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Ishikawa Katori didn't linger. After stopping the bleeding, he returned to the Everything Store surrounded by the crowd.
Although Kaido can make injuries heal quickly, it's not omnipotent; complete recovery still requires medication.
While Ishikawa Katori's Everything Store didn't have the medical equipment and IVs of the Fourth Division, to create an opportunity to 'accidentally' meet Retsu Unohana, Ishikawa Katori had collected a large amount of herbs from mountains all over Soul Society, all stored in the store's warehouse.
As soon as he returned to the Everything Store, Ishikawa Katori had Uzuki help him select the necessary herbs and began to concoct healing medicine for the wounds.
While concocting the medicine, he wasn't idle; he used Kaido to give Himura and the other person a simple treatment. By the time all this was done, it was already late at night.
"Phew~~"
Ishikawa Katori exhaled, a bit tired, and looked at Himura, who was looking nervous, saying, "Don't worry, he's tougher than you think."
This notorious villain named Nishijin Ori was much more seriously injured than Ishikawa Katori. If a normal person had the same injuries, they would probably have died long ago.
But perhaps because he often dealt with death, this monster somehow managed to cling to life, even showing a faint tendency to heal on his own.
As for Himura's injuries, besides losing her left arm, her injuries weren't severe; it was just excessive blood loss.
"Treatment is also part of the commission, so I won't charge you extra."
Ishikawa Katori pouted, wondering if Himura had planned this in advance. The commission she mentioned at the time was 'protect them both until the Boss wakes up,' not 'drive away their pursuers.' This directly cut off Ishikawa Katori's idea of charging extra medical fees.
After all...
Making her Boss 'wake up' was also part of the commission.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt he was losing money.
Ishikawa Katori glanced at the bandages wrapped around his chest. If he had known it would be so dangerous, he would have raised the price back then.
As if seeing Ishikawa Katori's thoughts, Himura laughed heartily, "Don't worry, once the Boss recovers, I'll immediately go get you money, I guarantee it will be more, not less!"
"Hehe~"
Ishikawa Katori chuckled and didn't comment further.
How these guys made money had nothing to do with him. As long as he got his rightful share, that was enough. As for whether anyone would suffer because of it... that was another matter. He couldn't possibly manage how these villains earned money.
At most, it would be like how he treated Oyama and the others: do whatever they want outside the safe zone.
After bandaging Nishijin Ori, Ishikawa Katori left Himura alone and exited the makeshift infirmary. It was called an infirmary, but it was actually just a few tables pushed together in a corner of the hall, then surrounded by old bedsheets.
"Why haven't you left yet?"
As soon as he lifted the curtain, Ishikawa Katori was startled, because the hall was packed with people, even more than when Ishikawa Katori had just returned.
Besides Ganju and his four subordinates sitting at the bar, everyone else was craning their necks to peer into the 'infirmary' behind Ishikawa Katori.
Oyama was the first to come closer and quietly asked, "Ishikawa Katori, how is the person inside?"
"Does it concern you?" Ishikawa Katori said with narrowed eyes, "Did you see him in person and were attracted by his overwhelming aura, regretting that you refused his recruitment last time?"
"How could that be?"
"Then why are you so concerned?"
Ishikawa Katori waved his hand impatiently, "If you have nothing to do, hurry up and scram. This place is closed for the night, and we only serve drinks, no lodging." With that, Ishikawa Katori searched through the crowd but didn't find Takashi, the student everyone liked.
This made Ishikawa Katori, who had originally wanted to teach him a good lesson, let out a cold snort.
"How can we not be concerned?"
Oyama said excitedly, "That's 'Nishijin Ori,' the oldest villain in the West 80th District. He's actually so severely injured. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... cough cough, no, this is big news!"
Ishikawa Katori's gaze turned cold. The more he interacted with them, the more he felt these guys had something wrong with their brains.
It felt as if... the more exciting something was, the more they wanted to do it, completely disregarding the consequences. If it were just that, Ishikawa Katori would still give them a 'respect' rating, but these bastards would then get scared afterward and start talking about regrets.
