21st Century Necromancer

Early in the morning, Jounouchi Hiromi arrived at the office as usual, slipped into her white coat, and prepared to start her day’s work. Yet at this moment, Professor Kube suddenly entered from outside the office, and behind him followed a doctor she did not recognize.

As this doctor appeared, the gazes of the other doctors in the office clearly shifted, and the doctor with glasses sitting next to her was visibly excited.

"There’s no need for me to introduce this doctor; I believe everyone here knows him," Professor Kube glanced at everyone in the office, and seeing them nodding, he didn’t say anything more. Instead, he glanced at the doctor beside him, who had a modest expression, and then he spoke in a disdainful tone, "Since you’ve crawled back here, you better work hard, and if there are any more mistakes..."

Professor Kube didn’t finish his sentence but turned and walked away, merely patting the doctor’s shoulder twice as he passed by him. Enjoy more content from NovelBin.Côm

When patted by Professor Kube like this, the doctor’s body noticeably shook, but he quickly recovered, bowing deeply with respect to Professor Kube and responded loudly, "As you wish!"

Hearing the doctor’s answer, Professor Kube nodded slightly and then left the General Surgery office.

As soon as Professor Kube left, the doctors in the office immediately approached the new arrival, welcoming him warmly, with some enthusiastically slapping his shoulders.

"Kaji Hideki!"

"Kaji-kun, welcome back!"

"The Laparoscopic Mage is back!"

However, being slapped on the shoulders by his colleagues was obviously much more comfortable for him than being patted by Professor Kube, and the doctor’s face also showed a smile.

"Kaji-kun, how did you manage to come back from Hokkaido? Professor Kube actually let you return—did you luck out somehow?" A doctor who was close to him asked the question they were all curious about.

"I really did luck out!" Kaji Hideki showed a mysteriously smug expression, teasingly walked over to the sofa in the office, and only after sitting down did he say to the other doctors who had gathered around, "I was lucky. While I was in Hokkaido, I saved a visiting lawmaker who had a sudden appendicitis. The ’Laparoscopic Mage’ did his magic, and after I cured the lawmaker, he owed me a favor and got me transferred back."

"It’s indeed Kaji Doctor, the ’Laparoscopic Mage’ always seizes the opportunity!" After hearing Kaji Hideki’s explanation, the surrounding doctors were full of admiration, impressed by his ability to catch a chance to return after being exiled to the remote borders.

Jounouchi Hiromi, on the other hand, did not know this doctor and remained seated at her desk, but while watching Kaji Hideki being surrounded by a crowd, she still was a bit curious and asked the Glasses Doctor standing next to her, "Who is that? It seems like all of you know him. Was he a doctor here before?"

"Doctor Jounouchi, you... ah, I forgot you arrived after Doctor Kaji had been exiled to the eighteenth branch clinic in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido, so it’s no wonder you don’t recognize him." The Glasses Doctor pushed up his glasses and began explaining to Jounouchi Hiromi, "Doctor Jounouchi, do you remember when you and Professor Chen Yu first came here, I and Nakagawa introduced the matter of a doctor who had been transferred after offending Director Yamamoto of the Internal Medicine Department? That doctor was this Doctor Kaji."

He was called Kaji Hideki, skilled in laparoscopic surgery, known by the moniker "Laparoscopic Mage," a Super Doctor who had performed surgeries for many celebrities and tycoons. He had been the ace of our General Surgery department, but after siding with Director Yamamoto of the Internal Medicine Department, he botched an important surgery and was exiled to outside enemies. And now, he had finally returned!"

After the explanation, Glasses Doctor’s face even showed an emotional expression, and he lifted his glasses to wipe the corner of his eyes as if he had cried.

Witnessing this scene, Jounouchi Hiromi involuntarily shivered, shrugged her shoulders, and hurriedly shook her head, no longer looking at Glasses Doctor who was giving her the creeps, and rushed towards Kaji Hideki who was sitting on the sofa. However, her ears still caught Glasses Doctor yelling out, "My friend, you’re come back!"

Glasses Doctor’s tearful, heavily Japanese-accented English brimming with genuine emotions made Jounouchi Hiromi break out in goosebumps.

While she was thinking about whether she should start her rounds earlier that day, Kaji Hideki finally shook off Glasses Doctor’s overly enthusiastic welcome and took his old seat.

It was the desk previously occupied by Chen Yu. After putting down his belongings, he noticed Jounouchi Hiromi, whom he had not seen before.

"Is this lady doctor new here? I haven’t seen you before," Kaji Hideki was instantly attracted by Jounouchi Hiromi’s gentle demeanor, quickly straightened his collar disheveled by Glasses Doctor, and presented himself handsomely while greeting Jounouchi Hiromi, "Hello, my name is Kaji Hideki, nice to meet you!"

As he spoke, Kaji Hideki also reached out his hand to Jounouchi Hiromi in a gentlemanly gesture.

However, looking at the hand extended towards her, Jounouchi Hiromi merely glanced at it and rejected it with Daimon Michiko’s catchphrase, "I kindly decline."

Having said that, Jounouchi Hiromi stood up with her belongings, feeling that she should go on her rounds early that day and left the office, leaving behind an awkward Kaji Hideki holding out his hand.

"She really does have character!" Saying so nonchalantly, Kaji Hideki was covering his embarrassment when Glasses Doctor approached him with a strange look in his eyes.

"What are you looking at me for? I’m warning you, don’t hug me again!" Kaji Hideki assumed a defensive posture, scared Glasses Doctor might pounce on him again.

However, Glasses Doctor just looked at Kaji Hideki with a strange gaze that made him feel all prickly before saying, "I just wanted to remind you, if you don’t want to be sent off as a Remote Island Doctor next time, don’t harass Doctor Jounouchi. Don’t even think about overstepping your boundaries."

"Why? Does this female doctor have some impressive background?" Upon hearing Glasses Doctor’s words, Kaji Hideki became curious. Yet, he thought to himself that if Jounouchi Hiromi had an impressive background, he should get even closer to her.

However, what Glasses Doctor said next shattered his wishful thinking: "Doctor Jounouchi is about to get married. Her fiancé is the new professor in our General Surgery department."