Chapter 17: *****
That night, Ian kept wondering what choice would Kuina make.
In fact, even Ian could not imagine what it would be like if Kuina really became a boy. But when Ivankov left, Ian was making an attempt because he knew that if Kuina remained in Frost Moon Village, She's going to die.
He was used to working hard in the field then drinking warm water from Kuina's hands while showing him a gorgeous smile and getting used to the way Kuina bandaged him after every injury he gets from exercising. Ian could not accept the fact that her seemingly strong but gentle sister would disappear in front of his eyes.
So in this period, the only thought that comes to his mind was: "the butterfly effect!" He wanted to try whether he could change this result by any means.
The next day, just before Ian got up and had time to wash his face, Kuina came to him.
The two sat down at the table. The Den Den Mushi had woke up at this time, and squatted toward Kuina, Kuina smiled and touched its big eyes, handed it a leaf, and kept watching it eating happily.
"Kuina, have you thought about it?" Ian asked her after a while.
"Yes, I did!" Kuina looked up at him. "I can only say, thank you for your kindness, Big Brother Ian!"
"I... I thought about it all night!" Kuina covered her chest and said. "Although I always thought, if I was a boy, it would be great so I could not be a disappointment to my father, be able to grow stronger without any restrictions, be recognized by my own father, and then inherit his dojo."
"But when you told me yesterday that there was such an opportunity in front of me, I hesitated..."
"If I really become a boy, am I still me? Even if I can reach the world's strongest swordsman in the end, but is that swordsman still me, Kuina?"
"I think of your words, Big Brother Ian!" Kuina looked at Ian with a smile: "From now on, I will not be obsessed with my gender anymore. Since my father said that girls can't be the strongest, I will prove to him that I can become the strongest swords user in the world!"
Ian looked at Kuina and found that her face was no longer confused and unwilling. Instead, she was firm and confident.
Kuina was telling the truth, and she really got it out of her heart!
"Haha, Haha!" Ian suddenly burst out laughing. This was really his sister Kuina. She has such a strong personality. What's the big deal about her being a girl?
"I said that no matter what decision you make, I will support you!" Ian laughed and said, "Now that you have decided to be the strongest swords user, you have to work hard!"
"Well! Thank you, Brother Ian. I've to go now!" Kuina stood up and started leaving.
"Kuina!" Ian stopped her, his face became very serious, and he said, "We've dealt with that matter, but now, you have to promise me another thing!"
"What?" Kuina asked curiously.
"Don't go to any dangerous places! Especially high places!" Ian said, "You'd better practice with Zoro and me these days!"
"Why?" Kuina was puzzled.
Ian could not explain to her, but said, "I can't tell you why. But I have a bad feeling..."
It was strange to hear that this was the reason, but she was a little reluctant to practice with Ian and Zoro. She said, "I don't want to train that fool, Zoro. Every time he sweats, he smells bad! I don't want to practice with him!"
"I sweat and stink too!" Ian said with a very low voice.
"You're different, You are a loved one of Kuina!" Kuina naughtily spat out her tongue: "Sauron is an opponent, with him, my cards will be seen by him!"
"All right!" Ian saw that she really didn't want to, and she was reluctant. After all, Kuina was a girl, and she had begun growing up. She really could not stay with those two all the time. So he had to say, "Well, promise me not to go to any dangerous places, will you promise me that?"
"All right, all right, I promise you that!" Kuina waved and said: "Sayonara, I'm going to practice!"
Looking at Kuina humming and happily going out, Ian couldn't help but sigh. He was trying to get Kuina out to the sea to avoid her death, but unexpectedly, by mistake, he solved the biggest problem in Kuina's mind. Even Ian didn't know what to do.
For the next two days, Ian kept an eye on Kuina. Every time he went out to exercise with Zoro, he rushed back as soon as possible until he confirmed that Kuina was unharmed.
However, Ian couldn't keep Kuina in his sight for a long time. He could watch her for a while, and she shouldn't find out. So Ian thought of a way. He told his little brothers in the Dojo that once they found out that Kuina was going to go to high places, they would try to stop her or run to tell him as soon as possible.
