✔ | DETECTIVE TENNIS 1: The Targeted Tennis Player Of Seigaku

17: Saving A Dying Girl's Life

At Beika Central Hospital, 1:26 pm...

The ambulance arrived at the hospital faster to rush the injured girl (specifically dying) nine-year-old girl named Shinomiya Kourin into the emergency room. Doctor Miyuzaki and Doctor Yanai had themselves taken charge of saving the girl's life. Their statements with regards to the incident would be taken later, as they had requested to Inspector Megure.

The Seigaku regulars, the Detective Boys, and Shouko followed them but they stayed in the waiting area until one of the doctors that examined Kourin came out. And after a while, Doctor Miyuzaki came out.

"Onee-chan, how is she?" Shouko worriedly asked. From the looks of it, everyone was worried about Kourin, as well.

The female doctor sighed first before she answered her sister's question. "We've just infused her with plasma a while ago. But she could die from severe blood loss if we couldn't find someone who would donate type B negative blood in less than 24 hours. And I don't think that the plasma would give us a long time to find the person that would donate the right blood type to save her."

All of them could stare at the doctor in disbelief because of what she said.

"But do you think that she would still want to fight for her life even if we did find the right blood type to be transfused to her?" Haibara asked placidly, looking directly at the doctor.

Doctor Miyuzaki only smiled faintly, though. "You might not want to believe what I'm about to tell you. That bullet that was supposed to kill Echizen-kun is enough already for a girl like Rin-chan to be killed in an instant. If it wasn't for her rollerblade slowing down the bullet's impact, she would've been dead already. Though she was hit in the chest and that bullet almost pierced her heart, do you think it's possible for her to bear that tormenting pain for more than three hours if she's not fighting for her own life? Somehow, there's something that drives her to continue fighting, not just for herself but also for those she now considers important to her." Then she gave a glance at a certain freshman who was looking at her anxiously at that moment.

"Is the blood bank out of the blood type needed for Rin?" Conan asked.

Doctor Akira nodded sadly. "Unfortunately, that's the case right now. That's why I'm going to ask you if you could have someone provide the blood type that Rin-chan needed if you happened to know someone with that kind of blood type."

The regulars only glanced at each other, hoping that one of them might be Kourin's savior. Conan could only grit his teeth and clench his fist because of his inability to do anything for his cousin. He happened to have the same blood type as Ran and Kourin but his current situation right now (being a seven-year-old kid instead of his normal 17-year-old self) made him unable to provide some help for the girl he was supposed to protect and take care of. But before Conan could say anything about it, someone suddenly spoke that surprised them.

"Then use my blood to save her instead," a voice suddenly said. And when they turned to look at the person who said that, Shouko, Conan, and particularly, Ryoma were surprised to see who it was. "Take as much blood needed to save Kourin-chan's life that saved my cousin."

"N-Nanako-san... how—"

"Megure-keibu told us all that had happened at the school. Oba-sama and I rushed here to know that girl's condition since Kourin-chan was hurt when she saved Ryoma-san. After all, she was the one who took the bullet meant to kill my cousin, right? I don't want her to die like that, especially when Shouko-san told me that she was determined to protect that child with her life since she is an important member of the Shinomiya clan—and an important family princess, at that. Ryoma-san was determined to do so, as well. This is the least I can do for her and also, as a way of thanking that child for saving my cousin's life twice," Nanako said as tears began to blur her vision. Rinko accompanied her.