Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

Chapter 60 The "Unfortunate" Boy

My stomach was still twitching and the pain was spreading in waves. Perhaps there was still something left in my stomach.

But if he had continued to vomit, he would have suffocated. Of course, suffocation would not kill him. His heart would beat again in the next second. Lin Guang just didn't like that feeling.

"Makijuro is like a flame."

Rinkou's pupils were barely focused, and the sound he made was very soft. Makijuro glanced at him, and all he could do was spread his legs wider.

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Lin Guang thought that he would be taken to see a doctor, but he didn't expect the scene to be so lively.

The doctor and Makijuro each had their own opinions. One believed that there must be something wrong with the food, while the other was certain that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the food.

While the two were arguing, Lin Guang turned sideways, reached out and grabbed the bucket on the side, and vomited out the last bit of food left in his stomach. With a thorough deep breath, all the pain was finally thrown away by this body that had been clamoring for a long time.

"The food is fine... the problem is me."

Under the concerned gaze of two pairs of eyes, the boy sat up and seemed to be in a slightly better condition.

The doctor did not believe the boy's words, and still checked him according to the rules. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal except that the boy's heartbeat was weaker, he pulled a chair over and sat down.

"Has it been like this since before? You throw up after eating?"

"Well, I feel uncomfortable if I eat too much, so I can only eat a small amount at a time... I can't stand the sun. My father said that as soon as the sun comes out, I fall asleep and can't be woken up. I only wake up when it gets dark... But I don't get sick very often."

The doctor asked a lot of questions, and the paper was filled with records. Rinkou also answered very seriously. Makijuro was observing the boy's reaction from the side.

Unbelievable.

On the way here, he looked like he would die at any moment. His heartbeat was so intense that he could feel it even when he was holding him, and his hands and feet felt like ice. But now, after vomiting everything out, Lin Guang seemed to be completely fine again.

If he is not a ghost, then what is the reason for all this?

"Maybe you don't fall asleep when you see the sun... I assume you faint when you see the sun. Sunbathing will promote blood circulation, but if your heart is not strong enough, the blood cannot be supplied, which may cause dizziness."

The doctor circled the paper and gave an explanation that he agreed with more.

"And the reason you can't eat is the same. Your body is in worse condition than the average person, and your heartbeat is weaker. Perhaps that's why you have so many strange illnesses. The point isn't whether you will get sick, but the fact that you can't live a normal life itself means there's something wrong with your body."

The doctor finally came to a conclusion, and Makijuro's confusion was resolved at this moment.

It turned out to be the case.

A boy is like a fragile glass bottle. You can't put too many things in it, or it will break because it can't withstand the pressure. You can't pour cold or hot water into it, otherwise it will be irritated and break. He is fragile enough, but if he is just left there, no problem will be seen. Once you want to make any changes, more problems will arise.

"You are the parent, right? Come here."

"Ah, he..."

Just as Lin Guang was about to explain, the doctor had already pinned him down on the bed.

"You, shut up, lie down, and rest. If you're hungry, thirsty, or uncomfortable, tell me anytime. The trash can is right here. If you feel uncomfortable, spit it out. Once you've spit it out and feel better, spit it out first. Parent, come out with me."

Makijuro looked at Rinkou who was pinned to the bed, and decided to follow the doctor out to talk.

The door was closed behind them, but not tightly, perhaps because they were afraid that the boy's voice could not be heard. However, the doctor spoke in a very low voice, apparently afraid that the boy could hear what they were saying.

"I've been in this business for a few years, and I've seen similar cases of children like this, but none this severe. If the symptoms he described are true... then he probably won't live long."

"But Rinkou said he rarely gets sick. Although he's not in good health, he never really gets sick."

Makijuro also tried to lower his voice. He knew that Rinkou was not in good health, but if he was taken good care of, it shouldn't be that serious... After all, the boy still looked so young.

When the man heard him say this, he just sighed and shook his head.

"He doesn't get sick, not because he's healthy, but because he's too weak to get sick. I've seen many people like this. They're never sick, but once they get sick, they've already passed away before the doctor even enters the room. But this child... ah, he's still so young..."

