Nonomura Hospital

Characters appearing at Nonomura Hospital

Takuma Haibara is a 32-year-old tough guy (?) who calls himself “a famous detective with a genius mind”. The main character of this story.

Mamiya Chisato is a 19-year-old baby-faced, big-breasted Nonomura hospitalist with an innocent personality who has a crush on Haibara.

Tree Momoko is a 16 year old girl who was admitted to Nonomura Hospital with a foot injury. She is a high school student and her interest is reading detective novels.

Ryouko Ito is a detective rookie at the Saijo Detective Agency. Becomes a rival of Haibara due to an insurance investigation. 22 years old.

Nogai Miho is a nurse at the Nonomura Hospital who looks like a spirited bobcat with fox-like eyes. She is 22 years old and very gentle at heart.

Shimaki Kana Momoko’s best friend. The spunky girl on the track team, whose trademark is her ponytail, already has a boyfriend.

Makino Nie Nomura Hospital nurse. She is 23 years old with a mature and stable personality, and usually appears with the head nurse Sayoko….

Randang Sayoko Nonomura Hospital’s head nurse in the surgical ward. Like an orchid, she has a seductive and fatal attraction….

Keiichi Speedwater was a talented surgeon at Nonomura Hospital. One night, he was found dead in the bathroom.

Mr. Kawasaki is a friend of Mr. Haibara and a reporter for “ASA100”. He is admitted to Nonomura Hospital for an appendix operation, and discusses with Haibara about the mysterious ghosts he is trapped in.

prelude

In the stillness of the night, a huge building towers over the early spring air. Strong winds kept blowing, mixing the moist air, a harbinger of the spring storms to come…

That’s right! The storm is coming!

A greenish-white flash of light illuminated the entire building just after the dark clouds hung in all directions.

It’s a five-story steel building built on top of a large base, like the Noah font.

The surface of the building, which was originally a pure white color, was already looking a bit dull from the long exposure to the elements, and the walls were beginning to show patches of cracks.

In the front entrance of the first floor of the central building, there is an automatic door made of huge glass, and above the entrance is the name of the building—

“Nonomura Hospital”.

This is the only general hospital in the neighborhood, and it is also one of the designated emergency hospitals. Inside the building, in contrast to its old-fashioned appearance, there is the latest medical equipment. Not only is it well-equipped, but the doctors are also excellent, and are recruited from university hospitals and general hospitals from all over the world with high salaries. Of course, the number of inpatient beds was also quite large, because with the latest equipment and excellent physicians, it was only natural that many patients came to Nomura Hospital for treatment….

Now–

Right in the middle of the hospitalized building, a very strange voice appeared….

It sounded like a huffing and puffing sob.

It was not the sound of the wind, because it was intermittent, not regular with the wind that had been blowing all night… and if you looked closely, you could even tell that it was a woman’s cry… sad and uneven, with a hint of resentment… it was strong and weak, and sometimes it would stop for a while, only to start up again soon afterward, giving you a feeling that you didn’t know when it was going to end…

The sound of the wind howling outside the window and the rain falling directly on the window – I don’t know how long it will last before I can get out of this….

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The spring breeze on the face brings a feeling of relaxation.

I parked my car next to a red BMW. I hate it when unsophisticated doctors who make more money than I do show off in cars like this – I thought as I kicked the BMW in the face.

After passing through the automatic door made of full glass, I was about to go inside when the counterman stopped me and asked me to write down my name in the visitor’s book. Though I was worried, I wrote “Takuma Haibara” in the name field.

“Yo! There you go again… bad detective!” A very familiar voice came from behind me, and I didn’t have to turn my head to know who the owner of the voice was.

“Grace! It’s not like I came here on my own!” That was true. “Who would like to visit a man for nothing!” I said as I turned around──a nurse in a light pink uniform was standing behind me.

She was quite tall–one hundred and seventy centimeters, I think! Her long, straight, tea-colored hair was a little curly at the ends, and with her upside-down eyes, she gave people the impression that they were looking at a spicy bobcat. However, other than her face being a bit stern, she was quite good-looking.

She was probably on her way to take her temperature, but she was still carrying a sheet and a paper clip under her armpit. On her chest, which was not very good, she had “Nonomura Hospital Nogai Miho” written on it.

The sign.

“I’m clear as day! You didn’t even come to visit Mr. Kawasaki’s pain as you said, you just came to see our beautiful nurse over here!” Miho is glaring at me with her bobcat-like eyes.

“Hmph! You know again!”

“I don’t know who lifts up people’s skirts the first time they meet oh!”

“Oops! That was just a hello!” I answered her without feeling guilty at all.

“You–!” Miho had raised the record board above her head and had taken a step forward.

“Wait! Wait a minute! Think about the situation! Everyone’s watching!”

“Tsk… If I’m in a place where there aren’t many people, I’ll make you look good!” Miho huffed and blew the bangs on her forehead, she was such an easy nurse to cause a stir.

“Are you trying to do something nice with me where there aren’t many people?”

After I said that, Miho, who didn’t want to cause any more commotion, quickly turned around and left with puffed up cheeks. Whew──Since you’re still at work, don’t worry about me so much!

“Yo! Haibara! Sorry about that! Trouble you again!”

The patient in Room 205, Kawasaki Mizuzo, a capable reporter for the weekly magazine “ASA100,” came out to greet me with a face that looked as if it couldn’t be tighter than it already was.

“Hey! I didn’t come here to see your dead face!” The first words out of my mouth were not polite: “I’m here to take care of my eyes because there are so many young and beautiful nurses in this hospital!”

“So-so! You’re here because you can’t pay your rent and you don’t want to be caught at home and lectured by your landlord! I can tell you haven’t been getting any work lately.”

As Mitsuru said, I hadn’t gotten any big cases since the winter, so my meager savings had already bottomed out. In fact, if this situation continues for another month, I’ll probably starve to death on the side of the road.

“A job? As long as I’m willing to take them, that’s what I’ll get!” I replied to him. “I’m waiting for a case big enough to shock the world so I can give you endless subjects to write about for your magazine!

”

“Yeah? That’s really nice of you!” Mianzou returned my greeting with both palms together.

“Right! Mianzao! How do you feel about having your appendix taken out?” Mianzou had received his appendix surgery yesterday.

“Uh… it’s okay! It’s just a pity that I won’t be able to wear a bikini swimsuit anymore!” An unattractive middle-aged man started laughing after he finished speaking.

“You think you’re Farrah… Forsythe!”

(Translation: Farrah Forsythe is a famous American movie star in the 1970s. Farrah Forsythe was a famous American movie star in the 1970s who stopped wearing bikini swimsuits after her appendix surgery because she was concerned about the scars.) “Right! Did you fart?” -which actually means fart.

“Uh… that’s not true! Usually it comes when it’s not wanted, and now when it’s wanted, it doesn’t come!”

“Yes! When I was with you, you used to run away…” I took out the little red box that I never left behind, “Never mind… Look, I’ve brought you a special medicine for constipation!”

“Oh… thanks!” Veng Zao took a cigarette out of the box.

I took one too, smoking was supposed to be forbidden in the ward, but who cares! I used my favorite Zippo and lit both Mianzao’s and my own cigarettes on fire.

“Wow! This is so refreshing…!” Veng Zao took a deep drag on the cigarette before exhaling it slowly.

Suddenly, Mianzou showed an expression of mixed loneliness and exhaustion: “What’s wrong? Mutsuko! You’re not going to get nicotine poisoning so soon, are you?”

“What’s that silly talk? I’m just having insomnia!”

“Insomnia? You weren’t jerking off all night, were you?” I made fun of it with a teasing tone. However, Mianzou’s expression was quite serious.

“That… that…” said Vengzuo, leaning in close and saying word for word, “There’s… something… in this hospital…!”

“Show up?”

“Right! That’s the thing!” Mianzou said while dropping his hands to his chest.

“So──what exactly is that thing?” I asked.

“Idiot! It’s just a ghost!”

“A… ghost?” My voice suddenly raised an octave.

“Uh… appeared last night!” Veng Zao gulped down a mouthful of water.

“Did you see it?” I inquired with a forced calmness, but Mianzou shook his head and said 🙂

“Well… I didn’t see anything! But there was a strong feeling of horror that made my hair stand on end…” – Makoto said. In reality, however, I thought that it was his horrible face that made the hair stand on end!

“At midnight – no, I should say after midnight… I don’t know where the sound of a woman weeping came from…”

“Hmm… Could that be the female patient in the next ward crying because she’s not feeling well?”

This is a common occurrence in hospitals.

“That’s what I thought at first. But after thinking about it for a while, I remembered that there was no one living in this ward…” Mianzou pointed his thumb to the back of the room, then his chin to the front: “And there were no female patients in this ward…”!

”

“So… you believe in ghosts?”

“I’m not sure… Let’s put it this way: in my magazine, there were also photos of spirits, so it wasn’t a question of whether I believed in them or not, but whether I was scared or not…” Mento’s body began to tremble.

“Don’t be so scared! In this world, there should be no ghosts!” I said firmly. (Because I’m a detective!)

“That’s better, Mianzao! I’ll find out the facts! The only thing we know now is that we heard a woman crying in the middle of the night from somewhere–there’s no way to conclude that the ghost exists!” I said in a serious tone that I don’t often see. It’s because I don’t really believe in ghosts as a spirit or something that confuses people.

In the midst of all the excitement, I didn’t realize that the door behind me had been opened at some point – “I’m sorry, but smoking is not allowed in the ward…” A voice as sweet as nectar suddenly appeared.

I turned my head in a panic – and then my eyes lit up.

There were two nurses standing at the entrance. One of them was the nurse who happened to be taking care of Mianzou when he came to visit a few days ago: a mature girl with long hair in a twisted braid, and one of the most beautiful nurses in this hospital. I think her name was Makino Rie… I believe.

The other woman was even more impressive – a superb beauty of chilling beauty: a hint of lechery in her deep contours and superior appearance: a beauty mole under the corner of her left eye, and a cold smile on her bright red lips. As for her long hair with big waves, it was a cold greenish color under the light.

From there on down… as a woman, she was perfect. In addition to her full upper body, her midriff and lower body were rounded, and her feet were long and thin – all ideal. I’m sure that a woman like this would look great in any kind of clothing.

“Ah… I’m so sorry! Nurse!” Veng Zao said from behind me. He had put out his cigarette long before I turned my head to look at him.

I took another deep drag on my cigarette and exhaled it slowly.

“Didn’t you hear? There’s no smoking in the ward!” The unseen nurse-the head nurse-said again in her honey-like voice.

“Does it bother anyone that I’m smoking in this place? As you can see, the only other person here is Makoto, and he’s a drug addict too…!”

“That’s not so much a question of whether it gets in the way or not, we smoke it ourselves from time to time.

”

“In that case, isn’t the rule against smoking meaningless? And why follow a meaningless rule when there’s no point in following it?”

“That’s something I’m not so sure about–whether it makes sense or not, if it’s made up as a rule, then it has to be followed!” The head nurse spoke slowly but forcefully.

It was only then that I had a chance to take a good look at the name tag pinned to the head nurse’s chest – it read “Randang Sayoko, Head Nurse of the Surgical Ward at Nonomura Hospital”.

“Mianzou, I’ll talk to you later! I’m going to have lunch now!” While saying that, I passed by the head nurse─Koyoko with a cigarette in my hand like that.

Sayako crossed her hands on her waist the moment I passed, and then gave me a small bump with her elbow. So I looked at Sayaka with a provocative attitude.

“If you don’t end your period of defiance soon, you could get seriously hurt then!” Sayaka said in her honey-like voice. The amber eyes that looked at me, who was taller, carried a choking pep. And the girl’s warm exhale went straight to my throat.

“I’ll… I’ll think about it!” I quietly walked out of the hospital room.

Next I began to carefully recall the reasons why I didn’t pounce like a hungry beast on Sayako, who had the unbelievable condition of complete beauty. It wasn’t because I was much more peaceful, but because this woman’s attitude gave one the feeling that there was no way to eat her up. Considering the whole picture, I don’t like this kind of person. Forget it… Instead of getting angry and getting a stomach ache from arguing with her, it would be better to offer sacrifices to my organs first! Besides, what I’m more concerned about now is what Veng Zao said about the “ghost”.

As I reached the stairway, I was suddenly stopped by a bright voice.

“Ah! Mr. Haibara, are you here again?”

I lifted my head up and saw a nurse I had seen several times before smiling at me.

This nurse’s name, Mamiya Chisato, was a girl with a petite figure that made people feel very cute. I remember hearing that she hasn’t even turned twenty yet, but her body’s development is quite good, and the things protruding in front of her chest that don’t match her childish face at all can’t help but make me, as a man, gulp down a mouthful of saliva.

“Perfect timing, join me for a cup of tea!” I said so.

“Is… going now?” Chisato asked with an innocent face.

“That’s right! Right now.” After answering as above, I added in a secretive tone, “I have something important to ask you!”

“Uh…” Chisato replied after a moment’s consideration, “Okay! The shift is about to end… Let’s go!”

Uh-huh! You’re a good kid. So she walked with me down the stairs and through the lobby to the coffee shop.

The name of the café is “Black Ribbon”, which is quite a black humor, especially in a place like a hospital with such a taboo name.

Chisato and I sat in silence, but after all, it is I have important things to discuss and ask her out, not to say something really can not, being hesitant when, Chisato opened his mouth first.

“Mr. Haibara–didn’t you work today?”

“It’s a day off.”

“It seems like a lot of days off!”

“Uh-huh! Because detective is a free profession!” However──The rest now is not decided by my will, but it’s forced by the situation.

Quickly, our order was delivered. I began pouring the chili sauce used to flavor the spaghetti, and on the way, Chisato’s ample bosom caught my eye.

Ah… I’m sure it would be very pleasurable to touch them… I started thinking about it. These are a pair of heavy breasts! Suddenly, I pressed them together with my palms, using my fingertips to feel the sensual pleasure, and since they were quite large, they seemed to hang down when I let go of them… However, Chisato’s young, bouncy breasts were fully erect, and at the same time, quite sensitive… As I rubbed them with my fingers, increasing or decreasing their strength, Chisato’s body began to spasm…

The pleasure that coursed through my entire body was fully expressed on Chisato’s face, and I let my thoughts continue to run wild – those breasts… and the facial expression of pleasure that seemed to be so intense that it was like ascending to heaven! And when that soft, warm, sweet flesh was leaning towards my face, it made me completely forget to breathe and submerge my whole body in that sweet temptation.

“Ummm… Ummm…” I couldn’t help but moan as I imagined it. My “pistol” was already in a state of tension, aiming at the ceiling, while Chisato, after resting his eyes on the rigid “pistol” for a while, suddenly moved in closer and She opened her lips, and made an amazing move──. I couldn’t go back to the way she was looking at me with such desire.

Under my moist tongue, there was a fluttering sound…. My soft lips were moving back and forth over my pistol…

“┅┅┅┅” I moaned as I let out again… The soft cap of my palate, and my agile tongue, Chisato caressed my “pistol” in a circular motion…

It’s like a lollipop, experiencing its flavor from the inside…

No… the pistol would go off if I kept going like this Chisato used her ample breasts to touch my bulging thing instead, as soft as sugar and as warm as cheesecake – those large-capacity As my large-caliber gun was squeezed by my breasts, it was loaded and stood up, and a hot, white liquid bullet was fired at Chisato’s lovely face! Chisato’s lovely face..!

“Yikes! This is going to be so hot it’ll squeak!” The innocent voice pulled me back into the real world.

When I came back to my senses, there was a big red color on top of my pasta, and I just tilted the bottle of chili sauce and fell into a daydream…. That’s right! As Chisato said, I’m going to be squealing in a minute.

The ball of spaghetti that I put in my mouth in one bite was the exact spot on which a good amount of chili sauce had been poured, so spicy that I couldn’t even make a sound!

As a result, my face turned as red as the jar of chili sauce.

“Here! Drink some water.” Chisato brought her own glass of water to my mouth, and it was only after I drank most of the glass of ice water that I was able to quell that fire.

“Whew!” I used the back of my hand to wipe away the sweat that had surfaced on my forehead.

“Right! What I want to tell you is…” after a slight reply, I returned to the subject once again, while Chisato waited with a straight face for me to speak.

“In this hospital–have you ever heard rumors of a ghostly presence?”

In an instant, Chisato’s eyes widened, but then she said with a cute laugh, “A ghost? No way!”

Is that so weird? Looking at me seriously. Chisato stopped laughing: “I’m sorry! …but it’s not a question of whether ghosts exist or not, but it’s absolutely impossible for ghosts to exist in our hospital.”

“Yeah?” My eyebrows twitched: “Then why?” I chewed on what Chisato had said: It wasn’t a question of whether ghosts existed or not, but the fact that there were absolutely no ghosts in Nonomura Hospital….

“That’s because… there’s no reason for ghosts to exist in our hospital. We have Dr. Speedwell in our hospital!” Chisato said excitedly.

“Dr. Speedwater?”

“Right! Don’t you know that Keiichi Sosui is one of the best surgeons in Japan? Keiichi Sosui is one of the best surgeons in Japan! At such a young age, he’s already one of the best surgeons in Japan… no, in the world, along with Dr. Mashiro and Dr. Kasumi Nishijo! The world’s treasure!”

“I see! A genius surgeon, right?” Chisato answered my question with a nod.

“Dr. Speedwell is currently the Minister of Surgery, and after his arrival, patients that we were unable to help are now being helped greatly. Of course, we are a hospital here, and there will always be some casualties… but these are things that Dr. Speedwell could not save even after he did his best, and this is his life span and destiny, which cannot be changed… or at least that’s what I personally believe.

“Chisato continued with complete seriousness, “Not only in Dr. Sosui’s surgical department, but also in other departments. The doctors at our hospital are all very good… I don’t want to believe that there’s a specter of resentment!”

“Hm…” – If that’s the case, then what was the crying that Veng Zao heard?

“Who was it that said there was a ghost, anyway? Mr. Kawasaki?”

“This I won’t be able to tell! Detectives have the obligation to keep secrets, and can never reveal the secrets of their clients.”

Coffee was served just as the plates were emptied, but Chisato suddenly rose from his seat and said.

“Oh no! The head nurse said to organize the charts before she goes back, if we don’t hurry…”

“The head nurse is going to be pissed isn’t she?”

