Chapter 78: Commission From the Old Father
Larry was amazed at the changes happening in the satellite area, while Lou Bai and Youxing, who were separated by an ocean, didn't know about all this. They were now dealing with the aftermath of last night's incident.
After sending the twins to school, Lou Bai hadn't sat down yet when a knock on the door came from outside.
"Who is it?"
Lou Bai walked to the door and asked while looking at the visitor through the cat's eye on the door. This was a sturdy middle-aged uncle wearing a suit that was obviously expensive, but the suit was a little messy at the moment.
It was someone he didn't know. Lou Bai opened the door, but just stood there at the door, neither inviting the other person in nor letting him leave.
The handsome middle-aged uncle who came to visit saw Lou Bai's figure after the door opened, subconsciously adjusted his suit, looked at Lou Bai with hopeful eyes, and asked: "Excuse me, is this Kobayashi Mashiro? And, is Fudo Youxing here?"
Is he a fan of Youxing? But judging from his clothes and age, he doesn't look like a fanatical fan who comes to chase stars? Forget it, since they are looking for Youxing anyway, let him worry about it.
With this thought in mind, Lou Bai shouted inside: "Youxing, someone is looking for you!"
After a while, the door of the guest room opened. Although he was still a little tired, Youxing, who had recovered most of his energy, pushed the door open and walked out.
At this time, Lou Bai was already sitting at the table with the visiting guests. Seeing Youxing appear, the middle-aged man stood up suddenly as if he had made an important decision, and bowed deeply to Youxing and Lou Bai: "You two, I hope... I ask you to save Qiu."
"Wait, what happened?" Lou Bai was also startled by this sudden bow. He stood up, helped the man up, and persuaded: "Calm down first and talk slowly."
After Lou Bai's persuasion, this man who seemed to be the most powerful person at first glance also regained his usual composure and told the reason why he came here.
"I am a member of the Shindo Mino... No, I am Izayoi Aki's father, Izayoi Hero." Izayoi Hero revealed his identity, and then said in a requesting, even pleading tone: "I hope you can help Aki."
"Aki's father? Is there something wrong with Aki?" Hearing Izayoi Hero's self-introduction, Yuxing, who was sitting opposite him, frowned slightly. Wasn't there anything wrong with the doctor's examination last night?
"There is nothing wrong with Aki now, but in terms of consciousness, she is like a puppet." Izayoi Hero's ugly face showed his inner unrest, and he continued: "According to the doctor's diagnosis, Aki closed her heart because she was unwilling to face reality. Only people who are very close to her can guide her out."
"But aren't parents people who are very close to Aki?" Yuxing asked in confusion. Listening to Yuxing's question, although Lou Bai knew the answer, he didn't speak.
"Obviously they are the parents, obviously they are the parents..." Yuxing's words seemed to touch the heart of this father. Hero Izayoi lowered his head, subconsciously hiding his inner pain: "We can't, we can't save the child."
"Calm down." Lou Bai brought a cup of hot tea from the kitchen and placed it in front of Hero Izayoi, saying: "Speak slowly, if you don't explain clearly, we can't save Qiu."
"Ah, thank you." After taking a sip of the hot tea, Hero Izayoi calmed down a little and continued: "Madam said that Qiu became like that because of us, no, it's all my fault. I have tried my best to love Qiu, but..."
Under Hero Izayoi's narration, Yuxing slowly understood the tragedy behind Qiu, a tragedy caused by misunderstanding.
"When Qiu was young, I had just been elected as a councillor of Kamishino-Domino, and my career was on the rise. In the busy work of being a councillor, I had limited time for Qiu, and I missed many appointments with Qiu."
Izayoi Hero recalled the past days. He didn't know how many times he missed Qiu's birthday because of work. Every time, he couldn't help but promise to accompany her on her birthday under Qiu's pleading, but every time he had to break his promise because of sudden work.