The man leaned against the wall, his face showing a heavy expression. Makijuro listened to these words but didn't know how to react. His face, which was always filled with smiles, became unusually serious.

Rinkou's health was poor, and his life might be difficult, but if he was more careful and worked harder, he should be able to grow up slowly, but he would be different from others. This was what Makijuro thought.

But the doctor in front of him certainly knew more than he did and had seen more patients. He was a swordsman, not a doctor. He only had a rough estimate of Rinko's condition, but had never really considered that Rinko might not even live to adulthood.

"I just heard you call him Rinko, right? Rinko, a child born in winter. If he's so weak, his mother must be in poor health too."

A word to wake up the dreamer.

Makijuro had heard Rinkou mention his father and his family many times, but he had never heard the word mother from the child's mouth.

The doctor caught the change in expression on that face and sighed without surprise.

"His father must be very aware of his condition, so he lets him do this. Compared to trying to find a way to treat him, letting him live happily like this is a blessing. One more day of life is a blessing."

Perhaps because he had seen enough separations and deaths, the doctor's face showed no strangeness when talking about such things. He just opened the door and walked in, then sat down and chatted with Lin Guang for a few words.

They didn't stay in the clinic for long before they were thrown out by the doctor who said he was going to sleep.

Two people, one big and one small, stood at the door, looking at the closed door and then looking at each other.

"You look like you need a doctor more than I do, Mr. Owl."

Lin Guang deliberately put on a stern face, frowned, and lowered his voice, putting on the airs of an old man.

It was rare for Makijuro not to react immediately. He looked at Rinkou, with a moment of surprise on his face, and then he smiled again.

"Yeah! I didn't even notice that Rinkou was feeling unwell. I really need to see a doctor!"

Makijuro casually picked up the boy from the ground, weighed him in his arms, adjusted his position, and turned to walk towards the direction of Rinkou's so-called home.

Rinkou may know all this, or maybe he doesn't know. Makijuro doesn't know what his parents think, and he won't know how it is arranged.

He simply felt that it was shameful that as the older party, he needed the comfort of a child who had just been sentenced to death.

I really want to dig a hole and crawl into it!

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Lin Guang didn't understand why the doctor inexplicably sentenced him to death, nor did he understand why Makijuro looked so tense, but he didn't know where to start if he wanted to explain. He hadn't lied at all, and the doctor's analysis seemed to make sense.

But the other party's analysis has a big premise, that is, the object of analysis is a human being, but he is not.

He is a ghost.

Will not die or get sick.

The reason why he is so weak is simply because he eats less, and because he has no obsession with becoming stronger, he is not good at it and does not like it that much. In addition, there is no one who will hold a knife behind him and chase him like a devil, so he will eventually be able to continue on this crooked path smoothly.

But this is not something that should be said out loud. Not to mention that the doctor may not know what a demon is, the other person standing next to him is a pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps.

The next second after the conclusion that it was a ghost left his mouth, his head would have left his neck.

But Makijuro looked much more normal now, so Rinkou put aside the question of what to do with him.

Until they stood at a familiar intersection, not far away was Muzan's temporary residence. Rinkou said that he didn't like to see people from the Demon Slayer Corps, so Makijuro always just dropped him off here and stopped.

Rinkou got down from Makijuro's arms and was about to take a step forward when he was grabbed by the other party by the shoulders and forced to turn around. The man was half-kneeling on the ground, his eyes level with his, his eyes as bright as if burning with fire.

"If there's somewhere you want to go, I can take you there! I run very fast, and I can take you to places farther away even at night! If there's anything you want to eat or anything you're interested in, I'll do my best to bring it to you!"

So what's going on?

Didn't he let it go? Or did he really believe the doctor's words? Did he think he was going to die?

"Well. Let's go out together next time we meet?"

Rinko tentatively suggested.

Makijuro nodded immediately, and for a moment Rinko thought he was looking at a large dog instead of an owl.

A bit like Coke.

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"So what's the matter with you calling me here?"

Yuhu's voice was not gentle at all, and even had a hint of impatience.