Without bothering to nod, Chisato rushed out the exit and was gone in a moment!

Anyway, the cries heard in Mian Zao’s room should have nothing to do with ghosts… Things are getting more and more interesting!

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Feeling the strange air, I abruptly opened my eyes wide.

Strange! At what point did I fall asleep? It was probably the effect of the heating! Otherwise I don’t think it would have been so bad that I fell asleep in a folding chair right there with my arms crossed.

At around 9:30 p.m., when the lights went out, I followed Mianzou’s instructions and entered the inpatient wing of Nonomura Hospital through the security gate. Needless to say, the purpose was to find out the true nature of the ghost that Mianzou had mentioned! This was the plan I made when I returned to Mianzou’s room after having tea with Chisato. At first, Mr. Mianzou said, “Do you want me to spend the night in the empty room next door?”

“I thought you said there were ghosts in this room. So of course it’s better for you to sleep in another room isn’t it?”

“No more jokes, Haibara! Do you realize that this room is room twenty-five?”

“Eh!”

“And on this side, the room where someone was staying was room two hundred and six.”

“Right!”

“So–this empty room, it’s room twenty-four isn’t it?”

“So what?”

“Room 204 is the fourth room on the second floor! Don’t you understand?”

It’s true that the number “four” is similar to the sound of “death”, which is a taboo in hospitals, so that’s why the room next door is empty…

“You’ve got to be kidding me! Why are you so superstitious?” I took a breath and continued, “It’s decided! You’ll sleep in the next room tonight. By tomorrow morning, I’ll be able to find out the true nature of the ghost!”

“Okay! Got it! I’ll sleep like the dead!” Mianzou finally nodded his head and agreed to my plan.

So, I am now in room two hundred and five.

In the darkness, my ears are especially clear–

It wasn’t an imaginary relationship, but someone was actually crying.

…oo…oo…oo…oo…oo…oo…oo…oo…oo…oo….

It was like this, sometimes it seemed to disappear… but it was still there – the sound of a woman crying. So, where was this crying coming from? And what was the reason for such sorrowful weeping at such a late hour of the night?

With great difficulty, I finally found the source from which the sound was emanating, and it was none other than the air ducts that feed the central air conditioning heaters throughout the building.

I thought to myself──This kind of metal tube, just like the sound tubes on a ship, was utilized to transmit the sound of the cries from an unknown ward. Because of its construction, the sound eventually reached the ward where Munezou was.

See! Things like ghosts really don’t exist.

After gaining a considerable amount of satisfaction in my heart, I leaned my head towards where the air ducts were: “Hey!

What are you doing crying?” I inquired towards the owner of the crying voice.

Then, the sound of crying stopped, and silence returned to the hospital room──I guess they must have heard my voice!

“Who… who are you?” A clear and transparent voice returned, and it should have been the voice of a young girl.

“My name is Takumaru Haibara!” I gave out my name.

“What’s your name?”

“Tree Momoko…” quite a clear voice, so it shouldn’t be a ghost.

“Why are you crying?” There was no answer from the other side. So I lit a cigarette at this end.

After what seemed like a week, the other’s voice came back: “… because I’m lonely…”

“Lonely?” I repeated once again, one of the important techniques for gaining information about the other person.

This time, the answer came immediately: “I’m a person who doesn’t come to visit anyone, even Kana left me to travel…”

“And who is this Kana?”

“She was Momoko’s most important friend…”

“Did she go on a trip?”

“I can’t help it, it’s exam vacation!”

Although spring is already hanging over the tops of the cherry blossom trees, middle school and elementary school students are not yet on spring break, so–Momoko should be a high school student.

“But it shouldn’t be so bad that there isn’t a single visitor, right? Where are your father and mother?”

“No… both of them are very busy… they haven’t visited me since the beginning…”

“So… what were you admitted to the hospital for?”

“Uh… I hurt my foot… my foot is hurt.” I see.

“I’ve already undergone surgery… but I still can’t stand up!”

What? Didn’t Chisato say there was a genius surgeon, Dr. Speedwell, in this hospital?

“Even though the nerves have been repaired, I still can’t stand up! The doctor said, “If I keep working hard, I’ll be able to walk, maybe even run…”

So, the problem is on Momoko’s side! It’s probably a mental disorder!

“Every day, I slept alone, went to rehab alone, and was completely unable to move without my wheelchair… If this continues, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stand up and walk again in my entire life… it’s so scary, so lonely…”

“–So, I’m going to explore your pain, do you say yes?”

“Really?” The words had full effect, and the other man’s voice bounced back like a jump, as if none of the dead air from earlier had been its own.

“Of course! Where’s Momoko’s room?”

“Room fifty-two! It’s on the fifth floor–you know it?”

“OK!–Then I’ll go over there now! You turn on the light and wait for me!” After saying that, I removed my face that was close to the air duct.

If you want to get to the pain building where Momoko is, you have to go through the nursing center located at the intersection of the structural and vertical rods underneath the lettering “Noah”. Nowadays, when the meeting time has already passed, it would be quite troublesome if a person with no connections like me were to be found in the hospital.

When I reached the vicinity of the care center, I started to stick to the wall so as not to be noticed.

And then, a familiar voice was heard.

“・・・ Forget it! That lousy detective! Not only is he horny as hell, but he’s got no manners… I suggest you stay away from him!”

It was Miho’s voice. It seems she’s still upset about what happened during the day.

“Indeed! There are some things about him that are not decent…” The other nurse on night duty was Iri-chan. “But he’s still a good man, isn’t he?”

“Rie! You should smoke a little less too!” Miho said so in a somewhat whiny tone.

“Hmm…” Judging from the echo of Rie’s voice, she was probably smoking a cigarette in the deepest locker room of the care center at that moment!

“Doesn’t Miho’s “nice guy” like girls who smoke?”

“Idiot! There’s no such thing!”

“Aha! Blush! Blushing!” Rihye’s bright laughter came out. She used to be very stable, but now she gave off a weird feeling… So this is how girls laugh when they are together, too!

Finally, I came to the entrance and exit of the care center, which was the biggest hurdle. In order for the counter to adequately hide my body, I had to lower myself down and just stretch my neck to observe the movements inside the care center…. In doing so, however, I saw something good! It turned out that Miho was sitting in front of her desk, seemingly writing something. With her knees down towards me, and I was in a low position…

Hmmm… what a view… Without realizing it, I actually let out a sigh.

“Huh─?” Miho looked my way out of surprise, and I hastily shrunk my head back.

“I thought I heard a strange sound…” I felt Miho stand up.

That’s terrible! If I’m seen like this, I’ll be in deep shit… Should I go back? No, I can’t! It’s too late!

I ended up on the side of the counter, but fortunately I hadn’t eaten much lately because of my low income, so my body had become thinner…. In an instant, I became part of the counter.

“Eh… It’s really strange! I heard voices…” Miho, who had stepped out into the corridor, looked around.

“It can’t be a ghost, can it?” Rie said.

“–Ghost?”

“Right! Today Mr. Haibara had asked Chisato about the presence of ghosts in our hospital…”

“Did that lousy detective… say that?” Miho froze for a moment, then shook her head and returned to the counter.

(Hm! I’m actually a ghost now!)

The nurses, after returning within the counter, once again began their east-meets-west relationship problems.

That’s great! I took the opportunity to slip out of my hiding place, and the joints of my entire body, which were already sore from this unreasonable position, began to make a grumbling sound.

Upon arriving at the door to room five hundred and twenty-two, I put my shoes back on, patted the dust off my body again, and re-fastened my tie before knocking on the wooden panel on the door.

“Come in!” A young girl’s voice came from the ward….

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Momoko’s room was a world away from the monotonous second floor of the large hospital room.

It’s a little smaller than the big ward, but it’s pretty big for a one-person Momoko. There was also a refrigerator, stereo, TV, and bookshelves that were not available in the large ward.

The owner of this room──Momoko──was sitting in the center of the room, next to the bed. As I expected, she was a young girl with a lonely face. I thought she was probably a high school student, but now that I look at her, I feel that she exudes the odor of a middle school student. Her large black pupils were impressive, her shoulder-length hair was tied up with a ribbon, and with her pink pajamas and long, thin fingers resting peacefully on her chest, she looked like a doll placed in this room.

The chair she was sitting on was not an ordinary chair, but a wheelchair.

“Hi! I’m here!” I said in a matter-of-fact tone, “Are you going to keep the guests standing?”

Momoko’s big eyes blinked: “Ah… I’m sorry! Please sit down!” Where Momoko was pointing, there was a well-made chair that looked like it would be comfortable to sit in, unlike the folding chairs in Makoto’s room. As I walked to the corner where the chair was, I accidentally caught a glimpse of the backs of the books lined up in the bookshelves, all of which had such alarming names as “The Tragedy of X”, “XX Murder Incident”, and “The Coffin of XXX”, and so on. The names were all alarming.

“You like speculative fiction, don’t you?” I began to inquire after I sat down, because the titles of the books on there were all foreign speculative masterpieces.

“Eh! But it’s the first time I’ve met a real Mr. Detective!”

(And not just any detective – a famous one!)

I didn’t tell her I was a detective!

Momoko, who could see my puzzlement in her expression, added, “I was thinking that I’d heard the name “Takuma Kaihara” before, and then I remembered that I’d seen it in a defense journal…”

(Vigorously built! All these young girls are watching your defense!) “That’s right! I’m Takaragi Haibara… So, what do you think of having a real detective right in front of you?”

“It seems to be a bit more refined than in the photos…”

“Detective-san… why were you admitted…?” Momoko searched for a reason while sizing me up as I was neither wearing pajamas nor slippers.

“I wasn’t hospitalized… I came to investigate because I heard strange cries…

“Oh…” Momoko was a little embarrassed. “Right! Can I ask something about Mr. Detective?”

Sure enough! “Great! You ask!” I replied so. “But you’d better turn off the lights so the nurses don’t find out when they make their rounds.”

“Then… I’ll light the lamp! It’s less obvious this way…” We turned off the big lamp, leaving only the small lamp beside the bed, reflecting Momoko’s lovely face in the darkness.

“┅Detective-san’s work, what is it all about?” Momoko inquired with an innocent face.

──Including stalking for affairs, searching for runaways, credit checks for marriage partners, and sometimes exploring for missing dogs….

“For example, if a wealthy family suddenly had a warning that they were going to steal a Buddhist image that had been passed down from generation to generation… like that, they would most likely not contact the police, but rather, a famous detective like us would take care of the problem…” I answered earnestly.

“You’re lying!” Peach let out a poof of a laugh, one of those sweet smiles I hadn’t seen before.

“I’m not bullshitting! It’s all true! It was just a long time ago…” In fact, it was all a show that the client had put on to get the huge insurance money – but I couldn’t reveal the client’s name because of my professional ethics.

“That’s surprisingly interesting! I thought real detectives were only capable of doing things like investigating affairs and finding runaways!”

Um… I haven’t been doing this kind of work lately for one reason: I’m a private investigator, and I need to be able to make a living. In addition, since I’m a frequent magazine contributor, and my face has been completely sold out, it’s only natural that clients would shy away from stalking jobs.

“Indeed! Not all jobs are very interesting, after all, there aren’t that many incidents that have to involve a famous detective!

“So… it’s not quite a lucrative job?” Momoko hit a sore spot with me.

“But making money isn’t the most important thing, is it!” I replied with authority.

“Hmm… So why do you want to be a detective?” Momoko looked at me with her clear eyes in a serious manner.

I looked back into Momoko’s eyes, “You don’t need a test to be a detective, do you!”

“That’s for sure! You don’t need a license to be a private detective in Japan.”

So. There was another reason why I got into this business.

“When I was a child, I was suspected of stealing money…” I began as if I were telling someone else’s story, “so I found the culprit all by myself. I guess that’s when I realized that I had a talent for it!” I looked at my palm.

“And then I expanded on that talent and became the detective I am today…”

Just then, there was a knock on the door, “Momoko! Are you up?

“It’s a woman’s voice.

In that instant I slipped from the chair to under the bed with unparalleled speed. And then, in the intervening time, the door was opened.

“What’s wrong? Why is the light on?” The one who entered the room was none other than Nurse Rie. Presumably, there was a light switch by the door as well! The room suddenly saw up.

“I couldn’t… I couldn’t sleep…” Momoko said in a sleepy voice, acting quite well, “I thought reading would be better…”

“Really? But I thought I heard voices talking…” Rihye seemed a bit skeptical.

“I’m just a man talking to himself…”

“Okay! Better get some rest though! We have to do rehab tomorrow!” Rie must be displaying her angelic smile right now.

“Rehab again! It’s annoying as hell!”

“How can you say that? Don’t you really want to walk again?” Rie pushed Momoko’s wheelchair to the bedside. The tiny Momoko moved to the bed almost partially without making a sound.

“Good night! Momoko!” The door to the room was then finally closed, and the sound of snapping  snapping  footsteps faded away down the hallway.

“That was a close one…” I muttered as I got out from under the bed, “I’m not so bad for Erika! If Miho had seen it, it would have been a disaster!”

“Miho is much more powerful!”

“Grace! It’s almost like a man!”

“But… Mr. Detective! You seem to like Miho a lot!”

“What a silly thing to say! I’m more interested in girls like Chisato who will listen well!” I was actually thinking about Chisato’s huge breasts.

“Momoko loves Chisato-sama too!”

“Hmm! That’s something we do agree on.” I sat back down in that comfy chair once again, and right in front of me was Momoko’s lovely sleeping form.

“However, whether it’s Ms. Iri-chan or Ms. Miho, Momoko likes them all too, and all the nurse girls are very nice, and Momoko also…”

“Want to be a nurse’s wife, do you?” Momoko’s eyes suddenly dimmed.

“Actually, I want to be able to help others…”

“Detectives are such a profession, too!” I coughed.

“Yeah…”

“Once you’re able to get back on your feet and walk again, whether you’re a nurse or a detective, you’ll be able to do a great job!”

“Uh…”

“The doctor said Peach’s nerves are all hooked up, right?”

“That’s what Mr. Speedwell said…”

“Sosui… isn’t that one of the most famous doctors in Japan?” Then there’s no doubt about it.

“Yes… but Momoko just couldn’t stand up! Although the operation was successful… I can feel my toes even when I prick them with a needle…”

“In that case… you need to concentrate on your rehab!” I continued… “You want to walk again, don’t you?”

“Hmm…” nodded Momoko. “Right! Detective-san…?”

“Eh?”

“Can Momoko also become a good detective?” For a moment, I thought Momoko was joking, but her face looked quite serious.

“People can succeed in whatever they want to do if they want to do it!” I answered her squarely as well. “However, no matter how good a detective you become, there’s one thing you can never do…”

“That is that you will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be a better detective than me!”

“What… what is it! I’m going to sleep!” Momoko yawned considerably, and it seemed that she was suddenly struck down by sleep in one breath.

“Yeah!” I stood up from my chair, it seemed like it was time for me to say goodbye: “Well then, I’m going to go back, don’t cry in the middle of the night anymore!”

“You’ll have to come back to see me again!” Momoko’s eyes lit up again for a moment: “I want to hear more from you, and I want to know more about the detective…” I looked into Momoko’s eyes, which were so innocent, like the eyes of a small animal.

“Uh… yes!” I said while scratching my head before exiting Momoko’s hospital room.

As it turned out, I didn’t realize that I would later get into enough regrettable situations as a result.

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What the hell am I doing?

In fact, I knew in my heart why I was doing this, but I was just upset that… a famous detective, Takuma Haibara, would come to visit so often at the request of a little girl who was not even sixteen years old…

It’s been about a week since I met the girl in the wheelchair, Momoko.

In the meantime, the owner of Room 205, Mr. Kawasaki, who made our meeting possible, has long since been discharged from the hospital. I’ve heard that he’s now back on the front line, covering various scenes… In fact, magazine journalism, like detective work, is a physically demanding job.

When my car arrived at Nono Village Hospital, I felt a very different atmosphere – a large crowd of people had gathered in front of the hospital. A number of black and white cars were parked in front of the main entrance – strange! Why did they need police cars if not ambulances?

In the lobby of the hospital there were several uniformed police officers and fierce-eyed men who were supposed to be plainclothes criminal police officers, and because of our professions, several of them and I knew each other. In the morose atmosphere, I heard the word ‘deceased’ mentioned several times, so it seemed there was no mistaking that someone had died!

“Hey! Did something happen?” I asked the guard at the entrance counter. But the other didn’t answer, just silently handed out the visitor’s register, and I could only start registering unhappily.

Just above the three lines I had registered, there was the name ‘Shimagi Kana’, and the destination was the same room as mine, room number 502 – Momoko’s ward.

As I was walking towards the elevator–“Wait a minute!” A fierce-looking man, one of the plainclothes policemen, blocked my way.

“Uh… have I ever seen you there before?”

“It’s probably a weekly photo magazine! It’s better not to see a lot of people in something like that!” I said teasingly.

“I remember… You’re a private detective, right? I think your name is Haibara…”

“I’ve come to visit the sick! That lovely girl must be waiting impatiently for my cake by now!”

After the plainclothes man made way for the mailbox, I pressed the elevator button and asked, “Is… is there a patient who committed suicide? It’s causing such a commotion!”

“Suicide? Don’t be silly! It was a doctor from this hospital who died! And it wasn’t a suicide, it was an accident.” The plainclothesman looked at me a little sadly.

I knocked on the door of the hospital room.

“Come in!” I entered as instructed.

“Ah! It’s Uncle Detective!” A bright voice rang out in the hospital room, it was Momoko’s close friend─Shimaki Kana.

“Don’t call me ‘uncle’ yet!” I put the box with the cake on top of the cabinet. Since I’ve visited Momoko several times, I’ve gotten to know Kana quite well.

“I thought the cops down there were going to take Uncle away!” Kana said arrogantly.

“Don’t talk too much! Little turtle!”

“My name’s not Turtle! It’s Kana-chan!” The girl in the sailor uniform emphasized as she tossed her ponytail.

(Note: Kana’s Japanese pronunciation and font resemble that of a turtle, so Momoko calls her that.)

“Right! I heard the doctor here died?”

“Um… Dr. Speedwell… he… has passed away…” Momoko said tearfully.

“That’s the doctor who operated on Momoko, right?” ──The head of surgery at Nonomura Hospital. “Why is it so sudden?” My brows furrowed.

