastily tearing a piece of cloth from his trouser leg and wrapping it around half of his shoulder, Inoue Hideka said to Fubuki Toshinobu:

"Thank you! And thank you to everyone who risked being controlled to stay here and fight the virus! Shokuhou is so lucky to have you all!"

"It's nothing... It's precisely because of her charm that we are willing to follow her!"

Hehe~~

Upon hearing what Fubuki Toshinobu said, Inoue Hideka smiled happily and then hugged Shokuhou Misaki tightly in her arms.

"I'll take Shokuhou to the hospital first. After that, I'll leave everything to you all!"

"I'll drive you there; that should be a little faster."

Standing at the door is the man who accompanied Misaki Shokuhou during the Daihasei Festival in the original manga.

I remember his name was Katz Nocreven. He was a researcher who participated in the Absolute Ability Evolution Experiment and later became Misaki Shokuhou's assistant.

Katz looked at the unconscious Misaki Shokuhou, his expression seemingly showing some concern.

"Thank you!"

Inoue Hideka did not refuse, firstly because there was no need to refuse, as this man was still trustworthy.

Secondly, he was afraid that he would faint on the way to the hospital, which would not only delay his own treatment but also implicate Misaki Shokuhou.

Chapter 202 The Girl and Another Boy

The seventh school district, a university-affiliated hospital.

Inoue Hideka, who had just been discharged from the hospital not long ago, was honorably admitted again.

After settling Misaki Shokuhou in a hospital room and seeing her peacefully sleeping under the doctor's care, Inoue Hideka, urged by the nurses, went to bandage her own body.

"Young man, although I am glad that you trust my medical skills so much, you are still so young. If you continue to manipulate your body like this, problems will inevitably arise sooner or later."

The Soul Chaser of the Underworld looked at Inoue Hideka meaningfully, with a hint of worry on his face.

"Um... thank you, doctor! I'll be careful!"

"Alright, I know I can't persuade you anyway. So, let's get down to business..."

As he spoke helplessly, the Soul Chaser of the Underworld suddenly adopted a serious expression.

"Are you really not planning to get a membership?"

"Hey?"

Originally, Inoue Hideka had already pricked up her ears, intending to listen carefully, when she heard that the Underworld Soul Chaser was about to get to the point.

His question caught Inoue Hideka completely off guard, leaving him momentarily stunned.

"No way! Doctor, you're cursing me! Please, please don't make jokes like that again!"

Inoue Hideka wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Hehe~~ Then you should get some rest, I won't bother you anymore!"

Mingtu Zhuihun forced a smile onto his frog-like face, waved his hand, and walked out of the ward.

While receiving an IV drip, Inoue Hideka lay in bed, reflecting on the day's events, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up, it was already evening.

Feeling a rumbling hunger in her stomach, Inoue Hideka realized that she hadn't eaten since last night.

Misaka Mikoto went to buy dinner last night and never came back. He himself slept until the sun was high in the sky today and had long forgotten about eating.

However, the girl who appeared before him solved Inoue Eika's most pressing problem.

"Yinghua, you're awake?"

Saten Ruiko looked at the boy on the hospital bed, a joyful smile appearing in her eyes.

"Saten? What brings you here?"

“I went to the surgical ward and asked Fubuki-senpai. I found out that you and Shokuhou-senpai were at this hospital, so I went home and made some food and brought it over.”

Saten Ruiko smiled gently, opened one of the two food boxes beside her, and took out the food inside one by one.

"Wow! Saten, you really know what I'm thinking! I'm starving!"

Looking at the sumptuous meal, Inoue Hideka's mouth watered, and he shouted excitedly.

"By the way, has Shokuhou-senpai woken up yet?"

"Not yet. The doctor said her brain is overworked and she probably won't wake up until tomorrow."

"Hmm... I see!... Anyway, it's good that everything's alright! Don't worry, Saten!"

"Yes! That's true, it's good that you're alright!"

"By the way, my shoulder...?"

Inoue Eika felt the sensation return to her shoulder, instead of the tingling sensation after the large injection of anesthesia. Somewhat puzzled, she asked Saten Ruiko.

"If you hadn't brought that up... I just want to ask, Eika! Can't you take better care of your health? Tell me, how much of the time lately have you been healthy? If it weren't for Fujiwara's help, when would your shoulder have recovered? Also, after you're discharged from the hospital, you'd better thank Fujiwara properly! He was so exhausted from treating your injury that he completely collapsed! I, the one who asked him for help, feel really bad! Humph!"

"Forehead……"

Gollum~~

Faced with Saten Ruiko's sudden outburst, Inoue Hideka felt guilty and at a loss, his Adam's apple bobbing as he nervously swallowed.

"Well... now that I've recovered, I should be able to leave the hospital now... and go thank Fujiwara-san, right?"

Hearing the name Fujiwara again, Inoue Hideka became somewhat curious.

Who exactly is this Fujiwara-kun? How could he recover from such a serious injury in just one afternoon?

It's simply unbelievable!

If it can be used properly and extensively on the battlefield, it can absolutely determine the course of a war!

"No way! You're staying in the hospital today! Who knows what trouble you'll cause if we let you out! If you ask me, Yinghua, why don't you just move your whole family to the hospital? That way, it'll be much easier if you get injured!"

"Huh? Saten, what... what are you saying?"

Isn't that going too far?

This is even worse than what Dr. Guatai said!

Have I really reached such a hopeless point?

To be talked about like that!

And it's not just one person who says that!

"Humph!"

"Um... Saten! Can I have some chopsticks? I'm starving!"

As she spoke with a sense of grievance, Inoue Hideka's eyes, filled with thirst and longing, welled up with tears as she looked at the food.

"Oh! Hehe, I forgot!"

With an embarrassed smile, Saten Ruiko took out two pairs of chopsticks from the food box and began eating with Inoue Eika.

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