Chapter 3600, 3612 [The Kind-hearted Eri Kisaki] Requesting monthly votes (づど)

"Ayumi, Ayumi."

Hearing the call coming from nowhere, Ayumi Yoshida yawned and drowsily opened her eyes.

Dr. Sawaki's face appeared before her. This gentle female doctor had already cleaned the operating room and changed into casual clothes. She hadn't forgotten her promise to the young patient and pointed to the television: "Kamen Rider has started airing!"

"Wow!" Ayumi Yoshida sat up abruptly, just in time to see the familiar Kamen Rider theme song on TV.

Her eyes crinkled with laughter: "That's wonderful!"

When she learned that she was going to have her tooth extracted at 6:30 pm, she thought she would definitely miss the Kamen Rider show that started at 7:30 pm. But she didn't expect Dr. Sawaki to be so skilled and to be able to extract the tooth so quickly that she could still make it in time.

Ayumi Yoshida sat on the sofa and happily started watching.

At that moment, a few pills and a glass of water were handed to him.

"This is anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving medicine," Dr. Zemu said gently. "You didn't feel any pain just now because of the anesthetic. Once the effect wears off, your tooth will probably start to hurt—before that, we need to take the painkiller."

Ayumi Yoshida didn't want to take the medicine, but she was even more afraid of the pain. Hearing this, she quickly took the water glass and the pills and obediently swallowed them.

"Good girl." Dr. Zemu patted her head and took the empty water glass. "You can continue watching. I'll take you home after the show ends."

Ayumi Yoshida nodded happily: "Mmm!"

The door clicked shut, and Dr. Zeki left the room.

As Ayumi Yoshida watched Kamen Rider Kamen Rider kicking stylishly on TV, she suddenly remembered something, reached into her pocket, and took out a playing card with Kamen Rider Kamen Rider printed on it.

"I almost forgot about my lucky charm!" Ayumi Yoshida laughed at the playing cards. "Thank you, Kamen Rider, it really didn't hurt at all!"

Then, as if returning a favor, she reached out and put the Ace of Hearts amulet back into the deck of cards on the coffee table, and continued watching TV.

As she watched, Ayumi Yoshida yawned, leaned against the sofa blanket, and slowly fell asleep on the sofa.

...

"Ayumi, Ayumi."

The familiar voice called out once again.

Ayumi Yoshida groggily opened her eyes and saw Dr. Sawaki's face once again.

She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and sat up abruptly to look at the TV. There she saw Kamen Rider being attacked from both sides by two monsters, one of which kicked him hard in the stomach.

Immediately afterwards, the scene froze, and the words "Next Episode Preview" appeared mercilessly on the screen.

Yoshida Ayumi: "..."

Ayumi Yoshida: Kamen Rider—!!!

"What happened!" she asked, bewildered. "Weren't we in the lead just now? What happened while I was asleep?!"

Under the heartbroken gaze of a primary school student, Dr. Zeki said apologetically, "When I put down the cup and came in, I found you asleep again, so I wanted to wake you, but you were sleeping so soundly..."

Yoshida Ayumi said dejectedly, "How could this happen..."

Dr. Zemu patted her head: "Since you've finished your consultation, let me take you home. It's getting late."

The elementary school student, heartbroken at missing out on the exciting plot, nodded and was sadly taken home.

By this time, the Yoshida couple had already finished their overtime work and arrived home.

Dr. Zeki dropped the children off, said goodbye to them, and drove to his apartment.

As they approached their destination, a police siren suddenly blared. Dr. Zemu paused, parked the car, and went over to ask, "What happened here?"

A short-haired policewoman glanced back at her, but instead of answering, asked, "Are you a resident of this apartment building?"

Dr. Zeki nodded.

Miwako Sato sighed: "There has been a murder here—please leave your name and room number, we may need to ask you something in a while."

...

A dozen minutes ago.

Curaçao initially tried to struggle, but before she could come up with a suitable excuse, she was already being dragged out of the law firm by Eri Kisaki.

The legal world queen noticed her hesitation and said seriously like a reliable senior: "When you encounter difficulties, you can't just run away. You have to learn to solve and face them. President Nakamoto is indeed a bit of a troublesome person, but you are a lawyer and are protected by the law and your law firm."

"As long as your behavior is legitimate, you don't need to be too tolerant when facing him. You can refuse many of his requests. If you don't want to refuse directly, then we can use a more tactful approach."

Curaçao's eyes twitched slightly: "..." Yes, these words were indeed effective when facing President Nakamoto, but do you really know who we are facing? Can you really take care of him?

During the brief silence, the two had already left the law firm and moved out of the surveillance area.

"..."

Curaçao's inner struggle lessened slightly, and a sense of resignation gradually appeared on her face: the perfect alibi had been broken, and things had come to this... Eri Kisaki had become her new alibi.

"On the bright side, Uzo's interest in President Nakamoto is just a speculation based on my past experience," the fake lawyer began to reassure himself.

"Perhaps President Nakamoto won't die in the next few days. Even if he does, Eri Kisaki probably wouldn't commit perjury to erase my alibi."

"After all, she doesn't seem like that kind of deep-seated henchman. Even if she really is, sacrificing her reputation as the 'Queen of the Legal World' just for President Nakamoto... that's just too much of a loss and doesn't meet Uzo's hiring standards."

As Curaçao pondered this, she got into Eri Kisaki's car.

Before long, the two arrived at a high-end apartment in Beika Town, following the address that President Nakamoto had left for "Lawyer Shirai".

Curaçao looked up at the apartment building, her face expressionless, but her heartbeat quickened silently.

Although she didn't want to come here at all, she had to admit that she was indeed a little curious—was President Nakamoto really dead? Was her chance encounter and eye contact with Uzo this afternoon a real "chance encounter" or a carefully planned scene?

With a jumble of thoughts swirling in her mind, she followed Eri Kisaki, making sure she was always within the other's sight. Then, together with this seemingly clueless lawyer queen, they went upstairs.

As soon as he stepped onto the stairs and turned the corner, Curaçao's ears twitched as he heard a noise.

After going up another floor, when they arrived at the floor where President Nakamoto was, Eri Kisaki also tilted her ear and asked in confusion, "That's... the sound of a TV? Who's turning their TV up so loud? I can hear it even standing here on the stairs."

Shaking her head, she walked towards the sound.

Soon, a name tag with the word "Nakamoto" written on it appeared in front of the two.