Vol 9 Chapter 173 (2/2)

My stomach juices splattered about as my mouth tasted sour and my eyes began tearing. This is way too unbecoming of me. I thought I had gotten used to this but here I am. And… And I still have something very important to do too…

I crawled up from the ground and swallowed my saliva as I spat out the last of the juices in my mouth. At the very least, I have not vomited on the corpses so that’s something I guess.

As I got up, I pulled up my hat slightly and wiped the tears from my eyes as I looked about and continued searching for the person I have been searching for a while now.

“Yi De, where are you…”

I saw her run in this direction earlier. If it were not for the ongoing battle, I would have caught up to her by now.

I swallowed my saliva again as I headed into the alleys. Not too long ago, just as I landed in a dire predicament, Yi De suddenly roared and landed in front of me. She then unexpectedly did a powerful horizontal slash that cut down Lu Xiang. If this were Yi De before she lost her memories, then I would not be surprised. But there is no way that the Yi De now has that sort of power and technique.

And there is the way she addressed me as well.

– Don’t you dare bully my big brother!

I clearly heard her address me as ‘big brother’ and hope that her memories might have returned sparked in me. I did not expect that she would run off all of a sudden with no warning though and have been chasing after her ever since.

“Yi De~” I yelled out but all I could hear were the echoes of my own voice.

Yi De… Where did she go?

I was getting rather anxious and did not know where to go after this and paced about anxiously. Though she did not seem to have sustained any injuries from the battle before, she seemed shocked when she saw Lu Xiang lying on the ground and I was rather worried.

“Lord Liu Bei, what are you doing here?”

Eh? A voice came from behind all of a sudden but when I turned back, I did not see anybody around.

“Ah… Over here.”

Ah… I reflexively looked down when I heard the voice coming from my chest and saw Hua Tuo who was squinting at me.

“Ah, Hua Tuo, what are you doing here?”

“Cleaning up of course. I’m also checking to see if there is anyone who needs treatment.” Hua Tuo said with a tinge of sadness at the loss of life and looked at me, “I just knew it was Lord Liu Bei. I was thinking your figure looked fammmmm~~~”

Before Hua Tuo could finish, I grabbed her by her shoulders and shook her frantically as I asked, “Hua Tuo, did you see Yi De nearby? Did Yi De pa.s.s through here?!”

“Eh? Yi De?” Hua Tuo frowned and seemed puzzled, “Wasn’t she with my lord?”

Ah… She does not know huh? Though I would like to explain the situation with her, I really do not have the leisure to do so right now.

“Wu…”

Un?

“Lord Liu Bei, what happened– Wu!”

“Sorry Hua Tuo but please keep quiet for a bit.” I said as I covered her mouth and looked around as I listened closely.

“Eh? Is there someone alive around?”

No… There was someone moaning and it was the very someone I was looking for.

“Yi De!” I yelled as I sprinted for a building that was about to collapse.

*Ka*!

I kicked open the door and charged in and saw Yi De lying down at a corner of the building.

“Yi De!!” I yelled out again as I ran over, “Yi De, Yi De?”

When I grabbed her and carried her up, her head fell back lifelessly as though she were dead and I frantically checked her body for injuries. Only when I found that there were no injuries did I heave a sigh of relief.

“Lord Liu Bei, let me take a look.” Hua Tuo said as she squatted down beside me and felt Yi De’s pulse.

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