21st Century Necromancer

Inside UDI's research institute, Misumi Mikoto was eyeing Kube Rokuro with fierce determination, as if she was interrogating a criminal. If you added ropes and torture devices and dimmed the lights a bit, it would look exactly like an interrogation.

However, for Kube Rokuro, it didn't feel much better than an actual interrogation.

To be truthful, if he could have a beauty like Misumi Mikoto staring at him so intently and asking him questions, Rokuro felt that he would spill everything he knew without her even having to press him for it, but regrettably, the questions Dr. Misumi was asking were exactly the ones Rokuro couldn't answer.

"Dr. Misumi, didn't I tell you everything I knew yesterday? Why are you asking me again today!" Rokuro tried to push his chair back, hoping to move just a bit further away from Dr. Misumi's intense questioning, but she, not intending to let Rokuro off the hook just yet, moved even closer.

"Did you really tell me everything?" Dr. Misumi's eyes were full of doubt as she almost grabbed Rokuro by the collar to continue her questioning, "But what you told me yesterday were things about Doctor Chen's simple living habits and the fact he graduated from the University of Tokyo Medical School, the information I already knew.

As for his personal interests, what he likes and dislikes, the things I want to know, you didn't say anything about that!"

"But... But I don't know about those things either!" Rokuro felt an intense helplessness. Although he wanted to answer Dr. Misumi's questions, he really didn't know about Chen Yu's hobbies, likes, or dislikes.

Even though Rokuro had known Chen Yu since he joined the University of Tokyo as Professor Kube's student, Chen Yu's college life was as regimented as a robot's. If he wasn't in class, he was in the lab conducting experiments, and the only place you could find him outside of his dormitory was the library, where he would only read books related to medicine, as if he had no other interests at all.
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Rokuro was Professor Kube's least favorite son and although his relationship with Chen Yu was decent, he really didn't know Chen Yu that well. Although he'd always thought that he had a good relationship with Chen Yu, Rokuro upon reflection realized he actually didn't understand Chen Yu at all.

Of course, this didn't affect the relationship between Rokuro and Chen Yu, but it made Rokuro feel somewhat despondent because he never really knew Chen Yu.

Seeing that Rokuro indeed couldn't answer her questions, Dr. Misumi finally let him be and returned to her office desk, dejectedly opening her lunch box as if to convert her frustration into appetite.

When Tokairin Yuko saw Dr. Misumi looking so downcast, she shifted her chair and moved closer to Rokuro to ask, "Rokuro, what exactly did Meiqin ask you, what's up with her?"

"I don't know either, it started yesterday. She's been drilling me about Brother Yu, but I told her everything I know. As for the rest, I don't know." Rokuro explained to Tokairin Yuko, "She might have had some revelation. Dr. Misumi seemed to have suddenly realized something yesterday, kept saying, 'Why didn't I think of that,' but I don't know what she realized.

And then she kept asking me about Brother Yu, trying to find out what he likes, what he dislikes, and his hobbies."

"Eh? Meiqin actually asked you about Doctor Chen's interests and hobbies?" When Tokairin Yūko heard Kube Rokuro say this, her eyebrows shot up, and she couldn't help but speculate, "Could it be she has fallen for Doctor Chen, and that's why she's been inquiring about him? It does seem a bit like she's got a crush on a guy! I hadn't realized that Meiqin was into Doctor Chen's type."

With a look of sudden realization, Tokairin Yūko smacked Kube Rokuro's thigh hard and then returned to her own seat, pulling her chair closer to Misumi Mikoto and asked in a whisper, "Meiqin, do you like Professor Chen?"

"I like Doctor Chen?" Misumi Mikoto was taken aback by Tokairin Yūko's words and looked at her in surprise, not understanding why she would make such a guess: "What are you thinking, Tokairin? Just because I broke up with my boyfriend, it doesn't mean I would like Doctor Chen, right? He's already got a girlfriend."

While refuting Tokairin Yūko, Misumi Mikoto grabbed some documents, pretending to be busy, but Tokairin Yūko wasn't ready to let it go.

She scooted closer to Misumi Mikoto and leaned in to ask softly, "You don't like Professor Chen? Then why did you ask Rokuro about his interests and hobbies? Isn't it that you only care about someone's likes and dislikes when you have feelings for them?"

"Tokairin!" Misumi Mikoto called out Tokairin Yūko's name loudly, standing up from her chair, hands on her hips, and looking at her annoyedly: "Not every woman cares about a man's interests and hobbies because she likes him. I'm interested in Doctor Chen's hobbies because I'm curious about him, not because I like him."

"But wanting to understand a man, being interested in a man, isn't that the beginning of liking him?" Tokairin Yūko said, shrinking back a bit as Misumi Mikoto towered over her, full of fury.

"That's not it!" Misumi Mikoto felt like she was about to go mad, stomped her foot hard, and was about to grab her own hair: "How should I explain it to you! I don't want to understand Doctor Chen because I like him, I'm just simply interested in him as a person! It's not like what you think!"

Watching Misumi Mikoto who seemed on the verge of losing her sanity, Tokairin Yūko wisely shut her mouth, but she still thought that Misumi Mikoto must have fallen for Chen Yu. Otherwise, why would a woman care about a man without any reason?

But really, Misumi Mikoto hadn't fallen for Chen Yu; she had just learned from the live murder broadcast and from witnessing the scene on her phone, as well as Xiao Sanmao's case where Chen Yu had known Xiao Sanmao's real name, that Chen Yu was no ordinary person. She surmised that he could summon the souls of the deceased and communicate with the dead.

That's why she was so interested in Chen Yu and wanted to learn more about him. Although Kube Rokuro claimed to be Chen Yu's friend, he knew almost nothing about him, which made Misumi Mikoto feel very frustrated.

"Um... I just remembered something," Kube Rokuro suddenly raised his hand, caught Misumi Mikoto's attention, and then continued, "Brother Yu always carries a black hardcover book that resembles a magic book from games and anime. That book has never left his side."