21st Century Necromancer

Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi stepped out of their home together, because they were lucky to find a taxi at their doorstep today. Chen Yu saved a bit of energy for himself and Hiromi Jounouchi by taking the taxi to the place where they had agreed to meet Kube Rokuro.

"Looks like Rokuro is really splurging today, can his salary from UDI cover the bill of such a high-class restaurant?" Chen Yu raised his head to look at the restaurant in front of him and couldn't help feeling doubtful. After all, hanging at the entrance of the restaurant was a sign with a single star on it; although it was just one star, it was still the symbol of a Michelin-starred restaurant.

When Hiromi Jounouchi heard Chen Yu's words, she couldn't help but laugh and said to him, "Since you're worried Mr. Kube can't cover the bill, maybe you should order less later. Otherwise, if Director Kube finds out his son invited Mr. Chen Yu to a meal and couldn't pay for it, it would be quite embarrassing for the director, wouldn't it?"

"Let's go in first and see, if worst comes to worst, we can just pay for our portion of the meal when we leave." Chen Yu truly didn't care about this, even when he was just an ordinary surgeon, a meal at a Michelin-starred restaurant was an expense for him, but it wasn't something he couldn't afford.

And with his current income as an associate professor, as long as he didn't dine out every day, such expenses wouldn't affect him much.

The only thing that could cause Chen Yu to worry was Rokuro's pride because there was nothing more humiliating than not being able to pay the bill after inviting someone for a meal.

However, when Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi entered the restaurant and saw Kube Rokuro seated with Misumi Mikoto by his side, Chen Yu knew that Rokuro didn't have to worry about not being able to afford the bill today.

"Dr. Misumi, long time no see." Chen Yu greeted Misumi Mikoto, then pulled out a chair for Hiromi Jouonuchi until she sat down, before he took his own seat.

"Dr. Misumi, Mr. Kube, long time no see." Enjoying Chen Yu's thoughtful gentlemanly service, Hiromi Jounouchi sat down and, as Chen Yu had done, also greeted Misumi Mikoto and Kube Rokuro. Discover stories at empire

Misumi Mikoto naturally returned the greetings to Hiromi Jounouchi and Chen Yu. Meanwhile, Kube Rokuro jokingly asked Chen Yu with a teasing tone, "Doctor Jounouchi saying long time no see makes sense, but Brother Yu, didn't we just see each other recently? And you didn't greet me just now, did you?"

Upon hearing Kube Rokuro's words, Chen Yu could tell he was just joking, so he deliberately looked at him very seriously and said, "Mr. Kube, as a man, you shouldn't be quibbling over such trivialities. You're now a member of society, and if you keep dwelling on these small matters, you can't grow into an excellent man."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Kube Rokuro looked at Chen Yu's obviously feigned serious expression and immediately felt a sense of speechlessness.

Seeing Kube Rokuro rendered speechless by Chen Yu's words, Misumi Mikoto and Hiromi Jounouchi couldn't help but laugh together, egging him on, "Exactly, exactly! Rokuro, if you keep fretting over these little things, you can't grow into an excellent man! Hahaha!"

After teasing Kube Rokuro, the four of them ordered food and chatted for a while. Then, the waiter brought the dishes and a bottle of red wine ordered by Misumi Mikoto.

Because all four people present were adults, even the youngest, Kube Rokuro who had graduated from university, each person had a glass of red wine in front of them.

Misumi Mikoto picked up her wine glass and very solemnly toasted to Yu Chen, "Doctor Chen, I am infinitely grateful for your lifesaving grace! If it hadn't been for you finding us at that time, Rokuro and I might really have had no hope! Thank you so very much!"

"That's right! If it weren't for Brother Yu saving us that day, Misumi-san and I would really have died in that truck!" Kube Rokuro also picked up his wine glass, and although he had just been teased by Yu Chen, he was still very grateful for Yu Chen's life-saving grace.

"Anyone who received that call would not stand idly by. To be honest, you should say you saved yourselves. If it hadn't been for Dr. Misumi, you giving me enough information on the phone, I would not have been able to locate you so quickly and have my friend rescue you." Yu Chen responded humbly to Misumi Mikoto's gratitude, seemingly not taking credit for saving the two of them.

"In any case, I must thank Doctor Chen for your lifesaving grace that day! I toast to you!" Yu Chen might not care much about the matter, but Misumi Mikoto clearly could not treat it lightly, after all, it was her life Yu Chen had saved, so she still insisted on toasting to Yu Chen.

Seeing that Misumi Mikoto was insistent, Yu Chen let her toast to him. However, in order to stop her from dwelling on the topic any further, Yu Chen put down his glass and turned to Kube Rokuro to ask, "Mr. Kube, have you gotten any results on the case you were investigating last time?

Nearly being murdered to silence you, if there's not even a little achievement, it wouldn't be justifiable, nor would it honor the effort you all put in."

"That case has already been judged.

After all, the evidence was conclusive, and Doctor Chen, your friend also helped catch the culprit and rescue another girl who had been imprisoned." Misumi Mikoto took the initiative to explain the outcome of their last case to Yu Chen, clearly having a deep impression of that case: "The culprit met the victim and another girl through a suicide website, luring them to his home and imprisoning them.

After killing one of them, he used another group of people from the suicide site, who wanted to kill themselves, to make the death look like a suicide. If it hadn't been for the victim cleverly leaving a message for help on a piece of paper and swallowing it before her death, it would have been very difficult for us to find any clues..."

Listening to Misumi Mikoto's narrative, Yu Chen couldn't help but admire the victim who, through her own death, sought help for another girl. Not everyone has the courage to write a message for help before dying, let alone think of swallowing it in order to ask for help.

Thinking of this, Yu Chen suddenly had a thought and asked Misumi Mikoto, "Where was the victim buried? Somehow this matter is also related to me, and I'd like to pay my respects to her."

However, hearing Yu Chen's question, Misumi Mikoto shook her head with a somewhat sorrowful expression, saying, "Xiao Sanmao... that's the victim; we couldn't locate her family, so her ashes are temporarily stored at our UDI, with no idea when someone will come to claim them."

Although Misumi Mikoto said this, she knew in her heart that with the police having made such extensive efforts previously to no avail in determining the victim's specific identity and family, hoping now for someone to come claim the victim's ashes was an incredibly slim chance. It was likely that the victim's final resting place would be in UDI's evidence storage.

Hearing Misumi Mikoto say this, Yu Chen said, "Then may I help this victim be laid to rest properly?"