"Doctor Kohinata, here are your patients for today." In the morning, the Glasses Doctor was distributing a stack of patient files in the office. Upon spotting Kohinata Kaori entering, he handed her the portion that belonged to her.
"Thank you," Kohinata Kaori accepted the files, offering her thanks, but then curiously asked, "How co it's you distributing the patient files today, Glasses Doctor?"
"Doctor Wakagi, who usually brings the files in the morning, had a stomachache, and I just happened to be here, so I took over for him," the Glasses Doctor explained. He flipped through the patient files in his hand and continued to distribute the remaining files to the other doctors.
Hearing the Glasses Doctor's explanation, Kohinata Kaori took her files and went back to her desk.
The files delivered were for patients scheduled to see doctors that day. For the University Hospital, making an appointnt was an essential step for seeking dical care.
Under the tiered healthcare system, the University Hospital mostly received patients referred from lower-level dical facilities or private clinics. Receiving patient files in advance allowed doctors to prepare, which was a common practice.
After all, if patients were to bring their files directly to doctors and then doctors had to analyze them, it would undoubtedly waste so ti.
Kohinata Kaori flipped through the files in her hand and recorded the appointnt tis of each patient in her work logbook. She was planning to review the files in chronological order when she suddenly rembered that the owner of the little shop was due for a follow-up today.
A month ago, the minimally invasive thoracoscopy surgery that Kaori had perford on the shop owner was very successful. She had smoothly removed the tumor from his lung, and it was now ti for the follow-up.
Thinking of this, Kohinata Kaori took out her phone and sent a ssage to Minami.
Since the shop owner needed hospitalization for healing, Kohinata Kaori and Minami had naturally exchanged contact information. Perhaps because they were both young won, they quickly beca good friends.
Kohinata had felt a asure of sympathy for Minami, the young girl who had started working in her uncle's shop right after finishing high school.
Although it was commonplace for young Japanese won to start working right after high school, from Kohinata's perspective, she still believed that girls should at least complete their university education.
Of course, Kohinata did not know that Minami had died many years earlier and that her mother had managed to get into dical school under her daughter's identity. The Minami of the present was rely a soul that persisted in this world by the power of Chen Yu's spell.
But this did not prevent Kohinata Kaori from becoming good friends with Minami, nor did it hinder the friendship that developed between the two young won beyond that.
What puzzled Kohinata, however, was the fact that even though Minami had to work in her uncle's small shop every evening, she did not seem to go out during the day. Aside from accompanying her uncle to the hospital, whether it was an invitation to go shopping or to eat out, Minami was seldom available. It was as if she only stayed in that small shop, working at night and resting during the day.
Kohinata didn't give it much thought, rely finding Minami's routine life a little too regular and mundane, and she idly imagined that Minami's life might be difficult, and she needed to save money and could not afford to spend leisurely like herself.
While she was thinking this, Minami's reply ca through.
Looking at the text ssage from Minami expressing her gratitude and saying she'd bring her uncle for a follow-up visit in the afternoon, Kohinata Kaori thought for a mont and then sent another ssage to her.
"Minami, I have the day off tomorrow, let's go shopping in Shibuya together! I have so clothes I brought back from the United Kingdom that I haven't worn yet, and I'd like to give them to you."
Kohinata Kaori wanted to invite Minami to go shopping again, especially after imagining Minami refusing to go shopping with her because she couldn't afford it. She was trying to figure out how to help her friend without making Minami feel like she had lost face.
Among Japanese girls, giving clothes to each other is not considered strange. Many fashion-forward girls buy lots of clothes in pursuit of the latest trends. Often, after wearing an item once or twice, they no longer want to wear it. They can't bear to throw it away and letting it sit unused takes up space.
In such cases, giving the clothes to a close friend becos a very good option.
Of course, the clothes Kohinata Kaori planned to give Minami were not just old clothes she couldn't fit in her house, but rather, as she said, clothes she had brought back from the United Kingdom that she had barely worn.
"How can I accept this! And I need to take care of my uncle tomorrow, so I don't have ti to go shopping with you. Let's not bother, thank you for your kindness, sorry!"
As expected, Minami's reply was still a refusal, which left Kohinata Kaori feeling a bit downcast. However, she quickly recovered and decided to try persuading Minami again during her uncle's check-up in the afternoon.
For Kohinata Kaori, knowing a friend was in trouble and not helping would make her feel terrible, to the point where even eating and sleeping wouldn't feel right.
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"Professor Chen Yu, we've discovered that a female doctor at the hospital has been in frequent contact with the target, and she also has a close relationship with you. Is this sothing you've instructed her to do?" Ritsuko Kusanagi was asking Chen Yu in his office.
Because the tropolitan Police Departnt was surveilling Minami from all angles, they were aware of the boss's lung cancer surgery, and the connection between Minami and Kohinata Kaori. However, due to the relationship between Kohinata Kaori and Chen Yu, they were hesitant to take action against Kohinata Kaori.
Ritsuko Kusanagi considered a deeper angle. If this was arranged by Chen Yu, they should not interfere with his plans.
As for why Chen Yu would do this, Ritsuko Kusanagi didn't figure it out, nor did she dwell on it. As a soldier, her role was to obey orders, not to question them.
When faced with Ritsuko Kusanagi's inquiry, Chen Yu didn't answer her question directly but instead asked, "Hiromi's experint has ended, and your people from the tropolitan Police Departnt have already withdrawn. What reason do you have to stay in the hospital?"
"Although the experint is over, our previous investigations did not capture any suspects from the cult. We have thoroughly investigated the group that caused the violent incident outside the hospital. While they are a cult organization, they have no connection to the prior attacks," Ritsuko Kusanagi explained her pretext for staying while also reporting to him, "So I will stay to continue investigating this matter until we completely root out this cult organization."
"Good, then I wish you success. As for Doctor Koyamaki, her interactions with Minami are rely normal friend behavior, there's no need to be concerned," said Chen Yu, smiling.
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