Exiting the hospital, Sakuragi still felt somewhat dazed. The events of the day had pushed his nervous system to the absolute limit; even someone with nerves as thick as Sakuragi's was struggling to cope now.
The grievance churned deep inside his gut, setting off a turmoil in his internal organs. Earlier, when Rukawa had started throwing up, Sakuragi had almost ended up doing the same.
In all his twenty-odd years of life, he had experienced this kind of visceral pain several times. The first time was when his father left, the second was because of Rukawa, the third was because of Rukawa, and the fourth—still because of Rukawa.
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