"The deceased, Miyoshi Yoko, a female, 32 years old." Inside the UDI autopsy room, Misumi Mikoto, dressed in a disposable surgical gown, was performing an autopsy on Miyoshi Yoko's body. Kube Rokuro was carefully taking photographs, and he recorded the information Misumi Mikoto ntioned on a whiteboard beside him.
As a forr sowhat famous photo model, Miyoshi Yoko undoubtedly had a beautiful body. Even now, in her thirties, she still maintained a figure that could make hearts race.
Had it not been for Rokuro's long tenure at UDI, granting him immunity to the sight of female corpses, and considering that Miyoshi Yoko was already dead, such a woman would have had a significant impact on Rokuro, who was still just a boy.
However professional he may have been despite his youth, Rokuro possessed the necessary professional integrity. Moreover, he was not at the point where he could feel anything towards a dead person laid on an autopsy table, ready to be incised.
"There are conspicuous contusions on the neck, suspected to be injuries caused by strangulation. The preliminary conclusion is that the victim died of chanical asphyxiation." Misumi Mikoto examined the bruises on Miyoshi Yoko's neck. Such obvious marks, combined with the lack of other injuries on the victim's body, made it relatively easy to preliminarily determine the cause of death.
Rokuro aid the cara at the contusions on Miyoshi Yoko's neck and photographed them.
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After completing the autopsy on Miyoshi Yoko's body, Misumi Mikoto, carrying the unpleasant sll of the autopsy, returned to the office. To the forensic pathologist, this was already a familiar routine.
"Tokairin, have you analyzed the matter extracted from under the victim's fingernails yet?" Misumi Mikoto asked Tokairin Yūko, massaging her sore shoulders.
"I have; it's human tissue." Tokairin Yūko picked up a report and handed it to Misumi Mikoto. "Preliminary identification indicates it's male skin tissue, likely left by the perpetrator during the struggle when he was scratched by the victim. We're currently extracting DNA, and once the results co out, we can cross-reference with police and hospital DNA databases. We should be able to identify a suspect soon."
"Ah! Once a case is solved, I can finally take a proper break!" Misumi Mikoto stretched with a yawn, grabbed the rice crackers that Director Kamikura had brought back, and began munching on them with a crispy sound.
Rokuro, who once would have frantically sprayed himself with air freshener after coming out of the autopsy room, no longer made such gestures. For him, the sll had beco familiar, and he tended to care less about it in general.
At that mont, Rokuro was intently studying the Magic Book that Chen Yu had made for him, carefully poring over the spells recorded within. Rokuro rembered well Chen Yu's words that if he studied diligently, he too could learn the spells from the book.
The Magic Book Chen Yu had made for Rokuro was strictly speaking just a Magical Artifact, and paled in comparison to the two books akin to Divine Artifacts in the hands of Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi.
But in Rokuro's eyes, the Magic Book Chen Yu had crafted for him was no different from a Divine Artifact.
The cover, made from carefully processed calf leather, was embossed with a complex magic array and even had an athyst set in the center, while the corners of the cover were clad in tal corners to prevent wear and tear.
There was also a silver tal lock on the cover, which couldn't be opened without a special key, and that key hung around Kube Rokuro's neck every day; he never took it off, even when bathing.
The pages were made of parchnt, but not just any parchnt. They were crafted from sheepskin treated with a special magical process by Chen Yu, and this type of parchnt was commonly used by mages to create spell scrolls, of which the production of a magic book was just one of the uses.
In this magic book specially made for Rokuro, Yu Chen helped him record a total of eighteen spells. Aside from six necromancy spells, the other twelve were simple basic spells, such as Mage Hand or Fireball Technique.
Although Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi both specialized in necromancy, and didn't understand ordinary magic, Xiao Lan, after all, was a legendary dragon, so these basic spells did exist in its mories.
After receiving the magic book, Rokuro couldn't wait to try the magic within.
Of course, he didn't dare to try spells like Fireball Technique, Arcane Missiles, or Raise Dead. He just tried using Mage Hand through the book and juggled a glass cup at ho.
Even though he broke three glass cups, Rokuro still felt very happy and excited, as it was the first ti he had experienced the joy of magic.
Unfortunately, it was regrettable that Rokuro indeed had no talent for learning magic. Even though Yu Chen had transcribed each spell in detail in the book, when Rokuro looked at the magic runes on the pages, he could only stare speechlessly, unable to understand a word.
"Rokuro, still studying this?" Misumi Mikoto glanced over and saw Rokuro engrossed in the magic book, slapped his shoulder with a laugh, "Things like this need ti to study. Next ti, ask your teacher for a dictionary and systematically learn this language before you dive into it. Otherwise, when will you understand it just by studying on your own?"
"Yeah, I will. Actually, Brother Yu had taught a bit of the basics before, I just haven't fully grasped it yet," Rokuro said, his face flushed with embarrassnt. As soone who had barely passed his dical university entrance exams through rote morization, he had always perford poorly in English exams at school, so even though Yu Chen had taught him so basic magic runes, he still couldn't comprehend the spells written in the book.
"What is Rokuro studying?" Tokairin Yuko also heard Misumi Mikoto and Rokuro's conversation and asked the two out of curiosity.
"Oh, nothing much, Rokuro has been studying Chinese Cuisine lately. I told him to go learn Chinese properly from Mr. Chen Yu before tackling the recipes," Misumi Mikoto replied, quickly inventing an excuse as she heared Yuko's voice and snapped Rokuro's spell book shut.
Yuko took them at their word, looking at Rokuro genuinely, "Rokuro is learning Chinese Cuisine? That's impressive! A man who can cook Chinese dishes has a bright future! Shall I introduce you to a girlfriend at the next social mixer?"
"No need, thank you for the kind offer, Doctor Tokairin. I'm just dabbling, I can't even cook one dish properly!" Rokuro, startled by the excuse made up by Mikoto and Yuko's enthusiastic attitude, instantly shrank back, his face wearing an expression begging to be excused.
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