Bone Structure

"I haven't seen him." Daimon turned back around, clearly having no intention of paying the two any further attention. She merely muttered gloomily, "It's been so long since I had a challenging surgery. This is so boring—how about you two get physicals?"

"No!" Yamada said irritably. Was she really hoping for that?

"That's true. If you don't get regular checkups, it'll be more challenging once you finally notice something." Daimon nodded solemnly.

Gen and Yamada: ...

Well, thank you very much!

Yamada did not want to keep talking to someone whose mind was filled with things like "cancer" and "the chief's health"—the sorts of things she considered challenging. He stepped back, picked up a can of coffee, and was just about to drink it when the rooftop door opened again. Kaji and Ebina walked in, chatting and laughing.

"You're officers from Beika Police Station, right? Did your chief get injured again?" Kaji asked.

"Hey, hey, hey! Why are all of you hoping our chief got hurt? Isn't that too much?" Yamada complained weakly.

Kaji hurriedly apologized. "Sorry. The injuries your chief suffered before really left a deep impression on us."

Ebina chimed in, "Ah! Chief Shiraishi, right? Come to think of it, I've never met him before—didn't I hear they once removed several hundred bullets from his body?"

Gen and Yamada were speechless. The rumors somehow kept getting more and more exaggerated.

But on closer thought, Ebina really had never met him.

"Are you a surgeon too, Doctor?" Gen asked politely.

"Mm. I was just transferred to the main hospital." Ebina glanced at Kaji as he spoke.

Kaji immediately said in a fawning tone, "That's right. Dr. Ebina is a renowned physician recruited from a branch hospital. He'll soon be our department head!"

"Department head? I remember you had a