"Even so, I tried my best to spend more time with Qiu. It was on that day that I finally had time, so I agreed to accompany Qiu to duel with her. However, because of a sudden phone call, I broke my promise again, and because of this, Qiu's power awakened."
Recalling that special day, Izayoi Hero's eyes showed a trace of regret: "At that time, because of fear, I not only did not comfort Qiu when she encountered something strange, but... said something that shouldn't be said."
"That sentence caused irreversible consequences." Izayoi Hero clenched his hands tightly into fists He shook his head and continued: "I don't know how to treat Qiu. How to deal with Qiu who has that terrible power." "As a father, I want to hug her and comfort her, but at the same time as an ordinary person, I am afraid of the power that can take my life at any time." "Isn't it ridiculous?" A bitter smile appeared on the face of the Izayoi Hero. He looked up at the two people in front of him and said self-deprecatingly: "As a father, I am afraid of my daughter." "As a father, this is indeed your dereliction of duty." Lou Bai said coldly without considering the feelings of the Izayoi Hero.
Then, as if he had thought of something, he added a sentence with a slightly softer tone: "However, compared to some people who give birth to children and ignore them, you deserve the title of father."
"No, as Qiu's father, I can't forgive myself." Izayoi Hero shook his head and continued: "At that time, I thought that instead of being with parents who couldn't understand their daughter, it might be better for Qiu to play with her peers, so I sent Qiu to the Duel Academy."
As a councillor, Izayoi Hero did not hesitate to tell the two people who met for the first time about his past mistakes. He said painfully: "No, I was the one who drove Qiu in, to the Duel Academy."
"But Qiu's days in the academy were not what I thought. Even there, Qiu was isolated by his classmates because of his uncontrollable power."
"One day, Qiu just came back from the Duel Academy, and I was talking about something happy with my wife. I will never forget Qiu's expression when she saw our smiles."
The Izayoi Hero held the teacup tightly in both hands and said regretfully: "I think that might be the best time to save the relationship with Qiu. Since then, Qiu has been actively avoiding us and joined the Utopia."
"Qiu's heart, Qiu's heart is tightly blocked, and my voice cannot reach it. I don't even know if Qiu has any friends." The Izayoi Hero suddenly raised his head and looked at Youxing and Lou Bai with eager eyes: "Now I can only ask you."
In other words, I hope to rely on the bond between us and Qiu to wake her up. Lou Bai lowered his eyelids and thought in his heart. The only connection between me and Qiu was the duel of the Lucky Cup, and Yuxing and Qiu only had the duel last night.
Qiu's father really couldn't find anyone related to Qiu, so he came to us, that is, we are the "last straw".
"For your sake as a father, I agree to this matter." Lou Bai interlaced his fingers on his chin, turned his head to look at Yuxing beside him, and asked: "What about you?"
"Yeah." Yuxing also nodded. All this was caused by him, and he must solve it. Yuxing wanted to dispel the pain caused by misunderstandings in the hearts of the father and daughter of Izayoi Qiu and Izayoi Hero.
After Yuxing and Lou Bai agreed, Izayoi Hero went out eagerly. The possibility of saving Qiu has appeared, and this regretful father doesn't want to experience another minute of waiting.
With the two in the car, Izayoi Hero drove his car to the hospital at lightning speed, and I don't know how many red lights he ran on the way. While moving at full speed, Youxing and Lou Bai soon saw Qiu lying on the hospital bed.
Unlike before, Qiu was pale at this moment, his eyes slightly open, staring blankly at the ceiling, as if he had no reaction to anything in the outside world. Outside the transparent glass wall, Qiu's mother was in tears, looking at Qiu inside sadly through the glass.
"Qiu... wake up quickly."
Youxing and Lou Bai pushed open the door of the ward and walked in one after the other. As Youxing's inner belief in awakening Qiu became stronger, the dragon seal on his right arm gradually emitted a faint light.
