21st Century Necromancer

"Expert Doctor Kanbara Introduction Office? Bai Baihe Beauty Salon? Does Daimon-san live in a place like this?" Chen Yu looked up at the slightly dilapidated two-story building with the sound of the subway echoing in his ears and couldn't help but turn to Jounouchi Hiromi with curiosity.

With a somewhat complicated gaze at a yellowed paper on the door, Jounouchi Hiromi nodded, "Yeah, Daimon-san used to live here. We both were freelance doctors at the Expert Doctor Kanbara Introduction Office, but back then Daimon-san was a surgeon, and I was just an anesthesiologist."

Despite the nostalgia, Jounouchi Hiromi still led Chen Yu forward, opened the door with the faded paper, and the drawing of a cat's head made Chen Yu take a second glance.

Walking into this small two-story building, which was hard to pinpoint as either a beauty salon or a doctor introduction office, Chen Yu hadn't even had time to look around before Daimon Michiko's voice burst in his ear.

"Jounouchi! You finally came! Hurry up! Do you know how boring it is to play mahjong with two missing players? I can only resort to playing 'Reduce the Mountain' with Uncle Jing!" Daimon Michiko called out loudly, like a child, asking Jounouchi Hiromi and Chen Yu to hurry over.

The room wasn't large and felt cramped with a mahjong table and four chairs placed in the center, leaving little space around.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Daimon Michiko and a skinny old man holding a cat were sitting at the mahjong table. Daimon Michiko looked impatient while the old man with the cat had a smile on his face and even spared the effort to greet Jounouchi Hiromi.

"Long time no see, Jounouchi! I didn't expect you to return to the hospital." The old man must be Uncle Jing that Daimon Michiko mentioned, who greeted Jounouchi Hiromi and lifted up the orange cat he was holding, waving one of its paws at Jounouchi Hiromi, "Look, even Ben Kaixi missed you! Right, Ben Kaixi~?"

Jounouchi Hiromi seemed delighted to see the old man and the very... plump orange cat, taking the initiative to hold the cat and even introduced him to Chen Yu, "Mr. Chen Yu, this is the former director of Expert Doctor Kanbara Introduction Office and was our agent at the time, Kanbara Alira. You can call him Uncle Jing. And this is Ben Kaixi, I'll introduce Audis to him next time!"

"Hello, Uncle Jing." Although Kanbara Alira appeared to be just an ordinary old man, after Chen Yu observed him carefully, he firmly believed he wasn't as harmless as he seemed. But Chen Yu did not say much, simply smiling and greeting him.

"Welcome, have a seat!" Kanbara Alira seemed very welcoming toward Chen Yu, inviting him to sit down before saying with a twinkle in his eye, "So you're the Doctor Chen Yu who Jounouchi and Michiko talked about? Such a young Associate Professor from Eastern University Affiliated Hospital, quite accomplished for your age!"

"Oh, not at all! I've just made some achievements in research. Compared to Daimon-san's superb surgical skills, it's really..." Chen Yu started to respond modestly to Kanbara Alira's pleasantries, but Daimon Michi, who couldn't wait to start the mahjong game, interrupted him.

"もういいよ (MOIIYO, enough already). If you're done talking, let's start!" Daimon Michi pressed the button on the mahjong table impatiently, pushing the tiles they had used for 'Reduce the Mountain' into the shuffling machine, her face showing eager anticipation, "I can't wait to sweep the board!"

Seeing Daimon Michi's impatient look, the other three people at the mahjong table exchanged glances and couldn't help but laugh, then they too put aside the small talk, placed their hands on the table, ready to begin the game.

Touching tiles, stacking walls, the four seated at the mahjong table were obviously no novices. Even Chen Yu had started playing mahjong since the first grade. After coming to Japan, although he wasn't very familiar with Japanese mahjong rules, there was someone in his dormitory at University of Tokyo who had won the national mahjong championship.

Although he hadn't played mahjong with him many times due to spending most of his time on research and study, Chen Yu had still played a few rounds and, despite not winning much, he understood the basic rules of Japanese mahjong. It was just the tile combinations that he was not very familiar with.

As for Jounouchi Hiromi, Daimon Michi, and Kanbara Alira, one could tell by their proficient manner that all three were clearly experts.

After drawing a card, Chen Yu discarded one he didn't need and looked toward Daimon Michi, asking her, "Daimon-san, have you done any surgeries recently? The Daimon-san who can't find surgeries to perform due to being banned from practicing medicine in Japan, you're not having withdrawal symptoms again, right?"

"It's not too bad, as long as there's mahjong to play, the withdrawal symptoms aren't so severe." Daimon Michi's gaze was locked firmly onto her mahjong tiles, apparently not hearing Chen Yu's words, but she still answered his question while playing.

Observing Daimon Michi's serious demeanor, Chen Yu couldn't help shaking his head. Apart from surgery, Daimon Michi's behavior seemed childlike in many aspects. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that she was able to possess such exquisite surgical skills; maybe this was the so-called purity of heart.

However, seeing Daimon Michi like this, Chen Yu turned his attention to Kanbara Alira, having realized that among the two, Daimon Michi was only responsible for performing surgeries while Kanbara Alira was the one making the decisions.

"Uncle Jing, have you ever considered practicing medicine in Japan again? It's a waste for a surgeon as skilled as Daimon-san to be prohibited from practicing," Chen Yu said to Kanbara Alira.

As for the Surgeon of Supernatural Rank Daimon Michi, Chen Yu certainly couldn't just watch her idle away, especially since she was a friend of his girlfriend. For Hiromi's sake, he felt obliged to help with this matter.

"Of course, I want Michiko to continue practicing medicine in Japan, but the ones who banned her from practicing here are the Japan Medical Association. Getting her license back is not an easy task!" Kanbara Alira looked at Chen Yu. He had obviously considered this but overcoming the Medical Association was not simple.

"I might be able to offer a little help with this matter, but…" Chen Yu said, pausing to look at Kanbara Alira. Seeing that he understood, Chen Yu continued, "The matter could be resolved with just a word from someone, but getting that person to speak up is not easy!"

"MOCHIRON (Of course)! Of course!" Kanbara Alira was clearly more worldly than Daimon Michi, who was only good at performing surgeries. Chen Yu barely said a thing before he understood, "I don't know if Doctor Chen is fond of melons? I used to have cooperative relationships with several melon-growing agricultural cooperatives!"

"Everybody loves melons, I..." Chen Yu didn't finish his sentence when a green four of bamboo hit the table from Daimon Michi's hand, and Hiromi, sitting to her right, shouted, "Ron! Green Dragon Straight Flush! Yakuman!" The excitement of winning a hand was clear on her face.

Chen Yu took a quick look at the four of bamboo that Daimon Michi had discarded. While her face was still in a state of surprise, he couldn't help but smile and laid down his own hand: "Sorry, double ron! Three concealed triplets."

Seeing that she had caused a double win, Daimon Michi's face immediately fell.