"Oh, geeze..." Ichiban gives an enormous and relieved exhale, sagging visibly. "Last time I got shot I woke up in a trash can."

Last time I got shot sure is a statement to make. And apparently he survived, despite having his body dumped by the yakuza. Maybe he is someone to get in the good graces of? That's some serious plot armor.

"I thought... maybe I'm just bleeding out again and this whole Library thing was a hallucination as my life slipped away."

Wow that's colorful!