21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 689 - 685 "Coincidence" (Please Subscribe, Request for Monthly Tickets)

Although the Tokyo subway was known for its punctuality, such halts had occurred before, but it was usually just one line. This widespread stoppage, however, was a first.

Luckily, the position where the halted subway had stopped was not too far from the station. After walking about a kilometer in the dark tunnels following the staff, everyone reached the subway station and successfully got onto the platform.

Seeing the brightly lit subway station, Tokairin Yūko, who had just been walking in the dark tunnel, couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Despite being a forensic pathologist, fear of dark underground tunnels was a natural instinct for common people. Returning to a bright place obviously made her feel much more at ease.

Pulling out her cellphone, Tokairin Yūko sent a message to Inomata Naoki, informing him she had escaped the situation but the subway had halted, so it might take her a long time to arrive.

Learning that Tokairin Yūko had escaped the trouble, Inomata Naoki called her directly.

"Miss Tokairin, are you okay?" Inomata Naoki's first words expressed his concern for Tokairin Yūko.

"I'm okay. It's just a subway malfunction. I'm already out of danger and leaving the subway station now." Tokairin Yūko replied to Inomata Naoki assuring her safety while she made her way out of the subway station, almost being pushed forward by the crowds. "But there are so many people in the subway station, I don't know if I can catch a taxi once outside. I just heard that today the entire Tokyo subway has come to a halt, so the city seems to be paralyzed. I don't know if I can make it over.

I'm really sorry, Mr. Naoki. You even specially booked a restaurant today, and now I can't make it there, wasting all your effort. I truly feel bad!"

Following the technique taught by Qingdai, Tokairin Yūko took the initiative to apologize, while also explaining her reasons for being late, so as not to leave a bad impression on Inomata Naoki.

As expected, after hearing Tokairin Yūko's explanation, Inomata Naoki quickly reassured her: "You can't blame yourself, Miss Tokairin. Who could have anticipated the subway halting? So what will you do now? If all of Tokyo's subways are halted, there must be a lot of people on the streets, right? Even if you take a taxi, it will take a long time. How about I come over to find you instead?"

Inomata Naoki had no idea that his words were a significant shock to those who were eavesdropping on his phone call.

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Those who were monitoring him wished they could say, "Stay put; we'll send a helicopter to pick up your girlfriend!"

But such thoughts remained wishful thinking. At that moment, the members of the surveillance team could only hope that Inomata Naoki wouldn't truly go to find Tokairin Yūko, for if he did, they would be forced to create an accident to stop him.

"It's not necessary. You'd also have to take a taxi to come here, right? And it will take a long time for you to come from Tokyo Skytree. You better wait there for me." Tokairin Yūko, after pushing her way out of the subway station and standing on the street and seeing people crowding around the subway station exit, decided to reject the idea of Inomata Naoki coming to find her. "I'll see if I can catch a taxi. But if I come over, it might be quite late, and I don't know if the restaurant will still be open..."

Tokairin Yūko's voice carried some worry, but what she was actually considering was that it would not be good to return home too late. Although Tokyo's streets are filled with inns and hotels, after the experience of waking up next to a dead body the last time, she instinctively opposed such an idea.

Inomata Naoki didn't consider this and simply said over the phone, "Then I'll ask the staff. But when I arrived, I saw that the restaurant is open until 11 PM, and it's only past 6 PM now, so there should be plenty of time."

"That's good. I'll try to catch a taxi first, and then contact you later." After finishing her sentence, Tokairin Yūko hung up the phone and walked to the roadside to hail a cab.

Although hailing a cab in Tokyo is a very luxurious thing to do, faced with such an unexpected situation, and desperate to make it to the date even if it meant bleeding money, Tokairin Yūko had no choice but to indulge just this once.

However, as Tokairin Yūko did not expect yet it made sense, at that time it was nearly impossible to catch a cab on the streets.

As Tokairin Yūko was beginning to worry, the members of the action team were wondering if they should arrange a cab to pick her up when a car stopped in front of her.

"Doctor Tokairin, what are you doing here?" The man sitting in the car was someone Tokairin Yūko could not have imagined; it was Isshiki Kazumasu, a member of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

He had met Director Kamikura at a gathering and had previously toured the UDI, currently considering extending the UDI model nationwide. Because of his previous visit to the UDI, he also remembered Tokairin Yūko.