Just as everyone had expected, Wataru Date and Natalie's entrance was rather dramatic.
Wataru Date had died in a traffic accident, while Natalie had taken her own life. The commotion when the two of them fell out of the egg was even greater than with the previous few.
The two, clinging to each other, shot straight out after a loud crash, perfectly recreating the acceleration of gravity from the moment of their deaths.
If the people standing by the table had not swiftly grabbed the cloth that had originally covered the eggshell, the two of them might have smashed quite a few more things in the laboratory.
After pulling away the cloth covering his head and face, Wataru Date looked at his girlfriend in his arms, tear tracks still on her face and not yet conscious, then looked at the exceptionally lively room. His expression remained blank for quite a while.
"...Even in the land of the dead, there was no need to wait until everyone was gone before calling us all back together, was there?"
It was hard not to laugh, but understandable.
After all, four of his police academy classmates stood before him, whole and alive...
"Is Miss Natalie all right?"
Seeing Ai Haibara emerge from the room, Tangze straightened up and asked.
"She's fine. Her physical condition is very good. The reason she hasn't woken up is probably just that she hasn't recovered from the emotional shock yet, plus... you know, she took her own life that way. Even if she's restored to a state where nothing happened, that kind of death has a huge impact on the body. She'll be all right soon."
Pulling her stethoscope down around her neck, Ai Haibara let out a breath.
Though she had earned a degree in clinical medicine, she