“I heard it was an accident… Huh? Where’s Mr. Detective’s share?” Kana said while looking inside the box.

“I’m fine with black tea! You said it was an accident, so what kind of accident was it?” My curiosity was fully aroused.

“Well… I just asked Chisato…” Kana said, “It seems that he was electrocuted in the shower last night.”

“A bath? Electrocution?” I re-chewed the two key words.

Kana continued, “Yes! Because Dr. Sosui was the head of the Department of Surgery, he had his own room in the hospital with a bathroom attached… I think he stayed up late yesterday writing his dissertation, and then went to the bathroom when he was taking a break…”

“And then what happened?”

“And then the hair dryer fell into the bathtub.”

“But just that’s not enough to conclude that it was an accident!” Offhandedly, Momoko offered her opinion in a marvelous and confident tone.

“How so?” I inquired.

“This might be a cleverly designed murder case or not!” Momoko’s eyes glowed with excitement.

“Murder?” My frown tightened.

“Didn’t Chisato say so? The doctor’s room is locked, and the bathroom is locked from the inside…”

“How about! Isn’t this a perfect closet murder?”

“Perhaps the lock on the bathroom was indeed locked by Dr. Quickwater, but there must be some other way!”

Indeed─that I agree. My head began to quickly turn back, sweeping away the parts that had been almost born  in recent days. I have to get more information about Dr. Speedwater’s death before I can do so!

It’s times like these that I would want to smoke.

“I’m going to go out for a minute, okay?” Saying that, I walked out of the room. In any case, it’s never good to smoke in Momoko’s room──and besides, I want a cup of coffee.

I took the elevator to the first floor, not to the Black Ribbon on the first floor, but to the vending machine at the other end.

Before I came to the vending machine, I met a bent over woman who looked like she couldn’t decide exactly what she wanted to drink.

From behind, it was not clear whether she was a beautiful woman or not, but the fact that she was on the same hip as me was a silent temptation to me. So without making a sound, I came to the woman’s side and… reached out my hand and began to feel the round, soft flesh through the fabric of her skirt.

And in the next instant, a short scream reached my ears: “What–what are you doing?” With a frightened voice, the woman quickly turned around.

Wow! What a super beauty! Before I could hold that thought, I was already rewarded with a slap on my left cheek. What the hell! If the opponent was a man, there’s no way I’d give him that chance!

“You’re so violent!” I said so as I rubbed my red cheeks. Of course, I had no interest in sticking out the other side of my face for her to hit again.

The woman who had rewarded me with a slap had crossed her arms by now. She was so angry that her shoulders were shaking. The red suit with a belt, the slightly shaking shoulders, and the willow-like eyebrows that were hanging upwards due to her anger──it was a type that was still quite cute even when she was angry.

“What violence! Who told you to want to just touch people’s asses!”

“Just saying hello!” I said the same line as when I met Miho.

“Greetings? Are you out of your mind?”

“You’re being rude! You’re looking at a famous detective who boasts of his genius mind!”

“Detective?” The woman’s brow began to furrow, then she looked at me skeptically: “No wonder I feel like I’ve seen you before…”

“Whew! I’m a famous man!”

“Takuma Haibara… The Shame of Private Investigators…” The woman looked at me with contempt, as if something had suddenly occurred to her: “I’ve heard rumors about you – a genius who can turn any incident into a labyrinth, and a celebrity who publishes information about his clients that can’t be disclosed to the world. You are also the most famous person in the world who makes it impossible for women who are related to the incident to get married… Is that right?”

To the woman who was pointing her index finger at me, with beautiful kohl on her hand, I could only say, “Oops! You’ve gone too far!” I rubbed my jaw.

“Rumor has it that… no matter how difficult the case is, you can solve it, never disclose information about your client, and you’re a famous detective who is happily bound to all the women involved in the case, right?”

“There is? I’ve never heard of it!” The woman smiled coldly and said, “Because of you, you’ve made it quite difficult for a lot of detectives to do their jobs!”

“So, you’re one of them–are you?”

“If only you knew…” the woman’s almond eyes rounded.

“Well–you really don’t look too good in that. It’s best not to wear high heels, it’s not easy to run. The red color is too obvious! If possible, it’s best to wear a jacket that can be worn both ways, so it’ll be easier to follow.”

In response to my advice, the woman let out a snort of laughter through her nose: “Thank you for your advice… Well, I’ll give you a little bit of advice as well, and that is, it’s better not to be wagging your head around!

”

“What…!”

“That means: don’t just sniff around like a dog! You’ll get nothing in the end!”

“Then thank you very much! As a junior, may I ask for your great name?”

I struggled to force a normal sound out from between my teeth.

“Really… then… this is for you!” The woman opened a small box in her purse, another obstacle to tracking, and took out a business card from it, handing it to me. Reflexively, I took it.

On the rectangular piece of paper, it was written “Saijo Detective Agency Director’s Secretary Ryouko Ito”. Director’s secretary──What is this?

“Why–why are you laughing or not laughing!” Ryoko’s voice got louder.

“Don’t be so angry! I don’t think you’re a person with such a small temperament!”

I reached out and grabbed Ryoko’s breasts, “Look! The thing that holds your heart and chest is so big, there should be no problem!”

“Yah───────!!!” Ryoko let out a yell as if she didn’t belong in the human world.

“Look! Look!” I opened and closed the palms of my hands, squeezing the dangling bell-shaped breasts.

“Aaah… mmm… aaah, aaah, aaah… mmm…” Ryoko gasped in time with my movements, and her eyes, surrounded by long eyelashes, seemed to have lost their focus.

“Get off me!” At that same time, a sound like a crack rang out as Ryoko’s hand suddenly pivoted up and flew up to my cheek before I could even think about it. This one was simply completely incomparable to the one from earlier, a quicker, stronger, even-handed blow.

“You the–” The hand then flipped in the air and swung at my other cheek.

“Super pervert!” Ryoko made a blow with all her strength that hit me right in the eye.

“Oooh…” Although I managed not to cry out in pain, my tears still fell, and it took me a while to feel better.

“So, what is it that you, the great detective of the Saijo Detective Agency, are doing in this hospital?”

“This has nothing to do with you.” Ryoko said coldly.

“I can probably guess without you telling me that there’s something about Dr. Speedwater, isn’t there?

“I looked at Ryoko with a searching eye, but the other woman kept her Parker-like face.

“–It’s the insurance, isn’t it?” I inquired more deeply. The Saijo Detective Agency was quite large among its peers, and I heard that it often received investigations from insurance companies.

“Yeah! So what?” Ryoko gave me a blank stare.

“─I think it’s probably because I’m wondering if Dr. Speedwater could have committed suicide! If a person commits suicide within a year of joining a life insurance policy, the insurance company is not responsible for paying the premium.” …But, in fact, there are many cases of suicide after one year.

“How do you even know such things?” Ryoko called out.

“I’m a famous detective!” I shrugged my shoulders and continued, “Observe, reason, and then act – there’s no one on earth who can beat me at this sort of thing.

“─I’m being modest, it’s just on Earth!

“Awesome!” Ryoko huffed backwards before suddenly saying, “Well then, I guess it’s better if I stay away from you! Bye!” Then she turned around and walked away with the sound of her heels, forgetting that she had come to buy coffee.

“Huh… your face… what happened?” After opening the door to the hospital room, Kana’s surprised voice came through, probably referring to what happened to my cheeks!

“Well… a little something happened…” I replied simply.

“Peaches! How about it? Just leave it to this uncle!”

Momoko folded her arms in front of her chest: “That… Mr. Detective! I had a long talk with Kana…”

“Oh?”

“We believe that there “must” be something to Dr. Speedwell’s death!” Momoko spoke with serious eyes and an enthusiastic tone. “Momoko would like to explore this secret… but… I can’t move my feet freely…” Momoko moved her wheelchair back and forth.

“I see… you want me to replace your feet, right?” After observing Momoko’s attitude in detail, I made this conclusion.

Momoko continued in a low voice, “I know I can’t ask you… for nothing…”

“I’m not cheap to hire!” I said.

“Of course! You’re a famous detective!”

“Okay!” I nodded: “I accept!”

“Really?” Peach’s deep, lake-like eyes, now fully wide open, glowed with a bright, sparkling light.

“Grace! Really!” Seeing Momoko’s eyes like that, how could I possibly refuse?

“I’ll help too!” Kana said energetically.

Ugh──really! I sighed heavily, whether it’s Momoko or Kana, I hope they won’t be a burden to me when the time comes.

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After a long time, the swelling on my face still showed no sign of subsiding.

After I finished drinking the black tea made by Kana, I stood up and said, “Okay──now it’s time to start the first step of the search!”

“What’s it going to take?” Peach’s thin brow furrowed.

“Uh… Momoko! Where did you hear about this in the first place?” I gave this little girl the task of using her brain.

“Uh… I heard it from the nurses… they should know a lot…”

“I’ve heard a lot from Chisato!” Kana interjected.

“Eh!” I nodded. Nurses were the ones who were closest to the doctors, not just the patients, and should be quite knowledgeable about the private lives of the doctors who were part of the same staff.

“The nurses belonging to the surgical department are Iri-chan, Miho, and Chisato…”

“And the head nurse too!” Kana pointed out my oversight.

“The head nurse?–I can’t deal with this woman!”

“Hey! So there are women like that for ojusshi too!” A sarcastic smile surfaced on Kana’s face.

“Ah! Mr. Haibara!” At the front of the elevator, I ran into a small and delicate nurse──Chisato.

“It’s so nice to run into you! I have just the thing to ask for advice!” I said.

“──What is it?” Chisato’s body movements looked a little stiff, probably flash hit by the shock of Dr. Speedwater’s death!

“Hmm…” I rubbed my nose while looking at Chisato’s ample breasts. “This wave is still as big as ever.”

“What?”

“Ah! No! I mean what happened to the hospital…”

“About Dr. Speedwell?” Chisato’s face darkened: “Yes! Not only did it cause a commotion at the hospital, but there were bad rumors…”

“You mean…?”

“The inspector’s investigation seems to have been circling around the subject of accidents…”

“Isn’t it?”

“Uh… this…” Chisato’s tone became fuzzy.

“Can you tell me in detail the circumstances of the death of this Minister of Surgery-Speedwater?”

I opened the door and asked.

“I may not know much…”

“That doesn’t matter!” I urged.

“Dr. Speedwell stayed here last night to work on his thesis, saying it was convenient for him to consult…”

“Eh!”

“Since Dr. Speedwell is also the head of the surgical department, there is a room on the first floor next to the dean’s office that is exclusively for him…” I wondered if I could find a way to sneak in and take a look later on. “And in the room, besides a bathroom, there was also a simple bed. It’s a good place for him to rest after a long day’s work…”

“So, probably after the paper was finished, the doctor went into the bathroom to wash himself, and I think most doctors are the same in terms of cleanliness…”

“And the hair dryer that the doctor loved to use was an older model, so it often broke down… but last night it fell off its peg… and…!”

Chisato’s face looked very sad.

“And who found Dr. Sosui’s… body first?” I asked in a calm tone.

“It’s the head nurse, Rie, and Mr. Guard.”

“Oh!”

“Iri-chan was on night duty yesterday… and in the morning, when she went to call Dr. Sosui, she found the door locked, and when she called, no one answered… so she went to the head nurse and told her. Finally, the guard was called to open the door…” -So I should ask Rie!

“Where is Iri-chan now?” I inquired.

“Well… because she was on night duty, she was questioned by the police for quite a while… I wonder if she’s gone back yet?” Oh… then we need to find her as soon as possible!

After thanking Chisato, I didn’t use the elevator but went straight down the stairs and arrived at the care center in a few moments. But I didn’t see anyone at the waist-high counter of the care center… so I walked in nonchalantly. Then I opened the door to the changing room inside, and…

“Wow──────!?” Resounded like a cracked shriek.

Clad only in her panties, Iri-chan wore a shocked expression, her eyes wide open – and of course, her voice was not too loud! It looks like she’s changing and getting ready to go home…

“Don’t be so loud! It’s not like I meant to scare you!” My eyes fell on the lines of Rie’s body. What a rare gesture! Irihime’s elastic skin shines with a youthful luster, and not only that, but the lines of her shoulders, breasts, waist, hips, and even her thighs can be said to be of the highest quality.

I closed the door to the locker room and went outside the care center to wait, and it didn’t take long for a changed Iri-chan to appear in front of me. In her casual clothes, wrapped in a jacket that suits the colors of spring and an ankle-length skirt, Rie still looks quite good.

“It’s been a hard night’s work on duty until dawn! There’s something I’d like to ask for advice.” I put on a serious face.

“It’s about Dr. Sosui, isn’t it?” Her face was full of fatigue: “The police have just called me in for a long time…” She had a rather impatient look on her face, which must have been the result of the police questioning me over and over again in order to make a statement and so on.

“Was it the guard who opened the door to the room?”

“Yes!”

“What about the bathroom? Was it originally locked as well?”

“Yes! When I entered the room, I didn’t see the doctor… and I thought it was strange, but Saya… no… the head nurse said he might be in the bathroom…”

“So it is!”

“The bathroom door was also locked — one of those metal flapper locks! Mr. Guard broke in only after we called loudly from outside the door and there was no response.”

“Sure the bathroom is locked?”

“Grace! All three of us tried!”

“Oh!” I grunted. So much for assumption one.

I started again with something else: “So did you notice anything strange during the night watch? Tell me anything!”

“Strange things… uh…” Iri-chan’s eyebrows knitted together, “The police asked me that too…”

“Eh!”

“In the middle of the night, the doctor went out, and I saw him go out and come back…”

“What time was that at?”

“Two o’clock… it shouldn’t be wrong!”

“What can you do at a time like this?”

“Um… there’s a Seven-Eleven nearby…”

“Going to get a snack?”

“I think it’s more likely that he went out to relax his mood…” Maybe he ran off to read eye candy magazines! “Because he didn’t come back with anything…”

Still, it’s a good idea to ask at that Seven-Eleven!

I thought about what Chisato had just said. “I heard that there are some strange rumors about this–have you heard anything?”

“Strange rumors–?” Rie shrugged, “About that, just in case there are strange rumors – the head nurse called an emergency meeting just now!” I thought about the beauty of the head nurse, Randang Sayoko….

“Ah─You’ve really started sniffing around!” A voice suddenly appeared behind her.

I looked back, and just as I had thought, it was Ryoko Ito.

“It──I have to go first!” Rie quickly left before I could respond.

“What–haven’t you had enough?” I put my hands in front of Ryoko and grabbed them twice out of thin air.

“No kidding!” Ryoko’s expression changed, but not in anger.

“How was it? It went well, didn’t it?” I took the red box I never left without out of my breast pocket and took a cigarette out and played with it.

“I don’t have to tell you…” as much as Ryoko tried to put on a stiff tone, the expression on her face betrayed her, revealing a hint of clerical weakness.

“It doesn’t seem to be going very well…?”

“Well… I’d heard that the head nurse was the first to find the body, so I should be able to find out something, but I’ve hit a snag…” – It wasn’t easy to get anything out of the head nurse. “… “We’ve turned the matter over to the police, and we can’t provide any information from our side…” “Hmph! That’s what she said…” Ryoko mimicked the nurse’s tone, but it wasn’t quite the same, and it seemed that she lacked the observation skills necessary to be a detective.

“If you can’t even ask questions, then you’re not good enough as a detective!”

“Then please tell me, what did you ask again?” Ryoko pointed her index finger at my nose, making me really want to just bite down on it….

“Me? Not much progress so far!”

“How can that be? You’re not the one who makes women spread their legs… no! Open-mouthed celebrities!”

Ryoko looked at me with contempt, “I see you’ll be like this until you die!”

The sound of Ryoko’s high heeled shoes was heard again, and she seemed to have regained her enthusiasm for her work – Is that a good idea? Cheering up a competitor… Wait a minute! What competitor? A detective game?

LOL! After quieting my mind, I left from the counter and started looking for the next person to ask.

“Hey! Bad detective!” The voice suddenly rang out, and Miho was the only one who would call me with such a title. “This isn’t a place for students to drink tea and chat!” It seems she was watching that scene between Ryoko and me.

“Whew! Your eyes are all swollen! Did you do something good all night?” Miho’s long, thin eyes were no longer pretty due to the swelling.

“You’re such a–” Miho was about to use her famous slap again! But I reacted faster and grabbed her wrist in a flash. Why? Because I’ve been practicing a lot!

“Don’t be so rough…” I grabbed Miho’s hand tightly and began to lecture her: “A woman’s hand is not meant to be used to hit a man’s cheek…” I moved her hand between my thighs.

“Ah…!” Miho yelped softly.

“Right! Right here… come on! Be gentle…” I coaxed Miho’s hand over the fabric and touched me between my thighs, where my beloved “pistol” was now huge, hot and hard. “How’s that? It’s great, isn’t it?”

“Ah… this… no… it’s so big… Miho’s hand moved spontaneously, giving my erection a subtle tingle, and then her fingers slowly descended towards the root… Miho’s hand explored my “ball sack” and gently wrapped it in her palm.

“Oh–!” My voice leaked out.

Suddenly–Miho’s eyes shot out a strange light, and she said in a relaxed tone, “If I use a little bit of force here, what will happen then?”

“This, get off me!” My voice was urgent.

“Men like you are better off being depowered, it’s better for everyone in the world!”

“Woo…”

“I’m telling you! I’m in a bad mood today!”

“Ah! Found it! Mr. Haibara!” The tension, which was as stiff as steel wires, was instantly dissolved──It was really a person who was grateful for a thousand miles!

Miho quickly removed her hand from between my thighs and went inside the counter as if nothing had happened.

“Grace! What’s wrong?” I asked Chisato while catching my breath. The look in Miho’s eyes just now was serious, so maybe she’ll actually pinch it down.

“I’ve been looking for you for a long time! The head nurse said she had something to talk to you about…”

“I know! Where is it there?”

“I’ll lead the way!” The tiny nurse said briskly.

“Chisato! Be careful…” said Miho, who was working on the inside of the counter, “Don’t help this guy get knocked up!” What? That’s so rude!

“Don’t worry!” Chisato returned a smile–an angelic smile.

“I won’t even give him my hand to touch, so it’s okay!”

Hey! Hey! This is too much!

Through the counter, I could see Miho looking back and forth at the hand that had touched my groin, as if it had been infected with some deadly bacteria…

Forget it! Forget it! I shrugged my shoulders and urged Chisato: “Let’s go!”