Out of respect for Ian, the disciples in the dojo earnestly agreed to it.
What surprised Ian most was how quickly things could come.
On the morning of the third day, Ian and Zoro, carrying a young brother, ran around the village together, and then came to the usual exercise place in the back hill.
Running with a kid on their shoulders was a trick Ian and Zoro came up with not long ago because running alone was no longer effective for both of them.
After putting down the two younger boys and letting them go back by themselves, Ian and Zoro began their daily routine exercise.
However, he didn't know why, when he watched Zoro do the stone pulling exercises with his mouth, Ian suddenly had a feeling of uneasiness.
At first, he didn't realize it, but he just felt a little restless. But when he saw the two brothers who had been up the mountain with them have turned back again, Ian suddenly had a very strong heartbeat!
"No!" Ian shouted and rushed down the hill.
Zoro looked foolishly at Ian, who was rushing out. He didn't know what was going on and asked the two young brothers: "Why did you come back?"
The two disciples, panting, clutched their knees and said, "Ku... Kuina's going up to the attic to find her sharpening stone. W... We thought of what brother Ian said and wanted to hold her back, but she said it was all right. We had to run to tell him! "
At both ends of the story, Ian ran down the hill, exerting all his efforts, but feeling that he was not fast enough, so he put his Mind Force on his legs and immediately soared.
After a year of continuous exercise, he has gradually mastered the use of the Nen, but because the value of the Nen was still relatively small, nor could he reach the point of materialization, so he was still unable to simulate the true Armed Haki.
Quickly rushed back to the dojo, Ian ran directly to the warehouse.
Ian didn't even think about it. He ran straight into the door and rushed in.
As the sawdust flew, Ian saw Kuina standing on the second floor, seemingly intending to come down with a black whetstone in her hand.
But at this moment, her foot suddenly slipped, she rolled and fell from mid-air.
"Kuina!!!"
Ian jumped and stretched out his hands toward the place where Kuina was going to fall, trying to catch her, but the distance was a little too far, causing his body to fall along with her.
Originally, according to Kuina's fall posture, she was likely to fall on her cervical spine and cause a fracture and death, but at this time Ian's arms caught her, padded underneath her like a cushion, Kuina's whole body was fine, but her head was slammed heavily on the floor.
As the dust settled, Ian felt Kuina's body soften in his arms, and in spite of the pain of her fall, he got up and held her in her hand to check her condition.
But what made Ian relieve was that he found that she still has some heartbeats.
Hurriedly picked her up, Ian rushed out of the warehouse, came to the dojo and shouted anxiously, "Sensei! Sensei Koshiro!"
Koshiro heard that sound and found that Ian was holding the unconscious Kuina in his arms. He came in a hurry and asked, "What happened?"
"Kuina fell from the attic. I caught her, but she hit her head on the ground!" Ian carefully put her down on the floor of the dojo and said, "Master Koshiro, take care of her. I'll call the doctor!"
"Alright!" Koshiro said.
Ian did not reply and ran out in a hurry.
Frost Moon Village is very small. There is only one doctor in the whole village, and he was the kind of doctor who can only treat minor illnesses in peacetime. But Ian rushed to the doctor's house at this time, lifted him up, took the medicine box and rushed back to the dojo. At this time, Zoro and a group of little disciples were already in the dojo, waiting anxiously.
The doctor was a white-bearded man, he looked at Kuina carefully with his glasses, then he shook his head and said to the concerned people, "Nothing's wrong with her body, but her head was smashed so hard, I don't know when she will wake up!"
"What do you mean?" Zoro was in a hurry. He grabbed the doctor and cried, "Do you mean that Kuina can't wake up?"
"No, It's not that she won't wake up! I meant that I couldn't know when she will wake up!" The doctor shook his head and said, "It may take a few days, or it may be longer..."
When Ian listened to him, he was confused. How could this happen?
Although due to his intervention, Kuina avoided her death's fate, she is now likely to fall into a prolonged coma!
