Chapter 24 fourth quarter

As I thought, Chiori didn't look like she wanted to sleep at all.When I played with her for almost an hour and she was almost tired, Mariko happened to come. "Sister!" Qianzhi shouted excitedly, puffed out her chest again, and said triumphantly, "Helicopter!" She was right this time, but did she really know what a helicopter was?I couldn't help smiling wryly, and greeted Mariko. "Chiori, let's go for a walk! If the helicopter takes off, we'll make money!" Mariko finished talking to Chiori, and then said to me, "It's a bit early now, but Fujimoto's work is probably done. Want me to take you there?"

"Alright. Qianzhi will trouble you later." After finishing speaking, I nodded to her, and the three of them left the room together. The afternoon sun flooded the hallway, and I realized once again that the lighting here is really good.Chiori was still the same as last night, holding Mariko and me with her left and right hands, as if preparing to run.Suddenly, there was a rumbling thunder in the distance.However, perhaps it was not thunder, but some kind of mechanical noise!Anyway, at the time, I didn't care about the sound at all. "It's right there." Mariko pointed her eyes to the last room in the hallway, next to the back door she used for her morning walk.

"Then Chiori will trouble you." I said to Mariko.After watching them put on their shoes and walk out of the back door, they turned around and knocked on the door a few times, and a voice of "please come in" came from inside. Entering the room, on the left is a desk with the size of open arms, and a sofa and a coffee table are placed in front of the desk just like the reception room.There are bookshelves on two walls, and the bookshelves are neatly filled with heavy professional books. It looks like a person in charge's office rather than a study room.To my compliment, Mr. Fujimoto said disapprovingly that the place is indeed very spacious, but he felt that it was too big and uncomfortable, so he always stayed in the staff office to deal with things without knowing it.

Facing the door was a large window, like a large glass window in a school classroom.Looking out of the window, you can see the walking trails in the morning, and the not-so-high church stands at the other end of the trail under the blue sky.The surrounding area is covered with turf, and in the distance you can see the slightly dazzling drying clothes in the sun.Mr. Fujimoto said that he could clearly see the scenery of the entire atrium, which is probably what he was referring to! "Please sit wherever you want," Mr. Fujimoto said. I took advantage of the opportunity and sat down on the seat facing the window, just in time to see Mariko and Chiori walking on the path.They walked very slowly, and occasionally Mariko would bend down, as if listening to what Chiori said.What will Chiori say? 3. Is it about thanking her for the ribbon?It feels strange to guard Chiori from a distance.At this time, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a strange color in the sky, and some clouds began to gather there.

"The hospital said that as long as it is convenient for you, you can visit it at any time, but you may not be able to ask someone to explain things like instruments. Mariko and I can take you there. When is it convenient for you?" Mr. Fujimoto was sitting on the sofa opposite me. His huge body just covered part of the horizon, and Chiori and Mariko who were walking along the trail happened to pass through that figure. "Ah! No, I didn't intend to visit in such detail. I just thought I finally had a chance, so I wanted to take a look. I probably wouldn't understand the too professional explanation! So if I have to trouble you so much, I feel really sorry. You and Mariko also have work to do, don't you?" I said with some trepidation.

"It's work, but it's not that busy. It doesn't matter if you're not here occasionally, and you can help when you need it. Of course, some tasks must be done together, but there is room for accommodation. So I think Mariko probably I will accompany you to visit, or like now, help you take care of Qianzhi temporarily." Next, I will explain Chiori's symptoms (or should I say the state) to Fujimoto-san in more detail than before.The medical terms are all learned from Dr. Shiraishi and sold now. Others are how I communicate with Chiori so far. My mother and I are worried about how Chiori can be related to the outside world and become independent. Tell Fujimoto-san all the details without hiding anything, because I think I should be able to get good advice from him.

"I see. Indeed, Chiori's situation is very different from the patients here, so I can't tell you what to do right away, but I can understand your concern." Mr. Fujimoto said after listening, and then thought for a while After a while, he continued, "Honestly speaking, I think this child's development is fairly smooth and there is no problem. Of course, the time I have been in contact with her is only yesterday and today, but she really gave me this impression. She is really shy of strangers, But immediately became familiar with Mariko and Mirai—” "That's what makes me feel incredible. Qianzhi is very timid and shy. Many times, she never speaks from the beginning to the end, but it's different here. I wonder why this is, so I decided to stay and disturb for another day. .”