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The head nurse’s room in the surgical wing was within a corridor on the first floor that not many people entered or left.

Chisato, who was leading the way, turned around when he came to the door of the room: “I… I have some work to do, so I’ll be going now!”

“Eh!” I nodded.

“That…” said Chisato as if he had something to say.

“What’s wrong?”

“Take care of yourself!” After saying that, Chisato quickly left without looking back. What do you want me to be careful of?

I watched Chisato leave before knocking on the door, but I had already entered it when the other party didn’t respond! When I entered, I saw the head nurse carefully applying her makeup in front of the mirror, giving me the illusion that I had mistakenly entered the dressing room behind the gorgeous stage there.

“Sorry! I’m sorry!” I said to the head nurse who was half turned on me.

“Never mind! You’ve already knocked.” Uh-huh! Looks like my “surprise attack” tactic.

Seemingly not achieving any of the effects I wanted, the head nurse─Randang Sayoko had quickly resumed her beautiful mask.

“What did you want to see me about?” I said as I opened the door.

A mysterious smile appeared on Sayaka’s face : “Aren’t you going to close the door?”

All right! Let’s see what you’re up to. I’ll close the door with my hand.

After putting her cosmetics away, Sayako took out a silver shoulder case from her purse, opened the lid and took a thin cigarette out, holding it in her vermilion lips before looking over to my side.

I didn’t move a muscle, and the other person didn’t seem to have any intention of lighting a cigarette on her own, so the two of us, Sayako and I, stood in a stalemate for a while. In the end, Sayako shrugged her shoulders before taking out her female lighter. Of course, it was also a silver product.

I then took a cigarette out of the red box I’ve carried around for years and lit it with my favorite Zippo.

We smoked in silence for a while, and the surrounding area became a sea of fog. Finally, the lonely Sayoko finally opened her mouth: “May I ask what you are thinking about, sir?”

“What do you want from me?”

“You’ve heard a lot from the nurse lady, haven’t you?”

“As if.”

“It’s about Dr. Speedwell… right?”

“I guess that was more than a mere accident, wasn’t it?”

“But the police people said it was an accident!”

“Uh-huh! That’s a better way to put it!”

“Dr. Speedwater died in a locked room yeah!”

“There are many cases like murder in a secret room in detective ¡°speculative fiction¡±.” I don’t know when I came to be influenced by Momoko to call them “detective novels”!

“Let me get this straight, Mr. Haibara–” Sayoko stood up and walked around the table, “I’m rather unhappy about your investigation.” Finally, she came to my eyes, making my whole body stiffen with alarm.

And then Sayako took the cigarette, which had almost reached its end, from my fingers and twisted it out in the ashtray. When she bent over, I could almost see her panties. However, after a while, I realized the fact that it was impossible to “see” her panties.

Sayoko came close to my eyes again: “──Ito-san, I can understand her investigating this matter because she received a commission from an insurance company, but you──Kaihara-san, what kind of commission did you receive from someone?”

“Keeping a client’s secret is the rule of being a detective!”

Sayoko suddenly giggled, “That’s right! Mr. Haibara! Can I ask you something…?” As Sayoko’s lips drew closer to my ear, a low voice rang out, and a nectar-like fragrance wafted out, a warm, moist, tropical floral scent… the scent of orchids, I think… I swallowed hard.

“This is a very simple matter… and I’m going to need more help from you…” Sayako lifted my hand.

“Hmm…” Sayaka continued to guide… Is it the aroma? This sweet fragrance has bewitched my entire head, losing my normal judgment… It’s really a strong compulsion…

Sayako brought my hand under her skirt.

“──!” I held my breath, so it turned out that Sayako was wearing nothing under her skirt, and my fingers touched the hard hairs and the wet mucous membrane….

I looked into Sayako’s face, the woman’s eyes already as moist as she was down there, radiating enough heat to kill without being able to focus again.

“Again… again… yes! Rubbing back and forth… great…!” Sayako’s forehead began to sweat, and her sweet exhalations blew into my face… and my heart felt like a bell that kept striking…

“¿… what is this ‘please’ you speak of?” I tried my best to keep my voice from becoming too disorganized, but the truth was that it was becoming very difficult for me to even breathe.

“Not yet…” Sayako placed her index finger on top of her flaming red lips and then pressed it to my lips, and since her finger was already leaking red, I think my lips were as well.

“No… I can’t tell you yet…” Sayako pressed her body against mine, letting her ample breasts rub against my upper arms.

“Mmm…” My eyes were glued to the two sharp points on her round breasts – so this woman wasn’t wearing a bra either?

Feeling my gaze, Sayako looked at me with an even more lascivious expression and said, “Yes..! Yes… I’m not wearing anything…” Then she moved her hand, which had been guiding me, upwards, and undid the buttons one by one with her fingertips, which were coated with bright red kotan….

Sayoko’s voluptuous “peaks” were trembling slightly, with considerable force, while the “peaks” as small as the tip of a pinky finger were as solid as cherries on a cake.

“If you like… please enlighten me…” the devilish murmur rang in my ears, and the breath blowing over the tips of my ears… made my heart itch! The sound of my heart pounding – once again, my fingers betrayed my rationality and traveled back and forth in Sayako’s secret garden. In addition to the rising temperature, there were also spasms, and the nectar that continued to flow slowly down her thighs…

“Mmm… I’ll do it too…” Sayako put her hand between my thighs and slid the zipper down with her fingers, gently, but with a little anxiety. And so my soon-to-be-raised area was freed to breathe fresh air.

“Wow!” Sayako’s eyebrows rose, “You’ve got something so big and magnificent!” Then a lewd smile appeared… the smile of a witch filled with joy…! A shiver ran down my back!

“Hoo-hoo! I’m going to start enjoying it…” Sayako said as she unbuckled my belt and pulled down my pants, leaving the barrel of my gun open to the sky… and then my gun was enveloped by Sayako’s red lips The red lips of Sayoko’s lips were wrapped around it, and the wet, warm sensation slowly and gently moved up and down, capturing my body completely… After Sayoko had tried every inch of my “manhood” with her viper-like tongue in the form of a lollipop, the pressure in my body was like a volcano on the verge of eruption… and the pressure was gradually rising…

“Coo…” I couldn’t stand the pressure any longer, and since I didn’t want to, a sweet sensation flowed through my whole body and finally reached my waist…

Ah! Before the white liquid was about to leave my body, Momoko’s lonely face… suddenly appeared in my mind..!

I cupped Sayako’s face in my hands and saw that she was looking at me with an incredulous expression, while I simply said, “What exactly is the thing you said you were going to ask for a favor?”

“Ah…” Sayako returned to her bewitching smile, “Actually… I was just hoping that you would stop investigating Dr. Sosui…”

“Why?”

“Do you promise to stop?”

“Of course! ─No!” I replied categorically.

Sayako sighed and stood up: “So… it’s not negotiable…”

What a pity! I thought to myself, but I also had to watch as my full breasts were hidden in my clothes.

“It can’t be helped…” As if reading my mind, Sayako said quietly, “You could have had all of me…!”

“So, you’re still going to continue investigating Ro?” Sayaka asked seriously.

Right–Why did I start investigating? And why did I force myself to continue investigating like this?

But now, I’ve learned one thing–that Sayaka will use herself as bait–so there must be a big secret to this.

“Right! I think you should be more concerned about yourself! Since you’re willing to give up your body in exchange for stopping the investigation, I’m sure you must have something to do with the death of that guy, Speedwell!” After I said that, Sayako reacted in a way I didn’t expect – by suddenly laughing loudly….

“I’m sorry… but what you’re saying is a bit too funny…” The woman actually laughed so hard that she had to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

“Mr. Haibara, don’t misunderstand! I repeat: I really had nothing to do with Dr. Speedwell’s death!”

I frowned.

“You still doubt me?”

“No… this kind of thing will come out anyway…” I scratched my hair──in short, I will definitely catch the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Sayako was still looking at me with her wet, lustful eyes: “Even though it’s turned out like this today,… I’m going to have a great time with that amazing thing of yours that day!”

“Oh! I’ll think about it.” It was a polite remark, of course, and no matter how pleasurable that would be, I was anything but interested in having sex with a viper.

“Then–we’ll see you next time!”

“Phew–” I laughed bitterly as I leaned against the wall to catch my breath, sure that I must be looking quite a mess right now– anyway, I’d asked all the nurses involved by now, and except for this contact with the head nurse, which was unexpected, it had gone generally well.

Well – it was time to go back to the brain room and review the information I’d gotten! So I took the elevator to the fifth floor.

After opening the door, the voices of the two girls came, as if they had been waiting for a long time: “What’s wrong? You look tired!” It was Momoko’s voice. “Ah..! Ajusshi! You have lipstick on your mouth!” Kana then noticed something else.

“Oh… what have you done again?” Kana was sarcastic.

“Forget it! It’s hard to say…” I sat down on a chair next to Peach.

“Do you now know what was born?” Peach asked anxiously.

“Um…” I told it all, centering on my session with Iri-chan, the first discoverer of the body, but of course, omitting the matter of Sayako.

“So… the bathroom door can’t be opened by three people?”

“It seems so…”

“Hm…” Momoko pressed her index finger against her lower lip in thought.

“What’s up? What the hell were you guys thinking?” Kana interjected. The girl didn’t have a detective’s mind like Momoko.

“It’s a little different from what I originally thought…” It seems that what Momoko originally thought was probably similar to what I thought.

“What does the original thought refer to?” Kana asked with her eyes wide open.

“It’s about whether or not that’s really a secret room…”

“Isn’t that true?” Kana still seemed to be clueless.

“Didn’t the Minister of Surgery for Quick Water die inside the locked bathroom…” I began to explain.

“Yes!”

“So that lock is really locked–have you ever thought about that?”

“Huh…”

“That is to say – it’s not actually locked, it’s just closed…” I kindly explained.

“Is this… will…?”

“However, this hypothesis is no longer valid… because Rie said that three or two people had tried the door, and if it hadn’t been locked, it would have been discovered by the others immediately…”

“Awesome! Ajussi really is a professional detective!” Kana shouted with emotion.

“–It’s a famous detective!” I revised.

“But those three could be colluding, too!” Momo said.

“Possibly… but, if we say possibly, then any hypothesis is valid!”

I point this out.

“Peaches! Have you ever heard the story of an oil lamp that burned for centuries?” The incident suddenly occurred to me.

“Um… what was that?” The young girl shook her head.

“This is what happened when a scholar opened a tomb that hadn’t been opened for hundreds of years… It says that there was a burning oil lamp in the closed tomb, and that it was only when the tomb was opened that the oil lamp was destroyed… and its construction became an eternal mystery…”

“Huh──is there really such an oil lamp that can burn for hundreds of years?” Kana shouted incredulously.

“So! There are also those who say that in ancient times civilization was more advanced than today, and that it was possible to create this kind of oil lamp…” I said seriously.

“Hoo-hoo…” Momoko smiled lightly, “Mr. Detective! You can’t lie!

“Oh?” I looked over at Peach.

“The facts are obvious! The mere fact that graves have been opened that have not been opened for several years and that there were burning oil lamps cannot prove that the oil lamps really burned for hundreds of years!

”

“Huh? Why?” Kana was still unsure.

So I started to explain for Kana’s benefit: “As Momoko said, if you say you saw an oil lamp lit when you opened the tomb, it was assumed that it was lit at the time of the burial, and it burned for hundreds of years until it was broken when you opened the tomb…”

“Yes?”

“A detective’s job is to believe only in what you see with your own eyes. Of course… it’s also important to consider different possibilities – for example, in the case of the oil lamp, it’s impossible not to wonder if the three first discoverers of the body had conspired to make the assumption of a closed room situation.” I quickly concluded the lecture on teaching the beginner’s level of detectives.

“So… Detective-san believes what Iri-chan said!” Momoko inquired.

“It’s not so much a matter of believing or not believing, but of accepting the most reasonable hypothesis first–that’s where the reasoning starts.”

“Hmm…” nodded Momoko.

“What’s more noteworthy is the fact that the Minister of Surgery went out in the middle of the night…”

“And where would he go?” Kana asked.

“Iri-chan said it might be to Seven-Eleven!”

“Then, it’s up to me to investigate there!” Kanae said excitedly.

“May I?” I said in a teasing tone.

“Don’t worry! Just leave it to me─” the ponytailed girl assured with a pat on her chest.

All right! I took out my pocket watch to check the time.

“Turtle! Visiting hours are running out, let’s go!”

“Don’t call me Turtle! Kana-chan!”

After the door closed, Momoko and I were the only ones left in the chamber for the time being.

“Then I’ll come back tomorrow afternoon!”

“Eh! See you tomorrow!”

I walked out of the hospital room quietly.

I still park my car next to the red BMW in the staff parking lot, which has recently become my exclusive parking space.

After putting on my helmet and leather gloves, I started the engine of my car… Suddenly, I felt a chill running down my back… Was someone looking at me with cold, malicious eyes?

It’s Sayoko.

After realizing that I was also looking at her, Sayako quickly disappeared from the window. I sent a cold shiver down my spine, then quickly jumped into the car and left.

My office was originally a warehouse, so I have a lot of space and not a lot of furniture, so it’s quite a sight to see.

The first thing you do when you walk in the door is listen to the answering machine. No matter how little furniture is available, you can’t afford to save a dime on furniture.

However, as usual, there was not a single commissioned job, but five calls from the landlord demanding rent….

After changing my clothes, I took out the Irish whiskey under the table, sat down in the chair that had been with me for years and drank it down in one gulp. I lit a cigarette and turned on the radio, listening to a jazz piano tune before opening the newspaper and reading it.

Dr. Speedwell’s death was not reported in the newspaper, but only a brief description of his contributions to the medical profession, the presumption that he died of electrocution while taking a bath, and so on, and the date of the vigil and funeral. As for the photo of Dr. Speedwell, he looked very handsome, and this was the first time I had seen his face.

I reflected again on today’s events: Dr. Speedwell’s body was found in a closed bathroom…, Dr. Speedwell had gone out before his death…, and the head nurse, Sayoko, had tried to entice me to stop the investigation… etc… This must be the crux of the matter – after thinking about it, the sensations in Sayoko’s mouth, breasts, and secret parts awakened again…

I dove under the covers and fell into a deep sleep… after fully relieving myself with my hands.

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In the early afternoon of the following day, a number of job offers appeared on the phone, and I turned them down one by one on the grounds that I had work in hand that I couldn’t let go of!

What the hell! A sixteen-year-old girl’s detective game has turned into a “job you can’t let go of”!

After eating and changing out of my wrinkled shirt, I once again made my way to Nonomura Hospital and parked my favorite car in its usual spot.

Before I get to Momoko’s room, I’m going to go to the care center on the second floor, hoping to meet up with Rie, who first discovered Dr. Speedwater’s death, and get some more information.

Yesterday, Iri-chan said, “Didn’t the police say it was an accident?” But did Iri-chan know anything else about Dr. Speedwell’s death? For example, was the bathroom really a secret room? And is it possible that someone had a motive to kill the Chief of Surgery?

While ascending the stairs, I saw Miho, who was crouching in front of a crying child, probably comforting him!

Since I was standing at a lower position, I could see the white panties hidden in Miho’s thighs – what a good position! As I climbed the stairs, I looked at Miho’s panties – Ah! No… Miho’s face.

“That’s enough! How can a boy keep crying just because of a small fall?…” I couldn’t believe it! I can’t believe that the usually spirited Bobcat had such gentle eyes and motherly tone…

“I can’t do anything about you… come on! Good boy… If you’re going to become an adult, you’ll be subjected to many more difficult things! If you can’t put up with even a small thing like this, then you’ve lost… you know?”

As if in understanding, the little boy gradually stopped crying and gently wiped his tears with the cuffs of his also blue and white pajamas.

“Grace! Good boy! Sis likes you!” Miho stroked the little boy’s head, like a father praising a child.

“You just have a little scrape on your knee, can you go to the doctor’s uncle by yourself?” Miho asked the little boy.

“Uh… uh… uh!” The little boy said with a nod.

“See you then!” Miho got up and watched the little boy disappear at the end of the corridor. ─Being a nurse isn’t that easy either. While I was thinking that, Miho noticed my presence, and the fierce bobcat look reappeared in front of me, with her reddish-blonde front hair flying: “You…”

“Hmm… Miho is good with children!”

“It’s okay! It’s just what would have been called a pediatric ward doppelganger before!”

“Will you be as gentle with my son?” I thought to myself, “It must be nice to have Miho gently caressing my head.”

“Huh? Do you have a son?”

“No–I’m still celibate.”

“Ah… I’m sorry about yesterday…” Miho’s conversation suddenly changed.

“Huh?”

“I don’t know how I could have done that, even if it was you, but it was too much to crush your balls…”

“Don’t take it to heart!” I was very surprised at the softening of Miho’s attitude.

“I’m probably too tired – things have been happening all around me lately…” Miho sighed heavily, an air of weakness hanging over her face, not at all like her usual strong personality, making people feel the urge to protect her.

“─Is it about Dr. Speedwell?”

“That’s one of them…” said Miho, her expression suddenly darkening.

“So… there are other lo?”

“Well… recently there have been bad rumors about the place where I work…” Miho’s brows tightened and her cat-like eyes reappeared. “At the hospital… medicine often goes missing…”

“Medicine?”

“Well… it’s like morphine, anesthesia, and mind-control drugs for terminally ill patients…”

“Is it a private sale of drugs?”

“Well… there should have been quite a few people in the hospital who noticed this… but everyone kept their mouths shut…” Miho’s head shook gently.

“Then why did you tell me?” I inquired.

“I think if it was you… I could probably do something about it…” said Miho, looking at me with her long eyes. “Ah! No… actually, it doesn’t matter if you don’t do anything… maybe I feel more comfortable talking to you!”

“Uh…”

“I didn’t tell the police about this, nor did I tell that female detective…”

“Yes…”

“Who are you looking for?” Miho asked.

“Uh… I’m looking for Rihye…”

“Iri-chan? …she seems to have been called to the head nurse’s room just now…”

“Fine, I’ll just go by myself then!” I turned toward the stairs on the first floor.

The head nurse – the head nurse again!

In that case, it seems that Iri-chan is always with the head nurse… Could it be… I smiled bitterly and shook my head at the thought that had occurred to me. However, I was right about that thought!