Youxing's inner thoughts were successfully conveyed to Qiu's heart with the power of the red dragon as a bridge. Qiu, who had originally had a silent look in her eyes, slowly regained her agility. She turned her head and looked at everyone.
"Youxing?"
As if Qiu had just woken up from a dream, she regained consciousness and looked at Youxing in confusion, frowning and asked, "Why am I here?"
Qiu's memory at this moment was still stuck on the duel last night. After waking up, he came to such a completely unfamiliar environment, which made Qiu, who was devastated in his heart, feel uneasy subconsciously.
The leather shoes collided with the smooth floor of the hospital, making a crisp sound. After seeing his daughter wake up, Izayoi Hero finally couldn't hold back his excitement and opened the door and ran in.
"Qiu!"
Izayoi Hero excitedly called out his daughter's name, but when he was about to get close to her, he subconsciously slowed down his pace, as if he was afraid of being rejected by his daughter.
"Why are you here!" What responded to Izayoi Hero was not Qiu's smile, but a scolding full of distrust and resistance.
Qiu stared at the Izayoi hero with angry eyes and said coldly: "I don't need you anymore, I have Dwayne now!"
When mentioning this name, Qiu suddenly thought of something, widened her eyes, and asked in disbelief: "Why did I suddenly appear here, where is Dwayne?"
"Dwayne is here."
Lou Bai silently reached out and handed Qiu a folder, taking the initiative to play the role of the black face: "Now he has been executed."
"Executed...what are you talking about?" Qiu said in a trembling voice, slowly took the folder and turned the pages one by one.
"These, these are all...Dwayne did it?" Qiu flipped through the evil deeds of Dwayne recorded in the folder, as if the sky had fallen. Qiu had seen more or less clues of the things recorded above during her days in the paradise, but these traces once made Qiu think of bad things, but when she thought of how Dwayne treated herself, Qiu deceived herself and defended Dwayne in her heart, saying that everything must be her own misunderstanding.
But when all this was exposed by Lou Bai, Qiu could no longer escape.
"Divian, Divian said that I don't have to think, and that he would think for me." Qiu held her head in her hands and cried in pain.
"DeWine, he gave me what my father took from me, gave me a place to live..."
Hearing Qiu's words, Izayoi Hero lowered his head in regret.
"Why, why are you telling me this, why are you taking away my only love! Even if it is false love, if he is gone, there will be no one who loves me in the world!"
"Izayoi, calm down!" Hearing Qiu's cry, Yusei stepped forward and defended loudly: "No, your parents, they all love you!"
"Parents...are you laughing at me?!" The emotional Qiu couldn't listen to Yu Xing's words at all. She pushed Yu Xing away in front of her, took a few steps back, and resisted and said: "Except Diwei Well, everyone thinks of me as a monster! No matter my parents or classmates, no one in this world is willing to accept me, except Devine!”
A storm bloomed with Izayoe Aki as the center. Even without using the duel disk, Izayoe Aki showed astonishing destructive power. Seeing this, Lou Bai subconsciously stood in front of everyone, using his own power to fight against Qiu's mind dueling ability.
"Seeing that you and I have the same mark, I thought we would be companions, but you are also enemies, another enemy who has taken away my residence!"
Qiu raised the duel plate and once again used his strength to seal his heart. He said with a broken smile: "Okay, since you think of me as a monster, then I will show you the power of the monster!"
It seemed that only a duel could calm him down. Lou Bai's face was solemn, and he also brought his own duel disk, but at this moment, an arm behind him on his shoulder stopped him.
"Lou Bai, let me do this duel."
Yuxing's voice came from behind him. Lou Bai turned around and asked hesitantly: "Are you sure? You know, you don't have as much power as me."
"Yes." Yuxing nodded firmly, without showing any fear of the huge power on his face. He said seriously: "I want to express my inner thoughts through a duel. I want to save her."
Anyway, I really can't deal with such a pitiful and pitiful person. Lou Bai stepped aside, while Yu Xing stood in front of Qiu without hesitation.
"duel!"x2