"I understand, but I can't give you any advice immediately as a member of the staff-by the way, Mr. Kisaragi, there is one thing I am a little concerned about. You said that Chiori's surname is Kusumoto, right? I also confirmed with Mariko, she It seems that they are not your relatives, but in fact—" At this moment, there was a clattering noise outside the house, as if deliberately interrupting his words.The sound came in through a piece of glass. Although the volume was not so loud that you need to cover your ears, it was not low. "It looks like it's about to take off, it's over there." Mr. Fujimoto got up and walked to the window.

I also followed quickly, looking in the direction he pointed, and I could vaguely see the research institute next to the ridgeline, but the helicopter was hidden in the shadow of the foothills. "The sound of taking off is quite loud." "Yes! But it's good to get used to it. I was often scared at first." Mr. Fujimoto said in a rare low voice. I was a little worried that Chiori would be frightened, so I hurriedly looked for them.They happened to be between the nursing center and the church. Although their expressions could not be seen clearly, their movements were obvious.Contrary to what I was worried about, Chiori was jumping up and down, seeming very excited.Suddenly, I felt like I didn't understand Chiori at all, and my heart sank.

At this time, I found that the amount of clouds in the sky had increased a lot.I thought to myself, we should not have talked for a long time, the cloud cover probably increased during our conversation!The weather in the mountains is really changeable, so those clothes that are drying should be fine! The small rumbling sound was much louder than before, and the helicopter slowly appeared in front of it.The surrounding airflow swirls, subtly distorting the picture reflected in the eyes.The wind also picked up.From a distance, Mariko's skirt was blown up by the wind, and Chiori's hand was holding her hair down.In the sky above them, the weather changed more violently, as if it was about to envelop the top of the mountain, and the clouds began to gather around the top of the mountain. This was definitely not caused by the helicopter's propeller, but probably caused by air pressure disturbance or other factors!Thinking about it now, it was an uncomfortable landscape that harbored some kind of omen.

