21st Century Necromancer

"If I were you, I’d keep my distance from Director Yamamoto of the Department of Internal Medicine," Chen Yu had just returned to the office at the clinic when, before he had a chance to settle in his seat, he heard someone whispering to him in a very low voice from beside.

Chen Yu turned his head in surprise and saw the male doctor sitting next to him wearing glasses. He was looking at him covertly but quickly turned away when Chen Yu returned the glance, pretending to be busy. However, his voice squeezed out between clenched teeth, "I saw you following Director Yamamoto earlier, so I wanted to warn you. If you want to stay here, you’d better stay away from that woman.

She’s known as the ’Eastern University’s Jezebel!’"

"Eastern University’s Jezebel?" Chen Yu repeated, somewhat astonished, while raising an eyebrow. Although Yamamoto Hisae did seem to be a difficult person, she was not bad enough to be turned into a yokai in rumors, was she?

"Keep your voice down! Are you not afraid of being overheard?" the Glasses Doctor warned Chen Yu in a lower voice, looking anxiously around to make sure the other doctors were busy with their own work before sliding his chair closer to continue, "Director Yamamoto Hisae, her nickname is Eastern University’s Jezebel.

The legend goes that no man she targeted ever ended well, and that’s how she got that nickname."

Hearing the Glasses Doctor say this, Chen Yu frowned, "It doesn’t seem nice to give a woman such a nickname. Also, who are you?"

The Glasses Doctor’s eyes widened in disbelief, he looked around again and then explained to Chen Yu, "Do you know why the seat you’re sitting in was vacant?"

"Was someone sitting in this seat before?" Chen Yu asked curiously, inspecting the Glasses Doctor and then his own desk with a skeptical look.

Chen Yu’s seat was at a table in a corner. Even though there was no problem with the light or the furniture, when he arrived it was covered in a thin layer of dust which he had to clean off. Unlike the desk next to Jounouchi Hiromi’s, which was apparently only used to pile up documents, his seat did not seem like it was frequently used. "And who are you?"

"Of course, someone sat here! What’s with that look?" Seeing Chen Yu’s doubtful expression, the Glasses Doctor grew agitated yet still tried to keep his voice down, looking somewhat hysterical.

But noticing Chen Yu’s puzzled face, he deflated and said, "It’s just that the Doctor Kaji who used to sit here was reassigned to the eighteenth branch in Wakkanai City half a year ago for offending Director Yamamoto."

"Wakkanai? Isn’t that the northernmost part of Hokkaido?" Chen Yu was genuinely surprised. If one could be shipped off that far for offending her, then Yamamoto Hisae was indeed a very dangerous woman. Thinking this, Chen Yu continued to press the Glasses Doctor, "What exactly happened, and how did Doctor Kaji offend the Department Head of Internal Medicine? And who exactly are you?"

When Chen Yu asked, a glint flashed in the Glasses Doctor’s eyes behind his glasses as he leaned closer, his voice hushed and secretive, "Doctor Kaji was the person who sat here before you. He was also famous in our surgery department, known as ’the Magician of Laparoscopy’ with exceptional surgical skills.

But half a year ago during the professorship competition, he was courted by Director Yamamoto and switched allegiances to internal medicine.

Usually, no one would think much of it; after all, in a hospital, you either side with surgery or internal medicine. But Doctor Kaji was unlucky. The first surgery he conducted after joining internal medicine went wrong, and in the end, it was Surgery Chief Kube who personally intervened to save the patient, causing Director Yamamoto to lose face, and as a result, he was banished to Hokkaido."

"In fact, not only Doctor Kaji, but before him, doctors from both the surgery and internal medicine departments have been exiled due to offending Director Yamamoto." As the Glasses Doctor was sharing these secrets with Chen Yu in hushed tones, the head of another doctor peeked in from behind the two of them, also speaking softly.

"So it wasn’t only Doctor Kaji?" Chen Yu said instinctively upon hearing the voice behind him, but quickly turned aside when he realized, staring at the new doctor who had interrupted and asked with a frown, "And who might you be? Don’t just stand behind people and talk."

"My name is Nakagawa Susumu, I am a trainee doctor, please take good care of me." The doctor standing behind Chen Yu had a face full of restraint, and his trainee doctor uniform, different from that of a regular doctor, indicated his identity. However, compared to the ’Glasses Doctor’ who had yet to introduce himself, he actually did a proper self-introduction.

Nevertheless, the ’Glasses Doctor’ seemed to be startled by Nakagawa Susumu; he sprang back while lightly patting his own chest, trying to calm himself down: "You scared me! Could you make some noise when you walk, Nakagawa? You’re almost scaring me to death!"

"Ah! I’m sorry, Dr. Moto! I just saw you all discussing so passionately, and I unconsciously wanted to join in, sorry!" Seeing that the ’Glasses Doctor’ appeared to be genuinely frightened, Nakagawa Susumu quickly apologized to him.

Chen Yu didn’t know what to do as he watched the two of them, unsure of what to say.

At this moment, someone laughed behind him: "Don’t mind them, they pull this stunt every few days, we’re all used to it. And about the story of Director Yamamoto of the Department of Internal Medicine, basically everyone in the department knows about it; despite how fiercely they’re gossiping... it’s actually true."

"It’s actually true?" Chen Yu raised his eyebrows in surprise, he hadn’t expected that such gossip would turn out to be true.

"Of course it’s true! You think I would lie to you?" The ’Glasses Doctor’ seemed very displeased with Chen Yu’s distrust, complaining to him: "I told you, she’s the ’Eastern University’s Jezebel’, what do you think that nickname is for? It’s because..."

"Rather than that, you still haven’t said your name, have you? Who are you, exactly?" Chen Yu watched the ’Glasses Doctor’ get excited again, somewhat bemused as he cut off what the doctor was about to repeat, and asked for his name once more.

"Eh? Didn’t I introduce myself?" The ’Glasses Doctor’ then realized he hadn’t introduced himself, so he quickly straightened his clothes and introduced himself with feigned modesty: "I am Mamoru Hara, please take good care of me."

"Noboru?" Chen Yu might have misheard the ’Glasses Doctor’ due to his heavy accent, thinking his name was "Hara Noboru."

"It’s Mamoru! Ma! Mo! Ru! Mamoru!" The ’Glasses Doctor’ could only repeat his name once more, and this time Chen Yu finally heard it clearly.

Just as Chen Yu was about to chat with the ’Glasses Doctor’ a bit more, his phone suddenly rang, displaying an unknown number.

"Moshi moshi, this is Chen Yu, may I ask who’s calling?" Chen Yu had just picked up the phone and brought it to his ear when the anxious voice of Kube Rokuro came through: "Brother Yu! It’s Rokuro! There’s been an accident!"