I walked towards a corner of the first floor where Sayako’s room was located. I stood in front of the door and was about to knock when I realized that the door was open a crack, and at the same time──a sweet sound like a cat’s purr in spring came from inside the room. Could it be–..!

Thinking of the whimsical thought I had just had, my whole body began to tense up, and without making a sound I looked in through the doorway…

Oh, my God! It’s true..! I was right – Sayoko’s room has now been transformed into a garden of lilies… In Sayoko’s room, there was a luxurious leather bench on which there were currently two naked women, one of whom was Sayoko – and the other was Rie!

It turns out that Sayako and Rie, the two of them, are really… I swallowed a mouthful of saliva down my throat, focusing once again on the extremely sensual light in front of me and the smell of female bodies wafting from the room. And before I knew it, the front of my pants were already taut and pressed by my swollen organ in a state of complete arousal.

… Koyoko moved over Rie’s naked body, the thin fingers of her left hand, like demonic spiders, wriggling on top of Rie’s breasts.

Inside the room, Rihye’s excited sniffles came out: “Uh… Ah… Uh… Sister…”!

“Whoa! Sister──! I swallowed another mouthful of water.

“Hoo, hoo! There’s really nothing I can do about you!” Sayaka’s honey-like voice appeared again. “It’s already so wet ah!” While saying that, she pulled her right hand out from between Iri-chan’s legs, and her index, middle and ring fingers were all wet, with transparent silk threads tugging at the center.

Sayako brought the apex of her index finger close to her lips, followed by the sound of sucking. “It’s so delicious… your… flower dew… is wonderful…!” With moist eyes, she looked at Rie: “Come on! You too!” He then brought his middle finger, which was still glistening, close to Rihye’s lips.

“Mmm…!” Riei sucked on Sayaka’s middle finger, making a zippy sound. “Mmm… really good!”

“Come on! Now I want to taste this side!” Sayaka buried her face between Iri-chan’s strands and made a whirring sound like a cat licking milk.

“Ah… so good… more…!” Rie threw her head back, and it was clear from between her shoulders that she was in a state of sometimes pleasure, sometimes with a bit of anguish. Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, visible from a distance.

“Great! … great! … I’m alive… Iee-hyun feels it!” Iri-chan seemed a bit incoherent. “So scary! So scary!”

“What are you afraid of?” Sayaka asked in a calm tone of voice as she left Irihime’s mysterious garden.

“Um… I’m afraid of… dying!” Rie spoke brokenly, “I don’t want to die… simply… like… Dr. Speedwell… I want to live!”

“Good! Very good!” Sayaka spoke in a softer voice: “As long as one is human, no matter what, one will always die in the end… it’s an unavoidable sorrow…” Sayaka circled the tip of Rie’s breasts with her index finger. “However! It is because of this that while living, one must be fully happy, and one must not miss out on what pleases one…!”

“Got it?” Sayaka inquired in a gentle voice, while Rie had long since burst into tears at some point.

“I know! Sister…!”

“Good! Then stop crying! Good girl…” Sayaka wiped the tears from Rie’s cheeks with the tip of her tongue. “That’s why we just have to do happy things now, things that will give us pleasure… that’s the most important thing for us who are alive…”

“Yes… Sister…!”

“Good! What else do you want now?” Sayako licked her fingers wet, while her eyes glittered like nocturnal animals as she looked over Rie’s body… Oh… Oh… It was getting harder and harder to bear! My manhood had begun to move up and down in spasms.

Knock, knock–without noticing, the front of my pants actually started knocking on the door panel!

“—!” In an instant, the air in the room froze! My body too, not just a part of my body, but my whole body.

“Did you hear anything? Sis!” Rie murmured: while I tried not to make any more noise, like a stone Buddha.

After waiting for some time without hearing any more noise, Sayako said, “Hoo-hoo! It’s probably a cat…” “Is there a cat in the hospital? Never mind! As long as I didn’t get caught.

“Oops! Look at you here! How like a cute black cat!” Sayaka put her hand out and played with the tiny black cat perched just below Irihime’s bellybutton.

“Ah…” Irihime made a sound of pleasure.

“My tongue is coming to roost!” Sayaka’s warm voice said. The chirping sound then came from between Irihime’s legs.

“Uh… Now for Sister’s…”

“What? What did you say about me?” Sayaka asked gently.

“I want… I want to play with… my sister’s… little black cat…!”

“Oh! What a way to take you!” Sayaka got up, while Iri-chan’s face seemed to be still in a state of pleasure. After turning around, Sayaka’s front was facing the direction of Iri-chan’s feet, and then, just like that, she sat down on her butt… So Iri-chan hid her face hole behind Sayaka’s buttocks, letting lewd sounds continue to emanate from the depths of Sayaka’s body.

“MMM… MMM… MMM…” said Rihye as her jaws kept moving.

“Right! Very good… just like I taught you… with your tongue…” Sayako’s waist swung back like a stone mortar, while at the same time wrapping those long, thin fingers around her twin mounds and rubbing them.

“Oh… oh… oh…” The sound came from the crimson lips, the long tongue licking around the area, the saliva sliding down the jaw… but…

I, however, found that expression very false, as if it had been calculated long ago.

Sayaka leaned her upper body forward so that her face came between Rie’s feet….

I decided to give up questioning Iri-chan and did my best to leave through the doorway without making any noise.

… “Yes… that’s it! … like what I taught you…” Koyoko did say that…

Ahh! Wait a minute.

What does this relationship between Sayoko and Rie mean?… Both of them were the first to discover the death of Mr. Sosui, and both of them had a “romantic” interest… Could it be that one of them killed Sosui, and the other perjured herself at the scene in order to hide it?

In theory, the scene was in a locked bathroom from the inside, so it wasn’t a homicide, but if… hmm! I bit my lower lip and began to think about the possibility of collusion between these two men.

That’s right! Wasn’t there a guard found at the same time?

I suddenly thought of what happened in Sayoko’s room yesterday – Sayoko wanted me to stop the investigation in exchange for her orchid-like body… So, did the security guards accept such an offer?

“Hi! Uncle! It’s great to run into you here!” Kana suddenly appeared.

“Why?”

“I’ve been to the convenience store to investigate!”

“Thank you!” I nodded: “So… did Speedwell really go there that night?”

“Uh-huh…” Kana tossed her head vigorously, her ponytail bobbing at the back, “I asked the clerk, and he said that Dr. Sosui hadn’t been there on that day… Ahh! That big brother is so handsome!” Kana sighed.

“Don’t you have a boyfriend?”

“That’s true…” Kana’s face reddened. …but, according to Kana, it wasn’t to go shopping that night when Quick Shui went out! Then what was it for?

“Ah! There’s one more thing! I’ll whisper it to you!” The young girl with the ponytail said triumphantly.

“Oh! What is it?” I figured that since it was Kana who asked, it probably wouldn’t be a big deal.

“That… Yesterday, when I went to ask the older brother at the convenience store, I ran into Ms. Chisato…” Kana lowered her voice and leaned in close to my ear, the scent of a young girl constantly entering my nostrils. “She said: “Uncle and Ms. Miho seem to be dating…”

“Me and Miho? No kidding!”

“Huh! But… Ajussi and Miho are always together… And Chisato-san said that when she was taking you to the head nurse’s room yesterday, she saw Miho-san rushing away from you…”

“Oops! That’s a big misunderstanding!” I said scratching my head.

“Anyway, that’s what Ms. Chisato thinks! … well… that’s why I have to tell you…” Kana’s voice was a bit anxious: “That… it seems that Dr. Speedwell used to live with Miho!”

“Wamiho?” My brows furrowed, “But wait–doesn’t that Speedwell have a wife?” I remembered the obituary of Speedwell in yesterday’s evening paper, and it did say that the bereaved was his wife!

“Yeah! So it’s an incestuous affair!” Kana’s face straightened up: “It’s just so handsome!”

“Yo! So you’re a kid who’s looking forward to an immoral relationship!” While laughing, I began to analyze the current information: Miho’s relationship with Sosui, their immoral relationship…!

Whether it was the relationship between Sosui and Miho, or between Sayoko and Rie, as long as the investigation went on, all sorts of relationships kept surfacing… Maybe it was Momoko, the secret pawn of mine, who was able to clear up these relationships in the end!

Whew… I thought of Miho’s face… and her body again. Originally, I was attracted to women with big breasts, and no one could shake my beliefs. Therefore, I wouldn’t have liked Miho with her small breasts… But..! Now I’m having strange thoughts….

Anyway, since Speedwell and Miho had this relationship, there may be a new situation unfolding regarding Speedwell’s death–that is to say, Kana actually found a remarkable clue, and I’m starting to have a Sherlock Holmes mentality. And I’m starting to get a Sherlock Holmes mentality.

“Ah! Ajusshi! It’s Chisato-sama!” Kana tugged on the sleeve of me who was in deep thought.

“Eh?” Just as the young girl said──the nurse, who was small but had a pair of large breasts, was walking towards us with her rounds in her hand.

“Oops! Kana! Are you playing detective with Mr. Haibara this time?” Chisato’s voice came through.

“Well… it’s more fun than the doctor game, isn’t it?” Before I could finish my sentence, Kana made a face at me.

“You’re saying that again…” said Chisato with a bitter smile, “Kana! It’s all right! Mr. Haibara only talks to you and Momoko!”

“Did I make a move on you?” I asked, not wanting to keep up the impression that I was “dangerous”.

“Ah! I’m going to Momoko’s!” Kana said suddenly. And then, she came close to my ear and said, “The light bulb is going down!”

“I heard from Kana… Kaihara-san was investigating Dr. Speedwell’s death… after receiving a commission from Momoko…” ── Kana, the big mouth!

“Recently, I think Momoko has become much more cheerful! In the past, she was always quiet and didn’t answer our questions… the only person who used to come to visit was Kana…” Chisato looked at me with big eyes: “But since Mr. Haibara came to see her, she’s been a different person, and even Dr. Sosui was shocked when she took the initiative to ask us how to get well soon! ” Oh! The dead man’s name came up again!

“I think… Momoko’s change is all because of Mr. Haibara…”

“Why do you think that?”

“Because Mr. Haibara did what we at Nonomura Hospital couldn’t – and that was to open Momoko’s heart…”

“Alas… detectives and doctors are quite similar, so it’s only natural that a good detective would be able to do the same thing as a good doctor…”

“Huh?” Chisato rounded her eyes wide open.

“Both detectives and doctors exist for the sake of their clients. Just as doctors face difficult illnesses, detectives face difficult events. That’s why both detectives and doctors need to have a cool head and excellent skills… How’s that? Isn’t it similar?”

“Really yeah!”

“Mr. Haibara… that… I…”

“Eh?” I realized that Chisato was staring at me, so I looked back, and a warmth that was invisible to the eye seemed to flow between us.

Chisato’s mouth was open, as if she wanted to say something… At that moment, I passed over her shoulder and saw a woman coming around the corner of the corridor – it was the head nurse, Sayoko, who was dressed in mourning attire. Her white skin matched her black attire, and with her long wavy hair tied back and her make-up, she had the kind of beauty that attracted attention and made the air around her stand out from the crowd. That kind of elegance, as if the her I just saw on the bench with Iri-chan didn’t exist at all.

Seeing that my eyes had wandered away, Chisato said, “Ah, the head nurse seems to be going to Dr. Sosui’s wake… The head nurse seems to be going to Dr. Sosui’s wake…” Chisato looked back at me: “She’s the representative of our nurses…”

I continued to follow Sayoko through the window near the vending machine, and – surprise, surprise – Sayoko’s car was a red BMW, the same one that I had parked next to my car… and in a few moments, the distinctive car left the parking lot.

“Uh… that’s a nice car!” I said offhandedly, “The head nurse is quite rich, isn’t she?” I looked over at Chisato, but the petite nurse seemed to be avoiding my gaze.

“What’s wrong?”

“No…” Chisato bit her lower lip, then raised her head to look at me: “That… maybe it’s a bit strange to ask… but… did anything happen yesterday… yesterday in the head nurse’s room?”

“¡¡!” I was speechless for a moment. Could I tell what really happened?

“Uh… don’t want to talk about it, do you?” For a moment, Chisato’s face took on an expression of impending weeping and collapse.

“Just asking something about the investigation.” I replied with a grimace.

“Is… is that so!” Chisato regained his composure.

“Right! I have something else to ask for!”

“Huh?” Chisato looked up at me.

“Does Sayaka have any strange interests?” I said calmly.

“Strange… interest?”

“Just now, I saw Sayako and Rie being affectionate together, as if it was that…”

“So Mr. Haibara saw it too…” Chisato played with the edge of the board with her fingers, “but I didn’t say anything…”

“This colorful detective, are you still inquiring?” I looked in the direction of the voice, and just as I thought it was──a female detective… Ito Ryouko.

“It’s okay!” I replied leisurely.

Ryoko glared at me, “It’s no fun to ask for information, those cops just stare at my body, and my bosses think I’m not doing a good job and don’t tell me anything: I don’t want to be a detective anymore!”

“Doing things you don’t want to do is very bad for your health. Since you don’t want to do it anymore, you should quit your job, but…” I paused for a moment: “Think about it, when you made up your mind to become a detective – you must have felt that your whole body was glowing with talent, right? Inquiring, following, photographing… probing into people’s privacy may not have been a very honorable thing to do, but when you did it, you must have believed that you would be able to help someone…” I used my rare eloquent skills.

“Â Â Â What does that mean?” Ryoko was still confused.

“Don’t try to run away at the first sign of trouble… even a genius like me can fail… I don’t think it’s a problem for you to quit your job as a detective, is it? So it’s all up to you to decide…”

Ryouko thought quietly for a moment and then looked straight at me, “I don’t like to admit defeat either, so I’m going to keep going, just you wait and see! I’ll show you what I’m made of, and then I’ll decide whether or not I’m going to quit…! Do you regret it?”

“I’ll see what happens!” I said, patting myself on the back.

“Mr. Haibara! You are such a gentle man…” smiled Chisato.

“Then I’m going to leave first!” After saying that, Chisato turned around and left.

“Hmm…” I shrugged and went to the front of the elevator, then went up to the fifth floor.

At the door of Room 512, I walked in without knocking, as I had done before… and in a flash…

“Ya ─────!!!” Resounded the maiden’s mournful cry like a crack….

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“That sucks! How can you barge in on a virgin while she’s changing?” Kana was so angry that ghostly horns were growing on her head!

I was going to tell her what “virgin” really meant, but thought better of it!

“Hey! Don’t be so angry! Who told you to change your clothes in a place like this?”

“But–I’ve been looking forward to wearing new panties since school, that’s why I wanted to change quickly!” A blush spread across Kana’s face. It seemed that she had a date today, so she was in a hurry to change in her friend’s hospital room….

I remembered what I had just seen of Kana: she seemed to have her back to the door, with one foot up in the air, removing her panties… Although she wasn’t quite fully developed yet – the light pubic hairy bush between her crane-like legs that she had built up on the track and field team was still very attractive, and the peach-colored petals that were hidden amongst the dense weeds…

“Uncle! You’re drooling!”

“Uh… It’s okay! It’s fine!” I quickly regained my straight face.

“Kana! It’s okay!” This time it was Momoko, who was sitting in a wheelchair: “Mr. Detective… I’ve already heard from Kana about the convenience store. So, did you get any information today, Mr. Detective?”

“Well…” The result of today’s work was to find out about the homosexual relationship between the head nurse and Ie-hye, but I didn’t know whether to tell Momoko or not: “Apart from the fact that the head nurse and Ie-hye were both the first to find out about the dead man, there is a very strong possibility that they conspired together to make the room a secret chamber… I have some evidence on this point. I have my reasons…”

“Huh! What, what! So the head nurse and Rie are strangely related to each other, huh?” Kana probed out and said.

“Grace! Yeah!” ─Mouth I really hated myself for my gung-ho reaction!

“However, there was another guard who was the first discoverer of the dead man! If this person also colluded together, that’s not…” Momoko looked to my side.

“You’re going to say then that this claim of a fake secret room doesn’t hold water, aren’t you?”

“Right! That’s it!” Peach looked at me and smiled cheerfully.

“So… let’s look at what I’ve found out about the relationship between Ms. Miho and Dr. Sosui.” Kana said excitedly, “The relationship between those two was immoral – so could it be that one of the parties wanted to end the relationship, so Ms. Miho… did she… ever think about that situation?”

“You! Must have been reading the crowded kind of women’s fiction weekly while waiting at the beauty parlor!”

I teased. “First, Miho wasn’t on night duty that day, and Speedwater still died of electrocution…”

“Yes…” Kana looked at the ceiling for a moment, “By the way… isn’t there something called ‘Gayness’?”

“Geiran sex offense?” Peaches spoke up!

“Ah! Gayan sex offense ah! What Kana knows is superior knowledge!” I quipped.

“Kana isn’t a dumb little turtle!” The young girl with the ponytail said divinely.

In the case of a so-called “probable” crime, for example, when a wife wants to kill her husband, she makes the ladder that he used to use in the house slippery, or puts a heavy weight on the shelf above his head, etc… Until one day, by chance, the husband is killed by accident. This is what we call “probability”, which means “something that might happen.”

There are a lot of examples of cover sex crimes in Edogawa Rebels’ novel “The Red Room”. Of course, Momoko must have read it.

“So you’re saying that that old type of hair dryer that someone intentionally placed above the bathtub in a position where it could easily fall off is right?”

“That’s what it means!” Kana nodded.

“Why do you think that?” I inquired Kana, “If it was a dispute over feelings that caused the murder, it would have been a more direct method! A natural crime is based on the will of a calm plan. I didn’t want to kill, but I didn’t want to dirty my own hands – so I resorted to the power of chance, it’s not like a person who is in love to do that.”

“Indeed! If it’s Miho-sama, I think she’s the kind of person who would just go straight to the blade.” Momoko said.

“But…” I said after a moment’s thought, “Maybe it’s not like Miho to do that, but what about the head nurse?”

“Why do you say that?” Peach’s entire brow furrowed.

“Actually…” I informed both of them about the incident yesterday when Sayaka called me to her room and pressurized me to discontinue the investigation. Of course, this was after omitting Sayako’s hint of a physical body as a quid pro quo. However, I also realized that both Momoko and Kana seemed to feel a little bit the same way when I told them about it.