'Is fate making such a joke?'
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Chapter 18: *****
Finally, after treating the bruises on Kuina's body and head, the doctor left, his medical skills were powerless for a patient with such a strong concussion.
In the dojo, a group of young disciples surrounded Kuina. Several ones had already cried out, Master Koshiro said something, and finally, he persuaded them to go home.
After the bunch of reluctance, the children had finally felt, only Ian and Zoro remained at Kuina's side.
Master Koshiro came in and said to them, "Thank you for taking care of her. Go and have a rest. I'll stay with her."
"No!" Zoro gritted his teeth and said, "I'm waiting for her to wake up!"
But Ian thought for a moment and said to Koshiro, "Sensei excuse me! I'm going to my room!"
Without waiting for Koshiro to nod, Ian hurried back to his room.
Apart from eating, the Den Den Mushi was dozing off most of the time, but when Ian picked up the shell on its back, it suddenly came to its spirit and opened its big eyes wide.
Ian dialed the number of Ivankov, and the Den Den Mushi immediately made a "Puru... Puru..." sound, as if waiting for a call.
It didn't take long before the other side was finally connected, and Ian's Den Den Mushi suddenly became the appearance of Ivankov, with long eyelashes on its big eyes and purple lipstick on its lips. This scene was quite magical, but Ian didn't care much.
Iva's voice came over the Den Den Mushi: "Heehaw! Who is calling? Is it you Kuma?"
No wonder why Ivankov made such a wrong guess. It was estimated that the Den Den Mushi of Ivankov would simulate Ian's appearance… In other words, it simulates the original appearance of Ian's Den Den Mushi, and Ian has been wearing Kuma's ear cap, Ivankov did not think of it and mistook Ian with Kuma.
"Not Kuma, it's me, Ian!" Ian said.
The Den Den Mushi on the desk was stunned and simulated Ivankov's expression: "It turned out to be you, Ian little candy. I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect you to call me."
"Iva, stop gossiping!" Ian said urgently, "On the boat that day, I saw you giving Sabo first aid. You should be a doctor, right? Something happened to Kuina in the dojo! You have to help me!"
"Kuina?" Ivankov doubted for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Is she Mr. Koshiro's daughter? What's wrong with her?"
Ian told him the story and said, "Where are you now? Can you come back to Frost Moon Village?"
"I'm sorry, Ian boy!" Ivankov said regretfully. "I'm in the Kamabakka Kingdom now. It's on the Grand Line. I don't know how long it will take me to get there!"
As soon as Ian listened, his heart sank.
"But don't worry!" Ivankov suddenly changed his tone: "I know her situation as you said. Kuina, the little candy, has no trauma, so it is estimated that there is congestion in her skull, which leads to her coma. Although I can't come, I can tell you what medication to use."
"Ah, that's great. Tell me, I'll write it down!" Ian hurried to find a pen and paper.
When Ivankov told Ian about the drugs he was going to use, he went on to say, "One more thing, Ian Boy, you should pay attention, the drugs can only be auxiliary, even if they can dispel the congestion in her skull, but they do not necessarily wake her up! The doctor in your village is right. Whether she can wake up is unknown!"
"What should I do?" Ian hurriedly asked.
"It can only be stimulated by external forces!" Ivankov thought for a moment and said, "You should casually talk to her more in your free time."
Soon, the consultation was over. Although Ian contacted the doctor Ivankov, as he said, the only way she could wake up is if God wills it.
....
Late at night, Ian and Zoro were still guarding Kuina, the medicine that Ivankov ordered, had commissioned the teacher Sosuke to look for it in a nearby town.
"How could this be!" Zoro was still muttering, "Weren't you fine yesterday? As soon as you made a deal with me, you..."
Master Koshiro knelt opposite and whispered to Zoro, "Zoro, sometimes people are very vulnerable..."
"Sensei! What if she can't wake up, what should I do?" Zoro rubbed his eyes and asked Koshiro.
"You have to believe in her!" Koshiro smiled slightly and said, "Kuina is a strong child. She won't be defeated like that. But you, Zoro! If she wakes up and finds that you have not progressed, she'll probably make fun of you!"
