Chapter 76: Natsuba Genryū’s Indifference
Natsuba Main Residence, a small hospital.
At this moment, the top doctors recruited by the Natsuba conglomerate were gathered here.
They were all gathered in one hospital room.
Beside them, the electrocardiogram beeped rhythmically.
And lying on the bed was Natsuba Kouryu, his eyes closed, his limbs missing.
Under Natsuba Hanae’s punch, he had been severely injured and had not yet regained consciousness.
And the doctors were observing his condition, preparing to name this condition after the patient.
After all, a curable disease is named after the doctor, but an incurable one…
Just then, Natsuba Genryū appeared at the door.
His face had aged considerably since yesterday’s events.
Looking at the numerous doctors, he said slowly,
“How are Kouryu’s injuries? Is there any way to heal him?”
“As long as he can be healed, the Natsuba conglomerate will grant any of your requests.”
The doctors looked at each other.
Finally, a balding, white-haired doctor was pushed forward.
He was from the Mizuō branch, named Mizuō Teiji.
And he was the attending physician this time.
Mizuō Teiji looked at Natsuba Genryū with a troubled expression and said,
“Family Head, Young Master Kouryu’s condition is not good.”
“We cannot heal his injuries. We can only try to amputate completely. This might make the Young Master more comfortable.”
Mizuō Teiji looked at Natsuba Kouryu behind him with a complicated expression.
Natsuba Kouryu was frowning, his teeth gritted, his face contorted in a grimace.
Even though Natsuba Hanae’s Sanctuary Flame had knocked him unconscious, it didn’t let him rest easy. The remnants of the flame still burned in his wounds, in his flesh.
Then Mizuō Teiji turned back, not daring to look at Natsuba Genryū’s face. He lowered his eyes and looked down.
Hearing this, Natsuba Genryū’s eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of killing intent within them.
The hand clutching the cane tightened.
Under the stimulation of the killing intent, the doctors in the room didn’t dare to make a sound. You could hear a pin drop.
Then, Natsuba Genryū continued in a hoarse voice,
“Why?”
“If he’s a human torso, I remember there have been cases of regenerating limbs with supernatural materials and supernatural users.”
“The Natsuba conglomerate can definitely provide both.”
“Why can’t it be cured?”
He suppressed his anger, his facial muscles twitching slightly, his eyes fixed on Mizuō Teiji.
Mizuō Teiji broke out in a cold sweat, his back soaked.
He swallowed hard and quickly said,
“Family Head, yes.”
“I was one of the participants in that surgery, but…”
“The Young Master’s condition is completely different from that person’s. The Young Master’s severed limbs, for some reason, have completely lost all life activity.”
“As if they were wood, or stone.”
“You can’t expect us to make wood or stone grow limbs…”
Lost all life activity?!
Hearing this, a look of shock appeared in Natsuba Genryū’s eyes.
The Master of Summer Harvest Mountain’s attack had such a property!
To strip away life activity… this was similar to his own killing intent.
Limbs struck by his killing intent would, as long as the killing intent remained, lose their ability to heal or regenerate for a short time.
Once, before he had broken through to A-rank, there was a peak B-rank supernatural user with regenerative abilities.
Relying on his regenerative immortality, he had provoked various forces.
Even some A-ranks were helpless against him.
But in the end, he had died under his killing intent, because the killing intent had suppressed his regenerative ability.
And his killing intent was suppression.
But the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain’s attack was to strip away all life activity!
The two were fundamentally different.
Then, his pupils widened slightly, and he suddenly thought of something.
“It was that black flame, that… deathly power?!”
Originally, Natsuba Genryū had thought that he hadn’t even drawn the sword in his cane, hadn’t used his full strength.
If he really fought the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain…
The outcome was still uncertain.
But now, he had thought of a crucial point.
Her black flame possessed a unique property, a deathly stillness that was the enemy of life. If he were to be burned by it, even he might not be able to recover.
But what if he encountered the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain again?!
Would he have to reluctantly give up the supernatural materials the Natsuba conglomerate had worked so hard to obtain, again? To repeatedly be extorted was too humiliating.
What would the other organizations think of the Natsuba conglomerate?
Natsuba Genryū’s eyes darted around, his mind racing. An idea gradually formed.
“I need to team up with other A-ranks…”
He murmured to himself.
And the A-rank closest to the Natsuba conglomerate was… the Kujō family’s Kujō head.
In fact, before the two conglomerates had prepared for the marriage alliance…
They had already come together because of their similar nature. Many of their industries were joint ventures.
But to make the relationship even closer, the Kujō head had suddenly brought up the idea of a marriage alliance.
Natsuba Genryū had initially thought of having Natsuba Yosuke marry some woman from the Kujō family, since Kouryu and Taiga were not to be given away.
Because the Kujō head seemed to have no children, due to his ability.
But he hadn’t expected the Kujō head to want the Natsuba twin sisters.
At that time, although he was suspicious, the Kujō head had promised a large amount of supernatural materials. And since the twin sisters weren’t important, and were even freeloaders…
Natsuba Genryū had agreed.
In the past decade, he had seen the Kujō head in action. That blood manipulation ability, like a boiling blood prison, was no less than his own.
With the two of them working together, taking down the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain would be easy.
However, at the scene of Natsuba Hanae’s kidnapping, that same aura had been present, along with the shattered talisman that had sealed an A-rank attack.
Smart as Natsuba Genryū was, he immediately realized this was likely one of the Kujō head’s schemes.
But it had clearly failed now.
And that attack, the blood hand, was also quite weak, not even half as strong as what he had seen a decade ago. The Kujō head had probably held back.
Of course, he had still attacked a direct descendant of the Natsuba family. Perhaps he could use this to threaten him.
It seemed he could communicate with him when he had time.
As for Natsuba Kouryu…
Natsuba Genryū looked at the human torso on the bed, his eyes devoid of any color, any light or emotion.
“Teiji.”
“I will no longer ask about Natsuba Kouryu’s surgery from now on.”
“Do as you see fit.”
With that, he turned and left without looking back.
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