After being harshly rebuked, Dr. Heishan picked up his teacup and took a sip, smiling honestly. "Don't be in such a hurry."
A blue vein bulged at Vodka's temple. Wouldn't you be anxious if it were you?
He silently recited the Anti-Uzo Code several times, took a deep breath, and forced a polite smile. "I'm not in a hurry. It's just that I remember I made an appointment with another doctor named Shirai?"
Dr. Heishan set down his thermos and sighed. "Dr. Shirai had some bad luck. Something happened on the way here—his car rear-ended a bus, and he's busy handling the aftermath with the Insurance Company. So I'll be filling in for him today."
Vodka, who had just been rear-ended while riding a bus: "...?"
As Vodka looked at the doctor with tears in his eyes,
the examination of the unfamiliar woman continued elsewhere.
After several rounds of tests, the attending physician reviewed the report, adjusted his glasses, and said to Jiang Xia, who had brought her in, "Overall, the lady is fine. But there is one small problem—she has developed mild retrograde amnesia."
He sighed and summed it up. "Put simply, she's lost her memory."
Irish: "?" And that counted as being fine?... Still, something as unusual as amnesia was rather dramatic. It was probably that thing's doing again.
Amuro Tooru: "..." For some reason, he had a bad feeling about this. But on the bright side, at least it wasn't a Murder Case this time.
Jiang Xia, however, seemed quite interested. "Amnesia?"
The Doctor nodded. "I asked her many questions, but she couldn't remember much. Only when I mentioned names did she reflexively say the word 'Mayonaka'—that should be her name."
Jiang Xia asked, "Then why did she lose her memory?"
The Doctor pointed at his