“Why didn’t you even mention this yesterday?” Momoko looked at me angrily. “If you hadn’t told Momoko everything you knew…”

“Since it wasn’t a very pleasant conversation, I didn’t say…”

“Whether it’s unpleasant or whatever… it’s only right to tell Momoko… because Detective-san is Momoko’s…” Momoko looked at me with wide open eyes. “A partner, isn’t he?”

-Partners!

“It would cause me distress if I thought that! I’m not Peach’s partner either.” I said quietly, “I’m a lone wolf private investigator! It’s been like that since before, and I don’t think it’ll change in the future.”

Momoko stared at my face with an unbelievable look, and Kana seemed to have her mouth open out of surprise.

“Something like a partner is something that will only tie my hands! Peach is my client, not a partner, and I want you to remember that.”

“Yeah!” Momoko’s tone suddenly became so cold.

“But what Momoko remembers is entrusting Detective-san to help gather information!” Now, the young girl’s face had become a hard mask. “But it seems that Mr. Detective didn’t do it, and hid important information…”

I have nothing to say. I can’t say out loud that this is a complete misunderstanding!

“So–is this about firing me?” I said coldly.

“Maybe that’s not so bad!” Momoko’s eyes moved away from my face, the lonely side of her face adding to the pitying air.

For a split second, I clenched my fists so that my nails were embedded deep into my flesh, and then exhaled heavily, “I see──then I’ll go back today!” I said quietly.

“Ajussi…!” Kana seemed like she wanted to say something else, but I got up from my chair and walked towards the door of the hospital room.

“I’m just going back, I didn’t say I’d never see you again…” I turned to Momoko as the young girl in the wheelchair just looked at the window with the lace curtains drawn.

When I came to my senses, I was a drunken mess on a bench in a small park near my office. My tie was askew, my hat was missing, my cheeks were swollen, my mouth was broken… Was I drunk and fighting with someone? The skin of my fists still hurt… How much had I had to drink? I can’t remember. All I know is that now I have a headache…

Right! Where’s my favorite car? l guess l walked to the office, didn’t l? I guess I have some homing instincts!

Ten meters away from the office, I stopped─! Because there was a figure standing under the signboard of “Haibara Detective Agency”. In the dim light, I could tell that there was a small woman wearing a coat.

Seemingly sensing my appearance, the petite woman looked up and looked at my side, so I knew who was coming, this woman is ── Chisato.

“Mr. Haibara…” Chisato’s voice shook. It was no wonder that, even though it was the end of March, the temperature at night was still so low that goose bumps appeared on Chisato’s face.

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?” I hurried to Chisato’s side: “Are you waiting for me to come back?”

Chisato nodded. I hurriedly took the key out of my pocket and unlocked the door.

“It’s hard to talk standing up, come on in!” I did my best to speak in the gentlest voice I could muster.

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“Mr. Haibara… are you hurt?” Upon entering the office, Chisato asked about it right off the bat.

“Uh… It’s okay, it’s nothing serious! Ah! There’s no need to take off your shoes at this firm!

“I threw myself on the bench used for hospitality at the entrance.

“Got a first aid kit?” Chisato had long since taken off his jacket and rolled up his cuffs, and was eyeing me.

“Ah… I remember something like it was on that side…” I pointed to a spot from my meager memory. “It doesn’t really matter! Wounds like this can be treated with a bit of spit…”

“It won’t work! How can a nurse leave an injured person unattended?” Chisato said firmly. If Nightingale had heard that, she would have rejoiced!

“Just go to the dormitory! This will allow you to rest immediately after the treatment.” I obeyed obediently, for I had not even a remnant of strength left to resist.

“Good! Take off your shirt–you seem to be hurting quite a bit!” Chisato said gently, while I lifted my upper body to remove my shirt.

“And down there too!” So I undid the belt and removed the pants. Ah──the knee of my right foot was hurt pretty badly, and the coagulated blood stuck to the fabric, so Chisato had to use scissors to cut the pants open, while I didn’t move and left everything to Chisato.

“Ah… there’s a wound inside the mouth too!” Chisato walked out of the room and came back with a bottle of whiskey in her hand that I had hidden under the table… this woman’s eagle eye is really something!

“If you don’t sterilize it…” said Chisato and opened the bottle.

“Come! Open your mouth slightly!” Chisato took a mouthful of whisky in her mouth, and then – closing her eyes, she moved closer to my face… and then the four lips met, and Chisato’s tongue invaded my mouth – moving gently and tenderly, sterilizing the wounds inside my cheeks… not bad! There were indeed some wounds in my mouth. After gliding over all the wounds in my mouth one by one, Chisato moved the whiskey into my mouth. The warm liquid then slowly flowed deep into my throat….

“Aren’t you still underage?” If my memory is correct, Chisato should still be only nineteen.

“That’s why I didn’t drink it! It all went into Mr. Haibara’s stomach!” That’s probably it… A warm feeling was now building up in my stomach. At that moment, Chisato suddenly let out a poof of laughter…

“What’s wrong?”

“No… it’s just that I thought of what you just said about licking with saliva…”

“Mmm… ah… ah…” Chisato’s saliva should be considered the most marvelous potent medicine, right?

“Then… this side too…” said Chisato, picking my hand up and licking her thin peach-colored tongue over my abrasions.

“Umm…” An electric thrill flowed through my body, making me bounce a little.

“I’m sorry… Did I hurt you?”

“No… it feels very comfortable…” my eyes narrowed. “Chisato is really the best nurse ever!”

“Hey… I’m not that good!” Chisato’s face was red.

“Chisato…” I asked quietly, “Why are you being so nice to me?”

I couldn’t help but wonder if Chisato was also approaching me with an agenda.

It’s not another one of those who, like Sayako yesterday, is trying to seduce me in exchange for stopping the investigation, is it…?

“Ah!” Chisato’s voice suddenly grew louder: “I hate it! This place is so swollen…”

It’s not swollen! However, Chisato didn’t seem to care about that, and actually held a part of me standing with her hand.

“Oops! It’s still feverish! It shouldn’t be a fever, should it?” Chisato looked at me with those big eyes.

“Uh…” my brow furrowed. ── Let go! A sound came from deep in my throat! But I didn’t say anything. Chisato then pulled off the elephant print boxers that I was used to wearing.

I don’t even have the strength to object… If Chisato really has any intentions… Yesterday, when I met Sayaka, I was saved by the thought of Momoko’s lonely face! However, it seems that this won’t happen today!

Chisato wrapped the palm of his hand around my fully swollen manhood – nurses’ hands always seem to be a bit cold – and then slid his hand down the rigid shaft, moving it gently and softly… The sensation was so effective that my arousal reached its peak – it was almost too much to resist!

I turned passive into active, and leaned over Chisato’s body: “This time it’s time for me to do the checkup!” I whispered in a low voice in Chisato’s ear.

“Umm…” the nurse’s voice was quite pleasant.

“Are you uncomfortable?” I inquired.

“Uh… boobs… my boobs are rising…!” Chisato said brokenly.

“Boobs? That’s easy!” I unbuttoned Chisato’s corset one by one, and perhaps because the wine hadn’t fully sobered me up, my hands were actually shaking.

It wasn’t until the fourth button was undone that I was able to touch Chisato’s peaks through the bra, and after I skillfully removed the bra, Chisato’s grapefruit-like breasts were fully revealed to me! They were the size I thought they would be – no! They were even bigger than I’d imagined!

“Please… suck, suck on it… so that I can… feel better…

“I’m sorry,” Chisato murmured.

“Mmm…” I did as Chisato said and punched my face close to Chisato’s giant wave, letting my face bury itself in the valley of the two mountains and inhaling deeply, breathing in the sweet smell of sweat.

I climbed up the left side of the hill with my face hole and tabled my lips to the pale colored nipple and sucked on it nastily.

“Ah…!” Chisato screamed out and her body flopped around, and my tongue could feel the thing contained in my mouth gradually hardening.

I could clearly hear the drumming of Chisato’s heart… This girl is so cute!

Gently, slowly… I ran the tip of my tongue around the hard nipple. At the same time, I wrapped my hand around the other breast: “How is it? Does it feel good?” In order to ask this question, I also had to leave what I was holding.

“Uh… I want more…”

Oh, yeah? Great!

“Is there anything else that needs to be diagnosed together?”

Chisato lowered her head shyly: “And… and here…” I followed Chisato’s line of sight to the destination.

“How was it?” I asked gently.

“I don’t know why… it feels so strange…!”

“What about over there?” I slid my hand to what Chisato called “here”, and with my fingers, I parted the light pubic hair… Ah! There’s actually a slit! Of course it was a joke.

Only just about to start palpation, Chisato’s cleft had already begun to glow with heat and wetness, so after a single round trip of the finger probing the outside, a wet, lewd sound could already be heard!

I began to caress the tiny protrusions on the inside, shaped like pearls.

“AH… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” Chisato’s voice came out of her nostrils.

“Well… that’s a bit of a problem…” My brows knit together. It’s a deep wound… but how deep is it? There’s no way to tell just by looking at it. That’s why it’s necessary to use a special gauge – the barrel of the lance I’m holding.

The thing that penetrated the affected area was quite strong – yet, it was soft and did not hurt the affected area….

“Chisato… I’m going in! Bear with me!”

But Chisato, on the other hand– “No! Not so fast…!” She seemed to be shaking her head pitifully.

“So…” but Chisato is still cute.

I sealed Chisato’s lips with my mouth and used my tongue to fully unleash the ravages of Chisato’s mouth… Then I let my lips slide down Chisato’s jaw, throat, and all the way up to her collarbones… and then on to the voluptuous valleys, the smooth abdomen, the lovely navel… and finally the thick grass of her lower abdomen.

I buried my face between Chisato’s legs and kissed her mysterious place… hissing, hissing, hissing… I sucked on the nectar that kept flowing out of Chisato’s stamen and made it sound, because it was so good! It was like divine wine from heaven.

“AH, AH… Umm…” Chisato’s hand grabbed my hair.

Instead, I stroked Chisato’s thighs back and forth tenderly with my palms, and as if they were magnetic, the young girl’s skin sucked my palms in and wouldn’t let go.

“Umm…” gasped Chisato loudly. “I… I’m dying! My whole body is going to collapse!” After saying that, she raised both her feet up and clamped them on my shoulders.

I lifted my face from the lips below Chisato’s… Good! Now for the real thing! I moved my body upwards so that the muzzle of my gun with its two little balls touched Chisato’s lower lips. Chisato’s place was already dripping with nectar, wet and moist, waiting for me to enter.

“Mmm…” moaned Chisato in a small voice. There was a thin blush on her lovely face, her long eyelashes were battling, while her large pupils had lost focus.

I raised the barrel forward, ready to invade the mysterious realm of… Ah! No! I’m captured!

The inner wall of Chisato’s honey pot completely surrounded the body of my lance, wriggling uncontrollably… plus contracting irregularly… well… this guy is really something! I began to move my waist in order not to admit defeat.

“S… a… a… a…” Shimoori’s voice continued to rise in volume; I continued to move in a straight line, in and out.

I felt my weapon become hotter, harder, and more massive inside Chisato’s body. At the same time, I also felt Chisato’s honey pot gripping my weapon powerfully, and a burning sensation like hot syrup kept coming.

“Woohoo…” I began to moan as well. Because Chisato’s honey pot was even more constricted than it had been earlier, and although the inner walls were even smoother, they were also hotter and wetter… At some point, I had already entered a state of oblivion – I had forgotten all about the death of Sousui, the contact with Momoko, the mysterious temptation of Sayaka… All of this was forgotten, and the only thing that was clear to me was the fact that I was moving back and forth inside Chisato’s body, and back and forth, and I kept repeating the same motions over and over again.

“Ah, ah… ah…!” With each thrust, Chisato grunted, responding to my movements and biting her pinky finger – Chisato had reached the height of pleasure created by all this. However, I had not yet achieved my goal.

Uh-huh! I’m almost there! It’s coming! I was immersed in a huge wave of pleasure.

And Chisato seems to have realized–

“No way! There’ll be kids that way!” Chisato backed away from my gun.

Hello! Wait! Wait a minute! Well… I’ve released… I’ve released everything!

White, hot, and a little sticky… all the springs of life were released!

Chisato’s evasive maneuver was actually done with just the right amount of timing! My liquid was completely draped over Chisato’s belly. “Whew──!” I exhaled deeply! For the time being, we were in the aftermath of what we had just experienced.

“Mr. Haibara…” Chisato called out my name.

“Eh?” I looked at Earth’s big eyes.

“Can you listen to me?” Sure enough! It was time to come! I shrugged in my mind, it wasn’t going to be good anyway.

“Well?” I prodded and grabbed the ashtray from the nightstand before removing the red cigarette case that had followed me for years from the pocket of the shirt I had stripped on the floor, taking a cigarette from it and lighting it with my favorite Zippo, letting the smoke exhale in long puffs.

“Although I’ve already asked this once before, but… Mr. Kaihara isn’t from the same country as the head nurse, is he?” Saying that, Chisato also gazed straight into my eyes, as if she wanted to see into the depths of my soul together. I thought that anyone who worked as a detective would probably want to have such eyes!

“Well! The head nurse–that is, Sayoko–is not from the same country as me! Are you satisfied with that?” As I said that, Chisato exhaled greatly, as if from inside her body.

“Great!”

“What do you mean?” I inquired.

“Because… I’m afraid that Mr. Haibara will fall into the trap that the head nurse made by mistake…”

“You’re too rude! I’ll let a woman lose her head, though, but I won’t be set up by a woman!”

Chisato gave me a blank look: “Forget it! We’ll discuss this later. But yesterday – I think it was the day before yesterday – when Mr. Haibara was called by the head nurse, did anything happen? I’m really worried…” It seemed that this woman was really more than just Bo Dai!

“How? What’s the secret on the head nurse?”

Chisato rested her head against my chest, so all I could do was stroke her silky hair and inhale its scent as I waited for Chisato’s next words.

“Mr. Haibara! Do you know what we call the head nurse in private?” Chisato asked, looking up.

“I don’t know!”

“The Dictator of the Nursing Center… That’s what the nurses call her behind her back.”

“This is the first time I’ve heard of this…”

“That woman… will eventually destroy our hospital… just like termites, little by little, until it’s finally destroyed…”

“Calm down! What are you talking about? I simply don’t understand at all…” I patted Chisato’s back and stroked her smooth, flawless skin.

“I’m sorry… if I didn’t say anything…” At some point, Chisato had burst into tears.

“What in the world did the head nurse do?” I inquired in what sounded like my gentlest voice.

“Illegal distribution of anesthetics and sleeping pills… and tampering with medical records, etc…” Chisato spoke in a subtle, but firm tone.

“What?” I shouted at a volume I didn’t expect – I remembered that I had only heard about the illegal distribution of anesthetics at Nonomura Hospital from Miho in the morning: I didn’t realize… that the head nurse, Sayako, was behind it all…!

“So… does anyone else know about this?”

“Well… a lot of people know about it! But…” Chisato raised his face: “Everyone was threatened by the head nurse… The head nurse was very good at this kind of thing, and the council had many people whose weaknesses fell into the hands of the head nurse… The head nurse was really a ruthless person…!”

“Also… there’s one more thing…” I suddenly thought of this question: “Does the death of the Chief of Surgery… have anything to do with Sayoko?” In any case, Sayoko was the first to discover the deceased, so it’s quite possible that the connection wasn’t just..!

“On this point… I can’t say for sure…” Chisato shook his head: “However, one thing is certain! That is, of all the doctors at Nonomura Hospital, Dr. Sosui was the only one who didn’t agree with the head nurse’s idea…!”

“So! I see!” Now, things are quite clear… And Sayaka’s attempt to force me to discontinue the investigation the day before yesterday was only because she didn’t want her evil deeds to come to light…. That’s right! I remember Sayoko did say at that time, “Mr. Haibara… Don’t misunderstand! I had nothing to do with Dr. Sosui’s death!”

Sayako was also really confident at that time, and didn’t stammer at all… only, if Sayako had nothing to do with Dr. Sosui’s death..!

My mind was spinning and I was in a state of excitement… I got up from the bed and just let my manhood swing to the window, and then I opened the curtains to get some fresh air… Suddenly…

I spotted a huge monster in a corner of the frontage road where the streetlights didn’t shine–a red car parked there, red–a BMW! And it was the same model as Sayoko’s.

I looked at the BMW, and the car started right away and disappeared into the night.

“Did something happen?” Chisato asked worriedly.

I bobbed my head slowly: “Nothing! Nothing!” I went back under the sheet again.

“Also, about this Sayaka-chan thing…” I remembered the red BMW from earlier.

“If there are any new developments… be sure to let me know as soon as possible! If there is evidence of private sale of drugs as well…” As long as there is evidence that is enough to confront Sayaka, then maybe some new facts about Speedwell’s death will be captured as a result!

And Chisato replied after blinking her eyes for a moment, “I see! I hope I can be of some use to you…!”

“Very good! Good boy!” I smiled and ruffled Chisato’s hair, and then… offered a kiss of my gratitude!

１０

It was like a good dream, and when I woke up, Chisato was no longer with me!

Beside him, the place that Chisato had occupied and touched last night was now so cold that it gave one the urge to cry.

As I ate my breakfast, I thought about what I should do next──since yesterday’s conversation in the hospital room wasn’t very pleasant, Momoko and I’s partnership is over──I guess that’s true, isn’t it? After all, I’m a wolf who’s used to being alone!

Also, in addition to the issue of Speedwater’s death, a new issue has surfaced, that of the illegal sale of drugs. In this regard, I had simply listened to Miho’s words, and until Chisato provided me with the information, I had never thought that it would be the head nurse’s doing.

All right! Now go to the hospital!

Go to the hospital and clear up yesterday’s misunderstanding with Momoko… no! It’s more important to investigate Dr. Speedwell’s death and the illegal trade in drugs. With any luck, maybe Chisato had discovered some new fact by now!

When I stepped out of the office, I searched for my car as usual, but when I thought about it, I had no idea where I had left it yesterday… I had no choice! I had no choice but to walk to the nearest station.

When I arrived at Nonomura Hospital, it was time for my afternoon visit. After registering at the counter, I took the elevator to the fifth floor.

Standing at the door of Momoko’s hospital room, I hesitated for a moment──would Momoko still be angry…? I gritted my teeth and knocked on the door.