"This period, who has a mind to practice!" Zoro said.
"You can't say that!" Koshiro said, "Didn't you make a deal with her? Don't you want to surprise her when she wakes up?"
Zoro stared at Kuina's face while she was laying on the ground. After a while, he nodded and said, "I see, I'll go and train hard!"
Koshiro nodded gratefully.
Ian was on the side and had not spoken. He was checking the system in his mind.
According to Ivankov, for the case of Kuina, simple medical skills do not have much effect, so he wanted to find out if there were any cards with mental skills in the card system!
After more than a year in this world, Ian saved enough time to draw three more times besides drawing his first card 'Samanosuke Akechi.'
However, these three draws made Ian understand how helpless those pay-to-win games for a player who doesn't recharge.
The free draw in the card store does not mean that he can get a character card every time he draws, it just has a little chance! Because there are other items in the process of card drawing.
Among the three draw cards in the back, Ian first got five advanced stones, the second one was a green general-purpose cloth, and the third time, it was better, finally a character, but it turned out to be a fragment! Two fragments of Nakoruru from the game "Samurai Shodown!"
Nakoruru is a two-star card, and it takes twenty card fragments to synthesize a complete card.
In the card store, there are so many cards, and it takes a whole three months to draw once, when will it be possible to collect the remaining 18 fragments of Nakoruru?
And after asking the system, Ian found a bad thing about one-star cards and two-star cards.
According to the system, any card is qualified. The one-star and two-star cards have the lowest qualifications, followed by three-star and four-star card, and the highest five-star card. It should be noted that this refers to the original card!
In other words, the qualification of the original five-star red card is the highest. Even if a four-star card goes through a variety of breakthroughs to the five-star card, the qualification will be worse than the original five-star card.
Qualifications are growth, representing how many attribute values can be obtained per level of card promotion, which represents the improvement of the overall attribute when the card breaks through to +1, +2, +3, and because the final attribute of these cards is added to the host itself, it is also related to the growth of Ian himself.
Even if the one-star and two-star card can eventually be upgraded to a five-star card, it will consume a lot of resources in the process, so the system does not recommend Ian to cultivate them. The most important use of this type of card is to add up to the high-star cards, and at the same time, it can be decomposed to obtain souls, souls can buy card fragments they want in the exclusive soul store. The card that is really worth cultivating should start at least from the three-star card.
The odds of getting the whole card are very low when the time is accumulated for a single extraction, so he can only rely on ten consecutive draws. It is said that the odds are higher, but if Ian wants to make the ten consecutive draws, he must have enough money to recharge…
Ian was somewhat lucky. Fortunately, when he came to this world, he found that he has a system supporting him to survive, but unfortunately, this system is a bottomless pit of money…
All of this is counted, but what makes Ian complain was that most of the functions of the system are all complete, the only error is the plot part.
Anyone who has played a card game knows that card games have almost a fixed pattern, That is to say, the plot, commonly known as the deduction map, when a chapter is finished, the players will be given the opportunity to open the treasure box according to the number of stars they get. The treasure box will usually have diamond rewards, which is the main source of diamonds for non-recharger players.
However, this damn system did not have any plot illustration at all and sent Ian with an unknown error...
In other words, if Ian wants diamonds to draw cards, then he must recharge, and that is the only way.
When faced with this kind of demonic card game that seems to be always hungry for money, and when it comes to this seemingly expensive situation, Ian can only say that it hurts...
"Systems, is there any character card that has mental strength or spiritual power?" Ian asked.
"Yes!" The system responded simply.
"Oh!" Ian was overjoyed, he asked, "Who are these characters? How many stars do they have?"
"Card character: Yuri! Four-Star Orange Class Card. Card Character: Blade Queen Kerrigan: Five Star Red Class Card!..."
Just listening to the system listing two names, Ian's heart was cold, and he instantly understood, this kind of character card with mental strength, are almost all of the high-level rare cards!
It was not what he could get at this stage!
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