Because of the previous game, he left a pot for Lin Guang. The pot was a product of his blood demon magic. Not only could it hold anything like other pots, it also maintained a connection with him. In other words, if Lin Guang wanted to, he could knock on his head and find the boy's location through the pot.

Just like now, the small pot that was usually inconspicuous on the wrist has turned into a large pot that can easily hold a lingguang, and temporarily carries its owner.

"Well...I ran into a little problem."

The boy held his face in his hands, crossed his legs and hunched his waist, staring at the empty street, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Someone thought I was going to die."

"what?"

This sentence was too concise, lacking much description or explanation, but even just this one sentence was enough to make Yuhu feel surprised. Lin Guang was going to die? Did anyone think ghosts could die? Could ghosts really die at random?

Taking any few words out of this sentence to form a sentence would be baffling, let alone combining all these words together.

"Shouldn't you say more?"

But Yuhu still asked cautiously.

"I met a friend."

Very good, the beginning is quite shocking for the ghosts, Rinko starts to make friends again. In addition to the upper and lower moons, there are actually ghosts who can pass the review of Lord Muzan?

"We went to dinner last night..."

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"Ghosts can't eat human food, but I ate it. Although I vomited it later, it was a bit miserable. He sent me to see a doctor, and the doctor said I wouldn't live much longer."

A quack. This was Yu Hu's first thought.

“And then he believed it.”

Idiot. That was my first thought.

"Don't make friends with food. You're the real waste of food, okay?"

Yu Hu instead used the words that Ling Guang had said to him back then to educate the boy.

Lin Guang turned to look at him.

"It's not food. It's a ghost swordsman."

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"So... you're friends with a ghost swordsman?"

Yuhu tried hard to pronounce each word clearly, trying to confirm whether every piece of information he obtained was true.

"To be precise, it's a pillar."

Lin Guang's tone was terrifyingly calm.

"Boy."

"Ok?"

"You really should see a doctor, starting with your head."

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【tips: Behind the scenes

This old doctor is the type of person who is unique and eccentric. When he was young, he was very obedient. However, he encountered some medical disputes and suffered some setbacks. He felt that studying medicine could not save the Japanese. Later, he was frustrated for a while, but when he was depressed, he could not help but save people. Later, he opened his own clinic and did not work with others. He has no medical reputation but has great medical skills and is popular. He is the type of person who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. (I like to write some unconventional NPCs.

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I've also been searching for a while about how big the difference between ghosts and humans is and whether it can be seen, but the official has not yet dissected ghosts, and the individual differences between ghosts are quite large. For example, the three brothers that Tanjiro killed at the beginning can run around in the water, and the big daddy in Spider Mountain has to make bubbles in the river. It is uncertain whether he needs to breathe, the degree of breathing, and even whether his body organs can still maintain normal functions.

But after thinking about it for a while, I finally cited the individual differences of ghosts. For example, when Akaza was training martial arts, his body shape was no different from that of a human, with healthy limbs and regular facial features. For example, the hand ghost was afraid, so he grew a bunch of hands to protect himself. Rinkou never thought about becoming stronger, so his physical fitness has always been considered a burden among ghosts (in terms of physical fitness and physical skills).

So the physical fitness that Rinko retains is not much different from that of a human. The weak heartbeat is a pure ghost debuff. In fact, the heart rate is very slow because the physical fitness is not bad, but because of the weak heartbeat, this is covered up. How the hell is the speed calculated when you can't hear clearly?

And I think that at that time, Japanese medicine should not have progressed to a very advanced level (looking through notes). The more remote clinics probably didn't have thermometers, and the doctors didn't know there were ghosts. Makijuro also thought that Rinkou was not a ghost. They were talking nonsense to each other and even made up for each other's confusion.

Makijuro wondered how this child could be so energetic despite being in such poor health. The doctor said it might be a terminal lucidity. Okay, it worked out.

The doctor wondered why the child was acting strangely. Makijuro said that he was in poor health but not prone to illness.

The existence of the ghost is a gap in information. As a result, everyone mistakenly believes that Lin Guang is experiencing a last glimmer of hope.

Rinko: Who? Me?

Yuhu: That's why I told you not to play with food, it can easily make you lose your mind.