Qinjinfan, Ojin, Okinawa, a corridor—

Aoden, Tianzhangyuan, Kamiya and Kondo gather here.

All of them looked solemn and stared at the door in front of them with uneasy concerns. On the other side of the door, Bei Fangren was doing his best to heal the General Office.

Tianzhangyuan and Hegong stood upright and stiffly, neither standing nor sitting.

Kondo Yuki paced back and forth anxiously, his dull footnote of "dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong" was the only sound at the scene.

In comparison, Qingdeng was quite calm...but his face was ugly, his facial lines were tight, his naturally hanging hands were clenched tightly, and his ten fingers were deeply pinched into the flesh and blood without realizing it.

No one talks... The space centered on them seems to have an extraordinary flow of time, every second and every minute is as long as a month or a whole year.

Affected by this atmosphere, the air in the entire corridor seemed to condense into liquid, which seemed particularly solemn.

After the chief officer vomited blood and fell into a coma, Qingdeng contacted the medical agent as quickly as possible.

The medical doctors rushed to the hospital and started treatment immediately.

Soon, Qingdeng and others learned the cause of the General Office: blood cough, known as the "red terminal illness"!

During the Edo period, blood cough was one of the most famous and terrifying diseases - because it was a terminal illness without a doctor!

Even the Western medical skills that are now at the forefront of the world cannot cure blood cough!

After knowing the cause of the General Office, whether Qingdeng or Zunazi or the others were stunned, they could not recover from peace for a long time.

Spit out a lot of blood and fall into a coma... Even people who don't understand medical skills can guess that this is not a minor illness.

Although Qingdeng and others vaguely guessed that the Chief Secretary’s condition was not optimistic, but... but... they never expected that the disease she contracted was actually a bloody cough!

Once you suffer from this disease, you can only wait for death in despair - this is common sense known to everyone!

The sudden incident made everyone feel as if they were struck by lightning.

The chief minister was helpless, she was about to die... Faced with this cruel fact, even though he had overcome countless difficulties and walked countless times between life and death, Kondo Yuki, who was as tenacious as iron, and a group of heroes of Tuyasui's third-class were shocked and almost collapsed on the ground.

In fact, even Qingdeng has difficulty keeping calm.

As far as he knows, blood cough is tuberculosis.

In modern times, thanks to the rapid development of medicine, tuberculosis is no longer an incurable disease.

Modern insignificant diseases are terrible diseases that kill countless people in this era...

Despite his shock, Qingdeng forced himself to suppress the panic in his heart with his extraordinary willpower.

The chief officer is his wife and one of his earliest partners... Even if the hope is slim, he will not sit idly by and watch her die of illness!

The doctor who knew the most skilled medical skills was the one who cured Tokugawa Ishishi and Tokugawa Ishiki.

Tu Fangsui San was shot in his belly, his internal organs were damaged and he suffered severe blood loss - he could cure this severe injury that was very difficult in modern times.

Therefore, Qingdeng was full of hope: If it were Beifangren, it should... no! There must be no problem! He can definitely cure Xiao Si!

So he quickly sent someone to Edo to invite Hitoshi Nichi.

The process of inviting Ren from Bei to Otsu was very smooth.

Whether it was the fast horse who went to invite someone or the convoy that transported Bei Ren to Ojin, he had all his strength. The horse was exhausted and the car was about to fall apart.

Northern benevolence is worthy of being the best example of the term "medical benevolence".

After arriving in Otsu, the first thing he said was "Where is the patient? Take me to see her!"

Just now, he walked into the ward of the General Office with a serious expression and officially began the diagnosis and treatment.

Aoden and Kondo put down all matters and waited outside the ward.

There was nothing to do at hand, and the more leisurely Tianzhangyuan and Hegong also came to accompany him.

Zunazi, Awu and others also wanted to come here to wait, but they all refused:

"Everyone stays here and will not help the treatment, but will also hinder Mr. North. Don't worry, I will inform you of the treatment results as soon as possible."

Beifangren is the doctor with the most skilled medical skills that Qingdeng knew - in other words, the other party is his last hope!

If even Beifang Ren was helpless about the illness of the General Office... then he would be helpless!

No matter how much he feels or what he thinks, he is powerless when facing birth, old age, sickness and death.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are common sense in the world, and will never change depending on the level of a person's social status, financial resources, and martial arts level.

At this moment, he had no choice but to wait quietly.

The two hand of the clock rotate slowly, and time passes by bit by bit...

Finally... this anxious waiting is finally over.

Hearing the "wow" sound, the door slowly opened, and Bei Fangren, who was covered in medicine, walked out slowly.

Seeing this, Qingdeng and others immediately went up to meet him.

Kondo asked first:

"Mr. Northern, how? Can Xiaosi be cured?"

Facing the eager gaze of everyone, Bei Fangren pursed his lips and then... shook his head gently.

"General Konori, I'm sorry...I can't cure Captain Okita."

"I tried to let Captain Okita take over my unique secret recipe."

"My medicine has the miraculous effect of clearing the lungs and relieving coughs, and is specialized in treating lung diseases."

"But I have never tried it to treat blood cough."

"If you want to cure Captain Okita, this is the only medicine I can think of that might work."

"If this medicine doesn't work, I can't do anything."

“Unfortunately—”

He stopped for a while, and a strong hesitation appeared between his cheeks, and his eyebrows were frowning because they couldn't bear it.

Despite his inner struggle, he still fulfilled his duties as a doctor and continued his words:

"After taking this medicine, Captain Okita's condition did not improve at all..."

"I'm sorry, I really tried my best."

"Her condition is quite serious."

"According to my estimate... even if she takes good care of herself, she will not live for three months..."

"Blood cough is an incurable disease and will not be cured by early treatment."

"When Captain Okita suffered from blood cough, the outcome was already destined."

"Even if the disease is discovered early, it will be of no help."

"So, you don't have to feel guilty."

After saying that, he slowly lowered his head and prepared to face the next "storm".

As a doctor, he has long been accustomed to being scolded, scolded and cried from the patients' families.

However, the collar he imagined was pulling and cursing at him that he had imagined.

What he gained was the dead silence that could be heard by the falling needle...

The time in this corridor seemed to have frozen at this moment.

Kondo opened his eyes wide, his pupils tightened into a pinhole, and his face lost all blood and turned into clay wood sculptures.

Tianzhangyuan showed an incredible expression.

Hegong looked gloomy.

And Qingdeng... After Beifang Ren said the sentence "I can't cure Captain Chongtian", he couldn't hear the follow-up content...

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The bedroom of the chief executive—

"Um...um..."

The chief moaned and slowly opened his eyes... his vision was blurred, as if he was covered with a thick film.

"Xiao Si, how do you feel?"

Before she could recover from her vision, she heard familiar voices.

She looked in the voice - a mass of things came to her eyes, and from the outline, she could vaguely tell that this was a person.

After about 10 seconds, her eyes gradually adapted to the light, and her vision recovered.

The grid-shaped ceiling, the orange sunset... and the Qingdeng who was sitting beside her bed and leaning over to see her all came into her eyes.

I saw Qingdeng leaning forward and throwing worried eyes at the General Office.

The chief officer smiled slightly:
To be continued...