But there was no response from the room.

I opened the door and there was no one in the hospital room, not even Peach’s wheelchair.

Right! Is she working hard in the rehab room? I took three steps down to the rehabilitation room on the third floor, and saw several patients undergoing grueling rehabilitation – Momoko was one of them, holding two parallel bars with both hands, and slowly advancing step by step with her inoperable feet, with a serious expression on her cute face.

The way Momoko looked serious, my long-forgotten passion slowly rose like fire from the bottom of my heart.

“Well? She’s really trying hard, isn’t she?” A voice suddenly came from behind me, and when I turned around, I realized that Miho was standing beside me.

“The ground has been like this for as long as I’ve been here… like I wish I could get up and walk as soon as possible… Right! You’re here to visit, aren’t you?” Miho looked at Momoko with compassionate eyes before turning her attention to me. “Is it possible that… Momoko wanted to see the happy face of a man like you…”

“I don’t know about that!” I tilted my face away, not wanting anyone to see the joy inside me. That’s right..! Momoko must have been trying so hard to see my happy face… I held out a great hope before turning around and getting ready to leave the rehab room…

“Huh? What’s going on? Didn’t you come to see Momoko?” Miho’s voice suddenly raised.

“Momoko… we can still meet later! Right now I want to see Chisato the most!”

“Huh? Is it hard to believe that you did something unspeakable to Earth?” Miho catches up and glances at me with a skeptical look.

“I don’t have time for anything unspeakable! Ah! That’s right! Didn’t you mention the illegal drug trade yesterday?…” I lowered my voice: “I’m going to dig deeper now, so if you know anything new, you have to let me know!

”

“Okay! I got it!” Miho looked at me with her slender eyes as if she had something to say.

“¡®What’s wrong?”

“No… nothing…” Miho turned her face away, “If you’re looking for Chisato, I just saw her at the care center…”

“Eh!” I nodded before walking out of the rehab room and towards the care center.

As I was going down the stairs, I ran into Ryoko.

“Ah!” She looked at me with a surprised expression.

“Oh… you’re here to find out information today too, aren’t you? What an enthusiastic job!”

“And each other lo!” She stared at me with dangling eyes. “I can’t! I can’t compete with you anymore…” Ryoko’s shoulders shook and her attitude suddenly softened.

“Did something happen?” I was quite concerned about Ryoko’s attitude.

“Today… I was called by my superiors to say something about the investigation could be terminated! Because this investigation is just something of a formality, that’s why I… who has little experience, was called in…” Ryoko’s face was already on the verge of tears. “I’m just like an idiot, aren’t I? I can’t believe I even thought of being your opponent! You must be laughing in secret!”

“I do apologize for the rude things I said… but I don’t think you’re an idiot.” I said quietly, “You don’t have a lot of experience, but you’ll get it after a few more incidents! No detective starts out with a lot of experience!”

“But… it must have been because I was doing so poorly that I was ordered to abort…!”

“It’s not that I don’t understand your feelings… It seems that your firm is the type that won’t bother a competent person if they don’t have any expectation of success!” I patted Ryoko’s shoulder, “Come on! Don’t be so discouraged! Why don’t we go for a drink after work tonight?”

Ryoko pulled my hand away, “Sorry! I want to drink alone tonight!”

“Yeah?” I stroked my jaw. “Whatever, then! Bye Ro!” After saying that I walked down the stairs.

In the care center, Iri-chan was doing paperwork by herself. When she sensed my approach, she raised her head: “Ah, Mr. Haibara! Mr. Haibara! You’re just in time!” While saying that, she took a white envelope from the table next to her and gave it to me.

“This is something Chisato put on his desk…” I looked at the cover, and it said, “For Mr. Haibara,” in round, little girl-like handwriting.

“Uh…?” I opened the sticky envelope… and at the same time, I seemed to feel the same wonderful feeling that I had felt so fleetingly this morning.

I didn’t think twice about it, so I read along with the letter. It read, “Mr. Haibara.

That’s great! The evidence of the evil deeds of the head nurse, which you requested last night, has been found!

With this, I’m sure the police will be out in force. I’d like to discuss this matter with you in detail. Please come to the second surgery.

a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)

”

The head nurse──evidence of Sayoko’s evil deeds? I peeked at the expression on the face of Rie who handed me this letter. Luckily, the contents of the article can’t be seen from her position.

“Iri-chan! May I ask where the second operating room is?”

“The second operating room… is there something wrong?” Riei’s eyebrows twitched.

“Ah! No… it’s not a big deal…”

“On the fourth floor of the central building, directly across from the elevator…”

“Yeah? I know!” I nodded.

“Hey! What the hell is going on?”

“I’ll tell you later! Wait,” I said perfunctorily as I left the care center.

I drove my long feet up the stairs two steps at a time in one breath, and after a few gasps I was standing in front of the door to the second operating room.

This is it..! I pushed the door gently, and it opened without any resistance. Good – I slipped into the operating room through the opening.

The operating room was very dark, so dark that you couldn’t even see your own nose.

“Chisato…?” I called in a small voice.

“Chisato… Chisato are you there?” There was no answer.

I took a few more steps inside, trying to find the light switch, and groped for it on the wall at the entrance. Suddenly – I was hugged from behind! Two soft, warm and elastic objects were pressed against my back….

These are… women’s breasts!

Without even having time to think about it, a cloth with a sweet and sour odor was suddenly pressed against my nose…

Oh no – but it’s too late for that! I’m smelling the immediate effects of anesthesia.

My consciousness sank rapidly into a dark abyss… All I know is that my knees hit the floor at the end… and I don’t know anything after that..!

１１

Whereas the room had been dark before I lost consciousness, now it was bright, and as I opened my eyelids wide, I felt nothing but a blinding sensation.

“Uh…!” I had to close my eyes again, leaving a small gap so that I could get used to the light… huh? I seem to be sitting on something like a chair…

“Are you awake already…?” It was a voice I had heard before… so I raised my head up to the owner of the voice.

“It’s really you…!” I murmured… In front of me, smiling brightly – who else could it be if not Sayaka?

“Bastard──!” I tried to stand up, but realized that my body couldn’t move with my will──that’s for sure! Because I soon realized that I was tied to a chair. And the method of binding was so skillful that no matter how hard I tried, there was no way to loosen it even a little bit.

“Hey! How come the first thing you say after a long time of not seeing each other is this? Haibara-san!” Sayaka said in her voice as sweet as honey.

“Is there anyone? Is there anyone here to help?” I called out for help with all my might, but the sound was only unrealistically loud between the walls.

“Our operating rooms are sound-proof, so no matter how much you cry or scream inside, you won’t be heard outside… and…” Sayako’s face smiled: “If you keep making a fuss like this, I can’t guarantee what will happen to the girl! ” As Sayoko said this, she moved her white jacket out of the way, and I noticed that…

In front of me, lying on the operating table with all her limbs bound and secured, was a woman also wearing a pink nurse’s uniform. Under the light of the shadowless lamp – I think that’s what it’s called… the medical lighting device that consists of many lamps – as the name suggests, there was no shadow on the object being illuminated. Therefore, I could clearly tell from the woman’s appearance that she was – no! The nurse was.

Oh, my God! I can’t believe it’s a thousand miles!

Even though her mouth was gagged, she looked at me with big, black, tear-filled eyes that begged for help… In a moment, I suddenly realized something! That’s right! Sayako… she must have coerced Chisato into writing the letter to lure me into the trap…

Faith?

“–Chisato!” I unconsciously screamed out, trying to get up from my chair to get closer to her–sadly, my way was completely blocked by the ropes!

“Hooooo…!” A demonic smile appeared at the corners of Sayako’s mouth, once again blocking my view. “I advise you that you’d better not act rashly…” The tip of her thin peach-colored tongue licked her bright red lips, and a wry smile floated on her ice-like beauty…

Sayako took something made of rubber from the table next to the operating table, something that looked like an extra-large condom… I watched as Sayako slowly put her hands into the gloves… and the sound of rubber rubbing together continued… Next, on the same table…

A slender metal instrument with a silver-colored glow was picked up, this time it was──a scalpel.

“Hoo-hoo… Mr. Haibara! You really live up to the rumors that you’re a very good detective…!” Sayako drew her exquisitely sculpted face close to mine: “In just a few days, you were able to dig out my secrets…” Her amber-colored pupils looked into my eyes.

“Hmph!” I grunted through my nose. “What exactly are you trying to do by tying me and Chisato up here?”

“You do know…” Sayaka slowly stood up and looked down at me from a higher position. “Please, Mr. Haibara, forget all that you know about… my secrets…!

“Like the bright red lips that had sucked blood only moments before formed a lone degree and made a rather lascivious smile.

“Wait!” I thought for a moment : “How did you know that I already knew your secret?”

“Ah… this matter…” Sayaka shrugged gracefully. “Recently, wiretaps have become quite popular… both openly and covertly…”

“Well! Don’t you know that a lot of nurses don’t have a crush on me? Of course I know a little bit about that too, so do you think I’ll do nothing? Ms. Chisato!” Sayako turned her head and continued, “You’re a lady, aren’t you? Why don’t you organize your purse?

──Maybe something you haven’t seen before will run in there ah…’ I was shocked, this woman was really sick!

“Oh… and also! I’ve also kept it intact from the two of you having fun last night, oh!” Sayako turned back to me again.

I was shocked to realize that my ears were burning. Damn it! This pervert!

“Hoo-hoo… don’t be embarrassed. Mr. Haibara! Everyone does this kind of thing!” Sayako turned her head away and walked over to Chisato, who was illuminated by a shadowless lamp. “It’s just that after doing that… Kaihara-san created a weakness for himself…!”

Sayako touched Chisato’s cheek with her gloved hand and could clearly see the young nurse’s face showing a look of disgust….

The scalpel in Sayoko’s other hand was still glowing brightly, and the sharp blade was aimed at Chisato’s neck – then the ice-like blade cut the buttons at the throat of the pink nurse’s uniform… and in an instant, all the tension in my body was gone. However, Sayako didn’t stop there. She cut the threads that held the buttons on Chisato’s uniform… and Chisato’s huge boobs, encased in her bra, were revealed.

“Ummm…” I couldn’t stand it any longer as I looked at Sayako who was acting like a cat playing with a mouse. “Enough! Stop it!”

” A.eek…” Sayaka stared at me with cold, slanted eyes. “You should be a little more polite when you ask someone to do something…!” Sayako said as she used a scalpel to cut the bra cups apart.

“Right! At least do it like I usually do!” Sayako’s rubber-gloved hand suddenly grabbed Chisato’s left breast, and her five fingers moved to ravage Chisato’s plump breasts….

“HUH, HUH…” Sayaka leaked out the smile she was holding, then moved closer to Chisato’s breasts, opened her lips wide, and gently bit the nipple.

Chisato’s body shook as if he had been electrocuted by an electric current.

“So sensitive! This body is really great…” Sayaka raised her face up and gazed at Chisato’s limbs with snake-like ferocity. “But I’ve been wanting to go down on Chisato since a long time ago…” the lewd voice narrated… Chisato was obviously quite disgusted by this kind of dirty talk, and simply closed her eyes tightly.

However, Sayako was not going to let someone go so easily. Her hand reached up to Chisato’s skirt, and she violently flipped it upwards,… The white panties were exposed… and then, in a flash of light, the panties were cut open with a scalpel… and the thick grass on Chisato’s body was instantly revealed… Even though Chisato kept twisting and turning his body to hide the hidden parts of his body, he was unable to do so because he was restrained by all his limbs…

“Don’t mention it–Kaihara-san–look at it carefully!” As she spoke, Sayako began to move her fingers skillfully – probably a skill she had developed with Rie! In no time at all, Chisato’s Mystery Garden was already wet… her legs and waist were trembling, and Chisato’s body was already bathed in waves of pleasure.

“Right! Mr. Insubara!” Sayako turned in my direction: “Look, this place in Chisato is so beautiful that it would be even more beautiful if you took a scalpel and made a few cuts on it… don’t you think so too?”

No! No! I would never, ever feel that way.

“Oops! What a pity! I still blush a lot when I perform physical examinations on female patients! But it doesn’t seem to be to Mr. Haibara’s liking.”

“Please… please… don’t do such a terrible thing to Chisato again…” I – who had never bowed my head to anyone before – began to beg Sayako sincerely. If I could move my body freely, I could lower my head to the ground. I couldn’t bear to see a girl with whom I’d had skin-to-skin contact suffer anything worse than this.

“WOO HOO HOO…” Saya-chan’s cocky, arrogant laughter leaked out again. “Mr. Haibara! How dare you stoop so low for Chisato…! Actually, it’s very simple to save Chisato…”

“What?”

“Just forget all the things that I did… the private dealings in medicines and the changes in the medical records and so on! … that’s all. How’s that? It’s easy, isn’t it?” Sayako faced me with a victorious stance, her breasts high in the air as if she was sneering at me.

I’m a hard-boiled detective!

But I’m not the only one now, and Chisato’s safety is also at stake.

… In fact, just like the hard-boiled egg I ate this morning, underneath the hard shell, the egg is still an egg. Even if it can be made stronger, it’s still not hard enough. In the same way, a private detective like me, even if my body is very strong, my mind is still vulnerable.

I looked in Chisato’s direction; and this young nurse was also looking at me, and in an instant, our eyes met. Chisato–a young and cute nurse like a little girl, even though her mouth was gagged, she was still trying to shake her head forcefully–what does this mean? Is she asking me to refuse Sayaka’s offer? But didn’t she realize that she might be treated even more inhumanely? I couldn’t make a judgment.

So I had to speak, “Chisato! Listen to me carefully…”

Sayoko turned in my direction: “What are you trying to do? Don’t play tricks on me!”

“Asshole! I was just asking Chisato’s opinion!” I asked again to the young nurse who was biting something in her mouth, “Chisato! Do you want me to keep my mouth shut, as Sayako said? Or… do you want me to continue to find out what’s going on, just like we’ve been doing? Nod once if you keep your mouth shut, and twice if you resist, is that clear?” Chisato looked at me and nodded.

“You better think this through!” Sayaka said in a low, deep voice.

“Ignore her! Tell me what you think!” I looked into Chisato’s eyes, and Chisato looked back into mine, nodding slowly─twice!

“It seems that I have to convince Chisato before I can convince Haibara to sit down…!” Sayako looked at Chisato with a strange look that mixed the coldness of ice with the heat of fire.

“First of all–I’m going to show you what a despicable creature… that gentleman who continues to work even after sacrificing you… is…!” As she spoke, Sayako put down the scalpel and walked towards me. Her thinly gloved hands undid the buckle of my belt, and then pulled down the drawstring in one gulp.

“Chisato! Look at this──this gentleman already looks like this after seeing your shameful gesture!” Sayako pulled out my elephant-printed boxers with force──indeed! My pistol is currently pointing toward the sky, damn it! It would be strange if it wasn’t!

A wry smile gradually filled Sayako’s face, and she used her gloved hand to stroke the shaft of my pistol back and forth… stroking the tip with her index finger, and at the same time caressing the hollows on both sides of the ligaments in a digging manner… such, such pleasure..! I inadvertently moaned… Even with something as inorganic as rubber gloves on, my faculties reached their limits..!

“No way! No way! It’s only now!” Sayoko said in a seductive voice. Now… Sayoko’s hand was enveloping my entire organ, giving me subtle stimulation… just like that, I was already about to climax unconsciously! However, Sayako did not allow me to be liberated. As soon as my pleasure reached its peak, her hand movements stopped, waiting for my pangs to calm down a little. One would have to be very experienced to be able to catch such a moment!

Not being able to get full relief, the prostate fluid coming through my muzzle was already starting to have to slide down the barrel.

“Whew───!” Sayaka let out a long breath like a cat. “Mmm… this great thing, Mr. Haibara… it’s almost like something you can only see in a dream…” With that, Sayaka suddenly got up and slowly unbuttoned her clothes one by one, starting from the top…

“I have a question to ask…” I pushed my voice out of my dry throat.

“What is it?” Sayaka prodded in a sing-songy tone.

“So… men and women… which side do you prefer?”

“Hohoho…” As if deliberately trying to whet my appetite, Sayaka just floated a mysterious smile at the corner of her mouth.

“What should I say to you for asking such a question?… Well, isn’t it true what someone once said? “It’s like comparing Russian caviar to Peking duck, but of course both are delicious…” “That’s probably it!”

James Bond. James Bond – The movie version of “Thunder Valley”.

Sayako’s life is indeed of the type that seeks pleasure to the fullest–only created on the pain of others.

“From the bottom of my heart, I want to do something good to that delicious thing of yours!” As she said this, Sayako straddled my legs – this woman… she’s not wearing no panties again, is she?

Without even having time to think about it, my skyward facing muzzle had already touched Sayaka’s petals–not just hot, but also already a messy wet handful!

Sayaka slowly sat down on top of me… and the towering pole of the gun was engulfed by Sayaka’s insatiable honey pot…

“Umm…” I unintentionally let out another moan. What is this…? Sayoko’s honey pot was something I had never experienced before. Its inner walls were tightly surrounding my gun, like a tropical insectivore that would never let go of its prey once it had captured it.

Sayako was probably savoring my feelings by aiming that lecherous gaze at me from the ground──it shouldn’t be wrong from the expression.

Sayako delicately maneuvered her sphincter, clamping the barrel of my gun tightly in the honey pot. “Umm…!” I accidentally screamed out again.

That’s really something! I wonder how many men have been trapped by Sayako’s honey pot and lost themselves, and eventually died completely──? While I was wondering about this, Sayoko’s honey pot was still relaxing, contracting, and then….

And then..!

Sayako began to move her hips. The body of my gun was being tingled by Sayako’s inner walls, and even though I didn’t really want to, it was still gradually increasing its hardness.

“Ummm…” I moaned again from my throat, my face covered in greasy sweat… even I was quite aware of it.

“How do I compare to Chisato?” I didn’t answer─-because I couldn’t, especially not where Chisato was.

As if to rush my answer, Sayako squeezed her unbelievably huge breasts and slapped my cheeks… soft, warm, plump… lumps of flesh… that made me almost unable to breathe..!

The unparalleled pleasure of Sayako’s honey pot struck my lumbar vertebrae, creating a lightning-like sensation on my back – now, my mind was paralyzed with sweetness, and I couldn’t live without this sensual taste – a torture that I simply couldn’t bear to continue…

Ah! I… I hope to have complete pleasure… ah… ah… ah… ah… ah! I wish to have the pleasure of liberation a moment sooner..!

