Ishihara Taichiro mentally cursed every ancestor of Sato Yuudou as he forced himself to stabilize his emotions and asked urgently, "Please tell me, which hospital is it?"
"Hokkaido University Hospital."
"Ah! Thank you." After Ishihara Taichiro hung up the phone, he didn't bother with anything else and rushed to the hospital.
.........
Two and a half hours had passed since Aoyama Haruko was taken into the delivery room. Her screams of agony were intermittent, causing Aoyama Xiu Xin's heart to ache.
But there was nothing he could do; all he could manage was to pace back and forth outside the room with a grave expression, his fists clenching and unclenching as he silently prayed for divine protection.
Four police officers now stood guard in the hallway, arranged by Nakamura Shinichi to be at Aoyama Xiu Xin's disposal in case anything needed to be taken care of while he couldn't leave.