Raising my head, in front of my line of sight is a swirling cloud layer, the closer to the center, the darker the color.The sudden change of color is like watching a fast reverse video tape, which makes people feel dizzy.Lightning came out of it, and thunder roared.Mr. Fujimoto next to me murmured: "It doesn't look good!" At this time, the helicopter continued to rise and paused for a while above the distant heads of us and Mariko, looking like a huge dragonfly. The second flash of lightning almost overlapped with the sound of the explosion. The entire darkened mountaintop shone brightly in an instant, and outside the glass window, Chiori was squatting down with her ears covered.Quite different from the sound of thunder, the sound of explosions resounded through the sky with terrible flames.Chiori's body was thrown out, and Mariko quickly covered her body.There was the sound of falling, and the scream of the machine, black smoke rose from the back of the huge dragonfly, and it fell straight down.All of this happened slowly at the instant of a breath. For a moment, I was at a loss. I could see the helicopter crashing behind Chiori and the others, bursting out with fireworks.Red flashes flew upwards, and a large number of scattered fragments were like black spots in the flashes.At that moment, I clearly saw the figures of the two curled up. A piece of metal flew right up to the thundercloud that suddenly appeared in the sky, and suddenly, a huge voltage was released from the cloud. At this time, a figure galloped out from the corner of my line of sight like a rabbit, and I immediately came to my senses that the person in the white robe was probably Dr. Kurano.After the thunder fell, it began to rain, and it was pouring. "Mr. Fujimoto!" I didn't know what to say, so I rushed out of the room and ran to the atrium without waiting for his response.When the rain hit him, Dr. Kurano just rushed to Mariko and the others. "Ogiwara! Bring a blanket, quick! Or cloth, whatever! Bring whatever you have!" The doctor roared, then took off his white robe and covered Mariko.As I ran closer, I realized that Mariko's clothes were burning, but she was unconsciously slumped to the ground.At this moment, the body that was still burning swayed, and a figure fell from it. "Bastard!" The doctor cursed in a low voice, and then instructed me to put out the fire on Mariko's body with my coat, "Cover it where it's burning, and put out the fire! But never shake her casually! She's pierced by something on her back, pulling it out will hurt her." Caused a lot of bleeding. Fujimoto! When Ogiwara came back, he immediately asked him to prepare a stretcher, and first make sure that other people who can move are okay.” After speaking, he picked up the white robe covering Mariko and rushed towards the burning body. I took a look at his back, and immediately took off my coat and put it on Mariko. Mr. Fujimoto did the same.The moment she covered her clothes, I saw a large iron-gray metal piece inserted into her left back.I smell burnt skin and hair, and hear the smoldering mingled with the sound of pouring rain.With only a shirt left on my upper body, I can feel the huge raindrops hitting my body more clearly. Not long after, Ogiwara brought a group of people back with a pile of sheets and the like, and the future was among them.Under Mr. Fujimoto's instructions, Ogiwara immediately went back to prepare the stretcher, and the others moved to the burning body to help Dr. Kurano.Fortunately, it rained, and the fire on Mariko was quickly extinguished. "Let me see." Mirai squatted beside me, and lifted the coat covering Mariko.The metal shards were still stuck in her body, and the amount of bleeding was astonishing.Future murmured, "It's inserted very deep! Please lift her up a little and don't flip it over." After saying that, he bent down to inspect Chiori under Mariko. Mariko, who was unconscious, was extremely heavy, and any force would inevitably affect her wound. "Besides the burn, there seems to be no other trauma." Mirai glanced at it, reached in and measured Chiori's pulse and said in a low voice. I bent down, lowered my head as much as I could, and managed to vaguely see Chiori whose face was covered in ashes.She looked as if she was asleep, and there was nothing unusual about her. "Thank you, you can let it go." Future said. After putting Mariko down, we covered her again with clean sheets and waited in the rain.At this time, a figure wrapped in a quilt and carried by three people appeared at the other end.Taking a closer look, I found that it was Dr. Kurano and the others, and the stretcher had already been prepared. "It's the driver. The fire on his body has been extinguished, but his ribs were broken when he fell. In the future, what is the situation of Mariko and the girl?" Dr. Kurano asked Mirai. "Miss Mariko's bleeding is very serious. I can't check Chiori's condition carefully, but she seems to have burns on her body, and she lost consciousness due to excessive shock." "In short, send it to the hospital first. It's hard to do anything in the heavy rain." The doctor opened the quilt and inspected Mariko's injury and said. After hearing this, someone immediately moved the injured to the stretcher steadily.Mariko was moved onto the stretcher in a prone position, and convulsed from time to time, but was immediately covered by a cloth: Chiori, who was covered under her, finally emerged, with no blood on her body, and the burns were not too serious.I heard Dr. Kurano and one of the stretcher bearers seem to be discussing how to deal with the situation, which doctor to call to perform the knife, and so on.It was later learned that among the people carrying the stretcher, several were hospital staff who had heard the explosion. No one was holding an umbrella, and the stretcher was quickly carried into the car driven by the hospital staff in the heavy rain.When I was about to drive to follow, I realized that the jacket with the car keys had been thrown somewhere.I was so flustered that I didn't know what to do, so I could only stand helpless by the side of the car, letting the rainwater flow from my bangs into my eyes, and my shoulders trembled unconsciously.Suddenly, a hand was placed on my trembling shoulder.I turned my head and found that it was Mr. Fujimoto. "Don't worry, there will be no problem, just leave it to Dr. Kurano! In the future, I will take the car just now and go to the hospital first. I will also take Ogiwara's car. Do you want to come together?" I nodded silently.Both of them were also soaked through. I looked up weakly and looked forward. The wreckage of the helicopter was scattered on the ground. Although the fire was extinguished, the propeller had already been broken, and the body was charred black and twisted. The wide open door was like a torn wound. The rain became more torrential.I checked my watch. It has been less than twenty minutes since I entered Mr. Fujimoto's room.I don't understand, what happened in such a short time?And this heavy rain, as well as a certain sense of powerlessness, is constantly destroying my body. "Let's go!" Mr. Fujimoto said, handing me a towel.