"Mr. Tanaka! Have you seen Mitsuko?" High Ponytail Woman asked the doctor, sweating anxiously. "We agreed to meet tonight, but she never showed up. I went to her house too, but couldn't find her."
Dr. Tanaka was a local.
Earlier that day, he had attended a Doctors' Union meeting. The reason a group of doctors had gathered here tonight was also because Tanaka Katsuyoshi had invited them—this stretch of beach was indeed beautiful, and with the mindset of already being here anyway, several doctors with time to spare had accepted the invitation.
Unexpectedly, while they were drinking peacefully, an unfamiliar woman suddenly appeared.
The doctors paused their conversation and gathered around silently to watch.
Dr. Tanaka grew irritated at the sight. "How would I know?! I cut ties with her ages ago. Instead of coming here to bother me, why don't you look in the places she usually goes?"
"..." High Ponytail Woman gritted her teeth and glared at him. Without saying anything else, she turned and left.
"That woman can really pick a fight with anyone," Suzuki Sonoko muttered. No longer paying attention to that table, she pulled Jiang Xia and Mouri Ran over to sit near the counter. "Boss, what are your specialties? Bring us a few portions!"
Although Jiang Xia and the others had arrived late, they were only there to eat. Compared with the uncles next to them who were drinking and chatting, they were far more efficient.
Near eleven o'clock, the high school students paid their bill and left.
As they passed the doctors' table, Doctor Utsumi's phone somehow slipped out and landed beside Jiang Xia's feet with a clack.
Jiang Xia casually picked it up and handed it back to him.
"Thanks." Doctor Utsumi smiled politely as he took the phone and lowered