“Ha! It’s really great! Mr. Haibara… just as I thought…!” Still completely absorbed in that atmosphere, Sayaka, like a cat in heat, let out a slight hum from her nose… and then moved her waist even more intensely, but skillfully.

As Sayako’s body moved up and down, that huge part came in contact with my face back and forth, and the pressure of the plump flesh was the kind of torture that one intends to refuse but can’t resist. That’s right──this is a war. Sayako and I──a war between a man and a woman. There is absolutely no love in between! Therefore, I absolutely cannot lose! Because──Chisato is watching.

Under Sayaka’s intense up and down movements, over her shoulder, Chisato’s face was also visible at times… This young nurse didn’t tilt her head away from me, she just looked out at the scandalous state of Sayaka and I… with a sad countenance… Well… In her expression, I saw a full sense of powerlessness.

I felt the sensation that was attacking my whole body suddenly stop! At the same time, I felt something hot… inside Sayaka’s body..!

“────！”

Sayako’s body spasmed with a jolt and stopped moving up and down, wrinkled between her shoulders with her ice-like beauty, and then – with a heavy gasp – she pulled her body up from above my gun and descended to the floor with a graceful figure. Between her legs, a white liquid was dripping…

Sayako wiped the white stuff with her rubber glove-covered fingers and quickly transferred it to the tip of her tongue. Then, approaching my face──letting her lips meet so that the slimy thing in her mouth was completely transferred to my mouth.

“Gu…!” Immediately after Sayaka left my lips, I tilted my head to the side and spat out everything in my mouth.

Sayoko didn’t even look at me, but turned to Chisato, who was lying on the operating table, and said, “How’s it going? Ms. Chisato! The man you’re interested in – in my body, which I don’t like at all, spit out a bunch of dirt – the same thing that spit out in your body yesterday!”

Sayako walked over to Chisato again, “That’s right! Ms. Chisato! Do you think you can still hold on to the righteousness of the man who betrayed you and liberated himself in someone else’s body? Just listen to me and forget about it! I think–Mr. Haibara should be able to accept it, right?

“Sayako persuaded Chisato in a sweet voice and then said, “Just like just now – nod once if you want to do what I say, or twice if you don’t… I think Ms. Chisato, being so smart, should know how to answer, shouldn’t she?”

Chisato looked at Sayaka with eyes full of hostility, then answered with a nod──of course, twice.

“You ungrateful bastard!” A very rare curse actually ran out of Sayaka’s mouth. “Do you have to have someone make a killer out of you before you can do that?” Her hand, shaking with anger, took out a new item from the nearby table. That’s… that’s… that’s… a syringe!

Sayaka took out another tiny vial from the cabinet where the medicines were kept, snapped the seal open, and then inserted the needle into the vial and began to draw the liquid from it. It wasn’t just one jar, she drew a total of two.

“Since you won’t listen to me, there’s nothing you can do…!” As she pushed the air out of the tip of the needle, Sayaka said this. “This is a very marvelous medicine… But when the pleasure passes, something bad is going to happen…!”

A wicked grin spread across Sayoko’s face: “An indiscreet detective and a promiscuous nurse… having degenerate fun after injecting anesthetics… hoo-hoo! I can already see the end result…!”

“No! … don’t!” My voice had curdled into a ball. This looks like Sayaka is quite serious, and in her amber-colored pupils it already says it all; misery! Things were getting big! From the moment I accepted Momoko’s commission, happily playing detective with the Jikis… then pulling out Sayako’s evil deeds, then involving Chisato… then now preparing for the final..!

Suddenly–the door to the operating room was broken open!

“Enough! That’s it──!” A loud voice echoed in the inner part of the room. Mightily–it was a woman’s voice.

I reflexively looked at the entrance, and there were two women standing at the gate. One of them was wearing a red jacket–Ryoko! Next to her stood: “That’s enough, matron! Behave yourself… We’ve called the police!”

Speaking in this melancholy voice was nurse Miho.

“It’s too much! How can you treat someone so cruelly?… You absolutely cannot be spared so simply!” Ryoko spoke indignantly after taking a look around the room.

“But…!” Sayako’s voice managed to escape from between her teeth as her ice-like beauty completely collapsed. “Damn…!” Sayaka’s arms flailed widely.

“Ah!”

“No–!”

Miho and Ryoko didn’t even have time to stop it──Koyoko had already inserted the syringe deep above her wrist. Then in one gulp, she injected the contents into a blood vessel.

“Uhh──!” This was Sayaka’s moan. Her eyes had turned white, and she fell to the floor with a thud, her whole body spasming uncontrollably.

“–No way!” Ryoko quickly ran to Sayaka’s side: “Hurry! Call a doctor!”

“──Got it!” Miho popped out like a slingshot.

“Sayako…!” I pushed out the last vestiges of my voice: “Finally… I have a question for you!” I asked a question to the dying man: “You said that you had nothing to do with the death of Mr. Sosui… is that true?”

Sayako nodded her head a little. Then the spasms gradually left her…. By the time the doctor and the police arrived, Sayoko – the woman of magic – had already breathed her last.

１２

The narrative dragged on until nearly midnight.

I told the police everything I knew about Sayoko’s misdeeds. Because the situation was so strange, the police weren’t completely convinced at first, and the part where Chisato and I were locked up in the operating room was one of them.

And at that time Ryoko and Miho broke in, supposedly because of Momoko.

After finishing her rehab, Momoko returned to Room 512, and for some reason, she heard something strange, the sound of Sayoko and I talking… Feeling strange, Momoko leaned in hard… and realized that it wasn’t that simple…

As if Momoko and I had gotten to know each other, a sound channel, like a voice pipe, connected the second operating room to Momoko’s hospital room. Since Momoko knew that the conversation between Sayoko and me was a very important piece of evidence, she used a tape recorder to record what she heard before moving out of the hospital room to look for the second operating room.

Momoko bumped into Rie around the corner, and when she heard that I had asked about the second operating room, she asked Miho, who was at the nursing center, and Ryoko, who she had met on the way, to help….

“Well… there’s so much I want to say to her… but it’s past lights out…”

“Hey! That’s not like the famous detective of the world─Takaru Haibara!” Ryoko teased.

“H…!” I protested with a grunt through my nose. The last time I met Momoko, I didn’t tell her everything I knew as if I were her partner – perhaps because I was embarrassed about it! Or perhaps because I was embarrassed… I haven’t visited Momoko’s hospital room since then.

And Chisato is resting in one of the wards of this hospital with a high fever, due to being restrained in her movements and then abused like that!

“How about! Want me to take you back?” Ryoko said in a provocative tone.

“Uh… this…” I was rubbing my jaw in consideration when I was suddenly grabbed by a hand on my shoulder…

“Whoa!” I turned my head in surprise, only to see Miho standing behind me.

“So sorry! For interrupting you guys!”

“What’s wrong?” I asked as if nothing was wrong. Miho looked as if she was extremely tired.

“Um…” Miho looked at Ryoko hesitantly, then said, “I have something I want to talk to you about… is it convenient…?”

“That makes me sorry Ro!” I looked in Ryoko’s direction.

“If you say so… then next time!” The female detective said in a cheerful voice, and then got up from the bench. “Bye!” Waving her hand, the sound of her high heels kept going away… and then only two people, Miho and I, stayed behind.

“Shall we go to the roof?” Miho continued, “I like the feeling of the wind on my face…”

“Grace! Yeah!” I slowly got up. Then it was off to the elevator, all the way to the fifth floor, and then to the stairs leading to the roof. On the way, the two of us didn’t say a word.

“You said you had something to tell me…” I spoke first.

“I’m sorry…!” Miho suddenly spoke. “I’m sorry… I… there’s something I didn’t tell you…”

“Are you talking about something about Speedwater’s suicide note?” I probed.

“────!” Miho’s color changed drastically. “How did you… how did you…?” Miho inquired with her eyes.

“You sent it by mail, didn’t you? I heard that Speedwell went out on the night of his death… in order to put a suicide note addressed to you in the mail, right?” I shrugged and blurted it out.

This is what suddenly struck me when I was sorting through the mail at the firm.

I sighed and continued, “Speedwater really did commit suicide?” Until now, I myself, Momoko and Kana, who had been playing around in this detective game, had all been willfully blind to this simplest of answers.

Miho replied with a nod instead.

“Ah… Do you want to see the suicide note?” Miho took the letter out of the pocket of her nurse’s uniform.

A year ago, Speedwell was involved in a serious traffic accident, but he survived, and there didn’t seem to be any after-effects… However, a few months ago, his hand suddenly became paralyzed… Yes, that’s right! This was the aftermath of the accident..!

For an ordinary person, it’s probably not something that would make them want to kill themselves. However, for the world-famous surgeon, Dr. Sosui, it was not so simple! For someone who was called a genius, to be turned back into an ordinary person… was an ordeal that no ordinary person could ever imagine.

In addition, he also said that when he performed the operation on the patient in Room 512, he had to endure the paralysis of his hand.

The patient in room 512 – isn’t that Momoko?

Because of this or something else, the patient – Momoko’s feet, although she could feel them, still couldn’t move freely… When I read this, I looked at Miho in shock.

“How come! Momoko… Is that why Momoko can’t walk? She was working so hard on her rehab!?”

“I don’t know… I don’t know even if you ask me…!” Miho spoke feebly in a sobbing tone. “But no matter what… Rehabilitation always has its effects…”

“Hmm…” I regained my composure before continuing to read.

Speedwell knew that his career as a genius surgeon was coming to an end, and that not only Momoko’s surgery, but perhaps the next one as well… might fail…. Therefore, he chose to end it with his own hands, at this most glorious moment..! What a foolish man! But for some reason, I could understand this man’s feelings.

In order to leave a large sum of money as insurance for his family, which he had hardly ever returned to see, Speedwell deliberately staged his death as if it were an accident, presumably as compensation for his family! As for his own family, he didn’t let them know the truth about his death, but only asked them to take care of the person he loved, the small chested Miho….

“That… Detective-san…” Miho said quietly, wondering when “bad detective” had been elevated to “detective-san”! My eyes shifted from the suicide note to that bobcat-like face.

“Do you want me to do something for you?” I asked.

“I want you to tell me… what am I going to do…?”

“Well…” I folded the suicide note and put it in the envelope. “This matter is over for me…” I handed the envelope back to Miho.

“Huh…?” Confusion floated across Miho’s face.

“I already know the truth! The rest is for you, Miho, to consider…”

Miho looked at my face speechlessly, the bangs on her forehead trembling continuously.

“I have decided! I will keep the secret entrusted to me by the doctor forever… It is the only thing I can do…” Here, Miho’s head dropped down and she began to cry like a weak woman, as if she were bursting out all the things that she had accumulated up to that point in one go… Miho just held the envelope in her hand and kept on crying.

I froze for a moment, then took a few steps forward and placed my hands on Miho’s shoulders, and I felt her lean shoulder bones. Then I pulled Miho’s body to me in one breath, holding her tenderly as if I were picking up a delicate piece of glass art that could easily be damaged.

Holding her all the time… all the time..!

wind up

I snapped the lid of the laptop shut.

A week has passed since the resolution of the illegal drug trafficking incident at Nonomura Hospital. The cherry blossoms next to the office have all fallen, leaving behind only the prickly green buds. During this week, I’ve been locked up inside the office.

I don’t care for mass media that like to dig up people’s personal information, with the exception of “ASA100”, which is run by my friend, Kawasaki Makizo. This magazine has recognized the results of my activities in much the same way as Lupin III did with Echo Magazine, and I’m sure I’ll continue to have a good relationship with it….

“It’s hard work──! Do you want to take a rest?” A woman’s voice suddenly sounded behind me.

“Well… good thing too!” I turned the swivel chair around to face the woman squarely. Ryoko was waving her hand in her place, seemingly bored with her job as a phone girl and reading popular magazines.

“Do you need me to make black tea?”

“No, no!” I said, shaking my head.

“Right! So you’re not a fan of trendy clothes, too? How does being a phone girl here give you money to spend?”

“It’s okay! I love this job… And please call me detective’s assistant!”

“Hoo…!” In fact, she was neither a secretary nor a detective’s assistant as she claimed – the one who was here should be called a co-manager. I lit my cigarette on fire and exhaled the smoke in a single puff.

Ryoko started living in my office three days ago, while her previous job at the Saijo Detective Agency had already handed in her resignation. To me, she’s like a cat in the house, just watching me… Fortunately, she returns to her home in the evening, so it’s not too much of a nuisance.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang, and I reflexively got up from my chair and headed for the entrance. However, Ryoko, the detective’s assistant and secretary who was faster than me, was already there to answer the door.

“Ah…!” Ryoko took two or three steps back in surprise.

“Huh… is this the office of Mr. Detective…” said Miho as she walked in – today she was dressed in civilian clothes, tall and in lavender – and looked around my office as if it were something rare.

“Okay! Don’t be polite! Iri-chan come in too!” Miho said as she pushed in Rie, who was wearing a light glow-colored dress like spring.

And then, behind them, there was–

“Chisato!” I called out, “Have you fully recovered?”

“Yeah! Thanks to you!” Chisato replied brightly. And of course, her giant wave was still still alive and well.

“Well… because Mr. Haibara hasn’t come to our hospital since that day… that’s why we came to visit today…” The person who spoke was Rie. “This is one of the hardest days for all three of us to be off duty!” Iri-chan was arguably the most mature and stable of the three.

“Ah! Miho! It’s a step higher there, be careful!”

“Chisato–Why… it doesn’t seem to be your first time here, does it?” Miho’s question was quite pointed.

“Huh… ah… haha…” Chisato could only manage a dry laugh.

“Excuse me, Ryoko! It’s an emergency! Please make some black tea quickly!”

“Understand! Didn’t we buy a dozen mugs for guests? If it wasn’t for times like this, we’d probably never need them!” Ryoko answered as she rolled up her sleeves.

Next, we began a pleasant time of conversation centered around the black tea that Ryoko had made and the cakes and cookies that Chisato and the girls had brought. We talked about how Nonomura Hospital had received a new chief of surgery, and how the nurses in the surgery department were experiencing a subtle sense of liberation after Sayoko’s death. As for Sayako’s “lover” – Rie, who was actually her plaything – although she seemed to be quite bright on the outside, she always struck me as lonely….

In the middle of the conversation, the phone suddenly rang, and both Ryoko and I stood up at the same moment, but it was Chisato, who was closest to the phone, who picked up the microphone.

“Yes! This is the Haibara Detective Agency! … ah… are we there yet? Good..!

I know!” After putting the microphone down, Chisato looked at me with naughty eyes: “Mr. Haibara… please go out and take a look!”

“Eh?” Though I was skeptical, I went to the entrance and opened the door as he said. At first glance, I realized that–

On the road about twenty steps from the office, there were two young girls in sailor uniforms. One of them was Kana, who had long, crane-like legs and tea-colored hair tied back in a ponytail, while the other was a young girl with shoulder-length hair tied back with a ribbon….

Yes! The girl in the wheelchair is Momoko! This was the first time I’d seen Momoko in a sailor’s uniform. The Momoko I’d seen always wore the same pajamas… “Momoko…!” I shouted as I was about to run over to her. But then… “Don’t come any closer! Mr. Detective!” Momoko said in a steel-like manner.

I was startled, and my footsteps stopped because of it…

“Let Momoko walk from this side…!” Momoko said slowly but firmly, and then placed her feet on the ground from the wheelchair. Next… she supported herself on her elbows, and slowly, slowly let her body brace itself… so she stood up on her own strength!

“Momo, Momoko…!” I called out, but I didn’t know what I should do. Why didn’t Kana, who was standing right next to Momoko, help?

Momoko stretched her arms out dangerously wide, balanced herself dangerously… and then took one step, then another, as if she were stepping on an unsteady textbook of broomstick, and began to walk over..!

There are three more steps..,

There are two more steps..,

There’s one more step!

And then–Peaches fluttered into my open, waiting arms!

“Mr. Detective! I did it! …I really did it…!”

“Momoko…!” In an instant, I hugged the young girl’s body hard.

“Peaches!” “You did great!” ── I turned my head and saw that Chisato and Miho were already standing directly behind me, while Rie and Ryoko were nodding and smiling, and then Kana, who was tossing her ponytail, ran from the side of the wheelchair to my side….

I lifted Peach’s body gently higher and looked up at the sky─we breathed deeply of the bright air while the afternoon sun reflected daintily on us.

postscript

Hello, readers! I’m Ryusei Paper Valley.

I’m sorry to say, but if you think I’m going to write something like, “I put a lot of effort into writing this book, and it will surely attract many readers when it comes out. You’d be very wrong!

This “Nonomura Hospital” is the first H novel I’ve ever written with a sense of adventure.

The adaptation of the original (PC game) was also my first attempt – a story set in a hospital…!

When I first took this job, I thought it would be a great job..!

“We want you to write a story that is not quite the same as the original…!” That’s what the editorial team told me at the time…

There are many masterpieces of medical adventure novels in Europe and the United States, such as Michael Crane’s “In Case of Emergency”, Robin Hood’s “The Rise and Fall of the Fairy” and “The Rise of the Fairy”. “In Case of Emergency” by Michael Klein, and “Kerma’s Sleep” by Robin Cook. A series of stories beginning with “Koma’s Sleep” by Robin Cook, and so on….

Ah! How can I possibly top them?

I just held my head in my hands while I read Ellery B. Quinn’s article, and here I found inspiration! I found inspiration here!

According to Quinn, a hospital-based adventure story can be extremely glamorous – readers will find the scene of a nurse in a white coat in a deserted operating room in a desperate situation… and so on to be quite fascinating – yes, it is! That’s it! In that case, it’s all about writing picturesque scenes..!

For me, “the first experience is not necessarily that painful,” so I will try again….

Finally, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Hirata and Mr. Ishida of the editorial department, who took warm care of the author during the creation of this book, to the staff of Sliky, who created the delightful original work, to Mr. Yokota and Mr. Mimasaka, who beautifully illustrated this book, and most importantly, to all of you, the readers.

May 1995 (Heisei 7) auspicious day of the paper valley Ryusei

This story is purely fictional. The names of the hospitals and the characters that appear in this novel have no relation to those who exist in reality.