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Chapter 59: Midnight Memory

"That's awesome, Miss Miyazaki. I can't believe someone so young has already been a licensed doctor for three years."

"And aside from working in a hospital, you also have your own clinic?"

"That's right. The clinic is so cozy and quiet. No wonder Sanzu likes going there."

"Why the hell do you look so proud, Kakucho? You're not even the one we're asking here."

"Shut up, Rindou. I'm just stating the facts."

A certain brunette continued observing the men sitting across her. They are still on the VIP area on the third floor where a certain pink-haired man left her. More than two hours have passed yet she didn't feel bored nor like an outcast since the men in front of her are great in accommodating her while the one who invited her has left for his guests.

"Are you not scared of blood, Miss Miyazaki?"

"At first, I was. But I learned how to deal with it as time went by."

"Is it true that doctors never rest? You know, since there are lots of stupid people who get in trouble and get hurt?"

"What's with that stupid question, Mochi?"

"What? I'm just asking. Mind your own business, Koko."

"I always do since y'all are too stupid."

The brunette couldn't help but chuckle silently watching the men in suits argue. To be honest, she had the impression that Sanzu's colleagues would be frightening but they were just like her friends in Tokyo Manji Gang: kind, approachable, and most of all, with lots of sense of humor.

"It depends on the hospital, Kanji-kun. The hospital has lots of doctors, so we have our own shifts. And so it happens that I am assigned during the daytime of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I get to stay and open my clinic during the rest of the week."

"That's cool."

"Miss Miyazaki, I heard that doctors tend to have their own specialization. What is yours?" She turned to the tall man sitting almost beside her.

"I specialize in women's health, Haitani-kun."

"So you're an Obstetrician?"

"That's right."

As she said that, the boys could only gape in awe with the woman. They even looked at each other only to see that they were all visibly amused with the woman's background. They are all surprised how their second-in-command was able to snatch such a woman.

"Didn't you mention that you met Sanzu when he once went to your clinic while he's injured? Were you not scared of him?" This time, everyone turned to the silverette and the observant Bonten member whom they did not expect to ask a question.

"I used to. He..."

Pairs of orbs observed the way the woman looked down at her hands which are now fidgeting. To be honest, she was unsure whether it is all right to tell them about their first meeting.

"He threatened you. Am I correct?"

Her pair of gray eyes bolted back to the squinty-eyed man who is looking at her intently as he asked that.

"All of us have worked with Sanzu for more than a decade now, Miss. We know him more than you. Are you sure you should be meddling with him and even with us?" She stared back at his eyes and how serious he is when he said those to her. He didn't imply it directly.

But the man meant to warn her of him, of the man named Sanzu Haruchiyo.

He warned her of them, of Bonten.