"Scram!"
Ishikawa Katori wasn't polite and directly shooed them away.
Upon seeing Ishikawa Katori's change in expression, the people in the bar immediately scattered like a swarm.
"You should also get some rest early."
Uzuki looked at Ishikawa Katori's complexion, and after seeing it turn rosy, she yawned and said, "I'm going back to rest now. I'll come early tomorrow."
"Mm." Ishikawa Katori nodded.
Ganju quickly said, "I'll walk you." With that, he took his four subordinates and followed her out, making Ishikawa Katori roll his eyes. Uzuki lived right across from the Everything Store; what was there to walk her for?
In a flash, only Ishikawa Katori was left in the shop.
He didn't rush upstairs to rest but carefully looked around inside and outside the shop. Although a lot had happened today, Ishikawa Katori still remembered that last night... no, it should be the night before last, Uzuki had mentioned renovating the Everything Store.
After walking around, Ishikawa Katori found that the backyard behind the house was left with only a small area for storing miscellaneous items; the other areas were occupied by the expanded house, making the entire ground floor hall much wider.
"Hmm, it's also a form of recycling," Ishikawa Katori muttered to himself. Originally, he built this yard for training, but after becoming stronger, it was no longer suitable for his training, so expanding it was fine.
Not only was the first floor expanded, but the second floor was also significantly enlarged. Although Ishikawa Katori's bedroom hadn't moved at all, it formed a 'U'-shaped structure, with the gap being Ishikawa Katori's bedroom, and the surrounding area used for the Everything Store's business. And just as Uzuki said, the Everything Store and Ishikawa Katori's bedroom were not connected.
The former could only be entered from the outside, while the latter could only be entered from the ground floor bar. Furthermore, Uzuki thoughtfully installed a partition on the stairs inside the bar to prevent idlers from entering Ishikawa Katori's bedroom.
After looking around, besides the somewhat poor renovation craftsmanship, there were no other issues.
"I'll adjust it when I have time in a few days."
Although Ishikawa Katori was constantly busy like a worker, this was his home after all, so it was naturally better to build it as beautifully as possible. The craftsmanship of Ganju and his four subordinates was really not that great.
"Is this a bar? Why don't you have a sign?"
Himura's voice came from behind Ishikawa Katori. Turning around, he saw Himura lying on a bed made of several tables pushed together, still wearing the blood-soaked clothes.
Mainly because Ishikawa Katori didn't have clothes that fit her size, but she herself didn't care about comfort.
"You could say so, barely."
Ishikawa Katori shook his head and didn't elaborate.
Although he agreed to Uzuki operating a bar on the first floor, he had one condition: the bar could only operate in a 'semi-closed' manner. To put it simply, it would only serve villains from the lower-numbered districts and not residents of the safe Rukongai area.
Firstly, he didn't want customers to know the identities of the patrons, and secondly, it was to protect the customers' safety.
Don't let their seemingly well-behaved and friendly demeanor in the bar fool you; if these guys really got into a conflict and lost their temper, they wouldn't care about the consequences afterward.
For this reason, when Uzuki first started operating the bar, Ishikawa Katori asked Ganju to invite Kukaku to set up many 'defensive barriers' and 'offensive Spiritual Crests' near the bar. Ishikawa Katori would replenish the spiritual pressure periodically, and Uzuki only needed a little spiritual pressure to activate them.
At the same time, a 'soundproofing barrier' was also set up throughout the entire first floor to avoid disturbing the residents.
And the security personnel were handled by Ganju, ensuring Uzuki could operate the bar with peace of mind.
The leaders of various factions would also restrain their subordinates. Ishikawa Katori didn't know the specific details, but it was said that the lower-numbered districts seemed to have reached some agreement, considering the bar a safe zone. Besides entertainment and relaxation, negotiations and other matters would also take place in the bar.
If a truce was agreed upon, fine. If not, they would leave the bar and continue fighting.
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